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BILL Ifr FOR STIKCHFIELD.
CONFERS WTTB LEADERS.
t'Giim Shoe" Methods at Headquar
—Root Boom Revival.
After he had conferred last night with
tYilliam V Sheehan, DeLaneey Xicoll and
Chairman Taggart it was learned that David
p. Hill was strongly in favor of nominating
John B. Stanchfield for Governor.
"Gum shoe" methods were yesterday intro
duced at Democratic National Headquarters.
Henry Watterson accepted' an invitation to
address the coming gathering of Democratic
editors here. •
The revival of the boom of ex-Secretary
floot for tlir nomination for Governor was
much discussed by Republicans here.
SCHEME AGAINST OTLLEN.
flu Friends So Characterize the
rout Boom.
■
Ex-Senator David B. Hill, the manager of the
Farker campaign and the national Democratic
boss, dined last night at Delmonico's with Na
tional Chairman Thomas Taggart, Vice-Chair
man De L&ncey Nicoll and William F. Bhaanan.
He told them that John B. Stanchfleld •«.-».« the
most available candidate for Governor, and that
es Mr. Stanchfleld had made the race in a "bad"
year he deserved the nomination In a year when
the chances of winning were about even. >
Mr. Hill told his colleagues, also, that If the
jlepublicans nominated Justices Cullen and
Werner for chief judge and associate Judge of
the Court of Appeals the State convention, if he
Ind anything to Bay about it. would nominate
Jatice D. Cady Herrlck for chief judge and
.Attorney General John Cunneen for the other
vacancy.
Whether Pheehan and Nicoll agreed with him
rould oat be learned to a certainty lapt night.
It if rumored that ex-Judge Parker is opposad
to draggir.p th*» judiciary nominations Into s
I artisan flg'ut this fall, and prefers to indorse
the prospective Republican nominations of Cul
len and Werner.
Mr. Hill's attitude is that Messrs. Herrlck and
Cunneen have received certain assurances, and
that It is better for the party to go ahead and
keep faith with friends than it would be to al
low the Republican State Convention to nomi
nate the Judicial ticket for Democrats to sup
port.
Mr. Hiil camp to town yesterday forenoon, ex
r":ting to receive a lot of congratulations on
a count of his Deposit speech, in which he
esflaf the President a fraud. He didn't re
sr.y bouquets.
Another thing- talked about last night by Mr.
Hill and his friends was the practicability of
having the State Convention make known its
Aoice of a candidate for United States 6
•tor. Mr. Hill wants to learn. If possible.
it-fc«thej" TaTT-.ni»-»>v is disposed t/> »n»ir/» :• fiei»t
Iv, . fa.vor , of- iia-.i.is W. "Bourne Cockran made
The candidate for Senator. The consensus of
opinion last night seemed to be that "foreclos
ing" on the Senatorshlp at this t';ne would be
bad politics, and that it would be better not to
decide to do it until the delegates got together
r.t Saratoga on the 20th. If it seems wise to
do it then the matter can be arranged quickly.
It was said last night after the conference
that TVii!iani F. FIK-ehan had told his friends
that •' would be be.<n to say little about the
Governorship until the delegates got together.
Since .Mr. Bheehan'c return from Bar Harbor
lis friends have been urging the nomination of
Daniel S. Lamont. Another peculiar develop
ment of the situation is the open advocacy by
Senator McCarren of the nomination of Con
troller Grout for Governor. By many this is
interpreted as a scheme to kill off the nomina
tion of Justice Cullen tor the Court of Appeals.
Senator McCarren Is apparently in favor of
Cnllen's nomination, but be says that Grout
fbouid be nominated for Governor at th«» same
time. This would be giving Kings County two
of the greatest prizes on the ticket. The Dem
ocratic friends of Judge Cullen believe that this
couble advocacy of Kings County men by M< -
Carren is a Hill trick t.. for ■ the State conven
tion to drop Culien, on the ground that Klng« Is
asking too much.
"Gl M SHOir METHOD NOW
The Democratic Leaders Are Emu
lating the Gentle Clam.
The nrt result of numerous conferences held at
i>mocratie National Committee headquarters since
m« arrival of Executive Chairman Sheehan from
Maine fa the deddon to adopt "gum shoe meth
ods. ' Silent* an«l circumspection are now belni
laeuJcated. Tha reticence of the clam Is to be.
emulated, and even xhe erstwhile genial Thomas
Taggart j a proof against the assiduity of the Int<r
vj. v.r T .
Hie antagonism between the colonels who orna
••l'-nt the office of the sergeant-at-arms called
iwih »n order from Chairman Sheehan. Com
plying with a mandate from the Man Higher Up.
Colonel Martin .Jftrfi.eii Colonel Donelson to guard
Un portals lead) to the three offices occupied
by Ehethan. Nicoii and Behnent. Since the an
•isnm«nt wat made, questions of Jurisdiction and
control have been raised that are similar' to those
•t the headquarters of the State committee. Colonel
Martin, of Missouri. la unquestionably dominant
•xcept in the territory specifically set off to the
Tennessee colonel. Did the at rgeant-at-arms make
the aes.'gr.ment cheerfully or was ha pushed. Is
*bf- question under debate. Chairman Taggart with
tolds the answer.
Henry Walterson was a visitor at hindquarters
T^nterday. M Is staying at Manhattan Beach.
1 Colonel Watterson was asked to address the con-
UrencG of Democratic editors on September 7 and
•■ He referred to an assurance he had given htm
■ nit twelve years ago that he would not address
W appear at a political gathering.
i-Msi r i<:t Attorney Jerom<! made bis first visit to
fii-ad'juarter.-i yrsK-rday. He met Chairman Tag
t»n. out conferred with Sheehan and Nicoll.
.Vljltain IJ. tJourley. :;:.l oinnii tt.'.-llii. 1: for
N»-u -Jm-s ry. rallf-d on Chairman Sheehan. Speak
w« cf political conditions in Jersey. Mr. Oourl. ■
•3*4 Urn «!xns earned to point to tha nomination
- Ol ChurU-u C. ick. ••' Jersey City, ■> lawyer, now
a tiiT.-.br of tiie Board hi Stale Taxation, for
W. !to';rk«* <"o-krrin. who hat mnOe thrw
■ «P<SccliV3 In ihe Vermont <Mmpalsn, came in fro-a
I t«a r.fff.i Mountain .State, yesterday and ••■„
oirectly i,, (he office of Mr. Bbeehao, with whom
"« had a long talk about hi." experiences and ihe
*Atlook. H<; alpo had ■' conversation with ijp
kescey Ni--.,,i i m found only time to exchange
•"■"ttJiißN v...', Chairman '..■;-•■". Mr. Cocktail
K^« r.ext •*>■*■]'. to Main..-.
AHOTHZH WISCONSIN COMPLICATION.
-sanction Suit to Keep State Treasurer
Kempf'3 Name on LaFollette Ticket.
Milwaukee, Aug. 28.— Further complications have
*rU*r, in Wlsooasta Republican State politics te
*"** of the action begun to-day l<y Suite Tre ty
yr *r Kenjpf In the Circuit Court of Milwaukee
Contli, urd oil »-•-• •■•!•' p.'ise.
T ""- n :' W '-^S«, K . -XEW-YORK. SATUBDAY. AUGUST Ti. 1904.-
PRIMATE ARRIVES TO-DAY.
Dr. Davidson Expected to Go at
Once to Quebec.
The Most Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson.
Archbishop of Canterbury, will arrive here to
day on the Celtic. In October the Archbishop
will attend the triennial general convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in Boston, and
also the semicentennial jubilee exercises of
Columbia University, at which, probably, he
will make an address. At the founding of King's
College, now Columbia, In 1754. the Archbishop
of Canterbury was the first trustee of the in
stitution.
The unique, nature of the present visit has.
been dwelt on editorially in the English news
papers. Th" Archbishop will be accompanied by
Mrs. Davidson, the Vicar of "Windsor and two
chaplains. Dr. Davidson, who has been a prom
inent figure in ecclesiastical life In England for
many years, attained the high office of Primate
on January S, lOUo, succeeding Dr. Temple, who
died in December. 1902. Dr. Davidson was a
close friend of Queen Victoria, who had him
appointed dean of Windsor In LBBS.
The Archbishop, it is expected, on his arrival
will proceed at once to Quebec. He is expected,
if he arrives to-day, to preach to-morrow in the
Cathedral of Quebec nt the one. hundredth anni
versary of the dedication of the cathedral. Sub
sequently he will go by way of Montreal to
Toronto, where he will receive an honorai^ de
gree from the University of Toronto.
"BLACK HAND* 3 REVENGE.
Italian Informers Victims cf the So
ciety at JVilkesbarrc, Perm.
Wllkesbarre, Peon., Aug. 28.- The "Black
Hand" society struck a blow of vengeance in
Athens. Ponn., to-night, and two men arc in the
Robert Packer Hospital at Sayre as a result.
The men who were attacked are Dotninico lios
tello a.nd i;iuseppe Sclrona, Italians.
Some tim> ago Mostello informed the Lehlgh
Valley Railroad detectives of tho identity of
three members of the Maria gang who held up a
number of Italians at Lake Carey and levied
tribute on them. The members of the "'Black
Han-1" were arrested, but it was impossible to
convh t them, as Mostelio and all the other Ital
ians were afraid to testity against them in open
court. Soon afterward two of the three mon
robbed Most ell., of .SW<>.
Last night one of the three, sai<l to be a mem
ber of the Ifafia band <>f New- York, leading
some recent recruits, made from the Athena
Italian colony, again attacked kfostello and
Bclrona, and secured considerable money from
Mostello and .<"."> from Sclrona. Then the leader
of 1 1 1- • band deliberately shot Mostello twice,
and stabbed him several times with a stiletto.
Sclrona was shot through the face, and two
te«th knocked out, and the base of bis tongue
injured.
It Is probable that Mostello's Injuries will
prove fatal. Immediately after the shooting
this story was procured through an Interpreter.
but none of the Italians will tell anything of th<
rious affair, an.i as a result ih-' police are
i:naiile i., make arrtsts.
$500 IS NOT PAID
CHILD TO DIE
Bruvklyu Woman, Her Brother Says. f^sra
Threatening Letter.
.l<ip»>j'h Singer, of No. 12? Second-a vc-.. went to
the Fifth-st. station last night and told Sergeant
Ryan that his married sister, Ida Levltz, of .-.'
«'.J4 Thlrd-ave., Brooklyn, had received a threaten
ing letter on Wednesday, demand) 1500
The man s.-i!d his sister was not living with her
husband. She has four children. The letter, he
j-alcj. asserted that if th<- - ; -' v. .i- not pal at t!i«
appointed tim<\ on«* of her children would l>
stolen and p<it to death. The won h»* asserted,
was raid to leave her house, and had written
him about the letter.
Sergeant Ryan '"II tlu- man to taki the letter
to Police Headquarters, In Brooklyn.
ONE KIDNAPPER IS HELD.
Three Prisoners in the Mannino Case Are
Set Free.
Angelo Cuoossa, ihe youth who had aJreadj con
be lured young •■Tory" Mannino awaj
from his home, No. 82 Amit] st Brooklyn, on
• . the grand Jury In thr- But
rday Decision was reserved In
. 1 sco Carnlglio and his wife An
at No til Kast Thlrty
■■'■<■ all* b< d h< t"ok the
.- II was not shown tint the three other
Salvatore Altadona, Antoniu <;.ibti aim
„ Mannino, hid anything to do with the
... .- vi. j wer< discharge d.
Maaistrate Dooley Bpeni almost the entire morn
ing Uetenlng to the stor>- of the kidnapping. The
oily new testimony presented, however, was that
of Sylvester B Kent, ol No. 129 Baltic- t., who
■ lid b« had seen the Mannino boy. a<-tompantea 1 ,
1 dirk haired man, going acros* South rerrj a
Bhort time before midnighl o>. th< night he waa
on ■•
ALARM FOR "KIDNAPPED' ACTRESS
Theatre Manager Says She Was Spirited
Away from Garrick in Chicago.
A man who said he wan William .1. Block nan
nger of the Lyric Theatre, and living at the Hotel
Summerset. No. 150 West Forty-scventh-BC; called
a-l the West Thirtleth-st. station yesterday and
asked the police to send out a general alarm for
Nena Blake, eighteen years old. an actress, who Is
BiiDDoSed to have been kidnapped at the Garrick
KJ? Chicago <>n Wednesday last
!t ''/ ":;•, ■ Vli. I he had received a telegram from
Mr Block of the Oat Tick Theatre asking thai
the m.it.a««.r t,, „t "' for !!■■ woman. The telegram
' [ Ch M rß*ck saW, that Mia- Blake IsA the
theatre in stage costume.
TO SETTLE FISHERIES QUESTION.
Mr. Hay Asks for a Conference with Can
adian Officials.
•iv TBUKUura to tub nuw nk.l
onnnlpeg. Ann. 2ft -Raymond Prefontaine.
Minister of Marine and Fisheries. passed
Lhrougfa her- to-day on his way east to Ottawa.
He said he-had receiv d B telegram from Ot
tawa Informing him that the government had
„ [ved a note from John Hay, Secretary of
state asking for a conference upon questions at
i ':,, l ,,wn n the Osbermeti of the United States
: ;; ; ,i Canada. Mr. Prefontaine waa greatly
pleased with th<- Information.
TROUBLE OVER EXTRA FARE.
New-York and Chicago Limited Train Held
Up for Thirty-five Minutes.
[IIV TEI-IMJBAPH TO thk TRIBUNK.I
Pittsburg. Aug. M An Interesting railroad re
oort reached here to-day showing bow Austin
Jordan a wealthy meat packer of Lincoln. Neb.,
held up the New-York and Chicago limited train nt
Harrlsburg last night for thirty-five minutes, and
had it not been for his wife persuading him to pay
the IS extra fare from New-York to Chicago there
would have been more trouble.
dan had ridden to Harrtiburg before II was
discovered that be bad not paid the extra fare, and
an effort to collect it almost caused ■ riot lie re
fiued to get off and thejeomluctor refused to mova
his train, and there was ■ deadlock for thirty-five
minutes. _
II iv t*ver tones Its grip In tho Adirondack Moun
tnu™. New- York Central ticket agent will tell you
whe'rn to I \'!vt_ .
tht: archbishop of canterbtjri and his wtfr.
Passengers on the Celtic, whi.ii Is due here to-day.
HATE WAR STARTED.
Heavy Cut by Union Pacific Met by
Missouri Pacific.
IBV irLEIiRATH TO THE TRIBINE.I
Chicago, Aug. 2ti. -The Union Pacific Railroad
Company yesterday announced a reduction in
the rates on wire and nails from Chicago to Col
orado common points. The normal tariff Is 77
cents n hundred pounds. < >v and after next
Monday th. rat< wfl] !»• mad< 1.". cents by all
the line?., "ih, reason given by the Union l*a
< itii for making the 1 ut is that the movement at
present Is unusually Usht, and that a lower flg
un Is necessary to stimulate the business, v
ted !■> agt.ntu of other iir.»'s. however,
that the reduction was In the Interesi of
th.^ riif producing companies, which Is said to
have four hundred to five hundred carloads of
wire ready for shipment to Colorado points fro
I'itttiliuig and < Chicago
Later in the day th? Missouri Pacific an
nounced corresponding reductions from Pueblo
to Missouri EUver points Its rate will be IMJ1 M J
cents. This move was said to be In the Interest
> r Mm • ••'.': ■:■■.■ r*uef ,i7.<l -iron"* Company:
The i nlon Pacific's nig reduction, and the put
ting in effect of correspondingly low rates by
the Missouri Pai ifVc, la believed to be the begin
ning of a hut- light for supremacy , between
the Gould and Harrlman interests. The Ameri
can Bteel and Wire Company, In the interest of
which thr Union Pacific is said to have made
the reduction, Is under Harrlman's care, while
Mr. Gould is largely Interested In the Colorado
Fuel and iron Company] for the protection of
which his road met the rate.
An uneasy feeling regarding the general rate
situation Is apparen: In railroad circles here,
and fears are 1 tertained that if this trouble
between the Gould and Harriman Interests is
not speedily Bettlfcd, general demoralization In
Western freight rates may resutt. The roads
want business to )<•••:, lip their earnings, and
to get it sot..- of them will not hesitate to cut
;.1 B*
At ;t meeting of Western traffli officials In
Chicago to-day, efforts were made to limit the
new rates to September 10, and provide that
thej then should be withdrawn The repre
sentatives ot .the Gould roads however, :idi
culed the proposition They said they put In
the reduced tariff to stay, and Intimate.) that it
wan the aim of the Union Pacific, when it an
nounced the cut, to t.ik- the four hundred or
five hundred carloads of wire and nails of the
\merlcan Steel Wire Company to Colorado
points and after getting them there agre< to
a restoration of rates. If the Missouri pacific
stickfi to its present position, the Chlcago-Mls
gourl River lines will be compelled to reduce
th' rates from Chicago to Kansas City.
There were predl< tlons In this cltj lha( a dlsas.
t< war. affecting all Iron and steel products,
■ follow tii' Bteel and Win Company's move,
with an enormous resultant loss to the railway-.
!,,,, „., ■ th< United State* Steel Corpora
tu.n and the Colorado Fuel and Iran Companj
closed .a fractional net advances, although under
„.,. best ol the day. The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company is controlled by the Rockefeller-Gould
Interests, and John l> Rockefeller, who is v
elated with George .1 Gould In thai company. Is
commonly reported "■ the Btreel to be now the
dominating Interest atao In the Uvited States Bteel
< lorporatlon.
A new pool In steel products was formed yester
day In this city. The pool Is the Structural Bbapes
Association, formed to covei special shapes which
nave not 1 n covered closely under the Btructui il
Bteel pool. The new agreement becomes operattvi
on S'-p" mix r !
GEMS AND MAID GONE.
Mysterious Robbery at Slarrctl
Home in Pelham.
A mysterious robbery of jewels worth $2,500
occurred at the home of S. 11. Starrett, a resi
dent of Pelham, early yesterday morning, and
Mr. Starrett has asked the police of Westchester
County and New-York to look for his former
servant girl, who went under the name of Sophie
MacLoghlln, who disappeared during the night.
The girl had bee* with the family only a
month, and her month was up last Wednesday.
She told Mrs. Starrett she Intended to go away
yesterday. A mysterious part of the affair is
thai the servant took only a small valise and a
few clothes and left behind two trunks filled
with love letters, clothing and other things.
Before retiring on Thursday night the Star
retts discovered that the maid had failed to lock
the back doors and windows, as bad been her
custom, and it is thought she might havb had
a confederate who lured her Into committing the
robbery. The Jewels stolen comprised the fol
lowing: .
Large diamond horseshoe, red enamel pin set
with large diamonds, ring with ruby and two
diamonds, ring with five diamond?. ring with
lour diamonds, diamond and ruby ring, large
turquoise ring set with diamonds.
This robbery resembles a similar diamond
theft which occurred at Mamaroneck several!
months ago, when a house was robbed of jewels
worth $20.0011 and later « servant disappeared.
"L" MEN EXPECT TO WIN-
Jencks Thinks Bryan Will Grant
Nearly All Demands.
William L. Jencks, the duet of Division 105
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
which, with similar organisations, made de
mands yesterday on the officials of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Railroad Company, ex.
pects to receive a reply to those demands tr > n
E. P. Bryan, the vice-president and general
manager of that company, by Monday. Yester
day Mr. Jencks said he expected that this re
ply would grant nearly all the demands made
by the men.
Mr. Jen ks sai i
I have just hai a telephonic conversation with
Mr. Bryan, and he told m>- that he was at we
drawing up an answer to our demands, i ex
pect to get one by Monday.
From the conversation I had with Mr. Bryan
1 understand that the answer will be satisfactory
on the whole, and that most of our requests will
be granted.
LIFE SAVER STRANGLED.
■- - -^ — --■--. •-'--'-
Crowd Causes His Death While
Dragging Txco Men Ashore.
Atlantic City, N. .1 . Aug. 20 (Special). Albert
Davis, one of the best known of the life guard.:,
was drowned here to-day in an effort to save
two bathers who were in peri!. The tragedy wan
the' moat sensational of Its sort witnessed in
years. The men Davis went after were saved.
The drowning occurred near the Steel Pier at
an hour when the beach was crowded with peo
ple. Probably three thousand people witnessed
Davls'a gallant tight, Hist to save the Imper
illed bathers and then to save his own life.
The men for whom Davis sacrificed his life,
are Henry 8011, a clerk in the St. Charles, and
Henry Dempsey, a visitor from Camden. The
two me started to swim around the Steel Pier,
becaim: exhausted and called for help. Davis
and .•],. ( 'onover started for the men. Davis tied
a life line around his waist, after failing to reach
the men In his boat, and jumped overboard after
them. Both 801 l and Dempsey grabbed him,
and an awful Struggle ensued. Both were light
ing off death and really doing more to hamper
Davis than to aid him
In th-- mean time ili>' crowd had .-eiz.-'i the
other eiM of th>r line on shore, and, seeing the
i ■... men clinging to Davis, pulled him toward
th< beach Strange a< i 1i 1 may seem, the • ■
crowd reall] drowned Davis Tile rope uas
fastened beneath hi. arms, and the pulling on
the rope dragged him so low In the water that
he strangled. Before those with knowledge of
the situation were atl< to impress the woukj
bi r> >.'»iors with ill- danger Davis was dragged]
io the shore unconscious. !!•■ died shortly at't»-i
n ard.
TO TRY FOR WORLD'S RECORD
Speed Test for Twentieth Century Limited
Between Buffalo and Chicago.
IliV TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBI'NE. 1
Cleveland, Aug. 2t;.— Just :i> soon •■■ weather con
dition* are propitious. an attempt will be made
by the Twentieth Century Limited to break the
world's speeding record for railroad trains. The
test will be made between Buffalo and Chicago.
The Lake Shore raptured the record from the
Great Western Railway of England i>n October 21.
laX, On that occasion 510. 1 miles were coven-d in
170 minutes and 'M seconds.
From carefully kept records of speed it is be
lieved that the distance may now bo covered at an
average rale of seventy mil- an hour.
PRESIDENT HARPER'S SON ARRESTED.
One of a Party Accused of Breaking a Door
at the World's Fair.
St. Louis. Aug. 26.— Paul Harper, fifteen years old.
son of Dr. XV. R. Harper, president of the Chicago
University, and three friends, "Fred" Taylor, sev
enteen years old, son of a New-York broker, and
"Fred' ''■■'• seventeen years old, and Frank
Gates, fifteen years old, sons of Frederick G. Gates,
business manager for John I>. Rockefeller, were
arrested at the World's Kalr to-day on charges of
disturbing the peace and destroying property.
The Jefferson Guards, who made the arrests, say
that the boys broke down a side door at the
Moorish Palace, on the Pike. The boys declare
that they became lost In the mazes of the exhibit,
and pushed through a door In order to get out.
GIRL BURNED IN EXPLODING •AUTO.'
Pawtucket, H. 1.. Aug. ,y>.— An automobile owned
and operated by Benjamin' A. Hawkins, of Bayles
vllle. and also containing his wife and two daugh
ters, exploded to-day, and the younger child.
Medga, seven years old, was ■ probably fatally
burned. The others escaped uninjured.
The accident was due. to the breaking of the
chain which tore a hole in the gasolene tank, al
lowing the gasolene to come in contact with the
spark. An explosion was followed by a sheet of
flame that' enveloped the machine. The automobile
was wrecked. . ; * ■
Magnificent Hotel Frontonae. Thousand islands.
Open during September. Most delightful season
on the St. Lawrence River and best fishing.— AdvU
'01 RTEEN PAGES.-.vT h^ttC:;o,
SUIT FOB A MII.U.h\.
RECEIVER FOR COMPANY.
McCmtity Deuies (liarges of Inter
national Mercantile Officers.
Not only has the International Mercantile
Agency, at No. ;S4t> Broadway, now been placed
in the hands of S receiver and is declared in the
petition to lie insolvent, but the company h;:s
brotiKht a suit in equity against 'ihoir.;!.- N M< -
Cauley, a former president, preferring charges,
including one of unlawful conversion >.f stiwk to
his OWB use. against him. Assistant District
Attorney Garvan began jesterday an Investiga
tion into allegations made in the complaint.
which was filed in the United States Circuit
Court on Thursday.
In substance the complaint alleges that ?!.-
L'm.tmn of the capital stock of the company was
voted to McCauley on relatively worthless assets
furnished by him: »hat he unlawfully converted
certain stock to his own us< , and that the com
pany is in its present condition because he be
trayed his t/ust.
The papers and books of the company have
been turned over to Mr. Qaxvan.
The complaint as filed says that the company
was organized in January, l'JO'j. as the Sprague
Mercantile Agency, wit* a capital sto k a |S -
«nn),»nn». $1,30(XO00 In common and $oO«MMjl> m
preferred stock, in May, f9OS> the capital stock
was ralstd to the additional Sl.ikh>.
<H» being in common stock. McCauley. it i» as
serted, turne<l over to *he company th»* assets
and rights of the Mutual Mercantile Agency,
and certain Interests and right? in other com
panies known a-- the Sprague Mercantile Sys
trm. Including the Bprsgne Mercantile Agency
Of Montreal and the Sprague Merc.uitile Agency
of Toronto. It is > liarged that the rights in the
Mutual Mercantile Agency were purchased by
McCauley lor fIO.OOQ It is further alleged
that the transfer of the stock was fraudulent
and \oid "because the board of directors were
dummies and creatures of McCauley." The list
rf the directors *t Riven a? William A. Conway.
Ross M. Turner, Harry 4. Jones, Kenneth J.
McLaren, V. E. Bnglebocfe and Edmund C. Kid
den. It is alleged that most of these men were
clerks In the employ of the company and were
in - * otherwise interested, with the exception of
Turner, who had sis shares of the stock that
hail been given to him by McCauley.
Of th ■ stock tnrned over to McCauley. it is
declare . $560,000 was turned over in February.
I'.Hfj. $J50,000 in Match and the balance before
July 1 < ' that > ■
"McCaaley lent money to the company »sten
sjbly from bis private fund." the complaint .011
tinues. "but In reality from the proceeds of the
stock sold by him and represented by him to he
t reasury stock."
The officers of the company interested in the
suit againsi Mr. McCauley are Mr. Holm.-.
William H. Sterling, the treasurer, and Charles
\ Henderson, the third vice-president and '*•■ -
eraJ manager.
Through his attorney, Arthur J. Baldwin, of
Grtggs, Baldwin A Baldwin, Mr. McCMley last
< declared that itw- charges were without
foundation.
"Mr. McCauley," said Mr. Baldwin, "when h-*
organized the company, put in the entire assets
of ilio Mutual Mercantile Agency, which he
bought dp, as well as the assets >f seven or
eight other agencies of a similar character.
These assets he valued at $1*100.4)00, and I as
sert they could not be duplicated for that sum
In return for this, the directors turned over to
him sl.iiHuxKi In common stock of the new
company.
In the petition for the appointment of, a re
teiver th( company's liabilities are fixed at some
1 <;.• 11 m ►. and the assets at not more than £l* l»».
«k*>. constating of outstanding contracts with
subscribers and the various branch offices in the
United States and Canada.
On Thursday at his home ;it Sen bright, N. 1.
Vice-Chancellor Oarrtooß appointed •;•<»: K.
Beach, of Jers«-y City, receiver for the aget>£~
in application of John Enrlght. of Jersey City,
on behalf of stockholders. On Wednesday a
warrant of attachment for $544££>U0 against
the company was granted in the Supreme Court
here, the complainant being McCauley, who de
clare;; the sum Is the balance of .<l7*>.Wl 41.
which lie alleges he lent the agency.
IV I RE LESS FORECASTS.
New System to Obtain New* of
Storms a Day Out to Sea.
Washington. Aug. -•">. —By the transfer of the
use of wireless telegraph] from the hydro
graphic office of the navy to the Weather Bu
reau, announcement of which was made to-day,
it is expected to secure a more thorough fore
cast of storms approaching from the seas.
In commenting on the transfer to-day Pro
fessor Willis Moore, chief of the Weather Bu
reau, said the result would be an uninterrupted
wireless communication with all lasses of ves
sels, whether merchant marine- or battleship,
when within three hundred miles of either the
Pacific or the Atlantic Coast.
it is the present purpose of the government
to establish at least fifty stations on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts. Concerning reports
from the Pacific Professor Moore said:
"The Weather Bureau is greatly handicapped
to-day in getting forecasts from the Pacific
Ocean, owing to the small number of stations
Installed on the coast and the few vessels
equipped with wireless apparatus.
"As we will be able to maintain communica
tion three hundred miles out la sea. which hi
about one day's movement of a marine storm.
we . in keep at least one day ahead of the
weather on the toast."
Professor Moore did not think in* advantage
would be so great on the Atlantic- Coast, except
in the treatment of the destructive tropical
storms which originate In the vicinity of the
West Indies.
YACHT REPORTED IN DISTRESS.
One Life Lost irom Unknown Sloop Near
the Vineyard.
Vineyard Haven, Mass.. Aug. 26, An unknown
sloop yacht in distress. with one man lo^t over
hoard, was passed about, midnight last night in
Pollock i".i'> Sloe by the schooner John Douglass,
Which arrived here from Kangor lay. A terrific
Kale was blowing ;it the time from taw westward.
Those on the yacht .".-•ktd to be towed to the Vine
yard, but the Douglass was unable to render as
aUtance, owing to the gale. When last seen t ii-»
sloop v..'s laboring heavily in the deep sf>as off
Stone Horse Shoal.
The yacht was headed southwest through the
Blue, and hail evidently come r around CaD« <"od.
She appeared to b»- unmanageable. The Douglass
was able to net within hailing distance of the
yacht, hut could not ascertain her name, although
It was learned that a man had been li—i.
JAPANESE WINS HARVARD SCHOLARSHIP
Stanford University! Cnl.. Ausr. 25.— The Harvard
Club, cf San Francisco, has awarded to Yasunoske
Fukukita. a Japanese graduate of Stanford Uni
versity, a scholarship at Harvard University. The
scholarship is one awarded annually by the San
Francisco Alumni of Harvard, and allow* a year's
stay at the eastern ; Institution. '!'.'<"
Manhans«>t lions' 1 . Shelter Island, open until Sept.
l.th. covering the popular autumn season. Golfing.
Yachting, Garage.— Advc
rmrE three cenib.
KUKOPATHN AITACEEA
./ MOTE ON UAO-XAXG,
Tzco Japanese Divisions in Fierce
Battle Xear Lian-Dian-Sian.
The Japant-ic began an attack on the main
Russian army's position on August -V. and
after a series of sharp actions on tlu: follow
ing day. brought up two divisions against
I.ian-Dian-Si.in. about twenty mi!« southeast
of Liao-Yang. General Kuropatkin rejjortcd*
that several Japanese batteries were silenced
in the course of the advance. The lighting
continued all day yesterday in spite, of heavy
rciin.
Port Arthur's stubborn defence continues.
Fort No. 5, which the Japanese were re
ported to have taken, is supposed to be di
rectly south of Itse-Shan. Lieutenant' Me-
Cully. the American naval attache, who left
the fortress on August 14, is quoted as saying
that conditions in the town arc far better than
previous reports indicated.
Rear Admiral Stirling sent a dispatch from
Shanghai to the Navy Department saying
that he considered the questions raised by thr
presence of the Russian warships to be closed.
BATTLE LASTS ALL DAY
Artillery Fire Heavy — Rumor of a
Russian Victory.
Kantzertun (seven miles southeast of Liao-
Yang>, Aug. -»'>.— Contrary to the expectation of
the Russians the Japanese are beginning" to
advance along- the whole line of the Russian
eastern front. On the morning of August 24
there was a rifle skirmish, and the next day the
Japanese artillery opened fire. On both days
the firing ceased at dusk, and the small energy
displayed by the Japanese might have been
taken to indicate that it was merely a demon
stration or a reconnoisuance in force. On the
morning of August -v*. however, the rifle and
artillery fire was renewed with an energy that
left no doubt that a severe battle was intended.
The Japanese pushed their attack against the
Russian right flank and centre, concentrating
th- ir Ore upon the Ist Battery of the Third
Brigade. Three officers and several men were
wounded early in the day. but the battery held
its position and replied to the Japanese are with
such marked effect that General lvanoff sent a
congratulatory message to its commander.
The Japanese several times attempted to cros3
- .
the Tankcho (Hank River?), but only a few suc
ceeded, and these were forced to hftle in th*.
n-'lds of Chinese corn.
V _' ...l-.iek in the aftamaas the art'lle
•■..u as :t «.is st Wi - I >ut it
fluctuated considerably and <>. > -asioually the
ItnWSlllll tire aln 1 that of UM •)
ese. Rain f^-ll la tevrenta at V a/deck, ssjl it
did not .'-top the lighting, and sate in the evening
several Rassten coan] --d forward to
tne ;iti .'
it if no) >et peantasi tag ?ult of Iks
battle, i"it it is alleged that the Russians \»*r
successful.
There is ■ prospect el more fighting to-mor
-
row.
POSITIOXS OF ARMIES.
Knroki's Men Open Attack -Xodzu
Xcar Si-Mu-('heng.
l.iao-Yai.g. Aug. tdelayed in transmission*.
A. . ordins to the best information obtainable
the Jaj.ant-s<- are preparing for .^ desperate at
ta. k upon l.iao-Yang. in whi> h, the Chine*
they are sanndent <>f success. Siege guns have
■eni from Ymg-Kow to Tashi-Chlao. in
tended for nse against General Kuropatkins
poeitic
An indication at these positions of the method
ical preparation for a big battle is the fact that
ten thousand wooden boxes, in which it is in
tended to nines the ashes of the killed, who are
to be cremated on the battlefield, have been de
livered in the neighborhood of Liao-Yansr.
Eight hundred Chinese have been engaged to
burn the bodies of those who may be killed.
The present disposition of the Japanese forces
is as follows: General Kuroki. with 10O.<\*>
• --->.--•■■
men. la between Khoyan and Gutziatzy: General
Nodzu. with »'><>."<>»►. is on the line between Si
. -
Mu-Cheng and Khalin. and General Oku. whose
force has been greatly depleted by withdrawals
for the Port Arthur siege, is at Hai-Cheng.
A((l RATE RUSSIAN FIRE.
Several Japanese Batteries Silenced
in Series of Actions.
<■ Petersburg, Ausr. -gniaarar Xichotas
has received th- following di?pateh. under date
cf August ■_'•">. from General Kuropatkin:
On August 24 a Japanese battalion delivered
an attack in the Valley of i?undakhyK» irons
Tantzlaputiza. Th.- Japanese advance was
checked at 2 p. in. at I^aodlntati by a Russian
company, rive men of which were wounded.
The same day two Russian companies success
fully resisted the advance of the enemy i:t sil
lerior force it Sunoinpu. where the Japanese
suspended operations when our reinforcement*
arrived. The Russian losses were one officer
wounded and fifty-three men killed or wounded.
On the evening of August 24 the Japanese;,
having repulsed our outposts, occupied th«»
eights to the southeast of Llan-Dian-Sian. an»!
proceeded to construct earthworks and Ir.trench
mer.ts on th" heights.
At r»:4."> a. m. on August 25 on» of the reeny's
batteries opened fire on the village of Kofyntsa.
A Russian battery returned the fire successfully,
notwithstanding the considerable distance of tha
Japanese guns, and silenced the latter, com
pelling the gunners to take to cover. - .; ;
Since the morning of August 25 a force of the
enemy consisting of one brigade of j infantry.
with four batteries, has marched through th*
Sundakhya Valley and repulsed two companies
of our troops. In advancing down the valley
one company of the Japanese advance guard