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NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1900. EIGHTEEN PAGES. UN-Li ij 1 jersey City, ad Newark I TWO I i i i i i mm 1 I till $7,000,000 DEFENSES FOR PANAMA CANAL Secretary Dickinson and Major Gen. Bell Work Out Complete Scheme. CHIEF FORTS AT PACIFIC END 13-Inch and 16-Inch Guns to be Mounted Secretary a Convert to Loek-Type Ditch.

5 fecial to Tkt Sew York Times. "TASHINGTON. May 24. Fortification to cot approximately are to be built to defend tha Panama Canal. In the twenty days Secretary of War Dickinson spent looking? over the ground he and Major Gen.

J. Franklin Bell. Chief of Staff, went Into the matter carefully. The significant feature of their tentative decision Is that the most powerful and elaborate batterlea are to be planced so a to repel attacks from the Pacific Ocean. 1 There are to be three batteries on the Pacific side.

Lying orf the mouth of the Canal are fifteen islands, and the three selected for the fortifications are between ten arid fifteen mllee off shore. are Flamenco, Culebra, and Naoas Islands. On the coast line at each aide of the Canal raouth there will be batteries, also, at A neon and San Juan. The estimated cost of these fortifications i without equipment Is $3,500,000. Six miles up- the Canal from the Pacific Ocean thera Is to be a secondary This will command the principal lock at Pedro Miguel, and the estimated cost will be $000,000.

At Culebra, about -the middle of the bigr ditch, a military post will be constructed at a cost of ouo. Atlaatle Forts on Hills. Qn the Atlantic side the arrangement will be much more simple. A ranee of bills runs down- to the sea, commanding the entrance to the Canal. Upon them at El Boco Point, modem batteries will It is planned to mount in these fortifica tions more than sixty of the highest oer disappearing guns.

None of these will be of less than 13-inch calibre, and they will run as high aa lC-tnch in the main batteries. The secondary batteries win he of lower calibre, but thev will be more numerous. Mr. Dickinson and Gen. Bell went over 1 the entire ground studying the strategic Importance of the various sites.

The plaiis, which have been la secret prepa ration for some time, are tentative, of course, for Congress may refuse to ap proprlate the money necessary for them 1 if the nations of the world show a dls position to recognize the absolute neu trality of the Canal. Mr. Dickinson la the newest convert 4a tVi IrwV vno rit eannt nrrnsR the lath mus. The Secretary set out on his trip believing that a sea level ditch was the only logical and sensible type. Shortly after he reached his desk to-day he announced frankly that he had been wrong; and that his twenly days' investigation of conditions had dissipated his earlier conviction.

Mr. Dickinson furthermore characterized the progress of the work as highly satln'actory." President Is Well Pleased. Shortly after reaching the war Depart-ment to-day, the Secretary went to the White.House and made a personal report to President Taft. The President seemed well pleased with the change la Mr. Dickinson's views, for It to his own satisfaction that the stay-at-home critics know very little of the actual con ditions on the Isthmus when they con demo the lock canal and insist that the sea level ditch Is the only feasible plan for Joining the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

It developed to-day that the. Panama Railroad will practically be abandoned when the canal Is completed. Almost all its traffic consists -of freight carried be- tween Panama and Colon for transshipment, and when this traffic is taken through the canal In ships the road may be transformed into an electric line for the carriage of passengers and light freight. Secretary Dickinson expects that the canal will be opened for traffic by Jan. 1, 1313.

This was the date fixed by CoL Goethals on the occasion of his visit here lsst winter, "and he told the Secretary that he saw no occasion for changing his mind. PICKED UP BOY HE RAN DOWN. Then Chauffeur Called a Policeman to Go to tha Hospital with Them. When Albert Rogers, chauffeur for Jodlsh J. Allen of Southampton, L.

ran rver a boy in Fiftieth Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, yesterday, lie took the Injured boy to the hosp'tal. first calling a policeman to accompany him. Tommy Lavln of 358 West Forty-ninth Street was playing with some other boys In Fiftieth Street when he ran in front of Rogers's car. The cnauffeur stopped, picked the injured boy up. and started at top speed for Roosevelt.

Hospital. At Seventh Avenue he stopped and asked Policeman Wood to go along. At the hospital It was found that the coy's thigh wn fractured. The lad being half dazed gave his name as Leary and said he lived at 5M West Forty-ninth Street. No one named Leary was found at that address, bat a Mrs.

Collary was found there, who eald the description of tho lad answered that of her own son" So they took tha anxious mother to tha was not her son who lay on the cot. and the woman went away relieved. In the meantime Tommy had recovered enough to give his right name and address. Rogers and the policeman made another trip, and this time thev took the right mother to the hospital. She fainted when told of the accident and said that last month she lost two children one from uiphtheria and the other from heart disease.

Young Lavln will be out again in a few weeks. After was ail over the chauffeur was arrested. Will Buy Leopold' Vandyke. BRUSSELS. May 24.

A committee of the National Museum has decided to ac-Quire a Vandyke offered for sale by King Topold, but not having at Its disposal tiie sum, will ak the Govern- xuent tor a special credit. PATENTS. TRADE MARKS, eie. Oiden. uoi rU'ol patent Attorneys.

handbook fr MUS'S Eclantlfic Oifice, Sij iiroatjwsy, YtA4v. MOTOR ABLAZE IN BROADWAY. Mr. and Mrs. Hanan Have a Narrow Escape the Tonneau.

Broadway, crowded at the theatre hour last night, saw a motor car suddenly burst Into flames and a man and a wo man escape from it Just In time. The car belonged to J. II. Hanan, tha shoe manufacturer, who, with his wife. was In it.

The accident occurred at Broadwly and Forty-first Street. Tha traffic officer at tha corner had halted Mr. chauffeur. J. WV Matteson.

Tha chauffeur stopped so suddenly that the car immediately behind him, whicn was runnlDg at good speed, Jammed into M. Hunan's car before it could atop, making a large hole in the gasoline tank. Matteson knew by the shock, that some thing was' broken, but he had no Idea that his car was on fire until he started to go ahead, when the flames leaped up the side of the automobile. Mrs. Hanan screamed, and both she ana Mr.

Hanan tried in vain to open the door. The chauffeur jumped from tha box and swung th door open, and the two escaped, whila the flames leaped around them. A throng of several hundred quickly and Mr. Hanan pushed hisway with difficulty through It, holding Mrs. Hanan In his arms, for sire had very near ly fainted.

They made their way down the street to the Metropolitan Opera House, where they were going to the Lambs Club Gambol. Mr. and Mrs. Hanan live at the Belmont, and they returned there later In the evening. In the meantime aome one had turned in a fire alarm, and soon the whistles ot the enalne coming In all directions brought atill more of a crowd.

Broadway soon became blocked. The Fire Department soon extinguished the blaze, and the car waa taken back to the garage at 42 Kast Forty-first Street- The car widen, ran Into us." said Matteson, the chauffeur. was num bered 31,313.. It must have been going rather rapidly to have destroyed the tank so completely." Mr. Hanau's car cost, when new, afl.WX).

The body waa atmosr completely destroyed. TAFT PLAYS JOKE ON AID. Picks Flowers from Wilson's Beds and Tells Watchman to Take Butt. Special lo The Kew York Times. WASHINGTON.

May 24. President Taft despoiled one of Secretary Wilson's flower beds In the grounds of the Agricultural Department, and added to his misdemeanor by turning on Capt. Archie Butt, his military aid and personal assistant. In the descent on the blossoms. Then he astounded an elderly watchman, and rescued the military man from a cell, whirling away to the White House in a gale of All this happened Saturday, but It was not 'known until to-day, when Mr.

Taft confessed, to' Secretary Wilson over the telephone. The President, Capt. Butt, and a friend of Mr. Tart, whose Identity Is not known, took a spin In the Mall Saturday afternoon. The chauffeur drove the official car along the river drive and was returning to the White House by way of the gardens when the President's eye fell on a handsome flower bed.

By George, those are beautiful blossoms," he said, punching Capt. Butt in the ribs with his" thumb. Let's get out and pick a few." The three men descended from the machine and promptly fell to work. It was warm work for a man inclined to be somewhat portly, and Mr. Taft to the shelter of a near-by tree Just as an indignant watchman raced up.

Hey you." he ehouted to Capt. Butt. "What d'ye mean by that? Don't you know you're breaking the law? You're under arrest." Before the astonished military man could find his tongue the President came from beneath the tree and Joined in the tirade. Mr. Taft carefully kept his large handful of flowers concealed behind his broad back.

Your action is reprehensible. Butt, he said severely. I told you to leave those flowers alone. You should be severely punished. Take him where he belongs, my good man." The watchman at this point recognised the President.

He was no more surprised by Mr. Taft's presence than Capt. Butt was bv his Commander-in-Chief's apparent "desertion of him. But when the watchman began stammering an embarrassed apology Mr Taft burst into laughter. He told the man that he had done perfectly right, and commended him for his watchfulness.

TAFT WITHDRAWS WOODRUFF. Too Much Opposition to ex-Football Player for Hawaiian Judgeship. Special to Tht New York Times. WASHINGTON. May 24.

At the suggestion of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to which it had been referred. President Taft has withdrawn the nomination of George Woodruff, the former University of Pennsylvania football player, to be United States Judge in Hawaii. It was made clear to the President that there was such opposition In the committee to the nomination that confirmation was Impossible, and rather than force fight the President recalled the nomination. Woodruff stands high In the good graces cf President Roosevelt, and his appointment to the Hawaiian Judgeship has been sscrlbed to tnat Influence. That may account for soma of the Judiciary Committee opposition.

But the explanation emanating from committee sources is that the Senators were not satisfied with Woodruff experience as a lawyer and did not thluk it qualified him for a responsible appointment to the Federal bench. HAS HIS OWN SON ARRESTED. The Ronfeldts, Father and Son, Quar reled Over Insurance Policies. Charles J. Ronfeldt.

who lives at 681 Macon Street, Brooklyn, and who, with his brother. William H. Ronfeldt. is In the engraving business at 06 Fulton Street, Manhattan, was arrested in the street near his office yesterday afternoon by Central Office Detective Geegan. on a warrant Issued earlier in the day by Magistrate Breen, In the Tombs Court.

The warrant was obtained by the engraver's father. William Ronfeldt, a dealer in parquet floors at 1.276 Putnam Avenue. Brooklyn. Charles Ronfeldt was charged with sending letters to his father in the last six months threatening his life. The engraver was admitted to $500 bail furnished by his father-in-law, Henry J.

Lankenau. a real istats dealer, of 175 Kingston Avenue. Brooklyn. At Uie homes of both the youmcer and elder Konfeldt it was said last night that the trouble between father and son had been merely over the possession of two Insurance policies on the life of the elder Ronfeldt The son was paying the premium, it was said, and he had demanded that the policies be turned over to Mrs. Charles Ronfeldt denied Inst niiirht that her liuaband had ever threatened his father.

You'll enjoy Ralida Tta. It the mot flejicioua and refreshing tea ia tba fworli. Adv. GLUCOSE TRUST MAY RUN CANDY STORES National Confectioners See Big Fight Coming for Con. trol of the Trade.

ARRANGING FOR FACTORIES And Afterward, President Says, May Sell, Their Bedford-f' Product Through Its Own Establishments. The Corn Products Refining Company, of which T. Bedford of the Standard Oil Company la President, and In which James A. Moffett, F. Q.

Barstowe. ana Charles M. Pratt are Directors, and William Rockefeller and the late H. II. Rogers were generally understood to be largely Interested.

Is likely, to go into the retail candy business. The company may even, though a subsidiary, open chain or candy stores to dispose of Its product. As has been generally known, the' Directors at their last meeting took the preliminary steps toward starting a project for utilising the glucose manufactured In the company's plsnts by establishing candy factories. This step, it was said yesterday. Is likely to be followed fcy the retailing of the product of the factories, through a company yet to be organized.

In Its own stores. The candy business has recently seen In a smaller way signs of approaching organisation on the modern lines of combination, but this step will be far in advance of anything yet suggested. One of the principal Ingredients in the making of candy In these days Is glucose, of which the company manufactures between seventy-five and eighty-five per cent, of all that; Is consumed In the United States. About thirty per cent, of the company's total output now goes Into candy making through sales to the large manufacturers. If the Corn Products Refining Company uses its glucose in Its own candy factories and sells the product in its own stores, th4n the smaller and' hitherto Independent candy companies.

Fuch as Huyler's. Loflus's, the Mirror, and Repettl's. will have either to go into the "bigger concern or compete with It. if they can. Members of the National Confectioners' Association, who discussed the eituation last night and there were many who spoke freely on the subject pointed out that the candy trade In the United States looked es though it were going to take a similar course to that already taken by this country's tobacco trade.

Bedford. President of the Corn Products Refining Company, was asked last night by a Times reporter about the rumors that his company would soon go first into the wholesale, and then into the retail candy business The corn Products Refining Company," said Mr. Bedford. manufactures three-fourths of all the glucose made In this country. About ao per cent, of this is now sold to confectioners for the making of candy.

At our last directors meeting, three weeks ago. the 'officers of the company were recommended to Investigate the desirability of- the company's manufacturing candy for itself instead of glucose to individual conditioners and candy makers." If the Corn Products Refining Com. party decides to manufacture candy for itself, will it continue to sell the glucose, of which it controls so large a proportion. to other manufacturers? President Bed ford wps asked. Probably not," was his reply.

In case the Com Products Refinlnif Company undertakes the manufacture tf its own candy, how will it be marketed" was asxeo. That deieals replied Mr. Bedford. Perhaps a large company for retailing It may be lorma. Members of the National Confectioners' Association wstmed somewhat disturbed when diacusslnc Mr.

Btdford's statement. The reason was explained by a member of tne association. Glucose Is essential In candy making. said this man. But It cannot be manufactured profitably except in very large quantities and by an extremely large company.

Individual confectioners and candy manufacturers cannot possiDiy mane thenrtKflveA- The must either "buy It ffVm the Corn Products Refining Company, which almost K.i ner of all the glucose In the country. from the other four or five smaller outside glucose man-ufarturlnz concerns which provide the mli.r l. mr rent- Huvlers. the Mirror, and Repettl's. for example, although they mHkp thf-lr own candv.

have to buy all tin. cliioni ihev use ait her from the Corn Products Refining Corhpany or from its Kmalt.r HvalH. "in mw onlnlon a fierce struggle Is Krtut tr ke nlace for the control of the candy business. These Standard Oil men. seeking; investment for a constantly accurriulatinif capital, desire to use it in kiivintiLzo.

Thev see a new ana profitable field for Investment in the Matinn.i ranrtv field. It has been the history of such enterprises that the bigger The rnrn l-'roducts Refining; Company, a merger of half a dozen of the largest glucose manufacturing companies of the country and nJw capitalized at waa organised only a few years awn kv rrfinn of Standard O.l men. among whom Mr. Bedford took the initiative. Besides these there are now In its Directorate men like William J.

Matheson who were stockholders in the New York Glucose Company, the Corn Hroducts Company, and the other glucose manufacturing comDanlifs of this country which in March. 1506. were merged Into the present Corn Products Re fining Company. The Directors the company sbme three months ago voted a new bond issue of lialf of whioh has already been taken ut by Speyer for "ex tension of tha businens." Recently Pros! dent Bedford and Secretary Fisher of the eomnanv have been investigating the candv manufacturlnr field in the West. Secretary Fisher refused last night to discuss a report that the plans of his oomnenv had Kone so far that It was redv to.

announce the crospective open ing ot a transcontinental chsln of candy "'presidents John S. Huyler and M. Morgenthau, respectively of Huyler's and the Mirror eanay stores, siaiea emrnsu rallv last nlsht that theirs were still in dependent concerns. CARTOONED JAFT ARRESTED. Porto Rican Editor Printed Caricature en President's Recent Message.

SAN JUAN. Rico. May S4. Joaquin Beirrelro, editor of a weekly pa per given over to tho publication of car icatures and called Kl Carnival, was sr rested here to-day by the Federal author Ities. -charged with sending Improper matter through the mails.

The charge la based on a cartoon of President Taft and a reference to hll recent message on Porto Rico. Beirrelro was held In SS.uOO ball. Cornell-Harvard Kegal- a Rjveball. Khars. special train Lelifrh ValVjr 1.

May JS. Tickets aliio tvoA on other trains. Far $3.10. 149-JiW49 Broadway. Adv.

FIRE IN LONDON TUNNEL Cable Fused and Car on Fire Passen gers Got Out Safely. Cable to THB New YORK TIKTSS. LONDON, May 24. Considerable commotion was caused at 10 o'clock this evening by the fusing of a cable on a' train of the London District Railway at Charms' Cross, where th road Is under ground. The fusing occurred In the station, and all the passengers alighted safely, but the smoke and fumes of, the burning cable filled the place, and the efforts of the electrical staff proving unsuccessful In extin guishing the flames, and one carriage taking fire, the fire brigade was sent for.

Eventually the flames were extin guished by the use of a plentiful supply of sand, and when the cWrent had been cut off In the section Involved the passengers caught In the other trains held up In the tunnels were escorted by the aid of flare lamps to the nearest platforms. Traffic was still suspended at Charing Cross at midnight. Another fire scare occurred at the Hotel Victoria, In Northumberland Ave nue, where--rnany American visitors are now staying. A blaze was discovered In the neighboring premises of the So ciety for Promoting Christian Knowl edge, and It was thought the hotel was endangered, though the management pooh-poohed the idea. The excitement was, not calmed when the firemen appeared dragging hose through the hall to the upper floors from which they could play upon the neighboring building.

Moreover, one big hose burst and several visitors were drenched. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge lost property in the form of Bibles and prayerbooks to the value ot nearly $50,000. THEATRE LOBBY HOLD-UP. Three Men Beat Man In Attempting to Get His RofNand FaU. While purchasing tickets for himself and wife at Kceney's Third Avenue Thea tre, Third Avenue and Thirty-first Street, last nigrrtTCharles Williams of CC7 Third Avenue displayed a roll of bills containing $200.

A tew minutes later he was called to the lobby and assaulted by three men who tried to rob nlm of the money and beat him with a blackjack. One mart was arrested after a small psnic had been caused In the playhouse. Williams, when he paid for two tickets to. the show, peeled a five-dollar bill off a big roll, and stuffed It and the change from the tickets loosely Into his trousers pocket. Hardly had Williams taken a seat In the semi-darkened theatre when a man touched him on the shoulder and said: A friend wants to see you In the Williams was not suspicious, but his wife, remembering the money.

A61 ap prehensive. They were in a back seat, and she watched him go to the door. As Williams opened the door leading to th lobby he waa confronted by three men, one of them the man who had called him out. WiJJit do you mean by doing that?" asked one of the three. "I haven't done anything," said Williams.

One of the trio struck Williams a stinging blow on the Jaw. Another reached forward and got his hand partly Into Williams's pocket where the roll was. Williams closed his hand over Vie outside -of the pocket. Another of the men pushed him against the ddbrjam and another attempt waa made to get the money. Williams fought back, and one of the three struck him on the ear with what was evidently a blackjack.

Mrs. Williams witnessed the attempted robbery and screamed. Her cries fright ened the people in the show house and a break was made for the door. Policeman Rewick also heard the cries and ran in. He saw the attempted robbery and rapped for assistance.

The three men broke awav and fled, but in the excitement no ona knew whether they had gone out or staved In the theatre. They did not B-et Williams's money. When other policemen arrived the doors of the theatre were closed and no one permitted out. The show was broken up for twenty minutes while the police went through theplace with Williams looking for his assailants. In a rear seat of a box they found a man who -Williams said was the one that called him out and after.

wurH aidel In the hold-UD. The man was locked up. He ald he was Thomas Cunningham, a bircklayer. of rrj Kast Twenty-sixth Street. He said he kjiew nothing: of tne hola-up.

ACCUSED OFMURDER AND SHOT Irvln J. Carter Killed as He Awaits Trial for Slaying Thomas Bagby, Special to The Sew York Times. "HUNTSVILLE. May 24. Irvln Carter, who was awaiting trial for shooting Thomas Bagby a year ago, was found dead last night In his home, afew miles south of here, with a pistol and a snot gun wound.

A revolver, with all the ciiambers loaded, lay beside his body. Thomas Bagby, the eon of a farmer of the neighborhood, wasshot last June In the Carter yard at night. At first It was said that he was mistaken-for a bur glar, but this story, was soon disproved. Then it admitted that he had taken advantage of Beulah Carter and that her brother and Bagby had quarreled at church a week before the- kUllntr. It was shown that Bagby went to the Carter home In response to a note from Beulah.

This note was never found. Beulah went on tha witness stand at the nreliminarv hearing and aaid that she and Bagby were engaged. She urged him to keep his promise to marry her, but he refused. rorra Harris, an uncle of the rirl. test! fled to a family conference, at which Bagby's death was decreed.

He said that Beulah. her father, mother, and hrnther were oresent at the conference. irvln narter was held for the Grand Jury without ball. His uncle was arrested later and was also charged with being a principal In the killing. Both of the accused men were released on bail after a few weeks.

MORE RAILROADS INDICTED. Buffalo Susquehanna and Erie Ac cused of Breaking Tariff Laws. ROCHESTER, N. May 54. The Federal Grand Jury this afternoon presented Indictments against the Buffalo Susque hanna Railroad and the Erie Railroad for the failure to obarve tariff' laws and granting concessions.

A The B-Jffalo and Susriu oal Company also was Indicted for accepting concessions from tariff laws. Both are test cases. 1 A SniMEB APrKTIZEB A teaspoonful of Horrord'a Act I fhospnate in a of water stimulates sprtits and c.4eacb,s tbiiit. AJy FAMINE GRIPS TOWNS ON TIED-UP RAILROAD Flour and Fresh Meat Run Short Along the Line of the Georgia Railway. NEILL OFFERS MEDIATION Labor Commissioner to Try to Settle Controversy Over Negro Firemen Strike May Spread.

Special to The Sew York Times. ATLANTA. May 24. Charles P. Nelli.

United States Commissioner of Labor, is expected here to-morrow, and the hope of a speedy settlement of the strlk of firemen on the 'Georgia Railroad cen tres on his arrival. Gov. Hoke Smith proposed to-day a commission of- six Georgians, three to be selected by each party to the controversy, and Vice President Bali ot the Locomotive Firemen accepted the suggestion. General Manager Scott of the Georgia Railroad, however, replied that he could not agree to the proposal until Commissioner Neill had taken some action. He made the same answer to an offer of mediation from the Augusta Chamber of Commerce i Meanwhile the situation along the rail way is growing serious and there ia dan ger or actual famine in some ot tne towns.

Not wheel has turned on the Georgia Railroad since Saturday, and there Is no Immediate prospect of a re sumption of service. Many places report that they are short of flour and that the fresh meat supply has gtven out. Twenty-five business Tnen of Crawford- vllle, to-day wired the State Railroad Com mission: "For God's sake do something. as we are threatened Dy tamine. in many other towns the situation Is Just as serious, but the people who have created the situation by mobbing the negro firemen show no disposition to receda from their posltlon.

The railway management, according to the strikers, recognizes that the people along the line are responsible for the tie-up and la willing that tney should be punished by isolation. One featuie of the situation is that tka strike has prevented the Interment ot several corpses in Atlanta. iieiatives wished to bury them at tneir oia nomea along the Georgia road, but cannot pro cure transportation for them. The immediate cause for the strike was the discharge of ten white firemen the Georgia terminals and the filling of their placeswlth negroes. The firemen now u'Jnand UVntfsoe-le-nrninated as li.t as possible by the Georgia road.

They will probably not insist upon the dismissal of thoe who were employed as firemen before the strike, but they will ask that white men receive the preference. They will ask. too. that whenever possi ble a negrowlll be replaced by a white man. The strike is not confined to the Georgia Railway, but extends to the Georgia ter minals.

a distinct organization, which is owned Jointly by the Georgia. West Point Louisville, and Nashville Railroads. The threat was made to-day by K. A. Ball.

Vice President of tne firemen, that if other railroads receive freight ship menu diverted from the Georgia Railway the strike of firemen be extended to them. He argues that the receipt of freight diverted from the Georgia Railway by other roads makes them the allies of the Georgia Railway and the opponents of the firemen, and that consequently they are liable to be drawn Into the strike. According to an official of the Georele Railway, it is diverting Its freight over the Southern. Seaboard. Louisville Nashville, and Central Georfgla Railroads.

Attorney General Hart, who mace a trip over the Georgia Railway, at the request of Gov, Hoke Smith, to Investigate conditions, wss very rudely treated, as the people thought he was In sympathy with the company. At several points he was abused as a nigger lover." and was kept busy explaining that he was simply in vestigatlng. and was not taxing the part of the negroes. The railroad authorities assert that they are informed that the crowds of citizens at Thompson, Camak. and other points or in a bellicose attitude.

A large number of strike breakers are here and at other points on the road, preparations r- tinrlor nv hv the Post Office offi cials to establish an automobile mall ser vice between union point ana Aineus. u. JAMESON COTTING WEDS AGAIN Bride Miss Anita Bridger, an Actress- Married In Greenwich. Jameson Cottlng. son or the late Amos Cot ting, whose home was formerly at 833 Fifth Avenue, and Miss Anita Bridger, an actress who played in' A Fool and His Money," in which Jameson Lee Finney had the leading part here six years ago.

were married last Thursday by the Rev, William B. Waller In Greenwich. Conn. News of the marriage was kept until yesterday, the bride and bridegroom ask In the minister to say nothing about It until they were ready to announce it. The marriage was Mr.

Cottlng's second He married Miss Marie Leech, a daughter of Henry Leech cf this city, in 1808. The first Mrs. Cottlng died five years later. Mr. Cottlng Is a brother ot Mrs.

Egmont Schermerhorn of 25 East Sev enty-ninth Street, In whose home he has lived since the death of his first wife. He is a memoer or the Metro politan, the SL Anthony, the Knickerbock er, the New York and the Automobile Clubs of America, the Tuxedo and the Ijrrhraond Yacht Clubs. He Is a rrad- Luate of New York University. His bride has lived in tniS- City wun ner mouier for about ten years. She is prominent in California organizations in this city.

"NOTING DOING." CONNERS. Characteristic Denial by State Chair man of Reported McCarren Deal. BUFFALO. N. Ya May Conners.

Democratic State Chairman, discussing the story in circulation that he has broken with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany, and will seek to retain his rhairmanahlD and control of the State Committee by an alliance he has effected with Senator Patrick IL McCarren of Brooklyn, said this afternoon; "That Is nothing but newspaper till' tn.t newsnarjer talk." Is there any cliange lately in the pc- liticKl situation? No; nothing doing." 4TLATA ItlRMIXGHAM MEMPHIS. Guirker Kehedale. throush ilwwr Inq, Seaboard Air Line B'way, Y. 'Adv.

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF RIOT. People of Italian Village Say They Were Negfected Soldiers Kill Six. REGGIO. Italy, May 24. At Slnopott, a email village near St.

the populace became enraged over the manner in which they have been neglected In the distribution of relief to the earthquake sufferers. They made a hostile demon stration against the authorities, and at tacked the barracks. Several soldiers were wounded and a volley was fired Into the rioters, killing six of them and wounding several others. EARTHQUAKE AT MESSINA. Panic Among the Populace and Ruined Wails Shaken Down.

MESSINA, May 24. One of the severest shocks since the great earthquake occurred here this afternoon. The movement was both vertical and horizontal and lasted ten seconds. The shock was pre ceded by a rumbling noise. The populace fled, panic-stricken, and the walls of the ruins in various places collapsed.

EDWARD SANDFORD A SUICIDE. New Yorker Who Lived Abroad Kills Himself at Versailles. VERSAILLES. May 24. Edward Sand- ford of New York committed suicide at a hotel here to-day.

He shot himseir twice in the head with a revolver. His act Is attributed to ill-health and financial worries. Mr. Sandford was about 50 years old. Mr.

Sandford. according to The Social Register, had no New York address, but was living in Paris. TO GO INTO CAMP. Governor Will Pass the Summer with His Family at 8aranae Inn. Special lo The Sett York Times.

SARANAC LAKE. N. May 24 Gov. Hughes has arranged to pass the Summer at Saranae Inn. 15 miles from here.

He will go Into eamp with his family on June 13. SHORTAGE OF BLUE POINTS. Oyster Beds In Great South Bay and the Sound Destroyed by Storms. Special It The Sew York Times. BLUE POINT, L.

May re cent heavy storms, which were the severest of the season, hava destroyed millions of oyster spawn in Great South Bay and Long Island Sound, and the supply of blue points may materially be reduced. oysters were smothered In sand through the action of the water. It Is said that all the oyster beds in the vicinity had "been newly planted only re cently NO BAR AT NEW THEATRE. Governor Vetoes Bill to Permit It on Private School's Consent. ALBANY.

'May 24. The Alt bill, de signed to permit the sale of liquor In the New Theatre In New York City, was vetoed to-day by Gov. Hughes. The bill amends the liquor tax by permitting traffic in liquors within 2UO feet of a private school with the consent of the person or corporation using the building for that purpose. In the memorandum accompanying the veto the Governor says: The amendment cannot "be Justified- It Ignores the fact that the policy of the law is for the protection of the children and not for the advantage of proprietors or managers of schools.

That policy is expressed in the provision for a free area about our schoolhouses. If proprietors of private schools may be permitted to allow this area to be encroached upon. It difficult to see why the public authorities thould not have the same privilege with, regard to public scnoois. In our larare cities the pressure upon our public school system is 60 great that ii large numDer ot cnijaren mui mevim-blv' be educated in privste schools, and, under the conditions which actually exist, suitable safeguards should be provided in both cases." COMET OR NORTHERN LIGHTS? Unusual Astronomical 'Phenomenon Observed at Geneva, N. Y.

GENEVA. N. May 24. An unusual astronomical phenomenon, which had the appearance cf a comet close to the earth, wam nhserved earlv this mornlmr at the Smith Observatory here by Dr. William R.

Brooks. Professor of Astronomy at Horbart College. In reporting his observations he says: The object was visible In the eatstern sky from 2 to 3 o'clock this morning. It had the appearance of a gigantic naked with a lares head and a tail of enormous proportions. When first seen the head was In the great square or Pegasus and the tall stretched upward toward he North Star, at one time reaching the Chair of Cassiopeia.

The motion was rapidly eastward. "At 2:30 A. M. the head enveloped the star Algenlb, and by 3 o'clock It had reached the horizon. Soon after the tall was lost In the rapidly advancing dawn." Prof.

Brooks, who in the past thirty-five hn (Uncovered twenty-five cossets. a greater number than any other living astronomer, thinks that the phenomenon may not have been a comet but merely an unusual manifestation of th aurora borealls. No other auroral effect was visible, however. If the object was a comet it must, he says, have been very close to the earths PUTS BAN ON POWDER PUrTS. Sch loolmisti ress Also Forbids Beauty Spots on Young Cheeks.

Miss Rachel Bengamlnl, -principal of the branch of the Washington Irvlrtg High School at West End Avenue and Eighty second Street, gave notice on Friday that hereafter the girls who came to the school with powder and beauty spots on their faces should stand up before-'the class, while these supposed aids to good looks were removed -with a towel. Tht came as a blow to some of the pupils who had been acquiring the habit of bringing powder puffs to school wltn them. There were no powuer marks or beauty spots In sight yesterday. Miss Bengamlnl, In no wise softened, re peated her order, also adding a new rule Hereafter the high school girls must go straight home and hold no conversation with the youths from the School of Commerce near bV- The principal said she had hri thnush. It misht' not be true, that som, of the girln were in the habit of lertvinu school early to keep engagements with students trotn tne boys aciiiw.

nnvx-r HF WATER. 60c. per case of giaaa itpprea bellies. AflV .4 AUERICA1IS CROWD LOUDON FOR DERBY King's Horse StUI Favorite, ani Both King and Queen Will Be at Epsom. MOST TAXICABS BESPOKE Record Gathering Expected for Races ana oir raarun, mrien orva, 7 to 2 Is Tod 'Sloane's Tip.

Special Cable to Teb Niw YORK TlUSa "LONDON, May 24. Both King Edward and Queen Alexandra will go to Epsom Wednesday to see the Derby lo. which the King's horse still maintains well the lead In the betting. J)3 to 40 against being taken to-day, -while American-bred Sir Martin is 7 to 2. The latter, by the way.

Ia Tod Slcane tip. He gave It this evening, anions others to Richard Croker, who was dining In the Parisian caf at the Baroy with George Kessler, whose guest Ii was at the latter's place up the Thames over Sunday. Mr. Croker would net say whether or not he was lnfluencsl by the former jockey's advice, but he will certainly have something on- SLT Martin from patriotic motives. Should the King's" Minoru win.

It wiU be interesting to see if his Majesty will follow a tradition as old as the Derby itself, which requires the owner of the Derby winner to lead the victorious horse Into the inciosure when the Jockey dismounts. As Prince ef Wales Edward did this on the two occasions on which he wen. and there Is much speculation! -on thiVpoint. With the continuance of the present fine weather and the popularity of the King's representative as an extra at- traction Wednesday, the 'Derby prom- i Ises draw a record attendance." All the old-time methods of conveyance to the Downs, from four-ln-hands to tha coster's moke, will be in evidence, with the public taxlcab as the newest feature. It Is understood that a huge majority of theie vehicles which ply the streets of Lcndon have been engaged for Derby Day a large, number of thes by American Of these latter, the last two or thre days has seen a great Influx.

Among tbose-who ha.TO arrived for IVvty Day are Mr. and Mrs. "William K. Vander-bllt. Miss Vanderbllt.

and Mrs. Stevens, who have taken apartments at the Rita for the week and engaged a motor car for four days to take them to and from the race course; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ames and daughter, who have come from Paris to the Rita to remain until June 5, when they will sail for America; Mr. and Mrs.

Richard McCreery, the latter formerly Lady Louisa Grey Edgerton. who spend the season In London; Mr, and Mrs. Francis Francis, who will be joined by the latter's mother. Mrs." Boat wick, on June 1. Mr.

and Mrs. Drexel of Phlla-' delphia also have arrived, coming from Paris In their automobile and reaching town to-day. They are to remain for a wesk at the Berkeley. Other arrivals are Mr. apd Mrs.

Hobart Amiss, who have just returned to the Berkeley from a motor tour through England; Mr. and Mrs. J. Sears of Boston, who are at the Hyde Park Hotel; Mr. and Mrs.

Jonathan Thome, who will remain at Claridge's for. a week or two and afterward proceed to Paris: Mr. Moulton and Charles warts of New York, who are at: the Savoy and will give a. picnic party on Drby Day. taking their guests to Epsom In several automobiles, SIR MARTIN'S DERBY CHANCC Trainer's Report of Colt's Well-Belng Arouses New Interest in Race.

Sir Martin's chance to win the Epsom Derby in England to-morrow haj become a matter of national interest, ana ua horse race since the beginning ot sure things has made such appeal to popular-feeling In America as the Epsom classic. In which the solitary American colt baa been established, as the one real rival to the English favorite. King Edward's owa horse Minoru. Sir Martin and his chance to win tfc Derby was talked of everywhere water-day, and the interest of Americans in the big English event received a new stimulus when it became known at the Belmont Park rc course that John K. Madden, who bred and developed the American Derby hop hod received a message by cable from Joseph Cannon, the English horseman.

who is training Sir Martin for the Derby. The mesHSge was a simple ennouneement of Sir Martin's well-being, and the hope' and confidence of the stable that the American horse would acquit with honor at Epsom to-morrow. Trainer Cannon's message waa brief. and stated "Horse well; will take soma beating." It was amply satisfactory to Mr. Madden, who however, that he had refrained from, betting on the race, except for the single personal wager he made with Hr-men B.

Duryea lant Summer at Sara- toga, when he bet Mr. Duryea So.tiOO that' Sir Martin would beat the thn unbeaten' Bayardo, which even at that time was being talked of as a Derby winner. Mr. Madden stated also that he has the contingent Interest In Sir Martin's clmnce for the $34 000 of the Derby stakes, which' was registered with the English Jockey Club when the colt waa sold to Lmis. Wlnaus.

His thief Interest In the race' la to have the AmeriVan coU win tha-' most famous race in tho world. Hope for the victory of the horse i universal arnon.f Arne'-k-Hna whr have watched the developments or! the Derby, and frcm what has be-a pub- lljhe-i recently in turf and sport-; ing periodicals, it would weem Irmt there is soineWng much mote aub'untiil Ma hope la Ht Martin's Derby K- viewing the jerfornmnof it the Derby! horses, up to the latent trials that any off them had in nd tHkiTtjf in th Newmarket meeting. The London reaches the conclusion that while Minoru ia entitled Jo the position he occupies es favorite, nevertheless the race it very 9 open anl five.ox. tcrsfJ..