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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SPOTS BARK OF "FTRE''
is SILENCED FOREVER

NEW YORK Special There is
mourning in the house OF Hook and
Ladder Company IL in East Fifth
Street Spot is dead-Spot, the best
Street to Chatham Square and from
Broadway to the East River, who
never lost a fire till his tottering old
legs would no longer carry him; Spot,
who flew into a passion and yelped
at the heels of slow wagon horses il
they were not out OF the street for
two blocks ahead when he was in
advance OF the engine.
Here comes Spot with his ladder"
children would cry and they would
line the sidewalk to see the show go
past, with the little gray. black
ment.
Spot was born somewhere in the
Mohawk Valley. Early in life he
reached the deck of a canalboat and
so floated down to New York. That
was twelve years ago. One day the
vagrant tagged after a regiment OF
soldiers crossing the city on their
way to the Spanish war. Spot didn't
get across the ferry and was sitting
disconsolately on West Street when
Capt. Potter OF Hook and Ladder IL
came along and patted his head. Per-
haps Spot thought there was not
much difference between a fireman's
uniform and soldiers. At any rate
he followed Potter and took up his
home with IL.
He soon forgot about chasing wood
chucks and fell naturally into the
routine of department life. running
TO fires and making a great show Of
helping the police to maintain fire
lines.
AS the years went by he became
the chief mascot of the department.
At a big piano warehouse fire in
Thirteenth Street five years ago Spot
disappeared and it was thought for
days that he had died. But he came
back after a week. with his hide
SCARED and ribs sticking out. The
firemen were sure he had been buried
in the wreckage and had dug his way
out.
A year ago he began to grow feeble,
and another dog of the same breed,
Mike by name, was obtained to ac-
company him. A great friendship
grew up between the two and Mike
watched over and nursed the old dog.
Last week Il was apparent that the
Great VOLTS shadow had fallen upon
Spot. The firemen were glum. Sat-
urday night Spot had a hemmorrhage
and a doctor was called. Sunday
morning there was an alarm at day
break. The apparatus rushed away
for the first time in years without a
dog running ahead Mike had re-
manned with Spot In twenty min
utes the firemen were back and found
Mike blinking piteously at a still
form
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SHOT GAYNOR With
own FREE WILL
WOuld-be-AsSasSin of New YOrk,s
Mayor Has No Regrets for
His Act.

JERSEY CITY, n. J.-SpeciaL
James j. Gallagher, who shot
Mayor Gaynor yesterday, made a
full confession TO the police and
newspaper men in the Hudson
county jail here today.
Il did it of my own free will"
he declared defiantIy.
Il wasn't drunk. / never talk
ed this over with anybody. 1 knew
what L was doing"
GaIlagher's confession removed
the last trace OF belief among the
police that the assassin had any
accomplices.
prosecutor Garvin today ISSUED
more than twenty subpoenaes fol-
witnesses to the shooting and an.
nounced that James w. Mccarthy, as
slstant prosecutor of pleas, would as
sist him in Gallagher's trial.
The grand jury will be asked to in.
dict Gallagher for an attempt to Kill
II Mayor Gaynor lives. and also fol
atrocious assault on Street Commits.
sioner Edwards. of New York CITY
VINO seized the assassin and wa:
wounded.
If Gallagher is convicted on botI
charges he can be sentenced to serve
tWenty-four years and pay a fine OF
$4,000, according to the New jersey
law. If Mayor Gaynor dies he will
be placed on trial for murder in the
first degree, the penalty for which is
death in the electric chair.
NEW Observation-Disclosures
Commissioner William Edwards to-
day received a letter signed "a
Friend of GaIlagher'so threatening
four hours for his part in capturing
mayor GaynOr's attempted slayer
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18

mel. The sergeant then moved TO
where he could see what was going
on, together with Lieutenant Ernest
NJ. Hardy, the officer OF the guard
for the day.
Sergeant Morgan says that he
heard Lieutenant Hardy give the or
der 70 j. Z. Truehart, the corporal of
the guard. TO halt a negro soldier
who had passed the sentry. The ne
gro instead drew his pistol and told
Corporal Truehart to come and get
him. At the command of Lieutenant
Hardy, Corporal Truehart then fixed
his bayonet. In the meantime Lieu
tenant Hardy and Sergeant Morgan
advanced. whereupon the negro point
ed his weapon at Hardy and made a
remark TO him similar to that he had
addressed TO Truehart.
The negro retreated into the lines
Of his own command, where his Of
ficer gave him up to the Virginians.
He was placed in the guardhouse of
the First Virginia, where he remained
until the provost guard came for him.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
ALL BLUE LEGS ALIKE
TO A VENGEFUL PUP

NEW YORK.-Special.-" Napoleon
said Peter Finden Monday afternoon
TO his brindle bulldog, you have be-
come so vicious 1 shall have to get
rid of you"
Napoleon didn't reply. He just
looked around the fiat, in 100 East
One Hundred and Twenty sixth
Street. and thought over his past life.
When he came to his puppy days
he pondered long and seriously Then
he said to himself: IF / don't like
policemen, it is only natural. 1t is
particularly appropriate that I should
hate these blue legs of the East One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
station, because one of them kicked
me when was a frisky little puppy
/ have never forgotten that kick
"Oh, WELL" and he sighed, IF Peter
thinks / am too vicious for this neigh
borhood 1 dare say he is right. But
before / leave the vicinity of that
police station 1 shalI"-- And a low
growl ended the soliloquy.
Mister" said Finden a few mo-
ments afterward to a strange man.
do you want q good bulldog? If YOU
do, just take my Napoleon"
The stranger consented and started
off, with Napoleon on the business
end of a leash.
Here's my chance! Now or never!"
growled Napoleon when he was being
led across Lexington Avenue at One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street.
'Yonder policeman looks good to me.
I'll get revenge for that kick"
With a snarl, a growl and a mighty
tug, Napoleon broke away from his
new master and dashed at Patrolman
George Helm, of the East One Hun
dred and Twenty-sixth Street station.
First he removed a portion of the
satisfying nip at the policeman's left
leg; then he disappeared. So did his
new master-in an opposite direction.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18


we do not regard the tomato
bushes as violating the District regu-
lauons," said Mrs. Ogle yesterday.
Inc 'front.' yard is not a truck gar
den, and it is only by sharp observa-
ton that it is seen we have anything
other than flowers there"
George Winnie. the amateur truck
raiser, who was arrested by the police
OF the Sixth Precinct several weeks
ago because he was raising vegetables
in front OF his residence at Ar New
Jersey Avenue, Northwest, cited Po-
liceman Ogle before the commission
ers yesterday as an example of an
other man who was violating the Dis
trict code.
he declared he was not the only
pebble on the beach," He wanted 10
know why he had been selected as a
vtolator of the city beautiful" ordi-
nance when there are hundreds OF
others nearer the center OF the city
VINO are alleged to transgress the law
in equal measure.
Mr.. Winnie's Views.
why the policemen of the Sixth
Precinct should arrest me for plant
ing small quantity OF radishes,
oeans and corn in my front yard" he
sara, when a member OF the police
department is permitted to do the
same thing unmolested, I am unable
to understand.
wanted to ask the Police Com
missioner why this discrimination Is
being shown, but he was out"
Winnie promised to furnish a list
OF alleged violators Of the front yard
regulation within the next few DAYS.
Il never before was placed under
arrest" he explained, and am, for
the frst time in my life, under bond
L was released In court, but was re-
CURED to give a personal bond OF
nTOr1nian6 ~
small truck patch. 1 want the Police
commissions to release me from the
bond. 1t is embarrassing for me to
live in such a state"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
GOVERNOR MANN
TO RUSH THE CASE
BLACK TROOPER WHO DREW Pts
Toll ON VIRGINIA OFFICERS
May YET BE PUNISHED,

RICHMO wasp ecial.-
As was stated in this paper yester-
day. Governor Mann and Senator Mar
tin are determined to do all in their
power to see that the negro trooper,
ThomaT Carroll. who drew a revolver
ON certain Virginia officers at the
gettysburg encampment, gets the
punishment that he so richly deserves.
Neither the executive nor the SEN
ator Is satisfied with the petty fine of
$40 Imposed upon the offending black,
whose crime. according to the usual
standards OF military law. was a hid
eous one.
An effort is now being made to in
duce the War Department to reopen
the matter, and no stone will be left
disciplined.
Realizing that the Virginia troops
win have to establish a clear and
clean~cut case, Senator Martin has ad-
vised the procuring Of definite evil
dence and Adjutant General Sale is
now collecting affidavits.
He already has the sworn testimony
OF Sergeant Morgan, a regular army
man who is on detached service with
the Old Dominion volunteers. The
noncommissioned officer gives q de-
tailed account or the trouble with
says the negro's conduct was out
Sergeant Wood says tnat on July
9Th. the day OF the occurrence. he
was on duty with the guard OF the
First Virginia Infantry. instructing
The noncommissioned officers and
,ner OF the guard OF the day In their
Re was Ia front OF the tent OF the
regiinentai adjutant Captain James
n. Price. when he heard the sentinel
So Dost No. give the command TO
oit A u1oment later he heard q
.&nr ortar from the post 3 senti-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
KEEP Bee HIVES
IN FRONT YARD
HELP TO SWEETEN PATH OF pO.
LCEMAN-ENOUGH HONEY
FOR ENTIRE FAMILY.

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special-
-Four hives of bees are to be found
III the front yard OF Policeman A. G.
Ogle, 500 South Carolina Avenue
Southwest.
They are prospecting. Four months
OF Washington have convinced them
that life in the capital is far prefer
able to a simple existence in the wiIds
or virginia. They are delighted with
this fair city of ours, and to show
their appreciation they are breaking
all records in the rapid manufacture
of honey.
And best of all, they have almost
lost the habit OF 'stinging" Their be-
naVlor since their metropolitan debut
has been faultless. Children play
around their hives all day, and not
one has rued the fact. The bees have
scrupulously held to the motto, Live
ana let lVe," or Mind your own bus
mess and we'll mind ours"
The bees are leading a happy life
IN TINS little plot-drones, queens and
al the rest or EN-. One swarm lives
In the hollowed-cut stump of a tree
and with commendable Industry thev
manage to I'LL it every month or SO
with precious comb OF honey And
all this serves to sweeten the path of
existence In the Ogle family. The chill
dren' especially, take delight in the
noney-but they are wise enough NOT
70 try to get 1t until the proper time
comes.
Has Some Tomato Stalks.
Mr.. Ogle has a small number of
tomato stalks in his front yard, too.
and at first blush would seem to be
a violator OF the police regulations of
the district regarding gardening on
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
LOOK FOB CRANK WHO
THREATENED n. Y. GOVERNOR

NEW Observation-Disclosures
Commissioners Baker arrived here
this morning after q hurried trip
from Sudbury, VT. and on his
arrival at police headquarters or
dered that the utmost efforts be
made to find a crank who has
threatened to kill Governor
Hughes, Samuel s. KOenig, Sec
rotary OF State, and AssembIyman
Albert Callan, author OF the new
automobile law.
The threat was made I'm a let
ter to MIR. KOenig, mailed to him
at his office here and postmark-
Y"
The writer declared he was a
chauffeur and that his wife and
five children were starving
through his failure to receive q
chauffeur's license.
A similar letter was received
by Mr.. Koenig at his office in AL.
bany last week. Tho postal Off.
Gals Will be asked TO aid the DO
lice.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Object to Rate Charges.

WASHINGTON. D. c. Special
The Beekman Lumber Company, of
Missouri. has filed complaint with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
against the Illinois Central, the St
Louis and San Francisco and the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois Railroads, ir
which the defendants are charged
with excessive freight rates on a car
load of gum lumber over those roads.
The complainant sets forth that its
car in this case was misrouted, which
resulted in the alleged overcharge,
which amounts to S41l3
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
RICHMOND TO HAVE
FLASHLGHT SIGNAL
Still Demanding That More Men
Be Given the Department
for Patrol Work.

r c H MOND, VA.-Spe ciaL-
A police fiashlight signal will soon
be placed on Church Hill. This was
the statement made by an official
of the Police Department today and
came out during a discussion of the
imperative need for more patrolmen
for the streets. The official declared
that the area of the city had been al
most doubled within the last few
years, and when the force was COM
posed of 100 men it was COMPARE
lively easy to preserve order. But
with the doubling of the territory
there has been no increase in propor-
ton, and the result is that the force
is wholly inadequate for the proper
patrolling of the many miles OF
streets.
There is a fiashlight at Seventh
and Broad, and when a call is re-
ceiVed for a man from that section
or the city the signal is flashed and
every man who sees the signal al
once goes to the patrol box and calls
up the central office. In that way II
is possible to put a dozen men in any
one spot in the city inside of five min
utes. The placing of one of these
llghts at Twenty-fifth and Broad
Streets will perform the same service
FOR the eastern end of the city. 1t is
expected that work will soon begin
on the new signal.
But what we want more than any
thlng else is an increase in the num-
per or men for street work" said the
official. There is sfowing de-
mand for this, and we are hoping
that one of the first things that the
new Council does will be to give us
not less than forty more patrolmen."
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
MODESTY OF BOY
WHO SAVED LIFE
Lamar Tyree's Heroism of Two
Weeks Ago Is Learned by
Accident.

c H MOND, VAS eciaI.-
pulling drowning man from the
James River, receiving a handsome
gold watch fob, the plaudits OF his
many friends, and then hiding the
too and adJuring his friends and the
witnesses to keep quiet about the
matter, and never speaking a word
OF the anair to anyone is the char
acter OF Lamar Tyree, the eighteen
year-old son OF Andrew w. Tyree, one
or the old-time printers Of the city.
Young Tyree and several compan-
IONS, including young man named
Malcolm Owens. visited their little
club, The Cliff Cabin Camp" on
James River below the city, July 2sth.
for little recreation. They went in
Launches, canoes and all sorts of
craft. While engaged in some aquatic
feat young owens fell. or was thrown.
from canoe He could not swim
and when Mr.. Tyree saw the predic-
ament of his friend he plunged in to
his assistance, got hold of the Young
man and finally landed him ashore,
after some fifteen minutes of exhaus-
tive and perilous work in which eff
forts he was assisted by several young
men on shore. owens pulled through
all right, and the. matter was kept
quiet in order not to alarm their par
ents.
Then the presentation of the hand
some gold fob followed, and young
Tyree gathered the trinket and hid
ii away in a desk. The reason given
when the discovery was made was that
Mrs. Tyree was opposed to his going
down the river on these trips, and it
was TO keep her from knowing any
thing OF the affair that the gift was
hidden away.
Mrs. Tyree ran across It Monday
night. and when she asked regarding
the matter the young man admitted
that IL had been given him, but that
was the first anyone IN the neighbor-
hood had heard Of the occurrence.
which came near costing Owens his
life and which places Tyree in the
limelight and makes him a receptive
candidate for a Carnegie medal.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
UPPER BERTHS
COSTS TOO MUCH
State OF Indiana Appeals to the
Interstate Commerce
Commission.

WASHINGTON. d. c. Special
complaint against the rate charged
for upper berths on Pullman sleeping
cars has been lodged with the Inter
state Commerce Commission by the
State of Indiana
1t is declared that an upper berth
shouiu not. cost more than one-half
that charged for a lower, and shouId
not cost more than one-half the cost
OF a seat in a Pullman. In this COM
plant the, Pullman Company and the
various railroads operating its coaches
through Indiana are named as defend
ants.
1t is intimated that other States in
the Middle West are likely to follow
the action of Indiana and Kansas. the
latter State having made a similar
complaint.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
ALLEGED NEGRO EMBEZZIiER
CAUGHT AFTER FOUR YEARS

SUFFOLK, VA Special The To-
Chicago police OF the arrest there Of
J. c. s. Nevels. q negro. former cash
Ter Of the Suffolk Banking and Trust
Company, who is accused OF larceny,
embezzlement and six forgery charges
Novels had been a fugitive four
years. during which time he was
traced to the Bahama Islands, West
Indies. and through various cities Of
the United States He will return
without requisition papers His wife
recently became demented and was
brought here from Chicago.
AS the result OF the worry incident
to the looting OF the bank, A. II. Cobb,
a half owner. committed suicide short
ly afterjthe fight Of the cashier.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
MARQUARD Is WORTH
$1,000, SAYS McGRAW

NEW YORK Special.-While the
Giants were sitting around, waiting
for the rain to cease, a fap brought
up the subject of Marquard.
Il don't know whether he has been
worth $1,000 or not" said McGrauef
but 1 would like to see the color Of
mans hair who could buy him from
us for less.'
The mere fact that New York win
not sell Marquard, despite the fact
that Frank Chance. of Chicago. and
Clark Griffith, of the Reds, want to
buy him, is ample evidence that he is
still valuable asset.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
MEETING OF JAMESTOWN
JOCKEY CLUB NOV. 1.19.

SARATOGA, N. Y.-Special.-At a
meeting of the stewards of the Jockey
Club here yesterday, approval was
granted the jamestown Jockey Club
to conduct q race meeting at Norfolk
Va, November 1st to 18th, with the
privilege Of extending to November
28th.
The following officials were ap-
pointed:
Judges, Ed. Coles and F. w. Ger
hardy: clerk Of the scales, J. Hosford
Smith; starter, A. B. Dade; paddock
and patrol judge, Herman p. Conk-
ling. Frank J. Bryan was appointed
steward to represent the Jockey Club.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
PATTERSON MAY WAIVE
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION

NASHVILLE, TENN Special
Governor M. r. Patterson has issued
a card TO the Democrats OF Tennessee
expressing willingness TO waive the
gubernatorial nomination given him
under the blanket June primary plan
and proposing to enter into "any kind
of primary to be held in any way
the opposition may elect with an equal
division of election officers in order
TO silence criticism and to test the
question or whether 1 am or not the
choice OF majority OF the Demo
cratic party"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
EX-PREMIER JOSEPH
CHAMBERLAIN IS DYING

LoNDoN.-SpeciaI.-It was reportt
ed here that ex-Premier Joseph
Chamberlain has suffered a relapse.
At Birmingham, his family denied
the report, declaring that his health
was unchanged, being much the sam o
as when he returned from Francs
several weeks ago.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18

NEW YORK.-Special- Wer-
lemann. an oil merchant and at one
time reputed to be a millionaire, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself In
his once at 80 Broad Street today.
He had been dependent Of late
telling his friends there was no use
IN trying to compete with the oil
trust
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09

TNHE object of the anti-racetrack
gambling law passed by the last
Il legislature has been in large de-
gree defeated by the recent decision
of the state supreme court that 1t does
not Interfere with oral betting-betting
by word of mouth, with no written
record. This decision follows the courts
of the state of New York, constituting
the original law, which was copied by
the California Legislature.
The act in question Is stringent IN It's
provisions against poolselling ana
bookmaking, but was not intended TO
prevent such betting between lndlVid-
uals. other than bookmakers or pool
sellers, as has always been common at
race tracks. Had all and every form OF
betting been included, the passage OF
the measure might not have been ac-
complished.
But both in New York and California
the racetrack gamblers have taken ad-
vantage of the loophole left them in the
law. They have evaded its prohibition
by doing their business in an oral way
on the racetrack, with no writing,
book entries or ke-holding done pub
IicIy, but protecting themselves by con-
fninC their transactions to persons
known to them to be financially re-
snonsible or who establish credit by
depositing money with them in ad-
vance.
Although in such cases there may be
no moral doubt that the law is in et-
feet violated, 1t has been found very
dificult. or practically impossible to
secure any jury convictions under such
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
VISITOR PLEADS IN BEHALF
OF CIGAR STAND CLERKS

LOS ANGELES. April 6-tEditor
Herald: As a visitor to Los Angeles
I was amazed to find that while the
saloons are closed (and rightly too),
sundays, cigar stands are allowed
to remain open all over the city, I
have been given to understand these
stands are principally owned by COM
panies and that the clerks who are in
attendance are usually engaged from
fourteen to sixteen hours daily What
this represents for a six day week
can be readily conceived, but when it
is borne In mind that Sunday brings
them no relief, then any person with
a spark of humanitarian sympathy for
his fellow creatures must recognize
that such a condition of affairs should
not be allowed to continue.
Los Angeles boasts of It's Christian
ity and civilization and possibly this
blot upon her fair name has escaped
the notice of the powers that be, but
if ever a grievance demanded redress
assuredly the cause of the white cigar
stand slaves is one.
Again, what is the use of our
churches if a large number of our fell
low citizens are debarred from enter
ing them by being compelled to labor
on the Sabbath?
There is not the least reason why
business should be affected financially
by the closing Of the cigar stands
Sundays. VISITOR.