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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
The weather.

The disturbance which was central over Ne.
brAska and Iowa on Saturday moved northeast
ward into the lake regions yesterday and the
pressure began falling In the Middle Atlantic and
New England states.
There were cloudy and shoWery conditions In
the central Mlssipp Valley. the Lake regions and
pau OF New England. but In the Middle Atlantic.
South Atlantic and Gulf states the weather was
generally clear. The movement OF this storm
AREA 20 the norheaslward oocasionsd warmer
weather throughout all the States east Of the Ms
siSslppi. II was especially warmer and sprinT
like IN the Middle Atlantic states and the Ohio valley
where the temperature rose. on an average. about
10 degrees. There were generally mOdefatinE
conditions over GH the country except In the South
west where u remained cool
In this city the day was fair and warmer. with
light rain a. night: light TO fresh south 70 south
cast winds average humidity. % per cent: baron %
etef corrected 10 read 70 sea level. ats NJ. 800
3 p NJ. 1.pO.
The temperature yesterday, - recorded by the
ofnefal therm0mefeT. shown In the ANNEXED table
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
ms CONFUSION HELD UP.
Complaint Lodged Against McMaster,
Appointed Consul TO Zanzibar.

Complaint Lodged Against McMasteF,
Appointed Consul TO Zanzibar.
WASHINGTON. March 26.-The President
has held up the commission Of Dr. Fred
erick ID. McMaster, whose nomination as
Consul 10 Zanzibar was made TO the Senate
late in the last session and confirmed with
out opposition, A commission was about
TO be signed by the President, when a COM
plant was made 10 him by the divorced
wife OF DR.. McMaster, alleging that she
had not received alimony from her former
husband in accordance with the decree Of
the Court
Mr.. Roosevelt Immediately directed that
the matter be investigated by Third Assist
ant Secretary Of State PIERCE, and the
inquiry is now going on. IL was known
TO the President when the appointment
was made that DR.. MCMaster had obtained
a divorce from biz wife on the plea Of deser-
ton, and that he had married again. Ii
has since appeared that McMaster failed
70 keep up the payments Of alinony decreed
by the Court but the President Is not aware
Of all the circumstances in the case and will
take no further steps until Mr.. PIERCE has
made a complete report.
II il known at the White House that the
first Mrs. McMaster has worked for a part
of her living since she was divorced, and
that she retains the custody Of a child born
while she and her husband we've living
together McMaster has said that be
could hive the custody Of the child, under
the terms Of the divorce, but that as his
former wife was deeply attached TO the
young one, he decided not TO interfere,
mcMaster has also TeaTerented that his
divorced wife has perset Ited him and tried
by every means TO prevent his advance
uunnt.
When the President appointed McMaste
TO the Consulship he had the greatest con-
fdenoe in him, for he had known him we'll
when McMaster was serving in the Rough
Riders regiment during the Spanish war.
Dr. McMaster Is in Washington He
has made an explanation Of the trouble
With his divorced wife which is regarded
as satisfactory 10 the State Department,
and II il believed that he " IN be allowed 10
proceed 10 his post when all the facts have
been laid before the President.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
COMPLAINT AGAINST SANTA re.
WhialSey Dealers Charge That the Road
Practices DETERMINATION Against Them.

WhidSey Dealers Charge That the Road
Practices DETERMINATION Against Them
WASHINGTON. March 20.-Chairman
Knapp Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. accompanied by Commissioners
Prouty and Fifer left to-day for Cincinnati.
where a hearing viii be held tomorrow
and Tuesday on the complaint Of the Ma
uonsl Wholesale Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton against the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa FA Railroad Company and thirty
other common carriers. IL h alleged by
the liquor dealers that the railroads have
practisod discrimination against whislrey
IN favor Of alcohol, high wines and pure
proof spirits.
The complaint allie ges that prior 70 D,b.
/, 1903 the defendant railroads CHARGED
for the transportation Of whiskey In wood
between points in the East and the Middle
West on the one hand and Pacific coast
100 pounds, while the charge on alcohol,
high wines and pure proof spirits WAs at
least 20 cents less. II h further charged
that In April. 1904. the rate on whiskey was
increased, with no corresponding increase
In the tarih on raw spirits and highwines
The liquor dealers argue that this action
on the part Of the common carriers IL
unjust and unreasonable and In violation
Of law. Evidence in the case viii be taken
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
at Cincinnati this week and bearings will
he held at other points later. ,r...a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
HOTEL THIEFS NAME ELLISON.
Adopted Son OF james II. CStten Of
washington.

The young hotel thief who was arrested
in the Hotel Netherland on Friday night
and locked up under the name Of John,
Calmus' told the Detective Bureau on Satur-.
DAY night that he is William Ellison, the
adopted son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James B.
Cattell OF Washington. ID. G. The Cattells
adopted him when he was a child, he said.
He left his foster parents a year ago aud
they haven't seen him since.
Cattell Is 10 years old instead OF n years
the age he gave when no was arrested
When he was ~ years old he lived for a.
time with a sister Of Mrs. Cattell in this city.
but he was too wild for her and she sent
him home TO his foster parents. When he
was Is years old he went 10 work in the
office OF Mr.. Cattell as a stenoRrapherf
Soon after that he disappeared. ..s'
When young Cattell was looked ND At
Police Headquartera he asked his captors
to get for him picture he had among his
effects at the Netherland. This was a
picture Of his foster parents and their
adopted son and il led 20 his identification.
Most Of the jewelry Cattell stole in this
city was pawned in Philadelphia. Detective
Sergeant Oppenheim viii go 10 Phiadel-
phiai to-day TO try itol recover il. Cattel
has told where he pawned most Of II. 800,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
TRAIN HURLs BOY 10 FEET.
Too Frightened 20 Move when He Heard
AppFOaehlng Engine whistle.

Too Frightened 20 Move when He Heard
Approaching Engine whistle.
Gustav Cody, a hfteen-yesr-old boy, Of
40 AShburton avenue, Yonksrs, was run
down by the New York CentraIs PouRh-
keepsie express just south Of the Mount
st. Vincent station yesterday afternoon.
He was walking on the southbound track,
and when he heard the whistle was too
frightened TO move. The train was going
about forty miles an hour.
The boy was thrown from the pilot 10
the headlight and thence TO the ground
seveDtY-hvs feet distant. His left foot
and part OF his right foot we're torn of
and he was frightfully bruised.
The train was stopped and the boy was
carried 70 the station by Engineer Shan
Ion and Conductor Gray, and his legs were
bound with the hRndkerchiefs Of pas
senEers 20 stay the flow Of blood. An
ambulance came from Fordham Hospital
and DR.. Dolan attended the lad. He said
that be would have been dead by that time
but for the handkerchiefs. The boy was
conscious at the hospital last night, and
1t was said that he had a chance to live,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
WRONG 10 WORK ron PIN MONEY!.
woman Uuionist DenOunees Women VINO Do
80 and Women VINO Avoid MStheFhood.

20 enu women VINO Avoid M5lheFhood.
At the first national conference Of the
Women's Trades Union League, held yes
terday afternoon in Berkeley Lyceum,
more than 100 women volunteered 10 sup
port the following resolution, read by
j. O. Phelps Stokes:
'Rssolped. That public opinion should
support the efforts Of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor and the Women's Trades
Union League TO organize the women wage
earners Of this country into trades unions
for industrial and social Improvement.
The women listened attentively 70 pleas
for the Improvement Of the industrial con-
dition Of women. Mrs. Mary X. O'SuHivan
held her listeners breathless with the viRor
OF her argument. She said Women to-
day without organization are a hindrance
TO industrial progress. There are three
classes OF women who work outside Of the
home-the women who have TO support
themselves, women with respo nsibllItiss and
women who work for pin money. In these
advanced days no one denies the right Of
women 10 the first and second class TO be-
come wage earners, yet that right, like all
other rights and privileges, must not be
SSons cons red N narrow personal way, but
Women Of the first class lower the stand
ard OF wages and bring distress. The
tendency Of women with responsibilities,
who not only have to support themselves
but have others dependent on them, will
be to keep up wages, and their effort should
have the support Of every believer In
justice.
Economic wrong brought about by
women who work for pin money end by some
married women who work 70 dress better
Is great. They can and do offer their labor
cheaper than the self-supportinR women
and women with responsibilities, and here
is where self-supporting organization should
step In and say stop. Many Of these married
women are women who have married with
the intention Of not having children; they
are not only an economic disgrace, but an
immoral influence whose very presence and
words poison the air of a workroom. And
the sadness Of it all is that women do not
know that they are industrial slaves
Samuel Gompers, president Of the Ameri-
can Federation 81 Labor, spoke on The
need and value Of organization for working
women He said:
Don't let trades union organization
among women become a fad. There Is no
greater injury you can do to the women
wage earners than TO inspire hope in them
and then let Il die out. leaving them 20 the
mercy Of their employer Applause
Both Miss Jane Adams Of Hull House,
Chicago, and Miss Mary L. Mcdowell of
the University OF Chicago Settlement
urged the betterment OF industrial oondi-
tons for women through unionism. Miss
Margaret ID. DreieT, president Of the New
York League, presided.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
LECTURE ron Mr.. sELIGMAN
Delivered by Magistrate Crane-subJect:
Auto speedInk.


Joseph Planes. Frenchman employed
as automobile driver by Jefferson Selig-
man, the banker, Of II East Sixty-ninth
street, was arrested for violation Of the
speed law on Fifth avenue yesterday after
a chase Of twenty-five blocks.
The chauffeur was alone in the automo-
bile as he started up Fifth avenue TO the
home Of his employer Bicycle Police
man jeremiah Murphy was at Forty
sixth street when the machine passed
him. He shouted to the man 10 slow up
and when he did not do started In pursuit.
Murphy is a speedy cyclist. but he
couldn't catch the auto until il had reached
Sixty-eighth street. On that block the
machine slowed up little and the bicycle
cop wheeled in front Of Il and dared the
Frenohman 10 run him down. Planes
stopped and was arrested. As be was on
his way TO the Yorkville police court ne
sent word TO his employer who also went
10 court.
There the policeman made charge Of
running the machine at the rate Of twenty
miles an hour.
Il am glad to get a gentleman Of dis
tinotion in court 80 that / may talk plainly
70 him about the evil Of automobile speed
ing, said Magistrate Crane 20 Mr. Selig-
member Of the Committee Of Miner"
No that is my cousin replied the
banker.
Well. want TO say that a great many
persons who ride In automobiles seem
70 think they own the streets and that no
person on foot has any rights whatever
70 step OF the sidewalk II person hap
pens to be crossing a street or avenue one
OF those machines comes along at a high
rate OF speed, gives a toot Of the horn and
keeps right on.
agree with you Judge, and have
talked over the mater with Magistrate
Cornell, said Mr.. Selgman-
We have had ia O lses here to-day and /
have disposed Of all Of them in about two
hours, went on the Magistrate. Il want
you 10 see the kind Of work we Magis-
trates have 20 do and despite that we are
criticised"
You are all right. Judge. have no
criticism 70 make and want to assure you
that you Magistrates are not criticised
Planes pleaded not guilty.
You don't mean 10 say you are not
guilty for you are guilty, interrupted
his employer Mr.. Selignan caused the
formal plea 10 be changed to guilty, and
gave the 500 bail for him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
Sled by WIFE, TRIES SUICIDE.
Joseph MeArsOn'S Daughter Saw Him
Hacking az Hts Throat.

Suteh meHreOnN Daugnter nav rim
Hacking AZ Hts throat.
Dependent. IL IL said. because his wife's
suit for separation is on the calendar in the
supreme Court to-day. Joseph Mearson,
81 years old and the father Of seven children,
tried TO kill himself yesterday by slashing
his throat with a razor in his home at Al
West 18th street. Mrs. Mearson lives
there too but husband and wife have not
spoken In some time.
Their oldest son, Joseph, Jr., shaved him
self yesterday and when he finished laid
the razor on a table. I he father picked
up the razor and went 20 the bathroom.
Ethel, his FIVE year-ol daughter, discoy-
cred him in the bathroom a few minutes
later hacking at his throat with a raEor.
She ran 20 her mother. crying:
Papa Is bleeding
Mrs. Mearson called her children and
they all went TO the bathroom. Mearson
had several gashes in his neck and was
trying 10 make others. The eldest son
ran from the house and returned quickly
with Policeman Wilson Of the West i2sth
Mearson had been disarmed by then aud
Wilson called an ambulance from the j.
Hood Wright Hospital. Mearson was
taken there a prisoner He will recover
Mearson was formerly In the dry goods
business in Harlem and owns the house In
which he and his family live. Mrs. Near
son wouldn't discuss her separation suit
last night, but she "a Vi the suit undoubtedly
vas the reason WHY her husband had made
The attempt on his life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
roo NOISY FOR SOUDS EARS.
Medium Couldn't Hear Spirits While
Material Horne Cars RaatIed.

Medium COuIdn't Hear Rplrits while
Material Horne Cars Ratued.
The spirits didn't respond readily yes
terdAy afternoon at the meeting Of the
First Association Of Spiritualists In the
Tuxedo, at Madison avenue and Fifty
ninth street.
II was the ffty-seVsnth anniversary OF
modern spiritualism, and the hall was
crowded beyond the doors There was
good music and good singing.
There are messages for US IN the music
Of the piano and the voioe Of the singer,
said Mrs. Helen Temple Brigham, one Of
the speakers "Others hope and believe
In q continued existence, but spiritualists
know 1t as a reality
Miss Florence Morse from London trans
mitted some spirit messages TO a number
Of the audience. In two or three casea
abe failed 70 find any one present who
could recognize the spirit a. that Of a de-
parted friend.
The street oars make 90 much noise
outside, said Miss Morse, that Il Il almoSt
impossible for me 20 hear the messages.
II IA exceedingly difficult under these
circumstances 70 catch the vibrations, for
they are interrupted
'Oh, isn't II terriblel' said one old lady,
grown gray in the service why didn't
placer
As a matter Of fact it was 90 noisy that
you could hardly hear the speaker, let
alone the whisperings Of spirits. But
Miss Morse went bravely on.
Right over there at the right by the
window said she, there stands an old
white haired lady. She has gray eyes and
pleasant face. She gives me a name-it
sounds like Mar-Martha. Does the young
man by the window recollect herr"
'H-y-yes, but you have got her name
wrong, replied the amiable young man
by the window.
Here il a dark haired young looking
fellow, and he gives me the name Will
Will Franklin
Does he give any messagel" asked one
OF the audience
He eays tell you he's all right replied
the medium
Doesn't he say anything about some
thing he left undone?' asked the man again.
No replied the medium
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
AUTO LOOP CONUNDRUMS.
Suggested TO T. Hamilton by strange He
hAyiOr Of the Orcus Auto Car

SUGGESTED TO T. Hamilton by strange He
havlOr Of the Circus Auto Car.
HAS Mile. Maurioia de Tiers. the young
Frenchwoman who loops the gap In an
automobile at Madison Square Garden,
an enemy?
is anyone interested in ending the
career Of this handsome and daring aerial
autoist1'
These questions nicely typewriter, we're
put 10 the newspapers yesterday by T.
Hamilton, the civil circus examiner. The
Box was not Informed how many points
the examiner would allow for answering
either question or both. To aid In securing
an answer the Examiner furnished these
data:
/. The auto car has been behaving
strangely, although II was never let out at
3. In the first tesla # landed obliqusly
on the second crescent runway and mar
roWly escaped turning over This untrue
landing caused Il TO knock Od pieOS Of
5. Il never did that In Paris.
4 MonGiSur the engineer oeranser was
greatly puzzled
g. He discovered that a coupie of bolts
In the first runway had fallen out or had
been deliberately removed The bolts
were replaced and The incline was further
fortified with long wooden braces
O., Looking up on Saturday before the
performances. Monsieur the engineer was
astonished 70 see that the braces had dis
appeared. add the lower half Of one OF the
new bolts was gone.
7. A search Tor the wooden braces re-
suited In finding them under the guard
platform, where they had been thrust
bp design or kicked by one Of the attaches
without realizing their importance. They
were replaced In time TO prevent a delay
in opening the doors.
s. Hereafter q daily examination Of the
machine will be made.
With this material in hand Il IL easy 10
see that both questions can be answered
at once, thus: Abraeadabra-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
WILL TRY TO CAPTURE FOLK.
Democratic club Committee win Get After
Him To-day.


Gov. Joseph Folk Of Missouri is expected
10 arrive here to-day. A COMMITTEES from
the Democratic Club, headed by eI-Mayor
Van Wyck is 20 see him and try TO prevail
upon him 10 attend H. Jefferson dinner
II IA said that the club already has assur-
ances that Gov. Folk il not going TO the
rival dinner In Chicago. Neither Ia Gov.
johnson Of Minnesota, who has declined
both invitations
Odds that the New York dinner will out
rival the Chicago dinner fave heightened
10 TO at the Democratic Club. According
TO members Of the committee they have
been assured Of the presence Of Richard
Olney, John @. Carlisle and Charles s.
Fairchild. and the committeeman say the
dinner will beat the Chicago dinner m these
respects The political weight OF the speak
ert, the number Of Democrats present and
the number and beauty Of the women In
the boxes. No money "a up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27

WASHINGTON FORECAST ron TO-DAY AND TO -NoEAov.
FOR eastern NsV York, p0rnV doudV 10 day, shop-
era IN sati portion fair tomorrow: fresh variable
uiHdf.
For eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and New
Jersey. fair 70 day and 70 morrow fresh sou,hsriy
winds.
For the District Of Columbia Maryland and
Virginia. fair 10 day and tomorrow. light 70 fresh
sOutherly winds.
For western New York. fair 70 day and WARNER
In west portion increasing oloudiness Tomorrow
with shower 10 The afternoon or night; fresh 10
brisk southeriy winds.
FOr New England. 'hOvsH TO day. fair ,o-mOr-
roW vanabs Winda.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
MRS CHADWICEs LIFE STORY.
shes GoinE TO write a Book, No Matter
Do. How Much II Hurts Others.

CLEvELAND, March 76,-Mrs. Cassie /.
Chadwick lie 10 become an author. She
announced to-day that az soon az the motion
for Der new trial was disposed OF she would
write a book containing the account Of her
life from the time Of her birth 10 the present
time. ... OIL. g..
There viii be things told, no doubt
which will hurt some people. she said,
but IL b time that the public heard my side
Of the story. But j shall tell all.-evety-
thing. | am In receipt Of several very
hattering o1ers for such a work from q
well known publishing house and J will
close the deal tomorrow. The took win
appear just AL write it With no change
whatever .. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
RED SHADE MATTED TRAINS.
Farmers New Parior Lamp Upset Schedules
.. on Lake shore H.H

.sARDUsKY, Ohio, March 26.-Jacob Hell
riegel a farmer, living east Of the city
along a curve Of the Lake Shore Railroad.
recently purchased a paTlor lamp " ith a
red shade. II was placed IN a window IN
such way that il gave danger signal
90 Lake Shore trains, which slowed down
when the engineers saw a.
Railroad agents went 10 the man and
paid him a good price for the red shade
giving Ism one Of lighter hue and got an
agreement from him not 10 use q rcd lamp
shade 70 his house again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
70 NOmIna,e ~ Aaderman b. FelItIon.

A new political organization known ss
the Chelsea Independent Association has
been started In the Seventh and Ninth
districts on the lower West Side with Fred-
King as secretary. II u declared that the
organization " strictly non-partiaan and
intends 10 nominate an Alderman by pet
ton. TsmmAny men In the district have
a suspicion that the Republicans and Will
liam Halpin are behind the movement. bat
this Is denied by the promoters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
Man and Woman DEAD ToEether.

George Z. Rdmunds. q printer IS Year,
old, was found dead In his, room In the fur
nished room house a. 81 Third avenue.
yesterday morning with q woman Who-e
body hHs not yet been Identified. Gas
was the cause q death. =
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-03
BURTON TO GO UP.
viii Probably Be Head of New APP
preparations COMMITTEES,

Washington, Jan. 81 Never before
in all the time he has been chairman
of the committee on rivers and harbors
has Representative Burton held out so
strongly against unworthy projects for
waterway improvements as he has done
this session. Burton has. from the
first, fought projects which had no
merit, but he has heretofore been COM
PEELED to consent to the incorporation
in river and harbor bills of many items
which he did not personally approve.
This year, however, he has been
firmer, and has carried his point. He
has succeeded in keeping out of the
river and harbor bill every item that
was of "log rolling" nature. He con-
sented to no appropriations except for
projects that have been indorsed by the
war department.
There appears to be method in Mr.
Burton's course. When the next con-
gress organizes, Speaker Cannon will
have to select chairman for the com.
mittee on appropriations. This chair,
man ought to be a man of discrimina.
ton, man of force and man of high
est integrity. He must be the "watch.
dog of the treasury" He must be a
man who can dominate his committee
and hold out against all appropriations
which are not necessary. He must be
able to withstand the personal appeals
of members.
There is not single member of that
committee today competent to become
its chairman. And from the speaker
viewpoint, there is not member in
the house better equipped for thai
place than Mr.. Burton. Perhaps the
chairman of the river and harbor com.
mittee had the future in view when be
took the radical course he did in die.
tating the terms of the present rivel
and harbor bill. j..