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The Macon Daily Telegraph
J SECOND SECTION
THIS ISSUE CONSISTS OF FOUF
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA®, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1908
CHAMPIONING CAUSE OF 2,000
OSAGE INDIANS GOV. HASKELL
MAKES DEMANDS OF ROOSEVELT
Accuses Mr. Eoosevelt of
Quibbling in Granting
Oil Lease
CLAIMS INDIANS WERE
v l Alto Declare# the Tribe Was Not Per
mitted to Submit Proper Evidence.
SecreUry Root’s Letter to the Gover
nor It, He Says, a Side-Stepping and
Evasion of the Matter And He Will
; Not Accept the Secretary’s Statement
* for the $15,000 or $20,000 DOB.
GUTHRIE. Okla., Oct SI.—Got. Chas.
N. Haskell has made public a letter writ
ten to President Roosevelt on October
11, In which he calls upon the presldont
to cancel the oil lease on 680.000 acres of
Osage Indian tribal lands. If the presi
dent does not cancel the lease. Mr. Has
kell declares “tne authorities of the
eUte of Oklahoma will present the mat
ter te congress ns soon as It assembles,
— * see ir that body Is de _ * * *
demand for justice."
and i
The letter follows:
Letter to the President.
Guthrie. Okla.. Oct 21. 1908.
Hon. Theoibre Roosevelt. President
Washington. D. C. .
Sir—In September I called your atten
tion to complaint at the renewal of the
oil lease on six hundred and eighty
thousand acres of Osage Indian tribal
lends. You Ignored thb matter.
On October 6. having further pressure
for investigation, of the unjust charac
ter of that lease, and having ascertained
from that the Osages. being our citizens,
it was my duty beyond question to de
mand of you oa the chief guardian of
wno tnuuvuM, — explanation —
to what good reason. If any. there might
have been for the renewal of the .lease,
at conditions fixed by you. I, on that
date, mode the formal demand of you in
writing.
of your having referred my letter to him!
. his explanation was that you had noth-1
^n^^^jjt^helease. except Axing
the compensation that the !
street where he has guided the greatest
corporations of the land with his advlco,
would doubtless then have saved you
from the humiliation that your reckless
and unreliable political associate, Mr.
Hearst led you into.
But aside with political dlsousi
he question of whether the OnrHP
Jans shall have the ordinary value of
the oil upon their land, as adjacent land
jg upon thalr —
are able to obtain, or whether we shnll
permit you to make the Standard
Company a present of the greater
of these oil values Is a business proposi
tion.
Haskell’s Demands.
I represent the personal rights and In
terests of the Osages because they —
citizens of Oklahoma. You are sir . _
the chief guardian of these particular
lands. Justice to the Osages requires
the cancellation of the lease which mam
have made without their knowledge
the cancellation of the lease which you cended. the monkey reappeared and pelted
Ebbela with oheatnul*. of which, it
proved, It had a great stock In the hollow
brr—
office,
tion I could put upon your act would, bo
that that lease was made through Ignor-
unduo haste at the
i of conditions <
solicitation of the agencies above refer
red to.
Let It be considered as settled finally
you will either cancel that lease your
self or the authorities of the state of
Oklahoma will present the matter tf
congress as soon as it assembles, am
see if that body will be deaf to a right
eous demand for justice. Slncerel;
yours.
(Signed) C. N. HASKELL,
Governor.
HOW-FOREST FIRES
CAMPERS AND LOCOMOTIVES
CONTRIBUTE LARGELY IN
STARTING BLAZES.
thing we objected to. namely, the gross
ly Inadequate compensation to the land
On October 12 I answered you. refer
ring to the,interior department's expla
nation, and stating to you:
stating
.The Complaint.
' (a). That you had refused to give the
opportunity . to produce evi-
(b) . That the oil field,. of which their
lands were a part, was —
rich, producing field, .
and bonuses to land owners weri estab
lished by long practices and i
(c) . That among tho lowosl
the Osages were at that'tirao entitled to
at least seven million dollars cash bonus
and one-alxth rovulty. „
(d) . That the Indian Territory Illumi
nating OU Co., a subsidiary of Stand
ard Oil Company, as the assignee of the
original Foster lease, was by subletting
year’s ‘figures, however, give
tJX. " IvfnTrfiuch “moJTI. S * Idea of the thing, whlch cau..
us than the O.-nges would receive as
the "owner*.of ”the land on a ono*e!ghth
bB ?e)I That against the original judg
ment of the department of the Interior
and upon the request of Messrs. Guffey.
Bamsdale, Senator Depcw nnd other well
known agents of the Standard Oil Com
pany, you had granted an extension of
the lease on this six hundred and eighty-
thousand acres of land at the grossly In
adequate compensation of one-eighth
royalty and not one cont of cash bonus.
Pursuing my duties to the Osage In
dians. as citizens of our state, ,1 re
quested that you cancel that lexse-to tho
end that the Osage Indians might have
an opportunity to receive by competitive
•bids or otherwise, an Income from the
oil values of their lands, which they
could readily obtain eoual to the aver
age obtained by the adjoining land own
ers to the north, east and the aouth of
their lands. , ,
I am today in receipt of the following
letter from your secretary of state:
Secretary Root’s Letter,
fc. N. Haskell. Governor of Oklahoma
Sir—Your letter of Octobor 18. 1908,
to the president* of the United States,
and signed by yoyi as governor of Okla
homa. has been referred to the depart
ment of state, which is charged with the
conduct of correspondence between the
prc-sblrnt end the chief executive of the
several states.
The character of this communication,
which I understand to be mainly false
and which I p«rc>lve to be wholly Inso
lent. Is such that I am forced to regard
It as a device to attract from the presi
dent for the purpose of a personal con
troversy a degree of notice which your
self would not receive personally. Re
spect for the state of Oklahoma, upon
which you have Inflicted the Injury of
signing such a letter over your«tltle as
governor, leads me to acknowledge its
receipt. The substance of the commu
nication precludes any further official no
tice of It. .Very respectfully
(Signed) ELI HIT ROOT.
A Mere Evasion.
. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—What
starts these forest fires? This ques
tion has been asked over and over
again this summer by readers of the
accounts of the destructive fires which
have been raging In all parts of the
country.
Campers and locomotives. Is the
usual answer. Many of the other
things which start blazes in the for
est are forgotten. It Is true that per
haps one-half to three-fourths of the
fires do begin as a result, of the care-
there are a number of things which
get tho woods afire.
A complete report of forest fires on
tho private forests of the country and
their causes Is not kept by any ono.
Uncle Sam, however, Is moat careful
to account for the damage done by
the blazes on his tlmberland under
forest administration. aggregating
about 188,000,000 acres .and each year
tho total area burned over, the tlm
berland burned over, the- amount of
timber destroyed and its value, the
cost of fighting Area, and the causes
of fires are carefully checked up. These
reports nro made at the end of the
calendar year, and the announcement
of this'year’s losses will therefore not
JOCKO PROCEEDS TO
SQUEEZE TWO GIRLS
FLIRTATIOUS MONKEY HAS PLEAS
ANT MANNER OF AT-
NEW YORK Oot. It—Miss Stella
Bruggeman and Miss May Wood, of
Montclair, N. J., and young Jack EbbelsJ
a Montclair beau, went ohestnuttlng lid
the woods around the new state normal
school. Montclair Heights, yesterlay. Of
a sudden, Miss Bruggeman, who had
wandered a little away from her oompan«
Jack Ebbela
funny
bearded face and a long tali, jumped from
Miss Bruggeman's shoulder, clambered up
an oak tree and vanished through a hole
hi a big limb. —
The frlghteneraVMIVMPV
seen the monkey until It sprang
Frightened girl said aha had not
“ .— —... .. - prana . on her
around ly|
would catch "that iriSEiy. 'and, with the
girl’s help, he climbed tb'
caught Its lowest branches.
iranoh.
As Ebbela approached, the monkey
down the tree and again sprang on 1
Bruggemann’s shoulder, chattering «w _
edly as If it wanted to tell her what a
very pretty girl she la. Miss Bruggeman
monkey, as If to show no favoritism,
chased, overtook her and leaping on *
shoulder clasped her neok and held
tight Miss Wood ran to the nearest
-. .it, here s Jocko come home agal
cried the woman, living in the hoi
The monkey sprang In her arms; her c’.ill-
runnlng and petted the i
key. The woman revived Miss Wood,
HAVE THEIR ORIGIN ROADS SEE BETTER
THIS IN FUTURE
GRADUAL RESUMPTION OF
TIVITIE8 FOLLOW LATE
DEPRESSION.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.—Announce
ment tbflt two great railroad systems
touching the south in their operatldns,
.tho Illinois Central and tho Southern
Pacific, have lately placed orders for
bo known for more than two months.
Uncle Sam’s Figures.
fires In forests. Of the 1.355 fires
discovered on the national forests last
year, all of which were checked by the
rangers ])efore they had burned over
fourteen ' hundredths of 1 per cent
(14-100 of 1 per cent) of this national
forest orea. campers caused 346, while
irallroada followed next with 27i;
lightning came next, with 176; donkey
engines used In lumbering operations,
fourth, with 63; careless brush burn
ing by homesteaders clearing land, 34;
Your secretary of state says: "I am
Insolent." Mr. President, If honest ad
herence to tpy duties Is Insolence, then
>e Insolence, but that absurd
statement from
secretary of state
the Owige Indians.
tract from the president for .the purpose
of a p'-rsona! controversy a degree of
notice which I could probably not .receive
personality/*
fires cadsed by Incendiaries and those
set Dy. herders and hunters, 30. For
n*ore than 400 of the flres^he cause la
not known. This Is tot strange when
It Is remembered that a fire may smol
der for days. If the air Is too thick to
permit the smoko to he seen at a dis
tance before It breaks out, when
fanned by a wind so as to revest* Its
presence to tho watchful forest officer.
Campers Are Careless.
While campers caused more fire*
than locomotives last year,'there art
mans* seasons when the railroads hold
undisputed claim to first place. Forest
fires started by both are mostly un-
nocowry. If campers would hxer-
cfso Bare In starting comp fires And
be sure that they are extinguished
before they are left, and If the rail- 1
road companies would'use the most
modem and efficient spark arresters,
it Is reasonable to think that the an
nual forest fire loss could be reduced
new equipment, the one amounting to
$1,000,060 and the other two $2,000,000,
suggests a gradual resumption by tho
rallroadB of the country of activities
halted by the depression of -recent
months. Bearing upon this are tele
grams and letters published In this
week’s Issuo of the Manufacturers’ Re
cord from representative executive of
ficers of great transportation compan
ies. fiomo of thorn sea In the present
conditions no Justification for expec
tation that a general enlargement of
activities In Improvement of railroad
facilities will happen In the n«,ir fu
ture. But others are quite hopeful.
Illustrative of various outlooks aro tho
following:
President Lucius Tuttle of the Bos
ton and Maine Railroad, notes that
there is no particular significance In
an absence of any disposition to or
der additional equipment or to arrange
for extenalvo Improvements upon any
of his New England lines as the au
tumn Is not the time when gcnoral
improvements ere arranged for,
adds:
"While there scenes to be a slight
improvement In commercial conditions
in this section, and a slight consequent
stimulation of railroad traffic, the im
provement Is rather uneven nnd nbt as
yet specially marked, although I think
the situation looks more hopeful gen
erally than at any time In the past
nine months."
ne monin*. #
J. C. Stubbs, traffic director South
ern Pacific Railroad. Chicago, wires:
’’Rallrbed traffic, estimated by move
ment of excellent crops. Is Improve
Ing slowly, but reasonably sure. I
soe no reason to doubt permanence of
trend. Railway managers have placed
porno orders for equipment, which,
Judging from their size, are apparent
ly to offset cars destroyed and depre
ciation only. Improvement orders, on
about the same scale as equipment
orders, are confined principally to
completion of work checked by the
panic of October, 1907. ’’
Gothamites Expeot to Spend
$10,000,000 Getting tho
Returns’, -
NEW YORK, Oot. SI.—Thero -will
not be any lid on in Now York elec
tion night. There won’t even be a
lid, but If thero were any attempt to
put It on would simply result In Its
being shattered Into a thousand pieces
by the surging mobs. Election night
here is always a iBacchanallan affair
where every aort of regulation la
thrown to the wind*, and no one who
has not aeen it can conceive of the tu
mult caused by 3,000,000 peoplo flow
ing through the streets In a scream
ing. shoving, prank-playing tide. This
ypar election night promises to far
surpass anything of the sort In the
past, largely because of the Intense
feeling over thtf choice of governor.'
The police will be satisfied If they can.
keep the crowds moving, and no
method of sufaco locomotion except
walking will be possible. Along
Broadway, jvhlch Is naturally the cen-
tor of excitement, every table at every
hot.-] nnd enfo has long ago boon sold,
and the lucky holders are being offered
anywhere from $25 to $500 for their
"rights," according to location. Hotol
proprietors have requested patrons to
arrive before a certain 1 hour, slnco
after that time the doors will bo
closed to prevent further Ingress. Ee-
tenslve preparations have been made
by all the hotels and theaters to keep
their patrona posted aa to the returns.
As the city headquarters of Governor
Hughes, the Hotel Aa tor will probably
bo tho center of Interest along tho
Great White Way, and the election
returns will be announced In tho fa
mous Orangerle restaurant and In tho
other public rooms. Every hotel Is
certain to be full, howover. ns elab
orate preparations have been made for
distributing returns. Probably $10,-
000,000 will he spent by tho revellers
In food and drink and the settlement
of wagers, and the New Year’s Evq
cleboratlon, which usually Is the noln-
est of tho year on Broadtvay, will bo
outdone,
Trusts’ Plan to Mova Abroad.
According’ to reports thkt»have been
In circulation here during the past few
days some of tho big corporations
which have been the subject of attacks
In the courts aro considering the plan
of taking out charters In Great Brit
ain as a means of escape from the xeal
of prosecutors In the varloqs states
A prominent corporation lawyer con
nected with the combination of pack
ers known as the beef trust, admits
that these Interests,have >been consld
For the Hard-to-Please
erlng the. Idea of establishing head
quarters abroad and having their bus*
Iness In. the various states conducted
by companies entirely Independent of
ono another, all books and! correspond
ence being kopt In the European of
fice, where they would he beyond tho
reach of prying attorney genernls and
other executors of anti-trust legisla
tion. It Is said here that no-definite
action of this sort Is likely to bo
taken -Immediately,- but that It has
been discussed as a result of the re
cent decision against one of tho sub
sidiary companies of tho combination
In the California courts. Nearly all
the other states have similar laws
against combinations and In several
states, as In New York, suits against
the trust are already under wav or
else are threatened. The proposal has
awakened, tho greatest Interest among
corporation lawyers and financiers for
the reason that If the plan suggested*
Is tried by the packing companies and
Is found to work successfully It is
likely to be followed by other big cor
po rations.
VTTE man who knows what he wants and who will take nothing short of it—.
ho’s welcome here. He’s wclcomo to search, and pick over, nnd tost, and try
on, and look for flaws with all his eyes. We’ll help Him looks Because when
we’ve once convinced a painstaking, particular buyer that qur clothes prove
genuine quality in every test and comparison, we’ve made a customer worth having.
We have hundreds of those worth.having customers who have found out for themselves
tho value of Kuppenheimer Clothes—whose faith is in tho Kuppeuhcimer label becauso
of what it means, not now-and-then, but always.
Tho illustration abovo shows the,Kuppenheimer Watershed, a rainproof coat.
Under storm clouds or fair weather, the Watershed is unusually good form, good style,
good proteetioa^ JCmiZdmvorJuMBE .it wag, a rain coat—t ill it mins..
And quality distinguishes tho Watershed, as it does every other Kuppenheimer garment.
STAR CLOTHING COMPANY
Exclusive Agents for Macon and Middle Georgia.
mors than onc-half. Lightning ranks
third among the causes of Area, and,
of course, man has no greater raapon
nihility In this case than to put the
fire out as soon as possible after dis
covery. Careless brush burning by
homesteaders and persons clearing
land Is said to be the cause of many
of the fires which have started this
yqp.r, particularly those which have
swept over the lake states.
The ranger force on many of the
national forests have been kept busy
fighting fires which, If left to
damage, ay qmcncmns winiiiiniiw-
tlon between Important points throogh
the construction of telephone lines,
and building roads and trails, the na
tional forests have been made more
accessible .during the past two yeers
and fire fighting has been greatly fa*
dlltatod.
Mr. President. It Is Immaterial to m*
wist conatruetlou
State desire* to put
In hi* attempt to sh.. PWi
serk prominence, hut I do seek Justice,
because It !* a friend of yours.
Root’s View Ludicrous.
Indeed Mr. President tills expression
. . ,»n view or um raci tiu
f Weeks sgo descended
' that vaur DrMl#TM«nri
the dimity
■ sefaMMttd
for the high office of president and
sought to -carry me down with yon to
the level of petty precinct polities.
This effort to fluctuate from the high
est respect In the land to tha lowest
practices has never been equaled in the
extent of its fluctuation* of his watered
stock on the market. It la possible that
your astute secretary of state might
nave advised you,at that time to your
own advantage, aa his twenty-six year V
experience st his law office in Wall
RIVERSIDE TO PLAY
THE LOCUST GROVE TEAM
OAINKRVILLK Ga^ Oct. 31.—Qn
Monday fan Riverside football team,
which claims tha distinction of play
ing three games without allowing tha
opponents a scorn, will meet the teat
Locust Grove team, which defeated tha
Atlanta high school 43 to 0. Inasmuch
t ^ m eg Riverside onjy succeeded In beat-
that* vour*predecessors *\»ve ^tahUahed I ink the high schyoIJi to 0. a nary
close game with Locust Grove is an
ticipated. and k>cal fans aro groatly
interested In tha outcome.
The came will be played upon the
Riverside grounds In full view of tbfe
Blue Ridge mountains, and the yon to
fu' warriors may wan imagine that
tv r'} centuries (and more) Aook
down upon them and watch thy out
come of the contest. /
Garrett Is Optimistic.
• W. A. Garrett, general manager of
the Seaboard Air Line, Portsmouth,
Vk., .wires:
"Fright earnings show slow, but
gradual Improvement, with prospect
for greater gain after the election.
Better bids for power and equipment
can be secured during the remaining
months of 190* than In 1909.’*
J. T. Hdrahan. president of the Il
linois Central railroads, Chicago,
wires:
’’Business Is somewhAt Improving,
with Indications pointing to further
Improvement, particularly In the south,
where crops ere good. We have or
dered considerable new equipment,
and other roads have done likewise.
We are making no addition to the
property, but are Increasing facilities
wherever needed to take care of .the
business.’’
What Harry Atkinaon Sayi.
H. M. Atkinson, president of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
road, Atlanta, wires:’
"I think the outlook for Improve
ment in railroad bualness good. But
so far It has been slow ’and Irregu
lar.- Railroads generally are still hold
ing up Improvements and orders for
new equipment/’ .
George W. Stevens, president of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany. of Richmond. Va. r writes:
"The improvement In railroad busi
ness Is not as apparent as It was a
month sgo. Our earnings for Octo
ber are not showing as well aa those
for September, This company Is not
contemplating the ordering of any new
equipment, butyls completing the Im
provements that were started some
time ago and held up for a period.”
Roswell HfUer. chairman, Chicago,
Milwaukee And St. Paul Railway, New
"There/ls already some Improvement
luence of Urge shipments of
grain ghd a moderate Increase In mer
chsndiie movement. But permanent
improvement will not come until -the
revival of industries. I.think thU re-
til will begin after election. There
no Indication that railroads are or-
ing new equipment and making Im
provements, except In special
E. P. RlpUy..president of the Atchi
son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
Chicago, wires:
"Business shows alight Improvement
due to crop movement. I do not think
that there are anr considerable orders
for equipment. Moat roads have
enough or too much.”
$39,000 Demanded For $50. Not*.
This city has Just received a sur
prising Illustration of the Importanco
of little things, nnd more particularly
of the disadvantages of letting small
obligations run too long. Just 117
year*, mto the colony of Now York
obligated Itself In the form of a note
for ten jfbunds, or fifty dollars, Claim
is now made on the comptroller’s of
fice tor the settlement of this debt
by the holder of the note. The sum
demanded is considerably more than
$50, however. It Is In fact 740 times
that amount or a trifle of $19,000, this
being the result of compounding In
terest at 6 per cent for 117 years
The original note Is now In the hands
of tho city authorities, pending settle
ment of the matter. It Is a curious
document, and reads:
TEN POUNDS—No. 15.486.
By a law of the Colony of New
York this hill shall bo received In all
payments In the Treasury for Ten
Pounds. New York, February
1771,
WALTER FRANKLTN.
SAM’L VERPLANCK.
Ol low.
T*Ib desth to counterfeit.
The claim for settlement was made
by a well-known bank representing a
country client.
Question of WaUr Powar Rights.
The unfortunate
etato of New York _
valuable water power rights at Niag
ara has aroused keen Interest here In
tho report that bills are to be present
ed In congress this winter granting
a practical monopoly of wster power
rights In many parts of the country to
a handful of Individuals, and corpora
tions. A report on the subject of wa
ter power and Its value has been pre
pared by a prominent engineer of this
city and submitted to tho government
authorities. According to this report
the total water power of the United
States Immediately availably amounts
to over 30,000.000 horse power, or more
than enough to do the entire mechanl.
cal work of the nation. Of this enor
mous amount, now almost entirely un
used. 7,000.$00 horse power Is repre
sented by Niagara. The .eastern states
aro credited with nearly 3.000,000, the
upper Mississippi valley wttr 1.000,-
the state of Washington with 3.000,-
000. and northern Ollffornla with over
5.000.000 horse power. It Is estimat
ed that the ultimate power available
in the streams of the OMUftfF under
Improvement win be well ©*er 1J)0.-
000,000 horso powey represents. I;bw-
evr-r. energy equivalent to that con
tained In $50,000,000 tons of coal .or
50 je-r cent In excess of the present
annual production of coal, representing
an expedliure of $2,000,000,000.
present the rights on navigable
streams are granted by the government
In perpetuity and without compensa
tion. The* present Investigation Into
the extent of the national resources
may to so attempt alter tb<s tomi
of grant so as to provide tor compen
Nation to the people tor the enormous
value the rights.
' 100 Robberies Every 24 Houre.
While Its various guardians of tho
pence were squabbling us to the best
way of protecting their municipal pa
tient. that patient—in other words,
Father Knickerbocker—Is suffering tho
usual result. Burglary and lurceny
crimes aro becoming uncomfortably
frequent, now totalling over >5,000 an
nually, while the total value of theso
hauls Is nearly $16,000,000. Brought
down to & dally -basis, Now York has
almost 100 robberies every twenty-four
Hours, this being at tho rate of one
for every fifteen minutes day and
night. Nor aro theso potty affairs In
which property of little vuluo Is In-
volvod. The average value of each
lot of loot secured by burglars and
thieves Is $460 or moro than a good
many honest folks earn In a )W*
Every hour marks the theft of $2,000
worth of property and every day near
ly $50,000 worth. In splto of tho fact
that these rohberlea total >5.000, an
nually, the average annual number of
anreata has been only 1764. or Just
about one in twenty. Of those ar
rested only one In four Is convicted,
so that the chances In favor of the
burglar would aeem to be about *0 to
.. It la aald thnt under tho proaent
police system only 7 per cent of the
stolen property la recovered
ROOSEVELT, JR., CLIMBS
TTAJlTPOna Conn., Oct. ll.-tfh.odoro
Roomv.h, Jr., I... flnl,t».<l hi* .ppr.nMc.-
iihlp Jn'th. wool a,sorting dopartmmt of
the Hartford c.rpet Company, and ta.
i the work dune in the
Art Headquarters and Inspected tha chetn-l
OrerlMr W. J. nine, .pnk, wry high-
ly of young Roosevelt aa a workman, and
mm that he is very studious and ambl-
—"nwent to the Vanderbilt cup
are and was back when the bell rang
.or work this morning. He expect* to
remain In Thompnonvilla at least a year,
and I* about to rhange hie quarters to
the residence of Robert King on Enfield
He wee at the recaption that his
Mrs. Cowles, gave at her house
(treat. He
kunt, Mrs.
In Farmington to
was also hie sister
Coffee planters in Sao Paulo report
that there Is little that Is encouraging
about the results of their attempts to
grow rubber in connection with their
coffee plantations. They report that
Para or Haves, variety l* not a
rese. and that while tha Cryxra variety
grows very well. It Is d'libtful If It
will yield sufficiently to be of material
profit to the grower.
HEART BROKEN
SHE SUICIDES
Pretty Dressmaker Couldn’t
Euduro Faithlessness of
Her Betrothed
NEW YORK, Oct. >1.—Despondent
over the fact that aha had been dis
appointed In nn engagement made
.with her awoethnart, Mlsa Ida M. KIs
sum, a dressmaker, committed suicide
early yesterday In her homo In Now
Rochelle.
Miss Klssam, a woman of 25, of
beautiful face and perfect figure, with
extensive social acquaintance, engaged
In trade and soon established a large
fashionable clientele. Hhe became a
modiste nhd to hor frlenda „professed
entire uatlsfactlon with her venture.
Hhe had been in business only some
three or four years when she had
prospered financially so that-she was
enabled to buy for herself and mother
a villa In Naw Rochelle.
Planned 8uiclde With Cara.
Miss Klssam planned her suicide
with elaborate detail. Hho wrote notes
to her mothdr and sister, to some of
her girl friends and to A. Perry Fal
cone/, of No. Z>9 West one Hundred
and "Thirtieth street, this city. Then
she went to her bathroom, attached
an end of a tube to the gas burner, put
the other end In her mouth, sat down
and died.
When Coroner Van Patten, of Mount
Vernon, waa called, ho said ho under
stood that the Mr. Falconer mentioned
In the letters left had promtsod to
marry Miss Klssam. and that she had
yd room. Twy_Bwwv.itjow outjg SSi"m5iy*w«niS« wbm h»>lS4
$ thl fc;".- SiSirM to ?»"»:.° u ‘ *»* Th * 1,tter
to Mr. Falconer which waa found In
the woman’s parlor waa:
"To A. Perry FUlconar: When this
you receive I shall be whore your
cruel treatment can oo longer harm
me. I have told you bafore you would
regret treating me In thq way which
you did. But probably you will be
glad I am out of the world. I nevor
did anything In the world far you but
klndnaas. ^
Woman’s Bittar Latter*.
”Last Sunday I spent tha greater
part of the day staying In the kitchen
cooking what you liked. You have
repaid me by staying away and not
coming to take me out today. To
think the woman you Intend to marry
years, If you did not mean all you
said?
"I have never run after you,
why didn’t you leave
alone when
i had’learned to forget you, and was,
nucceNMfully getting along In business"
You are- a coward, nnd will. I hope,
lio punished. I have been so elck; slnco
you ware horo I hnv« not beep Able
to walk and I was waiting to nee a
doctor after I saw you today. But
now no doctor can do mo nny goon.
"Ooodby; do not treat nnothar wo
man as you have me. You may re
pent, but I shnll not hear, for no Hu
man voice can he heard by cold
ears of death. IDA* ,
Hho also wrote a letter addressed; tp
her slater. Mrs M. J. Pearson, of No.
her sister, Mrs M. J. **ear*on r «» wu,
71 Churcn street, Now Rochelle, in
which she says In part:
"My Dear Priscilla: Many times I
have started to write what now’ no
earthly power could atop mo writing.
I am this tlmo firm. I have been bravo
long ns I can. . Thero Is a, limit. I now
have nothing to llvo for, ao, dearest,
goodby. Do not shed ft tear. I snail
be happy and out of my mlnery. Sell
my business, out of which take
of mamma as long as she llvo*.
After making » number of presents
Mine Klssam adds: . •
"Last, but not least, you can blame
A. Percy Falconer, whom you will
find at fto. 239 West One Hundred
and Thirtieth street, for It all, W
last request of you 1s t* make hi
suffer. Don’t mourn my loss or I
In blacked hato It. At last I shall
be happy out of this wicked world.
Ooodby. Your sister, IDA.’
»P. M., Oct. 25. 1908. St home.” ^
At No. 239 West Ono Hundred and
Thirtieth street. Manhattan, last night
It was admitted thnt a mnn named A.
Percy Falconer roomed there with bis
brother. It Is a furnished room bouse
and the coretnker said that about 11
o’clock last night both men on receipt
of a letter or telegram, which tho
messenger said was Important, had 81
gone out and up to \ o clock had not Ir
returned.
AND CHINK GOT IFnPTED
DALLAS. Tex.. Oct. 3!.—A Chinaman
going by the namo of John Johnson got
"aanvy" in United States CommUalonor
May’s court today and must go back to
a result. United States
Attorney Atw*ll asked Johnson: "IL>w
long hove you been In tha United Btatea
did you cut off your-queue?"
retorted: "When, did you cut
off :
tII again asked: "Ilow Jong have
you should treat hke that!
after that, you would torture beyond
endurance. Why have you told m«i Ih( . n
you loved me moro than any woman In [ j., r t ,
the wholt world and called oa mo five | ported.
Why. I you been in the Unit*
"yond'
>oped tho !
ordered Jolnuou to^bi^c-
BILL PAID HENRY
QUITE NICE TEES
HENRY W. TAFT OOT 111,872.80 WITH
IN LESS THAN ONE /
WASHINGTON. Oct. *l. r Tho rcc^rn*
of the department of Juitlro »-iow that
Henry W. Taft waa on th«« pay-roll of
tho department of Justice while his bror.i-
tr. Win. If. Taft, was bead of the war
department. Ho was one of the inrta
galaxy of attorneys hired)-to prosj-emo
the trusts. Tobacco waa hla specialty.
According to the records ho received
$11,472.89 within leu* than a year. Hon *
of It waa paid as reimbursement for ex-
penae* Incurred and some a* salary.
Ills first employment wm on Jim.
1905, during the height of .the negotia
tions for th# Philippine railroad conoas-
The second bidding for tha coue, *-
... _ - co. 1
■Ion*, at which Bpeyor fc Co. won, wna
on Jan. 20, 1906, five Oaya.before Mr. Taft
was employed. HU compensation Was to
be determined by the attorney general,
but 11,000 was given him aa a retainer.
Tlrnt employment lasted W.
1906. when ha received 8«*2,80 n* ex-
PC On # Dec. 1. 1905, he waaagalnemployft
at a stipend bo be determined by tbS at -
tom#/general on completion ofth* er\-
Jee. The allowance on that occasion. »u
July !. 1KM. w»» It.MO a. .»l»ry, wlm
no expense allowance. m
On July 2, 1906, the third and last em
ployment of Mr. Taft vras bexun, and
that tlm*, too. he was depen- • nt uron
tho *ooJ will of thr uttorn.j r-n.'. 'I •;■ J
hi* compensation. Tho •mployment touted
hi* compensation
un i'J bx«h*« «lm. ;;n.
the head «T the department of Jus •• •»
and payment wa* more liberal. »> '•
*i#got $5,000 a* salary, and then ho^p-1
;i,$M, ud .finally IW0 as expen--
* In all the total above stated.
‘ r . * .Hnfl In til,
Th.r.‘lit*''n'> l e’xpla , iatloir!n th®
of why Mr. Tuft wai .hlftei »rmir
why Mr. Tart wa»
i Job to anotner.
FINDS $1,000 PEARL
WHILE EATING OYSTERS
pmumma <*«. jl-
contracting blfkw
found » term pr-ati f»Uy.la.*n.
cud Lusky has already rmaaaa a
offer of a Market street J®w I
gem. which 1* more than half a
In diameter. Lu*ky came nt-ar • v
Ing Ilia treasure; also n« came
throwing It out Into the ash pile.
According to statistics Just publish
ed the number of miles of railway Irt
Brazil In actual Opar..?! -n on January
l »H«. WMttjtg S. wmj®, undue
actual construction
the co»-i
attuctlon of 4.19J more.