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THE MORNING NEWS.
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J. H. ESTIL.L. President.
CRONJE GIVES UP THE GHOST.
HE HHREXDEHED UNCONDITION
ALLY.TO LORD ROBERTS.
Aakel fop anil Was Granted the
Kindest Treatment Cronje and
Party Sent to Cupe Town in the
Afternoon—Mach Rejoicing- in Lon
don Over the Victory, Hut the Suc
cess Is Not Over Estimated—Ten
Thousand Additional Troops to Go
Forward.
London, Feb. 28, 4:30 a. m.—From John
O Croats to Lands End there has been
i.' ering to-day 'for the Queen and a nni
vt rsal singing of the national anthem.
Tni-. with mutual congratulations, is the
Briton’s way o<f celebrating the most
cheerful day of the war.
Already he is taking stock of the situa
tion and measuring the future. There is
ii > disposition to overestimate the suc
cess. The government entertains no il
lusion. As announced in the House of
Commons, 10,000 additional troops will Jm
m-1 lately go out and the effective -will be
kept near 200.000.
Lord Roberts has done more than to
capture 4.000 Boeis and a few guns. He
is within striking distance of one oKthe
Moer capitals ar.d is master of a large
district of the Free State. He has given
a shock to Boer confidence and immeas
urably restored the spirit of his own
ttviops. Tn capturing Cronje he has taken
a leader whose presence alone was worth
thousands to the Boer cause.
The best opinion here is that the Trans
\aalers are certain to continue the fight
with valor, hut it is not so
certain about the Free Staters.
lx)rd Roberts has not allowed Ihe corps
of descriptive writers with him to sup
plement his plain narrative, as yet, and
there are some points in doubt. It is not
• ’ear whether the 1,000 prisoners include
• lose taken in small parties before the
• ipitulation. What has become of the
st of the Boers, who held the Magers
fontein lines, and where are the big guns?
The smaNness of Cronje’s force causes
some -wonderment.
The morning papers, without exception,
• imment on the achievement of the Boer
Fader and men in holding off for ten days
a force from six to eight times as large
as their own.
British opinion is far more generous in
victory than in defeat.
Sir Redvers Bullcr is having a hard
time in Natal. It is evident now after a
fortnight’s fighting that he was misled
v hen he wired that there was only a weak
r< ar guard between him and Ladysmith.
Apparently some of the hardest fighting
ef the war took place at the end of last
v*eek as an armistice was agreed upon to
allow attendance upon the wounded and
burial of the dead. Both sides must have
lost heavily.
At any moment, however, news may
come of Gen. Buller’s success. Friday
will begin the fourth month of the siege
1 f the garrison, which is seemingly in a
position where it is unable to do any
thing to help Gen. Buller.
FIRST NEWS OF CRONJE’S FALL.
I >MI Robert* W ire* the War Ofllee
at London I mined lately.
linden, Feb. 27.—The war offire has re
eeived the following dispatch from Lord
• rts:
i’anrdeberg, Feb. 27, 7:4." n. m.—Gen.
ri, *nje and all of his force capitulated
" onditionaily nt daylight and is now a
I ' i.'Oner in my camp. The strength of
force wiir he communicated later. I
'c (hat Her Majesty’s government will
consider this event satisfactory, occurring
II i; does on the anniversary of Majuba.”
STORY OF THE SI It RENDER.
herd Robert* l)l|atelien Details to
the War Ofllee.
London, Feb. 27, 5:02 p. in.—The war of
■ has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
i’aardeberg, 11 o'clock Tuesday morn*
b From information furnished daily to
n “ by the 'inte'lligence department it be
• unc apparent that Gen. Cronje’s force
W,IS becoming more depressed and that
• discontent of the troops and .the <fia
-1 r, l among the leaders were rapidly in-
' ising. Thin feeling wa.*, doubtless ac
centuated by the disappointment caused
v “n the Boc*r reinforcements, which tried
to relieve Geti. Cronje, were defeated by
‘ ur < l oops on Feb. 23, I resolved, there
ton *. f o bring press lice to bear on the
< 1 ‘ my. Each night the trenches wore
iod towards the enemy laager so as to
idu illy contract his position, and at the
> > ae- time I bombarded it heavily with
artillery, which was yesterday materially
aided by the arrival of lour 6-Inch How
itzers, which ! had ordered up from De
Aar. in carrying out these measures, a
vaptlve balloon gave great assistance by
k'-eping us informed of the disposition and
of the enemy. At 3a. m. to
' 'V a most dashing advance was made
h tno Canadian regiment and some en
gineers, supported by tin* F!r.-t Gordon
•l ?h lander* and Second Shrorwshires, re
■ " Fng in our gaining a point some 600
. u.s nearer the enemy and within about
• iKhiy yards of his trenches, where our
nu n entrenched themselves and main
lined their positions until morning, a
gallant deed worthy of our colonial com
an<* which, 1 am gtad to say, was
'•tki ’ by comparatively slight loe.
Anis apparently clinched matters, for,
@ljc iUorniiuj ffrtml
at daylight to-day, a letter signed by Gen.
Cronje, in which he stated that he sur
rendered unconditionally, was brought to
our outposts under a flag of truce.
“In my reply 1 toki Gen. Cronje he
must present himself at my camp an l
that his forces must come out of the r
laager after laying down their arms. By
7 a. m. I received Gen. Cronje and dis
patched a telegram to you announcing the
fact. In the course of conversation he
asked for kind treatment at our hands
and also that his wife, grandson, private
secretary, adjutant .and servants might
accompany him wherever he might be
sent. I reassured him and told him that
his request would be complied with. I in
formed him that a general officer would
be sent with him to Cape Town, to as
sure his being treated with proper respect
en route. He will start this afternoon un
der charge of Maj. Gen. Preityman, who
will hand him over to the general com
manding at Cape Town. The prisoners,
who number about 3,000, will be formed
into commandoes under own officers. They
wall also leave here to-day, reaching the
Modder river to-morrow, when they will
be railed to Cape Town in detachments.”
The above dispatch was read in both
the House of Lords and the House of
Con :nons to-day. The reference to the
Canadians revoked Immense and pro
longed cheering.
Mr. A. J. Balfour, the government lead
er in the House of Commons, said he had
no information relative to the Boer guns.
Lord Roberts has notified the war of
fice that the number of Boer prisoners
approximated of which about 1.150
are citizens of the Orange Free State. The
remainder are citizens of the Transvaal.
Twenty-nine Transvaal officers were cap
tured and eighteen Free States officers
were made prisoners.
The guns captured from the Transvaal
forces three 7.5-centimeter Krupps, nine
1-pounders and one Maxim gun.
From the Free Staters the British cap
tured one 7.5-centimeter Krupp and one
Maxim gun.
The officers captured by Gen. Roberts
besides Gen. Piet Cronje include the fol
lowing well known commanders:
Chief Commandant M. J. Wolverans, a
member of the Volksraad; Field Cornet
Frus, a Scandinavian; Maj. Albrecht, the
famous German artilleryman; Maj. von
Dewitz. the distinguished German officer
responsible for most of the splendid en
gineering works of the Boers since the
commencement of the war.
Cronje Tried to Escape.
London, Feb. 28.—A special dispatch from
Cape Town, dated Monday, says:
“Gen. Cronje last night attempted to
escape with a party of Boers, but he was
driven back.”#
ANNIVERSARY OF MAJUBA HILL.
The Magnitude of Lord Robert*’ Sns
ce*M Somewhat Overlooked.
London, Feb. 27.—“Majuba avenged!”
“Cronje surrendered!” “Great British
victory!”
These are the expressions being shout
ed all over London tb-day, yet there are
few outward signs of the natural joy
that Lord Roberts’ dispatch has really
caused. The capitulation of Gen. Cronje
had been looked upon as almost a certain
ty' for a week past, and now that it has
come, enthusiasm finds itself discounted
by anticipation.
The magnitude of the success of “Lit
tle Bobs” is almost overlooked in the fact
that it synchronized with the anniversary
of Majuba Hill and wiped out a dishonor
of nineteen years standing. There was a
much more outward display of rejoicing
in the provinces than in London. The
Glasgow' and Liverpool stock exchang s
Were greatly excited. The members sang
“God Save the Queen” repeatedly
and cheered for “Little Bobs.”
Flags were liberally displayed
on the municipal and public
buildings in all the large to-wns. Windsor
was very jubilant at the news, which the
Queen disseminated immediately after it
reached her. She immediately telegraphed
her congratulations to Ix>rd Roberts and
the troops. The in habitants seized he
occasion of Her Majesty driving through
the town on her way to take a train for a
visit to the wounded Sourh African sol
diers at the Netley Hospital, to make a
demonstration.
The Queen, who was looking remark
ably well, showed evident signs of deep
satisfaction, smiling continuaMy, and bow
ing in response to the congratulatory
cheers.
Speculation is rife as to how soon Lord
Roberts will be able to press on to Bloem
fontein, but before he enters the capital
of the Free -State he will undoubtedly
have to overcome a powerful force and
take strong entrenchments.
BOERS RETREAT BLOCKED.
'I hey Were Trying to Form a Bridge
%cross Klip River.
London, Feb. 28.—The Daily Mail has
the following from Ladysmith, dated Sat
urday, Feb, 24:
“The Boer retreat continued yesterday.
A party of about seventy, en route from
the north, drew rein near Limit hill. A
battery of fifteen-pounders, placed not far
off, suddenly opened fire and practically
annihilated the party. A Roer ambulance
was later on seen collecting the dead and
wounded. . .
“The Boers are trying to form a bridge
or drift, across Klip river south of I'm
bulwana. evidently for the purpose of per
mitting the passage of wagons and artill
ery in their retirement from Colenso. Our
guns are preventing this work being Car
ried on.” _______
FIGHT AT PIETER’S HILL.
lloer Fire So Hot That the British
Fell Hack— Henry Lo**e*.
Colenso. Sunday, Feb. 25.—1n the attempt
of the Enniskillen* Friday evening to
rush the Boer |>osition on Fieter’s hill,
the Boer fire was so terrible when the
Infantry emerged from the cover of the
trees that almost o\ory man in the lead
ing half of the comi>any fell wounded.
The advance line cf the British reached
a donga in front of the first Boer trench,
which was not apparent until they were
actually In it.
The Boers retired to the crest and then
returned on either flank of the Enniskill
en*. enfilading the captured donga with
a terrible cross-fire.
Finding it Impossible to advance or lo
hold the position the British fell hack
and entrenched themselves half way up
the hill. The Boer* maintained a heavy
In the course of the night the Dublin
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1900.
BATTLING THE TARIFF BILL.
MR. HAILEY ON THE CONSTITUTION
ALITY OF THE MEASURE.
If the United State* Take* In In
ferior Race* They Must Share Our
Destiny—Mr. De Arninml Say* the
Porto Rican* Are to Be Crucified to
llni.sc a Cross in the Philippine*.
Twenty-Mlnnte Speeches for and
Against the Rill.
Washington, Feb. 27.—'The general de
late on the Porto Rico tariff bill closed
Jo-day in a blaze of glory.
The galleries were banked to the doors
and every seat on the floor was occupied
when the rival champions of the respec
tive sides, Mr. Dolllver of lowa, and Mr.
Bailey of Texas, made the closing argu
ments. Each spoke for an hour and a
half.
The speech of Mr. Bailey, devoted al
most exclusively to the legal phases of
the controversy, was profound and im
pressive.
Mr. Dolllver was at his best and his
wit, eloquence and sarcasm In turn drew
salvos of applause from his Republican
associates.
Before these closing speeches were made
Mr. Clannon of Illinois, chairman of the
Appropriations Committee, and one of the
veterans on the Republican side, made an
exceptionally effective speech in support
of the bill.
Messrs. Carmack, Democrat of Tennes
see; Clay, Democrat of Alabama; Kle
berg, Democrat of Texas; Pearce and De
Arinond, Democrats of Missouri, had also
made speeches lifcoppositlon to the bill.
The Republican managers are now con
fident that with the modifications agreed
upon at the conference last night the hill
will command a narrow majority on the
final vote to-morrow.
The general debate opened with a
twenty-minute speech by Mr. Carmack
of Tennessee in opposition to the bill. The
alternative presented by the bill, he said,
was the abandonment of our priceless
principles or of our new possessions. The
country had been dazzled with the gorg
eous picture of empire, yet at the very
threshold of the new departure, he said,
gentlemen on the other side, had been
appalled lest the trade which they had
looked at with covetous eyes would bring
ruin and destruction to American labor.
Therefore the new possessions were to be
come colonies and be turned over to car
pet bagger adventurers. He read from the
Republican platform of 18<X> to show' that
it set up the very contention maintained
by the Democrats now—that the.consti
tution was supreme in the territories and
extended over every foot of ground over
which the United States had jurisdiction.
Mr. Clayton of Alabama created much
amusement and enthusiasm by reading a
letter written by Chairman Payne to W.
H. Curtis, Palmyra. N. Y., Jan. 24, 1900.
in which he advocated free trade with
Porto Rico on the- ground that it would
give relief to the stricken island. The
letter also contained the following refer*
ence 4o the Philippines:
“Under the treaty the Philippine Island*
are to have free trade with Sixain for ter
years. We could not extend these tariff
laws to the Philippine Islands, even if
we would.”
Mr. Kleberg of Texas and Mr. Pearce
of Tennessee also opposed the bill.
Mr. De Armond of Missouri said this bill
proposed 4o set aside the constitution, not
for the purpose of doing something phil
anthropic, but in the interest of the par
tial or complete enslavement of a help
less people.
“This change of front has been brought
about by the influence of‘the agents of
mighty corporations.”
The Porto Ricans, he said, were 4o be
crucified in order that the cross might
he raised in the Philippines. We could
withdraw' from- the achipeiago and leave
10,000.000 of tropical people to work out
their own salvation. “In my opinion,”
he said, “that is what we ought to do.
(Democratic applause.) But if <hey are
held they must be held under the consti
tution. The inhabitants must be Ameri
can citizens, black, brown and yellow, and
ultimately be represented upon this floor
with more representation than all of New
England.”
Mr. Do Armond argued that noth
ing could be done outside of the con
stitution. There was always one supremo
test from the beginning of the republic
until the last sad hour of its existence,
if that should come, and that test was
the constitution. Ho thought the time is
coming when there will be a revulsion in
the Republican party when the Republi
cans who now have the i>orkbone to op
pose the present programme would be
hailed as the saviors of their party.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois followed. He re
membered when the President, with a
whole party behind him, asserted that
there was no power under the constitu
tion to coerce a sovereign state when
those stales were already in arms, pre
pared to shoot the life out of what was
left of the Union. The constitution, ihe
said, was the buckler of those who at
tempted to embarrass the government dur
ing the Civil War.
“What is the administration’s policy?
asked Mr. Norton of Ohio.
‘ I’ll tel'] you." responded Mr. Cannon.
“As o Porto Rico, do Ihe only thing that
can bring relief to iihe island—pass this
bill. A# to the Philippines, continue to
do as we are doing—put down the Insur
rection and restore Taiw and order.” (Ap
plause.)
“The fathers of our country In building
the constitution did not buiul a trap.”
(Great applause.)
Turning directly to the bill, Mr. Gan
non scouted the cry that had been raised
that the trusts had dictated it. He
charged that both the tobacco and sugar
stored in Porto Rico was already owned
by the sugar and tobacco trusts.
They had put forward some natives as
stool pigeons to beg for free trade, so that
while the Democrats cried out against the
trusts they would be voting for them.
Their voice would be the voice of Jacob
and their hand would be the hand of Esau.
(Applause.)
The remaining throe hours of Ihe gen
eral debate was divided equally between
the two sides.
Mr. Bailey, Democrat, of Texa<, and
Mr. Dolllver. Republican, of lowa, close!
for their respective sides. Mr. Bailey
spoke first. Ash arose, hi* poll!Pal as
sociates gave him a round of appatise.
Preliminary to beginning hi* argum* i*r
Mr Bailey said an accusation Mr. Cin
non had made against the Democratic
side for voting the $20,000,000 to Kfiain wa
the only portion of that *r>eech that call
ed for serious reply. Mr. Bailey sa'd
that vote committed the Democrat* to
Continued ou Fifth Pag*
SEEKING A LOAN IN THE STATES.
Russian Government to Sell a s*<£.*,-
000,000 Bond l*ae in Nrn York.
New York, Feb. 27.—The Herald to-mor
row will say:
Ignoring Berlin, Ixxndon. Paris and rthe
other European banking centers, the Rus
sia n imperial government has come to
New York for a loan. *
A syndicate of financial institutions of
this city—-banks, trust companies and in
surance companies—have just arranged
the purchase of an Issue of $25,000,000 of
4 per cent, bonds, representing a first
mortgage on the Wladikawkas Railway
system. The principal and interest of
these bonds tire guaranteed by the Rus
sian government, and are payable in
American gold dollars at the New York
Security and Trust Company.
The nature and size of this loan and the
disclosure which it makes of this coun
try’s present position as a financial power
of the world, is Us most interesting feat
ure. Another is the surprising showing it
reveals as to Russia’s purchase in the
Amerii'an market of steel, coal and finish
ed machinery. Besides, there is the fact
that a gold loan guaranteed by one of
the great European Powers selling in the
American market- at a price which nets
the syndicate slightly more than 4 per
cent. The first $10,000,(XX) of the bonds
have just been delivered in New York and
a payment of $5,000,000 has been made on
account. This money is now deposited to
the credit of the Russian government at
the office of J. P. Morgan & Cos., the Na
tional City Bank and the New York Se
curity company.
Special arrangement made with the Rus
sian government by a representative of
the syndicate who has recently returned
from St. Petersburg, provide* that none
of the money for the bonds is to 1)© ttans
ferred to Russia, but that all of the
amounts are to be deposited in New York
to the credit of the government and dis
bursed under direction of the Russian fis
cal agent In. America, M. De Roulkow
sky. in payment of the balances which
Russia is incurring with American ship
builders, iron and steel manufacturers and
others of the clas*?.
Authorities* believe that this initial pur*
chase of cool and the buying of material
in connection with the construction of the
trans-Siberian Railway and the greet de*
velopment of her agricultural products
only the beginning of Russia’s purchase*
in this country.
WILL STRENGTHEN BOER CAUSE.
\\ lint Gen. Mile* Think* of Gen.
Cronje nml III* Men.
New York. Feb. 27.—The World publishes
the following statement by Gen. Miles:
‘‘Cronje’s surrender was expected and it
was all that could be expected when a
fbree of 3,000 holds put for, ftyer .and, week
against a force of 50,000 trained troop*.
The effect of Gen. Cronje’s surrender will
be to strengthen tho cause of the Trans
vaal patriots.
“You will observe that the first reports
said that Gen. Cronje had a force of
9,000 opposed to the British. (But only
3,000 surrendered. What became of the
other 6.000? The importance of the sur
render under such circumstance® only il
lustrates the fighting valor of this b-and
fuf of Boer patriots numbering only' 3,000
against an army of 50,000 of English picked
so-ldiers. The effect of Cronje’s surren
der will be to strengthen ra*ther than lo
weaken the Boer patriots’ cause in this
war.
“We cannot help but admire those
Boetrs, no matter where our symixathies
may be. In my position It would not be
diplomatic for me to say too much, hut
whoever is in the right, we must admire
the 3.000 patriots who stood off for ten
days 50,0C0 of the British army.”
WILL NEVER CONQUER BOERS.
Montagu W hite Say* They Will Rlmp
nii<l Drive Out the Rrltlnh.
J?uffalo, N. Y., Feb. 27.—Montagu White,
official representative of tho South Afri
can republic, was the guest of the Inde
pendent Club to-night.
Relative to the surrender of Cronje and
the probable outcome of the war, he de-
Jlared with evident feeling that Cronje’s
stand had been most heroic, but that In
evitably the little republics In South Af
rica would be crushed. He said, however,
that England would never conquer the
Boers, and that eventually Jhey would
rise again and drive the British from
South Africa. Whatever the outcome of
the struggle might be, he said, one thing
was assured, and that was that It would
lay the foundation of liberty In South
Africa.
WILL NOW III: DEFENSIVE.
Opinion of MnntiiKu While Relative
lo Gen. Cronje** Surrender.
Buffalo, N. Y. f Feb. 27.-Montagu While
of IVetoria, former consul general of the
South African Republic at London, who
arrived here to-day, in reply to a query,
said the surrender of Gen. Cronje marked
the clowe of the offensive operations of
Ihe war. The enormous, overwhelming
British force had compelled the abandon
ment of offensive tactics and the begin
ning of defense.
SPOKE AT MIHSIMim’I CAPITOL.
Mr. Ilr.vnn Give* Attention to the
Three Great question*.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 27.—Hon. W. J.
Bryan spoke to an audience of 1,500 peo
ple in Representative*’ Hull this after-,
noon, dividing his time equaffy between
Tree silver, trusts and Imperial turn. His
denunciation of the latter was especially
severe, the policy of the administration in
•he Philippines and Porto Rico compared
w;th that of Ihe government toward the
South during reconstruction period.
Col. Bryan left to-night for Baton Rouge,
where he speaks to-morrow night. He
will be In Shreveport March 1 and Galves
ton the following day. At th latter place
he Join* h4s wife and will rest for a few
weeks.
W AGES TO ADVANCE.
Eighteen Thousand C oke Workers to
Receive Notice To-day,
Pittsburg, Feb. 27.—1 tls learned to-night
that the 18,000 coke worker* In the Con
nellsville region will to-morrow receive no
tice of an advance In their wages of about
12 per cent.
The price of coke has nearly, or quite,
doubled since the coke workers’ wage*
was last advanced.
SMASH UP IN A SNOWDRIFT.
O.'E I*ASSK!SGER TRAIN RVNS INTO
ANOTHER NEAR INDEFEVDENCB.
It 1/fiißt Two INthou* Kllloil Out
rlKl>t anal Hrvrrnl llnally lnjoreil.
I'lrat Train Delayed In tile Snow
Miami anil the Second t'raaliea In
to It. the Engineer I nillim to See
the llnii|£er Sianill—J. ii. Selimlal
lopii, n t'ineliiuatl Mulll-Mllllon
nlre, lladly Hurt.
Kansas City. Feb. 27.—The blizzard pre
vailing throughout Western Missouri was’
the direct cause of a train wreck to-night
on the mail* line of the Missouri Pacific
Itoad. in which at least two persons, and
possibly more, were killed and several
others were badly hurt.
The fast St. Louie day express, due to
arrive In Kansas City at 5:45 this evening,
was delayed by a freight train which
stuck in a snowdrift two miles south of
Independence, Mo., about twelve miles
out of Kansas City. The St. Louis local
passenger train, running forty minutes be
hind the fast express, came on through
the blinding storm and crashed into
the express train ahead, the en
gineer having failed to see the danger
signal which the first train had sent back.
Such was the feme of the collision that
the parlor car in the rear of the first train
was Utterly cut in two. When Engineer
Frank Raymond and his fireman escaped
from the wreck they crawled out through
the windows of the parlor car.
Fire added to the horrors of the wreck,
coals frbm the furnace of the shattered
engine having fallen among the debris of
tho splintered coach, and soon the whole
wreck was ablaze. Two or more persons
were burned, it is believed. A list of the
dead and injured so far as known fol
low*: . - jLa. ,
I)€Ml 1
MrV. J. G. Schmtdlapp of Cincinnati, in
stantly killed; body recovered.
Unknown woman, body consumed In
wreck.
Injured- ' ~ nr"ii
J. O. Schmldlapp, Cincinnati; will re
cover.
Mlsa SohmidJapp, Cincinnati, scalded;
will lose sight both eye*.
Mrs. J. O. Blake, Cincinnati, mother of
Mrs. Stohmidlairp, badly scaldod, eyesight
lost; may recover.
W. R. Vaughn, Cincinnati, newspaper
reporter, scalded and right arm crushed;
amputation necessary.
Jj. F. Sheldon. Hedaila, assistant super
intendent of telf graph of Missouri Pacific,
iwinfiilly scalded.
Brakeman Frank Me A far, St. Douis,
badly brulsad.
Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, Kansas City,
scalded.
Mrs. Elizabeth I,ee, Cincinnati, scalded.
All of the injured have been brought to
University Hospital in Kansas City.
William Rost, a farmer, who came from
tils near-by home to assist the imperilled
passengers, is quite sure that at le ist
three women were burned In the wreck.
When he reached the car. flames were
crackling through the splintered wood
work at one end. while at the other a cloud
of blistering steam was belching from the
locomotive, which had ripped the coach
oj>en from end to end. On every side were
men and women crying for assistance.
Other passengers from the forward
coaches came hack and helped out all those
in the burning car who could be reached.
The body of one woman was jammed in
the roof of the burning coach and it was
not reached by the rescuers, according to
Mr. Host. Tho body of another woman
was consumed in full view of the passen
gers who gathered altout the wreck. Mr.
Rostand others reached into the burning
debris and tried to drag her out, but she
was pinned under heavy wreckage. Mr.
Rost says the young woman was appar
ently dead as he reached her hand and
there was no response to his efforts at
rescue. He described the woman as about
2.“) years of age; she wore a dark dross
and a leather chatelaine hung from her
waist.
Mr. Rost believes that he saw the body
of at ill a third woman wedged between
the timbers of tho burning coach, but be
fore he could get closer, the fire, smoke
ond steam obscured his view.
The locomotive of the first train was
dispatch to Independence for surgeons,
und after returning with these, came on
to Hanses City with the passenger* from
the two train*. The parlor car of the ex
press train was the only coach wrecked.
SCHMinLAPI' \ >111,1,10 WIN j:.
I.nrgcly Interested In Ohio mid Ken
tucky Industrie*.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27.—J. G. Bchmidlapp Is
president of tho Union Savings Bank and
Trust Company, the Export Storage Com
pany, the Clifton (Springs Distilling Com*
pany and of other enterprises in this cliy.
He is connected with many Industrie* here
and in Ohio and Kentucky, and is con
sidered a multi-millionaire. He is largely
interested In real estate and has in pro-*
cess of construction now a twenty-story
building at Walnut and Fourth street*.
He |e a noted promoter of charitable and
educational Institution and was also a
leader in ao-Jal club*. For many year*
President McKinley has been his guest
% when he visited this city. Mrs. McKinley
and Mrs. Bchmldlapp have been very close
friends for many years.
OWNERSHIP OF fIAHIKAM.
No O thrift I Information That It linn
lit*<*a Transferred to the Prince.
Washington, Feb. 27.—1f Prince Ponla
towskl or any other individual has secur
ed possession of Basllan Island, In the
Philippine group as reported in a press
<iis|*at<-h, the acquisition will be made in
a purely personal capacity and, of course,
does not affect in any way the sovereign
ty of the United States now existing over
the Island.
It is wild at the state department that
no concessions have been granted to any
one In the Philippines, so if there has
been a change of ownership as to Hasilan
island, the purchaser stands merely In the
capacity of a private land owner.
Offered to tieorge l„ Hr ml liury.
Indianapolis, FH). 27.—1 t Is rumored in
railroad circles here that the presidency
of the Kansas Olty, Pittsburg and Gulf
road has been offered to George I*. Brad
bury, Vice president of the lake Erie
and Western.
TWO STATE GOVERNMENTS.
Kentncky Democratic Officer* Open
l|> for lliinliicn* at Frankfort.
Frankfort. Ky., Feb. 27.—Two state
governments, completely officered, and
each claiming to be the regular and legal
officials, ore in Frankfort to-day, and will
remain, each claiming the right to admin
ister the affairs of state until the question
is adjudicated In Ihe courts. A* antici
pated, the banks refuse to recognize either
of the contending factions, and a* a re
sult both arc without money, anil the
stale funds art. us securely tied up as
they could be.
legislator*, county as well as state offi
cials. and all kind* of contractors with the
state, will have to wait until somebody I*
authorized by a decision of the court to
pay them, and the state will have to wait
on what i® due it until the courts say who
i authorized to receive it.
Tho Democratic state officers have open
ed offices In the Capitol Hotel. The char
itable and penal state Institutions are
among the sufferers.
GOVERNMENT BONDS STRONG,
Feuding Currency Hill Canning Na
tional Hank* to Look About.
New York, Feb. 27.—Government bonds
continued very strong on to-day’s mar
ket, the notable advance being In the 4s
of 1925, which are not convertible under
the refunding clause of the finance bill.
The bid quotations for these bonds ad
vanced one and one-half points to-day,
following a similar rise of one and one
half points yesterday. Other classes of
government bonds gained quarter-point
each.
National bank* in all sections of the
country are sending to bond dealers in
this city to procure United State* 3, 4 and
5 per cent, bonds convertible under the
term of the pending currency bill into
the 2 per cent. Issue which will be availa
ble to secure circulation.
Of the $235,830,170 of bonds now on de
posit with tho government to secure cir
cujation, $197,000,000 are In the convertible
issue#.
OOL. JOHN E. IIRVANT DEAD.
\Ya* Sent South In 1864 to Look After
Enin nel pa toil Slave*.
New York, Feb. 27.—C01. John E. Bryant
died to-day in this oily. In 1864 he was
sent to Georgia by Gen. Rufus Saxton,
military governor of the Department of
the Stouth, cm whose staff he served eov
enieen months, to look after ihe interest*
of the emancipated slaves. He took
charge^of the Freedman’s Bureau. At
the same time he published the Georgia
Republican at Atlanta.
Col. ißryant was appointed postmaster
at Augusta., Ga.. by President Grant, in
1869, but resigned 1n 1870 lo take a *oat in
the Legislature. President Arthur ap
pointed him United State* marshal for the
northern district of Georgia in plate of
Lieut. Gen. Longifctreet, removed.
THREE VICTIMS OF THE PLAGUE.
Twelve Days ll<l Passed at Honolu
lu Without a Case.
San Francisco. Feb. 27.—The steamer
Australia arrived from Honolulu to-day.
The Associated Pres* correspondent at
Honolulu, writing under date of Feb. 20,
say*:
“After t welve days passing without sign
of the plague, three cases were discovered
yesterday, and all ended fa tally. The
victims were two Chinese males, and a
woman, half Chinese and half Hawaiian.
It is almost certain that one of the vic
tims came to his death through editing in
fected food from a Chinese more.”
SNOW FALLING AT THE WEST.
Stock Not Expected to Suffer and
Wheat Will Be Benefited.
Kansas C’ity, Feb. 27.—1n Central Mis
souri and throughout Kansu* and the ter
ritories snow ha* fallen, without let up,
since 4 o’clock this morning with no sign
of abatement to-night. The ground is
covered to a depth from one to two feet.
It is Ihe heaviest fall for several years.
No serious suffering to stock is expected,
a* a high temp ruture prevails and great
good to spring wheat will result. In Kan
sas City street traffic was Impeded, but
not stopped.
GILMORE COMING HOME.
The Lieutenant llii* Sailed From Ma
nila on flic Solace.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Lieut. J. C. Gill
more, the leader of the York town’s little
band who were bold captives by the Fili
pinos for so many months, has started
on his way home from Manila on the Bal
ance. He is in comj>any with the follow
ing naval officers: Lieutenant Commander
C. K. Vieeland, Lieut. G. H. Signor, Lieut.
W. W. Buchunnau, Lieut. L. A. Kaiser,
Lieut. J. G. Quinby, Lieut. W. V. Bro
naugh. Lieut. L. R. Besteigneuer, Lieut.
A. W. Dodd. liieut. W. K. Harrison,
Lieut. L. A. Bostick, Lieut. R. L. Speer,
Lieut. M. C. Gorgas, Paymaster George
Seibel* and Lieut. It. A. Rooney.
TELEPHONE CONSOLIDATION,
A Deal In Which the Erie System Is
A liMorlied.
Boston, Fob. 27.—Tho completion of a
deal whereby the Erie Telephone System,
tho largest Bell system in the United
States, pusses Into the hands of the Tele
phone, Telegraph nnd Cable Company of
America, was announced to-day. The
Erie company control* five branches, op
erating in North and South Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas.
Texas and a part of Ohio, and employe
$22,000,000 capital.
Itltl DROI* IN. STOCK.
Third \vrnnr ttl.rl Rnllwir Frll
H>% I’olnt. VeMerdnjr.
Nw York, Feb. 27.—The price of Third
Avenue Street Railway etodc fell 19%
point* to 61%, on the Stock Exchange to
day. Exactly one year ano the toek
sold at 242. Mechanic*’ liens for f1.883.5H
were filed agalnrt the Third avenue com
pany to-day, and report* were circulated
that application for a receiver would be
, made
DAII/T, W A YEAR.
S CENT’S A COPY.
WEEKLY J-TIMES-A-WEEK 11 A TBAW
NEWARK’S GREATEST FIRE.
A CONFLAGRATION SWEEPS TIIRJ
RETAIL DRY GOODS DISTRICT.
Over a Million Dollars the Estimated
Lo**—Vhe Fire Started In a Big De
partment store \\ ft fell \\ a* (Illicit
ly Enveloped—Superintendent of
tlie Ilia Start* flu* a Narrow and
Tlirilllnu ICmeape and Wn* Ilndly*
■turned Liven May Have lleeuf
I.o*l. y
New York. Feb. 27.—The greatest lira
Newark, N. J., ever experienced swept!
through the retail dry goods district to
night, destroying a score or more ofl
buildings. Tho lo** I* estimated at overt
$1,000,000. Several live* may have beer*
lost, and several persons were
burned.
The fire started in W. V. Snyder’® de*
partment store at Broad and Cedar streets,
a four-story building, of seventy-five feetl
frontage, and extending 2tX) feet alond
Cedar street. The stock was valued a0
$500,00(5, and nothing was saved. The build
ing was burned to tlie ground.
The flro broke out ft bout 6:20 p. m., af
ter several hundred employe* had lefg
the building, which was then taken charge
of by a number of sweepers. It is thought!
that some Of th engine room force ami
similar employes may have also been ini
the building. The flames spread with ter
rible rapidity, the entire building belnfll
enveloped before the arrival of the fire
men.
Only one man was seen and he was a|
a window on the second floor, In a frenzy}
of fear. The firemen raised a ladder, butt
before they ou<ld scab* it the man ewunf#
HARM elf through the broken window anil
on to ihe ladder. As he reached, the lad
der a rush of flam** came througll that
window, engulfing him. It receded in j *
moment, and the man was seen on tha
ladder wrapped in fire, a* h 1 clotblipf
burned. Firemen ran up the ladder on th*y
under side and grabbed him to prove nil
him failing. Then other* went up on th
upper side and began tearing the burning!
clothing from the man.’ They did this*
with their naked hands, and were them
selves burned. Thousand® of people wit
nessed the thrilling scerle. The burning;
clothing was torn from the man, and with
it came portions of the fleah. The mail
was taken to a hospital.
Meanwhile a general alarm was turned
In and all of (he fifty-odd pieces of flra
apparatus in the city were rolling to tha
lire. Ten minute* after tlie fire wax dis
covered the flam*'* had leaped ariosi
Cedar street and were traveling also
northward along Br< ad street. Within half
an hour the fire wn* beyond control.
Tho four-story building adjoining tho
Snyder building on Broad street and oc
cupied by J. M. Mantz, dealer in laceo
and similar good* on the first floor and
office* on the upper floors, was totally
destroyed, with everything' it contained.
Next to it was the restaurant, and bn
fectlor.ery establishment of T. B. Allen,
a fashionable caterer, this building aisai
containing offices of many kinds. 14 was
destroyed, as was also Ihe trunk ertore of!
<’. B. Peddle. Th* fire completely gutted
this building, but left the front part al
most untouched. Then 14 gutted the rear
of the big department store of David
Straus*. The firemen at this point math!
a desperate stand to prevent the fire fromt
geUing .into Hartegen’s Jewelry store*
which w,aft the next in the block.
At th-e same time the flame* were trav
ling southward w ith a* mu 'll fury a.l
on the north of the original fire. \V. TANARUS
Rue's Jewelry store occupied the cornet*
opposite Snyder’s. Nothing was saved
here, although the valuable stock of Jew
elry, probably ihe largest in Newark, id
securely locked In the vaults ofl
the building. Above the jewelry
store the building iwas occupied by offices.
Within an hour there was hardly a brickl
of the buj'.ding standing above a few feei
from the sidewalk. The flame® drove
through a solid wall Into P. J. Garrigan’g
drug store. <'aim’s photograph establish
ment and galleries were next above
anti nothing could save eih<?r of Chem.
The rear end of the Bee Hive dry goods
store, owned by L. 8. Strauss & Cos., waa
next lo go, and here a large body of fire
men concentrated and fought hard to kcepj
the fire from entering the main building,
which was separated from the rear por
tion by a party wall with iron doors. Thel
fight was a stubborn one. The doors be
came red hot and the task looked hope
less.
While the flames were thus eating thd
heart cut of the most important business
l lock on Broad s'reot. tlie fire was spread
ing westward along Cedar street on hot hi
side*. On the south side of this street,
the flro burned M-m No. 2. at the rear of!
Rae’s store, to No. 24. These were all
small stores, In buildings three and four
stories high, the upper floors being occu
pied largely a* dwellings. In this ro\y
was Bierman's pawnshop, whore many
thousand dollar* worth of articles werg
destroyed.
On the nortf) side of Cedar street, back!
o' Snyder’s, the fire attacked a row of
eleven brown stone and brick buildings,
used a* offices on the upper floors and
store* on the ground floor.
All the police In the city were on duty
at the lire, except those absolutely need
ed on post. A hundred thousand specta
tors witnessed the conflagration. Tha
crowd had to be forced l>aek ogain and
again as the advance of the flames caused
the firemen to shift position- hack.
Finally order* were given to extend tha
fire line* beyond the two blocks on- either
siik*. and the crowd was pushed back and
hues were stretched across the street.
Women fainted in the fearful crush.
Blows were exc hanged and clothing wax
torn from locks in tho crush.
Despite the cold, the crowd insisted upon
remaining and stood for hour* watching
the destruction of h million dollar* wor4h
of property. The heat close to the flro
was fearful and the firemen were driven
back time and again. They had to move
their apparatus many times. Several
times men handling the hose had to aban
don It and flee from the flame® whicti
threatened to engulf them. They were
coated with Ice when they went a few!
feet away from the fire and the next mo
ment would Ik* almost roasted by the he*C
ns the fire advanced or they returned KJ
their battle.
The streets for blocks were flooded, and
ice covered as the water flowed from tha
fire outside the heated scene.
The Are wo* under control at 1:30
o’clock.
The man rescued from the building
proved to be Oscar O. Schaekleton, 60
year of age. He was superintendent of
the store, and wa® making his usual round
of inspection after the employes had lef|
Continued on Fifth I’age,