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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
DIR. CRUM TO RESIGN!
Report That the Negro II Soon 70 Give Up
His once for "Better One"

COLUMBIA, s. c., April IAN intimate
friend OF the President believes that DR..
Crum will soon resign the Office Of Collector
at Charleston. This friend Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
while not speaking In the name Of the Presi-
dent, had an interview with DR.. Crum early
this week and left him with the understand
ing that the negro was favorably disposed
to the proposition Of giving up his Office.
DR.. Crum was told that while the Preei-
dent was willing to stand by the race ISSUE
at the same time a resignation would be
agreeable to him, and moreover. would be
pleasant to q great number OF the Presi-
dents friends who have taken the appoint
ment OF the negro very much TO heart.
The new Collector was told that from a
financial standpoint he would lose money
by holding the Office His practice as a
physician would be sacrificed while the
money value Of the collectorship last year
was less than 81 900. It was furthermore
intimated to DR.. Crum that II he retired
from this Office he would be taken care Of
The Office Of minister to little republic
not 80 far away as Liberia was mentioned
as a desirable place. Dr. Crum said the
Office was all right, but 1t was now filled.
The Presidents friend assured the Col
lector that the objection made was by no
means an insurmountable obstacle.
DR.. Crum was told that the President
was embarrassed, not so much by Southern
criticism but by opposition developed
among his friends in the North. The way
was open to getting better office without
causing further friction. The Collector Is
said TO be favorably disposed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
LET ELEVATED TRAIN KILL HER.
Mary Mcguire. . Servant Out OF Work and
Ill, Leaped Before . Motor Train.

Ma ry Mcguire, servant out OF Work,
committed suicide shortly after noon yester-
day by throwing herself in front Of a north
bound Sixth avenue elevated train which
was pulling into the Fiftieth street station.
She was killed instantly. the wheels Of
the front truck on the motor car passing
over her body
Before leaping to the track she took OF
her hat and two combs she was wearing.
These with her pocketbook she put on
top Of the coalbox at the northern end
of the station platform. She kept her
umbrella in her hand when she jumped
It was showing heavily at the time and few
persc ms we're en- the platform. 30 that her
preparatc ms were not noticed.
The suicide was identified last night
by a Miss A. Leonard, with whom the
Mcguire girl had just taken furnished
room at POS West 136th street. Her friend
saw the account Of the suicide, and suspect
ing that the woman was Mary Mcguire,
went last evening TO the East fnty-frst
street police station, where the body had
been taken.
She recognized the dead woman's be-
lonpinrs as those of the Mcguire woman
and later went TO the morgue and identified
the body.
had recently been suffering with the grip.
had been unable to work and seemed to be
out OF her head at times.
The woman entered the elevated station
about Q clock in the morning and attracted
the attention of the gateman at once be-
cause she seemed to have been crying
Instead OF taking the first train that came
along, she stayed on the platform. walk
ing up and down and wiping her eyes.
After a while she went into the women's
waiting room and remained more than an
hour. When the gateman locked into
the n ON he saw that the woman was cry
ing bitterly. She tried to control herself
when he appeared and he left without
speaking to her. Shortly afterward she
came out and began walking up and
down again. The gateman was not
watching when the woman jumped.
Americas Gabel, the motorman OF the
train that killed the woman, did not notice
her until he was within ten feet of her:
Then she suddenly stepped TO the edge OF
the platform and threw herself head fore
most to the track. The train had already
slackened speed. and Gabel put on the air
brakes but could not bring the car to stop
Gabei blew his whistle for the police.
| The guards then hurried the passengers
out OF the cars and sent all the cars but
the first one back for several hundred
/ feet. Jacks were sent for and the front
end OF the motor car lifted from the track.
II took the wrecking crew nearly an hour
to get the body out
Gabel was placed under arrest on tech
meal charge Of homicide. Coroner Scholer
accepted 81 900 bail for him from another
employee Of the elevated company.
While oil the other belongings OF the
woman were turned over TO the police,
somebody took away the pocketbook and
left IL with the starter at Fifty ninth street
and Columbus avenue Neither the police
nor the Coroner knew anything OF this
until hours aiterward.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
KINGS OLDEST SUBJECT DIES
Mrs. Margaret Neyc. Aged Ill. was {
Friend Of Queen Victoria.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE

Special Cable Despatch to THE sun.
LONDON, April Mrs. Margaret Seve,
the oldest subject of King Edward, died at
Guernsey this morning, aged Ill. In her
younger days Mrs. Move travelled a great
deal She spoke several languages and
possessed considerable wealth. She had
been a widow for fifty years and. bsing
chldless, lived with two nieces on beauti-
full estate at ST. Pertsport. She was fine
needle woman and did much work Of this
kind after she had reached 100 years.
Mrs. Neve and Queen Victoria exchanged
signed photographs and congratulatory
kilograms on their birthday anniversaries.
During the last year or two she used to
walk about the estate to see her cattle and
poultry. Two years ago she climbed a step
ladder into a loft to seek sonnet hing she
wanted
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

ApriI Price 10 Per Cent. Above the Price
for March.

The American Ice Company has sent
notice 10 consumers who do not have yearly
contracts that dating from April l the price
per hundred pounds has been raised from
rs to 30 cents. The notices are sent stamped
on the bills sent out for March ice, Con-
sumers have concluded that the winters
na, witbstsndinR the surplus OF 1000 900
tens nom last year, heated summer may
AZ far as Tie reports Of bad ice har-
vest go said an oflciai OF the company,
the Hudson will quickly convince any one
President Schoonmaker being out OF
town none OF the officials would discuss
further the advance In price.
panv said Yesterday that the harvest has
Been COED, and that there 10 little danger
Of q shortage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
RECOGNIZES MONROE DOCTRINE.
Germany Accepts II ~ . Matter OF Prtn.
ciple, Says Berlin Paper.
Special Cable Despatch 10 TIE SUN.

opeetdS CuOfc Dfspdfc1 10 SUN
BERLIN. April %.-There Is significant
reserve on the part Of the official press in
commenting on President Roosevelt speech
on the Monroe Doctrine at Chicago. The
most striking utterance on the subject Is
made by the Bsrliner Togeblaa. which says;
1T cannot be too often repeated that
whether the Monroe Doctrine is part Of
the international law or not. We recognize
it, not only because we must, but as mat
ter Of principle
This is the most explicit admission placed
on record In Germany.
The Vossische Zeifung takes the view
OF the average prosperous Berliner when
1t says 1t was due to the prudence and the
circumspection of the Washington Govern
ment that the Venezuela affair passed on
without serious disaster.
Reverting to the Monroe Doctrine the
Vossische ZeHunq says: mo logical OBJ
jections can be raised to the doctrine.
1t is for North America matter Of national
sentiment and national business and any
attack on II from this side OF the ocean
would be mere fitting at windmills. Since
Frances luckless adventure In Mexico
there has been no instance OF an attempt
years. On the contrary. European pos
sessions on the American hemisphere have
been steadily dwindling by revolution and
sale.
The best proof Of the Discrimination OF
Europe to acquire territory on the American
continent is the fact that there was no
attempt to do so when America had nc
feet worth mentioning
In conclusion the paper says 1t regrets
that there is still part Of the American
press and even American dignitaries who
frequently lack the tone Of good society
and are addicted to the -shirt-sleeve d.
plomacy Of the Far West 1t says that
doubtless time will alter this, as America
is making gigantic progress in every field
and it may be hoped that the country |,
improving in that Of political manners also
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
THE. ALLEN LEAVES US?
Said TO He on His Way 10 the Holy Land
In search OF Health.

The. Allen. the poolroom keeper, accord
ing to some OF mis- friends, sailed yesterday
for the Holy Land by the North German
Lloyd steamship Trave, TO win back lost
health He was not booked at the Office
of the line, and his name was not on the
passenger list, but 1t Is not unlikely that he
sailed under an assumed name. He Ia
reported to have said that he might never
come back. and to have been accompanied
by his wife, his granddaughter and doctor.
He told friend that he was suffering from
nervous prostration and that he had been
until recently in a sapitarium In Pennsyl-
vana. He is ~ years old
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
uSEDAHAT PIN on A TELEPHONE
Mrs. Meachem POked q Dollar In TO Pay
Toll and Central Laughed nj Her.

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, April Airs. j. NJ
Meachem OF Old Town, Me-, rushed into
the Office OF the Prosecuting Attorney OF
this city this afternoon and asked to have
the officials OF the New England Telephone
Company OF New Haven arrested on a
charge Of robbing her. She told Prose-
outing Attorney Howard c. Webb that
abe was told that 1t would cost 81 .05 to talk
TO her home in Maine, and that she put
nickel and 81 in the slot OF the public teie-
phone at the Union Station here. She
added:
kept telling me to. put the money in l
told her put it in
well, then. il would ring IL you did, re-
piled the central.
There must be something the matter
with your old machine here for i put the
nickel In where it says nickel and ! put a
dollar in where IL says dollar and poked
the dollar in with my hat pin to make sure
that IL was in.
sWas il a dollar billi- asked central:
Il told her il was. Then she roared out
laughing at me and I called policeman
who referred me to you
Mr.. Webb got back the dollar. and told
her not to use her hat pin hereafter when
she wanted to make a toll line payment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
DRIVER ROLLS OFF MAIL WAGON.
Says He's W. J. Tracy and IL Locked Up On
Intoxication Charge.

A mail wagon driven by man who says
he is William j. Tracy came down Sixth
avenue at 8 o'clock last night and stopped
at Fourteenth street. Then the driver
toppled of the seat and fell at his horses
hind feet.
animals heels and turned him over to
Policeman Terry, who took him to the
Mercer street police station. There Tracy
was locked up. charged with being drunk.
Its a blamed cold night was his only
explanation;
took charge Of the wagon, which contained
second-class mail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
CAUGHT HER As SHE DROPPED.
Driver Murphy OF Truck -. Brooklyn
Rescues Q NAman.

A rescue OF a woman from a burning
tenement. mpported by the modest res :
cuer, has just come TO light.
On Wednesday last fire started in the
building at 81 Crab am avenue, Brookly
While the crowd was watching the hre-
men In Graham avenue, Driver Murphy
OF OF Truck 81, who is a small man discovered
a woman in a third-story window. in the
rear of The bouse. Smoke was rolling out
OF the lower windows In thick clouds, and
the room behind her was lighted by flames.
Murphy, with two others. brought lad
der from the truck, but y was TOO snort;
Being the hghtest OF the three, he climbed
TO the top round and then the ladder was
raised TO the shoulders Of the other two
II was still too short, and Murphy vas un.
able to reach the woman now hanging out
Of the window to escape the heat and
smoke.
Holding himself to the unsteady ladder
with his legs he shouted to the woman
TO drop. She did no and he caught her In
his arms and bore her safely to the ground.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
STABBED BECAUSE HE WAS A JEH
An Eleven.Year.Oid Boy the Victim Of IN
Unproyoked Crime.

Eleven-year-old Peter Levy, whose par
ents live at l4l Moore street, Williamsburg,
while on an GRAND for his mother in Seigel
street near Graham avenue. last night.
was stabbed in the left side over the heart
by boy about IA years old. The assailant
was with a number Of boys and when they
met Levy the assailant said:
Are you Jew?"
Levy replied that he was. Then the
assailant whipped out knife and jabbing
the point into the boys left breast shouted:
well. If you're a jew take that
Then the assailant and his companions
ran away. Levy was taken to st. Cath
crimes Hospital. where it was said at late
hour that he might not recover. The
police were still looking for the assailant
last night
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
HANNA'S STREET CAR LINES.
The Senator to Head . Consolidated Of
the Cleveland Systems.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. April The Little
Consolidated Street Railway. Of which
Senator Hanna IL president and the oon-
trolling factor. will b combined within .
few weeks With tho Big Consolidated Street
Railway. and Senator Hanna will be at tho
head Of the consolidation. These are the
only two electric lines in the city. and each
has already had printed general transfers
which will be put into use just as soon As
the two companies are amalgamated.
With the consolidation will also como q
reduction in the fare. and seven tickets viii
be sold for rs cents, q figure slightly In OK
GEES OF a three-cent fare. The two COM
paniee hold valuable franchises on all the
principal streets Of the city. and these do
not expire for ten years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
COPS WATCH NELSON HOUSE
no SEE THAT NO ONE WALKS OFF
WITH WEDDING GIFTS.

1--WE H0u9nsLOOklng wen FrOWung ABOUT
the Neighborhoo Alarm the Family.
Who Appeal to the Tenderioin Police
Curious Persons. Too. In Plenty.
Two detectives from the Tendcrloin
station have been keeping a watch on the
home Of Mrs. Frederic Nelson at 100 Fifth
avenue for two days. The sleuths have
not watched the house continually, but
they manage to be In the vicinity every
hour or So The detectives were summoned
TO the house on Friday.
Mrs. Nelson's daughter Cathleen In the
fiancee OF Reginald Vanderbilt. Their
wedding takes place at Newport a week
from Tuesday. For several days wedding
gifts have been arriving at the Nelson
house and Che prominence Of the young
people has caused curious persons to linger
longer than usual In front Of Miss Nelson's
home. Little heed was paid to the idlers
until Friday.
Some member OF Mrs. Nelson's house.
hold noticed on that day that two Of the
idlers across the way seemed to evincc
more than usual interest In the house.
These two men were watched closely from
within the house and the way they acted
was sufficient excuse for anv one to think
they were suspicious characters. The sus-
pects were rough looking men and they
did too much lodging about to be attracted
only by curiosity. Their actions the greater
part OF the afternoon aroused the Nelson
houssho and finally the Tenderloin police
were asked to look the MN over.
Detectives Mckay and Shiblns were
sent to the house. They talked with tho
servants and obtained description OF the
two watchers who had proved annoying.
The detectives stayed around until late
Saturday night, but the two men they
wanted to look over did not reappear.
While the detectives were watching the
house many people stopped to look at it.
One man fingered around so long that the
detectives asked him to tell something
about himself. He did so to their salts
faction.
Mckay and Shibles made several trips to
the Nelson home yesterday, but 80 far ar
they could learn the two suspects did not
return. Mrs. Nelson's servants seemed
70 think the two men might be burglars
who were planning to steal the wedding
gifts. The police have accepted that
view, too, and will keep a watch on the
house until after the wedding.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
SMALL FIRE PROBABLY FATAL.
Girl Jumps From Fourth-Story window
Her YOUNG Brother Burned.

Edith Casio. II years cid. and her brother
Fred, 8 years old, Of 1855 Third avenue.
Broo klyn. are in the Norwegian Hospital,
suffering from injuries received yesterday
at a fire In a four-story fiat house, the top
floor Of which was occupied by Thomas
Casio and his family They were ale ne
in the fat when the fire broke out. Edith
Jumped out Of a window into the airshaft.
striking the paved court. Both legs and
arms were fractured and she was injured
internally.
The boy was rescued by Patrolman
Edder Of the Fourth avenue station. Be-
fore the lad could he reached, no yever
he was badly burned about the body and
overcome with smoke. Both will probably
die. =,
The fire was soon extinguished, with
little damage TO furniture and building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
PLUCKY YOUNG HORSEWOMAN.
Ciung to the Saddle and brought Her
Runaway Horse Under Control

UTICA, April Miss Gertrude Barnum,
daughter of a prominent local family, had
a thrilling experience this afternoon while
horseback riding. The young woman was
galloping through suburb OF the city
when the animal took fright and started
on mad run toward the city, leeping
bitches and hurdling fences. The horse
but the plucky young horsewoman chung
10 the saddle. and after the horse had
galloped three miles, brought the animal
under control
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
NO RACE SUICIDE THERE.
stork Busy Carrytns Twins and Tripiet
10 Limestone, Me.

St0Th Itusy oAu AbtpHtts
TO Limestone, Me.
LIMESTONE, Me, April 4.-The cry Of
race suicide cannot he raised In this part
Of the country. The people here who have
been reading OF President Roosevelt's
action In sending signed photographs to
tripets born recently in New Jersey think
that II he il going to keep up the plan he
will have to increase his order with tho
picture makers.
The last census gives the population at
1,iai, but 1t is going ahead by leaps and
bounds. The following is the record Of
births for the four days in March:
March 81. to Mrs. Forest Knox twins. q
boy and girl.
March 20, to Mrs. Moses Parks, triplets.
all boys.
March 30, to Mrs. George A. Phair. twin
boys.
March 30, to Mrs. George Adams, twin
boys.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
Gov. IOngino Says the Greenyille CreSasse
Has Caused No serious Injury.

New ORLEANS. April 4.--Gov. Longino.
who has just returned from the part Of the
Yazoo delta affected by the Greenville
creyasse takes an optimistic view Of the
situation and finds that the damage will
be far less than expected. No lives were
lost and few farm cattle. The planters
in two weeks, which will give them ample
time to plant.
The flood water did not cross Deer Creek
as expected and, as CONSEQUENCE, less than
half Of Washington county was flooded,
Bolivar county escaped altogether. Bust
but the Governor thinks that the people
will recover from 1t - soon as the high
water recedes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
MR.. PLATT AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Leaves Business and Political Cares ia
Take Q Good Rest.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. April l.-Senator
Thomas c. Platf OF New York arrived yes
terday afternoon 0pd is at Haddon Hall.
Mr.. Plat cancelled his acceptance of the
former Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff by the Mon
tauk Club Of Brooklyn. The Senator Is
not well and came to this resort for COM
plete rest and diversion from business
and political cares. He remains indoors
most Of the time. He went directly to his
room after dinner tonight and refused
TO see all callers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
NEGRO GIVES UP AN OFFICE.
wouldn't Keep His Post once Clerkship
White Man Now Has II.

NEW ORLEANS, April THE post Office
trouble at Alexandria, La, growing out OF
tho appointment Of a negro as clerk, has
ended by the resignation Of the negro and
the filing Of the place by white man. The
negro over whom the trouble arose. Tom
Rankin. passed the civil service examina-
ton and became eligible for the clerkship.
He declined to accept 1t, however, saying
that he did not care to cause racial an
tagonism. but at the same time he wrote
to the Post master General asking for the
place.
The Post Office authorities ordered Post
master Hunter 10 appoint the negro at once
and to dscharg &c the white man filing 1t
temporarily. refusing to audit his accounts
until he did so. After various changes
Rankin resigned the clerkship. The postal
authorities accordingly withdrew their order
to Postmaster Hunter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
Seven Persons Injured In TROLLEY. Accident.

BUFFALO. April 4.-Seven persons were
injured at Tonawanda this morning when
a trolley car Of the Buffalo and Lockport
lue ran into a string OF freight cars that
were standing on q siding. Motorman
valentine Boyer OF io7, lafayette avenue,
this city. was injured 20 badly that he
cannot live. Julius Schengle OF this city
also received serious injuries by jumping
from the car platform. He will recover
~ will the others who were hurt. The
collision occurred during q binding snow
storm, which made II Impossible for the
motorman to see the signal allowing that
the switch was open.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
,u,Y.,o Liquor Dealers to Boycott Farmers

BUFFALO. April AT joint meeting
held here last night the Wholesale and
retail liquor dealers Of Buffalo not only
merged into one body. but they adopted
resolutions pledeing their members to
boycott cheese sold by farmers OF this
state and milk sold by the local milk trust
The resolutions represent a movement OF
alleged, are Being favored in the matter OF
TAXATION at the expense Of the saloon
Leepers OF the city. State Organizer George
B. Ebing OF New York addressed the meet
inR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
QUARREL IN GERMAN EMBASSY
Attaches Leave Because Minister Ven
sternburg wouldn't Can on Their wives.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE {

,SpeeIdI CdbIe Despheh 70 The SUF.
BERLIN. April 4.-Aocording to the Toeo-
Rehe Rrndschau. the German Military and
Forestry Attaches at Washington have
suddenly returned to Germany because
Minister Won Sternburg declined to leave
cards on their wives, maintaining that
he was not obliged to call on every lady
belonging to the embassy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

Major Otto Won Etzel Is the German Mill
tary Attache and Herr Sheck the expert
for forestry and agriculture at Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

Low Rates TO the Pacthe Coast.
The New York Central will sell any day untll
April n tickets 70 the Paclc Coast Al from so 70
~ Oolonist sleeping cars from Albany. Inquire
Of rekss Ascnb.-Ads.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

II your particular dealer does not keep Frank
Jones ports mouth Bottled Ale and Nourtsnlnx
stout send 10 any Of the Aoker. Aerral . Condis
Gamma uy's stores or 70 the AgentS Rook d herrh
- CortlAndt st., New York-Adt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

ne Beautiful Custom q Remembering
Ne I'm more suitable fer thiS purpose than Water
nsnS ldesl Fountain Pen, For sale by your dessf
q L Z. Waterman Co.. i7s Broadway. New fofk'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

DALLAS, Tex. April "A shortage Of
500, 900 has been discovered In the State
agents u missing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

Tia train on the New York Central and Lake
shore mailne the go milos between New York and
S.uI s e c s.ssy H eSSSs .R3so'.''S
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
NOT HURT BY LEvEE BREAK

The fire was soon extinguished, with
little damage to furniture and building.