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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
OSCAR h. WEBER rs DEAD.
Musician and Inventor. lie Was the Friend
OF Many Great Artists.

Musician and Inventor, lie Was the Friend
OF Many Great Artists.
Oscar B. Weber, musician and inventor
and widely known for his connection W it'll
the German societies and charities of New
York, died yesterday as the result Of an
operation for liver trouble.
Mr.. Weber was New Yorker by birth
He was IS years old. He was probably
best known through his enthusiasm for
music. One OF the best amateur piansts
in the country, he was friend of most OF
the great musicians and entertained the
votaries OF that art extensively 1t was
through him that the late Anton Seidl
came to this country. Mr.. Weber was an
ardent Wagnerian He also arranged the
Strauss festival al ven in this city last year
By profession he was an engineer and
was connected with the American Gas Light
Association. He held several patents on
furnaces and gashouse appliances OF his
invention.
Mr.. Weber was especially active in the
German societies. the charitable ones In
particular. He was member of the German
Liederkranz and was chairman of the fest
committee OF the German Charity Ball.
He was one Of the most prominent mem
beers Of the Lotos Club.
His parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Weber
OF this city. are still living, and he leaves
q widow and a brother, Albert j. Weber,
also prominent as a musician. The funeral
will be held either on Monday or Tuesday.
The burial will be In Woodlawn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
JAPS LICK THE RUSSIANS.
Intervention by Third Power Stops Fieroe
Battle on tho East Side.


jackie Hogan. IS years old, sorapper
every inch Of him, and leader Of the Eighty
first street gang, has been arguing over
the Russian-Japanese war with Charlie
MoHale, who is Of like age. knows no fear
and is leader by merit Of the Seventy -sev
enth street gang. Jackie was for the Japs
while Charlie backed the Russians. The
Generals OF the two gangs have fought the
matter out indecisively for several days.
Last night Hogan gathered his forces
horse, foot and dragons. and marched on
Seventy-seventh street to make 1t a
Liaoyang.
The outposts met In Lexington avenue
near Seventy ninth street The first that
the neighbors knew OF it was when Oyama
Hogan opened with brisk artillery fire
Of bottles and cobblestones. 1t swept
the street as clean as n whistle OF grown
ups. The boys had the thoroughfare
all to themselves. while the Jap army fell
back from Seventy ninth street to Seventy
fourth street under a musketry fire Of
rotten pears. The Japs made f1anking
move and the Muscovites, falling back from
a cobblestone fire., retreated on Third ave-
nue.. leaving two wounded on the field.
Shopkeepers Of Lexington avenue got
the police by phone, and the reserves
from the East Sixty-seventh street sta
ton came over on the run. Pickets in
formed the two armies and they disbanded.
The cops caught VIA. hawrenes Murphy.
both Of the Eighty-first street gang. The
rest escaped, waited until the cops had
vanished and went at IL harder than ever.
When the reserves were called again, about
$50 o'clock, they did some flanking them
selves. They surrounded the district
seventy-ninth, Lexington avenue and Third
avenue. Headed by Roundsman James,
they closed in and made great haul. Be-
sides letting many go, they hung onto
Gen. John Hogan, George Gardner, key
Scheyer. William Heider and Fred Robin
son. Their ages range from IL to 10.
The battlefield looks as though It had
been sprinkled by machine gun. Windows
are out everywhere.
Roundsman Zanes had his head out by
rock.
A pitched battle with stones and sticks
two gangs Of boys in East l1sth street near
Fifth avenue. The fighters styled them
selves Japs and Russians Six Of the Japs
were arrested by the police.
There il a vacant lot in 1lsth street be-
tween Lenox and Fifth avenues In which
tne boys Ol Tue HelBnDOTHoou nave puht
small cabin where they meet after school.
Some Of the boys suggested some days ago
that they form two brigades, one to he the
Japs and the other to be the Russians. Yester-
day afternoon the boys held battle royal.
and the tenants were afraid to venture out
OF their houses. zee
About fifty boys were lined up on a side.
and the air was filed with flying rocks. old
shoes, sticks and tin cans. The police ar
rested six Of the boys. who said they were
the Japs. They were Hyman Harris Milton
Skulteher, Martin Mahon, Rudolph Eigen-
heer, Morris Heyman and Willie Thompson.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
G. F. CLARK'S FORTUNE DIVIDED.
$1,000. 600 Set Aside by His VIII for His
Widow, Son and Daughters.

$1,000. 600 Set Aside by His VIII for His
Widow, Son and Daughters.
The will Of Charles F. Clark. president of
the Bradstreet Company. who died in
London, England, on Sept. 3. was filed
yesterday. IL disposes of more than 81 ,OOO,-
co., two-f1fths Of which, after all requests
have been paid goes to the widow, and one
fifth each to three children. The widow.
Mrs. Ellen Marcia Clark IL to have the house
at SSl Madison avenue. most Of its contents,
and the horses. carriages and silver. She il
also to have for life, -or az long as she
remains my widow" the use OF Mr., Clark's
country estate. Fairacres, near Morristown.
n. j. She il also to have the income OF a
trust fund Of $780, 900 for life or until re-
marriage
His daughters Sarah Juliette, now Mrs.
Henry Phipps Ross, and Ella Mabel Clark
are to have the incomes Of trust funds Of
500 600 each free from the control OF any
husband"
Charles Martin Clark, the testator's son.
inherits absolutely the sum Of 500 900. Thei
widow and George +. Garfield are namely
executrix and executor OF the will.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
ASKS TO SEE DIVORCE RECORDS.
Thomas. Sued for Alternating Affections.
Wants to Know About Rood Va. Rood.

Justice Blanchard in the Supreme Court
yesterday gave permission to Andrew j..
Thomas to examine the record In the suit
for divorce brought by Horace E. Rood
against his wife. Josephine W. Rood, which
resulted in a decree for the husband granted
by Justice Scott on the report Of Referee
F, f. Perham, handed in on July 9. Justice
Scott also gave the custody OF the three
Rood children TO the husband.
Mr. Thomas, through his counsel Fuller
ton Wells, is anxious to discover whether
his name was used in the suit for divorce
On July II, he said, he was served with the
summons in an action against him by Rood,
charging him with alternating Mrs. Foods
affections. An examination OF the court
records disclosed to him the existence OF
the divorce suit. 30 he applied for permission
to examine the records.
Mr.. Thomas ia a building contractor.
He is married and now lives at 500 Mount
Hope place, in The Bronx. where he has
built a new house. He had nothing to
say about the legal proceedings taken on
his behalf when a SCN reporter asked him
about them last night Last years di-
rectory gives the same address, l40 East
Ninety-fourth street. both for Mr.. Thomas
and the Foods.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Obituary Not 60.

william II. Pugh. formerly Auditor Of the
Navy Dep artment died in Washington on
Thursday evening at the age of 20 years.
He WAS born in Cincinnati, was gradual ted
from Kenyon College. where his roommate
was the late r. b. Hayes served in the civil
war from its outbreak to finish, when he was
appointed clerk of the City Court OF Cincin-
natl. He was admitted to the bar In 1898
and practised IN Cincinnati until 1850 Then
ton we" eountv serving six Years IN 81 isrs " Mr
Pugh was appointed by Secretary Carlisle
Commissioner Of Customs in the Treasury
intendent Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
In 1894 he was appointed Auditor OF the Navy
Department. resigning three years later.
John j. JUNO died in q hospital In Syracuse
Massachusetts, and was a veteran Of the civil
war. He had attended college and was an
war he was a leading exponent OF the labor
unions and powerful campaign speaker.
Combined with his fine physical appearance
intelligence and education, was his dramatic
ability and he was keen debater and fluent
talker. In 1879 he stumped the country for
Ben Butler.
the best known travelling statesmen in the
United States, died In Monticello n. Y, on
Thursday night at the age Of 20 years He
every part 81 the, American continent He
os. duhis s and three
Deputy Register Of Arrears Samuel n
Garrison OF Brooklyn died on Wednesday
at his home. 6S7 Pacific street In his fifty-s
ond year. He had been a member OF the
Kings county bar since 1877. He was un-
married
ter OF Wills In Philadelphia. died at Trenton
yesterday Of q fractured skull caused BY
fall downstairs He was OF years old
@ t sssr% Madison former sor 5 %s%Ss. Of
day at his home In Canastota.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Reginald vanderbilt's Show Mare White
Oak Maid Dead.

NEWPORT. R. l., Sept. 1e.-Reginald c.
Vanderbilt has met with loss which he
feels keenly in the death of one OF the finest
mares in his stable. The animal ia the
brown mare White Oak Maid, valued at
~ 600 and with whom Mr.. Vanderbilt has
been very successful in the horse shows
about the country, having shown the mare
in New York Boston and Newport taking
ribbons In all the shows.
the mare broke her leg in her stall at Sandy
Point Farm, and when found she was in
such a condition that she had to be shot.
White Oak Maid was also favorite horse
of Mrs Vanderbilt, and both are greatly
grieved over their loss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
The weather.

The big storm disappeared to the northeast yes
terday.' The pressure was high and the weather
clear over all thr country, except for rain on the
southern coas, OF Florida.
There were two de 2ressions In Canada. one over
Manitoba and the other north Of the Lake regions
The TEN oeralure was higher west OF the Allegheny
Mountains and was Slightly lower In the Atlantic
states Fair and warmer weather should con %
tinue In the and wheat section and in the vcin
ity Of New York TO day and Sunday.
In this city the day was fair. and slightly cooler
In the morning: wind fresh northwest: average
humidity IS per cent; barometer. corrected TO read
10 sea level. at 3 a. NJ. 1923 3 p. NJ. 500.
The temperature yesterday, as recorded BY the
nciAl thermometer Is shown Ia the annexed table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
OLD CUBY Nv A TIGHT PLACE.
fali Of Mrs. wiEgs's Horse MUSES. Things
at the SAVOY

While the aged, bony, white horse which
Is va Cubu in Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
fatch' was being led from the stage of
'he Savoy Theatre to the street, over a
gangway. after the first act, last night,
the ramshaokle old creature stumbled and
ie,l ten feet to the dressing room stairway.
MABEL Taliaferro was on the stairway
carrying the youngster who is Tommy
n the play. She screamed. Tommy
morse was 30 frightened that he got up
energy enough to kick viciously.
There wasn't much left of the dressing
f9om stairway when three firemen from
ao2k and Ladder Company "a got there
40 40 herotcally rescued Miss Taliaferro and
ths soared' Tommy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
SHIP COMBINE TO EXPAND.
Reported That II VIII Absorb the Harland
& WOln Shipbuilding Firm.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON. Sept. l6--The Express says 1t
hears that the International Mercantile
Marine Company is about to absorb the
shipbuilding firm OF Harland d Wolff.
OF Belfast II adds that the combine has
not proved the success that was predicted,
and that the Harland Il Wolff building agree
msnt with the company has been anything
but satisfactory to the Arm, especially
in view Of its heavy expenditure for new
plant.
The paper understands that the interests
OF some Of the shareholders will be with
drawn and replaced by the International
Mercantile Marine Company. This new
development partly explains the hitherto
ne1picable stoppage Of work on the build
ing Of several of the company's steamers.
About 5000 hands already have been dis
charged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
HAVE WOMEN WALLETS? MEYER
BELLEVUE'S A DOCTORS RESENT
AN INNOVATION.
II Doctor Slept Late After q Strenuous
Night. How Could He Get His Room
Righted?-Other Reasons for Resent
Ing Intrusions Into Private Lives.

II Doctor Slept Late After Strenuous
Night, How Could He Get His Room
Righted?-Other Reasons for Resent
Ing Intrusions Into Private Lives.
Bellevue Hospitals forty-four doctors
are indignant They do not want women
Wallets to make their beds, shine their shoes,
prepare their baths, press their TROUSERS
and do all the other things that the fifteen
men Wallets have done in the comfortable
past Last night the angry forty-four
addressed petition to DR.. John Winters
Brannan, president OF the Board OF Trus-
tees OF Bellevue and the Allied Hospitals
clearly setting forth their opinions on the
subject Of Wallets.
It has been the custom at Bellevue, time
out OF memory. for the doctors to hire
their own Wallets. They have dubbed
together and have hired one man for each
room, fifteen in all. paying the men out
OF their own pockets For some reason, the
hospital authorities decided several days
ago that this was not desirable. 1t was
announced that hereafter three women
would be employed to take the place Of the
fifteen Wallets, and that the women would
be paid by the hospital
OF trustees" said one OF the vexed forty
four last night, that new rule ia all damn
foolishness. Why. It will be impossible
to live at this institution II they get women
mussing around here and poking their
noses into every detail OF our private lives.
Il can't call woman valet into my room
to help me dress, can l? Suppose l want
to take bath and need somebody to scrub
my back. I'd, look well asking one of
these lady Wallets to do the job, wouldn't
II And how in thunder can l say: Lizzie,
please get busy and shine my shoes
I'VE doctors frequently work until very
late at night-very late, And we sleep
late next morning consequently. Our SER
wants come in the rooms to clean them
up while we are in bed.
President Brannan said last night that
he would hold the order in allegiance for
a while until he had investigated the matter
thoroughly. The petition fervently re-
quested him to expunge the rule and permit
the valeting to be done by the fifteen men.
1t was presented by four house surgeons
and four house physicians. representing
the aggrieved forty-four.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Movements OF Nayai Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Sept. I6-The monitor
Florida has arrived at Norfolk; tie train
ing squadron, composed OF the cruiser:
Minneapolis, Columbia and Prairie, at
Menemsha Blight; the training ship Hart
ford at Hampton Roads, the tug Pontiac
at Newport and the gunboat Peoria and
the tug Pawnee at Woods Hole.
The collier Leondas has sailed from
Ba ltimore for Port Royal. the monitor
Nevad a from Hampton Roads for Girls
field. Md. the gunboat Newport from
Co Ion for Cartasena, the tug Standish
from Norfolk for Annapolis. and the train-
ing ship topeka from Tompknsville for
a cruise. -.
The cruiser Montgomery has been placed
out Of commission at the League Island
Navy Yard. III
The torpedo boat destroyer Blakely,
constructed at the yards of Lawley 4 Son,
South Boston, has been delivered to the
Government at the Boston navy yard.
The cruiser Denver, which Ia expected
at Hampton Roads soon, will have her
final trial on Sept. 49,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
FAMILY OF EIGHT STARVING.
Sad Plight OF the Cohens and Their Six
small Children.

Samuel Cohen went to the West l25th
street police station last night with his wife
and six small children and told Sergt.
Wolf that he had been dispossessed from
his rooms at 2sO West 18th street. None
of the family had had anything to eat for
two days, he said, and they had no place
to sleep.
and his family and took him to a hotel in
Eighth avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
THREAT TO LABOR FEDERATION.
Unions Angry Because Men Are Sent Here
to Take the strfkers' Places.

The action OF the National Association
Of Plumbers in supplying strike breakers
to the Building Trades Employers Assoc
citation In place OF the members OF
Plumbers Union No. 2. who are lock ed out.
was taken up at yesterdays meeting Of the
Building Trades Alliance.
1t was decided to instruct the committee
sent to Washington to protest to the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor that unless it
withdrew the new men all the local unions
in the alliance which are represented in the
American Federation OF Labor will leave
that body. Nearly all the unions In the
alliance are affiliated with the A. F. OF L.
The committee OF one each from the Diff
ferent unions. appointed late on Thursday
night to send an ultimatum TO the en-
ployers threatening a general strike Of all
the trades II the lockout ia not called Of
on Wednesday, met at Brevoort Hall and
received instructions from the alliance
Meetings OF the various unions will be
held between now and next Wednesday,
at which the strike question will be dis
cllssad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
"Durn Good Year for Appre,sck. f"

ORANGE, N. j.. Sept. ie.-The storm yes
terday blew fruit from the trees in large
quantities. and in many apple orchards
trees were uprooted. The cider mills have
no Use for more apples and will give no price
for them. Many farmers are carting apples
TO the mills and having them made into
farmers are saying that "it's goin ter be a
durn good year fur applejack and hot
toddy. Every cloud has it's silver linin. Z"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
CUTS OFF WIFE AND DAUGHTER

They Neglected We. says James Rellly's
WILLIS savings Left to His Aunt.
James Reilly, who died on Aug. IL at 227
East Twenty-fourth street. left. in a will
filed yesterday. his savings OF 5000 to his
aunt, Ellen O'Donnell, instead Of 10 his wife
and daughter who survive him.
1T is my desire" the will reads. 1that
my wife, Ann Reilly, and nv child, MAY,
shall receive nothing Of my property by
reason Of their absence from, and neglect
Of me in my later years, / give to my
aunt all moneys on deposit in the Emigrants'
Savings Institution in my name the pass
book Of said account being held by my wife
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Battieship Missouri Loses . Sailor in the
storm.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e.-A telegram was
received at the Navy Department this
afternoon from the Comman der in Chief
OF the North Atlantic feet, dated at the
target range near Woods Hole Mass,
reporting that during the severe gale OF
yesterday Cecil Clay Young, ordinary
seaman, was washed overheard from the
battleship Missouri and drowned Young
was a resident OF Marseilles, Ohio His
father, H. Young, lives there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
MATCH HEADS KILL CROOK.
WilkesOn Preferred Death to the Prob
ability Of Twenty Years imprisonment

WIKI esOn Preferred Death to the Prob
ability OF Twenty Years imprisonment.
WHITE PLAINS, n. v, Sept I8.-Realizing
that twenty Years Imprisonment stared
him In the face, Henry j. Wilkeson, called
Mount Vernon's outlaw" who shot De-
tective Michael j. Reilly OF Mount Vernon
on July q, ended his life In the White Plains
jail to-day by swallowing the heads of sui
phur matches. He was to have been tried
FOR assaulting Reilly and for holding up and
robbing Paul Bolger Of Mount Vernon.
Among Wilkeson's effects WIS q letter
addressed TO Louise Bosche OF e57 Water
street, New York. his sweetheart. She
was notified Of his death by telegraph,
and asked what disposition should be made.
OF the body. The Sheriff received no
answer from her Wilkeson also wrote a.
letter to Miss Helen Miller Gould. In which
he asked her to hire a lawyer for hi m.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
RICO WEEPs FOR LOST PRINCESS.
Telegram Congratulating Him on New Job
Makes His Tears Flow.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THs

Special Gable Despatch 10 The SUN.
BERLIN. Sept 16.-Janozi Rigo, the Hun
garian vtolinist who formerly was the
companion OF Princess Chimay. made his
debut to-day as conductor OF the orchestra in
the Reichshof restaurant.
The Princess sent him q telegram Of oon-
graduation, on receipt OF which Rigo wept
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Highest temperature, 6s', AT . p. n.

WARRINGTON FORECAST FOR To DAT AND TO -AohRow
For eastern Ntn York. eastern Psnnsv!canto.
Deidpdrt. Maryland, he Dtstrtet OF Columbia and
Virginia fair and mariner 'o-dop; fdtr tomorrow:
sot,hsa rrds.
For New England, fair to-day and warmer. Ell e.
cept In extreme south portion; fair TO morrow:
light 20 fresh south 10 southwest winds.
For western New York. partly tcioudy to-day and
to-mo ROW: fresh southwest 70 west winds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
MADE SUICIDE PACT,
Husband and VIE Take Poison In Eapl,
Others Presence.

DANBURY, Conn, Sept. Ie,-Wils Gum,
aged 80, a farmer living near this city, and
his wife made a compact last night to die
together and each took poison in the others
presence. Neighbors found them uncon
scious. Gum is dead, but his wife may re-
cover. They had auarreled because OF the
husbands jealousy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
n. N. arrange Consulting Engineer ON
Panama Canal.

WASHINGTON. Sept. l8.-R. NJ. Arrange
has been appointed a consulting engineer
on the stat of the chief engineer OF the Pana-
ma Canal He was educated in the United
Stat es Mr.. Arrange will devote his ener-
g les to constructing the aqueduct which Ia
10 supply Panama with water.
Chief Engineer Wallace estimates that
the cost Of building the canal will be- greatly
reduced by the Use Of the best America n
machinery. much Of which is being sent to
the Canal Zone
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Ex.Gov. Morton Home With His Family.

Aboard the French liner La Lorraine,
which arrived last night from Havre and
anchored at Quarantine were Ex-Governor
Levi P. Morton and his family. They will
20 to to-day to Ellerslie to attend the funeral
OF Miss Lena Morton, whose body recently
arrived here
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
steamship Britannia in Collision.

Special Gable Despatch TO THE SuS.
LONDON, Sept. 18.-The British steamship
Britannia has put back to Lisbon, having
been in collision with the steamship Beira.
Part of the Britannia's cargo was washed
away
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
REJOICING OVER ITAAY,s HEIR.
Pope Joins with European Rulers in Con-
graduating King Victor Emmanuel.

Special Gable Despatch to THE SUN.
ROME, Sept. 16.-There is great rejoicing
throughout Italy over the birth Of an heir
to the throne The Pope has sent con-
CALCULATIONS to the King, and 80 have most
of the sovereigns Of Europe. Congratulatory
kilograms have been received from Presi-
dent Loubet and President Roosevelt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17

HarIenis New Theatre Opens Tonight.
The new Orpheum Theatre. in West 125th
street, will open its season tonight with
-Tbe Japskis,- new musical extrava-
ganza. by Louis De Lange and William
Taylor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Col. Muler's Remains Taken to Utica.

WARRINGTON. Sept. l6.-The remains OF
Col. Alexander Macomb Miller, Corps OF
Engineers, L. s. A.. who died suddenly on
Peconic River steamer, near Irvington,
Va, on Wednesday, were taken this after.
noon TO Utica, n. V. where the intern emit
will be made tomorrow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-17
Army and Navy Orders.

wAsHNoroS. Sept. 10. These army orders were
issued to day:
Capt. James r, Church. Assistant Surgeon, from
Port Brown. Tel. TO fort Robinson, Seb.
Rrig. Con. Francis Moore, from command OF
Military School al Fort Riley. TO command De
Macarthur, 10 command Division OF the Atlantic
Capt. Francis lie :. Parker Twelfth Cavalry. to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a. Assistant lnsiruc
tor Infantry and Cavalry School