davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
HUNTS 4 LOST FORTUNE.
UOmdn Thinks It's Hers. but Can
Get No Trace of II.

Mrs. Y. Van Week. the MARY 4 Butmaa men
toned IN advertisement in a newspaper yester-
day. inserted the advertisement in the hope OF
hearing os the whereabouts Of n fortune which she
believes Is hers. Mrs. Van Week Is a gray haired
elderly woman. the wife of a Sixth-ave dentist
On her fathers side she she Is descended fro,a
jonathan Butman a ship agent OF Salem. who
acquired wealth. In 1881. according to her story
the fortune was left without direct heirs by the
death Of Elizabeth Butman. daughter 81 Jonsthan's
eldest son.
Just what happened 10 the fortune Is a matter OF
great mystery according Mrs Var Week. who
told Tribune reporter last night that she the
cousin Of n Brooklyn family Of wealth and promi-
hence She could not be persuaded 20 name this
family
Seven years ago p Boston lawyer came 70 Mrs.
Van Week and limited al fortune waiting for a
Butman heir AT Salem. Mass The lawyer an
parently departed without giving any definite adj
vice. After thinking II over for seven years. Mrs.
Van Week Saturday determined to seek for the
lost wealth Of her great grandfather.
Il come Of an old Scotch family said Mrs. Van
Jonathan. ana he 4 OF immense
wealth. That is all | know about him. Ny grand
fathers name Asa Butman, and he also
a shipping agent AT Salem. bat, being a younger
was also in the shipping busineFs AZ Salem. ]
born in Greenwich Village, this city. I had often
heard my father speak Of his GRANDPA theirs great
wealth, but ne never explained 10 me what became
OF IL. My second cousin: Henrietta. daughter OF
my grandfather's elder brother. the logical
heir. but she died IN 1887. What became OF tho
fortune after that is a mystery. I am going 70
Salem TO make Inquiries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
At THE ISLAND. 500. 900.
Police Giue That Estimate of the
Number of Visitors.

Another record crowd visited Coney Island yes
terday. The police estimated that close 10 three
hundred thousand persons went there the trolley
ana steamship lines Hundreds Of mothers and
children spent the day at the Seaside Park unde-
the oity's shelter tents There was al Manhattan
and Brighton beaches what was said 20 Be the
largest number OF visitors in ten years. II
pected that to-day the crows at the island would
be stin larger
At Luna Park & was at times impossible TO move
one way or the other. great was the congestion.
bTeainland seemed 20 be Visited by endless
stream Of persons. The new Coney Island Zoo
which was opened Saturday ar the Sea Beach
Palace. also did an extremely large business. A.
this place a number Of persons saw accident 10
White" Foster, animal feeder. whose right
hand was badly torn by Romeo. a Nubian lion.
which is under Superintendent Sanders's care in
the animal hospital inccsure Foster ATTEMPTED TO
clawcd him
All the resorIs the metropolitan district re-
ported extremely large crowds. From noon on
Saturday up to last evening the officials az the
Long Island Railroad al Jamaica estimated that
more persons passed through that station than
ever before In its history in an equal time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
TO SLEEP FOR I72 HOURS.
cataleptic Fea: Under Water To Be Per.
formed at Dreamland.

AT Dreamlsne. consy Island. this week, NJ Pa
puss. an expert IN auto-suggestion from the Crvs-
tai Palace. LONDON, VIII exhibit his cataleptic
trance. Papuss will have bandages put around
him. after throwing himself into j trance and
says he Will sleep under water for 172 hours with
out eating or drinking. being IN full view of the
public all this time. Il is his contention that the
phenomena he exhibits will ia time be common
property. Papuss carries nj. own apparatus con-
stracted Of glass. In the shape Of coffin. and
enough nannels ana bandages 20 supply a hospital
When he has thrown himself into the sleep and IS
placed IN the water. powerful electric lights will
be distributed ali about his body. that those
terested can have clear view Of him
One DR.. Lambrfnoso. in the Figaro" Paris on
September %. 1897. after viewing one OF Papuss's
experiments. was quoted saying:
allow myself TO certify that after long studies
on this strange and unique case. NJ Papuss Is a
extraordinary and iacomprehensibie man.
he can produce upon himself a cataleptic reen
lasting from two to twenty-four hours, according
10 the state OF his nerves. and longer In proportion
20 the amount OF moral strength he exerts TO pro-
himself. i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
DYNA1lITER CONFESSES.
Tells Hoe the NOn-Union Miners
We're Killed in Colorado.
tBr TELEGRAPH TO HlruIBryr.I

Dsnve-, July s-DIstrict Attorney Crump has
given out the sworn confession OF Frank Cochran.
secretary Of the Victor Miners Union, No. g. re-
gar5ing the Independence dynamite outrage Of June
G. when fourteen non-ur.ion miners we're killed
Cochran says that Secretary Hayward Of the Nest-
ern Federation Of Miners went 10 Victor and urged
Cochran 20 join two men. named Parker srd East
cry n plan 10 nut more life in the miners fight
Nheu Cochran talked 20 Parker and Easterly. he
learned that the pan was 10 use dynamite and Kill
or lot Of ''scabs." Fasterly had brought Ave
hundred pounds OF dynamite from Denver and an
electrical machine 70 explode &.
They talked the thing over and decided on the
lndependence station as the best place 70 try X.
Parker made tie attempt on the following Satur-
day night, brt the electrical machine failed TO
work. Then man named SimDkiEs came along
and said Hayward wanted the next attempt put
over To Monday. 10 let the officers OF the
federation get away before II occurred. Cochran.
Parker and Easteriy. Cochran gays. talked il over
and decided TO blow Up the station early Monday
morning. This time pistol was 10 be used, at
the indicator Nine
man named Victor Poole hired FOR 800.
Cochran SAYS, to pull the wire that fred the pistol
everything went of according TO schedule. Poole
escaped over the mountains ard Parker went TO
Mexico. Cochran caught.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
WILLI1WS FOR TE1MW4TE
But He VOuld Rather Stay IN the
House.
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE rplsuSrl

81 Louis. July John Sha-T Williams is highly
thought OF by many delegates the candidate
for Nice-President. but II is known that he dis
couragcs any such ideas. II intrnated him
to-day that the Parker managers would regard
favoraby his selection for second place on the
ticket with Judge Parker. but he insisted that he
would Infinitely prefer 10 remain member OF the
House OF Representatives even though he were
deposed from the minority leadership and had to
hght IN the ranks.
He declared that while the high honor OF the
Democratic nomination for Vice-Fresdent would
OF necessity appeal TO any man with honest ambi-
lions. he felt that in the House he could accom-
pllsh his best work for the party. and under the
most favorable and agreeable conditions. For these
reasons he deprecated any attempt 10 present his
name 20 the convention. and trusted that his
friends would not place him under the necessity OF
coming out with an explicit and emphatic an
nOuuCemCut
1t is well known that before they left Washing
ton Speaker Cannon and Mr.. Williams discussed
the ice-Fresidency OF their respective parties
They are warm personal friends. and both enter
tanned strong and apparently insurmountable
aversion to becoming a candidate Uncle joe
succeeded IN impressing his views the country
so mat Wnen the nominations were made his name
was not considered; 1t remains to be seen whether
MIR. Williams will be successful in avoiding the
Nice-Prcsidential lightning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
GALL MEN OF FAITH AND PIETY."
From Persistent Columbus to Ardent RoOse-
velt," Says DIR. c. E. Locke.

In a Fourth OF July sermon. entitled THE Signs
OF the Times" preached by the Rev Or. Charles
Edward Locke. In the Hanson Place Methodist
Episcopal Church Brooklyn. last night. after
speaking OF the various dates marking the increase
Of liberty. the preacher said
The year 1898 must take it's place among the fore
going dates as furnishing argument that the spirie
of liberty lives with even diviner HE. That
for humanity. when the Butcher OF ;ke Ma
tons lost its last fOotho!d the Western Heni
sphere. was another victorious protest against or
preston, and indicated tho claim of America 20 be
the exponent OF popular liberty. The dawn uf this
new century finds the Republic the true friend %
all freedom loving people Our voice and our di-
the service OF downtrodden humanity
Again. more and more Is ft recognized BY thoSs
who discern the signs Of the times that religion IA
Indispensable TO the growth OF true liberty All
peoples will worship. From persistent Columbus
ardent Roosevelt, all the builders OF the Repubic
have been men of faith and piety.
The undylng names In the history OF any nation
are or those who achieved great moral victories
for their age Let US BE for our country right or
wrons-to help IL right when wrong TO help il on
when right"
The church was decorated with Hays and flowers
and there was patriotic music
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
B0FsSNaIOT In TRAIN.
SPIT ON THE PASSENGERS.
Eienen RHffans Coptared-Ninc
Escape. Climbing Dozen Pillars.

Twenty boys. ranging IN cge froun eleven 20
fwenty years Wen; a rampage in south
bound Ninlh-avs. elevated train yesterday. They
we're returning from Fort Washington, where
they haa played baseball. They boarded the train
a. one-Eundred- and thirts-afth-st
All Sot inso thc third car. They began at once
10 use obscene language. Several women who were
near u.en moved 20 the other end OF the 10
smother car TIE guards protested against the
ro!se. and for while the nuisance was abated.
At'e- The tain had rounded the curve a One
hundred anc-ienth-st.. the trouble began anew
The bors D. Ccu 10 swing bats about and 20 ;lrov
gloves. masks ana osseballs at each other Then
ne" ran through Tho train. In each they
pushed each otl,o- into the laps Of passengers.
eteppce feet. insIlted women openly and used
rouShy several passengers who protested The
has % sore passengers were thrown cut Of the
widow and the boys spat IN the faces of men,
women END children.
At the Eincty-thi-6-st station word was tele-
gra7hed nheac 10 have The police ready at Fifty
f:inth-st Al -nfy-secon6-st Detective Edward
T. Coody, OF the Tnteroorough Rapid Transit Com
pany. boarded the train. lie and tke guards tried
20 quiet the boys without avail
As the train neared Fifty-ntnth-st. Il was slowed
down while Coody and Two guards anG several
passengers corTai.ec Tie boys IN the third
The FIRST car oa'y was run TO the platform AT first
end was he'd there until Policeman Coleman ar
rived. When Coleman learned Tie nature OF the
trouble he sent in hurry call FOR the reserves
and the Iatrol wagon OF the Wost siKJy-eighth-st
station. Then he returned 10 The platform.
The mistake was then made OF running the train
anlly into The station. Kline Of ths boys got away
ihey climbed through The windows Of ths and
Out 10 the platform. Both Of the exits were
guarded but the boys the ends OF the plat
form, climbed down 10 the main structure and
tnen DOWN the pillars 10 the street Then the
serves arrived however. eleven were stin penRed
IN the
sIlteen years o!o, OF No. 6iS GTeenwtch-st.; John
9Soeshn fourteen, OF NO. $50 liudSon-st; arthur
Shomss Havr!san. hfteen OF No 81 Hudson st :
john Guilty. fourteen, 81 No. Il ClarkSon-st.:
Thomas o Flaherty. eleven, OF No. - Char!ton-st.
Walter Gould fifteen, Of No 10 Challton-st.:
Michael Doyle. fourteen. 81 No 50 Washington
st.; Peter Brennan, fourteen. OF No. Is Jane-st.
sno Clifford Truesdall. fifteen. Of No. SO West
Eifteeuth-st
Many OF them We're hs!lea. The others were
gent TO the rooms Of the childrens society, and
VIII be erraisneo in the ChildTen's Court this
morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
CHARGED WITH ARSON AND MURDER.
Man Arrested Whose Companion Was Burned
to Death in Barn.

Bridgeport. Conn. July 3-As the result Of the
burning of the barn of Jonathan o. Brien at M
2l41 North-ave.. and of the finding OF the charred
skeleton Of Thomas Keefe William Brickford. the
coachman az the o'Bricn place is held on the
charge OF arson and murder. pending an investisa-
ton.
OBrien. and Briczford went to the barn late Last
night ! They had been drinking. About O'Clock
the barn was seen TO he on fire. and when the Ave
vast at its height Brckford Approached S,ltiss
Mooney and said that he believed that his friend
heeIe was IN there somewhere. A search ~ the
premises was made later and the bones OF Keefe
were found in the hay loft Brickford was tmme
d!ately placed under arrest. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
DROWNS AFTER COLLISION
Motor Boat Hits ,1urIidry-Man
from Former Loses Life.

Ralph scheuter. twenty years old. OF Morton
Ct. Brooklyn. drowned of College Pon. vas
terday, after collision between the Mary. Of the
Daimler Motor Boat Company. and the auxiliary
yacht Gloria The latter belongs 10 Captain Henri
Nun, OF North Beach. Mr. Scheulter had a part-
OF friends in the Mary and late In the afternoon
HIS boat and the Gloria crossed each others course
Something went wrong with the steering gear OF
the Mary. and she at almost fun speed against
the Gloria. 70 the latter little damage done.
The bow OF the Mary was stove in. but because o.
her construction water could set the sections
back OF the first watertight bulkhead.
Scheulter was forward when the collision
Cured and I'm trying 20 push the boats apart lie
lost his balance. fell into the water and sank
Several men from both boats dived for him Withou:
Euccess He did not rise after FIRST sinking George
Fredricks, OF No. 3i3 Eleventh-aVe.. Long Island
City, was exhausted while diving for the young
man from the Gloria. and had TO be rescued him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
CUTS oHILD's THROAT IN AMBULANCE
Doctor Puts in Silver Tube and Saves Iif. n.
Choking Two ear-0ld Girl.

lime Helen Msrtn, two years old OF M .u
xast one-hunoree-snc-twenty-t hirc-st, wa. eat
ing supper with her father and mother ,ast ,ipb,
When large piece OF meat slid into her ufndpipe
The parents tried TO get It out but the child be
Grn 70 choke The father rushed 20 the street and
hso policeman telephone for an ambulance DR.
Burns responded from the Harlem Hospital rusb.6
downstairs into the ambulance with the child and
told the driver TO break record back to the hos
pi1al The driver was doing SO when the child
began 10 get black in the face.
DR.. Burns took out his Instruments sl,t ,be
ehilo's throat and put IN a silver tube so oeftiy
and quickly that the child was breathing Through
the tube on arriving the hospital Then Tho
corps OF operators took charge OF the infant 20 get
the piece OF meat from her wincpipe The conSi-
~ " 'ns miami WIS iAForADis iste In the even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
Is SUING FOR $500 900.
Nan Who LiCeS Near Mount Yer
non Asks 1t for Relatives Death.

Adoph r Molitor OF Sherwood Park near Mount
Vernon, WHO. as told in The Tribune yesterday.
20 bring damage suits for the loss OF the lives
OF his relatives In the General socum disaster.
Will ask for sSo0.o.. Mrs Margaret Moiitor was
drowned: Eva M1li,o-. crushed 10 death; Carl Mol
itor. Grow tsd; Joseph Moli or. drowned. Mamie
HUgenbacher. drowned; Mrs. julia Dunn. burned;
Fannie Irving. drowned Arthur Dunn drowned.
These were MolitJr's wife. three children. three
sisters-in-law and nephew. and he asks Aoocoo for
tie loss OF each life.
The suit is said 20 ne the largest collection OF
actions OF that character ever startei.
Mr. Moitor includes in his suit = demand Tor
S0Oe for the killing OF his son. Joseph, six
months old, whose body lie has been unable 10 fnd
although he has searched all the morgues. hos
pitals and along the shores OF the East River and
the Sound for days.
Charles l. HOFFMAN my lawyer" said Molito=
yesterday. thinks that he can compel the knick-
erbocker Steamboat Company ana tile directors 70
pay for all the deaths and hope the courtS VIII
thar ! set justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
TOWN FULL OF SN4KES.
Reptiles DriCen There by Blasting
Ratflers Killed an Street.

Washington, y. J.. July (specisD.-PractcaIy
every cellar and damp place in the little village OF
Allamuchy, near Rutherford stuyvesants estate. IS
full OF snakes. They crawl across the public
streets IN broad daylight. and some days the
citizens XIII as many dozen with clubs Peter
Movery and a companion dispatched FIVE rattIers
while going 10 dinner from thei= work the other
day.
Snakes have abounded in Alamuchy Mountain
Tor centuries, and have remained undisturbed until
Few weeks ago, when Rutherford stuyvesant's
vorlrmen started blasting our rock FOR building a
nacaoaInizeo driveway. The blasting was too
much for the snakes, and hordes OF them have
taken refuge IN the village.
women and children VIII not venture on ~,
streets. md even the men will not travel ,,nlaz.
armed with either a stout cane or a heavy bIclror,
club Men arm themselves on Sunday before start
Ing for church. Housewives invariably .ena their
husosnos into the cellars after supplies, being
AFRAID 70 venture there themselves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
SAVE 8 FROM DROWNING.
RescHed Men Are SAID To BE We'll
KnOsrn Nesc-Y OrErerS.

Lieutenant Augustus Da-tOn. OF the United States
Volunteer Life Saving Corps. City Island and
Henry Caxtrot saved three men from drowning in
Pelham Bay yesterday afternoon The men, who
refused 20 say who they were. were rowing against
the tide under the City Island bridge. when their
boat oapszed and they were seen struggling in the
water
Five hundred persons heard the cries for help
and more than a dozen boats left the shore with
rescuing parties. Lieutenant Darton sprang into q
dingy and started for the men. while Henry Cax-
Irot went in launch. Darton rescued two men,
who had become entangled in the anchor rope,
while CaNtrot picked up the third.
The men Were taken 20 Dordan's Hotel where
they revived. one of them said he wouldn't
take 81 Geo and have my name In the newspapers"
All three men extremely well dressd They
promised reward the rescUers within day or
Two II Is said thy Well known NeR-YoTkeTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
BROKEN HEART AFFLICTs J0NESi
Friend of the Toledo Man Says That Is the
Malady.
rsr TELEGRAPH TO THE Ta1sUyz.l

Toledo. July 3-Ssmuel NJ. Jones. the Golden
Rule Mayor Of Toledo. is said TO De dying
Dying OF 4 broken heart is the way OF ths
Mayors closest friends expresses it, The COR
tinuous stream of hard luck stories which have
been poured into hts sympathetic ear would gtyo
the average man nervous prostration, but his sen
sitivs organism cannot bear UP under IL"
Yes. It Is all very Ueu 20 talk said Mayor
Jones. with that wearied. faraway look in his
eyes They say I am rich and have thousands OF
friends but what OF II? As a matter OF fact am
the most wretched and miserable on early to-
Gay / can't go away. / chained here. actually
chained I have discovered that tEs possession g
money Is the source of my misery. money l have
not earned and which does not belong TO me. SUI
my greatest misery Is IN attsulpt 70 distributes
money 70 others who have earned IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
THE GRAND REPUBLIC STILL. RUNS
Report That the Knickerbooker Steamboat
Company Will Go Out of Business.

As advertised. the Grand Republic sister
steamboat 10 the General Slocum. made her regular
Dreamland trip yesterday IL had been reported
that she would not go out again until a reinspec-
ton of her had been made bv federal authorities
She LEFT her mooring. at West FfftIeth-st. at thu
scheduled time. making stops at One-hundred and
twenty -ninth-st.. Twenty-second-st. and the Bat
terry To take on passengers Apparently the COM
pany Intends 10 continue these trips orders were
the Fftieth-st. pIer for coaling the Grand
Republic last night.
one official at the Fifteth-st. pier said yesterday
that he lid not think the knickerbocker Steamboat
Company would remain In the business much
longer as Its finances Were not in the best coudi-
ton before the Slocum disaster and since then
they had materially declined. owing 10 the preIu-
dices which the public now harbOred against the
company. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN KILLED.
Son Of Rich Contractor Says He Fired Shot
While Celebrating Fourth.

Louisville July ar. Lee Suter member OF the
Board OF Public Safety. an attorney. and for sew
eral years al important figure .n Democratic poll
ties. shot and killed to-day by SANFORD vorebr
Jr.. the son Of wealthy contractor Vaughn. who
Ing the Fourth. - '-S NS'e"'ee-
The tragedy took place eight miles abova ro,,,.-
ville. where suter and party OF friends yyera
camping ana lsnlnE. Suter Was asieen ~ n -,
ana a bullet passed through hs breast fJe 49,
Drought - Louis iile hut bled to ,lesfh ~ go
hours ~ the lily hospital Vaughn vas ari,tn-
sens re a 5yer r9nd snd according the state,
nel.s % tnTee young men with him. was shoofire.
from eide 10 slae, OF the bullets ,indi,, is @
TO the F.vsr ban" where Suffers tent Was ptobed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
GOES IN SEARCH OF THE CONEMAUGH.
The Cruiser Tacoma Sails from San Fran
cisco

Washington July s.-word reached the Navy
Department to-day of the sailing from San Fran
cisco of the cruiser Tacoma which ~ going ON a
search for the missing merchant vessel Cone
maugh. several months Oyerdue at New-York The
Tacoma Is in command OF Commander Reginald
Nicholson, and her first step on the southwark
voyage viii be at Acapulco for coal.
The last place touched by the Conemaugh wns M
a CHILEAN port. whence she sailed 20 go around
Cape Horn, and this ia the which will be,
taken by the Tacoma. The Tacoma has been sent
on this mission at tue request OF the Maritime EN-
change OF New-YoIk, which asked the Secretary OF
the Navy To detail vessel 10 assist In the search
for the lost liner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
ENTHUSIASM OVER THE COLORADO
II Is Believed The Speed Requirement. Will
Be Exceeded.

Philadelphia. July s-Tke new arr.orre cruiser
Colorado returned 10 Der pier Al Cramps sh.nyard
tocay, after the successful builders trial v.rt.r
cay m tie deep water just outside OF Delaware
BrraSsater. Al board were enthusiasts ,xsr
Tie result q tie trial and the belief was reuost
ecly expressed thar The cpHtract speed requirement
OF twenty-fwo knots Hour would be greatly .,
ceeced The ofcial trial. ca
one n ne Officials In charge OF tire operating a..
fne siip declared M conviction that she svonis -
able 70 make very nearly twenty-five krots ander
natural oTsrght. AZ som as the Colorado resnh.5
The per the Eoih 81 completing her mas resumed
ana X Is expected that SHE VII % ready 90 -.
caicisl Trial IN linety 0sys - -'ea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
PASTOR BREACHES AT ST. MaRNs.

The Rev. George c. +. Haas. pastor OF St. Marks
Lutheran Church. in Sixth-st.. preached ser
mon yesterday. on 1.-The New Courage" IN
effort to bring hts church and people out OF the
chaotic condition In which they were plunged by
the Slocum disaster. The pastor talked With halt
ing voice and often with tears in his ewes.
With few exceptions the women present
mourning dress. and the galleries held only a few
men. who with bowed heads
Inc pastors son, George G.. Haas, was the
organ, there being no choir. The OrsaniSt Miss
the SlOcum.