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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-14
DIES IN DOCTORS NEW HOUSE.
GAS KILLS MRS. BUXTON IN ROOM
SHE LATELY HIRED.
Was q Daughter Of Thomas q. Lombard
and Had Separated From Her Husband
Who's in BOstOn-DOctOr She Rented
Rosm From Was 10 BE Married Soon.

Mrs. Louisa l.. Buxton, a Georgia woman
80 years old, who had been living apart
for two years from her husband, Frank
Buxton, now in Boston, was found dead
Yesterday afternoon in her room at 2s West
ll5th street. She had been asphy xiated
by gas.
Mrs. Buxton, who was the daughter Of
Thomas G. Lombard, now Of Chicago,
had been living with a sister at Nyack
and her cousin, William j. Leeds, a dem
tst of West 1l5th street since she and
her husband decided to live apart, Mr..
Buxton was formerly merchant at Worces-
ter, Mass.
One of Mrs. Buttons friends said last
evening that the separation OF the Buxtons
was an arnicable arrangement and that
Mr.. Buxton sent his wife money enough
to support her.
1t was while she was staying at Hr. Leeds S
house that she met DR.. ID, f. Alexander
a close friend of DR.. Leeds and who then
lived at 20 West 1l5th street. The latter
recently became engaged to be married
and bought the house at % West 115th
street to live in as soon as he returned from
his wedding trip
When Mrs. Buxton, who is described as
having been q rather independent woman,
heard OF the doctors purchase she per-
suaded him to rent to her room on the
top floor of his new house. She went to
live there two weeks ago.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon Dr.
Alexander, according to his story, went
to the house to see If everything was all
right, and as soon as he entered, smelled
gas 1t took him only moment to trace
the gas to the top floor.
DIR. Alexander says that he found the
door of Mrs. Buxtons room closed, but not
locked He opened it and saw her on her
bed, dead. The gas was escaping freely
from the burner. Mrs. Buxton was dressed
in loose gown.
DIR. Alexander tried to bring the woman
to consciousness but, failing in that, sent
for DR.. Lawrence of the Harlem Hospital
The latter said that Mrs. Buxton had been
dead about four hours. On "A desk in the
room was found this note;
In case of my death. / owe Mr.. S. Sherry
a little over s.. My insurance will cover
that. ] am going TO see my sister at Nyack.
Goodby. LOUISA l.. BUXTON.
According to Mrs Buttons friends, she
had recently undergone an operation and
was about to undergo another. They
suggested that she may have been fright
ened by the prospect of death on the ope-
rating table and had chosen suicide instead.
Who as. Sherry was they said that they
didn't know They also thought that her
note indicated that she was not in her right
mind when she wrote it.
Mrs Buxton, her friends said, was in
tending 10 take up the study of dentistry
under Dr. Leeds this winter
Word Of her death was sent to her husband
and TO her father. Mr.. Lombard's family
is said to be prominent in Georgia,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-14
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that If he got to his opponents head with
his bat he'd fetch a hollow sound. He
refused to make will or to express to
the reporters any last messages to be con-
veyed to family and friends. His hardi
hood chilled the more sensitive. He SCENE
not to realize the awe Of the hour.
They met. The editor of the Journal
sailed in with low raking swing for Hep
knees. Although the expression was
then unknown, Hep side stepped with
vigor and vim and the blow almost be-
headed a rooster that had ventured out
on the battle-ground. AS they cautiously
moved toward each other again, the re-
porters noticed the intense stiffness. Helps
heavy breathing could be distinguished
plainly, while that of his opponent was
delicately apparent to another sense. that
of smell.
As they unged at each other, Hep ex-
claimed "Now!" and the two bats met vio-
lently. Hep's bat broke almost in the
middle and the end flew over near the OBJ
servers. He lowered the handle and bowed
to his opponent.
@My bat is broken" said he my honor
La satisfied" The editor Of the Journal
tossed his bat aside and called for moro
corn liquor.
Correspondents ran in to examine the
broken bat. Some Of them reported that
1t had been split in such a manner that
uIle UNIV "oulSi DiVhh IL. ihAr VIZ"
OF the situation was accepted by Eugene
Field, and another correspondent wrote
that the duel had been arranged for adver-
Using purposes
Twenty-Five years have passed since
that day. Hep Russell has become the
Honorable William Hep, leader Of skeleton
party. Men live in cycles. SO the Hon
orable William Hep swings his bat again,
threatening everybody.
Once Mayor Low said Of him He Is .
thought force in politics"
But that was not in this campaign.
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THE GREAT HEP RUSSELL DUEL
RiTTLE SCENE REPRODUCED
FROM AN OLD PRINT.
Honor satisfied ~ the Instant the
Picture Was Taken. When Editor Helps
Baseball Hat broke on tho Hat Of
the Journals" Unmitigated yIper.

It is privilege to reproduce to-day from
An old print the scene OF historic meet
ing at Hannibal, Mo-, in which notable
New Yorker Of to-day, none other than the
Hon William Hepburn Russell, appears
in heroic pose, At the time of the memoir
able combat here illustrated the world
was told Of its story by Eugene Field and
other war correspondents, while artists
portrayed 1t for the Police Gazette and other
periodicals until the features Of the prin-
cipal, were familiar to every man who
waited his turn in the barber shops.
From the many pictures OF the duel this
one has been selected because of its his
tor,cal accuracy. The original is pre-
served by the Marion County Historical
and Humorous Society of Hannibal, Mo-,
which has resisted all offers Of purchase
from breakfast food company in Buffalo
that wished to debase it to commercial
uses.
1t is profitable thing, philosophers
toll US, to 60 back to the earliest pages
IN the lives Of statesmen, that the past may
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

For twenty years Senator Thomas c.
Patt submitted placidly to the charge that
he was Roscoe Conkling's Me Too" when
they resigned their seats in the United
States Senate because OF political differ
ences with President Garfield. All over
the country Senator Platt was pictured
as ME Too" and the Tioga chieftain never
said word in explanation until the other
day, just before leaving for the White Noun
tains Then he spoke of that eventful
Tine in his life and showed copy of the
joint letter Conkling and he sent to Gov
Cornell, resigning from the United States
Senate. II read:
THE Legislature ia in session; it is Re-
publican in majority and New York abounds
In sons quite as able as we to bear her mes
sage and commission in the Senate OF the
United States. We hold it respectful
and becoming to make room for those
who may correct alIerrors we have made and
interpret all duties we have misconcelved. ."
William Hoge, president Of the CONNER
cial Travellers Antitrust League, returned
last week from Europe. He passed three
days with Richard Croker at Vantage.
Mr. Croker" said Mr.. Hoge, still smokes
those thick black cigars, and promptly at
read the latest New York city news
papers. He reads 'em all, Democratic,
Republican and Mugwump. Outside. OF
his farming. he enjoys nothing SO much as
reading these newspapers. He said, i
wish you would tell Larry Delmour to
come oy er here and chum it with me. You
know am fond of Larry, and get rather
lonesome without hearing his voice Mr..
Croker shows no bitterness toward any
body, save Mr. Hill, and that feeling will die
with him"
rli in n
many kings and queens Of the turf, told
story on himself the other night at the
Hoffman House
"You know, I like to go to Saratoga every
season. he said, "in fact, I used to own
property there years before some Of you
youngsters were born. My son, / had
queer experience this last 81 MINER at the
Spa With friend from California hired
rig and told the driver TO take us about
town and show us the places OF interest,
He came TO a house formerly owned, and,
perhaps with natural pride, and perhaps
TO be smart before my friend, said TO the
driver, Whose house is thatT and he re-
piled, That, sir, was once owned by man
named Reed. | don't know who lives In II
row What became Of that man ReedT
J asked Oh replied the driver, he went
south few years ago and was hung
How many buildings and streets in
London are named for Americans2" asked
a New Hampshire Yankee the other day,
and he col tinued, with something like a
sheer: In New York city hundreds OF build
ings nave English names, and every day
more buildings are going up, all with English
James, Then, too, read the old Tory names
on the streets Of New York city and Brook
Ign. Haven't We enough Americans or
American events 10 honori Why can't
we have commission appointed to have
these Tory names on our streets changed
10 good American Damss2'
There are ~, 1853 negro voters In Greater
New York, ~ follows New York county,
J ,aa6. kings, $500; QueeDs, S3s. and Rich
tnond, 2sl
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Arrived-SUNpAI Sept. Is.
U. s. Battleshlp Alabama. Martha's Vineyard,
Z. s, Battleshlp Kearsarge. Marthas Vineyard,
&. S. Battleshlp Illinois. Marhas Vineyard,
Sept. IL.
L. s. Battleshp Texas Marthas Vineyard
Sept. y,
SIS Colorado, Hull. Aug. "a
SIS Columbia Glasgow. Sept. s.
SIS Prins " Hem w., paramarlbo, Aug q.
SIS Monterey. Vera Cruz sept. S.
IS Pemonte, Martinique. Aug. 20
IS Apache Jacksonville, Sept. 10.
SIS Princess Anne. Norfolk, Sept. II.
SIS City OF Augusta, Savannah. Sept H.
SIS Benefactor. Philadelphia, Sept H.
SIS Mama Hata. Baltimore, Sept. II.
Bark Alex. Black. Trinidad. Aug. 81,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-14
ARRIVED OUT.

S. Arabic, from New York at Liverpool
SIS Rotterdam, from New York at Rotterdam
SIS Friedrich der Crosse. from New York at
Bremen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-14
MOULD ron BOWLEGGEDLION CUB
Soft Floor 10 walk on the Best Cure. the
Keepers Say.

Director Smith of the Central Park
menagerie noticed yesterday TINT the two
months old lion cub was getting bow
legged, so he had the keepers put layer
Of me uld on the floor Of the cage. The cub
IL a male and IL very heavy for It's age,
II IL IN cage with its mother, Rose.
The mo- d IN the cage Is four inches deep,
and keeper will stir il up every morning
with n spade 10 keep IL soft, The keepers
have put the same kind Of flooring in the
cage Of Alice, the spotted Leopard, who
has two cubs Mr. Smith said that hs had
young wild animals from getting bow
legs, paralysis and several ether Diseases.
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sAILRD FROM FOREIGN pol

SIS Tmbra. from Queenstown for New York.
IS Noordam. from Boulogne for New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-14
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIs DAY.
Sun rises. 80 Sun sets. .8l3 Moon Uses 10 q
AIoH wATER-THIs DAY.
Sandy Hook IL .43I Gov. Id.l2I5 Hell Gate 20s
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
No4hin' Doin'.

''My word, Fitznoodle,' said a war office clerk to q colleague who sat at the next desk, just look at that workman on the roof of that build. ing over the way!"
 Whats the matter with him?" in, quired Fitz, glancing through the window at the individual indicated.
 Matter" retorted the other, why, I've been watching the lazy beggar for the last 25 minutes and he hasn't done stroke. ofywork all the time.''
 At the precise moment at which the above conversation occurred a British workingman Swas addressing his mate"
 "s'y, Bill.'' hes remarked in a tone of deep disgust, "d'ye see that 'ere loafin' war offs clurk in that room down there? S'helps me, if Hi ain't bin a-watchin' i'm, fur nigh on arf a hover, an the bloomer's done noth- in but stare houtfo' tn winder the ,'ole blessed tyme. That's the sort 2 chap as we pysS taxes ter keep!"- London Express.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM

4-Cor South Main and Grand sras
 6-Scovill Manufacturing Co. (P1s
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro. (P).
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sta l4-Cor East Main and WolcottfstA~ 15-Cor High and Walnut sts. 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sts. l7-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21--Cor North Elm and Kfngsbury stss 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Manufacturing Go. {Pls ,25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine ets 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts. B1-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 3a-Cor West Main and Watertown rd 35-Conn R. & l.. co car house. (P). 36-W Waterbury Brass Go. (P). 87--Cor Cedar and Meadow sts 32-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-COr South Main and Clay stss 43--New England Watch Co. (P). 45--Benedict & Burnham Mfg co. pys 46-W Waterbury Buckle Co. P). 47-Cor s. Main ana Washington stk. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. OZ-COr HTdukllu dIlQ OuIOu SE3. 53-Wat'b'y Clock Go case fact'y. fr1. b4-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No 6 hose house.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin aes 72-Cor West Main and Willow stu. 78-North Willowst. : 74Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. i4l-Wolcott st, beyond Howard. 162-Cor East Main and Welton sin 212-The Platt Bros & Go. s(P). 213-Shoe Hardware Go. (Ps- -Wat'b'y Clock Co mv't fact'y. (F)< 216-Cor North Main ana Grove sta. 251-Cor Round Hill md Ward sts. 26l-Junction Cooke and N. Main sts. PIP Grove, bet. Central x Holmes avss S11-S. N. E. Teephone Go bag. (Pl. 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 313-Randolph & Cloves (P). S14-Plume x Atwood. P). S15-American Ring Go. (P). 31S--Conn R. 6 l.. power house. Q). SlS-Holmes, Booth & Haydens. (PJ. 32l-No hose house 323-Cor Wash'g'n ave and Porter st. 824-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 825-Cor Simons st and Wash'g'n ave- 371.-City Lumber and Coal Go. (P). 412-Tracy Bros. (Pl. 432-Cor Liberty and South Main stss. 451--Steele S Johnson Mfg Co. (P). 6S2-Cor Baldwin and Rye nts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15

not to be afraid of anything living, but has no use for spooks, and when he saw, or thought he saw, the chair walking, he walked toward the street door, at the same time calling MT. ,Hooper's attention to the strange an tics of the inanimate chair.
 The nearest, man to the walking chair at the time was s. C.. Spooner, and Hooper accused him of putting up some kind of trick. The chair was examined to see if there was a string attached, but none was found. Spooner did not answer his accuser except with a smile, and Hooper said he was more than ever convinced by his actions that Spooner was up to some ghostly prank. He said while Spooner was being shaved the chair was quiet, and afterward he caught him making mysterious motions above and about the chair, and again 1t thumped about the floor.
 Cardin was so nervous over the ghostly walk that he took vacation the following Monday. Hooper said he always knew Spooner had much magnetism about him, having felt his hands prickle when shaving him, but he did not know before that he could hypnotize furniture and make it walk.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
SPORTING eLEANINes.
New Cup Defender Growing-Nevv Or-
 1eaus Winners.

New Cup Defender Growing-New Or-
 Ienus Winners.
 BRISTOL, R. l., Jan. 15-The rais- ing of the keel frames of the midship section of the new yacht ordered as a prospective cup defender has been ac- aomplished at the Herreshoffs, and it is now possible to obtain some general idea of the form of the craft.
 While her lines in many respects con- form to those of the Constitution, there will be less dead rise, less curve at the garboards, the bilges somewhat harder md considerably flatter floor. The de parture from the Constitutions lines is, however, not at all extreme.
 Owing to the stern post not being in position the framing is being worked farther forward than aft, and there are now several frames out ahead of the lead keel.
 AS in the other cup defenders more reliance is placed in the belt and longi- tudinal frames, of which there are if teen in the midship section. The belt frames are feet 8 inches apart, with intermediate frames between. As usu- al the connections are made by .eTv' bars, and the plating will follow the belt frames end for end. On the whole the work is progressing favorably, and there appears to be every prospect that the new boat will be overheard before the middle of April.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
GLASS FOR FOOTBALL CAPTAIN. Yale, It Is Said, Will Elect Him at
 Meeting to Be Held Soon.

New Haven, Jan 15-It was given out last night that the members of the Yale varsity football squad would be called together in few days by Cap tain Chadwick to elect captain for the eleven of 1903. During the Christ mas vacation and before number of conferences took place on the e1igibil- ity next season of Yale's star guard. Glass. These conferences were for the purpose of making sure that Glass was eligible to play the coming fall some intimations having been re- ceived by the Yale athletic managers that Glass had already played the full time under the existing rules and that if Yale tried to put him in the games next fall she would be infringed upon the eligibility rules.
 Last night it was said that Yale has concluded. after weighing all the facts in the case, to play Glass next fall. At the meeting of the team Glass, according to statements made last night, will be elected captain of the eleven for 1903.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
CANAL BILL OFFERED
The $S1, ,OOO, 900 Schepea Up
 at Albany
TIE PROPOSED ROUTE OUTLINED.
In Both Houses of the New York Legislature Governor Odell's Pet Measure Has Been
 Introduced.

ALBANY, N. r., Jan. 15.-The sen
 ate convened last night, with Lieuten-
 ant Governor Higgins presiding. The general list of committees and the as- signments of clerks were handed down.
 There was nothing of an unusual char, acter in the committee assignments to indicate any special friction.
 Tn the assembly Mir. Palmer of Schoharie, the minority leader, attempt ed to introduce by unanimous consent
 resolution calling upon the New York senators and congressman to vote for
 the speedy and permanent abolition" of the tariff on coal, but was ruled
 out on objection by MT. Rogers of Broome after a breezy tilt with the speaker. Minor appointments of speak CT and clerk were announced, and the
 assembly adjourned until II a. m. to- kday.
 The anticipated $s1. .oOo,o 900 canal
 Improvement bill was introduced in
 both houses, Assemblyman Bostwick
 of the Nineteenth New York district
 acting as sponsor in the assembly. The bill provides for the so called inside Oneida Seneca Mohawk route'' and au.
 thorizes the issue of S1,000,00O of
 bonds at 3 per cent. The route of the
 improved Erie canal is as follows:
 From the Hudson river at Water
 ford to the Mohawk above Cohoes
 falls, thence in the Mohawk river ca
 na1ized to Little Falls, thence by the existing canal and feeder to the Upper dam, through the Mohawk canalized to Jacksonburg, to Herkimer, to a. point six miles from Rome, down Wood
 Creek valley to Oneida lake, through Oneida lake to the Oneida river, to Three River point to the outlet of On
 ondaga lake, thence through the. state
 ditch at Jacks reefs, so on up the
 Seneca river to Crusoe creek, thence to q point two miles east of Clyde, along the present route to Fairport, cutting across Irondequoit Creek valley
 to Pittsford through the country south l of Rochester to the Genesee river near South Park, across the river through | a dam pool, thence west to the out
 skirts of Rochester and thence along the present route to Buffalo.
 The route of the Oswego canal as l enlarged and rebuilt will be from the junction of the Oswego, Seneca ! and Oneida rivers northward to Lake Ontario at Oswego, along the Oswego
 river canalized and the present Oswego canal. The route of the Champlain canal as enlarged and rebuilt will be 1 from the Hudson at Waterford, thence up the Hudson canalized to Fort Ed ward, thence by present route to Lake 1 Champlain near Whitehall.
 The bonds are to be exempt from I taxation and are to be issued by the comptroller subject to the supervision
 of the canal fund commissioners They are to bear per cent interest, payable semiannually in New York, and are l to run not more than eighteen years. Within three months after the issu-
 ance of the bonds the state superin- tendent of public works and the state engineer and surveyor are directed to
 commence the improvement of the
 three canals.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
HAUNTED BARBER SHOP.
by Many Candidates for . Sat- urday Night Shave.

Some of the patrons of Hooper's barber shop, at Millbury, Mass, de- clare the place. is haunted.
 The theory started one Saturday night at late hour when several men were waiting for their Sunday shave. A peculiar humping sound was heard several times, and the tonsorial artists and customers looked and listened.
 After several occurrences of the noise John Cardin, who works for MT. Hooper, accidentally glanced at va cant chair which stood at the rear of the room, and says he saw it walkJ Cardin is muscular man, and claims
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
Dangerous Acauiescence.

s'What was the cause of Vawdvin going to the hospital?" asked Flu &ilities.
 ''An Irish friend was telling him that the Hibernians of the country were going totput stop to actors impersonating them on the stage tVawdvill agreed with him."
 But that didn't cause the fight. did it?"
 ''Yes. The Irishman5 said that the actors didn't do the Hibernians jus tice-and Vawdvill said no comedian could. When he came to he was in the ambulance" ."-Cincinnati Commer- cial Tribune.