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THE MORNING NEWS
t ita* listed !M>o - - Incorpo rated IfSB.
J. H. F,STILL, President.
GEN. WHEELER WAS LEFT OUT.
jl |Mill BHAVLEV CALLS GEN. IR
VINE WALKER TO TASK.
The Famous General Was n Special j
Guest of the City, lint by Some
holly's Oversight He l)ld Not A|i
lienr In the Parade—Gen. Walker
< taints It Was Caused l>y a Con
fusion o( Orders—Slight to Gov.
tiiintler.
Charleston, S. C., May 13.—1 t seems that
the failure of Gen. Joe Wheeler to appear
in the Lug parade of Confederate Veterans
here Wednesday last is destined lo be
the cause of much talk and bad feeling.
Gen. Wheeler was a special guest of the
city. He stopped at the residence of
United States District Judge Brawley. He
was to have ridden in the procession, and
i „ tutors were prepared to give him
an ovation, but the line was formed and
i through the city, and Gen. Wheel
er ivj s not in it.
There was much comment and inquiry
from people who knew he was in the city.
This talk has gathered volume as the
,uys have passed, and this morning Judge
Bran ley gave out a statement for publi
cation, in which he lays the blame on
i Pi: C. I. Walker, who commands the
j : Carolina division of the United
t . . derate Veterans, and who, in conse
q... : . was in charge of the parade.
Judge lira w ley's Criticism.
After reviewing the circumstances of
G<-n Wheeler’s visit here, he says he nev
er dreamed that so prominent a person
would be left out of the picture. Leav
ing Gen. Wheeler at his house, he. took
llivs Wheeler and went to watch the pa
rade. He had notified Gen. Walker of
Gen. Wheeler’s arrival, and he had seen
u printed programme for the parade in
win a Gen. Wheeler’s name appeared. He
was astonished beyond measure when he
did rot see Gen. Wheeler in line. Judge
•Brawley concludes his statement as fol
lows:
“That there has been a painful exhibi
tion of blundering incapacity somewhere,
Is of course evident. The public will nat
urally hold Gen. Walker responsible, un
its- 1 • can show that someone appointed
for the purpose failed to carry out his or
ders.’’
t. n Wqlker will make reply, claiming
a confusion of orders by two committees.
Gen Walker says that as commander of
the parade, it was to his interest to make
H as great a success as possible; that
Gen, Wheeler's distinguished services in
two wars entitled him to every considera
tion Gen. Walker regrets profoundly
t .it even the semblance of discourtesy
should have been shown Gen. Wheeler.
Not ns Confederate Veterans.
The charge of want of hospitality to
Gov. Candler and his staff at the Con
federate reunion falls flat here, as neither
the Governor nor his staff were here in
the capacity of Confederate veterans, and
Gen. C. Irvine Walker, the South Caro
lina commander of the Confederate veter
ans, though he had received no notifica
tion of their coming, promptly assigned
th" distinguished Georgia civilians a prom
iti* nt place in the procession on Wednes
day.
HIE HEAVIEST ON RECORD.
Severe Sentence Given for a Misde
meanor in Kentucky. *
Louisville, May 13.—A misdemeanor
which will go down as one of the most
noteworthy in Kentucky was decided by
a jury in the criminal division of the Cir
cuit Court to-day when Frank Davis and
B F. Blakeman were sentenced to six
years each in the workhouse and to pay
a combined fine of $12,000; Mrs. Delia
Hoover to seven years in the county jail
tni'l .?■ 'jOij fine, and Nora Sommers to two
years in the county jail, for attempting to
b.aekniail A. IB Cheatham, a wealthy live
h ' k broker. The parties mentioned elaim
i 1 to have seen Cheatham in a compro
nu situation with Nora Sommers,who
'■>ll Hoover's daughter.
1 t rdict is much more severe than it
wo : i Appear at first glance. It Is said
*h. ; ' li of the defendants are without
r ‘ and that they will have to serve
0111 t ■■ fines. If this be so Mrs. Hoover’s
1 ■ f $6,000 represents 3,000 days in jail, or
’ ■i years and eighty days, making her
em a. confinement over fifteen years. Jail
1 1 es are served out at the rate of
t- per day.
tine against Blakeman and Davis
*>. m represents 6,000 days in the work
,u or sixteen years and 160 days at
1 •■pi labor. This will make their entire
' .rent twenty-two yearn and 160
days.
AN VVI'I-JEWISH MOVEMENT.
htny ~r All Jews In St. Petersburg
Has Been Prohibited,
London, May 13.—The Russion govern
db in I is decided upon exceptional meas
ur'-' an inst the Jews, doubtless owing to
tin m , ase feeling against them prevail-
Ihß in many parts of of Russia at the
Pix-'eni lime. m
1 first anti-Jewish measure was pro
m' I yesterday, under which the stay
1 • n for—elgn—Jews is prohibited In
hl b'lorsburg. No exemption will be
n in the Co3e of French Jews.
' have been ~ serious outbreaks
®k ■ the Jews at Nico.oleff in connec
li the Easter festivities of the
J' 1, k I'hurch. The Jews there number
t of a total population of lOO.iWO.
■ ers, who were mostly laborers,
' and 5,000. They wrecked hundreds
J, ‘ ''••'‘h houses and shops, desecrated
graves and killed and injured u
umber.
’ too of the riotors were arrested,
veral furious conflicts with Cos
-1 veral of whom, it is reported,
ned or beaten to death with heav
ned slings, with which the Hoi
ked the police.
111 ' PRICE FOR ELECTRIC GUN.
fir'ii b Admiralty Offers *:i75,000 for
Tliln Invention.
•VI, May 14.—The Daily Mall says
is n ruing the admiralty has offered
1 • r an electric gun invented by the
mu ~| .. Portland grocer.
knn throws an explosive shot a dis
un , , five aM) j n j,alf miles with a ve
’ 1 ' two seconds. It is noiseless and
lmokek, 3 .
TALK OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.
More German Onslaughts Upon
American Meats.
(Copyright, 1899, by the Associated Press.)
Berlin, May 13.—Negotiations for a com
mercial treaty between the United Slates
and Germany have row been taken up in
earnest at this end of the line.
The United States ambassador, Mr. An
drew D. White, expects that despite the
number of formidable obstacles that must
be overcome, such a treaty as will be sat
isfactory to both nations will crown the
efforts of the representatives of the two
governments.
There is every reason for saying the Ger
man government, and notably the foreign
minister, Baron von Buelow, will do every
thing to overcome the difficulties of the
task of formulating such a treaty. The
foreign office is having the potent aid of
Emperor William, as well as the sympa
thetic co-operation of representatives of
all the German states in the Bundesrath,
and is determined not to permit the ob
stinate aversion of the powerful Agrarian
interests to stand In the' way of such an
important bond with America.
The Emperor made clear the fact that he
views such a treaty most favorably, in
the course of recent expressions to Baron
von Buelow.
The main difficulty that Mr. White has
encountered thus far in the preliminary
conferences at ine ministery of foreign af
fairs is the erroneous idea that has taken
hold of the German mind and been sys
tematically fostered by the Agrarian and
other newspapers, that trade with the
United States has latterly been distinctly
unprofitable.
Attacks on American Meat.
The onslaughts of ail the Agrarian or
gans upon American meat this week has
been of ihe mos; violent and fiercest des
cription. A number of cablegrams have
been reprinted from certain papers in
America, considerably increasing the vol
ume of these attacks. The Kreuz Zellung
reiterated the statement that American
meat inspection is a farce.
The Deutsche Fleischer Zeltung,
the organ of the butchers,
stated that a part of the steamer Bul
garia’s cargo consisted of American horse
meat which was actioned off at Hamburg
and is now being sold under a false flag
to German consumers. This statement,
which has been widely circulated, has un
favorably influenced public opinion.
Ambassador White had several confer
ences this week with Foreign Minister
Von Buelow regarding the meat inspec
tion bill. Both of these officials hope that
the Reichtag will pass a measure that
will be acceptable to both countries.
Want a Larger Navy.
The vigorous agitation in favor of an
increase in the navy extra appropriation
that was sanctioned by the Reichtag,
continues. The Flotten Vorcim, a naval
society with a membership of 40,000 urges
that the nation hasten the building of
new vessels and demands the increase, if
Germany is not to be outmanoeuvered
by more active nations in all points of
the world where a vigorous display of
naval power may be necessary.
The Crown Prince of Germany will com
mence his studies at the University of
Bonn at Eastertide next year. His par
ents are much worried because scrofula,
which troubled the younger days of the
older sons, has broken out In the younger
children. The physicians have ordered
Prince Joachim, Prince Oscar and Princess
Victoria to Kreuznaeh, and Prince Adal
bert’s cruise around the world has been
postponed for the same reason.
The foreign office has received notifica
tion that Dr. von Schweinitz has been ap
pointed as the American representative to
the tuberculosis congress.
VISITED NATURAL BRIDGE.
President and Party Took a Trip In
Senrcli of Scenery,
Hot Springs, Va., May 13.—President Mc-
Kinley, Mrs. McKinley and a few friends
visited Natural Bridge, Va., to-day. They
left the Homestead after an early break
fast and at 8:15 o'clock started on their
trip over the Chesapeake and Ohio in the
special train which carried the presiden
tial party to Hot Springs. The run was
through a mountainous and wild country.
Knowledge of the President's intended
journey evidently had preceded him, for
at every station passed a group of men
and women tried to catch a glimpse of
the executive and his wife.
All alone the three miles’ drive to the
bridge were negro cabins, and at each
stood a group of men and women and a
band of pickanninies, who waved hats
and “handkerchiefs’' as the carriages
passed. At a cross-road there were <*
number of old-time Souihern blacks. As
the President passed the “old uncles”
bowed their bare heads and Mr. McKin
ley raised his hat.
Directly beneath the road of rocks the
president found assembled about fifty
young ladies, pupils at the Hollins Semi
nary, near Roanoke, Va., who were there
on an excursion. The President stopped
a few moments as he reached them, and
each was introduced and shook his hand.
A curious freak of nature directly in
the center of the dome was called to the
President’s attention. This was a dis
tinct impression of an eagle with out
stretched wings, such as is on silver dol
lars made by moss and rock stained by
the action of water. Mr. McKinley was
greatly impressed by the scenery and so
expressed himself several times.
After an inspection of the cottage first
owned by Thomas Jefferson, which stands
at the eiid of the bridge, and a look down
the ravine from the top of the bridge,
the party drove hack to the train. As
the President's carriage wheeled away
the seminary girls gave several hearty
college cheers. Mrs. McKinley was watch
ing at a car window, and waved her hand
to the President as he rode up. The
start for Hot Springs was made at 2:15
and ended at 6 p. m.
PANIC AT A FIRE IN PARIS.
Chamber of Commerce Partially De
stroyed l>y Flames.
Paris, May 14.—A fire broke out at 1:15
o’clock this morning in the Chamber of
Commerce, and the flames are spreading
rapidly. A panic prevails throughout Ihe
neighborhood.
At 3 o’olock the fire has been got under
control; but the building was partially de
stroyed.
BAVANN AH, GA,, SUNDAY. MAY 14. 1899.
FILIPINOS MAKE ADVANCES.
AGUINALDO MAY SEND A COMMIS
SION TO MANILA.
Sent In to Ask for Passes— Another
Report Says Aguinaldo Has Order
eil All Foreigners to Leave the
the Insurgent Lines—Transporta
tion Is Stimesvhat Troublesome.
Admiral llewey Soon to Sail for
America.
Manila, May 13.—The Filipinos have re
sumed the attempt to Induce the Ameri
cans to discuss the situation.
Reyes, a young lieutenant on the staff
of Gen. Gregoro del Pilar, came to Gen.
Lawton under a flag ot truce to-day. He
was accompanied by a barefooted bugler.
The two were escorted to Manila by Capt.
Sewall of Gen. Lawton’s staff.
Reyes told Maj. Gen. Otis that Aguln
aldo desired passes for a mlllltary commis
sion to come to Manila to confer with the
American Philippine commissioners. Gen.
Otis replied that passes would not be nec
essary as unarmed commissioners could
enter the American lines. He would leave
the matter, he said, in Gen. Lawton's
hands.
Lieut. Reyes returned this evening to
Bacolor.
Foreigners Told to Go.
Agulnaido has issued orders that all
foreigners must leave insurgent territory
within forty-eight hours. There are only
a few commercial men there, mostly Eng
lish and Germans.
Aguinaldo believes that by refusing
them the rights of non-combatants he can
force their governments to recognize the
belligerency of his so-called government,
in order that they may treat for the safety
of their subjects.
A Filipino priest who had talked with
the Tagal Gen. Treas. has brought to
Father McKinnon, chaplain of the First
California Regiment, a copy of a letter
written by Aguinaldo to Gen. Treas ask
ing his opinion as to the advisability of
surrendering, saying:
"I fear that the long warfare that will
be necessary to conquer the United States
will drain the country’s resources too
much.”
Mr. Holmes, a Canadian subject, who,
with his partner in the sugar manufactur
ing business at Calumpit, Mr. Carrick, an
American, was recently captured by the
Filipinos, reports that he was informed by
his captors that he might leave whenever
he wished to do so. He refused to go un
less Carrick was permitted to accompany
him, and said:
"We go or stay together.”
Hard Work Ahead.
The curtain will go down in a few days
on the fighting in the island of Luzon.
Workingmen preparing for another act
in the drama which will necessarily dis
perse the Filipinos. The rebels are in
trenched so close to San Fernando as to
make life in that city uncomfortable
while they remain in their present posi
tion. The armies of the United States
have advanced so far that the question ■ f
transportation has become the great prob
lem. To solve It, engineers are repairing
the Bagbag bridge so that It will be safe
for the passage of trains and give rail
road connection between Manila and San
Fernando. ,
In the meantime supplies shipped to
Calumpit have to be hauled fifteen mi'es
to Maj. Gen. MacArthur at San Fernando,
and twenty miles to Maj. Gen. Lawton at
Bacolor, by bullock carts and every cart
has to be ferried separately on a raft
across the Rio Grande two or three times.
The roads are rough, and after the daily
showers, which are forerunners of the
rainy season, so soft that it is impossi
ble to make mere than a mile an hour.
The few mules that are here have be-n
found to be greatly superior to bullocks
for this work. The latter die unless they
are given frequent baths, and the heat has
killed so many that carting is now all
done by night.
Natives Are Trencheron*.
The policy of humane warfare has its
disadvantages. Among the thousands ot
protended friendly natives who have been
returning to their homes behind ihe
American armies there are some who have
taken advantage of the generosity of the
conquerors .to make the zone unsafe un
less Americans go well armed and in par
ties.
Soldiers going about alone are frequently
fired upon from houses and from behind
bushes. J’or the past week it has been
found necessary to send guards with wag
ons and ambulances; and several attempts
have been made to work trains by placing
obstructions on the railway track.
Dewey to Leave In Ten Days.
Manila, May 13.—Admiral Dewey will
leave for the United States as soon as he
can arrange his business and give full
instructions for the management of the
fleet to his successor, prooably within ten
days.
The United States cruiser Olympia, upon
which Admiral Dewey wi’l make the voy
age home, will sail a leisurely trip, stop
ping at Mediterranean ports for some
time to give the admiral, the officers of
the ship and the crew an opportunity for
real.
Like all the Olympia’s company. Admir
al Dewey is much run down by his long
6tay In a tropical port without change |Bnd
under the rigid conditions Incident to a
war footing, The voyage may occupy four
mrnlhs.
The Olympia will proceed from Manila
to Hon* Kong, where a rortnlght will tie
spent In transforming the mud color
which she was painted, lo white, having
up to this time been unable to comply
with the department's order to take on
white paint. At Hong Kong the cruiser
will be coaled and provisioned for her
further journey.
Admiral Dewey expects to retain his posi
tion on ihe United Slates Philippine com
mission.
BOSTON WILL COME AT ONCE.
Some Surprise That Dewey’s Trip
Will Take Four Months,
Washington. May 18.—Admiral Dewey
cabled the navy department from Manila
that he had reconsidered his plans re
specting the Boston, and had concluded
to allow the cruiser to come lo the United
States at once.
The admiral said nothing further as to
his own return to the United States.
The officials of the navy department ex-
pressed some surprise at the announce
ment, through the Associated Press ca
blegram from Manila, that Dewey will
occupy four months In the cruise, for this
period Is at least twice the time that would
be required to make a straight cruise
homeward.
However, it is supposed that he desires
to delay his arrival in the United States
until the hot weather of the summer has
passed, being already debilitated from his
long exposure to the enervating heat of
the Philippines.
THEY ATTACKED SPANIARDS.
Insurgents Repulsed After Cnttlng
Off Water Supply.
Madrid, May 13.—An official dispatch
from Manila says the Insurgents attacked
the Spaniards at Zamboanga, cn the isl
and of Mindanao, but were repulsed.
Two Spanish officers and thro men wore
wounded, and one man was killed. The
insurgents cut the water supply at Zam
boanga.
SAILORS’ OPINION OF DEWEY.
Did Not Stop Fighting for Brrakfnat,
But na a Precaution.
Columbia, S. C., May 13.—Just enough
men have been kept on the cruiser Raleigh
at Charleston to work the ship back to dry
dock. The others were discharged at
Charleston yesterday and to-day. The
city has been open to them, also the blind
tigers.
One of the discharged men was editor
of the '’Foaming Billow,” published by
the squadron. When asked a!>out the
stopping of the fight May 1 to breakfast,
he replied: "Oh, that was a groat big fake.
We did not stop for breakfast; we drew
off because old mnn George was getting
uneasy. The Spaniards were holding out,
and he feared our ammunition was run
ning short."
“When we drew off range he ordered an
inspection of magazines, and as a result
of that inspection, gave instructions that
when 'he action was reopened shooting
must be deliberate and with careful aim,
and not a shell must be wasted.
“The breakfast part of it—biscuit and
coffee—was purely incidental."
Olympia and Raleigh men corroborated
this. When asked what they thought ot
Dewey, the men laughed, and one an
swered:
"Dewey is an angel—one or Beelzebub’s
own.” The admiral's discipline has left
its mark. As to Coghlan, they are willing
to back him, as having the strongest head
in America. , ,
WELL DESERVED TRIBUTE.
Secretary Long on tl|e Proposed Gift
to Vrtiulrl->tmfy
Washington, May 13.—Secretary Long to
day said of the proposition to present Ad
miral Dewey with a home, to be paid for
by popular subscription:
“The proposed gift of a home to Admiral
Dewey is not only a great and deserved
tribute to him, but an expression of the
generous gratitude of the people. It Is
something in which they will all wish to
share and In which the widow s mite will
be as big as the millianalre’s check. Hand
some as is the gift, the spirit that prompts
it is still finer.”
HOME FOR ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Assistant Secretary Vnnilerlip Will
Act ns Chairman.
New York, May 13.—Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Frank A. Vanderlip has
consented to act as chairman of a na
tional committee to provide a residence
in Washington for Admiral Dewey.
This form of testimonial of national
gratitude was suggested, as being the
most suitable, by Rear Admiral Upshur,
retired, whose letter to the Brooklyn
Eagle in this regard was published on
May 11. -
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles
If. Allen has consented to act on behalf
of the navy on the committee of wh.cn
Mr. Vanderlip is chairman.
BODY CARRIED TO NEW YORK.
Ex-Gov. Flower’s Fnncrnl Will Take
Place on Monday.
New York, May 13.—The body of Ros
well P. Flower was brought lo this city
from East Port, L. 1., early this morning
on a special train. It wag accompanied
by Mrs. Flower, her daughter. Mrs. Tay
lor; the former Governor’s nephew, Fred
erick S. Flower, and Drs. Thomas N. and
P. S. Alien, the family physicians. The
funeral will probably take plave next Mon
day in this city.
The Interment will be at Watertown, N.
Y. in the Flower family lot. Mrs. Flower
has been unable to see any one to-day, be
ing under the care of physicians. She Is
prostrated by her husband’s death. There
was a constant stream of visitors at the
house all day.
The arrangements for the funeral are
not yet complete. There will be private
services at the house to-morrow after
noon. At 4:30 o'c'o k public service will
be held in St. Thomas’ Church and Im
mediately after this the fttnera. procession
will proceed to the Grand Central station,
where a special train will take th party
to Watertown, N. Y.
BIG mortgage released.
Another for f1.500.000 Put on Record
In Its Place.
Columbia, S. C., May 13.—A release of
the mortgage for $1,800,000 on the Ohio
River and Charleston road, held by the
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company,
has been filed In the orace of the secre
tary of state.
Another mortgage for the same sum
was put on record at once. This is di
rected to the Continental Trust Company
of New York, trustee* for the bondhold
ers, and Is for the purpose of securing the
$1,800,000 worth of bonds to be floated by
the road under the name “South Carolina
and Georgia Extension Company." This
is the road that it is beneved intends run
ning a spur from Gaffney to Spartan
burg to parallel the Southern. Its pres
ent Indebtedness in this state la $546,00).
There were attached to the mortgage
eighteen revenue stamps each of the de
nomination of SSO.
MARKET WAS BADLY RATTLED.
EX-GOV. FLOWER’S DEATH CAUSED
A GENERAL DECLINE.
New York Air llrnke Dropped Sixty
Points—Many Other Stocks Took a
Tomli Ic—Announcement of Flower
* Cos. That Their Slocks W ere All
Paid for. Was Italic Reassuring.
Exciting Scenes nt the Exchange.
A Slight Recovery.
New York. May 13.—The dealh of the
central figure in the Flower specialties
spread consternation In financial circles
as it was realized that, owing to the Flow
er's diversified interests, a sentimental
alarm would necessarily follow and the
market might prove unable to absorb the
defuge of long stock.
Before the market opened some brokers
went to Ihe banks and put up additional
collateral on loans they had secured, so
ns to prevent a sacrifice of their securities
if the fall proved more severe than the
margin of safety contained in Ihe loans.
Commission houses called upon their
clients for additional collateral on the
slocks which were expected to bear the
brunt of the attack.
Asa partial offset to the heavy
liquidation which was promis
ed, there was a large contingent
down town whose appearance Is simul
taneous with a financial crisis. They are
known as "bargain hunters,” who take
advantage of the low prices to utilize their
savings In purchases of dividend-paying
shares for permanent Investment. While
some of this class have ample means to
take hundreds of shares, the great bulk
confine their orders to fractional lots.
Excitement nt the Opening.
Hundreds of excited people thronged
the galleries nt ihe opening to-day. In
the brokers' offices much Ihe same scenes
were enacted, and as the ticker relentless
ly ground out the quotations, which per
haps meant absolute ruin to some of the
speculators, faces blanched and a look of
unutterable despair settled on some of the
venturesome traders.
On the floor of the Stock Exchange there
were but few absentees. Around the va
rious trading posts where the Flower spe
cialties were dealt in wore throngs of men
thirty deep, awaiting the drop of the gav
el to commence operations. When the sig
nal was g.ven there was on Indescribable
tumult, hoarse cries and wild gesticula
tions making the scene the most tumult
uous In over twenty years.
When the ticker recorded the opening
transactions there was a block of 25,000
shares of Brooklyn Rapid Transit at from
110 down to 100, the low point reflecting a
break of 18% per cent. Wide o|<enlngß
were made In all the other Flower spe
cialties, 11,000 Federal Hleel going at from
56 down to 50, and 10,500 People's Gas from
112 to 100. Although only 500 shares of
New York Air-Brake were traded in at
the outset, the stock dropped from 185,
the opening figure to 125, the latter Indi
cating a loss over night of 60 points. Sub
sequently the price recovered to 304.
Spread to Ollier Properties.
The panic in the Flower issues spread
(o a minor extent in other propert es, loss
es, running from 3 to 12 points, with, many
of the prime securities affected. After the
opening slump the market turned upwurd
at a lively rate under the influence of
enormou%buylng by the leading substan
tial interests in Ihe street. Short covering
assisted the rise, the bears taking profits
as qulekrty as possible, now that they
had succeeded In opening the market
down to an advantageous level.
All sorts of costly mistakes occurred
during the excitement among the trading
element, one broker suffering to the ex
tent of over S2O,(UK). Another had a big or
der to buy at a fixed price and succeeded
in executing the commission at a level
j lower than (lie figure placed, thereby
making a profit for the customer of $60,-
WX Specialties in the different stocks
were overwhelmed with orders, and
bought and sold so freely that many of
them could not tell what the net results
of the operations were until the day’s ac
counts were settled. Dealings throughout
the session were on an enormous scale.
DETAILS OF THE DAY’S DEALS.
Bow the Various Stocks Dropped and
in Part Recovered.
New York, May 13.—Speculation opened
in a highly demoralized condition to-day,
owing to the announcement of the sudden
death of former Gov. Flower.
General news was scant, but many ru
mors connected with the properties identi
fied with the late financ:or were circulat
ed. ■
The flood of liquidating orders and bear
activity after the initial break carried ail
of the F.pwer specialties down ot a ter
rific rate. The extreme breaks In these
properties, as compared with yesterday
were: New York Air Brake, 60 points;
Brooklyn Transit, 18%; People's Gas, 18;
International I’uper, 14%; Federal Steel,
11%; Rock Island, 4% and Atchison pre
ferred 4.
In the general railway list the extreme
declines ranged in the active shares up to
4%, in Burlington.
In the speculative specialties, American
Steel dropped 11%, Sugar 9%, Colorado
Fuel, 7%; Manhattan and Met,opolitan,
8% each, American Smelters 8, and Na
tional fcteei, Continental Tobacco and An
aconda Mining over four points each.
Brought Aboot a Hall),
The appearance of supporting orders and
the absorption of a large amount In the
aggregate by bargain hunters, together
with large covering of short lines, brought
about a very material rally, which wag
emphasized In the properties which hud
suffered most earlier. Part of the ex
treme decline was due, to the uncovering
of Innumerable stop loss orders, as well
as the wiping out of many marginal ac
counts. During the early violence the fa
cilities of prokr rs handling large business
were severely taxed, and few orders could
be accepted for execution except "at the
market."
The lowest point reached by stocks to
day wag In many Instances above the low
point on Tuesday Jast. The Flower spe
cialties, however, were exceptions und
touched the lowest in some time.
Stork* All i’nltl for.
The onnouncement by a member of the
firm of Flower & Cos. that Mr. Flower had
on Seventh Page.),
AGITATION IS nKSPONSIIIGE.
Why the Filipino* Stnhhornly Keep
on Fighting*.
New York, May 13.—Former mlnt*ter to
Siam, John Barrel!, returned on the
steamship St. Paul to-day. Mr. Barrett
has spent most of his time In the Philip
pines. Mr. Uarrett said:
"1 left Manila on March IS. The Ameri
can people do not appreciate the In
fluences that has kept the insurgents
lighting. It is purely and solely the agi
tation that is being waged in the United
Slates. There has not been a speech made
In Congress or other matter of promi
nence concerning the Philippines that does
not become known to Aguinaldo and his
soldiers. As soon as anything detrimental
to the aggressive policy is published It Is
immediately cabled to Hong Kutig, where
it is received within twenty-four hours by
members of the Philippine Junta and with
in two days Is in the hands of Aguinaldo
and his officers.
"The attitude of Mr Atkinson has fal
len completely flat among the American
soldiers. The first paper that was Issued
In Boston when received by troops in Ma
nila, was greeted with Jeers and scorn,
and the remark was freely expressed that
It was a shame that anything so un-Amerl
can could be perpetrated. The followers
of Mr. Atkinson, including Mr. Bryan and
several senators opposed to annexation,
cry against the loss of life in the Philip
pines. They are themselves to blame for
the Increase In loss of life, because they
encourage the Filipinos to fight by thetr
seditious utterances. It Is no exaggera
tion to say that If there is any Influence
to keep the natives from surrendering, It
is from Americans and their sentiment,
which Ihey evidently hope will become so
strong that the troops will lie recalled.”
Ml HDKIIED lilt mid AMI GROOM.
Sicilian Slew III* Slater-tn-l.nw and
Her IliiMbnnd.
Houma, Pa., May 13.—A horrible tragedy
took place !a!e Oils evening on Belle Farm
plantation about live mites from this
town.
Varacco Fusando and Catrlna Vlvons,
two Sicilians came to Houma to-day pro
cured a marriage license and were mar
ried by a Justice of the peace. Fusando
lives on Belle Farm plantation and took
his wife home with him.
Soon afterwards Joe Fortula, at whose
house the bride, Catrlna, has been living,
put In an appearance, bowed to the cou
ple and as he did so, pulled a revolver
and emptied it Into the bride and groom.
Fusando was shot through the heart and
Catrlna, his bride, was shot In the übdo
men and Is mortal.'y wounded.
The woman was a sisier-lii-lnw of the
Sicilian who did the shooUng. The mur
derer, Joe Fortula, then escaped, btrt the
sheriff and his deputies hope to capture
him in a few hours.
HF, IN A MERCEDES DEPARTS.
Spanish Cruiser on llie Way From
Santiago to Norfolk.
Washington, May 13.—The navy de
partment was nodded to-day that the for
mer Spanish cruiser Reina Merceries had
sailed from Santiago. She will be brought
to the Norfolk navy yard and there turned
over by the Merritt and Chapman Wreck
ing Company to the naval authorities.
Much interest attaches to the coming of
this vessel as she is probably the only one
of the captured Spanish ships of any size
which will be in condition to be brought
to this country.
The Mercedes was the ship sunk Into the
channel at the entrance of Santiago har
bor as a means of barring it to the Amer
ican warships. After die fair of Siindngo
an Inspection of the sunken ship showed
that she was In fairly good condition as
she had not been sunk in action, but by
the opening of her portholes.
A contract was made with the wreck
ing company by which they agreed to de
liver her to the Norfolk navy yard, part
of the pay for service being conditioned on
the successful execution of the work.
WILL NOT DISTURB RITE*,
Finley’* Announcement a* to Atlan
tic and Yndbln Volley.
Washington, May 13.—Vice President
Finley, in alluding to the Atlantic and
Yadkin Valley Railway makes an of
ficial statement to the efTect that the
changes In connection with the property
effective to-day. will not disturb the rela
tion ot rates as between communities
proper on that line, Including Greensboro
and Wilmington, and that, In consequence
of this .there need be no disturbance In
the basis of distribution of trade which
these communities how enjoy.
A circular Issued by Vice President Fin
ley announces the appointment of J. M.
Culp ns traffic manager, and other circu
lars announce the appointment of W. A.
Turk as general passenger agent, and T.
C. Powell, as general freight agent.
IT IS PUBtIDEIT O’CONNOR.
Carbolic Knight* of America Ad
journ Sine Die.
Kansas City, May 13.—The twelfth bi
ennial convention of the Supreme Council
Catholic Knights of America adjourned
sine die to-night. Bt. Louis was accepted
as the city of permanent headquarters.
The following officers were elected:
President, P. J. O'Connor, Georgia; vice
president, William Blekeslee, Texas; sec
retary, 3. C. Ciryill, Norfolk, Va.; inu>
larard Reliar, V.ncennes, Ind.
Trustees, William A. Kelly, Kansaa
City, and J. C. Purcell, Pennsylvania.
FIVE PIUSOAERS WHIPPED,
Hut It Is Salil Prison Ofllelul* Have
Violated No l,*w.
Washington, May 13.—MaJ. Strong, gen
eral agent for the department of Justice,
has returned from Raleigh, N. C., where
he investigated complaint* of 111-treat
ment of prisoner* In the federal Jail.
While Attorney General Griggs declines
to discuss the nature of the report on the
case, It Is understood that five prisoners
were found to have been whipped, but
that the prison officials cannot be prose
cuted, as they have not violated any law.
DAI BY, *lO A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPT.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES- A- WEEK 21 A YEAN
DEATH LIST OF THE WRECK.
CAUSE OF HOIUIOIt ON THE READ
ING STILL A MYSTERY.
Not Yrt Known Whether n signal
Man Wn* Sent Ilnck to Notify tlio
Special—Nix m Woman Killed la
the M reek—lnline*! Will Be Held
Tne*dny Afternoon—Norristown
In Mourning lor the Dead—Tho
Killed amt Injured.
Reading, Pa., May 13.—The wreck which
occurred lust night on the Philadelphia
anil Reading Railway at Exeter, six mile*
south or here, was probably the worst that
has ever occurred In this state.
Twenty-eight are dead and fifty-eight
Injured, some of them so badly that they
may not recover from the awful result of
the accident.
The cause of the disaster Is still Involv
ed In mystery, and officials of the road
are Investigating In order to placo tba
blame.
Tho map In the signal tower at the Ex.
eter station claims to have had the sig
nals properly displayed. (
In a statement to-day, General Superin
tendent Swelgard of the Reading said tba
prime cause of tho accident was a block
of freight cars on the track, which were
taking a siding at Birdsboro, and which
compelled the express to atop at Exeter.
It Is not known as yet whether a signal
man was sent back to notify the special
or second section.
Travel Wn* Very Heayy.
Tho express from Williamsport, known
as train No. 12 and also as the “Cannon
Ball," leaves Reading for Philadelphia al
8:30 p. m. It did not leave on time fast
night, owing to waiting for Harrisburg
connections.
The travel from Harrisburg was verfl
heavy, owing to tho large number of
people who attended the monument un*
veiling ceremonies. A special train was
brought Into requisition to accommodate
the crowds. At Exeter the first train
slopped briefly for orders, amt had Just
startl'd when the special crashed into it.
Many prominent men wero passengers
on the forward train, among them Sena
tor Boles Penrose, Col. Henry D. Pax son
of Philadelphia; Gen. John W. Schall of
Norristown, and Col. George Schall, the
general's brother, who was killed. On tho
second train were some twenty veterans
of llarlranft's Fifty-flint ltegtment,which
he commanded In the civil war and a com
pany of the Seventh Pennsylvania Infan
try, National Guard, a few of whom were
Injured.
Not One Wnninn Killed.
A strange feature of the disaster was
the fact that not one woman was killed
and only one was Injured.
Norristown Is In mourning, as the great
est number of dead and injured were resi
dents of that place.
This afternoon Coroner Wilson Rother*
mel empanelled a Jury, and, visiting the
different morgues, they viewed the bodies.
The Jury adjourned to assemble at the
call of the coroner. When asked when he
would hold tho lnqoest, Coroner Rolher
mel replied that he thought It would lie
Tuesday afternoon, but that he could not
state definitely. They left on a special
train at 1 p. m„ and viewed the scene of
the wreck.
Supt. Wilson of the main line division
when asked If It was not a mistake for
the train to back to the station, replied:
"I think the train should have been left
where It stopped. But I cannot speak of
the cause until the mailer Is thorough!*;
Investigated.”
The Gist of the Dead.
Those killed were:
John Bllngluff, Norristown.
H. Thompson, Norristown.
Elmer Shelly, Hatboro.
Frank Sower, Norristown.
Henry O. Wentz, Norristown.
William Stahler, Norristown.
Joseph B. Btaylor, Norristown.
John H. Kuntz, Norristown.
Charles U. Beat, Fort Washington
Samuel R. Beatty, Conshohocken.
Charles H. While, Norristown.
Capt. G. C. r.icholtz, Downlngtown.
George Schall, Norristown.
William Bewls, Norristown.
H. Ilunchburger, Gulf Mills.
J. E. Filman, Reading.
C. H. Howell, Reading.
John Johnston, Hatboro.
John H. Coulston, Norristown, died si
hospital.
C. B. Laverty, Harrisburg.
Daniel H. Yoder, Pottstown.
Dueled J- Custer, aged 19, Pottstown.
William C. Camm. Norristown.
H. G. Hartford, Norristown.
Norman Holmes, aged 13, Norristown.
Capl. S. T. Street. Philadelphia.
Michael Bawn, Germantown.
One unidentified man.
Those AY ho Were Injured.
The Injured are: T. H. Adle, aged 51,
Norristown, legs and face cut; WllHan*
Freeborn, 60 years old, Norristown, leg
fractured, head cut, chest crushed; Henry
K Stauffer, 26, Norristown, chest, legs
arid face Injured; I). B. Sllvls, 40 year,
old. Reading, legs and Internally, serious;
O. 11. Lewis. 50 years old, Norristown, leg*
crushed, member Fifty-flrst Regiment;
George Carney, 54 years old, Norristown,
arm and Jaw fractured; A. J. Ashenfeltar,
04 years old, Germantown, chest crushed,
member Fifty-first Regiment; Robert Brl
erlev Philadelphia, scalp, face and hand
lacerated; Gfeorge W. Holmes, 57 years
...d Norristown body bad'v lacerated;
left leg amputated; John M. Engle, Bwedc
larid, nips fractured; John N. Earl, Con
shohocken , internally Injured; Mrlous;
8 Jones Norristown, head injured,
unconscious and serious; Albert
liarkness, Oaklane (Philadelphia), bruis
ed and unconscious; John M. Fooze, Har
risburg head; Joseph Edwards, German
town chest and body, serious; Harrison
Robbins, Philadelphia, neck and internal;
P. F Taggert, West Chester, legs brok
en - William Jenkins, Norristown, bead
out: Annie Madge Burg, Ashland, large
scalp wound; Aniandus Carges, Norris
town, unoonsc'.ous; BenJ. Z. Alderfer,
Norristown, iegs broken; Edward Smith,
Norristown, body and arm bruised; Na
than O'Neill, Norristown, bruised; Pat
rick Curran, Norristown, bruised; Pasco
Wallers. Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Guard, East Bwedeland, back sprained;
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