MERCHANTMEN SEARCHED OFF ISLE OF WIGHT.

There is practically no change in the situation in Northern Mancburi*. Advices fromMoukden say that both armies are intrenching and that sharp skirmishes along the frontcontinue. There is a rumor of a wide Russian turning movement westward, but it i» un-confirmed. A dispatch from Che- Foo says that a general assault on Port Arthur is ex-pected soon.

The British newspapers have received the news calmly, though they are firm in de-mands that the government take- prompt measures to obtain an apology. The worstfeature of the case is regarded in England to be the failure of the Russian vju.-».lron tostop and ascertain the damage done. No statement has yet been nbt-.in.ed from the BritishForeign Office.

Tiic Baltk Siroadran, aecordu:jf to disp.itchxs tram Hull." fired ox the fishing fedfrom that port two bandied men off Spurn Head. One steam tr.-.w!fr wn-, \u25a0\u25a0ah, ai r!ieris re|K)rtcd destroyed, and scvaral VCR damaged. Two men were: kilted, and m.-nr ethersof the crews wrre wounded. Greater loss of life is fenred. No K>otive lor the -ttuk isknown.

UAID LOTTERY SHOPS.

Of ccurse. the reason for this wide discrepancy

is f> bs fourd in the disfranchisemer.t of theoegTo, whose head Is counted in the census andmade the basis of representation, but whose bal-

lot !s rojr, ted at the polls. In the Williams dis-Bfttt Of MibsisJ-Jiri. for instance, there is a whitepopulation of 48.(179 and a colored population of14^.174. so that the ballot of the white man inthe Vnmstns aisirict is twenty-eight times as\u25a0BseUve as the fie of the man in the Payne

flistritt.{Eew«Jerseyli vote for members of <'< \u25a0-..press in

'rhe last election was 327,762 for the ten members• of the House. Georgia, with tlevn members of

! the House, e'.eric-d them by a total vote of 40.-'.'.2. MssiSßippl and Louisiana In the last elee-

\ v.v.\ polled a combined vote of 44,i!79. less than

I the vote of the single Indiana district which sent

IJuflje Crumpa rto the House. That district[I polled « total vote of 4«. L9B.When it is reflected that, irrespective of the****Aflpnlaiion of his district, one li*nre-

?*j*tf' \uw \u25baiaa the same weight as another;tint c close pollof the House the single Hep-\u25a0jMHlsUia of I.+<M voter* may decide the fate« a tariff bill or a free riiver bill, the menace toEfpublican government entailed uy such in-fQuality may well be appreciated.

Nor is there any reason for believing that th'sgenera! disproportion in representation will belaany way decreased inthe present election. Intact, the recently adopted constitution in Vir-ginia &' <3 the new election laws In Maryland,both intended to further disfranchise thenegroes, nd other recent laws enacted with theaw intent, willprobably increase the dispro-

portion. The figures here given are for the•tates of Alabama. Arkansas. Florida, Georgia,

Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Caro-Jua, TeonesssjCa Texas end Virginia.

In thf Congress election of 1902 the value ofa vote raft in New-York, as compared with avrie SSI in the States named, was even less.

That year the Southern States above named.practically the Solid South, elected 98 members«f the House of Representatives with a total

b»r.ot of L.I6MM, whereas. New-York, with atotal salM of 1.34<».r»20— 17y.r.'J5 more votes-elected cnly Ci* members of the House. In asingle Instance

—the Congress district repre-

sented ty . neno B. Payne—

there were cast 40,-

SIT. VOtes. vkh!!r> the district which eiecied JohnSharp Williams, the Democratic leader, rast atotal oi 14.".:! ballots.

Or,f. Ballot in William*'* DistrictEqual* 24 in S. E. Payne'*.

rPROM TOT TKIBCKB BrFCAV.IWashington. Oct. 23.—1n the Presidential elec-

.jsa of UK>3 eleven Southern States, the back-

fcofte of "the Solid South." elected 112 membersd the Electoral College with 1.880.115 votes.jle^-Tork State, with 1.54T.i«2 votes, electedIcnlr &>members of the Electoral College. WithSft).OC') fewer voters. New-York was represented

•ait*clioice of a President by 7G fewer electors,pat it » little differently. Had New-Yorkers

kgg the name representation as the Southern\u25a0f?tates

— is, one elector for each IC.7SG votersL|t would have been able to elect 92 members ofthe Electoral College, instead of 3C. Again, had

the South had votes in the Electoral College in

•he same proportion to the total number ofvoters

at did New -York, her total representation wouldfts.vt consisted of 43 electors instead of 112. ToMt It bluntly.It required the ballots of practi-cally 43,000 -York Republicans to offset thevotes oX 10,700 Southern Democrats, or the votes

of 2% New-Yorkers to equal the vote of oneSoutherner.

VOfES1 UNEQUAL WORTH.

jIOBE VALUE IN SOUTH.

Jerome's Men Say Five Prisoner*Are Chief Wholesale Dealers.

Jr- a aeries of raids yesterday by District At-! tcrr,<\ fetwme'a nfn,^rs, lottery ticket* worth

Bm fWOff* were acted aad men and one. aU living on the lower East Bide, wereBBCStbd.

risoneis arrested are tlie alleged ownersi.imaaasen of different offices, ar.d were en-Pged 11 is «.harfied. in the wholesale businessof selling lottery tickets to pediers. Most ofUi** LasiiifEE is done 0.0 Sunday, and for thatRtaoa terdaj was i^.-ted for the raid. Allof Cm p]a< es .-ere oiled with agents buyingtickets, ai*<i, bs it happened, the foreign ticketsfc*d Just beeii df-hveied to the wholesaJers.

Th affsooera »or« Max hhulsky. of No. &iHf£ter-«t.; Jacob Rusu^k n.nd isaac Rusuck(•oa). of No. 5 Pike-st.; A«h<r L, Oermansky,l*vyMsolti manager, of No. '.]<) Ounal-st.. and*

rri'

BiTUstrilland Ray I^rnstein. his daugh-**r, cf Xo. M Oanal-sC Bernsteta conductedtitoffl\u25a0\u2666 uiiirr the guise of a real estate office,wiiile Bhulsky ran his as a drygoeds store.Al!cf the piacegj it Is alleged, sold four kinds

1 •f tickets, two being hi German lotteries andthe others in the Honduras and Mexican lot-teries.

Complaints hnve reached the District Attor-•eye cilice frequently that these places ex-teted, but yesterday's was th<- rirst wholesale«*W Offers Reardo!), Shea end Brennon andDeputy A««istar.t District Attorney Kresel first•ttt to the More in Hester-«., where they saytl»ey found Shulsky fit his d«*sk. surrounded byPeal*-.-* uniting to buy tickets. Tickets worthUO.W'e were seized. The conditions at No. 5Hhs-st and No. 30 C'anai-st were about thesMsa

At No. 5$ Canal Bernstein's \rlfe and<»ueh:fr were SOfHnc tickets to pediers. Mrs.

(Uerr.iteln,when the officers took tickets worth

*26,000. threw herself on the floor, screaming'"K> *rt>ruined!"

Tnt Oensaa lottery tickets are legal InGer-|~w>are m

Mr. KreseJ said are brought here by

Tat tery Uck"t!! are legal in Or-*»r'>'. and Mr. Kr^soi said arc brought here bythe stewards of the big steamship comi)anles*&4 BBqgglei to agents, who in turn deliver•h«n t,, f-iijailt-ragents. The stewards have thelWu;Ui Bragged in canvas and fastened aroundISC r bodies under their coats. A confederate*°» to the btettrae-r to get the tickets. TheGcnsaa mminntta cell their tickets to the*r ifX*K*-*' *l.O tents on the dol ar, And he sells. "'. ******at 1W <ents en the dollar. Th«I1 tn:.i all ol ;!:- ti< k>-\.a -iZ«'i nave been paidI**-

Bsasa linancial disaster to the uK»rnls\u25a0rseg ~d 0.-i tier conviction a fine of fCi<*i or*^.'.i

- s ;tt:prlsorment. or both, may b- Imposed.«-^y v.

kk'ts 'if lhe Honduras lottery are2i lby ship to southern ports, Tampa and'

fi««L'";%an<l cent x"rfh by fr*:sht, while the

bSSA? IIMM*Xl<° a!f* L">ught inovr the line(UriZ. h Trxas. The drawings ar«- held monthly

i.-r'"t""t" Me>-«ghl •\u25a0!> over the line"•"HJgn TTr>:;,v Tti^ drawings are h.-ld monthly»• «» rule, thow In <;• ..many .:lUiiius tne liht of

thVdr"* to this couiitr>' ,^out two weeks after

H^".«* Pr-ti tickets wet ih.ir money

i'Zi« *dealers who aold them. Theso men.rT-kl ;:'X to Mr- Kresel. have takt/j winningmi

","• wr^ «heni in the company, roceircd the

Mrw't" and withheld the money from thet£,\. . Wim"*r- Compinlnta of ibis have bepnP«kttt ia:.;y «' l»» ,.lit attorney's of-

».h* rn'-» • ll)r" ofllrf's v.er«» near th* ortlce ofmZJ™*^ Attorney, one being i>out one hun-"7J" Jen from rhe fntr-.-r.ee.Oja'u, "T' fald th^ Prtaonwß srero the largest

a pi \u25a0"' ll':l-''"y ti< kets In the rity. There are

fiaJHi irt iir>" :i'v;i, but the !arg«st pur-UUc" a»»- t!ie Kasi Fid- Hebrew*.

London. Oct. 24.—The Foreign Minister. L.0r.1I^ansiiowne. and M. BenckendoriT. the RussianAmbassador, both were out of town yesterday,

and all the government offices In London weroclosed as usual on Sunday, and therefore no offi-cial view could be gleaned of the firing by Rus-

sian war vessels upon a British fisMrer fsMl lathe North Sea.

The first ports of the affair receive.! in Lon*

ion were regarded as almost incredible. When,however, cumulative evidence no longer left

doubt of the general accuracy of the reports, as-tonishment became bewilderment as to whatpossible motive could have led Russian ot&eeMinto such an extraordinary and inexplicable

course of action, which, unles? j. satisfactory ex-planation is immediately forihcomlnj?, coulifonly be regarded rus ar. act of war.

This is the view taken editorially b> all th»morning papers. The worst feature at the story

as viasiMhere hi the hearttlessness disp'.ayed by

the Russian !te«t in steaming away without tak-ir.g the trouble to ascertain even whether their

Are had -Inflicted any damage* .mi v Uhoal ;'.r.y

effurt to rescas the victims.Wh!!e admitting the necessity of a su;-

-p'

Of judgnu-nt for Investigation irn! explanation.the morning newspapers are u:uvm':

mandSng that the government Instruct Ambasaa-

doi Rardlngs to ir.ake the strongest reprw

tioas to th«? St. Pttershnrgj government, ai

tain reparation and apology and asssrancea \u25a0

'the Hussian Pa«.in^- tl»ofs pood b:h:ivi>.r for titefuture.

It is held that the omi.-.siun Of the llud.-c.ari

Sect to stay its course down tha Channel to oi^orany explanation mat the case look 1.ingly gra\-e. ami the only poeatbSß voftxttcm of.th» mystery that has b< en suggested i.< that, ex-cited by runr»rs recently spread of Japan's in-

tentions on tho Paciflr SHHatilWl \n th» event otits sailing', the Russian gunners yielded to panic,

and supposed that II traw!.>r.H' locketl werathe signals of an enemy's r'-et. In view o* tho

decition in the Allantuu sjsjbsj it Is regarded as)

quite impossible that the t»t. IVtersbu»s author-

ities can be in any way responsible for the in-cident.

Considering the circumstances, tho nswsgf

sunk, but the Moulmein. which brought the news

to Hull, has no further information regarding

her.

The news has created an Intense sensation andIr;ilgnatlon InHull. The Moulmein arrived with

her flag at halfxnas*. Her skipper states thatthe trawlers were fishing about two hundred

and twenty miles east by north of Spurn Head

at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, the weather

ItIng hazy, when the outlines of several vessels,

apparently warships, sailing in a line, were dim-

ly soen.While the crew were watching the warships '\u25a0

searchlights were flashed upon them. Inthe glare

of which tha Moulmeln's crew observed what Ithey took to be torpedo boats approaching, ap-

parently with the intention of boarding the

Mounmta. They steamed away, however, and

the fishermen were horrified to find they

v.ere being fired upon. What seemed to be a

round shot went through the Moulmeln's gal-

ley. The Mino. lying near by, :».!so was struckby many shots, but fortunately the damage was

above her waterline. and none of her cr«w were

hit.

The bombardment lasted about twenty min-utes. When Ithad ceased the fleet sailed south-

ward, and some of the trawlers sent up rockets.

The Moulmein steered in the direction of the

rocket. Soon cries were heard, find the Cranewas found sinking, with another trawler taking

off lom^' of her crew. Those seriously injured

were removed to a mission ship, and the bodiesof Smith and Legsrett were placed aboard the

Moulmein. The other men, with minor Injuries,

were put aboard the trawler Sea Gull, which at

a late hour had not arrived at Hull.

Crowds have gaiher»d around the dock. but no

further Information Is available.

Representations; of the fishing fleet started late

to-night for London to consult with the author-

ities there.

No motive can be assigned for the extraor-dinary procedure of the Russiiwi warships

The only survivor of the Crane who has yet

reached haw la J. A. Smith, son of the deadskipper, and who, with the captains of theMoulin, li; and Mtno, la going to London to con-

sult with the authorities. Youi.s Smith was

asleep in his bunk, when the firingaroused 'M:.\.

Just as he was getting up a shot struck the

t,larboard side a.nd entered th« forecastle.HTHlM a la:np near which he was StMslugi

He rushed on deck, where th*> searchlights re-

vealed hla father and Leggett l>l"g headless

and the deck strewn with the Injured. It was

soon found that the vessel was sinking, and sig-

nals for assistance were sent up.

Smith and others concur in the details of thefiring which have already been given.

From Interviews with members of trawler

crews. It appears that the admiral of the fishing

fleet burned greeu flares to show that they wero

third hand. Leggett. had their heads carriedclean away by a shot, many of the crew being

seriously wounded. Another trawler also was

Hull. England. Oct. 23.-A. M.Jackson A Co..

solicitors for the owners of fifty Hull nshlns

boats, have informed the Foreign Office and

Admiraltyof an attack on the Hull fishing fleet

by the Russian Baltic squadron.

The official information is that shortly after

midnight on Friday the Russian squadron fell

in with the Hull fishing fleet in the North Sea.

The first part of the fishing fleet passed safely.

Then the Russian ships turned their search-

lights on the British vessels for some tim«, and

a little later opened fire.The steam trawler Crane was sunk, and the

decapitated bodies of her skipper and mate

have been brought to HulL The boatswain and

other members of the crew, who are understood

to be seriously injured, are on board a mission

ship. The only slightly injured member of the

crew has arrived at HulLThe steam trawlers Moutonein and Mino have

arrived at Hull seriously damaged by shots, the

latter vessel having sixteen holes in her hulL

It is feared that othor damage waa done to

trawlers, and that at least one moro waa lost

with all hands.According to other reports, the affair occurred

two hundred miles off Spurn Head. The Rus-

sian ships were steaming In line. Tho leading

«hlp« passed without incident, though most of

the vessels turned searchlights on the travelers

lopg enough to prevent any miv.ak* as to Iden-

tity.

After the bulk of the squadron had passed it

oiene<l flri,nearly all the warfhij* taking part

in the flrfrg.

The- t'rune was struck below the waterllne and

raked above deck. The skipper. Smith, and the

harmless fishermen, but these signals w«r« tg~nored.

Eighteen Injured men are her* under treat*ment.

One trawler, the Wren. Is missing, sad ft tsfeared she has been sank.

There were many distressing scenes at Bullduring the day and night, relatives Inquiring-after friends.

There is a rumor that the Great NorthernFishing Fleet was also chased by the Russians,This report has not yet been confirmed.

London. Oct. 23.—The steam cutter Magpie,belonging to the gamecock trawler fleet. whicHwas flrcd on by tho Russian Baltic fleet, arrivedin the Thames to-night. Her captain, Peaker.confirms the details of the story received fromHull. lie says:

Friday night there were about forty vessel*of the gamecock fleet fishing in latitude 55 de-greet la minutes, and longitude 3 degrees. 8minutes. It was a misty, drizzly ni-ht. Wospread over an area of some miles. Our ad-miral had just previously signalled by rocket*nXLCOl?v*d.Li* " the rtshlns f« *«i»» '-or thag. ,,*,

*nether that had anything to do wi'rtwhat followed Ido not know, the whole thin-

is a mystery. \u25a0

Presently through the mist there appeared tha\u2666if »

lSvf «*ny vessels b'S and small. Knowing:

that the Baltic fleet was en route, we naturallyassumed r.hat they were Russians, but Ie:\*•:• .":say so for certain. They were stttnalling or-.eanother, and with powerful searchlights "sp.ed.out every one of our fleet.

Suddenly some of the warships started Bringat about twenty boats which were ne^MSt\u2666hem. We a? fi>3t su;>ro.- th<*y trer* fclan*:shots. ar.-i the ooatswa.n in mc Tomili whichwas eloss in. held two big nsh out a; arm alength. Some say he was offering tsan to theRussians in fun. and othej-3 that ho meant roacquaint the Russians with the fait that w*w<?re peaceful fishermen and r«t disguise. J e.-t-emles.

Inany cas*?. there was no mislaying oucupatlon. for sis were close enough for thaRussians to see that our me". w*»re all •sr.sjatrt-diin suiting tlah. When we rvaittsed that lawRussians were flrirv? shot, and that n;t-r: « «r*being wounded, all became terror .•.'.\u25a0 I.•or.ruvioi!.Nets were cut away, stenm was gotten up, ;!r.dthe trawlers hurried away as fast as pi>s<«ibl<".

Judging by the ropiditv of the shots, theywere from quick firing suns. 1 have se^r. roBMofthe shot* embedded in boats. Th- ar* aboutthe diameter but not the length of a big cu-cumber, and have brass heads.

What with the darkness, the rain and th«glare of searchlights we were unable to Identifyth-? warships. After about hilf an hour thisfiring suddenly ceased and the Reel st-••:- • iaway speedily in th«» direction of the English,Channel.

Captain Peaker confirms the details of »ho

fate of the trawler Crane and her crew, andspeaks with Intense indignation uK Urn rtrniiastof the Russians. He say*:

It is impossible that we could have beentaken for anything but trawlers. Ican onlyimagine that the Russians lost their held* aridblazed away in confusion, and when' they dis-covered their mistake steam «<f off.

*«k tick»t agsats.-A4

Thrown from Hone When Auto-mobile "Frighten* Animal.

Louis T. Frank, thirty years old, of No. 12West Or.e-liut:.: .ifin-.-t., was thrownfrom his horse on the east bridle path In CentralPark at Bevemy-thini-st. yesterday and sus-tained Injuries which will probably prove fatal

According to mounted Policeman Sullivan, ofthe park squad, Prank's horse was- lightened by

an automobile, and bolted Into the side of thepath, onseatteg his rider. After throwing Prankthe boras dashed down the path. Me wasstopped by other riders and taken to ':land'sA< ;ii.i-my.

BulMvan jilelfd Prank up, carried him to a.t,,--., liat the slue of the path and called the park

ambulance. Dr. Goldsmith round the manwas so badly injured that lie hurried him to theP^jibyteHan Hospital, where it was said th.ithe had Rlieh; chances for recovery, as his skunwhs fractured, tit* was t>i"i unconscious at ,tlate hour.

Frank is a member of the firm of Levy 4.

Prank. tiers In Uptime fcooei* -tt No. 100BleecUer-«t.

Unknown Man Smashes- Door —Ex-Policy King Often There.

Tenants of the six story building at No. 40West Thirty-fourth-st., owned by Al. Adams,

in which Pochcr & Co., real estate agents forAdams, have an office on the ground floor,

and the ex-policy king's fo.i an office on thethird floor, were mystified last night by .a manwho smsafaed the glass transom leading intoyoung Adams's office, and who broke away froma tenant who was guarding him In the hall

while another tenant was in search of a police-

man. The fact that the elder Adams, since his

release from King Sing, has spent much of his

time in the office where the glass was broke-.i,gave added interest to the episode.

Drs. Roscoe Murphy and K. Tally, dentists,

who have apartments on the third flour, wereretiring when they heard the glass broken. They

rushed out. Dr. Murphy with a scalpel in hishand, and confronted a targe, swarthy man,who was standing in front of young Adams'soffice door. The glass in the transom had beensmashed. Dr. Murphy held the scalpel to theintruder's breast and Dr. Tally went in searchof a policeman. Dr. Murphy told the man hewould stab him If he moved, but aa soon asDr. Tally's footsteps died away the manbrushed Dr. Murphy aside, ran down the stairsand through a rear window in the backyard ofNo. 4." West Thlrty-thlrd-stl, the borne of Aus-ten G. Fox. Not. 4.1 and 4." are occupied asboarding house? by Mrs. Maria Rice, and thetwo are connected by a covered passageway.The man entered the passage at No. 47 andgained Thirty-third-st. He disappeared inBroadway.

PARK RIDER MAY DIE.

ATTACKS ADAMSS OFFICE.

"I will not talk about it. Iwill not say aword, and Iwill not see the reporter. It's noneof yours or his business, and Ihave nothing to

tell about Smythe or any Insurrection.**

Says Story Is None of the Re-

porter's Business.George T. Parker, the chief of the literary

bureau of the Democratic National Committee,

when Been at No. 3.672 Broadway, last night, inregard to the dispatches now In the hands of

..he Washington officials, and supposed to have

been sent to him, showed great irritation. Henot only refused to make any statement, butdeclared it was "nobody's business.' When anattempt was made to ask questions through bisson, William, the latter reported that his fatherwas exceedingly angry, and would not t=ay aword about either Smythe or the conditions inPanama. The son reported that his father

said:

G F. PARKER ANGRY.

Missent Message from DemocraticAgent Under Investigation.

11-ROM THE TBIBI'NE BT:*EAtr.lWashington. Oct. 23.—Certain cable dispatches

ec-nt from the P.epubllc of Panama, and Intend-ed for Georee F. Parker, chief of the literarybureau of the Democratic National Committee,have coiiift by accident into the possession ofthe Btate Department. The dispatches, whichwere in cipher, appear to have been delivered tothe wrong Mr. Parker, who. unable to under-stand their contents, sought the assistance- ofthe code translator of the State Department.

These dispatches make evident the fact thatClifford 11. Smythe, who was American consulat Cartagena in the second Cleveland adminis-tration, has been in the employ of the Demo-cratic National Committee, and that ha hasbeen pursuing a naturally fruitless search forevidence damaging to the fair and neutral at-titude of the President during the period lead-Ing up to the Panama revolution.It is also learned that Smythe. at the ex-

pense of the Democratic committee, sent anagent to Bogota for the same purpose. Beyond

these facts, there are others which have led toreports that Smythe went to unwarranted lim-its In his efforts to serve his employers, and at-tempted a grave violation1

of the laws of Pan-ama. As. on their face, the dispatches seemedto contain disclosures of a damaging character.the State Department has thus far refrainedfrom making any portion of them public, but athorough investigation was promptly Instituted.This Inquiry Is still in progress, and until itis in possession of all the facts tho State De-partment will authorize no publication of thacontents of the dispatches or of their purport,but It intimates that when all the facts havebeen ascertained an authentic statement of theentire incident will be lurnished to the news-papers of the country.

DeLaneey Nkoll said last evening that he didnot know that any reports had been receivedfrom Clifford H. Smythe by tbe Democratic Na-tional Committee.

"Mr. Binythe was sent to Panama." Mr. Nicolladded, "to ascertain what the facts were re-garding the Panama rebellion. My attentionMVW has been called to any reports from him,imd Ihavii been Indtned to think that It was awaste of money to send him there. Ido notknow much atout him, except that he was rec-<'n;niended as a man who had be» an in newspa-per work and had acquaintance In that part ofthe worli. Icame to know of him because heis a relative of the law partner of Francis L.Wellman, the former Assistant District Attor-my. Ihave no information that any of his

telezrams got to the- State Department at Wash-ington by mistake."

DISPATCHES GO WRONG.

RUMOR OF PANAMA PLOT.

t<MUh>a«l «s> fourth »«*•.

To-day the delegates will visit bridges, powerhouses and other places of engineering liUfcX3tabout the city At 8:80 p. in. the opening ses-sion ant reception will be held at Sherry's.Mayor McClelian win make an address of wel-

Although it la essentially a British institution,having Its headquarters InLondon aril tue ma-jority of its members being residents of the

: ::• igdom, M Is also cosmopolitan Inchar-acter, no fewer tiiau nineteen countrtva being

: |n its membership. Meetings havePrance, G* rmanj , Bwtdsn, Belgium,

Au' trla and Bps

To Be Presented To-day ai SteelInstitute Convention.

The convention of the Iron and Steel Insti-tut.- willmeet for the second time InUs history

in America when 't begins its seastotts her* to-day, Fourteen years have elapsed state the firstmeeting in the United states.

MEDAL YOn MR. CARNEGIE

When told that ex-President Cleveland had ex-pressed th? same view on the tariff. Mr. Car-negie said with a great deal of feeling:

"A more splendid specimen of American man-hood than Grover Cleveland does not breathe."

He alao spoke warmly of Judge Parker's atti-tude on the san c question.

When to;ti that the President had decided tosend Secretary Taft to Panama, Mr. Carnegie

commented:"Iam pleased at that. President Roosevelt

has mad» a wise choice In sending SecretaryTaft. President Roosevelt fulfills his promise to

walk In the footsteps of his predecessor by re-tailing Secretary Taft as a counsellor.

••I believe the Philippines ought to be free.Roosevelt Is nor quite where he ought to be onthat question. IStand by Root, and believe thatit will be a great blessing to the islands to havetheir Independence and a still greater blessingto the United -States. And they will be free, nomatter what party opposes this."

"There is a great deal In the trend of thiscountry toward militarism, and 1 am deadagainst It," he continued. "Iam thoroughlyopposed to the mil tary Idea. Things have cometo a pretty pass when the American ideal shallfall to the level »i European nations. TheAmerican public ha< always stood for Industryand peace. 1 think it is fortunate that thePresident stood out for the Hague Tribunal, buthe needs to be watched, bough really he is aman of peace. His animal spirits are equalledby his Intellectual attainments. Ithink Secre-tary Hay takes 3 right view in ail these ques-tions, and 1am very glad to read that PresidentRoosevelt is going to risk Hay to stay in thaCabinet."

Mr. Carnegie declared that this was no mo-ment to urge peace.

".Let Os not call a peace conference now, whentwo nations are struggling In awful batiK Suchan action of President Roosevelt would be agreat error, aiui would not be looked on withfavor In Europe." Tinning to his guest. JohnMorley, he asked: "Don't you agree with me,.Mr. Morley, that Mr. Roosevelt has taken astrong hold on the Imagination of the Englishpeople?"

"Yes, Mr. Carnegie," was the reply. "I agreewith you."

"You see,** continued Mr. Carnegie, "thatevery Englishman looks on Roosevelt as a strlk-Ititc ti^ur-"-. and all are proud of him.

"1 am a party man. 1 am always a partyman, and Ibelieve i can accomplish more bybeing loyal to my pasty than Ican by followingthe example ot some «f my dearest friends whohold the same views that Ido and who followJudge Parker. Iadmire Judge Parker."

"Manufact ires of a natio-: have to sell very

often at the best pric^ they can get when they

are far from the home market. 1 have alwaysbeen a tarWT reformer, and Iwould revise thetarirl' were Ithe President The Republicanpirtr. however, will attend to that. 1 do notdisprove of a transfer of protection now fromthe indiutr-'es that do not need it to these that<lo neei it. My tariff views ar-s well known, asi was Instrumental in reduci:is the tariff onsteel rails from !S.'S to $7."

In answer to the Democratic assertion thatAmerican manufacturers are selling their proi-ucts arroad cheaper than in the home market,

Mr. Carnegie said:

"Ihave nothing to do with that. There is aconvention among the powers to maintain It.and they should not find any trouble in raising

tMMUW."

British Delegates to Iron and SieelInstitute Arrive on Celtic.

Andrew Carnegi?, John Morley, the Englishstatesman and author, and 1115 British delegatesto the convention of the Iron and Steel Institute,which opens here to-day, were among the pas-sengers ou tiju' Celtic, which arrived yesterday.Mr. Carnegie, who is the first president not aBritish subject, will receive at to-day's sessionthe Bessemer go!d medal for his work in pro-

•motins the steel and iron industries in theUnited State;;. Prominent among the Britishdelegates who were Mr. Carnegie's fellow pas-sengers were Sir James Kitsor., R. A. Hadtield.\u25a0L Windsor Richards, William Whitwell, SirDavid Stewart and Kir Lloyd Wise.

Mrs. Carnegie and his daughter accompaniedMr. Carnegie. His first words on reaching thapier were of regret that he had arrived too lateto register.

"Well, Iam Sorry," he said, "but PresidentRoosevelt shai! have my prayers. He doesn't needmy vote anyway. Ist-e by the betting in thopapers Igot from the pilot that he is going tobe elected by an overwhelming majority. Ihavealways been sure that he would be re-elected,

and Ihave never had any doubts on that sub-ject."

When asked as to his opinion on tho ultimateresult of the Russian-Japanese War, he said: "Iam very sure that Russia will win. Iam verysorry for the smaller dog In the fight."Ibelieve Russia is the sincere friend of peace

and you Bhov.li always remember that Russiadid not siart the war." he declared.

When h* was informed that money was need-ed to maintain the Peace Palace at The Hague,

he said:

JOHN MORLEY HIS GUEST.

ANDREW CARNEGIE HOME.

YAUS-COLUMBIA.SPECIAL SUBWAY TRAINS; Fan OAME.

<„! 9 at Am. I.(;iru-Park. Broadway & IttftliSt. Tickets on sale at 09 W. JiTth St.. also Spald-lns«. '<& VV< *-d tLad lxNaaaau.— Advt.

The child waa picked up on Friday evening bya party of men who were driving through thetown i'< two covered wagons. A boy saw thentake the child, but before be c t any

one's attention the kidnappers had dlsapjAll da) yesterday and last m^tit seai

parties wen out trying u> trace the wagons, butwithout This morning, while thre<were i" i"»- woods gathering chestnuts, theyaccidentally eanw across the body <<( the boy.The authorities were quickly warned, and theentire polio Phoenlxvtlle started out insearch »( gSTDSIes. In th* afternoon one partycame across a company of th-.m and tookinto custody. They denied any knowledge of thacrime

Body of Stolen Boy found —Sir

Gypsies Arrested.Philadelphia, Oct. 23.—With the forehead

crushed and the throat cut, the body of MichaelMayerski. four years old, who was kidnappednear his home In Phcenixvllle, twenty-eightmiles from this city, on Friday evening by aband of men supposed to be gypsies, was foundto-day in an alandoned farmhouse a few milesfrom Valley Forge. In connection with themurder six men belonging to a party of gypsies

arrested by Chief of Police Carter ofPhcenixvllle and s.-veral constables, and, afteran exciting tim^, were lodged in the jailat that

only the courage and quick action <.;

the police saved the prisoners from beingroughly handled by a large crowd of excited

KIDNAPPED AND KILLED.

Trolley Cars in Collision NearWorcester, Mass.

Worcester. Mass., Oct. 23.—Trolle; cars in &rear end collision on the Westboro and Marlboro•Street Railway, two and one-hair miles west ofWestboro, injured eighteen persons to-day P;ij>-pery rails are accountable for th-» acclden*.

A Worcester Consolidated Street Kailwar car.use Jo!'J o!' th<* Worcester an) Marlboro division,was beins sent to Worcester for repairs by wayof the Westboro and Marlboro tracks, for thereasor; that the tracks were torn uv in North-boro on the Worcester Consolidated tracks dur-ing State road construction. The car f"Mng sentto Worcester .'or repairs was in charge of (•:. x.Malet, a conductor, and was operated by J. D.Mahoney, a motorman. It left Westboro severalminutes ahsad of the regular car of the West-boro and Marlboro line, due to leave Westboroat U.'A't o'clock. Its progress waa sure and safeuntil making the hilt near the Fay place, whenthe enr kicked,' and. before tha motorn ancould ge" control of it,it was running backwarddown the bill

At the foo: of the hi:! on a curve it was metby the regular car from Marlboro to Worcester,which was making good speed 1 > climb the hill.Th« cars crashed together with terrific force,demolishing the vestibules on both curs and un-fastening every seat on the Westboro cur. whichhad twenty passengers aboard. There were nopassengers on the other tar. A panto followedthe crash. the passengers making a franc ef-fort to get out of the wreckage. Mahoney wascaught under the controller, which fell on him.The other motorman jumped, and was injured(Then he struck the street. Malet also jumped.

Wrecking cars from Westboro and Worcesterwere ordered to the wreck, which was clearedaway ao that traffic was resumed.

CRASH HURTS EIGHTEEN.

Daughter of Anthony N. BradyDiscovers the Fact Too Late.

Albany. Oct. 23.—Police in all parts of the

country were informed to-day of the loss ofJewelry worth $25,000 by Mrs. E. P. GavSt, ofthis city, wife of the secretary of the Municipal

Gas Company and daughter of Anthony N.

Brady, the well known gas operator.

A quiet search was begun a: once, but no trace

of the Jewelry has been found, and to-day ageneral alarm was stnt broadcast. The Batchel

contained the greater part of Mrs. Gavit's per-

sonal Jewelry, including a diamond necklace, adiamond bracelet, a pink sapphire brooch, prac-

tically Inimitable, and other valuable pieces.

Mrs. Gavlt went to New-York to visit friends.She returned Friday on the Lake Shore Lim-ited, which leaves the Grand Central Station at4:30 o'clock. About fifteen minutes before thattime ehe entered the waiting room of the sta-tion with her father and her husband, E. PalmerGavit. She took a seat on one of the benchesfind put her handbag on the bench at her sideWhen the train was announced she hurried out.forgetting to take the bag. She did not discoverher loss till she went into the dlnins car fordinner. While a search was beins? made on thetrain for the bag Mrs. davit remembered thatthe last time she saw the bag was when she-was In the station. Immediately upon the ar-rival of the train in Albany word was sent tothe New-York police.

At Follce Headquarters last evening it waa saidthat no word had beer, received there regardingthe mi*sin« Jewelry, and noth'r.g was known aboutit at the Grand Central Btattea.

LEFT IX STATION HERE.

A §25,000 JEWELRY LOSS,

THREE SHIPS OF THE BALTICFLEET.The Kniax fluvaroff, flagship of the Baltic fleet, with the Sissui Ve.liky and the Oslabla. RUSSIANS SINK BRITISH SHIPS

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IVo Steam Traveler* Reported Destroyed, xsith Loan of Life—

Many

Men Wounded—

Attack Said To Be Unprovoked.

BALTIC SQUADRON FIRES ON TSF HULL FISHINGFLEET IN THE NORTH SEa.

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