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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
TWO COPS STOP RUNAWAY.
Ono Chases Delivery Wagon Down 9Th Ave.
and the other Heads IL or.

One Chases Delivery Wagon Down 9Th Ave
and the other Heads IL on.
There was an exciting chase Of a runaway
down Fifth avenue at ? o'clock yesterday
afternoon. A big black horse attached
10 a delivery wagon Of the Deerfoot Farm
Company Of SO Laight street took fright
outside the Murray Hill Hotel and ran
west through Forty-frst street to Fifth
avenue, where il turned south among the
crowded vehicles. Mounted Policeman
Lobdell saw the oommotion half a block
ayay and dashed in pursuit.
His horse slipped and Slid and struck
fire at every jump on the asphalt. slippery
with the rain and sleet. II took six blocks
for him TO overtake and close In on the
runaway, which just missed several car
riages in it's flight: Just as Iobdel had
swerved in TO grab the bride, at lhuty,hith
street, risldng a fall for himself ana his
horse in order to save the tange
on vehicles around the Waldorf-Astoria,
Policeman Thomas Mill on dutv at the
street crossing waved him aside and jumped
for the horses head Mill was dragged
for twenty-five feet, and Dobdell reined
In his horse till IL slid on its launches. Both
policeman were at the horses head when
II finally came TO a stop.
Ii was such a pretty exhibition OF team
work that the passengers on hfth avenue
stage stood up and appAuded.
Joseph Allen the driver OF the delivery
wagon came running up on foot a few mo-
rnents later. He said that his horse was
not timid and that il had never run away
befora
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
POPULAR RULE ABOLISHED.
City OF Houston. Tex, Put In the Hands OF =
Commission OF Five.

NEW ORLEANS, March 2l.-The Governor
Of Texas has signed a bill which places
Houston in the hands Of commission.
legislating out Of Office all the officials who
were elected at the last general election
and giving all the municipal power to a
commission Of five men. The head Of this
commission has full power Of appointing
and removing all officials. and the city
government Is 20 be operated like a bank
or other private corporation.
The SUCCESS Of the commission appointed
to govern Galveston after the great storm
which nearly destroyed that town Ave
years ago has been 80 complete that its
neighbor Houston, has be9n seeking similar
government. Il has only been in the last
few weeks that the suJsiieacs OF the popu-
lar opposition to a surrender Of all control
Of the government has rendered the passage
OF the law possible. The action was finally
taken because Of the large bonded debt Of
Houston. The lack Of sufficient revenues
rendered the administration Of the munic.-
pality on a democratic and popular basis
unsatisfactory II not impossible.
The change Of the government TO a oom-
mission had the support Of nearly all the
taIpayers and business interests, az op-
posed TO the political element.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
ALDERMAN COUGHED UP.
Ganney's the Man and "OId Gus" Il $500
Richor-ThIrd Avenue Pearl Find

hichcr-Third Avenue FeaFl FIND,
Alderman James Carney, feeling gay
and hungry, led a party Of his friends into
Stills oyster house, at 1876 Third avenue.
last Monday night and demanded food.
The Alderman himself had no use for oys-
ters, but ordered chops and tea. He was
overrlled by Sergt Charles Place Of the
Tenderloin, who insisted that Gafney try
his friend Stills famous bivalves
= Carney had eaten two and started on the
third when he began to choke 80 violently
that his friends pounded him vigorously
on the back. Their efforts were successful
and the Alderman coughed up a large
pearl He didn't recognize the pearl in its
native state and passed it over 20 'Old
Gus the head waiter, with the remark that
he supposed anything he couldn't eat be-
longed 10 the house
Sergt. Place being well acquainted with
pearls, in natural and other states, from
his long service in the Tenderloin, insisted
that the queer looking object wes Of great
value. He WAS corrot GRATED by Henry
Janfer, a jeweller. who entered during the
discussion and declared that the pearl
was very fine one and worth over $500.
odd Gus says it Is the biggest tip that
he ever received.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
WAVES 60 FEET HIGH
shut Out the Horizon In All Directions
Prom Capt. MaEin's SB-FOot bridge.

shut Out the Horizon In All Directions
Prom Capt. Magin's SS-FOot bridge.
Capt. Magin, who is Teutonic, despite
a suggestion Of the Celt in his name brought
the good Hamburg-American ship Patricia
into port from Hamburg Dover and
Boulogne yesterday, after a dispute Of
nearly sixteen days with the loftiest seas
on record in the Atlantic, at least sixty
feet high. The captain said:
From the bridge, which IL fifty-fve
feet above the water line, was unable TO
look over the crests Of the biggest seas
when the ship was in the trough. To the
northwest and southeast the horizon was
completely shut out by the tops Of the
great, rolling waves
A committee Of $50 cabin passengers who
got glimpses Of the giant waves, or felt
them tumbling the ship, signed testi-
monial saying that they appreciated and
returned thanks for the imperturbable calm
ness and uninterrupted courtesy which
ever, during a series OF storms Of uneX-
ampled severity, marked the conduct OF
all those on board connected with the Ham
burg-American Lines service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
SPRING A-SNBEzING
And . Freezing, and Halt DiphtherIal
Mildness, Hal!

The sun has crossed the line and now
the weather may be vernal; that Il, II no
more cyclones come, like yesterdays, to
spum all efforts Of the spring to come
as per the classic rhymers. perhaps there
was a spring in those days OF the good old
timersD But this spring sprang a fearful
leak from olouded dome supemal, and
weather that should be divine might be
declared internal; entirely too much chilli
ness, nocturnal and diurnal. which prompted
many citizens to take, for woes external,
the ancient spring reviver Of the old Ken
lucky Colonel
The mercury fell down the tube point
below the freezing and Spring herself
might be excused for shivering and sneez-
ing The wind, a brisk northeaster. howled,
the sky was dark and solemn, and chills
chased one another up and down the spinal
column.
hail, diphtherial mildness, hail, and
rain and snow-snd blossoml Perhaps the
spring has really come and may be playing
po5sum!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

smoke alone Is more apt to happen and while
there would be no serious damage TO the
theatre there might be great loss Of life.
Mr.. Parsons also says that the electrical in
stallation ia generally poor, the apparatus
for fighting fire poorly placed, in some
theatres so badly that In case Of panic an
attendant wouldn't be able to get to 1t in
timo - do any good. The aisles are also
too narrow and the exit lights are badly
placed.
BY the way concluded Mr.. Jerome,
picking up another typewriter wad, Il
have here a curious document, interesting
In it's wide bearing on human nature. It
is from the Republican Club-a report Of
Its committee on city affairs. The club
offers me any further assistance II can
give. The club discovered that one or
more theatres were violating the law, but
in order that It should be brought home
to public officials Il read from the clubs
letter. the clubs committee directed It's
attention TO one theatre, owned or partly
owned by Timothy d. Sullivan, a Democrat,
believe. The club finds that II IL the duty
Of the District Attorney. Police Depart
ment, Building Department and Fire De-
partment 10 see that the owners OF this
theatre are prevented from running the
building either as theatre OF music hall
Certainly this hearty cooperation is most
commendable. and attention ia being given
to this theatre, but the District Attorney
cannot devote his time exclusively to this
one theatre. The theatre is at l2o to 1870
East Fourteenth street. That's the Dewey
Theatre, think
Among other things Oscar Hammerstein
said last night: i don't care what jerome
says OF does. The Lew Fields theatre Is all
right. If Mr. jerome can show me one
violation Of the law, let alone twenty-five,
/ will apologize and retract all the things
have said about him.
When told what the District Attorney
said about the fire risk On the Victoria,
Oscar could hardly restrain himself Swing
ing his arms. he said:
The best proof OF how safe / think the
Victoria Theatre is is the fact that / only
carry $4,000 insurance on the entire build
ing. There are a dozen theatres In this city
that carry a higher fire risk percentage
than the Victoria. II is the safest theatre
in New York. In the first place there is
no excavation beneath IL. There is no
cellar under either the auditorium or the
stage. The Lew Fields Theatre is also
one Of the safest theatres In the world.
i only carry 5000 insurance on it,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
BEEF Trust INQUIRY HALTS.
Federal Grand Jury in Chicago Not Com.
pIeted-Cnse TO begin To-day.

EeOeTh TFbUu Jury III NuiCAHu wv SothN
pIeted-CRSe TO Begin To-day.
CHICAGO, March 2l.-Delay in impaneling
the full quota Of Grand Jurymen post
poned until tomorrow the real start in the
Governments investigation OF the so-oalled
beef trust. Inability Of the deputy mar
shall to find all the venire men for whom
writs we're issued and excuses for illness
and other causes are assigned for the slow
progress made in completing the panel.
The venire Of Monday having been eX-
hausted With the addition Of only FIVE more
names TO the roll Of the Grand Jury, Judge
Humphrey found II necessary to order
another drawing. Sixteen constitutes a
quorum in Federal Grand Juries, but II Is
the desire Of the Court to have a fun COM
plement Of twenty-three men. Twenty
Jurors have so far been accepted.
Second Assistant District Attorney Nor
rison was to-day appointed District At
torney TO fll the place vacated by Solomon
H. Bethea, elevated TO the bench Of the
district court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
NEW ISLAND RISES FOR JAPAN.
One Nearly Three Miles IN Circumference
Mechanically Thrown Up.


LONDON, March 22.-1ne Toxic CORE
spondent Of the Telegraph says that a new
island was Mechanically thrown up in De-
cember three miles south Of Two Island,
southern Japan. The phenomenon was
preceded by deep rumbling and vast clouds
Of smoke which assembled from the sea.
A little peak appeared amid the clouds
Of smoke on Dec. 5. II gradually rose, its
outline changing daily. From tins to
time immense volumes Of smoke poured out
Of the highest point.
Ten OF the .wo islanders went in a canoe
on Feb. TO explore the now island. They
found it was two and three-quarter miles
in circumference and $50 feet high. There
was boiling lake on the north side On
the south side we're precipitous cliffs Of
rock
The party landed and planted the Japa-
nese flag. and wrote the inscription "A
new place. Great Japan. Many banzais.'
The Governor Of BONN Island named the
new island Nushima and reported the
facts to the Government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
ACCUSES sALrATION ARMY.
BalIinGton Booth says II steals MOney
Intended for the Volunteers.

Intended for the Volunteers
MADISON, Wis, March 2l.-Gen. Balling-
ton Booth, who spoke here on Monday
night discovered this morning that the
glass globe which served as a collection
box for the Volunteer fund had been re-
moved from the desk in the Avenue Hotel
by the Salvation Army and the money
transferred to the box which they left on
the hotel desk. The clerk OF the hotel
was q witness TO the proceedings, but did
not understand their significance.
Gen. Booth says that thousands Of
dollars which are intended for the Volun-
teers Of America are stolen in this way by
the Salvation Army.
L am the son Of my father he said
but there all connection between the
Volunteers Of America and the Salvation
Army ends. Some people would swear
out a warrant in a case like this, but feel
that can afford to look upon II a. part Of
the injustice / receive from the Salvation
Army. II the Salvation Army can afford
10 take the few coins which Il obtains from
these collection boxes In this way, simply
protest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
$3.50 A SQUARE FOOT.
Record Price for City Land Paid for Part
Of the seIlGmAn New Bank site,

Record Price for City Land Paid for Part
Of the seIIGman New Bank site,
Isaac ~ Seligman has bought the small
block front on tho south side Of WhiAm
street between South William and Stone
streets, opposite the Cotton Exchange,
It is understood that a handsome building,
limited 20 q few stories in height, will be
erected on the plot for the exclusive use Of
tho banking house Of ]. 4 W. Seligman a
Co,
The site comprises $500 squaro feet and
was purchased through Douglas Robinson,
Charles S. Brown A Co. II cost about
$500 900 The larger part was obtained
from Austen G. Fox. who bought IL re-
Gently from the DowsnRp estate.
diminutive lot Of only 100 square feet,
at the corner Of William and South VII
liam streets WAS owned by clients Of Ander-
son. Pendleton 4 Anderson. IL IL said 10
have brought about 500 900, OF about $3.50
a square foot. This would be the record
prics known 70 have been paid for land IN
this city,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
ATHLETIC CLUB ron WOMEN.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston. Mis- Barney and
Others 10 Have One Like Mems.


The Colony Club organized for social
purposes and TO encourage athletics among
women in sooisty, was Incorporated at
Albany yesterday. The trustees include
Mrs. Borden Hartman, Mrs. Richard Irwin,
Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Miss Helen r.
Barney.
The club bought, about a year ago, the
property at 100, ia and ia Madison avenue,
and plans have been completed by MoKim,
Mead 4 White for clubhouse.
One OF the purposes OF the club Is TO 40
oommodate members who wish to spend
a day or two In town when their city homes
are closed. For that reason a site near
the Grand Central Station and convenient
TO the Thirty-fourth street ferry was Sc
lected.
Tho club Is TO have a lounging room,
reading room, library. swimming pool,
dressing rooms, Turkish and Russian baths
everything in fact that goes 20 make up a
well equipped mems club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
FOOT OF SNOW UPSTATE.
Fears Of a Freshet IN the Upper Hudson
and Mohawk valleys.

SARATOGA. n. u. March 21.-A snow
storm began at o O'Clock this mo ming. 1t
has already REINFORCED by almost foot
the accumulation Of the winter. A sudden
thaw would involve heavy floods on the
upper Hudson River and it's tributaries.
The mercury to-day has been near the
freezing point.
FONDA, n. V, March 2i.-A foot Of wet
snow has fallen in the Mohawk Valley
to-day, and tonight it il raining. There
are fears Of a heavy freshet in the valley
il the weather turns warm within the next
twenty-four hours.
SCHENECTADY, n. v, March IA snow
storm started early this morning and has
continued all day. Tonight the town is
buried under several inches Of snow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
MUST PROVE ANGLEsEYoS DEATH.
Insurance Companies Demand an Examlna-
ITO Cf the BODY IN London.

Special Cd57e Dt5pIeN 70 TIE Sun
LONDON. March 22.-The Daily Mail
says that the body Of the Marquis Of An
glesey, who died a few days ago at Monte
Carlo, is on it's way to England.
The coffin will he detained in London
and opened so that the body may be idend-
fed. This is insisted upon by the insurance
companies in which the life Of the Marquis
was heavily insured on behalf OF. bis, crsdi-
tors. The latter will be represented at the
examination. The Marquiss solicitors and
Others must swear to the identity Of the
body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
THATED MANHOLE COVER
Drops the Hind Legs OF Two Horses In
Succession Out Of sight.

DROPS INC tlnu btAh W wv He'"'e ~"
Succession Out Of sight.
A team Of bays attached 10 an empty
brougham was trotting along Columbus
avenue last night when, in front Of 2s2,
the outfit stopped like a shot
The nigh horse is down sighed Mike
Lyman. the driver. 8,
No cried a cop from the sidewalk,
his legs has dropped OF.
Both were wrong. manhole its cover
disappearing az the touch OF hoof, had
swallowed the bays hind quaHere Will
ing hands brought planks and the legs
were brought 10 the surface. Then the
other horse, seemingly Jealous, dropped
his hind quarters in, and the whole per
Torrance had 20 be repeated.
When al last Mike and the bays started
for the stables Of Frank Totten Of 1913 West
Eghty-ninth street the warm cop shook
his head. "
aid sTbey niver should cast manhole
covers while the iron h froEe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
Vanderbilt SHOW RING.
Ground Broken on ReEinald'S Farm Near
Newport for n HorSe Displaying Place.

NEWPORT, r. l., March 2l.-Ground was
broken to-day at Sandy Point farm, the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald c. Wander
bilt, for the private show ring for horses,
which Mr.. Vanderbilt has planned. Work
on it will be pushed so that il will be ready
for use when the summer season arrives,
Ths show ring will be 24O feet long by 100
feet wide. Outside Of the ring there will
be several stalls, while on one side there
will be an observation balcony capable OF
seating 100 persons.
The ring Is being built on a prominence
on the farm from which a fine view Of the
ocean can be had. With the building Of
this ring 1t Is possible that society during
the coming season will hold a society circus,
a feature which has been talked Of in the
past, but abandoned because Of the lack
Of a proper place 10 hold II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
EIGHT DEAD FROM A TORNADO.
First torm OF the Kind This Year Hits
DoubIehead, Ala, Severely.

DoubIehead, Ala, Severely.
BIRAmNoHAH, Ala. March IA tornado
struck Doublehead, Chambers county, last
night, and several houses were blown down.
Richard Haynes, a we'll known farmer, and
a little white girl and six negroes are among
the dead, while a soore Of both whites and
blacks are injured.
This is the first tornado reported this
year in Alabama. A late report from the
neighborhood Il Doubleheai Gays that the
list Of dead may 60 up TO twelve. The
houses IN the path Of the tornado were
smashed in a jifiy, the occupants Of the
buildings being hardly aware Of what was
happening.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
TRAIN FRECKERS IN IOWA.
Rocky Mountain Limited. on the Rock
Island. Ditohed Near Homestead.

Island, Ditched Near Homestead.
Dies MONIES, Ia, March 7i,-Unknown
men removed bolts and spikes from the Rock
Island Railroad near Homestead and wrecked
the Rocky Mountain Limited early to-day
The accident injured six trainmsn and a
passenger, and did t26 900 damage TO the
train. Three Of the trainmen are hurt
MORALLY. Secret Service men have been
summoned TO tho scene.
The train. consisting OF three coaches,
two sleepers, express and baggage cars,
went into forty-foot ditch a mile west OF
Homestead. Only the rear car remained
on the track, and the injured were taken in
Il 70 Iowa City. No attempt was made 10
roD passengers or the express car, which
was heavily loaded, the robbers evidently
having been frightened away when they
saw how serious their work had been.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
BOMB THROWN, EIGHT KILLED.
Another outrage in WGrsaw-POlloe OmcisI
~ LOdE ShOt.
spsciuI cabl' DssDaieAsI 70 THI SUN,

speciai Cabb Dt5pafeltI % THH sun.
WARSAW, March 2l.-A bomb was thrown
tonight from a window into patrol OF
hussars who were passing. Eight m'n
were killed and several wounded The
man who threw tho bomb cannot be found.
LODE, Russian Poland, March 2i.-A
police oficial Of the name Of Mosgunoh
was severely wounded on tho street here
to-day by revolver shots. The persons
who did the shooting escaped.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
Mr,. I.snrtr, . Grnndmother.

Special Gable Despatch 10 The SUE.
LONDON, March 2i.'-Mrs. Lily Langtry is
now grandmother. Her daughter, Mrs.
Ian Malcolm, gave birth to-day 10 a boy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
OLD POINT COMFORT AND THE SOUTH

Attractive s1 day outing 20 old Point Comfort,
Richmond and Washington, March q. Via Pennsyl.
vania Railroad. Rate $500 covers necessary ex 70
psasea. special Old Point Comfort only rSts tl7.OO.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
1orR 10 SIZE WASHINGTON.

Principal points Of Interest a. tns National CAP.
Na March ~, via Pennsylvania Railroad. Three
day IMP. Rate, tl2oo or titSo, according 70 hotel
etlocttd.-AGt,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

Leave New York so p. NJ, arrive Cleveland
Ti6 neat morning, Cincinnati lto p. A., Indian.
apola 400 p. NJ, 81. Louis p.G p. NJ. BY New York
Ceutral. Fine bervtca No sAcca fare.-Ael.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22
TOUR 10 PINEHURsT.

TOUR To PINEHURsT. n. O.
March 8 Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Grand Golf
TournAm snts. Rate 80, Includes three days board
~ Hotel Carolina. Tickets good for eighteen dayG
e ticket 6genu.-Adt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-22

n; g PECULIAR i.s'gEi , e R'sRs Ls5sys They
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-28
It's Always Bad.
The Best of Backs Are Bad When
They Ache and Wausau PeO-
pie Know 1t.

A bad back is always bad.
Bad at night when bedtime comes.
just as bad in the morning.
Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it.
Know they cure backache-cure every
kidney ill.,
If you don't some Wausau people do.
Read a case of it:
Mrs. James Morrill, of 112 South 1st
Ave. says: Several years ago l had a
severe attack of rheumatism and after
that my kidneys troubled me greatly.
Severe spells of backache and might
say / was seldom free from it. 1t was
almost impossible to do anything re-
curing me to bend, too frequent action
of the kidney secretions annoyed me
especially at night and in the morning
felt as tired as when | went to bed.
Procuring Doan's Kidney Pills at
Albers' drug store | took them and
they gave me complete relief. They
are the best remedy | ever used and
am glad to recommend them to others.
Mr.. Morrill, also used them with bene-
fetal results. In my case their good
effects were lasting"
For sale by all dealers; price so cents
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y, sole
agents for the u. S.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute.