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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
CAUGHT TWO THIEVES ON 4 SOFA.
sDon't Shoot" Said Two Burglars Surprised
in the Dark by Brooklyn Policemen.

~DOn't Shoot" Said Two Burglars Surprised
in the Dark BY Brooklyn Policemen.
Acting Captain Harrington of tho Vernon
avenue police station. Williamsburg. and De-
tectives Smith and Grofer went TO the house of
Col. Henry 8. Reahr. sos Willoughby avenue.
to look for burglars last evening. The Reahrs
arc In the country. A man who lives on Yer.
non avenue just behind the Reahr house told
Harrington he had seen two burglars climb into
the back window. The policemen found that
the window had been opened. They climbed in
end CROPPED their way half way through tho
Tin going to light a CANDLE" said Harring-
Take my pistol first" said Smith.
Don't shoot" walled two voices out of the
darkness, our hands are up"
Then the thieves howled for mercy. The
lighted candle showed them sitting side by side
on a sofa, their hands lifted in tho air. A lot OF
silver and clothing ready to DO carried away,
$500 worth. When taken TO the lookup the
housebTeakers said that their names were
Michael nngan OF 24e st; Marks q, enuo and
Daniel Sheridan OF 6l5 Park avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
HIS NINErr-THIRD 4NNlrERs4Rr.
Mr. WyEant and His Descendants Celebrate
in Paterson.

PATERSON. Sept. 9.-Court Crier Michael W..
Wygant OF Bergen county. who now makes his
home with his son William at 1876 Park avenue,
celebrated last night the nlnety-third anniYer-
sary of his birth. -Four sons. three daughters.
and q host OF granddaughtcrs and great-grand-
daughters were present. Mr.. Wygant was
born at Virgil. Cortland county, y. y. and
moved to HaCSensack siNty.sevcn years ago.
Fo- half a century he has been u constable, and
for the last thirty-tvc years has held the posi-.
ton OF court crtcr. He has used neither liquors
nor tobacco. Last night he repeated several
10 show that his memory was unimpaircd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

Letter Carrier Henry Dressler OF Station #.
Flatbush, while crossing the lawn in front OF a
house on Flatbush avenue. near Church lane.
was stung by n Doe. Dressler brushed the bee
aside. lie was attacked by a hundred more
bees and WAS stung q dozen tilnos. Capt. An
Dustu spence, Deputy sheriff George j. Smith.
and civil Justicr John Mckinney were stung by
he same Insects. A few days ago Mckinney
had a. hight his way through the swarm to get
INTO the Wildwood Clubhouse. and TO protect
himself he had to cover his face with a coat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
,,..L.a Men At IIIs Reaslas.

PUTNAM. Conn.,, Sept. 9Th house of !. d.
Ballard was entered by three masked men at l
o'clock this morning. Nj. ballard awoke and
found himself covered by hree revolvers. The
men demand cd his money. lie refused to tell
them where II was "a spite Of threats, Two OF
searched the house and secured 800. They
then took Billiards. shotgun, which stood in he
silver tea set, went TO the barn. hitched up his
wagon, and left
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
TO HUNT IN JACKsON,s HOLE.
Seward webb aud y Party OF rev Workers
AFTER BlE Dame.

YELLOWSTONE LAKE, wy. Sept. Or. Sew
ard Webb and n party OF New Workers. includ-
ing his two brothers. have arrived here en-
route TO Jackson's Hole on u months hunt
ing trip. There they will be met ty Gen. Cop
pinRer, Sir Rose Price Of London. and u number
OF army gentlemen, The combined party will
of the country, comprising about u hundred
men. They will have 200 mules and horses
with which to pack provisions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

Poormaster Harry L. Barck OF Hoboken WA
called upon yesterday for assistance for a poor
family living in Garden street. At tho house he
found a woman and her daughter. The woman
was crying and said that she and her daughter
were destitute. Mr.. Barck saw a new bicycio
resting against the wall and asked who owned IL,
f~retfully.
Tho poormaSter told her TO sell 1T and buy
fond
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
TO CONTROL anAznzAxnAxIWArs rs.
Tho Government Contracts with n GfEautio
EnElish-E syndicate.

Syndicate.
Special Gable Desputeh TO THE Sun.
PARIS, Sept. 9.-L Paris reports that Q
provisional contract has been entered into
by the Brazilian Government on the one
part and the Rothschild Freres, the Dis
count Bank OF Berlin. and the Compton DEE
compile Of Paris, on the other, with reference
to farming out the Brazilian railways. A
company to take over the administration o: the
railways will be constituted with a capital Of
"oo,o 600 900 francs. OF which sum half will DO
reserved for an English financial group, and
one-quarter each for the French and German
members. According to the conditions o! the
loan which the company will make In return for
the handing over OF the railways the Brazilian
Government will leave the sum required for tho
service OF the debt in Europe FOR two years.
Numerous sinccurcs will be suppressed and cx-
listing abuses in the railway administration will
be reformed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

COLUMBIA, s. c.. Sept. 9.-Honry Q. Cogburn
and Sumpter Gillian. between whom Ill feeling
has long existed, met at Magistrate THIS Office
in Saluda to-day. They had some words. Gill
on when CoRburn ran behind and stabbed him
,moTtally. Gillian staggered into tho Magis,
iTate's Office. that Official giving him his pistol.
The dying man turned. and was IN the act OF fir.
ing on Henry COgburn, when Henry sprang be.
hind his brother Julian, who received a mortal
wound. Henry Cogburn escaped. The others
arc lying.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
HENRY HILTON STRIKES GOLD.
Tho Yellow Metal Found ON His WOODLAND
Estate Near IN rnt0Ra.

SARATOGA, Sept. 9.-Sincc the discovery OF
collaborating rock in the town OF Greenfield.
prospecting has been commenced on the north
ern part OF Henry Hil,on's Woodlawn estate.
lust north OF the village. A force of men are
WORKING under the supervision of Supcrinten-
dent l.anders OF the Hilton force. Col. Henry
Hilton. OF New York has been hero and with
his father has inspected the find.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
TRUSTING" sroppED Br eco EDS"
Tho Academic Council OF the California state
University Prohibits n.

SAN FRANCisCo, Sept. 9.-"Rushing" is II
thing OF the past at the State University. The
Academic Council. which has absolute control
OF such matters. hns passed resolutions con
dcmning the practice and fixing the penalty at
expulsion for any student instigating or par
ticipating in n rush. The resolutions were
adopted only after a hot debate, and those who
were In favor OF the practice blame Coed"
votes for their defeat. The action was brought
about by the sophomore-freshmcn rush last
week. when a student named Kurtz was SO
badly injured that he wandered around all night
In O dazcd condition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE SIDE.
A YsAns hsnteF Draws Mis Gun from IIl1
BOAt by the MuEIle.

SYRACUSE, Sept, 9.-Kirby Frazee, 30 years
old, and two companions went down the Seneca
River near Phu,nix to-day on "a hunting excur-
sion. When they returned tonight Frazoe,
To- draw his gun toward him by the muzzie "a
he stepped out. His companions shouted a
warning TOO late, and he received the full
By a strange coincidence Edward Pendergast,
a Syracuse lad, was shot In an exactly similar
manner at the same landing place a few years
ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
SPANISH ADMIT DEFEAT.
They Announce OmcinIly tho Loss or victoria
do las Tunas to Cnlixto Garcia.

MADRID, Sept. 9.-Oficial dispatches from
Havana confirm the report that Callxto Garcia
and Jesus Rabi, two OF the insurgcnt Generals,
have captured the town of Victoria de las Tunas,
Province OF Santiago dc Cuba. The Spanish
garrison, consisting OF 800 troops, we're all taken
prisoners. Subsequently cighty-seven Of tho
Spaniards were exchanged for an equal number
Of Cuban prisoners.
Tho town OF Victoria de las Tunas has been
famous since the war OF 1868 TO 1873. In 1870
II was taken by tho insurgents under Gen. VI
oente Garcia. At tho beginning of the present
revolution 1t was strongly fortified by the Span
iards.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
FIFrI-oNE MURDERS IN rTO YEARS
In the Illinois District or the Cherokee Nation
-settIcment Would End CrLme.

PERRY, Oklahoma, Sept. 9.-Among the In.
dams OF the hvo civilized tribes live hundreds
OF wc!l.to-do whit men who are making a big
effort to open the whole Indian Territory. giving
as "A reason that 1t will prevent crime. One OF
the advocates OF early settlement OF the Indian
lands says that In the Illinois district of tho
Cherokee Nation, a tract OF land f0Tty by twenty
miles, ~tlfty-ono persons have been murdered in
the last w years. The stntistician gives tho
name and date for each murder.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
Coming on the Al. L.ouis.

Special Gable Despatch to THF sUS.
LONDON, Sept. 9.-Among the 800 saloon
passengers on tho American line steamer St.
Louis. which will sail from Southampton for
New York Saturday. are Mr.. George Gould and
family. the Lord Mayor OF Belfast, and Mr.. Il
S. Willard and his theatrical company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
GUARDED AGAINST HIS MISTRESS.
Deimas. Attorney for the Crsvens. Protected
by q Detective.

by q Detective.
San FRANCISCO, Sept. Cd. NJ. Delmas, the
Napoleon OF the Craven forces In tho Fair will
case, Is protected by u bodyguard. A detective
It always with him because he fears an assault
by baroness" Won Turkheim. the woman who
was his mistress. She married q swindler and
was taken to London and there deserted. Del
mas Is said TO have engineered the marriage to
The baroness lowered about tho court room OF
Judge Slack waiting for Delmas. The attorney
has refused 10 see the woman time and again.
Tuesday she followed him on the street and
raised a scene. He lodged into a saloon and es.
capcd her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
DIED IN HIS OFFICE.
An Employee or tho Adams EIpress Company
suceumbs to Heart Dlsease.

ASA s. Blake. manager OF a branch Office OF
the Adams Express Company. was stricken
with heart disease last evening while sitting at
his desk in his Office at 10 East Forty-flrst
street. DR.. Is. +. Curtis of 7 East Forty-frst
arrived at the express oftic Blake was dead.
Blake was 63 years old, and lived at 4 West
Ninety-first street. He was one OF the oldest
employees OF the Adams Express Company.
having begun work for the concern when no
was 10 years old. His body was removed to his
home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
INVALID KILLED NJ A FAIL.
MRS. Lee Toppled from = siIth-story window
Down an Airahart.

WITU. Itu EUDpTtu y "FNEH-HtOFy VIHUOW
Down an AiFAhaTt.
Catharine Leo of 90 West Ninety ninth street
was killed yesterday by falling from a window
OF her flat in the sixth story to the bottom of an
airshaft. Mrs. Lee. who was an invalid. lived
with her daughter. Mrs. James Goepel. She felt
faint Yesterday afternoon and asked her dauKh.
ter to help her to q window TO get air.
Mrs. Goepel took hor to "A window looking out
on the airshaft and left her there. after warning
her to b. careful.
A moment later she heard u cry and. running
to the WINDOW. found that her mother had fallen
out. Mrs. Lee was 30 years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

The Last Year Wcre Rl.sa5, Jol
More Than Thoae Of the PreyIons Ncnr.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.-Thc annual report OF
the Auditor for the Interior Department shows
that the total amount expended for pensions
during the year ended July 30 last was $l4l,-
200, 55l, which is an increase OF 81 ,747, 76l over
the previous year. Since 1865 the payments for
pensions have aggregated 81. l4s. SO. 095.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

ALBANY, Sept. 0.-Gov. Black is expected TO
return to Troy from Maine with his family on
Saturday night. 10 win be at the Executive
Chamber on Monday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

LONDON. Sept. 9.-Fifty thousand soyereIgns
were withdrawn from the Bank Of England to-
day for shipment to Bombay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
MARY ANDERSON MAY SING.
She Has n Marvellous Voice and May Appear
ON the Concert Platform.

"VtVHF VI DtSVUFVH TO SNN'
LONDON. Sept. 9.-The Daily Mail says that
Mrs. Navarro MARY Anderson, will possibly APP
pear on the coaosr. clatfo-p in London this au-
tumn. 1t is reported that she has developed Q
marYellouA voice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
spanish Soldier. Must Rot TalL Politics.

Special Gable DespatoA to rHE Sun.
MADRID. Sept a.-The Government has 10
sued All order forbidding all soldiers to make
political speeches,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

latest Marine Intelligence.

MEXICO CRY. Mexico, Sept. 9.-Pr MUM On
gold to-day 10 l39 to lao per cent,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10

Notwithstanding chattahoOches, LOwit from b.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
ANCIENT S
Something Abort the Architecture OF
Early New England.

Something Abort he Architecture Of
Early New England.
Hardly 30 houses in all New Eng
land dating back of 1900 are yet in ex-
l~stence, unless in a materially trans
formed condition. At best the most of
them were very rough, box shaped, with
a door in one side and a high pitched
roof, to make the snow slide off easily,
and a chimney of prodigious size. A
few years ago the great chinpey of the
house 1T Boscawen, where General
John A. Dix was born, was tori down
and found to contain $50, 900 of brick.
The chimney of the Darling house in
this town, DESTROYED about the same
time, was about as large. Its removal
provided the house with a good sized
additional room. Almost all Che seven
teenth century houses We're wooden,
though about the oldest structure in
New England was built of stone at
Guilford, Conn, in or near 1888. Exc
ter's Oldest, the Darling house, is about
10 or IL years younger. Exeter had on
~ three brick houses dating far back
into the eighteenth century, and now
has only two, if they still can be called
brick after being covered with wood
and receiving large wooden extensions.
These are the Peavy house, on the New
market road, and the old house off Wa
ter street built by Nathaniel Laid.
Both were erected between 1870 and
1880, the Peavy house, of which James
Gilman was the builder, replacing an
older structure which had been burned.
The very picturesque bennett Gilman
house, a brick structure with gambrel
roof, which stood about where the Amos
Tuck house now stands, was torn down
about so years ago. The block near tho
great bridge is Of nineteenth century
origin, having been built by Major Sim
con Folsom about 1918.
Dwelling house architecture first be-
came a really fine art in New England
during the flush times which INTERVIEWED
between Wolfe's capture of Quebec in
1859 and the Revolutionary outbreak Of
1915. 1t was then that the older of the
stately mansions of Portsmouth and
Newburyport were erected. The war
pretty effectively stopped house build
ing, but by 1900 prosperity lad returned.
and New England shipowners became
very rich. The house building mania
broke out again in the form of those
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07

stopped their papers. Then when
Neely's academy gave the school exhi-
bition in the Presbyterian church on the
hill, the band was engaged and put in
the gallery, which was in one end OF
the church. The band opened the exer-
cises with wait For the Wagon Then
the pastor of the church prayed, and
the band played Wait For the Wagon
again. The programme consisted of ese
says-compositions they called them
Observation-Disclosures and some dialogues,
and scattered along through the pro-
gramEae was music by the band, and
every time it played Wait For the
Wagon 1t got to be as good as a cir
Gus. / remember the leader of the band
died a good many years ago, and the
piece in the paper about him said he
wrote Wait For the Wagon, but the
paper was wrong. 1t was Sam Stone
who wrote it, him that has just died in
Topeky."
"It all comes bacl. to me now, Cy.
But all / can remember is the tune and
the first two lines:
"Wait FOR the WAGON,
And wei oil take "a ride"
Chicago Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
TT PLAYED ONE TUNE.
LIMITED REPERToRY OF THE ST. JOE
CORNET BAND.

First Piece 1t Learned and the Solemn
Occasion on Which 1t Was Rendered.
"Music by the Band" at the School Ex-
hibition-Old Timers Look Back.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
Mark Antonr,s Debt.

Mark Antony held aloft the blood
stained toga of his murdered friend,
Caesar.
THAT rent"-he pointed toward the
reeking garment-''is due to Brutus."
A voice from the gallery broke the
breathless silence:
why under the sun don't you pay it
to him them"
And the thrower out put in his dead
~ work.-Pick Me Up.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07

The invention of gunpowder is shown
by Mr. Oscar Guttmann, in his book ON
the manufacture of explosives, to have
been most probably an evolution. The
Greek fire of naphtha, mentioned by
early European and Arabian writers, is
believed TO have been q composition
containing inter. sulphur and charcoal.
Marcus GrRcus, who wrote in the tenth
century, gives a composition for charg-
ing rockets and crackers closely APP
preaching that of modern blasting pow
der. This recipe is quoted by Albertus
Magnus. and another one, not so clear,
is given by Roger Bacon. None of these
writer's, however, speaks of the use Of
such substances in any way like the fir
ing of projectiles from guns. On the
contrary, they all describe crackers and
bombs or maroons, and say that these
were discharged into towns from bal
listB or catapults or mangonels for the
purpose Of setting fire to them.
Mr.. Guttmann has found, however, in
the wardrobe accounts of King Edward
Ill of England an entry between A. d.
l345 and l349 giving credit to II
Thomas of Roldeston for the kings work
for his guns, for 9l2 pounds of saltpeter
and $50 pounds of live sulphur. This
seems to confirm the tradition that guns
were used by the English at the battle
of Crecy in 1346. Mr.. Gnttmann decides
that Berthold Schwartz invented this
use of gunpowder about 1913. If so,
Schwartz must have been very young at
the time or else have lived to a very
great age, for the date of his death is
given as 1884. -Popula Science Month
ly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
Royal Trades.

The Prince of Wales is said to have
learned in his youth to make stockings.
His on, the Duke of York, learned the
trade of ~ropemaking. His cousin, the
Gar Nicholas III, can pillow, SOW and
reap. The Emperor William is a practi-
cal typesetter. King Humbert is not on
ly an excellent shoemaker, but cobbles
also to perfection. Oscar of Sweden
handles the ak with dexterity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07

Destitute Englishmen abroad can de-
mand to be sent home. They apply to
tksir consul, who gives notice accord
ingly to captains of ships about to sail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07

great, square, three story houses of
which Exeter has a few and of which
Salem, Newburyport and Portsmouth
are full.
The magnates Of 1S00-10 disliked
gambrel roofs and had no patience with
hooks and passages. They were plain,
downright and unitarian men, and
they built houses as square as them
selves, with no nonsense about them,
except perhaps the usually superfiuous
third story. We're these WORTHLESS to re-
turn to earth they might appreciate the
many modern improvements which
have been introduced In architecture,
but they would be pretty sure to repu-
diate with scorn the adornments for
which poor Queen Anne has been held
responsible. - Exeter IN. HI News
Letter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-12
CHAPTER III.
A Disastrous Experiment.

Upon the evening Of the same day,
DR.. Richard Somervillc sat i'll his
study, moodily staring ut the fire; for,
although the month was May, the
weather was chilly. In appearance, he
was a distinctly striking-looking man.
about thirty-two years Of age. His
pale, thoughtful face told unmistak:l-
bly, Of the student, and there was that
in the whole expression of the features
which denoted intelligence of no or
binary standard. Tie eyes were most
distinctive of all. Deep-set and lust
rous, they shone with the glitter OF
blue-gray steel, and usually Impressed
strangers with an almost unconforta-
BILE feeling of power aid determination.
Well might Richard Somerville stare.
p.oodily at the fire; for things had not
gone well with him for II any years
past. and now he was being dunncd
end harrassed by creditors on all sides.
His wife, slight, gile-looking, fad
ed woman Of thirty, was seated at a ia
bic, signing over huge pile of unre-
ceipted bills. many Of them accompa-
MED by more or less threatening men,
oranda. At last, wea1ying of the profit
less inspection, she laid them :.side.
drew low chair close to her husba nd,
and, like hiu, fell to studying the fam
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-12

1 Have Sent for You for to Beg n
Favor at Your Hands,
necessary to proceed at once to Lon
don to complete certain formalities in
connection with our forthcoming mar
rage"
"Ohv calculated the portly dame,
with a long-drawn and very unmis-
taxable sigh Of relief. 'Then the young
lady and you are about to be mar
ried?"
Certainly" assented Norton, "as 1
have just stated. I shall be absent
two or, at the utmost, three days in
London, and, upon my return, the GER
emory will take place.
(Which means, SIR" suggested Mrs.
Baxter, with knowing smile, 'that
you are going to procure special IL
cense, seeing you have only just ar
rived from foreign parts
"You have guessed the situation ex-
actly," said Norton. "Such is precisely
the object Of my mission. cannot (for
reasons which you will at once see)
take her with me. May leave her in
your charge until come back?" 8
Mrs. Baxter gazed steadily into the
young engineers handsome face and
read therein naught save truth and
candor. Then her eyes turned toward
the beautiful, graceful girl, standing
half-shyly by his side, and her heart
went out to them in food Of woman
ly sympathy.
Leave her in my charger" she re-
pcated, with a cheerful laugh. "Why,
Of course you may, sir, and right glad
ly will l do my best to make her COM
Portable whilst you are away. So you
may both make your minds easy on
that score. And now come t. think
of it, the young lady cannot do better
than have these rooms"
can excellent idea" assented Norton,
Especially as l shall take but one
small portmanteau with me. Zana,
dearest, you can have your luggage
added to mine. and commence your
future duties by. taking care of the
lot"