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TO AID IN EXPLORATION.
J. W. Davidson VIII Join the Bald
xvIn-ZIeEIer Exnedftfon.

NEW YORK. May Z9--On the St Paul,
which sailed this morning, are Dr.. ". H.
Berner. assistant surgeon of the Baldwin
ZfegIer polar expedition, and two members
of the crew. James W. Davidson, United
States Consul at FormOsa, viii accom-
pany the expedition, which VIII leave
Dundee next month. The Department OF
State at Washington has granted Mr.
Davidson leave for the purpose.
MI Davidson IS an old comTade OF Eve
Iyr Briggs Baldwin, who commands the,
expedition, having shared with him the
perfIs and hardships of the Peary expe-
dition Of 1884 After their return to this
country they separated. Nj Davidson to
go to his far-of post in the Orient and
Bfr Baldwin to make another venture in
the Arctic. They met again for the first
time in seven years at the Arctic Clubs
dinner in Mr.. BaIdwin's honor last Thurs
day
Mr. Davidson, who is stfn under thirty,
has been engaged for the last three years
in RAP work in FormOsa, and his effort
in that line has brought him g fellowship
in the Royal Geographical Society Of Lon
don. He has recently completed a large
volume on Formosa, which is the first
general work on the island ever written
He was the only foreign member Of the
first expedition to Botel TObago, an in
habited island to the southeast Of Asia,
until 1898 unvisited by outsiders, and has
seen service in both the Chinese and
japanese armies
For distinguished services rendered dur
ing the JapaHese-ChiGese war he was
decorated by the Emperor of Japan with
the highest order ever bestowed upon a
foreigner-the Order Of the Rising Sun
L am delighted TO have my old friend
Davidson with me on my expedition to
the North" said Mr.. Baldwin He is
just the right kind Of timber Tor Arctic
exploration and from past experience L
know he viii prove an invaluable man in
the field. He viii leave New York with
me next month for Dundee. where we
shall board our flagship the America"
Ernest De Koven LefingweIl, of the
United States Geodetic Service. who VIII
accompany the BaldwiE-ZiegIer expedition
as geod0cist, and Russell w. Porter, sur
veyOr Of the expedition, left last Saturday
on the Astoria of the Anchor Line, for
Dundee, via Glasgow. to join the America
other members Of the party viii leave this
week.
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A RAPID TRANSIT BOND LOST.
1t Involved the sum of Four Million
Dollars.

NEW YORK. May 29-The $500. 900
bond given by the Rapid Transit Subway
Construction Company to the city to
guarantee the faithful performance of
John p McDoaaId's tunnel contract is
lost. Bird 5. CoIer. the City Comptroller.
has large and varied collection Of bonds.
and perhaps it would not be strange If
one of the minor ones should be mislaid,
but this tuRaeI bond is, so to speak. the
biggest OF the lot, and its absence has
caused a stir.
Mr. COler discovered his loss yesterday
afternoon when caller innocently en-
quired where the bid bond was
Ask Deputy Comptroller Levey," said
Mr. Coler, who at first seemed to think it
matter Of slight importance. M. Levey
made short search, and reported that
the bond was not in his custody.
Very likely 3. / Burrows, Secretary
to the Rapid Transit Com mission, has it.
suggested Mr. Levey. M. Burrows Of
fee is in the Central BanI. building, on
Broadway, where he was found about ten
minutes later
why, no." said Mr.. Burrows, 81
haven't the bond. What should I have it
for? II Comptroller Coler hasn't It, per
haps Edward NJ Shepard, counsel TO the
commission. has it.
Mr.. Shepard was not at his Office, nor
was Albert B Boardman, his associate
counsel John B. Mcdonald, the tunnel
contractor. was busy in his Office, in the
Park Row Building when asked:
Mr. Mcdonald, to whom was the bond
for S4,O0J,069 for the faithful performance
of your work or the tunnel given?'
Why, to Comptroller CoIer. He's got
it,"
THE Comptroller says he hasn't got it
Mr. Mcdonald began to laugh softly
We'll" said he, its kind of strange
that it should be lost. I think Mr.. Coler
is the legal custodian of that bond. I've
got a copy Of the bond, but the original
was IN the ComptroHer's Office at last ac-
counts"
Transit Commission on February q, 1879,
in the GomptroIIer's Office. when the con
tract for digging the tunnel was signed.
st the same time there vas deposited
check on the National PARK bank for 8, O99
CO., drawn by August Belmont & Co,
and made PAYABLE to Comptroller COleT
There was also given at the time q con-
tinUing bond signed by Perry Belmont,
for 8. tsl. co.. and another bond Tor Sf,g9)-
OG9 given by the American Surety Com
pany. the National Surety Company, the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, and the City Trust Safe De-
post Company. of Philadelphia
When Edward N Shepard was seen last
night at his home in Brooklyn, he said
I haven't the bond ! supposed 1t was
with the Comptroller Failure to recover
il would not necessarily mean any loss,
for the reason that = duplicate could be
made
Mr. CoIer. when seen at his home in
Brooklyn. said.
a uo~e thorough search may result in
the discovery Of the missing bond.
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A BOAT BLOWN TO PIECES.
Gasoline, Powder, AID Dynamite
Cuuse Widespread Havoc.


BONNEVILLE, Mo. May 29-The
Laurine, a freiEhter plying between
Bonneville and RochepOrt. on the Mis-
souri, River. was blown to atoms yesterday
morning. The Laurine was propelled by
gasoline power, and when q match was
applied to the generator by the engineer
the gasoline exploded back into the feed
tank
The fire spread rapidly to the supply
tanks filed with gasoline. and a second
explosion occurred In the rear end of
the vessel were stored 200 pounds of
dynamite, 100 pounds of powder, eight
cases of fuses, and 100 decorating caps
When the fire reached the powder and
dynamite terrific explosion occurred
Through the explosion Of the vessel
many thousands of dollars worth OF
property in the city destroyed. TWO
faboTeTs, Burt Cr1pe. white, and Steve
Wilson, cOIored. are missing. and are sup
posed to have been killed. The others Of
the crew escaped by fleeing to the shore
when the fire started
The ferryboat Joseph I. Stevens, lying
900 yarus away, was badly damaged, the
woodwork of the upper deck and pilot
house being torn into kindlinS wood
Three houses about so yards from where
the LauTine lay We're wrecked Fifteen
plate glass windows in business houses on
Main Street, q half mile away were
broken. and nearly all the windows and
glass doors in residences and stores for
the distance Of a mile were smashed by
the conclusion
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THE CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA.
Present Strength of the Candidates
in the Convention.

RICHMOND, Va May GOD Market
Hall was last night filed with Democrats,
who gathered there to hear speeches by
Representative Swanson and other Demo
Gratis on issues involved in the gUbernato-
rial fight. Mr. Swanson was introduced
by W. w Wood. President Of the Old
Dominion Democratic Club, under whose
auspices the meeting was held. The young
representative was greeted with prolonged
cheering Many Swansonites cried "Hur-
Tah for the next Governor Of virginia"
Mr. Montague did not attend the meet
ing, but many of his friends were in the
large crowd
No more delegates are to be chosen until
Saturday, when Essex will choose seven.
o. Monday Charlotte will vote eleven
delegates, who viii probably be instruct
ed for Montague, while Franklin will in
all likelihood elect twenty for Swanson.
to be followed on Tuesday with twenty
in Russell and thirteen in Grayson- About
third of the delegates have been chosen,
Montague being in the lead by twenty
i've delegates.
Delegates elected and instructed to date
are as follows
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est monopolies of the lot is not only
persona grata, at the Washington Court,
but can command all of the associated
influences which govern its policies and
actions. domestic or foreign
In President Castros remarks there
is a quiet and dignified appeal for JUS
tice at the hands of this mighty ma
tion- VIII II be granted Not unless an
angry public sentiment shall demand
it, and demand that the power and mill
itary resources of the United States
shall no be used in Venezuela to bully
that State into acceding to all the
claims Of a trust against a small
American enterprise, which is too in
significant in wealth and political in
flUence TO stand well in Washington,
without regard to the facts or the law.
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IN HONOR OF MARTIEELLI.
= Reception to BE Given the ApOs-
toIIc Delegate in New York.

NEW YORK, May "a reception to
Cardinal MartineIIi, the Apostolic Dele
gate of the Catholic Church in the United
States, will be given tomorrow evening at
the Catholic Club. Archbishop Corrigan,
Bishop Mcdonnell, Of Brooklyn. and
large number Of the Catholic clergy Of
this and neighbOring cities. as well as
prominent Iaymen, both Catholic and non
Catholic, will be present The women of
the club members families have also been
invited 10 meet the Cardinal John a. Sui
Ivan. president OF the club. VIII read an
address to Cardinal MaTtineIH. to which
the latter will reply. w Bourke Cochran
viii speak.
Among those who have been invited to
meet the Cardinal are the Cabinet officers
and representatives, of foreign Govern
ments in Washington. the Judges Of the
United States Supreme Court. Governor
Odeu- Thomas & Reed. Elbridge- T. Ger
~, Abram s Hewitt, Randolph Guggen-
heimer. William c Whitney. ComptroIler
Bird s COler. Supreme Court justices Van
LeventTitt. and Beach Archbishop COrTi-
gan Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia;
BIShoD Farley, auxiliary bishop of New
York Bishop Mcdonald. of BROOKLYN
Bishop Burke. Of Albany Bishop Allen
OF Mobile Ala; Bishop HaTkins. Of PrOvi-
dence- Bishop Tleruey- Of Hartford: Bish-
Op Shauahau. Of Harrisburg Bishop
pnIa; Bishop Ludden. OF SYRIA Cuse- Bishop
Gabriels. Of GgdCusbIrg. Bishop QuigIey.
or Buffalo. Bishop MCFauI. Of Trenton
and BIShOp-eiect O'COuEer, Of Newark
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MAY SUCCEED MIR. DOLE.
Judge Vi. VI. EStec a Candidate for
the Hawaiian GOyernorship.


SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-Judee Nor
ris NJ Estee Will probably seek the Gov
ernorship Of Hawaii at the, expiration of
the present term of Sanford 3 Dole. or
should Governor Dole's health prevent his
rcsuming Office Judge Estec viii endcavor
to secure President McKinIey's appoint
ment to the Office. He is now Federal
judge Of Hawaii.
Governor Dole. at last reports was sur
fering from a nervous affection that
threatened to prevent his taking up the
duties Of the GoyeTnorship again He
had retired from Honolulu to the Waiianae
Mountains. and his physician had ordered
absolute freedom from visitors and gov
ornamental cares. Judge Estee had been
brought forward as Dole's successor by
the crisis in the Iatter's health, and is the
choice for the place.
Delegate Robert Wilcox said, when he
was on his way East from Hawaii, that
Judge Estee enjoyed the confidence of his
constituents more than did any other
white man in the islands. Mr.. Wilcox told
Representative Wood of California. who
sits next to him in the House of Repre-
seutatives, that ne had ADVISED his coun-
tryIne1 to consult Judge Estee on all
questions of public interest. Vice-Speaker
BeckIey of the Hawaiian House Of Rep
resentatives. said before starting for his
home that Judge Estee was the choice of
the majority of the Hawaiians for Gov
-ernOr, but that in the memorial present
ed to President Mckinley asking for Gov
ernor DoIe's removal from Office they had
refrained from naming any successor, be
Heving that it might injUre the appeal
Judge EStee was appointed Federal
judge for Hawaii by President Mckinley
shortly after Hawaii became a Territory.
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Our Relations with Venezuela.

Our Relations With Venezuela.
In an interview, which we take to be
authentic, granted to a representative
Of the New York Herald President
Castro, Of Venezuela, has expressed
views regarding the asphalt controversy
and its resultant friction with the Unit
ed States which we think deserve some
notice at the hands of unprejudiced
people in this country. In a general
way, this remarkable and successful
statesman and soldier, who within
short time has suppressed three revo-
lUtious and restored his country to con
ditions Of peace which It had not
known before in years. declared his at
tachment to the people Of the great Re
public Of The North, and deplored the
cloud which had gathered over the re-
Iati0ns between the two countries,
which, ne said, was due to the partisan
ship Of an American representative in
the matter Of Il conflict OF interest be
tween two American Industrial con-
Germs in Venezuela, Of which the courts
Of the country We're taking cognizance,
and which would have been settled just
as SutB te45t-o Ill III LlAt- 1l4-Ntt- STATES
on their merits under the municipal
law, without attracting diplomatic at
tention. but for the influence and pres
sure brought to hear by one OF the par
ties, through the American Legation, TO
compel the Venezuelan Government TO
favor its claims, irrespective Of their
righteousness or otherwise
President Castro, in answer to d ques-
ton, said:
q DO not think that the United States Govern
rreut VIII send Mr.. LOOMS back 70 Caracas be
cause I consider that Government inspired with
the best wishes TO maintain cordial re.atiOHs with
Venezuela As desire that the same be daily
more and more sincere and cordial I never pre-
su.ned that the United States Government could
have any part in the at itUde assumed BY 81.
LOOMS"
We must make allowances for the ne
cessity ruler in General Castro's posi-
ton would naturally feel to avoid Of
fence and to clothe his language in the
garb of diplomatic courtesy to a nomi-
nally friendly power. He could not be
ignorant of the fact that while the
present Administration, as such, could
have no interest in "the attitude as
sumed by Mr.. Loomis,'' persons con
nected with the combination which con-
trolls the Administration may, and in
deed do, have a large interest in the
national conservation of that attitude
The Venezuelan Chief Magistrate
probably is not unaware Of the fact
that at present the United States Is q
country controlled by the gigantic
American trusts and mOnopoIies. They
are, as he must know, supreme over the
executive and legislative branches of
our Government, and, since the Brown
revision Of our Constitution. have moth
ing to fear from its judicial branch
Trusts stand by one another as an OBJ
vious matter of prudence. and the As
phalt Trust, which is one of the great
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-29
UNITING AGAINST TAMMANY
4 Conference of Various Elements
HeIA in Nov YORK,

NEW YORK, May AT the first con-
ference Of the committees appointed by
organizations which were invited by the
Citizens Union to have a preliminary talk
about the anti-Tammany campaign. held
last evening in the headquarters Of the
Union, at "a Union Square. east. the or
CARNATIONS represented were the Citizens
Union Committee Of One Hundred. the
New York and Kings Republican COM
mittees, the German-American Municipal
League, the Greater New York Democra-
cy. and the Brooklyn Democracy.
The result Of the conference was the
appointment Of a committee to select 9TH
er organizations to be invited to future
meetings Of the auu-Tammany bodies.
and the adoption Of a resolution to favor
no candidate whose character and record
are not such as to justify public conf
deuce in his assurance that If elected, he
VIII :sot use his Office or permit it to be
used for the benefit Of any political or
ganiZatiOn. but viii administer il in the
interests Of the whole people, irrespective
OF party affiliations.
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TIE VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS
They VIII Put a GubernatoriaI Tic
I<et in the Field This Year.

RICHMOND. Va. May 2S.-The Repub-
Iican State Committee met in Murphy's
Hotel here tonight and decided to put a
gubernatorial ticket In the field J. Hamp-
ton HOge, Of Roanoke, VIII in all prob
ability be nominated for Governor.
Chairman AgHew said that the Repub
lican party IN Virginia was never in bet
ter shape than now, and stood a good
chance Of electing men for the State Of
fees this year He cited the victories Of
his party in the Fourth and Fifth Con-
gressionaI districts within the past few
years
Mr.. Hoge also spoke encouragingly Of
the chances of the Republicans of Viz
ginia, and appealed to MS hearers to
stand by the party and continue 10 work
for 1t.
Gen J. A Walker, of Wythe, who is to
be the candidate for Lieutenant Governor
also takes a hopeful view Of the situation
Mr.. r. T. Thorp. of Mecklenburg. is
being groomed by the leaders for Attor-
ney General
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STUDY OF THE MOON.
Prof. PickerInE's Photographs Indf-
cate the Presence of snow.

cate the Presence of snow
BOSTON, May 29--Prof. W H. Picker
ing- Of the Harvard Observatory. who has
been making astronomical observations in
Jamaica, West Indies. for several months.
has brought back a series Of photographs
Of the moon which appear to establish the
fact that there Is snow on the moon This
fact was suggested about year ago by
Prof Pickering and. while in Jamaica
he made a special study Of the matter.
adopting a method that would afford full
er data.
Ths method adopted was to take photo
graphs of the moon at lunar sunrise. noon.
and sunset ana at certain intervals. To
secu- the necessary details the surface
Of the moon was arbitrarily divided into
sixteen parts, and there are five pictures
of each of the sixteen parts, or eighty in
all Arranged in series ali the promf-
nenc5s and depressions on the moons sur
face appear lighted under five different
angles of sunlight, and the astronomer
may follow any chosen object of observa-
ton under as many conditions c. light
and shade
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By the close vote of fifteen to
fourteen. the Cuban Constitutional Con-
vention yesterday accepted the Plat
terms, which give the United
States supervision Of Cuban treaties; for
bid Cuba to pay the Spanish-Cu war
debt; provide for American coaling and
naval stations IN the island, and declare
the right Of intervention by the United
States in case of internal disorder The
radical element in the convention fought
bitterly 10 the last, but finally WIS forced
to sUccumb. The crisis is passed. and
there is now no apparent reason why
Cuba should not within a few months
become a fUIl-hedged autonomous State,
with local independence under American
ergzarafrF
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EXtrn Session TnIk.

It is reported that MIR. Mckinley and
his advisers are perturbed over the de
CisiOn Of the Supreme Court in the de
Lima case. in that seems to-and as
a matter of fact does-pIace the Phil
ippines in exactly the position that
Porto Rico occupied while the Consti-
tuition of the United States was tempo
rarily in force in that island prior to
the passage of the Foraker act, which
Mr.. Justice Brown considers to have
expelled it
As all the pother over Porto Rico was
merely by way Of establishing a prece-
dent fer the unconstitutional suppress
sion Of trade between the Philippine
territory and the mainland, the de
Lima decision is an embarrassment to
the Administration, and particularly to
the Sugar and Tobacco Trusts. whose
influence in national affairs is so no
toTiOUs- If the situation can be so Jug
gled, it IS understood that resort viii
be had 10 the Spooner resolution, which,
as far as an act of Congress Of more
than questionable constitutionalty
could go, gave the President pIenary
executive, legislative, and judicial
powers in the archipelago. The diff
Guilty in seeking this subterfuge is that
the decision was distinct and sweeping.
ard its application to the Philippines
cannot be evaded without the exhibi-
ton Of a fresh contempt for what is
left Of the fundamental law.
Unless the chances are too strong
that, until the Supreme Court shall
meet again. enough sugar and tobacco
viii come from the Philippines to our
coast. in the. legitimate course of do
nestle trade, to worry the trusts, it
would seem unnecessary. to call Con-
gress together in extraordinary session.
From what we can learn the President,
and his encourage, are inclined to as
sumo that Mr.. Justice Brown viii de-
eide the Philippine cases exactly as he
has the de Lima Porto Rican case. But
that is mere presumption If Mr.. Nc
Kinley viii follow the opposite reason
ing Of the learned jurist in the de Lima
and the Downes. cases, he viii recog
nize the probability that a judge who
can think two ways on the twenty-sev-
enth Of May, is amply able after long
rest to think three or more ways on
some date in October.
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On Saturday, the 1st of June, Mr. Frank
A Richardson viii terminate a connec-
ton Of thirty-five years with the '.Balti-
more Sun" and retire with dignity to the
ease which so long and faithful a service
has insured him Unlike the forced close
Of active military and naval careers IN
der the age limit of which we are so oft
en- aPprised, Mr.. Richardson closes his
newspaper life not only by his own posi-
tive determination, but against the earn
est solicitation of the Messrs. Abel. the
owners of the Sun" under whom-fath-
CT and sons-he has served for nearly
two generations.
For a little over twenty -four years Of
this period the present writer has been 4
witness to Mr.. Richardson's efficiency as
the Suns" Washington representative
We cannot recall q single instance that
has marred his relations with the paper
and we doubt if there has been involved
even 50 much as misunderstanding with
either its proprietors or-readers. And this
almost unexampled freedom from criti-
cism or complaint has not been at the
expense either OF independence or efHci-
ency.
Mr.. Richardson has ever been a man Of
opinions as wei as Of enterprise. but his
Uniform courtesy and sense Of justice
have served him in good stead in all the
incidents and exactions Of his dual reIa-
tons.
The Sun will miss him. and equally
positive are we that he viii miss the
Sun" He is, by all ordinary caICuIa-
lions. good for twenty years more of use
fUl and profitable labor. but having ac-
quired sufICiency of this worlds goods
through unIntermitted, honest effort, he
has the right 10 gaze upon the world
future professions at his ease. with such
aids to digestion as an excellent taste and
varied experience assure him.
We wish him long life as walking gen
tlemsn'' and continued happiness and
prosperity. Mr.. John P Miller has been
appointed as Mr. Richardson's successor
"a capital selection.
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a despatch from st. Petersburg asserts
that DIT Hendrix Muller and Dr. Leyds.
representing the Beers, formally have ap-
piled to The Hague Permanent Tribunal
for an arbitration Of the differences be
tween the South African Republics and
Great Britain, promising TO Hbide by its
decision The report also states that in
Europe it is thought that the British Gov
eminent might now be willing to agree to
arbitration. OF that there is much room
for doubt. AS a matter of international
law the Beers cannot appeal to the court
as a matter of right since their States
were not signatories of the convention
and have no standing Nevertheless, it
would be a good thing if both parties
could agree to a truce and a settlement
through a DISTINGUISHED tribunal Of some
sort