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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
WRITER ASKS JUSTICE
FOR PRINCIPAL BISSELL.
Teacher Says Delay in Deciding
His Case Is Rank Injustice.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Sir-A very great number of friends
of former Principal T. j. Bissell are
anxiously awaiting some legal dis
position of his case. A double injustice
is being done Mr.. Bissell by this long
delay in the courts. Is not Mr.. Bissell
entitled, as a citizen, to the rights of
law in his case. From what the writer
read of the case. there was nothing
whatever produced to prove Mr.. Bissell
guilty of the charges made by the
Medical Board upon an unsigned, un-
sworn statement.
After a hearing before the examining
committee of the State Board of Edu-
cation, where testimony was
given, the license of Mr.. Bissell was re-
voked. Mr.. Bissell at nee appealed the
case before the State Board of Educa-
ton. At a meeting in Hoboken the
State Board of Education returned the
finding of the Examining Board, asking
them to complete the evidence. A Sec
ond hearing was held before the Elk
aiming Board at Trenton, at which
Mr.. Bisselrs lawyer refused to permit
Mr.. Bissells seven witnesse to testify
unless under oath. The meeting adj
journed with no evidence completed,
and at a subsequent meeting of the
State Board of Education the finding of
the Examining Board was sustained.
Mr.. Bissell then appealed to the courts,
and was granted a rule to show cause
why a writ should not be granted in
his case. This was in July last, and
there tthe case stands today. On all
sides the writer hears expressions of
disgust at the seemingly unfair and un-
just deal that has been given Mr.. Bis
sell.
1t has been said that certain menu
bers of the State Board of Education
and of the Examining Board, fearing
that personalities might enter in the
case which would not look very well in
print. have delayed the case. Whether
or not this is SO. the writer is unable
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
q KILLED WHEN
DAMP EXPLOOES
IN z|EGLER MINE
Mutilated Bodies Hard of Identi-
ficatiOn-0nly Three
Men Escape.

DUQUOIN, Ill, Jan. 11.-With the re-
covery of additional bodies during the
night 1t is thought that all victims of
the Sunday explosion at the Letter coal
mine in Zeigler have been accounted
for. ' Most of the corpses are so mu-
tilated that Identification is difficult.
Four of the victims were negroes,
four were Americans and thirteen were
foreigners. OF the twenty-four men at
work in the mine only three escaped,
Efforts to establish the cause of the
explosion are in progress.
Experts who had inspected the mine
after the recent fire in 1t declared it
safe and full preparations for resump-
ton of mining had been made. The
men killed yesterday were cleaning up
the last of the debris left by the fire.
fighters, and it had been expected that
coal would be hoisted today. The most
widely accepted theory is that the ex-
piosion resulted from fire-damp coming
in contact with a spark from an cleo
trio trolley. There was but little dam
age TO the working, and 1t is likely
operations will be resumed at an early
date.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
TWO LOCKED UP
AS SLAYERS ON
DAY OF FUNERAL
Men in Woodbury. Jail Are Held,
and Sensational Testimony
Is Expected.

WOODBURY., Jan. 11.-Charged with
"wilfully killing Edward Cole" of
Paulsboro, Joseph Donnelly and James
Drain, of that town, are in jail here,
awaiting the action of Coroner De-
Grofft's jury, which will meet early
this week.
Cole vas found dead at the residence
of Donnelly last Wednesday night,
Coroner DeGrofft gave a certificate of
accidental death, due to paralysis. This
did not satisfy friends of the dead man,
who called the case TO the attention of
Prosecutor Rogers, who made a per-
sonal investigation and found evidence
of foul play.
Arrangements had been made for the
funeral to be held on Saturday and it
was allowed to take place. with the I'M
Outstanding on the part of Coles
brother that a post-mortem should be
made before the body was Inferred.
After the services at the Clarksboro
Cemetery the coffin was opened in the
Laws, of Paulsboro, and DIR. George
r.. Reading, of this city, made an au-
topsy. The result of their examina-
ton will be made known to the
c%oroner's jury meets.
Immediately after the post-mortem
constables arrested Drain inc Donnelly.
The latter was found at the Gibbstown
powder works and Donnelly was ar
at Coles grave.
1t is known that Cole had about $3.50.
When his body was found he did not
a cent on his person.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
PUT DAUGHTERS
IN JAIL; PROBE
MOTHERS DEATH
Mrs. Costerlin, Tragedy Victim
in West Avon After Night
of Revelry.

ASBURY PARK, JAM. 11.-Searching
inquiry will decide whether Mrs. Sarah
Costerlin, of West Avon, came to her
death early yesterday by accident or
murder. Her burned body was found
in a dwelling along Shark river.
Coroner r. M. Purdy, of M~anasquan,
is in charge, and he at ono notified
County Prosecutor Apologize.
Pending the result of the investiga-
ton, Costerlin's two daughters, Rose
Vaughn Layton and Mrs. Mamie Gun
son., together with James Layton and
Erwin Hoffman, are held without bail.
A half hour after all had retired, ac-
cording to statements made by the pris-
oners, Mrs. Costerlin's charred body
was found. Mrs. Gunson says all had
been drinking heavily, and Mrs. Coster-
lin was left seated at a table on which
a lamp stood. Mrs. Gunson says Lay
ton entered her room with a lantern,
saying he smelled smoke. Going down.
stairs he shouted: your mother is
burned to death!"
. Neighbors were summoned, also Coro-
ner Purdy, the latter meantime calling
a constable to hold the four. Mrs. Cos
terlin's nose was broken and her fore
head caved in. The police say this was
done before the body was burned.
Rose Layton is 26, Mrs. Gunson 81,
Hoffman is So, married, n has two
children.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
RAID. On POLICE
STATION CAUSES
OFFICERS DEATH
Lieutenant in Brooklyn Precinct
Drops Dead After Being


NEW YORK, Jan. 11,-Police Lieu
John T. Callahan, medal ma
found at his post and attending to his
duties, is dead of apoplexy, and scores
of others caught in derelictions are
facing serious charges as results of
surprise visits to all the police sta
lions of Brooklyn, planned by Commits
sioner Bingham and made by mis- four
deputies between 3 and 5 o'clock yes
terday morning. Shock of a similar in
spection of another station a few
months ago was followed Immediately
by paralysis of a policeman.
Deputy Commissioner Mr.. Hanson
complimented the precinct commander
upon the conditions as found in his
station and then entered on the blotter
the fact of his visit and signed his
name. Lieutenant Callahan had made
an entry of similar character while Mr..
Hanson was visiting the dormitory and
put the time of the visit at ten minutes
after 5 o'clock.
AS h visitors departed Callahan
arose n went to the record cases be-
hind his cesk. As he put his hand in
a pigeonhole there he collapsed, turned
around and sank on the desk, slipping
to the floor before his comrades, who
had seen something was wrong with
him, could reach his side. A hasty call
to the Bushwick Hospital brought a
surgeon, who declared that Lieutenant
Callahan had died from a sudden at
tack of %apoplexy.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
LITTLE ABE" TETELBAUM
NOW A HAPPY BENEDICT
Smiling Newsdealer Takes Bride
in Miss Ida Pepper.

Little Abe" Tetelbaum, long known
by this name about the -Four Cor
ners," where he was, ever ready Inc
smiling with the latest "extry," was
married last night in Jacobs's Hall,
Harrison, to Miss Ida Pepper, of that
city. >
Hundreds of friends witnessed the
ceremony, which was performed by
Rabbi I. Hoffman, Of the Congregation
Oheb Sholonf, of this city. The bride
was given IN marriage by her father
and was attended by Miss Lena Ben
ish. maid of honor, and two flower
girls, Miss Mallory Benish and Miss
Yetta Tetelbaum. ]. Nussbaum was
best man and the ushers were Bernard
Goldberg, William R~osenbaum, Mich
ael Tetelbaum and Joseph Cozzolina.
The bride wore white silk trimmed
with duchess lace and a veil caught up
with orange blossoms. The maid OF
honor wore light blue silk and carried
pink carnations.
A wedding upper and reception fol-
lowed, after which Mr.. and Mrs. Tetel-
baum left for a fortnight's stay in At
lantic City. Upon their return they
will live at 1888 Littleton avenue, this
city.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
THORNTON HAMS
To KNOW FATE
LATE THIS WEEK
Testimony Taken Will Be Con-
Guided Today-Darrin to
Sum Up Wednesday.

FLUSHING, N. Y, Jan. 1.-THE trial
of Thornton ]. Hams, charged with his
brother, Captain Peter c. Hams, jr.,
with the killing of William e. Annis,
entered today upon it's fourth and last
week. An hour or two will be given
over today to concluding the rebuttal
testimony and the evidence upon which
the jury will act will all be in. The
jury will retire either Wednesday or
Thursday afternoon.
Upon the verdict in Thornton ].
Hains's case depends the course to be
taken with, Captain Hams. now await
ing trial for murder in Long Island
City jail. Should Thornton be found
guilty it is generally regarded here
that a commission will be asked for
to determine the sanity of the army
officer; but in the event of an acquit-
Hams will undoubtedly come to trial,
md his defense will be maniac-de-
pressive insanity of temporary char
lcter.
Announcement was made today that
Prosecutor Darrin would sum up fol-
be State on Wednesday n that he
Yould taxi the entire day to close.
lIDr. Harris Houghton, a member of
Ne Bayside Yacht Club, was called to-
by by Prosecutor Darrin, and after
Eating hat he did not see James
erney, the ash-collector, on the float,
Nor. that he saw nothing irrational In
d&ptain Hains's appearance and man
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
GIVEN 6 MONTHS
FOR ATTACK ON
BILL COLLECTOR
Charles Soma Sentenced for
Assault on William
Kramer.

Charles Soma, of 16 Van Buren,
street, was sentenced to six months in
Jail by Judge Simon Hahn in the Third
Precinct Police Court this morning on
a charge of assault and battery pre-
ferred by William Kramer, of So jack
son street.
Kramer, who conducts a grocery
store at the above address, called at
the Soma home last Saturday evening
to collect a small account due him. He
asked for payment from Szoma's daugh-
ter. Hearing the voice of Kramer,
Szotna rushed from an adjoining room
and assaulted Kramer, the latter al
legged. The battered man fled from the
house and running through the streets
went directly to the police and swore
out a warrant for Soma and his
daughter Nellie.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
FRED wAGNER DANCE.

The tenth annual masquerade dance
OF the Fred Wagner Camel Club Will
be held tonight at Wevers's Colosseum.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
MANY FROM ESSEX
MEET IN TRENTON
Midwinter Social and Historical
Session Is Being Held
Today.

TRENTON, Jan. 11.-Members OF the
New Jersey Society of the Colonial
Danes of America convened here to-
day for the annuak midwinter social
and historical session. The meeting was
called to order at IL o'clock in the Old.
Barracks, West Front street, by the
president, Mrs. Alexander Fridge
Jameson. of Lawrenceville. Luncheon
was served in the Trenton House at
l, which was followed by a meeting of
he board of managers and the an
nual election of officers. Several hun
dred delegates are here.
The active mber include; Mrs.
Carroll e. Bassett (Margaret c. Kin
ney), Miss Mary Anna Camp, Mrs.
William futile Carter (Abple Sophia
Condict), Mrs. James Chittick MAR
garet Eveleth Yardley), Mrs. James
Henry Clark Carrie Meserole ecaenck),
Mrs. Samuel Clark (Jennie Leland,
Mrs. William Campbell Clark (Mai
Kinney, Miss Caroline L. Condict,
Miss Sarah f. Condict, Mrs. Theodore
Coe Gamma Ward Suydam), Mrs. Louis
L. Drake (Clara Rlghter), Mrs. Will
lam Pierson Field Josephine Downing
Smith,, Miss Eleanor Haines. M. D.,
Miss Alice Woodmansie Hayes, Miss
Eliza Hubbell, Mrs. Edmund L. Joy
(Theresa ThralD, Miss Emma Goble
Lathrop, Mrs. Robert H. MeCarter
(Mary Bouvier Peterson), Mrs. Austin
Hall McGregor emily Ripley, Mrs.
Sydney Norris Ogden MARY Depue),
Mrs. Samuel H. Pennington Gamma Field
Pierson), Mrs. James S. Polhemus Qda
Bell Wagner). Miss NJ. Antoinette
Quinby, Mrs. Wallace McIlvaine Scud-
der Gertrude Witherspoon), Mrs.
Philetus w. Vail isabella Fraser Hal
sey), Mrs. Nelson Wright (Anna EN-
incline Quinby), Newark.
Mrs. Henry G. Cooke Maria Cow
drey), Mrs. Henry A. Nelson (Janna
Bayard), New Brunswick; Miss Mar
Anderson McMurtry, Newton; Mrs,
James Edward Bathgate. jr. Margaret
NJ. Mrs. Benjamin Douglass, jr. MARY
Burke Day., Mrs. John D. Everitt
Marguerite Willard), Mrs. Isaac Peace
Redman Harriet E. Rodman), Mrs.
William Johnston Taylor MARY AL
ward), Orange; Mrs. William H. Bon
nell, Mrs. Frank Bliss Cotton (He1en
Orton), Mrs. Joseph Q. Copper (Lola
Frances Camp, Miss Helen G. Cush-
ing, Mrs. Charles Hathaway Cora
Rountree), Mrs. Robert w.
Eawkesworth Gamma Myers Kirtland),
Mrs. Cyrus Hitchcock (Lucy Black
we'll Mathews, Mrs. Francis E. Johnson
A.. West), Mrs. Samuel Lee
Vanderhoof), Miss Eliza H.. S.
Shelton, Mrs. Charles b. Yardley Mar
yaret Tufts Swan, East Orange; Mrs.4
William Frederick Allen Caroline
Perry Yorke), Mrs. Robert Ward MARY
South Orange; Miss Virginia |
c. Harrison. Bloomfield. |
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
GUTH CHOSE,l SPEAKER
OF Newark TURN VEREIN.
New officer Then Appoints
Chi rmen OF Committees.

-,oah utter, for many years identi-
fed will he Newark Turn Verein, was
elected first speaker at the annual
meeting it's headquarters in upper
William treet yesterday. Those who
will ser the organization with him
are: Sd bnd speaker, Frederick Seib;
correspo ing secretary, Gustav Vo-
gelsberg e%cording secretary, Leonard
Bauman financial secretary. Edward
pSchwarz treasurer, Henry Hillenbaeh;
first tur Fart. Adolph Picker; second
turnwa1 Alvin Bruegmann; librarian,
Frank hert.
SPEAK Gutter appointed these chair
men Q Committees: School, George
s. hons house, Carl Schwarz; en-
tertat mt, Morris Sachs; refresh
mentsl oscar Milford; finance, Hugo
Raub Citation. Henry Blase; educa-
tiona William Krause.
1t b reported that the membership
had creased by 22s during the last
yea
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
QICKMAN FAMILY SEE
SILVER LINING IN CLOUD.
EVENING STAR Readers Aid
tOOr Woman and Children.

t for many months has Mrs. Jen-
MID Elickman, of 200 Court street, who
VIII her family of five small children
facv starvation three days ago., been
so lch as on Saturday evening. She
wasIthen the recipient of $20.75 which
had been left at the office of THE
E HING STAR by charitably in
climb persons who read of her plight
In TIN newspaper last Friday.
Til grateful woman wept when the
mont was handed her. For two
mon $ she had lived on the charity of
neig Sors. Her husband is in a char
ity \ &rd at Beth Israel Hospital and
she Id but a loaf of bread, no fire
and as half clad, as were her chill
dren, vhen attention was called to her
plighdB by THE EVENING STAR.
The0 Contributors were: F~eigenspan
Provi& int Club, $40; Morris Snyder, SO;
Samu% S. Braune, 81; Morris j.
Schuti ian, $1.75; A. Hoffman, 81; a
friend 1; a friend, 81; a woman, 81; a
friendJ 1. Total, SPOTS.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
SOUTH BROAD IS
DRESS|NG-UP FOR
LIGHTING UP NIGHT
Half Hundred Business Places
Will Be Decorated This
Week.
TO BE GREATEST TIME
NEW WHITE WAY EVER HAD
Planning to Make Saturdays
Celebration Notable Event
in City's History.

Decoration of half a hundred bust
ness houses in Broad street, from Mar
ket street to Court street, began today
in preparation for the big celebration
next Saturday night under the aus
pieces of the South Broad Street
Merchants Association, when 300, 600
candlepower of light will blaze down
on Newark's New White Way from
thirty-four new arc lights. For four
blocks, between Market and Court
streets, Broad street will be thronged
with humanity, drawn by the lights,
the music, the g~ayly-colored flags and
bunting and the hundreds of bargains
in the stores.
Thirty-four new arc lights will be In
readiness for the current long before
s o'clock Saturday night, the time set
for lighting the New White Way
Each of the new lights will be of $1,000
candlepower and will outshine any foui
other arcs in the city. One of the new
lamps will shed very nearly as much
light as the whole seventeen lamps now
i16llllliS ltl6 chliLO lOQi plOSho. iACs
are of 600-candlepower each n com
bined give a brilliancy of 10. 200-candle-
power, compared to 9,000-candlepowel
of one Of the new arcs.
In addition to the bright lights over
head the show windows of the business
firms along the thoroughfare will b.
brilliant with the light of i~ncandescenf
bulbs. Every store in the New White
Way will keep pen every one will
have special sales at prices which alone
would draw crawds, for it is planned
to have the opening night a memorable
event to sightseers and purchaser
alike.
The work of decorating the buildings
along the new .t~horoughfare was be
gun today by w. J.. Lyon & Co., In
corporated, who promise to ave thu
places of every one of the fifty pl
more firms in the association dress1t
in flags and bunting by Friday. tn
big clothing and furnishings store l
Stoutenburgh & Co., near the Fe 1
Corners, was one Of the first to we
the new attire. ~
With the -epening there will be for
NAL services in which Mayor Hausslin,
and city officials will participate, AM
thereafter a brass band of twenty-oh
pieces will parade along the "NeS
white Way disceursing popular music
The new thoroughfare will be tn
most brilliantly lighted in the world
the engineers in charge claim.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
She Found a
Flat at Last

The place she sought and
could not find was one which
afforded every modern con-
venience, in a refined neighbor-
hood, and for which the rent
was not too high. At last she
found it; not by continual run.
ming all over town, but by fill
ing out the application blank
now running in The Star, both
Morning and Evening, for the
benefit Of its readers who are
looking for a furnished room.
flat, apartment, house or board
ing place. If you are looking
for rooms or board fill out the
application blank, which will be
found on the Classified page,
and mail TO THE NEWARK
STAR BU-
REAU, 7o4 Broad Street.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11
WEBER BENEFIT ASSN
SEMI-ANNUAL ELECTION.

The officers elected at the semi-an-
nual session of the Weber Baking
Company Sick Benefit Society yester-
day were: President, Frederick
Schultz; vice-president, Frank Schaub;
recording secretary, Henry Luder-
MANN; financial secretary; Joseph
Heaiey; treasurer. Peter Schmon; SER
geant-at-arms, Peter Filters: trustees,
Conrad Kaiser, George Wheeler and
John r. Weber.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-11

to say, but there is something very
strange about the case. 1t does seem
to the friends of Mr.. Bissell that he is
not getting a fair and square deal. Only
recently, in connection with finding a
man for the SUPPLEMENTARY of the
Railway Reformatory, the writer is in
formed hat the place was offered to
two of Newark's prominent educators.
and that then the name of Mr.. Bissell
was mentioned as being the next best
available man. Because of the unsettled
condition of his case, the committee
decided to drop his name from consid-
Grafton. This, of course, does Mr.. Bis
sell a double injustice.
Mr.. Bissell's record as a school mar
for twenty-five years demands that the
case be settled one way or the other
and at once. Educators throughout the
whole State are watching the outcome
of this case with a great deal of in
terest. If a decision is rendered against
mar. Bissell it establishes the fact that
Upon hearsay evidence the State Beard
of Examiners may revoke the license
of any teacher in New Jersey. Does not
this seem to be giving this board of
three members arbitrary power?
TEACHER
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-09-28
LIVING OVER a TOMB.
House In Paris Has a Private En-
trance to the Catacombs.

House In Paris Has a Private En-
trance to the catacombs.
Paris in many OF its districts is
built over the catacombs These vast
subterranean chambers and galleries
produce that peculiar cavernous sound
which is heard in the Luxembourg,
Montparnasse, Vanguard, Montrouge
and Montsouris quarters when heavy
carts pass rapidly along the coarsely
metalled roads. The streets are then
like monstrous drums beating funeral
marches to the graves over that vast
common grave of ten centuries OF
Parisians with it's millions of skele-
ton dead.
The quaint little Gothic house at
the corner of the recently prolonged
Boulevard Raspail, which many an
American artist must remember from
his student days, actually has a pri-
vate staircase leading to the cata.
combs from beneath a Theoretically
closed stone slab just in front of the
doorstep. From time to time. says
Harper's Weekly. certain municipal
officials visit this grim entrance. the
existence of which is known 10 only
very few people.
A former occupant of the house,
surprised by one OF these visits, the
reason OF which was mysterious to
him, was accustomed to relate that
once in the dead of night while he
watched, quaking. from the room
above, convinced that he was witness
ing the final scene in some Borgla-
like political tragedy, a party OF men
the chief OF whom wore half concealed
under his coat the tricolor scarf OF a
police commissary, had conveyed a
body through this entrance into the
catacombs below.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-09-28
MOOD chonnirn 4 snort.

In Tasmania is to be found ma
tional pastime that is special and par
ticular to that state alone-the spor,
Of wood chopping. It says much for
the grit and vigor OF Tasmaniaas
that this really serious and arduous
work should be regarded Gs the fin
est sport.
At Hobart and Launceston they
have their turf meetings. their eric
ket, football. golf cyrling and 30
forth. but to a wood chcppinz contest
people will flock from far and near
men, women and children and watch
the axe wielders hewlng away At
huge blocks of timber as If life and
reputation depended upon the issue.
Thud thud. thud 60 the axes and the
splinters dy In all directions. tho
Judges calmly sitting near taking
note OF the strokes, the spectators
cheering the competitors from time
70 time as frantically as If they we're
racehorses. To be a wood choppirg
champion means something TO a man
in Tasmania Dundee Advertiser.