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RIGHT TO TRUST PROSPECTUS.
That Point TO He Tried In Mrs. WOODS
suit Against Shipbuilding Go.

HAMPSTEAD, n. Y, Oct 12.-There IL
every likelihood that the suit OF Mrs. Ben
iamin Wood to recover nearly 100000 will
be tried at the next term OF the Suprem me
Court OF Nassau county. The case was to
have come up at the last term. but efforts
to have il tried elsewhere and the argument
on demurrer held 1t back.
Mrs. Woods claim is based on the allie
CATION that her loss, which amounts to
nearly s20O,OOO, was caused by the pros
pectus OF June IA. 1901 and that that pros
pectus contained untrue statements. In
the demurrer the defendants declared that
even if the facts alleged in her complaint
were true they were not sufficient to make
a cause OF action.
Supreme Court Justice William j. kelly's
decision, made public to-day, overrules
that contention. In his opinion he says:
Il do not think the court should indulge
in presumptions that directors are not
responsible for such corporate publications
las the prospectusI. The court should not
presume passivity, and in any event 1t is
alleged that these defendants approved the
issuance Of the prospectus. that they had
actual knowledge OF the falsty Of the repre-
sensations and that the representations
were made with intent to defraud the plain
tiff.
II think that the allegations Of the com
plant are sufficient to entitle the plaintiff
to offer evidence OF affirmative acts or
omissions by the demurring defendants
and personal participation in the wrong
doing charged against the corporation of
which they were directors at the time the
alleged false representations were made
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"FRISCO KID" AT WHITE HOUSE.
Travelled Across the Continent TO Shine
the Presidents Shoes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. PA boy OF the
name OF Fred Rack. who calls himself
the Frisco Kid" and who has recently
arrived in Washington from San Francisco,
called at the White House to-day. He
made his way across the continent on
capital of fifteen cents, shining shoes to
pay expenses and economizing by stealing
rides on freight trains. He ret out from
the Golden Gate with the expressed de-
termination of going to Washington to
shine President Roosevelts shoes.
He waited two hours to see Mr.. Roosevelt
this morning. At last, just before luncheon,
the President came out into the public
lobby Of the White House Office building
and shook hands with the o..
Il am very glad to see you very glad
indeed" the President said.
Won't you let me shine your shoes.
sir?- asked the boy, hastily, as he saw the
President start as il to retire to his Office.
No, not now," replied the President,
"but thank you very much" and he was
gone.
The boy was disappointed and spent
some time in trying to persuade the Officers
around tho White House to secure another
interview with the President for him. Rack
had with him a bootblacking box which
was covered with old coins, beer checks
a nd hotel checks that he had collected
during his travels.
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TUCKER OUT FOR ROOSEVELT
President Of Dartmouth Says the President
IL Not Radical.

BosroN. Oct. IL. President Tucker of
Dartmouth College appears with Dean
Rogers of the Yale Law School in the cur
rent CongrogaiionIlst in discussion OF the
Presidential candidates. President Tucker
contributes the argument for Mr.. Roosevelt
He does not agree with the Republican
platform or the President on the tariff, but
does not find Parker raising an issue there
in contrast.
The real issue of the campaign he finds
in the personality of Mr.. Roosevelt, and in
his attitude toward the organic law Of the
land; and 80 believing, he does not hesi-
tate to say that he believes the country will
be safer in Mr.. Roosevlelt's hands than in
Mr.. Parker's. Mr.. Roosevelt "is not radi-
cal" says President Tucker. His ap-
parent radicalism lies entirely in the force
ful manner in which he handles moderate
and sensible things.
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HUSBAND TOOK HER $4,000.
Law Suits Reveal Secret Marriage o.
Miss Pfouts Of Wilkesburrc.

WILKBsBARRR, Pa, Oct. 12.-Miss Frances
lowering Pfouts, a wealthy girl Of this city
being the heress OF one OF the oldest famil-
es in this region, was married secretly here
two weeks ago and now has been deserted :,
at Knoxville, Tenn, by her husband after
he had obtained $4,000 from her, according
TO a telegram received here to-day. 1t
was the first knowledge that many Of her
friends had of the marriage.
She was married here on Sept. 20
by the Rev. DR.. F. B. Hodge Of the First
Presbyterian Church. The bridegroom was
Joseph Brooks Rogers, whom Miss Pfouts
met at Colorado Springs during the SUNNI o..
They went to Knoxville, where he lives
and is said to be member OF well known
family. He had induced her to convert
ONE securities into cash and obtained
$4,000 to invest in Knoxville. Last Sat
urlay, 40 the despatch says, after drinking
heavily, he converted all his property into
cash and went West
The deserted wife. yesterday, through
her brother, George Pfouts, who is now with
her, began suit against him to recover the
money and includes in the suit FIVE banks
where II Is believed he has money deposited,
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SAFE BLOWERS CAME IN AUTO.
Police on the Hunt Bag Four Innocent Men
In Another Machine.

CoLLINos WOOD, n. j., Oct. i2.-The
four men who have been robbing post
offices In this section turned up here this
morning, and after blowing up the safe
got away with $50 In cash and 800 In stamps.
They came In an automobile and dis
appeared presumably in the same way,
after borrowing an umbrella from a Pc
destrian to protect their stamps from the
rain.
1t was shortly after o'clock that the
men appeared in Collingswood. Lambert
A. Newkirk, a Philadelphia commission
merchant, was standing on a corner wait
ing for night car to take him to Camden
He heard the auto stop. and then some one
said Pardon us, but we want you
II thought they were fooling" said New
kirk, 'and told them to 60 along But
the man who was talking to me showed me
revolver. concluded to be good and
my car"
-'Oh, we'll be through long before that
car comes. he replied, 30 backed up against
the window Of the post office.
Then one Of the men felt my pockets to
see il had gun, and the man who held
me let go his hold, but three Of the four
stayed outside the post office. In a minute
l heard an explosion. The fourth man
came outside with mail bag
You wont mind lending us your UNI
brella, will your he said It's raining,
you know, and these stamps might get
spoiled Naturally | loaned them the
umbrella. They went up the road toward
Haddenfeld and soon I heard an auto
going away"
Newkirk gave the alarm and it was
found that the post Office safe had been
neatly blown open and rifled.
The police from Camden came to aid
the local marshal and together they came
upon a wrecked auto with a live watcher
sitting disconsolately in the mud and rain,
guarding it. He protested that the auto
was the property of Stanley Roxford Of
Philadelphia, but the police were reluctant
to believe him. They hid the watcher and
themselves until three men came along
carrying repairing tools
Burglars tools" said the police, and
rushed in. The three expostulated pro-
fanely, but in vain. They were allowed to
fix up the auto and then were forced to ride
to the Camden court house.
There it turned out that the auto really
did belong to Rexford and that the watcher
and all were genuine. Other autos were
held up, but the right one wasn't.
The robbers are reported as being courte-
GUS in speech and Of refined manner.
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PREACHERS LONG DRIVE.
With His VIE He Has Travelled More
Than $500 Miles In CARRIAGE.

MILLBURN. N. j., Oct 12.-After a journey
by horse and carriage Of more than $500
miles, the Rev. John Harrison, an aged
evangelist, and his wife stopped at Mill
hurn last night and to-day started for his
home in New York. They started on Sept.
l9, 1908, with the same horse and wagon
thev had with them to-day. The trip was
to benefit Mr.. Harrison's health.
He said last night that before he reached
North Carolina he mad improved 80 that
his health is better than ii ever was before.
Atlanta, Ca, was the objective point. He
lived there at one time, and he and his wife
we're entertained there for three weeks
starting on their return trip March 81.
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FEAR BIG GUN FIRING.
Folks Around Fort Hamilton Worried
by the New I8-Ineh Cannon.

Much uneasiness lie felt by the resid
Of Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge and Bath
Beach over the firing OF the le-inch coast
defence guns recently put In at Fort
Hamilton when target practice begins
next Tuesday. At the proving station at
Sandy Hook the big guns when discharged
shook the houses for miles inland, knock
ing down ceilings and destroying several
old buildings.
Several of the residents near the fort
have called upon Col. Green, the COM
mandant. to ask him il he could assure
them that the conclusion from the big
guns would not damage their property.
The commandment told them that he could
not give any such assurance.
Aside from the damage that may be
done to shaky ceilings and window glass,
there are many Of the residents who fear
that the force OF the explosion will bring
about disastrous results at the Fort Lafay-
cite arsenal, a few hundred feet from shore,
in the Narrows. This place ia used as a
storehouse for guncotton and old shells.
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DELAWARE'S NEW TICKET.
Republicans HarmoniZe on Lea for Gov.
ernOr-He Gives No Pledges.

WILMINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE Republican
State committee to-day completed the for
nation OF joint State ticket. Preston
Lea, who was named for Governor, would
not accept with the understanding that in
the event Of his election he would name
as Secretary OF State one Of three Addicks
Republicans to be selected. He was then
taken without pledges Of any kind.
The regular Republicans got the Attorney
General, State Treasurer, and State Au-
ditor, while the Addicks men got member
Of Congress, Lieutenant Governor and In
surance Commissioner.
All the regular candidates first nominated
resigned with the exception OF DR.. Joseph
H. Chandler, candidate for Governor, who
insists upon staying in the field. His friends
are arranging to have him head a second
ticket to be placed on the ballot by petit
tiop
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ARREST or TAMMANY CAPTAIN.
Accused OF Selling Bogus Citizen Paper In
IS06-Bad Republicans TO Suffer.

Nathan Wassenberger, a saloonkeepe r
at l7s Clinton street, was arrested yester-
day on the charge OF having in 1898 sold a
fraudulent citizens paper for SIS to Henry
L. lager, an employee OF the Street Clean
ing Department. Wassenberger was held
In $4,000 for the Grand Jury by. United
States Commissioner Shields.
Wassenberger is the Tammany captain Of
the first election district of the Twelfth
Assembly district, of which City Clerk
Scullv is the leader. He declared last night
that his arrest was only part Of plan to
intimidate.
Another thing that surprised him. Was
senberger says, was the presence In court
of Jacob A. Newsstand, the Tammany- Re-
publican leader OF the Twelfth Assembly
district Wassenberger says that Newstead
seemed to be greatly interested in his case
and was anxious to secure a bondsman for
him. Wassenberger secured bail without
the aid of Mr.. Newsstand,
Gen. Henry l.. Burnett United States
District Attorney, issued yesterday the
following statement in reply to the charges
that he is prosecuting the naturalization
cases in order to intimidate voters:
No fraud on suffrage viii be tolerated by
the Department OF Justice Our attitude
is not swayed by partisan reasons. Patriotic
and honest men Of tn is country of every
party and race Will support our effort to
prevent the degradation OF the American
ballot, After election We will 20 over the
voting lists; and we will prosecute Repnb-
naturalization laws with equal ripor in the
past ! have asked the court to extend Glenn
induced to get their papers 20 facilitate their
employment on public contracts. will
cont nue to ask the court to extend clemency
IN In ori
false papers and who can SHOW that they had
no fixed desnn to violate the law, but who
those who willingly vote with bad papers no
mercy will be shown.
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CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE.
Ship Trying to Get Stores Into Port Arthur
Is Caught.

WASHINGTON. Oct. i2.-This Official
despatch from Toxic, dated to-day has been
received by the Japanese Legation:
Our guardship Shirataka, which was
on duty on Oct. ~ (to-day), captured the
steamer Fupin. which was attempting to
smuggle into Port Arthur. An enormous
quantity OF articles OF contraband destined
for the port was found aboard
The following official confirmation Of
the destruction OF the gunboat Hal Yen
has also been received from the Japanese
Legation in London;
Admiral Hosoya reports that the gun
boat Hal Yen, which was on duty as guard.
ship near Pigeon Bay on Sept. is, has since
been missed. Four OF her crew were alter
ward found at neighboring island. II APP
pears that the storm was raging at nightfall
OF the 18th and the glnboat, while returning
toward the base struck enemy's floating
mines and sank in few minutes. All her
crew believed to have been lost except the
above named survivors and seventeen
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GRAND JURY WANTS JOHN l.
Has Too Many Voters Registered From
Over His Saloon In st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. PA deputy sheriff is
looking for John l.. Sullivan. He has
a subpoena bidding John l.. to appear be-
fore the Grand Jury and explain how it
is that seventy-fve men have registered
from the rooms over the saloon Of which
John L. is manager, when ten persons
would crowd the rooms to sufIocaton.
Frank Gillespie, partner OF Sullivan
at COS Market street, saws Sullivan disap
peared on Saturday night and he has been
unable to get any trace OF him. He says:
"Sully got of the water wagon when a
lot of fellows from Boston came into the
place. Most of them touched him for a
handshake and loan of s. or $40, and
others threw their invitations at him so
hard that he felt like he had just to take
something"
The police have heard nothing Of Sulli-
van and are inclined to think his spree
is quiet one for. him. Some of his friends
believe that he has taken a train for the
East, otherwise the police would have no
difficulty in finding him.
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WOMAN HER HUSBANDSLAWYER.
Florence ID. Potter Appears for Alexander
Potter In Supreme Court suit

The unusual spectacle Of a woman lawyer
acting as counsel for her husband was
witnessed In the Supreme Court yesterday
when Mrs. Florence d. Potter appeared
with j. Aspinwall Hodge as counsel at the
trial before Justice Davis OF the suit brought
by Alexander Potter and William B. Tuteur
against Clinton L. Rossiter. The suit Ia
for an accounting under an agreement,
made in 1901, by which the plaintiffs as
signed to Rossiter some water power con-
cessions in Mexico.
Mrs. Potter was the second woman to
be admitted to practice in this State. OPP
posed to her as counsel for Rossiter is Judge
w. w Goodrich
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CRANE APPOINTED 4
Ex-Governor VIII succeed MIR. Hoar In the
Federal Legislature.

BosToN, Oct. I2.-Ex-Gov. Winthrop
Murray Crane OF Dalton was appointed
United States Senator to-day to succeed
the late George Frisbie Hoar OF WORCESTER
by Gov. Bates. Mr.. Crane has accepted
the appointment. The appointment holds
good until the Legislature OF 1905 chooses
successor to Senator Hoar.
There Is no doubt In the minds OF most
political observers that that body will
choose Mr.. Crane for the unexpired term
and that there will be no contest While
Mr. Crane had undoubtedly been sounded
relative to the matter, the first formal
tender OF the appointment was made to
him over the telephone this forenoon, and
his acceptance was received In the same
way. A formal letter was mailed TO him
early this afternoon.
In all the gossip since Senator Hoar's
death seemed imminent. relative TO his
successor, Mr.. Cranes name has led all
the rest Others mentioned have been ex-
Gov. Long, Attorney General Moody, Cen
William F. Draper, Congressman diilett
and Congressman Mccall. Quite number
have thought that Gov. Bates would name
ex-Gov. Long With Mr., Long in the Senate
Massachusetts would have two orators
there. With Lodge and Crane there she
would have one orator and one keen business
man who is closely In touch with great and
controlling influences all over the country.
Some have thought that, because the
Crane paper company holds the contract
for supplying the Government with all the
paper required for National Bank bills
United States bonds certificates and treas
ury notes, Mr.. Crane could not accept the
Senatorship. But the Crane paper com
pany is an incorporated company. and
therefore the statutory provision regarding
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DENY SECRET WEDDING STORY
ALLEGED WITNESSES REFUTE
MISS OVENS CLAIMS.
Danbury woman swears That She Married
K. j. McPheiemy in Brewster. N. ".
in Iss4-Gives Full Details. which Are
Contradicted In Court -PuZzlinE Case.

DANBuRY, Conn, Oct. 12.--Although
the man she says Is her husband and the
people she names AZ witnesses TO her secret
marriage declare that they have no recol-
lection OF the ceremony that she describes
with much detail. Mary Owen, we'll known
woman OF this city, as Mary o. hcPhelemy,
IL suing Ellery j. McPhelemy, wealthy
real estate owner, also Of this city, to secure
as his wife one-third Of his extensive
property.
The plaintiff, who IL a handsome woman
Of middle age, described in the Superior
Court to-day before Judge Ralph Wheeler,
with much mnuteness OF detail, the cere-
mony which she says took place in l. rev.
ster, \. Y, on aster s Inday In 1884. Brew
ster is ten miles from this city, and the
plaintiff told Of the drive there in company
with party of friends, and the visit to the
home Of o friend named McCabe where she
says, they were married by the Rev. Father
Healy now dead.
Mrs. Michael Brauneis, who witnessed
the ceremony, removed her wedding ring
from her hand, as / had none, said the
plaintiff, describing the ceremony, and
loaned it to me in order that the marriage
might proceed l returned 1t to her after
the ceremony"
The other witnesses, the plaintiff said,
were Charles McAllister and John Brau-
neis, well known business men Of this city,
and Miss Vesey, now Mr.. McAllister's wife.
Mrs. Brauneis, who was called to the wit
ness stand for the defence, declared that
she had never been in Brewster in COM
pany with Miss Owen and Mr. McPhelemy
4 -. Il. Inl lsaD
a ring. The other persons named by Miss
Owen as witnesses to the ceremony all
said with much positiveness that they had
no recollection of any of the circumstances
related by the plaintiff and that they had
never accompanied Miss Owen and Mr..
McPhelemy to Brewster.
The party agreed after the ceremony.
Miss Owen said, to keep the marriage
secret because Miss OWENS mother had
been opposed to Mr. McPhelemy and she
feared that news of the wedding might have
serious effect upon her Not until she
decided to bring action against Mr..
McPhelemy did she make the marriage
public.
Patrick Lahey, the aged sexton of the
church, alone corroborated in part the
story of Miss Owen. He testified that he
recoleoted that Father Healy asked him
to carry his book and stole to the house
where the wedding took place. and that
Father Healy afterward told him that he
had forgotten to enter the marriage upon
the records of the perish and sent him
to Danbury to secure data in order that the
record might be properly made.
The records Of the parish and the town
records in Brewster contain no record OF
the marriage
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TAGGART GOES NEXT WEEK,
Hut Vows That He VIM Como Back ia
Now York 10 See II Out.

Chairman Tom TaggaSt Of the Demo-
cratic national committee said last night
that nothing could induce him to start for
Indiana tomorrow, but he added that he
And then, as II to make II plain that this
Journey was not to be taken as an indica-
ton that he meant to stay In Indiana when
he got there, he said he would come to New
York and would remain here until after
election day.
But how about your vote II you stay
In New York you will throw away a vote
for Parker" it was suggested.
NO WON'T said Mr. Taggart, because
shall pair with some one can find a
Republican in Indianapolis who won't he
able to vote on election day and will pair
with him."
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"Wife without n Smile"

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON, Oct l2.-Mr. Pinero's wife
without Smile" was produced at Wynd-
hams Theatre this evening. 1t met with
good reception, free from -booing,"
but the audience was not enthusiastic.
1t ia q frothy farce of the French school.
It is not valuable, and is not likely to prove
q permanent success.
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"sILK" OLOuGHLIN FOR SENATOR
The Democrats OF the Rochester District
Name the Baseball Umpire.

ROCHESTER,. Oct. l2-Francis O'Loughlin,
known to the base hall men throughout
the country as Silk O'Loughlin, the premier
umpire of the American lie ague, was
nominated for State Senator in the Forty
fourth district by the Democrats to-day.
The honor came unsought O'Loughiin
returned to the city yesterday and was
Immediately waited upon by various Demo-
cratic leaders who, after much urging
prevailed upon him to accept the nomina
ton. He has never taken very active
part in politics although he has several
relatives in this city who have been more
or less active in local affairs. He IL i'm
mensely popular in this city, and the Demo-
cratic leaders think they have made a
master stroke in naming him. The district
is normally Republican, but they believe
that he will be able to win out. His op-
ponent il Senator w. w. Armstrong
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COLUMBIA BOYS GET BUSY.
Their Democratic Club to Give Matt Dono-
hue r Sneakers and 40 watchers.

hue 8 speakers and 40 watchers.
The Columbia University Democratic
Club was reorganized yesterday in the in
terest Of the Democratic national and
The officers of the club are: Phelan Beal.
one OF the ends on the football team presi-
dent: Thomas Thorpe. the star tackle, vice.
president; s. Z. Rogers, secretary; David
Porter. treasurer. The executive COM
hhrarns and Capt. Caponiger. At the re-
Quest Of Matthew Donohue, the leader Of
the the Twenty-first Assembly district. the
club will provide him with fifteen speakers
TO assist In the campaign and forty watch
ers for the polls
,angnaoes and literature. made a speech
to he 500 members yesterday advocating
the election Of Parker and Davis and Her
rick and Harrison.
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10 TO = 1.a BET on HERRrCK.
Offers OF High Odds on Roosevelt Meet
No Takers.

One bet at odds OF 10 to N on Herrick
was made in Wall Street yesterday. Fred
H. Brooks bet $500 on Herrick, si,l26 OF
Higgins money being put up by Sheffield
4 Mccullough. Brooks also offered 81 600
to $500 that Roosevelt carries the State,
and 1000 to a. 600 on Herrick. One bet OF
5000 against 81, 400 on Roosevelt for the
general result was offered, but found no
takers
CINCINNATI, Oct. i2.--W. l.. Odell q
wealthy broker Of this city. tonight an
riounced that he would bet $50, 900 to $40 900,
or any part thereof at corresponding odds,
that Roosevelt would be elected.