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New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
MARYLAND TRUST COMPANY. AGENT.
DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR FINANCING MR..
YERKES's LONDON ENTERPRISE.

Baltimore. June s-The details of the plan for
the formation of the Metropolitan District Elec-
trio Traction Company, in London. engineered by
Charles It. Yerkes of Chicago, with whom were
associated officials and experts of the Maryland
Trust Company. We're made public In this city to-
day. The Maryland Trust Company will be the
American financial agent Of the enterprise.
Colonel !. Wilcox Brown. president of the Mary
land Trust Company. spent three months In Lon
don in the last year examining the property and
its possibilities. He had the assistance of the well
known construction and electrical engineering cor
poraton. j. g. White & Co. whose Headquarters
which formerly in Baltimore, in Lon
don The experts of this concern made thorough
examination of the Metropolitan Railway and sub
mitted exhaustive report. Their estimates We're
afterward confirmed by the examination of a Chi
cago engineer. number of conferences followed
the latter's this country he has been in
conference with the American capitalists who are
Jointly Interested with English capitalists In a
$5p0,000 syndicate formed to carry the plans
agreed upon for the metropolitan railways
The Metropolitan District Electric Traction Com
pany which is organized under the PLAN will equip
the Metropolitan District Railway Company and
control 1t. The latter is considered the key to the
rapid transit situation in London. It's position is
regarded strategic for the innovation Of the
transportation business in and about London. This
railway serves directly one million people along
Increased fully 30 per cent. and the average train
Trains with a maximum speed of twenty five miles
an hour are contemplated
The Metropolitan has liberal franchises which
permit expansion TO meet any requirements In the
growth of its business. One valuable provision it
possesses is the right to build another tunnel be-
low its present The future may call for such
addition owing TO the growing density of the
this condition 1t is proposed to spend over
10000 on new rolling stock and nearly 100000
crease the outlay TO over fl00o,00I
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
BOERS HAVE A BAD DAY.
A SEVERE DEFEAT INFLICTED ON COM
MANDO IN THE TRANSVAAL

Pretoria. June 5.-Coonel Wilson. with 24O of
Kitchener's scouts. has surprised and routed
400 Beers belonging to Beyer's comma ndo
thrty-four miles west of War Baths The Beers
resisted stubbornly but finally broke and fled
leaving thirtyseven dead. 100 prisoners and all
their wagons and supplies, including 8 900 cattle
in the hands of the British. The loss Of the
latter three killed and fifteen wounded
Beyer's main commando arrived on the scene
soon after the engagement but failed in an at
tempt to recapture the supplies. Boyer was thus
left practically without any transport or sup
plies.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
GERMAN TARIFF IDEA ABANDONED.

Berlin, June 6.-As OF the results of yeser-
days tariff convocation IL is learned. Prussia and
a number of the larger German States have aban-
doned idea of the so-called double tariff, that
is to say naximal and minimal. which commercial
circles considered the main obstacle in concluding
new and mutually satisfactory commercial treaties.
Dr. Won MIGUEL. former Minister of Finance, was
the creator thereof a means to help German
agriculture.
United States Ambassador White attaches great
Importance this news as he believes that this
will make the negotiation of the commercial treaty
between Germany and the United States much
lkelV.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

HE is RUN DOWN ON THE NEw-HAvEN
TRACKS AT WILLIAMSBRIDGE.

Frank ODwyer. twenty-five years old, of No.
62S West One-hundred- and Observation-Disclosures. a
student Columbia University, was instantly
killed late last night at Williamsbridge. by an
inbound express train of the New-York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. His body was
horribly crushed and practically every bone was
broken. The young man was a graduate of the
De La Sale Institute and yesterday had at
tended some athletic sports of De La Sale
students at Berkeley Oval.
Ii dark when he reached the Williams
bridge railroad station There are four tracks
at that point. ODwyer had got over one fence
and the tracks reserved for fast trains when
the New-Haven. express came flying along He
was knocked high in the air.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
JEROME HOLDS RAID PRISONERS.

Robert Morrison. twenty-five years old. OF No iM
West One-hundred- -and-twenty y-ninth-st. and John.
Lyons. forty-one years old. of No. 42S Third-ave
who We're arrested Wednesday afternoon in the
raid made by Justice Jerome upon an alleged
gambling house at Twenty-sixth-st. and Third
ave., were arragned before Justice Jerome yester-
day morning and held in s5o bail each for
animation at o'clock Monday. IL said IN
that the place on which the raid made
was by well known Tammany politician.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
NO CORRUPTION FUND. SAYS MURPHY.
DENIES MAKING THREE PLATOON
STATEMENT

Police Commissioner Murphy said yesterday that
he never made the statement credited to him
Yesterday that he said March 30 that the three
platoon system would require 2,7O0 more men, and
would entail an expense of more than sf0OoeO 20
the city yearly. He also spoke of the corruption
fund asserted to have been raised by the police
men Commissioner Murphy said:
The only thing know about this much alke!-cf
fund is that there isn't any fund There NAV have
been a fund collected the time the Iesyis-
lature expected TO take Up the matter bur 4
tell you about that. II there was such a
fund I do not believe that Il exists TODAY If
had the least idea that there such a fund ,r,
existence, I should go into an exhaustive investt-
cation.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
THE CENTRAL TO BEAUTIFY ITS ROUTE

The New-York Central Railroad in order IN
beautify its stations and track with parkways and
other scenic effects has employed Landscape
gardener, who Will make this his sole study He
is only lay grounds stations with
grass. flowers and shrubbery. but also to ornament
the runways, embankments and hillsdes where the
track is laid. with various kinds of shrub
berry. The man chosen as landscape gardener -
Charles w. Ieavitt. jr. Of this city
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
SCHOLARSHIP FOR NEGROES.
THEM AT TEACHERS COLLEGE FOR
GRADUATES FROM THE SOUTH.

Announcement made at Columbia yesterday
that John ID. Rockefeller had endowed three schol-
arships. of the annual value OF 500 each. in
Teachers College. They to be awarded to
Southern negro teachers. One scholarship will be
given 10 a graduate of TUskegee. the recon-
menIa.ion of Booker T. Washington; another to a
graduate from Speelman Seminary at Atlanta. Ca.
on the nomination OF the principal of the school
and the third a graduate from Hampton Insti-
tute West Virginia on the recommendation of Dr.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
OPPOSITION TO HoNoRING MILNER

London. June 6-The Common Council the
Guildhall this afternoon agreed to confer the
freedom of the city on Lord Miner of Cape
Town, but only after considerable criticism.
Mr.. Morton, who led the opposition blamed
Lord Milner for all the trouble Great Britain
had in South Africa and for the i'll feeling
listing between the British and the Dutch.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
JURY SAYS HE ACTED IN sELF-DEFENCE

The coroner's jury. Coroner Hart presiding. exon
Grated PatroIman Stephen King. of the East One
hundred station, who shot and
killed Henry Gershen. twenty-five years DID, OF
No. 1s67 Park-ave.. the evening of April II. Ac-
cordlng to the evidence. Gershen standing at
One hundred and twenty -fourth-st and Second
with number of young men. all of whom
acting in disorderly manner. King told
them to leave the corner. whereupon Gershen
snatched the policeman's club and knocked him
down with it, King then drew his revolver and
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
ARBITRAToRs CONSIDER BoER WAR.

Berlin, June 6.-The Hamburger Correspon-
dent" publishes dispatch from The Hague as
serting that the Arbitration Court yesterday
held secret session regarding the war in South
Africa.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
NEW TRAIN TO BUFFALO

on Monday June II, the New York Central VIII
leaving Grand Central Station at $40 A NJ ar
rivug Buffalo 9:2o p. Nj. This affords another OPP
portunity for a daylight ride along the Hudson
River and through the Mohawk Valley TO Buffalo.
Al
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
j. p. MORGAN ALARMS SWITZERLAND.
wATcHMAKERs HEAR OF COMBINATION TO
PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.

London, June 7.-"There is considerable alarm in
Switzerland" says the Geneva correspondent OF
THE Daily Express" "over report that j. Pier
pont Morgan contemplates the formation of a
watch combine Kill off the importation of Swiss
watches and materials 1t is said that the
bina ton will include the Philadelphia Watch Case
Company OF Riverside. N J., and the Standard
Watch Company, of Lafayette, n. J., well
other concerns The Swiss manufacturers intend
fight the contemplated trust"
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
SHAMROCK'S HULL NOT INJURED.

London June lit is said that an examination of
the null of Shamrock III shows that no injury
suffered there I'm consequence Of the recent acci-
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

100 P. NJ. $50 AND $40 p. Nj.
At each Of these hours splendid fast train leaves
Grand Central Station by the New York Central,
Lake Shore and Big Four for st. Louis There Is
40 better service more comfortable route.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

ONE DAYS JOURNEY
Pennsylvania Railroad trains run between Nav
York and Chicago tn "A hours.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

Baseball.-Seventh Regiment VS. Cadets at West
Point on Saturday. Up by Day Boat; back by rail-
A -
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

REGAL SPLENDOR
1skes trip westward the Pennsylvania Lin
ssso every day-Adyt-
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

A meeting of gentlemen whom MI. Carnegie
has invited TO act with him i'm framing scheme
for improving the efficiency of the Scottish uni
versities was held at the Dover House yesterday
The main features of the scheme were settled,
and a statement Of the plan Will shortly be is
sued To the public. IL is believed that IL is
condition of the trust that the capital sum pro-
vided by Mr.. Carnegie shall for the present re-
main invested IN the securities in which he has
placed IN l. n. L.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-07

Sydney Fisher. Canadian Minister of Agri-
culture. is directing attention TO the fine ex-
hibits Of the food and forestry products of the
Dominion at Glasgow and to the experimental
farms conducted on the Ottawa and elsewhere.
He asserts that Canadian farmers are more
flexible in their methods and more inclined TO
profit by new ideas than English farmers. He
is doing excellent work for Canada here, and
is laying stress the fact that the Dominion
is no longer losing population through emigra-
tion across the border. but is attracting settlers
from the United States.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
The Dlsiranch lsement

Richmond. Va. June 20. The first step
was taken toward the disfrans hisemeDt
Of the negro in. Virginia by the Consti-
tuti0nal Convention to day, when Judge
Harrison, of Winchester, introduced u
resolution the puport OF which Is that tho
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitut.
ion OF the United States, giving the
negro the right OF suffrage and making
him citizen Is wrong In that 1t proceeds
upon the Theory that the two ra:es are
equally com petent Of free government
and that the convention ought to inaug-
urate. through proper channels, efforts to
take proper steps to its repeal and amend
mont SO that each state may control its
suffrage as it's best interests demand.
The resolution states that the right Of
suffrage hus not improved The negro's
condition, and that this right has been at
tended by corruption aud Decentralization.
The resolution further states that its
purpose is not to deny to the negro any
civil rights nor to disfranchi,e any negro
who has a..sutiicient freehold estate to give
him pormaueut and substantial in Ieress
in the welfare of tho S ate, nor ii any
Discrimination is made against him In
the right OF suffrage, to claim any repre-.
sanitation in Congress or tho electoral
college based on negro population, hut
to surronderit until Congress shall de-.
clare what additional represen tation
shall be given t. the negro.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
WILL FINISH
AUDIT.

State Insurance Commissioner
George w. Mars hall who Is examin.
ing the books of the Guarantee Loan
and Building Ass ociation. will finish
the work this afternoon.
Some weeks ago several Of the stock
holders visited the office of Walter II.
Hayes and stated that they believed
the loan to be insolyent and that they
would like to have the books examin-
ed. Mr.. Hayes told them how to
have such an examination made,
hence the presence OF Commissioner
Marshall Mr.. Marshall was not
ready to make any statement this
morning, but the report will be given
out this afternoon.
General Manager W. W. Knowles
is said to have severed his connection
with the association and will accept
position with an insurance company.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21

Is William D. Armstrong Mackcy,
Of Lewstown, Pa, farmer or ira
der, is the question that Judge Brad
ford has to decide. Argument was
heard before the Judge in the United
States Court today.
On December 81 last Mackey made
an assignment OF certain property
for the benefit of his creditors. Now
certain creditors have filed petit
ton in the Court for Mackcy to show
cause why he should not be declared
an involuntary bankrupt, The cred
itors being represented by j. Frank
Bali and Mackcy by l.. Irving Han
dy and William c. KurtZ
The latter read the petition which
showed that the creditors were James
llossingcr, $500; Walter Montgonc.
ry, $l2O: Jester and Mcdaniel, $9l.3S
Joseph H. Martin, $l7S.5S.
The claim of the petitioners was
that Mackey's principal place Of
business was in the Third street mar
kct house, Wilmington. That he was
insolvent and that he should lie de-
clared bankrupt
Mackey in his affidavit denied that
his principal place of business was in
Wilmington. That he operated a
farm Of l20 acres near Hickory Hill,
Chester County. Pa. That under
the bankruptcy law he could not be
adiudicated bankrupt and that the
court for the District of Delaware
had no jurisdiction as Mackey resid.
ed near Hickory Hill, Chester Coun-
ty, Pa, and therefore in the East
ern District Of Penns ylvania. -
by agre cment the counsel on both
sides waived the trial by jury.
Mr. Kurt offered an assignment:
of his farm to Timothy Slack for the
benefit of his creditors on December
%, 1900. Slack was entitled Is sell
the property and divide the assets
among the creditors.
Deputy Clerk Of the Peace George
.IanyIcr was the first witness called.
lie testified that Mackey took out
license up to June |, 1900. He noti-
fled Mackey to take out license af.
ter June | but he did not do so.
10 the court--Thc notification
was sent in December OF last year.
Patrick Monaghan testified that
his place Of business is 10 the Tnir d
street market and he is president
ST the company. Mackey had been
in the market for live years until
last Christmas. He occupied the
stall the entire time, Mackey sold
beef, pork, lamb, sausage, poultry.
butter and eggs, and that he was
assigned TO a butcher stall.
There are a number Of witnesses
to be examined n the case.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
Docs your roof want flxingat Cons vi
GusH Groves. 3l5 Orange stret1


James Holden, the barber, had a
fall yestel day that he will RENE M
Der for some time TO come. He was
on a scatfold tina. had been erected
alongside OF the house when he
lost his balance and fell to the
GROUND. His head struck the rail-
road track with much force and he
was rendered unconscious. Or.
Ball was summoned and admins
tered the necessary treatment.
Mrs. George Collins. widow of the
late George Collins o Union, was
buried from Undertaken Guthrie s
Office yesterday. lnterment was
made ia Friends Burying GROUNDS.
w. Frank Taylor, the storekeeper.
held a public sale of old stock, car
riages, etc, which was well at.
tended. Prices were fair and bid
ding brisk.
The Mite Society Of the NJ. e.
Church will hold a straw berry les.
tival tomorrow night. The ladies
OF st. John 3 X. C. Church will also
hold festival the same evening.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
--------------------------
Scnrcher'S Plunge to Death.

4 Nyack. N. L., June 20. Nine.
teen-vear old Irving Abrams, OF
Mount Ivy. after coasting at bre ak
neck speed down steep hill yes
terday, plunged to death through
an open drawbridge into creek.
which passes through Grassy Point
in the upper part OF Rockland
county.
4 The bridge had Just been opened
to allow tug boat to pass. The
men at the draw saw Abrams COM
Ing and shouted to him to stop
The cycler either did not hear the
shouts or he could not stop his
wheel. The momentum carried the
wheel and its Inflated rider 20 icet
Into the air and then down into the
rreek. His body was recovered
half an hour later.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
Train Wrecked.

Sharon, June 90 Train No. 2c6. tho
Plttsburg flyer, on the Erie and pittsburg
railroad was dltched at 4.30 o'clock this
afternoon at Frampton's Grove, by the
breaking OF an axle, but, miraculous as it
may seem. only one passenger out OF
about fifty aboard sustained serious iu-
jury,
The scone o! the wrocli IL at the foot of
long grade, and the train was runnin 9
ut nearly sixty miles an hour when the
accident happened.
The train was in charge OF Condur or
William Perry, and Edward Murphy, OF
MahoniDaton, one of the oldest englnee rs
on the rond WAS at tho throttle 1t cons st
ed OF mail and baggage cars and two>pos
senger coaches, All four CATS were thrown
off the trGck upon their sides into the
ditch.
About n dozen passengers sustained
painful Injuries. Miss Nellie Smith, a
daughter OF frank Smith, superintendent
OF the 6reenvi'la works Of no American
Steel Hoop company, was looking out Of
the window when the accident occurred
She WAS thrown out the window and
pinned under the side Of the car, Her
face and head were badly cut, and she was
severlv bruised
Conductor Perry was crossing be ween
the cars. and WAS thrown off the train,
but his Injuries are not serious. How
any Of thu passengers escaped alive ia O
marvel to railroad men.
wreck train f'on Allegheny reached
the scene OF the wreck this evening, but
tie track will not DO cleared before m orn
ing
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21

Shamokin. Pa, June 20.-Tele-
grapher Lawrence Hannah, who
was found almost dead IRON knock
out drops, together with his friend,
Thomas Koran, 10 the Reading
Railroad signal tower at Big Noun
tain. last night was suspended by
the company today. According to
inform alton Of Coal and Iron Police
he broke company rule by allow
ing people no! connected with the
company to loiter in the Office.
The police claim tramps named
Schneider, Of Tamaqua, and Nc
Carly, Of Norwich. Conn, who were
arrested Saturday evening for IL
legal car riding, and liberated at
ter paying a fine. walked to the Of
flee and gave the young men wits.
ky instead Of tobacco, ard that the
liquor was drugged with choral
hydra!e.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
DECIDE
YOURSELF.
The Opportunity Is Here,
Backed By Whining
ton Testimony.

Don't take our word for 1t.
Don depend on strangers state.
ment.
Read Wilmington endorsement.
Read the statements Of Whining.
ton citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here Is one case of it.
Mr.. A. G. Wivel, formerly manager
for the late John 7. Walker, says
81 first expressed my opinion of
Doan's Kidney Pills and gave my
experience with that remedy through
our Wilmington newspapers in 1897.
Before | procured the preparation at
Danf orth's drug store my back was
lame and ached so severely at times
that thought it was broken. After
l had completed the treatment, kid
ney complaint, backache or whatever
it was disappeared and up to the
present time | have had no indca-
tions Of return. Before that used
other preparations but received little
if any benefit. / think more of
Doan's Kidney Pills now than when
gave my first statement for publ
cation. Any patent medicine which
acts up to its claims is well worth
the trouble of recommendation"
For sale by all dealers, Price so
cents. Foster MIlburn Co., Buffalo
N. Y, sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
First Notice Tor the Press,

Rev w. l.. S. Murray. pastor of
st. Paul's M. e. Church. remarked
in our Office this morning, that a
notice Of his service III the M. e.
Church at Claymont and some
church work at that place, which
appeared in the REPUBLICAN in
1875. constituted the first paragraph
written by him for any newspaper.
Since that time, he had written
many notices. some of which had
appeared in many Of the leading
papers IN our country, and would.
altogether, make quite large VOL
ume. Should he keep on at the
same rate, tor as many years as
we have been connected with the
REPUBLICAN. he will indee ed become
famous. as few ministers are priv.
legged to labor over So years in their
calling. DR.. Murray, however, ap-
pears to have the health and vigor
to run over so years more aud
round up an even hundred.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
Married His Niece.

Philadelphia, June 20.-Judge
Mcpherson, 10 the U. s. Court for
the Eastern District Of Pennsylva.
mia. to-day ordered the deportation
to Russia OF the wife and child OF
a naturalized American because
the wife was the daughter Of the
husbands brother, such a union
being forbidden by the laws OF
Pennsylvania.
On June 10, Rosa Devine and her
infant child arrived at this port on
the steamer Noordland and were
detained by the immigration auth.
critics on the ground that the moth
err was pauper and the child an
idiot. The husband of the woman,
Lyman Devin.. came forward and
presented his naturalization papers
which were sufficient to give citi-
zenship TO the wife and child.
When proceedings were Instituted
to obtain their release, the facts
were brought out as related allow.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-21
Young Woman Killed.

Philadelphia, Juno 81 Ella Csnally,
aged eighteen years. an extremely pretty
young woman, residing with her bro shor
at Glendale, was struck and instantly
killed early this morning near Glendale
station by engine No. 300. of the Pbla
delphia and Readiug Railroad, drawing
the Buffalo express.
4 Shortly after six clock Miss Canally
in company with Miss Agnsss Jack Ion,
Of Glendale, was walking down the south
bound track toward Jenkintown, when
Miss Jackson declared she had a purchase
to mako In q store and she left Miss
CanalIy standing directly on the tracks.
Almost at the time tho buffalo express,
south'nund, which was 10 minutes lato
came laundering down the rails at terrific
speed. Tho sight of the two engines ap:
parently so bewidered the young woman
that she was unable to decide what way
to pursue. A moment laler the iron
monster struck her throwing her high in
the air. Her body. bruised and blsediug,
fell many yards distant.