PEACEIIARRIIS MEET Czar’s World Disarmament Congress at The Hague. CHAIRMAN BEAUFORT’S WELCOME. The Conference Will Consider Every Negotiation: Seeking; to Avert Con- flict, Beginning With the Met- Memorandum. ... ternich THE HAGUE, May 19.—-The czar’s peace conference assembled here under pleasant conditions. sun and fresh breeze made the gayl-y decorated town most attractive. The soft young green of the suburbs gave the surroundings of the house in the woods a charm which tempted the ar- riving delegates to delay entering the council chamber until they had stopped to admire the delightful picture which the palace made in its beautiful grounds. - It was a little later than the an— nounced hour for assembling before all of the delegates arrived, but there were only two or three absentees when the conference was called to order a few minutes past 2 o’clock. M. de Staal, Russian er i‘ador to Great Britain, was elected ,.__ .sident of the conference. Dr. de Beaufort, the vice chairman, opened the conference with the follow- ing remarks: “In the name of my ad- gust sovereign I have the honor to bid you welcome and to express my feelings of profound respect and hearty grati- tude toward his majesty the emperor of the Russias, who has so greatly honor— ed our country by designating The Hague as the seat 'of this conference. The emperor, in making the noble pro—' posal that has been applauded by the whole civilized world, has aimed at re— alizing the vow expressed by one of his most illustrious predecessors, Alexan- der I, to see all of the sovereigns and nations of Europe come to an under- standing to live like brothers, succoring each other and supporting them in their needs. “Inspiring himself with these noble traditions of his august grandfather, his majesty has proposed to all of the governments whose representatives are here to bring about a conference whose mission will be to search for means to make an end of continental armaments and prevent the calamities that menace the whole world. Most assuredly the day on which this conference assembles will be one of the most remarkable days in the history of the now finishing cen- tury, and it coincides with the feast which his majesty’s subjects are cele- brating. . “While associating myself with all of the wishes of this magnanimous sov- ereign I will allow myself to be the in— terpreter of the wishes of the whole civilized world by expressing the hope that his majesty, seeing through the ef- forts of this conference a realization of his purposes, may in future consider this day as the most beautiful of his life.” The peace conference will consider every negotiation aiming to avert war that has been made since the first Na- poleon, beginning with the memoran— dum of Prince Metternich in 1816 re— garding the suggestion of George, Prince of Wales, afterward George IV, then regent of England, to Emperor Alexander I of Russia, that the normal peace footing of individual powers should be determined by international conference. The Kaiser Toasts the Czar. VVIESBADEI’, Prussia, May 19.——At a luncheon given by Emperor W'illiam yesterday in accordance with his cus— tom in honor of the birthday of Eznper— or Nicholas the kaiser toasted the czar in the following terms: “W'ith the toast to the czar’s health which I propose ev- ery year with heartfelt sincerity I would today couple my hearty gout wishes upon the opening of the confer- ence at The Hague, which owes its ori— gin to his majesty‘s initiative.” Supreme Court of Nations “fainted. PHILADELPHIA, May 19.—Resolu— tions petitioning the peace conference at The Hague to take initial steps in es- tablishing a supreme court of nations and asking the senate to ratify an ar- bitration treaty with Great Britain were adopted at a public meeting held here yesterday under the auspices of the Evangelical allianCe and the National icform league. Addresses on the sub- jects were made by prominent citizens and clergymcn. President's Outing Ends Today. HOT SPRINGS. Va., May 19.—T'he president’s visit here will close tonight. The return to Washington will be by a circuitous route. Leaving Hot Springs at 10230 p. m., the train will run over the Chesapeake and Ohio to Staunton, Va., where the Baltimore and Ohio _tracks will be taken into the Shenan— doah valley. It is the intention to run the train slowly through this section, without stops, however, in order that the party may see the battlefields of Vv'inchester and Cedar Creek, points of interest to the president in connection with his war service. The Extra. Session. ALBANY, May 19.——-The indications are that the extra session of the legis lature will not last over a week unless the rapid transit question is considered. In that event the passage of a bill and its transmission to the mayor of New York for approval would consume a much longer period. While the gov- ernor is very anxious that a rapid transit bill should be passed his desires in this respect will be subservient to the will of the legislature. If the lead- ers do not desire to legislate on that subject, he will not recommend it. Senator Ford III at Albany. ALBANY, May 19.———Senator John Ford is confined to his room at The Tub, and ‘his attending physician re- fuses to allow any one to see him. It is uncertain yet what his ailment is, but the symptoms point strongly to typhoid fever. It was urged yesterday that the senator be removed to his home in New York, but his condition was such that his'physician would not permit it. McMillan Will Run. , . DETROIT, May 19.—At a conference held yesterday between Senator McMiI- lan and several of his political friends, Republican leaders from various parts of Michigan, it was 'decided that Sena- tor McMillan will be a candidate for a third term as United States senator. The warm, bright' WEEKLY¥NURWALneeAZETro NAVAL ENLI’STMIENTS. Captain Hawley to Receive Recruits In West For Sea Service. \VASHINGT'ON, May 19.—Secretary of the Navy Long is deeply interested in the result of an experiment which is to be made under the direction of Cap- tain John M. Hawley for the enlistment of 300 or 350 men in the middle west and west. It is believed western enlist- ments will quicken that section’s inter- est in the navy. Many inquiries have been received by the department from the west by young men of adventurous spirit who would like to join the navy. but who cannot afford the expense of traveling to New York or Boston with the chance of rejection after their ar- rival. ‘ It is proposed—therefore, to send a recruiting officer through the west next month to gather in 300 or 350 recruits. .Only bright and promising American citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 will be taken. They must be able to read and write. Exceptional induce— ments are to be offered these recruits in the shape of a long cruise on Admiral Farragut’s old flagship Hartford, which is now at the Mare Island navy yard, California. She has. been thoroughly re- fitted at a cost of about $350,000. The recruits will be sent to the re- ceiving ship Independence,at San Fran- cisco, for several months of preliminary “shaking down” and then will embark upon the Hartford for New York, either by the way of Cape Horn or across the Pacific tqfl_;China, thence around to In— dia and through the Red sea and Med- iterranean. Her executive officer will be Lieutenant Commander Alexander Sharp, a nephew of General Grant, who distinguished himself during the recent war as the commander of the auxiliary yacht Vixen, which was attached to Schley‘s flying squadron. In addition to the recruits she will carry 150 experi- enced men. Upon arrival in New York the recruits will be assigned to war- ships. If this experiment is a success, as Captain Hawley confidently expects it to be, it will be repeated with a view to the enlistment of more westerners. OCEAN LINER AFIRE. Much Damage Done In Returning to Her Pier. NEW YORK, May 19.——The North German Lloyd mail steamship Bar- barossa, which left her pier at Hobo— ken at 11 o’clock yesterday, bound for Bremen, returned at 4 o’clock with a fierce fire raging in her forehold. Her how was badly damaged as a. result of a series of collisions in the North river on her way back to her pier. While on her way up the North river to her pier the steamer got completely beyond control. She struck an Erie railroad barge, and, continuing, tore away a section of pier 41, North river. Then the vessel rammed the French liner. La Bretagne, lying at pier 42, tear— ing a hole in the latter’s side and shov- ing her forward so that her bow out through two ice barges, the Richard Foster and Leroy, Sinking them. No one was injured. The Barbarossa left her pier on time. She had on board 36 cabin and 151 steer— age passengers and a crew numbering 250 men. She carried a general cargo of mer— chandise. some grain and deep down in her forehold 5,200 bales of cotton. It, was in this cotton that the fire was dis— covered. Among the summer tourists on the promenade deck were Dr. Charles A. Briggs with his wife and three daugh- ters, the Misses Grace, Alice and Olive; Professor A. Putzker of the University of California, Dr. Charles E. Davis of Albany and his wife and children. There was a panic among the pas- sengers: but, strange to say, no one was injured. A German Press Association. CHICAGO, May 19.——The publishers of 46 German daily papers in the United States have organized in Chicago under the name of the German—American Newspaper Publishers’ association by adopting a constitution and bylaws and electing the following officers: Presi- dent, John Schroers, St. Louis W'est— liche Post; vice president, Herman Rid- der, New York Staats Zeitung; secre— tary, Fritz Glogauer, Chicago Abend— post; treasurer, Edgar IV. Coleman, Milwaukee Herald; executive commit— tee, H. S. Cohn, Louisville Anzeiger; F. W. Bergmeier, St. Paul Volks Zeitung; Louis Hirsch, Pittsburg Volksblatt. Peru‘s Neu‘ Marriage Law. LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, May 10.— El Comercio in an article headed “Are We Under a Constitutional Regime or Not?” discusses the new marriage de— cree in reference to non-Catholic mar— riages. which it characterizes as un- constitutional. Baseball. NEW YORK, May 19.—Only one game of baseball was played yesterday in the National league. That was atLouisville, and the home players were whitewash- ed by the Boston team by a score of 6 to 0. . New York Markets. I FLOUR—State and western quiet and steady; winter patents, $3.75@4; winter straights, [email protected]; Minnesota patents, $3.80@4; winter extras, $2.60@3. WHEAT—No. 2 red opened steady and ruled generally firmer on higher ca- bles and reports of cold weather; specu— lation more active; May, 79%@79%C.; July, 76 11-16@77%c. , RYE—Dull; state, 61c.; No. 2 western, 651/20” f. o. b., afloat. CORN—No. 2 opened quiet, but ruled steadier with wheat, advancing l7/3c.; July, 38%c.; September, 38%0. OATS—No. 2 dull; track, white, state, 34@39c.; track, white, western, 34@39c. PORK—Quiet; mess, [email protected]; fam- ily, $10.50@11. . LARD—Quiet; prime western steam, $5.25, nominal. BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 13%@ 171/20; state creamery, 15@19c. CHEESE—Easier: large, white, 91/2@ 9%c.: small, white, 9%c. EGGS—Stady; state and Pennsylva— nia, 14950.; western, 13@14c. SUGAR—Raw quiet and firm; fair re- fining, 41/gc.; centrifugal, 96 test, 45/60; refined quiet and firm; crushed, 5%0; powdered, 5%0. RICE—Firm; pan, 4%@5%,c. TURPENTINE—Steadier at 411/2@42c. MOLASSES—Steady; New Orleans, 32 @360. TALLOW —— Steady; country, 4%@4%c. HAY—Steady; shipping. 55@60c.; good to choice, 70@821,éc. domestic, 4%@7c.; Ja- city, 4%@41/20.; r" I CORNERS MUST GO. Bufl‘alo Dockers will Not Work Under Him. GRAIN SHOVELERS IGNORE QUIGLEY. They Express Confidence In Presi- dent McMahon and \Vill Not Listen to the Bishop‘s Call—Firetnen Start a. Sympathetic Strike. BUFFALO, May 19.—The possibility of an early settlement ofjhe dock strike was removed yesterday afternoon, and the end of the trouble is apparently fur- theroi‘f than ever before. ' The grain shovelers have once more declared their intention of refusing to return to work until the contract be- tween the Lake Carriers’ a550ciation and Mr. Conners is abrogated. ‘The situation is most peculiar. On Wednesday Bishop Quigley advised the men to accept the terms offered by Con- tractor Conners and to hold themselves in readiness to go to work when he gave the word. The bishop also warned them to hold no more meetings. Yesterday St. Bridget’s hall, the headquarters of the strikers, which is owned by the Catholic church, was c10Sed and locked by order of the bishop. In the after— noon, notwithstanding the fact that at least 80 per cent of he strikers are of the Roman Catholic religion, a large number of the grain shovelers publicly repudiated the bishop, refused to accept his advice and removed their head— quarters to Fillmore hall. Shortly after 3 o’clock yesterday aft— ernoon over 1,000 grain shovelers form- ed in line in front of St. Bridget’s hall and marched to Fillmore hall, where they were joined by about 2,000 striking freight handlers and other sympathiz- ers, and President McMahon of the un- ion was summoned. VVhen McMahon appeared, the men voted unanimously to refuse to work while Mr. Conners holds the contract, and a committee was appointed to reopen direct negotia— tions with the Lake Carriers' associa— tion. Resolutions were adopted discharging the committee that has been acting in conjunction with Bishop Quigley, ex- pressing confidence in President McMa— hon and refusing to pay any attention whatever to any call for a meeting is- sued by the bishop. / Information was received yesterday from an authoritative source that the elevator men and others who have val- uable interests on the docks have deter- mined upon radical action. They pro- pose to exert every effort to secure men from out of town to take the places of the strikers. The action of the strikers, they say, makes it necessary to adopt measures other than negotiations in or- der to bring about a resumption of busi- ness here. ' All the members of the Firemen’s un- ion in port struck at noon. It was stated that as other firemen arrived on their boats they would join the strike. Sec- retary Foley of the union advised the men to keep away from the docks. As this is purely a sympathetic strike it will end as soon as the scoopers’ strike is adjusted. Fed Father Rat Poison. CINCINNATI, May 19.~—James VVeav- er, colored, aged 11 years, has con- fessed to having poisoned his father, W'Oodson \Vcaver, and his half brother, John 'Weaver, on Tuesday. John XVeav- er died in a few hours, and VVoodson W'eaver, though still alive, has but slight chance for recovery. The lad said he found a box of “rough on rats” on the stove Monday night and didn’t know what it was. He put it in the coffeepot. The police now believe the boy responsible for the death of “food— son IVeaver’s second wife and for the burning of the house a few months ag The boy’s mother, Rachael W'ashington. was arrested at Chattanooga yesterday" charged with having instigated the poi- soning. Kyle 1 'ithdravrs Resignation. ‘W’ASHINGTON, May 19.——In response to the urgent request of the industrial commission Senator Kyle has consented to continue at the head of the commis- sion and accordingly has withdrawn his resignation as chairman. In a letter written at the senator’s home at Aber— deen, S. D., he reiterates that ill health was the only motive that actuated him in tendering his resignation, adding: “The importance of the commission’s work grows with each month, and I be- lieve both congress and the country will be grateful for the task we are now per- forming. Every public spirited citizen certainly is greatly interested in the trust investigation now in progress.” Mosquito Coast Duties. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, via Galves- ton, May 19.——The government of Nica— ragua has published a declaration to the effect that its Mosquito coast is un- der the same laws and duties as else— where in the state. The exportation of rubber gathered in the public forests was suspended in Nicaragua on Jan. 1., *1898, but by a special decree the state of Zelaya, or Mosquito territory, was ex- empt from the prohibition. To Greet Funston. KANSAS CITY, May 19. —— Mayor Marshman of Kansas City, Kan, and Mayor Jones of Kansas City, Mo., have issued a joint address to the citizens of 'the two municipalities asking active co- operation in preparing a mammoth celebration to mark the home coming of General Frederick Funston and the Twentieth Kansas regiment. Island Trade Under. Our Flag. BOSTON, May 19.—At a special meet- ing held here under the auspices of the Vessel Owners' and Captains’ National associations resolutions were unani- mously adopted advocating the holding of the carrying trade between the Unit- ed States and Porto Rico and Hawaii to vessels sailing under the United States flag; Murderer Clemm‘er Hanged. NORRISTOVVN, Pa, May lit-James A. Ciemmer was hanged in the Mont- gomery county jail for the murder of Mrs. Emma P. Kaiser. He. went to his death bravely and made no statement on the gallows. Neither Clemmer’s wife nor any of his relatives. were present. Weather Probabilities. Shoivcrs in the morning; fair in the afiernaon; fair and warmer tomorrow; fresh to brisk easterly winds, shifting to westerly. THE DEWEY HOME. Sufucriptions to the Fund Begin to Pour. In at Washington. WASHINGTON, May 19.—.Yesterday’s contributions to the Dewey home fund amounted to $2,016, of which $1,158 came from the Brooklyn Eagle and represents collections made by that paper. The total so far received by the national committee is $2,685. The following cir- cular to presidents of boards of trade and chambers of commerce has been sent by Chairman Vanderlip: ' “In order that all parts of the country may take part in the raising of a fund to provide a home in Washington for Admiral George Dewey the distinguish- ed bodies representing commerce and trade in the chief cities are invited to take steps for securing subscriptions for that purpose. “As president of your organization You are requested to extend such aid as your wisdom may dictate and to enlist your city heartily in behalf of this movement of patriotic gratitude. “It may be well for you to publish daily a list of your local subscibers and to remit moneys at frequent intervals to the treasurer of the fund in \Vash— ington, with names and addresses of the donors. “Temporary receipts will at once be returned, and duplicates, engraved, of the same date and number, bearing a portrait, will be sent to each subscriber. “Immediate response and efficient ac- tion on your part will facilitate the work of this committee, while it will add impetus to co-operation in other cities. “The assurance that a home in the nation’s capital has been provided for him by the popular affection and esteem will be a fitting factor in the welcome to the great. admiral when he lands in his native country on his return from the scene of his brilliant victories.” ‘ EX-GOVERNOR FLOWER’S WILL. Substantial Legacies and Bequests to Charities. WATERTOWN, N. Y., May 19.——The will of the late ex-Governor Flower has been filed for probate with Surrogate Charles L. Adams. He left bequests of $40,000 to each of his brothers and sis- ters, or their heirs; $25,000 to Frederick S. Flower; $10,000 to his former cashier, Ranson S. Pattison; $10,000 in trust to St. Thomas’ parish. New York, for the benefit of the parish house erected in memory of his son, who died in 1880: $10,000 to Trinity parish, VVatertown, for the benefit of the poor; $5,000 to his namesakes, Roswell Flower George of this city and Roswell Flower Mundy of Chicago. The residue is left to his widow and daughter, share and share alike. Mrs. Sarah M. Flower is executrix; his son- in-law, John B. Taylor, and ’Anson R. Flower are executors. Ex-Governor Flower had made a practice for years of giving away at least one-tenth of his income. His gifts, however, have always far exceeded his regular tithe. Last year, it is learned from the best authority, he had given away directly or indirectly over $1,000,— 000. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. John F. Potter, the famous abolition— ist. died at East Troy, IVis. Strikers wrecked another street car with dynamite in Duluth. Sir George Albert dc Hochepied Lar- pent shot himself at Bedford, England. Three thousand Paris postmen struck, and there were no mail deliveries in the city. The first annual reunion of the Rough {iders will be held at Las Vegas, N. M., June 2!. The jury in the case of the Earl of Strafford found a verdict of “death by misadvarture.” Denials were received by cable of the reports of excessive immigration by Ga- licians to the United States. The Steel company filed notice at Harrisburg of an increase in its capital stock from $5,000,000 to $15,- 000,000. Disc‘.arged Kentucky soldiers, en route for home, shot promiscuously from their train, killing horses and cre- ating general terror. The Norwegian steamer Viking has arrived at Leith, Scotland, with news of the finding of a letter alleged to be from Arctic Explorer Andree. ') I 1 _1 . , Letmenem The International Conference. OTTAWA, May 19.—Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier in the house of commons stated that matters were in the same position regarding the international commission as they were when the adjournment was made at Washington. There was no change. Progress had been made on every subject except the Alaska boundary. The commissioners had re- ported to the respective governments, and there the matter lies. University Students Fined. PROVIDENCE, May 19.—Two Brown university students, calling themselves James Donavan and Frank Dillon, were fined $5 each in court yesterday for par- ticipating in the disturbances at a bon- fire Wednesday night, when the firemen who had been summoned to put out the blaze were attacked by the college men. The faculty will investigate the affair. First Masonic Temple. 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