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Sir william johnson.

1t is certainly time that We should have
. life written without favor or prejudice OF
that picturesque Colonial New Yorker
Sir William Johnson. That We hoped for
and have not found In Mr.. Augustus G..
Buell's "Sir William johnson" (Appletons)
"a eulogy rather than biography. Mr..
Buell. seems to have selected whatever
suited his purposes from the works OF earlier
biographers. He Is dogmatic enough in
his account OF Sir William 8 family relations,
but gives no authority for his views.
When he can pause In his footnotes
to revile Francis Parkman, he surely might
find room to give chapter and verse for
his contradicting asse rtions. The opening
sentence: THE year IT'S was epoohal,
will hardly attract the reader to Mr.. Buell. q
English, while the confusion as to titles
into which he plunges Immediately will
rouse his suspicious about his historical
accuracy.
Sir William johnson, however, was as
romantic figure as our colonial history
presents, in spite Of his coarseness and his
dealings with the Indians. Even q poor
biographer cannot spoil his story utterly
and in this form, perhaps. 1t will prove
accessible to many to whom otherwise
he would be nothing but name.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
RICHMANS FREE OF THEFT.

Deisbarre Necklace Charge Against the
Man Dismissed-Wife Found Insane.
Judge Emmerson Of the Jefferson County
Court dismissed yesterday the indictment
against Louis L. Richman, the plate-glass
manufacturer, who, with his wife, Mrs.
Rachel B. Richman, was accused Of stealing
a SIS 900 necklace and S4s7 In cash from DR..
and Mrs Walter f. Delabarre at Aexan-
dria Bay last July. The indictment was
dismissed on the motion Of Congressman
Henry M. Goldfogle. who contended that
the evidence was insufficient.
Judge Ernmerson also confirmed the re-
port Of ex-JudRe Henry Purcell and DR.. John
A. Barnett, the commission appointed to
INQUIRE into the sanity Of Mrs. Hchman.
They decided that she was Of unsound mind
when the alleged robbery was committed
This means the end Of the criminal prose-
cution Of the Riohmans.
The couple and DR.. and Mrs. Delabarre
were stopping at the same hotel at Alex
andria Bay when Mrs. Delabarre announced
that she had lost the necklace and cash.
The necklace was found in Mrs Richnan's
satchel in the next room. Mrs. Delabarre
was the widow OF Theodore Hagaman
when she married DR.. Delabarre Haga-
mans brother and sister have since asked
for an accounting Of Hagaman's estate,
which thew said was worth 81 800 900. Mrs.
Delabarre said she gave $500 900 to DR.. r. c
Flower for in yestment In mining company.
An Indictment against Flower Ia pending.
Mrs. Hickman is in the Rivercrest sani-
tarum
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24

Not 20 long ago 1t was rather Difficult,
to find q compact history Of American liter.
allure; now we are threatened with food
Of such works. Every publisher seems
indeed bound to provide one. The latest
We have seen is "A History Of American
Literature by Prof. William p Trent OF
Columbia University (Appletons). This
Is only handbook, and seems to be done
not badly for that sort Of work. 1t Is boob
OF different typo from Prof. Barrett Wen.
dell's egregious American Literary His
tory or machine-made products like
Prof. ". C. Lawton's His tory At the
same time 1t seems proposterous to devote
a third Of the volume to the literature
that went before Irving and Cooper. Prof
Trent's appredations Of more modern
authors may strike the reader a. rather
conventional. and there seems little excuse
for the inclusion Of the names Of scholars
like Drisler and Anthem and Goodwin and
Gildersleeve. whose properly literary bag
gage Ia Of the slightest
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
The SeaGoers.

voyaKers by the American liner Phila-
delphia. which sails to-day for Southamp-
ton:
Joseph H. Story. Henry Hobart Vail. John
G Watkins. Stephen C. Phipps. Mr. and Mrs.
Mountfort Mills. William d. Gaillsrd. Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac d. Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Edwards. Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Cliff
ford. Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Bishop and Mr.. and
Mrs. n. T. Arnold.
BY the Holland-America steamship Pots
dam, which hasn't a vacant BERTH there
will sail to-day:
Simeon Ford. accompanied BY Dudley H..
Tenney; Rear Admiral L. ". Watson and
Mrs. Watson, Miss Mary GUSTS Lee, the Rev
DR.. Alexander Mckenzie, DR.. and Mrs. j. W.
Millette. the Rev. DR.. n. A. Noes, the Rev.
and Mrs G. T. Whittemore, and thirty-six
members Of the Chase Art School, who will
sketch things in Holland.
Arrivals by the Ward liner MORO Castle,
in from Havana:
Henry P. Fletcher. former Secretary OF
Legation at Havana, who has been appointed
recently to q similar post at Pekin. China
D. Marsee. who has been adjusting Cuban
Spanish claims: j. C. Adair, p. Desvernine.
r, R. Lawrence and c. NJ. Robinson.
Some passengers by the Scandinavian
American liner United States, on to-day
for Denmark:
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L, Batchelder. Mrs. 4. r;
Annat. Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Cha pin, Mrs. David
Dessau. the Reverend and Mrs. II. X, n. Jen-
sen, Prof, HenryM: tetpzigef. Dr.. and Mrs. N;
Mrs, G. Iiian Be Wit Warner. Nv
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BUSINESS INvADES HONE BLOCK
Attempt to Enforce Old Covenant IN West
]Oth Street.

AOtu street..
Judge Amend Of the Supreme Court will
o-day try the suit brought by Mrs Frances
E. Lewis OF 20 West Fortieth street to oblige
Butler Davenport, real estate and ins,ir-
ance agent, to vaoate his premises next
door.
The south side Of Fortieth street, bet weea
Fifth and Sixth avenues, has long been
devoted almost entirely to residences.
Over thirty years ago all the houses, with
the exception Of q few near either corner.
we're sold under a covenant established
in partition suit 10 prevent any tenant
from using his house for business purposes.
The owner of 22 however, has leased
his basement TO Davenport, who has re-
moved the stoop, put a sign on the window
and hung out another above. The first
tailors, who have decorated their windows
with the latest fashions in summer hats
and waists. The house thus presents n
striking contrast to Mrs. lewis Uncovered
dwelling and destroys the residential aspec,
Of the block.
About thirty-five doctors live in the
block. and most OF them much regret this
approach Of business. One well-known
physician has been annoyed lately by fire.
quent requests from real estate firms
who wish to acquire his property for bust
ness concerns.
The decision Of the case depends on the
opinion Of the Judge as 10 whether the
surrounding neighborhood has grown into
such . business district that any restrio-
tions on the further development Of bust
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
jim HANS BOER WHISPERS.

Former Congressman Regards . Frieodly
Reference to Them ~ IN Insult.
CHICAGO, June 23.-Ex-OonGresanan j.
Hamilton Lewis spent two cad hours last
evening mourning over an insult to his
whiskers. Al the expiration OF tho two
hours the man who had offered the insult
apologned, and Jim Ham was happy
again.
Mr.. Lewis was strolling through the
corridor OF the Auditorium Hotel about
o'clock, when be encountered Col. William
D. snyman, tho expatriated Boer, who is
in the United States completing plans for
the colonization Of Chihuahua, Mexico, by
those OF his countrymen who refuse to
submit to English rule. Col. Snyman
opened a conversation with Congressman
Lewis and offered him a farm.
DO you know said Col. Snyman, and
his tone was warm with good fellowship.
do you know, recognized you as q Boer
the moment my eyes fell on your think
it was your whiskers that first drew my
attention. No one but q Boer could grow
whiskers like yours
Mr.. Lewis did not wait for more. He
turned on his heel. sharply raised his hat
and marched away. indignation showing
in every stride. 1t was not until late in
the evening that an acquaintance brought
about an understanding and a recon-
citation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
WHERE TIPS do NO HARM.
Tell Collector StranahAn Anything Y0I
want to About stocks.

Teu SOIoCtOr StrUuoUAn Auytutu8 HOu
Want to About stocks.
There are opportunities at times for the
Collector Of the Port of New York to try
his luck in the stock market. His office is
close to the financial district, he meets
many men who have more or less to do with
stocks, and the tips he gets are legion.
Whatever predecessors Of his In Office may
have done, Nevada n Stranahan, the pres
ent collector, does not play Stocks Apro-
DOS Of this, Mr.. Stranahan told little story
the other day.
"A man rushed in to see me-" said the
Collector. He breathlessly told me that
he had dead sure thing in the etock
market limo, and that he wanted me to get
the advantage Of 1t. heard him out and
thanked him. and he left. Two or three
weeks later he came to my office once more.
He was evidently very nervous. and with
tears in his eyes he began: I would rather
have cut my arm of than have told you
about that good thing in the Wall Street
line, as l did the other day It's gone
down 20 points! had almost forgotten
the incident, but didn't want him to feel
too badly about 1t, so I said: I tell you,
my friend, whenever you have an ire
dstible impulse to tell some one something
Of the sort. you just come right here and
tell me.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
NOW, XHOSAWTHEM0ONLASTY
RUMOR IN THE ALMANAC THAT
SEES ABOUT TO CHANGE.
Weather Expected to Change with Her
Time Il Did, Some Folks Arc Saying
Moons Description for Reference.

We know not II the moon Is full.
81; nS Is: e. e.: ss i: l1 ss.s 'e'' ~''
We know what tho almanac says; but
seeing's believing. The unravellers OF
portents do not consult the sun when they
want to be weather wise; no, the moon for
them. Does she not control the tidesp
Even when q man has tide on" he Is said
to be like the moon-when she 10 full.
But who saw the moon last2 What can
the moping owl do in weather like this?
How can the little baboon comb his golden
hair9 How can the astrologers astrolo-
gize and the poets Poe while the stars
that oversprinkle all the heavens cannot
twinkle with a crystalline delight? What
good are rabbits hind feet, right or left,
in this sort Of weather. The COW cannot
do her lofty hurdle act and the dog cannot
laugh. Nobody can laugh when the heavens
do not smile; when the DEVILS in the moon
for mischief"
What poet could write an ode to a moon
balloon, boon, tune. Junell he doesn't
know the complexion of She may be
gold or silver or bronze or even nickel
OF course. a. Simeon Ford might say, II
she's In the quarter she'll be silver, which
might indicate soms small change.
One with faith in hidden things-a dis
ciple OF occultism- said yesterday: Il care
not for high gradients OF low preesures-
barometers, Thermometers, thermometers
or any other mometers-I believe In the
moon. Now, when the moon changes,
the weather will change. According to
the almanac, we will have q new moon
early Thursday morning. Then we will
have balmy June weather. As Bloodgood
Cutter might remark: No more wen look
blue round the gill; wen all give UP the
quinine pill; the sun will kill tho wintry
chill; the birds will trill and COO and bill;
the smiling world will slide down hill.
Because of her long absence from neigh
borhood skies, and in order that abe may
be recognised when she next appears, a
description OF the moon may be regarded
In the nature Of news. She is 2,1o2 miles In
diameter, although she doesn't look 1t.
and is about 2as 800 miles from the earth.
around which she revolves once in little
less than n days hours. A college astron-
omer recently announced that he had seen
green on her; it may have been verdure.
also cheese. Another astronomer says
he detected frost on her. but made no re-
marks about the formation Of an Ice trust:
tho poets always have regarded her az
cold proposition. The reason she Is spoken
Of In the feminine Is because she has got a
man attached aboard her-that Is. she is
manned" like a ship, which Is always
feminine II she is still in the business
and the heavens clear she ought to appear
in the western sky on Thursday as sunset
approaches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
prove interesting to every one who cares
for the American trotter.
VoItaire In English.

We really cannot tell from the single
Index volume Of the works Of voltaire.
translated into English (E. r. Dumont). nor
from the publishers notef' accompanying
it, whether the edition has been completed
or Is still in process Of publication. It s
said to be the first complete English trans
lation. which is very likely. and 1t was GER
tainly time that that wittiest Of all French
men should have been translated. or the
quality Of the translation, If there 10 trans
laton. we are, Of course. unable to Judge
from an index. The work is announced
TO be in forty-two volumes. The one In our
hands Is bound in red and In close imitation
OF the well-known French edition Of the
complete works.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
A Handler Of TrottinE Horse,.

Something more than is promised will
be found In "Fasig's Tales Of the Turf; With
Memoir" by W. H. Gocher (W. H. Gocher,
Hartford, Comm Mr.. William B. Fasig,
during his life, was a well-known and i'm
portant character on the trotting turf.
The memoir, In relating his life. gives COM
pact history Of the trotting track in America,
in the last thirty years. The selection from
Mr.. Fasig's writings for the sporting jour-
malls comprises humorous sketches, a. we'll
az articles which gave his visws ~ an sx-
pert on important matters. The book will
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
HIS OWN LAWYER, AND LOST.
SchOolteacher's objection to His Oppo-
nent's Rhetoric Of No Eject.

nent's Rhetoric Of No Eject.
George Steinson, a retired school teacher,
who some years ago recovered 5000
from the city Is back pay. has been prac-
Using as his own lawyer, though he has
not been admitted to the bar, in several
suits which he has on hand against the
lawyers who conducted his fight against
the city. The suits are all over claims
for services rendered. Steinson got set :
back yesterday from the Appellate Term
Of the Supreme Court. which affirmed
judgment for 500 obtained against him
by H. A. Anderson, a lawyer. Justice
MacLean, writing the opinion, says:
The right of every man to be his own lawyer
is not to be abridged; neither is 1t to be abused
But verdict rendered by jury. after the
lawyer client had been treated through o ut
with unusual leniency. q not to be set aside
merely because OF multifarious criticisms
which are supported by nothing tennble.
The schoolteacher objected, among other
things, to the use Of we" in tho solitary
defendants papers and arguments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
PYRAMIDS FOUND IN MEXICO
AND RUINS or A CITY THAT FAR
ANTEDATES COLUMBUS.

.rcbsoloEtst Describes Its System Of
Wounds, Trenches, walls and Stair
csses-Pottery and Sculpture stone
Knives and ArFowhcads Discovered
MEXICO CITY, June 23.--The recent dis
coyery of an ancient city and pyramids in
n dense forest in remote part OF the State
Of puebla is found to be Of great archeo-
logical importance. In order to ascertain
the exact import OF these ruins; a. well as
70 determine whether they had been found
previously by representatives OF civiliza-
ton, the Federal Government commissioned
the sub-director Of the National Museum,
Rodriguez, who Is one Of the foremost
Mexican engineers, to visit the ruins and
make investigations. DR.. Nicolas Leon,
the archeologist and ethnologist OF the in
sti,ution, accompanies him.
Dr. Leon reports that the ruins have
never before been known to the world Of
science and that they are the most primitive
that have been discovered in Mexico and
are, in fact so ancient that 1t will require
what epoch they were built as well a. by
what people. DR.. Leon has made the fol-
lowing statement in reference to the dis
coveries.
In a range Of small hills that extends
from north to south from tho high neigh
boring mountains we found q very nu-
mero,ls series Of pyramidal constructions
guarded by elaborate trenches and con-
meet ed, for purposes Of communication, by
wide avenues, which were set of at inter-
walls by sloping activities, platforms and
.taircases All the pyramids were found
to be quadrangtllar and to have been built
with especial reference to the cardinal
points. Those important monuments were
constructed entirely Of rocks and sandstone
cut and laid in juxtaposition. The surface
dressing Of the pyramids Is small stones
worked into cubical forms OF very orna-
mental appearance and laid close together.
As rule. every four OF the pyramids
surround court. All Of them are so
grouped that each and every one Of them
guards the entrance to the courts. But II
in any case the entrances are not protected,
great walls with bases much wider than
their submits reinforce tho pyramids.
These walls are Of such sizes that their
SUBMITS are really streets.
-They are we'll paved with fiat stones
and have platforms, staircase and slopdn {
activities like the avenues. On one OF
the highest Of the platforms and at the
bases Of all the pyramids we found pieces
Of pottery which were certainly made
before the time Of Columbus and which
were evidently tho remains Of a civilization
relatively more advanced than that Of the
builders OF the pyramids.
We found also many soulptured scenes
in bas-relief of prehistoric tinnes. Figures
Of human beings and animals In stone
and iron were quite numerous. Domestic
utensils Of stone painted rose color were
scattered over the ground.
stone knives and arrow heads Of the
obsidian epoch were encountered In grea,
abundance. Leagues Of the mountainous
country arc covered with ruins"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24

Weber 4 Fields have signed a contract
for one appearance Of Adelina Patti At the
West End Theatre on Friday, Nov. ~.
Tickets will be sold at auction. Pattis
manager says that Weber 4 Fields viii
pay 1900 for the engagement
Madison CrocAer in the Prince OF Flsen,
Ia going abroad for a rest. While she Is
away frixie Frganza will succeed her.
Following Miss Friganza, Pauline Hall win
play the part next fall.
Ethel Nynne Matthewson and the other
members Of the @Everyman' company,
with one exception. viii sail to-day for
London in the Philadelphia. They will
return in the fall, Ben Greet will remain
here
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
Iehn A. Mccall Honored.

I,oNo BRANCH. N. j., June 23--John A.
Mccall, president Of the New York Life
Insurance Company, was honored tonight
by the Catholic societies Of Long Branch,
which turned out TO participate In flag:
the LSceum with flag, which was blessed
tonight BY Bishop McFaul. There was
also an address by Senator Victor j. Dow
ling of New York The exercises were in
charge OF Long Branch Council, Knights OF
ColuTnb,la
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
CLEARING PENNSYLVANIAS SITE.
Four Blocks Of Houses to He Raced. but
Two Lone Tenants Hold Out.

Two Lone TenAnt0 hO1O Out.
Sixty house wreckers continued with
speed yesterday the work Of demolishing
the four blocks Of houses occupying the
site for the new Pennsylvania station. The
first actual work done on this great UNDER
taking was the removal Of window from
the old brick building on the southeast corner
OF Ninth avenue and Thirty-second street.
A saloonkeeper in the neighborhood i'm
mediately bought the bar with which the
work was done for . souvenir.
By nightfan the wrecksrs had spread
through ten other houses and had cleared
the insides from cellar to roof. All during
the day there was q constant rumble OF
falling brick, stone and plaster. In front
OF each building was tangled pile Of beams,
pipes, old tubs, ranges, gas fixtures and
other debris. The procession OF trucks
carrying away bullying w1 noSSs was
some lingering householder,
Most Of the four hundred houses to bs
destroyed have been vacated Empty,
shadelees windows line the streets and the
district presents the novel spectacle 81
deserted neighborhood IN the heart OF
p' fhe majority Of the tenants who re-
main hold their houses under lease from
the railroad company and must remove on
Ave days notice. There are only about
twenty houses to which the company has
not vet succeeded in obtaining title. Among
these Is the house on the northeast corner
OF Thirty -secopd street and Ninth avenue
owned BY al" Adams. the former policy
king. now in Sing Sing prison. The COM
nany has offered 80 900 and Adams IL olding
out for 1000. Appetizer house is at s72
West Thirty ,second street; This Is owned
Tradition has it that she was born In and has
since occupied the house. She has refused
to sell, and has locked herself In and will
not zee callers. The house next door ia being
wrecked and 1t remains to be seen II Mrs
Kelly can hold out against the noise and
dust.
It was said yesterday that II necessary
the work Of demolition will be carried on
night and day. One hundred and fifty men
win be at work to-day. and within few
days that number will be more than doubled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
Funny simeon Ford.

The quaint humor that Mr.. Simeon Ford
has dispensed for many Sundays past in
THE Sun has been garnered in hansdome
volume called "A Few Remarks Double
day, Page d CO... In this form the reader
will be able to compare Mr.. Ford's dry fun
with that OF other famous afterdinner
speakers. like Senator Chauncey M. Depew
and Mark Twain. 1t will be found that
Mr.. Ford does not suffer by the comparison.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
BANQUET FOR MODEL TEACHER
Leading Men OF Guttenberg Give Margart
Fftzgibbons . Send-on.

Miss Margaret Ntzgibbons. who = known
as the model schoolteacher in Gutten-
berg, N. j.. was guest Of honor at fare
we'll dinner given yesterday afternoon BY
Mayor Luts, the members Of the School
Board and other officials Of that town.
She Is to be married in August to John
APPEL, . wealthy young man OF Gutten-
berg.
The Mayor and other speakers at the
dinner declared that Miss Fitzgibbons's
marriage would deprive Gutenberg Of the
best schoolteacher the place had ever
known. They presented to her engrossed
resolutions setting forth tbs appreciation
in which Gutenberg held her services,
and q number Of gifts, which they said they
hoped she would find useful in the homo
in Carlsbad to be furnished for her by
Mr.. APPEL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
Centraps Terminal Plans Consented To.

Mayor Low approved yesterday the
plans OF the New York Central Railroad
Tor the improvement Of the Park avenue
approach to the Forty-eecond street sta
ton and the way Is now clear for the
begin work on the changes within thirty
days after the city had consented to its
plana
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
The late J. Sterling Morton says Of
Country Life in America

1t 10 . publication which ought to bs
encouraged by every good man and
woman OF refined tastes In all this
broad republic"
juno number sold out: order July now.
Doubleday, Page & Co., !. g.. y Y e
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24

Hnsss that b rresstible. Il b 40 original,
thoroughly interesting and properly
ending romance, which Il b 4 pleasure
to read and recommend" The New
Yoek Times says: "A strong, inter
eshns story told tsrsely and pietss-
esquely." The Chicago Record Herald
nys, "The ta'e b clean and straight.
forward, fit to b read By Old OF young"
Mcclure Phillips a Company,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24
FATHER or TWELVE DAUGHTERS,
Mr.. Arnesman Says He May Have Twenty.
four Children and All Daughter at That.

PAssAIo, June 2s-Harry Arnesman he
came the father to-day Of bouncing girl.
This Ia the twelfth daughter which has been
born to him in his twenty-five years OF
married life.
His twelve daughters are all living.
Mr.. Arnesman said this afternoon: II
time whom 1 shall be the father OF twenty.
four ohildren and all daughters at that
Four Of his daughters are twina
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24

s0C,-Naupasssnt's Short Stories, Amateur
TeeksmAn REYNOLDS Old London Tom Jones,
Dekock. PRATT, 1911 9th av.