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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. ■ ♦ 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^