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The sun., 1905-09-05
DASH WITH A SICK BABY.
Crowd Helped the Father to Hold UP I
Car and Get tho Child 70 . Hospital.

Crowd Helped the Father to Hold UP .
Car and Get the Child % . Hospital.
Henry Gerken. Jr.; . years old. Of 72o
West Sixty seventh street. was taken with
convulsions last night. and Henry senior
became 20 frightened that he caught the
child up and ran along the street TO Broad
way. His flight With the child attracted
q large crowd which gathered In front Of
tho Hotel Marie Antoinette. Tho first car
along refused to stop. and the frantic father
appealed to the crowd. Nearly 200 people
stood on the track. and the next car was
held up Several women saw that tho
ohild's condition was serious and. making
a bed OF their oloaks, cared for 1t until the
car reached Roosevelt Hospital. DR.. john
son cured the oonvulsions. He said that
the childs life had been saved by the prompt
action Of the father.
Gerken left the house In such hurry that
his wife could not keep up, and he was out
Of sight when she reached the street. She
ran about In distress, seeking the place
where her husband had carried the child.
At last some ono told her that Gsrken had
gone to Roosevelt Hospital. She arrived
there just ss her husband was coming out
With the child. 49,, .'
The sun., 1905-09-05
5,OOO,O 900 FOR CROCkER HEIRS.
Only Sen Reaches Majority and VIII Soon
Get His Snare.


SAN Francisco, Sept. l.-Charles Temple
ton Crocker, only son Of the late millionaire
Col. Charles Fred Crocker, was 81 years
old on Saturday, but he will not come into
his inherta anoe until next week. When Col.
Crocker, son OF one Of the original big four
Central Pacific Railroad builders, died eight
years ago he left 5000 900 to 10 divided
equally among Templeton and his two
sisters.
Since then the estate has nearly doubled,
30 that now It L. estimated that each Of the
children will get 5000 900. making them
the richest children In California.
Mary, the eldest, who married young
Burton Harrison, lives In New York. while
Jennie, the youngest. is still at school.
Templeton has been we'll educated, but
he Is Of frail physique and has had hard
luck. When very young he fell over the
banisters at his fathers country home
near Burlingame, and for long time his
life was despaired OF. Then three years
ago. while driving . spirited horse, he was
thrown out Of q trap and hit telegraph
pole, breaking both legs above the knee.
The sun., 1905-09-05
LOOMS TO GO ABROAD.
Not as . Dipl Omat, However, but Because
OF Private Engagements.

Not as Dipl Omat. However, but Because
OF Private engagements.
Francis B. Loomis, who is stopping at
the Hotel Manhattan, had the following to
say last night about the appointment Of
Robert Bacon as his successor:
About month ago informally rendered
my resignation and ten days ago I made
public announcement that I expected to
resign. When have finished up my affairs
In Washington have private engagements
which will, in all probability. take me
abroad.
the President has made an admirable
selection in choosing Mr.. Bacon as my
successor. Indeed, no President ever
strove more earnestly and persistently to
get good men into the public service
The sun., 1905-09-05
SAVED BY SCALING LADDERS.

Families Taken frOan BlAz1ng Tenement
-Frremen Overcome and Cop Burned.
A milkman who was passing the four story
double frame tenement inhabited by five
families at $50 Grand street. Williamsburg,
early yesterday morning, found the lower
hallway at the foot Of winding staircase
ablsze and shouted an alarm. Policeman
Blsnchfeld Of the Herbert street station
was attracted by the screams of women
and children In the house.
Henry Klein had q saloon on the ground
floor and, with his wife and five small chill
dren. lived on tho floor above. On the
same floor lived Joseph Petr, his wife
and four children, and on the two upper
floors lived the families Of Frederick Krets,
Joseph Rausch and Henry Gibbard.
When BlanchHeld reached the house,
which is at the northwest corner OF Olive
and Grand streets, he found the outer
front door unlocked, It had been locked
the night before by Klein after he had closed
his saloon. Blanchheld kicked In the
yestibule door, and "a It yielded q sheet
Of flame and smoke enveloped him and his
hands and arms were severely burned.
When the tenants found their escape by
escapes and to windows co the Olive street
side. The crew Of Engine lis, who were
first on the ground, put uC scaling ladders,
and after much difficulty rescued all the
inmates, many Of whom were badly af-
fected by smoke.
Somebody spread 4 report that some OF
the inmates had not escaped. Capt. Nc
Guinness Of Engine ~ With Lieut.. Parnell
and Ave hremen, rushed through fire and
smoke into every room In tho house, and
vhils 90 engaged three Of the hrcmen were
overcome BY smoke and carried down
ladder.
The Ars spread through the house and
Xfter the fire was extinguished an investi-
cation was made and 4 led to the belief
that the blaxe was of incendiary origin.
Fire Marshal Beers was notified.
The fro was within two blocks Of . similar
tsnsmsnt house blaze at Olive and Dsvoe
psrished.
The sun., 1905-09-05
BLACKJACK INDUSTRY.
Magistrate Cornell wants 70 Know VIM
Makes the Dangerous weapons.

Makes the Dangerous weapons.
The display OF . black jack in the York.
vile police court yesterday led Magis-
trate Cornell to announce that he planned
an investigation OF the manufacture Of these
dangerous weapons. So many Of similar
make have turned up In court recently
that it looks as though some person is
engaged in the manufacture.
The weapons are made Of leather, machine
sewed and about eight inches long.
Each Is filed at the end with few ounces
OF shot.
"A blow from this Internal thing would
fracture persons skull and leave no out
side marks said the Magistrate.
The one In court yesterday was pro-
duced when John Gilmore Of SS7 East
Thirty eighth street and John McNamara
Of ia Second avenue were arraigned for
fighting on Sunday at Second avenue and
Forty first street. Gilmore said he received
q blow from the weapon in the fight.
The Magistrate po stponed the hearing
until tomorrow and instructed the police
to find out whore the blackjack came
from.
The sun., 1905-09-05
MRS. SPENCER TRAsK I'LL.
Rupture Of an Artery III the Right Eye
May Produce Total Blindness,

SARATOGA, Sept. 4.-Ms. Spencer Trask
10 seriously Ill at her country homo, Yaddo.
In Saratoga. A rupture Of the artery of
the right eye has produced partial blind
moss and the specialists summoned hero
have grave fears that she may become
totally blind.
The temorrha &c Of the eye is the result Of
a hurt from which Mrs. Trask has suffered
for some years and which became 30 much
worse In July that she was obliged to cancel
her invitations for number Of house parties
she had planned to give at Yaddo and leave
Saratoga for Watch Hill. whore 1t was
hoped tho sea air would be Of benefit.
After the hemorrhage In the eye Mrs.
Trask's general condition became 90 much
worse that she was removed to Ysddo
ON the advice Of her physicians.
Mrs. Trask is we'll known as q writer
OF short stories and poems and OF novel
entitled Free, Not Bound" Her oondi-
ton tonight Ia considered very critical.
The sun., 1905-09-05
RUN DOWN BY OFFICERS AUTO.
Lieut.. Hancock's Machine Bowls Over
Old Man, Who's Not Much Hurt.

Ll0ut. Hancock's Machine Bowls Over
Old Man, who's Not Much Hurt.
An automobile owned by Lieut.. q. R.
Hancock. U. 8. A., driven by sergt. Ernest
Kuhn and carrying Lieut.. Hancock and his
wife from Fort Hancock to the theatre
district, ran down Samuel Zirkstein OF ios
East Eighty seventh street on Broadway
near Bleecker street last night.
Zirkstein was standing between q street
car and the curb and was directly in the
path OF the machine. The sergeant blew
the automobiles ugle, but Zirkstein slipped
as he was endeavoring to reach the sidewalk.
The automobile passed over both legs.
but no bone was broken. Zirkstein Is sew
enty years old, but he jumped up spryly
and declared he was not injured in the least.
He refused to make . complaint against
the driver.
The sun., 1905-09-05
RUSsIA's FORCE IN FAR EAST.
Belief That 800 900 Men VIII Stay There
Under LlniovftCh.

Special Cable Dsspaieh to THH Sun.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept THE Nouos
y,smyo says that 1t understands that Gen.
IAnievitch will retain the command Of tho
military and naval forces In The Far East,
with the title OF Imperial Lieutenant.
The Syiet says that Russia. owing to the
proximity Of Japan and the necessity Of
upholdins the shattered power and prestige
of Russia, will be obliged constantly to
maintain 800 900 troops In the Far East.
The sun., 1905-09-05
HECOnD ChOWD Nv hEh CABIN.
Tho Kaiser Wilhelm II. Brings o00 First
Class Passenger To-day.

More than two thousand voyagers,
mostly returning Americana. are due at
this port to-day on a feet Of fine liners.
The North German Lloyd crack, the Kaiser
Wilhelm H., brings 900. the largest number
OF cabin passengers that has ever crossed
the sea In a single ship; the Bremen, Of the
Same line, has 900, and the Holland America
liner Potsdam, ass It will be q mighty
busy day for customs inspectors and ex-
pressmen.
Among the Kajser's passengers are
Director Conried Of the Metropolitan Opera
House. Philippe Bunau-varilla. the dis
tinglished French engineer: Nine. Bunau-
Varilla, their son and daughter, and their
nephew, Etienne Bunau-varilla.
The sun., 1905-09-05
RAILWAYS FIRE CHEF HURT.
Aut0m obile smashes His Carriage IN,
Kills His Horse Kats.

Aut0m obile 6mashes His Carriage and
Kills His Horse Kate.
AAawAY, N. j., Sept. 4.-Chlef Engineer
Alfred T. Crane Of the Fire Department,
his assistant. George Bierwith, and Augustus
La Forge, chief engineer at the city
water works. wore all badly injured to-
day at West Milton avenue and Bryant
street while riding in the chiefs carriage
inspecting the fire alarm system. A
swiftly moving automobile. number and
owner not asoertained, as 1t did not stop,
ran into them. killing the chiefs horse.
Kate. smashing the vehicle and throwing
all the men In the roadway. All were
badly bruised and cut and were taken to
their homes.
The sun., 1905-09-05
WOMAN PUSHED UNDER TRAIN

Her Husband and -Four Children SEQ Her
Plisht-She May Die Of Her Injuries.
Mrs. Clara Hauser, ~ years old Of \so
West Forty-seventh street. was pushed In
front Of an incoming rapid transit train by
the crowd at the Sea Beach terminal Of the
road yesterday Afternoon and hsr leg was
mangled. Hsi husband and her four chill
dreR aaw the accident. Her leg was ampu-
tated and che may do.
The sun., 1905-09-05
PRISONERS READY TO FLEE.
Plan oS n Men at Fort Hamilton Fooled
by Lleutenant's Discovery.

by Leutenants Discovery.
Lieut.. Mitchell while walking around
the walls OF the Fort Hamilton reserva-
ton on Saturday night saw . stone fall
from the prison wall to the ground. He
notified Col. Greenough. who began an
He found that prisoners
had dug away With an old ohisel the brick
and mortar on the inside Of the prison.
Tho brick and stones were all loose and
twenty-one men confined for various Of
lenses we're waiting an opportunity to
shove the material out and escape.
Col. 0reenough IL satisfied that the prls-
oners had socomphces inside the fort who
had carried Of the debris. otherwise the
officers would have made the discovery
before. The prisoners were removed to
another prison, and In the future more
careful examination viii be made Of cells
and walls.
The sun., 1905-09-05
TRIED TO LYNCH A MURDERER
Montana Sheriff Fights on Mob Of Tw
Hundred Miners.

BUTTE. Mon, Sept. flames =. Barnes,
q barber, shot and killed Patrick Hanley,
a miner. late last night, after an Insignificant
quarrel. This morning . crowd Of 200
miners attempted to got the murderer
from the Sheriff to lynch him, but the
Shsrin's officers succeeded in standing
OF tho crowd. which later dispersed.
Barnes served year and . half Of . ten
year sentence In California for manslau ghter
and four years ago was arrested IN Colorado
On a charge OF murder, but there was no
evidence against him and he was discharged
The sun., 1905-09-05
DUKE CASE DOCKETED.
Unusual Secrecy ut Trentcn Until Citation
in Divorce Cas6 WIS Served On wife.


TRENT'N. Sept. I.-The bill Of complaint
In the suit for divorce instituted by Jamfs
r. Duke against hia wife, who was Mrs.
Lillian N. McCredy. was docketed to-day
In the New Jersey Court Of Chancery. Tho
pa,,en were received here on Saturday.
but instead Of being f,lsd IA tho usual way
Nerc looked up In the desk Of . suh-olork
pending tho service u summons upon
Mn. Duke.
To carry out the plans FOR secrecy Il
was necessary for the clerks 10 deny to
inqnirers that nny papers had been filed In
tbs case, q proceeding must unusual ex-
oept where very wealthy OF influential
clients interests arc at stake. Vice-Chan.
ceIlor Bergen granted an order permitting
service OF the citation 10 be made uIon Ms.
Duke outside OF the State. This was done
In New York.
Mr.. Dukes bill Is exceptionally brief.
setting forth merely tho grounds upon
which he seeks . separation, namely. the
alleged intimacy OF Mrs. Duke With Frank
T. Huntoon OF New York. II is charged
that Mrs. Duke and Mr.. Huntoon were
together at the house at II West Sixty
eighth street, New York. on Aug. I, .. II, u
and IS last.
Mr.. Duke further alleges that his wife
and Mr.. Huntoon met at different
places In New York and on kong
Island upon various days in each month
from February to August Of the present
year. and at these times 1t u claimed the
conduct Of Mrs. Duke was such a. to justify
her husband In seeking an absolute divorce.
Mr.. Duke says he has not In any way
condoned the ohensos with which he charges
his wife since he first discovered her in
fidelity.
The sun., 1905-09-05

SSs Adheaasek Me..tei.s. Jhssss.a Z.
,s ner Many OF he hpssls IsnAla 9p4 during
p. Mou,a Tram ssry!cs @ - Nsy Xert Genital
sAd psJtieuian.-AlV. ~
The sun., 1905-09-05
GERMANY's CHOLERA CASES.
Total of Twenty.three Deaths Thus Far
From tho Disease.

Special Cable Dsspaseh 10 TIE SUE.
BERLIN, Sept. THE Rstchsanseioer
prints official returns showing that up to
noon yesterday there were thirteen fresh
cases Of cholera and three deaths from
the disease.
Throughout Prussia up to noon to-day,
there were ten further cases and three
deaths.
The reports thus far show totals Of 90
cases and 2S deaths.
The sun., 1905-09-05

psvsyr sastss.s sal Dry Nssslis Wines
An most satisfytne N 9pnmer WestAer.
II. Z. Dewey = Sous Co. - tuissa r. New rsrt.
The sun., 1905-09-05
Moth ins Quite Equals II

The Twentieth Century Limited. ths 1a-hour
train between New York and Chicago by the New
sS,s sf,'s, cesi csissse s nsss ss n n:Ss. ia.
The sun., 1905-09-05
RUSSIAN ARMY INDIFFERENT.
Too Much Broken Physically 70 show
Enthusiasm Over Peace.
....lof robls nasndfch TUD 0UN.

LONDON, sspt. 6.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Daily A1a says that
the news that peaoe had been concluded
usa received by the soldie rs at tho front
with indifference. There Is no doubt
that the army welcomed peace. but the
physically and morally to such degree
that thsy have grown Indifferent to their
fate.
The sun., 1905-09-05
A REPULSE OF JAPS.
Russians In Cosea Report That 1hey WIth'
stood Attacks on Aug. 81.
o...,oi CahLs DnsDaach 70 TIE SUN,

LONDON, Sept. "A st. Petersburg do
snatch to ths Exchange Telegraph Company
ssvs that 0en. Linievitoh reports that On
Az. Al. IN Cores, the Russians repulssd
several Jspansss attaciu.
The sun., 1905-09-05

Insist s,s. AAv,ss su.ssss y..,l,..-.,d'.
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warning of danger to their young comes
from nurse!
So it came to pass that once, aged
seven, Karl had the earache. Goodness
mel" cries the experienced matron,
that is nothing to cause domestic
futterings. A pinch of bicarbonate of
soda dissolved in a teaspoonfu1 of hot
water, or in severe attacks few drops of
1audanum on cottonwood, will deaden
the pain and induce sleep"
Yes, madam, but if your little Tom,
Dick or Harry remarked that 1.-THE music
was doing it, and when pressed for de-
tails began to explain that some one was
playing a flute, thus-whereupon Karl
softly hummed part of the obligato to the
Nightingale Song" from, the Marriage
of Jeanette, if, moreover, your budding
genius went on: There is lady singing
now. Listen:
An bord dn ehemin qni passe ma porte
Fleuyit nm bel aabepin, I'M bel aahe pin
and you knew well, that the Commits
sioner's niece, helped by a love-siek
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subaltern who futed, was probably sing
ing that identical song in house over
a mile distant-what would you do?
Send for the doctor, of course.
The doctor came, hard-headed Scot
(they thrive in India, those Scotchmen)
and heard the story. At first he was
inclined to place mothers vagaries
firmly on one side, but when a chnprassi
(nessenger) brought a reply to Mrs
Grier's note, and he read what the Com
missioners' niece had written, he stroked
his long nose silently.
For this was the answer: Eyes, Mr..
Browne was here for luncheon. About
two o'clock he ran through the 'Ros-
signol' song with me, first without the
voice, afterward with all the frills. But
what on earth made you guess it? Mr.
Browne is so amazed that he is staying
to tea. Do come and tell us all about it. -
And We say We mentioned the chune
yerself, Mrs Grier?' said he meditativelv.
''Yes, indeed. I heard Miss Nichols
sing it at the Gloucesters' concert, and
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care and tenderness have seen him show
her. Pere at Sea- as write, old memories
crowd upon me- His mothers hair has
silvered, like mine but l think, as in
the Casino at Beachcombers, of the days
when we were girls-and rivals l won
the man for whose love we both strove-
perhaps she forgives me, for her sons
sake. She is the one more blessed, for
| am childless'
After Mrs. Slimms- Slosson, on her way
from Havre to Paris, was killed in the
French railway accident which caused
so many other casualties, this, her last
will and testament, duly dated, signed
and witnessed, was found among her
effects when they were opened at the
American Embassy.
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criminals prepared for execution; while
the lower end of the mat, a torn fragment,
took up a position directly beneath his
chin, with Mrs. Tringham- Tamms' large
defiant handwriting plainly visible on its
white surface, so that even those who
ran might read: "Not lost, but gone
before"
Il give and bequeath to Arthur Tring-
ham Tamms of New York, United States
of America, all my real and personal estate
of which l may die possessed, the esti-
mated value of which is about six million
dollars. l impose upon him no condi-
tons of inheritance, beyond that he con-
tinue to display toward his mother, as
long as she may live, the same thoughtful
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wish | could read that riddle Ye
would soon see all the letters of the
alphabet afther me name But trouble
not yer head ABBOTT Karl, Mrs Grier.
A slight discharge is beginning, and that
brings instant relief"
He sought Grier in the big drying
room of the refractory. THAT boy of
yours is a phenomenon" he said THE
sensory zone of his brain is, | should
imagine, of remarkable size and unique
capacity. With care and ordinary luck
he should grow into a marvellous man.
But your wife must not fret if he puzzles
her. He has the digestion of an ostrich
and the stamina of a young bull"
Is there any way of accounting for his
queer faculties?" asked the planter.
How can the normal account for the
abnormal?" answered the doctor Here
we have a set of nerves the functions of
which are Ill understood we know that
unilateral destruction of a center will
partially abolish sensation on the opposite
side Of the body A tlateral lesion will
destroy all sensation. In simple Ian
guage, if the hearing nerves are damaged
on the right side you are somewhat deaf
in the left ear, but general destruction
means total deafness. That is what
happens when the ordinary appliances are
deranged. 1t is beyond me to explain
the process whereby these same ap-
planes obtain a tenfold, perhaps
thousandfold, activity"
is such a thing possible?"
The civil surgeon selected cigar from
five exactly similar weeds in his case with
care that betokened nice discrimin-
alton. "One does not discuss these sub
jects with women folk, Grier; they think
ye are flying in the face of Providence,
he said. Therefore, keep my opeenion
for yer own lug SO to speak. l have
theory pipe-and tobacco bit of pheelos-
ophy, mind you, that human inventive
ness is bound only by the latent powers
of the human brain. The limits are
absolute, but they are far beyond our
dimmest comprehension, as yet l sup
pose you never saw an epi1eptic lunatic?'
mo"
The tea-planter disliked the abrupt
question. When you come to think of
it, it had disagreeable sound in dis
cussion of a pretty childs simple ailment
Doctors are apt to forget their hearers
unscientifc feelings
" 1t provides a most interesting study,
said DIR. Macpherson, with grim glee
Such case is frequently accompanied
by sensory Authorizations and certain
subjective sensations, such as unseen
flashes of light and color, strange and
often offensive tastes and smells, the
result of some morbid irritation of the
cortical sensory centers, which are the
anatomical substrata of ideation''
What the-what has all this got to
do with Karl?" cried Grier, with wrath.
Softly moo, ma man. Before We
build We nun have a foundation l am
one of those who think that insanity is
closely akin to genius. An extra dense
membrane may convert potential Isaac
Newton into an actual eediot. The other
day clever Frenchman-they are daring
deevils the French-opened an imbecile's
skull, rearranged his brain-lobes, and gave
space for expansion. The imbecile went
through all the processes of intellectual
growth and is now sane man Why
should not nature go one better than