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The sun., 1902-03-04
TROOPS on GUARD IN NORFOLK.
Broke Street Railway Strike Once. but
II Was Resumed Later.

NoRroLK, Va, March 3-Three Norfolk,
two Newport News, one Hampton. and ono
Portsmouth company Of the Seventy-frst
Virginia Regiment. Col. Alexander Higgins
commanding, went at 9:45 O'Clock this morn
ing t. tho carbarns of tho Norfolk Rail-
way and light Company u guard the street
cars in sn attempt TO start running.
The effect Of the appearance Of the troops
was an almost immediate aban1onment
Of the strike. but It was resumed later.
After the troops reached the baru a con-
ference between the railway management
and the strikers resulted in the agreement
by about SIS per cent. Of the employees that
they would sign tho bond guaranteeing
the company against loss of fares Some
men then returned TO work and tho cars
started flied with soldiers and having On
the steps sentinel with rife.
This afternoon the railway company
announced that II would make no conces-
sion TO the strikers, and those who remained
out persuaded the men who had reentered
the company's service to again quit work
and the running Of cars ceased.
The strikers have done no violence but
their sympathizers blockaded the tracks
with lumber pulled out fuses, cut trolley
ropes and otherwise impeded the cars
Finally a crowd Of 600 stood on the tracks
and stopped the cars. Many OF the militia
men are trace unlonlsts in sympathywith the
strikers, and are not likely to fire on them
Public sympathy is also with the strikers.
mainly because they receive but n maxi
mum OF IL cents an hour for nine-hour
day and are considered underpaid,
Inc probability is that there will be no
bloodshed and the strike will fail Tonight
In order TO deJer strike sympathizers from
attempting 70 cut the wires the company
turned a ten-thousand- volt current on.
Inc troops are on guard and all Is quiet
The sun., 1902-03-04
DIR. HARPERS Roy SHINES SHOES.
Son OF Chicago University's President
Adds to His Pocket Money.

CHICAGO, March 3-'Have your boots
BACKED by the son Of university Presi-
dent
This is the invitation scores OF students
at the Morgan Park Academy took ad
vantage OF to-day. Paul Harper, second
son Of the President OF the University Of
Chicago, is the youth whose inherited
talent for money getting has now branched
out into boot backing.
Paul, who Is IS years old, is a resourceful
boy, and also eccentric. He ran short of
pocket money and conceived the idea Of
setting up shoe-shining parlor. He
turned to his chum, the son of Francis W.
Parker, a Chicago lawyer. They put their
heads together and they set up a shoe
shining stand at the end OF one Of the COR
ridors Of East Hall, one OF the boys dormi-
tories.
No sooner had Harper hung his sign out
than his fellow students began to flock
around him, each clamoring for the honor
of the first shine. and for a steady two
hours he and young Parker did an enormous
business. The firm was known as Harper
a Co, polishers of boots and shoes to Nor
gan Park Academy They shined l5s
pairs Of shoes at FIVE cents each.
The sun., 1902-03-04
BURNED ARMORY BEING RAzED.
walls Have Deen n Menace since the Park
Avenue Fire Traffic Hampercd.

workmen were engaged yesterday in
pulling down the dangerous parts Of the
burned out Seventy-frst Regiment Armory
The iron cupola on the northwest turret
was pulled down early in the day. This
has been a menace TO traffic since the fire.
While il was being done the Thirty-fourth
street crCsstown cars were etoppcd and
tho street between Park and Lexington
avenues was practically closed. The cuIola
was pulled into the floor Of the building
II didn't take much force 10 dislodge it.
Then the interior wall of the arm0ry on
the Thirty-third street side was tackled.
This wall and a similar one on the north
side Of the building engaged the workm, IA
most Of the day. Supt. Perez NJ. Stewart
Of the Buildings Bureau watched the work.
While the interior wall on the Thirty
fourth street side Of the armory was being
razsd traffic was again stopped. This
was in the afternoon and the crosstown
cars didn't do any business fer several
hours. II was said last night the walls
would be entirely RACED this week.
The sun., 1902-03-04
SOUBRETTE GAMBLERS RAIDED.
Bet on stocks, or Thought They Did
Orders Went 10 the Roof. Police Say.

Headquarters detectives raided yester-
day afternoon an alleged bucket shop for
women at 40 West Twent y-eighth street,
said TO be conducted by Mrs. Eliza beth
Robinson Of 80 West il7th street. There
were twenty women and three men in the
place.
Mrs. Robinson says she bought the place
from Joseph X. levin & Co., who ran IL
up to a few weeks ago. 1t was patronized
largely, so the police say, by Tenderloin
soubrettes.
A complaint about the place was sent to
District Attorney jerome a week ago.
He forwarded it TO the police and Central
Ohice Detective Judge went to the place
Atchison preferred on margin.
Mrs. Robinson wouldn't let him have
less than ten shares, so he took ten. Then
other detectives came in. There was a
rush for the door, but that was closed by
the police, who took as many names as
those inside we're willing TO give, Mrs,
Robinson was arrested and taken 10 Police
Headquarters, where she was admitted TO
bail last night.
Acc, riding to the police Mrs. Robinson's
stelepra ph wire" ran no farther than the
roof. She admitted she had no connection
with any recognized Exchange. but said
she traded with a Jersey City brokerage
firm. This the police discovered later 70
be another bucket shop concern which
went under two weeks ago.
When the detectives arrested the alleged
proprietor the twenty women ard the
three men set up q great howl for their
accounts Mrs. Robinson settled with
them all
The sun., 1902-03-04
PRESIDENT TO VISIT CHARLESTON
Says lie VIII Make Early Arrangements
to Visit Charleston Exposition.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-President Roose-
welt entertained at luncheon to-day dele
CATION Of citizens Of South Carolina, who
came hero to assure him Of the continued
good will Of the people Of the State. They
were Mayor Smythe and Aldermen Rhett
and Kolereck Of Charleston. and President
Wagner and Director Hemphill Of the
South Carolina Exposition. The visitors
told Mr. Roosevelt that they wished to
repudiate any and all acts of discourtesy
that had been shown him by certain In
dividuals in South Carolina, and to declare
that the self-respecting people Of the State
deplored the acts Of the two Iillmans In
insulting the President Of the United States.
Plans for the Presidents visit TO the Expo
sition were discussed
The President told some o. his visitors
this morning in the most positive terms
thFt he would make early arrangements TO
visit South Carolina and the Charleston
E1rost ton
INDIANAPOLIS, March a.-Gov. Durbln,
who has just returned from the Charleston
Exposition, has telegraphed to President
Roosevelt urging him TO attend the expo
sition. The telegram said:
Il have just returned from a most de-
lghtful visit to the Charleston Exposition.
1t is a splendid exposition, and the hospi-
tslity of the people of South Carolina is
sincere and abundant. An enthusiastic
welcome awaits you there, and hope you
will crafty the wishes of the people by
complying with their invitation.
.DuRaINs
The sun., 1902-03-04
ILLINOIS CULTURES" ILLEGAL.
United states Supreme Court Upholds the
validity OF the State Law.

WARRINGTON, March S.-The validity
Of the Illinois statute against dealing
in options Of grain. stock. gold or
other commodities was upheld by the
Supreme Court to-day, Justices Brown
and Peckham dissenting. Justice Harlan
announced the opinion and judgment Of the
court. Alfred v. Booth, a grain and pro-
vision broker of Chicago. was indicted for
a violation OF the statute and fined 500
and costs In the Criminal Court of Cook
county.
Ii was urged on behalf Of the defendant
that the State statute violated the Four
teenth Ame1dment to the Constitution In
that 1t depri yed him Of his liberty to en-
gage in a Il hgitimate business. The law
was passed to prevent gambling In futures,
but il was said that il af ected transactions
In which the element Of gambling did not
enter.
CHICAGO, March 3.-The decision OF the
United States Supreme Court to-day affirm
ing the decree Of the Illinois Supreme Court
involving the validity of the State statute
imposing a fine FOR dealing In grain -privi-
leges' is considered In Chicago as one OF
the most important In recent years, mas
much as 1t was the strict application Of this
law by the Chicago Board Of Trade which
caused so many of the members last March
TO take out memberships In the Milwaukee
Chamber Of Commerce.
This decision will have no effect upon
dealing in futures on the Board Of Trade,
said Secretary Stone. 1T simply backs
up the ruling Of the board on the puts and
calls traders"
The Illinois law was directed against the
dealers in puts and calls, OF privileges,
as they sometimes are called. The law
has been enforced and all the Chicago
traders now do business from Milwaukee,
where they have opened offices.
The case upon which the Supreme Court
has just passed was started as a test. Al
Booth was selected to bring 1t, but he had
financial aid from every trader in privi-
leges, according to members Of the Board
Of Trade. The decision will not change
present conditions. Had the finding OF
the Supreme Court Of Illinois been re-
versed, though, the old put and call traders
would have swooped down on Chicago in
a cloud,
The sun., 1902-03-04
POOLROOMs SPOT PARTRIDGE.
Many Closed Because He Called on Jerome
Big Business I'm Open Rooms.

Police Commissioner Partridge had no
sooner entered the Criminal Courts Building
yesterday than runners started for the
poolrooms. Rooms that could not be easily
reached were notified by telephone. In a
half hour every room running in town
knew that Col. Partridge was consulting with
the District Attorney. Many Of the smaller
rooms called up the bigger ones to find out
whether they were going TO open or keep
closed.
At 80 o'clock. after much telephoning
and many conferences. more than half OF
the open rooms scattered over town from
the Battery to Harlem decided to take
no chances and closed up. More rooms
were closed than on any day since Jan. 1.
The rooms that took a chance soon had
crowds Of players that reminded them Of
the -wide-open' days.
Everything went well with the results
from New Orleans, but there was trouble
with the California wires and no bets on
those races were takJn in any Of the rooms.
The sun., 1902-03-04
MORE KILLED by sNOWSLIDES.
Report OF Twenty Deaths at Ono Mine
I'm Colorado.

DENVER, Col, March 3.-The destruction
Of life and property by snowslides in the
mountains continues According TO re-
port that reached Ouray to-day twenty
miners were killed by snowslide at the
Sunny Side mine on Sunday night. The
mine buildings. it is reported, were entirely
wiped out. The mine is just over the
Ouray county line in San Juan The wires
are down between Ouray and the mine.
A courier on snow shoes from Gladstone
TO Slverton brings the report that the
is-year-old son Of Richard Torey was
killed last night by a snow slide while
A stable at the same place was wrecked
by slide on Saturday night and eight
horses killed.
Wires from Ouray. Silverton, Telluride
and other mountain towns to the outlyir &
mines are down. People are leaving the
exposed places. The snow storm which
began last Thursday has continued with
few intermissions Traffic is almost en-
tircly suspended.
The sun., 1902-03-04
CABLE COMPANY CHEERFUL.
Shareholders Told That They May Expect
TO Retain Commercial Business.

An expression of confidence In the ability
OF submarine cables to maintain their COM
mercial supremacy In competition with
wireless telegraphy was made yesterday
by George q. Ward. vice-Presdent and
General Manager Of the Commercial Cable
Company, In addressing as chairman the
annual meeting of that company's share
holders In this city. Mr.. Ward spoke as
the representative OF the officers OF the
company. who. he said, while they did
not intend TO belittie the credit due to Mr.
Marconi,' for the advancement he has
made in the field OF wireless telegraphy,
believed that submarine cables would hold
their supremacy even should wireless
telegraphy ever extend beyond its present
experimental stage as regards trahsat-
lantic or other long-distance transmits
sions.' Mr.. Ward added:
Our shareholders must not overlook the fact
that IL has taken the Commercial Cable Com-
pany and its land line system some seventeen
or eighteen years to perfect their organiNa-
tiQn for the distribution and collection oil
kilograms throughout tho United states
and the rest Of the world. Assuming that
fected so that II could really compete IN a
commercial sense and commercial REQUIRE
ments are very exactins: Il is fair TO Say Say
that 1t would take ss mary years TO put the
Aiarconi system In a position that would enable
II TO serve the public Messages are now
transmitted across the Atlantic and answers
received In two and three minutes. A mes
sage experiencing a delay OF ten or fifteen
minutes means the defeat Of the object OF
the sender, A most important point is the
fact that 05 per cent OF the Atlantic mes
sages are expressed In code OF cipher Ian
guage, the words or ciphers having 10 con-
nected meauing, The words or cipher
groups frequently only differ from each
other in single letters, yet they have widely
different meanings and an error In the trans
mission OF one OF their letters might have
disastrous consequences. These are some
OF the commercial eXactions or demands
made upon the teleuephs, No one as ytt
even pretended that the epeed with which
messages may he transmit d by wireless
apparatus even approaches the speed OF the
aerial or submarine wire.
DR.. W. Seward Webb and Edwin Hawley
we're added TO the Board OF Directors,
which was increased from thirteen to fifteen
members. The company's net earnings
for the year ended Dec. 81, 1901, amounted
to 81 $50 ,S97, n decrease Of sl9,770 COM
pared with 1900. After payment Of interest
and dividends there was a balance OF S409,-
53s, against s493 ,003 in 1900.
The sun., 1902-03-04
TRIED TO TELL JOHN FOX, JR.,
That Ills Mother Was Very III. but lie
Had Gone Hunting.

Justice Edward F. o'Dwyer Of the City
Court testified before Surrogate Fitz-
gerald yesterday in the contest of the will
of Mrs. Ellen Fox. wife Of President John
Fox of the Democratic Club, by their son,
John Fox. Jr, that on the evening the
surgical operation was to be performed on
Mrs. Fox, from which she did not recover,
he had gone at the request Of Mr. Fox to
hunt up his son Al the sons residence
ne was informed that young Fox was on a
hunting trip.
Ellen +. Hogan, daughter Of Magistrate
Hogan, testified she had also sought for
young Fox that night and saw his wife
The sons wife asked II IL were really true
that Mrs. Fox was 50 very Ill, or was IL "a
hoax 70 get Jack away from her
Young Fox contends that he was kept
from knowledge Of the illness OF his mother.
The case went over 10 March ~.
The sun., 1902-03-04
HARVARD TO DOCTOR HENRY
Good Authority for saying That the Prince
VIII Get a Degree Next Thursday.

THE Sun was informed yesterday on
excellent authority that Harvard will GER
tainly bestow on Prince Henry an honorary
degree ON his visit next Thursday. So
far as is known here there has been no
meeting Of the overseers since Feb. II, but
II is thought that an understanding has
been reached informally, which it will take
only few minutes for the overseers to
ratify formally.
The granting OF the degree at this time
will be a departure from custom at Harvard,
il having been a generally accepted rule
that no degree should be granted at any
other time than Commencement Day.
Harvard overseer with whom re-
porter talked last night did not feel at lib
erty to talk about the Princes honorary
degree or to say what degree had been
selected
The sun., 1902-03-04
JOHN POWERS Nv HONDURAS.
Alleged Goebel Conspirator Said to Have
Fled From the Country.

MIDpLEsBoRo, KY, March 3.-John Pow
ers, under indictment charged with con-
spiracy in the Goebel murder, is said to
have fed to Honduras. Powers was In
Harlan county, whose authorities failed
TO give him up. At the time of the arrest
Of Berry Howard, Powers, 1t is said. learned
that one Of his supposed friends was on
the point Of turning him over to the courts.
He therefore got his belongings together
and accompanied by Middlesboro man,
fei into West Virginia.
The man left Powers, who worked as a
coal miner for a short time In West Vir-
einia. Afterward the fugitive went to
Pennsylvania thence 20 New York, where
he took passage TO Honduras under an
assumed name. He is now in business in
that country.
The sun., 1902-03-04
FORT SUMS: RELICS STOLEN.
Taken at the Charleston Exposition - One
Now In knoxville.

KNoxvIl.LE, Tenn, March 3.-Two finch
screws from the caisson supporting the
cannon from which the first shot was fred
al Fort Sumter have been stolen at the
Charlie ston Exposition and one has been
presented 10 W A. J. Moore, Deputy County
Clerk here, who is a collector OF war relics.
He refuses To give the name OF the donor,
tut 1t Is said TO be a Knoxville man and
action may be taken against him.
The sun., 1902-03-04
Navy Department to Test wireless Teies.
raphy stations

WASHINGTON, March Son the recon-
mendation OF Rear Admiral Bradford,
Chief Of the Equipment Bureau. the Navy
Department has arranged for a test of the
comparative merits Of the wireless telegra-
ply systems OF Marconi and Slaby and
ATco. the German inventors. Sets OF
instruments have been ordered and the
test will be made between the Washington
Navy Yard and the Naval Academy at An
napolis. Stations are being erected at
the navy yard and the academy.
The decision TO have the test is the out
come OF the failure of Admiral Bradford
Ia make arrangements which he deemed
reasonable and satisfactory TO have the
Marconi system installed on board Ameri-
Can warships
The sun., 1902-03-04
PRINCE SAYS NO CEREMONY.
Tells Canada lie wishes TO visit the Falls
as a Private Tourist.

OTTAWA, March S.-Lord Minto has just
received an htimatlon from Prince Henry
of his desire 70 lie allowed TO visit Canada
merely as n tourist and not e. be received
with tho salutes, escorts and guards Of
honor suitable TO his rank as Prince. Under
these circumstances 1t IL probah!e that
Major Maude will meet him as the repre-
sentative Of his E1cellency and remain
with lin during his two hours stay In
Canada. All the military arrangements
that have been made will probably be
cancelled.
The sun., 1902-03-04
TO SELL OUT FLOUR TRUST MILLS.
Court Orders Foreclosure OF Central Trust
Company's Mortgage.

ce-Chancellor Pitney heard final argu-
ment in Jersey City yesterday on rule
granted on the application Of minority bond
and stockholders OF the American Flour
Milling Company, ordering the Central
Trust Company OF New York TO show cause
why it should not be enjoined from fore
closing a mortgage which it holds on four
teen -four mills owned by this milling COM
pany. The mortgage was given TO cover
an issue Of s. 5000 worth Of bonds.
The Vice-Chancellor said he would ad-
wise decree directing the sale and ordering
the upset price to be ixed at So, SOC, 900 He
said that Il the bondholders' committee was
not satisfied, the order would be open 20
their motion for modification on next Mon
day. The sale had been postponed until
March and will now go over again.
The sun., 1902-03-04
DYING, HE ACCUSES POLICEMAN.
O'B&en Declares He Was Inhumanly
Treated While Drunk.

Patrick O'Brien. 80 years old. Of 81 Ryer-
son street. Brooklyn, is reported to be
dying at his home as the result Of beat
ing which he alleges was given him on Feb.
10 by Patrolman Rhatigan Of the Classon
avenue station.
OBrien made an ante-mortem state
ment on Sunday night TO Coroner Flaherty,
In which he said that he was kicked and
beaten by the policeman before being
thrown into patrol wagon. A few days
after his release erysipelas set in. He
admits that he was drunk.
John F. Owner OF 1876 De Kalb avenue
called at Police Headquarters on satur-
nraltreat a prisoner. Deputy Commits
sioner Ebstein ordered an Investigation.
The sun., 1902-03-04
DEAL IN CANS NOT A GAMBLE.
r. ". Meyers a son Get n Verdict Against
Customer Oxygen Walton.

Theodore w. Meyers Son, bankers and
brokers, obtained verdict for s3,752 before
Justice Cochrane in the Supreme Court on
Saturday against Alfred Walton, manu-
facturer of oxygen. due on stock transac-
lions The plaintiffs acted as brokers for
MIR Walton Between Feb 90 1899, and May
s, 1899, in handling calls" for the defend
ant on the London Stock Exchange.
One Of the defer c 's was that the trans
actions did not contemplate the delivery OF
stock ard were void under the gambling
laws. The plaintiff denied this.
The sun., 1902-03-04
Concert by Hohen1ollern's Band.

Tho band that came over with Prince
Henry and is now attached IN the Hohen-
zollern gave a concert last night at Car
negie Hall F. Woehlbicr was conductor
Some of the fficers Of the yacht occupied
boxes. The hall vas well filled and the
band was literally spplauied.
The sun., 1902-03-04
BARGE aBLiZE Ar SEA.
Struck Shoai and Jar Upset Cabin Stove
-Llfeboat Takes on Crew.

CAPE MAY, n. j., March 9.-The barge
Carbon from Philadelphia to New York,
laden with coal, struck on Mocray's Shoal
this morning while in tow Of the tug Sea
King. The jar overturned the stove in the
cabin, which set fire TO the barge and she
slowly burned. being still ahlazc tonight.
The Delaware River pilot boat Phila-
delphia went 10 her aid, She and the Sea
King played streams on the barge, hut
they were unable to put out the fire. The
Cold Spring liie-saying station crew took
OF the crew.
The sun., 1902-03-04
PONTIAC MAN FREE. HOORAY!
This Florist Snap-Shotted Himself. . Pris-
oner TO Colombian Rebels.

F. =. Walker, who says he is florist Of
Pontiac. Mich, arrived yesterday from
Colon aboard tho Panama Railroad Com
panys steamship orizaba, with a tale Of
imprisonment by rebels. illustrated by his
own snap shots, that he said be intended
10 sell TO n newspaper.
He says he went 10 Panama In December.
representing mineral rather than horti-
cultural interests. He took passage aboard
the schooner AgIa Dulce, on which were
two Colombian soldiers with dispatches
for Gen. Castro.
rebel gunboat captured the outfit.
including the meteorological florist.
After imparting this much OF his adven-
turcs Mr.. Walker said only the paper that
he was going to sell his story 10 would get
the rest lie already had told the 0uaran-
tine reporters that he had been illegally
imprisoned while in Colombia, lie bore
no marks Of extreme suffering,
Polandl Poiand!i PolandiN
Na.n AZ
The sun., 1902-03-04

telephone, and that can actunte any num-
ber OF instruments absolutely without any
interference Of one with the other. These
were difficult problems to solve, but solved
them before 1 began the erection OF my
plant on Long Island over year ago.
The sun., 1902-03-04
DIR. WHITE FOUND GUILTY
or Trying TO Bribe q witness In His Suit
for Divorce.

DR.. Wallace White. former Town Ply
stefan Of West Hobokcn, was adjudged
guilty by Vice Chancellor Pitney in Jersey
City, yesterday, Of attempting 10 bribe Elias
Gikofson. a witness in the doctors divorce
suit against Annie Mae White.
The Vice-ChancCllor also decided that
Dr. White. George krieger, head OF the
Union Hill Detective Agency, Henry Spit z,
a private detective, Mrs. Julia Eaton, co.
respondent In a cross suit for divorce be e.
gun by Mrs. White, and Charles GerhArdt
were all engaged In a conspiracy to sup
press the evidence OF Gilkerson.
The sun., 1902-03-04
Dead at the Age OF liz.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 3. - James
Walsh was found dead in bed near Frost
burg, this county, last night. He had been
working on Saturday. lie was native
OF County Roscommon, Ireland and vas
li2 wears old. This is authe nj !oated by
the Rev. Father r. 4. Williams Of Mount
savage. who procured a copy Of the parish
baptisrnal record, Mr.. Walsh's father lived
10 Le llO.
The sun., 1902-03-04
ENGLISH BRIDE FOR DIR. RODMAN.
His Enga cement TO Sir George Warrender's
Daughter Announced.
Special Gable Dsspateh 10 THE SUN.

LONDON, March 3.-Dr. H. II. Rodman
Of New York and Eleanor. daughter Of
the late Sir George Warrender. will shortly
be married.
The sun., 1902-03-04

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