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X ov - LXII N° -20,308.
FIRST CASE AT THE HAGUE,
PRACTICAL AITMCATION OF THE
TEACE CONGKESS'S WORK.
DISPUTE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO SUBMITTED FOR AR
BITRATION- NEWS.
(Specie! to The New -York Tribune by French Cable.)
(CoprrlKtot; 1902: By The TrlVinr Association.)
rjsnina Aug. 22, 1 a. m— Peace Congress
of The Hague left behind it i complex arbitra
tion machine which will be brought into use
♦or the first time next week. A dispute between
(be United States and Mexico, involving claims
pjjmiiTliiir to $1^300,000. is the case submitted
tc the international court. The origin of the
controversy is= an endowment made two hundred
years ago : r the benefit of the Jesuits and other
religious orders when California and Mexico
w-re Spanish possessions. Settlement was made
after the confiscation of the religious properties
by the Mexican Republic, and there was pro
longed consideration of the evidence before the
jjixr ' Claims Commission in Washington. The
claimants are various Kunnn Catholic bodies in
California, who complain that interest payments
have been suspended by the Mexican Govern
ment since 1573. when the commission finished
its work. Two arbitrators had been selected by
the American Government from the lists of the
•nennanent tribunal at The Hague, and two by
the Mexican Government, and an umpire will be
chosen in the course of a few days. The case
•will be opened by two attorneys representing
the United States Government, and they will be
supported by special counsel, including Henry
B Arr- - and others, who have made a close
study of the evidence. The Mexican Govern
ment will have the same privileges in present-
defence. The proceedings will begin about
the first of September, and are likely to last sev
eral weeks. The co-operation of all the govern
ments resented at the Peace Congress was
secured long ago in x setting up the mechanism
for the adjudication of international disputes
and the prevention of war. but the wheels have
out moved because there was no case before
the court. Th-: tribunal will now have its first
practical trial.
The result of the Sever.oaks election will not
I* announced until to-day. The government
majority ■■•::: probably be considerably reduced,
but a Liberal -Tory is not expected by the
party managers. The Nonconformist vote is
less influential there than at North Leeds, and
the Education bill and so-called bread tax are
lets -serious causes of political disaffection.
Dr. Sansasdaa. of Chicago, will preach again
or. Sunday in The City Temple, and will probably
ir.ake a short journey to Holland. He is still
considering the expediency of accepting a call
as the successor of Dr. Parker, but has nt*^
reached a decision
Joseph M. Chappie. Editor of "The National
Magazine," will start to-day for Italy for a
Ehort journey before returning to America. He
enjoys the distinction of having witnessed the
coronation service hi the Abbey under excep
tional circumstances. He arrived in London on
coronation rr.omir.e from America., and made his
way up Whitehall to the police lines aroond
sgnwraSSSip: — mt&out p eTTn »t. or ticket all
difficulties were overcome when he presented a
letter from Senator Spooner with this indorse
ment at the bottom:
J. M. Chappie is a very good fellow who has
done excellent work.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
This proved an open sesame into the Abbey.
Inspector Baird and Sir Edward Bradford took
the President at his word, and. after allowing
the Wisconsin editor to witness the arrival of
the royal personage? at the portals of the en
trance hall, conducted him into the north
transept and gave him an excellent place where
he ■'... I see the peeresses in all their glory and
the ctremonies in the theatre and sacrarium.
Eke tumors thai ■ - Bhlras will retire
fr-n. tibc Dstted States Supreme Court ben<-h
ar.-i that ex-Attoraey ■ ■ ;necs will suc
ce<^.i btm i siiimW be i niriliiiifd here Mr. Griggs
km a few da>? after th° coronation
n• : •■ to bis hotel in the Picca
di::y 9 -•- n - who met him constantly
§tth _- • Loi ten convinced of hi 6
• - the highest honors of the
amertcan JadJclary, i>ut have no means of
be will accept the nomina
tion.
Bbr B> rt B r.d. Premier of Newfoundland,
F :..v. rpool yesterday. Speaking with
•• proposed new Atlantic service, he
■M he r.r ped that St. John' 6 would be the fcer
: rt on the Canadian side. In that case
pa^.-iir^ from Liverpool would be shortened by
If"; -• '. o hours.
Eke report that the managers of the Worlds
Fa.r it Ft. Louis propose to buy the Washing-
I estral home, near Banhury, and trans
pstsrt it to the grounds of the exhibition is re
gar'l-d with feelings at dismay here. The house
Its will not be specially missed, as it is not
taW cf English pilgrimage, but. as "The
H< ::.mg Post" points out, the desire for an
cestral homes is contagious.
T)-_f. r> p *v White Ptar steamer Cedrlc ie un
fa voraMy contrasted with the great liner which
Germany launched ten days ago. The Kaiser
"Vnihelm II is not so large, indeed, as the
Cedric. but she is incomparably faster, her
speed being twenty-four knots, against the
V Star boat's modest sixteen or seventeen.
A deputation from the Congregational Union
left this country yesterday to inquire into the
cor lit ion of the Congregational churches in
Canada The deputation will travel across the
Dominion to Vancouver. I. It F.
fMBVCM FEEU\(i A<;AISST GERMANY.
IT FINIS EXPRESSION AT A CELEBRATION ON
THE BORDER.
E<r \r.. Aug. 21.— Th* outburst of French f«»«'!ln»
Mm Germany that took place at the celebra
tion of the anniversary of the battle of Mars-la-
Tour (or Vionville. fought on August 16. 1870) is de
scribed circumstantially by a correspondent tele
graphing from Strafburit. Many Inhabitants of
Lorraine crossed th. frontier In order to partici
pate in the ceremonies. Bishop Turinaz. of Nancy.
dressing these person?, eaJd:
You come across the border in spite of German
cannon and !n spite of the ur.happinee* hanging
over your provinces to «how here, on French soil,
your unshaken fidelity to the old fatherland.
Through your very presence you aak the silent but
eloquent questions: "How long shall we wait for
you? When will you come to liberate us?"
General Cuny, who followed, sold:
Comrades of 1870: You have come h"re in order to
•end fraternal greetings across the Moselle and
*'o£j?es to those whose hearts remain French, and
■*>' to them that your hoj>e of the future, which
•■I wipe out the defeats of the past, will never
file. . .> -^ ,
General Drfant and six Nationalist Deputies were
Present.
Cure the Cough that strains the Lungi with
THE COMMANDERS OF THF. RIVAL FLEETS AND THE TERRITORY IN WHICH THEY ARE OPERATING.
REAR ADMIRAL F. J. HIGGINSON. V. S. N.
JOHN E. PILLSBURY.
LJeuter.ar.t Comaaand* r, t" B N
NIGHT FAVORS ENEMY.
HIGGEMOIg FEARS DESCENT CNDEB
rOV*Eli OF CLOUDS.
HE LEARNS THAT PILI.PFT'KY HAS SIIES
ASHORE— ACTIVITY OF DKFKNI '
ERS REDOUBLED.
Rockport. Mass. Aue. 22 -At midnight thtr
ty-s-.x hours had passed of the possible I-" for
the naval conflict between tb< attacking squa l
ron, in charge of Commander PiUpbury, and the
defending squadron, commanded by Hear Ad
miral HiggiDßcn. After a day devoid of sensa
tions, the night, thick and cloudy, with the
moon obscured, developed so many confusing
situations and so many extraordinary n
that the defending squadron had cause for grave
uneasiness. Ekunehow the feeling gre« that
it would not be such a difficult attainnv:.- •
all for the White squadron to .-lip in and anchor
at some harbor, protected by the Inviting .lark
ness.
Perhaps the greatest danger to Admiral H:c
gins<-, n was that of yielding to the temptation
to withdraw the Kearsarge and go in search
of the enemy, reported as sighted at man]
points. Early in the night the station on the
Isles of Shoals informed the nearest mainland
point by torches that a large, strange, two
masted craft had been sighted outside the
shoals.
Admiral Higginson's system of signals worked
to perfection. Almost in a moment, il Beemed,
the destro>fr Decatur was signalled from Ports
mouth to pursue th<- mysterious vessel, and in
another moment the Decatur, with the smoke
belching from her four preat stacks, was plougb
ing furiously through the heavy seas. The
stranger fled at full .-peed, and this led to the
decision that she was .me of the attacking Beet
on ecout duty.
At 11 o'clock came another report of a strange
ship sighted south of Eastern Point light,
Gloucester. Admiral EUggmsou at once ordered
the torpedo boat Bagley to Investigate, but the
Bagiey found, to her surprise, that it was the
cruiser Brooklyn, which had come down from
her northern station pursuant to the privilege
extended by Admiral Higginson.
Th© reason the admiral steadfastly refused to
leave his anchorage In the harbor here was that
he dared not leave Rockport exposed to the
enemy, which, taking advantage of the needless
passage of the defendlnK battleships to another
port, might easily creep in and drop anchor at
the very heart of the operations of the Blue
Squadron. It was all these considerations that
forced AdmlraJ Higginson to decide that on only
the surest authority would he leave the Hock
port station to Join other members of his squad
ron in the work of putting the enemy out of
action.
The complications which developed to-day in
the shape of undoubted news that Commander
Pillsbury had secretly landed some of his o!!i
cers to spy on the Blue Squadron served only to
increase the perplexity of Admiral Higgtnson's
position, and this reported shore system of spy
ing was one of the things which led tile Admiral
to establish the new signal station off Straits
mouth Point, and also to remove his ships, as he
did early in the evening. CO a point Just inside
Thatcher's Island In the early morning the
position of these boats had not changed. The
Kearsarge held the outer l«=rth and the Massa
chusetts whs innermost.
All conditions at the beginning of the day
were favorable to the defending fle-t. as it
would be inviting detection were Commander
Pillsbury to attempt to approach the coast
under the cloudless sky and with absolutely no
THE "COLORADO SPECIAL" TO DENVER
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day via Chicago & North- Western and I'nton Pa
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AUTUMN IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Most delightful season of the year. Delaware
Water Gap and Mt Pocono will soon he ablaze with
color. Special Friday and Saturday trains via Lack
awar.r.a Railroad will be continued throughout Sip
tanber, Uavlng 2C*w York *t 2 P. M.— Advt.
NEW-YORK. FRIDAY. AUGUST 22. 100:2. -FOURTEEN PAGES.- t,t ,T h .^VZ. th >
mist or haze to obstruct the vision for miles
at sea. Soon after noon, however, a heavy
storm came on.
In nn hour the rain had passed, but the thick
weather remained, and as dusk came on a mist
crept over the surface of the water. It was a
dark night. -The darkness was Just coming on
when Admiral Hlgglnson gave the order to his
battleships to weigh anchor. So hurriedly hi l
messages been given and fo many trips did
the dispatch launches make between the shore
and the Kearsarge, that It was thought that
the move this time was to sea.
The Admiral, however, allowed the squadron
to pass only a little to the south; in fact, nearer
in shore and within bailing distance of Thatch
r-r'f island. Tills ••hang" of anchorage was for
two reasons The Admiral wanted to keep hie
■hips in varying locations and to puzzle the
spies of the White Squadron, who. It was firmly
believed, were strung along the coast. Again.
he wanted to get In touch with the Btraitsmouth
Point life saving station, where was established
to-night an elaborate system of rocket signal-
I
As th<* night wnr» on the sky lost little of Its
blackness, so that the chances of Commander
Pllisbury's effecting an entrance In one of the
harbors* along the coast became no less. The
constant stream of messages arriving from the
various stations along the coast showed clearly
enough that the defending squadron feared the
approach of Commander Pillsbury.
EXPECT ATTACK AT PORTSMOUTH.
[by Tni.E<;nAPH to the TRinCNK.]
!<O-s of Shoals. Auk. 21.— It is believed that this
group of Islands will form an important factor in
the naval manoeuvres, connected as they are to
the mainland by cable, and only ton miles off the
New-Hampshire coast An Information bureau
has been established at this point, as well as at
I'orahontas Point, the extreme end of Gerrfsh
[gland at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor. The
impression prevails In naval circles at Portsmouth
that that place will be the objective point of the
attack by the White Squadron.
TROOPS SENT TO FORT TERRY.
I |:y TKUEGKAPH TO THE TRIBCNE 1
Newport News. Va.. Auff 21 —The Kth and t'.SHIi
companies of coast artillery from Fortress Monroe
tu.rU'i] to-night on one of th" OW Dominion steam
ers for New-York, where they will take ,i special
for F.irt Terry near New-London, Conn. Th" troops
were ordered North to participate in the operations
between the army :irid navy.
WORK OF THE SIGNAL CORPS.
Washington. Aug. 21.— General Greely. chief
signal officer, called a number of the officers
of the Signal Corps now on duty in Washington
Into consultation this, afternoon to discuss the
signalling arrangements which are being per
fected at the defence? along the New : England
Coast for the joint manoeuvres. The subject
under discussion was obviously not of a charac
ter to make public, and the officers declined to
say anything In regard to the results of the
meeting It was stated afterward, however,
that orders shortly will be issued for the col
lection of all the Signal Corps officers who arc
to take part In the manoeuvres at New-London,
and all of them are expected to be at that place
by next Monday, where they will receive their
instructions and proceed to their several posts.
THE INDIANA AT ANNAPOLIS.
Annapolis, Md.. Aug. 21.-The United States bat
tleship Indiana, with ■ part of the three upper
classes of midshipmen aboard, arrived in the An
napolis roadstead to-night. She will leave her«
earls' in th! morning to take part in the naval
manoeuvres off the Massachusetts coast.
The Chesapeake Is expected In about a week The
midshipmen who have been on their summer cruise,
will have a vacation until the academic year begins
next month.
MAJOR ARMES SHOT.
WBLJL KNOWN RETIRED OFFICER IN FUR
THER TROUBLE.
Washington. Aug. 21.— Major Oeorge A.
Armes, a retired army officer, was shot, but not
seriously injured, at his home, a few miles out
side the city, to-day by J. Roland Johnson.
Major Armes was able to come to the city and
(to to the army hospital for an operation to ex
tract the bullet. According to his account.
Johnson was formerly on* of his tenants, with
whom he had some difficulty and who threatened
to shoot him. Major Armes says he was sit
ting OH the porch of his house, when Johnson
approached and fired two shots, the first taking
effect in the riprht brenst. The second shot went
wild.
SHORT TIME: SHORT LINE TO CHICAGO.
The Pennsvlvanla Special lt-aves New York daily
at 1:05 P. it. arrive* Chicago b 66 A. M,— Advt.
BIG GREENGOODS HAUL.
SAID TO BE PIBST TIME AN ENTIRE
PLANT WAS EVEB CAPTUREP.
SIX ARRESTS MADE IN THIS CITY AND
NEWARK— POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR
BOYLE JUBILANT.
What la Mid to be the biggest capture of
green goods men ever ma by the federal au
thorities In this neighborhood took place on
Wednesday, resulting In the crrest of five men
and a woman. It Is said to be the first time
that an entire Kreeng;ooda plant has ever been
captured. Four of the prisoners, Joseph R.
Baker, Elmer Brown, and Mr. and Mrs. S.
Gottlieb, ere arrested at No. 25 Water-st.,
Newark, as announced In The Tribune yester
day, and George Brown and Thomas Henry
were arrested in this city. With the exception
of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb, the prisoners say they
live !n this city. According to Postofflce In
spector Michael Boyle, he has secured as com
plainant against the prisoners a genuine victim,
on.- who had paid $300 in coin.
Many complaints of green goods victims have
reached the Postofßce recently, and Inspector
Boyle succeeded In locating the alleged "plant"
at No. '_'."' Water-st., Newark, after much work.
Knowing that the New-York Postofllee inspec
tors under Chief Swift were known to the men,
Inspectors Corteiyou and Duryea, of Philadel
phia, and Bullman and McMillan, of the Boston
office, were brought to this city and set to
work under the direction of the local Inspec
tors. Considerable time was passed in shadow
ing the Newark house, until those who came
out and went In were all well known.
On Wednesday the injectors saw a man. evi
dently a victim, go to the house in the company
of Elmer Brown, the alleged "steerer." the one
who meets the tina and conducts him to the
"turning joint. 11 or place when- the robbery Is
committed. A little way behind Brown and his
victim they saw Baker, the "trailer." whose
duty it is to see thai Hi- victim is not followed
by the police. The pair entered the house and
later came out The victim carried a miniature
trunk about ten inches long and four wide.
That, the Inspectors thought, contained the alt
leged counterfeit money. The "steerer" and
"trailer" took the victim to an express office,
where th.- little trunk, which the victim thought
contained $5,000 In Mil* printed from stolen
government plates, was shipped to New-Haven,
Conn., the victim's home. Then the Inspectors
closed in and placed the two men under arrest
The victim said he was Antonio Caperossi. a
butcher and marketman of New-Haven. He
admitted that he had paid $300 for the sop
posed money, and was thunderstruck when the
Inspectors secured the trunk and showed him
it contained nothing but strips of green paper
cut the size of bills.
A few momenta after Brown and Baker had
been arrested a raid was made on the Water-st.
house, and the Gottliebs were taken into cus
tody. In the house all manner of green goods
paraphernalia were found. including circular let
ters, a dozen or more of the little trunks and
piles of green paper. But the "turners," the
two men who sold the money, had left the
house when the raid was made.
The Inspectors, however, knew the habits of
the men, and on Wednesday night watched the
Cortlandt-st ferry. They took Caperossi with
them. About 10 o'clock he suddenly exclaimed:
"There are the two men who robbed me!"
Henry and Brown were then taken into cus
tody and locked up in the Church-st. police sta
tion in this city. Yesterday they were ar
raigned before Commissioner Hitchcock, In the
Federal Building, and held in $2,500 each for
extradition.
Gottlieb is said to be a well known sporting
man in Newark. His wife, a rather good looking
woman of twenty-two years, was indignant at
her arrest, and declared that the stuff found in
the house had been left there by the lust ten
ant.
Inspectore Boyle was Jubilant over the capt
ure, and said that it was the first time In either
police or postoflice history that an entire plant
had been captured, and also with a genuine
"come on" as a victim. Caperossi said he paid
$300 for the money, and saw $5,000 of It counted,
OUt and placed in the little trunk.
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arrives Chicago 9:43 next morning- Advt.
MANHANSET HOUSE, SHELTER ISLAND.
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POWER ADMITS HE WAS DUMY
tr. BOURKE COCKRAS DENIES LAMB'S CHARGE THAT HE
WAS BACK OF SLIT AGAIXST X. P. MERGE!:.
WEIDENFELD SAID TO HAVE ENGINEERED LITIGATION
In testimony apparently intended to reveal
the motives of the men behind the Peter Power
suit against the directors of the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company. George Alfred Lamb,
Power's attorney, yesterday declared that he
understood that his real employers in the suit j
were Camille Weidenfeld. W. Bourke Cockran.
E. R. Thomas and H. Content & Co. He de- !
clared that Mr. Cockran had been consulted in
the suit, and he was convinced that Mr. Cock- |
ran was interested in it financially.
Power gave testimony intended to support
that of Mr. Lamb, but he admitted that most
of his information came from Mr. Lamb. He
never had seen Mr. Weidenfeld. but he had
understood that 100 shares of Northern Pacific
stock had been given to him by Mr. Weidenfeld
for posing as the plaintiff in the suit. He had
paid nothing for the stock.
Mr. Cockran said last evening in his home
at Port Washington that he never had any
financial interest in the Peter Power suit or in
any other suit brought to prevent the railway
merger "I never knew about the Power suit," ;
he said, "until I was consulted in a strictly legal
way by Mr. Weidenfeld. I gave some profes- j
atonal advice, but I had no Interest whatever
in the suit. I had no knowled- of the Chapman
and Bouden suits when they were brought, and ;
I have had no interest in them. I have had
nothing to do with Mr. Lamb since he was at
torney in the gas litigation, and anybody who
has read my testimony would know that I j
would not be likely to have interest In other j
suits brought by Mr. Lamb."
The relations between W. Bourke rockran and •
George Alfred Lamb became strained several I
months ago on account of a dispute about Mr. ;
Lamb's fees in a suit he had brought in I!*** to
prevent the purchase of the New-York Electric j
Light. Heat and Power Company by the Con
solidated Gas Company. Last June Mr. Lamb
obtained an order for the examination of Mr.
i kran, preliminary to beginning a suit against
him. It was shown by Mr. Cockran's testimony
on June 1!» that he had combined with Camille
Weidenfeld and General Samuel Thomas to have
the injunction suit against directors of the
gas company brought by Mr. Lamb in the name |
of a stockholder. Mr. Cockran said it had been I
difficult to get one of the leading law firms to [
take up the case, and It was decided to have a j
struggling young lawyer undertake it. So Mr.
Lamb was selected. After control of the gas
company passed to W. C. Whitney and Thomas j
F. Ryan, they had conferences with Mr. Cock
ran. General Thomas and Mr. Weidenfeld. and j
there was an agreement which resulted in the ,
settlement of the claims of Mr. Cockran and
his associates for $325,000. in December. 1901-
After the settlement Mr. Lamb discontinued the
suit, at Mr. Cockran's request.
TROUBLE BETWEEN LAMB AND COCKRAN
Mr. Lamb has declared that his outlays In the
mil exceeded what he received from the men
who employed him. and that he would appeal to
the courts for redress. HI? suit against Mr.
Cockran is for 550.000. On July 11. when Mr.
Cockran signed his testimony in the office of
Theodore H. Sllkman. the referee. Mr. Lamb
and Mr. Cockran came near having a physical
collision. Mr. Cockran asked to amend his tes
timony in some respects and Mr. Lamb wanted
to ask some more questions. As Mr. Cockran |
was leaving the office. Mr. Lamb sakl to him:
"I dare you to answer my questions', and Mr.
Cockran replied: "I don't propose to recognize
the tool of the desperate band of thieves who
employ you." The two men were close together
and becoming excited in their quarrel, when an
other lawyer got between them and appealed to
the referee, who said he would call in the Sheriff
If he were sitting in court. Mr. Cockran then
left the office.
The suit of Mr. Lamb against Mr. Cockran
created ill feeling between Mr. Lamb and Ca
ille Weidenfeld. Mr. Cockran declared that
he had authorized Mr. Weidenfeld to make a
settlement with Mr. Lamb. Mr. Lamb did not
■ ant to bring a suit against Mr. Weidenfeld
because of the suit against the Northern Pa
cific directors Which had been brought ir. the
name of Peter Power.
When the hearing In the Power suit was re
sumed yesterday morning before Richard A.
Mnbey. the special examiner. In the Federal
Building. Mr. Lamb had with him as his coun
sel J. Rider Cady. S. H. Llchtenstein and J. J-
Adams, while W. D. Guthrie and F. B. Kellogg
represented the railway director*. Peter Power
was taken to the examination room from Lud
low Street Jail, where he has been imprisoned
for contempt of court since his return from
Canada. He was in charge of United States
Marshal HenkeL Somewhat to the surprise of
many persons in the room. Mr. Lamb was called j
to the witness chair ahead of his client. |
At the outset Mr. Lamb explained that he
had been admitted by courtesy to practise m the
United States District Court of Minnesota. .
where the Power suit was brought. Judge Urn- ;
caster, he said, obtained the courtesy for him. ;
His former partners. Messrs. Guernsey and j
Vose were enrolled as practising In the Federal }
courts Of the New-York district. He said the j
firm of Lamb & Guernsey were attorneys of rec- j
ord In the Power and Houden suits. I
Ex-Judge Cady Interfered in examination j
ccce or twice, and Mr. Guthrie protested.
"What standing have you in this case?" he .
asked.
"I am an attorney for Mr. Lamb." Mr. Cady
replied, "and I desire to see that only proper
questions are asked."
"We object to these Interruptions," Mr. Guth- j
rie appealed to the examiner.
Mr. Mabey ruled that Mr. Cady might appear
for Mr. Lamb while he was 8 witness. j
"Where was the complaint on the Peter Power j
suit first prepared?" Mr. Guthrie asked. ,
Mr. Limb said he made a rough draft while j
on the train to Chicago. It was amended and j
completed a few days later In the offices of j
Bulkley & Moore and Judge Lancaster. The •
Milton L. Bouden and Marquand complaints
were drawn in like manner.
Mr. Lamb said his first trip to the West in
connection with the suit was at Christmas. 10lH.
Power went with him. At St. Paul counsel had ,
an interview with the Attorney General. After -j
I that conference it was decided to bring the suit |
in Minneapolis.
"At your previous examination I understood
you* to say you represented influential persons."
Mr. Guthrie said. "You then declined to give
the names. Will you give them now?"
"I will. At my previous examination I under
stood those people, who had certainly expended
large sums of money on this litigation, were my
clients. If their statements to the contrary are
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correct that relationship does not exist. The
persons I believed I represented were Canaille
WeidenMd. the firm of Thomas & Post, or
rather Mr. Thomas, of that firm; "W. BourkS)
Cockran and H. Content & Co."
MR. COCKRAN AT CONFERENCES.
"You told us Mr. Cockran would make an im
portant witness?"
"I am quite convinced that Mr. Cockran knew
all about these matters, and was financially in
terested. He was present at the conferences
in Mr. Weldenfeld's office, and I know Mr.
Weidenfeld would take no -steps without Mr.
Cockran's knowledge and approval."
Q.— Did Mr WeMenfeld pay the expenses of your
first trip to Chicago A.— The day before rtfl i .
started Mr Weidenfeld s?nve me a check for J..00
to pay my own and Power's expenses and for pos
sible retainers. That was December 2*. 1901. I t>*-
Heve the check was drawn en the American Ex
chance National Bank.
Q.— Do you know Parker C. Chandler? A— l Know
him as a lawyer practising in Boston and attorney
for Weidenfeld. _ ,
Q. — Did he advise that Peter Power go to Europe!
Q— Was that after you told him Power had been
' suupu»naed to appear in these proceedings.' A.— l*
Q.— How do you know Mr Cockran was interested
1 In this matter? A.-I know it as well as a man can
know anything. Mr Weidenfeld told me. and in
last January i heard telephoning from Mr. Weiden
ftrUi's office and from my office. „„__
: Q.— Did you know Mr. Cockran as associate coun
■ sel in these suits? A.— No.
"What clients did you mean when you said
certain clients of yours had sustained losses in
! Northern Pacific stock?"
Mr. Cady advised Mr. Lamb that he need not
! answer, and he remained silent.
j "What conversation did you refer to when
! you said Captain Stern regretted Content &
! Co had been dragged into this litigation?"
I "Captain Stern told me." Mr Lamb replied,
j ••that 'Harry' Content was one of the best
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GEORGE ALFRED LAMB.
Who disclosed the instigators of the Peter Power
stilt against th* Northern Pacific.
trader on the Exchange, and he was sorry Mr.
Weldenfeld had dragged him into litigation."
Some time in June. Mr. Lamb said, Captain
Stern told him the Contents ha 1 withdrawn
from the Northern Pacific litigation. Captain
Stern was used as intermediary, be declared, to
htle the identity of those behind th* litigation.
Q Who paid the expenses of the zentlemen who
came from the West to examine witnesses? A.—
Mr. Weidenfeld. Captain Stern save me a check
for Jl.'»> after a conference we had at dinner with
Mr Weldenfeld at the Hotel Buckingham.
q. Hare you hear.! of the Monon and American
Tobacco syndicates in connection with thai litiga
tion? A.— Yes.
Q.— What was the real purpose of the trip you
made to Chicago with Peter Power and Cant.iin
Stern? Governor Van Sant and Judge Lancas
ter wanted evidence that the suit was ( genuine
suit and said it was advisable thai the stock Power
was suing; on should he produced :r. court. I —
ported to Mr. W«»!flenfeld ami Mr. • tent th?.t the
stock must be produced, if r.no other purpose, ie
satisfy -lose l that Mr. Fow<=r owned the stoclc
Captain Ft*rn carried the stock certificate.
Mr. Rulkley. Mr. Moore and Judge Lancaster
were present when Captain Stern exhibited the
stock as the stock Power was suing on. Mr.
Lamb said. He first saw the stock in Content
& Co.'s office. Mr. Wetdei ' ' wed it to
him. After the stock was exhibited in Chicago.
Captain Stern took it back with him to New-
York. Mr. Lamb said he promised Mr. Palais
to try to get additional stockholders as parties
to the suit.
Mr. Lamb declare. l he t- ■'• ;■ pned froai Chi
cago to Captain Stern for the S"_'i>.i»>t> bond
necessary for filing in the injunction proceed
ings. Power knew all about the proceedings
and was present at some of the conferences
with the Western counsel. Be was introduced
to nil of them and was in court when the appli
cation for the Injunction was made.
LAMB AND POWER SIGNED BOND.
Mr. Lamb testified that he .-■• ■■! Power jointly
signed the application for the security bond.
Mr. Limb paid the premium of JI.TO and Mr.
Weidenfeld refunded the money. Mr. Wriden
feld gave no security to the Maryland Com
pany.
"From whom did you obtain th- particulars
as to the ownership of stock as alleged in the
complaints drawn by you?" Mr. (Safaris asked.
1 Mr Weidenfeld gave BBS the Information in
the off . c of Content & Co.. In the presence of
Captain Stern."
Mr. Lamb said he advised that the stock nec
essary be bought in the open market. Mr.
Weidenfeld had replied he could arrange that.
Then he went out. and later reported that Mr.
Thomas, of Thomas & Post, bad four hundred
shares of Great Northern stock, upon which
suit could be brought.
"You had ao doubt of the truth of the alleged
facts re. ited in the sSSßpteteU you drew?**
asked Mr. Guthrie.
"Absolutely none."
Mr Lamb asserted that Mr. WlliHuftM aw*a
him the facts contained in the complaint of
Mr Chapman. He never met Mrs. Chapman
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