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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
TRAINS ALL on TIME NOW.
Plstf orms Impr ovised and Tracks Opened
At Lackawanha Terminal in Hoboken.

The Lackawanna railroad was operating
seven tracks at its -open air depot" In
Hoboken last night. and trains were running
on the schedule in force before Mondays
big fire. Strings Of electric lights blazed
along the platform and the scene looked
like a pocket edition Of Coney Island.
Thousands crowded around the ap-
proaches to the two ferry slips and inn
proyjsed station during the day and watched
the operations Of 7,oco men as they cleared
avay the wreck. A platform was laid
Yesterday for a waiting room and train
sheds. It is expected that the structures
will be completed before SHUTDOWN to-day.
The present waiting room consists Of pas
senper coach 1924 on track five. Many
sought shelter in it when the rain fell yes
terday. but it wasn't used last night. Per-
sons waiting for trains preferred to sit
on the benches placed along the main plat
| form, where they could view all that was
Five big piledrivers got busy during
the day and gangs Of men started sinkin
| big timbers for the new ferry slips The
| Barclay and Christopher street boats ran
On good time in and out OF the two available
slips and the crowds in the rush hours
little kicking on the part OF the commuters,
who admitted that the Lackawanna folks
we're doing we'll in cleaning up the big
muss and Strengthening out the tane!e.
A few minutes delay in getting OF some
OF the commuters trains was due to the
length Of time it took the passengers to
wax from the new north ferry slips across
Hudson place to the open air terminal
| The usual Lackawanna commuter crowd
left the station on the evening trains. =.
IN Martin Daab, proprietor Of what is left
81 the Duke House, had extra bartenders
On duty Yesterday. They were Obliged to
wear their hats to keep their heads dry
IN inc 1 Wos nut in the bsrroom during
the day, and thereafter. drinks weren't
discolorcd by black drippings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
10 TAKEN FROM STORE RUIN.
Death List in Albany Disaster Smaller Than
at First Supposed.

ALBANY, Aug. 9.-The number killed in
the collapse Of the John g. Myers Company
department store will not be nearly as big
as anticipated. The number Of bodies
taken out Of the ruins 30 far Is thirteen.
The dead are:
Miss Winifred Kelly, Miss Helen Malone,
Miss Minnie C.. Bulman, Miss Katharine M.
eastman, Michael J. Fitzgerald. Francis P.
Leonard. cash boy; Miss Mary McAvoy,
John E. Powers, Miss Alice L. Sharpe, Miss
Theresa Spannbauer. Miss Eta LsSprinka,
Miss Anna G. Whitbeck and Miss Grace b.
Elmer
The dead were all employed in the store
and lived in Albany.
All OF tho missing employees have been
accounted for, and few bodies are supposed
to be in the ruins.
The search for bodies was abandoned
to- day to permit the tearing down Of the
south wall, which It was feared would
topple over on the rescuers.
The property loss is $3.50, 900. The Myers
company will rebuild at once
Tonight Mayor Gaus appointed CON-
mission OF three outsiders to investigate
and fix the responsibility for the collapse
They are William A. Cattell, civil engineer
OF New York city; William F. Hanrahan
Of Schenectady, practical builder, ano
John Magill mason contractor, Troy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
BOY or TEN A LIFESAVER.
Swan to Rescue OF Two Drowning Play
mates and Brought One TO Land.

Swan TO Rescue OF Two Drowning Play
mates and Brought One TO Land
Tommy Grady and Jack Deltgler, aged
10 and ii, and the most expert swimmers
among the boys Of Dobbs Ferry were prac-
tising the English racing stroke In the Hud-
son just south Of that place yesterday.
With heads submerged In the water most Of
the time they did not notice how far from
the shore they were going and when, tired.
they turned toward shore, they found their
strength was about gone.
When the boys were hundred yards from
shore it occurred to Michael Rhitze, 10 years
old, that they might have trouble. and he set
out otter them He doesn't know the Eng
lish stroke but with combination Of dog
paddle and sailor sidearm swimming came
up with the exhausted boys Tommy Grady
appeared to be the stronger, 80 Rhitze
devoted himself TO Deltgler.
Deltgler made frantic grab at Rhitze
as he came near, but the rescuer knew what
would happen If the drowning boy caught
hold Of him. Avoiding. Deltgler's arm, he
struck him in the jaw with all his strength.
Then, with Deltgler subdued. he managed
to hold his head above water and paddle to
shallow water.
Grady meanwhile went under and was
drowned. His body has not been recovered.
He was the son Of Patrick Grady, fireman
In the Manila Brewery, Dobbs Ferry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK.
Attempt to Advance Fast q the Mandarin
Road Repulsed.

Special Cable Dsspateh 10 TIE SUN.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Aug. "a despatch
from Gen. Linievitch, dated yesterday,
says that Russian force operating to the
east Of the Mandarin road advanced on Aug.
to near the village Of Chagon. south OF
Taulu. The japanese thereupon resumed
the offensive and turned both tanks OF
the Russian force, obliging 1t to retire
northward.
LONDON, Aug. 1o.-A despatch to the
Telegraph from Yingkow says that heavy
rains and the Russian retreat have post
poned the expected general engagement
The mud Is three feet deep in the roads
along the front. Gen. Mischsnko's cavalry
remains in eastern Mongolia. trying to
attack the Japanese flank and rear
The Moji Uapan) correspondent says 1t
Is estimated that there are $1,000 Russians
on the Tumen River They are commanded
by Gen. Besadora. He hopes to defend his
position and maintain communication along
the Kir1n- Changchun line. Whether this
is possible will soon be decided.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
BREAK IN The HUDSON TUNNEL
FOREMAN KILLED IN PANIC AS
WATER BUSHES IN.
"squeeze" threatens the Lives Of 40 Men
in the New Trolley Car Bero From
Jersey City 10 Morton street-Leak
stoned with sandba gs-Work G oes On.

Carlo Di Luco, an Italian tunllel worker,
was drowned and twenty Of his fellow
workmen got q bad scare yesterday morn
ing az the result Of an accident In the new
bore Of the twin trolley tunnels running
from Fifteenth street, Jersey City, to
Morton street. this city.
The accident was due to what Is known
as squeeze" near the Jersey shore. There
was q break in the tunnel wall, and water
and dirt rushed into the bore, causing the
widest kind Of excitement among the men,
who made rush for their lives. The how
stopped after water had run In to the depth
Of two or three feet. 1t was explained last
night that the leak was plugged up by means
OF bags OF sand, the compressed air In
the tunnel holding them in position. Soon
after the accident pumps were rot to work
to clear the bore Of water
Di Luco's body was found face down in
the water 1t Ii believed that he fell or
was knocked down while trying to escape.
He was one Of gang Of twenty at work
in the bore whom the squeeze occurred.
Several of the men received Commissions in
the scramble to get away from the inrush-
ing water. Di Luco lived with his wife
and two children at 1853 Fifteenth street,
Jersey City.
County Physician Converse certified that
death was caused by drowning. Inc
police reported that Di Luco was killed
by being caught in the boring shield. They
obtained their instrumentation at the tunnel
shaft
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
CAPS SCARE CHINATOWN.
odcd on Car Tracks and Rumor Of q
Tong War Started.

Some joker who knows how nervous
Chinatown is in these days put two percus-
sion caps on the car tracks at Pell street
and the Bowery last night, and when north
bound Third avenue car exploded them
everybody within hearing distance, and
that meant all Chinatown, thought the rival
tongs were at 1t again.
Cinnamon ran out of the stuffy buildings,
the chop suey places we're emptied and IN g
sasv minutes the narrow streets werecro wded
with a jabbering mass. Policemen in uni
form and in plain clothes eioowed Their
yho had been shot. The excitement lasted
for twenty minutes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
ORRIy ", POTTER MARRIEs.
He's 20 and Rich-Bride 80 and Divorced
Not Long AGO.

Orrin W. Potter of Chicago sailed on the
Oceanic yesterday afternoon accompanied
by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bell whom he had
married ON hour before sailing.
According to the ships passenger list
staterooms 10 and 81 had been engaged In
the name Of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin w. Potter
several days before.
Mr.. Potter is 10 years old and Is very rich.
His first wife died about year ago. Mrs. Bell
is about so and was divorced six months ago.
Mr.. Potter had been staying at the Hol-
land House for a week. 1t was said then
that nothing was known Of Mrs. Bell or OF
Mr.. Potter a reported marriage. According
to Mr.. Potter, they were married in church
at Forty eighth street and Broadway yes
terday morning by the Rev. r. w. hoffman
Of the Fourth Methodist Episcopal Church
The Gnion Methodist Episcopal church,
In Forty-eighth street near Broadway, Is
the only church near the location named.
The Rev. O. A. Hollas ths past9Tb, mas s. been
any time Yesterday The Rev. Mr.. hoffman
could not be found last night
Mr.. Potter's daughters have frequently
figured In the papers, Gertrude, the eldest
a Chicago newsboy, when she was 10 years
old. Dunnivant later. was sent to the
penitentiary on a charge Of burglary:
Gertrude Potter went on the stage and
Later eloped with Julius Clarke Daniels,
son OF George H. Daniels. Of the New York
Central. Subsequently she was told that
the marriage vas invalid and married E.
Lee Rust; minor They u, never eve nyed to- to-
nulled. Nj. Daniels and Miss Potter were
remarked and have lived together ever
since.
before she wrote a novel, "Haamar.. which
sensation followed the publication Of her
novel aThe Warmers" which had good deal
ca ustic to say about the trusts.
Miss Margaret Potter, a younger sister
when but l6 wrote "A Social Lion, rather
broad study of society as it is in Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
Potato FISHING WAS GOOD.
A Hundred Barrels That Had Drifted Over
From Brooklyn salvaged by Midnight.

FrOn AsfOOklyn e3NuBoO Dy Mlunl8nt.
Barrels Of fancy potatoes, lots OF them;
were bobbing about of the Battery last
night, and all sorts Of craft were salvaging
the tubers.
James Fetan, foreman Of the revenue out
ter Huron, noticed the drifting barrels first
when the Hudson was tied up at the Gov
eminent dock at the Battery. He called
John Nelson and Raymond Tracot. and
they hauled twenty-five barrels onto the
dock Then the Governors Island ferry
boat, the John Hancock, began to report
potatoes. She told the harbor police that
she had bumped her way through barrels
Of them coming up and that the barrels
seemed to come from Brooklyn.
The boatmen around the Battery got
busy. Two went out in a skjf and managed
to get four barrels aboard Then the skin
sank while they were hauling fifth out OF
the water The men swan to the pier
behind the Ship News Office and scrambled
up.
A tug got twelve barrels aboard and
landed them in the Staten Island ferry
slip. John McGrath rugged up block
and tackle at the ferry and went fishing
scientifically Whenever a barrel hoated
near McGrath nabbed it with a pair OF
ice hooks and then hoisted 1t out OF the
water with the tackle. He got out twenty
five barrels.
Some Of the barrels we're marked: IL. I
Potatoes. Guantanamo" Others had this
on the heads: Fancy Potatoes. Santiago.
Guaranteed Most Of them were marked
IF. o. B."
BY midnight a hundred or Aore barrels
4. - - NJ 1n
fishing was going merrily on.
i The steamship Santiago, just IN from
Guantanamo and other Cuban ports Is
loading at Prentice's stores, Brooklyn, and
it was surmised that lighter alongside her
had spelled its load. A police launch went
over to investigate.
The surmise turned out to be correct.
, The potatoes, it was discovered, came
from the steam lighter Dandy. which was
to have put them aboard the Santiago to-
| day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
WOODRUFF FOR SCHIEREN.
Brooklyn Republican Leader Wants Him
Nominated for Mayor.

Former Lieutenant-G Governor Timothy L.
Woodruff, who returned from Europe on
Tuesday on the Kaiser wilhelm H., started
yesterday afternoon for his camp in the Adj
rondacks He was accompanied by his wife
and his son, John E. Woodruff, and the lat
ters bride. On his return In couple Of weeks
Mr. Woodruff will settle down in his Eighth
avenue home and at once set to work
putting the Republican organization in
Brooklyn in shape for the campaign.
Before his departure yesterday Mr..
Woodruff again declared that he was not
a candidate for Mayor and could not con-
oeive Of any circumstances that would
induce him to make the run.
;sy Myo ne vhsn The ctg
convention meets. and I believe he will
be nominated and elected. The candidate
of the Brooklyn Republican organization
will be ex-MAyor Charles A. Schieren. No
one stands higher In the community than
Mr.. sohieren and he will make an excellent
nominee.
tho opinion yesterday that he would not
accept the nomination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
OCEAN OF WATER FOR NEWARK.

New Cedar Grove Reservoir Turned On
Gravity Does wsrk Of Eight Fire Engines.
Newark's big storage reservoir at Cedar
Grove, which cost 81 ,sOo, 900. was formally
opened yesterday morning by three dozen
public officials and a few guests who
assembled at the gate house after inspect
ing the reservoir. A luncheon followed,
at which addresses were made by G. V.
mittee Of the Board OF Works: Mayor Dore-
mus and Chief Engineer Morris r. sherrerd
Mayor Doremus opened the valve which
permitted the water to flow through the
big tunnel under the Orange mountain
at Montcair Heights into the Newark
pipes. ,oo
The new storage reservoir covers 100
acres and has a capacity Of $4,000 900
gallons. The biggest dam Of the three Ia
$500 feet in length. with height Of 65 feet
and a maximum depth Of oorewall OF doS
feet long and feet in diameter. The e1:
treme depth Of water Is SO feet and al OF
it can be drawn of II necessary. foot
pipe line connects the tunnel with the New,
ark water system. The work was started
In September, 1901.
Incidental to the opening OF the reservoir,
which has q head Of +05 feet and Is fed by
another at the Macopin akewith head Of
567 feet, test was made Of the new high
pressuretffre service In the center OF Newark
yesterday afternoon. Starting at the cor
ner Of Broad and Market streets the static
head was 100 pounds, which was reduced to
1863 pounds after twelve streams were turned
on from hydrants and projected through
monitors on hose wagons and through two
inch nozzle at the top Of water tower
sixty-five feet in height. It was estimated
that tho hydrants did the work OF at least
eight frst-class steam fire engines and
streams thrown from the street level went
higher than tho tallest buildings In the
toWor W. solid 70 height Of no fect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
HAD EMPLOYERS $4,000 AUTO.
Driver Took Party OF Friends for Drive
and Machine IL Destroyed.

The gasoline tank Of large touring car
exploded at Forty-Arst street and Prospect
place last evening. A fire alarm was
sounded, but when the firemen arrived the
machine had been destroyed.
Two men and two women were in the
automobile at the time of the explosion.
The women and one Of the men disappeared
a driver, employed by Daniel England OF
PittsReld, Mass.
sMr. England, he said, sis at Long Branch,
and I started with the machine from Pitts
field this morning to meet him there TO-
morrow morning ! met some IRE friends I'm In
machine cost $40 ,o00.
Tho machine was numbered s,ol4, New
York" According to the automobile regis
ter No. s,ei4 is owned by s. T. Hurd Of
Syracuse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
ROCKAWAY TRAIN DERAILED.
Engine Struck Defective Switch-Passen
gers shaken and Road Tied Up.

gers shaken ana Road TIED Up
The train which left Long Island City at
s:l4 last night for Jamaica was derailed at
ss5 near Ozone Park station on the Rock.
away Beach division. No one was injured
but the wreckage still blocked both tracks
at midnight.
The accident happened after the train had
come down to grade and was running on to
another track. The witch was defec-
tive, the railroad officials think. and caused
tho engine to lesve the track. The train
was not going ut a high rate OF speed, as
the engineer was slowing down for the stop
at Ozone Park. but the passengers were
badly shaken up.
The locomotive dragged four OF the
passenger cars of the track with It. One
of these careened far to one side, but righted
itself. The locomotive and the four cars
pounded along the rails about 200 feet.
The accident completely tied up tranio
from Rockaway Beach to Brooklyn. Trains,
however, were kept running from the
beach to Ozone Park, where transfer was
made to trolleys.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
JUDGE L. L.. LEWIS NOMINATED
For Governor by Virginia Republicans-A
Plea for the Oyster.

Plea for the Oyster
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. at Roanoke
to-day the Republican State convention.
composed Of represe ntative men, NOM
mated the following ticket
For Governor, Judge L. l.. Lewis; Lieu
tenant Governor. William Preston Kent;
Attorney General. George A. Rivercomb;
Treasurer, John Acker; Superintendent OF
Education, Senator j. N. Hartman: Com
missioner Of Agriculture W. H. Eggburn;
Secretary Of the Commonwealth, v. M.
Sowder.
The convention adopted platform which
Endorsed the national platform plank Of
sound money, protective tariff. Pan
American canal. territorial expansion, a
big navy, Rooeevelt's administration, clean
elections, higher education. free school
books, q non-partizan judiciary and keep
ing the sacred oyster rocks OF the State
from invasion.
The nominee for Governor is now District
Attorney for this district and was once presi-
dent Of the State Supreme Court Of Appeals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
A DENVER BANK CLOSED.
Assignee Takes Charge Of the western
--Imboden's AIanipulatiOns.

DENVER, Col; Aug e.-Following heavy
run upon the Denver Savings Bank, which
began yesterday, the Western Bank which
has never been considered strong. was
placed In the hands Of an assignee this
morning and It's doors were closed.
The bank had deposits OF about $1,000 900
on July 4, owed State banks $4,000 and
claimed resources Of 3sle, 900. It's attorneys
say IL was closed for the protection OF itself
ins its solvency has been Aade by them
stock Of Both the Western and the Denver
savings banks has recently oeen mhaaiPu .
convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary
in Kansas City some years ago for forgery
In an effort to raise money to save e bank
he controlled then from collapse. ne ., e.
and has since been operating in the South
west.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
MURDER SHOCK KILLED HER.
Mrs. Fred. l.. Train BrOoded Over Killing
of Preusser by Mcdonnell At Albany.

WELLESLEY, Mass; Aug. 9-Mrs. Fred
L. Train, who died to-day, had her health
shattered, her friends say, by shock and
worry growing out Of the murder In Albany
of Myles B. Mcdonnell Of Boston by Richard
E. Preusser about year ago. Her hus-
band had succeeded Mcdonnell as mana ger
of the Boston Office Of the Metropolitan
Stock Exchange.
When Train went insane and spent
SO, 900 for automobiles and diamonds in a
few hours, Preusser was instrumental IN
having him sent to retreat. This mis-.
fortune Of mutual friend took Mcdonnell
O Albany for a consultation with Preus-
ser, and the killing resulted.
This tragedy, following her husbands
misfortune, dealt Mrs. Trains nervous
system a shock from which she never
recovered. The body will be taken to New
York for burial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
SEALED CARS PLUNDERED.
-Four PennsyIvania Railroad Employees
Locked Up in Jersey City.

Four Pennsylvania Railroad employees
were locked up at police headquarters In
Jersey City last night on a charge Of sys.
tematically brea king into sealed freight
cars at the Harsimus Cove yards and steal
ing merchandise in tranrit. They were
captured through the detective work Of
william Meyers, a former employee who
has been o Waterman for the railroad for a
month.
The prisoners were Ernest Sohwartser,
a switohman, OF 2S0 Fifth street; Edward
English, q brakeman, Of oi6 Jersey avenue;
Louis Alderman, q Waterman, Of 100 York
street, and Michael Dolan, a Waterman. Of
81 New York avenue. Newark.
Meyers said that Alderman Oonhded to
him one day that 1t was easy TO mako money
robbing oars and the watohman told the
railroad officials what was going on. They
instructed him to run down the robbers.
he says; and he entered into tho game.
He alleges that be got his share OF the
plumber whenever . car YaS robbed. Meyers
aid stolen articles were found ct 10 homes
q III the pr1scnGA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
WIFE KILLS SLEEPWALKER.
Took Senator Cobb for Burglar and Shot
Him Twice.

RoYsroN, Va; Aug. e.-State Senator
W. P. Cobb was shot and killed at o'clock
this morning by his wife. He was walk
ing in his sleep and Mrs. Cobb says she
thought he was burglar. Senator Cobb
had been troubled with somnambulism for
some years.
Mrs Cobb was aroused by noise at her
window, which was open, and saw man
moving about on the veranda. As bur-
glaries have been frequent recently, Mrs
Cobb says she thought the person was q
burglar, and selling . pistol which was
under her pillow she fred twice. As Cobb
fell he called his wife's name and she realized
that she had shot her husband. Both
bullets took effect, one In the head and one
in the abdomen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
CONGER WANTS CONGRESS SEAT
Announced That He VIII Soon Go After
John A. r. Hubs Scalp.

DIES MONIES, Ia; Aug 9.-Iowa politi-
clans sat up and took notice to-day when
the story was put In circulation that Min
lister Conger Is forsaking diplomacy for
strenuous Congressional politics and that
he ia coming back to wTest the Congress
sional nomination from John A. 7. Hull Of
the Seventh Iowa district
y A close personal friend Of Major Conger
said to- day: Conger will come to Des Moines
soon and will announce his Congressional
candidacy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
CHINESE TROOPS REVOLT. n
Join tho Authorization Mob and Take .
HOnAn TOwn.
Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN.

Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN.
LONDON, Aug. lo.-The Shanghai cor
respondent Of the Daily Maie says the i'm
perial troops at Kaifeng-fu, in the Province
Of Honan, have revolted and joined the
anti Christian mob. They have captured
Suichianghsien.
It is believed that the rebels number
20 900. The Government Is sending troops
to uuell them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. e.-Before leaving for
his vacation Postmaster-Genera Cortelyou
directed the issuance Of a new form OF
money order which. 1t is hoped, will be proof
against any alteration. The new form will
be issued as soon as plates can be prepared
and the printing done.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
May Turn U. q. Guns on wireless Pool.
rooms.

CHICAGO; Aug 9.-Guns OF the United
States revenue cutter Dorothea may boom
out the Lake gamblers do not cease opera
tons. The racetrack sports who have
fed to the wireless" floating poolroom,
are doomed to disappointment. Assistant
States Attorney E. c. Lindley. a Naval
Reserve Lieutenant, declared to-day that
the revenue boat is at the disposal Of Gov.
Deneen and that he would order the
boat out against the wireless" gamblers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
YELLOWSTONE PARK IN SEPTEMBER.

September 10 the best month OF the year TO visit
sne Yellowstone Park. The Pennsylvania Rail l.
.moer 2. presents an excellent opportunity TO
~ the PARK, and Al the same time 10 visit the
CITY. Colorado Springs. and Denver. Special
pullman Train. Round-trip rate, covering all
eecessay expenses. $500 Details Of G. Studds.