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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
RAN FIRST CAMELBAcK.

POTTSTOWN, Pa, April 26.-A
framed drawing of one of the very first
coal-burning engines used on the Read
ing railway. which John M. Schwein-
hart. a veteran engineer of this town,
carried with him to Reading last week,
when he attended the funeral of L. B,
Paxson, long a prominent official of
that company. Is so highly priced by
him that W Vice-President VOORHEES,
and other high Reading officials could
not then induce him to part with 1t
Schweinhart was the first engineer OF
this old Comeback" locomotive.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
GERMANIA CONCERT TONIGHT.

Germania's big spring concert Will be
held In the Kruger Auditorium tonight
under the direction of William Laufen-
berg, the musical conductor. The
chorus, composed of about 125 mem
bers, will render several songs, among
them the song for the prize donated by
the German Emperor, to be competed
for at the next National Saengerfest
in New York, and tonight will be the
only occasion for Newarkers to hear it
here. Out of Newark's many societies
the Germania is the only one which will
make a bid for the prize. The soloists
of the concert are: Miss Rosemarie
Campbell, sopranos; Job A. F~innegan,
tenor. ard Justus Schwab, baritone.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
IN
qNEz
M~UCH-PAMPERED MOUSIE.

4 STORY is old of how Mr.. and
"a Mrs. Mousie lost all their fam
lily. with the exception of one
little one. Thereafter, nothing vas too
good for the tiny mousie Mr.. and Mrs.
Mousie idolized her.
Finding a comfortable. nicely lined
shoe in a closet upstairs, the family
moved from their home in the cellar to
these sumptuous quarters, Baby, of
course, occupying the shoe.
Mrs. Mouse evidently began to think
about the education of her little one,
for she was seen looking reflectively at
the books in the library, as though In
doubt as to which would be the most
suitable for a beginner.
Fearing that baby might become lone
~ while her parents were searching for
provisions, Mr.. Mouse even stole a doll
from the dollhouse. and when baby
was first discovered by a rude man she
was seated In the shoe alongside OF
dolly, looking as cute as cute could be,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
NOTE ON
DAGGER THRUST
INTO HER BREAST
Mexican Youth Slabs Sweet
heart Sixty-two Times for
Refusing to Elope.

TOLUCA, Mexico, April 26.-Furious
because his sweetheart, Modesto Fuen-
tas. refused to elope with him, Pedro
Secundino stabbed her to death. Secun-
dino then wrote a note saying he would
do the same to his pursuers, which he
pinned to the girl by plunging his
knife through it into her breast, and
fed. He was captured and placed in
prison.
Near the scene of the crime the MUIR
derer had written with his fingers on
the leaf of a magua plant with the
blood of the girl: ION April 20 there was
an execution here for jealousy"
Secundino stabbed the girl sixty-two
times.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26

ILL, ON WAY HOME
FROM EUROPE
Cancels Spring Engagements
Thereto Sing Here in
Autumn.

Nine. Schumann-Heink, the opera
singer whose home is near Singac, left
Hamburg yesterday on board the
ing cancelled her remaining spring en-
gagements in Germany. France and
Belgium on the advice of her physician.
The doctors counseled rest before Nine,
Schumann-Heink begins her autumn
engagements In the United States.
The great contralto has been abroad
all winter. and her family is anxiously
awaiting her return. Nine. Schumann-
Heink is noted for her home-loving
nature and for her love for her chill
dren. They are planning a big time
when h arrives.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
MRS. LILLE GUESTS FUNERAL.

Many relatives n friends of Mrs.
Lille Zuest attended her funeral yes
terday afternoon. The services were
conducted by the Rev. Charles Girtan-
ner, the pastor of the Blum Street Ger
man Reformed Church, at the house,
239 Waverly Delegations from
Anthony Wayne Council No 1853, Jr.
o. U. A. M, and the Singer k U. v.
were in attendance. The p~all-bearers
were George, Frederick, Edward and
Henry Merklin and Charles and Chris
tian Zuest.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
HARMONIC RECEPTION.

Members of the Harmonic Ladies'
Verein will attend the farewell recep-
ton to be given tonight by Mrs. Emile
Wasserbach in her home. 423 South
Tenth street, on the occasion of her trip
to Germany this week. There was a
session of h society in D~assing's Cen
trail Hall, Springfield and Morris ave-
nues, last night, presided over by Mrs.
Anialie Willie. the president.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
G"REISENHEIM CONCEPTS

The first of the seasons open-air con-
certs at the Gottfried Kruger Greisen-
helm IN Clinton place attracted an in
terested audience yesterday afternoon.
Victor's Royal Venetian Band made up
the players. When the weather per-
mits concerts will be given Sunday
nights also.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
SOME LETTERS RECEIVED.

Here are a few letters received from
children who wish to join THE STAR
Juvenile Humane Society:
Newark, N. ].
Dear Uncle Jack-I am a little girl .
years old. | would like to become a
member of the STAR Juvenile Humane
Society. My grandfather has a big st.
Bernard dog. l like him very much.
Every time l go to his house the dog
plays with me. l am very kind to him,
and when boys hit him l tell my grand
father. Hoping to receive a button L
will close. Your new niece,
CHRISTINA WAGNER.
90 Sixteenth ven
Newark. N. j.
Dear Uncle Jack-I would like to be-
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
TWO FARCES PRODUCED.

Adolph Philiph scored another sue
cess in Wevers's Colosseum. last night
where he produced two farces, ably as
sisted by a company, including Willy
Frey, Eugene Hohenwart, Miss Tinchen
IIawley and Miss Lischen Schumann.
Next Sunday night "a New York
Brewer viii be played by the company
at the same place.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
%LIEnERTAEEL ELECTION.

These officers were elected at the an
nual meeting of the Pioneer Liederta-
fel, in Trensch's Hall, South Orange
avenue. yesterday: President, Charles
Sommer; vice. president, Peter Com
mandeur; recording and financial secre-
tary, William Salzmann; treasurer.
John Guenther; librarian, Alfred Salz-
mann; DIRECTOR Gustav Hopf. The
music committee is made up of John
Guenther, Alfred Salzmann, Henry
Schetelich and Peter Commandeur.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
THE J1aR JUVENILE
HUMaNE
A9gJocIETY

come a member of the STAR Juvenile
Humane Society, promising to be kind
to all dumb animals. I have a canary
home which Is to me as dear as a sister
or brother. Hoping you will put my
letter in the paper l remain, yours re-
specially, EVA TABAK.
Al Barclay street.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
. SPAR CLUB OUTING.

Arrangements for In outing next
month are under way by the Spar Club
vorwaerts. A committee of four was
appointed at last nights session in its
headquarters in Holland street.
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HDELWEISS RECEPTION.

The Edelweiss Amusement Society
win have a reception next month and
arrangements for 1t were made at last
nights meeting in Mader,s Hall, IS Hol-
land street. Several new members were
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Newark. N. j.

NtWArK N. j. 2
Dear Uncle Jack-I would like to be-
come a member of the STAR Juvenile
Humane Society. 1 have a little water
spaniel. He is a very cute dog. Yours
truly. SYLVESTER Carroll.
SO South Sixth street.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-26
. ODD FELLOWS, ANNIVERSARY

the thirty-first anniversary Of Atlas
LodgeNNo 6s, l. o. o. F., will be cele-
brated in\ Wevers's Colosseum, SPRING
Held avenhe, tonight. A dance will wind
up the event.
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DANCE OF HERMINE LnnGE.

Hermine Lodge No. 2, Order of the
Sons OF Hermann. will have an enter
tainment and dance in Hartwig's New
aenge Hail. Paramount avenue. tor
night.
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WITH THE GERMAN SOCIETIES

elected. A committee of five will look
after the coming outing.
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Use Extra Large Drawers-Nain-
0 o and cambria; umbrella ruff Cn-
files of embroidery and lace; do .NSCs
not miss this sale feature. .........
75c Extra Large Gowns-Good
cambria, high and avn neck yoke cn-
fine cluster tucking; hemstitched WI
ruffle neck and sleeves -.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22

countants who had examined the books
every bond, every piece of valuable
paper, was there at that time. 1t
had been shortly after their examina-
ton that the president, who had been
in bad health, had gone to California
Mr.. Bailey was still i'll at the Knicker-
booker, and in this, as in other ways,
Gertrude's conduct puzzled me. She
seemed Indifferent, refused to discuss
matters pertaining to the bank, and
never, to my knowledge, either wrote
to him or went to see him. Gradual
ly l came to the conclusion that Ger
trude, with the rest of the world, be-
lieved her lover guilty, and-although
| believed it myself, for that matter
l was irritated by her Indifference
Girls in my day did not meekly accept
the public's verdict as to the man
they loved.
But presently something occurred
that made me think that under Ger
trude's surface calm there was a seeth-
ing food of emotions.
uSou"y hioi Mug tue ueIeCtlNt
made careful search of the grounds,
but he found nothing. In the after
noon he disappeared, and it was late
that night when he came home. He
said he would have to go back to the
city the following day, and arranged
with Halsey and Alex to guard the
house.
Liddy came to me on Wednesday
morning with her black silk apron
held up like a bag and her eyes big
with virtuous wrath. 1t was the day
of Thomas funeral in the village, and
Alex and l were in the conservatory
cutting flowers for the old mans cas-
ket. Lddy is never so happy as wher
she is making herself wretched. and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22

neither moth nor rust corrunt M,
'nleVes break through and steal"
L sent him home in the car. with a
puhch OF dollhouse roses for his wife
ana ne was quite overwhelmed. As
lor me, l had a generous glow that
was cheap at the price of a church
carpet. | received less qualification
ana less gratitude-when presented
the new silver communion set to St
Barnabas.
mad a great many things to think
ABOUT in those days. I made a list of
| questions and possible answers. but
1 scanned only to be working around
IN circle. | always ended where 7
PECAN. The list was something like
this: 'ns ''Ae
VINO mad entered the house the night
| before the murder?
Thomas claimed II was Mr. po;,.,,
whom he had seen on the foot-path. and
| VINO owned the pearl cuff-link
| why ana Arnold Armstrong come back
after he had left the house the night he
| was killed? e'' ho
NO answer. Was it on the mission
| Louise had mentioned?
Who admitted him?
Gertrude said she had locked the east
entry. There was no key on the dead
| man or in the door. He must have heen
admitted from within.
who had been locked in the clothes
chute? '''"e'
Some one unfamiliar with the house.
evidently. Only two people missing from
the household, Rosie and Gertrude Rosie
had been at the lodge. Therefore-but
was 1t Gertrude? Might it not have been
the mysterious intruder again?
VINO had accosted Rosie on the driver
Again-perhaps the nightly visitor. II
seemed more likely some one who sus-
pected secret at the lodge. Was Lou
| sc under surveillance?
Who had passed Louise on the circular
| staircase?
Could 1t have been Thomas? The key
| to the east entry made this a POSSIBLE
ity. But why was he there, If 1t were
| indeed he?
Who had made the hole in the trunk
room wall?
1t was not vandalism. It had been done
quietly, and with deliberate purpose. If
1 had only known how to read the pur-
pose of that gaping aperture what I
might have saved in anxiety and mental
strain!
Why had Louise left her people and
come home to hide at the lodge?
There was no answer as yet, to this,
or to the next questions.
Why did both she and DR.. Walker
warn us away from the house?
Who was Lucien Wallace?
What did Thomas see in the shadows
the night he died?
What was the meaning of the subtle
change in Gertrude?
Was Jack Bailey an accomplice or a
victim in the lootng of the Traders
bankf
determine to marry DR.. Walker?
The examiners were still working
on the books of the Traders bank, and
1t was probable that several weeks
would elapse before everything was
cleared up. The firm of expert &C
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
CHAPTER XXI.
A Ladder Out of Place.

At dinner Mr.. Jameson suggested
sending a man out in his place for a
couple of days, but Halsey was GER
tain there would be nothing more,
and felt that he and Alex could man.
age the situation. The detective went
back to town early in the evening, and
by nine o'clock Halsey, who had been
playing golf-as man does anything
to take his mind away from trouble
was sleeping soundly on the big leath-
er davenport in the living room.
sat and knitted. pretending not to
notice when Gertrude got up and wan
dered out into the starlight. AS soon
as | was satisfied that she had gone,
however, l went out cautiously. I had
no intention of eaves-dropping, but ]
wanted to be certain that it was Jack
Bailey she was meeting. Too many
things had occurred in which Ger
trude' was, or appeared to be, involved,
to allow anything to be left in ques-
ton.
l went slowly across the lawn, skir-
ed the hedge to break not far from
the lodge, and found myself on the
open road. Perhaps 100 feet to the
left the path led across the valley to
the Country club. and only a little
way off was the foot-bridge over Cas-.
anova creek But just as I was about
to turn down the path heard steps
coming toward me, and shrank into
the bushes. 1t was Gertrude. going
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
Empty GaIIantry.

Mrs. o. H. p Belmont in a recent
address advised young women never
TO marry men who did not believe in
universal suffrage.
Mrs. Belmont, in later application
of this advice, said:
Choose a husband as you would
choose a friend. 1t isn't gallantrv Won
want-it is sympathy and apprecia.
ton. These gallant men are very sell.
dom appreciative; they are very sci.
dom, indeed, of much account. Their
gallantry, as a rule, takes the silly.
empty form of Mr. Buggins.
Mr.. Buggins came home from the
club in his usual condition and Mrs.
Buggins said to him:
William, I'm ashamed of you,'
Mr.. Buggins calamity answered, as
he tried to light a fresh cigar from
the stub of his old one:
Better my wife-hic-should be
'shamed of me than should be--hic-
'shamed of my wife,"
Magnetic.
y want man with some exper,-
ence as public performer" ex
planned the stout man.
Il think I'll do" said the applicant
hopefully. I'm the only man on cur
block who uses lawn mower in tie
evenings. Puck.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
Watch Recovered from River.

John Norris, a former chief CON
stable OF Coventry, was the possessor
of historical Tay Bridge watch. This
was engraved with view of the Tay
bridge and was inscribed as follows:
The Tay Bridge Disaster, December,
1879. This watch lay in the River
Tay for six weeks; it stopped at the
time of the accident, remained silent
many days, started again and worked
nine hours under water"
1t was gold keyless lever which
had been lent to Mr.. Beynan, an ar
fist of Cheltenham, who was drowned.
A charge OF dynamite was aiterward
used with view to raising the body
from the river, and this doubtless
started the watch again.-London
Standard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
PHRASES DON'T FIT
THAT is WHY CONVERSATION
WITH DORIS IS A BORE.
Cruel Misuse Of Adjectives and Stock
Remarks Annoys Friend-Even
Noisy Motor Doesn't Stop
Her Foolish Talk.

1t isn't because Doris talks SO
much that she always bores me-"
sighed the girl, as she dropped wear
lily into a chair and took the cup OF
tea offered her, "as 1t is that she
always says something that does not
ut. She seems to have a fund of
stock phrases and adjectives which
she utters enthusiastically at any old
time. It's just as if she had 'em all
mixed up in hat and then drew 'em
out blindfolded. On our motor ride
this afternoon we went over a newly
built bridge of light colored but solid
granite foundations Doris burbIed
ecstatically, What a dainty bridger
Why, I actually heard the chauffeur
sniff disgustedly
She told me tale of quarrel be
tween herself and her father and
said, The angry spots of indignation
burned in either cheek Now you and
/ know very well that her father has
whiskers all over his face, and if such
spots of anger were burning on them
1t would be utterly impossible to see
them. But little indiscrepancies like
that do not bother Doris If she hap
pens to draw that particular express
sion out of her hat of stock phrases
The sunset tonight, she declared, was
just the prettiest thing, and our mel
ons at luncheon she branded as per
fectly elegant. She delighted our
cook by telling her that she had q
shno ,ttif,,I =
big. strapping, husky sort of a per-
son. but there is nothing beautiful
about her. She has been putting ON
the airs of society belle, however.
ever since Doris unsuitable remark.
Il SILVER whenever l see that she is
going so say something compliment
tary about my appearance because It
is always something so decidedly in
appropriate that it makes me ridicu-
lous in the sight of others. If I'm
wearing a prim, tailor-made costume
she invariably exclaims You're a per-
feet dream in that thing!' And II
l have on my picture hat and some
filmy, graceful gown her compliment
is sure to be How chic you look
What / cannot understand is why. II
she has both phrases in stock, she
always pulls out the one that least fits
the occasion. She is constantly stow
ing away new expressions for future
use, and she trots 'em out at the first
possible opportunity, or rather impos-
sible opportunity. In a party of or
iginal young people l have seen her
actually coming over their bright
comments on things and people, and I
always ferrvently hope that won't
be present when she springs 'em as
her own.
why did l take her automobling
when ! object so to be her converse
ton? Well, because our motor car
makes such racket l thought there
would be no opportunity for talk: but,
above all the commotion, she shrieked
out: How swiftly and silently these
motor cars do glide along"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
A HEAVYWEIGHT Family.

Mrs. A. T. Smith and her four daugh.
tiers of Friendly, W. Va, are said to
weigh 1919 pounds, or an average of
203 As pounds each. The mother ID
As years old and tips the beam at
$40. Her oldest daughter is %, and
weighs 294 pounds. The second daugh-
ter is 81, and her weight is 1875 pounds
The third daughter, ID, also is 1873
pounds, while the baby of the family.
IL years old, has only SO pounds to
her credit. This Smith family holds
still another record. The four men in
it weigh 1867 pounds. This gives a
grand total of 2,076 pounds, or an
average for the nine members of 230 20
pounds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
CHAPTER XXI.
Fourteen Elm Street.

II was Monday evening when we
found the body OF poor Thomas. Mon
day night had been uneventful; things
were quiet at the house and the Pc
.&u6ar circumstances of the old mans
9TH had been carefully kept from
the servants. Rosie took charge Of
the dining room and pantry, in the alb
sence of butler, and, except for the
warning of the Casanova doctor, every
thing breathed of peace.
Affairs at the Traders bank were
progressing slowly. The failure had
hit small stockholders very hard, the
minister of the little Methodist chapel
in Casanova among them. He had
received as a legacy from an uncle a
few shares of stock in the Traders
bank, and now his joy was turned to
bitterness; he had to sacrifice every
thing he had in the world, and his
feeling against Paul Armstrong, dead,
as he was, must have been bitter in
the extreme. He was asked to Of
ficiate at the simple services when the
dead bankers body was inferred in
Casanova churchyard. but the good
man providentially took cold, and a
substitute was called in.
A few days after the services he
called to see me- a kind-faced little
IMAM. in a very bad frock-coat and
Ianndered tie. l think he was uncer-
<1n as to my connection with the
Xrmstrong family, and dubious wheth.
er l considered Mr.. Armstrong; TAX
ing away matter for coincidence or
consolidation. He was not long in
doubt.
liked the little man. He had known
Thomas well, and had promised to Of.
ficiate at the services in the rickety
African Zion church. He told me more
of himself than he knew, and before
he left l astonished him-and myself
I admit-by promising a new carpet
for his church. He was much affected
and l gathered that he had yearned
over his ragged chapel az a mother
over a half-clothed child.
You are laying up treasures, Miss
Innes," he said brokenly, where
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
Continued Tomorrow
ATE THE "DOCTORED" MELON.
Cows Glimpse of High Life That
Forever Gave Her a Distate for
Ordinary Things.

On the ACKNOWLEDGMENT porch
IN the pleasant twilight the farmer
told to his city boarders stories, more
or less true, of country life.
THAT COW Sukey of mine" he said,
won't touch watermelon unless it's
champagne-soaked, New York style.
Think of that now!"
The boarders thought of it with q
good deal of cynical laughter.
1T came about like this" the farm.
er resumed. 81 had a broker here
last year who got very sweet on a
young lady boarder, the daughter of a
divine. Hearing the girl say she
loved watermelon, the broker Sc
lected splendid fruit himself in at
the township, brought it home, in
1ected a full quart bottle of the best
champagne into it, and put it in the
icebox for dinner
1T seems the cook, when she sliced
open the~melon-the injection had left
no scars-smelt the liquor and thought
the thing was spoilt. So, saying moth.
ing, she tossed it into the swillbox in
the garden.
There old Sukey found it. She was
wiser than the cook. She soon finished
1t off, lock, stock and barrel. Then
she staggered to shady tree, lay
down, and snored like cheap motor
car for seven or eight hours"
The farmer removed a bit of straw
from his wiskers.
she woke up in wretched tenn.
per, but she won't look at an ordinary
undoctored melon since that day." he
s~tN-Rnffaln Eynrass
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
No, He Never Braqqed.

THE average American million.
aire,'' said Upton Sinclair, in a recent
address, ''brags too much about his
wealth.
Il stated this fact one day in the
smoker of a Pullman. My companion
agreed with me, but fat man across
the aisle, who must have been listen
ing, leaned across and said sternly:
Young man, you're all wrong. The
American millionaire rarely if ever
brags about money. |, for example.
never Dragged about my r,cney in nv
life, and yet I'm worth close on TO
four millions!'"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-22
Teaching Japanese Girls.

Miss Tsuda's English school for
girls in Tokyo. is said to be doing a
pioneer work of much importance in
Japan. She is really laying the foun-
dation for higher education among
japanese women. The enrolment for
several years has been about $50 pu.
pills, all of whom remain in the school
for from three to five years.