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SIXTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT A MACK ABANDONS HEARST; ERIE FOR MAYOR ADAM Prize Snatched Away When Almost Within Leaguer's Grasp. HEARST MEN ARE STAGGER EQ Erf Leader aya He Cant Support Nomina of Another Party Delegates Instructed Againat Hearet. XtmTkt Ntw Ytrk Timi. jriTALO.

Sept. the Demo-' erstie Convention of the Second Erie County District met to-day It received a communication from National Committee-. Norman E. Mack, editor and publisher ef The Buffalo Times, la which Mr. Kick declared that he could not support WUIlam R.

Hearst for Governor If be were the candidate of any other party. Considering that Mack has bean one of the promoter of the Hearst candidacy and has been conspicuous In the more- sent to bring about a fusion between the independence League and the Democracy the announcement hla position created sensation. Tb consternation among; the Hearst 1 men was further Intensified when It was Itemed that Mr. Mack had written a tetter to Mayor Jamas N. Adam, asking if Mr.

Adam would become the candidate of the Democretlo Party for Oorernor. Kr. Adam replied that he was willing. Tor the past four months Democrats all ever the State have been trying vainly to ebtaln an expreeaion from Mayor Adam to what his attitude would be In the event of the nomination being tendered te him. The Eearst men were completely routed la the assembly district conventions today, la every dlstriot In the county delegates were elected who, while friendly to Hunt, will be guided by the advloe of these leaders who bad been from the start sppossd to Hearit's nomination If he be-cams the candidate of an independent party.

The featmre of all the conventions held here to-day, with two exceptions, waa the passage of a resolution declaring that the delegates were favorable to Hearst's nomination only upon the assumption that be would be the. Democratic candidate and not the candidate ef any other party. The delegates from Erie County are plainly out of sympathy with the action ef the Independence League, and the belief la prevalent her that Mayor J. N. Adam will receive the votes of nesrly the entire delegation.

When It la considered that thee delegates were as good aa delivered to Mr. Hearat up to to-day the chagrin of the Hearst leaders over the bsv situation may be easily imagined. -They trying to-night to rally the jMiunneiw tain fwt vent the leaders of the organisation from following the plan mapped 6HV, by National- Committeeman Mack of reading He ant but of the Democrat! a Party. Mr. Mack, In writing to Mayor Adam asking him to become a candidate for Oorernor, stated that he had.

been for Hearst for some months, believing he was the strongest man that could be nominated. Since the convention of the Independence League Mr. Mack states that he has been opposed to the candidacy of Hearat. The correspondence between Mr. Mack nd Mayor Adam fol-- Ions.

Buffalo N. Sept 10. 1003. ThHn: Noble Adam, Mayor of Buffalo, N. Dear Sir: For some months, as you are Hy" favorable to the nomination fpr Governor of Congressman Wil-m R.

Hearst, believing that he was the strongest and most available man for the Khy lh' connection, I jnignt add that 1 had reaeone for believing y.1u dJd B0 seek the nomination, tn" name tad boen mentioned ownspicuoualy for the honor. Wdneduy night of last week I mored Mr. Hcnrsfa nomination by tho KT.mi25TaUcronverUon' Dut tn "rtion juf If.J'Penca. League, which has en in this State for some yoy w'. nominated Mr.

ir im anJ 8tau adopted a platform of principles. this nomination opoorea to the nomination Lki i Demooratlo 't0 "tfw next Tueiklsy. tJi Better bow much 1 or othere might iI.p.m,' PPr that this Is not a 'l1" ,0 ror Inlente end fTO'. an? the, press and the public to California have put that 2ctioaMn7lllVe rA Iert. or indorse the Independence Uague.

aa JJiuMK of Democracy, which Jir humiliation to aUon. a party proud of lu lllust.lous bK tcalkd wlth Democrats Carn.jgie Hall 2S an the onJr substantial ia-s lven to me for our wnicn-m own from 'ih" fa.et that Wp- Hearit wi ivVwan candidate eny- waj candidates on th various local tick-To on tfci Cay. -i-i th p.r,S Pld or such W.M a.Ear th hamlllatlon cr. nc wJth oher Demo- fin Mcmtic tl tnm th regular iMirty cVn- uf.io.yiS. or in.

noml eama dara vml "3" convention nntnslon for Governor Ua.1' Mtlt of sny nature 1 an.Wi!! frm y.u a frank tu lettr. If yoii in yniir Siati. I in the da? fi Kh.e parLy lh State to en. bout y00' nomination. if for tho reason Indicated in thli -ause I believe you would Jd the party ticket to vlctorj'.

The tii- rih of th XatfOn and WUI ver "lie or eurrender. Sinccrelv ytura. KORMAN Kl'MACK. The response of Mayor AduM wi aa follows: t- Buffalo, Sept. 19, 19CW.

iwiiTJf" Mack. Iemncratlo Na-dae Answering j-our note of to-WA SouM thgt.lf the Democratic if on demande and loyal Democrat that he and the people it hiS Out to respond even against his personal "i1 way for his i'y knni'." The lmoArat i.ri.r. 0 own mind, and will ex. yitind.uw1li"llt fetation or compul. I Lh rtut Imoorai to th battle and a saint in wlnnlnr It.

should select ts tie stand. rt bearer that man ahoulj ace ept, a7a CatU.e mm Page S. VANDERB1LT OUT OF RACE. Criticised by American Maker, Ha Declines to Run Car. WiTUaia K.

TanderbUt, Jr ra a letter to the Racing Board having charge of the coming cup race, withdrew his entry of the 130-horse power Mereedea facer last nlghC Tha letter waa sent to Chair, man Jefferson De Mont Thompson at the Garden City Hotel Mr. Vanderbllt makes it plain that the only reason for his withdrawal less than twenty-frr hours after having been accepted by the representatives of the German Automobile Club to drive' one of lu oars, was the adverse comment aroused among certain of tho American manufacturers 'entering oars for tha raoe. vir. vanderbllt'a totter 1st Te the Rasing Board ef the Vanderbllt Cup Cent mission: Oentlemea: Having bee Informed by ene ef the board that eettain the maaafaoturers ef Amertoaa machines whs have entered ears te compete for the VaaderMlt Cup have eommestH ed on my driving a Meroedae ear la the raee, and It betas: that I eely entered la tbe spirit ec the sport and not wishing te take aay part that would not be agreeable te all contestants, bag te withdraw my entry. I remain roars very truly.

W. K. TANDIRHILT. Jr. Neither Mr.

Thompson nor any other member of the Racing Board at the Oar-den City Hotel last night would express any opinion on the letter or the action that bad led Mr. Vanderbllt to withdraw aa a competitor. The letter will be formally presented to the board at a meeting to-night Robert E. Fulton, manager of the Mercedes Import Company, who sold the car to Mr. Vanderbllt, waa Informed by telephone of this action last night.

He said It was news to him and he could not tell whether the car would compete with another driver or not. The chances are that Mr. Vanderbllt Intends to withdraw his oar absolutely, as those wbe know hla interest In automobile racing feet certain that he would not be satisfied to see bla car compete In the race with any driver but himself at the wheel. FLOOD IN THE NEW ASTOR. Theatre's Flra Apparatus Work Finely Now, Doing $1,500 Damaga.

Wagenhals Kemper, leasee of th new Astor Theatre, bad more trouble yea. terday In the theatre, which was sot al lowed to open on Monday night. The fire apparatus in' tbe property room of th theatre worked too well this time. The Fire Commissioner said It was not up to requirements on Monday. The room Js fitted with automatic fire extinguishers.

Which act when the heat of the room reaches a certain degree. Tom Cook, the property man, did not know this, Going to the property room to see that all was In readiness for Friday night's pen-Ins, felt a sort of chill, and Immediately came to the conclusion that the place was damp, thinking that th walls had not had time to dry. So he got two large charcoal stores and stood them in th middle of tbe After lighting them he went vvv': --The temperature rtntleJLjhe" t.jr.i sprinklers worked at saaa. Water c-nv ln atreaxna from everywhere, and oon the gorgeous fairy costumea und dresses of all kinds were soaked, and the colors ran. This went on until Cook, who was on the stage, noticed that It was very warm.

Then he remembered the charcoal stoves. Rushing down stairs to the property room he found 'our feet of water there, and oostumes worth ll.fjOO ruined. Meyer 8. Blmberg. one of the owners of the theatre, when told about the matter tuier, saia: "Didn't I tell you th fir apparatus was all right?" But that didn't comfort Wagenhals Kemper.

SICK MATE SAVES A SHIP. He's Carried to. the) Deck to Fight 8torm After Three Perish. NORFOLK. Bept 13.

The chart, house of th British tramp steamer Laura, which came Into port to-day. waa awopt Into the Sea during the hurricane off Cape. I la tt eras on Sunday night and Monday morning, carrying with It CapC Charles T. Adams, John Brennan, the man at tho wheel, and W. Elliott, a fireman.

The steamer was at ths mercy of the storm. Frod Gladstone, the second officer, who was clinging to the sldee of bis bunk with a high fever, called to members of the crew to carry him to the deck, started the fight to save the vessel, and, after a struggle of over two days, brought the Laura safely Into port When theLaura reached here her steel sides were battered In and her super structure was wrenched and torn. The eteamer wae bound from Port Arthur, Texas, for European porta. While the storm was at Its worst and the offi cers were having a bitter fight to keep her bead on. two large waves formed aa each aide of her, trembled high over her superstructure for a moment, and then came crashing down on her deck.

The cnarthouse. In which the Captain stood at his post, with Brennan at the wheel and Elliott standing by, waa swept from the steamer Into the sea. the three teen going with ber to their death. First Officir Johnson was thrown against the side of the ship and fell unconscious. Rudderless in such a storm, the Laura would have been split apart f-t turned turtle.

Gladstone was the only man who could make th fight to save her and her crew. Hie fever waa high, his temperature 103, and he was suffering from a woundsd foot. He called to a number of the men and had them lift him to the deck, ae others of the crew rigged up th emergency steering gear. Gladstone had to be held to tha deck by the stronger men, so weak was he with the fever. In this condition he kept up the fl-ht to save the ehln nnd her men until the storm abated.

With th aid of supplementary maris ne naa ner started on her course for Hampton Roads. When the Laura srrlved here Oladstons was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital to cave nis lever iraaiea. INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS. Amusements.

Pare T. Arrivals of Oot-of-Town Buyers. Page B. Businesc Troubles.Page 8. Court Calendars.

I'ege 9. Financial News. Pages 10 and 1L Marine Intelligence and Foreign Malls-Page 0. New Corporations. Page 0.

Real Estate. Page 12. Society. Page T. United 4.

Weather Report. Page T. Yesterday's Ftrea. Page X. i ADVERTISEMENTS.

Amuaemanta Page IX Death. Pas T. rurnlahed Rooms aad Boarders. Peaa la, Help and Situations Wsnted. Pace 11.

Hotels and Rsteurats. Pax 13. lnatr ettoa. Pas a. twt aad round.

Pass M. T. Aatuma Resorts. Page IS. Travelers' JOHN II.SPRINGER'S AUTO MAKES A BROADWAY FIRE Crushed Between Cars with the Mann cer and His Family in It ALL STUNNED AND HE IS HURT Wife -and Children Carried Unconscious Into tha Imperial Thousands 8e tho Accident, The touring car of John TL Springer, manager of tha Grand Opera Rous and President of the Springer Lithograph Company, waa smashed between two Broad way ears, at Thirty-first Street and Broad way, last night, and, catching fire, burned up.

In it were Mr. Springer, bis wife and children and ebaiffeur. Mr. Springer received a deep cut erer the left eye In the smash, hla Hp was gashed open, and bla body bruised. Whether bo baa suffered internal injuries was not certain early this morning.

Ba waa taken to a room la the Hotel Imperial. Mr. Springer and tho child ran wero take out aaoonaaioua from fright and shock. James D. Mutton of 88 Wt Ninety-eighth Street, tha chauffeur, was thrown from the car aad bis loft leg was badly cut.

Ho was taken to tbe New York Hospital Passengers -from th oar and people from the sidewalks bad barely dragged the occupants out of tbo wrecked auto before It began to blase cs th gasoline soaked the woodwork and cushions. AJ fire alarm was turned In. and Enalnss 38, and 84 and Truck 24 answsred the call. Every theatre uptown bad Just emptied Its thousands on the Broadway sidewalks whan th aoeldent happened, aad a 'multitude of people swarmed to the eoene, following the engines. While tha crowd surrounded the biasing automobile tbe gasoline tank exploded, sending a flam blgh and bright Into the air.

Men, women, and children pushed back and stampeded, but the reserves from th Tenderloin Station had arrived and the running thousands were guided safely Into the side streets without any one, eo far as is known, being trampled. Cars on both tracks banked up, the downtown track being jammed with them aa far north aa Times Square, and tbo uptown cars stalled clear down to the Flatlron Building. To put out the(lr th wrecked auto th firemen were compelled to couple up their hose, tha chemical hand machines falling to prove sufficient. -Tha wrecked automobile was locked between th ear and neither motorman could back out-of the The car passengers had fled immedlatelyafter the revision. ajrj, Bprmg-er, ner i-y x-oia oaugnter Gladys, and ber 14-year-old aon.

John 8. when they were extricated were carried Into the drug store In the Im perlal Hotel. Mr. Springer waa taken In afterward. When he revived sufficiently to speak to hla wife and children, mother and daughter fell on each other's shoul ders and wept for Joy at their escape.

Marston, the ohauf four, while having bla leg dressed, said that he waa driving th machine up Broadway on th north-bound tracks. The ear behind him kept close on bis tires. He tried to get on on side to let It pass, but the traffic of carriages. hansoms, and automobile with theatre parties was so great that be could not get off the tracks. At Thirty-first Street started to swing Into the line of vehicular traffic to the right, and th rear of his machine ewung out Into the south-bound tracks.

Th car coming In that direction ahead of him bit tbe automobile with such force that It banged it against the car behind and then crumpled it up Ilk an acoordlon. Th motorman of th car behind him, Marston said, waa to blame, aa tha man could readily have seen that be could not clear th track with aafety any sooner. As Mr. 8prlnger and Marston were hay. Ing their wounds dressed In the drug atore th pig plat a Lass windows reflected the flamee of the burning machine only a few feet away.

After th explosion of th gasolln tank th crowd again swarmed In about tbe fire. The police had difficulty In handling It. The machine was literally torn to shreds by the picks of the firemen, and the wreckage was scattered over a die-tance of thirty or more yards. Only the heavy Iron work and the wheels remained half an hour after the accident. Tha police had mad no arrests at 1 o'clock this Th polio records say that the crew of the north-bound ear were Marshall Doonan.

motorman. of 62 West 100th fltreet, and John Collins, conductor, of 435 Wast Twenty-seventh Street. Of the south-bound ear Charles Luckert of 74 East Ninth Street was the motorman and John Relllsy of 842 Eighth Avenue the conductor. Miss Katharine Cammeron of 14 West Ninety-second Street told th police last night that she was In the south-bound oar and that she saw the accident She saldh believed that the motorman of both ears were to blame. Both appeared to bo going too fast ICE BY MAIL FOR ROOSEVELT.

Postmaster Is Askad to Explain Why ths Package Arrived Empty. Sftttal TU Ntw Ytrk Timti, WASHINGTON. 8ept sent President Roosevelt a ten-pound block of lee through the malls, but was not delivered, baring melted before It got here. The empty package arrived, and Postmaster Harris of Baltimore, the city where th Ice was mailed, waa called on to explain why It was that there was nothing In It. In bis letter the Postmaster reports that on Sept.

13, at 8:43 A. It, a Baltimore mall collector found a package, duly stamped wrtb eight 1-cent stamp, on top of tha letter box In front of the Joel Outman Company, on North Howard Street There were tea pounds of ice tn It. but was melting so rapidly that by th time th Ice got to the Post Offloe no on could bar ewora te th amoemt It melted some more before the neat men trila to Washington started, and there was not much except water In It when It left Baltimore. No one can hnaglne who sent thie curious present to Mr. Xlooserett.

Sen. etor Tillman baa not been la Baltimore re-en Uy. Caed iTeals eo pare feed. Bar a.ti Tai le para, Take no s-betttaub AAV. BANKERS WARN CLERKS.

Will Think Them Accomplices If Thty 8e Dishonesty and Don't, Tell. Tbe feeling among bank and trust com. paay officials, following tho disclosure of thievery in the' Milwaukee Avenue Bank la Chicago aad the Real Estate Trust Company In Philadelphia, that fur-ther precautions should taken to guard against Irregularltie among employe and offloe rs took shape at Tuesday's meeting of the Directors of the Columbia Trust Company. The following: notice waa poet, ed yesterday: Kvery ecaploye ef the Colerabt Trust Company la bereby notified that If at any time fc er she ba baewMxa or suspicion ef aay tr-Ngularttlec an tbe part -ef aay ec the ffiosre er clerks eonnoctioej wtU the bus loess th company, it shall the duty of each employe te at noe notify the Executive Com mitt ae th Board ef Directors ef such Irregu-lariUea, who wtU ta thetr dlaeretion withheld tbe same of their Informant. BhenM be found that any employe has had k-ewiedg of such Irregularities and has not reported th saaae th Zseoative CvmnUttee, such employ win be deemed to have bad guilty k-owledge, and will be dealt wluL ae-eerdlngly.

The notice was signed by Vic President Clark WW lama, who la President of the Trust Company section of the American Bankers' Association, which meets la National oonventlon next month In St Louis. PARSONS FOR GOVERNOR. A Boom Which Doeent Impress the Chairman Is Started. County Chairman Herbert Parsons Is th latest Gubernatorial dark borse. His boom for tha nomination waa launched last night but It la only fair to say that Mr.

Parsons did not foster It Indeed, no seemed to know nothing of It until the reporter took tt to him. Than he laughed. Tou have been mentioned as the logical candidate for the nomination for Governor," Mr. Parsons was told. Indeed I said Mr.

Parsona, calmly. Why logical? "The impression seems to be that you have made tbe Issue and that you hav won on It so that you are In line for th nomination." "I do not doubt that thla suggestion cam from the Fifth Avenue Hotel." said Mr. Parsons, laughing; "consequently I must ba excused from commenting upon Mr. Parsons, how -er, did not entirely succeed in killing the boom. There are those who consider that his victory at the primaries put him in the class of posii- oiuuea at least.

AFTER PRIMARY BULLIES. Jerome Aaks for Information Bingham Satisfied with Police Action. After a conferenoe with Attorney Gen eral Mayer, who asked him to co-operate In an Invsstlgatlon of th allegations of fraud, ballot box stuff ing. and violence at th primaries In this city Tuesday District Attocney JroT- wrote yesterday verT3em(ra VndRepubUcan candidates for district 'leadership, including i-ercirai i Nagie, John F. Cowan, Mat- thew F.

Donohue, and Jlosweil D. Will- lame, asking them to call at bis offloe to day and supply him with Information Hi their possession regarding violations of the election law in their respective districts. Mr. Jerome said that aoencs of vio lence and disorder such as bad been reported bad a tendency to deter decant men from going to the polls at the primaries, which really were secondary in Importance only to th general elections. He added that he hoped all dtlsens.

regardless of party, who bad any Information on the subject of these disorders would communicate with bins, eo that th criminal law might take Ita course and similar disturbances bo prevented tn the future. Police Commissioner Bingham, when asked what he thought of th conduct of the police In some of the districts where the alleged disorders ooourred, replied: The primaries don't concern me one way or the other. I am satisfied with the work of the police yesterday, and that la all I can say about the matter. Tou have to expect growls and kicks from defeated candidates." TYPHOON KILLED 5,000. Chlnata at Hongkong Buffered Most-Heavy Property Loss.

HONQKON3. Sept Is estlmsted that 5,000 Chinese perished In the typhoon yesterday, many within short distance of the chore. The property losses are estimated at several millions of dollars. Reports of fresh disasters are arriving every hour. Only a tew Europeans are missing.

Ons launch that was capslsed bad 130 Chinese on board. They were all drowned. Over LOCO sampans and junks are missing. When the typhoon started Bishop Joseph Charles Hoar of Victoria was on his way to visit some neighboring Islands on th yacht Pioneer, which stranded In Castls Peak Bay. Mrs.

Hoar ha rone In a Government launch to search for ber husband. A Chinese revenue cruiser Is aahor. and several Indo-Chlna and Manila liners narrowly scaped disaster. The harbor la strewn with wreckage. The river steamer Fatshan drifted into collision with a French mall ateamer.

The entire Chinese crew climbed aboard th French steamer ana irxi iiium wu wu injur one officer, and tho engineers to navigate the rats nan to oneiier uay, wnere sne was blown ashore. Th fore of th wind and waves were such that some of the vessels were landed almost high and dry. The crsw of ths-Jspansse ateamer Sada Mam rescued sixty-six nativee and one English pilot aa she was approaching Hongkong. The people are Incensed at th officer at the observatory for not reporting the approach of the typhoon, and an Inquiry baa been demanded. MEAT LAW HITS FOREIGNERS 7 European Packer' Products May Ba Barred or Strict Inapectlon Enforced.

WASHINGTON, Bept I. The decision of the Acting Attorney General baa been asked by tbe Secretary of Agriculture regarding certain provisions of th new meat inspection law. aad particularly th Question of whether or not foreign mat products, or food products in wnicn meat Im r.lv a component part will ba ah- Oolutely prohibited fronk entertnx th United States, or whether England, Ger many, and ranee wu mrcea 10 provide a aystem of Governmental Inspection and labeling which, will ba acceptable to this Government. Th law la very cloudy with respect to Imported m-st and meat products, although exceedingly stringent as to nroducts for Interstate and fore I an shipment. It is therefore a matter of no k.

I little rovroem i uvu abroad engaged la export trade to the TTitfI Stale- aa to lual What th dedalon Of th Acting Attorney General will be Afte y-L eVeies' TEN DEAD IN WRECK OF SCOTCH EXPRESS Crcivdett Train Plunges Over Bridge and Catches Fire. BURNED FOR FIVE HOURS Train Bhould Hav Stopped st Grant. ham, but Didn't, and Jumped 1 th Track. LONDON. Thursday, Bept 20.

The erowded Scotch express' train en' the Great Northern Railway, leaving London last night, waa wrecked outside ef Orant. bam at midnight At 8 o'clock thla morn ing tt was stated officially that ton persons bad been killed and sixteen Injured. The train should have stopped at Grant, ham, but failed to do 00. 8hortly after passing the station the train left the rails and Jumped a bridge. The engine and several coaches were dashed over th embankment th ngln turning turtle.

Several coaches Immediately took fire. The coaches biased fleroely and the fire brigade was called eat The fir 'wss under control at 0 A. M. The dead and Injured have not been identified. 'At tbe spot where the express wrs derailed there Is a curve, and It Is supposed the brakes failed to work.

The train appears to have gone upon a aiding, smashing the parapet of the bridge, which was completely shattered. The engineer and fireman are dead and the' Superintendent cfthe mall car la ORIENTAL STEAMER STRIKES. Th Heung-8han Stranded Near HongkongMat Rescue -300. HONGKONG. Bept steamer Heung-Shan.

from Macao, with hundreds of passenwers on board, stranded off Lan-tao Island at noon yesterday. The Captain sent off a boat with the second mate, some sailors, and a fireman, to obtain assistance from this city. The steamer Hankow picked up the boat after fourteen hours, and assistance was sent to the wreck at 4 o'clock this morning. Meanwhile, a mate with a towllne swam aahor and succeeded In rescuing about 800 -of the'fiwsengere. There an un confirmed fport-4mrtMhgl'nitef-ori returning to th ship, foundthe remaining paasens-ers looting and fighting: with each other.

A posse of polio ts guarding ths Heunf- Shan's wharf her awaiting th return of the salvage party. No news has been re ceived of the Canton steamer Rln-Shan, which had several hundred passengers on board. COAL OPERATORS FROZEN OUT mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmam, They Say th Union Paclflo Favored a Company It Owned. OMAHA, Bept 19. Inter-State Com merce Commissioner Prouty began a hear Ing here to-day under tbe Tillman and Gillespie Senate resolution to ascertain whether the Union Paclflo Railroad Company la responsible for the existence of a coal monopoly In the Northwestern States, Warwick Saunders of Davenport Iowa, President of th Sioux City and Rock Springs Company, told of the effort of bia company to obtain transportation facilities from their mines, which are near the line of the Union Paclflo Road, about twenty miles from Rock Springs, Wyo.

He eaid the railroad professed to be friendly, but that a apur track from bis mlnee would have to cross land owned by th Union Paclflo Coal Company, and General Manager Clark of that company refused to grant permlgalon. Randall Brown, owner of coal lands half a mlie west of Henna, where the Union Paclflo Coal Company operates three mines, told of a similar situation regarding spur track to hla land. Ho said the central coal company of Kan aaa City and the Union Paclflo Coal Com pany of Cheyenne controlled the coal supply of the West snd Northwest, and that there Is a shortage of supply every year. D. O.

Clark, Vice President and General Manaa-er of tho Union Pacific Coal Com pany, and Superintendent of the coal service of the Union Paclflo Railroad Com any, said the capital stock or the Union aoino coal company is so.uuu.un. and the company Is bonded for a like amount stock and bonds all being owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Mr. Clark declared that his reason for refusing permission to the Sioux City ft Rock Spring Company to cross his land with a sour track. wa that its coal is of an Inferior Quality and he did not wish to have it put on tne market as Rock Rnrlnss coaL which has a hlsrh renuta- Hon.

He admitted that his company bad bouejht two sections of land adjoining tbe Bloux City Company's land to prevent It obtaining an outlet BOODUNQ WITNESS FLED. Triad to Sail a Mln to' Man His Testimony Would Hurt. Sfniol le Tkt Afar Ytrk Thm. ST. LOUIS.

Sept 'of Polio John Richards of Hannibal to-night arrested on a Burlington train ex-Delegate IL H. Rltter, wanted aa a witness In ths cas against M. Snyder for alleged bribery. Rltter confess sd to Gov. Folk that be bandied 1250,000 boodle for Snyder and promised Circuit Attorney Sager be would return here to Rltter actually did come back from Colorado, but when th cas waa called yesterday did not appear.

Neither did tn otner tate witnesses against Bnyder, thus bearing out Bitter's warning to Folk that tiers waa a conspiracy on th part of all the witnesses not to appear and thereby win for bnyder his freedom. Information came to Circuit Attorney Baer leading bins to believe Rltter bad been bought off or was attempting to blackmail rinyder. He Issued aa lnforma-tlon against Rltter and all but caught him In Be Louis this morning. Is there avny truth la the rumor that you were negotiating the sals of a mine in Nevada to onrderT Rltter was asked tonight 11 Yea, had talked with representatives ef Mr. Bnytier un tha subject' ItJS TO ATLANTIC OTT AXD RE1LKX SINDAV, hr.KTl.MUi.tl IS, Via Railroad, -peetal train tin Vera etopplas at wara and Elisabeth.

neturul-s Wave Atlantic city v. u. Last el tae seteeo, -4W 21,880 KILLED BY SNAKES A Year's Record In India 2,154 Slain by Wild Beasts. Lowdcw Ttm Nrw Tons Trmss. Special Cable.

Copyright 1906. LONDON, Sept 19. A statistical paper on India Issued 1 to-day show that' In 1901 ther war killed la that country by snakes and wild beasts 24.084 persona 21,830 by anak bita, 796 by tigers, 808 by leoparda, and th rest by other animals. Th number of catU killed was 08,582. Th other side of th account show that 65.146 snakes and 10,121 wild anl mala war killed, for which rewards of 1T.813 war paid.

THE PASSING OF DADY. Mr. Woodruff Really Cant See That th Colon! Exlata Any Mor. Timothy L. Woodruff waa told yester day that Michael J.

Dady was boast ing that Le would control alxty-atx dele gates at the Republican State Convention. won't recognise the existence of Mr. Dady for tbe purpose of consideration by. me of any statement emanating from him," Mr. Woodruff said.

I mean Just what I aay, and I won't discuss any proposition made by him. now or hereafter." CoL Dady and bis friends are still con tending that they won everything for which they were fighting. YOU CANT BUY CUPID OFF. Schoolboy Took th $100 Bribe, Then Ran Away and Wed the Girl. eial tt Tk Ntw Ytrk Timtt.

ATLANTIC CITT. N. J- Bept 10. After bis father, a banker, had given him $100 to break off bis engagement with Mary Eastlack, a girl of 18, William Mason In. duced hla youthful fiance to run away with him yesterday.

They went to New York, were married, and came home today prepared to defy parental displeasure. Both families submitted to the inevitable. Th bride and bridegroom are both attending school. HARVARD MAN POISONED. A.

C. McKenzi of New York Took Tablet by Mistake to Cure Headache. Sniol It Tkt Ntw Ytrk Timu. BOSTON. Sept 19.

A. McKenst of New York, a member of Harvard Class of '06, took a poisonous tablet by mistake to our a headache, and as a result has been in a critical condition, from wblcb be Is now recovering. McKensle, who Is 28 years old, was at the Sigma Alpha. Epsiton Clubhouse when he took the tablet Judged from Ita effect th tablet ts supposed to hav contained a large quantity of atrychnlne. DUE TO FEARl)F HOME RULE.

Bank of Ireland Stock Drop 23 Point Special Cable to TBS Kxw Tonx Txraa Copyrts-t ISO. LONDON, Sept 19. Dank of Ireland stock, which ton days ago wag selling at about 330. la now quoted at 802. The decline Is due largely to th belief prevalent In Ireland that tbe "Liberal Government Intends to give the Irish what will virtually amount to home rule.

It Is said, however, that the oread sale of a certain amount of the bank's stock by an Insurance company on an unwilling market contributed to tho rapidity of tho falL VOLUNTEERS WIPED OUT. First Engineer of 1893 Hav All Died of Aliments Contracted In Porto Rico. News of the death of Edward Murphy, the last surviving member of th First Volunteer Engineers, was made publio yesterday. Hla death occurred on Sunday last He was 81 years old. His company was In Forto Kico curing the Spanish- American war.

It is believed that every member of the company has died of diseas contracted In rorto uco. O'DONOVAN ROSSA TO RETURN esB-----BM-s-s---aas Glvss Up HI Post In Cork and Will Sail for America To-day, CORK. Sept 19. J. O' Donovan Ross.

who arrived here yesterday, to-day attended a meeting of the Cork County Council. Mr. Roaaa satd he had come personally to tender his resignation of the position he held under the Council. He expressed bla appreciation of th act of Cork's repreeentatlve body la providing an engagement tor him. Tne resignation was accept- ana nr.

ftossa will sail for New York to-morrow on the steamer Merlon. 8-HOUR RULE EXTENDED. Roosevelt Undertakea to 8plk Gonv pers's Gun May Affect Contract. Sp trial It Tkt Ntw Ytrk Timu. WASHINGTON.

D. 8ept 19. Presi dent Roosevelt to-day extended th application of th eight-hour law to all publio work under tbe supervision of any de partment of th Government This order affect mor particularly work on. river and harbor improvement. The eight-hour law has been enforced laxly.

There Is no doubt here that the President's action Is taken for the purpose of spiking Samuel Oompers's guns In the Fall campaign. Compere and other Fed. oration orators are laying stress on the eight-hour law. They are also making an Issue of th appointment of Chlneaa on th Isthmus of Panama, but th Ra fvcllcena win in i position to reply hat as an offset to the employment of Chinese so far away, the American laborers are getting th eight-hour day right here In th united Bute. PHILIPPINE GRAFT CHARGES.

Capt, Fredendall on Trial, Aocuaed of Misappropriating Publio Fund. MANILA. Sept 10-Capt Ira L. Fre dendall ot th Quartermaster's Department waa charged tn the Court of First Instance this afternoon with -the. misappropriation of public funds.

Th filing of th charges Is the culmi nation of Investigations by tbe Insular authorities Into an alleged series of frauds perpetrated by members of the Quartermaster's Denartmcnt In the lhtlinntn They found padded pay rolls tn tbe juar. ict uuwvvi mtwyw i iv4iia; in uu lease of lighters. Roth officers and civilians are Implicit-ed. and courts martial will follow th. court proceedlnas.

lllh officials la tbe army and Government are said to have been beneficiaries ot th frauds. TO BCJTAtO ATO ItRTCKV. Sent 11 S- Ml. mm mm Lt-lch kiUw It, kit aad liJl Adv. TAFT BEGINS AYORK; PALf-IA UNYIELDING -----aBa-ssmnB-ajsa Says He Win Resign (f a New General Election Is Ordered.

ROOSEVELT AT END OF. WIRE A Rebel Leader Write to That He Hot AfriiJ of tic Ualted'States Anri7e gpsatet CSbt to THS NlW TOsUC OoprrtsiJt. ISO. i HAVANA. Sept American special mission arrived early to-day.

but it cannot bo Jd that th situation 1 In any way lmprovsd. President Palma received Mesar. Taft and Baoon this and bo-' for they had been with him ten mfa -utee he declared! to them that ho would resign rather than concede even pro posed modification of on of th demands mado by tbo Revolutionist--new elections of half th number Senators and Congressmen. Ther Is no evidence that tn Revolutionists would bo satisfied with th granting of this modified demand. They are now asking si rood deal nor.

ao that at present complete deadlock exists. It la now believed that Palma' re signation 1 likely to be the outcome of th Investigation conducted by President Roosevelt a representative. Messrs. Taft and Baoon visited the President -Immediately after laadlnc. and afterward conferred with Vlo President Mend eg Capote, Senator Zayaa.

Gen. Menoeal and other. ouung aenmi was done, tbo conversations being merely preliminary. Further conferences are to held tomorrow. No fighting Le reported to-day, but-th Bltuatlon la exceedingly ten.

HAVANA. Sept 19. Secretary of VTar Taft and acting Secretary ot State Baoon arrived here to-day and hav already, be-' gun the wurtrrur" vetch they were aent here by President Roosevelt They hav established headquarter at th beautiful homo oC American Minister Moiwaa In Martanao. a suburb of Havana, aad on of the first things they did waa to glvs Instructions that a private tlrapb wire be strung from th Minister's house to the cable office la order that they might be able to keep in constant touch with President Roosevalt Messrs. Taft aad Bacon hav had long' conversations with President Palma, Vic President Mendea Capote, Secretary of State 0rarrlll, th Presidents of the.

Moderate and Liberal Parti ss, and other leaders. Both President Piim, iri President Mendea Capote said the Gov ernment wu absolutely- opposed to any Plan Which Involved a new s-aneral tUo. tlon. The President said be would resign If It were ordered, adding that no members of th Government would willing to oonoede this point under aar dreuav. stances.

It la stated that Oen. Albert one of tha Insurgent leaders, ha sent a letter to President Roosevelt giving his reasons for the revolution, and adding that If the President does not agree to a general election Supervised a United Rtataa mm. mission the Revolutionist will continue tne war. The letter, it is alleged, says that th Insurgents do not fear tha ITnitad Bute Array, and the Liberals oould raise an army of 20.000 man. The cruiser De Moines, with Jleerstarr Taft Assistant Secretary Bacon, and Minister Morgan on board, entered Ha vana HRroor at o'clock this morning.

Th cruiser came from Florida at th moderate oned of slaves Tr-n. i not to arriv here before daylight At 8:30 o'clock th Captain of th Port escorted Beflor Farrtll, th Secretary of Bute, and Mr. Sleeper, tbe American Charge dAf alrea, on board. At th gam hour Commander Colwell went over from th cruiser Denver. Messrs.

Taft and Bacon ha.A a formal and Private conrarmM rt SeAor CFarrlU. Afterward they talked with Commander Colwell and other. At 10 o'clock tbe American party landed. A fairly larr crowd had at the Caballerla wharf, but there was no demonstration of any sort Th Denver's sailors were drawn up and pre sated arms and the cruiser fired a sahits a tbe -Secretary of War stepped ashore. The Mayor and the Councilman ef Havana advanced and delivered a formal welcom.

The party thereupon entered automobile and were driven to the Palace. Ther they wer conducted upstairs Into the main salon, where Messrs. Taft and Bacon and Capt McCoy were presented by Minister Morgsn to president Palma, Reception by Palma Cordial. Th exchange of greeting was very cordial. Formalities soon gave plao to intimate conversation, and th situation, waa discussed in a very yeneral way.

details not being taken up. President Palma expreaeed himself a particularly appreciative of the fact that no policy bad been formulated with regard to th future, and that President Roosevelt's representa- three were approaching their task free to act wholly tn accordance with developments. In reply to questions by Messrs. Taft' and Baoon. President Palma reviewed the' various aspects ef th electoral problem In Cuba.

Asked whether th Government bad taken etepa to affect a compromise, the President replied in the negative, saying that the Government had limited Itself to assisting tbe effort ef th veterans without taking an actlv part In th negotiations. Secretary Taft then asked If any revolu ianAnr demand had ti A I rjw.fl err by these negotiations. President Palma saxa ia repiy uiat me programm ef th revolutionists included tn abeoiot annulment erf tha last aleetlona. anal that le by a compromise it should be greet te hou tiff aiioco-j ne rasa mnii tve.