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c THE MORNING NEWS.
J H ESTILL, President,
rttabiished 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
HIS TOUR COMPLETED
I-RINCE henry back at new
VORK AFTER NINE DAYS.
HAS TRAVELED 4,538 MILES.
1$ GREATLY pleased with what
HE HAS SEEN.
Hie OUlelal Mouthpiece Give* Ont
H n Interview Telling How Mach
Pleased la the Prince With Hia
Reception and What He Hu Seen
nf the Country and Ita People.
Yesterday Spent at Albany q.nd
West Point—Received l>y Gov.
Ht the Former and Reviewed the
Cadets at the Latter.
New York. March 7.—Prince Henry
of Prussia to-day completed his tour
and is once more in New York, where
he will remain until Monday when he
goes to Philadelphia. He was absent
from the city for nine days, during
which time his special train was with
in the territory "of thirteen states and
legged a total distance of 4,358 miles.
He was greatly pleased with his trip
-and to-night, through his aide, Capt.
von Muller, issued a statement ex
pressing his satisfaction at the oppor
tunity which came to him, and his
gratification at the cordiality with
which he was received throughout the
country. Capt. von Muller said:
"His Royal Highness is very much
pleased by his trip into the interior of
the United States. In making it he
has obtained a very fair idea of the
vastness of the country and its re
sources, which the capital of the Unit
ed States and the great commercial
centers of the East alone could not
have given him. But more than this
impression, he values the hearty wel
come which he met in all the places
he went through, a welcome that
showed him how the people of the
United States everywhere understand
and appreciate the intention of the
German Emperor in sending him here.
“The Prince made a speech in St.
Louis, in which he said he regretted
not to have been able always to express
his thanks to those who greeted him
at the railway stations, or who other
wise desired to show him their re
spects. He wishes to have the intent
of that speech conveyed to all those
who, in the course of the
trip, gave him such a cordial
reception, and especially he wishes to
express his thanks to those, who early
In the morning when'he Vas not pre
pared and still in bed, welcomed him
with music and cheers.
"The receptions by the great cities
of the South and the Middle West were
more than he had ever expected, and
so were the receptions in the East. Fut
his royal highness is equally thankful
for what the smaller places did in
showing him their good will, though
the train in such places stopped only
a few minutes and frequently not at
all."
The Lust Day's Ran.
His last day on ,the special train
which carried him to the South, West
and East, rivalled in interest any of
the others spent by the Prince on the
tour, for it began with a visit to Al
bany, included a run in bright sunlight
down the west shore of the Hudson
river, and closed with a reception at
the United States Military Academy
at West Point. It was 2 o’clock when
the special train departed from Bos
ton. and daylight when it was climb
ing through the range of hills that
divide Massachusetts and New York.
Albany was reached at 8:30 o’clock,
and Mayor Gaus, in behalf of the city,
and Gov. Odell, for the state, met the
Plaice at the Union station with for
mal official greetings. Then under cav
alry escort he drove to the City Hall
and Capitol to return the courtesy
shown him. The people >f the city
lined the route throughout, and
their cheers sounded in pop
ular welcome. He was re
ceived by the two- houses of the
Legislature and returned his thanks to
•he presiding officers for the honor,
lie looked through the Capitol and re
turning under guard of cavalry, infan
cy and police to the union station,
left at 10:30 o’clock for West Point,
fhe train had been transferred to the
' f st Shore Railroad, and George
Daniels, general passenger agent of
, Me\v York Central Railroad, who
lunched with him, was the guide who
showed him the historic and scenic
points from the car window on the
v 'ay down the river.
•'e st Point was reac hed at 2 o’clock
and the Prince was received with the
b.litary honor due his place in the na
al service of his country. Col. Mills
B t 0 the station with a number of
* officers of the academy, and with
lrotl l ) of cavalry drove him to the
parade ground on the hights above,
hr . e cavalr y escort showed at the
t , u of the inclined road, Knox Bat
1, J. _ ed 21 guns. The cadets, formed
f V 1 x companies, were at once march
the field, and the Prince, with
' .I s and their respective staffs,
inspected them.
Reviewed Went Point Cadet*.
Dress parade followed. with the
.me as reviewing officer. The ca
l ~ , "? their handsome gray uniforms
w,s u 1 lines perfectly in snow that
won 'I hoe fiee P- and their marching
office-!? 6 is fv, of the Prlnce and his
*>‘ ’: .° n the second time around
( ' adets moved at double-quick and
The ’S°, re Iheir alignment was perfect.
"Dee saluted and his officers
when the colors passed the
Ca . . stand. After the review the
tin,' ? '' er , p drawn up in close forma
fi'OM- dn * Prince > advancing to the
the,,, n the .hrst company, addressed
£t,lenaij them on their
'n. appearance.
ri hv parade grounds were surround-
8[ rea t crowd and the entire re-
H a .. R'ade an impressive picture. The
view ' as .. br ‘Sht and clear and the
or the river and surrounding
of was excellent. At the close
morial hIi W Prince ' visited Me
■'iutv * ’ wbere the officers on
to hi the academy were introduced
He greeted them all very
the,- ' complimented them on
uteir work.
s if?y ln S Memorial Hall the Prince
v - went to the riding school,
of . A the ‘tadets gave an exhibition
ium-i ne ' „ and to the gymnasium. The
Jumping feat Bot Cadet Herr of the
tt ‘ attracted the attention of
nce aad at h 1 request Herr re
ip hi J* R tiindirig Jump to the back
ni s horse in motion. The cadet
Jlateniialj Jteninfl
landed safely on his feet and jumped J
off again without losing his balance. |
The parting call of the Prince was
at the house of Col. Mills, whom he
repeatedly congratulated and thanked.
Complimented American Railroads.
Prince Henry sent for George W.
Boyd, assistant general pasSenger
agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
who personally directed the railroad
arrangements of the tour, and thanked
him. He paid high compliments to
American railroads and in conclusion
asked Mr. Boyd to be his guest at
luncheon on Tuesday next.
Consul General Buenz and Consul
Geissler met the special at Weehaw
ken and escorted the Prince to the
ferry steamer West Point.
At the pier the Prince encountered a
crowd of commuters and they wel
comed him with cheers. The West
Point ran to Forty-second street and
landed its royal passenger at 5:50
o’clock. Captain of Detectives Titus
and a dozen detectives, two-score pa
trolmen and a squad of mounted po
lice were on hand to conduct the Prince
to the Waldorf-Astoria.
Scarlet Fever on llohenaollern.
The Prince had originally intended
to return to the Hohenzoliern, but the
discovery of a case of scarlet fever in
the crew changed his mind. He did not
fear infection himself, but decided, in
view of the fact that he is to meet a
a large number of persons during the
four remaining days of his stay in the
United States, that it would be better
to go to a hotel. His flag will not be
removed from the Hohenzoliern until
the steamship Deutschland, upon which
he returns home, comes alongside of
Thirty-fourth street pier. He will then
board the Deutschland, remain on her
and use her as his flagship.
Prince Henry reached the hotel
shortly after 6 o’clock and retired at
once to his apartments, where he rest
ed and made preparations for the
events of the night, which consisted
of dinner at the University Club and
a “Kommers” given at the Arion Club.
DREW WASHINGTON’S SAVORD.
Prince Henry Unwittingly Violated
Request of Father of Ills Country.
Albany, N. Y„ March 7.—The exhi
bition to Prince Henry of the sword
presented to Gen. Washington by
Frederick the Great, at the executive
chamber, was attended by a peculiar
incident. When the will of Gen. Wash
ington was read after his death it was
found that he had willed his five
sworda to his five nephews with the
proviso, “that they should not be
drawn from their scabbard unless in
the defense of the country.” The
sword presented by Frederick the
Great has been kept strictly in scab
bard, in compliance with the provis
ions of the will.
When it was handed to Prince Hen
ry he drew the blade from the scab
bard. Of course he did not know of
the provisions of the will, but he had,
nevertheless, innocently violated them.
No mention of the occurrence was
made to the Prince.
R. H. CROUVATT A SUICIDE.
Thoiuasville Young Man Kills Him
self in Baltimore Hotel—Was
Bridegroom of Only Fonr Days.
Baltimore, March 7. —Rudolph H.
Crouvatt, aged 27, a bridegroom of four
days, committed suicide some time last
night by shooting himself in a room
in a hotel in this city. A note was
found requesting that J. G. Crouvatt,
his father, in Thomasville, Ga„ be no
tified.
Mrs. Crouvatt, who is 17 years of age,
stated that she and Crouvatt, who had
assumed the name of James Coleman,
were married Tuesday night. Just prior
to the wedding the young woman in
formed Crouvatt that she had heard a
report that he had a wife living in Al
abama. He is said to have become
greatly excited and to have threatened
to 11111 the person who started the
rumor or kill himself.
Wednesday night Crouvatt left the
house where he and his bride were liv
ing, and she heard nothing more of
him until news of his death was
brought to her this morning.
THE AGITATION IN RUSSIA.
Spreading to All Farts of Empire,
Ineluding Siberia.
London, March 7.—A correspondent
of the Daily News, wiring from Co
penhagen, says that authentic reports
have reached there from St. Peters
burg that the revolutionary movement
is spreading in all directions and as
suming Serious proportions. The un
rest has reached many parts of Si
beria. The governor of Tomsk has is
sued an order prohibiting meetings of
citizens in the towns and villages
throughout the province. Troubles are
reported at many places in Siberia,
ircluding Novonakolaievsk, Bisk, Ma
rinsk and Barnaoul.
HOISTED AMERICAN FLAG.
French and American Consnls at
Tien Tsin Have Warm Ilispnte.
London, March 8. —Cabling from Tien
Tsin, the correspondent of the Stand
ard reports a dispute between the
French and American consuls’ there,
arising from the attempts of the
French and American consuls to in
clude certain mission properties in the
French settlement. The American con
sul. says the correspondent, hoisted the
American flag on the disputed build
ings. The French consul now threat-,
ens to hoist the French flag above the
American. _
LONDON TIMES GROWS VIOLENT.
Urges Extreme Measure* Against
United Irish League.
London, March 7.—The Times this
morning publishes a violent article on
the growing power of the United
Irish League, and urges the cabinet,
which will meet to-day, to invest the
lord lieutenant of Ireland with power
to enforce all the clauses of the
Crimes Act, to enable him to proclaim
the league as a whole and to deal with
it by a change of venue and special
juries.
W'lll Ship sif,oo,<M>o Gold To-day.
New York, March 7.—Heidelbach,
IckichelmPr & Cos. have cancelled their
entire engagement of $1,000,000 gold
fer export to-morrow. This reduces
the total shipment to-morrow to $2,-
300,000. ' 4
BACON’S POSITION
WHY HE OPPOSES BILL TO PRO
TECT THE PRESIDENT.
ALL MEN EQUAL BEFORE LAW.
WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF LAW
OF TREASON.
The Georgian Makes an Able Con
stitutional Argument, Citing
Many Authorities—Remedy for itn
Attack On the President Should Re
Same as for an Attack on an In
dividual—Law W’ould Give .Op
portunity to Oppress Men on Ac
count of Political Opinion and to
Muratle the Press.
Washington, March 7.—On account
ot the indisposition of Mr. Vest of
Missouri, and Mr. Mallory of Florida,
who expected to speak to-day upon
the pending ship subsidy bill, that
measure was not considered by the
Senate to-day.
After the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill had been passed
early in the session, the Senate totjk
up Che measure for the protection of
the President of the United States.
Mr. Bacon of Georgia continued his
speech, begun yesterday, in opposition
to the bill, making an extended con
stitutional argument against it.
The Senate agreed to make the bill
the unfinished business at the conclu
sion of consideration of the ship sub
sidy measure.
Continuing his speech on the bill
for protection t - the President, Mr.
Bacon contended that the enactment
of the bill, in its present form, would
be an extension of treason as defined
by the authorities. He quoted vari
ous writers on law, and the constitu
tion in support of his point.
Merely because the crime named in
the pending bill was not designated as
treason did not change its character.
It was practically made treason by
the penalty provided and the means
resorted to apply the penalty to the
criminal. He indicated his belief that
such a provision was unconstitutional,
maintaining that treason had been de
fined in the constitution only after long
and careful debate during which every
possible contingency was considered.
All Are Equal Before the Law.
He argued that tjie constitution in
tended that each man shall be equal
before the law, and the remedy for an
attack on the President or the killing
of the President should be the same as
if the crime were committed against
an individual.
He denied that Congress had juris
diction to legislate with reference to
an attack on the sovereignty of the
United States through the person of an
official.
Mr. Bacon declared that the conten
tion of those who supported the meas
ure was in effect that there was no
differentiation between the crime of
treason and an assault upon the Pres
ident, which threatened the existence of
the government. If that were true,
the assassination of the President
would be treason.
Mr. Bacon denied the constitution
ality of any law which shall invade
our institutions, which shall upturn
the recognized procedures of 100 years
and which shall put it in the power of
partisans either on the bench or else
where “to oppress men on account
of political opinion.” The bill, If en
acted, he said, would muzzle the press
and make any editor afraid to express
an opinion as to the President or other
official for fear that thereafter, if any
of these officials should be killed, he
might be tried for murder.
He would not, he said, vote for the
bill even if he were the only man in
the Senate and the House of Repre
sentatives opposed to it. The only way
to protect the President, vice president
and heads of the departments was to
prevent persons who may have de
signs on their lives from having the
opportunity.
After an executive session the Sen
ate adjourned until Monday.
THE CENSUS*BILL SIGNED.
President Sands Instructions to Di
rector as to Appointments.
Washington, March 7.—The Presi
dent has signed the. bill creating a
permanent census bureau. The Presi
dent sent a letter to the Secretary of
the Interior saying:
“You will please inform the director
of the census that his office will con
tinue to be administered as it has
been administered until the first of
July. On that day he will, with your
permission, appoffit such members of
the present force under him as will
constitute the permanent census force,
appointing only so many as are to be
permanently employed. After that
date all appointments will be made
under the regulations of the civil ser
vice act.”
/THE RURAL DELIVERY BILL.
General Debate to Re Concluded To
day and Rill Will Come I'nder
Five Minute Rule Monday.
Washington, March 7.—The bill to
classify the rural free delivery service
and to place the carriers under the con
tract system held the floor in the House
to-day. By an arrangement, agreed to
by both sides, general debate will be
concluded to-morrow, and the bill will
be considered under the five-minute
rule Monday.
Among those who spoke for the bill
was Claude Kitchen of North Carolina.
Messrs. Small of North Carolina and
Johnson of South Carolina opposed it.
ICE COMBINE AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Citizens Company Controls All
lint One Concern. v
New Orleans, March 7.—The combi
nation of ioe manufacturers that has
been formed here .was finally put into
legal shape to-day by the filing of the
necessary papers in the mortgage of
fice. The name of the new company
Will be the Citizens Ice Company. All
the local concerns are said to be in
the combine with the exception of
the Home. _
A Schooner High and Dry,
Norfolk, Va., March 7.—The schooner
John W. Hall, Capt. Jones, is still
aground off New Inlet, N. C. Advices
state that she is high and dry on land.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY. MARCH 8. 1002.
A GOOD WORD FOR DE LEON.
He Is Standing by Americans in
Ecuador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 20.—T0 the
Editor of the Morning News: I find upon
my arrival in Guayaquil from our
headquarters (VictoriaT up in the
mountains that the report is current
that our consul general, Hon. Perry
M. DeLeon, has become persona non
grata to the government of Ecuador.
Asa citizen of the United States and
a good one, having come from South
Carolina via Kentucky and Ohio, I am
prepared to say that Consul General
DeLeon has stood for the interests
which he was here to represent. If
he has made any mistake it is of the
head and not of the heart.
The laws of Ecuador to free Ameri
cans are rather trying as they have
an arbitrary way of administering
them. Petty suits are brought before
a magistrate who makes a decision
from which there is no appeal, whether
you are present or not. You must com
ply .with the ruling in the premises
whether right or wrong, or be impris
oned until you are disposed to comply
with the so-called judge’s decision.
Consul General DeLeon has very bit
terly opposed the application of this
law to Americans, demanding and
standing for fair trial before proper
tribunals: he may at times have been
over zealous, but his action in every in
stance where he has defended an Amer
ican citizen has met with the full in
dorsement of the foreign element in
Ecuador.
In my opinion, if the United States
government permits Consul General De
Leon to be recalled or humiliated in
any way on account of his agrressive
ness, they will be guilty of a very
grave injustice; he has undoubtedly
done his duty and when he leaves,
he will carry with him the best wishes
or ail the citizens of the United States
residing in this country. Yours very
truly. J'acksdn Smith.
GREAT MOVE* FOR SOUTH.
General Education Board Organised
by Well Known Philanthropists
and Has 51,000,000 In Hand.
New York. March 7. —Announcement
was made to-day that there had been
organized in this city an association to
promote Southern education, to be
known as the General Education
Board, and that more than $1,000,000
had been placed alt the disposal of the
Board of Trustees. The underlying
principle of the association Is stated
to be the recognition of the fact that
the people of the Southern States are
earnestly engaged in the promotion of
public education, and that in this ef
fort they should receive generous aid;
and to this end, and 1n pursuance ot
this and kindred objects, the associa
tion will seek gifts, large and small,
from those *n sympathy with its plans.
The Board of Trustees Is as follows:
W. H. Baldwin. Jr., president of the
Long Island Railroad Company; Dr.
J. L. M. Curry, executive officer of the
Peabody and Slater funds, former min
ister to Spain and ex-member of Con
gress: F. T. Gates, formerly secretary
of the National Education Society;
Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, former president
of the Johns Hopkins University, now
president of the Carnegie Institute,
Washington; Morris K. Jesup, trustee
and treasurer of the Slater board;
Robert C. Ogden, president of the
board of trustees of Hampton Insti
tute and president of the Southern
Education Board; Walter H. Page,
George Foster Peabody and Albert
Shaw 7 .
SECRETARY SHAW IN NEW YORK.
Visited Snh-Trensury and Spent
Some Time at t'nstom House.
New York, March 7. —Secretary Shaw
of the Treasury Department was in
this city to-day. This was his first
visit to the financial district since he
assumed office. The secretary paid a
visit to the sub-treasury, where he con
ferred briefly with Assistant Treasurer
Jordan and then went to the custom
house, where he was closeted for al
most an hour with Collector Bidwell.
In his statement to reporters the sec
retary said that his visit here had no
special significance; that he was simply
looking • over the ground. The Secre
tary said he was much interested in
the custom affairs of his department,
but he had no modifications or changes
of regulations in mind at this time.
The Secretary has given special atten
tion to the numerous protests against
the baggage inspection system, and he
will inquire into this matter minutely
while here.
While at the custom house Secretary
Shaw was visited by a representative
of a leading banking house, with whom
he talked for a few minutes. This
gave rise to the belief that a confer
ence might be held later in the day be
tween the Secretary and some of the
leading financiers, but on this point ro
information could be obtained.
PANIC IN TOBACCO FACTORY.
New Orleans Girls Badly Frightened
by Cry of Fire.
New Orleans, March 7.—A panic oc
curred this afternoon among the 500
girls in Hornsheim’s tobacco factory,
resulting from an alarm of fire sev
eral squares away. A strike occurred
some time ago in the factory and there
had been a rumor for some weeks that
an attempt might be made to blow up
the building.
When the cry of fire sounded the
girls frantically rushed to leave the
building and many were trampled and
bruised.
Bertha Cantress, 17 years old, is
thought to be badly hurt.
RESPITED UNTIL lO O’CLOCK.
Hut Arkansas Wife Murderer Died
1 nrepentent.
Vanßuren. Ark., March 7. —Kip Hol
ton was hanged here at 10:12 o’clock
this morning. Gov. Davis respited him
until 10 o’clock and then refused to
interfere further. Holton spurned re
ligious advice. He was pronounced
dead after twelve minutes. The ex
ecution was private. Holton was
hanged 'for the murder of his wife
at Lancaster last September. The
crime was premeditated and was
caused by jealousy. Holton also shot
Justice O’Kelly of Lancaster.
linn. Washington Drssau Improving
New York, March 7. —Hon. Wash
ington Dessau of Georgia, who has
been seriously ill at the Marlborough
Hotel, in this city, for some (lays, is
to-night reported to be improving rap
idly. Mr. Dessau is one of the nsost
Widely known lawyers in his stats.'
DITCHED AND BURNED
HORRIBLE WRECK ON SOUTHERN
PACIFIC.
FIFTEEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
MANY TOURISTS AMONG THE KILL
ED AND INJURED.
Train Hanning at High Rate of
Speed to Make 1 p Lost Time Left
Track on a Curve—Tender anil
Engine Landed 7.1 Feet Away, the
Cars Piling Up Behind Them and
Catching Fire—Seven Cars Were
Burned, Including the Tourist
Conches—Thomas Ryan’s Private
Car With His Family Saved.
San Antonio, Tex., March 7.—A
broken rail caused a frightful wreck
on the Southern Pacific Railroad near
Maxon station, 25 miles west of San
derson, at 3 o’clock this morning. From
the latest accounts received here fif
teen people were killed outright and
28 were more or less injured.
The dead:
Three children of Mart Riddle of
Chetopa, Kan.
Estavon Contraras,’Del Rio, Tex.
Andrew C. Shelly, wife and child,
Loiror, Tex.
Child of D. E. Housen, Racine, Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. White, Manitowc
Wis.
A1 Mast, engineer, El Paso, Tex.
W. W. Price, engineer, San An
tonio.
H. Bertscholst, fireman, El Paso, Tex.
Chris Keel,-contractor, Sar. Antonio.
L. A. Boone, news agent, Doyllne,
La.
Injured:
Mrs. Mary Koehler, San Francisco,
internal injuries.
A. S. Turner, Black Hawk, Miss,,
hand crushed.
Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills,
Pa., head hurt.
J. Fuller, Washington, D. C„ leg and
foot crushed.
Antonio El Rio, Del Rio, Tex., inter
nal injuries.
George Ollenburg, Lexington, Ky.,
hand crushed.
E. C. Baker, Angleton, Tex., bruised.
Charles H. Hoy, San Antonio, Tex,,
both feet scalded.
A. E. • Massey, Wilby, Tex., scalp
wound.
J. I. Taylor, Mulberry, Kan., head
injured.
Mrs. Mitchell, Philadajphla, intern
ally.
W. P. Adams, express messenger, in
ternal Injuries and badlv scalded.
Craig Battleman, North Dakota,
head and back hurt.
Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Tex.,
bruised.
Lulons Merales, Del Rio, slightly
bruised.
Antonio Donul, Del Rio, bruised.
M. Loubert, residence unknown, head
hurt.
D. P. Havens, El Paso, bruised.
A. E. McKenzie, Safford, Ariz.,
slightly injured.
R. J. Todd, Frankfort. Ky., bruised.
Thomas O. Crowder, Houston, Tex.,
btuised.
William Josephs, San Jose, Cal.,
back injured.
J. H. Taylor, Birmingham, Ala.,
slightly hurt.
Hugh Mills, Chepota, Kan., slightly
injured.
Dr. G. C. Martin, Pecos City, Tex.,
slightly injured.
C. W. I!. Bennett, St. Paul, Kan.,
bruised.
W. S. Gienn, Black Hawk, Miss., leg
broken.
Mrs. Annie Wortherst, San Fran
cisco, leg and hand crushed.
Hw the Wreck Occurred.
The ill-fated train left San Antonio
at noon Thursday, two and a half
hours late, and at the time of Pie ac
cident was running at a high rate of
speed in order to make up time. Tne
road at the point where the wreck oc
curred is in a rough country, Ihe curves
being sharp and the grades heavy.
It was when rounding a curve that
the train left the track. It is said on
account of a broken rail.
The "hour was 3 a. m., fifteen houtt
after the train had left San Antonio,
showing that it was still behind time.
All the passengers were aslejp and the
shock that followed was the first inti
mation they had of the danger.
The train was going at such a rate
of speed that the tender and engine
landed 75 feet from where they left
the rails. The cars behind piied up
aeainst the engine, causing a fire, and
all were consumed except the sleepers.
Thomas Hjuu’i Party Saved.
A private car owned by Thomas
Ryan of New York, with his family
aboard, was attached to the rear of
the train, but it was pulled away be
fore the fire reached It and no one in
it was injured.
The wrecked train was the Galves
ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio west
bound passenger, and consisted of an
engine, mail bar, baggage car, one
coach, one chair car, three tourist
sleepers, one Pullman sleeper, and one
Pulman sleeper and one private car.
The mail Cur, the baggage car and
coaches were pile3 together against
the engine and were ablaze In a few
seconds. It was Impossible to move
any of the coaches or the tourist cars,
as they were all off the rails and were
soon consumed by the flames.
As soon as it was possible to get in
communication with the division
headquarters relief trains with sur
geons and physicians were started
from El Paso. Del Rio and Sanderson,
picking up along the line all the sur
geons that could be, found.
All the injured who were in a con
dition to be moved were sent to El
Paso, where they are receiving care
ful attention.
W. G. Van Vleck, general manager
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio Railroad, was at San Antonio
and lett at once on a special train for
the scene of the wreck.
Thomas F. Ryan. NVtfe anil Son.
New York. March 7. —Thomas F.
Ryan, a New York capitalist, largely
interested in street railway and gas
companies, left here some days ago
in a special car for a tour of the
Southwest. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Ryan and his 12-year-old son.
Excuse Offered for Wreck.
Houston. Tex., March 7.—ln his offi
cial report to Vice President J. Krutt
aehryitt, General Manager VanVleck
makes the following statement :
“Conductor reports speed was not
fast at time of derailment, and is of
the opinion accident was due to ob
struction on track.”
WAS PATRICK’S PHYSICIAN.
Dr, Curry Said He Knew Patrick to
Bea Gentleman.
New York. March 7.—Dr. Walker
Curry was cross-examined by District
Attorney Osborne in the Patrick mur
der trial to-day. Dr. Curry read from
a record of Mr. Rice's case.
Several of the entries were made
about five days after Rice's death.
Patrick called twice to see the witness
concerning Rice’s condition, the last
time about 5 p. m., on the day before
death occurred. The next morning the
old man was very weak, but the wit
ness thought he would recover. The
pulse was normal as to the number of
beats, but was very weak. There was
no congestion or oedema of the lungs,
so far as he knew.
Mr. Osborne questioned Dr. Curry
about the number of other diseases,
and the witness said Mr. Rice had
none of them.
Dr. Curry said Mr. Rice suffered from
lack of exercise.
Mr. Osborne asked Dr. Curry how
he justified his disclosure of Rice’s
condition to Patrick, and Dr. Curry
replied that he did not think
he had been guilty of any
breach of medical etiquette.
“You knew Patrick was engaged in
a suit against Mr. Rice; do you think
you had a right to divulge to him that
Mr. Rice had a weak heart and was
suffering from mental
asked Mr. Osborne.
“I don't think 1 did any harm. I
knew Mr. Patrick to be a gentleman."
The witness said he had no knowl
edge that Mr. Rice had taken mer
cury. He did not think mercurial poi
soning caused Mr. Rice's death; mer
cury might have been of advantage to
him.
The witness would not have admin
istered chloroform to Mr. Rice; he
thought four or five minutes of chlo
roform inhalation would have killed
Mr. Rice. The witness had been Pat
rick’s physician for seven years.
Court was adjourned until Wednes
day.
MADE BY CHAFFEE’S ORDER.
Charges Against Maj. Waller anal
Lient Day Grow Out aaf Incident*
of Mnra-h Across Samar.
Washington. March 7.—Acting Secre
tary Darling of the Navy Department
has received a cablegram from Rear
Admiral Rodgers, commanding the
Astatic station, confirming the press
dispatches to the effect that Maj. Wal
ler and Lieut. Day of the Marine Corps
have been ordered before a court-mar
tial, to meet on the 17th instant. This
is the extent of the information con
tained in Admiral Rodgers’ dispatch.
Nothing Is said With regard to the
composition of the court, the place of
meeting or the charges against the
officers named. From other sources,
however, it is understood that the
court-martial proceedings were Insti
tuted by Gen. Chaffee and grow out
of the conduct of the officers named
in their memorable march across the
island of Samar, in course of which It
is said that they were unnecessarily
severe and brutal in their treatment
of certain natives.
The expedition in question was made
under the direction of Gen. Chaffee
and the marine battalion was tempor
arily detached from service under the
naval commander for that purpose.
In view of these circumstances it is
assumed that the two marine officers
will be tried by a court composed in
part or in whole of officers of the
army, although it is possible that one
or more marine officers may be mem
bers of it.
WALTER JOHNSON AT CAPITAL.
Hands Off In Doyle-Blnn Contest,
But Thinks Deveanx Will Be Re
appointed.
Washington, March 7.—United States
Marshal Johnson of Atlanta reached
the city to-day and is devoting his
attention to several Georgia matters.
Marshal Johnson spent most of the
day at the Postoffice Department go
ing over a number of minor matters
in which he is interested. He still
hopes to secure the reappointment of
Col. Brimberry at Albany and of Post
master McNeil of Waycross. In the
Baxley case, which has been held up,
he says he can see no reason why
Boone should not be commissioned. He
is holding hands off in the contest be
tween Doyle and Blun for the Savan
nah postoflice. With regard to the
Savannah collectorship he expresses
his belief that Deveaux will be reap
pointed.
Senator Clay left for Georgia to-day
on private business. He expects to
be gone but a few days.
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THE BHIDGE HILL PASSED.
House Is Willing for Seaboard to
Bridge Sb\n imuli River.
Washington, D. C., March 7. —Rep-
resentative Lester’s bill, authorizing
the construction of a bridge across the
Savannah river at Savannah, passed
the House this afternoon. The pro
visions of the bill have been approved
by the Secretary of War, and naviga
tion will not be at all interfered with
by the building of the bridge.
BACON'S AMENDMENT ACCEPTED.
Hegulntc* Employment of Student
Interpreters In Chinn.
Washington, March 7.—Mr. Bacon of
fered an amendment in the Senate to
day to the diplomatic bill, providing
that the student interpreters employed
tn the legations and consulates in
China should be selected in a non-par
tisan manner, and that they should
agree to remain ifi the service for ten
years. The amendment was agreed to.
Cabinet Derides on Blodgett.
Washington, March 7. —At the cabi
net meeting to-day it was decided to
appoint E. F. Blodgett postmaster at
Atlanta, Ga. He has been deputy post
master and succeeds to a vacancy re
cently caused by death.
The Olympia Off Yarktonn.
Newport News. Va., March 7. —The
cruiser Olympia is off Yorktown, where
she will remain for several days for
target practice.
Murderer of Policeman Hanged.
Jackson, Miss., March 7.—JTfn Fow
ler was hanged to-day for the murder
of Policeman Redmond on Saturday,
Feb. L
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES- A-WEEK.II A YEAR
MICHIGAN’S MYSTERY
HUSBAND OF MRS. ADA KLUMP
ARRESTED.
HE LOVED ANOTHER WOMAN.
BELIEVED HE SENT THE POISON.
ED HEADACHE POWDER.
Other Parties In the Village Re
ceived Samples of the Headache
Powders Also—Detectives' Theory
Is That Kluntp Sent Them All, But
Snlistitnted Poison In Package
Sent Ilia Wife—Kluinp Denies Any
Knowledge of the Powders or
Who Sent Them.
Grand Rapids. Mich., March T. —
Latest developments in the investiga
tion into the death of Mrs. Ada
Klump, the young wife of William
Klump of Lowell, point to one of the
most cold-blooded murders Michigan
has ever known. After a diligent in
quiry into the circumstances of the
case Sheriff Chapman this afternoon
took William Klump into custody and
lodged him in jail here. The officers
express the belief that Klump either
sent the deadly powders through the
mail himself, or knew who did send
them, and that the main object was
the removal of Mrs. Klump. The
theory is that the doctored powders
were substituted for the real head
ache and harmless powders and that
they were sent to several persons in
the village for the purpose of throw
ing the blame upon the manufactur
ers of the headache remedy and thus
divert suspicion from the sender of
the poison.
A motive is found for the alleged
crime in the story that Klump. was
Infatuated with another woman, a
widow, whom it is alleged he had
agreed to marry before, he met and
won the love of the pretty 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watson of
Lowell. Klump has been married
twice and his first wife also lives in
Lowell. It is claimed that the other
woman in the case was the cause of
his separation from his first wife. The
sheriff and his deputies are trying to
locate Hattie Whitfield. She at one
time lived in this city, and it is said
Klump visited her here. Officers went
to the home of her parents in Ver
gennes township to-day, but did not
find her there, nor could they learn
where she had gone.
Klump was interviewed at the jail
to-night. He is about 35 years old. He
declared he was entirely Innocent of
the charge on which he was arrested.
He said he had no knowledge of what
the alleged sample headache powders
contained or from whence they came.
He got the envelope containing the
powder addressed to his wife at the
Lowell postoffice with some other mail
and brought it to the house, supposing
it was an ordinary advertising sample.
He denied the truth of the reports
that he had been attentive to another
woman or that there was any reason
for his wanting his wife out of the
way.
AGED FARMER MURDERED.
Hainan Brutes Then Fiendishly
Tortured the Wife.
Butler, Pa., March 7. —Three masked
men broke into the house of an aged
man named Smith, living at Saxon
burg, Pa., last night and brutally mur
dered the old man and tortured Mrs.
Smith in a fiendish manner. They then
ransacked the house and secured S2OO
and after destroying considerable prop
erty about the house made good their
escape.
The name of the murdered man is
Henry Smith, a wealthy retired fanner.
He had been shot through the head and
his skull crushed by a blow from some
heavy instrument. A bloody ax was
found near by. The furniture was
broken and tossed about the rooms and
blood smeared the walls, floors and
everything in the house showed that a
terrible struggle for life had been made
by the aged victim. A large crowd of
indignant neighbors have started in
pursuit of the murderers, and they
have been traced to Freeport. Smith
was over 80 years old.
WILL DEFEAT RECIPROCITY.
Republican* Opposed to the Payne
Plan Claim a Majority.
Washington, March 7.—A large num
ber of the Republican representatives
opposed to the Ways and Means Com
mittee's plans of Cuban reciprocity
held a private meeting to-day. The
standing of members from the several
states was fully Canvassed and later
it was asserted that this canvass
showed that a majority could be mus
tered agaist the Ways and Means
Committee’s proposition. It was
stated as between the Tawney rebate
plan and the postponement plan, the
latter was gaining strength. Mr.
Tawney manifested no desire to in
sist on his plan and said it had served
to develop the sentiment for postpon
ing any action. 'The meeting led to an
understanding that there would be no
effort to force a vote next Tuesday
night and the element opposing the
committee plan expressed a willing
ness to have full discussion.
THE JESSIE IIART II IN TROUBLE.
Pnt Into Delaware Breakwater
Leaking Badly anil With Exhnnst
ed Crew.
Philadelphia. March 7.—The schoon
er Jessie Hart 11, from Norfolk for
New York, put into the Delaware
Breakwater to-day leaking badly. The
crew of five were exhausted. The cap
tain reports that his provisions gave
out and a boat was swept away from
the deck of the schooner. The schoon
er left Norfolk on Feb. 26 and soon
afterward ran into a northeast gale.
She began leaking and the crew were
put to work at the pumps. Provisions
became short and the captain put into
the breakwater.
Will See Emperor’s Yacht Home.
Philadelphia. March 7.—The German
steamer Alexandria of the Haniburg-
American line has been engaged to
convoy the Emperor’s yacht Meteor
to Hamburg. The Alexandria will meet
the Meteor off Sandy Hook on March
17, and sail at once for Europe.