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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
THE BRONX RIVER SEVER.
what 1t VIII do When 1t Is Constructed
The Commissioners.

MOUNT VERNON, n. Y, May 27.-The
bill creating the commission to build the
Bronx River Valley sewer at an estimated
cost of So 10000 was signed last night by
Gov. Higgins. The sewer is to Re seventeen
miles long and will lie tho largest public
Improvement ever attempted in Westchester
county. 1t will drain the, entire territory
from White Plains to Mount Vernon, in
Guiding the Seventh ward of Yonkers and
then, passing under the city Of Yonkers
by means of tunnel, have its outlet in the
Hudson River at the lower boundary line
Of the city of Yonkers.
The Board of Commissioners is composed
of John f. Andrus, Mayor of Yonkers;
William Archer of Mount Vernon and John
J. Brown, President of the village of White
Plains. 1t is reported that Charles H.:
Young Of New Rochelle will be the counsel
to the commission. Mr.. Young was the
author Of the bill, and it afterward had the
Endorsement of ex-Judge John F. Dillon.
The commissioners are to receive salary
Of $500 year. The bill stipulates that
the sewer must he completed in three years,
otherwise its management will revert to
the Board Of Supervisors of Westminster
COUNTY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
cor IN GOLF SUIT TOUCHED.
Sergeant Pepper Punched YOUNG Man VINO
Punched His POcketbOOk-HOt Chase.

Sergt. John Pepper, who Is attached to
the Westchester police station, boarded
a Westchester trolley car at West Farms,
early last night on his way home from
Staten Island. where he had been playing
golf. The sergeant wore golf suit OF
Scotch plaid and carried leather bag
filled with drivers. brassies and ceeks.
The trolley car was an open one, and the
sergeant got into hack seat. His VIE
was with him. On the sergeant's right
sat a young man dressed in blue serge
suit and patent leather shoes.
The sergeant pulled his wallet out OF
his hip pocket to buy Newspaper ne
had $50 in bills in it and he had to pull
the roll out before he could find penny.
The Young man in blue serge looked in
terested. He slid over closer to the SER
geant as the latter replaced his wallet.
and finally worked his hand under the
short tail of the sergeant's golf coat.
Now, most golf trousers have buckles
on the side, and the Sergeant's were no
exception. But one of the Sergeant
buckles wasn't fastened. 1t dangled down
right over that wallet, and the young man
coat sleeve caught on the buckle Just as
he was lifting the goods out OF the
Sergeants jeans.
-
Young mans hand and held him fast,
brandishing his golf clubs and displaying
his gold shield He told the young man
that he was pinched Everything went all
right then until the sergeant's golf cap
blew of, about mile this side of the West.
chester police station. The car stopped
and the sergeant jumped Oft. taking the
prisoner and his wife with him.
The sergeant removed his favorte driver
from the bag, handed the latter to his wife
and started down the road after his cap
holding the prisoners arm. The prisoner
ierked away and ran four blocks into the
Van Nest freight yards Of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
The Sergeant. armed with the driver,
gave chase, and Mrs Pepper followed with
he rest of the golf outfit. The sergeant
made great speed in his knickerbookers
and forced the young man with the patent
leather shoes to shin up freight car.
The chase continued through the freight
ward, the sergeant taking most of the holes
Ia his course without serious hurt. The
Young man finally came to ground and
started to climb the fence into the Morris
Park racetrack and there he was nabbed
by Sergt. Pepper.
At the police station the prisoner, gave
his name as Frank Lewis and his address
as 27o West Foltieth street. He was locked
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
WATCH NOT WORTH THE CHASE.
Cause Forgot His Own Was BEING Repaired
and Thief Had Only Dollar One.

John c. Cause, painter and decorator,
living at PIG East Fiftieth street, ri ling on
Thiry-fourth street crosstown car last
night, in front of the Waldorf-Astoria, felt
a tug at his watch pocket His watch was
gone, and when Cause saw a man jump of
the car as II he was in great hurry he went
after him and set up cry of Stop thief
Waldorf cabmen took up the chase. The
man made of toward Broadway. Before
he had reached the corner he was tripped,
but he got to his feet quickly and kept
running At Broadway he ran into the
arms OF Tenderloin cop.
He was hailed to the Tenderloin station,
where he gave his name as John Evans.
Cause accused him Of taking very valu-
able gold watch from him. but moment
after making this accusation he remembered
that it wasn't valuable watch after all.
Il took my own watch to the jewelers.
to be repaired to-day" said Cause, and
he gave me dollar watch to carry until |
got my own back. If had remembered
that l only lost that dollar watch instead
Of my gold one ! certainly would not have
chased the thief
Evans was held.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
MR.. ROOSEVELT'S VISIT.
Plans for the Presidents Reception in
Brooklyn on Tuesday.

The arran gements for the reception OF
President Roosevelt on his visit to Brooklyn
on Tuesday. to be present at the unveilin &
of the statue of Gen. Slocum and to review
the Memorial Day parade, have been COM
pleted. A committee of the Union League
Club, headed by William f. Pulsiver, will
meet the President on his arrival in Jersey
City about A. NJ, and with Squadron c
as escort will proceed by Pennsylvania
Annex ferryboat to the foot of Fulton
street, Brooklyn, and thence to the Union
League Club house at Grant Square.
Breakfast will be served at o'clock,
after which there will be an informal recep-
ton. About $50 o'clock the President and
his party will be escorted to Bedford a VENUE
and to Eastern Parkway for the statue
unwilling. Just as soon as the ceremonies
have been concluded the President will
be driven to the Memorial Arch on the
Park plaza to review the parade. Before
his departure from rooklyn, about l2A5
o'clock, it is expected that the President
will pay visit to the Naval Branch of the
Young Mems Christian Ass ISOLATION, in
Sands street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
Mrs. Emma l.. wilmerdIns's Will.

MOUNT VERNON, N. ", May 27.-The will
of Emma l.. Wilmerding of Mount Vernon,
was filed in the Surrogate's Court to-day
REQUESTS are as follows: Lillian Isabel
Flovd Jones, a sister, 81 900; William Floyd
Jones. nephew, $500; Adelaide Wilmerding.
a daughter. iewelry, silverware, furniture,
10. subject to the use Of the same by the
decedent's husband, Theodore W. Wilmer
ding. The residue Of the s5a. 900 estate ia
left to the nus band in trust, and he IL 70 namo
a trust company or bank to succeed him as
executor when he dies. He is to receive a
life income from the estate. The daughter,
Adelaide, succeeds the father IN life in
come from the estate and she must designate
by will the nieces and nephews OF Mrs.
Wilmerdlng she desires shall inherit the
remainder.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
NEWS EVERY DAY AT SEA.
Campania Half Way Over Talked TO Corn.
wall and Nantucket.

1t was hands across the sea by wireless
with the Cunarder Campania, in yester-
day from Liverpool and Queenstown. She
stretched her viewless electric flipper to the
station at Podhu, on the coast Of Cornwall,
LOO nautical miles away, at the same time
that she gave the grip Of greeting to Nam
tucket Having no more use for the Brit on's
news, she continued thereafter to get the
important happenings of the world by
feeling the wireless pulse Of America.
The ships daily paper told of the death OF
William Ziegler, which came from both
sides Of the sea- the war situation in the Far
Fast, and political and social events that
we're interesting to many aboard the liner,
including Sir Henry Mortimer Durand'
British Ambassador to Washington, return
ing from short visit to England: The
Ambassador was accompanied by his son
Capt H. NJ. Durand, adjutant Of the Ninth
Lancers, stationed in India, on five months
furlough to take -look at the country
Another voyager by the Campania was
Richard Garfield, whose interest in pictures
not on the face of playing cards is still
alert, but who saw nothing in the art line
in Europe this trip torempt him to buy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
JEWELRY GONE WITH BOARDER.
Newcomer. Who said He Was an Equitable
Life Man, Stayed but an Hour.

Losses amounting to more than $4,000
have been reported to the police Of the East
Thirty-ffth street station as the result of a
visit which a man, who represented himself
as the superintendent of agencies in the
Equitable Life Assurance Society made at
the boarding house kept by Mrs. Anna
Reynolds, at 1876 East Thirty-fourth street
last Tuesday afternoon.
The man was apparently about rs years
old, and wore blue serge suit with patent
leather shoes and light soft hat He told
Mrs. Reynolds that he wanted to get a board
ing place and that her house had been recon-
mended to him.
He showed card which, as Mrs. Key
nolds recalls it now, bore the name Of
Miller She showed him room on the
third floor. He seemed to be very particu-
lar about it, and said that he would prefer
one lower down, but would take that one
for the present. Mrs. Reynolds left him
in the room, and an hour later he came
down stairs and called her.
He was going out for a short time and
would Ms REYNOLDS kindly pay the express
charge on his trunk when it was brought
to the house? 1t would be there, he said, in
half an hour.
That was the last Mrs. Reynolds ever
saw of the young man. The next morning
j. f. Cosgrove, one of the boarders in the
house complained that his gold watch
was missing. Mrs. Reynolds found that
many articles of value were gone. Even
the servants rooms on the top floor had
been rihed.
These things were reported to the police
on Wednesday and Thursday Yesterday
Mrs. Anna Maddox, whose husband for
many years before his death was a partner
in the firm Of James H. Durham 4 Co..
reported to the police that she had lost
Jewels valued at 5000.
These jewels were in Mrs. Maddocks
Wben sse 'ne 9ss u abe
trunk. She was visiting Mrs. Reynolds.
Among the jewelry was diamond ring and
several other diamond pieces.
The police say that it was one of the
ceanest clean-ups they ever heard of and
are sure that it was done by an expert
enced hand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
KING PATCHES SUNDAY GOLF.
Premier Was Playing. and the Two Are
Criticized.

Special Gable Despatch to THE SUN
LONDON, May Fixing Edward watched
Prime Minister Balfour playing game
Of golf last Sunday. This fact appeared
in the papers and has moved the wrath
and indignation of some strict Sabbatarian
who has written to a daily paper which
excludes racing and betting news from
it's columns, asking: rs it not time both
(the King and the Prime MINISTRY were
made to realize that there is in this country
a religious sentiment which will not permit
itself to be left out OF account"
The correspondent goes on to suggest
that the Archbishop Of Canterbury, hav-
ing access to royalty, should take the
lead in this matter. but meanwhile the
subject should have place in the public
prayers on Sunday in every sanctuary
throughout the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
GERMANY ENGLAND'S FOE.
The Spectator" Gives warning Thai
Kaiser's Moves Must BE watched.
.speeta. Gable De,pateh to THE sun.

kaiser's Moves Must BE watched.
.specia! Gable Despatch to THE sun.
LONDON. May 27.-The aggressive am
billions Of Germany. or rather Of Emperor
William. continue to give grave concern
to the people Of Great Britain. Their
fears find frank expression in temperate
but alarmist article in to-day's Spectator.
The writer ackno Wedges that German pub
lie opinion is not dangerously unfriendly
to England, but argues that the attitude
OF the German people does not count. He
says:
when the German people are able.
as we some day hope they may be, to i'm
pose their own will on their own Govern
ment and are in fact as we'll as in name
self-governing we shall be able to make
their wishes the test of German policy.
AS it is, what we have got to consider is
what do the men who rule Germany want?
We believe that these men are dominated
by political aspirations and by a policy
which cannot be carried out without in
jury to Britain. and that therefore those
aspirations and that policy must be watched
with unceasing vigilance.
1T must not be supposed, however, that
we are 80 unreasonable "a to consider the
aspirations and the policy in question
malignant because they are injurious to us.
1T would be most uni st to condemn
them merely because they conflict with
British interests. We cannot possibly
claim the right to dictate to Germany
the policy she should pursue. What we
can and must do is to watch the German
policy, and if it appears to be dangerous
to us to take oil precautions in our power
to guard our own interests.
what are the aspirations of the Emperor
and the governing classes in Germany?
They are. we believe, to establish a world
wide empire and to place Germany in a
position which will give her dominating
voice in all International affairs. That.
Of course, is an aspiration which Germany
has a right to put before herself We
hold next that her rulers in their hearts be-
lieve that it can only be satisfied at the
expense Of Great Britain. They, in fact,
feel toward Great Britain much as the
ruling Englishman felt in the days Of Eliza
beth and Cromwell in regard to Spain.
To the ambitious German we are an effete,
degenerate empire which is bound to make
room for the younger Power that has arisen
in northeastern Europe. Our empire is
doomed to pass away, and if Germany Is
worthy of her opportunity she will take
our place. That being so, many governing
Germans force themselves to see in us a
tyrannical, selfish, monopolist Power which
it would be a service to the world at large
to hurry down the path Of destruction
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
FIGHTS NEWPORT ASSESSMENT
Mrs. II. Livingston Beeckman Will Go TO
Court Over Increased Taxes.

NEWPORT r, l.. May 27.-Mr. and Mrs.
r. Livingston Beeckman Of New York
and Newport are to contest the Newport
tax assessors action in increasing their
personal property tax, and counsel has
been engaged to take the matter to the
courts Mrs. Beeckman is the daughter
of the late Gen. Samuel Thomas of New
York, who left trust fund of $500, 900 for
the use of Mrs. Thomas, his son, Edward
r. Thomas. and his daughter, Mrs. Beck
man. This fund has been taxed by the
Newport assessors.
They also increased the personal property
tax of Mrs. Beeckman from IS 600 to $3.50, 900.
and it is on this account that the question
is raised, it being alleged that Mrs. Beck
man has no personal property other than
her in terest in the trust fund.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28

Italian workmanship. It Is ,le,s inches
ong, and about a foot tall, or, to be exact
lax inches high. The reproduction, at a
little distance, presents much 1,ad the outline
an ornate SUPPORT for a figure Of Neptune
surmounting the turtles back. Persons
who have seen giant sea tortoise at the
Bronx zoo may gather from that form
an idea Of the biberon's outline, without
reference to size. The catalogue describes
the cup as roughly resembling monster
The head Of the diminutive monster
forms the spout Of the vessel. and 'the mon
ster shape" in the words Of the catalogue,
"is lost in the Auted shell like effect of the
general outline" Back; Of the neck. and
Of the body, are two wings. The stem is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
MRS. ROGERS MUST DIE.
Supreme Court OF Vermont Denies the
Petition for q New Trial.

MONTPELIER. VT. May 27.-The Vermont
Supreme Court this afternoon. with the
full bench present, denied the petition
for a new trial for Mrs. Mary X. Rogers.
The opinion was read by Judge John H.
Watson OF Montpelier, who prepared it.
Judges Seneca Hazeton of Burlington and
George NJ Powers of Worthwhile dssented.
Counsel for Mrs. Rogers then ma de appli-
cation for a stay of the death sentence
for four weeks from next Friday, to allow
them to secure more evidence of the insanity
of Mrs. Rogers and her ancestors. Upon
the Court refusing to do this, counsel said
they would take the case to the United
States Supreme Court on writ OF error.
They said it would be impossible to pre-
pare this writ Of error before next Friday.
the date set for Mrs. Rogers's execution.
and they again asked a stay Of execution on
this ground After long conference, the
Court decided that counsel for Mrs: Rogers
have plenty OF time before the date Get
for her execution to get this writ Of error
in shape, and the Court did not tonight
grant STAY of execution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
HILL AUTO PARTY LOST.
vlcc.presidcnt OF the Great Northern May
he stuck in Nebraska Mud.

OMAHA, Neb., May 27-Somewhere in a
sea Of mud on the Nebraska prairies Vice
President l.. w. Hill and party Of Great
Northern Railroad engineers, travelling In an
automobile, are supposed to be stuck.
The party left Lincoln at noon to-day,
bound for Omaha, since which time the
Burlin gton officials in this city have been
unable to locate them or to hear sin gle
word of them, although the Great North
em party was scheduled for business
talk with the Burl.n gton people this after
noon
Hill and his party are travelling in the
automobile over the route of the new line
which the Great Northern will build from
Sioux City to a connection with the Burning
ton road. They stayed at Lincoln last
night and left there at noon to-day. The
distance is sixty miles.
Rain has fallen over the course all day
and the roads are seas Of mud The party
Is supposed to have taken to the fields to
escape the muddy roads and have lost
direction. Night has fallen and the party
\. still out. There Is no danger Of loss Of
lie but the party can be greatly incon-
Venlenced and may remain out all night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
HANDCUFFED BRIDAL PAIR.
Couple Travel Across Iowa With Their
Wrists Locked Together.

DIES MONIES. Ia. May :7.-Bound to-
gether by pair Of steel handouts. Mr.
and Mrs. H, G. Slavery, newly married
couple Of Guthrie Centre. Ia, were to-day
compelled to ride across the State unable
to help themselves or to accept assistance
from amused but sympathetic passengers
on the train. Mr.. and Mrs. Slavery were
just starting upon their wedding trip when
friends conceived the idea of solidifying
the union by the adjustment Of steel wrist
bands. The train had reached Harlan,
distance of 200 miles, when the services OF
blacksmith were procured and the hand
cuffs we're filed apart. The brides wrist
was ably swollen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
FUNERAL or WILLIAM zIEGLER.
Simple Services Are Held in His Late Homo
In NOrJtOn.

STAMFORD, Conn. May 27.-The funeral
of William Ziegler was held at noon to day
from his late country home in Noroton.
The utmost simplicity was observed at
the service. There was no music and
no honorary pallbearers. The service
was conducted by the Rev. Louis French
rector OF st. Luke's Church Of Noroton,
at which members OF Mr.. Ziegler's family
attend service. About one hundred and
fifty persons came from New York and
Brooklyn.
The service was held in the large recep-
ton hall, and the body lay in a massive
sealed casket Of gun metal. pail Of
orchids, lilies OF the valley and smilax
covered the casket. particularly large
wreath came from the Brooklyn Eagle.
The special train left Noroton with the
body at 2:S0 O'Clock and q oommital service
was conducted at WoodAwn by the Rev.
Mr.. French. The casket was then placed
In the mausoleum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28

uniform and its base is carved with cookie
shells in low relief. The statue Of Neptune,
which surmounts the cover, depicts the
rests upon or rses from we ,e n nattern
base. The cup has gold mounts of simple
forms, but enriched with strap work in
Opaque and translucent enamels set with
precious stones.
The under side OF the handle-or statuette
OF Neptune astride the dolphin-and the
upper end Of the basal stem, which show
through the crystal body of the vase are
also chased and enameled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
CAUGHT OPENING HANDBAG.
Roy Paroled From ProtectOry Tackled
the WRONG Woman In 18th street Crowd.

Mrs. Catherine W. Collins of 1913 Fox
street, The Bronx, was gazing into Four
teenth street store window last night when
n smudge faced youngster glided up to
her and opened her handbag. Mrs. Collins
saw him before he could get anything. and
the boy toolAto his heels, with Mrs. Collins
and her brother in pursuit.
The boy ran to Fifth avenue and turned
north. with a crowd after him. He was
caught by a detective at Sixteenth street
and taken to the Mercer street station.
There he said he was David Jacobs Is
yearp old, OF 400 Graham avenue. Brooklyn.
He admitted that he had been In the Catholic
Protectory and was out on parole.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
WIFE IMPLORED HIM TO LIVE
YOUNG Man Shot Himself Because His
wages We're to DC Reduced.

Charles Frazer, a young Waterman en-
ploved by contracting firm. committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head at
his home, l4a Brook avenue. in The Bronx,
Yesterday afternoon while his wife was
pleading with him not to do it.
She saw him with the revolver pointed
at his head and caught his hand. He
overcame her. and refusing to listen pulled
the trigger. The only reason that his wife
can give for the deed is that he was greatly,
worried over notice that he had received
that his pay was to be reduced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
RAILROAD MAN MURDERED.
F. A. Dickinson Found NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
on His Head.

SCRANTON. Pa. May 27-Fred A. Dickin-
son, district passenger agent for the Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey, was found
dead at noon to-day in bed at his home
on Wyoming avenue, Greenridge. His
wife, returning from visit to Philadelphia,
found the body. There was cash in the
throat, but the room was filled with gas
and death was probably due to asphy1ia-
ton.
Dickinson was IS years old and came here
from New York year ago. He was APP
parently without care in the world. and
this has led the authorities to believe he
WAS murdered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
NORWAY'S CABINET QUITS.
CRISIS OVER THE QUESTION OF
SEPARATE CONSULATES.
Ministers Tender Their Resignations
When kinE oscar DIsapproves the Act
May Become Law without His Sfg.
nature II Parliament stands Firm.
Special Gable Despatch to TEE SUN

nature II Parliament STANDS Flrn'
Special Gable Despatch to TIE SUN.
CHRIsTIANIA, Norway, May 27-The
Norwegian State Council met to-day, and
King Oscar who has just resumed the
throne after several months of a regency
under the Crown Prince, presided. The
question Of separate consulships for Sweden
and Norway. in favor Of which both houses
Of the Norwegian Parliament have voted.
was taken up, and King Oscar refused to
give his sanction to the proposed establish
ment of Norwegian consulates.
The members Of the Norwegian Govern
ment Immediately rendered their resigna-
tons.
The Parliament has only 10 pass the con-
sular act twice more and 1t will then be a
law even without the Kings signature.
But whether it becom IS a law with or with
out the Kings signature the act will be
useless without a Norwegian Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, for the great Powers will
refuse to recognize Consuls without re-
sponsible Minister to control them. The
foreign Offices OF the peninsula must.
therefore. be separated and the only link
Of union between them will be that there
is the same King for both countries.
The members Of the Cabinet in rendering
their designations asked for their immediate
dismissal They declared that the rejection
OF the Government 8 unanimous recommen-
dation of Norwegian law which was unani-
mously demanded by the Norwegian people
could not be justified. 1t gave expression
to a royal power which was opposed to the
Norwegian constitution.