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New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
THE OUTLOOK Fer CROPS.
Blight in New-England and New-York Be-
cause of Drouth.

Washington. June 2.-The weekly crop bulletin Of
the Weather Bureau is follows:
The States of the lower Missouri Valley and por-
tons Of the Mississippi Valley have suffered much
from heavy rains. and especially Iowa. the eastern
0 IN fnd msfFe e
northern portion of the Middle Atlantic States and
Central Gnf States and in Southern Texas Drout nth
and o1sr the pa e the IN Ga e oh9
South Atlantic Slater The latter part of the week
west Gulf districts and New England DANA ging
frosts occurring in the last named district Very
ley and South Atlantic and East Gulf States More
reported from the Pacific Coast States much
needed showers having occurred in Oregon and
Wet weather has caused further delay in corn
ert In the mS MsGoq6 o M and & upper p Msssspp
the early planted is becoming weedy. In the east
corn fields have been badly washed out and much
replantlng will 3e necessary. In Iowa the acreage
In Illinois planting is pra acticalIy finished and
early fields in some portions suffering fer
perenced very favorable week and nd is "a largely
of Kansas and Nebraska and Northwestern Mis-
s9uTi has h sustained Inc injury from floods but the
an Improvement being generally indicated n the
harvesting is general in Texas and has begun in
Arkansas and North Carolina Winter wheat has
usually Wee0y. In California the outlook is mi
promising, and much late wheat is being cut for
hay.
In Nebraska, the Dakotas and Northern Mime
sofa spring wheat has made splendid progress bur
in Southern Minnesota. Wisconsin and Iowa the
crop on owlands has suffered much from heavy
rains. In Washington and Idaho the crop is great
ly improved.
on lowands in the lower Missouri and upper Mis-
sissipp valleys oats have suffered from heavy rains
but the whole the crop done well and in
me Ohio Valley general improvement is reported
IN New-York and Pennsylvania the outlook is rot
promising. Harvesting has begun in Texas
Further Improvement in the condition of cotton
is generally indicated, but the crop as a rule is
from two TO three weeks late Better stands are
reported from the Carolinas. Tennessee. Alabama
and portions of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas
In Arkansas. Oklahoma and Missouri the crop IS
grassy. Cutworms causing damage in central
and southern Texas. and boil weev are reported
this week from numter cf additional counties
In that State
The week has been very favorable for trans
planting tobacco, and this work has made rapid
progress in the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic
States where the bulk of the crop will set dur
ing the present planting season.
The prospects for apples promising many
OF the important apple States. In Southern Mis-
souri. however, very light crop is Indicated and
in New England serious injury has been done by
recent frosts
The hay crop continues promising i'm the Mis-
souri, and upper Mississippi valleys and further
Improvement is reported from the Ohio Valley and
Mid die Atlantic States. In the last named section
however, and In New w-Engand the yield will be
very light
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03

The Veronica left Ship Island. Miss. in the early
mart OF December last and was burned at sea on
December 20. Five members OF her crew
picked up near the island Of Madeira by the British
steamer Brunswick. and were taken 70 Liverpool
They were charged by the colored cook. Moses
Thomas one Of the survivors, with having mur-
darad CaDtafn Shaw: the mate OF the Veronica
Mr. Mcleod the second mate. Mr.. AbrahamsOn.
fha steward. Miles Thomas. and three OF the
men and with having set fire to the ship. Thres
of the seanen. Otto MonsOu. Gustave Fau, alias
4ugIIst MaIahn. and William Smith, alias Dirk
herlaar were convicted and sentenced to death
To MOnson who was recommended 70 mercy.
granted a reprieve on May 26. Ludwig Fiohn. the
fifth of the survivors of the Veronica. turned
Kings evidence and released
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
5-.,. ,,t,- FOR the relief Of the flood

St Louis to Kansas City for the reier OF .lle oo'
s,~erers Major Casey replied to-day as foio"s:
Bridges blocked by debris SteamDoat dsS5,1t ma "a
.,-Sns,sS5ad on the Missouri. Coal very olIcuIt 70
,,~oc,lre 1t may be impractcaole Tor sHdsDo@' W
make kansas CITY within three weeks
ss,,4tant General Corbin to-day telegraphed the
co-,,r,ander OF the Department Of the Platte that
secretary Root approved the course OF ooiohei
Miner in issuing rations TO the sufferers at hasS
r,ss, Kan and directing that he ascertain the CON
s;,t % the neorle In the stricken district ana GO
an IN his pover TO save life and property II is
expected that no large issues OF rations WI. oe
made unless the people OF the dinefeh' az
- ,,,.11v ses+itt1te and then only to cover I'M
-,esiate necessities Colonel Miner. the commander
a, Fort I,eavenworth telegraphed as follows to-
day:
-, = nm -ations 70 Kansas City, Kan. last
nIrht Need was imperative. Ask to have ac5leh 9nh
annroved Rations for this command up to -.In
Ie-a Relieve when get to the CouhuS
70 the west OF us Will be destitute OF iooa 40,
,ee shining ratiuns here central point 10 inees
this demand. Two companies OF eng eilgiiIeelo t e.
-o-toon train are in readiness TO be sent west De
tjeve they might be of use at Lawrence
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
GREAT AREA FLOODED
Sir Hundred Square Miles in Io7oa
Under WGter.

Keokuk. Iowa, June SIX huhoieo squae
miles Of rich farming land along the Mlssls-
.,,,-, south of here are under water The
rg,,tian Ioevee broke during the night in two
,,,aoas and there are now more than twenty
treols in il This levee runs from the Missls-
.,,; at Alexandria TO the bluffs, and proteclS
-. 1ov1ands as far south Hannibal from
oxaraloU from the Des Moines- A strip VI
country ten miles wide and sixty miles long Is
,orr rn5er water and the crops, which never
looked better. will be total loss Much OF 'he
land overflowed has not been flooded Tor Ihir'S
three years. The loss viii reach Sl,oooeoV-
The town OF Alexandria, Iowa, six mlies so"'A
of Keokuk is entirely submerged
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Kocian Will Play Tonight at the Garden
Miss Templeton to the Rescue

Koclan Will be the soloist at the Garden tonight.
not Sunday night. planned on Monday. He
is 10 sail for home before Sunday, and did not wish
to delay his passage. Poor Duss, however. will
not be able to conduct at the concert, for he was
called to Pttsburg business yesterday, and VIII
not return tin THURSDAY. Nahan Franko. the con-
cert master OF the Metropolitan Orchestra. con-
Quoted last night, and will do the same at the
Kociap concert tonight. Max Hrsch last evening
arose on the platform and announced that the
would kindly take bfr Dusss place, quite as
if he at the Opera House and Melba were in
disposed.
a part in the revised version of THE Run
aways" Raymond Hubbell. the composer, and
Frederick Rankin the author the revised score,
will leave for Buffalo to-day 90 meet her, and
train her in her part while she finishes her tour
with Weber & Fields. She Will appear at the
opening OF the second edition week from next
Monday.
Weber and Rush have leased the Academy OF Nu-
sic for indefinite period. beginning June 6, Sat
urday night, and Jacob P. Adler. the Hebrew
actor, VIII appear there THE Merchant Of Nen-
ice" supported by the English speaking com
pany which appeared with him at the American
Theatre last week.
The performance Of w. B. Yeats's Irish plays oc-
ours tonight at the Carnegie Lyceum They will
BE performed under the auspices Irish Liter
AIRY Society. but the actors viii be professionals
The performances viii be repeated Thursday
evening
Miss Julia Marlowe. Sam Bernard Robert Lor-
raine. Henry Woodruff and Frank worthng sail
tomorrow for Europe Raymond Hitchcock sails
for Italy Saturday. IN fact the general European
exodus Is well under way.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
.GAINESVILLE'S DEATHS.
ONE HUNDRED KILLED.
More Than That Number Injured
Eight Hundred Homeless.

Gainesville, Ga, June 2-The six thousand in
habitants of this city have just begun to realize
the extent of the appalling disaster OF yester-
day. 1t seems certain that the death list
will not be much short of hundred; perhaps
oyer one hundred, considering the number OF
dangerously wounded, whose chances for re-
covery cannot now be calculated. Figuring
from ali available sources and giving credence
only to those reports which are believed TO De
trustworthy, the following is summary or the
effects of the tornado in Gainesville and its en-
vrons:
One hundred killed
one hundred and fifty injured, of whom prob
ably twenty will die.
Eight hundred persons homeIess, theII fesi
denCeS having been wiped out or existence.
Property loss about SoOO0Oo none OF WHICH
was covered by storm insurance
concise and accurate statement of the
casualties cannot be made for severay days, but
the physicians In attendance believe that 1t VIII
not go far above one hundred, although twenty
five or thirty persons are desperately injured
and NAV die in the next two or three days.
The death list so far compiled includes thirty
two at the Pacolet Cotton Mills. at New-Hol-
land ALI of whom We're killed in~the demolition
Of the company's cottages and thirty-six at the
Gainesville Cotton Mills near the Southern
Railway station, where the tornado first struck
Eight nersons killed in the destruction of the
Jones & Logan stores. the Southern Rail
way station are not included in the above list
All of them were men, except Mrs. Jones, the
store Two of the men killed in the Logan store
were negroes Among those killed at the Paco-
let Mills was John Mayne, sixty-two years oio
formerly clerk OF the Superior Court oil Han
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
ALL WELL ON BOARD THE GAUSS.
Winter Spent Off New Discovered Land IN
the Antarctic.

Berlin June 2.-The government has received
a telegram from Lourenco Marquee, Portuguese
East Africa. saying that the captain OF the NOT
wegian bark Garcia ras delivered to the Ger
man Consul there a letter from the Gauss dated
from the Indian Ocean. May D, as follows:
We wintered well off newly discovered land IN
&C. 2' south latitude and S9' 4S west longltude.
We are now route to Durham. All We'll
message from Professor Drygalski' at Dur
ban, says the ship behaved splendidly. He ADDS
that he is forwarding reports
The return Of the Gauss to South African
waters has caused the German Government 10
suspend the fitting out of the relief expedition
at Hamburg fo- which vessel was recently
purchased.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
DENOUNCES PRINCETON.
Nerc-Hapen Paper Tells Yale to
Break zcith Tigers.
rur rrLsGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. J

- ,,n Conn June 2.-The result of the
tactics of Princeton in sending Davis their hea'J
hitter 10 the bat with three on bases. lhSteau pl
weIles in last Saturdays championship game. and
of their protesting Yales victory on the ground
that the umpire was wrong In declaring Weiies
out came tonight in scorching review Oh the
question in The New-Haven Evening register
in both editorial and columns, in Wficn the
Yale athletic leaders advised to break on aito-
gether with Princeton in baseball for tnls yeai'
The Register" says in a leading editorial:
The real question confronting the Yale athletic
managers is whether they shall not now canGei th
the remaining games with Princeton before the
What should be the athletic policy Of Yale 1t It
does not matter bit whetnsr e wnat nr not TSe att
tempt to substitute strong batsnan out OF place %
and should be met on moral grounds alone by the
cancellation of the remaining schedule ,s Inae f5e
would clear the air amazingly and raise hish 'iie
standard OF amateur craftsmanship
The Register" is recognized as the leading Yale
organ among Connecticut newspapers. In another
column THE Register" says:
Yale alumni and undergraduatss are uniting IN
refuse to Continue @ relations with Princeton if the
protest filed by the Tigers relative to satu&rdaS &
ton. by a contemplate trick tried to send ring
e up to the bat In place OF the proper Prt @ ssed
the umpire to nict the proper penalty alt II t1ege
Mas shf the eas m at to ,he turn s the M
thrown out on a technlCal ruUnR.
The Yale baseball management know that Prince
ton worked similar trick on Harvard IN the GENE
at Cambridge, and the circumstances in the game
last Saturday show that Princeton deliberate
y tried to send up two wrong batters against ale
Yale men think that 1t was bad enough for Prince.
ton to try these tricks without trying to get
Yale's victory thrown out because of them, and
the acts of Princeton will stand as unfavora pie
precedents for future Yale-Prnceton athletic feia-
tons.
If the protest of Captain Pearson should be al
lowed to stand 1t would indicate that there Is no
penalty which be sure OF being enforced Lol
an act Of trickery and dishonesty In changing the
batting order the score in the game
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
MRS. J. B. GIBsoN's WILL FILED.
Estate To Be Equally Divided Between Two
Daughters.

The viii OF Jeanie Burnham Gibson. who died on
May q the result OF injuries received May 16,
when tank of naphtha exploded on her yacht,
the Fagabond fled for probate in the Surro-
rates Office yesterday.
In the petition the value OF the estate is given
than $1,000 real and more than $1,000 per
scn6i
Mrs Gibson leaves her entire estate TO her two
daughters Miss Mary Sharswooo. OF No. East
Seventy -thrd-st, and Mrs. William Grant. Of No.
22o2 81. James Place, Philadelphia, share and share
alike The estate known The MooTings, at Bar
IIarbor is given to Miss Sharswood. If she does
not want Il she is 10 receive $4,000 and The Moor
go 70 the other daughter. In Mrs. Grant
does for the property. II is TO be sold and
the amount received from the sale reverts TO the
residue estate, which is divided. share and share
alike, between the daughters.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
sULLY REMEMBERS CLERKS.
Successful Cotton Operator Scatters Money
on the Eve of Sailing for Europe.
TBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I

Providence, R. l., June 2-Daniel j. Sully. who
has just closed a highly successful bull campaign
on the New York Cotton Exchange, will sail for
Europe on the Oceanic from New York tomorrow.
for a two months rest, combined with a little
business.
To-day the report circulated through the
cotton district OF Providence that before leaving
for New York Mr.. Sully had distributed $4,000
among his associates and the clerks in the office
of the F. W. Reynolds Company. in South Water
ST.. Of which he is the head. This report was
untrue as to the figure. Mr.. Sully did not peddle
out exactly $50 600. but that he did remember all in
the Reynolds office handsomely before his de-
parture tacitly admitted there this afternoon,
although nobody would venture to tell the amount
of his largeSS.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
NEWCOMERS IN A BOSTON BANK
Retired Capitalists Reported to Have Con-
troll of the First National.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Boston, June "A z. Appeyard announced to-
dav that he had secured through Adams e Co
control of the First National Bank. of Boston for
a New-York syndicate II represent NewYork
men, retired capitalists" he says, who are not
prominently identified with any bank, and an en-
tirey new interest in this city. cannot at present
divuIge the names The interests will be repre-
scented in the directorate by several additional
members
The bank people say the report OF the First
National. of New-York. having been back OF the
deal Is wholly wrong and that it is in no sense a
scheme for absorption of Boston banks. The Boston
bank has loans and discounts Of s4,ZO,I10, with
capital of 81 10000, surplus OF s105sO22, and de-
posits Of 81, ,052 sos.
INQUIRY Yesterday among usually well Informed
bankers downtown failed to disclose the identity
OF the interests who have secured control of the
First National Bank OF Boston.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
NEW STEAMER TO SAIL TO-DAY.

Copenhagen. June 2.-The 100O0-ton twin
screw steamer United States. of the Scandinavian
American Line, which launched here on April
last will start on her maiden trip to New York
tomorrow. United States Minister Swenson was
the guest OF the directors OF the United States
Steamship Company. which includes the Scandf-
navian-American firm. board the steamer this
afternoon In toasting the company Mr.. Swensou
said he hoped the line would rapidly add 70 the
number Of Scandinavian immigrants in the United
States asserting that they made the best citizens
The United States is the third new steamer OF
in the last year.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
WORRIED OVER THE MASSACRES.
Barnett Davis, Well Known in Jewish Set
tlement, Dies at Advanced Age.

Barnett Davis. for thirty years well known He
brew in the Jewish settlement IN the Sixteenth
Ward Brooklyn who about eight months ago ceie-
brated what he declared was his hundredth birth
day, died last Saturday at his home, No III Leon
ard-st. He had the air of a patriarch. and was
always consulted by his countrymen concerning
mooted points in Jewish history He was born in
Russia, and always entertained fierce hatred for
that country. His friends believe that his excite
ment over the recent massacreS in Kishinefr has
tened his death. He left five and two daugh-
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
INSPECTING PARIS CANAL SYSTEMS.

Paris June 2.-Congressman Theodore E. Burton.
of Cleveland; Major Mahan. United States Engi-
neers Getired), and Harvey Colder. OF the Lake
Carriers Association. here to investigate canal
systems in behalf Of the Rivers and Harbors Com
mttee of the House. of which Mr.. Burton is chair
man. Through Ambassador Porter the Ministry
of Public Works has offered to the Americans COM
pete facilities for making tour of the entire
length OF the Seine and Rhone inland canals. Mr.
Burton and his companions will also inspect the
harbors of Marseiiles and Bordeaux. and later Will
make a of the Volga Canal and its connec-
inTH
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
FATHER TO SEE FORMER PRINCESS
Louise of Saxony Will Make Her Home at
Castle Ronno, in France

Vienna June 2-Accordlng TO dispatch from
Salzburg, the Grand Duke Of Tuscany viii go 70
Lindau on June IL to meet his daughter. thu
former Crown Princess Of Saxony, for the first
time since her flight with the French tutor NJ
CiirCn The princess will then go 20 France TO
take up her permanent residence at Castle Ron
no. Department Of the RhOne. which Is the
property Of Countess Saint VictOire. widow OF
the former Court Chamberlain Count Chambord
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
THE POPE NOT so WELL.
Indisuosed from the Heat-Seeret and Pub
lie Consistories Postponed.

Rome, June 2.-The Pope is fatigued on &C
count OF the heat. Though he is not i'll, his doc
tor has suspended all not strictly necessary
audiences High ecclesiastical dignitaries are
still received, including to-day CardlnaI SatoIh'
with whom the Pontiff discussed American and
Philippine affairs. The secret conslstory mas
been POSTPONED until June %. The public con-
slstory will take place on June % At the latter
Cardinal SatoIH will be appointed Bishop of
Frascati. The postponement Is due TO the
troubles in France.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03

San Francisco June after six weeks of cap
tivity in the Pacific Mail shed Mrs. Loo Lin, the
Chinese Christian teacher and editor whose plight
aroused storm of protest In New-YOrk. whittier
she going to rejoin her husband and open a
school for Chinese children. is to be released on
bond and permitted go to Montreal. where she
will remain pending the receipt of certificate from
China establishing her right OF entry as a student
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
IMPROVEMENTS AT GUANTANAMO.
Time Between Havana and Naval station
To Be Shortened.

Santiago. Cuba June 2-The shareholders Oh
the Guantanamo Railroad have decided 10 hh-
prove the port of Guantanamo by building d
deepwater wharf and storage warehouses. me
company Will also extend the railroad 10 SAN
tiago and connect IT with the Van Horne syS-
tenn. thus reducing the time from Havana 10 the
naval station to thirty hours The plans when
carried out, will open up Of the richest
AGRICULTURAL sections of the island
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
TWO ENGINEERS DIE IN A SEWER
Young Men, Probably Overcome by Gas.
Drowned

Washington. June 2-Harod C. Grant. married.
twenty-seven years old. of Washington, and Mel
win B. Smith about twenty-five years old. of
Gloucester. Mass. members of the District Civil
Engineer Corps, met death while in the manhole
Of a sewer here to-day. They were engaged in
surveying work at the time. The probability is
that they overcome by sewer gas and fell into
the water, where they were drowned.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
FOUR VESSELS FOUNDER.
VaIpraiso's EspIanade Destroyed
Fears for the Areqmpa.

Santiago de Chilli. June IA great storm oc.
CURED to-day at Valparaiso. -Four vessels
foundered in the bay. the Esplanade was de-
stroyed. and great damage was done 70 the float
ing docks. There are some fears regarding the
safety OF the Pacific Steam Navigation Com
pany's steamer Arequipa. which. during a Iull
in the Storm left port to ride out the gale out
side the harbor and has not since been heard Of
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
BRIDGE REPORTED GONE

Kansas City. Mo- June IA despatch from
Kansas City Ka-, says: 1t is reported tha' 'he
Missouri Pacific bridge has gone down A grea'
crash was heard in that direction and IL IooAS
as though one span has fallen. The bells on
the switch engines standing on the bridge can
be heard ringing and men are calling for heip-
The rerort is verified by flreme1-
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
CAVALRY DRILL AT WEST POINT.

to the Military Academy occupied to-day in
committee work. In the afternoon by direction Of
Colonel Mills It was entertained with an exhibition
drill in cavalry tactics the plain by the grad
uating class under command OF Captain SANDS
The drill concluded with exciting cavalry
charge Lieutenant Koehler put the fourth class
through a series OF military gymnastics.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
LESS .FEAR IN BULGARIA.
Inaur of Macedonia" Refugees
Ceasing-Frontier Quiet.

sofia June 2-The arrival of refugees Lrofi
Macedonia has largely ceased III 'ie i
days and the frontier Is quiet.
is no further dynamiting III MaceuoH'l
,,''N,.s,, "a BULGARIA NAV be regarded as past
~, wear
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
PLANS FOR NEW LINE TO JAmAIcl

tary. Mr.. Olivier. left here to-day for Boston
Thence he will go to Ottawa in order to negotiate
with the Dominion Government and the Canadian
Pacific Railroad for the establishment of fort
nightly steamship service between Jamaica and ST
John, ~ &. -
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
NORTHERN PACIFIC TRACKS IN DANGER

Missoula Mont, June 2.-The melting SHOWS in
the Coeur d'Alene Mountains causing ram
page of all streams. The tracks of the Northern
Pacific are in danger Hope. Idaho, where the
waters are up TO the rails The snowfall in the
Cceur d'Alene last winter the heaviest in the
history OF the region. and disastrous floods are
feared
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
SUES TO BREAK THE SEXTON WILL.

has begun a suit in the Dutchess County Surro-
gates Court to break the will Of her husband.
Samuel B. Sexton. who left s200O00 to his mother,
Caroline b Sexten. and the balance of his estate
of $4,000 to the widow Mrs. Sexton claims that
he was Improperly influenced in making the will.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
GROVER CLEVELAND IN LENoX.
ExPresident Leases a Summer Home Near
R. W. Gilder's Estate
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
I>erox Mass June 2-FOrmer President Grover
Cleveland has leased what IS known in Tyringham
as the Sweet house, between the estate of Richard
Watson Glider of New York and Riverside Inn
Mr. Cleveland spent part Of the summer OF 1901
st Riverside Inn and was delighted with the fish
ing and scenery Of birmingham. 1t is said that he
will arrive in Tyringham on June %.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
wARsHIPs OFF FOR LISBON.

washington. June 2.-She Chicago and Machias
have left Marseilles for Lisbon. where they will
await the arrival OF the cruser San Francisco,
and also possibly the arrival OF the battleship
Kearsarge now fitting out al New-York. These
vessels will comprise the European fleet which is to
represent the United States at Kiel the latter part
rF+ sc npOth