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WEDNESDAY. MARCH (). ST. -J4 PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURE SECTION. Trad Mirk "Eagle Registered.

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ttitli fair Tlmrfln. fair. ritiriiiB the micrii hy Thurailny iiiuht: fresh sumherly si I nil. RUSSIA WANTS PEACE, BUT WITH NO PENALTIES Routes Laid Down to Suit the Public, Not the Railroads, He Declares. Controller Grout Says Contractors Held Up Removal Work to Get Profit From Site.

and Fifty-seventh street station had a hazardous experience. The most daring exploit of all was that of Voltz and P.yan, of Engine No. "8, and Argue, of Truck No. 23, who tried to reach the fire on the car. Voltz had to be dragaed a long distance by his companions after their car was stopped.

Box of Dynamite Cartridges May Have Been Exploded by Force of Collision. The fire will be a serious setback to the completion of the work in tho tunnel. Despite denials. It is believed that a box of dynamite cartridges was exploded by the shock of and that this et fire to several barrel of oil stor-ed in the unfinished station and to the grcot quantities of timber in the tunnel at this point. There Is so much of this inflammable material to feed the flames that It will be many hours before the fire Is out.

The damage done already and likely to be ascertained when it is possible to make a closer Investigation makes It evident that the station will have to be largely rebuilt, and that the completion of the Broadway branch of the subway will be seriously delayed. to pass through a rUis threat. Dins the foundations of lur Indici ami in tegrity at the rlos- of the and that to avert anarchy anil chaos empire must be well armed and reedy. Tin- M.imhu ci.il and military are. aeeorrti-igly.

rearming the various bunncr organisations, Manchu, Mongol and Chinese. To the end of February, twenty-eight over and above the srv -n tho'isan Manchu with good arms in had heen provided with either or Mauser magazine rifles. Factories are working to provide ihlrtv-ikousand morn of tbe Chinese forces in Thpc forces will form the nucleus of a Chinese army to be organized without delay. An army of half a million men is experted to be ready, well armed, for the defense of Peking, before June. ENGLISH RUSH FOR JAP BONDS.

Issue in London Was Largely Oversub scribed by General Public. London, March 29 The portion of the Jap- anese loan of $150,000,000 allotted London was well over-subscribed within an hour of i 13 the time of the opening of the banks this extension. This fear Is groundless, accord-morning. For an hour before the doors Ing to Controller Grout and Alexander E. opened throngs crowded the vicinity of the Orr, president of the Rapid Transit Corn-issuing houses, and throughout the morning mission a steady flood of applicants, among whom morni that nia com.

were many women, taxed the extra staffs of the banks. I mittec of the Rapid Transit Commission was The first post brought in many thousands Just as firmly committed to the Fourth ave-of applications, and the enormous subsequent niie tunnel as ever it was. The Fourth ave- Japan's Terms Will Be Mag nanimous to Herself Only. PROSPECTS ARE NOT BRIGHT. Paris Learns That Mikado Will Demand $800,000,000 as Price of Stopping Punishment.

St. Petersburg, March 29 The Associated Press is In a position to announce that a step in the direction of peace has actually been taien. Russia has Indirectly made known to Japan the negative conditions upon which peace may be concluded, name ly, no cession of territory and no indemnity, leaving Japan to determine whether negotia tions can be begun upon that basis. No reply from Japan has yet reached the Russian Government. The above represents practically all facts obtainable.

Through what channel or channels Russia has indirectly communicated with Japan the Associated Press Is not in a position to state definitely, although there is reason to believe that it Is through the United States. It is practically certain that France and possibly Great Britain, as the two allies of the belligerents, and the United States as the country acting for Japan, have been apprised of Russia's position. Last night's rumors that President Roosevelt had tendered his good offices to both parties are Incorrect. The President's friendly disposition and perfect willingness to undertake to open negotiations, however, are well understood here and without asking directly that they be communicated to Japan, Russia could make known to Presi dent Roosevelt, through Ambassador Cassinl, the conditions to which she could not agree while thus giving Japan an opportunity of know ing officially what the basis of the peace negotiations must be. Russia avoids the attitude of suing for List of Places When; the Newspaper Is Always on Sale.

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241 Colombo avenoe. JAMAICA. 358 Fulton atreet. Readers of the Eagle who desire to have papers delivered promptly to their homes will please notify the Eagle main office or any of the Eagle branches. THE FERRY PURCHASE BILL Mavor McClellan Will Give a Public Hearing on It Friday Afternoon.

The legislative bill providing for the pur- chasoby the city of the now running! in the East River will come up for a public hearing at Mayor McClellan' office on Fri- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. On the same day there will be a hearing on the bill that amends an appropriation measure so as to Include the Monitor Asso- nation of Naval etcrans of Brooklyn In the list of organic' ions hare in the public I funds appropriated for the Memorial Day celebration. I I AHI PEACE PAYS A S5 FINE. 1 Biooklynite, Who Defeated McAdoo, Gets in Trouble With Traffic Regulator in Manhattan. Ahl Peace, the Brooklyn real estate d.

aler. who was arrested at Sixth avenue and Thlrty-serond sirect. Manhattan, yes- terday afternoon tor vli latin the traffic u-sl ln Jefferson court to-day. He announced that he was to appeal a hiithi court from the decicion i steinert 1 pat'e 14 Jul t'-u from Jiwtl tiaynor restraining Coinminluncr McAjoo from enforcing ihe trjffle leculation 111 the vicinity cf the Urooklvn Uuruugu Hall. Patrolman l.a Hue.

of the West Thirtieth strict station, who made the arrest, told I the court thnt Mr. Peace cut across the col ner diagonally at Sixth avenue and Thirty- second uect. InMead of turnin nt rieht I- I 'J peace or actually submitting proposals, and slxt Cossacks rontract for other tunnels. We will i thurla. when Mukden fell, sixty cossacKS nrosoectlv bidders may ur.iain ana ine powers generally in a po- emuii invy eou.ii uuer japan aovice ernor to mount nts seaan cnair.

no resisu-u i "Personally I consider the Fourth avenue a to the reasonableness of the proposed I "nd professed himself anxious to poison him- i tunnci 0UP 0' the most important to Brook-basia. Having been apprised of Russia's sclr swallowing opium, as he had not been 1h(J EloadKay is also im- I perm tied to leave his post by the Peking; position, Japan has two alternatives, either; portnnt. IS FIHE IR THE TUNNEL Cars Crashed Into Bulkhead at 16Sth Street, 120 Feet Under Ground. MANY BARRELS OF OIL EXPLODED Train of Seven Cars and Subway Station Burned Firemen, Overcome by-Smoke, Had Narrow Escape. Deep down In the bowels of the earth, where the subway tunnel runs 120 feet below the surface of One Hundred and Sixty-eighth fcireet and Broadway, Manhattan, a runaway train crashed into a bulkboid this morning and caused a wreck, a dozen explosions and Are that is still burning.

The big hill opposite the American League baseball park wim turned into a raging vol-cAno. Lurid smoke and flumes belched from the f'aft leading to the surface far above. 'he firemen gathered around the opening, uring heavy, streams of water upon the seething flames, could hear the thunderous explosions in the hole below as barrel after barrel of oil would blow up. Several times the hill was shaken with a great convulsion and there would come the crash of an explosion and a groat column of reddened smoke would Bpout up the shaft. It was the worst fire to fight ever known in New York City.

It was impossible to get at the flames. The tunnel was filled with smoke, the heavy wood work was ablaze for hundreds of feet under the hill and barrels of oil were scattered along tho path of the flames. It was denied that there was dynamite In the tunnel, but the firemen refused to accept this denial. Many of the explosions were believed to come from dynamite. Seven-Car Train and Subway Station Where Wreck Occurred Were Burned.

The seven-car train that started the fearful scene In the tunnel was burned, together with the subway station that stretched for BOO feet along the tunnel where the wreck occurred. The tunnel at this point is not yet completed. It is heavily timbered throughout, and the oil-soaked timbers, with barrels of oil made quick food for the flames. The firemen could do practically nothing to Btop the Are. Three firemen made a desperate and heroic attempt to take a hose to the Are on a subway car.

Thy got within 300 feet of the flames, when the power was suddenly turned off. They were In a dense mass of tmohe and could hardly breathe. The ear would not move In either direction. Tho firemen tried to make their way back to the opening, but one of them was overpowered before he had gone many feet. His companions dragged him to safety.

But for a heavy bulkhead, many Italians working in the tunnel would have been killed by the crash of the train. The train consisted of seven ftm and wa going north to 'he r.Hfh at One Hundred end Sixty-eighth s'reet. A Brooklyn man. George Fry. 22 years old, of G.j Norman avenue, was motorman on the train.

He is employed to take the trains In charge after the northbound passengers have been disembarked at One Hundred and I'llty-sc-venlh strei. the last station In use. FFl-y It. switch motorman. He takes the cars lo the switch and runs them back oa tho down-town tracks.

Climbed Over Burning Cars to Get to Tunnel Shaft Leading to Surface. For two hours after the wreck It was thought that Fry had been killed and burned In the tunnel, but It developed that ho had escaped with the two gangs of laborers, and other train hands. The escape of these men was thrilling. They had to climb over the burning cars and smashed timbers, and run through the tunnel to the shaft at One Hundred and Eighty-Am street, with flumes pursuing them and barrels of nil exploding behind then. Fry said that his train struck a flat tar above the switch.

There were no lights on the car, according to his statement, and 111 train crashed Into It before he knew It was there. As the train airuck. Fry says, there was a tremendous ettploslon and a flash of flame. He thought he had run Into car loaded with dynainl'e. Ho saw the open door of the bulkhead end dashed through It.

Mo found other men there, and ran with them lo the rhafi. Foreman I ford. In rhcrgn of the work-n'en In the tunnel, says the fiat car was not on the Hacks where Fry says he iru.k It. hut that It considerable linrlh ami that Fry's train must have left the truck to run Into the ear. Barrel Were Smashed end Oil Ignited by Electricity From Third Hnil.

Hertford declared there was no dynamite on the car. or In that pan of the tunnel. The ald the explosions were of barrel, r.f which must lmvo caught lire. He thought the barrels wire smashed by the wre, and that the oil was lunllr I from the third r.ill. The oil wall piled along the unflnlih I station lit liistli street.

thun a xnlm lot a followed the Ii w.i aupi.ni.eil ilia: the nairrl of nil were blowing up a the flame rem hr, 1 hem. It I that the fir and rttpl.islnn have done eiuirmoii il.iiin,g to the tumml. imrili life I lutein. I nd Sixty. eighth nr.

the completed port ton of the tunnel I. i (titrated fi'ont tin. I rnti under rrnslriir-llon hy a li.i.vy bulkhead. This bulkhead romlitn of IL'-Imh Umbers, acked by e.rih mi nn k. A door lends through ilie bulkhead, and It was through Ihl Fry and other nscapc.l Into the lint ompleted I ii in I ninde their way to the alinrt several hundred feel to the north.

Two Oniig of Workmen Behind the Bulkh'nd Were Thrown Into Punic. TlrTe v.nt panic among the workmen li.liliil ice bulkhead. Wlllum lledfnrd and lllcliird livers, who ilmrge two i' ii mid li.ird vork directing them In rump. No. long after first explosion two fire eti'hiea were louring water Into the shaft leading to the iiiniiel In low.

This shf I finite di. (nine (rein the point where incur aiaru'il, Imt the flr-e men I to flood ill- tunnel ss niurh possible. The stimlie drnt everybody fnnii Die month of the elmfi ami firemen i stand ipilie a way, 'The rtretnin hn irlr.l in lite fire through the funnel iriim Urn Hundred lytl.H correcting all tlatial de. tens at ManJ. late, ti.

to decline absolutely to open negotiation, on such a basis, or indicate her own att- tilde. If the negotiations are opened Russia protably will be prepared to make broad concessions on collateral Issues, as stated by the Associated Press, March 23. Russia's attitude was described to-day by a prominent diplomat as follows: "The government is now for peace, but continues to prepare for wor." The whole situation with reference to the prosecution of tho war is being carefully considered frcm every viewpoint by a commlsslon Bitting under the presidency of1 Grand Duke N'lrtiola Nleholalovltch, In- Bpuelor general of cavalry, fid consntlng of Minister of War Sakharoff. Vice Admiral Avellnn. head of the Admiralty; Minister of Flnnnce Kokovsoff, Minister of Rallronds Hilkoff.

Foreign Minister Imsdorff, Generals Grodrkoff and KamarofT and severnl others. Every phase of the situation, military, naval, financial, transportation. Siberian and diplomatic Is being covered. The'commis-slon's report, which is expected to be completed In ten day, will be prepared by Gran i Duke Nicholas Xlcholalevli and Getiernl.i Grodrkoff and Kamnroff for submission lo the Emperor. Paris Believes Japan's Terms Will Halt Peace.

Paris. March 211 All the official Information relative to peace Is of a iterative nature. At the ame time the offlclnl view Is now strongly optimistic that peace Is not far dlptant. Thl view I not due lo ex act information, but Is the result of a set- peace oniy cl outcome of Russia pre.ent predle- ment. However, the Foreign Office refuse 1 I I i INDIGNANT PROTEST IS FILED.

Commissioner Best Denies All Knowledge of the Facts Point of Law Contractors Contest. Controller Grout to-day made public facts which he thinks show that the work of making the approaches for the new Manhattan Bridge across the East River is being held up by the Davis Contracting Company, which. Instead of tearing down houses at the approaches at the shore, is renting them. Lave Davis, the head of this firm, purchased the houses feom the Williams Engineering and Construction Companyf with the understanding that they were to be demolished at once. This sale was made In January, but, it Is asserted, the houses are still standing and are being rented.

The contractor for the new bridge Is John 'Williams, and he has stated that the work will be begun on April 10. He has said that at that time a large firm will vacate Its premises, thus allowing the work. This firm, he has said, is the only one which has necessitated delay. Controller Grout iB exceedingly indignant, over the matter and has sent letters to Bridge Commissioner Best regarding the matter, and stated to-day that he would en deavor subtract the amount of rentals received from the contracts. The Controller said: "We were requested by the Bridge Department to turn over on January 1 the property acquired for the anchorage of the Manhat- tan an1 Brooklyn ends of the Manhattan Bridge, and did so.

We subsequently found luB contractors nao. taxen p0aBemUu of the property and were proceeding to make new rentals with the tenants, in some case3 for a year or more. We at once called the of tne Brla-ge De partment and the Bridge Commissioner agreed with us that, while the buildings, under the terms of the contract, became the property of the contractors, they became so. for the sole purpose of having them removed in accordance with the contract forth- with, and not for the -purpose of renting and obtaining a profit thereby. Tho Bridge Department at once gave the contractors notice to that effect.

"I understand that the contractors take a contrary view and assert that they have tho right to rent the properties until their removal is actually required for the purpose nf ennstriiet ion Our nnswer In that Is tne property mould not De turneu over uutll It 1, required the purpose of oiiKtruciioD. "The paragraph in the contract coverlui lllp subject is as follows: i 'A1: uulluln Par1'? of of oihvt obstruction on the site and area inch ile within the pitpdy condemned by c.ty as right around iho I anchorage, afier being abandoned hy the i contractor, and nil excavated material, ex- "pi ucn pipes ami conaiuin as mt.r oe re- by the company or corporation con- ttoUIng the same, shall bcome the rroperty i of 'he contractor and ehal be promptly removed by him from the I when the contractor vouchors re tor- surprise when asked about the matter. Ile professed to know nothing about Davis, aad slid 1 haven't anything to say. The record will snruk for tin lnselves. I don't bellev the eontractur have obtained the property i vet.

Our rontract Is with the Wlllian c0.nI,u,y. i don't know anything about the Mib-mntrac'or. If ts holding up work and collecting relit he ha no right to do It." In sine of this denial of knowledge nf tho fets. ih- Controller sent ihe following let-ter to the on February I desire in acknowledge the receipt of Tl(lir of February 2.1. to ine npp-irent effcrts of to i oc npp-irent efforts fif 'on- tracmrs for the and anchorages of the Bridge to se-cur- to ihe profit and emolii titenis of rentals of ihe bnlldiiice which or to be to tvav for icti aiichi.r.ig.'s.

The mailer re'erred in therein nnd in my former comniiitileat 'on t. you re sin in in uketi up l.v me for ih'nroitgh inxestianttoii. and I will prise y.ni the re lit ai the earliest p.n.ililp Iille. fur y.nir pr eiinu. as il u.r the prniecilon nf Ibis otll.

e. I wish Inform liia. ii.ii pans anv vnn. tiers in faM.r or sjld ennttacniri iinill nn eoilllllllH forth nil the disputed Items of remnl shall have iH. iM-tweeu said enmrai Lira nd the niv." A letter Was also lit lite Ifiom Audimr Jsn-es F.

dircctm ihi CiimttilsHnni not in any rnu. her tirter an lu- TWO WIVES ON THE SAME DAY. Join. Slefller Sny He Con Oiv No Explanation for Acquit In; tb Miil(ie ITnbit. TnlrtVen proved to he an uiilti.kt numbar for John Slaffl.r.

of loo ki Klgbiy. "treri. Mnhitn, and tM. ntornli.g he pi. (did guilty belor J.i.Ik-.

New burger, In I he Conn nf (ienernl Seninn. Menli'-tn. to hating iorrte iu wites uu Iti latne d.iv- Hie Mth nf lest Augusi Medic wuu U. lbotel, ld that inul-l give nn for hi and could offer nn rtplHiiHtlon for laving acquir. ih mrriKe ha bit Ihe iiiiirt wlil nika Inveattgatlnn a to whv the oiuig man married t.i nn the sstiie day klarly nn Ailgtiai 1.1 niarrle.l F-ielle Hlffnir, an II at eld girl.

1 1 1 1 1 l-rv atreet. Manl.ttn At-dernmn I'n'rl. llualna. who live at lot l.e'nv street. ile, the hnnl.

That enln HI. filer mrrld by lb It. lie-lit n. nf V'I West On Hundred end Fnrtt -eighth treei. Manhattan, lo Hannah whns addrea I given a Mi.

loiter street. MULATTO DEAD IjTaREAWAT. The are invest igat i ng th of an unideii'in. y.ni' nnilai'o iitmin, who ftotlel d.ed lit the arewy nf the seven-stnrt flat V. St Mark a Matihett.in ibis nwieiiln The p.itl.e he- Itrve the w.inian w.

taken suddenly air fct end went into the rear Inst night. hr he rt (i.t mh'mt i A har ttit.li- SOUTH BROOKLYN'S PROTEST. Want Fourth Avenue Line Authorized Before Any New Extensions Are Approved. Because the Inierborough Rapid Transit Company left the Fourth avenue tunnel out of Its plan, submitted to the Rapid Transit Commiptjion, people In Bay Ridge and South Brooklyn have become alarmed lest their section shouid not be included in the subway nu. rout.

ha lftld down Bnd wl)i Btay down, so far as the committee Is concerned. Both Mr. Orr and Mr. Grout say It makes no difference whether the competing railroad companies Include the Fourth avenue tunnels in their plan3. The tunnel route has been laid down, not to please the railroad companies, but to benefit the greatest number of persons.

"The idea that the Fourth avenue route has been abandoned Is nonsensical," said Mr. Orr. "The route Is on the maps as much as ever It The Rapid Transit Commission can do no more than lay down the routes, then, after getting the approval of all necessary parties, we must get a tenant before a rpade can be sunk. We lay down the routes wherever we think they will best perve the greater number of citizens and not where they will best suit the railroads. The Rapid Tranvit Commission cannot compel any one to build the Fourth avenue tunnel.

We cannot force any ono to take the contract lor tnat tunnel along witn tna hid fol. tne contract for any one, or for all Ot the tunnels. 1 'ot going acefpt any railroad's proposition for rapid transit Bay iouria Avenue ouoway must vomo First. South Brooklyn. Bay Ridge and Fort' Hamilton men have registered with the Rapid Transit Commission their protest against any abandonment of the Fourth ave- ii.

ip siihosv i.niiei in the 'ollo'-ini letter To of Rapid TransU a loners' The following name organizations to wit, the South Hio.ihlMi Board' of Trade, the End Beard nf Trade, the Bay Ridge and Kurt Hamilton Citizens Association, the Thirty- tlrs- Ward Huir.l uf Tradf Kent audi rtrprer --swwtetmn uf the fhir.ieih and Thii Wrrds and the Thirtieth Ward lmnrovcment Lcnrue throueh their retire- sentEiives at a Joint meeting held at Hay' Hall Tuesday. Alan 2S. directed that a re peetfiil protest be entered against the un- dertnklng by the city of any further exti n- "Ions ot the subway before their petition tor the construction of a tunnel through Fourth avenue to Fort Hamilton Is favor ably actea upon. They thrrHire respectfully submit that the demand for further tunnel construction In South Brooklyn at tills time Is paramount to the demands of thoje or any tthcr section of the city, and that Inasmuch as ihe plans lcpoit 'd by th- pubcommit tee of ycttr hot. oroide body, cutlming th.

scuemc for the i.niiu I Inn a aiihunv ih-mivlt Kmirih i i. received by you. at.d said refon being eml nin'ly fntlffactory to the people of South llro.iklyu, ttiey nquist tat yoi hotiera'ule body adopt said report forthwith, and further that the ratton of any of rapid transit ter Brooklyn that iloi not Include the line subway will not do jesttee the iucrtatdiiK demand of ttil growing The rcjri si'titnt Ives of South Brooklyn, through cverl ot Ion have on to yoi.r sceti.n nf ihe cltv at an early date urge that you give the rep resentullves nf I lie above niuneil linns an opportcnlty to be heard before any further miitracia for Brooklyn subway are undertaken. They respectfully sugxest that It I the dutv of the Kapld Transit Commission representing Ihe pel pic ot the entire city to lay o.it ihe routes adapted to meet the re-itilrcnictu4 nf the puliilc rather than llmse a.iiiit.-sti h- anv i otii rci ing lorporaUou. Th iiurefore r-spe.

tfullv protest ecaiu. the graniing of lottir.icis to the Inierbnroiigh or M''" nn.pr.iin tipni. the hues otnprchen Brooklyn as Kullv HXXIKI. KHNA1IN'. I Chairman 0f Ailbd llo.tr.ls of I Trade.

Committee cf 100 on the Fouitu Avenu Subwcy, I'tiratiani to ihe term of resnlutlnn a.loptid at conference nf th allied hoard i'i ir.Tie ni e.iiiin iiriiosivn. neia irsi rteu Ing. the tollnwin men bare been appoint-. I 1 a nt one hundred to take up the i hailes J. liiirmiaver! A I.

vnn Colder. William I alder. iifi'Utv Hurl in Jn'ui Frederick r. i iiirspis. miiiatii r.

i ie.it John hltnball Matthew lev, Nil. h-e Bliller Charles s. hevny. Weal, I'. Hush Unt.rri II.

M.lniyre. alter C. Murtnn. Alldley Clark. Howard Munily.

Wllllsm Maxwell. Tliumaa Thnma I'e-liney, C. Sauter, Mian llnsie. II. l.

on. Augustus C. Fischer, hatiiel Alovn-bun. Hsrt. nihony Ipilier.

Tfinma I i nl at. Thomas ll. Man A I'lning. Km 1 1 lllele II lleitilnei, II Hearer. r.

II. el 11 I.eateV Klllierd While. M. K. Xevnie.

Theodore Wltte, llnfl. W. K. rmnaiu, S.hried.T. William K.

Ilurlev. Jo.eph Sacsltian. William Wartnti, J. II teilllig, Jsntea Itntlliellv, Frrderl. C.

fy. Havid Porter. Van Brunt llerynl, Mela Peul'iin. William Clearv. S.

I' Farrell. Merman Sufhe, Frank II Phillip. Wall, I'nrsik Kdssrd Kunrsn. II. H.iani, llenrv Mackar, i'.

C. ksr. U.nla l.ln.l. -nuiin. Samuel Ollmnr.

William Hell. ill-Ij-u II thud. llllm Wertav. j. id.

Father Flvon, K.laard Hartung. John II Hoice. William I'unnii, Grntae Themlore II Bailey. Uenrge ere (1 l.rernn.... Tlinniaa FltttKerald.

Dili, ard Heiineil, W. Ward, llcn Fin-lt. ru. Klecllls II. I.li hfleld.

hllh'TI. Willinin Mnrrl's. r. hurl. a f.

nra lv i i t-e. una Lnil Xnatraitd Gri.rge S.t.Tsnd hail. a Tlc, l.uii,), Waller Tlioiii I. Anted. Jewel It.r,,' I H'fh William A Ii I' It llelllv.

I II Malnne. U.iila pr William Fri.e, lir (h.rlra Hireh. Jemea tr. Will i' We.t, ll.orge ll II.II. Jnniea ll Willi inirl Hiati.

Plillln ll.dl.u i.icfi, Qua. Vtiit i. i I I as the rdlnance prescribes. I for payment under this contract, I Mr. said that he was not owarl mean to ronuire from them a full tte-that he was violating the law.

He a ment of stu rentals as they may have col-ted that he became r-tigry when the po. lectcd. and to deduct the same, if possible, Itrcman onii red him to go back and "take from the amount i their contract. It over arain," and he refused nnd requested i "I may a id that I understand that the the policeman to arret him. Bridge Department did not not Ky the con.

'I accommodated him." a l.a Rue's ter tractors to take the property until February comment. I 2.1. and that the action of the contraciors In I taking p.usesnion of the property and col- leeting rents from It before that lime is. MAIIRlf-F RfiRRYc-'fiRP'S FIIWPRAI i therefore, entirely unauthorized." KILLED BY A SUBWAY TRAIN. Alfred T.

Moore Was Bumped From Pillar to Pillar and His Body Horribly Mangled. BeTore the horrified gaze of a crowd of passengers on the platforms of the Twenty-third street Bubway station In Manhattan, during the rush hours this morning, Alfred T. Moore, 32 years old a trackwalker employed in the tunnel, struck and instantly killed by a southbound express train. His body was hurled against one of the steel pillars, and then bumped along, becoming more mangled and torn at every pillar, by the front of the motor car of the train. His right arm and right leg were broken, a hole crushed In hi head and the rest of his body was frightfully mangled.

Life was extinct when other employes reached the body. Moore, with another trackwalker, was Inspecting the southbound local tracks at Twenty-fourth street, Just above the Twenty-third street station, when a local train came along and he steppedover upon the express track to avoid It, but stepped right In front of an express train going at nearly full speed. His leg and arm were broken by the blow from the motor car and then his body was caught up and squeezed along between the vestibucd hood of the motorcar and the row of steel pillars along the side of the express track. It was pushed and bumped along this way for almost a block, while the motorman put on his brakes and tried to slacken the speed of his train. In front of the southbound platform of the station the train stopped and the body, released from the pressure, dropped upon the track.

Dr. Gillespie wa summoned from the New York Hospital, as formality required, but there was nothing for him to do. The body was taken to the West Thirtieth street police station. Moore lived at 472 West Twenty-fourth street and was unmarried. REDFIELD REITERATES.

Sny He Received Inforuiuuon. of Hold, up of Franchise by Board of Aldermen From a Member. William C. Redfield would add nothing today to hii statement yeslerday before the Stnatn Cltic Committee, In Albany, charging that he hod information that the Board Aldermen had held up a certain franchise because It wa refused $110,000 which had been demanded. Mr.

Uedfleld nays he got the Information from a member of the Hoard of Aldermen a ran In whom he ha the utmost faith. He bflieves that the atory of the itetnpted ia true. "I cannot ay any more than aid befor the commute," oald Mr. Rcdtleld. "I was told by a prominent member of the Board of Aldermen that the reason for delay In the mntter of the Brooklyn Kapld Transit propo-rltlon In lfoH wan that the sum of which bad been demanded for franchise, was refused." Mr.

Redfield believes there Is a very favorable outlook for the blil providing for a transfer of the power to grant franchise from the Board of Aldermen to the Board ot T'lMtltnat and Apportionment. Other advocates of this measure believe the btll Is almost certain to paa. EQUITABLE CONFERENCE ON. Attorney General Won't Act on Brack ett Application Until Result I Known. Albany, March Attorney General Mayer aid thl morning that It whs true that Pen ator Britekeii had flhd with him applica tion for leave to bring action against Jnt'i II.

Ilydr. Jacob II. Schlff and possibly oilier illreeiors of the ICuultahle Lite Assurance Hnclety. Ile said he Inke no anion of any ort In the matter for ome d. -ii view nf the Important conferences which I understand re In irgrea looKln to amicable settlement of the matters Involved." sul.l Ihe itorney general.

"I shall not takn up the applli atton Immediately." CUT DOWN SAMOAN CLAIMS. United StatM and Britain Will Pay $40,000, but Not J112.0O0. Ilcrlln. March The I'nlted State nd Grei have offered 4iU lo Gcr-mny ctenieiii in full of the Sum nun claims of $112.0410. Foreign Secretary vos Itlcluhiifen.

In linking this nutctneiu lo th lietllliitl enlnniltlee of the ltelrhlag, lo-day said ihe ucMtlon a whether the government should accept (he offer nnd pv th difference between the claim nd Ihe offer out nf ihe imperial lriir) or nut. Tlie petition of the Sninoiis to ih Kelrh- i tag leeechlng tt early ettement nf their rllins refi rreil to Chancellor von Bite-Inw In consequence nf Secretary vnn flhht-hofen' rommunleaiiim. EYICIDE AT L. I. CITT.

(Special ihe Kngle Jmnlr, Murrh Kmlei led II Ho. fer. a mthcr. r-l lln at UST Vn Alai avenue ln, i.isn ciIVi nulled illele Ihe slnre room on Ihe lirl l.inr ot hi ti-ii. lll.ii, Itiiilo gs.

Irniii hich w. Imiiid ope. ir Urig. Jhn' Hospital, eunniuiir.1 and kr.nomir. Ihe niu dead.

8UE8 CITY Just. IMekey Arihur Me. as guardian litem of JJnhn Me. Hrry In an tK ry (or (he Is alleged March l. MeUarry alleges ih.l ilrulna In a Ion Found nuc Sl.tleih siren, i'i ahni.

(ell mm ,1,.,.., hole the pevln and threw him Irom hu si at in ihe ground Uh nu ll ton- in ll" him eevere Imdlli Inlurles. The Mi" live at I our Hi avetnie. TrtUh lail. rila(aa a. i.k.a, 1 1 1, ait -eJ.

deliverles gave evidence of public Interest, In the loan. The Issuing banks estimate that the Japanese loan has been oversubscribed at least ten times. They think the foreign applications alone fully cover the whole amount Subscriptions to the American half of the new $150,000,000 Japanese loan were formally opened to-day. The syndicate found themselves overwhelmed w-ith applications. Wherever possible preference will be given to small Investors, whose applications have come by mail and telegraph from all parts of the country.

What proportion. If any, of the loan will be allotted to French investors has not been disclosed. KIDNAPPED CHINESE GENERAL. Russians Seized Governor of Mukden to Gnin Use of Seal. Victoria, B.

March 29 Mail advices received by the steamer Empress of Japan thnt the Rnsninns kidnaDDed General r.n.mnr iJonnrnl nf Man- went lo went lo the Ynmen. when the occupation of Mukden was imminent and forced the gov- The kidnapping of the governor was done in order that his seal might be used to in Chinese to supply the Russians with rn thnv pnlrmit Th. wnvcrrmr was allowed to return same days later, but his seal was stolen. RUSSIANS RETIRE BEFORE JAPS. They Evacuate Railroad Station 6S Miles North of Tie Pass.

St. Petersburg. March 2 Chief of Pi.tfT Karkevlti'h teli graphs tror.t the fr.mt to- day thnt no chang" hn taken place In the positions of Russian oa 25 were- in conillct with a force of Japanese infantry and cavalry at Khoitanehlllne. The cnmmander-ln-chlcf. General Line- vltrh.

has Inspected the second army end found the trooi.s to be In cxcellem spirits. A telegram Irom Gtinshu Pass (108 miles north of Tie Pass) Bays the Russians have onritnted the railroad station at Chaotimla-odzl HO miles below Gunsliu Pass) and that tho Japanese are advancing. ROJZSTVENSKY IS SIGHTED. On March 19 He Was Sniling Northeast Durban. Natal March 20 The British steamer Wart, which arrived here to-day Irom Rangoon, Februnry 2S, reports having parsed on March lit t'alrty warships and fourteen collie Bteamtng eastward, 2r.rt mill t.orihei.st of the Island of Mudasr.dcnr.

Ii Is apparently confirmed that the Russian second Pacific squadron, commanded by Vice Xumiral left Xo.hi lie Island lhp nortlvasl roust of Madagascar ubout Jinrch Iti, mid If Ihe warships drained slow- The correspondent of a London newspaper cabled from Aden Marrti 22 1 that thirty-four rtemer loaded with lun.ikjii tons of coal were waiting at Jllmttl. French Snmnlllne, mi ii. niissian squnoron winen was l- picted there by the end of March. J.P LOSSES WEHE 57,003. 20.000 Russian Mukden Prlsoneis Have Arrived in Toklo.

Toklo. March ihotisund Ru- Ian pi Isoners eapiiired In the battle nf Muk. den have arrived In A rcW, unnmil! euauahles In ih- ban lea nf Mukden nd 1 le Pass place niiinlier ot ri.isa e.m.e., ne been pie- cntel lo Kiuperor. General MayeJu, who woundrj at Mil dell, la dead. COLONEL JACOB L.

GREENE DEAD. ir. ir He was one or Best Known Insurance Hartford. March I. llt ei president of the CimnecUi ut Mutiiul l.lie lnsuraii.e (oniny, died indav i.iiniry at hi residence an treel.

lie wt nnrn in vvaierfnrd Me In IS1T. Inirin ih' ivil War he served with the Ml. Illgall llcglineul. Cnloin Gre. tie was nne ihe nic.it widely known liisninnce nun of the Ksst.

He had 1 been president nf Ihe Cnnnectl. til Life Insurance eittpiinv since t7s huvlc previously been secretary and asaim ecretry nf the concero He whs gtad'tste nf Ml. htgnn t'nlverattr For Heed Isw in M'lhil waa ended lii ll ie rniere.l tire bustlir I h. I nt I lie in m. Hire I nil' It)' III Pltlstlelu and III he cattts In llnrl.

fnrd Ills ire. a. ni.er was .11. I opening nf Ihe wr a prita e. but for mrrllnrlnua i nn.

d'tei. pr.itii""! rapidly ihmugh nutty rde. rea. hiti ihe tank of rolnnel. TWO DIAT1I3 mOM HEAT.

I'lltsbtii. Mjr It nrker h(e tiled, aeternl are lit a llliy llte l.eell condition and I lo null ih. i. In Hie Mills In "'T n. ticlnlly owing to ill, rm1 nesi Of Ve.

and In lv. The I. sr. and II I Inn that I Isie.l amnnt mill warm weather In M-n t.tltre "'t lime within iiffcria e. e.

0f 'three. Hat w.Minl"a tie lUPIIta l.a p.l.,1. of e.t.,.. N-'letlsl apt. at lists In u.

i lies t. t-' ''I i i i I I 1 I i io creau me various report tnat rrnce is lurmra ine squaumn inorafle body whl. e. to wrrnt f-taking a hand In the negotiation or pre- I vorable consideration for the demand of Vu vorable consxlerat ton for the demand of Body Sent to Phils Jelphia After Pri vate Service in a Moituary Chapel in Mnithr.ttan. The Rev.

C. Houghton rend the fuiurul erv.s of the Eilscopal Church over the body of the Ute Maurice Barrv- mori'. the actor, this morning, and at the conclusion of the brief ceremony the bony lb' Mn.teentn atreet lld Klghth avenue. Matt i nun. aim piacru on irmn mr i niiaiicipnia.

Th" servtc. were prtvaii. the onlv i ns present being Visa Ethel llarrymnre, William Gillette, Aif ilayman. lirevv. J.

Fagln and a woman, a frli nd of the f.itn-lly. The body will be burl In the fainiiv plot In Klmwoii.1 Ceini'tery, rhllii.l.'lpliiii. t.ut few ll.ir.il nft. ril.K"- I.H one piece from Mnston Lodge o. in.

B. I'. (I and a cm token from Churl' STOLE FOR SICK WIFE. HE SAID. rrlonrr Caught Aiiptopilntinic Goods In Department S'ote Made Pitiful Plea in Justification.

Ml. a 11 Berg, d. trciive In one of ihe big deiMrtmetit t.ire. nudiou l.i.ikii.g man with ape. tacle, acting Misplclou.ly.

t.rday afurn.ion. the cutlery enunier n. of aiiprm. pairi I Into his po. kei wlth'iut the usual to store fm main i tonk I bun in lur leii.i hn.

and I'd him. un IXIBlllg. IO th" -office here lie sllf fell ere. the sIlCMrs Ml H' rg Jld ll bad b.en in the an.t many tunes h.foe nd hd glten her no end of trouble, fin sh was convinced lht he was a lie told Ihe police detective who cattle sr.iu'.d to get hint that he Albert Vincent, and be said thai he had tken the acla.oi for the purpo.e of aeeiirlttg tn.iney. Ills wile sl'k.

he etlilnlned Tin morning tie dtiitnd the when lie mi arraigned before Megis'rate Fur-Imtg in th" A Inni strrei enilrt. nu. I he was held for the Court nf Special Session. BARRYMORE'S BODY BURIED. Philadelphia.

March 2 Th lies I of Mauri, llarrymnre Interred to-day In the lre plot lo lilrnwood Cemetery. The loners! prty ram from New Vork In special train and consisted of the dead aetnr K'h'l. otin and Lionel, and a linl-mnte frlin.l. hearse and larrlngra In nrig the I'ennavlvaiiia railroad aia-Hon. The Uxly burled beal-l that ut Mr.

Il.it rmnr. REJECT V. 8. TREATY. ll-rnr.

Sltetlnd March Ji The Hun-ibrslh Hils morning nun.d all th Ir.tlle nt rnnmierce wuh th neepll.n nf Ihe with ihe tilted Htes Fiifih'T liea.tttstlnna regs-ding the leiirr it be ea.arv In ensrouen. nf ih" aciinn th ce i an frn ii in mn ii'in wnai i. te here ni el tlrt-ise af ih In r. r'l Tarklah L'eili4. II 4 Vuliiasbia ksiaui -A4.

llmlnarle and specifically denies the report from a northern rapltal thai Russia has sked Foreign Minister Dcleasse to act as Intermediary. Another report prominently displayed In Ihe Echo de Pari to-dy the I'nlted State "I about to make a coup de theater by Initiating peace." Thl likewise Is not credited In high quarters, a letters Jusi re- rived from Ambassador McCormick niv i Russia ha not made anv advance through him. Moreover. Mr. McCnrinlck ileprtcre from St.

reiershurg to-night I regarded In diplomat Ic clrelis here Itidliatlng that there 1 no Imminence nf the I'mted State playing a decisive role. Oil the contrary, the general view Is that Japanese official opinion I pessimistic concerning H'ie being rcsllr.il. Till Indicate that the prellmlnarle have nut made progres. or rli-e that Jpn doe not Intend to Internipt her succrsful cm-pulgn. ll I even Intimated In a nigh quarter thai It mskea no difference what Si.

Petersburg decided relative lo sklng for peace, It will remain for Toklo lo c-cpt or reject It. Therefore. II Is m.i 1 i ii I n-l the peace ftliuatlnn ha shifted from St. Petersburg lo Toklo. which no holds the krr to the p.

nee iiieallnn. Although offlclnl litfirr, nation Is lacking. It I asserted In well Infnrtnrd quarter tluit Japan ha permltir.l llussl lo ern thai the ppae rmidlllon will lie severely rigor-o and lll not be respnislve to the recent sentimental plea in Japan magnanimity in particular it i sio inal japan iiidetn-niiy fliure I and (hi this a in has prove.) in Ii" so to ItuasUn dlplnmary ihal ll Is the chief eauee why th peace preliminaries do not In a ilerlalr Jnpan Warned A(rlnt Powers. Wn. lilutloD.

March 2'' It la ttei her that Japan received an uigent warnlti fri.m a neulral power to lier of all offer of mediation from any government and to lusisi npnn direct negotiation nHh St. g. CHINA ORGANIZING ARMY. Modern Rifle Being- 0lvn (o Equip III Bnnner Coip of th Eiiipii. II Mnti 2" Ma, I ht.

le relied Irom Peking are it ihe effe.i thai High l.m.lela re i.til(.. that I bin will he eee I. IMc a A K.t.r Ii h.e' f. kt.aaikM nd will ue.l-rn.1,.1 Irf -AJ..