QUICK WORK BY BURNS.

General Pepin. at the head of a force of revo-lutionists, attacked the fort at 1 o'clock this

afternoon and released the political prisoners.

Many persons have been killed or wounded in

the streets. The stores are all closed and busi-ness is at a standstill. Serious consequences areexpected to result from the fighting between thegovernment forces and the revolutionists.

The garrison of Fort San Carlos, about two

rrile* from this city, has declared itself in favorof *he revolutionists.

President Vasqner is absent in the interior ofthe republic.

The number of men killed or wounded is not

known, but itIs reported many have been killedor, both sides.

Inmrgents Capture San DomingoWhile Vasquez Is Atoay.

San Domingo, March 2S.— The revolutionistsare in full powesaion of the city of San Domingo.

They have taken charge of the cable office andof the government land lines. Foreign MinisterSancbes has sought refuge in the United States

Consulate. The fighting continues. Assistant

Governor Echenique and the commander ofthe grovernment forces. General Pena. have been

killed. It is expected that the Rovernmenttroops outside the city will attpek the revolu-tionists who are in San Domingo. General Wos

y Gil has assumed command of the revolutionary

forces.

REVOLT IS NICARAGUA.

Justice Truax, in his decision, says:

"The ninth clause of the third codicil is in-valid, because it suspends the power of aliena-

tion for a ionger period than thf lives of twopersons in being at the time the will and codicilbecame operative."

The trustees and executors of Mr. McComb'sestate are directed to pay Mrs. Herzog one-fourth of the principal of h*r father's estate,

which will amount to nearly !S4.<xtO.<>;»>.

In 1001, after Mr. McComb had learned thathis daughter Fannie was in love with Mr.Her-zog, who was not wealthy, he added the third

codicil to his will, by which he provided that

in case his daughter Fannie should marry Mr.Herzog the provision which she was to enjoy

from the estate should consist of an annuity

of $lf>.ooo so long as she lived, 'free and clear

from any enjoyment or interference on thepart of her husband." Upon her death the sumof $3<K 1.000 was to be divided among her chil-dren, etc.

Miss McComb brought suit for construction of

the fifteenth clause of the will, risked that theninth clause of the third codicil I*-' declaredvoid, and demanded an immediate distributionof the estate. The case was tried before JusticeScott, who asked her ifshe was married, and on

receiving: n negative reply declined to adjudi-

cate the question as to her disinheritance untilit had arisen. Miss McComb on December 31.1001, was married to Mr. Herzog. and the suit

was renewed.

Mr. McComb made his will in 1892. By thefifteenth clause he left his residuary estate,amounting to about $15,000,000, In trust to hisexecutors, David J. McComb and the Title Guar-antee and Trust Company, as trustees, direct-ing that out of the income $6,000 a year be paidto each of his four children. They were Mary

Alice McComb Cox, Fannie Rayne McComb,

Lillie McComb Garth and Jennings Scott Mc-

Comb.

McComb Tried to Cut OffDaughter

ifShe Married Artist.Mrs. Fannie Rayne McComb Herzog, the

daughter of the late James Jennings McComb,

who had to marry Louis Herzog, an artist, be-lore she could get a court to decide whether theninth clause of the third codicil of her father'swill, cutting- her off from her share of his (15,-000,000 estate If she married Mr. Herzog, whs

valid, has won her contention, and under adecision of Justice Truax, filed in the Supreme

Court yesterday afternoon was declared en-titled to about $4,000,000.

TO RECEIVE $4,000,000.

MRS. HERZOG WINS SUIT.

TYPHOID MAY SPREAD.

It Breaks Out in Managua, WhereGreat Excitement Prevail*.

[BTTELEGRAPH TO THE TBIBrJfE. ]

New-Orleans. March 23.—The following cable

message was received in this city to-day:

Managua. Nicaragua. March 22 (delayed by

the government).—

A revolution broke out herethis afternoon and great excitement prevails inthe city. The government has proclaimedmartial law and established a ipnrous censor-ehlp over the telegraph lines.

A cable dispatch was also received in thiscity to-day from President Zelaya by a CentralAmerican official, announcing- that a revolutionhad broken out in that city. The message gave

no particulars of the uprising and none can be

obtained from Managua on account of the cen-

sorship established by the government. Asteamship company also received a cablemessage from Its representative in the Nicara-guan capital stating that a revolutionary move-ment had been started, but the government

censor would not permit any further Informa-tion to pass.

RIOT IN TRINIDAD.

Mob Attacks Government Building—Fired on by Police.

Kingston. St. Vincent, March 23.—A seriousriot was in progress at 2:30 o'clock this after-noon in Port of Spain. Trinidad, according to adispatch received from that city. A mob at-tempted to burn the government building there,

and the police had to flre on the rioters, killing

or wotmilng«erera2 among them. The Britishrruiser Pallas, at the time the dispatch left, waslanding bluejackets.

The rioting was due to the refusal on the part

of the government to withdraw an ordinanceconcerning the new waterworks, to protestagainst which several public meetings had beenheld A demonstration was ms.de during to-day* meeting of the Legislative Council, andfinally the mob 6toned the government buildingand set fire to it The riot act was read andthe police fired on the mob. The city is in astate of great excitement.

ADVANCING ON TEGUCIGALPA.

Forces of Bonilia Within Eighteen Miles ofthe Capital.

Panama, March 23.—Advires received from Hon-duras by way of San Salvador state that theforces under General Davtlla, which are support-ing General Bonilla, President-elect of Honduras,

who Is seeking to overthrow the power of Gen-era] Sierra, the retiring President, have occupied

the town of San Antonio, eighteen miles fromTefTucipaljs*. the capita-L

PEACE CONDITIONS DJ TJBTJGTTAY.Montevideo, March 23.—The conditions of the

peace signed yesterday between the government

a-nd the white, or Nationalist, party, which in-stigated the rebellion just ended, are that theprefects in five departments shall be chosen bythe leaders of the Nationalist party from amongthe nor -participants in the rising, and that theInsurgents must surrender their arms, but thatan amnesty willbe given to all, whether militaryor civilians.

CASTRO'S RESIGNATION.

'xenerat Castro has resigned the Presidency.Considering that his being in power renders

ssMe all peace and prosperity in Venez-uela, if Congress will accept his abdication Iwill promise you to use all my influence withthe commanders of the revolutionary army toput an Immediate end to the war.

IfAccepted Matos Promises toHelpBring War to an End.

TVlllemstad. Curacoa, March 23.—

GeneralMatos. the leader of the Venezuelan revolu-tionary movement, who is here, aent to-day thefollowing cable dispatch to General RamonAyala, Vice-Presifient of Venezuela and Presi-dent of Congress:

Paris. March 23.—

An official dispatch has

been received here from Caracas giving thecauses which led up to President Castro's res-ignation. Itshows his action was not a mereformality, as some of the dispatches Indicated,but was the outgrowth of serious conditionscaused by the recent international entangle-ments. The dispatch says the main cause ofthe Preeldenfs resignation was the troubleswith Germany, which, besides being difficult ofsolution, have caused widespread alarm. Thesituation, it is added, ha» been further com-plicated by the activity of the revolutionarybands. The dii<p*tch clearly conveys the im-prwwlon that the resignation of General Castrois indicative of the present condition of unrestand Instability in Venezuela, probably fore-shadowing 8 general change of government.

WILL FOT ACCEPT EESIGHATIOH.Washlnrton. March 23 —United States Charre

fl'Affaires Russell, at Caracas, hse cabled to the

State Department that the Venezuelan Con-rresa has unanimous! y decided cot to accept theresignation of President Ca«tro.

HATE HOT HEABD OF SEIZURE.London, March 23.— Foreign O«oe, as this

dispatch is filed, has no confirmation of the re-ported seizure of the Venezuelan gunboat Res-taurador by the British cruiser Pallas, on theground that the former had acted in a piraticalmanner. The officials here say they cannot>ratine why the Restaurador should have been\u25a0steed.

The Foreign Office ha* heard nothing directfrom Caracas retarding President Castro's res-ignation.

410 MILES TO BUFFALO.via. Ucktwtnna Railroad; \u25a0horteat rents; newPullman Cars: Fare IS; Tickets. 43 and U»Brw&y.

-AArt

Iff TO W) TO THE PACIFIC COAST.The Went Shore Railroad announces low rate* to

the. Pacific Coast any day until April»th. Colonistsleeping cars from Rotterdam Junction. Inquire

of Ticket Aden's.—

So Broad That He Could Hot Travel on Ele-rated Hallway* or Suburban Trains.

Chicago. March 23.—James H. Mahler, who was

the largest man In this city, la dead. He weighed

480 pounds, though his height was only five feet ten

Inches Mr. Mahler was the president of a medicalconcern. He was so broad that he could not use

the elevated railways nor th» Illinois Central sub-urban trains because he could not pass through

"he "urnstlles. Only surface car. having doubleeliding doors could admit him.

EVERT DELICACY\u2666« ti-kle the palate Is served en Pennsylvania Rail-

foad dtoinc cars. Good service at reasonable ra.ua.Onall through Western trains —A

Over a Hundred Men Leave Dra-

per's House After Races.

Soon after 6 o'clock last night Inspector Mc-Clusky and three or four of his men tried to get

Into the house said to be run by "Shang"

Draper, the repul.-d gambler, as a poolroom, at

No. 6 West Twenty-eighth-st. Soon after theBennlngs. races were over McClusky and hiamen went to the front door, which the lookoutopened to the extent of the heavy steel burglar

chain.When McClusky demanded admittance the

doorkeeper asked If they had warrants. On a

negative reply, he told the inspector that he

could go to certain sulphurous regions, and

closed the door by means of a heavy steel armconcealed in the woodwork of the vestibule. A

moment later the electric bell upstairs was ring-

ing furiously.Then the detectives went to the rear of the

place, leaving the front unguarded. While they

were vainly endeavoring to force an entrance

there men poured out of the front door. There

were probably over one hundred and fifty men

in the house, for 118 men were seen leaving it,

with no apparent excitement, in twenty minutes.

Just in the middle of this exodus a boy came

along with a bundle of percentage cards under

his arm. He tried to get Into the house, but

failed. Then he tried to shove the package

under the door, when some one en the sidewalk,

who had just left the house, sang out: "Cheese

It! Look out for the cops!"

The boy grinned and disappeared.

"Shang" Draper was one of those who left

the house, and as he strolled toward Broadway

he replied to a question:

"I have nothing to say. No detectives got

into the house, and Idon't see why they shouldwant to get in."

Captain O'Connor and all the Tenderloin po-

lice heard of the attempt'- 3 raid."Inspector McClusky Is acting independently

of me." said the captain, "but we are working

together, and Ihelp him whenever he needs aid.This raid was not made over my head."

Draper's house Is where the gambling syndi-cate Is said to have met last week and decidedto close up for a time. Draper. It was discov-ered recently, had been admitted to the Masons,and it was said that action would be takento make the lodge which had accepted himpurge Itself. Inspector McCTlusky and Captain

O'Connor Insist that not a gambling place isrunning In the Tenderloin.

CHICAGO'S LARGEST MAN DEAD.

Three weeks after this letter Mrs. Run?l«*k

was taken ba- k by her husband.Mrs. Burdick said tnat after returning from

Atlantic City, and after promising her husband

to be a good wife, she met TVnnell. It was not

her habit to meet him. but he was constantly

soliciting her to do so. and she did meet him tna house In Seventh-wt She was there oncewhen Burdick came, but he dM not see her. asshe stepped out of the wtn.iou md went to

church. She did not hear that Mr. Burdick and

his friends on that occasion caught Penn*ll ashe was Jumping out of the window and th*tthey took him back to the room.

She admitted having met Pennell later 1n an-

other houae In Seventh-* She at first denied,

meeting him elsewhere, but on Mr. Coatawotth

Ina later letter BonHrk declared that he ha.l

determined to fight tor 'he little honor she had

left him, and. afr-r getting a divorce, to flight

for the children He would insist on the coun-

t»r«uit by Mrs Burdiik being fought out inopen court.

NOT BLAMED BY HER HUSBAND.On May '11 Burdick wrote to her that she

could not be trusted. He said that Ifshe loved,

Pennell as she said she did he did not blame,

her; that ifhe loved a woman as she did Pen-

riell he would do as she was doing. He referred:

to her wearing a ring given to her by Pennellover her lawful wedding ring, and declared that

he had no faith in Pennell's promises, and that

she wished to be taken back only until Pennell

was freed from his wife.

Mrs. BuMlck Identified the handwriting \u25a0 f

all these letters, but said that she could not re-

member receiving the last one-She said that she kept her letters locked In

a box. and did not know whether hor husban.l

knew that Pannell was writing to her. she

thoueh r that It was on January 1. 1!"'

Mr. Rurdick first learned of their tattaux f• n

that day she told him. in reply to a natation.that she had been walking with Pennell. Mr.

Rurdick said that she was very Imprudent. She

agreed with him then, and did now.

"Did you give the letters in the box to your

husband then?" asked Mr. Coatsworth."Iunlocked the box." Mrs. Burdick replied.

CHOKED BT HER HCSBANFA"How did you happen to unlock it?""He forced me to.""How did he force you?"

"He took me by the throat."Mr Coatsworth thei passed to the dtrorc©

suit phase of the trouble, and Mrs. Burdick saidthat at first it was she who wanted to get a

divorce from her husband in order to marry

Pennell. It was expected that Mr. and Mrs.

Pennell would be divorced in order that this

could be accomplished. Mrs. Pennell had been

asked to consent to a divorce— "sometimes she

did and sometimes she didn't."In May, MM, Mr. Burdick decided that h«

had endured the condition long enough, and

sent her away on account of PennelL Sn«

went to Atlantic City and hired detectives to

watch her husband. At the same time sne wuwriting letters to her husband begging t* N»

taken back, as Mr. Coatrworth shewad by

producing the letters, which sha Identified.

In one she promised never to see "Artlrai-

again. and said that she would be a true aadloving wife. She could not promise that Pva-

nell would leave town, but declared that he

would do what she said. In another sha said

that "he and Fennell realized that they mostgive each other up. but that Pennell declined

to do anything that would "mean a loss of hia

self-respect."

Here Mr. Coatswnrfh showed her a letter

written from New- Ha yon by Pennell in 1900. In

which he said. "Yesterday Iwas at the gateway

on the campus grounds where, more than two

years ago. T drew you In in the darkness. Thisplace is enshrined to me." Mrs. Burdlek saidin a whisper that sh* recognized the handwrit-ing as Pennell's. and recalled th» Incident of

which he spokp. Pennell went into a doorway,

drew her in. took Lew In his arms and kissed her.

She "thought she remonstrated."

PENNELL FEARS HE MATKTLLBURDICK.The District Attorney then handed her several

other letters from Pennell, written In 1900. In

one he spoke at telephoning to her from New

York. "Just to hear her dear voice." while in

another he said that he should telephone to her

the next day. and "on Thursday he hoped m

know the exquisite happ.iness of se«ing her."

In still another letter Pennell said "AsIlookedinto your henuriful eyes last night Ifearedthere was si>me trouble hidden there. Idid n.->t

know, but Ifeared it was because of some other

reason than because Iwas going away. Ifthere

was. dearest. Iwish you would tell me. Ifcrrais that in the manner of your husband tnwaM

you that makes me fear sometimes that Imfs>it

killhim."

MRS. BURDICK PALE AND WASTED.She was pale and wasted, and answered Mr.

Coats worth's questions in a low and tremblingvoice, evading direct answers whenever possi-ble, and only admitting: facts when th« District

Attorney pressed his questions home with ex-

tracts from Penneirs letters. She said that sh«would be forty-two years old on April 30. and

was married to Burdick !n 1881 They had threechildren. She first met Pennell at a card party

at which her husband was present, and in 1898went to New-Haven and New-York with the

Pennells. and It was In1808 that Pennell began

to make love to her.

Court did not open to-day until 2 o'clock, butby 10 in the morning the room was filled withmen and women asking Judge Murphy for seatsat the inquest. He ordered the room clearedthen, but in the afternoon, when the Inquest

was called, It was filled again with spectators,mostly women, who waited impatiently through

the examination of three minor witness** untilMrs. Burdick was called.

She Tells the Story of Their

Relations.[BT TELKCRAPH TO THE TIUBrXE.J

Buffalo. March 23.—Under tne pitiless cto*!>-

examlnatlon of District Attorney CoatsworthMrs. Alice Hull Burrlick. widow of Edwin L.Burdick. was compelled to-day to I*o the details

of the clandestine lovemaking between her an-!

Arthur R. Pennell. which, according to Mr. Bur-

dick's partner, ultimately led to Burdick's death

at the hands of "Pennell or a hired assassin."From the occasion In New-Haven when Penn-ll

"took me Inhis arms and kissed me." Mr. Coats-

worth, by a series of letters which Mrs. Burdi< •«.

was obliged to identify as they were presents

to her. led her to the quarrel with her husbandover Pennell. the reconciliation, when she prom-

ised to give him up. and the renewal of their

intimacy In violation of this promise. She was

still on the stand when the Inquest <va» ad-journed, and will be the first witness when ItIs

renewed to-morrow morning.

and Lewis Nixon, of the Tammany Committee ofFive, and Maurice F. Holahan. Mayor VanWyck's President of the Board of Public Im-provements, was found in the place "looking fora wayward son." Captain Rums says that theStedekers have been moving their poolroom fromplace to place recently to avoid raids, and thatthey moved it to No. 171 Broadway only threedays ago. He has had policemen In plain clothestrying for several days to get evidence against

the poolsellers. With Patrolmen Staff andTesiny, who succeeded in gettinc the evidencebefore the poolroom was moved from a place inLfberty-st., Captain Burns went to the Tombscourt yesterday and eot a warrant from Magis-trate Pool. He hurried back to the police sta-tion, called on several other men in plain clothesto follow him, and ran around to the buildingin Broadway. One of the men cnrrled an axe.

Captain T-snrnp had h«ard that the elevatorman in th*> building know how to push a buttonand warn the poolspllers of the approach of thepolice, and going up in the elevator he kept closewatch. The elevator man appeared to be ner-vous, Just a.« Burns and his men reached th*riVor of the poolroom there was a loud ringing

of an electric hell. T.eon Stedeker stepped outand the door closer) with n snap behind him."I see you got the signal all right," Burns

said."What do you want?** ask' Ptedeker.

Burns said he had warrants to serve, and de-manded admittance. St^deker refused to open

the door. The axe was brought into play, andthe door was broken open in a jiffy. There wasmuch commotion among nearly one hundredmen in the poolroom until the men for whom

warrants had been obtained were arrested. Thethree SterlPker? were arrested as the proprietors

of the poolroom. r>nrge Murray as the "an-nouncer," John F. Morris as the telephone op-

erator and Alexander Birdsall as the receiverof bets. When the prisoners were being takento the police station and the poolroom parapher-

nalia was being- moved to the same place, alarge crowd collected and cheered the police.

Captain Burns said later that he found the

electric bell In the poolroom and traced a wire

from it to the elevator shaft, but his men. who

made a search, could not find the push button

at the other end of the wire.

Before the prisoners had been in the police

station ten minutes Magistrate Pool appeared

there in company with lawyers who had been

summoned by telephone. Magistrate Poolopened court in the police station, and released

the prisoners in $1,000 bail each, Peter J. Or°ll.a saloonkeeper, being the bondsman.

While waiting for the bail bonds to he made

out Benjamin Steinhardt, one of the lawyers,

asked Magistrate Pool ifit was remarkable for

warrants to be issued twenty minutes beforethey were served.

"Yes it Is rather unusual." replied the magis-

trate "but, then, you can't tell what these young

fellows like Captain Burns are op to. Looks

as ifhe didn't waste much time serving them,

but, then, Iguess the captain had his own rea-sons for that." ,

Levlne strolled into the station nfter th* raid

and attempted to be satirical. Captain Humstold his men If Levine went into his office to

lock him up. Levine did not linger long afterthat.

"SHANG" FOILS M'CLUSKY.

HER LOVE FOR PENNELL.

MRS. BURDICK ON RACK.

Ifyon want a collar button to depend on buy aKretßeaU Oae Piece. There's none just as good.—JL&Wt

The New York Central's 20-hour train takes pas-sengers only for Chicago. To get best aceonamoda-Uon»lt is well to apply Inadvanoe.-Advt.

The Rev. Dr. Hutchins, of Brooklyn, Cele-

brates Anniversary.

Rarely does a man live to celebrate thegolden anniversary of his marriage to his third

wife, but that is what the Rev. Dr. HiramHutchins. paator emeritus of the Bedford Ave-

nue Baptist Church. Brooklyn, did yesterday.

It was not much of a celebration, however, asDr. Hutchins Is 111. He greeted a few of his

most Intimate friends at his borne. No. 446Willous;hby-ave. From the Bedford-aye.

church, which he served for thirty years, hereceived a latter of conrratulatlon. accompanied

by a well filled purse.Fifty years ago yesterday Mr. Hutchins mar-

ried his present wife in Hoston. They have nochildren, although Mr. Hutchins has three liv-lnsr children by his former wives. He has ne 'er

been well since an attack of spinal trouble sev-eral years ago. Recently he has been rrowins;

weaker rapidly. Should he live until May 20he willh# ninety-three years old.

A Mindanao Town—

MowsMaking Trouble.

Manila, March—

The town of Surigao, In

the northeastern part of the island of Min-danao, was captured yesterday by ladrones, whokilled Inspector Clarke, of the constabulary, and

several others. A detachment of thirty menbelonging to the 10th Infantry, under commandof Lieutenants Patterson and Brown, is hurry-

ing from Iligan, on the northwest coast ofMindanao, to Surigao, on the transport Reilly,

with orders to recapture that place.

Brigadier General Sumner, commanding theDepartment of Mindanao, has been ordered tosend two additional companies of troops toSurigao. It is reported that the ladrones areholding the town, but details of the fight havenot been received. The fate of the white offi-cials and other foreigners is not known. Iftheyhave been captured vigorous measures will betaken to rescue them. This is the first timeAmerican troops have been used since peacewith the Moros was declared.

Governor Taft and General Davit are goingto Jolo for a conference with the Sultan andleading Moro« of Jolo in the hope of averting

trouble. They will leave here on Wednesdayon the transport Ingalls. No advice* have beenreceived from Jolo since Saturday. The situa-tion there is regarded as being critical, although

Governor Taft and General Davii hope to quell

the unrest and to succeed In making the Morosunderstand the Intention* of the Americans.

The burial ship Proteus ha» arrived here fromthe Jolo Archipelago, bringing the bodies of fivehundred soldiers and a few civilians. Thebodies willbe sent home on a transport.

THE PARTICULAR TRAVELLERvms the Pennsylvania Limited. Fast schedule:convenient hours of departure and unexcelled op-portunities. For Chicago and St. Louia^Advt

Woman in 120 Hour Sleep —Pre-

dicted Her Death.Succasunna. N. J.. March ZL—Mrs. J. M. Reeve

died early this morning, after having been In atrance for 120 hours. When the physician thought

her death was near he summoned to the room hertwo sons, a daughter, two sisters-in-law, two

brothers and three friends. Shortly afterward Mrs.Reeve opened her eyes, gazed at those about her,

and said, !n a clear but faint voice:"Ton lons has my spirit been held in this temple

of clay. Friends, loved ones, In the great beyond

there is peace and happiness. lam of It, and

Isee you all. know you all. and tell you that w©

ehaJl meet over there. Father and all are with menow. Goodby." Shortly afterward she died.

Only once In her Bleep, which began last Tuesday

night, did Mrs. Reeve apeak. Then 6he said: "Dor.ot try to wake me. Iam no more of this world."

Bhe was a widow, and a daughter lived with her.

She was "profoundly affected by fright some days

before- her sleep began, when she found her daugh-

ter unconscious from escaping coal gaa.

WEDDED TO THIRD WIFE 50 YEAES.

Inquiries made at the offices of the DominionGovernment and the United States Embassy

elicit the information that the work of theAlaska Boundary Commission will not begin

until the end of the second week in April,and

It is presumed that the commission will hardly

conclude its sittings, which will take place inLondon, before the middle of August.

Considerable satisfaction has been caused by

the government's announcement in the House ofCommons last night that the Bum of £30,000,

which was put In the estimates for the St. LouisExposition, was not final, but a preliminarysum, Mr. Hayes Fisher, on behalf of the gov-

ernment, said the exact amount must depend onmany considerations. He trusted the opinion

that had been expressed in the House would

have some influence on the Chancellor of theExchequer. Itwas necessary that the govern-ment should have more information as to theamount Germany and other countries intended

to grant, and that information was now being

obtained What they also wanted to know was

how far the expenditure of the government

was going to be backed up by private manu-facturers of this country. He hoped the shortdebute they had had would be a means of bring-

ing the exhibition more to the notice of theleading industrial firms, and that they might

unite to make an exhibition worthy of the in-

dustrial prestige of this country.

"The Daily Telegraph's" correspondent in Ber-lin says it is believed there that President Cas-

tro's resignation is the last effort to annul thearrangement concluded between Venezuela and

the powers.

Itis reported from Berlin that the CanadianPacific Railway Company has ordered twenty

locomotives from the Hartmann machine works,

at Chemnitz. I. N. F.

CAPTURED BY LADRONES.

Dr. Soper Says There May Be

Danger from Ithaca Convalescents.That there is possible danger in those places

to which Cornell students or Ithaca residents

convalescent from typhoid fever have gone, wasthe opinion expressed yesterday by Dr. George

A. Soper, of this city, who was sent to Ithacaby the Department of Health on account of theepidemic there. "Germs, in this disease." Dr.

Soper said, "may be given off from patients

vho have apparently recovered. Typhoid fever

bacilli are especially likely to remain in thebladder. To remove the danger, the use ofurotropln by convalescents is being recommend-ed. Many convalescents, now at their homes,

are being clo3ely watched."Speaking of the situation at Ithaca, Dr. Soper,

who returned to Ithaca last night, said yester-

day: "The outlook is greatly improved. There

has been a most thorough municipal house-

cleaning, and now the certification of houseshas begun. No one Is allowed to take boarders

in whose house there is a casp of the fever, sothat students at the university need not fear to

return on that account. There have been no

new cases for several days.

"If further outbreaks of typhoid are to beavoided, however, careful and continuous work

must be done The files are now beginning to

come, and this makes precautions particularlynecessary'- The new water supply, of course

will improve matters greatly. Ithaca can be

made one of the most sanitary towns in theworld, and to do thi3 a hard battle, for whichorganization and money are needed. Is being

waged."Asked if he thought there was Justification

for the suggestion that the university be closeduntil next September. Dr. Soper declared: "Thesuggestion was entirely reasonable, though I

do not care to say whether Iagree with the

man who made it. Iwill say that Ithaca and

Cornell must both continue a steady fight."

The departments of Health and Street Clean-

Ing of this city have engaged Dr. Soper to in-vestigate and report on the complaints made

by residents of The Bronx against the proposed

incinerating plant there.

DIES AFTER TRANCE.

graphical Society commemorated yesterday withscientific ardor the 300th anniversary of thedeath of 'Queen Bess." There was a series of

short addresses in the lecture hall of LondonUniversity on the achievements of British ex-plorers in the Elizabethan reign, and a deeplyinteresting exhibition of relics and curiositieswas opened. Sir Clements Markham dealt with

the subject on comprehensive lines. EdmundGosse delivered an address on the career of SirWalter Raleigh as an explorer, man of action,courtier and pioneer of scientific literature andinvestigation, laying stress upon the versatility

and accomplishments of this heroic figure ofthe Elizabethan Age. This felicitous addresswas followed by another on Sir Francis Drakeby Julian Corhett. Professor Sllvanus Thomp-

son was on less familiar ground when he re-called the services of Queen Elizabeth's physi-cian, William Gilbert, and the relations of hisearly treatise on magnetism to modern science.The exhibition Included memento? of QueenElizabeth, Raleigh and Drake; Instruments,

maps and charts used by early British navi-gators; a complete collection of William Gil-bert's writings, many hooks of the Elizabethperiod; the famous Molyneux globe from MiddleTemple, and a mLsc«llanenus lot c.f Italian dials,

astrolabes and nautical instruments. Among

these treasures were seals of Raleigh as Gov-

ernor of Virginia. Captain Lothori's spoon from

the Strait of Magellan, and Richard Hakluyfs

leather jugs, from the Westminster School.

The Irish landlords, who are awaiting withintense interest Mr. Wyndham's speech, are re-assured respecting Mr. Chamberlain's attitudetoward the land bill and are confident that asettlement Is within sight. They assume thatthe Duke of Devonshire, as an Irish land-holder, and a personal friend of tii* King,is in-

terested in facilitating the passage of Mr.Wyndham's bill, and that he has convincedMr. Chamberlain of the equity and expediency

of the new policy. The lardlord view la Thatthe government cannot afford to neglect thegolden opportunity for ratifying the peace con-cluded between the classes and masses in Ire-land. The Nationalists are equally sarguine

that the settlement proposed by Mr. "Wyndham

will be patisfactory, despite all rumor?, andprinted abstracts. It is probable that the textof Mr. Wyndham's measure has not been seenoutside the Cabinet, and that neither landlordsnor Nationalists have been consulted since th«

Dublin conference.

Consols yesterday fell to 90%, the lowest quo-tation for thirty-seven years. A number ofcauses contributed to this renewed slump inEngland's premier security, but the principalfactor in the case was the continued selling by

holders who are disappointed at the prospect

of a reduction in the interest to 2*4 per cent.Mr. Goschen was hailed as a heaven-born finan-

cier when, fifteen years ago, he succeeded inarranging that on April 5, 1903, consols shouldbecome a 2*£ per cent stock, but there are fewadmirers of his financial genius to-day. Thefeeling in the city is distinctly pessimistic, and

Mr. Ritchie is being urged to postpone, evenat the eleventh hour, the reduction in the inter-

est for another decade.

Want* to Changt Railway Measure, but

Doesn't Remember How.[FT T»LJEQ*ArH TO THITSIBUKI.]

Albany, March 21—Senator Goodßell has with-drawn his lomewhat famous street railway bill

for repairs. When the bill was reached on the

order of third readlnr In the Senate to-night he

arose and moved that It be recommitted to the

Senate Railway Committee "for amendment."The bill has been assailed, and. as Ithink, mis-

takenly"

said Senator Goodsell. "butIshall have

It amended In such a way that Ihope its critic,

will be satisfied. It applied to certain railroads

in Orange County.""Would Itnot apply elsewhere T""Yes." he answered, "it might apply elsewhere,

but Ithink absurd some of the things which havebeen ss.l<s about it; for instance, that it wouldnrwent transfers In New-York. But I«hei! haveamendment? to It which Ibelieve will make the

blgenaforsUGoodsell was net able to recall from

bin I? hS bin condemned by Corporation coun-»£s&'«r-ggm rarer* "~w

• HALF RATES TO FLORIDAMfirrh

-, A_. 7.14-a-S*. Settlers and Home-seeker*

.n now reach the 14anat*e Section, located belowth? frost USE and famous for Its fruit and marketnroducta. vUthe new extension of the Seaboard Airftne r£' N. T. Office 118 Bway. cor. »thSt.-AdvC

Thus City Club Calls TammanyHealth Board Accounts.

"The Trail of the Tammany Grafter" is theway that members of the City Club refer to re-

sults of a patient Investigation into the doings

of the Health Department under the Van Wyck

administration. For weeks a special committee

of the club has been prying: into the accounts of

the Health Department under the late ColonelMurphy, and comparing the prices paid In 1900with the prices paid in 1902 for the same grade

of articles In almost weekly, and sometimesdally, use in the department. The showing is

an astonishing revelation of leakages through

which the city's money went. Hundred* of othercases might be cited, but to keep the exhibit Inconcrete shape only the following are given:

Price Price1900. 1902.

Two-<juart fountain syringes, per do*en. .$lB00 $918Common drinking" la«»e». per doien 95 29T«n gallon water coolers, each j. 1000 «00lr-64 Inch white rubber tubing, per tt> 4 00 2256 Inch Wlllman wrenches, each \u0084.- 120 70

10 Inch StUlman wrenches, earti 180 8114 Inch 8tlll»on wrenches, each...- 180 105Gnu seed, per bushel -•• 600 *™Sain pulls, per dozen '.'.'.''.'.'.'.

22» *20!?x hllihu's'aM «htAs 'inches, per doien.. 7 Ort 360Fire hose, per foot \u25a0 -.-.. •» . •"

Eight foot ash oars, per pair 873 i«4

Ten inch electric fans, each. -.. 29 66 14 00Galvanized netting, square f00t... lit '-'_*

Alum, per ID • °£ ,*19Portland cement, per barrel...^.

-— *™ «/SSXSixteen foot rowboat.. each..- 11000 «47 60Japan dryer, per gallon „_....... 180 100

Elix^lron, quinine and «trych, per gallon. 450 280Bali. Peru, per n> \u25a0 225 160

8 inch ateam «ibe cleaners, each... T6O BTO

Phenacetlne tablets, 5 (train per M ..14 60 996

Window cleaning. Fifty-flfLh-Bt. and „ __«,Pixth-avek per month 6000 0000

Care and maintenance of electric appara— •

tv«. Fifty-fifth-*,and glith-*vs., psr10<w 625month W°° a25

«A better boat than that bought In1900.

GOODSELL WITHDRAWS BILL.

"TRAILOF THE GRAFTER."

It was not until two hours later that the same

woman went downstairs. The man had disap-

peared. On entering the dining room she dis-covered that half of the silverware usually dis-played was missing. The table had been cleanedoff and the silver closet stripped of the smallerarticles.

The woman screamed as she realized the placehad been robbed and that the man might stillbe in the house. A search cr" the house re-vealed that he had gone. In the parlor, wherethe man had been working, are a number ofvaluable paintings.

Late in the forenoon a man in overalls, aboutthirtyyears old, called at the Lewis home. One

of the women members of the family saw him

and he told her he had been sent to the house

by Mr.Lewis to see some furniture which neededrepairing. The woman thought it strange Mr.Lewis had not mentioned it to the family, but

she showed the man into the parlor, where the

furniture he said needed repairing was. Thenshe left the man to go about her own affairstn the tipper floors.

Mr. Lewis is a trustee of the New-York LifeInsurance Company and the General Theological

Seminary and a member of th<* Union, Tuxedoand Wool clubs.

Man in Guise of Workman Gets in

and Steals Silverware.A burglar in the guise of a workman entered

the home of Walter H. Lewis, a drygoods mer-

chant, at No. 11 East Thirty-fifth-st.. yesterday,

and while the women were in the upper part of

the house, believing him to be repairing furni-

ture in the parlor, he wrapped up $500 worth ofsilverware in a small damask tablecloth and

walked out with it Two hours later the robbery

\u25a0was discovered.

ROBS W. H.LEWIS'S HOUSE.

There was no effort made to check the run-away until Forty-fif:n-st. was reached. Patrol-man Gustav M. Stark, of the East Flfty-flrst-

st. station, 1 was on duty there, and saw the

animal coming-. He jumped for the bridle and

caught it. The weight of the policeman checkedthe animal, and Stark thought he had it undercontrol, when, with an angry snort, itshook himoff, knocking him to the ground, and again

started off on its mad career.

Stark rolled over and over on the ground,

and the wheels of the hansom passing over his

hip and leg. No bones were broken, but thepoliceman sustained many severe bruises and

his uniform was ruined. He was assisted to a

telegraph office at Forty-fourth-st. and Fifth-ave. and was the object of many inquiries

from persons who had seen his plucky attempt

to stop the rnnaway. Among those who wit-

nessed the accident and congratulated Starkwas C. Oliver Iselin. When the animal had

shaker of Stark it dashed on across Forty-see-

end-st.. missing a crosstown horse car by half

a foot, and scaring the passengers badly. Po-liceman Patrick McNulty. of the West Thir-

tieth-st. station, seized the horse's bridle atThirty-first-st., but was immediately dragged

off his feet. He managed to twist the bit in

the animal's mouth, which annoyed the horseso much that he swerved, and a slight collisionwith another vehicle resulted at the HollandHouse. The horse was thrown and held downby several men.

Policeman Attempts to Stop Run-axcay in Fifth-aVf.

A wild runaway took place In Fifth-aye. lastnight, when a hone attached to a hansom cab,

the property of the Waldorf Stable*, Seventh-ave. and Fifty-fourth-*U. took fright at the

Plaza Hotel, at Fifty-ninth-st., and ran downFifth-are, to the Holland House, at Thirtleth-sL, before it was brought to a stop.

When the horse took fright the cab driverhad descended from the box and was waiting

on the sidewalk. So rapidly did the animalstart that the horse was well away and out ofreach before the driver realized it. Fifth-aye.

was pretty well filled with vehicles, yet the

horse ran true and straight, and did not runinto any of the carriages.

WINS PRAISE OF ISELIN.

NEW-YORK. TUESDAY. MARCH 24, 1903. -TWELVE PAGES.- *Th.<S^:i»a^ PRICE THREE CENTS.

V-LXH. N°* 20,582.

HOT TIMES INTHE TROPICS

REVOLUTION AND RIOT.

Anniversary of "Queen Bes^tfDeath Celebrated in London.

(Special to Th« New-York Trlbun* by French Cable.)(Copyright; 19CB: By The Tribune Aaiociation.)

London, March 24, 1 a. m.—The Royal Geo-

THE ELIZABETHANREIGN.

HEROIC AGE RECALLED.

Leon Sted^ktr was with "Ridge" I,evine inthe poolroom at No. 2O Dey-st. in February,1901, when that place wan visited by Jerome

BELL GIVES WARNING TOO LATE.Captain Joseph Burns and his men of the

Church-st. police station made a sensationalraid yesterday afternoon on the poolroom ofLeon, Henry and Samuel Stedeker on an upperfloor of the building: at No. 171 Broadway. Thethree Stedekers and three other prisoners werecaptured inthe raid, and the police carried away

three wagonloads of furniture such as Is to be

found In a well reflated poolroom. The pris-oners had $1,340 in cash.

Raids Stedeker's Poolroom TwentyMinutes After Getting Warrants.

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