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The evening world., 1909-02-05
AHEARN BLOCKS
$25Q,00O DEAL
IN FERRY SITE
Says Price Asked for Sugar
Trust Kings Property
Is Excessive.

Borough President Ahearn blocked the
PLAZA Of the Board of Estimate to-day
TO make a start Ia the direction OF es-
'tablishing a ferry service between Man
haitian and Williamsburg to take The
place of the five suspended ferries
President Ahearn protested against
the city spending s25o,OOO to acquire new
ferry terminals in Brooklyn. declaring
that the city now owned adequate prop
lerty easily convertible into ferry ter
tminals. He suggested that the city
owned recreation piers at Pike. Third
and Twenty-thlrd streets which a1ord
admirable sites for ferry slips. and the
cost OF putting them into condition for
the accommodation Of ferryboats would
1 be comparatively small, he said.
II was the evident intention OF the
board to adopt a resolution contemplate
ing the purchase OF property at North
First street. Metropolitan avenue and
River street, Brooklyn, for the proposed
new ferry uses. and to urge the Dock
Commissioners to at once prepare plans
and make the needed changes .Presi-
dent Ahearn's single objection. how
ever, prevented affirmative action and
the matter was ordered to be placed on
the calendar for consideration at the
next meeting of the board.
President Ahearn declared that the
price demanded for the proposed Brook
lyn terminal Is rdiculously high as
compared with Manhattan river fronts.
1.-THE records OF ownership will show.
also." he added, that the site sug
gested by the select committee on the
ferry proposition is now the property
Of Havemeyer. the Sugar Trust mag
nate" President Ahearn added:
THE property is on East River, North
First street. River street and Metro
politan avenue. II was improved years
ago by the erection OF coal pocket
which has ben out of use for the past
seven or eight years. II has twenty
three lots and liberal price would be /,
$500 a lot, making the property, with |,
out the coal pocket, worth $1,000.
by way of comparison the river
front property on the northerly side OF
Pier No. 50. East River, foot OF De- |
lancey street, Manhattan, with valuable !
riparian rights. with twelve lots i'm |
proved with coal pockets. stables and |
factory buildings, brought in 1902 the !
sum of $4,000
another property at the foot OF STAN
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ton street consisting OF 800 feet Of bulk
head with riparian rights. together with
piece fronting 20 feet on Tompkins
street, 200 feet on Stanton street and aOV
feet on Mangin street, consisting Of six
teen lois. with coal pockets, stables aad
offices, was offered In the boom OF real
estate In 1905 .or 900, and sold for
aHut that price.
1t does not need an expert to form
an idea OF what the Brooklyn property
might be worth"
The evening world., 1909-02-05
READING WEAKENS;
STOCKS SELL OFF

Pressure on Reading weakened stocks
alter firm start to-day and the list
cropped back until the losses reached
point or more. New York Central and
the other standard railroad shares sur
fered most. Previous to the decline
Denver 4 Rio Grande, Chesapeake &
ohio, Missouri Pacific and Wisconsin
central made good gains, Trading was
active.
The total sales Of stocks were 66l, 500
shares and Of bonds 37.Sl0,OQO,
The evening world., 1909-02-05
$3.50 e. <<:> That This California Oil Co.
~ >1/ Will Absolutely Be Big Pro-
$ Queer and Should in s Months Be
/ Paying Good Dividends, and in 2
= Years Be Paying Over 40% on Par.

The old saying undoubtedly
Others
Of our Company by citing such Instances
orn OIL Fields Ltd which for par and
advances
advanced
Company 1000
mediate ghhor Lucille OIL
adjoining famous Section Six Township
President thinks Of our property clearly outlined IL.
ago at cents per share They Immediately drilling Well
this well At the Pen, price oil ! 800 They drilled
about loo barrels daily This makes the podsson from the wells
stockholders
$ Of
There Of this sale but
Dollars invested this stock
The evening world., 1909-02-05
NEW THOUGH7ER
DROPS HER QUEST
FOR S169,0OO,Q0O
Rev. Beatrice Witham HurrieS
From Abroad to Her Sick
Husband.

The Rev. Beatrice W'itham, leader
OF the New Thought cult. which be-
lieves that our souls are governed by
numbers and letters and color vtbra.
t!cns and the like. was a passenger on
the White Star liner Majestic. which
arrived from Southampton to-day. She
Is the wife OF Major Benjamin Witham,
OF Boston, who Is, she says. the prin.
cipal attorney for the claimants against
the Mosher estate, OF England. amount.
ing to si6ooO.0oo
A great number OF persons all over the
United States have been persuaded to
believe that some OF this money ough
to come to them. Major William has
been III for some time, and the Rev.
Beatrice went over to England to push
the claims in his stead, Before she was
through she was recalled by the news
ilut Htl nuspdilu WuS worse. Sne KOt
word by wireless in mid-ocean that he
had quite recovered
Must Interview at Noon.
The Rev. Beatrice was full Of real for
the New Thought cult She said she had
made a number OF almost converts on
the Majestic and after sizing up the ul-
tramarine reporters, who were at the
pier to greet the ship, she began a prop.
uganda among them. The first young
man she tackled said that his initial
was a."
Yes" said the Rev Beatrice, your
psychic number is /, your soul color Is
white and your most propitious time is
noon. ANY interview or other news
paper enterprise you undertake will be
most successful, If undertaken exactly
at noon"
II will tell my city editor about
that" said the reporter, who Is sup
posed 10 go on his Job at I In the
morning
How about me?" asked another.
you have a wonderful love-light in
your eyes" said the Rev. Beatrice.
and that Is evidence that
But the ultramarine had fed from
among his grinning brethren gasping,
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REMEMBER these estimated will what BE-
Please these figures Coalnga
Aladdin on SIX
TIsM YARDS well
S be completed and is certainty that viii be least 800 to 800
let figure barrels
example, H0a well oil produces 1915 and
VII require about 5000 the ad
the end
Seems morally certain that YIN also wells the
enc production will which
about drill additional
producing least 500
'
history and
than
adv tsemeut ' '''~" Wv ' 'N
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The ClosinK Pricsa.

io-oays highest. loves, and last prices
SHOCKS and OF net changes as compared
vita yesterdays final figures are A. follows:
The evening world., 1909-02-05
Oil Is Making MilliOnaires i'm Calif0r

making
Southern Railroad
ID
OIL
firmly honestly and believe
million Aladdin
Oil
comfortably
the
The evening world., 1909-02-05

In considering o
that the
Coansa Aladdin Oil
writing such letter 1t is simply
for BY the cashier OF National Bank be
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inss lower than have You understand
the that
There ism dollars worth Of stock that
which
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
A SAILING SHIP
SANlTARIUM.

The 3ailing-ship sanitarium for con.
sumptiyes projected in England and
described by the British Medical Jour
nal seems an admirable scheme. If a
patient is to be sequestrated and kept
in a long chair out of doors, why not
alleviate his lot by the interest of sea
life and glimpses of pleasant coasts?
The ship projected would be Of about
1000 tons, with ample deck space for
cots in the open air. The plan would
be to cruise in the neighborhood Of
the Cararies, taking advantage o,
trade winds and an equable climate
and seeking port in bad weather. The
cost to each patient is not stated, but
there must be a good many invalids
who could afford - pay handsomely
and with fifty patients it might be pos
sible to keep 2O00-ton schooner in
commission.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
| A DREAM OF A BETTER


Sir Robert Hart, after spending for.
ty years in China in charge of bust
ness carried on through the Custom
House, probably knows the country
and its people as well as any euro
pean can. He says that China is to
have a great future. He says the
Chinese are strangely reasonable
people; that they have hated the idea
of having soldiers or becoming sol
diers, saying, IF right is right, 1t
ought to be recognized by everybody,
and we ought not to be required to
fight to supper. It," But in our time
foreign nations have forced upon
China the necessity of arming itself
and some day out of the four hundred
millions of Chinese a great army may
be formed and then instead of fight
ing, China will turn around to face
the rest of the world and say, Gentle
men, there must be no more fighting"
II a country should be attacked, they
would defend it, and so, with theiI
vast momentum and great numbers,
make for the peace Oh the whole
3rld. This Is the reverse of the
yellow peril" that SO terrifiej the
German kaiser.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
A CRYING
Fed.
What is really wanted at the pres.

What is really wanted at the pres.
ent time is standard Of misconduct.
We are constantly doing things in
doubt, as If we hadn't a right to do
them.
The confusion caused by people do
ing things which in their circum-
stances we had no right to expect is
the principal cause of our troubles. 1t
ought to be definitely settled, for ex
ample, that any millionaire who has,
say, over hundred millions, will
thereafter lead an honest life. II he
has only fifty Millions his life should
be semi-honest, and If he has only a
paltry ten millions, then it ought ID
be conceded th..t he can loot a few
railroads or so until he gets on his
feet.
Up to, say, ten thousand a year no
man can afford to be dishonest. lie
ought to get up in the cars and giye
UP his seat to won en- under thirty.tye
at least. and OF course he will not
take the chance of robbing any safe.
From ten thousand up to one hundred
thousand tsr can engage in little dis.
honest flyers by making one Of a pool
or putting through a land deal or so
for variety.
When he gets fifty millions or more
together, however, every man ought
to ask himself plainly the question
whether from now on he ought not to
he a DhilanthrOniSt Doesn't he owe
this to his fellow-men?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
EATING UP
SHEEP.

The world is eating up its sheep.
The number on loot is steadily being
diminished and the same is true of
cattle ana poultry, says the London
Meat Trades Journal. From the avail
able statistics it Is said that in three
years should there be no increase, at
the presen. rate of consumption every
head of cattle, every hog, every sheep
and every chicken in the barnyards
would be eaten up. 1t has been no.
ticeable for several years that the
number Of food animals raised
throughout the world was steadily de.
creasing. The question is, unless
conditions are modified, and that
shortly, from where are the meats of
the future to come?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16

Grievous wrong is committed when
society surrounds children with such
influences that by the age of sixteen
boys and girls almost thoughtlessly
commit crimes such as ought to be
impossible except to deliberate vii
lany of the most hardened type.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16

Colorado has the best laws for the
protection Of women and children of
any state in the Union. Colorado has
undoubtedly the best juvenile court
in the world, and it is the oSIy court
holding the parents responsible for
the deeds of their children. And the
women vote in Colorado.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
"lETTER"
GRAM S.

The French government has deli
nitely adopted the scheme of letter
kilograms" which has been under dis
cussion in France lor some time. The
new system provides that letters may
be telegraphed between any two
points in France at night at cost Of
one-fifth of a cent word, and that
they will be delivered the next morn
ing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
LUXURY AND
POVERTY.

A thoughtful clergyman has re-
marked that luxury is as great a
curse to the human race as Is abject
poverty" This is dreadfully true
when tie two go together. For where
they go together the luxury of some
spells poverty for the rest. But the
luxury that all might have by earning
it, would that be a curse?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL,
international Bible Lesson for
Sept. Io, 'o9.

The Sunday
School of the
future will be in
many respects
as much of an
! n . row cmcGt
over Pre- S e II t
methods as to.
day is better
than yesterday.
For If there is
any thing about
the modern sun.
day school in
which there Is
practical agree.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
WIZARDS OF AIR
RECEIVE HON0RS

Washington, June 1.-THE achieve
4ment Of man flight for which men have
striven for more than 1000 years is be-
ing celebrated today. After having been
paid homage by the rulers Of Europe
Wilbur and Orville Wright, of Dayton,
Ohio, today received their first pub
lie recognition by their fellow country
men. In the east room of the White
House at 2:30 this afternoon, President
Taft presented to the inventors the
gold medals awarded to them by the
Aero club of America TO commemorate
the invention of the first successful fly
ing machine.
The event was intended to be one Of
national interest and to carry out this
Idea the Aero club of America invited
the leading newspapers throughout the
country to print editorials today ap-
propriate to the occasion. The COVER
nors of the various states have sent
laudatory messages congratulating
them on their success. These, together
with the resolutions adopted at the nu-
merous scientific organizations n let
ters written by prominent scientists,
have been put in o form and will be
presented to the Wrights.
The Wright brothers, after being en-
tertained at luncheon by the Aero club
Of Washington. proceeded to the
White House. They were presented
to the president by Representative Her
a thousand invitations were sent out
for the White House ceremony.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, accompa-
MED by their sister, Miss Katherine
Wright, arrived at $40 and were met at
the station by a delegation from the
Areo club of America, which arrived
from New York earlier in the morning.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
LAkES-TO-GULF PLAN
Is NOT FEASIBLE

Washington, June l2.-The proposed
l4-foot deep water project from ST.
Louis TO the gulf received a blow to-
day when the board Of engineers re-
ported TO congress that such a water
way is not desirable. The waterway
would cost 1923, 000. 900 for coEstruc-
ton and $4,000, 900 annually for main
tenance. the engineers say.
The report was based on a survey Of
the Mississippi river by q special board
of engineers, created by act Of con-
gress. The conclusions reached by both
the special board and the regular board
of engineers are practically the same.
The report of the regular board h q
1T is not desirable to construct q
navigable channel ii feet deep from St.
Louis or from Chicago to the mouth of
the Mississippi was based on tie con
clusion of the special board. that only
commerce originating from sources
that 10 not at present ship by river
would justify the great cost OF a IA
foot waterway.
What Might Do.
IT is claimed that the present de-
mands of m between st. Louis
and the gulf will be adequately met by
an eight-foot channel from st. Louis
to the mouth of the h river II n
channel of not less han nine feet be-
low the mouth of the Ohio. The boards
belief is that an eight-foot channel
from Chicago to st. Louis correspond
ing with the present eight-foot project
from st. Louis to Cairo. is the least
that could adequately meet the de-
mands of commerce. 1t added that
such a waterway would be desirable,
provided the cost was reasonable. Pres
ent and prospective demands of ON
merce between Chicago and the gulf
would be adequately served, the board
reports, by a through nine-foot chan
me- 70 the gulf.
Estimates for these channels have
not been completed, but are promised
10y congress by next December. Gen
eral Marshall, chief Of engineers, in
formed congress in transmitting the
report that he could not state definitely
whether either of those channels vas
desirable until after accurate estimates
were made.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
GRAIN OPERATORS
ORDERED TO JAIL

Cincinnati, Ohio, June 10.-Louis w,
Foster, John M. German, Walter
Campbell, A. c. Baldwin, Edwin He'll
n j.. NJ. Scott were each sentenced 10
a term OF six months in Jail and each
to pay a fine Of $500 and costs by Judge
thompson, in the United States dis
trict court here this morning, Tor as
ing the United States mails to further
schemes to defraud in conducting a
bucketshop.
The six defendants were tried befoIe
a jury several weeks ago, and found
guilty of using the mails TO defraud, as
charged in the indictment returned by
a federal grand jury. Former Judge
Outcalt, attorney for the defendants,
made a motion for a new trial at that
time.
Judge Thompson this morning over
ruled, and sentenced the defendants
Attorney Outcalt at once filed a motion
for a stay OF execution and the de-
PENDANTS will be at liberty under So
coo bonds The defendants operated
the bucketshop known as the Odell
Brokerage .
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
1T HAS LONG ARMS AND
HAIRY BODY; SCARES MEN

long arms. clutched at an overhanging
limb and swung itself upward. After
a few minutes the strange animal low
cred itself to the ground n walked
off on its hind legs.
After waiting a discreet length OF
time the young men approached the
tree and examined the tracks which.
from the soft appearance OF the earth
where the strange feet had trod, re-
sembled that OF a bears footprints.
sit" Walked Upright.
They didn't know what the strange
object was, but IL appeared to be OF
the species that Is viewed with greater
aplomb when behind iron bars Decker
is sure it wasn't a bear, because il had
long arms, and the fact that II pulled
itself up by a limb instead OF climbing
UP and also because when IL walked on
it maintained an upright position.
There are no known gorillas in this
latitude outside OF menageries. m as
an accompaniment to this queer tai
there Is the story that last summer in
the western part of the state a train
was wrecked and some OF the animals
escaped. This wreck story Is not sup
ported by the necessary affidavits, u
1t fits In well at this time.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
Expires of Heart Failure at
Home in Roxbury, Mass,
Aged 81 Years.
FEW KNEW OF ILLNESS
Attended Mrs. HoWe's Birthday
Party--Wrote The Man
Without a Country"

Boston. June 12.-Rev. DIR. Edward
Everett Hale. chaplain Of the United
States Senate, died at his home in
Roxbury today.
News of the death OF DIR. Hale
shocked Boston TO an unusual degree,
because comparatively few knew hat
he was i'll. A week ago ne vas present
at a celebration in honor of the Goth
birthday of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
his contemporary in many of the re-
form movements with which both had
been identified for more than so years.
To his family 1t had been apparent
for some time that DIR. Hale's health
was falling. A few days ago heart
weakness was noticed and his condi-
ton became alarming. His great age,
81 years, initiated against him. Yes
terday, however, he vas up and about
his apartment. In fact. he had not
been confined to his bed at n stage
of his illness.
He retired at the usual time last
night, but his physician had noticed
evidences that led him to warn the
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

Immediate members of the family that
the end was not far off. AS the night
passed DR.. Hale constantly became
weaker, until death came, about 3
O'Clock this morning.
Grouped about DIR. Hale's bedside
when he died were Mrs. Hale, his wife;
Philip l.. Hale, his son; Ellen, his
daughter, and the family physician.
DR.. Hale was born in this city in
April, 1922. BY training, education and
tradition he represented throughout the
81 years of his life the spirit Of the
founders Of the Massachusetts, Bay
colony. He was graduated from Har-
ward in 1889. He was actively con-
nected with the Boston Advertiser
many ago. His first charge as a
clergyman was a church in Worcester.
He was a prolific writer and for years
had been allied with the principal
p~hilanthrophic movements in the city,
state and nation.
Chaplain Since 1903.
Washington, June 12.-Dr. Hale had
beer chaplain OF the United States
Senate since 1893. His selection at that
time to fill a vacancy was generally
regarded as a high tribute to his ac-
complishments and intellectual ability.
Since his appointment he had been
a very consistent attendant upon the
SESSIONS OI THE oCildlb dliu Ills lilNOSd
tons at the opening of each days pro-
ceedings were SO marked by ~eloquence.
a Keen appreciation of the vents OF
the day and a warm sympathy with
humanity that few of the senators
failed TO be in their seats when the
gavel fell.
Serious inroads in his health first
appeared about the beginning of the
present calendar year; he was rather
feeble Inauguration day and finally in
the first week in May he became so
Ill as to be obliged 10 cancel his en-
gagement 10 deliver the invocation
upon the occasion of the unwilling OF
the statue of Longfellow in this city.
He left Washington several days before
that ceremony to return.
Senators Grieved.
The news Of the death of DR. Hale
reached the Senate early in the day
and was received with general express
sions OF regret. No figure had been
more familiar about the senate thar
that of the venerable chaplain. and no
person was more respected or beloved
BY his unassuming n and genteel
DISPOSITION he had become a general
favorite with tine senators and en-
ployes, while his distinction in the
world OF letters n theology had
caused him TO be generally sought out
by strangers.
Whether to a friend or casual visitor
he was uniformly courteous. On ac-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
STEAMER AGROUND;
LIFEB0AT RESCUES

New York, June 12.-Tho Spanish
steamer Antonio Lopez, with SIG pas
sengers and a crew Of 135 men,
grounded on Fire island last night and
lay on the beach all night, pounded by
heavy seas. Packets sent up for as
s~istance warned the Summer life saw
ing crew at Point O'Woods Life Saw
ing station, but they could do nothing
until daylight.
Early today wrecking tugs reached
6the stranded steamer. a lifeboat was
launched through the surf n the
work of transferring the women and
children passengers TO h wrecking
tugs was begun. The sea was still too
high to permit the passengers to be
landed. The steamer appeared to be
unchanged and in no immediate dan
ger as the sea was subsiding. Most
of the passengers were from italian
and Spanish ports, including Naples,
Genoa and Cadiz, and they were bound
for Vera Cruz, to which port the
steamer intended to proceed after
touching at New York.
All the passengers were transferred
from the Antonio Lopez to the tug
Relief without accident. The Relief
started for New York with the passen-
gers early in the afternoon.