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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
NEW BARITONE FOR THE OPERA.
MIR. COnried Engages stracclart 40 q Sue.
cessor to Campanari.

hlF, NOnEleu EnBoBt bIucCibrt ~ u BuCs
cessor to Campanari.
Mr.. Conried yesterday concluded by cable
his negotiations with Riocardo Stracciari,
a noted Italian barytone, who will next year
be a member Of the company at the Metro
poIitan. Signor Stracoiari Is singing now
at La Scala, in Milan. He is well known in
South America and Spain and last fall
sang for the first time in London, where he
made a great success.
He will take next year the roles sung last
season by Signor ~Campanari, who desires to
return to concert work, to which he has
devoted himself for several years.
In the afternoon Mr.. Conried left for
Chicago, where he Is to meet some Of the
members of his opera company and settle
some of the contracts for next season.
Both Mr.. Hammerstein and Mr.. Conried
are negotiating now for the services of
Nine. Krusciniskaj, a Polish soprano who
has been singing for the past two years in
Italy, She has also appeared with success
Paris, She is young and very beautiful
and is just now the most popular dramatic
soprano In Italy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
AGATHE BORSEsCU,S FAREWELL.

Cordial Bon voyage OF Applause and
Flowers At the Irving Place Theatre.
Agathe Borsescu made her farewell ap-
pearance in America at the Irving Place
Theatre last night in ARIA und Messalina. !"
As Vdlerid Messdlina, the wife Of the Roman
Emperor Cidudius. she got a score Of curtain
calls. Harry Walden was equally as popu-
lar as Marcus.
Fraulein Borsesou is to sail for England
In a few days, and the lobby Of the theatre
was banked with floral tokens from her
friends in New York. At the end Of the
fourth act a procession Of usheB bore all
the floral emblems to the stage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
padden Rushing Water Meters I'm.

Water Register Micnael @. Padden is
| eating the recori in the installation OF
water meters. Hitherto the largest num-
Der ever put in in any one year has been
2,1s5. Since Padden went into office on
February 10 he has installed 1850. and he
expects to reach a total of 5000 by the
end of the year. The Aldermen have APP
proved of seven makes and MIR. Padden is
dividing the orders equally among the
manufacturers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
The SeagOers.

Arrived yesterday on the Carmania,
from Liverpool:
II. q. Wells. the novelist; Sir A.. Har-
greaVes Brown, Bart; Lady Hargreaves
Brown. Sir Adolph Caron. X. c. NJ. c., X. c.;
X VI. Catlin. De Witt Clinton. George A.
Denham. w. Phelps Dodge. j.. B. Duckworth.
Col. FARMLAND. w. r.. HinchliG, James Logic.
Sir Andrew Mcdonald. the Hon. Angus MELON
hell, +. +. Middleton, Lady Mary Graham
Montgomery. George Myers. Henry North
croft. Ansel oppenheim. NJ. Shiralshi, the
Hon. C.. Stanhope, X. c. veit and Charles II.
Whitaker
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
IN PLACE OF CONCERNING.
MIR. Metz Think the City Can Get Land
Cheaper Way.

Comptroller Metz has mapped out a
scheme for doing away with condemnation
proceedings in acquiring property for
public improvements. His plan is that the
Tax Department and the owner of property
more than the full market value. The
owner shall then continue to pay taxes on
this valuation until the city is ready to take
over the property. when the price agreed
upon shall be paid with an additional 10
per cent. MIR. Metz, if the Mayor and
corporation Counsel consent, will have his
plan embodied in a bill to be sent to ALBANY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
ADVERTISING SHOW IN GARDEN
what Bright Minds Have Don TO Open the
Peoples Purse TO BE on View.

The Advertising Show has been added
to the list of Madison Square Garden shows
this year. 1t is to be held from May 8 to
May 8 under the management of George F.
Parker and j. l.. Bieder. Such a show
was given in Chicago last year and its sue
here.
The show is for the purpose of exhibiting
what bright minds rave conceived in the
way of advertising of all kinds, from news
paper and magazine advertising down to
display and window specialties and the
smallest novelties. One of the exhibits
will be a printing shop for turning out
advertising matter n showing every
phase of the work from the making Of
the type to the time the advertisement Is
ready for distribution. Every known arti-
Gle that has any relation to advertising
will be on view.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
Delany Needs a Hundred Lawyers.

The Municipal Civil Service Commission
approved yesterday Of Corporation Counsel
Delany's application for an increase in the
number OF assistants from rs to 100. The
consent OF the commission Is needed, be-
cause the assistants are In the exempt class.
+. II. Goodwin, secretary of the Civil Service
Reform Association, insisted that the assist
ants should be subjected to a civil service
examination just as the junior assistants do.
The Mayor and the State Civil Service
commission must sanction the incrsase
peiore Mr.. Deiauy can make the appoint
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
BELASCO-BROOKS RECEIVERsHIP.
Court Directs Dissolution OF Their Partner.
ship I'm 9TH Auctioneer."

Edward B. La Fetra was named yesterday
by Supreme Court Justice Fitzgerald as re-
celver for the partnership property Of
David Belasco, the theatrical manager,
and Joseph Brooks, the playwright, in the
play THE Auctioneer."
Belasco and Brooks had suits and counter
suits over the profits Of the play. which
were recently decided in Brooks's favor.
Belasoo commended that Brooks was merely
a dummy for Klaw d Erlanger, representing
the theatrical syndicate, and that large
profits had gone to the syndicate out of the
rents of theatres to a share in which he
was entitled.
Brooks set up that he was acting through
out for himself, and that Belasco had de-
prived him Of a full share of the profits.
Justice Fitzgerald directs that the part
nership, be dissolved and that the receiver
give a bond Of $4,000. An accounting of
the profits realized Is also ordered, which
will be made before Paul Halpin as referee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05

Plans nave been filed with Building
Superintendent Murphy for making over
the one story garage owned by Amos F.
Enc and leased by Harry 8. Houpt on
Broadway just south of Fifty-ffth street,
into a roller skating rink Of the type that
was the town rage in the early eighties,
The garage building is rs feet front and
1870 feet deep, with a gallery which Is to
be extended and fitted with a space for
musicinns,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
Plan Of Postage stamp Redemption.

The Post Office Department is consider
ing a report from the New York Office sug-
costing some system of redemption Of
postage stamps. Stamps are sent in great
quantities to the large New York stores,
which cannot use them all and cannot
get rid Of them except at a discount.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05

Larry Rogers, who invented the plot to
kill the Rev. DR.. c. H. Parkhurst and con-
fessed that it was all a dream, was sen-
fenced by Judge o'Sullivan in General
Sessions yesterday to seven years and six
months in Sing Sing for perjury. For a
time lie worried several noted reformers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
unfounded Reports OF an Engagement.

Persistent reports of the engagement Of
Howard Willets OF New York and Mrs.
Avery of Colorado Springs, Col, have be-
come a source Of extreme annoyance TO
both persons. Mr.. Willets most emphati-
cally denied the report yesterday, stating
that there was absolutely M foundation
for it, a statement in which Mrs. Avery
ooncurH.
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= ~
THE
SPOILERS
d q d 8
By Rex E. Beach

This is a story written BY a
strong man, Of a strong man,
for strong and grown up men
to read. 1t is a tale such as
is told by a man perhaps once
in a llfetlme-a tale of impetuous
emotion, of brute strength and
courage, of swift and passionate
love and hate-a tale which tells
itself without fine words-vigor-
Gus, forceful, mighty. There is
no room for the violet conven-
tons of society in that robust
land where
"Wever a iaw of God or Man
rams north of Ehy-three.''
The only law is the law of
possession, of individual con-
science, and of hunger-the hun
ger for gold digged out of the
hills, and the binding hunger of
man for woman and for woman's
love. 1t is a story of to-day, but
it goes back to the root of things,
and is true of all men and all
real women since time began.
HARPER { BROTHERS. q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
Nat Goodwln's Leading Woman Goes Homo.

Miss Alexandra Carlisle, who came to
New York last Saturday on the steamship
Amerika to be leading woman in Nat Good
wins company, got homesick and started
home yesterday on the Teutonio. On board
the same ship was Maxine Elliott, who in
private life is Mrs, Nat Goodwin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05

R~ARE-Apuleius. Plato. Petronius. Propcrtius
Juvensl. Longus, Ovid, Suetonius, Martial. PRATT,
l6l 9Th ay,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05

Wireless telegraphy annihi-
lates space. With it you may
talk to a ship in mid-ocean as
though she we're tied up to
her dock.
The package is the wireless
t~elegraphy of modern manu-
facture, because the package
shortens the distance between
the factory and the kitchen.
The housewife buys her food
stuffs of the manufacturer as if
he were next door, the food
coming intact from factory to
kitchen.
Advertising mediums like
THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL
have made this great result pos
sible, and such advertising is the
wireless telegraphy Of business.
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
NEW YoRK BosroN CHICAGO BUFFALO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05

IRVING PL. THEATRE. To nigh. Friday .Evs.
Blumenthl's Comedy. "bie crosse Glooke."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05

GARRICk Last Wr Not; st LAsr WEES
ss,1 St. sS, SEQ n @sS Sss S1 81. GALl0PS
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
A DESERTED VILLAGE.
u Cost "a MILLION and Now stands In
Dense Woods.

u Cost "a Million and Vow stands In
Dense Woods.
Hidden behind the precipitOus rocky
bluffs of Point Mamainse. on the north
shore OF Lake Superior, lies the once
thriving village of Mamainse. long a
deserted town Of former comfortable
homes and we'll paved streets. II
stands in the midst OF a thick wood.
and except for the occasional hunter
or proSpcctor II is never visited II
has some fifty dwelling houses. besides
sther buildings. nearly all constructed
Of line white pine. and shaft house
ttamp mill and reduction works.
Near the site of this deserted town
Is an old and abandoned copper mine.
the attempt to open which explains the
existence Of the village the last re-
naming veStige of an English corpora
ton. backed by mint OF money. The
outcroppings of mineral were rich, and
on the strength of this showing even
before the shaft was started that was
TO open the supposed copper deposit
the corporation built its town and
stamp mill and reduction works.
More than million dollars were eX-
pended Ia this way and NJ one time
there were more than 300 men on the
payroll Money was spent lavIshly
Long and beautiful drives were laid
ont ia the virgin forest. and n steamer
line was established between the town
aud Sault Ste. Marie But copper was
lacking and the enterprise failed. 10
the dead loss OF the stockholders.
The corporation was called the Que
bec-I.akc Superior Copper Mining com
pany Operations were conducted for
several years aud in 1884 were sus-
pended indefinitely since which time
the town has been abandoned to un-
derbrush and weeds The buildings
remain standing denudcd OF doors and
windows and open 70 the SHOWS and
rainS.
II was not expected by the last group
Of people that departed from the place
that the village would he deserted. In
fact. the majority of the houses We're
left furnished and the big general store
well stocked with goods For time
watchmcn We're employed 10 protect
the property against thieves. but finally
they too. were recalled. and all was
abandoned To its fate.
As soon as II was discovered that no
one was left TO take care. OF the mill.
shops. store and houses. "A systematic
spoliation was organized. and plumber
from the town was taken away by the
boat load
The mining claim. together with the
entire tract Of land, comprising 600
acres, was subsequently acquired by
W. H. plummer of the Canadian 500
in liquda,ion of n claim of some thou
sands of dollars.
The main street OF the town is II mile
in length \ remarkable fact in con
necton with the houses is that. al
though never painted. they today look
almost like new buildings. The quality
of the lumber probably Is responsible
for this The plaster. too. remains
white and clean, mcracked by frost or
rain. There is not one among them
that Is not quite as cleanly as the ordi-
nary tenant house in the cities.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
SLEEP TALK BRINGS
MAN LIFE SENTENCE
IOwan Unwiitingly Tells Wife How. He
Murdered Her First
Husband.

Because he talked In his sleep and
told all about murder which he com
nitted. Charles Rocker of Sibley, la.
was sentenced TO life Imprisonment.
There was no evidence against the
murderer until the story he told In his
sleep was investigated. when sutii-
Client evidence To convict him was Sc
cured. Two years ago August Schroe-
der was murdered Charles Rocker, a
farm hand. married Schroeder's widow
some months later Mrs. Rocker in
formed the county attorney that her
husband. talking in his sleep. had con-
fessed 10 having murdered her first
husband. even To telling where he had
purchased the poison which he had adj
miniStered.
The story was investigated and the
purchase OF the poison traced to Rock
er. Schroeder's body was exhumed
and traces OF poison found Rocker
was arrested Immediately.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
RcIginm.s sugnr school.

Among the special professional schools
that are offered in different parts OF
the old world none is more unique than
the sugar school recently opened at
ST. GhiSlain. Belgium The course.
which covers two years. leads To II
diploma. which will insure the holder II
lucrative position with any of the large
sugar manufacturers on the continent
The student body is OF course not
very large. owing 10 the novelty OF the
course but the curriculum is exception
ally comprehensive. including instruc-
ton In the fundamental underlying
studies. such as physics and general
chemistry. in addition To such direct
studies as sugar technology, sugar
chemistry. sugar legislation. Industrial
factories. sugar accounts. cane and
sugar raising. etc.
Schools of this character are much
needed in the industrial world, being
analogous TO the technical schools
which have been found so extremely
valuable. Philadelphia Record.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

Although only thirty two wears old,
Patrick Hcnncssy driver living a,
417 West Twenty ninth street New
York city, was recently sentenced 70
his seventh term IL prison for assault
Ing Il policeman lIenuessy started ms
criminal career when eighteen lie
was sentenced TO two years aud three
months for burglary In 1875 he was
sent NJ AGAIN fer two years and half
for assault lie got out in 1897 and
was ont only week when he was ar
rested for robbery II being his second
term he WAS sentenced To ten years.
Good behavior gave him his freedom
In the full of last wear. He served two
terms in the Kings County penitcntiary
aggreeating three years and eleven
months
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

absolute rest is TO be found only in
death" says VI. Eldach Banbll of Par
is. but rs many OF us who ARE very
tired do not want 10 die the best way
for us 10 seek repose is in occasionally
Stimulating death"
This NJ Ranhil himself does. When
he is fatigucd by overwork he goes TO
bed in coffin with thick glass COW
err For forty-elght hours before shut
ting himself up in the coffin he neither
eats nor drinks While resting" he
takes no nourishment whatever. but
only occasionally breatheS little eth
or. which is administered TO him
through a slit in the glass. He re
mains a week IN the coffin at a time
and loses only eight pounds in weight
during that period
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
The Chestnut In Corsica.

To the Corsican islander the sweet
chestnut tree Is almost rs indispensa-
bile means OF support as the pig or
the potato has ever been 10 the Irish
countryman. Ground into the famous
polenta meal. the chestnut is the stan
Of life for the greater part OF the pop
ulation Of the island Now. however.
not content with having the chestnut
forests under contribution for the
greater part OF their food. the Corsi-
cans are forcing them 10 supply the
raw material for an active and rising
industry. the manufacture OF gallo
acid. which is extracted from the wood
and chiefly used for tanning and for
dyeing silk. Unless steps are very
quickly taken to replace the chestnut
woods by young plantations. the island
ers will he eventually face To face with
the possibility OF semistarvation.-
Country Gentleman
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
BEES SAVE
TWO MEMS LIVES
Sting Climbers About TO Go Over preci.
pice and Stop Them In
Nick OF Time.

Two young men who tried 70 descend
Mount Washington in the night we're
probably saved from instant death or
mortal injury 10y u swarm OF bees that
had hiycd IN an old log
The men. Harry Short and Burt
Young of Portland, had never been W
the mountain before, but We're 50 CONN
dent that they could lind their way down
over the foot trail by night that they
'stumpcd" each other 10 try IT, Sever
al with more level heads advised them
to remain until morning Us il looked
AS though it might storm, but they
would not. and when the moon came
up they started.
Ordinarily person would have little
difficulty in making the descent even
at night. but on this occasion a severe
mountain storm burst when the adj
venturcrs were halfway down. and
they became SO bewildered that they
got of the trail and were soon plung
ing through the woods. II was pitch
dark by this time and they should
have campcd and waited for daylight
But instead they kept recklessly on.
II later developed that they were on
the brink OF precipice heading
straight for n 200 foot fall when the
bees intercepted them The insects
arose in swarm when the boys hit
the log hive and drove them back some
little distance. Here they finally de-
cided 10 stay until the storm passed.
When IL became light the young men
saw what they had escaped.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

With his head swollen TO twice its
natural size and suffering torture, Emil
Jones Of New Britain died in 81 Fran
els hospital. Hartford. Conn. from the
effects Of an iugrowing hair in his chin
Jones tried 10 extract the iilament and
irritatcd the skin. Blood poisoning fol
lowed. aud he grew rapidly worse. dy-
Ing within week after the ingrowng
hair was first notieed. Physicians say
that the case is almost unique in pa.
theology. Jones WAS Il knife blade fE
ishcr, and II is thought that dust from
rosewood which h. handled IN his work
might have caused the poison.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

HE SEEMED TO ENJOY THE BEER HUGELY.
ii chew of tobacco. when it starts
out and slaves all day
When hitched 10 the coal car for the
parade there were four little boys in
the cart
II was quite restless and remained
so until the men gave it chew Of to-
bacCo.
Wash Lin is authority for the state
ment that ii was fed dime plug of to-
bacco during the entire parade.
II was after the parade John Werly
claimed II would be impossible 10 get
the mule inside his place.
Lin not only had the mule taken into
the saloon. but lined up at the bar, and
the miners got II bucket
The animal seemed to enjoy the beer
hugely and was somewhat averSe 10
being led away
lie didn't Stagger when driven out.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
picture % ,he chlne.c Emperer.

The countenance OF the emperor OF
China, the son Of heaven. is not often
gazcd upon 10y foreigners. One of the
favored few says he has Il melancholy.
frightened look His face Is pale, and
though 1t is distinguished by refine
ment and quiet dignity. il has none OF
the force OF his martial ancestors, moth
Ing commanding or imperial. but Is al
together mild. delicate and kind. Es-
sentially Manchu In features. his skin
Is strangely pallid. His face is oval
shaped with a very long. ROW chin
and sensitive mouth viii thin, nerv-
Gus lips. His nose is shaped and
straight, his eyebrows regular and very
arched. while the eyes are unusually
large and sorrowful In expression. The
forehead is broad. the head large he
yond the average -altogether the face
OF a decadent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
MULE DRINKS
BEER AT BAR
Kansas Miners Exhibit Ba0iy Spoiled
Pet Before Adniiring
Crowd.

Over hundred persons In Leaven.
worth Kan. saw mule led into the
Star of the West saloon. where II lined
lp nj the bar with number OF coal
aincrS and drank its I'LL Of beer from
4 galvanized bucket. after which II was
icd ont INTO the street there hitched TO
ITS ear, which II had drawn through
the streets IN n pa lc aud after being
given u chew of tobacco started of for
the Home mine.
The mule works ia the mine and Is q
great pet but it is badly spoiled
1t absolutely refuses 10 work In the
morning until one Of the miners gives
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

when the express from Boston came
into New Haven on recent night the
dead body Of a man was riding on the
pilot az The engine There was nothing
by which The body could be- identified.
A mllkman al Wallngford, fifteen
miles away. found the body of James
Wallace lying beside the tracks there.
II was then learned that he and Pat
rick Hayden were last seen together
walking the tracks They We're struck
10y the express and killed, and Hay
denis body was carried To New Haven.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

1T CoILfD AROUND THE ANGEL CAKE.
coled itself around the angel cake and,
kissing. raised its head menacingly.
Those of the picnckcrs who We're not
parnlyzed by fcar scattered. >hrieklng
Some ran down tie Paterson turnpike
and met Miss Vera Gillette. who was
going 10 her drcssmakers
Miss Vera is not Miss Muffett. When
She was told about the unwelcome
guest she got big stick With one
blow She stunned the snake. the second
killed il. But the picnickers hurried
away without taking even the table
cloth.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10
BIG SNAKE COILS
AROUND A CAKE
fakes Possession Of picnickers Lunch,
but Girl Kills II With
Big Stick.

The women aud children Who were
picuicking in wood az Richiicld, n
J.. had spread "A tablccloth on the grass
had laid out the angel cake aud the Ice
cream. had disposed themselves cross
legged. to enjoy the feast, when
There came big spider
And sat down beside hcr
And frightened Miss Munett away.
No. not a big spider. hut big black
snake. II glided from the underbrush
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

Mrs Timothy Walker took her life
10y drowning M EaStford Conn. She
wss ~,eniy-tive wears old.