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EQUITABLE TAKEN UP.
SYSDICATE WORK SHOWN.
Qr,t Better Terms than New-York
Life from Morgan.
~y..~ insurance Investigation committee de
veloped thr«>e Important points at the hearing
ywt«rf*y. when the probing at th« Equitable
Life Assurance Society, out of whoso conditions
the Investigation grew, was definitely begun.
Trio first of these, developed in the examination
of an Equitable official, was that, despite the
t«stlm<my of George W. Perkins, that his relation
to J P- Morgan ft Co. had permitted the New-
Tck Life to get securities at "ground floor"
•prices, thn Equitable had been able to purchase
bonds floated by J. P. Morgan & Co. at a price
7U points < hen per than the New-York Life, in
f-iite of the tatter's connections. Moreover, it
V 2?V 2? shown that this had occurred In th» rase of
tfse famo;:s International Navigation securities.
in which Mr. Perkins made his famous $800,000
•"window dressing" transaction of sale and re
gale to himself in two capacities. The New-
York Life, according to the testimony of its
officers, had purchased (4.000.000 of these secur
ities, or rather withdrawn them at par, but
ggeory Rogers "Wimhrop. financial manager of
the Equitable, was positive that his company
had purchased (500.000 of these bonds at s*3^
and paid 1462*600 therefor. This revelation made
£ profound sensation among the members of the
committee and will be investigated in full detail
later.
The next striking fact brought out affected
the Equitable alone, and showed a rema-kable.
condition not touched by the famous Frick re
port. Syndicate transactions of insurance com
panies have been dealt with at great length al
ready, but the testimony yesterday showed that.
In addition to going Into regular syndicates In
Its own name, the Equitable took from James
Haz'"-r, Hyde, as mlddl*>ma.n, r number of lots of
■KBxtttea. which were listed In the. syndi
cate as the participation of "James H. Hyde
end Associates." or "O. H. Squires and Asso
ciates." or "Louis Fitzgerald and Associates."
Tb» result of this was shown in one case, whera
James H. Hyde had embarked In a syndicate
managed by Kuhn. Loeb & Co., and on his
resignation from the Equitable assigned his
participation to the Equitable. Kuhn. Loeb &
Co.. however, r«fused to reoogniz* the assign
ment, and the case Is still In th» air awaiting
settlement-
In the. case, of another syndicate operation the
Equitable acquired from a Haxriman-Stlllman
syndicate 2,700 shares of T'r.lon Pacific, but the
books of the Equitable show that these shares
cannot be sold, as they were taken under an
agreement to hold. How long these shares must
be held was not apparently d^idad upon, and
th« shares were ptill held, it was said, obviously
under an agreement that was known to only one
or two officials and -rot recorded on the books.
It was clear by Mr. Hughes's questions that h«i
was endeavoring to associate this with an at
tempt on the part of B. H. Harriman to control
the Union Fac'.fic Railroad for a long period of
time.
A most remarkable confusion of bookkeeping
■was also developed in these transactions: Items
of profit and loss were entirely lacking on the
Fheets submitted to show financial transactions
of the Equitable in syndicates. In the case of
the Union Pacific the same facts were missing
that had been tvriwiccpssfully nought at the time
of the Hendricks investigation, and some sig
nificance, was attached, to this fact. Mr. Win
throp failed utterly to supply any valuable In
formation about dozens of transactions, and ex
plained that the eearch for them had not yet
■been completed. Moreover, the lack of actual
supervision by the directors or the finance com
mittee in the. syndicate participations was clear
ly established, their approval or disapproval in
all cases seeming to have been ask»d only after
the actual purchase was made. At one meeting
where only two directors were present Im
mensely Important transactions were shown to
have taken place.
The third significant thing yesterday was the
reading of a letter from ex-President Graver
Cleveland to Senator Armstrong, declaring that
tbe Equitable trustees were, heartily In accord
«hh the work and objects of the legislative
committee, which were Identical with their own.
Mr. Cleveland dwelt at 6ome length on the work
done by the trustees, of which he is chairman,
who represent the Ryan stock control purchased
from James H. Hyde. On the efforts of the
Trustees toward mutualization ex-President
Cleveland somewhat cynically pointed out that
only 25,000 of nearly 500.000 poltcyfaolders had
even expressed any opinion to the trustees about
the project. Even in these few cases, he said,
there had been many impossible suggestions.
In the morning session Mr. Hughes went at
great length into the 6ystem of "nyllc"' devised
by the New-York Life Insurance Company to
remunerate Its agents by providing bonuses. In
yesterday's session Cuthbert W. Pound, legal
adviser to Governor Higgir.s. and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Kressel were both present. The
rumors in circulation with reference to the sum
moning of .T. P. Morgan and Jacob H. Schlff
•»«re declared to be unfounded by the members
of dM committee, who declared that at th* pres
ent time no plans for this had been framed, but
fiat if It should develop that th<^ir testimony
*as needed they would then be called without
question.
H. R. WINTHROP ON STAND.
Telh of Syndicate Deals Taken Over
from Mr. Hyde and Others.
The testimony concerning the Equitable par
ticipation la syndicates was given yesterday by
Henry Rogers Wlnthrop, the financial manager
of the Equitable, who subinitte'l th* usual long
list of syndicate participations, Of these many
'ere in th© form of syndicate participation that
hnp become familiar to all who have followed
thr progress at the hearing, namely, the par
ticipation by ''"'• company In its own name. But
a n^v variety v.-as shown. In which some officer
< f tho company, notably James Hazen Hyde, G.
H. Squire, ex-financial manager, or General
J.ouis Fitzfr^mJi. wi'.h. "associate*." took a. par
tcipation and then peddled a part of it to the
?>;ui:a- <(- Indeed, ifr. Hughes discovered, to
his surprise, that not even the Fii'k report had
developed this sort of syndicate. The committee
ngarded thr- (ncomplete statement of the Equl
t&bla Byndicates as a 'mare's ne«t," and watched
expectantly for many developments, some of
vhj,-Ji canic. The Mercantile Trust Company
•«iaß also shown as one of the "middlemen" fruni
which the Equitable took syndicate shares.
The- most significant or" the syndicate trans
*-xt:onn. from the p«iint of view of comparison
will- tho SCew-Ycrlc Life's venture) was that In
Irremational *Cavfsation. In this case the New
rv«-.{»anwl M third pax*
IZJSO TO ATLANTIC CITY AND RETURN.
I
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To-day «4 to Muim fair: tr+%h month xrtnOa, shift
ins to nnrtri\v<»».t\
MOROCCAN DISPUTE ENDS.
FRANCO-GERMAN ACCORD.
Belief That Representatives Will
Sign Agreement To-day.
Par!?. Sepl 22.— Information obtained from a
wen Informed source is to the effect that Dr.
FJose^. til' new German Minister to Morocco,
and M Ftevoii. representing Fiance, reached a
compl< • nt on all the disputed points of
the Moroccan question in the course of their
conference to-day.
Both parties are entirely sarisfled with the
arrangement Premier Rouvier and Prince yon
Kadoiin. the German Ambassador to France,
met hi the Foreign • >flVe aftor the negotiators
had reached an accord, and had p rordiai con
versation
It is understood that Dr, Rosen and Premier
Rouvier will meet to-morrow to formulate and
sign definite terms of agreement relative to the
programme to be discussed at the international
conference on reforms in Morocco.
These advices may not be i-e^rded as official,
but the source from which the information came
leads to the belief that tho long conferences ai"9
now concluded, and that the agreement awaits
only the signatures of the representatives of the
two governments.
TO STUDY SAVAGES.
Prof. Starr Sails To-day — Bound
for Ndombi Ijand.
Professor TYederick Starr, anthropologist of
the University of Chicago, sails to-day on tha
Zeeland for Antwerp, where he •will confer with
PRCWESSOR FREDERICK STARR.
Of the University of Chicago, who will sail to-day
for Central Africa to explore unknown regions.
(Copyright. 1805. by ITnclerwcKxl & Untorwood.)
the Belgian authorities relative to his proposed
trip into Central Africa to spend a year In con^
tpmplatlon of the manners and customs of th«
savage tribes. He has a year's leavo of ab-
He hopes to reach Bona. at the mouth of the
Congo by October 19, and will go overland to
ihe Jungles of Ndombi. •where he will live with
the natives for a year.
RAISED ANCIENT CORN.
Tennessee Farmer Has Queer Yield
from Mound Builders Grain.
TBy TW««tapli * ■> Tho Tribune.]
Memphis, Term.. Sept. 22,— -While digging in
one of th* Tons of the mound builders, thought
to be as old as the Pyramids, a farmer living:
near Memphis found an earthen vessel contain
ing part of an ear of corn.
He planted a Pew of the grains this year. and.
in Bpk* of their great age, they sprouted and
bore The yield was sparse, the stains small
and sooty, almost bla^k. but very hard and of a
snap* never before s**»n in the Mississippi Val
ley Great interest has been aroused over the
strange crop.
TOLD OF M'KINLEY PLOT.
Prisoner Gave Novel Excuse for
Writing Obscene Letters.
[By Telegraph to The Trlbunfe 1
Milwaukee. Wis., Sept. 22.— After a search
lasting for years postal Inspectors to-day caused
the arrest of Edward Hob^rt, who is aroused of
writing obscene letters to members of a Dcs
Moines secret fraternity.
As an excuse for his act Hobert declared that
while in a hotel at Waterloo. Wis.. he heard
two men telling how McKiniey was to be mur
derM, and tho entire plot, he deciares, was laii
bare. He wrote to Secret Service men and po-
IJo* ami his letters were ignored. Hf declared
that in his desperation over the Inability
to call attention to the President's danger he
wrote th» letters for which ho was arrested.
GRAND OPERA RIVAL.
Report That Hammer stein May Be
come an Impresario.
Ther* 1 is a possibility that a rival Mason of
grand opera In New-York will be tried next
year. with Oscar Hammerstein as th<» impres
eario. It was reported yesterday that overtures
had been made to Mr. Hammerstein by men
prominent in financial circles looking to the use
of hi? Coliseum, at 3-Jth-st. and 7th-ave.. now
being built. an a home for grand opera, at l->a*t
for part of the season.
The new bouse Is to seal four thousand people,
and the stage will be tremendous and fully
•onioned for the most magnificent scenic pro-
SonY or ballets, it is said a guarantee of
subscriptions was made to Mr. Hammerstein.
He refused la* "«3*>t '° discuss the report or
to deny it "The Btlgeot my n«w house will be
the best of places to Rive grand opera, or any
sort of opera! on/* was all he would say.
TALK POLITICS TO DISTINGUISH TWINS.
Hartford. Conn.. Sept; 3 (Speclal).-Wmtam .•,,..!
, ohn .a^hey. twin*. Hghry-two V ' irS bid. h»v«
been rl«Wn« here. They look so much aHk« .hat
the < nly »ure Way to distinguish one from the other
v to begin a ooiiti.sl Rrpum^r... William. th« R
, , h., ,t-.- Democrat become Intense
coow CjkCiUflJE.
NEW- YORK, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1905. -SIXTEEN PAGEB— *, rJS9eS- t T%mm
THE RTVAL CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF CUBA.
PREBIT>EXT TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA.
(Moderate).
C.'v. FOR MR. LITTLETON.
BACK IN FUSION RANKS.
McCarren May Sidetrack the Bor
ovgh President's Boom.
Martin W. Littleton's name will be presented
to the fusion conference Monday night by the
Citizens Union as a candidate for Mayor. This
is the understanding in th* committee on nom
inations, which met yesterday afternoon In the
office of R. FMlton Cutting. No formal an
nouncement was made. When Mr. rutting was
asked about the meeting he said:
"We decided to resume co-operation with the
other fusion bodies."
"Will you hflvo a candidate at the conference
on Monday night?"
-Ye*r said Mr. Cutting, "that is the under
standing."
"Does the Citizens Union still regard John
Ford as an unavailable candidate for Mayor?"
"The resolution of the committee on nomina
tions saying that he w.is unavailable has not
been rescinded by tlv* city committee. A motion
made in th» city committee Monday nighi re
placing his name on the eligible list was tabled
by a large majority," said Mr. Cutting.
"Would that action render him unavailable for
a minor nomination on the city ticket?" was
asked.
"I cannot any further discuss Mr Ford." was
the reply.
Senator McCarren called on Mayor McClellan
to talk over the situation. Ever since Mayor
McClellan signed the East River gas bill, more
than a year ago. there has been a bond of sym ■
pathy between him and Senator McCarren. who
opposed all the gas legislation in the interest of
the people at Albany last winter. It Is said
that Mayor McClellan does not particularly ad
mire the Brooklyn leader, but Mr. McCarren as
sumes that b=<muse their views on gas are
B'.mllar they ought to get on amicably, and th-y
do. It was said at the City Hall that Senator
McCarren laid before the Mayor the proposition
to offer the Controllershlp nomination to Bor
ough President Littleton, and thus prevent the
fuslouists from nominating him for Mayor on
the anti-Tammany ticket.
Some of the Tammany leaders are in favor
of this move, and McCarren is willing to make
any sort of a deal to carry through his county
ticket and outgeneral the Woodruff-Brenner m^n
in Kings.
With Mx. Littleton as a candidate for Mayor
the McCarren men admit that they would be
badly beaten. With him on the Tammany ticket
for Controller they think they might pull
through their county ticket.
After Senator McCarren went away it was
learned that he had talked with Mayor McClellan
about the availability of Herman A. Metz. of
Brooklyn, as a candidate for Controller on the
Tammany ticket. Senator McCarren pi^kel out
Mr Metz for the second place on the ticket last
winter. Mr. Metz is a wealthy manufacturer,
and his friends are so f-ager for his elevation to
a place of political prominence that they are
willing to makf larg* contributions to the Tam
many-McCarren campaign fund.
TORPEDO BOATS SMASH.
French Warships Interlock— Pulled
Apart by Tugs.
Cherbourg, Sept. 22.— 1n the naval maneeuvres
nere to-day two torpedo boats were In collision.
They remained interlocked until towed to port,
wherj they were separated by tugs. Investiga
tion showed that the boats hart suffered seri« us
damage. Th^ir crews were rescued
DEATH IN FATHER'S KISS.
In Lifting Little Girl's Head He
Breaks Her Neck.
Gravel Switch. Ky.. Sept. 22.^Tason Chumb
ley who lives in this county, returned home
yesterday to visit his wife and children. Upon
his arrival he grasped his 8!x-year-o!d8 !x-year-o!d daughter
by the chin to kiss her. lifting her head back.
The little child sank to the ground dead. A
physician found that her neck had been broken
by her father. _________
IP PIKES PEAK AT 74.
Four-Year-Old Boy Accompanies
His Grandfather.
•Hv TWe«r*P»> to TIM Tribune I
Cripple Creek. Col-. Sept 2- —Several records
for pike's Peak -re broken yester
.* . by B B. Rarrptt. of Wir-I.ita,
years old They returned to town at 5 o'clock
years old > ascending to the summit
this morning. ***■*£ ®~y of Gill^t* in tweuty
and returning e *retired farrier Kal. who
six hours. BaM ' ( '' -'arqhlc companion o f his
The aged man as a bodyguard.
SENATOE"PLATT"ILL IN DENVER.
Reaches There Exhausted from His Journey
—Condition Not Serious
,h to Tb* 1 Trittnio I
[ BF t^a^enator Thomas C. Plait ar-
Denver. B< l' r -- " v- private car in a; , ex
rived lure to-night on .. , ](_( _
boosted condition >
" *« ;: "" i; -", ' ' i d that U iru uo: Mrtoua.
Usue from tr»venin« -' a
GENERAL JOSR MIGUEL GOMEZ.
(Liberal).
POLICY SHOPS RAIDED.
LIST OF PLACES FOUND.
Four Hundred Operating in Man
hattan and The Broncc.
The most important raid asrainst the policy
gam^ since the time of "AP Adams, was made
yesterday afternoon by officers of the Soci^*
for the Prevention of Crime, assisted by many
Central Office detectives, placed at tho disposal
of th« soriety by Commissioner McAdoo.
Th" raids started at th« alleged headquarters
of the game. In an apartment house In Vesta
ave.. Brooklyn, where a man. who said he was
Mark Smith, forty-eight years old. of No. 441
W^sc 41st-st . and three oth^r nn>n were capt
urc^. The raiders (hen continued their work in
Manhattan and The Bronx, guided by the lists
of policy shops found in the alleged headquarters
in Brooklyn.
According to th<*se lists there are 400 shops
operating in Manhattan ami The P.rrnx, chiefly
on the lower East and lower West sides. After
consulting the raptured lists. Superintendent
McClintock. of the Society for the Prevention oJ.
<'rim<*. divided his forces and stationed them at
points v.-h^re the runners carrying the drawings
from Brooklyn met the shop operators, and took
plays and money from them to the Brooklj-n
headquarters.
The superintendent, with W. C. D^dge, as as
sistant. V.-. C. Hamilton, and James W. Murray.
detective sergeants, took charge of affairs in the
West 47th- st. pretin<t.
At 46th-st and llth-ave. they caught Philip
Glassey, an allegel shop operator, who said ha
lived at No. 244 West ftTth-st., and Henry Rey.i
oids. another all-g-cd shop operator, whe said he
lived at No. 744 llth-ave. Both men. according
to the superintendent, were waiting at the cor
ner for the runner from Brooklyn to come with
the afternoon drawings. Glassey had $100 and
many policy plays, and Reynolds had ?400, be
pfd^s several slip?.
A little later the superintendent and his force
rounded up George Turner, of No. 24", West 42d-
Bt.. at 4 # 2d-st and Sth-ave. nuring the scuf
fle that followed tho attack of the policeman.
Turner, according to the superintendent, man
aged to get rid of any policy slips he may have
had. He was found to have $200 in small bills
and change.
Before the « o'clock drawings were due at the
various meeting places it was plain that the
alarm had been given. The meeting points were
deserted by the shop operators.
After waiting until 8 o'clock to hear from his
assistants in other districts and on the East
Side. Superintendent McCllntock decided that
the "tip" had spread over the city, and he called
off his men. He afterward said:
It does not surprise me very much to find that
the tip prevented more arrests at the meeting
noin s and the lack of « great number of im
midiat- arrests is of secondary importance com-
Artfwith th- data, lists and material we tound
in th° headquarters in Vesta-aye.. Brooklyn.
This headaoarters stood at the head of the
poSy business in this city, as Al **»««•
Quarters stood before his conviction, T\ c be
ffour raid of to-day will act as as great .1
sC-k "o the business as the raid on Adams
he STen 7rr%d in the Ve*ta-ave .headquar
ters are th» acting heads of the business. We
hop. "to gel at the real head of the business with
he evidence found in the headquarters to-day.
.Our plans for railing the place were kept se
rret until we led the way Into the building.
Commissioner McAdoo did not Know where we
Intended to operate. We ask-l hin > To '"*te-
lives and h.» assigned some of Sergean! Eg
per"s staff. We did not lei then know our pur-
P °(vithoti» mentioning names, we know that
oanTafn of the precinct did not know we were
SSr^iSSi clrZ oui of S he Quarters
with our prisoners. More arrests will follow.
MURDERED AND BURNED.
Bodies of Negress and Her Children
Found in Cabin Ruins.
IPv Telegraph to The Tribunal
Jacksonville. Fla.. Sept. 22 -In the ruins of
her burned cabin the mutilated body of Lulu
Wise a negro woman, was found this morn
ing, with the bodies of her three daughter*
and one son. While all of the bodies were badl?
burned h could be seen easily that they had
been murdered before the lire. The murder,
were evidently committed with an axe.
The woman's husband. San; Wise, was ar
r ested two years ago
family _»____
CHURCH MILITANT. THIS.
Pastor to Build a Shooting Gallery
Behind His Parsonage.
iliv Tel^=rai>h to The Trthuncl
Worcester. Mass., Sept. 22 —Attendants of the
Highland Street Church of Christ were greatly
surprised to-day when they learned that their
Mstor the Rev. Holland A. Nichols, intended
to build and conduct a shooting gallery In the
rear of the parsonage.
Or Nichols is an oil slock speculator and a
H '^r^\:^! ptSS raif^ri^'S
tiock man., tlmt's [but ■ young men so startling
™»n£ ■%* l v teaching rotaig men the us- of
flrSSnS' "• intend! to keep .hem out of mis
chief, h» says. __^
ar«.l Shore R ; .i!!oa.i if the M«« U« ''
t%2* -V;, si^an. Vall^i-ciW Hudson and
REVOLT IN CUBA THREATENED
Enrique Villuendas, Leader of Liberal Party, Shot
Dead in Fight with Police.
THE UNITED STATES MAY INTERVENE.
Six Persons Reported Killed at Cienfuegos. Twenty-five Injured — Bombs Found
in Hotel — Troops Sent from Havana.
Havana. Sept. Official dJßatehes received
this afternoon from Cienftiegos announced toe
killing of Congressman Enrique V.lhienrlas,
leader of the Liberal party and one of the most
able orators in the lower house, and the Chief
of Police of Cienfnegofl in a conflict between th
two political parties, the Liberals and Moder
ates.
The government s advices say the poKca had
information that a store of arms had been de
posited in the hotel in which Villueuda? resided.
The police -went to the hotel to investigate the
matter. A3 they nsrended the stairs a party of
Liberals met them and fired nn them, killing
the Chief of Police, SeQor Illance. The police
returned the fire, killing Villueudas and wound-
Insr several other*.
Intense excitement prevails .it Cieafuegos aud
Havana. The government authorities fear the
EN"RTQUHJ VtLLUKNDAS.
The Liberal leader, who was shot and killed at
Cienfuegos yesterday.
result which the affair may hnve on the elec
tion to morrow of members of the Election
Boards.
As thf news spread through Havana the Lib
erals and Moderates rapidly gathered in their
respective clubs It is feared that unless the
leaders ?ive wise counsel a clash may result to
night.
A dispatch to Tho Associated Press from Cien
fuegos says that six persons were killed and
twenty-five wounded in the conflict.
Dispatches to the government Bay that, besides
Congressman VHluendas and the Chief of Police,
two policemen were killed and a number of
policemen and civilians were wounded. Rural
Guards surround the Putire Mock in which the
Hotel Suizo. the scent* of the affray, is situated.
One telegram says th.nt Villuendas fired tho
shot which killed the chief of police. Accord-
Ing to another telegram, the shot was fired by
.loso Fernandez, a Liberal, who has been ar
resteil.
ARMY AND NAVY REAM— PRESIDENT WILL NOT WAIT
[From Th» Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington, 22.— Serious rioting has
broken out at Cienfuegos following the defa-'e
m«>nt of the shield of the United States Consul
ate there on Tuesday night. The' Cuban Minis
ter late to-night received the following cable
gram from Secretary of State O'Farrill at Ha
vana.
To-day the Chief of Police was carrying out an
order of the eouri to examine the premises of
the Hotel La Suiza, in Cienfuegos, when
rlque Villuendas, a member of Congress, was
Villuendas fired on the Chief of Police, who died
shortly afterward. Immediately, and in the
same place, the police arrested the aggressor.
while being attacked at the same time by those
who accompanied Villuendas. The latter died,
and two others were wounded These were ar
rested Three policemen are seriously wounded.
The Rural Guard proceeded to make an exami
nation of the premises and to help the police.
They found ammunition and dynamite bombs In
the hotel where Villuendas lived. The Kurai
Guard is dong service In the town and peace Is
fully re-established The goven naent has taken
measurements so thai the elections to-morrow
will be carried on with strict legality m all the
republic. O'FARRILJ*
MmJ ■ nting on thf offirjal
dispatch, said.
[I i« one of these election riots, which happen
occasionally In every country. I do i*
ho* ai • great Importance can be attached to
it I know of similar occurrences in many other
countries regarded as well regulated The eter
tiona to be held to-morrow are those for the
boards of reeister. This is a preliminary r,i
,-.,,, iv>r «he general elections", which <vill
he held on December 1.
Asked with regard to the possibility of the
United states intervening on accoupt or tb f re
cent disturtntncea, Mr. Qnwda said-
Tliat would appear to bf> a most extraordinary
proposition. A row of this kind is nothing more
than a street fight that might have occurred
anywhere. There was no general riot, and no
Americans were threatened.
Minister Squirrs is not now In Havana. The
legation I" in charge of Jacob Sletper. first
secretary, and up to a late hour to-night the
State Department had received no advices what
ever.
PRESIDENT WILL ACT PROMPTLY.
If the troubles which hove started in Ctenfoe
ros threaten to g«t beyond th*» control of the
Cuban authorities it is believed here that Presi
dent Roosevelt trill ta"K<» prompt step* to inter
vene amici Ihe third clause «.-f the Phut ameud
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A search of the hot<»l remedied two drnsmlt*
bombs in the room occupied by Villuenda*. The
police in «e*rchine the hotel were carrying out
the order of 8 judge who hnd received informa
tion that explosives were hidden there.
The government has received a telegram from
Senator Frias asking for reinforcements at
once. The telegram says:
White in Cienfuegos at present the forces are)
keeping order, every precaution is needed, as
there is danger of assault. I recommend that the
authorities prevent th" entrant into Ci^nfuego*
of probable trouble, makers who are liable to In- .
vade the city. There are fear* of dynamite |
bomb throwing.
Articar on tb« auric «f Senator Frtas. tb«j
government this evening sent a train of flT« ;
can loaded with mml guards, mopti of whmn.
will go to Cienfuego?. The others will da dls-;
tributed in ftbtenzas «nrl Santa Clara, wWv
according to advices received by th« govern*'
ment. serious tronhl«» may occur at any tima.
The train carrier artillery and the troop* haral
18.000 rounds of ammunition.
The feeling In Havana to-night Is most in*j
tense. Th<» Liberals are hitterly denouncing th»?
government. Baying they have received, no ad
vices from Cienfuegos because the government l
will not permit the use either of the govern
ment telegraph lines or of the cable lines.
Colonel Enrique Tilluendas had many friend*,
in this city, wher«» be resided for some time dur
ing the Cuban revolution. They were shocked
when they learned last night of his death at
Clenfuegos. The Congressman's father ar<i'
fourteen-rear-old sister Esmeralda are staying-;
at present in this city at the home of Juan Fon
seca, No. 145 West «6th-st. The elder Villu
endas has been 111. and the news of his son"*
tragic death was withheld from him last night.,
for fear that the sad news would have a serious'
effect on him. H« intended to leave this city
to-day with his daughter for Havana, on th<»
etearner MOTTO Castle, but could not get accom
modations. I
At the time that Mr. Fnnseoa was Informed of
the kllliner of Colonel ViM'iendas. whom he had
known since boyhood. be was writing a letter
to his brother. PVanetocA, in which he said:
"(Jive my kindest regards to brother Enrique."
for th» men were like brothers, and he always
referred to the dead man as su<*h. Then he addM
a postscript, saying that he had just learned
of the death.
Colonel Villuendas was thirty-three years old.
ITe fought with distinction in the last revolu
tion against Spain, serving under General Max
imo Gomez. Ha went to Ci.ba at the time of
the insurrection in a filibustering expedition
from th United State*, led by General Juan
Ruz. A brother of Colonel Villuendas was killed
in the revolution. Another brother is a member
from Santiago Province of the lower home
of Congress. Colonel Vlllu«ndas represented i
Havana district. He was »n able lawyer and
a forcible speaker, and often addressed th«
Cuban patriotic meetings held in this city at
the time of th« revolution.
Colonel Villuendas, formerly a friend of Prest-.
dent Palma. lat^r became one of the strongest
advocates of the election of ifenerai Jo?e Migu»l
fioniez, the Liberal candidate for the Pr^slden^y
and Governor of Santa Cara. The Congressman
was also a Liberal, and only a fen- weeks ag<v
WTOte to a friend in this city the sanguine pre
diction that General Gomez would be elected.
In 11MH Colonel Villuendas visited the St.
I,ouis Exposition ;*nd remained for several
we°ks in New-York.
ment. which mak»« specific provision to meet
Just such an emergency as is now pof _Jble, and
which was contemplated when the independence
of Cuba was provisionally recognized four years
ago. By that article the Cubans bound them
selves to consent to the exercise by the United
States of the right to intervene for the mainte
nance of a government adequate for protection,
of life, property and individual liberty.
It will, therefore, require no appeal from
President Palma for the United States to take
action. The moment President Roosevelt i« sat
isfied by reports from the American Minister
at Havana that life, property or Individual lib
erty is no', protected in any part of Cuba by rea
son of the inadequacy of the Cuban government,
it is believed that ho will take prompt steps to
remedy the deficiency b> using the military and
naval foroes of the United States exactly as
would be done If the disturbance were in Porto
Rico or in the republic of Panama, adjoining
the canal zone.
Among those in Washington who have most
closely followed events in Cuba and who are
familiar with conditions In the island, and espe
cially with the issues and activities of the pend
ing political controversy, involving the re-elec
tion or defeat of President Palma. the belief Is
strong that no crisis is apt to arise for several
months at least to warrant American interven
tion In force However, II Is declared tha' th*
army and navy were never In better condition
for the task, if « is imposed, than they are at
present.
PLANS MADE TO SUPPRESS RIOTS.
The possibility of having to restore and main*
tain order in 'he Island has been constantly before
the General Staff of the army and navy Gen
eral Board for several years. Recently, in view
of the coming election in the island, which was
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