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t"'lfcMl tsr-v - t cv - zsrv K r TALK OF NEW YORK Gossip of People and Events Told in Interesting Manner. v v V V" V vxoxoioioxoio: Fair Estate Reported Settled ' Again &J -J$r I jry NEW YORK. Mrs. WIHio.K. Yonder bill, Jr., and Mrs. Herman Oelrlehs must be breathing easier than they have for some years If It la true, as repotted, that their lawyers have at Inal settled with the lust of the heirs if the Into Mr. Charles Fair. The lat ter was the brother of the ladles men tioned and with them equal heirs of the estate of the late bonanza king uid lnlted States Senator J. 0. Fair. It will be remenibeied that the late Charlie Fair and his wifo were a. Icttuis of an automobile accident in Fiance and that after their deatha n dispute arose as to which died first. ,lf, as Mrs. entitles Fair's relatives con tended, the wife survived her hus band, even by a minute's time, they were rightful heirs of the wife's oharo iu the husband's estate. If tho hus band lived longer, or the same time after the accident, Charles Fair's for tune went to lils two sisters, Mrs. Vanderbllt and Mrs. Oelrlehs. S3- V --- 27) Mystery of the "Man in Black" Solved HO 1b tho Man in Black? That has been tho mystery of Jr-e "Wall street boat" of the Sandy J look Steamship lino throughout the season. The Man in Illack has out Wllkio Colllnaed "Tho Woman in White." Ho hns set 300 brokers guess ing and has kept them guessing every morning and every afternoon as they mado tho Journey from tho Jorsey Khoro to the city nnd vico versa. Every attempt that has been made to fathom the Identity of the stranger has met with failure. If the attendants on tho boat have known they havo kept tho siecrct well u.UU now. Approached and Hpokon.to the Man in Black, as lie has come to be known, has mum bled Inarticulately and has walked 'quickly away. Who is tho Man in Mack? Tho question hns been asked and unanswered fully a thousand times by the Wall street men this season. Tho search for knowledge of the man's identity has aroused as much Interest even among tho holders of state rooms as have market discussions, j aces with passing yachts or Lawson's advertisements. Even more. Ho Is about CO years old, of stooped shoulders, slight b.tlld, mouse-llko face, furtive walk and twitching hands. W Tf The Value of Russell Sage's Estate THE oillclal appraisal of tho estate of Russell Sage, now on lllo In the surrogate's office, not only discloses the vnluo of tho property, but also throws an Interesting light on tho ex tent of tho call loan business for which Mr. Sago was best known In Wall street. Tho report of the nppralser shows that right up to the day of his death, which occurred on July 22, 190G, Mr. Sago's treasury was open to call to any borrowers nnd that It was no un usual thing for him to loan bevoral million dollars In a day. Tho executors, Charles W. Oaborn and John P. Munu, on taking charge of tho estate, found a groat many call loans still outstanding on tho day of Mr. Sage's death, soino of which had been mado as far back as the begin ning of tho year. i .Wall Street Men J. THE high-class restaurants In tho Wnll street dlstilct, which nro patronized by brokers and bankers, re port a decided improvement In busi ness in tho last mouth. In tho panic and post-panic period there was a marked falling off In tho number of customots who patronlzod tho restaur ants nnd cafes of tho better class In tho (Inauclnl section, but with tho ro turn of prosperity trade picked up rapidly. When business Is good and commis sions plentiful, tho broker takes a C jfck3(&,Kjk-i.sj iMMt tgiLJraSQ . v4 w V V C4 ' " Hi!,,ors mwcrs m ado no leas than three settlements with the only known relntlvos of Charles King, be ing forced to succeeding urtil more fa vorable settlements owing to renewed reports that Mrs. Fair, as :i matter of fact, (jut'Hvod her husband hy half an hour. ' After tho Intent of thoo three settlements, which was for a lelatlvoly sninll sum. ?250,000 I have heartl, tho slaters divided Charles Fair's estate, probably not less than $5,000,000, be tween them, anil tho matter was thought to ho closed. . Then appeared n brother of Mrs. Fair, who was supposed to be dead, one Fiank Preston Smith of Newark, who proved to bo not only nllve but kicking. Hu also demanded a settle ment. What troubled the lawyers of Mrs. Vanderbllt nnd Mrs. Oclrlchs was the fact that this troublesome lost heir had boon In Franco making independ ent Investigation and claimed to havo ample proof that his slater survlvod her husband not less than -10 minutes after both were dashed against a tree upon being tin own from an automo bile. No figures have been given out by lawyers on either side as to tho amount the sisters were compelled to settle with the latest heir, but It Is rumored that tho sum was large. His at tli o Is always black, even to his tie. A black derby la pulled down over his eyes. As soon as the boat that carries the Wall street men to the city in tho mornings steams away from tho Highlands pier tho Man In Mack uppcara. No ono has scon him at any of the connecting trains. No ono has seen lilm walk down the long wooden walk to tho landing. Yet ho Is always on hnnd. With his hands clasped behind him ho walks around the boat. Now and again ho drags out a chair and sits down. Soon ho is up again, however, and walking around tho decks. Ho never looks at anyone. Ills half closed eyes are seemingly always di rected at a Bpot on the lloor five or six feet ahead of him. That ho Is not in Wnll street has been known. That ho is not an officer or attendant on tho boat has also been known. Every effort has evidently been mado to veil tho man's identity In a cloud of mystery. Threo weeks' ques tioning brought no light until a dny or so ago. It was learned then and tho solution will settle many wagers that have been made during the sea son among tho Wall street crowd that the mysterious Man in Mack Is tho father-in-law of tho man who con trols tho bootblack privilege on tho Sandy Hook boats. He acts as "spot ter" among the bootblacks on tho ves sels and sees to It that tho boys ring the bell twico lnstend of onco. Tho well guarded mystery has been solved and the Wall street commuters mny once again take deep breaths. A partial list of Mr. Sage's loans in tho six months previous to his death shows the amounts ho loaned and tho firms that came to borrow from him. No single loan Is for more than $950, 000. Tho total amount of these lonns, with the interest, which the executors called In and collected, was more than ?2'J,000,000. Mr. Sage also owned largo blocks of gilt-edged bonds nnd stocks, tho total value of which, figured at the market price of the day of Mr. Sago's death, exceeded $30,000,000. Most of these stocks and bonds are to-day quoted at lower figures than they would havo brought If sold at market prices on the day that Mr. Sago passed away. Summarizing tho whnlo appraisal, tho gross personality is valued at 101,411,218 and tho gross realty at $1,045,500, a total of $(G,336,718. Ab told today, tho state will rccolvo $GG7,538 from the legatees as trans fer tax. The executors will come In for $9!t5,G3G each, as against tho $25,000 each left by Mr. Sago to each of hln 2tl nephews and nieces. Mrs. Sago's shaio of tho estate Is $G3,778,-800. on Eull Feed Again party of bin best customers out to luncheon with him almost every day, and, of courso, foots tho bills. Ho patronizes naturally tho best lestaur ants and his weekly bill Tor luncheons Is considerable of an Item. Iu bad limes, however, all this Is changed. Where tho brokor's ofilco was filled with customers In the boom days, It Is now deserted and tho fow clients on hand nro not usually In cheerful mood. The brnkor, who sees lila dally olllco oxponses eating heav ily Into his capital, is in no mood to incur additional outlay. Instead of tho merry luncheon party, ho slips out to tho nearcht restaurant and cats a frugal meal. Now, however, cheerfulness has supplnntcd pessimism In Wall otroot ami broker and ofilco boy allko aio fcel'i the effect of it. So is tho res 'auiunt keeper. DECORATED Copjrlttht lj Wlton rawcett. Dr. Anita N. McGec, the American nurse who has Just been decorated by Japan for her work In the Russo-Japanese war, Is probably the most promin ent woman physician In the United States. During the war with Spain, Dr. McGce had charge of the army nurse corps which che organized; In 1904, by agreement with the Mikado's government, she took a party of nurses to Japan where they served gratuitously for six months. It was for this work that she has been decorated. END OF SHIPWRECKS SCIENTIST'S NEW METHOD TO PREVENT SEA DISASTERS. Dally Forecasts on Steamers by Wire less Data Plan of German Guest of Secretary of Agriculture. New York. Shipwrecks nt sea-are unnecessary, according to Dr. Peter Polls, a German meteorologist, who ar rived hero tho other day as a repre sentative of tho German government to consult with the American depart ment of agriculture. The Gormnn visitor, who wns ac companied by Ills wife, has inaugu rated a system of interchangeable wireless weather reports among trans Atlantic ships whereby an oillclal weather map is to bo issued aboard every cross-sea liner every day, giv ing weather forecasts up to 3G hours, by means of which ships enn be warned in time to prepare for any kind of a storm. In the enso of smaller vessels coming over tho Grand Banks, tho forecast can bo sent far enough ahead to permit them to tako refuge nt St. Johns or Halifax. Dr. Polls, who is director of the Ockcn meteorological observatory, was in communication every day dur ing tho trip across tho ocean with both continents by wireless through ships that were passing between his vessel and either shore. Iu this way ho got tho latest infor mation as to the weather and wns SEES RIVER FOREST BOTTOM OF MISSISSIPPI STREWN WITH LOGS AND LUMBER. Professional Diver Declares Bed of River Is Like a Dense Thicket Firm Planning to Dredge for Wood. Ilurlington, In. Tho professional diver, Eugene Ferris, who has been searching tho bottom of tho river In front of Burlington for a missing pin poller wheel, has encountered much difficulty in gaining a solid footing on tho bed of tho river. Ho Btates thnt the sand and mud forming tho bottom is so thickly strewn with logs nnd lum ber that It Is almost llko trying to tread a denso thicket to mnke his way about, and thoro is no solid ground to walk upon. Ho snya the logs and lum ber stick up In all directions anil are wedged in among each other so tight ly that it is impossible to push them aside. Tho report of Diver Ferris cor roborates that of other divers here and clsowlicru that tho bed of the Mis sissippi river is a forest of logs and lumber that havo accumulated dur ing tho long years of lumber and log rafting on tho upper river. It Is stated that tho Chlppown nnd other tribu taries of tho Mississippi In tho north down which most of tho lumber hns been rafted, Is donsoly sown with lost lumber, and tho proposition has been mado that companies bo formed to re cover tho timber. In tho j.resont day of falling of the lumber supply It is thought that now burled In tho mud of tho liver bed is immensely valuable, and at leabt ono firm is Bald to bo contemplating a sys tematic dredging for it. It is well- BY JAPAN able to give particulars to approaching craft. At all hours, day nnd night, he hnd a radius of 1,000 kilometers cov ered by the Kalseiin wireless in send ing weather bulletins. Dr. Polls will go to Washington to try to Induce the weather bureau to use uumcials instead of words in its wireless code system. All nations ex cept America use numerals, the objec tion to the use of code words, par ticularly those ending lu "lug," being that they arc confusing and more dif ficult to decipher. During his voyage the Cicrmnn weather expert, by kites flown from the deck, took features of tho heavens dally, but on tho third day the kite got away and wns traveling Europe ward nt the rate of about 30 miles an hour when last seen. The hist direct shore-to-shlp mes sage which the German forecaster re ceived was at a distance of about 3,000 kilometers. Twice a day tho temperature, barometer, force of wind nnd dlioction of the air were taken by Dr. Polls and recorded in a map which he dis played on the bulletin board of the ship. Ills weather warnings were sent to the Arable, I.usltanla, La Snvolc and aeveial other vessels going and com ing. "Dangers of collision in fogs, the unheralded nppiflach of a storm nnd consequent danger to llfo and prop erty," said Dr. Polls, "will be elimina ted on the ocean when my plan of dully weather reports Is perfected." known that lumber under water pre serves its Integrity, and after many years conies out perfectly free from decay. All that Is needed Is to tnko It out, pile It up and dry It, when It becomes tho best of lumber. In the olden days, when lumber was plentiful and thero wns no thought of a scarcity in timber, tho rafters wero very careless about their cargoes, and the loss of a thousand logs more or less did not bother them much. Lunibor nnd logs, especially If green, soon become water-logged and sink to the bottom of the stream, whore they become Imbedded lu tho mud and sand, sometimes forming dangerous snags to tear out tho bottom of pass THE GONDOLA OF VENICE - .4WHMi7Loir.,wtfi7ff mmKJtarwuwrfM. r7T .;,''2'j . -".. M&&mmMgB&mmESxm&XS9te 9 . - - v ..mrHjajajwiiHHHBUL. 'ottv: Irora trMitrehlfWjrl;lit. T UaJemoort A t'mlerwooJ.JI.V, The gondola Is the ordinary passenger boat used In the canals of Venice. An ordinary gondola Is 30 feet long and four or five feet wide, Is flat-bottomed, making the draught light. In accordance with mediaeval regulation, gondolas are painted black. The gondolier stands cect, with his faco toward the bow, and propels the boat with a forward stroke, making his way through the nar row and often crowded canals with amazlnp dexterity. ing vessels. It will ho one of the taskn of tho government, when constructing, the proponed six-foot channel iu tho upper Mississippi, to clear tho river bed of this material. And it is pos slblo when the work begins tmlvngo companies will be formed to lake over the plunks mid logs fished up by tho dredgers. GOLD FEVER LURES BOYS. Parents Hunt for Three Newsies Walk ing to Nevada. Philadelphia. Attracted by tho be lief that gold may bo had for tho ask ing In Nevada, threo hoys left their homes Iu thl'i elty Tor tho gold fields and aro being looked for by tho poHc.e. I.awienco Nolfert, ngo 15, of 732 South Twentieth street; Maxwell ltienatook, a,:e 1G. of 231 Nniih Ninth street, nnd Jacob Jelborn, 10 yearn old, of 1510 Smith Sixteenth street, nro tho youth ful udvontuiors for news of whoso whereabouts their parents have asked the police. For some time the boys havo been in the habit of visiting an old miner who Uvea in tho southern part of the elty, and from him they heard tnles of the mines that excited their Imagina tions. Preparations for tho trip wero begun six mouths ngo, when the hoys started to save the money they earned by selling newspapers. They planned to walk tho entire distance, stopping In several of tho large cities on tho way to replenish their funds by dolus odd Jobs. The pollen have learned that they wen seen lu Nonistown nnd aio now supposed to bo In Bending, whoro the authorities have been notified to ap piehend them. NO. 13 CUTS BIG FIGURE. Unlucky Numeral Runs Clear Through Real Estate Deal. Spokane, Wash. One of tho ntrnng 'st coincidences In the history of real estato dealers In Spokane bus Just be come a matter of recoid In tho olfico ol the auditor of Spokane county. Thirteen Is prominent throughout the transaction, hut E. Frnnk Lnthrop, who has 13 letters In his name, laughs superstition to scorn, lie bought lot 13 lu block 13 of Thirteenth avenue of Spark brothers, a real estato broker ago firm, with 13 letters In Its incor porated nnme, for $513, on tho after noon of August 13. Tho property Is In un addition legally registered ap Woodlawn place, also containing 13 lotteis. Knii G. Mnlmgren of the firm of Cut ter & Malmgron, architects, who uses 13 letters In 'signing his namo, pre pared the plans for n bungalow, now under construction, which will cost Mr. Lnthrop $1,300. Edwin C. Edwards of Spokane, enndldnto for lieutenant gov ernor of Washington on tho Democrat ic ticket, who also has 13 letters In his name, has received $13 premium for nn insurance policy on tho house, which, nccordlng to contract, will bo ready for occupancy September 13. George MacLean, with 13 loiters In his name, Is tho builder. Mr. Lnthrop Is employed as bill clerk by the Holloy Mason Co., ulso composed of 13 let ters. SEA SOLID WITH CRABS. Hundreds of Thousands Encountered South of Cape Henry. Philadelphia. To sail through a soa of crabs Is by no means an everyday occurionce, yet the record of such nn experience Is written upon tho log book of the steamship Cnpt. Bennett, which arrived hero from Jamaica. The Cnpt. Bennett was snillng Just south of Capo Henry when she ran Into the live sea. Hundreds of thou sands of crabs, sonio ilontlng singly, others collected In Immense mnsses, swarmed around tho ship. There was no double iu scooping them up by buckctfuls, tho sailors say, nnd Cnpt, Ol.seu nnd his men had their fill of crabs, prepared by the ship's "doctor." It la thought that tho crab3 weio carried out to sea by recent storms from Chcsnpeako bay nnd wero unnblo to return to their accustomed water?,' Heavy-weight Can Walk. York, Pa. To win a new lint. Miss Marjoilo Stiibblns, asslstnnt cook nt tho Ebner enfo here, who wolglis more than 200 pounds, accomplished tho feat of walking II miles, from York to Wiightsvlllc, In two hours nnd 45 min utes. In splto of the unusual exertion slio experienced llttlo fatigue. &K kl SfH1'WTG m ra .fcKC.r r?tnXZZzZl liUVIi-s,;.' u 'Mm TEN YEARS OF BACKACHE. Thousands of Women Suffer In tho Gamo Way. Mrs. Tims. Dunn, 153 Vino St., Columbus, Ohio, onys: "For moro than ton yenrB I wnn In misery with back ncho. Tho simplest hoiiBowork completely exhausted mo, I had ffiflfyrrSP tlon, was nervous and V orof.vffiA 1 ruiuJivu jivtiuuviuu tiuti dizzy spells. After theso years of pnln I wan despairing1 of ever being cured when Donn's Kid ney Pills enmo to my notice nnd their use brought quick relief and n perma nent cure. I ntu very grateful." Kohl by nil dealers, 50 oetits a box. Foster-Mllhurn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. BATHING AN INDIAfTlDOL. Curious Ceremony Attended by Thou sands of Deyo.ut Pilgrims. Thousands of pilgrims from tho va rious outlying villages and othor parts of the llooghly district poured In from nn early hour In tho morning' to the temples of Jngornnth, says tho Cal cutta Statesman. I Tho Imago of tho god is placed on a conspicuous part of tho temple, so that It can bo viewed at an advantngo . by tho Imnienao crowd of pilgrims, and there nt a certain fixed hour tho bathing ceremony commences. Tho most curious pnrt of tho festi val Is that water Is not poured on tho Imago of the god until a certain small bird Is found sitting on tho topmost banner of tho templo. Thero Is a pop ular belief that tho bird comes from Purl, tho famous place of Hindu pilgrim ngo, to Malleoli on tho day of this festival, and his very prosenco Is an Indication that tho ceremony should commence. Immediately after tbo bath the bird disappears. ' SOUNDS REASONABLE. (CZ, Karl Pnpa, I suppoao tho soldiers Jinvo to learn to at nnd on ono leg bo cause they might have ono foot shot Dff In war. When the Minister Scored. A country clergyman, whllo recently advocating the support of a charitable object, prefaced tho circulation of the plato with tho following nddrcssri "From tho grent sympathy I havo wit-, ncssed in your countenances, thero is. only ono thing 1 am afraid of that Bomo of you may feel inclined to glvo: too much. Now, It Is my duty to in form you that Justlco should always ho a prlmo vlrtuo to genoroslty; thcrofore, I wish to hnvo It thoroughly, understood that no person will think of putting nnythlng on tho plato who cannot pay his debts." Tho result was un overflowing collection. Tho Sign of Power. It Is tbo greatest manifestation ot power to bo calm. It is easy to bo active. Let tho rclm go, and tho horsc3 will drng you down. Anyone-, can do that; but ho who can stop tho plunging horses is tho strong man.' Which requires tho greater strength lotting go, or restraining? Tho calm man Is not tho man who is dull. You must not mlstnko calmness for dull ness or laziness. . . . Activity Is tho manifestation of tho lower strength, calmness of tho superior strength. Swam! Vlvekannanda. "THE PALE GIRL." Did Not Know Coffee Wan tho Causo. In cold weather somo peoplo think n cup of hot coffee- good to help keep warm. So It is for n short tlmo but tho drug caffeine acts on tho henrtj to weaken tho circulation and tho re-, action Is to causo moro chilliness. ' Thero is a hot wholcsomo drink which a Dak. girl found after a time,' makes tho blood warm and tho heart Btrong. Slio nays: "Having lived for flvo yeara In N. Dak., I havo used considerable coffeo owing to tho cold cllmnto. As n re Biilt I had a dull hoadacho regularly,) suffered from indigestion, and hnd no 'llfo' in mo. "I was known ns 'tho palo girl anil peoplo thought I was Just weakly. After a tlmo I had heart troublo and becamo very nervous, never knew what it was to bo real woll. Took med Iclno but it never Bcemcd to do any( good. "SInco being mnrrlod my husband and I both havo thought coffeo wa3 harming us and wo would quit, only to begin again, although wo felt it wa3 tho snmo an poison to us. "Then wo got somo Postum. Well, tho effect was really wonderful. My complexion is clear now, hendacho gone, and I havo n great deal of en orgy I had novor known whllo drink ing coffeo. "I haven't been troubled with indi gestion slnco using Postum, am not' nervous, nnd need no inedlclno. Wo' havo a llttlo girl and boy who both lovo Postum and thrlvo on it and Grape-Nuts." "Thero's a Reason." Namo given by Postum Co., Battlo. Creek, Mich. Road, "Tho Road to Woll-j vlllo," In pkgo. Ever read tho above letter? A new ono appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest. W I m!3- X -- v jcsMfeu lWWMffll.lwl.llnirt
