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THE REVOLT IX CROATIA.
MILITARY SVIM AGMJM.
Police Charge Crowds tcith Sabres,
Peasants Attack Troops.
Vienna, May 21.-The revolt In Croatia Is
spreading to every part of the titular kingdom,
«n<J threatens to extend to Dalmatia. The cele
brations at Acram yesterday of the anniver
sary of the death of Jeriaclhich yon Buzim Ban
•f Croatia, who died at Agram on May -0. lj»".
culminated In a fierce conflict with the police,
who attacked the crowds with sabres, wounding
xniiny persons, and arresting 350. including sev
eral students and women. Arram Is now under
military rule, the principal streets are closed by
troops, and four regiments, equipped for war.
have been ordered to proceed from Oedenburg
to the AKram district. At Buccart and Meja
thousands of peasants attempted to destroy the
railroad in order to prevent the arrival of troops.
They tore up the rails at five places, and stoned
the soldiers. Injuring several. The troops re-
Mated by shooting and bayonettlng many
peasants.
Slavs in various parts of Austria and Bo
hemia are holding indignation meetings to pro
test against the proceedings In Croatia, where
more than two thousand persons have already
be*n imprisoned. In Dalmetia meeting in
twenty places have been planned for May 24.
Th« disturbances in Croatia are primarily dti*
to the long: standing race hatred between the
s!ava and the Magyars. The present outbreak
ha* two main causes: First, the general discon
tent of the peasantry arising from the extreme
poverty prevailing everywhere, and from the
fact that in some parts of the country the peas
ants are on the verge of famine, second, the in
dlpnatioa aroused by the alleged tyrannical rule
of Count Khuen Hedervaxry. the present Ban.
The Croatians attribute much of their poverty
to the financial methods of the Hungarian Gov
ernment, which is accused of drawing from
Croatia money in excess of Its legal proportion
of th* tares, in Frite of the protests of the In
habitants. Consequently, throughout Croatia
there Is increasing hatred cf Hungarian rule and
Tre recent attempts made to Introduce the
Magyar language in Croatia have especially
arou«?d popular indignation. The Hungarian^
Croatian Ausgleich of 1868 expressly provided
that Croatian should be the official language of
Croatia in ell affairs with Hungary, but now
the Hungarian Government is placing the Hun
garian coat-of-arms on the Croatian railroad
stations, official buildings, letter boxes and else
where.
POISONED BY MILE IN SAN JUAN.
Eighteen Attacked in Boarding House — All
Saved by Stomach Pumps.
Far. Juan. May 21. — Eighteen persona llvinp in
ft. boarding house were poisone-1 yesterday by
milk containing ptomaines. Eleven doctors re
eponded to the aiarm, and the use of etomach
l>urnps saved the lives of all the sufterere. The
Americans affected art all out of danger. At
the Maternity Hospital the nurses, helpers ana
tomr of the patlsnts were similarly poisoned,
but mere relieved by stomach pumps. ■
The poisoning has caused alarm throughout
ihe city.
' 3TEW CRACK IN TURTLE MOUNTAIN.
Victoria. B. C, May 21.— A dispatch from
Frank. N. W. T., says that a crack four feet
ivifle and three thousand feet long has opened a
couple of hundred yards back from the face of
the summit of the western peak of Turtle
Mountain. A dispatch has been received at
Frank from the Lieutenant Governor of the Ter
ritory. ordering the mounted police to inform
everybody of the danger, and suggesting the
Immediate evacuation of the place.
ST. PETERSBURG FEARS OUTBREAKS.
Seditious literature Circulated Among
Workmen.
si. I'etersburg. May IS.— The possibility of serious
outbreaks on the occasion of the approaching bi
centenary of this city causes great anxiety In ad
ministrative circles. The police have asked the
owners of workshops and factories to refuse a holi
d.iv to their employes during the festivities, but
the m»-n will probably refuse to work. Revolution
ist emissaries nave been flooding the workshops
with seditious literature couched In language most
lnsuUiiu: to the Czar, the Czarina and the govern
ment The police have discovered another secret
l)ri"tiriK ghop and have seised many revolutionary
proclamations. The employers are asking tor po
lice protection during the celebrations, fearing at
lacks on thfir establishments, and the bank man
ee«rs. shopkeepers and warehousemen have decided
t«. close thflr places during the festivitle?.
Th<* recent de*truction by fire of a factory Here,
causing a loss of about 53'j0.000. is attributed to the
workmen. The working people here are becoming
more insistent in their demands for an increase of
■waers a reduction of the hours of employment and
th* ricl.t of association and organization for mut
ual aid.
WRIGHT CASE SUGGESTS CHANGES.
Tendon. May 21.— Premier Balfour announced In
th« House of Commons to-day that a bill to remedy
the defects in the law disclosed by the case of
"Whitaker Wright was ready, but the Attorney
funeral and himself conpidered it both incpnyenient
»nd improper to discuss the subject while th«
■\\'ripht extradition case was pending.
WANT GERMANY'S PROTECTION.
London; May 21. --An address to Bmperor William
Is being widely signed here, expressing the hope of
the British Catholics that Germany will be in
trusted with the protection of Catholic Interests in
the East. It also assures his majesty that the Brit
ish Catholics will labor unremittingly to remove
the misunderstandings between Great Britain and
Germany and promote the friendliness of the two
countries.
REFUSES TO ABOLISH INDIAN DUTIES.
London, May ZL— Lord George Hamilton, the Ind
ian Secretary, received at the India Office to-day a
-•deputation representing the cotton employers and
operatives of Lancashire, the Members of the
: House of Commons from the Lancashire districts,
«nd representatives of public bodies of that coun
ty who urged the abolition of the Indian cotton
a"nd excise duties. The Secretary, however, was
uiiabl* to nit-< • th* wishes of the deputation. He
paid that India <-oUid not afford to part with its
twurces of revenue, and contended that the excise
duty Ka\ - e an equality of treatment between-Lan
«-acnire and India. He said that while be was
Secretary for india the excise duties would be
maintained as long as the cotton duties were In
' <jp«r&tlon.
. ROSEBERY NOT FOR RECIPROCITY.
jjondon. May 21.— Lord Rosebery expresses eur
jjrls* that his speech at Burnley. Lancashire, on
. Tuesday. in which he dealt with Mr. Chamberlain's
tariff speech at Birmingham on May 15. has been
[ Interpreted as In any way supporting Mr. Chamber
". lain's proposal for reciprocity with the colonies.
-Hi explain* that be purposely treated the sub-
J^rt uncontroveTEially because he was addressing a
. non -political au<Slence. He adheres absolutely, he
• rays, to his opinion that the. Liberal party is ln
«iissolubly bound to free trade, and that anything
like an Imperial Commercial League would weaken
'■ the «-mpir»- lniemally and excite the permanent
• hostility of the whole world.
In a letter to a constituent Mr. Chamberlain fur
- ther emphasizes his belief in the necessity fur an
• Imperial Commercial League. .
At various Liberal demonstrations to-day Mr.
Chamberlain's reciprocity scheme was denounced
■ by the *peak3rs. among them Mr. Asquith. Lord
Epracer. Earl Camngton and Sir Henry Campbell-
Bar.nerman. It is evident that If Mr. Chamberlain
holds to his supposed Intention of making a prefer
ential tariff within the mp!r* a plank of his pro
rratnmc at the general election he- will have pro-
Vlfied the Liberals with a welcome platform of
• reunion.
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P. J. VALCKENBEBS
RHINE AND
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MUST NOT ORGANIZE.
Russia Forbids Jeics to Associate for
Self -Dc fence.
St. Petersburg. May 20 (Delayed in trans
mission).— circular of Interior Minister yon
Plehve, issued May 17, ascribed the massacre
of the Jews at Kishineff largely to acts of self
defence en the part of the Jews, and continued:
The events at Kishlneff have alarmed the
Jewish portion of the population in many re
gions of the empire, and have occasioned rumors
among the Christians about intended jewsn
persecutions. In some of the cities the Jews oe
gan forming self-defence associations. Alter i
reported to his majesty about the disorders, nis
majesty commanded me to impress on the com
manders in the provinces and towns that the>
are obligated to and are held personally respon
sible to take all the necessary measures to pre
vent violence and calm the populace in order
to remove the occasion of fears for life ana
your excellency cf the monarch^
will I feel obliged to state for yo« r guidance
that no sort of associations or .self -defence can
be tolerated.
The Jews are not Inclined to depend solely on
the police, and have armed themselves, in spite
of the circular, throughout the Jewish belt. Un
doubtedly their action prevented a repetition of
the massacre at Kiev. Odessa, Minsk and else
where. The Minsk Jews are so alarmed that
the slightest disturbance causes a general clos
ing and barricading of their shops.
Answering a private letter asking for his opin
ion of the Kishineff massacre. Count Tolstoy
writes: '
My relations to the Jews and the terrible
Kishineff affair must be clear to everybody in
terested in my beliefs. My relation to the Jews
can only be as that to brothers whom I love,
not because they are Jews, but because they
and everybody are the sons of one Father. God.
That love does me no violence, because I have
met and know Jews who are very good people.
My relation to the Kishineff crime is also de
fined in my religious beliefs. Before knowing
all the frightful details I understood the horror,
and felt intense pity for the innocent victims of
mob savagery, mingled with perplexity at the
bestiality of the 80-called Christians and aver
sion and" disgust for the so-called educated peo
ple who instigated the mob and sympathized
with its deeds.
Above all. I was horrified at the real culpri-.
namely the government, -with its foolish, fanati
cal priesthood and gang of robber officials. The
Kishineff crime was a consequence of preaching
lies and violence, which the government carries
on with such stubborn energy. The govern
ment's relation to the affair is new proof of its
rude egoism, hesitating at no atrocity when it 13
a Question of crushing movements regarded us
dangerous, and is proof of its complete equa
nimity, which is like that of the Turkish Gov
ernment toward the Armenian massacres and
the most horrible atrocities, if only its interests
remain untouched.
"START AGAIN AT PENTECOST."
Russians Say That It Is the Czar's Will That
the Jews be Bobbed.
Berlin. May 21.— The singular state of mind of
the townspeople of Kishineff while they were
killing the Jews is described in a letter from a
non- Jewish German of Odessa, received by the
relief committee here. He says:
The leaderß of the banda on entering Jewish
dwellings often jiddr<=£sec! the occupants good
naturedly, paying: "Poor brethren, we must kill
you. It js po ordered." Monstrous things were
not done until robbers began to participate,
and. with the Christian zealots, became intoxi
cated. The ITlllilHllll say to their educated and
tolerant countrymen who urge keeping the
peace:
"It is the Czar* will that th« Jews be every
where rot bed. Orders have been given that we
start asain at Pentecost."
The situation has become all the worse since
the important Russian papers have been pre
vented by the censorship from freely expressing
their opinions Their behavior, almost without
exception, has been excellent. Unless the St.
Petersburg government develops a more ener
getic policy, the events at Kishineff will un
doubtedly be repeated in other towns. As indi
[ rating the complete disapproval of the best
classes, -respectable Russian lawyers are assist
ing the sufferers to obtain redress.
CONTROVEKTS COUNT CASSINI
Defence of Russian Jews by Judge Sulz
berger.
Philadelphia. May 2L— Judge Meyer S u lzbenrer,
a well known member of the Pennsylvania judici
ary and a man whom the. Jews of the country
r< ■*:;-. rd as eminently qualified to speak for the
people of his faith, in a statement to The Associ
ated Press to-day replied to the assertions of
Count Cassini. the Russian Ambassador, that the
troubles in Kishineff are due to an uprising of
peasants against the money lenders. Judge Sulz
bereer said:
Count Cassini is confronted with the fact that
there have been rapes a id murders of women, hor
rible cruelty to babies and murders of unoffend
ing men committed. His first instinct is to ex
cuse the criminals and throw the blame on the
victims. A man with that attitude of mind i. not
to be argued with. His real conviction, of course,
is that common people have no rights, and that
what happens to th*-m is a matter of supreme in
difference, »;lnce there are so many of them that
he can easily spare ■ few thousand. It was the
attitude of the French nobles before the Revolu
tion, and that it must he shared by a great many
of his fellow nobles is proved by the fact that
while all this massacre was occurring in Kishi
neff, and went on three days, five Russian regi
ments were quartered in the town. It is there
fore certain that the police and military depart
ments permitted the massacre and are responsi
ble for it.
Their responsibility is now assumed and shared
by all the people who think with Count Cassinl.
As regards his puerile remarks, it is enough to
say first, that the great bulk of the Jews of Rus
sia are the poorest people in the world and have
no money to lend; second, that babies do not lend
money, and. third, that murderous criminals are
not usually borrowers. •
On the other hand, there have been known high
officials living lives of luxury and debauchery
who were in need of many thousand rubles, and to
whose .depleted pocket proceeds of loot and the
price of protection might bring a new lease of
revelry.
No doubt, in the usual relations of life, the Count
is a gentleman In his manners and practices, but,
after all, he is a Russian nobleman. If he wants
the opinion of an unprejudiced American commis
sioner let him read the report made to the United
States Government by Colonel Weber and Dr.
Walter Kempster, printed at the Government
Printing Office in 1892. There are in it 6uch pas
sages as even a Russian nobleman would blush
to have submitted to the women of the United
States. .
. PROMINENT MEN CALL MEETING.
For Relief of Kishineff Sufferers — Fund on
the Increase.
A meeting of citizens, without distinction of
creed, has been called and will be held on next
Wednesday evening, at Carnegie Hall, to give ex
pression to thi abhorrence and indignation uni
versally excited by the recent outrages upon the
Jews of Kishineff.
Prominent among th« signers of this call are the
following: John A. Stewart, K. Fulton Cutting.
John S. Kennedy. William E. Dodge, Morris K.
Jesup, Charles R. Flint, Joseph F. Daly, William
G. Choate. Thomas F. Ryan. David McClure. A. S.
Frisson. August Belmont, Wheeler *H. Peckham.
Eugene A. Phllbin. Edmund Wetmore. C. A. 'Irls
com, Jr.. Spencer Trask, Paul 1). Cravath. William
11. Baldwin, Jr., Carl Schurz. Lyman J. Gage.
Robert W. de Forest, J. G. Carlisle, Henry Clews,
Joseph Urc-que, William D. Guthrie, Levi P. Mor
ton Francis T.ynde Stetson. Charles Scrlbner, John
F. Dillon John E. Parsons, George Foster Peabody,
Edwin Langdon. James G. Cannon. William P.
Dixon and Bird S. Coler.
The committee in charge, of the meeting consists
of Paul D. Cravat William H. Baldwin, Jr.. and
Henry W. Taft. Mayor Low. it is said by those in
charge, will preside at the meeting, and it is ex
pected that x number of prominent speakers will
be heard Their names will be announced later.
A meeting of the central committee fur the relief
of the Kishineff sufferers was held in the directors'
room of the State Bank, No. 376 Grand-st.. last
evening. Chairman K. H. Sarasohn presiding. The
first business transacted was to order Treasurer
Arnold Kohn to cable 20,000 rubles to the Kishineff
authorities in charge of funds there for the relief
of the sufferers. The subject of organizing the
committee into a relief association for the great
number of immigrants which will probably leave
Kichir.eff and other parts of Russia, in view of the
outrages, was brought up. It was decided that it
•was necessary first to dispose of all moneys re
ceived for the Immediate sufferers, aa Intended by
i'» contributors. before organization lor the relief
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Germany.
NEW- YORK DATLY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. MAY 22. 1003.
than JI.TOO was. added YMte^day to, the runa in
Jews at Klshln-ff. The money came in small
amounts from nearly every part # th f L""^
were received to make up the total. f^ 01 * *ft? ,s
of Ui" State Bank, treasurer of the '""^.JTfng of
In addition a check from "the Jewish f™ ze ™ <£
Bo«ton." The letter accompanying the checK
asked him to forward the money, and he cabled
i.40" rubles direct to the relief committee in charge
a Mr. ta Kohn ff took issue with the report that a fresh
massacre was expected In Kishineff. : The o public
sentiment that has been aroused, he ♦"•« a '",'" ,'
une reporter, "is cuch that i doubt whether Rus s-ia
dare again stand by and witness a repetition of the
recent horrors."
KEMPSTER REPORT NOT SUPPRESSED.
Washington. May 21.-Tha statement of Dr.
Walter Kempster. telegraphed from Milwaukee
last night, that the entire government edition <
10.000 copies of a report made by him on the condi
tion of the Jews !n Russia, in MM, had disappeared
and Intimating that it was suppresssd or destroyed
through Russian agencies, is not substantiated' by
the records of the Government Printing Office. In
stead of 10.000 copies. 6.000 were printed in pursu
ance of a resolution of Congress, 2,000 for the use
of the Senate and 4.000 for the use of the House.
They were placed to the credit of Senators and
Representatives in the usual way. and distributed
through them. Some of the reports still stand to
the credit of Congressmen, and in one ca "*•."*?'
tire twenty-one copies placed to the credit or a
Senator ar« still in the folding room awaiting his
order.
HOLD COURT AT BEDSIDE.
Seligman, Better, Charged wtik At
tempted Suicide.
HIS FINANCIAL CONDITION GOOD.
Washington Seligman, who attempted suicide at
his apartments In the Rossmore Hotel on Wednes
day night, was very much improved at Roosevelt
Hospital yesterday. The cutting of the throat, it
was said, had merely caused an Incised wound
which did not touch any artery. Mr. Seligman 13
expected surely to recover. Several callers saw
Mr. Seligman yesterday, but the hosnital authori
ties refused to divulge their identity.
Magistrate Mayo, who Is sitting ia the Jefferson
Market court, accompanied by three men, yester
day afternoon called at Roosevelt Hospital and
«rent nt once to the bedside of Mr. Seligman.
Court, lasting about ten minutes, was held at Mr.
Seliirman-s bedside, and then he was released in
$1,000 bail on a charge of attempting suicide. The
bondsman was Rupert L. Joseph, a retired busineßS
man. of No. 32 East Seventy-fourth-st. Mr. Joseph
gave the property at 133 East Fifty-seventh-st., as
security. It being valued at $100,000 without en
cumbrances. Clerk Samuel Williamson, of the
Jefferson Market court, went to the hospital to
witness the signing of the bond. Mr. Seligman will
be arraigned in Jefferson Market court on June 4.
At the offices of Washington Seligman. No. 62
Broadway, nothing could be learned yesterday as
to the motive or causes for his attempt on his
life. It was said that Mr. Seligman had no busi
ness partners. At the offices of J. & W. Seligman
& Co. it was said that Washington Seligman had
no financial relations with that house. Jefferson
Seligman admitted that the man who attempted
suicide was a family relation, but said that he
had kept so much to himself for so long that he
could not make any statement regarding his rela
tive's financial affairs. He added:
Washington Peligman is rich, and Is a membor
In tbe best standing of the Stock Exchange. I am
willing to say that he is in the soundest position
financially. I think he could pay severa.l times over
any obligations he may have incurred in his nnan
cial operations. 11 ho made the statement last
night he is quoted as having made, that ne Is in
financial difficulties, he must have been a bit out
of his head. As for this house, you may say
that there are no financial relations at all te
tween Washington Seligman and this firm.
GEN. ESTRADA KILLED.
Result of Battle liith Nicaraguan
Insurgents.
Pan Francisco, May 21.— Eugene J. Greuttner,
an American, of Salt Lake City, who arrived
from Corinto to-day on the steamer Newport,
Bays that (Jeneral Estrada, the leader of the
forces of President Zelayn in Nicaragua, was
killed in battle with the insurgents near Rives
os April -7. His troops were routed with great
loss, and the revolutionists succeeded In captur
ing a large quantity of arms and ammunition.
The insurgents now have possession of the port
of San Carlos, and have complete control of
Lake Nicaragua.
EXTEND LUMBER TIEUP.
Boycott by Union Causes Lockout in
Brooklyn and Queens.
In return for a boycott of the labor unions on
a lumber yard in Brooklyn, the Lumber Trades
Association has derided to close all the yards in
Brooklyn and Queens, which, with those now
closed In this city, will practically tie up the
lumber market. As a far vaster business is done
at the yards in Brooklyn than in this city this
latest move shows the intention of the aealera
to defeat the Material Drivers' Union, even at
gr.-iit pecuniary loss.
A concise statement from the lumber men, as
follows, told the tale:
A boycott on the lumber of tbe Albro J. Newton
Company, of Brooklyn, was declared to-d.'.y by tne
labor unions, notice being served on as many as
three operatives that luinb< r delivered by that
company would not be used by the union men at
v<. rk thereon.
I>• Saturday, at 12 o'clock noon, lumber yards in
Brooklyn and in Queens, as well as those now
closed 'in Manhattan and The Bronx, wnl cease
delivering lumber Id Brooklyn and in Queens.
The Building Trades Employers' Association
committees met yesterday, and issued the fol
lowing statement:
The time of the committees appointed on Tues
day night is now fully occupied' in completing the
details of organization, and until this routine work
is perfected little definite information can be given.
The committee on bylaws and constitution is in
session this afternoon, and a number of other
meetings will of necessity have to be heid to com
plete their labors Intelligently.
There is no intention of distressing or oppressing
labor unions, as such, nor of making any effort to
disrupt the principle- of co-operation, the inten
tion boii s to eliminate, the contentions that de
stroy the building industry. The harmonious re
lations between employers and employes is the
underlying principle of this movement. We wish
to keep this issue dear. The right of labor to
organize is as indisputable as is the right of Its
individual members to work and live.
We object decidedly to the erroneous statements
that we are against any organizations of the me
chanics but we intend to resist those policies of
t!v- unions whi'h we believe to be vU-ious and de
stroying to business interests. The names of the
emergency committee should be a sufficient guar
antee to the public that conservative counsel will
The lockout in Brooklyn will effectually check
building operations in that borough, and throw
out of work thousands of artisans, who cannot
keep employed without lumber.
ILLEGAL FENCES MUST GO.
Secretary Hitchcock Says No Extension of
Time Has Been Granted to Cattlemen.
Washington, May L'l.— Secretary Hitchcock
said to-night that the report that the time for
the removal of the fences around public lands
used for grazing purpose had been extended
until July 1 was ineorr set An inquiry of this
character came to the Interior Department from
Nebraska, where the illegal fencing of public
loMis has been carried to a greater extent than
in any other State tin the Union. Shortly aftor
the adjournment of Congress the department
issued orders to its agents directing the removal
of the fences, and the law on the subject, the
fleet*!"-! J «:>i'i. would l>e earritd out. This ac
tion has th-? full indorsement of President
HflOTTfit In pome of the other States the re
moval of the feiK-e.s has been in progress for a
year or more.
GIVE LECTERN TO BRITISH CHAPEL.
Peking, May 21.- -The Americans who were shel
tered at the British Legation during the siege to
day presented a braes lectern to the chapel. Min
ister ganger made a speech in behalf of the Ameri
cans and Chinese Secretary Cockburn and Chap
lain Norrle, of the British Legation, both siege vet
erans, responded.
DR. COTLE MODERATOR
DR. ROBERTS WITH DRAWS.
Large Attendance at Presbyterian
General Assembly.
[BY TELEORAPH TO THB TRIBVWK.)
Los Angeles, May 21.— The General Assembly
opened with the largest number of commission
ers ever in attendance. immanueJ Presbyterian
Church was crowded with clergymen and elders
and as many of their friends as the building
could hold in pewa, galleries and aisles. Dr.
Van Dyke preached an eloquent sermon about
the religion of Christ in its relation to happiness.
He showed that a desire for happiness was nat
ural, and that the Christian was most in line
with the Master who was following mo3t closely
his precepts. He pleaded for a revival of sim
plicity and sincerity, and a revival of work, and
declared that his message was a desire that
Presbyterlanism should prove Its mission and
extend its influence in the world by making men
happy in the knowing and doing of the things
which Christ teaches. Pie closed his sermon
with a graphic description of his visit on Tues
day to the Orand Canyon of the Colorado,
ehowing that the Church must do for the world
what the springs in the canyon do for those who
pass into those depths, produce joy and happi
ness and refreshment.
This afternoon three hours and a half were
consumed in electing a successor to Dr. _> an
Dyke, as moderator. The candidates were Fro
feseor Schaff, of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati; the
Rev. Dr. A. C. Zenos. of McCormiok Seminary,
Chicago; the Rev. Dr. Caivin M. Mater, mis
sionary from China; the Rev. Dr. William H.
Roberts, stated clerk of the General Assembly,
and the Rev. Dr. Robert F. Coyle, pastor of the
Contra! Presbyterian Church, Denver. On the
first ballot. Dr. Coyie led, with Dr. Roberts sec
ond. The latter withdrew, and Dr. Coyle was
elected, much to the Joy of the California peo
ple. For ten years he was the successful pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, one
of the largest churches in California. His with
drawal from the ra^e ra-iites Dr. Roberts more
popular than ever, and insures his election in
the near future. Dr. Van Dyke.- in welcoming
the new moderator, baie 'nirn observe three
things— firmness, friendliness and faithfulness.
Dr. Coyle, responding, expressed great pl-asure
in his election at this time, when the Church
13 entering on a new era in its history.
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS MEET.
Lexington, Va.. May 21.— The forty-third General
Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church
convened this morning. The retiring Moderator,
the Rev. Dr. W- T. Hall, of Columbia, S. C,
preached the opening sermon. The enrolment, read
by Dr. Alexander, stated clerk, showed 156 com
missioners present. Dr. A. C. Hopkins, of Charles
town, W. Va., was elected Moderator. Reports
of ths secretaries of the various church boards
were read in the afternoon.
The night session of the assembly was devoted
to a popular meeting in the Bible cause. It was
presided over by the Rev. Dr. T. H. Law. of Spar
tanburg, S. C. Held agent of the American Bible
Society Addresses were made on this subject by
the Rev Dr. E. P. Ingersoll, of New- York, repre
sentative of the American Bible Society, and by
the Rev Dr. H. C. Dubose. a returned missionary
from Chlna^ The assembly accepted an invitation
to visit "Washington and Lee University to-mor
row- and participate In exercises In Lee Memorial
Chapel, when addresses will be made.
REFORMED PRESBYTERIANS MEET.
South Ryegate, Vt.. May 21.— The general synod
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church resumed its
session to-day. The election of officers resulted >n
tho unanimous choice of the Rev Dr. R. W. Chest
nut as moderator. He is a pastor in Illinois, and
publisher of "The Church Magazine," which Is the
organ of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. The
Rev. James Y. Bolce. pastor of the First Church,
Philadelphia, was unanimously elected stated clerk.
CONFEDERATE REUNION ACTION.
Money Secured for Battle Abbey and for
, Davis Monument.
New-Orleans. May 21.— General - S. D. Lee pre
sided at the session of the. . Confederate - reunion
to-day. The committee on credentials reported
that there was a total of 1,523 camps represented
at the reunion, with 2,423 properly accredited dele
gates.
The report of the Battle Abbey committee showed
that the cash in hand and In immediate prospect
amounts to J3M.471. The committee therefore rec
ommended that as 5200,000. the minimum amount
desired for the election of the abbey, had been
secured, the time had arrived for beginning the
work. The report was adopted.
Dr. G. H. Tichener. for the Southern Memorial
Association, reported that the lund for the erec
tion of a monument to Jefferson Davis had been
secured. He urged, in addition, that the plan to
erect a monument to the women of the South be
taken up with energy.
The committee on resolutions reported favorably
on a resolution offered by General S. D. Lee, ex
pressing thanks and appreciation of the Confed
erate veterans to Congress and to Secretary Root
for the offer of the national government to prepare
a roster of all the soldiers of both sides during the
Civil War.
General Joseph Wheeler spoke strongly in favor
of the resolution, saying he had the assurance of
the Secretary of War that all original documents
sent to trte "War Department would be carefully
copied' and returned.
An amendment was offered to the resolution by
Taylor Stratton. of Richmond, providing: that three
commissioned officers of the Confederacy be ap
pointed, if possible, to the committee in charge of
the preparation of the roster, in order to insure
fair treatment of the Confederate soldier. This
brought General S. D. Lee to the front in an im
passioned appeal for the passage of the resolution.
He declared the offer Itself was a proof of the In
tegrity of the government. Mr. Stratton withdrew
bis amendment, and the resolution was passed with
a The selection of the place for the reunion of 1904
was left to the executive committee, with power
to select a city at some future time. The time for
the election of officers having arrived, all the
former officials were elected by acclamation, and
the convention adjourned sine die. The parade
takes place to-morrow.
CUBAN CELEBRATION IN SAN JUAN.
Dinner Attended by Governor Hunt — Span
iards Ignore Invitations.
San Juan, P. R-. May 21.— The first anniversary
of Cuban independenco was celebrated here last
night by a dinner. Tho guests included Governor
Hunt, the United States officials, a number of
Americans the consular officers and the leading
Porto Rican? of this city. The members of the
Spanish colony, with few exr.vtio.-i?. ignored the
invitations sent to them. A Cuban Line steamer.
owned by Spaniards, dressed ship and displayed
all flags except the American flag, which caused
much comment.
CELEBRATION IN SPAIN.
Barcelona, May XL— The first anniversary of the
proclamation of the Cuban Republic was cele
brated here by a dinner yesterday evening, which
was attended by fifty Cubans and the consuls of
Cuba the United States and Brazil. The consuls
In ihelr toasts made friendly references to Spain.
«
INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED.
Great Damage Wrought in Vicinity of
Chatiemac Club House.
Glens Falls, N. V., May 21.— There Is little doubt
that many of the fires which In the last few
weeks have devastated the Great North Woods
have been of incendiary origin. It has been dif
ficult to detect the criminals in the wilderness,
but to-day fire lighten who had been sent from
North Creek to light a tierce tire on the western
slope of" Gore Mountain, near Second Fond, which
lies in the counties of Warren and Hamilton, dis
covered four fires which were of recent origin. A
further search was made, ami a man was seen
who was recognized by the firemen and who fled
at their approach.
Fanned by a wind that was almost a gale the
fire Bwept the woods In the vicinity of the Chatie
ma Club house, burning over hundreds of acres
of valuable timber land. This club owns the lake
and has v preserve about it. Its membership Is
composed at residents of New-York. Philadelphia
and Glens Falls. Conservative estimates place the
damage to Umber and to business in the last five
weeks at $;.ouu.O».
PLANS A BULGAR COLONY.
Constantinople. May 21.— HUmi Pacha, inspector
general of the reform movement, is credited with
formulating a plan for the colonlratlon of Anatolia
and the islands of the archipelago by Bulgarians
whom he proposes to deport wholesale from Mace
don in. It is doubtful, however. if thrj powers will
1 lii'lhe mean while Hilmi Pacha has planned num.
marily to exile to Anatolia the Macedonian prison
era who are suspected of complicity In the recent
troubles, but who have not been coavicted-
JUS' IMITATION OF NATURE'S METHOD
of restoring waste of tissue and impover
ishment of the blood and nervous force
is used -when you take an alterative ex
tract of herbs and roots, without the use
of alcohol, like Dr. Pierce* Golden Med
ical Discovery. This vegetable medicine i
coaxes the digestive functions and helps
fal the assimilation of food, or rather ;
takes from the food just the nutriment !
the blood requires.
Along with its use one should take
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Notice of Summons.
gUPREME COURT, NEW YORK COIN 11
Giovanni Maccarone. Plaintiff, against Nleod«n«
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To ths above mentioned defendant: Ton are hereby
ranmuned to answer the complaint In this action am)
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