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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18

Brooklyn went down TO sc. James early
In the day yesterday and had a confer
ence with Mayor 0aynor. When he re-
turned last night he would not say what
they had talked about.
In Queens the cut glass fronts thAa
have prevented inspection Of barrOOms
from tho street were pretty generally
absent yesterday. The keeper Of the art
gallery told the man With the tin pail
that everybody might a. well all Rse
tickets for Russia IL the tyranny wao
going to continue. II was noticed that
instead Of allowing an employee to mount
guard az the side entrances the proprietor
himself was there.
In Williamsburg the majority OF saloons
were closed. Bach rooms a. well ~ bars
were exposed. Other saloon keepers who
took chances Of doing business had look
outs posted outaide When anybody
looking like a policeman approached the
lookout. with his hands behind him.
would tap on tho window to warn the
bartender TO hide. In one place the
bartender was concealed behind the bar
and orders were pulled along on trays
with strings attached. Three saloon
keepers were reported ~ the Bedford
avenue police station for violations. bar
tenders being behind the bars and men
in back rooms. One Of the saloons 10
within few feet Of the polics station.
Raines law hotels near the Williams
burg Bridge plaza and At the foot OF
Broadway did a big business, hut no
body could he served unless q meal was
ordered. One or two OF the smaller
RSinss law hotel men wouldn't run the
chance of being REPORTED and kept their
places closed.
Proprietora Of halle were careful. The
regular bars were exposed. but impro-
vised bArp were set up in other rooms.
Where concerts were on the programme
the front doors were locked when the
show started and nobody was allowed
TO enter unless well known.
II was practically impossible TO obtain
q drink in a saloon in Richmond hOrough
unless the place had a hotel license. The
four captains commanding precincts in
the borough made trips through their
territory inspecting the liquor selling
places from the outside. Each had two
plain clothes men with him.
Thomas Mannion. 81 years old. OF $50
W-s, Forty-fourth street couldn't get into
place on Eleventh avenue near Forty
fourth street yesterday afternoon 20 get
pitcher filed He complained 20 Police
man S;eckenbeck. who juat Ia ughed
Mannion got angry and said 4 suppose
YOU got yoIr beer and YOU can AFFORD TO
laugh Then he talked some more and
was arrested In the night court Magis-
tTate Herbert fined him -
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LIGHTNING KILLS4AERONAUTS
BITTERFELUS BALLOON TR.IG-
EDY YELLED M MIGHT.
nan AwAkeaed ~ Thuna,rr Thought
HOase wss saruck-Fouaa Bosiles and
wreck m the ssoraaag-PIsers went
% N q Culm-Gerwaa AeraaI Craze.

Special caAs DsspSscA 70 TEE scN.
BERLIN. April 1.-THE balloon De-
litxsch. belonging to the Bittsrfeld Aero
Club. was struck by lightning during =
violent storm early this morning. The
four occupants were killed.
The exact circumstances Of the catas-
trOphe can never be known. for the only
evidences are the wrecked balloon and the
shattered bodies OF the men. who met
their fate unseen. without the possibility
OF human help.
II was q calm. clear evening when the
DeGtzsch rose in the air at Bite field
and the occupants were enthusiastic over
the perfect conditions for q night trip.
Herr Luft. a BitterfeId merchant and m
experienced amateur balloOnist. and Pilot
LOschenring. an expert aerOnAut. were
we'll qualified "a balance any lack OF
experience ON the part % their COM
paniOns. two Ieipsic merchants named
Orsnpner and Hoscksr
A moonlight night Of rare beauty and
cAlmneaa followed the fins evening and
nobody foresAw the fierce storm. which
gathered with extraordinary suddenness
later.
Early this morning 4 resident OF Reich
ensachsen. about sixty miles from Bitter
field. heard among peals Of thunder one
crash 80 loud that he believed lightning
has struck a hOnss. but not hearing any,
- Ii. -
he went tn sleep again Going ont after
daylight he was astOnished 10 find .
wrecked balloon and four distorted bodies
Of men lying In his garden.
The bag OF the balloon was ripped and
battered in an amazing fashion. II was
hanging In a tree. through the boughs Of
which the men had evidently fallen The
smashed car OF the balloon was near by
From the condition OF the bodies and
tho deep depres-ions In the ground it
Was evident that they had fallen from q
great height IL also became apparent
upon examination that the disaster a.
due % lightning striking the balloon.
Whether t also killed the occupants IL
not quite certain but there were sufticient
indications To encourage the belief that
they we're spared the awiWl experience Of
falling alive TO death
Herr LdschenrinG was engaged TO steer
the Parseval airship on the passenger
route from Munich 10 Oberammergau
which viii be inaugnrated shortly.
The disaster. follow ing others that have
lately happened In Germany. illustrates
incidentally the enormous impetus given
10 neronautic~ in the empire. initially due
20 Count Zeppelin's example. The Gov
ernment's aim tn lead the world in aero
station has infected the country with
Right fewer. aud beSi,l-s Official and com
mercial AIR enterprises riding in the AR
has become a fashionable crave
Every large town nov has q balloon
club. and RScents are ~ constant that
accidents az" likely henceforth "a lee a.
frequent as automobile disasters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18
OVERLAND TRAM HELD Up.
TIVE Men Rob Nan ear and Get AwaS
On Engine Ansi laearh.

TIVE Men Rob NAH ear and Ges Away
On Engine Ansi t.aeaet.
Saw Francisco. April II Near Benicia
about midnight the eastbOund Overland
train No 10 was held mp by two masked
men.
One covered the engineer and fireman
while the other. after locking the passsn-
gers in the Pullmans. went through the
mail cars.
They took nine registered mail bags
The robbers then went back TO the
engine and made the engineer uncouple
from the train Then with their loot they
ran the engine 10 Spng. on the shore of
SuiaIn Raw. where they entered a steam
launch and were soOn lost in the dark.
The robbers were evidently old hands.
a. they worked deliberately and with
system The one who ran the engine was
plainly an experienced engineer
One ~ the robbers 10 tall and dark and
the other short The robbers after they
were done with the engine sent u down
the track Wth the throttle wide opsn
The presence Of mind Of the telephone
operator AT SuisIn prevented disastrous
collision between the engine and tho
westbound train She warned the Oak
land ofiicc and ToleuAs station was adj
vi-ed NV wire 20 throw open a switch for
the runaway engine
The robbers took their boat across Ia
Bullshezd Point. whers they abandoned 10
They stole horse and buggy in Martinez
and struck out for the hills. Possess have
been chasing them and late this after
noon two suspects who ars believed To
- the robbers were captured
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ga, LD-BILL RaILROAD DEaL.
New Lines from Ch1ragS Co PaeIAc and
from ParInc 60 GaN PLANNED.

CHICAGO. April ~. Another short rail
route from chicago to san Francisco and
a line from the Pacific Co the Gulf are
assured by a trafic agreement between
}. }. Hill and George Gould. reported
in a despatch from Denver. where on
Gals Of the roads involved have been
IN conferences.
Through passenger and freight service
over the new line from Chicago 20 the
4 az, - to be inaugurated within n few
weeks, ~aid Darius Miller. president "
the Chicago. Burlington and quincy. last
night IA Denver
Tn" trains will run On the Burlington
tracks from Chicago to Denver and On
the Denver and Rio Grand- and the
Western P'rifio rails from Denver "a San
Francisro
q ". Holdrrdge. general manager 81
"a" Burlington. Who - also IN Denver.
sad concerning the Coast Gulf route:
The ChiraSo. Burlington aud QUINCY
Railroad has mad" a temporary COu'ra't
- use the chicago aud NorthN~-t'ru
tracks from Sho-hon". Wyo - a Colorado
and Southern connection a. Oriu Juuct iOn
prudIng the completion oi - ONn IN"
Through this arrangement II ~ expected
that ne 'olorado aud southern aud ~"
Burlington will i"intly 1- tn po-itiOn TO
tua % g'Ira'" a tsulf 10 Coast service NV the
ilr-' IT Hest wear
W railroad deal sine. the separation
~ the. Rock Island and Frisco Occasionsd
a. much comment among Chicago
railroad officials as did the report 81
the Hill Gould alliance. The new Chi
cago-San Francisco train service. nc
coreIinx to railroad men means more
active competition for ihe Hartman
lines and the Santa FL. II means that
both tho Gould roads and the Hill roads
will gain by the interchange OI traffic
and that Gould will have a new short
line west from Chicago and hill will gain
another gateway 20 the Pacific Coast.
There IL nothing in the terms Of the
alliance 90 which the Interstate Com
merce Commission can take exception,
according TO the Denver despatch. Darius
Miller and others at the conference deny
that any stock in either Of the roads in
volved has changed hands.
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REBELLION IN GUATEMALA.


Arms sad 90 Have Been 91pplled ~
xesaya. IDepSsca President % NScaraguA.
NEv ORLEANS. April I7.-Acoording to
reports from Central America q revolu-
ton has broken out against tho President
Of Guatemala. The rOvOlutionists are
said ca he well armed and 20 have laid
their plans some time ago.
Salvador Toledo and Prudencio Alfaro.
the former % Guatemala and the latter
Of Salvador. are the leaders. Both are
yell known revolutiOnists and have be~n
in the employ % former President Zelaya
Of Nicaragua shortly before the de-
partmrs Of their chief they we're omii-d
Go tho Campo de Marie and thers placed
in possession Of several thousand rifles
with ammunition for the puTpOs. Of
starting a revolution against the govern
Fnents Of Presidents Estrada Cabrera Of
aud FiguerOa Of Salvador.
This - .aid 10 account for the difficuIty
by President MRdTiz la sup
plying his troops with.arns. The plan
attacks on tho Pacific coast
and from the frontier OF Honduras stimuli
taneo,Iaiy. The Iiuatemalan Governments
h said 20 have despatched q large force
90 meet the rebels.
The report lacks authentication here
nad many peEs0ns d. nos credit it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18
SMOKING CONTEST IN ITHACA
To zee MRs rousd smoke q Cigar the
Longest wItheus I.ettaa8 % Go Out.

ITHAcA. April As a result OF q wager
made az the Town and Gown Club 4 con-
te~t was held to Sc who could smoke q
cigar longest without letting Il 20 out.
Abou, twenty Ave professors and pro-
fessionaI men took part In the contest.
10 was said. All were provided with the
same sizs cigars and at the stroke Of .
hell they were lighted. The men then
Iounxed about at their ease. endeavorinR
20 keep their cigars lighted and yet smoke
AZ little 40 possible.
AZ the end Of fifty minutes most Of the
cigars were either out OF their smokers
had retired from the contes ct, but Prof.
Theodore Monroe. Prof. c. T.. Du rhsm.
Dean Frank Irvine and Or. n. I. Andrsws
were sttll pufiing away.
A. the end " 20 minutes Prof Irvine
retired from the contest and at 20 min
,Ites Prof Durham very suddenly dis
appeared. Prof. Monroe. with . smile
on MS face and BY tho aid q q toothptck
smoked his cigar 50 minutes and was
declared the winner His prize was q
metal stein.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18
KIIEED nv Pitched BGLLS.
student ~ RrRssrIarr POiS teci,nIr and
an Illinois YsuIh Dte az the nat.

TROT. April ~ Frank Burns q student
at the Kenss"la-r Polytechnic institute.
died this murniug - the result % an
in jtrv received Yesterday afternoon in a
baseball game b..twSen tn. freshman
team and nine ~ 'h- Troy High SCHOOL
While Rurnz was ~ m" lat 10 the second
inning he WAS hU m m" left temple by a
fast inshont har from the pitcher lie
dropped ~ hir tracks. bat -onn go' ON
his feet again and wanted ~ continue
PLAYING iic was prevailed upon to GO
o. the Students Glub and lie down. lie
s.lid he felt all right with IA" exception
% a slight headache.
A doctor was then Called aud ths
.tu,lent was taken home during the
might h" b.camc sick and vOmitrd aud
shortly afterward lost consciousness aud
Ias-.,d away. The doctors autopsy dis
CLOSED a fracture of the base of the skull
and blood rloi. Burns was ~ years old
and a resident Of this city lie vas n
promising student and athlete.
FREEBURo. III. April ~ - william
Schrnitt. aged -. a member Of Freeburg's
BASEBALL team. was killed here this after
noon while playing with his team against
a ~. Louis club While Schmitt was a.
rat thrown hall from the Sc. Louis
pitcher hit him over the heart. Schmitt
started TO take first base. but after few
steps fell and died a few minutes later
The st Louis pitcher was held for the
Coroner.
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VEGETATION M RI'LE.
Proposed Cuy Department To HeIp the
children Play.

A proposed department 90 recTeai ion
a. "A part of the city government; IL under
consideration by a number Of enthusiastic
men aud women. who talk of going 10
Albany 70 get the Charter amended The
object ~ not Ia Tecrrate city employees
OF KrOwnup taxpayers The idea ~ 10
promote the happiurss aud we'll being of
children. Ia regnlat. their gaines and
pastiInes according 10 scientific primer
Piles IL 10 asserted by the enthusiasts
that many children do not know how Ia
play aud that Il IL the ciiy's busin-ss Ia
teach them.
The prop osed department 90 T~crea-
ton would take control 81 the athI,-t ~
fields aud Fairgrounds 81 the Hoard %
Education and the Park Department =
playground The commissioner Of rec
reation would have a good salary and a
we'll paid stat VI deputies for each Dor
Ough aud n small army Of playground
Instructors and attendants. all ON rhe
city payroll
should ths department of recreation
be made . part Of the city administration
IL IL expected that there will he "a great
rush OF candidates for tho jobs. as there
will be lots of recreation for the employ
ees In the winter months. when few chill
dren 60 60 the parks 60 play. There are
some persons who hold the opinion that
children dislike to be told how 10 play
especially by men in uniform. and that
too much supervision would be likely
% discourage their attendance.
The policy Of tho Park Department has
been 70 encourage the natural spirit Of
play and 20 eliminate from the play
grounds all class work or other methods
Of teaching children TO play which keep
them under restraint 90 though they
wore in school
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18
SNOW AND BLIzZARD ~ WEST
Great Damage 20 Earty Vegetables and
Frults-HeaVy Zee m BSwa.


CHICAGO, April IA blizzard pre-
vailed In the central Western States last
night and TODAY. doing much damage TO
growing Vegetables. -
AZ some points in Iowa Toe formed 60
the thickness ~ four inches.
The peach and apple CROPS almost over
the entire State have been killed.
In Minnesota there was considerable
snow and cold. but the crops had not adj
vanced far and little damage was done.
In nlinois and Wisconsin and parts OF
Michigan the cold Was severe enough TO
damage all early vegetables and the fruit
trees.
vt. LOUIS. April I5.-This ives the
second day Of midwinter weather In the
Mississippi Valley. The mids ummsr heat
had brought out the blossoms OF truit
trees earlier than usual.
Snow fell steadily all day over most OF
Illinois and Missouri. with cold rain and
aleet at a number Of points. The weather
~ clearing in western and central Missouri
tonight. with the thermometer down 10
%. and fruit growers anticipate sharp
freeze which will nip budding fruit and
young vegetables.
Snow CONTINUES over southeastern Iowa
tonight. FIVE inches having fallen in
tWenty-four hours SNOW covers the
orchards. which are in blossom. The
temperature il falling rapidly in central
Illinois. where snow has b.en falling for
twenty-four hours
A cold rain fell throughout southern
Illinois and hard rains fell in southern
Indiana and western Kentucky to-day
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Tried 20 HeIp Her hut YorESt % Can q
Doctor IN TsBae.

Tried 20 IaeIp Her hut YOrEst % Can q
Doctor IN TSSae.
A Kray haired woman about 90 years
old collapsed on the stairway leading 90
the Third avenue elevated station ne
IsSd street yesterday afternoon and
had TO he Psaisted up the stairs 20 the
platform She rested % : beach sS6
said she felt all right. few minutes
later che turned to Joseph Hynes Of
se1 East Itsd street. who had just AIightSd
from = train. and called out: Help met
I'm dying
HyDes caught her in biz arms and
asked those near him to Got . physician.
Some one got a stimulant from . drug
stors that revived the woman fOT .
mOnsns She could not give her name.
however. or tell where she lived. and
presently became unconscious. No one
thought 90 call an ambulance or a police
man until pearly half an hour had elapsed
and crowd had gathered around the
woman on the platform.
Then a policeman summoned an am
bulance from tho Lincoln Hospital. The
surgeon. DR. Dunlop. said that the woman
had been dead for half an hour. He
Thought the cause was apOplsxy.
The woman carried a black bag that
contained q KEY and 81 She wore .
black waist and skirt and . black straw
hat trimmed With white roses. The body
wa removed 70 the Alexander avenue
police station
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NICARAGUA PEACE TERMS.
Madriy % Nearing Btaenelds. 10 Estrada
Proposes IN Agreement.

NEw ORLEANS. April 1.-THE armies
Of Madriz and Estrada are camped but
a few miles apart near AcOyapa In Mica
ragua. and a MadriE force 10 bearing
down on GreytOwn with the intsntiOn Of
making that place the seat Of war. Dip
Iomats Of the two rival governments in
New Orleans are at the same time bendin G
Efforts to end hosiihtes.
Consul General Sussman and Emiliano
Chamorro. the chief Estrada ENJOYS here.
announced to-day that their Government
- willing 20 accept peace terms from
Madriz Il they can he assured the agree
msnt will bs faithfully executed II 10
planned 10 have diplomats Of the con-
tending administrations ask Secretary
Knox To approve the peace terms and then
insist on their enforcement
These terms comprise a special election
for President. with MadriE serving 60 its
conclusion Equal suffrage among men
is demanded. aud also the abolition Of con-
ce-sious and the monopolistic system OF
q otnmerce
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MISSIONARIES DROWNED:
Jumk win Rsfosees Vrsm chang INA
Rata % De nua DSWN ~ guRbOat.

Junk win Refugees Vrsm chang sha
saIa 70 De nua DSWW ~ GuRboat
Special Caots DsspafcA 70 THu sUS.
SHANGHAI. April I7.-lt is reported
that the British gunbOat Thistle. which
was ordered 60 Chang Shat TO protect the
foreigners there. vas In collision at that
place with q junk carrying escaping
missionaries.
The junk sank and many on board Of
her were drowned.
Forty refugees from Chang ShA have
arrived at Hankow. They report that
all the foreign buildings at Chang Sha
have been destroyed by the rioters.
The Governor has been killed and the
British Consulate and the custom house
have been abandoned The city is blaS-
ing in many places.
Advices from other sources are to the
eject that complete ANARCHY prevails
at Chang MIA. The rioters have looted
the Government hank. The foreigners
are safe on board steamers below the
city. The riots are spreading to neigh
boring TOW M.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18
v. v. CENrRAL'S WIFE STOLEN.
A=es=.ese- Es@aa aa=..sa. Hs.ss A..s - Gar.ae~
On the Putnam DtSIstaa.

ASsss=ssee ysssa assssss s'ss ess - Greer
On the Putnam DtV istaa.
Thieves stOie telegraph wires and wires
Of automatic train signals on the Putnam
division Of the New York Central Rail
road early yesterday morning between
New YOTk and NOnkers. Telegraph wires
were cut and the copper wire taken
The large heavy copper wires connecting
automatic railroad train signals were
alsO cut and the wire 10 missing. About
.7UO feet In all was stolen.
Disseminating the wires displays a
false signal tn locomotive engineers.
Detectives have been patroIIinE the lines
Tor some time trying to catch what
appears 20 bs An organized gang Of wire
thieves. Many arrests have been made
but thsro have hen NJ Oouvtctions.
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FIRE TRICK DRIvER BURr.
Jetted Prem Hls Seat when Retaining
strnp nruAe Gets \ Brekcn Leg.

While returning from a trivial fire at
Oakland street and Norman avenue.
GreenpOint. yesterday afternoon Emil
Basil. the driver % Hook and ladder
Company So, Lost his balance when the
strap which held him in his seat broke.
He fell TO the pavement and a wheel
passed over his right leg. crushing IT,
Basil was turning his three horse team
into Norman avenue TO 60 hack to the
trucks headquarters on Greenpoint ave-
nue. when ono % the animals jumped
forward Basil had q tight grip on the
rsina and a. hs tuGRed on them the strap
broke. A fireman who WAS seaasd close
to Basil jumIsed forward and setsed the
lines He brought the team 20 . stop.
and several hremen. Who ran hack to
where Basil lay carried him into store
and summoned an ambulance from the
Williamsburg Hospital. The Veg was
fractured
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FOUND DR. CO0K IN HIDING.


Trenton. y. j.. April I5.-E4-stAte
Comptroller William y. Hancock. who
has just returned from a trip through
south America. found the hiding place
Of DR.. Frederick Cook At the little village
Of ChiIacOIes. on the Chilean side OG the
Andes. DIR. Cook and his wife were
living as Mr.. and Mrs. Craig. The people
believed them to he fueitiveS from Justice
because % the secrecy which DIR. Cook
maintained and his efforts to avoid meet
ing any one who might seek to pTy into
his affairs.
The party OG which AR. Hancock was
msmber secured q photograph Of DIR.
and Mrs. Cook. The doctor was identified
by DIR. Robert n. Kelly OF Browns Mills.
y. j.. who was Mr.. HAnoock's travelling
companion. Dr. Cook admitted his iden-
tity but refused to talk to any Of tho
tourists.
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TWO DIE ~ FEUD BATTLE.


LYoNs. Ga. April I7.--As the result OF
a fe,id battle here to-day a. =. Collins
and his son Marion. are dead. James
Lewis 10 dying and Martin Hill and Harry
Johnson. friends ~ lewis. are badly
wounded
Collins and his son while walking along
the principal street were attacked 10y
the three men who had long been at
outs with the Collins family.
The men used pistols and the firing
was fast and furious. The elder Collins
fell fret. Two % his Opponents were
then dropped by the younger Collins.
The latter then fell dead. A. he fell he
inflicted a mortal wound in the breast
81 the only man eft standing.
Lewis and tho elder Collins had long
besn bitter enemies. IL 10 alleged that
Lewis once insultsd COllina's wife