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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
LESS SURE OF PRIESTS GUILT.
Police Now Think Rejected Lover May
Have Killed Agatha Reichlin. e.

LoRA1N Ohio. May 4.-Publio opinion
here to-day became decidedly less hostile
to Father Walser. the priest who ia under
arrest on suspicion that he murdered Miss
Agatha Reichlin.
Detective McBri e has been convinced
from the outset that the priest was not
guilty and has been working on this theory.
He received important information yester-
day which led him to make hurried trip
TO the Reichlin home. A conference with
the Reichlin brothers followed.
1t was acknowledged this evening that
an important clue had been discovered
and that possibly before Tomorrow night
the case would be far enough along to make
the facts public. 1t is said that il the
suspicious Of DetectiXe Mcbride are well
of manwho lives not far from the Reichlin
home This theory involves Tilted lover.
I'VE were misled in the action we
took" said County Prosecutor Lee Stroup
to-day. Father Walser may be guilty,
bu, we we're Of the opinion that the evidence
against him was stronger than now appears
to be the case
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
RUIN FOR SANTO DOMINGO.
STATE DEPARTMENT HEARS
CRISIS ~ WEAR THERE.
Revolution Destroy Country's Prosperity
Present Government Not Expected
to Continue LOns-Belgian and AnierI.
can DopdhOiders Get No Int crest.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The following
telegram was received at the State Depart
ment to-day from United States Consul
General Maxwell at Santo Domingo City
confirming the news of change in the
Government:
"Vssauezs Government fallen New
Provisional Government organized En-
tire territory under its control Gen.
Wos Gil, Provisional President.
Information has been received at the
State Department from a reliable source
in Santo Domingo that the Dominican re-
public Is rapidly going TO pieces The De-
partment's informant says:
"The civil war now in force may soon
come to an end, but there is no doubt that
another viii .oiiow, and the result will be
ruin"
very black picture y painted in these
dispatches. Belgian holders of Dominican
Government bonds have not received any
interest for five months. The Santo Domingo
Improvement Company. an American con.
Germ, has not received it's monthly install
rnents Of interest since February. Pay
ment of all other debts has been neglected.
Under their agreement with the Govern
ment, the Belgian bondholders have the
right to take charge of the custom houses
when the Government does not fulfil it's
contract with them. and the directors
have already lodged a protest which is
regarded as preliminary to taking pos
session Of the customs.
Should this result says the State De-
partment's informant, -other foreign credi-
tors will also push their claims, and ques-
ton equalling that Of Venezuela will pre-
sent itself, with the exception that Vene-
Zuela could come to settlement, being
in condition to raise funds in order to make
immediate payments, while this republic
can neither pay nor offer any guranteee.
Here comes the seriousness Of the matter
which may bring on complications which.
to a certain extent, are difficult to be fore
seen, principally. as it is to be remem-
bered that this republic Possesses two i'm
portant ports, SANTANA and Manzanilla
Bay. very much desired by foreign ma
tons for coaline stations"
The United States cruiser San Fran
cisco arrived at Santo Domingo City on
April n. but information to that effect
did not reach the Navy Department until
to-day The g,lnboat Bancroft, which
left Boston for San Juan, p r., on Satur-
day, will probably relieve the San Fran
cisco, and the latter will then proceed to
Europe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
TOOK HIM FOR JOHN L.
Robert r. Loe. Dr., Enjoys = Little Bor-
rOwed Fame.

RICHMOND. Va, May 4.-Robert E. Lee.
Jr., grandson Of the Confederate General
broad -shouldered, powerful. standing 9
feet in his shoes, and weighing more
than 900 pounds, captured the plaudts in
tended for John l.. Sullivan and moved
Grover Cleveland to perpetrate joke.
Col. Lee, a member Of the Governors
staff, went last week to the dedication
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
In the party were Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and
Lieut.. Gov. Joseph +. Willard.
On the same car with the Virginia party
were a number Of sporting men. They
speedily recognized" Col. Lee and sur
rounded him. congratulating him on his
appearance and asking him about various
ring events. 1t soon dawned on the brawny
Virginian that he was playing the role of
John l.. Sullivan. and he entered into the
spirit of the occasion. In st. Louis Col.
Lee was cheered along the streets with
shouts OF -Hurrah for John L."
Col. Lee was presented to ex-President
Cleveland, who gazed at him for moment.
taking in his herculean proportions. Turn
ing to Gen. Ftzhugh Lee, he said, with a
twinkle in his eye: Where did you all
get this little fellow"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
DIVORCE FOR MRS. PRINIER.
Case In Which Lillian Ash Campbell Was
Correspondent.

BURLINGTON, Vt. May A divorce
was ranted to Mrs Melvina Prunier in the
Chittenden County Court this morning by
Judge H. r. Start. Mrs. Prunier named
Mrs Lillian Ash Campbell of Fishkill
n. Y. widow of w. c. Campbell, as CO.
respondent. No opposition was made to
the petition.
Mrs Prunier on the stand told how her
husband, F. j. Prunier, studied medicine
and secured situation with Mr.. Campbell
in New York as nurse and how upon the
death Of Mr.. Campbell his wife employed
Prunier as her private secretary.
Prunier was not at the trial, but con-
fesson made at n hearing in a previous
case was introduced. and relatives of Pru-
nier testified to his having lived with the
correspondent.
Mrs. Pr,lner gets divorce and the
custody of two minor children.
When Prunier was engaged by Camp
bell Mrs Ash said she was his wife. Upon
the death of Campbell there was contest
over his estate OF 81, 500 900, all Of which
had been left to Mrs. Ash. or Campbell.
The contest was finally compromised. Mrs.
Campbell then engaged PINnier as private
secretary and later Mrs. Prunier sued her to
pecoyer 376,0QQ for alienation Of her bus-
bands affections. She got verdict Of
at6 nm .atr i"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
BUCKLIN won; JEROME BLAMED
4 SUPREME COCRT "SHUT IP"'
TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Canneid's Manager Gets Change Of
Venue Largely Because Distric A..
torney Has Fed the Press With Inter.
views ConyictinE Him before Trial.

Supreme Court Justice Mccall decided
yesterday that David Bucklin manager OF
Canfelds gambling house. who was ar
rested in the raid made by District Attorney
jerome, is entitled to be tried in some
other county because of the prejudice
against him which is supposed to exist in
the minds of New Workers. on account OF
the notoriety which he has obtained in the
public press.
Justice Mccall says that when he first
approached the motion for a change of
venue he was strongly prejudiced against
it, because it seemed hardly credible that
Bucklin could not get a fair and impartial
trial in this county. But after reading
the record which contains among other
things, AIS typewriter pages OF extracts
from newspapers relating to Bucklin,
Justice Mccall became convinced that "a
prejudice has been created which has found
lodgment in the minds of our citizens.
Continuing. the opinion reads
Throughout all he proceedings leading
UP to the defendants trial and this motion,
the the press Of this county was fed with inter
alton with said Garfield. is referred to re-
iuted authority" and 't other her terms Of ike
nature, terminating in declaration in open
court mr, ~ the very presence OF special panel
referred to in the indictment found against
him was "a well known as a gambling house as
certain named places were known as hotels.
No matter who or what the defendant may be
In an application Of this kind. his personal
equation to the Court Is as cipher the prin-
tria Is and in the public press actually trying
and conyictins defendants before they are
is an abuse that is assuming vast proportions.
as shown by this case, and unless speedily
corrected will work great evils. not any Of
which Is more to be depored than this, which
compels the Court to assume the position IL
does in disposinR of this motion.
Justice Mccall then refers to an afflda Wit
made by an Assistant District Attorney in
a motion for special panel to try the case,
and difficulty would be caused by attempt
ing to obtain an ordinary jury because of
the wide notoriety and publicity the case
has had The opinion proceeds:
The force Of the truth of these statements
Irresistible, but what | cannot understand is,
why they do not apply with equal force To- a
special as well as to AIN ordinary panel, The
cussion, and the reGrettable feature of the
whole matter is that whether the defendant
or SHty as ,hhsrSed there shoud
the Court can see. ia. have prevented, his
having been ah,rasned in quiet. orderly
of in a proper way; but because OF de parture
from regular methods and the adoption OF
tactics that are uncalled for and should have
pace Been creased that sRe me SeeRs
that trial of his case should be transferred
to some other county.
Bucklin will be determined later by his
counsel, John Delahunty, and submitted
to the Court for approval.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
REGISTRAR IN THE ATTICS
or New Hail OF RecOrds-Finance Depart.
ment on Ground Floor.

The basement first, second and third
floors Of the new Hall of Records will he
allotted to the Finance Department Comp
troller Grout will have total floor area
Of IS, es2 square feet. In his present quar-
tiers in the Stewart Building he has S0,I1s.
The Tax Department will have the fourth
floor, with an area Of $4,000 square feet. or
about 5000 more than it now has. The
Surrogates' Office will be on the fifth floor, the
Law Department on the sixth and seventh
floors and the Registrar. for the safer
preservation of the records under whose
charge the building was designed, will he
relegated TO the eighth floor and the attics.
This was all decided on yesterday by the
Comptroller and President Fornes, az q
special committee OF the Board OF Esti-
mate, at conference with the heads Of the
other departments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
MAYOR SEES BURNED FIREMAN
Mentally Has Fair Chance to Recover-H'
Praises MeAy0y, His Rescuer.

William McNally. the fireman who was
badly burned Sunday afternoon while
trying to rescue Henry MoWilliams in tho
fire at 257 First avenue. passed comfort
able day at Bellevue Hospital, and his ply
sician said last might that he has a fair
chance to recover.
Mayor Low went over to the hospital
yesterday morning on his way downtown
to call on and commend the brave fireman.
When taken TO the ward where the fireman
was the Mayor said:
-McNally how do you feel ts-day?'
Mentally, who was introduced to tho
city's executive by Supt. Maban, replied
THANK you, Mr.. Mayor, I'm feeling better
to-day. But I'm sorry the other poor fell
low died" ...... H..
The Mayor left the hospital after press
ing the firernan's hand, being warned that
McNally was not in q condition to talk.
Later in the day McNally asked shout the
condition OF Fireman James McAvoy, who
was badly burned In rescuing him. McNally
smiled when. told that McAVoy had left the
hospital. and said:
He's mighty brave fellow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
DARING cor SAVES CHILDREN.
Springs to Back of Runaway Hofse snd
Throws II Down In Time.

Patrolman Walsh of the Second precinct
station, Hoboken, was standing among a
crowd Of children playing in front OF Gram
mar School No. Q yesterday when runaway
horse drawing butchers wagon came tear
ing toward them. Walsh ran toward the
horse, made a flying leap and landed on
it's back The horse continued in its flight
toward tho children. but was thrown
by Walsh just rs it was about to bear down
on them. A half dozen of the youngsters
but none OF them was seriously hurt.
A similar runaway occurred in front Of
the grammar school in West New York, the
horse being dragged to the pavement by
Patrolman Mecklin.
A third runaway, dragging one Of the
delivery wagons OF the Eagle Tea Com
pany OF Union Hill, plunged over the Pail
sades in North Bergen, falling distance of
more than sixty feet. The wagon was shat
tered, bu. the horse escaped with few
scratches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
SALVADOR TO BE ASKED no PAY.
Should Payment He Refused. a Demand
VIII he Made for the Overdue Award.

WARRINGTON. May 4.--Action was taken
by the Secretary of State to-day with regard
to the refusal of the Congress of Salvador
on Friday last to authorize the payment
of the half million dollars awarded the
United States against that country by
the tribunal which arbitrated the claim
of the Salvador Commercial Company
an American organization. Secretary
Hay sent n telegram to Mr.. Merry, the
United States Minister to Salvador, t,irect :
ing him to request the payment OF the
award. which Is overdue more than two
months.
Should payment be refused, and this is
expected, demand, instead of request
for the amount will be made What will
be done il this course should fail remains
to be decided.
The State Department twice asked Seiior
Lopez, the Salvadorian Minister here. for the
payment OF the award, but 1t was never
asoertained whether he transmitted this
information to his Government. Future
negotiations will be conducted through
Minister Merry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
NIkOLA TESLA LOSES SUIT.
Must Pay Interest on Piece OF Land Bought
for wireless Telesraphy.

RIvERHEAD. L. l., May Judge Jayoox
in the County Court to-day directed jury
to render a verdict for t653.2s in favor Of
James s. Warden, who was suing Nikola
Tesla for the interest on the purchase price
OF 4lo acres Of land at Warden Cliff, Rocky
Point, which he sold to Tesla.
Warden had contract with Tesla for
40 acres Of land at t25 an acre. Tesla set
up the defence that the plot contained
only $40 acres and asked that the suit be
dismissed on that ground. The Court.
however. overruled him and ordered a
verdict for the full amount OF interest on
the purchase price.
Tesla bought the property to use in con-
nection. with his wireless telegraph system
and strung poles along the beach.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
WON'T WASH FOR CHIC AGO.
Laundrics Tied Up-Clean Shirts and Table
Cloths Scarce.

CHICAGO, May NO work was done in
any steam laundry in Chicago or it's sub
urbs to-day. The effort of the Iaun-
drymen's Protective Association to stop
entirely all laundry work is successful
and if any person has piece Of jinen
washed it must be done at home or by a
Chinaman.
Hotel table linen everywhere ia soiled
the chests are empty, and the laundries
in ad jacent cities in many cases have re-
fused to do work for Chicago people be-
cause of the union ban on the local business
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
MORE CUT-RATE PAWNSHOPS.
.Charssy CsWtesnplstrd ~ Dsli the Mays'
Will Consider Tomorrow.

A bill will be considered by the Mayor
tomorrow, which, If enacted. will lead
to tho establishing Of pawnshops in several
parts OF the city by semi-philanthrophic
organization to he known as the Personal
Protective Loan Association. The incor-
porators are Thomas l.. Mulry, Edward
F. Cragin, the Rev. DR.. David j.. Burrell,
Father A. P. Doyle and Robert B. Miller.
The capital of the company is TO be $4,000
1t is provided that loans shall he made
on chattels and that interest, at the rate
of 9 per cent. year shall be charged.
Pawnbrokers charge 2 per cent. for the
first six months and per cent a month
afterward for loans under SlOO. and IA
per cent month for all loans over slO0.
As their purpose is a cha irritable one the
promoters OF the scheme seek 20 be exempt
from taxation and to be allowed to file
chattel mort cages without the payment
OF the customary fees. Only the working
managers of the proposed shops will receive
a salary from the profits and it is provided
that the directors shall not declare divi
dends exceeding per cent in any one year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
russ AT CHURtH ELECTION.
Rector Throws Out Challenged Ball0
-lHa& NAY Get Into Courts.

MOUNT VERNON. May "A stir was
caused at the special election of vestry-
men OF Trinity Episcopal Church when
DR.. S. Oscar Myers, whose vote was chal-
lenged at the regular election held on Mon
day, because he did not attend church the
required number Of times during the year,
slipped his ballot into the ballot box and
the Rev S. T. Graham. rector OF the church,
opened the box and took 1t out.
There we're two tickets in the field, and
Rector Graham's constituents won by a
majority OFF,.
DIR. Myers wanted to vote for a set Of
vestrymen who would GUST those of the
rector. Az the result Of the contest to-day
there is dissenson in the church and the
antagonists of the rector talk OF carrying
the election to the courts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
MISSING FOR FOUR YEARS.

skeleton OF Child supposed to Have Been
Stolen by Gypsies Found on 4 Mountain.
MIppLErowN. N. Y, May 4.-The mys-
terry surrounding the strange disappear
ance four years ago Of five-year-old Lucy
Conkling from her home in the mountains
near Guymard. this, county, was solved on
Sunday, when her skeleton which has been
identified by the clothing, was discovered
by Benjamin G. Hsnion, the village black
smith, while strolling through the woods
with his eight-year-old son. An examina-
ton OF the remains disclosed what APP
peared to be two bullet holes in the child's
skull At the time OF the child's disap
pearance she was in the company OF her
mother on the mountains near her home
gathering huckleberies. 1t was then be-
Ifeved that gypsies, who were in the neigh
borhood, had kidna pped the child.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
r. j. HARDY, LAWYER, RECLUSE.
or . Distinguished Virginia Family-The
Body Shipped to Norfolk.

Thomas J. Hardy. the lawyer who was
found dead on Friday night on the top
floor of 523 West 15eth street. where he
lived alone in a five-room fiat, was br other
in-law Of Caldwell Hardy of Norfolk, Va.
president of the National Bank ers Asso-
citation and president Of the Norfolk Ma
tional Bank. and son Of the late Dr. Thomas
Hardy. distinguished citizen Of Norfolk
The body was taken to the Morgue and
a Coroner's autopsy showed that Mr.
Hardy had died of apoplexy. Mr.. Hardy
was recluse and, although he had lived in
the l50th street house for four years, the
tenants knew little about him.
Yesterday his brother, CASTOR Hardy,
a lawyer at 81 Nassau street. had the body
shipped to Norfolk. The Morguc officials
had received word from Norfolk to deliver
the body only on an order from Mrs Hardy.
the dead mans widow.
1t Is presumed that CASTOR Hardy had
such an order, although no one at the
Morgle knew anything about it last night
Mrs Hardy is in Norfolk.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
GEN. MATOs IN VENEZUELA.
He Has Taken the Field Again A. Leader
Of the Insurrectionists.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-(ien. Matos, the
leader of the Venezuelan insurrectionists,
who has been living in the Dutch island of
Curacao for many months, has returned to
Venezuela. according to telegram re-
ceived at the State Department from w.
w. Russell, United States Charge d'Afaires
at Caracas. Mr.. Russell says that Matos
has taken the field. 1t is expected that
there will be a revival Of revolutionary
activity in consequence Of this and impor-
tant developments are expected.
Herbert ". Bowen, the Venezuelan peace
envoy, will sail from New York for Caracas
on May IS. to resume his duties as United
States Minister. He will start from Caracas
for The Hague in August to appear before
the arbitration tribunal Mr. Bowen s
work here will probably end this week
1t ia expected that The Hague protocol
will be signed tomorrow by Mr.. Bowen
and the diplomatic representatives Of Great
Britain. Germany and Italy. and there will
then remain only the dra fling OF some
minor agreements.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
MURDERED IN A COURT HOUSE
EN-JI DGE y. u. MARCUM KILLED
IN JACKSON, Ky!
was the Last Surviving Leader Of the
COckrtiis, Who Had Fetd with the
Hargises -Thirty.n>e Men Assassinated
in Year In This Political warfare.

SOckrlIIs, VINO tAu y FeNM WIN t"e
Hargises-Thirty.n> Men Assassinated
in Year In This Political warfare.
LEXINGTON. KY, May A.--James B. Mar
cum, United States Commissioner In eastern
Kentucky, ex-County Judge of Jackson
KY, and once prominent candidate for
the Court Of Appeals, was assassinated
while standing in front Of the court house
door at jackson at 10 o clock this morning
He was shot In the head from behind by
some person standing in the dark hall further
back
This murder is another chapter in the long
standing feu1 existing in eastern Kentucky
between the Hargis and Cockrill factions
in which in the last twelve months the
lives Of thirty-five men have been sacri-
feed. Marcum was the last recognized
leader of the Cockril faction.
The feud originated over contest for
the Office Of town marshal in 1898. as the
result Of which John o. Hargis was killed
by Jerry Cardwell. The feud smo,ildered
until the spring election OF 1901, when the
Hargis faction overran the independent
ticket and took possession Of the Offices
Of County Judge and Sheriff. Marcum
was the attorney for Tenny and Davis.
the contestants for these Offices.
County Judge Tom Cockril, a Cardwell
man. shot and killed Ben Hargis in saloon,
Directly after this DR.. D. B. Cox the guar
dian of the Cockrill boys, was assassinated
Then Jim Cockrill was shot from a window
in the court house.
Marcum was warned to leave the county,
and through spies he learned Of a plot to
assassinate him. He refused to 60 and
barrcaded himself in his house for seventy
two days. He then slipped away, coming
to Lexington, He fought his opponents
in the courts from this place
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
OBJECT TO TRAFFIC RULES.
Truckmen and Hsckmen Heard BY Alder
men-An UnWiiling Car.

men-!An U0Niit1ne Car.
The Aldermen's Committee on Law and
Legislation held a public hearing yester-
day on the proposed ordinance for the
regulation of street traffic. Representa-
tives of truck drivers and hackmen' s
organizations spoke against it. They said
that the provisions preventing the unload
ing OF goods on the sidewalks would inter-
fere with the trucking business. The
hackmen oh jected to the proposal to take
away the jurisdiction over cabstands
from the Aldermen and give II to the police.
capt. Piper is a car and would give us
no show one man remarked.
Capt. Piper. who was present, said the
Police Commissioner would be only too
glad if the Aldermen would retain the
power.
John Flynn of the Hackmen's Protective
Association asked that the system Of giving
special privileges to some hack owners
by hotel managers he done away with.
The Waldorf-Astoris, he said. exaoted
$4,000 a year from William Seach, who
had the privilege at that hotel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
A RACE FOR DEEP WATER.
Monitor Arkansas starts To-day on Record.
Breaking Trip Down the Mississippi.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The new monitor
Arkansas, Commander Vreeland. will start
tomorrow morning from 81. Louis on a
record breaking trip down the Mississippi.
She will not stop anywhere above New
Orleans unless made TO do so by snage.
sandbars or circumstances over which
she will have no control.
When the Arkansas was sent around
from Annapolis to be present at the expo
sition dedication ceremonies In st. Louis
Commander Vreeland had permission to
stop at places on the river to let the people
see his little armorclAd. In response to
appeals from towns not visited on the up
trip. Commander vreelan d promised to
drop Ill on them on his run down the river
But he telegraphed the Navy Department
to-day that the river was falling 10 fast
trip tomorrow and that ii would be neces.
sary to break the engagements to stop at
river towns. The naval authorities are a
little worried, but they believe Commander
.reeland will win the race for deep water