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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
WOMEN FIRE OWN HOME?
POLICE DISCREDIT THEIR TALE
or AN INCENDgARl.


Have Been written BY Daughter
Latter Thought 10 Have sen, Sour
rilouS Letters TO Dr. Francis }. Ward.
Mrs. Mary Malcrome, Sc years old. OF
2SS Twelfth street. Brooklyn, and her daugh-
ter Mamie. 2? years old. were arrested
Yesterday afternoon by Police Captain
James Reynolds Of the Fifth avenue station
on suspicion of arson. They were sent
to the Adams street station, whore there
is matron. Their home, n two-story and
basement frame structure, was nearly
destroyed by fire at 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning. and, although they strove to
make Il appear that some enemy had fired
it to drive them from the neighborhood.
the police and Fire Marshal Beers are con-
WINGED that there is no truth in he story
The strongest proof the authorii les have
against the women lis a letter which came
to the Twelfth street house Yesterday morn
ing several hours after the fire. This letter
bore the Coney Island poetmark and was
under date of Friday. 1t was addressed
to Mrs. Makrome and the contents were
a notification to her that she'd better va
cate her hous at once or it would Ike burned
The women and her daughter were at
Coney Island on Friday. and 1t is believed
that the daughter wrote the letter there.
Capt. Reynolds had Mamie do some
writing in the station house, and it proved
to Do II good duplicate Of that in the letter.
The FIRST knowl 'dge that the Le!g.lbors
had OF the fire was when the two women
We're heard screaming on the sidewalk in
front OF their home. There had been SO
much Of such noises from this hot, during
the past six months that at first hot much
attention was paid to them. Some OF the
sleepy neighbors stuck their heads out of
their windows and advised the women to
nearly fifteen minutes later before an alarm
OF fire was sounded. Then the fire had
spread to the roof and communicated to
the adjoining dwelling Of John James,
which was damaged about $1,000. The
Malcromes claim a damage OF 5000.
There has been trouble between the NAL
: cEomls and some of the neighbors for more
than year. DR.. Francis j. Wood Of 1852
Fourteenth street believes that Mamie
ia the author Of stock of epistles he has
received. When the first of the physicians
letters came their contents were OF an
amorous nature, but toward the last they
were very scurrilous. Some were obtained
Mamie's handwriting The love letters
were all signed Mamie
DIR. Ward knew her when she was
patient in the Seney Hospital and at her
suggestion he called at her home once,
when, as he says. the conversation was
such that he became convinced that the
girl and her mother wanted to get him
to talk marriage.
He took hurried departure on this oc-
casion. and subsequently the scurrilous
epistles began to reach him.
Mrs. Malcrome owns the house which the
police believe she fired, and it is insured.
The neigh5ors believe both women are
crazy. The girl was once model in
Manhattan establishment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
The Weather.

An area Of high pressure WAS advancing from,
the Northwest yesterday covering the upper Mis-
slssppi Valley the Central States south 10 Missouri
and east over the Lake regions. In all these dis
trcts the weather was shOUery due to cool weather
attending the high pressure, Cloudy and III item
inr conditions, with few scattered showers e1
tended into ths Middle Atlantic and New England
States
The TEN psrsture fell about 10 degrees Ia the
Lake regions II was warmer In ulr Atlanta
states The pressure was low over northern New
England and the sItyame Northwest and In these
sections II was growing warmer
~ this city the day WA cloudy nnd ~ times
threa tsninx the humidity stood above w per cent
throughout the dsy, which was the cAue Of the
sul,rins-ss wiad, frash s0uth sssI b0roHelsT cor.
rrcted to read 10 sea level isA NJ, s0 SIP, ",
pOI.
The ,smpers,ure yesterday, ~ recorded by ibs
Ohciai thermometer II shown 10 tho AaRsIsd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
HOGG AND THE OCTOPIS.
He'd Flight the Criiter ~ Hs Wasn't Busy
Getting nici.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept Ex-Gov. j. =
Hogg, who was here to-day, said that as soon
10 he got time he would enter actively into
his latest project II organizing the farmers
~ Texas into politics clubs TO wage a fight
sssins' cooperation inAueaoer
IN 9Hswer 10 IA" current report that he
will be "A candidate for United States Ss,nA-
cor w -u""~"d S"nsior q 4 fuliE,-oD
M. Hogg said thai b" Was not u candidate
for any Office
Some peOIl" seem 10 think ] cant live
without ~ Office. hey are so used " seeing
me IN one" he concluded
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
TROUBLE OVER "RAFFLES.'
kyrle Bellew May Have to Put on Opening
In His New Play.

Kyrle Bellew. the actor, who arrived
yesterday from Liverpool by the Cunard
Line steamship Etruria, said he wasn't
certain whether he would or would not
be able to open at Atlantic City on Sept.
10 in "Raffles. the Gentleman Burglar"
A character in the play. Capt. Redwood.
is said to be identical with a character in
Jim the Penman." and the executor Of
Sir William Young, who owned the copy
right of Jim the Penman," warned Mr.
Bellew by wireless when the Etrura was
of the English coast that il he put on the
new play he would get into legal trouble
Mr.. Bellew said he hoped his manager
keep his engagement at Atlantic City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
MELBA COMING HERE.


Nine. Melba is to arrive in this country on
Oct 10, and will remain here for three months
singing in concert with her own company and
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under
the management of Charles Ellis She will
give her first concert on Oct. Is, in Montreal
and will then visit the principal cities in the
United States as far west as Omaha and as
far south as New Orleans where she has never
sung. At the end Of January, Nine. Melba
will return to Europe to appear at Monte
Carlo and in London. In her company will
be Ellison Van Hoose tenor: Charles Gilibert
baIytone: Ada Sassoli. harpist, and Llawolla
Davis, pianist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
sUPERFLuoUs HAIR
PISTOL SHOTS SCARE A CROWD.
Drunken Man Fired al the Elevated Until
Cons Grabbed Him.

A drunken man and a loaded revolver
created panic in a crowd at Thirty-fourth
street and Second avenue early last evening.
The man first attracted attention by aim
ing his weapon at the Second avenue
elevated structure and firetng several
times.
Everybody in the neighborhood got
out Of range in hurry, but Policeman
Smith Of the East Thrt y-fifth street station
stole up behind the marksman and seized
the revolver. At the station the prisoner
aid he was Charles Ehrhardt, a driver, Of
1886 East Thirty-eighth street. He said
he didn't know why he armed himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
WOMAN ACCUSED or NJ RGLARY.
Mrs. O'Hara Missed Her Jewelry After .
Call BY Q Former Servant.

Mary McNeece, "a years old, of 200 scher-
merhorn street. Brooklyn, was locked up
in the Adams street police station last
night charged with burglary On Aug.
81 she went to the home Of Mrs. Lillian
O'Hara Of l73 Dufiied street, where she
had been formerly employed. Mrs. 'Hara
was out. When she returned she found
her trunk broken open. A god hunting
mond stud valued at $40 and Sl4 in cash
were missing. In leaving the O'Hara
house the former servant dropped a card
received from hospital where she had been
under treatment. The card led to the
woman's arrest. She had pawn tickets
for part Of Mr.. 0 Hara's jewelry in
her possession.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
TAWpAiGA OpENs WITH AspHAsT.
\ tiuLens' linton Demonstration which
Gen. Greene should SEE.

The Citizens Union will start the rsrn-
paign for good government in Rutgers
square on Tuesday night with slereoptinon
pictures showing the asphalt pavements
of New Yurk Gs the Low Administered lon
found riIenI
Gen Francis VDton Gresns, prasidsn,
u the defupoi Asphal, Trust. IL respect
fully invited TO attend
The Union will give u reception TO i,s
district @sds,s ~ Tuesday night ~ Lyric
Hall, IN Sixth avenue near J., n -se, md
stree, X Futon Gu ng wiz 1uake
spe~h
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
FRANCIS WILSON HOME.
without Zelie de Lussan for His Company
-Aspires to Play Hamlet,

Francis Wilson, the actor, who arrived
yesterday by the French liner La Touraine,
from Havre. said he had not succeeded in
persuading Nine. Z&ie de Lussan to come
to New York and take part in the revival
OF .Erminie." Mr.. Wilson said he intended
to bid farewell to comic opera and try his
hand as an actor-manager with Charles
Frohman. He remarked, with more or
less seriousness
MIR. Frohman is ambitious to have mo
appear in the legitimate, even in Hamlet 1"
believe ] would make better Melancholy
Dane than Edwin Booth. in his most sombre
moods. ever dared to dream Of"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
RI LIs THE RElORDs ~ w'AvOy.
w. DOOify TAKES TIPS IIiur LrxO~ Test
mon, 10 Enbsrrsss the EA.JHspectOv,

Mr.. Doosys supporters In the Twenty.
third district are using u lot Of literature
against Thoma. y McAyOy, Tamnany
beaiier of the district and former inspector
Of poli@. Part Of their argument is made
up of eItracts fran the record of the IexOw
Committee, IN which Capt Scbmlitberger,
now AL in"pector tod Of passing over
xTaft collections " McAyoy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
President wade to Striking Employees.

Jamestown, Y Y, Sept Arthur {
Wade, Republican candidate for n ,nber
OF Assembly and president OF the Art Metal
Constr uct ion Company, address, d the strik-
Ing employees this afternoon, vigorously
denouncing outside interference and assert :
ing that to compel men to join labor unions
strikes ut the foundation Of free govern
ment. The employees applauded and fac
tional trouble in the union is imminent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
shutting Down the Coal Mines.

WILKEs-BARRE, Pa, Sept 5.-The Lehigh
Valley Coal Company's colieries through
out this region were ordered shut down
to-day and Monday and may work only
four days a week until further notice.
One Delaware and Hudson colliery was
placed on half time, and other companies
are expecting similar orders, owing to the
market being glutted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
Coming to Rehearse Fools or Nature.

Special Gable Despotch 10 THE Sun.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-Henry V. Esmond.
the author, sailed for New York to-day on
the steamship Campana. On his arrival
there he will rehearse Julia Marlowe in his
new play, Fools Of Nature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
Harness Races At Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Md, Sept. g The las, days harness
racing al the Gcntemcns Driving Park wa, a
success IN every y. In the nrst race puzzrIlr
was made the fAvorite but the mare disappointed
her oachers' crystal Fell won the arst two heats
handly but fell back In the next heats and The
sentinel won without any trouble. In the 2:2s class
troting. Mabel Marlin won OF the reel The
third race. els trottlng, was easy for Leo s.
22A class, pacing purse. $500
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
CATARRH DESTROYS THE KIDNEYS,

RANvH.LE N. HOY, Sheridan.
" Ind, Post Grand, independent
Order Of Odd Fellows, Lodge col,
in a recent letter says:
Il suffered for years with liver COM
plant causing me severe pains and a
peculiar weakness across the small of the
back, 80 that It was hard to stoop. and some
times very pa inful to walk about had
used so much medicine without deriving
any help that Just let ii 20, until a neigh
Dor was cured Of Bright's disease by Peruna
That led me to using 1t. and before had
used ten bottles ! was cured, | consider
il almost miraculous. ~ Granville NJ How.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06

If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a
full statement of your case and he will
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
JOTTINGS ABOIT TOWN.

ST Joachms Lyceum will have a picnic next
Saturday at elmer Park. Bensonhurst The pro
cecds will he used TO pay part Of the debt OF j,
STOOD on 81. Joschim's church.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06

Geo King. Deputy Sheriff
well known reliant Of Troy
'O'0 -''"' -''' ~ N'"e '"' A'o'' ~ - ITO
"Peruna cured from doctors wore afraid would
turn into Brhfs Disease you gone through tho
trouble and have been cured pretty remember
medicine that did work. ~
"Peruna Is blessing q Eiqhf bottles made mo
vol man ana were worth than thousand dollars me-
cs1nof speak TOO nightly of since
troubled and have health since Every soog
and fall take bottle of keeps me weM freely recon-.
mend Peruna. "-George king 0-' ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
A Gentleman Of Prominence En-
dOrseS Pe.ru.na.

Hon. Louis f. Johnson. son OF the late
Raverdy johnson, who was United States
Senator from Maryland, also Attorney
General under President johnson, and
U. $. Minister TO England, and was re-
garded as the greatest constitutional law.
from 1905 F street, n. W., Washington,
D. C.. Mr. johnson says,
NO one should longer suffer from catarrh
when Peruna is accessible To my knowl.
edge it has caused relief TO so many Of my
friends and acquaintances that it is hui
manity to co nsnd its use to all per-
sons suffering with this distressing dis
order of the human system."-Louis 4.
Johnson.
Hundreds Of Dollars Spent In
Vain.
Mr.. Cyrus Hershman. Sheridan. Ind,
rites:
Two years ago was a sick man.
Catarrh haa settled in the pelvic organs.
making, life burden and giving me little
dollars in medicine which did NE no good.
was persuaded by friend to try Peruna.
took it two weeks without much improve
ment but kept ON with it and soon began
to get well and strong very fast. Within
two months I was cured, and have been
well ever slnCe am StTOng advocate
of Peruna."---C, Hershman
Peruna cures catarrh of the Kidneys
liver and other pelvic organs, simply be-
cause it cures catarrh wherever located.
No other systemic catarrh remedy has as
yet been devised. Insist upon having
Pevuna. There are no.medicines that can
be substituted
The claim of Peruna to being the standard
catarrh remedy of the world Is based upon
the following facts:
II has the endorsement Of innumerable
hospitals.
A great number of physicians.
Over fifty United States congressman
and senators.
Tens of thousands Of the masses and
classes.
Peruna is not q c,lre-all II cures lust
one disease-catarrh. 1t cures catarrh
wherever located.
It cures catarrh of whatever kind. Il
cures catarrh In whatever stage or phrase.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
Ps-ru.na Cures catarrh OF the
Kidneys.
Wen Of Dignity and Prominence En-.
d0rse Pe.ru.na.

Ma ior T. H. Mars, of the First Wis.,
consil Cavalry Regiment, writes from
Les Dunning St, Chicago, H., the fol-
lowing letter:
For years I suffered with catarrh Of
the. kidneys, took Peruna for four months
and AN now well and strong and feel better
than have done for he past twenty years
thanks to Peruna. #. II Mars.
Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys,
with the same surety and promptness
thai II cures catarrh of the nose or throat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06

be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President @
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

Now and then some newspaper cor,
respondent gets hold of the Nile dam
subject and proceeds to show that
the increase in irrigated area there
by made possible will produce such
quantities of cotton as to form a
strong competition with the Ameri-
can crop. The Southern cotton
growers are not alarmed. Egyptian
cotton is of a peculiarly long staple,
is used for special purposes of manu-
facture and does not, to any extent,
interfere with the. sale of the regu-
lar American crop. The increased
production of this Egyptian cotton
might have some effect upon the
long staple cotton crop grown on
the sea islands, of the Carolinas,
were it not for the fact that the sea
island cotton is much superior to
the Egyptian variety.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
SUICIDE PREVENTED.

The startling announcement that
a preventive of suicide had been dis
covered will interest man. A run
down system, or dependency invari-
ably precede suicide, and something
has been found that will prevent that
condition which makes suicide likely.
At the first thought of self-destruc-
ton, take Electric Bitters. It being
a great tonic and nervine, will
strengthen the nerves and build up
the system. It's also a great
Stomach, Liver and Kidney regula-
tor. Only so cents. Satisfaction
guaranteed by all druggistst.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
Has the South Reached the Limit in
Cotton Productions7

Cotton Productions2
Mr.. Ashley Horne, a citizen of
Clayton, N. O., was in Washington
the other day and the papers inter
viewed him on conditions in the
South, and one thing, at least, which
he said is worthy of thought. It was:
"At best, there-win not. be more
than th~ree-fourths of a crop in North
Carolina, and the same conditions
prevail in the other Southern States.
The time for big cotton crops in the
South is at an end, and in my opinion
it will be a rare thing if the South
ever produces more than a 100000
bale crop. Scarcity of labor is respon-
sible for this condition, which is more
emphasized this year than ever be-
fore. I think the smallness of the
crop viii result in good prices being
obtained throughout the season."
There is a good deal in what MI.
Horne says. The scarcity of labor is
becoming a big question in the South.
Two well-to-do farmers of Union
County were talking the other day.
"What shall we do with our farms 2"
said one. "It is getting so hat I
can't get labor at all, and, of course,
a man can't run a large farm and do
the work himself"
81 see nothing hal we can do" re-
piled the other, Except to turn our
attention to growing such things as
we can make with machinery. Cot
ton is not one of those products. 1t
takes nearly a year to put a crop of
cotton on~the market, and it requires
hand labor all the time"
Out in Kansas farmers are fighting
each other, almost, in their efforts to
get harvest hands at So per day, with
three meals and two lunches thrown
in. But only dollar wheat, and that
made in great quantities, a pay any
such prices. Certainly cotton at any
thing like the present and past prices
cannot. With the scarcity of labor
and the inability to use machinery, it
does look now that there is some rea-
son in Mr.. Horne's contention that
the South will not increase her cot
ton crop, at least until the price goes
high enough to enable the grower to
pay prices fancy enough to induce
the negro population to go back to
the farms. Meanwhile, the small
farmer who has a large family of
healthy, smart and bright children
to help him, will continue to have a
good thing in cotton-Monroe Jour
nal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

man in the country could only be
made by some means to settle In the
country in the place of going to town
then what a great future the South
would hayel-Southern Cultivator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SPECIAL

SOUlHERN Il
RATES.
$2.OO-Raleigh to Hillsboro, n. O.,
and return on account of North
Carolina Farmers State ALI
ance. Tickets on sale August
10, II, 10.
$3.55-Raleigh to Greensboro, N. O.,
and return on account of En-
campment of North Carolina
National Guard. Tickets on
sale August 9 to 9; final limit
August II, 1908.
$11.85-Raleigh to Asheville, NC,
and return on account of En-
campment of North Carolina
National Guard. Tickets on
sale August Is to %; final
limit September 4, 1908.
$7.30-Raleigh to Charlotte, N. O.,
and return on account of
Grand Encampment I. o. O.
F. Tickets on sale August
10 to -; final limit August
II.
$7.3O-Raleigh to Charlotte, N. c.,
and return on account of Wo-
mans Mite Missionary Con-
vention. Tickets on sale Au-
gust IS to 81.
1914 .75-Raleigh to San Francisco,
Cal, and return on account Of
National Encampment Grand
Army of the Republic. Tick
cts on sale July 81 to August
10, inclusive; final return limit
October Is, 1903.
$30.60-Raleigh to Hot Springs,A Ark.
and return on account of
Special Summer Excursion.
Tickets on sale every Wednes-
day and Saturday up to and
including September 80, 1908;
final limit sixty days from
date of sale.
$18.20-Raleigh to Monteagle, Tenn,
and return on account of
Monteagle Sunday-School In
stitute. Tickets on sale Au-
gust Z to II, inclusive; final
return limit August 81, 1903.
For any other information, apply
to any ticket agent of the Southern
Railway, or address
T. T. GREEN, G. T. A,
Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

CONTAMINATION a year ago I
was suffering from what I supposed
was rheumatism. I became so bad
that I could hardly get on my feet
from a sitting position. I run down.
in weight from one hundred and
ninety-fve to a hundred and forty
five pounds. I tried different kinds
of medicine but received little or no
help. I saw DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root highly recommended for Kid
ney Trouble, but l never had any idea
that my kidneys were affected. I
thought Iwould try a f~fty-cent bottle
of Swamp-Root and see what the eff
feet would be. I commenced taking
it according to directions and in
a few days I saw that it was helping
me. / used the fty-cent bottle and
then bought two more dollar bot
ties, and they completely cured me
I have got back to my original weight
one hundred and ninety-fve
pounds, and I am a thorough advo-
cate of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
Very truly,
VIM. M. PARTCH.
February II, 1903.