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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
WILD BEASTS IN CALIFORNIA.
Dynamiters Drive Them From Mountains
to Settlements In VALERA.

OropiHe correspondence Sacramento Bee.
Wild beasts California lions. Wildcats,
lynx. DC. q very numerous In the vicinity
Of French Greek. and In fact all along the
ridge. These animals are supposed to have
been driven out OF the nearly inaccessible
cahons whore they have been practically
undisturbed for ages past, by the invasion Of
the thousands Of railroad men and the noise
Of the continu cd explosion Of hundreds Of tons
Of dynamlte. They have sought shelter nearer
the confines Of civilization.
A few days ago, one OF the pack train men
was confronted by a large lion who evidently
intended TO dispute the right Of way with
him. and he believes he would have been
attacked but for the opportune explosion Of
q heavy blast in the canon below, which
frightened the beast. He turned and crashed
into the thicket out Of sight.
30 bold rave the animals become that
residents are very much alarmed. Half
grown calves aud other domestic animals
are carried OF with inpunity.
One OF the laborers. on Monday evening,
started for q surveyors camp about a mile
from French Greek with a sack OF fresh beef.
Before going far he found he was being fol.
lowed by . lion. which kept barely q hundred
yards behind him. When he would stop the
lion would stop. He dared not run, although
tempted TO do 80. for he felt sure be would
then be attacked. He thought Of throwing
the meat away. but he reasoned II he did 90
the animal would devour u almost Instantly,
would surely attack him and he would b St.
terly helpless, a. he was unarmed.
Nearly dead with fright he managed 10 reach
ion fien'e Could ga Be se ' piai E2yA SEEN sas f peeriss sy from 81 tss
underbr ush, The lion is naturally cowardly,
but will readily attack a man when hungry.
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BY A~uctioneer John l.. Parish in the vesey

by A%uctioneer John I, Parish in the vesey
Plans have been filed with Building Super;
remodeiiins Of The. two three story and base
ERSSsat East sisx1t!ya:hnh, street, owned BY, Resale &
story rear extension built to each and new
high stoop entrances constructed. The i'm
provements are to cost s2S ooo, according to
the estimate OF the architects. Koehler 4
Plans have also been fled for the partial
nth street. owned by Richard i. Howell.
The improvements, which are to increase the
room space; are to be made for the Anderson
COST SIS, 900, according to the estimate Of the
architects, DENLY h Mute. The Grand Cen
trail Palace mt Lexington avenue Is to be par;
station and concourse for the New York Gem
trql Railroad at a cost Of $4,000
hia R1a 70 Be seY Sn neo nld S1sa dSr H 4 chimney sh is ffsss
factory at Irving place and Eighteenth street;
j. Is to be q radifl dreprSor brick %;u fS bout
s $685. ana ao g rail- aet 70 Il The S' Ultimate I a OF the he cUss
todls Construction Company, the builder.
The Manhattan new building plans include
For Gn FIs ss01 Sos s3F" { t c%rrSil % at Sos: e az and PHI 81
East Twenty-fourth street, running through
the block a! Twenty.hlth street. and to sost
s'o %sGe a a. ak ts stoT 1Sor re, Slth oo stOers Of aoF T Seti
avenue and Einety-eishth, street. TO cost
sSo; 200; q tEo story az snd rd basement Eemni powe az
sNso''1 Is. ff pea ahe street Sew i to- co aa'; 81. So Sn ana two 20
q the Grand Central terminal Of the New
fG re f srana p Giompfa include four 81. story, fats
corner Of FreNnan and simpson street: at a
g SG sSrs Of s; g 40 S S%:,| 4 iD two oD Psrry s stsS,s, g a, ,SSS;
and q one story dwelling, 5000.
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ENGLISH W0MAN,SS STRANGE JOKE
Package h Called valuable surprfseo
Lawyers and bankers when Opened.

FROM the hOCHcbItT fOst-E
There is such a thing as carrying Q joke
too far six years ago an English woman
who was travelling In Canada Deposited ~
the vaults Of a Toronto trust company a par.
eel carefully bound and secured with q NUM-
Der OF imposing seals. 1t was understood
that the parcel contained jewels OF great
value, and therefore II was guarded with
Jealous care.
A few weeks ago the English woman died.
and o clause In her will made mention OF the
deposit In trust In Toronto. After due proc
ess of law it was ordered that the seals De
broken in tho Canadian city. Heirs In the
old land n one in a far distant point IN
Canada sent their respective lawyers to DO
age, On the day appointed tho lawyers as
sem6led ~ a private once q ne srnss G G8m,
p offt tSe se aets thai 4 fe Siesee3no'''
"R6d seals on the outside OF the bundle
Ssrs fr: sso hfro ksps sneou ae sFfA' A II sf tSia
Wrapping oame fold after fold Of papeIi
The Then the shs l S.rssr,,s saw sss a. oo' PSs s essits%sns
was almost intense, Beads Of perspiratlon
legged few present, With the unfolding o.
sssR e snsssss5Ys 60 s ses PtSs ssli atese q a saa s and
the lustre OF diamonds A. last, With nsrvoas
1 assS =, b !, sa' f HPen Sa,s sf ielt Sse 81 psps sss Wsss
an innocent and faded pair OF corsets,,
the faded pair Of corsets IN q trust aepSslt
vault. We may assume that the E1siish
prank on her relatives. Ii 30 tho Joke was Q
succees-aithoush she may not be able TO ap.
probate II, There is. material for q novel, ID
Reade would have based an exciting three
decker on II. and had Conan Doyle foolisnly
decidedN not to write more SHERLOCK Holmes
stories ne could expand the episode into o
most bathing detective problem.
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A CTSTERN HIS HOME.
where q San Francisco Man Hat LIVED
since tho Recent UnpieasAntness."

since the Recent Unpieasantness."
From TIE San Francisco Chronicle.
The spirit OF the cave dwellers Ia not dead.
This 10 shown by the temporary home OF
Major ]. II. Tomlinson. who has lived since
the recent unpleasantness In q clstern at the
corner OF Broadway and Jones street.
The cistern is in the summit OF Q hill on
the Demarest estate and Ia reached through
a short tunnel. A rough opening has been
made In the wall, and in this primitive door
way the occupant may be seen smoking
the pipe Of contentment. as indifferent 70
earthquakes as were his ancestors OF the
stone age.
A cat shares the subterranean apart
ment and pictures from the magazines
have been pasted upon its walls. II had
been the intention Of the owners OF the pro-
perty to make a ourio room OF the cistern.
which Ia about ten feet across. its walls
had been covered with whitewash. The
rmoko of tho great confiagration, however.
converted this to black. -.
Major Tomlinson has found the solid
bedrock in which his abode 10 sunksn an
admirable seismograph. and says h Q he
Inns detected more than 100 temblors since
the great earthquake. But neither hre nor
seism attic disturbance has %terIors In the
oistern, which would Withstand q Kansas
cyclone.
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Prepared fer the Worst

In sandown. n. H.. there once resided a
blacksmith. Timothy Carney, strong and
healthy. never having been III an hour dur
ing his manhood years. He was suddenly
stricken with a fever. His wife, Mary, was
frantic when be became delirious.
The old village doctor. being summoned.
was asked In q fearsome voice: rs he very
bad. dootorp' 49,
~He ia very low: won't live the day OUT
he replied, and leaving some drops" de-
parted. -.
Soon after the doctor's depa arturo Tim"
by the bedside, thou ht OF his future state.
Tim. dear she inquired, dye think yen
II hope. Co." be answered. But, Mary.
dear, would We mind going TO the forge and
bringing me big leather apron. and lave II
heady m ey Te sio 70 cSSs sesf IN y n ashy m, Wseidine
his hammer, &c well as ever. 5SAAAa~ ss<a-
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A Plain Spoken Man.
From he An6Rfa Goorafan

FTom Ne AH6Rfd NoordfdH.
One OF the candidates for Governor. In
speaking to friends Of his trip to the "stioks.
OF north Georgia. declared that some Of the
good folk IN that part Of the State evidently
were no more fanilisr with the dictionary
than the old woman who said II was good
reading. but that she didn't like the story.
the candidate. when everything was going
smoothly and 1 thought the audience well
under the spell Of my eloquenoe. | spoke OF
the gubernatorial race as though II were
! frsSs@n %ne Old f %enstSPee .n shu M8ed
70 his feet In the rear. Of the building, and
after waiting until l duished the sentence,
declared In his piercing. voice:
LEI yen want to poll D vote of north
George, Mr.. Speaker, use plain language;
We call 'em plain gubers up here"
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Pumping Wine Out OF q Cellar.

Stockton correspondence San Francisco Chron-
icic.
The California Wine Association sent here
to-day a bal geload OF wine saved from Its
cellars on Fourth and Brannai streets in
san Francisco, which will be distilled into
brandy here,
the burned storage place into the barge,
which holds $50, 900 gallons. and was lowed
here by the steamboat Leader, Here II was
pumped into tank cars and conveyed TO the
a fire engine Is now being used to pump
out the wine In the San Francisco cellar and 1t
il run through I, 200 feet Of pipe to the foot Of
Third street, where II Is loaded into tanks.
About one and q half million gallons OF wine
will be saved In this manner,
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Company has bought from the Whitehall
Realty Company two lots on the east side Of
the old White Plains road. running through
20 Byron street, sos feet north Of 2Sith
street, and resold II TO Martha A. Smith.
WILLIS AyENuE.-Warren 4 Skillin have
sold for Jacques Balm No. Ia Willis aye
nue., a Ave story fat. with stores. on lot
25Ni0O.
KlNGSBRIDGE TERRACE. William RIGHT
berg has sold for Louis Rouillion No. ;20Ie
Ringsbridge terrace, a two and one-helf
story building, on plot 5oxi?s, to Herman
negotiated the sale OF No. 27is KinRsbridge
terrace for George II. Toop to Theodore
n. MulCh.
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suttan's Gift of O Lion.
From the Tale!

A good story is told OF the late Sultan Burg
hash and Sir John Kirk, then Consul General
at Constantinople.
The Sultan had a very savage chained lion,
and as a happy thought he offered II 10 Sir
John for Queen Victoria. reminding him
that the lion formed one Of the supporters
OF the royal arms above the gate OF the British
consulate, and that the presence Of the real
brute would therefore be appropriate.
Alive TO the jest, Sir John quickly capped
Il and at h same time escaped the necessity
Of accepting such an unpleasant gift,
make an ineompists present. be replied
and when you are able to .Sco9rnpany the
Hon with a unicorn l ahal be deaIghtad 10
receive your munlacsnt 4sE.s,.df ~
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South Dakota women Gophe r Hunting.

Gopher hnniing Ia no longer an Industry
controlled by mon and boys. Women are
now taking part in the shooting Of the flicker
tail. and. although to them It furnishes sport,
they arc making pin money from the bounty
offered by the county. Many OF these female
nimrode are expert with their rides. Miss
and killed a gopher at fifty yards,
A hunting party Of women has been formed
which will take the Geld as soon as the " Gather
permits, Gopher shooting has reached such
proportions In this vicinity that bounty
records are expected 70 be broken before the
season IA closed,
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Sweet Pea Festival In Montana.

Bosssnan correspondenee Minneapolis journal.
This city. noted for the PROPULSION OF sweet
peas, which Chamber over its lAttioes and
hedges In the summer. has decided tohold
a sweet pea carnival or festival, and August
II has been chosen for the opening day.
Merchants Will fsstoon their windows.
poTches OF homes VIII be dgaped with then.
0 blossom IL will greet the eye Of the visitor or
native. =
- Plans An 8. for S,r the e., saT namm,, were .I 6SSr% %,h Cd
carried out by the Civic League. The az
fSit viii be as dainty and exquisite A. poe
sIble aud the tumplt ueually q feature or
street fairs will be eliminated.
There viii be music and o floral parade
with o carnival queen TO typify the spirit OF
che eoQsslCn and n the evening the rpasksrS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
The Dog Never Knew.

From he Minneapolis Journal.
Abe Trot, a well known character Of Peaks
island, Me-. was on his way to the woods 70
cut down some trees. carrying an axe on his
shoulder, and n small terrier dog following at
his heels. They espied q woodchuck, to
which the dog gave chase and drove into a
stone wall, where action commenced at once.
Abe's sympathies being With the dog he de-
ting himself in position, with the axe above
The dog, he waited for the extraction Of the
chuck. Soon an opportunity offered and Abe
struck, but at the same time the woodchuck
gathered himself up and pulled the dog In far
enough for him to receive tie blow. and the
dog was killed.
For years ptter. In relating the story, Abe
would always add: And thet dog dom know
to this day but what thet woodchuok killed
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Private aAlea.

TRINITY PLACE-The United States Ex-
press COMPANY. has bought No. eS Trinity
place 9 6Gur s stsSry s,t building aa %b, On tSs S ss;Is
pany Is erecting its new twenty-three story
18TH sTREET,-Charles M. Anderson 4
a seven story apartment house. on plot
: :iSs SI3E IT, III northeast corner Of Morning
MI. Gelbwax Nos. 1853 and Il7i Fifth ave-
nue.. a six story apartment house. on plot
SIXTH Observation-Disclosures 4 sapinsky
4 Charles Kaufmann, as attorneys, report
the sale of No. 42s Sixth street. q six story
tenement, with stores, on lot 26xe7.
Tated Rsiiroad Company Is reported to
have sold. for tis0,eo 0 the vacant, block
b sS, 2 by ~, SSe Con h. sysnu sivi s2sth and
s1oid No. ia7 West EiRhtieth street. a four
story. brownstone dwelling, on iot 2lxlo2:2;
tenant tSs nou Sylvester Sands.
sEvENTY-sEyENTH STREET:11Sotte, Ger.
dau has cold to Patrick +, GRIMM No. saz
West eyentylseysnth street. a four story
iis sDId fSr josephine K sutisr Ne MS0 &c % Rtss
IAN lso street # snd ( t iSS1 lo tex syy.i SSsIlln "a, o Sn not
sEyENTY-FIRsT sTREET:-Pete A. Peter
con has sold No. 80 West ssyenty.flrst
street, a four story dwelling on lot isxioa'?.
. AMSTERDAM AVENUE. = Lowenfeld d
PraFer have bought from the Tiffany estate
the southeast corner Of Amsterdam avenue
4 Porter and N. Cohn 4 Co. were the brokers.
rIGETEENTH sTREET.-M. l., D. G. Emit
base bought from the Tudor Realty Com
-, .C,ronany No. SIS to ee2 West .Ei9 L.
zenith strsss, four three story dwellings,
on plot 5ox97. .rx
TKNTH AvENuH-yoh4 y and Gear Z.
nortksas3 corner Of Tenth ayenle me
MGtEselgth 1.Ess4 -four ss,1r ssory .
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grounds have shade trees and %shrubbery.
A tract Of woodland near the river has
g turned into O public park.
Westfeld is also distinctly a residential
settlement, with no manufacturing. 1t is
located In the picturesque Orange Noun
tain region. on ground splendidly adapted
to beautiful development. 1t has five
public schools, several churches, q public
library, gas, electricity, sewers, good water
and an efficient police and fire department.
The streets are macadamized and well kept,
and the drives through the surrounding
country picturesque and interesting. West
field il noted for it's social functions, and
the Westheld Club is one Of the most FASH
ionable OF its kind in New Jereev.
Fanwood is Of Importance chiefly as the
and exclusive settlement a mile away at
the foot Of the mountain. The road from
Fanwood' is lined with fine estates. Good
roads lead from Scotch Plains TO Plainaeld,
to Fanwood, over the mountain and along
the base.
Plainneld has many local industries,
blocks Of business buildings, banks, trust
companies, title and insurance companies,
gas, water and electric companies, rail-
roads and newspapers. II Ia the largest
Of the settlements along the road west Of
Crawford, and Is q place OF steady and sub
~stantial growth. In its residence section
many Of Che houses have spacious grounds,
we'll matured shade trees and ~shrubbery,
and the estates of this class are sufficiently
numerous to establish q high character
parallel the railroad from Elizabeth to
Bound Brook and New Brunswick and there
are trolleys from Westfeld to Railway and
from Plafnfield TO Metuchen which connect
the towns on the Jersey Central with those
on the Pennsylvania,
Dunellen, Bound Brook and Somerville
are smaller residence settlements, pictur-
esque in q quiet way and OF comparatively
slow growth. A trolley road from Bound
Brook to New Brunswick offers a pleasant
ride through a rich agricultural country
In the beautiful Raritan River valley.
The cost OF living has not been affected
by speculation in any OF the places mem
toned. Rents average from $40 to CTS O
month, and homes may be bought at from
81, 900 to $50, 900. There Ii little speculative
building and property Is to be mad at more
reasonable prices han in most Of the other
suburban districts around New York.
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IFYOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CRY
OR COUNTRY HOME in New Jersey
call at the ELIZABETH REALTY &
INSURANCE co. for information in re.
gard TO houses TO buy or TO let in the
beautiful Home City OF Elizabeth. -
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FOR Sale or Rent House and lot, nicely located /.
reception hail.. parlor, dining room.
laundry, seven bedrooms and bath: seven
nirutes from depot: nail or boat. Address g. W.,
hot $40, Atlantic Highlands, ". j.
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Elegant brick Mansion, 10 rooms;
sanitary plumbing: cabinet finish In hne woods:
open. urea; electricity: grounds l00xO30; shade
and fruit trees: Q bargain price or will exchange.
Room to7, 10 Wall 81,
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FOR rent during summer months, furnished
modern u room hohse; ~ miles from New York.
quired. Address or inquire daily. OWNER. iiI
North av .. West. ..-- NJ
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RED BANK. SHREWSBURY RIVER.
Desirable Cottages and Farms for rent, FUR
nlshed. Vicinity OF Red Bank. Rumson Road. Little
silver. RENDRlCkSoN STOUT CO.. Red Bank
ny.
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W. ACRES IN


near Piainneid an all year country home; high and
healthy. for the business man Of ~. "; 10 room
modern house, stable and outbuildinEs. fruit trees,
sale OF lease for term ofyea; rsrent unfurntshed $50
= room house. all improvements. 7 ninutea from
station. t5 per month. . houeea to rsnt: Q rooms;
oil improvements one with barn: SIS per month.
Few minutes from ststicn a fne house on lot in0x
i25; rooms. all improvements, terms moderate.
for sale. c. BErrMAN. Fanwood. n. j.
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HiUhIands of Navesink.

Several fully furnished houses 70 rent for tho
summer. Rent for season $500 10 SLIGO. Further
pa rticulars. J. S. W. THOMPSON, $40 Broad St..
Y. j.
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Avon bY the Sea. N. j.

Q FINE, MODERN. WELL FURNISHED
COTTAGES EOR RENT. APPLY TO r. c. LOVE
AVON-BY-rHE-SEA.
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ments. on plot %. axIO0, to Lowenfeld d
Prayer. who recently bought the adjoining
southeast corner OF Thirty-seventh street,
&,9xiOo. through the same brokers.
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FIGHT IN POLICE AUTO.
Maurice Untermy er's Driver Tries Con-
illusions with Nr. WaIdo's Man.

Alfred johnson, who drives an sutomo-
bile for Maurice Untermyer. the lawyer. of
~ Broad street. was running his car up
Fourth avenue last night about 5 O'Clock
when he spied a long drab colored car speed
ing ahead OF him. johnson decide that he
wasn't taking any dust, ~ be threw over the
speed lever.
When ne drew near enough 20 the car
ahead Of him TO read the license tag at the
back he found the words Police Depart
ment' stamped OF the tin tag instead OF
the customary numbers That made the
game all the better for Johnson. He turned
on more steam and tried TO cross the bows
o. the police craft when both machines
were speeding past Twenty-eighrh street.
Johnson miscalculated the power OF the
police auto, with the result that he smashed
into the side Of the police car and broke
the batteries. Policeman lillian Leitch.
the driver for Deputy Commissioner Waldo,
was at the wheel OF the police machine.
Leitch was just about TO climb out and put
johnson under arrest, when be was sur
prised to see the man making for him.
johnson boarded Mr. Waldo's machine
without ceremony and lande a stiff punch
on Leitch's jaw. The policeman came
back at him and for a few minutes there
was some action in Deputy Commissioner
Waldois automobile. Then johnson began
to gee the worst of il. He jumped out and
ran up Fourth avenue at top speed. Leitch
followed him. When johnson lodged into
a butcher shop the Policeman dropped or
him. The hattie begun in the auto was
finished on the floor Of the butcher shop.
The policeman finally mastered his man
and took him TO the TenderloIn station.
where he was locked up on charges Of
drunkenness, assault and excessive driving.
Later in the evening Mr.. Untermyer came
down from his home with Maurice Mend
ham. the broker. who lives at the West
minister Hotel. Mr.. Mendham bailed
johnson out.
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FORSOOK COUNTRY AND SIX.
Russian woman Exile lINed thirteen Years
In chicago M . Man.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Nicolai de Raglan.
who had been a clerk in the Russian Con-
sulata here, die Recently. and il now de-
veIope that De Raglan was a woman. The
fun story behind IA masculine disguise
will probably he revealed in the probate
court.
In De Raylan's last will reference il made
to the thirteen-year-old boy living at the
home Of Mrs" Anna de Raglan. 500 Cali
foruia avenue, as my beloved son The
probate court will demand proof of death
and ir will be impossible 10 prove that the
testator Is a woman unless the secret u told.
The Court will also demand proof Of kinshlp.
De Raglan reached America thirteen
wears ago, and got employment in the con-
sulate. The child. Harry George de Ray
Ian, j. now a few months past IS years.
He has the face and eyes Of De Raglan, who
declares him TO be her son.
The will shows that Mrs. Anna de Ray
Ian was tine dead clerk conhdante. Ii pro-
vides that she shall prepare h body sOr
burial. and that the ceremonies shall ~
private A few hours before she i 81
asked that Mrs de Raglan be sent fol.
The instrument makes the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank trustee, and provides
that all the property shall 60 70 the son
when he shall be - years of age.