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New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
MEANT TO CAPTURE HEUREAUX.
PLANS OF THE JIMINEZ REVOLUTIONIsTs DID
NOT INCLUDE ASSASSINATION.

Kingston Jamaica, Aug. 3.-Owing to the edorts
of the Government of Santo Domingo TO supp csS
news and information about the recent asS7ss'na-
tion Of President Hcurcaux and the reported reVo-
luton in SantO Domingo the facts in the case are
difficult to obtain. But dispatch received ny a
messenger who has passed through Hayu lndl-
Gates that the assassination of President HcureauN
not the programme the purpose of the
rcvolutionists being 10 capture Moca. with tne
President thus decapitating tho Dominican Gov
ernment the first blow, the insurgents not pos
sessnG the means of prosecuting a protracted con-
fct. The premature departure Of President H'u-
reaux threatened TO fTlstratc this scheme, Where-
upon enthusiast, who was watching tho iTeSi-
dents movements committed the act.
subsequent attack Moca being repulsed the
Insurgents Withdrew into the Businesses between
Moca and Porto Plata hoping to secure suIcI'"'
accessions of men and arms to attack Porto fH'a
and prosecute the movement. in spite Of It's lhlua
failure
Commenting London cable dispatch relallNe
20 possible American Intervention In Santo 20
mingo The Cleaner to-day says II anue lpate t,c
"inding OF excuse to add the Island oi nay 70
the string Of Anti.l!an gems on the new c"l,H,aa 20
diadem" and invokes the Powers 10 "cufD AheIic" ,
ambition
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
4 MONOPOLY IN YONKERS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN GRANTS MOST VAL
UABLE FRANCHISES TO THE HUCKLE-
BERRY COMPANY THE CITI-
ZENS INDIGNANT.

Yonkers, n. Y, Aug. 3 (SpeciaD.-At a special
meeting Of the Yonkers Board of Aldermen here
this evening the Union, or Huckleberry, Trolley
Company received grants of the most important
trolley franchises in the city's history. The
grants call for the extension OF lines over about
twenty miles of thoroughfare, connecting Yon-
kers with New-York City by direct route, In
Central Park. Yonkers, and also running north
in Cen ~al Park-ave. to the town of Greenburg.
another route will connect YOnkers With the
white Plains line which has its southern ter
minus at Tuckahoe. In addition to this the
company has received valuable franchises for
many important city routes, including double
track system to Mount Vernon.
The Aldermen, before voting to amend the
franchises inserted a clause to the effect that
the company shall "vestbue" its cars between
the months OF October and April. This may lead
to the companys refusal TO accept the fran
chlses. although II is hardly believed probable
as by accepting the proffered grants the COM
rival, the Connecticut Traction Company, which
has also sought to acquire right Of way in Yon-
kers. II II secures the new franchises the Union
concern will mOnopolize the Yonkers streets.
This whole scheme is a most ndefensible and
outrageous sacrifice of public interests for the
played the most INSCRIPTIONS greed and rapac-
ity in extending its trolley lines. The respecta-
bic citizens OF YonkerS are exceedingly indignant
over the action Of the Aldermen.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
ARMY SERGEANT LOSES A PRISONER.
TIE MAN DISAPPEARS AND Is RECAPTURED IN
THREE HOURS.

TIE MAN DISAPPEARS AND is RECAPTGRED IN
THREE HOURS.
Although ne had succeeded In remaining away for
three hours Richard II. Evans. private in Com
pany II. 18th Infantry. United Stntes Army, mill
tary prisoner, recaptured last e.ening In n
saloon in Eighth-ave near ..uty-cighth-st st
Evans was in charge of scrg.1r.t OF tho same
company.
a little after o'clock last evening the sergeant
went TO the West Thirtieth-st. station house and
asked Sergeant Carson, who at the desk TO
assist him In arrcstng a soldier who pris-
oner The military sergeant said that the man was
In his charge and was being taken from Governors
Island to Washington. He said he and his prisoner
had left Governors Island at o'clock to go to the
Army Building for transportation. There they
found out that the train which they were to take
TO Washington would not start until 12:l5 o'clock
this morning.
Evans then asked the sergeant. In whose charge
he WAS, If he could visit some friends at Twenty
scventh-st. and Eighth-ave The sergeant readily
consented. and accompanied his man to the home
Of his friends.
The two entered a saloon at Twenty-seventh-
ST. and Eighth ave. where Evans met some friends
Ia the saloon Evans and his friends concocted a
scheme to shake the sergeant. The entire party,
including the sergeant, left the saloon and walked
to Twenty y-eighth-st Here Evans asked permis-
sion go TO toilet. and the officer granted the
permission. After waiting a considerable time the
sergeant went 10 look for his man, but found that
he had disappeared.
Policemen were sent out on the case. and the
military sergeant started out alone. He went to
Eighth-ave and walked toward Twenty -eighth-st.
He had just passed Twenty-eighth-st. and Eighth
ave. when he saw his prisoner standing In hall
way. with the buttons Of his coat torn Off The
sergeant walked up TO him and said Evans what
did you want to run away for? Don't you know
that ! will go to the guardhouse myself for this?
II don't care" replied Evans I'm not going
with you all the sergeants In the fort:
EVap "A saloon followed
sergeant Words were exchanged between the two
men. and a struggle took place. Some one ran
out OF the saloon and called for the police. Pres
emily several policemen attached 10 the West
Twenteth-st. station entered the place, and after
explanations had been made by the military ser
geant. told Evans that II he didn't consent 10
go with the sergeant they would lock him up. .
Evans thought minute, and then said: wen,
II don't go with you. these fellows will lock ms
up and the Government will get me anyhow
guess | had better go with you"
The sergeant and the man then started for Jer-
sey City.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
GREEK PHILANTHROPIST DEAD.

NJ AvERoFT. WHOSE CHARITIES HAVE BEEN IN
VULNERABLE. DIES IN ALEXANDRIA.
Alexandria. Egypt Aug 3.-George Averon the
wealthy Greek whose gift of 10000 francs for the
restoration Of the Stadium at Athens led TO the
revival Of the olympic games a few years ago. mas
Just died here in his seventeen year.
NJ Averoff who was born In Metzovo. Epirus,
was a man of almost innumerable charities. When
a lad of seventeen he became clerk in his uncle S
firm in Moscow and upon the death Of his relative
Inherited 100000 This fortune he increased enor-
mously as a contractor for the supplies needed for
the Russian troops In the Crimean war and later
as a banker In Alexandria He never married, and
II has been understood that his desire was TO make
the Greek Navy his legal heir.
At the outset Of the Greco-Turkish war he won
the special gratitude Of the Greeks by presenting
forty thousand uniforms to the Hellenic troops. In
the erection Of public buildings in Greece and the
maintenance of public charities ana other phIaI- an
thropic interests he Is said TO have expended no
less than si,5O.V0
1t was his generosity which made It possible for
the Olympic games TO be so successfully revived
In Athens In 1886 The games were played In
the Stadium which he rebuilt The lower part was
constructed OF marble, but owing to lack OF time.
the upper part was finished in wood and painted
white Subsequently the wooden superstructure was
removed and replaced by marble at NJ Averons ex-
pense On April 8. 1896. the day before the open
ing of the games the Duke Of Sparta unveiled a
of the philanhropst, erected by the grateful
citizens Of Athens The restoration Of the Stadium
cost upward OF 81 900 600 francs
In Alexandria NJ Averon built church. boys
school and a girls school called the PaTthena-
gogeion The teachers in both schools were paid by
him. In Athens he endowed and built boys re-
ege which cost more than 10000 He un-
ostentatious in his charities
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
DYNAMITE USED AGAIN.
CLEVELAND STRIKERS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS.

Cleveland. Aug. 3-The withdrawal of several
companies OF troops was followed tonight by an
other dynamite outrage but fortunately nobody was
hurt The explosion occurred under a Jennings-ave
car on which there six passengers.
II smashed the hange Of one Of the wheels and
spintcred the running board at the side The pas
scngers badly frightened. but none was in
jured. and the proceeded on It's way TO the end
OF the
The CHIEF OF Police said tonight that officers
would be instructed TO arrest on the charge OF dis
orderly conduct, all persons who annoyed passen-
gers Of the Big Consolidated cars by calling names
or following them to theih ONES to ascertain where
they live and who they for the purpose OF bring
ing them under the boycott
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
SOUTH AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
PRESIDENT ROCA AND PARTY ON a WISH
TO URUGUAY AND BRAZIL~A COM
ING CONFERENCE

Buenos Ayres Aug. 3.-President Roca. ac-
companied by the Minister Of Foreign Anars
the Minister Of War. the Minister OF Marine
thirty Senators and Deputies and numper ol
Journalists embarked yesterday on board the
armored cruiser San Martin for Brazil
Montevideo Aug. 3.-President Roca and MS
party, on board the Argentina cruiser San Mar
tin. arrived here to-day to visit PRESIDENT
Guestas Of Uruguay. on his way to Brazil
London Aug. 3.-"The Times published a dIs-
patch from Buenos Ayres on July saying that
President Roca. of the Argentine Republic
would leave that country about the middle OF
July for Uruguay and Brazil, with the intention
Of inviting the Presidents OF those Republics 10
meet at BuenOs Ayres in the autumn ana con-
fer with the President Of Grill, Senor ErrazurH
on the question OF reducing South American
armcments 1t was added that he would also
propose an alliance of the four Republics
This evening President Roca was present at
n BANQUET given in his honor He expects 10
leave Montevideo tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
MALLET- PREVOST HAS THE FLOOR
CONTINUATION OF THE VENEZUELAN CASE BE-
FORE THE ARBITRAToRs.

Paris. Aug 3.-The Anglo-Venezuelan Bound
airy Arbitration Commission continued It's ses-
sions to-day. and Mr.. Mallet-Prevost. resuming
his presentation Of the Venezuelan case, further
urged that the claim of Venezuela on the Ba-
rina River disposed Of the Dutch and Enghsh
maps which had been produced in behalf of
Great Britain, and which. he declared, were er-
roneous in many particulars.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
A PEACE NOTE FROM SAMOA.

ACTING CHEF JUSTICE OSBORN WAS APPOINTED
ON THE PROPOSAL OF DR. SOLE
Berlin, Aug. "A dispatch received to-day from
Apia Samoa, under date of July II. confirms the
report OF the appointment of Luther w. Osborn
United States Consul General Apia, as Acting
Chief Justice and asserts that he appointed on
the proposal of DR.. Solf, German President OF the
Municipal Council
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
p.NJC IN sCOTCH IRON MARKET.

Glasgow Aug. 3-Panlc ruled In the pig iron
market to-day and iron thrown over 10 eaten
orv nroft The bears Joined in the selling and on
the day Scotch iron lost 3s e5xd; Cleveland ir"n
5s I'D and bematite, IS I'd ton for cash since
the ton was touched 25s I'd, Scotch iron has ae-
cllned es a ton: Cleveland. Us 4lsd. ana hemau'e'
SIS lOjad a ton for cash.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04

A dispatch from London to tho Associated Press
August gave the substance Of message sent by
the Rome correspondent Of THE Morning POST TO
his paper. lie said:
According to news received he.e the victory
over Spain and the gro y Of Imperialism In the
United States have led & ~ &c South American
Republics to talk of an alg against the United
States and II is alleged n. III, pr"liminares of
such an alliance have been concluded between
Brazil and Argentina"
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
sTORM VISITED VIRGINIA.

Richmond Va. Aug. "A storm of almost un-
recedented violence swept over Westmoreland.
STAFFORD and King George last night Crops were
damaged trees blown down, several houses were
rnnfed nd horses and cattle were killed by light
Ming a heavy fall of hail is reported from some
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04

DEPRESSING, RESTFUL, REASONABLE
Eastest and cleanest steamers veritable sum-
go ,dyi See Hudson River Day Line.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04

AT BEAUTIFUL LAKE HOPATCONG
Charming scenery mountain air. nne hotels. fish,
ing boating bathing. No mosquitoes. Lacka-
wanna Railroad, 42s Broadway,-Advt
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
CONFEDERATION IN A RUSSIAN TOWN.

ST. Petersburg. Aug. S-The western part Of the
town OF Grodno. capital Of the government of the
same name has been destroyed by fire. tenn
porary military hospital and numerous pubic ana
private buildings have been swept away.
Grodno is ninety miles by rail soutf southwest OF
Wilma II has a population of 1900. Ii has nne
castle nine Roman Catholic an? two dreek
churches a synagogue, gymnasium, sEhoo OF % medi-
cine pubic library, several sclentlfc colecuohs'
botanic garden and woollen factoriel
New-York tribune., 1899-08-04
A MODEST HERO.

81 saw the man jump" he said. and II the
world had been offered to me to stay on the
Southampton / would have refused It. EVERY
drop OF blood in me seemed eager TO jump III
after that drowning man. Yes, I'm glad TO nave
helped 10 save fellow man. But ahyDooy
would do IT, wouldn't theyT
Luckey declined to go home. but insisted on
returning to complete his days work when the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23

pumped into pond In Shields's Grove.
or course, that could be done. but IT
would involve an expense which the city
Council might not feel justified in incur
ring iust now. But we need not go into
details at this time. Suffice II to say. that
IL the Council Wills 1t, convenient ana
economical plan can be devised for con-
structing a suitable swimming pond In
the Reservoir Park.
We hear two objections urged to this
project. OF which we must take notice
The first Is. that whenever we establish
public baths the race question probably
will come TO the fore. and that the Reser-
voir Park IS too remote from the popu-
lous centres 10 serve a good purpose
Now while we are not prepared, on the
instant, to give a plan for dealing with
the race question. we believe it can be
disposed of satisfactorily. The whites
and blacks here understand each other
and have usually gotten along together
peaccably. And in this matter, without
a doubt. we could come TO terms. Some
way and some how, we could find the
means Of dealing with them fairly and
Justly. and in accord with popular
usages here.
Now. as 10 the other question. Most
men could afford to pay the car fare to
the Reservoir, and boys wouldn't mind
walking there. IN proof of this asSer-
ton, we have only TO remind our readers
that scores Of boys every day in the
week walk a greater distance to reach
swimming pools where they may enjoy
themselves. uninterrupted by parents or
police. Therefore, let us not distress our
selves with fear lest the boys might not
patronize the pond after we have con-
structed 1t.
Such a swimming pond as we propose
would become Richmonds greatest attrac-
ton in the summer. Thther our
men and boys would 60. There, too, would
gather many spectators. There the
novice might learn TO swim under
the eve of lifc-savers. And, what IS
more, hundreds of Richmond mothers VINO
i've in constant dread during the sum- |
ner months. who fear their boys will |
De- drowned in the river. might then en- |
oy a peace of mind which is now de-
ned them.
Shall we have a public swimming pond
IT not? What say Richmond mothers
Who have grown boys who have TO stay
n the city during the summer? What
NY our philosophical people who wish
o make Richmond a still more attractive
osidenual city? What say our council
Icn7 And, finally, what say the boys?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23
IGNORANCE NO EXCUSE.

The alarming number of deaths in Nash
willie Of children under . years Of
age led TO an investigation of the milk
supply of that city, which developed that
the Nashville dairymen were very gene
rally using milk "preservers," the anti
apucs most commonly employed being
borax and formaldehyde. These pre-
servers" 1t g. asserted, are injurious TO
health. and to their use, as above noted,
the Nashville physicians ascribe the UNI
usual mortality among the children. Sew
eral arrests have been made and others
are expected to follow, but according 70
the Nashville papers it IS likely that the
offenders will escape with very light pun
ishment. as # is understood they Will
enter the. plea of ignorance of the harm
mlness of the preserving agents.
1t strikes us, however, that this is a
case in which Ignorance is no excuse"
In this day of advanced science and null
tipicity Of analytical chemists and physi-
clans, il is a very easy matter to
find out whetheP preservative agent is
destructive TO health, either in itself or
i'm combination with an article of diet.
The treatment of anything that is to be
taken into the human stomach with any
agent before it has been ascertained
whether the agent will not effect injuri-
ously the wholesomeness Of what is
10 be eaten or drunk, involves criminal
If the facts are as Nash
vile adyices give them, the dairymen Of
that city and vicinity have been guilty of
systematic slaughter of the innocent"
And worse still, it would appear that
Nashville is not the only place that has
suffered from this crime of ignorance"
Since the Nashville investigation, like re-
ports of the use of formaldehyde in
milk, and sometimes of formalin, and
other preserves" come from Beoit,
Wis, and from Pittsburg and it is stated
that there is good ground for the sus-
picion that the "doctoring" Of milk in hot
weather is very widespread. In our view
this is a suspicion that the authorities Of
no community can afford 10 ignore
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23
on THE CARDS.

1t is said that Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain's brief utterances" in the House OF
Commons the other evening are accepted
by the British public as assurance that
the Transvaal crisis is overpast. "for the
present" and that a modus vivendi Will
be found along the lines laid down by
Sir Alfred Miner, the British High Com
missioner of South Africa.
In view Of the conciliatory spirit re-
Gently manifested by the Boer legisla-
tors, and the concessions, they have in
dicated a Willingness to make in the mat
ter OF granting privileges TO the Uitland-
ers, Mr.. Chamberlain's assurance was TO
have been expected. The change Of front
Of the Beers, so to speak, put the British
Government in a position in which It
could not have pressed the ISSUE TO
clash at arms without stultifying itself.
and mourning the condemnation Of the
civilized world. Besides. the complica-
ton disclosed the fact that the Afrikan-
ders in Cape Colony were not prepared
as yet to give war the solid and enthu-
SlaStit oAppplL AAidl nav bNfH tAp'NtNNs
Nevertheless, FOR the present" Is a
point wen reserved. II is only a question
OF time when the British and the Beers
will meet in Africa for a fight to the
finish No one who has looked beneath
tho surface OF the Jameson raid, has
kept up with the intriguing of Cecil
Rhodes, and Is familiar with the efforts
Chamberlain made to push Kruger to the
wall when the last Transvaal trouble de-
veloped, can doubt this.
And the end Of the struggle will be
that the Boer will either have to go-will
have 70 "trek" out OF the path Of Bril-
fish clear territorial sweep from Cape
TO Cairo" or submit 10 British dominion
That IS as much on the cards as was the
fate OF the Mahdi and his hosts.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23
EUlDAY............,JULY %, 1922


EHbu Root. the well-known New YORK
lawyer. has been appointed Secretary OF
War 20 succeed General Russell A. AlGer,
and has accepted. Tho giving of me
portfolio 10 a lawyer Of recognized ability
Is consistent with the view Mr.. Mckin-
lev is said 20 have expressed some days
AGO that the final settlement Of the
Phnippinos problem would make # very
desirable that a man Of high legal at
,ainments should be at the head Of the
War Department
None the less the inside history Of the
comforting Of the honor upon the particu-
lar LAWYER who received 10 shows that
the President took no chances on the
onnointments affecting detrlmentauy his
own political future. Politics 'were IN
a." and politics that carried a trade
Mr. Root was Mr.. McKinley's personal
choice. but he had i'm days aeone antago-
nized Boss Platt. Of New York, and by
Platt had been deposed from place OF
influence in the counsels OF the Fepubh-
can party of the Empire State. Before
acting upon his personal inclinauons'
therefore the President sent for the New
York senator. sounded him. and. nndlng
,be latter willing. for a considerauoh' o.
fored Mr. Root the portfolio The con-
siacratlon we are told, was that Platt
might dictate another appointment OF
less Importance than that OF a Cabinet
officer. but which Platt was especially
anxious 10 control.
We had hoped that the settlement OF
the question Of Ayers successor Would
he reached without any scandal in the
way OF political intriguing. We had
boped that since the President had seem
Cd 10 have slipped the Hanna collar he
would avoid getting his neck In the COL
lar ~ any other boss. and would select
n war secretary on his merits, strictly
I'm the light of his duty to the American
people. and regardless of what bearing
the selection might have upon his own
political destiny. His course in this mat
fer. however. shows that. despite koose-
volts declaration I'm favor of Mckinley
succeeding himself. he fears that New
York's popular Governor may be tempt
ed 10 yield 20 persuasion, and cohse-
ouently he determined 10 make sure OF
Boss platt.
But what's done cannot be undone'
and II Mr.. Root shall prove equal 10
what the situation demands IN war
secretary the public will blink In large
measure Mr. McKinley's consideration for
his own interests.
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BRYAN 4 CERTAINTY.
Democratic Party Outlook. Accord
ing to Committeeman Daniels.


JOsephus Daniels, the well-known ma
tional committeeman from North Caro-
lima. to-day summed up for me the work
OF the committee and his views Of the
situation as follows:
by the action Of the committee the
Democratic party has already begun its
organization for the presidential campaign
next year. II the opinions of the mem
bers OF the committee and other proml-
nent Democrats who were I'm attendance
correctly express the sentiment OF the
party, our candidate and our platform are
settled thus far in advance Of the con-
yention. The much-talSed-of opposition
To- Bryan. when Analysed, shows that
some clever gentlemen, thinking IT un-
wise tn nominate Bryan, have looked
about br some strong men with whom
To oppose him. This meeting has shown
that this is impossible. The sentiment
is SO overwhelming for Bryan that there
is no danger In predicting his nomination
without opposition worthy of the name.
II the convention were 10 be held to-
morrow he would be nominated by ac-
clamation In those States which en-
gagged in the bolt OF 1896. which were rep
resented In the committee meeting. all
tina committeeman declared that they IN