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George W Cover has declined to
be a candidate for,re-election as town
agent, and +. + Merrill has entered
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Mrs. Evan Adams and Mrs Samuel
Bracket Of Madison spent TUESDAY
with Mrs. Everett Adams at her
home on Hathaway street.
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NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned not
to trust or extend any credit on my
account to my wife, Efhe May Hall, as
| shall not pay any bills which she
contracts after this date.
Jackman. Maine, Feb. %. 1911.
WILLIAM y. HALL
A freckled person always wears
specks Did you notice that?
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most convenient and serviceable rods
made. They are of heavy ma erials
in BRASS and copper finish and will
not bend or buckle, prices 1Oc, 25c,
30c, SOC and 60c each.
Our Great Special Bargain for This Week
An OF. bottle of Hydrox Peroxide
of Hydrogen and a large Csc jar of
Hydrox Peroxide Cold Cream, the
two for Csc. The ordinary Peroxide
OF. bottle sells for 25c and the Cold
Cream is a regular 25c seller, making
this lot less than Half Price.
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Saturday forenoon O r Bracket
severely cut the first two fingers OF
his right hand on a circular saw
which he was operating in AIR. Fletch-
ers door yard over on the south side.
The day previous he had wrecked a
saw while cutting wood at house on
Norridgewock avenue. and at the
same time had broken a small piece
from the top of the saw guard. In
a moment of inattention he got his
hand over this place with the result
mentioned. He went at once to the
Somerset hospital, where DR.. Wads-
worth removed the bone down to the
first joint on both fingers. Bad luck
has been coming Mr.. Brackets way
in punches of late, his son being yet
in the Portland hospital recovering
from an attack of blood poisoning,
and daughter about to undergo an
operation for appendicitis.
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NOTICE.
To whom II may concern: Whereas.
my wife, Maud f. Harville, has left my
bed and board without just cause, no
tice is hereby given that | Will pay no
bills hereafter contracted by her and
all persons are hereby warned not to
harbor or give her credit on my ae-
count.
FORREST L. HARVILLE.
March S, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
HOW PLAGUE SPREADS
Disease Carried by Animals for Years
Before It Becomes Epidemic.

DR.. James Camille. plague officer TO the
London County Council, gave many de-
tails on the spread of plague in an address
before the ROYAL Society Of Arts recently
plague is a slow travelling disease" said
DR.. Camille, who is quoted in The London
Express" for IT took nine months TO
travel from the city of London to Soho In
the seventeenth century. 1t is not a ques-
tion of prevalence for few weeks or
months, or even years but a continuance
for several decades in any populous district
where il has found footing.
In London. when plague last visited us.
in the seventeenth century. although the
mortality was high for only comparative
ly short time, local outbreaks occurred for
a long period, and sporadic cases until the
beginning OF the eighteenth century. Judg-
ing even by the behavior of the present
epidemic. plague has lasted now for seven
teen wears IN Southern China and for fif-
teen years in India
IAN important point 10 he observed in
the epidemiology of plague" said DR.. Can't
lie lis that animals chiefly rodents, the
rat In many places. the marmot in North
China the squirrel in the United States.
etc. may suffer from plague for years
without injecting mdhklnu. except III q
sporadic way. Then suddenly an outbreak
occurs which prevails in an epidemic form.
Rats have been found TO be infected In
Glasgow. in the Port OF London. and in
Suffok In Germany, in Hamburg. and
else where. Squirrels are known TO he in
fected in the United States. more especially
on the Pacific Slope.
'The outlook, reasoning from expert
ence. j. not hopeful. for the people Of these
countries are dwelling In places in which
rodents are infected, and at any moment
the disease may appear In an epidemic
form IL man
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
A HAUNT OF GREELEY'S.

Every Sunday morning, for years and
years, Horace Greeley would drop in and
meet w. o. Bartlett and have breakfast
with him. That was when Greeley was
The Tribune. and Bartlett was a writer
for The sun His son is Judge Bart
lett this very day.
And the day, the day. the day."--
and the cane came down again three
times-"the day we had the dinner for
the United States Supreme Court. That
was the centennial Of the court-you can
figure out when it was. some time in the
nineties. I guess. We found the hotel
wouldn't hold the dinner. so we took
the Metropolitan Opera House. We had
the place full of tables, stage an2.'.is,'
and we had the s'rs -ae dill around there
flied with Sfeds that had boilers and
pudding pots and serving tables under
Meath
Then. there was the night in the
great blizzard of 'SS when Roscoe Conk
ling died here. He had an abscess be-
hind the ear they operated on him, but
he was too far gone.
Celebrations? Hang it, yes. There
was always a celebration of some sort
here. We'd no more notice 'em than
the mail coming in. DO YOU remem-
Der. fifteen or twenty years ago-no. my
son ! guess YOU wouldn't
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
GROG IN THOSE DAYS.

In those days we had good grog Good
grog, Good grog" And three times
Cassius Reid stamped on the marble
floor with his cane.
He was the first proprietor Of the cd
hotel; he ran it for nearly thirty years.
and when the old man talked about
those times In the hotel yesterday he had
water in his eyes that ran down into
his wrinkles
Why. my boy. you don't know what
drinks are these days. We had brandy
that sold for a dollar a drink over the
bar. and it was worth it. In the Cen
tennial year of &c there was a party Of
Algerians a, Frcnchmen here, distin-
guished lot, and they had been opening
wine at So and s. a quart. One day
they tried our vim ordinaire-only 10
cents. II was-and after that they never
drank a drop O. anything else. There
was a young count with 'em, ! remem-
Der. with scar he had got in the war.
I'VE didn't have the decorations in
and drinking And they knew it. Sal
mon p Chase, who was Lincoln's Sec
retary of the Treasury. was an old
friend OF ours. He always came. and his
wife and his daughter, Miss Kate. She
married Governor Sprague Of Rhode ISL
and. the war Governor. and they would
ALI meet here
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
TRADING REFLECTS REALTY V|G0R
Laroer Volume Of High Class Transactions in Nearly Every
Section of Manhattan and The Bronx.
MANY INVESTORS BUSY IN DOWNTOWN ZONES

eregates q total Of szOOo.coo, the others
being Nos. 10 and q West 9th street NOS.
20 and "a West 9th street and Nos. l3 ana
II West 2Sth street. all having been pur-
chased for investment, and Webster b.
Mabie also representing the buyer FOR the
last.
Bine a Bing purchased through the
Douglas Robinson, Charles 8. Brown Com
pany from Robert M. Olyphant the dwell
ing house at No. 160 Madison avenue
four story and basement house. occupying
a lot n7x95 feet. The buyers have also
purchased from Mr. Olyphant the fve story
and basement dwelling house at NO. ls
East 32d street. covering lot DxsS9 feet'
The two properties connect and adjoin
the northwest corner OF 32d street both
we're resold by the Messrs. Bing to l. Ran
dolph Jacobs, a realty operator, who was
represented by A. & c. Lewis.
loft building will probably be erected
on the site
A Corner Sale.
The property at the northwest corner OF
Lexington avenue and z3d street. at one
time owned by the American Ice Company
and purchased several months ago by the
bank to Charles Kaye.
Frederick Zittel & Sons were the brokers
In the transaction. The plot. now occu-
pied by old two and three story buildings.
fronts 100 feet In Lexington avenue ana
50 feet in 23d street. and has been held at
$4,000.
Mr.. KAYE will erect on the site imme-
diately from plans by Buchanan q FOX
sixteen story loft and office buildins.
Through the Zttel frm the Fifth National
Bank, which Is now at the southwest cor
ner of Third avenue and 23d street, mas
already arranged to take back twenty
one.year lease Of the ground floor. base
ment and mezzanine floor In the new
structure, which will be ready for occu-
pancy early next year. Frederick Iittel
& Sons will also be agents for tn" buid-
Ing.
The Realty Holding Company SOLO
through NJ. & l.. Hess the new twelve story
and basement building Nos. % and "a west
9th street, on plot 5)xss.s feet to client
for investment. This property was held al
$4,000. and is fully tenanted, at an annual
rental of $4,000. This Is the third twelve
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

Pig investors and spectators bought 'AS'
week n large number OF high Class p'o''
critics in Manhattan and The Bronx
The excellent character as well as inc
heavier volume OF Manhattan tradins sur
prised many persons because the antici-
mated spring Increase In the brokerage anu
building business arrived a little ahead OF
time.
In every section OF the greater city tnere
was a more buoyant tone than at any time
since the last fall season.
The great downtown business bailiwicK'
the central loft and retail business district
and the upper residential zone unquestohA-
bly, gave a splendid display OF their realty
stability and attractiveness last week.
Some transactions would In other DAYS OF
the long ago have been considered OK tne
spectacular order-spectacular because OF
the big sums involved and the choice loca-
ton OF the properties affected. Such op-
erations are no longer looked upon as ex-
traordinary realty matters.
one of the principal downtown sales OF
the week resulted In a change OF ownership
TO the newly improved southwest corner OF
Dey street and Broadway
The property. which consists OF SIX
story store and Office building. recently con-
structed on plot fronting IS feet IN
broadway and 1907 feet in Dey street. was
sold by the Broadway and Dey street COM
pany. Robert +. Dowling. president. through
the Douglas Robinson. Charles S. Brown
Company to a purchaser represented by
the law firm of Masten & Nichols. 1t was
for sale at 81, 10000.
The same brokers leased the property TOT
a period OF eighty-four years. at net
rental exceeding ) per cent OF the purchase
price The ground floor OF the premises
was leased a few months ago by Mr.. Dow
ling 10 the William b. Riker & Son Com
pany, which was subsequently merged with
the Hegeman Corporation. That lease was
for a twenty-year term at minimum
rental of $4,000 a year and a percentage or
the profits accruing to the drug business
conducted on the promises.
Mr.. bowling purchased the site In No
vember. 1906. from the Mercantile National
Bank for s., l,l0),0J. and last year made the
present Improvement.
Two downtown leases negotiated by
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
VALUABLE ESTATES FOR SALE
Busiuess and Theatrical Sites To b
Sold at Auction.

Joseph p. Day will conduct a special
sales day on Tuesday. April II, In the
Vesev street salesroom, when he will on~
a particularly attractive list Of propertieS
which includes high class business. residen'
tia, theatrical and tenement house proper.
ties I'm all sections OF the city
The Teft-Weller Building, which occi-
pies a plot of about 1880 square feet, with
a Broadway frontage Of IS feet and depth
Of l75 feet and a frontage on Worth and
Pearl streets. heads the list. This VIII Be
offered to settle the affairs Of the Tent
Weller Company and the Weller and Ar
mold estates.
Another parcel of considerable interest h
the Thaha Theatre. which occupies plot
with a frontage OF IS feet on the Bowery
and a depth of about go feet extending
hack 10 Elizabeth street directly opposite
the plaza OF the new Manhattan Bridge.
This plot enjoys the distinction OF heing
one of the clty's first theatrical sites, where
the old Bowery Theatre was erected IN Ia
II will he sold by order OF the executors OF
the estate OF William Kramer, VINO &C.
ouited this site and opened the first Gey-
man theatrical enterprise in America %
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

formed. OF which James A. Burden VIII
nrobably be chosen as president. GrenViile
r Emmett OF No So Wall street. is counsel
Edward j. De Coppet. the stock hroKeI'
bouoht from Lee Ashley Grace his resi-
dence at No. 3O2 West s5th street TOUR
story and basement house on lo' ieA'V'"
feet. II is located "a feet west OF NeS'
End avenue. Mr. De Coppet 5 resiueh'o'
handsome five story structure, occupying
a 75-foot frontage at No. 81 West e'tn
street is separated from the Grace mouse
bv one dwelling house, owned by Emma T.
Dreyfuss. He is understood to have pur-
chased No. 3O2 in order to prevent the erec-
ton of an apartment house on the West
End avenue corner plot.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
s1.Coo,o0O GREAT NECK HOTEL.

In the Great Neck section Of the north
shore OF Long Island there is 10 be erected
a hotel which will cost in the neighoor'
hood OF 100000, including its furnishings.
4 syndicate of New York interests puf'
chased the site from the Mcknight Realty
Company. comprising ten acres In the
loftiest part of t50-acre tract which the
sellers acquired about a year ago.
Frank NJ Andrews. who planned the
Greeley Square Hotel, now in progress OF
erection. is drawing the plans for the
project, which il is designed TO make one
OF the dnest on Long Island. The hotel Is
TO contain three hundred rooms and has
aeer leased 10 the Lannin company; OPP
orators of the Garden city Hotel ana tHe
Great Northern in Manhattan. VINO expec'
10 be- IN possession by May. 1872.
An old country house on the properly
will be moved and converted into cup
house. The proposed hotel will be near m,
hore of Little Neck Bay and viii ahori
p wide vista OF the Sound and surrouhdw
country.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
and when she went we took 'em up
and nut 'em away to wait for her again.
WHEN BERNHARDT WAS ANGRY.

WHEN BERNHARDT WAS ANGRY
"One time she got mad about some
thing and went to the Gilsey House. She
had her meals served In her rooms ana
she flared up at the first dinner they
brought her and vowed they didn't nave
silver enough in their blamed old mouse
to serve a lady properly. She sent her
man down here hotfoot to take her old
suite and followed him next morning.
DO | remember any high times here!
said "Marky" Mayer. linen merchant,
sportsman and general friend OF man.
kind II should say l couldn't remem-
ber anything else hereabouts There
never was an election, or fight or dig
race that there wasn't rolls changing
hands by the basketful, and celebrations
going on afterward. There was the time
Billy Deitsch came home He was dis
coverer and manager of W. j. Florence.
who was some actor. He got to Monte
Carlo. and then the natives knew about
it. He was the first man that ever
broke the bank there.
How much of a wad did he bring
home? Ask me something easy. 1t was
a bunch Of thousands, and he blew it
about as quick as that much money ever
was blown. He gave two dinners at Del
monico's-that was across the street
then. where Martins is now-that came
TO $1,000 apiece. and he was always CIV
ing a feed here. When he died he owed
Delmonico's 5000 for cigarettes.
Then there was the night when Jake
Hess gave blowout to about forty of
us. Jake was commissioner OF sub
ways That was when they were putting
the wires and water pipes and things out
Of sight underground, and he was COM
missioner Of that kind OF subways. l
was there. and Ed Stokes. Pete De Lacy
and Hubert O. Thompson. and lot OF
others Among the others was Herr
mann. the magician.
1T was pretty late. and Hermann
knew he'd be called on for trick. He
had just fixed Jake up without Jake
knowing il by sneaking his watch out
Of his waistcoat pocket and slipping IL
into his coattail But just when he was
going to spring the trick Jake got up to
make a speech. Everybody yelled and
cheered and tried to shut him off so as TO
see the trick He sat down. kind OF sore.
and squashed the watch fiat"
The "old crowd" is ready to scatter
already. "Marky" Mayer is leaving for
his new apple ranch in Wasco County,
Ore. ALLY" Foote is moving over to the
Arlington. next door. And Colonel Pea
cock. the veteran clerk, told his friends
Yesterday as they came one after an
other to shake his hand and say goodby
that he was going back to Bellbuckle,
Tenn. where he came from.
Before the lights went out last night
one more landmark of New York van
ished 1t was the old Amen Corner
bench. from the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
which had stood for the last year in the
Hoffman lobby. Where II had gone no
one would say.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
THE HOFFMAN CIGAR.

Anyway, about twenty years ago
they brought out a cigar that they
named after the hotel We never heard
Of il till il was out in all the stores.
Well. they used To have a big colOred
picture that was hung in all the coun-
try stores from Saccarapra 70 Painted
Post all done up in coioTs. with a lot
Of imitation marble pillars that Ed
Stokes had had put i'm and big marbles
on the floor And there they had
Chauncey DepeW with his hands in his
pockets and Benjamin Harrison with
lis hands in his pockets. and Tom Platt
with his hands in his pockets. all smok-
ing cigars in the lobby. There Vould
be three or four people week that
came here from out of town that
would come around and ask. Say. does
Chauncey Depew come here? on Does
the President come here" And when
we'd say % course they did. they'd look
solemn and impressed and go out into
the bar and buy q drinH.
They said Patti stopped mere? Not
o bit, Not a bit, Not a bit. But
Bornhardt did-always. She had the
same suite reserved for her every time
IL was No. 3334. and II was the bridal
suite She always had three to four dogs
along a Dig one and sometimes two.
and then some little playthinG ones.
and say. my boy. my boy. my boy. they
played the very old Ned with that place
As soon a. We found we had her for
steady caller We Kept "A set Of carpets
for that suite. against her coming.
When she got here We put 'em down.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
INN PROPERTY FOR GALE.

BRYAN l.. Kennedy announces tnat on
next Saturday afternoon he VIII hoid a
,eceivers sale by order OF the RocKland
Countv Trust Company, Of Nyeck. y. "
,eceiver of the we'll known Fort Comfort
I'm and cottages located on the Hudson
A, Piermont. \. y. The sale VIII 'aN0
place on the promises at p m ram oi
Shine
The property consists Of about seven
acres. with over one-quarter mile frontage
on the Hudson River. and has vaiudDie
riparian rights and three docks The hotel
is a large three story building with two
Cottages and superintendent dwelling
house. There are also servants quarters,
barns. garage, casino. dancing pavilion
bathing pavilion. etc. In addition there Is
a Store On Piermont avenue.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
CLOSING THE HOFFMAN.

Colonel Peacock was not in "A remin-
iscent mood yesterday. Colonel" Pea
Geek is the chief clerk of the Hoffman
House. which is To close it's doors at
midnight tomorrow He has been a
clerk of the Hoffman for these twenty
nine wears a reporter stepped up before
the imposing polished stone desk yester-
day and asked him TO tell something
about the past Of the historic old hotel
~ which be has been an important func-
tionarv Tor SO many years His gray
beard. parted i'm the middle and eXquis-
jtely brushed to each side like two dainty
wisp brooms. stood out more crisply and
looked more like wisp brooms than ever
as ne responded in a crisp voice:
That's history. It's all been written
down Why don't you go and read it,"
Although the chief clerk could not tell
where il was written when asked 10 give
a little information along that line, what
nc said about the history of the Hoffman
House is quite true. II is written down.
but if one should be asked To say where
he could find il he would bc as hard put
70 il for an answer a. was the clerk with
the wisp broom whiskers. II is written
in the columns OF In newspapers OF the
country and was begun more than gen.
GRAFTON ago. One would have To read
through the papers Of that period In
order 10 fjDd It.
An old political writer leaned back in
MS chair yesterday afternoon and being
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
REALTY NOTES.

Dr. Rufus Cole is the purchaser OF No.
Al East 18th street. sold bv Miss NJ G.
Messenger through Pease e. Gilman
The McVickar Gaillard Realty Company
negotiated the recently recorded loan of
$4,000 on the elevator apartment house at
the southwest corner of Fordham Road
and Valentine avenue. owned by Frank
Burke
John 4. DIX is the buyer Of No. 10 East
18Th street. sold recently through the
Douglas Robinson. Charlie =. Brown com
pany.
4 r Jennings is the buyer OF NJ. IL
East s0th street sold recently by Louis p.
Bach through Henry ID. Winans e. May.
The Charles +. Noyes Company. agent
for 30. l33 West 5cd street states tha, the
property IS 10 be improved with two
story buiItinr rom plans by Frederick
Putnam Platt i' viii have glass front
The Lewis n May Company has opened
ii branch ,foc at Woodmere. Long lsi.ad
Shaw & Co. negotiated the sale OF NJ l.s
West ISOtn stree, To Dr. 4. T. j. Laase
The Read Realty Company OF Brookiyn
has recently closed a coniI act with Jonn
y. Gardnc, as sales agent OF properly
known as queens Manor at queens. Long
Island.
JUS ice Newburgcr. of the Supreme Court.
has appointed John V. Coggey receiver Of
The rents of "A six story tenement house On
the southeast corner OF Third avenue and
9th street. Oh plot 62.llx5l feet. pending =
suit b. ought b. thc Kew York Life Insur-
ance Company to fOIcciosc mortgage Of
$4,000.
Samuel Moschcim has been appointed rc-
....Nn.
street. a nvc sf.yy tenement hOIse pending
"a suit brought by Harmon " HonGiicks.
ss trustee. 10 10. cclJ:r a no.tpdGc %
$1,000
ceiver Of the rents Of NJ. 212 tas i0th
street, tenement house. n pTo.ce dings
brought by George +. Lapp TO foreclose a
second mortgage OF 5000. The prior mort
puce 4. &li nlI