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THE MORNING NEWS. Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888. J. H. ESTILL, President. THE OUTLOOK IS SAD sins. McKinley is desperately ill. her recovery doubtful PHYSICIAN'S ENABLE TO AFFORD RELIEF. The President Abandons Ills North western Trip—Airs. McKinley Has Been Seriously 111 for Several Days, and the Present Attack Has Rot Yielded io Treatment—lntesti nal Troubles Appear to Be the ( ause— UlstlnKnishcd Physicians .Are In Attendance. S.in Francisco. May 15.—Owing to the very serious character of Mrs. McKinley's iilness, the President this morning defi nitely decided to abandon his contemplat ed Northwestern tour, and to return to Washington direct, so soon as Mrs. Mc- Kinley shall be able to stand the jour ney. The gravity of Mrs. McKinley’s condition has been known to the mem bers of the President's party for sev oral days, but had been concealed, in the belief that she would rally as she had so frequently done in the past when suffering from one of her periods of de pression, and with a few days of absolute rest, be restored to normal condition. But her presnt illness has been attended with entirely new complications, which have not yielded to treatment and the Presi dent concluded this morning that it was time the public should be apprised of the true situation. The bulletin which Sec retary Cortelyou gave to the Associated Press this morning, announcing the abandoment of the trip, coupled with an other announcement that Mrs. McKinley’s condition last night was better in some respects, but worse in others, prepared the way for the bulletin issued two hours later that Dr. Henry Gibbons, a celebrated physician of San Franciscd, had been call ed in consultation with Dr. Hirschfelder and Dr. Rixey. Dr. Gibbons has a rep utation here for his skill in the treat ment of bowel disorders. It was the President’s wish that another physician be called in consultation, not because he did not have perfect confidence in Drs. Hirschfelder and Rixey, but because he desired that nothing that science could do should be left undone. He was es pecially anxious that the diagnosis of the attending physicians should agree. Has Been Desperately 111. Ever since Mrs. McKinley arrived at the Scott residence she has been desper ately ill. Her extreme weak ness has been the nlost alarm ing feature of her condition. Her vitality has ben at low ebb and she has spoken seldom to those about her. The President has been continually at her bedside since their arrival here Sunday night, save the few hours Monday after noon, when he left her to go to San Jose, and the three hours he spent yesterday in the parade. Fortunately Mrs. McKin ley slept through his absence on both oc casions. The strain which the President himself has undergone during the past few days has been very great. All day, except for a brief half-hour this after noon, when he yielded to the entreaties of those about him and went out for a drive, he has remained steadfastly at Mrs. McKinley's side. The members of the cabinet reluctantly consented to car ry out to-day’s programme at the Uni versity of California and at Oakland, but they put no heart into the festivities while their chief was grieving at his wife’s bedside. Genernl Sympathy Excited. Mrs. McKinley's illness has cast a shadow over the entire city. People have shown their sympathy in a multitude of ways. All day long little groups have been standing across the street opposite the Scott mansion silently watching the drawn blinds of the room in which the first lady of the land lay. The news of the serious character of her illness evi dently traveled fast, because from all over the country this afternoon telegrams have been pouring into the President ex pressing sympathy for Mrs. McKinley rnd asking for tidings of her condition. SHE MAY WOT RALLY. McKinley** Condition In Very Disheartening. San Francisco, May 15.—The members of the cabinet are very apprehensive that Mrs. McKinley will not rally. Her phy sicians have not been yet able to check the Intestinal trouble, and her enfeebled condition militates against her. But at the Scott residence at this hour It was stated that there was no immediate dan eer, although a change for the worse "ould not be unexpected. After the consultation to-night Dr. Klxey and Dr. Hlrschfelder remained In attendance. Secretary and Mrs. Hay joined the President at 9:30 o'clock. When the mem bers of the Bohemian Club learned to hight of the alarming nature of Mrs. McKinley's illness the elaborate enter tainment that had been planned was abandoned out of respect for the Presi dent. DID HOT iO TO BERKELEY. Cabinet Members Attended Kxerelses of California University. San Francisco, May 15.—President Mc- Kinley did not go to Berkeley to-day to attend the commencement exercises at the University of California. The illness of Mrs. McKinley prevented the President from participating In the ceremonies, but the members of the Cauinet and others of the presidential par'.y crossed the bay on the revenue tug F,locum. As the little steamer crossed the harbor the warships lying at anchor In the bay saluted, and steamers sounded their sl rjns. The guests were taken to the University grounds and the exercises of the day were observed, with Secretary Kay acting In the President's stead. The Urtr was entertained at luncheon by Sntrannalj JBofnittsi Ifetol- President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California. MBS. MCKINLEY'S CONDITION. Information Sent Out by Press Yes terday and Last Night. San Francisco, May 15.—1 t is generally reported in this city this afternoon that the condition of Mrs. McKinley i ex tremely critical, but nothing of a definite nature can be learned, as Mr. Cortelyou, the only avenue of official information, declines to make public at present any thing tangible regarding the happenings in the sick room. At 2 o’clock Secretary Cortelyou gave out the following bulletin regarding Mrs. McKinley’s condition: "Dr. Henry Gibbons was in consultation with Drs. Hirschfelder and Rixey at 12 o’clock to-day. They found that Mrs. McKinley had lost nothing since the morn, ing bulletin, and is more comfortabie now than then." President Abandons the Trip. San Francisco, May 15.—At 10 o’clock this morning Secretary Cortelyon inform ed the Associated Press that Mrs. Mc- Kinley’s serious illness had compelled the President to abandon his proposed visit to other states, to which he had looked forward with so much pleasure. As soon as Mrs. McKinley’s health permits, he will return to Washington by the most di rect route. Only Lliinid Nourishment. San Francisco, May 15.—At 7 o’clock to night Mrs. McKinley was no better. She has taken nothing but liquid nourishment for several days and her extreme weak ness excites much apprehension. The at tending physicians are to hold another consultation about 10 o’clock. The mem bers o fthe cabinet who were to have at tended the entertainment given by the Bohemian Club to-night sent their re grets. The President late this afternoon cancelled his engagement for the banquet w’hich was to have been tendered in his honor to-morrow night by the Ohio So ciety of California. Mr*. McKinley la Very Weak. San Francisco, May 15.—After dinner to-night the members of the cabinet call ed at the Scott residence. They reported Mrs. McKinley’s condition as unchanged. When she is conscious she recognizes the President and asks for him. She is not regarded as in immediate danger of dissolution. There is no abandoment of hope that she will rally, but in her weak ened condition there could not fail to be apprehension lest the spark of life might go out. An Improvement Reported. San Francisco, May 15.—Secretary Cortelyou at 9 o’clock to-night gave out the following bulletin to the Associated Press: "The physicians report an improvement in Mrs. McKinley’s condition since noon to-day.” Secretary Cortelyou stated that no fur ther bulletins would be issued to-night. Her Condition l ■chituged. San Francisco, May 15.—At 11 o'clock Secretary Cortelyou in reply to a request for a bulletin on Mrs. McKinley’s con dition sent word that there was nothing to give out. Her condition was un changed. The house is quiet within. Out side only the police detail and represen tatives of the press are on guard. The Physician* Retire. San Francisco, May 15.—At 11 p. m. Dr. Hirschfelder left the Scott residence. At that time Mrs. McKinley was reported to be slightly better. A few moments later Dr. Rixejl, who had been in constant at tendance for over twenty-four hours, re tired to get a little rest. CHAFFEE AND VON WALDERSEE German* and American* Exchange Compliment* at Pekin. Pekin, May 15.—An explosion at the ar senal In Kalgan to-day wounded one Ger man officer and four privates. Three German privates are missing. It is sup posed that they were blown to pieces. The Germans generally believe that the Chinese intentionally committed the outrage, although evidence to substan tiate this view is lacking. A thorough in vestigation will be made. Dr. Mumm von Schwartzenstein gave a farewell banquet to Gen. ChalTee, at which he paid a graceful tribute to the Americans and to their conduct during their stay in China. Replying to the compliments of the German minister, Gen. Chaffe said: “Some of my most pleasant memories of China will be of my association with the Germans, and I shall always esteem myself fortunate in having been able to meet and admire that grand old man, Count von Waldersee. I hope he will see his way to return to Germany through the United States.” Count von Waldesee, who seemed deeply touched, said he hoped it would be possi ble for him to do as Gen. Chaffee had suggested. LOIDOX MARKET RECOVERS. Broker* Settle Ip and Stock Ex clifinite Crll* Pa**ed. London. May 15. -Contrary to the fears felt on the Stock Exchange the settle ment thus far is progressing without dif ficulty and the best informed brokers be lieve the crisis has been successfully passed so far as London Is concerned. The opening prices of Americans, while they showed advances over those of the closing of New York yesterday were wholly nominal and there were no trans actions. Four or five small firms are still in difficulty, but it will not be known until g-jO p. m. whether their checks have passed through the bank all right or not. In any case, it will not affect the situa tion materially, all the big houses need ing assistance have obtained it. The checks of four minor stock ex change firm* were returned. They were all dealers in the American market and there Is still a chance that their friend* will come to their rescue to-night. In which case they will escape "hammer ing” to-morrow. The result of the wind up of the settlement, with suspensions of such small Importance, is regarded in the market as being highly satisfactory. Ah ITALIA* AVALAhTHE. Kail of Immense Rock fiweeps Axroy Village. Rome. May 15.-Moat of the houses of the village of Acerenza. near Potenza. hava been swept away by the fall of an immense rock. Troops have been dis ilatched to the scene of the disaster. Thus far fifteen bodies hava been re covered. SAVANNAH. GA„ THURSDAY. MAY 1(1, 1901. MUST RETURN HERE JUDGE BROWN TELLS GREENB AND GAYNORS THIS. PROBABLE CAUSE SHOWN. THE COURT ALLUDES TO CARTER’S PROFITS. Judge Brown Knock* Out the “Se lect Jury" Objection and State* a* a Fact That tile Government Hn Shown That ('apt. Carter Re ceived One-Third of the Proilt* of the Contract, and Conclude* That Thl* I* SiKuillennt. Taken in Con nection With Other Testimony. New York, May Brown, in the United States District Court, issued an order to-day for the removal of Ben jamin D. Green, John F., William T. and Edward H. Gaynor to Savannah', where they have been indicted for conspiracy in connection with O. M. Carter, for merly captain of the United States Engin eer Corps, in the matter of improvements in Southern harbors. The judge says: “The defendants should be ordered re moved for trial, or give bail for their due appearance.” In his order Judge Brown recounts the method of drawing a select Jury in the case, and says that any objections which the defendant's counsel may have are not valid reasons why the prisoners should not be removed. He quotes from the report of Commissioner Shields, who was appointed to take testimony, that after a full and fair examination "it ap pears that there is probable cause to be lieve the defendants guilty of the chrnges contained in the warrant issued for their removal.” Character of the Testimony. Judge Brown continues: "The proof of the charge in this case does not consist of any direct and certain testimony of the commission of the of fense charged, but rests upon many-facts and circumstances in a long course of dealing, from which it is claimed that the inference of an unlawful intent to defraud the government must reasonably bo in ferred; and the bills alleged to be fraud ulent in the last counts of the indict ments are claimed to be fraudulent, not so much because they were not according to contract as because the contracts themselves were fraudulent and procured through a fraudulent conspiracy with Capt. Carter, an employe of the govern ment. Considering the nature of the case, therefore, 1 find no objection to the testi mony admitted by the commissioner as to vitiate his findings, or require reconsider ation by him. Carter Shared in Profit*. “As respects the findings of probable cause, the defendants have given a great deal of evidence tending to show that their contracts were fairly obtained, their work well and honestly done, and that the government has not been defrauded of a single dollar. The government, on the other hand, has given evidence tend ing to a contrary conclusion; and it has shown beyond question that Capt. Carter, the employe of the government, and the engtneer in immediate charge of the work on the government’s behalf, had for sev eral years, Immediately preceding the con tracts referred to in this indictment, re ceived from the contractors continuously, through his father-in-law, in many di visions of profit, one-third of the final net proceeds of each contract remaining for division among the chief contractors, and that this one-third amounted in the aggregate to over 1700,000. “This, is Is claimed, gives significance and meaning to many other facts in evi dence, showing a fraudulent and illegal combination between the defendants ond Capt. Carter to benefit themselves at the expense of the government and to pro cure the allowance and payment of ex cessive fraudulent bills by means of con tracts fraudulently procured. A Cu*e for a Jury Trial. "A case presenting such circumstances is especially one that should be submit ted to a Jury trial. Nor need there be any apprehension that, an impartial court and Jury will not reach essential Justice. “Having found in the previous decision that the ninth and tenth counts of the indictment are good, whatever may be held as to the counts preceding them, the defendants should be ordered to be re moved for trial or to give bail for their due appearance.” MAltlOh ERWIN TAKIhG STEPS. Preparing to Re*l*t Any Move of Greene nnd Gaynors. Macon, May 15.—United States District Attorney Marlon Erwin will at once pre pare to resist any attempt Greene and the Gaynors may make to keep from be ing brought to Georgia in accordance with Judge Brown's ruling to-day. He has no idea that they will attempt to make the appearance bond, but will sur render to the marshal and then ask 'or habeas corpus, tendering a supersedeas bond. This would give them a chance to secure a hearing In both the Circuit Court and the Supreme Court, which would cause another delay of several months before they could bo brought to Georgia for trial. In case an effort is made for habeas corpus It is understood that the district attorney will go to New York tqreslst It. He says he prefers ••ot to diseuls Ills prospective movements In ths case. FOIR BIRhED TO DEATH. taught on Biasing Towboat While Asleep In the Hold. Evansville, Ind.. May 15.—Four men were killed during the night. In a fire which destroyed the steamer Owensboro, a towboat, tied up at dock at Calhoun, Ky. The dead: Fireman Crenshaw of Evansville, Fire man Brinkman of Evansville; two rousta bouts, names unknown. A fire broke out aboard the boat shortly before midnight, and in a short time it burned to the water's edge. (apt Eastman and Engineer Rogers barely had time to escape. The other* are supposed to have been asleep in the hold, and were overcome by smoke. Loss on boat 16,000. Deutsche Rank Has Its Stock. Berlin, May US.—lt la authoritatively confirmed that the Deutsche Bank has not sold its holdings of Northern Pacific 40 Kuhn, Loeb A Cos. WILL REOPEN THE SALOONS. Jacksonville'* Iloaril of Trade Ap peal* to Cominereial Bodies. Jacksonville, Fla., May 15.—1 t was de termined at the meeting of the executive committee this morning that the saloons be opened to-morrow. Col. Novell, who Is in command of the troops, stated that it was advisable that the saloons be opened while the troops are here in order that any possible ensuing disorder might be checked. For the present the saloons will be permitted to open only from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m., and a military guard will be re tained at each. The telegram received here that in re sponse lo the appeal sent out by the ex ecutive committee of the relief associa tion the New York Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association have issued 14,000 circular letters for additional aid by requesting churJhes to take up col lections, has done much to encourage the relief association. At the meeting of the board of trade to-day a special resolution of thanks to the New Y’ork bodies was unanimously passed. Three carloads of mattresses, one carload of cots and one of miscellaneous articles received to-day from the New York bodies have greatly enhanced the work of relief for the presnt. The total of cash receipts of the relief association to-day is 8108,745.78, against 1106,722.78 total reported yesterday. The Board of Trade to-day adopted an address to be sent to other commercial bodies in the country reciting the needs and asking aid to be sent to the Relief Association. The New Y'ork bodies, on account of what they have already done and ate doing, wiii not be included in this appeal. The number of people fed to-day was 3,158. The identification card system is believed now to be practically confining the issuance of rations to people in act ual need. SENATOR STORES ACQUITTED. Killed Prenolier Woll flecnuse of l/nttor's Attack on Society. Williamson. W. Va., May 15—This morn ing Senator 8. D. Stokes Mood up in the courtroom and pleaded “not guilty” to the indictment accusing him of the murder of Rev. J. J. Woll, a Presbyterian minis ter here, last November. The trial is the final outcome of Rev. Woll's sensational sermon in which Williamson society came under the sharp lash of his invective. The theory of the prosocution was that Stokes sought the minister in his own house and demanded an apology and pro voked a quarrel in which Mr. Woll was killed. But the first witness put upon the stand failed to bear out that hypothesis. Otis Riley was within a hundred and fif ty yards and at the first bark of the pis tols rushed toward the scene of the af fray. There he found Stokes, although shot twice, still standing with smoking revolver in hand and in reply to a ques tion Stokes said:. "Woll shot me flrat, and I had to kill him.” At (hat time Riley said Mrs. DeneiVe of Richmond, Va., who was the only eye witness to the fatal shooting, corroborated Stokes. Riley’s testimony virtually dis posed of the state’s case, as it was known from affidavits made at the lime of the shooting that the evidence of Mrs. Deneive would tend to exculpate Sfokes. Senator Stokes took the stand and ex plained how Woll was killed. There was no other witnesses for the defense. To-night the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and Senator Stokes is again free. TORPEDO BOAT HEADQUARTERS Xlixal nonrd Ron Looking for Suit able Place*. Washington, May 15.—The naval board, appointed to devise a scheme of practical usefulness for the torpedo flotilla, rapidly nearing completion, to-day left for Pen sadola, Fla., where they will consider the establishment of a series of torpedo head quarters along the Gulf and Atlantic coast. Although the plan Is still In em bryo, It Is now practically decided to be gin with the establishment of three main divisions, one along the North Atlantic at some central point, say New London, Uonn.; another at a convenient point on the South Atlantic, probably at Port Royal, S. C., and a third on the Gulf of Mexico, probably at Pensacola. These points are merely suggested thus far, and it is the purpose of the trip to determine more definitely what points offer the best facilities as central ren dezvous for a group of torpedo boats. When these chief points are located the purpose is to gradually add other stations contiguous to the main points, until there Is a line of torpedo boat stations extend ing along the Atlantic and Gulf coast. In time of peace, these points would serve chiefly as yards and depots where the small craft could be drawn out of water a part of the time, and In time of war they would be port of the strategic de fense of the country, glvng the entire coast protection against attack from un expected quarter. GATES DENIES REPORTS. hot (aught In Northern Pacific and I* hot Forming Steel Combine. New York, May 15.—John W. Gates sailed for Southampton to-day on the steamship St. Louis. With Mr. Gates sailed his wife. Eefore sailing Mr. Gates took occasion to again deny that he had been short of Northern Pacific. "1 was not caught in Northern Pa cific," he said. '*l have not traded In Wall street in two weeks.” Mr. Gates' attention was called to a dispatch from Chicago stating that hs was promoting a combination of the out side steel concerns. It was said that as sociated with him were John I-ambert and Isaac EUwuod, and that the new com pany was to be a competitor of J. Pler pont Morgan's big trust. "That steel story Is another hot air yarn,” said Mr. Gates. “You can deny that right off the reel. I know nothing about combinations of stocks." BROTHER AND MITER KILLED. Blood Found on Engine, bat ho Trace of Bodies. Washington. Moy 16.—According to William Bucke, an Alexandria, Vs., boy, who claims to have been an eye-witness ands cousin of the parties, Walter Swlnk and sister, while creasing a high railroad trestle at Powell’s creek, thirty miles from this city last night, en routs ,o Petersburg, were struck and killed by a locomotive. Blood was found on the en gine, but no trace of the bodies hat been found by (ha authorities. ALBANY IN A RAGE THE NON-UNION MEN GET NO CON SIDERATION. MILITARY HAVE HARD WORK. MOB'S ONSLAUGHTS DIFFICULT TO HE PEL. Conditions YVorse Instead of Better and More Trpnp* Ordered Out. Non-union Men Mnrehed From De pot Surrounded ly Military Cor don W ith linn ling Tllou*Htld* Seeking Their lllood Ail.intant Genernl HolTinnti Drop* Dead. Albany, N. Y., May 15.—50 serious is the situation here to-night over the trac tion company strike that Gov. Odell post poned the continuance of a trip to state institutions, which he 'had undertaken, and returned to the executive, mansion. Two thousand armed soldiers are now within the city limits, more are coming, and 2,500 are in readiness to move to Troy when Gov. Odell so orders. The streets are thronged with excited men, women and children, and the otherwise quiet day terminated in bloodshed. A dramatic element was added to the day’s features by the sudden death of Adjt. Gen. Hoff man. As long os the traction company docs hot attempt to move ears or bring in non-union men. the crowds oil the street remain good natured, except for taunting the soldiers and police, but the instant an attempt Is made to work on the lines or bring non-union men in the crowd be comes frenzied and bloodshed results. Citizens, sabre-slushed, non-union men with broken limbs and bloody faces, wo men and children trampled under foot, soldiers maimed with flying missiles, and leaders in the crowds beaten with musk ets, were some of the results of the day. Anticipating an attempt to move the street cars in Troy, MaJ. Gen. Roe has or dered the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Forty-seventh Regiments of Brooklyn, Troop C of Brooklyn, the Second Stgnai Corps, the Seventeenth Separate Company and the Third Battery, which carries Gat ling guns, to hold themselves in readiness to move immediately. Exciting Time for Non nnion Men. Mob and militia closed In combat late this afternoon, but by the accident of fortune there were no serious casualties. It was the Introduction of more non-union men to take the places of striking trac tion employes that produced the violence. Seventy-five non-union men reached the union depot shortly before 6 o'clock, and their delivery at Quail street barn, a mile and a half away, was made with a dash under cavalry escort with mob re sistance In almost every block. Frenzied men ewasmad through the police lines, surged around the fast moving cavalry men and fought to get at the cowed non union men inside the circle of galloping horses. The rays of the setting sun gave glint to busy sabres, but the long blades, wielded by forbearing hands, seldom de scended in serious blows. Several of the mob'were knocked down by cornered cav alrymen, but the record does not yet snow the score of a single fatality. In the possage through the streets few of the non-unionists escaped the flying bricks and atones that Were burled at them, but less than a dozen were badly hurt. The courage of nearly a dozen of the non-union men failed them in the opening spurt through the crowds and they sprang from the wagons that carried them to mingle with and be lost in the crowd. A Dramatic Spectacle. The ride of the non-union men through the city was the dramatic spectacle of the day. At 5 o’clock the Third Signal Corps, mounted and armed as cavalrymen, formed a hollow square around the non union men who had Just arrived ut the depot. Five thousand men tagged at their heels and Jajnmed In around them and thousands more crowded Into the Inter secting streets. Fifty policemen formed In cordon about Ihe waiting dragoons and tried to force the crowd back. The street was le.ircd, but the wails of humanity on the side walks held firm and could not be moved. A broken alley way that runs along the south side of the union depot was the stage of the operating scene. Into it wero driven four flat-topped open trucks. The crowd recognized them as the seme vehicles that had car ried the first batch of strike breakers and greeted them with groans. Suddenly a side door of the depot was thrown open and up the alley way toward the waiting tearms marched the non-union men. Once they were all aboard the driver* brought their teams out into the street, the cavalry closed in around them, and the race wa* on. The flying column dash ed into State street for the run up the hill past the Capitol. Here the crowd was as dense and desperate as the other, and men plunged In around the galloping horeee. One rider, cut off from the crowd, brought hi* saber down on the face of one of his antagonists and a line of blood marked where it struck. Military Blocked the Way. Two blocks up State street and a clever military ruse blocked the down toxvn mob. Two companies of the Tenth Battalion were concealed in Chapel street, and when the cavalry escort dashed past, they ran across State street and faced the pursu ing crowd with fixed bayonets. The new line wavered and broke on one flank, but In the main the movement was suc cessful. But the strike breakers were not yet free. Smaller crowds had gathered at various points along Ihe route to the barn, and they threw ktones when the non-union men rushed past. There was another wild scene at the barn where thousands more had assembled. The In fantry repeatedly charged into the crowd, substituting butt for bayonet, and after much effort a passage was opened for the scurrying cavalcade and it was safe Inside the inclosure. STRIKE BREAKER* HI RT. Mntnrman Who Was Injured the Day Before May Die. Albany, N. Y., May 15.—Sixteen of the strike breakers were Injured during the ride, and many of them stunned, weak and scared, had to be helped from the wagons. The Strikers say that eighteen striker breakers deserted during the ride, end that lets than fifty were safely land ed in the barn. in a hollow square of infantry protected by lines of pickets that reached into every bisecting Street and outer akirmleh line Jn circular form that encompassed ail, ttva traction tower wagon was moved out of the barn this afternoon, and two hours were spent in 'repairing trolley wires. The heavy force of guardsmen and the stringency of the protective measures seemed to awe the crowds that surged around the outer skirmish line and there wns no disorder. The soldiers were jeered and derided, but no one offered them vio lence. The city is quiet at midnight. Both the strikers and the railroad peo ple claim that there has been no further attempt at negotiations for a settlement. The company says that It will proceed to move cars to-morrow under the guard of soldiers, and Gen. Roe, in command of tho troops, says he will assist to the best of his ability with tils 2,200 troops. Marshall, the non-union motorman who was Injured yesterday by the mob, is very low sjid probably will die before morning. PORT HOYVI, MAY GET A SOP. Atanila Good C hance of Being Made n Torpedo limit Hrndnnnrter*. Washington, D. C., May 15.—Port Royal will probably be selectedi as one of the three torpedo stations to be established along the Atlantic coast. The members of the board of naval officers selected to consider the question of the practical use fulness for the torpedo flotilla, so near completion, are to hold n meeting at Pen sacola, Fla., next Saturday. They left here to-day on the Florida Express. It is proposed to establish a series of torpedo headquarters along the coast, at conven ient points, where torpedo boats and de stroyers may rendezvous In time of peace, and be prepared for Immediate action In time of war. There are about thirty of these vessels near the stage of comple t on, and It Is the intention of the Navy Department to place them where they may be well taken cure of, and it the same time, be kept in condition for Im mediate action If necessary. The abandonment of the naval station ut Port Royal in favor of Charleston, has not been lost sight of by the naval au thorities. It is claimed that Port Royal offers exceptionally desirable faellltlea for a rendezvous for the torpedo boats, and the government property there, including a number of w r ell constructed buildings, renders that point additionally attractive for the purpose desired. It Is probable that the board, now on Its way to Pensacola, will recommend the location of at least three torpedo sta tions. One on the New England const, another on the Gulf coast, and Port Royal seems to be the choice for the Middle or South Atlantic station. The establishment of a torpedo head quarters at Port Royal does not mean that Admiral Crownlnshteld’s proposition to establish a naval training station for seamen ut the same place, is to be aban doned. On the contrary, that sqbject Is still under serious consideration at the Navy Department, and it Is understood that some definite action favorable to Port Royal will be announced at an early day. WILL ADVISeYcCEPTANCE. But Heunr Gomes Will Present Mi nority Report to Commission. Havana. May 15.—A majority of the Committee on Relations, Senors Tamayo, Vlliuendas and De Quesada, are in favor of the committee making an Immediate report advising the Constitutional Con vention to accept the Platt amendment. Senors Gomez and Silva are strongly op posed to this action. It is said that Senor, Gomez, In drawing up the minority report Interprets the explanations of Secretary Root as an admittance that the United State# wilt change the Plat tamendment if the Cu bans Insist upon It, that clauses will be added guaranteeing the absolute inde pendence of. Culba, that the third clause will be stricken out, as the Monroe doc trine provides for Intervention should this be necessary, that coaling stations used for coal shall not be used for naval sta tions. Senor Gomez was not present at to day’s meeting of the committee. The majority claim that he wap trying to de lay the bringing of tire matter before the convention for final action. Word wa* sent Senor Gomez to-day that he would he allowed 24 hours to draw up the minor ity report. At to-day’s meeting It was voted that owing to Ihe explanations made by Sec retary Root to the commission, ‘we advise the constitution convention to accept the Platt amendment as a basis for future treaties with the United States.’ • MB. CAPPS’ GOOD WORK. Saves Time ami Money In Mending Kenrsnrge Gun. New York, May 15.—A short time ago Naval Constructor L. C. Capps, head of the construction and repair department In the Brooklyn navy yard, began work which was completed to-day, and by which the government has been saved several thousand dollars. While the crew of the battleship Kearsarge, on Jan. 21, last, was engage<] in target practice, one of the thirteen-inch projectiles exploded prematurely, destroying the rifling of a 70-ton gun. It became necessary In or der to make the repairs to remove the gun from the turret. and under the old system It would have been necessary to raise the turret, which would tHke four months and cost about SIO,OOO. A plan was devised by Mr. Capps to withdraw the gun from the turret through the porthole, but the feasibility of his plan was doubted by other officers. Permission was given him to-day, how ever. to make the trial, the work being accomplished by mean* of a hydraulic en gine, after sevtral of the turret plates were removed. FOUR DEAD FBOU CAVE-IN. Three Others nadir Hart In Norfolk and Western Tunnel. Roanoke, Va., May 15.—The names of those killed In yesterday’s cave-ln near Bhnwsvllle and Norfolk and Western Railroad trunnel are: Pierce Jones of Wyethevllle; K. Mares, Kiliston; Joe Miller, home unknown; Alexander Jame son of Henry county. Jack Wright had a leg broken and mashed, and It was amputated this morn ing. James Diggs' thigh was broken and was otherwise badly hurt. Louis Gllloway was badly bruised. All are negroes. Work in the tunnel wa* examined an hour before the acci dent occurred and found to be all right. The New Russian Loan, Paris. May 15.—The prospectus of the Russian loan has been issued. The sub scription opens May 22. The price of is sue is HVi, one-tenth payable on applica tion, one-fifth on allotment, and U>* bal ance Oct. 2 and Dec. >. , DAILY. 88 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TTMEB-A-WEEK.iI A YEAR HIS LIGHTED TORCH A MINER’S FEARFUL ERROR COSTS MANY LIVES. SIX DEAD AND FIVE WILL DIE. TFRBinLE EXPLOSION IN WEST VIRGINIA MINE. The Mine tins New and the Ventil ating Machinery of the Best So the Miner Thought He Would Bisk a Torch to Work by—The Flame Set Fire to Smoke From Explosion of Powder Charge With Fatal Re sult*—Tlic Be*cne Work Was Prompt. Falrmount, W. Va.. May 15.—Six miYiers lost their lives, live were fatally injured and three seriously burned in an explo sion at the shaft of the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company at Farmington, seven miles west of this city on ths main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad this morning. The dead: Maynard Beaty of Mannington. Joe Nichols of Lonaconlng, Md. J. H. Everson of Everson, W. Va. Dan Alferrel of Farmington. Joe Dominick, Italian. Tony Phllllppl, Italian. The injured: 1.11031 Charles Carpenter, fatally. Carl Hunter, fatally. ' 2,' Herrell Everson, fatally. Joseph Bluney, fatally. Italian, fatally. ' C Jefferson Fast, badly burned. Thomas Bulnbrldge, burned and bruised. Italian, burned and bruised. The Georges Creek Company has head quarters In the Equitable building, Bal timore, and extensive mining interests In Maryland. This is the first mine the company has opened in this state and fully 81,000,000 has been Invested, and the mine is one of the best equipped in the Fairmont coal region. Col. R. L. Somer ville, an experienced and capable mine superintendent, has charge of the works. The mine wns only recently put Into oper ation, and about 125 men were employed, only forty of this number underground. Were Going lo Make a Record Day. Owing to a shortage in the ear Bupply the men have only been making about half-time for several days, but yesterday quite a number of cars were left at the mine, and tho management decided to break all records with to-day’s output. 80, bright and early this morning, the miners who restde in cosy cottages on the hilltop ebove the mine made their way to the main opening and the car carried them 258 feet into the earth. Fifteen of them wero assigned to portion of the mins that has been worked for some timo and the remainder were put to work on heading* quite a distance away. One of the men in the rooms. It is alleged, had smuggled a torch Into the mines as it gives so much better light than the safe ty lamps prescribed by the company. There Is an Immense fan which sends 5.- 000 feet of fresh air Into the mines at every revolution, and as the shaft wa* considered one of the safest in the region the miner did not heed the frequent warn ings of a fellow employe who warned him of the risk he was taking. He Fire* ihc Filial ghat. At 9:15 o’clock the miner fired a shot and the smoke, whiJh was very dense, caught fire from the torch and spread to either the gas or dust and the explosion resulted. Fortunately the mine did not catch fire to any extent. The explosion vented itself through the air shaft and al most demolished the building on the sur face in which the fan was located. The men on the headings did not know there had been an explosion until notified. The air was soon turned in and in a short time the headings wero cleared of foul gases and the work of rescuing the un fortunates commenced. It was 5 o’clock before the work was concluded. This Is ihe most serious explosion that ever oc curred in the Fairmont cost region. EWART-CHOATE SHOOTING. Ambassador’* Nephew Figure* In heiiHutlouai Affair at Denver. Denver, Col., May 15.—Mrs. Martha Ewart, who shot ineffectively twice at Joseph K. Choate, president of the Den ver Cotton Mills Company and nephew of United States Ambassador Choate, last night st the office of Wolcott & Valle, was released on bond of 1500 to day. Information was filed In the Crimi nal Court charging Mrs. Ewart with at tempted murder. Mr. Choate's attorney niade a state ment for publication as to the events that led up to the shooting. It was to the effect that In June. 1900, Mrs. Ewart filed a suit for breach of promise against Mr. Choate. To avoid publicity, although de nying liability, Mr. Choate settled with the woman, paying her 84,000. Last even ing she went to the Choate residence, de manding additional money on account of her claim. Mr. Choate accompanied her to Mr. Valle's office, where the shooting occurred later. Mr. Choate was married to Mis* Alice Muller ut Brooklyn, N. Y., lust February. COLt Mill IN I’HESO YTEHI ANf. General Assembly Will Convene at West Paint, 911**., To-day. West Point, Miss, May 15.—The general assembly of the Columbian Presbyterian Church will convene here to-morrow. Rev. H. Ciay Bird of Unlontown. Pa., the re tiring moderator, will preach the opening sermon, and in Ihe afternoon anew moderator will be elected. The friends of Rev. K. Morris.of Marshall, Mo., and Hon. John M. Uaut of Nashville, Tenn., are grooming them’for tho moderatorshlp. The attendance is very large, represent ing about twenty states, from Pennsylva nia to California. If there are to be any burning question* they ore likely to be a proposition to take control of the theological seminary at (Lebanon, Tenn.. from the Board of Trua tees of Cumberland University and an overture from Missouri protesting against a proposed post-graduate theological school affiliated with Chicago University, the opposition being based upon the at b-ged heretical teachings of President Harper concerning the Btbla. To Hell Transports at Auction. Washington. May 15.—The transports that hare been used between New York and the West Indies will be sold at pub* ! lie auction about July L