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The sun., 1908-05-17
TRIED TO KNIFE PASSENGERS.
Apparently Demented Italian ON ID. n. r.
Train-Man Cut. Women Hurt.

Tratn-Man Cut, Women Hurt.
A young Italian with knife broke loose
on train Of the Lexington avenue branch
Of the Brooklyn elevated railroad little
before 8 o'clock last night. The train was
packed with theatregoers and many OF the
passengers were women. One man got a
cut in the cheek and one woman OF the many
who were trampled upon in the panic
was seriously hurt. The Italian escaped.
He boarded the train at Manhattan
junction, which is in an Italian quarter,
but attracted no notice until the train was
between the Chauncey and Halsey street
stations on it's way to Brooklyn Bridge.
Suddenly he leaped to his feet, drew a
knife from bis pocket and began striking
left and right with it. The passengers N
the car made for the doors, everybody
looking out for himself.
The Italian, who, to all appearances had
suddenly gone out OF his head, made no
effort to single out any particular victim
for Ia knife, but lunged about indiscrim-
inately most Of the time into the air.
failed 70 get out Of the way and received
the cut in the face. He was Frank Loomis,
86 years old OF i41 Berry street. The other
men passengers and some OF the women
succeeded in getting TO the rear platform
lutO
The conductor of the train signalled the
motorman, who blew his alarm whistle.
When the train pulled into the Hslsey street
station the platform YVES crowd.I with
passengers and those attracted by the
whistle. The police, however, did not get
on the job until the Italian had run through
the train to the first car, leaped TO the guard
rail of the front platform and disappeared
in the crowd. After he had gone reserves
from the Ralph avenue station arrived and
dispersed the crowd Of curious on the plat
form and stairs Of the station.
DR.. Haskell, responding to an ambulance
call sent in to the Bushwick Hospital found
one young woman, Miss Marguerite Rose Of
90 Adelphi street, unconscious, and took
her to the hospital. He said her condition
appeared to be serious. The other women
had managed, more or less miraculously,
to escape with minor bruises.
Loomis became SO demonstrative over his
slight injury that he was finally locked up
on charge Of intoxication.
The sun., 1908-05-17
NO TRACE OF MISS VANDERBILT.
Police Search in Vain for Assistant Libra.
rfan at Princeton University.

Police Search in Vain for Assistant Libra.
rian Mt Princeton University.
PRINCETON. N. j.. May le.-The disap-
pearance Of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt, an
assistant librarian at the university. has
interested all Of Princeton. The mystery
Of 1t is unsolved.
Little has been learned Of Miss Wander
bilt's movements since ehe left her boarding
place last Wednesday afternoon to take a
walk across the country. She was seen by
several persons at q distance and colored
woman 10 reported a having spoken with
her. but that 10 all. This was before
o'clock. Miss Vanderbilt is supposed to
have tried to cross a narrow board over
the aqueduct thereby shortening the way
back to Princeton by about half q mile.
The bnard is wet and slirny and the police
think she probably slipped into the stream.
Coroner j. F.. b. Bower Of Trenton ar
rived to-day and under him and Marshal
Kilfoil Of the local police search for the
body was begun this afternoon. They
are working on the theory that Miss Van
the suggestions that she may have met
with foul play or may have eloped.
Hundreds Of persons watched the search
for the body this afternoon. Nothing was
accomplished. Tho Milestone River. which
feeds into Lake Carnegie. runs 90 rapidly
graphing irons. The police say. there ID
small hope Of discovering the body II IL ie
thore without tho services OF experienced
divers.
Miss vanderbilt's father. who lives In
Amsterdam, N. Y, is expected TO arrive In
Princeton in the morning and as soon a.
he says something definite q more thorough
search will be made.
The sun., 1908-05-17
iS-YE.4R-0LD tCHECg FORoERs.
Lawyers OfIice boy and isis Pals Fooled
e, phenix NatiOnai Bank.

Three boys under IL years old were
In the ch!ldrcn's court yesterday In con-
nection with the forging and passing OF
checks that aggregate $3.50.
Albert McMurray OF 432 Thirteenth
street. Brooklyn, the oldest Of the thfee 10
charged with forging the checks. Henry
Pierson, 10 years old. OF 424 Thirteenth
street, Brooklyn. aided him TO the extent
Of cashingo gone OF the checks. John veroness.
IL years old, Of 452 Twelfth street, Brook
lyn. tried to cash check. but the police
think he had no crimiaal knowledge as
TO the cheek and arrested him merely az a
witness.
The checks were drawn on the Phenix
National Bank, at Liberty and Nassau
streets. The first one, for $50. .1o and Paya,,
bic to William Ostrander, was signed
Robert Lecouver' and indorssd with
ostrander's name. This check was pre-
sented at a busy hour by young Pierson.
The paying teller, knowing that Lecouver.
Who is president Of the Lecouver Press
Company, printers Of 81 'vesey street, had
an account with the bank. passed out the
money.
The second check was for $So.s7. II was
drawn to the order Of Henry FoTdwiok
and was presented, properly indoreed,
hSu: ssUsSs s Ts . pas passns 1sss
was refused. A third check 10 believed to
be in circulation. but has not been recovered
yet. .
After the second check turned up at the
Phenix Bank an Investigation was made.
Rohert Lecouver declared the checks for
geries. Lieut.. McGin and Woodbridge OF
the Wall street detective bureau got hold
Of Veronese, who told them be had seen the
McMurray boy mike out the checks.
Where young MoMurray got the blank
checks is not known. He was employed as
an Office boy in Rector street lawyers
Office. All he got out Of the transaction
was trouble. After Pierson cashed the
first check. it seems. he gave McMurray
the double cross, bought himself q baseball
outfit and some candy and skipped out for
Toms River, N. j., where his father lives.
His parents are separated.
Arrest and detention In a cell scared the
three boys and 1t was a very penitent trio
that faced Justice MoKeon yesterday.
The Justice decided to give tho youngsters
another chance and paroled them until
July 3. Veronese was not held, az he was
wanted only as witness.
The sun., 1908-05-17
WOMAN BURNED IN HER HOME.
MRS. Annie RevelI, Old Greenwich viliAgcr,
Dies In q Fire Alone.

Mrs. Annie Revell, Old Greenwich yillaRer.
Dies In q Fire Alone.
Mrs. Annie M. Revell. an old time resident
and property owners in tho Grosnwich
Village section, was burned to death Last
night In her home at 70 Carmine street.
The fire started in a rear extension on the
top floor Of the old fashioned three story
brick house. Mrs. Revell. who with her
son, Frank Revell. occupied only the second
hoor and rented the rest Of the house, was
alone at the time. 1t is supposed that shs
was overcome by the smoke while looking
for the fire. for her body. partly burned,
was found on tho rear stairs leading from
her apartment to the third floor extension,
Boys playing in the street noticed the
smoke. sent in an alarm and called Police
man Murray Of the Charles street station.
murray got an axe and smashed his way In
He ran up to the second floor calling and
pounding on the doors. He tried TO reaoh
the third floor by the front stairs, but was
driven back by the flames. and went TO Mrs.
Revell's rooms
The door tried was one which was not
used and Murray had to break his way
through four locks and push aside q heavy
sidsboard before he could get In. By that
time the fire had eaten its way through the
floor and the smoke was 80 thick that Murray
was overcome before he could regain the
stairs.
Sergt. Alters of the Macdougal street
station got to the house just In time to drag
Murray away from the flames. Murray
was revived and went back on post. The
flremen made short work of tho blase. Il
was when they were making their way to
the top floor that Mrs. Revell's, body was
found.
Mrs. Revell was 70 years old. She had
lived In the Greenwich village section for
fifty years. Besides tho house which abe
lived in she owned the property at n 74Csruine
street, u Bedford street and zoo Varick
street. Her son Frank was the areys Of the
property. Neighbors remembered that Mrs.
Revell was always afraid OF fire and took
unusual precautions to prevent one starting
In her house. Il was recalled that three
more than block away, she and her vol,
spent the night on the roof Of their home
wetting it down with l1holrets Of water.
The sun., 1908-05-17
GERMAN BANK CASE SETTLED.
Its Former President Agrees 70 Pay $50,
600 to the Receiver.


BUFFALO. May 1o.-By the payment Of
$4,000 to the receiver Of the defunct
German Bank Of Buffalo Eugene A. Goorgsr
it's former president. will be freed from
all liabilities. both civil and criminal. in
connection with the wreoling OF the In
stitution. This agreement was reached
to-day at q conference between Georger's
attorneys. a depository committee and
Receiver Wheeler. The action was sp-
proved by Attorney General william g.
jackson, who was prosecuting Georger
on charges Of perjury and grand larosny.
Mr.. jackson came here to-day and after
looking over tho ground decided that the
proposed settlement was best for all oon-
oerned.
Justice Pound granted the order which
settles the civil action. He reserved deci-
sion on q motion to disn,ias tho indictments
against Georger. but intimated that he will
grant the motion as soon a. the $4,000 is
turned over TO the receiver. The $4,000
will give the depoeitors about per cent.
Of their olaims. making o total Of about
IS per cent. paid by the receiver.
The sun., 1908-05-17
. JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

Gen. Horace Porter has written 10 the TAFT or
ganization OF this State that he 10 for Taft.
Albert N. Ehrlich, manufacturer OF shirt waists
id Mercer street. has made settlement With
creditors Of 20 ocnts on the dollar.
Tha sonson on the Hudson River between New
York and Albany viii open next Tuesday when the
steamers New York and Albany OF the Hudson
niver Day Line 90 Into commission. On Decoration
Day the new steamer Hendrick Hudson OF tho day
line Will begin her service for 1908 with excursion
70 West Point. Newhurgh and Poughkeepsie, On
June 20 the day limo service win be Increased b:
keepslc, The. steamer Mary Powell win begin hei
The sun., 1908-05-17
VAsSAR GIRLS IN POLITICS.
They Hold . Mock National Conventasa
and Nominate Tart and Fort.

Ahoy SnOto NAotA N3uOnHl NOavo0U0D
and Nominate Tart and Fort.
PoUaHKEEpsIE. May 1o.-The 1000 Girls
at Vassar College from all parts Of the
United States held a mock national Rspub-
lican convention last night and norninassd
Taft for President and Fort OF New Jersey
for vios-President. Prior to the event ths
campus was made gorgeous with campaign
posters reading like this:
Boom. Boom, Cannon aFairbanlu
for Fairness and Iowa. sForaker's No
Fakir.' "Taft's Your Friend
The convention was held Ia the Assembly
Hall, which was jamn,ed. Slogans were
given as the delegates entered.
There were ories OF @Stiok TO TsiFv. .
Kentucky was headed by two little nero
boys and tho Maine delegates had q n,irda-
ture Cannon. The costumes were very
funny.
Taft sat on the platform looking start
ingly real, the Roosevelt family was IN
the gallery and Mrs. 'Longwort6 created
amusement by repeating the tack In
oident.
The sun., 1908-05-17
FATHER AND SON FOUND DEAD.

suicide by Agreement the Theory as to
Andrew and Frank WiIliams.
The bodies Of Andrew williams and his
son Frank, negroes, were found yesterday
in small room In the basement Of the
tenement at ~ West Ninety-ninth street.
A Coroner's physician thought the men
had been dead about week. The police
believe that they died az the result or a
suicide agreement. Some acid was the
agent,
Andrew Williams occasionally did odd
Jobs for the janitor Of the building In return
for his small room. They had been without
work for some time. The police found q
letter from Andrew Williams's sister at
Atlantic City promising ~ he would come
The sun., 1908-05-17
A PRINCESS VISITS Us.

She's From Tahiti and Got to San Francisco
In Time to See the Fleet.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1e.-The Oceanic
liner Mariposa brought in to-day Princess
Salmon OF Tahiti. who timed her visit so that
abe could see the battleship feet.
Another passenger was Miss M. Brachen,
a young English girl. who owns half dozen
fertile coral islands near Tahiti, called the
Tetia Roa group. They were bequeathed to
her by her stepfather, John Williams, one
Of the early South Sea traders. She derives
q large income from cocoanuts, bread fruit
and bananas, but finds island life mo-
notonous. She wore a Merry Widow hat
and was arrayed In an up to date suit.
The sun., 1908-05-17
SAND PIT STRIKER SHOT.
Was Trying TO Enter the House Of Fore
man at Port Washingtou, L. ].

Was THYME 70 Entef th0 HOu80 o. o Fore.
man at Port Washington, L. ].
FORT WASHINGTON. L. l.. May Ia Caught
climbing through window Of shanty in
which Jim Marino. the foreman Of the gang
OF men working in the sand pits, lived aione
Joseph Vonde. striker. was shot In the
back and 30 badly injured that he was sent
to the Nassau Hospital. 1t 10 said thsrs
that he will recover.
There have been several riots between
discharged laborers and those who took
their places. Marino. the foreman, has had
the hands OF the italian strikers.
Philip Sweet OF the Pinksrtcn Detective
Agency. with forty-five deputies, reached
here to-day and will assume charge OF the
police arrangements = !. ~. !.
The sun., 1908-05-17
PETE DALEY IN 4 SHIRT SUIT
ACTOR STUCK FOE 500 FOE MS
ELECTRIC 6HEST DISPLAY.
sued by Gentleman VINO Let Him Have
the shirt for the Purpose Of Advertising
Something 10 Drink. but VINO Found
the Brand Changed at the show.

Ever short circuit your ehirt1 Well, "
you never did II don't begin now because it's
expensive at times Pete Daley short cir
cuited his and it cost him one hundred dol
lars--no more. no less.
Daley was walking down Broadway one
evening a few months ago on his way to
Joe Weber's Theatre. where he was appear.
ing in burlesaue of "The Merry Widow
permission of Henry W. Savage, when he
observed q young man careering up the
street wearing heavy fur coat. which.
though the night was frosty, he allowed to
swing wide open. The reason appeared
moment later when in letters Of light there
appeared against the. young mans dress
shirt these words:
The sun., 1908-05-17
PhIladsIplllllhs Arrested At tho csnspl..,,.

As they were mounting the gangplank
Of the Red Star liner vaderiand yesterday
Isaac Goldstone. q real estate dealer, and
Abraham Friedman, clothing manu-
faoturcr. both of 1isi Fortieth sire et.
Philadelphia, were arrested ON q warrant
issued by Magistrate Leslie YATES of PhiIn-
dolphin, which charges tho dsfendnrts Wiz
being fugiHves from Justice. with obtsaniTs
Ing frnudulent checks. q -s Z.
The sun., 1908-05-17
Furniture Department

FNrsisurc ZJEDGrfWenF .i
Dining Roam and Bsd,yom Furniture
We direct attention extensive assortment and or
eeptonaily reasonable prices in these departments. We
have this week, marked especially low prices on thu
following #
Golasw OAK Dining Room Sxa
g.: F.; E: s.np,,
EarN English Dining Roam Sxss
s.; .: s;.;; $:;: T.. so"p's'.
Colonial Dining Room Suit
in Solid Mahogany
g: s;:!; e: e.. $4,000 complete
MaAqgany Bea,uom Suit
in Colonial Style
Ss::::;:, S::::;s: $ss:: 1.,,. $1,000 complete
Csysasssax Walnut Bea,oom Suit
in Louis XIV. Style
Bureau
:Ss:s:s,s' Ssss:;a: Table $4,000 complete
Very Special
in Mahogany Birds-eye Maple Golden and Natural Oak
Dresser. ..................$3L5 so each
chfonier ..... $3.50
Lord g Taylor
Broadway & soth ST.; sth Ave. 10Th St.
The sun., 1908-05-17

Negro Convention In Tennessee Indbrses
Foraker.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 18.-The Brown.
low faotion.of the Republican party OF the
Sixth Congressional district held COW
vention here to-day. The convention YVES
made up entirely OF negroes and indorsed
W.J, Oliver for national commit tteenan.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
The AGE of Man.

The highest authorities place the
total mum ber of years elapsed since,
in the light of best geological evi
dence, men first appeared upon earth
at 288, 900. OF this, $4,000 belong to
the preglacial epoch 100, 900 years to
the glacial, $4,000 to tho interval
between the glacial epoch and the
protohistoric and neoiithic, 10000
years to the two last-named epochs,
and 5000 years to the time elapsed
since the beginning of the historic
period in Egypt.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
THE STORY OF GOLD.

The earliest mention of gold is in
the second chapter of Genesis, where
it is referred to as one of the metals
of the land of Havilah. Silver ap-
pears almost as early, says Harper's
Weekly. The Babylonish civilization,
which with that of Egypt, ruled the
Biblical world, appears to have had
silver currency. "Shekels of
silver" and "pieces of silver" are
constantly spoken Of Gold was used
chiefly for ornament. its malleability
and ductility making it the easiest Of
metals to handle. The mines which
supplied the coinage of the ancient
world were in India. Solomon s
sailors brought gold from "Ophir, ;"
an unknown land, by many thought
20 be Mashonaland, in South Central
Africa. where ruins of pIehlstorical
Semitic forts and mine shafts have
been found.
The Spanish conquest of South
America nooued Gne WOflo Win BOlu
and silver. Prices rose tenfold dur
ing century. Before the discovery
Of america a fat sheep could he
bought for a quarter, and working
men had lived sumptuousIy upon 3
cents day. The second great influx
of gold occurred during the 50s of the
last century, when the mines of
California and Australia were dis
covered, and since then there has
been a slow rise in the price of com
modities, due to the increase OF the
precious metal; but on the whole the
rapid increase in popultion has kept
pace with the increase of gold.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
Stereotypind.

1t is claimed that stereotyping was
known in It'll 1t was practiced b.
William Gcd of Edinburgh about 1880.
Some Of Ged's plates are to be seen al
the Royal institution, London. a Mr.
James attempted to introduce Ged's
process in London in 1875, but failed.
Stereotype printing was used in Hol-
land during the last century, and a
quarto Bible and a Dutch folio Bible
were printed there 1t was revived II
London by Wilson in 1904. Since 1886
the durability of stereotypes has been
greatly increased By electrotyping them
with copper or silver
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
Absence OF Mind.

Many amusing anecdotes are told Of
Bishop Burnets absence Of mind, but
few perhaps are more striking and
have been less repeated than the fol
lowing, which Lord Orford used to re-
late:
Burnet was once dining with the
Duchess Of Marlborough after the
great dukes disgrace. In the course Of
conversation, speaking Of Marlbor-
ough's great qualities. great services
and great fall, Burnet compared the
duke with Belisarius, the great Ro-
man.
But how in reason" exclaimed the
duchess. "codld SO great a general be
abanGoned"
"Ah, my lady, do you know what q
cursed birthstone Of a wife he hadY
The hearers, to the good Buinets
surprise, were confused and dumb
struck with the force Of the parallel be
discovered In the cases Of the Roman
aud Che Englishman.-St James Ga
zette.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
Clipped from our Exchanges
From Nearby Counties.

Last Sunday at the home of the
BRIDES parents at Avery. Frank @.
Wells, county school superintendent,
of San Andreas, and Miss Maud
Avery, daughter of George Avery and
wife, were united in marriage by the
Hev. w. Doane, of Angles, in the
presence of relatives and intimate
friends of the contracting parties.
After the ceremony the couple left
amid a shower of rice and good
wishes, to drive TO Sonora, from
where they took the train for the bay
cities TO enjoy their honeymoon. -
Angels Record.
Joseph Wilson, aged 50 year, resi-
dent of Sonora, died at his home very
suddenly IN the northern part Of town
Friday at noon, after only few hour
Illness. The patient was stricken
with what appeared to be a severe
case Of pneumonia Friday morning,
and his heart being weak his life was
extinguished. Deceased was we'll
known in this city having lived here
for a number Of years. lie leaves a
broter and a mother, the latter, Mrs
Jane Reynolds, both residing at
West Point, Calaveras county. The
remains have been shipped to that
place for burial. His brother IS now
seriously ill with but little chance
for bis recovoIy.-Sonora lndepend-
ent.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
A POPULAR MAN
FOR THE ASSEMBLY,

We understand that the many
friends OF f. B. Moore of Copper
opolis are urging his name for the
nomination as the republican candi-
date for the assembly fcom the
eleventh district This movement
will receive a hearty endorsement in
all parts of Calaveras,, rs he is wide
ly known in the county and Is ex.
oeedingly popular. Mt Moore is an
old resident of the county and is
thoroughly oonversant with all its
various interests lie was an active
and hard working member OF the
board of supervisors of Amador
county for several years and proved
his ability as man of affairs. For
many years be has been a leading
business man Of Copperopolls and for
a time was engngod in business here
This assembly district includes
Amador, Alpine and Mono counties
and Mr. Moore is not unknown in
these counties. Indeed IN Amador
county he IS exceedingly popular and
is nearly as we'll known there as here.
He was engaged III business in Sutter
Greek for quite while and still has
property interests there, so that he
would be almost us much from that
county as from Cala7eras.
Mr. Moore belongs to that class of
men that should be in public service.
but seldom can be induced to leave
private interests even for short
time, ITO accept public service. But it
is such as he that the penpie want
and who make the public service
better by their participation. lie is
a man of tried and sterling integrity,
who knows no pathway save the
straight and narrow one of duty.
One of the people, his every interest
is their interest and the people can
make no mistake in selecting him as
their representative. There will pro-
badly be no shadow of opposition to
his nomination in Calaveras. i Pros
pect.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
The Curo.

Professor w. L. Grange, author of
the History Of Primitive Love" al
luded in the course of a lecture in Bos-
ton to the modern cynical view Of love
that prevails: II remember once hear
ing a b.icklayer and plumber discuss
love. L hold said the bricklayer, that
If you are terribly in love the way to
cure yourself is to run away The
plumber shook his head and sneered'
That will cure you he said, provided
you run away with the girl"
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
Square Bullets.

In 171S an Englishman, James Puc-
kle, secured a British patent for what
seems to have been an attempt at a
breechloading rapid firing gun. An
original feature of the invention was
the use of two different breech plates,
one for square bullets, to be used
against the Turks, and the other for
round bullets, to be used against Chris
.tians. It is curious to find two oppos-
ing tendencies in the same invention
first, the desire to construct gun that
should be more effective because more
destructive, and, second, desire to
recognize certain ethical distinctions
in it's use. If round bullet was too
good for a Turk, square one was too
bad for a Christian.-London Chroni-
al
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08

Pioneer -four is the besti have no
other.
Amador ledger., 1908-05-08
Recipe For Makina Money.

First catch your capital, however
small, or if homemade, such as from
savings, so much the better. Place in
steady, secure position, where it will
not be disturbed, and allow to stand.
Skim off all that accrues without waste
and with that at the proper season
make Il stiff paste of business, in
which place your capital or as much OF
1t as you can use with advantage. A
little ripe judgment should be added.
Season with hope and enterprise and
stir brislly with a bunch of fresh
energy. While your pie is cooking
watch it carefully yourself and see
that nothing goes wrong. Keep up a
good fire until it begins to brown and
don't take too much off the top for
tasting until the whole is well cooked;
then enjoy the result.-London Graph
ia