Bowyer, a pilot, was the first witness for thedefence. He said that the customary speed onth»- Solent was about twelve knots, und thatthe St. Paul was . -c at about *ix knot=. Heraw tbe cruiser on h:s port side and ordered fullfpeeij astern. He remarked to the men standing

Ti'&r hirr.:"The cruiser is going to starboard. Goodgracious! She's never going to cross my bows:"He said that he never starboarded his h^lm, anda*seri«-d h<=- did not blow two blasts on the siren.Th« bearing was •.' f. turned until to-morrow.

Testimony Before Admiralty Court—C 'o?;11icr Charges.

Lo^on. .Tune S—The case of the British A.-

7rurairy Bcaiast the owners of the American Line

fteanser St. Paul came up to-day before Sir John

Gcreil Earn-? In the Admiralty ("nun. The Brit- ;jyj,'cniwr ...... collirfon witl» the St. jpa*Bl"off the lt-lr of Wight 011 April 25. and the i

rm:?er had to be bearhed. The Admiralty claims jdairaffe for the los«= of the Gladiator, lleaißKnegUgent navigation th« part of the Si Paul.

that f^' <^-^ ot F"'jr,il her sirens at proper in-

tervaJs. that she Uaproperly failed to jiass on the

pert fide of the c:-j:«er. That flic was travelling atrxcess:ve «r*-ed under the rircumptances. that shelajpUjgJtuly attempted to crops ahead of the Gladi-Etcr ur.2 that she failed to slacken her speed, stop

cr reverse her engines In due time.There is al«<i a cross action by

-Ims owner? of the j

St. Paul who claim damaces against Captain ;

Lu:r.«<Jer! of the Gladiator and the navigating

lieutenant cf the mii*?:. Lreutenant Mains;115. Thecompany alleges that a srood lookout was not kept

02 t it Gladiator, that the cruiser improperly failed

to ja?? the St. Paul on the port side. tiie Gladi-stcr's helm was improperly put to starboard and

that f-he n'g'.ec:ed to sound the necessary signals.

The jtllecations of both plaintiffs are practicallyjcenticalParts of the wreck were brought to London for

\u25a0\u25a0' inspection of the judge and the Trinity BouseVwterg •sho are

------him.

C-pta:n L-jmsden was the \u25a0ret witness. He eat- jpres«*<l til- opinion that if the two vessels bad •

cocttaoed on the course they were going whenthey first sighted each other there would have be* :

Mcollision. Ke said that the St. Paul not only.\starboarded fc«r own helm, but said she invited the jGladiator to do the same by blowing two blasts. \The St. Paul afterward poried her helm, and Capt-sin l-umsfifn said he thought that if she had not

flerie *o, the collision would not have occurred.Ueutenant X*:r.e-.y corroborated the main feat-

ure's of Chptatn L-jmsden's evidence, but admit-ted tii&iwhen the Gladiator's helm was starboard*^!

'

tie .whistle •was not sounded as it should have ,BS9I His complaint was that the liner first star-

boarded her helm and then ported it.A n&alwr of petty Boers then testified. They

diered with regard to the blasts from the St.Pasl's Bir«n» but they a creed that the liner Bratstarboarded her helm and then altered her courseto pert.

PIECE OF REEF CORAT^.Obtained hi the Bahama.- by Dr. B. E. Dah!?r-n.

for the American Museum of Natural History.

MTTAI HAFIG CONFISCATES WIVES.

Threatens to Sell Spouses of General Bagdani

End—

Tribesmen in Battle.

Sleq-jir.ez. June 3.—Mulai Kafljr has cm Bscatedth« irrvex of General Pae.Oaii and his other, andr-rj. ir.forrr.ed the latter that the women willbe sold

U&fcss BabmiEEion is sent to him immediately. Gen-*ralEajrdar.i has laid the case before the Moroccan---«•. Bnard. whirh suggested that -\u25a0 requestthe iicq\-«jUoh of the dir-lomatic corp&.

fi&faat. May 30.—General BagrJani. chief of thetrrey cf Adb-el-Aziz. has arrived here with hiscommand completely disorganized. All the tribes-a»n w«re immediately disbanded. The city is gar-

tisoned b>- regulars.

Mrtaoor. May .-. -The Anfloos tribesmen, w»-»*)rtei by the Shereefian troops, recently defeatedthe lltou-uis tribe near »here la a bloody battle.The looses on both fides were heavy. The Mtouguis

left:'«'i df £<j on the field.

CowiardShoe

WANTS WEIDENFELO EXAMINED.

Counsel for George \u25a0 Fi.«cher. who is suin< thoAmerican Exchange National Bank and Camitl*Weldenfeld for JS.'TWI or its equivalent .-! BtsrslButte Mountain Copper sfvrk.appeared before Jus-tice Bischoff in the Supreme Court yesterday inopposition to mfuior.3 made by the defendants to

vacate order.- obtained for their examination. Jus-

tice Bischoff reserved deci-ion.Fischer says he l»nt Weidenfetd IB.11**, for which

the latter agreed to deposit SOjOOO shares of th<»copper stock as collateral with the bank. He says

he has asked repayment of th«? loan from Weidea-

feld and has asked the bank to turn over th»

collateral to hl:n. He has been unable, he -*>••

M get satisfaction from either.

D- H'-rr.ot; C. Bumpus. director of the museum,

who oer.t Dr. Pakhj— •\u25a0 March 13 to the Ba-

hama., from which he returned last week.

This new attraction cf the museum is a speci-

men of madrepcre coral, which is nearly reUte.lIs Ihe tars* piece o* so-calle.l fan coral, of whicli

the rrusevm has a flne specimen, and which was

a!«o obtained in the Bahamas. The latter specimen

was taken eff a sh^al. while the new acqoWOm

was broken loose from its position on the outer-

most edgr of the Bosal reef among the breakers oflt

Andros Island.This reef is solid as stone and many ships ria<f9

been wrecked upon it. When the coral is slflWtwith ihammer it rings like Ib»ll. Captain 31o-

cum call? it -Neptune's harp."

Th» picture shows th» huge p»e<-» of coral,weighing two tons, at ebb tide. Stand;-* by '»

side is a native Bahamas, who helped Dr. D*hl-gren and Captain fflSCWfll to rrate it in timbers,

and. v.-ith casks tie-1 to it. float it to the Spray,which was wnitlng inside the reef to receive it.

4 Fitting Shoefor Children's Feet

Will Continue with Atchison. Topeka &

Santa Fe at Least UntilJuly.

The expected resignation of Victor Morawetr as

chairman of the executive committee of the Atch!-

son. Topeka A Santa Fe Railway Company wasnot presented at yesterday" meeting of the direc-

tors. Mr. Morawetz explained that he had de-

cided to postpone it until the July meeting. Only

routine business was transacted. Mr. Morawetz

said that he had heard nothing of a contemplated

Issue of additional securities.E. P Rlpl^y. the president, said he thought rail-

road earnings would be worse before they werebetter, the low ebb being reached probably near

the end of July. Mr Ripley said he had no inten-

tion of resigns Mr Morawetz said that the crop

outlook was promising.

MR. MORAWETZ DID NOT RESIGN.

THE OCTOPUS FINISHES TRIALS.

Newport. R. 1.. Junj 2.— The members of the

board of inspection, which has been here watching

the trial of the submarine torpedo boat Octopus,

started for Washington to-night with a report that

the craft hail worked much better than they ex-

pected.The Octopus ran up to the torpedo station wharf

late this afternoon after a 2»-hour bisk speed sur-

face s»-:i trial. Her contract called for a K-'i knot

run for twelve hours and an S'- knot run for ihe

second twelve hour* She mere than exceeded Her

contract, the members of the inspection board say.

P. S. Commissioner Calls Queens Borough

President's .Attention to Evil.

In a letter to President Greaser of the Borough

of Queens Commissioner Basaett. of the PublicService Ccmmi^sion. draws attention to the danger

incurred by pedestrians in Jamaica avenue in theRichmond Hilisection silicic the abutments of thebridpe of the Long Island Railroad Company »n-

croach so far on the roadway that there is noroom for sidewalks. At that point there is a double

track trolley line and the vehicular traffic is very

heavy, so that persons walking under the bridge

are in danger. There is a public school only two

or three blocks east cf the railroad tracks, anda large number of the pupils live to the wastof the tracks, which they have to pass under at

Jamaica avenue. The space between the abutmentsIs so narrow that the children use a footpath whichleads directly across the tracks three blocks to thenorth. This crossing has no protection except for

signal bells. Commissioner Bassett sosjssats thatone of me three streets on the map which havenot yet been laid out • " opened so that this

dansermu si«t may be avoided.

E. A. MORRISON A. CO. TO RETIRE. .It is announced that E. A. Morrison & Co.. who

for more than twenty years have been in business

at No. SM Broadway, are to retire from business.Their stock has been purchased by James McCreery& Co., and willbe placed on -»ale at both stores.

BRIDGE PIEES ENDANGER CHILDREN

ARM Y.Captain CHARLES DE F. CHANDLER. signal corps,

to charge of construction work. Fort on.aha. reliev-ing Captain WILLIAMH. QTRY «ienal cerpa

First Lieutenant RALPH N. HAYDEN, 3d Cavalry, toFort Snelling.

Following changes, signal corps, ordered: CaptainDANIEL J. i'ARR from Fort Lea-. en» orth to FortWood. Aupust 1. vice Captain GEORGE C. Bt"K-NELL: First Lieutenant J. ALFRED MOSS fromFort Leavenworth. to command cable boat CjrusW. Field, vice Captain BASIL O. LEMUR. to FortLeavenworth; First Lieutenant BENJAMIN D.FOI'LOIS. from Fort Leavenworth to office chiefsignal officer. Washincton, July I;First Lieuten-ant SEBRING C. MEGILL. 4th Cavalry, from FortL'avenworth to Company E. signal corps, Presidioof San Francisco July 1.

First Lieutenant JAMES E. WARE. 14th Infantry,from Fort L«-avenworth. July 1. to Company D.sia-nal corps, Leon Springs. Tex.

Contract Surgeon WILLIAM O. CITLIFFE. fromPhilippines. August 15, to San Francisco.

Leaves of absence: Captain BERNARD SHARP. 3dInfantry three months: First Lieutenant JOHN L.JORDAN. 11th Infantry, one month; Captain UP-TON BIKNIE. jr.. «th Field Artillery, two monthsfrom August 15.

NAVTI.l«-ut^nant M. J. CORMACK. to the Tennessee. . •Following midshipman detached Naval Academy to ves-

»*'« indicated. July I:BARNES and LOFTI.V. to theMissouri: CARPENDRR anrf CARTKR. to the Min-nesota; PELT. VAXDERHOOF and COCHRAN, tothe k'"amr«». XORRIS and J. CLARK, to the Ken-tuokv IH'NTEK nrcEY ar.d CVTT9. to the louts'Hna:' OREIG COaSVTEUL, an.l AI'STIN. to theSouth I<;tk'ta: WARKEN and NELSON, to -the Wl<«-ronsln; K. SMITH, to. the Birmingham: F.STK?.-.KINKAID. MAOBCDER and PAYNE, to the Ne-braska; Mi:iß. to he Ohio; G. WILSON. VAN r/ERVEER and TAYLOR, to the Rhode Island: O'RKAR.PCRNKLL. PAPHt^Y; BOTSFoRP. 'HEW andCHARLTON. to th» r«nn?rlvania; PICKERINO andSTOER to the New J^r.-'y LABHARDT, ifl th»TfnnfMff;R. CLARK. C. H. DAVIS and O. SMITH,

to the Vermont: .TUXES, rixf.hart. VAN heCARR and MOORE, to the Washington : BADT,RtVK. KEMMAN and OL.«EN. to the Weft Vir-pinia; W. TI'RXER. =HAFREATH an.r LAIZCRE.io the Vlntinla: HBRFSSTER. to the Maryland: I.DAVIS and COLLINS, to the Kansas. BEARDALLand HAt'SH. to the Illinois.

FolloTvfne midshipmen l»ta< hrd Naval Academy to v^s-

\u25a0ela Indicated: VCNERR. DEXNBT. E. WILSON.HEIEEKG. STARK W. LEE and BRANDT, to theSevern- PENN and JENNINGS. to the iMibucjue:fi'HirKF.R and R. THOMAS, to the Padu<-ah: CTAMES and DOLAN to the Marietta: STEWART, tothe North Carolina: M'CORMICK. to the Chester;ROGERS, to the Tacoma.

MO\ EMKNTS OF WARSHIP&—The following

movements of vessels have been reported to the

Navy Department:

ARRIVKP.June 2—The Rainbow, -he Denver. th» Cleveland and the

Concord, at Kobe; the Scorpion, the Porter, theThornton, the Tinsr.r. the -De Loi.R. the- Hist, theCuttlefish and the Vlpei. at navy yard. New York;the Nero, at Hamilton Roads; the Preiii». the !>avis,the K&nagut and t:i» Fox, at Portland. Ore.

SAILED.

June -The Dm Jinine*. from Port Limor. for \ »r« Cruz;'tlTe North Carolina, from Nrwporr for Annapolis; the

Dolphin from \Va^hln«t»n for AnnaixiMs.June ;; -Th« Chester, frenr. >Cew York for Bradford, n. I.

ORDERED PLACED OUT OF COMMISSIONlYt Brooklyn. na\y yard. I."!!!;':-' Island

Promotion of Bank Teller MadeDiscover;/ of Thefts Inevitable.

As he learned that his defalcation of over P.nOOwas about to be discovered, Charles T. Muir. the

newly appointed paying teller of the branch of the

Corn Exchange in West 42d street, walked down-stairs to the cellar of the building yesterday morn-ing and shot himself through the head, dying less

than two hours later in Bellevue Hospital. He wastaken first to Roosevelt Hospital, but the author-ities there refused him admittance, as the hospital

has no prison ward, and the dying man had to be

driven to Bellevue.Muir. according to a letter addressed to George

H. Frew, manager of the branch, had been steal-

Ing m-;iey"for five years. He had been employed asreceiving teller until three or four days ago. whenhe was promoted to be paying teller. Grimly

enough, this promotion was the cause of the im-pending discovery which caused him to commitsuicide. As long as he was receiving teller, ap-

parently, he was able to cover up his defalcations.He was bonded for MM and the total amount of

the theft was $!>.f*>S 73.\u25a0utr wrote two letters before he shot himself,

evidently anticipating the necessity of his act

One was addressed to his wife, and was not madepublic yesterday. The other briefly told Mr. Frewof the defalcation, and said that no one but himself

was to blame in any way. The letter follow*:My accounts are short the amount of the tickets

in this envelope. This has be* :; tone on for aboutfive v^ars covering shortage by substituting ne-*:deposits for old. Itrisb to say that no one, either

in or out of the bank, la to blame foe this but my-

self.

Mrs. Muir. who is left with two young children,

was completely prostrated yesterday. She wentto Bellevue on hearing of her husband's injury.

but was to late to see him alive. She could offerno explanation of his act when m d at Bellevue.but she had not then read the letter left for her.

George H. Frew, the branch manager, was very

sun when seer yesterday morning that then wasno shortage. 'So were other officials, arid the] -a..1lat*r that It was strange that, the shortage hadso lone escaped attention. Mr. Frew noticed anIrregularity in the matter of deposit slips yester-

day morr.ing and ashed Muir about it. Muir kM

he would So down and look up the old slips. Amomen. later he sent the Janitor upstairs fromthe cellar for some papers, and when the man re-turned Muir's body was found lying with the headin the ashpit and the revolver beside him.

Muir. according to neighbors an-! the tradespeople

of l.is neighborhood, lived in a manner in keeping

with his salary of $1,500 a yew, having, apparently,

no extravagant tastes. Yet he had t.iken. andpresumably spent, nearly $10,000 in five years. Noone COUiJ crr«r any explanation of this yesterday.

Enlisted Man Who Lost CommissionMay Wear Badge.[From The Tribune Bureau.]

Washington, June X

ENCOURAGING THE SOI-DIER.-An enlistedman of the army who was recently a commissionedofficer, resipninß as such "for the good of the ser-vice." r.a«* created an interesting question for the

military authorities by applying for certain in-

signia to which he would be entitled If he werean enlisted man of continuous service. Originallyhe gained distinction a? a soldier in the Phlippinesand was appointed a second lieutenant. He wasthreatened with tria! by court martial for failureto keep a pledge of temperance. As an officer ht?was not entitled k. wear the badge, and it be-came a question whether, in view of his interrupted

career at- a commissioned officer, he could receivethe

temblem during hi* second experience a.- an

enlisted man. Tr.e Secretary of War lias takenthe position that sin -c the former officer was al-

lowed to resign and was again accepted as anenlisted man it is the duty of the department to

do all it -an for the encouragement of the soldierand to avoid doinj; anything which would dis-tinguish him from his associates. For this- reasonthe solrlier, after his unusual career of enlistedman, commissioned officer and enlisted man again,is permittee' to wear the emblem Indicative ofworthy service in his preceding enlistment.

ORDERS ISSUED.—The* following orders havebeen Issued:

AEMY MD lUVT NEWS FEAR LED TO SUICIDE

"Corresponding with the observations of the me-teorological elements made In the balloon, th*>rc

should be collected those made simultaneously at

the ground. This can be done by arranging with

the neighboring Weather Bureau stations for spe-cial .readings of the Instruments at the stations to

be made during the hours of the ascension.. Many

records in the upper air have been found of .Mttlevalue for the lack of surface readings.

"The direction and force of the wind at the sur-face should be recorded for comparison with thespeed of the balloon in its flight. The remarks onclouds Bhould Include the kind of cloud nearHheballoon. The temperatures within the cloud, also,

particularly at the upper surface and at. the lower

surface of the cloud, are especially valuable. The

time of throwing out saxd or of using the valve

should be recorded."Copies or this form for each ascension shojld

be forwarded to the United Stairs Weather Bureau.to the aero duos, and to the Journals which are

devoted to aeronautics.

PIERCE MAYFIGHT RETURN TO TEXAS.Si Uouis, June 3.—H. B. Priest, leading counsel

for Henry Clay Pierce, of the. Waters-Pierce OilCompany, sold to-day that Mr. Pierce, who is

under Indictment In Texas on the charge aof falseswearing, will probably fight the efforts of the

Texas authorities to take him to that state for

trial at this time.

-The personal Inclination of Mr. Pierce and my-

self would be for Mr Pierce to go to Texas DOW."said Mr Priest, "I am confident there la nothing

in the charge against Mr. Pierce and that he

would (»- speedily acquitted there. Hut friend* or

Mr Pierce have an opinion that there Is a dispo-

sition in T»xas to convict him there whether he Is

Innocent or guilty."

Mr Pierce is now In New V.,rk sod ha* been

there for some time, nt liberty on a bond of $40,000

Mcned by Mr. Priest. The St. Louis authorities™f_ |ik;no action on a request from the Texas

•sheriff to arrest him until he returns within their

jurisdiction. •

SERVANT A FAVORED BENEFICIARY.

p. the provision* of the will of Mrs. AdelaideJlii-i wife of Walter W. WlUetS. of Roslyn. Lone

Wand «"d yesterday In Mineoia, a faithful \u25a0**

«. i«J more of her mistress' *oney than is

d^sed to Mra. Willets's brother and sister. Mr,

-SKS2S her brother and Sitter. Thomas

?aier »nd Gertrude Kirk, each SUM To the

Jaid Ro« GoS.tel». .he leave, $l.ono outright.

Tnd the income from *.«« for the remainder of her

ufe. W»itw R. Wi-:eu set. tlie r«idu* <

Printed Slips Sent to Balloonists To Be Usedin Their Reports.

After a lon* correspondence with Professor AlfredJ. Henry, of the I'nlted States Weather Bureauat Washington. ErneFt I^a Rue Jones, editor of

"Aeronautics," has Just received word that the

Weather Bureau had printed forms for use by

persons experimenting in aeronautics. It Is re-quested by Professor Henry that aero clubsthroughout the country obtain these forms. H"says:

AERONAUTS TO AID WEATHER BUREAU

The experience, with 'its many serious possi-bilities, has not dulled the «Irh of the President'spleasure In riding. It is considered a good test athis horsemanship, as lioth times th-- animal r»-artil

he Instinctively threw himself, forward, so that tilsh-a.i was directly beside that of the rearing ani-mal, and the reins, bettig thrown loose, hail no ten-

sion whatever to pull th^ horse backward.

HONORARY DEGREE FOR W. S. PAINE.

IFrom Th*Ttibone Bureau. ]

Washington. June 3— At the George WashingtonL'nlversity commencement to-day the degree of

Doctor of Laws was conferred on WilHs SeaverPaine, president of the Tonsolidated National Bankof New York, and F. J V. Skiff, director of theFiei.i Museum of Natural History, In Chicago.

The degree was conferred on Mr. Paine in recog-

nilion of his contributions to the legal aspect ofbanking, as shown In several published works, andin consideration of his deep Interest in educationalmatters.

Falls xcith Rearing Horse Into Creek,

but Escapes Injury.Washington. June 3.

—President Roosevelt late

1 yesterday afternoon had an exceedingly narrow; escape from a serious accident while riding horse-

back in Rock <*reek Perk. Mrs. Roosevelt was; with the President. The rumors of the affair

which gained currency last night were denied at

the White House ;)t the time, as neither the Preei-:dent nor Mrs. Roosevelt spoke of the affair upon

their return. The rumors came from the occu-pants of several carriages who saw the accident.

The President was riding a new horse, a younganimal, The party rode down through a cut in a

*bank. forded a creek and were ascending the bankon the other side. The President's horse, reared.The President leaned forward in the saddle andthrew the reins down In loops so as to avoid pullinsrthe horse backward. On reaching the top of thebank the horse reared a second time, and the Presi-dent leaned forward again, but the animal stoodup straight on its hind legs and went over back-ward Into the creek with the President.

Fueling that he was going backward, the Presi-dent slipped from the saddle, and. as luck wouldhave It. ff-1! Into the creek close beside the horse,

which landed on its back. The horse fell on thedown stream side of the President, who. realizingthat he would be in danger from the animal's fee*

should the horse turn toward him. got out of theway as rapidly a* possible. The horse, however.

turned over away from the President and got up.He was captured at once, and the President re-mounted and rode for an hour and a half beforereturning to the White House.

The fall from the horse s back to tne stream bedwas a distance of more than ten feet. The stream

was about two feet deep, with an exceedingly rockybed. Neither thf- President nor the horse receivedthe slightest injury.

President Roosevelt's two regular riding horseswere out of commission yesterday, both being In-disposed. The President h orderly wished to try

out the new horse, but the President took it uponhimself to do this. He regards the horse he rode asa one. but being young lie has a tendency to

rear up on slight provocation. The President w.'s

dressed in khaki, and the fact that he got thor-oughly "vet was not apparent to those who saw himafter the accident. Several carriages Which hadcrossed the ford Juft abend of :he Presidentstopped, and the occupants were alarmed at whatwas happening.

PHFSinFSr HAS TUMBLE.

"When Mr. Payne was asked whether he approvedentirely of the Ohio tariff plunk, he merely re-plied that he was not yet prepared to jrlve his fullIndorsement to the wording of that plank, butrealized that a revision of the tariff must come.On the subject of Presidential politics he was reti-cent and only remarked that no New Yorker wouldbe seriously considered for Vice-President whileGovernor H'lßhes'p name remained before thecountry for first place Mr. Payne, however, is

known to be the warm friend of RepresentativeJames Sherman, and the T'tlca representativewould have his hearty FMOBOIL

"1 have been \u25a0- empowered 'by the committee tocall a meeting when -Ideem if advisable, but un-less my present plans miscarry 1 see no reasonfor doing so until after the election. Ican easily

secure throufn the government Idepartments allthe data and statistics whjch It is absolutely neces-sary to digest before, a revision of the tariff canbe undertaken.

-It-is a tremendous task, involving:

practically every subject' in the world, and thecommittee will be forced to study a mass of docu-ments which Iexpect to have at hand at the firstmeeting."

Committee Will Not Meet Until[i After Election, Payne Thinks. .

fFrom Th*Trlbun*Bureau. 1AVashlnston. June '3—Representative Ser«no E.

Payne left here to-day for his home at Auburn.X T.. wh»re he will remain for two or three days

before >o!np to the Chicago convention, to whichhe is a delegate. Although Mr. Payne and hisassociates on" the Ways and Means Committee ob-tained the permission of Congress to Bit this sum-mer and begin a preliminary investigation of tariffschedules, Mr. Payne was confident that no meet-ing of the cbmmlttee will be held until after elec-tion. He said: ''\u25a0** '\u25a0'- '~.r uCi \u25a0_•-:.-:\^:;',;/."/,.;.V:

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TARIFF REVISION PLANS

The Cowabd Good SenseShoe has the shape thatgives comfort a specialconstruction that supportsthe ankle and arch

—a

grade of leather and work-manship that lengthens the*"ear. The price makes iteconomical as well as sat-isfactory.

SOLD NOWHERE ELSE.

JAMES S. COWARD,268-274 Greenwich St., N. Y.

•UUOra«r« FWeA. 6ca4 tor UJoru».

WOMEN IN CUBAN POLITICS.

Havana June 3.-Sef.ora Zaponet. president of a

committee of the Ladies' Liberal Club, of Ban-

tiago d» las Vegas, Which was organized to sup-

port the candidacy of Alfredo /.ayas for the presl-

(jfriCV visited Governor Magoon to-day. She told

tie governor thai this was the first time in the

history of cubs that women bad taken an active

rart in a political campaign The Santiago club was1 ;;.\u25a0,'".. r In the new movement and the. Intention«a* to organize tlmllur clubs throughout the

Governor Uagoon warmly commended purity In

elections, and «id that the women's orgamaatiomi

wuulJ »ur«--!y have an t-xct-11-nt effect.

YOUNG BOYS IN RACE OFF BATTERY

Man on Boat Nearly Goes Overboard Trying''J"\- to See the Finish.

Two hundred persons saw "Joey" Oliver win the

first of Three Kwimminff races off the Battery last

Might from "Juley" Morani. The lads are not over

f'U-en years of awa. They ,warn from the .tern

of ,he revenue cutter .Hudson at the Governor's

Island ferry landing to the end of the pier of the

St«t*n Inland ferry _While the boys ~ere swimming almost neck .0

n^-lc•

the Ellis Island reached the Battery carry-

i-c .bout five hundred immigrants and employes.

One. man near* \u25a0*\u25a0 overboard trying to **• the

Hi «h of the racea puarse made up by the Bar«ewesivsd a pastas made up by the Bar«t

OClce employes and scw«pap«r men.

Minister Arango Says There Is No Danger

of an Insurrection.josA Augustin Arango, Ptanaman Minister to the

United States, who is now in this city after a trip

to Panama, said yesterday that there was nodanger that an Insurrection would follow the com-

ingPresidential election on the isthmus, as seemed

to be feared in some quarters. He told of the ef-

fects of the work of the American commission in

examining the Panaman registration list* in order

to prevent possible troubles at the election, which.

Befior Arango said, has lessened to a minimum

the p*-o=p*ets of violence by the Liberals, who con-

stitute the party opposed to the government. This

examination resulted in the reporting of several

instances of fraud by repeaters and non-voters.

Because of these conditions the commission asked

for an extension of time to straighten things out.

The worst that might be feared, according to the

ntetel were only such disorders at the polls as

attend all elections. The interest of the United

States government to see the election conducted

fairly renders any serious trouble almost impos-

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The Presidential electors will be chosen on July

12 and they in turn will elect a President on August

1.'

President Amador. although eligible for re-elec-

tion will not succeed himself. He has announced

that he desires to pass the rest of bis years In

Beace and has refrained from openly taking part

with either of the two candidates. PJcardo Arias.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, is the administration

candidate for the Presidency, his opponent betes

General J. Domingo Obaldla. formerly Minister at

Washington, who acted as President while Dr.

Amador was absent from the country. Both can-

didates are members of the Conservative party but

Genera] Ohaldia has also the support of the Lib-

era's.

Manila June ?..—News that Harry I. lekis. a gov-

ernment mining expert, and his companion were

killed Iv lforo« on April 1. while asleep in a hut.has just been received h*re. Ickis

'was engaged

in geological survey work, and was accompaniediv a guard. The men were murdered by twobrothers, whose father was killed fifteen years ago

by Spaniards. Idds'S home is in Creston. lowa.

PANAMA ELECTION TO BE PEACEFUL.

Baku. June Thirty bombs and a collection ofarms and ammunition were discovered to-day Inthe house of a Swede named Wuru The inmatesof the bouse resisted search. A lodger was killedand Wurten's wife and daughter were wounded.

Belfast. June 3—The Holland-American Linesteamer Rotterdam, of 23.600 tons, had a successfultrial trip to-day, in which she made eighteen knotsan hour. She will go from here to Southamptonand thence, on June 6. to Rotterdam. Fhe willetart on her first trip to New York on June 13.

St Thomas. June 3.—The report that one fatalrase of bubonic plague has occurred here, and tha'

there are two suspected cases,' is erroneous. Onefatal case has been officially reported at Port ofSpain Trinidad, and there are also two suspectedcase- there The Port of Spain- cases were by

mistake credited to St. Thomas. \u25a0

Guayaquil. June I—

The plague here seems to be

under' control. Since May S the new cases have

numbered only forty-two. Nineteen deaths haveoccurred and eighty cases ha>e Iteen cured. Thereare now thirty-seven cases in the lazaretto.

Honolulu. June 3.—The case of R. W. Breckons.I'nlted States District Attorney, who was arrestedon a charge of having attended a prizefight, in

order to test the validity of the law, was dismissedto-day.

NOTES OF FOREIGN NEWS.

Philadelphia. .Tune L—Charles ron MUevich is not

known in Philadelphia. There is no such numberon Fulton street, which i« an insignificant thur-.•ujri-.'are. as the one given in thp dispatch from

Ambassador White Takes Up the Case ofCharles yon Milevich.

Lille, June Charles yon Milevich. of No. 127South Kulton street. Philadelphia, has been in jailhere for the last fortnight on an extradition war-rant from Tournai. Belgium..charging him withrobbing his father-in-law of

-$400 at Frasnes. Bel-

gium, early in May. The authorities of Uille havetreated yon Milevich, who protests his innocence,\u25a0wit!: harshness. Th refused to permit him to seehis wife, and for a time they would not allow himto communicate with the American consular agent

here. C. J. King. They also ignored, it is said, acommunication from Mr. King transmitting a con-fession from Yon r.lilevich's sister-in-law. Mile.Laurence Noules. Baying that ?4ie took the moneyto enable her to accompany Yon Milevich to Amer-ica. Mr. King lias asked Ambassador White andConsul General Mason at Paris to intervene.

Paris, June 3.—Ambassador White has made en-ergetic representations to M. Plchon, the Foreign

Minister, regarding the case of Charles yon Mile-

vich. protesting against the action of the Lille au-thorities.

AMERICAN DETAINED AT LILLE

Lewis Nixon gave out the following statementyesterday regarding the action of the RussianCommittee of National Defence:

This same statement is published every fewmonths. Ithink it was started to cover up thebuilding of a boat in Germany which was paid for,'<> it never built.

The boats built by me fulfilled every requirement,and were tried in «he Black Sea and subsequentlyla the Baltic. The Minister of Marine !publiclycongratulated m*» on their success and the (.'zarreceived BK in special audience later. At the endof t!." following season the "Cronstadt Gazette."th»~ official naval organ there, said that these bon-^swere successful, and proved 'he value of the gas

\u2666\u25a0nglii" for coast defence turpwlo boats. To sho>\the character of the work, one of these boat*crossed the Atlantic in midwinter, a feat never a

-complished by destroyers of ten times the size.

Rigid tests made by Russian officers showed thatthese vessels -were of greater speed and more thandouble the extract endurance, and carried moreCTtis than demanded.

Certain building Interest* abroad are waking upto the fact that 1 am taking work from under theirnoses, :ind in fighting me use the paper? of myown country to make public their attacks.

The evidence of my design work is the Oregon.arid as far as concerns the excellence of workman-ship, Ineed no better example than the Florida.But the Russian boats, considering the conditionsinvolved, were the most successful 1 have everproduced.

Lewis Nixon Denies Charges MadeAgainst His Boats.

f^t.'Petersburg. June 3.—A series of interpella-

tions reg-anlini? disorganization and. alleged neKll-penct? and j incapacity of the Ministry of Marin*have been approved by the Committee of NationalIVfence, and are to be discussed in the Douma to-

morrow. All parlies are in favor of resolutionsseverely ensuring the ministry and demandingimmediate reform. One of the main points of theIndictment is the purchase of ten gasolene torpedoboats Fran J^wls Nixon, «>f New York, which arenow salil t«» be utterly unsulted to MEhtlnK. Thedefence of he ministry is that the purchase wasmade in order to prevent the Japanese from get-ting tike boats.

RUSSIAN NAVALCENSURE.

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tractive stock in New Y'o^kand yield to no one as toVariety. Quality or Price

XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JUKE 4, 1908.

"SOCIALISTS IX DIET

ELECTIONS IX PRUSSIA.

r?jic Seat* Won from Radicals —

Fcic Voters Go to Polls.c ,••-, June Th* DM elections «M hrlil^

tjjoogfcout Prussia to-day. The DM note-

rt»iv result up to midnight is the election of

«ye Social*** members, four or whom were*0 torious in Berlin and the suburbs and the

Ifth in one of the Hanover districts. This is*fir tim" that the Socialists ever elected a

aexaber of the Diet. It is possible that other

cinricts «:!] return Socialist member*.

*^.wr socialist." 5 made the campaign wholly

.rf_. the Radicals, as the most likely party

tram which it would be irasible to pain seats.

the bepir.nins of the campaign the lladicals

rtve <r«t as the main rank in their platform

•he introduction of manhood suffrase :!ir.»UKh-lit Prussia, but they carried on a langridoat riw -frht-

"sual. only a small proportion of the voters

went to The polls.' the preat mass of the I'00"0 0"

_>«. rrr.Ta:ninF indifferent, as they have de-

sired of brinpinp about \u25a0 chanpe in the yot-i cystem. In the Berlin precinct, which em-

t^nces the ministries the capitalists form the

«-c» <jiv:<iori of voters. Chancellor yon Billow

voted in the second class, alonp with five others,

\u25a0while Dr- Bweleri Prussian Minister of Jus-

tic^, find the other ministers voted in the third

c]s«s. which embraced lv names.

The Radical Union carried Chnrlott^nburp.

rbivh is a new district, elect inp Professor yon

IJszt. irofessor of law at the University of

Beran. So far returns indicate comparatively

*cv ch.iv.pcfi in the personnel of the Diet, most

of the members being re-elected.

T//f; >T. i'J(7. COLLISION.

One train "Overnight"A dozen trains "One Night"—To Chicago

VIA THE WATER LEVEL ROUTE

The one "overnight" train The "one night" trains re-to Chicago is the famous quire one night and part ofeighteen -hour Twentieth the day forthe tripand leaveCentury Limited. New York at all hours-

Itleaves Grand Central at a* 8:45 and 9:40 A.M.42nd Street, the only rail- and 12:50,4:30, 5:30, 6:00,

road terminal inNew York, 8:00, 9:44 and 11:20 P. M.,at 3:30 P.M. and arrives at and so on throughout the .--

'.Chicago 8:30 next morning. day and night.

They allstart from Grand Central Station, the only railroad terminalin New York (reached from allparts of the city by Subway, Elevatedand Surface lines); and all, except the' 2oth Century Limited, stop

at the 125th. Street Station to accommodate our patrons in Harlemand the Bronx.The route isalong the Hudson River, through the Mohawk -Valley andalong the Great Lakes— at water level—assuring a fullnight's restfulsleep

All the Comforts of Home, Hotel and Club_. . , _, .?'\u25a0.'-.--.v*>^ ''\u25a0• . _-— Branch ticket oflcN ep«a 8:00 Aif to

Ticket* end Slcepuig-Car ,^2mb^^>. c:oop.M.»t the follows pucw:. , .. X^^fl BBb^V XEW TOBK: 149, 245. 415 ar.i ISISAccommodation* /^BofSvS7il%'^^> Broadway. B23Fifth Arena* 378 Colms-

Tlrket oflriM a' Gm=d Centra! /\u25a0^AS|MASliUjBk\ bus ATKiae«ad 281 ffeit 133t1» Street.

SSoti and the Start n « 12Sth TI3!WmQRVh **?\u25a0*?'£*, v'~-~*' ™^~l~l

Street are op- day and night every l|lklL£Jl S&^^fSuh-. *»«. « b.day in be year. VUHWWBg/ -eenred at nay oftneweflc«.orwt3S»Principal downtown ticket office, *^Bawl W IsJlPg»Jlß*x delivered upon request by«p«eialr«Br»»12'.f Broadway, la opor. every lay

""^UHIMW^*' wtifave who can in**1!? all-;ct«'ioa».

(holidays and" Sundays Included), Ald.-«< L. F. Vo»tmr?b. 1213 Broad-from 8 :0O A.M.to 10:00 P.M. "A»«ric.-. C™.«. K^w.ySyW •«• **<»•5680 Madison.

Kent's Rotary

Knife CleaningMachines

100.000 in cse a. European Hotel* and fam!!le«.

]EWIS&(^3NGEftSol* Agent*

130 and !-'2 Weal 42d ?t.. New York

One of the Biggest Specimens Ever Exhib-

ited Brought from Andres Eeef.The huge piece

°" re"; coral, said *\u25a0 be ttta

largest «-ver gathered fcr. any museum In t*-*

world which Dr. B. E- £>*\u25a0-- -" recently obtainedin the Bahamas, reached, the American Museumof Natural History yesterday afternoon. It was

broueht from the Bahamas ey Captain Joshua

Siocum in his famous twelve-ton yawl. Spray. 13which, single-handed, he went around th« world.

The coiat will socn be placed on exhibition by

CORAL BLOCK TAKE?T TO EL'SICE.

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