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THE MORNING NEWS.
r.'nMlshed Uo“- •- - Incorporated ISSS
E J. H. ESTILL, President.
CANADA’S GREAT DISASTER.
F KU: LEFT A VAST DESERT OF
ASHES BEHIND IT.
fjoiiio loft* Faii|ilies About
in Scnrch of Shelter— Extinuite ot
Los *e* Now Pat ut With
llnlf Innurauce —There Were Over
U. „*0 Rnlldin;a and 1LN0,000,000
Fort of Lumber Ilnrned Seven
people Lost Tlielr Lives.
Ottawa, Qjtt., April 27.—Over five
£<> lire miles of territory burned over;
nore than 2.000 buildings destroyed; seven
lives lost; seven thousand men, women
and children homeless, and property losses
of $17,000,000 according to the latest esti
mate. insured for about half its value,
are the results as viewed to-night of the
il,<iructive fire which swept this city and
Huh yesterday and to-day.
Although under control for many hours,
the flames were not entirely extinguished
until alwut noon to-day.
The dead are:
}],.-> Minnie Cook, aged 40 years, cre
matfd in her own house.
John Pumple, car repairer, 640 Somerset,
suffocated' in Canadian Pacific Railroad
yards.
George Peeley, shoemaker, 124 Queen
s ft. west, suffocated.
John l)a e, Hull, fireman, for E. B. Eddy
& Cos.
Unknown man, found dead in Meyers’
he ; . . Wellington street, Hull.
Mi Canon, Wellington, street, Hull.
Mrs. C.n on, Wellington street, Hull,
died from fright, aged 80 years.
A. i a idin, 8 years old, son of Charles
Daudio, Duke street, Hull.
hi Appeal for Relief.
A relief committee has been formed by
the citizens, and this, together with the
Cat!: ,i a chibshops of Ottawa and Mon
treal will make an appeal for relief to
the country.
The nust seiious problem that con
f< v Hull is that of work. The major
ity of householders who were burned out
ar p or. and have largo families. It is
n 't* xp cted th re will be employment for
a consi c able p. ried and the way in
which many of the poor are going to live
in ti e meantime Is doubtful.
On the Ottawa side fully two-thirds of
led) us .- ward is devastated and an es
tiniate by residents of the district places
ti>e numb, r who were w ithout roofs of
their own last night in this district at
T!u destroyed property in this dis
tr t i K d-d sine of the finest residences
in Ottawa as well as a great many of the
humb’-cst. ■■■-'" "* *-
The Erskine Presbyterian Church, the
S : • i street bridge, a big flour mill
I-lnnt. the imm nse lumber piles along
l>ivision, Preston and Rochester streets
m and Yi toria Brewery are among the in
! s w hich have disappeared. .
Ti - Ottawa Electric Company will be a
v.-ry 1 • avy loser. An approximate value
v\ i ir ;r property destroyed is placed at
: . ' Ottawa Electric Eight Com
-1 six power houses. There was
‘ • 11 “I or distributing power house
and iae other five were aux ilary' or sub
ruatloi.s. Of these sub-stations only one,
! !l • rai* dby steam, remains, the other
’ ing ilestroyed. The central pw- r
I ou.- at .1 the steam auxiliary station
и. only saved after a hard fight by the
uaectors and employes.
Nothing;’ lint Anl<*m.
The fire area was viewed by hundreds
of jK-ople this afternoon and evening. One
o' th -most remarkable things about the
sa 1 sc. - was that no smoke was to be
There wi re no half-burned build
or smouldering logs anywhere.
к. ry< ling that the fire touched was
burned to ashes.
*' 1 of Hull’s principle buildings.w T lth the
f - : " -'i-n of the Catholic Church, are
thin..: , of the past. The buildings and
bind i- the place are valued at $2,700,000,
aiill of this amount over $1,000,000 may be
l a '’own as a loss. Then in stocks, fix
t;ir . equipment, household effects and
"■ ll ’ a; • arel there is a loss of nearly
I The vast pilots of lumber which
v M "I* in smoke may be reckoned at $2,-
OOO.i m more.
\ Summary of the Lomhi.
The scene of the Hull fire to
flay presents a vast desert of
ashes, out of which the porch of
Dame du Grace, the proi*?rty of
1 ’ ’ Tates of Mary the Immaculate, the
D M :; V s school, recently built nt a cost
1 and o cluster of residences round
Die .-lurch alone are intact.
Am,,i,;. ipj e ruins of a house on Wasli
* >:r< ot, Hull, to-day was found the
* r ' a man named Bcrnaby Myers.
1 ht 1n Ottawa <he homeless ones
bav o. ell going nlx>ut looking for places
1,1 wi.i h to take up their abode, and in
*\" m " instances searching for members of
them families.
r. Eddy house, which was de
fwas a historical building. When
!/' I' !;.• of Connaught visited this d!s
--! ' tliiriy years ago a grand ball was
f v ' n him. “The Castle,” as it was famil
-1 'y k: own, was selected as the scene. A
v Marquee was erected on the lawn
• • ■ the dancing took place, supper
. • i veil in the house. With the
several magnificent pictures lm
j ,r ■ l fmm England have be n consumed
t.. flames.
Origin of tlie Fire.
I h' Arc broke out in. the house of Mr
“ 1 ' . on Chandler© street, Hull. It
i '“ i 'h.u Mrs. Kirouac was lighting her
to got the family dinner and set
"hnney on fire. The flames, spread
1 1 i'oof t quickly communicated to ad
• ‘louses, and ns there was a heavy
wing at the time, the fire was
’ ij 1, 1 y.>nd control.
, l,r h' .i.s of homeless persons slept In
f “h'li ir last night, or wandered al>out
( -of Ottawa and Hull, although
-• •i■ h were freely thrown open to
f !• s. Many people were a rcom
* r the drill hall, the Salvation
‘‘ ! “ v "‘trucks and other places.
" '•rut in 4 nmi<l it's History.
# April 27.—A siKC'al to the Star
''Mnwa Buys:
II •Ht fire in lhi> hl.tory of Cnn-
M '.ml iv: |c I, visit,ml Hull, wil l 111
it 'll'trlrt of Ottawa yiaterdiy. The
i 1 'Ugldy rillmati I at fiom $15,-
' td $17,0U1,./,. in or 3,J00 fuoilllc*
1,1 ' f*n7-r.<| linin' I. s.
( "‘tit'ir |,irt nf Hull, with im Im-
I' l 's iI.iI <-ci'iilsl,!■ iel,t>• un I Hi*'
, of lhilr ouKratliUA. a„ .'■ |*t
" fti Hill us V.ctorm otul Hu hou. i-
wards In Ottawa. The loss on lumber
alone cannot ba less than J3.< 01,* 00.
The fire broke out in the center of Hull
fatly in the forenoon. That is a common
occurrence there and attracted little at
tention. Before noon it had devastated a
great part of Hull, and spread toward
the river, fanned ty a strong wind, ulti
mately destroying five of E. B. Eddy's
mills.
Before 1 o’clock it had leaped to Ottawa
river and swept across to Ottawa, carry
ing everything in front of it. Nothing
more grand could be imagined as a spec
tacle. Considering its consequences, no
greater calamity has visited Canada in
years. There was a belt of flame fully
four miles in length and at least half a
mile wide.
Dark clouds of smoke streamed south
westward from the hurniog district all
day, while beneath it wns a long line of
flame, fierce and irrepressible. All night
long the city was lib up by the. glare.
The Dominion government is among the
heavy losers, the Chaudier bridge having
toppled Into the river from the waipir.g
effects of the heat.
The Casualties Reported.
Fireman John Watkins of No. 1 station
was smothered in a house in Queen s r,et.
west.
Mrs. Bessie Cook, an Invalid, was suffo
cated in her bed before help arrived.
A man, unkiiewn, was found dead on the
Canadian Pacific Railway track in Ro
chesterville.
John Nnvan, a builder, was taken to St.
Duke’s Hospital badly burned and hurt.
An unknown man was found on Broad
street charred beyond recognition.
John Matthews is reported dead.
James Merryfield, seriously Injured by
a falling building.
Daoust, watchman, reported dead.
John Temple, Fireman Dann and Engi
neer Peter Hamilton of Hull, missing.
Vast Doss of Cumber.
The Export Dumber Company had all
its big stock destroyed, and it is estimat
ed that their loss will foot up nearly
$1,000,000, covered by insurance. It is es
timated that about 250,000,0(So feet of lum
ber has been burned in Hull and Ottawa.
Half a dozen churches and schools have
been burned; the Eddy Company’s paper
end pulp mills and match factory, and
E. B. Eddy's residence have been de
stroyed. Bronson’s and Weston's mill,
the. Hull Dumber Company's mill, one of
Booth's mills, and the McKay Company's
premises, one of the power houses of the
Ottawa Electric Company, the Hull water
works, the Hull Court House and jail,
the postofflee, the convent, almost every
business place, and about 1,000 dwellings
nnd shops in Hull have been destroyed.
Indeed, practically nothing of Hull is left
but a church and a few houses beyond
it.
The steel suspension bridge which con
nected the city of Ottawa with Hull was
also destroyed.
On the Ottawa side many fine residences
were destroyed.
FIRE'S EFFECT OX DUMBER.
Will He More Marked nt nils Time
.■ Than nt Any Other.
New York, April 27. Douis A. Hall,
president of the Export Dumber Com
pany of New York, Boston and Ottawa,
which company had a million dollars'
worth of its lumber, burned in the Otta •
tva fire, was interviewed to-day as fol
lows;
“The destruction of the large amount
of white pine lumber at Ot
tawa. which is reported as amount
ing to from 150,000,000 to 200,000.000 feet,
together with the loss ot mills, will
have a greater effect upon the white pine
and spruce lumber markets than it would
have had at any other period within the
past ten years.
“I have received a telegram from our
agent in Ottawa which says;
•• "Cancel all orders possible for common
lumber In the states. It is necessary for
us to have the lumber here.’ ”
MOSTLY FOREIGN COMPANIES.
American Companies Will Dose Lit
tle in tlic Ottawa Fire.
New York, April 27 —lt is believed that
American fire insurance companies will
suffer but little from the Ottawa fire.
Foreign companies will have to pay most
of the claims.
Coming at the time when the loss rec
ords in the United States show a disas
trous fire total, the Ottawa fire will, it
is believed, have a depressing effect on
the underwriting business.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Government of Canada Has Decided
to Give SIOO,OOO.
Ottawa, Ont., April 27.—The government,
at a cabinet meeting to-day, decided to
give SIOO,OOO to relieve the sufferers of the
Ottawa and Hull fire. Ten thousand dol
lars will he given for immediate use. The
City Council has decided to give SIO,OOO.
Ilulfaur Expresses Sympathy.
Don don, April 27.—Mr. Arthur J. Bnl
fdur, First Dord of the Treasury, in the
House of Commons to-day, expressed his
personal sympathy with the victims of
the Ottawa fire, adding that he was sure
this feeling was shared not only by Par
liament, but by Britain? and British sub
jects everywhere throughout the empire.
-Great Britain Mast Aid.
London, April 27.—The newspapers are
unanimous in expressing the opinion that
despite the demands for South Africa arul
(lie Indian famine, it is the duly of Great
Britain to promptly nnd substantially as
sist in repairing the losses Incurred by the
Ottawa fire.
Sympathy From Detroit.
Detroit, Mich., April 27.—Mayor Muy
bury to-day telegraphed the Mayor of
Ottawa, Ont., extending sympathy and
asking whether the people ot Detroit can
be of assistance in aiding tho homeless
and destitute.
Chicago to Aid Sufferers.
Chicago, April 27.—Mayor Harrison to
day opened subscriptions for the Ottawa,
Ont., fire sufferers. The list was headed
by Mrs. Cyras McCormick and grew rap
idly during the day.
Companies Heavily Involved.
London, April 27.—A1l hc Edinburgh
fire Insurance companies are heavily in
volved In the Ottawa lire.
Rising Anionic the Aonnles.
Free Town, Sierra Ix*one. April 27.—A
serious rising among the Youtlle*. 11l lh
Roniitia district, I" reported, and a ile
t u'Nment of the Weal African Regiment
lias been einl to Kolofunk to quell It.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. APRIL 28. 1900.
BOERS MADE A.SAFE RETREAT.
BOTHA PROVING A CAPABLE SUC
CESSOR TO JOUBFaiRT.
Btirfclicr* Were HoßHnc? Enutern
Outlet of Thalia Nchu When the
IlritiMh Arrived There—Gen. Ruh
ertu’ Delay Is Causing VSueh Criti
cism, llat lie Seems to Re Prepar
ing for the Advance—lt Is Still a
Far Cry to Pretoria.
London, April 27, 11:12 p. m.—The war
office has issued the following from Lord
Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, Friday, J
April 27:
“Gen. French reached Thaba Nchu this
morning with cavalry. He met Gen.
lan Hamilton and Gen. Smith-Dorrien'a
brigade there.
‘‘The enemy were still holding the east
ern outlet of the town from where Gen.
French and Gen. Hamilton were proceed
ing io turn them out.
“Gen. Rundle’s division was eight miles
south of Thaba Nchu lest evening.
“Additional casualties thus far reported:
“Inn Hamilton’s mounted Infantry,
Lieu is. Barry and Hill wounded, both of
Marshall’s Horse, the former severely,
the latter slightly.
“A patrol from Bethulie came across a
body of the enemy on Smtthfleld road,
April 25. Private King, of the Prince
Alfred Guards was killed, and two of the
Royal Scots service corps were taken
prisoners.
“The yeomanry cavalry under Gen.
Brabanson, after reconnoitering as faf as
Wepener, returned to DeWetsdorp this
morning.”
Boers Retreated Safely.
London, April 28, 4:55 a. m.—ln com
mandant, Gen. Louis Botha, the Boers
appear to have found a capable successor
to Joubert. As the result of his insight
and quick decision, it may be assumed
now that the retreating commandoes have
gotten safely away with the transport, i
It is true that Lord Roberts’ dispatch
leave® much unsaid as to the whereabouts
of other forces than those of fen. French
nnd Gen. Bundle. Nothing is said about
the troops of Gens. Brabant, Pole-Carew.
Hart and Chermside, but the indications
from Aliwel North show that several
s-fnall commandoes are still hovering in
the vicinity of Springfield, causing a cer
tain amount of danger, and the advices
from DeWetsdorp, outlining the duties of
Gen. Chermside, justify the conclusion
that it will be still necessary to employ
a considerable body of troops to keep the
Free State clear of Boers.
Tho position is that the Boers, who be
gan their raid a month ago by compelling
Col. BToadwood to retire on Bloemfontein,
have gotten safely away to the north
ward, practically without hpss, but with
the advantage of seven giYns, together
with a hundred l prisoners captured. 1
Criticimm of Robert*.
Meanwhile the advance to Pretoria has
not begun. Small wonder Is it that muf
fled complaints and criticisms are begin
ning to lie heard here and there against
Lord Roberts. Two-thirds of his entire
force have been employed in effecting this
small satisfaction and the probability is
that tho whole force must be again con
centrated on Bloemfontein before the main
advance begins. As similar raids on the
British communications are likely to be
repeated! it is evidently still a far cry to
Pretoria.
The significance of Gen. Hunter's divi
sion going to Kimberley, where mounted
troops are also arriving daily, is now said
to be a serious attempt to deal with the
strong Boer forces on the Vaal river, now
threatening to retake Barkley and then
an endeavor to relieve Mafeking. It will
be borne in mind that Gen. Hunter paid
a hurried visit to Lord Roberts at Bloem
lontein.
A temporary railway bridge has Just
been completed at Bethulie, where hither
to railway <rucks had been transferred
over the wagon bridge. This will greatly
facilitate getting stores up to Bloemfon
tein.
Mr. Poultney Bigelow', discussing the
treatment of South African rebels, says
that the wisdom of the United States gov
ernment in not punishing the Confeder
ates after the War of Secession has borne
good fruit, and he suggests that a simi
lar result would follow a similarly liberal
policy in South Africa.
Preparing? for the Advance.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Morning Post, telegraphing Thursday,
says:
“Most satisfactory progress has been
made in the accumulation of stores dur
ing the present week. Supply Park now
presents a respectable appearance. The
prospects of a general advance are more
favorable.”
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Times, telegraphing Thursday, says:
“There appears little chance of inflict
ing effective punishment on the retreat
ing Boers. Commandant General Louis
Botha, who arrived at DeWetsdorp Mon
day, realized the situation at once and
ordered the immediate withdrawal of tho
Boers both from there and from Wepe
ner.”
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Thursday,
soys:
“The latest reports show that the Boers
passed east of Thaba Nchu When going
north. A prisoner reports that a comman
do which doubled back on the pursuing
British is now making its way west in
the direction of heeuw kop.”
>lny Soon Cro** Vunl River.
The IVoemfontcin correspondent of th**
Daily Telegraph under Thursday’s date,
says:
“The Boers who retreated from D?-
Wetsdorp kept well ahead of Gen.
French's cavalry. Unless the enemy
should make a sand nt Kroons tad. Lord
Rrberts will rapidly cross the Vaal river.”
Other Bloemfontein dispatches throw in
teresting points ot light upon the situa
tion. One special says:
“Seven hundred and fifty wagons of a
heavy tranpport train have reached
Krconstad from the foufh. Ohly light
w .gons have been left behind. The Botrs
have organiz'd a p c!al!y mounted corps
lor foraging and other work requiring
special mobility.”
Another dispatch reports that h#ft>re
the Brers were driven from DeWetsdorp
about 7.<00 of them had been slowly retir
ing toward Ladybrand, where large sup
plies ar* 1 stored and immense cornfields
aro ready far harvesting.
ca:\. HAItIIKVM APPOINTMENT.
Lutent Estimate of llocr Forces Put*
’Haem <at
London, April 27, 2 P m The following
and: patch has been received st the war of.
dee tiom Lord Huberts: 1
“lllo* mfont* in, Air!l 26 - At the request
of ihu high e in miss loner, V arn has
been appointed military governor of Gri
quiland West, while that part of the
country is in a disturbed condition.”
This curious dispatch constitutes all tho
war news received up to this hour.
According to a special dispatch from
Lcrenzo Marques the latest authentic es
timates of the Boer forces place thorn at
204*0, of which 13,000 are at Kroonstad,
0,000 at Fourteen Streams, 4,0.!0 in Natal,
700 about Mafeking and 1,000 at Pretoria,
while 270 have be*n ordered north to in
tercept Gen. Carrington s force.
Tho wo’k of entrenching Pretoria Is pro
ceeding.
A dispatch from' Kimberley says enteric
fever is so rampant there that the city
officials are urging the military authorities
to remove the camps from the towns ani
discontinue the use o-f public building*
hospitals, with the view of bett*r safe
guarding public health.
A dispatch from liferrt Roberts, datel
Bloemfontein, April tl, gives Hamihona
report of tlie British casualties at I nrael’s
poort April 25. Among those *1 g .iiy
wbunded is Col. W. B. Olt r of Canada.
Gen. Hamilton reports that the Cana
dians and Marshall's Horse did pirticu
larly good service.
a
MANY nEAII Gl AHO AC TIONS.
Boers Narrowly Escaped living Cap
ture *1 I>y Gen Handle.
Ijondon, A-pril 28.—Tho Daily Chrorcile
has the fol’.ov ing from Vaal Bank, dated
Wednesday. April 25:
“For two days the Boers have been
fighting a series of rear guard actions.
Crossing the Modder; here and hotly pur
sued by Gen. Alderson, they g**t ino tho
kopjes southeast of the crossing and nar
rowly missed being captured by Gen. Bun
dle, who was coming from that direction,
but, on sighting his advance, they turned
eastward and slipped away between Gen.
AMerson and Gen. RuncUe.
“A prisoner Just captlfi"e<l asserts that
President Stcyn was present during Mon
day s fighting at Slangfontien, *ast of
Leeuw kop. He had shaved his lxsard, eo
hat he was not easily recognizable.”
i
SETTLING FOR THE WINTER.
lloern Are Tr)ln* Io Collect Tnxe
From Natal Kaffirs.
London, April 2S.—Tha Ladysmith cor
respondent ot the Daily Mail eaya:
“The Boers are preparing to spend the
winter at Natal. They are bringing; their
stock from the high veldt Into Natal .for
winter grazing, and they ore demanding
that tho Kaffirs pay # hut tax to them
instead of to the NataiS|nvernment. They
also declare that Kaffirs work
for them they, (the KafeVrs), must remove
south of Sunday’s river." ’
Tho Ladysmith correspondent of the
Standard soys:
“The strength of thcjtioers In the Big
garsberg district Is believed' to be between
5,000 and 8,000. They Zae commanded by
Gen. Lucas Meyer,- well supplied
with artillery."
HAS NOT CHEEKED KILLING.
Swnxi fiiiecn Has Given Unlimited
License to tinnier.
Lorenzo Marques, April 27.—Swaziland
runners report that the recent visit to tho
Queen of Swaziland by Sir Ellis Ashmea l-
Bartiett, a member of the British House of
Commons, has not checked the killing.
The Swazi Queen has placed the former
King's brother on the throne, a boy of 18.
She argues that ns she will have to answer
for the death of Sebugau, she may as well
continue killing, and she has given tho
chiefs permission to kill whom (hey please
throughout the whole of Swaziland.
The commondoes ordered to the front ar
obeying reluctantly. One burgher, who
has escaped Injury in a number of battles,
admits that the Boers have fired on tha
Red Cross frequently.
The sending of Gen. Cronjo to St. Helena
has greatly angered the Boers, who are
said to lx- more determined than ever to
fight to the death.
Movement From DeWetadorp.
DeWetsdorp, Thursday, April 26—Gen.
French’s and Gen. Randle's forces left
to-day, going in different directions. Gen.
(Chermside remains to garrison the town,
to search for arms and to restore order.
Explosion NVns Predicted.
London, April 28.—The Lorenzo Marquez
corres|>ondent of the Times says:
“The llegble foundry was under the
direct management of representatives of
a LeCreusot firm, and many of the work
men had been trained nt LeCreusot. It
is significant that tho explosion was pre.
dieted. About twenty of the workmen
have been arrested and the others have
been prohibited from leaving the coun
try."
Given Two Year* nt Labor.
London, April 28.—The Pretoria corre
spondent of the Daily News says;
“On Monday, Erastus de Klerk was
sentenced to two years Imprisonment at
hard labor for guiding the British from
Petrusburg to (Bloemfontein."
Rhodes ns n Copper King.
London, April 28.—The Dal’y Express
says this morning:
“We learn that the sudden return of Mr.
Cecil lthixies to the Cope was duo to hit
receipt of news of a great find of ‘oppor in
Northern Rhodesia. Mr. Rhrdes will so,n
be heard of as a copper king.”
floors Ilalil Severnl Towns,
Allwal North. April 27.—1 tis roporte]
that there are W Boers at Bosnian's kop
In the Smtthfleld district; 100 at Smlthfield
400 with two guns and a Maxim at Grys
kop. an.l 200 with two guns at IClottur
drift, Caldeon river.
S
LARGE ARMOR PLATE WORKS.
\
Rlggcst In Englund to lie Put Up on
the River Tees.
London, April 27.—The newspapers here
announce that a syndicate of Northern
capitalists with "unlimited wealth” Is
about to eree* on the banks of the River
Tees, the largest armor plate works in the
United Kingdom. The syndicate, it is
added. Is sending a commission to tho
United Hmtes to Inspect the beat plants
there and to study American methods.
The commission Includes the managers
of large steel companies and Stephen Fur
ness, son of Blr Christopher Furness, the
ship-owner, bullor and engine-builder of
West Hartlepool,
lilpllng Ranches England,
I/jndon, April 21 The Tuntslion Castl*,
with Mr. lindyarl, Klpl.ng ai-d Hir John de
Vllllers, clib l Jnrll * of C.tpe G louy. has
arrived at Bouthumpion Horn Ca;e Town.
CLOUDBURSTS AT WACO, TEX.
CITY FLOODED AND STREETS TURN
ED TO it AGING RIVERS.
At Lcn*t Six Peo-ple Were Drowned
In Left* Titan Five Minute*— Untile*
of Four Recovered. lint Many :
Ollier* Are Relieved to Have Lout
Their Live*—Creek* nnd River*
Were Choked and Extennive I)aai
ujffe Wn* Wronßht.
Waco. Tex., April 27.—An electric storm,
accompanied by rain in torrents, fell here
to-day, flooding: half erf the city and doing
prreat damage to properly. Tho bodies ,
of three known and one unknown dead
have been recovered, and three other per- I
eon® are known to have perished.
The dead .are: Mr*. Nancy Caudle, Mis*
Emma Caudle, her daughter; William I
Walker, colored, and one unknown negro. !
The business streets were converted into
rivers. Such a flood was never before
een here. The rain resembled a succes
sion of cloudbursts. Basements 'were
flooded on Franklin and Washington
streets and on Austin avenue. Waco
creek, on <he south side of the city, and
Barron’s branch, on the north side, pour
ed their surplus water toward the center
of the city and formed a sea in the busi
ness district.
Number of Dead Not Known.
A< present the exact number of per
sons drowned cannot be ascertained. Mrs.
Nancy Caudle and her daughter, who re
sided with Mrs. Norton at the corner of
Jackson and Seventeenth streets, are
among the dead recovered from the flood.
The house was in the Waco creek over
flow and the fWo ladles, in spit© of efforts
at rescue, were swept away. Mr. and
Mrs. Norton were saved. Their house was
destroyed.
William Walker, a negro, was drowned
in the Barron branch overflow and his
body was recovered.
At the corner of North Second and Bar
ron streets, an arched brick bridge, which
had withstood flood* for thirty years, gave
way and three negroes disappeared with
the bridge. Thevir bodies have not yet
been recovered.
A Foaming nnd Raging Sen.
Tha storm commenced at 4 o’clock this
afternoon and the water fell in vast sheets,
on© cloudburst following th© other, the
water courses rising above the divides nnd
uniting into a foaming -and raging sea.
The people In the portion of the city
suffering most fled from their houses. Tho
firemen and police and hundreds of citi
zens rushed to the rescue, but the water
was too swift for them and at least six
persons lost their lives by drowning In
less than five minute*.
The main Bosque and Its tributaries ar©
overflowing a large district and ruining
valuable crops. The Brazos river Is ten
feet above the danger mark and is still
rising. The property loss in Waco will
be fully $50,000.
As the city is divided into sections by
the high water and all communication cut
off between ih© various divisions, a com
plete list of the dead at this hour cannot
be given.
An organized relief movement is already
under way.
TEXAS STRUCK RY A TORNADO.
I‘roperty Destroyed nnd Two People
Fatally Injured.
Blum, Tex., April 27.—A tornado pasted
through the eastern part of this place at
noon to-day, destroying several residence*
and a two-story school building.
Fortunately but two people were se
riously hurt, one of whom, Eunice Hanks,
will die. She was caught between two
timbers and received internal injuries.
About fifteen others were slightly hurt.
Robert McCluskcy’s business houe-:© and
the Baptist Church aro among the badly
wrecked buildings; L. B. Robertson’s resi
dence was demolished and 1 Robertson feu
tally injured; Mrs. Robertson was hurt
about the head.
The storm started about three miles
south of town and was nearly 200 yards
wide.
The grain crop in the path of the storm
Is budly damaged and fruit trees are brok
en and stripped of fruit.
STORM IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
Will Cnime Heavy Rain* In Texn*
for tlie Next Two Day*.
Washington. April 27.—' is evidence
of a storm development of considerable
strength in the Rio Grande valley. This
Ftorm will probably cause heavy rains in
Texas and Southwest during the next two
days.
Storm Flgnnls are displayed on the Gulf
coast from Brownsville to New Orleans.
TEXAS RIVERS RISING AGAIN.
Small Stream* Ont of -Their Rank*
nnd Ilrazo* May Overflow.
Houston, Tex., April 27.—Small streams
are out of their banks and rivers are again
rising fast. An overflow of the Brazos
is expected to-night at Hemixßcad and
other points.
SPEECH MADE BY ROOSEVELT.
Celebration of Gen. Grant’* Birthday
at Galena, 111.
Galena, 111., April 27.—Gen. U. 8.
Grant’s birthday was celebrated here to
day wlfh Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New
York as the principal speaker.
Special train* brought thousand© of
people into the quaint little city, which
for years was the home of the dead Gen
eral. Tho city was ablaze with flags nnd
bunting. Mr*. Nellie Grant-Sartor!*, hfr
eon, Capt. Sartorls; her daughter, Vivian
Sartorls, and other distinguished visitor*
were also present.
REPAIRING TIIE RAILIIOADM.
Mobile and Ohio nnd L. nnd \. Are
Now It minlng Trnlus*
Mobile, Ain., April 27.—80 h th© Louis
ville and Nashville and the Mob.la ar and
Ohio railroad* rnak* their first through
run* to-night elm © the florxUi Interrupt*' l
traffic on their lower divisions.
Tha south bound pa winger Cain du
here at 3 o'*dock wil' run through to New
orient.*; ar.d to-morrow at 2 o'clock tw*
extra freight train* wl-l start north from
Mobile with order* b* tun through.
At* enormous amount of work h'r* been
made neceaaary In repairing th© break- ,
but It has betn promptly done.
GOV. ALLEN IN PORTO RICO.
Simplicity of Hi* Reception Took Na
tive* by Surprise.
San Juan, April 27,-The United States
steamer Dolphin, bearing Mr. Charles
Herbert Allen, the newly appointed civil
governor of Porto Rico, dropped an. hor off
San Juan at 10 o’clock this morning, as
did also the United States armored cruiser
New York, the battleship Texas and the
gunbccit Machlas. Tho New York remain
ed outside the harbor, the others en ©ring.
Gen. Davis, military governor, visited
Mr. Allen on board the Dolphin at 11:3)
o’clock. A detachment of s veniy-five in
sular police and four companies of th>
Porto Rico Regiment, with a band, we e
drawn up on the wharf. The Dolphin’s
launch, carrying Mr. Allen- and his family,
with Gen. Davis and Lieut. Parker, the
latter's aide, left the Dolphin, promptly at
noon, the Texas and Dolphin firing a sa
lute of seventeen guns. Meanwhile the
band played "Borlnquen,” tho Porto Rico
national air, and the steamers lying In
the harbor kept up a continuous whistling
until the launch reached the landing.
Mr. Allen ran quickly up the steps and
the families of Gen. Davis and the new
civil governor were introduced to each
other. A crowd of 3,000 looked on, but
was kept at a distance. The polio© and
troops marched past at port arms, Mr.
Allen doffing his hat. He then entered the
carriage that was in waiting and drove
to tho Executive Mansion, preceded by
troops and followed by squads of police.
Jle constantly raised his hat to the throng
that lined the sidewalks.
Mr. Alien took breakfast with Gen. Da
vis, nnd with his- family will remain as
the guest of Gen. Davis indefinitely. He
landed In an ordinary costume, straw hat,
blue coat and duck trousers. The sim
plicity of tho rec eption took tho Porto Rh
ea ns by surprise. Mr. Allen is the first
governor of Porto Rico to arrive in any
thing less conspicuous titan a gorgeous
uniform covered with gold lace and eimilar
trappings.
Few roprvsontatlve citizens w<"r©
at the landing, ilto throng being oompoae 1
largely of middle-class people. Nor wag
there any attempt to decorate the build
ings, and generally the reception was not
notably enthusiastic.
Mr. Allen told the Associated Press to
day that he desired to settle the details of
the new regime os soon as possible and will
remain here conferring with Gen. Davis
pending the arrival of the new appointees.
WANT SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
Strike on the Southern May Re* Car
ried to Other System*.
Chicago, April 27.—Th© Chronicle says:
A committee of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers Is in Chicago in aid of the
striking telegraphers on the Southern Rail
way. It is said that among the members
of th© order here the question of a sym
pathetic strike has b*en received warmly.
A large sum probably will be contributed
by operators here for th© support of the
men on the Southern road now out.
According to a reported plan a sympa
thetic strike may be ordered on all Im
portant railroad systems east of the Mis
sissippi river.
The strikers may visit other Important
railroad centers to work up similar senti
ment for the Southern men.
Already, it is said, the telegraphers on
the Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburg and
Lake Erie and Pittsburg and Western
have made demands for increases in
wages from 10 to 20 per cent.
Members of the Order of Railway Tele
graphers here say this Is the first strike
of importance ever authorized by the or
der and the men are determined Chat It
shall succeed, as the life or death of tho
organization depends on the result. More
than 47,000 railway telegraphers in the
United States are memler.s of the order.
THAT TAYLOR INDICTMENT.
v
Will Be Put on Record In Frank
lin County on Monday.
Frankfort, Ky., April 27.— I The Franklin
county grand jury completed its labors to
day, but its final report will not b© made
until Monday.
Over 100 witnesses were examined in con
nection with the Goebel assassination case.
It is unofilclally stated that the Indictment
said to have been found against Taylor
will be entered on record Mnoday.
The hearing on the motion for ball in
the cases of Powers, Youtoey, Cultpn, Da
vis and other alleged accessories, prom
ises to bring out the substance of the evi
dence in the possession of both the prose
cution and tho defense.- Over ICO witness
es have been summoned and the hearing
will take up all of th© wqrfck.
W. 11. Culton, on© of the defendants,
notified his attorneys to-day that he pre
fers a trial in this county, and will not
join in the petition of the other accused
parties who have applied for a change of
venu© on th© ground that it Is impossible
to get a fair trial In this community be
cause of political passion and prejudice.
WILL RET I UN IF INDICTED.
Taylor Say* Otherwise He Will Re
main la WfiMliiiifcton.
Frankfort, Ky., April 27.—Gov. Taylor
to-day telegraphed Commonwealth’s At
torney Franklin that h© Is in Washing
ton on buelness, but will return hero and
appear in court If officially Informed that
the report tliat he is indicted is true.
Gov. Taylor, it is said, states that if
he ha* not been indicted, he will remain
in Washington Indefinitely.
ADVISED TO GET RUSSELL*
Gov. Taylor Ha* Rent Told to Get
Him a* III* f*oanel.
Raleigh. N. C., April 27.—A member of
Gov. Russell’s staff states that Gov. Tay
lor of Kentucky, has been advised by
some leading Republicans to employ Gov.
Russell us counsel for his defense. The
Governor’s decision Is not yet known.
NEW TREATY WITH SPAIN.
Extend* the Time for Span la rP* to
I)r r 1 tl* €‘l tlaenablp.
Washington, April 27.—Tho Senate In
executive session to-day, ratified the treaty
with tfjsdn. extending for fix months the
tltno In which HpanUh residents of Ih©
Philippine* may decide whether they will
remain subjects of .Spain or become dll
ot lit© Philippines. Hens lor Davis
explained briefv Ui* provision* of the
tr ny, mud It was accepted without de
bate.
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SCOTT WAS GIVEN HIS SEAT.
ONLY THREE VOTES AGAINST WEST
VIIIG PVI 1 SE XATOR.
They AVer© Morgan, Pettue nnd Tur*
ner—Huron Relieved the Committee
Report Rased on Hound Fdnv—Pet
tim* Motion Was Defeated Without
Division—Chandler AniiOTittoert He
Would Call the Clark Cas© Up on
Wed nesduy.
Washington, April 27.—Th© Senate to
diy voted upon tho resolution declaring
Nathan B. Scott to be entitled to hJs *© t
in the Senate from West Virginia. Tha
number of votes in the negative was only
three.
Mr. Chandler gave notice that he woul l
call up the case of Senator Clark of Mon
tana on Wednesday of next week, but In
timated that he would not press consider
ation until senators could have tim© to
rend the testimony In the case.
Mr. Pettus spoke in eupport of his mo
tion to recommit the Scott resolution to
tho committee with Instructions to inves*
ligate the case thoroughly. |
Mr. Turner of AVashington, asserted his
belief that there had been duplicity, doubt©
dealing and fraud in tho election of Mr*
‘Scott. i
Mr. Chandler, chairman of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, gavs
warning that in the next Senate the cr©-4
•ienttala of Mr. Blackburn of Kentucky,
would b© considered, and If the doclrin*
established in the Turpi© case of Indian*,
which had been recognized as binding ow
ih© Senate was to be overruled, the Sen
ute would be called upon to go into that
question ns to th© competency of the fed
eral power to go back of the return© ot
a duly and legally constituted Legislature*
Hn*p<l ou Sound l,au.
Mr. Bacon of Georgia, said that h© be
lieved the majority report of the commit
tee was based on sound law, and that tha
Pnßed States Senate could not enter intol
nn Investigation of a Legislature’s right
<o determine th© quadiflcationa of ltd
members.
Mr. MrComas of Maryland defended Mr.
Scott’s alleged right*.
The Pettus motion was defeated with
out division. The resolution of the com
mittee declaring that Mr. Scott was en
titb'd to retain his sent In the Senate w’aa
then adopted, 52 to 3, the votes in tha
negative being cast by Messrs. Morgan,
Pettus and Turner.
Mr. Scott, who was on the floor, wa©
soon surrounded by senators extending
their congratulations.
The Clark Co*©.
Mr. Chandra* then gave notlc© that on
next WcdncMdftyTie would ask the Senate
to take up the case of Senator Clark of
Montana, adding that If no one should de
el re to speak in opposition to the report
of the committee the would have nothing
to say In support of It.
Mr. Allen argued for a fair time for
senators to read the testimony.
Mr. Chandler replied that there would
he no disposition to press the resolution
In a way to Impair the rights of any one.
The case could be postponed If such dis
position was thought best. This wms ac
cepted as srdlsfactory and the Senate re
sumed consideration of ihe Alaskan bill.
Mr. Rawlins of Utah argued to show*
that under decisions of the courts alien©
had no rights as against citizen© In tha
location of mining claims.
At 5:15 p. m, the Senate adjourned.
YVAYT GOTTI’IUED EXPELLED. ’
I’ernvlnn Pr** 1 .Affniimt Our For.
mer Con.nlnr AKi’nt.
Lima, Pern, via Galveston, April 27.—.
The press of Trujillo, cap Mal of the de.
pnrtment of Ltbertad, together with tha
papers tn that dtetriot, generally, calls
upon the Peruvian government to expel
from the country Mr. Edward Gottfried,
formerly United Slates consular agent at!
Trujillo. The demand for expulsion ln
cluriea his brother also.
Mr. Edward Gottfried, at one time a res
ident of Wtlkosbarre, Pa., who was ap
pointed United States consular agent at
Trujillo 1n 1885, was seized by Peruvian
revolutionists In the summer of 1898 amt
subjected to torture, his houso at Huam.i
chueo being nt the same tlmo sacked an<l
destroyed. He protested and declared his
Immunity as an American citizen, but his
(iseallants demanded he produce 5,000 soles
(between s3.s<>u and $4,00U), together with
twenty-five rifles within a quarter of an
hour, under penalty of chastisement In
what are called in Peru the "flylnjg
stocks." On replying that he was unablo
to comply he was knocked down by n
blow from a gun and overpowered, after
which he was subjected to torture.
THEY HOI.IJ CARTAGENA.
Report That Revolutionists Have It
Is Confirmed.
Washington, April 27.—Tho state depart
ment has received confirmation of ths
press report that Cartagena has fallen
Into the hands of tho revolutionists.
Cartagena Is the principal seaport of
Colombia nnd collects most of the cus
toms revenues of the country. Conse
quently, Its capture will greatly strength
en the revolutionists.
It Is probable that the navy depart
ment will dispatch one of the smaller gun
boais now cruising In the West Indies to
the Srat of trouble In order to Insure
American Interests ugainst loss.
The Colombian government has received
Information tending to demonstrate Its
contention that Nicaraguans are at the
bottom of this last rebellion. It Is as
serted that the revolutionists have fitted
out a Nicaraguan gunboat named the
Kayo, flying the Nicaraguan flag, which
Is now at Marlcalho, Venezuela, prepar
ing to o|>erate agalnnt Colombia.
UUKHN AGAIN AT WINDSOR.
Thousands Watched the ILoynl land
ing at llnlylioft.l.
London, April 27.—Tho Queen le now
hack at Windsor Cnatie, where she arrived
at 6:25 o'clock thlaevening. Thousands •(
spectators watched Ihe royal (utrly s land
ing at Holyhead this morning Her spe
cial train started t 11 o'clock southwa'd
nnd wus greeted at vurhnis points by
cheering and In some lustancw ths sieg
ing of tliu national anthem.