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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
NEGRO KILLS PANAMAN POLICEMAN.

Colon. March s.-An American negro. named John
Wells, from South Carolina. on being refused adj
mlttance TO a dance last night. killed policeman
and wounded two other persons. The murderer
was arrested and probably will be sentenced TO a
term OF imprisonment in Chiriqui jail there is
no capital punishment in Panama
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
RECORD OF TEMPERATURE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your averages Of Thermometer records seem
to this reader very much at variance with what
must have been the records Of any Of the towns or
the country twenty miles out OF the city. notice
difference OF from TO 10 degrees almost all the
time 1t appears to the heart OF the city is an
unfair average for such records. notice record
for II D. m Wednesday night of p degrees above,
whereas at my home the Thermometer then stood
at p and quotations were low as 10 In course OF
the night 49, fEADhR-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

Musical note in 1.-THE Hutchinson News: Her
name is now Mile Elvana. but she Is the same lady
with the skyscraper voice who used TO tour Kan
Ellen Beach Yaw.'
Nothing Doing.-"This cable report says that
months"
We'll it's been longer than that since they've
earned anything. "-(Cleveand Leader.
The duty of deciding whether the late Sheriff
Thomas. OF Edinburgh. Scotland was a hunorist
or lunatic was the difficult task imposed on
Lord Justice Clark and jury in tie Court OF ses-
sions recently The Sheriff left an estate of 100000
and his will is contested the ground that he
was weakminded end unduly under the control of
his valet Andrew Melrose. He had mirror on
the top of his bed so that he could see himself
whom sleeping a statement by counsel that occa-
stoned much laughter. He planted three pieces OF
sweet william in his garden and told three maid
servants these would take the place OF swoetheart
10 them. He possessed laughing waistcoat and
also Irritation wastcoat. He carried about with
him a quantity of camphor which no described "a
an antidote against matrimonial Infection He had
the idea that women's hearts got cracked and AL
ways carried small rolls of gutta percha for the
purpose OF mending them. The most practical idea
underlying these whims seems 10 have been the
laughing waistcoat," n garment built with elastic
sides that expanded easily when he was bursting
with laughter"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. MARCH TO- 1905.

beams and frames shall be OF steel or IRON, winch
would be {. valuable safeguard; but 1t apphes 10
the craft owned in this city alone. Assembly
man Prentice's bill to increase the hu'iOoi %
life preservers TO be carried by steamships UPON
the waters of this State. which also met tii' ap
prevail of the committee. seems to be reasohaDie
and proper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
IRVING'S FAREWELL TOUR.
Will Visit Principal Cities Under Charles
Frohmans Management.

London, March a-Sir Henry Irving has signed
contract for farewell tour. under the manage
nent of Charles Frohman He will probably open
in Nevy-York between October 10 and October Is,
and will make tour. lasting twenty weeks. OF all
the principal cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

Judge Bowling has decided that the Board of
Aldermen exceeded it's powers In declaring the
carrying Of pistols without a permit a mis-
demeanor. and has ordered the release of MI
chael Nlgiiano His punishment was not, ex-
cept from the point OF view of it's legality, too
severe ana 1t might be well to apply to the
legislature Tor an adequate treatment of such
cases.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
Al bout People and |ocial Incidents.

Washington for short visit. have xone South
TO spend the early spring at Aiken. s q Tbev
were accompanied BY their house guests Lord and
Lady Gordon Lenox and Miss Ivy Gordon Lenox.
their daughter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
CONTRACT LABOR FOR IsTHMus.

Panama. March 9-Three hundred and eighty
..tiiht West Indian contract laborers arrived hsra
AA.As week % work on tho canal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

Commissioner McAdoo reports that his street
traffic regulations have greatly reduced the for
mer percentage of street accidents. Let us hope
that the mounted policeman a regulator has
70 staX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

The legislature cannot afford to diminish inc
glory of Niagara Falls by inconsiderate GRAMS
to men whose object it is to make all tiie iioie'
80 Of the tremendous possibilities Of
the cataract.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

Two or the bills which were introduced In the
state Legislature to bring about desired results
following the sloeum case have been reported to
the Senate One provides that stanchions. deck
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
PRACTICE AND PREcEPT.


Upon an urn of beaten lead
This lengthy epitaph l read:
Here lies Lysander Crime:
The rules Of diet he despised.
He never bathed or exercised
In fact he hadn't time.
His simple breakfast did consist
OF coffee and a 'doughnut twist
Which hastily he swallowed
Ills luncheon IL was simpler yer
Straight Wpiskey and a cigarette,
And then more coffee followed
when summer heat began to rage.
He took vacations la Sage
BY working harder still;
And when he felt a pain within
He tippled patent medicine,
with now and then Pill.
I'm winter time he Stunned the air
And took the subway everywhere,
For fear that he might freeze
His offices from draughts secure
Maintained an even temperature
OF ninety-hve degrees.
'SThe thing that killed Lysander Crime
Was lack OF proper means ana time
To follow mere 'hy-jeen.
He worked himself to death, poor man.
Editing lectures-for he ran
A Health Food Magazine rec.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
Life.

The crown forests of Russia comprise 100000
acres belonging to the Gar and soscooUo rarmeo
by the national exchequer The Car employs z''UVo
wood notice who cut 100000 tons year, chiefly
for firewood
The wandering dog has no time to stop to obey
the biblical Injunction and pray for those VINO de-
spItefuIly use understandable Journal
Iowa school boards hold that women become
Cranky after thirty years Of AS result or
their view on this subject is found that Hawkeye
schoolma'ams now are rarely older than the
..orankv'r age and of course a schoolteacher ia
only as old as she says she Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
INDIA PLAGUE STRICKEN.
Thirty-four Thousand Deaths Last
Week-Speads to Burmah.

Calcutta, March s-Ths Deaths from the plague
last week numbered $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
THE UNREAD AUTHOR

The publics stupid. Grass and dense,
The public tastes perverted quite;
It hasn't got a lick of sense,
1t doesn't know thing that's brsht-
It's eyes it closes to the light,
It's awful hard TO educate;
The best of things it's bound to slight,
My works it can't appreciate.
! feel myself above it. hence
look down from my lofty height
And smile to see what prominence
Is given to the tame and trite-
The balderdash that others write
The works that it considers great
While 1t ignores my muses. flight,
Ny works it can't appreciate.
My candor seems to give offence:
cannot say that white is white.
When I expose a thin pretence.
When l the base pretenders snite,
When for the true In art I fight,
The publics mind to elevate.
My efforts it is bound to blight
My works It can't appreciate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

I ought to be its sole delight.
But, such is my unhappy fate,
1t will not read me. out Of spite.
My works it can't appreciate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

Rawiins Cottenet and II. B. Duryea leave hero
tomorrow for a rip Aiken. S. c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10

Lady Maitland has left town for Washington. D.
c.. where she is staying at ths New Willard.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29

ed a few days before my visit as he
was in crops though he said lis
wheat was good for q 20 bushel
yield and his flax for Is. He has
a good farm and q cozy home.
John Teinyer has accumulated
enough to retire, end has rented
his farm which consists Of 800
acres, for three years and will
spend q part at least Of the time
travelling. He threshed 5000
bushels Of wheat which averaged
II bushels, and his oats which he
was threshing when ] was at the
farm was yielding about 50 bush
els. Mr.. Teimyer has a number
Of granaries on drags which he
moves about on the fields and runs
the grain directly from the ma
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29

among other conn onwealth b. grant
ed 1000 acres of public land for
erecting public buildings at
Bismarck the seat Of government
of this state. Less than one
fourth Of the government grant
has been disposed Of. "A consef-
vative estimate places the value 81
the remainderof the grant at $780,
900. The declared purpose Of the
Legislature is that the cost Of the
new building shall come within
the sum that shall be realized from
the sale Of the lands. The com
mission created under the law il il
therefore restricted absolutely & to
the moneys which can be derived
from the sale of the lands. ia.
Now ii is not beyond the bounds
of truth to say that very few, iii
any, Of the capitol buildings Of
the several states Of this Union
have been completed within con
tract prices. This is true as to al
most all state public buildings,
and many private buildingsas well.
We Of North Dakota have some
awkward reminders Of this indis-
putable fact.
tits no reflection upon archi-
tects and contractors anywhere to
say that they seldom succeed in
finishing their work below the face
of the original contract. lie the
contractor is respo nsible, the ex-
cess, if any, comes out Of his prof
its;s if he is not, it must be-. borne
by the owner Of the building, ard
not infreq uently by those who fur
nished the materials for it. fin the
case 81 public bull ings the bur.
den too often falls upon the tax.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
CAPITOL COMMISSION
ANSWERS CRITICISM

BEFORE adiiourninp the Board az
CAPITOL Comm siioners On the 9th
\ H cave ,sl out officially the FOLLOWING
I statement outlining the policy and
4 ~ purposes of the commission
liz Is reasonable to assam that
/ the legiisl ature that enacted \ tia
I u capitol comn,iiesii "a law fullv real
/ iized. not only III reasypronsibillitv y
sSthe people and The, 4 state but a
well and at tie same time tha IN NJ,
h adeo uacy sc the present capitol
building and The lack &c facilities
4 ~ or protecting tie rapidly acclumu.
slating state records, and i ! the state
/ III securities. No doubt it took 81.
B Z, account the fact that. North IA.
kota has .3assea hevon9l tbe, Y,,.,,rr;;ndd
~
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
chine into them thus saving the
cost Of one handling.

SONSo - EoAAS A1SAkkSAA444fSs (
The home Of E D. Manrer
struck me as one of the NEST at
tractiya i have seen, robably be-
cause the surroundings were TO.
me ideal. The house is q. Gne.
one, and is enclosed by g. tasty
fence, with q wide avenue extend
ing from the highway to the front
and bordered with groves, making
q truly poetic scene. Mr.. Maurer
is a pioneer in this country, COM
ing in 1883, and for several years
he hauled his grain to Devils Lake
by OK team. Until about seven
ye ars ago he and his brothers.
farms were the frontier ones no
Continued on 4th page.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29

Continued on 4th page.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
MOB STONES AUTOISTS
RESCUED By POLICE.
East Side Boy Hvho H1as Curious
Slightly Hurt.

Frank 4. Burrelle. of No. II West 19th-st. had
trouble with angry East Side mob last night
when, in his big touring automobile, he knocked
down and severely injured eight-ycar old Abra-
ham Sircus. of No. 149 Orchard-st at Orchard
and Delaney streets.
Mr. Burrelle, with party of friends, including
Charles Hemstreet. Mrs. Hemstreet and Mrs.
Burreile were returning home from Coney
Island. At Delaney and Orchard streets the
automobile was stopped while Mrs. Hemstreet
and Mrs Burrelle talked to several East Side
mothers and made inquiry as TO how they lived.
While thus engaged Abraham undertook to see
what effect =. wagon spoke which he carried
would have if inserted between the spokes Of the
big autos artillery wheels. Mrs SircUs several
times warned "Abey" away
Suddenly the machine was started. the wheels
Whrred around, and 'Abey" described several
son1ersaUlts before falling the fender of the
machine. The boy lay if dead. The women
began To cry that he had been killed. an i'm
mense crowd gathered and missiles were hurled
into the machine. which was unable TO proceed
'aSififs5t crushing men. wa1gen ind children
A policeman called for aid, and several pa
trolmen ran Up 10 the rescue They had to club
the mob back Mr.. RurreIle explained as best
little "Abey." who by this time had been re-
stored 10 consciousness. admitted that ne had
poked the stick between the wheels Just to see
what would happen.
The police permitted MI. Burrellc and his
party to go
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
TRIED TO BLOW Up BOAT.
Negro Caught Tam pering lcith Boil
Crs-f0O Negroes IN Danger.

Baltimore. Aug. 3.-Bernard Scctt. colored. is
held by the police on the charge of having at
tem9ted To cause the explosion OF the boiler of
the Jane Moseley. an excursion steamer plying
between this city and points on the river and
bay.
The Moseley had on board to-day between
four hundred and five hundred persons. most
OF them negroes when the engineer Robert H.
Jones, discovered Scott ia the act of removing
a portion of the machinery. According to the
engineer the removal OF one more screw would
have caused the boilers 10 explode, and a horri-
Bile catastrophe would almost certainly have fol-
lowed. When those board learned of Scott's
attempt he was with difficulty saved from viO-
lence at their hands
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
BLINDED BY LIGHTNING.
MRS. ". +. COCHRAN VICTIn
Vel KnO1cn YonkerS Philonthro pist
Has Sitting Near Uindo1r.

Mrs William ?. Cochran. widow Of the carpet
manufacturer, of Yonkers. was recently blinded
by flash of lightning at her summer home in
Sorrento, Me, and is now under the care of
specialists, according to a report in Yonkers
yesterday.
Mrs. Cochran, according to the report, was
seated near window in a storm, and a binding
flash Of lightning struck near at hand The
fash was so intense that she was unable TO see
anything after it. Later the sight Of one eye
was restored, but 1t was found that the optic
nerve and some of the blood vessels in the other
eye we're ruptured and the sight completely
gone
Mrs. Cochran is one oS the best known women
in fonkers on account of her various charities
and benefactions. During the lifetime of her
husband they together gave many hundreds of
thousands of dollars to various persons and in
stitutions. The present ST. Johns Hospital
building there was erected on ground purchased
by them. endowed with permanent income and
presented 10 the trustees The Hollywood Inn
clubhouse one of the best equipped Clubhouses
IN TINS country. Was erected and presented To-
the work1ngEa t4ssfs Ioslhers for rhefr use st
Johns Church received a large endowment from
and thousands of dollars for other improve
ments- Recently Mrs. Cochran gave TO the trus-
tees of St John Church Cemetery $4,000 TO
be spent III improving the grounds and graves
St Andrews Episcopal Church and Dayspring
Presbyterian Church have also been objects Of
her generosity.
Mrs. Cochran is the daughter of Alexander
Smith. who founded the Smith Carpet Works
Her winter home is at Yonkers, next TO Grey
stone, the estate of Samuel T. Untermyer
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
BURGLARS BUSY NIGHT
They Enter SeUen Houses Terrier
Chascs Them from Meal.

Two professional burglars, thought TO be in
lea que with servant girl recently discharged
10y family living in Elinor Place. Yonkers
committed a large number of burglaries in
Elnor Place and Bruce-aye,. that city. after
midnight yesterday morning. Stepladders were
pressed into service to aid the thieves in enter
ing two houses.
AT the home of Dr. D. II. Goodville a spry
fox terrier named Teddy interrupted the burg
lars while they We're eating. and forced them to
bea- hasty retreat Altogether seven houses
entered as follows: L. g. Jacobson, Mrs
Emma Weinberger. Bernard Hofeld. Mrs. Bon
ner and ! r. Frankenthal, Nos. a. %, %, 81
and 81 EIinOr Place, respectively Dr. D. H.
GOodville. No i'll Bruce-ave.. ana Mrs. Clag-
gett. No. III Bruce-ave. Siverware. jewelry
and money TO the value Of several hundred dol
lars We're taken
At the Hofed house. after nearly cleaning out
the larder the thieves on going away wrote on
a slip of paper: Why didn't you leave some
money!" They placed the piece Of paper in a
pocket Of Mr.. Hofeld's coat where II was found
his morning
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
FOUR DROWNED At PICNIC
Boy Sinks 4iding Sisters-Crozcd
Patches, Helpless.
LEr rE1EeRArH TO 1HE 1R1RrNE.

Haddonfed, y. J.. Aug. 3.-Tvo boys and
two girls negroes we're drowned in Grenloch
Lake near here, this afternoon Some body
rocked the boat The dead are Helen Calls.
twelve years old; Leon Richardson, nineteen
years old: rold Richardson. fourteen years
old; Bessie Richardson, sister Of Leon and Har-
old. AL lived in FHafdpnfiel5 Tue tssisss fstehs
ardsons We're orphans.
Brown, all of Westmont, who were in the cap
sized boat, were rescued.
Leon Richardson lost his life trying to rescue
his sister Bessie. He was not in the capsfzed
boat, but was rowing near by in another boat
When he say the party Of six from the
turned boat 1oundering in the water he dived
overheard and swan to the rescue. Selling his
sister. he tried TO get back TO his boat, but the
girl frantic with terror. seized him by the
throat in a death grasp. Leon struggled 10 re-
lease her hold. but both finally sank exhausted
and were drowned
Coroner Kirk found the four bodies lying OF
the bank of the lake. and had them removed to
the Camden County Morgu@
The party went to Grerloci Lake with
crusion. numbering several hundred. members
of Baptist and Methodist churches from towns
in Camden County
The III fated party started 10 row around the
lake The girls began to splash water on one
another. Then some one began rocking the boat
When the boat overturned and the victims
called for help other boating parties paid no
attention until ii was too late
Many OF the spectators said had they known
those in the boat would drown when the boat
capsiZed they could have rescued them. The
party had made much noise and the girls
had called for help often one paid any at
tpntiOp o their call for assistance.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
NEGRO SHOOTS SIX.
T5co Dead, -Four Seriously W0anded,
His Record Before Death.

Little Rock. Ark, Aug. 3.-A special to The
Gazette from Lewisvillc Ark. says
After killing two persons. seriously and proba-
blv fatally shooting two others one a woman.
and less seriously W shooting two more Isaac Kin
ney a desperate negro. killed in a river
bottom al Doella, six miles south of Lewisvilie.
at noon to-day, after hot fight with posse OF
citizens that had surrounded MIN.
His record for twenty-four hours is: YeSter-
dav morning he killed negro at Stamps: in
the afternoon killed Z. r. Ferguson. claim
2 gent OF the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
member of a posse. three miles from Stamps
early this morning seriously shot Mrs Stewart
of Greensburg. Tex and her husband at noon
to-day he shot Alvi Barham through tho neck
and shot {. F. Nash, severing finger
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
S4TED BY C4R FENDER
Mounted Policeman TkrOsCn IN Front
of Trolley.

Euclid, a splendid Kentucky bay, one Of the
youngest equine members of the police force.
threw his rider, John Fruehtgenicht, in front OF
a West Farms trolley car at Westchester and
Union-aves. yesterday afternoon in such man
ner that the policeman narrowly escaped with
his life.
Taking fright at approa ching trolley car or
the eastbound track the spirited animal reared
Fruchtgeufcht was unsaated and tossed directly
in the path of a on the other track Inc
fender caught him. almost he struck the pave
ment. and tossed him 10 one side out OF rearh
Of the wheels. His spine was injured. his head
cut and his entire body bruised. he was taken
Fordham Hospital Euclid pranced about out
did not attempt TO run away. He hsd peel on
mounted patrol only week. since his arrival
from the Blue Grass country.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
Y4QUIS SEEK PEACE.
Want to Stop Fighting Mcucans
and Become Farmers.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE 7RtRrxrl

Fl Paso. Tex. Aug 3.-After warning against
the Mexican government for ten years tho Yaquf
Indians in Sonora have decided to sue for peace
and an armistice has been called until the chiefs
can meet at Ure3 with representatives of the
Mexican government. The Yaquis realizing that
continuation of the means their extermna-
ton, have decided that they will accept a res
ervation from the government in some well
watered valley and cease their depredations il
allowed to settle and become farmers. The in
formation is that they will not even demand the
restoratioH of their Yaqui Valley lands, but
would be willing TO go To another State. The
Yaqui guerilla war has cost many lives and
Mexican bandits have also taken advantage of
the trouble to commit murders and depreda-
torrs. greatly retarding the development Of
Sonora.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
ARREST WRECKS STATION
alleged PickpocLtets and Their
Wires Pit Up STIFF Fight.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Middletown, \. Y. Aug. ;.-After desperate
resistance in which they were ably assisted by
their wives Thomas Wilson and George Green,
of New-York City. were arrested last night in the
New-York, Ontario and Western Railroad sta
ton at Centrevine Sullivan County, charged
with picking pockets
Wilson and Green made daily trips on the on
tario and Western trains. Grant Wilson, rail
road detective the two men rob a passen-
ger. The pickpockets got off the train at
CentreViIle and met their wives in the waiting
room with the assistance of local policeman
Wilson attempted to arrest them. After des-
perate fight, i'm which the windows and seats IN
the depot were smashed. they were subdued. At
a hearing to-day at South Falsburg many wit
neSses appeared against the men. The two
women were arrested and released on 500 bail
each. TIE hearing was adjourned until Monday
New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
FAMILY SEES SOUNDS.
Baltimore Clergyman Senses Color
for Each Letter.
lRv rELEGRArH TO rue TRInU,,E. ]

Baltimore. Aug An unusual case of sound
seeing" Is reported by Or. Henry Lee Smith
clinical assistant of the outdoor department CT
Johns Hopkins University. who has found in this
city clergyman who with his family of three
daughters and two sons have The peculiar fac
ulty Of associating all sounds with coor.
DR. Smith In his report says:
The clergyman. aged forty-Cine years ~ a
man of high attachments He states nat since
his early childhood he has associated the sound
of each letter OF the alpha bet with "a definite
color value. The letters +. J. X. u and y are 2
reddish brown: o and & are snow white; \. d.
@. y, :. . and have the appearance Of glycer-
inc. The remaining letters are Of a DUH lead
color shading down to- black. When a little boy
he was laughed at by his older brothers and sis
tsrs because he anXiously asked them Why q
certain bay horse had the white name OF Char
lie?