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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
IN ABANDONED NINE 50 HOURS.
PeriIOus Fall Down Disused Shaft In
The Transvaai.
From the London Express.


1t Is doubtful II any of the competitors at
Bsley rife meeting has experienced an ad-
venture more gruesome or perilous than one
that beiell Mr.. Menzies. one Of the members
Of the Transvaal team
As most people know who live or have
lived in or about johannesburg. there is
a disquieting large number of deathtraps
ON the fields" in the shape Of abandoned
mine shafts which have been left without
cover and without being rallied of.
Il was walking from the mine to my home,
said Mr.. Mepzies. in telling the story. about
half past 8 on a dark evening. thought
was keeping to the road. but / must have
turned aside few feet. l was going along
briskly enough. when ! lost my foothold.
felt fearful blow. and then another. had
fallen down a disused shaft. l fell first down
an inclined shaft. seventy feet. as afterward
measured. Then came a second incline,
twenty feet more; then third section, this
time vertical. twenty feet more Finally.
landed a-straddle a couple Of pieces Of
waffle staging. laid across the last section Of
the shaft.
was the bottom part Of the workings, full of
water. Had 1 fallen to either side instead
OF in the middle onto the timbering must.
OF course, have fallen into the water and
been drowned.
As far as thought at all. I wondered
what had happened and what would happen
next. When | came to myself a little put
my hand to my head. where there was an
Overwhelming pain. and my hand became
sticky, whence concluded that had struck
my head against the side In falling and was
bleeding. ,.
For a long time | remained there, clinsns
desperately to the staging. and not knowing
as to fall again to my death / had no matches
and of course. was In total darkness: but
felt my way TO the side tmbers and to some
70 climb up to where the second section OF the
shaft began, twenty feet above.
How l got through the next day have
scarcely a notion. l know | chung there.
might hint. of coming help; but as the hours
passed and nobody game had to recognize
that nobody was likely to come near the
workings. much less down them. and that
pect OF my being saved,
Several times / heard people pass within
a short distance Of the mine, and then cried
Once a Ss : ss f1 ssid but %y e. 9 Ssu 1ss
calling to me. and ] called back with all my
might; but nobody came, / found out after
ward that my little girl CIR had been there. but
l suppose, my voice was weak and that the
sound, when II reached the surface. was
dissipated In the upper air. and 80 could
Early the next morning -the second morn
ing Of nv imprisonment-partly by shining.
up pieces OF tmbertng., partly by 3lawinR
and digging into the sides With my hands,
TO Chamber to the top. II was half.past 10.
thirty-eisht hours from the time when had
Il. shall not forget my ar.t look at the upper
to pieces. and whom got home felt more
dead than alive.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
DO SHIPS INCREASE TRADEa
Special Agent Hutchinson. Who Is in Brazil
Aims to Show That They Do Not.


WASHINGTON, Aug. e.-In an official re-
port to the bureau Of manufactures Of
the Department Of Commerce and Labor
Special Agent Lincoln Hutchinson demurs
to the prevailing opinion in the United States
that this country's trade with South Amer
lea is being unfavorably influenced by the
lack Of American steamships.
Last May E. l.. Corthell Of New York
wrote to the bureau of manufactures
suggesting some form Of active effort on
the part Of the United States Government
to promote the establishing of one or more
lines OF large and fast steamers to run
between the ports Of the United States and
those OF Brazil. assuming that this i'm
provement Of the service would greatly
increase the trade between the two coun-
tries. The letter was forwarded to
Special Agent Hutchinson. who IL in Bra
I'll investigating American trade conditions
there, and a report was requested from
him. He says:
my reasons for doubling the efficacy
Of the. proposed stimulus to trade fall under
Two distinct heads: The opinions Of the
larger importers here and the experience
Of other nations which have abundant
transportation facilities. I find many Of
tuo IATkcoU duO IuO6U cApcIleHCSeQ importers,
men who deal in goods from both the United
States and Europe, inclined to laugh
at the idea that American exporters are
In need Of greater facilities. They claim
that they never have any difficulty in getting
all the goods that are demanded from New
York quite as readily as from London,
Liverpool or Hamburg. And az to the
experience Of those countries that control
the bulk Of the transportation to Brazil,
the statistics show that in the past ten years
some Of the countries Of Europe which
have made the greatest effort to stimulate
steamship facilities between their ports
and those Of Brazil have been the least
successful in holding their Brazilian trade
eThe countries Of Europe as we'll as the
United States have lost ground in Brazilian
trade In the last ten years, with the single
exception Of Italy, but the decline in the
case OF the United States is smaller than in
any other, We show, therefore. q relative
Improvement. England, which controls
the bulk Of the transportation facilities,
and Germany, which has been making
persistent efforts in favor Of her direct
lines Of communication have both shown
q falling of in trade greater than that of
tho United States while France, which
subsidizee one OF the largest lines running
to these ports, has lost over one-third Of
her trade in the same period. Italy alone
shows an increased export. and her suc-
cess can be much more readily explained
by other facts than by the existence of her
direct lines Of Steamship"
Mr.. Hutchinson thinks our freight ia
cillties are adequate. He believes, how
ever. there Ia a demand for improved mail
facilities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
MISS. TUCKER FOUND, ALIVE,
UNCONSCIOUS IN THE WOODS
-. AFTER ~ DAYS WANDERING.
was Starving, bat Probably VIII Recover
%, MAY Have Bought Pair os Bosts
Not Vet Able to Explain Wherc she
Has Been--Aoarcfing Party Found Her.

was Starving, but Probably VIII Recover
inlay Have Bought Pair u Boets
Not Yet Able to Explain whore she
Has Beeu-Searching Party Found Her.
RocHEsrER, N. H., Aug. 6.-Miss Mary
A. Tucker. stepdsughter Of the Rev. d. W.
Faunce Of Providence and stepsister OF
President Faunce Of Brown University,
who disappeared from Camp Ossippee
on the night of July Is, was found alive
about noon to-day In the woods near South
Lebanon. Me-. q quarter Of a mile from
the highway leading from Blaisdcll's corner
to East Rochester.
Tho woman was alive and conscious
when found, though greatly exhausted
and apparently starving She was brought
to hotel in East Rochester. and although
she has been In a comatose condition over
since, the phi ysicians e1preessed the opinion
that she would recover.
Miss Tucker was found by four employees
Of wooden mill here who started out along
with half hundred other men this morning
to aid in tho search for the missing woman.
The quartet separated from tho other
searchers and decided to beat the brush
near Blaisden's Corner, where Herman
Goodwin reported he had seen q strange
woman while on a fishing trip week ago
last Saturday.
John Donovan, one Of the four men, was
travelling a little In advance Of the others
when he caught sight Of what appeared to
be woman's corpse lying on a pile OF
brush. He shouted to his companions and
when they gathered around Miss Tucker
the only evidence Of life was movement
of the eyelids ... ....'.
Two Of the men hurried to East Rochester
and notified the authorities. who sent
carriage and brought Miss Tucker to the
hotel, where physician attended her.
The physician found that the woman had
suffered fearfully from hunger and eI-
posure. Her clothing was torn and water
soaked, her feet we're badly swollen aud her
limbs emaciated. How she lived dur
ing the twelve days she has been missing
or what suffering she endured could not be
learned because Of her unconscious state,
but it was evident that she had been In at
least one town because she was wearing
a new pair Of high lace boots instead Of the
low tan shoes she had on when she disap-
peared 1t is believed that she has been in
shelter at least part Of the time, probably
in some Of the camps scattered through
the woods. . ,.t.''
All that Miss Tucker could say when
brought to the hotel was Il am 30 tired.
Please give me some warm milk DR..
Faunce and his wife we're notified Of the
finding Of their daughter and came hero
from Lynn tonight.
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Died From Too Much Morphine.

Frederick Wuersetn. IS years Of age. an
expert chemist whose home. it appears
was in Brooklyn but who had been living
on Richmond terrace, Mariners Harbor,
Richmond, died on the staplc.on depot
platform yesterday afternoon from an
overdose Of Marphine. For three weeks
he had been in charge Of drug store in
StapIeton while the owner was on vaoa-
ton. Wuerston's wife identified the body.
She said she and her husband had lived
apart for q year. The body showed the
man had been a regular user Of morphine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
DOCTOR DROWNS IN SURF.
Was Taking Baths for His Health-PrOb'
ably Had Heart Failure.

BosToN, Aug. 8.-Dr. Robert F. Beatie.
. young Brookline physician. died in the
surf at Phillipsbeach, Swampscott. early
this morning. He had been in poor health
for several months and in the opinion Of
the medical examiner death wwas dueto
heart failure. DIR, Beatde had for several
years been connected with hospitals in
this city. but recently his health failed
and he went to Swampseott for the sum
would be beneficial.
This morning at o'clock he Wake d
down to the beach from his cottage for
his customary dip. As he failed to return
within reasonable time his wife became
Ghe got assistance and DR.. Beatties foot
prints were traced in the sand to the water
edge. Convinced that he was drowned
police ofioers began graphing for his
body, and recovered 1t three hours later.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
PAULtEORfON IN AUTOBUMP.
HIRED MACHINE RAN INTO
EIGHTH AVENUE CAR.

Chas. III. Keep. Assistant Secretary OF tho
Treasury. and Mrs. Keep Were with
Mr. MortOn-Conductor OF the Car
Slightly Hurt AutoM obiie Disabled.
Paul. Morton, president Of the Equitable
Lite Assurance Society. and G.. H. Keep,
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury. with
Mrs. Keep, were riding in hired electric
automobile yesterday afternoon when 1t
ran into southbound Eighth avenue car
at Twenty-fourth street. The occupants
Of the automobile escaped injury, but the
conductor Of the car was slightly hurt and
tho twenty or thirty passengers 1t con-
tanned were shaken up by the collision.
Mr.. Morton and Mr. and Mrs. Keep spent
the afternoon automobiling In New Jersey.
John Sheehan ran the machine. The party
crossed the Twenty-third street ferry at 5
O'Clock. Sheehan ran north block be-
cause Twenty-fourth street is freer Of
vehicles than Twenty third street. He
had been told to drive to the Waldorf wher Q
Mr.. Morton and Mr.. and Mrs. Keep in
tepded to have dinner. Sheehan let the
machine run along at a good pace eastward
on Twenty-fourth street. Nearing Eighth
avenue he tried to slow down but the auto
mobile did not respond. Sneehan heard
the bell Of an approaching car and he tried
to turn up the avenue. The steering gear
would not work.
As the automobile neared the tracks q
southbound open car ran In front Of It.
The car didnot stop at the crossing. The au.
tomobile hit the car amidships and smashed
couple Of feet Of the footboard.
Mr.. Keep sat beside Driver Sheehan and
they were both thrown forward, but not
OF the machine. Mr. Morton and Mrs.
Keep who were in the back seat were thrown
forward on the seat in front.
The automobile rebounded. and made two
complete circles in Twenty-fourth street.
when It stopped Of It's own accord. The
occupants did not waste any time in getting
out and they went home in a carriage. Mr..
Morton telling the driver to report the facts
to the police.
The passengers In the car scrambled out.
expecting another attack from the unruly
automobile. VIC. Woodson, the conductor.
had BEEN standing on the footboard hand
ing out transfers. He fell off. but got to
his feet uhaided, though hmping
The machine suffered most from the COL
lision. Part Of the front was bent in and
the right lamp was broken. The only
damage the car suffered was the broken
footboard.
THE accident was a trifling one said
Mr.. Morton later. 1T could not be helped
and am glad no one was seriously hurt"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
WIEN LOST IN, THE WOODS
Keep Your Eye on the Sun and Follow
Flowing Streams Don't He Frightened.

Keep Your Eye on tho Sun and FOLLOW
. Flowtnx streams Don't He Frishtencd.
Fror he 1os,on Trorscrinf.
.What should Won do n lost in the voods?"
youn0 forosters Ealing tbeD civil service
.Yaminotinns vor Cnyarrran. .erv,ca 'used
20 Ard mi. nnos,ion fovorite Later.
,,ost ~ .har, n, ~ "a 80. .h,n ons cca.ion
m mt thar .nsw.rs to n nractcal test.
One of tho communist erneriences OF
neonle who 90 IN ths wood. ia 70 stray away
from, the trails and familiar landmark and
io.a thai, hao r,nas Ey.rv var hrin "a ia
quota os s,o.i.s 81 10. n,.n and woman.
OF search narties orosnized OF days spent in
frnitles. nuest ond mariana OF the finding
of the lost ones in wretched condition, ragged,
sta rived, sometimes temporarily insane from
the fright and hardships Such experiences
as these are usually due to panic. They
seldom happen to the man who Is able to act
with calmness and judgment.
Summer visitors to the woods are peculiarly
likely TO be lost. hut 40 may people who
are accustomed to living in the woods. No
man In a wild country Ia altogether certain
when he goes to the woods that he will find
his way back without difficulty. no matter
how many times he has been over the same
ground. snow, a forest fire. even wind
fall in the forest may have obliterated his
guide marks and changed utterly the APP
clearance Of things.
Every man VINO goes lntO tne WoooS
should make up his mind that In case he
la lost he will observe a few simple COM
mon sense rules OF conduct. In the first
place, he should resolutely refuse to be
frightened. The immediate effect OF the
discovery that one is lost is usually COM
plete decentralization. The victim falls into
a panic OF fear and wants to extricate him.
self Immediately. He runs about In differ
emit directions. halloong. until what little
sense he had left is completely gone.
Avoid that.
II you should miss your trail or be In doubt
as to your whereabouts. the best course is
first to sit down where you are and think
over matters. 1t is not serious AFFAIR; be
assured OF that. There are few regions IN
this country where man Is not within
days walk OF some settlement. and II the
season be summer you have nothing to fear.
Consider the matter calmly. use your memory
and your reason.
Make up your MIND ABOUT the proper oireo-
ton to follow, then take your course and re-
fuse to change 1t without good and sumcient
cause. Don't hurry; take your time. ana
when you feel exhausted stop ana rest.
Don't try to travel at night. night spent
out Of doors in the summer doesn't hurt any
body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
KING OsC4R'S OPINION CHANGED
Ia Now willing to Place One OF His Sons
on the Norwegian Throne.

LONDON. Aug IA despatch to the
Standard from Berlin says it is reported in
diplomatic circles that King Oscar has
reversed his opinion in regard to the Nor
wegi ian throne. and now inclines to the belief
that the situation would be hest solved
by placing one Of his sons on i. 1t is said
that this change Is the result of a sug-
Gestion made by Emperor William, who
secured the support Of ling Christian of
Denmark. 1T kjbelieved that it will shortly
be announced that the crisis il ended, and
that the Bernadottes will henceforth reign
n Stockholm and Christiania.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
OUR OUTPUT OF SALT.
or n !O8O !OO3 Barrels In 1904. Two
Thirds From New York and Michigan.

WASHINGTON. Aug. e.--The States OF
New York and Michigan together produced
two-thirds Of the entire output Of salt in
the United States last year. according to
the report just completed by the Geological
Survey. New York State alone produced
80 "a Fer cent. Of all the salt. and Michigan
2.e8 per cent.
The entire production in the country in
1904 was 220s0, 002 barrels (of $50 rounds),
valued at So,02l ,222, compared with 49,
9eS,0so barrels. valued at IS, $50, ess, in 1908.
Last years production was the largest
reported in any year except in 1902, and
the average net price per barrel is lower
than in any year except in 1902 The aver
age price Of salt last year was less than %
cents per barrel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
EPILEPSY AND MARRIAGE.
Decision In q Case In Connecticut Where
the Husband Concealed His Ailment.

the Husband Concealed His Ailment.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. e.-The Supreme
Court Of Errors of Connecticut yesterday
handed down an opinion declaring that
marriage in which one party is an epileptic
and conceals the fact from the other party
is dissoluble but not void. The case was
that of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy S. Gould Of Hart
ford. They were married six years ago.
when Mrs. Guild was 20 years Of age One
child was the issue Of the marriage.
Mrs. Gould did not know that her hus-
band was an epilepio until some time after
of the statute prohibiting the marriage
of epileptics and left the defendant and
sued for divorce, claiming that their mar
riage was null and void. She further
charged that her husband fraudulently
that he never had epilepsy. The lower
court dismissed the application for the
divorce, but the Supreme Court decides
that she is entitled to one and new trial
is ordered. According to the Connecticut
law fine or three years N State prison is
but the State does not declare whether
such q marriage is void or not. The
Supreme Court took up the question and
decided that the omission to declare such
marriage to be void was significant and
CnaC inc marriage III QucStlou WdS SlS-
soluble rather than void.
Judge Hamerslay In his decision on that
subject made the following point; I'VE
hold that the act does not inva!tdate this
marriage or any marriage Of like nature
The parties may be punished for viola
ton OF laws Ia marrying, but married
the marriage Is valid and the mutual re-
lations Of husband and wife are not illegal
The real ground Of our decision Is that
when man in the physical condition in
which the defendant Is alleged to have been
has falsely represented his state Of health
and has thus fraudulently induced the
marriage the injured party may have
divorce on the ground Of fraudulent con-
tract"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
To Remove Dangerous Grade Crossing

MoNrcLArR, N. j., Aug. s.-County En-
gineer James Owen Of Montclair has pre-
pared plans for steel trolley viaduct over
the Laokawanna tracks at Bloomfield ave.
nue., to do away with the grade crossing
which. In the opinion Of trolley superin-
tendent, given al the trial after the Clifton
avenue disaster In Newark, is the worst
crossing on the oompany's system. The
cost 10 estimated ct go 900. The Laoka-
wanna has aEeed to pay one.hali and the
remainder win b borne jointly by the trolley
company and the county.
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rom ~ 4 .rIsToL riGHT.
One spaniard Killed and Two Others Ser
io,isly Wounded at Their Club.

Special Cable Despdrh 10 THS SrH.
MALAGA, AUG. GA long standing quarrel
between four Of the municipal Councillors
here eliminated to-day at meeting at the
Mercantile Club. when all Of them drew
.revolvers and began firing at each other.
: After the revolvers were emptied 1t was
found that one Of the comtatants was dead
and two others seriously wounded.
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'pApsr SofrSspondsits who arc here are
not making any gloomy predictions. They
are letting the other foreigners do the talk
ING Of that character. The Japanese jour
:ualists, following the example Of the official
Representatives Of their Government, are
saying nothing or at most that nobody
Knows what the outcome will be, and that
whatever Russia may propose, Japan is
honestly working to conclude q peace
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
Big difference IN tie look

zig difference N the look
'of. an Office sometimes II e tat
desks: where q roll.top ought t9
be-os the other way, not to men
ton the desks themselves.
My specially is supplying New
York Offices with the best selected,
finest furniture made, at the fairest.
'pSer- %. -.
~ CHARLES -. MATTHEWS.
j door East OF Broadway-77, Canal St
,,,a Telephone, 1899 Spring. .i
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
Found Dying After Being Hurled by Auto
Or Cae.

James O'Connor, 30 years old, an ensi-
neer. whose homo d at rs East Forty-nrst
street, was found injured and unconscious
early yesterday morning at Thompson
avenue and Boulevard. Rookaway Beach:
He was attended by DR.. Sohsnek. His
scalp is laid open, his skull fraotured and
his left lE broken. He was removed to
st. Josephe Hotpital. Far Rookaway. Il i
not known how be was hurt, but Il looks ~
II b was bit either BY trolley oar Of auto.
mobile and buried Soma distance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
Germany My Send New Ambassador Here.

Special Gable Despatch to THE SUN.
/ LONDON Aug. 1.-The Copenhagen cor
respondent Of the Telegraph says that It Is
expected that the German Ambassadorship
20 the United States will bs.vaoant shortly
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10 Visit Dri,ia,, Fleet

Special Cable Despatch to THE SUM- .
4 BERLIN, Aug; 6.-The Grensbote, political
weekly, says that Emperor William. as a
British Admiral, is likely to visit the British
6eet which will shortly visit the Baltic.
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William Mo6roarty, Is years old, Of bSA
s0aSiton avenue. Brook ,yn. died hast night
~ ths Bradford stfeet hospital Brooklyn,
SSrcm injuries he received by being run
over yesterday afternoon by .. Manhattan
{neach train at Atlantic avenue and Man
Sbattan crossing. McGroarty tried to Jump
Sboord while the train was In motion He
1lssed his footing aud fell between the
f8k r.E -t.r -" -,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-07
JOTTINGs ABOUT TOWN.

The william AstoY ChAnler Association In the
Fifth district. which has put George ONeil up 40
out q call for a rally 70 be held At the Manhattan
Casino on Aug. II.
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HAngoo hlmeou WIN HIS Loathor Belt.
Antonio Hserisd, % years old. Of as
Henderson street. Jersey City, buckled q
leather strap around bis neck last night
and strung himself to . bedpost In his room,
He was found dead With his knees nearly
toocmne The door. Sickness bad affected
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Took Cramps and was Drown cd.

VOO& Of1kupV alu W. DfVwuoOs
WLouis Baum, n. Of Middle Village. Queens,
went bathing yestreday morning In Flush
ing creek at Strong's Causeway, Corona,
IN The water and before help could b given
him be drowned. - --a -.
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!. snt woman,s Dress with {. knife.

Emma Wienmokby was strolling at Fort
George yesterday when q man slit her
dress waist open with asharp knife and also
slashed the skirt. She accused Edward
McAvoy, and he was arrested. He said b
lived ct IA Warrington avenue.