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V CL LXVIL...X"- 22,120. HI) WITH A FLOURISH R. T. BOARD'S FAREWELL. Coney Island-Fourth Avenue Route Put Up to Utilities Commission. The Rapid Transit Commission yesterday held what will probably prove to have been Its Ja't paWlc meeting, and, considering all the cir cjrr.?tanccs. It did a lot of work. Th.» mission approved the plans for the so-called Fourth avenue route to Coney Island and Fort Hamilton. In Brooklyn, and probably advanced the project so far on paper that the new Public Utilities Commission will find it difficult in change the programme. Chief En- Eineer Rice surprised the commission by an nouncing that th" plans for six of the sections were complete, and that the commission could order a hearing on the form of contract for the system, which is to cost about 123,000,000. Th* hearing was set for the last Thursday In July "A terrible revenge!" ejaculated Mayor Mc- Ck-:ian. laughingly, as he suggested to Vice president Statin that the new commission would have a hot time of it. Another Item of business was the ordering of three additional tracks at 96th street to facili tate the running of express trains. This will cost about (900.000. The Interborough interests •w-ill do the work as "extras." Following the business there was a wave of emotion that engulfed the board when it came to the official leavetakins;. FOURTH AVENUE REPORT. All the members, with the exception of Presi dent Simmons, of the Chamber of Commerce, Mere at the meeting. President Orr has nearly recovered bom his recent illness. George L. Rives, counsel, reported the completion of the plans for the major ran of the Fourth avenue eystem. He said that six sections were all ready, as follows: 1. From Xassau street, at the end of tho Man hattan Eridpe. In the Flatbush avenue ext^nslr.n. t-> Willoughby street, with a station at Tillary and Johnson streets. Estimated cost. 51.600.000. Open excavation. - From Willoughby to Fulton street end Ashland Place. Estimated .-ost. $.'.•«••. ■••• Open excavation. excfjU at Fulton street. 3. From Fulton street and Ashland Place to Back e:t. Btree * and Fourth avenue. On account of the ruildinc of a new sewer In Fourth avenue, which (rill take fifteen months to complete, no o.=t!m;»te was made on the cost of the tunnel. i From £ack<--!t street. In Fourth avenue, to 10th ftreet. with station between LTnlon and President fend Bth ar.d ?t]i streets. Estimated .-o?t. $1,500,000. '•• From 10th to 23d street; stations at Prospect avenue and JTth stre^r and 26th and 27th streets, Kst mated cost. $I.. r^f ■,<«•!. 6. 27th Street to 41st street; station at 36th street. Open excavation. Estimated <-->.«t. •:•-.. .... From this pr.int «he four track system will branch to Coney Island and Fort Hamilton. For additional ventilation In the tunnel above 137'!- street an appropriation of |«90/KiO wi«s made. PRAISE FOR THE SECRETARY. Albert B. Boardman, counsel, read the follow ing resolution, which was adopted unanimously: Rf?oi\^d, Thr.t this board desires to pLac< on record its appreciation of the fffici<=-ncy and siticl- ne?.- of purj>":-«» which have characterized the work of its B^cretary during the last r- isrht years. Having hid entirr- chi.rs" of th- 1 office of the board, he lias carried on practically all the correspondence, feeing all visitors, answering all inquiries and r?pn.*sentire the board In Its constant relation* -with the r.ewfpapfrf. That citison. rs<-h or poor, taxpayers' or property owners' association, corporation or public official has yet to be f<>ur.d who can say that he or it as not treated with courtesy -1 Impartiality. Not a fir.gle complaint from any of th"so numerous and varied Interests or from the newspapers or their representatives, has ever been received l>y the presi dent or any wmtl as to the conduct ■■( ill. office during these yesrs. and the office lias always been kept wide open and free from offlv-ial formali ties, as all offices should be. but wnicti Is Impossible unles?. as in this case, there me no secrets to hide cr.ii no favorites to be preferred. Resolved further. That this board hereby ci.m nends its chief engineer and his unusually . (Relent staff of assistants ■■•'. the auditor, individually and collectively, lor •-fflcient and excellent service. Vice-President Starin congratulated the com mission and himself on the record made by the commission. He read the following: I have but scar.t sympathy v.-jth people who praise men for performios a public service hon culy and with fidelity and industry. i. is the simple duty of men so situated to do their work honestly, faithfully and with painstak ing :r.4ustry. So much at least should be demanded of them, v.hile this is true, however.' it may also be said that it Is not tlven to every man to look back upor. a service of seventeen years with a body of rubllc officials, to which in all that time not or.c treath of criticjc m as to lts honesty and fidelity of purpose has ever been dire<M<--d. This proud distinction, gentlemen, belongs to ,„,-. ap a member of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York. ! cherish it beyond th« possibility of adequate expression. I leave it to those who com after me a* an enviable heritage. This. I presume, may be the last meeting of cur board, and as you FO your several ways, fpeaking as the oldest mem ber of the commission, in point of service and in fears. I congratulate you and myself upon the unity of purpose, if not of view, which has always characterized our deliberations. According to our lights we have labored for the best interests of the people we have promised to serve. As th* years go on I think they will be more and more appreciative of the work we have done. I trust you may all live yet many a ypar to lie mad'- aware of this appreciation. I shall always cherish In fondest memory"', my association with you. and with feelings <■• the warmest esteem and regard : bid you farewell and Godspeed. Mayor McClellan amid: "Mr. President and Gentlemen: Ido not feel that I can allow this occasion to pass without faying something that for years has been ob vious to the people of this city. It has been my pleasant duty to be associated with this board for the last three and a half years. I want to thank you for your unvarying courtesy. There is not a thinking man in our city who does not realize that the members of this com mission In the last thirteen years have dis charged their duties with integrity and ability. There were many things that you could hot do. You could not have done the impossible, buc you have done the best you could, and the ser vice rendered is an honor to this board." MR. ORR DEEPLY MOVED. Mr. Orr had some difficulty In speaking. His voice trembled as he said: "I wish to return thanks to each of you for your co-operation in our work. I believe 1 do not exaggerate when i say v .- have done our best. In the last thirteen years I have received nothing other than kindness, courtesy anA con tinuous support, ana i wish to express my sratl tuae for It all." ••«*" Commissioner Baitth said: "I wish to express gratitude for the sorvirei rendered by our president. I take great Meas ure in expressing my personal regard cad apr I«r«vlatlon." As soon as the cession xras over th- news paper men shook bands with President Orr and exchanged compliments. Mr Orr h--l a friendly chat with the auditor, Mr, Hc'inuui and v/ith th.? ,-. neceer. "Jim" Dotaa ' "The worst thing that (■■ liar,p£-n«.l « o r-rtd tranrit," saM Cotnsnlmh\<nir Smith to a Tribune reporter, •*{» the Embers lav.-. This board t.r< tested R«aJ»sAfa« ps.»saje of ,i, ( bill, and D:e dieted that it* too stringent provisions would rre-eit i.rhaie capital from engaging In sub v,ay building. It has turned outcLcUv «J Twe predicted. After th« Fourth avenue Brooklyn system is built, there will b, no ftih&rSSSS building until the Elsbers |aw in rc^ul^- SOCIAL TRAIN RETURMNG FRO I ATLANTIC CITY FOURTH OF JULY r *aa coaches. -A3. v amir* To-c'.i.T. fair. To-mnnoiv. fair; west wlad» WIFE MURDER SUSPECTED Former Clergyman Watched — Mar ried Nets Yorker's Widow. London, June 27.— Walter Swinburne Hancock, formerly an Episcopalian clergyman of a fash ionable chttn h In Chicago, whom h!s bishop Inhibited on account of scandals with women, is undc- police surveillance here. He '..-• sus pected of having poisoned his wife, who waa the widow of Paul Townsend Jones, of New- York, allegations to that effect having been made in the Kensington coroner's court at an Inquiry now b< Ing held. Mrs. Hancock died on March 28 last, the cause of death being certified as a ipendicltis. Afterward the body was exhumed on accouni of the suspit lons of tier eon, who i? a barrister. He testified al thr inquest, intimating strongly that he thought Hancock poisoned his wife in order to >btain her property. Other witnesses testified that Mrs. Hancock had drawn a will frivjiig everything to her son. but when she at tempted to si« ti the document on her deathbed she coll;;j sed. The Inquest was adjourned uetll July 11, for the purpose of having an analysis of the on icnts of the sto ich made. Meanwhile Han cock has I i! placed under police surveillance. Hancock's Chicago troubles :".>k place u 1 IV';T.1 V ' ; T. He lived at the Virginia Hotel, In thai city, and claimed relationship lo Lord Castlemalne Han cock is the son of a stone mason. He went to America In the early 80s. and held several pas torates He married Mrs. Grace Jones while Visiting in Xew York In 1897. Chicago. June 27.— Walter Swinburne Hancock was during 1896 assistant rector of St. James's Episcopal Church,' one of the leading churches of that denomination here, and was in hibited by the late Bishop McLaren upon charges pi 'ferred by the Rev. James S. Stone, who is Ptill rector of St. James's Church Hancock came to Chicago from St. John's, X. !•'.. and In vestigations made there by Bishop McLaren showed him to have been a "man of evil repute." "The charges brought against Hancock here," said I" Stone to-night, "were never made public, l>ut Bishop McLaren was convinced of his guilt. Being a British Riibjeei Hancock could not be de posed and aft«r his Inhibition he dropped out of sight." Po far as the Church leader* know. Hancock was, not married while a resident of Chicago. AIRSHIP UNDER CONTROL. Designed for Use in War— Has Trial at Hammond sport. [By ~. |, enrh to The Trthur.e. ] Buffalo, June 27. — Captain Thomas S. Bald win, who operated a balloon used by the United States Army In the war with Spain, has suc ceeded, after five years' experimental work. In perfecting the Twentieth Century, an airship over which he has full control, and which army officers say will be of great value as an auxiliary to ground forces on the field. The balloon had a trial at Hammondsport yesterday In the presence of several thousand persons, including Captain Charles De F. Chan dl t, United States Army signal corpse; Major George Owen Squler, Fort Leavenworth; Pro fessor Pickering, Harvard University, and Dr. Julian P. Thomas. New York City. The airship rose steadily to a height of several hundred feet and moved eastward to the hills. Then it was steered back until it stood motion less over the village. Baldwin allowed the ma chine to drop almost upon the housetops, and then It quickly shot upward to a great altitude. The Twentieth Century has a cigar shaped gas bag 62 feet long and 17 feet In diameter. The bag holds 9,000 cubic feel of hydrogen gas, which the Inventor says will enable the ship to stay in the air a number of days The ship also depends on twin air propellers for its buoy ancy. Two large screw propellers are connected with a 16-horsepowei gasolene motor. The car under the bag is built of wood, and Is 42 feet over all, and 3 feet deep. Captain Baladwln sat In a seat at the back of. the car. where he controlled the machinery. By throwing the weight of ins body backward the ship shot up into the air, and by throv.nig i: forward the ship ram«» down to earth. Captain Baldwin will majke an ascension In Xew York on August 19 for the Aero Club there. ONE OF JOHN BROWN'S RAIDERS DEAD. After Harper's Ferry Affair Became Kalleck Spy- fn.v T-!»<n-apl> to The Tribune.'] Providence, R. 1., June 27.— Colonel Richard Howard, -■> veteran of the Civil War and one of the survivors of John Brown's Harper's Perry raiding party, died here to-day. Brown offered Howard the leadership of a party to loin In the raid, and when the attempt was made five daya hef<ir«» It was heduled, Howard's party wag attacked on the river bank with a hailstorm of bullets. Flown rd escaped by swimming under water a long distance down the river. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted In th» T«th Rhode Island and soon became detailed as a nhnrpshooter and spy under General HalWk. He entered Richmond In dis guise several times. SOME HUGE HAILSTONES. Three Men Knocked Senseless by Lumps of Ice as Large as Baseballs. 1 By : : ->RrapVi to The TriNine. 1 Sflllard, N>b.. Jui c 27.— An extraordinary hail storm. In which hc!l?tones as large as baseballs !•:!, took place here last night. Three men were knocked senseless In course of the storm, and lnt*r f' ni.- Workmen at a railroad camp played ball with the hailstones, using singletrees aa bat* The storm came up at sundown and raK««i for half an hour. The ground waa covered to .-, depth of several inches with th'» hailstones, a Union Pacific grading camp on the edge of the town suf fereO severely, tho t ■ -tit .- being cut Into ribbons. • HURRICANE KIILZD TWO HUNDRED. Many Islands of the Caroline Group Re ported to Have Been Devastated. Sydney, N. S. w . Jon* 27.— German steamer Germanic, which hoc arrlvod hare, reports a hurri can", accompanied Ly Immense waves, which swept tho Caroline group. Many island* were devastated, end It la estimated that at least two hundred na tive.i perished. BUCHANAN EEFTJSED FRIZ PASS?" Letter Declining Offer Found in Archives of Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia, June -7. In the archives of the Pennsylvania Railroad hos been found d tetter from J«itric3 Buchanan, written when lie was President of t;.. United States, declining an offer if a fre< nass on the Northern Ccntial Railroad. The letter came in • > the possession of the Pennsylvania Railroad when that road acquired control of the Northern Central. It is as foliows: Washington. March- 24. "•.",• I>\ir Sir: » return th« f.-P" ticket which Mr. c.i--\.'rt hae »?ir<»ctr"l to h.-> forwarded to me for th<» Northern Central Railroad «v:th a i raf '■>'.h'.\>" f>r ills kindness us though I lia:l r'c~?pt»d if. It brs baen the pactic« <?f hiy lif? not to travel ire* in any rpilro-id. I ■ ■!■•" |>j a* -'i to th whole py*tf-m of (ranting ouch privi'uV^a ' » individuals not connected with these roadc. Yotirp very re spectfully. • JAMKS 'BUCHANAN. Robett S llolllns. Ec«j., Secretary. NEW- YORK. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1907. -FOURTEEN PAGES.-* TJSS£\2£.t*~ START OF THE YALE-HARVARD VARSITY RACE A T NEW LONDON. MAY ATTACK THE CZAR, TERRORISTS AT WORK. Old Organization Revived — Large Fund from a Robbery. St. Petersburg, June 27. — It has been learned from Russian revolutionary sources that the Social Revolutionary party a month ago revived the old terrorist organization, which had been allowed to lapse since the congress held In Fin land during the spring of 1906. It has placed Gregory Gerschunln, who escaped from Siberia last year and eventually reached New York, and Savinkoff, who escaped from Sebastopol in 1905, the best organizers of the party, in charge. The sum of $40, ci. ,ii monthly was assigned for espion age, the preparation of bombs and so on from the party treasury, which recently received more than $400,000 from the cashier of the sub-treas ury of Samarkand — a Social Revolutionist who embezzled $480,000 and escaped abroad. The headquarters of the terrorists, as usual, are but side of Russia, Though an attempt on the life of Premier Stolyjpln while entering or leaving the Taurida Palace is believed to have be d feasible, the terrorists abstained fro . activity while parlia ment was In .session, and were in no way con nected with the late regicide plot, which a rep resentative of th» party disavowed from tho tribune of tin- Douma. The rec.-nt crimes. It la added, were the work <>f tho so-called 'local Hying detachments," operating Independently of tho main organization. It if reported that the terrorists hi- now v on templatins^ attempts against Premier Stolypln and Emperor Nicholas, but the latter has not yet been sanctioned by the executive committee of th*> party. It i.-j also reported that th. terror ists are planning an Important robbery, from which a large amount of booty is expected. The openness with which these plans are discussed astonishes foreigners who are not he- . Inted with the methods <>r the old organi zation, which never made the least concealmi nt of the names of its Intended victims. The number of volunteers for the work of the Terrorist organization is reported to be large, especially since the dissolution of Parliament' The Social Revolutionary propaganda is *;tid t.> have made headway in the villages, particu larly In the provinci » of Kursk and Voronezh! Thn • volution! complain <.f lack of arms, <■'" one of the Social Democratic organ! ■ I has now undertaken the task of supplying arms to all the revolutionary groups. The Maximalist organization, which was re sponsible for the attempt on Premier Stolypln on August 2. r i and the big robberk-s at Moscow and St. Peters ! has now been entirely bro ken ii), by the police. The survivors are in active or have rejoined the regular Social Revo lutionary organization. The proceeds of the St. Petersburg custom* robbefy have been expended most recklessly At least $160,000 was stolen In April by a member of the organization, who escaped abroad Death sentences have f.^n voted against him and against a young woman of Moscow who recently was Identified as a traitor, but who managed to escape. It Is said that the Social Democratic organiza tion has made good progress In the army and navy, hut no action is contemplated at pres ent. The mutinies of the sappers .-it Kiev and of the sailors of the Black Sea Fleet were not ordered by the party, but were due to the Im patience of the a ildiert and sailors. Berlin. June 27.— Th.- renewed ferment among the social revolutionists In Russia since the dis solution of the Douma has caused the Prussian police to redouble their efforts to break up the propaganda work among the Rusv'ai students In the higher educational Institutions of Berlin Evidence was discovered during the sear of the lodgings >r Russian students hoi-.. | n May last which Inculpated a number of students , leaders In organizing the propaganda among tho Russians In other German [ties and in collect ing money and sending it to the Social Revo lutionists In Russia. Seven of these loaders are now marked for expulsion. Karfunk. I item and YVcidt. both students. whr-se cases are more serious, will be prosecuted in the courts for organizing secret groups of Russian anarchists In Germany. The search of an anarchist newspaper office established the fact that Karfunkelstelri was supplied with a false passport for the purpose .of attending the anarchist congress at Mannheim. The police also discovered In the lining of Karfunke] cap a letter of recommendation from the Russian revolutionary committee praising him as cm of the most efficient agitators. The police have become convinced that many Russian revolutionists come to Germany and get themselves matriculated at the universities as a cloak for their secret designs. The authori ties, therefore, have sent 0 circular to the uni versities urging that greater precautions bo taken to prevent sucli matriculations. Russian applicants must henceforth prove adequate prep aration and sufficient money for self-support. Prince Frledrlch yon ■Soltns-Braunfels has written to "The Tageblatt" denying that th-» Princess ECbba yon Solms-Braunfels-. up t;> tha ;re nt living In Finland, has anything to do with the social revolutionary agitation. The princess Is living In complete retirement. 0 COSSACK RAID INTO AUSTRIA. Fourteen Men Plunder, Kill and Mutilate Victini3 — Tv/o Captured. Vienna. Juno Z7.— A dispatch from Brody, n town fn Eastern Gallcia; rays that fourteen Cossacks crossed tho frontier to-day Into Austrlaj They plundered a hou« and killed the owner and his wife and cut off '.is daughter's liquids, also mutilat ing pther pertitiris. Austrian gendarmes captured tv.o of tho Cossacks, but the others esc,ip»d across the bcrd< i Clear air. Cold apringa and tool nights in the Willie Mountain:*.— Aiivt. FIRE IN P R. R, TU.VNEL Tzco "Sand Hogs" Reported Dead das Tank in Danger. A fire broke out cirly this morning In one f the air l..cks of the Pennsylvania Railroad tun nel underneath 33d street, between First avenue and tlv* East River. Two of the laborers, known tnd hogs," nre reported to lm\. been killed The fire started in a group of buildings about the opening of a shnft. The buildings Include the dispensary, the ofTicn of the timekeepers anrl other employes, and ;i compressing room, in which tin nir is forced into the tunnels. The men in the tunnel are being brought ' n lulckl; .-is poss Ible, and v N ex- I they .... t;i be saved. A hie; gas tank of !'!■■ Consolidated Oaa Company la nearby and In dancer. D ■ nt waa on the tubborn and th« tl! their ■ i con- The tire wa- !.|,.!ijjiit under* control after de buildings about the mouth of the shaft ir Is not believed that any men are dead, although it is not afa I ertain Six vi"M were overcome by smoke and taken Hospital The Bre did not tho tunnel, vorklng there escaped. LIKE IROQUOIS EIRE. Five Hundred Burned in Native Theatre in Hong Kong. Victoria, B C Jim* !? I holocaust ta r« ported In mall advleea from Hong Kong, where five hundred Chinese of the audience ol a Chi nese theatre and t< n of the a< tors were burned to death whi the theatre »a« destroyed by Hre. The flames «tir. nd rapldl; and the building blocking th* entrance with burning debris The Bri ■ have hern due to the Igniting '<t explosives concealed undi t of thi tl atre, the fire following the explosion. "TWINS; 1 SAID WIRELESS. Happy Event on East Side — Total Weight, 32 Pounds. The East Side wireless news expert got busy yesterday for the llrst time since the completion of his new apparatus He was rejoicing In cool breezes yesterday hen a message In secret code from one of his signal stations at Stanton and '■.•"■■K streets flashed across his vision. Sitting in the "lookout." forty feet above the roof, with spyglasses to hla eyes, scanning th» various wireless stations, lie spied a white flag bearing the code signal T. W., which means. "Twins were born." one of his agents had Just learned that twins had arrived in the tenement house at No. 112 Goei street. 'I'd.- wireless wizard wasted no time in going to tho house, and there he found that Mrs. Isaac -'•!■ had presented her husband with a pair of bouncing babies, a boy and a girl. Dr. Leo pold Harris, who attended the mother, said that the babies and mother were doing well. Th« wireless wizard's agents are generally a few days ahead of the news, but this particular hustler was only five days behind time, for the children were bora last Sunday. At the time of 'he birth, which was .". o'clock In tlif! afternoon there was a lot of excitement throughout the Fogler flat when the joyful news leaked nut. The forty families that occupy the tenement house rushed to Mrs. Fooler's apart ment, all anxious to see the : Ins. Dr. Harris said that the babies were the finest he had seen in a long time. The boy weighed l(j'4 pounds, while the girl's weight was 15% pounds. The neighbors suggested different names for the children. Iky and Izzy were offered as names without request for the boy; as fox the girl, Rachel led the list, with Mayme from the naturalized citizens of the district a close second. The parents are treasuring all suggestions, and will spring their selection on their friends next Sunday, when the christening takes i lace. The news of the arrivals spread throughout the neighborhood. There was a most sponta neous outpouring of congratulations to Airs. Fogler. She heard words of cheer and good will from over a thousand residents of the closely settled district. Dr. Harris said that it lias been a long time since twins were born on the Bast Side. It was seldom, he said, that they both survived. Thd Fogler twins, the doctor said, are In perfect health. CARNEGIE GIVES ASYLUM SITE. Tract of Land in Cambria County. Perm.. Valued at $350,000. .1 hnstown, Perm., June -7 Count] Pomtr - ■ llahn of Cambria Countj to-daj received :i letter from Andrew Ca i lent Ing \ tract <t land, near Cresson. Perm.. valued ;it IRO.OOO, to the county for an Insane asylum. The County Commissioners had written !■■> Mr. gie asklns what prW he would tik» for ;},(■ property. Mr. Carnegie replied m < "^llow«: • * the m.mv happy days I 'lav*- spent County, around Cresson, It will giv.-> tent the property <■■ ■ ountj of ■ All the coal .tit! mineral rights are Included In AFTER ALL, USHERS THE SCOTCH that mad.. Ilia highball famous.— AUvt HABRIMAM GETS IN WAY ARRESTED AT BOAT RACE. Follows Crew* at New London in Launch, and I Detained. ■ [By Telfirraph to The Trlhur.*.] NV-.v London, Conn.. June 27. — K. H. Harrlman saw 'only half of the Harvard-Yale race here to-day. Th» ii Lieutenant Berdsall, President Roosevelt's naval aide, who was in charge of the revenue cutter service, rudely interrupted th" railroad mean's pleasure trip by arestlng him for trespassing on the course. Mr. Harrlman was? tak n on board the cutter Greaham, held there until after the race and was then allowed to go. It is understood that his pies of innocence of any intention of wrongdoing was sufficient to cause his release. Mr. Harriman came to tl n his steam y.-i. ),t. the Sultana, and anchored oil r Cove. The Sultana is much too big to tax.- up , -"in far upstream, *>• Mr Harriman and Sultanas launch an.', [■at In a long d ■ g f,.r something to happen. After the crews had started the launch tried to k> ■ p abreast of them. Lieutenant BerdsaU imd warned every boat owner not to fpiiow the lie and Chairman Schweppe, who were aboard the ->at. the a repeatedly told Mr. Harriman to stop fa s . ri^me .; i if the course. Mr. Harriman not >'iily paid n>. attention to them, bur took t ■ alongside the referee's boat anil held ii. Off ;he navy yard . . | sig : fora launch and tool whls hicn finally caused Sir Harriman t<> !o.>k armind, At launch from the im, with Lieutenant Berdsall aboard, hove up all ingslde. "Belaj there!" shouted the officer. "You're arrested for trespassing on the course." •"mis Is K. H. Ii irriman'a boat." cried some one. ■•That's all right." was the answer, "Ovnt? down to the Gresham, am way." Chairman Schweppe ft the regatta commit tee was very angry, and he shouted •■• Mr. Harriman in terms which the latter could rot mistake. The railroad man levelled his fore finger at Chairman Schweppe and yelled back: "Young man, I ■■ ill see you later!" Mr. Harriman saw no more of the race, but was detained as any ordinary prisoner aboard the Oresham until after the rare, was over, when Lieutenant Blrdsall released him, but ordered his boat tied up at the navy yard. Tn the mean time his friends had Failed sadly hack to the starting point. It could not be learn* -1 who was with Mr Harriman. and there was. In fact, little desire on the part of any one to let the news get out. The incident may cost Mr. Harriman a fine pf ?■'''" This was the penalty Imposed on a yacht owner at last years race for transgress! i.f the rules governing the course. It Is said a!so> that Mr. Harrlm i pilot lay lose his license. MERGER HILL PASSED. Designed to Prevent Boston Maine Consolidation. Boston, .Tune 87.— .4 bill designed t» prevent the proposed merger of the Huston £ Maine Railroad with the New Tork. Now Haven »v Hartford system until specific author! given for such n consolidation by the Legislat ure, passed what is practically its fiiutl in the Legislature to-day. After an all day discussion of th.^ measure, It was ordered t.. engrossment by the Senate by .t vote "f M t«i -. The only action needed be fore the bill is placed In the Governor's hands f>>r his signature, la the concurrent action of the House <>n ;» minor amendment. The bill \\\\\ probably be sent i>> the chief executive to-morrow, when the Legislature may be pro rogued. The bill was framed along general tinea -to restrain ih.> consolidation <>r railroad corpora tions," but is aimed directly .it the proposed merger of the rreatesi two New England aroad systems. No less than a score <>f amendments were pro posed at a bearing ti.-f ny th.> Commit) Railroads, but only one was adopted that ,if Senator William Faxon, of Stoughton making the restrictive legislation not applicable !.• ruil r-Mcis acquired tx fore May I, 1907. GHASS ROTTING IN LANCASHIRE. Crop Outlook in Great English County Worst in the Memory of Man. London, June 27.— All over England the bad weather la seriously affecting agricultural hit* testa Dispatches from various parts of the great county of Lancashire say that the crop outlook there Is the blackest within the memory of man. The land Is waterlogged and large tracts of grass «.re totting at the roots. The oats are only ■ foot high and are turning yellow. The fruit crop la practically i failure. The mountains of Lancashire County are m places covered with snow. FAMINF THREATENED IN SWEDFN Hundreds of Square Mile 3of Fertile lands Inundated. Stockholm June Jl.— Sprins: freshets in Northern Sweden have inundated hundreds of square miles Of fertile bottom lands. This is the greatest In undation In fifty years and threatens a renewal of the famine. Many tog-floating ways have been .lestroyed- PRICK THREE CENTS. yam: \vi.\s im; race. HARVARD DIES HA HI). 'Varsity Crtwa Battle Stroke for Stroke for Four Miles. IRy Tel'Kraph to Th* Tribune.) New London, Conn.. June '27. — Once again did Yale snatch the season's dual aquatic honors from Harvard on the Thames River here at dusk to-night, winning the annual eight-oared 'varsity shell race after a struggle so close and bitterly contested from start to finish that equal glory must be given to both winners and losers. At the end the nose of the Yale shell was half a length in front, with Yale's time for the four miles clocked at -I minutes and I" seconds, and Har vard's at -1 minutes 13 seconds. The race > rowed up stream from the drawbridge with the finish opposite the Harvard quarters at Red Top. The freshman eight-oared and 'varsity four oared races were postponed until t;>-morrow morning. In many respects the race to-night will go down in college rowing history as one of the most remarkable ever recorded. Cheek by cheek and Jowl by Jowl the sixteen splendidly trained young athletes fought out the battle of sweeps over those four heart breaking, nerve racking, muscle rending miles with inches only separat ing the two boats until the finish was in sight. when the Yale oarsmen had more in reserve and were able to make the spurt which won tha battle. Away to an even start at the drawbridge, soon after 7 o'clock, just as the sun's golden orb was dipping behind the hills on the west side of tho Thames River, the Harvard crew jumped Into a slight lead — one to be measured by inches only— and at every half mile mark, save two, the Crimson shell showed a trifle In front until three miles and a half of the course had been left behind. Be slight was Harvard's advantage. however, that it was only perceptible to those who trained marine glasses upon the swiftly gliding boats. INCHES ONLY SEPARATE SHELLS. At the two mile mark many thought the strug gle a dead heat — so it very probably was — while at two miles and a half Yale seemed to have an inch or two of lead. Until Tale made Its winning spurt at the tinish. however, neither crew was Me to pull away appreciably from th% other. When one stroke quickened the pace and began to forge ahead — ever so slowly— it was always the sign for the rival stroke to do the same, and so was the see-saw kept up with ona blanket always able to cover both boats. Pome of the closeness of the race and finish may be gleaned from the experience of the thousands of spectators who crowded the ob servation train, which went up the east bank of the river. It is from this side of the river that the better view of the races is usually to be had. as the track skirts the shore closely. Fully 7."» per cent of the spectators elected to watch the contest, therefore, from the east side. When it was decided to row the "varsity race upsfVeam, however, the west side became mora desirable, as the finish— usually th» start— ?<* jj close to the New London shore. The result -was ' that those in the observation train on the east side, while having a fine view of the start and the first three miles, saw absolutely nothing of the last mile and the finish in the gathering; gloom, and hereby bangs ■ curious tale. HARVARD MF..V REJOICE TOO SOON. When the booming of yacht cannons and the shrieking of siren whistles told those on the east side of th*» river that the race was over, a hush of suspense fell upon the long, serpentine line of cars crowded with zealous partisans of the Crimson and the Blue. For a full two minutes it lasted, all wondering which crew had won. The news reached Red Top— abreast of which the Irani had stopped— that Harvard had won. Immediately pandemonium broke loose and v. as promptly communicated to the thousands on the train. Harvard men and maidens rose in a body, cheer after cheer rent the air and Crimson flags were everywhere unfurled to the evening breeze. "Harvard wins by two lengths." came the word from Red Top, and. while the experts found it hard to believe thai either side had scored such a decisive victory, the "grada" and undergrad uates were too happy to question the accuracy ft the report. After a delay of some five minute* the train began to md slowly and laboriously; down the river. Suddenly those aboard noticed that th« hilarity at Red Top had died away and a gloom iedo!ent of defeat had settled upon the Harvard quarters. Yale rootera, quick to grasp at hope so thoroughly abandoned, sent up a shout and like ,i spectre there emerged from the rear of the Harvard camp a giant negress, who held aloft exultlngly a tiny blue flag. Then Harvard knew that Its pride and exultation had been all too soon, and never was the sting of defeat more keen and never were the dregs of an empty cup more bitter to the cheated drinker Then it was Y.tle's turn to hurl forth salvos of thunderous cheers and Victory, the news of which, so long delayed, was all the sweeter for the waiting. Rack on hard seats sank the Harvard legions, glad of the gathering blackness of the summer's night wherein to hide a grief which had heen made all too poignant. Two better trained crews never rowed a race. And likewise two better lighting eights have never measured strength against each other. The time of -1 minutes Ml seconds up stream is the fastest time on record for an up-stream race. The record for the i ours*- is 2O minutes lo seconds, but this was made down stream. with tide and wind favoring. The rowing ct Yale's crew, which, man for man, was not physically the equal of Harvard's, is the great est achievement of John Kennedy, the Blue <» professional coach. Be has never before demon strated bis power and ability as a ooach as he did in this crew, which he developed out of In ferior material and made into one of the best r.tci:«g machines that Yale has ever produced. The difference between the two crews was simply that Yale used her strength more eco nranlcally than did Harvard. The Eli's stroke w»is rounded out and the men rowed it so per fectly that they did not seem to be making tin effort. ROUGH WATER CAUSES POSTPONEMENT. The unusual and the unexpected marked the day's doings from start to finish. When tha crowds began to pour im<> New London early tins morning they were greeted with a notice on the station blackboard to the effect that the freshman eight oared and 'varsity four oared i aces would be rowed in the afternoon after the 'varsity eight oared race, and not in the morn ing, as scheduled. The reason given for the postponement was the rough water. The crowd uccopted this ruling of the oAViala gracefully enough and made the best of things until I o'clock, when the observation trains started up the liver for the 'varsity race, which was sched uled to start at 1 :.'.!>. Arrived at the starting point, the officials coolly anounced that the water was still too rough for rawing, that the "varsity race would be started up stream at »>:P>O o'clock and that th« freshman and four oared races would be post poned until to-morrow. The river, to be sure, was rathe* rough, with now and then a white cap showing, but even old oarsmen thought th© action of the stewards rather drastic in view of the fact that some thirty thousand persons hail spent much time and money to come here to sea the races. Back to New London went the observation trains, the spectators by this time a bit grumpy, only to be informed shortly after leaving the cars that tlie freshman and four-oared races would be pulled off 'at once. Into the trail: a The Hudson River Day Line has • Ufesjaj doubled its servtrn. and offers most let •• Consult schedule.— Advt