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ELGIN CREAMERY CO.. 220 8th at. n.w. 'Phone 11. 8148 U. mh38-Hin-10 11174. 180*. JNO. MILLER & CO. C=0=A=L. irrn and a n.w. 829 pa. avh. n.w. 8TD AND K N E. SD AND O 8.W. Orlers promptly filled. ap20-14-tf "OLD BOYS" ORGANIZE. Fremont and Lincoln Club Formed for Campaign of 1904. The charter members of the "Old Boys' Fremont and Lincoln Republican Club" met In the banquet hall of the Hotel Raleigh Saturday night, the meeting being called to order by ex-Gov. Sydney Perham of Maine, who was an elector for Fremont and Day ton In 1S.VJ, and afterward a meml>er of the national House of Representatives. Mr. E. N. Marble, former commissioner of patents, was elected permanent chairman, and will make arrangements for the first regular meeting Of the club, which will be held some time after the close of the Chicago convention. Col. \V. S. Odell of Indiana, past department commander of the G. A. R., who voted for Lincoln, was secretary of the meeting Saturday evening. The members of ttie club are interested In the selection of the first president of the organization. It was stated Saturday even ing that the office had been tendered to Senator Cullom of Illinois, but that no definite answer h id been received from blin. A constitution was adopted, one article setting forth the object of the club and another defining the Qualifications for hon orary membership. Active menit>ershlp Is limited to men who voted in 1832 for John P. Hale. In 18S6 for John C. Fremont and in 1S?) for Abraham Lincoln. The two articles of the constitution men tioned above are as follows: "Object: To use all lawful means In Its power to assist In the election of a repub lican President In 1904 and thereafter, and to secure to the American people, through the republioan party, the greatest good to the greatest number." "The parents, and the descendants of the parents, of the men who voted for Hale or Fremont or Lincoln may be elected as hon orary members of the clubs organized under the constitution. Such other persons who may have distinguished themselves "In the services of their country, or in the service of the republican party, or the descendants of such persons, on the recommendation In writing, signed by three members, In which such distinguished services shall be stated, may be elected to honorary membership." The charter club Is to be a central club, and will have a central committee of nine members, whose duUes shall be the organ isation of similar clubs throughout the United States. An Invitation was received and accepted to attend the celebration of the fiftieth an niversary of the birth of the republican party by .ill the republican clubs of Wash ington. This meeting will take place In National Rifles' Armory on July a The "Old Boys" have been asked to occupy front seats on that occasion. Food for Thinkers | Grape-Nuts I because it's a | BRAIN * FOOD Get the Uttle book, "The Road to Wellville," In eaoh pkf. World'* Fair Exhibit. Space 103, Agricul tural Building A BOOM FOO OITT Illinois Waking Up to His Availability. WELL KNOWN IN WEST SENATOR CULLOM BELIEVES HIM ACCEPTABLE TO PRESIDENT. An Active Campaign Begun in His Behalf?The Trouble With the State Democrats. | Special CorrcwpondPnoe of The Erentng Star. CHICAGO, June IT. 1904. j Illinois republicans have at last awaken | ed to the fact that If they would secure for a citlsen of the state the honor of sec ond place on the national republican ticket they must set down to work and have be gun an active campaign in behalf of Con gressman Robert R. Hltt Senator Fairbanks has been heralded far and wide, not only as the favorite of east ern republicans, especially those influential In Wall street affairs, but also as the per sonal choice of President Roosevelt. Re publican leaders of the state now declare that the latter belief Is not correct. They assert that Mr. Hltt Is just as acceptable to the President as a running mate as the Indiana senator and declare he will be a much stronger candidate than the latter, because of his genial, winning personality and his frank, open polltlcul methods. Sen ?hlle n pin of unques tioned ability and high character, they say Is a statesman of the cold blooded gum shoe sort, who is not the kind to win votes among the masses of the people. Mr. Hltt th^K>rxUg.hly.,kn0wn and warm|y admired throughout all the west and local politi cians admit his nomination will tend to strengthen the party In this state and rouse whloh 13 n?eded owing to the bitter feeling caused by factional fights. ir ?eneraI Payne - was quoted CullomKnn i r7a conference with Senators Cullom and Hopkins as saying that *he PVhor Congressman Hltt or lmT ?r o an.k/ would be equally pleas i fi ? i . sl<lent- Telegrams are also said to have been received from other mem ^?rs..0,( "?e President's official family say lnp that he has no choice between Hitt and r an rijinks. "I believe Congressman Hitt will be nom inate,!. said Senator Cullom last night 'is bad a long and Intimate experi ence in the affairs of government and Is a *reat He Is a genial, high m ffntleman. and has all the personal qualifications for so high an office. I am satisfied he would be satisfactory to Pre? ldent Roosevelt. Before Hitt went oast I asked him to see what there was behind the claim that Fairbanks was the Presl hf? ft ^?ice- i11"1 1 hnvp a telegram from nL J , convinces me Mr. Roosevelt has no preference ,n the matter." State Politics. Gov. Yates is said to be slated for the chairmanship of the state delegation to the national convention, though Senator Cullom has declared that he Is entitled to the honor by virtue of his heading the list of dplegates-at-large and his seniority in pub lic life. "I suppose It Is to be the first gun In !te "S?afn Jda7 for the Unlted Statps Sen ate. said Senator Cullom. "It will be his vl.rs hl ,e "ght t0 take m>' sca'P two will haveC?'hi JFantJ? My the governor Ttart^ on rnad t0 travel when he starts on that game. Charles S. Deneen, the republican nominee lanrfth-Thf; 'S ?.uPJ?r?ng Yates' efforts to land the chairmanship in pursuance of their bargain at the convention, and will also It Is said, aid Wm In his ambition to become national committeeman. r,iT^e 5.?\?rni>r has been Industriously loo ping off heads of state employes who oo. fn-fuonh fl^ht t?he,r?cec.t gubernatorial nom d^claratfon t'h?f ea himself with the to H ?? . U. e men who have sought to defeat his administration, being out of !2. Eathy wlth "? cannot give the nubile the hearty service It deservfs He farther f'tes In Justification the action of the na tional government In dismissing, with the Macrum tL^ civ1' ^rvice fomm^ion! Macrum. the man who published a text book for use in the public schools in which United State?. UP?n the Preslden' <" the Another McKinley. There is likely to be another William Mc Kinley In the national House of Repre SZuf!'Vea' and hla friends assert he has abilities that warrant the belief that he wlli fnrtT 'n h'S IIlustrlous namesake's steps and finally occupy the chair once held by Chios lamented son. This time, however If he is successful, it will be ? vrV m i-. ley of Illinois." William B. McKlSley Sf kiT B". S " nominated by the r. tPlon ^rnr-n'ne,eenth con^ssional conven tion for Congress. This is the district re , resented by Congressman Vespasian War etc!ronthe ETC S'thv-? of the leading systems of Illinois as 1 ll as eastern roads as *eU r,V^OCrhatl?, P""11" In Illinois are in a rather chaotic state. The mli-nn^f L of?TheSleaders"havan,d "uzzl!^ 'hat moll condition of mind ever'si nee "hi democrlTio "? ruled hy sold democrats of gation ?omthTrst l'\e St,rilK:' foun(1 lts ^le gation to the fat. I^ouls convention with iron-clad instructions for Wm. R Hearst a radical of radicals. nearst, a Ex-Mayor Hopkins' Triumph. One man alone Is not bewildered. His ^m_e.!' John p- Hopkins, sometime mayor of Chicago, foe of Harrison, enemy to Bryan; overthrown and discredited by his party locally for years, yet today cool smiling, triumphant, the master of the state organization and bearing the laurels ?'?Ve ,"f tho m,,st daring and astonishing any ot'lre/state.eVer attempted In this or From the stature of a thoroughly UD-to sawrs u i. ZittaTSis; BHm s: 1 he peculiar triumph achieved by Hon klns consists in his having absolutely domi nated and mastered a state convention which was opposed to him and Ms views on party questions by at least 2 to 1 Br slK-er nerve, audacity and true Irish wit lie ruled a convention of more than l,4on dele gates. not one-third of whom were friendly to him. and compelled them to accept the officers he named and adopt his tdatfnr? Y'! a? the I'st of d^egatcs he pre pared for the St. Louis convention. Thla may be called something of an achieve 8K TSX.S.^ ? Conditions were favorable for Honklns' triumph. First, there was the war of Mayor Harrison, his own inveterate foe, on Hearst. This prevented an alliance between them against Hopkins' forces. Second, there was the mad determination of the ?eafi^i !ea ,0 wIn Instructions for their candidate at any cost. Third TTonirinn heIJron?rol?Mh th* "tat? comrnlttee which he controlled, the power of effecting the temporary organisation of the convention He assumed the power of namlnsr the tem porary chairman and secretary of the con vention by virtue of a clause In th, insti tution of the party giving that power to the w > comm'ttee. Not only that. he cleverly announced several days be fore the convention that the convention itself would not be permitted to approve or disapprove of the man selected fSr teml rary chairman?that the delegates under the constitution had no voice in the mat This ?tt a construction not warranted by precedent or law, the courts having fre quently ruled that a party convention la sovereign as to It* own organisation. But It created consternation among the Hearst men, who saw at once ? aehetne to con trol the convention by the Jbrcea and prevent by might of the gavel In ?tractions for Hearst. Mr. F. Dunlap. Hearst's Illinois manager, was a can didate for national committeeman and from the strength of the Hearst movement in this state it was believed h* would win the honor easily. And so he would If Hop kiss had not played his masterly game. The Hearst men were so badly alarmed by Hopkins' prop-am that, even though they knew their own strength, they were afraid to trust to it. They tried bluff and bluster first, and that not availing, at the last moment, they humbly surrendered to Hopkins on the lat ter'* promise that "If they would be good they should have their Instructions for Hearst." They threw over Dunlap and conceded everything to Hopkins, Including the complimentary reference to Bryan and the Kansas City platform that they de sired Incorporated In the platform for the sake of Hearst Instructions. Hopkins carried through his program without a slip. Amid riotous protest his chairman ruled the convention absolutely with the gavel. He first unseated 219 Hearst men to make his victory mot* cer tain. Even then on the only roll call his chairman granted the convention the vote against him was more than two to one. The Hearst men got their instructions, but now Hopkins smilingly announces that it is a hollow victory for them since Hearst stands no chance of winning at St. Louis, and he cites a ruling of the last national convention to the effect that instructing are not binding on a delegation after the first ballot. The great majority of the delegates chosen are Hopkins men, and strongly opposed to Hearst, and It seems morally certain that they will not cast more than one ballot for Hearst. Thus has the overwhelming sentiment for Hearst among democrats of this stete been blocked by Ihe astuteness and trickery of one man. CLEARING CLUB OF DEBT. Efforts in Behalf of Takoma Organiza tion?General Items. A special meeting of the Takoma Club and Library was held Saturday night at 8 o'clock In the club house on Oak avenue, Takoma Park, for the purpose of taking steps to relieve the financial embarrassment which has existed In the club for several months. At the meeting President Louis P. Shoemaker occupied the chair, with Mr. Arthur A. Jar vis serving as secretary. Mr Cassel Severance, treasurer of the organi zation, was present. The meeting was practically, a continua tion of a similar one held a week previous when the same subject was discussed and a postponement taken. In order to liqui date the cluo'a Indebtedness it was unani mously decided to Increase the dues of the active members of the club from $1 to $2. To secure the payment of the rent of the club hourfe due Mr. J. Vance Lewis, owner of the rroperty, for nearly a year pnst. It was decided to transfer the owner ship of the bowling alleys to him. The ath letic committee was Instructed to arrange with Mr. Lewis for securing the alleys for use of the club members either by renting or charging per game. The amount of funds on hand as reported by the treas urer will be used for paying the present month's rent and outstanding bills. The finance committee appointed at a re cent meeting of the board of governors of the club, composed of Messrs. George A. Warren and A. J. Poiters. was instructed to collect dues of members in arrears and obtain the views of absent members rela tive to the plan which was adopted at the meeting Saturday night. A report was re quested from this committee to be rendered at a special meeting which will be held Sat urday, July 2, at the club house. At this meeting the future of the club as a social organization will be determined, and if the club Is to be continued the annual election of officers will take place as well as the election of members to fill vacancies on the board of governors, whose terms expire with that meeting. The present f?ature In the athletic line of the club is duck pin rolling, which has been given quite .in impetus by the members of the club. This sport has been substi tuted for tennins. and as a result has fur nished an interesting field of competitors, each with excellent scores to his credit. The highest scores over the hundred mark up to the middle of June and the ten players are as follows: Frank G. Favorite, 106. 109, 110, 120; Arthur A. Jarvls. 103, 109. 114; Dr. A. V. Parsons. 101. 102, 1<*>; Charles B. Go sorn, 106; E. R. Mueller. 101. 101, 102. 103, 104. 105; J. R Derrlok, 10tt; D. J. Mattlng ly, 108; A. D. Shamel. 102; W. S> Matting Iy. 101, and John R. Adams, 101. Mayor J. B. Kinnear, who has been on an extended trip in the west on business of the Treasury Department, returned to his home on Holly avenue Friday evening. Messrs. Alvtn King of Maple avenue and Eugene Kinnear. son of Mayor Klnnear, have returned from Cornell University, and will spend the summer with the relatives In Takoma. ? , ? Mr. A. G. Daniels of the Seventh Day Ad ventlsts, who recently returned from an ex tended trip In Iowa and other western states left for South Lancaster, Mass., to attend the meeting of the Central New England conference at that place. A telegram has been received by the trus tees of the Seventh Day Adventlsts an nouncing th'it the Piedmont Sanitarium at Hickory, N. C. was destroyed by fire to the extent of J3.000. but tha all of the inmates of the institution were saved. The sanita rium was located at Hlldebran. N. C., and had Just been put in readiness to receive P^ProftSJ. W. Lough head, principal of the Mount Vernon Academy, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was a recent visitor to the trustees of the Seventh Day Adventlsts in Takoma Park. W T Bland, assistant treasurer of the building committee, has up to the present time received donations amounting to $11, 544 47 Which will be added to the one-hun dred-thousand-dollar fund for the construc tion of the sanitarium buildings at Takoma Park. expresses his interest. Gov. Montague Hopes for Rehabilita tion of Kindergarten School. Commissioner Macfarland today received a letter from Gov. A. J. Montague of Vir ginia, in which the governor expresses the hope that Washington will be able to re habilitate the Phoebe A. Hearst Training School for Kindergarten Teachers. Gov. Montague mentions his interest In kinder garten work and expresses his concern over the condition of the training school's af fairs. The governor's letter to Mr. Macfarland, dated at Richmond, June 17, is as follows: "Dear Mr. Macfarland. My attention has been called to the withdrawal of financial support lrom the Phoobe A. Hearst College for Kindergartners in your city and the consequent embarrassment of the Institu tion, and being advised of your Interest In the college I take the liberty of expressing my concern at the unfortunate state of af fairs. "I am much Interested In kindergarten work and fully appreciate its value as an educational factor and training for citizen ship, and would dislike to learn of the dis continuance of the college, for Its influence has been directly folt In the Richmond Training School for Kindergartners, whose leader. Miss Parker, is a graduate of the college, and whose graduates, In turn, are successfully conducting the public school kindergartens In this city. "I simply write to express the sincere hope that Washington will be successful In its efforts to rehabilitate tho Hearst college, and that the great work of the institution may not be curtailed or impaired." Death of Mrs. Quinn. Word has been received here of the death at Sorsogon, P. I., of Mrs. Quinn, wife of Lieutenant James F. Quinn of the Philip pine constabulary, which occurred about April 20 as the result of an accident. Mrs. Quinn was awakened during the night by tho discovery that a lamp hanging from tha celling of her room was all ablaze. In at tempting to take it down, the lamp broke and she was fatally burned by the biasing oil. She was buried the following day In the National cemetery at Manila. Mrs. Quinn was Miss Anna T. Remmel, and was formerly secretary to Mr. Frank H. Thom as. a local Insurance agent. She was mar ried to Lieutenant Quinn, whom she had met In this city, in Manila in April, 1902. and leaves a baby boy about five months old. No information regarding the acci dent has been received at the War Depart ment. Cannot Exempt Taxes. Hopewell H. Darn el lie, tbe District as sessor. has reported adversely on the appli cation of the Natioqal Reform Bureau, tor the exemption from taxation of its property on Pennsylvania avenue near 3d street southeast. N**VmVfVW?4MM9 9WW9WT99WWVV ?VV?9?9tWyg9TW wwww^-.-v.-.-TV.-fv?<? > " General Furniture Department?ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Floors. Manufacturing Department, 5th Floor. n o : 631 to 639 We are anxious to make a big reduc= tlon in the number of pieces of Upholstered Furniture we are carrying, as we have large a stock for this time of the year, is a thoroughly good stock?excellent So quality, attractive io pattern?and now that we have reduced prices so extensively, espe= dally attractive from a standpoint of value. The pretty 3=piece Parlor Suite pictured above has hand=polished frames and is covered in good quality damask. A sub stantial and tasteful little suite that you could hardly hope to get under ^ Special Price = = = = = ^ ?v<pL> \J Carpets cleaned-Mattresses remade-furniture upholstered 'JAPS GET INNEK FORT I I IMPORTANT CAPTURE INSIDE ? ?7T PORT ARTHUR REPORTED. ' 1,000 Men Lost in Engagement?Five Japanese Ships Sunk in a Russian Sea Raid. A cablegram from Chefoo, June 19 (mid night), says: There Is current here a Chi nese rumor that the Japanese have cap tured one of the Inner forts of Port Arthur, losing 1,000 men In the engagement. It cannot, however, be confirmed. A cablegram from Llao-Yang last night says: For the first time since the beginning of the war Gen. Kuropatkln has taken per sonal direction of the operations, and In consequence of his having assumed the of fensive results very different from those following recent events are anticipated. The tactics of the Japanese are admired here, but their strategy criticised, espe cially with regard to the battle of Vafang tlen (June 14), which may truthfully be called an artillery engagement. During that battle the Infantry extended over the field farther than the eye could reach, one division covering six miles. In spite of the fact that up to the pres ent the happenings have caused uneasi ness, the possibilities of the southern situa tion are thoroughly appreciated. The naval attaches have abandoned their plan to visit Port Arthur and are going to Vladivostok. The military attaches have left for the southward, in anticipation of important developments. Admiral Kamimura Blamed. A cablegram from Tokyo last night says: The Japanese transport Izumi, which was reported missing a few days ago, was sunk by the Vladivostok fleet off Oshima Island last Wednesday morning. The Island or Oshima is situated near and northwest of the western entrance of the Tsugaru strait. The Izuml was returning to Japan and carrying 108 passengers. The crew took to the boats when the Russian fleet was sighted. The armored cruiser Gromobol signaled for the boats to approach. They compiled, and all were taken on board and confined between decks over night. Thurs day morning the non-combatants were re leased and sent aboard the Japanese ves sel Unko, which brought them to Maizum. The Russian vessels are reported to have sailed in the direction of Hokkaido. The raid of the Vladivostok squadron has brought an unwarranted amount of criticism upon Vice Admiral Kamimura from the Japanese, and his failure to catch the Russians in the fog off Gensan, off the coast of Korea, when the Japanese transport Kinshiu was sunk on April 'JO, with a loss of about 200 men, has been recalled. Some of these even declare that If Vice Admiral Kamimura fails to catch the Russian vessels before they reach Vlad ivostok he should' either resign from the navy or commit suicide. The popular de mand for his replacement Is growing, but the public Is without ^formation as to the nature of his orders., op the plans of the naval campaign,"ft"n3'rails to make allow ances for the imitation of conditions. Many pflt^rs Killed. A cablegram fpom,.jilnmlntun, yesterday (via Peking), 6^ys:,,.,Mukden Is muzzled; no news can gqt o'ut.^rom It. Gen. Pflug, Viceroy Alexlefffa ch^ef of staff, claims that the big battle at \y?fangow was a Rus sian victory. fJevertieless, the survivors are despondent,.; The, wounded from Wa fangow are filling the hospitals In Mukden. The Russian casultia? were 3,000, including two generals, several colonels and thirty lesser officers. Among the last Is a son or Count Benckendorff, the Russian ambassa dor at London*.. Young Benckendorff is missing, and It Is reported was killed. American Ship Searched. A cablegram from London last night says: The Dally Mall this morning prints the following dispatch from its correspon dent at Hakodate, Japan: "The master of the American bark Jamea Johnson, from Shanghai, reports that on the morning of June 18 his ship was stop ped by Russian cruisers at the western en trance to the Tsugaru straits and searched. After being detained for two hours the captain was ordered to proceed." To Improve Tenth Stret. Am the result of a hearing recently grant ed by the Commissioners to representatives 0f the Brookland Methodist Church the District authorities have ordered that 10th ?treet northeast between Frankfort and Hartford. streets be improved by grading and macadamising, at a cost of 1782. SUNDAY'S SEARCH RECOVERS 49 MORE BODIES FROM RIVER. Section of IU-Fated Steamer Brought Up With Four Women?Some Bathetic Incidents. A dispatch from New York last night says: Sunday e harvest of dead from the ( steamer General Slocum numbered forty nine, bringing: the total number of bodits | I so far recovered up to 632. Of these Dot) have been identified, while about forty of the victims now lying at the morgue have j not been claimed by friend or relative. Dur [ ing the day thirty-six bodies were recov I ered. and Jt was not till after dark, when the great majority of the searchers had ceased to worK, that the other thirteen weze found. Most of these came up from the bottom and floated In to shore. They were discovered by the police, who were left to watch all night. While the list of missing was cut down somewhat by the identifica tions made today, eleven new names were added to that roll, thus leaving the total ? of missing over 300. Early this morning the searchers begaa anew the work of locating the Slocum s | dead. Within an hour they had recovered thirteen bodies off the shore of North Brother Island. Three of the bodies were I floating, and it is the general opinion that I many more will come to the surface during | thAt?sundown. when work practically ceas ed' for the ilay. thirty-six bodies had been i added to the long list of dead that have been taken from the wrecked s^amcr and the water in its immediate vicinity. Most of these bodies were taken to the j^?fgtoniEht^ ! a majority of them were identitied tonight. Of the bodies recovered during the first hour one w is that of a man, six were of women, two of boys, and four of girls, and one was of an infant. Victims in Each Other's Arms. A life saver, grappling from a raft, brought up a woman of thirty, and a girl of eleven yars, locked In each other s i arms A few minutes later he brought the | bodies of a boy nine years old and a girl of six. apparently brother and sister, cling F'T2n?iS ed under the entanglement of timbers and .Mns found floating in the river , island by the crew of a four near Rikers islano * utan Rowing S3f wK2SSS The WandVwn ?0 the channel in the river. Dead Hands Clutched RaiL Three men. working with an improvised grapple, consisting of a block of wood to which many bluefish hooks were attached, drew up the section of the ^" of the upper deck of the Slocum about thirty feet In length The bodies of four women were . clinging to the rail, the fingers gripping the interlaced wire roping. This is part of the .7 eave way Just before the steam er sras beached, precipitating 100 persons lnThehfunOTlSr'of nearly a hundred victims nf thfl disaster were held today. In many Instances^wo caskets were carried in the same hearse, and in some cases two. and even three, hearses bore away the dead 1 Department'^ifflcials, for the purpose of obtaining evidence, today went over the exact course taken by the General Slocum on Wednesday last, the day of the disaster. On the police boat patrol which made the trip were Police Inspector Albertson. Cor oners O'Gorman and Berry. Capt. Gilder, chief of the pilot service of the New Haven steamship line, and Edwin N. Weaver, who 'was assistant pilot on the Slocum on the day of the disaster. First Word of Fira Pilot Weaver told of an Incident he no ticed after the Slocum caught fire. The first notification of the fire was received from Mate Flanlgan through the speaking tube Into the pilot house, at a point about one hundred feet south of the Bronx Kills, which Is In the vicinity of 129th street. At this statement on the part of Weaver, Capt Ollder was asked by the coroner where, if he had been in charge of the boat, he would have beached her. Capt. Gilder replied without hesitation at the foot of f..t 120th street, which could be made In a few.moments. . Weaver, who had not handled the wheel at any time during the Sloeum's run to North Brother Island, and who, therefore, was less Interested in the result of the in vestigations than Van Schaik or Van Wart, was expected. Coroner Berry said, to give more accurate information as to the exact happenings on that fateful day. Coroner Berry said also that he had Is sued an order for the detention of the cap tain. pilots, engineers and crew of the Slo cum. "X learned." said he. "that they were trying to escape, and X asked the police to detain everybody who was employed on the boat as witnesses. Soma of them have escaped, and we may never be able to get them. B'Ut we are after them, and will leave no stone unturned to get them within our Jurisdiction." Secretary Cortelyou Visit3 Scene. Secretary Cortelyou of the Department of Commerce and L<abor, visited the scene of the disaster today. He was accompanied by II. K. Smith, deputy commissioner of corporations, of the same department, un der whose supervision an Investigation will be held; Supervising Inspector General Uhler and Inspector Rodie. Secretary Cortelyou remained at North Brother Island long enough to witness a number of bodies being t?' an out of the water. Mr. Cortelyou left for Washington to night. and will consult with Assistant Sec retary Murray of his department tomor row. Mr. Murray will then come to this city, to be present at the investigation to be made by the steamboat inspectors, which will begin probably on Wednesday. Blames the Captaiu. With Edwin M. Weaver, assistant pilot of the General Slocum. at her wheel, the harbor police boat Pilot yesterday went over the exact course that ended In the death of hundreds of persons, and when the little steamer reach North Brother Island the experts representing the coroners' and the district attorney's offices decided that the terrible catastrophe might have been avoided if Captain Van Schaick had turn ed his vessel into the bank at Stony Point, 129th street, instead of running her while she was blazing so far beyond. The trip of the police boat was made for the purpose of determining If the captain had been Justified In continuing to North Brother Island before beaching his boat, and. while the two coroners present re fused to issue any formal statement, it is a fact that they now blame the men in th* pilot house for the awful result TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. Lloyd Geiser Commits Suicid* at His Home in Nort. cast. The coroner and police were summoned to the home of X,loyd Geiser, 847 Florence street northeast, yesterday afternoon bjr the announcement that Mr. Geiser hafl killed himself with a revolver. Mr. Geiser was an insurance agent, twenty-three years old. His act, it is believed, was duo to th? use of liquor. Several times previously, when intoxicated, he had threatened to take his life, but his wife paid but little at tention to It. believing he was not respon sible for what he said. It la stated that yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock he entered the bath room at his home and had tx>en there but a short time when the report of a pistol shot at tracted the attention of his Wife. S!*b hurried to the room and saw her husband In a sitting position on a chair. There was a bullet hole In his right temple and Df. Li. D. Walter was summoned to the house. He quickly discovered that the man wail dead and had the casa reported to the police and coroner. Coroner Nevitt visited the house and learned from Mrs. Geiser of her husband's intemperate habits and the threats referred to. He gave the necessary death ccrtiflcale. The deceased leaves a widow and one child, an infant three months old. His father also lived with him. Alleged Bobbery. Complaint was made to the police last night of a robbery committed at the Army and Navy Club. The head chef. Robert Robinson, living at 10!t Corcoran street, made the complaint. He said his locker was forced open and $2S0 taken. C."FORCE" gives~you real strength and gumption, so that you like to work. C. It's a great cure for hot-weather laziness. The ?U1 to work comes from certain conetituents tn food ?the Phosphates, Nitrogen, and Ftoteids. Certain fooda are richer in these constituents than others, a:-d are converted mare readily into Energy. " FORCE " ia on* of those foods concentrated. :t consists at the vital things in Wheat ? the Phosphates, Nitro gen, and Dextrin, pie digested <ar enough to aaaimilate almost as aooa as eaten. Serve cold (er hot) with real cream, or fruit.