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RAIN 3I0XDAY WITH COOLER IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS} WARMER IN SOUTHEAST. TUESDAY, RAIN EASTERN, FAIR IN WESTERN, COLDER} BRISK SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BECOMING WESTERLY.
ESTABLISHED IN 1S20.
MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1901
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DISASTROUS WRECK
01 CENTRAL EOAD
Passenger Train From Savannah Splits on the River
Bridge Switch and Destroys Four Cars—One
Woman Killed and a Number of Passengers Are
Injured—Wild Scenes Among the Victims—Cars
Burn—Mail Ruined—Firemen Fight Ineffectively.
Cause of Opening of Switch a Mystery.
The extra issued by The Telegraph
yesterday morning at 5 o’clock gave
the exclusive news of the worst wreck
that has occurred on the Central of
Georgia railroad in a number of years.
The up train due In Macon from Sa
vannah at 3:45 a. m., was wrecked at
the river bridge block station at 3:30
yesterday morning.
One negro woman was killed outright,
another was probably fatally injured,
and a number of white people were
more or less seriously bruised and
scratched..
The express car, the combination
baggage and mail car, the second-class
passenger coach and the Atlanta sleeper
were upset and burned, and the first-
class passenger coach was thrown dowrr
the embankment just as it passed over
the culvert at the Southern railway’s
crossing.
The engine and the Columbus and
the Macon sleepers were the only prop
erty saved from the wreck.
The mail was almost completely de
stroyed by the heat of the fire and the
water that the Macon fire department
threw on it. Many trunks, etc., were
destroyed in the baggage car, and much
of the property carried for the Southern
Express Company was destroyed.
The injured people were given prompt
attention by Dr. Howard Williams the
company’s surgeon, and those who were
badly hurt were taken to the hospital.
Some went on to their destination after
their worlds were dressed. It is
thought no other death will result ex
cept perhaps the negro woman, Ida
Jones, now at the city hospital.
Following is a list of the injured, and
their condition as reported by the sur
geon:
Injured nnd extent of Injuries!
LEE JACKSON, LnFnyette, Ind.,
Jnccrnted wound, right forearm,
gone to destination.
R. S. TOMILSON, Detroit, Mleli.,
Might lacerated wound, right fore
arm} gone to dcMtinatlon.
A COLEMAN. Colnmlmu, Gn., Might
contusion right leg, Might; gone to
destination.
MRS. 31 AY COLE31 AN (wife of A.
Coleman)), Columbus, Gn., knee
hrulned slightly; gone home.
3IISS EMILY PERI, Chicago, Ill.,
severe cut scalp; at Macon Hospital.
3IISS ANNIE PERT, contusion of
fnee nnd hands, at Hospital.
JUDGE II. II. KELLY, Anderson,
Ala., cats on face, hack nnd head,
right forearm, severe, at Hospital.
JA3IES FREE3IAN, T. P. A., South
ern Railway, 3Ineon, Gn. Severe
lacerated scalp wound, liralscd and
lacerated right forearm, nt Hospital.
F. A. STAFFORD, U. S. mall clerk,
Barncsvlllc, Gn., burn* on hncic
groins, elbow, severe; nt Hospital.
GABRIEL 3IITCIIELL, (colored), At
lanta, Gn., contusion of right arm
nnd thigh, gone to Atlanta, after
being treated nt Hospital.
S. II. BURKE, linggngc master on
train, 3leldrlm, Gn., contusion right
arm nnd thigh, hrnlsc of linck chest
nnd Instep; nt Hospital.
C. S. JOHNSON, “CUES'*, Macon, Gn.,
Cil5 Georgia avenue, slight lacerat
ed wound, right hand, no disability.
ANNIE GOODWIN, (colored), Ath
ens, Gn., left thigh and ankle bruis
ed, slight cut on left third linger;
gone to Athens.
HARRELL BARNES, (colored), age
live yenrs, 233 Randolph street, Sn-
vnnnah, Gn., slight bruise on top of
head, gone to Athens with Annie
Goodwin.
W. C. I1UGIIEN, Atlanta, Gn., right
wrist cut with glass, contusion right
hip, nil slight; gone to Atlanta.
JA3IES • 3PDONALD, Atlanta, Gn.,
right hip sprained; gone to Atlanta.
JERE HOLLIS, yard conductor, not
seen by surgeon. Injuries slight.
IKE YOUNG, porter on train,
nllghtly Injured.
IDA JONES, (colored), Atlanta. Gn.,
fractured right forearm, left ankle
cat. brail Injury, will prolmbly die.
At Hospital, she was on her way
from Savannah.
JULIA BOYNTON, Colnmhns, Gn.,
tfrom Savannah. liii*haiid lives In
Columbus), killed, nt Woods* under
taking establishment.
How the accident occurred may never
be known. The switch opened after
the engine and two next care passed
over on the mainline, and the two pai-
aenger coaches and three sleepers ran
into the aiding. But what caused the
switch to open l* a mystery. It Is a
lever switch, which does not lock with
a padlock, but works on spring*,
the lever has to be raised and turned
. In order to open or close the switch.
That more people were not killed is
a mystery, but It is probably due to the
fact that the train had slowed down to
ten or fifteen miles an hour for going
Into the earthed, and the engineer was
able to bring his engine to a Mop In
a short space of time: and to the fur
ther fact that so few people were In
the second-claw coach to be pitched
thirty feet down Int.o the culvert. The
greater number were injured bjr the
shock caused by suddenly applying the
brakes.
The details of the affair were esg*rly
sought for. as Is manifested in the ex
traordinary sale «f The Telegraph’s
extra issued within a short time after
the wreck occurred. The copies of these
papers were In great demand all day.
The story told at that time Is to be
changed very little for the present pur
poses. ,
Scenes at the U reek.
Pandemonium reigned about the
wreckage for a few moments. Tire cars
illuminated the scene and gave a full
view of the panic-stricken passengers
as they ran here and there lp all stages
of dress and undress, some mourning .
from fright, and others going almost in and
despair at the sight of the blood that
was flowing so freely. The surgeon ran
here and there, taking an occasional
stitch and administering stimulants
and offering assurances to the timid.
Some of the passengers, thinking less
of human suffering than of their pecu
niary losses, Wept and cried because
they saw their trunks being burned in
the baggage car.
Down on the Southern railroad’s
tracks, thirty feet below the wreckage,
the dead woman lay In darkness and
undiscovered. Her brains were spat
tered around her head. Ida Jones, the
other negro woman, lay near her, un
conscious and to all appearances dead.
Crawling out‘from among the heap or
shattered car timber and with thR ne
gro woman’s blood spattered on his
person, was a negro man. He crawled
out to the light and examined himself.
He found that, except a splinter in his
leg, he was uninjured. But his hat was
gone. This set him wild. He ran to.
the debris and scratched and clawed at
was wrecked. I knew nothing of it un
til I felt a jerk. I was looking out of
my window all the time. When I felt
the jerk I looked back and saw a blaze
»f fl • . i knew something was wrong.
I put on the emergency brakes. I never
got off my engine. I received r,rdcrs to
take'the express car to a side track,
as in was in danger of being wrecked.
I did so. I then went hack to the Mcene
of the wreck to get the Macon sleeper,
and Montgomery sleeper, which were
on the siding. The switch was turned
to the side track. I ran my engine on
the bridge, then went on the side track,
coupled to the two sleeping cars, and
carried them to the yards. 1 cannot ac
count for the wreck. When I blew my
whistle across the river. I saw the
Switch light was on the main line, and
I came on across the bridge. I do not
know the cause of the cars going on
the siding, ns tho switch was turned sa
that the train would pass along the
main line. I was not going fast when I
noted the condition of the switch.”
Conductor Julian J. Beach paid:
“I was in the rear car at the time of
the wreck. When I saw what had hap
pened I rushed to the second • class
passenger coach, which had caught firs,
bled in getting the passengers
out. When I saw that no person re
mained In the coaches 1 went to In
vestigate the cause of the wreck. I ex
amined the switch nnd saw that It was
fixed so the cars would go on the sid
ing. I did not see any defect In the
switch. I think that a person could
have turned the swith 'ever, so as to
throw Half of the train on the side
track while It was crossing. I made my
report to the effect that the train was
going at a rate of ten miles an hour,
which I think is about correct. The
switch was evidently opened after the
engine and express car passed over.
When I went to the switch, which was
about five minutes after the accident,
thp piece of steel on the fly part of the
switch was,bent toward the main line,
but was not broken. The baggage In
some manner reversed positions with
the second class passenger coach. Both
were burned. I saw the dead woman
twenty minutes after tho wreck.”
Mr. J. T. Mercer, telegraph operator
NEGRO SOLDIER
IV HO DESERTED
Captured and Decapitated in
the Philippines
NATIVE SCOUTS DO IT
He lfa«l neon Lending Filipinos Taro
Years and Wort the Class Ring: of
an American Officer — Gen. Torres
Go n deni tied to Be Hanged for Kill
ing nn American Corporal, Is Sav
ed by Chaffee's Intervention*
and switchman at the
aid:
MANILA, Dec. 8.—(Native scouts from
Benge bon. province of Nueva EcIJa, have
killed the American negro, David Fagan,
a deserter from the 21th (colored) In-
ntry who for more than two years haa
been leading Filipinos against the Am
erican troops.
Tho native scouts decapitated their prl
soner. The man’s head, however, was
recognized a* that of Fagan. They also
ured his'commission In the Insurgent
ny. Fagan had on one of the fingers
ho class Sing of Lieut. Frederick W
Alstaetter. of the engineers, who wai
red by Filipinos, supposedly under
omrnaud of Fagan himself, Oct. 28,
1900.
A military commission lma sentenced the
'lllplno general Isidoro Torres, to ho
banged, after finding him guilt/ of order
ing the- a«s:o- Inatlon of Corporal Field
er of the llth Infantry, at Malolos, pro-
Ince of Hnlacan. list October.
The sentence of the commission has been
tsapproved by Gen. Chaffee, who finds
hat tho commission had reasonable
rounds to doubt whether Gen. Torres
ersonallv ordered the assassination of
the American Fioldler. Gen. Chaffee thinks
that the hlsh rank held by Torres In the
Insurgent army would have been sufficient
event such unmilitary action on his
No. 1 is block house, where operator stood after setting switch.
No. 2 is switch stand, at which wreck was caused.
No. 3 io the opening over which the second-class coach turned turtle and
dashed the negroes to the Southern’s tracks thirty feet below.
No. 4 Is the main line on which tho engir.o and express ,- car ran, breaking
away from the remainder, of the train.
No. 5 is the point at which the first-class passenger coach tumbled dawn the
thirty-foot embankment toward the Southern depot, it having run into
riding at tho switch. It had been preceded by the second-class coach
and baggage car until It reached the edge of tho opening marked No. 3;
then the second-class coach and baggage car turned on end and left tho
track, allowing the first-class coach to roll on by, carrying the sleepers
with it.
No. 6 is whore parts of the baggage car and second-class coach burned, tho
other parts of them having fallen Into the opening marked No. 3.
the timbers. About this time some of
the rescuers discovered him and asked
what was the matter. He pleaded pite
ously for somebody to assist him In
finding his hat. After he calmed he
explained that he had been sitting with
tho women In the second class coach,
and that he and they had fallen from
the coach Into the culvert.
Theories l»»* the l*nbllc«
Throughout the day people flocked to
the scene of the wreck, and perhaps In
all ten thousand viewed it and exam
ined tho switch. Various were the sug
gestions as to how It occurred. Some
thought that the switch had not been
set perfectly, and that the flange of
tho second class coach's right hand
front wheel caught Inside of the right-
hand siding rail and the resistance
forced the switch to fly open.
Others thought It was simply an act
of Providence, and that tho flange acci
dentally mounted the siding rail, as it
would hardly do again in a life time.
A few held to the opinion that some
person threw tho switch after the first
part of tho train passed over, hoping
in this way to cause a wreck for rob
bery.
The railroad officials gathered In Ma
con from nil sections of the system as
soon os the news of the accident was
circulated. It was agreed by all of
them that there Is not a better switch
on the road; that it was not only In
good condition before the accident, but
that it is still in good condition, and
that it Is being used steadily without
the slightest repair.
CORONER’S INQUEST.
Witnesses Tell How the Accident
Occurred.
Coroner Davis was summoned at an
early hour in the morning, but did not
hold an Inquest until 3 o'clock In the
afternoon. The body of the dead negro
woman was carried to Wood’a under
taking establishment, where the In
quest was held.
Coroner Davis empannelled the fol
lowing Jury: W. N. Anderson, foreman:
Ben T. Dumas, H. B. Rainey. J. F.
Sanders. J. 8. Smith and T. F. Yates.
The first witness called was Engineer
Woodruff of swith engine No. li, which
was near the scene of the wreck. He
testified as follows:
"I was In charge of switch engine
No. 11 of the Central railroad, and was
near the scene of the wreck. When I
paw the coaches fall down the embank
ment. I got off my engine, leaving it
in charge of my fireman, and rushed to
the wreck.I took my lantern with me,
and after reaching the first-class pas
senger coach. I did everything possible
to get the passengers out of the car as
I saw that the coach was ablaze, and
If they had remained in it ten minutes
longer they would probably be burned
to death. I did not go to the switch un
til every person was out of the wrecked
cars. The engine and the express cars
passed over the main line all right, but
the rest of the cars went on the siding.
I don’t think any marf In the world
could have turned the switch lever
while the train wsls passing over. The
train was moving at about eighteen
miles an hour. When I went to the
snitch I noticed the point of the switch
was broken off. This could not have
caused the cars to go on the siding.*'
After Mr. Woodruff's testimony was
heard, the Jury went to tbs seen** of th *
wreck for the purpose of learning the
movement of the switch, as well at the
signs made by the train on the crons
ties. Tbs Jury was gone for half on
hour, and after their return. Engineer
W. R. Ewing testified to the follow
ing facts:
*T am cabinet* ca train 2s
am employed by the Central railroad to
attend to tho Bwltch for the passenger
trains nnd schedule trains. We work
what 1h know n» a block system be
tween the river bridge and the old Ma
con and Augusta Junction. A block sys
tem Is one which docn not allow but
one train on the main lino nt a time be
tween the junction and the bridge. The
operator at the junction, which Is about
four miles east of the Ocmulgee bridge,
telegraphed me at 3:20 o’clock yester
day morning, wanting to know If the
road was clear for No. 3, meaning the
train which was finally wrecked. I
answered him, saying that the track
was clear and to let the train come on
through. I then went out of my office,
which Is about five feet from the
switch, and turned the switch so that
It would put the pissenger on the main
line. I then went Into my office and
received another message from the op
erator at the Junction, In which hi
stated that the train departed at 3:30
o’clock. In a few minutes I heard tho
train blow for the bridge. I went to
tho door of the office, looked at tho
switch and saw that It was all right
The train crossed the bridge. I re
mained In the door until the engine and
express oar passed on up the main line.
Then I saw the baggage car turn In
on the side track. The other cars did
likewise. I knew that there was trou
ble. When the baggage car ran Into
the side track the switch light wenl
out. When I saw the wreck I went
into the office, where I remained for
about twenty-five minutes. I was ter
ribly frightened. I cannot account for
the wreck. I know the switch was on
the main line, and when I saw the en
gine and baggage car pass on by, a a
they should, I knew the switch was
right.”
Mr. Paul Hollis, the switch foreman,
said: ”1 was standing In a position to
see that the switch was on the main
line when the engine parsed. I cannot
account for the wreck.”
Mr. B. C. Epperson, 8r., superintend
ent of the system, said: ’’The wreck
wss caused either by a human being
or mechanically: which. I cannot say.
Any person could have very easily
turned the switch after the exprert*
car and the baggage car passed over.
It Is not possible. In my opinion, for
car to Jump a switch in such a way us
this wreck occurred. There are no
signs around tho switch which would
rhow* that the wheels of the cars were
off the rails. While I say that it I:
possible I believe that It was Impossible
for the wreck to have occurred by the
wheels jumping the switch frog. The
manner In which the baggage car was
wrecked Is remarkable. I believe that
the front wheels of thst car remained
on the main line, and the rear wheels
ran on the side track. The car was
turned In such a manner that the «*c
on-clats passenger coach was wrecked
next to the express car. If the train
was going ten miles an hour, the rat
per second would be abou» twelve feet
and as the wreck occurred about fifty
feet from the switch. It occurred
about four seconds of time.”
The Coroner'* Verdlet.
After the coroner ? Jury heard tb<
foregoing testimony In the case, they
returned the following verdict:
"We, the Jury, find thst the unknown
negro woman came to her death In a
wreck of train No. 3 of the Central of
Georgia, railroad; the cauae of th
wreck la unknown to us.”
The name of th** dead negro woman
is Julia Boynton, whos* home Is In Fa
vannah. The womtn got on the train
at Favsnnah. to sp*nd Sunday in Co-
tumtras. She Is err.f/.oyed as a cook by
I the master mech%ri of the Central
^::h | raflro il at Bavannxb. Jtilla was about
«- 1)1 EM. ING IS DOOMED.
LONDON, Dec. 9,—A dispatch to the
Times from Vienna declares that as a
result of tho recent appeal to the public
to tnke the matter in hand, duelling In
Austrla-IIungary Is doomed. This pro-
t. - t u .is skn-,1 by influent l.il people, jim
well ns by those .of lower grades. All
Austrian society was represented by It.
A similar movement Is on foot in Hun
gary.
FORECAST
OF CONGRESS
Hay-Pauncefoto Treaty to
Bo Taken Up
ritOBABLY BE RATIFIED
BOERS CARROT
BE SUBDUED
Bourke Cockran’s Groat
Speech in Chicago
VICTORY IS USELESS
to Disposition to Throw Obstacles
In the Way Now-Will Be About the
Only 11 tininess Before the Holidays.
Tho House Will Consider the New
Tariff to lie Fritined for l’hillpplnes
to 31cet Supreme Court Decision,
Therefore England Should With
draw From South Africa and Her
mit the Ilclintiilitntlon of the Re
publics—Programme of Protest Ar
ranged by nil Immense Sleeting of
Uocr Sympathizer*.
SCENES OF TERROR
IN BURNING HOTEL
[ostelry nt Sontlisen, Eng., Having
Mirny Distinguished Guests —Two
Persons Suffocated.
LONDON, Dec. 8.—The Queen’s hotel
at Southern was completely gutted by
fire today. The guests escaped, but
two chambermaids were suffocated.
Tho Queen’s hotel was a fashionable
resort. Among those rescued from tho
building wero the Bov. Thomas Telgn-
mouth Shore, canon of Worcester and
chaplaln-In-ordlnary to King Edward,
and his wife; Maj.-Gcn. Francis Wil
liam Collis nnd Col. and Sirs. Charles
E. Stewart, retired, and Col. and Mrs.
Buxton.
Scenes of terror attended the burn
ing of the hotel.
40 years ol<L'- Her skull was crushed In
falling out of the car down tho em
bankment. She was thrown through tho
window of the second-claw* coach. Her
remains will be carried to Columbus
this morning at 3:30 o’clock.
Found Ills Trc«*uro.
Among tho one hundred pnssengexs
j; the train were some showmen. Ono
of these became excited about the pros
pect of losing his trunk. He ran to the
burning baggage car and Identified the
scattored contents of tho trunk by a
pair of false teeth which he us?d only
on ’’holiday” occasions. Jn the bottom
of the trunk ho had been treasuring
twenty one-dolUr bills. lie searched
for these and found them. Tho fire bad
scorched one end of the whole bunch,
but he saved his treasure.
Fire Ilepnrttncut's Mlstal*
The fire department made a mistake
that cost them considerable time..
When they first reached the scene they | stood .that M
coupled their hose to a plug In the lum
ber yard near by. It was found there
was no water pressure in the plug.
After trying this In every imaginable
way, they gave It up and had to reel
the how* up to the plug In front of old
76 on Fifth street.
TIio»e In Renr Sleepers. *
The passengers Jn the two rear sleep
ers fared remarkably well, considering
what was going In the front part of
the train. Some of them did not awake.
Others felt the application of the
brakes, and wero partially arouaed, but
aettled themselves for another nap,
when they heard the cries and excite
ment ahead.
Kept a Cool Head,
Baggage Master 8. H. Burke la raid to
have kept a cool head throughout, al
though he was In the moat dangerous
portion of the train. In the baggage
car was an extraordinarily large num
ber of trunks. One-half of the car Is
occupied as baggage and the other half
contained the United States mill.
When Mr. Burke felt his car Jump ftoih
the rails and tumble he ran out of the
wav of the falling trunks and bag
gage. Beginning at the switch the side
track and the main line form a "V.”
The front trucks of the baggage <nr
went on the main line and the rear
trucks went on the side track. In this
manner the baggage car was pulled
along between the two tracks, until
the tracks became wider than the
length of the car, when It was thrown
over on the ground. The malt section
of i he car caught fire In a few minutes
after It was wrecked. Baggage Master
Burk*-, knowing that Mr. P. A. Stafford,
the mall clerk, was In the car, ran Into
th** mall room. Clerk Stafford
found lying on the floor In nn uncon-
sc:ou* condition. The fire, which
this time had gotten under good tread-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The only
measure of Importance which the sen
ate has on llo calendar for the present
week is the new Ilay-Pauncefote treaty
making provision for the abrogation
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and open
ing the way for the unobstructed con
struction of an isthmian canal by the
United States. Acting for the commit
tee on foreign relations Senator Lodge
will usk the senate to go Into executive
session tomorrow for the consideration
of the treaty and each day thereafter
until the convention i« disposed of.
It can be said that nt this time the
prospect is very strong that the treaty
will be ratified and It now' looks as If
this result would bo secured after com
paratively llttlo delay. There will be
Borne debate and somo features of the
document will be criticised n« unde
sirable, but there Is no probability of
captious opposition. The criticism will
be along tho lines indicated by Sena
tors Money and Bacon in tho commit
tee on foreign relatlonu at its meeting
on Friday last. No senator thus far,
however, has shown a disposition to
carry his objections to tho point of ul
timate effort to defeat ratification. The
principal authors of the criticism of th
treaty ore Suitlrem j* •n;»ti«r:->. \\h.» ore
generally anxious for the construction
of the canal. They find that all enna
legislation will bo tied up until action
can be secured on tho treaty, nnd they
arc, on this account, less liable than
they otherwise would bo to do any
thing to delay action upon toll treaty
itself. The most active friends of the
treaty now claim that ratification will
be secured during tho present week,
and the opinion Is very general that
ratification will be obtained before tho
Chrlntmna holidays.
Beyond the consideration of the
treaty little business wll bo undertak
en before tho holidays. It 1« now >
orally agreed that the question of rec
iprocity will go over until January,
probably without so much as being
mentioned, and It may bo added th:
from being for a time tho subject most
llU'-ly to Mill ,i« t . ;u Iv n 11 *■ ti t inn, it h.i
taken a position among the matters
which will not bo vigorously urged.
When tho reciprocity trentlen do come
up for consideration there will bo per
sistent opposition to tho agreement
uitli Finn.,, nnd lo tint with Great
Britain In governing the West Ind
There is not much feeling over tho a
vnii ■»!•-• with tin* South Afrle.ui repi
lies, Tho present outlook also Is ogainst
any Immediate action In the senate
looking t-> t:11• 1 IT logMatlon for tin
Philippines, and there are somo ind!
cations that the senate will wait upon
tho housn of representatives in this
matter. Probably the Chinese exclusion
act will be reported from committee
during tho week.
Tho nomination of Attorney General
Knox will be reported at tho first exec
utive session, but Immediate confirma
tion probably will bo antagonized by
some senators.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8.—A programme of
protect against British methods In the
South African war was carried out be
fore an Immense audience In tho audi
torium theatre here tonight. Following
an eloquent address by W. Bourke
Cockrnn, and earnest speeches by oth
ers, resolutions for the appointment of
a committee to bring the sentiments of
the* meeting before tho president wero
adopted.
Although an admission was charge.!,
the funds being Intended to assist tho
Boers nnd especially their women and
children, standing room was at a pre-
mlum and many wero unable to gain
admittance.
The programme opened with tho song
"The True Heart,” sung by nineteen
German musical societies of Chicago.
Dr. Hiram W. Thomas, head of tho
People's church, followed with prayer.
Then followed short addresses by Judge
Brentano and Judgo Murray F. Tuley,
chairman of tho Chicago branch of tho
American Transvaal League, under tho
auspices of which tho meeting was
held.
Mr. Cockrnn, the orator of the even
ing, was greeted with a tumult of ap
plause. He said In part:
“Many men differ about tho Invasion
of the South African republics; all are
agreed that tho restoration of peace Is
in tho highest degree desirable. There
aro but two ways In which tho war can
bo terminated—either tho Boers must
surrender, or tho English government
must abandon tho attempt to subduo
them. It Is quite generally assumed
that the resistance of tho Boers cannot
be successful, and If this bo truo they
would not be Justified In continuing a
struggle which Involved fruitless loss
of life and waste of property, even
though tho lassos Inflicted on their
enemy wero tenfold greater than that
they suffered themselves, for bloodshe i
which Is useless Is always Indefensible.
But Is It true that the resistance of tho
Boers is hopchas? Hluco tho fall of
Pretoria it certainly hn» not boon fruit-
loss. It hns been Justified by most Im
portant fiuccesses. Lord Salisbury’s po
sition thnt nothing but abooluto surren
der would be considered, lias been aban-
•day the bi
uhl
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WABHINOTON, Dec. 8.—Tho house
The houso this week probably will pass
a measure to meet tho situation created
by tho Philippines decision of tho su
preme court last Monday. Up to tho
present time, however, the Republican
members of tho ways and means com
mittee have not decided upon tho char
acter of the measuro which will be re
ported.
A difference of opinion exists ns to
.whether there should bo a temporary
enactment of tho Dlngley rnte* on
goods entering tho United States from
the Philippines or whether a permanent
scheme of tariff legislation for the Isl
ands should bo prepared. It Is under
stood that Mr. Paine, chairman of the
committee, and Mr. Dalzell, of Penn
sylvania. favor the latter courre. The
Republican members of the committee
III meet again tomorrow. Of course If
It Is decided to enact n temporary
measure the procedure will be exceed
ingly simple and It probably can be
passed In a day. If on the other hand,
an entire scheme of tariff legislation
Is to be enacted more time will be con
sumed both In the preparation and
passage of the measure.
ARBITRATION
IN NEW SOUTH WALES
may. hid reached that portion of
car where Mr. Htsfford was lying, and
hie clothing was ablaze. Mr. Burk
taking the situation In at a glan«*.
grabbed the mall clerk, extlnguL/ns
hie clothing and carried him out of the
burning car and laid him on some gras
near by. In the baggage part of the
car were three fine bird dogs. Mr
Burke knowing that If the 00101*11* re
mained in the car live minutes longer
they would be burned to death, ran
Into the burning car for tho second
time. When he entered he found
of the dog* burned to death. Tire other
two were tied and were yelping, ■
drew bla pocketknlfe. cut the cotlir*
from the dogs, grabbed one under
arm and carried them out of tire car. It
is said that Mr. Burke lost all of his
personal effects In the car.
Industrial nevolntlon
cur In That Lnnd—Ev
Wide Interest.
rat of World-
BTDNBT. N. B. W., Dec. 8--*By the
passage of the Industrial arbitration bill
through the final stages, the government
has placed a law upon the statute books,
the working of which will excite Interest
throughout the whole world.
This bIH not only compels reference In
all disputes between employers and em-
ploycM to a competent court with powers
to enforce Its orders and awards, but
make* a strike or a lockout, before or
pending such reference, a misdemeanor
punishable by fine or Imprisonment,
The court whkh will pass upon these
disputes Is to be presided over by
Judge of the supreme court and will have
most extensive powers, Including the pow
ers to declare a standard wage and to
direct that, other things being equal, an
employer shall five preference to union
ist over non-unionist laborers. There Is
no appeal from the decision of this court.
IK VAN TOTS DEAD.
Me
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IlNirn
r»ry
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 9.—It Is Impossi
ble to obtain confirmation of the re
ported death of Major Van Tots, aide
to Queen Wllhelmlnn, who Is said to
have fought and been wounded In a
duel with Prince Henry, the queen’s
consort. The Amsterdam Telegraaf as
sert* Major Van Tots passed a quiet
night lact night, and that Professor
Njtrath haw performed an operation
upon him and Is satisfied with his pa
tient’s condition. At the hospital In
Utrecht, however, and In official circles,
no Information on tbit matter It ob
tainable.
secure* almost any terms, abort of com
plete nn explicit acknowledgment of
tin Ir Independence. A« th»*lr resistance
linn not been fruitless, neither Is their
struggle for Independence hopeless. On
tho contrary, If their resistance ho pro
longed for a few months, tho abandon
ment of the struggle to subduo them
by Great Britain Is Inevitable.
"Thin statement Is not based on any
special Information concerning the war,
but on the conviction that It would bo
Impossible for the government to secure
tho passage of many more war appro
priations through the house of com
mons. Tho lnnt budget was passed only
after Immense difficulties. All sourer.;
of tnxutlon havo practically been ex
hausted nnd the attempt to effect an
other largo war loan would result In
such a fall In the price of consols 0:1
would seriously Jeopardize tho British
Industrie*. If, then, the Boer forces
can hold tho field a little longer, the nt-.
tempt to subdue tho republic* must bo
abandoned for lack of means to pur
sue It.
* Tho capacity of tho Boors to main
tain the struggle Is placed beyond a
doubt by the barhnrlty of tho methods
employed to subduo them. The English
government cannot avoid supporting
the women and children made homeless
by tho destruction of tho farms. With
tho support of his women nnd children
Import'd upon England, while his lands
have been made desolate and unpro
ductive, tho Boer soldier Is free to con
tinue In tho field as long ns he can se
cure by rupture abundant supplies nf
food and arms from the English forces.
His reputation for humnnity nnd cour-
ugo make tho English soldiers prefer
surrendering to facing his rifle.
“Nothing can be dearer than that tho
if ?•:*'!.in • <.f th* b'i! i:*i< i ■ .ilitiot !••*
suppressed, nnd, therefore, tho only
possible way to peace is tho withdrawn!
of Great Britain from the attempt t »
subjugate tho Houth African republics.
The British government may prolong
the war, hut cannot change its outcome.
Buch a result being consistent with Jus
tice, It is In the inter* Mt of every cn*»
to hasten It. The real Interests of Eng
land. as well as of the rest of tho world
will be advanced by promoting It.
“The reul Interest of tho English peo-»
pie Is In extending the domain of Eng
lish commerce, not In extending tho do
main of the English crown. The growth
of English trade with this country sln-*»
the establishment of our Independence
has been the greatest commercial ex
pansion In tho world. Contrast the he-*
neflrent results which have flown from
that separation with the results already
borne by the attempt to annex forcibly
the Transvaal and tho still graver re*
suits foreshadowed by It.'
"Disaster to the English people lieu
not In the defeat of this enterprise. bu2
In Its success. If tire Houth Afrlcm
republics wero subdued and the last
Boer disarmed, the men nnd women
now confined In captivity must be re
turned to tire soil. To maintain author*.
Ity over these people, resentftu, dissat
isfied. accustomed to bearing arms,
would require the maintenance of a
huge army, and such an army could not
he maintained without using compul
sory military service In Orest Britain,
The establishment of compulsory mil
itary service In England would he tho
ruin of the British constitution. The
name of England might remain to dla»
linmilfii s political division of tho
earth’s surface, but not to describe a
country of constitutional freedom.
“Providence haa so ordered evento
that the president of the United Ftrafe*
ran compose this hitter quarrel. It N
An extraordinary opportunity offered to
an extraordinary man. It would nor M
necessary to draw the sword, to make
any threat of armed Interfere
take an unfriendly attitude. Oae word
spoken to tire Kru;ll*h aiphrassidor <r
In th*- hearing of th Knirlish nation
would restore p»-are, es . l , *h Justice,
secure liberty to three burghers, pro
mote enormously the prosper!'*- ’ m*-
,hull in ra ■ and briiig IrnmxaHurab'.o