EXPOSITION OPENED.

BRIEF EXEi:< />/> I/ FIRST

DAY OF l'J FFALO FAIR.

SPEECHES IX GOVERNMENT BUILDIXO-

DISPLAYS RAPIDLYASSUMING SHAPE.-'

OFEMNG OF PAN-AMERICAN E\rOMTIOX.

\\ .-.ulM-r—l1..i:.1> anil cMlly In the mnrn-InB; pleasant and mild afternoon ami ffea-

iii-

Condition of cronmls—

Drj- Tvntkinc:.Attendance

—About fifteen thoniand.

SOME RELIEF FOR f:RAKERS.MXINLBYINNEW-ORLEANS

THE SKY LINE OF THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, FROM THE SOUTHWEST, AS IT NOW LOOKS

OPEN GAMBLER?' SAFES.

JIB. MORGAN HAD NOT BOUGHT IT. AC-CORDING TO LATEST ADVICES.

P.KITISII FLEET STILL SAFE

VOL-

LXI• .X° 10.891.

A ROUSING WELCOME GIVEN TO HIM

BY TFIE CRESCENT CTTY.

PRESPT-RE OF BTSINESS ON STOCK EX-

CHANGE RELAXES A TITTLE.

JFSTICE JEROME AND AN EXPERT GET

IMPORTANT EVIDENCE.

BTH1h /.' OA LAXE8 VEAR END.

Other articles found in this safe were one cardpress box. containing faro cards; one faro lay-

out, a lot of chips, one faro pad. a lot of bonetoppers and markers for faro, and a package ofenvelopes addresse.l to "J. W. Gullen, N° ::*East Ninth-st.," which may prove an Importantling in the chain of evidence

Ina small portal.le strongbox which was foundin this safe were a number of keys and a pinkslip, which lusti'-e Jerome put away In lli?:pocket. Later it w:-s said to be a pas receiptmade out to J. T. Ryan, the alleged proprietorof the gambling place, who escaped arrest.

In the smaller safe were found the usual sup-ply of chipa and cards. At 'he bottom of thesafe was a visiting cai i. which Justice Jeromeplaced in a sealed envelope, and aboulhe kept silent There were also two small memo-randum bo< ks and the regular acc< uni bi oka •><"

the establishment.JUSTICE JEROME SMILES.

Justice Jerome hastily glanced through thelatter, with a satisiie.l smile. He refused to fay

whether they contained anj Items pointing tow-

ard "John Doe," but gave out some of theentries in regard to losses and profits whichthey contained.

According tO these one roulette wheel in theestablishment earned $1.«i19 between April l'~>and April I".'.It had won money for its owner in thnt period

except on April -'•"•. when it had a run of badhi' k and lost >! Tii. other rculette wheelshow .-¦.) nei profits on April 28 amounting to$5,269. A number of pages previous to thoseon which these entries occurred, had l •¦• n tornout. Justice Jerome said thi.-^ wai significant, Inview of the fact lhal Captain Dean had beentransferred Crom the precind on April 7.

Justice Jei d last nieh' that as h re-sult of the afternoi n's work the al ¦

biers caught In these ra;.i> would be buto a k

¦ hlng and protracted examina-tii n than anj othei He said I many

of the i emed piomlslng, thitellingwhere they ¦ ui-l I

A man In charge of No ".1 East Ninth Inight said .1 W. Cullen waa "out." Th<had a suspicious !-.ok. The mar. Inhe thought Mr. Ryan, in Eaai Fourteenth-st. t

gotten hi!M^--:f In a n"Is this a club ' '

Iced"No, then • boh ." was

the snswer "We used to have someth ihere, but :h--r.- Is . inir at pp

"The best thlnp Is to lie low." suggested ther. porter.

"You are right," assented 'be man with aknowing wink.

UNDUE PERTURBATION IN LONDON OVERTHE BANKER'S PLANS-THE ROYAL

ACAI>EMY EXHIBITION.SjHUllsXi lOOl: By The New-York Tribune.)

[by cable to me names.]

London. May 2. la. m.— Pierpont Morgan,according to the latest advices, has not pur-chafed the British Navy, consequently the flagof the Admiralty flies proudly, and the averageEnglishman, not unduly influenced by supersti-tion, is impressed by the fact that Britannia stillru'fs the waves, it is not improbable, however,that the Admiralty itself would be willing,withthe approval of William Allan, its severest criticin th- Commons, to sell out a good portion ofthe fle«t to the American Government on thetame terms with which Mr. Morgan has pur-chased the controlling interest in the LeylandLine, and would then- pull itself together andbuild a much stronger navy for the King withthe beta of the shipbuilders of the Clyde andTyne.

There is a good deal of Inflammatory rhetoricIn a portion of the English press on the sub-ject of Mr.Morgan's raids on English shipping,but it would be foolish for Americans to deceivethemselves respecting the real judgment of thefhipping interests here. It is an open secretthat American competition in ocean freighting

Is not feared when syndicate steel interests buyfleets which can be sailed under a foreign flagalone, but only whtn it threatens to cheapen

construction of sh'p? and create a genuine com-mercial marine under the American flag. As

facts stand, the Leyland Line has made a goodbargain with Mr. Morgan and cleared a hand-gome profit. Other lines are willingto sell outon similar terms, and the shipyards of the Northof England, the Thames and Scotland would befully employed in replacing inferior with su-perior fleets. English agitation over the opera-tions of the syndicate is fictitious. People here

understand that trade follows the flag, and thatsyndicate operations by which fleets are pur-

chased at exorbitant rates for possible require-

ments of the Carnegie-Morgan steel combinationdo not menace England's maritime supremacy.

The alarmist articles of the sensational press

here need not be taken too seriously. Commer-

cial fleet* have their day. and need to be dis-posed of. IfSir. Morgan goes into business asa shipbroker on a large scale half the com-

mercial marine of England \,il, be his for theasking. But convenient as this policy may be

for speculative purposes, it will not create an

American merchant maiir.e.The gross tonnage of the steamers owned by

the Leyland company Is 321.000. the number ofvessels hsing rixty-five. Some of the ships are.however, likely to remain under the personal

control of Mr. Ellerman, and for the present, at

least, it does not seem that the headquarters ofUse company will be removed from Liverpool.

It Is now stated that Mr. Morgan's object is

the placing of the Leyland Line in closer touchwith the Atlantic Transport Company. The

White Star and Cunard lines were asked to join

the combination, but refused.

TO PRETEyT STRIKER !\ BAK FRAXCISCO.

MARINE ENGINEERS TO RETURN TO WORK

-STEEL EMPLOYES EXPECTED

BACK TO-DAY.

Buffalo, May I.—The strike of the marine en-gineers Is practically settled on a basis ofmutual concessions. The Lehlgh Valley Trans-portation and Union Steamboat companies haveagreed to put on the extra men demanded onthe larger boats, but not on the smaller ones.The United States St<^l Corporation is expectedto come to an agreement with the men to-mor-row. Itis thought that all boats will be readyto go Into commission on the lakes In a few-days.

A serious situation has undoubtedly beencaused by the decision of the coal miners ofGreat Britain to advise their respective unionsto declare a* general strike. Coal owners haveprobably discovered before now that they havepressed their opposition to the new coal tax alittle too far. Many of them have not merelytacitly approved of the threat of a strike, buthave actually Instigated these tactics. Now,however, they are becoming alarmed at the suc-cess of their scheme. The recommendation ofthe Executive Committee of the Miners' Fed-eration that there should be a general stoppage«f work was much dleruesed in the lobby of theHouse of Commons yesterday. Members whoare strongly opposed to the coal duty regardeven a threat of a strike as a great mistake.Debate on the question wi'l be held to-day inParliament, but it is doubtful if a division willbe taken to-night.

N*>Tr-Orleans, May I.—The President and hisparty travelled across the cotton belt to-dayfrom Memphis almost to the Gulf of Mexico.Down the low lying, rich Yazoo Valley theywent to Vicksburg. with its memories of theCivil War; thence east to Jackson, thecapital of Mississippi, and from there toth« old romantic city near the mouth ofthe Mississippi, with its traditions of Frenchand Spanish rule. The outpourings of the peo-pie to see the train along the route to-daywere larger, if anything, than on the two pre-vious days, and the demonstrations at Viehs-burg and Jackson, the two principal stops, werestriking. The visit to Vicksburg was in somerespects the most interesting yet made. Herea triumphal arch of cotton bales, with the word'Expansion." pointed out to the President, asbe passed under it. the path of the New South.Although Ithad not been intended to make anystops after leaving Jackson, the train washalted at several of the smaller towns wherecotton mills are located, to permit the Presidentto see and speak to the operatives. At someof th.- stations the crowds actually impeded theprogress of the train, and the engineer wasobliged to slow down to avoid danger of run-ning over enthusiastic people. As the sun waslowering the train crossed the bayous, with theirtangles of mops covered cypress an.i light oaks.and, skirting Lake Pontchartrain. steamed intoNew-Orleans

FIRST VISIT OF A PRESIDENT.This is the first time New-Orleans has ever

had a visit from the chief magistrate of thenation, and it was a royal reception that theold city extended to President McKinley. Mr.McKinley has been here before He made anotable speech here the year before his nomina-tion for th-? Presidency, and ex-President Cleve-land was here on one occasion between his twoterms, but never before has a President whileIn office visited the Crescent City.

The air wa'a lied with the blare of bands, thebooming of cannon and the screaming ofthistles from th.- harbor craft as the train drewinto the station. Here the President and hisparty wer>-> greeted by Governor Heard, MayorCapdevielle, Senators M En. and .Foster, theentire Louisiana delegation in Congress, the cityCouncil and representatives of the various com-mercial exchanges. While the Mayor was for-mally extending the hospitality of the city to

the President a fine military band was drown-ing his words with the favorite air of New-Orleans, "Lousiana Lou." The President andthe Cabinet members passed nit of the stationbetween a line <>f smart looking militiamen onone side and a smarter looking line of young

cadets from the Jesuit military college on theother. The boys ranged In age from eight tofourteen, but. despite their youth, they made afine appearance in their gray uniforms as they

presented arms to the President's party. Out-side, the Governor's staff, resplendent In gold

lace and mounted on plunging chargers, awaited

the party. The crowd around the station was sodense that it required heroic efforts on the part

TREMENDOUS CROWDS IN THE STREETS

THE TARTY GREETED PV STATE AND

LOCAL OFFICIAL* THE PRESIDENT

SPEAKS AT A DINNER.

The Royal Academy willbe opened for a pressview to-day, but notices, under the rule, will bewi'hheld until Saturday. The chi»f artistic workvill ss Mr. Sargents portrait of the two daugh-ters of Mr. Wertheimer. which is described byhis ooiieagu^s in the Academy as the most vitalexample of the art of portraiture exhibited in

years. He has also another portraitv Wh a marvellous revelation of character in thetiuf Vela-syuez spirit. Among other notable por-1raits will lie those of Queen Victoria, Mrs.Charles IluFsell. Winston Churchill. Gibson

Plisiliai. the Duchess of Westminster, Mr. andMrs. AJhusen. Sir Frank Lascelles and Sir

Hiram Maxim.

MERCHANTS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION

.FORMED BT BUSINESS MEN.

Ban Francisco, May l (Special). —An orsanizatlonknown .i. th>- Merchants' Mutual Protective Or-ganisation was formed here to-day, which has forits object the "prevention" of strikes amor em-ployes of commercial hons«>«< r and. Incidentally, Itwill ¦!it organised labor if the emergency arises.It is believed to be the strongest anti-union com-bination ever formed Most of the large firms ofSan Francisco have Joined this movement and to-

il.iV .v>"."" was pa d In for running expense* andemergencies. An executive committee of live waschosen, to whom --ill strikes In firms of membersmust l"- referred, it will be optional with this com-mittee whether they settle the strike themselves orselect an arbitration committee. The associationalso Include) many allied interests, like setam hipcompanies, draymen and others.—•—

TELEGRAPHIC SOTEB.

OOTERXOR DEFERS ACTIOX

The London Bar will rally in force at the din-ner of the Hardwicke Society given in honor ofMaitre Labor!, in Holborn Restaurant. Nearly

all 'he lead of the English bench and bar willJoin in this tribute of respect to a great Frenchadvocate.

Saint-Faens conducted the orchestra last night

In Queens Hall, witn a programme made upafessaajl rxcluFively nf Ms own works. Ysaye

Is violin,and Salnt-Saens solo pianist.

I.N. F.

AMFRfCAX TROOPS fKDEPESDEST.

CANADA IN THE KINGS TITLE.

Is*. May I—At a meeting of the British

I League to-day it was disclosed that the

Cranial Office has been in correspondence with

vernment of Canada 'n regard to includ-ing Canada in the title of King Edward. The

result of the negotiations will not be madeknown until the correspondence is published

later.

BRIDGE BILL DECISION MAY NOT BE

KNOWN BEFORE MONDAY.

fBT ;:;R\rn to the tribuxk.lAlbany, May I.—Governor Odell did not act

to-day upon Senator Raines's bill empowering

the New-York and New-Jersey BriJge Company

to build an approach along West-st.. and. it issaid, will probably not express his decision upon

the bill to-morrow.

The Governor is busy considering the appro-

priation bills passed by the legislature and

ether bills of importance, and a good many

briefs were filed with him concerning the Bridge

billwhich he has not had time to read. He may

not give out for publication his decision upon thebill before Monday, and It is said that the Gov-ernor is likely then in a memorandum to statehis reasons for his action upon the bill.

of the police to keep the path to the rarria^esclear A bi:: military parade, consisting of theLouisiana Cavalry Troop, the Washington Ar-tiilery and all the miiitia from this end of theState, pyi-orted the party aiong Camp and Canalpts.. to the new St. Charles Hotel

STREETS CHOKED WITH HT'MANITY.

The cltv was liberally, hut not*

lavishly,

adorned vifh the natkna! colirs. but the crowds

in the streets were tremendous. Never, exceptin Mardl Oral times, were they known to tie sochoked and lammed with purging humanity.

The wrought iron galleries which embroider thefronts of the buildings here with their fine trace-

ri°s fairlygroaned under their burdens of humanfreight The feature of the crowd was th"preat number of handsome women who watchedthe procession from the windows and galleries.

5 rs. McKinley and the women of the party

dined quietly at the hotel, and later received thewomen of New-Orleans.

The President and his Cabliet and the chief

men of the party were the guests of honor atan elaborate dinner at the hot-M in the evening.

About three hundred of the prominent men of

New-Orleans 'were present, and the dinner wassaid to have exceeded in every respect anything

of a similar character attempted heretofore inthis city

The party will drive about the city to-morrow

morning, and in the afternoon will take a saila'ong the riverfront. The train will resume itsJourney toward the Golden Gate at t» o'clock to-

morrow evening.

speeding sorrnwAim

PRODUCE EXCHANGE ASKED TO LEASE

MORE OF ITS FLOOR SPACE TO ITS

NOISY TENANTS- DEALING IN

UNION PACIFIC.

The Stock Exchange made another remarkablerecord yesterday, for never before in it? history

had it been heartily thankful in a rising marketthat orders to buy showed a distinct fallingoff.That the day's sales were hali a million lessthan Tuesday's was regarded with joy ratherthan regret by the overburdened brokers. Howglad their clerks were may be judged by the factthat the Stock Exchange clearing hou;ie had not

succeeded in balancing Tuesday's business untilfar into yesterday afternoon.

The feature of yesterday's market was theenormous dealing* in Union Pacific. 572,50<>

shares being bought and sold, while the totalof all shares dealt in was 2.507.200. One roomtrader, Otto Loeb, cleared $40,000 on sales ofUnion Pacific common shares, which It is saidhe had been holding for months. This stockJumped more than a dozen points. Some per-sons thought this meant that the fight for con-trol of the Union Pacific was still undecided,

but the prevailing opinion seemed to be that itwas caused by the widespread belief that Van-derbilt interests have captured Union Pacific and

that there will be guaranteed dividends on the

stock.UNABLE TO EXECUTE ORDERS.

Some explained the falling off in business yes-

terday I\\ the actual inability of commissionhouses to execute all their orders under the in-adequate conveniences to be found in the StockExchange's new quarters. Already th.- govern-

ors of the Stock Exchange have opened negotia-

tions with the Produce Exchange for more floorspace. They would take the whole floor if they

could get It.report says. On the other hand, sodistracting Is the noise made by the Stock Ex-change brokers that not a few Produce Ex-change men would be willingto pay a bigbonus

for the cancellation of the leaefr.amLres,to.ra.Uonof at least quiet enough in which to hear them-

selves yell. An application from the Stock Ex-change for an additional strip of the floortwenty-five feet wide and extending from one

side of the room to the other will be consideredto-day by the Produce Exchange managers.

MORE ROOM NEEDED.Large as the apace now is. the additional

amount Is badly needed, for it is feared that a

continuation of business on the present scale

must result in a breakdown in some form. It

is almost impossible to place orders with special-

ists at any time, not to speak of the half hour

before the opening. On* commission brokeryesterday had stop orders in twelve stocks and

three orderr. of over one thousand shares each

at the market at the opening. He could place

none of these, but had to take chances on themall. Four-fifths of the men who usually confine

themselves to room '.ins: are now doing noth-ing but executing orders.

The New-York Clearing House reflects thestupendous volume of these financial transac-tions. a day or two ago one check for $lt«.-1(00,000 passed through that Institution. A fewyears ago a check for SIQ.tXIO.WX) would have

been preserved as something worth looking at.Now checks for .<•"•.•hmi.inhi are not uncommon,and a $1,000,000 check causes no comment atall. The par value of bonds sold on the StockExchange yesterday was $11.855.000, and thismakes a new record in that direction. The tele-graph comparies say that never fore has therebeen such a demand for private or leased wires.

(BY TK!.E..KU'U TO THE TEIBf XE.J_____

Buffalo May I.—The gloom and the chill whichfellupon all Buffalo last nisht. with the gather-

ing of the clouds and the dropping of the rain,

turned to gladness and warmth when the sunshone out early this morning. The Pan-Ameri-

!can Exposition belongs to Buffalo. The city

J was measured for it.had it built for itself, andpaid for it. The city owns the exposition, anddoesn't care who knows it. Therefore it wasdisheartening. on the very eve of the opening, tosee the clouds close over the sky again andthe rain pour down, and to feel that there wasa prospect that the official beginning of the show

would have to be made in the same cold andwet which had already so set back the prepara-tions. Th-=> continuance of the rain would mean

, the attendance of only a few people, and itwould mean that thos^ few must make their way

Iover the grounds through and across and around!quagmires and pools and sloughs, which would!be sloughs of despond not only for the visitors

i hut still more for the much enduring managers.

iTherefore the return of the sun to duty thisi morning warmed many hearts, as well as much! ground and atmosphere, and all three neededithe kindly glow in like degree.

I Pomp and panoply and glary. martial or dvtc!or oratorical, formed no part of the opening of

i the bi? fair of All-America to-day. There was

jno great crush of people to see and to hear great

i things. It was more like a quiet little family

J party. There was much good humor and good

¦ feeling and congratulation and satisfaction thatj the exhibition was fairly started, but there! were no bursts of eloquence and small bursts

!of fireworks or cannon.BRIEF OPENING CEREMONIES.

The nearest approach to a ceremonial was theifew minutes' speechmaking in the United States'

Government Building, and nobody pretended to

!call this exercise by so dignified a title. The!gates had been open since ¦::n , locH in th»

Imorning, and the turnstiles at noon had already

made some fair records, but there was =¦> muchspace for the people to spread abroad that ther<»were nowhere any crowds in sight. At 12 o'clocka big bell Just inside the door of the GovernmentBuilding began to ring, being smitten with ahammer by a workman. Thereupon the few

1 persons who were in the building and a fewjmore who were called in by the sound Ml as Mj they were summoned to church, and they began

to look around for the pulpit.Presently a rough. temporary platform sm

] discovered in one corner of the rotunda, andI the members of the Government Board who

were present soon gathered around it. Amonrr•he.«e were Colonel J. H. Br-srham. chairman:W. V. Cox. secretary: W. De C. Ravena'l. of th?Fish Commission: W. H. Hills, Dr. F. W. True.of the Smithsonian Institution: Professor F. W.

\ Clark. D. F. Pet- -->. of the Navy Department;iP. C. Harris, of the War Department: C. 11.IVerrill. J. B. Brownlow. of the Postoffice Pe.j pertinent, and Major W. H. Michael Th- M

iwere also Mayor Conrad Diehl of Buffalo. JohnIG. MHbtirn, president* of the exposition, anflj General William I. Buchanan the dir^ctor-

;general.Colonel Brigham began the speaking, and ex-

pressed his gratification at the accomplishment;of the opening of the fair on the day set for it• by law. He said he believed that the display in

this building was the best which the UnitedStates Government had ever made at any expo-;sition. He called upon President Milburn as; the next speaker. President Milburn said he

wished to express the deep obligation of the ex-:position to the Government Board. From theistart there had been perfect harmony between

Ithat board and the Exposition Board, and he de-isired to thank the Government Board in an:especial manner for its efforts and for their• success.

THE SPEECH OF MAYOR DIEHL.The Mayor was the next speaker. He joined

:Ma thanks with those of the president of thei exposition, and said that the citizens of Buffalo

ideeply appreciated the liberality si spirit and

I the work done by the Government Board and the

i government officials, all of whom he begged to

!accept the freedom of the city.| Professor Clark spoke for th* Department ofIthe Interior. He sail that th» United States

Government exhibit at each succeeding exposi-

tion was in the nature si a report to the peo-:ple, an object lesson in what the government

\ was doing. Many persons who never had oppor-

! tunity to come to Washington could attend

Ithese expositions in various parts of the coun-

try and could better understand the work whichIthe many departments of th» government were!carrying on at the capital. Dr. True speke for1 the Smithsonian and the colonial exhibits. Major

;Michael for the State Department and General

!Buchanan for the directors of the exposition.

With the customary promptness of the UnitedStates Government in such matters, the boardhas succeeded in placing the building and ttaexhibit in a far more advanced stage than canb<? shown in any other building in the exposi-

tion.In fact, the exhibit in this building is all but

finished, while in the most of the other building

It is only begun. Any visitor might well spend aday or two here with pleasure and profit. Whattittle work remains to be done is going forwardrapidly, and in two or three more days thebuilding will be ir. perfect order for the sum-mer.

But if the displays in the other buiM! arenot keeping pace with the government's, theyhave made surprising advances since yesterday.The structures which are to house the displaysin the Manufacturers' and Liberal Arts Build-ing are springing up like mushrooms, and to-day the place looks like an exhibition hall, in-stead of like an armory with a big drill floor,which was more like its appearance yesterday.A considerable amount of machinery ha- been.Installed in the Machlrery and TransportationBuilding to-day, and more is ready to go Into-morrow.

RAPID CHANGES IN THE GROUND?.Similar progress has been made in the Ag-

ricultural Building, which two days ago like-wise presented a'desert waste, where agriculture-

or anything pertaining to it would seem tawlast thing to be looked for. There were sur-prises, too. all around the grounds to-day. Th«court of the fountains showed itself in truiguise as a Bower bordered lake. Instead of a dryand dirty bed of clay and gravel. Broad, smoothwalks were found where yesterday there were <

only rough cart tracks. Trees were planted,turf was laid, flowers were set out. statues were

ALMOST WITHIN THE SHADOW,

of ¦-.> great hotels stands th» Grand Central Sty-

tlon of the. New York Central. When going Westyou say« time and travel itIcea:a a mile oa thi;Une. Perfect service.— Advt.

Carbon^ale. 111.. May I.—Fire to-day destroyedthe Carbondale Millingand Elevator Company'selevator, together with 78,080 bushels of wheat.Loss over $60,000; Insured.

St. Louis. May 1.-

Fire to-day partially destroyedthe building occupied by the Roth-HomV»yer CoffeeCompany, at No. 200 South Etghth-st. The esti-mated lose was $75,000. The stock of the OliverWallpaper Company, adjoining, was damaged¦lightly by water.

Port Colborne, Ont., May L—Navigation in theWetland Canal was obstructed to-day, and prob-ably will not he resumed for a week. The steamerD. R. Van Allen, registering 271 tons, loaded withcoal, and bound from Toledo to Toronto, causedthe stoppage of tratllc by carrying away fourgates of Lock No. •;. near St. Catherine's.

Milwaukee, Wis>.. May 1.—

As a result of the ma-chinery manufacturers combination, the EdwardP. Allis Corr>pany, of this city, one of its members,will enlarge its plant within the next year and ahalf, expending In the neighborhood of $2,500,000and employing between five thousand and six thou-sand more men.

Victoria rf. <".. May The Indians who foundthe wreck if a three masted vessel on Queen Char-lotte Island report that traces of a camp of ship-wrecked men. with embers of the fire and ablanket rigged op as a tent, were found. Tracks ofthe unfortunates from the ship led northward,where there are no people, not even an Indianhamlet.

Adrian. Mich.. May Two masked men enteredthe home of Mrs. Ruth Ayers. at Sprlngville,where she lived alone, bound and Bagged her andransacked the house. They obtained about $8,000 Ingold and currency. She was assessed at $40,000, andit i- known that ."he always kept a large amountof money about the house,

Plttsburg, May I.—The body of Nicholas Darrle,a painter and contractor, twenty-eight years old.was found in bis room, at No. 612 Fifth-aye., at 1o'clock this morning, with the throat cut from theleft ear to well under the chin, and his face badlybattered. The body waa so badly decomposed thatonly a superficial examination could be made, butthere Is evidence enouKh to show that a severestruggle bad taken place before the supposedmuner was committed. Darrie was last seen aliveon Saturday. No clew as to the Identity of themurderer has been discovered, but there is a sus-picion that a woman may have committed thedeed. 5;''•*s-*

Philadelphia. May I.—The first American steam-ship to come directs from the Hawaiian Islands to

this city with a cargo of sugar was the i'ali-fornlan, which arrived last night from Honoluluand Hi!o. with 7.920 tons of raw sugar, grown Inthe new American possessions. The Callfornian'arun wa« over fifteen thousand miles, bavins beenby the Straits of Magellan. She left Hawaii InFebruary, and stopped at Chill. St. Lucia and Nor-

folk to supply her bunkers with coal. The call-fornlan la th- pioneer vessel of a new line ofsteamships which will play between New-York andPhiladelphia and the Hawaiian Islands. Thecargo is an unusually large one.

THE PRESIDENT JOURNEYS INTHE COT-

TON BELT. SPEAKING BY THE WAY.

Viekaburg, Miss.. May 1 -Throigh the low. richvalley of the Yazoo the Prerldent's special trainrushed southward to New-Orleans to-day. Althoughthe party did not reach the train after the big dem-onstration at Memphis last night until 1:30 o'clock.the President was up early this morning. He ap-peared several times on the rear platform and ac-knowledged the 'cheers of the crowds at the smallstations with a wave of his hand. lft?3

Among the members of the Cabinet the Presi-dent's speech last night, with Its allusions to th*principle of subsidies as a means of enlarging trans-portation facilities for the expanding trade of Amer-ica, with the picture he drew of the commercialpossibilities in the Orient under the open door pol-icy in China, to which his administration has se-cured the adherence of the other powers, is regard-ed a.= an exceedingly important utterance.

Vlcksburg- was reached at 8:20. This was th« firstContinued on aecond pate.

COLER THINKS ODELL WILL VETO-

W. F. KING SAYS RAPID TRANSIT COMMIS-

SION SHOULD BEGIN THE WEST-

ST. IMPROVEMENT.

Controller Coler had a talk with Mayor Van WycKyesterday about the hearing before Governor Odeil.and said Jie thought the Governor would veto th«North River Bridge hill. "Itseems to me." said theController, "that. in the face of the arguments pre-sented, the Governor must veto the bill. Nobody

was in favor of the measure except some paid at-torneys of the company that wants to grab West-st. for a railroad franchise."

W. F. King, president of the Merchants' Associa-tion, yesterday Issued a statement, givirrs reasonsfor opposition to the bill. Inthe statement was thefollowing:

It 13 time for the city to handle its own publicimprovements, and not turn them over to Jobbersand speculators, to be overcapitalized, in order thatthey may become enormously rich, while the citygets nothing. What may be done by intrustingpublic works to competent and public spirited menis shown by the example of the Rapid Transit Com-mission, one of the best public bodies ever ap-pointed.

The West-st. improvement shouM be undertaken,and itshould be begun at once, and there is no onemore competent to do it than the Rapid Transit ICommission, whose powers, in fact. are. in a large jdegrse, exactly of the kind that are needed to dosuch great works effectively. ; _ i

BAN FRANCISCO, THE GATEWAYTo the Orient, is b«st reached by the 'OverlandLimited" via Chicago and North-Western, UnionPi iv- and Southern PacinV* Railways. AddressNorth-Western Line Office, 161 Broadway.— Advt.

AN ITEM IN AX ACCOUNT BOOK THAT

POINTS TO THE LONG BOUGHT"JOHN DOE."

Justice Jerome, of the Court of Special Ses-sions, and Colonel Robert drier Monroe, coun-sel for the Committee of Fifteen, spent severalhours breaking into safes yesterday afternoon,

with the aid of an expert, in the search forevidence which they failed to get in the raidsmade on Tuesday night. They found in twosafes some documents that are believed to beimportant evidence of the payment of money bythe gamblers for protection. In one case thepayments were made to a "James McQuade," be-lieved to be the agent of the mysterious "JohnDoe," who has been giving protection and col-lecting large sums In blackmail.

When the raids were made Tuesday night de-tectives of the Committee of Fifteen who werein the rooms of the "Metropole Club," at No.54 East Thirty-flrst-st.. and the "Wlnona Club,"

at No. 11l East Fourteenth-st., saw the gam-

blers hastily place documents in safes and slamthe doors of the safes shut. Justice Jerome toldthe alleged proprietors of the gambling dens thatif the combinations of the safes were not given

to him before 1 p. m. yesterday he would havethe safes broken open. He placed seals on thesafes on Tuesday night, and had policemen de-tailed to watch the safes until yesterday after-noon.

At 1 o'clock yesterday Justice Jerome. ColonelMonroe and Assistant District Attorney Gmniwent to the rooms of the htetropole Club to openthe safe. They had with them an expert armedwith drills, wedges, sledgehammers and crow-bars. They were met at the place by "Jimmle"Oliver, counsel for the gamMers, who disclosedthe combination of the safe in the place.

As soon as the safe was open Justice Jeromebegan to take out the contents. He examinedthem, and decided what to take away as evi-dence and what to return. Poker chips. Imple-

ments for playing roulette and faro and ?239 incash were taken out. Justice Jerome decided to

return the cash to the safe. Next a check bookwas disclosed. Then were found a check onthe National Exchange Bank for ?.V>. drawn byRush Burgess and Indorsed by Adolph J. Jan-pen, Jr.. and another check, on the HudsonRiver Bank, for $1,577, drawn by William A.Millarand also indorsed by Jansen. The first of

these checks had gone to protest. Jansen issaid to be the manager for "Al" Adams, thepolicy man. and is said to be well known in.sporting circles as "Dolph" Jansen.

Then was found the account book with the"James McQuade" entries. Assistant DistrictAttorney Gans winked. "Iguess this is th-stuff." he said. Justice Jerome promptly thrustit into his pocket.

I.O. U. OF AN ARMY OFFICER.

The search of the safe next revealed a large

number of I.O. TVs. some of them written onvisiting cards and calling for amounts all theway from .*."i to $.">OO. None of them containedany explanation as to how the debt had beencontracted. Among these was a card with thefigures $500 scrawled on it. This Justice Jerometore up. It was afterward explained that itwa»the card of a prominent army officer fromthe Went who had contracted a debt amount-Ing to two months* salary. .lustier Jerome re-fused to reveal his identity.

Among other cards found were those of Jo-seph Coombs, of No. ".ft Broadway, and IsaacLoyman. of No. 3fi Thomas-st. Both thesecards bore the inscription "Wheel" in pencil, asdid also the cards of R. Mackay. of No. IKWestThirty-seventh-st., and C. Goodwin Turner, of

No. 120 Broadway. It was explained that thisindicated that they were patrons of the roulettegame. Louis F. Sherry, address not given, ac-cording to a similar note, was also a patron ofthe same game. On one card which on one Fide

bore the printed name W. T. Wotney, was writ-ten: "Sodjer, but a nice young man. Goes with

nice young people. Three dollars to ?.*» a play."

This was an introduction. "Evidently a come-on," remarked Justice Jerome.

On a slip of paper was written "R. Canfleld,

brought in by R. Green. Wheel." This was an-other introduction. There were similar cards

and IO V slips bearing th* names of menprominent in the social and business life of th-city.

Justice Jerome smiled as he found an envelope

addressed "Albert J. Edwards." This containeda life insurance policy. Another smile appeared

on his face as on another envelope he saw the

name John H. Carr. This contained fire insur-

ance policies and deeds.There was a bundle of papers which Justice

Jerome put in his pocket, and about which he

declined to say a word. These papers arethought to contain incriminating evidence.

AT THE WINONA CLUB.From the Metropole Club the party went to

No. 11l East Fourteenth-st. The rooms of the

Winona Club are on the second floor. Inquiries

in the building brought out the information

that the gamblers had held forth there for ninemonths, and that at one time the ground floorhad been a gambling den and poolroom. Onthe door of the place appeared the name "Ray-

mond & Co., Brokers."The gamblers of the Winona Club had refused

to give up the combinations of the two smallsafes In the rooms, and Justice Jerome orderedthe experts to attack and break the safes open.

The expert worked an hour and a half on the

first and larger safe before he opened it,and half

an hour on the smaller one. Inthe smaller safe

there was an inner compartment provided with

a burglar proof arrangement, which defied all his

skill, and which had to be left until to-day.

when heavier tools and an additional expert will

be pressed into service.In the safe first opened were found two

roulette wheels, which had cost about $500

each. One was manufactured by a Chicago jfirm and the other by Unite & Co.. of No. 114

East Fourteenth-st.. opposite the gambling den. .

LEGATION GUARD ATPUKING NOT SUBJECT

TO ORDERS FROM ANY FOREIGN

GENERAL*.

Washington. May I.—The guard at the Amer-

ican Legation at Peking will not be subject toth* order of any foreign general. Official reports

of the latest phases of the negotiations atPfking, as told in press dispatches, have not

reached Washington, and it is suggested as a

possibility that the demand of the internationalGenerals Is not unqualified. Still, if it is. the

American Legation guard will retain Its inde-pendence even if it is necessary to remove it

from Peking and from China. The latter course•night become necessary in case one of the pow-*rs formally declares war on China and exercises>t« right to cause the withdrawal of all neutralforces, but under existing conditions the guardProbably will remain.

Germany was one of the powers that sub-

scribed heartily to the suggestion of the UnitedStates that no nation make private arrange-ments with China for the enlargement or ac-quisition of concessions, so the officials here aresurprised to learn that the Germans have taken•»«ps to acquire a concession at Canton. It Isbelieved here that It was without doubt the in-sistence by the United <-;*<«•» on th* force of this**r*ment that checkmated Russian designs onManchuria for the time being.

NEW-YORK. THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1901. -FOURTEEN PAGES.-^rJSSSrJSi— PRICE -THREE (TAT*.