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New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
4 HHON THINKS HE NEEDS REST
But JUSTICE FURSMAN THINKS HE DOES
NOT. AND SETS THE BROOKLYN RAPID
TRANSIT CONSPIRACY TRIAL
DOWN FOR JUNE 4.

Justice Fursman. of the Supreme Court yester-
day set the Brooklyn Rapid Transit conspiracy
down for Monday. June 4. John Proctor
Clarke Special Deputy Attorney General. intrusted
with the prosecution. and Colonel" Robert A
Ammon, representing Alfred r. Gosln, Harry j.
Alexander. Eugene L. Packer. Charles T. Davis
Warner T. Allen and Mr. Bogart, appeared before
Justice Fursman.
Mr. Ammon said that !nasmuch his time
would be fully occupied without attending the
defence of the indicted he would ask to
have the trial go TIL next fall He said. fur
thermore that he was greatly In need of rest
MS work had been hard for the last three
months.
Justice Fursman looked at Mr.. Ammon and
seemed to be satisfied that his physical condition
equal TO the strain. and then said that he
would set the trial down for Monday June l.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
TO HELP THE SUFFERERS

The Executive Committee of the India Famine
Relief Committee met yesterday at the Chamber
of Commerce. with the Rev. DR. Leander T. Cham
berlan, chairman, presiding. Eleven of the fifteen
members of the committee present and great
interest in forwarding relief work was manifested
II was decided after considerable discussion to ap
point Committee on Plan and Scope and to meet
on Monday next at the Chamber Of Commerce to
hear the committees suggestions This committee
consists of the Rev. DR.. Chamberlain, Robert c.
Ogden and Isaac NJ. Seligman. Dr. Chamberlain
said last night that while 1t fully realized that
the need of instant relief for the famine sufferers
was the paramount question, still 1t thought to
be wise to have the Plan and Scope Committee ap-
pointed and to decide how best to push the work
He added that interesting developments might be
looked for at the meeting Monday next.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
THE DISTRESS IN INDIA.
SIX YEARS. AT LEAST MUST ELAPSE BE-
FORE NORMAL CONDITIONS RETURN.

London. May 11.-In the House of Commons
this afternoon the SecI etary of State for India,
Lord George Hamilton. replying to a question
on the subject of the famine in India confirmed
the reports heretofore received of the excessive
famine and the mortality therefrom In the
tive States. He added that British officers had
been sent to those States to advise and assist
the native governments, and that loans had
been and would continue to be made by the
Indian Government TO meet the expenses of the
operations for the relief of the famine In terri
tories outside of British rule.
Sir Francis MacLean Chief Justice of Bengal
and chairman of the Famine Relief Committee,
cabling to the Lord Mayor of London. whose
fund reached 100000 to-day calls attention to
the fact that this is the moment when money is
most urgently required to assist the peasantry
with seed and cattle for ploughing in view of
the coming monsoon.
The latest mails from India give additional
details of the calamity which has befallen 1.-The
brightest Jewel In the Imperial crown" A cor
respondent. writing from Nagpore. capital of
the Central Provinces. on April 20. says:
1t is impossible to convey by means of mere
figures any adequate idea of the paralyZing ef-
feet of a drouth such as India Is now experience
ing We can lump together statistics showing
the actual loss of the Government. This how
ever. takes no account of the further loss of
the great mass of agriculturists. who have ex-
hausted every resource in the struggle for ex-
1stence, and who have been left penness and
deeper in the tolls of the usurer; of the lands
which lie fallow for need of the plough and
cattle: OF stagnatiOn in every branch of trade
In consequence Of the blight which overlies
the land The net cost to the Government will
be tS,2JOOOO and the value of the wheat crop
destroyed is tS.WO,oOO to f1OOO00OO and the
cotton crop f1OOO00 while the great oil seed
crop is non-existent outside of Bengal the
Northwest Provinces and Dude. On a moderate
computation the cutivators of Bombay Province
have lost t15.O0O.OOO food crops and $1,000
600 on cotton.
More serious and more far reaching than the
obstruction Of the crops is the awful mortality
In cattle. In the Ahmedabad district the splen-
did GuZerat oxen have perished by the million
ana men and women are playing the parts of
beasts Of burden. dragging the numbering carts
along the rough country roads.
Given fair season. the Indian peaSantry
Will recover from the effects of the famine with
rapidity little short of marvellous. But two
conditions will this year test their recuperative
powers to an unusual degree. First the oc-
currence of the second drouth before the traces
or the previous one had been eliminated: sec
ond, the unprecedented mortality among the
cattle on sanguine estimate six years must
elapse before the Central Provinces return to
their normal conditions. In the Deccan it is
the same case, and at Guzerat and Ra1putana
the interval will be even longer.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
JOINS STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

COUNTY SOCIETY BECOMES SUBORDINATE To THE
BIG ORGANIZATION.
At a special meeting of the New-York County
Medical Associat ton. held in the New-York Acad-
envy of Medicine, No IT West Thirty fourth
St. last evening, II unanimously voted
that the County Association should become merged
into the New-York State Medical Association un-
der It's charter. recently obtained at Albany.
The meeting presided by DR.. Parker
Syms and the action taken In the passage of
a resolution that the County Association accept
and ratfy the action taken by the State Assoc!a-
ton making all county organiza tons In the
medical profession subordinate associations.
The resolution spoken some length by
DR.. F. H. Wiggin president OF the County Associa-
ton, and DR.. E. Eliot Harris both of whom
instrumental in securing the new charter for the
State organization. They contended that there
a lack of organization in the medical profession.
and that there should be system of direct
ganza ton through the county. State and National
m associations.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
STEYN INSPIRITS HIS BUTCHERS.
TELLS THEM THOUSANDS OF FOREIGNERS
ARE ON THE WAY To HELP THEM

ARE ON THE WAY TO HELP THEM.
Maseru. Basutoland May 1O-The Free Staters
are concentrating strongly in good positions
the korunnaberg hills. lying eastward of the d.
rect line from Thaba Nchu to Winburg. Presi-
dent Steyn was with them yesterday. but is be-
neved TO have gone northward after inspiriting
the burghers with stories of approaching Boer
successes through the assistance of thousands of
foreigners who, he said. were pouring into Della
goa Bay.
General Runde's division camped yesterday
evening the banks of the Little Leeuw River.
between Thaba Nchu and Ladybrand
London. May 12.-President Steyn and eoun-
ell of the leaders of several thousand Free
Staters in the Ladybrand and Ficksburg dis
trcts determined to submit to the men the ques
ton OF continuing the not at a great
open air meeting. The fighting men decided TO
fight on Steyn. who appears to be in active
command began to advance toward the British.
and came into contact Thursday with Camp
BELLS brigade and Brabants Horse twenty miles
northeast of Thaba Nchu- smart engagement
ensued, with no positive success either side,
except that the Boer advance stopped.
General Rumble has disposed ten thousand In
fantry along twenty mile front in such way
as to bar Boer advance toward Lord RobertS'S
communications. With the exception of Bra
bants colonials, Rumble has horsemen- The
cavalry are all with Lord Roberts's advance.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12

as as one result OF the widespread hatred which is
Ieit lot that extortionate monopoly throughout
the city Henry Stonewall Jackson employed in
the pranch depot OF the American Ice Company,
at NOS '6l and I63 Westchester- reported
10 the Morrisania police yesterday morning that
an attempt mad been made to assassinate him.
lie SAID ne was sitting in his office window with
several friends, when some unknown person in
Ihe street or In some Of the opposite buildings
nred revolver at him. He said the bullet
clipped furrow through his hair and lodged in
the wall. The police are investigating the
matter.
Opposite the depot of the American Ice Com
pany are several vacant lots. in which piles
or rubbish. 1t Is thought that the aSsailant
behind one of those heaps. Frank Schilwachter,
the depot manager of the American Ice Com
pany, was not in his office, as his custom Is, and
The shade TO his window was down. The bullet
passed through the window and went about
three feet from Mr.. SChwachter's desk. The
police say that some one with a personal griev
ance against Mr.. Schilwachter tried to kill him,
or that some weak Drained victim Of the trusts
rapacity, despairing of getting fair play. had at
tempted to take the law into his own hands and
Kill all iceman in revenge.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
ARTISTS DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE.
FLAMES VISIT THE STABLES AND STUDIOS IN |
WEST FIFTY FIFTH ST.

The two story brick stable of Thomas McI-ain. a
broker at No $50 West Fifty-ffth-st.. damaged
by fire last evening to the extent of $1,000 Nc
Lain the owner. lives at No 16 West Fifty -ift hist
There number Of fine stables in the neighbor-
hood. extending No. 146 TO 1872 The stables have
been covered with a glass roof. and known
Halbeins studios. The artists at work in them
escaped to the street
When Battalion Chief Binns reached the scene
he found fierce fire In the partition between the
private studios of Henry Prellwitz who lives at
Peconic, Long Island, and NJ. Fronkes Consider
able damage done the studios OF Prellwitz
Fronkes, William F. Kline and George NJ Reeves
Later in the evening Battalion Chief Rinns was
informed that another fire had started be-
tween the partitions of the building He was un-
able to find the flames.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12

SEVERAL AMERICANS PREsENTED-sUBDUED
COLORS WORN

London May 1.-THE third Drawing Room OF the
season opened by the Queen in person at
buckingham Palace to-day. 1t was exception
ally brilliant function. The royal circle large
while the diplomatic and general circles
usually fully attended Bright weather prevailed,
and immense crowds assembled about all the ap-
proaches of the palace and warmly welcomed the
arriving royalties. The United States Ambassador.
Joseph II. Choate: the Second Secretary of the
United States Embassy, j. r. Carter, and w Bay
ard Cutting. the newly appointed private secretary
of Mr. Choate were present. In the absence of
Mrs. Choate Nine. de Staal. wife of the Russian
Ambassador presented the four American women.
Mrs. Glover Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting Mrs. Won
Gersdorss and Miss Justine Cutting. in the dplo-
matte circle. Mrs. Prescott Butler wife of the
law partner of Mr. Choate Miss Butler, Mrs
Thomas Reilly and her daughter. Miss Ruth
Snyder, of Philadelphia. presented In the
general circle.
The Queen was wheeled into the Throne Room
at p. m, accompanied by the Prince and Princess
Of Wales the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and
other royalties After receiving the Ambassadors
and their wives and several debutantes Her Maj
esty left the room and her place was taken by the
Princess of Wales. The dresses this
casion were of the most subdued colors.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
NEARING MAFEKING.
Continued from nrst page.
scribing the crossing Of the Zand River by the
British. 1t says:

scribing the crossing of the zand River by the
British. 1t says:
The rear guard of the Beers with their guns.
resisted the advance. The mounted infantry,
two batteries and "pompoms'' cleared the way.
and the Third Cavalry Brigade acted
screen before the main column. General French
was on the left and General Hamilton on the
right The Beers had destroyed all the bridges
during their retreat.
1t is impossible to ascertain the Boer losses
but they are thought to be heavy. Those OF the
British, considering the important advance made
are considered light.
special dispatch from Riet Spruit. dated
May 10. describing more fully yesterdays sue
cessful operation. says
General Hamilton's scouts had on two previous
days ascertained the Beers position and
strength On Wednesday night the Cheshire
Regiment crossed the river. intrenched them
selves and prepared to hold the passage for the
regiments following them.
AT daybreak Thursday the main body
crossed at two or three points. The mounted
infantry were then in action driving off the ad-
vance Beers preparatory to general forward
movement The Boer right first gave way, but
Tucker and Hamilton had a tougher task on
the left The Beers had six guns and served
them We'll, working with great determinations
but the British worked up closer and closer.
their guns meantime firing necessarily. The
East Lancashire and Sussex regiments by IL
o'clock had worked well TO the front The order
was given and like flash the two regiments
sprang forward simultaneously and in a few
moments had secured two commanding ridges
The advanced line within twelve
hundred yards of the Beers main trench and
the latter were already losing heart from the
demonstration on their hand. but they kept up
rapid though wild fire. At this moment the final
charge was ordered. and away went the Lanca-
shire and the Sussex regiments again: but the
and the rout of the Beers along the whole line
was then complete.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
MORSE AND CARROLL. IN NEW VENTURE.
DIRECTORS OF GAS MONOPOLY IN QUINCY,
ILL, FRANK MOSS SAYS

Frank Moss. before the City Vigilance League, at
No 3l5 West Fifty -fourth-st. last night attacked
the Ice Trust and put the blame for its sway Of
monopoly on Tammany Hall, saying In part:
The capitalists who behind the Ice Trust
are reputable citizens good members OF the
churches Pocketbook combinations growing
up between these noble citizens and these out
the people. peculiar circumstance of the pres
ent scandal is the visit of the Mayor and the head
of the dominant party to the Ice fields The district
leaders avowing hatred of the Ice combina tion
not SO much because the people are pulling their
door bells, but because they not in the deal.
To show you how far reaching this Ice Trust is
let show you the prospectus of the Quincy,
H.. Gas Company, which fell into my hands day
ago. Il offers for sale 100000 in bonds and
assures the purchaser that II has the monopoly OF
lighting the city of Quincy by and electricity,
and a guarantee against any rivalry in the
future cites law passed recently by the Illi-
nois Legislature which forbids similar franchise
being granted unless the of the property
owners along the line of the proposed subway be
obtained. There a number of starred
in large type on this prospectus much that Of
leading actor is a theatrical programme. They
are the directors. Among them Charles w.
Morse, president of the Consolidated Ice Company
of NewYork John F. Carroll, of Newly York. and
William H Cielshenen president of the Garfield
National Bank, of NewYork, who handles Mr..
Carrolls money for him.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
NEW GOLD FIELDS NEAR C4RIBOo.

Victoria. B. C.. May III. b. BicknaH OF Daw-
son. has arrived after journey of nineteen days
the breaking ice. He says the ice the river
and lakes is SOFT but It Will be fifteen days before
II breaks up. New gold fields. he says. have been
found In Watson's Valley. not far from Cariboo.
where the White Pass and Yukon Railway Com
pany Is lowering a series OF small lakes by cut
ting outlets in the guches. Fine gold bearing sand
has been found at the beds of the lakes. and Q
stampede there is expected.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12

Traveller: Do you know, Doctor, never
60 on a trip without bottle OF Duffy'a
Pure Malt Whiskey in my satchelL
Doctor: Young man, the best travel.
ling companion for anyone is a bottle
OF DUFFY'S PURE MALT. 1t has
saved great deal of suffering during
the last forty years when people travel
ing have been taken with chill or =
sudden cold You should never b
without it. You can buy it at any Drug
gists or grooer's. or direct from Roches-
Ter. express prepaid. for 81 bottle. Be
sure you get the genuine Send for the6
tSee book, 1t will tell you all about Il.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
PLOT TO ASsAsSINATE AILNER.

London. May 1.-THE South African Review
asserts that member of the Legislature of
Cape Colony offered money to a to shoot
Sir Alfred Miner. the British High Commits
sioner Affdavits on the subject said to be
in the hands of the Attorney General. The
Review demands the arrest of the legislator,
who Is described prominent BOndman from
Pinuetberg
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
DECISION on INSURANCE FIRMS

Albany. May 1.-THE Attorney-General has rem
dered opinion relative to the application of the
North American Life Insurance Company. OF To-
ronto. to transact business In this State which
he holds that the fact of the capital Of a foreign
life insurance corporation not having been fully
paid In or that, least. the OF 500 900 OF its
capital has not been paid is not of itself sufficient
gIToonda to refuse such corporation admission IN
this State to conduct business OF life Insurance
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
OFFICERS OF THE 4. o. II

Boston, May 1.-THE chief business before the
National Convention, A. o. H. here to-day the
election of officers. John T. Heating, of Chicago
reelected president: John f. Doln. Syracuse,
vlce-president; John F. Bree. of New Haven secre-
tary: p L. Moran. OF Washington, treasurer. E.
J. Slattery, State president of the Massachusetts
division who a candidate for the office of
president withdrew before the election.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12

FIGHTING IMMINENT IN THE HILLS EAST
OF BLOEMFONTEIN.
Maseru, Basutoland, May 11-British forces
from Thaba Nchu, under General Rumble and
General Brabant, reported to have advanced
toward Cloeolan and Platberg.
A large commando of Beers has returned from
the Korannaberg Hills. and Is in readiness to
meet the British but the Beers are puzzled to
know by which route the British will appear
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
MORE J4P1NEsE IMmIGR4NTs.

Victoria B. c.. May I1-There are over four hun.
dred more OF Gpe unwelcome japanese immigrants
waiting at the quarantine station. where they have
been landed from the steamer Sikh. These
nearly all for the United States. but only two
hundred will be carried through direct A large
number of japanese weavers are coming under a
contract made with them by a Japanese firm In
New-York They engaged 10 work In some
New England mills.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12

GIVES THREE YEARS IN a CASE OF NEGLECT
CRUELTY AND STARVATION

CRUELTY AND STARVATION
which Recorder Goff styled "the most re-
markable for neglect. cruelty and starvation that
has ever come to my notice" brought up In
Part III of General Sessions yesterday, when
Joseph kenna. thirty y-one years old big driver
of No. IA East Ninth-st who was accused of
beating his wife, was arraigned. Kenna pleaded
guilty 10 assault in the second degree.
Recorder GOfr said to Kenna that except for the
Gerry society the wife would have died from the
blows and the children would have died OF star
walton. He added:
Your wife is mass of bruises from head to
foot. AS result of your blows she will prob
ably be eventually blind. She has lost the sight of
one eye and may lose the other l think II the
most re.s.a'kable case in every particular that l
have ever seen.
The maximum penalty for assault in the second
degree is sentence of five years and 81 900 fine
but Recorder Gofr. In Spite OF the statements he
had made. sentenced Kenna to three years in the
pententiary. Kenna received his sentence with a
smile.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
BULLER'S FORCES MOVING.

London. May 11-According to a Pretoria tele-
gram General Butler Is moving from Glands
laagte in the direction of Helpmakaar, and the
British vanguard engaged a Boer patrol of Ital-
ians on Thursday Twelve Italians are described
routing fifty British.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
ASH4NTEE REVOLT SERIOUS.

WITH FIFTY THOUSAND WARRIORS THEY SEEK
TO THROW OFF THE BRITISH YOKE
Accra, Gold Coast, May 11-Serious reports
current that the Ashantees are determined
to throw off the British yoke, that they have
secured the cooperation of eight other tribes
and that they now able to raise fifty thou
sand warriors.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
WARNING SENT TO EMPRESS.
TRANSMISSION STOPPED BY BRITISH EMBASSY A
SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI
st. Paul. Minn May IA Helena Mont. dispatch
to The Pioneer Press that President Tim, OF
the Poh Wong Web. yesterday sent the follow
ing cable message TO the Empress Dowager at
Peking through the British Embassy Shanghai:
Unless the heir apparent, Futchun. is superseded.
unworthy advisers removed and Emperor kwong
Su is restored to power We viii combine interior
Chinese and raise army
The message signed by the association. To-
day President Tim received the following reply
from the Embassy at Shanghai
Yours yesterday to Empress Dowager. Peking
Will be stopped here from further transmission.
Considered dangerous to security OF country
President Tim asserts that thousands OF dollars
being raised by the association TO equip
army in China. which will be marched against the
Empress. He declares that the revolution will be
begun this summer. and that II Is already partly
OrGaniZed
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
NINE PEOPLE KILLED BY A M4DM4y.

Rome. May IA peasant in village
Arezzo during sudden attack OF madness
dered nine members OF his family and wounded
several others. Before he could be he had
also burned TO the ground stable filed with
cattle.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
PSI UPSILON CONVENTION.

Syracuse. n. Y. May 1.-THE application OF the
University OF California for a charter was granted
at the sixty seventh annual convention of Psi Ups-
lon this morning. The other applications were not
acted upon.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
SUMMONSES FOR DIRECTORS.
MORSE AND OTHERS TO APPEAR IN A POLICE
COURT ON MONDAY

Summonses were issued at the house of Magis-
trate Zeller. No 32G East One-hundred- la nd
twenty yfOurth-st.. last night against the directory
the complaint of Walter Howard, reporter for
The New-York Journal and directed against
Charles W. Morse, David w. Hunt, John r. Ben
nett John D SHOEMAKER. Wesley NJ Oler, Charles
B. Church. Edwin Campbell. John Bauer. John L.
Kavanaugh and Charles Devoe.
The summonses will be served to-day, and the
hearing is be Monday in the Centre-st. court.
In the complaint X is alleged that combina ton
has been formed to restrict and restrain trade in
ice resulting in driving small dealers of busi-
ness and bringing suffering to the poor.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
WEDDING OF yAP4NEsE GROWN PRINCE.

Yokohama May 1.-THE wedding of Crown Prince
Yoshihito Harunomiya and Princess Sada Ko a
daughter of the Kujio family. at Toxic on Thurs
day. a most simple ceremony. The contracting
parties drank cups of wine before the shrine the
Imperial Palace. The foreign residents presented
an
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
MORE MULES FOR SOUTH AFRICA

New-Orleans. May 1.-THE steamer Monarch
sailed to-day for Cape Town. Africa. with 15oO
mules. and the steamer Corinthia cleared for ths
port with 40 mules all the animals being
consigned to British army officials.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-12
CUBAN ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY.
GENERAL. LUDLOW PRAISES THE WORK OF THE
AGENTS.

A meeting OF the Cuban Orphan Asylum Society
held yesterday afternoon In the United Chari-
ties Building at Twenty-second-st. and Fourth
ave Charles T. Wardel presided in the absence
of Miss Mary H. Willard. Among those present
was General Ludlow, Military Governor Of Havana.
letter was read from Miss Laura d. Gill. who
has charge of the society's work in Cuba. report
of the receipts made. in which it stated
that the Christmas sale of the society netted 81 0O
and the Chdren's National Easter Festival s25, 600.
The receipts aggregated $4,000 and the expend-
lures $4,000.
General Ludlow made a brief address, in which
he spoke highly of the work of the societys agents
in Cuba A loving cup was to have been presented
to Miss Willard. but. she absent on account
of the death of a relative the presentation was