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_ fCnprrt.h!. IWC *>r Turn Tribune AMociat.vtv » VOIV O1 IXVI X°- 21.994. ACCUSE TWO COMPANIES WAR DEPARTMENT ACTS. Marksmanship Records Expunged on Charges of Falsification. After long correspondence with the Depart ment of the East and three months of careful •risl-ie investigation, the War Department has discovered what is believed to be an Illicit deal between Companies L and M of the sth In fantry in their target practice, and has ordered <;eners.l Grant to wipe out the splendid record made by these companies last summer at Platts burg Barracks. Moreover, the Department of the East was or dered yesterday to deduct from the future pay of the men of Companies I, and M all additional rums paid them since last summer because of their excellent ninrksinanshlp. Colonel Henry O. S. Heistaiid. military secre tary of the Department of the Ea.st, said yester day that this punishment had been meted out to the men because ample proof of irregularit ; - In ncorinsr on the target range had been estab lished. The alleged deal between the two companies t<> falsify the scoring and give each other rec •rds much higher than they were entitled to was Inspired. it Is said, by mercenary motives. A private who qualifier as a marksman receives «:i increase la pay of £1 a. month, a .sharpshooter and an expert rifleman 53. Judging from the fact that the scoring In th« target pit is in charge of a non-commissioned officer, it is thought that a number of non-com missiohed officers will be Implicated. On the evidence thus far obtained, the War De partrr.fnt has ordered that the target record of :h<- entire battalion, composed of Companies I- and M and another company, the name of which Is not disclosed, shall be stricken from the army records. The collusion between the com panies was kept absolutely secret, and it iv as not until the attention of ihe War Department was directed ;■> the phenomenal record of two companies of tho same battalion that th«* marks "■re questioned. Company L ar.d part of Company M are on pervlcc in C - jbfi. as is the greater part of tho r»Oi Infantry. Colonel Calvin 1». Cowles, of the regiment. Ims recommended a thorough investi gation of -,he aftiSr. Captain William T. John «t«:n. ••' isie\*lsth* Cavalry, on General Grant's Marf.'Wm make a." personal investigation of the Fi : oie ..... battalion at Plattsburg. '.'. Is :--if torr.ar> . ns in the case of Company ]. srvl »_"<srrjnany M, to assign two companies to •sre-t practlca together. Mcii of one company sr? 'detached i » keep score on the f.rine; line. Tf<j ';;raeis 3r^ usedatatim?. Whi'e o.'ie tar get i« t?Clng f:r c -\ ar \\.f- other is undcrsoini; ■xn ;•.!". = 1 io. 1 :.•>• ,t r.ori-'"oiii!; .:*■--• ci, id offlc€T in ihft pit: Ten nhotfi are fired before the target is '.•,\\r-r'^i for * > \i»!:'nnailo.-<. 'V\:<z Mhota are n p< rr fd t.O ihe firing line by ihe following signals: Th* raising of t\ white disk in<*lra<*^ i -". or h bull's-eye; v red disk, a \: a Mack disk with •ros»" ■. 3. and a p!a:n black di='K. a 2. A i^'j fl3g waved froift left :•-> rij!/ Indicates a ;niF.F.. Thi.< system is usfi on the 2>X>, 300, :.'*> and 1 .000 yard rangf. In the h?si*» of Fignailiri?, it is s^il''. the men in th? pit would ha\e little difficul'y in .-• nrli'ig i'T^k Incorrect scores of the shots m?o>. SAILS SORT II ON FIRE. V.I Alba Comes from Galvestbn in Record Time. Flushing BloTig at top speed fc*r f< '>~ days with » fire m hr hold, the Southern Pacific steamer ! '.\ Alba arrived here yesterday, making the iri'p from Galveston In a few hours :r,ore than Svfc days. ■ ■ ■ i told the - ■ ■ ... . ■ ■ ■ I to r ri "r out I ■ ■ ■ sh the •■ ::.1 for foui da - ■ • . her daily i un. o the hold «ni Inua II - ( ORS ROTTING IS PILES. Lack of Transportation Rf ported to Interstate Co m mission. U*y TtJerraph to Th* Tribune. ) Muskogee, I. '!' . Feb. 2. — Thousands of bushels of corn are rotting on the ground along the r<i!l roa.d tracks in the Indian Territory because, the railroads will not; or- cannot, furnish cars to :nove It. The elevators have betn full for ninety •lays, and the elevator men cannot move the jrraiu nor get their money out of It. That the Interstate Commerce Commission nay Ret a dear view of the enormity of this 'oss photographs have been taken and forwarded to the commission how ing the great plies of rotting corn. The biggest . nrn shijjj'ing station In the Indian Teirltorj la Hrok'-n Arrow. At that, plac are n>>'.v 4' if oO€ bushels of corn in piles awalt tlpment. The local rni\mnA agent aaya has not l»or-n an imply <-ar brought i: to »<,\vn for ninetj daya. DR. SCHOTT HOPEFUL. Vixiia Mr. Uiggins and Reports E n co n ragi ng I m j/rox e m cut. Otaan, N. V, P>b. _. Dr. Schott ma.ie four talla on Mr. Hipgins to-day. He will i"aye h^re to-nK>rrow for Philadelphia. ••While the Governor la still - very alck man." he to-ni^ht. "all the symptoms show an •ncouraging Improvement sin is my lasi visit." FEAEED BEING BURIED ALIVE H. E. Magruder's Will Directed Consul to Cut His Arm and Leg to Insure Death. in;. T»!<-irr»>p'i to Th» Tribune.] Baltimore. Feb. !!.— The will of Henry R. Ma gruder, a Baltimorean who died In Rome on January 31. was admitted to probate here to day. Mr. Mag-rud<*r was so afraid of being buried alive that he directed that bin body be taken in charge by the American Consul at Florence, who, after leaving It In a church for forty-eight hours, must cut deep Into his leg itnd -rm, insuring that lie la dead. A post mortem must then be ordered, after which tho body is to be placed In the Allaii Cemetery. For his. trouble the American Consul Is to receive $200. Mr. Magruder left to the Smithsonian Institu tion the gold sword and silver pitcher given hin ■ii*-!, General John Bankhead Magruder, of the Confederate army, by Virginia and Mary land. Valuable Jewels are bequeathed to the Countesses Einmellne Ranovldo and Matry Fon- Uina. or Jtaijr. . —^ T ~- «r »siff.?i ;.«* wu*, NEW-YORK. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 3. -1907.-6 PARTS -SIXTY-SIX PAGES. TOWN SLIDES FIVE MILES. Fishing Shanties, Torn from Ice, Driven Ashore by Fierce Gale. [By Telegraph i" The Trtbu Detroit, Feb. 2. The entire fishing village it Fanrlpolut. near Bebewalng, was blown away by the hltdi wind last night, and after a terrifying trip across the lake on the it •• the score of shanties were dashed io pieces on the shore at Flshpoint. The village was on the Ice ai the edge of the shore, and for safety the small buildings were fastened to stakes driven in the Ice. The fishermen and their families were asleep when the gale swept across the lake suddenly and tore the wooden houses icn.se. The men and women in their beds were awakened when the journey iter number succeeded in getting out of the flying houses, although only with the greatest dlfn< ulty could th. y keep themselves from being swept across the glaring Ice In the u:ik«- c-f their homes. Whirling and tacking before the Mast, the houses kept their mad career over the Ice for fiV.^ miles, and were dashed against the shote with great force. All of the dwellings were of frame construction, and moat were one s»tory high, with ihreo or four rooms each. They were literally splintered against the shore. The nlghi was cold and the families, left half clothed on the Ice. had a hard time to rea -hore. Two men and a woman, who did noi k> ' :!i>ir cottage before tt was tipped ■ the Ice w.i. Injured In the final crash, but none v ill die. GIVES SECOND MILLION < Troii Hears Mrs. Sage Has Remem bered Willard Seminar//. - X. 5., Feb. 2. Ai noui on good authority to-night that Mrs. i. - grlvei $1,000,000 to the Emma Willard Seminary, of this <it: . s . : laei Polytechnic Institute. Formal . thi Rift will be made, It is _ald, at a meeting of the trustees, to be held on M ..: noon. President William F. Gurley, of the trustees, refused to-night to make ;my comment what ever on Mis. Sage's action. He said thai .i formal statement v ould be issued on I day. Mrs. Sage is a graduate of the Troy Female .Seminary, now the Emma Willard school, hav ing hem graduated with the class of IM7. She has since been one of the most active of the alumna; and Is now president of tho Emma Willard Association, i he alumnse organization. Mr. Sage was hlso mv ( h Interested in the school! At the titiit; of his death the entrance of tho main building was draped In mourning] Mrs. Sige nori.-.-.i that fact when in Tiny nt the burial of her husband's body, and \\:is affected by the action. SOt I. i LISM FOR HA IiES. First Kindergarten Class Formed uruf First Lesson (riven. r the 3.US] c New l'ork Sm lalist Literary Society, an organization of Jeti ciallsts. the first of a i i Sabbath to be formed for the purj>o:.c of teaching so. lal ttiidi-ei), was ■ ■ iterday ■:• So, 237 iway. the Quarter, of Mi- < oomtnlttee In i hargc of this particular school consists of mips Frances Gill, Mrs. Teresa Malkiel and Mra Will lam Ml Miss Gili officiated ai= teacher yesterday to about fifty small boys and giris. .She directed th* children to stand and ping the "Marßeil laiee" and other revolutionary pongs. Then she talked to them of the dignity of labor, and told them they would be taught natural ecience and ethics with tabor as a basis. '''he children at this class, Bhe said, formed the firnt kinder garten class in socialism thst had ever been formed. By this time some of the smallest children be gan to get badly frightened. They did not un derstand a. word that was said, but apparently regarded the lecture as a preliminary to some thing unpleasant, such as the administering of medicine, which, though not nice to take, wa« supposed to be good for hem. ".Vow, children," she said, as on as the lect ure vv.is over, "arm"! you glad you came here?" N it a child spukp. "Wi n't jou tell all your brothers and sisters to corr.o to these classes?" "■Ye", ma'am," shouted all th<? little boys and girls In unison. "And you'll all be members of the first chll >'re- .'s dub of socialists. Aren't you glad nt that?" ■ Some of the children seemed to be doubtful i.- to this, but dutifully replied "Yes, ma'am" again. It was then announced that I tin first lesson was ovi-r and hool dismissed until nexl Satur day — Saturday being the Jewish Sabbath. Ml s Gill said afterward "1 believe the schools will bo a very great success. . I feel much encouraged after seeing the first class. We will arrange our plans bo us to have the 1- •- sons graduated according to the Intelligence if the purlin, and will establish these schools all over Sew York. We will also have a primer "l Instruction in socialism." MRS. GAIJJNGER DEAD. Wife of New Hampshire Senator Stricken in Theatre. Washington, Feb. _ Mrs. Jacob h. Galllnger, wife of Senator Galllnger, of New Hampshire, v. ,-is taken 111 in the Belaseo Theatre to-night and died shortly afterward Senator Galllnger, his wife and four friends went to the theatre to-night an the Ku<\sts of l»aviij Belaseo. The party had Jus-.t entered the building, when Mis. Galllnger swooned, and it at once became evident that she was very ill. I»r. A B. Rowan, of Baltimore, who hap in be near, attended her "While waiting tor the ambulance <if the Emergency Hospital, i >r. Rowan adviaed that ahe be taken, Mrs. Gailinger expired. Death ua.s due t.. an gina pectorls. The body will be taken to her .n X- X Hampshire, to-morrow afternoon. As the stricken woman waa belriK removed to t!.«- lobby of the theatre Mrs. Roosevelt, Asso ciate Justice Moody and othera forming a box party came through the private entrance, it was nol until some timo afterward thai Mrs. RooeeveH waa advised of Mra. GalUnger*! death, :unt ahe was greatly shocked. Mrs. Gallingei was formerly Miaa Mary Anna Bailey, <if Salisbury, X. H. and was married to Dr. Oalllnger aoon after the Latter began the practice of medicine. Two s..n*. I>r. Ralph Gal of this city, tni.l William Merry Galllnger, , ( f New Fork, and a daughter, Mrs. n rold Norton, of Cambridge, Mass, survive her. SURE THE GROUNDHOG WAS OUT. 1 Uy Tele.raph to The Trthur.*- ] Wlnsted, Conn., Feb. B.— To make cure that thi groundhog emerges from hibernation on Candlemas Day, WHllam Messenger, a farmer, set a steeltrap near a woodchuck'a hole last uiifht. Soon after daybreak thia morning he found a dead groundhog In the trap. Messenger nays thai he dlacovered the trap sprung after sunrise, i"" as the mominf «as cloudy he be littves the worst of tta winter la put. MAY CUT THAW JURY. A NEW CHANGE LIKELY. Jerome Probing One Man's Record Deft nee lo Opfiosc Him. fVa the tin,.- approaches when the . as< % of "The People of the State of Ne* York against Harry K. Thaw" will actually be begun, as far sis the taking of testimony Is concerned, the counsel t' 1"'1 "' . fence have found themselves i lore at sea than at any time since the case was first • Wlille tho general line of defence ■emotional Insanity has been decided on. various other is sues, Buch as who the witnesses will be, »*h< will llrst. (fo on the stand, whethei Thaw will testify and who will make the opening address, are hopelessly "up In the air." For two >>r three days the defendant's counsel ■ rI loggerheads thai when tin- of Ihem has given an Interview others have <l^nlfd It. Tester ij f the counsel vv:^ quoted as saying thai Thaw would testify In his own behalf. Another of the counsel was jusi as emphatic In saying he would not, and .■< third said the story was '"utter rot." Thaw. H can be safely said, however, will never *" on the witness stand Th« possibllitj of hiM testifying to events thai happened some time ago, th< i saying that his mind was a blank at the tin-..' of the shooting of White, and also t.-liing what ma; ppened sii sldered preposteroua Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, how ever, will undoul ' put on the stand. It Is possible, as she Is already under subpoena bj Mr. J« rome will call her bui this In consid< btful. Miss Maj Mi • c will undoubtedly be a witness for thf ; ■-.-.. • J( i . ■:..■ r ■ ying on the i xaminatlon to bring oui n ■ nee than b< Ibly can obtain himself. It may safeb be predicted tha th< taking In to-morrpw morning If the prosecution -..us hs \\a> The Dlstrici At torney, It is known, is ug.iiiis: the retention of one of the :■ re Tins man has never been • ■ be < reused, ' ii .it h I Mr Jerome thai make wish i" have him removed from the box. Whil< he is at pn i * iged In business. It Is said that in former years he was well known on trotting tracks. The I* bit terly opposed to any more men being excused It will flk;).» as far and a p-evei • '■' only through the court oven i defence will a cbangi be STATE •■■ CASE READ! Th" prosecution has completed its prepara tion for the direct case. When it > called, whether to-morrow morning or afternoon, As sistant District Attorney Garvan will make the opening address. It will be bo brief th.it but a few minutes will be occupied In Its outline of the events of the night of Jun« 28 Eleven wit nesses are on the prosecution's list for exam ination to establish the committal of the crime They include Captain Hodglns, commander of tho West 30th street police station on the .night of Hi" killing of Stanford White; Sergeant Mc- Carthy, the desk Fcrgp.int that night: Patrol man Anthony T.. i .. be* who arrested Thaw; Patrolman Martin J. Moor*, who u>cK. Ph.-*-.- tn the station hou»e: Dr. Timothy Leha^e. <*oro nt-r's physician, who performed the autopsy on White"? body: Edward 11. Convoy, foreman at the Madison rare roof; Paul Brudl, the flre mac who took the revolver away from Thaw; Harry Stevens, who was nt th* table with White just before tlio murder; Lionel Lawrence, stag. manager of the production; Meyer Cohen, a sons writer. an eyewitness, and Halsey War ren, <>f Little Falls, N. V.. who is also alleged to have been an eyewitness. Warren'n story, it Is understood, 1h at direct variance with that of others who saw tlio shooting. Then there Is the possibility of Mr*. Evelyn Thaw being called by the prosecution, also as fin eyewitness of the traß>"l\. It Is very doubtful, how •■ if the prosecution will call her In that cans I The length of th« trial. and. to a very larg< extent its scope, rests almost, .entirely with th« defence and what testimony it may adduce or direct examination. The District Attorney la prepared to r_ll a number of witnesses in re buttal, but to what extent necessarily depends on the strength of ■he defence. It is generally believed, however, thai a large number of wit nesses will be called ■■ both sidrH and thai their examination arid cross-examination will be vi thorough that predictions were freely made yesterday that the trial ••■ 111 continue until after March 1. and possibly until March l.">. Mr. Jerome will d. most of the cross-exami nation, assisted by Mr. Uarvan, and will make ;)i<> final lummlng up There is sn-ii* uncertainty us to who will make the opening address for Thaw. According <i some reports, 11 will be .Mr. Gleason, but counsel will not say. That Delphln M. Delnin- will do ilmost all of the ross-examinlng and make tl,. dnal I'l'-a to th<- Jury \» generally accepted. CONFERENCE ON DEFENCE. \ ituss'il Peabody, of ThMw'» counspi. yes terday gave out a loni< Interview aft»-r )tp. had conferred with Thaw f.«r nearly two hours. He said thai all the defendant's lawyer* h:td c\\» cussed with Thaw at h loiir conference on FVi <!i> liight the whole field to b«- covered t>y the defence. lioth Thaw and mi;n*<<!, he said, were delighted with the Jury. Mr. Peabody ««s i'Hlu-il aboul an Interview, purporting to be with Thaw, through counsel, In which ho waa Quoted aa saying Up would testify. "1 a n-i absolutely sure that Thaw niad> no such Statement," Mr. Peabody said "I was With Mr. Hartrldge until late lant night and tiothinß aboul any such statement waa sni.i. ; am sure that Thaw did not raako tt. Mr Hart rldge allows liie, in his absence, to say for him that the statement 'li«i not come through him." Mrs. Evelyn Thaw spent more than two hours with her husband yesterday in the Tombs. Bhe waa In good spirits, and whpu Mr. Peabody uiid Mr. Hartrldge Joined her the four had a long conference. Tn<' juror.i were looked up ut thu Broadway (%'ntral Hotel all day and, aside from the initia tion of Bernard Geratrnan. the twelfth Juror, had a ijutet timo. To-day, If the weather por mltp. they will he taken for a drive through Central Park to break th.s monotony or their confinement. ANTECEDENTS OF THAW JUROR. Mlneapolis, I vl<. 2. -11 whs learned to-day that Wilbur P. Steelo. one of the Jurors sitting in the Harry K. Thaw case In New Y'>rk. was for years agent for the defendant's father in Xurth Da kota. Steele Is a brother-in-law of Henry P. Uphara, president of th« First National Bank, of St Paul. Xlr. £-te«l»» borr intimate business re lations to William Thaw, father of Harry, ac ng to men who knew Steel* In rind about Bteele, X D., n town named for him. AUGUSTA. CHARLESTON. SUMMERVILLE, •'10 P M.. '■':-' A. M. and >_• P. M. Unexcelled ser vice via Perm. & Atlantic Coast Une R. K. Florida Information »ur»*u, B'way, cor. 30th SU-AdvC NO COISTUACT LIKELY. GOVERNMENT MAY BUILD. Probability That Oliver Will Not Get Canal Work Increasing. i From The Tribune Bureau.! Washington, Feb. 2. — There are Increasing in dications that the contract scheme for con structing the Panama Canal will be abandoned and that the government will do the work itself. It has been already officially announced that the choice rests between W. J. Oliver and the Mac- Arthur-Glllesple company, the first having of fered to build the canal for a percentage of 6.75 and the other for 12.50. The MaoArthur-GU lesple bid Is regarded as too high, and this firm has Informed the government that it cannot re duce its figure. Its Inability to do so is sup posed to be due to the fact that it has been necessary to offer a liberal share of the pros pective profits to the bankers who will finance the scheme On the other hand, there are In dications that, his original partner having been rejected. Mr. Oliver Is experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining adequate and satisfac tory financial backing, and this is attributed largely to the fact that Mr. Oliver's, bid will not permit him to offer sufficient attractions to those who have the capital at their command. The ten days given to Mr. Oliver to perfect his financial arrangements will expire next Wednes day, and the Impression la daily growing strong er that he will not be abl • to mi •■; all the require ments of the commission. Should his bid be re jected, as at present seems practically certain, there will be left only the MacArthur-GHlesple proposition, which th administration regards as 100 high. It is possible .... President may decide to submit to Congress the advisability of making a contract for the construction of the canal «t so high ;i figure, but it is not believed that the question could be settled at this session, mil that would mean a delay of practically a year, while a revelation of the percentage this association proposed to pay to the bankers would doubtless entull endle-s criticism at the Capitol. On the other hand, the administration la likely M abandon rh« • <-.iitriic! scheme entirely, an.l •rarely Instruct Chief Kngineer Stevens to «■> ahead with the work. It Is maintained thai this would prove a much :nore economical arrangement; an<l closer exam ination of I he features of the contract plan falls, apparently, to reveal the advantages which it ■a;i* formerly supposed to xive. The contract plan was conceived by chairman Shonts, ;md since the announcement of hia rpMg nation was made public, he is taking no Inter est in tlio scheme nr In «he awarding of the n>n iract. so it is probable that its advantages ar ■ not .being presented to th.» President with the s>am<=> enthusiasm a* was displayed by Mr. .Shouts when he advocated his favorite plan. • MR. OLIVER'S BACKERS. Premature Announcement of a Group of Big Contractors. I Hy The Associate ?r«? I Washington, Fob. 2. — Announcement wa^ m^de ■arly this evening thai William J. Oliver, of KnbxVille, Term.. the lowest bidder for th* con tract for i!!p«'n«r «'•«> Panama. Canal, had asso ciated himself tvith i iiunjlVi -<f the nmsi prom inent contractors In Ihn country. Including JiiV-n :*. McDonald, of New York City. These nani^s svere given to the press an representing the as sociation of contractors who. w,ith Mr. Oliver, would undertake to do the work tinder Mr. •liver's bid. Some tlm« afterward Mr. Oliver •eceived <» telephone ni'^agn from New York, md left here ot once for that city. xVt the. name time, his secretary Issued »i statement to the •i.vvspaper m*n that the announcement made •arlier In '■ he evening was premature, ami that the question of who would form the syndicate .f contractors wri* still unsettled. The names ■ i the contractors furnished in Die first an nouncement are as follows: Juhn >■ " .of Nev. York, who built lubway; John Pierce, of New Tort ■ .. ; ■ meni works amounting i I ii •. w 11 Bayi c, of the 1 i tract ■ •. of Sew Y..rk. I*. T Brennan of he Brennan Construction •' pany, of John H Gen isH, of the Rastern Dredg npany, of Boston, and P. T Walsh, of the Walsh Contracting Company, of 1 «. • i re '• rl< X •' St< ven_, of Albany and Wa ton. w h" has agreed to undertake the financial end of the deal, had nn Interview with Secretary r.ift late to-day, but neither the Secretary "' r \l •■ Stevens would make a?:\ statement In . p. .■ thereti*. Mr Stevens lefl here on 'he midnight my. BANGS MUST PAY $4,039. Financial Trouble for Former Part ner of Canal liuilder. An execution for $4,039 against th< partner ship property of Alison M Bangi and Jamea Hughes, contractors, at N'.> 11 Pine street, waa received yesterday by the Sheriff The tion is in favor of the John A. Ro-bling'a Sons ( 'omiit.li> . of N»w fork. Mr. Bangs was a member of the firm of Oliver & Bangs, whose bid to build the Panama Canal was recently rejected by the government. Later Mr. Oliver received ten days In which to make the necessary arrangements, financially, to as sume the contract. A few days later it was an nounced that Mr. Oliver luid made arrange ments with Frederick C. Stevens, president of the Commercial National Bank of Washington; and recently appointed Superintendent of Pub lic Works of the State of New York. Mr. Bangs was th.- contractor for the Soo Canal locks. He la president of the Federal Contracting Company, of this city, which Is cap italized at .$_.tMH».<KN>. Mr. Bangs Is a brother- In law of John P. Gayrior, of the firm of Greene & Gaynor, who were Implicate. l with Captain O. M. Outer In the Savannah Harbor engineer ing fraud cane. At the office of the Federal Contracting Com pany It was said that Mr. Hughes, of the firm of Hang- & Hughe*, was dead, and it wal In ferred the process grew out of technical ad justment of a partnership settlement. BAR A HONA ( 'APTURED. San Salvador Reports Defeat of Insurgent Bands. San Salvador. Ftb. L'.--c;eiieral Barahooa, the revolutionary lender, has been captured by gov ernmetit forces, and the two rebel hands which have been making trouble have been destroyed. <;<neral Psrnsndo t'iKueroa. Presldent-Elect of Salvador, now lias Hie rank of major s> • DEWEYS BAUTERNE AND moselle. White Dinner Wines of Superior Quality. H. T. Deway & Sons Co.. US Fulton St., New York. -Advt SENATOR DRY DEN SICK. Physician Adiises Him Not to Go to Trenton To-morroiv. [By Th« Associated Pr«-«n | Washington, Feb. 2— Senator John F. Dryden, of New Jersey, is confined to his house !n this city through Indisposition caused by the strain of the hard camr-aljm he has conducted In the Benaforshlp fight. Ahhough his family physi cian, of Newark. Dr. Edward J. 111, is here In response <o a summons from the family, It was announced to-night that Senator Dryden was not seriously sick, and that preparations were being made for his early departure to some re sort where he will be able to obtain complete rent. Senator Dry den is reported to he, anxious to keep bis appointment on Monday in Trenton with tha Republican members of the Legislat ure, with whom he asked a conference, but whether or not h« win be able to do s<> will d* pend >vi hLs condition. Dr. 11l has strongly ad vlsed against his faking the trip. HURT IN CHURCH FIGHT. Instructor of St. Bartholomew's ( — Referee Arrested. The condition of John Mason, the young bank clerk, of No. 664 East 135 th street, who was in jured in a boxing bout several weeks ago at the monthly entertainment of St. Bartholomew's Church Club, w^s reported last night at St. Francis Hospital as being Improved. The police last night arrested Thomas Shorteil. of No, t>3l Ninth avenue, the referee of th.i match In which Mason was knocked down, and Alfred G. Harvey, physical Instructor of the St. Bartholomew's Club, of No. fi-U$ West 47th street, charged with a violation of Section 458 of the Penal Code, which makes it a misdemeanor to countenance or take part In a boxing match or to attend a boxing exhibition. They will be ar raigned in Yorkville police court to-day. St. Bartholomew's Club each month holds an entertainment, at which amateur boxers of the various clubs are Invited to meet. It was in this manner that Mason, in th*» middle weight class of the Mott Haven Athletic Club, was matched to meet August Brown, of the St. George's Parish Club, of Btuyvesant Square. This was Mason's second bout of the evening. Mason ami Brown hud boxed one round, and had Just started the second round, when tho for mer received a heavy blow which knocked him to his knees, and apparently stunned him for a moment. He qquickly recovered, and although he protested that he felt all right, the bout was stopped. Mason dressed himself an. joined h!<i father, -.< ho is. a boxing enthusiast, and had ac companied him to the club. and several other friends, and went to his home. The following day he complained of feeling 111, and the family physician was called in. He decided that the young man was suffering from partial paralysis of the brain. '--Her he was removed to St. Francis Hospital, in The Bronx Upon his arrival at the hospital be became unconscious an.l remained In that condition for nearly ion days, during which time a number of experts were called Into consultation. His condition became worse, and the hospital au thorttles. pursuant to the rules in cases of thin kind, reported the matter to Captain La n try. of tha Kant olst street station, who detailed D» tectii Marion and Conroy to find tho princi pals at the bouts so that In ca?e Mason died they could b«» easily reached The young man is a son of Richard F. .Mason. an 6ffleial of the Aletropolitan Life Insurance Company. Mr. Mason *>■•<{ last right that it was the blow that the boy received falling to the floor and not the blow from Browns fist that caused his condttion. :\;r. Harvey, who had charge of the bouts, said lost night that every rrecj..ution was taken to wiff»Ru.-ird against accident, and that the injury Mason received was something that could not be guarded against Eight-ounce gloves were us-d, according to Mr. Harvey, and the floors were heavily padded. M IX KILLED: WIFE HELD. She Sat All Night in Room After Shooting, She Says, I r.y r«;.-f:-.i:-:: t.-> TTi« Tribune, j New burg. N. V.l. 2.— Mrs. Abraham Sea man, of Mat tea has been arrested in con nection with the mysterious death "f her hus band, who was sh"t through the heart last night. Mrs. Seaman is detained until her story of the shooting has been investigated. Sh»» is much younger than her husband, who was past middle age. Seaman had been at hoi because of a severe cold for the last few days. About midnight la>t night there was a pistol shot In the house Mrs. Seaman was the only person in the house besides h t husband She says that when she was awakened by the shot she reached over In the bed and fell a pistol, which she picked up. and placed on a table. She took a seat in the bed rooni and waited for morning, but did not even miiU ■ a light to see what the result of the shot had been. At 7 o'clock she went for a friend. who lived some doors away. 'The friend at once called l>r. Atwood, who pronounced the man dead Mrs. Seaman says that till then she had not thought her husband was dead. Mrs. Seaman's actions, neighbors say. caused the husband to brood, and possibly ho shot him self She is alleged to have had callers, and it is thought possible that one of them fired the shot when upbraided by the husband. BUM ED IN WRONG GRAVE. Man Supposed Dead Found in Jersey City. .I. ■ <:.i; h ••> TIM T: I Troy, N. v . Feb. 2 Thomas Roche, of wicb, Washington County, who disappeared years as ■ j'-'ii waa supposed to tot .!'-ad and burled, has been found i:. Jersej City. Tw years ago be drew 12.500 from a bank, announc ing his Intention of buying •» farm He then disappeared .\t'u-r a few weeks the body of a man waa taken from the North River, and a brother weni to New Tork and Identified it as th i 4.i 4 . of the missing man. it lies to-day tan _ Cambridge cemetery, with the name ■Thomas Itn: lie" on th< tombatone. The real Roche u:is found on Friday hy his brother. He was working for an .-xpress com pany in Jerae] City, rumors of his prewace there having reached Greenwich. He ghres no explanation ..f I. is disappearance. THROW DOWN AMERICAN FLAGS. [). .iiver. Feb. '1 -Declaring they did not like the American Bag and would have nothing to do with it. two Japanese boys In the Corona E day threw down nic tia^s and rushed owl of the ranks during drill. Japanese boys in the other schools of th* city have never taken part in the Sag drill, but t!ie two in the C school never rebelled before. Scores of angry mpn and women ar.- t.-'.iking; of th<* S;;n Francisco situation and threatening to appeal to the school board to compel the anese boya either to pay homage to Am customa nn.l the nag or stay awa> fi\>m the schools. The Japanese in the schocls hen.- refuse Xq mingle with the American pupils. PRICE FIVE CENTS. : <'\\ARCLQUD''ArHA&TOtt] HAS NO BASIS BUT HOT AIR — —^— — — — r Administration Condemns Infiam< matoni Utterances About Japan, [From Th» Tribune Bureau.] "Washington, Feb. 2.— There la no diplomat!* crisis in the relations between the United State* and Japan and no danger that there will he war now or at any future time, unless certain unrea sonable Californlans. aided by certain Irresponsi ble newspaper publishers, provoke It. The ad ministration regards with undisguised Impa tience the efforts of some papers to exaggerate everything connected with th© relations of th» two nations into "crises," "acare.V and "sensa* tions." The administration Is convinced that thus far even the attitude of certain Callfornlai-S has not strained the relation- between this coun try and Japan, but It condemns In unmeasured term* Inflammatory utterances such as Senator j Perkins made to the Geographic Society in "Washington last night and Representative-elect Hobson has recently given to the press. It la' positively asserted that there is nothing In tn« San Francisco school situation to warrant even,' talk of war; that the stories that unusual mili tary preparations are being made are absolutely false: that the report that steps were belrt* taken to expedite the construction of fortifica tions in Hawaii and on the Pacific, beyond tha ordinary progress of such works, Is unadulter ated sensationalism and absolutely without foundation; that the assertion that the. manoeu vre of the Pacific squadron constitute a menaoa to Japan Is simply ridiculous, and that there it nothing to strain the relations between thii* country and Japan except the pertinacity wltK which certain persons and newspapers persist in crying, "War! WarP when no war is thread *ned. It is declared that sensible persona must ap-i predate that the relations! between nations re main friendly so long as common sense and good humor are component parts of such rela tions; that when these depart there is likely tn» be trouble, and that the surest way to destroy good humor and drive away common, sense Is to Insist that war Is imminent, discuss every rollH tary move of each nation, and incidentally tn Intersperse the discussion of how long war will be postponed or how soon precipitated witH ] pleasing reference.* to "yellow bellies" an.l slmM lar complimentary terms toe frequently applied! to the natives of the Mikado* empire by sens*- Uss belligerents and excited sensationalists. With regard to the manoeuvres of tha Paclfl<v Squadron, it in pointed out that they occu^ every year, and. as it happens to be the Pa-l clflc. lauron. they do not occur on. the At lantic. But it 1% emphasized that they consti-j lute no more of a menace to Japan or ■ prep-. aration for war against that nation than Him manoeuvres of the Atlantalc squad-on in th« Caribbean Sea constitute a menace to Great. Britain because they happen to occur Inline— j dlately following the recent performance of th» Governor of Jamaica. THF. VISIT OF CALIFORNIANS. The assertion that th* President has aske<l certain officials connected with the school system of • California to come to "Washington. '41 ordfr ~~ that he may "throw a scare Into them" is also declared to be unqualifiedly fal*«\ The President has no such purpose whatever. His purpose is simply to discuss rhf> situation with the San Francisco officials and to show them how greatly to their advantage ft would b* to sacrifice a. minor preference regarding th« admission ->f Japanese children to their schools ir. order that he may obtain tor them the Infinitely greater advantage of comj'l^tc exclusion of Japan«»s« Correctly 'o appreciate th* situation as it affects California, it must M remembered thai when Congress met the California delegation, a.- though anxious that the exclusion of " : i BSM cooHcs should be accomplished as a ■ sun of t protection to American labor on th? coast, rm-i no hone of such accomplishment e*c»pt as th» result of a lor:^ asrit.ition In C«>nj:r<**!>. a -■:trsrl'» tthh-h rnivrht Involve several defeats and po. I*siMy1 *- siMy ultimate succew. To th*lr irr^at nizrprlse. whether they !><>«■ admit it or not, th«j Pre»i-' (i'-nf has, through diplomatic channels, been iMa to brl!>^ about wn understanding between thi* country imd Japan whereby h.^ has almost! accomplished the exclusion .»•> earnestly f -eslmi by California, and. indeed, by all tho Tacltia Const, and Just at this juncture the !<"w.al authorities »>f San Francisco, rathfr than Facr! flce what they consider to be their right +% manage their own school system, pursu-? I courfc" which blocks the Pr**sid*»rit> nrgotiatioTi* and renders it impossible for him to obtain for the Pacific Coast the far greater gooj nhfch* he It. almost accomplished. Th* President believes, however, that * her* the facts are laid clearly before the local au-» thorit es. and especially when they go baeft^ and make them known on the coast, there will be a radii change or" sentiment, and the Sar» Franciscans will be altogether tco farseetng* and too patriotic further t.> pursue a policy.' even thou.nh they regard that policy as wholly! within their right, which must deprive then* of the greater benefit and leave their laboring men still subject to the unrestricted competition of Japanese coolies. Faith in the common sens*? of the people — no« the politicians California is the President"* watchword just now. together with the belief that the senseless n.nd troubler.iaklnj? reports ln\ the sensational press will soon make their au-^ thors ridiculous, and that accordingly the "wan with Japan" heading 1 will soon give place tc* the "Thaw trial" heading, or something equalli| delectable. Incidentally it la asserted that the reports that the Japanese of Hawaii are arming, drill* Ing or murdering the Americans, and that Jap-» anesi secret agents are photographing Philip* pine defences, mining Philippine harbors an<l making fates at Philippine officials may be :i», counted in advance or preserved only as tha product* of the fevered Imagination of .«pac* writes. 4 CULLOM CRITICISES PERKINS. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, chairman of th* Committee on Foreign Relations, called at th« White House to-day to discuss the situation, with the President, and when he left the Exec utive offices hal a few remarks to make about alarmists In general and Senator Perkins la particular. "When are we going to war. Senator? he was a— rd like to go t.. war with Senator Perkin» for that talk he made last night." replied Mr. Cull. .in "AH this talk about war with Japan i » tomfoolery; It's the worst kind of bosh, and Is not worthy of any one's serious attention. Ther« is no more likelihood Of our going to war wltU Japan than there is of our fighting China of. Russia or Greal Britain. Do you suppose that two great powers like the United States and Japan are going to tty at each other's throat* THE SOUTHERN'S PALM LIMJTED- From New York on Time. From Washington on Time. Arrive St. Augustine on Time. No *Hh« Tr-^ u> "Ti U oWi.r 1 -- MB -w. ) .-v -