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New-York tribune., 1903-06-17

COTTON OUTLOOK BAl
Boil UeerI Is Causing Widespread
DAMAGE.

,,-.t,- -4or June Is fspeciaD-Dr L. o Howard.
chief entoTuologist of the Department Of Agricnit
,,-e has lust returned from inspection OF the
campaign of the department against the cotton boil
v-eeyil in Texas DR.. Howard does not wish to ne
ouoted as an authority cotton but declares thst
every indication. and also the prediction OF every
cotton planter with when he came in contact
points 10 4 poor cotton crop this year. The ex-
tromeiy wet spring in Texas delayed planting for
at least month. and since that time the grown
of the plant has been rapid usual
At the end OF last season DR.. Howard says many
planters made UP their minds TO abandon the culu-
walton Of cotton least part of their acreage
for crops which would produce more revenue, such
as rice and alfalfa. These paTS have been chahged
owing to the hgn price Of cotton since that time
and believes the acreage to be at least equal
to that OF last year.
DR. Howard says that so far official inforna-
ton Of TIE department is concerned. there has been
no confirmation o. the ruInors that the Doll "eeFl
has made its appearance in Alapalhd anu Jun
Southern States. The Neeyi is confined absoluteiS
to the several spots in Texas where it made It's
appearance first in 1884. The department VIII spehu
$50 600 this year in campaign against TINS pest
which is $4,000 than was available last year
While means has yet been found 10 AteiIniha'e
the weevil. the experiments of the department in
methods Of cultivation such wide planting ana
preparation of the ground. have given such salts
factory results that considerable encouragement Is
felt that the territory in which the weev IS work
ing may not be enlarged
The experiments have absolutely demonstrated,
according 10 DR. Howard. that cotton can he raised
paying basis in the weevi territory if the in
structions OF the department are followed Expert
rnents are being made six different stations II
Texas While the department reigiously appiles all
methods fer extermlnatins the weeVll, and cu.-
tivateS every insect brought forward for that pr-
pose ii is the belief OF officials in charge that the
task is beyond possibility The history of the
weevil in Mexico. and since IT mas reached Texas.
offers no hope that it will ever be much less de-
structive than now. The expedients by which the
department contends that crops may he prohtabiy
grown where the weevil exists involve apprecia-
bic extra expense. and DR.. Howard reports that
they are becoming generally more popular with the
cotton planters who at first inclined TO look
upon tho advice of the department with some
prejudice
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
CITY TEACHERS TO GIVE DIPLOMAS.
First Annual Exercises Of New Pedagogy
School To Be Held Next Week.

In February OF the present year school OF
nedagagv was esta olished in connection With the
ez,--vo-l. CITY Teachers Association. The ser
,1ces of Professor Thorndyke, in the history oil
.apcation: William L. O'Callaghan. in psychol-
og,-. lanes + Fieran, in history and c1Vlcs'
tIeiles in mathematics. and G. S. Blakeley,
an English were secured and classes in these sub
ierts were organized. A large number OF teachers
were enrolled fully 80 being on the register "Ile
~. courses were completed last week
Under the mana cement of President Magnus
Gross and Dr Z ". Stitt, of the association, and
5,1, the assistance Of President Birmingham of the
r,-5 az Education and Dr. William II. Maxwell,
she school has been placed on firm footing. and
since the receipt articles Of incorporation under
-he Stale Board Of Regents university extension
classes for The preparation and advancement OF
teachers have been founded
On Friday evening. June Is, at the hall OF
,he board Of Education. the school will hold its
+,st commencement exercises. Mr.. Birmingham,
.rr Maxwell and DR.. Leipziger will address the
students who will receive certificates The reach
zrs' Choral Society. under the olrecuoh OF LouIS
/ Lambert, will furnish music
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
TO SOLVE 5sTH-sT. PROBLEM.
Mr. Lindenthal Suggests Putting Tracks in
Fifty-seventh and Sixtieth Sts.

Bridge Commissioner Lndenthal said yesterday
that the best way TO solve the congestion problem
At FIftv-uinth-st was to take one surface track
out Of the street and put it i'll SiXueth-st and put
the two new surface tracks that will cross the
BlsckwelIs Island bridge in Fifty-seventh-st.
Mr. I.indenthal was requested by the Board Of
Estimate and Apportionment 10 submit 4 plan to
that board as solution of the approach to the
BlackwelTs Island bridge. Yesterday Deputy Con
troller Stephenson made public Commissioner Lin
denthal's plan, He says in his letter that the
widening of Fifty-ninth-st would cost more than
So 900 coo which exceeds the cost of the construc-
tion Of the Blackwels Island bridge. The cost
would be greater, he adds. than the advantages to
lie attained from the Improvement. He further ad-
yocates the use of Fifty-seventh-st, which is 100
feet wide. for trolley cars passing over the bridge
His plan comprehends the laying out OF plg
plaza by taking 100 feet from SiXteth-st down 70
Fiftv-seventh-st.. Just west of SeCond-aVe. MI
Indenthal further that the streets of the cltY
should be widened to take in everything up to
the house lines. doing away with stoops. show
cases storm doors and poTtCos wherever they en-
croach on the street line proper In every case
where there is such encroa achmeEt he would impose
a tax that would make II impracticabic Tor the
householder TO impCse on the city
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
COTTON SHIPPERS COMPLAIN.
Planters Compress Company Makes Charges
Against Railroads.

Washington June 16.-The Planters Compress
Company. with principal offices in Boston in a
complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission against the Central Of Georgia Railroad
and others alleges unlawful practice of issuing
and creditng expense bills credited on other than
the cotton originally shipped Hereunder. The com
plant says that such practice allows rates diff
ferent from those published. The commission is
asked to stop the substitution of other different
cotton on any through bill of lading when the
cotton originally shipped hereunder has been
stopped for compressng any other purpose.
The company complains that the practice Of the
Southern and other roads. called by them equal
izaton export rates. is Illegal and constitutes
d rebate ahrinkage from the regular published
rates in the case of such exported cotton. A com
plant against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and
others alleges that the So-called 'backhaullng or
cotton and other practices are unlawful 1T ASKS ASKS
the commission to adjudge the defendant roaqs
guilty of unjust discrimination OF unla aWfully
charging less for longer haul than a shorter one
and of violation of the law in hauling uncompresseQ
cotton from the stations north of Muskosee sontn
TO South MCAlester and then north again through
those stations at the rate Of 30 cents a hufureG
pounds -,
The commission is asked to declare that the prac-
tice of exacting the uncompressed cotton trelSht
rate from shippers Of compressed cotton is unla"-
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Tuesday. June 16, 1903
ARRIVED.

y
Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II tSerI, Fogemaun Bremen
June {" Southampton and therbourE 10. Oeiri-hs
Co with 625 mails
Arrived the Bar HIS W.
Saratoga. Oakes, Colon June the Panama
90. with - passengers. mails and
the Bar at S:+9 a n.
Steamer Mongoian tBr). Strratt Glasgow June and
MoVie Z, % Baldwin * -. " cal and
seeraEe passengers and mdse- Arrived at the Bar
3:5j .
Old dominion IS 90. with passengers and mdse-
steamer Valencia ttierp. krauSe. =
Carthagena Cireytown and Limou the Ham
burg American Line. with y passengers. mails and ndSe
Arrived the Bar at $50 "a
Brig Aquia Gr, Sencahaush Chatham y Il. days
lumber to Simpson. Clapp 4 Coz vessel McIu-
tos &
steamer GoIdsboro. tieoghegan, Philadelphia to Will
lam Clyde & 90. with mdSe.
steamer Pat thhnder Parse Punta C;orda Fla r1ns II
the American
cal 60: the New-York and Porto Rico s. Go
Cottfried Schenker tAustt Cherubani Vsn{re
Nav Trieste u. Barcelona %. Malaga and Gibraltar
Phelps Brothers co, with mdse. Arrived at the
Bar a . . m.
Steamer st Flans tsr> owen. Calcutta April 2a co
"a Port Said %. Algiers 20 81 MIchselS
u. to Norton & Son. with mdse- Arrived Bar
Steamer I-ahn GER. Boe Genoa June 4. Naples ;
steerage passengers mails aud mdse the Bar
30
Steamer Lcmbardia OtaD Canzoner Genoa Ma, 10 ani
Naples June >. I" tIirzel Femann with passen-
and mds' Southeast of the Sandy Iightship
al 7:I1 p IN.
steam yacht AIvIna IN Y - Clement A Ciriscor1
ov sr. Philadelphia.
steam yacht Josephine N o. = \ & wdener.
Philadelphia.
Kemble. June H. 10 he
Southern Pacinc Co With passengers mdse.
Steamer Colorado Risk Mobile June and Brunswick
Is. To n Mallory & CO. with passengers and mdse.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
SQUARE CIRCLE" ENTERTAINMENT

AboHt thirty ir tie employ Of the Segel-
Cooper Company met last March to form fishing
club. and out OF il has grown a social club. now
having the mystic title OF She Square Circle The
members Of the firm honorary members. II has
3 charter membership ot eighty. and has adopted
iuitistion ritual with grip, password and oDli-
cation. The officers are: President. Eugene Todd
first gice-p president. II. G. Durand second vice
presIdert. NJ j. Murphy; recording secretary, g A.
Logan: corresponding secretary J. II. Caine fnan-
cai secretary. u. K0e:3i; treasurer T. Z. Gladden.
J. J. Fitzgerald. poetasteT, K F.
Thompson: trustees. u. Y. Scott, chairman: Z. A.
Bacon, ". n, Cooper, Y. s. Dick, ". F. Forestal,
W r Msbee, J. w McGuinness. T. II. McIn-
.Ilernev. X. =. Menkcn and Jerome Siegei. The
Square Circle viii gige its first entertainment.
ceutjon and dance : the Harlem Casino. One hun
dred- and twenty -fcuTthst and Seventh-ave. this
The programme IS al Interesting one.
4 reception and dance will follow the entertain
rnent The proceeds viii go toward furnishing a
clubhouse
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
SURFACE CAR CRASH IN TUNNEL.
Motorman Said to Have Jumped Without
Shutting Off Power.

While southbound Madison-aye. at a
ytandstil on the south crossing in the tunnel at
rThjrtv-niuth-st and Park-ave. yesterday another
car crashed into IT from behind. The crash was
heard for = considerable distance and calls for
-,nbulances were sent TO Flower Roosevelt and
Bellevue hospitals. The that was into had
stopped 10 allow a woman TO alight The car be
hind WIS going at full speed, according to eye
witnesses and when it got within few feet OF the
other car the rlotorfnan it IS alleged jumped off
without turning of the power
Daniel O'Connor. the proprietor of saloon at
Northumberland twenty and Eighth-ave-
who had been sitting the rear seat Of the
that was run into. was the face and hands
~ fixing glass and his hack was injured. Others
were shaken up and bruised, though none were
taken 10 o hospital.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
KANSAS STILL CALLING
The Mayor Of argentine Appeols
THROUGH The Tribune for hid.

Argentine Kan. is now appealing TOT alu-
Further dispatches also from Kansas City ana
Topeka tend to show that both of these towns
are in urgent need of assistance. Cornehus ~
Bliss chairman of the Mayors committee gave
out the following statement yesterday;
Receipts of Mayors committee appointed 1or
relief of sufferers by floods at Topeka, Kansas
City Kan; Gainesville, Ga. and Spartanpurg'
s G. amount to date to $25,344 9S. Advices
from Mayors of Kansas City and Topeka indl-
cate that needs are pressing. The committee
appeals for additional subscriptions.
The Tribune yesterday received another ap-
peal from D. z. Chopper, Mayor of Argentine
KAN dated June 6. which reads as follows:
This is place of sixty-fve hundred laborlng
people The recent flood rendered three thou
sand homeless. Hundreds lost their homes tur-
niture and clothing. Some have not change
of clothing The mud is a foot deep IN the
houses and on the streets. It has an odor ana
must cause sickness. Half the town was COW
cred with water. We need help to remove the
mud. cleanse the sewers repair the houses and
care for the sick. Only 500 X has thus far been
subscribed The city is financially embarrassed
and cannot carry the burden. The people cam
not do more All contributions, large or small
will be thankfully received by the Mayor or
City Treasurer J. F. Trowbridge
Additional individual subscriptions received
Yesterday aggregated more than LOCO, and in
cluded 5000 from Tiffany & Co.. Sl0o from kutt-
rolf Pickhardt & Co, and like amounts from
the Cellulod Company. Schefer, Scnrdihill ~
Vogel, and J. 3. Locke & Potts.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
R4NKER ENDS OWN LIFE
Tics- President Dean of Scdboard
Worriod About Sick Wife.
DID NOT SPECULATE IN STOCKS,

Frank Dean 3 president Of the Seaoodio
National Bank. in this city. killed hifnseH SeS
t.rdav morning in the cellar Of his nome al ->'-
10 HiehIand-ave.. Orange. N :. oy snooliiie
himself IN the head. He had lived IN NIals1
.,,,,, +,,,ae wears on Monday he celebrated ms
sixteenth wedding anniversary by hoioiiis
ception both in the afternoon and at night
.--,,.e -he guests were q number Of relatives
from New-Yorlz who remained at the house al
night Mrs Dean. who has not been In goou
health for over q year, was not in conoluoh 10
soir in the festivities and il is the opinion OF
4l,e dead mans friends that he killed hin1seiI
while temporarily insane. his mind becoming oe-
ranged over w-cfrying about ms Wlle hedi'i
Mr. Dean rose yesterday morning about
o'clock He took bath. kissed ms VIE eoo1
-, ,,5 ,,,an went into the cellar He had been
-tre ,-l1, = few moments when the explosion
~ : revolver was heard. His mother. MIS-
Helen NJ Dean. who, although seventy years oiu'
enjoys good health, hurried into the ceiiar anu
ssw her son lying the floor WITH puiie'
wound in his right temple He was gIoaIiins'
as if in pain. but finally lapsed into uficoii
sc,ausness. His mother quietly informed several
% ,,,a s,ests Of the terrible situation and teie-
phoned for Dr. ". A Wakeley, the 1aiil"S
-,,,vsicisn. who. when he arrived, found that
,,o.,,,s could be done to save Mr.. Deans lie
A. a o'clock the banker breathed his last
Mr. Dean was not supposed TO have mao
revolver in his room. and it is not known WheIe
he kent il. His mother. sister and an aunt
lived with the family. Besides his WIDOW ne
leaves one son. thirteen years old Mr.. Dean
was forty-one years old. and was born IN BROOK
1yn. Before removing TO Orange the family hVeo
AT No Jos Rodney-st. Brooklyn He occuPle"
2 handsome house. but wes not seen Inuch III
society. because Of his wife's illness Nj; Deali
-erl01
NJ Dean became a messenger in the Fi@iIn @
a1,enre Sank twenty years ago, and he workeo
- L. =. he left the Fifth Avenue Bank to become
i117jHr yice-president of the Seaboard- =. ";
Bax-ne president Of the Seaboard BANK sala '
: : -,-r-ad as carsine Mr. Dean TO commit sui
ri5r He had no financial interest in the oaIk;
ala not sue-ulate in stocks and was a careful
%.anrier He worried about his business ano
his wife and child. and suppose his nina gave
vyav Under the strain.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

Petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the United
States District Court yesterday as follows:
WILLIAM MEYN. liquor. No. 1s2 Avenue B liabilities,
o3S:
and-sixteenth- liabilities. Sf,769, OF
which 81 9i9 dre debts open accounts.
A petition asking that Hyman Cattle. dealer in
iewlery and diamonds No. So Maiden Lane. be
adtudged an involuntary bankrupt filed by
p & J.. Vet No II Maiden Lane. creditors
promissorv note for SS26 and goods sold and de-
iiyered amounting to $40 The petition alleges that
cattle on June u last, made a general assign
ment and that number of creditors is less than
twelve Judge Holt appointed George Carleton
f'omstock as receiver for Cattle.
petition asking that Helen LeMont Greye,
apartment house manager. No 16l West seventy
was fled by Myra Hillary and others.
a petition asking that Tille Cohn; dealer in
furniture No $50 Ninth-ave.. be adjudged an tu-
voluntary bankrupt filed by the American
Wire & Steel Bed Company ana others
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
LAYS CRUSH TO VIOLATING ORDER.
Commissioner Lindenthal Reports to Mayor
on Rush that Levelled Ticket Boxes.

Bridge Commissioner I.fndenthal yesterday in a
report submitted to the Mayor on the bridge crush
of June 49, in which a rush of eight thousand peo-
pie swept away the ticket boxes on the platform
leading to the elevated train stairs declared that
the congestion of passengers in the first place was
dine to disregarrling rule had issued that Sat
urdav between 12 neon and : p m. no through
elevated trains should cross the bridge. The engi-
neer in charge of the bridge allowed the violation
according to the report. at the request of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company The trouble
with the through elevated trains. says the
report is that there is not sufficient power TO
overcome the grade over the hump on the bridge
when the trains heavily loaded.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
TROUBLESOME Wo0ER SHOT.
Widows Son Dangerously Wounds Persist
emf suftor Who Had Wife in Germany.

Charles Sonnenberg. forty-fve years old. care
+aker at Oalkhurst. Robert Bonners country pace
= z5sn,aroneclz On Long Island Sound. was shot
1,oaro,5e1,- early yesterday morning by August
T5rierer the son Of = widow upon whom he was
calling. The widow and her son live in Rye Neck
about 2 mile from the Bonner estate Inc care
-ater who was infatuated with Mrs hreser. Called
a 7er home several times Monday evening. nut
= ~. had l.een drinking she refused TO see him.
Her son says that he made repeated threats 10
kill her.
About = O'Clock yesterday morning Mrs. hrleeer
son who is about nineteen years Old healo d iiuo7
made hz- some one who trying TO break. INTO
- ,,a,,so He rushed downstairs with revolver
nd found Sonnenberg attempting TO get IN through
she r,arIor window. Krieger declares he ordered
sSnnenherg TO leave the premises at once but me
80, refused and said he intended 10 go into me
- - kin Mrs Erieger. because he had learned
that she did not care for him.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
A FINE WAS EASY. "
Reliance Sailor Had No Trouble in Produc-
ing So, the Penalty for Fighting.

William Becker. the jibboom man OF the Cup
defender Reliance, who, with seven of his ship
mates got into fight with the New Rochelle
police while on shore leave on Monday, was ar
"a igned yesterday before Judge Phelps. The
prisoner pleaded guilty to intoXication. and the
Judge, who is intimate friend of G. Oliver
Iselin gave him short lecture and fined him
S3 The sailor said That's easy and taking
a roll of bills from his pocket paid the fine.
1t was learned that Mr. ISeiin extremely
angry because of the action of his sailors. but
that he would not dismiss them because he
cannot spare their services until after the races.
The man who was arrested. II said, is the
most indispensa Bile member of the crew.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
nv ~ F-V-TTT-- T-TTT
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS

Liverpool 16 sailed steamer oceanic tBr tam
-ron New Via Queenstown
southampton June t6. u mNrrtved steamer Nanl'9
tfsrl fsrnorS York for Loudou .7nd proceedetf
Glasgow tune 1sArgiysd steamer astoria ,Sr WILSON,
Antwerp June is-Nrriyed. KrconisHd. poNrud
,1,erboirs June IL. . Il Arrived steamer Nronprin1
Wilhelm Ger,. Richter, New York via Plymouth t''
ani procct Ge1tt.
Bordeaux. June l2-ArriNrc steamer N''uv'i~ '''F'
Olactregui. New Y"r' ~ ..t,t
GENOA Iunc f2-Sailed Stella Utah l'sc'"
New -York. Ssrdegna Qtab. Montana New-l orS
Naples i3Nrrived steamer Napohtan tri'c' '''
A.iarason. New York 81 MiChaFls ~,
Trieste i@Saitcd. steamer Alberta tArst' "'S
sanich York .t.,,
Palermo June lO-Sasd. steamers Alberto treves -,
t'orneIio New-N0rS; 18th. Sicihar Prince 'l''''
Hanks. NeV-York
I3Sailei. steamer Maylsnts tbfh 1e''''
Nice for NeV-NOTk
Cape Town June 16 Arfi ed. seamec 50 Quentin 'Nt'
Bennett. York for Fast London. etc
Port Natal i6-Arrved previously steamer il'el
da tIrl Via Vincent g y.
Chefoo. tSNFrtved Bete thff ttAIlt-f
NorfoiS ShsnEhsL
Melbourne. fs-Arrved Atiphngh9l Srshss
tHrf. Angel NewNork Via II Vincent. = v Fra
mantle.
Nontevidec. i2.Arrived, Belltrien Est
MacIachlan New York fer Bucncs Nyres and Rosario
Barbados IL Sailed Byron tBrp. Caiosan
(from Santosl. New-fork
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
CHANGE IN REFORM CLUB
Majority Vote to Vacate Its quar-
ters for Dopnto7on Office.
TO GIVE UP SOCIAL FEATURE.

To GIVE UP SOCIAL FEATURE.
After a stormy meeting lasting from $50
n m. until nearly midnight. the Reform Club
decided last night TO abolish the social feature
of the club, and when the lease of the clubhouse
expires in December to rent an office down
town. which will be used for a publication OF
flee and committee headquarters. Ihls means
split in the club and virtual disbandlng' 1or
the majority of the members are young men
who have used the club solely as social or
ganization and who say they VIII get out at
once when il becomes merely a political ma
chine.
To effect this change, the board or trustees
who were to man in favor of it. obtained more
than eighty proxies which gave them majority
OF the entire membership. although majority
of the two hundred present was for continuing
the social feature of the club life
While the club is not actually in debt now out
has surplus of some $4,000, owing to the sale
of it's house at Fifth-ave. and Twenty-seventh-
St some months ago, it has never been we'll to
do, and while in 1891 the resident membership
was more than nine hundred. now 1t is ABOUT
three hundred. This loss of membership. as well
as lack of interest in the political actiV1tles OF
the club. has worried the trustees. who hnaliy
called the meeting of last night to settle the
question finally Wallace Macfarlane, president
and stated it's object. Then James Byrne intro
duced the following resolution:
That the board of trustees, after the expira-
ton of The lea of the present clubhouse, OH
December 81 1903, should provide suitable ac-
commodations for the committees puphcaIIlI3li
Offices libraries and reading room OF the cruz
but should not under present condltlohs' COZ
tinue the restaurant wineroon, or proVlde
lodgings for members.
Then began the debate. Benjamin Herdrlck
made a strong appeal for the continuance OF
the social feature. to which he said the mem
bers were entitled because of the dues they pdiu-
After him. the discussion became general one
demand from the younger men being that the
club be disbanded entirely and the present sur
plus be distributed among the members. How
ever tire ard of trustees finally put the reso-
luton to a vote. and because of their proxies,
carried it, ~
When the club moves downtown, it will he
purely political factor. The dues Will be re-
duced and strong efforts made TO increase tne
membership and instil more life into 1t: Ihe
present clubhouse will be continued until next
January
New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
LAYS 1T TO MR. DRESSER.
4ns5cer of Trust Company Of Re
DubHc to ,Suit for $3.50 ,0OU

suit has been brought against the Trust Com
psnv of the Republic TO recover about Sloo1p al
legged to have been resulting loss on stock trans
.4io,,s in the office of Harris Gates & Co. the
transactions having been carried on by d. Leroy
0resser formerly president of the Trust company
of the RapubIic Hornbower Byrne. Miller ~ rot
ter are the attorneys for the plaintiff The brokers
sy that the trust company is responsible" put tile
comnanv repudiates the transactions, taking the
nosifion that they the individual transactions
ri NJ Dresser There will be a meeting on Friday
Of stock kholders of the company to vote on re
dnction of the capital and also TO consider the
for,oer rotations of Mr. Dresser. il said. to the
United States Shipbunldng Company. The re,
MORT of the reorganizat ton committee, 1t was Sald
PpesterGav would he an interesting one