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•» ml CUBA TO FLOAT A LOAN. BOXP ISSfK OF Ktf.OOO.OOO PROPOSED AT HAVANA. L»Q|Lsm«l OF THE INITEO STATES CON GRESS PROBABLY NECESSARY BE FORE CONTRACTING DEBT OF SI.'CH PROPORTIONS. Iby TSLE'.BAPH TO the trirt KB Tr h!ngton. Aug. 4.-Offlcial news from Cuba fhows that the Congress si Havana, on the recommendation of President Palma. is prepar ing to provide (or floating a loan of J35.000.000. based on the customs revenues of the island. The proposition is for special authority to be rives to President Talma to negotiate th» loan In United State* gold and is*ue forty-year .". per rent bonds, the transaction to be completed within Fix months. Four million dollars will be applied to the aid of the cane growers «nd the agricultural and live stock industries generally. The money will be loaned at the rate of 50 cents for every £989 pounds of the last crop of ugar. the loan to he repaid when the next crop is dis posed of. with 0 per <-ent interest added. The debt* contracted by the Cuban Junta at New- Tork, which amount to about $3.000.000. will be paid, and about f23.000.000 will be set aside to pay the claims of the Cuban soldiers. Th« act. also, will authorize the President to increase the tariff on certain articles, if that proves neces sary to provide for the eventual wiping out of the debt. It is probable, however, that local taxation, as well as the tariff, will have to be Increased in order to make the loan a safe and negotiable one. The State Department has re ceived the following cable dispatch from Min ister Squiers, dated Havana. August -4: The House has pass">d bill authorizing loan $35,000,000. Minimum rate of issue IM> per cent. Maximum interest, 5 per cent. Redeemable In forty year p. Every effort is being made, it is said, to shape the legislation so as to comply with that clause of the Plat? amendment which jdves the United States the right to supervise and control Cuba's debt making power. The clause in question is as follows: That the government of Cuba shall not con tract or assume any public debt to pay the interest upon -which, and to make reasonable finking fund provisions for the ultimate dis charge of which, the ordinary revenues of the Island, after defraying the current expenses of government, shall be inadequate. " WILL. BE SCRUTINIZED CAREFULLT. Before the loan is placed, it is highly proba ble that the consent of the United States Con gress will have to be secured. In no other way could It be said that the requirements of the Platt amendment had been complied with. This necessarily will i:. :ve an inquiry by Congress into the ability of the Cuban Government to contract a Jebt of such proportions. Another phase of the question is presented by the announced determination to pay about $23,000,000 of the amount to be raised to the men who say they fought i: tie cause of Cuban liberty. There is a marked disposition in Washington to scrutinize carefully the claim of every so-called Cuban "patriot" against his country. It is known that there are many men in the island claiming to hold commissions in the "Army of Liberation" with ranks of major general, and down through the grades to the lowest commissioned office:, who are eager to present their bills fcr back pay. These accounts of themselves run up into the millions, to say nothing of the claims of several thousand Cu bans who acknowledge that they wer«" only pri vates In the ranks. It Is feared here that if the Cuban Congress Is allowed to have a free hand in th : matter men like General Maximo Gomez -will be made rich at the expense of the already impoverished Cuban taxpayers, and that the younp republic will be saddled with a heavy debt that will handicap it for years. Hence it Is not considered likely that the United States Congress will let the proposed locn go through without first subjecting it to the most searching investigation. It is true that Cuba would not have to as! for a loan now if the Congress of this country had done its duty In the matter of reciprocity at the last ses sion- But this dereliction on the part of the United States will not be held as sufficient ex cuse for the governing powers in this country to release all supervision ewer Cuban affairs and permit the young republic to ruin itself with debts at the beginning of its career. It is believed that Senator Platt. of Connecticut, the recognized leader in all Cuban subjects that came before Congress, will fight hard against the making of the proposed loan, until he is ratlffled that Cuba can do it with perfect safety to all the interests involved. SPANISH FESTIVAL AT SANTIAGO. . Pan'lsgo de Cuba. Aug. -There wae a great celebration by the Spanish colony here yesterday, on the occasion of the opening si the Centra Bene flcio Hospital, in the building formerly used as headquarters by the American office The cere monies were conducted by the Archbishop of San- Ttaro de Cuba. This was the first demonstration of Spaniards here since the Spanish-American War. Brr T r. A R HAD UOYET BY THE QUART. BEE WAS ALSO ABLE TO FRODITCE A ROLL. OF BILLS— NO MORE FREE BREAKFASTS. The Sisters at St. Vincent's Hospital have d"- Cld>d to v * T-i more morning meals to "Hospital .Annie." Tb»y arriv«-<5 at this . decision yesterday after * discovery made by Edward US son, an ambulance driver for the hospital. For the last year the woman, ho Is old and wrinkled, had appeared at the hospital each morning for her I'reakfaFT Her appearance denoted abject pov erty. Phe Trore. an assortment of rags which scanti ly covered her thin frame, and in warm weather ■wore neither shoes nor stockings. Her name was i;ot known, and she was called Annie, which was rhanfed to "Hospital Annie" when she became a regular caller. Yesterday, -while she was waiting at th» kitchen door Gleason cam' by '■■■■'■ stumbled over a bundle the old woman always carried. There was a SWSBicioue clinking round, and Gleason decided t.i Investigate. He took the bundle, an old red petti coat fastened with many safety pins, to the Sisters In th« kitchen. After pome trouble it wag opened. and, to the surprise of the driver, -was found to contain about two quarts of small change. Oleason took It back to th? woman, whom he found on her knees looking for her bundle. When she found that It had been opened she produced a roll o£ bills from the bosom of her dress. saying. "Yon inlrht j»s well see this, too.*' When questioned she said that she was saving ihe money to buy a place in an old woman's home. Breakfast was given to her yesterday, but th» Sister* have derided not to feed her any more. FAVORS PREVAILING WAGES RATE. MATOF. TELLS LABOR MAN • ITY SALARIES CAN NOT BE CONSIDERED UNTIL NEXT BrPGET. Mayor Low yesterday pent the following letter to John F. McDonough. corresponding secretary of the Eccentric Firemen's Association, regarding a difficulty over wages: Your letter of July R ha* Just com" into my hands, together with the Inclosed reply of Charities Com roJssloner Folks. You will perceive that a part of VOW complaint is already receiving attention. So far as the question of salaries is concerned, that will have to be considered In connection with the next budget, which will be prepared in October. Personally. I believe that the city should pay the prevailing rate of wage* to all mechanic*, and I fhall be glad to do everything In my power to bring this about. It is clear, however, that where "board and lodging and laundry service are fur nished a suitable allowance should be made. I perceive that there in a difference between your fatTner.t and that of the Comnalmssloner as to the prevailing rate of wages for firemen and stokers you claim that the rate is $2 60 a day, while the Commissioner understands it to be $2. This ques tion of fact ought to be settled by Indisputable evidence. Once there is an agreement upon this point there ought to bo no difficulty in adjusting the question of wages upon that basis. SAT ROUNDS COMMITTED SUICIDE. Tb* snquM>t Into th" death of Frederick D Round*, at one time high in the employ of the Metropolitan Traction Company, who was found ««•.« In his home. »t No. 255 Elrventh-st.. Hoboken on July 24. wan held last evening. :-.r4 the verdict *rnt. suicide by shotting. Mrs. Beits, v.Jth whom he lived, was the principal witness. OrTTtREAK IX RiYTT EXDIXG. CArTAIN M'CREA SATS THERE IS NO FURTHER DANGER OF SERIOUS DISTURBANCES. Washington. Aug. 4.— Captain McCrea, of the gunboat Maehiaa, to-day informed th«» Navy Department that the outbreak In Hayti is prac tically over. His cable dispatch, which is dated Capo Haytien. August 4. is as follows: After interviewing authorities, aspect of af fairs appears more satisfactory. Nationales are well armed. Rebels have been driven from criti cal positions. Little enthusiasm. No further danger of serious disturbances. Captain McCrea requested permission to co to Pan Juan. Porto Rico, for coal. This was granted, and the Machias will probably come north unless there is another outbreak In Hayti. XEWJERSET WANTS! ITS SHARE. ASKS ABOUT Ji.onn.nfv* FROM THE FEDERAL TREASURY ON ACCOUNT OF CIVIL WAR CLAIMS. 1 I-T TBLTGRArB TO THE Tr.ll'f.fE.l Washington, Aug. 4.— lt Is learned at the Treasury Department that New-Jersey is now making preparations to share in the benefits of the legislation enacted at the last session of Congress still further to reimburse the States for the expenses incurred by them In the Civil War, nearly forty years ago. Like all the other States which furnished and equipped troops for the union armies, New-Jersey has received from the federal government the mon<?jr which she ex pended in this cause, but now the State puts in a claim for about $4,000,000 for interest on that debt, which originally was less than $3,000,000. If a clear case is made out for New-Jersey the Secretary of the Treasury will have to allow th" claim, as under the new law he will have no other recourse. A large percentage of the amounts collected by the States goes to the lobby in Washington for getting through the act under which this latest raid on the Treasury has been legalized. ASPHALT TRT'ST WINS. REGAINS A WASHINGTON CONTRACT, BIT AT LARGELY REDUCED FIGURES fBT TF.I.EC.RArH TO THE TRIBrXK.I Washington. Aug. 4 -Evidently thoroughly aroused to the fact that successful competition is in the field, the asphalt "trust" has mad.' an un precedented cut in its figures in bidding for the Washington contract. The influence of the recent asphalt war In Brooklyn, In which the trust was beaten by a concern which proposes to use Ameri can asphalt on the streets of that borough, was felt in the bids for the local contract, which were opened yesterday by the Commissioners of the Dis trict of Columbia. As a result of its surprising cut. the "trust" regained the contract lost last sum mer, when the Warner-Qulnlan anti-trust company, of Syracuse, submitted the lowest bid. The Wash ington contract amounts to $100,000. just a third of that awarded In Brooklyn, but it is evident that the "trust" houses were anxious to secure the locai job and not keep their plants idle. The Barber Asphalt Company, of which General Fran cis V. Greene is president, and the Cranford Pav ing Company, which led the trust forces In the Brooklyn fight, are regarded here as trust con cerns, and both submitted bids. The Barber com pany was successful, and will tlo the work this fiscal year for $1 56 a square yard. Heretofore the lowest figures have ranged from Jl 74 and {1 78 up ward. Last year the presence, of an anti-trust concern In the field was a big surprise to th(. trust forces. The lower bid of the new concern was also a big surprise. A strong effort was made to prevent the Commissioners of the District from awarding the contract to the outside firm, and It was as serted, as it was in the Brooklyn fight, that th« "outsider could not secure the asphalt, and would thus be unable to carry oat its contract. The Com missioners investigated th» matter thoroughly, and. after assuring themselves of the responsibility of the outside bidders and the quality of their pave ment work, gave th* contract to them at tl 72 a square yard, which up to the time of the present competition was considered a low figure. But beaten here last year, and beaten in Brooklyn «• few weeks ago. the trust evidently determined so to adjust Its bid that the figures of its com petitor!" would be more than met. As a result of the keen fight going on between the asphalt com panies representing the Trinidad syndicate and those which expect to take advantage of the big deposits found on the California coast. Washington will have its streets paved cheaper by 16 cents a square yard than last year, and from 3f< to SO cents cheaper than under former conditions, with the tract cc;m7>an!es in control. TEH THOISAND SEW PENSIONERS. COMMISSIONER fat? THAT will RE THE RE SULT OF LEGISLATION AT THE LAST SESSION of CONGRESS. Washington. Aug. 4.— Commissioner are to-day said that legislation enacted by the last session of Congress will result in a» leart 10.OYI new pension ers. The number of pensioners on July 3 of this year was 999.44*;. This shows a steady growth of the roll for a number of year. Commissioner Ware said to-day that this growth was accounted for by the constant new pension legislation by Congress. DISMISSED FOR HAZING. PRESIDENT BOOSEVEL.T CONFIRMS THE SEN TENCE OF CADET PENDLETON. Washington, Aug. President Roosevelt to-day returned Ihe papers in the case of Alexander G. Pendleton. Jr.. to the War Department, with an indorsement confirming the sentence of dismissal. Pendl^ton was a first class cadet at West Point, and was found guilty of hazing. He was an pointed from Arizona. THE CONDITION OF COTTON Washington. Aug. — The monthly report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows the average condition of cotton on July 25 to have been BL9, as compared with 84.7 on June 26. 77.2 on July 25. 1S01; 76 on August 1, 1900; M on August 1. ■W. and a ten year average of 82.5. Except in Texas and Oklahoma, which report averages of condition on July 2.*. four points higher than last month, Indian Territory, where there has been an improvement of six points, and Missouri, where there 8 no appreciable change, a more or less marked deterioration is reported from the »ntlr<> cotton belt, the decline amounting to l point in Virginia. 2 points in Arkansas. 4 in Louisiana, 5 In Mississippi. « In Tennessee, 7 in North Carolina. South Carolina and Alabama. * in Georgia and 12 In Florida. There is a marked absence of unifor mity of condition even in the States making the most unfavorable Fhowlng. not a few counties re porting a condition far above the average and come even reaching the high figure of 100. The condition in the principal States is reported as fol lows: North Carolina SO' Louisiana M South Carolina. V Texas 77 Georgia M] Arkansas f>2 FJorifla M : Tennessee .. «2 Al«b»ma 77 Oklahoma. 01 Ml«riM.!rr! *° Indian Territory P5 ECCENTRIC DUNKARD PREACHER. DEAD. Baltimore. Aug. 4.— There took place at Hancock, lid., (IST, the funeral of the R»v. Jacob Weller. an aged Dunkard preacher, who had been pastor of one church In the village for more than forty years, during which time he never accepted a sal ary or other compensation and never took up a col lection on Sunday. He married more couples and baptised more people than any other Dunkard preacher. He was an orator of unusual gifts. Among hi» eccentricities, it Is said, he. never wore a cravat In his life. BOUND FOR BRAZIL IN ROWBOAT. Madison. End.. Aug. 4.— Nelson Morris. B. A., Ph. D-. a graduate of Berlin University, and Chevalier Tailored Vella. son of the Rumanian Consul at Malta. have, arrived here from Cincinnati in a rowboat. eighteen feet long, on their way to Rio Janeiro. South America. They represent th» Ixindon and Berlin Geographical Societies and say they will make the trip down the Ohio and Mis sissippi, over the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea. and the Atlantic Ocean, roughing it the best they can all the way to Rio Janeiro. HJERTBERG DEFEATS HEGELMAS. "Ernie" Hjertberg, former long distance amateur champion runner, now Instructor of the Columbia University and Knickerbocker Athletic Club track teams, defeated Pete" Hegelman. the veteran six day pedestrian, in a fifteen mile race at th« New West Side Athletic Club grounds last night by nearly a quarter of a mile- Ha went ln e distance in 1 hour end 38 minutes. ***r*V-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. AUGUST 5. 1902. THE FORTE'S HEIR IX PRISOX. PRINCES RESHAD AND DJIMAL ACCUSED OK TREASON. I,nndon, Aug. s.— The Constantinople corre spondent of "The Daily Chronicle" says that Prin- c Reshad. heir apparent to the throne of Turkey, and Prince PJimal. the next in succes sion to the throne, have been arrested and im prisoned in Toheragan Palace, accused of assist ing th<* Young Turks party. The correspondent says also that the Governor of Bagdad reports a conflict between the in habitants of two villages near Divanieh, on the Euphrates, in which about sixty of the villagers were killed. The fight was the outcome of a quarrel about the ownership of a spring situated between the tw> villages. VAXDERBILT WANTS TOWN RIGHTS WILLIAM K. IK. OFFERS NORTH HEMP STEAD J.W'Vin FOR THOSE OF SUCCESS LAKE. Roslyn. Long Island. Aug. 4. — An offer has been made to the town of North Hempstead of $50,000 for the town's right, title and interest in Success Lake by William K. VanderhiK. Jr.. through his attorney. Frederick Ingraham, of No. 192 Broadway. Manhattan. The offer to purchase not only includes the lake but also three rights of way owned by the town which interfere with the absolute control of the lake and its shore front. Mr. Vanderbilt has succeeded in gaining con trol of all the real estnte bordering on the lake, excepting the three rights of way referred to. Hence the offer to purchase the lake and the rights of way controlled by the town. Nothing can be done by the town without legislative ac tion. Th* town trustees, as custodians of all common lands in the town, are powerless, as under the statute creating the board and speci fying its powers that body has no power to sell outright any of the common lands of the town, or its lands under water. It is probable that the legislature will '.>» asked to pass an art allowing the town, by vote of the taxpayvis. to accept the offer. DOG FINDS MISSING MAX. HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND WAS A WEEK WITHOUT NOURISHMENT. Wlnsted. Conn.. Aug. *.— Every morning for the last week a dotr, owned by Louis Weigotd. of Win chester Center, has left the house of Its master and returned about two hours later. Weigold became Interested In the actions of the dog. and to-day fol lowed it and made a startling discovery. Lying near a stone wall, about two miles outside the town, in a secluded spot, was his cousin William, with his throat badly gashed. He was still breath ing. Young Weigolii disappeared from home a week ago to-day and It was fenred at the time that ho had committed suicide. It is now believed that he has been without food or water for a WeeK, the dog being his daily companion. IS SLEEPING HIMSELF TO HEATH. A PAINTER employed at cramps 1 YARDS Has been UNCONSCIOUS for two weeks. I FIT Tr.l.E'-.RArH TO THE TRintXK.l Trenton, N. J., Auk. 4— Alexander Hie*, of No. 393 Hewltt-st., this city, went Into an unnatural sleep two weeks ago. and all efforts to awaken him have proved fruitless. Rle« was sent to St. Mary* Hospital two weeks ago. and soon after his reception there he went to deep. He was re moved from the hospital to a. sanatorium here ia--t Friday, and his Journey on the train h«d no effect toward his being aroused. Ittes was yesterday taken from the sanatorium to his home ]!«• opened Ills eyes upon bHng placed In bed. but Immediately '•lo«=,-(l them again. EUea is a painter and was stricken while at work at Cramps shipyard, Philadelphia, with nervous i»r".«tr:itii-'n. Heroic mraiurn nave bepn resorted to to arouse him. but without success. He is pro nounced by physicians to he sleep! himself to death. His case baffles medical skill, and but little hope i* entertained for his recovery. NO CHILD LABOR: MILL TO CLOSE. COTTON' DUCK FACTO RT TO LEAVE CONNECTICUT ami SEEK pitk ELSEWHERE. Haven, Conn., Auk. 4 (Special). The an nouncement Is made thai the New-Hartford cotton duck mills, one of the bldett manufacturing con cerns of the State, has decided to *hut up t»hop and leave Connecticut for some State where the laws regarding child labor are leas stringent. While this la not the publicly advertised motive of the company in moving, It is stated in the Hartford papers that su:h is th* case. It is the nrst In stance of an old Connects ut concern leaving th» State for such a reason, and is attracting marked attention on that account. The '"ormecti'-ut labor laws do not permit the employment of children under fourteen years of age in mills. While the New-Hartford company has been doing well, it is said that the State law so interferes with the hiring of child labor, which the company desire.--, that its managers have de elded to look for ■•< sit- when younger, and there fore cheaper, child labor is permitted and can be employed. "The Hartford Courant." In editorially commenting en the fact, says; "It Is a most dis couraging and discreditable sign of ihr times and the greed of the hungry dollar." GERM Ay WAR VETERANS AT WORK. PLANS for CONSOLIDATING THREE ORGANIZA TIONS. Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 4— The convention of th» German War Veterans of America was called to order here, to-day by the president, Conrad Frank Erline. Reports were received from sixty-eight Focieties of a member) of nearly 1,000. Various delegations arrived at the hall early and began making offers to get the next annual con vention. Among those making the greatest offers are Cleveland. St. Paul and Aurora. [11. Th* finan cial affairs of th» organization wore reported In excellent condition. The election of officers will h» held to-morrow. an<l August Schall. or Cincinnati, is prominently spoken of for the next president: John Embs, of Louisville, the present vice president, Is also a candidate. The discussion of the matter of publishing the bi-weekly organ of the society resulted in the ap pointment of a committee, Messrs. Vach, Bcbless jier and Moersch, who reported In ravor of Rudolph yon Ahlefeld, of Cleveland, as the publisher of the official organ of the bund for the next two years. It is understood an Important feature of the con vention will be the forming of one organization from th» three distinct associations the regular Deutscher Krieger Bund, the State organization of New-York, which includes other organizations and an organization in Wisconsin similar to that of New-York. The New- York president Richard Miller, of New- York City, and the Wisconsin presi dent. Max Hatll>'t. of Milwaukee, are here to dis cuss and perfect the plan of consolidation. The convention spent the afternoon at th» Fair Grounds, where a picnic was held. TO PASTURE TEXAS CATTLE /.V CANADA: Dallas, Tex.. Aug. 4.— '' W. Merchant. J. H. p.-<r ramerf and R. G. Anderson, of Ahi!?ne. and Cape Willingham, of McMillan, prominent Texas stock men, have arrived at I_>alla<=, bound for Canada, where they will engage a range for next season. Heretofore Texas cowmen have been sending cattle to the Pakotas and the Wyoming country but next spring they will try the experiment of using a Canadian range, as they expect in Canada to meet with less disturbance from public authorities The Texas combination expects to pasture about yX) head of cattle in Canada n»'xt year. DEATH OF A DUTCH ARTIST. Amsterdam. Aug. 4.— Henri Wiliem Mesdag. an artist who painted chiefly sea scenes. Is dead. WILL SEEK SENATOR HARRIS'S SEAT. Topeka, Kan.. Aug. 4.— Congressman William A. Calderhead (Rep.), of the Vth Kansas District,' to day announced that l»e will be a candidate to suc ceed United States Senator W. M. Harris (Pop.), ■whose term expires in l.*«. RAVENSRI RO A THOUSAND TEARS OLD. Berlin. Aug. 4. The quaint old Wtlrtemberg city of Ravensburg has celebrated the I,oooth anniver sary of its founding by a historical procession rep resenting the successive centuries The King and Queen of \\urtemr>erg attended the ceremonies. COLONIAL CONFERENCE. NO AGREEMENT MADE REGARDING CUSTOMS UKIOII. UNITED STATES MAY CARE FOR THE CANA DIAN QUESTION— SOME GOOD WORK DONE. (Copyright; 1902: By The Tribune Association > ■ Special to The Hew— Teak Tribune by French Cable • London. Aug. 5. 1 a. m.— The radical press re gards Mr. Chamberlain's admissions on Friday as proof from his point of view that the colonial conference has been a failure. Mr. Chamber lain's objects in convening it. they say, were better adjustments of imperial defence and im perial trade. He hoped and expected to lay the foundations for a customs union, and to obtain the consent of the premiers to a scheme under which the greater colonies would make specific contributions to the cost of defending the empire. He has failed to persuade the premiers to sup port either project. They will have nothing to do with a customs union, since It would mean a loss of revenue which the States they repre sent could ill afford. They will have nothing to do with any contribution to military necessities which are fixed or compulsory. What else could be expected? The colonists are peaceful trad ers, who care nothing for the things which Mr. Chamberlain, would risk a war to win. They pay for home defence, which, in their judgment, Is sufficient. They argue that should any power. Germany or another, land troops in Canada or send a hostile fleet Into Canadian waters, it would be faced by an American veto. The one power that could invade Canada Is the United States, against whom England would be power less. Australia is differently placed. To her a naval force is necessary to prevent landings in tended to harry or alarm. For such a force she Is willing to pay. They admit, however, that, though Mr. Chamberlain's pet projects have been set aside, the conference has done good work in connection with many subsidiary, though im portant, question)*. There wns uncertainty about the holiday weather yesterday, which could scarcely be de scribed as glorious. The meteorological experts who, prophesied evil were, unfortunately, for once Justified by the results as the day wore on. A drizzling rain changed to heavy downpour. effectually damping the ardor even of corkney enthusiasm, nnd the traffic on the country and seaside routes waa comparatively slight after midday. There was a considerable improve ment after the sun was shining again, and the bright warm j>arks and the open spaces in the vicinity of the metropolis were largely patron ized. Splendid yachting weather was experienced In the Solent yesterday, and there is every pros pect of a most successful week. The King was early on the deck of the royal yacht wat'-hlng the animated and picturesque scene presented by the thronging yachts and excursion steamers crowded with bank holiday folk. The absence of several of the larger American and fither steam yachts made the aspect of the gathered fWt somewbrt less imposing than usual, but the smaller vessels were very nu merous this year, the American flag being 1 con spicuous. The attendance of visitors is large. The Royal Yacht Squadron regatta opens to day, hut th«-r<" was a sufficiency of interesting racing yesterday, though, unfortunately, the ra>-e for yachts over seventy-nine f*-et linear rat ing fell through, owing to some misunderstand ing as to the condition of future handicap mat-he* of other >-!übs. The Meteor, the Nava hoe and the Sybarita, though entered, did not rnce The breeze held through the day. affording a fair test of the (jualities of the competitors. The Uiiiida had an easy win from the Cnmelia in th'Mr '-lass, and the Creole, the Naniara and the Jutty wore winners In the order named in the big class, having all the b^-ft of the luck toward the end of the race, nn<] ■"inning <>n time allowance. In the thirty to fifty ton limited ■ ;ass the Flame won. with the Inyonl second, on time, and the CeiigO, the Nun and the Almlda. were the winner? In the small Hass after a pltal race, In which the Cerlgo won from the San by 28 seconds only. The six hours' cycle race at the Crystal Palace resulted In a win for the holder, G. A. OUey, who, riding finely, mad- new records for four hour*, the distance covered being 151 miles, 1.703 yards. The previous, best record was 151 miles 70 yards. I. N. F. KING EDWARD STRONGER. WATCHES RACES FROM ROYAL VESSEL— THE METEOR SCRATCHED. Cowes, Aug. 1— King Edward to-day, for the first time since his illness, walked up and down a flight of stairs without assistance. He also enjoy*-,! a stroll upon the upper promenade deck of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, from which a splendid view of the yacht races was obtainable. Empress Eugenic, who has arrived here on her yacht, the Thistle, visited King Ed ward to-day. Queen Alexandra. Princess Vic toria and Sir Frederick Troves took a cruise to-day on board the royal yacht Osborne. The regatta week opened with every prospect for a record meeting, and only fine weather i« needed to insure the complete success of the Royal Yacht Squadron's racing. The presence of the King has caused an added interest to he taken In the event. There was much specula tion as to the performance, of the German Em peror's Meteor 111, which was to hoist her racing flag for the first time in British waters. The race for yachts of over seventy-nine feet proved a disappointment, the Meteor and George Waetjen's Navnhoe both being scratched. The Sybarita. owned by Miles B. Kennedy, of Glas gow, sailed over the course alone. The King was on the deck of the Victoria and Albeit all the morning, watching the start. There are many big steam yachts in the roads. Including Eugene Hlgglns's Varuna. CORONATION CEREMONIES. l/->ndon. Aug. — Visitors to London "ho will not be able to see the interior of Westminster Abbey before the coronation may do so after that event, it having been officially announced that, the edifice will he open from August 12 to August 16. Th colonial and the native In<3lan troops will be admitted free on August 12. On other days the entrance fees will range from 6d. to .->«;. Imitations to tn» coronation ceremony have been telegraphed, at the King's command, to th« mayors of all cities of more than twenty thousand inhabitants. Rehearsals of the coronation ceremony are held daily, with the exception of the musical programme, which has been made a special order for Friday. A structure is being erected between the Abbey and Parliament buildings, through which members of the House of Lords and of th«" House of Commons Will hnve private access to the Abbey. BULGARIA* BRIGANDS ESCAPE. galonlca. Aug. 4 Sevon Bulgarian brigand* W ho were surrounded tn thu village of Volka by three hundred and flfty Turkish soldiers ha\< escaped uninjured. aft«r having killed four soldier* and five villagers. The brigands burned a considerable part of the villase. HPRECKELS'a FAILI RF IS GBRMANT. Berlin. Aug. 4. - Peter SpreokeK a kinsman of the San Francisco Spreckels family, is the principal owner of the private banking house of Eduard Rooks.-h. which closed its doors on Fri day with assets of nominally 10.000.0W marks, and liabilities of i.0t0.000 marks. Spreckels be fore and since the failure sent dispatches to his American relatives for help. It appears that the American Spr^ckels family kept a consider able deposit at Dresden, which Peter Spreckels now nsks to have used for the benefit of his creditors. ERAXCES RELIGWIS TROUBLE. DEMONSTRATIONS NEAR CHAMBERT - WALLS OF SCHOOL GROUNDS BROKEN*. Chambe'ry. Aug. 4-Crowds made demonstra tions in two neighboring townships to-day against commissaries of police who were closing up schools conducted by nuns. The tocsin was rung, and the sisters, who refused to open their doors to the commissaries, were cheered by the people. The police were eventually obliged to make breaches in the walls of the buildings, whereupon the sisters, amid the cheers of their sympathizers, left the buildings by the front doors. FRAXrE AND THE VATICAN. PAPAL GOVERNMENT TAKES GRAVE VIEW OF SITUATION. Rome, Aug. The Vatican regards the present situation in France arising from the closing of un authorized congreeationist schools as most grave, as It Is now believed to be the Intention of M. Combes, the French Premier, to denounce the con cordat. It is reported that Cardinal Rampolla. Papal Secretary of State, Is still in favor of temporizing with France, fearing that the hostile, attitude or the Vatican toward that country would lead to graver complications. Some of the cardinals advocate an entire rupture with France thus anticipating that republic and preventing the passage there of further anti-Cleri cal laws. REMOUNT DIBCVBBION AGAIX. ANOTHER SHARP DEBATE IN THE H^T'SE OF COMMONS London, Aug. 4.— The remount scandals were again aired in the House of Commons to-day in the course of a discussion of the nrmy estimates ard the item Of transportation and remounts. Sir Charles Dilke (Advanced Radical* suggested the publication of the evidence bearing on the renmunt scandals obtained fmra the I'nited States and Argentina. Colonel John P. Nolan {Nationalist) condemned the loose system of contracts under which such scandals were pos sible, while several other members of the House deprecated the method of purrhasing horses through middlemen. Mr. Brodrick, the War Secretary, replying, said the members overlooked the difficulties in th«* way of providing one hundred and fifty thousand horses In an emergency. He said the government intended to probe the charge?, but that he believed some remount officers had been harshly Judged He did not believe that Lord Kitchener would Join in the universal cry against the remount department. In answer to the War Secretary. John Plllon (Nationalist) asserted that Mr. Bmdrlck's vague speech only strengthened his suspicion?, and he pointed out. as an instance of this, that the gov ernment had not denied that Major Studdert had profited largely through buying horses In Ireland under a false name. Mr. Brodrick denied that he had no disposi tion to push the Stii'ldert and other investiga tions, and said the government would go to the fullest extremes to convict the perpetrators of conspiracy and fraud. The vote on the item of transportation and remount was agreed to. FIGHT IX TATA B AS PROVINCE. BAND OF FILIPINO FANATICS DEFEATED BY POLICE WITH HEAVY LOSS. Manila. Aug. 4.— Governor Bandholtz of Taya bao Province has telegraphed to Acting Gov ernor Wright that the combined police forces of five towns attacked and defeated a force under Ruperto Rios, leader of a fanatical Filipino so ciety. Many of Rios's followers were killed or wounded, but only a few of the police were hurt. The fight occurred near Antimonan. General Davis has arrived here from Mindanao and has had an extended conference with Gen eral Chaffe* on the Moro situation. HUGE DOCK FOR PFIILirriNES. TO BE BUILT IN THIS COUNTRY AND TOWED TO MANILA. Washington. Aug. 4.— The Navy Department will soon call for bids for a huge floating dock to accommodate a 10. 000 ton battleship, to be built In the United States and floated over to the Philippines. This will be one of the largest floating drydocks ever constructed. The amount available is 51,250,000. and Admiral Endicott. chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks; has about completed the specifications under which the huge structure will be built. Whether It will be towed across the Pacific or across the At lantic through the Suez Canal will depend on the place of construction, but, in any event, the tow- Ing of this gigantic steel structure such a dis tance will be a formidable undertaking. DEATHS OF TWO AMERICANS REPORTED. Washington. Aug. 4.— The War Department to day received a cable iH^pi: -h from the Act- Ing Governor of the Philippines, saying that Clar ence F. Horton. Supervision of the Province of La Union, died from brain f»vvr on July 31. and William H. Badger, ■ teacher, died from Asiatic cholera on August 1 at Malisiqui. Province of Pangaslnan. It is understood that Mr. Horton'* relatives Mr* In Dalmar, Albany County. N. V. and Mr. Badger's at Clarkston, Wash. COLOMBIA AND XICARAGT'A. NEGOTIATIONS FOR RESTORATION OF COR DIAL RELATIONS BEGUN IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Aug. 4.— Negotiations have been opened in Washington for the establishment of cordial relations between the governments of Colombia and Nicaragua. Ministers Concha, of Colombia, and Corea, of Nicaragua, are carrying on the negotiations Th» movement grows out of the suspicion with which these two countries hive of late viewed each other. Colombia has asserted that Nicaragua is responsible for much of the trouble on the Isthmus of Panama, that expeditions' have forme.l on Nicaraguan soil, and that the Nicaragua n port of Corinto is a base of revolutionary operations against Co lombia. There have been strong intimations that Colombis would adopt counter steps by an Invasion of Nicaraguan soil. Now. however. there are pood prospects that th- negotiations opened in Washington will lead to mutual ex planations and apologies and to an agreement by which each will rigidly respect the laws of neutrality and the rights of the oth«»r. ADMIRAL TAYLOR CRITICISED. LEADING BEBHjIH PAPER ACCVJES HTM OF ""JINGOISM" ANT? icUfOKaKca Berlin. Aug. 4.— The utterance attributed to Rear Admiral Taylor, of the United States Navy, as t<» « probr.ble conflict between Germany and the United States in 1!V»7. was printed conspicu ously here The "TacsMatf says it requir»« all the vrongheadedness of a Jingo combined with complete Ignorance of European affairs to Imagine that Germany intends to annex th*» Netherlands. Any German admiral so Indis creet, the ■■Tageblatf continues, would be re lieveti immediately. A DENIAL FROM ADMIRAL TAYLOR. Chicago. Aug. 4— Rear Admiral Taylor denies statements to the. effect that he believes the United States and Germany may go to war in I»i7. When asked If he had pet a date for a conflict between the two countries he said: Such assertions as have been credited to me are without foundation other than that I have said our seacoast defences should he well protected again" t attack by any Buropean rower ah naval onlcerJ are of this opinion. It would be ridiculous for me to predict a war with any nation. Our navy should be strengthened in readiness for any possible war CROWDS GREET SPANISH KING. Madrid. Aug. 4 King Alfonso, on his journey to Ovledo yesterday, was a,. lauded all along the Klnr% vu£ tOW V Was ****** In honor of the .Wn^H,^.;^^'," 111011 gathered around Ll=r h I PBP,!aredP B P ,! ared ° n a balcony ««> «££££ SdSea'S; greetK 31 "^ On * and '* SSS KAISER TO MAINTAIN AKMT DISARMAMENT PLAN NOT IN GERMANY'S PROGRAMME. Berlin. Aug. 4.— The King of Italy's proposal a contraction of European armaments is a sub ject on which the Czar and the German Emperor will converse at their meeting at Reval. on th» occasion of the Russian naval manoeuvres Emperor William probably will give to the so*> gestion no encouragement. His opinion, well known to diplomats. Is that disarmament la a, dream of the future, and a fantastic idea when considered in connection with the existing Con tinental situation. "Germany cannot consent to impair her finest instrument of offence which is the defence of her existence." he is quoted as saying, "because other nations are unable to equal It. "We can stand the expense, and, be sides. I consider that the army returns to th<» nation all that it costs in discipline of character and wholesome training of the boy. ' Opinion here does not regard the meeting of the Emperors as of large importance, though it cannot be called a mere visit of kinsmen, for th» reason that the Chancellor, Count yon Billow, and Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompany their respective sovereigns-. A new commercial treaty between Russia and Germany is regarded as still a long way off, but the •Tageblatt" thinks this is one of the sub jects to be discussed by the Emperors. Som« government Journals express regret that ther* is still a strong anti-German feeling in Russian political and social circles. Prince Henry joined the Emperor on the trip. This seems to have been a late thought, as noth ing was known publicly about the Prince a in tention to go to Reval until the official an nouncement to-day. Prince Henry went on board the Hohenzollern last night. The Prince two nr three days ago assisted in saving the life of the Austr'an aeronaut Stroh schneider. whose balloon collapsed ev»r Kiel Harbor The Prince saw the accident, went in a pinnace himself to rescue the aeronaut, and took him on board the Kaiser Friedrich 111. EMTEROR STARTS FOR REVAL. Kiel, Aug. 4.— The imperial yacht Hohenzol lern, with Emperor William on board, sailed this morning for Reval. St. Petersburg. Aug. 4— Extensive prepara tions are being made for the reception of Em peror William on his approaching visit to R, as . sia. He will be met by the Czar in the roadstead of Reval, and together they will witness the manoeuvres of the Russian squadron off tht Island of Carlo. MARf'ONI SYSTEM IN ITALY. GOVERNMENT ORDERS IT9 ADOPTION' ON WAR. SHirs. Rome. Aug. 4.— The government has ordered that the Marconi wireless telegraph apparatus be estab lished on all Italian warships. FAMOUS GERM AN BUILDING 0 DANGER. Berlin. 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