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NO CHANGE INTHE POLICE BILLSITUA-TION AS A RESULT OF THE MEETIXC?.

Governor Odell was In this city yesterday for*

few hours. He came down from Albany unex-pectedly and returned bom? on the Lake Shore*limited, leaving the Grand Central Station at5:30 last evening:. The Governor had a shortconference with Senator Platt relative to pro-posed supplemental police legislation beforethe present session of the legislature adjourns*

The Senator has said— and yesterday he reiter-ated hi* former statements— that a police billwould be passed at Albany this session which,

would legislate Commissioner Murphy and. Dev-ery out of office. It has been generally under-stood: that the Governor discountenances any*

additional police legislation. .«ind It was saidthat the conference of yesterday was for the>purpose ofdetermining' on some line of action.

After the meeting, v.-hich was held downtown,

the Governor returned to Albany and SenatorFlan went to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. SenatorPlatt declined, to say anything. An evening;

paper printed an article saying that SenatorPlatt had won Governor Odell over to- his way

of thinking about police legislation. This egea

be. authoritatively denied. As a result of th»conference yesterday it may be said that the*situation is very much "up in the air." Ithaunderstood that neither Senator Platt nor Mr.OaaM receded from his position, and that thatquestion is one still open to debate.

Senator Platt is determined that there shallbe legislation at Albany to place the Police De-partment of this city under Stute control. With-in the last few days A. B. Boardman. e-t-JusticsCohen. Justice Goodrich and Frank H. Platthave been at work drafting a bill which willplace th" department under State control and.at the same time me* all constitutional require-ments. This bill. It is understood, is to b»drafted alone the lines of the metropolitan po-lice bill of i*r,7. when Fernando "Wood, was*Mayor. This is the bill that the Senator is said'tr> be ready to support.

Governor Odell. it was learned from confi-dential sources, list night, has not changed hl3mind, and insists that n<> additional police legis-

lation shall be enacted. There have been storle*that he and Senator Platt have Irrevocablybroken on this issue, but this is untrue. TharGovernnr an Ithe Senator have not quarrelled,although there is a difference of opinion. The?politicians last night w.-re inclined to bei(<»vo.that there would be additional conferences on.this subject before anything would be done, and.that in the end tht-.re would be no police legis-lation at this session.

YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL SENTENCED INBROOKLYN SOON AFTER SCRGI-

CAL OPERATION.

Thomas M-C.!ojn. of No. m North Fevertth-«t.. Brooklyn, the nineteen-year-old boy whobroke his leg uhile attempting to escape arrestfor the assault of Stephen Hoffman on NewTear's Eve, was sent t"the Kings County Peni-tentiary for one year by Judge. Aspinall in theKings County Court yesterday. MM'.loln'a lesrwas amputated in the hospital, where he hadbeen up to last Thursday. He was arraignedon a charge of grand larceny, as Hoffman wanrobbed after he had been knocked down with aslungshot.

McGlout'i leg nee da constant attention to. pre-vent blood poisoning, and the Judge said to htm:

Yours is a sad case. Iwould like to he ableto suspend sentence on yon, but Icannot, be-cause you are under * suspended sentence forburglary committed last fall, ItIs probably bet-ter for you that Icannot. Iam going to sendyou :> the penitentiary. There you win getthe attention you nee.l from an able surgeon.

At th-"> end of a year or ten months you will bereleased, and then you will be ante to use yourcrutches so that you ran tet around fairly well.Iam sorry for yon. There has been no fun incrime for you, has there-?

THE GO\'ERXOR*S POSIT7OX

Foi; A MAY HOSPITAL HERE.

CORONER, AT SON'S RFQUEBT, WII.T.

BBGIN AN INVESTIGATION TO-DAT.

An Investigation Into the circumstances sur<rounding the death of Councilman HermanStilz.T. whi' ii led to a contest between his wi lowand Mrs Ida Weiman for the r""'*-'""^'"'lof hisbouse and body, will '• !'-K'in to-day by CoronerBauach, at the request of ih<-> Councilman's only

son. Ernest Sulw r.The pon railed up the coroner's office on th<

telephone last evening and asked that nn in-vestlgatlon of his father's death i"> made.

Ernest guhter lives at No. Itl\V.-st One-hun-dred-and-tenth-st., with his mother and sister.When seen In his apartments Bulser said thathe had asked the coroner t'> make an investiga-

tion. n"t for the reason that he had charir.s to

maki- against anybody, but because h>* thought

th'rr- was something suspicious In his father'sdeath, and thai he was not fully satisfied that

death waa due to natural causes.•in the first place." Bulser said, "my father

died arii'tiK strangers. In the s.-."nd place, nr>member of his family was allowed to see him

until he became unconscious, and then • ¦

son and daughter were •> lowed In the room."Mr. Buliet refused to talk further.

At the Casino :t was said thai Mrs. Weit.iyinK with friends, bul no one ap|

t o k• • nds 11vcd.Ati nut'

• ¦ mcd "n the !¦i

Sunday afternoon bj ana, and it

uas said tt.ai death aas due t" pneumoi

Tho body •is removed yesterdaj from the

In Harkm li-\-r Park t.> Scottish I:-'-

Hall, Madison-aye. and Twenty-ninth St.. whereit \«as said the funeral would take |

This was done i•¦¦• ¦

|| ¦'.- ;I the i'"ly until after the

en Mi Bulsei ¦¦•¦n"l.il^pist.-r }'¦ ¦ c has ibarge of the fui

It v . iy that Mrs. Idaare ex>-<--:: I¦¦ und< r I

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-pei ty thai

DANIEL3. LAMONT,CORNELIUS VANDER-

BILT AND OTHERS DIRECTORS OFONE TO BE INCORPORATED.

Altany. March l*v—Daniel S. Lamont. Cor-nelius lerbllt Frank 1,. Polk. Henry fAThompson and William Thome, of New-YorkCity; Moses Taylor,of Mount Kisco, and Percy R.Pyne, of Bernardsville, N. .1 . are directors of theManhattan Maternity Hospital and Dispensary,of New-York City, which nted articles of incor-poration to-day with the Stare Board of Chari-ties. It is prop.-*, d to maintain a maternityhospital and dispensary nd a training schoolfor nurses.

PUTS AN END TO THE THREATENING IN-

CIDENT AT TIEN-TSIN.London, March 19. "The Times'* this morning

makes the following announcement:We learn that Count ron Waldersee has inter-

fered as comnifinder-in-rhief of the allied forcesIn China to put an end to the mutually hostileattitud" of th" British and Russian troops atTlen-Tsin.

London. March IS.—On the highest officialauthority The Associated Preaa is authorized to

announce that the difficulty at Tien-Tsin be-tw«en the Russians and British over the con-struction of a railroad siding in territory

claimed by both win probably be solved by thewithdrawal of both the British and Russiantroops from the ground in dispute.

Questions regarding the dispute were parriedby the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs.Lord Cranborne. in refusing to answer themwithout notice.

William Redmond rained Nationalist cheers byasking why Great Britain had hoisted the whit**flag and backed down <at Ticn-T?ln> afterthreatening to us.*- for* of arms.

Replying to Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (Con-

servative), Mr. Halfour, the government leader,said the government did not possess any infor-mation Indicating any decline in British Influ-ence In the Tangtse provinces. As to the Uus-sian claim for the waters of Blonde .md ElliottIslands, the British Government had certainly

not accepted this claim. The government had

received no communication on the subject fromRussia. The Russian admiral had remonstratedagainst th" presence In the waters of ElliottIsland of his majesty's ship Plover, which wasengaged la pursuing pirates. But British ships

had a perfect right, under the treaty of Tien-Tata, to go there.

Asemi-official statement was Issued this even-ing to the effect that the much talked of as-

surances of the RuFsian Foreign Minister, fount

Lamsdorff. to Sir Charles Stewart Scott. Brit

Ambassador at St. Petersburg, were made Feb-ruary •* and evidently referred to the Russo-Chinese agreement roreluded at Port Arthurlast November, ard not to the ManchurJan con-vention.

VOX WALDERSEE INTERFERES

J.ORD SALISBURY AGINGnAPIDLY-KANSA3

LACKS AMERICAN SENSE OF HUMOR.f-»r.vnKht: BJai By The S*w-Tork IvsbubM

IBYCABLE TO THE TRIBIT.T. 1

L?ndon. March 19. 1 a. m.—The attempt nf a

¦pa escited people on 'Change and in news-

pgper offices to convert the Russian seizure of a

railway siding into a Penjdeh affair is not suc-

cessful. The stock markets were not influencedvfFterday in any marked degree by the uncer-tainties of the situation at Tien-Tpin. and theleader writers continued to use temperate lan-

puage. The railway is nov admitted la be aundertaking for which a Hritish cor-

->oraTion is finding the money required for con-ftru<"ti°n nrid extension. While an important

railway leading to undeveloped coal fields. it i.=

sal a strategic railway like the Russian Man-

churia line. IfBritish engineers have planned agsVng along the river front within the limits

ct the Russian concession, they will either fondanother sn01 fr>r « second track or ask the Hrit-

ish Government to negotiate for the purchase

of the property required. Anadjustment of the

affair is considered by competent witnesses afcrepone conclusion unl»ts the military com-panders allow their sentries and guards to get

01>. r' hand.The members of the government are rot taking

iswlous view of the Tien-Tsin episode, though

mir.iMerial indifference may not he an accurate

pau? p of the importance of the affair, for :he

government is nerveless and without executive.

force. Those who have heard Lord Salisbury's

r?cer.t speeches in and out of Parliament areimpressed with his arathy and lack of vigor.

He has been aging during the last few months,

aril looks and speaks like a veteran srhcae work

Is Aon".. His retirement from osßog during the¦ssaent paw Is expected by practical politicians

and by well informed diplomatists.

The present pension is. Indeed, a transitionperi<vS (or the fortunes of the Unionist party-

Anew leader must soon appear in the person of

Mr. BsKour, with promotion of sagas kind forMr. Chamberlain. The Liberals, meanwhile, arepaining ground. The beat proof of this progress

is the increase in :iv circulation and influence of

"The Pally News." which has profited financial-ly by its change of ownership and adoption ofmore apsressive methods of political warfare.

The King's reception of the diplomatic corpssßjsstdjgf was a function which had lte«n de-

ferred until the heads of embassies could re-

ceive fresh credertials from th"ir home govern-

ment*. There were three absentees. Including

Baron de Staal. d^yen of the dlrl°rnaUc corps,

end the German Ambassador, who was ill. Lord

iMsaevne and Sir William Colvile. master ofceremonies, were present, and the credentialswere presented b*" heads of embassies. The

ceremony was stately and well ordered, as are

all functions of the court of Edward VII. He islooking younger and in better health than for alone period. The business of reigning agrees

with him, and he takes every detail seriously.

Government officials are amused by the rapidity

irit)j wljich documents are now examined andatgned. Papers which formerly required a delay

of several weeks are now Returned within rty-

«l£fct hnurf.WHAT A MEMBER OF ". HE V ATM'N

") MINE WORKKRB PATH

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BELIEVES STRIA i: I\ PI IT \ BLE.

ALL QUIET AT TIEX-TSIX.Tien-Tsln. March lv The) Anglo-Russian dis-

pute is hanged.The French troops are quieter. Over forty

arrests have been made.

PROJECTTED BY THE CRAGIN SYNDICATE

ON THE JERSEY FLATS NEAR

ELLIS ISLAND.

[BT tfiasaarn: TO THE TSIBnCC]Washington, March IS.—Assistant Secretary

Horace A Taylor, of the Treasury Department.f=ent Instructions this afternoon to AlbertBrookes Frye, chief engineer and superintendentof repairs of the government buildings in New-York City, directing him to appear in behalf ofthe Treasury Department before a meeting ofth.« Hoard of Harbor Line Commissioners to he>

held next Thursday, when a final h»arlng willbe given to the Cragln syndicate concerning itsproject of erecting one of the largest drydocksand shipyards m the world on the New-JerseyBats a short distance west of the immigrationstation on Ellis Island. attorneys for this syn-

dicate applied to the War Department sometime ago for the necessary permits to constructthe proposed drydock, asserting that all landrights had been obtained from the New-JerseyState authorities. They were informed that nopermission could be granted to use the harborfor such an object until plans had first beensubmitted to th.- Treasury Department, andwere referred to the Board of Harbor Line Com-missioners, consisting of officers of the ArmyEngineer Corps, which would rigidly examine,

the specifications and send -i detailed report tothe Secretary' of War.

At lirst Treasury officials were reluctant toapprove of thi scheme, fearing that it wouldinterfere with navigation to and from EllisIsland, but to-day the War Department re-celved Informal notice ihnt no objection wouldbe. Interposed in this score provided no struct-

ure was placed within •>*** feel of the weal lineof Ell Island, and that Chief Engineer Frye

would present this decision to the Harbor LineHoard. The erection of a di jdock and > realion••f a shipyard at this distance from the immigra-tion station, it was thought, would not conflictwith the plans of Immigration officials to buildanother and it'iO feel wide west »>f the Ellisisland and separated "in it by a waterwayfo.ty ?te; .vide. nn«l yet leave a channel :'»»•«? feetwide between th« new island and the docks ofthe Crairin syndicate.It is understood here thai this syndicate con-

sists of New-York capitalists, \\h<> contemplatebuilding a drydock which will accommodatethe largest ocean liners. When it is completed,according to present plans, any ship entering thep'rt .if New-York could run Into the docks forrepairs or overhauling. For many years then.-.essity for such a shipyard has been appar-ent, but the high prle» al which the most deslr-dt|r> land has been held, together with the diffi-culty <>f securing government co-operation, hasdiscouraged private corporations which haveci rsidered undertaking 'be erection and opera

-ti>.n of such a large repair establishment.

Heretofore the War D partmenl baa not l»»eninclined to countenance such a scheme becauseof the contention that It might obstruct navi-gation In the harbor. I'Is not thought, how-ever, that this fear la entertained by SecretaryRoot, ami it Is the Impression that ifthe. HarborLine Hoard renders a favorable report interestdevelopments re to b*» expected in the nearfuture toward the establishment of a first classshipyard on the Jersey shore, equal to that atN<w port News.

Th*American Ambassador presided, last night

at Chflfa Town Hall, when Augustine Birrelldelivered a lecture an English liternture during

the last century. Mr. C'hoate. in moving avot* of thanks to the lecturer, said that theEnrlifh language, in its wonderful fluidity andrapid thread, recognized no International boun-daries, and carried the thoughts which it ox-pr»«ie(j around the globe with the speed of•teatr end electricity, visitingall continents andStands of the sea. The value and influence of

writers such as Scott, Dickens, Thackeray,

Jin* Austen and <;'" Eliot could not heoverestimated. Kmerson"s book on "EnglishTrails'" was awe of th- niost anprer-iatlve andvaluable llis» i li— of Knelish lifeand charac-ter that any foreigner had ewer written, andwas as true and readable to-day as when it

came from the press fifty years ago.

The Manhattan Maternity Hospital am! r>la-pensary i» a gift to the poor of the East Sid»»from a man who has long been interested hi thequestion rf the betterment of East Side con-ditions. H-> has not only given the money topurchase the site and ¦' the buildings, buthe has also endowed the hospital to such anextent that it will i»» entirely Independent ofothT contributions.

Several possible sites for the new hospital areunder consideration, but the one that will prob-ably .>?» selected is near Seventieth-st. and First-are. In fact, negotiations for property in thatneighborhood are now going »-n. A* soon assthe site has been selected the> plans for lbsbuildings will be drawn, and the work of put-ting up the hospital will begin. It is hoped '.begin the work within a, month anil have thehospital ready for use by next year.

Th* buildings will occupy almost an entireMock, and will include, besides a hospital, adispensary and a training school for nurses.The hospital wiH he et|ulpped withnil the mostmodern appliances, am! will have a large corpsof doctors and names, with ac-omrrioiiatfons forthem. Most of the beds will be free, but thereWill be ilimited number of paid beds also.

LITTLE PROGRESS AT PEKING.MINISTERS MEET AND DISCL'SS COCBT CEIIE-

KIAU

Peking. March Little was accomplished atto-day's meeting of the foreign ministers on ac-count of the delay of the various Governmentsin agreeing to th«" conclusions reached In thematter of indemnity ''.aitn.-. N-. minister is al-lowed full liberty to ad for his government., allth- Instructions being ad referendum (subjectto further consideration).

The court ceremonial on the reception i"

min-

isters was the subject of conversation, but noth-ing definite was decided upon.

General Chalfe* and H.G. Rqulers, th" I'nltedStates Charge d'Aftairea, have (lined prop-erty adjoining the lesatl »n. suitable for bar-racks and capable of bousing I-"-"men.

The railroad between Peking and Chan-Sing-On was opened Saturday In th" presence of theFrench and Belgian ministers. There v. as a re-view of the troops as a feature of the celebra-tion,

I: w.is reported yesterday that nn Informal <on-ference was held among the heads of several ofthe coal carrying roads that control operations Inthe anthracite fields. It was said th it th« meeting

wan given over to th" discussion of ili» questionwhether or noi the renewal of the miners* requestfor a Joint conference should ,l"' granted.

At Ihe local offices of several of the coal com-panies yesterday it wan said that no conferenceof such a, nature hdd been held. .

Workers, who will vote nt th« forthcomingcaucus of the national and executive bo-irils to <le-ci<Je. on a cours** to pursue Ifth«> operators do not

meet the miners' representatives, returned from i

Hazleton to-day, says he thinks th*re will be astrike. He said:Ithink there willbe •« Milko. Atthoucb the *.pn»l- ;

mi-iii of the convention wa* n£*;ii»l* Strike, tti-men demand recognition nt the'r union. The opera- ¦

t..rs' sucjicestion to incorporate the union would ;render the organization lneff*.live. It could tri»-n :in. controlled by th<i operators, sued for conspiracy jand rendered s dj^J orgatJxatlon. No labor unionis !rirori».rat»'i.

Milfn Dougherty, district organizer, s«td that ifthe operators refupefi to meet the •II-"I they wouldcause one of the greatest strikes that has evertaken place ;.mnnu the miners. He added:

It will be a fl?ht to the bitter end. The oper- Ifttcrs •!¦> not lm\e to meet the men before April 1. !Ifthe) >/iy they will confer with th* mini at jrfnv time int«r and rive them •• guarantee in that Ieffect th>» strike will not tv declared 0,, April I.When the order for the strike .onus ov»ry i-ol-llery in the region will be closed. The men are aunit on the jt'.il.ie'.t.

GERMAN PUNITIVE MEASURES.

Berlin. March IS.—A dispatch received here

from Swatow pays that on the demand of the.German Consul at Bvratow the District-Governorof Hat-Nine «See-Ning>. will be dismissed onaccount of his anti-Christian attitude and hisdilatorlneas In dealing with German claims

Two Chinese participant* in the anti-Germanri"ts have been beheaded at Ho-ling.

HE FEELS THAT HE NOW HAS AMPLOMEANS OF CONTROLLING THE

POLICE DEPARTMENT. t

Albany. .March 1' (Special).— ltis known positivelyhere that there is no change in the New-York pollcasituation is the result of Governor OdalTa chatwith Senator Matt. The Governor gives no indica-tion that he has changed his attitude of hostllttyto a State police l.ill or a metropolitan pollr«» billmanifested In hid annual message to th« legislature,when he declared that a State constabulary hadbeen suggested, but the strong disinclination onthe part of other municipalities than New-York toacquiesce in this solution rendered the plan value-less. Further, he declared in the same mess**.*that "a metropolitan police system Is open to th*criticism that it is -i violation of the. principle ofhome rule guaranteed by the. constitution."

That apparently is still the Governor's attitude.Hl*opinion was formed after a careful considera-tion of the problem of the administration of th»Police Department of New-York. The State polic»bill wan rejected, and so aUo waa h, metropolitanpolice bill. Mr. fxlell is not a man she readilychanges his views after having once farmed them.The police bill establishing a single headed polie**department was selected as the best one SB pas»¦yen before the legislature convened, and that lanow on trial.

Th- Governor, It i-; declarer). sees no reason yet

to repeal the police act passed and substitute eithera State police law or a Metropolitan police act.The laws of the State and the constitution armhim with ampl* authority to en""1 the police af-fairs* e>f New- York. Ha can remove Mayor VanVyek if the interest si the State should demand ithi thru or my maladministration of the Polica De-partment of New-York. The Governor also caahave th>» Supreme Court act ifnecessary in aid ofsuch officials as art enforcing strictly th«» pollcoregulations of New-York. Then the Governor htsauthority f> remove I'oltce Commissioner Murphyif convinced that his retention in office would '.•><»against the public interest. This power of removing

Police Commissioner Murphy, the Governor hasbeen assured l>y eminent lawyers, is constitutional.Lastly, the Governor, in o;iae the police adminis-tration of New-York should reach an abominablestate, can summon a spveia.l session of the Legis-lature, at any time to pass required remedial legis-

lation. Thus the Governor has ample power to

reform the police administration of Slew-Torsi at.any time it should be t>bvloua that Itha« becomeharmful to the community.

Senator Ellsworth and Senator Raines both saidto-niitht that they did not lava any metropolitan,police MMin their possessor . an i'h inot know ofany thai was to i•• i- •r" .-:• -.I. Nor .lid they knowof any conference th.it was t>> be held either on aState police hill or a metropolitan police art. Lieu-tenant-Governor Woodruff and other prominent R«-put ll<an Senators made the «un« statement.

PREHIDEM >/'A\/» /)IV IX rtvrOY.

The ennual report of nefaera. Son A- Maximofficially states that the directors have neverhail any intention of proposing amalgamation

with certain American firms. They, however.have hern in negotiation with pansa firms inAmerica, with ¦view to getting the company's

anaterr of ordnance manufactured there on a

fale con-imTFurate with its importance. Sofar th» terms offered have not baeai such asthey could accept, hut they have not aban-doned thrir Intentions.

Rome jocose remarks are made by LondonJournals over th<; excitement caused in Kansasby the receipt of a message of thanks from theKing containing the word •'loyal." Ithas been•

ten- in a teaj»ot Between eight thousandtad ten thousand replies were pent to similarmessages r,f condolence, and two forms wereUsed, asM containing the word "loyal" and theother the word "kind" when the message camer'ori thoye not subject!:. The clerk Basse a mis-tak*. taking the wrong printed form for Kansas,

and when the error was discovered the Ameri-can Embassy was courteously informed of thecircumstances. Kansas seems to have lackedthe usual American sense of humor. m

I. N. F.

WHY OPERATOR" DO NOT WANT TO MEET

UNION.IVilkebarre, Perm., March U Th« niperlntend-

entw of the coal departments of the coal carryingr;i'lro:ids are not permitted to discuss th« labor

trouble situation for publication On« of them to-

day, on assurance that his same would not hiused i" speaking of th» statements that tb< minerswould strlkf if th. organisation was not r-cog-alged. -¦•id:

The -orporationi are nrgnnlzntlnns chartered bythe State and liable to the law. I.>¦ United MineWorkers in an organization which la not charteredand is* liable to nobody. It Is imt » question;ofrerc-gnitli-in of the union, but rather disinclinationOf a chartered corporation to meet on equal terms

with an Irresponsible organisation. ___

YON WKRI»ER'S MISSION A FAILURE.Berlin, March IS.—Parliamentary circles re-

late that General yon Werder. who was recent-lypent on .ispecial mission to St. Petersburg;,this time tn.-t with a cool reception at the Rus-piati capital, and th.t the private mission withwhich Emperor William Intrusted him, andwhich was Intended to explain away nil misun-derstandings which have arisen lately, practi-cally failed. It is understood that Count Lams-dorff. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, alsokeenly ajwenttoaed General yon Werder regard-

ing the German agitation in favor of the an-nexation of Austria's German speaking prov-inces.

A (ll'.W APPOINTED TUKASI XXi:.

Washington, Marrh Is In accordance ui'h

Presidenl •M.Kinl-v s recent order thai th^treasurer of Cuba should be a clitara "f thatisland, Governor-tJenerart Wood to-day lafinmiedthe War IVpartmeal that he had ¦ppwsaied

Carlos Rotoa a» lisasm «i of Cvba. Mr K..:..shas »>.'.'ti ."iinej-teil with I';;>• fis.-al hranrh, a»idis considered nreil quattnVtJ for this Importantpost. Secretary Root roaArnsed the appotnt-njtenl

General Wood in connection with the Consti-tutional Convention bad bei n reported fully inWashington, and that !>. th the President an.lhimself approved «l»-neral Wood's action.

Thin statement wns brought out by reportsthat the administration was dissatisfied with)thecuiirs" of neral Wood, and thai some of th.-official information forwarded to Washington didnot accurately reflect the real condition of affairsin Cuba.

fairs i:i <'uSi t-\ Oovemor-fSeneral Wood The

i!\ also said that the r''«-.-nt course af

either side of an elevated road pillar. One was

thrown In the pavement. Citiiena held it there,

other freed from the harness by th.-

HIS ACTION APPROTKD f-V TMK PRESIDENT

AND IECRETART M>

irashlagton, March IS Becretarj Root to-darjth-- statement that th>^ admii

t '. ¦ ti hi! entire < • >titi.! • rnsMtoci

IIORSRS Rl'N INTO i:i.K\ \'l"i:i> ROAD '•

KARROWM AVERTING COIJJOION.

A pair of t i es ran away in Broadhraj laslnicht. They started al Flflj fourth at, and ranto Thirty-third st. Then th.- horses ran on

mi rOXFiDEWE l\ HEX. WOOD.win* wi \ /iohv m;n i/nri /nr it.

force of the collision and ran on down Broad-way, .policeman Wollerson caught it at Thlrty-

second-Bt. The horses: were attached to acoupe owned by John H. Roland, of No. -lit;

De Kaiii-a I.'-.1.'-. Brooklyn, and were driven byCornelius Bheehan,

Bheehan took a man and woman from theClarendon Hotel. Brooklyn, t'» the Casino The-atre, in this city. He was la call for them, andin the mean time drove up Broadway to Fifty-

fourth st When he turned around and starteddown the horse* took fright at paper In th.-

treeI and dashed away at a mad pace. AtFifty-thlrd-st. they came Into collision withan elevated railroad pillar, and Sh»-« h:in xcasthrown from bis seat, l"itescaped injury. DownBroadway for more than a mile the runawaysalmost flew. in front of every theatre anddriving up to them were coaches of ill sortswith patrons of th.- playhouses, and escapesfrom collisions were numerous and by narrowlimits. TO RKVISK HAN CUSTOMS.

Havana. March 1*—

Governor-General Woodhas appointed a commission to revise the Cubancustoms, constating of Collector BUm as presi-dent, and Ranson Williams. Antonio Riv.-ro,j,s-'- Bacardi, Louis Plase and Laureano Rod-riguez.

MINISTER CONGER SAILS.

London. March IS.—

A dispatch from Shanghai

arnounces the sailing to-day of I'nlted StatesMinister Conger. The condition of !-i HungChang has Improved.

FBBNCrI TROOPSHIP ASHORE.Singapore. March IV—The French troopship

Virnlong is ashore near the entrance to thisport. She is not believed to be in a dangerousjesitlon.

GENERAL MILES IN HAVANA

Havana. March I*>.—Lieutenant-Oeneral Miles,

who intends to inspect the principal militaryposts in Cuba, arrived here to .lay, with hisparty, from the I'nited States.

THE <irnii: RUNS INTO A *;.\LF..

Rotal party willbe well shaken i;p

before they reach gibraltar.

Gibraltar. March 15. —The steamship Ophir.wanoa left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon*'ith the Duke and I>uchees of Cornwall andlork on board, has probably been caught in thesoutheasterly Ral.- that has driven several small**"s«l« ashore and d>tp:n'-«i the Peninsular andOriental liner* and the Werra at Gibraltar.

Rain has fallen steadily for five days, and the«*n<J on which th- Duke of Cornwall willre-view the garrison troops is now the centre of*

lake.. •

THE PIKE BATEB BOrTEXi BEFORE M BtFPal'H• IIKISTIAN iRIN'IF'I.KS

Party, March II M. Paul ITfrnnnTdii hT>« teie-graphrd ifri.-nd tli.it th.» second of m AndreBuffet told Ins own ascoada that M Huff.<f ha! r-- ¦

aohred, In view of ata Christian piUstlplsa. la .tilowM Deroalede to tlr*« in the prapnoad dual withouthi-. iM Biinet) returnlni the Bre It would there.fore h iv. | n cowardice on the part of M. :>*r.>u-l< de to insist upon carryag oa th»- duel

DEROUI.EDE'S WRATH APPEASED.

CBALLEXGE \<>l VET RECEIVED.

AT A r.ATr: HOCR LAST • -JUT STARTS OS RB«

TIRN TRIP TO WASHIXr.TOM.

Canton. «»hi«>. Mar. I^.—President McKlnl?y

arrived here from Indianapolis early to-day. Hisprivate car was sidetracked until 7 o'clock, whenth" President »as driven t<> th« Barber home to

Join Mrs. McKinley and her sister at breakfast.In the night Mrs Harriet Saxton. wife of Mrs.McKinley's uncle, died at her home in this city.

Nt» arrangements, have been made, however, todelay the return of the President and his partyt.. Washington. #

Official business has been arranged with refer.ence t'» th.- return at that time, it is understood,

which willpreclude any changes in the. Presi-dent's olans.

President and Mrs. McKinley started at 10:40o'clock to-night to% Washington. They occupied.a private car attached to the regular Pennsyl-vania train. The. day wan a quiet and unevent-ful one for the President He only left theV'.arh. r home for an airing and a short war*about the hou-»-. There was a number of citi-zens to see him. and he had pleasant socialvisits with old friends.TWO HE* LOSE THREE LEGS.

CROWD \TV\rhs VOTORM IT.mi s u»ctr» /»; , t\kf.s.

HOW STRIKE MAY BE AVOIDED.Philadelphia. March 18.—Dr. Herbert M. Howe, of

the firm of A. ParoVe. & Co.. »-M'ti-i\.- anthracitecoal operators. In an Interview to-day express^.!

the opinion that the miners will not strike, as they

threaten. He paid it might lie possible for Presi-dent Mitchell of the United Mine Workers to

secure a conference with .1. P. Morgan or his rep-

resentatives, and tint if such a meeting werelirotißht about it would not commit the operators

to a recognition of the union, hut might enableMr Mitchell to maintain his prestige with theminers without report to a strike. i>r Howe laidhe recognized the i.k t that In the event of a strike,It would be a flcht to the bitter end. In such ¦struggle, 1.-- asserted, the operators would i,.. bet-ter • -lui^ped than the miners, and the result would

be farreaching. Anthracite coal. Or. Hows said,is a luxury, and, should a strike i .• declared, softcoal would soon be utilized. The u.s*> of the bitumi-nous variety, he declared, would be rontlnued !>>ngaft>-r the settlement of th. strike, and this wouldnecessarily cripple the bard <••»] trade. Thiswould throw many miner* out of employment asthe demand foranthracite coal would not he uftVcl«-nt to warrant the operation of .illthe mines.

HIWY STORM \T I'OKT't KICO.

TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COL'RT HE D«-gCRIBES WKILAND'3 ASSAULT.

Berlin. March IV-To-day Emperor William mad*a formal deposition in the Schloss before » repre-sentative of the Bremt-n Criminal Court regardingthe recent attack upon him in Bremen by DietrichWetland.

•tMCO OBIECTB TO KING'S TITLE.Nation. March ML< in She House of Commons

t"-aay William Redmoni, Irish Nationalist.gave notice that he would take an early oppor-tunity of inform!',* King Edward that he had» earthly right to use the title of Defender of'Faith. Th»? argument <ame upon Mr. Red-Jnoafl> question as to whether the title would••••ar on the new rolna. and, ifno, what par-wular faith was meant. The Chancellor of theWW*e4,uer. Kir yUfhnrl Hi,ks.Hf,af.ht replied

2«ao long as th. King's titles remained unal-_ red they would apjxar on the coins. Thenmr-Hedmond profited and was called to order.

Some children playing In front of No. 510West Twenty-ninth-st.. which Is nea< Tenth-ave., did not see a f*lapproaching last night,

and one of thera was run over and killed. Tin-ii tim was Martha McCarten. six years old. She

died ill front of her home.

A lnrge crowd gathered, and several men at-tacked Patrick Glllmeeny. the motorman. visawas running the car. He was being roughlytreated when I'oliceman Peabojy rescued him.The company's .wrecking car had to be sent forbefore the child's body could be extricated.

HIS CAR KIIXB A CHILD IN FR' -NT Of BER

ll''Ml.

San Juan. P. P.. M-ir<-h I*.—A heavy storm pre-vails here. Two inches of rain fell last night Intwo hours. The wind Is thirty-one miles an hourfrom the northeast. The rain cease.l at daylight,but the wind atfll continues. The lallroad Is tiedlip by serious washouts. Telegraphic communica-tion with the north and west shores is partiallyinterrupted. The damage done is unknown. Thestorm is undoubtedly more severe in the interiorof the Island.

railway uvmota nton washocti damage

IV TltK INTi:i!I"R.

ORAXGES THROWS AT HARRIXGTOS'.T>uhrin. March I*.--Volleys of orange* were

thrown by rh* students) of Trinity College atTimothy Harrington, the new Lord Mayor of Dub-lin, as the inaugural procession passed the <-oll«ga>to-day. This was the only hostile demonstrationon the occasion of Mr. Harrington's Inaugurationas Lord Mayor. The police prevented th» peopleIn the procession from storming th» college In-closure.

ULNriNt:sv;!h . .¦., -'(f-i--,- -.urn

TfJ ABANDON BRLLRVIIJ I BOILERSLondon, March ,, _

A Berlin dispatch reports

cViV German navy, like the British, has d--vir^h«p»* *"*°*

the USe of Belleville boilers on

Cambridge. March 1%.No challenge from the American universities ha*

been received her* yet. It would be most favor-al>ly considered, but July l.« not an easy time for

us to *ro. We should prefer September, whichmight.Ithink, be arranged.

COSDITIOS OF M. DE RODATS.Paris. March J«.-M. de Rodays. who was wound-

ed last Saturday by »he Count de Castellane in aduel, is to-day without fever and suffers no pain.The nutlet has been located with the X rays, andarlll probably be extracted tomorrow.

ENGLISH 1 XtVEBSmEs1 PREFER a MATCH IN'

SEPTEMBER.

London. March is.—Th» Oxford and Cambridgeathletic association* have not yet receive*) thechallenge, from Harvard and Yale for .< **>¦! oftr-ck trim-- to be held In New-York during the\u0084,r!y part of the coming month ..I July, and noth-ing definite is officially known here concerning thechallenge.

The Rev. Joseph Henry Ofay, treasurer of the,Cambridge. I'nlverstty Athletic Cluh, telegraphed

«.s follow* to The Associated Press office In I.on-don to-day:

uSS^OMmtS ?? OLD FOUNT COMFORTw, -v.t OW Dominion Lln«. Daily S?rvlce.-Advt.

Through Pullman sleeping cars New York to St.LcuiF via New York Central— Big Four Route.Leave New York 5:30 p. nv. arrive Su Louis 9.50next evening.— Advu

SUP UNDER «AR WHEELS IN THEIR HASTE

TO BOARD MOVING TRAINS.

Elizabeth, N. J. March IS « Special).— Peter H.Thompson, twenty-three years old. unmarried,•< ii".-'- home is at No. !»H -st Fmirth-st.,nahaflrldL was fatally injured hi the JerseyCentral Railroad here to-night, and died whilebeing removed in an ambulance to the AlexianHospital He was trying to board a train at

the transfer station and slipped, both hi* legspoint; and** the wheels, which cut them offabove, the knees. There was a note in the man'spocket from ex-AMerman John .1. Gardner, ofthis city, making an .u>i">intm. Nt to-night withThompson, and it whs this that brought the>ruing man to meet his death. He was a moulderby trade.

A Polander. whose name ha.* not yet beenlearned, had one of his legs rut off this eveningat the Elizabethport station of the Jersey Cen-tral Railroad while trying to Jump on a train.He was removed to the Alexian Hospital. He Isabout thirty years old.

p> TO CALIFORNIAand Pacific roast points from Chicago, via Chicagoand Northwestern. Union Pacific and Southern Pa-cific Railways

—each Tuesday until April tfUh.

Shortest route, finest scenery. Tourist cars with-out chans*. For full Information address North-western Line. Office, 461 Broadway. N. Y.—Advt.

NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. MAIH'II !'•>. 1901.—FOURTEEN p**w«—,-^i—y• -Afero-Dtftlc