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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
HARPER MADE LOW BLUSH
When He Said: MAY He Not Become Pres
dent OF the United States?'

dent OF the United States?'
CHICAGO, Oct 2.-President Harper Of
the University Of Chicago started boom
for the Presidency Of the United States on
behalf Of Mayor Seth Low. to-day.
Mr.. Low was about to address the students
in Kent hall, when President Harper
stepped forward and said:
We once had with W in this hall Gov
ernor mckinley. who became President
Of the United States Later we had with
US a Police Commissioner (Roosevet),
who became President of the United States
To-day we have with us the Mayor Of a
great city. and may he not also become
President OF the United States?"
The last word was drowned in the yels
OF the students, who kept up the noise for
several minutes. while Mayor Low stood
bhushing. The visitor did not dwell on the
subject OF his Presidential chances. He
plunged at once into matters of study and
told the students to apply themselves.
After the meeting, Mayor Low was taken
through the college buildings, and then a
tour OF the south park system WIS made
In an automobile.
Mr.. Low took the Twentieth Century
Limited for New York at the Englewood
station. he declined to discuss the de-
velopments in tho political situation in
New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
MIGHT BUY MINES IN AFRICA.
NEGROES IN CONVENTION PLAN
MING INDUSTRIAL SCHEMES.
II Every Negro in the Country Would Pay
40 Cents . Month Fund Of $50. OOO..
600 Could BE Raised In Single Year
Mines Belong TO an African Chief.

II Every Negro In tie Country WOuM ray
40 Cents Month q Fund Of $50. 600.
600 Could BE Raised In q Single Year
Mines Belong 10 an African Chief.
The Commercial American Negro Ma
tional Convention, which has been holding
its sessions in the Bridge street African
Methodist Episcopal Church, decided yes
terday to organize an association for the
purpose Of embarking upon various bust
ness enterprises. including the purchase
Of five gold mines In Africa and several
sugar plantations In Cuba.
The name of the new organization is
the American Negro Cooperative and In
dustrial Association. 1t is going to raise
funds by taxing all its members 40 cents Q
month. The committee on ways and means,
which made this suggestion. figured that
II all the 10000, 600 negroes In the country
joined the association fund Of $50, 900 900
could be raised In one year. In four years
the fund would amount to $500 900 COO,
the annual interest of which at I per cent
would amount to q, 100000. It Ia this sum
which the association hopes to use for
business purposes.
Alfred c. Cowan, a Brooklyn lawyer.
and colored man, told the convention
that he thought the association might
probably invest some of it's funds in five
gold mines which he knew Of In West Africa.
A friend Of his who visited him in June
had made a personal investigation Of the
mines. They belong to an African chief
whose family has held them for $50 years.
A French firm had got possession of one Of
them and has been trying to get the others,
but the chief is hostile to both French and
English According to Mr. Cowan's friend
the chief would be willing to sell out to an
American firm. especially one composed
OF negroes. The richness Of the mines
is attested to by the friend, who says that
the French mine yielded $50, 900 during
the month Of June. Mr.. Cowan expects
to send mining engineer who, he says,
has worked for one of the great captains
Of industry Of America to examine the
property.
Mr. Cowan also advocated the purchase
OF land in Cuba. While describing the
fertility of that country he was interrupted
by some one in the audience who inquired:
DO they raise 'possums there, too7"
This seemed to be said in a sarcastic
vein.
The president OF the new organization 10
James A. Roston Of Brooklyn, who served
as a Lieutenant in the Spanish
War. 1t was explained by the officers OF
the association that they hoped to work
in con junction with Booker T. Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
NO THIRD TICKET FOR NIXON.
Now He Says He Was Only . Candidate for
the Regular Nomination.


the Regular Nomination.
Louis Nixon did not come out yesterday
with an Endorsement Of the Democratic city
ticket To questions as to how he felt
shout it, what his attitude would be, and
whether he intended to support it. he re-
piled.
They do not require an answer
Asked II he intended to run as an inde-
pendent candidate for Mayor. Mr.. Nixon
replied;
shave said that was candidate for the
Democratic nomination. I have never
said that was candidate for any other
nsNnihation than that Of the Democratic
convention held last night.
iy Mr.. Nixon explained that he was not at
the convention because he was left OF the
list OF delegates. He wasn't a delegate
because of orders, he said.
r., Some Of Mr.. Nixon's friends said they
!. didn't think much of Mr.. Murphys leader
ship at the convention
Murphy didn't play good politics, said
one Of them. What he should have done
3 was TO have arranged to let the convention
get away from him, and nominate Fairchild
and Metz Then he would have Hugh
Mclaughlin and the Brooklyn bunch tied
to him His position wouldn't have been
touched and there would have been no
dissatisfaction"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
ONE TRAMP KILLED IN BATTLE
Party Of Six Resist Minnesota OMicers and
All Arc Wounded.

ANNANDALE, MINI, Oct. 2.-In a fight
tbs afternoon between q Sheriff's posse
and gang Of six hoboes the leader Of the
tramps was killed and another MORALLY
wounded, two others were seriously in
jured and the remaining two were slightly
hurt.
Sheriff Young and Deputy Nugent were
called to South Haven. near here, to arrest
the hoboes. The men were found In a
freight car The officers entered and in
formed the men that they were under ar
rest. The tramps drew revolvers and
surrounded the officers, who were COM
PEELED to alight They were then held up
FOR their arms and handouts, after which
they were told to disappear.
The officers came back to town, raised a
posse and returned. After search the
hoboes, lined up for battle, were located
in field. A summons to surrender was
answered by volley, when the posse
opened fire and every one Of the six fell
One was found dead and the others, all
wounded, were placed in Jail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

will open ths evening al Cooper Union, when ad-
dresses will be delivered BY Prof Richard Gottheii
Cyrus L. SulIbergeI, the Rev. DR.. N. H. Harris,
the Rev. II. Mas!!ansky. MI T. W. Levin Epstein
and Mr.. J. DE Haas
Jacob A. Ris will lecture on THE Battle With the
SlumS at ths Majestic Theatre on Sunday after
noon at o'clock. There will BE- music by
chorus and orchestra and tenor solos by bernard
Landino. Admission Is free. The lecture Is for
men only.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
MRS. BURNEY'S LOST JEWELS.
Finder Has Sent Her Railroad Pass Back
hut Not the yaIuableS,

Mrs. Hamilton P. Burney, whose hus-
band is proprietor OF the Elberon Hotel at
Long Branch, lost bag containing $500
worth of jewelry some private papers and
a railroad pass on Pennsylvania Railroad
ferryboat on Sept. %.
Mr.. Burney advertised for the return OF
the property, but got no response until
Thursday, when some one sent him a letter
containing the railroad pass, but not the
jewelry. The letter was sent from the
General Post Office in this city.
The sender Of the letter has put Mr.
Burney to the expense Of paying for two
more advertisements. One asks the writ err
to open negotiations for the return of the
jewelry and the other offers $500 reward
for it's return.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
Frayiey Throws His Banner Out.

Senator James j. Frawley had great
banner raising Last night at Eighty sixth
street and Third avenue, and, Of course,
there was speechifying and whooping 1t
up for Mcclellan, Circuit and Fornes. Ex-
Commissioner Edward G. Sheehy was one
who told what great men these are.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
OUT TO DO UP THE FOREMAN
Discharged Workmen Riot Across the Way
From Fulton Cuttings.

Discharged NOrkmen Moi Across the way
From Fulton Cuttings.
A small sized riot took place last night
in front OF is East Sixty seventh street.
where a house is being torn down. Pat
Lunaberg, the foreman in charge. dis
charged hall dozen Italian laborers yes
terday morning. They hung about the
neighborhocd during the day, and last
night, when Lunaberg finished work and
was leaving the building. they attacked
him.
The foreman was badly beaten and kicked,
Some Of the other workmen came to his
assistance and stones and pieces Of wood
were thrown In all directions, The police
Of the East Sixty-seventh street station
swooped down on the fighters and sue
ceeded in arresting four Italians. Luna
berg was taken to the Mount Sinai Hospital
and treated for fractured nose and Jaw
The fight occurred across the way from
r. Fulton Cuttings home
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
SHEPARD on THE FENCE.
He'll Jump After Comforting With TN
High Minded McI.aughlinites.

Those who are guessing where Edwart
NJ. Shepard's sympathies are in this cam.
paign may make the most Of this state
ment, which Mr. Shepard gave out yes
terday:
I shall not publicly express my opinion
upon the extraordinary proceedings OF the
Democratic city convention or upon the
municipal campaign until in addition t9
the composition Of the ticket nominated
composltion OF the fusion ticket. or until
shall have fully conferred with ths Kings
triotic and high minded Democratic poll
tics for several years past deserves the honor
and gratitude of every patriotic citizen.
whatever his party name or relation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
EyENs OFFERED on LOW.

Tammany Money wanted in the Curb Mar
ket to Back Mcclellan.
Active betting upon the result Of the
city election has not yet begun in Wall
Street. Some Of the curb brokers had
several hundred dol lars OF Low betting
money yesterday, which they offered to
wager even that he will be elected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
Charles f. ogden for the Assembly.

ROCHESTER,, Oct. 2,--Charles F.. Ogden
was nominated for the Assembly by tho
Rel ublicans Of the Third Monroe district
tonight. denomination was refused the
Hon. George Herbert Smith by the or
ganizat ion and he did not contest at the
convention. Mr. Ogden Is a son Of the late
Hon. Darius Ogden OF Yates county, for
merly State Canal Commissioner and closely
associated with Samuel j. Tilden in break
ing UP tho canal frauds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
Fire in stuyycsant Apartment House

Fire in stuyvcsant Apartment House
Fire In rubbish at the bottom Of an air
shaft in the Stuyvesant apartment house,
at lt2 East Eighteenth street, resulted in
considerable damage in the basement
last night and brought t25 occupants down.
stairs In varied and generally sea ntygarb
to the office, where they stood about until
Il was seen that no further danger was to
be apprehcpded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
New Plays for Eleanor Robson.

When Eleanor Robson begins her New
York engagement at the Garrick Theatre
in january she will be we'll equipped with
new plays. George Tyler has selected two
for her. One is dramatization by Israel
Zangwll Of his story Merely Mary Ann"
and the other an original play by Mrs,
Humphry Ward and Louis N Parker, en-
titled agatha Each will be tried on
Miss Robson's preliminary tour, and a
selection will then be made for her ap'
pearance here
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
MR.. DEvERY DOESN'T ACCEPT YET

Puts on the Meeting At which He Was to
Take His Mayoraity Nomination.
Mr.. Devery's followers met last night to
hear the ex-Chief accept an independent
nomination for Mayor and to nominate an
Alderman. On Devery's motion the meet
ing was ad journed to next Wednesday night.
"In view OF the fact that the convention
last night nominated candidates without
representation from this district and that
the fusion party contemplates THROWN
out circuit and Fornes, who they nominated"
was Big Bills excuse for the postpone
ment
Deyery was asked II his organization
intended to put Grout and Fornes on their
ticket.
$40 you think it would help emf was
his only answer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
CROKER DID 1T, SAYS GOULD

II New York Wants the Old H0ss Hack,
Elect Mcclellan.
City Chamberlain Gould, the Mayors
close friend. said yesterday of McClellan's
nomination.:
1T is the hand of Croker, wherever the
voice came from. 1t was boasted at the
Tammany convention that 1t could not be
shown that Tammany ever had stolen
q dollar from the city treasury. Tammany
makes 1t point to get the money before It
gets to the city's box. If New York wants
Croker back the way is easy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
Republican Assembly Nominations II
OnOndaga County.

SYRACUSE, Oct. 2.-Rspublican candidates
for the Assembly In the four districts Of On
ondaga county were to-day nominated ~
follows: First, Frank X. Wood Of Onondaga;
second. Edward Schoeneck; third, Martin
l.. Cabin and fourth. Frederick W. Ham
mond
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03

. Leader Charles r. Murphy OF Tammany
Hall went to see "The Runaway at the
/ Casino last night. He occupied box with
Matthew Donohue. Mr. Murphy seemed
TO enjoy the performance after his strenu-
!. Gus work Of the night before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
GROU7'IAN.A.

independents Who Arc Independent OF
Morality May support Hlm-Philbin.
Eugene B. Philbin contributed sentence
TO Groutiana yesterday:
1T seems to me that the only independent
Dem ocrats who can support him are those
Who are independent Of morality" he said.
Mr.. Philbin thinks Low will be reelected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
70 AGREE ON UNION TICKETS.

Republican and Citizens' COMMITTEES to
! Choose Aldermen and Assemblymcn.
A conference committee Of six has been
appointed by the Republicans and the
Citizens Union to settle all differences
over the nomination Of Assemblymen,
Aldermen and Municipal Court Justice.
TIE Citizens Union representatives are
r. X. l.. Gould, E. n, Wheeler and Charles
b. Strong. George r. Sheldon Ii the head
Of tie Republican committee.
"The Republican and Citizens Union
columns will be alike said President
Bruce Of the Republican county committee
yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
DAVIS PLAY FOR EDESON.
The N0velist's Drsmatization Of Ransom
Folly" to He Seen Jan. Is.

Henry B. Harris secured yesterday, by
arrangement with Charles Frohman, the
play which Richard Harding Davis has
made from his story, 'Ranson's Folly,
and which is to have the same name.
at the close of his Pacific Coast tour in
SOLDIERS of Fortune" also Davis play.
-Ranson's Folly" will be seen for the first
time on Jan. is at the New Hudson Theatre,
which opens on Oct. 10 with Leo Ditrch-
STEMS comedy, whats the Matter with
SUSAN" Alice Fischer will be the star of
this comedy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
Democratic judicial Nominations.

SARATOGA, Oct. 2.--Richard l.. Hand
OF Elizabethtow n. Essex county, and Thomas
Sprntt OF Ogdensburg, st. Lawrence
county. were this afternoon nominated
for Justices OF the Supreme Court by the
Fourth Judicial District Democratic oon-
YentiOn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
JEFF LEVY WITH 4 BURDEN.

Carries His Borough Candidacy to tho Club,
but Murphy Wasn't There.
Leader Murphy was resting yesterday
not show UP at Tammany, nor was he seen
at the Democratic Club last night
jefferson NJ Levy was st the club, though,
with his candidacy for Borough President.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
To TeIl Mcclellan on Msnday.

! TIC. T. Grain In chairman OF the COMMITTEES
10 notify Col. Mcclellan Of his nomination
a. Mayor. The COMMITTEES will probably
tell Col. Mcclellan about II Monday night
= at the Murray Hill Hotel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
ScanneIl knew 'Twould BE Grout and
FOrnes.

George F. Scannell, Tammany leader of
the Twenty fifth district. swung out his
Mcclellan banner at Broadway and Twenty
seventh street yesterday morning. 1t car
ries tho names of Grout and Fornes, too.
The painter put them on the ticket three
DAYS ahead of the convention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
TANGLED IN THE TICKER TAPE
Why Bourke Cochran Wasn't on Hand 10
Nominate Mcclellan.

1t came out yesterday that Tammany
had expected to produce W. Bourke Cochran
at the convention to nominate Col. McClel-
Ian, and to answer any attacks from Brook
Ign. The negotiations got tangled up in
the ticker tape and couldn't be Strengthened
out in time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
Real Estate
FLATS THE FEATURE
Rental Agents Are the Busiest Of
the Realty Handlers These
Days. -
Far Sighted Builders Erect Apart
ment Houses So as to Reduce
Depreciation.

Rental agents are the busy ones in
the real estate world just now. Trans
fers of property are frequent and the
real estate business proper is fairly
good but the rental men are busily
engaged in filling up the unrented
properties in their hands and putting
the rest in presentable shape.
This is the time of the year when
flats are papered. Nearly every house.
wife that is a fiat dWeller has visited
the wall paper dealers the past two
weeks and spent days in securing
something to suit her taste and which
comes in the limits set by the land
lord. Very frequently the paper does
not look the same on the wall as it
did in the shop and has to be done all
over again, at the expense Of the
tenant, of course, but it makes good
business for the paper man.
Landlords are somewhat more lib
eral this year in offers of repairs and
improvements. This indicates that
the owners, feeling little flush over
the frequent advances in rent, have
grown more liberal.
Experience seems to show that the
supply Of flats is not more than
enough. At Thirteenth and Yale a
new building is going up; remodeling
Of a building at Grant and Nicollet
is in progress, and a building on Hen
nepin near TWenty-secOnd is probable
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Leonard Gerlinger and wife to Virginia NJ.
Wright's ga ADDITION 81 100 ~ .
LYDIA G: .Hoyt ct al. to Julia NJ Nelson ct
al part of lot z block Calhoun Park SILL Ill
Lagereust part Of lot 4, block g. Bradford &
lots 2 to 5, block 49, Remingtons second addi-
United States Mortgage and Trust company to
3, Bradford \ Bassett's addition, $685.
Albert 3. Beadle and wife to Emily Lindsey
r r s ots and rearFansement of Tor
Frank Q. Steel and wife to. Anna G: Lind
BERG lot block T. Fair View Park Lake Min
Alex Campbell and wife to Minnie J. Lloyd, lot
"a, block II, Motor Line addition, $3.50:
Alice NJ. Carter and husband to Otto S. LOT
$ $ssn St al" l" section T. township Ill., range 2s
Wendell Hertig to Charles Novak ct al. lots
!; and 20 % and 70, block 3, West Minneapolis
,ot John N Knapp and md wife to Pauline Ruof
Ora L. Latham and husband to John D. Sutton
ct al, lot 5, block 80, Remingtons second addi-
Adelaide R. rappan to Winifred NJ Tappan,
lot r.: ?, block T. Rand's addition, $4,000.
John A Arnold and wife to Matthias Thomas
part Of lots and 5. block 2, Bottineau's add
William H. Thurston and wife to Samuel H
Ihurston, part of lots and 5, block g. McIn
tyre Brothers Cottage Grove addition, etc.
Lowell A. Sterling and wife to Mrs. Mary Till
man, part of lot 2. block 1, Harrison Street sup
plement, $1,000.
Winifred NJ Tappan aud husband to United
States 1nstallnent Realty company. lot 13, block
i, Rem1ngton's second addition. So. 500.
Ida Stone and husband to Sophie iYinarsky LOT
10 and north one-half of lot IS. block II, Meeke,
| Island Land and Power company's addition $500
Samuel W: Dunn and wife to VIM: 6. Wood
| lots II, -. Il and Is, Academy addition, 500
! George AIcAllister (guardian) to Charles Giuek
| part lot II, block 1. Willard & Casseday's add
| ton. $500.
Walter G.: Bryant to Charles Clueck, lot 70
! block 1, Willard & Casseday's addition 800
| James G. Young Land company to Ira E
| Georfe, lot ?: block 1. Balls addition, 1926.
Seraphine Plante and husband to John NJ
| Fox, lot 10, block 10, Osseo $1,000.
Isaac Peterson ct al. to Reuben D. Eppley
part lot Z block "a, Murphy's addition. So 40
| Anna NJ. Willis (administratrix) to Ander
| Berne lot 3, block Z. c. L. Willis addition
| 81. 100.
Herman NJ. Thaxter to Walter Rabcock, lot 1;
| and part lot IA, Calders first addition $500
Gardner Fuller and wife to John A. Arnold
part lots and s, block 2, Bottineau's addition
81, $50. :. -
| Fine minor deeds, $117.
| Total, thirty-three deeds, $685.
BUILDING PERMITS.
| Five minor permits, $1,57O. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
STRUCTURES THAT LAST

Builders of some of the flats in Min
neapolis are shortsighted if it is their
purpose to put up structures which
will not depreciate in value and which
will continue to bring in profitable re-
turns. Such cheap material is used,
to make a saving In the original cost
that the repair account becomes very
large in a short time. In one case in
mind it is possible to separate the gas
chandeliers into parts by a simple
jerk of the wrist and carpenters have
spent the summer reducing the hum
mocks which have formed in the hard
wood flooring.
The owner Of one Of the three
buildings just mentioned has g
broader view Of things. AlthO he
knows that in ten years his property
will, in the course Of progress, be.
come so much more valuable fol
stores that he will have to tear doWr
his building, the best material is being
put into it. 1t is said that he coul6
have saved between $500 and $500 il
the bathrooms alone by taking the ad
vice of shortsighted individuals. Thi!
he refused to do and it is self-eviden
that the class Of tenants in his build
ing will always be high.