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Pflf HOPE ON ASSEMBLY ]M(7.VG PEOPLE ACTIVE. a v phe* Men Think They Despair o f Changing Senate Line-up. jp>- Tdepraph to The Tribunal ihiuiy June —Efforts of the kind which re- A m .'\h» defeat of Governor Hughes* s anti f truck gambling bills by the Senate at the " f legislative session are being brought into ** 1^ with Assemblymen now. When the I^ejtis rlß*r 18 * r««««embles next week these efforts will wioubled. The assertion was made to-day. **_!!,» with F<>WTlin authority from important 00 e track poor l^ and hors* owners, that the As *2y would eitlier kill the bills outrißht or T^Ttbein along" until adjournment time, and jjea in them go by default. ■ Much interest is being shown by the few lcgis rs and politicians here in this new and "kisK feature of the work of the racing ftn at 5 Hitherto the racing people have not •Jdcrrd the Assembly worth bothering with, a consequence the two bills were parsed in *"| t House at the regular session by overwhelm votes. Then Speaker "W'adsworth. while per ally opposed to them, was on record as not "oorfug them ir. the Legislature. Friends of «jhP erasures now are discussing the statement yen out by bis father in Buffalo recently that % bills wrre sure to be killed again. Hughes men say This new move of the racing Imprests show* they have failed to change the .j^.ur In the Senate, and the bills will be 1-sed there by twenty-six votes. That presup- L*,.* th« attendance of Senator Foclker, of _ Triokl yn. now recovering slowly from appendi citis. Bacins people maintain stoutly that Foel l^r will not be able to be present, and It is known that they are doing all they can to con- Tinf ■•■ that he should not endanger his health by coming out too soon. Certainly, if jY*]ker does not return next week the Gov ernor's me? res will be In a bad way. Even his return, this flank attack by way of the Ajsembly. now bitterly hostile to Governor Huphes." puts the Governors measures in a ,»rious position, while anti-Hughes men-say , haticaJly that if Foelkor comes they can rtirrr the Senste. Governor Hughes returned to this city to-day frcm New York. He- declined to say when he •maid srjid in his recommendation for the wiartmerT of the anti-race track gambling bills. irbirh he has held back thus far during the wrtracrdinary session because of the illness and consequent absence of Senator Foelker. 7j. Goverrr also declined to discuss the Sen ilofe condition. At present the Governor seems to be in rather a difficult position. The L«egis laro^ practically has served notice that it vffi quit next Thursday or Friday because of th* Republican National Convention. Governor Hughes does not want to recommend the racing Relation until he is certain of Foelker's prcs «w; the latter has said to friends that he •B-oul'd not come here until he was needed for the vote. If. after the Governor had recom- TiKided fl» passage of his measures, some con tiT«*TKT should prevent the Brooklyn Sen ators attendance, the bills again could be riansrhtered easily by the Governor's enemies, srid the Governor thus left without any ready jprthod of continuing his campaign this year. It mar be that the Governor will rot eend ia hi* message on the gambling bills Monday m*t, contenting himself then with a message or. th* bovine tuberculosis situation, over which Jam<?rs and the State Agricultural Depart nirat are trni^ concerned. In that case his wnmnttndatlmi hardly could be made later than Tuesday it it were to receive consideration, unless I* accelerated the. course of the bil& v H fnfrgmcy messages. TAYLOR TO BE OS HASD. His Wedding on June JO Cordis Denies Rumors. jfjj. -T>]«<irrapr. to Trie Tribunal Middle own. N. T.. June s.— Senator John C. B. Taylor, of the Orange- Rockland District, = *to. it was reported, would not be at Albany to vote m the anti-racetrack {rambling bills because of his marriasre. and .subsequent trip to EuTt^. will be married on June 16. Invitations for tse wedding of Senator Taylor to Miss Jpusette Beake.s. daughter of Mr. and Mr?. Jerrys Alonzo Beakes. of this city, were issued ■ Tuesday. Senator Taylor has announced ... he will be present at the meeting of the Legislature and vote, first, last and all the time la favor of the anti-racetrack betting bills. Kinmon. N. T.. June '..-Senator John M. Carflts. of the Ulster-Greene District, return^! to his home to-day after calling "'• Republican party lea-d-rs in Brooklyn yesterday, and de nwJ rumor? that lie im-nd«»d changing his vote on the anti-racetra<k gambling legislation. Sen- Mar Cordtc voted for the Acnew-Hart bills at th« roeular wsrfon of the legislature. THE GOVERNOR'S ENGAGEMENTS. Albany. Juno |M '''I- W. who returned ttHiay from »■»- York, li»« no out-of-town en wjrraerns until r.«-xt Wednesday. In the morn : r - hp will .... . the commencement exercises rt Union University, at Schenectady. On the same rght he is to attend the commfucmont exercises rf Fordharr. College. KELSEY APPOINTS HARTFORD MAN. Albany. Jun« t— ln accordance with the action of »• recent fusion of the legislature in creating » he. bcreau of audit in the Suite Insurance De- J*rtm*m. io examine financial statements reported hy ir.ituranrp companies. Superintendent Otto Bel •t; appointed to-day Joseph H. Woodward, of Hartford, Conn., as auditor and ... .1 actuary « the Sew York City office "i the department. "' ■aasaaal ralai? of v ..... Mr. Woodward will im- MSjsfc assunie charge of his office and secure MBMSSTT ssK-i^tarits. COL. HODGES ON CANAL COMMISSION. by Secretary Taft to Succeed Jack son Smith. Ta*hry-'r ■.•« L IllnHlMT Taft announce M*v the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Harry F. Hod^P. oorps of engineers and chief pur <*W-nK cSeer» of the. iFthmlan Canal Commission. w a niem^r of the commission 10 succeed Jackson ■■fth. resigned. Lieutenant Colonel Hodges will ■«** fall Mai ,-, the army- He Is to be assiFt •« to Chairman rwllntl and with him will have **».nl supervision of the work on the canal. He •>« for years b~n a member Of th« lighthouse •"■wd and ig on ;h* board of engineers for riven *** harbor*. Secretary Taft also announced the appointment rt .-Major Carroll A. DevoL quartermasters de triment, *.„ ha * been on duty in Washington as • rancher of th* General RtH fr. to be the head of the department of labor, .... «»d JMMhkt) with l^adquarters on the isthmus. M « «•!.: be teal ■<■) in Ma work by Major Eugene V Wilson, of the artillery corps. The plare of S*g Purchasing oarer, made vacant by th.- ap **«JUMr of Colonel Fiodses on the commission, 'K&J to Captain Prank ■• Hogs*, corps' " *"" •*»•-> who is now assistant purchasing officer. I-**- S. R. CERTIFICATES TAKEN UP. Ti * Central TniFi Company and William A. Bead Sp h*\* pp U rr»ia>o<J the $3..V«»//iO one-year » per 111 «"-i-f,... to in- ism^d by the receivers " f ** M<r(?jio!!tan Str^i railway Company .. .] '•■ *? T «rk City Railway Conipahy! Tli" certiflcsteii, * to l,r. di^'jfun^ 15. will «»e a first li«*n *j in . . d> pn^rtiea and income of ih<- comp*: r- 1- v .<J«t ib,. ,-f rhp rourt no addi'ion:il Xtr *' <-"r!fir-pi,« .~q n ins i*Kue<l without pi**: ••V' !h«i r^,. r! „..«,}< phVij be used to take u;> Uw <sttoßs ttoB am- l 0 lttue4 . ARMY A S\) NAVY NEWS Big Battleship Fleet Will Not Be Divided. [Ilia The Trlbunf Hureau.7 Washington, June 5. FOR BXCQURAGEMENT OF PKACF..— Navy Department authorities are not inclined to consider with much favpr the proposition that a Part of the Atlantic fleet be left on the Pacific uaaat. One nimciUoii has been received which contemplates taw .separation <.f the fleet, so that eight of tile battleships shall remain In the Pa cific and tin* rest of the command shall return to New York, arriving at that place about Kehruary 22. The naval advisers of the President are firm in their belief that no advantage can be gained by this course, and that military security will best, be preM»rv*»d_ by keeping the naval lighting force toKt'ther. This represents a unit of power which will be impressive and influential in proportion to Its aggregate strength Even with all the ships on the Atlantic (.'oast, it would only he a matter of three months to place the entire command in the Pacific Ocean in rase of need. and, with a mobile combined naval force at the disposition of the gov ernment, a possible enemy would be deterred by the prospect of certain pursuit and equally sure punish ment. The big fleet would not have to be in the noiphborhood of the object of attack. Th« fact that it existed and was able to move in the direc tion of trouble would be in itself sufficient to dis courage hostilities. ORPBUS IfIBUBD.— Th« following orders hay« been issued: ARMT. Lieutenant Colonel XL.I D. HOTLE. «th Field Artillery, from Fort s-locum t.> his regiment. Following first lieutenants detailed captains in ordnance department, from July 1. to stations Indicated: HARRY B. JORDAN. Bth Cavalry, to Rock Island arpenal; GLEN F. JESKS. coast artillery corj>e. to Frankfort arsenal; FREDERIC W. HINRICHP. Jr.. coai«t artillery oorps. to office chief of ordnance, Washington: ADAM F. CASAD, coa*t artillery corps, to New York City. First Lieutenants THOMAS R. DOE. RICHARD C. RfRLEPON and JOHN LUND, detailed captains in ordnance department. First Lieutenant? OTHO V. KEAN. Ist Field Artillery. CHARLES B. GATEWOOD. WALTER M. WIL HELM and BIRCHIE O. MAHAFKEY. coa*t artillery «"orp!> and Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER W. MAISH. 12th Infantry, detailed to fill vacancies first lieutenants, ordnance department, to New York City. Major JAMES ITLJO. retired, detailed professor of mi) itary science. North Dakota Agricultural College. Farßo, from August 27. Major JOHN H. STONE, medical corps, from army of Cuban pacification to Newport News. Leaves of absence: Captain MATTHEW F. PTEELF.. 6th Cavalry, on« month from August 15; First Lieu tenant FRED V. S. CHAMBERLAIN. 2d Infantry, three months. Second Lieutenant RALr*K W. DRURY. oth Infantry, to Fort Leaven worth; examination for promotion. NAVY. Captain .1 B. COIvLINP. detached the Brooklyn; to command the Indiana. Commander "W. S. BENSON, detaclie.s Naval Academy; to command midshipmen's practice squadron. Lieutenant Commander a. P. ROBISON. detached th« Tennessee; to the Pennsylvania. Ueutonant Commander F. H. CI^ARK. Jr.. to the- Tennessee Lieutenant F. D. BERRIEN, to Naval "War College. Midshipman R. K. TURNER, detached Naval AeaJ en y. to the Milwaukee via the St. Lou!?. Midshipman R. C SAITLET. detached Naval Acad emy; to the Kansas July 1. v M!d.-hipman G. F. BRYAN, detached the Illinois: home, four months' leave. Surgeon F. C. COOK, detached Naval Academy; to the North Carolina. Passed Aasistant Sunreon C. d. SMITH, to naval "hot pital, Portsmouth. Passed Assistant Surgeon T\". N. M'DONELU de tached recruiting station at Buffalo; to the Severn. Passed Assistant Surgeon .T. M. BRISTER. detached naval hospital. Puget Sound; continue other duties. Assistant Burgeon C .T. HOLEWAN. detached training; station. Fan Francisco; to the Axethusa. Second Lieutenant J. MARSTON. commissioned In marine corps. MARINE CORPS. CaptuJn C. C CARPENTER, detached marina barrack^, r.aw x-ard: to naval prison. Boston. Captain D. C. M" DOUG ALL. to headquarters, special duty. Captain L. M HARDING, detached command marine, barracks. Sitka, Alaska: to command marine bar rack*, naval station. New Orleans. Captnin TV. C. nARLEH. to navy yard. Norfolk, tempe rary duty as captain- marine corps rifle team. rnjUlm H O. BISSETT. H. L. ROOSEVELT, assistant ' quartermaster, and P. M- BANSOX. and First Lieu tenant E- A GREENE and Second Lieutenant U. K. SHEARER, all to Washington, examination for pro rtetlrhed navy yart. Wajhir.gton: R. B. CRKECT. rte tarhed second nava! district. P. A. CAPRON and lieutenants N. A. EASTIiXN P. A. CAPRON and v H DREES detached School of Application. An napolis: all to innxine battalion. Isthmian Canal Zone. Second Lieutenant J. NEWTON detached headquarters; to marine barracks, nary yard. Norfolk. MOVEMENTS OF "WARSHIPS.— Th« following movements ©2 vessels have been reported to the. Navy Department: ARRIVED. June 4.— The Dolphin, at Washlrirton: the North Caro lina ana the Hartford, at Annapolis; the Rocket, lit Mare Island. Jim* 5. — Th? Clattanocpa. at Swato-iv. SAii*rcr». Jim, , 3— The Dolphin, from Annapolis, lor Washins'on. Tnri « 4 —The «TheFt»r. from Newport, for Annapolis: the' Nina and the rhin*«r. from Newport for navy yard." New York; the Rejief. from San Franclfco, for Mare island. Th .-b-st^r ordered to navy >=»»'■ Portsmouth. July 10. from shakinjr-do»-ncniipo. The Pcorpion orin«l in reserve, navy yard. RnMon. The iorr*do boat Bapley. ordered from Naval Academy to navy yard. Norfolk, in reserve. U. S. WANTS CONSTITUTION ISLAND West Point Board of Visitors Inspects Es tate of Miss Anna B. Warner. We., Point N. V.. June al— Although here unoffl ciaUr the right members of the board of visitors who' arrived on Monday are none the less deeply tested in the affairs of the. Military Academy. They are Siting the carious department* and giving do** attention to the oral examination of th- cad***, which began to-day. , „ 8 known that the government is seeking to a^uire possession of picturesque Constitution Isl and situated in the middle of the Hudson River. We-, Point, and owned by Miss Anna H. W.r *„ the aged author, who. with her recently de- [£*?. Susan, has lived there half a century. With this in mind, the board paid a visit to the ,si «„ to-day and the Congress portion of the boar., mlnif-ted much interest in the prospectne pur ™C late .-.iay there was an exhibition drill given' by the second and third classes. BUILDING OF BATTLESHIP AT BROOKLYN Washington, June 5.-Work of construction on the „. ', • «;.,.,„ battleship, to be built at the Brook ™ ;; v v yard. will be*in shortly. William J. Bax 'er naval* constructor at th« Brooklyn yard, con ■";"'„ chief ronslruct or Washington L. Capps ve^terda in this citj in regard to the preliminary work necessary before construction Is begun. S.XTY-N.NE DEFICIENT AT ANNAPOLIS. Washington.. Jun- .V-Sixty-nine students In the J^n^^Srd^a-d fourth clas.se, »t the Naval <Ms year have been found deficient m ZTr ." U. in their final On ::.J i^ 6 Ojli u-re in Class 2 twenty-one in fJaa« 3 ! and tnes" w . _ Thirteen of the students 'nirfe dropped n"e wiU be turned back, others SS be rt examined, and S om. will be allowed to resign. ._ [__ . ,n, for the •ummer U »lway« ■ perplexing: M T TlfeS.ln.er Report Number «f The Tribune r.:"no"r» «... Jon. Order It .t onre. -. .her. will i,. a biß dtrnand for It. PRESIDENT WILL DO all he CAN. Replies to Communication of Banker Favor ing Porto Rican Citizenship. [By Telegraph to TI.« Tribune. 1 . " liel June 5. John S. Rossell, a . T£S£ who presented the Wilmington Z A o Trad, on a recent trip to Porto Rico, and poard mmun .«.-d with Preside,,, Roosevelt this ''" '. of dtteei-Wp for th,- Porto Rican.. ::;;.;:i:;;;; l from the President ,o-day. The !71 i,siye reads: The White House. ' Washington D. C. .Inn*? 4. 13'»'«. -.r- Mr lV*b 'hi*P called to mv atten My PMrflT! r -,,',^ ,d instant. I -hull a K a-rj lion your •*"r l^ ,n f Congress to pass a bill 11 C ; "-^"'.i, ™-I.lp ni.on the Potto 81-. W. To ...nfririns ■ iU7 \'l\ ' ,Lih!e tint lh«T#! should be oh "" U '%!" o"> nJss"c» «f "hli leg-nation. All I .x'm' d" r *:!i d- 't'i \r< 'i" • i "" nOOSKVEF.T. . . . ; , i»ri In thi* |;gg; iveral thousand DsMtttmlnlH Porto ia New York. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, JUNE 6, IDOST. KLNG ON WAY TO REVAL A MOVE TOWARD RUSSIA. Queen and Princess Also on Board British Royal Yacht. London, June 6.— King Edward, Queen Alexandra nnd Princess Victoria started for Reval to-night '•n a visit to the Emperor of Russia. A large suite accompanied th*» royal party, including Sir Charles Hardince. Permanent Und,er Secretary to the For eign Office; Sir Arthur Nlcolson, British Ambassa dor to St. Petersburg: Admiral Fisher and Lieu tenant General Sir John French. They reached Port Victoria at 11 o'clock to-night and boarded the. Victoria nnd Albert, which will sail at 4 clock to-morrow morning. The cruisers Minotaur and Achilles and four de stroyers will meet the yacht at Kiel and escort it thence to Reval, which should be reached early on Tuesday, when Emperor Nicholas will entertain his guests at luncheon and dinner aboard the Rus sian imperial yacht Stamlart, King Edward return ing the compliment to the Russian Emperor and Empress on board the British royal yacht on Wednesday. It is expected that Emperor Nicholas will visit England in the autumn, but this has not yet been definitely decided. St. Petersburg. June s.— The results of King Kd ward's visit are being keenly canvassed in political circles here, principally with regard to its relation to Germany, against which the broad trend of th« King's recent policies is supposed to run. Serious politicians are of the opinion that King Edward's statesmanship has now to face the hardest test, the establishment of more intimate relations with Russia, on whose soil ho. will be the. first English king to set foot. The task, however, will be made easier by political necessities. Public opinion here is ready to meet England more than half way. All political parties, except the extreme Reactionists, regard an Anglo-Russian accord as natural to the completion of the chain of Franco-Russian and Anglo-French ties. Subjects to be discussed at the meeting by King Edward and Emperor Nicholas will take a wide range. Particular attention will be given to ques tions relating to Morocco and Macedonia. regard- Ing which the need of a common Anglo-Russian- French policy is especially felt. The Austrian suc cession also forces to the. foreground the question of Central Europe., in which Russia is vitally In terested. Anti-German sentiment, which has been arti ficially stimulated by the recent Slavic reunion in St. Petersburg, has aided the movement toward a,n agreement. The participation of Austrian delegates In this conference has been askance at Berlin and Vienna In spite of protestations of its peacable in tentions. The Russian police, recently dispersed a meeting of Pan-Slavic delegates at the office of the "Slovo," and this action la taken to mean that the govern ment believes that the movement has pone too far. Significance is also attached to an article in the official "Rotisia." which, while speaking warmly in favor of the meeting between the King 1 and the Emperor, says that the suggestion of any new grouping of the powers at present is impossible. CHINAS GRATITUDE TO AMERICA Plan to Spend Returned Indemnity by Edu cating Young Men Here. Peking:. Juno X.— The government is at present engaged in framing a plan for the education of Chinese students In America. It is proposed to pay to American schools and colleges the greater part of the Chinese Boxer indemnity, -which was can celled by the United States and returned to China, and to Fend two hundred students annually to the United States for a period of ten years. The Kin press Dowager is reported to be in favor of American education after the students have re ceived a training under the Confucian system. Prince On, son of Prince Chine, president of the Board of Foreigm Affairs, and Liang Tun-yen, assistant secretary to the Board of Foreign Af fair*, have been chosen to receive the American fleet of battleships at Amoy. THE RUSSIAN NAVAL SCANDAL. Douma Unanimous in Demanding Trials for Divulging Secrets. St. Petersburg, June 6.— The Douma began to-day the discussion of questions regarding alleged faults in the construction of the cruiser Rurik. After hearing an explanation from Admiral Bostrem. Vice-Minister of Marine, it passed a unanimous vote of dissatisfaction and demanded that those guilty of communicating the secrets of Russian gun. shell and armor construction to the. English firm which built the cruiser be brought to triaj. I Admiral Bostrem shifted all the. responsibility for the Rurik to the preceding ministry and denied the right of the Douma to ask questions about the naval administration. His words were received 1 with marks of the strongest disapproval. At times he could scarcely he heard because of the hisses and angry murmurs of the members. He admitted the truth of the charges regarding the communica tion of construction secrets, but said that this, al though a crime in time of war. was permissible in time of peace. The rejection of the battleship appropriations Reeni< assured. M. Kolubiakin, Constitutional Democrat, said there had not been the slightest improvement in the personnel of "the navy since the terrible lessons taught by the war with Japan. He cited secret documents showing that a great majority of the Russian naval officers shirked sea duty In favor of \ sinecures ashore. In 1906, he said, there were 3,211 1 officers at sea. 881 men short of the. required num 1 ber while 4 392 were ashore. M. Kolubiakin said I that many of the more difficult branches of the ser vice were incredibly neglected, the submarine boats i and destroyers being commanded by scarcely a ' quarter of the necessary quota of officers. ! EIGHT STRIKERS SHOT AT VIGNEUX. ' Vigneux. France*. June 6.-Gendarmes. who at ten pted to arrest a striker, were surrounded by two hundred workmen here to-day. The police, used their weapons, killing two workmen and wounding I six. NOTES OF FOREIGN NEWS. Tort of Spain. Trinidad. June s.— There have bePn tWO cases of bubonic plague here, both of which proved fatal. No new cases have, been re ported, and every precaution is being taken to pre vent a recurrence of the disease. San Juan. P. n.. Jun? B.— Charles W. Vogel. parsed ' assistant surgeon In the United States Health and Marine Service, has arrived here. He will sail next week for Venezuela, to Investigate the bubonic, plague situation there. Paris. June Th« thermometer registered 91 degrees in the shade here yesterday, and this record was equalled by noon to-day. Paris June 5.— EMe Mapaldes. of Aurora. 111.. who has been in business in this city for several years has become demented, and it has been found necessary to send him to an asylum. Guanajuato. Mexico. June 5.-Two women «re known to have been drowned, a score of persona ire reported missing and property to the value of 120 000 was destroyed late yesterday by the break ing of the dam across the river at, this place. A 101. of lightning struck and destroyed a smaller dam just above the main structure and the rush of water broke down the latter. St Petersburß. June 5.-A deputation from the International Navigation Congress, which open^ n this city this week, was received in audience Emneror Nicholas to-day. It included Major James C. Sanford. of the Corps of Engineera. U. S. A. »•• .nrii •{ c . June s.— Announcement was made by .i nrovincial government yesterday that no by the woM be l ; atued for the sale of liquor in ' 'v, .t.on camp- atoM the Gra«l Trunk Pa-inc "' nnent ha» had hundred. «f apUlleattona, ref«~d U X.. H.._- v n. b. , ... Prince Rupwi i,. n a : . The < »id Man River a« Me Winnipeg. •""'- -;; w l " nn ;.. W id«. owing to heavy 1.*...! Albert-. U now* "^ vf)state<i and the ritas. t'°; vlan , * 5 The power hOUM .1 M'T-'-i town In thr* a '*, "*« fell into th- river this morn- Bi : u . : !^e'..i'o I*** und-rn.ined- EXPLOSION ON CRUISER ( nntiniird from Hmt ii»K«- and stayed at their pofts to the last. Tb<^ acci dent served to demonstrate the complete effi ciency of the naval fire drill. There was no confusion. Dr. W. A. WeJdoa, marine sIUVCOfI a' Bsil Pedro, has been ordered to bring eight of the most seriously wounded to the marine hospital at the Lcm AngelM Hospital, leaving here at I o'clock a. m. to-morrow. The men will be car ried each on a separate cot. the Pacific Electric Company furnishing a baggage <ar for the met). The four dead sailors will be buried with sim j-le naval ceremonies at 2 o'clock to-morrow a. irrnoon on Point Firmin. overlooking San Pedro Harbor, in a cemetery reserved for naval dead. Rear Admiral Rebree. when seen on hoard the Tennessee to-uicrht. said: "The explosion VU one of those accidents which cannot be provided against. I had just completed an Inspection of the engine room when a coal passer, half scalded, dashed past me on his way to the deck. Lieutenant Com mander Robinson had already given the orders used in an emergency, and the men hurried to their posts with admirable dispatch." <'aptain Howard gave out the following type written statement on his arrival in San Pedro: About 11 o'clock a. m, to-day, during full spee-1 trial, a boiler tube burst in No. 3 flreroom aboard this vessel. George Wood, water tender: V.. C. Bopjrs. fireman, second class: A. Reinhold. machinists' mate, second class, and <leorg» Meek, fireman, first class, were killed almost in Btantly. The severely injured are Stematis. fireman, first .-lass: F. J. Burns, coal passer; R S. MaxfiVld. fireman, second clasp, and J. P. A. Carroll,, fireman, second class. Philadelphia. .Tune President H. S. Grove. of William Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Building Company, builders of the cruiser Ten nessee, when asked to-night about the bursting of a boiler tube on the war vessel, said that th*» boilers were purchased from another concern, as were, other internal fittings for fhe craft, and wore inspector] before installation by govern ment inspectors. Charles H. Cramp, director and former president of the company, speaking in the same, strain, said that the water tubes used on the Tennessee were of the most modern type and as good as any in use. They were In spected at the place of manufacture by th* naval constructors, and he could assign no pos sible reason for the accident. The armored cruiser Tennessee wa.s launched on December 3. lI>O4. at the yards of the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, in the presence of fk>v ernnr Frazier <>f Tennessee and his staff, and a large number of distinguished guests. The VPSS pI was named by the sixteen-year-old daughter f>f the Governor, Miss Annie Keith Frazier. The Tennessee, with the Washington, preceded Admiral Evanses battleship fleet to the Pacific, sailing fmm Hampton Roads October 12 of last year On ihat voyage she was the flagship of Rear Admiral Trie! S«-bree. The Tennessee now is attached to the second divis ion of the first squadron of the Pacific fleet. JAPAN'S CAMPAIGN IN COREA. China Refuses Request to Station a Few Troops Across the Border. Peking, June B.— Cliina has refused Japan's "re quest for permission to station twenty men in <"hi lIPS e territory, over the fnrcan border, for the pur pose of jtpprehending leaders of .'orean insurgents who make their escape in that direction. Seoul. June 5.— The movement to suppress the in surrection is now- general in Corea. and an ag proysive campaign has been begun. It is officially announced that in the nine days ended on June ♦ sixty-nine engagements occurred between Japanese ami ("mean troops and the insurgents, in which 372 of the rebels were killed and fifty-five captured. The Japanese casualties have, not been given out. FRENCH NATIONALISTS EXCITED. A Newspaper Makes Appeal for a King — Gregori's Rooms Searched. Paris. June S. The Republican press Is unanimous In deploring the attempt to kill Major Dreyfus, and believes ir has injured rather than aided that cause. The fury of the Nationalist papers, however, is un bounded. "I/Action Kranqaise" fires a broadside which recalls the most exciting days of Dreyfus and Boulanger. At the head of its columns this newspaper prints a statement by Charles Maurras which the authorities probably will investigate. In this article the writer says that on Wednesday nighi "m resolute j.-itriot 1 ' ''sited M. Daudet and Ueutenani Boisfleury and oftced to kill Dreyfus. but his proposal was rejected. A leading editorial in this paper appeals to the country to turn to the Duke of Orleans for redress and concludes with these- words: "Do you desire that Zola's body N» ejected from the Pantheon? Do you desire to inarch Dreyfus to the execution block? If so in voke your kiuc." The decision of the Court of Cassation fo cut off the tlrre for an appeal, the paper says, was illegraJ. It adds: "What w» ask for Dreyfus is not six balls from a revolver, hut the twelve bullet* of the execution squad." •Oregon's sister says that h#-r brother recently showed symptoms of melancholia. Gregorl was t:iken to his apartment to-day while. the police made, a thorough search of his room*. Nothing of importance was found. The builet in Dreyfus's arm has not yet been found. The doctors say that the condition of the patient is satisfactory. THE ZU EULENBURG CASE. Vienna. June s.— The Vienna court, at the request Of the Berlin Supreme Court, lias summoned a number of well known persona to testify to-morrow regarding their experiences with Prime Philip zu Kulonhurg. with whom they had friendly relations during his tc»-m of German Ambassador here, from ISO 6to l'l).'. Berlin. June f>. — The "Tagliche Rundschau" pub lishes to-day under reserve a statement that the Inquiry In connection with the charges agalnm I'tinee Philip zu Kulenburg has compromised a great nobleman who until recently was a high of ficial in court. The Emperor Is said to have dis missed this noblpinan from all his offices and re rjuested him to leave his official residence. RUSSIA FEARS SHAH'S DOWNFALL. St. Petersburg. June 5. — The situation in Persia, according to reports re<±eiv*d here, is steadily going from bad to worse., and a dispatch received here to-day has aroused fear of a speedy end of the reign of the. present Shah, Mohammed All Mirza, and the possibility of. foreign intervention. Re sponsibility for this stare of affairs Is attributed largely to the Shall himself, who, to use a phr.iso of ■ representative of the Russian Foreign Office, is "going to the dogs as fast as he can." The re port that the Shah has retired to the B.igeshakh Palace, near the capital, is confirmed. This move, however, is officially explained as a mere change of summer residence. There is excitement at Teheran on account of the uncertainty of the po litical Situation. The bazaars have been closed. GERMAN OFFICERS KILLED IN AUTO. Brunswick, Germany, June s.— Lieutenant Com mander Assmann and First Lieutenant Johannes Fritzsche were killed, and First Lieutenant Klman horst and the chauffeur, a man named Kicke, were ■even Injured in an automobile accident near 1,,.],. to-day. As the car was entering a village, the chauffeur, in order to avoid running down a girl on a bicycle, put on the brake- The machine la said to have turned a double somersault, falling on the occu- I mts and crushing them. The entire, party was from Kiel. Lieutenant Fritzsche was a prominent sportsman and an ex perienced autoniobilist. and was entered in the race for the Prince Henry Cup on June :• He was also an airship inventor, and his horsepower aero plan" was to have been tried on June 2S in th» presence of Emperor William RECEIVERS' FEES CUT REDUCED *."> <»>o EACH. Knickerbocker Trust Saves *.'.'<> ."'>" by Appellate- Division Ruling. The receivers. and their counsel, who were to get $75,000 each for their work in putting the Knicker bocker Trust Company on its feet after it? sus pension' last fall. through the order of Justice Clark, of the Supreme Court, had their allotment. cut down to $10,000 by the Appellate Division yester day. In the decision, written by Justice Gaynnr. the Appellate Division says the "amount allowed was so grossly excessive a* to amount to a spoliation of the assets of the trust company, and the order must be reversed or else modified for that reason. To allow it to stand would implant general distrust of the administration of justice. After Justice Clark announced his decision on March 2S the state appealed. The receivers were Ernst Thalmann. Henry C. Ide and George }.. Rives. They were appointed on October 25. 1907. and served five month,.*. George \\'. Wickersham ..cted' as their counsel. Mr. Thalminn said the receivers believed they had earned fully $75,000. The decision, while written by Justice Gay nor. was concurred in by Justices Woodward. Jenks, Hooker and Miller. It says: It was in order, .in the said accounting and dis charge of the temporary receivers, for their com pensation and expenses to be fixed, and ordered paid out of the assets before they should be turned over to the trust company. That is the settled practice In the accounting of executors, trustees and receiv ers. It Is not necessary, to institute a separate proceeding for that purpose, and it is never done. It Is part and parcel of the accounting. The claim that the court had no jurisdiction to fix such compensation and expenses is therefore without foundation. But the amount allowed was so grossly excessive as to amount to a spoliation of the assets of the trust company, and the order must be reversed or else modified for that reason. To allow it to stand would implant general distrust of the administration of justice. The temporary receivers served for only five months. The allow ance of $75,000 to each for compensation and th« same sum to their counsel, in all the great sum of 5300,000. is so disproportionate as not to wear the appearance of unhampered judicial discretion and judgment, but of having been arranged by agree ment between the temporary receivers and th" di rectors of the trust company, and adopted by the court inadvertently or without the exercise, of its controlling Judgment and discretion. This also appears from the peculiar form of th» order-viz.. that the sums" fixed should be paid provided the trust company consented, which its officers promptly did. Inasmuch as the. first duty of the directors' of the trust company is to be dili gent to have these charges upon the funds of the; trust company fixed as low a.« possible, It seems strange that they should send counsel here to argue In favor of the compensation as fixed below. II i imparts a strange moral aspect to the case, to say tho least. It Is urged that the court should not assume a paternal supervision over the directors of the trust company, but should be satisfied with or let pass what they are willing to do in the premises, but if there could be any force at all in such a sug gestion in any case this* I* not such a case. Mr. Thalmann said that Justice Gaynor had no more ability to judge the. amount of, the fee than he (Mr. Thalmann) would have to take his place on the bench an.l decide cases in his court. The receivers, he said, had handled over $1&\000.0<V> in their five months' work, and had accomplished their duties so well that they had actually made money for the company Mr Thalmann paid his compliments to Attorney General Jackson by declaring that he was only seeking notoriety when he brought the suit and that he had no Idea of th» value of the work per formed or of it* magnitude. "We invited him on several occasions to come down and review our work he added, "but he never came near us. and. as I have stated, he had no conception of what we had to do or the intellect and ability necessary to accomplish it successfully. Perhaps he thought we ought to do it for nothing." Under the law to give the State Superintendent of Banks the power to liquidate a banking institu tion the heavy expenses of a receivership will be done away with. This was shown in the case of the Home Bank of Brooklyn, which resumed busi ness last Thursday after having been in the hands of the State Banking Department for forty-two days at a total expanse of only $1,200. At the same rate the cost of the Knickerbocker receiver ship would have been 94.200. i W here to *» for the *umm«r In nlw»T» * perplextn* nroblMn. The gammer I{«-*ort Xnmlwr of The Tribnne to-morrow will rv.ide T""- Order it at onre "" there wUI he ■ blr demand for it. LARGE FEES DEM ED. Justice Doxcling Cuts Bills of River side Co m mission ers. Jostles Rowling, in the Supreme Court, not only denied yesterday the application of the commis sioner* appointed to condemn the property to be acquired by the city for the extension of Riverside Drive and Parkway from 135 th street to the Lafayette Boulevard for an extra allow ance, but cut the amount of statutory fees asked for by them for sessions held between June 11. 1907. and March 14. 1908. from J3.250 to $1,240. The application of an engineer named Waters, who was employed by the city and engaged by the commissioners to assist them in preparing the as sessments to be levied on the. property owners for the improvement for $2.03) for fees at the rate of $10 a day during the same period. Is denied by Jus tice Dowling. In his opinion, Justice Dowling says: There is no claim that the commissioners have been guilty of any fraud or corrupt practices but IT is claimed that their deliberations have been unduly and unjustifiably prolonged, While they should be compensated for services actually ren dered for the period in question so far as the same were necessary and proper, no adequate necessity appears for the extraordinary number of executive sessions claimed to have been held by th I n have examined the record carefully and have reached the conclusion that the commissioners under no possible theory have earned more than the amount chargeable for costs for sessions on the following dates. Justice Dowling then gives the dates, and alkma for five sessions when testimony was taken, for nineteen when objections were heard, for three when testimony was taken and objections were heard for two part of which were occupied In taking testimony, and for fifteen occupied in par! by hearing argument on objections, making a total of forty-four sessions. He continues: Based on the actual attendance of the applicants at thei. sessions, as shown by th. minutes the following sums, and no more, will be awarded to the resDectiv*. commissioners: To jranK k. ilotiffhton J440 to John P. O'Brien. $430; to John RrnSi' No ground whatsoever is si-own or the ' compensation asked for the engineer Waters nor d-.es the necessity for his continued da"lv services to the commissioners appear and therefore his application for the sum of lUM '» denied. ■ ("■'■' - . PACKERS AND BURLINGTON PAY FINES. Kansas City. Mo.. June 5- Three packinsr com panies and one railroad company, convicted in 1906 of rebating and sentenced to pay fine* a KK re gating JfiOOOO. handed to the clerk of the Cn.ted Sfn re«. Court to-day a check for the total MMMBI of their tines plus cost.. The fines were ea.h J15.X10 and were paid by the Armour Packing CfW pany ' the < udahy Packing Company, the gwtfl Company and the Chicago. Burlington A yum.-v Railroad There Is still a fine of equal amount again«t the Morris Packing Company, of this city. FAILS TO KILL FAMILY: SHOOTS SELF. Frederick Rocraft. nfy-eiglu years old. ..: N.. 181 Cnion avenue. W'llliamsburg. tried early > ester day to wip« out his entire family k% rtnr.sr fees shots at his wife and three children. U'nen be saw he wr»s to he arrested. Rocraft fire.l one bullet Into hts own brain, killing himself instantly Two bullets struck his wife, li.t she will ree«vei Th« children were not hit. Rocraft had nit worked f<»r three years. Neighbors say that he had h»-en drink ing for a week. He had frequently threatened his family. PEARY'S CREW ON THE WAY HERE. Sf. John's, N. X.. June s.— Captain Bartlett. sail ing manager, and a crew of eleven sailors start to-morrow on the Allan Line steamer Siberian for New York, where they will make their start for the north on Perry's ship Roosevelt. Captain Hart lett asserts that if the Roosevelt is fortunate enough to gain the point* reached in the. last at tempt the task of reaching the !'.>:<• will be easy. The crew which •will accompany Cap*in Ban let t. are: Mose Bartlett. mate; John Murphy, second mate; Denis Murphy. Robert Ryan. Charles Pom eroy. James Murphy. Matt Ryan. Patrick Sk«*ns. Andrew Skear.s. Mich.a»l Handrisan and Patrick Joyce. Weak, Underfed School Children. Tour sympathy for them can be turned into sure and. prompt- re lief by sending sums large, or -■':.! '! "'" to the X T. "Association"; for" Im proving the Condition of the Poor. . R. S. MINTURN. T-.aa. Room ZIZ. No. |0.1 EaM tzd l«t. K. FULTON CUTTING. Pr-»ideaf. i WHEN IN : # I GERMANY 1 0 t i ii z-URJ: TO s/-;/-; # W i 9 Crtnfeld's Linen Store. £ (► If, 21. Leirzijjer Street. Berlin, W. T |» C»n Mills: l.ande?hut. Sj| M i. # '[ A«k (or Iliuatratnl Prl. • I •'_ ? tAo A Rent* anywher:. 0 "MOr PASSF.S [)I\ IDEXD I Stock Declines X early T:cn Point* at Close of Market. Th" directors of the Mtp«ouri PaciSc Railway Company yesterday afternoon decided to pass the* semi-annual dUid'rd The announcement, which camp aft»r the close of th« market, was not unex pected. President George J. Gould paid, r^srardln* th«» boarri> action: ■The board of directors thought It • cons»rv»tlr« policy not to pay a dividend at pr^"»nt. atthou*!i th« company's earninxs ■would Justify contlnalag on a 4 per cent basis." From 1&32 to 1900. Inclusive, th« company paid rv» dividend*. In 1901 2*-j p««r cent was iwW. and into. 1302 to i<¥*7. inclusive. 5 per cent yearly waa paid. In January of this year th<» directors declared th« usual semi-annual dividend of V,i per cent, bat I January of this year the directors d«clar*d th« al semi-annual dividend of Xi per cent, toot able In stock at par. Th«r» hay» to«aa r«port» that a similar declaration would b«» mad« at tbia tim**. Mit th« bent opinion for several weeks -aa been that the dividend would b« pa— ad «itir»ly. Missouri Pacific stock closed yesterday at 49, th» lowest of the day. a net decline of 174 point*. WESTERN MARYLAND NOT TO BE SOLD. Winslow Pierce Denies Rumors — Certificate* to Cover Equipment Notes. ; IBy T«le*r»ph to Th» Tribun«.J Baltimore, June 5. — Federal Judy«» Morris •»• ; thorized -Receiver Bush, of th« Western Maryland Railroad, to-day, to issu* receiver's certificates for $ 1.100, A00 to take care of the company's equipment ! notes. The certificates run two years at 5 per cent interest. Winslow Pierce, of New York, Geors:'* Gould'* j associate, has had a conference with Mayor Mahool j and Receiver Bush. Mr. Pierce Informed th» Mayor • that there was no truth in rumors that 'Western Maryland would be sold to the Reading or any other railroad, bat that th« owners wet* trying to work out a situation that would prove advanta«»oti» to both Baltimore City and the railroad. MOVE AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS. New Store on Site of Old Broadway Taber nacle To Be Opened To-day. Roger*. Peer & Co., outfitters, moved last night from 32d street and Broadway, where they had. be«n for twnty-two yearn, and this morning they will open their new store in the Marbridg* Build ing, on Ike former site of the old Broadway Taber nacle, at 34th street and Broadway. The new store is one of the first large clothinjc establishments in the United States to be com pletely equipped with cabinet.*, or wardrobes, art adaptation of the familiar household w»r*mb», which has long helped out N>w York's lack of closet room. It has remained for Rogers. P«-t & Co. to take tip the system on a large scale. Fifty car loads of these cabinets and their accessories wer<* needed to fit up the two floors and part of th« third foor— approximately *•••• square fret— which Rog ers, Peet A Co. occupy in the Marbridse Building. Kvery overcoat, every suit, whether for men, boys or children, will be hung up on a hanger just as it would be under the best conditions In the home. The cabinets were made of rich mahogany by cabinetmakers of the highest skill, the s»m« work ■MM who are doing the interior work, of the new public library. In order to avoid monotony and not to obstruct the clear view of the whole store. the cabinets were made in different heights, but m the main part of the store they are less than four feet high. ________ * WANT STABILITY OF PRICES. Ex-Judge Gary Says Manufacturers Seek to Avoid Violent Fluctuations. Ex-Judge- K. H. Gary, chairman of ths United States Steel Corporation, when asked yesterday if he had been correctly quoted In an interview re porting him as having stated that he *»• not a, stickler on holding price*, but was willing to do what he considered would benefit the Industry, said: • -What I intended to say was that the mana facturers of steel ha-ve never stood for the doctrine of unalterable prices: what they stand for !« sta bility of prices and the avoidance of sudden en* violent fluctuations. After the opinions of all pres ent at any of the meetings have been expressed these opinions have been accurately «*ven to _• public. •Of course, when any one speaks of future me tion it must necessarily be the expression of an opinion, and should be so considered. I believe that the steel manufacturers generally will main tain friendly relations and that everything that they do or decide will be Intended for the beat In terests of ail concerned In the subject. Up to tss) present time they have been Influenced largely by the majority of their customer*." Reports from Pittsburgr that the price t>f steet billets had been cut $5 a ton were said last**! circles here to be without foundation. TROLLEY CONSOLIDATION PLANNED [fly Telegraph *"* The Tribune. Springfield. Mass.. June s.— Plans were announced to-day for a consolidation of th*» Berkshire trolley lines and the establishment of trolley communica tion between Springfield and Plttsfleld. by connect ing the Western Massachusetts and Berkshire sys tems The legislature will be asked to pass a bin providing that the R-rksh.te company may con struct a railway to connect the. system with the summit of Greylook Mountain, extend its line south from Great Barrlngton through the town of Shef field to the Connecticut line, and connect this ex tension with the town of Kgremont. The extension* will involve an expenditure of X.m.m The (Inane Ing will be done by the .New Haven Railroad, which operates th« lines. SCOTCH STEEL PRICES CUT. Glasgow. •' ■»'■•• 5.— Following the lead of Amertcv the' steel maker* of Scotland have reduced prices all around by five shillings a ton READING SHOPS CLOSE TEMPORARILY. Reading. Perm.. June i. — The Reading Railway Company's locomotive shops here closed to-night, to r.Miiim idle to-morrow and all of next week. The suspension Is >1i»- to the curtailment of mining operations. About fifteen hundred men are affected. CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE EXPULSION. The expulsion of F. W. Bos«-hen. of Montreal. was announced on the Consolidated Stock ExcU*ng« yesterday morning. In explanation of the action the president of the exchange said that after Mr. Foschen's failure on May it he was summoned t<» appear befo'e the proper committee of th« •*- ihanc«» to explain th» reason for his failure He failed to appear, and was summoned before the ho*rd of governor*. For falling to appear >««f(jr» the board he *m »»pelled from the aach*n«e. 8