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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
The Burden OF Wealth.

- In -The Vulgarians" (The Smart Set
Publishing Company We have a story
by Mr. Edgar Fawcett which concerns
itself with the fortunes Of a Western family
who are oppressed with burden Of wealth
80 great that they feel at times as though
they could not stand it. When Mrs. Troop
heard that by the termination Of a law
suit she and her children had become pos
sessed OF numerous millions she began to
cry. She was a still comedy widow, with
expressed her grief to her son and daugh-
tiers.
1T scares me, Lee, it scares mel feel it
amt right to have 30 much. II I was
smart and could spend It building colleges
and 'sylums and such like! But 1 amt
smart; I'm only foolish know nothingl
And each Of US four has got the samel By
the terms Of your poor pas will, you said,
didn't you. Lee? Oh. it's awful feel
as il there was big weight on me. feel
as II rvas being buried alive"
Ernestane and Lola, her charming daugh-
ters. believed that she would get over it,
and said 70; and they were probably right.
Moreover. Ernestine, who was a practical
az well as a handsome young woman, re-
oedved the neHs in thankful spirit and did
not hesitate to say that she was glad. The
family lived in the largest and ugliest house
in far Western town. and when they mo we'd
eastward their troubles began. Their
great wealth brought them such notoriety
that they were almost mobbed in Chicago,
and the newspapers Of that city over
whelmed them with ridicule. So annoyed
was young Leander Troop that he felt a
Nero-hke cruelty stir In his young veins. He
wanted to buy up Chicago and then bur-.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
10000 CHILDREN PARADE
IN BROOKLYN'S ANNIVERSARY
DAY OBSERVANCE.
Clinton Division. With $4,000 Members
Marches In the Form Of Gigantic
Cross Distinguished Guests Watch
the EyOlutiOns In Prospect Park.


Marches In the Form OF Gigantic
Grossly Distinguished Guests Watch
the Eyolutions In Prospect Park.
The seventy fourth Anniversary day
parade of the Booklyn Sunday School Union
took place yesterday under leaden skies
and without a ray OF sunshine. The cele-
bration was attended with all the enthusi-
asm which marks the annual outpouring OF
Brooklyn's Sunday school army. The 2o6
schools included in the union were mustered
in twenty divisions. and the children, teach
ers and officers participating in the various
parades aggregated about 00yVo,
Alfred Tilly was chief marshal, and his
aids were John F. Hull. j. c, Doty, Jr., and
Charles B. Barnes. Before the parade
the officers of the union and the distn-
guished guests were entertained a: luncheon
in the Oxford Club by William Bcrri.
Among the guests were Mayor Low. Borough
President j. Edward Swanstrom, Police
Commissioner Francis V. Greene, Com
missioner Of Charities Folks. Deputy Com
missioner Of Charities Teale and Judge
Cleveland Of New Haven. The visitors were
taken in carriages to Prospect Park. where
the most picturesque demonstration took
place.
Before the marching the usual exercises
were held in the churches to which the
children had been assigned. and when the
marching was over each school repaired
to it's own church, where ice cream and
other refreshments wore served.
The parade Of the Clinton division was
one OF the most picturesque ever seen
in Brooklyn. 1t was composed OF twenty
seven schools, and the participants num-
bered over 1900 The parade was in
the form of cross several blocks in length.
There were four columns of children march
ing three abreast in opposite directions.
The two arms of the cross were formed
up and down Lafayette avenue from
Waverly to Vanderbilt, and the extreme ends
were at Fulton street and De Kalb avenue.
There were ten bands distributed along
Clinton avenue and all along the line OF
march persons were packed in solid mass.
1t took about half an hour to complete the
circuit.
The Prospect Park parade in the wide
meadow attracted nearly so 600 spectators.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Two Journalist storywriters.

Some time ago Mr.. Upton Sinclair, II
we are not mistaken. wrote for weekly
periodical an imaginative account OF his
experiences in endeavoring to attract
public attention He told how he had
written a story and published it himself. and
it had fallen fiat with little notice from the
critics in spite Of pathetic preface. Sub
seuuently he had the luck to find a pub
Usher who pushed the book in the usual trade
WAYS 40 that it attracted somewhat more at
tention SO Mr. Sinclair took occasion to
fall foul OF the critics and to be sarcastic at
their expense. though, apparently, even in
his second disguise he obtained no great
praise from them. Now. as we recollect.
that book was certainly not work OF genius.
it had faults that drowned it in its first
form, and the only thing that called for
notice was the authors cry for help.
Mr.. Sinclair has written another "phan-
tasy" which he calls prince Hagen" q. c.
Page & Coz He imagines young man
with no conscience and with boundless
wealth let loose in New York city. a theme
which, properly handled. certainly had
possibilities. But after the fanciful intro
duction by which he brings the Nibelung's
treasure in contact with the present life
in New York. his imagination gives out
and he is content to write parodies of news
paper articles. He is not even bright
enough to initiate the distinctive style Of
the newspapers he proposes to ridcule.
The best thing about his book is the picture
OF the skyscrapers on the cover.
From the comparative moderation in
style of the volume Of short stories published
recently by Mr.. Alfred Henry Lewis. it
might have been supposed that the icy
reception from Tammany Of his astounding
Typography" of Richard Croker had had
a salutary effect upon him. Mr.. Lewis is
not to be repressed, however, and in Peggy
O'Neal" Drexel Biddle. Philadelphia)
the unfortunate Andrew jackson is his
victim. Luckily Jackson is dead and can
not suffer ms Mr.. Croker did from the biogra-
ply. There have been few worse offenders
against the English language than Mr..
Lewis. and in this tale he gives his peculiar
rhetoric full swing. In a preface he de-
clares that he must proceed by blunt
sentences and short one-syllable words.
We should like to see what Mr.. Lewis re-
CARDS as polysyllable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
CONEY ISLANDS SHAME.
Young Girls. children, Enticed There
Ono IL Only IL Years Old.

Magistrate Voorhees,. in the Coney Island
court yesterday, spoke strongly on the
subject OF the cadet" system, which he
said was in active operation at the sea-
shore, Judging from the number Of young
girls arrested for intoxication. who, when
brought before the court. tell stories of
life of shame.
The magistrates anger was aroused at
the tale told on the witness stand by four
n-year-old Yetta Feigest, who was taken
to a place on West Twenty second street,
near Surf avenue. run by Robert Mack,
and there detained several days. After
the man who took her there tired Of the
girl, she alleges. she was sent out to the
streets. The price Of her shame was 10
be paid for her room and board
Besides the Feigest girl, whose case
has been taken up by the Children's Society,
was that OF Paula Frebel. is years old, of
800 Suydam street. who told OF a similar
experience.
A youth named Charles Wilson was ac-
cused by the Frebel girl, placed under
arrest, charged with abduction, and COM
May Bartruff, 20 years old, of les Pros
pect avenue, who was carried into the
West Eighth street station on Thursday
night unconscious. was also induced to
to Coney Island, she said, by promises
OF life Of ease and luxury. Her time
was spent in a resort OF the Bowery, where
on Thursday night she drank with a man
named Ueary. At midnight Oeary was
found dragging. the young woman's I'M
conscious for m from the beach to a wooden
platform at the end Of Bushmanns Walk.
Both were held as disorderly persons.
Mary Davis and Lucy Raymond, who
were found on Surf avenue at o'clock
yesterday morning by Roundsman Ken
nedy and Sergeant Sheehan. admitted that
they were only is years old and said that
their school books were hidden under the
old Iron Pier, where they were afraid to
20 to get them. The officers found the
books and on the promise Of the girls that
they would go home. put them on the
cars
MANY cases Of this kind can be seen
almost daily said the Magistrate yester-
day. The police can depend upon It
that evory man arrested for entioing girls
Of any age to Coney Island for immoral
purposes will get my earnest attention
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Col. Bob AmmOn Locked Up.

Col. Bob Ammon was locked up in the
Tombs Yesterday by order of Judge New
box was filled for Ammon's trial on the
charge Of having received $3O.5OO of the
Franklin syndlcate's stolen money As
sistant District Attorney Mott will out
line his case to the jury when court opens
on Monday morning and tho examination
of witnesses will follow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
HE'S AFTER zELIE DE LUSSAN.
Francis wilson VIII Ask Her to BE Ills
Leading Woman,

Francis Wilson sailed on the Cymr!o
yesterday to join his family abroad. They
are now in Paris. but will journey to London
to meet him and from there all hands will
start on a continental jaunt to last unit il
the end Of the summer.
Mr.: Wilson is going to open up on Broad
way in September with a revival OF Err
mimic" and 'The Little Corporal" and
while on the other side he will try to get
ZAlie de Lussan to come over as his lead
Ing woman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
A Dino Novel in Dollar Twenty-Five Dress.

Fort Birkett. Story Of Mountain
Adventure" (W. j. Ritohie). by Mr.. E. w.
Townsend. is a literary product Of the
good old approved dime-novel order.
Train robbers, bandits. two gentlemen
from New York, young woman in riding
pants and a sentimental Pluto perform
deeds Of derring do in the heights Of the
Sierras The New Workers. discover gorge
in the mountains where placer gold lies
around loose in tons, and they and the lady
in pants and the Piute have hairbreadth
escapes and perform feats Of woodcraft
such as the heroes Of the Deadwood Dick
school could not have surpassed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06

Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrudng .files
Your druggist win rcfund your money II pALO
OINTMENT fsss 70 cure you. 70 csnts~-Als.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06

1t for the second time. In Now York they
Jared better, and the reader may be inter-
ested in observing how it's civilizing in
f,uenoe transformed them. and how, with
the assistance OF a charming woman, they
were steered clear Of many pitfalls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
All Street Gar Wheels Will Turn
 Again Today
THE COMPANY IN THE DARK
Although the Strike Was Declared of Yesterday Morning the Manage
 ment Was Not Officially
 Notified Till Last Isigf;.

Chicago, November 25-Although a basis of settlement of the strike of the employees of the Chicago City railway company was decided upon at 1;30 o'clock this morning, and the agreement was ratified by the men few hours later, not single car is in service on the entire system tonight. The only cars operated today were man ned by non-union crews under the same conditions that have prevailed since the inauguration of the strike a week ago last Thursday
 For some unexplained reason, the man. agement of the Chicago City railway was not officially notified until tonight that the strike had been declared off. While the men were ratifying the agreement de- cided upon early this morning by which the men were to return to work, the com pany continued to operate it's cars under police protection on the five branch lines that had been opened for traffic since the inauguration of the strike.
 Manager McCulloch finally received word from President Mahon of the strik- CTS union that the strike had been de- clared off. The trainmen have been or dered to report for duty at 4 o'clock to- morrow morning. This makes the time elapsed since the walkout fourteen days to the hour and minute.
 The electric linemen, fremen and engi- neers, cable splicers and coal teamsters returned to work tonight and tomorrow the road will be operated under normal conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
CLEARED OF CHARGE
 BY A BERLIN JURY
VERDICT IN TRIAL OF COUNTESS kWILECkI IS GREETED WITH CHEERING BY POLISH RESI- DENTS OF THE CITY.

Berlin, Nov 25.--The Countess Isabella Weisieska Kwilecki, charged with pre- senting a false heir to an estate at Wro- blewe, province of Posen, who has been on trial here since October 26, was &C., quilted.
 The countess, during the closing argu- ments sat unmoved in the prisoners en- closure, occasionally examining the faces of the jurors through a lorgnette, or glancing through the window at the gath ering crowds of her Polish countrymeu who assembled in the neighborhood of the court house with the design of mak ing a political demonstration If she should be convicted.
 Race feeling has ben a notable feature of the trial, as the 300000 Poles resident in Berlin never forget an opportunity to protest against Prussian justice The Polish newspapers asserted that if the countess was convicted it would be cause ed by partiality. The authorities, ex- pecting rioting should the result be a. conviction, filled the court and adjacent squares with police. The tension was extreme, especially when the jury retired and remained out more than three hours, an unusual time for a German jury, since the majority decides.
 The announcement of the verdict turn l.. ed the prospective rioters into a cheering, joyful crowd. The countess and the boy who Is now heir to one of the finest estates in Prussian Poland drove in the countess own carriage with her husband to their town house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
RULE OF CONTEMPT
 FOR RAILROAD MEN
PRESIDENT SMITH OF THE L. & N., SUPT. HALE OF THE SEABOARD AND SUPT. DENHAM OF THE A. c. L. FACE CHARGES.

Savannah. November 25.-In the United a rule of contempt against President Mill ton II. Smith of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad; w. Hale. superintendent of the fourth division of the Seaboard Air Line railway, and w. B. Denham, superintendent of the second division of the Atlantic Coast Line railway order ing them to show cause why they should not be attached for contempt for disre- garding the order of the court.
 The case in contempt proceedings will be heard at Macon, December H. The case in which the proceedings were had is that of the interstate commerce com mission against the Louisville and Nash vile railroad lthe Florida Central and Peninsula railroad and the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad, III when they claimed that the rates on the F. & A. division of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad to River Junction, Fla. in conjunction with the rates from that point to Savannah were so high and so unreasonable as to be prohibitory. On July 2l, 1903 Judge Speer rendered a decree which sustained substantially the contentious of the interstate commerce commission. The decree was accepted by the railroad officials as final, no appeal having been made and the case subse- quently was dismissed
 The decree was served upon all the railroad officials named above. Since the service of the decree the railroads have paid practically no attention to the terms of the decree, in consequence of which the interstate commerce commission filed today the complaint that the injunction order had been violated and asked that the court issue q rule against the de- fendants The rule issned accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
Spectators Hiss the PugiIstS
 During Bout at Frisco
GARDNER IS OUTCLASSED
Neither Fitzsimmons Nor Ills oppo- nent Proves Claims to Champion ship, and Fight Ends After 20
 Rounds With No Knockout.

San Francisco, November 25.-Bob Fitz- simmons proved tonight that he was not a bad one' when he outboxed and out generated George Gardner for twenty full rounds. Fitzsimmons was as awk- ward and as cunning as of yore, and ap- parently realized that he must foster his strength. There was not moment when he was not carefulness personified
 While the old man could avoid punish ment from Gardner, he could not knock his opponent out, although he landed a number of rough blows. From his per- formance tonight Gardner is not in Fitz- simmons class. He landed on the old timer once in a while but Fitzsimmons was always going away from him and the blows were harmless. Several times Fitzsimmons apparently had Gardner al- most out, but he was either too tired or lacked his old strength and could not land a knockout punch. Fitzsimmons was very successful in blocking and lodging Gardner's blows and In the clinches and breakaways was very careful The fight did not please the spectators and the men in the ring were frequently hissed when they went through a round with out apparently trying to fight.
 Referee Groney, at the close of the con- test, said that 1t was the worst fight he ever saw. He was forced to give the de-
 
 scored the knockdowns but otherwise did no damage. It was apparent that neither man was qualified to claim championship honors
 After the fight Fitzsimmons appeared to be overjoyed at his victory and claim ed that the reason he did not knock Gard ner out was because he broke the knuclSle on both hands early In the contest It was either for this reason or because Fitzsimmons chose to act mainly on the defense that the fight was not ended long before the twentieth round was over. Gardners eye was cut open and his nose knocked aslSew, while Fitzsimmons bled a little at the mouth. Beyond that there was no damage done to either man. Gardner demonstrated that he did not have a hard punch in him. There were ccasiona1 flashes when the bAtzsimmons Of slden 'times .tppea fed for .e moment. But it was only for moment. He seemed to tire quickly and after a short vicious rush during which he would land on Gardner and take the grit out of him he would rest during the remainder of the round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
MRS. E. L. RUSSELL
 DIES IN HOSPITAL
WAS WIFE OF COL. E. L. RUSSELL OF MOBILE AND HAD BEEN VIs- TYING IN WASHINGTON WITH HER HUSBAND.

Washington. November 25.-tSpecial. J. Mrs. E. l.. Russell, wife of Col. F. L. Rus sell general counsel of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. died tonight at the Colum- blan University hospital. The cause of Mrs Russell's death was an abscess in the ear.
 Colonel and Mrs. Russell had been stop ping at the New Willard for several weeks. Mrs. Russell was taken Ill during Colonel Russell's absence on tour of in- spection of the Southern railway with President Spencer.
 The remains will be shipped to Mobile for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
EMPEROR CHANGES
 HIS TONE OF VOICE
GERMAN RULER HAS NOT YET AC- CUSTOMED HIMSELF TO LOWER PITCH AND WILL HAVE TO TRAIN HIMSELF.

Berlin November 25.-Emperor William has changed his voice, modulating it so as to reduce the pressure on the vocal cords. He now speaks in a somewhat lower pitch, his utterances resonating against the cavities of the mouth. He has not yet trained himself fully, and he may take the servi' es of teacher, so that he can apply correctly the method taught in voice culture. His throat specialists have explained to him the the jry of voice production which he has ofacticed with success.
 The emperor heretofore has been using his larynx in the ordinary fashion, that is expellng the air against the cords without counter pressure produced by a rebound from the resonating cavities.
 It will be possible when the emperor s voice Is. trained completely for him to speak easily, more clearly and longer without the slightest injurious strain. The cords will be able to carry quite as far. pr even further. The emperor's advisers nave accepted the theory of Dr. II. H. Hobrook Curtis, of New York, which has been made familiar to the German phy- sicians by Prof. H. Krouse. the throat specialst, who attended the late Emperor Frederick. Professor Krause believes hat several throat diseases can be ob- viated and in some instances cured by using the voice scientifically.
 The official announcement that the em- peror had begun a course of voice cul- ture was contained in the following bul- etin:
 New PaPlace. Potsdam. November 25, l903-The surgical wound OH the left vocal ord has been scared over since Novem- Der 19. His majesty, the emperor and king, will still require careful use of his voice for a considerable time. until the scar becomes sufficiently firm.
 His majesty Is now undergoing mas sage treatment of the larynx along with voice exercises. His majesty probably will recover the entire use of his voice within a few weeks.
 (Signed) WON LEUTHOLD.
 SCHMIDT.
 "ILBERG."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
CARTER WILL BE RELEASED.
Six Months Served on Governors
 Island Count in Term.

Washington, November 25-By a deci- sion reached by Attorney General Knox today, Captain Oberlin M. Carter will be released from the Fort Leavenworth, Kas.. prison on the 2sth instant Any doubt on the matter rose from the ques-
 l whether or not the six months, dur
 which Captain Carter was ncarcer-
 d at Governors Island. when he sought obtain release through habeas corpus proceedings, should be counted as a por- ton of the five years term in prison to which he was sentenced.
 The attorney general holds that this six months should be so counted and this. with the remission of time granted on &C., count of good behavior. will secure Cap tain Carters release on the 18th of the present month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
FIRES THREATEN
 CITY OF VICKSBURG
EVERY AVAILABLE MAN IS OUT FIGHTING FLAMES TO PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF FINE PLANTA. TIoNS-A STEAMER AGROUND.

yicksburg, Miss. November 25.-Forest fires in this section are spreading rapidly and unless a heavy rain comes in the next few days serious loss will result Along the Sunfower river for a score of miles. cotton picking has been suspended and every available man Is out fighting the flames to prevent the destruction of sev- eral fine plantation properties which are endangered.
 Navigation in the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers is seriously interfered with by thick clouds of smoke and tonight it Is reported that the City of Wheeling. a mail packet plying between Vicksburg and Greenville, Is hard and fast on a sandbar near Glen- ora. the accident being due to the smoke clouds.
 To the north the woods are burning within four miles of the city limits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-26
> ROMPTL.Y at 3 o'clock this after noon an athletic toe from the


 noon an athletic toe from the mountains of Tennessee or Ala bama will send the pigskin reeling to- wards an opponents goal and the great game between the University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee will have begun.
 For two hours or more there wilt be a test of muscle, skill and grit and then the spectators will know which state has turned out the most valiant sons to pro- tect the honor on the football field.
 The Tennessee team arrived from a good nights rest will be prepared to give Alabama bitter struggle
 The Alabamians, on the other hand, are keeping very quiet and will not arrive in Birmingham until noon today. They will come on a train heavily laden with yell ing students from the university
 With the arrival of the train the fun will begin in earnest For the first time in several years the people of Birming- ham can enjoy the scenes of a crowd of college boys floating colors from their canes and shouting at the tops of their voices as they parade the strests prior to the contest. Arriving at the grounds these 200 or 300 students will assemble m one corner of the grounds and from that point of vantage expect to pull the cham pions across the line.
 Tennessee Manager Talks.
 Manager Cooper of the Tennessee team expressed satisfaction in his men last night and said they were in the best con- dition that training could put them. He admits, however, that the game will be very close and a tumble at a critical