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Sami-Weekly-e Pages. Price, Thru Cuts. VOL. LXXXI. JAMAICA, NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 1901. NO. 467. PREPARING FOR BATTLE T r u s t A b s o r b s th e S h e l b y S t e e l C o m p a n y . OPERATED BY NONUNION MEN, Concern Own. Fifteen Plants, and tlie Control of These May Prove a Very Important Factor In tlie Coining\ Struggle. New York. Aug. 9.—Persistent ru mors were circulated in W all street y* sterility that steps toward a settle ment of the strike had heen taken, but none of them w a s verified by United 8 t a t t s Steel corporation officials. The m en in control of the steel com pany continued their pnliey of silence. Perhaps a s significant in reference to the strike situation as the opening of several o f the m ills w a s the announce ment that the United States Steel cor poration had acquired control o f the Shelby Steel Tube com pany, which ow n s 13 m ills in Shelby, O.; Greenville, Pa.; Elwood City, Pa.; Toledo, N e w castle. Pa.; H artford, Albany, Ind.; Auburn, Pa.; Beaver F a lls, Pa.; Gar wood. N. J.; M ansfield, O., and Tioga F a lls. O. The m ills ov ned by the Shelby com pany are operated by nonunion men, and the im p ression in W a ll street w a s that the United States Steel corpora tion would be benefited greatly by the control o f these nonun' or plants. It w a s thought the purchase w a s part of the plan to supply nonunion -men to th e m ills that it desired to keep open and let tlie mill* which it heretofore lias run at a loss because it bad con tracts w ith th e men remain idle if the strike order becam e effective on Sat urday night. Aq ofiieial <>f a subsidiary steel com pany. whn also is a member of the execu tive board of the United States Steel corpo tion. said that the cor poration wa not em b arrassed by tlie closing of several ■ f tin snm llel mills. ‘•Several of the less important plants,\ he -a Id. \whieh are not cen trally locat' d for traffic purposes ha; e been operated for a long tim e either a t a slight nrofit or a slight loss.” Tin Plate Abnormally .Advanced. As one result of the strike tin plate has advanced abnorm ally in price. The nom iral quotation as fixed by the Am erican l i n Plate com p any is $4.30 a box. but sales are reported of $5.80, an advance of $1.59. Selling prices now represent a gross advance in a few w e e k s of 35 per cent and m a k es possi ble im p o rtations of tin plate. T h e scarcity of tin plate has caused already an im p ort m ovem ent of that com m odity. 27,000 boxes having been received from England, the largest single importation for m a n y years. It is believed this shipm ent is for the American Tin P late eompany. A t the scheduled m e eting last night in th e Clax-k m ill district, in Lawrenee- ville, President Shaffer w a s the prin cipal speaker. Sam u el Gompers, presi dent o f the Am erican Federation of Labor, w a s announced to speak, but because of the unsettled condition of affairs It w a s deemed best that he should refrain from public expression at this time. W hen President Shaffer w a s intro d u c e d , h e w a s g r e e t e d b y p r o lo n g e d applause. The strike leader did not confine him self altogether to questions w h ieh enter into the present difficulty betw e e n the steel trust and th e asso c i a t i o n , b u t l a u n c h e d u p o n a b r o a d a n d farreachiug discussion of th e m a n y questions whieh he claim ed had alw a y s been a casus belli betw e en capital and labor and did not m ince words. In h is talk he said: Shaffer Makes a Statement. “ W e do not organize or ask any or ganization to destroy the institutions of the land, but to preserve them . More there is to fear from the m illionaires and the billionaires of this country than from the poor laborer whose fight is alw a y s in the interest of and for the preservation o f his fam ily.” A t a regular m e eting last night o f the Am erican W indow G lass associa tion $5,000 w a s voted for the aid of th e striking steel workers. The assem bly also tendered to th e A m algam ated ^association th e services o f its presi- — d e n t and executive com m ittee and prom ised to pay a higher pro rata, or percentage, on m em b ership than any other labor organization would agree to. Tbe Structural Iron W orkers’ asso ciation la s t night voted $1,000 for im m ediate use by the Amalgam ated as sociation and pledged a 50 cent a week assessm e n t on its 1,800 m em b ers for future use. Llxdxay & MeCuteheoa Mill Started. Pittsburg. Aug. 9 .- T h e steel corpo ration succeeded yesterday in getting the Farm m ill of the Lindsay & Ale- Cuteheon plant and another mill, o f the Clark w o r k s in operation T h e y nls., received reports that in H y d e Park W ednesday night fo u r o f the m i l l s did perfect work and an announcem ent from W e llsville that the strike virtual ly w a s over there. T h e y m e t with no opposition at any o f th e fonr points w h e r e they have reopened m ills and e x pressed their satisfaction a t the prog ress made. T h e strikers Insist that there are not enough men in the Lind say & M eCutebeon establishm ent to operate th e one m ill started and pre dicted that it would d o s e dow n before the day w a s over. It w a s kept going, however, until n ig h t It Is planned to open anoih^r m ill o f the L indsay & Me- Catcheon plant and also to start tho Join t e r m ill akd th* Chartiers sla n t *- WANTS $2,000,000. E x p e c t s to S e c u r e B a r o n D e m b i t * - . lev’s D e p o s i t W i t * G o v e r n m e n t . N e w York, Aug. 9.— An effort is being made to secure from the U n ited States governm ent some $2,000,000, ifald to be the principal w ith compound interest of money deposited in W a shington bjr Baron Ludw ig Napoleon Dembitzky, who' w a s com pelled to leave Poland in 1802 because of his part in the revolu tionary m ovem ents of the Polish peo ple against the Russian governm ent. In the battle betw e en th e Polish peas ants and the R u ssian troops near W ar saw Baron D em b itzky led a regim ent of cavalry. The R u ssian governm ent declared him an outlaw, confiscated his estates and placed a price on his head. T h e baron im m e d iately converted his extensive property into cash and ar rived in N e w York about July, 1803, with som e $400,000 in Am erican mon ey. H e at once w e n t to W ashington, it is said, deposited his money w ith the United States governm ent and enlisted in the Union ariny under th e nam e of Napoleon Dem b itzky. H e took part in several b a ttles and w a s finally killed a t the battle o f th e W ilderness. Baron D em b itzky’s only surviving relative in Poland at the tim e w a s a nephew, the son of a younger brother, who after the suppression of the Polish revolution retired to a sm a ll estate in Poland near the city of Alexandrovsk. T h is nephew has since died, leaving a son, who is said to be the only surviv ing relative of the baron. In 1897 this grandnepbew received a com m u nication from Joseph Rowicz, consul of the United States at W ar saw , inform ing him of the above facts and asking i > ff of relationship. D a v id W . i - . a law y e r of G3 Park row, v ined by the young man to represent his interests and has begun proceedings to recover the mon ey. __________________ Funeral of Empress F r e d“r!ck. Cronberg, Aug. 9.—The funeral serv ice held at Friedrichshof late yester day w a s simple, but highly im p ressive. It w a s performed by the bishop of Ri- pon, England, assisted by the Rev. Thom as Teignm outh Shore, canon of Worcester*. The coffin stood In the death chamber, covered w ith a long black pall and strew n w ith w h ite rcses. A t the foot, w ith bowed head and slightly in advance of the other mourn ers, stood Emperor W illiam in the uni form of the Black hussars, the regi m ent o f the late dowager empress. Just behind him w ere all the other m em b ers of the royal fam ily except Prince H e n r y of Prussia. The other mourners form ed tw o lines in the rear. The service w a s conducted entirely w ithout music. Heavy Traeli Retards Cresceu*.. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 9.—About 7,000 people w ere disappointed in the exhibition by Cresceus a t the Hudson R iver D r iving park yesterday after noon. Paced by a running horse and driven by his owner, George H . Ketch- am, the champion w e n t his m ile in 2:06%. H e started shortly after 4 o’clock, after Mr. Keteham had driven him three w a rm ing up heats in 2:48, 2:32 and 2:17. On the trial the racing horse picked him up near the quarter, w h ich Cresceus m ade in 3144 seconds. H e w e n t to the h a lf in 1:03, to the three-quarters in 1:35% and to the wire in 2:0044- Mr. K eteham said, “My horse did the b e s t he could under the bad conditions of track and w eather.” Priest Recovers Stolen Diamonds. Anderson, Ind., Aug. 9.—Three w eeks ago the jew e lry store o f J. M. W a sh burn w a s rohlied of $1,500 worth of diam onds. Yesterday Mr. W ashburn w a s notified by tbe pastor of St. M ary’s C a t h o l i c c h u r c h at Chicago that th e diam onds w ere in his possession. Mr. W ashburn returned from Chicago w ith the stolen property. The th ief w e n t to the Chicago priest a few days ago and w h ile in the confessional told th e story o f the robbery and turned over the stol en property to th e priest, who imme diately notified Mr. W ashburn. Strange Death In Ithaca. Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 9.—M iss Allegra Eggleston Seelye w a s found dead in the edge of F a ll Creek gorge late y e s terday, and the theory is th a t s h s w a s killed by lightning. H er body w a s hanging by her feet, w h ich w ere en tangled in a bunch of roots. Miss fea- lye w a s the granddaughter of Edward S. Eggleston, historian and novelist. She w a s graduated from Cornell ia 1900 and w a s a m ember of th e Kappa Gama fraternity. Copyright Congress Meets. Berne, Aug. 9.—The international lit erary and artistic copyright congress has held its first sitting here. It dis cussed the schem e for a revision of the Berne convention and decided to im m e d iately com m ence tho elaboration of w h a t, it Is hoped, w ill prove an ideal convention, em b odying all the modifi cations advocated by tlie varying inter ests. The schem e w ill be subm itted to all tbe literary and artistic societies of the world. General Bnratieri Dead. Yienna, Aug. 9.—The N eue Freie Presse announces that General Bara- tiefi has died at Sterzing, in th e Tyrol. General Bartleri w a s th e commander in chief o f the Italian forces in A b y s sinian during the cam p a ign o f 1S95-0 He m e t the combined forces o f natives eariy in th e year of 1896 and w a s dis astrously defeated. OoCklln's Cough Balm cure# holds. JAMAICA REAL ESTATE. These Conveyances are Reported in “The Farmer” Only. John H. Helleper to William Ulmer Brewery, parcel a t Jamaica, begins south east corner thereof, adjoining land of Strickland, containing 3 acres, nominal. Alexander A. Farman, jr., to Fried- erike Duerkes, Brooklyn and Jamaica plank road. Jamaica, nominal. Daniel Stage to John H. Sullivan, Cen tral avenue, 50x100, Jamaica, $100. Otto Kampfe to Julius F. Wiegol, Ja maica and Morris plank road, southeast corner of Locust avenue. Jamaica, $11,- 750. Mary Krelnert to Philip Jung, Atlantic avenue, 25x85, Jamaica, nominal. Mary C. K elsey to Theodore F. Archer, lots 01 to 64, map of Creed Estate at Jamaica, $260. Edwin C. Schaffer, referee, to Frank Wetzel, lot 399, map of Codwise farm at Jamaica, foreclosure, $100. Same to sam e, lots 11,12, block 7, map of Hillt-Ide Avenue Land and Improve ment Company a t Jamaica, foreclosure, SLOO. Long Island Real Estate Exchange and Investm ent Company to Herman Schrad er, lots 403 to 406, map of Richmond Hill Terrace, $2,000. Thomas J. McLaughlin to William E. Crandall, jr., Cherry street, 50x20, Ja maica, nominal. Louis Lnuraan to William H. Wade, jr., Church street, w e st side, 60 feet north of Central avenue, 60x95, Jamaica, release, $1,100. Charles Winne to Louisa Winne, Broad way, southw est corner of Flushing ave nue, GO 1x41x100x41, Jamaica, $7,000. Peter von Deesten to Daniel Maher. Brooklyn and Jamaica plank road, south west corner of Ro«e avenue, 100x164, Ja maica, nominal. FrederickaGanssle to Gottlieb F. Gans- sle, Unit iraity place, northeast corner of Benedict avenue, 50x100, Jamaica, nomi nal. Lorenzo Sherwood to Emelie J . Herty, lots 128 to 133, 586, 140, map of v illage of Queens, $10. Esther A. Sherwood to Joseph Beck, holder, lots 143, 145, map of village of Queens, £250 Charles L. Halfmann to John H. Bur rell, lot 46, block 15, map of property of Woodhaven J unction Land Company at Jamaica, nominal Samuel G Cozine to Charles H Cozine, Hempstead and Jamaica plank road, containing 17 acres, nominal. Wireless Telegraphy Plant. Nikola Tesla, the famous, electrician, has closed a contract for the erection of a building and plant a t Wardenelyffe on the Sound, nine miles e a st of Port Jeffer son for the principal station of his wire less telegraphic system . The purchase includes 200 acres of land and Mr. Tesla says he will put up the largest building of its kind in the world for Lis experi ments. The main building w ill be 100 feet square and other b u ildings w ill a lso be erected. A 350 horae power electrical plant w ill h e located in the building and the total cost of the p lant and furnishings will be about $150,000. Mr. T e sla says he expects to converse by electricity with all the countries of the world from War- denclyffe, which will be his main station 'Held for Burglary. Joseph Gareldi of 72 Grand street, Brooklyn, who was arrested early on Saturday morning at H o llis, having in his possession about 150 pounds of pig lead, the property of the Brooklyn gas light company, w a s arraigned before Justice Healy on Wednesday, and held for the grand jury on a charge of burglary. It was shown at the examination that Gareldi was employed as a day watchman by the Gas Company, and that he broke into the tool house and stole the lead. W ill Barn, a B o r ifsxe, Through the efforts of the Rev. J. W. Eggleston, pastor of the M ethodist Epis copal Church o f Glen Cove, the mortgage of $2,000, which has been upon the par sonage for o ver thhirty years, is to be paid'off. Oakely Keteham, a prominent member o f the church, gave $500, and there are many $100 and $50 contribu tions. Arrangements w ill soon be made for holding ,a jubilee and burning the mortgage. Struck by a Trolley Car. At 5 :50 p. m. on Thursday, Rose Kuhn, 8 years old, of Manhattan, while cross* ing the tracks of the Brooklyn rapid transit railroad at Jamaica and Wyckoff avenues, Brooklyn H ills, was struck by an east-bound trolley car and sustain ed a. fracture of the left leg, sever al scaip wounds, and probable internal injuries. She w a s attended by Dr. Sco- vil and removed to the Jamaica hospital. Cornelius Adams Dead. Cornelius Adams, a d escendant Of John Adams, second President o f the United States, died on Tuesday n ight a t h is home in Hempstead. Mr. Adams waa b o m In Galway, Saratoga county, N . Y., and was in his olghty-firat year. Ho worked a large farm a t Hempstead from 1847 u n til a y ear ago. H e w a s married tw ice and Is survived by a widow and five daugh ters. WORK FOR WISCONSIN. New Battleship May Be Sent to Panama. ORDERED TO BE IN READINESS. I* Trouble In Soutb America Seri ously Endangers United States In terests, tbe Entire North Atlantic Squadron May Sail F o r th# Isthmus. W a shington, Aug. 9.—Freedom of transit across the isthm u s of Panam a w ill be m aintained by the United States a t all hazards. Besides sending the gunboat M aehias to Colon the bat tleship W isconsin has been ordered by the navy departm ent to proceed to San Francisco, where she w ill be held in readiness for im m ediate departure for Panam a. Should the situation develop in seri ousness vessels of the north Atlantic squadron now undergoing evolutions in N ew England w a ters w ill be hurried to Colon. The action of the navy departm ent Is in com pliance w ith a suggestion made by A c ting Secretary of State Adee. Consul General Gudger, stationed in Panam a, earnestly recommended that a vessel be ordered to report w ithout delay at that port. Mr. J. Edward Sim mons, president of the Panam a Railroad company, wired A cting Sec retary Adee that his agents In Panam a report a dangerous situation. In his opinion one vessel, and that only a sm a ll gunboat, w a s insufficient to m eet the situation. H e therefore suggested that a ship be ordered to Panam a as well as to Colon. The W isconsin is now at P u g e t sound. The order sent yesterday afternoon by Commander Cowles, acting chief of tbe bureau of navigation, is em phatic in its direction that she sail w ithout loss of time. She w ill certainly get aw a y by today, and as haste is required she is expected to arrive at San Francisco Sunday or Monday morning. Length of Voyage. She w ill there take coal aboard and, unless the situation unexpectedly calm s, w ill l*e directed to continue her voyage to Panam a. The distance from San Francisco to Panam a is 3,771 miles, and that from Puget sound to San Francisco is about 800 m iles. The W isconsin w ill be able to steam about 250 miles a day, and her voyage w ill consequently occupy 18 days. The W isconsin is under the command of Captain G. C. Reiter, who is partic ularly known In connection w ith Cen tral American m atters because of the part he played in the celebrated Bar- rundia affair w h ile in command of the warship Thetis. The instructions un der which he w ill act have not been framed, nor w ill they be telegraphed to him until after his arrival at San Fran cisco. They w ill be identical w ith those furnished the M aehias and will be In this sense: “Consult w ith th e American minister and consular representatives for the protection of American interests. M ain tain free transit across the isthm u s In case it should be interrupted by the insurgent or governm ent forces. R e frain from taking any action w h ich m a y be a recognition of the belligeren cy of the insurgents.” The dispatch of a battles*'*\. I- t >pe- cially signifi< r n t F ^ .i the naval authorities minim > importance by tbe statern* > that she is the only ship available, iu e Alert and Mohican are training ships and have large crew s aboard, but their men, it is as serted. ar« not yet accusom ed to naval routine and discipline. W ill Have Wholesome Effect. A t the sam e tim e the presence of a battleship at Panam a w ill undoubtedly have a wholesom e moral effect, and in selecting her for the duty the depart ment undoubtedly took this point into consideration. The W isconsin has a bat tery o f four 13 inch guns, fourteen 6 inch rapid fire guns, sixteen 6 pounders, six 1 pounders, four m achine guns and one field gun. She has a com missioned force of 35 officers and an enlisted force of 496 men. She w ill therefore be able to land a large detachm ent b oth for th e protection of the city of Pana m a and the m aintenance of com muni cation across the isthm u s. Colombia has not informed the state departm ent that she is unable to pro tect com m u nication across th e isthm u s, and men w ill probably not be landed until she adm its her inability to do so. The U n ited States expects Colombia to take all the m easures possible, aud then in case of failure the United States w ill step in. Colombian officials in this city are w e ll pleased over the action o f the W a shington-governm ent, as the effect of the presence of a battleship and gunboat w ill be very great upon the insurgents, and the moral support w ill doubtless be utilized by the govern m e n t to its advantage. A t the sam e tim e the officials m a k e it clear that the United States is not interfering in any w a y in the dom estic concerns o f Colom bia except in so far as is necessary for the execution of the guarantee given by the U n ited States to the Colombian governm ent to m a intain free transit across the isthm u s. The gunboat M aehias sailed from Boston yesterday afternoon for H a m p ton Roads en route for Colon. ROBBED EXPRESS PACKAGES. Long Island express Co. Didn’ t Look Up Winnett’* References. William Winnett, Jr. of Corona a clerk in the Long Island Express Company’s office in East Thirty-fourth street, Man hattan, was arrested Thursday by Central Office D e tectives Brady and Mullen fox- rifling packages and stealing a diamond ring and $100. The police say he has confessed. He was locked up in- Police Headquaters. WInnett was employed hy the company about a month ago. Two weeks ago a package containing $100 was missed. On July 31 M. Byrnes o£ the Cadilae H o tel Bent a diamond ring worth $150 In a box to Sea Cliff. It was received by W innett and when it reached Long Island City the superintendent noticed that the package had been tampered with. The ring was missing. W innett told the police that when he learned that the theft had been discover ed he sent the ring by another express to its destination. When Winnett was em ployed by the Long Island Express Com pany he gave references from the Nation al and United States Express Companies. The references were not looked up. The detectives say that Winnett was discharg ed by these companies because a number of packages were missed. saved Children from ‘■'rolley. Policeman John J. H ines, of Long Is- laud City, saved two children from being crushed to death by a trolley ear Thurs day. Ho was on the front seat of a car of the Calvaiy cem etery division of the New York .and Queens county railway when the car jumped the track at Clifton avenue and the Old 'Brook schoolhouse. The momentum of the car was so great that it shot across the avenue toward a group of children. Hines leaped over the dashboai'd aud in the nick of time dragged William Dyer, ten years old, and his two year old s ister Gertrude out of danger. Much excitem ent prevailed among the passengers. Iliw Cutting Jumped. An au to m o b ile in w h ich M iss H e len C u tting , s i s t e r of W. B a y a r d C u ttin g aud a w o m a n frien d w e re r id in g a t P a tch o g u e , cam e n e a r blow ing up T h e chaffeur no ticed th a t th e w a ter in th e gau g e ‘w a s ju m p in g and t h a t th e pum p th a t s u p p lied th e boiler w a s u o t w o r k ing properly H e told M iss C u ttin g an d h e r frien d to ju m p , w h ich th e y did without^ h j u r y . T h e chaffeur th e n q u ie k h drew th e fire and an ex a m in a tio n show e d th a t in a n o t h e r m in u te th e b o ile r w o u ld have exploded. M iss C u ttin g an d h e r friend re tu r n e d to t h e i r hom e by tra in . C««m *ndast Devillier* Iv M a i e r i , London, Aug. 9.—Lord K itchener re ports th e surrender a t W arm B a ths of Commandant Devlllier*, who w a s sac* Mid in command to Baystn* Riverhead J a il Improvement. The Supervisors of Suffolk County have closed a contract for the alteration and Improvement of the women prisoners' quarters in tho county jail. The c o st of the new quart ers is $3,300 and a proviso was made that as far as possible local mechanics and other workmen be em ployed on the wo«-k. The entire interior of the women prisoners’ section of tlie jail w ill be taken out and reconstructed of brick, with steel cells and a steel cor ridor, separating the women’s quarters entirely from those of the male prisoners. Rnrglar In Her Room A burglar entered the sleeping apart m e n t of Mrs. John J. Egan, in Flushing Monday night during her husband’s ab sence. She was awakened by a strange noise In her room and noticed an un known man standing in front of her dresser. She sprang out of bed and screamed, and at this the burglar rushed through the haU and made his escape. The only plunder the intruder secured was Mrs. Egan’s purse, whioh she had left on the dresser. Iu contained about sixty centg. Those Busy Thieves. On Thursday night burglars broke into the residence of Joseph Sillsbe, on Pros pect street, H o llis, and stole a gold plated watch and som e small articles of jewelry. The thieves gained an entrance to the house by one of the kitchen win dows. On Thursday night thieves stole about 500 feet o f telephone wire from the poles o! the New York and New Jersey Tele phone company at Ozone Park. Accidentally shot Himself* William Magenheimer, aged 17 years, of CoIIego Point, w a s seriously injured Monday by the premature discharge of a revolver. The weapon was ruBty and the trigger would n o t work. Suddenly the trigger snapped and the bullet entered the palm of Magenheimer’s left hand, in flicting an ugly wound. Attached by Epilepsy. About noon Monday Mrs. Margaret Pike, aged 73 years* an inm a te of St. Catharine’s Home, Amityvllle, while walking throgh Twombly place, Jamaica, w a s attacked by epllepBy. She fell and received a laoerated wound over the left eye. She w a s removed to the Jamaica Hospital. Q a e e n s Bereugfct T a x R a t e The corrected tax rate for the borough o f Queens is 2 35702. In 1900 the rate was 2 3416, an increase o f .086 for this year. The rate o f increase Is sm a ller in Queens than in any of the other five bor oughs of Greater New York. WANTED TD GET MARRIED. Applied to Southold Girls and Was Told to Get Ont. Some tim e ^ g o several girls of South old received letters through the mail from a man who in m o st loving terms extended to them offers of marriage. One in particular was annoyed by this would-be benedict. Presents were sent her and w h ile at first little attention was paid to it, the annoyance was so persis tent that the young girl became frighten ed, it is said, and went away. The writer was afterward found to be a baker who was employed In the village and is said to have hailed from near Riverhead. This man was notified that unless he ceased to annoy the young girls he m u st leave Southold. H is only reply was that he had done nothing wrong and insisted that his overtures of love to the fair maidens of Southold were well received, notwithstanding the fact that it is stated by members of the family that the young girl had never even spoken to the man. However, a few days after, the baker left town. On Tuesday of this week the baker returned to Southold and he was m et by the father o f one o f the g irls w hom he had annoyed by his letters. There w a s a rather lively tim e and the baker took the first train for Riverhead. He was g iven his choice of being arrested or of leaving town and he left. He said he w a s going to see a lawyer. “ I want to know where I am,” he said in speaking of his trouble, and talked rather wildly about his determination. It Is generally expected that more trouble will follow. The baker also ap plied to a Riverhead lawyer to go to • Southold and see the girl’s father, for be said that he only stood in the way and that h e wanted the matter fixed up right away because he wished to get married and go to Switzerland for a month. Springfield Coterie Outing. The Springfield Coterie held their twenty-fifth annual outing to Roekaway Beach on Wednesday. Notwithstanding the rain in the morning the cars of the special train were well filled with excur sionists. Many went in the afternoon to the beach by the trolley cars, and at five o’clock, fully fifteen hundred peo ple were at Philip’s where the Coterie spent the day. The outing was in every way a success. There was a bowling match during the afternoon for prizes. A gold watch was won by Nathaniel W atts of Springfield, 64 years old, who made a score of 82 out of a possible 90. A gold locket was won by Coles Hendrick son, by a score of 85. Tw o Boys 1111**1 ng. The police of the Astoria precinct have sent out an alarm for Frederick New- heim, 17 years old, of 121 Ridge street, Astoria. The boy left his home on July 30 to go to the Presbyterian Hospital to see a relative and has not been seen or heard from since that day. He is 5 feet 3 inches high and weighs about 135 pounds and has fair hair and complexion and gray eyes. He wore a dark sack suit and a gray derby hat nd tan lace shoes. The police of the Newtown precinct would like to find William Nelson, col ored, who is m issing from his home there. He is 14 years old and his legs are deformed. State Bankers’ Outing. The oijfing of Group Y n of the New York State Bankers’ A ssociation will take place at Bay Shore, on Wednesday, Aug ust 14. This group includes the hankers of Brooklyn and Long Island. Sylvester M. Gxiswold is chairman of Group YII and Hiram R. Smith of the Bank o f Rock ville Center i s secretary and treasurer. The executive committee consists of Walter E. Frew of tbe Queens County Bank, H. J. Oidring of the M echanics’ and Traders’ Bank, Brooklyn; Joseph Dyker of the Flushing Bank, C. H. Rob erts of the Schermerhorn Bank and H . E. Hutchinson of the Brooklyn Bank. Farmers After the Pedlers. A number ot Long Island farmers, a s sisted by a dozen grocerymen, have or ganized an association whieh has for its object the regulating of prices to prevail at Wallabout Market. I t will also take a strong stand against pedlars, ahd will endeavor to secure legislation regulating the granting o f franchises. At a m eeting of the fam ers in Jamaica, it w a s unani mously agreed that steps should be taken at once to s e e that pedlers get out the right kind of licenses, and that an end should be put to half a dozen men work ing under one permit. T h e H o llis P o s t Office? Charles R. Haviland w a s on Thursday appointed postm a ster a t H o llis in place of L. H. Baldwin, resigned. Mr, Bald win is about disposing of h is drug b u si ness and Mr. Haviland haa consented to accept the appointment o n ly until Octo ber 1st, when th e free delivery s y s tem will bq established. „ • Q u e e a s C o n n ty H o t e l R o H « d . The Queens County hotel at Flushing avenue and the old B f \cry B a y road, and opposite S t. M ichw Cemetery L ong Island city, w a s enjfe d by burglars Tuesday night. T h e f l p t a w ay with all the entire stock of Uqufra and cigars In the barroom and must havo oomc in a wagon. NEW FILIPINO JUNTA. Leaders Start From Manila to Visit Maivar. IRSURGENTS KILL CAVALRYMEN. r * o Americans Dead as a Resolt of a Five Hour Battle In Batons;** Province — Rebel* Eicape — Cattle Plague Raging. Manila, Aug. 9 . — S everal Filipino leaders have left here for a visit to tho camp of General M aivar for the pur pose of form ing a local junta and de ciding upon a policy as against that dictated at present by th e insurgent junta a t Hongkong. Captain Brown of the F irst U n ited States cavalry, w ith Troops L and M of th a t regim ent and a com p any of tho Twenty-first infantry, had a five honrm* fight in B a tangas province W ednesday with the insurgent fore* com manded by M aivar. Tw o cavalrym en w e r e kill ed. The insurgents escaped. General Sumner has returned from Batangas. H e states that the recent American re-enforcements are m o st ac tive, but tbe troops had not succeeded in engaging Malvar’s men up to the tim e he left. The insurgents had tem porarily retired. Taft Holds a Coaference. Governor T a ft held a conference y e s terday w ith the governors o f Panay ind the Camarines and officers o f vari ous places on the island o f Luzon in regard to the financial situation. For the purpose of relieving the present trouble it w a s arranged that the cen tral treasury shall advance funds suffi cient to cover im m ediate necessary provincial im p rovem ents and also to restock the num erous districts w h ich have been im p o v erished through tho prevalence of rinderpest am ong the cattle and the plague o f locusts. Cattle plague in the provinces o f Ca marines, Capiz, Iloilo and Pam p a n g a has decimated the carabaos, and the planters are unable to cultivate their c r o p s . Civil Governor T a ft has author ized the governors of the affected prov inces to open public works in order to prevent suffering. Carabaos havo also been shipped at the governm ent’s ex pense and furnished to reliable farm ers on long term paym ents. A civilian hospital Is being organised. Tw o surgeons have been detailed to at tend the civil em ployees and their fam ilies. Three Filipinos, members of the ad visory city council, have resigned be cause their com p ensation w a s only $10 for the m onthly m eeting. Judge K incaid is sentencing to th e lim it of the law those convicted o f tor turing prisoners to extort evidence. The Lexington Street Gar Strikt. Lexington, K y ., Aug. 9.— N o tw ith standing th e presence of policem en on street cars acts of violence continue. George MeComas, one of th e strikers, w a s caught after throw ing a s w itch for the second tim e last night and w a s ar rested. A hedvy w ire w a s tied across the tracks at the height o f the motor- man’s neck, being fastened to the tele graph poles. Fortunately th e car w h ich passed first had heavy iron posts in front, which saved the motorman. Arc light and light circuit w ires have b e ta cut. Nonunion men are jeered at by strikers and sympathizer*. , . t Notices Served on Carter. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 9 —A depu ty United States m arshal visited the fedei-al penitentiary a t F o r t Leaven worth yesterday and served form a l le gal notice on Oberlin M. Garter o f the tw o su its instituted against him in N e w Jersey and N e w York by tbe gov ernm ent for the recovery of property. W h en the notices w e re read to Carter and copies of the papers w e r e l e f t w ith him, he remarked: “I expected this. My attorneys w ill represent me. T h e papers w ill be sen t to them .” Carter - w ill not, it is said, bo perm itted to go Q oast. UitrlBc Boer Spy. Pretoria, Aug. 9.—A Boer spy, be lieved to be a resident of Pretoria, w h o took the oath of neutrality and after ward rejoined his commando, entered the tow n yesterday morning. Three policemen started out to arrest him. The spy, who w a s back of tbe door o f ii house, drew a pistol and shot th e po licemen, severely w o u n d ing them . H e then m ade his escape. T h e B r itish op erations in the Heilbron district have m et w ith considerable success. Forty prisoners Were captured. i 1 A Cuba* Artillery Corps, j H a v a n a , Aug. 9.—A Cuban artillery corps is to be formed. It w ill consist of 15© w h ite Cubans and w ill be re*' eruitod under the sam e condition* a* ^ to qualifications that obtain In th * ' United States so far as these w ill ap-} ply. The corps w ill be stationed a t Cabanas. T h e m e n w ill b* taught to handle and take care o f artillery and} w ill be qualified to take charge o f tho guns there w h en the Americano leave.? They w ill be enlisted for tw o years. I F a t a l Storm l a N ew R a g la n d . { Portsmouth, N. H ., Aug. 9.—T h e moot disastrous windstorm since th e stun-l mer of 1898, when a pavilion a t Hamp-1 ton Beach was demolished and several! persons killed, passed OT«r here, cans-* lug the death o f two persons 0 0 &mv-| er’s island and Injuring h a l f * doom others. The dead art N n . L. II. ltea-1 ley of Hew York, W ife o f H o w a rd B A H ealey, a m e W t o f t i e mavai band
