Gossip of Gotham Town
Interesting Comment from the Eastern Metropolis—Sixteen-Year-Old
Schoolgirl Who Is a Mystery—Glories in an Anarchistic Title —
Fortune for Bible Fund.
NEW YORK.—Elizabeth Flynn, the 16-year
old high school girl, who was arrested in this city
(or preaching to a crowd in the street, while a
red flag waved over her head, delights in the
title her socialist friends have bestowed upon
her, "The Daughter of the Reds."
Petite, well formed, with almost faultless fea
tures, dusky hair and great, star-like eyes, this
child of 16, whose gray tweed skirt is not down
to her shoe tops, said in reply to a question:
"No, I do not object to being called 'The
Daughter of the Reds.' I got that at the Col
lectivists' dinner, and I should like to explain
right now why I don't object to it. The red flag
does not mean riot, bloodshed and anarchy. It
means the red, healthy blood of the people. lam
in that sense a daughter of the reds, and I love
In that understanding the red flag."
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This girl, whose brilliancy of intellect amazes those who have met her.
Is the daughter of Thomas Flynn, a civil engineer of New York. She said
her thoughts were turned toward socialism because her father was cheated
out of two years' wages by his employers. Last winter, during a long illness,
she became absorbed in the works of Walt Whitman, Elbert Hubbard, Robert
G. Ingersoll and Tom Paine, which she studied in connection with the Bible.
At an age when most girls are laying aside their dolls she is deeply versed
In radicalism. Among her friends are Bolton Hall, J. G. Ph.-Ips Stokes, Jack
London and other socialists. She has met Gorky, but says:"l do not care
to meet geniuses. They are always egotistical. I would rather read what
they write and keep aloof from them."
Her great ambition is to lead a reform movement for women. She ob
jects to the title, "Socialist Joan of Arc," "because I am not religious."
'HIS RICHES GOES TO BUY BIBLES.
made for the will, and as day after day passed without its being found the
hopes of the relatives that each would fall heir to a goodly legacy became
brighter, so that the finding of the instrument has plunged them into deep
dejection. There is already talk of contesting.
The will bequeaths the poet's vast collection of curios gathered on 14
voyages around the world, including the one he made with Mark Twain —
and which the humorist immortalized in his "Innocents Abroad"—to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. These curios fill three big farmhouses. The
library of 5,000 volumes is left to the Long Island Historical society.
ORGANIZED GANG OF HOTEL ROBBERS.
Tenants of the Ansonia, at Seventy-third
street and Broadway, have been victims during
the last year or so of many burglaries. Despite
the closest watch things have systematically dis
appeared. One day half a dozen paifs of silk hose
or a bit of lingerie would be reported stolen, and
the next a quantity of jewelry. The succession
of thefts was so daring and systematic that W.
E. D\ Stokes, proprietor of the fashionable hos
telry, had begun to believe he was harboring a
"Raflies" in his house, but the arrest of Lena
Blodgett, a pretty maid formerly employed by
the wife of Hyman Sonn, a guest of the Ansonia,
has cleared up the mystery.
Accomplices of Lena Blodgett were Frank
Fanning, the head carpenter, and Patrick Walsh,
his assistant, both of whom have been employed
by the hotel for ssveral years and were trusted
employes. Thens men while about their work had access to all apartments.
Kate Gallagher, a former sweetheart of Fanning, is believed to have given
information to the police which led to the arrest of the gang. She had lately
failed to find favor in the eyes of Fanning, and this was her method of
revenge.
One of the victims is said to have been Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, and
some property which was stolen from her last June was recovered by the
police. Mr. Stokes is preparing a list of his guests for the period during
which the robberies have been going on. He will turn it over to the.police,
when it is thought that, many more robberies than are already reported will
be brought to light. The police say the missing property may run in value
as high as $30,000.
The police complain that residents of swell hotels such as the Ansonia,
by their carelessness in the case of their valuables, not only make thefts easy
of accomplishment, but place temptation in the way of employes of the
.house, who are about as poorly paid a class of workers as any in the city.
It was in his apartments in the Ansonia, it will be remembered, that
"Al." Adams, the former "policy king," committed suicide a few weeks ago.
PATHETIC LETTER TO DR. STORK.
iyj <x i ici, nuu uaueu tu see Irene sne
said: "I love babies and I really want one. I am sure the good, kind stork
meant Margaret's baby for me, but she loves babies, too, and won't give hers
to me. So 1 wrote another letter to the stork and placed a blanket on the
sofa over night, so the baby will have something to sleep on when she arrives.
1 have dolls and a cat and dog, but they are not babies. I want something
ixt play with that can learn to talk. I have no brothers or sisters and if the
stork knew how lonesome I get sometimes, I am sure it would send me a
;good little baby."
The letter she wrote follows:
Dear Mr. Stork: 1 will please ask you again, please bring me a baby.
"Sou will find a blanket and pillow on the sofa, because I sleep there every
night. So kindly bring it before November. I would like a little girl. I
know a little girl who only got a baby last Saturday at 7:30 p. m.
. IRENE BLENCKSTONE.
Irene is confident that the good stork will not disappoint her and will
aiot make a second mistake.
MORTON ON INSURANCE ABROAD.
Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, has been abroad for some
time and has but recently returned to his desk
In the Equitable building.
"What are the conditions of insurance af
fairs in Europe?" Mr. Morton was asked.
"I went across," Mr. Morton ultimately said,
"to see what could be done to smooth over some
troubles which had been encountered in France,
but found our company could live under the con
ditions imposed by the French government and
that we could operate under these laws. In fact,
the laws of New York state are just as stringent
as are those of Europe.
"The Equitable will continue in France. The
{laws of that nation, Wi.i*- generally favoring
f'rench companies, do not discriminate against
hose of other countries.
; in reply to another question, Mr. Morton said the boef scandal had nearly
tdied out abroad. "Whatever they want to eat," he said, "we will continue to
[supply. During the short time they stopped eating our meats we gave them
American oatmeal. While in England I made a proposal that if the entire
iDritish army was fed wholly on American meat our company would insure
jeve. yone in the army at regular rates. We not only want to sell Europeans
tour meats, but to insure their lives after they buy it."
Ail hope entertained by the relatives of
Bloodgood H. Cutter, the famous "poet lariat"
of Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad," who died
at Little Neck, L. 1., recently, that he had died
intestate, and that they would divide his $750,000
estate among them, was ende>' when the last
will and testament of the eccen ric nonagenarian
was discovered in a secret drawer of an antique
cabinet in one of his rooms, by William Pur
chase, who had acted as the venerable poet's
valet for years.
By the will each of 20 half-brothers, half
sisters and other relatives Is bequeathed a life
interest of $5,000 each in the estate, the balance
being left unconditionally to the American Bible
society.
Since the death of the "farmer poet," as he
was sometimes called, energetic search had been
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Irene, the nine-year-old adopted daughter of
Druggist F. E. Blenckstone, of Oradell, N. J.,
wrote a letter to the stork in the Central park
zoo two months ago, asking that a little baby
sister be left at her home as soon as convenient
to the stork. No b&by arrived at the Hlenck
stone home, but, Saturday night, a girl baby
arrived at the home of Everett A. Haring, whose
nine-year-old daughter Margaret is a playmate of
Irene IJlenckstone.
The latter at once concluded a serious mis
take had been made and she so told Margaret.
But her playmate was obdurate and refused to
give the baby away to the claimant. So Irene,
on Monday, wrote another letter to the stork,
addressing it Central park. She wants a baby
sister before November.
To a reporter, who called to see Irene she
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906.
THE VERDICT
In the Standard Oil Case
Is "Guilty."
TRUSTWILLAPPEAL
Every Effort Will be Made to Secure
a Reversal of the Verdict Re
turned at Findlay.
Pindlay, O. —By the verdict of a
Jury the Standard Oil Com
pany of Ohio is guilty of conspiracy
against trade in violation of the Val
entine anti-trust law of Ohio.
The penalty is a fine of from SSO to
$5,000, which may be repeated for
each day of the offense, or imprison
ment of from six to 12 months.
The Standard Oil Company of Ohio
has given notice that i* -will file a mo
tion for a new trial. Under the prac
tice of the court the defendant has
three days to put this motion in form.
The next step will be for the court
to impose the penalty. The defense
will then take their bill of exceptions
to such rulings of Judge Banker as
they have objected, to the circuit
court of the state.
The appeal from this court is to the
supreme court of the state, by which
tribunal there is no doubt the issue
will ultimately be decided.
To the state the suit, the verdict
and the ultimate appeal is important
particularly because it initiates an en
tirely new method of proceeding
against alleged trade monopolies—
that is by information and affidavit,
Instead of by grand jury Indictment.
REVIEW Of TRADE.
Industrial Operations are on an Un
precedented Scale.
New York.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
The advancing season has broaden
ed retail trade in staple lines, notably
heavyweight clothing and footwear,
while wholesale and jobbing depart
ments make satisfactory returns and
there is definite improvement in the
promptness with which mercantile
collections are made. Current distri
bution Is scarcely more general than
the demand for distant delivery, indi
cating that confidence in the future
remains unshaken.
Industrial operations are on an un
precedented scale, with esi>ecial pres
sure at steel mills, car shops and ship
yards. Prices are well maintained.
Failures this week numbered 186 in
the United States, against 233 last
year, and 17 in Canada, compared
with 38 a year ago.
CYCLONE CAUSED HAVOC.
Twenty People Killed and a Property
Loss of $2,000,000 Is the Result of
a Storm at Havana.
Havana, Cuba. —A cyclone of un
precedented severity, accompanied by
a terrific downpour of rain, swept
over the provinces of Havana and
Pinar del Rio Wednesday night and
resulted in 20 deaths in this city and
the serious injury of a dozen or more
persons. The damage is estimated at
fully $2,000,000. The dead are all
Cubans of the poorer class.
Two coasting schooners were driven
high on the rocks at the Malecon.
The crew of one managed to get
ashore, but the crew of the other,
four men, was drowned.
DIED IN FIRE.
Ten Men Roasted to Death in a Board
ing House at Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala. —Ten men were
burned to death, two others
were perhaps fatally injured and a
third was slightly hurt in a fire which
destroyed the boarding house of Mrs.
E. E. Watley early Friday morning.
Eight of the victims were street rail
way employes.
All the dead and injured occupied
rooms on the second story of the
house. The flames enveloped the en
tire building when the fire was dis
covered and it was with the greatest
difficulty that the persons on the
lower floor made their escape.
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
A Tidal Wave Engulfs an Island and
Wrecks a Steamer—Hundreds
of Lives Lost.
Miami, Fla. —The passenger steam-'
er St. Lucie, Capt. Bravo commanding,
has sunk off the Florida coast.
Capt. Bravo says that he anchored
on the lee side of Elliott's Key, 25
miles south of Miami, Thursday morn
ing and that soon after a tidal wave
engulfed the island. He says there
were 250 residents on the island, all of
whom were lost. The St. Lucie was
crushed by the same wave and of the
100 persons on board 25 were killed.
Capt. Bravo was seriously injured.
Rebaters are Fined $114,000.
New York. —Judge Holt in the
United States circuit court Friday
imposed a fine of SIOB,OOO on the New
York Central & Hudson River Rail
road Co. for granting rebates to Lo
well M. Palmer, who has charge of
transportation for the American
Sugar Refining Co.
Miners' Strike Ended.
Wheeling, W. Va.—The four days'
strike of 280 miners at the
mines of the United States Coal Co. at
Plum Run, 0., the scene of last sum>
mer's riots, was sett) 3d Friday,
A HOLDUP GAME.
Tammany's Leader Claims It Was
Engineered by Independence
Leaguers.
New York. The most start
ling development in the present
political campaign in this state came
Thursday when Charles F. Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall, publicly
charged that money had been de
manded by representatives of the In
dependence league in consideration of
the withdrawal of their candidates in
certain districts, and the subsequent
serving of Mr. Murphy with a sub
pena to appear before the grand Jury
in "John Doe" proceedings and testify
as to his charges. The subpena waa
Issued by District Attorney Jerome,
after a conference with Judge Otto A.
Rosalsky, of the court of general ses
sions, who Mr. Murphy Intimated had
given up money for the endorsement
of the league.
Ia his statement Mr. Murphy charg
ed that certain Independence leagua
managers had demanded money for
the withdrawal of their candidates in
congressional, senatorial and assem
bly districts where a third ticket had
been put In the field. He added, how
ever, that William R. Hearst, the In
dependence league and democratic
candidate for governor, knew abso
lutely nothing of what was going on
in this connection.
The Independence league headquar
ters last night made a positive denial
of Mr. Murphy's charges, adding that
if anyone connected with the organi
zation had attempted to "hold up"
candidates they would be glad to
know of it.
A subpena has also been served
upon Francis G. Shober, Independ
ence league and democratic candidate
for congress in the Seventeenth dis
trict. Mr. Shober is reported to have
made the statement that he knew of
one case where a Tammany senatorial
candidate had offered to defray the
expenses already Incurred by the In
dependence league nominee if the lat
ter would withdraw.
A NOTED MILLIONAIRE DIES.
William Scully, Owner of 200,000
Acres of Land, Crosses the Divide.
Lincoln, 111. William Scully,
formerly Lord Scully, of Lon
don, England, died in London Wed
nesday. He was a peer until 1900,
when he became a citizen of the Uni
ted States and settled in Washington,
D. C. His fortune is estimated at
about $50,000,000, including 200,000
acres of land in Illinois, Kansas and
Nebraska. His first land was bought
in Logan, Livingston and Sangamon
counties, this state, and the remain
der in Kansas and Nebraska.
William Scully was the son of Den
nis Scully, prominent in the Irish
emancipation cause and the first Irish
student in 200 years to be admit
ted to Trinity college, Cambridge. He
studied law in a Dublin office, later
upon the passage of the com law in
1846, selling his estate and coming to
Illinois. Traveling on horseback he
began to invest in land and continued
to acquire property to the time of his
death. He leaves two sons in Wash
ington, where the body will be
brought for burial.
Wholesale Naturalization Frauds.
Minneapolis, Minn. Wholesale
naturalization frauds in the Hen
nepin county courts have been discov
ered and the evidence has been turn
ed over to the United States authori
ties and a thorough investigation is
under way. Sixty-two warrents are be
ing served by the United States mar
shal and Moses Winthrop.a well known
democratic politician, has been ar
rested and bound over to await, the
action of the federal grand jury, is
said that largo numbers of foreigners
have perjured themselves in taking
out their second papers.
Pythians Elect Officers.
New Orleans, La. The su-j
preme lodge, Kniglits of Pythias,
elected the following officers Thurs
day: Supreme chancellor, Charles A.
Barnes, Jacksonville, 111. Supreme
vice chancellor, Henry P. Brown, Cle
burne, Tex. Supreme prelate, Leo A.
Caro, Grand Rapids, Mich. Supreme
keeper of records and seal, R. L.
White, Nashville, Tenn. Supreme
master of exchequer, Thomas D.
Meares, Wilmington, N. C.
Maine's Gunners are the Best Ever.
New York. —The battleship Maine
reached port Thursday from
the Massachusetts coast, where she
engaged in target practice. All gun
nery records were broken by the
Maine's gunners. It is said 29 out of
a possible 39 hits were made in firing
a port broadside of six-inch guns at a
target two miles distant. The tar
get was 60x30 feet and was knocked
down by the thirty-ninth shot.
Leper Died In a Shanty.
Clarksburg, W. Va. —George Rashid,
the Syrian leper, who sereral
months ago was driven from various
cities in the east because of his af
fliction, died in a shanty at Pickens,
near here, Friday. The tody will be
cremated by the county authorities.
The leper has been located in a
shanty built especially for him after
his removal to that place by the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad Co.
Insurance Elections Begin,
New York. —Voting in the election
which is to decide who shall
control the Mutual and New York
Life insurance companies and their
$900,000,000 of assets began Thursday
and will continue until December 18,
when the polls close.
Automobile Accident was Fatal.
Waltham, ' Mass. —By the over
turning of an automobile at the
foot of a long hill Thursday Mrs. Fred
N. Dillon, of Fitchburg, was killed
Mid Mrs. George P. Grant, jr., also of
Fitchburg, was badly hurt.
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