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RECLAIMED SPANISH VESSEL NOW
AT BOTTOM OF OCEAN.
WRECKED BY A FURIOUS STORM
Was Be.lns Towed to Norfolk Navy Yard
From Cuba—The Crew, Consisting:
of 114, Were Saved,
The ocean tug Merritt put into
Charleston, S. C., Saturday morning
for supplies. She repented tho loss of
the cruiser Maria Teresa, raised by
Constructor IIol>3on recently off San
Salvador, Bahamas, November 1, in
the midst of a furious storm.
The cruiser left Caimanern, Cuba,
on the morning of October 30, in tow
for Norfolk. She had already passed
Cape Maysi and started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm,
warning of which had already been
sent out, overtook her and in her con
dition she was unable to weather the
gale. The strain opened rents in her
hull which had been patched to enable
her to make the journey and she b6.
gan to fill rapidly.
Tho Merritt took off Captain Harris
and the crow from the sinking ship
and she soon went down. No lives
were lost as far as known. There were
111 of the Teresa’s crew, officers and
men, landed in Charleston, and
while many of them were half-naked
they were as happy anil jolly a party
as one could wish to see. There was
an enormous : crowd gathered at the
Central wharf when they landed, and
the people .of the city did everything
in their power for the shipwrecked
mariners. ------
Commander I. E. Harris, United
States navy, at once nude a full report
to the department of the disaster. The
officers and men remained in Charles
ton throughout the day. At 5 o’clock
Saturday afternoon the entire party
started •north.
It is said at tho navy department
that provision was made by which the
Teresa could have weathered nny-or
dinavy storm nailed ' A rough wooden deck
had been over her upper works.
* Her hull was then sheathed,and heavy
chains were wound around her so as to
hold her together. Although far from
seaworthy, all that was expected was
that the cruiser might be kept afloat
until docked in this country. She had
been stripped of all guns and valuables
save the big turret eleven-inch guns
before starting, so that it is believed
-there will be no loss on that account.
It is' the opinion of the navy de
partment that the government has
lost, besides the value of the ship her
self, only the amount of the per diem
of $800 per day through the sinking
of the vessel, because the contract
appears to have required the delivery
by the wrecking company of tho vessel
at the navy yard at Norfolk, Va.
The wrecking of the ship, owing to
the engineering difficulties presented,
occupied a good deal of time, so that
while the vessel was raised on Septem
ber 22d, and the work was prosecuted
with vigor, it was not until October 30 th
that she was able to start away from
Caimancra under her own steam bound
for Norfolk. She was accompanied
on the start by the repair ship Vulcan,
the collier Leonidas and the cruiser
Cincinnati, but the latter left tho other
ships at Cape Maysi.
During the progress of raising the
ship a great deal of valuable matter
was recovered by the wreckers. Just
what this amounts to is not positively
known, but it included expensive
guns, torpedoes and much matter of
value. The opinion is expressed that
with what material was raised from
the Teresa and the other ships which
Jiave been operated upon so far, the
ivy department will be able to reim
urse itself fully for the outlay of
$800 per diem to the contractors.
The loss of the ship was a bitter dis
appointment to the.people in Norfolk,
where extensive arrangements hnd
been made to bring excursions from all
points to the nay yards there to look at
the famous ship and where the recon
struction < f the vessel would have af
forded at least ft year and a half’s
work to a large body of mechanics and
laborers.
ATLANTA’S JUBILEE.
Date la Fixed For Doeemljei- 14th and
lStli—Will lie Elaborate.
The movement to make the jubilee
celebration at Atlanta, Ga., one of the
most elaborate demonstrations ever
held in the south is fast taking shape.
The citizens’ committee, appointed by
Chairman Hemphill, held a meeting at
the Kimball house at noon Thursday,
appointed various sub-committees to ar
range the details of the event, and de
cided on December 14th and 15th as
the dates. Tho celebration will only
last two days.
BRYAN REGAINING HEALTH.
Reaves Sick Room and Takes Part In a
Reception.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan
left his sickroom in Savannah Friday
for the first time since he has bqen in
the city. He was out Friday morning
for a walk on the street and that after
noon visited his regiment. Friday
night he took a prominent part in a
reception given by the officers of the
Second Louisiana regiment to the peo
ple of Savannah. Most of the staff
officers and many officers of other reg
iments were present.
VOL. II.
The Abbeville Chronicle
TAKES TWO-TIIIRDS YOTE.
A Peace Treaty With Spain May Be
Turned Down In the Senate.
A Washington special says: It is
becoming a serious question whether
or not the administration can get its
two-thirds vote in the senate necessary
to ratify a peace treaty with Spain.
Especially is this so if the treaty in
cludes our possession of the Philip
pines.
Most of the democratic senators are
against the proposition to assume gov
ernment control over the Philippines.
But what is most alarming to the ad
ministration is the expressions of re
publican senators against the proposi
tion.
Sonator Hoar has sounded a note of
warning from New England which
causes considerable alarm in Washing
ton. It takes a two-thirds vote to
ratify any treaty nnd-no foreign terri
tory can be added to the country’s
domain without a similar vote. There
fore it is true, Senator Hoar indi
cates, that as yet neither the Philip
pines nor Porto Kieo can be said to be
American territory.
LAWTON TESTIFIES.
His View of tl»e Santiago Campaign Fur
nished the War Board.
A Washington special says: Acting
for the war investigation committee,
Colonel Denby has taken the testimony
of General Lawton, who was in com
mand of the Second division, Fifth
corps, in the Santiago campaign, and
who has but recently been relieved of
the command of the department of
Santiago.
His narration began with the em
barkation of the troops at Tampa.
Speaking of the voyage over he said
transports were furnished as well as
could be expected as they were not
troop ships. The medical and com
missary supplies were sufficient to
prevent absolute discomfort. True,
there was some confusion owing to
misunderstanding of orders, but the
general did not believe that any real
hardship had been occasioned thereby.
FRENCH DEPUTIES MEET.
N»w Premier Heads the Ministerial Decla
ration to the Body.
A Paris special says: The chamber
of deputies opened Friday with n
crowded assembly, after its adjourn
ment on October 25tb, the day of the
fall of the cabinet presided over by M.
Brisson.
Amid great animation the new- pre
mier, M. Dupuy, read the ministerial
declaration. He began by declaring
the cabinet fully recognized the diffi
culties and responsibilities of the task
undertaken and affirmed the suprema
cy of civil power as the fundamental
principle of a republican state and ex
pressed confidence in the army, which,
he added, would faithfully respect the
laws of the republic.
IS YVEYLER A THIEF]
Spatiini'd Is Accused of Booting the
Philippine Treasury.
A special to the San Francisco
Chronicle from Manila says:
Direct evidence connecting General
Weyler, of Cuban fame, with tho
wholesale looting of the Philippine
treasury, has been unearthed in Bili
bid prison. Maximiano Kosales and
Julian Reyes, sent to prison as scape
goats for official thieves, have been
liberated by order of Major General
Otis.
Rosales and Reyes declared that
they were unjustly suffering for the
crimes of others and begged that their
cases he re-opened. They averted that
Weyler and his associates had looted
the treasury of $1,300,000 in Mexican
silver, and that they had been accused
of the crime and sent to jail.
JIVE DROWNED.
Clyde Bine Steamer Burns Off Capo Charles
and Sinks.
Captain Hale and a number of the
crew and passengers of the Clyde line
steamer Croaton, New York for Wil
mington, N. C., and Georgetown,S.C.,
arrived at Vineyard Haven, Mass.,
Friday afternoon, reporting that the
steamer was burned and sank off Cape
Charles, November 1.
Five persons were drowned. The
steamer carried a general cargo.
ORGANIZATION DISSOLVED.
Board of Control of Joint Tariff Associa
tion Will Quit BuainoBg.
A New York dispatch says: The
board of control of the Joint Traffic
association decided to dissolve tho or
ganization.
This act was taken because of a re
cent decision by the supreme court of
the United States that the efforts of
the association to control railroad
rates were illegal.
AMERICAN GRAVES MARKED.
Property Belong! ng to Astor Battery Men
Sold for Good Prices at Manila.
Advices from Manila, via San Fran
cisco, state that headboards have been
erected over the graves of the Astor
battery dead, who lie in the native
cemetery, and their effects have been
sold at auction, bringing large sums.
A coat belonging to Private Dunn
brought 820, and a tobacco pouch $12.
The money will be sent to relatives.
PINGIIEE IS DETERMINED.
Michigan Governor Insists on Having a
Railway Mileage Book.
A dispatch from Lansing, Mich.,
says: Governor Pingree is determined
to carry his suit brought to compel the
Michigan Central to sell him a thou
sand-raile mileage book, $20, to the
United States supreme court if possi
ble. Tuesday Attorney General May
nard applied to the state supreme
court for a writ of error to permit the
removal of the case to highest court.
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1898.
FOIt MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO
ISLAND OF CURA.
WILL FIRST COMPRISE It BRIGJDE.
Tlxlrd Georgia and Klffbth Cavalry Will
Bo Taken From tlio Seventh
Army Corps.
The wav department has issued a
general order for the movement of
troops to Cuba.
The first troops will leave about
November 22, and will comprise a
brigade under Brigadier General Car
penter. The brigade will be taken
from the Seventh army corps. The
brigade will be sent to Neuvitas,
Puerto Principe.
Orders were issued Thursday morn
ing making the Third Georgia regi
ment a part of the brigade of Brigadier
General Carpenter. The headquarters
of the brigade will be at Neuvitas,
which is iu the province of Puerto
Principe, on the north coast.
The quartermaster’s department has
been ordered to furnish the Third
Georgia and the Eighth cavalry with
sixty days’ rations at once, and they
will proceed immediately to Savannah,
Ga., embarking on or before Novem
ber 23. It is understood that three
transports have been ordered there to
take the regiment off.
The Third Georgia and the Eighth
cavalry will be the first of the troops
to go to Cuba, but they will bo rapidly
followed by other commands, for the
president has expressed his intention
of putting fifty thousand soldiers in
the island of Cuba as rapidly as it can
be done. Brigadier General Carpen
ter is now at Hunt-ville and is a man
in whom the president and the officials
of the war department have great re
liance.
Neuvitas, being iu the north part of
Cuba, is considered a particularly
healthy place. It is not likely that the
troops will arrive at their destination
before the first of December.
It is the intention of the war de
partment to have General Lee’s corps
sail about the last of December, and
the greater portion * of it is to go
to Havana provinco. It is expected
that the transports will enter Havana
harbor about the last of the year, that
on the first of January they will be
able to disembark and march into
Havana with a triumphal entry.
DEFAULTING BANKER RETURNS.
Gideon Marsh Comes Rome and Surren
ders to Bondsman.
Gideon W. Marsh, the fugitive
president of the now defunct Keystone
rational Bank, returned to Philadel
phia Thursday after au absence of
seven years and a half and surrender
ed himself to his bondsman, William
H. Wanamaker, without delay. Mr.
Wanamaker accompanied Marsh to tho
office of the United States District
Attorney Beck and the latter at once
turned the fugitive bank president
over to the custody of the United
States marshal to await a hearing.
The closing of the doors of the Key
stone National bank on March 20th,
1891, caused a profound sensation.
Investigation showed that the bank
had been practically looted and that
thez'e was little left for the depositors
and other creditors.
WILSON TO LEGISLATORS.
j
\ ,folnet “Territorial Member Expansion.” Delivers Speech on
Hon. William L. Wilson, president
of the Washington and Lee Univer
sity, of Virginia, delivered a strong
address before the joint session of
the Georgia general assembly, at At
lanta Thursday night, on “Territorial
Expansion.” An invitation had been
extended Mr. Wilson and he complied
in an argument againstforeign acquisi
tions to our present territory.
STARCH WORKS BURN.
Town of Glen Cove, I.ohb Island, lias a
68100,000 Blaze.
The works of the National Starch
company at Glen Cove, L. I., were
visited by a disastrous fire Thursday.
The volunteer fire departments from
Glen Cove and surrounding places
were unable to check the flames, after
a most heroic fight. The loss will
amount to over $100,000.
FOURTH OHIO IN WASHINGTON.
Regiment Ik Reviewed mil Given a Re
ception By President.
The Fourth Ohio infantry, which
passed through Washington Saturday
en route from Porto Rico to Colum
bus, was paid the usual compliment of
a reception at the white house.
Tho regiment first passed in review
before the executive mansion, after
which the soldiers filed through tho
main doors, moved Jo the left and en
tered tho east room. Marching iu
single file, the soldiers passed by the
president, who cordially shook hands
with each one. At 12:30 o’clock the
regiment left for the west over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
SOLDIERS AT LEXINGTON
Will Probably Be Reviewed By President
McKinley.
A Washington dispatch says: Presi
dent McKinley may go to Lexington,
Ky., and review the twelve, regiments
now at Camp Hamilton, on his way to
Canton to vote. A delegation of prom
inent citizens of Lexington waited on
the president Wednesday and extend
ed the invitation.
The president stated that he would
accept the invitation if possible.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS NOT DROKEN
OFF, HOWEVER.
ANSWER IS POINTED AND EXPLICIT.
Spanish Commissioners Reolare They
Will Never Give Up the Philippines.
Americans Will Consider Reply.
A Paris special says: The Spanish
commissioners, iu the course of a two
hours’ session of the peace conference
Friday, flatly refused to accept tho
proposition by the Americans to take
the entire Philippine group and to re
imburse Spain for her “paeiflo” expen
ditures tliero.
This negative decision was expected.
The Spanish commissioners had also a
number of positive declarations which
filled some thirty-seven sheets of a
type-written presentment.
In this statement the Spaniards held
that the United States had not ulti
mate rights in the Philippine islands
and could have none save by the con
sent cf Spain in these negotiations
and upon terms satisfactory to her.
According to tho Spanish contention
in the formal statement, the United
States entertained no thought of an
nexing the Philippines when the pro
tocol was signed or it would have been
expressed in the protocol as eloarly as
the conditions regarding the conces
sions of territory in the Antilles and
the orient. M. Cambon, before the
signature of the protocol, received
from Madrid—the presentment alleged
—a cable message clearly setting forth
that the maintenance of Spain’s au
thority over the Philippines should
not be affected by tbe protocol, to
which reservation the United States
made at that time no protest or objec
tion.
No Claims on Philippines.
This dispatch to M. Cambon, as the
Spaniards claimed, embodied also the
view that tho United States had no
valid basis for claims in the archipel
ago.
It was further held by (-tenor Rios
and his colleagues that the capitula
tion of Manila, which occurred after
the signing of the protocol and thus
after the disposition of peace, was in
valid.
On this for a groundwork, the Span
iards made their first positive move
against the Americans and it consti
tuted their counter proposition. They
charged upon the States a wrongful
appropriation of public moneys be
longing to Spain by seizing the tariff
duties at Manila and they formally
demanded tho return of these moneys
in the sum of nearly a million dollars.
On the same premise, tho United
.States was declared to hare hold
as prisoners the Spanish soldiers at
Manila in violation of international
law. because done after the suspension
of hostilities under the protocol. A
further charge was made that by the
imprisonment of Spanish troops at
Manila the United States had pre
veuted Spain from quelling the insur
rection. and had thus contributed to
the violence against Spain after the
cessation of hostilities.
Friday’s Spanish presentment also
cited the refusal of the Americans to
consider the Cuban debt on tho ground
that it was not sanctioned in the pro
tocol and demanded an adherence to
this as n precedent in the discussion
of the Philippines, regarding cession
of which the Spanish commissioners
held the protocol to make no mention.
In support of these assertions, ar
guments and demands, the Spanisli
presentment invokes Spain’s record in
the correspondence by mail nnd tele
graph, though it is not known offi
cially whether the Spaniards produced
the message said to liavo been sent
from Madrid to M. Catibon, at the
time the protocol was signed, in which
it was affirmed at Friday's meoting
Spain reserved her Philippine sover
eignty. The presentment was read by
Interpreter Ferguson, being rendered
from the Spanish, in which it was
written in English.
At the close of the reading tho
Americans said they wished to have
the Spanish statement rendered into
written English for more careful con
sideration, and an adjournment was
taken to Tuesday.
The Spaniards affect to believe that
the Americans had planned to develop
the spirit of their Philippine demands
before the American elections, but
they declined to say whether they ex
pect easier terms after tho election.
Confidence In Washington.
The administration is awaiting re
sults from the peace commission with
equanimity, in the realization that the
government is perfectly well prepared
for any turn the negotiations may
take.
The navy especially is in a state of
preparedness, should it come to a re
sumption of hostilities, far in advance
of its condition at the outbreak of the
war.
CHICAGO BANK LIQUIDATES.
Ranh of Commerce, With Half a Million
Capital, Closes.
The Bank of Commerce, at Chicago,
a state bank with $500,000 capital and
$1,000,000 deposits, has voted to go
into veluntary liquidation. Its depos
its and an equal amount of its bills re
ceivable will be taken over by the
Union National bank.
The affairs of the Bank of Commerce
wlii be wound up by its directors and
the proceeds paid to its stockholders,
RETIRED ARMY OFFICER APPEARS
BEFORE THE HOARD.
FIELD WORK HARSHLY CRITICIZED
, Gross Incoinpctency On Every Side—His
Testimony Creates a Big
Sensation.
The war investigating commission
hold a session in Washington Wednes
day for the purpose of hearing tho
testimony of Major Henry Romeyn, a
I ’etired army officer. He said that he
lmd asked at tho beginning of the war
for a military assignment to go to the
front in his capacity as an officer, but
it was rofused, mid ho then went ns a
correspondent of a weekly newspaper.
His testimony covered the embarka
tion of the troops at Port Tampa and
the campaign in Cuba. He said that
when he went to Port Tampa the bank
of the canal there was covered with
troops. He had wanted to go over
with tho Tenth infantry, which was
his old regiment, but no one could
tell him where the Tegiment was to be
found, nor did any one appear to
know on what vessels any of the par
ticular troops were to embark. There
was great confusion, ns a consequence
of which a part of a command would
go on one vessel and part on another,
and the commands were in some cases
separated from their stores.
He had seen no order for tho system
atic embarkation of the troops, and he
had heard it said that they were told
to go aboard helter-skelter.
When asked to express an opinion
as to the preparation for the embark
ation, the witness hesitated, saying,
that to do so would involve criticism
of his superiors. The commissioners
insisted upon a reply, and Mr.Romeyn
replied that ho did not think the
preparation was such as it should have
been.
Iu response to a question from Gen
eral McCook, Major Romeyn said that
while it was difficult to land anything,
ambulances and wagons could have
been landed as easily as the artillery.
Ho had seen only one ambulance at
the front at the battle of E'l Caney,
and it was not used for conveying the
wounded to the rear.
Speaking of other incidents of thin
battle, he said there was general em
prise that an inflated balloon had been
carried at tbe head of the attacking
column, thus indicating to the Span
iards the exact location of the troops.
“There was,” he said, “a lack of
surfboats, and also of order and of
preparation for landing. When tho
landing was undertaken the troops left
the ships indiscriminately,parts going
at one time and other parts at other
times.”
He told of the effort to tow two
lighters over to Cuba, but said that
one was lost and that it was the gen
eral impression that it was lost on
purpose, because it retarded the prog
ress of the fleet.
Major Romeyn said he had come
north as a convalescent with many
other convalescents on the transport
Concha and criticised the providing of
the vessel severely. Many men were
compelled to sleep on bunks without
blankets or pillows, and with no eov
ering at night except the cotton uni
form they wore during the day.
“The water was offensive to both
sight and smell,” ho said, “and tho
food was poor and Bcaniy, none being
provided especially for convalescents.
The meat was canned and inferior and
much of the hardtack molded.”
He also stated that there was only
one physician aboard the vessel, and
that he was a convalescent. Six men
had died on the wny up, and Major
Romeyn expressed tho opinion, in re
sponse Howell, to a question from Captain
that with proper attention
and good food the lives of at, least
Home of these could have been saved.
He said lie was unable to place tbe re
sponsibility for the neglect, but that
the captain of tho vessel hnd stated
when he made application to go to
Jamaica for fresh food and water be
fore starting on tho voyage from San
tiago, the request was refused.
ENGLAND BUYING COAL.
Biff Orders Placed With Ship Broker* In
Ph iladelphia.
A Philadelphia paper publishes the
following: between
The probability of a war received
England and France has
fresh impetus by the action of England,
who purchased a largo amount of
American coal for immediate delivery
at her West India naval stations.
Iu response to hurried cablegrams
from London, ship brokers engaged in
the West India trade spent the greater
part of Wednesday searching for ton
nage suitable to transport the coal
from Philadelphia and Newport News
to points where it would be most con
venient for English war craft.
FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Representative Calvin Introduces Bill In
tlio House.
The question allowing tho cities and
counties of Georgia to exempt factories
from taxation for a period of ten years
after incorporation will be passed on
by the present legislature.
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, introduced
in tbe house Friday a bill to submit a
constitutional amendment to this effect
to the people. .
EXPLOSION IN CAPITOL.
United Hinton Suprttino Court Room Badly
W rookiMl.
A Washington Rpoeinl nays: An ex
plosion and fire at 5:13 o'clock Sunday
afternoon wrecked the supreme court
room and the rooms immediately ad
joining it on the main floor of the
";L
marble pile, from the main floor to
the subterranean basement, is
cally a mass of ruins.
The force of tho explosion was so
heavy that the coping stones on tho
outer walls just east of the point
where the explosion occurred wore
bulged out nearly two inches, win
dows in all parts of the building were
blown out and locked doors were
forced from their hinges quite 150 feet
from tho scene of it.
Fire followed the explosion so
quickly ns to bo practically simultane
ous with it The explosion shook the
immense structure to its foundations
and was heard several squares from
the cnpitol. It occurred iu a small
room tightly inclosed by heavy stone
walls in tho subterranean basement
immediately below the main
t i the old cnpitol building. In this
room v as a 500-light gas meter, which
was fed by a four-inch maid. Very
little gas is used in that part of the
building, but at tho time of tho explo
sion the gns had not been turned < •
at the meter. Tho meter itself was
wrecked and the gns pouring from the
main caught tiro.
The flames originated from the ex
plosion darted up the shaft of the ele
vator, which had been completely de
stroyed by the force of the explosion,
and communicated with the record
room of the supreme court, the office
of tho marshal of the court and the
supreme court librnry. Before the
flames could be subdued the priceless
documents in the record room had
been almost totally destroyed and se
rious damage had been done in tho
marshal’s office and some minor rooms
in the immediate vicinity.
The library of the supreme court,
located immediately below the supreme
courtroom, was badly damaged by fire,
smoke and water, water practically de
stroying the grent. collection of law
reference books. The library contains
about 20,000 volumes, and was used
not only by the justices of the supreme
court, but by members of congress
and lawyers practicing before the su
premo court.
NL. Justice Harlan said that tho
library was very valuable. Many of
the works it contained would, he
thought, be difficult to replace.
STRONG POINT FOR SPAIN.
Answer to American* Regarded a Fine
Regal Dociimfliit.
A Washington special says: The re
ports the state department has re
ceived from the peace commissioners
in Paris indicate that that body has
proceeded iu exactly the line antici
pated, consequently the action of Fri
day was not a disappointment. It was
fully expected that the Spanish com
missioners would endeavor to make
better terms than those offered by the
American commissioners.
It is freely admitted in Washington
that the presentation of the Spanish
objections to the last American propo
sal was admirable in many respects,
nnd evidenced the possession of keen
legal talent by the Spanish side. Yet
the objections and points made were
not new.
The strongest point made by the
Spanish side relates to the taking of
Manila two days after the signing of
tho protocol in Washington, on which
they base their assumption that tho
United States was not iu possion of
any part of the Philippines outside of
the insignificant station ceased at Cavite at,
the time hostilities and were
estopped legally from extending our
possession. contention
But against this it can
be shown by the Americans that re
gardless of I he exact date of the sur
render of Manila Admiral Dewey,
afloat, lay for two months before the
city, while for most of tho time United
States troops were ashore near the
Spanish positions, and that the town
might have been taken at any moment
during that, period.
The only restraining influence was
a desire to make sure before taking
possession that tho lives and property
of the inhabitants of the city should be
safe-guarded to tho utmost, and iu
reality tho American forces were as
much in possession of the place then
as now.
GET TIII.IR MONEY BACK.
Tran»-Mls»lH«l|>l>l ami International Kz
poKltioti Was a Great Slice**...
A special from Omaha, Neb., says:
Saturday the Trans-Mississippi and
International Exposition Association
began paying back 75 cents on every
dollar of stock that was subscribed for
its construction. After this is accom
plished enough money will remain in
the treasury to more than pay the re
maining 25 per cent and fulfill all
obligations.
As there aro nearly 0,000 subscrib
ers, the distribution will require some
time. The stockholders aro jubilant,
and the exposition management is re
ceiving congratulations.
GEN LEE’S MOTHER DEAD.
Sustained Fatal Internal Injuries In n
Recent Fall.
Mrs. Anne Maria Lee, mother of
Major General Fitzhugh Lee, died
Thursday at the homo of her son,
Captain Don Lee, in Stafford county,
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eighth ^ rR - birthday ^ jee ' vas and Tiea, had ' ltl S been 0r ^ totally ,Y"
blind for years, bm her death resulted
from a fall she had some days ago, in
which her hip was broken.
NO. 42.
niu BUILDING IN COURSE OF
CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSES.
victims are crushed by debris.
Beside* Those Killed Eighteen Employes
Were More or Bess Seriously
Injured.
The new five-story Wonderland thea
building in course of erection at De
troit, Mich., collapsed Saturday and
eleven lives were sacrificed. Shortly
before 2 o’clock, while some thirty
five men were at work in various parts
„f the half finished theater, a portion
of the strncture the roof> fe n i' a wit h
out a second’s warning. Nearly every
workman was carried down into tho
theater pit.
The top gallery was crushed down up
on the lower gallery, forming a hill
side down which slid the broken steel
girders, planks, timbers, brick and
a great quantity of cement from the
roof and carrying along a struggling
company of men into the pit below,
very few of whom escaped injury. The
front wall of tho building remained
practically intact, but the Bide wall
bulged
The work of rescuing the injured
and taking out of the dead was rushed
with good progress until 5:15, when
tho upper portion of the east wall fell,
a shower of bricks striking around the
crowd of laborers, officers and news
paper men, extinguishing the tempo
rary electric lights and causing a stam
pede for tho street. No one of these
struck by the second downfall was
seriously injured.
Mnyor Maybury and other city offi
cials were on the scene, and thereupon
decided not to further imperil life iu
order to save dead bodies, and work
was suspended until Sunday. When
the second crash occurred two more
bodies wore visible in the debris.
Three more victims were dug from
the ruins Sunday morning, making
the death list, so far, eleven.
All the injured at the hospitals aro
reported on the improve excepting
Edward Fischer, who is expected to
die. A mass meoting of represent
ative citizens'was held at noon at the
mayor's office, and over $1,000 was
subscribed for tho benefit of the fami
lies of those who were killed. The
loss of property was e stimateef for the
first time. It is believed tiiat$20;000
will entirely cover it. - ■
Tho cause of the catastrophe has not
yet been settled. It seems to rest,
however, between too much weight on
tho roof and faulty steel beams used
in its construction.
The workers in the building say
I,hat there was no warning given of
tho collapse, the first thing heard be
ing a crash as the re*!. .fell. Tho
Lower balcony held firm, which doubt
less saved the lives of a number of tho
workmen who were under it. The in
stant the crash occurred the fire bells
were tolled and tho firemen rescued a
number of those who had fallen on
top of the wreckage.
FAVORABLE TO CANAL.
/'oinmIsnlon«‘rs Will Re com in end Its Con
struction hh FeaHlblo Project.
The Nicaragua canal commission
appointed by tho president under au
net of congress directing a complete
inquiry into this project, with particu
lar reference to its practicability and
cost, has about completed its work
and the report will be handed to Sec
retary Hay in about a mon'th. The
commission, under the direction of
Ydmiral Walker, chairman, xvith a
force of thirty six computers, drafts
men, engineers, etc., is at, work on
i lie report and the mass of technical
matter which will accompany it, mak
ing in all the most elaborate presenta
lion of the subject ever attempted.
Admiral Walker lias already ex
pressed the opinion before a congres
sional committee that the cost would
be within $125,000,000, and this is
understood to his opinion still.
The report, it is understood, will be
unanimous, as the commissioners are
agreed on all the essential features of
cost, practicability, route, dams, etc.,
the only differences being those natural
shades of opinion as to the unit of
cost on some of the branches of the
work.
OHIO HANK IN TROUBLE.
First National Bank of Flushing Placed
In Hnudfl of Receiver.
A Washington special says: The
comptroller of tho currency has order
ed the First National bank of Flush
ing, O., to close its doors.
Bank Examiner J. YV. Delay has
been appointed temporary receiver.
Dry rot is said to have caused the
failure.
FANATIC’S AWFUL CRIME.
A Mother Saturate. Her Clothing With
Oil anti Applies Match.
One of the most tragic scenes in the
history of fanaticism has just been en
acted in the city of New Work, accord
ing to a dispatch from that city.
Mrs. Muntag, a Catholic, repenting
her marriage to a Hebrew, inspired by
the zeal of fanaticism and filled with
remorse because she had taken an un
believer for a husband, saturated her
gown with kerosene and set it 6if fire.
Surrounded by her . children,eshe
muttered prayers, and when the ma.tch
applied, the little shriek- *
was ones ran
ing away as the flames blazed about
the unfortunate.