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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
An AICTION At THE ZOO.
City Gets Rid OF Some Spare Lions. Lambs
and ZebIs and = Buffalo Bull.

NVy SetS HlO OF some spare AhOns, L1n,DS
and Zebus and a Buffalo Bull.
A beating eve threatened TO break up
the Park Department auction Of animals
In the Central Park sheepfold yesterday
morning. The eve had been driven over
to the ball grounds earlier in the day. while
her lambs remained in the pen to be auc-
toned of. Her returning charge scattered
bunch Of prospective buyers who stoo d
at the gate. II took two keepers, Director
Smith, a mounted cop, dozen bidders and
five reporters to shoe her of to the ball
grounds again.
As the bereaved mother left at one gate
City Auctioneer Shongood appeared at
the other and, mounting a milking stool.
raised his eyes heavenward. closed his
eyelids and intoned;
"We're going to auction OF seven eve
lambs, twelve ram lambs, 1924 pounds OF
wool, two zeb,is. buffalo and two lionesses
Wen sell the eve lambs first in lots Of two.
What am bid for the choice OF the first
LOTT"
A mild-eyed. ruminative man in front
bid s.. A -whiskered competitor made
it the half" A short, thick-set neighbor
made it four. Chin whiskers raised a dol
lar Then two-dolar hoist gave the choice
to the mild-eyed man, Mr.. Charles Rynders
OF Sheshequin, Pa. The lambs baa-ed
and beated. kicked up their plump hind
quarters and wagged their stubby tails.
Sometimes their voices drowned those Of
their would-bc masters. upon which Auc-
tioneer Shongood would raise his eyelids
with a politely protesting CULVER, then
close them again and murmur-" and half.
and half and a half
The lambs brought altogether only $5s.
One Of the rams was sold to a Mrs.
Charles GRAY for $2.25 She said she wanted
it as pet for her children.
The auctioning party then adjourned
to the pen of the buffalo bull on the other
side of the Park. The animal in question
is named Charlie and is years old. The
bidding was short, sharp and decisive.
1t came from Director Smith and from a
man with rough. tawny suit and black
peaked cap. The latter bid SIS. Mr.. Smith
skied to hundred. His opponent cap
tured the prize by twenty-fve-dollar
raise The zebus, for S35, and the
lionesses. at SIS and $40, were knocked
down to the same bidder.
room in the menagerie. The ionesses
are I and years old and are known as Rose
and Pinky Rose is the daughter Of
former Central Park inmate of the same
name. Pinky was born in Germany and
was bought couple of years ago
Director Smith was not altogether pleased
with the prices.
Not half enough" he lamented as he
disappeared into the Arsenal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
swINDLED IN NINE SHARES.
Weller the Sixth OF the Horseshoe Copper
Go. Men to He Convict ed.

weller the sixth OF tne HOrsesnOe copper
60. Men to he Convicted.
Fra nix S. Weller. who was treasurer Of the
Horseshoe Copper Mining Company. with
Offices in the Park Row Building, was con-
victed last night in the Criminal Branch
of the Supreme Court. on an indct ment
charging him with grand larceny in the
first degree.
The Larry Summerfed gang had been
dealing in the stock. Their game was
to lead an intending purchaser TO believe
that the company wanted to buy in the
outstanding stock and the only shares
for "a le were held by "A sick engineer dying
IN local hotel" The sick engineer"
who was member of the gang, would
sell shares to the victim who then couldn't
find purchaser.
Gov. Odelrs brother and many other
prominent men from Newhurgh, who had
told the Judge and jury that Weller had
always had good reputation. left the coIr,
room before the jury agreed on a verdict.
just ice Davis at once sentenced Weller
TO Sing Sing for not more than two yea rs
and six mont his and not less than year.
Six other men have been convicted in the
sam case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
COAD.JITOR BISHOPS NAMED.
Appoint ments Announced NJ Sprret
COnsistOr..

Special Cable DespdIcH TO The SUN
ROME. June 28.-At r secret consistory
following the public one Yesterday. the an
nonncements included the Right Rev. George
Montgomery, Bishop of Los Angeles, as Co
adiutor Bishop of San Francisco; the Right
Rev. Henry Moeller. Bishop Of Columbus.
to he Coadiutor Bishop of Cincinnati, and
the Right Rev. JF. Canevin, Coadjutor
Bishop OF Pittsburg. Pa, all with the right
Of future succession in these three sees.
Coadjutor Bishop O'Dea of Baker City also
has the same right Of succession.
The Pope has sent the palliums to Arch
bishop Farley of New York and Archbishop
Quigley Of Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
DR.. LORENz CURED her BOY.
room MOTHERS PLEA TO MRS.
ARMOUR .iNSU Erred.
Wooden Doll Made b, the Crippled (ht'd
Went with II to Lolita ArmOur--And
When Her Sun Was Cured the Woman
Paid Dr. I.Orenz what She COu,d. $40.

| wooden Doll MADE u! inc or1ptheV sh'u
Went with II to Lolita Armour Ana
| When Her Sun Was Cured the Woman
Paid DIR. I.Orenz what She Could. $40.
! DR.. Adolf 1.orenz came to town again
! from Rochester on Wednesday night and
; spent the following day at Tuxedo with
! Or. Wsner r. Townsend Of l25 West Fifty
eight street Yesterday he went to larry
town with Dr. Newton NJ. Shaffer of %
| East Thirty eighth street to examine six
, ycar-old Alvin Black, on whom he operated
last December.
The child is in the State Hospital for
| Crippled Children. He is The son Of
canalboat man, and was suffering from
congenital dislocation Of the hip, the same
| trouble that DR.. Lorenz treated so sue
cessfuly for Lolita Armour. The boys
leg was bound to a splint that held it at
, almost right angles to his body The
doctor put on plaster cast that allows
him to walk little, and in a month he
will he able to run about with perfect
freedom.
DIR. Lorenz pronounced this one Of the
most successful operations he had ever
performed.
The manner in which the case was first
'IoukHN w lIP uOflDI IN n ph'h-
Ing story. Alvin's mother had nearly
given up hope Of her boys recovery. when.
on reading what the Vienna surgeon had
done for the Armour child. she wrote an
appealing letter to Mrs. Armour, and sent
a wooden doll. made by Alvin, az present
for Lolita. Mrs. Armour WAS much affected
by the mothers story, and wrote to DR..
Schaeffer, asking him to take DR.. Lorenz
to Tarrytown. AS a result the poor boat
mans son will soon be as lively as any OF
his playrnates.
The boys mother was present during the
operation yesterday. When she was told
that the treatment was successful she wept
for joy. But she wasn't satisfied with
thanking the doctor. She handed him
ten-dollar bill and insisted on being allowed
to pay what she could. DIR. Lorenz accepted
the money with thanks and then gave it TO
DR.. Shaffer to be added to the hospital
fund
DR.. Lorenz goes to Philadelphia to-day
to examine the patients he operated on
last fall. He will then visit the Armours
at their summer home at Beach Bluf, near
Boston, He says Lolita il doing splendidly,
but he wants to see her once more before
sailing for Europe on July 7.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
THE NEW REICHST 40.
Z hanccs for Commercial Treaties Are
Much Improved.

,prctai Cable Despatch IN THE Sun.
BERLIN, June 28.--The latest returns
indicate that tho numerical force of the
principal parties in the new Reichstag,
with n few districts still to he heard from,
will he az follows: Social Democrats. 81;
Clerical lOl; Conservatives. -; National
Liberals. 52 Radical Liberals. SO; Agrnri
ars, ,, and Poles. II. The Poles have de-
Nr,op"d the most extreme radicalism and
a most reckless attitude against the Church
and Government
The chances for the adoption of COM
incrciRl treaties are regarded as being
hotter in the new house than they were in
tho old and, the Agrarian champions having
disappeared. the votes for the army and
navy requirements ar" regarded as certain
The statement that Herr Barth. tho free
trade leader. had br'r reelected was or
roncons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
MARCUN DRIVEN OUT.
Brother 0f Ono Kentucky Feud Victim
Lands In -. lDIila pennIlcss.

LtNOA IN ~. uOtuh Fen0IieSs.
ST, LOUIS, Mo-, June 2e,-Judge Thomas
r. Marcum of Muskogee, /. T., who has
been a prominent figure in the feudist
troubles at jackson, Ky. following tbs
assassination Of his brother, j. B. Marcum.
spent last evening in st. Louis trying to
find a way to continue his trip to his home,
He told the passenger agent and attaches
at the Union Station that he had been driven
ont of jackson. and pointed to his torn
clothing az evidence OF the rough handling
he had received He had neither money
nor baggage. The latter. he said, had been
left in the hotel at jackson in the hurry Of
his flight. He displayed letters and papers
to prove his identity, and also carried a
check hook on Muskogee bank.
He was nervous and highly excited, talk
ing Of his experiences in Kentucky in dis-
jointed sentences He seemed unable to
give connected story Of his visit to jack
son,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
GIFT TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Russian Minister OF Finance 10 Send q
Large Vase.

Sp,ci1i Cabic Despatch 10 THg Sun.
LONDON, June 27.A despatch to the
Daily Mail from ST. Petersburg says that
NJ Witte, Minister Of Finance. will send
as present to the Governing Committee
of the New York Stock Exchange mag
nificent vase. standing over seven feet
high. II is made of porcelain, and is the
work of one Of the best artificers in st.
Petersburg. 1t is richly ornamented.
Tho reason for the gift is that the COM
mittee on the introduction OF Russian I
per cent. bonds to quotation on the New
York Stock Exchange renowned a claim
to a tax am onnting to SlOO,ono,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
BELMONTS FETE 100 CHILDREN.
Boys Ride the Pony Which Once Carried
the Duchess OF MARLBOROUGH.

Hampstead. L. L.. June 2e.-Mr, and Mrs
o. H. P. Belmont entertained 100 children
OF the Fast Meadow Sunday school at a
lawn fete yesterday on the spacious grounds
of Brockholt. Among the attractions WAS
a Punch and Judy show, :and the boys were
allowed to ride the aged pony Beauty
which used to carry tho Duchess of Mari
borough through Central Park, Bean'r
is 20 yea rs old and as fat as butter and lives
a life Of ease and plenty.
The grounds were PRETTY decorated
for the OCCASION and each child received
favor. Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont in'enN
making the fete a yearly feature
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
int, er.,ty Extension for Te. chcr..

The first annual commencement ex-
ercises in the university extension course
of the New York City Teachers Association
We're held in the Board Of Education Hall,
Fifty-ninth street and Park avenue, last
evening Sixty-four graduates. all teach
crs IN the schools Of New York, got diplomas
Last evening. Magnus Gross, pre- sident of
the New York City Teachers Association,
presided. and DR. William H. Maxwell gave
Spouse was made for the class by Miss Cath
erins NJ. Iiuddy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
Socialists Wan, to Invite Rebel Here.

Democratic party decided YESTERDAY e
call n meeting next week to consider 'hf
advisablity Of inviting Herr BeheI. IN
German Socialist leader. to visit America
The committee holds that. as the German
Social Democratic party through me
leadership Of Bebel polled 3,Ooo,ooo votes
at the election. he ought to be able 10 e.
many converts 10 socialism here
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
Entertaining the American R,nc Team.

special tdHe Despatch 10 THE Sun.
LONDON, June ?C.-The American rife
team, which was present at the trooping
of the coIors on the Horse Guards Parade
In honor of the Kings birthday. accom-
panied by Lord Cheylesmorc, afterward
was entertained at luncheon at the Ameri-
can Embassy by Mr.. Henry White. the
First Secretary. The King has invited
the team to he present at the review of the
First Army Corps at Aldershot on July s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
CHARGES AGAINST cart. LANTRY.
Technical One Because ScrEt. snyder,
m pN.SlcUtlI. Made n NistpkP

mn eN.Slcutl,. Made 4 Mist AXE.
Inspector Schmittb berger yesterday pre-
ferred charges Of neglect Of duty against
Capt. Lantry Of the Oak street station be-
cause Of an error in the station house blotter
on May IS.
The charges resulted from the trial on
Thursday of Sergt snyder, who com
mitt"d the error for which Capt. Lantry ia
technically responsible Commissioner
Greene said the Captai ofYenc" amounted
to nothing more than carelessness in a
matter Of routine and he WAS not suspended
AT the snme time charges OF neglect Of
duty amounting to inefficiency were made
against Sergt Hahn Of the Union Market
station for errors and omissions in his hlotter
of June ~.
Both Hahn and Snyder got their ser-
gcantcies through the Detective Bureau.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
KENTUCKY WITNESS GONE.
HaddIx. VINO Testified In Arson Case. Has
disappeared.

JACKSON, Ky. June 26.-Gray Haddix,
the principal witness against Joe Crawford
and Ed Tharp, in Jail here charged with
burning the hotel of Witness B. j. Even
in the Marcum murder case, has disap-
peared.
peared before the Grand Jury last week.
and the men who a ssaulted him were put
in Jail. 1t il reported that an attempt was
made to assassinate him Yesterday.
With Haddix out Of the way, it il be-
lieved that the special Grand Jury called
for July 20 for the investigation of the
burning Of Ewen's hotel and the attempt
that it would not incriminate Curtis Jett,
cannot indict Tharp and Crawford for the
arson.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
Eight New Police Sereean,s.

Police Commissioner Greene made eight
sergeants and ten roundsmen yesterday
The new sergeants and the precncts thew
have been assigned to are: George W.
Knox, Grand iran LAY avenue Brooklyn J; W.
Elizabeth street; John l.. Maher. West
Ihirty-seventh street; James B. Sennett,
Westchester; John A. Wilson, Richard.
avenue. Brooklyn; r. G. Duffy, Tenth in.
spection district, and W. F, Smullen, Ralph
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
JOTTINGS .4BOUT row \.

Tnc Montrhore Home is building two story
and basement annex. to be used iSolating
pavilion, at the southeast corner OF Hamilton place
and l39th street 1t will cost $4,000.
The BOARD of Estimate pos tponrd DEFINITE action
yesterday IN the matter OF the Fifty ninth street
widening til Juys. Bridge Com missioner Linden
thai wrote Ia the hoard protesting against the
proposed widening OF the street
Judgments OF absolute divorce were granted In
these cases yesterday by Justice Amend To Charles
J. Watson from Florence Watson: 70 Minnie Gold
son from Jacob Coidson: TO Annie L. Brown from
Lansing q. brown. and IN Bella 0oldstone from
John Gladstone
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
,,urial Of Cardinal Vaughan.

,-pffMl Cable Utspuch 10 THk SuN
LONDON, June 26.-The remains OF tho
late Cardinal Herbert Vaughan were re-
moved to-day from Westminster Cathedral
and taken to Millllil. where a high mass
OF requiem was sung. The body was buried
In the presence of large gathering.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
E.arthGuake In HUNGARY.

Special Gable Despatch to THK sun.
VIENNA. June 26, There was an earth
quake at Erlan. Hungary. at Q clock this
morning. Four distinct shocks were felt
Several houses collapsed and nearly all the
buildings in the place were damaged
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
Ike Vail Arrest cd Again.

Old Ike Vail, the confidence man. was
arrested again yesterday. with Georg q
Wilson. another crook. Vail had just
induced Anton Stevers. who was about to
sail on JOY Line boat for Providence, TO
part with $67 in return for a bogus certified
check for $3.50. Vail liz 8s years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
Belgian r'c,Iit to Make American Tour.

Special cubic Despatch To TIRE sun.
LONDON, June 2s.-lt is stated that
Rudolph Aronson Of New York has engaged
the Belgian 'celist Loevensohn for tour
Of the United States in November.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
SticbIinE New clubhouse warmed lr

The John Stiebling Association, ne
Republican organization of the Twe'i' \
Assembly dist riot, had house"arnn1,,S
last night, Mr.. Stiebling and James y
Reynolds, the Mayors secretary, we've
among those who made 50 aeches,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
President Rooseyelrs Trip to Oyster Hay

WARRINGTON. June President Roose.
welt will leave Washington for Oyster Bay
tomorrow morning at $40 o'clock, travel
ling in private car attached 10 the regular
express over the Pennsylvania road. He
will be accompanied by Secretary Loeb
and two or three stenographers and clerks,
who will form the Presidents Office force
At Oyster Bay this summer.
The President dined with Secretary Hay
at the Secretarys residence tonight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
KINGS BIRTHDAY OBSERVED.
TroOpinE OF the ColOrs the Main Event Of
the Day.

the Day.
Special Cable Despatch 10 TIE SIN.
LONDON, June 28.-The Kings birthday
celebration was held to-day. this being
the day officially designated, though he
was born on Nov. Q, ls4l. At II o'clock
this morning he witnessed the trooping
of the colors on the Horse Guards Parade,
The Queen, the Prince and Princess of
Wales and other members Of the royal
family were present, as were also the Kfe-
dive of Egypt with large suite; members
of the Government, diplomats and the
members of the American rife team.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27

Itching. Blind. bleeding or Pro,rldirg Piles,
your druggist viii refund your money II pAXO
OINTMENT iAils TO cure you. 20 cents. Ads,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
UNDER THE EYES OF POLICE
In Chicago Young Girls Are stolen and
Held Prisoners Until Sold into
Lives of Shame.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Members of the
council graft committee prebed so deep
into corruption in the levee district
that they stand appalled, at the result
In the mass of evidence before the COM
mittee is the fact proved to the salts
faction of the members that a criminal
traffic in human beings exists with the
knowledge and under the protection of
the police. The Investigators have be-
fore them the statement that young
girls and boys are stolen, sold into slav-
cry, stripped and held prisoners in
rooms unit lthey have been led to lives
of shame and crime.
Several high police officials are in
volved as well as the officers on the
beat who winked at the crime and the
system by which tribute is levied upon
abandoned women and criminals Of
dark Chicago.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
SOLD LOVE FOR A FARM
Hrs. Lille Long. an Iowa Young Wife,
Wants Legal Relief from
III Bad Bargain.

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 3.-Mrs. Lille
Long, a handsome young woman of
% years, related on the witness stand
before Judge Howe in the district court
how, on a chilly October night at
lonely country schoolhouse, near Polk
City, she bartered and sold herself to
Nelson Long, man of 65 years. for an
Iowa farm. Now she says to the court
that she made a bad bargain and wants
10 have it called off, But She wants
more than this. She wants large
portion of her husbands fortune, which
he, has clevely transferred to mis- son,
as alimony.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED
President Roosevelt Designates November
&c as tine Day for Thanking God
for His Mercies.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The presiden
issued Saturday his annual Thanksgiy:
ing proclamation. He designates No
Vember 26 the day and says:
Elm no other place and at no other
time has the experiment of government
Of the people, by the people and for
the people been tried on so vast
scale as here in our own country in
the opening year of the twentieth cen
fury. Failure would not only be
dreadful thing for us, but dreadful
thing for all mankind, because it would
mean loss of hope for all who believe
in the power and the righteousness of
liberty. Therefore, in thanking God
for the mercies extended to us in the
past, we beseech Him that He may
not withhold them in the future. and
that our hearts may be aroused to war
steadfastly for good and against all
the forces of evil. public and private.
We pray for strength and light, SO that
In the coming years We may with
cleanliness, fearlessness and wisdom
do our allotted work on earth in such
manner as to show that we are not al
together unworthy of the blessings We
have received"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
A Base DeceIver.

Abilene, Kan, Nov. "a young
woman and a man who gave their
names as Mary Compton, of Ottawa,
and Daniel Gordon, of Emporia, were
married by the probate judge here yes
terday morning and, as they were
boarding the Rock Island train for Sa-
lima. the groom leaped from the plat
form and ran into nearby cornfield
and has not been heard from since. 1t
Is said Gordon has been married four
times, having deserted all his former
wives after getting money from them.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
BriIliant Display In New York.
EXPLOSION SHOOK CITY.
two Miles from Crestline, O.. Dynamite
Bored a 4O-Foot Hole and Destroyed
500 Freight Cars.

Crestline, O., Nov. "a car contain
Ing dynamite exploded from a sup
posed collision or jar with another car
here last night, setting fire to every car
within a quarter of mile. These set
fire to adjoining cars and at II p. m.
at least 500 loaded and empty box cars
were burning. The explosion occurred
at the west end of the immense Penn
sylvania yards in this city and about
two miles from the city proper. A
hole 40 feet deep was blown in the
ground and the track wrenched into
all kinds of shapes for long distance.
The explosion smashed thousands of
window glass, both plate and pane,
and made many people sick because
of the conclusion. Railroad ties were
blown a quarter of mile.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
HUNT FOR INDIANS.
Give Hundred Men Securing a wy
G oming Country for Redskins.
Two Battles Have Been Fought. But In
Zach Case the Onacers Were Outnum-
bered and thesIndians Came -
on victors.

Denver, COL, Nov. .3.-Fiye hundred
men, including -sheriff's posses, aug
mented by volunteers from the ranches
adjacent, are securing the country in
she vicinity of Lightning creek, in
eastern Wyoming, in search of the
1aHd of Indians which Saturday after
noon fought battle with Sheriff Mil
ier's posse, killing the sheriff and one
deputy, named Fossenburg The latest
advices are to the effect that second
battle has been fought and ten In
dians killed and II others captured,
but this has not yet been verified.
News from the scene of the trouble,
which is % miles from Geographic COM
munication, Is very meager.
The Indians, Is in number, said to
be under the leadership of Charlie Car
ries Elk, are supposed to he Sioux
from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud
agencies in South Dakota. They have
been hunting in the Converse country.
Wyoming, in violation of the game laws
of the state. Sheriff Miller, with
posse, went to the scene OF their depre-
dations last Saturday and for the pur-
pose Of arresting the Indians. The In
dams had received warning of the
coming of the whites and prepared ar
ambuscade for them. The posse would
have been entirely wiped out but for
the fact they were proceeding cautious
w and were. in a measure prepared
for some trick on the part of the In
dams