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?offlCElSJ ? - Vor LIX ? N? 10,22(1. NEW YORK. THTRSPAY. JULY 6. 181)0. POURTEBN PAGES. FKICE THREE CEXTS. BNLISTING VOLUNTEERS. TEN NEW REGTMENTS OF rXFAXTRY TO BE RAISEP. _ FORCE OF rOURTUlM TTTOfSANP MEN FOR 8ERVICE IN THE rHTLirriXES? THE FIRST roi.OXEL AFPOTNTSD. f?T TTH-BOBArH TO THT TIlIBrNK ,] ~.'ashlr.arton, July r> ? Tb*. lmmedlate organ liatlon of ten volunteer lr.far.try reglmenta. ag prregatlnaT 14.8O0 offleers and men. for aervlce ln the PhlllrPfneB was dtrerted hy the Presldent to-day. and the fnrmal orders eataollshlng th-> new commanda and rearulatlng the recrultlng B aa kaaaed from Adlutant-O.eneral Corbln'a offlce to-morrow morning. Headriuarters f--r the new regtments wlll be dlatrlbut.-d '.n varlou* rt8 of the country, with a vlew to glve each n an opportunlty for repreaentatIin, and th'-se heai-niarters wlll be malntalned unt'.l rai 'Hls neods relnforcementB. the mm rnanda ln the mean tlme being brought tr a .-t.'.r.dard of efflclency through drllla, gar duty, marches and target practice. The enllsted men wlll be recrulted at the aeventy Regular Army atatlona for the perlod endlng June M ll*?l, "unleaB socner di?rharged." The reglmental offlcera will etime for the mo?.t paii fr-.m commlsBb.ned offlcera of the Regular ?? who ah-owed apedal aptnesa for eom? mand ln the war with Fpaln. and io a few caaea amonn recently diBcharged volunti i ficers who dtstlnguiahed themaeivea laat sum :ner. The aelectlon of company ofneers wlll be T-.ioTieally llmtted to thoae who aaxv aervl--? Ifl Cuba. Porto Rieo or the Phlllpptrea. and they will be distrlbuted among the Ptates in pr^p ir tion to the representatinn of auch States in ??sa. The reglments wlll be numbered ?he 20th l'nlted Ptatea Infantry VOlun teera to the STvth incluslve. thia devloa avoldlng the posalblllty of oonfualon xvlth the Regular Infaatry reglments. which are twenty-flve Ir. Bumt.. r. TWO iiF XHE C"0_ONEI-8 PELECTED. The 2??th Reglment wlll !*? asaembl-d as rap lj:> aa recmlted at Plattshurg Ra-racka. Mew Y rk. under the command of Ookmel Edmund now Junior major in the 3d Infantry and rrevet Ueutenaat-colonel. I'ntt; to-day he haa been examlning aecond lieutenanta at Fort Mon ut he xvill now proceed at once to platta burg and aasume command. ?her of the ten reglments wlll be com : Bd bj Captaln Jamea s Pettlt, lat In? faatry. who organlaed &nd eommanded the 4th Imrnunea. which aerved at Baatlago. and after ' ga-riB..ning Mantanillo was mtUrtered out of the servlce at <\*mp Meade last m..nth. Tb" 4th was th- I tbe immune reglmenta. and aa nearly all ita men volunteered for duty n before they were dlsehanr^d and bafora the Admlnlatratlon declded to utlllae j additionaJ ?? - "?*' Rettft aspacta to aerur* practlcally hia fonner orawnlxatlon, talnlng men wl re n terana ; may b? prepared for any eerviee In a few ??,.ek!? Colonel I wl - il ira get the ma? jorlty of hls men from N< ' an^ ajew-York, but he alread; .-arions frota aoldlera pera - ly known to him .. tfier loralittea. and hi? reglment pr to vle wtth Rooaevelt'B Routrh Rldera ir. many reapeets. The nr^anlzatlon nf earh o* ?*e reglmeehB, llk? the two Oen-ra! r"lf ls already raclng at Ma? nila. provtdee for 1.887 offlcera and men ta each ?nd. of Wblcb 1.3*J0 are ?nl1?ted men. 110 to a company. thirtv-four are the band and non ? ?d reglmental stafT. thlrty-elght are ? mpany nfl - ' wblcb there are twelve ?na. fcnarteen flrat lleutenanta ard twelv* I lleutenanta ard. flnally, flve reglmenta; ra Recrultlng for all the reglment* wlll ,Us!y thmughrut the country. and wlll not Btop until al! are fllled Th. ? nta wlll be inapacted whena - r.ne or more ahould be aent to hlm. ard -. m depaii for Manila ln the order of thelr ? ncy COLONEL RIOK'S HON'oraRT.F RBCORD. rdonel Edmund RW. aeJe. ted by the Preel dent aa aenlor colonel of vorunteera to eommand the new 28th Infantry la on? of The able?? o* . fhe ??rviee. and would nndoubtedly have I eeneral offleer ln the war with Prsln had ? been on duty aa milltary atta^hA to tb? an L^gatlon ln Japan when hostllttiea Hla appllcatlon to return home waa not -d untlt the war aetualVy opened, and when | aniva ln Washlnsrton the only duty he end which promlsed to take hlm moat waa aa Inapector-reneral on rtafl f ataJor-Oeneral alllaa, then on th" of atartlng for Bantlaco. ^"h-n trouble b.?an ln the flth Maaaacbnaetta Reglment In ] ? Rirr. rolonel Rlce ahowed hla abl bng that reglment Into ahape In a few ind using H to drlve the Ppanlarda back - | Pan Juan until stopped by the peaee pro toeol From the aaoment he aaaumod eommand. nomlnatl-n of the Oovernor of Massaehu I no reglment advaneed more rapld!y and - BrfOraned gr^Mer aervlce. operatlng as It .. .hf. most atubborri body of rhe enemy ? ? tha porto Rtcaa e?r,ed!tion encounterad. nel R1"e haa a r-ord of h-ml-m ln tbe arar that la aeareely e.,ualied among offl^ tfti remalnlng in ?'- "", ^ . ilionad aa Anguat 28 IM1. M ??*??? ? h >'a-^ ' ':M",'r ^ ! .nnn to major the 1 one ln fuly. 1884. He recelved a m-lal 5 honor "for ronaplc.oua bravery ?J^lng h|l . nt ln ?he rountercharge agalnet Pb kett a n. falllng M?"""V?H ^^l^.buri* ln tbe battk?^of Oett jburg ..,-. whI? nrvlng as "?^JJtSIJJj_*a: ??- I"'M'-' :av?,T' .iV^rlng .ond and mede hia w .> ? v,,,,,r.? .... - la travelllne at nlaht and hbHr.a &y .Z?,h WHI Vlrglnla nnd Kentu-hy to 'nrougn -A ~:v , , ^,? ._# rn..,iinn where he fumlshed valuable Infc . ..my-a country SERVKE IN THE REOri.AR _RMT He waa bravattad in the ReguUr aatabliab ? ?, the war aa captaln. major .Haaai raaa^actlvehr. for raiiant -r-n,,- aanrlaaa la the batr.ea of a orf and the Wildemeaa. In - ,t the orgin.zat.on of The m-w reglmenta of infantn W<* "^ _?*__?"," ?ervira as a flrst Ueutenant of the 40th In? fantry. and la the raorganlaatloa of tb. he waa tranaferred to tha 5th Infantry. ln wtaleh I ^rrwa witt nattBctt. n sin-e J?"uar> I87L taklng part la Indlaa campnlgna and the ontler tv. . ..A.?. Adrutant-General rorMn, ln an offl.lal btat JnT, Colonel Rlce 1 ^..{Jj War Department thi. afu y? havlng had a distlngulahed car*?er ln the ^a -,.>. ha n Important dut) ? 'nai hla partlcuiar grji-l'- _._?.hrr?-.nta pj el not able aee..mpllBhrr n M^'Fair ll. rhiciig ,ard at th- VI "Md" Falr ln i He was aa,:,r.ed to thi* duty by Pr and. aa thi ? ' rotectlon from tbaft of ihtmi^M r\" rh,ed%;' we 1 oa nt th*- t ? iteo mi"" , ,,, r.urt? Cclirabbin SSard. ar^a ^"^"iS Df thi world. and tt?clud?el ??1J??? ?"JJ^*,^ 8pW8?t?lvaa of all pura minlmum height waa Bva faet >n in and not over 8 per eent of thejipp aeoeptad It had a miitary nrganiaau a. r' il ?? -'-h,h ??? DER removea all tru-ee ?f t??b*/''?* l99nm' l??:h and aweeur.s the breaih.-Aa?u YI8IT0R8 TO PREYFI 8. THI PRHONBH BEES HIS WIFR HIS BMOTHER AND HIS COUKSKL?I :_-fKI AT THK PRJSON Kennes. France. July "a ?For Captaln Prey- , fus tOyday paesed off very much as yester? day. Mme. Dreyfus, Matthew Dreyfus. hls brother. and Maltre Laborl. hls eounaaL vlattad th*- prlsoner. but otherwdaje no spe< la' tnel.lent oeeurred. As an llluaiiratlnn of th*-- IndtfTerenre of the populatlon. lt ls arortby of note that the words "Vlve Dreyfus "' ohfiikon upnn a wall ln a crner of the town remain absolutely undls turbed. Many, however, pre<1ict trouhle on the Na? tlonal ff>ts day. when a rerlew of the garrlson wlll be held on the Champ de Mars. a large open spe<* in^ide the town The anti-Drey fusards. lt Ih 4>ar*--d. will attempt to draw the troops into a demonatratton. Mme Dreyftta, arrnmpanien' by her par ? - drove tn the prtson ln a rarriae-*- tbla afternoon. Her parenta were n. l admltted, but ?he re malned wlth h*>r huaband an hour. <"'n leavlng she ahowed. for the first tlme, aigna of dis trepa. Her eyea sn rs swolU n and r*-d. as 'hough she had been weeplng bltterly. Ph*? l? stili ln deep mournlng, and la d*-t?-rmln'-d to remain so untll her huaband r> tralns hl? llberty. A somewhat larpor crowd than usual wntehed her arrival and departure. and asraln d!sp!ay?d Utter laek of mannern and eonsfderatlon for h?r terrlble positlon. gatherlng amund h**r. rudely rtarinflr her in the face, and presslne; or.e an? other aside ln thelr ea*rerness not to lose a einsrle detall nf her Inward agony whlch mlaht bo reflected in her eoiiritenanoe. Her vhrlble t ' - theae ghoula, who, bowever, w.-re Bpeedlly d!sp*-rseri hv ? squad of aendarmes The latter flnally barred the two itreeta leadinu to the portal of the pri son. Just oppoatte *he prlaon and overlniMc'.ng the window of th*- cell of Captaln Dreyfus and the curtyard is a tannery Thls ha.? heen a favor? lte COlgne of vantas;*- for a number of ph'.toe raphers who ha\e taken snapshots of ? arrival and departure, and as oftl n ns poeslblfl of ihe Ineidenta oeeurrln* insid*- th" prlson yard. To-day 'h.- pollee arf,x??d a notl r the tan sntran ?? prohlbltlna the entry there ,.f any rn*- exeept on b- - ? -]*.rt*.d wlth tho tan nery Thi* rii^;.'--'irp has arouaed eonalderable commer.t, hut ihe oarner of the tnnnory wlll I ? ly flnd ;' prudent not to lar^re tho n-.tloe Mai"-" Laborl Matthew Dreyfua and Mme. Tar*.\ fus re*urn--d t.. Parla thls evenlng;. M BERTTLLON'8 DISMISWAL UROED. ? ' " Tho Munleipa! Councll ot Paris adopted nn ordor to-day urazlna the Tr* f> I M I>-p:ne, to diamiss M Rert'.llr.n from the directnrahlp of the anrhropomofrir depart ' of rhe mlstakes In hts evldenco aa a handwritlng < fore th-r oourt-martlal and durlre; the roviston procee^ines before tii* Court of r'assatton. when he e-avo the reaaona whhh led hlm to .-? Dreyfus as tho author of the bordereau ? FEVER 8PREADIXG \T 8AXTIAG0. TEJt NEW CASEfl ' BEVEN DEATHI RK pnRTKP TEBTKKDAY pHftiaKO de r'nbs. July 5 T?n n?tr case* of yellow fever and sevon doath? were offfelally rv pcrtad to-day. Al! the vtctlBH of the dlsoase were soldlera, exrept one. an American black smith. A now fever hospttal ha* been eaitahllshed near Boniato Camp. north of El Cane;. Havat-a, Julv S --Manv Amerlean offlee-*. ar*? here who were in the Sanrlaio cnmpaigrt. and. w I'bout exceptton. when dia uasing the yellow fever outhreak am?n*T tho American troops in that part of 'he Ialand, the) say fh*-y do not belleve thore will be any safery unrll th" old Bpanlah barraeks at Santlasro are burned. down. BRITI8B GREETIXG8 [AL mOMAO- Flt M THB AN'C.!/1 AMF.RICAX LEAGCE OF OPUCAT Bl'.ITAIN. Tn tho Editor >' Tho Trlbune S:r Afl -v r>f tho Ar.fcTlo-Amerlcan Corn rk. I havereeelrad the foiiow "An-io-Ar'.ortcan League if Or*-at P.rltaln seni h-.art --st er? I agl I Anglo-Am ? ' rork nn Indepen li ? ?? and trust th*- frlend - ? ? t4a,*-en tho two nations may cmw nr re cordlal ANK D. PAVET. "New-Tork, July .'., 1899 " Tho Anelo-Amerlcan Loa-iie cf rr;??a? r>wt,-i)r. was f.*rm*-d at tho tlme of ?h? Bpanlah war hy emlnent Enelwhmen to expreaa frlendshlp for the T'nltr-d Ptat*s At a meetinir, held at the Stnff..rd House, which was attended h> \, r I Braaaey, BJarl Gray, 'he Earl of Jer ? -. Har.-n Tennys n Monkawall, Slr John Lubbock, K^ar-Admlral Lord .'harles Bereaford, Jamea Bn '.ers, the follow pted: -iderlnt? that the poop'*.., nf the Prlt'^h re and the T'nited Ptates are closely al '.hertt the same llteratiii prlnclplea I' ? ? . ^-rize the aame i^a* I [ m and bumanlty in the iruldance -,f tho|r natlonal pollcy and are drawn t .a-rether by Btrona ntereata li | rta of thi meetlng ls of oplnion that every effort al ? n thi Interesta of clvllixation and the i ' rdlai and coi peratlon on the part of the 1 na 7)^ reaolutlon waa afterward ?'?rned by flve hundred of tve flral dtlaans of th" i'nlted Kinadom. F.'.llowlnaT thls manlfeatatlon of the peneral Brltlah sympathy with th- Unlted Btal ? - \a,;,s f..rm.'d in this up 'h.- followlng ad Ws ettlaens of the Umted Btatea of \ ... ? ns of s\ mpath) au 1 rahlp ?'1th this country on the pa eltlrei ? nf the the Bntish Emptre We earneatlj - arnlzinK as we do that tbe and th- sam.- prlnclplea of or dered libertj Bhould forn the basli of an Intl enduiing frtendahli - a frlend-' I dwill am*.ng u natlcns Of tbs earth v ... j - ? .-"? of the most promlnent all parts of the country wei cured, the addr*-ss-s and names of the algnera prlnted In pamphlat fortn and fonrarded to the I-.r!tlsh synipathl/erp ? MR. CHOATE'I DISTIN- H'lSHKD OUEBTC. ...n, Ju'v B The Unlted s-at.? Ambai sraad Ml I , - ? , ArcbMflbop Irel ? r "-'1 NIr r nnd Mrs _-4 ciaawtUlaai Lord M Ph.and Jufltlce aad M-M .;ra.nthflm Slr Henry M. Hi.d i - b Hoa aad ? .faaaor and Mrs Jebh. the H r, > -. Rrv*-e M.-nrv While Secretary of _nd Mr> J Moraan, Jr ? t Mori/an. BEgCB CMBBB MINEBB '.ET BIGBBB FAT. PbllMpaburg, Paan- J? ' ' A- a meeMn* of the ?., aaaratora of tl ' ^"k ^,r'n Bn<1 r'^ _.?_*MSNf waa r*.n -h**,H THK FLOODS IX TEXA8. WATEB BTILL RI8T5G IN THE UlWEk BHAZ<?S VALLEY. EXAGr.ERATKD REPORTJ - OF LIFE? RAILROADfl lUFTEB HF:a\"ILY--AP PEALI POR RKI.IKF. Galreatou, T-x.. July B.?The Texas flood sltuatlon ls the result of four days of steady rain. healnnine; on June 28, whlch at some parto k of the nature of cloudbursts. In Bome caaea the ra'nfall was twenty Inches. and ? reral plaees II was reported as eight inches. These beavy rainfalls caused rivers to overfiow, In some plaees reaohing; the hlgh*st points known In tho rentral part of the - the flood reached its hetzht Paturday and Sun day. The I "'?"'i *'"irt Of the town, but there uas BO tOSS of Uf* At Hearne ar.d Navaaota the same waa true. The ilvert Robertaon County. was flooied nn i that plantatlon hands could not reach hich grnun ' Reports were c!r culated that flfty people were drowned As le near Calvert, the facta are found to bo that fourteen llres were lost. All the vlctlms were n*-a:r,.es except "ne Many caitle were drowned On Monday the rall roads \r. the central part of the Ptarp were m fa'r conditfon All roada were reaumlng through trafflc. when, on Tuesday. the fl<,..ds ' ? t BOUthern part of the State. To-nlsrht the ? | i tuatlon ln the lower Prar-s Valley at Brookshlre, Wallla, Richmond. Rnsenbers;. Thomp"on, Duka, Areola, Puhrtiear, rhenango and Columbla !? very bad Wai.Ifl ta that the Braaos Is ten foot h'.aher than Ir. 188S Backwater, wlthln one and a QUaJtsr milofl of tho town. is ton feet deep. The San Ant ? lo ar.d Aranaaa Pa.*s hrid-e at Wallla l? ?-. feet under water. The Bouthern Padflc road weat of Houaton !? araahed out near berg and Richmond. Tbe Banta fe hi | H near Thompeon. It ls feared that ?he rlse now at Wallla -ets to Rosenbers: nnd Thomrson the * .nsequenoen will be Berlpua a- - k to-nlKht the rlver Ib rap'dly rlfllng at Thompaon. Th- Columbla tap r->nd ls a out. Th" i.il snd Great Worthern i* open north, and wlll be Open to Pan Antonio to morrow. MANY RAILROAD- TTFD TT. All eommunlcatirn (mm OalveetOU and Hous ton via tbe Panra Fe, the Gel-eeton, Houaton - - Intonlo. the San Antonio ar.d A-ansas and the M -- ui, Kansas and Texas rall' ? is rut off The only Itnea open are tho Texas and New-Orleana, the Houston, Eaat anl West Texaa. the International and Oreat North? ern and the Kansas Clty, PRtSburfl and Oulf The nttle town of Brookahtre, ln Waller County, where, th- IflaaotUi Kansas ard T-xas Rallroad Rlver, ls eurrounde | water Many paraona were cauaht In treee. Thoae drlven out of tbe ealley flockad to the town and are being fed The dtJsena of Brook appealed to fJovernor Sayern for help. and , vernor appealed to the people of Houston, Galveetaa snd San Antonio. Th?- flrst carload of ?lona was sent from Houston thls mornlng. T'vo carloada of prwrlelona a?era sent from Gal veston Rumors were cUrr-nt that many llves were lost at Brookshlre. but "The KewaT has posltlve lnformatlon that onlv two livefl have h~n loet. Cungreaaprian Hawley has telegiapbed 10 ? *"?. amnr ftayera ro aj?K the Becretary of w_r for authorlty to send boats from Galvest.m up tho Brazos Kiver t> - oaught m the BoatS have already t*een sent from Hous? ton. One fact whlch seems to dlscredlt reportu o. wot Braa ? Valley is that the planters knew iho flood va? -omlng and had tlme to warn their hand? Outalde nf the dlsaatera al Calvert and Br okahlre, there have ' nga ln the \n?' week 'entral and Southern ? RAINfl HELP THK CROPfl "The Na-As" wlll i. >t attempt to glve an estl mate as to rhe - lt bellevi ? ?- | i than harm Cmpa led durtrl. ta are in flne tion. Th" watere ree< ' ra| Hy, and tho cr^.s ? -.??? -s ln the fl and have ? ? Th" raiiroadfl are ? ' :*es elther demollsh ..-; Wot S slnKle h\g Iron ra' _ e?-fl'g" correapondent at S*-aley has a.% m Rlver. He re . : The pe i -h-l the llmll of their ablllty ln Ung them, snd appeal for outalde aid i ne| who re.k | tr. swlm his I The Oulf, Coi m : f tl ? to Thomp ? I ' ient out ? to sand The - of Thom:.s..r a!*=o were lnv< .hS city to-nia?ht. after nccompilehlng Ita mlfl FLOOIXS EFFECT HERE, BTEAMBHIP MEN PEAR HF.AVY LOfll ,-, .tt- >N ' IPTIMIBTIC Th*? newi f the 1 - ' ' - - ? -id* ln T* xhs. while not tendln* i on i ? tbe rff- I of aieadylne prlces The hr-.k'r- ire walttni er reporta of the ezteni .... -MmBttnaT the effec- of the flooda '.;- " ? iton tra lt Bt ? era were spcic ? ? at the Ei ? t be I . n ? feared, tv ? f tbe gi fllni for ri pUnt : prove to h*> th* -.-d to t nol al t tbe | -v un ler ? i rery f.niall r ?uipul ..f this ? Henri Henta one of the leadlnj I i nes of ? ? ., Trlbune rap " " f Wa ' ? r iiifl-h whlch 4.-ji,?? ran lefl nf it I do not bellevfl r!..,t tbe ?? Ir I* hardly eoni "l\ *td ,,ntles have been flooded, and ln -hea stn'lnfl tha- tba nr?t reporta of 1 " aara exaaTK'-rfl-- I rn which has Just eome to me fr m PartS -? . , rhe estlmate of the 1 imairt i? . - '.Vhen li is eeaaadarad ? .- ? I par eaat of i - r tn* rsIns wlleh ; the low landa Wlll he b*n*-ficlal to fhe Ugb '8The opttmtatk ~ > Mr H*-ntx ta no ,.?,?,.. 'hat enrry fr*-lKhi be ffl -lala of 1-4 J ? - v..r. ? >: companl- - - any efhar klnd of frei?ht. ? ? ? iaa i 11 r g for Ir* 1_,m"| the io-al hank* have correapondfnti ln , hut none of them ATr -. *t nh> ta e,-lr*n'e u anythlng. tber ?r" ,Ltk-V*??_* _??!? Kh lh* desr-ir.tve flo-da ln ?he I.or tha offl'-e of I-fl't.am Alexsnder \ ner* of thla ?? va\A {{J_, , .- had y*t been reeelved from . ^?tat*>d d!r - NEW FAPT TRAIN TO DETR<-IT. The Haw-Tork Oaatral'a "Detroit Bpe-cur laaew 1 New-York e.,rv day at I P- m. Klm- 6<.rvlce, no txccfl* fare ?Advi. AMERICAN IDEA PREVAILS. BPECIAL COXFERENC1 on EXEXPTION OF PBITATE PROPIBTI AT SEA. AMRASSAPOR WHITE MAKKS A 8TRONO ARGI'MENT AGAINST PRIVATEERINO -MANY ORSTAri.E.S OVKRCOMl AT LA0T The Hague, July .?.?The Amerlcan delegatea w-e.n a great auccesa to-day ln obtaln'.ng from Th-> Peaee Conference a unantmoua VOta ln favor of havlng the queatlon of prlvate property at aea In tlme of war dealt with at a special con? ference to be aummoned h'reafter. Much dtplomatlc management waa necea and many ohataolr-a had to be aurmounted before thla result waa reached Th? P^^nnd Commlttee met th'.a morn'r.g. and Ambeeaador Andrew- n. Whlte, head of the Ameriran delegation, broached the tubject. The aneetlon of ita admlaatblllt] nn ler the ronfer enee mand.ite was d!seua?ed. No vote waa taker. but an aKTeement waa arrived at to allow the Amerlcana to preaent Thelr raa* ln full in Th* hml Had a vote been Taken lmm?d ??? the Amerlcana would doubtleaa have carrled their polnl by a majorlt) of one or two; and to : this a reeolutlon waa propoaed reeng nizlng The lmporTanee and eomplexlTy of Th* queatlon and recommendlr.K the Biimmonlng of a apectal conference. what THE UWITEP iTATRfl iOTTOHT 11 the afternoon alttlng of th? commlttee? ? -he lawa of war hav Ing been ad ipted M de Marten?. of the Rua nian moved a reeolutlon to that afl ? Mr Whlt* aeconded. ln th* cour a cl. ar and eloquent aiaT?menT of the Amerlcan caj>- he aald the l'nlted PtaTea Oovernment had accepted th* nvitatlofl to partletpate in the ranee wlth alaciity because of the nppor Tur.l'v It waa expected the Conference ?' afford for preaching the true faith rejrardlng th- Immuntty from capiure of prtvate property at ?ea He admltted. however. That the Unlted gtatea Government recognlzed R would ba hope les? to expect any deeielve reault from this Cnn ferenca owlngto three cauaaa: Flrat. absenre of In?truct1ons from powarful OovernmentB; aec? ond. doubts aa to the competence cf the Con? ference: and. third. The length of tlme ne- ? for a dlaouaslon of all The bearlnga of the caae Mr Whlte franklv admltted The dlnVulMea Involvad ra deeiding w-haT eonsTituted contra-i land of war. but Inalsted *haT Theae aupplled on- of the bept argumenta for a full and prompt dlscuaalon The aufferlng and loasea which aetSUrea entalled were Immenae. whlle *he effect ata result of war waa a'.mo.t nothlng Referring to th? experlenea of the Unlted PtaTea ln 'he War of the Reb-llton, he aald that only three Cottfederata erulaera dld 'ng of importance, but they captured 169 B, quadrupl?d tbe rate nf laeuraacs be? tween America and Great BrlTaln. and cauaed the tranafer of a half mtlllon tona of Amerlcan Bhlpping To BrlUah bottoma. The flnal reaulT that the whole Amertcan marine was virt uai'.y awapt out of exletence DWPTRUCTIOrl wtthoi'T RBABON "If that reaulted from The oparatlona of Three eqnlpped Uttla steamera," he cnnTlnned. .; ! har.p-n a aaaaw al 'w poaal of th? ereater nallons To-day" T?t every one knows that this prtvatewtag had not ihe ellehteat ?ff'-t ln endlng or even shortenlng. the war; nor would it have had any. even If the loaaea had been ten tlmea greatef Th- only r^fll tffeet ls gatn?d hy warahlpa In matnfalnlns ?gade (fowadaya ihe tranafer of - by 'and ls so arer.eral that InterTUptlon bj aa a rule doea nothlng to prom..fo The ending of war. but That Interruption may cumulatlona of h'iman wealth and aklll i Ing a generatlon to make good, whlle th* cannot be eonflned to belllgerenta alone, but musT afTect mora or leaa d rectly The whole world " Mr. Whlte warmly repudlated 'he auppoaltlon that tha Amencana were anlmated by - lerattona They were erainently pra he aaid. but not leaa pre-emlnentli levoti i Thla h* llluatrated by referrli i i ii aacrtfkea made durlng tha War and Th- devottofl nf the '? '" ar" ? n. But The queatlon he waa urglng upon - gatea he aaserted. waa one of rlgh'. Jui . - a, ror Th' whole world. and Thla al' \merirana felt deeply. the accept arce of the Amerlcan propoaal Injure any na ti. n Oa the eontrary. H *n"M strengihen all. The h'-ad rf The Ameriean delegaTlon con eluded aith an etoqnent app-al to The Jurtsta, matlsta and atareamen of all narlons aa ? the Conference to 'ake the gubject careful eonaideraUon. declarlng, ln ihe , .,, count N ai ? le. 'v'.ar "the addlrion of thls prlnelple to internatlonal law would ba a ' alory to the worid'a dlplomacy " - PPORT FR'^M A OT'T-H DBLEOATB M Rahueen, at the Dutch delegation. bud ? Mr Whlte, and BUggeated that 'he gov ...,., favorlng th- Idea Bhoold concluda tnatlaa among tbenaa Pir Jullan Paoncafote. head of The Britlsh dele gatlon aald that Rrltlah oplnlon waa th, Bubject ard That he had no inatructlona r* Bg |1 ln hia peraona! optn - watlon utl1a> rhe acope of the Conference M Bourgeoia, haad of the Frer. h delega? tion and Captaln P^heine. of the Ruaataa dele gatlon, anaounead that m ihe ataenoa of m Btrui tlona thev could nol vote. Th,. reeolutlon waa then put and carrled wlth ,,ut opl , . - ?t wlth reaervationa on the rart of Great BHtaln, rrnnce and Ruaala. Tha commlttee also adopted a resolutlon that the queatlon of The determtr.atlon of the rlghts and dutlea of aeutral itatea ahould be placed ,-r.me of The future Conference. T Plenary ^..nferenee asaembled subse oueutly and accepted an The recornnu_da_tona of the commITt -e . Th<- Amerlcan delegation ls much gratiflerr at the reault The d-legates could not bave antl-ipated a pra-ttral Isaue at thla tlme The mazlmnm succeaa poaalhle waa a full and free opportuntty of rlaeing the Amerlcan vtew on r M ... i 1 eootinulng unhrok-n the tra dltion of a eentory of Amerloan protaat in be j proajreeatva Maaa la mtarnatlonal law Thla r^ault. which at one tlme appeared lm poselble. owlng ta the almost ins-iperable dtffl cultlea, ls now trlumphantly attalned. ?e ORATIFTINO SKWI ER.?M THK BAOUE. A.'TI-.N r,r THE COKTWRMHCR CXUBBB GRKAT 8ATI?FA?-T10N IN WAPHINOT--N Waahlngton. July n-The aewa from Tbe - announdna the unanlmmia vote of the p?_ce r'onference In favor of holdlng a special ?nce hereafter to diB.-us. the queatlon of th> freedom from BatBWra of prlvate property at aea In tlme of war 81 a ?ource of genulne aatiafactlon to rhe Admlnlatratlon. The Amer ,ran d-legat^a had more bttM ta **??-; tion. r-rhap.. than any other before the Con fTh"'re have been tlme. ln th. se.slon. of the rnnf,renre when lt appeared Haaty that thla .ubject would be p?.ed over wlthout favorable actlon, and the nfficiais had almoBt glven up ' anything !>? 'nn ac-ompllshed. 1 retary Hay saw a copy of the dispatch to-nlght. He regarded lt as a substantlal \' t' ry f,.r tho advanced positlon the American ? lovernment has taken on this matt.-r. as the newa indicated that the ronferenee had ac cepted the prlnclple embraced in tbe propoel tlcn. Th.o qu?stlon of the freedom from seizure Of prlvate lt sea helnngtng to the sub Jects of hellijrerent nations. the Perretary said. was not in the list of subjertu enumerateal ln the Tzar's call for the Conferen.e, but lt was embodied ln the instruetlons glven to the Ameri? can delegatea The sulijo, t, the Rerretary said. is one in whlch the American <">overnment ha? always taken the Rr-atest interest and a m,>st dedded stand ever the foundation of the QoYeraiaenL The I'r.lted Bta <n the cnvention at Paris back In the flftlea h*-<ause the artlcle? ! up..n did nof .-..ntaln a declaratlon ex na from capture the prlvate property at sen belonglng to the suhjeots of bellisrerent na? tions. In the Hr->.sider.f'* last messasre to Con - he urged thal provlaton be made for call' - of the world to c< nalder the questlon. Rilis were inrrodured m both houses havmsr. this obje.-t ln vlew. but no flral aetion was tak-n on them. THESE DEATHS A MYSTERY. MRS M W BTMMOKI AHO HKR ORANT BON DROWNED AT OAKXAKD BEACH. RELATtV-S THINK THAT PH?: WKNT B-TOXTJ HKR DEPTH, ANP THT, I.AD. WH<> WAS BEVEM TFAR? OLD, PTFP TRYINO TO BAVg wfr Mrs. If. 'vT Ptmmm* and her ?randson, Ar? thur L*. Rartlet*. Jr., seven years old, were :iv mornlng at Oakland Reach. Rye. The details of the dr own Ing are not known as no ono wtmessed ir. hut the relatlvea belleve . ? Mrs Bimm na a I taki arlth cramps. and that the boy, who waa much devot?d to her. lost hls llfe ln trying ro save her. Mrs slmm n? waa Blxty-three years old. and . ?-.. vi <. of J '--. W Bln mons, of Frank lln. N* H. Mr Blmmona dled twelve yeara aero. while he wn? prealdent of the T'nlversltv of i?a k -i Slnee his death Mrs Plmmons has male her home with her "hildrer i \ Blmmona, of the rohimhia Hoal4*ry Company, Wew-York, and Kra Arthur !. Bartlett, whoae hushand la con nected with the Waumbeck Hotel, ln Jefferson, N H The dro.vned boy was Mr. and Mrs. Rartlett's only i - Recert'v Mr Bil m>ns. wlth hls mother and family. W* thelr Kew Y >rk home and took tho cottage at Oakland Rea. h. sh*"? thev ex pected to ipend the *'\?rr\?r. Mra Rartlett and her son -. ;. and rhe mother was so deiierhted witb the pleasure of the seashore that sh- left the bov at the cAttajre irlth hls e-and m< ther. to beneflt hls heaith, whlch was n^t ' ar the rtme. Neltber Mra ?imr-or? nor h^r eracdson eonld ? . :? shallow, thev apent of the tlme bathlng and plavina tn rh? sand and among the r^rWf while Mr. Plmmons -e in Mew-Tork There we? a ? - nnd a woman Bervant Bt the cnttaae. who themaelvea about domeetlc dutles klng after the horsea and carria-es. laual, Mra. ?immons and ber srendson wenl to the bea.-h to bathe. A, they were atartlng her da':_ht*r-ln-law asked her if she had B I bettei sr-' *'<?* her. to be of a?sl?ranc? in case of accldent, and the old lany replied that It was all right. as she would not Ko b-yond h-r Uptta With this the family It ls aupp >sed rhit the drownlnf orcurred be? tween ]tt ond 11 o'clock Mrs Plmmors and the ? epe last Been alive about 1<? o'clock by tho aan-nrt" She was alttlng Bt the edee of the l rock and her | Isoi was aarher bella ?nd heajina them ln her lap. At ll k .lames McQullken. a boatman. who was . ? Mamar-.nerk to Rye Rea-h ln a ly of thi at:n*r In thi .... v where she had arone bathlng He towed thabody ... ?_., ,nf -ervants As soon as that the boy va-a* missing also an " ng the wtwrs. and a .? made His b 1 ;nri ?rh"'f: * e??"??_ . removed to Ireiand s morgue ln RMr and Mrs. Bhnmons did not know rf the ?' e m the evenlng. ras drowned eforhergr lB'r5,-|_ - A - ,Zth wheimed wlth srief when he learnrfI the truth ' ,he H?e of h" Irowned ille tryim ' the llfe of his ;_.ther "Of couree" ***?? n* on," run a-ho aaw the accldent and aii ,- freatly attached to hls ^rand _r,n?. He was a Ljrti Ufe foV -, ever oecurred would risk hlfl nra ~r _ PEA CE PROB iBLE IV _ FRICA. CONEERENCE AT PRETORIA COMMal TO A BATI8FACT0RT END rretorla. July 5 The epeclal conference be? tween Prealdent KrOger. the members of tho r, a member of the Executlve ? of tbe r.range Fr- Prate. who was the - of compromiee suggeatl na from the f?~ . m the mattat f the I ipute between the Transvsal and Oreat Britain, and Hofmeyer, the Afrfk.i- r. haabees praetlcally eon ...1 it ie believed that tbe franehlaa pro , have h^pti accepted and may be lald he. ... now, and that peace wlll be preecrved. AMITY ON IHE TREATY f:HORE. MBZBMKPrt "r PRITUSH AND rRBTCH ADKI1 Bt John's. N. E. Jula H -The conference* be? tween Coramodore Oeorge A Olffard. ln eom? mand of th- BritbV ffewf undland Ptatiorr anl Commodore Henrtque. eommandln? the French ? .hip Uly. have reaulted ln an agreement to . . .... the fr.ctlon aiong tho Treaty Coast aa much * Tha Ialy adll flal. to-morrow for Bt Pi*rr?. The Catonlal Oovernmant expects to receive to morrow by the Alian llner Aasyriaa a eopy of th, n t of the Royal .-ommlnmn. wlth defl _,ta propoaala for eolonlal aetion renpening the aettlement of the who'.e .ontr-versy. --?---' THE B0ME8TBAD 8TRJKB ABAXDOXED. , jvy 1,-Ths propoaad atrtka at the .*ead p'.art of the Co^oB* Btm* Coespaay -.?aer.t I* *r, ir.oppor;Jne tim.- 10 *trl_e. inc ?rer.athenlna the or?.nla_tlon WM be ied._ A BUOVt AT rmi TTPBWRITER TRr'ST. T...4-A KirknatrlcB* opir.lon dlflinlflslng th* hlll ?g_ - -?-? . flrfli Mriottfl ?- ? l iZli.,, Truflt h.as had In !?? elfortfl to suppress competl m " .hr ? ?h li"*TR?'on uader ta patent.. Th* sult. wMeh ha "Veii pendlns fll <??vlng >m r-^__t oVtenT"arms ?"? pr-* -uted 5> tba m*nu Remtnaton Typewrlt.r .nd de ln ih. tynewriVer tra U - ' Y *? ?"; r-nmnanv 149 Brofldwfly N?w-T.*rk. tnat tne pri r of "fielr Vreflen, rnod-l - t> pewrtter Mastraetad on famillar .nd appmvad ifnj. and th*j-er ot ?ny ?<w wrl'lng m.irilne m.ad- ^'V-^'.V.re hV reduced from aeventy-flve to Bfty-Bhra doil.re ^The M.nhatt.n Typawriur Co ?n*o BWaaaea that thev hav* fldoptfld h new model wltli Im ,1(?r feed, wheel eflcapement. efc The ?'? m" ?, win oe raady for the fall r.de ?"'1 *?' *?? .old at V& a* aa*ln?t tbo Tr_f. prlce of ?00. Advt. HOGG CHUCKLE6 OVER IT. amiskd AT TIIE TAWUWLB Rl B GAVa> ING TAMMANY THE I.EAPERS WORRIED RY THF "PEECH ANO ITS RK'EPTI"N PTIT.t. WON1 K ING WHAT CmOWBSb WILL HAV ON THE fWJTSMAK Jamea P Hogg, of Texaa. waa pleaaed wtth hlmaelf yeaterday. He am!I-d and when the ex-Governor smllea broadly. a lare. area nf rolling fl.sh la affected He chuck!ed and ahook with laughter. ar.d wben he ahakee with laighter he ahakea nearly everythlng around him He x\aa prood of The way he had set the Tammany leaders by the a_fl and rel iahed the uproarloua applauae wlth which hla laudatlnn of Willlam J Brysn and the Chlrago platform had been recelved at the Fourth of July eelebratloa of Tammany Hall Th*> r?i? and chagrin of the Tammany l?.idera. and lha muttered xxarninfta aa ta what Mr r"roker would aay. dld n^t br*>?g a wrtatta of worrj bl 'he brow of the rodarld as-Oovamor Ha I '1 aaagf one thaT he h.1 no apoi-xgy or explansttnn to mak* Ha aald he thooght it waa Tlme ,om. body atirred up "the boys" a llfl* and he had pitched ln. "Seeane nke aome rotka o\er her. don'l llke excltement on the Pourtb of Jatr." he aald xvlth a grfn I kind of th..>i?ht th. meettng waa gettmc monotoaoua and a' lt up a hit No nffenea waa meant I don't thlnk thaT The maJnrUy nf thoae at th* meeting fall hurf at what I aald " When tbe ex Qovernor arnke aartaaati of the matter however, he aald gravel] "I t\r- ' I Bryan at home. and I am I I hangee my viewa with avery changa of 1 *ra for htm Juat aa much in Kew-Torh aa I am la T^xaa Bryan l? a grr.-.i* ird good min H? ls the hore and Insp'rafton of the Demoeraey of to-day He w||i be our next Prealdent. I *m n-it afrald to aoknnwledce hlm puMtety any \? here. and I thougbt yeaterday waa a flt. tb; time and the place fitting Where ?lv>'iM the name ./ r> ra welcom. than at a Demorr^tir gatherina0" When Mr H>gir xxas 4,?ked agaln lf he dld not gaow 'h?.\ the nu?>t!ng at Tammany H*ll had been Intended to serve aa the publlc Uunch lng of Augustua Van Wv- k'a boora for Th. Freaidentlal nomlnailon. he anaxvered quick'y: "I do not Thlnk I. xva-* Intended lo B*rve any auch end. That couldn't he dor.- T>.? Tammanx- leadera know that Unin afand th? people. and they know the futllll ' I to boom any on.- e-<<e All Of thi Tam? many Hall ir. for Bryan I had no premel | Idea of Ktvir.g the Tammany men a rhan to expreaa their vlewa I poke in the ap>ir nf th. momen'. but I aald what I '??!'. and I atr . 1 to know that fhe au :. Bl 8 BM Th. boya seemed to uke it. and I a 1 ? I waa nv.at gratlf> Ing It - -h?re ls a stp.ng aentim-^nT In Ma i - 1 ' l 'xryan. I' la fhe aame aentlment tha' r>ne flnd* all over the oovntry Brvan la atrr.ng^r than ever to day. H? ia th< of ala, Bnd hls elec tion next year ls a eertamfx " HIS PROPHEC1 NEXT VFUt Ifr Hogg aald h? dld nor tak? aay pto-u ln the aforv that The apeacbaa a' Taanmaay M.'l were conSor?d He dld nor thlnk any one had been told whaf ta say or what n f to aay RH treatment al! the way fhrough had h*er ea I - Wbatever the Tammanv leadera niltihf 'hink about Bryan pera"f.a!ly thej would flnd the or ganlsaflon waa almoat tO a man for f ? Ifl ?t -,- Tammany would ba found MBpOrthag Bryan aolldly. There la not the a'leh'ear d"iibt 'hat the Tammany men who had charge <f the F tl of July ee|ebrarlon were pertu/bed y?Bt | Grand Sach-m Thomas I- F< ' *?8 nomlnally In charsr^ aald that ei Ho?rg had not apoken for Tammanv H- 88> .. ? | rn oplnlona " he added, "?> waa entltled to do ao Thla l? I I When The time cr.mea Tamm.-.ny arlll speak for Itaelf about The matter." The d.-.minanT queatlon la atlll wha ker wlll **>? It wou know Juat what meaaages were aert h Mr rroker yeaterday by hia lteiitenanta to ea th* atampede They were all di?grunf|e-1 ard angry. and evtdently worrled Mr Hnag an ? - led in Btlrring up an aglfatlon fhat will take a long tlme to aubalde It waa a g-neral Bub jecT of eonveraatlon, and many ?t? the ,-om ments made u;.on the apeecfa It waa read a- ' - -- *frh m'i'-h tnfereat ir. the financial dlatrfct. It Bsaraaa" ta ba th. general oplnlon, evea among the r>m >cra?te hankers and brokere, fhat the wlld applause which greeted Mr Hogg's mentlon of th- nam. of Bryan ind: I the ?yasaathlaa 1 the rank and flle of Tammany w.-re ao af- ? v with the champlon of free atlver ar-.-i af tn? af 1808 thal even the Iron dladpltac of 'the Oraanir mlghi to awlng the N*w Fork d-ie gatton at tha - at D cratle Katftsaal n to the I the Pr-,.;?'.? B \ <t Auguatua Van Wyi k or any other man choaen x ihe nomlaatl n of t ra- ng ?he flnar Hrxan la The ? n,>nt t waa predlcted fhe I>-rn..<-ra-ic Na? tlonal Con ? i'd k-t iittie aubatanttal aid and eomfort when :t ealled nn fbe rvmo rrntf ot Wall Street for campaign contrlbu tiona. Judge Edward P Coyne, of Geneaeo, who la af the H'tel Imp?r1al. aald yeaterday that he had read wlth I ? amaaaaaaat aa-Oaw? ernor HogTa apeecb. "Mr Rogg aartatary dal ? ta unuaual am inl ' -? Itaaaant ev?n for a Fourth ?f July eelehratlea." BaH fhe judge "l thlnk th;.* ? v' aU remarka recelved waa coochiatv- - f that tha rar.k and flle of Tammany Deaaoerata ara BSM bUga !n th-ir lt :'-r:n..BT BOWla I arr. n - bowever thal th i aat 'f10" atratl-m wlll have n-. -ffer-t on The fufur* p r ot Tammany Bo great la r-roker'a lafla * that he wlll ba maater of the aituatlon ?he mo ment h? arrivi. :r. thia couatry. Croher, I re?i ?ure. la sln- erely and hiferly epg -d te fr.e ailxer and Bryan Theref - to me a pretty .afe aueaa that h- arttl whaal Turn many Into llne fat Van Wy. k and r?u., hl. foiiowera to forgat the harettaal utteranre. of ex-Governor Hzs wblek thex ap Dlaadad. R" ?uch I aifl aay The tnetdeal boi but redoamd to The advantage of Bryan and hla aupp->rters. It pr- ? I lh?l he.e m the very atroaghold nf Boamd M Democrata lt la only the whlp. of the laa I that keep the votera ln l.ne I hav. that Bryan ia -njoymg th. affair much more than Croker." fkjm ASD VANISHF.S Al A TkXTWAX Willlam J ?aairtrw, former Aftornev-Gen eral of Kentucky. arrived in thls yeaterda> from Pcranton. Penn. where he has been engag-d in legal hua-n^a. for . araa*. Mr HendMck was deeply mtereated ln fhe apeech made 0y r,.r,overn-r htagg When aeen at th. Wail8gf> Aatorla laat evenlng. he wld , x ernor Hogg ln h.a .peeeh bafaea Tam? many un-l-.ulted)> represented the Bryan tffgj of a larae element In th- South. That e'*rnent ia Bhaorra enthusiaaTlc -nd honesi But tha tiouble th* great trouble. wlth That e'.ement la. that proaperlty ls an unanawerable argumant to aU Mr. Bryans ?rgumests. U- U eB*4nUa0g