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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established ISSO. - - Incorporated 1888.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
THE OHIO LAUNCHED
"IHB OBJECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S
TRIP ATTAINED.
A REMAKABLE OCCASION.
A GRAND NAVAI. PAGEANT AND A
GREAT RECEPTION.
Everythin!* Poned Off ns It Should
and the Event an Especially Aus
picious One lor the Sew Battle
ship—The Greeting of the Presi
dent by the Returned Soldiers
Aboard the Transport nud the Em
ployes ot the Ship Yard Note
worthy Features—The President
Spoke cl Ships, Commerce and Ex
pansion—The Launching Very Suc
cessfully Conducted.
San Francisco, May 18.—Fortunately,
Mr? McKinley's condition to-day permit
ted President McKinley to attend the
launching of the battleship Ohio from the
yards of the Union Iron Works. To wit
ness the launching of this ship, named in
honor of his native state, was the real ob
jective of the President’s long trip across
the continent and was the event which
has attracted to the Pacific coast the gov
ernors of three states, the Ohio congres
sional delegation, several Unltec? States
senators and many other notable and dis
tinguished people. Dramatic and pictures
que as was the sight of 14,000 tons of
steel sliding into the full tide of San
Francisco bay, it was not so splendid and
magnificent as the great naval pageant
which aocompanied, nor as profoundly
impressive as ths greeting extended to the
President by the 4,000 employes of the ship
yards.
When the President left the sick room
of his wife this morning every arrange
ment had been made to notify Mm on the
instant of any change for the worse in
her condition. The physicians assured
him that there was no indications of a
setback, but at his request telegraphic
communications were made at the wharf
end at the ship yard and-, save from the
time he was on the water, he was not
a minute away from direct connection
with the Scott residence. He was driven
to the wharf in a closed carriage, escort
ed by a squad of mounted police. The
cabinet and other distinguished guests
were already aboard the transport tug
Slocum, which was to convey the party
to the Union Iron Works, Dwo miles up
the bay, when he arrived.
A Triumphal Trip.
The President's flag, an eagle and shield,
on a blue field, was flying from the main
mast, and the Union Jack was at the bow
as he stepped smilingly upon the gangway
to the accompaniment of the cheers of the
thousands who blackened the neighboring
pier hea/3s. Then began the sail over the
shining waters of the bay. It proved to
be a triumphal journey, the line of which
has not been witnessed In this country
since Admiral Dewey, upon his return
from th? Philippines, sailed up the Hud
son on the Olympia.
Every craft in the harbor was decked
cut in gayest attire, and the city in the
background was a perfect mound of wav
ing flags. Every wharf on the sea front
swarmed with people. Up near the ship
yards the grim warships of the Pacific
squadron were swinging at anchor with
streams of signal flags extending fore and
aft of the peaks from prow to taffrail.
Near Goat Is.and lay the transport Sheri
dan, travel-stained from her long jour
ney across the Pacific. She had just ar
rived from the Philippines and still had
aboard the Forty-second and Forty-sixth
United States Volunteer Infantry, which
see had brought home. The President
eaw her at once and requested that the
course of the Siocum should be changed
to allow him to past* near her. As the Slo
-1 "tm approached the big transport there
was a seen# of almost frenzied enthusiasm
aboard.
Greeted by flie Soldier*.
The soldiers, all in their service uni
forms. rushed to the side and rent the
6 r with cheer upon cheer at the sight
of the President of the United States
come to welcome them home. The band
on the after-deck struck up “The Star
Snangled Banner." The soldiers lined the
r 'd and ratlines almost drowned the
r >ric with their shouts. They swung
tb'ir hats and acted like mad
hier.. Several of them got out
the:r regimental flags ond waved them
franctically to and fro from the bridge.
Tnr ensign at the stern was dipped again
* I again. The salute was answered by
U" Slocum The President was
r linly moved by the remarkable
demonstration. He stood on the lower
d*< k uncovered, bowing and smiling and
waving his handkerchief until the sound
o' ihe shouting died away in the distance.
T : welcome from the soldiers was only
U ••eginnlng. As the Slocum came near
t o line of steel clad thunderers of the
o with Jackies lining the rails, the
" on f guards drawn up aft and officers
r 1 >ll uniform on the bridges, a puff of
eke hurst, like a white balloon, from
V •'! port quarter of the battleship Wlscon
*'"■ Admiral Casey’s flagship. “Boom,”
Kinie the report. It was the first gnn
Uom the ships, the first of twenty-one.
fat*- of the warships, the big savage
oati'esh'p lowa. the long lean
Philadelphia and
A-ams, the little torpedo l>oat Farrogut
at i thr. revegnje cutter McCulloch, which
* * with Dewey at Manila, turned loose
secondary batteries as the Slocum
tt'-amed slowly by. Opposite the McCul
u ’ *he President witnessed a smart ex
-11 of a Jack Tar's skill. A flag at
.; r ’' alt fouled and in a twinkling a nim
ailor ran aloft and loosened It. Be.
1" 1 the warships the little tug thread
st Way through the holiday fleet of
“.i.r ers yachts, tugs, barges and every
j r F of water draft Jammed about the
r “' of the shipyard. Each wss black
'i n cheering people, and there was hard
one of them which did not have a salut
; x ?un of some sort to add Us voice to
. ' ’ ar Of welcome that greeted the
’ dent from the dense crowd of work
gathered upon the pier.
Through Acres of People.
„ 'shore to the right was a stand covered
1 acres of people and beyond that a
y alive with them. Upon the pier a
, ‘ r * aUlc of white muslin ran through
.. workmen packed on either side. Up
' ■ path, arched over with flags and
“triers, one of them bearing the ln
option "The Oregon has made her
~, r “ ; atch ths Ohio," ths President
PAfty moved to a stand whsre
. of the 4,00 employe*
t u Blon Iron Worka, In a neat
seech, which he asked a heartfelt bleaa-
j&atomtral) Muftiing JCctoiS.
lng upon the head of the President and
expressed tender sympathy for his suf
fering wife, presented the President as
a token of esteem of the workmen, with
a gold plate, engraved with a suitable in
scription.
The President's response aroused much
enthusiasm. He told his audience of his
friendship for the workingmen during his
entire public career, and touched the
hearts of the surging crowd before him
as he spoke eloquently of the patriotic
response which California had made dur
ing the Spanish war.
A Discordant Note.
When the President spoke of the con
tentment of the working classes there was
one discordant note. A big strapping fel
low, perched upon an adjacent scaffold
ing, with his mind full of the threatened
strike, shouted:
"How about next week?"
A hundred of his companions looked up
and motioned him to cease.
The President said in part:
Want Ships and a Cable.
"What we want is to build more ships.
We ought to have a good commercial line
from here to the Philippines, made in the
Union Iron Works, built by American
workingmen and manned by American
sailors and carrying the American flag.
There is nothing in tills world that brings
people so close together as commerce.
There ie nothing in this world that so
much promotes the universal brotherhood
of man as commerce, and we want to en
courage commerce. The nations are close
together now. The Powers of the eartli
ought to be tied together. We have over
come distance. We not only want a com
mercial line, but we want a cable line
from here to the Philippines. We want it
to be an American cable that cannot be
cut by any other power of the world.
They say trade follows the flag. The tele
graph must follow trade.
The Problems Before tin.
“My fellow citizens, we have got prob
lems before us. We never had more im
portant ones. We have expanded. Do you
want to contract? (Cries of *No.') It is
not a question of whether we will acquire
the Philippines or Porto Rico or Guam or
Wake Island, or Hawaii, or Tuituila. We
have acquired them; they are ours. The
question is shall we give them up? (Gen
eral cries of ‘No.’) And from one end of
this country to the other comes the an
swer. They are ours, not to subjugate,
but to emancipate; not to rule in the
power of might, but to take to those dis
tant people the principles of liberty, of
freedom, of conscience and of opportunity
that are enjoyed by the people of the
United States. Our flag never goes any
where except it carries blessings. Our
flag never oppressed anybody, but it has
given freedom to every people over whom
it has floated.”
The Launching of the Ship.
Then came the launching. A platform
had been built around the prow of the
big iron monster, which lay in the very
slip in which the famous Oregon was
built and from which President Harrison
launched the monitor Monterey ten years
ago. Gathered on the platform were the
President and members of his cabinet,
Gov. Nash of Ohio, Miss Deshler, his
niece, who was to christen the ship: Miss
Barber, who was to act for Mrs. McKin
ley, and many uniformed officers of the
army and navy.
Immediately to the right was a red
coated band. Below, workmen were
knocking away the last keel block until
the great steel hull rested upon her cradle
and only a single beam, set like a trig
ger and ready to fall aside at a blow,
held her in place.
Miss Barber and the President stood
before the electric appliance which con
trolled the guillotine that was to sever
the rope which would lose the weight
that was to knock out this last beam.
Miss Barber, with her finger on the but
ton was looking intently at the indicator.
At 12:22%, two and a half minutes before
the tide was at its highest, the time act
for the launching, there suddenly shot
into the face of the indicator the word
“Ready."
The Exciting Moment.
Miss Barber pressed the button. The
last block fell away. At the same time
Miss Deshler, a young lady of 17, in a
light gown, with her dark hair, braided
down her back in schoolgirl fashion,
let go of the bottle of champagne
suspended at the side of the bow by a
red, white and blue ribbon, and as it
creashed against the side of the ship she
uttered the words: “I christen thee Ohio "
Released from its bonds, the heavy hull
of 14.000 tons of steel went ploughing
through the thick grease of its cradle.
Slowly ot first, then faster and faster,
she slid down the way* taking the flood
majestically, and piling up the water in
great waves before her. The band crash
ed, whistles blew, and the multitude
Shouted. No ship ever given to the Amer
ican navy has taken her initial plunge into
the se-a under more favorable auspice® or
in the presence of a more distinguished
company.
The Retnrn to the City.
The trip back to the city was almost
a repetition of the journey to the yard.
There was the same wild demonstration
from sea and shore. But on the way hack
the Slocum passed in formal review be
fore the warships. The President, with
Secretary Long at his side, stood at the
wheelhouse during this parade. As each
warship was passed the Jackies made a
blue hedge about the ship as they stood
at the rails shoulder to shoulder. The
marine guard aft presented arms and the
President got the four trumpet flourishes
and drum ruffles to which he is entitled
as commander-in-chief of th* navy.
As the Slocum sailed by the
Wisconsin, which was flying
the two-starred blue pennant of a rear
admiral at the peak, Admiral Casey and
his staff, like rigid statues, stood on the
bridge with their hands touching their
caps at solute. It was a glorious spec
tacle. and it was a poor marine whose
pulse did not beat higher at the sight
of it. When the Slocum came alongside
her wharf the President did not wait
for the gangway to be run out. He step
ped over the rail to the pier and almost
ion to ths carriage, which wax waiting
for him. The door slammed, and he was
off at a gallop for the bedside of his wife.
DESCRIPTION OF THE OHIO.
Will Be One of the Most Complete of
the World's Fighting Machines.
The Ohio is a sister ship of the Maine,
now building at the work* of the Wil
liam Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine
Building Company, and of the Missouri,
building at the yard of the Newport News
Ship Building and Dry Dock Company.
The hull, which 1* divided like those of
the most recent battleships. Is built of
steel and Is unsheathed. It is 388 feet
long on the load water line, 72 feet 2%
inches extreme breadth, and, at a mean
draft of 23 feet * Inches displaces 12,230
,< Th* hull I* protected abreast of the
boiler* and engine* by a side armor belt,
extending 3 feet S inches above the load
water line, and 4 feet below It, having a
thickness of 11 Inch** for a depth of 4
f**t inches, tapering to 7% Inches at
the bottom of the belt, and by the case
mate armor • Inchee thick: which extends
(Continued an Third PegeQ
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 11), 1901.
HAY’S NEW TREATY
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS DETER
MINED ON CANAL DEAL.
A REHASH OF OLD DOCUMENT.
BRITISH LIKE SUGGESTION AS TO
PANAMA CANAL.
London Calls It Sir. Hay's Proposals
for a New Treaty Washington
Says the Papers Consist Mainly of
a Memorandum in Which Mr. Hay
Indicates the Lines Necessary in
Order to Meet Views of Senators.
It Seems That the British Officials
Are to Draw tlie Treaty.
London, May 18.—The draft of Secreta
ry Hay's proposals for anew Nicaragua
treaty were received from Lord Paunce
fote by the last mail. It is a voluminous
document and is being printed previous to
examination and discussion. It is describ
ed as a redraft of the Hay-Pauncefoie
treaty, with what appears, from a casual
perusal, to be extensive annotations. Sev
eral weeks are likely to elapse before the
cabinet can commence its preliminary dis
cussions.
Th dispatches relative to the possibility
of the substitution of the Panama Isth
mian route are read with interest in
Downing sireet.
The Associated Press learns that agents
of the Panama company have not ap
proached the British government, but that
if the United States should think it ad
visable to complete the Panama canal the
decision would be hailed with no little
satisfaction at the foreign office as being
an easy way out of the present contro
versy. However, the British officials are
without any accurate knowledge of the
terms offered by the Panama people and
they incline to the belief that financial
and other difficulties will probably pre
vent the United States from adopting this
solution of the affair.
HR. HAY'S MEMORANDUM.
He Indicates the Y'lexvs ot Senatorß
to Pauncefote.
Washington, May 18.—The papers just
received at the British foreign office in
reference to an isthmian canal treaty are
those forwarded by Lord Pauncefote
about ten days ago. In authoritative
quarters it is stated that these consist
mainly of a memorandum In which Mr.
Hay indicates on what lines a treaty
should be drawn in order to meet the
views of the United States senators with
whom he has conferred. This concurs
with the London view that the papers
cover the draft of the proposals for a
treaty, rather than a treaty itself, as the
written memorandum is regarded as
chiefly tentative. With this paper before
them, the British officials can readily
perceive within what lines it will be nec
essary to frame a treaty in order to se
cure its ratification by'the Senate.
CHOKER AS A TURFMAN.
Seems Entirely Happy in His Pres
ent Occupation.
London, May 18.—Richard Croker is
paying little attention to New York af
fair* at present, finding ample pleasure
and profit in the British turf. Those who
saw him at the Gatwick and Newmarket
races this week, describe him as thor
oughly enraptured with racing and horse
breeding. First under Johnnie Reift and
then under Lester Reiff, Mr. Croker’s 5
year-old bay gelding Harrow, purchased
for £I,OOO in 1900, has, within a fortnight
won £1,700 in stakes, and was freely
backed by the American contingent on
both occasions at substantial odds. Har
row's success is regarded as another
triumph for American training, which has
worked a miraculous improvement in the
horse.
Mr. Croker is taking great delight In his
Wantage breeding farm, which he has
much beautified and where he Is having
much success with foals.
GEORGIAN KILLED IN DUEL.
Fatal Fight In Moonlight Across the
Rio Grande.
Atlanta. May IS.—W. P. Glower, a for
mer Atlanta man and a graduate of the
Boys’ High School here, was shot In a
duel near San Antonio, Tex., and died
this morning. His brother, J. E. Clower
and his mother, both of whom live In At
lanta, received news of the affair yester
day and left for Ban Antonio at 4 o'clock.
He had a business quarrel with a Dr.
Todd. They fought and Glower whipped
his opponent. Dr. Todd then challenged
Glower to a duel which he accepted. They
crossed the Rio Grande Thursday night
and fought in the moonlight in Mexican
territory. At the flrst Are Clower was
shot in the abdomen.
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TO LET CADETS OFF LIGHT.
Deprivation of Minor Privileges
Only for Offending Clns*.
Washington, May 18.—The War Depart
ment has received through Col. Mills,
superintendent of the Military Academy
at West Point, the report of the board of
I officers who Investigated the disorder
' which occurred at the Academy about a
| month ago, as a result of the Imposition
by court-martial of a severe punishment
upon Cadet Officer Ralston for his failure
to maintain dlsopllne at the mess ta
bles. It 1* believed that the extent of
the punishments recommended will be
deprivation for the class involved of some
of the minor privileges, dear to cadets,
which can be Imposed without regular
court-martial proceedings.
BROKER!* WILL RESUME.
Gnrley A Johnson nf Washington to
Pay Dollar for Dollar,
Washington, May 18.—The Arm of Gur
ley & Johnson, brokers, will resume bus
iness within the next week and will pay
dollar for dollar on their debts. Such was
j the announcement made at their office
to-day.
It was said that the assets of the Arm
| amount to almost $500,000, most of them
i collectable accounts, while ths liabilities
are less than $200,000.
Retaraa to Porto Rico.
Newport Now*. Va„ Msy Is.—Th* Mar
flower sailed at noon to-day for Porto
Bico with Gov. aad Mrs. Allan on board.
MRS. M’KINLEY’S CONDITION.
Some Improvement, Iliit Recovery
Still Doubtful.
San Francisco. May 18.—At 8 o'clock to
night Mrs. McKinley's physicians held a
consultation, after which the following
bulletin was given out.
“Mrs. McKinley's physicians report that
she has had a comfortable day. But there
is a slight rise of temperature to-night.”
Secretary Corlelyou said no further bul
letins would be given out unless unfavora
ble symptoms should develop. In the
event that Mrs. McKinley continues to
improve the President and his party will
start lor Washington about the middle of
next week. Secretary Long will leave
to-cnorrow morning for Colorado Springs,
where his daughter Is lying ill.
Drs. Hirschfelder and Gibbons left the
Scott residence at 9 o'clock to-night.
LAWSON’S YACHT LAUNCHED.
The W'ouldhe Defender a New De
parture in Yaelit nnilding.
Boston, May 18.—The Independence was
launched at 11:05% o'clock to-night. She
took the water splendidly. There was
quite an illumination and great cheering.
It was raining hard.
Daring in design and novel In construc
tion, the Independence may be character
ized as an epoch-making vessel. If she
proves fast she may alter the style of
modern racing machines and mark anew
departure in yacht construction.
The Independence is flat as a dory. Her
bilge comes up with a hard, business-like
turn that compels admiration. In smooth
weather she has probably fifteen tons less
of lead to lug along in her fln, from all
that appears on paper, than the Consti
tution. Then, in rough weather as she
heels, her length on the water line in
creases by at least ten feet, giving her
a greater immersed surface than the Con
stitution. The hulb-fln-keel is so shaped
that is must clave the water cleanly. Out
side of this there is but little to stop*her.
The midship section gives a shape that is
easy to propel at any angle of keel. The
further she lays over to a commanding
breeze the greater lateral resistance she
offers. Thus, theoretically, she ought to
go to windward like a regular sea witch,
having, with her deep and cleverly mod
elled fln, a splendid grip on the water.
When close hauled she cannot slide off
to leeward. With the wind abeam or on
the quarter she should attain phenomenal
swiftness. Theoretically, she is a flyer,
although practically, she is an unknown
quantity.
VVANAMAKER’S HEAVY LOSS.
Handsome Country Residence nt
Meadow Brook Burned With Loss
of g.l<M>,ooo.
Philadelphia, Msy 18—Thomas B. Wan
amaker's handsome country residence at
Meadow Brook Station, one mile from
Belhayres, Pa., was totally destroyed by
fire this morning. The loss is estimated
at $500,000. Sir. Wanamaker and hi* fam
ily were at their Philadelphia home at the
time.
The fire broke out during a heavy storm
and Is supposed to have been caused by
a bolt of lightning. A woman caretaker
and her child and a man servant who
were sleeping in the house narrowly es
caped being burned to death.
The house was tilled with valuable furn
iture, pictures, and statuary, brought for
the most part from Italy.
The house was in colonial style and was
built In 1826.
• The Meadow Brook was one of the finest
country residences in the vicinity of Phil
adelphia. In size It rivaled a hotel.
The pictures in the art gallery are an
irreparable loss. Their approximate value
is $250,000 and several of the paintings
were specimens of the old masters.
SAFE BLOWERS CAPTURED.
Government Officer* Have Desperate
Battle With Robbers.
Washington, May 18.—Chief Postofflee
Inspector Cochran received dispatches to
night announcing the capture, after n
df sperate battle, bf the two alleged post
otflee sate blowers charged with loot
ing the hawhorn (La.) postofflee on May
14. The dispatch follows:
"New Orleans, May 18.—Inspector Jones
wires me; 'We arrested Oscar Roberts
near Ringgold, La., late this evening. He
ir one of the Lawhorn postofflee robbers.
Full confession. He was wounded and
taken after a desperate fight. Confeder
ate supposed to be surrounded in a
swamp. Roberts taken to Shreveport.
"Johnson, Inspector in Charge.”
A later dispatch announces that Rob
ert Shrader, the alleged confederate, is
captured, wounded, and will be taken to
Shreveport to-day.
WITHAM'S ANNUAL OUTING.
Will Takes His Cashiers and Direc
tors to ban Francisco.
New York, May 18.—W. a Wltham,
president of more than a score of banks
in Georgia towns, is here to arrange for
the annual outing of his cashiers and di
rectors.
Last year Mr. Wltham brought the
party to this city, and it attracted extras
ordinary attention because seven South
ern girls, two chaperones and one cler
gyman were also members.
When asked regarding the seven young
women Mr. Wltham replied:
“All married but one. Two of them mar
ried bank cashiers. The unmarried one
has had plenty of offers."
Mr. Wltham said that this year the
party would consist of gentlemen only, as
they propose going to San Francisco by
the Southern Pacific and returning east
by the Northern Pacific.
PHILADELPHIA WILL IIRIT.
Mayor Aahbrldgre Calls Meeting of
Permanent Relief Committee,
Philadelphia, May 18.—Mayor Ashbridge
received an appeal for assistance from
the flre-stricken city of Jacksonville to
day. He Immediately Issued a call for a
meeting of the citizens permanent relief
committee In hla office at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Tha Mayor baa received several volun
teer offerings of aid, and advised ail to
eond their contribution* direct to Mayor
Bowden of Jackaon-vllle.
Ocean View Hotel horned.
Wiimlngton, N. C., May ll.—The Ocean
View Hotel at Wrlghtsvllle Beach, owned
by the Ocean View Company, S. A.
Bdhloee president and principal owner,
was burned to-night, with bath houaes,
pavilion and aavaral cottages. The ioes
is about thraa-fourtha covered by insur
ance.
WILDLY RAGING MOB
WANTON MURDER AnOUMES CON
NELLSVII,I.E, PA.
2 NEGROES MAY BE LYNCHED.
ONLY SAVED SO FAR BY BRAVE
DETECTIVE MeDETH.
Yardmastrr William Moore Murder
ed, Robbed and ills Body Thrown
Ovrr a Stone Wall by Wtlllnm
Fairfax and His Wife—The Mur
derers lininrd la (el y Caught anil
Flared In Lookup, Which Is Be
sieged hy 8,000 Frantic Men—Son
of Murdered Man and Priest Ap
peal to Mob to Disperse.
Connellsvt'.le, Pa-., May 18.—Five thous
and frantic white people surrounded the
fragile little lock-up in the town hall
here to-night. Behind the cell bars trem
bles William Fairfax and his wife, both
negroes, and who had just murdered Will
iam Moore, assistant yardmastcr in the
Baltimore and Ohio yards here, and a
man well known in Fayette and WTest
moreiand railroad circles for many years.
The tragedy developed so quickly that it
took the breath from the townspeople.
The streets were crowded with the Sat
urday night throngs. William Moore and
Baggage-master Johnston of the Fairmont
branch train, walked down Main street
and turned in towards the Hotel Haae on
Water street, through a rear alley, John
ston left Moore and the latter, before ho
had gone a moment, was assaulted hy
Fairfax and his wife, who threw
stones. Several people saw the
woman dart forward, and! the
black man also, each hurling the reissues,
Moore was struck with a brick on the
head and fell forward. Quick as a flash
Fairfax leaned down to the prostrate
tim, Jerked his watch from his pocket,
took his money from his clothing and then
with wanton brutality took the uncon
scious body In his arms and hurled it over
a stone wall, a distance of thirty feet.
Moore was not dead when he was hurled
from the stone wall, but the fall broke
his neek and he died instantly.
In a moment the town was afire. The
murder was right in the heart of it. The
woman continued to stone back the crowd
which pressed upon her. Fairfax In- the
confusion fled. Policeman Charles Still
wagon took the woman and hustled her
to the lock-up.
In the meantime search hf
gan for Fairfax. He
ran up the rear stairs of a vacant house
and was thereby betrayed by a woman
who saw him secrete himself. He was
hustled up the dark alley, and before the
crowd knew of it. he had been placed in
the lock-up with his wife. In a few min
utes the lock-up was surrounded by a
howling mob of Infuriated men. In the
midst of them were Moore's three sons
crying and adding to the excitement and
the bitterness of the crowd. Inside with
the murderers were a handful of officers
who blockaded the narrow aisle leading
from the outer door to the cells. The
men on the outside beat this in. But the
police remained firm. The crowd kept
battering at the doors, entreating the offi
cers to give up the prisoners and shout
ing: "Bring him out to the ropei" “Lynch
him!’’
The Mob In the Jail,
A few minutes before 10 o'clock a few
ringleaders succeeded in getting on the
inside and opened lire with revolvers at
the negroes through the cell doors. For
several minutes this fusillade continued.
The officers shot into the air to frighten
the people. Suddenly down the street
came a crowd of men bearing a tele
phone pole which the crowd took and,
using it as a battering ram, began to
knock down the walls of the building.
In the meantime Sheriff George A. Mc-
Cormick of Fayette county had been no
tified and with a large posse is being
rushed to Connellsvillc from Unlontown
on a freight train, the Intention being to
take the prisoners under eßcort to the
train and get them Into the Jail at Union
town.
By 11:30 o’clock the infuriated mob had
used the battering ram so effectively that
the outer wall of the building separating
the hose carriage from the aisle of the
lock-up, broke through. Soon a giant hole
gaped. Exposed and showing plainly un
der the electric light within stood tho
negro, Fairfax. The sight was madden
ing. The battering ram bent and twisted
the cell bars until the negro stood ex
posed so that he could have been dragged
out. But the officers, headed by County
Detective Mcßeth, stood -before the man,
thwarting the work of the ram, stand
ing on it with their feet to atop its work.
Mcßeth calmly Informed the man at the
head of the ram:
A Brave Officer.
"If you break through, the flrst man
that enters the cell dies.”
He held his pistol In his hand. A
man appeared with a rope, swinging the
loop hich over the heads of the crowd,
but none were brave enough to face death
at the hands of the officers.
Shortly after midnight William Moore,
the eldest son of the murdered man,
mounted the steps In front of th* lock
up and said:
“For my mother's sake and for my own
sake I ask the mob to disperse. I do not
want the negro dragged out and you
should therefore not want him."
Father John Burns, pastor of the Im
maculate Conception Church, also spoke
to the crowd and asked them to preserve
the good name of the town, ax did also
Burgess Joxtah 3. Kurtz. The crowd list
ened attentively and respectfully, but re.
newer! the efforts to get the negro as
soon as the speakers had finished.
Sheriff Elmir* the Mob.
Connellsvllle. P., May 19.—At 1:40
o'clock this morning Sheriff McCormick,
by a clever ruse, succeeded In eluding the
mob, and, placing the Fairfax couple on
a special train, and started for Union
town Jail with his prisoner*.
THE C., B. A a. STOCK.
Its Sale to the Great Northern rand
Northern Pnclllr Assnrrd.
New York, May I*.—J. P. Morgan A Cos.
announced to-day that two-thirds of th*
stock of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company has been de
posited at the Oolonlel Trust Company of
Boaton, and the Metropolitan Trust Com
pany of New York city, thus making the
consummation of the deal by which th*
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
Railroad companies acquire the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy.
ALBANY IS JUBILANT.
The Rig Traction Strike Settled
Yesterday.
Albany, N. Y., May 18.—The great street
railroad strike, lasting twelve days, re
quiring the presence of 3,000 members of
the National Guard In the city, costing
the lives of two prominent merchants and
entai'ing an expense to tho county of
Albany of over $39,000, Is amicably set
tled, and If the agreements are kept,
there will he no trouble for three years
at least.
The ominous calm which succeeded the
killing of two inoffensive citizens two days
ago by National Guardsmen, defending
property, was suceeded this afternoon and
evening by enthusiasm, when phblie bell
towers and city newspapers proclaimed
that the strike on the street railways of
five cities had been settled, blags flying
from public and private buildings, horses
und wagons decorated with hunting and
the national emblem, citizens carrying
small flags in their hands and enthusias
tic youth and otherwise dignified citizens
ohasing after the cars marked some of
the earlier scenes of the afternoon.
The Union Men Aboard.
The repair wagon left the traction com
pany’s barn with Its old union crew
aboard and going along Pearl street re
ceived an ovation. It was decorated with
flags and escorted by a Joyful crowd very
different from the angry mob that had
followed the cars the last few days. To
night several of the lines are running in
this city and all of them In the other
cities, and by noon to-morrow all the lines
will be running on schedule time with
union men.
The flrst indication of the settlement
of the'strike came at an early hour this
morning from Troy, where it was an
nounced that the Troy division of the
Railway Employes Union had decided to
sign the agreement presented at Inst
night’s conference. FnllomjJng this notifi
cation the other divisions mat in Albany
and after they had signed, the traction
company officers signed It and nt 11
o’clock this morning it became binding.
As is usual, both sides to the contro
versy claim they received it. From the
face of the agreement it 1* evident that
the striking men won these concessions:
Increasing night men and extra men's
wages to 20 cents per hour; granting men
the right of appeal from a decision ol an
inspector or the superintendent to the
traction company’s executive board; the
road to pay any employe for lost time
when suspended and found not guilty; em
ploye* permitted to ride on their own di
visions free by showing their badge; no
discrimination against strikers who have
not committed violence.
Tlie Traction People’s Gains.
The traction people obtained these con
cessions:
That men who were on strike and com
mitted violence, shall not bo reinstated
unless proven guiltless; that the road may
hire or discharge any man without refer
ence to his affiliation or otherwise with a
union; that no proposition to strike shall
be acted upon until forty-eight hours has
elapsed from the time of notification, and
that if a strike is ordered, it shall not
take effect until six days.
Gen. Oliver waited for some tlm# to
have Sheriff McCreery notify him that
the strike was ended, but Anally ordered
the return of tho troops to their homes.
WAS HINGToTsENiAfI 0 NS.
One nf Them Involves Dr. Bnss, a
Month t'nrollnn Preacher.
Washington, May 18.—During the past
few days Washington has produced a
large crop of sensational occurrences
which, combined, make a startling chap
ter In criminal history. The crimes com
mitted varied from a mysterious hotel
murder of a young man supposed to have
lost his life at the hands of a jealous wo
man to a aeven-thousand-dollar diamond
robbery, from a wealthy widow—“both
grass ar,d sod," ns George Ade would ex
press it—who met the man charged with
the theft through a personal advertise
ment in! a New York paper, and finally
a former minister of the gospel from
South Carolina was convicted of using
the malls for fraudulent purposes. These
three sensations have divided public at
tention here ond in out-of-town papers
with the sad intelligence which has come
from tlie Pacific Coast regarding the Ill
ness of Mrs. McKinJey.
The minister who has been convicted of
fraudulent use of the malls is Rev. Liston
D. Bass. D. D., a native of South Caro
lina, who for two years has been a resi
dent of this city and held a high position
in the Baptist Church. Dr. Bax* was edu
cated at Patrick Military Academy, Fur
man University, the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary and '.he Umverrlly
of Chicago. The degree of D. D. he re
ceived from the University of Alabama.
During the Cleveland administration he
wax strongly urged for the post of > onsul
general to Berlin, Germany. lie was in
dorsed for that position hy former VJce
President Adlal E. Stevenson, Gen. M. C.
Butler, Senator MeLaurln, Gen. Joe
Wheeler, Representatives Stallings,Bank
head, and all of the eongresxlonal uele
gutton from Alabama. During the past few
years he has been devoting his entire
time to literary work and the conduct of
tlie teacher's agency, and tho Bureau of
Civil Service Instruction. It was In con
nection with these two enterprises that
complaint was lodged against him hy
persons who sent money through the
malls to have their names enrolled as ap
plicants. The allegations of fraud were
made through the Inspector's Division
of the Postofflee Department, and be was
Indicted, tried and convicted of defraud
ing his correspondents by obtaining money
from them by holding out false prospects
of obtaining positions in the public ser
vice.
After his conviction here Dr. Bass re
turned to Virginia, where his family row j
lives, and publicly referred to the cose.
From his pulpit he explained the situa
tion to hi* congregation, and declared be
felt hound In duty to himself and to his
congregation, to resign his position while
the cloud of doubt hung over hi* head.
Hl* resignations were considered, hut
both congregations refused to accept. Un
der this arrangement, he Is stUl pastor
of both churches, though he ha* declined
to ascend either pulpit pending the Anal
outcome of his case.
FIREMAN DAMMED TO DEATH.
slipped From Line of Hone and Fell
In I’axcmcnt
Bt. Louis, May 18.—While fighting a fire
which threatened destruction to the flve
atory brick building at 1191 to 1115 Olive
street to-day. Edward Green, a fireman,
slipped from a line of hose upon which he
was descending from the roof to a ladder
and was dashed to death on the stone
pavement, alxty feet below. A moment
after Qreen fell to hie death, four other
firemen, caught In the nme trap, made
the pertloua descent on tha hose In eafety,
amid cheers.
The loes by the fire was sloo,noa
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TTMES-A-WEEK, tl ATBAK
A RAILROAD MERGER
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST PLAN OR
A LARGE SCALE.
J. J. HILL TO BE HELD DOWN.
NORTHERN PACIFIC FIGHT MAT
END PEACEFULLY.
Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Gonld
to Get Together ou a New Ar.
rungement for the Rig Western
l.lnes—Will Be the Greatest Aggre
gntlon of Corporate Interests Ever
Brought Together—Union Parlfle,
Northern Parlfle, Great Northern
and Barlington Will All Work in
llnrmony .Morgan Said to Bo
Friendly to the Deal.
New York. May 18.-The Mall and Ex
press to-day has the following on the
Western railroad situation:
“The controversy over Northern Paclflo
ond resultant conferences between the
leading financiers in Wall street have
caused many changes in plans for bring
ing together the Western railroads. The
balance of power has been radically re
adjusted, and some of the powers of the
financial world, notably John D. Rocke
feller and William K. Vanderbilt,
have concluded to put things In such
shape that there is not likely to be any
serious friction between rival railroads.
"The Union Pacific Is the pivotal sys
tem from which all of the projected deals
diverge. Messrs. Rockefeller and Vander
bilt are the controlling factors in thl3
property and through the large holdings
of Northern Pacific stock acquired by the
Harrlman syndicate for Union Paclflo
they will control the policy also of ths
Northern Pacific and indirectly the Bur
lington.
"The tmportant point Is that harmony
will be preserved at any cost, and James
J. Hill will not be permitted to carry out
an aggressive policy against Northwest
ern, St. Paul and Union Pacific, as some
thought he Intended to do. Mr. HJil’s
Great Northern road Is now tied up with
a guarantee of Interest on new collateral
trust bonds covering tho Burlington pur
chase, and any radical movement on his
part would only injure his own company.
I omin unity of Ownership,
"Tim coming community ot ownership,
which covers practically all of the rail
roads north of and Including the Union
Pacific, will bo tho greatest aggregation
of corporate Interests ever brought to
gether. Mr. Rockefeller is also working
to bring about harmony In the South,
west, and In this he has the support of th*
Pennsylvania, which has acquired a large
Interest in Atchlsoq stock.
"George J. Gould is understood to ha
friendly to Mr. Rockefeller’s plane, and
he Is willing to make a merger of South
western railroads. Mr. Rockefeller, how
ever, simply desire* to have close traffic
arrangements and he prefers to keep Mis
souri. Kansas and Texas Independent.
"J. Plerporu Morgan’s attitude to the
exteneive Western railroad plans Is un
derstood to be cordial. Mr. Morgan'* in
terest* in Northern Paclflo will be pro
tected. but he will divide with these other
financial giants the control of the West
ern railroad situation."
WAS~h7nGTOnTMYSTERY.
Inquest Throws Little Light Ok
Ayres' Murder.
Washington. May 18 —The coroner's In
quiry Into the mysterious murder of the
young census clerk, James Seymour
Ayres, Jr., at the Kenmore Hotel last
Wednesday morning, was begun to-day.
The first forty minutes were given to a
careful Inspection by the Jury of ths
scene of the crime.
James Burns, a Michigan clerk In the
government printing office, said Ayres
had been formerly very attentive to Mrs.
Bonine, a guest at the Kenmore, but that
lately there had been coolness between
the two.
Miss Minas, who had a room next to
Ayres, said Mrs. Bonine hs.l been to
Ayrew room a number of times. At II
o'clock Tuesday night, Mrs. Bonine visit
ed Miss Mlims In the latter’s room, wear
ing a black and brown wrapper. Mrs.
Bonine explained that she was looking
for her son Morris.
Other testimony developed little of
value, and the Inquest was adjourned un
til Monday.
REV. Dll. RAUUOUK DEAD.
Was Pastor of Brick Prrsbyterlaa
Chorrh In New York.
New York, May 18.—News was cabled
to thia city to-day that the Rev. Dr.
Maltble D. Babcock, pastor of the Brick
Preabylerlau Church In this city, died In
Naples to-day of Mediterranean fever,
after an illness of only a few days.
The dispatch came from Mrs. Babcock,
who, with her husband, has been of a
party of clergy touring through th* Med
iterranean.
Dr. Babcock went to Baltimore In 1887,
to succeed the Rev. Dr. Frank W. Oun
snulus, and In 1899, succeeded Dr. Henry
VanDyko as pastor of the Brick Church
here.
Ilev. Moltle a Mnlolde at Naples.
Naples, May 18.—Mr. Maltle, an Ameri
can evangelical minister of Davenport,
la., committed suicide here to-day In ths
International Hospital. He severed an
artery of hts wrist and swallowed cor
rosive sublimate.
He Is Not Known at Davenport.
Davenport, la., May 18.—Maltle is not
known here. No man of that name has
ever lived here, so far as is known.
TO COURTMARTIAL TOWNLEY,
Retired officer Hail Ton Mark of s
Hand In Manila Frauds.
Washington. May 18.—Lieut. Richard H.
Townloy. a retired offhier of the nsvy. will
he court marlialed for alleged participa
tion in the commissary frauds at Manila.
Rear Admiral Kempff, in temporary com
mand of the Asiatic station, to-day re
potted to the navy department that he
had detuehed Townlsy from command of
the naval school and would send him to
the gunboat Manila, undsr suspension, to
await further action.
Prompt action was taken by th* Navy
Department upon th* receipt of Rear Ad
miral Kempff s report, cable ordars being
issued for Townley's trial by oourt mar
tial to be convened as epssdlly aa pasatbt^