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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

sthirtv-fve wears OF age 10 take the exam
nation and must be at least feet inShes
in height and weigh 100 pounds The SUD-
iects of examination are as follows: Spell
ing, arithmetic, letter writing, penman-
ship, copying from plain copy, pollucal
geography of the United States, reading
addresses and systems Of railway trans
portation. The test in reading addresses
consists of comparing a number of writ
ten addresses with printed copy On Which
various errors are purposely made.
Having passed this examination. your
boys name is added to the list of eligibles,
and he awaits the summons from Uncle
Sam that informs him that there is sub
stitute job awaiting him. This means that
somebody is i'll, or has been transferred, or
that there Is q sudden increase OF work,
and he is wanted to take some place tenn
porarily He will remain on the substitute
list for a year or year and half, &C
cording to the needs of the service; but
during that time he will be paid at the rate
of $500 year for the time he works. After
that he will receive a regular appointment,
at which he must work on probation for
six months before being full fedged pos
tai clerk However. the time he served as
substitute is deducted from this probation
period, and IL he has served Tor at least SIX
months which is likely. as he will have
worked as substitute at least half the time.
he will get his full appointment at once, at
q salary Of $500 a year. or SIS a month.
Now he will be at his regular work, with
no doubts Of future employment and steady
promotion on ahead Of him. His duties Will
be on mail cars, where he will work for
eight hours or more day. according to the
requirements OF his particular route.
His work will be the distribution and
routing of mail. This sounds simple enough.
but it means that he should know the
proper and speedest route to send letter
that comes from anywhere and goes any
where In or out of his district. For in
stance suppose your boy lives in Wisconsin,
which IS in the tenth division, and is work
ing on a railroad in Northern Michigan.
Along comes letter addressed to Rudolph.
8. D., which is In the same division. He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Your Boys Life 6>ork.
fgIbQf Shall Ii BE?

should know instantly without stopping TO
think or 10 look il up how to send that let
ter across Michigan. Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, and finally to the little hamlet in the
northern part of South Dakota to which IL
is addressed This means that he must
know the name of the railroad that Will
carry il there soonest. the time the par
ticular train leaves Chicago for Minneapo-
lis and the closest connections that can De
made all through. You can readily see that
your boy when he becomes an Al railway
mail clerk. will be just about the best
posted man on the political geography of
that division in existence.
There are several promotions, all bear
ing the same title, but with increases in
pay Each one of these brings an advance
of 500 a year. and it is rule that clerk
shall not gain more than two in any one
year He is promoted in this way, as he
shows Increased efficiency. until he IS
drawing 81 400 annually.
Then a vacancy occurring. he is made
clerk in charge of the mail car or cars
on which he is working meaning that he
Is at the head Of all clerks employed there,
at s1,6o0 q year His next promotion is to
chief clerk in charge of the lines running
through that territory, at $500. By this
fifteen to twenty years, but he will have
reached a position Of Importance and Will
be one of the leading men in the service
Further promotions are to assistant su-
perintendent Of the field, at 1850, to as
sistant division superintendent, at $1,000.
and to division superintendent, at 5000.
These division officers are at the head or
the railway mail business in the thirteen
great divisions of the country.
The highest jobs IN the service outside
OF the Postmaster General, Of course, who
is a political appointee, are the general su-
perintendent of the entire service, located
In Washington. who is appointed by the
Postmaster General, and draws salary
of $4,000 annually. and the Second Assist
ant Postmaster General, at 5000. who is
the direct head of the railway mail de-
partment Both of these offices customa-
rily 20 to men who have worked up from
the ranks. Z. W. JENNiNdo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

lyn or Queens or to some place where they
can have transportation at lower prices.
Rents will fail as the houses are vacated
and il new tenants come they are likely
to be poorer and less desirable residents.
Even If railroad ran its communication
service without more than clearing ex-
penses 1t still would make a big profit on
the general proposition, for the whole COM
munity comes and goes and buys its sup
plies over the road at rates that pay very
well. Ny own firm paid $1,000 in a single
year not long ago to take prospective buy
ers out to our properties. and every cent
went for full tickets at the regular fare
for single trip
Raising communication rates is Short
sighted policy" said Herbert A. Sherman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

IS no doubt that It will set back the growth
Of the whole region and drive away hum
dreds OF homeseekers And it's an awful
pinch for the plain citizen who just makes
enough to scrape along and bring UP his
children under the high cost Of living"
The men who are interested in building
Up Westchester County are united In de-
claring emphatically that the increase will
be a heavy check upon the growth of the
region, besides making hardship for those
who already live there.
This affair has been so much talked
about and so well advertised said Harold
D. Bishop, real estate dealer, that 1t
will set back all the towns along the New
Haven lines. People who can't get to work
cheapIy from those places will go to Brook
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

!, William c. Carl this evening in the Old
First Presbyterian Church. Fifth avenue
and 18th street. at O'Clock. The soloists
will be Rhea Massicotte, soprano; Eliza
beth King. contralto, and Andre Sarto,
aarytone.
The American Symphony Orchestra, Hen
ry Lift conductor. gave its closing musical
morning on Tuesday last In the new music
room OF the Park Avenue Hotel. The or
ganization repeated request Schu-
bert's Unfinished Symphony and played
several compositions OF Mendelssohn and
two small Russian novelties. On Fri
day evening Mr. Lift VIII be heard again.
in Morristown, at the W-hippany Club. He
has also renewed his contract for another
year with the Park Avenue Hotel to fur
nish the summer night concerts IN the
court garden Of the hotel.
The Van Baar Orchestra furnished the
music for the ''Chantecler dance" given
by Mrs. Henry CLARK Coe at her home.
No. West 10Th street, yesterday.
Louis Arthur Russell, OF Carnegie Hall,
announces two song recitals to be given
by his professional vocal pupils this month,
the programme TO be made up OF recent
songs by American composers. Among the
singers will be Mrs. Jessie Marshall and
the Misses Alice Anthony, Elsa Goepferich
and Cecilia Schuck. sopranos: the Misses
Marjory Mott and Rosada Taylor. con-
traltos; Stimson Barker. tenor. and Ernest
Van Nalts, basso. Or May q Mr.. Russell
will give with the Memorial Choir a rem
dition Of Rossinfs "Stabat Mater"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
The Passion Play
Description of the SpechcB
at ObeIammereau.

With to-day's issue The Tribune hs,s,.
special supplement series in colors ss,,c.I
ing scenes and characters IN the sa,-..a]
Passion Play to be rendered during ~
coming summer at Oberammergau. An A.,
ceiient article on the Passion Pay "a.
appeared In The Sunday Tribune. but n,
the purpose Of completing the description
of the Passion Play pictures as they v,l,
appear in the supplement this brief rss,ms
Is given.
In the year 1898 a presidential dIssa,.
ragged in the whole neighborhood Of ot.r1
ammergau. In the village every precaut.od
was taken to keep off contag ton, but A cs-l
tain man named Caspar Schussier. W.
was at work away from home. crspt ~
cretly through the mountains on the r,sh1
Of festival to visit his young wife III
child. He was infected and brought =.
infection with him Three days later n
himself was a corpse and the disease al
gan its ravages in the village. In the prs.|
ence OF the dangerous outbreak the whd.l
community began 10 pray to Almighty Col
At the same time representatives Of tai
villagers took upon themselves a solemn
VOW to exhibit every ten years a passion
tragedy in reverent memory OF the at,ss
surrerings and death Of Jesus Christ ii
once. on the very day OF the VOW, acsrs-
ing TO tradition, the disease began 70 dsI
appear, and soon the entire village yas|
free from it. with few interruptions t.sl
play has been given every decade since.
Printed words and ordinary halftones zs|
entirely inadequate to portray the bealrsI
of the famous spectacle The natural AZ
Effectiveness of Oberammergau and vicint,|
the historical nature Of the characters tsI
sacredness OF the theme and the beautis-
robes and costumes Of the persons snact-s
the various parts have suggested the se-aj
Of coIored supplements which begins d
day in The Tribune and will be continual
every Sunday until completed
The village Of Oberammergau has Nrl
ulation of about !, go. II nestles IN ii
pretty Oberammergau Valley. among IA
Bavarian Alps. The Ammer River ru.s
through the valley. The Passion Play 81
given in an immense anphitnedtre slrlsts.
in the midst of growing crops. where "a
women of the community labor with tsj
men. A suggestion OF the pTetentious sre
tacie is contained in one of the pictlra
reproduced to-day, which illustrates ns
Punishment OF Adam and Eve from Pars
disc. "Out of the sin OF this first par
sprang the misery of the whole race s1sI
the necessity Of salvation from IT,
Two of the prominent characters IN Is
Passion Play are the 'fPrologus" and rs
''CEoraguS," both gOwned in richly eolOFsi
robes. The former. diadem in hand. oE.
lines the plot OF the play, combining Eln
his recitation an exhOrtatton 10 iervor ans
the fulfilment Of the vow. The "Chorags
conducts the music and the ritual Is
promise of mercy brings stimulus 70 ID
chorus" The powerful music sweis
strength until its strains echo and re-ecA
from the surrounding mountain tops
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
San Francisco BoomS Panama
Pacific Exposition.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

San Francisco May 14.-Great interest
continues TO be shown in subscriptions to
the proposed Panama-Pacifc exposition,
and 1t is expected that by the end Of the
month the s5,0oo000 fund VIII have been
completed. One feature OF the present con-
tributions is the strong desire of suburban
cities within one hundred miles OF San
Francisco TO help. Thus. San Jose which
is holding q flower carnival this week, has
pledged 100000. and Stockton. Sacramento,
Vallejo, Napa and many small cities in the
Santa Clara Valley have already contrib
uted generously and have promised more.
Los Angeles will also furnish liberal con-
tributions. Nothing sinca the great fire in
San Francisco has shown the entire state
SO united IN one effort. The success of San
Franchises representatives at Washington
has given strong boom to the fair. and
IL is probable that the fund will reach one
or two millions above the five million mark
This week was marked by contribution OF
s16o 900 from the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company. the first OF the large public SER
vice corporations 10 send in check
A sensational contest will be made over
the estate OF John A. Benson, the noted
land speculator, who died the day after
he was released from the Oakland County
Jail after serving one year for perjury
committed in obtaining public lands. Ben
son fought the federal courts for twenty
years over the land fraud charges. but was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
TIE RafftydyMaiI SerJfce
Holds PossfbiIffieS Thar
Are Affrocffpe.
CHAPTER xxx.

ET is not unlikely that one or several
young men from your town or city
have entered the railway mail service
and are now regularly employed in that
work or have risen to higher positions in
the same line. Now, your promising boy
can take up the work and succeed in it,
if he happens to like this sort of employ
ment. It is agreeable work and fairly re-
munerative, and there is high success pos
sihle as a reward for industry if your boy
will stay with 1t, besides the advantage Of
being employed by the government under
Civil Service regulations That makes en-
ployment certain as long as the worker
attends to business. Thus he is free from
all the uncertainty that now and then dis
turbs the Industrial world and may look
upon his career as fixed-an advantage
that is more attractive than high sal
airy with a possibility that business re-
verses of ones employer or other causes
may compel him 10 look for another job
without warning.
This is how to go about getting into the
railway mail service: Write a letter to
the United States Civil Service Commits
sion at Washington, stating that you wish
to enter the railway mail service. and you
will receive full Information as TO the gen.
eral preparation required, physical and
mental qualifications, as well as the time
and place OF the next examination to be
held in your vicinity. Your boy must pass
the Civil Service tests before he Is eligi-
BILE to appointment, but examinations are
held at frequent intervals in various parts
of the country, often enough and suffi-
ciently near to where he lives SO that he
can arrange TO attend them without diff
ficulty At some time in the year every
state has its examination for the railway
mail service.
Your boy must be between eighteen and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

a dealer in suburban real estate w tieS
go up people will simply flock into ,ne ne"
residence districts of the city and MI theiii
to overcrowding. as they. have done "1th
the older parts of the CITY, just no"
Queens County and New Jersey are oeiiis
nut within easy reach Of Manhattan at
and 10 cent rates. With the cost OF hVifs
going up, many men who might Do eA-
pected to wish to live in the SUBURBS ae
anv cost will stay In town or close oy III
stead.
'The railroads lose both freight and pas
senger traffic by keeping those people III
town. The New Haven has chosen an espe-
cially bad time from its own point OK We"
for putting UP its rates. 1t has made over
the tunnel by which it brings its trains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Many Predict Loss a,
6rGOc and Reol
ES1dfe Oepre.
citation.

more harmonious system-an ecu,r
for an equal distance.
The rising cost OF living ar.cssd .
employees and we had to raise their ,,,.-.
In Justice to them The cost OF Hv.n, -
railroad has gone UP, too. Eve, !. =
should increase our Communication RAJ, !"
the Increased revenue we could get s.s
not pay 1 per cent OF the raise o. us-
gave our men, Our commuters hav.
Cause to be alarmed. Certainly We AZ. =.
sighted enough not to make any incrps,. :
rates that would reduce the number :, :.
passengers"
1t remains, however. to be seen hov ..
Public Service Commission will y,sv =
situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

Several big sales Of land in San Joaquin
County have been made this week The
Marsh ranch, in the Byron district, south
west OF Stockton, brought $780, 600 This
ranch comprises two thousand acres, and
it will be divided into one hundred-acre
farms. San Francisco capitalists have
bought sixteen hundred acres on Roberts
Island, In the San Joaquin River. 1t Is
known as Shippee Place The price paid
was $50, 900. These sales are an index to
the movement in the splitting of big ranches
Into small home farms.
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at last convicted and punished. Several
wears ago he married the divorced vile
OF "Swiftwater Bill Gates of Klondtke
fame, but at the time It was declared ne
had an aged wife living from whom ne
had obtained no divorce Now his son ap-
pears and declares his mother made no
public protest against Benson's second mar
riage, but that he can prove 1t was biga-
nous, and that the second wife has no
legal claim to his fathers estate Ben
sons second wife was one OF the four
Lahore sisters. concert hall singers, three
OF whom ''Swiftwater Bii'' married in sue
cesssion and each Of whom got fortune
from the Alaskan adyenturer.
Mrs Charles Wesley Reed, wife OF
prominent local lawyer, failed to obtain a
divorce this week after sensational trial.
She accused Reed of cruelty and cited
many instances of his alleged failure to
give her the love and devotion that wife
should receive but In return Reed. who
is evidently systematic, produced large
number of letters from his wife. which
killed her case. In one Of her letters she
was alleged to declare that she was
starved for affection, and that the love Of
any man appeared good to her. The Judge
decided she had not done her part to main
tain the home and refused the divorce.
The funeral was held here this week Of
Richard O'Neill. a San Francisco pioneer,
who was one of the founders of the Hi
hernia Bank and for many years conspicu-
Gus in this city in work for schools and
charities Mr. ONefll died at an advanced
age, on his Santa Margarita ranch, in San
Diego County.
| The fact that no strong Republican can
didate has appeared for United States Sem
atOr leads TO the inference that the Legis-
lature may call on Senator Frank P. Flint
| the field Alden Anderson. State Superin-
| tendent OF Banks, has shown the most
strength but his campaign has not equalled
expectations
| President David Starr Jordan of Leland
Stanford Junior University will take his
| first long vacation for thirty years this
summer He will be away for seven months.
returning at the opening OF the second
semester, next January. Part of the time
| Dr. Jordan will devote to work In the in
terest of the National geological Congress
and the International School of Peace.
! Plans for q flne new free public library
building have been submitted to the super
visors by Reed Brothers The lot assigned
| to the library is a full block on the west
side of Van Ness avenue, between Hayes
and Fell streets. 1t is estimated that the
building will cost 100000. A feature OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
AT MUSIC STUDIOS.

Last Wednesday evening Claude Warford
rendered g. farewell reception to Elizabeth
West, who returns to Richmond Va, after
a seasons work under his direction, to
resume her duties as soprano of the Grove
Avenue Baptist Church. Beside solos by
Miss West, the following students took
part: Emily Hatch and Freda Brooks.
sopranos: Marguerite Sommer, contralto,
and Malcolm MacGrath, barytone. Mr..
Warford has nineteen students from New
Jersey, nine Of whom hold church posi-
tons.
DR.. Edouard Blitz. OF Carnegie Hall, will
sail for Europe on June 4 TO fill an engage
ment as conductor OF a series of ninety
symphony concerts. to be given In Blanken-
berghe. the we'll known Belgian resort DR..
Blitz will return to New York on October 9.
in time for the opening OF the seventh sea-
son Of his sight singing school.
Miss Emma K Denison is meeting with
success in her new studio. at No. "a West
ed street. Miss Denison will meet new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

The Tonkunstler Society Will give the last
roncert Of its season on Tuesday evening
In the Assembly Hall. No. 1os East "a
street The programme VIII be as follows;
Trio for piano. violin and Tiol0nceilo topus
&c n minor a AreDsky
Carl ISruchhsusen lpiano), william DoenSes
fv.olim and William Eba1n tvioloncellol.
Songs for soprano:
Nun lass uns EIiecen schliessen Heysel
Gleb' rr.r tetn Here GolkpoeHO-
81. Hermann
Dss kranke Mzgdle.n CGTeio. op. A. No:
A Won Ffelitz
Die wass@rliIie "a Kaufmann,, op. posth.
II. Brueckicr
Mrs Marta Etuerrer
ACCOMPANIED by Otto i. Fischer1.
Quintet for piano. two violins viola andSyio-
lonceIlo fOpus 81. minor J. Brahms
G,tto I, Fischer tpisnoD, Richard Arnold r1rst
VIOLIN, August Roebbeiel 6second violin),
Ernst Il Bauer eviola) and Horace Britt
(v.oioncelioo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

library will be a great marble staircase
leading up to two story building of
classical design surmounted by dome
Room is provided for $4,000 volumes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
ENTERTAIN M ENTS.

The oratorio OF ''Elijat." by Mendeis-
koiar. VII be sung under the direction ~of
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-04
WENATCHEE Z
QUEEN ANNE G
The first half of the Wenatchee-
of ~ 10 u i'm favor of Wenatcl;ee.
LA|L ON FEDERAL
JURY

U. X. Lail returned home last night
after six day federal jury session in
Spokane. The jury returned II in
dictments and of this number seven
were charged with entering INTO a
conspiracy to defraud the government
of coal lands valued at 5000, 00O,e00
in Alaska.
Those indicted in Connection with
| the alleged Alaskan fraud we're not
taken into custody yesterday, al
though the names of six prominent
men were read in the courtroom be-
fore Judge c.. H. Hanford with the
indictments yesterday as follows:
Raymond Brown, ee211 Greene
street, Spokane.
William L. Dunn, manager of Vim
son hotel, Spokane
Harry White, ex-mayor of Seattle,
now at Los Angeles.
Charles H. DOughten, formerly of
Spokane. now at Seattle
Charles A. Mckenzie. capitalist of
Seattle.
Donald A. Mckenzie, capitalist of
Seattle
The seventh name was not an
nounced.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-04
SHOOTING AT SOAP
LAKE
Kitchen Employees Quarrel
and Sullivan is Fatally
Shot by Marshall.

Soap Lake, Nov. flames Sulli-
van, cook at the Thomas hotel, at
Soap Lake, was shot twice yesterday
forenoon by A. w. Marshall, a dish
washer. the two shots making five
bullet holes in his body. One of the
bullets entered the back and passed
through the shoulder and arm and
out. The other entered the opposite
arm just back of the shoulder blade,
passing through the arm and enter
ing the lungs. The shooting occurred
in the hotel kitchen about IL o'clock
in the morning and was witnessed
by two mattresses who were in the
kitchen at the time.
Sheriff o. E. Whitney and DR.. Mix
kelson of Ephrata arrived at the
scene shortly after the shooting and
found Sullivan in a critical condition.
His two brothers in New York state
and a friend in Sultan, Washington,
were notified. Marshall was taken
to the county Jail at Ephrata.
The men have had a number of
rows and from all appearances Mar
shall was loaded for Sullivan. Just
before the shooting, Marshall secured
his gun. Sullivan is a man we'll
thought of while Marshall, young
man about twenty-one, is Of the hobo
type.
Sheriff Whitney was notified at
1910 and DR.. Mikkelson at 1915.
The doctor made the trip to Soap
Lake, seven miles, in 25 minutes,
overtaking the sheriff on the road.
At the last report Sullivan was rest
ing easily although in a very critical
condition. Mrs. King, trained nurse
of Soap Lake, is taking care of the
injured man.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-04
T"-WOLGAST SIGN
Promoter Blot Will Stage Fight i'm
Frisco December "a.

San Francisco, Nov. Battling
Nelson and AID Wolgast in a return
engagement is the choice card San
Francisco sports are anticipating for
December "a. Wolgast's word that
he was ready to fight Nelson at that
time is in Promoter Louis Blot's
hands and Nelson announced today
that he would agree to Wolgast's
terms. Assurances that Wolgast's in
jured arm would be in strong
enough condition to enable him to
fight at that time were received by
Blot in a telegram from the cham
pion, which read: Ready to fight
December "a. Let me know quick
Vaudeville engagements
Wolgast stipulated that he would
expect a guarantee of $500 and $500
for training expenses with the privi-
lege of 40 per cent Of the gate re-
ceipts. Nelson's cut of the gate