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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
A MYSTERY OF THE SMITHS.


AsBURY PARK, N. j., Aug. . A young
man who said he was a lawyer asked Justice
OF the Peace Borden to meet him on Monday
last at Sunset Hall. The Justice was told
to bring his notarial SEAL He went to the
place and met the lawyer, who said his
name was Graham. Borden was told to
wait on the piazza until he was needed in
side. Presently the Justice saw an elderly
man leave the hotel hurriedly, much ex-
cited. Graham and another young man
followed and drove away in a cab.
The elderly man called on Justice Borden
on Tuesday and said:
Il am Joseph d. Smyth. My brother,
John F. B. Smyth, who has been paralytio
for nine years, lives with me at my cottage.
He was once wealthy New York real estate
agent. He has a son. Frank p. Smyth On
Monday afternoon a messenger came 10
my cottage and said that Miss McGinn
wanted TO see my brother at her hotel on
important business. My brother, Of course,
was unable to go, so I arranged to perform
the errand. When arrived / was ushered
to a room. The door was thrown open
and mans voice said Come in did 80
and the door was slammed.
"The man stood up and said Why,
don't you know me? am Frank walked
away TO sit down and noticed that the Young
man held revolver in his hand. When
he lifted il up put UP my left hand and
grabbed him around the waist with my
right arm At this point another young
man entered the room and took the pistol
from Frank. He said he was a lawyer
and that his name was Graham. Frank
turned to me and said, Joe. did not mean
this for you.
at makes no difference replied; I
am going to have you both arrested
then ran out They followed and jumped
In a cab and rode away. ran uptown.
fearing that they would 60 to the cottage
and force an entrance into my brothers
room. have an idea what Frank was
after"
Mr.. Smyth says Frank is about % years
old and that he holds a bank clerkship
In New York Justice Borden said to-
night that he had issued warrants in the
case
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
LYING NOTARIES FINED.
Two Bank Teilers Admit Certifying TO
False AHisiayits.

William s. Beckley, receiving teller OF the
Fifth National Bank, and Wilson P. King,
paying teller Of the Irving National Bank,
both notares public, were fined s25 each by
Justice Mayer in Special Sessions yester-
day after pleading guilty to making false
oertifications to affidavits. They were
arrested Tuesday by Deputy State Superin-
tendent OF Elections John d. Maher.
Beckley certified that Mrs Margaret
Gaffney, proprietress Of the Hotel Gaffney,
at ISL Second avenue, had made an atfi-
davit in this county when, in fact. she was
in Far Rookaway. King certified that
Henry Pape, proprietor of a hotel on War,
rem street, had appeared before him and
had sworn to an affidavit as 10 the number
of guests in his hotel 1t was brought out
that at the time referred to Pape was In
Connecticut.
In fining the two defendants yesterday,
Justice Mayer said that the Court hoped 1t
would be warning to other notaries:
Mr. Maher is investigating other cases OF
the kind and on Saturday will arraign
another notary. who will plead guilty to
false acknowledgment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
ROW AT THE BOLTE HEARING.
The Justices Lawyer Says witnesses
Have Been Freed From Prosecution.

Have Been Freed From Prosecution.
When Lawyer Louis Goldberg was called
as a witness for the prosecution at tho
hearing yesterday before William II. Willis,
referee, OF the charges against Justice
Herman Bolte OF the Second District Munich
pal Court, Maurice W. Blumentnl, counsel
for Justice Bolte, said
II intend to show that criminal charges
brought by the District Attorney against
the witness have been permitted to lapse
and that the witness has received a promise
of immunity from prosecution in oonsidera-
ton OF his becoming a witness against
Justice Bolte. / intend to show that men
other than the witness have been arrested,
charged with crime and promised immunity
by the District Attorney on the same con-
ditions.'
Every statement just made by counsel
ia to nv personal knowledge absolutely
false" said Assistant District Attorney
Iselin who is conducting the prosecution.
When tho witness was asked whether
he remembered being involved In case
while the late Justice Leslie w. Russell
was on the bench, Mr.. 1selin jumped TO his
feet and cried:
tomb?" u ~
hotly, 1--WE may be dragging some one to
the Tombs.'
A few moments later. question provoked
suoh flow Of words from the witness,
that both the oss-examiner and Mr..
Isein and Referee Willis had TO unite in
an effort to shut 1t on
In reply to question from Mr.. Iselin,
the witness again launched out into what
threatened to be a speech. Mr.. Iseln
said sharply:
Answer yes or no.
"Don't you get mad at the witness, .
said Mr.. Blumenthal, "or no won't have
any friends"
mot even the stenographer," remarked
the referee. .,
The entertainment was continued TO the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
DRUGGED YONKERs MAN.
Forman Played Stuss with strangers and
Came To Two Days Later, Minus B1lA.

Joseph Forman, a cloak manufacturer OF
20 Palisade avenue, Yonkers, was in the
Yorkville police court yesterday TO COM
plain against three men whose acquaint-
ance he made when he came to this city
on Sunday, with SPA in money and several
blank checks in his pockets.
He said that he was walking down East
Houston street when a stranger asked
him to change fve-dolar bill. He did
sd and showed his roll of money. The
stranger then invited him to a cigar store
on Second avenue TO have drink, he said,
where two other men joined them, and the
four sat down to game of stuss. During
the game the players had several drinks,
and Forman thinks he was drugged. He
came to the city to visit a sister who lives
at 3l3 Rivington street. and was found I'M
conscious in the hallway of that house on
Tuesday.
The mans money and the blank checks
were gone and he could not remember
what took place from the time he sat down
to play stuss until he found himself at his
sisters home. Detective Ruth of the Fifth
street station heard about the matter on
Wednesday night and accompanied For
man to Second avenue, where he pointed
to three men as those with whom he had
played cards. They were locked UP after
describing themselves as Charles Ray OF
s24 East Houston street, Daniel Martin Of SO
Second avenue, and Isaac Levy Of s24 Henry
street.
Forman telephoned to the First National
Bank at Yonkers and was informed that
four checks for amounts aggregating $500
had been received there from New York,
bearing his signature. He ordered pay
ment stopped on them, saying that he had
| no recollection Of signing them.
The court clerk hunted through the Penal
Code to determine under what section to
draw the complaint, but couldn't find any
law to fit the case, and said 80.
We'll, I'll go down to see District Attorney
Jerome, then. He'll prosecute the case,
! Forman said.
Magistrate Barlow discharged the pris-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
YOUNG BRIDEGROOM LOCKED UP.
Married lS-Year-Old Girl without Her
Parents COnsent--SIay Lose Her.

Joseph Schmidt. % years old, OF 1857
First avenue, and Bertha BEGAN, Is years OF
age, Of 800 East Seventy-second street,
were married two weeks ago. Their
honeymoon was interrupted. yesterday,
by the arrest of the husband on a charge
OF abduction. The bride was taken In
charge by the Children's society and
appeared In the Yorkville police court
when her husband was arraigned. Her
mother made the complaint.
The young man and the girl had been
counting for three years and two weeks
ago they went to the residence OF Parson
Boil of the Lutheran church, at 95l East
Seventy-seventh street and were married
The bride went back home and said moth
ing about the wedding A week ago
Schmidt took his wife to the home OF his
married sister. Mrs Siegal, at 2079 Eighth
avenue and she remained there. Her
parents could not account for her dlsap-
pearance until she wrote home telling
OF her marriage. Then they called in the
police.
do you love this young MANI Magis-
trate Barlow asked the bride.
Love Joe? Why, he's the first and only
sweetheart ever had she answered.
Lots Of the boys wanted to go with me,
but Joe was the best Of them all"
Agent liberty Of the Children's society,
said he had Investigated the young mans
history and learned that he had good rec
ord. was employed as painter and earned
SO a day.
Il am preparing to go housekeeping
with my wife and am able to support her, y
said Schmidt. "We will be happy II you
let us live together"
"To enforce the law here would be great
wrong remarked the lawyer.
haliaya En hpt thara Ia the law re-
sponded the Magistrate.
Mrs BEGAN would not relent, although
she had nothing to say against her SON
in-law's character The Magistrate an
nounced that he would think over the matter
and adjourned the hearing until to-day.
The bride went back to the rooms Of the
Children's Society and the groom was
lnrlrah IN in defnlilt Of &1 900 hnil
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
LOOKING INTO HEROES CASE.
Col. Ogden Will Find Out II His Papers
Were wrongly Marked.

President Willis L. Ogden of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission said yesterday
that he intended to find out II the charges
made by DIR. Alfred W, Herzog that he
had been unfairly treated by the examiners
were we'll based.
DR.. Herzog took an examination for
oculist In June and failed to pass, because
his rating for experience was too low.
DR.. Herzog has accused the examiners OF
being unfit for their Jobs. Col. Ogden
said yesterday:
"The examination, as are all examina-
lions on technical subjects. was conducted
by experts specially engaged by the COM
mission. But II wrong has been done
to DR.. Herzog that wrong will be righted,
and to that end I have sent DR.. Her
zog's papers to other ophthalmio experts
for report"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
MORETROUBLE FOR GOLDFTNGER.
Bankruptcy Petition Against SalOonkeeper
whose VIE Hid the License.

A petition in bankruptcy was filed yes
terday against Morris Goldfnger. the saloon
keeper at 10 Morris street, who had little
disagreement with a deputy sheriff on
Wednesday because Mrs Goldfnger had
the liquor tax certificate where it couldn't
BE readily seen from the street.
+. Wagner's Sons, creditors for $500, al
lego that he is insolvent, has paid claims
amounting to $500 and has transferred
property worth $3.50 to his wife. Judge
Holt appointed Forsyth Wickes receiver Of
the assets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
rnl.rrins G. G. shayne's Stores.

The Forty-seoond street stores OF G. c.
shayne are to be enlarged by the addition
OF the four-story hotel building at lsl
West Forty-arst street, which Is to have
fiye-story front and rear extension and Ii to
be remodelled. The improvements are
to cost $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
ARRESTED FOR DIAMOND THEFT.
Prisoner Accused OF Stealing $4,000 Worth
Of .JeweIry From Mrs. lie Baron.

Prisoner Accused OF Stealing $4,000 Worth
Of .IeweIry From Mrs. lie Baron.
Daniel LYMAN, alias George Marvin.
was arrested yesterday by Detective Ser
ueants MoCafferty and Herman on sus-
pcon that he stole $4,000 worth of dia-
mond jewelry from the apartments of Mrs.
lillian LIE Baron. at II East Forty-fourth
street, on July % last. On the day that the
iewelry was missed, four men had been at
work cleaning the carpet in Mrs. lie Baron's
The police learned that one Of the men
had left his employer the day after and
that he was then under parole from Elmira
Reformatory, where he was sent last year
f"r stealing 81. 900 worth of jewelry under
similar circumstances.
They found Hyman yesterday after
noon and took him to the Tombs police
court. where Magistrate Onrnen renanded
him to Police Headquarters for further
exa animation to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
MGR. FALCONIO no COME HERE.
The Apostolic Delegate to Celebrate q
PontincaI Mass at Gilt Haven.

Mgr. Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate,
will arrive In New York this morning on
his way TO Cliff Haven, N. Y. where. on
Sunday. he will celebrate a solemn ponti-
fical high mass for Plus X, at the Catholic
Summer School,
This ceremony will probably be the only
official iubilation in the United States on
the occasion of the coronation Of Plus X.
will deliver the sermon on thaa. occasion.
Arohbishop Farley may also 1ttend and
preside.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07

The Academy OF Music opened the new
season last night with revival Of ~The
Christian" presented by Lebler & Co,
Edward J. Morgan reappeared in his old
part Of John Storm, the hero Of the drama.
Glory QuGule was played for the first time
by Clara Blandick. THE Christian will
stay at the Academy for three weeks only
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07

Arrivsd-TuURspAr. Aug. @
SIS Rephael, Bordeaux. July 10
SIS Piemonte, PMama-ibo. July %.
SIS Preston, Port Limon, July 20.
SIS Vigsnaes Banrs. Aug. /.
IS Fl Norte. Galveston, Aug. !.
SIS City of Birmingham, Savannah, Aug. 4
SIS Monroe. Norfolk Aug. 8.
S. Chattahoochec, .3oston, Aug. s.
SIS II. r. Dimock. Boston Aug. S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAc-THIs DAT.
sun rises sol Sun sets. 710 Moon oots. -.A2s
HoH wArHR-rHIs DAY.
Sandy Hook. .6.57 Gov I'd. .7:29 Hell Gate 022
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
DANCING ACADEMIES.
MI ISIS M G e a B Els
Dancing School. Fl East t7th st.
Private and class lessons daily. beginners dina
Unidentified Man Drops Dead In street.

Unidentified Man Drops Dead in street.
A man about 35 years old, feet o inches
tall, weighing 1925 pounds, with light COM
plexion, mustaohe and hair, was taken
Ill at 1O8th street and Third avenue yester-
day and died In patrol wagon while being
removed to the East l0ith street station.
An ambulance surgeon from the Harlem
Hospital examined the body and said he
thought tho man had dled fpa0 hsart
disease.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
ARRIVED OUT.

IS Bulgaria. from New York at Hamburg.
SIS Cevic, from New York for Liverpool OF Brow
Head.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
Ice Crcam for Excursisnists.

On IL Greenwood Lake Glens excursion Sunday,
August 9th, tho Erie Railroad will present each
passenger with box OF leo crosm.-Ads.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
OUTGOING STEAMSHIP.

SAILED FROM FOREIGN PORTS
IS Majestic, from Queenstown for New York.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

me, though nearly twenty-two) any
more than if he had been her, owr
father. You may judge, then, of my
astonishment when next days mail
brought me note from him, stating
that they were married.
Married! Ny Hetty and Silas HUI
bert! couldn't believe it; it seemed
impossible just then; but, as thought
over it for days and days, I wondered
how I was SO blind. as not to see that
it was her all the time, and not me.
Foolish women that I was-in love at
forty three! Yes, I must confess it.
but / pray you, don't think hard Of
me, for it was all because he was so
like Anthony.
Silas Hubert took my daughter to
his Southern home, and I have just
had a letter from them, advising me
to give up housekeeping and make my
home with ther, in the land of the
magnolias. But, nay, they shall never
know what have told you; for /
could keep my secret nowhere so well
as here looking out at the white stone
over the hill, beneath which lies all
that is mortal Of my poor, dear An
thony.-Waverley Magazine.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11
What One Clever Woman is Doing.

what one clever WO Is DOlnss
There seems to be no limit in these
modern days to what woman may do.
In South Boston there is woman who
owns and controls a chain Of nine
weekly papers supplying smaller New
England cities with leisure reading.
Five years ago this woman had never
seen the inside of newspaper Office.
At that time she invested in five pa
pers at the advice Of a young man
who had supreme confidence in him.
self as an all-round newspaper man
and controller Of a syndicate. The re-
suit not justifying his confidence, col
lapse seemed imminent, when this re-
sourceful woman herself stepped to the
fore The peculiar feature of her man
agement is that she employs only girls
on these papers. Man never appears
in connection with them, save as SUBJ
scriber or advertiser. Her workers
are often as young as seventeen, and
she never engages any one over twenty
one, her idea being to secure Optimis-
tic, fresh and CHEEKY views of life in
her sheets and to avoid the work of
women with ''set ways" which might
be difficult to unlearn. These "girl
graduates as most of them are, are
sent forth in search of news and rap
idly learn to become newspaper women.
The proprietor herself writes and signs
all editorials. Her papers are not dis
tinctively papers for women-that is,
they do not confine themselves ex-
clusive1y to women's news-but they
have the interests of women more
particularly in view.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

The weather bureau station having
the highest mean annual precipita ton,
including rain and melted snow, is
Hatteras, \. c., where the figure is
G6.4 inches.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

1t is proposed at Yarmouth, England,
formerly carried on from that port.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

An automatic sigma! lantern has been
placed at street railway crossings in
Leipsic which will avoid accidents at
such points 1t answers it's purposes
as we'll in the daytime as at night.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

The discovery has been made by a
be more promptly cured if the patient
remains in room painted red and
with red windows.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

In dry airs sound travels 1442 feet
second; in water 1900 feet, and in
iron II 800 feet.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

In proportion to population, more pat
ents are issued to citizens Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia than to those Of any
State. A recent compilation showed
that Tennessee was at the foot Of the
list.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

Princeton University recently re-
ceived from John M. Clarke. New
York State palaeontologist, the body
of an octopus-like creature, from On
ondaga' Lake DR.. Orman examined
the specimen and found it to be a
cold-water, short-armed squid. species
of devil-ish prevalent along the At
lantic coast from Cape Cod to New
foundland. The specimen examined
by DR.. Ortman differs from the ocean
bred squid in that it has not the deli
cate membranous folds on the arms
that stretch out from it's body.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

Captain Scott with the Discovery has
penetrated 100 miles nearer the South
Pole than any previous explorer and
discovered an extensive mountainous
region hitherto absolutely unknown.
He thinks this indicates that land
stretches to the Pole in a series of very
lofty mountains.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

The facility with which an automo-
bile turns a corner depends upon the
fact that it's motor-driven axle is in
two pieces connected with bevel wheels
and a pinion. In turning the pinion
is loosened On it's stud, which permits
the two wheels, each of which is solid
on its axle, to revolve at different
speeds.
The Globe-republican., 1903-12-24

With tlmbrsl and with tabor, with VOL
and with Lutte ,i ...
Bend out of heaven, dear Spirits, acr IS
your frosty hight,
For the crown Of every labor, and Of
every flower the fruit,
The happy earth inherits, Love being
born tonight!
Over the vast abysses Of nothingness and
gloom,
Where the old gods go reeling at the
cry Of the new name,
Lean your untold blisses, and make the
midnight bloom
With your throbblng gladness stealing
In thousand points Of flame,
o Angel Of all Innocents, your VOL make
more sweet,
o Angel Of ali Lovers, touch tenderly
0 Angel Of all Heroes, your rapturous
tabor beat,
o Angel Of all Triumph, sound your tim
brel's swift pursuit;
For you hear the Voice above you, like
the breath Of some strong flute;
Tonight, tonight, Great Love Is born,
anu Joy l6 aDSOlute!
Forget, 0 Voice untiring, Gethsemane's
dark cup,
Forelell not the breaking despair
of Calvary's hight,
For with boundless sweep and gyrlng all
the universe moves up,
The depth the dark forsaking with this
primal Christmas night
While sinking at the warning Of the clear
and mighty cry,
Shall the evil that is hoary, with the
booming that was meet,
In the void Of night and morning like a
mist dissolve and die,
And death grow into glory now Love
makes Life complete!
Harriet Prescott Spofford, In McClure's
Magazine
The Globe-republican., 1903-12-24
Christmas In the South.

Fireworks are being shipped into all
parts Of the South for the Christmas
and New Year holiday celebrations,
says the New York Tribune. Large
consignments have been going out
every day during the past three or
tour weeks, and these shipments will
continue until after Christmas. It
was estimated by two prominent local
dealers last week that not less than
100000 worth Of Roman candles,
rockets, pinwheels, crackers, torpe'
does and colored fire powder will be
set off south Of the Mason and Dixon's
line during the last week of the dying
year. In the South the Christmas
celebration takes the place of the In
dependence day celebration, there be-
Ing little demonstration there on the
Fourth OF July This has been tue
for many years, both Of the cities and
country districts, but since the Span
ish-American war the people Of the
South have entered more heartily into
the noisy observance Of the Fourth.
Colored folks will spend their last
dollar for frecrackers and rockets.
The Globe-republican., 1903-12-24
chrlst's Birthplace.

According to an article by Paul
Carus in The Open Court, Chicago, the
apocryphal gospels tell a somewhat
different story Of Christ's birth from
the canonical books. According to the
former, Christ was born in q cave and
thence transferred to a stable, where
the OK and ass worshlped him, while,
according to the canonical gospels,
the Nativity takes place in a stable.
The apocryphal legends proved SO
strong that in spite Of the canonlcal
version Of the story, a cave near Beth
lehem came to be finally regarded as
the place Of the Nativity, and a
church was erected on the spot to
commemorate the event and still
stands as a lasting monument Of this
belief,
The Globe-republican., 1903-12-24
Celebrations the World Over


In the middle Of the Forest Of Dean,
England, there stands building call.
ed the Speech House, around which
grows a number Of old holly trees.
They were looked upon by the folk
of the locality with SO much venera-
ton that, so recently as 1880, boughs
were cut from them and used to take
the place Of the Testament In swear.
ing in witnesses in the adjoining
court. 1t Is said that the ancient Brit.
ons held the tree as sacred, and plant.
cd 1t round their villages in Cornwall.
When holly came to be coupled with
Christmas other notions prevailed. In
Rutlandshire 1t was thought unlucky
to bring 1t into the house before
Christmas. In the Western shires the
branches were taken home from the
churches which they had adorned and
Kept for luck during the following
year, School boys used to make bird.
lime by chewing the bark, Because
the leaves Of Its lower branches are
more spiny than those of the upper,
the tree escapes damage from cattle,
which cause harm to most trees. Deer,
however, attack it,-Little Folks.