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CROWDING TO THE CITIES.
A RESULT OF BRITISH AGRICULTURAL
DEPRESSION.
PLANS OF THE KING AND QUEEN— SIR AL
FRED mMB RETURNS FROM
SOUTH AFRICA,
froprright ; 1901: By The New-York Tribune.)
[RT CABLE BO THE TRIBTNE.]
London, April 29, 1 a. m.— The purely agricult
ural villages of Great Britain are slowly but
steadily becoming depopulated. At the same
time the big cities and urban districts in the
manufacturing localities continue to increase in
population. These two facts are proved by the
census returns so far as they have been pub
lished. The gradual movement of population
from country to town, which has been very no
ticeable during the last decade, seems likely to
pn on so long as the depression in British agri
culture continues, and nobody dreams of a re
vival with the possible exception of such men as
Sir Howard Vincent. James Lowther and Henry
Chaplin. It is, indeed; a practical certainty
that until England renounces her free trade
policy, the agriculture of the country will re
main at a low ebb, and the big cities, and Lon
don in particular, will continue to be overcrowd
ed. People here have not yet begun seriously to
consider the way in which a solution of the over
crowding problem is to be arrived at. There is
a good deal of academic discussion of such ques
tions as the housing of the working classes and
improvement in the facilities for transit, but
the government is unwilling to deal with the
matter.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra are at
Fandringham taking the first real rest which
they have had since January. They are expect
ed in London to-morrow. On Friday the King
will hold court at St. James's Palace for the
purpose of receiving addresses, after which the
reception of a Roman Catholic deputation will
take place. It is likely that later on in the year
his majesty will be visited by the Emperor and
Empress of Russia, who are expected to travel
to Scotland to view the Glasgow Exhibition.
But no definite arrangements in regard to this
visit have yet been fixed.
TV." cmir.tr>- is dissatisfied because the war in
South Africa still drags along. During the last
few weeks the movement designed to sweep the
Northern Transvaal has been in progress, and
a good many Boers have been captured, but the
Impression prevails that the totals include more
old men and boys left on farms than bona fide
prisoners, and at the rate of a couple of hundred
captures a week it will take a long time to get rid
of fifteen thousand Eoers who are still believed
to be under arms. Months have passed away
eince the invaders entered Cape Colony, yet they
are there to-day and quite as troublesome as
ever. Some people argue that the British army
is even now net strong enough for the task in
hand. Meanwhile Mr. Brodrick's scheme of
arr-.y reform is condemned by nearly every com
petent critic. It is generally admitted that the
regular army will not be strengthened mate
rially until the attractiveness of the service is
Increased.
Arrangements are quietly in progress for the
reception of Sir Alfred Milner in London. The
High C mmissioner for South Africa has been
asked if he would accept an invitation to a
public bar.quet, but he has not yet been h^ard
from on the point. A number of his admirers
suggerted that as he was banqueted before he
went to Cape Town he should be likewise en
tertainer, on his return. It is, however, quite
possible that Sir Alfred Milner will not consent.
He would have to get Mr. Chamberlain's per
¦lml ¦ before accepting such invitation, as a
public banquet would imply a pronouncement
upon the policy of the British Government in
South Africa, and it may be doubted whether
the Colonial Secretary would deem It opportune
for Sir Alfred Mil' r to make an important
speech in this co- ry on the South African
question until the btorm and stress of the final
phase of the war have passed away.
I. N. F.
BOERS CAPTURE BRITISH.
TWENTY- FIVE TROOPERS SURRENDER
AFTER A SEVERE FIGHT.
London, April 20. — Lord Kitchener continues
the process of wearing down the Boers, who,
however, are very active in the Kroonstad dis
trict, where they recently derailed two trains
and also captured, after a severe fight, twenty
five men of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse,
whom they stripped of their horses and ac
coutrements and then liberated.
Colonel Plumer's force captured a small laager
of forty-five men, including the notorious Trans
vaal State Engineer, Munnick, who planned the
destruction of the Johannesburg mines in the
spring of last year, and his father, who was
formerly Landrost at Boksburg.
Mr. Cummings, who is visiting: Durban on be
half of the Canadian Government, is favorably
- I - ssed with the trading possibilities between
Canada and Naiai.
PLAGUE CASKS AT CAPE TOWN.
Cape Town. April US.— During the past forty
eight hours sixteen fresh cases of the bubonic
Plague have been officially reported. Eight of
these are Kuropeans. Since the outbreak of the
Jtaease there have been 319 cases, of which Jl7
hove i .- \ed fatal.
POISONING STORY DISCREDITED.
Washington, April 28.— The Department of Agri
¦ -•• has received no information bearing- on
the reports that have been circulated in England
' k Boer emissaries with inoculating horses
shipped to South aJMoa with glanders and oth<-r
Jnaiadiea. Secretary Wilson places no credence in
the story. He says, hoAtv.r. v.at it is possible
It might have been done, probably by hostlers or
°u»er attendants aboard ship, if at all. There has
wen no examination of the Bone shipments by the
°epartmenfs representatives, as the British agents
- °\t- nevei r. . .. such inspection.
HAT BE FOR YFXV STEEL PLANT.
Philadelphia. April £S.— "The Inquirer" to-morrow
•"1 Bay that big purchases of farm land lying be
tween Gloucester City and Mount Ephraim. In
Western New-Jersey, not far from Philadelphia,
fc&ve been made by George W. Jessup, a prominent
real estate dealer and member of the Board of
Trade of Camden. N. J., In the last ten days.
Twelve farms are reported to have been purchased
In the early art of last week and three no later
than Saturday.
When interviewed by an "Inquirer" reporter, yes
terday, Mr. Jessup admitted making the purchases
for H. <•. Frick, of Pittsburgh, and his business
associates. He .-:!!.; the farms bought on Satur
day contained over four hundred acres, but he
declined to gay how much the other purchases
amounted to.
He refused to affirm or deny that the land Is in
tended for the location of another steel plant. He
¦would not say for what purpose it Is Intended,
other than that of a business investment. Ho
•aid there it $50,000,000 behind the investors, and
added that in *. few years Camden will have a city
adjoining it of from 30,000 to 60,000 Inhabitants.
Further than this he declined to discuss the
matter. - - , -:
NEW THEATRE TRAIN FOR CHICAGO.
Leaves Grand Central Station at 3:15 A. M. every
Gay. giving passengers , an opportunity to go to
the theatre, have supper after the play, go to bed
in the bleeping car at their -leisure, and wake up
*«H on their way to th«: Wes- by the New York
Central. -Ad vt. t.\ ¦.'.•¦;.¦
PRINCE HAD JEWELS HIDDEN.
HENRY OF CROY HAS AN UNPLEASANT
EXPERIENCE WITH CUSTOMS
OFFICIALS.
Prince Henry de Croy, a Belgian nobleman,
eaid to be a cousin of Kin? Leopold of the
Belgians, had an unpleasant experience yes
terday on his arrival here on the steamship
Potsdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne. He
had declared five pieces of baggage, and was
about to leave the pier at Fifth-st., Hoboken,
when Andrew McCort, a Custom House in
spector, noticed that the prince appeared to be
exceedingly nervous, and made him submit to
an examination of his person, to learn whether
or not he was carrying about with him dutiable
goods on which he had not made any declara
tion. The Inspector found in the clothes worn
by the prince a gold ring with a large emerald
encircled with thirty-three diamonds, worth
about $r>00; a gold bracelet with a large emerald
encircled with one hundred diamonds, worth
$1,000; two Angora shawls and three silver
snuffboxes.
Inspector McCort, at his home. No. 149 Harri
son-st., Brooklyn, told a Tribune reporter last
evening that the goods mentioned were con
cealed on the prince's person, and that he (the
inspector), had intercepted them by accident.
The examination of passengers' baggage had
been finished, and the prince had obtained a
receipt from an expressman for his five pieces
of baggage, when the inspector asked the prince
for his name and destination, and the latter
wrote in the inspector's book "P. H. Croy,
Washington, D. C." Then the inspector invited
the prince to step aboard the ship, and on taking
him to a stateroom asked if he had any con
cealed packages in his possession. After the
prince had opened his waistcoat, the inspector
says, the rug, folded in tissue paper, was found
concealed inside his trousers. The case was
found in a coat pocket. The bracelet was dis
covered inside the prince's coat, in which, also,
were found the shawls and snuffboxes.
Inspector McCort found that a large amount
of money in a sealed package had been left by
the prince in the possession of the purser.
Thinking diamonds might be concealed in the
package the official opened it in the presence of
the purser. He discovered no diamonds, but the
package contained many thousand dollars in
cash and drafts. The package, after examina
tion, was returned to the purser.
Inspector McCort said that the property of the
prince which had been seized would, of course,
be confiscated, as he had made a declaration
under oath that he was bringing over only wear
ing apparel. The government, however, gave
the owner the privilege of taking the goods out
after paying the appraisement, which might be
the full value of the property.
REFEREES BILL HEARING.
NO ONE FROM NEW-YORK LIKELY TO
CHAMPION THE MEASURE.
The committee representing the Bar Associa
tion which was appointed by John E. Parsons
and the one named by ex-Judge Charles F.
Brown at the meeting of the members of the
New-York County bar held on Saturday will
go to Albany to-day to be present at the hearing
before Governor Odell on the Referees bill. Ow
ing to the short time elapsing between the ap
pointing of the committees and the day set for
the hearing, no notices were sent to the mem
¦Bßs, bsml it is thought that the printed reports
regarding the committees may not have been
seen by some of the persons named. In view
of this and other facts not all of those asked to
speak against the bill are expected to be present
at the hearing. Another thing that may keep
some members of the committees from being
present is the fact that several papers an
nounced that the hearing would be held on Tues
day instead of to-day. Just how many men
would go to Albany could not be learned yester
day. Nor could any person be found who was
able to say positively whether or not there would
be anybody to speak in favor of the bill at the
hearing. No one came forward yesterday, and
announced that he or any one else would be on
hand to say that the bill was drawn on consti
tutional lines, that it was a wise measure and
that it ought to become a law.
It was learned that one of the principal argu
ments that would be used 1 y those who looked
upon the bill with disfavor was that it was im
practicable. The provisions of the bill take
away from the justices of the Supreme Court of
the First Judicial District the power which they
have long had in the appointment of referees,
and direct that the Appellate Division shall ap
point twenty lawyers as referees of the Supreme
Court and Surrosate's Court and twenty law
yers as referees of the City Court in the judicial
"district embraced by New- York County alone.
The clerks of the courts are to enter the names
of the referees appointed in alphabetical order,
and references emanating from the courts must
be given to the referees in rotation.
Charles Bulkley Hubbell, who called the meet
ing of the members of the New- York County
bar to order on Saturday, was seen at his home.
No. 20 West Eleventh- ?t.. yesterday. In speak
ing about the Referees bill Mr. Hubbell said:
"A petition denouncing the bill will be pre
sented to Governor Odell to-day. It is signed
by more than one thousand of the busy law
yers of this city. So far no advocate or cham
pion of the bill has appeared. I should say
that it is the unanimous expression of the bar
of the city that the hill is an obnoxious one, and
that it would be difficult for Governor Odell to
justify his approval of it."
ANOBJ BULLDOG BITES A MAN.
THE LATTER HAD PROTECTED A TERRIER
FROM THE UGLY BEAST.
The grassy stretch north of the Metropolitan
Museum of Natural History was thronged yes
terday morning, mostly with women and chil
dren, who were enjoying the warm sunshine and
balmy air. Among the hundreds were Charles
Reilly, fifty-four years old, janitor of an apart
ment house at Eighty-second-st. and Central
Park West, and his daughter Grace, fifteen years
old. With them was their little Scotch terrier,
Gyp. The dog was scampering on the grass and
barking.
On a nearby hummock Julian Goldey, a Postal
Telegraph boy, was holding In leash a big brln
dle bulldog. As soon as the bulldog saw Gyp he
became frantic, and strained for freedom. He
was soon free, for Goldey wasn't strong enough
to hold him.
Then there was a commotion. Gyp, thorough
ly seared, ran yelping to the feet of his mistress.
She picked him up and started to run. but be
fore she got five feet away the bulldog was
jumping up and trying to get at the cowering
terrier. He didn't succeed, for the girl turned
so quickly that the dog landed against her back.
All the time she was screaming, and her father
was doing his best to frighten the bulldog.
Grace turned and ran, and then, according to
Mr. Reilly, the bulldog turned on him and twice
sank his teeth In the calf of the man's leg. Two
policemen had run up, and one of them used his
club with such effect that the bulldog fled. He
was later caught and taken home by the mes
senger boy.
Mr. Reilly was assisted to a drug store in Co
lumbus-aye., and remained there until an am
bulance arrived from Roosevelt Hospital. At
the hospital he was told that his wounds were
exceedingly dangerous. He was advised to go
to the Pasteur Institute.
The messenger boy said that the dog belonged
to James Earll. of No. 59 West Seventy-sixth-st.
Mr. Reilly went to bed after reaching home
He was suffering keenly last night. One of the
wounds in his leg is an inch and a half long and
half an inch deep.
" Mr. Earll was not at home yesterday after
noon. Reilly insists that the bulldog be shot.
NEW- YORK. MONDAY. APRIL 29. 1901.-TWELVE PAGES.- by T^^fA^a,™.
P. R. R. MAY BUILD A B RIDGE
THOUGHT TO BE HEADING MOVEMENT
FOR TWEN rV-THIRD-ST. STRUCTURE.
RAILROAD MEN* FIRM IX OPPOSITION TO
RAINES BILL SCHEME— OFFICERS OF
THE NEW- YORK AND NEW-JERSEY
BRIDGE COMPANY EVASIVE.
What is considered as still further proof of
the opposition of the railroads to the New-York
and New-Jersey bridge plan, as embodied In the
bill of Senator Raines, was the unusual reti
cence and evasiveness yesterday of the officers
and directors of this bridge company. When
seen by Tribune reporters not one of them at
tempted to deny the statements made by the
presidents of the Erie, Pennsylvania, Ontario
and Western and other railroads havinsr termi
nals on the Jersey side of the North River, to
the effect that a Fifty-ninth-st. bridge was
wholly impracticable either for freight or pas
sengers, as printed in The Tribune yesterday;
and not one, even when pressed for an answer,
tried to show that even a single railroad favored
the scheme.
Delos E. Culver, who has been the prime
mover in the plan for a bridge across the North
River at Fifty-ninth-st.. was considerably agi
tated owr the statements of the railroad men.
When seen by a Tribune reporter at his home.
No. 124 West Ninety-fifth-st., he at once ask^d:
"Is it true that these railroad men have com
bined against the Fifty-ninth-st. bridge, as I
read in The Tribune this morning?"
"Yes," the reporter answered. "Officers of al
most all the lines carrying freight into New-
York from the Jersey side of the Hudson say
that a bridge at Fifty-ninth-st. is too far up
stream, and is thus impracticable either for
freight or passengers."
"Because it is too far north?" interrupted Mr.
Culver, with a questioning tone of voice. Then,
after a moment's pause, he added:
"The engineering of this bridge is not fully
understood. I do not believe these railroad men
will oppose the plan after they investigate
it more carefully. The plan for a West-st. rail
road as an approach to the bridge is hound to
appeal to them after more mature considera
tion."
"But is it not a fact, Mr. Culver," was ask^d,
"that at the present time the railroads do not
favor the project?" •
"No. I can't say that." was the answ< r. '1
have known these railroad men for the last
thirty years, and I believe they will welcome
such an undertaking."
"Have you the assurance of any railroad that
It will use the bridge after it is built? 11
"As to that I can't say."
"Is there not one railroad, then, that ran te
said to be back of such « tremendous enter
prise?"
NO RIGHT TO SPEAK OF IT
"I hay* no right to speak of that?" was the
answer.
"How, then, can the people of New- York City
be expected to grant franchises for the use of
its waterfront by elevated railroads if It is
impossible to know to whom they are giving
such valuable franchises?"
"AH that I can say is that capital is behind
the project, and all wHI be made public !n
time."
Mr Culver then complained of ill health, and
the interview was closed.
Other officers of the company refused abso
lutely to speak on the subject. One of them
said in reply to the question whether the Fifty
ninth-st. bridge was not considered impracti
cable for freight purposes by railroad men be
cause no adequate terminals could be obtained
in this city:
I have nothing to say to these statement?. I
do not consider it proper at this time to discuss
the bridge bill at all.
A conference was held yesterday afternoon
at the home of James S. Clarkson. president of
the New-York and New-Jersey Bridge Com
pany, at No. 2 West Kighty-eighth-st. Several
officers of the company attended the meeting.
which lasted several hours.
At the end Mr. Clarkson could not be seen,
although reported to be in his apartments.
From what could be learned the meeting was
for the purpose of preparing for the hearing on
the bridge bill before Governor Odell to-mor
row.
Railroad men who were seen yesterday univer
sally continued to condemn the Fifty-ninth-st.
bridge with a West-st. elevated railroad for an
approach as wholly impracticable and as a
"paper picture." The only bridge that could be
built over the North River, they said, should
be no further north than Twenty-third-st., and
should be used only for passengers.
PENNSYLVANIA ROAD IN THE LEAD.
Information was also obtained that the Penn
sylvania Railroad had now taken the initiative
in pushing the construction of the Twenty-thlrd
st. bridge, for which a franchise is held by the
North River Bridge Company. Such action is
said to have been precipitated by the activity
of the New-York and New-Jersey Bridge Com
pany in its efforts to obtain further franchises
by legislation for its proposed structure at Fifty
ninth-st.
A prominent officer of a railroad whose east
ern terminus is at Jersey City said last night
that the plan to build a passenger bridge from
the New-Jersey shore to Twenty-third-st. was
not only a practical scheme, but a necessity. He
thought that the six roads running into Jersey
City which now transfer their passengers t<>
this city by water could easily combine their
capital for the erection of a magnificent bridge
and commodious terminal on this side of the
river. He believed that the bridge would be
built before eighteen months.
Asked what particular company was responsi
ble for the revival of interest in the North
River Bridge Company's plan, he said:
"I believe that the Pennsylvania Railroad is
back of the project. With its allied companies
it controls the major part of the- passenger
traffic «rMeh now enters New- York from the
South and West. It is to the Pennsylvania's in
terest to reduce the cost of transportation as
much as possible, and this could be effected by
building a bridge, with the co-operation of the
competing roads. The company could save
money on its ferryboats, and could devote those
now used for the transfer of passengers ¦olfllj
to its freight business, which is constantly in
creasing.
"It will soon need all these boats for its Long
Island line and for its service to Staten Island.
The Staten Island business is nominally in the
hands of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, but
that road is owned by interests closely identin-'d
with the Pennsylvania road. The fact that
Samual Rea, fourth vice-president of the Penn
sylvania company, is a director of the North
River Bridge Company leads me to believe that
that road is the chief backer of this very sensible
and businesslike proposition. They have all
along eaid that they wished to build a bridge
to strike New-York not further uptown than
Twenty-thlrd-st. They realize, too, that no in
terest, unless an extremely powerful one, can
build a North River bridge crossing to Fifty
ninth-st. without their sanction and support."
RECENT PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT M'KINI.EY. TRANSMITTED BY TELE" iRAP!!
FROM WASHINGTON OVER THE TRIBUNE'S LEASED WIRF.
(Photograph Copyright. 1900: By C. Parker.)
PICTURES P.V TELEGRAPH.
PHOTOGRAPHS SENT OVER A WIRE
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILES IN A FEW MINUTES.
The picture of President McKinley which is
presented this morning is not printed because
the face is unfamiliar to the readers of The
Tribune, but on account of the novel method by
which it was transmitted from Washington to
this city. It was sent by telegraph. That is
to say. a specially prepared copy was placed
on a little machine at one end of a telegraph
wire in The Tribune Bureau at the national
capital, and a reproduction was quickly effected
by another machine at the other end in the
h'^me office, two hundred and thirty-nine miles
away. The operation consumed between five
and ten minutes.
The apparatus employed for this wonderful
man 1? the joint Invention of H R-
Palmer and Thomas Mills, of Cleveland. Ohio.
It was exhibited at the conversazione of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers a
few evenings ago. The Tribune is the first New-
York dally paper to give its readers a chance
tn judge at the quality of the work it will do.
A number of attempts have been made within
the last tea jreara to send pictures by telegraph.
One instrument devised for this purpose was
Gray's telautograph. Later ones differed from
that in principle and also from each other. In
some respects the product of the Palmer-Mills
apparatus remind! one of that obtained by the
Amstutz system five or six years ago. But the
machine itself is vastly more simple and com
pact than all of its predecessors, of whatever
design. When the necessary adjustments have
been made to ensure satisfactory working, the
time required for actual transmission is sur
prisingly short. Some of the oth>"r systems re
quire from forty to fifty minutes merely to send
a picture.
An important advantage of the Palmer-Mills
apparatus is that it works directly from a
photograph, an.l i!<>es not call for redrawing, an
operation that not only wastes time, but sacri
fic> s accuracy. The inventors declare that it
can i"- operated over c circuit I.<hm» miles in
length. Some minor details, affecting the effi
ciency of the invention, arc yet to i>e worked
out, but it." present state is highly promising.
This device can be used as either a transmit
ter or a receiver, the change from one to the
other beinw wrought almost instantaneously.
An achievement ol this kitid is such an ad
vance upon the original s^rvi<-e of the telegraph
that it makes one realize afresh how nearly
boundless 'u<- the possibilities of electricity's
usefulness. It also shows h«>w thoroughly up
to date The Tribune is.
ELECTRIC POWER CARRIED t',o WILES.
Said TO re the longest transmission in the
WORLD.
San Francisco. April 28 (Special).— Electric power
generated on the Tuba River. 140 miles away, was
used in operation of streetcars in Oakland to-day.
This is said to be the longest transmission of
Heetrlr* power in the world. The power is gen
erated by turbine wheel?. The cable. 140 miles in
length, is six-tenths of an inch in diameter and
i.s of copper, with aluminum alloy, which will
prevent oxidisation, it is this cable that is bob
fended across Carquinez Straits by a span of 4.400
feet and 300 feet in the air.
The tost yesterday is considered one of the most
successful In th^ history of electricity, a current
of 40,000 volts having been transmitted the entire
distance with a loss not to exceed o per cent.
Under that showing experts said the voltage could
be increased until there would be practically no loss
of the current. The current used was an alter
nating one, transmitted through the motor at the
power station, as a voltage of 40.000 was greatly
In excess of the power needed. On Monday power
will he transmitted over the company's lines to
San .Tos6, a distance of 190 miles from the
f-ratlnß plant.
WILL '•///¦: t/7.v ELECTRIC POWER.
IMPORTANT RESULTS EXPECTED FROM A PIS
COVERY BY DH MIND.
London. April L'o. — "The Daily Chronicle" says
it Uarns that Dr. Ludwlg Mund has discovered
a method of producing illuminating coal gas at
twopence per thousand feet, which will effect a
revolution !>y cheapening electric power, and
also as bearing upon the production of open
hearth steel.
PULQUE OFFICIALS ASSAULTED.
Calcutta, April 2.S.— The officials engaged in com
bating the bubonic plague were assaulted here to
day by natives while disinfecting. Several arrests
were made.
RAH POLL A HAS XOT RESIGXED.
Rome. April 25.-The "Italia" denies the asser
tion, made yesterday t>y the "Patrlo." that Cardinal
Mariano Rampclla, Pontifical Secretary of State,
has resigned.
HEROIC WORK. BY FIREMEN
ONE DRAGS TWO UNGONBCHNJI OLD
WOMEN PBOM IT.AME AND SMOKE.
CROWD CHEERS THE BRAVE WORK MADLY
—ONE OF THE AGED SUFFER
ERS MAY DIE.
At the risk of their lives two firemen yester
day morning went Into a burning apartment
house at No. 1.712 Amsterdam-aye. and rescued
two old women from death. The firemen are
Matthew J. Cummings and John Moclalr. They
are in Hook and Ladder Company No. 23, which
is in One-hundred-and-fortieth-st., near Amster
dam-aye. The women rescued are Mrs. Eliza
beth Niver, sixty-five years old. and her sister.
Mrs. Eliza Moore, 'eighty-six years old. Both
were unconscious when found lying in the hall
way of their a^attment.-, ..---.- »¦»¦¦' ¦"i'jijjii
The house is owned by Martin Wallace. It
has five stories. The fire was discovered about
8 o'clock. It started on the top floor, on the
north side of which lived Mrs. John Moore. On
the south side lived Mrs. Niver. her family and
her aged sister.
Mrs. John Moore escaped by means of the
front fire escape to the house at No. 1.710. and
down to the street. It was she who told the
firemen of the peril of the two women in the
other flat. She had been visiting them a short
time before the fire, and knew they were alone.
Cummings' and Moclair made desperate efforts
to get up to the fifth floor^by the regular stair
way, but the intense heat drove them back.
They lost no time, but dashed down to the
street again, and went to the fifth floor of No.
1,710 and then over the fire escapes to the front
windows of No. 1.712. Moclair waited outside
and Cummings went In on hands and knees.
Smoke was pouring out of the four windows in
clouds, and tongues of flame shot out now and
then. It seemed certain death to go in.
The crowd below watched silently for the
fireman to appear. It seemed an endless time,
and they were beginning to fear for his safety
when they saw Moclair reach in and take some
body from Cummings. It vas Mrs. Niver. Cum
mings had found her unconscious in the kitchen
and had carried her through fire and smoke.
She was painfully burned, and her clothing was
scorched and burning. The fresh air revived
her for a moment, and she exclaimed:
•'For God's sake, get Eliza!"
"Where is she?" ashed Cummings, almost
overcome himself by the deadly fumes.
"In the hallway." muttered Mrs. Niver. who
again became unconscious. Moclair hurried
down with her to the street, the crowd cheering
like mad. Cummings waited only long enough
to get a little air. and then leaped back into the
furnace. The crowd gave a roar of applause,
hear.l blocks away. One minute, two minutes,
three minutes passed. But Cummlngs did not
appear. It seemed half an hour to the crowd.
The captain of the company ordered other men
up to rescue their comrade, and. they were about
to enter when Cummings was seen staggering to
the window. He carried Mrs. Moore. She was
unconscious, and Cummings was not far from
it. His comrades took the old woman, and then
dragged him out.
Fire shot out all around him. The crowd
cheered wildly when Cummings appeared. The
cheering and the air soon made a new man of
him. and he pluckily resumed fighting the tire
with his comrades. He said later that he had
almost "caved in once or twice." and that he
would probably have dropped if alone. But I
made up my mind to save the old lady, ' he
said, "and— well, 1 did save her. But it was a
corkin* hot place!" . "¦' r '
Mrs. Moore was burned so severely that she
had to be taken to the J. Hood Wright Hospital.
Her hands and face are blistered, and she in
haled much flame. Her condition is extremely
critical on account of her great age.
Cummins* is the champion bicyclist of the
Fire Department. He mi formerly a sailor, and
his rescues at sea and as a fireman on land are
almost a score. He is modest in the extreme,
and nothing ever induces him to recite his ex
periences. His superiors consider him one or
the pluckiest men in the department.
KATES BY CAXXIBALS.
NATIVES OF BRITAIN KILL A GERMAN
MILLIONAIRE AND DEVOUR HIS SECRETARY.
Sydney. N. S. W.. April 28.— Herr Mercke. a
German 'millionaire, who was cruising in his
yacht, and Herr Caro, his private secretary,
were recently murdered by natives of the island
of New-Britain, off the northeast coast of Pa
pua. Herr Caro's body was eaten.
Berlin, April 29. — Emperor William has ordered
Car' Passchew, of the German second class
cruiser Hansa. to command a punitive expedi
tion from China to avenge the murder of Herr
Mercke. . l
JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT— the Cough cure—
JATNE'S EXPECTORANT.— Advt.
PRICE THEEE CENTS.
CHANGE IN CUBAN VIEWS.
CAUSES WHICH LED DELEGATES TO
FAVOR MKINLEYS POLICY.
[FT TELEGRAPH TO TH2 TRIBCXIUI
Washington. April 2S. — Since the departure of
the five commissioners representing the Cuban
Constitutional Convention It has been learned
that their suddenly formed determination to
leave Washington was due to th- fact that they
received assurances that no effort wouM be
made to annex Cuba to the United States as
long as the present elements which dominate
the politics of this country are in control, and
provided further that the Constitutional Con
vention at Havana accepts the Platt amend
ment at the earliest practicable date.
As stated by The Tribune last Saturday, th*
Cuban commissioners on the day before bad sig
nified their acquiescence in the provisions of the
Platt amendment after that instrument had
been fully explained to them by the President,
the Secretary of War. Senator Platt, of Con
necticut (Its author), and Senator Spooner. of
Wisconsin, as well as by several Democrats of
distinction, including Senator Cockrell. of Mis
souri. Their next concern was to learn what
were the ultimate intentions el the United
States with regard to Cuba, and to get at this
they chose to discuss the island's industrial
future as affected by the fiscal policy which the
new government can adopt. The visitors dwelt
with more emphasis than did those to whom
they talked upon the importance of establishing
reciprocal trade relations with the United
States. This naturally led to the conclusion that
Cuba cannot stand alone economically an that
her dependence upon the United States is quite
as marked in that regard as it is politically.
SURPRISE AT REPUBLICAN POLICY.
From this point the discussion ranged to th«
question as to whether or not, under the terms
of the Platt amendment, based, as that law Is.
upon the much vaunted Teller resolution die
claiming this country's intention ever to "exer
cise sovereignty and control in Cuba," the island
could or would be annexed to the United States.
To their surprise the Cuban commissioners were
informed that the Platt amendment had been
so framed and phrased as to make anti-annexa
tion the policy of the Republican party. In
other words, the Platt amendment, when ac
cepted by the Cuban Constitutional Convention,
will serve as another and potent factor in de
veloping an American colonial policy.
This policy was barely hinted at in a speech,
delivered last night by Senator Albert J. Bev
eridge at the Grant memorial dinner at Dcs
Moines. It was also briefly outlined in a
Tribune dispatch from Washington last Thurs
day. This dispatch was based upon a state
ment made to The Tribune's correspondent by
a high official who next to President McKinley
has been more influential than anybody else in
shaping the administration's colonial policy to
date.
The Cubans were told that the annexation of
their island has been a Democratic policy ever
since the days of Jefferson, and their attention
was called to the fact that it was under Demo
cratic auspices that the sensational Ostend
manifesto of half a century ago was issued.
Their attention also was called to the fact that
if the opportunity had been auspicious at any
time in the last hundred years the Democrats
when in control of th.? government would have
found an excuse for annexing Cuba to the
, United States . and thus forever shattering .the
I dream of a Cuban republic. The Cubans now
understand that the Democratic policy still is
for annexation under the alluring promise of
Statehood. in spite of the solemn pledge to the
world contained in the Teller resolution, about
which the Democratic leaders in both houses of
Congress had so much to say during the dis
cussion which preceded the adoption of the
Platt amendment this winter.
TO URGE AMENDMENT'S ADOPTION.
When the Cuban Commissioners were able to
comprehend the situation as thus described to
them, they realized for the first time that there
is no danger of their country being annexed
and "assimilated" to the United States as Ion?
as the Platt amendment is a law of this land,
with the most binding features of that instru
ment as parts of the Cuban constitution. This
revelation so completely allayed their fears that
they felt free to return to Havana and earnest
ly recommend to the convention the Immediate
adoption of the Platt amendment in its entirety.
Before returning home they thought it best to
visit New-York, and there learn from the men
most directly interested in the maintenance of
this government's present tariff policy what can
be expected for the Cuban sugar and tobacco
products in the trade of the United States.
Before they left Washington they received as
surances that Cuba's plea for preferential tariff
rates on sugar and tobacco will receive re
spectful consideration here when the relations
between the two countries are such that that
subject can be adequately treated by the proper
j authority, which is Congress; but pending the
i settlement of this and other economic questions
i the Cubans must elect officers and organize their
j own independent government under the terms
j of the Platt amendment. They will probably
hold their general election next October, and
before the first session of the next Congress ad
journs at Washington, in the spring or summer
' of 1902. their government, it is hoped, will b»
! fully equipped, and running so smoothly that th*
President will feel justified in withdrawing all
United States troops from the island and turn
ing Cuba wholly over to the Cubans.
A UNIQUE NATIONAL STATUS.
Then their status will be unique In the history
of nations. Cuba will be an Independent sov
ereignty—a republic— with the assurance of this
j country's constant and permanent guardianship.
This will make it unnecessary for the republto
of Cuba to burden itself with the cost of an
army and navy, for the United States as guard
ian will safeguard Cuba from foes both foreign
and domestic. For this purpose the United
States will maintain adequate naval stations
on the island, and will also keep troops in readi
ness for service in Cuba for the suppression of
revolutions and other uprisings. This form of
guardianship will not interfere with the devel
opment of Cuban institutions in harmony with
Latin ideals. In other words, the island will
not be Americanized, as It would be eventually
if the Democratic programme instead of the
Republican plan were carried into effect.
. Under these new and novel relations in the
history of nations, two alien races will live In
close amity according to the ideals and stand
. ards of each. Both also can protect the inter
ests, industrial as well as racial, that are pecul
iar to each. If the interests of both .demand
free ¦ trade in some products, only that fiscal
: policy can be adopted, whereas if Cuba; should
be annexed and made a State of the Union, no
such careful policy could be followed.
An object lesson will be given to the world of
American magnanimity and unselfishness, and
at the same time this lesson can be utilized at
home in educating the people of the United
States up to the colonial policy now being d#
\ veloped by the Republican party.
QUESTION OF TARIFF RATES.
¦'. Discriminating tariff rates for Cuba will ¦how
the necessity of discriminating tariff rates for