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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
WHL ACCEPT /. CENT RATE.
sesboard Air Line 10 Make No Opposition
10 virginia commissions Order.

," 'hNsNs
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. I5.-The Seaboard
Air Lime Railway will make no fight against
the TWO rent passenger rate decreed by the
State Corpora ton Commission OF Vir-
ginia.
No official announcement has been made
a. vet, but the road is preparing to put the
new tariff into effect without any effort
to thwart the purpose of the State.
T.. Randolph Williams. division counsel
tor the road. has already called at the
offices of the commission TO get the data
necessary for the change of rates II is
known also that he has exhibited a letter
wherein Judge Leigh r. Watts, general
%counse for the Seaboard Air Line, says in
unequivocsl terms that the road will allow
the reduced rate 10 go into effect.
IN commission has been officially notl-
fed that the Ttdewater and Western for
merly the Farmville and Powhattanl will
agree without protest to the reduced rate
ordered by the commission. In this case,
however, the reduced fare will be 81
cents. Heretofore the fare has been
four.oents.. The change will become effect
i've September I.
The commission did not order the W
Centrate FOR all railroads, but only for eight
or nine OF the larger systems. The rates
for the smaller lines were arranged accord
ng TO their BUSINESS and resources.
AsHEvTLbE, n. c.. Aug. I8.-Judge
Pritchsrd has notified A. c. Braxton, special
Counsel for the Virginia Railway Commits
sion. that he will not al up the question
Of modifying his injunction forbidding
the State authorities or the Railroad Conn
The rev law until he goes to Richmond
next month TO the Circuit Court OF Appeals.
This matter was TO have been heard here
within the next few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
T0WtN or ~ 4 NIGHTGOWN
u Found Wandering the streets Bor-
dcrtRg an Delirium.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Aug. l8.-Mrs :, W.
Huckestine, n young and pretty woman
and a stranger in this city. was found early
this morning wandering about the streets
in the highest Kind of night attire.
The woman left her boarding house in a
highly nervous state and was bordering on
dclirium when found. She has resisted all
attempts 10 learn anything about her iden-
iity, saying only that she had once lived in
Richmond, but that more recently she has
returned to Virginia from Pittsburg, Pa,
10 get "A divorce from her husband, who
she says deserted her.
The woman arrived in Alexandria yester-
day from Catletts. where ba ggage il held
for her under the name she gave the police
here. She said she was a Catholic, and this
afternoon she was taken to Washington
and placed in the care OF the Sisters Of the
food shepherd.
Nothing is known here Of her husba nd.
Mrs. HrckeStine failed to cnlighten the
police az 10 why sho chose 10 appear on the
streets ~ 2 O'Clock in the morning without
proper clothing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
4 CROOKS MIST4kE.
Looking for n Policeman. He Finds One M
Lands Hin, Where He Belongs.


When Policeman Murphy Of the West
tooth street station arrived at his home in an
apartment house at 200 West l42d street
yesterday afternoon he found a man who
said he was looking for the policeman.
DO you know Policeman Murphy"
asked the policeman.
Sure, said the stranger. he and I are
old pals"
I'm Policeman Murphy" replied the cop,
-and | think you are a rock"
The stranger backed on and made a
move for his hip pocket. Policeman
Murphy landed two good wallops on the
mans Jaw and he went down. Murphy
handcuffed him and took him to the West
125th street station. He had a jimmy and
a pair Of pliers. The prisoner also mad
several rings from which the settings had
been torn, forty-seven elevated railway
tickets and a pair Of gold cuff buttons
marked Presented to Charles Davis by
Sylvan Lodge. 7. 4 A. NJ"
Tho cuff buttons were the property Of
Charles Davis. who lives At 283s Eighth
avenue. Davis's fiat and that Of Charles
McCave. a letter carrier. living across the
hall, were robbed earlier in the day. McCave
identified the rings as his property. The
prisoner said he was Edward F.. Ernst
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
GIRLS MARRIAGE ANNULLED.
Mary Belle Anstead Sets Up That she Was
Trtcked Into u.

The marriage of Mary Belle Anstead
to Christopher @. Cosmides on October
20. 1905. was ordered annulled yesterday
by Justice Truax OF the Supreme Court
on the ground that the young woman was
induced TO 60 through the ceremony by
fraud and duress. She 10 allowed to resume
her maiden name.
Miss Anstead is the daughter of William
Howard Anstesd. who lives at 2iO7 Fifth
avenue. She celebrated her seventeenth
birthday or October 10, 1905, by leaving
home, after q quarrel with her father,
and going to live with a woman friend.
She Testified at the trial Of her suit for
annulment that she had been persuaded
by Cosmides and others that her father
wanted to send her to a reformatory and
vas searching the town for her. Believ-
ing these representations. she consented
to marry Cosmides but immediately re-
turned TO her fathers home and found that
there was a warm welcome for her there
instead of threats and punishment. She
never returned to Cosmides. who is said
to be In Europe now. Anstead. the father,
corroborated his daughters story.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
CUTTING STEERAGE FARES.
BiE Lines Meet the Reduced Rate ~ the
Russian Companies.

The competition Of the recently estab-
lishcd Russian lines with steamships run
ming 20 Rotterdam and Libau has caused
some trouble among the big companies.
Not long ago the Russian East Asiatic
Company and the Russian Volunteer Fleet
cut the steerage rates to Rotterdam to SIS.
That meant an increase Of traffic for the
Russian lines and a proportionate loss to
the other companies.
The North German Lloyd. Hamburg
American. Holland-America and Red Star
ines Immediately had a conference, and
il was announced yesterday that steerage
passage to Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam
and Antwerp can now be had for s25. The
Russian lines will make another cut TO s2s
next week, il is said, which the more power
full lines doubtless will meet and perhaps
discount.
The agents Of the big lines will not ac-
knowledge the existence Of a steerage rate
war. but they say they have reduced the
steerage fare to meet the current con-
ditions in steerage traffic"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
RIG FLYWHEEL BURSTS.
Accident at Saransc Lake Power House
-Part Lands Close TO Mans House.

SARANAC LAKE. y. v, Aug. H.--The
breaking Of the piston rod and the sudden
.stoppage Of the 100 horsepower gasolene
engine used to generate power in the Sara
nae Lake Lighting Power Compsny's power
house az $50 o'clock this afternoon caused
the two ton fywheel to burst into a dozen
pieces. h wheel was running at the rate
OF $50 revolutions a minute. Two Of the
flying pieces crashed through the roof,
n weighing about 700 pounds being thrown
into the Saranac River, which run alongside
the plant, and the other. weighing 800
pounds, landing in the yard about six feet
from the dwelling Of John Darlington,
who lives next door.
General Manager II. p. Gould and Fore
man Watts Fnnegan were in the engine
room. but both escaped without injury.
None OF the other machinery was dam
aged. Tonight the village Il lighted as
usual. the dynamo being run by water
power. The gasolene engine was used as
auxiliary power. the water in the river being
low.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
81 ES LABOR UNION FOR DAMAGES.
Cincinnati Rsonng C0nceyn Alleges That
strike Diminished It's PROFITS.

CINCINNATI. Aug. Ie.-The Jacob Freund
Roofing Company to-day sued the Amslgs-
mated Sheet Metal Workers international
Alliance and Local Union lFI of the same
organization, together with their officers,
for $40, 900 damag es.
The suit is the outgrowth Of trouble be-
tween Jacob Freund and Edward Barry.
business agent and general organizer Of
the Metal Workers Union. II is also a
retaliation for a suit for the same amount
filed recently by Barry against Freund.
charging that Freund assaulted him at
the New Avondale scboo. d,' ring an ~alteros-
ton over the calling of u .s'rike OF Freund's
employees.
Freund. through his attorneys. complains
that because he would not agree TO certain
exactions Of the union a strike of his en-
ployees was called. his place was picketed
and he was prevented from filing the
strikers places. As the result Of his di-
minished force, he says, they have pre-
vented him from properly prosecuting his
business and earning his customary profits.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
BRTAN ON JAPANESE SITUATION.
writes "Hochi shilnbum" Tha We Are
Friendly amt No Seeking Trouble.

N'NNsNN 'NV'ttt INV WV W
Friendly and Not seeking Trouble.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. N-The Hochi
Shimbum Of Toxic. organ Of Count Okuma.
Ii sounding public sentiment In the United
States by obtaining for publication letters
from prominent men in this country on the
relations between the two countries.
In response TO n request from Its editor
William J. Bryan has sent the paper a letter
in which he says the people Of the United
States entertain the friendliest feeling for
the people Of Japan and expresses the opin-
ion hat there will I've no war between the
two countries.
Our people entertain y very friendly
feeling for the people OF Japan he says.
-The progress Of your nation has been
watched with pride and satisfaction. our
interest being increased by the fact that
our example has had some influence in in
spring your development.
Il see no reason why the two tito
should not be mutually helpful and rejoice
in each others growth m prosperity.
The inf1ammatory u~tterances attributed
TO some OF your politicians have excited
some resentment here, but l am sure that
the sober judgment Of both countries dis
countenances any thought Of war. Neither
Government IN likely to do anything OF which
the other may justly complain.
I'm matters Of immigration each nation.
Of course. has and should exercise the
right to protect it's own interests, and | am
sure neither nation will impose restrictions
except where those restrictions are neces-
sary.
Il am confident that such regulations as
may. be made by the United States oon-
corning immigration will be made with q
view to preserving amicable relations rather
than with any thought Of offending.
1T would be a mistaken kindness for
either nation TO permit immigration to such
an extent IA to raise a race question or
excite race animosities."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
BIG TINE FORTAFT ~ KENTUCKT
Preparations for Q Great Demonstrates
when BE speaks NJ Lexington.

LEXINGTON. KY, Aug. B.-Seoretsry
William II. Taft. who will deliver an adj
dress at Woodland Park here next Thurs
day afternoon. will arrive in Lexington on
Wednesday and will be the guest OF Charles
II. Bergman at Elmendorf Farm In this
county
Mr.. Bergman, who has served as Collector
Of Internal Revenue and postmaster here,
invited Judge Taft to be his guest and to-
day Judge Taft accepted the invitation.
He will be taken Immediately to the great
thoroughbred breeding establishment Of
James B. Haggin, OF which Mr. Bergman
Ia the local manager. and will be entertained
at dinner, where many local politicians will
meet him for the first time.
Thursday morning Secretary Taft will
hold a reception at the Phoenix Hotel here
from 10 to II O'Clock.
Judge r. G. O'Rear. a member Of the
Court OF Appeals. will introduce Judge
Taft at the park. judge O'Resr has here
tofore held aloof from political gatherings
since being a member OF the Court Of APP
peals. but he will make an exception on
this occasion. There is great interest In the
prospective Republican Presidential oandi-
date and II is expected that thousands OF
people will hear the address.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
SUE STATE CAPITOL CHAPTERS
PENNSYLVANIA PROBERS RECON-
MEND CRIMINAL ACTION

Against the Men VINO Are Charged with
Taking 3d. 600 900 Of the states
Money by Fraud -Prosecutsens VIII
Probably Begin within W. Months.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Aug. le.-The legisla-
tive commission which has been investi-
eating the 10000 900 graft in tho Pennsyl-
vania State Capitol gave its report to-day
to Gov. Stuart.
Instances OF gross fraud are cited and
suits against the persons found to be con-
oerned in the frauds are recommended.
The Democratic members OF tho COM
mission submitted an addition TO the report
in which they recommended civil and
criminal suits against Joseph M. 8. Huston,
the architect; Congressman II. Burd Cassel
of Lancaster. president OF the Pennsyl-
vania Construction Company, which got
almost $4,000 900 for metallic furniture,
said by experts TO be worth only $500 900;
John II. Anderson. tho Philadelphia furni-
ture contractor. who made millions; Con-
tractors George F. Payne and Charles c.
Wetter Of Philadelphia. who erected the
building; ex-Auditor-Genersl W. r. Snyder
and Il. B. H~ardenbergh. who passed the
bills; ex-State Treasurer Frank G.. Harris
and W. l.. Mathues, who paid the bills: ex-
Superintendent Of Buildings NJ. Shumaker,
who accepted the furnishing, n various
persons implicated in contracts. including
ChaTles F. Kinsman. John G.. Neiderer.
Wallis Boilesu and George X. torn Of New
York. who were mixed in the bronze and
other metal contracts.
The report Of the commission was not all
made public after being received by the
Governor. but it contained recommendations
for suits against amy and all persons con-
cerned in the fraudulent transaction set
forth in the report
The report cover 272 pages closely type
written and goes into all details Of con-
tracts. most OF which tt declares were
illegal and carried out with fraud.
The report also recommends that the
membership Of the State Board in charge
OF contracts be changed 80 that auditing
and disbursing officials shall not be members
of the boards making awards and that
Pennsylvania abandon her antiquated
system Of Official bookkeeping.
Gov. Stuart win place the report in the
hands Of the A Attorney General at once.
together with the list OF men picked out by
the minority members. and suits will prob
ably be brought in this city within fifty days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
SECOND ,JSRY NOT LENTENT
TO q Young Man Who Assaulted q Fifteen
Aear-0ld Schoolgirl.

Frederick Secondhand, 20 years old, Of lSe
Fast 18th street. was convicted yesterday
before Judge Rosalsky in General Sessions
Of criminal assault. for which he may be
sentenced to twenty years. Ii was his
second trial. At the first trial. also before
Judge Rosalsky, the jury tried to dicker
with the Court. They said that il the Judge
would not sentence Secondhand TO more than
two years they would convict him of assault
in the second degree. Judge Rosalsky
lectured the jury. which then disagreed,
four jurors holding out for acquittal.
Schonland was convicted of taking Jennie
Tolberg, Is years old, who lived in The
Bronx and whom he met for the first time
while on her way to school. to a room on the
Bowery and assaulting her. An alert po-
lioeman, Reardon OF the Eldridge street
station, heard the couple talking the next
morning in a Bowery restaurant. The girl
was crying n Reardon heard enough Of
the conversation TO let him understand
what had happened.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
WARR4NT OFT FOR LOAN BROKER.
Alleged TO Have Charged O Per Gent
interest on 81, $50 Loan.

UTICA. Aug. ~Is.-Joseph and Magdeline
Nicotera Of this city swore out a warrant
to-day for the arrest OF Levi NJ. Algase,
a local loan broker. whom they allege
collected si0.5i0 from them on a loan Of
1850. Supreme Court actions have also
been started by the Nicoteras to recover
alleged usurious interest to the amount
OF SCOOPS. to compel the cancellation
Of notes that are alleged to be corrupt
and unla wful and 20 enforce the return
to plaintiffs Of diamonds to the value OF
81 500 which we're deposited with Algase
as security when the first loan Of $500 was
negotiated.
The total Of 81 $50 secured from Algase
by the Nicoteras was borrowed in small
amounts. with the exception Of the first
loan. which was for $500. and the rate Of
interest charged on the various loans
averaged 900 per cent. per mum. Algase
has entered a general denial Of the charges
made by the Nicoteras. The case will
probably come to trial in October.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
POLICEMAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.


TttosubtS cohU4hD " SO@hNF8 -fNbU
Been studying Hard.
Policeman George Barton OF the Leonard
street station attempted suicide yesterday
afternoon by shooting himself In the right
temple with a revolver In Central Park. n,
10 in the Presbyterian Hospital.
Policeman Curry Of tho park squad
heard a shot and found an unconscious MAJ
neal the west wall Of tho reservoir. Bar
tons shield was in his pocket. He was "
years old and lived with his mother and Q
brother. who 10 q member OF the Fire De-
partment, at 2O4 East il5th street. He had
been on the force less han two years. He
went to the Leonard street station from ths
bicycle squad several months ago.
Barton has been studying shorthand and
music. He has not been we'll recently and
at midnight Thursday he reported for duty
after having been absent several days. BE
did moi look well and was excused until ?
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
At Barton's home Ia was said that he
had been studying hard and had become
nervous.
An operation was performed in the hop~
OF saving Barton's fife. but the surgeons
said he had little chance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
STATE RIFLE TEAM NAMED.
VIII Compete IN the National Match -lAeut. :.
Col. Thurst on Captain.

W. SsPAMhts
ALBANY. Aug. i8.-Adjutant-Ge Henry
announced to-day the composition of the
State ride team which is to compete In the
national match at Camp Perry. Ottawa
county, Ohio, commanding August ~.
The team is made up entirely Of regularly
commissioned officers or enlisted men Of
the National Guard. The team In an follow..
First Lieut.. Howard r. Grail, Companv a.
First Sergt. francis X. 0'Connor, Companv
O, and First Sergt. Leo F. Knust, Company
n, Seventh Regiment. Commissary Sergt
Francis j. Laughlin, First SerRt. Charles
M. Smith, Company B; First Sergt. Robert
Meier. Company d; First Sergt. Jane II
Downing. Company +: Sergt. Frederick r,
Berger. Company X. and Private George
Donovan, Company G. Twelfth Regiment
Sergt. John Prean. Company 4. Si1tv.
ninth Regiment; First Lieut.. FREDERICK K
Moore, Company d. and First Lieut. ,Inl,,.
T. Weetermsn, Company X, Of the Seventv'
first Regiment. The team ofacers srs.
Captain, Lieut.-Col, Nathaniel r.. Thurs,on:
coach. Ordnance Sergt. George ii. Dovle
Seventy-frst Regiment; spotter, Cant
Arthur y. Wells, Company n, Scventy.ar.;
Regiment; range officer. Capt. William n
Palmer. inspector of small arms practice
Seventh Regiment. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
THIEF TAKING MADE EASY
when the Palmer Of . Robbery walks Into
station to Tell About u.

A young man walked into the I25th
street police station yesterday with some
thing to tell the captain"
"Eber Eberson's hardw IRE store at 2It5
Eighth avenue was robbed Tuesday night, y
he told the captain. I'm John Bannon.
23s West i<sd street. and came here 10
tell you just who pulled of that trick.
Got a detective handy2"
Detective Newman on descriptions fur
nished by Bannon a little later on arrested
John Schaefer and Charles Kenneally at
l55th street and Eighth avenue.
Schaefer said. according to the police.
when the pair reached the station house
and saw Bannop: That's the guy that
put us up to II. He planned The robbery.
took the stun and didn't divvy. We were
going to beat him up for IT,"
In the Harlem court Bannon was hold
in 2 1000 bail and Schaefer and Kenneally
in 81 1000 bail each.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
Lighter AhIalc In North M, pr.

The Pride Of New York, a railroad lighter,
loaded with bales If cotton, caught fire
late Yesterday while lying al the Red Star
Line dock Al the foot Of Fulton street in the
North River. Her cargo was blazing
hriskly when the rug Florence ran along
and lowed her into the stream. The
big liner Ieeland was moored AT the pier.
The freboat New YorkC, came up and put
out tho blaze.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
EX-SENATOR SMITH SUMMONED.
Says story Of Mr.. wrights Islander suit
Against Him sounds LIke Q oke


Against Him sounds Like o Joke.
Ex-United States Senator James Smith,
Jr., was served with a m in his
office in the Federal Trust Company in
Newark yesterday in the suit brought
against him by Assemblymsn Edward H..
Wright, Jr., Of Essex county, to recover
500, 600 for an alleged Islander uttered in
the presence Of Gov. Stokes at Sea Girt
on August ?. Mr.. Smith refused to discuss
the specific allegation made by the Assem-
blyman. However, he had this TO say:
Il read in the papers that an action for
Islander had been brought against me, but
didn't know what TO make Of IL. IL was
the first intimation | had received that
such a thing was in contemplation in the
mind of any one. and ! don't know that the
story istrue. II sounds 20 me like a joke"
Mr.. Smith said hat Mr.. Wright has been
either wrongly Informed or else he was
badly advised. II looked to him. he added,
as n Wright was being used by politicians
without his knowledge. II the complainant
took time to think the matter over he would
not continue the action, Mr.. Smith thought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
HOSPITALS CENSURED.
Corancr's bury Says Patient IBID Not Get
Proper Treatment.

eVtdtpcVe Jury says Fktheut hbtu MOI dset
Proper Treatment.
Coroner Hamburger and a jury held an
inquest yesterday into the death of David
Rodesky. the painter who died in the insane
asylum Of Wards Island on July 20 from
blood poisoning.
Rodesky fell Oh a surface car and injured
his foot. Through neglect the wound be-
came infected. He was sent to Bellevue
Hospital and then to the insane asylum.
The jury found this verdict:
We censure the Manhattan State Hos
pital and Bellevue Hospital for failure to
give the deceased proper treatment while
in their care. and recommend that the Man
haitian State Hospital increase the number
OF their attendants and adopt a system of
reports to show the exect status of every
patient at all times, making il possible for
the authorities to ascertain at any time
who is in charge OF a patient"
Coroner Hamburger said he would send
the verdict and the minutes OF the inquest
TO the District Attorney and the Grand Jury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
ONE RESULT OF THE DROt GBT.
S:rasshoDper Army Marching Over Fields
IN Northern RE Gait ner.

UTICA, y. v. Aug. Is.-The farmers
Of northern New York have within the last
few days been threatened with a serious
situation as regards the pssturage for their
cat p. Owing to the continued drought
the Istures and fields have peer invaded
by an army Of grasshoppers. which are eat
ing everything in sight.
In some sections Of 81. Lawrence county
hey have cleared the fields of every vestige
Of green stun so hat the farmer are obi ged
10 purchase feed for their stock. One
farmer reported that he had moved his hem
houses into his fields, allowing his fowls
TO roam AZ will IN order TO nd his fields
of grasshopprrs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17

A LOT Of earth around the edges OF an Az
oavation at 81 and so Mulberry street caved
in late yesterday afternoon. showing IN.
foundations Of the buildings at 20, Il and A
Mott street, which abut on the excavation
The police moved out everybody living in
the three Mott street houses. The upncr
floors OF each building were filed with peo.
pie, yellow and white, and the exodus Ina,
Building Department promised 10 .hors -.
collapse. ~ ""t