The day book. [volume], January 24, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 12

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trade vhejfa there Is ho natural monopoly and where their work is fairly
established.
And. co-partnership .helps greatly to bring about that great essential
to human happinessharmony and peaceful progress'!"
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NEW YORK LETTER
By Norman.
mm
New -York, Jan. 24: For thirty
yearn "William Smith" lived 3n Bow
ery lodging-houses. He dressed, shab
bily add spefat as littlevas possible' for
his food.- The Bowery regardedThim.
as a "down-and-out," with. Jan in
come of i 'few dollars; a wee'irbm.
some unknown source...". I'.'.
Last February the mysterious Old
man died. The city took-.charge of
the body, and it would have been
buried in the potter's field but for one
Peter Chouinard, who had conceived
a liking for the old man and who
tried to raise a subscription for his
buriaL
- As a result of Ghquinard's effort
the're can an investigation of Smith's
identity, which, revealed him tcr be
Dudley Jaxdine the son and trace the
business associate of Geo. Jardine,
founder of a big organ-building firm.
A will was discovered, made 'in
1889, in .which Jardine disposed of
an estate which has just been ap
praised afc$203,963. Of this amount,
$201,411 is in. securities, all of the
highest class?.
o a niece and nephew Jardine left
$17,600 each; to another nephew and
to i.grandnephew $10,500 each. The
residuary estate is to be divided be
tween a number of prison and mis
sionary associations, each of which
will receive about $12,000. The exer
cutor awarded $1,600 to Choiiihard in
return, for kindness which he had
shown Jardine in, his last days.
After, his fathers death, in 1881,
Jardine sold his share in the Jardine
-works to his .brothers. Then he
dropped out. pf sight. He was seeh
at the funeral of a relative several
years later, after which his kinsfolk
lost track, of him completely.
The only jewelry the old man left
is appraised at $35 It consists of a
locket, containing a picture of a wo
man and a lock,. of hair, and an old
fashioned breastpin. Perhaps in these
two trinkets lies the story of why
Dudley Jardine disappeared from
.Washington Square and Wm. Smith
.lived 0-years among the Bowery
derelicts.
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RESOLVE AGAINST WAR
Ihdiariapolis, Ind., JahV24. Reso
lution in favor of abolishing war and
reading that miners would declare a .
general strike in the event of war
Was adopted by "the United Mine
Workers' convention.
Prohibition of immigratibn "until
all surplus labor is fully employed"
and a "shorter -work day until all
surplus ktbbr is fully employed" w6fe
the demands made in two other reso
lutions adopted unanimously.