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Nflto'Wirfk Wxibnnt.
>*LXVI XcX c 21,830.
Sbln revolt shows.
-,V hVIS CITY TAKEN.
. sharp Action—Government Still
Sure of Victory.
Aug. general Rodriguez, com-
J^'nf the Rural Guard, after relating this
"* »; the incidents of the day. said:
•**"" « n>U the American people that Cuba is
yr 'V^>~nott-iu to . ope with the insurrection.
«r.ttt*'> , "'.' ru mors in all directions about the
V 8 '" 1( ', '„, of Insurgent hands in great nutn
*P Blri ' ' >t borne out by our reports or. as far
** a: Wamen\ by the facts. The result of
"»*L,unter *t^an Luli= is still not known deri
ptneoulH" known that we inflicted some
*Sj2n*e cnVmy In that vicinity. The much
•C movement in Santa Clara province has
»»«' V, .-..untorcd. and no Insurgents have
SL^n Set* by our forces.
***' t <-<lay equipped and p-nt out in va
"* directions three hundred volunteers under
*** ill- officer* We have plenty of Reming
**U,d ammunition for all who onlist at pres
•*•;- wore has been trdered from the I'nited
ft * '* Besides we |i3v«» thousands of old but
■JSahle gun« We believe the loyal people
t'Vins up arms for the government faster
•£, Vie insurgents are Increastac.
XTiii'.p the foregoing is typical of the utterances
lorerr.ment officials, there are evidences of
fereateriirjg Increase in the number of rebels.
j-the rrovince of Santa Clara the disaffection is
iglT- - A end in the province °* Havana a
wany people are in sympathy with the In-
Irtr.ts. I" some cases whale communities ap
•o have been carried away by the return of
Wel times. The extent to which this will lead
ff oj*n rebellion is still uncertain. A man who
Mjetsrned from Ajruacate. where he spent sev
-ai days, » w this evening that as many as 500
west of them armed, were riding about the
j+ h— ' proclaiming reV olt-
Tfce principal happening; to-day was the flght
, San Luis. The reports of the command
of the Rural Guards are to the following
eCert:
The bands of Gue.rra. Pozo and others, aggre
nting about 4*^» men. concentrated this morn
jnf In the vicinity of San Luis. Several Rural
Guard* under command of Major Laurent were
•otttack the insurgents from the east and thirty
men miter lieutenant Azcuy were to attack
from the west. Azcuy arrived first and got into
ID iU-tltr.*d engagement with a far superior de
ttdnnent. with the result that he was forced to
frtrtat hastily to San Luis, pursued by a por
tM of the enemy. The Rural Guards took
te!SE« in their quarters, and Guerra's men re
tained In possession of the town. This after
toon Major Laurent had a hot fight with the
fcn.T?ents under Guerra and other Insurgent
aMnan<ler*. and reports that several were killed
c wounded. He pursued Guerra, but as far as
mown Aid not retake the town.
According to other fragmentary reports, the
jswceiUF continue in possession of San Luis.
)B"*wsy trains have not been stopped.
Th« government** later reports from San Luis.
MAT oi THE WJSSTKBX PART OF CUBA,
where the guerilla bands are in revolt.
rtich significantly are dated from Pinar del
Rio. are to the effect that Major Laurent. In
I. £ ?temoon's engagement, killed four insur
ants and captured a few horses and munitions.
Th. major hh £ * not yet arrived at Pinar del Rio.
one binared recruits were started westward
thta evening on board a special train, but it Is
r.ot &efy that they will be permitted to reach
fen Luis. A detachment of 100 recruits on the
ny to Guinea tad a slight encounter to-day
rtb insurgents, but no one on either side was
hurt . .
Ay. attempt is being made with two hundred
mounted Rural Guards ard regulars to corner
Qufr.t'.n Eindera; who with ISO men Is contln
«feg his dodging tactics in the western part of
th« jsrovin-e of Havana.
tbtee large bands of Insurgents are out in the
pmtare of Santa Clara. The insurrection ap
pears •„ be growing, but the loyalists of the
to*™ cay that they will be able to resist the
smiiiM
lereraj hnrsos which were being loaded on a
kWr. of the W.-ctern Railway at a suburb west
"Ttr* rMr, <rere seised by rebels to-day.
Ko Insurgent movement Is reported In the
I*w:r.~ «.f uwas. Which is the stronghold
tf«tw Moderate party, beyond a band of twenty.
isj nor.- in tfc* eastern provinces, excepting the
U- . • »;ar.d r Enrique Mesa, which for weeks
'■*■* tlu4e4 i.-jr^uk in Santiago.
A' .'-.■ account Of the capture of San Luis
*— . that ,-• •.. o'clock this morning the force
** by Pino Guerra. an ox-Congn-sFinan. and
•Wifiry other insurgent bands, attacked San
Lv!s, which is situated on the railroad, about
>n iuiies w«?t of Pinar del Bio A sharp and
V-Mv<* engagement followed, during which a
*>'Ji"Ur of nun were killed or wounded. The
'.OT.n was defended by fewer than one hundred
li'Jral Guard*, fifty of ivhioin surrendered to the
'ssjrsents utid arc now held ms prisoners. The
•W'-irsctit forces ...■■ now. in possession of the
tt'-'.rosul station and of the (own, which is re
■amlng Us normal condition. Hy the capture of
K ''fi 1.-:;*. wiw<h hnt>. about five thousand Inhab
•'•^'.'•.f, the sr.«ij«gv»nt« nave obtained an Impor
ta^t »•£*<» '.<■■ f;:;-:if oprations.
i" r vT'r'sn\. Va'iwA, in an taitervlew this morn
<r..- :,•: ,• •<•!.. ii. at first, has *>*»en one of unpre
pftlcQßeit& as uFual in such cases We are tak
'•*-t a l|[i(# rime '•'< prepar? to «-op«? with it, but
there is p/icititely r -"" cau»e for alarm. The
r^vf rr.rnt in r'anm Clara Provicre !s email, in
it,. A . . it is trifling. ,ir<»f the hands in Pinar
• «atlaited on tecuuii f u«
TocJitv, »li..rr,r.
To-ninrroM-, > i<>nrr« ivrft inn* , ,
■ --.- : . t - - : .
nKACO ]'!.\\ TO HAirlF.
Rio Congress Sends Question to the
Coming Conference.
R'o Janeiro, Aug. 22. — The International
American Conference to-day adopted with a
slight technical modification the Mexican con
vention relative to the exercise of tlie liberal
professions.
The resolution recommending tho submission
to The Hague Tribunal of the Drago Doctrine
on the n:atter of the use of force for the col
lection of public debts was adopted unani
mously. The preamble says that n<> definite
conclusion is proposed by this conference, com
posed exclusively of representatives of Ameri
can countries, but that the principles in ques
tion should be passed upon by an assembly
composed of representatives of all nations, as
affecting the International sovereignty and
rights of nations. It further expresses the
opinion that the declaration should be extended
to cover all controversies having pecuniary
origin. The resolution recommends "that the
governments represented in this conference con
sider the point of inviting the second confer
ence of Thp Hague Tribunal to consider the
question of the compulsory collection of public
debts, and, in general, means tending to dimin
ish between nations conflicts having an exclu
sively pecuniary origin."
In the committee on location of the next con
ference Chili, demanding that precedents be fol
lower], has made strong opposition to Argen
tina's plea for the selection of Buenos Ayres.
Chili is now compromising, owing to the bond
of sympathy created hy the calamity which be
fell that country last week and Buenos Ayres's
prompt tender of aid to the stricken city of Val
paraiso. The report of the committee will ad
here to the proposal for the choice of Mexico
City for the next conference, but it will be ac
companied by a recommendation in favor of
Buenos Ayres for the conference of 1910. the
centenary of several of the South American
republics.
FIGHTIXG AT BILBAO.
Many Strikers Wounded by Troops
—Martial Law.
Madrid, Aug. 22.— The situation at Bilbao is
becoming worse. Troops and strikers this even
ing were in conflict in the market place, and at
the San Antonio Bridge, ami in the fighting
many persons were wounded. j
A state of seige has been proclaimed. No
newspapers are being published.
GENERAL STRIKE AT BILBAO.
Bilbao. Aug. 22— The Labor Federation has
decided to begin a general strike here to-mor
row, which means that sixty thousand persons
•will cease work.
The greatest military precautions are being
taken here, in view of the approaching arrival
at Bilbao from England of King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria. Troops occupy all the strategic
points.
TREPOFF POISOXED?
Reported Attempt to Kill the Palace
Commandant.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22— A story is in circu
lation here th^at an attempt has been made to
poison General Trepoff. commandant of the im
perial palace, whose illness has Just b*-en an
nounced. It is addfd that the generals cook and
three other servants have been arrested.
WOMAN 'WAITIN' AT THE CHURCH.'
Aged Fiance Failed to Appear Beoause She
Had Given Him Wine.
[By Te'.tsTsph to Th<* Tribune . 1
Ocean Grove, N. J.. Aug. 22.— The song story of
the woman who was "Waltta* at the Church"
was exemplified here to-day in a scheduled wed
ding which did not take place because, as the
bride-to-be explained, 'the devil interfered."
Thf> persons interested are Daniel de B. Keim.
seventy-five years old, iini Mrs. Elizabeth L.
Bryan, a widow, seventy years of age. Both are
zealous church workers.
Th» wedding was fixed for to-day at 3:.'s<> p.
m. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Keim called upon
Mrs Bryan. They were both "under the weath
er " Mrs. Bryan explains, and *he gave him a
glass of milk In which she Dut a dash of wine.
|ir Keim detected the wine, and to this Mrs.
Bryan attributes his failure to be on hand this
afternoon.
At .".■{<» p. m. to-day everything was ready for
the wedding. The bridegroom -to-b*. however,
was not on hand. Mrs. Bryan waited for an
hour when she received word from her fiance
that the wedding was off. No explanations were
offered. Mrs Bryan broke the news to her
frli-ii'is and they departed.
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE STRIKE OFF.
[By Trlerraph to The Tribune 1
Pittsburg, Aug. -2:2. Striking workmen on the
$5,000,000 addition to the Carnegie Institute,
who have delayed work for months, capitulated
to-day. The marble setters withdrew from the
Trades Alliance and declared th«Jr sympathy
strike oiT. other trades will follow to-morrow,
all going back to work on the open »hop basis.
Work will now be hurried, to have the great
buildings completed In lime for the world's con
gress of scientists, which is to meet here at the
dedication next spring.
TURN CREEK IN BURNING MINE.
; By TV!«»rr»pfi to Tli<" Tril»itn». I
Wllkes-Barre. Perm.'. Aug. 2-.— ln the effort to
overcome the tire which In raging in the War
rior Run colliery of the Lehlgh Valley Coal Com
phi 9 jlk- company this morning turned a creek
Into* the ItalHmore slope of the colliery. Mas-
Btve walls are belnp erected to keep the fire con
fined The town, which is over the mine. is in
danger.
DEWEY'S PURE GRAPE JUICE.
Absolutely free from air. pro— ruatly— .
H T Dewey &' Sons Co.. 13b Fulton St.. New Tork.
— Advu
NEW-YORK. THURSDAY. AUGUST 23. l>n<; T\\ IXVE PAGES.-., *Slߣi££*m*
STRONGHOLD OF CUBAN INSURGENT* OUTRIDE OF SAN I.IIS. PINAR DEL
UIO PItOVINCi:.
M. J. SAGE & CO. CLOSED.
BUCKET SHOP GOES UP.
Market Hits Firm Which Al Adams
Is Said to Back.
M. J. Sage & On., the- bucket shc.p«firm which
moved to Jersey City to escape the effects of th?
New York Stock Transfer Tax net. closed its
doors yesterday, and will apply to-day for the
appointment of William Beverley, at present
chief clerk in its Jersey City offices, as assignee.
The firm was incorporated in New York in
19* M. and it is generally supposed that Al
Adams. the "policy kins;." who has served a
term In Sing Sing for his connection with policy
shops, has been back of the operations of the
firm, which has correspondents in every import
ant city and town in the I'nsHl States and Can
ada. The Jersey City offices of the firm are in
the Fuller Building, and it has another suite of
offices at Xo. Tn Broadway. Manhattan, where
no business has been done since the passage of
the Stock Transfer Tax law.
It also had offices at No. 42 Broadway with
the Guanajuato Amalgamated Mines < ompany.
a company formed by Al Adams for tho promo
tion of the Guanajuato mines, in Mexico, which
he is supposed to have bought soon after his re
lease from prison. Soon afterward he went to
Mexico and now lives near this mining property,
having left the control of his interests here to
his son. Albert J. Adams, jr.. who has looked
after his father's interests in M. J. Sage & Co.
The officers of the Sage company are M. J.
Sage, president: Edward L. Bradbury. »ecr<»
tary; Charles' AY. Cannon, treasurer: David R.
Hobart and William H. Newman, directors, with
the other officers named.
'M. J. Sage it Co. are practically a big bucket
shop syndicate, operating all over the country.
In some towns large enough to justify the in
vestment It has half a dozen or more corre
spondents and agencies. In Montreal, for in
stance, there are three agencies; In other cities
as many as seemed necessary for the volume
of business.
IN PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE.
The officers of M. J. Sage & Co. have been In
the public eye several times before. Maurice
J. Sag* 1 , its president, was dismissed from the
New York brokerage house with which he was
first employed, and later organized the bucket
shop firm of <>. J. Robinson &■ Co. Charles \V.
Cannon, the treasurer, and supposed to be the
personal representative of Al Adams, was the
manager of the bucket shop maintained by Dr.
W. E. Woodend. who failed, under circumstances
Involving him in serious charges, in 1904. Later
he was connected with another Himila 1 " house,
I^ongley, Hnle & Co., whose failure w.->s almost
as sensational as that of Woodend. His last
bucket shop connection «:i« with Arthur 11.
Page & Co., a firm thai came to an end when
It failed to account for 1150,000 of irs custom
era' money.
Bradbury, the secretary ihe company, was
arrested in Chicago in 1900, as a confidence
man. While under the name of K. <i. Gunsxdus
a bucket shop k»-pt by iii:,i was raided by the
police. He was also al a later period connected
with Dr. Woodend through the Eiadden-Rodee
Company, of which he was the Milwaukee man
ager.
David R. Hobart, one of the directors, is a
brother of the late Garret A. Hobart, Vice-Presi
dent of the United States lie was at one time
engaged in the brokerage business at No. 40
Broadway.
Both W. E. Woodend '& Co. and Arthur K.
Pago & Co., the firms with which Cannon
was connected, were at one time members of
the Consolidated Stock Exchange of this city,
but were expelled when they failed.
The reason for the sudden dosing of the firm's
offices In Jersey City is said to be the heavy
losses it has sustained in Wall Street in the last
few days. Many customers have taken their
profits on the last few days' heavy trading, and
this has deprived the bucketshop men of their
usual sure reliance in the willingness of thos^
who may be temporary winners to stay in the
game until the house has won back all It lost
and more. As a result of this, according: to re
ports, Al. Adams refused to put up any more
money and ordered the offices to lie closed.
Young Adams and Sage, who were In Jersey
City when the orders came, pleaded with the
head of the concern to hold on a little longer,
but : he was obdurate, and refused to act as
"angel" any longer.
Then notices were sent out over the leased
wires which the company operates to its branch
houses, informing them of the suspension of
business, but a4v!i:ng them to hold on in the
hope of a reorganization, which was said to
lih practically assured.
BIG ALLEGED SALES MADE.
M. J. Sage & Co.' had no connection with the
New York Stock Exchange or any other New
York exchange, though it handled un enormous
amount of business dally in alleged commission
Biik-.s mid purchases of stocks, grain- and cotton
for its customers. These orders were trans
mitted, first to thP New York and then to the
Jersey City offices, over the leased wire*, and
were supposed to be executed by actual pur
chases and sales of stock on the floor of a stock
exchange.
As a matter of fact, it is doubtful if such com
missions are ever filled In that manner. If the
customer guesses aright the way the market is
going, the hucketshop pays over the money; if
he is wrong, the company wins, and k«*«»ps his
money. The game resembles roulette, in that
there is a double percentage in favor of the house
that practically insures It from great loss.
BURGLARS USE AUTO.
LOOT SAFE — SHOOT MAX.
Female "Raffles" Engaged in Many
Bold Robberies.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Hemps,tead. N. V.. Aug. 22.— The Westbury
postofflce was wrecked by dynamite and looted
this morning by burglars, who escaped in an
automobile, after shooting . volleys at the viit
lagers and wounding one man."
An attempt was also made to enter some of the
larger country places on the Wheatley Hills, hut
they were so effectually defended by dogs and
watchmen that the burglars, who came in a large
touring car driven by a woman, got nothing of
value.
The West bury postofflce was completely
wrecked by the unusually large amount of dyna
mite used to biow open the safe. Windows in
adjoining stores and houses were blown out by
the terrific explosions, two In all. that followed
the attempt of the gang to carry away the entire
proceeds of the office. This was at 'A o'clock
this morning, but the noise of the explosion was
so great that nearly the entire village was
awakened, and in a few minutes a posse of half
clad men were chasing three men who ran from
the building.
The burglars managed to grab $200 in money
and many stamps, but overlooked f&DM in one
of the inner compartments of the safe, where
Postmaster Taylor had placed the government's
money with some of his own.
The men ran for near'.y hs.»f a mile through
tho village streets, followed by Daniel and Will
lam O'Connor and Charles Rollins, who were
staying in a hotel near the postofflce. Although
the men were unarmed, they pluckHy ran on. and
were closing in on the burglars when the latter
opened fire, firing nearly twenty times at the
three men before one of thpm was hit. The a
of Rollins was shattered hy a bullet. He dropped
to the ground, and the O'Connor brothers, think
ing he had been killed, carried him to an ad-,
joining hotel. He soon regained consciousness
and. with fully a hundred nien. the chase
after the buj»glars was renewed. On tlje
Jericho Turnpike, near the country place of Jay
Phippa and Thomas Hitchcock, jr.. they were
nearly overtaken when they were seen to Jump
into a large touring car. without a top. and
were off Instantly in the direction of Old Wot
bury.
Several gunloads of shot and bußets from re
volvers were Bred at the fast moving machine
Without result.
A woman was at the wheel and the machine
had been cranked. As the three men tumbled
In a heap Into the auto it was off at top speed.
The burglars succeeded in making their escape.
Earlier in the evening three men ::nd one
woman In a touring car were seen acting in a
suspicious manner on the country seats of
Samuel and Edward Willets, at Brighthome and
Old Westbury. !>ut. seeing the watchmen run
ning i;> their direction, the men put on all power
and made their escape. A woman wirh blond
hair was driving the car. The same car and
occupants were also .seen at Hempstead and
Meadow B:«>...;:, near the Hunt Club, and the
places of <•• H. P. Belmont, K. V. K. Kennedy.
August Belmont and J. K. S. Raddi n. but the
numerous <:<>^ and watchmen frightened the
supposed burglars away.
Early on Sunday morning an attempt was
ma de to rob General Lloyd Bryce*s villa near
here, but the burglars wer« frightened off be
fore an entrance was gained. A few weeks ago
th e „iti f thy <;reat South Hay Ferry Com
pany, on the shore below Freeport, was broken
intf> and th" fobbed. It is now recalled
that just before that robbery a strange woman,
a tall blonde, was seen about the office. She
attracted no snecial attention at the time, but
it i«= now believed that she was the same woman
who occupied a seat in the Westbury burglars*
motor.
It is also recalled that when the Farmlngdale
depot was robbed, n month or six weeks ago, a
woman «as seen with the men who did the joh.
The burglars on that occasion, however, used a
Owing to the darkness none of the pursuing
party ;it Westbury could see the number of tho
car or Its make.
CHOLERA REPORTED IN BERUN.
One Suspicious Case — Authorites Express No
Fears.
Berlin, Aug. 22.— A child died h«re to-day ap
parently from cholera. The authorities are mak
ing an Investigation. They say that an out
tn.:.k of cholera is Improbable.
HEIRS CLAIM GERMAN MILLIONS.
; Waukesha. Wls". Auk. -"-'■ Ten residents of this
i city claim to be heirs to the estate of Michael Roup,
; a brcw.er. >•!' Germany, who left a fortune said to
• amount i" nearly $100,000,000. Edward Koup, of
| Buffalo, came here yesterday, and after consulting
' with him the ten Waukesha heirs signed affidavits
I 'affirming their kinship with the deceased brew* r.
' There are sal.l to be thirteen heirs in all. The
i tierman Ambassador In Washington h)as enm
j munlcated with ■ the heirs an J says the estate is
I bon&nue. '
THE SECOND EMPIRE.
•'The Second Empire" of the NEW YORK ''EX
1 TRAL. "America's Greatest Railroad." 1* a fast
' daily train, leaving Nf-v York at 1:0.: P M.. arriv
ing Buffalo 10 20 P. M .:■ stopping at Albany. Utlca,
Syracuse, Rochester. Batavn.— Aivu
MISSY.WNOIMM-IN HURT.
Daughter of Head of Trust Com
pany in Critical Condition.
Blairgcwrie. Scotland. Aug. 22.— While a party
of American travellers were driving from Glen
Ghee to Blairgowrie yesterday their horses
bolted at the foot of a hill, overturning the car
riage. Miss Emma Van Norden. daughter of
Warner Van Norden. president of the Van Nor
den Trust Company, of New York, who was for
some years private secretary to General Will
iam Booth and had shown much practical in- '
terest in the Salvation Army, was "thrown !
against a dike, sustaining a fracture of the
skull, part of the brain protruding. She was
carried to a nearby house, where she was op
erated on mat night. •**
Dr. Renton. a prominent surgeon of Glasgow,
who is attending her. reported to-night that she
was doing fairly well.
Miss Van Norden's cousin, Ottomar H. Van
Norden, sustained a dislocation of the shoulder.
The Rev. Oliver Hart Bronson, another mem
ber of the party, received scalp wounds, while
Edward S. A very was cut on the leg. The
coachman hid his ear almost torn off. The car
riage was smashed to splinters.
Miss Emma Van Norden. who was seriously hurt
In Scotland yesterday. Is the daughter of Warner
Van Norden, president of the Van Harden Tr;;st
Company, of No. 78* Fifth avenue, who lives at No. II
East 62*1 street.
Mr. Van Nord«»n received a cable mess in
the afternoon, tellirg of his daughter's serious con
dition. He also heard that Ottomar H. Van Norden.
who was one of the party and a cousin of Miss
Van rforden, had escaped unhurt .
l"p to a late hour last night nothing had been
heard at tlie Van Norden home of Sites Van
Norden'i condition.
Edward S. Avery. who was slightly injured, •• an
official of thf Van Norden Trust Company, and lives
at No. 13 East Btoh street.
HOKE SMITH XAMED.
Landslide Ends Five - Cornered
Fight in Georgia.
FBy Telem-aph to The Tribunal
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 22.— A. landslide for Hoke
Smith hit Georgia to-day. The former member
of Cleveland's Cabinet swept through the state,
leaving his four opponents far in the rear.
To-night Hoke Smith is acknowledged to be the
next Governor of Georgia, and the. only question
is as to rhe size of his majority over the com
bined four opposing men — Clark Howell. of "The
Constitution"; J. H. Estill. of "The Savannah
News"; James Smith, a wealthy planter, and
Richard Russell, a Georgia judge.
Of the 140 counties of the state, it is believed
that Smith has landed in his column over UK*
and possibly as high as 110. He carried Fulton
County after a hard contest. Clark Howell fight
ing him to the finish but losing out In the coun
try districts. EstiU has carried Chatham, his
home county, and James Smith has a few coun
ties, but the combined total Is far below what
was expected. Smith conducted his campaign
on the lines of opposition to present freight
rates, favoring disframhlsement of Negroes and
opposition to the ring rule.
Captain W. R. Joyner was elected Mayor of
Atlanta.
There was little opposition to all of the present
incumbents of the various state offices, who were
candidates for re-election.
Senator Bacon was unopposed and his re
nomination is assured.
Four candidates sought the place made vacant
by the death of oCngressman Lester in the Ist
District, and in the 3d District Congressman
Elijah B. Lewis is opposed by Dudley M.
Hughe?.
The vote was ca«t direct for the various can
didates on the ticket. I'nder the Georgia state
primary law the candidate for Governor receiv
ing the largest Individual vote In each county at
entitled to name the delegates to the state Dem
ocratic convention from that county, each county
being er.titled to twice as many delegates as It
has representatives in the lower branch of the
Legislature. The state convention will be held
at Macon, September 4.
IXFESTMEXT MEX HELD.
Postal Authorities Say They Got
$850,000 from Dupes.
Chicago. Aug. 22.— Operations of the Tabasco-
Chiapas Trading and Transportation Company
and the Lu-Me-MHIs Company. Mexican invest
ment concerns, with offices in River street, were
stopped to-«lay by the United States postal au
thorities. Henry D. Bushnell, president, and I.
B. Miller, secretary and treasurer, were ar
rested and arraigned before United States Com
missioner Foote. who held them in bonds of
$2,«KM> each and continued the case until Au
gust aft
It Is asserted by the postal authorities that
the operations of Bushnell and Miller, which
have covered a period of five years, have netted
them $800,000 from Investors. Together the
two companies were capitalize! for $2.0081000.
According to the literature of the two companies,
they operate large coffee plantations and own
several lines of steamers. The postal authori
ties ray that such is not the case, and that
Miller and Bushn*ll have h«>en paying dividends
to investors from the money taken in for stock
In the concerns.
FISHESMEX COMPLAIX.
Canadian Cruiser Reported Destroy
ing Xets in Lake Erie.
Washington. Aug. 22.— Captain Ross, chief of
the revenue cutter service, of the Treasury De
partment, to-day reported to Acting Secretary
Murray, of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, that he h::d received advices that the
Canadian cruiser Vigilant was destroying the
nets of American fishermen in Lake Kri*\
The reports of the fishermen Indicate that the
nets were set well within American waters.
Complaints were filed by the fishermen with the
American authorities.
The matter will be reported to the State De
partment and probably will constitui • rh»- sub
j*>ct of an exchange between the. American and
Canadian governments.
WITTE VXDER KMFE.
Operation on the Former Premier
at Frank fort-on-Main.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 22. Count Witte. the
former Premier, submitted to an operation on
Tuesday at Frankfort-on-the-Maln. which was
performed by Professor Espies. A telegram re
ceived here to-day from the ex-Premier de
clares that her. was the sole reason for his
visit to Frankfort, nil rumors of political aims
to tho contrary notwithstanding. He will be.
obliged to remain at Frankfort or in that vi
cinity for several weeks.
. PKICE THBEE CENTS.
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HEARST PLANS REMOVALS
Jerome, and Perhaps Mayor, May
Go if He Is Elected.
If William Randolph Hearst Is elected Gover-r
nor one of his first official rets, according to
present plans, win »*» to remove from office Dis
trict Attorney Jerome and possibly Mayor Mc-
Clellan. It is admitted by the Hearst men that
the case against the Mayor is not a strong one.
and that there miirht hr s. revulsion of public
sentiment against the new Governor if he acted]
precipitately.
The State Law Committee of th» Independence
League held a three-hour session yesterday, and!
it was significant that last night one of the prin
cipal topics of conversation at the Gilsey House
was the probable removal of McClellan and]
Jerome. One of Mr. Hearst's lieutenants fur
nished the data which seem to give the Gov
ernor ample power to remove both the Mayor
and the District Attorney. The following ex
tract from the charter of the city of New Tor*
covers the removal of the Mayor:
Section 122— Removal by Governor— Mayor
may be removed from office by the Governor !n
the same manner as sheriffs, except that the
Governor nay direct the inquiry provided by
law to be conducted by the Attorney General:
and after the charges have been received by the
Governor, he may, pending th» investigation,
suspend the Mayor for a period not exceeding
thirty days. j^P
The article and section covering the removal
of a District Attorney is as follows:
Removal of District Attorney for failure to
prosecute; expenses of prosecutions for bribery.—
Article XIII. Section »I. Any District Attorney
who shall fail faithfully to prosecute a per
son charged with violation in his county of any .
provision of this article which may come to his
knowledge shall be removed from office by the
Governor, after due notice and an opportunity -
of being: heard in his defence. The expenses
whi'-h shall be incurred by any county in in
vestigating and prosecuting any charge of bri
bery or attempting to bribe any person holding
office under the laws .of this state, within such
county, or of receiving bribes by any such per
son In said county, shall be a charge against the
ptate. and their payment by the state shall be
provided for by law.
Article X. Section 1. — The Governor may re
move any officer in this section mentioned, with
in the kens for which he shall have been elected,
giving to such officer a copy of said charge?
against him. and an opportunity of being heard
in his defence.
This article and section covers District Attor
neys. County Clerks and registers.
The charge against Jerome probably would be
dereliction in the non-prosecution of the Insur
ance officials. In the case of th» Mayor It prob
ably would be based on alleged maladministra
tion of the Police Department.
Mayor McClellan has kept himself Informed
of everything that has been going on in politics
since he went away, the latter part of June.
His friends make little effort to conceal the
tentative plan of campaign which will be put
into effect when the Mayor returns on Septem
ber S. It is to summon at once to the City Hall
! every head of department and bureau and glvs
notice that the Mayor desires support in the
fight against Murphy. There is not a depart
ment or bureau that the Mayor cannot reach
if he wants to be drastic about It. Fire Com
missioner O'Brien Is in favor of harsh measures.
He would go to the evtent of dismissing every
placeholder who does not fall Into line against
j Murphy. ,
Probably Mayor McClellan will not risk tac
tics of this surt. Every man summarily dis
missed would be a flaming crusader for Hearst.
Doubtless the screws will be put on discreetly.
with a suggestion that the placeholder's place
is desired by another man, and that a change
is> impending. A nod at this time is more ef
fective than a kick. The Mayor is too shrewd
to overdo the matter.
OPIXIOXS IP THE STATE.
Democratic Committeemen's Idea*
on Hearst and Jerome.
Telegrams were received last night by The
Tribune from Democratic state commltteemen
in response to a request for opinions on the
Heaist and Jerome candidacies for Governor.
CHARLES F. RATTIGAN ANTI-HEARST.
Charles F. Rattigan. Editor of "The Auburn
Citizen." state oonimltteeman from the 39th Dis
trict, sent the following:
Auburn. N. V.. August 22.
To The Tribune, New York:
To my mind Hcarst'B nomination as a Demo
cratic candidate is impossible. He is a self
s«#ker whose only strength is his money. De
nouncing in his papers the trusts he Is resort-
Ing to measures In his political campaign which
discount the tactics of the Standard Oil Trust.
Addlcks in Delaware never resorted, to more
dishonorable methods. Hearst cannot be nomi
nated unless bribery and blackjnall control in
the Democratic convention at Buffalo. The
candidacy of an honest, fearless and independ
ent Democrat like Jerome is inspiring to every
one who belle vts in true Democracy.
chari.es f. rattigan.
The significance of the foregoing lies In the fact
that Mr. Rattigan is an able and fearless fighter,
and probably nf acting after consultation with
John N. Carlisle, of Watertown: Melvln Z. Haven.
of Syracuse: Charles A. T*ux. of Wayne County;
George Raines, of Rochester, and other well known
Hill men up the state. It doubtless foreshadows a
union of the up-state anti-Hearst delegates on
Jerome. Mr. Rattigan himself successfully managed.
the mayoralty campaign of Thomas M. Oibornt,
thrice elected Mayor of Auburn, a Republican city.
Mr. O»borne was defeated last fall by the Hearst
men. He Is one of ex- Judge Parker's eligible candi
dates for the Democratic nomination for Governor.
FOR HEARST IX SOUTHERN* TIER.
Henry G. Jackson, comml.tteeman from the,
[Nth District, sent the following:
Ringhamtcn. Aug. 22.
To Th*» Tribune. New York.
There is no feeling expressed, nor any move>
ni.'nt whatever, unions Democrats that I can
Seam of, in the 3.Nth District, comprising the
counties of Broome. Tioga and Cortland. in favor
of William Traver.-* Jerome, nominee for Gover
nor. As for his nomination by the Democratic
convention he is considered a dead cock In th»
pit. an impossibility. The nine delegates from
this district were instructed to vote for William
R. Hearst, first, last and all the time. His name
was before the convention, and this sentiment
ha* grow a stronger every day since those In
structions were given
HENRY G. JACKSON.
MH. MURPHY MAROOXED.
Met ires to Good Ground -Other
Politicians Also Quiet.
Hearst. Jerome. Murphy and O'Brien— the be
wildering and Intrepid political knockabout ar
tists Who made th* welkin ring on Tuesday
rested yesterday. f
Mr. H»awt said he had nothing further to say
for th* "present. H» put in the day with his
campaign manager. Max F. Ih.rr.sen. Thomas Gil
lerar. Melvln G. Palll«er and one or two others.
Mr. Jerome was at the Criminal Courts Build
ing, figuring out th* best way to get int-> the
fray again and then out without a broken head