NEW-YORK. WEDNESDAY, -ITLY 31. 1001. -TWELVE PAGES.- b>^?rr.^

OEX.AVOOT) HERE FROMCUBASWINDLERS IN FRANCE. A MOXSTER TENEMENT HOUSE

PRICE THREE CENTS.

STRIKE NOT VET SETTLED.

FRUITLESS MEETING OF AMALOA-

MATED OFFICIALS

VOL-LXI • V- 19.951.

CBXRGE> AGAINST AVAR OFFICE

CLEBKS PROBABLY UNFOUNP 1!•

BRODRICK'S LAME EXCUSE.

Brigadier-General Leonard Wood. Governor-General of Cuba, arrived here yesterday on thesteamer M<->rro Castle from Havana. Mrs. Woodand their children. Osborne. Leonard and Louise,the last a baby, accompanied the general. Theywere separated at Quarantine, because Mrs.Wood is not immune to yellow fever, and willbeobliged t.» remain under observation. Che andthe children will be the guests of Health OfficerDoty for a sufficient length of time.

General Wood is still far from well. He wason deck only twice on the voyage, and then onlyfor three hours at a time. Surgeon-Major D. T.Lame and three nurses accompanied the general.When the vessel reached Quarantine General

HE THINKS THE GOVERNMENT IN TBIISLAND CAN BE ESTABLISHF.H IN

ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.

DARING AND REMUNERATIVE WORK OF

A BAND OP CROOKS.

Paris, July 30.—

The police here have founda gang of turf swindlers and card sharpswhose operations were characterized by extraor-dinary audacity. The first discovery was madeat the end of May. when a horse named Coli-magon, a worthless selling plater, won a raceat Colombes easily, with the betting 12 to 1against him. A week later Colimagon engaged

in a similar performance at Maisons-Lafltte.

The Jockey Club investigated the running of

Colimaeon and found that a first class English

racehorse had been substituted for the originalColimagon by a Belgian named Hereboudt, whohad previously been warned off the French racecourses. The police then took the matter up

and discovered that Hereboudt was the headof an organization of crooks working in Franceand Belgium.

A majority of the members of the gang had

assumed high sounding titles and frequented fast

circles and clubs. One member, a bro'V; of a

well known Abyssinian explorer, who styled

himself "Count." was arrested. Two others

were self-styled barons, and one had given him-

self the title of prince. They occupied sumptu-

ous apartments in the Champs ElysC-es and

Madeleine quarters, to they Inveigled

rich youths and swindled them at baccarat.

The losses of Prince Karageorgovitch and fourother young men of good families, who com-plained to the police, alone amount to 370.000francs. The swindlers owned a yacht, calledthe Westermine. on board of which their dupes

were invitc-d and were subsequently plucked.

The police also traced to the gang the promo-

tion of a number of fictitious mining and coalcompanies. The investigations of the police ledto the flight of the swindlers. Several of them

have gone to Abyssinia. Hereboudt sailed for

Holland on board the Westermine. The revela-tions have caused a sensation in clubland andsporting circles.

EITCHEXER FIGHTS YILJOEX.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL LEONARD WO(Copyright. 1809. by J. E. Purdy & Co.)

plans ARE FILED FOR THE CONSTRUC- sTION OF A MODEL BUILDING TO

ACCOMMODATE ISO FAMILIES.-Harde & Short, architects, of No. 3 West

Twenty-ntnth-st., filed plans yesterday of whatthey say will be the largest tenement house Inthis city, if not in the world. The building isto be erected by the City and Suburban HomesCompany, and will occupy the whole block frontIn Avenue A between Seventy-eighth and Sev-enty-ninth sts. As the building willextend back

200 feet in each street, it will be nearly square.with a ground area of more than 40.000 equare

feet. Itwillcontain apartments for ISG families.The cost of the buildingis placed at $180,000.

The building is to be six stories high, with acourtyard, so that there will be no dark rearrooms. On the first floor there will be ninestores, one of which is to be especially fitted for

a model bakery. There will also be sixteenapartments on this floor, and rooms for showerand tub baths for the tenants. On each of theother five floors there willbe thirty-four apart-ments, of various sizes, ranging between oneand eight rooms. There will be four mainentrances and eight staircases, encased in solidbrick walls. The floors, windows and casings

will be fireproof, and the other parts of the

structure semi-fireproof.

i The exterior of the buildings is to be of golden

\buff brick, with Indiana limestone and terra

cotta trimmings. The entrances will be paved

with polished colored granite, inlaid with tiles,

and with wainscotlngs of fine marble.The roof willbe constructed as a roof garden

and playground for children. The rent which

will be charged tenants willaverage $1 a room a

week.Special attention has been attracted to this

tenement house because it is really the firstlarge buildingof its kind for which plans havebeen filed since the new Tenement House lawwent into effect.

Special plans also have been made for bath-rooms for each apartment. The average apart-ment will consist of a parlor,*bedroom, diningroom, kitchen arm bathroom.

¦me City and Suburban Homes Company hasalready built several modal tenement houses inthis part of the city, and also on the West Side.The following are the officers of the company:Dr. Elgin R. L. Gould, president: Samuel D.Babcock. vice-president: R. Fulton Cutting,chairman of the board of directors; CharlesStewart Smith, treasurer, and George W. R.Fallon, secretary.

Harde & Short got first prize for model tene-ment house plans at a recent competition, Inwhich 170 architects competed. A model of thenew tenement house, which has been etc scribed,willbe placed on exhibition at the Pan-Ameri-can Exposition.

BRITISH TAKE A GUN. WAGONS AND

THIRTY-TWO PRISONERS.

London, July 30.—The War Office has received

the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener:

General F. W. Kitchener after a long chaseof Ben Viljoen's commando caught up with it.A sharp fight ensued. We captured a pompomand twenty-two wagons and took thirty-twoprisoners. The British had five wounded.

WAR ON TAMMANY GOES OX.

HIGH OFFICIALS THOUGHT RESPONSIBLE

FOR LACKOF NEWS-MINES—THE

.WHEAT CROP.

(OornW-. 1001: By The New-York Tribune.)[BT CAHJi TO TUB TRIBUNE.]

London. July 31. 1 a. m.—There is no new

ase in Mr. Brodrick's singular attempt to dis-cipline newspapers suspected of obtaining th©

secrets cf the War Office by Improper means.

The law arms him with full resources for pun-

tshicF not or.ly lerta betraying the confidencec{ the department, but also those who

tire them to do it. Those conversant withtjie ordinary procedure of the War Office areamused by Mr.Fredrick's disingenuous effort to

£scr?"~." Ma own staff by charging certain news-paper? with corrupting clerks with moderate in-

comes.Th* real source of leakage is well known.

Whenever important dispatches are held over in

the Wsr OOce for twenty-four or forty-eight

tours, there is gotoip among military men who

receive their cues from high officials. Confiden-tial matters which are whispered in the military

dubs soon reach the ears of the journalists and|Bjdth way Into print. This is the natural ex-

planation of many disclosures which Mr. Brod-rick attributes to bribery on the part of theaavapaj ¦ n

The best safeguard against leakage would bethe .- Slate publication of the bulletins re-ceived from South Africa before the higher offi-cials themselves have a chance of tattling aboutthem. It is one of the requirements of red tape

that nothing shall be published from the War

Office without the direct sanction of the Secre-tary of War. This is a common cause of delay.

fince he cannot be consulted readily at all times.

Mr. Erodrick has brought himself into ridiculery his credulous and irrational conduct in seek-ing to discredit "The Daily Mail" and the clerksin the War • Ace.

The action of 'he Irish members in bringing

forward the question of privilege which occupied

the attention of Parliament yesterday has

caused great annoyance to most English people,&£ the Nationalists never conceal their contempt

for the honor of the British House of Commons.•'The Mail" disclaims any attention to imply

that Mr. Brodrick had been guilty of falsehood,

ar.d merely considers the Secretary of War to

have been misinformed in supposing that it hadused ar.y improper methods of obtaining officialinformation.

The three Irish members of Parliament whohave been suspended this week have undergone

the penalty for the first time this session. They

were Dot among the number who were suspended

at the sitting when the police were called in.

BOERS DRIVE BACK BRITISH.

ALLDAY FIGHT NEAR NQUTA—FIVE KILLED

—GUN NEARLY CAPTURED.

Durban. July 30.—

Details received here ofwhat at first seemed an ordinary skirmish be-

tween a British column and a Boer commandonear Nquta on July 2S show that a hard all dayfight occurred, in which the British narrowlyescaped the loss of a gun of the 67th Field Bat-tery. Four hundred Boers repeatedly rushedthe British position, killingMajor Edwards andGunner Carpenter. The fun was limbered upand tak<=n at a gallop for three miles under heavy

fire. Five British were killed.

The ieciFion of the umpires with regard to theI action off the Scilly Isles indicates¦.ounter used up cruisers at such a

¦• .red the manoeuvres might

• an ur.t: Ir want of ships. Ofgh:e* r rru..- c:< kr.r.ckea out. nine have

. 4. to continue the proceedings.

In attempting to cross :ht= bow of the ferry-

boat South imp' 'in. of ih^ Lone Island ferry,

the yacht Bellemere, was run down by the ferry-

boat late yesterday afternoon in the East RiverJust off James Slip. The yacht's crew scram'. lerlon the ferryboat, thinking that the yacht v.assinking.

The Southampton "as about 100 yards off-shore, when a yacht, hugging the shore, wasseen coming rapidly up tho rlvfr. Pilot Moore.of the Southampton, saw that a collision wasImminent if the yacht attempted to cross theferryboat's bow. and blowing three blasts of thewhistle signalled the yacht to pass under hisstern. The yacht kept on her course, and Juetas she was passing James Slip was crashed intoby the Southampton. She was struck bow onjust amidships, and careened over until shenearly turned turtle.

Moore signalled hlB engineer to stop the ferry-

boat, and then gave two bells to back, but itwas too late, as the ferryboat was carried along

with the swiftly running tide and the collisionwas inevitable. The forward deck of the South-ampton overlapped the deck of the yacht, andtore away the guardrail and brass running rail.

A grating sound was heard when the boatscame together, the timbers on the yacht rippingas if they were made of so much paper.

The rudder under the forward deck of theSouthampton was torn away, and when shefinallybacked off to make her slip difficultywasexperienced. The after rudder was used.

There was a number of teams on the ferry-

boat, and excitement was high among the driv-ers, who rushed to their horses, attempting tocut the traces and free them from the trucksand wagons The crew rushed through the boatyelling to the truckman that there was nodanger of sinking. After the boats had clearedeach other the yacht yassed on.

The fivesailors who jumped from the yacht to

the Southampton were landed when the ferry-boat reached her slip. Policeman Coombs waastanding on the forward deck of the South-ampton. He declares that the yacht was atfault, as he says he distinctly heard Mooresignal the yacht to pass under the ferryboat'sstern, and. furthermore, that no effort what-ever was made by the helmsman of the yachtto avert the collision.

The Bellemere is owned by Samuel T. Shaw,

one of the owners of the Grand Union Hotel.The yacht is a 70-footer. sloop rigged. Afterthe accident two tugs took the injured yacht intow and took her to Oyster Bay.

The Southampton was taken to Hunter's Pointfor repairs, and was replaced in service by theRockaway.

Oyster Bay. Long Island. July 30.—Mr. Shaw-said this evening he was not on board tho Belle-mere when she was in collision with the South-ampton in the East River, and therefore couldnot pass any opinion as to who was to blame.

The Bellemere came on here and anchored off

the Seawanhaka Yacht Club this evening. Mr.Shaw said he knew the starboard side was dam-aged, but how seriously he could not tell, as hehad not received any definite report, and wouldnot until morning. He did not think the yacht

was badly hurt, or she would not have beenbrought here.

The Bellemere carries a crew of thirteen, andwhen this fact became known about the club-house of the yacht olub this evening there wasconsiderable comment by those inclined to besuperstitiou,?.

'FIVE OF I.ATTEirs CREW JUMP TO THE

SOUTHAMPTON TRUCKMEN START

T<» 1KI,1; HORSES.

CREMATED INNET OF WIRE.A LARGE GRANT TO THE COLONIES.London, July 30.

—The supplementary Civil

Service estimate asks for £7,013,910, of which£6,500.000 is required by the Colonial Office asa grant in aid of the Transvaal and Orange

River colonies. Three million of this will beconsidered an advance to the colonies, to berepaid out of the first loans issued by them.

There is no truth in the story that Cecil Rhodesis negotiating for the purchase of Battle Abbey

in order to present it to the naTion. Ifthis prop-erty be diverted from the chances of the auctionroom and converted into an Anglo-Saxon me-morial. Lord Rosebery is more likely than Mr.P.hodes to control the transaction. Mr. Rhodes: ods the greater part of his time in Londonwith Alfred Beit, and has promised to accom-pany Dr. Jan.eson to Scotland. He has a largerinterest in die resumption of mining operationsat Johannesburg and Kimberley than in thepreservation of historic monuments in SouthernEns land.

HOW THE BOERS GET NEWS.

London. July 31.—How Boers in the field get

news is explained by dispatches to "The Dailys

Mail" from Lourenco Marques and Amsterdam,

from which it appears that the Boers maintaina regular ser\'ice of dispatch riders. Messages

are received and filed at Lourengo Marques.

CITIZENS UNION WELL ORGANIZED IN

MANYOF THE TIGER'S STRONGHOLDS.

"Lack of schools and Tammany's collusion ;with rich landlords against the poor tenant willbe two of the issues of the campaign this fall."

'said Thomas A. Fulton, secretary of the Citi- ]zens Union, yesterday to a Tribune reporter. I"The tenements of this city are more overcrowd- jed than those of any other city of the first classin the world. Tammany has had control of thegovernment for forty years, barring one or two

terms when opposition Mayors have been elect-ed, and it has permitted the most flagrant vio-lation of the building laws. Good laws passedby the State legislature have been evaded be-cause Tammany got its price from dishonestbuilders. There are probably more than twenty

thousand children without school facilities, andthe number willbe largely Increased this fall by

the time the schools open. Lack of proper fore-sight has resulted In thousands of children beingleft to grow up idle, ignorant and exposed to allthe temptations of the street."

Despite the hot weather, the work on the EastSide of enrolling voters with the Citizens Unioncontinues with great success. Nineteen Assem-blydistricts have been organized and permanentheadquarters opened, .as follows:Assem. IAssem.Dist. Headquarters. DIM. Headquarters.—

1- Chambers-st. 16 20-22 Avenua C.J 4—74—

7 Montgomery -st Is—JUS« Avenue A¦ —»6 Washington Place. 20

—3&8 Tfclrd-ave*

6—til Great Jon<rs-st. .; 26—

1.197 Thlrd-ave.B—ll7 Forsyth-st. 28—24? East Scventy-eov-

10—22 First-aye. enth-et.11

—300 W. Thlrty-thini-st. 30

—East E;ghty-BUthr-st.

12—

Grand-st. 32—1.915 Third-a%e.;13—

West Kortleth-st. 34 2i>3 Willis-avej 14— 1^3 Avenue A. 35—*37 Washingu.n-av«.

Eighteen of these headquarters arc in districtswhich are regarded as Tammany strongholds, andthis is where the Union is doing its hardest workTersely worded pamphlets and carets, printed inIEnglish, German and Hebrew, are being distrib-|uted. One of these sent out yesterday reads asfollows:

KRUEGER ASKED TO COME HERE.Amsterdam, July SO.

—Mr. Kriiger to-day re-

ceived Robert H. Van Schaack, treasurer ofthe Holland Society of Chicago, who presented

to him an invitation to visit the United States.

AFTER CAPT. CARTER'S MONEY

Ll'-:c- the news with respect to the conduct ofoperations In bouth Africa. Intelligence

Of the doings of the Rand mining companiesiid in driblets. It Is evident, how-

ever that SaUy progress js being made with thepreliminary details essential to the actual re-

oo of crushing. According to the latestannouncement, development is proceeding at the

¦mine. The main shaft at the Roode-••r.iral deep is being actively continued,

•nd pumping is going on at the Geldenhuis, Lan-ud Lancaster West mines. Measures are

¦earn taken by the administration at

ft to arr.eMorate the lot of the native la-

Smart sets have been greatly Interested in theattempt to rtstrain Countess Cowley from usingthe courtesy title after her divorce and remar-riage. The House of Lords has decided that theordinary courts have no right to interfere in the

• and that the courtesy title belongs toOmnteas Cbwley. and that she has the right toam It after being divorced and married to a

«er.

TO BE

PROGRESSIVE.

DO YOU REMEMBEIt

14.000 CHILDREN' ARE NOW WITH-

OUT SCHOOLS?

THE RED XJGHT DISTRICT?THE) ICE TRUST?

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN

THE SCHOOLS STRONG BUILT?

THE STREETS AS WARING

KEPT THEM?

THE PARKS IN '86 AND 'O'tIS THIS PROGRESS?

There :s gTeat diversity of opinion amonglien here respecting the probable

it from Europe and America.'•"man crop Is known to be unusually

r.sequently the proposed increase of**fc« :-rted grain will bear heavily¦gainst the Industrial class. The French crop isr"p0!

"Tnan last year's. Russian*!aUi:' - trustworthy. American and

will determine the course ofIgbout Europe as soon as satisfactory

¦- received. I.N. F. DTVERSIOX IX TUNNEL WOMM.

THEY DECLINE TO STATE ANYTHING

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OR PRO-

POSED TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.[BY TXLEOIIAPn TO TITS TKIBCXX 1

Pittsburg. July—

There is more secrecy nowover the proposition made last Saturday by J.Pierpont Morgan to the striking steel workerson behalf of the United States Steel Corporation

than when It was submitted. The strike leadershave been tested, and have (ailed to reach ex-pectations. The meeting of the executive boardof the Amalgamated Association is furtheraway from reaching a conclusion than when Itbegan this morning.

Every member has given expression to hisviews, and is on record in the most momentousevent in the life of the Amalgamated Associa-tion. Those who favor terminating the troubleare afraid of th« power and influence of thosewho are opposed, and those who are fighting

for a continuance of the battle are closelywatching those who are urging the acceptanceof terms that will end The strike.

In this position iteasy enough to understandwhy the secrecy over the Morgan propositionis deeper to-night than at any time. Those whofavor accepting it ani those who oppose ar*afraid to talk because of the responsibility thatattaches to every word and every act. Theworkers had made up their minds that an ac-ceptance of the terms, whatever they were, wasa matter of time cnly There was no doubt at

any point that UM strike leaders would find away to end what has looked to be a losing flshtfor some days.

DISAPPOINTMENT AND DISGUST.When the meeting of the executive board ad-

journed to-night, to take up the propositionagain to-morrow, there was disappointment andeven disgust among sympathetic outsiders, aswell as among the steel workers themselves, overthe brilliant inactivity. Ii is impossible togauge the temper of the leader?. No: one willsay a definite word one way or another, and thestrikers, who are most concerned, are left intotal ignorance of the causes of the delay.

Outside influences have been at work industri-ously without effect. M. M. Garland and Joseph

Bishop, former presidents of the association'and men of experience in similar events, werein conference with the members of the-Execu-tive Board all day, and neither is pleased at thework so far. Both are for peace at this juncture

and both have worked hard to secure that end.It was Mr. Garland who opened the way for

another meeting between the opposing sides.but to-night he seems to feel that ail his laborwas worse than thrown away, and others feelthe same way. Mr. Garland courteously refusedto discuss the affair, as he is simply a spectator,but one need not be a clairvoyant to understand

: to-night from him and others that the indica-tions to-night point to a continuance of thestrike, with all it? consequences. The situation

Ilooks decidedly dark, not only for the strikers.[ but for the manufacturers in the trades involvedj and ultimately to the entire general iron andsteel industries. Iftb"e~executive board finally

!decides to reject the terms offered the war will

be relentless against labor. .<^-.; INDICATIONS THAT STRIKE WILL,GO ON-

The disappointment to-night over the failure!of the executive board to reach even a partial

conclusion extends to the managers of the plants

i that are idle as well as to the strikers. Thej jubilant feeling that was so evident yesterday,'

and even up td this evening, has disappeared

: as" the indications increase that the future seems! to point to a continuance of the fight.

The managers of the several mills have put'

their plants into working order, and even went

i so far as to run the machinery for the last few', days to test everything, in the belief that the

! men would be back in the mills within a few• days at the latest. The adjournment of the ex-

¦ ecutlve board to-night has weakened the hopes'

of all. and the chillingsecrecy surrounding tho! meeting accentuates th- disappointment.

Regret is expressed en every hand, and much

of the feeling that at first went out to the

strikers and the strong sentiments expressed un-

favorably to the steel corporation have beensoftened. The strike leaders have lost consid-

:erably in the public estimation, and most of all

j in the minds of the striking mill workers them-! selves| President Shaffer has added la his unpopu-

! larity in certain quarters, although no one has

! a definite knowledge of the terms of the Mor-

j gan proposition. But there were so many' things that led up to the conclusion In the pub-

ilie mind— and in that the body of the strikersi is included— that the virtual end of the strike

came with the submission of definite terms by

the Steel Corporation and their virtual accept-

ance by President bhaffer an.l Secretary Will-lams In bringing them to Pittsburg and an

Immediate call for a special meeting. In fact.so much had been given out by inference thatthe disappointment seems likely to turn tosomething stronger if the executive board failsto come to a conclusion to-morrow.

The mill managers are not making any movesthat look suspicious, but it is well understoodthat If the executive board rejects Mr. Mor-

:gan's proposition, the mills that have been put!Into running order will be started at once, andithe consequences will rest as a burden upon theistrike leaders. The plants are not to remain

idle many days after the executive board hasireached a conclusion either way.

When the nrv!!s are started there will be seri-i ou.s trouble, as shown by the preparations madeiby the strikers at different points. There will! be bloodshed, without doubt, and this is so gen-|erally believed that the disappointment to-night

I over the failure of the le-aders to make somej statement may be easily understood. Every one'sees trouble ahead if the present conference fallsto end the strike.MR. BBODRICK AXD ''THE MAIL.1

'

ONE MAN KILLED AND THREE OTHERS

HURT STRINGING TELE-

PHONE LINES.

Ocean City, N. J-, July 30.—One man was

burned to death in a network of wires in the

upper part of this place this morning, andtwo others were so badly hurt that they may

not live. The man who was killed was AlbertDuffield, of Albany, N. Y. The injured men areWilliam Burns, of Philadelphia, and OwenDonohue, of Merchantvllle, N. J. All three

were linemen in the employ of the Bell Tele-phone Company, wnich is stringing wires along

the coast. Jesse Naylor, the foreman of thegang, was shocked several times in trying to

save the men.The men were aloft on poles, while Naylor,

with several laborers, was ahead of them withthe wires they were stringing. These were, ona reel and had been carried over a number ofpoles by resting them on the arms. When thewire was almost off the reel it slipped andswung back with its own weight over one poleand then fell on the feed wires of the trolleyline.

The wire hung- down through the network ofwires on the pole in such a way that it camein contact with several of those previouslystrung, and at least half a dozen of them werecharged with the current from the trolley wire.

As soon as Naylor saw the wire loose heshouted to tho men aloft to get down, but theyhad not time. They were working withoutgloves or other protection, as the line was dead.All three men were caught amid the highlycharged wires, and every time they touchedthem they were burned. They could neither goup nor down without coming in contact withthe wires.

When DuffieM first touched th? wiros he fellapparently lifeless among them and hunp there.Duffield did not move after he fell. Flamesshot from his body and his clothing took fire.

Naylor ran to the aid of the men and climbedthe pole, only to be himself shocked. He againtried to ascend, but was unable to do anythingfor either Burns or Donohue, who were scream-ing with pain as the wires burned them. Nay-lor climbed the pole on which Duffleld was andattempted to pet at the wire which was lyingacross the trolley line, but he received sucha shook that he tumbled to the ground. Hewas badly shaken up and bruised by his falland suffers from the effect of the electric shock.

Several pruy wins r»n the trolley line were thencut and th« trolley wire sagged, allowing thetelephone wire to slip from it. Burns and Don-ohue were lowered to the. ground. Both hadtheir hands burned, and there are scars on theirbodies where the wires burned through theirclothing. Their lives had been saved by theirKet'ins hold of wires not in contact with theloose one.

Duffield was fearfully burned. Both hla handswere burned off, both legs were burned almostthrough, and his face was burned so as to beunrecognizable

Th<- injured men ar* being cared for by localphysicians, and the body of Duffleld is in anundertaker's shop. It will probably be sent toAlbany.

A FIERCE DUEL SABRES.

"Wood and Dr. Lame. with the nurses, were Itaken from the vessel on the Governor Flowerand carried to what General Wood referred toas "my dispatch boat." the Kanawha. On thelatter he will spend three weeks sailing along |the Long Island and New-England coasts. He jdoes not expect to go further north than Cape

Cod. It is thought that the cool air of the seawillrestore his strength.

Speaking of affairs in Cuba, General Woodsaid:Ilearn that the law governing elections in Cuba

has just been passed. Ishall return as soon as Ican and arrange for the elections. Ithink that allthe business of windingup the military governmentand establishing a Cuban government can be ac-complished in about eight months from now.This is not the busy season in Cuba, and mattersare particularly slow just n)w, because the mer-chants are waiting for the establishment of theCuban government. They are conservative peopiein business, these Spaniards. This is proved by thefact that there was not a single failure throughoutthe war. Iam highly gratified by the kindnessthat has been shown to me by the Cuban people.

With regard to my own health, Iam much better.Ihave not had any fever in ten days, and Ihavean excellent appetite. Iwish to get well as soonp.? Ican and return to Havana to wind up ouraffair ih/ue.

—»- ¦ .

-,"

Dr. Lame said his patient was improving rap-idly, and that his recuperative faculty was re-markable.

"The people in Cuba love General Wood." hesaid further. "We had him brought on boardthe Morro Castle at 5:30 in the morning, al-though the vessel did not sail until1o'clock in

the afternoon. He was so weak that it wasnecessary to carry him in a stretcher. To aman in his condition a demonstration, no mat-

ter how well meant, would be injurious, and we

knew that if the hour of his embarkation were

known the people would appear in large num-

bers to bid him farewell. Some were afraid

that we intended to take him to the United

States and not bringhim back.

"Before the vessel sailed many army officers.Cuban army officers and a delegation from theChamber of Commerce, with a number of pri-

vate citizens, came on the pier and saw the

vessel start. The Cuban people believe GeneralWood holds the reins of government" in hishands, and they are satisfied with what he hasdone."

Carlos Garcia y Velez. son of the Cuban

leader. General Garcia, and Gonzales de

Quesada, a member of the .Cuban ConstitutionalConvention, formerly representative of the

Cuban Junta inWashington, and after the war

with Spain Commissioner from Cuba to theUnited States, were also on the Morro Castle.

Seftor Garcia is Inspector-General of Cuban

Penal Institutions. He comes partly on private

business and partly to study the State prisons

and other places of confinement within easy

reach of this city. Speaking of commercial af-fairs in Cuba, General Garcia said:

The sugar crop this year will reach 900,000 tons.The second crop will bo the largest Cuba has everknown. Since the war United States capital hasbuilt mills, and the sugar condition is better than

before. But something must beaone to reduce thesugar and tobacco taxes. A given bulk of Cubantobacco weighs four times as much as the samebulk of Sumatra tobacco The duty, however is

the same. This is a discrimination in favor of•Sumatra. The duties are burdensome and threatenthe prosperity of the island because the planters

cannot dispose of their wares to advantage.

General Garcia has had much to do with poli-

tics of the island, and in his judgment the re-

cent utterances of T. Estrada Palma advocating

annexation of the island have hurt his chancesfor election to the Presidency of the CubanRepublic.In this Sefior Quesada does not agree. The lat-

ter willpay a visit to T. Estrada Palma at Cen-tral Valley. N. V.. before returning to Cuba, andtalk over affairs with the leader. He said yes-terday that the Presidency would be forced uponSefior Palma.

"The general condition of Cuba," said SefiorQuesada. "is satisfactory. The recent visit ofGeneral Gomez has cleared away any misappre-hension felt over the Platt amendment. Ourpeople understand now that the United Stateswill do its utmost for the island. Educationaland sanitary improvements introduced by theUnited States and carried out by the Cubansthemselves have done wonders.

"There is a general sentiment InCuba that shemust become a republic, and that the UnitedStates is pledged to assist Cuba in bringing thisabout."

Sefior Quesada said that the Brooklyn con-tractor. Michael J. Dady, who has the contractfor dredging the harbor at Cardenas. Is likely toget the Havana Harbor sewage contract, whichwillamount to about $13,000,000.

Among the passengers on the Morro Castlewho were sent to Quarantine was Mr. Chamber-lain, the contractor, who has the contract forraising the battleship Maine from the bottom ofHavana Harbor.

THE GOVERNMENT ASSERTS HIS RELA-

TIVES HOLD PROPERTY HE BOUGHT

WITH STOLEN FUNDS.

In the United States Circuit Court for theSouthern District of New-York yesterday thegovernment, through Marion Krwin, of (Georgia,recently appointed Special Assistant Attorney-General, as solicitor, and General Henry L.Burnett, United States District-Attorney, filed abill against Oberiin M. Carter, formerly a cap-tain of engineers in the United States Army;his uncle, Lorenzo D. Carter, and his brother,I.Stanton Carter, asking for a decree declaringthat certain property held here by the defen-dants was purchased with the funds intrustedto Captain Carter as a disbursing officer, and byhim. through conspiracy with the contractors,fraudulently converted to his own use.

The bill describes the investments whichCarter made from time to time, and shows thatsome $414,437 ~>o of the securities disappeared

at the time of the institution of the courtmartial proceeding in the fall of 1897It traces certain of the trust funds into the

purchase by O. M. Carter of improved real es-tate in Eighth-aye., valued at about .$40,000.About $10,000. it is charged, was invested in aloan to Burne Gordon, of Savannah, secured bya policy of insurance, an innocent borrower, whostands ready to pay over the money to whoeveris entitled to it. It traces certain of the trustfunds into the purchase by O. M. Carter of im-proved real estate in Orange, N. J., valued at$00,000.It alleges that at the time O. M. Carter was

sent to prison he gave his brother, I. StantonCarter, a power of attorney to dispose of any ofhis property, and this brother and Lorenzo D.Carter, both of the State of Illinois, Joined theconspiracy and agreed with O. M. Carter to holdand conceal the embezzled funds. Italleges con-veyances of the Eighth-aye. property and theOrange (N. J.) property to I.Stanton Carter andLorenzo D. Carter, who, it is charged, hold thesame for him.

Judge Edward B. Thomas passed an order forservice by publication on the non-resident de-fendants for appearance on September 12. FrankW. Hubby was appointed temporary receiver ofthe Eighth-aye. property.

A similar bill was also filed by Attorney E

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w'n ir. the District of New-Jersey, and a similarorder was made by Judge Andrew Kirkpatrickappointing Mr. Hubby ronporary receiver inthat district.

CONTRACT FOR A GREAT STEAMER.

MR. ARMS ESCAPED WITHOUT A SCRATCH.Warner Arms, the vice-president of the Ameri-

can Tin Plate Company, whose carriage waswrecked in collision with a trolley car at Larrh-znont on Monday evening, was at his office at theusual hour yesterday morning and said he hadescaped without a scratch. His wife, who waswith him at the time of the accident, was fright-ened, but was unhurt.

HOUSE OF COMMON'S REFUSES TO CALL,

PUBLISHER TO THE BAR.

ILondon. July 30.—The printer and publisher of

'The Dally Ma:!." of this city, had a narrow es-cape to-day from being ordered to appear at thebar of the House of Commons on Thursday next.« the result of observations made in connection

~?* the War Secretary's (Mr. Brodrick's) boy-«>« of that newspaper on account of its South¦Jaeaa disclosures.E *33vhe Daily Mail

"this morning characterized

in tr*e3e£S and mean"

Mr- Brodrick's assertionz^r Hoose of Commons yesterday that theLCt ™ a hablt °f su"-eptitiouEly buying

Br^*r°ffiCe **«****.adding that ifMr.£*nek ventured to repeat outside the House*oum

PaPCr bad St°-n ofSclal documents, it•ou!(J Prosecute him for libelfa the H ,u«e of Coix. aHM this afternoon SwifttteeVi I™*1 Xa:lon*»«. made a motion to

tattch of the privilege of the House. TheJ^ent leader. Mr. Balfour. assented, but2T£ «! DOVdeßlrinß: tO BUr lh*»«ter up. hete thought it was not necessary to presa

«.«!L°n- Mr MacNem -hcwevfer - suited.

M,ifv? WaS canied wlthout a division-

Pub!«*«v;tVleUI.then moved that th printer andH'^ to.mor^ w

rC Tht appear at the bar of the?» to 128 votes? ' Tte molioa wa£ deft-aed by

AMERICAN STUDENT WINS A BLOODY CON-

TEST. SERIOUSLY WOUNDINGGERMAN OFFICER.

Duluth, Minn., July 30.—Information was re-ceived in Duluth to-day that Adolph Hartman.con of Emll Hartman. of this city, has justfought a duel with sabres with LieutenantPachmann, of the German army. It was abloody encounter, in which the lieutenant re-ceived a number of severe wounds, one of whichis eald to have severed the Jugular vein. Hart-man waa also seriously wounded. Prompt at-tendance by th3surgeons present saved theofficer's life, but it will be at least six monthsbefore he Is able to report for duty. The victorywas adjudged to the American. Hart man is astudent at Aachen.

Tickets via N. Y. Central or West Shore R. Rd«.to Albany or beyond, are accepted on Day Lin©(steamers.

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VESSEL. LARGER THAN*¦ THE DETJTSCHLAND TO

BE BUILT— TO SHUT OUTAMERICA FROM CHINA.

London. July 81.—"Albert Ballln, of the Hambunc-Aineflcan Line, has signed a contract. with Harland&Wolff." says "The Dally Express." "for the. con-struction of a 21.000 ton transatlantic steamer. Al-though larger than the Deutechland. the new liner¦willnot be so fast. He has also entered into cer-tain arrangements with several British shippingcompanies with regard to the China trade, arrangt>-ments directed .possibly toward, shutting out Aiiv-wrioA,"

TOSSING RED HOT BOLTS AROUND OX THE

ELM-ST. SECTION.

The Degnon-McLean Contracting Company,subway contractors on the Elm-st. section, yes-

terday furnished diversion for hundreds of thecurious at Elm and Duane sts. They have justput into use two compressed air fuel oil forgeson their riveting work, and it was a new wrinklein iron work for all but the Iron working ex-perts. The forges are about the size of a !large ice water tank. A barrel of fuel oil is ;

connected with each forge by a rubber hose jand another rubber hose conveys the com- jpressed air from the power plant. The thing ;which attracted most attention yesterday was ithe "skeery"' way in which the forge tenders ithrew around red hot bolts. One man fed theforge with cold rivet bolts while the other man !

"handed out" the heated rivets (about threeinches in length by one in diameter) to threeseparate working gangs of riveters The latter jare equipped with pneumatic "gun" riveting [machines. :

The forgeman was kept busy all day picking j

out hot bolts with a pair of tongs and tossing

them through the air to the riveters. One gang

was thirty feet from him. on the top of thesubway steel roof. The riveters caught the red

hot bolts in tin palls, one at a time, handling

them afterward with tongs. Now and then theeisslng chunk of metal would miss the pall andflick the riveters ear or shoulder. For everysuch error the riveter was "guyed" by thecrowd. The fuel oil is sprayed into the top of .the forge with the compressed air. and re- Iflulre* the minimum of attention.

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WHERE THE HITCH IS.CONSERVATIVE AND RADICAL ELEMENT? OF

AMALGAMATEDBOARD DO NOT AGREE.

Pittsburp. July 301—

After much questioningconcerning the strike conference, the following

condition is looked upon late to-nisjht as being:

the real status of the case. The intimationcomes from excellent authority:

It li not a hitch over any one clause in thepropositions for a settlement, submitted by J.Pierpor.t Morgan, of the United States SteelCorporation, to the Amalgamated Association,

that is holding back an early settlement of thestrike. The real cause of the trouble is thatthere are two pronounced elements found in th«makeup of the executive board of the Amal-gamated Association.

The conservative element, headed by Presi-dent Shatter. Secretary Williams. TrusteeMorgan and some of the older and more ex-perienced leaders, is understood to look withfavor upon the propositions submitted. On theirface, it is said, they may not appear to be ascomplete a vindication for the workers as washoped for. but the possibilities for extending theinfluence of the Amalgamated Associationthrough the mills of the corporation are mani-fold.

The more radical element, which is largely

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