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.4. < A NO. 391. W arna* Interests Have Reach ed an Agreement. A DAY OF WILD EXCITEMENT. S . r t k f m P.clfiu Goes Up to fl,#00 a Share-All Oilier Stocks Break S a i l y , and Many Speculators Are Ruined. N e w Iq r k , May 10.—Pendem onium r e i g n e d Iu W a l l s t r e e t y e s t e r d a y . T h e N e f& e r n Pacific c o r n e r b r o k e forth VF,fh trem endous fury. It cam e to an a b r u p t a n d in lik e s p e c t a c u l a r fa s h i o n . A conflict betw e e n financial giants w a s w a g e d m o st bitterly, and the spec tacle o f th e strife betw e en big m en to g e t great gains w a s fearful to w itness. Incidentally th e public, com m only call ed lam b s, w e n t to slaughter. Panic prevailed throughout th e street, and m o n ey w a s w r u n g out o f t h e am a teur stock gam b lers and speculators until it ran in golden stream s. N e v e r before in the history of th e ex change has there been such furious tr a d i n g . T h e c o r n e r i n N o r t h e r n P a cific com m on shares w a s worked to its utm ost, that stock selling a t §1,000 a share as com pared w ith §100 on last Saturday, a gain in four days o f 900 per cent. Other stocks slum p ed from 10 to 60 points, and the market value of the capital shares o f the com p any dealt in on th e Stock E x c h a n g e shrank by bil lions. The f a ll in the general list securities ranged from 10 to 60 points, and not until toward the close of the day, when a bankers’ pool to lend 820,000,000 to §25,000,000 w a s formed, and not until the holders of Northern Pacific com m on stock announced th a t delivery to day would not be dem anded did the tension cease R a lly Toward the Close. B u t th e s e tw o favorable factors, cou pled w ith a large v«lum e of purchases by bargain hunters, caused a rally of only 10 to 20 points, w h ile Northern Pacific common closed at §325 a share —that is, the last sale w a s at 325, but th e final bid price w a s 350, w ith no stock offered on the exchange at any price. T h e story o f how tbe strife began w a s told by one of th e biggest bankers in the W all street district. H e is au thority for th e statem e n t that it w a s conceived through a m isconception of the facts, carried out because of lack o f inform a tion and intensified by the speculative operations o f John W . G a tes and his associates and the ag gressive tactics of w e stern speculators w h o had been deceived unw ittingly by follow ing the lead of N e w York bank ers and speenlators w h o w e re not in possession o f all the facts. It seem s originally that John W . G ates and his associates w e re heavy speculative buyers o f Union Pacific. T h e report becam e current that an ef fort had been m ade to w rest control of that line from the clique com posed of Kuhn-Loeb, H arrim an and Gould. The rumor w a s widespread and gained cur rency through the medium o f sensa tional new spapers. The clique in Con trol o f th a t property were disturbed, becam e enorm ous buyers of i t s securi ties and forced up the prices of Union Pacific shares rapidly. R e t a l ia t i o n F o llo w e d . B y w a v o f retaliation and for fear th a t control o f Union Pacific m ight pass to the Vanderbilts or interests Identified w ith the M organ-Hill com bine the EZnhn-Loeh-Harriman-Gonld contingent retaliated by an endeavor to gain control of Northern Pacific to block the Burlington deal. Control o f Northern Paeiflc vested absolutely w ith the M organ-Hlll party, and i t happened that there w a s only a sm a ll supply com p a ratively o f the shares o f Northern Pacific available in the stock m arket. The Kuhn-Loeb party sent In sftotinous orders to buy Northern P ioific. A com e r resulted. In fact, m em b ers o f th a t group actu a lly bought, so it w a s adm itted at the office o f K u h n , Loeb & Co. yesterday, a m ajSrity o f th e shares o f Northern P a cific gtock. Y e t there w a s n o t a m ajor ity o f th e stock in W a ll s treet for sale. Speculators there had gold shares and contracted to deliver thfem, although th e stook could not be either begged, b o r r o w e d o r s t o l e n . M sanw h ile, however, the Kuhn-Loeb- ||ftx*im an-Gould clique thought th e y figiktrolled a m a jority of th e stock and it w o u ld be possible for them to block the s a le o f the Burlington to th e North ern Pacific and Great Northern. The original idea w a s to block this sale, be cause speculators had given the intim a tion th a t the Burlington property w o u ld be extended to the Pacific coast to encroach upon the paying traffic of Union Pacific, a line w b lch parallels a large part o f the Burlington system . Directors In Control. It had been thought that a control o f th e m ajority o f th e stock o f Northern Pacific could defeat the announcem ent o f th e plan m ade by the m a n agers o f th e Northern Pacific to issue, in con nection w ith Great Northern, a deben ture bond and take over the control o f Burlington. T h e financial reference books recite th a t Northern Pacific cannot incur an obligation w ithout th e assent o f two- thirds o f the stockholders. In th is d ie reference books err. Such provisions w e t e i n f t e original articles proposed W m V f t m i m com pany was reorganized by J & Co. It happened, however, that the clause providing for this two-thirds assen t of stockholders w a s stricken out and that th e articles in the charter, penult the board o f directors to pass upon such questions. H ence even had control of Northern Pacific Stock passed, th e pres ent board o f directors, w h ich already has approved the Burlington deal, could carry out the plans and r a tify the negotiations. It w a s the discovery o f th is error that led to a term ination of th e Northern Pacific corner so suddenly yesterday afternoon. Furthermore, the persons who had expected to w r est control from th# M organ-Hill faction evidently arrived at the conclusion th a t the contracts of speculators to deliver the ntock couldn’t be fulfilled. T h is explanation is based upon the highest authority in W a ll s treet and is given here as the gist o f the result of conferences held in th e financial dis trict yesterday afternoon. T h is disclo sure o f the facts late last night w a s a surprise even to many o f th e bigger bankers engaged in the conflict, but they believe that this correct under standing o f the situation brought to an abrupt end the great Northern Pacific corner, a m arket sensation greater than ever experienced in any o f the world’s financial centers. W a ll street worked late last night in an effort to rid itself o f the big day’s transactions and prepare for a fresh start today. Lower Broadway a t half past 10 o’clock last night presented an appearance rather sim ilar to that of an ordinary afternoon about 4 or 5 o’clock. Clerks and persons who looked like bankers and brokers were hurrying up the street or crossing to catch the ele vated trains, and the crowd on the pavem ents did not grow thin until a fter 11 o’elock. New Connell ot Catholic Knights, A m eeting of Catholic laymen ol Rich mond Hill, interested in the organization of a council o f tho Knights of Columbus was held at Raiseh’s H a ll on Wednes day. D istrict Deputy Sweeny, of Brook lyn,presided. Thef o llowing officers were eleeted : Grand Knight,George W .Bnrtholf ;dep- uty, C. J. Brooks; financial secretary, Joseph H. Warner recording secretaryr Joseph F. P. Curran; treasurer, J. P. B iggan; lecturer, Martin Joyce; chan cellor, Jam es A* Dugan; advocate, Thomas F. H a y e s ; chaplain, Rev. P. J. Fahey. The Institution cerem onies w ill take place May 14 and 15, at Fraternity Hall, Jamaica. At the present tim e the roll numbers seventy-five members. The territory of the new organization com prises Richmond H ill, Dunton, Ozone Park, Brooklyn Hills, Woodhaven and Union Course. Jam a ica Woman’* Club The Jamaica Woman’s Club m e t Wed nesday afternoon with the President, Mrs. R. W. Eigbie, in the chair, and dis cussed “Political Education,” under the chairmanship of Mrs. W. S Cogswell. M iss Fielde, representing the league for political education, made an address touching th e work in this assem b ly dis trict. M iss McDonald,of Flushing,spoke of the work of the political econom y de partm ent of the good citizens’ league. Mrs. John L.Wyckoff contributed a couple of songs, her sister, Mrs. William F. Wyckoff, playing the accompaniment. Tea was served by Mrs. Spader and Mrs. Cogswell and the club adjourned for the summer. Hi* Wife Had Him Arrested* W alter Ennes, 34 y ears old, a milkman of 117 W ashington Street, Jamaica, was arrested Tuesday morning on a warrant issued by M agistrate Connorton, and sworn out b y the prisoner’s wife, who alleges in her complaint that her husband on Sunday night last forced her and her child, 3 years of age, out o f the house. Henry Lucas, a hotel-keeper o n Fulton street, gave shelter to Mrs. Ennes and the child in h is house. The husband was held for exam ination. -4r llrlet News Notes. Considerable anxiety prevails among the inhabitants of Eastport regarding Clifford Tuttle, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr. Mrs. John Tuttle, who dis appeared from his home in that v illage a month ago and about whom n o word has been since received. Dr. Harriet E. Blach, of Amityville, has been appointed physician in the Long Island State H o spital a t a salary of $1,000. Capt. BucMtolz to co to Europe. Ex-Police Captain Buckholz, retired, formerly attached to Jamaica precinct, w ill sail for Europe on the 15th inst., in one of the Red Star Line steam ers. H e will visit the capitals of several of the leading countries, but w ill spend m o st of his tim e in Switzerland, o f whieh he is a native. The Captain will be accompan ied by h is wife. Died Of Her Injuries* Death ended the suffering on Tuesday of Mamie Anderson, the 15! year old daughter o f William Anderson, o f Mer rick, who was burned by a bonfire on Saturday. HIcble—Burdge* Ic hasbeen announced that o n M a y l the B e f- William BIpndy of Aqueduct married Emma L. Burdge o f N ew York to Daniel Higbie of Jamaica South. Tbcse Conveyances are Reported in “ Tbe Farmer1’ Only. Carrie Rempe to Minnie E. Jennings, Sixth street, 85x100, Jamaica, nominal, George D u rst to Nathan Stern, lot 1, map of property of John K eteltas a t Ja maica, nominal. Nicholas A. Swan to D a v id Yan Cteaf, Beech street, 112.5x62.5, Jamaica, $1,500. W illiam Ziegler to Charles Resohke, lots 1,265,1,266, block 45, map of 2,023 lots at Morris Park, $616. Paul Seip to Ernest A jgustln, lot 247, block 7, map of Dunton Rafik, nominal. John H . Sutphin to Ann Collins, lot*- 273, 274, map of properly fit Qucuas, nominal. Heny Grasman, jr., to Annie Campion, lots 53 to 60,100 to 115, map of property of Henry Grasman a t Ozone Park H eights, nominal. William E. Clark to Henry Grasman, jr., lots 63 to 60, 88 to 146, map o f p ropst- ty of Henry Grasman at Ozone Park H eights, release, nominal. Nathaniel C. Hendrickson to Frederick E. Carman, H o llis avenue, 100x100, re lease, nominal. Frederick Carman to George Kraverth, H o llis avenue, 50x100, H o llis, $350; same to Samuel H. Durland, H o llis avenue, 50x100, Holli3, $350. BILL SENT IN TO CHINA Demand For 450 , 000,000 Taels Submitted. PLANS FOE RAISING THE MONEY. Council of Women’s Clubs. The Executive Committee of the Long Island Council of Women’s Clubs, has completed its arrangements for the transportation of delegates to the annual meeting at Long Beach, on Saturday, June 8. A special rate has been secured and the clubs may travel a t a reduced rate of fare. The entertaining club w ill not provide refreshm ents this year. Visit ors may take a box luncheon or may lunch at the Long Beach H o tel at a moderate cost. The program for the day is not yet issued. I t is expected, however, that the speakers will be largely drawn from the clubs included In the fed eration membership. The members of the Executive Committee whieh has in charge alt arrangements for the m eeting a r e a s follow s: President, Mrs. Henry Dutton Annable, Brooklyn; secerarty, Mrs. Margaret Hugan, of Brooklyn; M iss Sarah C. Frye, of Oyster Bay; Miss Elizabth Brenton, of Jam aica; Mrs. F. M. Edgeriton, Richmond H ill; Mrs. Mary B. Haight, of Rockville Center; Mrs. He len Clark, of Flushing; Mrs. Franklin W. Hooper, Mrs. Henry A. Powell, of Brooklyn. Poolroom* in L o n f Island City. Poolroom s are being opened under cover on a sm all scale In Long Island City. Three room s are said to be in op eration at present, while quite a large business Is done In m any saloons by handbook men. Of the three room s now open one Is in Jackson avenue in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City; another is in Vernon avenue In the Rav- enswood section, while a third is in Bllssvllle, where poolrooms formerly flourished. I t Is thought the arrange m ents are only temporary, as no wires have as y e t been run into the plaoes and all the business thus far h a s been trans acted w ith the utm o st secreoy. Only the initiated are admitted, while the doorkeepers keep one eye on the patrons of the places and another on the police. Handbook men operate in Long Island City throughout the year, but juSt at present they appear m ore active than usual. Riot C a w Postponed. The seven members of the Rough Riaer’s Social Club who were arrested for taking part in the riotous proceed ings at Bavenswood on Sunday, during which W illiam McMail, a s aloonkeeper, was badly beaten and his place of busi ness wrecked, were arraigned before M agistrate Healy Tuesday on a charge of felonious assault. A certificate from the doctor who Is at tending McMail showed that he is not yet o u t o f danger, and the M a g istrate postponed the hearing to aw a it the re su lt o f his injuries. W ill JS n lo r c e S I d c p a t li U w . The? Suffolk County Sldepath Commis sioners are determined to enforce the sidepath law [relating to the purchase o f bycyele tags and w ill promptly arrest any riders u s e in g the sid e p a thsin that county who fall to comply with regu lations. Large posters have been print ed informing the pnblic of the law and these have been forwarded to Ih e various representatives o f the com mis sion in the courfty v illages. J a m a ica a s a H a y M a r k e t. Only a few years a g o i t was a common thing to see farmers carting hay to the city. Now Jamaica is the hay market and J. & T. Adlkes the headquarters for western shippers. They ship hay o u t on the island to the sam e people who a few years ago used to cart i t to th e city. S ix n r n t k i F o r Theft. Ia the County Court at Riverhead on Tuesday Donovan Harris o f Sag Harbor pleaded g u ilty t o stealing $503 worth of gold and silver from the Fabys Watch Case Company o f Sag Harbor, and he w a s sentenced to s ix m o n ths in th e County Jail. Heathen D l n l t u l e i S n n e i t Possi bility ot Raiainx 30,000,000 Taels m Year Without Issnlns Roads—Chaf fee’s Leniency Condemned. Peking, M ay 10.—A n Indemnity claim of J:0,o00,000 taels (about §256,500,000) w »* b presented to the Chinese pleni potentiaries last evening. Official Chi nese throughout the em pire have been advising the court, m o st of them fa voring a loan guaranteed by the for eign powers. Others, prom inent among whum is Chang Chi Tung, believe in raising th e money in any w a y possible w ithout a loan and In paying off the entire demand w ithin five years. The court has considered m ethods of raising an extra 20,000,000 taels a year and provisionally approves the plan, but the Chinese plenipotentiaries have Instructions to obtain a reduction of the demand as far as possible, but i t is not believed th a t the opposition w ill be much more than a m a tter o f form. The m inisters of the powers m e t yes terday morning and decided th a t the Chinese should be given to understand thoroughly that this am ount does not constitute the claim , but is the total o f expenses, including private claim s considered fair, and is m eant more to obtain an official opinion as to China’s ability to pay and w h a t m eans she w ill employ. General Chaffee has ordered that the Boxer chief w h o w a s arrested for m a n y murders and sentenced to death by a “native judge shall be only im p ris oned for five years. General Reid, who arrested the man, w ill m ake a formal protest against this com m u tation o f his sentence. Minister Conger In Washington. W a shington, M ay 10.—M inister Con ger has arrived in W a shington and Is staying w ith a relative here. H e call ed a t the vut«. departm ent yesterday morning and paid his respects to A c t ing Secretary H ill and A ssistant Secre tary Cridler. It Is his preference to spend only a few days here looking erro r tne uisira-tohog th a t have passed betw e en W a shington and Peking since he left the Chinese capital. H e w ill then be in a position to advise the offi cials as to any details w h ich they m a y have overlooked in dealing w ith the situation. Freneli Attacked In. Tonqain* Paris, M ay 10.—An official dispatch from Tonquin announces th a t a band o f Chinese brigands from the prov ince o f K iangsi recently attacked the French post a t Ling-ian (Lin-an?) and drove out the garrison, killing five and w o u n d ing seven men. A fe w days later th e brigands attacked the French post a t Socgiang, but w e re driven off, leav ing 38 killed. T h e band finally on M ay 2 w a s driven back Into K iangsi w ith heavy loss. To Prepare For tbe Court. Tien-tsin, May 10.—H u i Ju Fen, ex- dlrector o f Chinese railw a y s, has ar rived here on his w a y to Peking. H u i Is said to be one o f five officials w h o m Emperor K w a n g Su has sent to pre para th e capital for th e return o f the court. G lass F a c t o r y In B a ltim o r e B u r n e d . Baltim ore, M ay 10.—The glass facto ry o f Swindell Bros., occupying the block bounded by R u ssell, Bayard, W arner and Bush streets, w a s totally destroyed by fire, which started short ly before m idnight last night. T h e less is estim a ted at betw e en $50,000 and $75,000. T h e fire w a s caused b y the bursting o f an oil pipe w h ich fed the furnace. Jacob Troeg*r, w h o w a s oper ating the f u m a ce, w a s showered by the bnrning oil and seriously burned. F ive hundred hands are thrown out o f em ploym ent.______________________ N E W C E N T U R Y R O U T E . Improved Bead condition, corned by Bicyclist*. A new course w ill be used for many of the century runs sanctioned hy the cen tury Road Glub Association this year. The fact is not only one of interest to century “pluggers,” b u t to all road riders because It is indicative of the latest road improvements. The several changes that have been made in century run routes made a sort o f calendar of good roads work. The original .century ride on Long Islands was from Jamaica to Batch- ogue and back, including some very poor wheeling that lias since disappeared. Only a few years ago the m o st popular route w a s from Brooklyn to the w ell just this side of the Yanderbiit grounds at Oakdale, and return. Two years ago this route began to lose prestige and the trip from Brooklyn to Coney Island, to Rockaway, Freeport, Hempstead, Yalley Stream and back, became popular. Now the Coney Island-Hlcksville route, a s it is designated, is the thing, and all because of what has been done by the county com missioners in the way of road im provement. In the course of a year thousands of riders go over the popular century routes and the hotel men and store keepers along them reap the profit. These circum stances offer a practical les son in the commerical advantage of good roads. The new route for tbls year is one that has been used by the Century Wheel men of New York, but not popularly. Its chief virtue is In substituting a fine stretch of macadam riding from the Merrick road at Massapequa to Hicks- vllle in the middle o f the Island, for the ride to Rockaway and back. The full route follow s: Bedford R e st to Coney Island (the shelter), 8 m iles; to D lstler’s Jamaica 26 m iles; to Hempstead (Smiths) 38 m iles: to Massepequa, (Yanderwater’s) 48 m iles; to H ioksville (Grand Central) 58 m iles; to Am ityville (Swains) 69 m iles; to Freeport (De Silva’s) 79 m iles; to Yal ley Stream (W est’s) 86 m iles; to Bedford R est, 101 m iles. The points named indicate the s tops to be made. Jncngst wants S i s Job Back. Joseph G. Matthews, counsel for Henry Juengst, an employe of the village of Jamaica a s Inspector of highways prev ious to consolidation, applied to Justice Garretson for a writ of mandamus against Controller Coler, and Jam es P. Keating, Commissioner of Highways of the City o fN e w York to compel them to restore the name of J u engst to the pay roll of the c ity and to give him employ m ent on the highways of the corporation. H is honor h as given counsel eight d ays in whieh to subm it briefs in the case. Juengst h as also brought suit against the city to recover back salary from January 1,1898, the date o f consolidation, to April 20,1899, at the rate of $75 per month and from April 20, 1899, to the present tim e, at the rate of $1,000 per year. B I G G RO W T H IN S A V I N G S . Jam a ica Church Note*. An especially interesting service will be held In the Dutch church next Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The sermon, which is the second in the course “ To Jamaica Fraternal Organizations,” w ill be on “The Three Links.” The I. O. O. F. will be represented by the members of the local lodge and by v isiting breth ren. The m u sic for the day,- w hich will b e taken for the m o st part from Gaul’s oratorio, “The H o ly City,” will be as follow s: “ Send Out Thy Light,” Gounod; “Jubilate D e o ,” Buck; solo and chorus, “L ist to the Cherubic H o st,” G a u l; an them , “ Great and M arvelous.” Gaul; so prano solo, “These Are They Which Came Out o f Great Tribulation,” Gaul. New R e a l Estate Office* Charles Hoffmann, the w e ll known builder, has opened a real e state office in the Brush buUding, com er o f Fulton and' North W ashington streets. Mr. Hoff mann w ill do a general real estate busi ness, s e lling and renting property and loaning money on mortgage. Jam a ica Brevities. The Young People’s Society o f Chris tian Endeavor o f the Baptist church, h eld a sociable W ednesday evening, in the chapel. The principal feature was an “ apple g am e,” and prizes were awarded for the best poem s composed by each group forming the name of an apple. la Jared In New York. G . M. Southard, an oysterman of Massapequa, Is suffering from a broken rib and otber Injuries received In N ew York on Friday when he was caught be tween a cable car and a truck. C h o ice C o o k in g P o t a t o e s i n D e m a n d . The old saying o f “ wanting i t good or not a t a ll” i s surely th e ease in regard to potatoes. J. & T . Adikea are receiving very fine stock and shipping large quan tities daily, Flro a t Rea* pate a*. One o f the greenhouses on Theodore Havemeyer’s country p lace,east o f Hemp stead, was damaged b y fire Monday n ight to the extent of $266. Bold W h iskey Thieves. Francis H . Kessler, an expressman running a wagon between New York and Far Rockaway, reported to the police that on Tuesday evening whUe on the Rockaway road, tw o kegs of whiskey tied on the hind part o f his wagon were stolen, the thieves cutting th e rope and making o ff w ith the whiskey unobserved by the driver, who did not m iss the kegs until he got to Far Rockaway, where he w a s to deliver them. Found Her Hnibaud’* Body. A fter searching for more than a year, Mrs. Michael Tham er o f Astoria on Mon day found the body of her husband in the Believue Morgue. Thamer disap peared a year ago. Monday s h e called at the Morgue and was shown the body of a man picked up in the East River. She looked at the clothing, and, after a careful exam ination, came to the con clusion that it was the clothing worn by her husband when he left home. Not » fcaae of Xrespas*. Clarence Edwards brought s u it a g a inst th e Topographical Department of the city o fN e w York for trepasslngon his property. The case w a s tried before Judge Rasquln, who decided a g a inst Ed wards. H e has now taken the case to a higher court. Mr. Sekoonmaker’* L a w Office. Counselor George Sohoonmaker, o f Ja- ffiaica- jTaa m oved h is N ew York law of fice to N o . 54 W illiam street, corner of Fine street. Mr. Sohoonmaker i s build ing up a good business. You fa n g e t Conklin*# Favorite Lini ment a t all drug stores. 25 tout*. A ttention Galled to it a t M eeting of s a v in g * R a n k s A s s o c ia t io n . On the first day of this y ear and cen tury there Was $947,000,000 on deposit in the savings banks of this State. That’s an increase of $59,000,000 over the amount on deposit at the beginning of 1900. This total of property was saved and banked by about two m illions o f citi zens of the State. The foregoing statistics were som e of the cheerful things referred t o b y Presi dent Andrew M ills at the eighth annual m e e t i n g o f t h e S a v in g s B a n k s A s s o c ia ti o n of the State of New York. Mr. Mills is President of the Dry Dock Savings In stitution. H e and the other executive officers o f the Saving Bank Association were re-elected. State Superintendent of Banks Kilburn dropped in while the bankers were dis cussing the law relative to the surplus of saving banks and w a s asked for his opin ion. • H e said In p a r t: ”It seem s to m e that a s a general pro position it would be dangerous to allow savings banks to divide their surplus, which is to act a s a guarantee fund for depositors, among depositors. I have looked up the law, and I understand that a saving bank Is not allowed to divide its surplus until this has reached 15 per cent., and that then you m u st divide it. The law apparently contemplated that the 15 per cent, would be enough for a safety fund. If I have stepped on the toes of somebody who wants to declare an extra large dividend, I cannot help it.’’ President M ills and several of the other bankers criticised as a result of unwise legislation the levy of a 1 per cent, tax on the surplus of the savings banks. Woniau HorribJy Burned. Mrs. Charles A. Seaman of Roslyn was severely burned Tuesday while cleaning up the flower garden in her dooryard. Mrs. Seaman had raked a quantity of leaves and tw igs into a heap and set fire to them . Her attention w a s called away from the fire by a neighbor, and as she turned, the flames leaped up and ignited her dress. Before Mrs. Seaman w a s aware of her danger her clothing was in a blaze. Fortuately Mr. Seaman and Dr. J. H. Bogart were near b y , and were at tracted by the scream s of Mrs. Seaman. They qulcklyjreached her side and extin guished the burning clothing, not, how ever, until considerable damage had been done. The woman w a s assisted into the house where her burns were dressed by Dr. Bogart. Mrs Seaman w a s badly burned on the back and neck but seri ous results are not apprehended. Eastpor&’s Potato Crop. . The farmers of Eastport have com pleted the work of planting their potato seed, which embraces a considerably larger acreage than that of last y9ar. Owing to grubby nature of last year’s potatoes the farmers generally lost on the crop. This fact, however, has not deterred them from planting a larger acreage this year and generally confidence Is in both the character of the crop and the resultant prices this season. W hat effect the long rainy period will have on the seed that have been plant ed cannot at this date be predicted. As m o st of the seed, however, was not planted until several days a fter the pre valence of the rainy weather It is thought that i t will n o t seriously injure the crops. H e m p s t e a d W o m a n ’* C lu b . At the annual m eeting of the Hemp stead Woman’s Club, held on Tuesday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term of tw o y e a r s: Presi dent, Mrs. Alonzo Onderdonk; F irst V ice President, Mrs. Charles A. R o b inson; Second Vice President, Mrs. Henry B. Bryan; Secretary, M iss Harriett A. Ah* hot; Treasurer, Mrs. Henry E. Cornwell; Directors for term of one year, Mrs. J. W. B. Yandewater, Mrs. A. Y. Secor, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. L. N . Lanehart, Mrs. M, D . Nichols and Mrs. J. A. Rob erts. MANILA PLOT REVEALED Trials of Civilians Disclste Conspiracy. '* ~ SSSa CAPTAIN SEAD IS LOOKED DP. $100,000 Ice P lan t Mortgaged* The Queens Borough dealers and con sum ers H y g e a ice company o f Long I s land Olty has filed In\th9 county clerk’s office a mortgage o f $100,000 on property located on Van Boren street, Long I s land City, payable to the W ashington Life Insurance company and th e 'N o r th American Trust company, trustees, for the purpose o f securing an issue of 200 fifty y ear g o ld bonds o f $500 each, paya- ble^at option any tim e after ten years. Rewtswtt KiRh school Aluoiul. The Newtown H igh School graduates, who have graduated under Principal Jam es D. Dillingham, w ill organize an alum ni a ssociation to keep u p the m em o ries of p a st school days. Moat o f them attend the Jamaica Normal School, Whero It i s said they are m aking excel len t records lo r chemaelves and their for mer s c h o o ls ^ Second Potato Plaattag* T h e m o a t extensive farmers in the W est H ills section o f H u n tington, who endeavor to g e t a n early crop o f pota toes b y e x tra early planting* have dis covered th a t th e s e e d has all rotted In the ground. T h e y are now preparing to pleat again. Rumor That He Had Intended ta Take to the Hills—Trial ofgLiew- tenant Boyer Progresses R a fi More Insurgents Surrender. frday Manila, M a y 10.—The trial of ta i n B a r r o w s b e f o r e a m i l i t a r y is being carried on rapidly. YeatJ w a s devoted by tbe defense to p ip v in g his good character and attem p ting to sh e w th a t Lieutenant Boyer w a s th e principal in th e bacon deal. Captain Read, w h o is also accused of connection w ith th e com m issary scandals, has been placed in confinfe- m e a t by order of General MfteArthmrv It is said this action has no connection w ith th e local report th a t Captain Read contem p lated flight before bla trial, but it foreshadow s th a t there are som e unpublished results w h ich th e au thorities are safeguarding. In the civilian trials before the spe cial com m ission a Chinaman, w h o w a s convicted o f being im p licated in th e purchase o f com m issary supplies, w a s sentenced to a year’s im p risonm ent and to pay a fine e£ 1,000 pesos. D u r in g th e civilian trials A r tillery Ser geant Knepper, T eam ster Y a il and Checker Stockm an gave repeated evi dence tending-to show th a t there w a * a w e ll defined plot for th e illegal d i£ posal of com m issary stores. s Reports from the districts command ed by General B e ll show t h a t 783 rifle men have surrendered during th e p o s t month. T h e se Include all of General Tinio’s m en w h o had rem ained out and th e force o f the ex-priest rebel leader A g lipay, w h o surrendered a t Laoag on April 28, w ith t h e exception of 40 m en w h o have disobeyed th e ir leaders’ orders to cqm e in and w h o re m ain under arm s in th e province of Ilocos Norte. Deist*cl,land's New Record. N N e w York, M ay 10.—The giant H a m burg-American line steam ship D e u tsch land, w h ich arrived in port y#it*rday afternoon from H&mbUrg, SOUthagjp- ton and Cherbourg, ?ftd£dtdt<$ la t a x ing a day’s run oh tills YCfugd #h!fih surpasses any previous d a y s f#eoi the history o f stejgn navigation. F i f e 676.61 statute m iles, I s th$ f6c<5fjt t$ e hundred and er rw-sAVoh l& p te ____________________ j , i s t h * D e u tschland’s run frem ffoon M M l y 8 to noon yesterday. An houfly gV age ppeed o f 24J& knots ed throughout tg# w h o le M T C lSs is a record th a t hils n e v t / pW * teugieSS by any vessel. Others Have Mgde fast er tim e for a fe w hour?, m it horn* ever m a d e such a record for a wflOle day’s steam ing. For th e w h o le v< a total distance o f 3, **3 knots, D eutschland averaged 22.94 knots a n hour. Grover Cleveland Goep Flub; Toledo, M a y 10.--MSyoVfr CUf form er president o f thb tJflitfcd has arrived a t Sfifcditeky to days fishing a t MidsJji him d fe A.dinifjjtl f&dfi Professor Jo& t Lloyd o f nd ten Ston. Judson M a tihon o f •If and Charles Foster of Fostotih, forffigr secretary o f t h e theastflfy. Whrti defi ed regarding h is reporfid W&jl Irud w innings, Mr. Ciev’tfa&d n stalled and r#- strect ev’sfa stalled J plied, “I havo nothing t o say.” M e de clined to be interview e d on any sub je c t . trite Strike at R eaOfa a U a f. Reading, Pa., M a y 10.—-The t ie up o f le .—The the Seventh street plant o f t h e R ead ing Iron com p any continued. L e s s than 20 m en at* a t w o r k w h e r e 1,000 had been em p loyed up to T u e sday, w h en th e trouble began. T h e griev ance com m ittee has handed in a t th e office o f th e com p any a letter dem and ing a general increase o f 10 per cen t for all em p loyees. T h is w ill be w k Baer. a ta President B ■-.a Oar Mail Rato ached * y T*rk*r« W a shington, M ay 1 0 .— N o U n ited States official m a il w a s included In th a lot o f foreign m a il w h ich is repeated to have been’ tam p ered w ith w h ile passing through Turkey, thus form ing the subject o f a protest from th e dip lom a tic body a t Constantinople. T h e official m a il for our m inister, Mr, Leieb- man, and his m a il for th e s tate depart m e n t never passes through T u r k e eteh in transit. B a r g lan ContmM A n s a . Jersey City, M ay 10.—A fire th a t i s believed to have been th e work o f bur glars destroyed tw o stores and the blacksm ith shop a t Marlboro, N . 3. T h e fire started in the d r y goods and grocery store o f Joseph Butcher. An investigation show ed that th e two sofas in Butcher’s store h ad been b low n opao. The safes are said to have contotead only books and papers. I*dla** Im Sekool. W ashington, M a y 10.—A report m the enrollm ent and average a tte n d a n t ’ a t th e regular Indian school* te r te r * ended A p ril 1, compared wMi l ^ rresponding quarter la s t yaffil show s th e largest annual Increase te attendance recorded in th e last 10 15 yearn. W eatfca* Star««M*. Partly doaSy; probably . frote mm to Mrtftte* wtefe o
