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V OL LX • X°- 19.550. CIOSING IN ON BOERS. BRITISH ADVANCE AND THE DUTCH RETREAT. FORCKS CLOSE TO THE YAAI.-RILLER HOI-P* BDBGHEBB A T I.AINGS NEK. ; • ;-.-r.(tht: 1&« VPy The X« Ynrk Tribune. J [BT CABLE TO THH !IHUIL] London, May 2G. «? a. m— There was no of- Iriel news from the s c at of war last night. Lord Roberta !s. however, undoubtedly press- Bennet Burlelgh in a dispatch to "Tho Tek:rrar>h" goes so far as to say that the Brit ish Comrnar:der-In-Ch!ef will probably cross the Vacl to-day or to-morrow. On Thursday, it appears from both "The Tele graph"' and "The Chronicle" correspondents. Lord Roberts was at Vredefort Road Station, which is apparently vhe official name of a place rrnrked on mest maps a« Hoilhron Road sta tion. It if thirty-five miles from the Vaal River, outpost? of the- main British army are at grate Geluk. a spot about nine miles further north than Vredrfort Road station, and conso- Jgeatly only twenty-pi:; miles from the Vaal. Oeaeral French has left headquarters and has c s pressed northward toward the river. General Hamilton, on the right, has not yet fni-v.-.ird. He has been occupied in re the submissions of many hundreds of Fr— • Btatera. A Central News message from Maseru states that the Boers appear to be concentrating in the neighborhood of Ficksburg, and that Presi dent Steyn himself Is organizing them at Bethle hem. According to "The Telegraph. " General Run c> is still at Trommel. His division is faced by two commandoes headed off frrm the Transvaal. They are reported to be anxious to avoid fight ing, and may surrender lama Rundle advances. <;< n*>ra! Baden-Powell has decided, says a tele gram to 'The Express," to remain at the front. I. If. F. ROBERTS CLOSE TO VAAL. BRITISH INFANTRY THIRTY-FIVE MILES SOUTH OF RIVER. [Copyright; 1000: By The New- York Tribune.] |BT CABLE TO THE TBIBCXK.] London, May 20, 1 a. m— Lord Roberts with two divisions of infantry was thirty-five miles from the Vaal River at Thursday noon, with his right wing, under General Hamilton, even nearer the river, and General French with two brigades of cavalry well in advance and scour ing the district west of the railway. The press correspondents continue to describe the Dutch retreat in contemptuous terms as the rush of a disorderly, panic stricken rabble, and r - probably from an Aldershot point of "view it lacks the perfection of drill which Sir Redvers Duller admired after trie battle of Spion Kop, but it is effective In one respect— that the guns are always carried back out of danger and few stragglers are left behind. The Dutch burghers are discouraged without doubt, but they are not running like hares, nor have they been trans formed Into a rabble, as the newspaper para graphers are foolish enough to assert. They succeeded in taking back all the guns which were mounted at the Rhenoster River, and this was pood work when both flanks of their posi tion had b-en turned. !. r3 Roberta's infantry will probably reach Hie railway bridge over the Vaal to-day. The army advances steadily by forced marches and th" cavalry remains veil in advance. Lord ■ethfjea Is reported to be guarding the left flank somewhere in the direction of Vredefort, but he is probably io\v?r down stream. General Rundk-. on the right flank, is at Trommel, with Oliver's comsaandoes twelve miles away and falling back as he advances. A CRFCIAL TIME FOR BOERS. The rrisi= in the fortunes of the Dutch alliance is at hand. General De Wet and Commandant Wrier are not likely to hold their forces to- ITether if the Transvaal burghers cross the river *ith"jt making a final stand in the Free State. Th< re was no official news at midnight, and Fleet Street was without information respecting the movements of Lord Roberts's forces on Friday. The combined Transvaal and Free Ftate i'lT-ro which was available for contesting the passage of the Vaal Is not believed to ex- I • ' • lye thousand. <;T,*-ral Buller'F army is still confronted by v. hat i> reported to be a strong force at Lalng's fcfek. and. unless all signs fail, is holding It there under orders from Lord Robert?. The P.ritish advance, nnlesa checked at the Vaal, will je menacing Heidelberg in the coarse of a few days, and cutting off communications between the two Transvaal armies and preventing their Jur-cti^n for the defence of Johannesburg and Pretoria As the n-.-d for concentration is so urgent, some af the keenest military critics arc not prepared to beHeve that Laing's Nek will be defended in strength, but suspect that this Da* h force is a rear *Wd which will fall back It.: the Wakkerstroom district. G< nera! Bailer Is bringing up his guns for an attack upon I -i- Nek. WESTERN BORDER CLEARED. The western border of the Transvaal has been already cleared. Marking Is receiving supplies from the north, and General Hunt-,- Is advanc ing rapidly from Vryburg northward. There are few breaks in the railway, and trains will be running soon from Cape Town to Bulu'wayo. Dispatches from Pretoria describing President Kruser*i desperate expedients for preventing an Invasion of the Transvaal by peace negotiations •a a basis of unconditional surrender attract little attention and are not credited In offl jial circles. It Is sot believed that Mr. Kruger Will raise the white flag while the burghers are still willing to defend their homes. Lord Roberts; is Has only peace negotiator en the British side, end a complete surrender is the only basis on which he can accept proposals. Public interest In the war has become stag nant. Mining operators are deeply concerned in next week's movements against Johannesburg, and in the security of the Immense properties In «he geld district. The free as* made of dyna | Kite on the railway south of the Vaal causes GIIKAT HALE OF BOYS' WAISTS AT ONE] LI- S. * th«i? n -Vv!" mornln They ofler Five Thousand evA, bi •?u cc * r ' ts each. Pialn and "Fauntleroy" ! -Advt 81 * >-aye., Twentieth to Twenty-flrst-st. much uneasiness in a small group of South African millionaires. I. N. F. RETIRING ACROSS THE VAAL. . COUNTRY UP TO YILJOEN'S DRIFT CLEAR OF BOERS-HAMILTON' JOINS ROBERTS. London, May 26.— latest intelligence from Lord Roberta's headquarters, at Vredefort Sta tion, filed on Thursday at 5:45 p. m., was that the British were rapidly advancing. General Hamilton bad effected a Junction with Lord Roberts. The country in front of them was clear Of Boers to Yiljo^n's Drift. The Boers were evacuating all their positions south of the Vaal River, and 3,000 had already crossed to the north bank. Probably General French's cavalry is already reconnoitring the fords of the Vaal. War Office observers expect that the next dis patch from the Field Marshal will be dated in sight of the Transvaal frontier. Bennet Bur leigh. in a dispatch to "The Daily Telegraph' 1 from Vredefort on Thursday evening, said Lord Roberts would doubtless cross the Vaal on Sat urday or Sunday. The British outposts were then at Erste Geluk, nine miles north of Vrede fort and twenty-six miles south of the Vaal River. The railway is much damaged. While the British In overwhelming force are thus rapidly approaching the Transvaal, the movements of the Boers are enveloped in mys tery. The last Pretoria newspaper to reach Lourenco Marques wr.s a week old. Every on? seeking to cross the Portuguese border from the Transvaal is searched for newspapers and letters. Dispatches and mail letters containing even harmless references to the war are sup pressed, and the only news that has emerged from the Transvaal in the last ten days has come by word of mouth. MORE TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA. ELEVEN THOUSAND MEN TO LEAVE ENG LAND NEXT MONTH. London, May 25. — The Secretary of State for War, the Marquis of Lansdowne, discussing mili tary matters in the House of Lords to-day, an nounced that eleven thousand additional troops would he sent to South Africa next month. In the course of his speech Lord Lansdowne said: It is a formidable problem how recruiting is to b ■ kept up wh?n the excitement of the present campaign has worn off. Ido not think that an increase of pay would tend to make the army popular to the extent that some suppose, but the War Office is devoting itself to this question, and I believe the changes contemplated will tend to render the army more acceptable to every class In the country. HUNTER'S FORCED MARCHES. ' Warrenton, May 24. — Operations have been pushed forward eighty miles, one of General Hunter's brigades having occupied Vryburjy last night. Considering the difficulties of the road, this is a remarkable achievement for a mixed force, short of rations, making forced marches. Water is scarce. Some portions of the brigade covered eighteen miles without a break. General Hunter personally goes to Vryburg to day by train. FLOUB SEIZURES SETTLED. Washington, May 25— Consul-General Stowe at Cape Town has reported to the State Depart ment that the seizures of flour and provisions on the Mashona, the Beatrice and the Maria have been finally and satisfactorily settled. It has been found that the goods were the property of the consignees in South Africa; that the Ameri can shippers are not and cannot be losers, and that the seizures will not affect the American trade. In the cases where the consignees re fused the bills drawn on them by the American shippers, though the latter might easily have secured payment through the colonial courts, the British Government has preferred to settle outright by the payment of the invoice price of the pro.-iFions seized, with 10 per cent added as profit. <;aix for the war party. UNIONIST VOTE LARGELY INCREASED IN SOUTH MANCHESTER. London, May 25. — The election for a member of the House of.Common3 to represent South Manchester in place of the Marquis of Lome, who resigned on the death of his father, when he assumed the title of Duke of Argyll and went to the House of Lords, was fought on a "khaki" platform and resulted in a large increase of the Unionist vote, the Hon. William Pee!, son of Vis count Peel, the Unionist candidate, being re turned. The result of the voting was as follows: The Hon. William Peel, Unionist C.497 Mr. Lief Jones. Radical and I'ro-Boer 3.458 Unionist majority 2,039 At the previous election the vote stood: Marquis of I^orne. liberal-Unionist 4.4.">7 Sir Henry Ho.«eoc, Hume Kule 3,879 Liberal-Unionist majority 7>S South Manchester was undoubtedly a Liberal district from 1885 until ISIC>, when the Marquis of Lome was elected by a majority of only 78. The constituency was formerly represented by Sir Henry Roscoe, Home Rule. Thus both in the Isle of Wight Division of Hampshire (where, as announced yesterday. Captain Seely, Unionist, was elected by a majority of 1,06*2 over Mr. Bar inn, Liberal) and in South Manchester this week unprecedented!)? large majorities have been re corded In favor of the war candidates. This will immensely strengthen the Government in its alleged determination to force a general elec tion before the war fever abates. BOER ENVOYS' PLANS ANNOUNCED. Washington. May tl.— The following statement was Issued to-day by the Boer envoys: Messrs. Fischer, Weasels and Wolmarans, who are representing the .South African republics m this country, have received many pressing invita tions irom most of the large cities of the United States to visit them. but owing to the short time rhey have to spend In this country it will not be possible to accept all of the Invitations received, It is 'heir Intention to return as soon as circum stances permit to their own country, staying in Europe a sufficient time to carry out their In struction?, but before leaving they have concluded to yi<:Ul to the great demand on the part of the American people to spend a few more days in America and they have concluded, first of all. to visit Baltimore. Philadelphia. Providence and Bos ton during next week. After visiting these cities they ore in nope of being able to spare the time to extend t'.ielr visit to several other cities in the Middle States, timely notification of which will be given to the commit' ees who have honored them with invitations. The common councils and mayors of a number of cities are urging them by reso lutions to make them a visit, and it may be pos sll-le that their stay in the country may be pro longed a few days in order to meet their wishes. The envoys regret exceedingly that they cannot meet the great numbers of people who are so anxious to greet them as they would like to do. They express themselves as very grateful for the mun'v expressions of sympathy beard upon all aides for the cause that is so dear to them and they trust the fact that they cannot visit all who wish them to do so wlil In no way interfere with the full and free expression of sympathy and goodwill on th«ir part. . / 1 ' PR ISOvU EX T F< I B /. / FE. WELLAND CONSPIRATORS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED. Welland. Ont., May 2."..— Karl Dullman, resi dence unkown; John Walsh and John Nolln, of Dublin, Ireland, but latterly of Washington and Richmond, were to-day convicted by Chancellor Boyd and a Jury of having attempted to wreck Lock 21 of the W"lland Canal with dynamite and sentenced to imprisonment forllfe in King ston Penitentiary. FIND a SUMMER HOME IN THE CATSKILLS. Half rat* .Excursion good ■CvenlUjrs. on all 'West' Share Trains next Tuesday and Wednesday.— NEW-YORK. SATURDAY. MAY 26, 1900.-SIXTEEX PAGES.- b ,^^i, I:5 . THE NEW CUBAN TARIFF. PROVISION FOB BENEFIT OF RAILROAD COMPANIES EXPLAINED BY THE WA'{ DEPARTMENT. |BT TKI.KCKAI'H TO THE TlttlirNK. ] Washington, May 2.". — The publication in The Tribune of yesterday of gome facts about RnH ert P. Porter's revision of the Cuban tariff with reference to the duties on railway materials, machinery and supplies has excited a great deal of comment her.', where Mr. Porter Is well known and has many friends, and keen eager ness is expressed to hear any explanations he may have to offer and also to obtain more def inite Information in regard to the tariff revision itself. The latter demand will be supplied in part by the following copy of the official ex planation made by the War Department of the provision for the benefit of the railroad com panies: Tt has been apparent to nil acquainted with the working of the Cuban tariff that the rate of duty put upon thr> schedule for machinery and railway materials and supplies — namely, 4<) per cent ad valorem — is too high. The effect of this has been to stop all importation of such artlclff, and the revenue from these schedules ha? been extremely small. In view of the necessity for the construction and reconstruc tion of railrcnds in Cuba, and upon the assur ance given by the various companies that if ma terjal for the construction and equipment could be Imported at a reduced rate they will at one? bepin to import larsfe quantities, a special pro vision has bepn Inr.erted in the tariff which al lows railroad companies to import their supplies into the Island f^r a period of twelve months from the date of promulgation at a rate of 10 per cent ad valorem. The list of articles to be admitted at the nom inal rate of 10 per cent ad valorem includes p.nssenger coaches, complete, erected or knocked down; frelarhtcars, complete, erected or knocked down; trucks, wheels, axles, axle boxes, forc ings, brasses and fixtures of passenger coaches and freightears; pine wood, prepared Especially for frelghtcars; locomotives and tenders, loco motive boilers and locomotive furnaces, loco motive boiler plates and tubes, locomotive and tender frames, wheels, axles, axle boxes; brasses and tanks for locomotive tenders, electric mo tors and machinery for power houses, turn tables, transfer bridges, iron or steel bridge work, riveted or rolled; steel rails, points, cross ings, signals and accessories thereof; gnte cross ings and metal ties. It should be added that if a planter should de sire to Import a railway passenger coach, or a locomotive or any other article specified in the foregoing list, he would be allowed to do so on payment of duty at the rate of 10 per cent ad valorem, under such conditions and guarantees as the Collector of Cuba might exact or direct. The revised tariff makes an increase of 50 per cent in the rates of duly on all hemp, flax, jute, linen and ramie goods, from the coarsest cloths and cheapest carpets to the finest tis sues, and the War Department explained that the rates in this schedule "had been slightly advanced." This remark makes one curious to know what Mr. Porter would regard as a "con siderable" increase. He left the rates on cotton goods untouched, the equivalent ad valorem based on last year's importations being 28 1-10 per cent, nearly three times the rate on rail way parlor cars and locomotives, and only a trifle lower than the "slightly increased" aver age rate on linen poods, which is 2-10 per cent ad valorem. The revised rates on silk goods are -45 per cent, -a reduction at & The only reductions made in the food schedule were one of 22y 2 per cent on wheat flour and "one of 50 per cent on cod and salt stock fish, as compared with a reduction of 7." per cent on steel rails and other railway supplies. When Special Commissioner Porter was engaged in re vising the Cuban tariff last winter he explained his general design to be to readjust existing rates on a more equitable basis and to lighten the tariff burdens which fell upon the great mass of consumers, so far as that could be done with due regard to the revenue necessities of the Island. In what degree he succeeded Is in dicated to some extent by the details given above. In only one case was Mr. Porter's revision modified by the President or Secretary of War. That was done on the day the revision was made public, and after a hot controversy which had lasted for three or four months. Commis sioner Porter had put crude petroleum on the free list and reduced the duty on refined from $4 TO to $:> the hundred kilograms. This ar rangement was changed by making the duty on crude $1 20 and on refined $2 40 the hundred kilograms. There are only two oil' refineries in Cuba, both of which, it is understood, are sub ordinate to the Standard Oil Company. TRIAXT FROM MILITARY SCHOOL. NEW-HAVEN LAD LEAVES POI'GHKEKPSI X, BUT HIS FATHER TAKES IT AS A MATTER OF COURSE. Nicholas Hublnger, eleven years old, of No. 600 Whalley-ave., New-Haven, Conn., is under restraint at the Gerry society's rooms on a charge of being a truant. Policeman Campbell, of the West Forty-seventh-st. police station, found the boy at 2 n. m. yesterday wandering about in the rain in Eighth-aye. near Forty second-st. The boy told contradictory stories. He was taken to the station. There, after much questioning, he gave the above name and address, and said he had run away from the Rivervlew Military Academy, at Poughkeepsle. N. V., In the afternoon and had come to this city on a freight train. He wanted to see his father, and war. going to the Grand Central Sta tion, he said. He declared himself tired of the rf-strnlnt of the military academy. He was taken t-> the Gerry society rooms and his parents were informed. New-Haven, Conn., May 25 (Special). — Nich olas Hublnger, father of Nicholas, jr., whose es cape from the Rivervlew Military Academy, at POttffhkeepsle, was learned here late last night, was not at all disturbed when asked about the matter. Mr. Hub'ngfr said that his son was eleven years old and full of pranks. He has been at the academy a year. Thursday is the s< hool holiday, and the boy apparently took ad vantage of this fact and started out to see the world. Mr. Hubin.uer received ?. telegram last ni?ht from the school announcing the disappearance of ills son, but learned this morning that the boy hr.d been found in New-York. Mr. Hubln ger received a letter from Poughkeepsie this tvening saying that the boy had boasted that he would go to Cnmp Idlewild. Vt.. in a few days, a camp '.••longing to his father and oc i upied last summer. The school officers think "Nick" wng hound for the place when found In New- York. He had no money, and was seemingly undisturbed. Young Hubingcr's father is a wealthy man. and lives In one of the finest houses In New-Haven. Mr. HuMnger Is one of the most successful horsemen in New-England, BODY FOUND IX WRECK IDENTIFIED. Somervllle. N. J.. Miy 25 (Special).— The body of the man found dead In the coal train wreck on the Central Railroad of New-Jersey at North Branch Station two days ago was to-day identified us that of Frederick Fisher Col'ltis. on electrician of Provi dence, R. I. The railroad's detectives spent the last two days In tracing his Identity. anu found his mother in Providence and I; 1 ' brother, Janvs Col lins In New- York. James Collins accompanied the detectives to the. Potter's Field new to-day. Th« body was exhumed, and Collins Identified It »a th.it of hi:* brother. The bodies of four unknown men, missing since the wreck, have not been found. ON A WATKK LEVEL From center of New-York to center of Chicago ■nd all the *rvt la Bight or ■ river or lakt if you faks the Now-York Central.— -Ad^t. ICE BAROXS GIVE BAIL. WAIVE EXAMINATION AND ARE HELD FOR GRAND JURY. GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT MAY APPOINT A SPECIAL ONE TO TRY THF.IR CASE. Fearing exposure of their extortionate meth od?, and desiring to keep out the light of pub licity as long as possible, the directors and ofjl clals of the American Ice Company, who are charged with conspiracy, waived examination before Magistrate Zeller yesterday and asked to have their oases sent before the Court of Special Besslona. The Migistrate declined to accom modate them, however, and held them in $2,000 ball each for the Grand Jury. The defendants .so held are: CHARUCa W. MOBSB, pr^Hmt JOHN D. SCHOONMAKER. vice-president. JOHN r. bennett. John v. kavanagh. wesley m. oi.kr. David hunt, edwix campbeu* CHARLES DEVnE, CHARLES B. CHURCH and JOHN BAUER, directors. All were present In court except Devoe, Kav f.naßh and Bauer, who are non-residents here, and Mr. Church, who was sick In bed. according to his counsel. Warrants will be Issued for their arrest if bail is not offered for them on Mon day. Israel Blake, of No. 633 Park-aye.. man ager of the American Ice Company, gave bail for all those who were present, offering property at No. 17 Wesit Ninety-ninth-Rt. valued at $42, 000 as security. Magistrate Zeller sain he would need another bondsman for the absentees. Mr. Shearn. of counsel for W. R. Hearst, said the American Ice Company was ashamed to allow Devoe, Kavar.agh and Bauer to appear In court as directors of the company, for the rea son that they are mere boys. "They do not want to let the public see these underlings in the role of directors." said Mr. Shearn. "and It is an outrage that they disregard thus the order of this Court to appear." It is said that the complainants will ask for a special Grand Jury to consider the case. Dis trict Attorney Gardiner would not commit him self yesterday as to what course he would pursue. .MAYOR VAN WYCK ON HAND. Among the interested persons in court wero Mayor Van Wyck and President Gelsher.en of the Garfield National Bank. The Mayor looked Intensely relieved when he was told that a fur ther delay had been gained, and he would not be called as a witness at once. It was said that Mr. Gelshenen has been subpoenaed to produce all notes held by his bank on which Robert A. Van Wyek's name appeared, and all collateral security deposited with it, and It was intimated that the prosecution expected to be able to show thereby that the Mayor had secured a big loan on four thousand shares of Ice Trust stock. The hearing was held in Magistrate Zeller's private room in the Jefferson Market Court. De Lani-ey Nit oil appearing for the defendants and Messrs. Einstein and Shearn for W. R. Hearst. Early in the morning Magistrate Zeller had ad jf urned the trust hearing until Monday on ac count of illness. He had recovered sufficiently by 2 o'clock to hold court, however, and sent his son *o Jefferson Market to announce that he wnuld hear the case as first scheduled. The Magistrate, who is suffering from chills and fsv«r, arrived in a carriage with his phy sicians. His prompt action in committing the (hiliatf—lll evidently pleased Robert A. Scott, the secretary of the trust, who had been sub poenaed to produce the book.-. Mr. Einstein wanted the Court to Inquire if Mr. Scott had obeyed the subpeenn. but Mr. Kicoll argued that his waiver of examination made this unneces sary, and Magistrate Zeller took that view of the case. HEARING BEFORE JUSTICE GAYNOR TO DAY. It is expected, however, that Ice Trust secrets may be exposed to-day, when the Mayor, the Dock Commissioners and the principal officials of the American Ice Company have been cited to appear before Justice Gaynor. of the Supreme Court, in Brooklyn, on the application of five members of the Municipal Assembly. A report was published yesterday detailing the unavail ing efforts to serve Dock Commissioner Cram on Thursday night with Justice Gaynor's sum mons, and intimating that the Commissioner must have been in hiding. Mr. Cram, however. was at a dinner at Delmonico's. He was not in Magistrate Zeller's court yesterday, and no meeting of the Dock Board was held, though yesterday was the regular day for It. Commis sioner Meyer would not tell why there was no meeting, bti' said one would probably be held on Monday. Mr. Cram recentU denied with vehe mence that he ever held any stock of the Ameri can Ice Company or of the Knickerbocker Ice Company, and yet In an official list of stock holders filed by the Knickerbocker with the Secretary of State in Augusta, Me., in 1S«)S, Mr. Cram is put down for four hundred shares. Commissioner Murphy is also down for four hundred. The Dock Commissioners have also repeatedly asserted that no favoritism has been shown by them to the American Ice Company, or to any of the companies which it has absorbed, and yet the records show that the Old Dominion Steam ship Company pays fIO.IOO y-arly rental for the covered bulkhead at Beach-st. Its lease was signed May 1. 1891, aid ends May 1. l'.Mtl. The Ice Trust, at th« adjoining bulkhead, pays $1,500 a year. The Ice Trust pays .S2..".imi a year for the pier at West Forty-sixth-st. Be fore the Trust obtained it the pier was leased to J. A. Bouker at $3,300. At the pier at West Foi ty-fifth-st.. adjoining the Trust's pier, is established the New-York Horse Manure Company. It pays $4,000 a year for a pier similar in all respects to the one used by the Ice Trust at Forty-slxth-st. for a $2.."i)i> rental. The pier at West Forty-fourth-st. is occupied by the Atlantic Transportation Com pany. This company pays $7,-">iW) a year for the use of the pier. <>n the north side of the Trust's pier is the Pocahontas Coal Company, which pays $.",<►»►!> a year, just double what is charged the Ice Trust, and these are but a few of many instances of favoritism which/the records show. TRUST STOCK GOES DOWN. The stock of the American Ice Company fell from .TJT l i to .'!2 l -_> points yesterday, as a result of the announcement of Attorney-General Da vles that he would bring an action to prevent the Trust from dome business In this State. When asked yesterday when he would b-'trin, he said: "I am much occupied at present with the Gardiner hearing. I expect that it will be post poned for two weeks, and that will give me a little elbow room. Then, too. I have a special Grand Jury on my hands in Syracuse. It is my wish to dispose of the ice company matter as soon as possible. It is probable that I will go to Oyster Bay to-morrow to confer with Gov ernor Roosevelt on both this matter and the NVely affair." His remarks add strength to the generally en tertained opinion that Governor Roosevelt will appoint a special Grand Jury to hear the case against th- Ics Trust olJicials. Mr. Davies would not discuss yesterday the probable effect on this city's ice supply, should the American les Company be prevented fr'.m doing business in this city. But from another source it WSJ learned that the Ice Trust people have already considered this proposition, and are evolving a NKW-TORK ANI> PRINCETON gPBCIAI* VIA I'KX.NSYi.V \M.\ RAILBOAD, N.w through t-.trvif between Prfcno«»on ar.il New- York on and after May BMh. The train, with parlor cir and conches, will leave Prlneet'm tM a in., ar rive New- York • . : leava Net York. West 9d B1 ■ p. m.; Cortfandl * DtsbrossM It*., i.-tt p. m . ijp.il arrive Princeton 6* l>- n:.; every week duy.— Advt. scheme by which American Ice Company stock could be .re-exchanged for stock of the Con solidated. Knickerbocker and other companies which the trust absorbed. These companies would take over the Ice now owned by the trust, and continue to sell it as they did before the com bination. AUGUST BELMONTS GIFT. T<> BUILD ONI OF TllK GHAPKLI Of THK "\IHF.!>HAI.. The trustees of th° Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine met vest rday at the Soo House, in Lafayette Place. The meeting was protracted, and one of the most important held in months. It was announced that a gift of between Hsolooo and .«'_•( m »,i n » l had been made by August Belmont to build cne efl the seven chapels of the Cathedral. The architecture is so arranged that the ground plan will form a cross. This will be made by seven chapels, or divisions. Th>» cost of each division will be from $ 1 •"« U * K 1 to .<"_'( Ml,<t»x), a nd August ffalniual has offered to bulk] one of them. It has b^en dceldti that the chapel that Mr. Relmont will build shall be the easterly end one. east of the choir. The end of of this chapel will fae--> Mornlngside-ave. A model of the proposed chapel was examined by the trustees. It was favorably received, anil the gift was accepted. The gift is meant as a memorial for Mr. Bebrynt's wife and other relatives. It was announced at the meeting that a par ishioner of Trinity Church, through the Rev. Or. Steeie, had offered to give a large cross for the altar In the Cathedral proper. This cross, which will be of marble, will cost $4.«mH>, ex clusive of jewel decorations. It will be about ten feet high. The giver's name was not an nounced. A model of the cross was on view at the meeting. That work will be at once pushed on the Cathedral was shown by the fact that the trus tees dedded to go forward immediately with the construction of th? choir. They sent out or ders for contracts for the work to be done, and determined to expend not les^; than $100,000 on the work this season. The trustees also ordered plans to be pre pared and presented at the next meeting for the episcopal residence. This will be built at Amsferdam-ave. and One-hundred-and-tenth-st. A number of additional gifts of money have been received since the last monthly meeting. Among these was one of $r>,IX!O from Miss Zela Gibbs, to be used in the construction of the choir. August Belmont was at the meeting for about half an hour, and described the proposed chapel that he will erect. He went over the plans fully with the trustees and explained in detail what he wished done. THE PHiESIX PARK I'OXYKT*. < v.M MISSION ER POWPKRLY DECLINES TO DISCTSS THEIR CHANCES FOR ADMIS SION— di:e here to-day. Washington. May 'J"> (Special).— Elaborating somewhat his statement of Wednesday last to The Tribune's representative. Commissioner Powderly announced to-day that he could not with propriety discuss the action Hkely to be taken by the Immigration Bureau on the ar rival in New-York to-morrow of the liberated Irish convicts. Fitzharris and Mullet. These in tending immigrants, as is known, were con victed of complicity in the Phcenix Park mur ders in Dublin on May If.. INM\ and were re cently paVdoaed by the P.ritish Government. Commissioner Powderly said: SasffSM immigrants, in common with all others, will be obliged to pass b :o:.> the immigrant in spectors at the port of arrival, and if their right ol admission is questioned will be brought before a board of special inquiry, which will pass upon the facts in their case. Should they be barred as persons belonging to one of the excluded Classes, they have the right of appeal to the Treasury Department, and as I must pass upon such matters it would not be proper for me to discuss the merits of the case until it comes to me in regular form. As I recall the incident, neither Fitzharris nor Mullet was charged with the murder of Burke and Cavendish. lam under the impression that the offence charged against them was con |i Iclty In the plot, but whether as accessories before or after the fact or as mem bera of the body to which the murderers bo- Kitiged I do not remember. An opinion of the Attorney-General rendered previous to the passage of the Immigration act of 1891 ?ays that a 'foreign convict who has s< rved part of his sentence and received uncon ditional pardon may enter." When a man is pardoned before the expiration of a term for which he was sentenced it has the effect of re storing him to his rights as a citizen, unless the pardoning power stipulates to the contrary. I shall look into the matter and be prepared to pass upon it should it come before me. /, EA P8 1 X T( ) XfA GARA >' /.' IPI I >s\ A CATHOLIC PRIEST COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER HAVING HIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN. Niagara Falls, N. V., May 2.", (Special).—Ni agara suicide methods were varied somewhat by a Roman Catholic priest who this after noon at about •» o'clock ended his life by leap- Ing into the lower river at the point where the whirlpool rapids begin. Ip to this time the name of the priest has not been discovered. It was ."» o'clock when he first appeared at the elevator, and went from there to get a sight of the rapids from the lower steel arch bridge. after which he returned to the elevator and went down to the water's edge, where he had his picture taken, ordering the photographer to send three to M. J. O'Donnell, ..f No. :'.ni West Fifty-second-st.. New- York, saying that if they wanted more they could < rder them. He Una i some time in looking at the rapids, and went out on a rock, where he stood apparently in thought. He was informed that the elevator was about to close, when he threw his hat anl cane <>n the platform, waved his right hand and called out "Goodby" to the elevator attendant, and leaped into the river. He was carried by the current into the rapids, .-nd buried beneath the waves that run mountain high. He was about forty-five years old, and welshed abovl '_'."><> pounds. It was learned last night that this priest was Father O'Donnell. for several years, and until he became Insane, an assistant pastor of the Church Of the Sacred Heart. No. 447 West Fifty flrst-st. The M. J. O'DonneU. of No. 301 West Fifty second si , to whom the photograph was to have been seat, i§ his brother. Mr. O'Donnell received word of the suicide late in the evening and started immediately for Buffalo. Father O Donnell was about forty years old. He was born In Ireland, where he received his education for the priesthood, being graduated from All Hallow's, and there taking his ordina tion vows. In the latter part of the year 1888 he came to America and immediately began his clerical duties as assistant at the Church of the Sacred Heart For live years he continued to serve In the office.' and stood high in the re gard of both the clergy and the laity. At the end of this time a form of melancholia came upon htm, and. growing in severity. It made him unfit for work. In the boys Of getting well he travelled In the South and in Europe, but he grew worse. He was placed In an asylum at \mltyvllle, Long Island. About two years ago the Supreme Court, upon the report of a com mission, sent him to a hospital In Buffalo, from which he must have succeeded in escaping. NIAGARA FALLS AND RETURN H Buy Lacka wanna Railroad tickets May .-■> Good to return on any regular train o.i or before ilay 30. —Advt. PRICE THREE CENTS. EFFECT OF BfO FAILCRE. EXTREMELY slight IN VIEW OF ITS MAGNITUDE. CLEARER TONE ON THE COTTON ex- CHANGE— ASSIGNEE HOPES to pat DEBTS IN* FULL. Probably no failure of approximately erraal magnitude has ever brought so little commercial disaster speedily in its wake as has followed the suspension on Thursday of the bis; stock, cot ton an ■« frraln commission house of Price, Me- Cormick &■ Co.. with liabilities estimated by the assignee at about $13,000,000. A comparatively small house in Georgia and one In Liverpool were dragged down, but that was all. The local Cotton exchange, -where panic relened for a while on Thursday, was without excitement yes terday. and las Stock Exchange was similarly calm, although the market, under the Influence of the failure, was dull and heavy. Contrary to expectation, the assignee. William J. Curtis, dM not issue a statement for the creditors last nisht. Mr. Curtis had expressed the hope earlier In the day of bcincr In a posi tion to compile a statement of the liabilities and aaa*ta of the suspended firm before evening, but subsequently he explained to newspaper repre sentatives that it had not been possible for him to complete his examinations In time to draw up a report. It la understood that Mr. ''' irt; * will wait until he has heard from the various branch offices Of the firm before making public any statement. CALLERS at THE FIRM'S OFFICES. On all the doors of the general ofilees of Price. MrCormlck & Co. a notice was affixed yester day directing that all inquiries should be ad dressed to Sullivan & CromwelL The notice, however, did not act as a deterrent to callers, who visited the offices in large numbers throughout the day. Many of these were per sonal friends of members of the firm whose purpose in calling was mainly of a sympathetic nature. All the employes of the firm were at their desks, engaged in co-operation with a force of accountants working under the direction of Mr. Curtis in going through the books of the house, a necessary preliminary to the compiling of the assignee's statement. Mr. Curtis and his counsel. William Nelson Cromwell, both members of the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, were in consultation for the greater part of the day with Theodore H. Price and the heads of departments. Mr. Price dented himself to all visitors other than those whose business was of a persona! nature. He made the following statement for publication: I think the outlook is very favorable, and I hay» hopes that we shall be able to clear up our $13. 000 €00 Indebtedness and continue our business. 1 find that our creditors assume a very friendly attitude toward v. . lam constantly receiving as surances from them that they do not Intend to prM9 their claims, but are disposed to give us a chance to settle our debts without foreclosure. Of all the banks Interested in the failure, and there are a large number, only one has attempted to realize its loan. HOPE TO PAY IN FULL. Mr. Curtis, who was present when this state ment was given out. intimated that there was a likelihood of the firm payins its debt? in full. He explained tha : this belief was encouraged by the friendly attitude of the banks holding the firm's loans. CHwnr.s varied in the Street, bowsver, as accuracy of the information whK-h has been receive.! by Mr. Curtis on th s pnint. vari ous authorities declaring that the banks were selling out Price; McCormick & Co.'s collateral to a large extent. There is ILSSBM to **■**■ that out of town banks hold !ar-,*- .piantltles of coHateral advanced by the firm for loans. Sev eral have written their X-u-Y-rk correspond ents asking what they should do. In most cases, it is aadansaod, Ikwj were aistswl to nx. It is said that Price. McCormlck & Co. owe to banks in the financial district sums aggre gating nearly $4^100.000, secured by good col lateral, the value of which, estimated at last week's low prices, represents a margin of about 20 per cent above the total amount of the loans, most of which are time loans. It was also re ported yesterday that th- assignee had col lected about $2,000,000 through his liquidation of stocks and bonds closed out "under the rule" on the Stock Exchange for account of the firm since the failure. The purchases and sales yes terday "under the rule" were as follows: BOUGHT. $10,000 Colorado Southern fours. I<»> American Car and Foundnr preferred. MS American Steel ■■a' Wire preferred. lt»> <*..ntlnmial Tobacco. SOLD. 200 Sew York Centra!. *► People's (las. 2<«> Suear. •JOo Missouri Pacific, too Brooklyn KatpM Transit, 100 Union i:a<c and Paper preferred. The stock market, as already noted, was dull and listless yesterday, the total transactions be ing less than 2~.">.0o0 shares. The atmosphere was one of uncertainty, and there were the usual rumors of "another big house in trouble." rumors which. if unverified, nevertheless con tributed strongly to depress the market, as did the uncertainty regarding the policy of the banks as to closing out the Prlce-McCormlck loans. A large part of the day's trading repre sented the switching to other houses of Frlce- McCormick accounts. COTTON BXCBAIttSI CHEEHFT'L. The sentiment on the Cotton K.vhans:-- was cheerful, and almost buoyant, in strong; con trast to the tone of the Stock Exchange. It was the opinion at th*» opening that the extent of Price; McCormick & Co.'s outstanding I sstMgtJl would probably not exceed >l"»i"«'. Another good feature, as cotton men viewed the alias) tion. was that the difference which has existed n near and distant deliveries would be almost obliterated— ln a word, that th.- fatlure has done much to clear the atmosphere of cot ton Bpecatstftsas. Then. t<K>. the worst had been reared from Liverpool, where Thursday had us it wai the Queen's birth day, bu: the eaiiy Liverpool cables, although, of coarse, lowei than Wednesday's close, wet* much n.ore favorable than the lgcal operator* '..ad ventured to anti. ,; As a result summer cotton opened up 7 to 20 points higher than at Thursday's close. May cotton opened at an advance of 20 to 22 points over the preceding day. when It broke 7S point*. Cotton of the new crop month beginning with September opened up from 2 to .1 points, as a result ad Liverpool advices. There was heavy New-Orleans selling, while Liverpool bought largely, because of the scarcity of cotton in that market. Local traders operated both ways. buy- Ing and selling. A small failure was reported from Liverpool, but It had absolutely no effect in that market or this. Liquidation of cotton which had been car-» rted over the break and seilinjr for Southern ao count caused recession later In the morning; but the cable advices from Liverpool that that market had closed strong, with unimportant declines as compared with Wednesday's final quotations, gave renewed strength to the local market. Disquieting reports from the Stock Continued on third pasir. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT in- Cough Cure— JAINKsi UXPECTuKANT-Aivu