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v OL lx....n°* u>x;:;. JONES SATS HE LIED DECLAKKS STATEMENTS IX FTRST COS FESSION ARE FALSE. LED TO DIVULGE HIS STORY. HE ASSERTS. BY HOPE OF PARTIAL IMMUNITY HELD OUT TO HIM. The cross-examination of Charles F. Jones, who began his confession of the murder of W. M. Rice on Tuesday, yesterday brought out that Jones had made this confession in the belief that by «=o doing he would receive partial immunity fr<">m the consequences of his crime. It also de veloped that the first confession, made by Jones before his attempt at suicide, was largely false, and that it was in the second confession, made ¦while he was in the House of Detention, that he asserts he bold the truth. Mr. Moore conducted the cross-examination, nr.fl in answer to his questions Jones said that his statements to Captain McClusky at the time of his arrest -were fictitious, and that he could not • nber what they were. He had made practically the same statements to Captain Baker, he said, In District Attorney Gardiner's room. Captain Baker had not seemed suspicious about Rice's death, but had been convinced that the cherks and wills were forgeries. •Do you remember what day the oil -wells in Texas were destroyed by fire?" was asked of the witness. •I think it was about one week before the fleath of Mr. Rice," Jones said. "Mr. Rice in tended to rebuild them then, and had bound himself to provide funds to the amount of nearly KSGO.OOO for the purpose. On the strength of this the oil well people had drawn on him for E25.000L This draft fell due on the Monday fol lowing the death of Rice. On the Saturday, the day previous to the death of Mr. Rice. I talked this over with Patrick." "I said." the witness continued, "that the eld man would probably drop off. Patrick said tre could not rely on that, but had to get him out of the way the next day." It was seme time between October 28 and 30. said Jones, that he made his first confession to Assistant District Attorney Osborne. On that occasion he was closeted with Mr. Osborne until 3 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Moore then pro duced a typewritten copy of this confession, and went over it point by point, cross-examining the witness as he -.vent. In this confession Jones ¦DEO* Patrick of being the actual criminal, and paid that it was Patrick who chloroformed Mr. Rice. Yesterday he said that those statements were not true. His second confession. Jones testified, had been made at the House of Deten tion last January to Assistant District Attorney OSbarne and Mr. Battle, his own lawyer. He knew that the crime to which he had confessed was punishable by death, but Mr. Battle had led ban to believe if be confessed he would re ceive partial immunity. Mr. Battle had not told Msj that Mr. Osborne had made any promises. What he was told Mr. Osbome said was that Jones told many stories, none of which could be corroborated. Mr. Battle then advised him to tell the truth, so that his story could be con firnsel Jones said that he supposed his story ¦would hive to be corroborated In order to be be lieved. In describing his attempt to commit suicide Jones said that on The day before the attempt was made he had a talk with Patrick In the reception room of the Tombs. Patrick said that Hi rr.eaEg were exhausted, and asked Jones to t£ie the whole responsibility. To this Jones had replied that he would rather kill himself than confers unless he could tell a straight story, whereupon Patrick said that would be the best thing for them both, and that he would kill himself, too. "Patrick said he had a small knife in his cell." the witness continued. "The knife would do for one of us, and he would try to get some carbolic acid from Mr. Potts. He gave mo the knife. I put it in my shoe, and took It to my cell. Later Potts called. Patrick told me Potts would not get him the pciEcn. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon, after I had got The knife, I sat in my cell writing some letters, and preparing for the end. Just then i was called to the District Attorney's office. While there I made a confession. I was brought back to my cell in the evening, and at about 4 o'clock in the morning I tried to rut my throat." Jones mid that when he was taken to Police ¦alters he met Patrick there. "Did you have any talk on that afternoon?" asked Mr. Osborne. ' Fee Patrick told me he had been at his office on the previous night. That he had destroyed the irfa witnessed in his office, and also a num ber of the bogus letters I had written bearing r >n the will matter." Witness said Patrick asked him when he last gave Rioe mercury. "I told him on Thursday." Jones said. "Pat rick then told me that there would not be any traces of that left in the system at the time of the autopsy, and that the embalming fluid v-ould kill all traces of the oxalic acid, which was a vegetable poison." v.v... - then told of Dr. Curry coming to the apartments on Tuesday, where he met Pat rick and had a long talk with him In the back room. Jones did not hear the conversation. Th» so-called Patrick will was then brought up. Jones said he had told Patrick that the pro visions for Rice's relatives in the former will. which was destroyed on the day following Rice's death, were too small, and that it would be'im possible to get It probated. Patrick then had the -called "Patrick will" drawn. COTSCILMEV THREATENED WITH XOORES. EXCITING MEETING IN KANSAS CITT. KAN. rtJBLIC HEARING ON nAILJW>AI> FRAN CHISE DEMANDED. Kansas City, Mo, April 3 (Spedal).-There were turbulent times at the meeting of the Kansas City. Kan.. Council last night, and at 1 o'clock this morning one of the most memorable meetings in the history of the city came to an end. with Mayor Marshman. backed up against the door, with his hand on Mr revolver, and a mob of enraged tax payers brandishing nooses in the air. The coun <-!!men were thoroughly frightened, some of them while with fear, and one by one they mounted a table, at the demand of the citizens and pledged themselves not to grant any franchises to the Met ropolitan Street Railway Company without giving • the citizens a full and fair hearing to protest. The Metropolitan controls all the lines In the two Kama. Cityß. and has recently applied for an ex tension of Its franchises about to expire. Public feelinif has run high because the company has "ot thus far offered to make the concessions which the people think It should. President Walter H. Holmes, who Is also president of the American DM Railway Association, was present, and wit nessed the «emon«tratlon. Some fifteen or twenty V^ars ago a mob of taxpayers threatened to hang members of the Kansas City Council for giving franchises worth V .000,000 to "Tom" Corrigan. but U»l« Is the first time In recent years that public feeling has run up to the hanging pitch In this vicinity. A vigilance committee Is watching every move of the Council across the line. JAMES TEREASCE MADE TAX APPRAISER. Albany. April 3.-Controller Knight has appointed Jam«, Yereance. of New-York City. Transfer Tax Appralwr in place of Charles B. Page, appointed « a member of the New-York City Board of Elec- WATFRTOWX MAT HATE A PARK. RELATIVES OF R. r. FLOWER AND MRS. KEFP-SCHLEY TO GIVE $.V*V'">n, IT IS REPORTED. If reports from "Watertown. N. T.. are true that city is likely to receive as a gift from the relatives of the late Roswell P. Flower and Mrs. Keep-Schloy. both of whom left lartre fortunes, about $500,000, which will b<> used in cr^atin? a public park for the city. Surveyors are engaged at the present time, it is said, in running the lines for about fifteen miles of asphalt pavement. An option on the site has been secured, and landscape gardeners from this city s^n will be at work. The site selected for the park is adjacent to the city, covering about seven hundred acres. It is said to be admirahly adapted for the pur pose. An artificial lake is planned, and a small lake will be especially arranged for the children as an adjunct tn a fine playground. The chil dren's lake will have a perfectly smooth asphalt bottom, and the water will have a uniform depth of one foot, so that there will be no dan ,cer of serious a< cidents. It is also learned that St. Gaudens, the sculp tor, will soon come to this country from Paris for the purpose of consulting the relativ< of the lat^ Mr. Flower with reference to a statue of the former Gov< mi r When Frederick Flower was asked yesterday about the proposed cift. be refused either to affirm or deny the rt-port that it was to be made or already had been ma->. Mrs. Keep-Schley was a sister of Mrs. Koswell P. Flower, and lived in Fifth-aye., near Forty eie-hth-st. Mrs. Flower and her Bisters were daughters of a Mr. Woodruff, h prominent citi zen of Watertown. "CORK KIXG" iU'T OF WHEAT. EFFORTS TO FORCE GEORGE H. PHILLIPS TO THE WALL— HELD HIS CORN AND OATS. Chicago. April 3.— A strong effort was made on the Board of Trade to-day to crowd George H. Phillips, the "Corn King." to the wall. He was driven clear oat of the wheat market, hut gave up none of his holdings in corn or oats. The cay was the biggest of Its kind the board has witnessed in many years, the governing condi tions unusual, and the Jam of struggling, howling brokers and traders cutting antics filling the public galleries to the limit. May wheat sold down to 7l\i cents to TIN cents and closed at T'J'-r cents to 724 cents, a net loss for the day of 2 cents. May corn tumbled to ¥-\ cents, the net loss for the day being IT* cents. The flump was hastened by the closing out of trades of a St. Louis operator. May oats went to C-J l^ cents and eloped at 14 T » rent?. Calls for m.irt-ins were made on Phillips to the extent of nearly $250,000 more, all such demands bfing met promptly. His firm row has nearly $.V«>a«X> up as margins, some of which will b» re leased to-morrow. The attempt to snatch the scep ter from the "Corn King" resulted In further heavy losses to bis customers, either actual or paper profits. In corn, and heavy losses in oats, but Phillips stuck to his policy. At the close he de clared he had not been shaken out of his corn and oats, and believed they would do better I • morrow. The wheat deal was a different story. Phillips advised his customers to sell, and unloaded nearly - 000.000 bushels early. This wheat Fhowed an av erage loss of at least C'-j cents a bushel, or nearly 523.000. The market* were intensely nervous, and. in wheat, in the first minute of the session prices ranged from one-half to nearly two cent below th* closing price. The prompt response bj Phillips to morning calls for margins steadied the markets, but toward noon, on his selling out his wheat on general liquidation and on the reported failure of a St. Louis corn "peculation, there were further sharp declines. After the close he was advising customers to keep 'a stiff upper lip" and was act ing on that advice himself. •'I believe that corn and oats have had all the break they will have," he said, "and will do better to-morrow. I have advices from two dozen points in Illinois and lowa that fanners have little corn to sell, or that roads are impassable and feeders are taking the corn at higher than Chicago prices, and that seeding of oats Is already delayed a week There will be more rains the next week, and If seeding should be delayed until April 15. as la quite likely, you will see oats tro up two cents a day till people forget they ever Fold at 25 cents.** PITYSICIAV KILLED BY IXSAXE PATIEXT. PTAFPET> BY AN' ITALIAN WHOSE TEMPERATURE HE WAS TAKING. Eunbury, Pern.. April 3.— Dr. Johnson, a physician In the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville, Montour County, was stabbed to death to-night by an insane Italian patient named Capello. Capello became unmanageable in the afternoon and threw the Institution into confusion. The other patients became alarmed, and their cries could be heard some distance away. An attendant finally subdued the Italian, and as Dr. Johnson was stooping over him taking his temperature the ins.ine man plunged his knife into the doctor's breast three times. Thinking he was not seriously hurt. Dr. Johnson started toward his room, but before he had pro ceeded far fell to the floor dead. The affair has caused gTeat excitement. GERM AS BATTLESHIP DAMAGED. THE KAISER FRIEDRICH 111 RUNS ASHORE NEAR ARCONA. Kiel. April 3.— The flagship of Prince Henry of Prussia, the turret ship Kaiser Friedrich 111, grounded yesterday evening east of Arcona. She ar rived here this afternoon under her own steam, and was docked. . , i». . It appears that the. accident was caused by bad steering the vessel running Into the shallows, near Bornholm Island. Approach to this Island is for bidden to warships. Boon after the battleship went aground a fire broke out from some cause unknown in the engine room find it was not quenched until after two hours' fighting, when the room was placed under water The damage is serious, and several months will be needed for repairs. Republic. Mich.. April 3. -The fire which started several days ago in the Republic mine has been Extinguished. The lop* is much smaller than was expected. Columbus. Ohio. April 3.— A rumor circulated In ?>w» Fast that a decision had been rendered in the Woolson-Arbuckle case Is unfounded. The Supreme Court is In recess until April 9. Victoria B C. April 3.— The steamer Empress of Jnr^n has arrived from the Orient with the most valuable consignment of silk ever brought in one steamer from a Chinese port. It consisted of 1.050 case™ valued at dyer 1.000.000 taels. d-n rnnetoCO April 3.— The American ship John ,. y ?!»''* belonging to the California Shipping cSanv d 'is now out g 202 day* from Baltimore, taden with coal' for this port, and 65 per cent reinsurance is offered on its cargo, the owners of the vessel carrying their own Insurance. Ran T^rancl«co April Owing to the discovery of 2. cm? of smallpox among the men of the 11th ? f»r,frv the regiment will not sail for Manila on Jhe trlniport Xi Patrick on April 5. as had been nlanned Wo companies of the regiment are to be detained at Ansel Island until danger of the spread of the disease Is past. rfnrinr itl April 3.— Judge Jackson yesterday np noTntcd Fieicbtr R Williams and Alfred M. Cohen Receivers of the German Debenture Company, of Cincinnati Under a decision of the Supreme Court, rendered March 27. this company, as well as other debenture companies of the State can no longer legally do business in Ohio. The. bond of the re celvers U fixed at 1100.000. Iron Mountain. Mich.. April 3.-Mercy Hospital, better known here as the emergency hospital clo"ed its doors to-day by order of Bishop Els. and the nun" have been ordered to leave the diocese This is the result of an ecclesiastical scandal, which occurred last January, when Ellen Hogan. a no vUiate in the hospital, was arrested on an Insanity chirge preferred^ by the Mother Superior. Miss HoVan* * ? a™ adjudged sane by the Probate Court. The Mother Superior also charged her with theft After being releised from custody by order of drunkenness An inveßtigatlon by Bishop Els re suUc-d m the order to close the institution. nw ... c- n i inni 3— A pitched battle occurred betwm <Si^"Marshal Mcfeeth and two masked r^bbefs In which Albert Tilsdale. one of name hera was killed his companion, whose name is wn wounded, and Mcßeth slightly injured The two men. after folding up- a saloon, retreated to the door white firing their revolvers. Mcßeih h^ard the firing, and ran through the back door of The :.¦. and began firing. The robbers returned he fire which lasted several minutes. Tilsdale was ihot through the, body and died shortly afterward. Hto partner •»«*.*», with .«v ;ba» in his shoulder. TELEGRAPHIC XOTES. NEW- YORK. THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1901. -TWELVE PAGES.- byTh SSS KING IN BETTER HEALTH. RUMORS OF THROAT TROUBLE PRO NOUNCED FALSE. POSSIBLE CHANGES IN ENGLISH CABINET NO INTERFERENCE WITH RUS SIAN PLANS rOoeyrifbt: IJXM: Fv Th» New-York Tribune. > IBT CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE. 1 London. April 4, 1 a. m.— The latest reports about the Kincr's health are reassuring. His throat has re Pn examined by Sir Felix Semon, and the recent disturbing rumors have been pronoun-ed to be groundless. Sir Felix is the German throat specialist who has been ap pointed physician extraordinary to the King and has been naturalized as a British subject. Th>: Kintr'f. general health is good. He has not suf fered from the pressure of public business, and his voice is strong and natural. Recent rumors about a mysterious ailment in his throat have caused uneasiness in high circles on account of the fatal malady of the Kind's brother, the Duke of Sn\e-Cohur£r and Gotha. The King's special audiences are watched eagerly by politicians in search of cues to public affairs. A. J. Balfour has been followed by Mr. Chamberlain to Windsor, and the two visits sup port the current beiw amonp the best informed people in politics that Lord Salisbury's retire ment is Impending, and that the Kinp is quietly arranging condition* [or the reorganization of the ministry, with The First Lord of the Treas ury in the upper house and the Secretary for the '.• r In th>> House ot" Commons. Bulletins from Arlington-st. are favorable, and Lord Salisbury's friends assert that the family interest, now strontr in the Cabinet, will keep him In office until the coronation. This is also the view of the old Tories, who are opposed to any change, since Mr. Chamberlain cannot fail to profit by Lord Salisbury's withdrawal. Th-re can be no doubt that the King's own preference and Judgment will determine the suc cession of the leadership of either house. The ministers are lingering in town, but will soon be scattered. The day for Lord Salisbury's depart ure for the Riviera is not yet set. Mr. Balfour has made a series of engagements at country houses in England and in Scotland, the Duke of Devonshire is gcintr to Ireland, where he has .i large estate near Waterford; Sir Michael Hicks-Beach will se«k retirement .nt his Glouces tershire home, where the budget speech can re ceive its final touches, and Mr. Chamberlain will probably spend a fortnight at Highbury. British business men evidently believe that there is some good in combination In spite of their condemnation of trusts of the United States. It wns yesterday officially announced that the Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding anl Engineering Company, Messrs. Siemens, Means. Mather and Platt and the Brush Electrical En gineering Company are to close their ranks and to combine their forces in order to make a fight for British industry. One Immediate conse. quence of the formation of this British trust is that designs have already b*en prepared for electrical equipment of two underground rail way line* of London "sir! the construction' of another one. News rnmes ?rm Brussels to th" effect that Mr. Kriiger thinks that the occupation of JBout pansberg will finally break down the Bo»r de fence. Zoutpansberg is the T'.oer seat "f gov ernment, and contains supplies of stores and ammunition, and !t is understood to be in immi nent danger as a result of Lord Kitchener's northern campaign. Prisoners who have recently arrived at Pretoria are stated, however. t<-> have exr rt-F=ed opinions that the wnr will la three years longer. The newspaper? are enthusiastic, over the launching to-day of the White star steamer Celtic at Belfast. The Celtic is the largest ves sel ever built, her gross tonnage exceeding even that of the Great Eastern, and beintr 5.000 trns fn excess of that of the largest German Kteamer. the Kaiser WllhHm der Grosse. English (.pinion would bo less flabby on the Chinese question If the end of the South African war could be forecast with any confidence. So long as the Boers hold out Russian designs will not be meddled with here, and Japan and the Chinese Viceroys must pull their own chestnuts out of the fire. While the death of DOyly Carte has left the whimsical Gilbert the sole survivor of the fa mous Bavoy triri. it will not have a serious effect upon the fortunes of the theatre devoted to comic opera. He had been an Invalid for a lon;-r period, and his wife and others have been man aging the theatre. T. N*. F. BfRLIXfiTOX OFFER TXC REAPED. NOW SAID THAT HIM, INTKRESTS WILL GTVE 220 IN BONDS. There is the highest, authority for the state ment that the Northern Pacific-Great Northern interests, have increased their offer for Burling ton, which late last week was said to be $20,000 in '.'>\> per cent collateral trust bonds for every 100 shares of Burlington stock, to $22,000. These bonds, it is estimated, will Bell at 00 at least, on which basis the Burlington stock is figured to be worth 19S. The general belief that the offer of Mr. Hill and his associates had been raised caused an upward rush in Burlington yesterday in the stock market. Opening "wide" at ISO to ISIV.. it advanced to 188% and closed at IKVYj, a net gain of 6 points. More than 165, 000 shares were dealt in in the course of the day. It Is said that the principal stockholders of the Burlington are now In favor of the Hill offer, and that a circular to the shareholders recommending the acceptance of the proposition will soon be issued by the directors. The Northern Pacific issues were strong and advancing yesterday on the probability of the acquisition of the Burlington, the common mak ing a net gain of 1 point and the preferred of IVo points. XEW TREATY WITH HPAIX. CABINET APPROVES CONVENTION WITH UNITED FTATES. Madrid. April 4.— Yesterday's Cabinet Council approved the basis of a treaty of peace and friendship between Spain and the United States. SYXDICATE DEFEXDER XAUED. SHE WILL BE CALLED THE CONSTITUTION CAPTAIN DUNCAN ANNOUNCES. Captain Duncan, manager of the syndicate's Cup defender, announced last night that the name of the boat would be the Constitution. FAST TRAIN FOR ST LOUIS, via New York Central— Big Four Route. Leave Grand Central Station 5:30 P. M.. arrive St. Louis 9:50 next evening-. Close connection for Kansas City. No excess fare.— AGUIXALDO COMING HERE? AN INVITATION TO HIM FROM PRESI DENT MKINLEY REPORTED. THE CAPTURED INSURGENT LEADER EX LIGHTENED REGARDING AMERICAN PURPOSES IN THE PHILIPPINES. Manila. April 3.— lt is reported here this even ing that President McKinley has invited Agui naldo to visit the United States, and that the former insurgent leader may sail from Manila on April 15. General Mac Arthur. when asked about the rumor, said he had absolutely nothing to communicate. Chief Justice Arellano, who administered the oath of allegiance to Aguinaldo, described to day the conditions leading up to and attending the ceremony, which was semi-private. Ajrulnaldo, still detained in an apartment of the Mulacanan Palace and awaiting orders from Washington, had expressed himself as anxious to learn more regarding- the American system of government, and had asked Chief Justice Arellano to enlighten him. The chief justice carefully explained the various measures passed by the Philippine Commission, headed by Judge Taft. and showed him what provisions were made for education and progress ;ind for mu nicipal and provincial self-governmeni Listening with deep interest. Aguinaldo Rnatly exclaimed: "I never believed the Americans would be so fair and liberal." Before the conversation ended he had agreed to take the oath of allegiance, and this was Im mediately administered. Senor Arellano say?: Agulnaldo'a action will induce all the insur gents to surrender, and I predict that the islands will be completely pacified by June Aguinaldo is eager to visit the United States, but when I questioned him on the subject of holding office he replied that he had no desires in that direc tion, and intended to retire to private lif^ after a trip tn America. NOT INVITED BY THE PRESIDENT. Washington, April .".-Inquiry develops the fact thar Aguinaldo has not been invited by President McKinley to visit the United Strife?, and whether or not he will be is a question that will be determined In the future. "The proposi tion is a little premature," said an official to ntght. "Aguinaldo is still under arrest, and it Is understood that his future disposition has not yet been decided up.,n by this government.*' ORDERS BENT TO MACARTHUR. SECRETARY ROOT GIVES HIM INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING TREATMENT OF AGUINALDO. Washington. April 3. — After a conference with the President, Secretary Root to-night sent a cable message to General Mac Arthur. giving him instructions regarding Agulnaldo and the views of the administration on some recom mendations as to Philippine affairs made by the general. The dispatch will not be made public ot present. It was said at the War Department to-day that General Mac Arthur has made no communication relative to Aguinaldo. and that the attitude of the government toward the insurgent chief had not changed. He Is yet held as a prisoner, and, while he will be treated with kindness, there is .in disposition to allow him liberty until it Is demonstrated that he ln "" tend s" to*coniply fuTTy rfith the amnesty terms and his oath of allegiance. Agulnaldo Is more than an ordinary prisoner, and it has not yet been determined whether or not he Is responsi ble for violations of the laws of war. Hi* capt ure was made with a view of securing results, and while General Mac Arthur's dispatches in dicate that these results will be satisfactory they have not yet followed. The cable message sent to-night was of con siderable length, and was specific as to the policy of the government. It is understood that Aguinaldo would like certain assurances or promises from the government, and the mes sage informed General Mac Arthur just what the government would do. While it Is believed that the Insurrection will end before long with out the assistance of Aguinaldo. the government would be glad to make use of him to hasten the pacification of the islands. If it .-an be done consistently with Aguinaldo's former attitude and with what the best interests of the Unite.! States and the Islands are believed to demand. Reports received to-day show that small bands are constantly surrendering in the Philippines, and the genera] conditions are satisfactory to the military authorities. REPORT FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR. MORE INSURGENTS SURRENDER-THE COM MISSARY FRAUDS. Washington. April ."..-The following cable dis patch was received to-day at the War Depart ment from General Mac Arthur. at Manila: Brigadier-General Robert P. Hughes reports surrender at Banga, Northwest Panay March 31 m officers, 185 men, 108 rifles. General Kobbe reports 21 men and 21 guns surrendered March 81, Northern Mindanao; . . . Commissary frauds being investigated; not sufficient gravity to cause concern; apparently due irregularity sales savings. Press reports inexact and misleading. . . -^^^ MACARTHUR Genera] Mac Arthur's dispatch, as well as other information received concerning the frauds, leaves considerable doubt as to the exact char acter of the alleged peculations. General Mac- Arthur speaks of "sales." These sales consist of savings by the soldiers on the regular rations Issued, which they are allowed to dispose of for their own benefit. Generally the savings are made a company matter, and are sold In bulk to the highest bidder. They may be returned to the Commissary Department and bought In by the government at cost, but there is no reason why they should not be sold elsewhere If the man agers of the company fund so desire. As army rations do not pay the usual duty imposed on similar goods used for private consumption, the soldiers could make quite a profit on their sav ings If they were of considerable amount. Sales from commissary stores not Included in the regular ration are made to officers and men. but only on a certificate or declaration that they are for the personal use of the purchaser. It Is said that no great amount of such sales could be used without detection. Officers or men purchasing such stores and reselling them would he guilty of violating the army regulations, and would he subject to court-martial. As to the other savings, they are upon the regular rations issued to each company. They might be in flour, meat, sugar or any number of staple articles included in the ration. The money from the sale of such savings is usually devoted to the purchase of such supplies as are not Included in the ration, and many delicacies and varieties of food are thus secured by the men in garrison or camp. firf nx a sTXAGnnrE altar. LIGHTED CANDLES IGXITB THE HAXGINTJ-s AVD QUM EXCITEMENT IN THE BIILDING. A Hebrew congregation worshipped last night at the Passover service In an Improvised synagogue on the second flocr of No. 64 Suffolk-si. In ac ctrdance with the Hebrew rite, lighted candles were placed on the altar to burn out. no orthodox Hebrew being allowed to extinguish them. The altar was of flimsy construction, pine, boards and cotton cloths, and the cand'.es set ir on flre. Tenants in th«* other parts of the hcise put the flames '""it before the firemen had time to ari?t\er the alarm sent ir.. The fire causel much excite ment, and some of the devout Hebrews declared It & portent of little good. CHINA REJECTS THE TERMS. UNABLE TO AGREE TO RUSSIAN DE MAND FOR MANCHURIA. Peking, April 3.— The Chinese Government has formally informed Russia that China, owing to the attitude of the powers. Is not able to sign the Manchurlan convention. "It is China's desire," says the formal notifi cation, "to keep on friendly terms with all na tions. At present she is going through a period which is the most perilous in the empire's his tory, and it is necessary that she should have the friendship of all. "However much she might be willing to grant any special privilege to one power, when others object it is impossible that for the sake of mak ing one nation friendly she should alienate the sympathies of all others." Li Hung Chang says that this letter settles the matter definitely, and that informal notice to the same effect was given to Russia on March 20. Prince Chins: asserts that every Chinaman except Li Hung Chang was against signing the convention. So soon as trie generals of the powers inform the ministers as to what disposition is desired of Articles VIII and IX of the protocol, every thing will be practically concluded except the Indemnities, the only claims not ready being the British, German and Japanese. The Germans say they can be ready in two days, and the Japanese assert that they can be ready at a moment's warning. Private claims, however, can be riled until May 14. and this may delay the presentation to the Chinese plenipotentiaries. A majority of th» ministers are in favor of making a general claim so soon as the govern ment claims are in, making allowances for a few thousands for possible future claims, al though it Is believed that all private demands are now filed. Li Jlung Chang and Prince Chine have sent to the court for approval a list of names pre sented by the ministers of the powers for pun ishment. The penalty I'st has beer, reduced to four names for degradation and to ninety-one for loss of office No objection Is anticipated, as the men are only prominent in local commu nities. RT MOR OF IMPENDING WAR Canton, April 3.— M Is i-eporfd here that the Viceroy has received a telegram from the court to the effect that a peaceable settlement of af fairs !s impossible The Viceroy Is described as much disturbed by this communication JAPAN'S WARLIKE ATTITUDE. London. April 4.— "The Japanese press con tinues bellicose." says the Yokohama corre spondent of "The Daily Mail." telegraphing yes terday. "Count Okuma, formerly Premier and now- leader of the Opposition, declares in an in cisive article that Japan must assert herself or the work of thirty years will be lost. Corea. he says, is not a Russian chattel." and Russia's ac tion is a direct challenge to Japan." GERMANS DISPERSE ROBBER BAM' Periin. April 3.— The War Office has received a dispatch from Count yon "Waldersee formally r- porting the defeat on March 31 of 1.0»»O Chi nese robbers by a company of Germans, seven miles north nf Tten-TsJa. H-* ad !s that the rob bers are being pursued, and also that a detach ment of infantry, at the request of the Chinese authorities, has been sent from Tien-Tsm t i Hwang-Son and Liu-Tinsc-Kun to protect the Inhabitants. IT HUNG CHANT; IS DISGRACE? "Washington. April 3.— Although no official con firmation has been received here of the report that LI Hun? Chang has left Peking for Shang hai, the officials are inclined to believe it is true. and that Li Bans Chang is really leaving Pe king for good, because the Emperor is displeased with his conduct of the negotiations. It was known here when id Hung Chans was made one of the peace envoy that he was pro-Russian in sentiment, but there was no cause for complaint on that score until the Manchurian agreement came up for consideration. Now it is believed by officials here that Li has proved so earnest an advocate of the Russian cause, and has so strenuously worked for the signature of the asreement, that his own zovernment has felt obliged to deprive him of power. If this under standing is correct, it is believed that an ef fectual cheek has been administered to Russia in her designs on Manchuria, for it is thought that the Emperor of China would scarcely have acted in this summary fashion had he not been assured of support from some of the other powers. .4 PEACE EXTOI KXFCCTED. SMTTH-PORRIEN S MESSENGER CONVICTED ON CHARGE OF TREASON. London. April 4.— The Bloemfontein corre spondent of "The Morning Post" asserts that the Boers have tried for treason and executed Mr. IV Kock. the peace envoy who took the message from General Smith-Dorrien to Com mandant-General Louis Botha on February 12. PLAGUE CASES AT CAPE TOWN. Cape Town. April 3— Several plague corpses hare been found In the streets and houses, indicating efforts to conceal contact with the disease. The total number of deaths from the plague is 107. in cluding twenty-two Europeans. There have been 315 cases of the plague. ADVAXCE IX ROCK ISLAXD. IT rSOE3 VP 11\ POINTS— RL'MOB OF AN AR RANGEMBXT WITH THE ATCHI3ON. Rock Island furnished the sensation of the stock market yesterday. It had a "wide" open ing, sales of 3,000 shares being made simulta neously at from 137\t to 18*4 By 2 o'clock It had advanced to 143V4. but well along in the last hour a mass of buying orders came In. which rushed the price up to 151. the close being only !¦» point under that level, or a net advance for the day of 11*4 points. The total transactions exceeded 175,000 shares, one house alone buying more than 30,000 shares in the last hour. The rapid advance in Rock Island began soon after the adjournment of the Atchison directors, a fact which gave rise to the belief that an ar rangement of some nature between the two roads was about to be made, a belief strength ened by the report that interests identified with the Atchison \\--r- hc\tv\ i-u>vr? of R ok Island. The Bock Mnad intersects the Atchison at several points, and Us amalgamation with the latter, it was pointed out in the Street, would give it an outlet to San Francisco. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Owing to repairs to the West -Cd St. ferry station of rhe WEST SHORE and ONTARIO and WEST ERN B. K5. ferryboats will b<j run to and from foot of Weit 23d 3t. (P. R. R. station) until S.OO A. M , Saturday morning. April 8. at which time the \V«at 4Sd St. station will reopen. -Advc PRICE THREE CENTS. CHARTER REVISION WINS. • I MB - :-\ \ :¦:¦ H A VOTE of thirty- FOUR TO FOURTEFN TO PASS ASSEMBLY AND BE SENT TO TH2 MAYOR TO-DAY— DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENTS. [BT TEXJIGRAPH TO THE TRIBC**. 1 Albany. April 3.— The Senate approved to-daj» th» revision of the charter of New-Tors. City made by the Charter Revision Commission, the bill containing the revision passing the Senate by a vote of 34 to 14. It was a partisan vote I without exception, the Republican Senators vot ing for it and the Democrats against It. Sen ¦ ator Hennessy (Dem.), of New-; York, who repre i sents the Annexed District, voted for it upon the I declared ground that it would enable the people ; of that district to secure local improvements. The bill was taken to the Assembly and Im mediately rushed to the third reading order. The Assembly Committee on Cities made the final amendments to it to-night, and the bill wilt be passed in the Assembly to-morrow. Senator Ptranahan says that the Senate will concur in the amendments made to the bill by the As sembly Committee on Cities. These Assembly amendments were, in fact, agreed to in Governor Odell's presence at the Capitol near midnight : last night, when the two committees on cities ; held a final conference upon the measure. Governor Odell s»nt an emergency message j to the legislature, which permitted the Senate j to take immediate action upon the bill. The 1 Assembly will be similarly aroused to-morrow, | and before the day ends the bill will be on It* : way to Mayor Van Wyck. It was hinted here to-day that the Mayor might not retain th*» bill over two days, although he would disap prove of it. Then the legislature would again pass the bill over Mayor Van "Wyck's veto. Th* : Democratic members of the legislature would be pleased to have Mayor Van Wyck act soon upon the MB, and thus enable the Republican leaders of the legislature to pass an adjourn | ment resolution, for it is reasoned that there '•» always danger, with a Republican legislature In ; Albany, that legislation inimical to Tammany Hal! will be passed. SALARIES AMENDMENT REJECTED. The chief and most valuable amendment sug i gested by the Assemblymen to the Charter Re ! vision bill, which provided for a classification of the salaries of the employes of New- York City by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, was rejected at the conference at the Capitol last night. The reason given for this action to-day was that, the Charter Revision Commission not ¦ having made this suggestion, it would be well not to adopt it. Amendments made to the Charter Revision bill by the Senate Committee on Cities were adopt ed by the Senate to-day. By one of these amend ments the Mayor is made eligible for re-election. The section providing for three platoons of po ; lice was stricken out by another amendment. i The term si office of the borough presidents by another amendment is made two years instead of four years. The name of the Vlth Local Im provement District, comprising the Eighth. Thirtieth and Thirty-first Wards of Brooklyn. is "changed from New-Utrecht f> Bay " Kids?. Still another amendment provides that members of the uniformed force as well as the clerical force of the Street Cleaning Department are not to be removed until they have been informed of I the nature of the charges against them, and ! hay» been given authority to reply to them. When the bill came up for final passage Sen j ator Grady led the opposition by denouncing I certain features of the revised charter. The feature which he hammered with especial emphasis was the provision for a board of trustees to superintend Bellevue and the allied hospitals. He also said that the president of the. Tax Board should be a member of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and that the bor ough presidents should be excluded. For th« latter proposition he argue-I that each borough president would simply work to the interests of his own borough, to appropriate as much money as possible to his own borough, and that no end of confusion would accordingly result. Senator McCarren then addressed the Chair as follows: I am opposed to the bill as it stands at pres ent. So many changes have been made in the bill since it was handed to us by the Charter Revision Commission that no one outside of a very few knows what is in it. One point in par ticular I object to is the provision for a single headed Dock Commissioner. As the revenues of the city now stand the Dock Commissioner a* proposed would handle millions of dollars and be subject to great pressure from corrupting In fluences. One man cannot do the work. The Senator also objected to the arrangement by which city magistrates were to be elected in Brooklyn but nominated In Manhattan and The Bronx. Senator Donnelly said that he had made up his mind against the bill first and foremost because he did not know what was in it. He denounced the haste with which, he said. it was being rail roaded through the Senate. He said that a few men had got together in some secret session, there patched up a multitudinous number of amendments and counter amendments, and I they had come before the Senate with the de ; termination of rushing the great bulk of "legis ; lative contradictions'" through. He said that all he knew of the bill he had obtained from th* ¦¦ newspapers. Senator Donnelly also took issue with the charter revisers in saying that the gov ernment of New-York should not be decentral ized, and that the present plan had not been sufficiently tested. Senator Cullen then offered an amendment preserving intact the Department of Sewer*. The amendment was lost. STRANAHAN FOR DECENTRALIZATION. Senator Stranahan. in defending the passage of the charter, began by outlining the work of the Charter Revision Commission. He said he had not been convinced that a decentraliz ing of powers In the municipal government of New- York was needed until after several years of consideration, during which he had been be sieged by petitions demanding such a change. In taking issue with Senator McCarren In ref erence to a single headed Dock Commission. h» san It is the opinion of the majority of the Cities Committee that the responsibility of handling the great sums of money of the Dock Depart ment should be placed in one man. Thus. if the commissioner is not true to the trust im posed on him. the Mayor can point his finger at this official and remove him. Furthermore the Mayor will himself be responsible for th« honesty and Integrity with which t.-.a depart ment is managed. If there were three men at the head of this commission, one would shift charges to another, and nothing could be •« posed.. The Senator said, further, that the changes the Senate Cities Committee had made in th« reported bill of the Charter Revision Commis sion were superficial. Senator Grady then took the opportunity cf saying that the Senate would regret establish- Ing a single headed Dock Commission. He said that one man *t th» head of this department