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About The Abbeville chronicle. (Abbeville, Ga.) 1896-1953 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1898)
0 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, Ya. h . 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.
