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E J. H. KSTILL, President.
FLOOD situation is worse.
I-BOPEIITY DAMAGES IN TEXAS IS
lip IN THE MILLIONS.
WflCO la In Great Need of Aid—Many
people Seeking Shelter—Probably
Fifteen Lives Lost Telegraph
Wires Down and Half the State
Isolated— Damage to the Railroads
la Immense and the Farmers Are
llrar y Losers.
Waco, Tex., April 28.—The flood situa
tion remains practically unchanged from
las; n iht. Conditions could hardly be
worse.
Every available wagon, dray and float
was brought into use, and the entire
r.igiK was spent in moving hundreds of
families oui of the submerged district.
There are no new names added to the
1151 off atalities to-day, but reports of per
joiis missing and who were last seen, in
ihe overflowed section, are numerous.
A call for aid, signed by the Mayor and
mans prominent citizens, has been sent
on. and a mass meeting of the citizens of
Waco will be held Monday night, to de
vise means to aid the suffering, and those
in need. The local weather bureau gives
the rainfall for the past twenty-four hours
as 1.03, the heaviest on record.
Specials from Houston say:
“Not since 1852 has this city and vicinity
been visited by such a downpour of rain
as fell here during the past two days.
The Salido overbroke all previous records
and destroyed the fine iron wagon bridge
nt this place. At Summerville the school
house was carried away and tha dam
washed out. The large steel bridge at
Little River, on the main line of the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas, is wrecked. The
Leon river is out of Us banks and the
electric plant is flooded, the city being In
total darkness;"
Causing Extensive Damage.
Dallas, Tex., April 28.—The floods show
to signs of receding. On the contrary,
most of the Texas rivers are rising.
A Fort Worth telegram at 10 a. m. said
the Trinity river had overflowed, doing
much property damage. The people are
a trmed for the safety of the water works,
which are seriously threatened
A nir.e-foot rise is sweeping down from
the headwaters of the Trinity. This will
cause a big overflow In the vlnleity of
Dallas and Fort Worth by to-night.
A bulletin from Waron at 10:30 said the
list of dead there will reach from ten to
fifteen persons. The property damage in
Waco will exceed $l6O 000. The telegraph
llr.es of both companies are gone south of
Waco, isolating more than one-half of the
state.
Railroad movements are suspended south
of Dallas on almost every line In the state.
The loss by flood and hurricane since yes
terday morning Is estimated to reach $3 -
OjO.OOO to $3,000,000, including damage to
railroads and crops. The damage to rail
roads is Immense.
WILL ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS.
So Say Officer* of the Maritime
Canal Company.
New York, April 28.—Considerable spec
ulation has ben indulged in by persons in
tercom i in the building of the Nicaragua
canal as to what effect the decision of the
Nicaraguan government to vacate the con
cession to the Maritime Canal Company
Will have.
Secretary Alkineon of the Maritime Com
pany said:
“The action by the Nicaraguan gore n
mert. if it is as reported, will not bother
us In the least. Our company has some
rights and the Nicaraguan government
cannot take them away. We will enforce
our rights.”
Edwin R. Lancaster, secretary of the
Nicaraguan Company, said:
"W,. will ask Uncle Sim to step In and
that we are not deprived of our rights,
w agreed io submil the question to arbi
tration and we named our men, but the
government of Nicaragua refused to ac
cept them."
bad FIRE AT BROWNSVILLE.
Several Tlnlldinga Hunted nt a Loss
of About IfTS.OOO.
Brownsville, Tenn., April 28.—Fire raged
1 r two hours In the heart of the business
Mum 0 f this city to-night, despite a beat
ing rain and good work Of firemen. The
lire uried on the third floor of the Lyle
or Bond building at the roof. Two blocks
threatened and buildings across an
“■ J and also to the south caught, and
■ occupants were severely damaged. Two
'"-siory brick dwellings, owned by
oi K .. \\ hyi e an( j Bond were ihe
7 ones loially destroyed.
oui . s Opera House was damaged,
i umhcrland Telephone Company rc
'' Ra plant and was seriously dam
■he Vital loss was about $75,000. The
" checked nt 11 o’clock Just as a
company of Memphis pulled into town.
CONDITION SERIOUS.
Governor uf Illinois Is n Home
Crltlonlly 111.
’ o, April 28.—Dr. Nicholas Senn
,j.‘ 1 '“night that the condi.lon of Gov.
t ' 1 wa * alarming. The state's e x ecu -
( 1 'ved In Chicago In the morning, a
( , 'By sick man, and is now confine 1
1 at Ihe Great Northern Hotel,
at I, ,(lVeln< ’ f submitted toon X-my ex
'hi* afternoon and the skis
y. ''''h be developed to-morrow, Dr.
'' that un absolutely certain di
i , of the ease has tieen made and
Governor Is suffering from gall
i 1 ihe duets. If ihi* is accurate
, ' ih s chances of reeorvery are not
■' I'd very hopeful.
1 1,1 la M Ire and Nulls.
'ahum* Aln . April 28.-The Ain
v,i ' l and Wire Company, whose
l and null mill nt Hensley recently
1 operations, bus announced a cut in
"it iVi ' ll * l* ro, l u, 'i corresponding
‘ ' reduction mndc by the American
" "B' l Wire Company.
'<•l. Ilr>an Is Elk.
„ ! ' Neb., April 28.-A lodge of Elks
/,, “ 't tilled la lids elty tills evening.
1.,j , ‘ l * u *tv Un-mbers su William J.
IMPORTANT OPERATIONS
Are Indicated by Absence of News
From Sonth Africa.
London, April 29, 3:30 a. m.—The total
absence of news from the seat of war in
South Africa during the last twenty-four
hours, it is presumed, indicates that op
erations are progressing which ore deem
ed prudent to keep secret.
So far as the situation in the south
eastern part of the Free State can be
worked out from the latest dispatches, the
main body of the Boers, composed of the
forces recently holding Thaba Nchu,
Leeuw kop and DeWetsdorp, is retiring,
probably with a view to joining in the
neighborhood of Ladybrand, the com
manders from the vicinity of Wepener,
who, according to a dispatch from Aliwal
North, dated April 28, made good their
retreat to Ladybrand. The main body of
the Boers is being followed by Gens.
Hamilton, French, Brabant and Hart,
while Gen. Rundle also is on the spot.
The British thus have an overwhelming
ly superior force and ought to wipe out
the Boers if they succeed in overtaking
them and bring them to bay.
It may be assumed that the Boers are to
the eastward of a line drawn from Tha
banchu to Wepener. The retreat, it seems,
is being oarried out wltlnut fighting,
which indicates that the Bners have a
good start and the dispatcher s:;y that
they are not hampered much by trans
port and leave no visible wheel tracks be
hind them on the veldt.
This militates against th© probability of
their being overtaken and forced lo a de
cisive action. While It is possible that
news of such a battle may come at any
moment, the chance seems even that ihe
retreating commandos may get away
without being forced to turn and fight.
It is within the range of posslb'lities
that Lord Roberts, without waiting for
the outcome of these maneuvers, may be
gin his advance northward. This may be
the secret that the censors have been
guarding so jealously. The outcome of
this interesting situation cannot now be
long delayed.
BRITISH AMAH NITION HELD.
Dynamite Wan tlie Cause of the Jo
hannesburg Explosion.
■Pretoria, April 27, Friday.—The represen
tative of Reuter’s Telegram Company with
the federals at Brandfort Is informed that
the British at Jammersdrlft tiled to g t
ammunition through Basutoland, but (hat
the Basutos stopped the wagons and in
formed Geti. DeWet. A strong contin
gent of Basotos is now guarding the line
to prevent entrance or exit fr.:m Ba. uto
iand.
Native reports from Johannesburg any
the government inspectors there are con
vinced that dynamite was the cause of
the recent explosion and that the dynjmfi
ers' train has been traced to a vac nI
house in the vicinity of the first explosion.
They have, therefore, slopped all trains
through Delagoa bay, in order to prevent
the escape of the suspects.
Removing Convalescents.
Cape Town, April 28.—Orders have been
received here to clear all the hospitals of
convalescents, and they are being re
moved to the hospital ship with a view
of providing for future contingencies.
TAVO DEAD, ELEVEN INJURED.
Fatal Result of tlie Collapse of an
Unfinished Buildillg.
Birmingham, Ala., April 28.—8 y the col
lapse of the framework of the main build
ing of the Dlmmick Pipe and Foundry
Company in the course of construction at
North Birmingham, this morning twp men
are dead and eleven are injured, at least
two of whom will die.
The dead are: James McWhorter, and
David White.
The injured are: William McWhorter,
bead crushed and internally injured, will
die; D. O. Patilio, fractured jaw and con
cussion of back, will probably die; Har
ry Biown, K. P. Walker, John Oliver. W.
H. Allen, J. O. Beck, G orge Siler, W. B.
Wynn, J. A. Rolph, John Sharpe.
•The building was 200 feet long and 100
feet wide. While an immense beam was
1 elng placed imposition on (he roof thir
ty feet übove the ground it foil, ami strik
ing rext beam knocked It down. The sec
ond beam knocked down the third, and
so on until twenty-six beams had fallen,
causing a general collapse of the struc
ture. About thirty men were at work on
the building, and of this number thi-teen
were on the supers t u turn and went and >v n
In 111 wreckage. Those on the ground floor
escaped through the windows.
BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
Woman Rang for Police In Spite of
Threat on Her Life.
Lynn, Mass., Aifril 28.—A bold attempt
was made to rob the Lynn Five Cents
Savings Eank shortly after noon to-day.
During the lunch hour a man approached
the teller s window and passed a note to
Harriet P. Houghton, who was on duly.
The note read:
"Don’t speak or make any noise, or I’ll
put a bullet through your brain. Count
out SSOO and be quick; pass is to me with
out trouble. I have iwo friends watch
ing us now and any attempt to communi
cate with any one will mean your death.”
Miss Houghton, although considerably
alarmed, quickly reached a button near
her desk, which sounded an electrical call
for the police. Then she coolly Informed
Hie man whnt she had done. Without a
pause the robber rushed from the bank
and disappeared down Market street. The
police arrived a few minutes later.
LYNCHING IN MISSOURI.
Negro* Indian Who Shot Sheriff’*
Wife. Hanged to Tree.
Marshall. Mo., April 28.—Mlndee Chowg
coe, Ihe negro-Indian who escaped from
Jail here on Thursday night after assault
ing Sheriff Joseph Wilson and his little
son and shooting the sheriff’s tylfe In
the urra, when she came io thc|j . ilst
ancp, was lynched lit midnight to-night
by a mob of angry citizens.
The lynchers forced an entrance to Ihe
Jail, meeting with slight resistance nt the
hands of the officers, and dragged the
prisoner out Into the lull yard, where he
was strung up lt> a tree.
Ktnnll Tmvn lltirurd Out.
Harrisburg, Pa , April 28.—The llltl?
town of Laurel Forge, Cumberland cou l ty,
WKS nlinod at| l out o’ 'l'le'ce lat
night by Inc. The loss U eatlin ited at $50,-
•m.
(SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY. APRIL 20. ’9OO.
SYMPATHY FOR THE BOERS.
I’ETTIGREVVS EFFORT TO HAVE
RESOLUTION ACTED ON.
Demanded Immediate Conn I derat ion
for His Resolution Expressing:
Hope That tlie Doers Would Win.
liCdjge Insisted on n Reference
to Foreign Relations Committee.
Vote Was 111 to 11 in Favor of Ref
erence to the Committee.
Washington, April 2S.—Quite unexpect
edly to-day the Senate wa9 brought face
to face with the proposition to extend Its
sympathy to the Boers in their war with
Great Britain.
In the midst of the consideration of
bills of minor importance, Mr. Pettigrew
of South Dakota, called up the following
and asked for its immediate considera
tion:
“Whereas, from the hour of achieving
their own independence the people of the
United States have regarded with sym
pathy the struggles of other peoples to
free themselves from European domina
tion, therefore,
“Resolved. That we watch with deep
and abiding interest the heroic battle of
the South African republics, against
cruelty and oppression, and our best
hopes go out for the full success of their
determined content for liberty.”
Instated on a Reference.
When Mr. Dodge of Massachusetts had
formally' ascertained that no committee
had reported the resolution to the Senate,
he moved that it be referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. Without a
word of debate the vote was taken, 31 sen
ators voting in favor of reference and 11
against it.
As the vote disclosed the absence of a
quorum an effort was made to secure one,
but it was unsuccessful and the Senate
adjourned. Party lines were not drawn n
the vote to refer. While all those who
voted against reference are in favor of
the adoption of the resolutions, several
senators on both sides of the chamber wno
are known to be favorable to the resolu
tion voted to send it to the committee.
The detailed vote follows:
Yeas: Allison. Baker. Rard, Carter,
Clark of Wyormrg, Clay, Ciillom, Davis,
Frye, Gear, Hansbrough, Hawley, Jones
of Nevada, Kean, Lindsay, Lodge, Mc-
Comas, McCumber, McEnery, McLaurin,
McMillan, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Per
kins, Pettus, Pritchard, Proctor, Ross,
Scott, Shoup—3l.
Nays: Allen. Berry, Chandler, Cockrell,
Culberson. Heitfeld, Pettigrew, Rawlins,
Teller. Turner,*Vest—ll.
Another roll call developing the absence
of a quorum the Senate at 1:40 p. m., ad
journed.
DEATH CAUSED BY BURNS.
Gen. Witaon'n Wife Stopped on Hatch
Which Ignited Her Dress.
HA vena, April 28.—The wife of MaJ.
Gen. James H. Wilson, military Governor
of the department of Matenzas-Sante
Clara, died this afternoon from the effects
of the burns accidentally received this
morning while driving with her daughter.
While alighting from her carriage, Mrs.
Wilson stepped on a match, which ignited
her dress. She was terribly burned, and,
although everything was done to relieve
her sufferings, she died about 3 o’clock
p. m.
Gov. Gen. Wood, Gen. Chafee and Adjf.
Gen. Richards telegraphed condolences
and great sympathy is expressed by every
one, Cubans and Americans alike, for the
Wilson family.
SHE WAS FROM, WILMINGTON.
Mrs. Wilson Was the Daughter of
Col. John Andrew*.
Wilmington, Del., April 28.—Mrs. Wil
son, the wife of 'Mej. Gen. James H. Wil
son, news of whose accidental death reach
ed here to-night, was the daughter of Col.
John Andrews of Wilmington, who ym
manded the Flirtst Delaware Regiment
during the Civil War. She was married
to Gen. Wilson in 1866, and is survived by
three daughters, two of whom were with
her in Cuba. She left the Wilson home
here in Noveml>er iast to join her husband
on his station, and has been with him
since. The other daughter is the wife
of Henry B. Thompson of this city.
REPORT WAS UNFOUNDED.
Raid Is Not Thinking; of Antl-Ameri
can Insurrection.
Havana, April 28.—An investigation into
the allegation made in a dispatch from
Madrid that Jesus Rabi, the Cuban lea ’er,
had headed an insurrectionary movement
in the province of Santiago de Cuba
shows that Rnbi yesterday was at his
farm near Manzanillo, where ho resides
during the greater part of the year, and
t-ha’ he is perfectly quiet.
Gov. Gen. Wood characterizes the Mid
rid story as being absolutely without foun
dat on. He says there is no more chance
at present of a rising in Santiago than
of a rising in Washington.
Spain Hear* of More Trouble.
Madrid, April 28.—Senator Sagrario,
Spanish consul general at Havana, con
lirms the report of the existenco in
certain parts of the island of Cuba
of an agitation against the Ameri
cans.
FILIPINO LEADER CAPTURED.
Senor Pnlerno Hnl lo He Taken to
Mnnlln on n Utter.
Manila, April 28.—MaJ. Gen. Lloyd Whea
ton reports that S<nor i’aterno, the for
mer president of the Filipino so-called
cabinet, was captured in iho mountains
near Trinidad, Prov ince ,of Benguet,
April 25.
Paterno recently, through relatives in
Ma lla r qu sod and received p rm asion
to <*n:er t o American lines, hut failed to
appear. Hlm relatives explained that he
hid been sick a long time onl was an in
valid. He was brought to an Fernanda
on a litter ambulance by soldiers of the
l<orty-elghih Regiment.
A Nrhriiftkn Hunk Robbed.
Be ward, Neb.,
Btnplchurst was burglarijud early this
morning, and about 12,000 taken frorn the
safs. Bloodhounds are being Used In un
sitort to capture the burglars.
BELMONT TALKS OF DEWEY,
Say. Imperialism and Trust. Will Be
til© Issues.
New York, April 28.—0. H. P. Bel
mont returned to-day on the Lueanla from
an eight weeks tour in Europe. He said
to a reporter:
"I was astounded to hear of Admiral
Dewey’s candidacy. I don’t think from
any standpoint of politics that the Ad
miral's bid for the presidency Is import
ant. I am exceedingly sorry that he
should have been led Into so unfortunate
a situation.
"Asa matter of fact, I think the nomi
nations are already made. The respective
tickets this year will be headed by the
same men as in 1896—McKinley and Bry
an. It is my candid opinion that should
Admiral Dewey run as an Independent
candidate he will draw more votes from
McKinley than from Bryan. As between
Bryan and Dewey no true Democrat
would vote for Dewey, for It is well
known that Dewey is a Republican at
heart.
“Much has been said In my absence
concerning the relegation of silver to a
minor position in the campaign. I do not
regard finance as an Issue In the presi
dential struggle of this year: it is purely
academic. The matler has been practtcal
ly shelved by the action of the present
Congress.
“I do not think public interest cen
ters on the financial question. It rests
rather on imperialism and the trusts. It
is upon this line that the campaign of
1900 will be fought.
"I am very strongly of the opinion that
the altitude of the administration toward
Porto Rico will prove Injurious to
the Republican parly as well ns
to Porto Rico. So, also the war
in the Philippines Is de facto a mere Re
publican invented mark to sell such prod
ucts as Arjnour beef, Carnegie steel, am
munition. etc., and the manufacturers of
other Republican pets to the extent of
$200,000,000 a year.
“These are the people who furnish guns,
ammunition, cloths, beef and so forth,
and it is for their benefit that the Repub
licans are spending $200,000,000 per an
num.’’
■ . i
CAPTURE OF SAULSBUItY.
N
Interesting: HepoTt Heeetved by Gen.
A. W. Greely.
Washington, April 28.—Gen. A. W. Gree
ly, chief signal officer, XT. S. A., baa re
ceived an interesting report concerning
the capture and captivity of Corpl. John
D. Saulsbury of the Signol Corps, which
is of special importance as showing the
wanderings of Aguinaldo, the fugitive Fil
ipino chieftain .after the dissolution of
his army in .Ternary last.
Corpl. Saulsbury was captured at the
mouth of the Rio Chico and sent to Tar
lac. While at Tarlac he was shown pa
pers by a Spaniard proving that the
American soldier who had been captured
and released was giving Information to
and acting as the agent of the Insurgents
in Manila. Saulsbury was Anally taken
to Candon. Of his experiences thereafter
he writes:
"I was turned over to Gen. Grogoria de!
Pilar at Concepcion. When the Americans
advanced I was kept with Pilar's rear
guard. Most of the time I was tied to a
pole and oarried like a pig by two nat'v-s
to prevent my escape. At Cervantes.
Aguinaldo took personal command of Pi
lar's scattered forces and retreated to
Banane In the district of Ktangan. Tlie
natives were In an ugly mcod and took
pleasure in hitting the Americans with
the butt of a gun. Food was very scarce
and horses, cats and dogs were common
fool. Although the natives are armed
only with fepcars they did not hesitate to
attack the hundred armed men Aguinddo
had at this time end he was obliged to
fight them off.
"D c. 22 Aguinaldo determined to return
to Bontoc, send his wife, several other
women and his sick to Cervantes, where
the Americans then were. I was told that
I would be allowed to accompany his
wife. I s'nt a note to the American com
mander at Bontoc, as the soldiers with
Aguinaldo had left, asking him to come
to Talubin. Aguinaldo returned about an
hour later end we were taken to Hainan
and when the American forces reached
Talubin, Christmas morning, we were re
turned to that place, and I was free once
more, having been a prisoner two months
and five days.”
IS AN OPPONENT OF BRYAN.
Dewey Say* That Should Suggest
Where He Stand*.
New York, April 28.—A special to the
World from Washington says:
Admiral Dewey was asked to-night:
“Will you Issue a statement defining
your views on the public questions before
leaving Washington for Chicago?”
“jjo,” he replied. "J see no reason for
any hurry In this matter. I have an
nounced that I would be a candidate anti
have announced that I nm n Democrat.
Then, too, it Is known that I will be an
opponent of Bryan nt Kansas City, which
should suggest plainly where I stand upon
the vital issues. I am not prepared to
say Just when I will make a statement.”
M\Y DAY LABOR PARADE.
Socialist Labor Pnrty’a Deninnntra
tlon la New York,
New York, April 28.—Thirty thousand
persons took part to-night in the May
day parade of the Socialist Labor party
and the Central Federated Union. After
the parade there was a May-day demon
stration in Union Square under the aus
pices of five May-day conference. There
were nbeut 2,000 woman In line. During
the march 600 of the striking cigarette
girls sang "The Labor Marseillaise.”
CLARKE Jl lIY DISAGREED.
Mistrial In tlie Fanioaa Pittsburg Di
vorce Salt.
Pittsburg, April 28.—The Jury In the
somewhat famous divoice ca*c of James
King Clarke, son of the late Charles J.
Clarke, millionaire and philanthropist,
against Esther Bartlett Clarke of Wash
ington, D. C., disagreed, after being out
twenty-four hour* and at noon was dis
charged.
Harrington tor Conarest.
Cleveland. O , April 23 - The Twentich
Congrettalona 1 District Democrat t v Con
vention br-day noridtialrd 11, D Harring
ton for Congress. L. II Cook aid IS. W.
1 total wars rhoabn delegates to ths Kansas
City Convention.
EUROPE WILL NOT INTERFERE.
SAYS NOTHING OF OUR COX RSE TO
WARD TURKEY.
None of tlie European Diplomats lias
Even Asked Any Questions —Gov-
ernment Does Not'Anticipnte In
terference From Auy Third Party.
Not Stated Yet Wlint the Next Step
Will Be—Turkish Minister Is Stiß
Playing the Game of Delay.
Washington, April 28.—The United States
government has not received the slightest
Intimation from any European nation of
a disposition on its part to interfere in any
manner in tha present dispute between
the United (States and Turkey over the
American indemnity claims.
It may also be stated on the best au
thority, that none of the representatives
of the European Powers In Washington
has requested the state department to de
liver itself of any explanation of its in
tention affecting Turkey, nor does our
government anticipate any Interference by
third parties in this matter, so long as
our claims are confined to their present
perfectly legitimate basis.
All that can be stated by authority re
specting Mr. Grlscom’s course at Con
stantinople Is contained in the general
declaration that he is pursuing instruc
tions to insist to the Turkish government
upon a redemption of its promise to pay
the American indemnity claims.
Naturally, the officials decline to Inti
mate what steps will be resorted to In case
Mr. Grlscom’s request is denied. They
prefer to believe that the demand will
meet with success. The phase to be fear
ed Is procrastination on the part of the
Turkish government; something harder to
meet than an unqualified refusal to pay.
It is understood that Mr. Griscom is shap
ing his representations to the Porte with
special reference to the avoidance of this
pitfall.
Turks I’laylng for Time.
Ferrouh Bey. the Turkish minister, call
ed at the state department this afternoon
and spent half an hour in conference with
Secretary Hay. Beyond the statement
that the Indemnity claims were the sub
jects of discussion, nothing official could
be learned of what took place between the
two.
It Is gathered that the Turkish effort
is still in the direction of finding some
other means of escape from the present
situation than a cash settlement. Thus
there Is believed to be more talk of the
old proposition to build a Turkish cruiser
here and settle the claims under cover of
such a transaction; but whatever the char
acter of the details of the Turkish prop
osition, It appears that there Is no at
tempt to deny the obligation assumed to
ward these claimants and embodied In the
promise to Mr. Straus, and consequently
there has been no refusal to pay the debt
In some manner.
THREE HORRinl.r CRUSHED.
Fall of n notating Engine and Its
Fatal Besnlts.
Richmond, Va., April 28.—The tumbling
of a hoisting engine and crane from an
overhead bridge Into Main street this af
ternoon, resulted In the death of three
men and the Injury of three others.
The dead are Walter S. Plock, Philadel
phia; George B. Bower, Halifax, Pa., and
Harry Marzolf, Harrisburg, Pa.
The injured are Arthur L.- Everett,
Richmond; Miller Brubaker, Halifax, Pa.;
Joseph Simmers, Harrisburg, Pa.
The injured, with the possible exception
of Everett, will recover.
Tho men were engaged In raising a ten
ton girder from the street, preparatory to
hauling it a hundred yards to place it in
position. What caused the accident Is not
known.
,The workmen were in the employ of
the Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steel
ton, Pa., which concern is erecting the
overhead bridge work In this city, which
the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
Railroad will run. The road under con
struction is a part of the Seaboard Air
Line system.
The dead men were horribly crushed.
YOUNG VANDERBILT TO WED.
His nride to Be Mloa F.lalr French of
New York,
New York, April 28.—The engagement
of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, second son
of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Miss
Elsie French, the daughter of Mrs. Fran
cis Ormond French, was announce*! to'
day. Miss Elsie French and her mother
and Mr. Vanderbilt are in London.
It was also learned at Newport that Mr.
Vanderbilt and Miss French will be mar
ried there in September nt Trinity
Churoh, and the wedding will be followed
by a small reception at Harbor View, the
villa of Mrs. French.
Francis Ormond French, the father of
Miss French, was a well known New
Yorker, the president of the Manhattan
Trust Company. He left a fortune whicn
has been estimated at $15,000,000. Alfred
Vanderbilt inherited the greater part of
his father's enormous fortune. He Is 22
years old and a graduate of Yale.
LACOSTK HAS ACCEPTED.
He Succeed* lilvcrs la Got. Gen.
Wood’s Cabinet.
Havana. April 28.—Senor Perfecto La
coste has accept'd the office of Secretary
of Agriculture, made vacant by the resig
nation of Gen. Kuls Rivera.
Senor Estrada Mora, acting Mayor of
Havana, will be offered the mayoralty for
the remainder of the term, which will ex
pire some time after tho elections are
held.
The revenue gunboat Baracoa has cap
tured a small British sloop off Batabano
engag'd In the sp nge fishery. The vessel
Is now In charge of the customs author
ities.
The report that a sugar trust has been
organised in Berlin causvs some uneasi
ness among the eucar nun here. They are
fearful tnat this will f r e the plant) r*
to acc'pt the l nlt<d Bistis as ths sole
market
Monument In War Heroes.
Washington, April 28.—Representative
Fit**, raid of Massachusetts Introduced In
ths House to-day s resolution appiopriat
ing SIOO,OOO for a monument In Ar/ingloti
Cemetery to the known and unknutvu dead
of the HiMUdsti-Amvlicau war
TAYLOR HAS FILED HIS BRIEF.
Says He Has Been Denied ills Rights
• In Kentucky.
Washington, April 28.—Counsel for Hon.
William S. Taylor and John Marshall,
In the contest tn> the Supreme Court, over
the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky to-day, filed their
brief in the cose In that court.
After reviewing the various points in
volved in the case, the brief concludes as
follows:
“We will not attempt any resume of the
arguments. We simply insist that the
pretended ’adjudication' which is plead
ed by Mr. Beckham as the foundation of
his action, whereby he seeks to take from
William S, Taylor and John Marshall the
offices to Which they certainly had the
admitted prima facie right, and whereby
he seeks to make himself the Governor
of Kentucky and the chief magistrate of
her people, is an absolute nullity; that it
was entered, or made, in violation of
rights secured both to William S. Taylor
and to John Marshall, and to the people
of Kentucky by the Constitution of the
United Btatcs; and that when he conies
into court, asking for the Judicial enforce
ment of this arbitrary edict, the courts
of the land, of which this is the supreme
h'-ad, should decline to enforce it.
"We feel that in this case Is involved
the question of whether we are political
freemen of politictU serfs; whether we
have in Kentucky a republic or an oli
garchy; whether we vote by right secured
by law, or by grace of a few men. It
matters not that these men, may them
selves have been elected. They were given
no commission by the people to select a
govrnor for them; and as said by Mr.
Jefferson, speaking for himself and his
compatriots: ‘An elective despotism was
not the government we fought for.’
"We have been denied republicanism, the
principle has railed In Its dbty and we call
on the guarantor to make goods ltp guar
anty. We ask for the protection of lib
erty and property against the arbitrary
exercises of the powers of the govern
ment.”
TAYLOR GOES TO FRANKFOnT.
Left WnMliington and Ordered Ills
Mull Seat There,
Washington, April 28.—Gov. Taylor of
Kentucky left title city at 2:15 o’clock this
afternoon over the Chesapeake and Ohio,
presumably for Frankfort, though at his
hotel It was stated that his destination
was unknown. He had a short Interview
with the President before leaving.
Qov. Taylor left Instructions a* the ho
tel to forward his mall to Frankfort. Ha
W£S accompanied by his wife.
BRECKINniDGE THE ONLY ONE.
A Kentucky Official AVhose Title Is
Not in Litigation.
Frankfort. Ky„ April 28.—Attorney Gen
eral Breckinridge to-day enjoys th dis
tinction of being the only state officer In
Kentucky whose title Is not In litigation.
Judge Clifton J. Pratt, the Republican
contcstee, failed to file a supersedeas bond
prior to last night and the undisputed title
passes to Breckinridge,
DOLE MAY BF, APPOINTED.
President Is Considering Matter of
Hawaiian Officials.
Washington, April 28.—1n anticipation
of the final enactment of the Hawaiian
government bill, tho president is devoting
some attention to the selection of the va
rious officials of the new government who
arc subject to executive appointment.
It is the intention to make these appoint
ments very soon in order that there may
be no delay in the inauguration of the new
government and to secure ’Speedy relief
from the serious embarrassmnts of the
present anomalous condition of affairs.
The Hawaiian contingent in Washing
ton has not been behind hand In suggest
in; uitable material to tho President fot
his ' ansiderfition in this connection. Par
ticularly in the case of the governorship,
have there been urgent representations.
There are no less than four candidates
in the field. The name of President Dole
lends the list; Harold Sewell, late United
States Minister to Honolulu, and now
United States agent In the Islands, Is mak
ing a formidable canvass, backed by the
Maine delegation, and there are two per
sons of Hawaiian birth prominent In the
affairs of the Islands, whose names are
also under consideration.
There Is ground for the belief that of
all these candidates, President Dole is
looked upon most favorably, the President
Inclining to the view that by making
such on appointment he would not only
recognize the principle of home rule, but
also would make suitable recognition of
the long continued and effective efforts
of Sanford B. Dole to secure the annexa
tion of the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States.
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE.
Will Go Deeply Into the Labor War
Now on in Chicago.
Chicago, April 28.—The grand Jury <!• fi
nitely determined to-day to Investigate the
labor war now on In Chicago. The Inves
tigation probably will begin next Tuesday,
and If the grand Jury finds that It will not
have sufficient time In which to conc'ude
the inquiry before the date of Its final
dismissal It will ask to be continued in ser
vice for as long as Is necesasry to .com
plete this special work.
The membe.rs of the Jury have deter
mined to make the Investigation a thor
ough one, and labor leaders of Chicago, as
wll as represerrtaffves of the materl il
men and contractors, will be summon'd
to tell of the conditions whl.h nave
brought about the almost total cessa'ion of
building operations of all kinds In Chica
go and Its suburbs.
DAMAGE FROM THE BIG FIRE.
Estimates Put Value uf Property De
stroyed at mi.i.ouo.ouo.
Ottawa, Out., April 28.—The estimates on
the damage wrought by Thursday's fire
prove to have been under rather than over
ths mark. A careful survey of the field
gives Ihe following results:
Dead, seven; homeless, 15,009; buildings
burned, 8,000; hands out of work, CJMO;
value of property destroyed, $16,000,000.
Ths loss of lumber slons Is put st IZS,
000.000 feet. This mike* s total loss foi
lumber of about $8,600,0011
DAILY, $8 A YE Alt
5 CENTS A COPT.
WEEKLi 2-TIMKS-A-WEEK.n A TEAR
PARIS MUST GO UNWASHED.
WASHERWOMEN ARE ON A STRIKE
FOR HIGHER WAGES.
Now Thnt the Crowds Have Begun
to Arrive They Are Pnttlng the
Screws ou Ihe Laundry men— Hotel*
anil Restaurants Short on Clean
Linen—Sonic of tlie Foreign Rnilil*
ings Completed—Congresses Will
Prove nn Interesting Feature.
(Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press.)
Paris, April 28.—A famine of clean linen
is more disturbing to Parisians than the
incomplete condition of the Exposition
grounds.
Eight thousand Paris washerwomen have
struck for higher wages and shorter
hours, and serious Inconvenience has al
ready been caused. The hotel managers
and keepers of restaurants bitterly com
plain that half their linen is not returned
from the wash, and private families aro
also feeling the pinch.
The strike commenced at Boulogne-sur-
Scine and spread lo several other environs
where laundries are situated. The laun
dry work people around Paris number be
tween 20,000 and 30,000 and if tho striker*
succeed in securing their adhesion, th
mass of Parisians will have to go un
washed.
The fact that the Influx of visitors to ttid
exposition has b’gun, necessitating heavy]
demands on the 'sundries, gave the wash
erwomen opportunity to put screws on
their employers. The masters offered at
partial increase of wages, but the strik
ers thus far have refused to compromise.
No serious disorder has yet occurred,
but the police are taking precautions amt
detachments of gendarmes have been
drafted to tho districts where trouble t*
possible. Thoro Is some talk of the strik
ers marching Into Paris to urgtt the city
laundry people to cease work—a sort o£
Coxey's march of washerwomen on Paris.
A Serious Problem.
Tnls ebullition of labor difficulties calls
attention to the serious possibility of
much graver disturbances, arising from
Ihe throwing on the labor market of
thousands of worttmen by the completion
of the exhibition, and of the central por
tion of the new Metropolitan Railway.
These great undertakings attracted to
Paris great numbers of provincial car
penters, mnons, painters and unskilled
laborers, and the problem the government
has now to face Is the disposal of these
through tho country, In order to avoid
a great labor crisis 1n Paris, the conse
quences of which it would be difficult to
foresee. The first measure of the gov
ernment has been to post at all center*
of work placards enumerating undertak
ings Ir. the provinces directed by the min
istry of publlo works.
Progress on the Exposition.
The fortnight’s work on the exposition
since the opening has done much to bring
order out of the chaos which obtained
when President I.oubet declared the ex
position open. Perceptible progress Is be
ing made daily; and sightseers can find
sufficient to repay them for the trouble of
a visit. The galleries are filling up wltti
tho exhihlts whlchl are being rapidly In
stalled. The foreign sections, In this re
spect, aro further advanced than France'*
own bulidlrg; and tho American exhibits
aro keeping well abreast of thoee of olh
cr countries. Most of the foreign national
pavilions are now on the eve of Inaugura
tion,and several have already been opened,
Ilorntu and Hungary being the latest to
unclose their doors. Both of these offer
charming Interiors and are characteristic
ally mid art istl'-ally representative of
their respective countries.
Two small fires within the exhibition
grounds have caused an outcry from the
French and have brought home to th*
administration the danger of a conflagra
tion. in view of the meagre facilities for
fighting fire, measures are now being
taken to remedy this situation.
An Instructive Feature.
The side of the exposition which will
protwtbly be productive of the most bene
ficial results to Humanity Is the series of
congresses, embracing every branch of
human thought, which will be
by the opening of ihe horticultural con
gress on May 14. At these congresse*
America will be worthily represented by
delegates, whose names form brilliant
array of men and women, renowned In
their respective branches of thought.
The oldest cafe In Paris, the Cafe Pro
cope, which was founded In 189 by a Sicil
ian, closed Its doo:s this week. Among It*
clients were Voltaire and Rousseau and
llarat, Dunlon and Hebert, who used it
as a revolutionary club. Napoleon was a
fn quent client, and there Gambettl, Flo
quet and Ferry often spoke against th*
regime. The cafe had fallen upon evil
(lays and was obliged to cloae. With its
disappearance vanishes a famous literary
and political landmark that attracted pll*
grlms from all countries.
WILLIAMS MADE PRESIDENT.
Petersburg, Rlrliinnnd and Carolina!
Railroad Meeting.
Petersburg, Va.. April 28.—An adjourned
meeting of the directors of the Peters*
burg, Richmond and Carolina Railroad
Company (Seaboard Air Line System)
was held here to-dny. There were pres
ent Andrew C. Tripp of Baltimore, C. E.
Johnson of North Carolina, John Scott of
New York, Judge E. J. DeCross of Bal
timore. W. It. McKcnney of this city. E.
Randolph Williams tendered his resig
nation as president and John Skelton Wil
liams was elected to fill the vacancy. The
meeting then adjourned until next Satur.
day.
T. e following compose the new board of
directors: John Skelton Williams, S. Da
vis Warfield, Robert C. Williams, James
11. Dooley, William A. Marbury, William
F. Cochran', John W. Middcndorf and C.
Sidney Shepard. Mr. John M. Sherwood
was elected n place of W. It. McKenney,
resigned.
AT THE WHIPPING PONT.
A Large Crowd Saw Nine Culprlia
Well Thrashed.
Dover, Del., April 28.—Fully A thousand
people were present at the county Jail
her* to-day to witness tlia whipping* of
nine rulprlts, all colored, who had been
sentenced for petit larceny. Four of th*
nine received twenty la .hen The lath
wit* well I*ll on by\tß>*riff Wharton.
Haintnl Granger, an of* offender, in ad
<114(0(1 I() hi* lasliea. WM OMapstkd It
aland 111 tha pillory for ou* hour.