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FRANCE TAKES A IIAM\
TO HELP PERDICARIS.
Result of Fleet fit Tangier and
Diplomatic Representations.
IFF. "HE TtaXOKK BCBUBMJ.I
■n"ashir.sto:i. Slay President Roosevelt's
so-called 1»« tricger" diplomacy. ezempUfled
by his haste:.::-; to Tangier the largest repre
fentation of the American navy that ever vis
l:e*s a foreign port, has once more been vindl
csJsd by tJßjissurance of France that she will
-•use her good offlces" to rescue Messrs. P?rdi
car and Varley. The suddenness with which
■a American Beet I egan to arrive at Tangier
efter the Utoapplng of the men named pro
iMßfl sfssiement, not only in Morocco, but In
IYar.ce. Human lives were in dancer, one of
them that of an American citizen, and the Presi
dent wasted no time either with his ear to the
pens' or In diplomatic correspondence, but or
dered immediately :o the scene the American
fleet which- at that moment was beginning its
European cruise. Then diplomatic representa
tions were made to France.
Ambassador Porter was instructed to advise
the French government that the United States
V.as prepared to show all duo deference to the
claim of France of a sphere of Influence over
Morocco, provided that no danger to an Amer
ican citizen was occasioned thereby. Mr. "Porter
had hardly ended bis representations when the
r.ewF reached Paris that the Brooklyn, the At
lanta, the Casti: c and the Marietta were at
!Tang'»r, and that other American ■warships
•were hastening thither, and the necessity for
prompt action or. the part of France became
manifest. The result was an assurance given to
Ambassador Porter to-day that Franco ■would
do everything in her power " effect the rescue
ef Mr. Perdicaris. accompanied by an expres
sion 0! appreciation of this country's respect for
the French attitude toward Morocco.
Political and strategic conditions in Morocco
tender tee assistance of France of the utmost
•. .-.: :-. Her relations with Da Hamara, liaisuU's
riJet hive at least been friendly, and her repre
eenUtlons to him at this time are likely to be
accorded greater respect by Raisull than those
of the Sultan of Morocco, against whose domi
nation Dv Hamnra is In revolt. Moreover, If
pacific if iTC-seiitations do not promptly effert
PfrdlcarJ^'s rescue, France, -with an army corps
In Algiers familiar with the country and trained
1: the methods of warfare usual In that sec
tion, can more easily effect a release than could
an outside nation. It is believed here that it
*ould tak» I^sf time for « French Algerian ex
pedition to reach the nlnc<» of Perdicaris'a con
f.nenier.t than any force dispatched from Tan-
Hat
It Is further remarked that. In view of recent
diplomat events in Morocco, the excuse for a
tnihtary expedition which would be little snort
af an Investment of Southern Morocco might
•■*• most acceptable to the French, although
*•* is a phase <<f the situation with which the
tnlted Btate: need not concern Itself.
Fears as to the fate of Mr. Perdicarls and his
• 0B| "* : - are rr , t entertained in Washington.
*i«he!d that the threats of Raisuli are merely
"bluffs." which it would be to his own perious
cisadrar.tasre to put Into execution. His pris
oners too closely mble the fabled goose that
wd the golden f-pgs.
•*« the situation i<n<v stands, therefore, it is
ii'eved that the prompt appearance of an
'^ric&n nVet of unusual proportions at Tan
s*r has resulted In unusual expedition io th»
Seriously dilatory methods of European diplo
■■Qr: that the United States has won the gratl
■™*«ef France by Its recognition of her interest
B Morocco, which is ax cherished a tradition
•ith the French as is the Monroe Doctrine with
(■taerlca, and that thorough and effective steps
toward the release of Mr. PerdicarU and his
fCO r - loa have been taken.
-his cable dispatch has been received at the
.->avy Department from Bear Admiral Chad-
XX. commaad the South Atlantic Bquad
ton at Taajrier:
"fcswL.^?"^* rf the American citizen -was by
'(.'"W^ 5 chJp -*. Fo as to bring- pressure on the
Uibf >r Morocco to secure the demands of the
•tbow'*! r Eense of the K^vlty of the case is
i" L* thft presence of the American squad
■y3«!r vWIIIv Wlll undoubtedly cause the earlier
S*i rby th " Sultan of Morocco to the de
c ; _•' ;f th chief, which is the only safe
*-» 0. releasing captive.
j* mM that an attack on Tangier or an mx
■"*•» against the brigands will be followed
"*?« immediate murder of the captives.
tkL «he instance of Secretary Hay no Instruc-
U* Mil be sent to Rear Admiral Chadwlck for
jj a^ res * nt * en ding the result of the representa
of Ambassador Porter to the French gov
'••^i' 81 Cha<iAil ' : is not expected at present
t'^4 * party to pursue the brigands, but it is
'y^ Positively that it Raieull exc-cutes his
*e*ern U> k ' hi* 'apOves the United States
Jiecc^ 111 aril] hi * ial that he be run down and
■V.-v "} at any coat - It is expected at the
Faairrm 11 * 1 " 1 " 1 *" 1 lnal thf> South Atlantic
F->•F ->• „v^ now at Tangier will be reinforced to-
W ■ \a." .European Squadron, commanded by
i •-■'<'.'. 1 Jewell, and consisting of the
Baltimore and the Cleveland.
*':■ lo'vVff;? *«"■*• on Saturday. The battle-
{ :..•..'.. ':;'- 1 Boita, Azores, to-day for Lisbon.
•Saiansl •/?■ P r e««de<l by the battleships
*sJ j{Trir/^ alne ar<l Alabama, of Rear Ad-
Th,^r*.f * "Quadron.
J^«»l irml''« iK ' a!S - was the only subject of
"•^r* S-da? 11 1 * taken Up at the Cablnet
} i:rr SCARES TANGIER.
'[ Ca*tinc and the Marietta Join
r ihe Brooklyn and the Atlanta.
__—■ Marietta, arrived here during the
' ■ ■»'>i>"*u.*. v,ith the cruisers Brooklyn
«"-"—« -a'ae*.* yog-*,
r~^?^F3»r&g t M NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1. 1904. -SIXTEEN PAGES.- t, tJ%S3LVj££u**u. PRICE THREE CENTS.
GUNBOAT CA-STTXE.
BUILDINGS LAW PASSED.
ALDERMEN TAKE ACTION.
Tribune's Ordinance Will Prevent
Disasters Like the Darlington.
The aldermen yesterday adopted the building
ordinance drawn by ex-Justice Slayer, at the re
quest of The Tribune, and Introduced by Alder
man John R. D&vfefl at the Instance of The
Tribune and the Republican County Committee.
Briefly, it will (ire the Superintendent of Build
ings power to enforce his orders, and it shou! i
make Impossible a disaster like that of the Dar
lington Hotel. When the Darlington Hot.-l col
lapsed the Inspectors of the Building! Depart
ment said that they had Sled the necessary
"violations" against th~ building, but that the
contractors «Ji<l sot pay any particular atten
tion to them. Th-? new ordinance empowers the
superintendent, without the formality of apply
ing to the court for an order, immediately to
stop work on a building when In hi judgment
the conditions warrant such stoppage. The new
ordinance follows:
Section !57a.— la -a^- there *h -'a be. in tde opinion
of tho Superintendent of Buildlnira in any borough
having jurisdiction, danger to life tJ r prr.p»-rty by
reason <t any defective 01 Illegal work <><• work lii
violation ot or not In compliance with any of the
provisions or raqii!rem«nt* at this code the e.-il<i
Bupei intendeni of Buildings or mioij pers -n ua may
be designated by him shad] have i!j.- riR-ht and I ■•
Is hen auth<«rij-.«i and empowered to <»r. }•■- ,i;
further work to be rU »ped In and about said !»i;iM-
Inc. and to require a] persons ir; imd about said
building forthwith to vacate the same •nxi to cause
mien w rk to be .lone in <- r about the building aa
in his lodgment may be necessary to remove any
danger therefrom. And said Superintendent of
Building* may, when necessary for the public
safety, temporarily close thi sidewalks and streets
adjacent to said building, or part thereof, .-uid the
Police Department, when called upon by th.- puM
Superintendent of Building* to co-operate, shall en
force such orders or requirements.
Alderman Harburger, chairman of the Build
ings Committee, yesterday, In .■: vigorous speech,
In which he told of the defect in the present
cod -, moved the passage of the ordinance. Be
paid that prudence and common sense demanded
the passage of the ordinal , and that It had
the Indorsement of Superintendent Hopper and
others in a position to speak with authority.
LAMSDORFF ASS. 1 ( "LTED.
Prince Dalgomrouki Attack* Russian
Foreign Minister.
Parli>, June 1. The "Echo de Parts'*" St.
Petersburg correspondent telegraphs:
Count Lamsdortt was assaulted to-day while
out walking by I'riiH-e Dolgourouki, formerly a
pretender to tii* crown of jiiiinnrin. The prince
whs Immediately arrested.
KOCH'S THEORY DENIED.
British Commission's Report on
Tuberculosis.
London, June L — The Royal Commission ap
pointed In August, 1501. to Inquire into the re
lation between human and animal tuberculosis
has arrived at a conclusion justifying the Issu
ance of an Interim report, according to which
the commission finds th;it human and bovine
tunr-r< -uiosis are practically Identical.
The commission states that exhaustive ex
p'-rlmentf proved >h ! 't the disease produced in
animals by tuberculosis material, whether of
human or bovine oiikin. was Identical, both In
Us broad, general features and in the bistolog
ical details. The commission's records Include
the results of post-mortem examinations.
Th*» denial of Professor Koch's theory is re
garded by ih<- English press as of the highest
importance as bearing out the possibility of In
fection through milk.
» —
TO INVESTIGATE NEW-HAVEN POLICE
Mayer Srudley Appoints Committee a3 Re
sult of Recent Criticisms.
New-Haven. Conn.. May 21.— Mayor Studley has
ordered an Investigation of tho New-Haven Police
Departmert, and baa appointed .1 committee of
three disinterested citizens to conduct it. This ac
tion Is in response to a request from the members
of the Police Commission, as a result of criticisms
recently pi need on the department.
The committee is to consist of ex-Judge LynUe
Harrison. Professor Henry Wade, Rogers, dear
of Yale Law School, and George B. Martin, presi
dent and treasurer of the Empire Transportation
Company. All the members of the committee re
side In the part of th<j city where the recent as
saults on v.'OOi:.i took place. It was from this
district that moet of i. .- criticism* of. the deyart-
THE AMERICAN SQUADRON AT TANGIER, AFRICA.
CJUTISKTR ATTaANTA.
CRTJTSEK F.TtO-iKr.TN.
itYDER BLOCKED 4'20-ST.
CANCEL HIS CONTRACT.
Street Will Be Restored by Monday
Without Curb Cocks.
The Tribune's fight for an abatement of the
intolerable obstruction nuisance In Forty-see
ond-st yesterday killed a "good thing" Tam
many contract, but it accomplished a saving of
two weeks' time In completing th» ditch work
between Madison ami Sixth nve«. In Forty-sec
ond-st. There will be Tammany tears over the
killing of the "snap."
John T. Oakley, Commissioner of Water Pup-
I>l> , Gas an.l Electricity, yesterday, after con
suiting Michael J. I'egnon. Btreet Cleanina; Com
missioner Woodbun and John B. McDonald,
c.»i celled a bisr plumbing contract in which ex-
Councilman Patrick J. Ryder, Tammany leader
of the Hid District. is Interested. By dome
thi« he enabled the Degnon Contracting Com
pany to hurry its work in Party-second -at.
Michael .I Degnon ani Commissioners Oakley
and Woodbury last night united in the predic
tion that Forty-second si would be restored to
Its normal condition next Monday morning.
This would not hay* been possible if it had n< I
been for the cancellation of the phtmbing con
tract given by Commissioner Oakley's depart
ment to O'Brien <.:■ Ryder, of Na 164 Bpring-st.
This particular contract has nn old fashioned
look. It looks as if it belonged to the family of
"Commercialism In Politics." it. looks some
thing like the contract Riven by Park Commis
sioner Pallas to Harry C. Hart. Tammany
leader of the XXXth, In lieu of a Tammany
commisslonershlp. No one outside of the Water
Department knew anything about it until a
Tribune reporter, In following up the Forty
second-sL nuisance, ran acro«<<i the O'Brien &
Ryder contract, which was doing more to tie
up subway work and make busings a night
mare to the merchants of Forty-second-st. th.;n
any other tiiinjr.
August Belmont bright and early yesterday
Informed John H. McDonald that something
would have to be done »it once to make sub
way work less troublesome In Farty-second-st.
between Madison and Sixtii avea. Mr. Belmont
is one of the »>ik r links m the chain. Mr. Mc-
Donald Is another, and perhaps the blggeKt, link.
Mr McDonald told Michael .1 Degnon. of the
I)ct»non Contracting Company, that something
would have to h<; done «t once. Then Mr. Bel
mont, according to Commissiozier Woodhury's
statement to a Tribune reporter, asked him
to do what he could to raise the embargo In
Forty-second-st. At 4 o'clock tSiere was a con
ference in < 'omrniHsionr-r nakleys office, attend
ed by Messrs. Oakley and Woodbnry and Charles
H. Bull, an engineer „f the Water Department.
A Tribune reporter had just told Commissioner
Oakley that his department w;is to blame fur
obstructing the subway work in the street be
cause department contractors were putting in
curb water cocks all along the block. Com
missioner Woodbury verified this by saying to
Commissioner < takley:
"Commissioner, I am told by Mr. Dognon, the
subway contractor, that he can close up the
work there by Monday morning of next week If
he does not have to put in twenty-five curb
COCkS Ordered in by your department. This Is
a new device, find putting them in involves a
I;irgf» amount of work. Mr. Degnon pays that
it will take fourteen days extra to put In these
curb cocks."
COUNTERMANDS THE ORDER.
"If that's the cape, then we won't put them
in," said Commissioner Oakley. "Chief En
gineer Hill of this department ordered the neV
curb cocks in. I believe with him that they
would prove a good thing, an they would make
it possible to shut off th« water from the side
walk, and obviate the necessity of digging a
trench across the walk whenever anything Is
the matter with the main connection. But if
they are going to delay the subway work to that
extent I will issue an order at once to use the
old connections."
Mr. Bull, the engineer, was summoned, and
said that It wan true that putting in the new
curb cocks would delay the work a great deal.
Mr. Bull was requested by Commissioner Oakley
to cancel the order given to O'Brien & Ryder
for the new devices.
"I will furnish the ashes to fill in the excava
tion along Italy second w>." said Major Wood
bury. "After talking with Mr. Degnon, I will
say that the street will be put back in good
-i..,' ,- by Monday morning of next week."
Michael J. Degaoa was directing the work In
Forty-second -st. when found by ■ Tribune re
porter.
"When I told you a week ago that we would
toaiUw^ •■ foortß. pa*** ~~ -
Bid fOTTON FIRM FAILS.
HEAD CLERK DISAPPEARS.
Announcement of S. Munn. Son $$
(—( — Resu m ption Expected.
The suspension of the old and well known
house of S. Munn, Son & Co. was announced
yesterday on the Cotton Exchange, the reason
for the step being explained In the following
formal notice from the firm, read from the ros
trum of the exchange by Superintendent King:
We hereby announce to toe members of the Cot
ton exchange thai through the unexplained ■«'
osti.-e of „>ir head md trusted clerk, who has lfft
hi* books in an Involved condition, we are obliged
!.. suspend. We trust the suspension 111 <:i!y n.
temporary We would request all membsn of th«>
exchange BS)Vtag ■•, >n contracts wttu our am te
pn>ml the uint to i.-'<. wli . accounts^ at ence.
\v.. ''.tV..'-k «ate rh.i» we Imve very f«>v open con
tracta on the M*w-rorlt Cotton BtCuaage, and
that these balance each ether.
Inquirers at the offices of S. Mann, Bon & Co*
In the Petanonlco Building, No. >'. Beaver-st,
were referred for further details t.» the firm's
attorney, Augustus H. Skil!ii>. of No. H Pine-st
Mr. Skllllri said:
The mUwlng employe la ('larence F. Cameron,
whose homi has been In Brooklyn. He lias not
1.. 1 ;.t tbe omce since a week ago last Saturday.
lii- father cam* to the otßca Ibts morning. Ha
■aid thai I it- bad noi seen !iini or beard from tuna
»Jnc€ k week ago yesterday, when he und« !
bN s..n was starttni i- to aa usual to the office 01
ilunii * <■■>. The younger Cameron i.-i-p n- t-.—l th..
}..,,, .... that ,■., , thai t.is child waa .-i>:k. and that
j, would npl !■•■' down until the uext d.ij.
On looking over the books they \%-i>- found i> be
In an involved condition, and In ;'i leasi one case.
where the firm thought money was due, tn.> -u;.
n>sed debtor claimed that Munn .^ Co. owed money
h^i..!.! The firm wm seriously affectea by tne
future of Daniel J Sully A Co., ot which concern
ti-v ,r.- creditors i" ,i considerable amount. Fol-
Itwlnit so soon after the Sully failure It was
thought best, in order t" Btraighten out everything,
tii.t the ..■in should suspend. „,_.«
All a- know now la that the pooks relating to
tie business of the Urn in stocks and grain are
Upsytiirvy. Cameron who acted •'-,;■ and
rtanager, bad absolute ebarge of < h '/'- >""?>;■ v A r ""
other mail however, hafl charge of the books re-
Uting to the cotton end of the business Ihe chiel
trouble -» far aa we have been abw to t*.-t at it.
„•.!■• >;■- to be in the Kr.iin accounts. .
"■i... >K...kH v-,.,. ron< over by the olllee force last
vt,;-k. but M many complications were found that l
mlvt*.-c] that expert accountants be called In. rhe
experts began work this «*»"*«. rhe . .1, ■, o
tie unsecured creditors, as tor aa we can iv.v. •..
re.-^.i will not exceed t&.«» In th. MJPfM;
these creditors being almost entirely members of
.. -■ort- 1 Schange. Tbe ttrrn '■• is two • otton
ftcchange membcrehlps, worth »,...••.» .•a.-h - ..
Ml In the New-york Cotfee t.--\ •■',••"' V,. X--1
■bout •*:.■"•. and a Chicaßo Board ••: rtatle ro< n
' '7t*w!li ..ike a week at least to go ■ ver the bool s,
: th.- same time it Is my opin>°« '•• '\\ ,:' \"
of something .>ko »«».0W is im „K.;.l are «
.lit and to resume business abort
The house of 6. Munn. Son ft Co. was estab
lished in ISM by Samuel Munn, grandfather of
the present senior partner, and is one of the
most conservative and respected In tbe cotton
business. The firm Is at present composed of
Samuel *:. Munn and H. TUeston Munn and the
•state of H. Godwin Munn. Jr. it has recently
*eon doing a rather quiet and moderate busi
ness, The announcement of the suspension had
little effect on th.- cotton market
On March 19 S. Munn. Son & Co. obtained an
injunction restraining the Cora Exchange Hank
from releasing to Daniel J. Sully A Co. the sum
of $30000. -a margin anticipate." This was the
only legal proceeding taken on that day against
the Sully firm, which had suspended on the
•receding day; and as soon as the attorneys for
Daniel J. Sully * Co. learned of the move they
filed assignment papers before th* Injunction
could be served.
Clarence F. Cameron la about thirty-three
jears old, and has been married for ten or
eleven year* He had been in the employ of the
firm for sixteen years. For the last six years
he has lived modestly with bis wife and little
girl, who is now five years old. In a flat at No.
441 Becond-Bt. Brooklyn. John Cameron, his
father, lives at No, 1.112 Paeinc-st., Brooklyn.
Mrs. Cameron, wife of the missing man. is so
prostrated that she Is unable to see callers.
Mrs. John Cameron, speaking to a Tribune re
porter yesterday, Bald: •
"We canrol believe that Clarence has done
anything wrong. He was a model young man
In every way. He was not In the habit of going
to the races, belonged to no clubs or organiza- ,
tions, and had no extravagant habits of any ;
klud. He was a msß who devoted all of his
time away from his business to his family.
•The (Manns have assured us that there is
nothing to show that Clarence did anything dis
honest, and we do not know of any way in
which he could have spent a large amount of
money.
"We have not beard from Clarence since Mon
day mornins. May 2a when he left the hou*e
supposedly to go to the office. Although he had ;
not been in the best of health he dil not ap- ,
pear nervous and we had not the slightest inti
mation that he would not return. We have no
idea where he is, but shall exert every effort to •
find him."
RUTLAND K. B. FOR MONTREAL.
Brandon. Burlington. Across the Islands of Lake ;
Ohamplalii Ottawa Quebec, four trains. lUustrat.il j
book, 4c. 'postage, information. 3ij Broadway, i
*.. r.-Adw - —
REAR ADMIRAL FRENCH EL CIIADWICK.
<Ph.«to»frarh». copyright by E. Stull<>T.)
GAVKMIiS. H LIAS $685,000
J. 7?. PL ATT SUES FOR IT.
iS Woman Blackmailed Him —
*Naij Explain Green Mystery.
Declaring that she has blackmailed him for
years, John FL Platt, an aged white man. re
puted to he exceedingly wealthy, Is bringing
suit in the Supreme Court against Mrs. Han
nah Ellas, the negress who came late promi
nence at the time of the murder Of Andrew H.
Green. Mr. Platt seeks to recover about 9683.
<>X>. With this, extorted from him by fraud and
threats of bodily violence, the plaintiff alleges,
the woman bought the handsome house, No. 2SB
Central Park West, where she lived when Cor
nelius Williams shot. Mr. Green. several Other
Houses and diamonds and clothes, regarding
which he has no particulars. He asks that
then be an accounting of all the moneys, that
the real estate and accounts in various banks,
which he makes co-defendants^ be taken from
her control, and a receiver be appointed to col
lecl the rents.
Mr*. Hannah Klin? could not be found yester
day. A Japanese rvaal at her home said she was
out of town. August C. Nanz. who was her per
sonal counsel at the tune of the Green murder,
said that he was not acting for her now. and had
not heard from her In several months. He did
not know bow she acquired the property in
question, he declared. and knew- nothing about
John K. Platt and any relation! he might have
bad it ith Mrs. Elms.
This suit may explain the mystery r gnrdtnt
tho man for whom the netcro Williams mistook
Andrew H. Green. Neighbors of the Ellas
woman said that a whits haired man caned an
her almost dally, who bore a striking resem
blance to Mr. Green, District Attorney Jerome
learned considerable about this man. It was
y.iid ;it the time that to some he was known as
Green, to others at Phut. The story toad la
Mr. Platt's complain! leaves little room for doubt
that he v. .is the man who Inspired the negro's
insane Jealousy, which ended In the nu-<ler of
the aged lawyer.
Mi. piatt's attorneys, Warren, Warren &
O r ßeb*ne, would say nothtag abowi the rasa, and
nothing about Mr. Ptatt. At hi.- hoaaa X<>. T
East Flfty-fourth-st., test night, a friend who
declined to ni\e his name said that this "was
simply :i case "f a feehla old man who was
blackmailed "if of hhi money." Mr. IMatt is
not a relative <>f Senator Ftart In his cesa
plalnt, he says he i.< ■ retired merchant, eighty
four yean old. H« has an ofßce ai N"i>. 14
Church-st., wh< r« he attends te business of some
kind nearly cvi rj •■ ''
The complaint filed by Mr. Tlatt's towjm
tells how after making his acquaintance the
woman played on his credulity and affection,
forced herself on htm: then, with a Japanese
servant, extorted money in vast sums from him.
threatening exposure at him as father of her
Illegitimate children, first to her husband, later
to Ihs world at large; finally taring him to
pay money under fear of personal violence, Yet
ber blandishments must have been potent, for
after paying her large sums for years, Mr.
l'latt In his complaint confesses to bating con
tinued his relations with her until last year.
>nd that he paid her money up to May •_'.' of
tills year.
ATl's MEETING WITH THE WOMAN.
Mr. Plat! lives with his two daughters, He
met the Ettas woman before January, l>-: ; »i. Bha
represented herself M el Spanish origin, single
and virtu the complaint says, whereas Mr.
Tlatt soon discovered that she was of bad char
acter, consorting with dissolute persona, and
that she was the wife of ens Matthew »i. Davis,
a negro. Notwithstanding aB this. the com
plaint avers, by protestations of love, she in
duced him to have r«lations with her. all
Of which was part of a scheme to coerce him
and bleed him of any superfluous eea* he had.
This process, the complaint sets forth, went
Into execution at once. The woman threatened
to expose their relations to her husband, who.
she said, was a man of violent temper. When
ho first met her she had no property and no
assets Of any kind, save a few clothes and a
little furniture. After the collections began, the
complaint says, Mrs. Ellas acquired the real
estate habit. in 188* under fear of exposure,
Mr. Matt alleges, he paid to her In January
$1.00(1; in March, $1,500: April. $1,000; May;
$800: Jar.-. |§0O: July. $". 7**>: September. $«.
47."; October, $1,900; November, H.QOO; Decem
ber, $1,700, a total Of $U>.075. On September
24. 1896, she purchased the house in West
Fifty-third-st.. for which she paid $13.">U0. Out
of the balance she purchased furniture and
bric-a-brac, which she still has.
In January. lvi?. ha alleges, he gave her $11,-
Cuotiau«4 oa sixteenth v"**
GtTN'BOAT MARIETTA.
PORT ARTHUR'S J'LH.lir.
PROVISIONS RUN SHOUT.
Japanese Enter Dalny — Prizes — A
Battle on Line of Railroad.
Chinese who re.ichrd Xew-Ch«-ang from
Port Arthur s.iitl thnt the situation in the
fortress was desperate. Food was scarce and
the hospitals were filled with wounded. Wotk
on the damaged warships had ceased, and all
civilians had been impressed into service.
Japanese troops occupied Dalny on May
SO. The Russians, who evacuated the town in
haste after the battle at Nan-Shan, destroyed
the big pier, but left intact the jetties and
many storehouses. Two hundred railway
cars were found uninjured. Brigands who
were pillaging the town were repressed by
the Japanese.
Official dispatches received to St Peters
burg told of a battle at a point near the Port
Arthur-Moukden railway. The Russians, ap
parently, were compelled to retire, although
the Japanese losses were reported heavy.
A Japanese gunboat and two destroyers
were reported sunk by the fire flogs Port
Arthur forts while an attempt wa» being made
to block the channel. The report came from
Moukden.
General Kuropatkin's alleged march to re
lieve Port Arthur lacks confirmation, and w*s
denied at St. Petersburg, although there wexo
further rumors of an sdvince on Kin-Chow,
SUFFERING IN FORTRESS.
Hospitals Said To Be FuU—CiYih
inns Impressed — Food Scarce.
London, June "The Daily Halt's" corre
spondent ai Xew-Chwang says:
Some Chinese fugitives from Port Arthur <!»
scribe tho situation of the Inhabitants then* ad
desperate. Famine prices exist. The coat o£
provisions Increases weekly. Many persona) are
reduceil to eat Jag Chinese rood, and even that Is
dear. Mill-.-t i'our ■ osts $6 m bag.
Whole .streets and several public buildings
have been wrecked by Japanese shell fire. Th»
hospitals are packed with wounded.
The work <>f rt-pairinir the damaged warship*
Is stopped. All civilians have been assigned to
military duties.
Th. genCTSj health of the Inhabitants is good,
except that the Chinese are dying from starva
tion. Th. ft has been mads punishable by death.
The railway is completely destroyed as far aa
Kiu-Chov.-. and there ni frequent gaps in ft
between Kin-Chow and a fang-Tien. At
Wafang-Tien there are l."».00i> Japanese troopa,
but m> sii;n of tr-ops further north.
In the Panting ai Kin-Chow two hundred
Chinese were killed by the Japanese fire directed
against positions that the Russians had evacu
ated.
The Tokio correspondent of "The Chronicle"*
telegraphs:
Russian strategy has undergone another
i-hiiiuee Yi:.s-Ko\v is to be again for
Four guns -'■ t frotri
-. the garrison increased and the h
mined.
The correspondent of "The Standard* at the
Japanese army haan>|iasilsi»i telegraphing May
31. saya:
UepeatM reeesuvsssaaaeea show that none of
the enemy's troops are within fifteen miles ci
Wang-Cheng or east of the Tayan River
for thirty miles in th* direction of >iu-\en.
Mao-Tien Pass may dt-lay but it cannot prevent
the Japanese advance, as the pass can be
turned on either flank.
■The Meaning Post's' correspondent at
Shanghai learns that the Russians hanged •»■
mnahea el Chinese who ha.il been caught sis
nalling to the Japanese fleet near Vladivostok.
BATTLE ON RAILROAD.
Heavy Japanese Loss Reported, but
Russians Retire.
St. Petersbuv*. May U.— The following otnclal
dispatches, lescrlblng a battle near ■ station on
ih- p^vt Aiihur-JfoukOen line, bi whleli i Jap
anese squadrori was almost annihilated, *nd
giving detaUs of »he I-Tang-Pien-Men battle,
were received by the War Office to-day:
Shortly before noon. May ?A. our cavalry
opened rire roar the raSrosjd station of Vagen-
Fu-chu against sn adrvaßCtosl Jipanese force,
consisting of eight companies of infantry, eight
squadrons of c ivatry and four machine guns.
In the> ensuing buttle <■ •••• mounted sotnla*
brilliantly attacked .1 Japanese so,uidror» on the
enemy's iff; i! ink and almost completely anni
hilated it
The sotntas then atf-icked the infantry, but
retired under th ■ ftre of machine gun*.
The advance cf the Japanese i,ifantry. hi or
der t-> turn our left flank, was stopped by the
fire of our battery, which inflict^ i considerable
loss on the enemy.
Oar lossss have not yet been definitely ascer
tained, bui so tar as known one officer and]
twenty-one men were wounded! and twenty-n\\>
horses were iost.
From May '-".» to M -y .",.> all ha:* been aulsl in
the neighborhood of Feng-WaJßg-Cheaag
At 1O:3(» p. in. on M.iy -"» a force of Japanese
Infantry fr«mi Kwan-Ti n begun a fronta! flunk
attack upon ;i position occupied hy our Cos
packs Bear t-hao?;o. fifteen versta nr-rth\ve«t ••
K wan- Tien. The Japanese, under cover of tha
dark!!; opened a running, desultory tire, astngf
t\->\<\ searchlights. Th? Cossacks retired on foot
to Chanlln Pass, two versus west of Shaosro.
and subsequently on I-Yang-Pi«»n-Men. ?i3ite a
vorsts nest of Chanlin isa. The firing caaseal
at 'J a. m, on May 28 when the Japanese eeaassl
the pursuit, at the entrance of Chanlin Pass.
The same day the first section of a Japanese)
detachment approached L V .. i i- ■-■■.! -Men, but