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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
PAYNE TO LEAVE THE GARNET,
Rumor Spread Abroad, but He Laughs
Over 1t.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, May 2o,-While r. B.
Wynne. son and private secretary OF First
Assistant Postmaster-General Wynne. was
in the city to-day he said he would not be
surprised II Postmaster-G General Payne
resigned before his term expired.
They will never be able to involve MIR.
Payne In the scandals he is now probing. "
said he, -but would not be surprised II
he got tired Of 1t all and resigned his post.
"Mr. Payne will not be forced out, though.
but the strain is telling on his health. He
walks about the corridors bent and stopped .
and his health is being undermined. l do
not know what will be the end Of the matter.
Several heads Of departments have resigned
and l do not know who will be next. or
where the matter will end"
WASHINGTON. May 2o.-When Postmaster
General Payne returned to the Arlington
Hotel at bedtime tonight he found a
dozen newspaper men waiting to ask him
as to the truth Of the report widely pub
lished to day that he was about to resign.
Mr.. Payne would not treat the rumor
seriously, saying, with laugh. that II he
does resign hc viii not do 30 until the Presi'
dent returns to Washington. and that then
he will tell the newspapers all about It.
or course, there is little or no probability
that Mr. Payne will think OF retiring, undeI
any circumstances, until Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow makes his
report Of tho scandal Investigations ano
until the President has seen 1t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
GOT HER son BACK.
v-. W n. West steals Her BOY From Ills
Father on a Vermont Farm.

RUTLAND, Vt, May 20.-Mr. ana Mrs.
william n. West Of Newark. N. D., had a
lively fight for the possession OF their young
son Herbert in the town OF Dahoy. t"en.y
miles south OF here, to-day. About year
aoo West, who had been separated from
his wife for some time, went 10 her nome
in Newark and secured possession OF the
how He took him to Dandy, ana nao MN
boarded in the home OF wen-Kno"h
few oavs ago Mrs. West learned OF the
u,hereabouts Of the lad, and TINS morning
che arrived at Dandy in company WIN ner
mother. Mrs. Z. Myers of Newark. hirih9
n horse and carriage, Mrs. West and MRS.
Mvers drove to the farm where the ooy
20 stayinp. The boy came TO the door
nd was placed 10 the carriage by his motner'
uuho Immediately started at RAPID rate
for the railroad station. = .ho ,,r,,-
Mr., West happened to be in the farm,
house at the time and as soon az ne cuu ad
secure a horse he started In pursuit ariheo'
win n revolver. The chase was not p..
me woman and boy reached the sla H,...
hefors West, and placed themselves
nrder the protection Of the station ageh.
The agent locked the two women aho we
boy in the bagga ge room 70 amM,' and
aarmwoned a deputy sheriff, who, pre-.
vented West from interfering WIZ" wy
women when the train arrived. .r
West still is in Dandy, whiie tRe Wa,
are on their way to New YORK NIs NJ,
gave her address as so Church s'ree'' '''"
ark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
KILLED HERSELF AND BABES.
Mrs. Bachman Cuts tho Threats Of Two
Of Her Children and Commits Suicide.

ALLENTOWN. Pa, May 2o.--Slatington.
town sixteen miles from here. the centre
OF the slate industry in America, had a
triple tragedy to-day. After acting queerly
for several days Mrs. Alvin Bachman, the
wife Of mechanic. cut the threats Of her
two youngest children, Edna, aged ., and
Roy. aged 1, using her husbands razor.
Standing beside her babes as they lay in
their bed, she cut her juguar vein and
crawled into the bath tub to die.
The murders we're committed ABOUT o
o'clock this morning At noon her six
ear-old son came home from school anc.
finding the house locked. crawled through
a window, letting in hie older brother and a
woman boarder. the only ones who came
home for dinner The boarder got din
ner, and the three ate 1t without finding
out about the tragedy upstairs.
The husband, who returned first from
work in the evening, discovered the crime
when he entered the bathroom
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
FIRE SPOILS A MUSICALE.
Hot stampede From = studio Near tho
Waldorf.

he musicale given by Mrs. Harriet
Darling in her vocal studio on the third
floor Of $40 Fifth avenue was rudely inter-
rupted yesterday afternoon by fire start
ing In Mrs. Darling's rooms There were
about forty women and few mon present.
When they discovered the fire there was
panic. .-.. .,,,I
street was Just then singing to her own
accompaniment. Mrs. Darling saw dra-
perry In the cosey corner Of an adjoining
room blaze up Mth9u d , SAYING ahe "S f,Ta
and tried to pull down the blazing drapery.
The flames spread rapidly, and Mrs. Darling
began to scream, for her back hair had
caught fire and in putting that out she
burned her hands.
danger and told them Of the fire for the
first time. The women yelled and everyone
made rush for the door except Miss
Gallagher. She kept on singing till it
was too hot to stay any longer, A.
house, ran into the room and tried to put
the blaze out by pulling down the burning nm
draperies. He got his hands slightly
burned. Meantime Charles Heckmen,
clothier. who occupies the first hoor ran
to the fire box at Fifth avenue and Thirty
The fire apparatus in responding 70 the
alarm had two accidents which added
to the excitement the screams OF FIRE
had caused in the street. The building is
lust south OF Thirtythird street. Persons
In the Waldorf Astoria who happened te
he at the open windows OF the hotel got a
GOOD view of Mrs. Darling's escaping
Guests and also of the accidents to the
fire apparatus. .,,,;- ,o,,,.,
Coming down the avenue. at ihirty-iourtl
street the tender of Engine 65 hit hanson
driven by William Mooney OF las West
twentieth street. The cab was over.
| turned and Mooney and man inside OF
! the cab were thrown from their seats
! Neither was hurt. The avenue was crowded
with vehicles and there was great pranc'
ing about of horses frightened by the
raeket Coachmen had all they could dc
Truck "a, going to the fire through Thirty
third street, which west OF Fifth avenue J.
| always lined with cabs on each side hi
Some of the cabs 80 hard that the horses
were pushed up on the curb. Their driver
/ added to the excitement by swearing at thu
| firemen. a., s,o .ho,
| made short work Of it. II never got beyond
The two rooms. Mrs. Darling placed he
loss at s7OO She said that none OF he
nupils or guests was hurt in the stampede
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
SUICIDE FROM FERRyBOAT.
oiing bull Left Letter to His Sweetheart
Telling OF His Intention.

William Bull, the eighteen year-old son
If Theodore Bull of 70 Watkins avenue,
NIiddletown, n. Y, committed suic ide
by jumping from the upper deck OF the
Pennsylvania terryboat Cincinnati yester..
Gay afternoon. Young Bull was employed
in the straw hat factory OF Marx N. * = CO. FL.
Newark, y. j., and boarded with the family
Of Elmer A. Russell at "A Orchard street.
that city. ,r,-u
MIR. Russell formerly lived in Middle
town and when he removed to Newark
Bu who had been atten yet to H M,ss N of
cheerfml disposition until few days ago,
when he received a letter from a lawyer o
the contents OF which are not known. ne
was very melancholy yesterday and com
planned Of a severe pain in the head, ia at
The same time remarking that ne felt ike
sending a bullet through his brain.
He left his house early yesterday after
noon. promising 70 return In time ior sup ~,
per When he did not return the 1amIy
became uneasy, and going to the young
mans room found letter addressed TO inc
grl, in which he told her of his intention
10 commit suicide.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
JOE BAILEY SELLS HIS FARM.
Texas senator Says He Couldn't Pay At
tention to Agriculture.

DALLAS, Tex, May 2o,-Before leaving
Dallas for his home in Gainesville, United
States Senator j. W. Bailey authorized
the statement that all Of his Grapevine
Prairie ranch has been sold. This closes
Mr.. Bailey's farming operations in Dallas
county.
Senator Bailey said he had sold the place
because it was impossible for him to pay
attention to it. He had, he said spent
one day on the farm in eighteen months
and such inattention as this would never
bring in any profits The Grapevine Prairie
ranch was bought from the Hon. Barnett
Gibbs. In contains 5000 acres OF the
choicest black waxy land in Northern
Texas. About one-half was planted to
Grain and cotton crops and the remainder
pastured with blooded stock. The price
OF the land is said to be $50 an acre. The
live stock is yet to be disposed OF.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
JOHN BOYD WALKER DEAD
or Pneumonia. Exactly Week After Clsu.
dia Guernsey's Suicide.

John Boyd Walker, the companion for
more than year Of Mrs. Claudia Guernsey,
who committed suicide week ago yester-
day in the Hotel Navarro, died ofpneumonia
early yesterday morning at the home OF
his wife, East Twenty-second street.
Walker left his wife for Mrs Guernsey,
and Mrs. Walker frequently appealed to
him to return to her. About the end of
April Walker told the Guernsey woman
that he intended to leave her and 90 back
to his wife. A few days later Mrs. Guernsey
committed suicide by taking carbolic acid
After the funeral OF Mrs. Guernsey
Walker went back to live with his wife, who
keeps a boarding house On the day of
the funeral he was in n cafe adjoining his
wfe's establishment and is said to have
been in an extremely buoyant mood. Next
day he was down with pneumonia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
MORE CHAMBERMAID GIFTS.
Presents Pouring In on the Woman VINO
wouldn't ke Booker Washington's Bed.


INDIANAPOLIS, May 2o.--Mrs. Lulu Hadley,
whose refusal to make up Booker T. Wash
ington's bed at the English Hotel caused
her discharge and brought her many prcs-
ents and compliments from the South,
began to-day to receive compliments and
presents from near home. One Of them
was gold watch and chain. 1t was de-
livered by a messenger. 1t was from
"Citzens OF Indianapolis.
The checks and orders received to-day
aggregated $500. She also received word
that the citizens Of Houston have begun
to raise a fund for her. At a meeting this
week $500 was subscribed, and the Houston
Chronicle is raising a larger fund by sub
scriptions, acknowledged in a column
headed For self-respecting girl"
Subscriptions are coming in from all
parts of Texas, and 1t is true that the Houston
people will do better than even the New
Orleans people, who sent her $1,000 at the
meeting held in Houston.
One of the speakers said that he had
more respect for girl who refused to make
up Booker T. Washington's bed than for
a President who dined with him
The Board of Children's Guardians to-day
fled suit for possession Of the adopted
child OF Mrs. Hadey. She and her hu g.
band are not living together and he has
applied for divorce, in the meantime hav-
ing the custody OF the child. The board
,, charges that 1t is being neglected. Mrs.
Hadley said to-day that she hoped the
guardians would get the child.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
DRANK POISON NEAR HOSPITAL
Woman Kills Herself on the Steps Of the
University Medical College.

A tall blonde woman, middle aged, COM
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon on the
steps of the New York University Medical
College in East Twenty sixth street. OPP
posite the entrance to Bellevue Hospital
She drank carbolic acid.
DR.. Warren, an inferno in the hospital,
found her lying on the steps. She was
carried into the hospital, but died few
minutes after being taken there. She had
in her pocket card Of DR.. Fred de Kraft,
249 West Fifty-fourth street. DR.. de Kraft
identified the body last night as that OF
Freda Steixner, the wife Of truck
man living at sol East Ninety-second street.
DR.. de Kraft had treated her for melan-
cholia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
UNIONS ARE GOING TOO FAR.
BISHOP POTTER SAYS THEY MAY
HAVE TO LEAVE NEW YORK.
People Not Interested in Their Couteo.
lions Suffer. He Says-Bamcs Petty
Bosses for Part OF tho Troubie-Urves
Citizens to Take Employer Part.

ORANGE. N. j.. May 90 Bishop Henry
c. Potter of New York was the principal
speaker at the dinner OF the Civics Club
OF Orange, given in the Essex County
Country Club, West Orange, tonight,
The Bishop was down to talk on his book.
"The Citizen in His Relation to the Industrial
Situation but he confined himself to
brief discussion OF the industrial situation
in the country as 1t was affected by trades
unions.
Bishop Potter said the conditions which
confronted the people of Amer ca to-day
were largely of their own making. He
declared that one person had more TO 90
with the situation than any one else and
that was the manager, or boss, 81 a SHOP or
factory, not because he tried TO Under
stand the interests Of the working man. but
because he wanted to get out OF the work
ngiman all he possibly could for the benef,t
of his employer, and the imperious manner
of the foreman or boss did much to foster
the i'll feeling
| Il believe the folly of the labor organiza-
! tons has in several instances alienated a
! great deal of the sympathy that would
! otherwise have gone to them said the
( Bishop Zone thing we must realize ia that
! the community is not made up OF either
laborers or capitalists, but rather OF those
between. who are very largely affected
! by these differences.
1.-THE time may come when organised
labor may make itself SO unpleasant that
I, it may not be able to stay in New York.
"The great stumbling block In organized
labor is that the freedom Of the individual
is invaded That must be corrected.
believe great service you and can render
to the age and to the classes who work
among US with their hands is to understand
them and turn in and help the other side
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
s.YEAR-OLD MASCOT KILLED
While Manhattan Collese Celebrated Base
ball vict ory Over Cornell.

Nine-year-old Lee Thornton. the mascot
OF the Manhattan College baseball team,
which defeated the Cornell nine at Ithaca
yesterday by a score Of 4 to 0. was killed
last night while celebrating the victory
in the Manhattan College grounds at is5th
street and Broadway.
The boy was the son OF William T. Thorn
ton OF PA West l39th street, and was in the
preparatory department Of the college.
When the news Of this victory was re-
ceived at the college the students all got
out into the college grounds to cheer. Young
Thornton climbed up tree, and from that
to the fifteen-foot fence that runs around
the grounds. In some way he lost his bal
ance and fell, fracturing his skull. He died
in J. Hood Wright Hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
NO COMMISSIONS.
London Hotel Clerk probably Some Kind
OF Duke) TO MIR. Conant.

VI NuNCJ w ~V''e''
Charles A. Conant. treasurer OF the Nor
ten Trust Company, who is member OF
the United States Commission on Inter-
national Exchange. which started on its
mission on Tuesday on the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, sent the following cable mes
sage to the Hotel Russell, London, fort
night ago:
Can you reserve eight rooms for American
monetary commission party arriving in
London May rs? Answer MoRToN. N. Y.
This reply. signed by a hotel clerk. was
received by letter few days before the
commission sailed:
In reply to your inquiry for rooms. We beg
to say that we never pay commission for
reservng rooms.
This answer made MIR. Conant little
hot, and he sent this cablegram, to which
he had received no reply when he sailed:
Inquiry for rooms was In behalf Of COM
mission appointed by Government. The
United States is not in the habit Of asking
for commissions on hotel accommodations
reserved for its representatives
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
PAID $4,000 FOR THEIR LIVES
Three wealthy Jews at kishtne6 bousht
Protection From the Governor.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE Sun.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE Sun
LONDON, May 2i.--A despatch to the
Morning Leader from Vienna says that
fugitives from Kishinef state that shortly
before the massacre Gov, Raaben asked
three wealthy Jews to loan him $4,000
They refused.
When the outbreak occurred the Gov
ernor granted them the protection OF a
Cossack guard on the payment OF $4,000
ST. PETERSBURG. May 20.-1n addition
to Gov. Won Raaben, the chief Of police at
Kishinefr has been dismissed for failure te
suppress the riots. According to Russian
law, officials who neglect their duties are
responsible for the results OF their neglect
and Jews at Kishineff have filed great
number Of claims for damages against
Won Raaben and other local authorities
The cases against Won Raaben will be triec
by the Senate and the others by lower
cotrts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
po,,,,cal Assassination In Texas.

CAHRrzo, Tex. May pa detachment OF
State Rangers has been ordered here to pre-
vent further bloodshed as result OF the
nnIitical feud engendered by the assas-
r,;nation yesterday OF DR.. A. D. McCabe
If this place. DR.. .McCabe was can
d;date for County Judge at the last election
and was defeated. He was shot and Killed
while on his way to his home by an unknown
person The members Of the two political
factions are going about armed, and con-
Act ia likely to occur at any time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
HELEN GOCLDS EXPLORERS.
Tolman Expedition starts TO Search Europe
for the Good.

DR.. W. H. Tolman, director of the Ameri-
can Institute Of Social Service, sailed yes.
terday by the Holland America steamship
Potsdam on four months trip in Europe
as head of an expedition equipped by Miss
Helen Miller Gould in a search for the
good" The expedition will look over
and photograph the parks, play grounds,
ali the things that contribute to the health,
progress and beauty Of a city, including
Street signs. DR., Tolman. will give. public
talks, telling what America is doing, at
the Music Social in Paris, the Imperial;
ROYAL Technical Museum in Vienna and
at places in Italy and Great Britain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
IN CASE or NOISE, LEDERLE.
Here's the Prescription. and II Can He
Taken by Telephone.

Health Commissioner Lederle was called
up by telephone at 2:so o'clock yesterday
morning and notified that large electric
bell in front Of an electricians shop at
1862 Sixth avenue had been ringing all the
evening and keeping sleep from the eyes
of residents Of West Eleventh street. The
citizen said that the bell was too high to
reach and that no policeman was to be
found.
At $50 o'clock policeman came around
and notified the complainant at his home
that the bell ringing had been stopped
The complainant already knew it,
DR.. Lederle's prompt action was the
subject of appreciative comment all over
the neighborhood yesterday. This is twice
in two days that he has quelled the unruly
noises of the night by making the police
get up and get.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
SAVED THREE FROM DROWNING.
Volunteer Life Savers Go to tho Rescue
OF Men Whose boat Upset.

OF Men Whose Boat Upset.
John Scherer, Arthur Startee and Henry
Holtz. who are said to be members OF the
Morris Yacht Club at City Island, were
rescued from drowning in Pelham Bay
near the City Island bridge, Yesterday after
noon. The men took stone weighing about
five hundred pounds dAt in small skin TO
make yacht mooring and in droppins the
stone overheard overturned their skin.
Startee and Holtz were caught under
the boat and Scherer. who can swim only
a little, began to struggle in the water near
the boat.
Capt. William Newbeck and Lieut.: Emil
Genheimer Of the Volunteer Life Saving
Corps put out at once in boat. Genheimer
rescued Scherer.
Capt. Newbeok got under the skin ana
got Startee and Holtz out
Scherer was taken ashore unconscious.
and it took doctor half an hour to revive
him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
ACTOR SAVES DROWNING BOYS
Lawrence Weber Jumps Into the Wstoe
at Ocean Beach and Rescues Two.

Lawrence Weber Jumps INTO tno WstoF
At Ocean Beach and Rescues Two.
NEW LONDON Conn. May 7o.-Two boyaI
were swimming OF tho end Of . pdeS'
at Ocean Beach this noon. and one wae
seized with cramps. He sank and pulled
his mate below the surface. Several mem.
bers of the king Dodo' comic opera com.
pany were on shore, and half dozen others
of the company were In a naphtha launch
near the pier. Among them was Lawrence
Weber.
Weber saw the drowning boys and jumped
to the wharf He threw Oh his coat and
waistcoat and plunged in. He separated
the struggling boys hauled the youth with
cramps to some piles, where he was helped
by the other members OF tho company TO
land the boy on the pier. The lad was
resuso itated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
BRIDEGROOM Backed Out; Bride = suicide.

MOBILE, Ala, May 2o.-News was re-
ceived here to-day from Lannatte, Ala.
Of the suicide OF Miss celia Lawrence, who
was to have been married at o'clock yes,
,erday morning. The bride, was dressed .1
groom fingered. When the hour for the
marriage had passed the young ;n wq RiMnr
slipped away to the Chattahoochle hiVer
and drowned herself. 1t was learned later
that the prospective bridegroom had writ
len a note saying that he could not marry
Nica
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
TAX RATE 1.42 OR LESS.
Excess OF Sinking Fund Revenues Greater
Than Waa Expected.

Deputy Comptroller Stevenson reported
"a the Sinking Fund Commission yesterday
that the e1cess revenues from the sinking
fund available under the new law for the
revenue fund would this year amount to
a. 1892 $3.50, which is more than had been
expected The Comptroller suggested that
Is 500 900 OF this amount should be carried
to the general fund. and a resolution TO
that effect was adopted. Mr. Grn,' said
It meant the reduction Of the tax rate this
wear to l.42 or less.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
LORD Monsoon TO WE'D AMERICAN.
His Enhancement to Mrs. Turnure. Daugh.
ter OF Gen. stone. Is Announced.
speetaI Gable Despatch to THE S

loNpoN. May 2o.-Lord Monson. Homo
rary A,tache to the British Embassy at
paris. will shortly marry Mrs. Turnure,
daughter of Gen, Roy Stone of the United
States Army
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
suicide In wheeI,nen's Clubhouse

Thomas F. Frazer, who had been a bar
tender at the Century Wheelmen's Ciub'
killed himself Yesterday in his room IN
,he chbho,,se At $40 Amsterdam avenue,
Ivy ny drinking ca rboic acid, The club gave We
MP its bar recently because OF the ihcreas mere, ta
liquor tax, and Frazer had worried over 'he
.oss of his Job.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
.,umm From Fourth Floor windo"

Frank Kelly, a porter, who had been on.
Of work. went TO see his mother at 52s West
r,;,, ,,"saron,h street, Yesterday after
noon. and Jumped out OF the fourth story
virdow, He broke both arms ana iess ai'o
din~ j., Roosevelt uosptnl last nigh'.
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ROCK Isandtiukct OF COS a iol ilond"syanaS,'
ST and 80 we. -" vc''sh. hNt'e,S on morn
ZION u her. vow can ma rut ''r'Ni'irs sN"''
western t.,9 'tS, ,,..'. ltttuFt t"'h' o'v '""'
california. Texas and SO Ito CANT. "tAtss 49,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21

Greener. Commelclai Assni O. .he nnIted stntes
ehuris Is pu blished IS the New Iork Central" 4
nnv All he m Allied on receipt OF ve cents In sta m
SSUypE Il. Dsniels General Passenger Agent, New
York.-Ads
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-The goth Century Limited" Ma New YORK C'n-
trnl and Lake shore, leaves New YORK 40 a.,
arrives Chicago Gas next morrlnG. --.Net'
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Fer the Connoisseur
pn Nan


The MIDDAY chicago Limited
leayes Grand Central Station at 100 NJ, arrives
Chic1eo ii so next morning. 81. Louis Gi5 nett
evening, via New York Central.-tdr