Georgia Historic Newspapers

    the morning news.
J. H. KSTILL, President.
Established 1860. - - Incorporated ISSB
northwest gale
JII'CK DAMAGE DOSF, ALONG
NORTHERN COAST.
THE FLOTTBEK’S close call
j MTED STATES HOTEL AT LONG
BRANCH WRECKED.
ijok Robert Hnddon. Which Wa*
Tnirtng the Flottbek, Ponnded to
Piece*. and Iron I'ier Wrecked nt
l.ons Branch—Mncli Damage Done
in Vew York City—Tide in East
lliver the Highest Ever Recorded,
iluch Injury to Smull Craft and
l.rent Damnee Done on the Islands
Hon); the llarlein Shore.
New York, Nov. 24.—The full-rigged
ship Flottbek, which 'went ashore at
Monmouth Beach last night In the
gale, is to-night resting on the sands
apparently little the worse for her ex
perience, and her crew' are being cared
for by the life-savers of Station No. 4.
The tug Robert Haddon picked up the
Vlottbek yesterday afternoon about
dark. The ship, under command of
('apt. Singler, was bound for New York
from Plymouth, Eng., with a cargo of
white clay and minerals. The tug had
a crew of seven men, and the ship had
24 men all told. All went well un
til late in the evening, when the
wind attained a velocity of 40 to 45
knots, and the tug was unable to make
headway and the two vessels began
to work inshore. Their danger was
seen from the beach and the life sav
ers prepared to assist them. Se>eing
the struggle was hopeless and that the
only chance of saving the tug was to
let the ship go, the hawser was cut.
The ship drifted rapidly on shore and
struck well up and close in at a point
favorable for work upon her. The tug
lost her rudder about the time she was
freed from the ship and driven by the
gale and perfectly helpless, she drifted
down the coast and brought up against
the iron pier at Bong Branch
and began to pound against it. The
crashing was heard by a fisherman who
roused some citizens. With a rope they
went to the pier and aided the seven
men on the tug to reach the pier in
safety. After several ineffectual at
tempts a regulation projectile w-as
thrown over her and the rope caught.
The whip and cable were hauled out
by the crew and made fast aloft. The
life savers had their shore anchor down
and the breeches buoy was rigged
within a short time. The ship had
struck broadside on so that the work
of removing the men was compara
tively easy. The rescued sailors were
taken to Bong Branch.
About 3 o'clock the iron pier broke In
two. The tug had continued to pound
against it and the piling and the super
structure was gradually weakened by
the blows. The tug, too, was battered
to pieces.
When the pier was carried away, one
man. name unknown, was washed Into
the sea and drowned.
The United State* Hotel at Bong
Branch was wrecked early in the
night. The gale started a corner of
the roof and the wind getting under ft
ripped almost the whole covering off.
Very little could be done to save the
interior. The rain was falling in tor
rents, and men worked hard to get the
furnishings to points where they
would, be in the least danger.
Damage at Staten Island.
At Clifton, Staten Island, the Rich
mond Ice Company dock was under
mined and 600 tons of coal lost, and
part of the Rapid Transit Company’s
tracks were swept away. The schoon
er Jacob A. Stamler, used last sum
mer as a floating hotel, her companion,
the yacht Gatina, and a canal boat
broke away from their moorings and
were soon in a mix-up. The canal boat
find the Gitana suffered most. Docks
and piers on all sides of the island
were damaged.
Anbury Park SnlTereU.
The storm struck Asbury Park, N.
J with more force than any in recent
years. The wind during the night
attained a velocity of 70 miles an hour
and did much damage to cottages. The
great waves rolled across Ocean
avenue, and the surf rolled across the
beach and Into Wesley Bake, over
flowing it, something that never oc
curred since Asbury Park was located.
The Metropolitan Hotel, one of the
largest at Asbury Park, was swept of
its roof and the rain soaked down into
the rooms, causing much damage.
No trains reached Seabright to-day
and none may for several days. The
south track is washed for a quarter of
a mile and south of Seabright 1,500 feet
ot the roadbed is either washed away
or buried under sand. Anew inlet
trim the ocean to the Shrewsbury riv
'f has formed near Naveslnk and ar>
examination of it this afternoon Indi
'' tes that it is deep enough for the
river steamers. . All along the coast
many small boats were wrecked.
Wreckage on Long Island.
Driven by the terrific northeast gale,
the highest tide ever known along the
north shore of Bong Island swept in
leaving a ribbon of wreckage
that girts the shore front from Asto
r| U in Long Island city, out to Qreen-
I’ or t. on the extreme end of the Island.
Thousands of dollars damage was
'lore. Docks, boat and bathing houses
"• re wrecked and fleets of yachts
" hlch had been drawn up In supposed
’v safe winter quarters were floated
by the high tide and left stranded
,r > many Instances more than half a
mile inland.
"robably the greatest damage was
hor.i. at North Beach, on Flushing and
'•owerjr bays, where more than *20,000
” 'jrth of paved walks, docks, pavilions,
of amusement and other prop
' v was destroyed.
The Tribune estimates the damage
'me by the storm on the northern
of Jxjng Island from and in
line Pity Island to the Connecticut
i *. at *350,000.
fi ALE’S WORK AT NEW YORK.
*■ h Damage In the City mad Its
Aurraandln# Waters.
' w Tork, Nov, £4.—A heavy north
' **’ tsle has been raging along the
for the past twenty hours. Tin
1,1 set in || sunset last even'ng.
of with great severity all nig St,
mpaoied by heavy rain, In the
and lower hay the ciortf) blew
lor**' fury, ag unusually high tide
v yyub Us fietss letand shtnee,
Jsatomttal) HHofnitta ifetogi.
doing considerable damage to docks,
small boats and other craft. The
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
track between Tompkinsville and
Stapleton was obstructed by wreck
age from the pile drivers and a small
schooner which was driven ashore, and
the wreckage piled upon the railroad
track. A heavy sea raged in the up
per bay.
The storm did considerable damage
in the city. Windows In the upper
part of the city were blown in and a
few roofs blown off. The greatest
damage was along West street, front
ing the North river, where cellars were
flooded. The Rapid Transit tunnel
also was flooded in many places.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany .reportjS having suffered in the
Pocono Mountain district near
Stroudsburg, Pa. Sleet broke down
poles and wires for a mile. The wind
here blew from thirty-six to forty
miles an hour this afternoon.
The gale sent shipping scurrying to
shelter and safety. In spite of the
dropping of anchors and the putting
out of additional hawsers many small
boats and other craft were damaged
or driven ashore.
In the East River the tide rose to a
hight not remembered 'by “the oldest
inhabitant." Great damage was done
in all the islands lying In the river off
the Harlem shore, piers being carried
away, bathing pavilions washed off
their foundations, outhouses swept In
to the flood and washed to pieces in
the waterß of Hell Gate.
The entire north end of Blackwell's
Island was submerged.
Man Severe in Connecticut.
New Haven. Conn., Nov. 24.—The
damage done by the severe storm of
the last 24 hours has been the great
est, in some instances. In the history
of the state, and the damage will reach
*50,000 or more.
GREEK CABINET RESIGNS.
Tlie Anti-Translation Agitation Enil*
in Government Crisis.
Athens, Nov. 24.—As a result'of the
demonstrations against the proposed
translation of the gospels into modern
Greek, the Grecian cabinet has resign
ed. This action was taken in spite of
King George's efforts to induce the
cabinet and M. Theotekis, the premier,
to remain in office. The premier con
siders the responsibility of a judicial
inquiry into the recent riots should be
left to another cabinet, in order that
the truyi may be established beyond
suspicion.
The party of M. Theotekis will sup
port the new cabinet.
After an audience of King George to
night M. Zaimis, former premier, com
pleted a c&binet made up as follows:
Premier and Minister of Foreign Af
fairs—M. Zaimio.
Minister of the Interior—M. Trianda-
Fyllukos.
Minister of Marine—G .Tc*>aJis.
Minister of Public Worship—M. Mon
ferrato.
Minister of Finance—M. Negris.
Minister of War —Col. Korpas.
Until an official inquiry into the
causes of the riots has been concluded
M. Zaimis will hold also the portfolio
of justice.
STILL RIOTING IN ATHENS.
Armed Students Continue to Hold
I nixersity Bnildiog*.
Athens. Nov. 24.—There was a re
newal of the rioting to-night though
not on a big scale, with a demonstra
tion against the retiring cabinet. The
residences of the ministers were stoned.
The crowds were finally dispersed by
cavalry 7.
Armed students continue to occupy
the university buildings.
XVAS A SERIOUS AFFAIR.
The Fight Near Vllllersdorp Wa* No
Child's Pla.
London, Nov. 25.—This morning'3
dispatches from South Africa show
that the recent fighting near Villiers
dorp, southwest of Standerton, as to
which Lord Kitchener reported noth
ing beyond the fact that Commandant
Buys had been captured after attack
ing a patrol of 100 railroad pioneers,
was really a serious affair.
Grobelaar’s command succeeded In
surrounding and capturing a British
force of 100 British Cape Railway pi
oneers. Subsequently Col. Rimington
came up with reinforcements and after
heavy fighting compelled the Boers to
retire and to release their prisoners.
The British losses included MaJ.
Fisher, killed and three officers wound
ed. The casualties among the men have
not yet been reported.
A BAD FRENCH COUNCILLOR.
Kills Deputy Mayor, Wounds Mayor
and Latter's Brother and Escapes.
Mentone, Nov. 24.—At a meeting of
the municipal council of Roquebrune
last night, M. Orsinl, one of the coun
cillors, after a heated discussion, drew
a revolver and shot dead M. Sigaut,
the deputy mayor, dangerously wound
ing also the mayor and the mayor's
brother who had tried to arrest Orsinl.
The latter escaped.
Turkey Grows Arrogant.
Vienna Nov. 24.—The Vienna papers
assert that Turkey Is addressing an
arrogant circular note to the Powers
protesting against their “perpetual in
terference" in Turkish affairs, and de
manding to know their intentions re
garding Crete.
Miss Stone Hus Until Jan. 1.
London, Nov. 25.—"Mr. Dickinson has
received no reply from the brigands to
his ultimatum," says a dispatch from
Soffla to the Daily Telegraph. "The
brigands threaten to kill Miss Stone
unless the full ransom Is paid by Jan.
1." _
Government Hill Denounced.
Madrid, Nov. 24 —At Barcelona, re
runs and Cathagena meetings In de
nunclation of the proposed government
bill, dealing with strikes, were held to
day. Violent speeches were made, the
speakers urging the workers to prepare
for a general strike^
Mr. Dlcbinsua at t uustaatluople.
Constantinople, Nov. 24.—Mr. Dick- j
Inaof: h special diplomatic agent of \
the United States, who has been con- |
ducting ih negotiations for the re ,
leo of Mias KUen M Stone, arrivsd
Imre to-dr/ from Sofia.
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Madrid. Noe *4 -Nuwetwja efcur* hs#
i# the snwilKM hav* been gaattofeg
during the lasi tow da ye by i mend let y '
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SAVANNAH. GA., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25.1901.
SCALED A PRECIPICE
GREAT WORK BY CAPT. EDWARD
P. LAWTON’S COMPANY.
THE FILIPINOS DRIVEN OUT.
SLAUGHTERED AS THEY FLED BY
LAWTON'S MEN.
Tlie Company Commander a Native
Savannahinn and Well Known
Here—Attacking Force Had Three
Hours Climb hut Took Enemy by
Surprise—lnsurgents Used Both
Canon and nittes—Cnpt. Lawton
Praises Bravery of Sergts. List
and McMahon.
Manila, Nov. 24.—Capt. Edward P.
Lawton's company of the Nineteenth
Infantry has attacked and captured
an insurgent fort on Bohol Island,
south of Cebu, in the Viscayan group.
This fort was surrounded on all sides
by a precipice and the only entrance
to the higher ground was guarded by
a stockade with a line of ttitrench
ments behind it. Capt. Lawton sent
Sergt. McMahon and twenty men to
climib the precipice and attack the fort
in the rear. Sergt. McMahon's party
accomplished their task after three
hours climbing, through the thick un
dergrowth of brush and vines that
covered the almost perpendicular cliff.
They took the enemy by surprise and
drove them from the fort. As the in
surgents escaped they had to pass the
remainder of Capt. Lawton's company
at a distance of 150 yards. Here the en
emy suffered terrible losses.
The insurgents defended themselves
with both cannon and rifles. The
cannons were captured, the smaller
ones were removed, while the larger
ones were buried. Capt. Lawton, In
his report, makes special mention for
bravery of Sergt. List and McMahon.
Capt. Lawton Is a member of the dis
tinguished Savannah family of that
name and received his appointment to
West Point from this state. Upon his
graduation from the military academy
he was commissioned second lieutenant
of the Thirteenth Infantry, June 14,
1885. He was promoted to first lieuten
ant in 1892, and received his captaincy
in 1899. He Is one of the best known
and most promising of the younger of
ficers of the army.
TO KEEP TAB ON NATIVES.
Philippine Constabulary Is Doing
Good Work.
Manila, Nov. 24.—Gen. Chaffee has
ordered that in the future complete re
cords shall be kept of all natives tak
ing the oath of allegiance to the Unit
ed States. Duplicates of the records will
be signed in English, Spanish and
Tagalog.
The Philippine constabulary, w'hich
was organized last August, is proving
itself a valuable adjunct to the mili
tary authorities and is making an en
viable record.
MANILA STEAMER MISSING.
Alerla. With 24)0 Passenger* Aboard,
Relieved to Itnve Been Lost.
Manila. Nov. 24.—The local steamer
Alerta, with 200 passengers, including
some discharged American soldiers
from Olongapo, Subig Bay, to Manila,
is believed to have been lost.
Distilling Ship Iris Agroanil.
Manila, Nov. 24.—The United States
distilling ship Iris has been aground
on a reef near Iloilo for three days
past. The United States cruiser New
York and the gunboat Yorktown have
gone to her assistance.
WITH DYNAMITE UNDER HIM.
Colorado Judge Calmly Smoked Un
til the Explosion Came.
Denver, Col., Nov. 24.—News has
just reached here of the suicide of
Judge M. A. Rogers, formerly of the
Supreme Court of Colorado, and one
of the ablest lawyers in the state, on
Wednesday last, at Steamboat Springs,
Col., where he had been all the sum
mer with his wife.
The manner of suicide was unusual.
Judge Rogers laid down on the ground
with a stick of dynamite under him,
and lighting a cigar, fired the fuse
from It and calmly smoked until the
shock of the explosion ended his life.
The act was committed among some
willows near Bear rjver. Just inside the
town limits. No cause Is known for
his taking his life.
THEY KNOW NOTHING OF IT.
New* of Yukon Insurrection Hn* Not
Reached Skagway.
Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 24.
The proposed insurrection in the Yukon
country, and the plan to seize the coun
try has not yet reached Skagway and
interior points In the Northwest Ter
ritory. according to Capt. Connell of
the steamer City of Seattle, and othr
passengers who came down on the
City of Seattle. Capt. Connell said
that the press of Skagway had heard
nothing of it.
Several recent arrivals pronounce the
report a dream.
RAN INTO A MILESTONE.
Dnkeof AbrUE*!'* Automobile Smash
ed Iu a Hoad Race.
Rome. Nov. 24.—During a motor car
race from Turin to Bologna between
the Duke of Abruzzl and Signor Ootel
lettl, the machine of tlie former, while
going at the rate of fifty mile* an hour,
came into collision with a milestone.
The car was smashed, but the Duke
escaped with trifling Inlurles. Ho was
compelled, ot course, to abandon the
race
Hlgnor Cotellettl covered 224 miles In
sis hours and a half.
Saw* sinrm la the A lira
Cumberland. Ml , Nov *4 —One of
the heaviest hid* etorme for ym ns hoe ]
bene prevailing si Oakland srtd Terrs i
Alts. W Vs . trt the euflimll of lor
Allegheny Mount Hut. slice >eet.-i div
The snow this morning at an early :
hour hod re* l lot s depth of tt inchee
The snow is itwwiyMiil py # ftogh
•st. 4. 1
NEGRO FIEND SHOT TO DEATH.
Anderson Connty Stirred With Good
Came.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 24. —Ander-
son county has been stirred to its cen
ter to-day. Hundreds of men are
scouring the country for a strange ne
gro. who last evening, eight miles from
town, shot Mrs. Perry Craft through
the back as she was getting him some
thing to eat. The woman is fatally
wounded. She is 20 years old and a
bride of a few days.
The negro fled and fired at Craft, who
purused for awhile. Mrs. Craft's
father shot at him several times w'ith
a rifle. The sheriff of Anderson has
tened to the scene with dogs trained
to catch escapes from the Anderson
stockade, but the criminal soon puz
zled them. The hunt continued all
day but without success. The negro
was later, this afternoon, captured and
shot to death. No details are obtain
able. —He was not" Identified.
GRAND RALLY OF CATHOLICS.
To Br Great Gathering at Cincinnati
of All the Church Organizations.
Philadelphia, Nov. 24.—Members of
Catholic organizations and Catholic
communities generally throughout the
country are much interetsed in the
approaching convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Catholic Societies of
the United States, which will open in
Cincinnati, Dec. 10. They regard it as
a history-making event for the church
in America.
The federation has the approval and
co-operation of the most distinguished
prelates in the United States. Every
Catholic organization in the country
has notified the national officers of its
intention to participate in the con
vention. The national officers are in
this city, and a corps of clerks have
been employed for weeks, answering
inquiring correspondents and making
arrangements for the Cincinnati gath
ering. it is believed that the conven
tion will number over 1,500 delegates,
and the city of Cincinnati Is making
elaborate preparations to receive and
entertain them. Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York. Massachusetts,
Ohio. Kentucky. Maryland. Illinois and
Indiana particularly will be fully repre
sented. The most distinguished Cath
olic laymen and churchmen In the
country will be among the delegates
and speakers. There ■will be an orator
of the West and an orator Of the East.
The former will be District Attorney
P. H. O’Donnell of Chicago, and the
latter w'ill be either Bourke Cockran
of New Y'ork or Michael J. Ryan of
Philadelphia.
The convention will be attended by
an elaborate street parade of uniform
ed Catholic Knights of America and
other similar societies.
It Is expected that the convention
will make some positive declarations
upon matters of current national in
terest, such as the position of the
church In the Philippines. It will ef
fect a permanent organization for fu
ture work, as its officers will proba
bly Include some of the most promi
nent and conspicuous Catholics.
THE SAN JUAN*BATTLEFIELD.
Geu. Wood Buy* It for a Govern
ment Park for 1*15,000.
Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 24. —During
his recent visit here Gen. Wood
bought for the government the prin
cipal portion of the San Juan battle
field. including San Juan hill, the site
of the blockhouse and Bloody Bend.
The tract comprises 200 acres, and cost
*15,000. It will be considered a United
States reservation. The government
intends to lay out a beautiful park on
the old battlefield.
GERMAN FEELING MODERATES.
British Press Seek* to Inelnde Amer
ican* in the Ontbnrst.
London, Nov. 24. —With the moderat
ing tone of the German press the acute
phase of the Chamberlain incident is
regarded as already passed. Whether
the agitation will be carried further
will now depend upon the attitude of
Count von Buelow, the German impe
rial chancellor, assumes In the Reich
stag.
It has been reported that Count von
Buelow will take a firm stand against
Mr. Chamberlain’s Edinburg remarks,
being nothing loth to use the agitation
in Germany as a lever to assist the
naval programme of Emperor Wil
liam.
The question still simmers in the
British press.
The Daily Chronicle says to-day:
"It should be plain to thoughtful
Americans that this agitation in Ger
many is an expression of an animus
not confined conclusively to one branch
of the Anglo-Saxon race. It Is prob
able that if South Africa were peaceful,
the Philippines would be the subject
of German pen and pencil fantasies.”
The Dally Chronicle recalls the
Dewey-Dlederlchs Incident.
MR. H.WNEIt REFINES A FEE.
Schley Send* Him Gold Watch amt
Diamond* to Mr*. Raynor.
Baltimore. Nov. 24.—1 t wan learned
tt>-day that Mr. Isldor Rayrier, chief
counsel for Rear Admiral W. 8. Schley,
In the recent hearing before the court
of Inquiry, had refused to accept a fee
for hi* service*. A mutual friend of
the admiral und Mr. Kayner stated
that the admiral recently sent a valu
able gold watch to Mr Rayner and a
magnificent brooch of diamonds and
peorta to Mm. ltayner.
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LAI ACHED AT VAI.rARAIwn.
Flraf Irua Meaiahl| Halit la I hill
Take* tk< Water.
Itantlago, Chill, Nov. J4.-Tli*
launching <-f th first Iron steamship
constructed In Chill, occurred at Val
paraiso to-day and was ■ great suc
cess. The earewony was attended by
(he President, Manor Jerman Risen,
(ha Federal authorities, and a large
assemblage *it people,
The enure ship *as constructed in
this country.
PANAMA AND COLON
THE WHOLE ISTHMUS THROBS
WITH EXCITEMENT.
PANAMA PREPARES TO RESIST
COLON TO BE BOMBARDED BY TIIE
PINZON.
Tlie Colombian Revolution Begins to
l.ook Like a Snre Enough War.
However. Much of the Fighting Is
Still Being Being Done by Month.
Tlie Air Is Full of Humorii unit
Both Sides Are Making Claims.
Liberal* Convert Colon Into a Red
City.
Colon, Nov. 24.—Breastworks are be
ing erected in the public thoroughfares
of Panama. The town people in the
vicinity of these are hastily moving
to safer places. All persons known to
be liberals are arrested on sight. The
government has declared its intention
to contest every Inch of ground If an
entrance into the city is effected. It
is reported that some seventy persons
who were wounded at Perequito were
landed on the island of Taboga, fac
ing Panama harbor, to avoid creating
alarm In Panama. Taboga is about
eight miles from Panama.
The government is very anxious that
marines should be landed from the
United States battleship lowa, but
Capt. Perry, her commander, has not
complied with this request.
The Boyaca returned to Panama a
second time yesterday afternoon with
Gen. Alban and a few men. The gov
ernment claims to have affected a
landing at Chorrera. routing the enemy
and recovering all the prisoners pre
viously reported taken, with the ex
ception of two. Among the number
recovered, according to the govern
ment version. Is the alcalde of Taboga.
The Liberal version of the Incident is
that the alcalde was afraid to fight and
when captured offered Domingo Diaz,
the Liberal leader, *I,OOO If he would
release him, that the offer was ac
cepted. and that the alcalde was al
lowed to go after giving his word of
honor not to attempt to escape. The
Liberals also assert that Gen. Alban
effected a landing at Chorrera after
the Liberals had withdrawn to join the
Liberal forces marching to the Empire
station.
It is asserted that the steamer Da
rien, which the Liberals recently cap
tured from the government, escaped
the Boyaca under cover of night, but
It is generally believed that she was
sent to Tuoamo some time ago.
The government claims that the
Chon-era troops are momentarily ex
pected at Panama and that on their
arrival there preparations will be made
to attack the Liberals’ advance guard
and that these will not cease until
Colon has been recaptured.
Great hopes are entertained that the
news of the capture of Colon will In
duce the authorities at Barranqullla to
send big reinforcements to land at Co
lon and annihilate the enemy.
It Is reported that the Liberal gun
boat Almirante Padilla, with Gen. Her
rera on board, left La Libertad, San
Salvador, Nov. 21, bound for Panama.
The United States gunboat Concord.
Commander Harry Knox arrived at
Panama yesterday.
Colon has become a red city, being in
Liberal hands. A large red flag bearing
the word "Patria y Libertad" is flying
at the cuartel.
EXCITEMENT AT COLON.
Arrival of Colombian Gnnbont
Arouse* the Liberal*.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 24.—The Co
lombian gunboat General Plnzon arriv
ed In the harbor at 9:30 this morning.
The excitement in Colon at once be
came Intense. The Plnzon will not be
permitted to land the troops she is
carrying at this port. If such an at
tempt is made the Liberals assert they
will fire upon them. It is thought that
the landing of government troops from
the gunboat should be effected up the
Cbagres river. In the direction of Ga
tun station and at a point about five
miles from Colon, or on the beach
south of Colon, where fighting would
be permissible.
Senor Laßosa, secretary to Gen.
Diaz, arrived here yesterday. Gens.
Lugo and Diaz are expected at Colon
shortly.
The,capture of Colon by the Liberal
forces is already known at Savar.llla
and doubtless at Bogota.
The situation here remains unchang
ed. Traffic across the isthmus is not
impeded.
WILL BOMBARD COLON TO-DAY,
Foreign Resident* Will Be Given
Refuge Aboard Warship*.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 24.—As a result
of an exchange of notes between the
United States gunboat Machlas and the
General Plnzon, Ignacio Fallaco, com
manding the Plnzon, which has 60P
men on board, has officially notified
the American. British and French wai
ships now in the harbor that he intends
to bombard Colon at noon to-morrow
(Monday), thus giving twenty-four
hours' notice.
The various consuls are notifying
their respective fellow citizens that
refuge may be had on board the war
ships.
To bombard the town of Colon It is
absolutely necessary to fire across the
railroad tracks, and the railroad em
ployes probably will refuse to work.
Lieutenant Commander McCrea of
the Machlaa la the senior naval officer,
and he awaits instructions from Wash
ington regarding the threats to bom
bard.
There is much excitement in Colon.
The afternoon passenger train, which
should have arrived her* at * o'clock,
had not arrived at I.
A. J. Streeter Dead.
Galesburg. 11l . Nov 24 —A. J Mtreet*
•r. well known in agricultural and po
litical circle* of IllliwM* and who came
into national fame In ItM aa Ike Union
Labor party's candidate for President,
died at bis home to-day at New Wind
‘•Of.
FROM BENEATH THE WATER.
Torpedo Boat Fulton Arise* Safely.
Those on Board Did Not Know of
Storm.
New York. Nov. 24.—1n the presence
of a, big crowd which, despite the
storm, assembled to witness the emerg
ing of the submarine boat Fulton, that
craft rose from the bottom of Peconle.
bay, which is at the eastern end of
Long Island, this morning at 10:30
o’clock with all well and greatly sur
prised to find that there was a storm
raging.
The test of the Fulton's staying pow
ers were highly satisfactory, not only
to the officers of the company that
built her and the naval officers pres
ent, but to those who went to the bot
tom Jn the boat. They say there w 7 as
not the slightest discomfort to them
during their more than fifteen hours of
submersion beneath the surface.
Capt. Cable of the Holland company,
who was in command, said that the
beat could have remained down for
three months if there was food enough
on board. Although there was only six
feet of water over the top of the tur
ret. those on board felt nothing of the
storm. Through tTiA nlglit there Was a
light rolling motion to the craft, but
this w 7 as ascribed to the regular mo
tion of the water, and not to the dis
turbance which was rolling the waves
high on the shore.
Immediately on coming to the sur
face the Fulton, under her own power,
ran alongside the dock and tied up.
Rear Admiral Lowe and Lieut. Arthur
MacArthur refused to go into any dis
cussion of the performance of the boat,
except to say that they would be sat
isfied to stay longer.
Members of the crew say they ex
perienced no difficulty in breathing,
and that the air was all that could be
desired, and much purer and better
than in an ordinary closed room in
which are several persons. Every
piece of machinery worked to perfec
tion during the night. The men ate
two meals while under water and en
joyed them.
Rear Admiral Lowe said later:
"When we went down I assisted
Capt. Cable in making an inspection of
the ship. Then I retired, while the
crew played cards and read. Every
few hours I was aw'akened and made
inspections of the conditions. Early
this morning Capt. Cable called my
attention to the pressure gauge, which
indicates the depth. It showed that
we were lower in the water than at
high tide last night when we sub
merged. There was nothing to show
us why it was. but a little while later
I noticed that the water, as we saw
it through the dead lights, was very
dirty, and I imagined that a. storm
was blowing. There was no rock or
roll of the vessel to indicate what was
going on.”
Con. Inning. Rear Admiral Lowe said
that the air In the boat was clean and
pure.
“Not once,” added the Admiral, "did
I notice any sign of bad air, gas or
other impurity. Considering that we
did not draw on the tanks at all. I con
sider this wonderful. It upsets all the
theories of the physicians and scien
tists who tel! us that what we did last
night was impossible. I was very crit
ical all night and nothing escaped
me."
The longest time that any submarine
boat had been under water heretofore
In the United States was three hours.
NEGRO LYNCHED BY NEGROES.
find Killed 14-Yonr-Old Boy for
Debt of 30 Cent*.
Shreveport. La., Nov. 24.—The par
ticulars of a sensational murder and
lynching have just reached this city
from Herndon plantation about eight
miles below Shreveport on the Bossier
parish side of Red river. The killing
which led up to the lynching occurred
Saturday night, when Frank Thomas,
a negro employed on the Amelia plan
tation, shot and killed a 14-year-old
negro boy named Wilburn over a debt
of 30 cents. The two were riding home
together in a wagon. Thomas demand
ed 30 cents Wilburn owed him. The
boy did not have the money, and so
Informed his companion. Thomas
thereupon drew his pistol and shot
Wilburn dead. The killing was wit
nessed by a number of excited negroes.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Holmes
arrested Thomas and was proceeding
toward Shreveport with his prisoner,
when a mob of 200 negroes and live or
six white men suddenly appeared In
the road, took possession of Thomas
and promptly strung him up to the
limb of a tree, where the body was
left hanging until this evening. This
was the first daylight lynching in these
parts for many years.
MR. CLEVELAND’S CONDITION.
Ex-President Much Improved nml
Dai Good Prospect of Recovery.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 24.—The con
dition of cx-Presldent Cleveland, who
is suffering with a coid, is very much
improved.
Dr. Wtkoff, his physician, gave out
the following statement for publica
tion to-night:
"Mr. Cleveland is getting along very
nicely, and to all appearances is entire
ly out of danger. He passed a restful
night and has had a very comfortable
day.”
Mrs. Cleveland made the following
statement to the Associated Press cor
respondent to-night:
"Mr. Cleveland is very much im
proved and we are encouraged to be
lieve that he .will be fully recovered
within a few days. He Is still In bed,
but is resting quietly. At times he Is
somewhat distressed with a cough,
caused by the breaking up of the cold."
The most Intimate friends of the
family have expressed their confidence
that Mr. Cleveland will be well again
in a few days. _
MAV CHAXGK HIS DIOCESE.
Too Many Irish In Denver See for
llishop Mats.
Rome, Nov. 24.—The RC Rev. Nich
olas Chrysostom Mats, bishop of Den
ver, Col., left Rome to-day. It appears
that although he has often spoken of
the disadvantages of his Herman na
tionality In a diocese largely Irish and
has expressed a derlrr to resign the
ViUriii hoe never entertained the Ids*
of asking him to retire At the same
time If he should persist in such a
wish, the Vatican la witling to transfer
him to another diocese er nominate
him aa a titular bishop.
DAILY. IS A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK, *1 A YEAR
WEST MINE VICTIMS
BODIES OF THE EIGHT OFFICIALS
RECOVERED.
HAD BEEN MISSING 50 HOURS.
FELL BEFORE THE DEADLY
WHITE MINE DAMP.
Three Appeared to Have Died Paln
lexnlyi Two Hud Arm* Clasped
Aron nd Each Other—Mine Rat*
Had Mutilated Bodies—Snow Cov
ered the Bodies a* They Were
Drought Hack to Pocahontas—The
Rnhy Mine Fire Still Rage* and It*
Extinction a Difficult Problem.
Bluefleld. W. Va., Nov. 24.—The
dead bodies of the lost party of eight
well known mining men, who entered
West mine of the Pocahontas Collieries
Company on Friday morning last, at
11 o'clock, were recovered at 12:45
o'clock to-day. At 7 o’clock this morn
ing a rescuing party numbering forty
persons went in the main entrance,
bralticing the mine as they etered, In
order to improve the circulation of the
air. They had reached a distance of
3,500 feel from the entrance when they
encountered such quantities of white
damp that it was impossible to pro
ceed further. Retracing their steps
they decided to make another attempt
from the Tug river entrance, some six
miles across the Flat Top mountain.
They went in this entrance about 10:30
o'clock and. after going a distance of
some 600 feet, found the dead bodies
of A. S. Hurst, chief inspector; Bob
Odham, sub-inspector, and Frazier G.
Bell, mining engineer, all huddled to
gether. From their positions they
must have met death suddenly, and
without pain. All of them were lying
face down, with no signs of a struggle.
Hurst had made a pillow of his coat
on which his head rested. The bodies
of the other five members of the party,
Superintendent of Mines Walter O'Mal
ley, Joseph Cardwell, superintendent
of the Shamokin Coal and Coke Com
pany; R. St. Clair, second assistant
inspector; State Mine Inspector Preeee
and Maurice St. Clair, sub-inspector,
were found several hundred feet back
In the mine, the three bodies lying
some little distance apart. Bob St.
Clair and Joseph Cardwell were lying
with arms clasped around each other,
cold In death. The bodies of O'Malley,
Maurice St. Clair and Preeee
were discolored and bruised about the.
face, showing signs of a struggle, it
being very plain they made a desperate
effort at retracing their steps to better
air. but already had advanced too far
Into the deadly damp to escape alive.
Three Might Have Escaped.
It Is said by members of the rescuing
party that Hurst, Bell and Odham
would have hardly lost tihelr lives but
for the fact that they lost their way.
entering the chamber 150 feet to the
left or near one of the passages from
the Baby mine in which the white
damp had accumulated In great quan
tity. The bodies were brought down
from the mines in four wagons, bedded
with straw and covered from the snow
which has been coming down all day.
reaching the Pocahontas wholesale gro
cery house, situated just in the rear
of the union station, about 5 p. m..
where they will be prepared for burial.
The bodies are very much swollen
and having been attacked by mine rats,
present a gruesome spectacle.
The fire Is still burning in the Baby
mine, and the mine officials seem at a
less to understand how It can be fin
ally extinguished. The only way, It is
believed. Is by flooding. This will be an
enormous undertaking as the mine Is a
drift mine. Mine experts claim there is
a great danger of explosions by flood
ing the mine, as when water comes in
contact with the fire the generation of
gas will be so great as to possibly blow
away the whole side of the mountain.
A RELIEF TO PITTSBURG.
High Water in Ohio Menu* Tre
mendous Shipment* of Coal, Steel
Kuil*. Cotton Tie* anil Other Pro fi
ll < t*.
Pittsburg. Nov. 24.—Heavy and con
tinuous rains for the past thirty-six
hours assures a good coal boat stage
in the Ohio by Tuesday morning. Coal
men and manufacturers are confident
of being able to practically clear the
harbor on this rise of the vast amount
of freight accumulated during the
past four or five months, thus reliev
ing greatly the congestion on the rail
roads.
Fully 30,000,000 bushels of coal are
awaiting shipment and the movement
of manufactured iron and steel will be
greater than ever known before. Be
tween 30,000 and 40,000 tons of steel
rails will go out, destined for the Gould
lines, the Missouri Pacific and Texas
Pacific and the Iron Mountain roads.
In addition about 12,000 tons of cotton
ties and a neavy shipment of miscel
laneous merchandise are expected to
be sent South. To transport this un
usual tonnage It is estimated that
seventy steamers and from 900 to 1,000
boats and barges will be required.
Bl LL FIGHTING SEASON OPENS.
Pan-American Delegate* Witnessed
Mnsrantlne’s Performance*.
City of Mexico, Nov. 24.—The bull
fighting season In Mexico opened this
afternoon with Mazzantlnl, the Span
ish matador. In the arena. Many
prominent people In the social and po
litical world of Mexico were present.
Two boxes were occupied by some of
the members of the United Statee dele
gation and other delegations to th*
Pan-American conference. The per
formance did not come up to expecta
tion*.
A Deal la Alabama foal Lands.
Mcottshoro. Ala , Nov. 34.—A number
of Philadelphia capitalists have closed
a deal for 2.000 acres of land near here,
which is rich lu coal, timber and fine
lithographing atone
The President's Oafta# Over.
Washington, Nov. *4 - Froalgen*
and Mrs Ho< aevolt refur td to the
' Ry eboui I o'clock i hto afternoon from
their outing down the Fvtciaat dm.