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THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1908 by the Press Publishing Company, No. 53 to 6 Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMce at Now York as Second-Class Mall Matter. Ys aap ee TTT ee OLUME 43 NO, 15,008. ©H9HIHOTDIAGAOVIIIO®AOIHH9IIIGHEGOHHODDOIIIVOSOOSIDIIOS GHDTIDIDHGHHOOSHOHDI DHHS SHOTOOGHEDIVIOU STDVWOHSIHOSEWDIOHGVHESDS C } - TAMMANY'S NEW BOSS. A FEW RETIARKS. © Sunday-schoo! literature is rich in bi hi ft ; or tay ag ot hs sain eons of ice and I A Ez > UN N \v S D) E ©) F L, IP Ez. Ieernsthce arcineslia diester ty to life’s highest rewards. Hereafter it should Who cares not, though the coal strike dlude a sketch of Charles F. Murphy, elected yesterday Brings others woe and strife. To him alone no terrors CHICAGO, THE CHAMPION DRINK CITY.—**E/3 Re — p worse than to recite the main incidents in Murphy's g And he signed the lease last spring. saying: 3 he According to Peary's statement “Behold, roy boy, how an honest apprentico, faithful : : ; Dees ene alceouruitahins ee tle fo his employer in his work in the shipyard, rose to sit = l ok the Pole, s) z iN CHICAGO “Wn the seat of sachems in the Wigwam as the successor ; ys Vi i oF SALOONS <7 Sar; —— eee nee uiaes Ute caiter the Boss. Follow in his footsteps and grow great.” | / 6 > Z Pye Te Ge of getting out of training through lack And In pointing out the successive steps by which FAO O% of opponents. ‘The report that Grand Duke Boris has salle for Europe {s about the first story thus far in connection with the noble Russian which has not been de- nied, Unilke the boy in Aesop's fable, Mr. Jerome has not called Wolf once too often. OTIS) fave up $600. With this he purchased a saloon and i there, at “Charley's,” as it came to be known, his en- ppg Ui trance into politics was madé—a not unusual entrance. | fi : Y} Then more saloons, a chain of them with bursting cash YY, y Yy y} /} _ Fegisters, until within eighteen years from the Invest- =) Yi) oa 00000 ooo ment of his modest capital he was reported to be worth} | : , UY cooo000 {00 $400,000. Then the gale of the saloons and the invest- ; / i _ tment of the proceeds in real estate ventures. The industrious apprentice is now a made man, rich, (IT wourd Dock Commissioner and a Tammany adviser. A fur- . IMMERSE THE _ ther step upward puts him in Croker’s place. There as ; y MASONIC TEMPLE @ man not unlike the Boss in personal traits—silent, re- GY =: served, incapable of speech-making, but shrewd and fesOurceful, addicted to no small vices—he becomes an interesting personage for study. SEEDS The “upheaval germ” has spread Goo TOO Oo Xs Ea * , from Poilce Headquarters to the Cus- tom-House. ‘ _——— a : “COMING THRO Falth hag cured a Philadelphia girl Bet: seams : : : . ZZ ROUGH ° SoLp IN | of being an actress. Something stronger | Phe President's Trip.—The President's Western trip car- NewYork * os WE Rye” cate 35 FLOAT ) | might be needed to make actresses of ties him close to his happy hunting grounds. What Sena- ee a ayy IeKnow Jone) GATES | = ASHIP some women still on the stage. tor will lend him a gun and a shooting suit for a few SHEKNOWS GATES, whee: vie! s BE oo Amin 4 =o re weet? eracen el THER p mes FOR A DRINK A Chicago paper merrily suggests free : 7 Ore mea pri * coinage of coal as well as of gold. Bet- i THE MURDER MYSTERY. 30 D) Cols, wu") RATT . eh, « we mat ‘alt the’ price is 8 uttie lower, _ New chapters in the Kingston-Pulltzer murder mystery ) DAYS? as Vie a 997993999 yay en }| ana maybe we can wear k ere furnished with every newspaper issue, and those » ' y PAI SO TAT TIN rarity, in ring cheaply as peopl <p he a le now wear diamonds, printed to-day promise to make it the most sensational \ DAY: - fi ps Wee, 4 ‘ arnt _ @fime of the year. We have now the main features of Hy EAT 2 a Dn, ON tices Coyeit | eae onde mewrine) aRc heen ere toa ey the tragedy with many detatis, but with the motive still » gh i +). GA M MMe Onn My 24 iw Teast nieces erer erty ME aTnAe _unrevenled. What was the motive? Mf C A$, ; OD ¥ Oy I Phninngegrcoone ij’ S i vould organize! A pretty Tenderloin girl, marrying, might leave among ; Yo 7) Mir] W) | YU ait ber discarded admirers one whom animalism combined AM ty a See Sree aaelalring baie ‘with jealousy and resentment at her choice of an hon- i ars RS way at Pari, What a (Monte! Cristo “ater love could nerve to the commission of murder. ‘The BOURES eae fort of dialogue he and Devery could ~ fecora of Tenderloin tragedies in which a woman was ou publi even thes Teck toserneel | the victim furnishes numerous instances of such a mo-|@) Peary should shake with Sheehan, > tive. But complicate this motive with manifestations 8 CHICAGO, Il, Sept. 19.—According to the cam palgn book (just isaued) of the Illinols Prohibition party, Chicago is the greatest city for drinking in this country, having over thirty-one miles of & For nefther won his goal; ©) saloons to less than eight mileSot churches. ‘The Hquor drunk here last year, says the book, would float the biggest ship on tho lakes and immerse the twenty-story Masonic Temple; the persons arrested for drunkenn would make a twenty-mile line, and the area of drinking places is greater than that of the central business quarter. ( 1a @ QOOOODENHEPOSGTOGOHIDTEGHDHOHOHTOSSOTE in the apartmont where the unfortunate. woman|@ 3 HER METHOD ' SOMETHING TURNED. ‘Was done to death, the discovery of a World reporter, in- \JOKES OF OUR own.| 3 JAP BOYS, dicate some such complexity of motive and add an ele- SOMEBODIES. | Japanese school- . Sma ment of greater horror to the orlme, TRUTHFUL. p ~~ ss boys when they|The latter failed to win the polls, hy rlevariy: wish to protest| ‘The former mipaed the Pole. © Clues in the case have been quickly and cleverly) “How did you like the bathing sult 1 Po followed up. Local detective work has not recently wore at the Beach?" San Francisco, against unpopular ee Cross's hypnotic eye must have be i e) i . a = SALISBURY, LORD-—is devoted to ani- |mMastere go on Been such as we could be proud of, but that in this par- | "7 Kea st #0 well I could haye wished At | nals, and Tor his favorite pet @ jetrike, Three cases| COM@ de-magnetized somehow, ticular crime has been highly creditable. And much of | NAG yy “ A large cat. of @uch open mu- ine varieue aia ssneolay Cen pei the credit, as usual, is due to reportorial investigation. | Room For NOTHING WIDER. “pga 2 ea8HEE, CAPT.—who commanded the Skip outa gue |iticinns) are at last past the primary Maine at Havana, has just published Ja ees heliraweaba! it! wane Y 8 week. grade, But the “rewards of merit’ eome Geart Disease in the Cab.—Another engineer dead at the] that bench together In the moonlight re GH UU ae Bp a ed of thelr tenchers have been serving ou! throttle and the train sayed from disaster by the fireman. | Do you suppose there's anything be- \ NU D td i Ailes S for the past few months may fall of Heart disease is ns apt to attack a ferry pilot as aj ‘ween them?” es Cee | i ton bucea ever lesued. LAVA HOMES, |!" vate ldcomotive engincer, and escapes from destruction at such| “Well, if there 1s, it must be thinner , , Y SMYTH, MISS HTHEL—composer of Tae times are providentia! than a sheet of paper.” ‘ F \ \ the recently produced opera, “Der | On the western] A few more weeks at most of this yl // 4 f . Wald"! is the first composer of her sex | Slopes of Mount] temperature and then the steam radiator 3 “Bee Claude and Claudia altting on 5 7 pea co \ / | Pa MeN have a work produced at Covent | Etna are several} will begin its winter Wagnerian con- LAST OF THE FIRE ENGINE? een VOU U LT. 4 4) 3 rden, villages standing | certs. - . pig] 'The girl I'm engaged to Is a peach,” / here »RINCESS— ic +g jin the midst of ‘The fire chiefs intimate that the fire engine's day is| jiarcut ramarket with eonthmentar air. ee eee ree ia neatd tae ne [former Laval In planning to make him president of going, to give place to pumping stations and stand pipes. } Hut Otto went one better on this apesch Mightiest member of the German | Streams and with) their association, are the visiting Are- The “vamps” who never forgave the intrusion of the| “The giris Iam engaged to are a pair? Pe y, ! nev . _]all the houses] fghters tr to spread a asafety-ne steamer wil it th errr 7A famlly, never for a moment for- | All the M0 | FS ire tne Y y-net 1 not be sorry, if they still cherish their old a ies 4 Mee sting she je an Emperor's daughter. S¥lt © vay for Chief Croker? fawentment. The last generation “ran with the ma- AL EL a ! : “ “@ - : x 2 e “She Is worth her welmt in gold.” 7 5 ; “ chine” and made the fire-house a place of political ac- lvara Hee hen owe eelene, tia Flelds O'Greon—Hey, Mopey, sre de TIMELY LETTERS A DANDY [MAHARAJAH. ‘ivi art ‘ mn owelgh. T SUD- 1 @ guy in front o' youse? Well, fd like i . ity. A Tweed and a Croker came out of it. The} pose? MRUMCUABKI, tiwaulanite wave t iaiatyr Rigdes What eid) deltaay Ee ‘0 he his oul e to usty Rhodes—Wha de lady Why More Men Don't Marry. sworn sheceem enemas eoming of the steamer destroyed the affectionate per- ; ; 1k any more. Mrs, Hippo—t can't see how you $ gay whon ver told her yer was waitin’ & | ., baba SF coer we y eS Te sonal interest in the Fire Department. A HIGH ONE. Mopey Dick—Why, le he rich? keep the baby so quiet Cisenmeninanleriturntunt : n ® “Only It may be poor consolation for women A ‘Only the highekt element in toe: - Fiekia O'Green—Wetcher life, He's Mrs, Rattlesnake—I never leave my Billy Coalg $ ned he} + w. On ot Mrs, c en y y Coalgate—She turned up her Noceraniercahy. : y If the steamer’s time has now come some of the spec-| ciety was invited to the ball h lar full of hard co: rattle at home mio wonder wits snore inien dou emia’ taeular features of firo-fighting will go out with ft.) “Oh, 1 seo! It was a high-ball.”’ FOODIMTOQIOIOOOCOOO’ JQDOdEOAEUOSTOOOOE ae to know that a craving for home tes ‘There a exists In many « male heart which can- Bore smucht Doslry/i0 a (stand:pipejend anyautc- not be gratified because the present Benge nenes Put they, Dave bets! uaes. ; = = financial circumstances of the vouns man would preclude the taking of a HUMOR IN THIEVES. THE MARVELLOUS MATCHMAKER # postopera mama gene Th it ft tire hi in Brooklyn led Capt. rl o! he right so! nc ly Bay hwhcoy seociaes ths tuett cessvrod, 10 007 a Rr) By FRANK R. STOCKTON. | (ire sic "so insonqumerc te th : + " | | common tot. LONELY JACK. to his detectives: “It {s bad enough to have thieves who yy aaiiikee steal household effects. When it comes to houses dis-| syNopsis oF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. plowed off even by the Mercest tem- /turned his head, grew red to the ears.) mended me to marry you, and agreed| To the wiltor ot The Evening World - appearing something must be done." pa Scantie lives ‘mith Ble widowed ster, [nests of aMiotion, still them leaves will |and thon sprang to his feet. “Asaph |that he would do his level best, Uy day | Kindly Inform me who was the man ‘This bold act of thieves seems to be as much of a Thomas Rooper. marty | Wither In the fall and turn drown and |gcantle,” he orled, with extended fist,{and by night, to help me git you, if] whose name began with "G'" who sald ‘ i . though they don't “you have broke your word; you hin-|T would give ni It of clothes, that the world was round. joke a D, ’ ; you hin-|T would give him a sult of an t Repose cee the Bold-ups to Clty, MalliPark| "depart, but stick on tight am wax all | dered." umbrella and a dictionary. IGNORANT. : Are crooks cultivating a sense of humor? Considering ey : promis +) winter until in the springtime they 18 | seo, 1 didn’t.” sald Asaph sulkily;| “A dictlonary and a pipet" ejaculated An to Truats. those cases in connection with the safe-cracking Just be- | « i “oftera ragged /PUAheM Of Kently mlthont knowin ie “but pegged shoes Is too much for any (Poor Mertetta, her eyes fixed upon the |r, the naitor of The Brening World: hind Capt. O'Reilly's station-house the inference {6| cimittion he anni nos sucke wails wea ing them [ody the aren leaves whieh, come Out Iman to stand.” And he withdrew from |Moer rusts are logically right because To complicate Anaphs plane, Dr Wicker, the [real Tife as well as nator.” the window, clowng the shutters again.| n goin’ to make him give 'em | they atand for economy; but they are forced that the enterprising burglar is amusing himself tan, het When ho had finished this opening | woe aces Sirens ney * exclaimed Thomas, “They | practically wrong because they throw ‘at the policemen’s expense. Like the boy before the Nhat heck i a Bre, HGonee brestned a jets sles et ae Filmed, who! had arisen, was tho price of not hinderin’, and he| many men out of employment. The ‘monkey's cage, the risk he runs adds to his enjoyment. Se mateeaiie any Of IG) qhomas heattated. He did not wish |!ndered sovlal ayatem is wrong, and while the 7 and tt Henge see ie continued. “1 am {2 'terrupt his courtship by the dis- He shall give them ba said aes whole people are not trustees, trusts asia ow, madaen,” he continued 2 slay {Tletta, rising, “but you must under- | ay JOHN CONWAY. ‘ cussion of any new question, especially Lg fatal, + NEWPORT MORALS. ae roll"in"thent [not the man to thrash a tree With @/ ine auention, “If we could settle what (Mand, Mr. Rooper, that in no way did] Phe Need of Good Handwriting. Do the members of the “smart set” violate most of pole to knock the leaves off before we nave deen talkin’ about, Mrs. Himes, |AStPh Interfere with your marrying |r, tn paitor of The Rvenine World: —: their time. But when the young leaves], 7 “ me. That wos a matter with which ne 7 very Tecate TRO an h ES ; ‘lhe sald, “and if you would give me : ; L Handwriting is a very necessary art. the comman and indulge habitually in licentlous by Joha Brisven Walker) |1s pushin’ and the old leaves ts droppln’ my answer, then 1 could git my mind | ld have and could have nothing to 40. very much depends upon it, Often have } conduct such as {s reprobated by all the good? Do they APTER VI (not to make any allusion, of course, tol town to commoner things, But swingin’ {ANd now [ wish you could get away] cages been decided upon the proofs of sep and often, do they covet thelr neighbors’ The Proposal. any shrivellin’ of proper respect), then toy a hook as 1 am, 1 don't know }™ithout speaking to him. I do not | nanawriting only. Business men in gen- Mr, Rooper had no intention of|1 come forward, madam, not to take] 4, ant any quarreiling or high words and husbands, do they demean themselves as if : § 9 or ce 0 y else, bi whether my head ior coy. hesla) js uppers Mees eral have but very poor handwriting. y courting Mrs, Himes for a month |the place of anybody clac, but Jost as] Tost, or what's revolvin’ around mee {Rr and I will see him and arrange) uy gaily letters ate written Inf y were above the moral code? Do some of the men Ho Intended to propose nor] the nateral consequence of the rearons, | won 7 on the matter better than you can do It."" a 3 OuEhe to ‘i . n give you your answer |!) 2 st hand whieh {# simply abominable. Gloven fect? that very morning. Ho had been turning | Which everybody ought to expect, even quickly enough,” she sald, "It ts im-j| ‘Oh, I can git away without spenkin’ Everything which Is not rpoken should ny 4 pv. | Suc! a c d \c a | Newport morals and manners have been the object | er the matter tn is mind and for wey. |Auich a esebud naan ownlcn Unt [possible for me to marry you, so that's Volley asia Ae Hoonat With readenea be atten 18 Iceleaniciewible) Naat eral reasons had come to this coacta p n keeps at settled,” a nd #0 saying, he strode out of | 1) Mitt ine more annoying than to -of unusual censure this season, Perhaps for the suM-|} ‘on straight on in the same general line the house, , F aon: r 5 ‘Trpoesib' gata Mr. house, through the front yard and t reason that critics have been furnished with un-| Five minutes later Marietin Himes | appearance without no reference tol po, See ls Serpette fia ‘afore {oUt of the gate without turning hin |D@ compelled to read badly, serfobied Mecilities tor criticism, When husbands driv wan sitting on the horae-hair aofa in {the fail of the year, nor winter nor|mege ; head toward Asaph, still sitting under | Communications ma Zee nds drive In-| 11. parlor with Mr. Rooper on the horae-|%#™mer, And #0, Mra. Himes, 1 come Kis Sotu OaanALEn Raveronimnae, trietree . ue View of, Women: weftlemen from boudoirs at the pistol’s point|jair chair opposite to hor and not very | NET to-day to offer to lead you again ‘sald Marietta, slightly color-|,, Oh; ho." said the latter to himself, | ro the editor of The Kvening World: ! will talk, and when the revelations of divorce|}far away, and he was delivering the |? the altar, T have never been there I cannot ‘accept you, Mr. “gho's bounced him short and sharp;| Women do not take as much care of Jooking Oriental js the Maharajah of Kolhapur, proceedings are uncommonly salacious gossip is|*44ress which he had pr ed. myself, and there ain't no woman In and it serves him right, too, after| their babies as would seem needful, The} the enlightened ruler of one of the most important 5 ned'to be all Ad ¥ “Madam,” eald ho, “Tam a man that {te world that 4 go with but you, I'm ¢{Playin’ that trick on me, Pegged shoes, | patient, persevering and loving mother | states of India, His name is Shahu Chhatrapatt, and he ts to be ailent. Add to these subjects for critl-| taxes things in this world as they |® straightforward person, and when I've sald ‘Thomas, gazing darkly | "eed" vet sooner of later be made familiar | twenty-eight, handsome, tall and robust. Ite is a Keen sporte- tories of dinner-table conversations by ladies and|comes and is content to wait until tho |@0t A thing to say, I aay tt, and now I the floor. “And what's more,| “At this moment the word “Asaph” | with all the baby’s llttle whims and} man and speaks English fluently. The Maharajah wears his Nh 80 broad and suggestive as to verge on the|time comes for them to come. I was have sald tt. And so T set here awattin’ that's just as clear as [CMe from the house jn tones shrillor | rancies, It must be understood that hair in the style of & Wall street office boy, with @ pro- ‘and abundant other indicati well acquainted with John Gimes, 1]¥our answer, g aavnent, ae dat ae eet me | and sharper and higher than any In| ‘very time a baby cries it causes just #0 | nounced “beau catcher" on elther temple, cations of a low tone vhic! Knowed him In life and I helped lay| At this moment the shutters of the|to me yesterday and go back on his/ "Mech he had evor heard it pronounced | uch injury to every nerve and tissue | there are some, like Editor Watterson, who|him out. As long as there was reason | fro . tol e before, Ho sprang to his ¢eet and went z bab: s front window, which had been closed, |first bargain. that composes the baby's body. A baby corruption from the sight of an infected spot, |? suppose that the late Mr. Himes—I|were opened, and Asaph put in his| “Now then,” aald Mra, ‘Himes, speak. |'? ‘he none must have perfect rest In order that It PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH. the metaphor, they judge Hercules by nin|™ca”, that the grass over the grave of head. “Look here, Thomas Rooper," he|ing very decidedly, “I want to know (To Be Continued.) may grow up strong and well. K, L.A. | 4 Joiner state of things Is pointed out by a Kingaton Mr. Himes had remained unwithered, |sald, “these shoes Ix pegged. I didn't|what you mean by this talk about : © Too Old to Be Panishedt trespondent in connection w! yell trey 1 am not the man to take one step in|bargain for no pegged shoes: T 4.) bargad: EVASIVE In BI 90) yndent in ith the well-known Sut f bargain no pegged shoes; I wanted | bargains.” P SSP 7 of The Eve World: PR "s Week! ie pet ouly @ local blemish or is it constitu-|the direction of his shoes, nor even |'em sewed; everything was to be first] Mir. Rooper knit his brows. cerni¥] Mrs, Gabvie—Mrs, Kraft has been mar- Gatos Gighteen years old, and If renee fishes, ‘sanurally foes ne oe the uber eeeee: Anteresting contribution to this most inter-|(? Consider the size of sem An connec: |oiasy is mighty different talk," he» #ald,| Fe ten years, I'm sure. T wonder how! 1 4 not in the house by 9 o'clock I re-| ast year's Mayor bore the name of Salmon, the Mayor for Hmkeiks tion with the measure of my own feet.| Mr, Rooper, who had been leaning| "from the kind I expected when I come |°!d she was when she was married, it woak 1 t y i ip to-motrow's Bunday World by} But timo will pass on in nature ae well |forward in hie ‘chair, Bis hands upon |here, But you have anawered my quee-| Mtv. Wisay—T tried to Gnd that out tno] celve punlenment, Katt maa) Dans th che current sone ts 8 tee. Rinne. Ne tnalt asa ¢ Of “Dodo,’ and from long ex-|as !n real lite; and while 1 know very |his knees, and his face glistening erg Ree a eee ee a Aoapn | ONER @4y the theatre, Ce ceeue site 4 mi sd pected that the Mayor for next year will be Mr. Smelt. Well, Mrs, Himes, that certain feclin's |his expreaned feel drigh petore abou Mb a prétty kettle of fish, and we may expect to eso toward them that Tras, in, tite, thn| the cthconamionen ter aataiee ain deal cette taste mare eee iia . i i ‘the pot boiling, - eaves of che onk uve and can't belwnich mteod on the foor by his ede [wasn't on’ very there's somebody of