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after the accident. and the work on these Is already well under way. GLASGOW. May" 23. A flrV that broke out this afternoon In McMillan dockyards at Dumbarton destroyed buildings or the value ot 15.000.

As McMillan dockyards adjoin the yards ot the Dennys It was first reported that ths moldings and extra raging ot the Shamrock II. had been destroyed. SIR THOMAS CABLES N. Y. Y.

C. Leeal Tack las? Oralsatl te Cam- aide Hatter eI Peataene at Meeting Te-day. Shamrock. II. was rendered "such a wreck by her accident of last Wednesday that It will be impossible to repair her In a less time than six.

weeks. Sir Thomas Lipton has asked the "New York Tacht Club to port pone the races until the first week In October. As a result of an Inspection of her damage yesterday Sir Thomas cabled to the club as follows: goutharopton. May 28. 101.

Oddle, 8crtUry. New Yorfc Yacht Revret vnT much moat eerioae accident Shamrock detail obt TOO ba had. hot am left without spars, ra'fsy Mock. Might aay have now nothing toM ball. Xepir rrrrrt diaartar renders It lmpoanlbi Keep nsasement Aus.

80; nava therefore to ack clu be rood nough postpona races als weeks, iuf, amy. tirul weak October, but murt to Uat. tUed to avoid dlappolounnt would substitute Shamrock although thla would scarcely satisfactory. The postponement I ak for la minimum possible; can aaaura you not an hour lovt putting in hard work of rrpa ration. The disappointment rrtevea ma ai Bo one deplores mora thaa do my inability to to the mark aa aareed v.

THOMAS 3. IJPTON. 5 Tacht Erin. Southampton. Secretary Oddle said last night at the elubhouse that a meeting; of the Challenge Committee had been called for 6 oelock this afternoon to act upon Sir Thomas-s re- Suest for a postponement of the race.

Me iil ru IrnAW what renlv would be R1AU6 tO Bhr Thomas, but said every member of the club deeply sympathised with him in his trouble, ana mat is oeirop iw men request of bis in a tnorougmy sporianun lit. vnAnnAV Tiu PMiwat fnr a nnatrionement had been expected, and before Sir Thomas's cablegram was received, many members of the club had expressed the opinion that the. nwcinrT time, to i repair onamroca. i. vaiim h.

aiinwad tei him without demur. While Sir Thomas suggests that the delay might be avoided by the substitution Rhamrnrk I. for the wrecked challenger. such a course Is-closed to both aides by a paragraph In the deed of gift of the America's Cup, which Ths Times quoted recently skpn ih out hnat waa beatina the new one. so that it was thought site might be brought to this side.

The paragraph Is as follows: I i Ka ml which haa been defeated In a match for thla cup can again be selected by any dub aa Ita representative until after a conteat for it l.r anma other vessel hud Intervened, or until after the expiration of two years from the time of ruch defeat. The first race, between Shamrock I- and Columbia waa sailed on Oct. 16. which is Just beyond tho time suggested by Sir Thomas as a limit to the proposed exten sion. Secretary Oddie's attention was called to the paragraph referred to.

and he waa asked If it did -not effectually bar such a way out of the difficulty. He declined to discuss tne matter. The disaster to Shamrock II. is more widespread in its consequences than appear at firt glance. Of course, the prac tical reconstruction oi tne cnaiiefiyex add enormously to Sir Thomas Upton's ex-I-ense in the gratification of his dominant ambition to "lift that cup." But many steam -yachts have been chartered on this side of the and in the majority of Instances these Charters expire snomy after the dates scheduled for tho International event, which were Aug.

20, 'i. and 24. Thi vachtii him been obtained at sharp advance in prices on account of the Increased demand- for them by reason of the America's Cup races. So brisk a business has been done that the market here was practically exhausted early in the Winter and several of the local brokers went abroad and did a profitable business in tho charter of foreign boats, which are now beginning to arrive In these waters. The New York Yacht Club has chartered the Cepheus and one of the Fall River lice's boats for we during the races, and Fir Thomas Upton has chartered the steamship Porto Rico here as a tender for Shamrock which was to arrive on this side early In Docking privileges had been engaged by! both sides on specific dates, and.

in fact. It would be hard to es- timate fully the real da mags that took place when the squall struck the unlucky The 'rsciag- schedules of ttio New York Tacht Clubs and every club in these waters had been arranged with due regard to -the date agreed on for" the races between Shamrock IL and Constitution, and now all this planning goes for naught. So keen has been the Interest In Shamrock welfare that these matters have apparently not been given a thought, but now that the postponement has been asked for and will be granted, some lively rearranging of tho season's plans will result. -4- CHANCE FOR INDEPENDENCE. i New York Yaehi Club's Final Proposl- tlen to ThTmas W.

Lawson. It rests -now with Thomas W. Lawson to say. if his yacht shall take part In the; trial races to be held under the, auspices of the New Tork Yacht Club for the selection of a defender-of the America's Cup. Correspondence has been carried on for some weeks between the officials of the Ktw Tork Tacht Club and Mr.

Lawson with a view of reaching an understandlng by which Independence might become eligible to in the races. It is said by those in a position to speak with knowledge of the matter that the New Tork lacht Club Instead of trying to -place obstacles in 'the way of the Bostonian has none all it could to make it possible for Independence to take nart in all tha race a in which Constitution and Columbia will oe eniereo. j. The -club, however, insists that as it is legally the custodian of the America's Cup under the deed of gift, it has the right to say what regulations shall be observed by non-members who desire to assist in the defense. The club adheres to the position it has taken that the outside yacht aali as a member of ita fleet, and it in to this requirement that Mr.

Lawson so stren uously ODject. i At the meeting! held In Commodore Led. yard's office on last Wednesday afternoon liM whole correspondence was carefully KVse over tor tne last time, ana it is understood that the club made its final de- cteion tn the matter, which was duly forwarded to Mr. Lawson for his acceptance or rtrf uaaU it waa reported yeter-uay that a satisfactory solution of ih Question had boen reached, attempts to verifjr the rumor at authoritative sources of information failed. i Mr.

Lawson now has what might be called the New York Yacht dub's ultimatum with reference to the eligibility of Independence, and up to a late hour last night, so tar as could be learned, hs had not notified the New York Yacht Club officials of his acceptance, or declination of the terms. An anawer is expected from! him to-day, and, hen this shall have been considered, the entire correspondence will be made public to-niitlit or on Saturday, it The cluh. ft is said, fully recognizes the wholesale criticism to whic It would subject Itself by refustfifc Mr. Uwson'i entry in races whose results will be eagerly watched by the country at Urge. It is not afraid that Independence will turn out to! be a fleeter craft than the Constitution, although none of the members competent tar speculate on futurities wilt say that tho Herresboff creatioir will show her heels to the Crown-inshield boat.

In the Interest of the sport it is desired to have Independence in com petition witn constitution, and Columbia, and should the Boston craft, after oomnlv. tng with the club's rules, show a convtne-: tng superiority to the syndicate's candidate, to her would go the honor-of defend-' Ing the Cup. i If Mr, Lawson 1 can see his war clear to eoraohr -with -the reauirement of the club that his yacht must fly its flag, the whole matter win do ciearea up ana a very vexed question will be 'relegated to Davy Jones. A member ot the club said yesterday, in sneaking of the present situation: "It is greatly to be hoped that Mr. Law- son win not sues on tms point.

He need -not-make a complete transfer of the boat to a member of the New Tork Tacht Cluh. "Let him aaslgn the smallest Interest poaei Die in ner to a mena wno is a member of here. The transfer is a mere formalitv and every one would know Mr. Lawson as the owner of the boat and be would, receive all the honor and credit for whatever his boat did toward the defense. The New Tork Tacht Club will never In: a thousand years recede from its stand that a boat to be eligible for competition in the trial races must technically be the nrooertr a member of that club, and If Mr.

Law. eon will, not consent to acquiesce tn their view of the matter, everything Is Off so far Independence is concerned. "Of course. If the yachts do not meet vnder the auspices of the New fork Tacht Club they will come together tn the race to be held by the Newport Tacht Racing Association on July 2, 4. and but three races, which perhaps different weather con- ciitona in eacn event, are not sufficiently eecjalve as.

to the real merits of the sev-erai botU. Therefore, It li lt be mattera can ba arranged so that th three ntnety-rooters may appear in au me racea scheduled for the class." t- Independence' Flrt Trial. BOSTON. May 23. The Independence will probably take her first spin on June S.

as the work Is going ahead on her In food shape, 1 despite the delay to stepping the mast. BilJman. the rigger. Is laying out the rijrgtaf so that there will be no delay in setting it un. The attemnt to set UP the bowsprit this afternoon met with failure, as the fit waa too tight for the gammon.

1 1 ho maat was ready to be stepped, but the sneers wera eewg uea on anotner craiu CONSTITUTION'S LAST TOUCHES The New Defender Ready to Be Turned Over to New York Syndicate. Cs.pt. William Butler Duncan returned from Bristol yesterday, and expressed himself as well satisfied with Constitution. "From what I have seen of her, 'she Is all right," he Bald, in speaking of his charge, apd I expect her to Improve upon farther acquaintance. It is likely I shall return to Bristol to-morrow, and If weather conditions permit.

we shall have her under sail again on Saturday. In the builder's trial last Tuesday I was well pleased with the set of her sails. The gaff topsail, perhaps, was not all It should have been, but there' are others, and if there were not there Is little use for this particular piece ot canvas In the av erage cap race breese. "What was reported as an accident to the bowsprit' In the trial was really an Incident that was desired and expected. The bowsprit fits In a cone, to which the bobstay Is attached, and Into this cone the bcwsDrtt la ahoved aa tirhtlv as nossible.

There are two bolts with, nuts attached which send the bowsprit outboard, and as this operation Is performed the rigging is tautened no. When sailing, the bobstay stretched and the attached riireine- Blackened. This was readily corrected by turning the bolts and shoving the bowpritTurther Into the cone, which made all taut again. This 1s likely to happen very often until the boat Is well tuned op, and allowance Is made in the bowsprit cone for it It Is not desirable to have it fit too lightly at firtt, and after a while the exacC fit is obtained, as through the trivial accident of Tuesday." Capt, Duncan expressed great regret over the accident to Shamrock and hoped matters would not turn out to be so bad as they seemed at the first glance. He thought It was especially deplorable since it camel r.

I 1 1 11 W. I to really show her merits. challenger down the wind, did not speak I net tnouKm snamrocK in DeaunK me vtry well for the tatter's running aaulitles. ilitles. since the old boat had more lead to carry end less sail to drive her.

Watson, however, has never. turned out a boat which mas especially strong on this point of sailing. In speaking of Shamrock wreck, Capt. Duncan said: We shall be prepared for any accidents except the loss of Constitution bulL If that roes we shall be in trouble." he said laughingly. There are duplicates of all of constitution gear from steel mast down.

There Is nothing that can delay us but Irreparable damage to the hull, and let us hope that won't happen." Capt. Duncan said it took about six weeks time to build one of the steel masts. He said that all the benefits of Shamrock tuntng up races were now lost, and that when rertgged she would have to begin ail over again. WARRANT OUT FOR A. DOWIr-.

i Charged, With Three Other Zionists, With Causing Death of a Woman Through Negligence. CHICAGO, May 23. The Coroner's Jury, which for two days has listened to the evi dence In the case ot Mrs. Emma Lucy Judd, who was one of the officials of John Alex- snder Dowie Zlon, to-night returned a verdict holding Dowie. H.

W. Judd, (husband of the woman.) Mrs. S. Presher. and Mrs.

Bratsch to await the action of the Grand The two women named In the verdict were In attendance upon Mrs. Judd prior to her death. The charge against them Is criminal responsibility for the death of Mrs. Judd. The evidence given at the in quest by some of the leading physicians of the city, who examined Mrs.

Judd's body after it was exhumed, was to the effect that the most simnle sursrical care would have prevented the woman's death. They testified that she was allowed to die when the slightest attempt to save her life would have-been' successful. This evidence Induced the Jury 'to declare that the people named were responsible for the woman's death. I'apers at once made out, and officers sent to arrest Dowie, Judd, and tne two women. When the officers arrived at Zion, Dowie 'as not to be found.

Mrs. Bratsch was ar rested In the building, and was promptly sent to tne county jail, but Judd and Mrs. Presher were no more In evidence than was Dowie. It was announced by the police that the search would be kept ud until the three missing people are taken Into custody. It wiis the opinion of the officers that Dowie bad gone into biding for the night, knowing that he would hardly be able to furnish bonds in time to prevent staying a night in If not found to-ntaht It Is expected that he will appear in the morning prepared to give bau lor nimseu ana nis tnree A.

crowa oi l.uuu people paraaea tnrougn the streets of south Chlcaso tnrs evening. carrving an effigy of Dowie. which was finally deposited In a large bonfire. About three weeks ago Mrs. Chrtsteivson, one of Dowie followers, was burned in escaping from her biasing dwelling house.

She refused the aid of physicians, and died within a week. The courts took from the care ot her husband a little daughter, who had been severely burned. The girl has now practically recovered, xnere nas oeen much feellns; asrainst Dowie in South Chi cago since the death of Mrs. Chris tenaon. To-right's paraders were well behaved.

ana made no trouble for tne ponce. W. ROCKEFELLER SELLS STOCK Disposes of Part of His Holdings tn the Greenwich Water Company A Combination Effected. Sftcia! Tit New Ytrh Timts. GREENWICH.

May 28. William Rockefeller's pet scheme, the Greenwich Water Company, which he and A. Foster Hlggins, E. C. Benedict, and the late Jere miah MiTbank organized in 1880 with 000 capital.

Is proving almost as 'good an Investment as Standard Oil. The company has Just secured the privilege from the Connecticut Legislature to increase Its capital stock to $500,000, and at Its annual meeting last night It is said to have virtu ally absorbed the Rlversvllle Wster Com pany, whose charter was apt to bother it considerably. It elected Nathaniel Wither-eil, one of the Rlversvllle Company, Vice President of the Greenwich Company, In the place of E. C. Benedict.

Mr. Rockefeller is said to have sold a large block of his stock to the new Vice President, believing that by so doing he was furthering the interest of his company, and retained the office 'of Treasurer. At the same time the control of the company goes from his hands to that of President Hlggins snd Mr. Witherell, should tney comoine lorces. Tne otner two incorporators of ths Rlversvllle Company, William J.

Tlnjrue and Col. Henry H. Adams, will also procure stock in the Green wich Water Company and the Rlversvllle watershed and reservoir will become the property of the Greenwich For the first six years of the Greenwich Company's existence no dividends were declared. Since then a regular dividend of per cent nas oeen declared, but by other methods, at stated intervals, the large accumulated profits have been distributed to the stockholders, and this dividend has virtually gone aa high as per cent. This was la 1M93.

when S3 1-8 per cent. In bonds of the Port Chester Water Company, virtually the same concern, were given, 15 per cent, premium paid on bonds, and the regular per cent dividend paid besides. The dividend declared last month amnttnta. with the semi-annual dividend, to 40 per trni, ur more. It 1 stated that Mr.

Rockefeller sold his stock at tza a share. The property of the comomea companies is valued at ,000,000. Irish Eight Challenges Penn. Special ts The New Yer Timts. PHILADELPHIA.

May University of Pennsylvania. Henley crew. ui ww a three-mile race with the University of Dublin after the races in Ens land. The race will be rowed on Lake Killaruey. July 18.

Chairman Restb of Pennsylvania's Rowing Committee, received a challenge from the Dublin University Beat Club through the Honorable becre- tary, jrreacA. THE TROUBLE I PHYSICIANS Drs. Murray and Said Accused of Suppressing Smallpox Cases. Health Board Will Investigate and Prosecute If Chailges Are True Both Make Denials. Wholesale suppression ot cases of small pox from the authorities Is charged against Dr.

Charles B. Murray! of SOT East Seventy- ninth Street In an lnfirmatlon laid against him by another physician named Jackson and supported by investigations by Inspect ors from the Health Department. Dr. Josef Saxl ot 247 East Sevnty-sec6nd Street Is also charged with fall Are to report the case of Harold Davies, thrde years old. who died Wednesday night at His home, on the second floor of the flathiuse 1,543 Third near Eigbty-selenth Street.

Both physicians have been summoned to appear the Health Boird this morning and explain their conduct, kind if they do not do so to the satisfaction it the department au thorities criminal proceedings will be insti tuted against them. Dr. Jackson reportet that on Wednesdsy he was called Ito attend a case ot smallpox at 478 East Seventy-eighth Street, when as soon as he I announced what the trouble was the famllf told him they would not engage him but would send for Dr. Murray, who had successfully cared for several cases of small ox in the saerne build ing, inspectors were Sent to tne npuse ana reported that Dr. Murfray had treated eight cases of smallpox thrre, and that he had tnree otner patients! beside tne one whose case he had Must superseded Dr.

Jackson. I Dr. Saxl is said to nave reported the case of the Davies child las ausDiclous by telephone at P.IM. Wednesday, and tne inspector sent So the Third Avenue house found that tha little boy had died Just before bis arrlvkl and was told that Saxl had been attending him for three weeks. I We shall nrocees aralnst these two physicians with much rigor," said Commis sioner cosby yesterdiv.

The rule of tne department, upon which all physicians are aept iniormea. is tntit tne pnysician must report any contarioiia disease which he discovers immediately. i 1 II fully violated thlsvrW Unless they can iwov uiemseives Kiumess we snail at once i begin a criminal prosecution through the courts and they will nave to answer to tne autnonties. in tne ilgnt oi tnese nappen-lngs it is a wonder that the city is not a vast' pesthouse. A If ew more such acts would give smallpox! a chance to become emaemic.

i Dr. Raxl. when see denied that he hsd known anything abcut the illness of the Davies child until the. last, although he is the family physic art and its mother is now under his care. When aaked to look at the little boy Wednesday night he saw at once, ne said, that he had smallpox of the most virulent tviie.

and that he waited only until he bad attended to several urgent caua oriore reporting it. Me reported tne case, he said, in spite of the appeals of the parents, who beared him to suppress it. hut he had answeri-d that he must do his duty. Dr. Murray pronounced the story as tt af fee ted bim to be liughable," I waa caIIm) ahmir mnnth am tn at.

child. about lhreeyears old in a 1 At. slight eruption snd n4 fever, and there were no special symptoms! to indicate the pres ence or smallpox. I Jniagnosed the case as one of chicken pox. 1 treated it on that as sumption, telling thS mother to send for roe if the child grefc worse.

Some time later when I was patslna- the house I was again called in by Mrs. Fanzahl and she snowed me another dhtld. about five years ot age. who had a similar eruption and the lert a presenpuen and, aa berore, told the mother to call tne if the child grew worse, and heard nol more about the case Monday evening 1 1 was called to a family namea Jverard in the same house, and found there a child I also ill with chicken pox. I did -not know that the family had previously called ur Jackson, or I should not have taken the ise.

If those children had smallpox. I didn know it. Those are the only cases I hrve ever had in that house. I am thoroi ghly conversant with the law in the matter, and would not violate it for the i Fifteen new cases lof smallrjox were re port ea to tne tieaitn department yesterday. NO TAX ON TEXAS FRANCHISES.

AUSTIN. Texas, May 23. The Supreme Court to-day handef down an opinion in which it holds that the franchises of rail- roads and corporations, known as In tangi ble property, are non taxaoie. The court holds tnat the franchise of a corporation without! its real property is lifeless, and also thdt taxing the franchise and real property wokild be double taxation. wmcn ts not pennuiea unaer tne laws or Texas.

CHICAGO UNIVERSITY'S ORIGIN. Controversy Over the Question Whether Stephen A. Douglas or J. D. Rocke feller Was Rhe Founder.

Special to Tkt View Ytrk Timet. CHICAGO, May 21 Controversy has de veloped between the senior class of the University -of Chicafeo and the "Board of Trustees regarding Rhe right of John D. Rockefeller to be failed the university's founder. The discussion originated In the plan of the- seniors to erect a bronze tablet in mem ory of Stephen A. Douglas's labors to establish the old unlterstty in the sixties.

They want him credited as the founder of tno present institution a predecessor, while tne rear tnat tms win reflect on Mr. Rockefeller's claims. Each side has submitted an Inscription wmcn tne otner nas rejected. A joint com mittee has devised one which e-ives Dour- las credit for founding an institution of learning, out tnisi nas been condemned as vague, clumsy, and misleading. An Institution of lean ing," commented one of the seniors, riat might mean anything.

If Mr. Do-, alas founded the old Chicago University, Iwhy not say so? If be oian tnen wny snquia ws buy a memorial taoiet tor mm I NEGRO PASTOR CONVICTED. HARRISBURG. Pfcnn May 23. The Rev.

Dr. H. C. AstwoAd. pastor of the Bridge Street American I Methodist Episcopal Church ot Brooklyn N.

was found gull ty of misapplying church funds, insubordi nation, and conduit unbecoming a mln lster at to-day's ses.ion of the Philadelphia Conference of the American Methodist Epis copal cnurcn in tms city, and will be sentenced to-morrow. I Followlna the veridlct of the conference. Dr. A it wood was arrested by a Harrisburg aetecuve on a ensrge ox aerrauaing boarding house keeber in this city in An rust, iw. He lurni-inea bail for a Bearing Jr.

As wood was for seven years United States Consul at 8a ito Domingo, and is one of the most prominent' colored men in the country. I Tbe charges against him were made by tne stewsras or tne Bridge street cnurcn. that he borrowed I S137 of the church's money from tbe Treasurer of the Board of Church Trustees said that his failure to return the money would imply misapplies tion of funds. Mr. lAstwood's defense was that It was purely I a commercial transac tion, ana tnat ne wouia return the money within reasonable time.

He ears that he will bring civil prdceedlnga to revoke the acuon ot tne conference. ALASKA NATIVES SUFFERING. WASHINGTON. May 23. Reports re ceived at the Interior Department through official sources ln (Alaska contain stories of great destitution and suffering among ths natives In the alley of the Kushoktm River.

The people I have no means of sup port, their number have been much re duced or ravages lor tne gno. and their dogs, on wmcn mven reliance lor assist ance in maintaining a uveimooa is placed. vrm ovifiK. I There axe no Government funds available, to assist these peooie. but Interior Depart ment officials suggest thst if charitably disposed persons I forward supplies to tvealtla arrangements wut oe maaa (or their transportation to Alaska by the revenue cutters which cruls in the waters of that country.

une priest reports mat mere were soo deaths among the ieople coming under his supervision, the population thereby being rsauceu iron ew vs ecu. and on Saturday sie was suspended by I owned by Frederick 8choles. at Kent Ave I orranlxera of the Whit. Rata a I 1 7 I ion Knwmj vurnea are fatriCK lMlly, I and from tbe Orddr ItSHlf. It Is aalrt I CUted the Case against AstWOOd.

claimed I fnrtv.flva veara old of SOW mtC I i tl la I NEW YORK TIMES. FRIDAY, WINE ABLAZE LIGHTS RIYER AND HARBOR Brandy and1 Other Liquors De stroyed in the Flames. Crowds View the Scene from tha Bridge Sonoma Company's Lose May Reach River and harbor were Illuminated for two hours last night by a tire which partially destroyed the great storsge refining and distributing plant of the Sonoma Wines and Brandy Company, at 18. 20. and 22 Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn.

The smoke from the fire, carried by a gentle breese. filled the city streets with a thick hase as far as the Borough HaU district, and ail the usual city odors were lost for the time in the perfume of hot punch. So strong were the fumes from the bias ing liquor about the. building Itself that many times even the firemen were compelled to retreat down the ladders from the upper floors, wnere tne names nem xun sway, while hundreds of homeless men whom the warm night hsd drawn to the waterfront gased with streaming eyes upon the spectacle ot destruction. tin accurate Mtlrnat.

of fhe lOSS COUld be obtained last night, but it is thought that It will fall somewhere between siw.uuu ana sirio.ooa The fire was discovered at 9:30 o'clock on the top story of the building, which is a live-story structure, naving a ironmj. 75 feet on Hamilton Avenue and extending back 200 feet to- India Wharf and Atlantic Basin. The fire spread rapidly through the upper part of the building and four alarms were sent In. These brought a large number of engine and truck companies to the scene and also the fire boats Beth Low and David A. Boody.

It was said that between 2.000,-0U0 and 3,000,000 gallons of wine, brandy, and other spirits were stored in the build- The wlda atrat offered an excellent op portunity to view the fire, but it was beat seen from the ferries and the bridge, and thousands rode in the cars wniie it lasieu. It wao midnight before the firemen succeeded in srettins: the flames under con trol, but they had confined them to the two upper floors. The extent of the damage can hardly be estimated until it is seen 5oWnmu5h 106 U(uor etored bejow has been SSSSt XU snapped an axl.hUe going the flro at Sackett and Columbia Streets. I to Nobody was hurt, but the engine was put out ot service. SMALL FIRE IN A BANK.

The firemen were called at 10:30 o'clock last night to the Union Square Bank, in the east side of Union Square, near Fourteenth Street. The bank is not far distant from the ITnlan ftounra Hotel. The damaa-e done, according to the police. amounted to about SOU Just where In the Dana tne lire was it waa impossioie to learn. At the bank all information was refused bv the man in chanrt.

The East Twenty-second Street Station nolle renorted that a man in the bank who said he waa Superintendent George W. Herring had -discovered the fire. According to nis statement, tne names siarieo. uouer his desk, while he was working on- his books. What started it is unknown.

The police think a lighted cigar or an Improp erly insulated electric wire may nave causey ine fie fire. THIEVES OVERLOOKED $2,000. Failed to See It When They Robbed a Sub-Treasury Agent's Flat, but Got Jewelry. Flat robbers entered the apartment at 43 West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street, of Edward C. Becherer, who Is connected with the United States Sub-Treas ury, while it was momentarily left alone yesterday afternoon.

After ransacking it In the manner so many Harlem residents have come to know to their sorrow, they walked off with nearly Ssuu In diamonds. lewelrv. and fine annarel. ret an was not sorrow in tne nouae iaai nlsht. for they overlooked KI.UUU in ten dollar and twentv-dollar sold certificates which bad been left lor safe keeping in a massive silver water pitcher on the dining room sideboard.

Mr. Becherer occupies a responsible position under the Government ana carries large parcels of money, some times taxing noma as muca as in currency. The thieves were seen oy jonn Ness, the crippled janitor oi tne ouiiamg. who talked with them for several minutes before they went up stairs, and who will be able to positively Identify them should th.T tw arreated. I be able to positi thev ba arreated.

Nasa was sitting on the stoop when two well-dressed men approached. One had Just about attained his majority, was elean-snaven, witn aara nair, ana wore a light cheviot suit and derby hat. The other was about tony years oia, witn iron gray hair and mustache silently tlnxed with gray. They talked with him for some little time about the neighborhood, and made some pleasant remarks about the children playing in tne street. He iook vnem to oe lnauranre arenii.

ne aava. -inn con cluded, tney rang tne pen oi Airs, jonn Walker, who lives on the top floor. They went up stairs and asked to see Mr. Walk er, one oia tnem ne was not in. iney turned toward the stairs with expressions of polite recrret.

and she closed tne door. just a moment Deiore mai aara; owuercr who was alone in the flat just across the ball, stepped up on tne root to beat a rue. it was but a tew minutes- wont, ana she lingered for a few minutes more to talk witn Mrs. a neignoor, ana then descended. She saw the marks of a Jimmy on her glanced into the flat and saw the disorder, and without even pausing to look into tne kitcnen ran down the stairs calling for help.

Nass still sat anon tha atooo. Bhe told mm, two men with whom he had been in con versation, who were walking rapidly but easily toward Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Becherer started after tnem, ana Mass rouowea as fast as his Infirmities svould permit. No policemen were in sight.

The men had nearly reached the corner when they saw thev were pursued. They ran down Fifth Avenue, and when Mrs. Becherer reached the. corner sne couia see no trace or tnem. Among the articles she found missing when she came to sort the winrowa of household effects upon the floor of her rooms were three sold watches, two pairs of diamond earrinss.

diamond cuff buttons. chatelaine, and. six suits or rinest alllr underwear. The men had decided that the water pitcher was too bulky to There nas peen a reign oi terror in tne nelc-hborhood. Houses on both sides of the street tne diocx in une Hunorea and Twenty-ninth Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, nave been robbed in that time.

The thieves seemed to keep careful w-atrh of tha bulldinra and tenants tnr never once have they broken into a flat when there was any one at home. Two a week ago in tne nouse west One Hun- dred and Twenty-ninth Street, when several thousand dollars worth of property were taken from the apartments of James tiugnes ana jonn van voorms. FIVE HURT IN SULPHUR WORKS. Five men were burned, three seriously. by an explosion which happened yesterday afternoon in the Brooklyn Sulphur Works, Street; Edward MoCabe, twenty-seven years old.

of 73 Graham Avenue, and Pat- It RMnv. thlrtv vaara mIH wka 1 i 11. a In Flushing, near Nostrand Avenne. They were ourneo about the head, fa fa arma and neck. The two other injured were at- lenaea or jr.

mverie or Avanna I and Keao Street. Their burn nk 111 iv. i fumes from the sulphur almost overcame Wane. we. fought i lieu wiw iiiciuvn rnuiuni i nH itm.

with a loss of 1.000. Tbe cause of the ix- PlOSlOn IS Unknown. At the hnanltal It Willi UllllLUllT. A IIS9 IIT-SS WBH SS rim aW lloKnil said last night the men's Injuries were very Insurance Men Dine Together. A dinner wss given In the As tor Gallerr ana uyrua room at tne Waldorf-Astoria laat nl0-tt tv WnilianUI VI.

EUele of rtie Equable Life Assurance Compsny. to the agents snd meutcal exam! Y'w New Jersey. Pre and with them were Dr. Broae, Medical Director: Senator Thomat W- aaSlSl oKIA New Jersey, WJlllaro Mclntrre, Gen. Plume of Newark, 8.

V. Snyder. President of the Western National Bank ot New York: Thomas Crooks. President of the Ease County Bank ot Newark: Edwin M. Doug- Bank of Newark: U.

H. McCarter. Preal- ass. iwiuvua via iiiep ft rm a Matinnai oent or tne siaeuty Trust Company 0f Newark: John C. fclsele.

and Nathiiniel ea4 siesii mm HmfUQilliri I oiil. -V vf -K. I vl tne raaicai i MAY 24, 1901. TO FIGHT SENATOR TILLMAN. South Carolina Democrats Look Tor Split In the Party Through Sen.

ator McLaurin- Stttiai TU Ntvt Yk Tim. WASHINGTON, May 23. Democrats In Washington who have read the Greenville speech of Senator McLaurin and the comments upon it In many of the newspapers discuss It with animation, but with varying comment. It is evident that few Democrats have reached that condition of courage to which Senator McLaurin has attained, for none can be Induced to discuss bis speech and be held responsible for their words. The general feeling, however.

Is one of tolerance quite different from what wouia nave oeen ins case a yw ago. South Carolina Democrats who have wearied of th domination of Tillman an tha rift rtv ha loalo aven wnen inev uo not admire' Senator McLaurin or applaud his support ot what tbay cau nepuoiican policies," regard wjth unconcealed delight the prospect of a division of the party that will tend to wipe out Populism and Fapu-Ustlo politics in the Palmetto State. A firomlnent opponent of Tillman, a taxpayer the State, who has not pretended for years to direct his party in South Csrollna, said to-aay mat wniie ne snares wim c- Laurin tne ariecuonata reeung wprwaw toward President McKlnley. and rejected some ot the political economy favored by McLaurin. he believed that the support ot McLaurin would be of infinitely greater benefit to the State than adherence to ths vagaries and vulgarities of the Tillman Democracy, than which nothing had so da-graded and South Carolina since the days of the carpetbaggers.

Another Southern Democrat, not a rev olutionist." said, that it would not oe altogether hopeless to attempt the over throw of TiUmanism and Tillman in South Carolina. -The people or that state naa shown a readiness to change, and were as Ukely to turn swiftly against Tillman as they naa turned suaaeniy xrom tne oia leaders to Tillman. "Once impress the voters, now free from fear of negro domi nation in tne State, that Tinman aoes more harm than good to South Carolina," was the deliberately stated opinion of this Onnlhurn man. with nut veara of nollti- cal experience, and the suddenness and unanimity witn wmcn tnat aaventurer wiu be submerged will be amazing. He has made Boutn Carolina tis ridiculous oy nis fanaticism as Kansas, and has burdened the State with a brood of Popullstic office holders thst is a disgrace to that commonwealth.

I do not expect to see South Caro lina Republican in my day, but it could not be worse under any sort oi tepuDucan management than it is under Tillman's narrow And sordid devotees." GHOST TURNS ON THE WATER. I 5 raiCAaufli rt. stay its. rauceia sgld to be opened by unseen hands every night In the deserted, tenement house, 14 Brook Street in tha Little Italy district, and rapplngs and mysterious sounds follow throughout the building. The house is the one in which Peter Panqullll was shot dead last Easter Sunday night after a family row.

Since then all its tenants nave fled through fear of PanquiUl's ghost Some of the people. In their haste to remove, did not even too to take awav all their belongings, and. the articles so left penina are saia to be usea nigntiy as mis siles by the vaporous hands of tne spirit, add. thrown against walls, doors, and win dows, they contribute to the ghostly up roar. Crowds gather nightly to look for the wraith, which is said to turn on the water each evening at 9 o'clock.

Tbe first story oi the murder was tnat Panqullll had Quarreled with his father because he did not send more money to his blind wife In Italy, and that his brother. Sabatto, who took the old man's part, shot him. Tony Galsea has since been Indicted by the Urand jury lor tne crime. TWO HURT IN A Patrick 3. Dunn, forty-two years old, a Tammany politician, who lives at 140 East Thirty-second Street, and Miss Ella J.

Nichols, who gave her age as twenty-five years ana ner aaaress as iu isast 'ourtn Street, were thrown from a road wacron in Central Park yesterday afternoon. Dunn was nurt aoout tne neaa ana race, and the woman suffered from shock. They-i were taken to tne rresoytenan Hospital, and later to their homes, uann ana nis companion were returning from a drive. On East Drive, near Seventy- secona street, tne norse iook irignt at a niece of paper, and became unmanageable. in trying to make the turn into the road way leaaing to tne Bevemy-secona street entrance to the Park, one of the rear wheels of tha vehicle came off the axle and the occupants were thrown to the roadway.

The horse then ran through Seventy-sec ond Street to Park Avenue, where Patrol man uunen of tne nst sixty-seventh Street Station caught his bridle and held 0nh.u.n" JSiZSShtKJS wnen ne succeeoea in stopping tne animal. Patrolman O'Brien sustained aavaral allu-ht bruises to nis legs, out remained on duty.i ORDERS PLAY FROM CLYDE FITCH. Special to Tkt New York Timet. CHICAGO, May 23. The Increasing suc cess of the Clyde Fitch plays haa resulted in the placing of an order with the writer by w.

A. Brady ror a new play, to be ready next sail ror new xorx proouction. is. u. Price, personal representative of Mr.

Brady. Is authority for this statement, and to-day he said that this would not be tha only new drama to be irlven the nubile next' season oy tne proprietor oi lverr Ljsne, wmcn opens ror ine oummer Tuesday evening at McVicker's Theatre. A new melodrama Is to be presented for public approval before thenenow falls, and a third piece will be Introduced, with Miss Grace ueorge in tne leading roie. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. Arrangements hsve been mmnMat Managers Delcher and Hennaaav tn at ni aeaavn ine comeaians risner and roil in a muaicai com aay oy Frank Ken- neay, enuueo.

-ur sue urt at E. 8. Wlllard Will sail for Ene-lanA June 6 to Inspect several sites that have bwu uncrea mm ror ine erection of theatre In London. Should one be found ta "fry way desirable a building will be erected at once. Lovers Lane will cloa it.

successful New Tork run with to-morrow si wi ilea ire tiepuo- lio. The organization win laava vv a cial train Sunday momlna- to bin a mer rii.Bouieiii in wucago at siovickers The Third Avenue Thantr whih under the management of H. H. Sheldon last season, will chancre its next season. The name of the new lessees for be present.

It Is aaiu invy nucnu hi pui in a siock company Arthur Weld, the musical ran-nA. I a-na-ail hv Iimu i incidental music for his production of Vic- I tor Mapes's play, The Return of Don I the first week In September at wallack's The firm of Broadhurst tha piaywngnts, nas been dissolved. George H. Broadhurst has purchased the Interval of his brother Thomas W. Broadhurst.

and formed a partnership with William H. Carrie under the firm name of Broadhurst A Currie, who will conduct the business for- inwij uum mi oroaoaurst urotbers. Information comes rrom rihiMr Henry Lee. who was one of the chief sttitude of Charles Fuller Golden and his followers at times when Mr. Lee was in favor of conservative plans.

James Powers, who plays the leading comedy part of Li in San Toy," will sail uwuj'i a passenger on mo nuiui mnmu xiuvu a (earner Kaiser Wllheim der Grosse. Ills destinaUon will be London, where he will remain a short time to see the performances nt tk. Boy." a musical comedy In wmcn ne win appear next season In this country. The last week of the engagement of "San Toy- will therefore be gtyeS without Mr. Powers in his role.

Samuel Collins piaying me pan. Frlende 8emtnary Graduates. The annual commencement exercise of 1 tne amends' Seminary, at 228 East Rli. held in the Friends' afEitt" 8tI V'X'Z and omeii. tntr.

contributed to the exerclsea. The address 19 aawvu UIVUIIM wwmw ray mfj J-lirjT TV llDUTa Fined 50 for Docking Horae'a Tall. Henry Barclay of Short Hills. N. drove to New York on Tuesday, where he had hi.

horsed Uil docked. Ite'dfovs the horse oaca to jersey CltV vaatarda ant wrat-y uiy Tfittrdty and waa tnre arrested en a eharee of cruel tv to enunals, lie wea awstrned before Justlos MiAa, who fined UmJSd i PUCES. FOR EX-CADETS Gen. Greene's Offer After Hearing Mahaffey's Plea. IMPOSES ONLY ONE CONDITION Dismissed Men Muet Accept Their Pun-V lahment The Work that of Aaphalt Company Foremen.

At least three ot the five West Point cadets who were dismissed from ths mill- I tary academy may become foremen for the IV4W Tork and Bermudas Asphalt Company If they choose. Gen. Francis Greene as an official of the company offered them the Jobs yesterday. The men who have ths refusal of ths positions are Bircbie O. Mafaaf fey of Texar-kana.

Texas; Raymond A. Linton of and John A Oeveland of Linden. Neb. The offer pf Gen, Greene has a string to It. It the men make an effort to Juatify themselves and be reinstated as cadets; they loose- ths opportunity to be come foremen of the asphalt company.

Gen. Greene was very explicit on this point. It was Mahaf fey who began negotiations for the plans. He knew Greene to be a graduate of West Point, and decided that he could best appreciate the position in which ths five dismissed cadet were placed. So hs called upon the General at nis office In the Bowling Green Building, 11 Broad wav.

an' Wednesday afternoon. uen. ureene xrom tne start 101a uw my-plicant that he would only consider the application providing' it would not be con- slnerad In tho Urht of antaaroniam on the part of the War Department. He frankly toia tne applicant tnat ne wouio iirst communicate with the War Denarttnent. and also with the West Point Military Academy before he would take any action in tne matter, tms ne aid oy teiepnone.

Secretary Root replied that there was no objection, as the young men had merely been dlstnlsed for Infraction of military discipline, and CoL Albert L. Ml Us. Super intendent of the. Academy, also said that he had no objection to their being em ployed by the asphalt company. Mahaf ty and Linton yesterday afternoon called upon Gen.

Greene again. Places were ing tney aid not try to jusuiy tneir acuon at tne MUitary Academy. Who" aWalr!" oen. Greene also Informed the applicants that they would have to start at the bottom of the ladder, and would only get about $2.50 per day as foremen over a gang of men. One of them, he said, would be sent to venesueia and the other two to some point out West.

ine two young- men asuea ior anotner day to consider. Thev did not seem per fectly certain that they wished to relinquish tneir nope or jusurying tneir actions at tne military academy and make an effort to be reinstated, bo uen. ureene gave tnem another day of grace, although he expressed his opinion of the hopelessness ot such a course. Both will call upon uen. ureene again to-day and give their final decision In the matter.

The two vouns men after the interview of yesterday refused to discuss their situa tion, Tney vouchsafed the information oniy that two of their colleagues would probably leave the city during the evening, and that they might stop off at Washington. -Tne dismissed'' cadets did not seem to be very much downcast yesterday. NO MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED HOW. Army Mew Expect Attacks West i Iolnt Kext Viator la Caaaien. Special is XI New York Times.

WASHIGNTON, May 23. The expecta tion of the War Department Is that the dis orders that have prevailed at West Point recently will not be renewed, notwithstand ing the murmurs of dissatisfaction report ed through the newspapers over the decis ion to dismiss and suspend the principal of fenders mentioned by CoL Mills In his offi cial statement to ine secretary or As to tha rertorta that there will ha erence by members of Congress directly interested In the welfare-of the men dismissed or suspended, it is asserted at. the depart orient that not one complaint has been re- ceivea xrom a memoer. nis is very confidently dented by those who say that they have obtained contrary information. It is insisted by the department that under the statutes none ot the dismissed men can reinstated in the academy or appointed to the service until after all the men In the classes to which they were attached have been Army orricers aomir mat attacks upon the management of West Point may be 1 .1 TV I ot Congress who are ignorant of the affairs I iv.

arm ani nf tha mintam I may ask for Intolerable concessions to tha disciplined cadets, but the War Department win reiy coniiaenuy upon tne intelligent snd conservative members to sustain efforts made-to malntala the high reputation of the Institution and the fine spirit that animates the larger part of the cadet As to the report from West Point that certain cadets were protected by influences that were -exerted to save them from the Junl8hment to which they had become table, it was denied oromotlv and positive ly, i ne oase or iaaei Hnenaan was men tioned as in this catea-orv. and tha nm. plaint of partiality toward him was at once aeciarea to pe without ioundation. THREAT TO CLOSE WEST POMT. INDIANAPOLIS, May frrcssman Charles B.

Landls of the Ninth Indiana District to-day said that it the basing evil at West Point could not be suppressea tne Military Academy would be closed for three or four years. Mr. Landls Is a member ot the West Point Board of Visitors. I heartily Indorse the action of the Board of Officers of West Point In dismiss. Ing five of the cadets tor Indulging tn has- ing." said Mr.

Landls. "This practice of uuing must do eradicated, even it we nave to go to the extremity of closing tha ud. amy's doors. Cona-ress la in a JUSt SUCh a. thlna- as that, and unlaaa tha uuiik men mere learn at nnoa tn iwMn themselves ths academy will be closed lnnv uiiur uul i liin liaxing ii du oeen saia inai it is not possible to put a stop to it.

as tha practice, haa ha. come traditional, but I say that it will bo iioppea. aespite an tms talk about tradi tions. I have no doubt but that tha PtmI. dent.

Secretary of War Root, and both tho Senate and Cona-ress will bair un rni Mills. BUPenntenOent or tha lnarltntim In whatever he does to put a stop to ths cus- The Board of Visitors consists of thraa members of the Senate and three from the I lowe house. They will visit West Point I earl.y ln. June, and. owing to tbe feeling I wu 1 more than usual Importance.

BRYAN DISCUSSES GOV. ODELL. Comments em His Veto ef the BUI for Forty Referees. Sptcial la Tkt New York Times. LINCOLN, Neh, May Brvan's paiier to-morrow will say: The Republican Governor of New Tork very near tne dangfer line.

A bin waa introduced in the New York Legislature me appointment of torry official rf. Judges. In announcing Mtwroiinauon ro disapprove of tha measure Gov. Odell said: I hlv. mmuci iu new xork.

and bo use their of- iur vuuucai lItrCt.r xqr an i si ea ea.awi. li m. iu.uaui ubui me lntegrttv at op 10 the motives of much Ufor the SolernJr oa tM 1 tne um- ujum.iwi na juutviai Positions human, and subject to criucisna by th2 Z'lT iT" ttey wre -elected to InterprSi sod what a storm of proteats JrWL. mocratio Pafiy I taUmited that who MslMon ii.K i'l cei.tlble to thSwk-rEaJTl. vW" eeptiwe is manifesting itself in the EmpUw Senator Hanna a a A.

R. m. CLEVELAND. May Hannavwas to-night must r' I riui I aJLiCD? or lnl" city. He Waa 1 1 hrt Pat and rnida Uoa, faVreved! tMiSjl PERFECT if?" 1 i i Mm mm a ELEGIST TOILET LBIURTi Used by peopla of refinement fox over Quarter of a century.

HORSE ROLLED' 300 FEET, Runaway Scaled Wall and Fell Down Hill Only Sllflhtly N. May 22. A horse he. longin: to Capt W. Brovrnson.

com- insnder of the battleship Alabama, rolled-down a steep incline 800 feet long this aft-V emoon and was not seriously hurt. -f, CapC BrownsoB's heme is in this city, He has several fine horses. This afterneos be tied one of his horses to a -post In front of a friend's hOQM OB GlenwOod AVftnoa. The horse was restive and Capt. Brownsofl) Kit tne nouse iiutai uim.

The horse, backed suddenly as he saw the Captain coming and broke the brtdli He then ran and turned down Park Avenue into JTairvlew Street. The end of the street is on top of a bluff. There is a guarding wall, and beyond this the descent is abrupt; Orchard Street being. 800 feet below. -The -horse Jumped the wall, dragging tha bugkf after him and men ootn rouea aown.

ino bua-irv la be rind repair, but the born escaped with bruises ana sugnt cuts. ROWLAND TELEGRAPHY SYSTEf German Postal Department Said to In tend to Introduce It Experiments In Germany Satisfactory. BERLIN. May 23. During the past month! experiments have been made between Be lln and Hamburg with ths system of rapid, telegraphy invented by Rowland Baltimore.

The results- are most eanf factory, the new system easily doing double' the work done by the Baudot apparatus, ft It is understood, that tho German Postal Department Intends to introduce the Row4 land system between Berlin. Hamburg Cologne. Leipelc. and Frankfort. BALTIMORE.

May multiple system of telegraphy invented by tha lat Prof. 1 Henry A. Rowland makes possible tbe transmission of eight messages slmuW taneously over a single wire, four in each direction, at the rate of forty words a minute. fi The messages are sent by means ot I keyboard, similar to that ot a typewiitefy which can be operated by an ordinary typo writer operator, and. are recorded at the other end of tbe wire by a small macnini It Is possible either to print the mesaago upon a sheet of paper or upon a long tape like that which Is used In the ordlnari ticker service.

AUTOMOBILE RAN TOO FAST. Chauffeur Was Arretted and Bankei Ickelhelmer Gave Bail for Him. George Vlleu. twenty-two years old. a chauffeur, living- at 110 West SIxty-flrs Street, was arrested last night at Flftj Avenue and Twenty-third Street by Bicycle Policeman Walsh, charged with scorching; Vlleu Is employed by Ickelhelmer.

member ot the banking house firm of Hel4 delbach. Ickelhelmer tt at ST Wllllan Street, and who lives at 524 Fifth Avenue. I According to Walsh, vilei was operating the automobile, In which were seated Mrj Ickelhelmer. another man. and a woman! on Fifth Avenue faster than fifteen miles an The policeman says be followed the vehicle from Nineteenth Street toj Twenty-third Street, and then placed Vilett under err est.

He directed the prisoner go to the West ThirUeth Street Stationn -Vileu was accompanied, by his employer isj the automobile. Ickelhelmer denied that the vehicls i being run faster than the limit allowed tne law, out bergw carson oecioea to ern tertsin the policeman's complaint and held! Vlleu in ball for his appearance li Jefferson Market Court this Hl empioyer xurnianea tne pan. ana vnea was relaaed from custody. a Recreation Pier to Open To-morrow. -Workmen were engaged yesterday 1ft making the necessary repairs to the reereai tlon pier at the foot of East Twenty-fourtft for the season to-morrow at o'clock.

A concert will be given by the Slxty-nlnt Regiment Band. In the evening there wife be a display of fireworks and another con cert by the band. a What I Summer withnii! a serge suit: i A. 0 a ft a. i ooax, wiinout a sail.

i Here are the best iri blue and blaclf serges that will neve! lose their lustre and beautf or grow dim with.agre. very smart single Of double breasted serfe suiS at $12.50, i I up. to $25ohl a difference In price, not iri style. with a white vest you'g make a reffular- Dr. and Hyde out of ybui 7 1 a iwusuiusm one.

i WM. VOGEL SON, tsroaaway, Houston; Si Pan-American Expositioi Messrs; Tiffany. have on view thefca estal i ushment on Ttv Thursdaya May 234 Friday; May 24th, Saturday, Rlay 25th. il' Cart cf th.t JrtriTw" ettv COe Ware and Vstrti rUl4 -irrilm TT they; have prepared for their exhibit at Buffalo. TMTnfJ COT TATh i is-.