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DEATH SEALED THE CONTRACT.
Mrs. Gardiner Dtrs white HOldlng Check
for sI7.OSDO for HeF Farm

PorGHKEEPsIE. April 3.--DaAth yester-
day Lied the contract which Mrs Martha
A Gardener Of StuyveAAnt had just made
70 sell her valuable farm Of 7Is acres 20
the Whitehead sand Company for sI2 coo.
LyisIl Whitehead. an officer Of the sand
company. had been negotiating for the
property for some time. but Mrs. GIriener
was unwilling to sell u because Il had
been m her family over 100 years and
was her home IN ON chil1hood. She amt
her husband. james Gar,isner had passed
ali their married life Oh the old place an 1
brought up a large family Of children
there
MIR Whitehead appreciated how strong
Mrs. Gardeners feelings were and wa
consider ate he told her TO stay on the
place for a year free OF rent and 10 Use u
Just ~ II " was her own and perhaps by
that time she would get used TO the idea
Il leaving II. The price 20 be paid WIS
fair one and Mrs. Gardener yielded
Yesterday Mr. Whitehead and his lawyer.
George Morrall. appeared with the papers
To complete the Transaction. Mrs. Gar
iener signed the deed and the check for
Sf2 .OOp was banded 90 her Mrs. Gardener
held the slip OF paper in her hand a
moment and fell over in what appeared
10 be a faint. Restorative were applied
without eject and II wSs quickly realized
that she was dead.
Mrs. Gardener was So years of age and
death was caused by heart trouble super
induced IL N believed. by the great
mental strain she experienced in her
final dscision 20 part with the place on
which the happlest days Of her life had
been spent.
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WIDOWED MOrHBRS FUND.
MRS. william Emstesn Rssaes . saatsmes
De6endlnG ne Charity.

Wrs. william ElAgteem nss1ea q Statement
DcsendmG ne Charity.
Mrs William Elnseein. who quas thu
United Hebrew CHARITIES. abOuG a year
ago to found In company with anAnber Of
other well known women. the widowed
Mothers Fund. issued q stafsunsnt yssaer-
day which 10 taken a. an answer q criti-
clans that the Unitsd Hebrew CHARITIES
have directed at the nsw charity whirh
has for u object the assistance Of womem
who have been deprived Of thsir husbands
support 20 prevent tho breaking up of
families. The statement aAid:
In a society a. large as ours. with MEM
bership Of thousa nds. IL is impossible with
out mourning unnecessary expense for
every contributor to BE- informed as to its
ma ma cement. but because Of tho mislsad-
ing alta tements which have been sent broad
cast We wish to say that In the perfoEmA nee
Of our self-imposed duties We strive to
avoid pauperisn. We do not dupboats work
already done. give aid only after careful
investiRn ton and maintain our headouAr-
tiers in the district where our work h mostly
needed With funds donated for that pur-
pose and not from the general fund Of the
society.
The response TO our original call was
generous beyond expecta ton: hundreds Of
noble women have devoted much Of their
time 10 the cause. and substa ntial aid has
come to Us from cha rita bic men and women
whose interest had been aroused. IL IL
because We wish to retain the cooperation
OF these friends that We are compelled once
more TO lay before you this statement Of
the aims and objects OF the Widowed
Mothers Fund Association.
Our records are open for Inspection, our
officers stand ready 20 furnish all informa-
zion pertaining to the conduct OF our work
ard In placing this appeal for the continu-
uU,e of your favor before YOU We rellc-
family take a step made necessary by I'M
called for opposition on the part Of those
from whom We should have received only
enCourt cement.
~ managers Of the association. which
Mrs En-tein included with her state
nent. are a. follows:
Mr. William Einstein. president. Mrs
Jefferson Seligman. treasurer Mr- Ira Leo
Bsmb eTger. Mrs. simon Baruch Mrs. Z. D..
Dreyfous. Mrs Maurice Fshberk. Mrs
Mayer Frankel Mrs Edward Goodman.
Mrs. II GreenEhrd. Mrs Gresnhui.
Mr. BENJAMIN Gusgpnhstm, Mrs. Daniel
GugRenhsin. Mrs Randolph GuGgenhein1sr.
Mr. Julius HeavenriCh Mrs Esther Her
mann. Mr. Joseph Hoffman. Mrs Charles
". I-ruei-. Mrs. Leon kamaiky. Mrs samuel
Koenig Mrs Julius KuReman. Miss Kohn
Mrs Max LevensOn. Miss Leventritt Mrs
Adoiph IewiSohn. Mrs Isidor Levi. Mrs
?. p Lowenfela. Mrs. A. MAYER Ars
Percival Menken. Mrs Clarenre Mime
-h-imer Mrs. Henry Morgen'hAu MR.
Julian Nathan. Mrs Henry Oie-heimer
Mr. " l. Philips. Mrs J. u KOSenfeld.
M SamueI- Mrs VI Stettenhelm.
Nj, SIMON StrininE~r. Mrs : Stassny
md Mr. Henry Iuckerman
The ONCE e the Mothers Fund Asso-
cation - AZ i55 Clinton street
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&aka & Gnn1patu1
q
The first important Special Sale
of the season-invoving a
Extraordinary Reductions in the Prices of
Our very highest grades Of
Tailored Suits for Women -


the admirato o. the most fasudicus.
Dressy Plain Tailored Suits
modelsf romw htoc the fnem
shakskins mx 1000
blouse styles Formerly 5000 to $500 80
Dressy Taior-Made Suits
Many Of them reproductions Of French designs
Some Of the and exclusive of the !
distinct styles this lot including plain effects 1000
and Russian blouseS Imported fabrics predominate -
Formerly 1000 to 5000
Three-Piece Costume Suits
Of shades
SoS even %i s %r OsiD a 1ns oD sos S
ished only few before Easter Formerly 1850 95O0
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UNCONSCIOUS AFTER HOLDUP.
IBOy nolDb-ti aDd Kicked by Negroes
shows symptoms Of Hydr ophObln.

IBOy nOlDb~ti aDd Kicked by NesrOe Q
shows SymptO ms Of HydP ophObIa.
Held zap by. two negroes. who robbed
him 81 ~ and then kicked him In the
abdomen. James Elliott. u years old. Of
l32 Dewey avenue. Jamaica. was found
unconscious in the yard OF his home late,
last evening and il now in 81 Mary's
Hospital. Jamaica. The physicians are
puzzled over his symptoms. During
lucid movements he told the story NJ the
assault. but the peculiar feature Of the
case. according Ia the doctors. IL that the
boy shows symptoms OF hydrophobia
From tn" family u was learned that he
had been bitten hy dog two years ago
for which he underwent spsciAl treat-
ment.
The hoy while unconscious growls and
makes n noise something like the barking
Of a dog. While there Ia nothing 20 show
that the hoy has been injured the physi-
clans think that he has Internal injuries.
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Ante Hus Trolley Car; One Nan Hurt

An automobile cont aiming five men
struck a Belt Line trolley car at Bergen
avenue and Mercer street. Jersey City.
~ commission. its front was smashed
and a wh~el was wr-nchad OF James
Alexander of Vest i29th street. New
York On. OF four men who were glests
u Samuel Lavison 81 ia Eye avenue.
Jersey city the owner and driver II the
auto, was thrown ont and received a
scalp wound He was able 10 60 home
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The auction sale Of Hs,atH for che news
boys benefit il ~ be held az The Waldorf
wseN from to-day instead % to-day.
- WIS 'inIutentionally stated in yester-
days paper. Henry Clews will be tho
atIgflnflts.aF
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Apparel for Infants

Our asmbase Of
for baby exceptionally and complete detail
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.'1sr 20 ne wishes expressed BY many
NNo Harris WaleT u nov tIugOFtaI
~ isstioHed stone Jugs - familiar %
-'ii' - Nher ytaieng In Germany The jugs
- g~rPc Win . NV Pgtcnt Cap. which
. ~ AltAtea 1p9nmg. These earthu1waFr
,s--f - ~ - y.naale - pgsseIytng Apolaqarts
-si--n an1 u heafed Rooms Packsd n
90 tkninG - Large. or - small. Jugs.
-. !5eesefs lmportefs- Apoiinaris AHency
''''-y' =. (FA hIsaH. az. Lsls.-4s'.
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NAY NOT INDORSB rARIFRLAW
oIy,TION lGITArING REPUB-
JultNS WASHINGTON.

indians. Which b Controlled by senator
ur,rrEiEr. Nay Only COmmend the
Principl- ~ PrOGectbon and Iowa and
minnesota Mm Not d d the TaFin.
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SHORT Goats OF white pique, elabo-
rated with embroidery insertions, yoke
model with cape; or princess model with
pleated skirt. Value $50.
Special at I.96
Shcrt Goats Of white pique: box or
cape model; hand embroidered
Special at 3.95
Bonnets Of fancy straw. trimmed with
ribbon and flowers. Special at 3.95
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The Most Wonderful Exposition of
Beautiful Millinery

assembled under here for view enjoy and
desess-Hau
admrins
faithfully the
models combining hundreds of Hats
charming in effect Many them. despite they
made of finest materials by mlnes. offering
at 1850, 1880 and 1880
warrninS then to be trimmed
full Hats for which miIiners double these
Ready-for- service simply trimmed Hats
INNER variety
hundreds models will enable
Hat kiSboth
Seine very beautiful selling low 500
GU would a that when
We design special styles for Misses and Girls.
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Skull Caps OF lawn in a variety OF
models: elaborated with embroidery
and laces. Special at SIC, S5e & 96e
Ce!ored Tub Dresses fer Children
Sizes 10 years
Of percale. sinsham or lawn; high
neck and long sleeves or Dutch neck
and short sleeves. Special at
Soc, 75c, Csc, 100 & I.50
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-12
Many Roomed Chinese Houses.

In China a house of human habita-
ton is a very different affair from
what 1t is in the United States" said
Ellis o. Habberton of San Francisco.
I'VE think of a house over here or
dinarily az the abode of a family of
at least a limited number of individ-
uals, but not SO in the Orient. For
instance, my wife and I stayed once
for some weeks In a native temple,
but our occupancy was merely an Incl
dent and did not interfere in the least
with the regular business Of the
priests.
Their structure vas a huge, ram
bling affair, and they were glad to
rent us some of the unused space.
The Chinese houses, low, and spread
out over a vast expanse. have q null
titude of rooms all ranged about a
rectangular courtyard giving shelter
to many things. A rich Chinaman
with a big assortment of wives can
dispose them conveniently under the
same roof and yet not have them In
such proximity as to provoke friction
strife"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-12
Why Seward Bought Alaska

"
my father, some way or other,
learned of this intercourse between the
two nations, and was at once deeply
interested. For many years he had
held tenaciously to the opinion that
the United States had made a grave
mistake in not insisting on running its
northernmost boundary to f1fty-four
forty. He had been a firm advocate
of our control of the Pacific coast line
from the end Of Lower California to
the top of the continent, believing, as
he did, that the Pacific would ultimate
ly be the seat of the worlds greatest
commerce. So. when he learned that
Alaska was to all intents and purposes
on the market. he saw an excellent
chance of adding to our Pacific coast
line, and, at the same time, of keeping
Great Britain's Pacific outlet down to
the smallest possible minimum.
Reasoning that Russia from her
past attitude towards us, and with no
consuming desire to have Johnny Bull
only thirty-six miles distant from ST.
IBERIA, would favor us over Great Bri-
tain as a possible customer for Alaska,
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he opened negotiations with the czar's
representatives for the sale of the ter
ritory to us. At one Russia showed
her preference for our ownership of
Alaska, and so anxious was father to
defeat Great Britain's aims on the ter.
ritory that there was very little discus.
sion about the price we were to pay
for It. In fact, as I recall 1t now, we
accepted without question Russia's
terms Of sever million, two hundred
thousand dollars.
Here, then, was my fathers sole
reason for purchasing Alaska. At the
time of the purchase he knew that the
Alaskan fisheries would be valuable,
but he had no idea of the real value
that the territory would ultimately be
to us. But after his trip to Alaska in
1869, two years after he had pur-
chased 1t for the nation, he was per-
suaded that, almost unknown to u.s., we
had secured control for a mere pit
lance of the worlds greatest treasure
houses, a territory of uncomfortable
wealth-and all because It's purchase
helped him to realize In good part his
old ambition Of seeing the United
States In control of all the continents
western coast line north of the tip of
Lower California"
Copyright. 1910. by e. J. Edwards.)
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He Believed In Future Commerce OF
the Pacific and Saw a Chance
to Head Of Great
Britain.

When Seattle's Alaska Yukon-Pacific
exposition was at its height last sum.
mer | was fortunate enough to meet
the venerable Frederick w. Seward,
assistant and acting secretary OF state
under three Observation-Disclosures, John
son and Hayes. Quite naturally. the
conversation turned on Alaska.
Il presume" said Mr.. Seward, that
there will always prevail the belief
that my father, when he was Johnson's
secretary of state, brought about the
purchase of Alaska from Russia pri-
marily for the purpose Of paying a ma
tional debt of gratitude to Russia for
the moral assistance that she gave the
Union during the Civil war. There Is
not. however, the slightest foundation
of fact for this belief. l know person
ally what lam talking about, for while
the negotiations for the purchase Of
Alaska were on l was both fathers as
sistant and confidant.
1T was in 1856 that Cyrus w. Field
finally and definitely demonstrated to
the world the feasibility of binding the
continents together with submarine
telegraph cables. Until this epoch
marking demonstration was made to
the satisfaction of the entire world,
Russia had given no indication of any
desire to part with her North Ameri-
can POSSESSIONS. In fact, until the sub
marine cable vas pronounced a sue
cess. Russia had long dreamed Of
utilizing Alaska as the key to her con-
troll Of an interoontinental Geographic
land system. The telegraph could cas-
fly have been carried across Boring
strait, which Is only SO miles wide at
its narrowest point; and to this day
you may see In Alaska the relics of a
part of the intercontinenal plant that
Russia began to build there as early as
the late fifties. When, however, the
news came of Fields success, Russia
was led to believe that Alaska would
be Of nc further material value to her,
and about that time she and Great
Britain tentatively entered into a dip
lomatic discussion regarding the poss-
lble cession of the territory to the latter
nation.
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A Suicide.

Despite strenuous efforts to earn
an honest living, an old woman of Lis
bon. Portugal, and her three daugh-
tiers were unable to pay their rent and
SO decided to commit suicide. They
chose a spot nea Estoril, where a
great perpendicular rock stands high
above the ocean, forming a terrible
abyss called "HelTs Mouth" The four
women kissed n another goodbye
and placed themselves in Indian file
on the edge of the precipice. Making
the sign Of the cross, the mother
plunged first. Then the two elder
daughters followed The youngest,
however, seeing her mother and sis
tiers wildly struggling in the waves
and hearing their screams Of agony,
hesitated. AS she lifted her hands In
a prayer for courage she was seen by
fishermen. They rushed to the spot
and were in time to sieze her by the
skirts and thus to save her. It is
feared that she has become insane.
The three girls were all good locking
the youngest being remarkably beauti-
full.
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PlQmlea Of New Guinea.

The new that a fresh race OF pig.
mics has been discovered in New
Guinea. by a British expedition pre-.
sently exploring the interior, is inter.
esting to ethnologists, since no one
expected anything Of the kind in that
great island. Nobody has yet been
able to determine whether the pig
mics of the Aruhimi Forest, discovered
by Stanley, and before him, by Hero
dotus. are degenerates from the normal
type Of mankind of whether they are
merely a primitive type that has per.
sisted in its original form. The huge
island which is the pigmies' home,
contains. perhaps, more UNEMPLOYED
territory in proportion to its size than
any other portion of the interior, in
Guiding. as has already been limited,
survivors Of antediluvian creatures.
By one of its lakes a tribe Of web
footed men has already been discov.
cred. .
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Huntington Dream ofRubber

and communicative mood. AS be
talked he stood leaning over the
marble counter Of a financial institu
ton. with whose officers he was on
friendly terms. Finally, somebody
mentioned the word rubber" and al
once Mr.. Huntington's took
on the ear-marks of the enthusiast.
Il have heard it stated that this Is
the iron age, the RAILROAD age, the
electrical age" he said, but l have
sometimes thought that it might
I, properly be called the rubber era. ]
regard rubber as standing In equal
rank, almost with wool and cotton as
a factor in modern Industrial devel.
opment. OF course, 1t does not rank
with grain, for grain is converted into
food, and food is of first necessity.
But as our industrial development
goes on, there are bound to be larger
and larger uses for rubber, and 1 am
sure that there will come a time
when for years the worlds supply will
not be equal to the demand. ,
Nevertheless, I am satisfied that
rightly handled there is a practically
Inexhaustible supply of rubber-pro-
ducing trees throughout the entire
equatorial belts of South America and
Africa. l am satisfied that the pres
ent methods of rubber production are
wasteful; l am told that there is an
unnecessary destruction Of trees. But
am also satisfied that, If a set Of
earnest and capable young men would
organize an adequate corporation.
penetrate the equatorial regions with
a satisfactory and reasonably swift
system of communication, and go
about Systematically and scientifical-
ly c%ultivating rubber trees, that there
is nc other industry which would be-
gin to yield the profits these rubber
men would obtain.
ITO my mind, the scientific care of
rubber trees and production of rubber
offers extraordinary opportunities. It
should appeal to the ablest and the
most ambitious of the young men who
desire to make great careers and
great fortunes. Were l a young man
l would be tempted to go; into the
rubber industry myself. Butch, well,
I don't suppose that 1 shall live to see
the day. for I am getting along in
years now; but l am willing to predict
that many men now of middle life will
realize before they become old that
perhaps the greatest industrial staple
in the world. excepting cotton, and, Of
course. the food grains, is rubber"
This conversation with Mr.. Hunting
ton took place in the middle nineties.
For the last month Or so all England
has been greatly excited e the
speculation in the rubber stocks, due,
1t Is said, to the worlds demands for
rubber practically being greater than
the visible supply.
Copyright. 1910. by e. J. Edwards.)
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PRESIDENT AND HIS FRIENDS
Voters Might Profitably Give 4 Little
Thought TO Those With Whom
Taft Affllates.

The American taxpayer, grooming
under government extravaganza and
h%igh-tariff taxation, remembers how
President-elect Taft rested, after the
arduous labor Of the campaign, in q
cottage at Augusta, Ca, where Mr..
Rockefeller also .hied himself to play
golf.
He remembers how MI. Taft In the
summer of 1909 gently golfed the
time away, while Aldrich and his CO
horts were making tariff hay for the
milk-fed trusts, and how, having ap-
proved the tariff Of Mr.. Aldrich, Mr..
Taft retired to the society of Massa,
chusetts tariff barons at Beverly.
Therefore, perhaps. the American
taxpayer might be pardoned for hear
ing with some %trepidation that Mr..
Taft was once more a-golf1ng, and
that his favor1te companions were
Henry Clay Prick of the steel trust
and John Hays Hammond Of the
smelter trust, two tariff giants which
throttle American industry and bat.
ten on the profits Of American labor.
These frequent demonstrations of
the Taft affection for the enemies of
the worker r always pleasing to the
plain people.
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Refused to Accept the Favor Because
Ne Thought 1t Would Be a Clear
Violation Of the Spirit
of the Law.

"Only q few Of the more intimate
know that his service in the Spanish
war cost him considerably more than
his salary as lieutenant colonel Of the
rough riders" said a high officer of
the New York Central railroad to me
q few days after Mr.. Roosevelt had
been nominated for vice-president in
1900. Il have reason for believing
that in his campaign for governor Of
New York he would have been seri-
ously embarrassed financially but for
the timely contributions made to his
personal funds by a few of his per-
sonal friends; and I also know that
when he became governor 1t was with
the knowledge that his official salary
Of $4,000 a year and his private in
come would be no more than suf1-
Gent to meet his yearly expenses, If
his household was managed with con-
siderable economy. And yet, when an
opportunity was presented to him to
effect a considerable economy in his
personal expenses he did not hesitate
q moment to turn 1t down. III
"At the time when he became gov
ernor a law forbade any officer Of
New York state accepting a pass upon
a railroad. Previously, my road had
extended the courtesy Of a pass to &C.
cupants Of the executive mansion, but,
clearly, no such courtesy was to be
the portion Of Governor Roosevelt. It
was, however, suggested that the pres
ident Of the company send an annual
pass to Mrs. Roosevelt, for her use
and that of her children. for we knew
that it would be necessary for her and
her family to make frequent trips be-
tween Albany and New York city.
This was done, the pass being sent to
Governor Roosevelt, with an express
sion of u regret that the law forbade
our including him in the courtesy.
"By return mail the pass came
back, and with 1t a letter, and, while
l have not that letter at hand, I can
quote 1t substantially.
u fully appreciate your courtesy In
sending the pass wrote the governor,
and I am sure that it was sent In all
sincerity and without any Interior mo-
tive-without any thought, of placing
me under a sense Of obligation to
anybody concerned. 1t is a courtesy
which. If accepted, would undoubtedly
effect a considerable economy in my
personal expenditures, which, as gov
ernor, are very heavy, as you we'll
know. Yet / am compelled to return
the pass, and to say to you that, while,
OF course. the use of it would not be
In violation of the letter of the law.
1t would. in my view, be q clear viola ,
ton OF the spirit Of the law. l be-
neye that all laws should be OBJ
served. not merely according to their