y ov LXV N° 21,477.
SEARCH FOR CANDIDATE.
JEROME SURPRISES C. V.
fusion Conferrees Seeking Other
Sam for Mayor.
City politicians opposed to Tammany ex
pressed great interest yesterday in the pub
lished Statement of District Attorney Jerome
that -not under any circumstances" would he
be a candidate for Mayor at the coming mu
nicipal election, hut that he will be a candidate
for -^-election as District Attorney. Repunli
r«r 'ana S members of Urn Municipal Ownership
L-acue were plainly leased that Mr. Jerome
had "taken himself out of the list of possibilities
for the Mayoralty nomination, although they
teemed to differ somewhat in belief as to Mr.
J.rome's reason for the step he had taken.
Me of influence in the Citizens Union seemed
b o*th hurt and amazed by Mr. Jerome's state-
because he seemed to indicate that
2 ;; e arded them as "fool friends." and amazed
♦hat he seemed to have so little regard for the.
arnounce-ent that he was the only candidate
Air Mayor the Citizens Union had.
R Fulton Cutting was at Tuxedo yesterday
and declined to talk about Mr. Jeromes state
ment savin* he was too Indisposed to take up
any discussion of a political nature. & ome of
hi" close friends in the Citizens Union who were
in town said they did not know of any man the
union would recommend for nomination for
Mayor In Mr. Jerome's place.
• i think It is certain." said a member of the
Citizens Union committee of sixteen on con
ference, "that our committee will have a meet
ing some time before Thursday to talk over tho
situation, in view of Mr. Jerome's positive an
nouncement that he will not be a candidate to
Mayor. We may not decide on another candi
date but we shall be prepared to act as a unit
when we get to the conference at the Repub
lican Club next Thursday night.
WiHiam Halpin. president of the Republican
County Committee, was out of town yesterdaj.
hut some of the district leaders said the imme
diate result of Mr. Jerome's letter Probably
would be the presentation of the name of Charles
A Schieren by the Republicans as a candidate
for Mayor at the conference on Thursday night
Mr Sehleren, they said. war. the first choice of
the Republicans for the Mayoralty nomination.
but if Mr. Schieren could no* head the fusion
ticket the names of such other Republicans as
Louis Stern, Lieutenant Governor M. Linn
Bruce or Thomas L Hamilton probably would
be suscested at the conference.
S^me members of th- Municipal Ownership
League seemed pleased at the thought that the
elimination of Mr. Jerome from the list of
Mayoralty candidates gave a good opportunity
for the nomination of ex-Senator John Ford as
the fusion candidate. They paid that If Mr. Ford
could not be nominated an effort would be made
to get an agreement on either Justice Gaynor
or Judge Beabury.
Tammany leaders in the city were smiling and
silent last evening when asked about a report
that Mr. Jerome would be nominated for District
attorney by Tammany Hall as a reward for
refusing to be a rival of Mayor McClellan in the
coming election. It was said that Charles F.
Murphy had given orders that no Tammany
leader should speak ill of Mr. Jerome.
JEROME MAKISG CHAIR.
"Not a Mayor's One." He Says —
His Refusal Final
tßv T'lpsrarn to The Tribune. 1
Lakevfile, Conn.. Sept. I.— With hi? definite state
ment of last rich' District attorney Jerome has re
lapsed Into rtlenee. and hi? next political utterance
w<»l in all probability b« reserved for the time when
be me, hi? petition for a renominatlon as District
..... Bo far as he is concerned the discussion
of the Mayoralty situation is at an end. Mr.
Jerome's belief that his line of duty lay In seeking
j-^.^lfction • -, his present position has l->een un
changed since be originally declared his detcrmir.^
tir.n in Albany last winter
It was not ■.:-:•'! this campaign resulted in raising
tin question of hi.- Domination at the fusion confer
cn^r. ja^t week thai Mr. Jerome realized the possi
bility of a mistake by th» public a? '<■> his own
•tvjsh"!: 3P<l his own intention* He steadily adhered
to the belief that hi" public declaration of August I
covered the ground. His statement last nisrht »■?«
made so that n<-> friend of his could hereafter mis
miderstand • ■;-,•> strength as well n.<= the sincerity of
his determination thai under no circumstances
■n-ould he he a .-nndifiate for Mayor this year.
To mf«ke This entirely clear. Mr. Jerome made his
Statement of last night n'l-emhraclrß. To his pre
vious declaration of preference he added the final
declaration that "under no conceivable circum
■Unces*' w.uld h« i->«* a mayoralty candidate this
year, Some tune' In the next few weeks his nomi
nation papers for District Attorney will he filed.
Apparently this Is the only other document in evi
dence at his pur poses thru he run now submit. In
t.-.e mean tim» he ha? returned to hip shop, where
he is construc'ttng. not a clock, as in i>v; but a
chair— "not a Mayor's chair." he declared, his sol«
□onnaeni to-day.
Mr. Jerome will come to New-York to-morrow
y'.gh' or Tuesday morning". His cold Is much lm
proved He saw no visit of political Importance
to-day. Alfred W. Ho.icier. hi* secretary, and John
A. Henneberry of hie Staff, are with him
MR. ROCKEFELLER WEARS A WIG.
Ushers at Church Fail to Recognize Him—
Ask Him to Come Again.
fßv T«iegr*ob '••'■ Th* Trittune.l
Cleveland. =.-. ' 3. lohn D. Rockefeller appeared
at the serv* es o* the BuclM Avenue Baptist Church
this moraine wearing a wig '■' ■ c>r^i gray, which so
changed hta • trance thai the usher* took him
for a newcomer and extended an invitation to
s.tu-r.4 services regularly before they recognised
him Friends saM after the «f-rvi^es that they knew
no reason why Mr. Rockefeller begran wearing a
wig
CHINESE GAMBLERS INVADE JEBSE
Thirteen Celestial:- Arrested in a Raid Play
ing Dominoes and Dice.
The first Chinese (ambling house ever known In
Jersey City was discovered last night in the rear
of h restaurant at No. 301 Henderson-si It was
raided -by In?p<x'tor Archibald and a squad of men
'.-. in Headqu ■■ ra Lee Foj and Lee Fl. the pro
:?M«tor«. and eleven Chinamen, who were playing
dumtnota and throwing dice for money, were ar
resYed arid !<v:r:fd up. The place was started, It is
said, to aceomic<><i,it'-- players who do not care to
rtel th' : ir lives In Chinatown.
MAY CHALLENGE FOR AMERICA'S CUP.
Montreal. Sept. •'$.— The Pilgrim football team
from England arrived on the steamer Bavarian
last night. Sir Charles Klrkpn trick, one of the
fam. announced that !h« visit would develop
something new in connection with the America's
Cup. It is supposed that Sir Ernest Cocbrane.
who gives an international cop for football be
tweea the British Isles and America, may chal
lenge for the America's Cup.
NOTHING QUITE EQUALS IT.
■, dr. Twentieth Century Limited, the 18-hour train
!/i-.iv(-n K«w Y<<rk and Chicago r..- the New Y»rk
I '•■•■.»! i! I.inf-- K«='vr- .NVw Yoi k :'..:/» I. M arrlv
vh. ..,, . *..ou .... i a nimbi's iu.'.-.\d.i.
To-day, cloudy, with sbowen.
To-morrow, fair; lißlit to froth »onth winds.
BOMB IN HOLIDAY CROWD.
OVER THIRTY VICTIMS.
Explosion on Marine Parade at
Barcelona — Five Mortally Hurt.
Barcelona, Sept. 3.— A bomb exploded with
prent force this afternoon on the Marine Parade,
which was thronged with holiday makers. A
panic ensued. The victim* numbered between
thirty and sixty, including on* woman killed and
five persons mortally wounded.
The bomb was conical In shape, and was
covered with cement. The perpetrator of the
outran is unknown. One witness says that
early this morning n child was seen to deposit »
bomb nt the foot of a tree, while another ver
sion is that the infernal machine was placed at
the foot of a tree this afternoon, and that the
man who put It there was injured by Its pre
mature explosion.
After the explosion Panama hats, parasols and.
vuaxinK apparel were found strewn about, and
here and there were pools of blood. The dotona
tion was hoard all over the city, and the force
of the explosion threw n coachman from tho
seat of his carriage, fifty yard 3 away. The
bomb was filled with nails and scrap iron.
A workman covered with blood while run
ning awny from the scene was pursued by a
mob which believed him to be responsible for
the outrage, and being caught, was nearly
lynched. The mar. waf taken to a hospital. He
denied he had exploded the bomb.
INSULTS TO MR. TAFT.
Hostile Signs at Canton— Viceroy
Refuses to Meet His Guests.
Hong Kong. Sept. B.— The transport Logan,
with Secretary Tatt and his party on board,
arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning. All
the members of the party are well.
Owing to the unpleasant demonstrations
against America and the display of postera in
Canton, there were long arguments on the Lo
gan whether the party should go to Canton as
planned. Consul General Bragg advised that
the visit be not made
Secretary Tnft, however, decided to go at U
o'clock to-night Ho will reach Canton in the
morning Only men will De jruests at the din
ner which will be given by th« Viceroy, which
will be marked by the absence of that official.
Ir-^resting developments are likely to result as
an outcome of Secretary Taft's visit.
Miss Roosevelt, having obtained the consent
of Becretary Taft. will start at 3 o'clock this
afternron on the t'nitefl States gunboat Callao
for Canton on a visit to Consul General Lay.
Mis* Roosevelt will be accompanied by Miss
Boardman. Miss McMillan. Mrs Xewlands and
Representatives Longworth and Gillette. They
will return to Hnng Kong on Tuesday.
Consul General L*ay has demanded an apology
from the Viceroy for th» insulting posters dis
played at that nlace The Viceroy has given
ampl» assurances that the leaders will be ar
rested and severely punished.
p.-.<-r<=>tary Taft and Miss Roosevelt were en
tertained to-day at a luncheon by Sir Matthew
Nathan. Governor of Hong Kong.
General Corbin and staff will return the calls
of the military and naval commanders.
ALL OUT OF COSFERESCE.
List of British and Continental
Steamship Lines Break Away.
Liverpool, Sept. 3.— the steamship lin^s.
both British and Continental, have broken away
from the North Atlantic Conference and are.
therefor^ free to act independently regarding
passenger rates, etc. It is authoritatively stated,
however, that none of the lines will take the re
sponsibility of making changes, and that every
thing will continue us though the conference
wer« still in existence.
CLUB MEMBER HELD.
: Charged with Felonious Assault on
Organization 's Steward.
John W Haulenbeek, who has a summer home
at Haokensack. N. J.. and is a member of the
Hackensaok Golf Club, was arrested early yes
terday morning, and held In $2,000. by Justice
i M. W. Heath, on a charge of felonious assault
i upon E. Rudolph Schultz. the steward of the
club Schultz IS at the club In a serious condi
tion, and Dr. F. B. Hallett. the attending phys
; ician, says he is likely to die from necrosis of
■ the bone.
It is declared that Haulenbeek struck the
! steward late on Saturday night, felling him to
' the floor Then he jumped on the steward, and
! was striking him vigorously with his fists when
: members of the club interfered Haulenbeek
admitted the charges and said he did not know
why he attacked the steward.
Yesterday morning, when it was seen that th«
■ steward was In a serious condition. Magistrate
< Heath was called in and took the complaint.
j He at once Issued a warrant for Hauenbeek's
arrest
MOUNT A INSIDE RISING.
i Mexicans Think Volcano Forming-
Heat and Great Noises.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
El Paso. Tex.. Sept. 3 —Reports from Mexico
Bay that a volcanic upheaval threatens the city
and valley of San Lucas, whose inhabitants are
i fleeing in terror. The entire side of a precipice
[ about two hundred feet srjuare suddenly moved
upward, and great masses of rock, weighing
many tons each, broke loose and fell into the
valley with a great noise.
For fifteen days the movement was plainly
Uscernlble It was accompanied by great sub
. !rrane an noise, and for two months slight local
earthquakes hay- been of dally occurrence.
people who have arrived recently from San
Lucas declare that the precipice continues to
rise, and portions Of the rock to crumble and
f . lV ,' Of late th- stones have been hot. and a
in believed to be in proces.- of formation,
HEA VY EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
%l( * Bepi ■■ -An unusually heavy earth
." Ans« ' ■- ' as silenced at »:40 o'clock last
Sight! "The disturbance tasted six seconds.
FRONTENAC HOTEL. THOUSAND ISLANDS.
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NEW- YORK MONDAY. SEPTEMBER i. 1905.-TWELVE PAGE&-^T* < SffiSk»-fc» PRICE THREE CENTS.
Tributes From Mikado and Kaiser to President.
Tokio. Sept. 3. 1905.
The President:
I have received with gratification your message of congratulation, conveyed through
our plenipotentiaries, and thank you warmly for it. To your disinterested and unremitting
efforts in the interests of peace and humanity I attach the high value which is their due,
and assure you of my grateful appreciation of the distinguished part you have tiken in
the establishment of peace, based upon principles essential to the permanent welfare and
tranquillity of the Far East. MUTSUHITO.
President Roosevelt alone deaarves the credit for bringing about peace. He was the
only man in the world who could have done it. He did his part splendidly.— Emperor
William to Representative William Aldsn Smith, of Michigan.
MOURNERS OROWMN RIVER
FOUR PERISH IN WRECK.
Ferryboat Rams Steamer — Victims
Returning from Father's Funeral.
Hudson. X. V., Sept. 3.— Four young women,
two of whom were returning from their father's
funeral, were drowned In the Hudson River here
to-day when the small pleasure steamer Young
America was run down and sunk by the ferry
boat George H. Power. The dead are: The
Misses Mary C. Bedell, of No. 477 West 142d-st.,
New-York.; Jennie L. Bedell, same address:
Sarah Brown, of No. 26 Van Buren-st.. Brook
lyn, and Margaret McKay, of Coxsackle, N. Y.
The bodies of Mary C. Bedell and Margaret Mc-
Kay, both twenty years old, have been recov
ered, and search Is being made, for the other
two.
The two boats were trying to pass In a nar
row Ptrlp of deep water between the lightship
Jufit below this i-lty and the edge of the flats
which the ehlp marks. The nwlft current threw
the two boats together heavily, and the lighter
craft, the Young America, sank almost Immedi
ately. Before aid could be sent from the ferry
boat the small steamer had disappeared, carry
ing the four young women to their death.
There were three other persons on board the
Young America, including the captain and en
gineer. These managed to keep afloat until they
were pulled out of the water. All are in the hos
pital here, bur are in no danger
The Misses: Bedell had been at Coxsackle to
attend the funeral of their father, and were on
their way to this city to take passage back to
New -York.
ALMOST ESCAPE PRISOS.
Soldiers Cut Hole Nearly Through
Wall at Fort Hamilton.
An attempt at a prison delivery was dis
covered at Fort Hamilton on Saturday by Lieu
tenant Mitchell Just 06 preparations had been
made to release twenty military prisoners from
the casements of the old fort. The men confined
in the three rooms set aside for prisoners were
transferred from Castle William, at Governor's
Island, several weeks ago to seif.e the remain'
of two year term?. In some unknown way they
obtained small chisel? and removed the bricks
from the walls, which were built nearly half a
century aco.
So deftly did the men carry on the work of
breaking through the eighteen inch wall which
incloses the casements on the land side that
it was not noticed by the guards until the con
cussion of one of the guns caused a brick to
drop from the wall and thus expose the hole
which had been cut through. It la believed that
the cement and brick taken from the hole, which
was nearly a foot in diameter when discovered,
was carried away by a sympathizing guard
The attempt to escape, which ie the second
within a week, was reported to Colonel George
G Greenough, who immediately ordered an in
vestigation The last attempt was discovered
in the early part of last week, when a board
had been removed from th- wooden guardhouse.
The board caused the building to weaken and
drew the attention of a guard almost imme
diately. .
PR ASK CAUSED DEATH.
Stone Thrown at Train by Young
Boy Killed Passenger.
[By Telegraph to Th<« Tribune- 1
Pittsburg. Sept. 3.— George Toal. aged nine,
was arrested to-day, charged with causing the
death of Alexander P. Campbell, of Charleston.
V- va on July IT. A stone was thrown
through the window of a Pullman car on the
Baltimore and Ohio, which struck Campbell in
the head. He died from a fractured skull.
Thomas Delhanty. of the Baltimore and Ohio
secret service, to-day ordered the Toal boy's
arrest. He was taken before Coroner Armstrong.
and only after two hours admitted he did it.
He was placed in the chare* of his sister, to
appear at the inquest next Thursday.
YEMEN REVOLT CRUSHED.
Turkish Troops Take Sanaa—The
Rebels in Flight.
London. Sept. 4.-The correspondent of "The
Morning Post" at Constantinople says that the
expedition sent to the Province of Yemen in
Turkish Arabia has finished its task; that the
Turkish troops have taken Sanaa, the capital of
the province, operations against which were be
gun in July last, and that the rebels have fled In
all directions.
WAY FOR THE "BEDBUG SPECIAL"!
Union Pacific Sends Out Train to Extermi
nate Vermin.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Cheyenne. Wyo.. Sept. 3— An f-xtrn train, called
the 'Bedbug Special." has Just been sent out by
the Union Pacific to exterminate bedbugs and other
vermin in the section bouses along the rood. It Is
equipped with steam hose, poisons and disinfect
ant. steam from th- engine will be used.
MAKE RECORD RUN FOR A BATH.
Men in Special Train Cover 78 Miles in 68
Minutes.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tribune. 1
Philadelphia. Sept. 3 -All records for fast time
between this city and Atlantic City wfre smashed
at midnight on Saturdny by a Pennsylvania ?pc:lal
carrying two Baltimore men to the seashore for a
bath Henry Jane* Pratt and James Madison
Thompson were the bathers.
On Saturday night, while .-rated In a cat* her*.
Mr Thompson remarked that he would like to
I ,'. -,. , dip in the ocean without a bathing suit.
arrangements were made for a train, which cost
I hem SK The run of «eventy-eight miles was
made In sixty-eight minutes. They aplnshcd about
"the surf for an hour and then came back to
i tuln«i< Ip&la.
CITY WADES TO CHURCH.
RAINFALL OF 3.68 IXCHES.
Storm Keeps Visitors Out of Man
hattan and Residents In.
Manhattan was trc-ated to a deluge from Sat
urday evening until Sunday noon, and every
body waded to church. It rained for seventeen
hour?. Luckily It was Sunday morning, and
New-Yorkers could stay at home. The heaviest
of the rainfall was from 7 o'clock until 1<».
The Weather Bureau records the storm as
starting at 5:50 p. m. on Saturday evening, and
continuing until 11 a. m. Sunday morning. Dur
ing that time the record for summer rainfall
this year was broken nearly twice over In the
seventeen hour.': of rain 3 53 inches of water fell.
Up to yesterday this year's record was 1.81
Inches, which fell in the storm of August 15
and lfi.
In this one storm more than one-fifth of the
summer rainfall was exceeded, the rainfali In
1905 for t ho summer months being officially re
corded as 15.42 Inchsa. The city awakened to
find that the gent!'- downpour that started on
Saturday night had developed into almost a
deluge Jupiter Piuvlus was doing his best to
drown New-York out. and a wind from the
northeast was blowing at the rate of thirty-six
miles an hour.
The result was that the streets were converted
Into rivers. The rain ram? too fast for the
sewers to carry the water away, and for hours
streets with Inclines became swirling miniature
rapids, while thosf in a depression or on the
level were converted into lakes. Everywhere
crossings wore submerged and pedestrians were
obliged to ford from curb to curb
CAR TRAFFIC HINDERED.
Manhattan's streetcar traffic felt severely the
effects of the storm. While there were no se
rious tie-ups, yet a large number of cars were
put out of commission by the floods of water.
From 7 o'c'oek until 10 in the morninar tons of
water poured down the channel rail slots. This
resulted in burning out the motors of many cars
all over the system.
Luckily the traffic was light. The severity of
the storm kept the travellers indoors and the
disabled cars were pushed or towed back to the
car barns. In some instances, mostly on the
Bth-ave. line, as many as two disabled cars
wore brought in by one car tbat had safely made
the trip. Had it been a weekday, with the usual
morning rush, a serious He-up would hive re
sulted. As it ■••as, the Sun-Jay morning sched
ule was badly upset on all divisions and there
were long gaps between cars. The officials of
the comrany snid that outside of a few cars
being disabled by short circuits, and the burn
ing out of a few channel rails in places where
the floods were heaviest, the storm had not af
fected them at all.
The streets in lower Manhattan were treated
to a generous flushing out and ran curb-d»ep
with water. Broadwa> acted as a watershed
from the Battery to City Hall, and as a result
the water poured down the 6ide streets both
east and west and converted both South and
West sts into huge lakes. The result was a
general Hooding cf cellars and the imprisoning of
passengerr In the ferryhouseo
SOT-TH-PT. FLOODED.
The water In South-st was not measured, but
surely climbed over the foot mark. At the cor
ner of Fulton and South sts. it covered the aide
walk several Inches, and rr^pt up tn the doors
of Pultor Market At the Fulton ferryhouse the
water from the street, finding no other nutlet.
ran down both runways into the East River. This
made wet walking for the few hardy passengers
who braved the storm.
The cellars of a exeat many buildings In South
st . from Brooklyn Bridee to Wbitehall-st.. were
flooded After the storm was over a large num
ber of employes opened cellars and endeavored
to get rid of the water This was especially true
at Fulton Market, which seemed to have the
deepest water.
Although the sewe-s were not r\n K g*t\. their ca
pacity was far too small to carry off the cataract
of water that engulfed th- street So severe
was the flood that the water boiled up through
the manholes In the street. Several manholes
were forced out of position by the water.
Many possentrers who rame in at 7:30 o'clock
in th-'morninp on the steamer Rl- hard Peck, Of
the New-Haven Line, were held on the boat by
the storm. South-St. at that time was only pass
able by wading ankle deep. Most of the pas
sengers, many of whom were women, had come
to New-York to spend the day. intending to re
turn at night The sight of the South-st flood
discouraged them, -and fifty of them returned
on the boat when she left the city at 0:o0 a. m.
A few men passengers braved wet feet, and
crossed South-st. The same was true of the
passengers who arrived on the Hartford boat.
How much damage has been done to the mer
chandise in cellars will not be known until to
day.
WEST-ST. SUBMERGED.
On West-st the conditions were similar. The
water poured down from the side streets and
spread over the street, forming whirlpools at
culverts and manholes, and rising above the
curb in many places.
To cross the street with dry feet wa-t only
possible with rubber boots, as the water was
over ankle deep. Rather than suffer this dis
comfort passengers who arrived from Jersey
over the Erie. Jersey Central. Lackawana and
Pennsylvania ferries stayed in the waiting
rooms until the water subsided. Passengers
who were bound out of Manhattan over these
ferries took a look at the. flood and waited for
trains' From 7 o'clock until 10 o'clock the
waiting rooms were crowded
Employes of the ferries said that the storm
was the severest of the season, and that the
depth of the water In West-*- was unusual.
Cellars In West-Bt. suffered from the flood in
many Instances, but not so badly as those In
Booth-*. As on the latter street the sewer,
were unable to carry off the water, and owing
to the unusually heavy rainfall In such a short
Period it accumulated rapidly. Several man
holes in Weat-at. were also forced out of posi
tion by the force of the water
The subway service was not affected by the
-to.m Trains were run on schedule, and save
£?£« wSer finding M. way down the stairs
Cuatluucd on BSOSai »■**■
ADRIANOPI.K FIRESWEFT.
Seven Thousand Houses Destroyed
and Many Lives Lost.
Constantinople. Sept. 3.— Fire at Adrianople on
Saturday caused enormous damage. Seven
thousand houses were destroyed In the Greek.
Armenian. Bulgarian and Jewish o.uarters.
There were many victims. With the exception
of the Catholic churr h. the mosques, the schools,
a convent and the telegraph offices, few of the
buildings burned were Insured.
Adrianople, !s the capital of the vilayet of Ailrl
ar.ople. and Is a place of great commercial Im
portance. It was founded by the Emperor Hadrian
about 12:. A D. Its most notable bull«l!«g Is "ie
mosque of Sultan Seiim 11. a building of the .six
teenth century. The peace of Adrlancple, by which
Russia gained many rights in Turkey, was signed
there September 14. 1529.
FIERCE RIOT AT LIBAU.
Ten Persons Killed, Fifty Wounded
— Socialists Fire on Troops.
Libau, Sept. 3— The departure of rcs?rves on
Saturday night was marked by Socialist rioting
!n which ten persons were killed .ir\l fifty
wounded.
The agitators fired from a house on the mili
tary, who replied with a volley. The cavalry
then charged, using their sabres on the rrowd.
A detachment of troops stormed the house from
which the shots were fired. One policeman was
killed and several soldiers were wounded.
Twenty-one wounded persons were taken to
the hospital.
The reserves did not anticipate that rioting
would occur. They had just been entertained by
the city and were accompanied by their wives
an<* children. Ther^ were many innocent vic
tims, women being included among them.
STEAMER BREAKS IS TWO.
Five Reported Lost. Six on Wreck,
Eleven Passengers Escape.
Duluth. Minn.. Sept 3. — Five men are re
ported lost in Lake Superior as the result of the
breaking in two of the steamer Sevonia. from
AHouez to Erie, six members of the crew are
still on the stranded wreck. Eleven passengers,
including four women, have reached shore aft^r
long exposure.
The five men believed to be lost left the
steamer in a boat. It is supposed that it foun
dered.
STEAMER SINKS AT HER PIER.
Duluth. Minn.. Sept. 3— The steamer North
Wind was driven against the pier at the en
trance to Duluth harbor to-night and sank In
a few minutes later. No lives were lost.
BIG GIFT TO CHARITY.
London Broker Puts $500,000 in
Edgar Speyer's Hands.
London. Sept. 3— A retired Lond-.n stock
broker. E. J. Bawden. has given $500,000 for
charitable and educational purpose* and baa
trusted the allotment of the funds to Edsrar
Speyer, of Speyer * Co.. of New-York.
RETURS OF PRISONERS.
Large Contract* Reported Given to
German Company — $8250 a Man.
Liverpool. Sept. 3. —lt is reported here that
through the influence of a. German prince, the
Hamburer- American Steamship Company has
obtained large contracts for taking home Rus
sian prisoners In Japan at $S2 50 a head.
VISITS PROF. SELIGMAS.
Member of Russian Mission at Lake
Placid.
[By T»!e«m«ph tn The Tribune 1
Lake Placid. N. V.. Sept. 3.—3 .— M. Nowhoff. said
to be a member of the Russian peace mission,
and his private secretary were guests to-day at
the summer camp of Professor E. R A. S-lig
man. of Columbia College, on Lake Placid, near
the Stevens House. Much secrecy attended the
visit. The Russian representatives refused to
fie? newspaper ™en or to give any explanation
of their presence hero.
Professor Seligman himself was equally un
communicative. He refused to divulge the names
of his guests, saying he had been requested by
them not to do so. In explanation of this re
quest Vie said his visitors feared any publicity at
tending the visit might be construed as having
some connection with the movement to Improve,
the condition of the Jewish people in Russia. In
which the professor 1? Interested.
"This." said Professor Seligman. "is not the
case. This Is a purely social visit. It has nothing
whatever to do with the improvement of the
condition of the Jews in Russia, nor has it any
thing to do with financial conditions there.
Neither M Wltte nor Baron Rosen Is here. I
cannot divulge the names of my guests, because
they do not wish it."
Professor Seligman further explained the visit
by saying that he Is one of the few American
members of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
of which his guests are also members.
The belief Is growing among students of Rus
sian affairs now spending the summer In the
Adlrondacks that the Influential Jews In America
were not prepared for the sudden conclusion of
peace between Russia and Japan, and are now
endeavoring to get from the Russian government
pledges of reforms calculated to Improve the con
dition of the Jews in Russia before the actual
signing of the treaty takes place.
Professor Seligman, who Is a recognized
authority on social economics, is a brother of I.
N. Selieman. the New -York banker and Jewish
leader, who. with Ad-Mph Lewisohn ami Jacob
Schiff, recently went to Portsmouth to present
the cause of the Jews in Russia to the Russian
peace commissioners. Professor Seligman will
sail soon for Europe and the general belief is thai
both this trip and to-day's conference at hi*
camp have to do with the welfare of the Rus
sian Jews.
The visiting Russians left Professor Sell?man's
camp this afternoon,, were hurried through the
village, anil left here in the private car Ranger,
attached to the 3:10 train over the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad, en route to Albany and
Boston.
THE TREATY COMPLETED.
IT MA V BE SIGSED TO-DAY.
Baron Komura and M. Witte Com*
pared in the Conference Room.
The treaty of peace i? completed, and it
may be signed to-day. Some differences con
tinue on the wording of the protocol of tho
l a? t session of the conference, and %em mr.?r
be settled and the protocol signed before the
treaty iteeli can be signed.
The work of rn£rr«v?in? the treaty has he
gun. M. Rojestrensky dome: the wcrk nn the
French copies and M. Adashi making the
En£r!i?h copies.
Interesting comparisons cf the method? of
M. Witte and Baron Komura in tho confer
ence room are made in PoitflßMOtfe dis
patches.
The Mikado'? di?patrh rhanking the
President for his work in bringing about
peace was received at Oyster Bay.
ENGROSSING THE TREATY.
Final Act of the Portsmouth Con*
ference Soon To Be Performed.
Portsmouth, Sept 3.— From an official source.
The Associated Press is informed that the
treaty is completed. It consists, as stated last
night, of a preamble and seventeen articles, the
substance- of all of which have been given In
the press dispatches. But there are still dif
ferences about the wording of the protocol of
the last sitting, which must be signed before the
treaty itself can be signed. The Japanese pre
sented a protocol to which the Russians too*
exception. The differences, however, are ex
pected to be straightened out befor noon to
morrow.
The seventeenth article of the treaty provide*
that the exchange of ratifications ■ball occur
within fifty days after Its signature by the
plenipotentiaries. The Russian ratification will
be communicated to the Japanese government
by the French Minister at Toklo. and Mr Meyer.
the Americ-in Ambassador at St. Petersburg, will
communicate the Japanese ratification to th«
Russian government. If the Russians are ready
the treaty will be signed to-morrow afternoon at
5 o'clock, this date havlisg been suggested by
Baron Komura. Otherwise, the treaty will b«
signed Tuesday morning. The Japanese hope to
get away Tuesday, and the Russians Tuesday
or Wednesday.
M. De M«*artens. who is extremely anxious to
get back to Russia, has engaged passage on La
Lorraine, sailing from New-York on Thursday,
and leaves here on Wednesday. His great
ability as an authority on international law has
been of inestimable service in the drafting of
the treaty.
After being treated to every variety of weath
er the peace conference promise* to end in the
midst of a raging northeaster. Since last n'rht
it has been blowing a gale, accompanied by tor
rents of rain. According to local traditions such
northeasters continue for three days, so that it
probably will last over the day on which the
treaty will be signed.
The plenipotentiaries and the attaches of the
two missions seem to be fully as anxious for th«
curtain to ring down on the final act of the
drama as the little colony of newspaper corre
spondents and summer guests, who are waiting
to be "in at the death." The work of engrossing
th treaty has already begun. M Rojestvensky
doing the caligraphir work of the French and
M Alashl th* English text. Contmv-r*i<*s over
phraseology Still continue and there were sev
eral conferences to-day between M. de Maar
tens and Mr. Denlson. differences being referred
for adjustment to the principals.
JAPANESE STICKLERS FOR WORDS.
The Japanese, are proving great sticklers for
words. They cling tenaciously to their Ideas.
Careful preparation and methods have been the
secret of their successes on land and sea, and
in their diplomatic struggles at Portsmouth the
sam« qualities have been displayed. In the
sittings of the conference. Baron Komura si
ways stated the Japanese position on a
given point briefly, but with great care, and
when M. Wttte. whose method was entirely
different, would try to draw out explanations, he
would stick doggedly to the statement he had
made.
M Witte. a man of affairs, resourceful and
talented as he Is admitted to be. had his case
in his head. He never brought any papers with
him He met everything which came up In an
off-hand way. weighing it Instantly In his mind,
analyzing It. arguing it pro and con. and stating;
hi* view quite bluntly, never asking for time to
consider. Baron Komura. on the other hand.
could with the greatest difficulty be Induced to
enter Into the region of argument. He stuck to
th" brief before him. speaking always quits
slowly he would repeat over and over again
what he had stated, as if he had learned his
lesson by ,rote.
Several times M Wltte would say: "Yes, I
understand perfectly what you say. but what
do you mean— what is your real object V
Then Baron Komura would go back and re
state his proposition almost exactly as he had
done originally.
Both systems had th-lr advantages. By In
sisting, Insisting. insisting. Baron Komura
would sometimes catch M. Witte off his guard
and provoke him Into statements which were
always eagerly seized upon. As a final resort
Baron Komura was always ready with a written
-olution of a question, and would produce it sud
denly, saying:
•This is what we propose What have you got
to offer?"
Then the value of preparation and foresighted
ness was apparent. M. Wltte seldom had a
crystallized counter-proposition to make. But.
on the other hand, whenever M. Witte succeeded
In leading his adversary Into argument, where
previous preparation availed nothing, he had
Baron Komura at a disadvantage.
A HORSE' IN BLINDERS.
One of those present likened Baron Komura
to a horse in blinders — long as he wa3 on the
beaten road, with his work cut out ahead of
him. he got along swimmingly, but the instant
he was off the road into the • woods, with the .
blinders removed, he appeared '.<> bo confused
and lost, and hastened back as speedily a3 pos
sible to the road h? hi 1 mentally traversed so
often, and with every foot of which he waa
familiar.
Now. when the Japanese a : - a still continuing
their policy of Insistence upc:i words or phrases.
M. Wltte is sho.vinj considerable impatience.
] He id extremely anxious to hay« the treaty an-