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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Those on the British and American
Lines COmpared.

British railway accidents during the
year 1906 are summarized in prelimi-
nary report by the board of trade,
which is reviewed in this issue. The
corresponding report for the United
States by the interstate commerce
commission has not yet appeared, but
a means of comparison between the
two countries for equal periods of II
months is afforded by the report for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1906. The
comparative figures are as follows:
United States United
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

the Chinese language. The Chinese
officers are TO represent their country
at the jamestown exposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
New Kansas POstmaSters

Washington, May 6.-Kansas post
masters appointed Saturday: VIM. Free
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
DEAD" HE CONFRONTS cor.
Mixup OF Names At Hospital Strengthened
Out by supposed Corpse.

Michael Stameli, a driver Of 507 West
Forty-sixth street, was dead officially for
several hours yesterday afternoon. Police
man Clements Of the West Forty-seventh
street station went TO his house to make
the announcement to Stameli's wife after
the police ct alton had been notified Of the
death in Roosevelt Hospital. Mrs. Stameli
gazed at the policeman when he told her
that her husband was dead as though IN
decided whether he belonged in the Bellevue
p~yscopathic ward. had come from the spirit
world or was merely a joker. Then she
laughed and, calling mike" produced her
husband very much alive and hearty, with
the exception Of a slightly lame leg.
That's me-" said the officially o mar
with a broad grin. Sim no ghost, either.
II those hospital people think I'm dead it's
my good luck I got out before I was buried"
~Good-by. said the policeman. Il guess
his is my wake" and he hurried down the
stairs
Stameli had been kicked by a horse. but
not badly hurt. He had left Roosevelt
Hospital after a short treatment. The
clerk at the hospital had substituted Stame-
lis name for that Of Edward Houseman.
who died in the hospital Of a fractured skull.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
Young MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS.
This IL one az the Times Mentioned ny the
Seer Of Did.

A young man climbed the stairs of The
SUN editorial rooms shortly before S o'clock.
He impaired the information that Trinity
Church steeple had fallen at noon and
created more havoc than a falling market.
A reporter was vent to interview the visitor.
Trinity Church steeple fell down to-day"
said the tipster. at fell at five minutes
after noon. was there and saw it,. The
steeple and clock and all are gone. Tele-
phoned THE EVENING SUN at once and il
didn't print a line. Not a line in any evening
paper. You have an exclusive. You know
Trinity Church, don't you?"
Sure" replied the reporter. broadway
and Wall street"
NO"
Then he waited and tried to collect his
thoughts. made a mistake. ST. Paul's
Church, not Trinity. Whole steeple and
clock fell on the Mail and Express building
at Ave after twelve. Saw il myself. You
have an exclusive" Then he climbed down
the stairs again, making good use Of the
hand rail.
st. Paul's Church steeple, absolutely calm
and undisturbed, was still standing when
THE SIN went 10 press. and the occupants
Of the Mail and Express building were I'M
aware Of what had happened 10 them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18

the news stands throughout the same terri
tory. This gives a circulation Of 200 900
copies. all OF which will be enclosed in sealed
envelopes and placed directly in the better
class OF homes. except those put on the news
stands.
This circulation. except the copies sold on
the news stands, will be as free sample COPIES.
which will result in making the magazine
better known than any now circulated in this
territory. This will AZ once induce q paid
subscription liet of many thousands, the in
come from which in all probability will amount
to a greater sum Of money before the end Of
the year than the total cost OF the proposition
to that date.
Each Of the 200. 900 copies will be read by
not less than i've people on an average, which
means at least 900 600 readers zach month.
II but per cent. OF these subscribe II means
10000 subscribers and go 900 cash each month.
Inc most conservative estimates place the
subscriptions at 8 per cent. or over. IL will
be a great success at 1 per cent.
We are selling this stock In any desired
number OF shares. not less than ten. IL 10 a
safe. legitimate and attractive investment,
ana owing TO the small amount TO be sold
out a few people will bs able TO obtain any Of
II, az it will be taken up quickly.
In addition to all this great profits could
undoubtedly be oorralled by the company
nit got a corner on all the extra hair that
Will be grown when the tonic gets under
way. And the magazine ought 10 get the
,oseTs 81 good Literature gSeing. too. with
Pollock. Maude Fulton. George Sammis.
Ada Lewis. Trixie Friganza and Barnold's
Dog and Monkey act. to mention only a
rev. when General Manager Board was
asked whether Link Steffens was to be the
editor he said he didn'tk know, but that he
would be glad to take Links name and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
ANEW ENGLAND COLLEGE CLUB
SIX TO UNITE IN BUILDING A
HOUSE IN THIS CITY.

Alumni OF Amherst, Brown. Dartmouth,
Technology, wesleyan and Williams
VIII Have Separate Quarters and VIII
share In General n Privileges.
The alumni Of six New England colleges
are TO unite in building a clubhouse in this
city. The colleges which will have apart
ments In the house and which will share the
general assembly rooms are Amherst,
Brown. Dartmouth. Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology. Wesleyan and Will
Jams.
The project was started last winter by
Allston Sargent. the secretary of the Mas
saohusetts Tech" Club. II was approved
by that organization and repeated CO n
ferences were held with the Ave other
college clubs. A committee on finances
was appointed and the money for the
scheme has practically been secured
All that now remains is to form a holding
company composed Of representatives of
the six colleges concerned and to start
the clubhouse. A committee 10 seeking
a site on Forty-fourth street, which has
come TO be the club street Of the city. AZ
noon as a site has been secured the holding
company will be Incorporated. II wHl
Piobdbty bV 0tttt thO q bSh@h w
lege Club Association.
Each Of the college clubs interested in
the movement will preserve it's own identity.
Each club will have its own rooms In the
building. The basement. first and second
floors. will be common assembly rooms.
There win be a swimming pool, squash
court, billiard room, dining room. reading
and assembly rooms. which will be open to
A. -z-l-- - III A. zl,,Lu E.1b al
lege will have a floor Of it's own, with an
assembly room and from q dozen TO fifteen
bedrooms. Each college will rent its floor
from the holding association.
Each OF the alumni clubs Interested has
a membership already OF about 300. lt
is calculated that the combined member
ship of the six clubs will exceed 1 700. The
promoters Of the movement say that the
Yale Club, with a smaller membership
than the new club will have, cleared more
than $50, 900 above all fixed charges last
year and they declare that there is no
reason why the new club should not do as
well II is proposed to build a larger
house than the Yale Club. IL will be at
least ten stories high.
Mr.. Sargent said yesterday that he ex-
pected the movement would spread TO
Chicago. Philadelphia and other large
cities of the country. He added;
This will be a good thing for the small
college idea. We shall have just AS fine a
clubhouse as that of Yale or Harvard and,
indeed. hope TO have a finer one than either.
The mel who Use it will not belong TO a
general club of New England colleges.
but each will belong TO his own orgniza-
ton with rooms in the general clubhouse.
The use of that house will promote good
fellow ship between the men OF the various
colleges and the plan ought to add dignity
TO the alma mater OF each man who win
have the privileges Of such a complete
clubhouse. II ought to he u centre of
great influence for the so-called small
colleges
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
SERVICES TO 4 SICK FRIEND.
Claim for % o DisslIowcd on the Ground
Of No Hiring.

The attempt OF Leander l.. Frost, who
lives at the Cadillac. 20 collect from the
estate of his old friend Nathaniel B Harris
about SIS. 400 for services rendered and S675
on a promissory note, Notwithstanding
that Harris left him a cash legacy Of 10000
in token Of their long friendship. met with
a setback Yesterday when s. Sidney Smith,
as referee. reported TO the Supreme Court
that Frost's services had been voluntary.
and that he is not entitled to any payment
for them
Frost, who is 20 years old. and Harris,
who nod in February, 1909, aged 10, had
been friends for fifty-fve years. Frost
married Hsrris's niece. n when Harris
found himself old. feeble and lonely he
turned TO Frost and his niece for care and
friendship. In 1898 he made a will. leaving
to his niece. Mary B. Frost, 10000 cash and
all his furniture. jewelry and pictures.
Thirteen years afterward. when Mrs. Frost
fell seriously i'll. Harris changed his will by
a codicil. so that Frost was to get the money
and furniture hould he survive Mrs. Frost.
Toward the end of February, 1903. Harris.
then 81 years old. became seriously i'll;
Mrs. Frost was dead. and her husband
came TO care for the old man. who was
living in furnished apartments at 2i2 West
Eorty-second street. From that time until
Harris died. three years later. Frost at
tended him
Last May Frost presented a claim against
the estate for services rendered to Harris
at the rate Of SIS a week from February 20,
1903, to February s, 1908, the date of the old
mans demise That the services were
faithfully rendered was not disputed. but
Theall 4 Beam. counsel for Richardson,
the executor. submitted a brief showing
that there was no proof that Frost had ever
expected any pay for. his services, or that
Harris had understood they were to be paid
for. DIR. Smith agrees with this view and
in his report he says that though the ser
vices were Of an extraordinary and personal
character and extremely vsluable in pro-
noting the comfort Of Harris, yet they were
those of a volunteer. given az a relative
Of the sick man and not as a hired nurse.
The report will he passed upon by a Justice
of the Supreme Court in a few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
TOE DANCER SPRTNTS
After Thief VINO stole Her Pock etbook
His Hard Lnck Story.

Nina Pastorelli Of 90 West Sixty-sixth
street, who is a toe dancer by profession,
did some sprinting along Broadway yester-
day afternoon that resulted in the capture
Of a man who had snatched her pocket book
while abe was going through the tunnel
from the uptown side TO the downtown
Of the subway az Times Square. She did
not actually capture the thief, but she was
80 close behind him that she almost knocked
down Policeman William Powers OF the
traffic squad, into whose arms the man ran.
Not many less than five hundred persons
had Joined in the chase by the time the
that the thief wac caught, and Broadway
in the neighborhood Of Forty-second street
was almost blocked by the throng.
Miss Pastorelli had gone into the subway
by the entrance on the east side Of Broad
way at Forty-second street. She was about
midway Of the tunnel under the tracks
when she met a tall man. She was carrying
her pocketbook in her right hand and the
man grabbed it and ran. Miss Pastorelli
turned and followed. He went up the steps
to Broadway three at a time, but the toe
dancer could do some stepping herself,
n when the man got to the surface the
was Just behind him.
He lodged about among trolley cars,
CdDS, d~uVOinODlIeS ana peuestTldus, Out tDe
young woman was in close pursuit, all the
time crying: stop him! He has my pocket
book"
There was only forty cents in change
in the book, but Miss Pastorelli did not wish
to lose the key to her fiat. and for that reason
ran like mad. At the station she tried TO
get the police to drop the case, and in the
West Side court she said that she did not
wish TO prosecute the man, but he was held
for further examination.
The prisoner gave his name as William
Mclaughlin. He said hat he lived at
253 West l43d street, and was a chauffeur
out Of work. He had a wife inc two chill
dren, he said, and was in desperate cir
~cumstances. He did not go in the tunnel
with the idea Of robbing any one, but when
he met the girl and saw how loosely she
carried her pooketbook he took a chance
for the sake OF his family.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
WAS SIRE ABOIT THE THIEVES
Mrs. Plato Picks Out Three Wen WhO the
Police Thin Robbed Her Husband.


Police Think Robbed Her sba
While Morris Plato OF 1879 Madison street.
Williamsburg. with his wife and daughter.
was on the elevated railroad station at
Broadway and Myrtle venue last sun
day awaiting a Rockawsy Beach train he
was robbed Of a wallet containing $500.
Mrs. Plato had noticed three we'll dressed
men standing near her husband and she told
the police OF the Hamburg avenue station
that abe would he able to recognize them.
Mrs. Plato looked through the rogues'
gallery and picked out the portraits of
Edward Mahoney, Isador Krieger and
Solomon Goodman. These three men. il
was alleged by the police, had been on the
elevated railroad platform and after Plato
was robbed disappeared. An hour alter
they were on a Bushwick avenue car trying
TO rob a man Of his gold watch. They were
arrested by Detectives Dwyer and Tracy
Of the Stagg street police station. During
the excitement Of the arrest the man they
tried to rob disappeared. At the station
house the men were held on a charge OF
vagrancy.
In the Manhattan police court Yesterday
Mrs. Plato promptly picked out Mahoney,
Krieger and Goodman as the men she had
seen standing around her husband. AL
though the three denied IL they we're each
held by Magistrate 0'Reilly in SO. 900 bail for
a further hearing on a charge OF grand
larceny
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
THE SE4GOERS.
Five steamers Sail To-day with Long
Cabin Lists.


Sailing to-day by the Hamburg American
liner Amerika for Plymouth. Cherbours
and Hamburg:
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Straus. DR.. and Mrs.
Maitland Alexander. Louis c. Tiffany. Harry
Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank X. Shattuck.
Col. and Mrs. George y. McGrev. MIR. and
Mrs. James Abercrombie Burden. Mrs. Ballard
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Jules r. Storm, Gen.
and Mrs. Charles r. Roe. Mr., and Mrs. Ssmue
Rea. MIR. and Mrs. Frederick A. Libbey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton Nevin Motley. 8. 8.
Mcclure. MIR. and Mrs. Milton D.. Purdy.
Justice NJ. W. Platzek, Mr.. and Mrs. {. Howard
Slater and DR.. q. A. Taylor.
Voyagers by the White Star liner Cedric
for Queenstown and Liverpool:
The Rev. s. Parkes Csdman. Baroness Louise
Cope, the Earl OF Euston. Mrs. J. P. Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Patton. Capt. Palmer
Eddy Pierce. L. S. A; Mr.. and Mrs. n. NJ.
Tilford.
Passengers by the French liner La Bro
tagne Tor Havre:
II. VI. Hartman. the Countess de Ruffeux,
the viscount de Rurfeux. DR.. Fl. Edward
Ramsey. and Mrs. Henry Page Guyton.
BY the Cunarder Slavonia. on to-day for
the Mediterranean:
Or. and Mrs. ". Ballock Clark. Mrs. George
II Kearny, Or. and Mrs. John ", Rome,
Mr.. and Mrs; B. Lester Tyrrel and Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur West.
Passengers by the North German Lloyd
liner Grosser kuerfuerst for Plymouth.
C~herbourg and Bremen:
Mr. and Mrs. " F. CLARKE. y. 4. Coiburn.
", Hayes and Mrs John Ldther Smith
Henry Nicholson. called the Bay Rum
King. arrived yesterday by the Hamburg
American liner Prinz August Wilhelm.
He boarded her al 81. Thomas. Danish
West Indies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
CHURCH WOULD QUIT 9Th AVE.
Room W III BE Made for q Large Depart
ment store at 1Oth street.


The Church Of the Ho ly' Communion, at
Sixth avenue and Twentieth street. is
likely to be sold before long 10 make way
Tor a large department store. according TO
papers fled yesterday with Justice Platzek
in the Supreme Court. The land occupied
by the church has an ~ foot frontage on the
avenue and 1893 feet on Twentieth street,
and in addition the church owns three
houses adjacent on Twentieth street
Nos. Al. 4s and IS. These houses aggregate
50 feet in width and run back for % feet.
which added to the church plot itself will
make a large and vsluable piece Of ground
right In the centre OF the dry goods district
The rector Of the church. the Rev. Henry
Mottet. and the other trustees held a meeting
recently at which they resolved 20 ask
Bishop Potter for leave to apply TO the courts
TO be permitted to place a lien on the church.
and it was this application that came before
Justice Platzek yesterday.
The church took possession OF the property
In 1872 under a heed from Mary Ann c..
Rogers. who owned the land. This heed
contains a clause providing that the and
Is to be used solely for the erection Of "a
free church. forever devoted TO the worphip
OF Almighty God and the doctrine, discipline
and worship Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church OF the United states OF America, "
and the deed further provides that the
pastor OF the church always be "a prssbyter
In good standing" In the event Of any
default on these clauses in the dec Il IL
provided that the property hall immedi-
ately revert to the heirs Of Mrs. Rogers.
The trustees report that the church il
now practically isolated. and the land is
much more valuable for business than for
religious purposes. A large sum Of money
could be obtained for the land at any time.
the trustees say. which could be used to
purchase a site on which a more adequate
building could be erected in another part Of
town.
The trustees have had several interviews
with Mrs. Mary A.. Chisholm, who is now
the sole heir OF Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. CHS
holm's consent to the striking out OF the
prohibiting clauses in the deed can only
be obtained by the trustees agreeing TO
give her rs per cent. Of the sun realized
on the sale Of the property. They are
willing to give her this quarter Of the sum
realized, and as she wants a lien placed
on the property safeguarding her claim
before the Objectionable parts Of the deed
can be eliminated the trustees asked Justice
Platzek TO allow them to place such a lien
on their property.
Justice Platzek signed an order per-
hitting the trustees 10 place such a lien
on the property 10 be recorded AZ once by
Mrs Chisholm. The church property can
then be sold regardless OF the covenants In
the deed Of Mrs. Rogers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
SETBACK FOR FLORA A. COLT.
Her Application for q Receiver for the Late
Thomas W. kneys Estat Denied.

IUDUihs W. mteS = bsth't sSVslrus
Justice Clark in the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn. decided yesterday in favor of
Cornelius O'Connor. executo of the estate
Of the late Thomas W. Kiley. and against
Miss Flora A. Colt, who had applied for a
receiver to take charge Of the estate pending
the settlement of a suit which she has
brought to set aside the last will Of the
millionaire banker and hardware dealer.
The suit hinges on a bigamous mar
rage which Mr.. Kiley contracted with
Miss Colt in 1908. The marriage took place
in Hammond, Ind, where the contracting
parties had passed their childhood. Miss
Colt says that the banker had made numer-
Gus business investments for her after he
removed 10 Brooklyn but a never in
formed her OF his marriage. When she
learned that he had committed bigamy by
marrying her during the life OF his wife,
Catherine. she says her first impulse was
to publish his perfdy. A promise 20. will
all his property 10 her decided her TO
keep quiet, and she says that he drew up
the will in her favor She is nov suing to
nave this will recognized instead Of a later
one. which ia drawn in favor Of the de-
ceased's wife.
Justice Clark says:
"The plaintiff has failed to establish to
my satisfaction that the appointment of a
receiver is necessary, There is no doubt
in my mind that IL the plaintiff shall ulti-
mately succeed in her action her interests
will be amply protected until the trial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
70 WELCOME SIR WILFPTD.
Sea and Land Honors for Premier Laurier
When He Reaches Canada Again.

MONTREAL. July 17.-Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
after n visit of some months in England,
where he figured prominently in the CO.
lonial conference, is a passenger ON board
the c. p. r. steamer Empress Of Britain
and il expected TO reach Canadian shores
on Friday, The preparations for his re-
ception both at Quebec and Montreal arc
elaborate.
Al Crosse Isle. below Quebec, Sir Wilfrid
and his party will be transferred 70 the
Government steamer Lady Grey. on which
he will proceed 10 Quebec. A public re-
ception will he held there and on Saturday
morning Sir Wilfrid will start for Montreal
on the Government steamer FTontenac.
From Crosse Isle TO Montreal all river
and ocean craft will be bedecked with
bunting. while the vessels bearing him will
be fanked by dozens Of steamers.
At Montreal IN Saturday evening the
appearance Of the Frontenac with the
Premier on board will be the signal for a
display Of fireworks on the hsrbor front,
after which there will be a large reception.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
MIR. ERLANGER EXPLAINS
Merger Of Theatrical lntcrests Isn't Con-
templated-New Concern to BUY Theatres.

teFnplated New Concern 10 buy theatres.
A. L. Erlanger Of Klaw 4 Erlanger re-
turned TO this city yesterday and had this
to say in regard to the reported inter-
national theatre merger:
The 500 900, 900 corporation which is being
formed. and in connection with hich
Levy Mayer, our counsel, sailed for Europe
on Tuesday. Is entirely separate from the
United states Amusement Company and
from the so-called theatrical syndicate and
will be in no sense u merger OF existing thest-
rical organizations. IL has q wholly distinct
purpose The purchase OF theatrical realty
ALI over the world. We have been offered
a great many theatres in different parts OF
Europe. and II the terms can be agreed upon
we shall purchase the properties outright and
conduct these theatres on the American sys-
tenn. Our principal object 10 the purchase
of big vaudeville theatres No one excepting
The parties connected with our negotiations
In in our con Ddence. and II is hardly necessary
for me to say will be. because that Ia not the
vay big plans are formulated and carried out.
The vaudeville theatres tina. are purchased
will be operated by tho United States Amuse-
ment Company and the legitimate theatres
that are acquired will he conducted In con-
junction with the theatrical syndicate. I
desire il to be clearly and emphatically I'M
derstood that the new corporation will he an
institution entirely separate from the tnited
states Amusement Company and the syndi-
cate. but II will work in harmony with and
prove beneficial to both. Mr.. Mayer before
sailing for Europe had practically arranged
for this capital. He will he the legal adviser.
and executive business will be placed lin my
charge.
Mr.. Erlanger brought with him from
Pittsburg a contract for the purchase o. the
Bijou Theatre in that city by himself and
Feiix Isman and Samuel +. Nixon of Phila-
deiphia. The purchase Of this theatre is in
line with the plans which Mr.. Erlanger and
his associates have been making for COM
plotting a string Of vaudeville houses. lhey
oitv, the fremont In Boston, the Forrest In
philadelnhia and the Auditorium In Chicago.