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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
NOBDUE AND BRASSPORBRAUN
PRESIDENT ROOSEvELT'S FRIEND
CHUCKS UP HIS JOB.

Story 10 That He was Required 70 wear
. Uniform On Ellis Island ana Appealed
In vain from the Decree TO the Higher
sensibilities Of the Higher, Powers.
A dreadful report current last night In
Little Hungary that Marcus Braun had
flung his commission In the face Of the
United States rather than wear . blue
! uniform and brass buttons on K1lh Island
was partly confirmed by Marcus himself.
He has resigned, summarily. Why, he
won't tell.
Marcus Is President Roosevelt's friend
who had him to dinner on Valentines day
at tho Little Hungary cafe In Houston street,
and great was the noise thereof. There
after Marcus went to Austria a. special
commissioner to inquire into the reported
encouragement Of tho emigration Of I'M
desirable persona bound for these shores.
At Budapest he really had TO knock down
an Austrian spy who was opening the official
dispatches that came to him from Wash
ington, and he just missed becoming an
international complication.
When he got back he was detailed to
the Board Of Special Inquiry at Ellis Island.
The members OF this board wear blue uni
tAoTmS Win GRASS OOCtOn0 anu DAuo C9pO
lettered U. 8. ]. s. Commissioner Watchorn
insisted that Marcus should thus clothe
himself Marcus appealed to the super
visor-general, F. p. Sargent. Mr.. Sargent
sustained Mr.. Watchorn.
The dreadful part of the story was that
Mr.. Braun posted to Oyster Bay to appeal to
the court OF last resort, and that he failed
to see the President. Whereupon, saith
the report, Marcus sat down yesterday and
wrote his resignation from the service.
Mr.. Braun said last night that he had not
been to Oyster Bay at all.
II handed In my resignation at the close
Of business to-day. he said, with request
that 1t be acted on Immediately will not
tell my reasons but my decision IL final.
Tho text Of Mr.. Braun's remuneration Ct
the blue and brass w.
Robert Wdtchorn. Commissioner Of Iwmi-
grafton:
.SIR:-I hereby tender my resignation TO
take effect at once.
MARCUS BRAUN
Marcus Braun has kept Hungarian voters
pretty we'll in line for the Republican
tickets. He has been president Of the
Hungarian Republican Club for . good
while, and an oil painting Of him decorates
the wall OF the front parlor. along with
dne painting Of the President
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
DOUBTS THAT FALL KILLED HIM.
Mrs. Hurst wants Husbands Death Looked
Into and Complains Of Hospital.

Howard H. Hurst, ~ years old, an cleo
trician, Of II Snyder avenue, Fatbush died
yesterday morning In the Bushwick Hos
pitai. His wife thinks the circumstances
call for investigation.
Mr.. Hurst WAS taken In q coach on Wednes-
day night last to the hospital from the
Farragut Cafe, Flatbush avenue and Avenue
F, suffering from injuries received. 1t was
reported, by falling from q chair in the
saloon. Mrs Hurst Gays that her husband
was kept at the hospital for twenty-four
hours before she received any notification
Of his whereabouts, and that when she went
to the hospital che was not allowed to see
him. His death, she was told resulted from
a sudden attack Of pneumonia.
Mrs. Hurst says that her husband had
an ugly black eye ard she slspects that It
was not caused by the alleged fall A week
or 40 before his removal to the hospital
Hurst was involved in dispute In the cafe
over the ownership Of some money he picked
I'D from the floor He said he had dropped
the money but another man said that 1t
belonged to him and had Hurst arrested.
When the case was called In the Flatbush
court on Monday the complainant against
Hurst did not appear and the charge was
diamiseed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
TWO DEAD on A PILOT.
Weston and HIS Son. the Latter New York
Man, Killed by q Train,

CHARLorrE, w., Aug. SIS. F. Weston Of
this town and his son, Leslie Weston. q
resident Of New York, wore struck and in
stantly killed by . train en- the Rutland
Railroad near here this afternoon. Mr..
Weston and his son wore driving and the
horse bolted In front Of train. Ths loco
Ro s~ :1 1 ,s The n sas hu5 Tin i and
were caught on the pilot and their heads
crushed. The train did not stop until the
station was reached and the bodies were
carried With Il. The elder Weston was IS
YEAR, old. His son had been resident Of
New York for several yeass and was hons
O. his vacation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
CAN'T BE BURIED WITH WIFE.
Patrick H. Mc(aee Too Large for the Fam.
lily Grave.

Patrick Fl. McGee TOO Largo Tor the Fam.
lily Grave.
Owing to his size, Patrick H. MCGEE.
a boss painter who died on Monday at his
home, 1877 Warren street, Brooklyn, cannot
be buried in his wife's grave at Holy Cross
Cemetery. Flatbush.
When his son, James I. MCGEE. found
that the limit of interments in the grave
had been reached he purchased the un-
sold grave adjoining, but discovered that
II was only two feet wide, while the coffin
enclosing his fathers remains required q
four foot grave.
The son then purchased a large plot in
st. Johns Catholic Cemetery in Queens
county for the interment and will probably
have his mothers remains transferred to
It from Holy Cross Cemetery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
The weather.

An area Of low pressure central over northern
Minnesota and another in the Gulf States have
held In check the high pressure area from the
northwest which was causing cooler weather In
the central valleys on Monday.
II was cooler yesterday In the Ohio and Tennes-
sec valleys. the Gulf States and Oklahoma Tern.
tory and warmer at most points in the upper
M,ss,ss!ppi and M,ssouS valleys and the middle
Rocky Mountain district.
In this city the day was showery and warmer
wind, light southeast; average hurnidty. 70 pei
cent; barometer. corrected 10 read 10 sea level
At a A. NJ, 1850: 3 P. M, So.0i
Tne tcu,pefsturs yesterday, ay recorded BY the
oncisI theFrno meter Is In the annexed table,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Highest temperature. 40. At II A. N

Highest Temperature. NJ " II n ).
WARRINGTON FORECAST ron TO DAT AND TO MORROW
For eastern Nsu York, pdriy cloudy to day and
10 morrow: shopsrs tomorrow oHerHoo" or nish;
loh. 10 fresh south u'nds
For eastern Pennsylvania, partly cloudy today
and tomorrow; shower tomorrow afternoon
Or night In north and west portions; light south
10 southwest wtnds. -"
For New England. partly cloudy today end
70 morrow showen 70 morrow Afternoon or night
IN south norton: uxht 10 fresh south 20 southwest
winds.
FOR Nov jersey. partly cloudy today and 70;
morrow; shower tomorrow afternoon o. AlSht
N nertA portion; light sc1tA vinAA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
A NOAH'S VERY BUSY DAYS.
Hurries to Finish His ARK, for To-day the
Waters VIII Overwhelm.

HOOD RIVER. Ore, Aug. s.-High up on
the White Salmon Bluffs, q short distance
across the Columbia from hero, where
he considers himself and his flock safe
from the disaster that Is about to come, q
roaming evangelist is hurridely gathering
timber and constructing rude ark, which
be intends to launch on the great sea OF
waters which Is to ovefwhelm the Hood
River valley and adjacent country.
The evangelist, who has been in the lime
Light In this section for some time. styles
himself the Second Daniel Only one
more day remains until the cataclysm he
predicts is to occur. His prophecy 10 to be
fulfilled between July 81 and Aug. 10, and
the time is near at hand. His disciples.
half dozen in number, are moro and more
excited as the last day approaches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09

OYSTER BAY, Aug. s.-Rumors came
floating here to-day that rart Of Secretary
Shaw's mission to Oyster Bay yesterday
was to Put his resignation in the hands OF
President Roosevelt, to take effect soon.
It was authoritatively denied here that
Mr.. Shaw's resignation was even 80 much
as tou ohed upon In the conference between
tho President and the Secretary OF the
Treasury. Nor was the resignation dis
cussed with ANYBODY else.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
CANNIBALs HOLD ORGY.
German Col onists and Negroes Slain an
Eaten In Congo Free state.

Special Gable Dispatch to THE SUN
ANTWERP, Aug. s.-Passengers from the
Congo Free State who arrived by steam
ship to-day say that report Is current IN
the colony that tribe Of eannibals. known
a. Mems have killed and eaten 2,oc0 negroes
and German colonists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
CASTRO WINS ASPHALT CASE.

venezuela's Highest Court Annuls Con.
cession-Action Brings Crisis Near.
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-By a decision
rendered yesterday by the Federal Court
Of Cessation Of Venezuela, that country's
highest tribunal. annulling the concession
of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt
Company the difficulties between venez-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Auts, but Spared the Child.

Brexe His Auto, but Spared the Child.
STANFORD, Conn.,, Aug. s.-Dr. E. E.
Rowell had the choice Of running down .
three-year-old girl hero last night or Of
turning his automobile into . team Of horses
hitchsd by the roadside. He turned into
the horsee. knocked chem down, broke the
hood OF his machine. bent tbs AKA. and
v.s thrown out, but >hs OH was saved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
GIRLS FOOL WITH ELEVATOR.
Ono Starts II: Another Tries to Board II
and 10 Killed.

SCRANTON. Pa, Aug. s.-Mary Rogers.
aged 10, was killed tonight on the Board
Of Trade elevator. With a companion,
Melissa Bryant. she was taken to the base
mont by the elevator boy Tho Bryant
girl remained on tho elevator and started
II upward. The Rogers girl tried to spring
on 1t while the car was In motion. Her
bead caught between the door and the oar
and her neck WAS broken.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09

-" iOol leN IN, OUT tne lower $1,000. Ho
streams shot into it's windows below the
oelfry had done their work we'll, and they
showed no more fame, but there was FIRE
N the belfry, plain TO be seen, eating away
a. the timbers supporting the chimes:
Then the bells. which had rung now and
again under the play Of the water tower.
Yielded to the fire. and down they came
ne flames burned on In the belfry, and
Iroker knew that he must be rid OF them
70 make the tower safe.
Go up there" he yelled to Ladderman
s .Ss, F. F Mooney Of = Truck. 'and chop out
The watchers shivered az Mooney ran
up the extension ladder, and shivered again
when they saw that it fell fifteen feet short
OF the point at which he aimed. But the
scaling ladder that Mooney carried was
Just long enough to bridge the space. Ee
Hmmed his hook across the bars Of the
% SeltTy window and scrambled TO his place.
VII WITH one leg inside the tower and the other!
out holding to the framework, he reached
i ,de and cent the dangerous. blazing
omoers whirling down the shaft. There
vas no cheer yet. The crowd was watch.
mg the ladderman as he gingerly returned
20 his scaling ladder and descended: But
when he had regained the extension ladder
and held with both hands and feet at its
SSx;ay,ns top there was cheer. and . good
he had gone but three steps when q
piece of stone. cracked Of by the heat
zen from the belfry and struck him on the
shoulder. Another alderman, a.few rungs
s Se1ow' Sraced htnseh to catch an unoon-
without being beholden TO any one, ignored
: second cheer and said he wasn't hurt
entug, to quit tho Job.
u. While this was going on It looked for .
, Jew minutes a. II DR.. Webb's house, just
nonh Of the church, would 20. Flames
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
CUBA LIBRE"

| The celebration of the third anniversary of
the Cuban Republic Yesterday, served to at
| tract attention to another fine case of unful-
| filled prophecy Not many years ago Cuba
| Libre' a dream, the realization of which
| was scarcely expected in day. Then as
such realization began TO materalize the
| phrase became a theme Of scorn and jest-for
Of course, they said, Cuba cannot maintain an
| independent existence without falling into
worse than Haytian anarchy. When at last
the experiment was actually made men looked
on with good humOred cynicism TO see its
ignominious failure. That was three years ago.
To-day Cuba Libre" has become an established
commonplace.
1t is most gratifying Disappointment of
evil forebodngs always pleasant to record,
but this is particularly so because Of the espe-
claI and peculiar interest Of the United States
in its insular neighbOr. The creation of Cuba
Libre" cost America so much during so many
years in thought and treasure and blood that
we could not without great regret see the ex-
pertinent fail Such failure would. moreover,
entail upon us other responsibilities and bur
dens which would be most unwelcome The
collapse Of reputable self government in Cuba
would necessitate American occupation and
control of the island, and that in turn would
involve other things which are not to be de-
sired. For the sake of the United States as
well as of Cuba, the prosperity and stability
of the insuar government are matters Of desire
and Of rejoicing.
There are probably some unfortunate things
TO be recorded of the three years old republic.
What country has not made mistakes? If we
recall history Alright, the first three years of
our own Republic were not free from errors
Neither were the first three years Of the French
Republic. If we consider how few advantages
the Cubans had enjoyed for learning the most
difficult of all arts, and how many positively
hostile influences have been arrayed against
them since they began to practise it, We can
only wonder that these three years of self-gov-
eminent have contained so few mistakes, and
that so much substantial progress has been
made The record of the past is on the whole
highly creditable to CUBA Libre," and the out.
look for Unreasonable future Of indepen-
dence and prosperity is most suspicious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
THE MAYORS TERN.

| One of the best things that can be said FOR
the bill TO give the Mayor four-year term Is
that the politicians of neither party are quite
sure that they want it, Mayor Mcclellan Is
doing some hard thinking on the SUBJECT anu
putting off a decision as long as possible. ram
many does not like TO contemplate lhe poSsi
hilfty. if it is beaten this fall. of having no
chance to get back for four years. Its oppo-
nents do not like to think that If Mayor NC
CleIIan is reelected Tammany will have SO
long lease of power, with the city helpless IN
its grasp. Those who live by politics are anA-
iOus for frequent casting of the die Onless
they are beforehand assured that they are
going to win a single cast they hesitate 10 agree
that there shall not soon be another tr1al. Inc
people who have no interest in the stake except
to secure the highest possible average OF good
government can more clearly see the adYan
tages Of long term
Four years of Mayor Van Wyck made Mayor
Low possible. while two years might have left
the town Indifferent. Two years of Mayor Low
left the voters without a taste of the rlpened
fruits of his administration. If he had been
allowed four years in which to round out his
work a standard would have been set which
the people would not have willingly lowered
they would have been saved from judgment on
half knowledge. -Four years of bad government
is a great trial, but no bad government really
y
its acts have not worked out so that their char
acter is everywhere recognized. 1t is true that
the longer term gives bad officials freer hand
and a less imminent sense of a day Of reckon
ing but it likewise gives the good official
chance TO develop large projects without fear
Of their being condemned while half under
stood.
An administration in this city may be said
to require four years to grow up and ripen its
fruit. If the crop is bad, of course, the long
season is lost, but the gain of cutting it down
in the middle of the season is only apparent
! 1t takes a whole summer to secure corn crop
| Who would think of digging up poor plants in
| July and putting in new seed in the hope Of
| ripened ears in October? The new seed would
| simply be wasted. Better wait till the next
! season and give the good seed fair start for a
! full summers growth. This continual digging
| up Of half grown administrations prevents the
maturing of any good crop. We might better
endure four years of bad government, when
public virtue intelligence falls so low as to
invite it, and thoroughly learn the lesson Of
civic responsibility than to go on putting men
in and then putting them out at random.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
AT The WHITE HOUSE.
FROM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU


Washington MAY 2O.-PFesident RooseVeH Weh'
for a long automobile ride this afternoon so Tar
as known this is the first time the President mas
ever travelled in one OF tho horseless wagons IN
Washington and his appearance in pennsylvania
ave created a mid sensation. He was accom-
panisd bv Lawrence o. Murray. Assistant SecIe-
tarv of Commerce and Labor. After crossing 10
the Virginia side of the Potomac. the President ana
his comnanion left the automobile and took long
walk over the bluffs along the river
This was busy handshaking day for the Presi-
dent At noon he received $50 delegates to the
PHILADELPHIA and Baltimore conference OF the Afr-
can Methodist Episcopal Church. who are meeting
here and then greeted as many more visitors, who
came under escort of rasr9ad official from New
York Secretary Hitchcock and Major William
Warner the newly elected Senator from Missouri
introduced half dozen members OF the CONNER
cial Club, of Kansas City, who are here to testify
before the Interstate Commerce Committee Of the
Senate.
Commander Seaton Schroeder, chief Of the Naval
Intelligence Bureau, spent half an hour in the
Presidents Office with Secretary Morton. explain
ing the relative strength OF the opposing Russian
and japanese fleets
Mrs Roosevelt and her younger children took a
short trip down the river to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21

session of q license a practical warrant for
multiplying the building law. Having once paid
the tax, the proprietor of the verest rookery
has been able to go on selling liquor at all
hours and under the vilest conditions on the
pretence of running q hotel when he was not
running a hotel which had any lawful existence
In the city of New-York.
The Amber Prentice bill would simply make
If possible on the discovery Of such abuses TO
stop them 1t would make the right of place
to sell liquor as a hotel dependent on its being
n lawful hotel There is nothing unfair or ar
bitrary about that Certainly the State never
intended a tax receipt to serve as license Tor
lawIessness. tax receipt is merely per-
mission to sell liquor in conformity with other
laws and is properly forfeited by disobedience
To law Otherwise the State makes itself an
instrument for the subversiOn Of the citys legal
and proper safeguards for health and protection
against fire. As well say that the payment
of q tax is a guarantee Of a mans right to
sell Uouor for a year unimpeded by arrest for
murder or larceny as that the tax payment
Is n warrant for selling in defiance of the build
ing law and sanitary code. A hotel In New-York
Is the hotel of that code, and nothing else Is and
the only place authorized to sell liquor on Sun
dav and with other privileges by the State is
a hotel The man who does not run legiu-
mate, lawful hotel has no claim TO the hotel
keeper's privileges. and his tax certificate should
he forfeited after rea sonable notice to obey the
requirements of the law, as provided for in the
Amhler hi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
FOR LAWFUL HOyEIS ONLY

The reports published in the last few days
forecaStng unfavOrable Judgment by the
Governor on the Ambler Prentice bill have re-
ceiyed no credence from us Ii is neverthe-
less highly desirable that strong representa-
ton OF the friends of order and public decency
should he made at the hearing on the bill, which
Is announced for next Friday. There is every
reason 10 suppose that Governor Higgins will
take up The bill with favorable inclination
All his natural instincts are on the side Of so
briefly and morality. He promoted the passage
OF the measure by an emergency message. and
when its enemies said that he would not sign
II he Immediately denied that he had given any
sdch animation 10 any one. Nobody Supposes
Tor an instant that the Governor would do any
thing which he thought would interfere wifi,
any proper effort TO extirpate the RaiDes law
hotel iniquites, Ii is likely however that the
dealers Who are conducting improper resorts
VIII get before him impressive arguments TO
show that the measure interferes with vested
property rights and otherwise seeks an end
which he might approve by arbitrary and dan
gerous methods which he cannot afford IN Ar
prove. Against these arguments those who are
impatient Of delay in Kidding the city of these
vile resorts should be their guard and they
should take pains 10 show the fairness OF this
Plan 10 compel hotels TO conform to a reason
able standard
Ihis act eLforees nothing which the spirit and
the fair Interpretation Of the law do not now
require. The Law fOrbids the maintenance in
this city Of a hotel in any building which does
not conform TO certain sanitary and safety reg
ulations- The State levies a certain tax on the
maintenance Of a hotel. Obviously the hotel
keeper in this city should conform 10 both re-
Tiirements, obey the liquor tax law and the
building law. Though his building be perfect,
ne cannot sell liquor without a license The
mere possession Of the license should give him
no warrant TO conduct hotel except as he CON
forms his premises to the building law require
ments Tor a hotel Unfortunately. this perfect
~ simple and reasonable relation OF harmony
between the two laws which insures the EN-
forcelnent Of both has been interfered with by
strained Interpretation which makes the pos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

tFRoM TRIBUNE BUREAU
Washington, May A-Mrs Richard Townsend
will go to Bar Harbor soon her daughter,
Miss Mathilde Townsend, who has been critically
Ill. RECEIVERS sufficiently TO stand the fatigue OF
travel. Mrs. Townsend's sister. Mrs. Strong, Of
Erie Penn, whose illness month delayed
the departure OF Mrs. and Miss Townsend for Lon
don. where they had planned to spend the season,
has arrived in Washington, and will remain with
her sister until Miss Townsend is able to leave the
city.
Mrs. Fairbanks. who is at the family home
of the Vioe-President in Indiana, will return to
Washington June q, on her way to New-York
to see her youngest off for Europe on June "a
Later she will go to New-Haven 10 attend the
graduation exercises Of another son at Yale.
Mrs Richard Butler, Of New-York, who came to
Washington for the winter. returned TO New-York
to-day. She will spend the summer IN the Breton
woods, Maine.
Miss Cannon will join her father, the Speaker,
tomorrow at their home here. She will sail for
Europe next week, to spend the summer in travel
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean have decided to
sail for Europe June go
Mr.. and Mrs. Elkins booked for passage on
the same date.
Colonel and Mrs. Robert I. Fleming have opened
their suburban home Oakview. and are entertain
ing Mrs. ]. L. Loose. OF Chicago who has just re-
turned from Europe