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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
ELECTION RESULTS
IN NEW JERSEY

ballot. They carry Essex county on a%ssemblymen and lose it on
surrogate. They elect a majority in the Newark Common Council
and elect their candidates for Board of Works, making that body
soidy Republican. Except in spots, it was clearly a Republican
day in New Jersey yesterday. Hudson county came up with a
solid Democratic Assembly delegation. and Mark NJ. Pagan was
badly defeated for Mayor of jersey City by H. Otto Wittpenn, the
present Mayor, for the second consecutive time. Trenton reelected
its Democratic Mayor, and Mercer and Middlesex Republicans
showed their discrimination by heavily cutting one of the party
Assembly candidates in each county. Senator Silzer, the present
Democratic Senator from Middlesex, won reelection, as did Sena-
tor Gebhardt. Democrat, of Hunterdon. South Jersey is soldly
Republican again, as a Republican succeeds the Democratic assem-
blyman from Salem elected last year. The defeat of Senator
Hinchlife for reelection in Passaic is the first reverse met by him
in his candidates. for political office, but he had a formidable or.
ponent in the assemblyman professor, John D. Prince, speaker of
the House this year. With renewed and increased power in the
State government, the Republican party will face some grave re
possibilities next winter. and it will depend upon how we'll they
are discharged whether the party will again be given power in the
more important elections next year.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
TAMOUS BITS OF PROSE q
BY FAMOUS PEOPLE ZIG
The Plague of the Middle Ages
Died 1883
Born 1872

FROM THE FLEMISH OF HENRI
CONSCIENCE.
NO. elk.

A T ABOUT the period when the crusade "a being preached throughout.
- Europe therea appeared a fearful alady, called "eprosy" MOST
. = of hose who were seized with this awful pestnence died withna few
fellow townsnen The most fearful thing in this malady ws in its infectious
character; whoever pressed the hand of a friend who had been attacked, with
single touch received DEATH: whoever went into a infected rouse or
handled the clothing of the leprous on the following day vas covered with the
fatal spots; eve none became a vehicle of the fatal contagion. An indescrib-
able terror seized the hearts of all = = Children might be seen driving their.
sick fathers own the stairs with long slaves and thrusung them into the
mothers would cautiously throw a rop round In neck Of heir infected
thldren drag them u intot the street Brothers would ferceIy threaten
theirs sisters wftha n a If they, when infected, made n move to approach for
And if an infected creaturew We're seen on he streets in searcho z
food, scarcely could het take a step but IN arrow shot from some nerhbodng
window would pierce his frame NHE#& r.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
A GAYNOR TRIUMPH
TAMMANY LOSS

600 votes less than Gaynor and about 10000 less than Barnard, who
was about 10000 votes behind Gaynor. The figures about agree
with any fair estimate before the election. The triumph is Judge
Gaynors, but the victory is not one for Tammany to gloat over
The fusion of all the antiTammany forces, including the Hearst
vote, OF single candidates for comptroller, president of the Board
of Aldermen and borough presidents and other offices, was too
much for Tammanv. and il loses control of the Board of Estimate
with its authority over all the vast expenditures of the city, as
well as the district attorney and sheriff. This division of power
conduces to economy in expenditure, but it may be the cause for
great delays in the vast constructive work that the city has laid
out to do in the next four years.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
THE DAYS BEST STORY

n mar OF a neighborng parish to ohciate on Sunday. The parish minis
- tGs servant h was also beadle was sent over to the station 10 drive
the visiting reverend gentleman to the n
When he train arrived the beadle asked thu visitor to be good enough to
Wait awhile, as h ad some errands to do before gong home. It was two hours
before he returned. The minister "a furious and threatened tic report the
.beadle to his master :
"WeeL sir. We car lac that if ye like" aid he beade b et ert me him.
self to wait till vas dark afore l drove y ower,f for if h folk o. te yuar
saw wa "a to preach naebody wud turn DOT he morn"
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TIE WOMAN WHO
IL AT THE L

chagrin with the reflection that for a first attempt she did remark
ably we'll polling more than four hundred votes out of about a
thousand in the ward election and running ahead of her ticket.
and, considering, also, that tyrant man had full control of the
machinery of election. Then, again, Mrs. Mills was running in a
ward strongly Republican, and that was a serious handicap for a
woman Democrat. Mrs. Mills had Arstclass support, including, of
course, the leading women of Montclair not too partisan the other
way, but, after all it is the votes that count. 1t is to be hoped that
Mrs. Mills will take a lenient view of the Republican gentleman
who was placed in the awkward position of opposing her for cleo
ton and defeating her. He may be all right otherwise.
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AN AMI
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE

In an election in which all of his Democratic associates O the
county ticket were swamped he was elected by a good majority,
running ahead of his ticket in nearly all the election districts of
the county. A resident of Orange, he showed extraordinary strength
in the vote in Newark. AS Mayor of Orange Mr.. Shoenthal had
an opportunity to show his caibre, and he did it in a way to COM
mand the tribute paid to him yesterday, when he appeared before
the voters of the whole county as a candidate for Office.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03

Judge Gaynor heads the
polls by long odds in the
mayoralty election in New
York, and Hearst brings up
the rear. polling about 100,-
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Surrogate elect Isaac
Shoenthal received from the
voters of Essex county yes
terday a tribute that he will
ever gratefully remember.
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AS a result of the cleo
tons in New Jersey yester-
day the Republicans carry
the Legislature by a ma
jority of two-thirds on joint
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Mrs. Sophia Goodale Mills,
defeated Democratic candi.
date for the School Board in
the First ward of Montclair,
will. it is hoped. temper her
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Editor of the Star: 4
Sir:-Please omit the letters Of cor
respondents who do not stick to the
question at issue. These letters only
serve to muddle the public. :
The question is a simple one. Pro-
fessor Mathews presided at a meeting
at which anarchy and murder were ad-
vocated.
The professor has not yet repudiated
the sentiments uttered there.
Is he fit to teach in the schools Of
Newark?
Only n answer can be given by sem
sible people. Respectfully, :
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Election on the religious institutions Of
America. But their reflections on the
Spanish institutions was demonstrated
because the church and the monarchy
are united in Power However. citi-
zens so assembled under the sting of
human defense would be more con-
servative if their conclusions was con-
fined to the wholesome principles of
freemen. But to make charges against
these citizens as anarchists I am led to
believe is a baneful crime against civil
government and her principles of TRUE
Democracy And it is a greater crime
to insinuate that these c~itizers are out
laws against the laws of representa-
tive government. Such is treason
against our commonwealth. The Board
of Education will honestly and Justly
settle the question of inconsistency or
consistency of Mr. Mathews. But II
they be sincere they would eliminate all
principles of imperial construction in
this conclusion. W. M. G.
/, I%rvington, October 80, 1908.
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After a supreme effort to
get rid of the Contractors
combine" that has misruled
Philadelphia, the reformers
failed at the polls yesterday,
lample of the worst municipal
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To the Editor of the Star:

To the Editor Of the Star:
The controversy as to the propriety
of Professor Mathews in presiding over
the public meeting held last Monday
night seems to me to rest entirely upon
a misconception of the facts in the
case involved. Some knowledge of the
whole affair is essential to a clear
understanding of this case, and that
this knowledge is absent is made mani
fest by various letters printed upon this
page. Let us. therefore, get a sum-
mary of the case, starting from Ferrer.
Literature, for November. says:
Francisco Ferrer. shot in circum-
stances hat attracted the attention Of
the civilized woFld, was a leader in the
movement for the education of the
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To the Editor of the Star:
In a constitutional representative
democracy there exists the natural
rights of the citizens to educate the
rising generations in the principles of
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3. 1909.
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Som of the communications being
sent to The STAR wande away from
the direct question at issue. The STAR
said it would publish communications
bearing on the controversy, and Will
letters or those which do
not hold directly to the case.-Ed.
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THE QUAKER I T
HUGS HER SHAME

and the town remains a melancholy example of t
government in the United States.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-18
Wounded by Explosion.

Charleston, s. c., Aug. 12.-In at
tempting to open a box Of ammunition
with q hatchet, J. A. Fishburne, an
ordinary seaman, caused an explosion
at the camp of the first division,
South Carolina naval reserves, on the
he and Henry Decou, the sentry who
against orders had allowed him to
enter the ammunition tent, were bad
ly injured. There was enough am
munitiOn i'm the tent to have destroy
ed a small town, but fortunately only
three cartridges were exploded. Both
of the wounded men will recover.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-18
TIAW 1EelllED INSANE.
LATEST ATEMPT no GAIN LIBER-
TY DEFEATED.
'Thaw n Sent Back TO Asylum-Nt,lls
Says Thaw Was Insane When He
Murdered White.

White Plains. N. Y. Aug. 12.--Har-
~ X. Thaw's latest attempt to gain
his liberty met with complete and
diaheartening defeat today when SUI
preme Court Justice Isaac N. Mills
dismissed the writ Of habeas corpus
and declared that ''the release of the
petitioner would be dangerous to the
public peace and safety" The sign
ing Of an order sending Thaw back
% Matteawar In all that remains to
complete the failure of this latest ap-
peal 70 the courts.
There 10 no crumb OF comfort f8r
Thaw In the 1000 word opinion hand
"a down by Justice Mills today. All
the contentious of District Attorney
Jerome are supported. and It IL de-
clared ths& Thaw ID still insane. and
still as much as paranoiac az on the
day he shot stanford White,
Thaw. waiting I'm the White Plains
jail ~ the rear of the court house
where the decision was filed. received
the news With outward calmness. The
members Of HE family and his attor-
'nsy seemed stunned by the thorough
ness Of their defeat. Thaw declined
20 give out any extended statement
conssnting himself with the assertion
that his next efforts viii be upon the
court Of appeals. through which ne
expected to secure a hearing before q
Jury In his EFFORT to have his COM
mitment to Matteawan set aside. The
cose before the court Of appeals 10
one which has been under consider
ation for some time.
i Justice Mills In his opinion today
reaches the following conclusions
(That Thaw was insane when he killed
white; that hel has not yet recover
ID; and that public peace and safety
would be endangered by setting him
~ large. Hc upholds District Attor-
ney Jerome's contentious that Thaw
stin cherishes delusions regarding the
practices Of Stanford White and his
associates. He characterizes Evelyn
Thaw's tale OF the Madison Square
tower room and similar stories about
White told at the sanity hearing as
s'wild and grossly improbable. evi-
IDENTITY 10 any normal mind grossly
exaggerated" He sserts his belief In
the testimony of Susan Merrill re-
kardins Thaw's alleged pra ,tices and
points out the contrast between
Thaw's chivalrous attitude a. pro-
tsetcr OF young American woman
hood and his private life.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-18
CLYBURN A SUICIDE.

MIR. Ernest Clyburn Blows Out His
Brains With a Gun-He Was 4
Promising Young Man-The Note.
Kershaw, Aug. 13.-Out at the
home of his father, Hon. w. U. Cly-
burn, near Halle gold mine, Mr.. Ern-
est Clyburn committed suicide this
evening by shooting himself in the
forehead with a "A calibre pistol. He
had attended Wake Forest college for
two years and was at home on his
vacation. He was very popular
young man, about 20 years old, with
bright future. A note was found
on his coat pinned there by himself
In which he said: "Blame no man
Off this act. 1 did 1t myself.
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Florence. Aug. 13.-The telescoping
Of the rear end of a work train on
the Atlantic Coast Line near Mars
Bluff. five miles east of this city, al
very near resulting in the wholesale
slaughter of the lives of large num-
ber OF white and colored employees OF
the train.
Extra work train engine No. 321,
pulling large number of ballast cars
had come to stop just north Of
Polk swamp trestle, near the Mars
Bluff switch, and the conductor, ac-
cording to the signal from his engi-
neer, Taylor, sent his flagman out to
protect the rear of his train.
1t was very foggy morning and
the flagman had gotten just a few
feet away from the caboose when the
second section Of train No. 2OS, en-
gine No. 39s. and pulling engine No.
80, with Engineer Noble at the throt-
tie Of No. 399 loomed up. Before the
flag could be waved, it is said, the
two engines. coupled together and
running as second 209, struck the ca
boose Of the work train, tearing it in
to kindling wood and throwing it in
to mass of wreckage in the ditch,
and ploughed it's way on into the Sec
ond caboose, doing likewise.
In the cars that were wrecked were
q number Of white and colored en-
ployes some Of the latter being still
in their hunks, as the train was going
on long run up the road to where
they were to unload and the hands
would not be needed. Through some
providential cause not soul on the
train was injured.
The engineer of No. 500, it Is said,
Joined the bird gang" and. Of course,
was not injured. having Jumped be-
fore the crash came.
The wrecking train, in charge OF
Wrecking Master Alex L. Seasons,
was sent to the scene Of the wreck at
once and soon had the track cleared
and open for trains to pass and de-
layed the incoming and outgoing
trains for only one hour.
The broken engine and wrecked
cars were brought back to the city to
the shops.
The two engines, Nos. 500 and 80,
were being carried to Rocky Mount,
\. c.. for an overhauling and general
repair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-18

Atlanta. Aug. 1.-THE Georgia
General Assembly adjourned tonight
with mixed feelings of regret and
pleasure. The Legislature regretted
that the constitutional limit Of the
session had been reached; the gener-
n public rejoiced that the end had
come.
This session just terminated will
pYbably go down in history as the
one In which less real work for the
public was accomplished and more
freak legislation threatened than any
other In the memory OF the oldest in
habitants. That much Of the latter
was defeated was due to the disposi-
ton the Assembly early displayed to
dispute every bill introduced.
Two OF the measures which re-
ceived the strongest support upon
the part Of the most advanced people
never reached hearing In either
house. One was the compulsory ed
ueation bill. 1t provided that each
child In the state under the age Of
IA must attend school at least three
months a year. This bill was fought
strongly by certain influences. There
are over 10000 iiliterates in the
State. The most effective argument
used against the bill, and the one
which probably kept II from getting
a hearing. was the "color line" The
opponents Of the bill charged that 1t
would force the negro into the
schools. give them a better education
than the whites and make them more
useless than ever.
The other measure strongly en-
dorsed was the one to submit con-
stltutional amendment to the people
TO decide whether OF not the Legis-
lature. instead of meeting each year,
should meet only each alternate year.
This was advocated by business or
ganixations all over the state, but
was effectively opposed by the politi-
clans. A resolution favoring a con-
stitutional amendment permitting the
popular election OF United States
Senator met a similar fate.
A bill which would have passed a
heavy tax upon all foreign corpora
tlous doing business In the State was
killed by a narrow majority. Another
to protect game and to provide for a
game warden was killed because the
members declared they did not know
enough about the necessity of game
protection to leglslate intelligently.
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MORE ROOM FOR WINTHROP
Governor Ansel Proposes to Lease
Rock Hill High School Property
for the College.

soH VIC NOiIckcs
Rock Hill. Aug. 13.-Gov. Ansel as
chairman of the board OF trustees of
Winthrop College. has made an offer
to the board Of trustees Of the Rock
Hill school district to rent the high
school property for a period of one
year, In order to provide teaching
room and quarters for the large num-
Der Of additional scholars who will
enroll for the coming season.
This offer was received here yes
terday and will first be acted upon
by a committee Of the local school
board. consisting Of Messrs. ]. r.
Johnson, j. NJ. Cherry and w. Black
burn Wilson. who in turn will report
their action to q full meeting of the
board.
II Is not seen how the board could
refuse this offer for a property which
Is lying idle. and costing the school
Trict 800 month in interest
charges, owing to the failure Of the
high school; but a peculiar condition
prevails here, in that the school
board Is hopelessly deadlocked on
the question Of the sale of the prop
erty to winthrop, the matter now
being In the courts. The vote to sell
the property was to 3. but since
then one of the affirmative voters,
Capt. w. L. Roddey. has died, thus
leaving the board deadlocked. with
ing a successor to Capt. Roddey--at
least the board has so far refused to
go into any election.