NEW-YORK DAILY TRItiUNE. MONDAY. MAY 29. 1905

BARS POETS TABLET.

Owner ofHouse Walt Whitman WasBorn in Obdurate.

Walt Whitman's memory !s to be honored InHuntlnston. Long Island, by the erection of a tab-let, despite th» unwillingness of Frank J. Rogers,the owner of the houso the poet was born in, topermit the tablet to he placed cither on the housoor grounds. The women of the Colonial Society ofHuntloKton conceived the Ma*) of honoring Whit-man's memory.

The house Is In West Hills,about five miles fromthe village of Huntington. It stands close to thepresent highway and is surrounded by shrubberyand trees.

Mrs. Frederick B. Sammis Is president of theColonial Society. Mrs. Irving Sammis vice-presi-dent. Miss Jesatl Brush \u25a0asaTVtatT, Mrs. JamesConklin assistant secretary an.! >!•

- J. NewellSammis treasurer. They* and Miss T.ucindaConklin. Mrs. George F. Barr. Miss Lavinla Conkltnand Mrs. John Arthur are th© board at managers.

Ata recent mating of the society it was 'decidedto erect the tablet on the house at West Hills. MissBrush. Mrs. Russell Young and Miss ElizabethWood were appointed a committee to arrange forthe Inscription and placing of the tablet. The following:Inscription was chosen:

TO MARK THF. lIITITHPL.\CE OT

WaU WHITMAN.

TH» QQOO OUbVT POET.

BORN MAY 31. 1819.

ERECTFD BT THE

COLONIALSOCIETT

OT HT*NTINGTOX,IMS.

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The London '>frW of THE TRIBUNE ta a conventualpiare to ]e»ve advertisements and subPCTiptlcns.PARIS— John Munroe 4 Co.. So. 7 Itue Scribe.

John Waaamaker. No. 41 Rue, '.-' fetitea EcuiieavEagle Bureau. No. M R«« Cambon.,M .» »*\u25a0"•• A Co.. No. 31 HouVvard .iUMtnaaa,CrMlt I.yonnals. Bur»au dcs Etrangera.Continental Hotel newsstand.The Figaro Offlce.Brentano's. No. 37 Avenue do rOpJra.American Kxpr»»« Company. No. 11 Rue Scrtb*.

NlCK—Credit I.ynnnal*.ORNEVA—Lombard. O<l!er £ O. and Calcn Bank.FLORENCE

—Krench. Lemon * Co.. Nan. 2 and 4 -Via*Toraebuoni.

M.iquav A Co., Banker?.HAMHI'RO

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For c.c c-r.vfr.leno* of THinrNC UEADEPS abroadarran«r»ment!« have hT. mad* to k<-*j>the DMLY andsi•v t,, THrnVXE on file in the r-adlns rooms of ti«

hotels name.; below:ixj.M^.V-llmol Victoria. Pavoy Hot*l. Th« ? -«T>(rhan»H«te!.».-;rltcn Hotel CtßTtdtVa Hotel. Hotel Metro-pole. Mlifiart'l liranrl Hotel. The !fn.iri Hotel.Norfolk-st .Kmhankment; Queen's Hoiel. Tdpt Nor-

wood, llotol Rutsril. .K2CGLJLND

—Adelphi Hotel. Uver?onl- Midland Ho'eL

Manchester: Queen's Hotel U«:s- Mi.'lanl H^tel.bradronl: Hm-l \V.!HnKtm. T'mhHdso Wells- Mlfl-icn<i Hotel. SJorecarr.y* rMy; Vlilan-l Hotel. Derby)lo!ler's H.itr., Soanklin Hotel. Isle of Wls;at.

SCOTIAN!>—.-t. Er.orh. H^Jel. nia«c°'": >t«tlnn Hotel\u25a0

rARIS—Hotel Cratham. Hrtel if Ul!c»t d*AlMo3. OraMHotel ri» I'Athener. ilran'l Hotel. Hot^l ront-r.en'aL ;Hotel Uu Palais, Hotel J>-.. James ami Albany ilowiK<"irlr.a.

BELOtrs;—L« Grand Hole!. BrusseM- Hotel Kursaa' ABean Si!«. Osteml.

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Hotel t'cs Ir.des. TT.e Hague; Kuntial. SJ»«_\enlng»n.

GERAIANy_Xa..«.«aTier-Hof Hot'l. Wltwba.ien- F"ur S>t9r->™i Hotel. Munich: Hot»l BeUevue. Dresden; iiotelKa!«»r>W. Berlir.; Hr.t«l Fhu- ?i-»r-x« U-)e*bad<*n-Nuellens's H>JeU AU-la-Chape'.le; Hotel Mes»raer. •r-a>ien-l!aden: Wiri:»mVrg»r-llof. Nuremb#rit Hotel'Mftmpole. Bad-Nsn!t«rm: Hntel Kalaerhnf Wiesta-<!en; Hotel yulJijana, Wil iungen-liaa: Betel Goeck* j\\ Udunren-Bad ; Ilot;I KaUerhof WliJungen-Had-t.-an.i Hct«l. Wlltelmsho»h»; Hotct de ItasaU Kts-'BtnnsHßad: Hotel Victoria. Klsstng-n; Frankfurter-HoC. Frar.k'ort-©n-Maln; Imperial Hote-1. Fran*fort-.top-Main; lintel Prtr.z Carl. Heidelberg; Hotel Na-tlnnal. Ptri««burs; Hotel Hohenjollern. Nanhelm-Bad:Uo'.fl I'ontlnental. Muntrii; Hotel Ketiwrhof Bad-»,.J-i' •"rs: ll'"*' I'urj'fnh-'f,Frankfort on Miin.ALSTRIA AXH e\viTZEßK\N'r>-Hotel Bristol Vienna;Orar.i Hotel Hungarta. Bu<tet»«- Hotel Baur au Lac."1 Zurich. Hotel Savoy and Weet End. Ca^sbad: ll^t-IFu;:p Carlstiail; H.tel Coatinental. Uustnn*; Hotel'

iotorla. Interlakea; Hotel Euler. Baa2e; iiotel Vlo-iton* Basl»; Hbiel Nau.-r.il. Carlsbad: Grand. La-v-sarae. Hot«) de la Palx Geneva: Hotel B*aa Rlvag*.iGenera, Stadtrath. Marianbud: Hotel Weimar. Mar!-;enUJ. Hotil KUarr. Marlenbad: GnuiJ B-Mel,\avej . Rujr»n H. Tel Junffra laterlaken; OraaiHotel. Brunnen; Hotel National. Income; PalacsHotel. Lurerne; Hotel Bernerhof. n*rr*.Oraod Hotel.-l.uira- Hotel Kursaal. Maloja. Eagadlne.

ITALY AND SOi;TH OF FRANCD—Grand Hotel. Venlc*:.««ran,i Hot<>i. Rome; Bdaa Palare. O>noa; Qranil.Hotel Quintal. Rome: Hotel Pantell. Venice: H.>tf4d^ !i\10», Mllaa; Royal <'.. Rome; Hotel <U la:\i:!e. Florence; Grand Hotel. Florence; Savoy Hotel.Flcrenre; Hotel Royal, fan Htmo: Hotel Grand*Bretagne. Nice; Savoy Hot*-1. San Remo; Grand Hotel.Moats Carlo: Sun Paia-e Hotel. Monte Carlo: GniD*'Betel A tx-las-Bains; Hotel Louvre a^d savoy. Alx-les-Baln*.

DORCHESTEB HOUSE.

DORCHESTER HOUSE.

Mlsa Brush went to West Hills to arrange for afitting spot on th« hntl—fimU for the tablet. Mr.

Rogers refused to allow the tablet to be placed onthe house. He would Rive no reason for his re-fusal.

"But you will allow us to place It on the gate-post or on the ground, will you not?" asked MissBrush.

No, gateposts were not to be marred by marblesigns, and the ground was made for growingthings, was the answer. There was no room onthe dace for the tablet.

Determined not to be defeated. Miss Brush andother members of the society attended a. meetingof the highway commissioners, and asked per-mission to erect the tablet in the highway In frontof the house.

Died.Death notice* appearing- In THE TKIBV>E willbe

republlabed la Thj Tri-Weekly Tribune without extracharge.

Bacon. MaryS. Ooddard F. Norton.Bilcher. EllMiK. Lan«. Isabella H.Bowman. Ida V.H. Lefferts, John. Jr.Dean, Loolsa. Miller,Stephen U.Toy6. Andrew J. C. Mortimer, J«.« 11.(.iavlt,William E. Rowell. Mary S.

BACON'— Friday; May 2«. 1905. Mary Swords, wifa etJames F. Bacon and dau«ht»r of Mrs. Charles R.Swords, In the 40th year of her ace. Funeral services\u25a0will b« held at the Church of the Holy Communion, f,th-

are. and 2tnh-at.. on Monday. May 2S>, 1903, at 3 p. m.BELCHER— On May 28. 1005, at her home at Garrison-

on-the-Hudson. Eliza K-. widow of Henry W. Belcher.Funeral services willbe held at St. Philip* Church tnthe Highlands, on Monday. May 20. at 1 o'clock. Train,leaves Grand Central Station for Garrison at 11:15 a. m.

BOWMAN— Sunday. May 2S. Ida Van Home Bowman.wife -A Austin Lor.l Bowman. Funeral services at theresidence of her brother, John O. Van Uorne, X >. ClWest G&th-at., on Wednesday, May 81, at 10 o'clock.

DEAN—

the morning of May 2«, 1005, at her resi-dence. In her 74th year. Louisa, eldest daughter of th«late Thomas and Sarah A. Ilean, and sister of Mrs.George S. Rainsford. Funeral services •will be held, atFirst Reformed Episcopal Church, Madlson-ave. andBBtb-St., May 29. at

- p. m. Kindly omit flowers.English papers plea»e copy.

FOYE—On Friday. May 26. after a Brief Illness, at hishome. No. 163 Weet "Oth-st, Andrew J. C. beloved hus-band of Katharine S. Foye. In his 71st year. The homewillbe open to relatives and friends on Sunday andMonday from 4 to s p. m. Funeral and Interment pri-vate

OHIO SOCIETY OF NEW-YORK.—

-We regret to an-nounce the death of Mr. Andrew J. C Foye, a chartermember and an active and highly valued officer ofthe society from Its organization, at his late resi-dence. No. 1«» West 79th-st.. Friday, May; ti. MM.

Th» attention of members Is called to the followingarrangements made by the family of the deceased:

The house willbe open to relatives and friends onSunday and Monday from 4 to 3 p. in. Funeral andInterment private.

JOHN J. M'COOK. President.FRANCIS M. APPLEQATE, Secretary.

OAVIT—

On Friday. May 2«, at Benaonhurat, Long Island,in his o'th year, William E.. beloved husband oX AliceL. Cavit and non of the late John E. and Marg&ret 3.Gavit. Services and interment at bridge, Mass.,on Monday, at 1:80.—

Suddenly, at I>ltchfleld, Conn., Sunday morn-ing. May 28, IS"!!. F. Norton Goddard, son of JosephWarren and OeleStlne Goddard. Notice ot funeral here-after.

LANE—On Sunday morning. May 28. 1905. IsabellaHooper, wife of J. Henry Lane, In, tlx» 6»th rear of herage. Funeral services at her late residence, no. 131East 21st-st., Gramercy Park. Tuesday, May 80, at 11o'clock. Interment private. Kindlyomit flowers. Bos-ton papers pleas* copy.

LEFFKRTB— On Sunday, May 28. John Lefferta, jr.. lahis &2d year. Relatives and friends are invited to at-tend the funeral services from his late residence. No. 63Mldwood-st.. Brooklyn, on Tuesday, May 30. at 3o'clock p. m. Internment private. Kindlyomit (lowers.

MILLER—

Sunday, Mai- 23, 1005. at his residence,Mount Holly. Katonah. N. V., Stephen Holly Miller,inhis 61tt year. Relatives and Mends are respectfullyInvited to attend his funeral on Tuesday. May 30, at11:30 a. m. Carriages ln waiting at Katonah on thearrival of 9:06 train from Grand Central Depot. later,ment Bedford Union Cem«t«ry. Katon&h. at <3onveal*nceof family. (

MORTIMER—On Saturday, at her late, residence. No. 64South KUlott Place, Brooklyn. Mr». Jane M. Mortimer,inh»r S7th year. Funeral service* at St. Mark's Church.Adelphl-st.. Brooklyn, on Tuesday. May 80. at 10 a. m.

ROWELL— Suddenly, at Fordham. New-Yorlc City, Sat-urday May 27. Mary Stuart Rowel!, wife of EdwardRowell and daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth, D. and the lateCharle- S. Rowall. In her 88th year, 6arvlses at the• residence of her mother, No. \u25a0*«» Klnrsbrldg* Road, oaMonday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

CEJH7TERIE9.

THE WOODI.AWX CE.>rETERT

Is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand. Cen>tral Btatton, Webster and Jerome Avenne trolley* andby carriage. Lot* 1115 up Telephone (483S Graxneroy)for Book "f Views or representative.

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CNOKItTAKEKS.

FR.WK E. CAMPBEIX. !<l-S Weet !M8t23d St. Stephen Merrltt Emb'g Inst. Tel. 1534 Chelsea.

Special Notices.

SELL HISTORIC HOUSE.

The American Ambassador's Rest-.(lence inLondon—Art Treasures.

London, May 17.There have been many premature reports re-

.Bpectlnj the incoming American Ambassador's !London residence. Brook House, Spenoer ;jjOUfo, Mr. Choate's present residence, and otherhouses have been mentioned, and finally Dor-chester House. Mr. Carter, of th© AmericanEmbassy, ho has been acting: for Mr. Reid,

has rec 'v*d several offers and looked at halfa do:':1 houses; but his negotiations have virtu-ally been confined to the finest and most sult-av,je of these residences— Dorchester House. Th«tfrrterr.ent has not yet been signed, but as thepoints still under discussion are of minor Im-

portßiKe< relating to the conditions of termlnat-ir.p tbe tenancy, it is safe to assume that thearrant*' will be completed before Mr..peid«ai?s from New-York, and that on hie ar-

rival ln London lie will drive at on <* from thegiiicr. to Dorchester House. Leases of thiskin! are complex, and have to be drawn up atejnbifstes, after consultation with the imperial

Bn<j local authorities. IAs the British Ambas-sador !:i Washington Is relieved from taxation,«napn appl"o 1̂1 to reciprocity is made in Londonuhen ihe American Ambassador takes a house.jV portion of the local rates is relaxed by ar-rar.gerr.ent between the imperial povernment

sr.a the Borough Council; and the remaindertlor.e is levied against the property while it Isoccupy by the Ambassador. It Is not re-markaMe that much correspondence and pro-longed negotiations have been necessary andthat Mr.Carter is not yet prepared to announcethat the agreement has been completed. Theprinted estimates of the rental to be paid forDor^hrFt^r House are wild guesses. NeitherCaptain Holford r.or Mr. Carter has any inten-tion of satisfying publio curiosity on this point.

Dorchester House is one of the half dozen

finest private residences in London, the others

beins Stafford House, Grosvenor House, Bridge-

wat?r House, Lansdowne House, Devonshire jHouse and Apsley House. It stands in Park ]Lene, nearly opposite Stanhope Gate, and Is a

modern structure, Captain Holford's father \u25a0

having built it about fifty years ago. The fa-Cade, approached from the Deanery Crescentlending toward Hill-st. and Berkeley Square, Is

moEt impressive, and the central hall is one of

the handsomest in London, being rivalled only

by that of Stafford House. There is a large jpicture gallery, but works of art of the highest |quality are scattered about the houee in all the ilarge rooms. There Is a library, with one of tha

most valuable collections of. rare and costly |books to be found in England. The drawing jroom ar.d ballroom are well lighted and spa-

cious. One of the most noticeable decorations

Is b splendid mantelpiece, supported by thecrouching: figures of nude caryatids. This is

one of the•

-est examples of the art of AlfredStevens, an English sculptor of high creativepower, who began many works, but left most of |

them unfinished. Dorchester House is thor-oughly modern in Its appointments and is con-

\u25a0Jdered the most comfortable and the best ar-ranged of the great houses in London. Itlends jItself *-&sily by the arrangement of the rooms jto splendid entertainments, and it is rich In i

art treasures of inestimable value.Carton Hoiford has always been ready to j

open Dorchester House to art lovers on certain Imornings of the week, and he has seldom re-fused requests Ear the exhibition of his pictures

at Burlington House, the Guildhall and othergai^ri*??. Consequently the masterpieces on

the walls of the picture gallery, drawing room, iballroom, dining1 room and other apartments ;

are we!! known. Among1 them are two early ITvorlcs of Velasquez in perfect condition. One

Is a roll length portrait of Philip IV in buffdoublet over chain armor, and the other is aJarpe portrait of the painter's patron at court,

tho Duke Ollvares, the Prime Minister respon-sible for the loss of vast possessions of theSpanish Empire. There is a brilliant series ofRembrandt*; the famous portrait of the Am-sterdam merchant, Martin Looten; a realisticportrait of an old lady In black dress, white capand ruff; and the "Man with a Pword," whichis believed by "Xpert? to represent the painter

himself. The Van Dycks include a strong- por-trait of trip Marchesa Balbl, and another of theAlib£ Scaplia, which Is remarkable for clear-ness and directness of method. There Is a char-acteristic portrait of a woman by Cornells deVos; then is another of Leonora, the wife ofCorimo I,painted by Uronzino; and there amFfrtrnits attributed to Titian and Tintoretto.

There are many beautiful landscapes at Dor-''

Chester Houcc. Among: these are Hobbema's-

"Margin of a Forest," Cuyp's brilliant view ofDordrecht, a fine Ruysdael, with a glimpse ofHaarlem, a characteristic goat picture, by PaulPotter, and many works by Dutch and Flemishpainters. The best Titian is a Holy Family,

with John the Bartist, and there is another by j

Andrea del Farto. with a school piece—

the Queen, jof Cyprus— by Paul Veronese. One quaintgroup of fix saints is assigned to Fra Angelico

and another group of three figures is a Tin-toretto. The Italian examples are inferior tothe Spanish. Dutch and Flemish portraits acd.landscape?, which are among the choicest art

treasures to be seen In London. The Duke ofWestminster's collection at Grosvenor House,

with Rembrandt's "Salutation." Gainsborough's

*'Blu*» Boy," R.eynolds's "'Mrs. Plddons as theTragic Muse," and a splendid series of Claudes,Cuyps and Hohbemas, Is the largest and mostvaluable under any London roof. OtherwiseCaptain Holford's collection challenges thehoror of second place with the galleries ofErt ''.?<> water House, Ap«ley House, LansdowneHouse and Stafford House. The treasures ofthe library are too valuable to be handled andtre constantly kept under glass. Many of therare books cpn be matched only In the British

Museum and the Bodleian. I.K. P.

CHRISTINA'S U. B. TRRABURY BOND*

Queen Christina of Brain, who Inherited an Im-

mense private fortune from ber uncle, the late

Archduke Albert of Austria, has for a number ofyears held some $3,000,000 worth of United States

bonds, and retained possession thereof ever,

throughout the war of Spain with this country.

They axe deposited, with, the remainder of her hold-ings of one kind or another. In th* Bank of Eng-

land. wh«r« so many Continental sovereigns ore in

the habit of keeping their savings for the sake ofsafety, and this fact was brought to light about

seven years ugo by publication in the Carlist

and Republican papers at Madrid, the Informationhaving been obtained through the theft of a bag

of private pai>ers, bank "books, etc., from a memberof tha Queen's household, between Irun and Mad-rid, while on his way baok from London, wherelie had been for the purpose of attending- to (some

of her affairs. Kir.g Leopold of Belgium is notonly a large stofkholder InAmr-ricac railroads, but

is also interested In a. number of "Western miningenterprises and Industrial concerns.

ROTAJL INVESTMENTS HERE.That the Duke and Ducheas of Connaught should

figure for nearly $1,000,000 and Queen Victoria'sgranddaughter. Princess Victoria of Hohenlohe, fora somewhat smaller amount on the list of NorthernSecurities filed at Trenton. N. J., on Tuesday last,by.the railroad magnate James J. HillIn connectionwith the demands for an amended certificate for in-corporation, goes to confirm what Ihave alreadyasserted in these letters— namely, that not onlyroyal princes and princesses of the Old World, butlikewise the crowned heads of Europe, have a con-siderable portion of their private fortunes investedin American enterprises.

Thus the Czar holds some $«.oo>,ooo worth of stockIn the Pennsylvania Railroad, the New-Jersey Cen-tral, the New-York Central and the CanadianNorthern Pacific, which yields him handsome re-turns. His Investments were made on the adviceof his Minister of Railroads, Prince Hllkoff, who,after being ruined as a young: officer of tho Guardsnt St. Petersburg, came to America and, securingwork on the New-York Central aa abrakeman, grad-ually worked his way up until the death of richrelative* and the inheritance of large estates en-abled him to return to Russia and to turn to goodaccount In the service of the Czar the practical ex-perience of railroading which he had obtained Intho United States experience thanks to whichRussia his been able to pour troops into Man-churia and thus to keep up the struggle againstJapan,

Emperor William Is Known to have about KOOO.OGOIn Union and Southern Pacific, Illinois Central,Atchison and other railroad bond*. Th© Kaiserin'sprivate investments in railroad stock, here amountto «r>oct $500,000, while the other members of theroyal house of Prugsla, comprising Prince Henry,Prince Albert and the enormously wealthy PrinceL<eopoV3, are represented in American railroad com-panies by about $3,000,000 more.

KingBdward caused a considerable portion of thecapital account of the revenues of the Duchy ofCornwall, which he enjoyed as Prince of Wales, to

be put in American railroad !>tock, the Interest of

which Is now paid to bis eon and heir, Queen Vic-toria was generally understood by those regardedas well Informed in London to derive an Income of

no less than $700,000 from her American invest-ments, which comprised not only railroad holdings,

but likewise American Sugar Refinery stock, Amer-ican Steel and "Wire Company stock, as well as the

bonds of the Tennessee Coke and Iron Company.

Uniqu-e Compliment Paid to the

American Secretary of State.Only those who are acquainted with Court and

offioin.l life abroad can appreciate the complimentpaid by King Leopold to Colonel Hay In travellingto Nauheim in order to have a couple of hcure' talkwith him. "When a monarch calls upon a foreignstatesman In the city where the former may happento be stayiny the attention thus bestowed Is re-garded as a very signal honor, which is heraldedfar and wide as such In the press. But for areigning sovereign

—and a septuagenarian one nt

that— to undertake n ralrway Journey of some lengthfor tho purpose of paying a visit of an hour or twoto a powerful foreign Minister, with the avowedobject of discussing questions of Internationalpolicy, constitutes a tribute not only to the esteemin which the American Secretary of State is heldabroad, but also to the mluht and prestige of theUnited Staiei. It is Indeed a compliment uniqueend unprecedented, which will be looked upon assuch in every capital of the Old World, especiallycoming as it does from a ruler who. in spite of hisunpopularity, is Justly regarded as one of the mostastute and far sighted of European sovereigns.

THAT CALL ON JOHN HAY.

DUTCH CROWN OUT OF Oil*

The reigning family of Holland wan formerly

Interested to the extent of many millions of dollarsin various oil fielflß and oil wells around Plttsbunr,which fact was revealed through the late King's

gift of some of his oil stocks to his American born

favorite. Mm'-. Musard, who played a considerablepolitical role during th« last six or seven years of.

the reign of Napoleon 111 In Paris, being gener-

ally credited with h^virK prevented the Bale ofLuxemburg by th« late Klr.r In 1858, a sale whichwould undoubtedly liave brought on the Franco-

German war two years earlier than Its actual oc-currence. It '.a understood that the Dutch reigning

house has transferred, alnoe the development of theStandard Oil Company as a virtual monopoly, ItsInvestments Jn American oil to American railroads*

KING GEORGE'S GREAT COUP-But the sovereign that has undoubtedly derived

the largest fortune from American enterprises

is King George of Greece, who when he waselected to the Hellenic throne was a pennilessmidshipman Inthe English navy, eon of an almostequally Impecunious father, who had not at thattime succeeded to the crown *of Denmark. Indeed,King George (who, by the bye, was christened\u25a0William) was fit the masthead of his ship by way

of punishment for some youthful indiscretion orbreach of discipline v.hen tho delegates of the

Greek National Assembly mil the representatives

of four of the great powers guaranteeing the in-dependence of Greece came en board to announceto him without any warding whatsoever that he

bad been elected Kin? of Greece. It was a case

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The schedule of closing of Transpacific Masai Is ar-ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted ovtr-laad transit t« port of sailing. The final cor.n«rt;r.g Rial!*(except RegUtereii Transpaclilc Mat!<i dti?atehed v;aVancouver, victoria, Tacoma or Seattle, which oi»«e 8p. m. previous day> close at the General PostotSce. New-Yorlc, as fi>llows:Hawaii, Jajan. Korsa. China and Philippine Islands, v!»

San Frarciaco, c!oua at It p. m. Juca 2 for Uisjatcb,per s. s. Mongolia.

New Zeaiar.d. Australia fsscert Wesfi. New Caledonia.Samoa. Hawaii a:-.: FIJI Island*, via San !n:

-.\u25a0 ,

close at A p. m. Juno 3 for •>: j:-h per s. s. Sonoma.(If the ' .".aj- 1 iiumir carrying the Krttt»h mall f"rNew-Z*a!ar.il not arrive In time to ror.n*et withthis dispatch, extra malls

—cloelnjr at B:3O ». a.. »:»>

a m. a:»J 6p. m.: Sur-Jays at \u25a04:*'» a. n».. t» a. m. and0 p. m.

—willb« m»fl« u;> ar.l forwarded until the ar-

rival cf th* CunaM am«r iJat-an (exc«i>t Paro«!s-Po»t Malls), Korea. China and

Philippine lalaada via >ancourer and Victoria, B. C.close at Ip. m. June 6 fur atspa per s. s. Emprtssof Japaji.

Japan. CVrea. China and specially addressed mall for th»Phllippla* Islands, via S»-att!.\ close at 8 p m. Jur.aT for diKpatch per • s. Kana«awa Maru.

Hawaii. Jaran. Korea. I'hlna and Philippine Islands. v!>*f*uiFn»n<-l>oo. clcs* at tt p. m. June IS for dispateip«r a. s China.

Hawaii, via TnmimetK close at 6 p. m. June 12 fordispatch per ». s Aiameda.

Hawaii, via t-an Krancisoo, close it•

p. m. Jun« 17 fordispatch per s. *\u25a0 NeJ>ra»kan.

Fiji island*. Australia (except TVest) and Xww-Ckledicla,via Van.-ou«»r and Victoria. B. C. Jose at

• p. nv.Jun* 17 for dispatch per a. s. Aorsxgi.

Philippine Islands and Guam, via fan Francesco, ctoa*at rt p. m. June 25 fcr dispatch per V. S. Transport.

Tahiti and Mirque*as Island*, via Fan Franc!><oo. ciaa«at «p. m. June VSt for dispatch p#r s. s. >'. \u25a0\u25a0

--»a.

Manchuria (except Mouk.len. New-Chwanii and Port Ar-*thnr) and Eastern Siberia Is at :rr-.t -.; forwarded v.iRj^sla. ,

NOTI3.—

I'niesa n-wiae addre»jed. West Australia '.tfor»anl»«l via Kurope; N«-w-Ze*:ari vm ?m Francisco.and certain places in the <I«.tr.»«* Province <\t Yunnan.via British India— the quickest routes. Philippines spe-cially aidrcsjed "via Kurope" must b« fullyprepaid atthe foreign rates. Hawaii is forwarded via Ban Fran—el»ct> ex '...-> .

WILT R. "VTILI.COX.T UISISSHSI.Postofflce, «>ew-York. N. T.. Mar M. !•*\u25a0 _^J

MAILS FORWARDED OVERLAXTX ETCL. TXr^mnuMefucmc

Molls (except Jamaica and lU.-.a-naj) are fcrwardedl:dally to ports orsailing. The CQNNECTXNa rreila ci-»«at tne General PostcSce, New-Tors, as tollows:CXnSA, via Port Tampa, at \u2666* *>a. m Moajay, Wednee*;

day asd Saturday .also from Xew-Yora. Thursday an*Saturday, \u25a0»«• above i.

MEXICO CITY, overland, at 1:30 p. m. ar-d lt»:30 p. ct«,daily exc«st 3uK.lay; Sunday at Ip. m. and 10:SO p. tn,

KEWi'OCNDLAND (.except I'arcels-Pcst Mail*),via NortS3ydhey >'. 7 P m Monday. '.Vednes'tay an>l Saturday(also occasionally from New-Toriand Pollaticlphia. 3e»above).

MIQUELOI>r. via Boston and North Sydney, at 4:30 p. m.every ctaar Suaday (June *and V. etc.).

JAMAICA. via Boston, at 7 p. m. X-'sday a-. J Friday(slsa from New-Yorlt on Saturday- See above) .

CO^TA RICA, via Ne«r-Or>ans. at tlO:r/> p. ir. Tue*3ar.BRITISH HO.VI>CRA3. HONDURAS (E«jt Co«si} acl'

OL'ATSMALA. via New-Orlesus. at tlu:3o p. m Moa-day (AVe.t Oast of Honduras la dispatched froraNew-York via Panama. Be« above.)

NICARAGUA .Fast Co»»t>. via NeTT-Or!ean», at tlO:3Op. m T\**lr.esday. (West Coast cf Nicaragua Is dis-patched from New-York v!a Panama. Bea above.)

PANAMA a- « CANAL ZONE, via New-Orfuns, at tlf»:3»p. m.. Buadny (After l«:30 p. m. ijundav aal unt'.raalHrg of N«w-Yorlt Btearoer. mall for Parana anirural Zone I*held for ta« Xew—Yoric steamer. a«ea^ove.)

tß»g!s:er»3 Mall far overland £i*ratca*s closes) atIp. a.previous day.

roatofflc* >ut»«e.(Should be read DAILYby all Interested, «a changnemay occur at any tlme>>Foreign mails for the we«k ending Jane S, IJOS. will

cioe» (promptly In ail cases) at th« <>en*t«.l Postofflc*as follows: Registered and Parc«la-Past Malta elos«one hour earlier than closing time shown below. Par-cels-Puac lUi.a for Oeriu^ay cloae at & p* m. Mar 'J»and June a.

Parcels-Post Malls for Oreat Britain and Inland aredispatched by the White Star Lin*on Wednesdays at. 1by the American Lice on Saturdays. Aa additional'dispatch is made by the Canard Lino when a Cu*ax-Vsteamer sails on Saturday later than th» Am^rtaaivLine steamer th« same day. The P%rc«l*-£>oal mail*close one hour before the regular mails.Taroels-Post Mall for Barbados and Great Britainan.l Ireland cannot be registered.HeguJar and Supplementary mail* close at For»lir«>Station (corner of West and Morton Btreetai half hoo»ifllt,V*«cIl

"11 m* shown below («*c*Pt Sujple-.men tary Mails for Europe and Central America. »:•Colon, close one hour later at Foreign Station).

TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.H-EiSIMr 30;— At H».30 a. m. (surF:eaieatary 11 •, m.».lor Europe, per s. s. Kronprir.* Wuhelm, via Plymwth,'remen; it 11 L m for Italy elreaa

W|^ 'AnVtVNo^'urt^^a.*Teutonl^ via Queenatown and LlT«rpool:aA:2O a. m.fcr Netherlands direct (spedaUy address^ oniy>. peras. Nowdam; at 9.30 a. aa. f>r Italy direct (a:

to^US^J00'Ip*r •• "• ar?*dl Torino.THL'RSDAT U)—At 7a. m. for franco. Bw'.uer'.an LItaly, Spain. Portugal. Turkey. Egypt. Greece and Brit^isn India, per •. a. La Lorrain*. yl*Havro (Also c.hr

atiuiraer) Eurol>#*

L*a «ii«<iiaUy addre«3»i tar this!FRIDAY (2)

—At 7 p. m. for Azores Island*. per a. a.Romanic, from Boston. \u25a0

SATURDAY .3)- At 6 a. m. for Europe, per a. a. St..Paul. via Plymouth and Cherbourg (Including Llv*r-<?pool. •<--t!ard and Ireland when specially addressed bamtr.ia steamer); at 6:80 a. ra. for Scotland direct .spe-cially addressed only), per a. a. Caledonia.; at ••30 a.m. for Btljvim I'arc«l»-Post Malls. per a. s. aeelaa<t(also regular mail for BelKtum when specially auWdressed for tM» steamer); at 8:80 a. m. for Italy direct•specially addressed otily>. per a. a. Princes* Irene; a»11:30 a. m. (supplementary l p. m.> for Europe, pera. a. Campania, via Queenstown and Liverpool.

UAILS FOR SOrTH ANT> CENTRAL AMEKTCA^WEST INDIES. ETC.

MONDAY (2&)—

At &SO a. m. for Argentina Uruguayaj>d Para«-uay, per a. a. Ut. NlcholaaTUESDAY <80)

—At 7:30 a. m. for Newfound:..

-per

a. a. Rosalind.THURSDAY .I)—^t9 a. m for Cuba. Yucatan and Cara-

pechv, per m. a. Esperanza (also otter parts of llcxlct>when rceciaUy addreeii».l for this st»amer»; «t B:art a.m. (supplementary H>:3O n. m.) fr>r Inaena. H«lr' untColombia, except Cauca Department and Carthagena.per \u25a0. a. Oraecta iincluding Cap* Haiti. Ton da faXand Ca: thim^na when specially a.idress^a for thlasteamer): at 10 a. m. for Grenada. St. Vl-ccnt. Trini-dad. Cludad Bolivar and Guiana, per s. s. Maraeaa; at12 m. fur Yucatan, per ». a. tUyamo fftlsja other ;-..rrjof Mexico wiien syevially addreseoi for this s:.-an:er>.

FRIDAY <2 \u25a0— At 8:30 a. m. (supplementary 10:30 a. m.)for Nicaragua (except East Coast). Honduras (exceptEast Coast), Salvador, Panama. Canal Zone, Canea De-partment cf Colombia, Ecasior. Peru. Bolivia an*Chill,per s. s. Orizaba, v!a Calon (also Guatemala wher»,Bperlafly a<Hres»^d for tha *tetim«r»: a' 10 a ra. fo^British HonJura*. per s. a. FJan.irla talso Livingston.and Puerto Cartea when specially addr»sae.i for thl»steamer), at 12 m. (supplementary 12:3«> p. m.) for Ba-hamas, p^r s. s S.iratoca (alao Ltuntrao a-1 .<ia«tlajro when specially aldressM for tbia ft^anr-r): alll:*>a. m. (aupr>l»nieiitary 12:8t> p. m.> for St. Thomaji,Bt, Crolx. leeward and Windward Islands and Guiana,per s. s. Fontabe'le (Including' Barb&d*>s when •racially'a<l3r»fF».l for this steamer).

SATURDAY—

At S:Ei> a. m. (mippleaianUry 9:30 a. m >for Curacao and Venezuela, p*r s. a. Zulla i.iJso Co—lomtla, via Curacao, when sreciaily aiHr«»e»4 for thl»steamer); at 9 a. r.. for Porto Illctx per s. m. Coam-i,

via San Juan; at 0:30 a. m. (supplementary 10:30 a. m >for Fortune Island. Jamaica anl Colombia. exe«[>kriau^a and Xagdalena Departments, p^r s a. Altai(also Panama. Canal Zonj and Costa Ri<*»> when spe-cially B'Mrassed tot this tteame*>; at 10 a. in. fa*Cuba, per f. a. Mexico, via Havana.

NOTICE.—

Five cer.ts per half a .r.^e, tn addition to tltejregular postage, rr.ust be pr«r»li )a all letters fot»«»warded by tha Supplementary Mai's, and !»tr»rs d«po*»ited la the drops narked "Letters tor Foreign Coun-^tries." •\u25a0\u25a0-. the of the Regular Mall, for dls-^rateh b\- a particular vessel, will net M«o ferward»>iunless such additional p«?stai;» is fully pre^atij t^ereoajby stamps. Supplementary Tranaat \u25a0-••\u25a0 Malta are a!sa»opened on the piers of the American. English ar. VFrench steamers, whenever the sailings eocay at •>a. m cr later; and la?» rra!! "- "•' '* deposlt»l '\u25a0- th««

tna'l boxes ca t*ie piers of the Oerman Lines sailing:from H^holten. The mat's on th» piers open one hemnand a half b«for« sai'' Urn«, ana elns« ten mtnute*before sailing time. Only regular p'«taga (letters; %cents \u25a0 calf ounce !• reo«ired en artists ira!>i on tha.piers of the American, XvTilte «ar and German \u25a0*\u25a0».post) steamers; double postage Qnlai 10 cent* a hali!ounca) on. other Knea.

In t!il« diagram the continuous white line shows the

change* in pressure as Indicator by The Tribune's self-recording barometer. Tn* dott-d linophows the tempera-

ture as recorded by the local Weather Bureau.

Local Official R«*eord.—

The followlne official recordfrom the Weather Bureau shows the changes in the tem-

perature for the last twenty-four hours, In comparison

with the corresponding date last year:

lint. 1905. | »•"*• !«»•8 a. m R7 C2;ffj>. m 70 70!,„ r.s e-j o p. m TO WIt5;::::.:.::•« •••\u25a0• » ». » $7 •*12m../... 73 7B! 1« p. m *»

-• p. m

"i; ' 4|

Hlsh'st temperature, yesterday, 77 degree-, lowest, 61;

average. •*: average for corresponding data last year, 87;average for coiTesponJlng d ;

* lint Sweaty \u25a0>»\u25a0 years, 03.

Loral Forecast.— to-day and Tuesday; light west-

erly wiada.

"Forecast tor Special Localities.— For Eastern New-York a.nd New-England, fair to-day and Tuesday; lightwest winds.

For New-Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware,fair to-day; Tuesday increasing cloudiness; light variablewinds.

l-'br the District of Columbia, fair to-day and Tuesday;light variable winds.

for Western l'eun»ylvan'.a ana Western New-York, fairto-day; Tuesday Increasing cloudiness; light variablewinds.

Official Record and Forecast.— hias 'on. Mar It,

—The southwestern depression has finally advancednortheastward across the Rocky Mountains and to-nightoccupies Kansas, Western Ttx&s and Southeastern New-

Mexico. Ithas deepened somewhat and now forms a de-pression o( rattier wide extent, although the winds havenot as yet become brisk. Fair weather has prevailed,except in the middle MissUsiopl Valley, th« Missouri Val-ley, the plain* States and the Rocky Mountain region,where there have been scattered showers and thunder—storm*. Clgbt rains have also fallen In (Borgia andCentral Alabama.

The temperature changes have been unimportant, ex-cept that colder weather prevails in the plateau region.

Showers and thunderstorms are Indicated for MondayIn the Mlralsslppl Valley, and thence westward to IncludeKansas, Nebraska and the .Dakotas. Th«re willalso beshowers in the west portion of the upper lake region, andthe. rain area. will probably exW-nd Into the Ohio Valleyand the lower lake region by Tuesday. Important tem-perature changes aro not anticipated.

The wir.de along the New-England and Middle Atlantlocoafcts will be light westerly: South atlantio and EastGulf coaau light and variable; West Gulf Coast freshsoutheasterly; on th« lower lakes light and variable, andon the upp«r lakes fresh east to northeast.

Steamers departing Monday for European, ports willhave light westerly winds and fair weather to tha GrandBanks.

THE WEATHER REPORT.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.ALBEMARLE- J. E. Hargreaves, Eng-

land. A»TuK-D. L. Marshall. Boston. CAM-BRIDGK—J. D. Henly Luce, Boston; Mrs. GeorgoPeabody "Wetmore. Newport. HOFFMAN—K. J.Duke, Richmond. Va. HOLLAND— H. Eck-els. Chicago; Lord Falconer. England. IMPERIAL—

M. K. Bannister, proprietor of "The New-ZealandTimey

"Wellington, N. Z. MAJESTIC—J. B. Kel-

logg. Chicago; George T. Deforest, Detroit. MAN-HATTAN— O. Lacey, London. XIL'RAYHlLL—Professor F. C. Ayer. Georgetown D. O.VICTORIA—CarIo Pfeister, military attache of theItalian Legation: Washington. WALDORF-AS-TORIA—L. C. Hanna. Cleveland; M. E. Inga'Us,president of the "Big Four" railway system .Cin-cinnati.

Conductor and Engineer Discharged forCarelessness.

Columbia, S. C,May 28.—As a result of the re-cent official investigation into the cause of thewrecking of Robert C Ogden's special train nearGreenville In April, the Southern Railway officialslast nightannounced the discharge of J. K. Hunter,engineer, and Acker, conductor. These employesare charged with the responsibility fcr the accidentbecause they are alleged to have entered the yardwithout having their train under control.

WHAT IS GOING ON TO-BAY.Religious service* front of Custom Bout* and Stock

Exchange, noon.Priie day of Choir School. Cathedral of St. John the

Divine. Synod Hall. Amsterdam-are., near 311th-Bt.,8:."0 p. m.

First trip public coach Vigilant from Holland Hems* andSuburban Riding and Driving Club at Fort Wash-ington, 5:30 p. m.

Dinner to Major General A?b»rt yon Pflster, of Stuttgart.Qorir.ar.y, Hotel Astor. evening.

Commencement exercises of Gardner School. 8 p. m.Annual smoker Republican Union, 2Sth Assembly Dis-

trict, No. 163 Kas: 91st-*:., 8 p. m.Special meeting: Mount Morris Republican Club. No 8

West. 113th-st. : Benaior I'asa tai *» on \u25a0\u25a0".as." 8:30p. m.

WILBUR N. WATERBURY.[BT telegraph TO the tbibuxb.]

Stamford. Conn., May 2S.— Wilbur N. Waterbury.a brother of John I.Waterbury. president of theManhattan Trust Company, of New-York, died fromapoplexy this afternoon at his- home, in SprlngdaleMr. Waterbury was stricken on Wednesday whiledriving with Mrs. Waterbury.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OGDEN WRECK.

WILLIAM B. CROSBY.William Bedlow Crosby, one of the oldest lawyers

In this city, consul general at Rome In 1873, diedSaturday night at the home of hla brother-in-law,

Robert J. Powell, at Dobba Ferry. He was sixty-

three years old. The cauie of his death was heartfailure. Mr Crosby was paymaster In the r.avy Inthe war. He was a member of the New-York BarAssociation, the Sons of the RevDiutlon, and adirector of the Manhattan Bye ard Kar Hospital.

D. J. O'DAY.Lima. Ohio, May 2S.—D. J. O"Day, general super-

intendent of the Standard Oil Company's interestswtst of Pennsylvania, died to-day after an Illnessof several weeks. Death was duo to a collapse ofthe nervous system.

STEPHEN HOLLY MILLER.Katonah, N. V., May 28— Stephen Holly Miller

died at his home. Mount Holly,to-day, aged eighty-two years. He was for thirty years assessor ofthe town of Belford and for thirty-four years aroad commissioner. He was under sheriff of West-ch"»ter County for many years. He leaves awidow, three sons and two daughters. The sonsare in business in New-Yirk City. The intermentwill be in the family plot in Bedford X'nlon, Bed-ford.

Committee of Four Hundred Requests Aid

of AllInterested.Washington. May ».—The executive council oi the

National Committee of Four Hundred to promote

the establishment of the University of the UnitedStates, after consideration of tho efforts made by

lta members to unite the various university organi-

zations at Washington in one great university ofthe highest rank, and their final failure throughthe prevailing Influence of local and denominationalforces to-day lssu-d a statement declaring; it to be

the duty of ths National University Committee andof the National Educational Association and othersInterested In tho higher education to devote them-elves with new energy to the early establishment

of tho University of the United States on the baalsof tne billlintroduced by Senator Prye at the lastsession of Congress.

The committe* fays that no university organiza-tion yet claiT-red can meet tha demands of in"

country for such a university at the national'capi-tal as* shall be national, non-dcnomliuitioaal andnon-partisan, graduate in ail departments andclosely related to other American educational In-

stitutions all to "make of Washington a chief cen-tre of learning for the world.'

imiVEKSITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

CLEVBR MOVE IN THE ORIENT.

In conceding the title of King and the predi-

cate of Majesty to the Ameer of Afghanistan,

the British government, which has acted In the

matter on the advice of Lord Curzon, hns done aremarkably clever thing, which will go further to

identify Afghanistnn with Hrlti.«h interests in Asia

than anything elfi.? which has been accomplished

In that direction. Both the lute ruler of Afghanis-

tan and Mi successor have always resented theattempts formerly made by tho British government

to place them on the same level as the feudal bov-

eretgn* of India, and to treat them as mere vassals,

instead of as allies. The Indian eeml-ino'eper.dent

rulers are all subject to the supervision and control

of the Viceroy of India and cannot communicate

either with the British government or with KinsFdward excepting through him. This control v

rigorously applied to such an extent Indeed that

the great mahaxajahs cannot even leave the Dec-can without the Viceroy's permission. Th-J Afghan

rulers have always rebelled against this submission

toCalcutta, and the late Ameer, it may bo remera-bfrod s«;nt his second son, tho Shaharadza, to

London on a special mission In order to secure a

different status from that of the Indian vassal rul-

ers. But he was unsuccessful, and It Is only now

that the aspirations and demands of the afghan

ruler have been granted and that he has been

thereby converted from a discontented and unrelia-

ble vassal Into a royal and powerful ally, an ally

whose dominion* constitute the buffer State be-

tween Russl* and British India.

Itis a great mistako to imagine that the Russians

a-e so much taken up by their ruver.-es in Man-

churia that they have no time to attend to theirInterests in Central Asia, for within the last six

or eight months they have laid lines of railroad

from Merv to the Afghan frontier, near Herat, and

from their main line at Samarkand to Tennes,

on the Oxns, a spot on the Afghan border line

within striking distance of Cabul. These railroadsare purely and avowedly strategic, and it Is not

astonishing that tl.e military activity of Russia

in th* direction of India, which can have but one

object, namely, the invasion of the latter, should

have impressed upon I*>rd Curson and upon the

English government the urgent necessity of con-verting Afghanistan Into a bulwark against the

14u.-siaa advance, instead of pennlttlns the Ameer

to become an allyof the Csar.MARQUISE DE FONTBNOT.

So far us is known. Lord Lanpdowna Is the onlyforeign statesman of Importance a portion ofwhoso fortune is Invested In this country, and fromthe list of the stockholders in the Northern Se-curities Company It appears that this nobleman.who, as Foreign Minister, directs th« internationalpolicy of the British Empire, has over H,0«».00O of

his money embarked in this company alone. Itspeaks vnlumes for his confidence not merely Inthe future of America, but also in the permanenceof tho friendly relations betwer-n the United States

and Great Britain. Were the Foreign Minister ofany other great power to be thus financially inter-ested In American enterprises It would doubtlessexcite much comment and discussion. But the- factof his being an English statesman seems to renderIt quite natural, just as natural Indeed as it hasuppearf'cl that for the last eighteen months of Mr.Choate's tenure of the American Embassy in Lon-don he should have made its headquarters at the

private residence on Carlton House Terrace of Ar-thur Balfour, the Prltlsh Premier— his landlord. Isuppose that it nan t>een th« first occasion of anAmerican rlag flying permanently from abovo thehoupo of a British Prime Minister.

LORD LANBDOWNB'S CONFIDENCE.When, in addition to all this, ItIs home In mind

that there Is hardly a single European sovereign

Who Is not inmiiPd in American life Insurance com-panies, It will b« admitted that the anointed ofthe Ixirdin tho OM World pay an eloquent tributeto the prosperity and the promise of tho IStates.

ftf rapid promotion with a vengeance. He hadgone to the masthead as a midshipman Indisgrace

and returned an hour afterward to find himselfa full-fledged king and addressed by his captain

with profound respeot aa "Tour Majesty."To-day he possesses one of the largest fortunes

of any crowned head in Europe. He derive* Itnotfrom any Barings of the civil list, which Is a smallone. not exceeding $200,000, half of which has to beguaranteed by the great powers, owing to tho scarc-ityof money in Greece. His wealth owes Its origintobold and successful speculation In American grain,chiefly at Chicago, during the war between Russiaand Turkey, some threo-and-twenty years ago. Atthat time the late Genera! Meredith Read wasUnited States Minister at Athens, and as soon asever he perceived that hostilities between Turkeyand Russia had became inevitable he hastened topoint out to the King that, owing to the closing

of tho Dardanelles to all chips carrying Russiangrain and the Turkish blockado of Odessa andother South Russian grain ports. England andother countries, where more attention Is demoted tomanufacturing- and to mining than to agriculture.and which had until then regarded Russia us theirgranary, would b« forced to look to America fortheir breadstuffs, at any rate while the war wasin progress. On the strength of this ;.;*viro Kin?George Inaugurated a series of spoliations InAmerican grain, ell of which w»rn attended withthe most marvellous success. A considerable part

of this big fortune, which may be said to be of anexclusively American origin, is, Iunderstand, in-vested In railroads in the United States.

Action to Foreclose on a Place

Where President Tyler Lived.Action has been brought by William M. Evarts

against ••-. Margaret J. Cornell and J. B. Mayer

to foreclose a mortgage on the old Tyler property.In Clove Road and Broadway. Wept New-Brighton,

Btatea Island, at one time the home of PresidentJohn Tyler.

The property In 1535 was bought by Mr*. Eli«aRacey. of New-York •who In JS37 built the houseknown fee the TyKr mansion. When Mrs. Raoey

&>A the property was sold to Charles E. and Wlll-larn H. Rxce.y. and subsequently to Mrs» JulianaGartfir.T. mother of Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler, wifeof President John T>Jer. Mrs. Gardiner willed theprot»rty to Mrs. Tyler. Her brother, John L.Gar-diner, contested the will,but la 1&68 sold his Interestto Mm. Tyler. The cost of contesting the willhadso £eplet*d Mrs. Tyler's resource! tbat in 1878 theplace -

-a sold to William M. Evarte, a relative ofMrs. Tyler. Mrs. Tyler and her family soon movedawuy, and the hous« became th« home of the Rus-e!aa Consul General. In IS&7 the property was pur-chased by Otto Ahlman, cashier of the Bank offittuten Island, who committed suicide on DecemberO, ISO2. and who was subsequently found to be adefaulter of 5200.000.

At the time of the purchase of the property AW-man was Involved In financial dlffloultles and askedMm. Cornell to take title to the property, which sheC'.t. Later Mra. Cornell offered to buy the propertyoutright, and although she paid more than one-halfof Ihe purchase price, sue may now lose all that shepaid. The receiver of t;.e bank is made a party tothe suit, to cover any legal entanglement that mayfcrtee in the court*. The defendants. Mrs. Cornelland Receiver Mayer, willcontest the appointment ofa referee to se!l "the property, since If the propertyIs sold under a foreclosure they will be wiped outaitd any equity either has in the property will be•ML

OBITUARY.

Special Notices.

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