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New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
Sixth Avenue.
RUSSIA AND lHANCHTRIA.
THE UNITED STATES OPPOSED TO DIVI-
SION OF CHINA. BUT NOT IN ALLIANCE
WITH ANY OTHER POWER.

Washington March 9.-The official correspond
ence which has passed between the State De-
partment and the powers interested in the Chi
nese question discIoses the fact that Russia.
suspected a she is by England. and perhaps by
some other powers OF planning 70 seize and hold
Manchura as her own, has on every occasion
when opportunity served 10 draw forth state
ment Of her motives declared emphatcally that
she had no such purpose.
on February 16 the United States addressed
strong representations to China through Mr.
Conger and Prince Ching and Ii Hung Chang.
China was told that the United States could not
approve any secret negotiations between China
and any individual power looking to the conces-
sion of territory to such power And it
further insisted that to he valid any such con-
Cessiou of territory should be given only with
the assent Of ali the other powers. Still further
10 emphasize that warning against the begin
ming of division Of China. it significantly
stated that the United states did not regard
the present an opportune time for making
any concessions of territory or even for conduct
ing negotiations for such concessions.
on March l the State Department took steps
70 Acquaint every of the powers interested
in China with the instructions it had given Mr..
ConCer The result to elicit from nearly
all OF them expressions ~ approval OF the doc
trine laid down by the United States. and fore
most among the powers which accepted it was
Russia.
The United States Government has not en-
tered into any secret or open agreement with
Great Britain or with any other individual DOW
er, however strongly IL may sympathize with
the British desire to insure ManChuria against
seizure on the contrary. the government has
from the beginning discouraged such special aIIi-
ances as To China. and has adopted the practice
OF informing all the powers of the contents of
any statement II has addressed to any one of
them II Is felt here that the greatest strength
of the position Of this country has lain in this
frank and open method OF negotiations and
there is no disposition 10 abandon it now.
Count Casslni the Russian ambassador called
al the state Department to-day. and was in con-
ference with Secretary Hay for half an hour
Although nothing can he learned as TO the nat
ure or their conversation, il is believed that
the AMBASSADOR took occasion again TO assert
the sincerity and propriety of Russia's purposes
relative 10 Manchuria. Count Cassini is greatly
perturhed over the tone of the press dispatches
from London, and does rot hesitate to give AN
emphatic and unqualified denial of the truth of
their contents.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
MORE INSURGENTS SURRENDER.

Manila March 9.-Captain Gulicl. of the 41th
United States Volunteer Infantry. has received
the surrender of forty insurgent officers and two
hundred men.
The gunboat Albay, acting in cooperation
with Lieutenant Van Voorhees,. of the Doth In
fantry surprised an insurgent camp near Bar
nan, in the province of South Ilocos. LuZon
killing five of the enemy and capturing lheir
supplies.
The western part of Batangas Province, LuZon
formerly insurgent stronghold, Is becoming
pacified. The leaders of the insurrection there
are taking the oath of allegiance, and many
rifles are being surrendered
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
INCREASED ITS CAPITAL.

Trenton y j. March 9.-The Union Traction
Conpany which was incorporated here few days
ago with an authorized capital of slOo0OoO to-day
increased its capital TO Sl5CoO,00O of which one
half Is preferred. with per cent cumulative dIvi-
dends The papers were signed by Ashley W Cole
of New-York, president, and L. B. Grant, of Brook
lyn secretary. The purposes of incorporation are
TO construct bridges buildings. machinery engines
cars and other railway equipments. waterworks
Sasworks and electric light and power works
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
ANOTHER SEABoARD AIR LINE RUMoR,

UNCoNFIRMED REPORT THAT AUGUST BELMONT
HAS SECURED CONTROL OF THE ROAD
Rumors We're current in Wall Street yesterday
that August Belmont had acquired control of the
Seaboard Air L.. C| which John SHELTON Williams
is president and that naturally close traffic ar
rangement with the Louisville and Nashville would
follow. The deal. IL reported arranged
last week in a series of conferences held at the
offices of August Belmont & co.
The report could not be confirmed yesterday. Mr..
Williams, who stays the waldorf-Asteria when
in town. returned to Richmond on Friday.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
BEGGARs ANNOY FArBEg DrcEy

The Rev. Father Thomas Ducev rector 90 ..
Leos Church in Twenty-eighth-st complained "a
Aetns Captain Townsend. of the West Thirtietb-
ST. station. last night that he was being continually
annoyed by oegsars who called his house He
them ''bummers' 9' anu Sai'eu
Acting Captain Townsend told eleravp,ar ,,a,
he would give the police orders 10 nav SRI,
ton to that neighborhood ~ eA'
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
CAR KNOCKS ARTIST INTO DITCH.
KIKIsHI YAMA. JAPANESE, CUT ABOUT
THE HEAD AND FACE

THE HEAD AND FACE.
Kikishi Yama. thirty-fve years Old japanese
artist, hVing at No. 4s West Tenth-st. and
having studio at No. II West Tenth-st was
struck by southbound Fourth-ave. car at Six
teenth-st. last night.
Yama, according 10 the motorrnan was stand
ing in the street and apparently did not hear
the approaching car. He was lifted from his
feet and thrown into an excavation ten feet
deep. intended for the rapid transit tunnel He
was picked up, and after his injuries, consisting
or cuts and bruises of the face and head had
been dressed by Surgeon Kenyon of the New
1oTk hospital fama accompanied Patroman
helIIy ana Harley Walker, the motorman. to
the west Thirtieth-st. station, where the latter
was locked up
=, anna, allhoush one eye was bandaged up and
the other so badly swollen that he could bardig
see out OF H. refused to go TO the hospital He
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
FOR 4 MEMORIAL TO JOHN H. MYERS.

Graduates and teachers of Grammar School No
50 met at the school yesterday afternoon. in order
10 start a movement for the erection of memo
rial TO be tablet, window or a statue. in
honor OF John II. Myers, who used to be principal
of the school memorial committee ap-
pointed Resolutions were passed requesting the
Board of Trade. Grace Church, In West Farms,
and other bodies with which Mr.. Myers was con-
nected to cooperate with the committee. Con-
trihutIons may be sent to Miss Kate Sawin. Public
school No 63 Fulton-ave and one-hundred- nd
seventy-third-st.. The Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
ADTANcE AGENT ENDS HIS LIFE
FOUND DEAD IN a TROY HOTEL WITH F,r.r
BOTTLE IN HIS HAND

Troy. y. Y. March 81 f. Hurst. advance ..a0,
iof moving picture exhibition showing the pas
sion Play" committed suicide here to-day ar Tho
Grand Union Hotel Hurst was found in his room
'o0 to-hisnt. grasping a bottle OF
laudanum In hand and a hottI. nartI,, euos
with carbolic acid I'm the other He had usad ,b
reiesn1 nuda n MS se-destruction Hurst was
NMsiasnt or providence, and had a wife living ar
NO 25i West Twenty y-ninth-st New-Yorh Ci,Is C,s at
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

crossed the Atlantic. He continued 20 speak iTs
time OF the changes and improvements WHICH
he remembered.
Frederic Delman. president of the National Acad-
env of Design spoke of the value of Mr.. Johnson 5
services and advice a member OF the academy
Anders Zorn. as a foreign artist praised MT Johh-
sons work. Other speeches were made py ME-
Evans Mr.. Lambert and Worthington Whittredse
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
wALDERsEE TO STOP PREPARATIONS

London, March 1O.-A dispatch from Berlin
says 1t is understood that the Emperor has in
structed the Imperial Chancellor Count Won
Bdlow. to order Count Won WaIdersee to cease
preparations for further operations against the
Chinese "
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
DINNER FOR E4STu4N JOHySOy
MEMBERS OF THE LoTos CLUB EMPRESS
THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE
WELL KNOWN ARTIST

Eastman Johnson. the artist, the guest OF
honor at dinner at the Lotos Club last evening
the hosts benE members of the club who are in
tercsted in American The dining hail on the
main floor of the clubhouse was decorated with
howers for the occasion. and the table which
about forty sat in the shape of "A horse
shoe The arrangements for the dinner were in
the charge of John Elderkin Frank II. Lawrence
the president of the Lotos Club. the toast
master, Mr.. Johnson sitting at his right hand
Other men at the dinner the following:
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
10Th St.
EXCOMHUNTC4TION OF TOLSTOL
THE FORMAL DOCUMENT PLACING THE
RUSSIAN AUTHOR UNDER THE BAN
OF THE GREEK CHURCH

St Petersburg. March 9.-The official organ
of the Holy Synod to-day published the formal
accommodation Of Count Tostoi. the Russian
novelist and social reformer, which was an
pounceG early in the year as follows:
In its solicitude for the children of the Ortho-
dox Church to guard them from being led into
corruption and in order to save those who have
gone astray the Holy Synod has deliherated
upon the nti-Christian and ecclesiastical
teachings Of Count Leo Tolstoi. and has deemed
it expedent in order to preserve the peace Of
the Church. 10 issue a circular dealing with the
heresies OF Count Leo Tolstoi. The circular is
follows
Count Leo Tolsto!. to the grief and horror OF
the whole Orthodox world has. by speech and
writing. increasingly striven To separate himself
from all communion with the orthodox Church
and this not only clandestiney. but openly. and
in the knowledge OF all persons. All attempts
10 dissuade him from this conduct have proved
without avail. Consequently. the Orthodox
Church no longer considers him to be one of It's
members and cannot regard him such as
long as he does not repent and does not become
recunciled To the Church We therefore. place
on record his apostasy from the Church and
pray the LORD 10 restore him 10 "A comprehension
OF the truth. We pray Thee therefore. mcrciful
God, who does not desire the death OF a sinner
to hear US, have mercy on him and restore him
to Thy holy Church Amen.
'ANToNITS. Metropolitan of St Petersburg
'IHEOGNOSE. Metropolitan II klrff
w WLADlMlR, Metropolitan OF Moscow
HIERoNYMUNS. Archbishop Of Kolm and
Warsaw
JAkOFF. Bishop II KichineT.
'MARkEL. Bishop Of Boris"
EHFar.i
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

Colorado Springs. COL March (SpeciaD.-Cap-
tain Coshlan. commander OF the Raleigh in the
battle of Manila Bay. who invalided years
ago. has reported for duty and expects an assign
ment daily,
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
Foreign papers year ago printed an alleged
secret circular 20 a similar effect

According a letter received in Berlin about
January 10 from St Petersburg the Holy synod
had then sent instructions to every Russian bishop
for the purpose Of securing the fun effect of Count
ToIstoFs accommodation. These Instructions the
letter added forbid priests from officiating hts
obsequies or soemnzing requiem for the
repose OF his soul They also forbid the burial OF
his body In consecrated ground.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

Before calling upon the other men at the table to
ui!iN 10 the health of MIR. Johnson, Mr.. Lawrence
p"iu handsome tribute TO Mr.. Johnson and said
ne was representative artist who had shed lustre
On american art He said that sixty artists of the
city were members of the club and that the dinner
ior MI Johison was intended TO mark the growth
of art sentiment In the club
Mr. johnson declared that he could not make a
speech. but that he had brought an orator along
TO speak for him. and he asked Parke Goodwin to
ACT Hs ms phohosraph. Mr. Goodwin responded to
the call. and created much amusement bv nre-
tending TO speak in the person of the artist about
many of Mr. Johnson's well known paintings Mr.
Lawrence then said that It was time for Mr. God
win to speak for himself and Mr. Goodwin rs
minded his hearers that he was born near the
beginning of the last century saying that II he told
all his recolections he would not get through
until near the close OF the present century. He
said he had been held in the lap the great La
fayette and had talked with Aaron Burr bu, had
Washington. He crossed North River
when the only ferryboat by HORSEPOWER
and he was young man when the first steamship
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant

Pellets cure biliousness. They stim-
ulate the sluggish liver, and cleanse
the system Of impurities. They
should always be used with Golden
Medical Discovery" when there Is
need Of a laxative.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

Pa,L Nah Bru1t. IClarkson Cowl
Freferjcr roGwin n's Frederick W. Kost.
Alfred d lehman. Arthur Dawson.
John EiIar,'i 'ihkIng. Kevnolds Beal
William ~ ikln c.efholina Lambert
Horatfo Evans. Frederic Bonrer-
Robert EtS, Fraser. George II story.
r. - Vel, ~" Bonner. F 7. Hume
George Tr1aa G A. Hamilton.
s. G. Perrvss' Jr Willard Parsons
A. = Tai & NJ Kurtz.
II. y Wis., George II. smlle
Jude II 'S!h Hh r " Ciodschmidt.
l. D. FIa,"L, bookstaver e w Kitchng.
Chester s IL, BENJAMIN Foster
4-"td = { Church.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
4 Good joke On Grant.
Liked To Tell 1t Himself.


s.Probably the most popular story told
during The recent reunion at Memphis" re-
marked an old Confederate soldier, Hwas
one which related to conversation Oetxeen
Grant and a private soldier, and it was re
ceiyed with good natured ard, j may say,
patriotic relish by every man who heard IT,.
But few of my old comrades failed to repeat
it Really, the story is an interesting com
bination Of fact and Fiction, and this Is
probably why twas SO popular With the
old soldiers. Oh course there was NJ ran
cor, no bitterness in the telling Of the tale,
but the fact that it brought in three OF the
most prominent characters Of the qcar and
gave the Oontederates Che best of well
rounded poiLt caused the old fellows to
split their sides when they heard it and made
them anxious to repeat it Grant ran into
a private in the Confederate ranks on one
occasion, and the private called: "Generai
where are you going?o ITO Petersburg, l
think, but may be to heaven or to help, Il g
General replied. "Wel will tell you, &c
nerap, the soldier said dJly, Bob Lee is
at Petersburg, and Stonewall Jackson is
in heaven. He'll is the only place left for
you" Grant enjoyed tie thrust, grim as it
was, and after peace had been restored he
was often delighted by telling it, and Away
referred to this as one of the pleasantries oi
the war bet,oeen the States. Bot he never
got any more pleasure out OF it than the
soldiers did at the reunion at MemphisV :
New Orleans Times. Democrat.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
Dn|aYOTab|e For BoerS.
Is Kitchner's S Story.

Lord Kitchener's despatch that the Boer
leaders are now enabled to retain in the
field only small bodies of men who are
prepared to adapt themselves to the methods
of guerrilla warfare and brigandage seems
borne out by recent news from the Trans.
vaal. The Boer losses since the latter part
of February up to July have been over
5000 men, and this is SO serious reduc-
tioD, even supposing that part Of them are
non. combatants, that it must be very diff
ficult for the remaining commandos to
split up into rowing bands of any conside-
rable size. The slow but sure work of
Kitchener, according to latest accounts, is
telling upon the endurance of the Beers,
and, added to the inconsiderable effect, Of
the raids into Cape Colony, is convincing
them that even the resources and sympathy
of the friendly farmers are beginning to
fail them, says an American paper. There
is no indication, however, that fighting will
cease for some time, but the Beers, owing
to their decreasing numbers, are repor,ed
TO be less on the offensive than form. .erly,
and will change their tactics by retiring
into inaccessible mountain districts. Thoy
are entering upon the final stage of their
guerrilla reSiStan nee.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
Tobacco trust CirGunVpltd.
Shrewd Dealers Got Rebate.

Some weeks ago the Tobacco Trust sent
out an announcement that there WOULD be
no reduction in the prices of tobacco when
the war revenue was taken.off. This Ieve
rue was paid in stamps pasted on the
packings Of the tobacco and on cigar boxes,
The pric. by the jobbers and dealers cover
ing the cost of the stamps. This was equi
valent to an increase in prices quail to The
amount Of the war.tax increase. Some far
seeing dealers took the opportunity to get
ahead Of the manufacturers. They laid in
immense stocks Of tobacco, SO that when the
time for the rebate of the war taxes came,
they would get The rebate themselves.
As the, would have to pay the same
prices after the tax was removed as before,
and would get back the amount of the in.
crease in tax from. the Government, they
virtually got the goods at a reduction equal
to the amount Of the rebate. That is the
reason the warehouses and stores of whole
salers are packed as full of tobacco and
cigars as possible in New York and elseW
here.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
Duties To Be Refunded,

Mr.. Tracewell, the controller Of the trea.
sury, has decided that the secretary of the
treasury has authority under the law to
refund to Lascellas Il Co of New York the
duties paid by them en- sugar imported from
Porto RICO between the date on aohich the
treaty of Paris took effect and the date Of
the approval of the Foraker act. The duties
SO paid amounted to over $470,000 This
decision is based upon the recent insular
decisions of the Supreme Court. Other
claims are on fi!e for refunds amounting to
abourt 81 100000.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
Must Take Vacations Nov.


The Clerks in the Internal Revenue Office
Of the U. s. have been requested not to
take their vacations until September /,
while the clerks in the Office of the Auditor
of the Treasury in charge of internal reve.
nue. accounts have been notified that they
mus. take their vacations before September
OF not at all. As the regular vacation
allowsnce is thirty fonr days, this will prac-
tically empty the Auditing Bureau until
September l. This arrangement is mace
on account Of the tobacco rebates. Under
the new law all claims for it must be made
within sixty days, which will keep the
clerical force of the Internal ReYel1e
Office busy until September l, then the
Auditors can take it up and get the claims
IN readiness for the attention Of Congress
in December, since no money has yet been
appropriated to pay the rebates.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
He Does Not Wear Horns.


TO read the letters of aspirants for Office
by the soldier vote, like Sickles, or listen
to the mouthings Of orators like Tanner,
who make living off the misfortuues OF
their 'sdear comrades y one would fancy that
a portrait of Henry Clay Evans would re-
quire the pencil of Doie. Mankind, it is
true, has got past the poiut Of believing that
everything masstrous or irred emably wicked
must wear horns and tail, or this supers.
tition would be drascn upon to account for
a high crowned hat and the conventional
trock coat; but at least he must have the
red face of butcher, the swagger Of bully,
and the hoarse bass voice Of an ogre, and
spend his time in chamber of rook and
steel with,a double-b barrel gate, SO that his
victims cannot get at him with their re-
monstrances or prayers.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
4 Clever Ruse.
Worked BY A Ventriloquist


The Public Prosecutor at Vienna has
decided to abandon the charge of murder
brought last spring against Albert vogl,
the Viennese banker, who was extradited
from London under accusation of having
poisoned NJ. George Taubn, rich and
eccentric Russian, who had made will
by which Vogl Obtained large sum Of
money.
While the capital carge will lie abandon
ed the Public Prosecutor will press the
charged of obtaining the legacy by means
Of fraud.
At the time of VogPs arrest it was as
serted that he was an accomplished ventri
loquist, and that while supporting the dying
Taubin in his aims he uttered the testa-
mentary words himself. deceiving the wit
nesses into the belief that Taubin was
speaking.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
(o)
A Private English Letter.

A Yeomanry trooper, in letter describing
the Vlakfontein affair, May %, when the
garrison of Vlakfontein, on The Johannes
burg. Durham Railroad had ia men put out
of action by the Beers under Gen. De la
Rey, adds the startling intelligence that
the British, the night after that fight,
discovered that the Beers we're surrounding
their camp, and the British were obliged
to retreat, leaving their tents standing and
their wounded behind them.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
To Our Readers.

Our columns are open to correspondence
on everything affecting the coffee, sugar
plantation ard farming generally
and we cordially invite criticism and discus
sion. Natural History notes will also be
welcomed, as we'll as oil news Of interest ad
planters. Communications should be to
dressed: The Editor, BoLETIN MER.
CANTIL, ~ Plaza Alfonso, San Juan,
2-S
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-27
Exodus d Clelics From France.

The Vatican has received oficisl infor-
nation that, in consequence Of the enact
mept by the French parliament Of the Law
of Associations, many congregations 10
France will transfer their headquarters to
Brussels or other Belgian cities and that
many no lions of francs have already been
withdrawn from the Bank of France.
1t is said that the Pope is watching this
exodus with anxiety.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-05-09
NEW YORK FIRE.
Two Persons Burned TO Death ana
Several Injured.

New York. May 9.-'iwe women
were burned to death and number
of persons were injured in fire which
started in the 5-story apartment mousse
M Lexington avenue and SlNtlelh
street. The dead are Jennie McSor-
lev widow. a. years old, and MISS
Brown. Is years old. Their bodies were
found burned almost beyond reeoshi-
zion on the top floor OF the house. MIS-
Elizabeth NJ. Wolters sustained III
,ernal iniuries which will probaD'! re-
suit fatally.
Escape by the stairway had peeh o"'
off when the alarm was given ana 'i'
fre ladder on the SiXtieth SIDE oi 'i'
building was also rendered useiess'
Those of the tenants who could m ho'
make their way to the hre e9''p'
overlooking the courtyard cro""e"
;, tho windows Of the burning houS'
and either jumped into the 'f' h''N - -
waited until assisted to the stree. - ~
,he fremon. The loss by hre was 80
600,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-05-09

important and Union Pacif1cs inter
ests which the management of that
property felt we're threatened by the
aggressive policy of the Northern Pa.
cffc, will be protected by agreement
Union Pacific directors going into the
Northern Pacific board. These are
matters which, necessarily. are still
unsettled. bat Kuhn. Loeb & Co., now
virtually have the power to determine
whether the Northern Pacific will Sc
cure the Burlington.