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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
TARTARUS ON The HOUSEBOAT
LOVE COOLED AND THE PAINTER
AND THE PIANIST T4Ry.
Painter Says Pianist Mad Her Get tho
Anchor. and Eurl sail and Called Her
Jack ass Said II " ould spoil His Touch
to Work She sues for Separation,

Almira c. Lawton. a painter, ia suing
Frank II. Lawton, a pianist, for separation
in the Supreme court or a history Of grew
ances laid in part on the households ia
which they nave summered for several
years since their marriage in 1883. Mr..
Lawton was Miss Patton of B~rattleboro. ".
She was 20 years old when she married.
and has painted and taught for a number
OF years. The present suit, which is brought
by her through House, Grossman & Nor-
haus, followed on their separation for good
when he left her for his houscboat last
summer.
The Lawtons from the time OF their
marriage began spending their summers
on a large houseboat. which Lawton Kept
on Lake Champlain. She whiled away the
summer sketching and painting. or late.
she says. her husband las been cooling
toward her, and he took no interest in her
artistic work on the houseboat, but gradu-
ally burdened her with mental work o.
the boat. She SAYS he told her that u
would injure his hands for piano playing
to do the work aboard.
For several wears they have lived IN town
at 18th street and Seventh avenue where
she had a studio. She says her husband
formerly made several thousand dollars =
wear at his business, but of late he has be-
come Indifferent To IL. and she has had 70
provide for the household by painting and
teaching. On one occasion when she vas
long in she asserts she could not get money
from her husband and she had 70 at W -
bed finishing a painting So that she CONN
pay her nurse.
Going hack TO summering Mrs. LAYTON
AYERS that she always loved life on a house
boat, particularly in view of the opportunity
II gave her in her art. They had KEEP 4
houseboat that could move about uhi'r
its own sail. SO that she could chang" ~
scenery 70 suit her ~sketching Litl"i'
they we're most of the time alone on iI'
boat, she says, and still he would not taxa
a hand at any Of the work. She asserts
My husband would order me & pun
up the heavy anchor, and II ] did not Do
right he would swear at me and cal co."
iackass, fool, and idiot. He compiled
me TO do the work - IA sailor. steering 80
boat and furling the sails
She saws she was III in bed last July VILE
out means, and with several bll.s remaining
unpaid when her husband took Their 10y
Frank and went 20 live on hi hJu-'i.a.
anchored ia the hrcwsbury River 49,
he had gone. she says, che found a uum.fr
of slips Of paper about the house or W'H.l
he had written scurrilous statement "a ".t
her. She wrote 10 him telling him 'Ht' 80
Intended To- III. for a separation u' "'
lie replied In a long letter ~ which -i' a.
he declared
Il have made up my mind 20 'ak' ~
medicine and not 20 do the baby %.
She asserts that be- has acols''a "rf =
numbering one Of their children dri =
ing TO poison him She il moving r.. H
mony aud counsel fec, which 1911
out his eide 81 the caze.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
POURED OIL ON TIE FIRE.
school Principal In Kansas city. Kan.
~Burned-Wtfe Saves Him.

KANSAS CITY. Nov. 2.-Prof. j. ID. Orr.
principal Of the Central School Kansas
City, Kan. was 40 severely burned by the
explosion Of kerosene while lighting a fire
in the kitchen range AZ his home this morn
ing that the attending physician says he
cannot live. Prof Orr was alone In the
kitchen when the accident occurred. He
had lighted the fire with paper once and
thought il had gone out. Picking up a
small can Of oil he poured down into the
stove. When the oil ignited Prof Orr was
completely envelopsd IN flames.
Mrs orr heard the explosion and rushed
Ia her husbands rescue. BY dashiug
water upon him and using clothes 20 smother
the flames. she saved his life. Her hands
and arms were terribly burned.
Prof orr came "a Kansas City at the
beginning Of the present school term from
Fort scott, where he had for many years
been Identified with various educational
institutions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
WRECK on JERSEY CENTRAL.
An Empty Train Crashes Into tho Rear Of
Passenger Train.

A dead head train consisting Of an
engine and two empty passenger coaches
crashed into the rear end OF an east bound
Somerville local on the Central Railroad
OF New Jersey at +37 o'clock yesterday
morning while the local was making its
usual stop at the DGn 'orth avenue or Green
vile station In Jersey City. Engineer
James venneti applied the air brakes the
moment he saw the tail end Of the way train,
but the collision forced the middle car
from the track and threw a majority OF
the fifty passengers from their seats. Con-
ductor John Anness Of the local was thrown
under the wheels from the rear platform
Of the middle car. His legs were cut on
and be died shortly after his removal 10
the City Hospital. He lived at IO1 West
Eighty-third street. this city. The officials
of the road in Jersey City refused to dis
cuss the wreck or tell who was responsible
for II. They said that an investigation
was under way. 1t could not be learned
that any Of the passengers was seriously
hurt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
FoR CANADIAN SCOUTS.
Have Been Doing Good Work In Recent
South African Operations.

Special cao,s Dsspafeh 10 The sUs.
PRKToRIA, Nov. 2.-The chief part in the
recent operations to the northeast Of the
Pretoria district has been taken by the
Canadian scouts, who have been ably as
sisted by the Australians.
About a week ago an advance guard
with a 15-pounder and a Colt gun came upon
a hidden Boer force in a perilous position
for the British. The day was saved by the
GOODNESS of Sergt. Sellwood OF the Cana
dams. who. with a Colt gun at close quarters
swept tho firing line Of the Beers. The
Beers rctreatcd when the gun continued to
shell them ard lost heavily.
On a subsequent occasion. when seventeen
Beers were killed or wounded and ffty-four
captured, tho same column had made an
extended night march. With the Canadians
in the vanguard they rushed the Beers at
dawn. The burghers had a pompom.
which Commandant Muller saved by clear
ing from his larger at the first surprise.
leaving part OF his force still sleeping.
The British found that the Beers were TAX
ing advantage Of the season for growing
some crops.
Among the prisoners taken at Mullers
larger were q number Of train wrcckers,
ono OF WHOM NH3 CHplurfu WIN ~
exploding mechanism and dynamite III his
possession. The leader of this party was
Jack Hinton. The prisoners taken state
that Hinton regularly employed them
In tho work OF attacking train conveys
and that thoy were remunerated according
TO tho results. In the attack referred TO
Hinton himself escaped. but Ryan, his
chief assistant. was caught. According
to the military authorities. his gang num-
Der about fifty. Some Of these are what
are called renegade English. Irish and
Scotch. The remainder are Americans.
foreigners and Beers. Tho day before he
was captured Major Wolmarans came
into the British lines under a flag OF truce
to obtain lint for his wounded.
Col. Kckewich's capture Of the lager
OF Commandant Van Albert with seventy
five unwounded and our wounded prisoners
including Commandant Hooper. occurred
northeast Of Rustenburg and was the result
Of clever night marches by the British
columns. which lasted over two nights.
More fighting is reported TO have taken place
east Of here. but the details have not arrived.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
MINISTER TO PERSIA Webs.
Lloyd Griscom and Miss Elizabeth Bronson
Married In IOnd0n

Special Cdbis Despatch TO THE SUN.
LONDON. Nov. 2.-Lloyd Griscom, tho
new United States Minister to Persia, and
Miss Elizabeth Duer Bronson; daughter
Of the late Frederic Bronson, OF New York,
were married at st Margaret's, Westminster,
to-day. Canon Henson oficiated. Her
uncle. Egerton Winthrup. gave the bride
away. She wore a Worth dress OF white
satin. The bridesmaids were Miss Muriel
White, Miss Aston. Miss Griscom and Mile,
Montsaulnin. Col. Creighton acted as best
man.
Among those present we're Mrs. Bronson.
the Duchess OF Marlborough, the Duchess OF
st. Adams, V~iscountess Galway, Mr.. and
Mrs. Griscom and Mr.. Leishman the United
States Minister to Turkey. whore the BRIDE
groom was formerly Charge d'AFaircs.
The honeymoon Will Re spent at the house OF
Lady Theodore Guest, at Bouncmouth
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sHtRGiD HITH iOH0FRr
Two ,ouns h"n Arrested Que . D,s-
satsfkud Hipioles

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EXPECT IaJ MILES AN HOUR.
Experiments on the German Electric
Military Railway.
Special Gable Despatch TO THE SUN

BERLIN, Nov. 2.-The trials on the mill
tary electric railway from Berlin to Zossen
are reported to be perfectly successful.
The speed Of the trains has been gradually
increased until now e~ighty-five miles are
comfortably covered in tho hour. The
cars run smoothly and the engineers ex-
press confidence hat they will attain n
speed OF l25 miles an hour.
The wires nave been tested 70 a capacity
of 1900 volts, but hitherto only 5000 volts
have been necessary. II Is expected that
a current OF 10000 volts will suffice TO give
a speed per hour OF i25 miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
G0rNTIss "a SiLvi CONES,
Gets an Inromplim~niHr, Opinion " a Tfis
lawn From q French ENiIs.

Coun,.s- LOUIS" ia SILVA, wife ~ Count
da silva. formerly Portuguese Charge
d'Ana ire- In Brazil, was a Passenger 10y the
American lane steamship ~ Louis, which
arriv~l ias' evening from Southampton
and C~hrrpuutg She 10 80 frehoh birth
but rApT.-ssi q preference fur American
t.-ldrhra ono 81 tso French Tanl-
daut- Who greeted her sAld D." could not
understand Why rhs waited g. come bark
g. New lurh. aiding
uuull iatttr br a lamnlspst IN Paris
Than a millionaire la NeS YORK undsT a
iaiuuany rtgmr
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These naval orders have been issued.
Appointments In tho Army.

WARRINGTON. Nov. 2-Tho President 20 day
made the following appointments In the army.
Charles X. Andrews and Charles u. Nichols, to
be surgeons OF Volunteers with rank OF Major:
Joseph u. HERON 10 be Captain Of Cavalry. James
n. Mitchell TO be a Captain In the Artlll ny Corps.
George u, Broome and Willis &. Metcalf to he First
LicutenAnts In the port o Rico Provisional Kegi-
ent Eugene Van y. b iSSel to be Second Lieu
tenant OF Cavalry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03

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s. IatuA. Jensen. OpOftp, oct. 10
So paVnec, Cartwright. hlmcnA oct 10
- ChpAC. SpIuul, Valparaiso, sept. ?
s. IuscAfJTa. Pay ne. London, oct 10
- Monterey. Decker Vera fuT oct -
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=, Saratoga. johnson. euhtanan.O. OCT. H.
~ Denver, KISS. Galveston. oct ~
So Kansas cay. iianrI savannah. oct ~
s. Hamilton. hoaE Norfolk. Nos
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.


MINIATURE ALAAEAc-rHts DAr
Sun rises esq sun sets s8 Moon rises 400
HioH waIER inns DAT
Sandy Hook ~ 8. Goy.Id .i2C Hell Gate. sIT
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MAPS

OF New Jersey. New York and New England b,
districts. Csc. and SOC; handsomely colUsed. roa!,
and points OF Interest shown. Of dealers or by mat;
send for descriptive catalogue. Guide to Greater
New YORK. 25c.
GRo II. WALKER & CO.. Llthographcs. H,r.
court ST., Boston.
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s. koruigtu Lulsr, from Nrs York al south
Amptun
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Army and Navy Orders.

wAsHIsoToN. Nov. 2,-These army orders have
been issued.
Leave of absence for four months granted Capt.
Gustav W. stevens. Artillery Corps.
Contract Surgeon Edward g. Sc!bcr'' to this
C%ontrac, surgeon George @. craIs. to the Rock
10 his home and await retirement from actice ser
vice.
Robert +. Mcmillan. from The Fifteenth Field 70
tue Twenty eighth Coast. First Lieut.. Pred g
Field Capt, william D. Homer. from the sixty
nm Coast 10 me gnhsslgnsI us', and 70 for, pIrS Ssn
Francisco 10 the Philippines.
Capt. Robert T.. Callan, ARTILLERY Corps. relieved
at West Point. and Capt Andrew Hero. Artillery
Corps, appointed in his stead. -. ,..,z,
from The district Of PORTO Mco TO For, slocum.
for duty. with recruits TO the Phlllpplncs.
James furioW. from Company [ 20 oompany /;
First Lieut.; n. Longan. from Company @ 10 Com.
Company 10 Company G, and Lieut.; Lonran.
ordered from Fort Columbus to Fort slocsm for
Lieut. Col. owen J. sweet. twenty mrs. Infantry.
to ho, SPr'nSs for ,r ,aI nns month granted r,r,,
Capt, John {. Gilmore. jf.. Artillery Corps. to
Leave Of absence granted Capt, Rober, A. And.r-
son assistant surgeon extended Is days; ~. ,,,
to Fort sam Houston. relieving Contract surg con
G. Graham Watts.
These naval orders have been issued:
Rear Admiral L. Wlldcs. to duty as Commandant
Pensacola yard, relieving Capt. William Rclssinger.
ordered home and 10 walt orders.
Commander L. n. Arnold, from New York yard
TO com Enterprise.
Lieut.. 4. r. Eckhardt. to Norfolk ard steam
engineering department.
Surgeon +. Anderson. from naval dispe nsary
NASt+n gton. to the Alabama.
Surgeon \. {. II. Russell. from Medical Rxamin-
Ing Board. Washington yard. TO home and walt
orders.
Surgeon z. II Green. from the Alabama TO duty
as member Medical Examining Board. Washington
yard.
Pay Director l.. a. Frailey. TO duty In ehArge
navy pay once. Washing ton, relieving Pay In
spector 5. Rand. on waiting orders.
Lieutenant Commander ]. y. Blish and c. A.
Carr and IAeuts. Y. James and J. l.. Sticht, com
ml,SiOuCd.
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n SHElBURNE,

NIIAhIC IITy, NJ.
You will md at this hotel. lATgc rooms. her! S1mely
furnished. private baths. uncNcclcd table and Sr-
vice ana all modern appointments. 10 IS ,iustot
within n few feet Of the ocean and remain, .r-l
throughout the year. For rates. DC, address
II. T.. II. RAMSEY.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-03-01
SOUTH BRITAIN.
THELOCAL NEWS BuDGET

THE LOCAL NEWS BUDGET.
Benjamin G. Mitchell of New York
spent night with his father, last
week.
S. w. Post is very i'll.
Haven.
Miss Lucy Garfield and Miss Ruby
Dickinson were home over Sunday.
J. L. Mitchell returned home, Mon.
day, after spending some weeks at
Southern Pines, N. c., and Havana,
Cuba. He thinks the little Nutmeg
state preferable to the big island.
All are glad to see Mr. and Mrs S. P.
Averill home again.
The henroOst on the place occupied
by Thomas Fleming was burned We'd
neSday afternoon. The house roof
caught fire but was extinguished be-
fore serious damage was done.
Miss Bessie Mitchell has been spend
ing week with her mother in Bridge
port.
The Farmers Institute, held at
Munson S hall, Tuesday, under the di-
rection of the State Board Of Agricul-
ture was quite interesting. A good
number were present from the imme-
diate vicinity and adjoining towns.
The topics were of general interest to
farmers and provoked considera BILE dis
cussion and of course some difference
of opinion. Singing and music by the
orchestra added to the variety of the
program. a bOuntiful collation. was
served and social intercourse was not
noploctaH
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-03-01
lev accompanied her home when she

ley accompanied her home when she
returned.
Miss Edith Banks of Monroe has
been the guest of Miss Carrie Osborne:
Levi French reduced five cords of
sawed wood, mostly maple, into fine
condition for cook stove, in two days.
Mr. and Miss Wakelee OF Stratford
have been the guests of George Par
melee
Mrs Frank Hodge and son of New
Haven have visited Mrs George Iur-
ney.
c. E. Osborne was guest of +. c.
OvertOn at Montclair, n. j., last
week, and attended the bench show of
the Westminster Kennel club Of New
York.
James Bride, who was taken to
Bridgeport hospital, a few weeks ago,
died on Friday morning and was bur-
led at Mountain Grove cemetery on
Sunday. Mr. Bride was member OF
est Georges Society," which had
charge of the burial service.
Perhaps the finest specimens of the
photographers art we have ever seen
were pictures from the studio OF
Choinard & Curtis of 434 Fifth ave-
nue., New York. Mr. Curtis is a son of
one of Stepney's popular merchants,
A. B. Curtis, at the Depot. They
cater to a fashionable and select trade
and are meeting with good success.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-03-01
GREENFIELD HILL.
PERSONAL CHAT.

Lewis Henry Burr has been worse
and unable to attend to his business.
Mrs Joseph Jacobs of Easton spent
Thursday night with her youngest
daughter.
Ground has been broken for a new
house on Bronson avenue, just below
Mrs Bakers.
Mr. and Mrs E. Finch of Westport
were guests of Mr. and Mrs W. H.
Burr, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Charles B. Meeker of
Cross Highway spent Friday evening
in town.
Rufus Anterior has been quite sick
with grip at Mrs Thomas Perry'S.
MrsJ. Edgar Banks entertained Mrs
E. B. Burr aud son, Wednesday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs Newton Hackett of
Bridgeport were in town calling, Sun
day.
A little son of Mr. and Mo George
King of Bridgeport is very sick.
A family gathering was held at
William H. Burr's, Sunday.
n. W. Ogden and his grandson drove
home, Saturday,a fine pair of oxen from
Brookfield.
George Perry has been on the sick
list.
MISS Emma Wakeman OF HUI
Farms has had her organ repaired by d.
B. Burr.
Mrs Samuel Buckley and son spent
Monday at her mothers.
John Burns has been quite under the
weather, the.past week, with a>bad cold.
Mrs A. M. Burr entertained relatives
from Bridgeport, Saturday:
Mrs III. B. Burr is suffering wit
neuralgia in her face and head.
THE DEERFIELD DISTRICT.
Mrs W. E. Nichols has spent sever.
al days in Bridgeport.
Mrs W. F. Jennings and little son
and Miss Laura A. Dowd have been
guests of Miss Alice I. Nichols.
Miss Carrie NJ. Hull of Stepney has
visited at J. r. Jennings.
Miss Elsie Sherwood has been a
guest at T. B. Bradley's.
A number of neighbors were enter.
tanned at Charles Nichols, Friday!even.
ing.
Miss Edith NJ. Bradley is visiting in
Brooklyn.
Miss Susie Poser visited her old
school friend, Miss Hannah WILSON,
in Bridgeport, recently.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-03-01
SOUTHPORT.
BRIEFLY NOTED,

Richard O'Brien, ST., and son, Rich
ard, went to New York City, last
week, to attend the funeral Of Mr.
O'Brien's father, Edward O'Brien,
who had reached the advanced age Of
81 years.
Homer R. Atwood unloaded a car,
recently, at his store, of extra fine
snow flake mixed feed. This is the
best kind or feed for stock.
W. c. Wheeler & Son keep busy in
their new shop and the work they
turn out speaks for itself.
Business continues to increase at
Homer r. Atwood's feed and grocery
store at the depot. Besides the addi-
ton he has already made the past
year, IS soon as spring opens he ex-
poets to put on another large addition
for storing grain.
Mr. and Mrs John Capleton had a
new son arrive at their house, last Fri
day February p.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-03-01

The state appropriation from the
school fund is 1926 per capita on the
enumeration list or $445.5O for the
town.
Miss Miriam Taylor spent Washing
tons birthday and the following Sun
day with her parents.
The more thoughtful of the fruit
growers in this section of the country
are getting quite aroused from know
ledge of the fact that Connecticut is al
ready badly infested with the San Jose
scale. Prof Britton, at the State
Pathological meeting in Hartford, stat
ed this fact, and advised to look out
more from danger from within than
without the state, 1t is quite difficult
for one inexperienced to detect it and
for this reason it already exists where
every one supposes they are free from
it. Its spread is rather slow but sure,
but means certain death to trees in
fected in two or three years, and its
extinction very difficult because so in.
vidious in it's spreading. F. H. Beers
attended the Pathological convention
of Eastern New York, recently, and
found the farmers there were very
much disturbed oyer 1t as but few yet
knew whether it was on their trees OF
not.
Mrs Sophia Kellogg spent last week
with relatives in Brooklyn.
The Washington supper held by the
ladies of the Congregational church,
Hast week, was decided success. The
attendance was large, with good finan'
cial returns.
Mrs Florida Kellogg of New York
spent a few days, last week, with hel
parents, Mr. and Mrs Philo Merwin.
Mrs Charles Williams was the guest
Of DR. G. S. Blackman and wife of New
Milford, last week.
Miss Amelia Northrop is i'll with the
grip, but is improving slowly. d.
Smith attends her.