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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
RADICALS TO CONTROL DUMA.
hut the Indications Are That the Session
VIII BE q short One.

From THB Sun Correspondent at ST. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. ~17.-Reports from
the provincial governors to Premier Stoly-
pin concur in stating that the next Duma
will be controlled by the radical party
despite the drastic action Of the Senate in
limiting the franchise.
The attitude which Premier Stolypin
has adopted toward the prospect of a
second Duma proving hostile to his Govern
ment is that he and his ministers will meet
such a Duma, but IL during the debate on
the speech from the throne an amend
ment demanding representative govern
ment is carried then the ,Duma will forth
with be dissolved. In view of the fact
that all parties in the last Ddma voted
an amendment that the existing ministers
be superseded by a representative ministry
responsible to the Duma it is probable
that the next Duma will not last more
than a few weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
BRIDGE TERMINAL AGAIN.
Project Revived Now hat the Elevated
Loop Has been Killed.

Comptroller Metz, Corporation Counsel
Ellison and Bridge Commissioners Steven
son nave decided to revive the plan for
relieving the congested Irsfic conditions
at this end Of the Brooklyn Bridge by con-
structing a big terminal building on he site
bounded by Centre street, City Hall place,
Reade street, Park Row and North William
street. Nearly a year q the Board OF
Estimate authorized the then Corporation
Counsel to begin condemnation proceedings
to acquire the property, but the proceedings
were not pushed. :
NOW NAY Ine prIuge loop scneme mas
mission the Comptroller, the Corporation
Counsel and the Bridge Commissioners
have reached the conclusion that the best
means OF giving the needed relief il to go
The matter will probably be brought up
at next Fridays meeting Of the Board Of
Estimate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
DEFACTNG HOOK MOUNTAIN.
Quarryins Goes Right On -CsndemnstiOn
OF the Lands Proposed.

The holders OF the quarry lands on Hook
Mountain, back of Nyack, nave succeeded
in obstructing the plans for the Palsade
Park provided for by the Wainwright act
at the last session of the Legislature. The
quarry owners are offering their holdings
at prices that seem to indicate that they
will listen to nothing but condemnation
proceedings; In the meanwhile the quarries
are hard at work-the damage to the beauty
Of the cliffs is steadily spreading over their
face.
After naming an original price of $40, oOO,-
900 for the combined Hook Mountain hold
ings last spring the owners came down
to g, OOO,O 900. There does not seem to rave
been any danger that the commission
would consent to pay that much. yet the
owners raised the price two millions after
the passage of the bill and still offer the
holding at the revised figure. S4,0OO, 900.
Investigation shows that the properties
offered at this price are carried on the tax
books assessed at 500, 600. The hackers
of the park say that 1900, 900 10 q plain
holdup price. II IL is not paid the quarrieg
threaten to go on removing the rock by
thousands Of tons and destroying the great
cliffs that seem meant to endure.
The only answer to this attitude on the
part OF the quarry wners, says IN attorney
Tor the park enterprise, is to institute con-
domination proceedings. Drastic action
must be taken at an early date. We can
not submit to a holdup exacting millions
where thousands would purchase ut q fair
price"
The Interstate Palisades Park Commits
sion is already assured. he says, Of the
interest and sympathy of thousands both in
New York and in New Jersey. With united
public support behind the movement it is
hoped that the needful action can be taken.
All work on the park, pending a con-
clusion Of these dealings, il at q full stop.
ONLY the nuarriAG ara af work full hlaae
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
SIR THOMAS Upton SAILS.
VIII Return. He Thinks, with Two Yachts
to Try for the Cub.


TO Try for the Cub.
Sir Thomas Upton. who sailed yesterday
for Liverpool aboard the Cunarder Car
mania, said to the reporters gathered about
him just before the great turbine left her
pier:
when ! come over again 1 may bring
two Shamrocks. One will be Shamrock w.
l nave not decided TO name the other.
will try them out on this side and the faster
n will be the challenger for the Americas
cup"
Sir Thomas declared that he had deter
mined to win the cup IL there were any
designers left in England that could con-
struct swift boats, and he believed there
were. He expressed admiration for the
spirit Of fair play in America, saying that
il his yacht should win he doubtless would
get as many and as hearty cheers as the
American winners had received in the past.
He said that Fife certainly would design
one of the yachts, which would be cutters.
Sir Thomas didn't agree with some yachts
men here who suggested that he should
challenge with a 20 footer. He said he
liked the larger boats. He also liked. he
said. the new rule OF measurement and
believed that the challenging and defend
ing yachts constructed under the rule
would be closer together, probably, than
any yachts ever seen before in International
contests.
Col. Duncan +. d. Neill, Yachting asso-
ciate Of Sir Thomas. and John Westwood,
Col. NeilPs secretary, accompanied him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
ART COLLECTOR ARRESTED.
Was Acquiring Pictures FOR the american
Historical Congress-"

y
William J. Wilson has been arrested in
Philadelphia on the complaint OF W. ID.
Murphy, a portrait painter. who lives at
n East Sixteenth street. this city. MT.
Murphy said yesterday that Wilson was
arrested after being indicted by the Grand
Jury in Washington on his complaint he
alleges that on March 10. 1905. he delivered
to Wilson portraits Of President Roose-
welt. President Mckinley. Senator Hanna
and Secretary Hay. Wilson, said Murphy,
represented himself az the vice-president
of the American Historical Congress, an
organization which he declared had Just
acquired control Of the Calvert mansion Of
Riverdale. Md.
Mr.. Murphy had the pictures on ex-
hibition at Washington, and delivered them
TO Wilson at the latter's Office in Washing
ton. The price Of the pictures was fixed
at 5000 and payment was TO be begun
in sixty days.
Mr.. Murphy returned to New York and
heard nothing more from Wilson. When
the sixty days were up he wrote to Wilson
asking for payment. Wilson replied that
on account OF the earthquake in San Fran
cisco he would be forced to postpone pay
ment for a few weeks.
In June Murphy put the matter in the
hands Of an attorney in Washington. The
lawyer informed Murphy that Wilson 3
old Office was closed and that the agents OF
the Calvert mansion said that there was no
such thing as the American Historical Con-
gress so far as they knew n that Wilson
had not even an option on the mansion.
Murphy notified the Washington police
and learned from them that Wilson'S Amer
ican Historical Congress circulars had been
stopped by the post office authorities some
time previous. Wilson's indictment and
arrest followed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
FIRST LINK IN NEW COAL ROAD.
The Delaware and Eastern Completed Old
Lines Fighting Connecting Link.

MARGARErvTLLE, n. Y, Nov. 1.-THE
first link in an independent coal road, which
will connect the anthracite fields Of Penn
~sylvania with northern New England, in
conjunction with the Boston n Maine,
was finished to-day, when a through train
ran over the Delaware and Eastern Rail-
road. This link Of forty-ive miles extends
from East Branch on the Ontario and West
ern, to Arkville on the Ulster and Delaware.
A contest is now on before the New York
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
over the charters for the Hancock and
East Branch and Sohnectady and Margaret
vile railroads. which when completed will
make a line Of 100 miles, to run from East
Branch TO the coal fields by way OF Hancock
on the east, and from Arkyille to Scheneo-
tady. where connection will be made with
the Boston and Maine.
Practically all OF the trunk lines and the
coat roads, assisted by the New York Gen.
trail, and with the influence which IL can bring
TO bear in New York State politics, have
been arrayed in an endeavor to block the
enterprise. The Delaware and Hudson,
through its attorneys, is making a most
strenuous fight, as the new line will afford a
more direct route, with a minimum OF
grades, besides interfering with the through
traffic over the Delaware and Hudson,
alLnOuRn lUb uue II dlEcdul BcIlOubly OOh-
gested. The new line win open up the
Schoharie Valley, one of the most fertile
districts OF New York State, which at the
present time is without railroad connection.
except by long wagon hauls to stations
on the Delaware and Hudson.
A special train arrived here to-day over
the Ontario and Western bringing fifty
prominent capitalists. representing various
interests, from New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Paterson and Newark, who have
financed this portion OF the route and are
interested in pushing the work which will
lead to the construction Of the entire line.
The party was in charge Of +. F. Soaring of
the banking firm Of Soaring 4 Co. OF 7 Wall
street, New York, who is the president OF
the road. 1t was a red letter day in the
history Of the valley, which has heretofore
been eighteen miles away from railroad
connections, yet notwithstanding this dis
advantage has developed a large amount
of trade, principally in farm products,
lumber, stone, DC. A banquet was given at
townsville to the party by the citizens.
There was a parade, followed by addresses
by representatives of the town officials
and representatives OF the railroad.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
FOURTRACKS 70 CONNECTICUT.
RIVAL WEsTCHESTER TRACTION
ENTERPRISES BOUGHT UP.

End OF Port Observation-Disclosures war Best
Parts OF Two Routes to he selected
FOR aROad On which Cars Like subway
Cars Can ne Run nc Express Speed.
The traction fight in Westchester county
was ended yesterday when Oakleigh
Thorne, president Of the Day and Night
Bank of New York, and Marsden j. Perry.
president Of the Union Trust Company
Of Providence, bought out the rival traction
companies, the New York, Westchester and
Boston Railroad Company and the New
York and Port Chester Company. 1t Ia sup
posed that August Belmont is interested in
the transaction.
Speedy construction Of a four track
rapid transit electric line il now expected.
Franchises call for right Of ray within
half a mile OF each other and the more
desirable course will be selected. The
new road will start at nth street and the
present branch Of the Lenox avenue Inter
borough road and will continue TO Mount
Vernon, Pelham, New Rochelle, Larchmont,
Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye and Port
Chester. with a proposed branch from
Mount Vernon to White Plains.
The Westchester road is capitalized for
$40 600 600 in stock and has SO COO, 600 in
bonds. The Port Chester road is capital
lied for only $3.50 600. but II holds important
franchises in New Rochelle and Pelham
Manor.
The westchester company has already
spent 81 10000 in construction work in
The Bronx and Noun Vernon. Its road
bed Is practically graded from nth street
to the Mount Vernon line n many OF
the steel bridges over the highways are in
their places. Altogether about $4,000 o
has been expended by the two companies.
1t is hoped that the new line will be COM
pleted and in operation by January 1, 1908.
The cars and equipment will be the same
as those OF the subway, and high speed
will be possible for express trains.
The deal for the Westchester road was
effected through the firm Of Dick a Robin
son, bankers. and for the Port Chester road
through Charles D.. Barney q Co., bankers.
md William c. Gotshall, president and
promoter of the company.
Mr.. Thorne said at his home, 200 Madison
avenue, Last night, that he did not care to
discuss the price paid.
-Our object in buying over the properties
is primarily to end the litigation and delay
he said. MIR. Perry and l believe that the
Dad is badly needed snd that there will
be money in the enterprise. 1t will tap a
rich and p~opulous country andbe beneficial
TO the territory which it traverses."
Mr.. Thorne did not care to speak Of the
talked OF ultimate extension Of the line to
Boston.
Our present work will be the pushing
of the road through to Port Chester and
the Connecticut State line" he said.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
FATAL BLOW on HIS DOORSTEP.
Police Trying 20 Find Out who Struck
MI Butler -Daughter Dead OF shock.

Coroner Mcdonald OF The Bronx and Capt.
ShevIin OF the Alexander avenue station
house went to work last night to try to
find out b assaulted Michael j. Butler,
90 years old, OF ol5 East 13sth street. Butler
was at one time a public weigher, and
was n OF the owners OF the Rotel Royal at
Fortieth street and Sixth avenue, which
burned down fourteen years ago with
great loss Of life. Butler was struck with
a blunt instrument in the hands OF some
n when he entered the vestibule OF his
home on Thursday night, the sth inst.
The same night he lapsed into unconscious
ness and has not rallied since. His death
Is expected at any time.
The authorities got their first word of
Buffers condition from the reporters last
night. They learned that Buffers phvsi-
clan is DIR. Shell, former Sanitary Superin-
tendent Of The Bronx. The Coroner wanted
an explanation from him last night as 10
why the authorities weren't notified. but
couldn't locate him. The Coroner heard
that Buffers two unmarried daughters.
Bertha and Mamie, were told by their father
before he lapsed into u-nconsciousnese who
had struck him. The Coroner questioned
them. but they would say little, declaring
thhL thcy "ehIeu VI AVOID nOtOrlety.
Coroner Mcdonald learned that Butler
went out to- look after the affairs Of his
youngest daughter. Bessie. who was the
only beneficiary Of her mothers estate OF
$4,000. The daughter was dangerously
i'll Of consumption at the time and has
since died. Il was when Butler returned
to his home late that night that he was
assaulted. and staggere red into his sick
daughters room. with his f.oe covered
with blood. The shock caused her death
The authoritles learned enough to set A
watch over a saloon kept by q -pron,inen,
politician In the ~neighborhood in the hons
Of finding q man h was ssid 70 ave hean
concerned In the assault.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
POVERTY LOT OF sAxARIrANs.


% fe0r Th4t 1bey Are fcd1u1ng . enefeu
Manuscript of Great Antiquity.
Special cabIs Dss7afee % THE Sun.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE manuscripts OF the
Pentateuch. dating from 1850 A. D.. which
four Samaritans are trying to sell in London.
Ia one Of two which were especially vene-
rated ut Nabfus. One claims antiquity
which suggests that It Ia the original trans
lation into the Samaritan dialect from the
Hebrew Pentateuch ESQ years ago. This
sacred document Is not shown except TO
royal persons, although a rich American
tourist onos overcams the scruples OF q
high priest by . fee Of $3.50.
The second manuscript Is the one de-
scribed in these dispatches yesterday. IL
is a Transcript Of the priceless master roll.
II In enclosed In a metal case beautifully
inlaid with silver. which lie 500 years old.
II is ornamented with two brass objects
similar to those traditionally decorating
the Ark OF the Covenant. The Samaritan
community, which now numbers about
$50, adheres stanchly to the beliefs and
traditions which from unknown antiquity
has divided them from the orthodox He
brews. They regard all the latter's sacred
books except the Pentateuoh as heretical
and now, no more than In the days OF Christ.
are there dealings between the two COM
munities.
The Samaritans are very poor, subsisting
on petty trades, and the local authorities
fleece and Cypress them. They are thus
kept p~erpetually poor. and it is now said
that their very existence as a separate
community 10 threatened unless they are
able to raise a large sum Of money. To
obtain this High Priest Isaac. who ia
here, has been directed to try and sell the
manuscript Of the Pentsteuch, although to
him and his fellow priests the act is saori-
legious.
1t is asserted that he made the first offer
to England. because Mr.. Finn, the former
British Consul at Jerusalem, onoe helped
the community by protecting the ancient
annua service on the summit Of Mount
Gerizem. He would also prefer to sell
the manuscript to a Christian country.
because the Christian Messiah called the
Samaritans good.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
CAUGHT BY FALLING WALL.
IT, Men Buried Out Of Sight and -Four ef
Them Badly Nurt.

Four men we're severely injured yester-
day in an excavation at Leonard and Seigel
streets, Williamsburg, by the collapse Of
part Of a foundation wall of a large three
story frame dwelling at 3S Leonard street.
The side wall had been shored up, but
while twelve men were alongside the wall
about thirty feet Of the foundation crumbled
without warning. Six OF the workmen
we're buried OH OF sight. Two men who
we're found near the top OF the pile had
sustained slight injuries. The four other
men who we're found underneath were
badly hurt. They were Adam Reingold,
20 years Old, OF 215 East Third street, Man
haitian. decorations and oontusions on his
head and face, as well az shock and inter-
nal INJURIES: Thomas Demaro, aged ~, Of
22l North Seventh street, probable fracture
of the skull and internal injuries; Tony
Ahrens, Is years old. and Joseph Munson.
aged u. both OF "a Withers street., decorations
and shock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
Candidates Cor Judge Thoma.'s Place

WASHINGTON, Nov. Judge r.. b.
Thomas OF the United States District Court
for the Eastern. or Brooklyn. District Of New
York will shortly resign that Office TO be
come a member Of the New York State
Supreme Court, to which he was elected
on November e. Three candidates for the
prospective vacancy rave already appeared
and their papers will be presented TO the
President on his return to Washington
Thomas I. ChatHeld, George D. Beattys
and Edward @. Benedict. al OF Brooklyn.
Mr.. ChAtneld 10 assistant 70 United States
District Attorney YounRs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
REAsSURED ny HAYASHI.
Certain That the Trouble Between America
and Japan VIII soon Blow Over.

Special Cable DfsDdtch 70 THE sun.
TOXIC, NOY. l7.-Deputations OF Con-
~stitutionelists, Progressives and Indepcn-
dents waited upon Viscount Hayashi, the
Foreign Minister, this morning. with re-
gard to the action Of San Francisco in
~segregating the Japanese pupils in the
public schools. Niscount Hayashi assured
his visitors that the opinions Of the Gov
ernments OF Japan n the United States
were in entire accord in the matter, which
he expected will DO promptly settled.
). He was Of the opinion that the general
sentiment Of the United States was in sym
patty with the American Government
The present affair. he said. promised to
result in an important advance in the solu-
ton Of the great constitutional problem
that was involved,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
6o-62 West Esd Street.
Lectures on Board the ~. Mays.

There will be a course Of Wednesday
night lectures hereafter on the gundeck OF
the ~schoolship st. Mary's. which is locked
alongside OF the a Twenty-fourth street
recreation pier. A screen for stereopticon
views has been strstched between decks
and benches capable OF seating a couple
The lectures will be given every Wednes-
day night. The boys in training on the
snip will make up a large part Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

Ferreira's campaign in the Cape Col ony
was brief. He Is a Boer who crossed the
border from German Southwest Africa
with eleven other Beers and a few natives
and on November 10 surprised two small sta
tons Of the Cape Colony police at Abeam and
Witkop, wounding two Of the police and
stealing some arms and ammunition. One
of the wounded troopers, named Below,
died. and for this Ferreira and his follow ers
will have 70 face a murder charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
DR.. >. Ford Thompson Recovering.

ODFfINT NWVEF DVN.T TTT " TIVE Jun
LONDON. Nov. 17.-Dr. j. Ford Thomp-
son OF Washington. ID. C., who was operated
on for an abecess OF the stomach on Novem-
Der 5 at a private hospital here, Is much
better and Is now able Il see visitors. He
told a reporter who called to see him to-day
that he was much gratiled over the In
tereet taken in him by friends AZ home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
col. MIBard Hunsiker HOnOred.
Special cable Despatch 10 TIVE SUN.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE retirement Of
Col. Willard Hunsiker from the position
Of foreign manager ~ the Carnegie steel
interests, which he held 70 many years
in London, was marked by the presentation
OF a rich silver oasket containing an ad-
dress OF appreciation OF his constant kind
ness from the stan Of his old employees.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

A Common Cold is taken VIXEN
the skin becomes colder than is
natural: The instant a chilly sensa-
ton is felt the mischief is done; bur
il can be rectified SO that no harm
follows by the use Of "Seventy-seven,"
The first dose restores the checked
circulation. starts the blood courS-
ing through the veins, the skin warns
up and the Cold is broken.
TT" is for Grip, Colds. Influenza.
Catarrh, Pains and soreness in the
Head and Chest. H~oarseness and
Sore Throat.
A. Druggists. % cents. or mailed.
ana John Streets. New York,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
ATTACKED BY HOTTENTOTS.
German Garrison Surprised Five Killed
and Three Injured.

NVETV'F WNHVFN T'"V"'NF IT TIT EVW7
BERLIN, Nov. l7.-Col. Deymling reports
from K~eetmanshoep, German Southwest
Africa, that the Hottentots on November I
surprised the German garrison AZ Uncha-
naris, killing FIVE and w%ounding three men.
Reenforcements which arrived later pur-
sued and dispersed the enemy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
CAPTURED.
Bold BOer Raider Taken at WIttesand
Native scouts Helped Catch Him.

SpecIdI CdOIe DtSpHtcH 70 THE SUN
CAPE Town, Nov. 1.-THE Cape Colony
police rave captured Ferreira and all his
followers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-02-08
FULLY EXPLAINED.

"You say, madam" said a law
yer to a woman in the witness box,
"that the defendant is a sort of re-
lation Of yours. Will you please
explain what yu mean by thst--just
how you are related to the defen-
dant?"
"Well, it's just like this. HIS
FIRST wife's cousin and my second
husbands first wife's aunt married
brothers named Jones, and they
we're own cousins to my mothers
own aunt. Then, again, his grand
father on his mothers side and my
grandmother on my mothers side
were second cousins, and his step
mother married my husbands step.
father after his father and my moth
er died, and his brother Joe and my
husbands brother Henry married
twin sisters. ] amt never iggered
out just how close we are, but I've
always looked on him as sort Of
cousin.p
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-02-08
DANGER IN THE MACHINE.

The danger to Republican supre-
macy in this State is not imaginary,
but real and present one, and
while the papers which have called
attention to it have been denounced
as insurgents and traitors by the
bosses. IL may as well be understood
now as later that the day when one,
two or a dozen men can control the
destinies or dictate the policies of a
great political party has gone by
forever.-Charleston News. (Rep. )
The Charleston News is the late st
Republican paper to join the ranks
of the insurgents. 1t is a close
neighbor to the Machine and has an
excellent opportunity to observe
how the Machine is "working for
the good Of the people" The more
intimate one becomes with the Ma
chine the better he can judge that II
is working wholly and safely for the
benefit of the Office holders and of.
fce-seekers. 1t cares nothing for
the "party" so long as it can retain
possession Of the public Offices. But
its days Of fooling the people has
vanished.