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THE MORNING NEWS. i
Established 18SO. - Incorporated ISSB. I
J. H. ESTILL* President. )
imposing funeral pageant.
EMPRESS ELIZABETH'S REMAINS
ENTOMBED AT CAPUCHINS.
Yicnnn Tnkd* on n Mure Somber Ai
j ect Than at Any Time Darina the
Week of Mourning—Great Crowds
Innble to Mans In the Street*
Through Which the Proeession
Passed Emperor \A iU in 111 Brings
a Floral W reath From Germany,
lie Is Met at the Stntion By Em
peror Francis Joseph and Impe->
rial Official*.
Vienna, Sept. 17.—Emperor Francis Jo
seph, at 9 o’clock this morning, received
the special representatives of foreign sov
ereigns.
An hour later he received the visiting
sovereigns, with the exception of the King
of Saxony, whom he personally greeted
at the railroad station.
Emperor Francis Joseph, Prince Hohen
johe, the imperial German chancellor, and
Baron von Beulow, the German minister
for foreign affairs, received Emperor Will
iam at the railroad station. The Emper
ors shook hands and kissed each other’s
cheeks three times. They then proceeded
to the church, where Emperor William,
in behalf of himself and the Empress of
Germany, deposited on the casket con
taining the remains of the latq Empress
of Austria a floral wreath which his maj
esty had brought from Germany.
The Emperor dined at the German em
bassy after the funeral,and started for
Berlin this evening.
The aspect of the city to-day was more
somber than upon any day of the week of
mourning. Hardly a house was without
liiack draperies, and the entire populace
seemed to have poured into the streets.
The lamps were all alight, shining dimly
through coverings of crepe.
~ Great torches threw glaring flames over
the royal chapel, In which the remains of
the late Empress lay In state since yester
day morning.
The doors of the chapel were closed at
noon, thus barring out thousands of peo
ple who were anxious to see the casket.
At 4 o’clock the tolling of bells an
nounced the starting of the procession.
The route from the Hofburg to the in
significant Church of the Capuchins, whose
vaults entomb the Hapsburgs, Is so short
that only a small proportion of the popu
lation was able to crowd into the adjoin
ing streets.
While the procession was being formed
the church was filled with the foreign
princes, who arrived without ostentation
In closed carriages, and who were con
ducted to the front pews.
Even the rafters and floors of the
church, in the center of which stood the
catafalque, were hidden with black
drapery. Outside, a company of distin
guished generals and staff officers were
aligned.
A detachment of cavalry led the proces
sion. followed by a single horseman, a
court officer, attired in a Spanish cos
tume. Then came carriages, in which
were sealed the servants of the late Em
press, and they were followed by a second
detachment- of cavalry. After these
horsemen were three court carriages,
drawn by six horses, covered with fu
neral trappings, escorted by footmen.
They contained ih court dignitaries and
ladies in waiting.
A train of servants followed, walking
two abreast, and then came the most im
posing feature of the procession. Several
companies of foot guards and a squadron
of the horse guards, followed by a detach
ment of yeomen, all gorgeously uniform
*d, preceded the colossal eight-horsed fu
neral car. On either side were four foot
men and four pages, with lighted tapers;
but the Immediate escort of the car were
composed of six stalwart gentlemen of the
Archer Guard, eight yeomen, six Hunga
rian life guards, and eight mounted life
guards. Following the car were several
bodies of infantry and cavalry.
A large number of priests, in full canoni
cals, met the procession at the Augustine's
<’hurch, and proceeded with it to the
t'hureh of Capuchins. The clergy there
marched down the aisle before the coffin
and united in intoning prayers, which
"ere also exquisitely chanted, during the
service, by the court choir.
During the last prayer, the coffin was
lifted from the catafalque and the clergy,
bearing torches, walked before it.
Emperor Francis Joseph, accompanied
by the highest officers of state, bearing
wands, followed. This procession slowly
passed from the sight of the congrega
tion down a stairway to the vaults.
After the last benediction had been pro
nounced in the vaults the mourners re
ascended, and the high chamberlain hand
ed the key of the vault to the capuchin,
" bo is the guardian of the imperial maus
oleum.
IN MEMORY OF TIIE EMPRESS.
Funeral Mass Celebrated at St. Mat
thew* Church.
Washington, Sept. 17.-An imposing
funeral mass, commemorative of the mur
dered Empress Elizabeth of Austria, was
celebrated at St. Matthew's Catholic
Church to-day. Cardinal Gibbons being the
celebrant.
i he eeremohy was official in character,
under the Auspices of’the Austrian m'.nls
t< r, and among those In attendance were
1 resident McKinley and the members of
bis cabinet, the ambassadors and minis
ter.-- of foreign governments in their bril
hedt diplomatic uniforms; represenatives
tbe United States army, navy and Su
preme Court, and a large gathering from
Private life.
The Austrian minister, Mr. von Hegel
ntuller, was attended by all the members
of his staff. The military attache, Baron
,;: '<11. in the qniform of the Austrian Im
- - 1 *al guard, and Capt. Rodler, naval at
'>< he, In the uniform of the Austrian
navy, acted as ushers.
Minister von Hegelmuller wore the strik
-1 ‘g costume of the Hungarian ’’magnet,”
denoting high diplomatic rank. It was of
somber black satin coat, knee breeches
r 'd high boots, and a heavy black velvet
c-ouk hung from the left shoulder. Ilia
Wl)t Jlltfning
sword, scabbard and hilt was hid with
windings of crepe.
As the carriages of the President and
cabinet reached the church, Mr. von He
gelmuller left his pew and met the Presi
dent at the church door, escorting him to
a pew to the front and right of the chan
cel.
With the President were Secretaries
Gage and Wilson, Postmaster General
Emory Smith, and Acting Secretary Adee.
Back of them, as representatives of the
army, sat two of the officers of Gen.
Miles’ staff, Col. Maus and Lieut. Col.
Michel, in fatigue uniform; while the judi
ciary was represented by Justice Harlan
of the United States Supreme Court.
In the absence of the British ambassa
dor, Sir Julian Pauncefote sent a large
floral cross of white roses and carnations,
which was in the middle of the chancel,
facing the congregation. The embassy was
represented by Capt. Paget and Mr.
Young.
The church interior was simply arranged
for the occasion. Back of the chancel
hung long crepe draperies, covering the
windows and darkening the altar. The
pulpit waa draped with heavy bands of
crepe.
Cardinal Gibbons was assisted in the
mass by a large number of priests and aco
lytes, the usual rich vestments being put
aside for those of black and white.
In his sermon the cardinal said a griev
ous crime had shocked the civilized world;
the hand of an assassin had struck down
an inoffending lady, the consort of an Em
peror of vast and historic regions. The
crime had occurred not when the Em
press was seated on her throne, amid
pomp and majesty, which might have ex
cited the passions of some fanatic, but
while she was peacefully walking the
street.
“The man that strikes at the ruler of a
nation is an enemy of social order,” de
clared the cardinal. "Public peace and
tranquility depend upon the execution of
the law; on the ruler or executive of a
nation depends the execution of law- and
the maintenance of stable government. It
behooves us, therefore, to uphold the head
of the nation, whose person as a ruler is
sacred.”
The cardinal paid a touching tribute to
the beauty of character of the late Em
press, and asked that the prayers be given
not only for the repose of her soul, but
also for the solace of the stricken Emper
or. Among all the tributes of sympathy
which had gone to the Emperor, he said,
none had been more touching and grac
ious than that of the President of the
United States. The cardinal recalled the
world-wide sympathy coming to the
United States on the assassination of
President Garfield, which he> said, levelled
all partisanship of this country, bringing
together Democrats, Republicans, admin
istration men and anti-administration
men In a common sorrow. Thus, out of
the blood of a martyred President was
sown the seed of patriots, and the cardinal
hoped that out of this last abhorent trag
edy would come also good lessons and
good results.
The music following the mass was of a
high order. Following the ceremony the
President and his party returned to the
White House.
MAY BE FLOATED TO-MOnROW.
Commodore XAntson Report* the
Progress on Marin Tere*n. .
Washington, Sept. 17.—Capt. Crowntn
shield, who was to-day Acting Secretary
o T the Navy, received a cablegram from
Commodore Watson, at Guantanamo,
stating that the wreckers have recovered
ten 6-inch shells from the Spanish flag
ship Maria Teresa, and placed them on
the collier Leonidas. The commodore says
that It is expected the Spanish ship will
be floated next Monday, and he will start
for home Tuesday. He is under orders to
take command at the Mare Island navy
yard.
The reports received at the navy depart
ment indicate that the big tropica! hurri
cane, which did much damage in Barba
dos, did not strike near the UniteA States
naval vessels at Cainanera, but passed
well to ihe eastward.
It is learned that the monitor Amphi
trite, which was recently reported as
broken down at Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti,
is now on her way to Norfolk, in tow of
the cruiser Yosemite.
NO NEW CASES AT PONCE.
Opinion Prevnlent That the Slekne**
AVn* Incorrectly Diagnosed.
, San Juan, P. R., Sept. 17.—Reports re
ceived here from Ponce say that no new
cases of yellow fever have developed
there, and the opinion is growing that the
existing cases of sickness have been incor
rectly diagnosed.
The quarantine has, therefore, been rais
ed, and Lieuts. Elkins and Wardman of
Maj. Gen. Brooke’s staff,and Lieut. Field
er and six cadets from the cruiser Cincin
nati sailed for New York to-day on board
the British steamer Carribbee, which had
arrived from St. Thomas.
The Spanish authorities have offered
Admiral Schley 6,000 tons of coal at 16 per
ton. He has cabled to the department at
Washington for instructions.
It is reported that Capt. Gen. Macias to
day received- Information from Madrid
that two steamers had sailed for San
Juan for the purpose of embarking troops
for Spain.
WORSE THAN FIRST EXPECTED.
Instant Relief Necessary to the Peo
ple of the West Indie*.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 17.—Details of
the hurricane are constantly coming in,
which show the disaster to have been in
finitely worse than was at first expected.
The destruction at Barbados was fully
equal to that at St. Vincent, while St.
Lucia also suffered considerably.
The Island of Barbados, presenting prac
tically a flat surface, was completely
swept by the vortex of the cyclone. The
distress Is unparalleled in the history of
the West Indies, and the Governor has
cabled that instant and continuous out
side relief is absolutely necessary in order
to uvert widespread famine and possibly
a resultant pestilence.
The actual extent of the fatalities has
not yet been ascertained, owing to the ex
tent of the ruin wrought throughout the
island.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1808.
GLAD HER HUSBAND IS DEAD.
A CHICAGO WIDOW HOLDS A RE
CEPTION OF CELEBRATION.
Frit* Benfiel Fired Upon n Neighbor,
Killed n Small Boy, nnd Then Sui
cided Hi* Dentil An Uniiunltlled
Joy to Hl* Family—Hl* Daughter*
Propose n Theater Party to Fit
tingly Celebrate Their Father’*
Death—The Suicide"* Heinnin* to
Be Given n Pauper’* Burial —He
Had Kept III* Family In Terror for
Year* and His Death Was No Sor
row.
Chicago. Sept. 17.—Fritz Benfiel, a Dan
ish laborer, shot and killed himself to
day immediately after firing two bullets
into Mrs. Minnie Youngberger, and fatally
wounding her 3-year-old son Emil, whom
she was holding in her arms.
Benfiel, who was of an ugly, quarrel
some disposition, threatened last night to
kill his wife and live children, and Mrs.
Benfiel caused his arrest to-day. He ac
cused Mrs. Youngberger, a neighbor, of
being party to his arrest, and when she
denied it he drew a revolver and opened
fire.
The boy died within an hour; the mother
will recover.
Benfiel then sent a bullet through his
own brain, dying instantly.
His death, instead of being a grief to
his family, was an unqualified joy. With
in an hour after the shooting Mrs. Ben
fiel was holding an impromptu reception
and acknowledged the congratulations of
the neighbors who called.
Minnie Benfiel, the eldest daughter, re
marked: "I’m glad of it. He should have
done it long ago.” She and one of her
sisters announced their intention of giving
a theater party to celebrate their father’s
death, and their mother went them one
better by saying that she would not even
bury him. The county authorities, she
said, could take the body and give it a
pauper's funeral. She will pay the ex
penses, but will have nothing more to do
with the funeral.
Be-nflel had kept his family in terror for
years and was generally accounted worth
less by his neighbors.
PEACE COMMISSIONERS SAIL.
Ex-Secretary Day Doesn’t Anticipate
Any Useless Dlucnsslon.
New York, Sept. 17.—Tim United States
commissioners to conclude the terms of
peace with Spain sailed to-day on board
the Cunard line steamer Campania, en
route to Paris. The commission consists
of former Secretary of State William R.
Day, United States Senators William P.
Frye, Cuehman K. Davis and George
Gray and Whitelaw Reid.
Each commissioner is accompanied on
the trip by his wife or other members of
the family. In the party also are J. B.
Moore, secretary and counsel to the com
mission; John R. MacArthur, assistant
secretary, and wife; Frank Branagan,
disbursing clerk, and Mrs. Branagan;
Miss Atkinson and Miss McNaughton,
stenographers, and Edward Savoy and
Henry Freeman, confidential messengers.
Prior to going on board the steamer
Judge Day said to the reporter: “We
had a confidence with the cabinet before
leaving Washington, at least all of us ex
cept Senator Gray. All understand the
wishes of the cabinet with reference to
the terms of the treaty, and I believe that
there will be practically no change after
our conference with the Spanish commis
sioners.”
"Do you expect much opposition to the
terms from the Spanish commissioners?”
”1 think that America’s terms will be
regarded as reasonable, and, therefore, I
believe the work of the commissions will
not be impeded by useless discussion.
Senator Frye would say nothing as to
the. intentions of the commissioners.
As to the commissioners going to-Paris
with set duties and irrefragible conditions
to be placed before the Spanish commis.
sioners, the senator said that schoolboy*
might just* as well be sent if such were
the case. He declared that nobody could
tell whut new conditions might arise
which should have to be met, discussed
and decided wholly by the commission.
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS,
A New Camp to no Located In 100
Mile* of ifnntsville.
Washing .on, Sept. 17.—Orders will be Is
sued from the war department Monday for
the disposition of five regiments of regu
lar cavalry, now at Camp Wikoff, In com
mand of Maj. Gen. Wheeler.
Three of them are to be sent to a camp
hereafter to be located within 100 miles of
Huntsville, Ala,, the Second Regiment is to
go to South Dakota to relieve the Eighth
Regiment, with headquarters at Fort
Meade, and the Ninth is to be distributed
throughout Arizona and New Mexico, to
relieve the Seventh, now stationed in those
territories.
The Seventh and Eighih, upon being re
lieved, will Join the three regiipents from
Montauk at the camp which may be se
lected in the vicinity of Huntsville. Its
location will depend upon the recommenda
tion of a board of army officers now in the
South engaged In inspecting camp sites.
Maj. Gen. Wheeler will have command
of the cavalry, which Is to form part of
the army of occupation for Cuba and Por
to Rico.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
President Soaelion Announce* tle
Appearance of One Case.
Washington. Sept. 17.—Surgeon General
Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service,
to-night was informed of a case of yel
low fever in New Orleans, La., in the fol
lowing telegram from President Souehon
of the state board of health:
"One ease of positive yellow fever re
ported here. All proper precautions ta
ken.”
COMMISSION ON HEtlslON.
M. Sarrlen Empowered to Appoint
It* Members.
Paris, Sept. 17.—At a npeting of the cab
inet ministers to-day it was decided to
submit the documehts itfxhe Dreyfus case
to a commission lo bej selected by the
minister of justice, M. 3arrt ii.
The minister for wafj G> n. Zurllnden,
and the nilnlsier of public works, Senator
Tillaye, left before the Council adjourned.
Gen Zurlinden later rent his written
resignation to Premier Brlsson, as fol
lows;
”1 have the honor to beg you to receive
my resignation as minister for war. An
exhaustive study of the papers in the
Dreyfus case has convinced me too fully
of his guilt for me to accept, as the
head of the army, any other solution than
that of the maintenance of the judgment
in its entirety.”
The council met at the Klysce palace
at 0:30 a. m., President Fauro, presiding.
According to a semi-offlchd note, the njin
ister ot.justlce said that after having ex
amined the papers he felt unable to decide
upon the question of the?.*reposed revision
of the Dreyfus case uftll he had taken
the opinion of a special dotnmisskm of the
ministry of Justice. The cabinet, there
upon, authorized the minister lo summon
a committee for the purpose.
M. Valee will be appointed minister of
the Interior.
As he was leaving the F.lysoe palace af
ter the cabinet meeting a large crowd of
people cheered the premier, if. Brlsson,
with cries of “Viva la Revision!” appar
ently showing that popular feeling was
changed in favor of a reojKtung of the
Dreyfus case.
Later in the daj- another cabinet council
was held, at which Gen. Chatoine, com
mander of the First Division of the First
Army t’orps (department of Ihe north and
the Pas de Calais), was minis
ter for war, in succession to Gen, Zurlin
den, and Senator Godin, representing
French India, was appoint'd minister of
public works, succeeding 11. Tillaye.
The latter, in transmitting his letter of
resignation, is apparently bidding for pop
ular favor. He wrote: "The council hav
ing decided to appoint a commission lo
consider the request for a revision of the
trial of the convict Dreyfus, I am unable
to accept any share in the responsibility
for that step, which, in my opinion, in
volves a revision of the case.”
The committee summoned by M. Sarrlen
to decide upon the question of the pro
posed revision, will begin to consider the
matter on Wednesday next.
MANY DOCI MENTB FORGED.
.v4sv. v ,
Comte Externa*> Talk* of' the Drey
fus Case In London.
London, Sept. 18.—The Observer states
this morning that Count Ferdinand Wal
eln Esterhazy has been in London for ten
days bast. The fact, the paper says, ,s
known to very few here, and is not sus
pected in Paris.
Comte Esterhazy is occupying a flat near
St. James street and Pall (Mall, S. W. He
has shaved off his mustache, and it is not
easy to recognize, him.
He explains that there is no longer Jus
tice for him in his own country, and says
that what he did was done in blind, un
questioning, brutal obedience to orders
from a superior.
"If I were ordered to take a gun and
shoot my own brother, I would do so with
out hesitation," Comte Esterhazy said. He
added that out of the 1,000 documents in
the Dreyfus dossier approximately 600
were forged, and that he was prepared
to show by whom and in what circum
stances the forgery was committed.
HOWELL AT THE WHITE HOI HE.
He Formally Accept* Place on the
Comml**lon of Inquiry.
Washington, Sept. 17.—Mr. Evan P.
Howell of Atlanta, who was asked by the
President to serve on the commission to
investigate certain departments of the
army, in connection with the war. was at
the White House to-day and formally ac
cepted the appointment.
In his interview, ihe President assured
Mr, Howell that it was his pur|>ose to se
cure a commission which, without fear or
favor, would probe to the bottom Che
charges made by newspapers and individ
uals involving the efficiency and integrity
of officers of the army, and give to the
country the facts.
The Secretary of War had asked for an
Investigation, and the President thought
it due to all concerned that the investiga
tion be made at once by a commission In
whose honesty of purpose and ability there
could be no question.
Under these circumstances Mr. Howell
assured the President that he would gladly
accept the appointment, as he regarded
it as a duty which no citizen should evade.
Mr. Howell thought that there would be
no necessity for the commission to leave
Washington during the inquiry. Offices
for Its use would be secured in or con
venient to the war department, where the
official records could be at hand.
The only purpose of the President In se
curing, if possible, nine members of the
commission is to lighten the labors of the
Individual members. According to his
Idea the work of the commission could be
parceled out to subcommittees so that the
larger the commission,the easier would be
the work for the individual members. If,
however, the President was unable to se
cure the services of nine members he
would proceed with seven. He expected
that in any event the commission would
be completed within the next few days.
The gentlemen who already have ac
cepted, or who it is confidently expected
will consent to serve, are Mr. Sexton, Gen.
Dodge, Mr. Denby, Mr. Howell, Mr. Gil
man and Dr. Keen.
As to the power of the commission to
compel officers and others to testify as to
facts within their knowledge, the Presi
dent assured Mr. Howell that If the com
mission met with any difficulty In that
regard, which, however, he did not expect,
hei the President, would know the reason
why.
After a half-hour’s conference with the
President to-day Gen. Hehofield announc
ed that he would not serve a* a member
of the cotnmissiup
BALTIMORE AND OHIO DEAL
CHICAGO CAPITALISTS SECI RE THE
(OVTHOI.I.IXU IM'KHUST.
Philip D. Arjiionr, Marshall I*' lel <1
and Norman 11. Renin Hu- I’uwlim*-
*'r, Mini President Hill of the
Northern the
In Hit* llenrKnnixn t ion Ample
Mean* to Ho Had for the Roads Im
provrumt—l’rine Paid Snld to Hr
Moo It Lnr ß cr Than slo,tN>o.oo4.
Prrxriit Receivers Likely to Man
"#<■ the Company’s Affairs.
Cincinnati, Sept. 17.—The Haltimore anti
Ohio Railroad officials reached here to
day from Chicago, the party including Re
ceivers Johti K. Cowen and Oscar Mur
ray, General Manager William Green, F.
W, Wllahire, M. 11. Will, E. A. Watson
and George M. Shrit ver of Baltimore.
About the same time President E. R. Ba
con, Vice President W. W. Peabody, John
Walker and other officials of the Baltv
moie and Ohio Southwestern arrived from
New York.
The officials of those sister lines were
in close conference during the forenoon
at the St. Nicholas, and during the after
noon at the general offices of the Balti
more and Ohio Southwestern.
President Bacon made a statement,
which conllrmed the reports about the
sale of the road, but Receivers Cowen and
Murray insisted that they were agents of
the court for the operation of the rail
way and not for Its sale, and that they
could not say anything regarding the re
cent sale or the future management, or
anything relating to future proceedings
through the court. They would neither
affirm nor deny the reports aa to what was
done at the meeting in Chicago yesterday.
Chicago, Sept. 17.—The Times-Herald
says: "Philip D. Armour, Marshall Field
and Norman B. Ream have secured con
trol of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
“They have made James J, Hill, presl
dent of the Great Northern Railway, the
dominating factor in the reorganization
of the system, and have gained for the
Chicago and Northwest what is practically
a trunk line from ocean to ocean, con
trolled by Chicago capatillsis. The price
paid is not known.”
PRESIDENT BACON'S STATEMENT.
A Much larger Sain Than $10,000,000
7*fry Have W. cn Paid.
Cincinnati, Sept. 17.—Mr. E. R. Bacon,
president of the Baltimore and Ohio-
Southwestern Railway Company, who has
been engaged for some time with the New
Y'ork committee, Speyer & Cos., and Kuhn,
Loeb & Cos., bankers, and the receivers,
in assisting in the readjustment of the af
fairs of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
was in town to-<tay, and was Interviewed
about the purchase of the control of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
He was reluctant to discuss the matter,
but after being advised that It had been
published In Chicago, New York and this
city, he said a number of representative
men, Identified will] large railway, man
ufacturing and commercial Interests In tho
Northwest, Chicago, New York and other
cities on the company's line, had been for
some time negotiating for the purchase of
a very substantial interest in the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, and thut such
negotiations hod been brought to a suc
cessful conclusion; that under
the reorganization ample means had
been provided for cutting down
grades, Increasing capacity and facilities
of the road and putting it in a condition
to promptly and economically handle
largely increased business; that the re
organization managers had also decided
that the subsidiary lines. Including the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern should
tic likewise treated, and arrangements
were now being concluded to readjust the
affairs of such lines and secure capital to
put them in the same condition as the
main line.
Mr. Bacon was very reticent, but it Is
evident that the control has been pur
chased, and from what has been learned
here and through other sources, it is cer
tain that a much larger sum than ill.,
COO,COO has been paid for It, and that the
reorganization managers and himself ore
the parties who have been the negotiators.
Mr. Bacon declined to state whether the
present receivers would manage the af
fairs of the company in the future, but il
in well known that they are in close al
liance with the new owners, arid Will un
doubtedly be requested by them to of
ficially manage the company's affairs.
Receivers Cowen and Murray, President
Bacon, Vice President Peabody and others
remained in conference till evening and
then air Joined in announcing that there
was nothing whatever to give out.
Their conferences were renewed again at
the SI. Nicholas Hotel to-night, and may
continue to-morrow.
President Bacon will shortly soil for Eu
rope. It is currently reported that the trip
of President Bacon to London is for the
purpose of conferring with English Inter
ests in the proposed reorganization of this
trunk line.
BACON’S TALK SEMI-OFFICIAL.
Press Agent Muddy Says No Fnrther
Statement AN'III lie Issned Saw.
Baltimore, Sept. 17.—J. H. Maddy, the
press agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway, to-night said to a representative
of the Associated Press that the statement
made in Cincinnati to-day by E. R. Ba
con, president of (he Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, is semi-official, and added
that no further statement would be is
sued at present. Receivers Cowen and
Murray are not expected to reach Bal
timore before Monday.
INTERVIEWED PRESIDENT HILL.
His Connection With the 11. anil O. Is
to Put It on Its Feet.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17,—Presldent J. J.
1111 l of the Great Northern Railroad re
turned from Chicago to-day and made this
statement to an Associated Press repre
sentative regarding the Baltimore and
Ohio reorganization story:
“Any connection I have with the Balti
more arid Ohio is simply for the purpose of
putting that road on its feet and malting
it what it was at one time—one of the
most important roads in the country.
“Recently it has failed to such an ex
tent that It was an inoumbancy. Any in
tention I may have with regard to the
Baltimore and Ohio has no connection with
the (treat Northern. Neither has the Great
Northern or myself any connection with
any railroad lietween St Paul and Chi
cago, and furthermore' neither do I expect
to have any such connection. Someone
who is reiqionslble for statements to the
contrary has an imagination that is al
together too vivid."
Further than this Mr. Hill had nothing
to say regarding the matter.
MU. Alt HOI It CONFIRMS THE DEAL.
No Consideration Given to Any Other
llnmis, Ifoivever.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 17.—Phttlp r>. Ar
mour was here to-day, attending the an
nual meeting of thu directors of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St, Paul Railway
Company, un.l practically confirm the re.
ports that he, in company with J. J. Hill,
Marshall Field, Norman B. Ream, had se
cured a controlling interest in the Balti
more and Ohio Rnlttoud.
Mr. Armour snld: "I dislike to say any
thing o*i this matter now; it is very deli
cate, ns you must understand. There is,
however, some foundation for the report
spnt out from Chicago yesterday.”
"How about the reference made to the
Chicago nnd Great Western and the Wis
consin Central and other roads between
the Baltimore and Ohio and Great North
ern?” he was asked.
"Positively no consideration has been
given to either road yet. 1 cannot say
what will occur in the future, but no deal
is on at present concerning these com
panies. ”
CHAMPAGNE TO I#E USED.
Gov. Tanner Replies to tlie Protest
of the AA. C. T. IT.
Springfield, 111., Sept. 17.—Gov. Tanner
has decelded that he battleship Illinois
shall be christened In champagne and to
day sent the following letter to Mesdames
Matilda B. Carse, Jessie Brown Hilton and
Helen B. Wood, the committee of the Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union, who
protested against christening the battle
ship with wine:
“Ladies: I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your letter of the 10th
inst. Replying to which I wil) say that it
is with pleasure I pay my highest respects
to the noble women of your union and ac
knowledge with profound ppreclatJon,the
excellent good you are laboring to estab
lish.
“I would consider it a privilege to be
able to assist you.. Thousands of homes
are better for your guardianship; thous
ands of hearts are grateful to you and
your Christian order and the world is bet
ter for having known the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
"In the matter, however, of following
the time-honored custom of christening
battleships, there is no desecration of tha
laws of temperance. The ceremony is not
one from which an example could be set
forth, and the most sacred religious ordi
nance, 'The Sacrament,’ the world com
memorates with deepest solemnity and
honor is one in which wine is used as a
symbol.
"Therefore, I dismiss the subject as one
unworthy of so much agitation. If left
to me the battleship Illinois will be chris
tened according to the time-honored cus
tom. Very truly yours,
“John R. Tanner.”
NEAV POSTAL PRIVILEGE.
Money Orders May Be Given on
Home Offices.
Washington, Sept. 17—The public will
greatly appreciate the convenience afford
ed through an order issued to-day by
First Assistant Postmaster General Heath
which authorizes postmasters to Issue
•money orders payable at their own office.
Tills practice has not been heretofore fol
lowed, and the new departure will be an
accommodation to the great number of
people who, not having an account at a
bank, desire to follow this economical and
absolutely safe method in payment of
bills, etc.
These money orders may now be used,
for illustration, in payment of gas bills,
merchants’ and grocers' bills, etc. In
smaller places, the person Indebted to a
farmer may have an order drawn in favor
of the lutter, payable to him at any time
and sent to him by a neighbor, who ob
tains and delivers the mail for the neigh
borhood, the entire cost, say for ten dol
lars, being but ten cents.
ANNEXATIONISTS PREDOMINATE.
A Faction In tlie Mnlolos Congress
Favoring Internal Autonomy.
Manila, Sept. 17.—The Philippine na
tional assembly, which was inaugurated
at Maloloa yesterday, continues in ses
sion and is proceeding wiCh the work of
appointing committees, preparing rules of
procedure and other routine matters.
The assembly to-day unanimously re
solved to reject the proposal of a Joint
Spanish-American protectorate over the
Philippine Islands or anything of a Span
ish nature. There are three parties rep
resented in the assembly, one favoring
absolute annexation and another absolute
independence, while the 'third Is formed
of compromise nnnexatlonlete, who ap
parently predominate, and who suggest In
ternal autonomy.
The assembly will probably conclude its
discussion of this matter in a few days.
Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, is reti
cent in regard to the pending questions.
Hhot AAiin Flretl Intentionally.
Richmond. Va,, Sept. 17.—The verdict of
the coroner's Jury in the case of Wilson’s,
Dinwiddle county, rendered to-day, was
that Hawkes, colored, came to hts death
by a pistol shot fired by AV. G. Baldwin,
a detective, said shot being fired Intention
ally. as said Hawkes was leaving the room
In which the shooting took place.
Three Americans Die.
Washington, Sept. I.—The war depart
ment received a dispatch from Gen. Brooke
dated Ponce, slatiug that three American
soldiers died In Porto Rico yesterday from
typhoid fever.
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MISS PERKINS COMES BACK.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY AS TO THE
BRIDGEPORT AA OMAN.
Allis Perkins Arrives at Home to
AVltness the Preparations Made
for ller Funrral Her Father Kn
Route to Middleboro With tho
Supposed Remains of Hln llanglo
ter—Grave Had Been l)nu. the Min.
Ister Engaged nnd the Inilrr.
taker’s AA agon AA ns at the Hoase.
The Bridgeport Mystery Still Res
mains Unsolved.
Mlddleboro, Mnstt.. Sept. 17.—The suppos
ed victim of the’ Bridgeport, Conn., mur
der, Misg Marian Grace Perkins, arrived
nt her home this afternoon In perfect
health, to the great Joy of the family and
the unbounded astonishment of the entire
community.
Her father was not in town, for at tha
time of his daughter’s arrival he was on
his way back front Bridgeport with the
grewaome remains which he had identi
fied as those of Grace, and for which the
funeral arrangements, including the dig
uing of the grave, had already been com
pleted.
Miss Perkins came from Providence. R.
1., and was accompanied by her lover,
Charles Bourne, and at first it was stated
that the couple had been married. This
was afterwards denied by young Bourne s
uncle.
Just across the street from the Perking i
house is u little cemetery and only thia
morning. In response to the request of tha
uncle of Mrs. Perkins, a grave had been
dug by the sexton In the family Jot and the
new earth thrown up beside It could be
plainly seen from the home. Half an hoop
after Miss Perkins’ arrival home a local
undertaker’s wagon drove up to the house,
with the coffin which had been ordered by
‘the fumily. -
The funeral arrangements had even gone
so far that the family minister had two
asked to conduct the services.
THE NEWS AT lilt IDGEPOnT.
Miss Perkins' Return AA’ns Not lies
Ilcved AA lien First Told.
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 17.—The new*
thut Miss Perkins had returned to he*
home In Mtddleboro was received with In
credulity at first, so general was the be
lief that Jhe Identity of the body had beet*
established* _ _ A* ...
Superintendent of Police Birmingham
said to-night: ”1 was satisfied that the
dead woman was not the original of th
photograph exhibited by Mr. Perkins,
and there were other discrepancies, a
great many of them. I have been actively
working on the case, but am obliged to
say that thua far I have not been abla
to secure evidence that would warrant an
arrest. I have evidence which I cannot
divulge that will play its part when tha
time comes.”
He would not say anything about Dr,
Guilford, whose name has been used In
connection with tho case. In the opinion
of Supt. Birmingham the woman died or
wub murdered last Sunday. To-ntght he
has sent out an official description of the
woman. It Is presumed that the body will
be sent back to this city and buried by
the town authorities without further de
lay.
HOAV IOWANS FIND THE CAMP.
Tliey Think Camp Cohn Libre Is In
Excellent Condition.
Des Moines, la., Sept. 17.—“ We belleva
(he soldiers encamped at Camp Cuba Li
bre are cared for as well us it Is possible
for a large body of men encamped any
where In the United States.”
This is the conclusion of a report filed
to-day to Gov. Shaw by Col. H. Egbart
of Davenport and Dr. W. F. Parsons of
Rlenbeck. They were special commission
ers appointed to investigate into the con.
dltlons und needs of the Forty-ninth lowa,
now at Jacksonville, and the Fiftieth,
which has returned since their visit.
The commission spent six days In tha
camp, and in their report they mention
In detail the excellent hospital facilities,
bul say there was a scarcity of trained
nurses for the anticipated epidemic.
FIRST ALABAMA NOMINATION.
Declaration That There Has Been N<*
Legal Nomination.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 17.—The question a*
to whether a nomination has been mada
in the First Alabama district Is still aa
open one, as Democrats supporting Han.
nls Taylor, candidate for Congress, os
tensibly defeated on the 13th, have taken
an appeal to ihe state executive commit
tee. setting forth that there was no quo
rum present when George Washington
Taylor was nominated, and consequently
no legal nomination was made.
Appeal will be heard next Thursday la
Montgomery.
TEXANS RECONSIDER THE MATTER
They Vote to Take Their Money
From llie Negro Paymaster.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 17.—The Second
Texas Regiment was paid off to-day by
MaJ. Lynch, the negro paymaster. This
Is the regiment that refused to receive
Its pay from MaJ. Lynch on account of
his color, and the matter was referred to
Washington. The regiment took a vote
to-day and decided to receive its pay, this
action doubtless being due to the fact
that the regiment is to leave here on
Tuesday next for home.
TOO FAT TO CAPTIRE.
Death of a AA’omnu Moonshiner AVhrt
Delicti tile Law.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 17.—News has
Just reached here of the death of Nahala
Mullins, the famous fat woman and moon
shiner of Hancock county.
Mrs. Mullins weighed 550 pounds and
lived on the top of a mountain, whera
she conducted a “still” in defiance of law.
The officers were unable to apprehend
her on account of her size, there being tai
way to get her down the mountain.