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V > ' ~ .^y-agLj ' t^P^m^—^c^^^^^^ * tTffr^rWfiwfh i / *^itm V OL LXI V* 20.230. NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS. I.OXDOX. WOFLDWIDB SIGNIFICANCE OF CECIL RHODE*?* REQUEST. KMBLS rDGAUEM OF THE ANTJLO-SAXON DESTINT- THE LATE SOUTH AFRICAN r>EVEIX>r>IENTS-EYKNT? ON* THE CONTINENT. fry . 7rr ,tf,, ■ !po2: By Th« Tribun- A!»oetat!«n.) [Cp^ia! to T ., A TVitnin* by Fi»nrh O»W- 1 London. April «'.-Uk«» ■ fly In amber. Cecil shodes> '•"•' w<> W««ll«" is enmeshed in So- Itdtor HawKPleys veil.-.,, wax and verbiage. The*«mpJT« builder's will, unlike Caesar's, with whirh "The Times" drawn a forced comparison. orders no largess for the fickle, measure loving mob but i? th«» working scheme of one of the world's great citizens for popularizing by edu cational means his oVn comprehensive views of Anglo-Saxon destiny. Mr. Hawksley. with s lawyer's talent for roundabout phrasing, has rlouded th* directness and simplicity of Mr. Rhodess intentions, but the will remains a curiously personal «nd human document, so lhat men ran say. the great Imperialist being im* still ■!» ■■ rtTi Among the most cbarac teristlc paseae^ «re those describing the dry a* tasf authorities of Oriel as children In com mercial matters, needing to consult the busi nessllke trustee?, and th« homilies upon country house life and the disadvantages of having ex rerrr: . heirs eloped Into loafers without or cupation. The large ideas which fascinated his imagination are ingeniously enforced, as in the ?labora'.« arraneements for beautifying Bolu wayo and dignifying Rhodesia, and even Groote Frhuur is pet apart as a future. restdenc of th ■ Prime Miriipter of Federated South Africa. Ceril Rhodes's loftiest flight In Idealism was In the direction of the collective action of the British Empire, th* United States and Ger many In securing the peace of the world and divlfiine the v.hit man's burdens for the wei far* of the human rcce. His university 'n dowmenU so different in motive from Mr. Car ntgle's benefactions, is grounded upon the principle that educational relations form the jrtfongest for linking together the progressive nr.Tiors cf the woTid. JTis comprehensive Fcheme for --■■;; to <.\ f..'-.jf ..'-.j by generous schoiar thlr>r. Cr.r.3!iian=. AustraMaiw. South Africans. Gcrmar." and merlrans from every State and Ter;ltnry r>t the : ;..■. Is proof that he »ms the rncst enlightened among Anglo-Saxons and that he conridei^d th« promotion of « good inlsniinr between England. her colonies. the United States and Germany the greatest responsibility of ihe world's citizenship. The project is so buice that the lender writers Bjpi themselves trashing for breath, as though they had suddenly been lifted to the summits cf the Himalayas or the Andes. If they suffer fro-, mountain «=ickrie«s. what will be the ef fect upon the dons of Oxford, the most con ssrvatlve and reactionary centre of the educa tional world T A few more progressive men •-'' like Professor Dicey, have been seeking: ■ attract American and colonial student* by pwt-gracuat" courses, but have not met with a great measure of success. Suddenly they are Otliafl upon to enlarge their courses and con »n Oxford into an Anglo-Faxon stronghold of imperialism and world's citizenship. Mr. Rhodes, •o-ith a genuine love of classical learning, has remembered hi? alma mater with loyal devo tion, yet has taken practical measures for ren dering her less grandmotherly and in close touch with the affairs of The world. Xot satis fiefl with convening Groote Bchour into a cclcnlal Downing Street and placing a Rhodeslan Valhalla among the Matoppo Hills. he had forecast the regeneration of the Anglo-Saxon •rac» at the mo^Fgrown cradle of English learning. The chances of peace before th«> coronation t »em to hang upon Mr. Steyn's amour propre. Mr. Krfle ' and Mr. Schalkburger cannot sue for pear* if their ally refuses to listen to rea (=on ani put an end to the miseries of race warfare Mr. Rteyn was more responsible than Mr. Krtiger for the aggressive ultimatum which rer.dere-J the war inevitable. The South Af rican* In I>ondon invariably describe him as the ♦>ril genius of the Boer caus». who dragged Mr. Kroger lota the war because he believed that the Dutch <"onfederacy could be estab lished and that he would himself come into a vast political heritage Mis obstinacy has sur «H«| the ambition, and. although banted iik" » »-., from hol«» to hole. there can be. no peace •without his consent. The Boer fugitives in Europe are ready to make th« best terms pos *ib>. and Mr. Kriieer is anxious to return 10 Booth Africa. The details of Lord Kitchener's battle with fi"T)frni Delar^y «nd the heroic stand made by the Canadians are still meagre, but the govern ment has supplied a belated record of crimes and PXeetjTfoni! of the so-called Australian of fjrurc in Piefrsburg. The story is a terrible "ri" .md might have been told months -ago. Th» Muridering "V\*ar dee even now does not clear up the mystery. but contents itself with half truth?. Ironical indeed is the sequel to the argument, used by military men after the fall of Pretoria, that Lord Roberts was too soft 'and merciful for th business in hand, and that Ivsrd Kitchener v.as coldblooded and not em barrassed with sentiment. Lord Kitchener's inflexible (^renvovsnesa has b»en reserved for th»mis.r«>»nts of the South African irregular r "rrF. who have nisgracnj th' British uniform by wanton insiders atid atrocities. Mr. Brod rirjt. <-r>r suppressing The information as long . >as possible, has blurt«-d out many facts on the "• of th«» reassembling of Parliament. Th» foreign news remains light and unim portant. Th» Cop.rihatren correspondents after fprecasttng the rejection of the treaty for th»; taJ» of the Danis-h West Indies, have suddenly lurn*l about, and now ...nce^e favorable action •by the Lsuostlilng next week, The Chrtstsnaa ananda] has evidently pr"v<>d ■ boomerang, and th» members of the upper novae are now ajnena- M* Jo reason and the Influences of the palace. S«ftor pasts has resumed the familiar task; of pitting one faction of the Cortes Hgalnst an other, and compromising and minimizing every public quest 1 l in Tb« BtaMHr> -if the Cabinet is an oj^n ■•StIUH but It will hold together with out doubt until the royal IMes in honor of the boy Xtng'p accession to power are over. Th<» <>rman Reichstag is again confronted ••'<•), the Impossible problem of effecting a com promise on th« tariff bill, when the Agrarians prefer to defeat the measure ruther than to accept beggarly aid for agricultural industries. Th* rmmM -<f the nogotiations concerning Manchuria i« «oo vaguely r««iK)rted from Pe king to justify romtnent. The changes in American diplomatic service •''■ th" subject of constant conjecture la the tlß|Mitrhe« rom Washington. Nothing \t> known at th«- American Embassy here about the a (nntfnncd .... fount, vnn- fctvv^ 1 C 3" l """•l' OV T ■*« Niagara Fallrt on your way \; r . »•"»«>"< -xi ra ••■»• if . , ,),.. N .u r CSt Au'* 1 re- For P*««culars »«« NEW- YORK. SUNDAY. APRIL fi. 1902.-2 PARTS. 28 PAGES. V\ITH ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT. 16 PAGES. CARNEGIE ON RHODES WILL SIGNIFICANT of ANGLO - AMERICAN INTON. HF THINKS. CORPORATION COUNSEL RIVES AND PRESI DENT PATTON ALSO COMMENT ON THE OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP PROVISION. Andrew Carnegie commented yesterday on that provision of Cecil Rhodes'* 1 will which cre ates scholarships for American students at Ox ford. He considers 14 significant of the future union of England and America, in which he is a firm believer. "<Vcii Rhodes'* will, like himself.*' Mr. Car legie said to a Tribune reporter, "is unique, broad and Inspiring. He was no narrow Brit ish Imperialist. Britain confederated would be the play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet left out. Britain's only policy Is to look to her kin here in this country. She is alien In Europe. Th. Knglish sneaking race must get together. Lord Etosebery recently announ 1 his willingness. In his rectorial address --n Glasgow University, to .=.-... ik. capital of a u;iit",i race in Washing ton. T- this complexion must it come at last.' ■ It Is twelve years since I published 'The Look Ahead." prophesying that Britain would become part of the Tiiion finally, as .she once was. America was once united with Britain; it is Britain's turn to be unite,] with America. Turn .-<bout Is fair play. When Britain ceases trying to destroy republics In South Africa, and we cease suppressing one in the Philippines, we sh ill be r«ady to take up the .great questions effecting the peace and wellbeing of the world • Corporation Counsel Rives, who is a graduate of Cambridge, in commenting yesterday on the Will of y\r Rhodes, said. "The will certainly is h most interesting docu ment ITnttl T read a correct transcript of it I cannot say that the law department of this • Its will have anything to do with the scholar ships for the State of New -York. T assume that The state Board of Regents will finally consider Tlie scholarship designations.*' "As an Kt.giish university man. what do you think of Mr. Rhodes's Idea?" he -was asked. it -» Tt;:.:.'i\" is- most Interesting." said Mr. Rives. "Mr. Rhodes believed that these scholar ships would promote comity and friendliness be tween the BigSlish. American and German na tions. I am Inclined to think be waa right. T was fit Cambridge thirty years ago. and the more I consider Mr Rhodes's plan The more it interests m*. certain it is that the greater the spread of knowledge of International affairs the less likelihood there is of misunderstanding. " Princeton. April ."• (Special). President Fran ci? L. Patton said to-day of Cecil Rhodes's pro vision for the founding of scholarships for American youth at Oxford: "This extraordinary gift is the occasion for general rejoicing. It will strengthen the tie be tween Great Britain and her worldwide colonies, and this is b phase of imperialism which should have the heartiest approval of us all. It will fester the sentiment of goodwill between th« two great English speaking nations, and In this way serve the cause of Christian civilization. It will bring the influence of English ideals to bear upon our American system of education. and that will be a distinct advantage." Dr. Patton added that some one should give a similar opportunity for British youths to study in leading American universities. Roth countries, he paid, have much to l°arn from each other. GAMBLERS SEEK STREETS. HIP.E BOYS TO CHIT HANDBOOK RETS IN OFFICES. Driven to desperation by the rigorous crusade waged against them, gamblers in all parts of the city have started the handbook system to take bets on the races, fearing to open up poolrooms. This is the. last recourse for the gamblers, and although not entirely unsatisfactory, is danger ous, for the taking of bets is generally made in public, places, paloons, ofnV« buildings and more often in the street, where the police are liable to detect their operations A bold scheme was laid bare last evening, when two of Captain Hatpin's "plain clothes men" of the Church-St. station made three ar r^pts -two boys and a man -on a charg° of run ning a handbook in th» street. The two lads broke down in the station house when they were arraigned and confessed their part in the game. Since raids were made on a number of pool rooms In the downtown district, practically put ting gambling bouses out of commission, a score of lads, the majority of them well dressed, have been sent through the office buildings, cafes and business houses taking bets. The men who regularly patronised the poolrooms and who are known to the gamblers have been made known to th'-se lads. li was explained to the men that the boys were authorized to take bets, which would be recorded; that they were perfectly trustworthy and that DO fear? need be entertained. In every case the lad was In telligent, of good appearance and a good talker. Every afternoon the backers would send boys out to make a tour through the cafes, oflice buildings and principal saloons in the district with the entries of the races and the betting odds. The men would make th^ir selections. write the name of the horse on a slip and give it to the boy. who would turn the money bet and the slip to the backer before the race was run. All the boys worked on a commission basis, receiving 1" per cent of the money they took in in the course of the day. When one of their •.•regulars" won the boy invariably got a tip. The arrests made by Detectives McVea and Larsen the whole scheme of the desperate gam blers was laid bare. For some time Captain Hatpin has been working to apprehend these boys, who have been working the saloons and office buildings in bis precinct. Un Friday his detectives got on the track of two boys who said they were Morris Boldt, eighteen years old, of No. 17<> Ksscx-st . and Louis Adler, eighteen years old. Of No. 1«! Buffolk-St Th" detectives said that they tracked the boys from saloon to saloon, building to building, mak ing a complete tour of the places where men congregated, and receiving bets on the Bennings races. They were arrested after emerging from a saloon at Greenwich and Murray stn. When they were searched at the station they had near ly .<l<M*. which had been turned over to them. the police say, m lay on the last race at Ben ningK. When the boys were arraigned at the station house and the charge on which they were held ■was explained f o them they broke down and confessed that they had been receiving bets on the races. They said they had been employed by a man who Mid be was William H. M- - Reman, of No. 01 difford-st., Brooklyn, who runs a newsstand at Park Place and Church-st. The detectives said that they had for some time been suspecting McKernan. but >h;<t they first wanted to get hold of the "run ners*." The lads stated thai they turned over the money to McKernan and that he placed the money with the backers of the handbook sys tem. Captain Halpin. however, said last night that lit* was positive McKernan was backing the book himself. ■• '■:;. \" When McKernan was arrested he had $270. records of bets, slips with the names of the horses running on the Bennings track, the weights and betting odds. They were all held on a charge of violating Section .'{.ll of the Penal Code in running a handbook. They were balled out In SI >«*> Magistrate Mayo, who went to the station, accepting the bonds. • Captain Halpln elicited considerable informa tion from the two young prisoners. They told him how th'-y had visited saloons and offices, ostensibly to sell newspapers, where they met their' regular patrons. To get bets they often had to go into mercantile houses, where they had clerks and Oflace assistants among their ■regulars " and consequently they had acted in a manner that would throw off suspicion. They "mad" all kinds of money." they said, especially when one of the "regulars" played a winner. Th" three prisoners will be arraigned in the Centre-st. court to-dcr. . SURE TO BE DRY TO-DAY. SEVEN HUNDRED PATROLMEN VOTE TO ENFORCE LA W. SALOONKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION HAP ADVISED MEMBERS TO SHI T IT PHOP. Sine* associations of policemen and associa tions of liquor dealers have declared in favor of closing the saloons- to-day there is reason to expect that the city will have a "dry Sunday." the like of which has not been seen for a long time. Some Raines law hotels may be open for the sale of liquors with the regulation sandwich, and the guests at. regular hotels will be able to have liquors with their meals, but the saloons will be shut tightly in most parts of the city. It would he folly for a saloonkeeper to keep a «<rntlnel at the side door and admit trusted cus tomers to the bar. for If the interior of the saloon is exposed to view from the. sidewalk the police will see the law violated, and if it is not exposed they will apply for a warrant <>r a summons and take him to the police court. to-morrow on the charge of violating the law by keeping the curtains down. The associations of liquor dealers In several districts have decided at meetings that the safest plan will he to keep the saloons shut to day. They have gone further and have declared that the funds of the associations will not be used for the defence of any member who takes chances and is caught violating the law. Many liquor dealers have violated the law with im punity heretofore, knowing that the association would provide counsel and bondsmen and pay expense? of the defence if they were arrested. Now that they know that they mv?! pay ill costs of defence themselves if they re caught, they are less likely to take risks. About seven hundred patrolmen, members of the second platoons in nearly every police sta tion of the greater city, met yesterday afternoon In lttnnerchor Hall, and decided to report every violation of the excise law they could find on their posts to-day. Th- men were delegates from eighty-one police precincts end several sub-stations and detailed squads. They had their meeting In secret, but it was known later that they were practically unanimous i-> the de cision that the law must be enforced. It was decided at the meeting that the dele gates should report to their associates in all the stations n plan for action to-day. This plan In cludes arrests and reports- when.-.-- a police man can get into a saloon on his post and dis cover a violation of the law he Is to make an arrest. If he discovers a violation of the law at a saloon which he Is unable to enter, he is to make a report immediately to his captain or sergeant in command and "put It up to" the captain to cause arrests. Although the meeting was held behind clo-ed doors. It soon became evident that there was great enthusiasm in the hall. Th« cheering and noise gave evidence of this. Speeches were made by several of the policemen and expert ences -ere related showing the alleged abuse* to -which the policemen were subjected. Among the experiences related was that of Charles Beck**, of the W«*l On»-hundred<»M twentr-ftfth-Kt. station, who presided »' the meeting of th- first pin toon, held on Friday. About a year ago Becker was transferred from the Madlson-Ft. station, with R roundsman and two other patrolmen, because he led a revolt of the same character as thai started last Sunday in West Thirty-seventh-st. He told the raptaln that lie was unwilling to help protect saloon keepers who violated the law. The captain Is paid to have replied that unless Becker and his friends ceased making trouble they would be either broken or transferred, and he kept his word by having them pent out of the precinct As a result of the present movement the greatest meeting ever held in the history of the Police Department will convene at annerchor Hall on next Friday and Saturday. There will be twenty-five hundred policemen present, and they will be addressed by irlerpymen. labor lead ers and politicians. Some of the persons inter ested in arrangements for the meeting seemed to b<» of the opinion that put) opinion in favor of a return to the three platoon system and easier times for policemen might be worked up. Others said that the movement among the po lice to enforce the excise ia-.v had gone 50 far that hereafter the law would be enforced. No special Instructions were given yesterday by Deputy Police Commissioner Bbsteln about, the enforcement of the excise law In Brooklyn to-day. ••I expect the law will be enforced," he said last night, "without the necessity of pegging away at the captains all the time. They under stand the full BCOpe of their duties, and 1 think that they will do their best to see to it that the Liquor Tax law is not violated." Brooklyn policemen are of a different type, from those In Manhattan, and the patrolmen are not bullied by their captains. It Is not ex pected that there will be any police "revolt" In Brooklyn to-day. District Attorney Jerome was seen last even ing at his new home and office, at No. 8 Rutgers st He was told of the patrolmen's meeting and of the decision arrived at to close up every thing, and asked to say something In relation to it. He paid he was tired, and that ho did not care to talk about excise or any other sub ject. "Do you think the saloons will close to-mor row?" he was asked. "The law states that they should," he replied, "and I guess the polio.- know their duty." He would not say what he Intended doing to-day. ( 'A PTA IX COGIILA XPA RDONED RANK HE LOST THROUGH AN OLD OF RKNCE RESTORED BY THE PRESIDENT. Washington. April 5. The President to-daj signed a pardon in the .-as" of Captain .Joseph B. Coghlan, who lost eleven numbers In his grade some years ago as a result Of an un usually sharp letter written by him to the detail 'ifflrer of the Navy Department. As on.- of the captains In the battle of Manila Hay. Captain Coghlan was advanced so as to make up a rood part of the ground he had lost. The President's action to-das makes up the rest of the ground and places him at the head of the list of captains, along with Captain Sands. On the retirement of Admiral Farquhar. both Sands and Coghlan will become rear admiral.". Captain Coghlan is carried as an additional number in grail", and thus his advancement will n^t Interfere with the promotion of the captains below him. President Roosevelt's ac tion was strongly influenced by a letter from Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, the new chief of th<- Bureau of Navigation, who. among others. earnestly urged the restoration of the lost num bers to Captain Coghlan. GIVES *■'<>(><> TO CHURCH. WITH THIS AND $2.ri00 RAISED AMONG CON* (3RBOATION DEBT OF JERSET CITY INSTITUTION* IS PAID. The pastor of Grace Church, nt Erie and Second sis.. Jersey City, will announce to his congregation to-day that th- church has cleared itself of debt. The building had been mortgaged for (MMi an.l the Sunday school adjoining for half that amount. Some lime as« one of the vestrymen pave J2.5W toward clearing off the church debt on th^ condi tion that an equal amount he raised among th» con ?r»fr;ifion. This was done by Raster, thus leaving only the mortgage on the Sunday school building. Testerdey morning. lnm»s D. Simons, the vestry man who mad* the first sift. £[■'■- the amount of the Sunday school mortgage, 12.500. VAT Ah CRUSH AT A GAME. FIVE KILLED AND SCORES INJURED IN GLASGOW, TWENTY FATALLY. THROWN SIXTY FEET TO THE GROUND FT THE COLLAPSE OK a SPECTA TORS' STAND. Glasgow, April ."..—The struggle of the great crowds which gathered at Ibrox Park to-day to witness the last International association foot ball contest, between teams from England and Scotland, caused the collapse of a portion of one of the spectators' terraces, resulting in the death of five persons already, and the injury of ]-'* others. When the game began seventy thousand spec tators were on the ground, and an Immense crowd had gathered outside. P.^ing unable to obtain admittance, this crowd broke down some of the barriers and swarmed upon the field, whereupon the police charged and drove the- in truders back upon the terraces and seats, with the result that the railings dividing the crowds were broken, and the people were thrown over each other. In the frantic struggle toward the exits the pressure toward the upper portion of the westerly terrace was so great that a hun dred feet, of the highest part of the structure collapsed under the. weight of the crowd driven upon it. precipitating the ma« of people to the ground, sixty feet below. The injured were piled in heaps, wedged In with broken wood. The onlookers hesitate.! to approach the dang ling structure at first, but finally began to util ize portions of the broken barriers .is stretchers. A hundred of the most seriously injured were carried Into the pavilion and to spaces in th» rear of the stand. A majority of the victims •ire suffer!":: from broken ribs and fractured limbs, while some sustained internal injuries. Those most severely hurt were later removed in ambulances to infirmaries, and the lesser sufferers '/.ere ?»nt in cabs to surgeries. A few p^r-ous: \»-ere thrown down and trampled upon in trying to escape from the crush when the police charged, but most of th victims sustained their injuries In th» fall of the terrace. \'p to midnight live deaths hid been reported a- the result of the accident, while in the rases of twenty of the other victims all hope of r » covery has been abandoned. An investigation Into the causes of the aster shows that the breakdown of tlie terrace had begun before the structure waa subjected to its severest strain, and it is now believed that the final collapse waa caused more directly by th» efforts of those nearest the first break than by the additional -.<fii:ht of those " h<> rushed the stand from below. The terrace, -,i thongli rapported hv irnTl cirders. swayed and cracked ominously under the movements of its frantic occupants. The fallen portion Is one hundred feet long. thirty feet wide, and contained twelve tiers of seats. The injured in many esses were lying five or six deep, and It Is considered marvellous that there were not more fatalities One man hung by his boot, which caught in a splintered beam, h ad downward, fifty feet above the ground ""Ins his boot was cut, and the man dropped into a sheet held below. The strangest feature of the affair Is th" fael that 'he crowd in the other parts of the ground* failed entirely to renllz" the extent of the dis aster, and the game was played to a Rnlsh, re sulting In a draw. Even the management ap peared to be unaware of the seriousness of the accident until It was announced aft*»r th» con clusion of the game. RWERTFF O'BRIEy MAKER 1 TFsr. THINKS HF. HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT ASSISTANT DEPUTIES. Sheriff William J. O'Brien says he hi« the right. under the law, to appoint his assistant deputy sheriffs, and Is going to do It. His plan has. rough! him Into collision with the State civil Service Commission, against whom he ex pects to take action early this week. As ■ nec essary preliminary step, be has tentatively ap pointed an assistant deputy, without reference to the eligible list furnished by the Civil Ser vice Commission Sheriff O'Brien will go to Al bany on Tuesday to confer with the State Board. In view of the action taken by the board in giv ing the county Clerk of Kings leave to till cer tain confidential positions without reference to the Civil Service, Mr. O'Brien hopes the board will say he may appoint assistant deputies The assistant deputies are clearly,; exempt from the Civil Service, as they should be." said Sheriff O'Brien In referring to the matter. "They give 'me their bonds and I am responsible for their actions. In the Blust cape, before the Ap pellate Division In Buffalo, it was held that a. turnkey doing a deputy sheriff's work sustained a confidential relation to his chief, and there fore was exempt from the classified service The State Board has sanctioned the appointment of deputies, but will not allow me to name my assistant deputies." John J. Adams, counsel to the Sheriff, said yesterday: " "We have appointed an assistant deputy to till a vacancy In order to make a test case. On Tuesday the Sheriff will try to gel leave to name assistants of his own choosing. If he is dented that right. I have the papers ready to begin an action to compel the State Board to certify the appointment of this assistant I have referred to. and to put his name on the payroll." Sheriff O'Brien has a staff of ten or twelve holdover Tammany assistant deputies, most of whom will have to go if he wins his test stilt. They receive 1.200 ■ year. KANSAS WHEAT PROSPECTS. EIGHTEEN PER CENT OF ACREAGE SOWN TO BE PLOUGHED LT. [Bl TELEGRAPH TO THF TltllUNF..] Topeka. Kan., April The Kansas State Board of Agriculture has issued a report, based on a careful canvas of the growing winter wheat situation In practically every neighborhood, as returned by wheat growers themselves after a critical examination of their fields on April. l. Last year's winter wheat area was 5,1148,547 acres*. This year's crop was sown on 5,883,643 acres! They now report that of this 18 per cent or 1 089.709 acres, has been so damaged by unfavorable weather or conditions that it has been or will be ploughed up and the land devoted to other crops. Likewise the condition on the remaining 4.802.034 acres Is .4 per cent, in th.- thirty counties which lust year pro duced nearly four-fifths of the State's 90,000.4)00 bushels ther" are reported 3.344.4U3 acres <7V.» per cent) which will be left to mature, with a present condition averaging 70. TO MARK -lOHS SHERMANS GRAVE. Mansfield. Ohio. April s.— The executors of the estate of the late Senator John Sherman have placed an order for a massive sarcophagus on the Sherman Jot in the Mansfield Cemetery. Ft win be nf Rhode Island granite. IS by 8 feet at the base, and will weigh thirty tons. PATERSON FIRE VS. MOBLER SAFES. - Tot record of the Mosler Safes in the re,... n t Pater son fire i? additional proof of their superior quality. The increasing business of this company has coni r>rll»d them 10 secure larger quarters. ' They are now located In th«»lr new hulldlnß. 37". and HI Broadway. • wh»re they have on exhibition the larg *m and. best line of safes to he Been anywhere in tills country. They also have on sale an extensive id, of "second-hand «af«s of Standard makes at very low prices.— Adit. -*f^i* .MAJORITY ON THE EAST SIDE. GREAT PREPONDERANCE OF TRAFFIC SHOWS THE XEED OF A TUNXKL RAILROAD THERE. [NDICATIONS OF ITS GREAT EARNING CAPACITY. Additional information was retained yester day by Tribune reporters to show the urgent need of an East Side subway. From an exami nation of the report* of the Metropolitan and the Manhattan companies, it was found that nearly 70 per cent of their traffic between Forty second-st. and the Harlem River is on East Side lines. This preponderance of passengers Is at present carried on the Second and Third-aye. lines of the elevated railroad system, and on the Second-are., Third-aye., Lexington-ave. and Madlson-ave. surface lines of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. The downtown traffl<- of the elevated lines, as shown by the number of Illfcitl sold for one day to passengers on downtown trains, is shown MAP SHOWING PREPONDERANCE OF EI.E VATED TRAFFIC ON EAST SIDE. Isteck bio represent" the number of tickets sold to southbound passengers on as average <Irlv nt !•:,<■.• Side end Weal Side stations. In the accompanying map. which was drawn by .1. .1. R. (•.-.. the eminent civil engineer and president of the American Society of Civil En gineers. The diagram was founded on data ob tained from ticket sales for one day. and hi re produced In The Tribune through the courtesy of "The Street Railway Journal." At a glance it is evident that the traffic of the East Side lin^s is ■ ■ ''> double that of the West Side Although 11 is ■■■ fact that -here are two lines on the East Side, m Second and Third ayes.. and there Is only one on the West Side, as far south as Fifty-third-st.. yet th- number of trains run Is nearly the same. Thus the num ber of trains run on -Tune 30, 1001. on th.- Sec ond and Third aye llr.->s was 1.562. and the trains on the Sixth and Ninth aye. lines num bered 1.7::*;. The downtown morning travel hi al Na maxi mum between One-hundresVand-thliil sscond st. and Tweifth-st. At the ele«attd stations be tween One-hundred-and-thtalji sseond st nad One-hundred and twenty- »od-st the pusabm of passengers boarding trains are eannßy divided between the East nn.i Wes* Skim «>n» mlb rurther south, from One-hundred-and-tarenty secocd-st. to One-bundred-ang second stl. nesoiy three-fourths of the pass^ns-ers ;.r- from EMM Side stations. From Oue-bundred-and stcond <t. to Ninety-second-st. the traftic is again pretty evenly divided between the Kast and West Bbb> statiotis. From Ninety-sec. .nd-st. to Sevenfy se.-ond-st. more than Owee-fourthß of the pas sengers are from the Kast Side, and it is in this belt of the . itv east "f Central Park that the numbers of tickets sold to southbound pas CANAL BILL GETS A PLACE. PROGRAMME ARRANGED RV THE SEN ATE r.l.icw STEERING COMMITTEE. Washington, April ."..—The Republican steering committee of the Beanie to-day decided to recommend thai the Philippine civil govern ment should be ma* the unfinished business, which is the place of preference on the Senate calendar, after the disposal of the Chinese Ex clusion bill, and that the Nicaragua Canal bill should be next assigned to that position. Mem bers of the steering committee express the opin ion that the discussion of the Philippine bill will not be greatly prolonged, and friends of the canal bill assert that there will be ample time for its consideration before the final adjourn ment of Congress. The question of reciprocity with Cuba was not discussed, owing to the fact that the bill is still in the House. It is the general understanding among Senators that this, being a revenue measure, will be privileged. TO RETIRE BROOKE AS LIEVT.-GESERAL. Washington. April -Senator Quay to-day Rave notice Of SB amendment he will offer to the Army Appropriation bill providing for the promotion of L t —ta treneral of the army (General H^oker.o .Sank of 'lieutenant «neral and au thorizing his retirement with that rank. - SKW CHICAGO TRUST COMTAMT. Chi-ae'o \pril -The first meeting of stockholders of the rOdsral Trust and Savings Company, which will b erin business here on May 30. and. it is said. Si be the tlnancial a K ent of the fntted States Steel Corporation in the West, — held here to-day. A board of twelve directors was elected. The Ste*l „„„.„.. which Is credited with owning one-fifth «f^K -tnek l« r"P rwnt * d °? the ; b0 »rt by E. H. I-'.r!'." chairman of the board of directors of the Steel company. PRICE FIVE CENTS. singers is greatest. From ?ev»nty-s<»i:ond-st. to Sixty-second-st. the East and West Side sta tions seam again to share the total amount °* the traffic on nearly equal terms. : Because of the fact that the Ninth-aye. line divides at Fifty-third-st. into two branches with three long blocks of track in this cross street, between Sixty-secind-st. and Forty-second-st.. the passengers from East and Wost Side sta tions are about th<* same In number. The total number of passengers carried on the elevated, lines in Manhattan for the year 1001 was 190. 04.";,741. of which 114.374.^20 were carried on the Second and Third-aye. lines, and 75,671.412 on the Sixth snd Ninth-aye. lines. Although many of the passengers carried on the Second-are. and Third-aye. lines are residents of The Bronx as far north as Tremonf, such an addition hi the travel simply congests 'till further the facilities of these roads. The reports of the Metropolitan company *'- i show that the preponderance of its traffic Is on Its East Side lines. A comparison of th» Broad way and I.exinzton-.Tve. line, which is the most heavily patronized at th" present-. time of th^ surface lines of the. Metropolitan company, with the Eighth-aye. line, which card more of th» West Side traffic than any other line west of Central Park, shows that the traffic of tin former is nearly twice an great as that of th« latter. As has been told in The Tribune, tho bulk of the people employed In the wholesale district of the city live on the upper East Side, and utilize the Broadway and Lexington-av«. line. A comparison of the business or 'he Broadway and Lexington-ave. line and the Madlson-ave. line with the Eighth-aye. line Is given In the following table: Maximum ra's^inr^r movement. <m hu^f«~>t Maabsttaa surface Hn»s during year ended Juno SO. 1901. Bmadwar. -;---. HtJth-st- and P •:-»*» -v • . »r«. t#xln*toi>- IS.ltl>-st. *nd 133 th-«*. ar». to So«itl» s'adlson-av^. to skmth F*rry. to Postofflre. r^rrj. >!"•• -f -'if ...„. I*l «.S H>3 Miles of oar! ■*■ '- -- 1 .29. * rEssentr-rs. for rear 62.391. Sl* 44.734.74* 3ai».»3«. Average r<»«i3en?»rs per A^* r"~ nS ' r9 .. P ': r».«M 12*72* ?S.<W2 fmagM pa* cat mil*. »■** .** *■ * r>-v» of v,, ls t day Monday. I>e<-»mb<>r 24, IWV Pa*«»n<r»rs for busiest day 22«,77* 19«,*7* 103.63f» Maximum can on busiest ,;.,.- 32"l S3l 1 • ■"> Standing load av»ra«r* car P" 9* •» The number of passengers carried on all th* lines of th» Metropolitan system for ''"» y»ar ending June 30, MM, was BMW I ■•'■ "* which about 350.000.000 were carried on East Sld^ lines. Th« chief importance of these I?'r»= Is that they plainly Indicate the -.-• ' »»arnin? capacity ■I ■ subway on The F.a3t Side. Inasmuch as th« <-ity would eventually own the road, and only extends Its credit for 'its construction by the issue of bonds, it can be .-«■•— that the ttne would in time prove a rich source of revenue to th municipality. That it wculd prove a paying venture for th» contractor who ■would have the operation of the fill— for the •.-■•■ years is evident. The construction of an East Sid* s'lbwar. if buhl on Hi same basis ns th- present subway, would not cost the city ■ cent. The city would merely extend its credit. Bonds would be issued tnd sold and the contractor would be paid tor the cost of construction by the sale of tlvse bonds. Th- mtervst on these bonds would he pnil by the contractor or a company to which he night mwijn his right to operate the sub way. and th- bonds would eventually be paid off'ir? the next fifty years by a deposit of i per cent each year, which would also be made .by the operating company. Thus at the end o? fifty years the bonds would have been paid off and the tunnel would become the property of the It, and would then bring hi a revenue equal with the earning capacity of the road. On such an East Sid" branch this revenue would In all probability amount tr» many millions! of. dollars annually. The city's d»=-bt limit may at present prevent the issue of bonds for the construction of an. East Side subway, but it Is argued that all the preliminary work should be done immediately. ?o as ti> : • nail actual construction work to b? gln .- the earliest date possible. LINDENTHAL HAS ANOTHER. HIS LATBfI BRIDGE PLAN PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STRUCTURE. The most ambitious part of Rridße Commtestaner Llndeathara latest— and mm say hi» seventy-third or seventy-fourth— bridge plan i- the construction of an elevated road on top of the present structure OB the East Side to the points connecting with th-» approach*'.-" tt th« Brooklyn Bridge, to the new East River Bridge and to Brida:* No. 3. Then ft is completed. "LJndenthara latest." which is in alteration of previous plans, calls for an estimated expenditure of |Bja>Ja>, which will include the cost of the structure and the property damages. H» »ropna«>9 to enlarge the Manhattan terminal at feast one-third beyond its present capacity. Tha plans have been prepared, and will be suftmittea within a few days to the Board of Rapid Transit rommi^ioners. He win «end blue prints to tha Board of Aldermen, the Board of Estimate Mdi Apportionment, and to the Mayor. <;F\. CROZIER DESIEB CHARGES?. NOT INTERESTED m THE USE OF ANT ORDNANCE PATENTS BT the GOVERNMENT. Washington. April s.— General cc rr Z i»r. fhjal a| ordnance of the army, said to-day, in referring" to the published statement that the unfavorable re port of the Senate Military Affairs Committed - n his nomination was based SB IBM charge that bo was interested In certain ordnance patents: I have no Interest In the vi«» by the United Stat-»* of any invention. Those for which I "pave patent* the government la free to use. and the members of the committee all know It, as I surrendered my legal rights without ever taking any profit for them from the I'nited States, either directly or Indirectly, and 'he evidence thereof has am pr« ii^nted to the commttt*.?. The adverse report on the nomination of <~S«aVBUt Crazier came up In the Senate's executive session to-day, but on the suggestion of Senator Lodsc that no quorum was present it went over un;ll Monday. JOSES ASD THE CnAtRMAXSRIP. \ NOT TO aSSICSX. HE SATS. AS A RE3VL.T OF HIS DEFEAT IX ARKANSAS. iBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBT •>*.] "Washington. April s.— Senator James K. Jon?*, who last week was defeated for re-election In th*. Arkansas primaries declared to-day that there was no truth whatever in the report of his -wish or In tention immediately to resign the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. "The result in Arkansas last week.'* said Senator Jones. "In no way affected my standing In the national organiza tion of my party, nor did It in any way affect the national organization. In fact, no national i<mh«i was at stake In our primary election, and ihe party. as at present organized and officered, is as strong In Arkansas to-day as it was before the Democrats of that State exercls-d their privilege of rKlrin? me to private life at th* expiration of my term, next March and sending another Democrat to th« Senate In my place."