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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
REVENUES FROM Liquor TAX.
Returns Indicate That They VIII Reach
Sis. 500. 600. Of which state Gets Haif.


SIS 500. 600. Of which state Gets Hat.
ALBANY. May THE increased reve-
nues which will accrue TO the State Treasury
on account Of the 50 per cent increase In
the liquor tax under the Raines law will
amount to at least 100000. The State
now receives from this source A.ias, SIS
annually. and according to reports received
to-day throughout the State regarding the
issuing Of liquor tax certificates, 1t Is ex-
pected that the total receipts from this
source for the excise year beginning to-day
will be nearly SIS 500 600. As the State
gets one-hah Of this amount, It's revenue
this year from this source will be close to
It had been anticipated when the esti-
mates first wero made regarding the rove
nues under the increased tax, that there
would be a decrease In the number OF liquor
tax certificates Of from Is 70 % per oent.
Judging from the returns received BY the
State Excise Department at the erd Of the
present excise year. there will be q, many
liquor tax certificates In force a. there
were under the old liquor tax fee lasE year.
or "a, 900.
State Excise Commissioner Cullinsn said
to-day:
Returns from more than half tho State.
including Greater New York, indicate that
the decrease 10 places for the new liquor
TAI year, will not exceed s per cent. and
that the total revenue for the liquor tax
year will be about 1850, 600. The State
and locality. on the basis Of one half TO
of IS 900, o00 This will be an increase Of
about 100 900 for the State over the
revenues Of the liquor tax year expiring
April So 1908, and an increase of about
S7o0. 1000 for localities over the revenues
for the same period
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
FREE LUNCH NOT GONE.
saloonk eepers Don't Live Up to the Edlct
0S Their Association.

Saloonk eepers Don't Live Up to the Edlct
a. Their Association.
Yesterday was the day that an agree
ment OF the liquor dealers to abolish free
lunches was to 60 into effect. Some Of
them kept the agreement. some didn't.
Nobody suffered for food who had the
price and thirst for beer. One Broad
thusiastic a month ago about boyoo ting
the farmers, broke the agreement and
gave away nsh. pick les and beans to all
corners.
Some dealers evidently thought that
they were going far enough to living up
ton when they put away the cheese and
left all the rest OF the stun on the freS-
lunch counter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
COST or NEW FRANCHISE.
Terms OF the Grant to the New York and
Long Island Traction Company.

Long Island Traction Company.
The Board Of Estimate yesterday decided
upon the terms Of franchise which the
New York and Long Island Traction Com
pany is after. The company now owns
thirteen miles Of lines in Nassau county
and wishes to run sixteen miles Of new road
to Jamaica and other points.
The terms OF the franchise a. approved
by the board require the road to pay 3
per cent. Of its gross receipts within the
city's limits for the first Ave years, and
per cent. for the remaining twenty years
Of the franchise
II provides that the company shall not
charge more than hve-cent fare within
the city limits and on the termination OF
the franchise the city shall purchase tho
plant at it's fair valuation as property,
except the private right Of way acquired
by the company within the city limits,
which shall be paid for at Its cost 10 tho
said company. The road must be completed
by July, 1904, or the franchise forfeited.
The company agrees to run cars night and
day within intervals Of one hour.
Tho franchise will now 60 to the Board
Of Aldermen for approval.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
Alaska BOUNDARY DISPUTE.


Br1ef IN Behalf ~ THIS Government
Delivered to the British Embassy.
WASHINGTON. May The first brief Of
the United States In the Alaskan boundary
dispute. which was prepared by the Hon.
John W. Foster, agent Of this Government,
has been delivered to the British Embassy.
Information was received at the State
Department. that tho briaf Of the British
Government was delivered to the United
States Embassy In London. Under the
terms Of the trcsty for the adjustment Of
tho boundary controversy, it was necessary
70 deliver the bsisfa not later than May 2.
The next step In the case win be the prepa-
ration Of the replies, which are to be COM
pleted withiA dx days from the delivery
event, tho members of the tribunal will
COUNSEL for each Government.
American brief relate to the occupancy
By the Uni ted ststss Of tho disputed strip
Of territory. Ha 10 tofore little attention
Fostar'a hiisf importance h attached to
the fact that from the period Of purchase
from Russia tbs. United States Government
held wsdispuesd posesssion Of the land,
the ut0 I'd WtOcn Ii now QleetlOo0O
Mr.. Foster discusses at the same time
the treaty stipUlations between Great
Britain and Russia to show that the present
boundary Is the ono agreed to by those
countries, In brief. it Is declared that
AalNia va to have . continuous strip Of
territory on the mainland around all the
tnlets or arms Of the sea; that this gave to
Hllasia an tbs interior waters Of the ocean
shove the southern limit of the boundary.
80 that British ships and traders had no
access 70 thsse waters except by express
Hoetse; and that the strip Of territory was
to be ten marine leagues wide IN all its
sxtent. unless there existed inside that
limit Z chain OF mountains. which con-
statuted q natural boundary or watershed
between the two countries.
Tha claim a Canada tl,At the. line should
follow, not the actual wtndings. but the
general trend Of the coast. is answered
81 The argument that the coast whose
Winding was TO Do followed was the coast
Of the mainland, as it was the intention
a tho convention to give to Russia the
control Of the whole Of the shore OF the
mainland. and Of the islands. bays, CULTS
and tnlets adjacent thereto. Documents
supporting thfz contention were found in
tho kussfan archives Of the Department
Of State. and are given in full
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
MADONNA INQUEST BEGINs.
One Of the Witnesses APrested Ter Ceuates
Sestins When He Outs the Asand.


featins Whea He Outs the ssand.
Coroner scholer yesterday began the
inquest into the murder Of Benedstto Ma
donna whose body was found in = barrel
on the morning Of April ~. To assist
him he had summoned = jury Of upper
Broadway and Eighth avenue business
men, all OF whom said they had no prejudice
against Italians The prisoner who was
name Ass istant District Attorney Garvan
says 10 Luciano Parino, was In court.
The hrst witness. Antonio Geneva. de =
veloped q poor memory. He had seen
the prisoner but didn't know his name.
As for Madonna. the witness swore he had
never even seen him. though Assistant Dis
tnct Attorney Garvan msntioned times and
places where the two had been together.
Mr.. Garvan tried to get the witness to
admit tina he had been with Madonna on
questioned him about stopping team on
the Bowery that afternoon. What he was
getting at didn't appear.
MadoniA's stepson. Salvatore 6aglia-
henci. was called to identify the murdered
man and the watch he carried, for which
Petto had the pawnticket. Tho boy WAS
very nervous on the stand and wouldn't
say positively that the watch was the ono
Madonna had. although to the police he
swore that II was
118tJO kuLoIluO WA0 SIlOo O61I0O. ~ W8o
In his cafe in Elizabeth street that the
counterfeiters' gang met he admitted
knowing number Of the men under arrest
and said that Morello. who IL supposed to
be the leader Of the gang. Lupo and Peoo-
raro had their mail sent to the place.
Inserilo admitted that he had known
Madonna for eighteen or twenty months.
He remembered seeing him in his cate on
the Thursday or Friday before the murder.
Two barrels. cormterpsrts Of the one In
which the body was found. were in the
court room and the witness was asked II
he could identify them. He remembered
buying sugar In such barrels, but his memory
failed him when he tried to pick out par
ticular one.
When the witness left the stand he was
Immediately Arrestad by Deputy United
States Marshal McAveny and taken to
Ludlow Street Jail charge with counter
fsiting.
Coroner scholer then adjourned the
hearing to Thursday morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02

Ex-J0dGe ReynoldS ReSeeee IN T1Ghe Case.
The Appells ate Division Of the Supreme
Court In Brooklyn yesterday appointed ex-
Judge George q. Reynolds referee 70 take
testimony and report his Andings In the ap-
plication made by Capt. =. Norton God
dard for The ANTI Policy Society for The
Tighe for inoompstency in having dis
miased tho complaints against thirteen
men who had bcen arrested without war
rants for dealing In policy. subsequently,
aght Of the usa wsaS indicted BY the Grand
jury. Magistrate Tghe conteadad that
the srrests should not have been made
without warrants aud that the indictments
subsequently found were on testimony
entirely different TO that presented 70 him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
HORSEWHIPS RECREANT LOVER.

Woman PunlDhes Him FER 0uitetAB 8eG
After CsuFtsfsip q Feur Years.
An excited woman walked up behind q
meek docking man ct the Hudson Bouls.
ward and Thorne street, jersey City, Thurs
day night. drew q small rawhdds whip
from under her automobils cloak and piled
II on his back and shoulders. Tho man
covered his face with his hands and begged
her not to be 60 hard on him.
Witnesses say the woman explained that
she punished the man because she had
discovered that b. intended 70 Hk her
said ehe was Mra Louise Snsden Of Man
hattan. The man 6ed without attsmptins
to aflrm or deny the statement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
Mrs. Butler Ne. Racxets's Psrtsss.

Orlando ]. Hackett. who went to Sing
Sing last week To serve q six-year sentence
for grand larceny committed two Year,
ago, posed a. . real estate broker. Tboee
who knew him say he never handed pieoe
Of properly In his HE. They also eay that
Ars. Emma Butler. whose railroad bonds
he stole. was never his partner nor asso-
ciated with him IN any business
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
summer Schools and P,aykrounds.

The Board of Educat ion is preparing
for tho summer vacation schools. and it
was announced yesterday that the schools
were found to be so popular last year that
the number would be increased this sum
mer. Last year there were thirty-two in
the whole city; this year there will be fifty.
eight, of which twenty eight will be in
Manhattan borough, There viii be sixty
eight school Fairgrounds, seven roof play.
grounds and seven Fairgrounds on piles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
1ARs ALL SANIrARIUMS.
Even Private Philanthropy Killed by tn
GoOdseil.BesieIl Bau.

GOOdseil.BeGleIl Hll.
Edward T. Devine. general secretary Of
ths Charity Organization Society. said
yesterday:
'In the letter sent by the New York
Charity Organization society's committee
on the prevention of tuberculosis to Gov.
Odell asking him to veto the Goodsell-
Bedell bill attention was called especially
to the eject Of the bill In making 1t i'm
possible for city Of the first class to erect
. sanitarium outside it's own limits under
tho laws OF 1909 authorizing such action.
The bill, however. goes far beyond this
and would equally interfere with any hos
pital, camp. or sanitarium which might
otherwise b erected by private phil
anthropist, . fraternAl society, or any
other association or corporation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02

Btll Against ChnrCh Assessments Faih.
Mayor Low yesterday rejected the bill
exempting the real estate Of Religious COR
porations from assessments for public
improvements. Comptroller Grout thinks
that the bill would require the city to pay
back every penny the churches have paid
to the city since their foundation In the way
Of assessments for public improvements.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
$50, 900 Verdict for Boys Lost Feet.

$50. 900 Verdict for . Boys Lost Feet.
A verdict of $4,000 against the Metro
pohtan Street Railway Company ~as re-
turned yesterday by jury In the Supreme
Court in favor OF nine-year old Vincent
Musssmann, who was run over by q car
q year and a half ago and 90 severely il g.
jured that both his Test had to he ampu-
in former ss IN M. io b.. the verdict va r.
verssd BY the Appellate Division.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02

NEW HAVEN. Conn. May AT the clos
ing session this afternoon Of the Congress
OF the National Society Of Soma Of the
American Revolution the following officers
we're elected: President General. Edwin 8.
general, John ". Bayne. Washington. D. G.;
Arthur W. Dennis, Rhode Island: Daniel
NJ. Lord. Chicago; Ira H. Evans Austin
Tex; John j. Huhbeil, Newark, n. j.; secre-
tAry-seneral. Edward Payson Gone, New
Boston; registrar general. A. Howard Clark,
Washington, d. C.; historian-general. George
williams Bates Detroit. Mich; chaplain
general. tho Rev. Rufus W. Clark, ID
Detroit Mich. President General Greeley
this CITY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
Died It the Ago q lO8.

BUFFALO, May l.-William Williams. the
oldest man in Buffalo. died at the home Of
his son. in this city, yesterday afternoon.
He was lo7 years old, having been born in
Portsmouth. England, in 1901. Williams
never had been III Q day In his life. The
end came as suddenly as the snufflng out
of Q candle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
NEW GRACE CHURCH HOUSES.
Five Structures Dedicated Yesterday
Home for tho choir D0yy.

Yesterday being the feast Of St. Philip
and St. James was chosen a. tho day Of
dedication for the new buildings Of Graoe
parish. In Fourth avenue. In the presence
Of large number Of pariahiouers and
clergy,nen the Rev. DR.. w. r. Huntington
read . special dedicatory service in the
afternoon. The address was delivered by
Bishop Coadjutor Alexander Mackay-Smith
OF Philadelphia.
The buildings dedicated yesterday were
an extension Of the chancel, q clergy house.
a choir house, a choir vestry and n music
room. milestone WAS used. The choir
house h the home OF the hoy Choristers who
come from all parts Of the United States
and who are pupils In the choir school.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
YELLED GIRLS IN WALL STREET.
Drsve Through In . Jsunting Car to
Advertise Church Far.

Three pretty giris heavily vailed with
chiffon drove through the streets Of the
downtown business district In Father VIII
liam j, B. Days Irish jaunting car, yester-
chy's Church bsxar in Grand Centred Palace
When they got into Wall Street many OF
their friends recognized and spoke TO them
Once when the car became blocked, several
men approached Il, but received warning
before they could speak:
Don't give US away" said the girls; we
are just doing this to wake up the crowd
The crowd woke UP.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
GUATEMALA VOLCANO ACTIVE.

TIC 0oNtA MARIA ABah IN Eruption Whel
0snnss Lost Champsrice.
San FaAsossos. May The santa Maria
volcano In Guatemala has broken out again,
but With what damage u not known. The
news was brought to this city to-day by
the steamer San Juan. which left Cham
Nv ~ fr,sh sruntion /, ssid 10 have taten o
pace.
Couriers from the interior brought word
that Q storm Of ashes was falling and that
the hhabitanta Of the surrounding coun-
try vOg0 ranic-stricken a. they were last
OctoA01 4hsn the Santa Maria hrst broke
oent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
AUrOM0BILIsT GOES FREE.


Farmers Death.
C01rAoR CIT. Mas, May l.--Edward A.
Mulliken. the golfer. will not be tried for
mAnslAnghter In causing the death OF Ariel
B. Scott, an aged farmer. Of Edgart ,wn last
summer. Mr.. Mulliken's automobil fright
ened the faTIner's horne and Scott was
thrown out.
the capo came up to-day that the complaint
had bseo placed on Ale. Mr. Mulliken has
Settled ssveval OWL suits brought against
htY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
DANIEL r. HEDGES DEAD.
Leader Of the Sioux CITY Boom Whic'
Collapsed Ten Yeav Ago.

Collapsed Ten YearS Ago.
De NONE a.. May Tho death Of
Daniel r. Hedges at San Francisco to-day
recalls the collapse Of the famous Sioux
City boom, forcing largo number Of finan-
ciers OF national reputation to the wall, on
April Is, Ieea whom the Union Loan and Trust
Company, the financial agent Of the Hedges
syndicate, failed With seven millions liabili-
ties and practically no assets. The same
day Hedges failed for two millions, and
Germs weat down with Q crash.
The Hedges syndicate failed for twenty
millions. Hedges was then rated q multi
millionaire. He died poor man. The
San Francisco despatch relative to his death
says he was asphydated
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
KEENE INTERESTS APPEAL
Fpsm Judgs Lsrtsa's Declsion IN Southern
pAellc Case.

CINCINNATI. May. IAN appeal was fled
In the United States Giro uit Court Of Ap.
peak to-day from the decision Of Judge
Lurton. who refused to grant an injunction
To Talbot J. TAYLOR and j. R. Taylor, rep
resentine James r. Keene and tho mi
nority stockholders Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, TO prevent Z. H. Hartman and
the majority stockholders from voting at
the election, which has been postponed.
States Circuit Court Of Appeals OF Cincin-
nai for review. A United States District
Judge win take Judge Lurton's place on
the bench then.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
RUNAWAY RAMS STREET CAR.
Mstsemaa Hurt BY the wagon Polo--Or
HoPse In the Fender.

Horse In the Fender.
A Long Island Express Company's wagon
drawn By . team ran away from in front
Of 8 West Fourtsenth street at o o'clock
last night while tho driver. James Fox.
was delivering goods. His helper had
left the wagon, too.
The team dashed west through Four
tenth street and rammed q crowded south
bound Sixth avenue car. One horse
crashed through the front platform gate
and the pole struck the motorman, John
Lennon Of e77 West Effty-fourth street,
intiring him severely. Tho other horse
fell into the fender.
Lennon was taken to the New York
Hospital and Fox was locked up in the
Tenderloin station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
JOTTEN6S ABOUT Town.

The AldesmMs cemmtttes Of aFra4esmAts
NJ cslses.skA ~ 1oe.A ennissssAy Of The s,tys
6Ayth hes decided 70 show steYsopsfcoAs u II De
psestes! pAsis Of he ~ ssssueAs % the aishs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02
DENMAN THOMPSON BETTER.
He IL Able to He Moved 70 Hts Houss IN
kwanzey. N. II.

nHenZey, ". n.
Cl4AREMoNr. N. H., May 1.-Denman
Thompson. the actor, Ia considerably i'm
proved in health to-day, and was sun
GENTLY recovered from his serious attack
Of yesterday to be moved TO his home in
Swanzey.
Mr.. Thompson was stricken With nssi-
ralgiA OF the heart yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02

These navy orders were Issued.
Commander z. g. Prime 10 Port Royal. Q. O..
as captain OF the yard.
Commander W: r. Hsisey. from Naval Academy
10 command the Chesapeake.
Lieut.. W. n. Shoemaker. from Naval Academy
10 tho ChcSa pcake - executive omcer.
Lieut.. u. X. Hines. from Naval Aosdsny - The
Chesapeake a. navigator:
Lieuts. y. J. Joncs. G. T. Cooper, A. B. Hen.
and I. A. Cotton. from duty OF Naval Academy 70
the Chesapeake.
Lieut.. b. G, Hanrahan. from duty On the BenAins.
ton 10 naval training station, san Fra1ctseo. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02

The superintendent Of the Beauchamp
apartment house. at ~ West Eighty fifth
street. said last night that . widow named
Nancy b. Leduc had lived there with sew
eral grown-up sons until year and . half
ago. He said that he had never heard Of
Warren B. Smith and that the former ten
Mamie Leduc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-03-06
efficient and rigid enforcement of
laws ready on the statute book
Milwaukee Evening Wis.

William McAndrew in tie World s
Work: Meantime, and all the time
there, is a spirit underneath the
whole Of American education
Notwithstanding the answers which
the teachers, in request for the
truth, had to make to the editor =
direct questions-a spirit in soma
place heroically strong, which is
pushing the work of teaching up
ward in spite of all the circum-
stances which would seem to make
it impossible; it crops out IS some
part of every reply received; it de
clares that however the public re-
gard it, this work is intrinsically
and inevitably the most dignifie1
and important that any man Or
woman can engage IN. It is spirit
that leads some men and women too
remain at work, not only admitting
that they are in the ragtag and bob
. tail of the profession, but, in fact
because they are in the ragtag and
bobtail-because that is where there
is at this moment the greatest need
of them. If teaching is moving one
little barley corn toward the front,
it is because of the work of such as
these, looking beyond the common
regard of communities to the real
satisfaction, the authentic, legiti-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-03-06

as satisfies him on his chances Of
meeting a lot of good men an6
women in good place, there is &
luxury about being sick which
atones for much of the pain endured
The most of us like to be fused
over and made to feel that it is alb
solutely essential to the place and
welfare of the entire world that
we get we'll at once. The conclusion
may once in a while seal upon us
that the world is really going on
just the same despite any little
vacations of our own, but it is
thrust into the background as
hastily as possible. But the surprem e
joy of illness lies in the greetings
which ones friends extend after the
doctor has discharged his patient and
he has turned to his daily task. It is
worth manysa sleepless night to have
your hand pinched hard in grasp Of a
big fellow who thereby says you
have been missed, or to see the face
of a dainty comrade light up on
again meeting You. Then one is
led to exclaim that this is really a
world full Of fine men and women
which it would be a pity to leave.
Out of the 1886 counties in Texas,
under that state local option law,
104 have complete prohibition, "a
restrict the sale of alcoholic bever-
ages to the county seat or principal
town, and only 50 grant general
licenses. So rapid has been the
spread of anti-saloon sentiment in
the state that, fearing the enact
ment Of a state prohibitory law as
the outcome, the more respectable
and law-abiding among the liquor
men are said to be seeking to save
themselves by proposing as a COM
promise one of the most radical
and rigorous license laws'-to be
operative of course only in the few
counties remaining ''wet" or allow
ing sales at county seat--''ever sub.
mitted sale legislature ut is too be
noted that the going dry" Of a !
great many counties at the last
election was directly attributable to
the defiant attitude of numeous
saloonkeepers in refusing to obey
the conditions of the law regulating
their traffic. Like results are apt
70 follow a similar attitude on their
part in other states. The only real
,afety of Tres pectable" LIQUOR
;rafRc is in an alliance with the
citizenship which not only demands
out compels obedience at all the laws
N the statute book.-Pioneer Press.