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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
PRESIDENT WEIGHS ONLY 1876
Reports That He Is Getting Fat Untrue
VIII Return to Washington Next Monday.

OYSTER BAY, N. T., Sept. 24.--Friends
of the President here have been disturbed
at the reports printed for the last few days
that Mr.. Roosevelt tips the scales now at
22O pounds and is greatly Inconvenience
in his exercise by superfuous weight. AS
a matter of fact, the President weighs
Just 1876 and mas gained only a few pounds
during his vacation. He is in excellent
condition, and his rugged appearance is a
sub iect of comment by nearly everybody
who has visited him here recently.
Preparations were begun to-day at Saga
more Hill for the Pres ident's return to
Washington next Monday. He will then
have been away from the White House
thirteen weeks. Mrs. Roosevelt and the
Presidents two youngest sons, Archie
and Quentin, and Ethel and Miss Alice
will return to Washington with the Presi-
dent. Theodore, Jr., and Kermit are at
school in GrotOn. Mass. Ethel will attend
the Cathedral School in Washington again
this year, but Archie, on account of his
delicate health, will study with a private
tutor. The President on his trip to WASH
ington will have special train on both the
Long Island and the Pennsylvania rail-
roads.
The President had as his guests at
luncheon to-day DR.. Lyman Abbott, Nevada
n. Stranahan, Collector Of the Port Of New
York; Hamilton Fish, Assistant United
States Treasurer, and }. c. Shaffer, editor
of the Chicago Erening Post Mr.. Strana-
han and Mr.. Fish came to consider with
the President few questions of detail
relating to their official work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
CANFIELDS CHICAGO PLACE.
Opens q Gambling Joint where Big Pla!
Only Is Allowed.

CHICAGO, Sept. 24--Richard Garfield, the
New York gambler, has opened the largest
gambling establishment in the West In
Chicago on Michigan avenue. 1t started
last Sunday night The limit is the CELL
ing, and a man who has an income less
than $4,000 year has no business at any
Of the tables.
The house has been fitted UP by Garfield
more for the accommodation OF his New
York patrons than anything else. When
gamblers from that city visit Chicago they
want a place to play which is not frequented
by the small fry. They also want faro
dealt. Before the advent of Garfield faro
was dealt at irregular intervals in cert ain
places downtown, and the word had
to be passed before game was started.
Now all this is changed, for faro is dealt
every night a. the Michigan avenue re-
sort, and one of the best dealers in America
is handling the box. Nearly all OF the
employees OF the house are New York men
who have been sent here by Garfield.
There are four games running-faro
roulette, stud poker and draw poker. There
are twelve rooms in the building, and the
rooms which are not given over to gam
bling are furnished after the manner OF q
club. There are sleeping apartments for
those who do not care to go to their homes
after night of play There are big read
ing room and library, where players
who have grown weary of the game may
sit and talk or read There is dining
hall in the half basement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
INSANE FROM UNION BEATING.
Man VINO Dared to Work for His starving
Family Sent to an Asylum

CHICAGO, Sept 2i.-John Wosena, VINO
returned to work while strike was on,
to earn money for his family and was at
tackled and beaten, was ordered to-day
taken to the Dunnng insane asylum. Al
times he man bee ons violent and on such
occasions it is necessary to apply the strait
jacket, but the physicians have some hope
for his recovery.
Wosena was employed by the Edward
Hines Lumber Company. He was not a
member of any union. When strike was
called he was annoyed and inundated,
He finally became a member of the union
and Joined the ranks of the st rikers. soon
his children's hunger caused him 10 be-
come desperate. He returned TO his work
While on his way home one night he was
attacked by n crowd of men and knocked
to the ground and beaten and kicked.
brick struck Wosera in the back OF the
head. When the police finally went to
his rescue he was more dead than alive.
He never recovered his strength. To-day
the final chapter was enacted in the court
for the insane, and after he evidence
was heard he was ordered committed 10
Dunning
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
SALVATIONTSTS RODE on.
Drunken R0ughs Put q Kentucky Noun
tain Audience to Flight.


WHIrEsBuRo, KY. Sept. A.-The Sal
walton Army Cavalry Corps under Col,
Richard Holtz of Cleveland and Major
Hunter Of Cincinnati. left here to-day
for Wise Court House. They had not gone
far before they met with stirring ex-
perience They came upon country
barbecue where in a beautiful woodland
people were dancing and making merry.
A large space had been cleared in an
open spot in the woodland and in the centre
was a bandstand and country string
band was furnishing music.
Vehicles of every description were
crowded together about the place, and on
the outskirts men and boys were drinking
hard cider. Many were drunk and several
had been shooting their revolvers in the
air and the county officers could do moth
ing with them. The Salvatonists were
astonshed. They had learned while here
that Lstcher county was one of the worst
in the State, but now the Salvationists saw
a reason for the trouble-hard cider.
1t was some time before the could make
up their minds what to do,sbut finally they
opened services under a large oak tree by
the roadside, beginning by playing on their
tambourines and comets, and soon crowd
gathered. While members OF the corps
we're exhorting the people some drunken
rowdies began shooting their revolvers
nearby and the people began to scatter.
The shooting was so close that the Sal
vationsts, fearing to continue their meet
ing, closed with prayer for the souls OF
the people and rode away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
DANISH CONSUMPTION?
German Professor Thinks He's Found Z
Way to Render Men Immune.
.spectal Gable Despatch to TIE So

Special Gable Despatch to TIE SUN.
BERLIN. Sept. 24-Prof. Won Behring,
the famous discoverer OF the diphtheria
serum, believes he has found means Of
making human beings immune from con-
sumption by noculating them with harm
less tuberculosis serum, which can be OBJ
tanned from cattle.
The professor refers to this matter at
present with the greatest caution, and he
does not wish to excite over-sanguine
hopes, and refuses to answer any inquiries
before his Investigations have been COM
plcted
Prof Won Behring has been investigating
consumption in its various FORMS He
contends that tuberculosis infection is In
nowise identical with tuberculosis con-
sumption
He agrees with the theory that tuber-
, cIlosis is not inherited but does not indorse
Prof. koch's idea that bovine tuberculosis
cannot be transmitted to human beings
On the contrary he agrees with those who
| think that milk from Tuberculosis cows IL
the chief cause of the spread OF consump'
| ton, especially in the case Of infants.
| The digestive organs of the very young
lack the protective tissues which in adults
prevent the entrance Of infectious bacilli
the mucous membrane of an infant beine
like porous filter.
Prof Won B,hring is credited with having
found inoculat ion successful in preventing
tuberculosis in cattle and he bases on these
experiments the hope of being similarly
successful in protecting human life.
The professor believes that when cow
are so inocuated certain immunizing sub
stances pass into the milk and these can b.
transferred to human beings
Prof. Won BehIing will deliver lecture
! ut The annual meeting Of German natura LISTS
which is to be held at Cassel tomorrow
on his recent invest igations. 1t is ex
pecttd that during this lecture he will rtfe
! to is immunizing theories.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
GEN. SUMNER IN COLLEGE RUSH
GOT MINED UP IN A LAFAYETTE
COLLEGE FRACAS.
Wanted to See the 'Color Scrap" Between
Sophs and Freshmen-Was Drawn Into
the Row. Cot Covered with Flour and
Was Tumbled and Tossed Around.

EAsToN, Pa, Sept "a Brig Gen. E. v.
Sumner, U. s. A.. who first saw service with
the First Cavalry-entering the Regular
army from NewYork in ls8l-passed through
the civil war, saw plenty of army life for
forty years and was prominent during the
Spanish affair experienced this morning
the warfare of college students. 1t nearly
knocked him out. although he expressed
himself afterward as having had the time
of his life.
Gen. Sumner has entered his son. E. V.
Sumner, in the freshman class at Lafayette
College and has decided to reside here until
the young man is prepared for West Point.
He has been an interested spectator Of the
various events incident to the opening
of the college year, especially the clashes
between sophomores and freshmen, and
when he lea1ned this morning that the
color scrap" between the two classes was
to take place he went to the campus to see
the fun.
This scrap is one in which the freshmen
hang their banner on the outer wall OF one
of the buildings and defend it against the
attack of the sophomores. To-day it
was placed on an angle of Pardee Hall and
sophomores arranged themselves short
distance away and at given signal made
rush for the coveted prize. They were
armed with bags Of -four. and these were
thrown at the freshmen. the result being
that the air was soon filled with the dust
| and the students were enveloped.
Gen. Sumner pressed forward to get a
! closer view and in moment was caught
| in rush of students and landed fairly in
the middle of the fray. A bag of flour
soaked him in the back of the head and
sophomore who thought him freshman
complimented him with side swipe with
another bag. The General ducked and
| plunged for a clear space and just then
| pound of -four which student in an upper
window flung out landed on his hat.
That completed the decoration of the
General, but did not interfere with his
desire to see the thing out. He shook
himself and stood still, but was soon in
another whirling mass of students, who
we're pushing and pulling AZ only sopho-
nores and freshmen can do when good
scrap is under way
1t was all over in ten minutes and then
the General went home for a change OF
clothing. He had spent the morning
pleasantly, he remarked later, As he boarded
a trolley to take in the Allentown Fair
The freshmen won the scrap. The students
were unaware OF the presence of the General
in the rush until it was all over, His own
son, who had defended the banner with
his classmen. did not recognize his father
| until his attention was called to him
by some students who noticed that the
literally fiour-decorated individual was not
a student, but an elderly man who was
laughingly telling some friends of his ex,
perience while they attempted to make
him look presentable. Then the boys gave
the General rousing cheer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
ran CHECKED IN MIDAIR.
Iron Worker on the New Bridge TUmbles
From Beam 700 Feet In the Air.

While Thomas F. Casey, an iron worker.
was busy on the Manhattan end OF the new
East River Bridge nearly 200 feet above
Front street yesterday afternoon he stubbed
his toe on a holt which lay on the iron beam
aloug which he was passing and fell.
He landed in the uncompleted main
roadway fifty feet below without 40 much
as a broken bone Hi only injuries were
number of deep cuts in his legs made by
the iron crossbars which he scraped against
and the Orders on which he struck and
which saved his life.
Casey was walking west along the top
roadway of the bridge when he tripped.
He had come from the Manhattan tower
with bag of rivets and was making his
way toward several of his fellow workmen,
who were near the top Of the anchorage
tower, when his foot slipped.
He pitched forward and down, turning
two complete somersaults as he went and
| brushing against cross beams and cables.
Casey, with the presence Of mind that
goes with his trade, clutched wildly at
the cross pieces in an effort to save himself
but missed each time.
He fell sidewise on one Of the cross
Orders of the lower roadway. his left leg
| catching across one beam and his head
| and shoulders swinging to the next one,
which was about four feet away. For a
moment he lay as If stunned.
Then he pulled himself together and
quickly scrambled to his feet on one Of the
| rirders. He managed to reach the side
Of the roadway, where John knight and
| another iron worker met him and helped
! him climb along the side Of the roadway
| to the anchorage tower.
In spite of the cuts in his legs-sOme
| through the flesh to the bone Casey climbed
| down the long ladder from the anchorage
tower to the street and then, unattended,
| took street car to Bellevue Hospital
After the surgeon had bound up his wounds
he went to his home, at 4l3 West Twenty
| eighth street, and got into bed without
saving a word to anybody about his fall,
aWhen felt myself going" said Casey
| toward some of the crossbars, and guess
| that caused me to turn a couple OF times.
| otherwise | might have got my hands
on some of them and not have fallen so far.
| II didn't thir k of anything but trying to
save myself, I centred my whole the ught
on grabbing something. | didn't succeed
but I was lucky man at that.
Casey, who Ia feet tall and weighs more
than lsS pounds, has been an ironworker
| for about three years. Yesterdays fall
was his first. He is the sergeant-at arms
OF Big Bill Devery's Bug c .h and was wa
partment. ,, ..u
from tie Brooklyn end Of the East River
Bridge a few weeks ago, is close , friend I'd
of Casey's, and Casey was the only one OF
the ironworkers who went t o see Sizer when
| the latter was in the hospital Only one OF
| Cnsev's four children knew last night Of
! their fathers narrow escape
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25

Shipman would have precipitated a strike
several months ago only for his refusal
to sanction II.
1t Is believed that the cars will be running
upon regular schedule to-day, but a great
strike will result In few weeks II the Or
ganization Of the men can be perfected.
The company is determined, however
to resist any claim for recognition of the
union.
The Public Service Corporation YVES
formed in the early part of May OF this year
with capital Of s25, 600 GOO. Among those
most prominently interested IN II are ex-
Attorney General Thomas n. McCarter,
who Ia president: John d. Crimmins, E. F.. c..
Young and A. j. Csssatt
When the new corporation began opera
tion on June l its street traction depart
ment consisted of the following trolley
systems, most of which are composed Of
several lines:
North Jersey Street Railway Company.
Jersey City Roboken and Paterson Street
Railway Company; Elizabeth, Plainfeld
and Central Jersey Street Railway Company
and the Orange and Paterson Valley Ccm-
pany
The Public Service Corporation also owns
and operates several lighting and power
plants. These, before the consoli6at ion
were the United Electric Company # New
Jersey, the Essex ard Hudson Gas Company,
Hudson County Gas Company, Paterson ard
Passaic Gas Company and the South Jer-
sey Gas, Electric ard Traction Company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
WILL BRYAN BOLT?
His Friends in Lincoln Think So-T1cket
Out Against Him.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. pa number OF
local Democrats have organized for the
purpose OF supporting j. H. Harley ex'
postmaster. for district delegate to the
next Democratic National Convention. W:
B. Price, a member Of this crowd, started
yesterday for New York to secure some
sinews Of war, he said. from Tammany
Most OF the men, including Harley. are
friends Of Bryan, but their idea OF what
the Democrats should do is expressed In
Harley's saying, Il am ready to eat crow
and am for the nominee. whatever they
may hand US"
Thomas d. Worrall, who will oppose
Harley, has announced his platform: i
am against the Grover Cleveland-Dave
Hill gang, first. last and all the time' be-
fore the contest and after"
Bryan has not yet indicated which man
he will support, but Worralls friends are
confldenty expecting him to be with them
while the others do not.
The Worrall men assert that, much az
they like Bryan, they would think less
of him if he accepted a gold candidate
They look for a bolt on Bryan's part, and
they will follow him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
SMATHERS BUYS MAJOR DELM4R.
Paws $40, 900 for the Trotter. a Record
Price for q Gclding.

lust before the trotter Major Delmar,
2OOL was started yesterday at the Empire
CITY track in an effort to break the record,
the announcement was made that f. f.
smathers had bought the gelding from
Frederick Parke for $4,000 This is the
largest sum ever paid for a geldng and
oyertops the $4,000 Robert Bonner paid
for Rarus, 2:l3A, and the $4,000 the same
owner paid for Dexter, 2I7A Other trotters
have sold for more money ne3 shno'' 29st'
colin Forbes paid 3l25,000 to Senator Stan
ford for Arion, 2O7H.
Major Delmar has had a great earning
capacity. and his campaign OF last year
was a financial success and brought him
prominently before the public, Foaled in
1897, he was trained at : years, and
driven to record of 25. The next year
he was not started, so that his campaign
of last wear was the first real test
Beginning mt Detroit he wen there, and
followed this by winning again at Cleve-
land. defeating fast field that included
Ida Highwood, 2:C9A, PRIMO 2Ioh,
and others He followed S; these brilliant
Readville, Providence and again Mt the
Readville fall meeting. At Cincinnati he
met his first defeat. Amelia, 2084, beat
him. He was beaten again at Lexington
by Ozanan, POS, with Prince OF Orange,
2O71. second.
At Memphis he trotted the last and the
most brilliant race of the year. Starting
from the outside, against Monte Carlo
?:O7L; Chase, ?:07A, and Nutbearer, in the
Novelty race, he trotted the mile and won
in 2:O511 He also won the next heat, at
one and one-eighth miles, in 2:2212. and
the half mile heat in l;0lLa. II war this
brilliant series that really made him famous
As an introduction to the campaign of
this year he was matched against Lord
Derby. 2:O511, for 5000, with David Bonner
Az the stakeholder, but Lord Derby went
lame and Mr.. Smathers paid forfeit. Since
that time jor Delmar has been con-
stantly before the public His first mile
against time was trotted at Island Park in
2:04A. Then he came to the Empire track
and trotted in 2:0i. At every start he,
kept reducing the record, until at Syracuse,
over a track never considered fast AZ COM
pared with such course AZ the Empire,
he trotted in 2:OOH.
Mr. Smathers said he intended to start
Major Delmar at Memphis next month to
represent the New York Driving Club in
the race for the IS 900 gold cup for amateurs
offered by Mr. Billings. In the first race
for the cup Mr.. Smathers won with Lord
Derby. and it looks now as if he would
win again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
S25,LNN STALLION III RNED.
With Other Horses. Was In stock Car
Which Caught Fire.

GRAND ISLAND, Neh., Sept. 24-With
smoke and fire pouring from its windows,
a palace stock car filed with racehorses
and attached TO Union Pacific through
freight pulled into the yards here to-day.
The fire was quickly eXtinguished, out
not before the trotting stallion Norval
King, valued at SIS 900, was fatally burned
and several other horses more or less in
jured.
The horses were being shipped from the
Nebraska State Fair, where Norval King
had taken number of prizes, to the home
of the owner. l.. c. Kinney of Bushnell,
Neb. Four of thAworst injured were take n
from the car ann placed under medical
care here.
The others continued the journey in
new car. The fire is supposed to have
originated from sparks from the engine
entering the car windows and ignting the
straw
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
MORE SCHWAB SCHOOLS.
Plan Is to Copy to Some Extent the Car
neEie Library Idea.

LA PORTE, Ind, Sept. ?4.-In a letter
written to a friend in this city Prof. W.
n. Mailman, head of Charles M. Schwab's
industrial school at Homestead, Pa, and
formerly Superintendent of Schools in
this city, outlines Mr.. Schwab's plans
with reference to establishing industrial
training schools at several places in illinois
Indiana and Ohio, including La Porte.
The plan will be similar to that of An.
drew Carnegie in his library donations
Any city raising a specified amount will
be endowed with a sum, depending on the
population, sufficient to erect proper build
ngs and give tho institution a prosperous
start The plan is ready to be put in i'm,
mediate operation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
COLI .NBI4 BOYS HAVING Fun.
SOphOmOres Kldnap Freshmen and Pro-
woke RPprisals--LOne Cop Stops II.

The sophomore class at Columbia kid
mapped twenty five freshmen yesterday
afternoon and made them do stunts, such
as drinking milk from nursing bottles and
go through other performances which APP
peal to the college youth.
Last night the sophomores had
smoker" at the Trocadero Music Hall.
at Fort George. They took the prisoners
up there to perform more antics. The
other freshmen learned of this and $50
of them raided The hall. This time po-
liceman from the West 152d street station
interfered and scattered the boys. No
arrests were made
The students built bonfire Of old books
and furniture on the campus later. While
they were dancing around it Engine 81
came up and the captain ordered the hose
turned on the crowd. The f"emen. after
scattering the students, put out their
bonfire
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-25
HELD HIS SKIRTS WRONG.
knowing Policeman Detects Wan Mas
r,erarlng In Wonnn's Clothes.

WoBuRN. Mass. Sept. H.-Dressed in his
sisters best dress and picture hat, Arthur
Butterfly of Al Rock street. Lowell. fitted
about the streets Of Woburn last night,
attempted to firt with some of the gay
Young men of Wobirn and was arrested
by Patrolman Walsh, who guessed his
identity from the way the young man held
his skirts.
In vain did Butterfly coax the patrolman
to let him go. "No woman ever holds her
skirt like that" said Walsh. you hold 1t
as if it was hot on the inside and you had
to hold it away from you. woman just
pulls it around to one side if she's young
one, and if she's married. she grabs 1t with
boil hands, one on each side. Come along,
young man."
Staggered by the patrolmans knowledge
Butterfly. who is in his teens, confessed that
he had done it for joke. He got night 8
lodging in the police station.