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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
RUNAWAY ENGINES WILD RACE.
Unnamed. 1t Dnshes Down steep Grades
and Mt Last Jumps the Track.

CALDWELL, ". j., Aug 1l.-Crowds came
in from the surrounding country to-day
TO view the wreck of the big six-wheel
freight engine that ran wild down
steep grades from Essex Fells to Cedar
Grove on the Caldwell branch of the
Fries Greenwood Lake division and then
Jumped the track
The engineer and fireman left the loco
motive at Essex Fells to help brakeman
with an unruly fiat car and it is said that
the engineer forgot to put on the reverse
lever. When the air pressure was ex-
hausted the machine started, slowly at
first but soon with such speed that the
engineer and fireman couldn't catch it,
The engine rushed by the Caldwell station
at a speed Of forty miles an hour and had
attained an estimated speed of seventy
Ave miles an hour when il crossed the bridge
over the Pompton turnpike.
The engine finally Jumped the track
on a short curve near the trestle over the
Peckman river and ralned shower OF
dirt into Webb Mitchels chicken yard,
killing fifty chickens, Apiece of coal struck
Mtchclls hound and killed II and another
smashed watering can that Mrs, Mitchell
was holding. The tender ripped large
oak up by the roots. The escaping steam
from the engine, which was battered into
n grotesque wreck, was heard for miles.
The track was badly ripped up.
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now NR. BENNETT WAS KILLED.
Dr. Cramer Sends bet ails OF the Accident
on Thunder Mountain.

A telegram. giving details of the stage
coach accident on Thunder Mountain,
Idaho, in which Philo S, Bennett was killed
reached his partner, Alfred T. Sloan, yes
terday 1t was dated Boise City, Idaho,
and signed by DR. r Melville Cramer OF
this city, one of the survivors Of the acct
dent II read
Terrible catastrophe coming down noun
tain. Brake broke. Wagon in turning
nj nncd Mr. Benefits head against a rec
killing him instantly. Inform Mrs, Ben.
nett Have had body embalmed. Await
Instructions My injuries will not allow
me to travel for several days.
81 have wired DR.. Cramer to ship Mr.
BENEFITS body al once" said Mr. Sloan
Yesterday, but don't expect il to arrive
here before the end Of the week. Mrs
Bennett has been at Saratoga for some
time. | have wired her TO come home.
"Mr. Bennett left this city on July 81
for a pleasure trip through the West, which
was 10 include an inspection of the gold
fields on Thunder Mountain. He was ac-
compancd by DR.. Cramer, Sidney B. Whit
tier. a glass manufacturer with offices in
| the Postal Telegraph Building, and o. J.
| GaiEc of Philadelphia"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
MORE POLICE GRAFT THAN EVER
Says Magistrate Hogan After Closely
Questioning n Policeman,

Patrolman Robert E. Ulner, who has been
before he became policeman last Deem
Der, was a complainant in the Tombs police
court yesterday against William Widening
and Gustave Henke who had been sum-
moned to court on suspicion that they were
conducting n disorderly house. Ulner
testified that he had been solicited by a
woman in State street and had taken her
to the Whitehall street hotel
Magistrate Hogan asked Ulner how long
he had been in the Police Department and
several other questions about his experience
as a policeman. Then he asked him why
he didn't arrest the woman whom he took
to the hotel. Ulner said because he had
found her outside of his precinct but ad-
mitted that he knew it was his duty to arrest
the woman.
Then the Magistrate referred to an arrest
Ulner had made few days ago Of man
who was charged with running hand
book on tho hurseraCes but was discharged
because there was no evidence against him
He asked Ulncr why he hadn't brought a
man to court in that case who Ulner said
had placed bet with the prisoner Ulner
said he couldn't get the man.
There wasn't any shakedown about II.
was theref" asked the Magistrate.
NO and don't want you to insinuate
anything Of the kind" said Ulner
you're not in that business. supposs?'
continued the Magistrate.
NO, I'm not in that business, and I wish
you wouldn't insimlate that am, replied
| the policeman Indignantly.
After the case had been disposed of Mag
| istrate Hogan remarked TO a lawyer who
was standing near the bridge:
They say there is no more graft in the
| Police Department. I think there is more
| than there ever was before"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
ETTLINGER DECLARED SANE.
VIII Get out OF Asylum and Resume Con-
troll OF His Estate.

A Shcrifr's jury determined yesterday
that BENJAMIN B. EttlinGer who inherited
q share of the s25O,OOO of his mother, Mrs
Nettie Ettlingcr, when she died in 1900
is capable of taking care Of himself and
his property, although his wife testified
that he had attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat and wrists. Fit
Iing,r was sent TO the Boomingdale Asy-
Inn and when the question of his sanity
first came up before a jury it was alleged
that he was unfit to appear in court ms
counsel, Milton Mayer denied this, and
produced him yesterday. EitIlng"r en-
planned his attempt at suicide by saying
that he had been in severe trouble, ana he
their seats. An order for his release from
the ASYLUM will be made a. soon as possible.
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AFFAIRSOFTHE CRESCENT YARDS
The Shutdown, 1t Is said, VIII BE for Only
One Week.

ELIZABETH, N. j.. Aug. 11,--Under an
execution granted by Judge Vail in the
Supreme Court Of New Jersey all the real
estate and personal property of the Crescent
Shipbuildng Company was levied upon
this morning. The writ was obtained by
Peale, Peacock h Kerr Of Broadway,
New York, and Ia for bill OF S3,4O5. An
attachment was made on the whole plant,
regardless of the seizures already in effect,
Sheriff Coriell sent Henry j. Schoppe. the
barber deputy, to serve Che papers, He
il in possession Of the whole shipyard.
The Samuel L. Moore X Sons Company, a
branch of the Crescent Shipbuilding Com
pany, shut down this morning by order
of Receiver Smith. The Crescent yards
proper closed Yesterday. An attempt was
made to keep the Moore firm free from the
complications affecting the Crescent plant,
but the shut down to-day indicates that
Receiver Smith is Of the opinion that the
Moore company is part OF the Crescent
company Twelve hundred men are thrown
out of employment.
A notice posted at the yard says the shut
down Is only for one week.
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l'Iic SrlGOcrS.
VoyaEcrs by the American liner Phla-
dnIphia. off to-day for southampton:

VoyaCcrs by the American liner Phia-
dclphia. off to-day for Southampton:
Major T.. b. CnsSatt, Robert Goelet Prof.
G,orgn T. Atkinson, ". A Baldwin. Washing
ton Wilson, j. A. =. Ramsdrll, II Herbert, p.
Srnhrook and Mr.. and Mrs, j, b, Robinson.
Arrivals by the North German Lloyd
steamship Bremen from Bremen and South
umptOu
William II Bradley, william BALM, George
Cnry EgglostOn, Henry y. Hyde, John n.
ireland. Normpn II, johnson and Mr. and
Mrs Augustus y. Lynch,
aboard the North German Lloyd liner
Kronprinz Wilhelm, which smiled Yesterday
for Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg
are;
Herbert W Bowen. Minister to Venezuela.
and Mrs Bowen, I.oic Fuller. the serpentnc
dancer. and MIR, and Mrs Emilio Terry.
Among the passengers booked T. sail to-
morrow by the White star liner Germanic,
for Oucenst own and liverpool are Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Wanamaker Of Philadelphia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
MEXICO WANTS HER GUNBOATS
SHE DISPUTES THE RIG HIT OF NEW
JERSEY TO SEIZE THEM.
Tho Acting Mexican Consul-General Says
the Boats Belong to Ills Country and
That Lewis Nixon Bound Himself to
Secure Mexico Against All Claims.

Secure Mexico Against All aiaiHhs'
ELIZABETH, N. j., Aug. ll,-On behalf of
the Republic of Mexico an official protest
was made this afternoon to Sheriff Coriell
of Union county against the holding OF the
Mexican gunboas Tampico and Vera Cruz
under a writ Of seizure granted by Supreme
Court Commissioner William Pintard at the
request Of the lumber firm of Heidritter
r Co. of this city, for lumber fur
nshed in the construction Of the gunboats
at the Crescent shipyards. The Tampico
and Vera Cruz were seized on Aug 5.
The protest was made by Acting Consul
General Antonio Leon Grajeda at the port
Of New York, and Capt. Manuel Azueta,
chief of the Mexican commission of inspec-
ton at Elizabeth Grajeda and Capt.
Azueta personally appeared before q. P.
Macias, notary public of New York,
yesterday and declared that the Tampico
and the Vera Cruz were the property OF the
Republic OF Mexico.
After setting forth the conditions Of the
contract with Lewis Nixon for the con-
struction of the gunboats, the professionals
declare that Nixon bound himself to perform
faithfully the contract. and, to secure the
Mexican Government against all claims
and demands delivered TO its representa-
tive an undertaking, the surety upon which
was the United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company. They relate that the Mexican
Government has complied faithfully with
the conditions Of the contract and is now
the absolute owner of these vessels.
The petition reviews the seizure, which.
a. al vol ha g., OF
delivery Of the two gunboats, much to
the inconvenience of the owner. 1t con-
cudes with protest against the action
of Supreme Court Commissioner Pintard
in granting the writ; against the seizure of
the vessels by Sheriff Coriell, against any
! action that may be taken by Edmund Will
| sor, attorney for the Hetdritters, Lewis
Nixon, or the United States Fidelity and
! Guaranty Company. final protest
| is also made against delays and all manner
of losses and expenses incurred on account
| of the seizure. The document concludes
| with the statement that the Supreme Court
| of New Jersey il without jurisdiction and
! the whole proceedings are illegal and void.
| The protest is in Sheriff Coriels safe. He
] will take no action III the matter unless
| directed by the courts.
Capt Azueta refused to discuss the pro-
| test He said, however, that the Mexican
| Government was to pay for the construc-
| ton of the Tampico and the Vera Cruz
In five separate installments. -Four pay
ments already have been made, The
| Tampico and the Vera Cruz were con-
tracted for in June. 1901. They are practi-
cally completed, having made successful
| trial trips
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The weather.

The weather cloudy and unsettled over
nearly all tho Northern states and In Texas. Mis-
s,sslppl. Alabama and Tennessee. 1hercwere also
showers In Nebraska. Kansas and Missouri, The
weather was fair in the south Atlantic and elSt
Gulf states and In the Rocky Mountain districts.
rkc pressure was low over the Lakes and Rocky
Mountain States high In tho Northwest and on tho
n,rth Atlantic coast and only normal In the
southern States
storm OF great severity was reported mp.
preaching jamaica and cuba As this Is the season
Of hurricanes, vessels sailing south should be eau.
tlouS,
I'm this city the dAy was cloudy, with a few show
crs; wind light castcrly; average humidity VI per
cent, barometer, corrected to read 10 sra level,
at \ A. NJ ~ 05; = =. NJ 2o.sG.
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
,lnrLn " ShnYn IN the Srh tAnr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
MIR. EGAN'S STOLEN WATCH.
Has Pawnbroker, who Refuses to Give II
In, In Court.

Patrick j. Egan, who was Minister to
Chile under the Harrison administration.
brought p Kalmus, pawnbroker OF $50
Canal street, before Magistrate Breen,
in the jefferson Market police court yester-
dav. in an attempt to recover a valuable
gold watch, which was presented to him
in Dublin twenty years ago by the Nationals.
The watch was stolen on Aug. l and was
uawned for $50 in Kalmus's shop,
Egan found it and demanded his prop
erty but the pawnbroker refused TO give
it up
vhv he should surrender the watch, as it had
hecn pawned in Egan's name. The case
was put over until Aug, 20, and Magistrate
Breen cautioned the pawnbroker not TO
dispose of the watch in the meantime
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
WANTS Sa9O FROM III. u. SIRE.
Caroline Llchtrnstein Goes and Starts
Supplemented Proceedings.

Justice Delahunty of the City Court
has appointed George J. Mcdonnell receiver
in supplementary proceedings for Henry
h. Sire on the application of otto {, Som
stein. assignee of "A Judgment for $500 OBJ
tanned against Mr.. Sire by the Boston Arti-
fetal Leather Company on June rs. which
was assigned to her on Aug. 10, II was
stated in the order that Mr.. Sire had been
served with notice to appear in the matter,
but had failed to do So
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
ACTON CRiZED BY REHEARSING ?
WIFE says John Flynn worked Too Hard
Has Paresis, Doctors Say.

John Flynn, AZ years old, an actor who
recently came to New York to join the
forces of Ned Harrigan at the Murray
EIIII Theatre, was taken yesterday morning
10 In" psychopathic ward at Bellevue
Hospital by his wife, who is known on the
stag" rs Grace Kimball She told Dr.
Ma"I lvmont that her husband had been
rehoarSing so much that his mind has
h"com" unbalanced. The doctors decided
hat Flynn was suffering from paresis.
When Fiynu'S wife returned in the after
noon she took her husband away, saying
'har She would have him treated in a sani-
'arum NJ Stamford, Conn.
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CONTRACT TO JOHN FOX & co.
President OF Democratic Club to DO Some
AQuetiuct Work.

Bids for the building of twenty-s1 sluice
gates for the new Croton aqueduct we're
opened yesterday by the Aqueduct Com
missioners. The lowest bid was received
from John Fox B. Co, who offered to do the
work for $4,000 This proposal was about
$40 900 less than most of the other bids.
II was explained that John Fox y Co, was
enabled to put an exceptionally low price
because it has built many of the sluice
gates now used by the city and it is well
Equipped to carry out such work, The
contract will be awarded to Fox Il Co.
The members of the firm are ex-senator
John Fox, president of the Democratic
Club. and Nicholas Engel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
YRS, POILLON DOESN'T APPEAR.
Not In Court TO Press Her Charge against
Mrs, Ornwitz subpoena for Her.

Mrs Katherine Poillon. who is suing
" Gould Brokaw for $4,000, alleging
breach of promise and SANDER. did not
appear in IN" Tombs police court yesterday
morning when Mrs Annie Ornwitz, whom
~h" charged with threatening to kill her
ana with attempting 10 throw yitriol in her
face. was arraigned before Magistrate
Hogan
Magistrate Hogan post pOncd the case
lWi 20 o'clocl, this morning and announced
ma, he would issue Il subpoena for Mrs.
p1iilon so that she would have to answer
II II she was found anywhere in this State.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
start Moving the BIg stone.

The uinety-ton section Of the second
granite column for the Cathedral Of st,
John the Divine was started yesterday on
the first AT age of its journey to the Cathedral,
The big st one was to have been rolled fifteen
feet up An inclined plane to the truck which
worked most Of the day they didn't get
the column into place aud left 1t for the
night resting on the broad tires of the
truck and held by cables.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
cleveland Goes TO the Maine Woods.

BosToN, Aug. ii.-Former President
Grover Cleveland, accompanied by Joseph
Jefferson and nephew of Mr.. jefferson,
passed about three hours in Boston last
evening He was on his way to the woods.
as he himself expressed it, He did not
name the woods" but it was learned that
that he referred 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
ANTI-CHINESE RIOT.
Mexicnns Aroused by a story That Hubonla
Plague Had Appeared.

MEXICO CITY, Mex, Aug IA mob OF
persons Of the lower class Of the city OF
Merida made an attack on the Chinese
residents because it was reported that a
Chinaman had died of bubonio plague.
The Chinese were badly beaten and Soma
We're seriously injured.
The authorities quelled the rios And5ar-
rested fifty Of the disturbers Of tina peaoo. 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12
Yellow Fever Suspcct rai

Six of the crew of the Ward liner Ma
tanzas, in from Mexico and Cuba, were
taken yesterday TO the Swinburne Island
hospital for treatment and observation,
Two had been i'll since leaving Tampico
where there is much yellow fever, and the
others bad high temnerat nres
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wNsHINGrON FORkCANT FOR To DAY MD 10 MOHKWN
FOR MARYLAND. DcawHrs, Mem Jcrscg, eastern
PENNSYLVANIA, eastern Ncw YORK and hc DiSird
Of tolumbid IGir 10 day; Increasing cloud'nr" To-
moron, probgbly fohOwrd bv rain; rIrabic "lndS,
becomiuo n0r,h increasing t0-'Orow.
For New England showers In north. fair In south
portion, 10 day except showers on the extreme
south coast
For western New York fair to-day and to NOR
row; fresh north winds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-12

Trouser sale, next.
5000 pairs OF separate trousers,
mostly darkish striped worsteds
and cassimeres, some cheviots.
A few small sizes were originally
ST. so, the rest S., So and 81.
All sizes, % to 46 waist.
$3.50.
The 1000 "Star" negligee
shirts put on sale yesterday went
with lively rush.
No wonder, when you remem-
Der that -elevenths were 81. so,
81 and 81. so shirts.
But there's something left in
all sizes-and the larger your
size, the larger the choice that's
left.
IS cents.
ROGERS. PEEr L COMPANY.
aS' 'To sss ~, SYso M.,r CITY 81 Hall
| s1 Broadway. cor. 18th.
1890 Broadway. cor. s2d.
and 81 West $50 S..
|
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-02-26
NOT KNOWN HERE.
Woman Who Was Said to Have
Drank Diluted Vitrol at Monroe
City Recovered.
From the Paris Mercury

From the Paris Mercury.
A dispatch from Monroe City to the
Republic says:
Mrs. Annie Ewald, OF Mexico, Mo,
while waiting for train at Paris last
night, asked the agent for drink of
water and was directed to bucket In
a dark corner. After swallog awin
half glass of the contents Of the bucket
she became very i'll, but got on the
train. When the train arrived here
she was In semiconscions condition.
She was put in carriage and driven
to the Ely Hospital. She may die.
She had swallowed diluted vitriol used
in electric batteries.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-02-26
His Rondsnen Not Liable.

The st. Louis Court of Appeals
Wednesday held that the bondsmen of
John f. Harrison, absconding court
clerk of Phelps county, are not liable
for a fraudulent act committed by
him in selling a county warrant to
several merchants Of Phelps county,
which had been made out In favor Of
W. ID. Thomas, treasurer of the Full
ton Insane Asylum. The warrant was
for s14440. Instead Of giving 1t to
Treasurer Thomas the County Clerk
forged the name Of Judge John Wolfe,
of the County Court, and also the
name of Thomas and assigned the
warrant to the merchants, after in
creasing its face value to s444.45. The
merchants we're unable to realize on
the Investment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-02-26
KIN-TORTURED
BABIES
And Tired, Fretted
Mothers
Find Comfort in CutIeura Soap
and Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
Physicians Fail.


Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired. worried mothers in warm baths
,,,,.,, r,,,,a,r. eaa., ~ .a..,a a.o,...
WIN .u.'ea'a ''oa', alu sen'ie ano'h'-
ings with Cuticura Ointment, purest Of
emollient skin cures, TO be followed In
severe cases by mild doses Of Cuticura
Resolvent Pills. This is the purest,
sweetest, most speedy, permanent and
economical treatment for torturing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-02-26
TRIpLETs IN AN INCUBATOR.
Little Ones Thrive in Mechanical Ap'
pliance Which Keeps Them Warm
When Mother Cannot.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Feb. 20.-Mrs-
Mary Kinney of 2426 Campbell street,
the wife of George T. Kinney, who
owns the coal yards at 20lo Grand
avenue, is the mother Of trlplets. The
babies are all girls, and we're born last
Monday night about 7 o'clock. They
are In perfect health thus far.
Mr.. H. D. Lennard, who is attend
ing the mother, said this morning that
the babies would live. Each child is
perfectly formed. The largest weighs
about three pounds. The others weigh
between one and half and two
pounds.
Owing to the extreme cold weather
and the impossibility of keeping an
even temperature in the house DIR,
Lennard placed the babies in a small
incubator. The temperature In the
incubator is kept at 95 degrees,
Fahrenheit.
Before the babies were placed in the
incubator it was impossible to keep
them warm and they would not sleep
or eat. Since they were placed In II
they have slept almost constantly.
They have been nourished until TO
day on sugar and water. Two of the
babies swallowed very small quanti
ty of brandy diluted with warm water
and seemed to thrive on it.
The third and smallest baby became
Ill when given brandy, and is living
on the nourishment of sugar and
water. The doctor decided to-day
that the children were old enough
to be given a diet Of diluted cows
milk. 1t will be given to them this
evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-02-26
IN. .UNMEAsURED TERMS.
d. M. Slonaker Writes From the West
Regarding Municipal Owner
ship He Opposes the
Movement.

To the Editor Of the Ledger.
WEIsER, IDAHO, Feb. IA. with in
terest i read your valued paper and
especially the editorials in reference
to the electric light question which Is
agitating the minds of many of the
people Of Mexico. About thirty-two
years ago your scribe attended the
Oldest seat of learning west OF the
Allegheny Mountains. Most Of the
pupils studied by a tallow dip candle.
Among the two hundred and sixty
pupils but one wore glasses. At that
time we heard the politicians talk q
great deal of the syndicates and mill
lionaires. The people were aroused
and the Granger movement budded
and bloomed and finally ripenfd into
some good fruit and some very bad,
among which was the Populist party,
the Attilla OF America, which has
been a scourge to our national life. In
South Carolina it placed Tillman over
Wade Hampton. Ia North Carolina
it thrust PrItehard by the side OF
Vance. In Kansas it relegated the
brilliant ingalls, to private life, and
brought forth the bewildered Pfeiferi
and In Tennessee the renowned Isham
G. Harris barely escaped its scalping
knife.
Being outlawed 1t Is now stalking
the earth under the assumed name OF
Socialist. It's doctrine is menace to
all good government, and has poisoned
the minds of some Of our most astnre
statesmen. The stalwart Hill, of
New York, gave its usterance In the
last Democratic platform, when 1t de-
clared in favor of the government
owning the cGal mines. The election
of United States Senators by the peo-
pie is this cuckoes egg laid in Dem
ocratic nest. Paternalism in all its
forms is the child of this hydra-head-
ed monster.
Like satan assuming to be an angel
of light he is now pervading the fair
town of Mexico and breaches that
public ownership of water works and
electric lights is the sine qua non OF
Mexieo's greatness. II they think for
a minute that Mexico has one fran
chise on her hands, viz: Sidewalks and
street, and that up to this date they
haven't proved to be Of no small
amount Of trouble to the city or peo-
pie. Respectfully,
i d. M. SLoNAKER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-02-26
Money in Grass Land.

Chris Marburg thinks the farmers
in this section could take their great
est ease by putting their land In grass.
From 10 acres In 1901 he sold timothy
seed and hay TO the amount Of $500,
and In 1902 he did some better. In
the former year timothy seed was
worth sS per bushel and last year it
was worth only half as much. In Mis-
souri, farmer learns from his neigh
Dor and Mr.. Marburg is considered a
successful farmer.