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New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
FREIGHT RATES LIKELY TO STIFFEN.
DEMAND FOR GRAIN STEAMERS INCREASING
MANY VESSELS CHARTERED.

In view OF the advance I'm wheat and the great
amount OF the cereal that Is being bought for future
shipment abroad. freight rates expected soon to
stiffen to a marked degree. The demand for grain
steamers has been increasing OF late and 1t Is ex-
pected that August and September shipments will
be unusually heavy. The spring crops will not be
ready for shipment until the end OF August This
wears crop as Is well known, will eclipse any crop
in recent years. and this, with the rise In price
means millions for the farmer especially as the de-
mand abroad for American wheat will be great
or course the shippers will come In for some share
OF this boom. and are preparing for a hardening OF
freight rates within a couple OF weeks.
In the last ten days forty-seven steamers, with
a carving capacity OF 5s24.OO0 bushels, have been
nIaced under charter Only seven OF this number
have been chartered to sail definitely from New
York A few more may sail from here. but the
majority will go from outports-Rhiladephia. Balti
more. Newport News and Norfolk. The indications
noint to an Indifference the part OF British ship
owners to charter their vessels ahead this year
owing 10 the mistake they made last year In char
tering their vessels too far ahead to be able to
take any advantage OF the high freight rates that
prevailed later In the season Steamers on the
other side are at present being withheld from the
market. - , Nav v, s
amy amy ss 81 I'd for July and August ss sdss 4sd for
septsmber Ser and "a for Sctobsr on JYly the
ss While August was ss and September ss lid
The current rate to Cork for orders for steamers
on berth terms (Which gives the steamers about
2s sd for July and August. and Is 9dq?s lloyd for
September on July the corresponding figures
were Is 3dm2s AID for July. 2s 6dg2s 7isd for Au-
eust and % I'D for September.
As unusually large cargoes of merchandise have
been rushed westward to take advantage OF the
prevailing tariff rates there will be comparatively
little importing for some time after the new Tariff
law goes into effect. This means that vessels
chartered to carry grain eastward will have 10
come back practically In ballast, as cargoes will
be hard to obtain. This Is ANOTHER cause oIer-
ating to make ship-owners indifferent to charter
ing their vessels.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
DATES FOR EXCURSIONS.
SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED BY THE MEN
CHANTS ASSOCIATION.

te,eoram was sent yesterday to the Mercnants
Association in this city by W. W. Kent cha'i ma" a.
Of the Southwestern Traffic Association, a' '''
louis. stating that the Traffic Association was
,,noh,a n do ANYTHING for the Merchants Asso-
c,at,on The organization Of his association WAS
,ncomplete he declared. and he wouid nave W
refer the Merchants Association to individual rail-
way lines in the territory.
William F. King, president OF the Merona'.s %
Association Immediately sent dispatch 10 L Z,
Turner general passenger agent OF the texas anu
Pacific Railway Company. repeating MI %fnt
message and asking this question: Wll you Piace
on sale tickets to New-York for one ana one-thlro
round trip fare good to merchants guaIah'eeu W
this association as being members thereol' anu so
for thirty days. ,. .
The Texas and Pacific Railway runs throueh
section of territory in which there are numerous
,u o,,ies and towns In many Of which there are
merchants who have already signified their oes,ie
N come to New-York. 1t is the interest Vi INC
merchants of these smaller cities ana to"he ~ .ia'
tho Merchants Association Of New-fork Is anxious
to conserve. ,., ..
The officers OF the Merchants Association have
hean waiting until all the railway trafic associa-
t,ons Of the country should have been heard from
before taking steps to organize excursions Ior out
of-town members and their Iamiies ,or t the fall
trade Now that all these associations, ma ha'e wbich
heard from except the be roads in
correspondence has been opened win tne atinns
Of the Trunk Line ana JONI idHN -, a,
toward fixing dates between which eAcuIsl99ns ma!
be arranged for from points In their
New-York with stop-over privileges at fnIaue,, t
phia and Baltimore This subject has ,,n1 now cegn con
iaken up carefully and II is expected tlat cot, ~
cInsion will have been reached within a day or
two. when an official notice can be made OF dates
for the excursions. o.,a,tor pow
Out-of-town members Of the ass0e,aupn @ pes,dent
number about 5000 Among the new Iesiusi1'
members are William Greenough, wooens, 10
S5 broadway Wengarten Brothers, corse's, no ;
AZ broadway; w. Brenton yelling. banker. NO: Z
Wast. Leonard s. Howard mercantile age agenGy;
New-York Life Building; James M Bel. wines an anu
liquors No q Warren-st.; r. r. DIetz a. 10, 10;
lamps, Laght and Greenwich SITS 100 Inomas nom, rhIr Nv
mond ironwork for buildings, No. lB west INT
tythird-st; Follmer Clogg Co. umbrellas umbrellas No.
ia broadway; w. o. Horn Bro, neck"ear' NS; se;
@ Broadws Nathan Bros clShss Sha GOODS SS No. sS
"a Ieonardst.: George A. Castor e. Co; taiiors'
No 2I Broadway; J. 3; Bowden e. CO. ,eWehers. Few em
broideries, bro No aSs Broadway Acheson HaIdep lar p
% handkerchiefs No 299 Church-st Aslel ful-
1J' zeI & Co, iaces, No 5N Broadway; Martin b.
Lppman, clothing No GAS Broadway Heller Goibn PIN
mann Dommerieh Co. drygocds No g Greene re
II Labaree & Co, coffee No 125 Front-st
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
MLAUGHLIN'S WARD MAN SOhRENDhhS
THINKS HE IS SAFE NOW THAT THE lNDlCI-
MENTs AGAINST HIS FORMER CHIEF
HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

John Burns. the former policeman. who was
ward man when Inspector Mclaughlin was cap
tain in command Of the Edridge-st station sur
rendered himself the District-Attorney once
Yesterday and gave new bail In the amount OF
5000 He forfeited his bail and went to Europe
nearly three years ago. when he was under inolct-
ment on charges growing out Of the Lexow inVesu-
cation of the Police Department Burns was ac-
cused of collecting money from the Keepers OF o's
orderly houses in the district east OF 'ne no"eiy
ho, ,,cI augblin had command there. He also
was accused of collecting hush money ior NC NC
iauehlin when McLaughin was in commence 3I e ,le
paid to the city by Michael F. Lyons. his bonds
~. r>,.,rto+ A,tornev's
office yesterday he was accompanied o. daier
hoodsnan Herman Jobesdos, real estate uedIei
of No 453 West Thirty y-ninth-st.. who gave as sc,
curty the property at No +So e., & avgr
To he worth $50 900 and mortgaged for Sl2p, oui ne
was well dressed and looked happy since the IN
dictments against Inspector mclaughlin Mere , u,9
miesed he is said have no cause Tor aiarl dDout
The indictments now pending against himself
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESlDhNi.
MEMBERS OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL coMMis-
SION APPOINTED.
w.sb,neton. July 22-The President sent to the
rnrr,ira iinns in-1aX:

Washington. July 22-The President sent 10 'he
senste the following nominations to-day:
To he members of the Nicaragua Canal SoInniis- SoIni.
sion-Rear- Admiral John G. Walker. nlten .'dSes H
Navy. Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter. CORPS OF Ell
eneers United States Army and Lewis evils NJ, M faup'
81 Pennsylvania ian engineer from CIVIL lllt) ,...
ca Atain Norman II. Farduhar to be coinHouoie'
Commander Charles O'Neil TO be captain: >,,
George ID Green and Miles Cavanaugn OF Moi MOI
tsna and William r. Manning. OF iowa 10 tH, ne cVn, W.
miasioners 10 examine and CLASSIFY lanuS "Ithi, tl
land grant limits of the Northern Pacllc haii'o"u
Tnmpanv in the Helena district OF Montana; -
Albert l. Elliott OF the District or CoIump,a' Ci, 9 o1
10 nIers Of the District Court for the Dlstrict OF
Alaska. ,, 7, pr,co et Syracuse n
v George Winner at Palmyra \. -; l,cIa,u NJ d ~
" Rox AT Pulaski " Y; Fielding smith a' Lam
caster, II. . -. .ha
I, ia expected that before the adjournment oi 'he
osa,, eess,on of Congress the President VIII send
~ the Senate the nominations OF the 'hFee cum
m,ssioners provided for by the last congress u
prosecute the inquiry as TO the feasioiiv Oh con-
s,ruct,np n deep waterway between the great e iakss
nd tho Atlantic Ocean. by which II VIII oe posspie
|or seagoing craft TO reach chicago anu tIle 49,,
iaka Morris While the final selection OF the n.,
hnrs az this important body Cfor upon lts iePoIt
NAV depend the expenditure or sTUVc!vVV Ii'S ne ne
,at heen made, II l. understood that tne neio t .
Win he Mr. Cooley, of Chicago. memper oi IN. VI.
original Deep Waterway Commission ana az pr p,e9y NJ
o.,anhed o the Chicago drainage canai proJec1, MI
asne Wt,snar ~ Detroit who engineered the BraZos
Eiver Texas Improvement ana Major t.a!,noriu aroa
~ ,he ITnited States Engineer Corps now IN cndIso
~ river and harbor works along the Ne"-JeIsey
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
70 DRAW PLANS FOR THE NEW LIBRARY.
THE SUCCESSFUL ARCHITECTS IN THE PRELIMl-
NARY COMPETITION NAMED.

THE SUCCESSFUL ARCHITECTS IN THE PRELIMI-
NARY COMPETITION NAMED.
The Jury Of Award In the preliminary compeu-
ton for plans for the building to be erected on the
site Of the Forty-second-st reservoir for the New
York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and 'Ihueh
foundations met yesterday in the office OF George L.
Rives at No. 80 Nassau-st.. and reported its oec-
slcn. The successful competitors are as lohows'
j. H. Freedlander, No. "a West Twenty,seHGyo Hyonu
st.; Haydel & Shepard, No. 1855 Fifth-ave; n. noln-
bostel, George f. Wood and George u; a.'e, an ~
No So Wiam-st.; Howard Cauldweli; 10; NJ ~
East Twenty -third-st.: Lord, Hewlett q nan; w
l6 East Twenty third-st Clarence 3 Luce kU;
ST. Marks Place, New Brighton, Staten isiaNu NJ
Parish Schroeder and Francis l! Einng woou @ s, o
Madison-ave.; Roos e. Weber NO. 81 NASSAU NJ
w Wheeler Smith, associated with wake. & q N.Y. NJ
ris No. Wa-st c. w. A. A. Stoueh'V,cu!; ,c! "a ~
S Fifth-ave; James E. Ware & Son, nos SEQ ,T HYs,h %
4ss FYfth-ave. and Whitney Warren NO 10" ri'"
ave- . A.,
Eighty-eight sets of plans were suomit.eo :" @
competition As the first step toward the seoVHu
competition the Executive Committee o, nssfmI .ne
brary Trustees will choose six OF me me CIV other
competitors mentioned. adding to these SIX eve 0eve
architects or firms of architects. and these tWehe we
will again compete. the successful compe'iU rchitec
recommended to the city authorizes as -, sacond
for the building The precise terms OF tre w the
competition cannot be made known . oeiv not mad
early part of August the committee nas nU' a
a meeting since the preliminary comPe,a'i rneetin9
Instituted II Is expected, however, tha' ''
will he held some day next week
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
SIOOPS-CLASS X.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
THE COMMISSION MEETS AGAIN AND ALLoTs
MORE MONEY FOR DREDGING.


After spending a week in discussing the question
OF the apportonment Of 1888 033 80 for Mississippi
River levees and dredging, and after having
listened to all the representative delegates sent
from the riparian States Of the Mississippi, and
having completed their work. made the apportion-
ments handed in the report and gone home. the
members OF the Commission were compelled yester-
day TO go over their work again
This was due to the rejection by the Secretary
of War of the report and the resubmsson OF the
entire matter to the Commission for reapportion-
ment The law governing the matter makes II
obligatory on the Commission to apportion large
part Of the appropriation TO dredging and dredging
plants The law does not say what proportion OF
an appropriation shall be devoted to this purpose
hut leaves this with the Commission. The en-
gineers OF the War Department In this instance
merely took issue with the judgment of the Com
mission In the apportionment IT made for dredging
The Commission devoted 800 900 at It's last meet
ing TO dredging and dredging plants This was
considered by the War Department too small
n proportion OF the entire appropriation. The Com
mission to-day devoted in It's reapporonment $780,
OOo TO dredging and plants for dredging. In order
TO make this increase II was necessary 10 reduce
the apportionment for levees. 49,.
The Commission apportioned A.GIl.2V for levees.
This leaves about 100000 unapportoned. Ii Is the
practice OF the Commission to have "A little fund
on hand In case OF emergency. and this practice
came I'm good during the overfiows lat spring. In
making the reapportionment for the levee districts
the Commission was careful that none or the dis
tricts would receive more or less than they ought
to have in proportion to the apportionment last
month. The reapportonment Tor tne ievee districts
is as follows: Lower ST. Francis $3.50: Upper
Yazoo $4,000: White River. sl2i.S0O; Lower Yazoo
gSI. 800 Upper Tensas, s29,ioo; Lower Tensas sos
100; Atchafalya AssSeo; Lafourche sn,soc; Bara-
tnria N9 Oo Pontchartrain. sl3.l50: Lake Bogne.
800 200
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
RECONSIGNING GRAIN TO TEXAS.

Kansas City. Mo-. July 22.-All the Southwestern
railroads are reconsignng grain from Kansas city
to Texas local points at the balance Of the through
rates despite the recent decision OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission which practically dealt n
death blow to the reconsgnment privilege at Kan
sas City The full text Of the decision has been
received by shippers and railroad men Of this city,
and they agree that 1t does not apply to grain
shipments to Texas points. 1t affects the recon-
sgnment Of grain. they say. at the BALANCE of
through rate TO Chicago and the Mississippi River.
but this privilege was withdrawn by the railroads
last November The Missouri Kansas and Texas
and Missouri Pacific roads have agreed to handle
grain 10 Texas from this point in the old way.
They consider that the decision OF the Interstate
be followed with order to the railroads to abo-
ish reconsignment privileges before 1t can become
aHe
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23

that Allen "acted like a drunken man" when ne
was arrested Other witnesses who had seen Al
len gave similar testimony.
Allen. when called to the stand by his counsel
denied the charge Of intoxcation and said tnat ne
had been taking medicine which made him dzzy.
He admitted that he had been on the Brooxyn
police force and that he had been dismissed lot "a =
that he had been tried twice while on the New;
York force each time for drunkenness. but ne naa
been let of each time. He being prosecuted,
he added Robert Allen. the brother OF the
policeman. and George Burger OF No sbl Bedl1ra- ,,r
man half an hour before his arrest and that he
had not been intoxicated. . s
beyond doubt, that the charge was true re te
said he felt that any fine ne might inhict would De
little in comparison with the ultimate punlshment
but he ought to impose fine OF 80 the me me
was paid by Aliens brother. Allen Is stili unueE
suspension and will be tried before the Police CON-
missIOners.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
MAGISTRATES AND THE RAINES LAW.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOT BOUND TO IN
vEsTIGATE ALL CASES OF VIOLATION

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOT BOUND Io IN
vEsTIGATE ALL CASES OF VIOLATION
DECIDED BY THEM.
An important opinion was handed down by At
tornev-General Hancock relative to that provision
of the Raines law which is construed to mean that
the District Attorney is bound to present TO the
Grand Jury all cases in which arrests have been
made for violations OF the law regardless OF the
fact that the magistrate before whom the cases
were first tried dismissed them. District-Attor-
ney Ocott has regarded such action as superhu-
ous but has nevertheless obeyed what seemed 70
be the law and presented innumerable cases OF
tbat kind TO the Grand Jury. AT the same une
he communicated with the Attorney General ana
the result is that no more cases IN Wnlcn t one
prisoners have been discharged by the maglstrate
before whom they were arraigned Will be pre-
sented TO the Grand jury. ,. , .ho
The Attorney General In his opimoh, uses h ,a .ne
foi,nwtng language: II do not think tnat tne law
comnels the District-Attorney OF New-1 ork CouhtS
:" reinvestigate charges Of violation OF Sectlon ei
tbat have been once properly examined before
MAGISTRATE and dismissed for failure OF eviuehfe i
Weithcr do believe that in this class OF cases IRE
;s diyestcd of his discretion as quasl-,uoaria aII
oficer IT, in Ills opinion. case mas peem oTor for
Tairly Investigated and thrown out OF couIt , lor
want of proof he may in the exercise OF MS us
cretion refuse to investigate again.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
AT THE SAME OLD TRICK.
THE STATE ASSESSORS TRYING TO PILE
Up MORE TAXES ON THIS CITY.

UP MOhE IAAES SA~ ~AA-~
Although the city Of New-York now pays every
v.a, nearly one-half Of the State tax. the state
Board Of Equalization Is not satisneo' pu' pro
rose. "a resort to its annual scheme OF increasing
the assessed valuation Of the city's property. In
FORMER years as much as $ll6,oooooo to N%'VooW
used 70 be added to the city's valuation but when
President Barker became head OF the Tax Depart
ment he aroused such persistent and determined
opposition to the practice that the state BOARD
rradually receded in It's demands and Tor the
IL ST few years Mr. Barker has succeeded In getting
the added valuations down to something ike
$50, 100000.
The State Board Of Equalization early In the year
again served its usual notice on the New-York
Tax Commissioners that this law requires them to
assess all property for taxation at It's full market
value As no attention was paid to this annual
notice the State Assessors Informed the Distrlct-
Attorney that the Tax Commissioners had failed
to obey the law and subsequently called upon the
chief clerk Of the Board Of Aldermen for list OF
the corporations doing business In this city and
the amount Of taxes assessed against them FOR
State and local purposes. Chief Clerk W. H. Ten
Eyck secured the list from the Tax Department
and yesterday sent It to the State Board at Albany
II will meet on the first Monday In september 10
decide how much II will add to New-York Citys
State tax New-York Is without single repre-
sentative on the State Board.
In the list which Chief Clerk Ten Eyck sent to
the State Assessors showing the valuation and the
amount Of State tax for 1885, the principal corpora
tions follows:
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
DEFILEMENT OF NETWORK HARBOR
LIEUTENANT PARKER MAKES A REPORT TO THE
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Washington. July GA report on the opera
tions for the prevention Of illegal deposits OF refuse
in New-York Harbor in the last year has been SUD-
mitted to the War Department by Lieutenant John
+. Parker Supervisor Of the Harbor.
Four steam tugs, he says. succeeded In enforcing
the law in regard to dumping refuse OUTSIDE the
harbor and In keeping the main channels clear OF
small fishing craft They were also employed IN
making inspections In Long Island Sound and the
Hudson River Special efforts are being made to
nrevent the deflement Of the harbor by the promis
cuous throwing of waste material In the North
and East rivers. The authorities on Blackweils :
and Wards islands have made arrangements 10
dspose Of refuse by sanitary methods 1t Is De-
leved that another source of injury to the harpor
IS the Illegal deposit OF ashes by steam vessels ana
every effort is being made to correct the evil Much
difficultv has experienced In disposing OF ma
teriai removed in rebuilding crib work along the
waterfront 1t has required great vigilance 10 en-
force the law and prevent Illegal deposits OF THIS
material decided improvement IL shown In the
Lower Bay and beaches as result or the disPosi-
lion of the garbage of Brooklyn and New l0rk
M the reduction plant opened In November The
remainder of the citys waste, consisting OF street
sweepings etc is deposited outside OF Sandy HOOK
Lightshp. 1t Is thought. however, that the CITY
within a few weeks will place this material De-
hind bulkheads on Riker's Island which the super
visor considers the only correct method or dsposing
of IT, About 900 600 cubic yards OF refuse are dis
osed OF yearly.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
POLICEMAN ALLEN FINED FOR HIS SPREE
PLEADS THAT HE WAS I'LL WHEN ARRESTED.
But MAGISTRATE sIMMs REFUSES
pEIJEyE HIM

The case OF Policeman James s Allen. who was
arrested by Captain Cross. Of the Leonard-st sta
tion on Tuesday afternoon. on charge Of In
toxication and dsorderly conduct while In uniform
and on duty. was tried In the Centre Street Police
Court yesterday. Allen did not appear when the
case was first called and doctors certificate TO
the effect that the policeman was suffering from
acute gastralgia. and was unable TO be present.
was produced In his behalf. Magistrate Simms
said that Allen must be In court In the afternoon
or his bail would be forfeited. and Allen re-
sponded
Captain Cross was the hrst witnesA he said
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
SITE FOR A NEW FIREHOUSE.

The Board OF Estimate on May % passed resoiu-
ton to remove all OF the buildings from the Cn!
Hall Park except the City Hall and the County
Cour, House This takes away the firehouse In the
browns,one building. in which are Hook and Lad
der Company No and Engine Company No. l. A
site for new house has been selected at Cham
bers-st and Park Row.
The ground and houses at this point are owned
nv the city and the houses now the site will be
torn down upon the approval Of the Board of Esti-
mate of the selection, The hrehouse Will be az
Nos 4 g and Cnambers-st. and Nos. 80 and 81
park Row The front Of the building will be on the
Chambers-st side. Chief Bonner has approved the
ci.a
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
A RIG BOND FOR TRUSTEES.

Justice smyth in the Supreme Court yesterday
.nnroved the 500 900 bond given on behalf Of En-
NEST Ehrmann OF Atlantic Highlands, ~ j.. and
Samuel scholle OF this city. as substituted trus-
tees under the will OF Abraham Scholle The bond
"a given by the Fidelity and Deposit Company OF
Maryland as sole surely
Abraham Schoe died In New-York CITY IN 1880
,rho reucIeus of his large fortune was made In
California in the gold fever OF ls4s. He became
afterward a prominent drygoods merchant. en-
@aped in business with his brother. and the nrm
ssnbseouenfly went into the banking business.
The company in connection win the bond ted
Henry 3 Piatt. showing Its actual assets to be
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
A CARLOAD OF FOSSILS.

The expedition which sent to Wyoming on
May / by the American Museum OF Natural His
tory In this city, In charge OF DR.. J. l.. Workman
and Barnum Brown to search for fossils. has been
more successful than was expected DR.. Workman
has reported that ihe expedition has unearthed two
fossils of dinosaurs extinct Lizards, OF gigantic
size The dinosaurs existed in the Mesozoc age.
and the two fossils found each about fifty feet
long A carload Of fossils will be sent from Wyom-
Ing to the museum soon.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
MIST AVOID CONEY ISLAND.

POLICEMEN ORDERED NOT TO LEAVE Ihh 'ii'
WITHOUT PERMISSION
Deputy Chief Cortrght issued an olu., ~ o,forco
.,ns ~ nrecincts yesterday morning to enforce
49, r,,,os against policemen leaving the city WIN
an, nermiss,on. This is on account OF the recent
escapade of Policemen Dunn and McDermott, VINO
n,.rn arrested for drunkenness at Coney lsianu on
~sa,. The ..shoo-fy" roundsmen from Police
I,s!.r,ars IuessuaS, who sec that the police do thelT
tesaqu a,ir he ordered TO watch the ferries ana
leading TO Coney Island 10 see tnat Po
Moannen do not try to get 10 that place OF amuse
ment without permission
New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
RTRGLAPS IN A ST4TIONERS STORE.

Thieves broke into the store OF bie!er :,
. NJ 6, Eourth-ave Wednesday night and stole
$500 worth of gold pens and expensive stationery
They gained an entrance through the rear me me
robbery was not discovered until yesterday morning
when the store was opened up for business. ne
store next to Beyer e. Brothers has Deeh 'o'"
down. and II is thought the ROBBERS tooh au' "i,'e
=. -. -, In, 20 oct IN the rear The firm
deals In stationery and goods OF similar chai-