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9 i • T w^ A Nat^^^aw" .^^^^^^^ t§ f**'* t **_i-ii'^^^^v_^i jat^iiaBBBBBBBBw. .^ai *ea^aa?* V ou LXIII-— X* 20.932. OFFER 53.000 FOR A VOTE? JIJLL ÜBS MAKE CHARGE. J)emocralic State Committee May Hold Over. \gg KXMMsaj to tiit naaaaaßj K > Mar' h 7 -Th<» ch.arpe was openly a- to-Ccy that tn th* we* small hours of Eaturd^y morr.ing f-I.OW was offered by cer tt . »■• known Tammany leaders for a tfagM vcir , it; th- iß*hi committee. The story M !t Is ♦oia «na the authority is rxccTlent. is that, after a ]c-.g ar.d <-arfTul stu3y of tbe cor.dltton of tfralrs. the T> »7 !rac!rrs found t % at they waalfi ln ** '•" cortost - n * the sl?ua ' tlon r""'- »■>• nt leti-t one. ar,'. asanJM* two. vote*. At that tlr.-.e th<y were oMKEsBJ on five Bjatfi v-- The rurr.cr that «-x-S. r.ator BO baaa lad ta uaust Hal only DBamtnttaeenaa th«t '■"■■■** Connors, of BuffV.o. cor.tn ;ieJ T:m7 i >t - . ■■. : ■• 1 bn usht tr> Charles F. jjurpl.v. • : tl be< me apparent (htf unless « wat ;•••■■.' •• to •'•■'■ r.t least one up-State e g S iTr.m<"-mun the T.;!r.r.ia:iy faction would go idim ta d' mvL ;,-. -'• a committee was appointed to de %iK y. • : -..: . ...■..•.! fu;tlv of maana ri , ft-- i'nfortui.at ly for the ■•-«.: tl* plan. ex-Bcnator T>avid H. Hill was en {j»:y avare of th- possibility of eucb a move. gzt the ■•afear baathaan of his fi.n-k w.re placed imd»-T Btri I surveillance. Elliot Danforth an 1 FrsT.k Campb«*lU ct well a? tti- rlec; 1« 5S Patrick I!. ■ Canua. mounted puard. I'p-Ptate cora ■ • ; cn who wandered Into the Ban ngfi W. ■BBVCd trhUl r. Murphy fenul oaattV his lieaj tjuarters. c:une under f tr ct iruard. and about 1 ©•clork BOM 1 BBfarfh had gathered all the less t . || voters Ottaar his ptUtacttaC wing at a tinjrle BBhta, None th." aua it i? perFiFtently lejmeead that the $.".<M» w;-.s directly tendered to a certain tP-Ptate rommitteemnn r.nd tl.at It was re tusei by l:!n. by some it is alleged, because he toil — ■■«— o bhnaalf ea ahaatutely ©at a chanpe WOUM have left him open t>> fu?] t . ; ; ly would h. ve rcpu'te.l ba An rx;>o?!ure. Thf rtwult was that when the , : ■ .-it Bjscn tx-ts..iiator Hill was . . . v ..., t », o <.- st aklnntah ly I majority ef two; that If. with one vote to spare I - cxclud" 1: W. F. Fitzpatrlck. Had the latter's vote 1» en .-ou'.tod, ho'vever, and It Is by no mear.* "f Iff ft that the Ta:r::.;ir.y members hnd fceesi CVedOty bateuaai Bf. thfa plan of action. thf- • > bar ej hava by |aaj - .».» bribe ecn accf; "■ ■■: It at believed In many quarters that Ch I y. Mi • frfeal <X the victory. I: out! 5 ;u :rti re the announcement made by (hi Manea ■' • x s. tsar 810 to-driy, that me jfwr.t State mmltte*men would hold over . lioof?lngr the:r puccessors after the BafJ .onv'itlon on A;r:l IS. was regarded AS ft further indication of the lightness of the ix - • ■'- hold and as a recognition on his ■J«rt <f the port "f tactinp Tun.:;.:i::y • •: , Tliere 1? nothing In the rail ls 1„• • i-tate con.n.lttee on Saturday that ; • r the choice of a new committee. rearranged this < tee by throw tejr • ' Onnbtta 11. Fitzpetrick, ex-Senator 11:11 tends to t^nd pat. If at:y Bf the jsts«'iit osmnttaaaßsexi 50 i)a< « on him he is in « posil n f> expose them ty accusing them of 4 .: , li.rr.Ti.crr mßoey, er.3 this fjaai* ! ;ik<-ly to retire th/-m from politics. Th» issue on which the former Senator Is to Jv.ake lis latest contest tor control Is ar.tl-Ta.rn : .. . >. ft— *l '>v(rly dovetailed his own con trol of the 1* n.or.r.it!.- Stcte machine ir.t > the Parl • i-S' :;;;tor 11. 11 has alrf-mjy ha 1 ■ectetea booming Chief Ju.^Re IVirk-r as : • The only r< :.l source f . • ••■ the tamer s-:;a.tor i« BBOOBatartni is • ■• clcvcl.-.r.d boaan. Drcry time th» ■ - ; Ban : .- vt beazi the b one ef . : 11 . that he has a chill JaM ut preeeut • Ms friends admit that h« : • • -■ ::. . h o.?;u!eting news from the South, where the eotjiel of the for:rer President :•: • ... • • : -n- to-:.!cht that the rumor K*» lii ►is r.it-rrly the first j • ct the state leader's literary bureau, which is re port i to !-■ busily .-it work ir. paring documei.ts ■ . i ■ i < 1 ■ I ■ EES PRESIDENT. Confetem «■ oa Politics — Xo Decision on Chairmanship. .i" v. Kanl TKrr-vB bt nEAr ] T*s3 March 7 — Ex-ikn-emor W. Mur ■l draw ■: M:.'sai-iiUi--< tta «.iS Pr Eidont Boonevci;'B Kuaai :.\ luncheon to-day, tad ■ at hour v.: 1 -re the meal at • • \ tlve otflce eo::.g over matters relating to v ■ ■ poflga. Km-dmmnmr crane left -t on a:. ifiT-11l tra!:. wl'h- J ' J ■ '• known the EfK-clJlc object of hla *e «a* any. t ary one exc<pt the • ■ will be In conference with **** Prcsiuo!.? \ nry oftt-n, jnrliaps every »wi, *•** * r ' ': !.■>■■■. ■ Ida ::;^n In < lnsc- PHBCh *!!!■ tii. u(!i.:i!,:stratlti:i. "but that fact n»-*<l BOt * ta - " - ;n work < ri tbe national OBCB : . ■ p report eain. Tl»«.- »E-Oov !y to tbe Pr-sl tnaa in th Stow-Enguttd J8« . x , . ;.t!:!v Senator I>»:k»-, :.r,d i> aatuial that tha rVaeaaam BhauM • k.|it .■,.:-;.. i.t!\ ir. louch with «v« i;t» •a the • tmportani iiitton of the oaumry. u .x •. «-«rnor Cntne sbmiid <ier-i<ie 10 tahl ;n:i:,sh:j> <>f tiie committee he ■ | (l t. o until the convention ■ '.• 0] I- linked to trtke Up tiie WIIT , ..... . -. , vilT.t thut tn this e . „.*);, ; .' rf ,,,t ?.j r . s'o-and-«o. Oovernor Th's-bMi-!!...! or S. nav.r RnmdMd) receiving •«>' ''li-r' or havtng A*- -lined" th< pteCO is m«re h 'r\-...u>- ■ i.art <>f those who talk, ar.d wasted tin e on th»- part <-f th n llutet "• GUAEAKTEE OF $100,000 FOR LOPEZ. 'it- !:;.'..• a) 11 r . rm; timhi'ne ■1-r.h 7 i.;.:t: W.irren. the Doston »ntl-lmxKTia:ist. In u.n open letter to the Secre ■C War. Just iiiaxlf public here, offer* to fun.ish » truarantec of fIDO.UiW. we'.l •et-ured. ••»■ the .ci,,;,,,., f v. ivt <. l>-ii«-2. the Filipino lr *MßctU.ble. If the laifr ts admitted to the I'lnes mtthout taktiii? the oath of alle danoe. i3r. Warrf-n rays that I>.»*r only want: per jraslon to help hi* family, rehabilitate Its CaOafl f***SJTi«>« and !•■ ready to submit to ail properly ■oi.Mltut-o tiutlioiliy If allowed to inter the •TiiJii'junea. Tb mnH, frrah to bri-k wr<t wind*. NEGRO LYNCHED IN OHIO. ///; KILLED A POLICEMAN. Springfield Mob Feared Laze Would Be Too Easy. Fprlngfleld. Ohio, March 7.— At 11 o'clock to r.lfrht Richard I !toi;, a negro, who phot and killed Policeman Collls, was taken from the Jail nnd * .<* to death in the Jail yard. The body was taken from there to Maln-st. and Four.taln ave. anil hanged to a telegraph pole. The mob spent the next half hour riddling the body with bullets. The mob forced an entrance to the Jail by breaking in the east doors with a railroad iron. At 10:30 o'clock the mob me'.t^d rapidly, and It was the Bjeaara] op'.nii.n thatno more attempts BCUCfId be ir.ade to force an entrance. Brr.a groups of men. however, couM be seen In the shadows of the court l.ouee. two adjacent Usury Btnbles nnd oevera.l dwelling houses. At 10:45 o'clock the police were satisfied that there was nothing mire to fear, and they, with other oi'.i -i Us and newspaper men, passed freely In and out of the Jail. Shortly bcfi re 11 o'clock a diversion was made by a amaO crowd moving from the east doors i to the f*>uth rntranro. The police fat 1 wed. and a btaS was made al Jostling Khan vU the ttepi leading -.;i to tba south entrance, T'.." crowd al His pomt kept growing. whOe there wore >•".> cf "Bold the police!" nffenaah the fioors'"' "Lynch the DftfVerf IntersrK-rsel With rev. .Her shots. Meanwhile the party with the h. »• railway iron was beating at the ea?t BOOT, which BUOTtly yielded to the battcrmg ra-r.. .is did the bmar lattV-e iron d<»ors. The mob thl n MTSCd through -t Sot -. overpowered the sheriff, turnkey and a banditti of deputies and !■• (an the arsault < . • ■ . imntith taa4tng to the aQa The p>)lice fr<>n-. the BOUI r W< re 'ailed in side t.> bdp k- • ;- the mob from the ceOa, and m flve minutes the south door bad Ihared the f;:t»» <.f the east one. In an Incredil !y Fhort time the Jail was Tiled by a rr.oh of 2."«> men, with nil the • trai ■■ Tnd yard pat-s bio k-d 1-y fully IJBOO thus tnak!-.g it impossible for th» militia \e prevented aoceaa to the utftio, bad it BB the scene. The beavy Iron partition leading to the cells revi.-tid the tnob effectually Dstfl cold ehhM la tad itrflgr 1 **"" 1 ""*" were .'". Iha ;.;•!:.•, k to The turnstile was i roken arid the ' I DDed the COrttdori ij to tl> rells. Seeing that further resistance was us less. DB avoid the killing of Innocent prisoners, ::.•• .-iuthi> r itie!» consent' 1 to the demand of the mob fcr the rlt:ht m;:i. He was dragged from «11 to the paved ourt In the Jill yard. PfMg z:. :.•!>::. it • part of the 1 •• scue him. the lea J» ra formed a hollow square. Some one ki:o' k-J the necro to the ground, a".d those nf-.ir to ! 'in fell back four or Bvu BeeL Rtaa Khota were Bred into his ; idy. and. tatis!ied that he was dead, a doro-n men grabbed the lUbbbbb body, and. with a tnu:;.; hant < In ■« r. the ni'ib .--ur^.-d Into st and marched to Hiiilaln awe . oat of the pri:.'i;>al thoroughfares in the town. Fmm here they BBOChat south to the l:;ter . of Main street av.d a rope w:i-s tied '. Dtxon'i nacki Tw> men '■limbt-d the 11..!.»1 1. .! .» a:.d thrOU '.h*- IODI over the top:no:st cross tie and Srew tha body about TlitrVtn f » * t abovaj the street. The fusillade thl .. ' ■ .rr-.n and for ■ ii**ttiite the body wa.s hast ewaytec '■■rth from the fOICje of the rain of bu'iU-ts Whit h was poured in on it. Frequently • . : fly up ■torn lv erbeo a ii:us<ie was F«ri;<-k and the mob went fa'rly wild with OeQgßt. Through it iill pf>oj order was maintained, and every • the beat af iiuni.»r, .kins ' ' ' l.tißbbor while reload!;. g bis revolver. I shot b* DtZOB Ho: idi.y mornins • - was 5n his room tn a bote! ■■■ ■ removing his baggage. He had decided tlj 'i ] - ' • e. and. Rearing tn.ji.ie witti 1 r t - i : j . a Won in with whom he w«s acquainted. Dtaou 'tsi-.i-.j OoIUa t>) to •«■! with him. White in bta loom, Dtxon ■' ' ■ • in mtarrePeO a:i<i : Icon la • her in the hiiaiL Tl ■ police m.m then attempted to err.-st Dtnm, When the ■ to tljo o:!icir's body, bulletins ■Is. PAGE-NASON CHARGES. New Ones To Be TaJ.cn Up by Bar dissociation. Broartaffout <-f the attempt to boy fn r ?lv*vxk> fo:iif stock considered worthless by the owner, MiiP iMuclit out In the Metropolitan Str.'t j; !lw;.y-Vre'land-Arr.ory suit, new charges I. v.- l..i!i i:le<l with the 15 lr Association uqalnst WUttaJSj H. Page at.d IMM Naeon, it was ka.n;. 1 \esT'-nkiy. It is expected th.-.t these ■ !..::(.'cs will be tak'-n uj> at the meeting of the liur Assix i:tt 1 >:i to-nlpht. I.i a report from the grievance committee. lbs I !;;;rvs are practically the rue as those OOnaMercd |.y tin* U;ir Association some tiro BHOCha a»r<i. when I>arik-1 K-.iaon resigned from ttm ■aaactxtlon. With his resignation action ujraii^t bin «•:: tli.» cl.artr-s pending droppe 1. ! and ai"t!<>;. asataac Mr. P*9* aroppeel niso. i>e liius.' tl." i barge B"Ua .::u.wn n?.u:.s: him jointly with Mr. Na&oii. T;.- new ( h urges? are dnwn «s-p.l: .iteiy. one agr.lj.st Mr. Kaßßttj as an ■ItflHlMfjr DOt a own* be? "f tlit- H.ir Association, averring ti.at he •■ •.•■!<■ .ir.ii. lt an net of Ma. km. .11. and, failing 1 t. «rlei •'• : P « ■ • : 1 1 j ■ I;*I ;* : • : n : . t to com mit bhM Kn.riC. The other, against Mr. l'ajre. a:i aHfIfWJ 'alii is ;i ::,«-:nl» r of tIM BK As in; rh.:t he. with a lawyer r.ot a I!,--...1kt < f t!.i i'.ar A-'-si<oi;i!ion, ««.nsj.lreJ to en ir:!;. tlie complainant li:t.> t.laikmai!. The nitaHC, it is BSkdCfStOOd. la that brought MM in the beartneja on tbe < Ultra under ey kideration when Mr. N'uson res'.KU'-d fr.ni th9 liar Association. If these chorpes are sustained. It WOUld !«• the duty of the Har Association t.> lay the ntinn ;*ifore the Appellate l»ivis!«'n fur at tlon. \\ll,;i::i N. Amur}. It was learned, was tlie < oiniilu!;. :ir;t. Mr Amory would not deny bat ufcjtrt thai i >> tnr wan betas Dsneatered. He RMM 11-'l 1 -' 1 * <lis< usi therp. however. In the Bbd f^ult u£ai?:st Pnafcfcnt Vre.-la:id of the Metropolitan Btred Railway, tiweihia out ■ f th<- juilicitjon <>f a report ..f accountants ■ -r ;h .t •*•<•:>■ w.re grave dlSlieyanciCl In the ljalari'e.« of the HatrapoOtaa; that v.-isi amounts i.:»d bMB tbaXg»& t>. . njcin. erli.g a:nl estotision ..f roads wlir-i the- should have !>•*• n CBVCS*' tn •■"'•T acf^unts. :ind that the ro;»d ««S ::i lad ehaj* generally, it w.is l»r .URht out thai I>ar.lrl Nasor. r«T'*""'' i:; P himself ns the ■OMM of William li. V.<r<\ Jr.. vi.-itc<l Mr. -\ ■••.(. find «>ut what wn? (Hilr.ir." Tie WOO • Mr. Amory .-..uldn't c:.ll It off. H> also tol.l Mr. Arr.ory that !.<• v as to gel fT».««W If he j.ut the Jol. throuch to Mr. Ittße^s F.Tt:? factlon. and fl.<»»» retainer ar.yway. W.'i.ii It l>o<-arTie ai>i>ar«-nt that "It cooMni 1* iiull<-<l off." th. w;:s niaile the proposal t<» buy for 1300.000 the stock of a Mcyrle tOOOCTQ which Mr. AaOTf "«ni-il, although he told Nnson !t waa worthlca*. In the hearings Marfi«triN.e Bnrlow. Mr. Tape ackm.»!edped •> t li« k:.-w Mr. SCaaOB was r^pre?enti;iß hlm :) rrent. In reality. Kasao «m a<ti::c for Ulm la the vurcbase of a ncwapapV, fee ■aid. NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. MARCH 8. 1904. -FOURTEEN PAGES-^tJS^,^ THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN CORE A AND MANCHURIA. ■Wlju. the point at which this photograph Is taken. Is now the headquarters of the Russian advanced forces. Here the river Is (Stride hrto three Oannela. across two of which, the deeper, bridges have been thrown. —"■ — (Th» Kin*. ADOPT THE SWIFT PLAN BUILD SCHOOLS IX YEAR. The Tribune Wins Half Its Crusade for Enough Sittings. The f.-rt hnlf <if The Tribune*! cruside to hive enough schools built so thnt thai cl - may offer a common achool ajdocatloa to all its < hi 1, dren has been won. The buJldtnga 'ommlttce of the Ponrd of Kdui at!on has mloj.t.-d a plan for letting contracts that practically tnsoraa the building of si h'M.N within a year. Th>> Becond half of the misrule is to have fncuch of It'- swiftly Operating i i.i.tia -t.; let to In sure .«ktl'iK3 for all pupflß in the next year and a ba& Th>> tndlcatkms .... contracts will l>e let soon ntul that the mon^y will Ire forthcoming to meat them. Th« committee OB l>ulkl:::gs of the Hoard of Education has dacMad to advertise and award ail future eootracta f.ir school buildings under the RjrstCCD known ns th<» "alternate bM rropositioTi." Phdw the "alternnte bM proix<- Bit ion." which has long bMfl adTOCStad ttti a practical aolutlun <.f the building problem by Cotntntoafo Baoracl B. DoanaHjr, the bulld- Ir.g3 committee ::ska for two estknates WtHB advert OOPtfactl tor school work. On* ficure, the hich'-r. bj for comjiletlne the contract in the ahortcat poaaibla Urn*; vhOc the otber, the low, allows rniiailif llTtla ir.ct.- tlnu- for the undertaking. In < n»e the higher figure 15 cbOMO, t'. DtraCtOT mtlf wtial !« virtually a araatam Dor ipaed. TMa, tbe Board of Educa tion, has power to Biv.? i!i !;■> otlier known way. This Dtnltatkn of th« % power t>> offer i>remiums is i» iieved ti> be c!ii' f!y reapooatbta for the dilatory tactics employed 1 y bofldera In the crectl n of school Ftru tur»«. Tin: PLAN HAH BECK TIMED. I": .'i> t tiie aMemattve bM i-lan the • nrx to Publlo BcftOol No. l-.1. i:-.->klyn. waa built within fit days < ver eight months, alibi 'irh the work wns ftbool tqpal to that re.juire 1 for a:i ordinary >rtMwrfhiHitt. Pub! . % Bi !'.'»'>i N'o. 14.".. Broklyn, irbJcb bj ;t Tirpe, js-ri:isvr<»<.rn structure. Is jibout to be QnMwd ur.'lfr this plan within a year. Tbe ordinary USM (br ••r»-<tir!L': fvn m ::.. derate sized achool, bere- T.t'.ir--. baa been from two to thn yeara. When Bapeftetcadem C B. J. Bnyder of t:. • Depart n.. -r.t of liuildings was «.-.>:i yestenlay he #=ald: "The committee on bamitnga has decided to let hereafter the contrart* for nil boOdtasa practicable under this "alternate Md propoal- Hon." When Chairman Adami t<>!d you that }«. haWf V ed the plan WOOld fail !n tho end. he n!• rr.'d ,:.!% t<> tiie larva; I • '•■••••I buOdlnga, as the plan !s BMBt ; • rvii- 1 ! !•• !m connection with the erection of small structures ." En a few days contr.u ts win be rthwd un der the bid propoaltlon'" f->r the new Commercial Hi-h bool of Brooklyn, to be sit uated lr, Albany-ave.. between Bergen and l>-:;:i jt, M which will accommodate two thouwnd p«pfhi; the addition to ' :1>ll(¥ * bool N-. IS, BfeSt Fourth-st.. between Avenues C and I>, Which will have thirty < l:is-rooms; the annas tO PtobttC . -'«'li""l No. .".7. IJist mdred-and foL-rteeiith-pt., near Tiilrd-.'ive.. which will bare Flxte'ii sr'»iin?i, and the new PVbde School N.i 147. m BuahwlchHwre, between 9etsel and M< Kit .'..en Fts.. Brooklyn, which will contain eighty ( laaarooma. LONGEST TIME ALLOWANCE ONE TSAR In advsrtlataaj these contracts the figures re quested on the annexes will i><" for «ix find ten t::<>!.t>.s. and In the case of the large atructuraa oipht and twelve months. Even the Umsm* pattoda here mentioned art Phc.rt. I pared with the mbar of montba usunlly i squired for fln- Isl-.ii.p work on even the IHUftWi achooi bulld i:.crs. Tiie departm.-iit is a-sklns fli^irrs on i>ueh abort pertoda .-is an experiment, to Irani whether or not there Is ony possibility of properly hous i::< .-.i! the children of school mm* In the next year and I half without recourse to the tem porary i irk structure*. In the ordinary COOTM •.-.•- only 54.900 Blttlne? could be mwiUllrUfl by September, 1903. At that time at least m;.<««> new pupils will de ti.and s«'iits In the schools. Work Will 800 start on 11.550 atttmsa, lor which the contract! are now belnc let. After tba next meeting of the Beard of Education, when the fS£OO.OOO granted bat Friday hy the Hoard of Estimate and Aj> porttonaaenl w-111 1^ mad.- available tor the Hull ling"! Department, contracts will be adver tls • 1 f.,r more than .'l2,.">«t(» ■Ittlnga, Coiise.juent ly. before the cloae of the uraatnl ecbool tvrm, work should have besun .•!» more than 44.000 sittings. Mu Of th's work will be on Fir.all ad HtfcXMj a::d achoi la of ::ii ordinary p\7a: Further, most of the (oiitr-.'-ts. from i>res< tit mdlcattona. will be :• ; on the "alternate bM piopoeltlon.'* Fur'h-r. TO.OWt more rlttlngi wili be contract ed for in the ■■ m kinder of the year, it la be 1:. v.-1 that the Hoard of Estimate md Appor ttanroer«t and tbe Hoard of Aldermen will ap propriate for this object the remainder of the $1" li;7<H»t asked for the building of school this year Of these i©.orto additional sittings, many •ire to be in ... find Fimill buildings, and Phould t>e ready by tbe or^nin* of the achl ol year >' IIM6 or al !"-tst at the tinv of the mid year : romotkms. when puplla could be trans ferred into them without serious disorganiza tion. ASKS INJUNCTION AGAINST WIFE. Chicago Man Is Afraid She Will Lose Their $10,000 on the Races. I -t ■ • r ■:.:.' '■>! re tuc reason.] Chteasje. Kaacai "■— With $:*>.<«o in a s:if ty dapeatt vatiit nraa-f.l '.'V Ml wif.-"? pradOaetloa Bar belling on the raoaa, A.Uim F. Haeekcl has appaalel M th<? <":r. i:1- Coert f^r s.n Injunction nnd reccivt-rslilp. Haeckal j.ll«K'» that he and hia wife bave '• B partaen in business for seven yean and new Jointly manage the Louan View Hotel. Alr.^Jy. Meoehel ot>:ar<.s, his wife has lost lawptayiag tho races. WILL SOUND CLEVELAND. Ex-Secretary Carlisle Goes to Princeton for That Purpose. John G. Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the Treas ury, yesterday went to Princton to pee ex- Presldent Cleveland and to pet from him aome thinK definite with reference to hla illlnfrness to stand as a "receptive" candidate. When Charlea F. Murphy was Baked la^st nl^lit about the visit of Mr. Carlisle to Prim ton, where ha '« to confer with Mr Cleveland, be said that be knew nothing about Mr. Car ';^i> 'a • rrand. 'ir Mr. Carlisle bar, pone to sf>^ Mr. Cleveland there <u:m<!t be anything about it so far ae Tammany Hill is luuitcuody said, Xbomaa F. Srrith, eeetetary of the organtsar tkm, last night. "Mr. Cleveland has pnbUcty •tated his ponltloi Probably he will wait now for the result of the Bt I.ouis convention. If the convention unanimously d'tnands thai he take the nomination, he cannot help accepting the call." Charles F. Murphy at Tammany Hull yester day said that he was not fitrhftiiu against the nomination if Jud^e Parker at the St. Ixuils Convention, nor was r,.> flKlif intr for the nomina tion Of ("levelainl. All that he was insisting on row vr-13 thnt the delegation from this State thoold ao to Bt Louis miliialmctedi Mr. Murphy says that be hi not Kolng to in terfere with Brooklyn politics; that he baa not Bet up any one as leader, and does not Intend to. ns he hns Ma hands full attending to the management of Tammany Ball ■I wish it to be tJearly Dadcratood." said Mr. Harphy last right, that I nm r.ot fiithtlnjf fodge i- rfcer. I have i•v- r sai.i thnt I was agatnel Parker, and i hive never eaM that I wns for Cleveland. My poaitfcm to nnchangedL I stiii believe that devetend is the rtioiig»el Candidate thai could be named. I believe that the Democrats could « i:i With Cleveland at the head of the tick. -t." •■!•<> you think that they cou'.d win with Parker l" Thai remains to be Si'en." paid Mr. Murphy. "Are y>u still lr. favor of an uninstrurted dele gation?" > • t tba dtleajalea from this Stata wll! 1 ■ *:on to act ;!v<!y If | unln- Ktea mean that 1 re a majority m Hm • n ■■■" m S^ t by any means." repll^l Mr. Murphy. "The peopl* will elect the delegates to the Ptat.? •itl<>::. The .State commltt»''» was selected at the State convention held I". 1902 when there Was no question about Presidential car. 11 dates. I want to repeat that I hare no candi date, and that I will be for the man who '-< ttrongaal al Bt Louis. All reports about my t:si*i? Clove-land's na:r.e to cloak my real pur poses is nonsense. My aole desire b to have tha party win, and I think With Cleveland as our leader a victory would be certain.*' ••How about Brooklyn? It. Is sail you are In terf.Tine there' " ■Tl. it r-'port Is not truo. I h.tve no Ir.tenffon ,» .. .... ■-. • ■ klyn. Tammany Ball ,.. i . • my for Brooklyn ■ nnach ih I do l" autonomy for Xrw- Tork.- I, ,; H ;;.; f Hall that the opposition " "■•*•'' ln Brooklyn will be hacked by the Murphy men, and thai a bji i of un«lermlnlnic htm will be ii?»<i. : an r Muck. <>f Buffalo, and Henry l:'>r- mmltteeman frn!:i Knr < "• » i : : t >. . •■ rday. I ■ I that Erie County w''^ l for Parkei i ! that 1 itlon from there w« j >; i rk , roll was called. Mr. Mack sii^s • ry al Albany on Batnrd ■ :-irker bqom In th^ st te ._,,,) || • • donbtleaa wapilil i>.- r:<>ni):i.Tre'l for Pre«ld< nt "Judin Parker la atronger to-day than • said Mr Mack. 'All tl '>em ocrata will Ini Ist u;"n his noininatii n. \V>- will liiak.- it mi lame i'i the S' ■ tlon to in- Btruct for Parker, and 1 believe we shall win. Anyway. th<" prtmarii i delegates will be chosen to tl itk>n will settle . | believe that the Parker will win a m< majority of tba delegates. If wa had Introduced a Parker resolution at the • ing <if the State committee, thlrty-Hre would I r It. i ol there ■ n for ; : < «u.Mi a resolution, tt will he time enough, -<? it :tt the convention.*' HOC AS DEL TORO IiIRXED. Commercial Part of Town Destroyed Loss, $6 ... M r< h 7 -The CTuiiiiail <ru: re nt ::• on to-.1.-.y. The :m extensive tire at I morning wblcfe • the entire commercial j. irt of that town. k In the morn •■■•• rot astlngutobed until seven hours In all nbout one hundred bafldtagS were de stroyed. The cause of the re la not known. The damage is estimated at $."►! •■«'. The American and German consulates were de str.y.-d. The buildings of the T*r.!t"d Fruit c",.:::;-.i:iy and Pelder retail store uer.> :- i\-» L The Faike landed all her crew fee thjht the flames, end without their ttmety eaatatanea the whole town would have l>et>n lvliied out. The fire was so extensive that the glare from it was c!.ar!> s>-« non board tha tTttttod States i Uiary crulser lYalrie as she was l oming Into Colon. Cocas Del Tom ts In Panai t>rrltorl»y. about tvr.nty m:!'S w<-««t of Colon. The town is almost entirely 4)';i!t Of WOOO> The principal t ustness there 19 tlie export of barar.as. Th>- town has a popula tion Of nbout five thOUaaadl mostly West Indian blac!:3. PIXEHUR3T. AUOTJBTA. ASHEVIIXE ANI> PLORII • R. R. A Southern Rwy The route of Th«» irn'i I'aim Limit* d. N Y. ultlc-» T.\ I SENSATION IN HOUSE. REPORT A BOMBSHELL. Members Almost in Panic Justice Hooker Involved. [PTIOM tub TRIBUNE BUREAU.] Washington, March 7.— No event in the last two years has produced as srreat a sensation in Congress ns did the publication of "Payne's li<=f of criminals." to-day. In both houses of Oengnea the utmost interest prevailed, and for a conelderahta time after the arrival of the printed report of the Postmaster General, Sen ators and Representatives devoted themselves to the examination of the document to the ex clusion of all other business, while every now and then sea •* member would be heard to call to a colleague, ln what was meant to be a wbtoper, TOUT* In it." In the House, the Interest created by The Tribune's exclusive announcement, on March 1. that such a report was In th» hands of the p.'sti-tlire Con.rnittee bad gathered momentum d illy. mid rrerr.bers appeared to forget that the House was in session in their anxiety to learn If tli'-y were involved. As the time approached f'-.r the appearance of the report there was, on every M to, evidence el feverish intrr-st. So. ,u aft>r tht» House convened, Chairman Overatieet appeared, carrying a few copies of tii" eenaattona] document, and before he reached li-i p.-at h" was attended by a bodyguard cf half a hundred memhera ehunorteej for copies. Mr. Overstseel r>f'>rr»'d trust efl the lmjuirers to t!i>- doorkeeper, who was supplied with auffl 1 i'-nt eoptaa to give one to each member, and that ntlli-lal immediately became the subject of ■tarchb When he Bppeated with an armful of coplt s th"r«> was a stampede in his direction. In vain the Speaker rapped for ord»r. and Anally ttasreaentattve Vfaiauu sugicested »hat a revtss of t«ri mtiLutea t^ft tak.cn to p«rniit each member to ascertain the" Extent to which he had been found out. SENSATION IN THE HOUSE. After they had secured copies el the startling document raembefS buttonholed correspondents lepreeenttnaj papers n thHr .••3 and d!str!.-t3 u:id BtSHttßted to explain why they had made the recommendations with Which !h*>y were charged. When they were ur;able to locate the correspondents they sought In the corridors tf:.-y came to the press ajaOwy and waited. Dur ing all this scene the Postofflco Appropriation all] was nominally under consideration, but members did little sea than discuss the Payne report, and little else waa talked of In the cham ber, the corridors, committee, rooms anil res taurn.::t«'. Bepraaa UlatlW Hill, of Connecticut, was or.« of the t'.rst to get a copy and immedi ately tooic It to the restaurant It was after ward remarked that h>> had digested more of the repeal than ef hfai hmcheoa poon after the advent of the report some one Whfaaeted to the Speaker that he figured in It, ar.d he bmnedlatety brfl the cliair anil retired to his n>.>:ii With a copy to hand. Uepresenta- Uve I'ayne attempted IB laugh the tiling off ns William AJden Bmtth poked fun at him. und Bepreeentattve Wads worth aaatartaaaed absolute alienee, merely handlnif out a cigar In response to every Jibe. Representative Alexander, of New-York, was one of those who haunted the preps gallery, trying to "square himself with the boys." In the Senate the grieved astonishment of Senator Hoar knew no bounds when he found that the Junior Senator frcm Massachusetts fig ured in the port. The two Senators from North Dakota, locked at each other sheepishly. They were bath ha it. The chairman of Foreign relations retired In dismay, and Senator Gor man, whose last entrance Into the Senate was too recent to have enabled him to Implicate btanseir. toaasßi with mild reproof on Senators Cany, Pettus and kiaO. The Senators from Indiana merely glanced at each other as they discovered their respective names and then re tired, each to his committee room. iiitmcm HOOKER INVOLVED. Although Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen tral BltotOW remarked in his report and hi quoted in this document as saying. 'Congress men, as a rule, want their constituents to have What they are justly entitled to and no more." thr.t did not relieve their embarrassment of be ing llsttd along w'th ex-Representattve Hooker (now a Justice of the Supreme Court of NV-.v- Yurk State, sitting In the Appellate Division. lUeiikijn). State Senator Green. a. W. Machen and others. In the New-York delegation the care of Dun kirk. N. Y.. attracted special attention. It ap pears that on March 1. IM| space far the post office was toaaad In the Optra House block at 1 n annual cost, including provision for light and heat, of ?."^'>T. a year, a five year lease being made. On February 21. l^'.i'V the postmaster wrote Beavers 'hat T. P. Hefferm;in contem plated the erection of a building in which, as his quarters were Insufflcl he would like to secure space. Space could be had for $1."J.%» a year. The First Assistant Postmaster General wrote that the rent asked wa.s "altogether too hi^h to receive consideration by the depart ment." On December IS. Vj**>. the postmaster wrote that F. L. Stearns was about to erect a :.'n'.i ling, and would like to secure the pontofflce as a tennant of the first floor. Immediately an mepOCtar was ordered to the scene; but on find- Ing that $!."■<»> rent waa asked the inspector told Steams that he did not believe the department Continued on fourth pace. Dnrtn PC.IJT WINE and GRAPE juice Are anaartai for your sick ones. 11. T. bewey A Sor» Co.. 13* Fulton St.. New York. — Advu PRICE TIIKEE CENTS. INVESTING VLADIVOSTOK* ESEMY SEAR THE FORTS. Askold Island Reported Seized—* The Russian Squadron. News was r^-olve«I at Tins- Kan that tii* Japan*"*** squadron a^ain shelhtl Vladivostok. bnr th" report w-j-j pot eonflrmnl. Admiral Aloxieft* reported that flit- Japamae warship* entoivd I'ssuri Bay at noon Btoaaaiy. «•« I within lone rans«» of th»> fir's and r!:> n >'. - pajftaal Tlawj wan reports that a fum* la*i been landed ou Askold Island. Th<» Hu«^i:in rniisrr squadron, ac>^orrtins to belief in Tokio. is near th*» mmnh mi tho Tu ci»-n Ulv.t. coTcrin»: fh.» movements of Russian troops from Possict IVty. A *y*»oial dispatch toThcTn 1 from London c:v"-« <*1 STonnd for tho opinion 'i.it thf* warships are still with in the port. Two sharp skirmishes between Russian and r..rpnn troop* were rpporttMl from Seoul, the Russians in one encounter losing thirty m*n killed. Tin* Russian troops wore said to be committinjr many exrpeseai Little additional lisrht was thrown on the land operations. Russian outiMists continued to fall bark on ffw» Talu, destroying the telegraph line* In their retrent. Port Arthur reported all quiet. Dispatches from points on the Llao-Tnn:? Criiif continued to in.; Irate that the Russians expect an attack! from that .jiinrfMr. Lighters have been pup* chased to Mook the Lino River's channeL WARSHIPS HUMMED IN. Grounds for Belief That Russian Cruiser* Are in Harbor, (Sr«<rt»l to Tti« Nww-Tor* Trit>un<» by F>»ncJ» r*t»;«.) (CouTrt^rit: 10<>4: I»T The TMbun» Association.) London, March 7. — Revised versions of the* bombardment of Vladivostok show that consid erable damaice was done by th» shells, but leave several mysteries unexplained. One Is that constitution of the attacking squadron. It prob ably Includes a portion of the Port Arthur flee* with reserve ships added. Another unsettled) matter Is the position of the Russian erntoeat squadron, whether It is in Vladivostok or in* MAP Or THE APPROACH TO VI. A : It is reported that Askold Island has been occupied) by a Japans* f the open sea. It is probably In the harbor. and, the Russian officials are striving to conceal the> fact. Naval experts consider It impossible that the squadron can obtain coal outside of Port Arthur and Vladivostok. A renewal of the bombardment is reported. ■a 1 also a landing of Japanese troops at Askotdl Island, but contradictions have already com«. While the Japanese heavy gu:-.s outclass th* artillery fortiilcations, a bombardment at a< range if five miles is not Hkel7 to prove effect ive when renewed. It Is r.ot yet dear that a land campaign haa) been seriously undertaken In Eastern Cor«ib or around Vladivostok, although many reports of the landing of troops at Port Lazareff. Plak •ln I .-■• and Askold Island have been printed. An investment ■of Vladivostok Is much more* probable than a march to Moukd«*n by th« Upper Yal« over high mountain ranges, and milder weather must be awaited before trans port arrangements can be made on a large* scale for any operations in the interior. Th* Russians evidently fear an ultimate attacle from Shan-Hal-Kwan upon Muuk The dispatch of cclliers for the Red Sea la interpreted a3 a sign that the Russians may send out the Caltlc Ceet after ull. I. N. F. NEW ATTACK REPORTED* Confirmation Lacking — Plan ta Block the Liao's Channel. Yir.g-Kau. March 7.— An cfHcldl dispatch re ceived here says the Japanese are a^aln, bom barding Vladivostok. Th! .* news lacks confirm** tion from other sources. The Russo-Chlneso Bank aent Its booka ta Tientsin to-day. The purchase by the Russians of ten lighters to supposed to i e for the purpose of blocking the channel of the I.iao River when th© ice goes out and after the foreign boats have lefs the river. RUMOR OF A REPULSE. Japanese Cruisers Sunk on Monday — S tor ft Lacks Backing. London. March B.— In a dispatch from St. Petersburg a correspondent of "The Standard** jrives a rumor that the Czar has received a t lo gram ••> the effect that the Japanese fleet bom barded Vladivostok all day Monday. Only trtflirg damage was inflicted, according to that rumor, but one or two Japanese cruisers wero sunk. Ma word confirming this story baa been re- I In any other ojaaiter and. although then to BMhInK ti> show that there wa» not another ban! merit of Vladivostok on Monday. this report la moat likely an aaaanja version of Sunday's bombardment. Theie is considerable curiosity here concerning 1 the listing power of Vladivostok, which has) lung keen regarded as the . .raltar of the Far FJast. Vladivostok Is known to be better equipped as a naval base, and to have greater docklr.s and repairing resources than Port Ar thur, but doubts are expressed as to the char acter of its defences. Russia, has been settled there for BBttj years, and it to consequently con sidered likely that the defences and guns at this place are of a somewhat obsolete character. It to understood that In the last few years all the available new guns and war material which it was possible to send over the single tine railroad have been used; for the strengthening of Port Arthur and points in Manchuria, leaving Vladi vostok with 11 type guns of short range. It Is rep»rte<l that Vladivostok Is 111 supplied with provisions and necessaries. ■ Ti kio apeak of the sarriflcea) pan^ae nation. Accordfeuj HM Daily Chronicles" corespondent at Toklo, the Mikado is abandonics; all luxuriaaw