davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
COL. BARBOUFS ODD TOMBSTONE.
Rock on which Flo Sat when q Poor BOY 20
Mark Min Onsire's Last Resting Place.

"SNs
YOUNGSTOWN, N. j., July 22.-There was
taken from Cranberry Lake to-day a huge
granite boulder weighing 100 tons which
was placed in the family plot Of Col. William
in the Paterson cemetery. Fifty
years age Col. Barbour sat upon the rock
while on his way from Dover to Newton.
lie had just come to this country a poor
boy and was obliged to walk to Sussex
county.
Col. Barbour relates with delight the story
OF his first acquaintance with tbs boulder.
IL was noontime when he stopped to rest
on the rock inc to eat a frugal luncheon.
The thought then occurred to him that
the stone would make a beautiful monu-
ment. and he decided that II he ever got
money enough he would have IL.
Col. Barbour is the president Of fifteen
large manufacturing and transportation
companies n a director OF fifteen other
companies and two banks
Several months ago something reminded
him OF theo old rock. He went to Cranberry,
purchased the boulder and made arrange
ments for its removal. The railroad COM
pany at first declined to transport the stone
TO Paterson, IL 10 said, but finally consented
after constructing a special fiat car.
When the rock was taken to the railroad
tracks and placed upon the car il was found
to be too high to pass under some OF the
bridges. This was explained to Col. Barbour
and he decided to have about thirty tons
trimmed of. This was done.
h cost of the stone and transportation
to the Paterson cemetery 10 estimated 70
lie about $40, 600
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
POST OFFICE SAFE BLOWN.
Burglars Get About 5000 In Cash and
stamps at Blu Point. l.. I.

PArcHooUE, l.. l.. July 22,-The post Office
at Blue Point. two miles west Of this place.
was entered by robbers about 4 o'clock
this morning. The safe was blown open
with dynamite and about 5000 in stamps
and cash stolen. The post Office is in the
general store Of Postmaster r. l.. Moore.
The thieves packed the Government books
as well as the books of IN e store into mail
pouches n carried them away. They
entered the store by forcing a back door.
some neighbors heard a noise about 4
O'Clock this morning. which they say sounded
like the rumble OF thunder, but thought
nothing Of it. Ii is supposed the sound
they heard was made by the dynamite used
in blowing open the safe.
Agang seems to be at work robbing post
offices on Long Island. Last week the post
office safe at Happague was dynamited and
robbed. and the week before robbers visited
the Water Mill post office near Southampton
and cleaned out the safe. District Attor-
ney Eurman is trying to get on the trail OF
the thieves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
DIR. RUSSELL LOST FIVE DAYS
Before He was Gun % ytng with . Story
Of Assault and Robbery.

II came out yesterday that DR.. Edwin j.
Russell, the physician Of 1889 Bedford ave-
nue., Brooklyn, who was found unconscious
in a doorway In East l2sth street on Sunday
morning n died apparently from the
effects Of a choking. had not been at home
since Tuesday afternoon. DIR. Russell ar
hour before he died told Coroner Acritelli
at the Harlem Hospital that he had beer
away from his house only since Friday.
A. 3. Singson, the lead man brother
in-law, said yesterday thai when last seen
on Tuesday the physician was on his way
TO make a call in Manhattan. Mrs. Russell
te~legraphed TO Singson at Providence hat
the doctor was missing. Central 0fioe
detectives were looking for him hat night.
Lincoln Grimmage. rs years old. found
DR.. Russel's ease OF surgical instruments
Yesterday in a vacant lot at 20 West 135th
street. A hypodermic syringe containing
morphine was nearly empty. The boy
threw the bag into an ash barrel. not think
ing IL Of value. Later he took IL TO DR..
Griffin. a physician next door. Four young
men found lettering in the neighborhood
Of where DR.. Russell was found in East
10th street were taken to the Harlem
police court but were discharged.
Il guess there is no doubt that DR.. Russell
wac robbed said Inspector Thompson
yesterday. But just how he came TO be
assaulted We are trying our level best TO
find out"
Mrs. Catherine Geiger. who lives at l22
East l2sth street, where DR.. Russell was
found. said yesterday:
Alexander Jones, who lives in thish house.
told me there was a man down in the hall
when he came in late Saturday night. |
didn't see him, however. until morning,
when ! went down after milk. As | passed
him he asked for a drink Of milk. His
appearance was good, and hating to offer
ii TO him out Of the pitcher ! went back
and got a glass for him. This was about
0 o'clock Sunday morning"
Another person living there passed
through the doorway and. seeing the man
lying across IL, said to him:
ITS all right for you to sleep here, but
you oughtn't to block the passageway.
Move around in the other direction"
DR.. Russell's story was that six young
men had garroted and robbed him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
rs HOUR ORANG-OUTANG HUNT.
min Tina, Escaped From q steamshjp
Finally Trapped by strategy.

A sixteen hour hum for an orang-outang
on pier 3 Of the Hamburg American Line
piers in Hoboken came to an end yesterday
morning when the simian followed the
trail of a banana into an office n the
door was quickly closed behind him.
The animal escaped from his cage in the
hold Of the steamship Patricia on Sunday
and took to a mast. Members Of the crew
scared him out Of his lofty perch and he
jumped over the steamers eide to the pier.
He played hide and seek behind bales and
boxes with the pier Waterman and the
Patricia's sailors the greater part OF the
night and foiled their attempts to catch
him.
Hunger got the better OF him yesterday
and he followed a watch man who waved
a big banana t~emptingly near his nose.
The watch man threw the banana into an
office and the orang-outang went after II.
Special oficer Wondeiken managed to
lasso the hungry beast as he was eating
his belated breakfast.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
NIGGER, 4 CAT.
Is His Tor Her Age 8 or One and a quarter
That's for the Judge 10 Say.

ID us lor refl age or One ana q quarter
That's for the Judge 10 Say.
Magistrate Barlow will have the job
to-day of deciding the age and ownership
Of Niger. a black cat. Mira. Agnes Timm,
who has a delicatessen store at sixteenth
street and Avenue d. says that Mrs. Lizzie
Witt, a neighbor, stole Niger from her.
That cat is no stolen cat" Mrs. Witt
told Ma gistrate Barlow in the Jefferson
Market rolice court yesterday. That
black cat amt her black cat, it's my black
cat, Niger"
7 cat, Judge, il my property and
she knows IT," said Mrs. Timm. Il came
by her house Friday after the cat was
stolen Tn thursday ana saw the cat sitting
on a soap box. | asked her, respectful
like. If she owned the cat. | wouldn't be
a lady, Judge, II ! old you what she said.
That black cat is my cat just as sure as
can he. I've fifty witnesses TO prove II.
Why. Judge, my sister Ia here in court
and she and ! were present when il was
born"
What kind Of a cat is it?" queried the
Court.
a large, long, black cat" said Mrs.
With a fine temper" said Mrs. Witt.
One and a quarter years old, said Mrs.
Timm.
Five years old" cried Mrs. Witt.
Aha" said the Court. There's light
AZ last. Where's the cat now"
Il have it, Judge, AT home" said Mrs.
Witt.
Bring the cat TO court tomorrow
said The Magistrate, and we'll settle this
question for good. You say it's S years
old and she says II Ia one year and a
quarter. I'll pass upon tbs age Of the
cat"
How will he tell?" asked Mrs. Witt.
Hush! hush" said Bridge Oficer Foley.
The Judge in a wise old owl"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
LITTLE HORSE THIEF SkIPS.
orange BOY. Arrested. Takes efu on
the Mountain.

ORANGE, n. j.. July Fiddle McLoush-
lin, the eleven-year-old boy who ran away
yesterday with a horse and carriage be-
longing to Peter Burns Of Mount Pleasant
avenue. West Orange, and who was sub
sequently locked up at police headquarters
in Orange. was paroled late last night in
the custody of his father. Bartly McLough-
lin. who promised to produce him in court
this morning.
The elder Mclaughlin did the best he
could TO carry out his agreement with the
police. and with his son started for the police
station a little before noon to-day. Half
way TO the court Eddie left his father and
liked it off up the mountain. He is now
supposed 70 be hiding in the approved
style of Western horse thieves. A COM
plant has been lodged against him by Burns.
and il he is caught the Terror Of White
Street" as the boy ca lis himself, will be
remanded TO the Juvenile Court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
NEW WARDEN AT SING SING.
Jesse ID. Frost succeeds Addison Johnson
ut the Prison.

OssrNrNa. N. Y. July 22.-Addison john
son to-day turned over the Office Of war
den OF Sing Sing Prison to his successor,
Jesse d. Frost of Brooklyn. who was re-
Gently appointed by State Superintendent
of Prisons Cornelius V. Collins.
Former Warden johnson introduced the
new warden to the attaches Of the Office
and the keepers Of the prison. Warden
Frost, with former Warden johnson and
Principal Keeper C~onnaughton, made a
tour of the prison and the shops. Mr..
johnson said he expected 10 remain alb out
the prison for a few days until Warden
Frost became perfectly familiar with his
duties.
Warden Frost said he did not know what
changes, II any, he would make in the
warden's Office and among the stan Of
keepers. IL lie probable that Chief Keeper
Connanghton, who has been at the head Of
the keepers for the last thirty-iye years,
will be retained, as will also State Detective
jackson and Mr.. Hickey, who has been the
Warden's secretary for many years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
HELPED by POLICE.
Mother and Three children with WhoopinE
COuEh. DispOssessed. Taken fare ar.

Mrs Linda Strobel. with her three chill
dren. went TO Police Headquarters in Man
haitian yesterday and told a story OF having
been evicted from her home at $40 Covert
avenue. in the Ridgewood section Of Brook
lyn. She said that when she was being
evicted she was very angry and old her
husband. John. a ongshoreman. hat sh e
was going to have him arrested. He said
she would not, because he was going TO
leave, which he did.
The n%eighbors were willing 10 give the
Strobels food, but the children had whoop-
ing cough and the neighbors did not
to take them in. Mrs. Strobel was SEM
from Police Headquarters to st. Barnabas's
home next door. but the children were sent
away when IL was learned that they had
whooping cough. Mrs. Strobel went then
to the Mulberry street station and told about
IL. Lieut.. Stahl took up a collection in the
back room and got s35.
The children were taken to Bellevue and
Mrs. Strobel went to the home Of her mother
in Jersey City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
MAKES REQUESTS OF $4,000.
Religious nj Charitable Organizations
Remembered I'm Mrs. Moses VIII.

in Mrs. WOeesS VIII.
The will Of Mrs. Susan A. r. Moses was
fled for probate in the S~urrogate's office
in Brooklyn yesterday. Mrs. Moses died
at her home, SAL Warrington avenue, more
than a rear ago. She was the widow Of
William Moses. Mrs. Moses made be-
quests to ffty-three relatives and friends
and named Artemus B. Smith Of $50 Gates
the executor Of the estate. Other
requests we're:
Clinton Avenue Congregational Church,
IS. 700; American Board Of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions Of Massachusetts,.
81 900; Woman's Union Missionary Society,
81 ,OO0 American Missionary Society Of
Manhattan, o., 200; American Tract Society.
81 600; Young Mems Christian Association
of Brooklyn, 5000: Young Women's Chris
tian Association Of Brooklyn, IS 1000; Brook
Ign Childreh's Aid Society, 81 900; Brooklyn
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Children, 5000; Brooklyn Howard Colored
Orphan Asylum, $1,000; Zariher's Family
Asylum at Clifton, Staten Island. 81 900;
Faith Home for I~ncurables, 5000; Brook
lyn Home for ConsuInptives. 5000; Con-
greeational Church Of Laconia, N. H.,
5000; Union Society Old Smith Meeting
House Of G~ilmanton, N. H., $500; Cottage
Hospital of Laconia, N. H., 5000 az a
memorial to the mother Of the testatrix;
Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, to estab-
lish the Susan Moses room, 5000.
The estate 10 said TO be valued at about
$3.50, 900,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
STEAMSHIP KILLS Big FISH
THEY THOUGHT on THE zULIA
THAT SIZE HAD HIT a SHOAL,

hut II was Merely q Nero or Greuper
and Capt. Ramon Jesus Grscia. Coming
After. Picked IL Up with GIadness
Tbs Rcd d liner Zulis. in yesterday from
Maracsibo and Curacao, encountered In
crossing the bar At Tablazo. Maracaibo.
an obstruction unfamiliar TO her pilot and
her skipper, Capt. w. p. Bennett. W. A.
Hasan. q passenger by the Zulia. took
temporary charge OF the Zulia's log and
recorded his impressions Of the obstruc-
afoul Of IL she -reeled heavily to starboard.
Then Mr.. Hasan says:
Capt. Bennett Immediately stopped the
vessel and had soundings taken around
her to ascertain. II possible, the cause Of
the shock. And the Venezuelan pilot
acquired a more comprehensive knowl-
edge Of the English language than might
have been expected In the few moments
hat elapsed be fore the vessel steamed
ahead again, nothing unusual having been
discovered and the ~soundings found M
expected. The spot was marked for future
investigation. In due time the Zulia
arrived at San Carlos. reported and pro-
ceedsd on her homeward passage
Shortly after the occurrence a Vene-
zuelan sloop came slowly sailing through
the channel. When-Santa Maria. like
wise Holy San Joseph What sea monster
is this that rises from the water and bars
her further progress?
Capt. Ramon Jesus Gracia Of the sloop
Immediately tackled ship and viewed the
monster from a distance until satisfied
that whatever it was 10 was dead and
therefore not dangerous. Then he drew
near and found that 1t was a gigantic nero,
whose head had been crushed by the steam
ship Zulia. He took 1t in tow and on arrival
at San Carlos hauled 1t up IN the beach.
II was found to measure twenty-six feet
in length. with a circumference of fourteen
feet and probably weighing twelve hundred
weight. A temporary market was at once
established and the fish sold at 20 cents.
Capt. Ramon Jesus OF about $40. American.
Some idea can be formed Of the size Of the
fish from the fact that the whole population
Of San Carlos. numbering 900. dined sump-
tuously on nero that day. for which, al
Captain Ramon Jesus Gracia remarked,
may the gringoes. who It is the will Of
Heaven should all be fools. kill another"
Prof. Leonard Spencer Of the Aquarium
said the nero was also known to the Span
iards as the nero de 10 Alto, and that the rec
ords showed that II attained a weight of
black jewish and the grouper. Prof.
Spencer had his doubts about the length OF
the fsh as reported by the Zuliais expert.
The professor said he would like TO see such
a fish. but he didn't have a tank big
enough in the Aquarium to keep 1t in.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
NO LAYMANI IN CHARGE or PARKS.
city rlub Urges That a Landscape Gardener
BE Made Superintendent.

~ w.
BE Made Superint endent.
Moses Herman. Commissioner Of Parks
for Manhattan nd Richmond, received
yesterday from George McAneny. presi-
dem Of the City Club. q letter suggesting
that the removal Of Frank Joyce a. Super
intendent OF Parks gives an opportunity
80 convert the Office OF Superintendent Of
Parks into what Il should be-" The letter
continues:
Every argument Of public interest or Of
common sense certainly runs against the
employment Of a laymsn for what are essen
TALLY professional duties. As the character
~ the work Of the large body Of men under
the superintendent must Of necessity he In
fuenced very largely by the directing ability
of the superintendent himself. the misfortune
to the city Of the selection Of a man for any
other than professional reasons becomes
moro pronounced.
wish to suggest. on behalf Of the City
Club. that application be made to the Board
Of Estimate for an increase in the salary Of
the ONCE Of superintendent TO at least $4,000
and that. providing such an increase Ia allowed.
a special effort be made to secure a man Of
high standing In the landscape gardening
profession. who will bring to the oflce the
efficiency and the technical ability that IL
demands.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
CHRYSTT4N SCIENCE PROTESTS
That Wrs. Fddy's Teachings Led Eugene
Howe TO Take His Lfe.

bV"F heNV Hhb AlC
The Christian Science committee on pub
hcation sent out yesterday a statement
asserting that Eugene Howe. the man who
committed suicide Saturday night by leap
ing from a window at CO West Sixty eighth
street, was a Christian Scientist and that he
became insane through studying Christian
Science literature. The statement adds:
4 careful investigation reveals the fact that
he is not n member If any Christian Science
church and IL not known by the Christian
Scientists In this city. The statement that he
had procured a copy II Science and Health"
from the Christian Science loan library at the
church al the corner Of Sixty-eishth street
and Central Park West by paying - for the
use Of the book. il untrue. There ia no loan
library at this church and he would not have
been charged -, or any other sum. had the
book been loaned 10 him. When books are
loaned from Christian Science libraries no
charge is made therefor.
II il evident that the unfortunate man be-
came suddenly insane, and while In that con-
dition made away with himself. II Ia an un-
warranted assumption to say that Christian
Science was responsible for his sudden aberrs-
ton merely because he had a book relating to
Christian Science in his possession. II IL had
been an Episcopal prayer book 1t would be
going a long way To say that The Episcopal
Church was responsible for his act. Christian
Science does not produce insanity. but upon
the contrary has healed a great many such
cases.
The SUNS account did not say that Howe
was a Christian Scientist. but that he had
been studying the teachings Of Mrs. Eddy
and that he had her L1ok. Science and
Health, in his hands wien he jumped from
the window. His wifi, said that he had TO
pay 81 to get a secotd loan Of the book
from the church library. She blamed
Christian Science teachings for her hus-
bands death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
BAY LIT UP NOW.
Customs Cruiser Finds q Most Proper
Fleet Of Law Abiding Craft.

Fleet OF Law ADtdtn6 trert.
The unarmored custom cruiser Dalzelline.
vics-Admirsl Matt Conveys commanding.
steamed into Shecphead Bay yesterday
morning and found the properest feet Of
motor boats that ever went 20 sea without
licenses. lights and life preservers. They
appeared to be anxious TO obey all the ex-
listing laws and a few more that may exist.
The Belle Harbor. licensed to carry 100
passengers. had 100 life pr~eservers and Tour
passengers. who looked as II they were not
a bit afraid Of being cast away. All the big
and little power boats that got a Jolt
Sunday before last were equipped with
everything the law required. Some Of
them had thrown In q few safeguards not
specified in the regulations.
An inspector on duty on Sunday night
in Sheepshead Bay said the water looked
like a Yankee duplication OF the carnival Of
Venice. Before the visit OF the inspectors
and the cruiser the power boat shippers
paid no attention TO the regulations in re-
gard to displaying lights. The law says that
All vessels Of fifteen gross tons or less
propelled in whole or in part by gas, gaso-
lene. petroleum, naphtha. fluid or cleo
troity. and carrying passengers for hire,
81 VpuitOo w Willy n wv u8htS SiOVh
light. q white light and a white lantern, one
fog horn. one fog bell, to be not less than
six inches across the mouth. and one whistle
to be blown by compressed air."
h power boat pilots we're 80 much i'm
pressed by the light regulations that they
resolved TO get lanterns n lights that
would entitle them to enter the most pris-
matte Oriental ports. The result was that
when Vice-Admiral Coneys's men went to
Sheepshead Bay on Sunday night they ran
UP against an illumination that o o their
breath away All the lightning bugs OF
July seemed 10 be on the job afioat. Sleeps
head Bay theretofore. without port or star
board or masthead lights, had looked like
the Lake Of the Dismal Swamp, where
n according to tradition. are padded
entirely by the light Of FREELY lamps.
On the way back from Sheepshead Bay
Vice Admiral Conveys ran against the steam
ship 81. Egbert discharging cargo in Graves
end Bay. The wind was light and the rcd
flag OF the st. Egbert, indicating that she
had explosives, hung limp and invisible
against the mast. The ~Vice-Admiral was
just about TO hail her when the flag stiffened
out. The Dalzelline vent On, as the St.
Egbert had the right 20 do what she was
doing. far from habitations that might be
endangered.
To-day the Dalzelline will see how the
power boats entitled 10 carry passengers are
obeying the avn in the waters Of the Hudson
from Yonkers up, on both sides.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
Mrs. Hamilton kings Son Drowned.

UTICA, July 22.-Leach King. 0 years OF
sge. who with his mother, Mrs. Hamilton
King OF New York city. was spending the
summer at Guilford. was drowned in Lake
Guilford last evening. The boy was seen
in a boat about $50 feet from the shore
and when last observed no was leaning
over the side. dipping his head into the
water Several persons later saw him
struggling In the water and a went
down for the last time before she reached
the scene. There were a number OF boats
on the lake at the time. but the mishap
attracted the attention Of none Of the occu-
pants until 700 late. The body was re-
covered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23

Sailing to-day by the North German
Lloyd steamship Friedrich der Crosse for
Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. A. Cuny. Mr.. and
Mrp. Rohard A. Farrelly, Prof. and Mrs.
q. y. Goctale, DIR. Charles y. Herring, Prof.
Porter NJ. French.
Passengers by the White Star liner Teu-
tonic. on tomorrow for Plymouth. Cher
bourg and Southampton:
Frederick /. Eldridse. y. s. Gould. Col.
George d, McCreary. Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Perry, Seth l.. Pierrepont, Mr.. and Mrs. T, n,
Story, j. j. Van Allen and f.. NJ. Youmans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
DIR. LrPPINCOTT'S BIRTHDAY.
Dean Of Pennington Seminary. 50 Years
Old, Is Host at q Dinner.

Lone BRANCH. N. j., July 22.-The Rev.
DR.. Benjamin c.. Lippinoott. dean Of Pen
ningto n Seminary. celebrated his eightieth
birthday at a dinner party at Prices Hotel.
Pleasure Bay. this afternoon. At tho
dinner besides the members OF the family
were Gen. Horatio c. King and tho Rev.
DR.. John I. Boswell. classmates Of DR..
Lippincott at Dickinson College; the Rev.
John Handley Of vineland. Mrs. John H.
Parker Of West Long Branch, he Rev.
DIR. Charles =. Hill, Mr.; and Mrs JtC
Bank. After the dinner there were toasts
and congratulatory addresses.
DR.. Lippincott has been In the ministry
~hity-seven years. He became q member
OF the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal
Conference dfty years ago to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
la wall Loses Two wives At Once.

Justice Dayton Of the Supreme Court
signed yesterday two deorees completely
unmarrying Frederick B. La Wall. whom
two women claimed as husband. The
DEGREES gave to Mary La Wall a divorce
with permission to resume her maiden
namo OF Sanborn. while to Beatrice La Wall
10 granted an annulment Of her marriage
to La Wall with permission to resume her
former name. Beatrice Guest, Beatrice
asked for an annulment on the ground
that Frederick already had q wife when she
married him. Each oma testified In
the others behalf.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23
o. G. W. Lang Now Postmaster at IA yoon..

Otto c.. W. Lang yesterday assumed
the Office Of postmaster Of Bayonne to suo-
coed the late Edwin Cadmus. Lang is an
organization Rspublica' and wal indorssd
by the city committee for the Office, but it
took three months for his apoointment 10
e ,. shrGsSH; Z Ss,us held u9 ySy unknOwa