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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
rHRoN6 CAVE on SWIFT KAISER.
Capt. Rolssine OF Russian Peaee Commits.
sion Here From the Front.

1
One Of the biggest shiploads Of distin.
gulshed folk that has ever crossed the At.
lantio arrived at Hoboken last night aboard
the North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser
Wilhelm II. Although the crack liner
locked at $50 O'Clock 1t was after 10 before
the sis first and second cabin passengers
got away Among the voyagers we're Col.
and Mrs. John Jacob Aston, Prof Felix
Adler, Gen. Avery d. Andrews. Capt Rous-
sine OF the Russian Peace Commission,
Anthony j. Drexel Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy
l.. Woodruff, Mr.. and Mrs. John f. Wood
ruff, Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Heron Helen
Morton, formerly the Countess Bosom de
Talleyrand- Perigord), +, Royal Tyler,
James Warren Lane, Mrs. Ogden Mills.
Maxine Elliott. the actress; William G..
McAdoo, president of the New York and
Jersey Railroad Mrs. G. NJ. Pullman. Prof.
end Mrs. Horatio s. White. George Rupert.
Baron Won Horst, Amos A. Lawrence and
Howard N. Thompson.
Col, Aston has been spending a vacation
in England. He will 60 to Newport on
his yacht and remain there until the end
Of the summer Timothy L. Woodruff
and his bride and his son and his bride
have been automobiling In France, Ger
many and Switzerland. Mr. Woodruff
said that he did not know anything about
the report that he had been mentioned"
as a candidate for Mayor Of the city. He
intimated that he would not accept the
nomination II it was offered to him. He
said he had had great time on his auto
tour and that 1t was the only real way
to see things abroad. He will go to the
Woodruff lodge in the Adirondacks for the
rest of the summer.
Commander Rousslne was met at the
pier by the Russian Consul General Nicholas
de Iadygensky. The Commander speaks
English with slight accent and has an
Asiatic cast Of countenanoe. He said that
while he was naval attaohe In Japan he had
become well acquainted with the naval
men Of the empire, including Baron Komura.
He had often dined with Komura, and re-
garded him as one Of the finest gentlemen
Of Asia. Commander Roussine made the
trip in twenty-seven days to New York
from the Russian front, where he was naval
attache to Gen. Linievitoh, stopping a day
at the palace Of the Car to talk over the
situation in Manchuria. The Commander
was unwilling to venture an opinion on the
military situation in Manohuria. He had
been with Kuropatkin until the latter was
superseded by Linievitch.
Maxine Elliott, who has been in London
since April will open here at the Criterion
in Clyde Fitch's play Her Great Match"
On Sunday afternoon the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. passed within a mile OF an iceberg that
drew nearly all the multitude Of passengers
to the starboard rail. The berg is described
as Of dazzling green about rs feet high
and 100 feet long and surrounded by lot
Of foes. Everybody with a camera took
SNAPSHOT Of the vision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
BUILDER OF SWIFT BOATS DEAD.
Andrew Fletcher Passes Away In Bernurtis-
yiIle-Built the Mary Powell.

Andrew Fletcher of the W. 4 A. Fletcher
Company, which has engineering works
in Hobolsen, died yesterday at his country
home at Be rnardsville He was born in
Scotland seventy-seven years ago, but was
brought to this country when boy. His
father was pattern maker.
Young Fletcher learned the trade Of
machinist. and in 1858 founded the firm of
Fletcher, Harrison a. Co.. machinsts in
New York. In 1881 the firm became the
W. d A. Fletcher Company, and in 1850
it moved to Hoboken. The firm in 1851
built the Mary Powell.
1t also built the Albany and the New York
for the Albany line and the Priscilla and
the Puritan. The company is now building
the first and only turbine steamer in this
country. Mr.. Fletcher leaves two sons
and two daug hters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
STILL SEEK A LAWYER.
Insurance Investigators Talk Hughes Again
--NcKeen Second Choice.

II rests with Charles E. Hughes whether
he will be counsel for the Joint legislative
committee for investigating insurance con-
ditions, He is the choice OF the sub-com-
mittee appointed to select q lawyer, but
there is some doubt whether Mr.. Hughes
viii take the place.
He is now in Austria on bicycling tour
with his son. The subcommittee sent him
acabegram on Monday asking whether he
could accept the appointment. The reply
was non-oommittal. Mr.. Hughes. it is
Understood. wanted definite information as
70 how the committee regarded his service
" an adviser to James W. Alexander and
whether he would be allowed perfectly
free hand.
The subcommittee sent him another
caolegram yesterday which was said to be
favorable. The members OF the committee
woul not say last night whether they had
received a reply, but some OF them seemed
very doubtful whether Mr.. Hughes would
accept.
The subcommittee second choice, It
was said last night, Ia James Mckeen OF
hrooklyn. lie has been prominent for
several years in reform movements. He
wa. was Int ested in the recent gas investiga-
non anu was a member OF the Committee
ditions.
A meeting Of the full in vestigatinR COM
mlttee will he held at noon to-day. Then
me subcommittee will submit report
On lts labors and counsel will probably
be named
In addition to Hughes and McKeen there
are Tour other lawyers whose names will
OF the lawyers whom the investigators
we're after was Henry w. Taft, a brother
% me Secretary OF War. He could not
sooept because his firm had already ac-
TTpted retainer a. counsel for one Of the
s r!n directors in the Attorney-0en-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09

In the case OF many OF the children put
down as dull by their teachers it was found
that this was due either to defective vision
or defective hearing, for which absolutely
nothing had ever been done by their par
ents.
With the 1894 children examined as a
beginning the health authorities have be-
to- extend throughout the entire school
system On a card is put the name OF
the child and the date OF the exa mination
and Just what he or she is suffering from.
Printed notices have been prepared and
sent to the parents, stating that the ex-
animation had shown the child to have
an apparently abnormal condition and
suggesting that doctor be consulted at
once: 1t is the plan to examine all dis.
1t is found that the parents have not con-
suited doctor, one OF the health inspectors
or nurses will visit the child's home and
find out why.
That every other child out Of those
examined should he found to require med
cal attention. said DR.. Biggs yesterday,
is something to which too much attention
dren have on the community's health Ii
very large. The result was surprise to
us, particularly in the number found to
have defective vision and swollen glands.
The proportion is 80 high that the city
should do something at once to reduce It.
II can only be done by increasing vastly
the number Of inspectors and nurses in
order to hold monthly examinations OF the
general physical condition OF children and
following up the parents OF every child
whom we see is not getting any attention.
As yet we have been able to do only few
schools in Manhattan, but 1t is our purpose
10 take in the entire city"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
PECkHAM'S WIFE SUBPENAED.
Wanted in Washington to Tell About the
Cotton Leak.

Mrs. Sarah H. Peckham, wife of the cot
ton leak witness, was subp9naed by United
States Marshal Henkel at the Hotel In
perial late on Monday night to appear be-
fore the Grand Jury at Washington on
Aug. Is. Mrs. Peckham is wanted to testify
in the proceedings against Edwin S. Holmes,
Jr., who was assistant statistician in the
leaky statistics bureau 1t is said that
deposit box she rented last summer, whose
contents the Van Rper-Judd- Peckham
combination were at such pains to keep
from the public when Mrs. Peckham went
into bankruptcy in the millinery business.
Lewis H. Mercer, said to be cotton
broker downtown has also been subpHnaed
to appear at Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Countess Mngri Learning the Piano.

In spite of the fact that the Countess
Magri, formerly Mrs. Tom Thumb, is e5
years old and that Paderewski told her a
year ago that she was too old to attempt to
learn TO play on the piano, the famous
midget began studying finger movements,
sharps and flats yesterday She has a
midget piano of her own which was made
we'll by ear she doesn't know note Miss
Florence Swasey of Brooklyn is instructing
the little woman, who is at present resident
of Midget City, Coney Island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
TRAIN HITS MOTOR TkICYCLE.
Three Railway Inspectors Hurled From
Track and Seriously Injured

UTICA, Aug s.-Assistant Supervisor of
Signals William v Moak Of Utica. Foreman
Eugene H. Storms Of Utica and W. H.
Newman Of Albany. all employed by the
New York Central Railroad. were run down
by fas. train near Factory Village to-
day and seriously injured.
They were on a gasoline motor railway
tricycle., used by the inspection department,
when the train came round a curve, rum
ming sixty miles an hour, and crashed into
them.
Moak was thrown to one side Of the track
and suffered severe injuries about the
head, Storms landed on the pilot of the
locomotive with fractured leg and New
with cash in hts head and bruised body.
All will recover
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN,

The Austrian steamship Georgia. whose cap.
tain was arrested on Monday by United States
Marshal Hcnkel because OF insufficient table and
seating accommodations on tho vessel, was allowed
by the Collector OF Customs 70 sail yesterday.
q proper number OF tables and seats having been
put In.
At the annual summer festival Of the Republican
Club OF the Twenty .flrst Assembly district at the
presented to Charles A. flammer, vice president
OF the club
Two Judgments aggregating $25. aS2 were entered
yesterday against the Trade Paper Advert S ng
Agency o. 40 Nassau street in favor OF Julian g.
Buckley, for money lent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
CAN'T A FAT POLICEMAN RUN?
ASK HENNESSY, WEIGHT 24O,
GIRTH 50 INCHES.
So Yards Inside I I Seconds Wins . Silver
Ming at the POlicemen's Picnic-Man-
haitian and Bronx Couldn't Produce
RMan That Was Fat Enough to Enter.

So Yards Inside III Seconds Wins . Silver
Ming at the POlicemen's Plcnic-Man.
haitian and Bronx Couldn't Produce
Man That Was Fat Enough TO Enter.
The fat mems race was the feature Of
the policemen's picnic in Sulzer's Harlem
River Park yesterday. Six men volun-
teered for the demonstration that fat po-
licemen can run. The conditions de-
manded weight of 225 pounds stripped.
The Manhattan and Bronx entries, Her
man Meyer Of the Thirty seventh pre-
cinct and John j. Hickey Of the Fifth, failed
to qualify. Meyer says he weighed 2so
a few days ago. The scale registered
224 for him and he was very cross about it.
The four contestants who did qualify
were William j. Hennessy Of Queens,
Walter b. Hough and Thomas Coleman,
at night, and John j. Hines Of Brooklyn.
All but Hennessy appeared in the ARREST
Of running clothes. Green was the pre-
vailng shade.
Not for mine said Hennessy, when
1 wear thin clothes it'll be in swimmin'
The Queens rooters demonstrated, but
all Hennessy would do was to turn up his
trousers and strip to his undershirt above
the waist. He weighs 240 pounds and his
glrth Is NIFTY lncheS.
The pistol cracked and they were of,
with Coleman in the lead, but behind him
swiftly and yet more swiftly came the
trousered legs of Hennessy. The course
was eighty-hve yards and trousers and
running trunks fought h out all down the
stretch, until with mighty squirt at the
finish Hennessy pushed the 24O pounds to
the fore and broke the tape with his mighty
chest two yards in the lead.
Late last night he was cooling Off rapidly.
The time for the eghty-five yards was
10 As seconds with heavy track. Fat
men Of all trades are invited to try and
heat it. The cops say they can't. Hen
messy will get silver cup from Deputy
Commissioner McAvoy tonight along with
other winners. There will be more races
to-day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC AT CAPITAL.
Usual Annual Outbreak in Washington
Worse Than Last Year.

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-Washington is
suffering from the annual typhoid fever
epidemic. 1t begins every year about the
first week in Aug ust. Health Office reports
Of the epidemic to-day show an average
new cases were reported yesterday. Up
to noon to-day 1893 cases had been reported.
and it is estimated that there are at least
200 under treatment, as compared with
l43 for the corresponding day last year.
deaths from typhoid, compared with eigh-
teen in the c RESP ono ing period last year
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Movements Of Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-The monitor Ne
vada and the destroyer Lawrence have ar
rived at Bangor, the yacht Sylph and the
cruiser West Virginia at the New York navy
yard, the cruiser Maryland at Boston, the
repair ship Iris at Mare Island, the cruiser
Brooklyn at Marblehead and the collier
Ajax at Caimanera. The yacht Mryfo wer, the
desp patch boat Dolphin and the cruiser Gal
weston have sailed from Newport for Ports
mouth, the cruiser Minnea polls from Glib
ratar for Lisbon and the gunboat Boxer
from Annapolis on a cruise
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Casualties or tho Bocr War.

Among those who fell wounded at the
battle of Colenso in the Boer War show at
Brighton Beach last night were two not
on the prearranged schedule. John Nor
nndey r carraae Of cannon lS and Andrew
Wagner, British cavaryman, had a
shoulder dislocated by the Kick Of n horse.
The wounds Of both were dressed at the
reception hos pital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Mrs. Sternlicht Out Of Bellevue.

The fund for Mrs, Sternlicht Of SIS Lewis
street, contributed through The Sun. was
increased yesterday by S. sent by u. T. S."
Of this city. Mrs. Sternlicht was discharged
from Bellevue at her own request before she
was entirely recovered because she wanted
to be at home with her boys and rejoice
with them over their brighter prospects
for the future.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Ccr:e!yer Begin. III. Vacation.

WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-Postmaster-Gen en-
eral Cortel, on will leave tomorrow fer
Hampstead l.. l.. where he will remain
week or 30, He will then 20 to some resort
on the New England coast, remaining
away from Washington until the middle
OF September.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Gather Bill" Daily Must Pay.

Father Bill" Daily. the veteran horse
man, according to q decision given yester-
day by Judge Welsh In the Gates avenue
court, Brooklyn, will have to pay James
Cassedy, Jr., furr1er. 80 for alterations
to Persian lamb coat which he purchased
"A a Christmas present for his wife year
ago. The original price Of the coat was
Sis, and Father Bill" refused to pay. for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Norm andie's shippers Widow LIbels the
vOlund

Salina E. Storms, widow Of Capt W. M.
H. Storms, who lost his life in the recent
collision between the yacht Normandie
and the tramp Volund near Dobbs Ferry,
filed libel for $25 900 in the United States
District Court yesterday against A. 4 o.
Irzens, owners Of the steamship
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
EX-GOV. HOGG'S HEALTH BAD.
Conc to Colorado Springs for IN Indefinite
Stay.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, Aug. s-Gov.
James S. Hogg Of Houston, Tex, arrived
here to-day for the benefit Of his health. He
has been i'll for six months and is now sui
ferine from an abecees In the back OF his
head and general breakdown. He will
remain indefinitely. The condition Of
Mr.. Hogs health will probably put an end
to his reported candidacy for United States
Senator from Texas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
state Lighting Commission Meets.

ALBANY, Aug. s.-The State Lighting
Commission met to-day and talked over
its relimnary work. The appointment Of
q secretary was POSTPONED.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Army and Navy Ortiers.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S-Army orders: First Lieu
tenant William N. Smart. assistant surgeon. from
Seattle. to Fort Caswell Capt Frederick 6 Enah
cnshnc, TO the Twelfth Infantry: Major Charles
n. Grlerson 70 the Fifteenth Cavalry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
; - ---- -
I YpEW RITE H..

Q months rent applied
on purchase. General
Type. En-. rs B'way.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09

1t takes a good many handkerchiefs to
mop the brow of portly cop these hot days,
but one OF the traffic squad on duty in Long
Acre Square has hit upon novel scheme
to practise economy He uses as clothes
line the rope stretched about the isle Of
safety and as fast as his handkerchief
becomes damp he hangs them out to dry.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-30
the Mountain Meadows massacre

the Mountain Meadows massacre,
was assigned to Tennessee and CIV
en- as a colleague William 81. Dame,
afterwards famous as the leader of
the Destroying Angels. John D..
Lee began his stump speaking In
st. Louis. The brothers, Lorenzo
and Warren Snow, who were to
earn unique infamy in Utah,
were sent to New York and the
central lake region.
And it is of interest to know that
the most famous man ever connect
ed with Mormonism was not for
gotten, for Brigham Young was
hard at work in New Hampshire
predicting the election of the proph-
ct and humiliation of the Missouri
ans. Had he been in Illinois dur
ing that turbulent week IN June
Smiths life might have been saved
for Young was the executive genius
of Mormonism, just as Rigdon ant
the Pratts were its publicists ant
intellectual leaders.
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and farmers may recognize and
control the San Jose scale, we de-
sire to place copy of Circular No.
4 in the hands Of every one in the
State who is interested in fruit
growing. We will therefore great
ly appreciate the favor, if you will
call the attention of your readers
to this publication, giving special
prominence to the announcement
that this circular will be sent free
to all who will apply for it. address
ing the Crop Pest Commission at
Shreveport. Ia
Thanking you in advance for
your kind cooperation with us in
this work of disseminating useful
information among our farmers
and fruit growers, | am,
Respectfully yours,
WILMoN NEWELL, Sec.
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Shreveport, La, Dec. %, 1905.
Editor CoIfax Chronicle:
We are sending you in separate
cover to-day, a copy of Circular
No. 4 of this commission, upon
"The San Jose Scale"
AS you are doubtless already
aware, Louisiana, on account OF
her favorable climate and soils
should be one of the foremost
fruit-producing States of the union.
As a matter of fact, Louisiana
ranks rather low in comparison
with many States in which the con-
ditions for successful fruit culture
are not nearly SO good as they are
here.
The investigations which this
commission has conducted during
the past two years show very con-
clusively that one of the main
reasons why the fruit industries OF
the State have not developed to
important proportions, is the dam
age done by small insect known
as the "San Jose scale" This In
Isect is quite prevalent in several
lsections of the State and has al
ready destroyed many orchards OF
plum, pear, peach and apple, as
| we'll az plants and shrubs in parks
and private grounds.
j The indirect loss to the agricul
, ture of the State, chargeable te
this insect, is even greater than tht
Iloss due to its actual destruction
of trees and plants, as many prom
/ ising young orchards have beel
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destroyed by it, and the farmers
(being in ignorance of the reason
for the failure of the orchards)
have been discouraged from max
ing further attempts to grow fruit.
There has been tendency to place
the blame of these failures upon
the climate" or the soil, but in all
the cases of death of peach and
plum orchards that we have in
vestigated, we have found that the
San Jose was responsible for the
damage.
The commission has undertaken
an active fight against this pest, by
enacting and enforcing quarantine
regulations governing the ship
ment of fruit trees, which regula-
tons are intended to prevent the
further spread of the pest
In addition to this we have lssu-
ed Circular No. 4. giving descrip-
ton of the insect and how to recog-
nize it, as well as the methods BY
which it can be fully controlled in
orchards, and profitable crops made
in spite of it.
With one-fifth of Louisiana al
ready infested with the boil weevil
and with ultimate infestation of al
cotton-growing area in the Stat
by this pest inevitable, the produc
ton of fruits by our farmers be
comes of far more Importance thar
heretofore.
i In order that the frnit grower
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exclaiming: o. frail man. what

" trail man, what
have you done that will exalt you?
Can anything be drawn from your
conduct that is worthy of being
held up to the gaze of this nation
as a model of virtue, character and
wisdom? Your whole life, charac-
ter and conduct have been spotted
with deeds that causes a blush up
on the face of virtuous patriot;
SO you must be contented with your
lot, while crime, cowardice, cupidi-
ty or low cunning have handed
You down from the high tower of a
statesman to the black hole of
gambler. Grape the heavens with
deeds of love; and the earth with
sackcloth, and let hell murmur one
melody in commemoration of fallen
spIendor. For the glory of Ameri-
ca has departed, and God will set a
flaming sword to guard the tree Of
liberty, while such mint-tithing
Herods as Van Buren,, Boggs, Ben
ton, Calhoun and Clay are thrust
out of the realms of virtue as fit
subjects. for the kingdom of fallen
greatness. Vox reprobi, vix dia-
bolici."
Calhoun got off with repri-
mand, the burden of which was
that be ought to read section s, ar
ticle l, of the constitution, after
which pernsal, God who cooled
the heat of Nebuchadnezer's fur
mace or shut the mouth of the lion
for the honor of Daniel, will
raise your mind above that narrow
notion that the general government
has no power, to the sublime ides
that congress, with the presiden
MS executor, is as almighty in it
sphere as Jehovah is in his"
This injunction to one familia
with Mormon phraseology is evi
IDENTIFY a paraphrase from th
Fourth of July speech OF Sidne.
Rigdon, delivered at Far West
Mo-, in 1888.
At a public meeting in Nauvo
on February 7, 1874, w. W. Phelps
one of the lay Mormons, read
, long address, setting forth Smith
political views, and week late
February Is, the Times and Ses
, sons announced, "For presiden
, General Joseph Smith. of Nauvoo.
The Neighbor, another Mormo
paper, completed the ticket b
naming James A. Bennett, of Ne
, York City, for the vice presidenc
. On March ~, however, Bennett
e name was dropped and the secor
I place on the ticket was given
D Sidney E;gdon.
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One OF the besetting Gins Of the
American people IL a lawlcss spirit
We do not reverence. nay we do not
even respect the lawsof the land. We
are addicted to all forms ofcrimeand
lawlessness. This must be changed
and 1t will he changed; but it Win re-
quire long process OF education.
We permit our children to come mp
without the proper authority. Old
and young must be trained and
taught to respect authority and obey
the laws. Journal.