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Tensas gazette., 1909-10-15
Rain Checks Forest Fire.

Last weeks rain was. double well
coined, as forest fires had broken out
to the south and east of Corbin sew
eral miles and as the foliage and
small limbs that were stripped from
all timber by the storm In such guam
titles as to cover the whole earth sew
eral inches deep had become dry as
tinder. human efforts to stop the rag
ing fires proved futile. 1t has been
estimated that the fire damaged the
section swept by 1t as much or more
than the storm did.
Tensas gazette., 1909-10-15
Two New Rural Routes Probable.

1t is announced that there is q
likelihood of having two more rural
routes out Of Columbia In the near
future. The routes contemplated, 1t
is understood, will serve the people
in Ward Z, who are practically with
out mail facilities. and the Copen-
hagen settlement, including neigh
boring places.
Tensas gazette., 1909-10-15

The Power Of Tolerance.
BY George Harvey.

INWI stability above other consdeauons
A& Of his country Because
Of unduly apprehensve OF foreign I'M
resistance IT,
unworthy Because as many
protection;
wronguy to minds as consumers n
of maintaining
unfair burden taxation poverty the aang n % % S Of
instinct for aendancy whose
ior
Tensas gazette., 1909-10-15
Uniform Fence Ordinance Adopted

Uniform Fence Ordinance Adopted.
A uniform stock fence law was
adopted at Marksville. for the entire
section on the south side Of Red
River. Wire fences are to be
constructed of four wires, with
posts not more than eight feet
apart; rail fence FIVE feet high,
plank fence four and half feet high
palings five feet.
Tensas gazette., 1909-10-15
Fish Crowding Bayou vermilion.

Since the storm of Sept. 20 fish
have been coming up Bayou Vermil-
ion by thousands and crowding into
the coulees that flow into It. In at
least one OF these coulees the hsh
have been killed by tho ueands With
clubs and other implements, and
left to decay and polute the stream.
Some have been hauled away for
fertilizer. 1t is also reported that
some dynamite has been used In the
streams.
Tensas gazette., 1909-10-15
NEW SERIES VOL. XVII,
Great Results May Come
From Triflins Event.r
BY John K. LIE Baron.

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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16

The Mayors message. presented and
read at the organization of the Com
mon Council last night. Is as follows:
January !. 1853.
To the Honorable the Common Council.
Newark. y. j.:
Dear Sirs-In presenting for your con-
sideTation the figures showing the financial
status Of the city. it seems proper for me
10 express the sentiment Of congratulation.
10 doubt widely prevalent. that Newark
has endured without substantial setback
the commercial and financial depression
which has been so sorely felt throughout
the country. With credit unimpaired and
WITH vigor undiminished. both the city
government and the business community
may look forward with confidence TO the
future. having, indeed. very probably. de-
rived some useful lessons from the trial.
At this date the gross bonded indebted
ness of the city is S24. 699, 500. which includes
the item of s2s7 900 Of school bonds author
lied by the Common Council on December
20 last. As an offset to the gross debt
there IS in the sinking fund the sum of
T.044.412.37, making a net bonded indebted
ness of Sli,695,0S7. 5S. The increase In the
net bonded Indebtedness over a year ago
is $780,. s46.14. This increase was made
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
EARLE
IN SAN|TAR|UM
HAS PARANO|A

CENTRAL VALLEY, N. Y, Jan. TO-
Affinity" Ferdinand Pinney Earle,
holder Of the soul-mate championship,
is in a sanitarium here. He is said to
be suffering from acute paranoia, al
though the physicians at DR.. Carlos f.
MacDonald's institution, where Earle
arrived on Tuesday night, unaccompa-
MED. decline to break their rule by say
ms anything concerning the patient.
There are twenty-three patients in
Stanleigh and F'alkirk, as the buildings
for women and men, respectively, are
termed.
1t is said that fer a considerable time
Earle's riends have been trying to get
him into Falkirk. but that his arrival
alone without baggage late at night
took the doctors by surprise. Ever since
he put his wife aside to marry his "af-
finity,' Julia Kuttner, the artist has
been much in the public eye. He has
lees and dogs to attend rnwelcome Wis
itors to his home, and that as we'll as
his arrest for an alleged beating of his
soul-mate did not escape their attention.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
PADEREWSKF'S RECITAL.

The recital to be given by Ignace
Jan Paderewski, the great Polish plan
ist, In the Kruger Auditorium Satur-
day afternoon. January 80, is sure to
be attended by as large an audience
as that hall will accommodate. Since
first his II & agement for Newark was
announced, Frederick N. Sommer, I'M
der whose management he will appear
in Newark, has received by mail man
orders for seats, not only from Newark
and vicinity, but also from New York.
The demand from his admirers in
Manhattan undoubtedly is due to the
fact that all the seats for his recital
in Carnegie Hall early in February
have been sold.
Reports from Europe of Mr.. Pader-
ewski's recent recitals point to the fact
that his playing is more wonderful than
ever. This is encouraging news to his
American admirers, n to those who
intend hearing the great virtuoso on
January 30.
The regular sale of seats will open at
the Lauter Company's piano ware
rooms, 657 Broad street, Tuesday, Ian
uary rs. Mail orders are being received
by F. N. Sommer, 794 Broad street,
Newark.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
BEN GREET, WITH
GREAT ORCHESTRA.
IN FINE PROGRAM

Performances almost operate in ma
ture are announced for Saturday after
noon, January 90, at 3:15 o'clock and
evening at S:15 o'clock, when the Rus
sian symphony Orchestra and the Ben
Greet players will appear together in
d dramatic and musical rendering of
"A Midsummer Nights Dream" with
the Mendelssohn music, at the Kruger
Auditorium.
One hundred persons are concerned
in the representation of which special
stress is laid upon the musical
features.
The Russian Symphony Orchestra
numbers fifty men and will be under
the baton of Modest Altschuler, who
has led the orchestra ever since it was
formed six years age.
In addition to the Ben Greet COM
pany, augmented for this tour, the
performance will include a group of
children for the fairy dances, Lou Wall
Moore in Greek dances, of which she
has made a special study, and Grace
Clark Kahler, soprano.
The complete program for the day
is as follows: Theseus, Duke of Athens,
Percy c. Waram; Lysander, betrothed
to Hernia, A. Hilton Allen; Demetrius,
once sutton to Hernia, now in love
with Helena. j.. Sayer Crawley; Philos-
trate, master of the revels, T. F. Null
Iigan; Egeus, Leon Brown; ounce, a
carpenter, Frederick Powell; Snug, a
joiner, Percival Seymour; Bottom, a
weaver, Ben Greet; Flute, a bellows
member, LEGAL Robinson; Shout, a
tinker, John MacFarlane; Starving, a
tailor, Earl Q. Snider; Hippolyta,
Queen of the Amazons, Grace Halsey
Mills; Hernia, in love with L~ysander,
Violet Vivian; Helena, in love with
Demetrius, Irene Rookie; Oberon, King
of the Fairies, Ruth Vivian; Puck, or
Robin Goodfellow, George Vivian.
The orchestra will render the fol-
lowing numbers: Overture, Scherzo,
March of the Fairies, Song of the
Fairies, Intermezzo (Hermia, seeking
Lysander, loses herself in the woody,
Nocturne, Wedding March, Finale, with
chorus of fairies.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
N|BLOS LECTURE
ON ITALY MAKES !
HIT IN NEWARK
Large Crowd Hears Interesting
Talk and Sees Marvel.
Gus Pictures. IL

That this city is intensely interested
In Italy just now was evidenced by the
large number of people who attended
Fred Niblo's illustrated talk about that
country in the Newark Theatre yester-
day afternoon. Mr.. Niblo gave particu.
lar attention to the parts Of the coun-
try destroyed or affected by the recent
earthquake.
Prolonged hand-clapping greeted the
pictures of King Victor Emanuel and
his wife. His pictures are unusually
clear and beautifully colored. One OF
the most effective was that of the old
Roman colosseum by moonlight. His
curtain was stretched across the back
or the stage, giving a perspective SO
good as to make the pictures seem real.
Mr.. Niblo seems to have a faculty
for obtaining pictures that the average
tourist overlooks. He has a lively sense
of humor that brings his talk far
from the usual dry method of de-
livering historical facts employed by
most lecturers. Among his views We're
pictures of the indoor and outdoor life
Of the Italians, their cathedrals, prisons,
ruins, bodies of water, market places
and everyday and fete costumes.
He showed his audience the spaghetti
vender and the hot-waff1e man on their
soil. He took his audience through
the picturesque ruins of Pompeii, and
escorted them into the depths of the
catacombs; showed them Sicily and
Capri; Calabria, Florence, Milan and
Rome. Exquisite pictures of the in
teriors of the greatest cathedrals in
the world were displayed, interspersed
with moving pictures hat were mar
wells of ~clearness, one of the best being
the trip through the Venetian canals
in a gondola.
Mr.. Niblo will give his famous lecture
on Russia in the Newark Theatre next
Friday afternoon, when he will show
views that have been obtained by no
other man.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
WAGNER PROGRAM
TO Be GIVEN ON
SYMPHONY NIGHT
Alexander SasIavsky, Violinist,
to Be Sol0ist-F. L. Sealy
to Conduct.

A program entirely Of music by Wag-
ner. with Alexander Saslavsky, a noted
New York yiolinlst, as s%oloist, will be
the feature of the SECOND concert in the
series of symphony concerts at Wallace
Hall next Friday night. Frank L. Sealy
VIII conduct the orchestra of forty-five
men from Walter Damrosch's New York
symphony Society.
These concerts are attracting the at
tention of many music-lovers, and the
subscriptions include names of many
well-known Newark and Orange people.
BY request, the program will be made
up entirely from the compositions of
Wagner, as follows:
"~Lohengrin," introduction to third
act, Bridal Chorus; '~Tannhauser"
March m Evening STAR Romance;
Meistersinger." Introduction to third
act. Dance of Apprentices. prize song:
'Traume." "Parsifal." Good Friday
"Rienzi," Overture.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
SEALED PROPOSALS.


oFFICE Of the Board of Street and Water
CohimlSsloneIs of the City of Newark.
" Newark. n. j., January 10. 1909.
scared proposals Will be received at this offica
IRON 3:l5 to $3.50 p. m. on Thursday. Jan1iarv
u. Ivy, and opened at the last named ho,ir ~
a public meeting OF the board. to be held Of sa1S
time and place, for furnishing TO the S,tv 10 ~
Newark. {. o. b. Newark, two C2) "So,,es.ea
street Cleaning Machines with 1hs
optioh on part OF the city to nnr'
chase at the same price a total ~
twenty t2) or less machines. Proposais nnuSt
Dc accompanied by the consent in wr,,ing 80
Two % sureties Presidents Of ESSEX Cn,,nto
New Jersey, or a surety Company autborinS;
70 DO business In New Jersey, who 1uaiifv a - y. "a
their responsibility in the amount of IKE no
posal ana agree to become sureties for tba
darnsnl performance of the contract If
awarded. Specifications for the machine con III
examined at the office Of the Chief Fno,naos
or the board at the City Hall Each nrSnosS,
must be enclosed In a sealed envelope. nroner,,ii
indorsed with the name Of the bidder and thss
Wock, and directed to the Board Of Street sn w
water Commissioners of the CITY NJ Newarniu
bloders viii state their prices in writing as wen;
The board reserves the right to accent nv
Ject any or all proposals for the ahove ,sori.
city. se interest or the
ny direction Of the Board Of street and u,o..
commissioners OF the City Of Newark. wafer
ian1s-6t General superintendent Of WoMrt;.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
ST. RUPERT'S COUNCIL HOLDS
IT'S SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
Father Polycarp Makes Address
at Celebration.

st. Rupert's Council, No. 50, G. B. L.,
celebrated its silver anniversary in a
way worthy of the occasion in Casino
Hall, William street, last night, with
many other councils of the same order
present. The Rev. Father PoIycarp
made a short congratulatory address,
while several of the councils made pres
.entations expressive of goodwill toward
the celebrating organization.
Supreme Representative A. S~teines,
State Treasurer Joseph j. Lam
brecht and Brother John Wittel made
appropriate remarks.
During it's quarter of a century of ex-
istence forty-two members were lost by
death and $S5, 600 was paid to widows
and orphans.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
ARTISTS IN CONCERT.

The third entertainment in the series
of artists concerts arranged for this
season by Professor c.. G. Shaffer, prin-
cipal of Elliott Street School, took place
last night in the assembly hall of the
school. The soloists were Miss Cecilia
Winter, c%ontralto; Mrs. Dora Becker
Shaffer, violinist, and Alexander Berne,
pianist.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
NON-UNION BOOKS ARE
BURNED BY PATROL MEN,

In order to prove their loyalty to or
ganized labor, three members Of the
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
appeared at the Essex Trades Council
meeting last night and burned up So
worth of books that did not bear he
union label. 1t was the first time that
such a thing was done in the ouncil
and it caused great applause and
cheers.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
RECRUITING OFFICER,
KNOWN HERE, RETIRED,

Lieutenant-Colone Silas A. Wolf.
Twenty-eighth infantry, U. S. A, has
been ordered before a retiring board
in Chicago, having failed in the
Roosevelt physical tests. When a CAP
tain Colonel Wolf was for several years
IN charge OF the recruiting offices in
Market street a few years ago, and
was we'll known to many Newarkers.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
ORATORlO AT Y. Nj. c. A.

Much interest is conferred in the pres
entation of Gauls Holy City," by a
large chorus from the First Presbyte-
rian Church Under direction of l.. Car
roll Beckel, assisted by well-known So
loists, in Wallace Hall tomorrow after
noon at 3:45 o'clock, under the auspices
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. Both men and women are invited
to attend
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
BUILDERS AND
TRADERS HAVE
ANNUAL J|NKS
and Music Follow
Election of Officers
for 1909.

The members of the Builders and
Traders Exchange combined business
and pleasure yesterday afternoon.
After electing officers they had a BAN
quet. which was followed by instrument
tai and vocal music.
The officers are: Thomas Boyle,
president; Hugh Kinnard, vice-presi-
dent; Charles NJ. Grover, secretary, and
David II. Merritt.
The four new directors are: Albert
c.. Courier, James S. Higbie, William j.
Hughes and George N. Thompson.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
HAVE NEW LODGE HALL.

Order Germar-American Lodge No. IL
has obtained Liberty Hall, 252 South Or
ange avenue as its new lodge room.
Meetings will be held every first and
fourth Tuesday of each month, the next
meeting coming on January 26, 1909.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
THIEF STEALS OLD COINS.

A number of old and unique coins,
collected during twenty years, were
stolen last night from the apartment of
Ernest Smith, at Al Thirteenth avenue.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
Lodging House Regulations.

The lodging houses Of the city are multi
plying, and their strict regulation is, | am
persuaded, 4 necessity. There are two
phases Of the question. 1t is our duty, first,
10 adopt such measures as will protect the
community IN general gainst breeding
places for disease and centres OF crime. We
must likewise protect the habitue of the
lodging house against unjust exac.ions and
unsanitary Surroundings. The growth of the
city has been so rapid that this subject has
escaped proper attention. IT should be neg
lected no longer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16

necessary because OF the ,arge eXpendi-
lures required to increase our school ia
clllties, by the erection OF new buildings
and the purchase of sites. The net city
debt represents less than s per cent. Of the
ratables OF the city. II there be deducted
the water bonds. amounting 10 ST., lS7 Coz
gross and S.494, 4l0.4t net. and the tax ar
rearage bonds, $4,000 gross. with n sinking
fund surplus of S40.345.S5. both of these
classes of securities being self paying and
not being a burden upon the general tax
payer, there is left the sum o. SS,21.990.s4.
upon the general taxpayer. represents less
than 8 per cent. Of the total rataSleS Of
the city.
The outstanding school bonds amount to
$4,000. of which g. 1880. or ever 50 per
cent. of the whole. have been issued within
require heavy bono issues for the next few
Years. After that We may reasonably hope
that there will not be the necessity for
such large expenditures on this account.
There are several other projects of pub
lie Improvement which will also require
stood as diseouraging any laudable or nee
essary municipal enterprise. but I cannot
refrain from saying that though our bond
ed indebtedness is well within the limits
of safety We should %serutinize every prop
osition TO increase it with the utmost care.
Meadow Reclamation.
On account of court proceedings insti-
tuted with a view 10 affirming the law, the
project fC; the reclamation Of the vast
tract of meadow land within the city linn
its. by means OF Il ship canal. which would
including docks, warehouses and the like.
has temporarily been halted. I have al
ways approved of the plan In general
However, after the commission appointed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
Lighting Plant.

/ again call attention to the fact mat the
citizens nave voted in favor of the installa-
ton Of an electric plant for the lighting of
the streets, and suggest that careful study
be given 10 existing conditions, with a view
10 the proper location OF the works and a
proper installation of the rest of the sys-
ten. While Inc city's contract for street
lighting has yet some time to run, It would
be better IN this mattec to be before hand
tathcr. tlan behlnd hand in the change to a
municipal plant.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16
Traffic Congestion.

Various measures have been adopted TO
do away with the danger and confusion at
tendant upon the congestion of travel at
Broad and Market streets, but they have all
been merely temporary in their nature.
1t must be apparent to all who study the
question that the conditions will grow worse,
despite traffic regulations and other e&-
ped!ents Of this kind. l therefore renew
the suggestion made IN my first annual mes
sage. that earnest consideration be given
10 the subject of "A subway for trolley lines
under Market and Broad streets, or either
of them. ] do NOT like to seem unreason-
able, but it appears to me that this problem
should ave received serious study in the
last two years. and that if its solution is
much longer delayed we will suffer in a
marked degree in the near future.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16

From time 10 time during the last few
years the Legislature has enacted statutes
by means Of which large financial %insttu-
tions have been enabled to escape their Just
due Of taxation. These laws, which are
inequitable in their conception, operate to
lessen the burdens Of those who are best
able 10 pay, and increase the expense Of
those whose means are least. 1t seems to
me that this is another matter in which
Newark might, with propriety, invok the
cooperation Of other municipalities in an
appeal to the Legislature.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-16

providing facilities for recreation and for
cleanliness for those who would otherwise
De unable to secure them, cannot, | be-
lleve, be overstated. Fairgrounds and
baths repay the city many times over. I
tnlnk that public sentiment is in full ac-
cord with this view, and that 1t will sup
port IL reasonable expenditures to this
end.
The city should also hasten to provide
public comfort stations wherever they may
be needed.
Insurance Fund.
Some years ago the city established what
is known us an insurance fund, with the
idea of eventually ~insuring herewith
against all the losses which might occur
Dy reason of lire Ill municipal buildings.
The fund has been invested principally in
the temporary loan bonds of the city, and
While 1t has proven a valuable adjunct in
municipal financiering, its earnings have
not been great, and it therefore amounts
now to but little more than the direct APP
preparation of 100000, / have given this
matter some thought, and it has occurred
to me that the fund could be largely in
creased in amount. aud its usefulness
greatly extended if there We're paid into it
each year such sums as would fairly repre-
sent the premiums for the insurance car
ried by it, and which. if it did not exist,
would have 20 be paid to regular insurance
companies. By this method the fund would
grow more rapidly; would year by year
provide for a greater amount of the tenn
por2ry iad5btedness of the city, and would
in Il comparatively short time reach such
proportions as would enable it to supply
the place of the municipal capital fund, .
which has so long been the subject of
tLought and calculation on the part of our
financial officers.
As it stands now the fund might be said
20 be, in some degree. a source of tempta-
lion. Its accretions are now so small and
its scope so limited that it may be in
danger some day of being seized to adj
vance some attractive municipal enterprise
for which money might not otherwise be
readily obtained.