inand the surrender of all shlne lnterned *n

Eastern water. which may be another Item off-

eetting indemnity.

A NOTE OF PESSIMISM.

Unconfirmed Rumors of a Hitch in

Negotiations.T_* Amv'T rr'f-

Washington. June 13.-A not- of pessimism -.*»»

filaoTnible to-night in the tone of the discussion

of the negotiations for peace in the Far East.'_ __ <,-_._»..«<__nshi* _»t th's time, no per-80 far as ¦ ascertamaoie st m_ l»,_\- "_"

. ____- ,..*.<. *n_ .v.p cUr _r>_ Ition thatsr_ar.er.r «n~-_r._ exists _or mo *uv*~

the negottotions are not proceedlng favorably.It is reallaed in both go\-ernmental and diplo-matic quarter. that. until the two belltgerentsactually are brought together on a common

basis of understanding. the possibility of

hltch must be taken into account.

Among membe/B of the dlplomatic corps the

formal responrse of the Russlan government to

tne President's appeal for a ceesatlon of hos¬

tilitles was received with keen Interest. lt was

made the subject of a conference at the Whlte

House to-day between the President and Min¬

ister Takahira. The details of the conferencewere not disclosed. but to-night Minister Taka¬

hira intimated strongly that the negotiationswere proceedingly smoothly. In other dlplo¬matic quarters it was suggested that possibly a

too optimistic view of the situation generaUywas being taken. This idea. coupled with the

call at the President's request. of M. Jusserand.the French Ambassador. at the White House to-

night led to the rumor. extensively circulated,that something akin to a hitch in the peace pro¬

ceedings actually had occurred.Ambassador Jusserand. after the conference.

said it would be discourteous to the Presldentfor him to discuss the nature of his interview.A-ked whether a hitch had occurred ln the

peace negotiations. he replied that he had heardof none. adding that the question of peace was

not the principal subject of co.isideration at theconference.

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BARON DE ROSEN AT EMBASSY.

Guest of Mr. M'Cormick.Financial Circles

Expect Peace.Paris. June 13..Baron de Rosen. the recently

appolnted Russlan Ambassador to the UnltedStates. and Baroness de Rosen were entertalnedat luneheon at the American Embassy to-day byAmbassador and Mrs. McCormick. Althoughthe meeting was purely social, for the purposeof renewing an acquaintanee made at St. Peters¬

burg, much interest attached to it ln connectlonwlth the American peace inltiative and the partBaron de Rosen probably will take in its execu-

tlon. The two Ambassadors went over the situa¬

tion. but the result of their conversatlon remains

private.Satlsfaction prevails generaUy with the prog-

re_ s of the peace prelimlnaries. but there ls

pesslmlsm concerning the parties agreeing on

final terms. Financial circles seem to have no

such fears. Russians were unusually strong on

the Bourse to-day, advancing to the highestpoint in many months. Flnanciers took an

optimistic view of the success of the peacemovement, but the Moroeco question causeduneaslness and in a certain measure checkedthe advance. Russian imperial 4s were quotedat 90 and Russlan bonds of 1904 at 505.

SECRETARY TAPT IN WASHINGTON.

Cancels New-York Engagement Owing to

Press of Business.Washlngton. Jun* Yi..Secretary Taft returneel

Y.ere to-nig"r.t firom .Yest Point, where he attendedthe graduating exerclses of the Military Academy.Becretary Taft had planned to attend the compli-mentary dinner given to former AmbassadorChoate by the Union League Ciub in New-Tork Cltyto-r.isht, but had cancelled the engagement onaccount of pressure of official business here. The*.._.n reason was his desire to conclude the consid-.ration of the Bowen-Loomls case, ln connectlon-. ith which he expects to hear A. L. Barber, of thiscity. and another witness to-morrow.

SANK BRITISH STEAMER.

Russian Cmittr D&troycd the StKilda in China Sea.

Singapore. June 13..The Russian auxillarycruiser Dnieper, formerly the St. Petersburg,recently stopped the Dutch steamer Flores, fromAmsterdam for Batavia, in the Strait ofMalacca and transferred to her forty-one of theChlnese crew and the mails beionging to theBritish steamer St. Kilda, from Hong Kong,captured by the Dnieper with contraband onboard and eunk in the China Sea. The Europeanofflcers of the St. Kilda returned here on boardthe Dnieper.

The Dnieper formerly belonged to the Russianvolunteer fleet ln the Black Sea, and as the St.Petersburg. her former name. passed through theBoeporua as a merchantman in July, 1904. At PortSaid she took on board a Red Sea pilot and passedthrough the Buez Canal under the Russian mercan-tile flag. A short time afterward the St. Petersburgcaptured the Peninsular and Oriental LJne steamerMalacca. which was sent to Algiere wlth a Russianprize crew on board. The matter was taken up lnthe House of Commons. with the result that theRussl*.i government ordered the release of theS_^_f^i.^d_!..nt.*nBtructions against interferencewith forelgn shipping.

"V-HAT A CRmE"To Talk Against Coffee.

To an ambitlous student an ailment that in_xerreres with school and study ls very hard to

tw^JITH?1- yOU_.r s*rl In -Oetroit. who had beenpoisoned by coffee. is now pursuing her studiesiLSf ieC. h_"alt .V Probably the coffee cham-pions feei she should have continued to suf¬fer and Kept on with the coffee. Dut now andnn^.^.T6 ar

_,»«lf-wi»ed creatures who lnsist_h_*-5!i25 ^e" b/ teav>»* °« coffee. desertingthe^ topers rank&" and joiulng the Postum

"From early chlldhood till a year ago I waa

^?ti^^TarWJ^Z that WM doinB the m'schief. I be¬came very nervous. and suffered so much fromrro'rLTv^^f th.at i l0St much V-Se Um.from my school and studies. The doctor couldgive me no relief-he probably did not suspectthe coffee any more than I dld «-uspect

*Jl°.l* dE_-'I went-to v-8it a friend. and the cof¬fee they had on their table tasted so good thatI asked what kind lt was. and thev to?d me Uwas Postum Food Coffee. My friend said tha.her mother had been a nei-VoS wrS fromdrtr.klng the old klnd of coffee. but had be<£n_Btored to health by quittlng it and drinklSPostum. The whole famlly were enthus?ast£about Postum and advised me to try it"1 am glad they did; for lt has g|ven me backand dld not hke it. but we soon learned how to_.__$* t- uand _?w we al1 *>***** il to the oldkind. I have dlscovered that to sUr a beaten-_ ::. rr.e warm milk we use instead of cream

Coffee* JDO*t deUcIous flavo*" to Postum Food

^r"41°?i th? V ¦'_?' began ~° UEe Postumn*-. 1 _..;? rh_ t~ j altogether) my healthiiEUr }£JmJ_T_tv*- ..*'",' h_adaches ceased on the

^iave never returned, my ner-vousness h_ ;d. and myK -__' , ~_._--_--._ -_-vv_li-u, b__'__ mvtram seems i_.v:gorat#d ar.d rr. ngthened. and_nt.?.n°W *°ie-t0 ftUdy fr0""' 4 ln '' hou~'6 *..trw *

8° 8n<5 feel n° bad "ffA','£-

"M^y eunt w?.p si>k for flve v#»_.r« e-n-r, _,_.»___.r n'_ni. t. \_ .

jears rrom coffeero;?onlr.g H anm* hard work to eet her tn o-tvaup the b.verag.. i..:, , ...... .....

to us- Postum FV. _d r.,_U' ,-. .'.^e aVnfost. t ence. and is no-v en.: .ylr.r ;.r.. .... r.-,"- N^m.f!ven I y Postum Co.. Battle^r. k Ml'ch!__-. days' trial proves "Th. rc;s a reason."

lOYAMA'S LINES ADVANCE.

Two CoJumns Move Northuard.¦Russian Attacks Rcpulsed.

St. Petersburg, June 13..General Linevitch. Ina dispatch to the Emperor dated June 12. says:

The Japanese began an attack June 9, ad-vancing with a column composed of infantry.cavairy and mountain and machine guns, alongthe Mandarin Road. Another column, conslstingof Infantry and artillery. advanced eimultane-ously along the valley eastward of the MandartnRoad, and oo June 10 ccupi- the hills on theright bank of the Kud River, northward of thevillages of Li_u-Chr_]it-Cben and Kan-Dao-He.

Tokio. June 13..lt ls officiaUy reported thaton June 11 some mixed columns of Russlantroops attacked in the vicinitles of Tinge-Cheng,Erh-Shlh-Li-Pao and Shu-Fang-Tal. All theattacks were repulsed. The losses are not stated.

CONDITIONAL CONTRABAND.

Russia Practically Admits Principle in theCase of Cotton.

St. Pef-T-hurg, June 13..The written decisionof the High Admiralty Court. handed down to¬

day, admits the principle of ronditional contra-

band in the case of cotton and tlmber. The de¬

cision avoids a d'.rect enunclation of the condi-tional principle. but in Justifying the conSscationboth of cotton and timber in the case of the Brit¬ish steamer Calchas, argues that the clrcum¬stances create a fair inference that the formerwas destined for the use of the arsenal at Kobsfor the manufacture of explosives. and that thelatter was intended for use in Japanese militaryand railroad telegraphs.

MORE RIOTS IN POLAND.

Many Killed at Brest-Litovsk.AWarning to Warsaw.

Warsaw. June 13..-An outbreak of rloting at

Brest-Litovsk in which, according to report.many persons were killed or wounded. originatedin a eonfllct between Jews and reserves boundfor the Far East. The soldlers are said to havelooted stores. and the Jews ln defending thelr

property are alleged to have flred on the troops,who returned the fire. The town is now occu¬pied by the military.

In consequence of rumors that a generalstrike has been planned to take piace here to-morrow the authorlties have issued a proclama-tion ordering the people not to gather in thestreets, and warning them that the troops willbe ordered to flre in case of dlsturbances.

Brest-Litovsk is a town of Russian Poland, 131miles south of Grodno at the junction of two mainrailroads. Warsaw to Moscow and KSnlgsberg to

Odessa. The populatlon is about 40,000.

GERMAN PLAN REFUSED.

Report That England and AmericaWill Uphold France.

London. June 13..Great Britain, as one of thepowers signatory to the Madrid Convention of1880, in answer to the request of the Sultan ofMoroeco to join an international conference forthe consideration of the Moroccan question, hasannounced that Its preference is not to take anypart in the conference unless such action wouldbe satlsfactory to France.The Unlted States has taken the same stand,

the two powers being in accord wlth Francethat such a conference would not be the bestway of promotlng urgent reforms ln Moroeco.

AWAITING FRANCE'S DECISION.

Germany's Explanation of the Action ofAmerica and Great Britain.

Beriin, June 13..The German Foreign Office.taking cognizance of a dispatch from Washing¬ton to "The London Times," saying the UnltedStates and Great Britain have declined the ln-vitatlon of the Sultan of Moroeco to send dele¬gates to a conference on reforms for Moroeco,announces that these powers have not declinedthe Invltation, but have only Indicated that theywill wait until it is seen what France will do.Premier Rouvier still holds the matter underconsideration, and the Foreign Offlce does notventure to epeculate on France's decision.

IJDSE EARS IN SUBWAY.

Two Men Badly Burned by ShortCircuiting of Power Cables.

Peter Gr'ffin. of No. 214 East 84th-st.. and JosephMurtha. of Xo. 983 Columbus-ave.. were badlyburned yesterday by the short circuiting of fourcables, each with a capacity of 24.000 volts of elec-tricity, at 146th-6t. and Broadway. Both menwould have been roasted alive but for the timelyaid of a sw1tchma_n, who heard the noise andturned off the current. As lt was. the e_rs andhair of the men 'were burned off. They were re¬moved to the J. Hood Wrlght Hospltal for treat¬ment. and later to thelr homes.Both men were worklng in a manhole at the

time the cable short clrcuited. wrapplng the powercables in asbestos insulating material. No onecan tell just what happened except that the cablesshort clrcuited. throwlng out the full power of24.000 volts of electriclty against the men.

JEALOUSY BETWEEN EXPLORERST

Wallace's Sister Beclares Mrs. HubbardThinks He Is Overlooking Her Rights.

(BT TBLTOJIAPH TO THK TRIBt"_-__._Ottawa, Juna 18..Dillon Wallace and Mrs Leon-

ldas Hubbard are conductlng separate explorationtrlps to Labrador. Miss Wallace, sister of DillonWallace. has Just returned from Newfoundlajid toHalifax. and there declared that Mrs. Hubbardwae Jealous of Wallace; that she felt that, in pub-lishing "The Lure of the Labrador Wild" and go¬ing on wlth the present expeditlon. he was doingsomething that should be hers. Mis6 Wallace addsthat her brother had no idea, when ln Halifax, ofMrs. Hubbard's intentlon of startlng an expeditlon,but bellev. d he would be w'thin hls rights in keep¬ing on with the adventurous work by taking theHarlaw direct from Halifax for GillisDort, Labra¬dor. Instead of going by way of St. John's. N. F..as he is doing. Mrs. Hubbard will be on the trallseveral days ahead of Wallace, who cannot getaway from St. John's before Thursday.

SENATOR MITCHELL'S TRIAL.

Eederal Court Overmles Demurrer to LandFraud Indictment.

PortlaDd. Ore.. June 13.Judge De Haven, of theFederal Court. to-day overruled the demurrer ofBenator John H. Mltcbell to the Indictment charg-lng him wlth using hls ofliee tor private gain.The court set next Tuesday for the Senator'strial.

CAN TRY STANDARD BUT ONCE A YEAR

Kentucky Court of Appeais Quashes Over a

Thousand Indictments After Fir3t One.FYankfort. Ky.. June 13.The Kentucky Court of

Appeals to-day in afflrmlng the Judgment of theJessamlne County and Henry County Clrcult courtsin the case of the Commonwealth against theStandard Oll Company (the Standard having beenlndlcted numerous times for vlolatlon of the lawr-qulring pedlers" license 7*or oil wagons), holdathat convlctlon on one Indictment was a bar toprosecutlon under indictments covering the subse-quent period of the llcense year. The decision dls-poses of more than a thousand Indictments in theState.

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THE SINKING OF THE GRACIE M.Ottawa, Jur.e 13..The Marine Department to-day

received the following telegram from ^ommar.'crSpain, who went to Port Stanley to lnvestigatsthe -lnkiug of the Amerl'-an tug Gra. le M. by theCf-ttMf Vlgilant:Not the slifhtest doubt about tug be'.ng fmnk. ln

'"a...£idian waters. utie mlie and a. haif InsMt iheboundary. She wa. actually flshii.jr -!-:-i^hied. Have taken ai! btarinjjs a;.j disiancea.

ATTACK ON WASHINGTON.One Warship (Construeiively) Sunk

.Honors it ith the Forts.Fort Hunt. V_ June 13.-The first gun in

defence of Washlngton was flred by one of the

8-inch batteries of Fort Hunt at 0:11 ****

to-night. The target was one of Admiral Dlck-

ins's squadron. apparently a cruiser. She hnd

just rounded Marsball's Point. about three BUWI

below the fort, proceeding slowly up the J».That she was an "enemy" was indicated by a

signal from one of the forfs 60-inch search-

llghts. After the initial flre the shooting b--

came general and ln ..!_ minutes was taken uP

by Fort Washington's 12-lnch batterfes. -<ot a

reply came from the warship, and when the

required number of shots from the fort had

been flred to construeiively put the ship out of

action the firing ceased.The craft proceeded calmly upstream. and

when she reached the mine fields. a little below

the forts, boats were manned. A harvest «f

mlnes was quickly gathered. but not before the

rapid flre guns of the forts and occasionally an

8-inch gun had scored at the closer range. The

ship returned the flre at a lively rate for severalminutes. She was thought to be the gunboatSiren, or Hornet. The eonditlons for the defoncewere Ideal. Again the fire ceased and the crait

slowly turned and fioated down stream, lea\mgthe zone of action at 10:15 o'elock.At 11 o'elock three of Admiral Dlekms s tor-

pedo boats rounded MarshaU's Pomt and maaea dash for the mine flelds. They were at once

under the fire of the forts. The three boats WJBWfollowed by four monitors and a cruiser. Ihe

actlon lasted twenty-flve minutes and was most

picturesque. The monitors all had searchlights.which they used. As the gunners got the rangeof one ship, another ship would indieate her

presence through the dense smoke by a flastiand a bang. ,

The torpedo boat destroyers were all dark. ana

they spat spltefully at the lower searchllght ofFort Hunt, and then wlth constant flashes fromtheir sides, ran between the two fortiflcationson thelr way to Washington. There was no

break ln the single flle procession in the Poto-mac Channel, for the whole fleet went by. Wbenthe monitors were in front of the forts theirsearchlights were flashed into the sky, as werethose of the forts. The sky became overcaatwlth clouds and smoke. Then sounded from theforward monitor the bugle to cease firing, andin silence and once more in darkness the fleetmaintalned its course toward the national cap¬ital.Fort Monroe. Va., June 13.For the third time

in twenty-four hours the Texas. the Hartfordand the Hornet were constructively sunk to-

night. The third attack on the Chesapeake for¬tiflcations 'began to-night at 9:35, and heavyfiring was maintalned by both fleet and fortsfor almost half an hour.

CHINESE BOYC0TT SERIOITS.

Bad Outlook for American Products in NorthChina.

Tien-Tsin, June 13..The boycott of Americangoods by the Chinese gutlds is dally assumingmore serlous proportions. The guilds havequietly determined to carry the boycott through,and the aspect for American manufacturers israther gloomy. The native newspapers are re-

fusing advertisements of American goods.

MAY RECOi-SIDER SALE.Board of Estimate Did Not KnowConditions of Montauk Purchase.There is a strong probability that the sale of

the Montauk Theatre plot to the city will bereconsldered by the Board of Estimate and Ap¬portlonment, pending a further investigation ofits value. As explained in The Tribune yester¬day, Controller Grout favors the payment of$500,000 to the owners of the theatre for abouttwo-thlrds of the area, the one-third remainingin the hands of the company being by far themore valuable for store purposes. This givesthe plot an appraised value of about $700,000.while the city for taxation purposes assessed itat only $300,000.The most surprising feature of the transac-

tion is that some of the members of the Boardof Estimate did not understand that the citywa_s paying $500,000 for only two-thirds of theplot. They assumed that the clty was gettlngall of lt.

"In such matters," said Borough PresldentLittleton yesterday, "we always take the recom-mendations made by the Controller's experts.Since the purchase was authorlzed, my attentlonhas been drawn to the fact that the resolutlonfor the purchase of the property dld not take inall the lot owned by the Montauk company. Ifihls fact was brought out at the meeting of theBoard of Estimate and Apportlonment, I did notnotice it. In view of the criticism, I think theController will move to reconslder the aetioi.taken by the board."Controller Grout yesterday gave out a letter

received by the Finance Department from As¬sistant Corporation Counsel Sterling. The lettersays, in part:Ezra Bushnell. the expert who has prepared to

testify in this proceedlng, as to the value of theparcel, says the entire land, Including the parceltaken, is worth $413,866 80; the value of the landnot taken is $94,413 5f>. The part taken is worth$319.463 30. The building, which is considereda total destruction. is worth $230,000. The totalvalue of land and building is $549.453 30.A builder says that to reproduce the buildinj

would take $254,797 12.

AT THE STATE CAMP.

Seventh Regiment Has Busy Dayat Peckskill.

Peekskill Btate Camp, June 13 (Special)..Grayblouses and white trousers have again made thelrappearance after the stonn. The uniform aboutwhich so much traditlon dear to the 7th lingera wasworn bv sentrles on post during the day, and thelong. steady line at evenlng parade to-night, withCelonel Appleton as reviewing offlcer and LieutenantColonel Wllliam H. Kip and Major Willard C.Fisk as battalion commanders. was a beautifulsight. To the visltor lt was the old 7th once more;but even when ln the olive drab there are apparentform and dlscipline that mark the 7th as the regi¬ment that once always wore the gray.The regiment has had an exeeptionally busy day.

Tent trenching snd camp drainage came withlnthe purvlew of its week's instruction. but the stormthat now seems happily over has given both unex-

pected prominence. The now le\-el plain, uponwhich the tents are piiched. affo.ds no naturaldrainage. and the ditches dug yesterday answeredall purposes for yesterday's showers. But a littleafter 1 o'clocok to-dav. unheralded save by thosudden sprlnging up of a hlgh wind, a drenchingstorm swept down out of the northwest. Thecamp had been thoroughly policed during themorning. and some of the street dralns partiallyfilled, but even thoae that were open did not ac-commodate the quantlty of water that fell. Thestorm was brlef. but immediately on its passlngFlrst Lieutenant George S. Tcwle. of Company D.regimental englneer ofllcer, and Lieutenants Stotes-bury and Kipp, battalion engineers. laid out asystem of street dralns, which have been con-structed this afternoon. Into these will drain thewater from the tent trenches, and, it is believed,even a oloudburst would not now dleturb the regl¬ment.

.¦AUTO'' TANK EXPLODES.An automobile driven by John J. Mattlce. a

chauffeur, of No. 671 6th-ave.. was upset ln a col¬iision wlth a southbound 8th-ave. car at 148th-stlast nlght. Mattlce escaped with ellght brulsesTh gasolena in the machine exploded, and the re-

tultlng flre destroyed the automobile before thearrlval of the Flre D.partment. Mattlce was run¬nlng in the eame dlreeUon as the car. and turnedacross the street ln front of it.A heavy touring automobile, In which were

<~"harles Seabury and John A. Eads. of Moiit.iMorjls; Florence Campbell. of No. 2,096 Lexlngton-ave.. and Conrad J. Arnold. of No. 1,106 BostonRoad, at 136th-st. and Bth-ave- at.empt.d to dodg«fn front of a south r-. m <i '~ar Th- Mf ?tr_. k thetonneau of th- _WH_WBdbfl-. smashing It. but r- .in-jurlng the passengers.

BROOKLYN FOR FUSION.TO FIGHT TAMMANY.

Citizenf. Union Mildly Rebuked byKings Republicans.

The Kings County Republican organization cameout for fusion last nlght, at the same time mildlyrehuking the Citizens Union for apparently seeklngthe asslstance of Tammany Hall in making up atlcket. The Kings County Republican General Com¬mittee at its June meeting, held in the JohnstonBulldlng. passed resolutions calllng on ali anti-Tammanv organlzatlons to unlte "wlth us In thecoming fall campaign for the purpose of rescuingthe municipal government from th_ hands of Tam¬many Hall.'' Mlchael J. Dady. Elections Commls¬sloner. who occuples a commanding positlon in theorganization, says he is in favor of nominatlng ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren of Brooklyn for Mayor.

It was decided that a committee. cons:sting ofex-Lleutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodniff andMr. Dady, in addition to one member from each ofthe seven Senate districts. be chosen to meet andconfer wlth a!l the commlttf-es appointed by otheranti-Ta_mmany organiz .tions "who beiieve in anhonest and upright municipal administratlon forthe purpose of preparing a plan of procedure forthe coming campaign." Frederio E. Gunnlson. vice-chairman of the county committee. who pre»lded inthe absence of tho president ln Europe. says that ltwill be two or three days before he names the mem¬bers of the committee.Referrlng to the fact that ln the last three

municipal campaigns the Citizens Unlon has cailedtogether all the anti-Tammany organlzations tofltfht against the followers of Charles F. Murphy.and that this year lt has sent its declaration ofprinclples to Tammany Hall. the resolutlon says:.¦?!.. __3f_3 tne P°8ition we have occupied wlth?h._T ""-Tammany organizations during the last,*L_/_ ***_**_§** should be contlnued and main-S,*- ,we are of the oPinion that all citizens ofBrooklyn irrespectlve of party afflliations, beiievethat control of our municipal government by Tam-Hl^Sy .h eithe,r in whole or in part. would notinure to the maintaining of the princlples abovedeclared and which we have during three cam¬paigns supportea to the best of our ability.The resolutions were Introduced by Jaoob Bren¬

ner. chairman of the executive committee, andwere adopted without debate. It is an lndicationthat Michael J. Dady and Mr. Brenner. who have.up tp this time, been in favor of a straight Re-pubjican tlcket, have had a change of heart. Theyintepd, however, to stand out flrmly for a Republi¬can to head the tlcket. Although the Brooklyn or¬ganization is not yet readv to come out ln sup¬port of Mr. Schieren for Mayor, Mr. Dady andmost of the other leaders are united in tho beliefthat he would be the strongest candidate.Mr. Dady had a conference wlth ex-Governor

Odell yesterday afternoon. but said that he didnot mentlon Mr. Schieren's name to him. as tt wasnot yet time. He dld te'l Mr. Odell that he wasa candidate for Railroad Commissioner. and arguedwlth him that that one of the appointments shculdcome to this clty. What Mr. Odell had to say inreply Mr. Dady would not repeat.

M'CABBJEN MEN DISGKUNTLED.

Appointment of Condemnation Commission-ers Too Impartial to Suit Them.

Followers of Senator McCarren will get littlecomfort out of the appointment of condemnationcommissioners In twenty-one street opening pro¬ceedings by Justiee Kelly ln the Supreme Court.Brooklyn, yesterday. Although several McCarreiimen received places. an equal number of anti-Mc-Carren men were favored.Among the latter ls Bingham T. WUson. the blt-

ter enemy of McCafren ln the 14th Assembly Dis¬trict. On the same commission is Walter C. Bur-ton, a McCarren man. Several Republicans re¬ceived appointments from Justiee Kelly. much tothe dlsgust of both Democratic factions.

MORE MONEY.OAKLEY

Says Mains May Burst at Any Time.Subway Traffic Resumed.

Commissioner Oakley of the Department of WaterSupply, Gas and Electrlclty says that a break inone of the city's blg water mains like the one

ot 41st-st. and Park-ave. on Sunday is likely to

happen at any time. He has several thousand menin his department. two Tammany district leaders,besides himself, ln hls offlce In the Park Row Bulld¬lng, three emergency gangs ln Brooklyn, wherethere are no subways running, but none in Manhat¬tan, where the danger of breaks ls Imminent. andhis only remedy for the situation is.more money.When the Darlington Hotel smash took piace,

Superintendent Hopper asked for more money.When the frost went out of the mortar and slxor seven buildings co'.lapsed last March. Mr. Hop-pcr's remedy was a dernand for lE-i.OOO for more

Inspectors. When flre killed a dozen people ln an

Allen-st. tenement and if was found that the lawhad not been enforced by Commissioner Craln. thatofflcial's remedy was a demand on the Board ofEstimate for $250,ono for more inspectors.Commissioner Oakley says he could do better ln

shutting oft gates when the mains burst lf he hadabout *«,000 for thf- remainder of this year anddouble that sum for next year. It has not occurredto him. apparently, that the Board of Estimate and

Apportlonment has power to transfer one of the

emergency gangs from Brooklyn to Manhattan.He denied yesterday that Mayor McClellan hadasked him to resign, and he said:

The whole fault rests with the subway builders.They weakened the mains. and before we had offl-clalH- aecepted the rebullt main from the RapidTransit Commission's contractors it burst. The menwho patrolled the new work from Saturday nighttill Sunday morning at 5 o'elock assumed that if themain was"going to break at all it would break soon

after the water was turned on. We have the affl-davits of the n~.cn that the work was patrolled formore than four hours after the water was turnedon and it seemed to be all right. lf we hademergencv corps soattered around as thev have inBrooklvn" the water could have been shut offnromotiy The damage was caused by not gettingthe water shut off promptiy. It is a case of hardluck ior this department. We have had more thanour share of it.

In a letter to the Mayor yesterday CommlsslonerOakley said:

I have al-eady ordered the preparatlon of a com¬

plete set of the plans of our distributlon system,showing the location of mains. gates. hydrants.ete which I shall furnish to the Fire Commls¬sloner. The break of last Sunday is the third laxgoone we have experienced. and due to the work. ofthe subway. the two prevlous ones having been atS6th-st and .lst-st., and there is reason to fearthat slmilar breaks may be experienced hereafter.In view of this danger. the imperative necesslty

of providing without further delay the emergencygangs. for which approprlations were asked by mein my communication to the Board of Estimate ofJanuary 16 and March 30. 190_ ls apparent. Whileit is true that the aid of the Fire Departmentmay be of value in certain cases. if we nave ourown men on watch. it is not likely that such aidwill be needed, and the delay of last Sunday m

getting men to shut off the gates would not againbe experienced.Accompanylng Mr. Oakley's letter was a report

from Chief Engineer I. M. De Varona, deftly ex-

plalnlng why the department took nearly flvehours to shut off the water on Sunday.After a break in the express service of thlrty-slx

hours. the Subway was restored to complete use at3:25 o'elock yesterday morning. Yesterday the sub¬way trains were carrylng thelr usual number ofpassengers.One result of the accident. the presence of water

over the floor of the tunnel for biocks north andsouth of the point at which the flood entered. hasbeen tho emphasizlng to a great degree of the badodor which has been prevalent ln the subway sin. e

warm weather began.

MISSING: ONE MEXICAN PAROQUET.

Last Seen on Top of St. Patrick's, ChortlingJoyously.

Somewhere tn this broad land a Mexican paro-quet ls chuckling to himself and thanklng his starshe ls now a bird of the air again, free to roam ashe wills. The bird may be glad. but qot so MraGabrlel Morton, who, wlth her husband. has apart¬ments at the Bucklngham. Her husband bought ltln Mexlco several years ago.Yesterday morning the window ln the Morton

apartments was open. The bird was a wise one.In a moment he wlnged himself through it and thenext moment perchefi on the south splre of theOathedral. There was a scream. then crowds. Thescream came from Mrs. Morton. The crowd be¬came blgger and noisler, the bird se .rned more

MOtmt Suddenly he seemed to nnd a fond fare-well to the Bucklngham. then he flapped hls wlngsand flew as only a Mexican paroquet can. MrsMorton was dleconfolate Sh, calltrd her husbandon the telephone, who, ln turn, communlcated withthe poliee. Now every "oop" on th. beat hns or-d.-rs to arrest that wi.-e old hlrd from Mexico.

REST&tfoSpecialSale of:ChildrensDresses*Spencer Dresses, made of fancy glngham, fuU

piaited skirt wlth whlte lawn waiatj6 to 14 yrs.___.».,.. _...$2.2$

Spencer Dresses, made of tan linen, full plaltedskirt with hand feather stltching, whltalawn waist; 6 to 14 yrs.$j.oo to $5.0*9according to size.

Spencer Skirts, made of fancy glngham, to beworn wlth white waists; 6to 12yrs.$1.25

Russian and Guimpe Dresses, a great variety,ir pique. linen, chambray and gingham,slightly soiled, at greatly reducedprices.

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FOR THE PUBLICSpecial Low Round Trip First Class Rates

The New York Central and West Shore Railroads will on specified dates dur¬ing the Season 1905 sell round trip tickets from Xew York as follows:To Denver, Colorado Springs, etc. and return.....$36.35 to $46.00" San Franclsco, Los Ansreles, etc.. and return.79.85 " SS.50" Portland, Seattle. etc., and return. 74.50 " 77.50" Nlagara Falls and Buffalo and return. 9.00 " 10.28" Toronto and return. 10.10 " 12.85" Indianapolis and return. 18.00 " 20.00

For pamphlet giving full information call on any Xew York Central or WeatShore ticket agent, or address

H. B. JagOe, Gen'I East. Pass'r Agent, MiltOIl C. RoaCtl, Ass't Gen. Pass'r Agent,West Shore R. R., 415 Broadway. N. Y. New York Central, 1216 Broadway, N. Y.

For a copy of "America's Summer Resports." which is Xo. 3 of the Xet- Tork Central's 'TTour-Track Series," containing a map of the territory from Denver to New Tork. Boston, Montreal aadBar Harbor inclusive, «end a two-cent stamp to G_org- H. Dantels. General Pa«se.ng»r Agent. OrandCentral Station. New Tork.

IMPOSED ON MISS GOULD.

MIDDLETON'S VENTURES.

Realty Directors' Attorney Finds

$200,000 in Worthless Bonds.Daniel A. Spelllssy, attorney for tha directors of

the New-York Realty Corporation, found yester¬day $99,000 of gold bonds issued by WiiloughbyMlddleton ar.d signed by him. He also found evi¬

dence that $100,000 in gold bonds were ln the cus-

tody of the Knlckerbocker Trust Company. AUthese bonds are worthless. but th. y represent about

$200,000 which might have been taken from the con-

fldlng public Only $1,000 of the entire stock issuedhas been sold, apparently.Mr. Spelllssy tried to get at the bonds which are

held by the trust company yesterday morning. butwas prevented by the offlcials. He sald last nightthat he had not discovered any traees of the

$1,000,000 of capital stock issued by Middleton. but

dld not beiieve much of it had been sold. He alsostated that he could flnd record3 in the books ofthe Realty Corporation of the collectlon of only$37,000. while the whole amount taken in by Middle¬ton must have been between $40.(00 and $50,000. Allmoney collected has been spent. and ihere is lessprospect than ever of the persons who have in-

vested money in the company ever r-celving a

dollar of returns. The directors of the companywlll hold a meeting at Mr. Spellissy's offlce to-day.Among those imposed on by the real estate man

was Miss Helen M. Gould. He represented him¬self as Lord Mlddleton. and arranged a receptionfor his sister, Lady Flora Huntington, at which hereported Miss Gould would act as hostess. A fewweeks ago he wrote to Miss Dunnell. his tenanton the Garth estate. a property valued at $130,000,on which he had secured an option for $1,000:Miss Gould has asked me to let her have the use

of the park around your house for the entertain¬ment of the children on Decoratlon Day and S-'veralother holidays. She states that she wishes to usethis park because of the profusion of wild flowersand also on account of the fene- around it. whichwill prevent the children from straying away. Ihave given her permlssion to use the park at alltimes.To Miss Gould he wrote on May 25:

I thank you for your letter received to-day. andI am ready to co-operate wlth you ln the enter¬tainment of the children. You ire quite welcometo the use of the park for the purpose. and lnglving this permissicn I wish you to understandthat the same is not only for Decoratlon Day. outfor every other day in the year. I will wrlte thisevening to Miss Dunnell. telllng her that I have

?lven you permlssion to use the park at all times.f she objeets she can give up her lease, leavlng

the premlses. but I think she will be quite agree-able.The children referred to in the letters are the

little crlpples whom Miss Gould befrlends atWoodycrest. While Mlddleton was ambitious toenter eoclety, he ls now known to have been theson of a servant In the family of an Engllshnobleman. While servlng as a footman he learnedthe names and ways of the aristocrats. Whileposlng of late as a man of large means. entertaln-ing and being entertalned by women of fashion. helived in a flat in Columbus-ave. wlth Mr. andMrs. Rlehmond. whom he induced to move toWhlte Plains on the pretext of securlng a de¬sirable country house for them. He slept on thefloor, and had crackers and water for breakfast.

MIDDLETON IN TIIDING.

Report That He Is Believed To Bein Toronto.

Ottawa, Ont.. June 13 (Special)..'"Wiiloughby Mld¬dleton. who claimed to be the Earl of Inniskillonand ls wanted in New-York. is thought to be hid-lng in this clty." Bays a Toronto dispatch. Mlddle¬ton ls believed to have come to America eight yearaago as an employe of the Hudson Bay Company.and was sent to Polnt Desolati-m. in the ArctloClrcle. where he drove a dogsled and suffered manyprivations.He flnally reached Wlnnlpeg. where he obtalned

employment on the Canadian Paciflc Rallway. and.lt ls said. met J. J. HUI, who ls reported to have sentMlddleton to Chlcago. where ln speculative deals hecleared $1_0.000. A month later. the story runs hewas pennlless and drifted to Rlchmond. Va. Laterhe was employed with the New-York and New-Netherlands Realty Company. Many of hls pecull-arltles. such aa sleeptng on oe.r_._u_ -

._ and alsohis connection with tne Manhattan ConstructionC. mpany. ire deec.-tb_--i ir_ ... t:.i

JOSE GOMEZ SAVED TO PAKTY

Cuban Candidate for President Not to FightDnel wlth Editor.

(BT .ABLE TO THS TRIBTWiT<< --rv right. H._. by The Trlhi.h* A -i. !¦.-!."«_

Havana, June 11.Mutual friends of Josi*.MIguel Gomez. candidate- for f-MHwl on theCuban Xaiionai tlckat, and of Boflor Coronado.i-dltor nt "La Dls.uston." arr_ng.d the coiversy h'twe-n them to-day, an.l a due! was pre-vented.

XEW CLUB HOME DELAYEDONE LEASE HELD FASTe

Willard Roby May Make New-York Members Wait.

The managers of the New-York Ciub havahad a temporary setback in thelr efforts to ge_possession of their new site in West 40th-8t.,and if the tenant of that property. Eben Wil¬lard Roby. perslsts in holding to his lease, theciub may be obllged to enforce the same rules ofejectment used by the Fuller company to obtalnpossession of the apartment house on the site of

the present Flatiron Bulldlng three years ago,when a tenant of the property preferred to cllmbt'~> his apartment by means of a rope ladder.anddo without light and water. rather than relin-

quish his legal rights.Mr. Roby has a three years" lease of the second

floor apartment at No. 22 West 40th-st. Thelease is a new one. and Mr. Roby haa only re¬

cently taken possession. Two weeks a*o thePotter-Chesebrough syndicate sold the propertyat Nos. 18. 20 and 22. to the New-York ClUt*.and the ciub is anxious to take Immediate pos¬session in order to tear down the houses on theirpropertv and rebuild a handsome structure forciub use Mr. Roby is said to object to moving.He is quoted as being perfectly satisfied wlthhis present situation and his lease.Rumor has it that he verbally agreed a fe\«_

davs ag<~> to part wlth hls lease for a considera¬tion. He is paylng $1,500 a year. For $7^500he is *~aid to have been willing to vacate. Thisoffer was accepted wlth such alacrlty by theciub that Mr. Roby is said to haye -epudlatedhis flrst offer and put a second price of *i-_n'}upon hls holdinga Mr. Roby was seen at hls

offlce at No. 4" Wall-st. yesterday. but had

"nothing to say." _

Willard Roby has been a picturesque charac¬ter in the city for many years. He is an habltuaiflrst nlchter and delights in raiment of pro¬nounced. if correct. cut Curlously enough. bot_

Willard Robv and Roger Foster. the attorney

for the obstinate tenant in the Flatiron Bulld¬lng were members of the same law school c_-_"<and have had thelr offlces ln the same streetv.-ithln half a block of each other for the last

quarter century.

GAYNOR-GHEENE APPEAL GR__NT__D.Montreal. June 13.Judge Hall to-day granted

the petition of counsel for Gaynor and Greene to

be allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court

against the decision of Justiee Davidson that

Judge Lafontaine had the right to act as extra-

ditlon commissioner. This actlon will undoubt-edly cause a delay of 6ix months.

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