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A SHOCK TO ENGLAND
gex. methcen captured and ms
FORCE ROUTED.
A THUNDERBOLT TO LONDON.
IRISH CHEERED THE NEWS IS
PARLIAMENT.
6. Kitchener Sends Full Account
Alter Having; Held Hack the News,
(ien. Delarey Attacked Methuen’s
Column of 1,200 Men in the Open
and Drove Them in Complete
Itonte—The British Loss in Killed.
Mounded and Missing Over 300.
Boer* Stampeded British Males
~„d Had Tilings Their Own Way.
London, March 10.—It was announced
to-day that Gen. Lord Methuen and
four guns had been captured by the
Boers commanded by Gen. Delarey.
The news came like a thunderbolt to
London. The extra editions of the
evening papers giving an account of
the disaster were eagerly bought up,
and their readers hurried through the
streets with anxious faces, and bitter
remarks were passed on the subject of
the government’s declaration that the
war in South Africa was over. The
news came too late to affect business
on the stock exchange, but excited
curb dealings quickly followed the clos
ing, in which South Africans slumped
heavily.
The news caused excitement in the
mine market. Throgmorton street was
thronged with South African operators,
eagerly inquiring for details of the
British defeat, and watching the ef
fort of the announcement. Shares were
offered freely at first; but by 6 o’clock
the excitement had abated and the
curb tone hardened.
The news was received in the
House of Commons amid great ex
citement. Tl;e reading of Lord
Kitchener’s telegram by Mr. Brod
riek, the war secretary, was listened
to in deep silence, which was broken
by loud Irish cheers. Instantly there
were cries of “Shame! Shame'.’’ from
the government benches. Then the
Irish members seemed to think better
of their outbreak, and suddenly sub
sided. The subsequent eulogistic ref
erences to Gen. Methuen were re
ceived with cheers.
In brief. Lord Kitchener announced
that when Gen. Methuen was cap
tured. wounded, with four guns, three
British officers and thirty-eight men
were killed and five officers and seven
ty-two men wounded. In addition
cne officer and 200 men were reported
missing.
The text of Lord Kitchener’s dis
patch announcing the capture of Gen.
Methuen is as follows:
Kitchener’* Hud News.
"Pretoria, Saturday, March 8. I
greatly regret to . have to send you
bad news of Methuen. He was mov
ing with 900 mounted men, under Maj.
Paris, and 300 Infantry, four guns
and a pompom from Wynndburg to
Lii htenburg, and was to meet Gren
fell with 1,300 mounted men at Rovi
rainesfontein to-day. Yesterday
morning early he was attacked by
Deiarey’s force between Twe-Bosch
and Palmieteknill. The Boers charged
on three sides.
"Five hundred and fifty men have
come in at Maribogs and Kraaipan.
They were pursued by the Boers four
miles from the scene of the action.
They report that Methuen and Paris,
with the guns, baggage, etc., were cap
tured by the Boers. Methuen, when
last seen, was a prisoner. I have no
details of the casualties, and suggest
delaying publication until I can send
definite news. I think this sudden re
vival of activity on the part of Dela
rp>' to draw off the troops pressing
DeWet.”
liner* Stampeded British.
in a second dispatch, dated Sunday,
March 9, Lord Kitchener says:
“Paris has come in at Kraaipan, with
the remainder of the men. He reports
that the column was moving in two
parties. One, with the ox wagons, left
Tw e-Bosch at 3a. m. The other, with
the mule wagons, started an hour later.
Ju.n before dawn the Boers attacked.
Before reinforcements could reach
them, the rear guard broke. In the
meantime a large number of Boers gal
loped up on both flanks. These at
nrn were checked by the flank parties,
out the panic and stampede of the
mules had begun, a_pd all the mule
wagons, with a terrible mixture of
mounted men rushed past the ox wag
ons. All efforts to check them were un
availing. Maj. t Paris collected forty
m“n and occupied a position a mile in
Pont of the ox wagons, which were
t n halted. After a gallant, but use
!• ss defense, the enemy rushed into the
® x wagons and Methuen was wounded
m the thigh. Paris, being surrounded,
surrendered at 10 a. m. Methuen is
6t ’’J in the Boer camp.”
' ben follows the numbers of the
casualties, as already cabled. The
killed include Lieuts. G. R. Venning
and t. p. w. Nesham of the Royal
artillery, who were both killed while
serving their.guns with case shot.
BRITISH BADLY CONFUSED.
b !w Prarrd That Kitchener’* Ac
<•<>>llll* Have Not Told the Worst.
London, March 10.—A further dis
patch from Lord Kitchener was read
b' Mr. Brodrick just as Parliament
v ' as adjourning. This dispatch shows
’but the first confusion was caused by
t:|r native boys with led horses, who
KHlloped through the mule convoy as
’ latter was endeavoring, under Gen.
“ thuen’s directions, to close on the
The disorder among the mules
'■ nmunicated itself to the mounted
“ps, and the Boers, dressed in khaki
tiding alongside the wagons, frus
“,“ri : >ll the attempts of the British
■ *rs to rally their forces. Great
“illusion ensued among this portion of
• mounted troops, they and the mule
-°ns galloping three miles beyond
0 J ox wagons, where they were cut
, ° r the Fourth and Thirty
nth batteries of Artillery fought
’ Kmu gallantry a nd 300 men,
of the Northumberland
an< * *ke Lancashire*, showed
'vie CUOUs cPbfPKe In protecting the
-ons and refusing to surrender un
-1 t“Rlsta n e* was useless.
an-". 0 , f° r ce under Gen. Delarey wa
f 0 ‘ s p ntlrely dressed in British uni
tize ?’ - made It impossible for
infantry to distinguish between
J&atotmab JHofnitwj
their own men and the enemy when
the mounted troops were driven in on
them. The enemy numbered 1,509
men. They had one 15-pounder and a
pompom.
Delarey, Colliers, Kemp, Verraro,
Tromp and other commandants were
present.
Gen. Methuen was seen by an agent
of the intelligence department. He was
being well cared for in his own wagon.
In a private telegram Just received
here Lord Kitchener adds:
“I find Methuen has a fractured
thigh, but he is reported to be doing
well.’fi
In another message Lord Kitchenet
says the wounded will be brought into
the railroad to-day, and adds:
“I hope the reinforcements now ar
riving will rectify the situation in this
area without disturbing operations
elsewhere.”
It is feared that Lord Kitchener’s
incomplete accounts have not told the
worst, but among the newspapers and
the public a tendency to ac
cept Mr. Brodrick’s advice to suspend
judgment pending the receipt of de
tails.
TEN PERSONS CREMATED.
Mother n.nd Niue Children Die irt
Burning Home in Qnebec.
Matane, Que., March 10.—-Fire
which originated in the kitchen of tihe
residence of Arthur Bouchard yester
day caused the death of Mrs. Bouch
ard and nine children. The fire was
discovered by a servant, who immedi
ately gave an alarm. Mr. Bouchard
jumped from an upper window and
was about to be followed by his wife,
bqt she failed in her attempt and
perished, together with her nine chil
dren, six boys and three girls, the eld
est being a boy of 14 years. Bouchard
arose about 5 o’clock and lighted a fire
in the kitchen 'and then retired again.
VENEZUELA AND GERMANY.
Their Little DHTerenee Settled Wlth
ont Resort to Force.
Berlin, March 10.—The dispute be
tween Germany and Venezuela is
nearing a settlement. The terms of
this settlement are as yet a foreign
office secret. They are, however, sat
isfactory to Germany and Venezuela
has apparently yielded without Ger
many’s having made aniy direct threat
or having had to do anything like
sending an altimatum.
It is believed that as a last condi
tion prior to his acceptance of Ger
many's requests, Che President of
Venezuela, Gen. Castro, said he could
not submit easily to these requests
while a German fleet was anchored in
his principal harbor. Conseqilently
the German squadron at LaGuayra is
now dispersing and the only vessel
to remain at LaGuayra will be the lit
tle cruiser Gazelle.
POWDER MILL DEMOLISHED.
Two Men Killed and a Third Will
Die at Keoknk, la.
Keokuk, la-., March 10.—The E. I.
Dupont DeNemours & Co.’s powder
plant, five miles west of this city, was
badly damaged by an explosion to-day.
Two men were killed outright, a third
will die and three others are seriously
injured.
The dead are Frank Schneider, and
Egbert Erickson.
The injured are Lewis Leake, will
die; James Galloway, Ben Hamilton,
an unknown man.
The cause of the explosion Is un
known. The men killed and two of the
injured were working in the building.
The unknown man was injured by a
falling rock. He was employed about
the grounds.
The damage amounts to $75,000. The
mill wherein the explosion occurred
was totally demolished.
ARE COI.. M’CLURE'S GUESTS.
Admiral and Mr*. Schley Tendered
Reception in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, March 10. —Rear Ad
miral W. S. Schley, accompanied by
Mrs. Schley, arrived here this after
noon from Washington and to-night
he was tendered a reception by the
Pennsylvania Club. A large number
of prominent citizens attended the re
ception. Prior to this the admiral ac
companied Mrs. Schley to a local
theater, where he remained for a short
time.
During his stay In this city Admiral
and Mrs. Schley are the guests of Col.
A. K. McClure.
THE ENGINES SIDESWIPED.
Collision on n Crossing Canae* a
Ilnd Wreck.
Ironton, 0., March 10.—A Norfolk
and Western freight and a Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton mail train col
lided on a crossing here to-day, the
engines sideswiping each other. The
crews jumped and escaped, except
Mail Agent W. T. Stewart, who was
imprisoned in an overturned mail car.
The wreck caught fire and the fire de
partment was called out. Stewart
wrenched a door off and leaped from
the car. He was badly bruised. All
the mail was burned.
THE MORA’S CARGO DAMAGED.
Vessel From Savannah for Bremen
Had Fire in Forepeak.
London, March 10.—One hundred and
fifty bales of cotton and one hundred
bales of cotton seed meal in the cargo
Harris, which arrived from Savannah
at Bremen to-day for Hamburg, were
badly damaged by fire and water. Fire
broke out In the vessel’s forepeak, but
has been extinguished. She will dis
charge the damaged portion of her car
go at Bremen.
CONFERRED WITH MR. DE LEON.
The Cruiser Philadelphia Now at
Ecuadorian Port.
Guayaquil, Ecquador, March 10.—
The commander of the United States
cruiser Philadelphia, Capt. W. W.
Mead, arrived here this morning, hav
ing left his vessel anchored off Puna
Island, at the mouth of the river. He
has had an interview with the United
States consul here, Mr. DeLeon. The
result so far has not been published.
To Bridge St. Andrew’s Boy.
Washington, March 10.—The House
to-day passed a bill to authorized the
Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway
to construct a bridge across East St.
Andrews Bay. at Farmdafcs, Fla.
A COMBINE KNOCKER
MR. KNOX’S ANTI-MERGER BILL
FILED AT ST. PAUL.
TRUST ISSUE SQUARELY PUT.
FUTURE OF COMBINATIONS MAY
DEPEND ON RESULT.
Legality of the Attempted Merger of
the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern Hallway* Attacked—The
Consequence* Which Would Fol
low Snch a Combine of Two Trans
continental Lines—*neh a Method
of Evading the Anti-Trust I.aw
Would Iteault in Eventually Buy
ing the Entire Hallway Systems.
St. Paul, Minn., March 10.—By direc
tion ofthe attorney-general of the Uni
ted States a bill in equity was filed
here to-day in the Circuit Court of the
United States for the District of Minne
sota in the case of the -United States,
complainant, against the Northern Se
curities Railway Company, the North
ern Pacific Railway Company and
others, defendants, to test the legality
of the alleged combination or merger
of the two roads and others named in
the bill. The action Is brought under
the act of July 2, 1890, known as the
Sherman anti-trust act.
After reciting the facts as to the or
ganization of the Northern Securities
Company, the Great Northern Rail
road and the Northern Pacific Railroad,
the petition goes on to say that they
"were the only trans-continental lines
of railway extending across the North
ern tier of states west of the great
lakes, from the grfet lakes and the
Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean,
and were then engaged in active com
petition with one another for freight
and passenger traffic.”
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, it is recited, became insolvent
in 1893, and was placed in the hands of
a receiver. While in this condition an
arrangement was entered into between
a majority of the bondholders of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
and the Great Northern Company for
a virtual consolidation of the two, and
placing the control of the Northern
Pacific system in the hands of the
Great Northern. This arrangement
contemplated the sale under foreclos
ure of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company to a committee of bondhold
ers, and that the Great Northern Com
pany should guarantee the bonds of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company, in
return for one-half of the stock of a
new Northern Pacific Company.
“The carrying out of this arrange
ment,” says the petition, “was defeated
by the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of Pearsall,
against the Great Northern Railway
Company in 1896, in which it was held
that the practical effect would be the
consolidation of two parallel and com
peting lines of railway, and the giving
to the defendant, the Great Northern
Railway Company, a monopoly
of all traffic in the north
ern half of the state of Min
nesota, as well as of all trans-conti
nental traffic north of the line of the
Union Pacific.
The Hill-Morgnu Combine.
The fact of the joint purchase by
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific systems of the Chicago, Burling
ten and Quincy Railway Company,
with its 8,000 miles of track, is next
recited, and it is then charged that
James J. Hill and his associates of the
Great Northern, and J. Pierpont Mor
gan and his associates of the North
ern Pacific, entered into an unlaw
ful combination or conspiracy to ef
fect a virtual consolidation of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
systems and to place restraint upon
all competitive interstate and
foreign trade or commerce car
ried on by them, and to
monopolize or attempt to mo
nopolize the same 'and to suppress
the competition theretofore existing
between said railway systems in said
interstate and foreign trade or com
merce, through the instrumentality of
a holding corporation, to be called
the Northern Securities Company, to
which, in exchange for its own capi
tal stock, was to be turned over and
transferred the capital stock, or a
controlling interest in the capital
stock of each of the defendant rail
way companies. In this manner, the
petition says, the individual stock
holders of these two independent and
competing railway companies were to
be eliminated and a single common
stockholder, the Northern Securities
Company, w>a,s to be substituted.
Nice Finn for Stockholder*.
In this manner, by making the stock
holders of each system jointly inter
ested in both systems, and by practi
cally pooling the earnings of both sys
tems for the benefit of the former
stockholders* of each, and by vesting
the selection of the directors and offi
cers of each system in a common body,
to wit, the holding corporation, with
not only the power, but the duty to
pursue a policy w'hich would promote
the interests, not of one system at the
expense of the other, but of both at the
expense of the public, all Inducement
for competition between the two sys
tems was to be removed, a virtual con
solidation effected and a monopoly of
the Interstate and foreign commerce
formerly carried on by the two systems
as independent competitors established.
The petition next recites in further
pursuance of this unlawful combination
or conspiracy the Northern Securities
Company was organized and stock of
the Great Northern Railway turned
over to it on a basis of SIBO a share
and of the Northern Pacific Company
at slls a share.
The Northern Securities Company, it
is alleged, is now holding, as owner
and proprietor, substantially all of the
capital stock of the Northern Pacific
Railway Company, and as complainant
believes, a majority of the capital stock
of the Great Northern Railway Com
pany. By reason whereof, a virtual
consolidation under one ownership and
source of control of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railway systems
has been effected, a combination or
conspiracy in restraint of the trade or
commerce among the several states and
with foreign nations, formerly carried
on by the defendant railway companies
independently and in free competition,
one with the other, has been formed
and is In operation, and the defendants
are thereby attempting to monopolize
.nd have mpnopolized such Interests
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 11. 1902.
j and foreign trade or commerce, in vio
lation of the act of Congress of July 2,
1890, entitled, “an act to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful re
straints and monopolies.”
Not Acting in Gootl Faith.
"If the defendant, the Northern Se
curities Company, has not acquired a
large majority of the capital stock of
the defendant, the Great Northern
Railway Company, it is because the
individual defendants named have pur
posely discouraged and prevented the
transfer and exchange of stock of the
Northern Securities Company, all for
the purpose of concealing the real scope
and object of the unlawful combina
tion or conspiracy, and of furnishing a
ground for the defense that the North
ern Securities Company does not hold
a clear majority of the stock of the
Great Northern Railway Company.
“The Northern Securities Company
wi not organized In good faith to
purchase and pay for the stocks of the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cific Railway companies. It was or
ganized solely to incorporate the pool
ing of the stocks of said companies,
and to carry into effect the unlawful
combination or conspiracy aforesaid.
The Northern Securities Company is a
mere depositary, custodian, holder and
trustee of the stocks of the Great
Northern, and the Northern Pacific
Railway companies, and its shares of
stock are but beneficial certificates
issued against said railroad stocks to
designate the interest of the holders
in the pool.
The Natural Result*.
"If the government fails to prevent
the carrying out of this combination
or conspiracy not only will a virtual
consolidation of two competing trans
continental lines, with the practical
pooling of their earnings, be effected,
and a monopoly of the interstate and
foreign commerce formerly carried on
by them as competitors be created, ’
and all effective competition between
such lines in the carrying of inter
state and foreign traffic be destroyed,
but thereafter to all desiring to use
it, an available method will be pre
sented, whereby, through the corpor
ate scheme or device aforesaid, the
act of Congress of July 2, 1890, may be
circumvenled and set at naught, and
all trans-continental lines, indeed the
entire railway systems of the coun
try, may be absorbed, merged and
consolidated, thus placing the public
at the absolute mercy of the holding
corporation.”
The petition prays that the North
ern Securities Company, its stockhold
ers, officers, etc., be (perpetually en
joined from purchasing, voting, etc.,
any of the shares of the capital stock
of either the Northern Pacific or Great
Norahern companies and that a man
datory injunction may issue requiring
the Northern Securities Company to
recall and cancel any certificates of
stock issued by it in 'purchase of or
in exchange for any of the shares of
the capital stock of either of the said
railway companies, surrendering in re
turn therefor the certificates of stock
in the respective railway companies,
in lieu at which they were issued. It
is also a-sked tihat ’the defendants, the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern Companies, officers, stock
holders, etc., Ibe perpetually enjoined
from in any manner recognizing or ac
cepting the Northern Securities Com
pany as the owner or holder of any
of the shares of their capital stock.'’
BIG VICTORyVoR TRUSTS.
Antl-Tru*t Law* of Georgia and a
Number of Other States Knocked
Out by Supreme Court.
Washington, March 10. —The United
States Supreme Court to-day decided
the Illinois anti-trust statute to be
unconstitutional because of the pro
vision of the law exempting agricul
tural products and live stock from the
operations of the law. The decision
was rendered in the case of Thomas
Connelly and others against the Sewer
Pipe Company of Ohio, and was de
livered by Justice Harlan.
The decision of the court in effect
declares unconstitutional the anti
trust laws of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Mon
tana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wis
consin. In each of these states there
is an exemption in favor of live stock
and agricultural products in the hands
of the raiser or producer, or of labor
organizations. Under the rulings of
the court, an anti-trust law, to be con
stitutional, must apply indiscriminately
to all combinations, with no exemp
tions or exceptions whatever.
The case grew out of the sale of pipe
by the pipe company to Connelly and
others, who, after securing it, declined
to make payment on the ground that
the pipe company is an illegal combina
tion for the restraint of trade under
the common law because it combines
a number of pipe manufacturing con
cerns; that it is a combination in vio
lation of the Sherman anti-trust law
and, further, a violation of the anti
trust law of the state of Illinois.
The Slate Inn Invalid.
The first two contentions received
very slight consideration, the court
holding that even if the allegations
were true they could not Justly prevent
the corporation selling its property. The
opinion therefore was based upon the
third plea, which Justice Harlan said
would be valid if the state law could
be held to be valid as there could be
no doubt of the purport of the act.
Under that law the corporation could
be dissolved, if the law is valid. He
quoted the law at length, lay
ing especial stress upon the
ninth section exempting farm
products, concluding that this pro
vision is antagonistic to the pro
visions of the constitution granting
equal protection to all under the law.
He also held that the exempting
clause is so interwoven with other
portions of the statute as to render
it impossible to eliminate it from the
law as an entirety and therefore held
that the ,entire law must be held to
be invalid.
Justice McKenna delivered a dis
senting opinion. He contended that
the equality of operation which the
constitution required in state legisla
tion cannot be construed as demand
ing an absolute unversality of oper
ation, having no regard to different
capabilities, conditions and relations
of men. Hence classification is neces
sary. He suggested that the distinc
tions made in the Illinois statute are
proper and growing out of differences
in the situations and opportunities of
the classes concerned.
Blodgett’s Nomination Goe* in.
Washington, March 10.—The Presi
dent to-day sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate:
Postmasters—
Virginia—Clifton Forge. Charles P.
Nair; Roanoke. Samuel H. Hoge.
Georglar-Atlanta, Edwin F. Blodg
ett,
HIS TOUR COMPLETED
PRINCE HENRY WILL SAIL FOR
HOME TO-DAY’.
A FINE DAY IN PHILADELPHIA.
PRINCE PIT IN FIVE HOURS VERY
ENJOY ABLY.
Suw the Relie* ut Independence
llnll, lint Showed n More Derided
interest in the \Vnr*hip* Building
nt Cramp A Son* Shipyard*—At the
Inion League Dinner the Prinee
Spoke ot lii* Visit and Said His
Mission Had No Secret Object.
Mission Had No Secret Object—Re
turns to New lurk unit Goe*
Aboard Deutsehla nil.
Philadelphia, March 10.—Prince Hen
ry of Prussia finished his American
tour in this city to-day, and for the
brief space of five hours, was the guest
of this municipality. His reception was
most cordial and his welcome heart
felt. From the moment when the spe
cial train bearing the imperial visitor
stemmed into the Pennsylvania Railroad
station, the popular demonstration was
hearty and spontaneous.
Broad street station contained prob
ably the largest crowd in its history,
and the first appearance of the Prince
as he alighted from the private car
“Columbia,” was the signal for an ova
tion which was continuous as long as
the distinguished guest remained in
sight of the multitudes gathered to ex
tend a popular welcome.
The Prince was met at the railroad
station by the citizens’ reception com
mittee, headed by Mayor Samuel H.
Ashbridge.
Five minutes after his arrival Prince
Henry stood in the mayor’s reception
room in the city hall, which had been
simply and tastefully decorated with
flowers and the American and German
colors. Mayor Ashbridge extended the
freedom of the city to the royal visitor
and presented to the Prince a hand
some album containing his address of
welcome beautifully engrossed. Mayor
Ashbridge made a brief address to
which Prince Henry replied. The
Prince was also presented with an ad
dress by the Pennsylvania League of
Veterans of the German army.
in Independence Hull.
The Prinee was escorted to Inde
pendence Hall. On the wide plaza in
front of the old structure stands a
statue of George Washington. A roar
a applause greeted the action of his
Royal Highness when he, on alighting,
gracefully uncovered before the statue.
Accompanied by Admiral Evans artd
Mayor Ashbridge the Prinee entered
the building and proceeded to the as
sembly room. He was informed that
it was in this room the Declaration of
Independence was signed, and he dis
played much interest in the colonial
and revolutionary relics exhibited in
the adjoining room. Prince Henry
remained in Independence Hall
about seven minutes and from
there proceeded: to the plant
of the William Cramp & Sons Ship
and Engine Building Company.
The four-mile drive from Independ
ence Hall to Cramp's shipyard In the
northeastern section of the city, was
one continuous ovation for the Prince
and his party. Prince Henry and
party was received by Charles H.
Cramp, who introduced the royal vis
itor to the directors of the company.
Prince Henry was thoroughly at home
in the yard, and instead of taking
only the forty-five minutes allowed
by the programme to inspect the
plant, he consumed an hour and forty
minutes In going through the place.
In taking his leave of Mr. Cramp,
who escorted him through the yard,
the Prince said:
“I could stay here all night.”
Visited Hu**inn lintt lesliip.
The Prince was first taken into the
deoartment where marine engines are
built, and from there he was escorted
to the battleship Maine, which was
launched last summer. He did not go
aboard, but gave her a critical inspec
tion from the dock. Mr. Cramp then
took the Prince to the Russian bat
tleship Retvizan. The great sea fight
er looked pretty, all painted in white
with her sides lined with hundreds of
Russian sailors. Prince Henry and his
suite were received at the gangway by
Capt. E. M. St. Chensnovitch, the
commander of the Retvizan, and his
staff, who were in full uniform. After
the cordial greetings were over, the
sailors, who were still standing at at
tention, gave the Prince a Russian
cheer, wishing him health and a profita
ble journey, to which he replied in Rus
sian:
“Good morning, fellows."
Capt. St. Chensnovitch took his royal
guest in hand and accompanied by the
Prince’s two aides, made a thorough
inspection of the ship.
The Prince made a rapid inspection
of the big armored cruisers Colorado
and Pennsylvania, which are on the
stocks; the Kroonland and Finland, the
largest, merchant vessels ever built in
this country, and the Turkish cruiser,
which has not yet been given a name.
The Prince did not know that the Sul
tan had ordered a cruiser in this coun
try, and he showed surprise when Mr.
Cramp pointed out the keel of the new
Turkish vessel.
Having seen all the ships in the yard,
His Royal Highness was then shown
through the various departments in
which the material for vessels is made,
and of all these the machine shop in
terested him the most. Here he saw
many tools in use that are of purely
American invention, and asked many
questions about them. He paid partic
ular attention to the electric and pneu
matic devices.
Before taking his departure the
Prince expressed himself to Mr. Cramp
as highly pleased withr all he had seen,
and added that his rapid tour of the
yard was very instructive. It was 1:05
when the royal visitor left the shipyard,
and, driving rapidly between two solid
masses of people, the party reached the
Union League at 1:30 p. m.
At the Union League Prince Henry
was the honored guest at a private
luncheon attended by 100 prominent
citizens. The chief feature of the floral
decorations was anew pink carnation
earned Prince Henry.
No Secret Mission. Sold Henry.
The Prince made a brief address,
saying in part:
“There has been absolutely no secret
object In view connected with my mis
sion to your country. Should any of
you read or hear anything to the con
trary. 1 authorize you herewith to flat
ly contradict it. I was told before
leaving my home to open my eyes as
well as my ears, as wide as pos
sible, to speak as little as I could. In
this latter instance I am afraid my
mission is a failure. I saw many more
things than many of you may be aware
of. I equally heard a great many
things, among others many kind words
of Individuals as well as the shouts
of welcome of thousands of
your countrymen. What 1 ex
press in your presence I express
in the presence of your nation—my
heartfelt thanks for the cordial recep
tion and good feeling I met with dur
ing my stay in your country. It will
be my duty to inform His Majesty,
the Emperor, of this fact. I am
homeward bound to-morrow. It
would be wrong of me to say I am
sorry to go home, but at the same
time I feel soi-ry to leave a country
in which I have met with so much
kindness and hospitality. Let me
add, gentlemen, let us try and be
frends.”
After luncheon Prince Henry was
driven to the Pennsylvania Railroad
station. As the train moved out of
the train shed the Prince, in ac
knowledgment of the popular ovation,
stood on the platform of the rear ear
and repeatedly saluted the cheering
throng. ,
HENRY ON THE DEUTSCHLAND.
His llorscs Frlghtmcd 1)> Cheer* at
Theater Lant Night.
New York. March 10. —Prince Henry
and his party arrived from Philadel
phia at 5:25 p. m., and were taken on
the navy yard tug John Bovvers to
Hoboken, whence they were escorted to
the steamship Deutschland, on which
the Prince is to sail for Europe to
morrow. On the steamship the Prinee
gave a dinner to those who had been
his hosts while In New York.
There were no speeches, the
Prince simply toasting the
Kaiser and President Roosevelt and
Assistant Secretary of State Hill toast
ing the Prince. Forty-six guests were
present.
Prince Henry to-night attended the
Irving Place Theater. There was a
slight accident as the Prince was about
to alight from his carriage. The horses
were startled by a tremendous cheer
from the crowd in front of the theater.
The front wheel caught one of the
supports of a canopy, tearing it from
its fastenings and a loud crash fol
lowed. The canopy fell in. but Inspec
tor Thompson and Sergt. Hodgins, who
were stationed at each side of It,
grabbed the supports and held them In
an upright position until Prince Henry
hastily jumped from the stairs and
hurried through the wrecked enclos
ure to the theater. His cap was al
most knocked from his head.
CUBA'S FATE UNCERTAIN.
President Dl*ea*ne* Reciprocity
With Visitors, lint No Definite Con
clusion Reached.
Washington, March 10. —A number of
’senators and representatives saw the
President to-day and some of them
talked with him concerning Cuban
reciprocity. The President told some
of hts visitors there was difficulty in
determining just what promises or rep
resentations were made to the Cuban
delegates when they visited Washing
ton last summer just previous to the
adoption of the Platt amendment as
a part of the Cuban constitution. There
was no record of any promise, but
the understanding seemed to
be that reciprocal arrangements
were to be made with Cuba of a na
ture which would give the island’s pro
ducts an advantage in the markets
of the United States. In the course of
the discussion to-day it is understood
Senator Allison remarked that more
importance had been given to the sub
ject than was warranted; that the pro
posed 20 per cent, reduction to be
grunted to Cuba would not be of mate
rial advantage to the planters of the
Island, nor would such a reduction of
duty bn Cuban sugar affect in any ma
terial way the beet sugar interests of
this country. The President expressed
a desire to secure harmony and some of
the senators who saw him said they be
lieved that also was the desire of the
Republicans in Congress, some of whom,
thought it was quite important that the
present strained relations Bhould not
continue.
Chairman Payne of the Ways and
Means Committee, and Representative
Groavenor also of that committee, were
among the President's callers. It was
stated that no special message was
at present in contemplation, and that
the President continued to maintain
the position for reciprocity he had
taken in his annual message. Mr.
Payne’s associates in the contest, ex
pressed the belief that the reciprocity
plan would prevail in some form. In
this connection there were intimations
that the Senate might take up the
question by adding a Cuban amend
ment to the war revenue or some other
pending bill.
Inquiry among senators, however,
shows that there is no such intention,
and that the war revenue repeal bill
will pass substantially as it came from
the House.
NO STRIKE IN RICHMOND.
Mailer of Ilunilinic ('mines Irritation.
Howe ver.
Richmond, Va., March 10.—Since Sat
urday 'it has been feared that there
would be a strike of the conductors
and motormen on the Richmond Trac
tion Company’s street car lines, grow
ing out of a bonding requirement sim
ilar to that which caused the tie-up
in Norfolk. The men raised no ob
jection to being bonded, but protested
against giving bond in one special
surety company, preferring to select
their own surety. A series of con
ferences between the officers of the
company and representatives of the
employes have been held, and it is
believed to-night there will be no trou
ble.
TO HE Gi EST AT BILTMORE.
Lord Panucefotc Eli Route for the
Vanderbilt Palace.
Washington, March 10. —Lord Paunce
fote, the British ambassador here, left
Washington this evening for Biltmore,
N, C., where he will be the guest of
George Vanderbilt, while seeking re
lief from a severe spell of asthma
which now afflicts him.
Reported Lynching in Arkansas.
Little Rock Ark . March 10.—A tele
gram from Foreman, Little River coun
ty. says a negro named Horace McCoy
wtas lynched there at 11 o’clock last
night for assaulting Mrs. John Lem
ons, white.
DAILY, SI A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK,SI AYEAK
MR. VEST ON SUBSIDY
ELOQUENT MISSOURIAN SPOKE
WITH FinE AND FORCE.
WAS BRILLIANTLY ELOQUENT.
FACTS AND ARGUMENTS MARSHAL.
ED TO GOOD EFFECT.
Should the Bill Beeonie a I.aw 73
I’er Cent, of the Subsidy to Ship*
on the Atlantic Would Go to the
International Line England’*
Ocean Commerce Carried by Her
Tramp Steamers Which Receive
Not a Penny of Subsidy—Our Navi
gut ion I,an* the Trouble With
America’s Merchant Marine.
Washington, March 10.—For nearly
two hours to-day Mr. Vest of Mis
souri addressed the Senate in oppo
sition to the pending ship subsidy
bill. No member of the body has
been accorded more flatteringly close
attention than he received. Despite
his evident feebleness, he spoke with
fore and fire and at times became
brilliantly eloquent. He carefully an
alyzed the pending measure and mar
shaled his arguments against it with
cogency and effect.
Mr. Tillman of South Carolina fol
lowed with a brief speech in oppo
sition to the bill. He denounced the
pdllcy of giving subsidies to any
body, particularly to individuals and
corporations engaged in the forma
tion of shipping trusts.
Mr. Vest declared that 73 per cent,
of the proposed subsidy which would
be received by ships on the Atlantic
would go to a single line—the Inter
national Navigation Company—the
American line. It was in this respect
open to the same objection as the
bill presented to the last Congress.
The vessels would get the subsidies
whether they carried a single postal
card or not.
He declared that the pending bill
provided for a “pure, naked and un
adulterated subsidy," and said it was
defended on the ground that with the
subsidy, the American merchant ma
rine could compete with the subsidized
ships of European maritime powers.
He denied emphatically and distinctly
that such would be the result of the
bill’s operation. England had 53 per
cent, of the ocean-carrying trade of
the world, but he denied that England
paid subsidies to her vessels. Most of
England’s ocean commerce was carried
by her tramp steamers. They were to
be found in every port and came into
competition with each other, but not
a penny of subsidy was paid to any
of them.
In adverting briefly to the operation
of the Dtngley tariff law, Mr. Vest
spoke of the lumber schedule.
Mr. Hanna Interrupted to inquire
how many Democratic senators had
voted Tor a tax of $2 a thousand feet
upon lumber when the Dingley bill
was before the Senate.
Mr. Vest replied that he could not
tpll. He did not care to if he knew.
The fact that any Democratic Senator
did vote for it indicated only the force
of tariff combinations.
Tillman Voted (or flic “Steal.”
Mr. Tillman of South Carolina re
marked that he had voted for the $2
tax on lumber, although he knew it
was a steal, and had so stated at the
time. He had voted for it, however,
because he proposed to get out of the
tariff bill a share for his state and that
was the only way South Carolina could
get anything.
Mr. Vest criticised the majority of
the Commerce Committee for elimina
ting from this bill the provisions which
required a subsidized ship to carry at
least 50 per cent of her cargo capacity
upon any voyage upon which she was
to receive subsidy.
ilr. Vest .urged that if the shipping
trusts were to be subsidized there was
no reason why the farming industry
and the mining industry, too, should
not be subsidized.
He maintained that ships could be
built in this country as cheaply as
they could be built anywhere. The
shipyards of the United Statek were
never more fully employed than they
now were, and had been for several
years.
He made a vigorous attack upon the
navigation laws of the United States,
declaring that they were responsible
for the decline of the merchant marine.
The remedy was to abrogate the navi
gation laws, and permit citizens of the
United States to buy their ships where
they could buy them cheapest.
Mr. Vest said if this subsidy is given
it would be but the beginning of the
end. and will result in a monopoly
equal to that of the Standard Oil Com
pany.
One Kind of a Democrat.
Mr. Tillman answered a question pro
pounded by Mr. Hanna during the
course of the latter’s recent speech, by
saying that he voted for fhe $2 tax on
lumber, because he saw an opportunity
to enhance the value of a Southern
product. He had, he said, since then
been unanimously re-elected to the
Senate, which stamped him as a very"
good specimen of a South Carolina
Democrat.
He then addressed himself to thg sub
ject of the ship-subsidy bill, and de
clared that foreigners will not surren
der the trade they enjoy without a
struggle, and will, if necessary, resort
to the cutting of rates in order to hold
it. He said that the bill would foster
monopolies, and referred to the pro
posed incorporation of the United
States Shipbuilding Company, which
would absorb the large shipyards of
the country.
Speaking of the use of vessels in case
of emergency by the government, Mr.
Tillman said he would qjte as a com
mentary on patriotism' and love of
country the fact that the four scout
ships. St. Paul. Paris. New York and
St. Louis, used during the Spanish
war, cost the government $2,864,835,
and these had been subsidized under a
pretense that they would serve us In
time of emergency. He said he was
surprised to find the Republican party,
which claims to be the peculiarly
American party, stand sponsor for such
a bill.
The Senate went Into executive ses
sion and adjourned.
Five Children Burned to Death.
Binghamton, N. Y. March 10.—Word
is received here to-night that the five
children of Thomas Scanlon of Shin
hoppen. Delaware county, were burned
to death late last night.