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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
STEEL MAST OF THE COLUMBIA.

Rristol Nav 6 (SpeciaD-The following description
OF the construction Of the Coumbas steel mast mas
been written by who has closely watched the
processes now being followed This is the first steel
mast to be put into a large racing yacht, ana the
methods adopted in its construction are peculiar
from a sailors point OF view The spar is begun at
its middle and is worked out toward both ENDS The
semi-circular steel plates. OF which the shell Of the
mast is being made are about nine feet long ana
lap each other on opposite sides for about half their
length The frame of the mast is made Of longitu-
dinal steel angles and the transverse disks or
stiffeners are made Of steel plate. The angles are
bulked like the frames and deck beams Of the boat
and are In long lengths. At their ends they are
Joined by tapping and rlvetting There are eight or
these angles. and they run the whole length OF the
spar , ,,,. -, .o, ohou.
twenty inches In diameter. In the centre Is cut
fourteen-inch hole, both decrease the weight and
10 allow a to crawl through Around this large
mole are or % The oUer edge Of the disk
is Hanged and rfvetted 10 the plates OF the SMELL
The sSe dates are rvetted on their edges to the
steel angles. and on their ends to interior outt
The plates are also securely rivetted all along TO
the angles. making strong spar In riyettng the
the spar hold the sledge on the head of the rvet
The diameter OF The spar looks to be about
sSen, fouf anS or e Feet apart
emily length OF some fifty or sixty feet has been
II the spar is the same length as the oregon pine
Rcson spaT p company @s
be about i07 feet In length The steel gan has been
COMPLETED, and Is lying the north pier. where the
Defender is moored. Material for the steel boom
has been got out but the work OF putting 1t to-
gether has not been started.
Red lead has been freely used in the interior OF
the steel spars and also on the frames OF the boat
so that her coors are present red and gold. the
red showing the still uncovered frames.
On the Columbia the lower strakes OF plating are
one-quarter of inch in thickness, and the upper
strakes seven-fortieths of an inch. The bronze
shoeing the lead keel Is oneeighth inch The top
strake plates look too handsome to be covered with
paint, and II is thought that had paint been intend
ed, nickel steel would have served the purpose bet
ter than bronze The Columbia may appear finally
as polished bronze boat In which case she will
shine like FURNISHED gold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
NOTES OF THE 7fST REGIMENT.
COURT OF INQUIRY REPORT IN THE
PRINTERS HlNDs-FIRsT ON SAN
HAN HILL.

CAPTAIN John H. white OF the list Regiment
who held the rank of major while the regiment was
in Cuba has received his honorable discharge from
the service He resigned about two weeks ago.
after he became convinced that this was the only
way 10 escape being ordered before board OF
inquiry Inasmuch as no charges had been pre-
ferred against him. the discharge had TO be Issued
The report OF the Board Of Inquiry which the
Governor appointed TO inquire into the cohuuc'
OF the list Regiment has been in the hands OF the
printer more than a week and its publication may
be expected any day. From all that has been SAID
at headquarters In Albany. It seems that. with
Major whittle out. the blame for the regiments
shortcomings will be charged to Lieutenant-Colonel
Smith, and that Captain Austin may also receive
a slight reprimand for his conduct toward General
Kent. Inasmuch the only evidence against
Captain Austin Is contained In his own testimony
before the board his friends believe that Governor
Roosevelt will not use II against the Captain.
In the course OF the last week several members
Of the list Regiment have published statements to
command to reach San Juan HILL and other com
munications of the kind will probably fol-
low. Interested people hope that the report OF the
Court OF Inquiry Will have something 10 say on
that point. wag mailed the following TO several
members of the regiment: Wanted, the name and
the picture of the member of the list Regiment
who not the first to reach San Juan Hill.
Colonel Downs. Lieutenant Colonel Smith and
Major Whittle need not reply.
On the evenings OF May IS and 10 there will be
entertainments at the arnory, In which Companies
+ and X will give realistic representations OF the
battle OF San Juan Hill. The ID Battery will assist
In the entertainment, which will probably be at
tended by the Governor and many officers OF the
National Guard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
WOUNDED IN FIGHTING AT LUZON.
EXPERIENCES OF TWO voIUNTEERs-DEArII OF
a REBEL sHARPsHoOTER

EXPERIENCES OF TWO NORTHUMBERLAND OF
REBEL sHARPsHooTER.
San Francisco May (Specia).-Two youths In
the blue OF Uncle Sam came ashore from the trans
port Sherman recently who will forget their
fighting days in the Philippines. One has scars
either temple showing where a Mauser bullet pene-
trated. and the other has deep marks on his body
the places OF entry and exit OF insurgents bull
let. Privates NJ. p. Dunn and Karl Peterson. both
of the LIST Montana are the men who bear these
seals OF bravery. Dunn leading the field at
Caoocan when bullet cut a clean hole through
his head from temple 10 temple and severing the
optic of one eye. destroyed It's sight and left
the other In such condition that Dunn cannot
recognize his friends except within two feet OF him.
He cannot read or write now. and never will DE
able to do so. but he bears his trouble manfully
and makes complaint
Peterson was advancing with his company when
bullet struck him. first under the arm. and, TAX
ing n downward course. left his body near the
small OF the back. The bullets work did not stop
with manning Peterson for It went through Private
William Kennedys leg and finally lodged in a
gun stock. From this Peterson dug II, and now
proudly treasures II a memento. He speaks
modesty OF his wounds and save for a paralyzed
left hand his appearance In clothes gives token
of his fearful experience.
How the Americans avenged the picking OF Of
the skull which one Of the soldiers had as a
souvenir In the centre OF the Filipno's skull were
five bullets. placed closely together that they
could all be covered by a half-dollar piece. This
Filipino was tied In tree at Caloocan and had
worried our troops extremely as they could not
locate him. Finally they saw him through telescope
sights. and several men fired at him In succession,
with the result that five bullets went through his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD REORGANIZED'
.rv,NDrR r MASON THE NEW REPUBLICAN,
MEMBER-C. H. KNOX AND W. NJ Dfh-
MAN REAPPoINTED.

Mavor Van Wyck yesterday morning received
letter from the State Civil Service Commlssioi
calling attention to the provisions or the "hl'e
Civil Service law which goes into erect on May 10
requiring the reorganization OF the local CNl 'o'
vice Board and the appointment OF al Ieas' one
Republican member OF the Board. The Mayor I'M
mediately compiled with the provisions OF the Ia"
and reorganized the Board by reappointing Charies
II Knox and William y. Dykman. Tammany rep
resentatives and appointing Alexander T. Mason
IN place OF Robert +. Deyo. who resigned 10 iacih-
tate the work OF reorganization.
Alexander T. Mason who is member OF the Id"
firm of DAILY White Mason, at No. IL William
St Is an organization Republican. and formerly
was the Republican leader In the XXIXth Assem-
bly, District His appointment was said TO be on
the recommendation OF Edward Lauter6ach The
three commissioners sworn Into office yester-
day by the Mayor II will be their duty under
the White law to make up new rules and reguia-
lions TO be approved by the State civil Service
Board. -, !, e.,..
Board leaves the Board still under ammany con-
troll Lee Phillips, the secretary OF the Board III. Is
the man who really directs the work or the civil
Service Department in this city. He receives a
salary OF 5000 a year. and has a large stan OF
assistants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
CONTROVERSY OVER ISIS HOPKINS"

Bessie Challenger who has been perfofhllhs ~.
part OF Sis Hopkins In the play. Inc 'a'
Waves" at the Manhattan Theatre. together W.
Thomas W. Ryley, one OF the managers OF the .V".
pany of which size Is a member. were arrasn'u ~
fore United States Commissioner Shields yes'e.'1.
morning charged with violating Section 80" "
Chapter " OF the United States Statutes VI '.
ton to copyrights. The warrant on whlch '"ss
were arrested Is based a complaint haoe y.
Rose Melville who Is now playing the same par' :.
Keith's Theatre. james ". Dunno. who Is assn
ated with Ryley in the management OF 'Hhe 'a1
Sea Waves" Company and who Is also naneu "
the warrant was not arrested, as he Is out OF ~
A plea OF not guilty was entered and pan was Ia
at 1900 each but later was reduced 10 500
Miss Melville, the complainant. was not pressa.
The complaint rectes that she Is the author OF ~.
one-act character farce entitled What NeA'
which she copyrighted In January lSs; thar s"'
entered into a contract with Dunno and RylTy "
appear In 'The Sad Sea Waves" ard that 's s
agreement was that the lines OF What Next
were TO be interpoated in the performance ana '''
she was to play the part OF Sis Hopkins 90.
AYERS that the language composition. dialogue az
stage business of the part were her own coip shsr
property and that she did not surrender any OF RIA
rights In Il by nterpolating II In the play ~,
Sad Sea Waves" 1t Is further alleged tnat NJ NJ
leaving the Dunno and Ryley company MISS NJ
Vile told them not 10 use the part she had play.
The date OF the examination VIII be nxed to-n'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

formal reception here to-day at the home Of his
son-in-law, C. b. Pike. after which he started Tor
the East over the Pennsylvania road.
Chicago NAV 6-Postmaster Charles U. Gordon,
who is chairman q the General COMMITTEES c Of the
Chicago Autumn Festival Sss. tSa' .
first reunion in Chicago In October
Towanda. Penn, May 6.-william j. Henry was
convicted OF murder In the second degree to-day
for the killing OF George Rutledge at Sayre last
January. Rutledge discovered Henry early in the
morning In the same room with Mrs. Rutledge al
was In sef-defence.
Berlin Wis. May august Smith, a gardener.
while insane. attempted to Kill his wife with an
eide with the same weapon: Mrs Sm,,hs sk1
unconscious from cuts In his face and head but
II IL thought he will recover
Toledo. Ohio May s--The Government has be-
gun the work OF putting n position W the eight can
Rar island The cannon came from the brooklyn
Navy Yard. and they will mark the resting place
Clark. of Perry's fleet. The Government has made
an appropriation OF $4,000 to put the cannon In
position.
Minneapolis, May Elm the crowded street In
tempted to shoot his wife, from whom he was seek
Ing divorce firing a, her twice the shots sSing
was the target OF the third shot but stumbled and
M the the ons to s. Ss ns sesS s
bullet through his own head. He died later at the
city Hospital.
St Louis May "a little woman dressed In
bicycle suit of army blue. and giving her name as
and searched the Rogies Gallery to-day for the
picture OF a man named Warren Bennett Ulysses
Russell Mayne who married her at Fort Worth.
Tex, year ago and. she says. deserted her. She
followed him all the way from Odessa. Tex,
her bicycle, and intimates that when she fnds the
man she will shoot him. The woman believes he
has another wife at Quincy III. He said he had
wealthy relatives at Albany. N, Y
Lancaster. Penn. May e.-Annie NJ Espenshade
aged twenty-seyen burned to death at her
home In this city last night. She had been con-
hned 10 her bed by Illness since January, and for
the last two days had been deirious In the alb
OF her relatives she got out OF bed and went
to the let where her clothes became ignited.
On the return Of her mother and aunt they found
her In bed. with smoke issuing from under the
covers. They put out the flames, but she was hor-
ribly burned about the face neck and shoulders,
and suffered great agony until she died
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
THE BERNARDsvILLE COLONY.
SOME OF THOSE WHO OWN PLACES OR HAVE
RENTED COTTAGES At THIS NOUN
TAIN RESORT.

eor,er.e, Inn Berne rdsvie ~ j. May (Spe-
ciaD-Beautfuly situated Is Bernardsvilie' nesthns
at an altitude OF $50 feet above sea lever IN .he
second range Of Atlantic Coast mountains thirty
FIVE miles inland In New-Jersey. In rolling country
suggestive OF Lenox and the Berkshires. To the
cultivation and development OF the natural adj
yantages of Bernardsvie the enterprise OF men
has been integently directed. until IL mas become
a popular summer resort o..
The Somerset Inn which opened last Monday for
the fourth season OF six months under the capable
management of George w. futile. accommodates
three hundred guests. Eight cottages cluster ABOUT
the inn which Is hanked by the necessary outbuid-
ings Throughout the hotel and cottages all apart
ments are arranged in suites with baths. furnished
In the most modern style quarter OF q m'Ie
from the inn is the golf course OF nine notes. an-
mlrably laid out. which the contour Of the country
renders varied A picturesque clubhouse Is MAIN
tanned by the hotel management. o'clock tea being
served daily.
The names OF n few OF those who have settled
here. whose possessions stretch out along the
Mendham Road and whose investments aggregate
millions OF dollars, T.. I. VI. IalmeuBe' vi
Brooklyn; Frederick Cromwell second vice-presl-
dent OF the Mutual Life Insurance Company; T. w.
Ide president OF the Cotton Exchange; ColoneI
Robert f. Stevens, Richard Stevens, Mrs Archibald
Alexander Ramsey Turnbull. the son-in-law OF A.
c. Benedict: George b. Post. the well-known aren't
tect and George b. Post. jr.; John r. Dryoeh'
president OF the Prudential Life Insurance COM
pany. OF Newark: w. C. Clark, OF thread fame'
Philip ~ Jackson OF Newark: +. B. OIcott presi-
dent OF the Central Trust Company: II. X, kuhn-
hardt of the Hamburg American steamship Lihe
and Francis G.. Lloyd. OF Brooks Brothers -,.s
The cottages of Somerset Inn are to be occupied
this season by II. ]. Hardenbergh, architect OF me
Waldorf-Astoria; Thomas l. Olive OF the Nation Ia
BISCUIT Company; John r. Guilford, John n
Jacauelin. broker; l.. Latin Kellogg, president Oh
the Colonial Club and prominent contract lawyer;
c. H. Coombs, broker; Daniel w. Tate. eroker' ana
Mrs. James NJ Hopkins. all Of New-York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
MANY HORSE SHOW ENTRIES.
GOOD SIZED LISTS PROMISE WELL FOR THE OPEN
AIR EXHIBITION.

cooD-s1zED LISTS PROMISE WELL FOR THE OPEN
AIR EXHIBITION
The lists for the open-air horse show TO be held
at Manhattan Field, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and Eghth-ave. on May 10 TO 70 inclusive from
TO o'clock In the afternoon. under the auspices
OF the New-York Horse Show Association nave
closed with more than seven hundred entries and
with the post entries come. the total VIII be con-
s,de,ably Increased. The entries are well divided
among the one hundred and five classes
A feature OF the show, and one bound TO please
ALL who attend, will be the miniature ioN huh'
This hunt will be made as realistic as possible ana
"a sr,a IN be the talk OF the show. The hounds
70 he used for this hunt have hunted regularly and
are thoroughly alive to the game. There VIII DC
twantv mounts and they will be dressed In full
hunting costumes. The jumps Will consist OF the
following: No l will be 4-foot stone wall topped
with turf and No. will be OF split rails feet
high and fastened between uprights so that they
cannot be knocked off No. will have fence OF
s-foot solid timber brushed up TO about foot 6
inches
The entries for the harness class, which Is very
large contain the names OF such prominent
horses as Charles +. Bates's Coxey. Whirl OF the
Town and Sporting Life Harvard Willets's Look
away and Hasson: II, b. Stokess Hilartty. Strauss
e. Hexter's Attraction Defender and Voltaire; Al
bert C. Bostwick's The Man I'm the Moon. Lord
Beresford and Lord Chesterfield John Arthur's Sir
John and Autocrat; w. X. Vanderbilt jr.'s. Miss
Columbia and w Gould Brokaws Meteor. Ruth
and Golden Rod
Among the four-n-hands and tandems will be
those of C. r. Bates. John Arthur John 8. Bratton.
Albert c. Bostwick ]. Ullman Stevens. w. Gould
Brokaw Howard Wiets and A. J. Nutting. For
the saddle class some OF the entries received are
from Mrs. f. H. Hartman. Mrs. w. f. hoffman
C. l.. Railey. t. II. Weatherbee. Bird s. Coler, Miss
c. Adelaide Doremus and Miss May Deering
Ponies will be shown by Miss Circuit. Miss Hubs
and Miss Jones. Jumping. which will DO a feature
OF the show will have timber toppers from the
stables of ]. J. Holloway e. s.. Reynois. Hart
Bros. Mrs. ~. Hayes Howard Wnlets and Miss
shown with malet apd ball, horses are entered by
Frederick Halen. John ballet, 1r.. w. Gould Bro
kaw and q. A. 6eportos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
EXCISE "RUNNER'S" MISTAKE.
KEEN COMPETITION TO SECURE BUSINESS LEADS
TO A MISUNDERSTANDING.

KEEN COMPETITION TO SECURE BUSINESS LEADS
TO A MISUNDERSTANDING.
The people who are interested In the excise bond
business having a tangle over a little occur
ence In the Metropolitan Building, No. l Madison
ave, a day two ago. There is a keen COM
petition between various guarantee companies for
excise bond business. and most OF them employ
runners"
Among the most active Of these runners are two
brothers. Leo and Morris Barnett. They are small
men, but eagle-eyed and they descry a liquor
dealer block from the building. When they get
hold of customer they carefully escort him 10
the office OF the United States Guaranty Company.
on the eighth floor of the Metropolitan Building
and they never leave him until the bond is made
out and the lquor-tax certificate secured. In
cdentally II the iquor-dealer finds pen an
familiar implement they help him in making out
his application.
On the occasion I'm question Leo Barnett was
strolling through the corridor of the ninth floor
where there is an excise office. when liquor
dealer stepped out Of the elevator. Mr.. Barnett
welcomed him warmly Accounts differ as TO
with his hand ciutchng Mr. Barnetts throat.
The affair came TO an abrupt stop through the
on the moon. The significance of the affair lies
in the fact that Lynch is the local excise manager
pany. Andrew Freedman manages this company
which. is often referred to as the Croker Com
pany."
stinT
The United States Guaranty Company is nom
e active in Republican politics in Deputy Commits
sioner billiards district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
MAIL ADVICES FROM JAPAN.
PREPARING FOR OUTBREAK OF HOSTILE
TIES IN CHINA-wANT OPERATION OF
TREATIES DEFERRED-RACE BE-
TWEEN ToRPEDo-BoAr DE-


Seattle Wash May (SpeciaD.-The japanese
liner Rio Jun Maru arrived from Yokohama yester-
day with adyices to April 49, Japanese merchants
With branch houses at Chinese coast ports nave
been sending large quantities OF supplies oil all
kinds TO their representatives. The IDEA tha' N''a
Is soon to be involved In a serious Foreign war mas
taken hold Of the merchants. In case oil war; eA-
porting would have to stop war prices wou'u
prevail. and every pound OF supplies wouid De
worth many times its present value Arms anu
ammunition have been shipped In large auanti'les'
Prices OF food stuffs all over the chinese Empire
have already advanced and weigh heavily upon tue
people Grain is worth 100 per cent more tlah !" y
wears ago Many are living on roots ana sea"eeu
who formerly had plenty .,.,.-
Yokohama foreign residents are about 10 pee'ioh
the Government to postpone for some years 'he
oneratIon of new foreign treaties, on the srounu
that japan is not nearly ready TO be thrown OPEN
Among these objections are these' ihae ''.e
Japanese prison system is defective thst secie's 10
observed In the preliminary examinations III 'he
courts OF justice and consus are not permitted 10
attend courts at this stage and that the prepara-
,,ors for rnxed residence are not satisfactory, as
&c shown by the fact that judicial officials were
only recently dispatched abroad for investigation 10
enable them to meet the requirements oil the he"
regime II Is also feared that foreigners VIII meet
with bodily harm.
Tho race on the way from England to Japan be-
tween two new Japanese toIPeuo- OOr r,, md the
Shlncnome with an English crew. resulted IN tle
vessels arriving together the Shln9 9 IN Hang
Kong through her master threatening TO shoo, ,bs
German cook. The vernacuiar papers ii haat thc
serious charge that in their efforts 10 oeat .nc
other DESTROYER the English crew Of the Shinonome
injured the vessel severely. The Japanese W "
Eminent Is said TO be undecided whether or n t} 10
accept her She made poor time between ii iinn
Kong and Yokosuka. the japanese naNal Stat'oii
The naval authorities have decided TO allow W
more vessels TO be brought out by toregh
ar
overlook the Marakumo. Inc iat'Si was "''
lost In az Indian storm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
NEW SIITY-NINTH REGIMENT ARu0RH

In his search for a suitable site for a new armov
for the Goth Regiment Colonel Duffy has seen nom
that he preferred TO the plot bounded by TwenV
fifth and Twenty-sixth SITS. and Lexington anu
Fourth ayes. He has decided 10 recommend u "
the Armory Board at Its next meeting. The res
ment has the poorest quarters OF any command y,
New-York and Colonel Dufy as well as "ehe'
Smith OF whose brigade the regiment Is par"
believes that the regiment cannot be brought 10
proper state OF efficiency until It Is housed d'e'
emily. ,... an.
Compan l. and NJ, which recruited lot .','
volunteer service mustered out on t TO-.
Some OF the men remained In the regiment oy 'o''
Ing other companies. 80. hat
Recruiting has been brisk and II Is believed IN sss
about ESQ men will answer 70 roiical wnen
annual Inspection takes place.