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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
DE WITT E. BLAIR SUES FOR TAX
wants 10 Get Refund Of $40. 570.05 In
Iernal Revenue.

De Witt Clinton Blair, executor Of the es-
tate OF John /, Blair Of Blairstown, has be-
gun suit in the United States Circuit Court
TO recover SEQ. 729 81 paid az a legacy tax
ON the Blair estate. The summons in the
action was served yesterday on DIR. Her
man C.. ii. Herold. Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the Fifth district OF New jersey
to whom the tax was paid, it having been
assessed under the war revenue act OF
June Is, 1895.
The tax in dispute was assessed against
an interest held by Mr.. Blair in the firm
OF Blair A Co, bankers and brokers, Of New
York city, which interest .passed at the
death Of the testator to his son. 1t was
estimated that the value OF the interest
involved was 81 ,32l 1892.
When the tax was levied the executor
appealed to Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue John W. Yerkes, at Washington.
who sustained DR.. Herold. The money
was paid under protest July 2 last. Mr..
Blair contends that h interest in the bank
ing and brokerage firm did not come TO
him az a gift, but in pursuance Of a con-
tract betw cen himself and his father, made
several years before the passage Of the
war tax act.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
GEN. DUVALL LAUDS GERMANS.
Speaks for United States Army At Scene
OF Army Mar Ruyres.
Special CabIs Drspotch 10 THE SUN.

80
BERLIN, Sept. ls.-In an after dinner
speech which Brighten. W. p. Duvall of
the United States army mission to the
German army maneuvres delivered at
Breslau, and which il published tonight,
the General expresses his unqualified ad-
miration % German military science. In
tOasting the Kaiser Gen. Duvall said:
Although this is our first visit to Germany,
we have always known hat hele were TO be
found the sources Of military efficiency.
In these We place our faith. These are the
articles OF our creed. Consequently We
come az pilgrims to the holy place. What
we have seen has only strengthened our
belief
The speech concluded. Our high esti-
mate Of the imperial hospitality and Of
the hospitality, obliging character and
good nature of German officers cannot be
expressed in words, but in our hearts will
remain always admiration for the German
spirit, as shown in all its forms; for the
German patriotism, which Is devoted to the
common welfare in the arts Of peace or in
the improvement Of the means Of defending
its national possessions; for the spirit OF
Justice, which has regard for the rights Of
every class; for the spirit OF fidelity and
conscientiousness which marks the German
at his work; for the happiness and comfort
Of His people, and, above all, for the soldierly
spirit which makes the nation grid its loins
and lends It its chief strength
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
NAY WEED OFT PARTY CROOKS.
Parsons Likely 10 DO some PurgIng In
Executive Committee.

FANufuNtNO NVhihtttNNrNs
A possible result Of the tour by Herbert
Parsons Of the polling places Of the lower
part Of the city on primary day will be the
~unseating Of a number Of leaders who were
declared elected 10 the executive committee
OF the county committee. One Of the
leaders mentioned as being among those
who will be unseated il Jacob Newstead Of
the Fourth, at whose headquarters the
bogus Hearst petitions we're ~concocted last
year. II IL also said that there is a good
chance. Of J. Il. q. Rinehart being seated
from the Third, although on the face Of the
returns Louis j. Hoenninger, the Jimmie
March candidate, received a large majority.
Rinehart said yesterday that the election
was deliberately stolen from him and that
he proposed TO fight for his rights. He is
likely to have the support Of Mr.. Parsons
il he does.
Rinehart a that in one instance Hoen-
niger entered a polling place at 7:3O o'clock
in the evening. He had forty men with
him and they swept every n out Of the
showed that there were fifteen more than
the enrolment showed.
Rinehart says that he was elected 3 to I
and that II he had honest inspectors he
would have beer declared the victor.
Mr.. Parsons was deeply impressed by
what he saw in his tour OF the polling places
and he said that the matter OF investigating
the wrongs committed in some Of the cleo
ton districts was still in its infancy. As
he controls the county committee It would
be possible 70 throw out any executive COM
mitteeman who was found guilty Of cor
rupt work In the election.
Another thing that has been decided
h to seat John j. Farrell, the Parsons can
didate in the Thirteenth. This was a close
contest, both sides claiming victory.
Mr.. Rinehart had a long talk with Mr.,
Parsons at the Republican Club last night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
T. T. IN r. n. X. PIT.
Collision or Runaway Cars With LOcOmO-
tIVe-EnEIneer's Legs Gut or.

Edward Lane, an engineer working in the
excavation for the new Pennsylvania Rail-
road station, was fatally hurt yesterday
afternoon in a collision between a train OF
empty fiat cars and the locomotive he was
driving.
Lane had aiken a train Of fiat cars TO a
point in the excavation near Eighth avenue
and T~hirty-hrst street. He was returning
toward Ninth avenue when he saw q string
OF empty fiat cars coming along he track
that his engine was on. Apparently the
string had broken away from q locomotive
at Ninth avenue and Thirty-first street.
Lanes fireman jumped before the crash
came, but the engineer was caught In the
wrecka ge. His right leg was cut Oh and
the left was 40 badly crushed that it had
10 be amputated at Roosevelt Hospital
There is a considerable grade in the track
between Eighth and Ninth avenues and
he runaway string Of cars shot down
upon Lanes locomotive with terrific mo-
mentum.
The police got no word Of the accident
until late last night, when a doctor in Rooae-
welt Hospital called up Headquarters and
gave the news Of the accident. Lane was
taken first 20 the emergency hospital in
the enclosed excavation, and when 10 was
seen that his injury was fatal he was sent TO
Roosevelt.
Lane h % years old; married and lives
at Dos EASE Eighty ~secUnd street. 1.aRAk. a,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
URGE ROOSEVELT TO RIM AGAIN.
washington Republican State Convention
Kegs President 10 Accept Third Term.

W~asiID Republican state Convention
Kegs President 20 Accept Third Term.
SEATTLE. Wash, Sept. I9.-The Republi-
can State convention held here to-day
renominated Congressman Cushman, Jones
and Humphrey and Supreme Court Justices
X. o. Dunbar. Wallace Mount, Milo A. Root
and Herman d. Crow.
The convention adopted a resolution
asking President Roosevelt to accept a
denomination for the Presidency and
adopted a standpat tariff platform.
The third term resolution was passed
by a rising vote in a tumult Of cheering
which was a demonstration without par
allel in this State. The resolution in part
reads
"ResOlred, That President Roosevelt is
urgently requested to lay aside his personal
wishes and, acting through a patriotic
sense Of duty, yield to the demand Of the
people by accepting a denomination should
il be rendered.
RESOLVED, That II it Ia necessary for
the good Of the people that Theodore
Roosevelt succeed himself, we demand his
denomination at the hands Of the next Re-
publican national convention"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
TYPHOON DEATH list GROWS.
Several ThSusand Chinese May Have Been
Lost at HOngtSO0g.
Special CaNe Dsspaiches % TEE SuN.

Spec'di Cd0te DesDdtchfs 70 THk SUN.
HoNoKoNO. Sept. Ie.-It il now apparent
that the earlier estimates Of h loss Of life
In the typhoon which struck here yesterday
we're far below the reality. Probably sew
eral Thousand Chinese. who dwelt on the
waterside are dead.
The destruction Of an immense number
Of sampans. on which the families Of the
boatmen lived, leaves thousands OF sur
vivors homeless. There are no outward
expressions Of grief, the Chinese accepting
their losses with calm stolidity. They
besiege the police stations and other tenn
porary mortuaries with impassive faces to
identify the recovered bodies for burial.
As an instance Of the wholesale destrlc-
ton wrought by the storm the case is cited
OF one launch with 100 Chinese aboard.
This boat foundered aud every one aboard
was drowned.
The fate Of vessels outside the harbor
has not yet been learned. They include
numbers Of fishing boats.
Bishop HOare Of Victoria, HOngkong. is
reported missing. The launch in which
he was travelling here from ~neighboring
islands has been found floating bottom
upward.
Among the growing list OF shipping dis
asesrs appear the ame OF three American
vessels. the j. p. Chapman, the rigging OF
which wa damaged: the Sorogon, which
sank alongside a wharf. and the San Rosario,
which was blown ashore.
MANILA, Sept. 10.-The latest news from
HOngkong 10 that 1000 lives were lost in
yesterdays typboOn. Twelve ships wert
sunk and t~wenty-four were driven ashore
Half OF the native craft in the harbor werS
sunk.
A feet OF nineteen deep sea junks wal
driven aground on Stone Cutters Island
These, however, represent only a slight
part OF the damage to native shipping
Thousands Of small native craft with pear
hunters aboard were plying about the Chins
Sea and hundreds Of natives were drowned
when these small vessels filed and wen
swamped.
Four British river gunboats were dam
aged. The waterfront. docks and sea wal
are strewn with wreckage.
LONDON, Sept. l9-An official despatch
from Hongkong says that the Government
knows Of only about six fatalities in the cas'
OF Europeans. II ia feared that the loes o.
life among the Chinese was very heavy
The destruction Of property was conineC
mostly TO the piers and whsrves. The Gov
sr9ment is arranging to furnish relief to tn
sufferers,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
ASTOR THEATRE HIT AGAIN.
Nothing More serious Than an Anxious
sprinkler and q R%eGuddIed Horse.

Nothing More serious Than an ANXIOUS
Sprinkler and q ReGuddIed Horse.
The automatic sprinkler in a storerOOm
in the Aston Theatre went Of ~halfcOcked
yesterday afternoon and two horses tried
10 eat up a few yards Of stage grass. That
was all the hard luck that Charlie Hem
street, the press agent, could find, but he
knocked wood as he told the reporter
about il.
After four separate dates had been set
the Aston Theatre IL to open Pm Friday
night with Annie Russell in "A Midsummer
Nights Dream The license. which was
obtained on Tuesday, was displayed promi-
nently in the lobby last night alongside
a great quantity OF floral pieces sent TO
the theatre on MOnd ay night when the
audience was dismissed after the theatre
was filed. BIN the Button Man. who
built the theatre. and the lessees don't eX-
pect any more trouble, aside from hard
luck. Even Friday rs an opening night
doesn't worry them.
The entire theatre Ia equipped with auto
matte sprinklers, built on what h Fire
Department calls the thermostatic system.
Over 20 degrees heat in the room melts a
composition plug and the ~sprinklers work
automatically. That Is happened
yesterday afternoon.
John Osborne, manager OF the theatre,
was in the lobby when two stage hands
told him that the basement was being
flooded. Osborne finally managed TO shut
the water on. The damage was about IS.
A few spears and shields had been scaled,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
SUBWAY GUARD KILLED.
Must Have Slipped In 30 ardlnS Train
stopped Between stations.

Michael Krenitz, 30 years old. a guard.
was cut to pieces in the subway at Sixty
eighth street yesterday morning. He was
working between the fourth and fifth cars
of a %southbound express train which wa
stopped suddenly at that point by the
stripper," which shuts on the air brake
when a train fails TO heed the red light set
against it. The suddenness Of the stop
caused all the guards to jump on their train
onto the track to investigate. When the
brakes were released and the train moved
on none Of the trainmen noticed that krenitz
hadn't jumped back too.
When the train pulled into the Gran d
Central Station the passengers OF the cars
where Krenitz had been stationed began
pounding on the glass doors to be rele@ied.
A platform man sent another guard back
to open the door and then for the irst time
il was discovered thai Krenitz was not at
his post.
northbound express train saw what APP
reared to be a bunch Of rags on the rack
beyond the Sixty-sixth street station. He
stopped lust before his car reached il and
found what was later identified as the body
Policeman White OF the West Sixty
eighth street station house notified the
company's officials to send the motorman
OF Krenitz's train, Willis Quackenbush OF
42Os Fifth avenue, to them az soon as pos
sible. When he got to the station house he
told Of the momentary stop at Sixty-eighth
street, and from his story the police de-
cided that Krenitz slipped when he was
irving TO board his car and was run over
nv Ii. as blood was found on the wheels
later. His body was then Whirled onto the
other track.
O~uackenbush was held In % 1000 bail by
| Coroner Hamburger. Krenitz, who went
to work at the time OF the strike, lived at
g. Monroe street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
FLYING ALCOHOL BURNs FIVE.
Serious Accsdsnt at Party &C Home %
John v. Rchaefer.

MOUNT VERNON, Sept. is.-Nsws reached
here to-day that five persons were seriously
burned yesterday afternoon at the home
Of John v. Schaefsr, q New York con-
tractor, who lives In ~Pleasantville. Those
burned were Mrs. Schaefer, her two chill
dren. her mother and her sister-in-law,
Miss Schaefer.
A ohildren's party was being hsd on the
lawn when the accident occurred. Mrs.
Schaefer was making fudge for the little
ones In q chatting dish which was on a table
on the veranda. When the fudge was
about kalf done the alcohol supply was
exhausted and Mrs.. Schaefer sent her
sister-in-law TO get some more. As the
women were pouring Out the alcohol, a
gust Of wind blew the fame into the bottle
and the alcohol In both the bottle and
lamp exploded.
Burning alcohol was scattered over their
clothing and that Of the children. Five
OF the party who were on fire managed 10
~extinguish the flames by rolling IN the
grass. Mrs. Schaefer and her son were
burned the worst and also suffered from
shock.
They were 80 badly burned that DR.. l..
W. Jones' Of Pleasantvile, who was called,
sent to New York for three specialists And
an oculist. The boy, IL Ia feared, will lose
the sight OF one eve.
The doctors said tonight that all OF the
patients will recover, but that Mrs. Schaefer
and her son had a narrow escape.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

s~outhbouDd car to aid Mr.. Springer several
OF the women passengers were roughly
treated. Catherine Cameron. an actress,
OF II West Ninety-secOnd street was lean
ing her arm On the side OF the car when
tho reaouera reached over II to raise the
guard rail. IL was badly w~renched, and
was Dressed by New York Hospital am
bulance surgeons, who also treated several
women who tainted IA the same car.
ROundsman Howe Of the Tsnderloin
station house found a valuable sunburst
containing fifteen diamonds in the centre
OF the north track. When he asked Miss
Gladys Springer il she knew who owned
IL she -asd Il vas hers. M-s. Springer then
asked II any n had found her gold purse.
The roundsman said he had not heard OF 1t.
What the collision hadn't lone TO the
automobile the fire did. There wasn't
enough Of II left at midnight to I'LL an ordi-
nary dirt cart. After the fire started the
motormen we're permitted to move their
cars and thus saved them from damage.
AZ the New York Hospital Mr.. Springer
refused to be attended and asked that he be
sent to the home Of his private physician.
A carriage was summoned and he left. ac-
compAnied by his wife and two children.
The hospital people did not learn from
Mr.. Springer who his private physician a
Marston, the driver Of the auto, remained
at the hospital. The wound on his leg
Ia q serious one.
The police made no arrests. They said
that the motormen OF the two cars we're In
no way 10 blame for the accident.
Besides managing the Grand Opera House
Mr.. Springer Ia president OF the Springer
Motor Vehicle Company at 24l West Forty
first street. His own car was out Of order
last night, n he was using a $500 ma
chine lent him by the DacauVilhn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
TEN DEAD IN ENGLISH WRECK
Train Goes Down an E~TnOanErnens ana
Catches Fire.
Special Cable DssDdicA 10 rHH SUN

Special Cable DssDdicA 10 rHH sun
LONDON, Sept. "a sleeping Caratt@Oho
to an express train running from LONDON
TO Edinbur Rh was dsrAiled to-day at Grant
hmm and went down an smbankment.
Ten persons are known to have beer
killed, including two ome The wreckaee
caught fire.
The train was scheduled TO stop at Grant
han, but It did not stop. The car Jumped
the track at q chrve outside tho station
and smashed the parapet Of a bridge.
The work Of rescue is still going on
Seven injured persons have been taken
TO the hospital.
The officials here Of the Great Northern
company have received no details OF the
wreck; but they admit that It was very
serious. The train was composed OF ten
cars crowded with passengers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
HEIGHT OF STREET CAR STEPS.
Complaints OF Women Induce the Railway
A~ssOctatiOn 20 Propose q Remedy.

ALBANY, Sept. iO.-The State Board Of
Railroad Commissioners has recevied many
complaints from women In reference to the
excessive height Of the car steps on the
street surface roads in this State, 1t was
decided by the commission that a remedy
could be more quickly obtained by a con-
ference with the managers OF the different
roads than by recommendations to indi-
vidual companies against whom the COM
plants had been received. For his reason
the matter wal brought to the attention OF
the Street Railway Association, which at
is last convention appointed a committee
to consider the subject. This COMMITTEES
to-day reported to the association In con-
~vention in this city, and its report, embody-
ing in effect a maximum height OF steps
above the top OF the rail Of seventeen inches,
was adopted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
. RTE COUNTY NOT FOR HEARST.
IL May Have ! Of the II Delegates -Four
DIstrIcta Instruct for Him with an u.

Districts Instruct for Him With an IT.
BUFFALO, Sept. lS.-The Democrats to-
day held district conventions In six OF
the nine Assembly districts in Erie county.
There were no fights. -Four Of the dis
tricts instructed their delegates to vote
for the nomination OF William Randolph
Hearst for Governor, provided that by
the time OF the convention he il not the
candidate Of any other party or organi-
~zatiOn.'
In the other two districts the resolution
was not pr~esented-in the Fourth because
William H. Ryan, Congressman, feared ii
would hurt him, and in h fifth because
Alderman. Collins, an original Hearst man,
kicked up such a row.
The other three district conventions will
be held tomorrow. IL Is estimated that
there will be seven IONA fide Hearst men
out Of the twenty-aeven delegates from
this county to the State convention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
BARELY MISSED DEPORTATION,
Although Her Prosperous American son
was HurryIng TO Meet Her.

Sophie Hert2feld, who vas born in Posen
some rs years ago. came pretty near not
getting into the United States to live out
the rest Of her life.
When she arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. last week there was no n to meet her
and abe was sent to Ellis Island and detained.
She said she was going to a we'll to do SON
in Topeka and a telegram was sent to her
son, but as he was on his way to meet her
here he did not get the message and the
woman was ordered deported. She would
have gone back on the next ship OF the line
to sail had her son not turned up yesterday
to claim her. He is Henry Hertzfeld, a
prosperous merchant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
FIRST TWIN TURBINE LAUNCHED.
Miss Hartman ChrIStens rs Creole New
Southern Pacific steamer.

QUINCY, Mass, Sept. 1s.-The steamship
Creole, the first twin screw turbine 10 be
launched in this country, was sent in the
water here to-day.
She was christened w Miss Mary Harri-
man, daughter OF f.. II. Hartman. president
of the Southern Pacific company, which
owns the craft.
Ine Creole il 4IO feet long, So feet beam,
with a drauRht Of rs feet under 1000 o
burden. She il 10 have a speed Of sixteen
nautical miles and will run between New
York and New Orleans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
BTG ROCK MISSES MAYOR PAGAN.
Rope Holding Jersey city school Corner.
stone Breaks suddenly.

AVOho aAreuAH Suuuethtys
Az Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan Of Jersey City
was reading an address at the laying Of
the cornerstone Of Public School 81. at
Hudson Boulevard and St. Paul's avenue.
yesterday afternoon q rope from which the
stone. weighing four or five hundred pounds.
was suspended broke and the MAS Of granite
dropped FIVE feet TO the platform.
1t landed a few inches from the Mayors
toes. The speaker continued with his
speech "a though nothing extraordinary
had happened. Had tho stone fallen Oh
the platform several persons would have
been hurt. as there was a crowd close up to
the building line. A new rope was secured
and the stone swung In position. The Mayor
used q silver trowel when II settled in place.
and several speeches were made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
ACTOR LEAVES slOO.OO0.
John Lawrence TOole's VIII Names se'en-
teen Beuenciarics.
Special caDrs Despatch 10 TIE sun.

LONDON, Sept. ls.-The will OF John
Lawrence Toole, the comedian. who died
last July, is dated 1894. It is q remarkable
document. It contains thirteen codicils'
and comprises altogether $3.50 words
There are about seventeen benefciaries'
including many who are famous In art,
the drama and literature. Several OF
those named in the will are dead. The
value Of the estate IL nearly ESQ 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
TIE WOLVERINE.

This splendid fast train leaves New YORK az gD
p. NJ. via NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES Amer
IcA'sg Greatest Railroad, : arrives Detroit next morn
ing. Saginaw. Grand Rapids and chicago IN the
afternoon. Best service between these cltloa,--Adv.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20
Fire Scare In five Cent Theatre.

in the Ave cent theatre at l22 Park Row
burned up last night and scared the house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

After all. Ushor's the scotch
that made the hlEhbaIl famous.-AdS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

90 TO BUFFALO AND RETURN.
Sept. y, a. Niagara Fails. o., sept. q. p, Le-
high Valley X. r. SS and 1880 Broadway. -Ad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

EAurKs'S sTA w Hcc6SXEEST1ON.
prcursion tIcketa 40. 81 New York Central or CO., 90
By West shOro r. Il. Fun particulars from ticket
aKonts.-AdO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

TICKETS ON SALE. Sept. 18th 70 OCT, 9Th Rats
TicKET xGENfS.-Aa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

BuRnett.s Extract % vanilla
oess " test' perfectly Rurv, Concsnirnted.-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-20

TO-DAY yos can drink frsse. Grape Izlgsk
~ q. p.wsyAS s s:::sS ]
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-29

Here we have our hands full Of the
problems that arise from race condi-
lions. We have representatives here of
the great races of the world. our in
dustrial condition is complicated by
this cosmopolitan population. The liz
uor, education and social matters and
public lands questions are difficult
things to deal with by reason OF these
various n1tionali,ies I'm large numbers
living here.
I'VE have produced these conditions
ourselves The sugar interests are no
doubt responsible for bringing these
people here, but they are not to blame.
They did the enterprising thing in de-
veloplng the country
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