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FAT PLACES FOR oDBLL MN.
GOVERNOR 70 boss fHE JOE OF
GOLD-LINING TIE CANAL.

Unlimited Number o. Resident Engineer
Desides tho Beard whose Pay the
Geverner Fixes-Contrsctsr at Their
Mercy-Fuil Year for the 0dcti Ma.
chino - Fatten On The 0loo. 0oo. Ooo.
A bait put In the Davis i.ooo-ton barge
canal bill to insure its approval by the
Governor was . provision Tor appointive
patronage which an executive bent on build
ing up Q personal political machine might
find most useful.
II the people should vote for the eioi,-
900 900 expenditure next Novem Der their
act at once appropriates eio, 600 600 for the
beginning Of the work. The Governor. who
viii then be entering on the last year OF his
term with possible ambitions for Q third
term. 10 authorised 1t once to employ i've
expert civil engineers 10 cot - an advisory
board. whose duty 1t shall be to advise the
State Engineer and the Superintendent Of
Public Works. TO follow the progress Of tho
work and from time to time report thereon
to the Governor. the State Engineer and the
Superintendent OF Public Works as they
may require or as tho board may deem
proper and advisable.
The compensation Of these Eve engineers
10 W NC hAcu w tiiO SONCfhct " tfAees - NO
wills, he can make the price fitting reward
for any personal services rendered or prom
ised.
The State Engineer ID authorized to APP
point q special deputy who may perform
on this work Of improvement all the duties
OF the State Engineer. The compensation
Of this special officer IL TO be fixed by the
State Engineer, with the approval OF the
Canal Board-and it's q queer Governor
who doesn't control his own canal board.
To take in the legion OF smaller place.
seekers who will be willing TO live on the
SOL 600 900 for an unlimited number OF
years the act bestows on the State Engineer
power to appoint and at pleasure remove
as many resident engineers In addition to
those now authorized BY law a. be may
deem necessary for the work.
The scheme Of the act IL strictly In &C.
cord with the policy Of Capitalization pur.
sued by Gov. Odell. by which he has brought
the State hospitals and the State charitable
institutions directly under his control.
Whatever may result at the State election
Of 1904, Gov. Odel and his friends viii have
had q full year to eat into the SOL 900 900
and ample opportunity 90 TO bind the State
The contractors who undertake tho
construction work viii be under the survey
Of the same power Of centralisation: sdnce
they can get their money from the Super
intendent Of Public Works only on the
certificate Of the State Engineer, and the
special agent. whom the State Engineer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
TEE HUSBAND NEED xor PAR.
NILS Of wne whs Has Lsft Him without

~ AOo0AND NEED NUT TAI.
Bilh Of wlfe whs Has Loft Him without
Fault a ms.
Tho Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court has decided unanimously that q
husband Is not liable for the debts, subse-
quently contracted. Of . wife who has left
him voluntarily and without sufficient
reason.
Tho wife Of Henry Hosener, a wealthy
business man Of los Chambers street. left
her husband In 1897, and In 1901 she ran up
q bill OF 500 with Arnold. Constable d Co.
When the bill was presented to Mr.. Rosener
he refused to pay II.
Municipal Court Justice Joseph supported
Rosener In this contention, but the Appel
late Term Of the Supreme Court, In reyers-
Ing Justice Joseph, said that the husband
was responsible for his wife's necessary
debts "a long a. she was his wife. In re-
yersing the Appellate Term and unfolding
Justice Joseph. the Appellate Division says
IL part:
THE husband Ia only liable when he has
failed to perform a duty. The husband
owes no duty to support a wife who refuses
to live with him without fault Of bis own
Counsel for the prosecuting firm said
yesterday that an immediate appeal would
be taken TO the Court Of Appeals
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
BURGLARS CAUSE FATAL FIRE
Blew Open Q Safe and Got S7OO-One Man
Dead: two Women Burned.

LAKEWOOD, N. j., April lin q fire
which was started by burglars. who blew
open a safe In W. E. Matthews fruit store
in Clifton early this morning, one man
lost his life. two women we're burned and
a three-story building was destroyed.
The victim Of the fire was John Wagner,
helpless paralytic. 90 years old. who lived
in rear room on the third floor. Miss
Agnes Thompson. q nurse, and a Miss
Worden rushed through the blazing halls
and down two flights Of stairs to safety.
Both were badly burned about the face
and hands.
The explosion was heard by the manager
and night Waterman of the Palmer House
A moment afterward they saw smoke
and flames issuing from the rear OF the
store. When the 6remen arrived they
found the rear door open. The door OF
the safe was found TO have been blown
open. No other trace of the burglars
was found. They took about 5000.
W. E. Matthew'S II In a precarious con-
dition tonight, the excitement Of the fire
having caused a serious heart difficulty.
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xoaEs cRAas oonINs d



Demented Ysung Man. Hear @ . LAFUs
indiana Fortune. Leaves PariA /,
LAFAYETTE, Ind. April ii.--It b ssssrts1
that Moses Fowler Chase, the long-ld4
heir to a largo fortune. who has beenh
Paris sanitarium for four years IN
France yesterday for the United etsAes
and his departure from Paris was olofacd
In secrscy. A cable message has bssn ~
ceived In this city by the attorneys inter
ested In the case.
Tie demented young millionaire. Who
while in France was under the guardian
ship Of Consui-General Gowdy. has a. COM
panion Samuel P Baird, an attorney q
this city. and q male servant, The party
will reach New York next week end within
few days after their arrival In THE country
young Chase viii be brought into ecpss .
this city.
Coming back to his home after four yeaEs
absence, with his mind Q blank aid M
estates In an almost hopeless tangle. Chaee
will be the principal figure ip The set4es.
ment Of a notable case. Il has been asserted
that he was kidnapped by q relative.
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Circus Soon 70 Leave Town.

This 10 the last week but one OF the per-
formances in Madison Square Garden Of
the Barnum 4 Bailey show. The show
"a scheduled to exhibit In Broo klyn in the
week beginning April 81. In the present
seast n In this city the attendance has been
equal TO anything in past years. The iull
seating capacity Of the place So'So0s, twas was
ancee. 49,
Next Tuesday Afternoon free exhibit
ton win be given fer the orphans, cripples
and inmates Of charitable institutions.
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RIVAL SAFEROBBERS "PEACHED."
Report That skilled Thieves warned Police
OF the Hoboken Burglary.

Frank Avery. alias' Hartman. who was
arrested yesterday on suspicion that he
was implicated in the North Bergen ceme-
terry safe robbery last Wednesday, was held
in the Tombs police court, yesterday morn
ing, to await requisition papers from New
Jersey.
An interested spectator in the court room
when Avery was arraigned was Michael
Kurtz, alias -Sheeny Mike, and his presence
led to the belief that the plan to rob the,
Flower Hill Cemetery safe was betrayed
to the police Of this city by a rival gang OF
safebreakers. The police say that kurtz
Is known as an expert copper, or high
class safe breaker, while Avery Is 'yegg-
agoppers' informed Capt. McClusky that
the syeggmen" had planned to commit
q safe robbery in North Bergen.
The police are now looking, for Harry
Russell, a notorious saferobber, who.
they say, was one of the men who took
part in the robbery last Wednesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
Digging Last Years Crop Of Potstoes in
April.

CooPERsrowN. N. T., April ii.-Louis
Green Of Grihin's Corners finished digging
his last years crop Of potatoes this week.
Last fall Green became disguised over the
quantity Of rotten tubers found in his field,
90 he quit taking them from the ground.
This spring, potatoes being dollar a bushel
and his supply getting low. he concluded
to Investigate He found that the potatoes
left In the ground had wintered fine, not one
was frozen, and he says he got more sound
potatoes than if he had dug them last fall
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
On shorter Course At Columbia.

Notwithstanding the objections to the
ideas OF President Butler. Of Columbia
college on the shortening Of the academic
course In American colleges, he announces
that a special committee OF the faculty is
considering the subject thoroughly and
will make an elaborate report. The report
will not be made before fall. The COM
mittee consists Of President Butler, Dean
Van Amringe and Profs. Peck. Carpenter,
Hallock and Sloane.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
NINE LAWYERS TO DEFEND HIA.
Court Attache Had Oncr Of Much Help -
Defend Charge Of Assault.

Defend Charge o. Assault.
Max Lesser. . Manhattan lawyer. ~
peared before Recorder Stanton OF Hoboksn
yesterday rs complainant against Sergeant
alarms Daniel Mccarthy Of the Hohoksa
District Court, whom he oharssd With
assault. He testified yesterday that 10
accused Mccarthy OF having neglected
his duty In failing to answer certain Iettsu,
and that the sergeant-at-arns retaliatpd ~
punching him In the face
Nine lawyers who volunteered their ~.
vices were In court to defend MoCAFtAy.
Lesser failed to prove the assault, and Re-
oorder Stanton dismissed the oompl3int
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n. c. vanderbilt Never suhprused.

1t was learned yesterday that Reginald
G. Vanderbilt was never subpenaed AZ q
witness to testify In the case OF David Buck
lin, manager Of Canfeld's gambling house
at East Forty-fourth street. The sdb-
pena server who had q subpoena for Mr..
Vanderbilt seSyed 1t on a man who. he be-
lieved was Reginald Vanderbilt, and made
affidavit of service.
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American Girl to Wed Count Otto Won
KOeuigsmarck.

ALTON, H.. April ii.-Miss Leila Periey.
daughter OF Mrs. T. E. P,rioy Of Alton.
who, IL 10 announo d. will wd In May Count
Otto Won Ko nigsmarck Of G. rmsny. First
Lie ut nant In tho &c rman Army, is an
n in a. and tai mt d musician and vocalist.
She SD Mt tn, last eight y ars In G. rmany.
She and her mother are now In Bavaria.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-05

State VS.. Chas Campbell
Number of
Warrant In whose favor drawn Amt.
1857 o Barker, justice fees ....$ 2.25
1855 Allen Boyce, constable fees j. 4.25
Total. s e nj
State vs.. Mrs. Anna Kish-
Number OF
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some Irish limitations.

In Echoes of Erin Putnams). Mr..
William Westcott Fink has written a series
of verses many of which are in that strang &c
dialect that passes for Irish in the cheaper
variety theatres There is certain
fascination about such a sentence as
so now ye must tell me jusht what mnsht do.
which the Widow MCGEE addresses 10 the
pig in one of these poems; but it seems 10
suggest partial intoxication rather than an
Irish brogue. Mr.. Fink remarks metrically
that he has heard on our own Western hills
tho echo of Erin's laughter ripping like the
rills that flow through her emerald glades
and make music where the moonbeams
fall upon the lake Of fair Killarney. Which
shows that he has at least the hearing and
the lima gination OF the poet. He thus
spostrophizes the land that he would fain
pay honor to:
Land where the mlr,h pot sings Ger Sorrows Ares;
Where now. as ever. to Hopes funeral pyrea
pathos leads Humor. weeping by the bier:
Where keen edged wit 10 mellowcd By q tear:
Where Courage looks on Sorrow With . smile,
Bidding Hope live for yet little whlel
| love thy bulls and broeues, whose srtiess art
Conce the deeper meaning Of the heart:
For thou hast cast tho witchery Of thy spells
In brogues ineiodious as accordant bells,
Upon my spirit.
But whom tho reader has examined some
OF tho tributes OF the poets admiration,
the latter seems to exhibit what some per-
sons might describe as an enga ging frank
ness when, In one line, he says Of his at
tempts
These be but feeble m,mcrcs ,h,ne,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
4 Good English Bur,csauc.

An amusing burlesque is Ma jor-tien.
George d'Ordel's Tactics and Military
Training, published in England by Bickers
d Sor ard imported by Charles Scrbner' Is
Sons. Unlike most English buresqucs
it is short ard In appearance and get-up
is a very close imitation Of the official Eng
lish Army drill books. The hook Is in three
parts, the first devoted to Tactics, the
second TO Military Trimming and tine Nat
ure of the Private Soldier" the third to
Modern Weapons"
Gen. d'Ordel, it may be mentioned is an
authority on modern weapons, having in
1871 edited his grandfather's manual OF
arms. prepared in 1901, The book de-
ponds too much upon knowledge Of the
British drill regulations to be wholly in
telligible here; but a good deal bears trans
lation to America. The D'Ordel screen for
soldiers, Of wicker work; the detailed In.
structons for the men when taking their
intrenching tools or screens; the -disciplin-
airy maaplvre" to be performed by the
troops not digging trenches while waiting
to attack; the diagram showing this move
ment; the remarks on professional training
for officers and men; the model correspond
ence. and the essay on modern weapons;
are oil underst andable here, even though
they do not hurlesque accurately any Of
our drill regulations. The book will amuse
one for an hour; and that Ia long time for Q
burlesque to he funny Presumably 1t Is
by the EDITORS, Mark Sykes ard Edmund
Sandars
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
A Musical Gentus,

In Angelo the Musician" Godfrey A. 8.
Wienere), by Harriet Bartnett. we have
the story Of San Francisco newsboy who
became the greatest violinist OF hts day
A wealthy and benevolent Forty-niner
notices the small chap listening to a blind
musician on the street. He interests
himself in the newsboy and gives him a
start In life. In time the lad becpmes the
possessor Of violin. He takes It home,
and though he has never even held one in
his hands before, he tunes it correctly and
plays In q surprising manner,
"Ha raises Il to his shoulder. All, it
nestles al his throat az il II had been there
always. IA II II knew and lovsd him, respond
ing TO his own tenderness. He attempts
To slide his fingers il is as II he had been
taught these chords He ia certainly IA
miliar with them II II alone from listen
ing ~ ardently to the street musician. Or
can 1t he that the knowledge Is an intuitive
endowment which Is a part Of his mind
jist as the melody Is a part Of his hearts
Again and again, in sheer satisfaction he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
MIchelAnGciO.

An admirable monograph on the grandest
artistic genius since Grecian times has bsen
prepared in a somewhat uncon ventional
way by Mr.. Charles Hoiroyd. keeper Of the
National Gallery Of British Art in London,
In Michael Angelo Buonarroti" Duck
worth 4 Co; Charles Scribners Sons)
The first part Of the hook is a translation
of Ascanio Condivi's lisc Of elan elo
published in 1883, perhaps as interesting
method OF telling tho biography as could
he devised. The second part, modestly
called "an arrcrdiI 20 Cor divi," contains
Mr., Holroyd's comment. in which is con-
densed all that modern research has been
able to discover about Michelangelo
and his works and the views on these Of
modern critics. An appendix contains
the translation of Three Dialogues on
Painting by the Portuguese painter
Francisco d'Oilahda. who was In Rors
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
HOUGHTON, MlFFLIN & co.
Dut Yst a Woman" etc., 6i.eo.

care sses the violin. Now as he poisAs the
bow and as it ripples over the strings, a
soft mecdions murnrr greets his ears
listening. the notes become more familiar
and. closing his eyes, he feels the vibrations
Eern,eate his whole being. Within his
heart new s,nsation is being experienced
Aye. bu, listen He is i,'eyinz' This.
we think It may be said, without axag-
geration il fine writing And hers Ia u
work in which imagination holds it's nj and
proper sway. No one, we think, will SAY
scornfulIy Of the author that she is rner.
rtalist-a term that is sometimes, We re-
gret to note. used in derision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
Among the BexSars.

The renGer will find capital entertain
nent in Nv I. X. Friedmnn's book, THE
Autobiography Of BE ggar" Small, May
nerd 4 Co.. Boston. Macs) The main
story is prefaced by some Of ,he humorous
adventures and Incidents related in the
Beggars Club and the volume hos num-
btr or excellent and characteristic il'nstrc =
tiors by Mr.. W. Glackene. The stories are
told with humor and the pictures are in the
spirit Of the text. MollbuzZer, Shirtless
Sam. Harry tho Skate. One-armed jake.
Hungry Henry, Sam tho Scribe and the
rest who frequent the clubroom In
McQuinn's BARREL House" are an interest
ing lot, ard author and artist are equally
happy in depicting them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
The Current Columbus.

Out Of much that is interesting and ad
mirable in "Picketts Charg. and Othe,
Poems, by Fred Emerson Brooks FORBES
d Co., Boston and Chicago). we presen,
with confidence these lines Of realism from
the poem called "The Dago:'
ana one Italian
People cal, me Da 80 man
MIA live Uni ted state
Mak.a heap o. mona an, rate.
Smok-a vera cheapa elsa ret,
Hat-a macarori an spase,'.
ain "a descended from
Chrstopa' colonb'
brlaga dls.s lee,al monk
Oralr IN dis-a leetal trunk
Though,a vera honcly oa-.
he help M mak.a d. mon
Irish man he Gala me
Ia lettsi monkey pedigree:
Call a da monk ancestor from
Chrlsloph Coiomb
drag plano through de town:
People throw me da nickel DIVA:
max a vera sweet-a bow
To servant gal. she mak.i row;
Gala m, de plano hors-.
Say plan so old. O. course
was a descended from
Chnstoph' COombr
Bccg a fool como cvair day
Ask-s whore learn TO play;
Te-a me ! must.a be
Greata llk.a Pad \ .ru 81 .kcc'
Small boy mako bad "a face.
Gala me dat a stunpy race.
Mis- -ht-a descended from
Chrlstoph Co!ombH
Cable car he bump.a me-
Police q man he thump.a me-
Truck Imam upset-a me.
Sprinkle a man he wet me.
Fire engine come. a dash.
Break da organ ALA smash!
XIII da monk descended from
Christoph Colombo
We believe that the amiable reader will
feel disposition to drop something into
the cup.
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Other Books.

Tn" edition Of Lord Byron's Works
published by John Murray and Charles
Scribner's Sons has turned out 20 be the
most important edition q the poet : works
In prose and poetry that has ever appeared
II bids fair TO Iva definitive. 40 far a. any
edition Of modern can be- The sixth
volume OF the Poetry" edited by Ernest
Hartley Co!eridge, Ia particularly interest
ing in that il contains the whole OF "Don
JUAN with tho addition Of the fragment OF
seventeenth book. seventh volume Of
Poetry will complete the edition.
Among the many attempts 20 give infor-
nation about great artists in little, illus
trated pocket volumes. DR.. George Gronau's
Leonardo da vinci." (Duckworth 4 Co..
f. P. Dutton q Coz seems prominently
sensible and satisfactory. II does not al
tempt to do everything. but, as an essay
should. points out and explains what is i'm
portant In an interesting form. The Illus
trations from the drawings are very good.
while those from paintings At least serve as
directions for the reader.
Hustle" seems to be the motto Of the en-
terprsing editors of the highly interesting
papers on THE Philippine Islands. 1903
lsos.' (The Arthur II. Clark Company. Cleve-
lsnd), Miss Emma Helen Blair and Mr..
James Alexander Robertson. The third
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
Good Re1lism From the Nest

The story called THE Main Chance" by
Meredith Nicholson The Bobbs- Merrill
Company, 1ndiana), is quite in the realistic
manner. For many pages il is not par
ticularly story. 1t pictures the so-oalled
town of Clarkson in the Missouri Valley.
Young John SaN.on from Boston, a Harvard
graduate. calls on William Porter. presi-
dent Of the Clarkson National Bank and
accompanies that magnate home to dinner.
The Porter home and the Clarkson Club are
set before us in detail. We meet a number
OF Clarkson people and learn much about
them There Is nothing that we should dis
credit any more than we should discredit
the contents of n diary, 1t will please
those who love to think as they read. This
u so. l know this" There is nothing to
jar belief. 1t is done with much pleasant
flow and quiet charm. All the surface is
represented, as in clear photograph, and
very clever and interesting it is, if not
exciting
When William Snyder ia bounced" from
his place as caretaker at the abandoned
Poindexter ranch in the fourth chapter we
have the first suggestion that there is to
be anything like concatenated incident
and cumulative interest in the story
For some time after the fourth chapter
there IL no definite advance. The reader
strengthens his acquaintance with Saxton
end Porter and Miss Porter and Warrick
Raridan and others. He comes to feel
that he knows Clarkson. He chuckles
when the strong-minded ladies call on
Miss Porter, and when Miss Morris, PHI d.,
graduate OF the University of North Dakota a,
declares to the bankers daughter, who has
been educated at Smith: "The choruses of
Euripidcs may ring rs grandly on our
Western plains as in Athens itself" Then
there is the question as to whether Miss
Porter shall he queen of the festival Of
the Knights OF Midas. 1.-THE idea il to
get the country people IN to spend their
money" says Mr.. Porter explaining the
festival, Lots of tomfoolslness about
Passwords and plumes and that kind of
Rubbish we all have to 60 in for II .
local pride and so on"
As 10 James Wheaton, cashier of the
Clarkson National Bank, he came to he
known IN that sterling community as a
safe man" He was, in fact. safe" in n
number of respects. 1t was eminently to
his credit, as bank officer. that he was
not addicted to ;!.'rt His weakness is q
pure visitation of nature he was coward.
IL Is curious how We have pity for a
man who has consumption or hin COM
plant or who has shsd his hair unouly
and yet can find nothing hut contempt
Tor coward. just a. though there were
10 sloh physical thing as the poltroons'
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are explained. We should say that It was
written in spirit OF sound commcEser Sc
II secn1s indisputable that an elderly gentle
man with weak digestive apparatus
should not take violent exercise irNmc'
eiately after eating. Nor should even the
hardest Of us be too adventurous in the
matter Of cucumber treacherous vegc-
table that moves the doctor to the reotal
OF an anectlote.
.Ishould hardly have thought it necessary
to command the dyspeptic to absolutely
avoid cucumber. but one year staying win
some friends at their country cottage, while
we were having an al frcsco lunch on the
lawn. my host--a dyspeptic for whom we
all perforce made little allowances--ju jumps
up, almost overtuning the improvised
table. paces up and down talking in inoet
inccherent and supplementary manner,
and complaining with such vchemence OF
his unfortunate indigestion as to almost
make us feel aggrieved that every mouth
full We took gave us pleasure and not pain.
we swallowed our meal in a self-abne-
gated silence and rpproach, rudely broken
by the dyspeptic ore announcing, 1T Is
past. am all right now, Pumping himself
down in his chair. and saying with mar
tyred. s,lf-njured air Charlie. dear hoy
pass the cucumbers,' l could have chas-
tised that man.
Here. as.ursdly. was man unlikely
to live to sing vigorously to the Tyre at the
ripe age OF ninety-one.