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THE MORNING NEWS.
J H BBTILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
NATIONS ARE KNIT
EMPEROR AND PRESIDENT EX
CHANGE CABLEGRAMS.
RESULT OF PRINCE’S VISIT.
geioian-americax friendship
, ASSURED.
Emperor William Expresses His
Gratitude for the Splendor nnd
Cordiality of His Brother's Reeep
tlon—His Ontstretched Hand Met
with m Firm and Manly Grip.
President Roosevelt Reclproeates
in Kind and Speaks of the Admir
able Manner In Which the Prince
Bore Himself While Here.
Washington, March 12.—The follow
ing cablegrams were made public here
to-day:
"Wilhelmshaven, March 12. President
of the United States of America, Wash
ington. Now that my brother has left
the hospitable shores of the United
States, homeward bound, I feel it a
pleasing duty to express to you how
deeply grateful I and the whole of the
German people are for the splendor of
the hospitality and the cordiality of
the reception which was accorded to
Prince Henry by all classes of the
American people.
"My outstretched hand has been met
by you with a firm, manly and friendly
grip. May heaven bless our relations
with peace and good will between the
two great nations. My best compli
ments and wishes to Miss Alice.
"William, I. R.”
"Washington, March 12.—Emperor
William. Wilhelmshaven. Your
brother's visit to this country has ac
complished much in showing the depth
of kindly feelings which exists between
the two nations. It has been most
fortunate in every way, and I trust you
will permit me to congratulate you on
the admirable manner in which he has
borne himself. He has won the gen
uine and hearty sympathy and regard
of all with whom he was brought in
contact. We have welcomed him for
his own sake and we have welcomed
him still more heartily as the represen
tative of yourself and of the mighty
German people. I thank you in the
name of the American people for what
you have done, and I thank you per
sonally in addition for the gracious
form which your courtesy took.
"Theodore Roosevelt.”
ISSUE 550>000.000 OF BONDS.
Pennsylvania Railroad Need* That
Mach for Its Many New Improve
ments.
Philadephia, March 12.—The Board
of Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company at a meeting to-day
authorized the issue of $50,000,000 of
convertible 10-year 3% per cent, de
bentures.
The resolution adopted by the direc
tors to-day was in part as follows:
"Resolved, That for the purpose of
providing the necessary funds: First,
for the purchase of 19,000 50-ton, steel
cars and 260 locomotives, required, as
stated in the annual report for the in
cieased traffic of the company, at an
estimated cost of $24,000,000, and, sec
ond, for the construction of the tun
rel extension of the company's tunnel
system into the city of New York and
for the purchase of real estate re
quired for the passenger station, the
expenditures for which purpose for the
years 1902 and 1903 are estimated at
520,000,000.
The bonds referred to are an issue
of $50,000,000 gold bonds of the company
of the denomination of SI,OOO and SSOO,
respectively, bearing date Nov. 1, 1902,
running for ten years therefrom with
interest at the rate of 3% per cent, per
annum, payable semi-annually, free of
taxes.”
AT QUEBEC.
Mould Not Mind Being Tried in \ew
' ork. lint Olijeet to Coming to Sa
vannah.
Quebec, Que., March 12.—C01. Gaynor
and Capt. Green had another short in
terview this afternoon with their coun
sel in the Parliament building. At the
Attorney General’s office no news had
been received either from Washington
or Ottawa up to a late hour this even
ing. ,
It is said that ltoth men would wil
lingly stand their trials in the state
of New York, but object to going to
Savannah, where they believe strong
Prejudice exists against them. If ex
tradition proceedings are instituted
to force them to return to Georgia, it
is said they will fight and expect to
be successful.
BOER LEADERS CONFERRING.
Dr Wet and Steyn Said to Be Con
sulting With Bothn.
Heilbron, Orange River Colony,
Tuesday, March 11. —It is reported
that Gen. DeWet and Vice President
Sle >'n crossed the main railroad line
during the night of March 9, five
miles north of Wolve Hoek, going
West.
A dispatch from the Pretoria cor
espondent of the London Standard,
March 5, says Mr. Steyn and Gen. De
\et "ere reported to be conferring
'■th Gen. Botha in the Utrecht dis
i-lct of the Transvaal colony. Utrecht
s about 160 miles from Wolve Hoek.
His Resignation Declined.
Madrid, March 12.—The minister of
■nance, Senor Uraaiz, has resigned,
ne premier, Senor Sagasta, declined
a °cept the resignation of Senor
but it is reported he will place
, question of confidence in the hands
i Queen Regent. The sittings of
lne f-'orte® have been suspended.
Miss Roosevelt nt Huvana.
Havana, March 12.—Miss Alice
’'vosevelt.daughter of President Roose
,"• accompanied by a party of
r ends, including Senator Thomas C.
, *• arrived here to-day on the
•earner Maecotte, from Tampa, Fla.
Jlabannab Jfotfnitt® ifeto£
BOSTON’S SERIOUS PLIGHT.
Twenty Thousand Men on Strike
and Their Rnnks Likely to Be
Greatly Swelled—Business Men
Will Confer To-day.
Boston, March 12.—With 20,000 mien
idle, their ranks likely to be greatly
swelled by sympathetic votes of the
Building Trades Council and the Bos
ton Central Labor Union, which meet
to-morrow night, and the entire city
beginning to suffer from the effects of
congesited traffic, the only ray of light
visible to-night is the hope that the
conference of business interests which
has been arranged for to-mofrow may
lead to a, settlement of the strike.
This conference, which is due in a
large measure .to the influence of Gov.
Crane, 'was arranged late this after
noon at a meeting of representatives of
the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the
Boston Associated Bosy-d of Trade and
the Boston Merchants’ Association,'
with the State Board of Arbitration.
Everybody present realized the seri
ousness of the situation, and after an
interchange of opinions it was decided
that the best way of getting at public
opinion would be to call a conference
of the business men of the city to
which, among others, the presidents of
the Produce Exchange, the Coal Ex
change and of all the railways will be
invited. It is also hoped that Secre
tary Easley and other representatives
of the Civic Federation may be pres
ent.
During the day Gov. Crane had a
long talk with the committee of the
Allied Transportation Council having
the strike in charge, but at its conclu
sion the committee could see no way
at present of solving the problem. La
ter he sent for Mayor Collins and the
two executives were in conference for
some time. A little later the Mayor
made a statement that he bad no pow
er to act.
Senator Hanna's Reply.
Mayor Collins received the following
reply to-day to his telegram asking
Senator M. A. Hanna to aid him in
putting an end to the strike:
"Washington, March 11, 1902.—H0n.
P. A. Collins, Boston. Telegram re
ceived. If you will point out a way I
will be glad to be of service. We
should have indications from both
sides that our good offices would be
acceptable. M. A. Hanna.
JAPAN’S ATTITUDE IN CHINA.
Prince Konoye Plainly States Her
Position in tlic Rioaian Mnn
chrian Matter.
Victoria, B. < C., March 12.—Prince
Konoye, president of the Japanese
house of peers, ■ recently gave the
Japan Advertiser an interview on the
Manchurian question. As head of the
National Union League he has taken
a prominent part in all protests against
Russia’s territorial plans on Chinese
soil.
“Japan will never consent to a Rus
sian Manchuria,” said the Prince. "On
this point the government is absolutely
determined, nor should we hesitate to
take recourse to armed remonstrance
were Russia to continue In her recent
semi-defiant attitude. We have the
sympathy of both the United States
and Great Britain in this matter and
know what we are doing. Japan has
no objection whatever to Russia’s leas
ing Port Arthur. It does not and
would not in any way menace our in
terests. As for the trans-Manchurian
railway we regard its construction
with lively satisfaction in that it will
unquestionably serve to open new
fields for foreign industrial and com
mercial undertakings.”
Prince Konoye said Japan would not
object to the presence of Russian
troops in Manchuria along the railway
in order to keep It from attack on
the part of the natives, but Russia's
great territorial army on Chinese soil
must be withdrawn beyond the fron
tier. The attitude of the United States
regarding this matter, he said, is view
ed with gratitude and respect, and she
Is looked upon as the one absolutely
unselfish and strictly just Power.
EXPRESS MEN IN SESSION.
Southern Officer* Are Conferring af
CUnttnnoogn.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 12.—The
annual conference of the Southern Ex
press Company officials began in this
city to-day. Those attending are T. W.
Leary, general manager; Mark J.
O'Brien, assistant general manager;
F. R. Virgin, auditor; F. G. dußignon,
Savannah, general counsel, and the
following superintendents: O. M.
Sadler, Charlotte, N. C.; W. J. Cross
well, Wilmington. N. C.; V. Spalding,
Roanoke, Va.; W. W. Hulbert, At
lanta; W. R. Harte, Jacksonville; J. B.
Hockaday, Savannah; L. Minor, Nash
ville; W. S. McFarland, Chattanooga;
W. W. Agee, Memphis; H. Dempsey,
Augusta; S. R. Gilbert, Washington,
D. C., assistant superintendent; C. F.
Pardue, general agent at New Orleans.
FOR ROBBERY OF RAILROADS.
Y'irginin Detective* Arrest a New
York Man in Mn*nchu*ett.
Worcester, Mass., March 13.—Law
rence Garbarino, 311 West y-oadway,
New York city, was arrested in Athol
to-dav by Detective William G. Bald
win, of the Virginia state detective
force. The bench warrant on which
the warrant was made is from
the office of District Attorney W. T.
Jerome, and charges Garbarino with
grand larceny of embroideries and
laces valued at $l5O. This arrest is in
connection with a system of robberies
on the Pennsylvania Railroad and Nor
folk and Western Railroad more than
a year ago. Steinfield & Cos., of 258
Broadway losing more than $6,000 worth
of silk, supposed to be stolen by dock
thieves during their shipment to Vir
ginia merchants.
KITCHENER TO TAKE THE FIELD.
To Head a Large Mounted Force to
Farnue De Wet.
London, March 12.— Tffb Daily Chron
icle understands that Lord Kitchener
will be relieved of much administrative
work in South Africa in order to en
able him to take the field in person and
head a large mounted force in an en
deavor to capture DeWet. The Chron
icle is also informed that when he Is
released Gen. Methuen will not as
sume any further military command in
South Africa. _
A casual tv list shows that four offi
cers were killed and wounded, includ
ing Gen. Methuen, dangerously. He Is
doing well i
SAVANNAH. GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1902.
MORGAN A WINNER
NICARAGUAN CANAL BILL TO BE
REPORTED TO SENATE.
HANNA SUGGESTED DELAY.
WANTED TO GIVE COLOMBIA MORE
TIME FOR PANAMA.
Dilntorine** of Colombian Minister
MKy Cost Hi* Country Dear—Nic
aragua and Costa Rica Have
Practically Agreed on All Points
in Question and Are Liberal In
Tlieir Concessions, Including Per
petual Right of Way—The Bill
Carries #10,000,000 lo Begin the
YVork.
Washington, March 12.—The Senate
Committee on Isthmian Canals has
decided by a vote of 7 to 4 to report
the Hepburn bill, providing for the
construction of an isthmian canal via
the Nicaragua route.
The action of the committee was
taken at a called meeting held during
the afternoon, and came after a brief
report by Senator Morgan, chairman of
the committee, detailing the result of
a conference with Secretary Hay, as
to the status of diplomatic negotiations
with the Central American republics
concerning the canal. He stated that
the Secretary had told him that there
are negotiations in progress between
the United States and Colombia con
cerning the Panama route, and that
the new minister from that country to
this had not even presented his creden
tials; but that on the other hand, the
representatives of this country and
those of Nicaragua and Costa Rica had
been in consultation, and had practi
cally agreed upon all the points to be
covered in concession treaties, nothing
really being left in that connection but
to put the agreements in writing. He
said that the governments of these two
countries had manifested a disposition
to make all the concessions which the
United States could ask to aid in the
construction of a canal, and that among
these concessions is one for perpetual
right of way.
When the recitation of the report
had been completed Senator Hanna
suggested that probably the Colombian
minister had been detained by unto
ward circumstances and suggested
that action by the committee should
be delayed until opportunity could be
had to ascertain Colombia's position
in the matter. This suggestion was met
with a strong protest from the friends
of the Nicaragua route and Senator
Mitchell moved to report the Hepburn
bill as it passed the House. Senator
Kittredge moved to amend by post
poning action until next Monday, but
this motion was voted down—4 to 7.
The question then recurred on Sena
tor Mitchell’s motion, which was car
ried by the same vote, reversed. Some
of the members of the committee were
absent, but as their positions were un
derstood their votes were counted. The
vote for the Hepburn bill stood:
Yeas—Morgan, Mitchell, Hawley,
Platt of New York, Harris, Turner,
Foster of Louisiana.
Nays—Hanna, Pritchard, Millard,
Kittridge.
Dissatisfied With Roosevelt.
Senator Morgan said after the ad
journment of the committee that he
would probably report the bill to the
Senate to-morrow, that while he would
use all diligence in securing consider
ation of the measure he had had no
conference with the Republican leaders
of the Senate as to when the measure
should be taken up for consideration.
He said he had not been authorized
to present a written report and would
not print any beyond submitting the
testimony taken during the committee
hearings.
The Hepburn bill authorized the
President to acquire territory for right
of way for a canal from Costa Rica
and Nicaragua; directs the construc
tion of a canal of sufficient capacity
to accommodate the largest ships from
Greytown on the Atlantic, via Lake
Nicaragua to Brito on the Pacific, un
der the supervision of the secretary of
war; authorizes surveys of the harbors
at the two ends of the route; guaran
tees the use of the canal to vessels of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua and appro
priates $10,000,000 for beginning the
work.
MADE SPURIOUS NICKELS.
Two Alleged Counterfeiters Arrest
ed in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va., March 12.—Hunters
ville. a suburb of this city, has been
flooded with spurious nickels for about
four months. To-day Joseph W. Shear
er and E. T. Sterling were arrested,
charged with making and passing the
counterfeit money.
The prisoners were before United
States Commissioner Bowden for a
hearing to-night. The hearing was
continued until to-morrow.
The officer making the arrest found
a piaster of Paris mould, partially
wrecked, in front of the house where
the alleged counterfeiters lived. Sev
eral lead five cent pieces were also
found in their home.
TWO ACCIDENTS AT DOTHAN.
Young Man Fall* Under Moving
Train and Has Leg Crashed.
Dothan, Ala., March 12. —This morn
ing at about 6 o'clock, Mr. Osmond
Watson, a young man about 19 years
old, attempted to board a moving train
when in some manner he missed his
footing, throwing his left foot under
the train, the result being that the
left leg just above the ankle was badly
crushed.
Mr. W. T. Cureton, one of our old
est citizens, fell from a step ladder
this morning, the fall breaking his left
arm just below the shoulder.
AN ATTORNEY CREMATED.
C. W. While Was Among the Lost in
Southern Pacific Wreck.
El Paso, Tex., March 12.—1 t was
learned to-day that C. W. White, a
prominent attorney and father of C.
A. White of St. Louis, was cremated
in the debris of the Southern Pacific
wreck near Sanderson last week. White
was an aged man on his way from
Mobile, Ala., to Washington state, and
hi* name did not appear on the casual
ty list.
DROWNED LIKE RATS IN TRAP.
Vicksbnrg Steamer Overturned by
Sadden Squall at Night and Twen
ty Passengers and Crew Drowned.
Vicksburg, Miss., March 12. —The
steamer Providence, plying between
this port and Lake Palmyra was over
turned at 2 o’clock this morning by a
sudden squall at lone Landing, and
20 of her passengers and crew were
drowned.
The dead are: ,
William of Vicksburg, cap
tain of the ship| Charles Roup of
Vicksburg, chief Engineer; Clyde Scott
of Vicksburg, cotton seed buyer; Dr.
N. A. Lancaster) a prominent physi
cian, and planteir of the Palmyra
neighborhood. j
Colored: Georg* Lamb, cook; Harri
son Gelber, cabin) (boy; Bettie Hunter,
chambermaid; Jqe Neal, Ike Lewis,
Tom Septt, Whit Burns, six unknown
roustabouts, Minnie Taylor, Joe Chris
tion, passenger; Ben Richardson, pas
senger.
Those rescued were: J. B. Johnson,
pilot; Walter Ka4n, clerk; J. M. Wil
kinson, mate; eight negroes.
The survivors reached here late this
■afternoon, coming overland a distance
of about forty miles.
The Providence was built at Lyons
la., In 1886, and had been in the trade
here for some years. She was about
120 tons burden and was considered
one of the fastest stem-wheelers on
the lower river.
The Belle of the Bends is overdue
from Greenville, but other boats moved
on time.
The ill-fated boat left here at noon
yesterday on her regular trip carrying
a large miscellaneous cargo of freight
and a number of passengers. At 2
o'clock this mornfog, just as the steam
er was entering Lake Palmyra, a sud
den wind and rt. instorm of cyclonic
proportion came out of the west, catch
ing the Providence broadside on. The
little vessel was lifted almost entirely
out of the water, her upper works
blown away and the hull turned bottom
up In forty feet of water. Most of the
crew and passengers were asleep at the
time, and were drowned like rats in a
trap. Only nine of the entire boat’s
company were saved. The property loss
will amount to several thousand dol
lars.
Cassidy, Scott, Roup and
liancaster were *ll married men, and
leave large fajmll(jes. A steamer carry
ing caskets and divers left here for the
scene immediately, and will attempt to
recover all the btxlies.
STORM DAMAGE IN TEXAS.
Many Building* Wrecked. Several
Fatalities and Ylany injnred.
Houston, Tex.. March 12.—Reports
from yesterday’s rain and wind storm
say that considerable damage was
caused at various places in Texas.
About four-fifths of the state was cov
ered by the rain. At Houston twenty
small houses were wrecked with a loss
of $15,000. Emanuel White, colored,
was crushed to death and half a dozen
others were hurt, none sertousl-v.
At Rosenburg ten houses, Including
the Baptist Church, were damaged be
yond repair.
The residence of P. H. Callahan at
Llano was struck by lightning, but
members of the family escaped with
slight shocks.
In and near Tyler a number of houses
were blown to pieces and several peo
ple hurt, but none seriously. Fruit
trees were badly damaged. The resi
dence of William Russell at Bertram
was blown over and Mrs. Russell and
baby injured.
Near Midlothian, Ed King sought
shelter in a barn, and was killed by a
stroke of lightning. The residence of
T. H. Bentle was blown over and Mrs.
Bentle probably fatally injured.
The store of Marsh Dunlap at Rock
ford was wrecked and a big stock of
goods ruined.
At New Boston one man named New
ton was crushed to death and his home
was totally destroyed. The opera
house, methodist church, residences of
R. M. Miller and J. W. Akin, store of
Dr. Han and dozens of smaller houses
were wrecked. Many dwellings were
blown frpm their foundations. Trees
and telephone poles were leveled. Mrs.
Dr. Davis lost three fine buildings.
WINDSTORM IN MISSISSIPPI.
A Negro Woman Killed nnd Several
People Badly Hnrt.
Brookhaven, Miss., March 12.—A
wind storm amounting almost to a
tornado passed near here early this
morning. . The residence of William
Melville, two miles west, was un
roofed. Mrs. Melville was hurt badly
and the negro cook dangerously. Four
miles north of here, at Montgomery, a
negro woman was killed by a Palling
tree, and a railroad laborer was in
jured. The residences of Mrs. Isaac
Smith and T. W. Bouchillon were de
molished. The schoolhouse was blown
from its foundation, and several other
buildings damaged.
CORNERING CARTER’S STOCK.
Jndge Lacomtic Order* 300 Shores of
B. and O. and 100 of Hocking Vol
ley Turned Over to Receiver.
New York, March 12. —Judge La
combe, in the United States District
Court to-day, signed an order in the
case of the United States against ex-
Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, directing the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
to turn over to Frank W. Hubby, Jr.,
as receiver of the affairs of Oberlin M.
Carter. 300 shares of preferred stock
of that company and the dividends
due on them, now standing In the name
of J. H. Paul. The <*rder also directs
the Hocking Valley Railway Company
to turn over 100 shares of preferred
stock, and the dividends due thereon,
now standing In Paul’s name, to
Hubby.
Mr. Hubby as receiver, has made affi
davit that the stock was held by Paul
for Carter, and that it was purchased
with money entrusted to the latter as
disbursing officer.
MEXICAN CENTRAL’S PURCHASE.
Monterey nnd Mexican Half Secured
for IM.WMLOOO.
City of Mexico, March 12.—Final pa
pers relative to the purchase of the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railway
by the Mexican Central Railway have
been completed and $4,000,000 have been
paid to the vendors. The Central
387 miles by this consolidation. *
STORY OF MARINES
HOW WALLER’S MEN SUFFERED
ON SAMAR MARCH,
BAD CONDUCT OF NATIVES.
TWO OF THEM TRIED TO KILL A
LIEUTENANT.
Yet Mnj. Waller and l.ient. Day Are
to He Courtniartialed for Punish
ing These People—Lieut. Shoe-
Maker's Harrowing Report of the
Hardships nnd Suffering* of the
Party—Crascd YY'lth Hunger nnd
Too Weak to Lift a Rifle the Ma
jority YVere Found Eighteen
Were Unnhle to Move.
Washington, March 12.—The Eastern
mail has brought the report of Maj.
Waller upon the famous expedition
conducted by him across the island of
Samar, resulting in the loss of a num
ber of the marines a,nd hardships and
suffering on the part of the others be
yond anything known before in the
Philippine campaign. Maj. Waller's
reports are formaj and do not go into
the details of the movements of the
marine®, but the news of the affair is
contained in a report from Lieut. W. R.
Shoemaker, U. S. N., who condcted the
relief expedition that succored the ma
rines. After detailing the arrival into
the American liffes of Capt. Porter and
Lieut. Williams, with a portion of the
men, the report says;
“Oa.pt. Porter and Lieut. A. S. Wil
liams, in conversation, gave me sub
stantially the following account of their
wanderings:
" ‘On Jan. 1, being then on half ra
tions with very little food left, Maj.
Waller decided to split the party—he
taking fifteen of the strongest men and
pushing on for Bassey, and Capt. Por
ter following his trail as rapidly
aa possible with the main body.
On the second a native
came back from Waller with a note
stating that he, Waller, had given up
the idea of getting through and would
return, and directing Porter to make
directly for the river and build rafts
for the entire party. This Porter tried
to do but failed to find wood that would
float. It was raining hard at this time
and the river was about ten feet above
its normal level and running with vio
lence. As Maj. Waller did not appear,
Porter sent Capt. Bearss to him to
ascertain his plans, then return and
report. Bearss failed to return, but he
reached Waller and went on with him.
“On the third, I think, Porter pushed
ahead to get assistance with eight Of
the strongest men, leaving Williams to
follow with the crippled and lame as
far as the boat, secreted on th* way up,
to be used in an emergency like the
present. Porter reached the boat, but
found she had been damaged and was
unfit for use. So he started on a 25-
mile ‘hike’ for Lanang. reaching there
with three men on the afternoon of the
11th. Five men had given out, but,
living on two dogs that strayed their
way, they finally reached the post.
"The relief expedition, under Lieut.
Williams, First infantry, on account
of the highlt of the river, was unable
to get away until the morning of the
14th. Williams deserves the highest
praise for his 25-mile fight against the
current and up the rapid's, hauling his
boats along by hand a good part of
the way. It was not until the morn
ing of the 17th that 'he reached the
starving marines in their last stopping
place near the river. Their condition
at the time was terrible. For days no
man among them had strength to car
ry a rifle. Nine of them had either
gone crazy or had fallen by the trail
half-dead from starvation and expos
ure. It had rained steadily for eigh
teen days. Lieut. A. S. Williams had
made every effort to get them along,
but had to abandon them. He could
only save the men wtho were able to
reach the boat by the river, the proba
ble point of arrival of the relief expe
dition. He got there on the night of
the 16t)h invtant, his party having been
without food, excepit roots, the pulp
of plants, and a very few sweet pota
toes, for fifteen days.
Conduct of the Natives.
"To further complicate matters, the
native bearers, about thirty in number,
became sulky, practically refusing as
sistance to the white men. They would
build shacks as a protection from the
continual downpour for themselves
only; and knowing the edible roots and
plants, were more skilful in obtaining
food. A time came when no white
man could carry a rifle, and those not
lost were in the hapda of the natives;
under the altered condition, it required
considerable diplomacy on the part of
Lieut. Williams to handle ( them at all.
Just before reaching the river, two
bearers tried to kill Williams, stab
bing him about the chest with a bolo.
He tried to shoot, but hari not suffi
cient strength to pull the trigger. Then,
they tried to kill him with his own pis
tol, but did not know how to work
the weapon. Williams was rescued by
a few of his men who tottered up, arm
ed with sticks, and the natives took to
the bush. No Filipinos were seen in
the region, there being no food. The
relief party saw some natives coming
from the direction of Herman, so it is
probable that the insurgents about
there got wind of the desperate con
dition of the marines and were hurry
ing up to take advantage of it. Relief
came just in time.
Their Horrible Condition.
"It took practically all of Jan. 18 to
get the sufferers, thiny-one in num
ber, including two officers—eighteen in
stretchers unable to move—across the
river and out through the surf to the
vessel. The job was finished at 6:30
p. m., and at 7 o’clock we started for
Taeloban direct, as an army surgeon
said at Lanang. that an hour saved in
transit might mean an arm or a leg
to some. We reached Taeloban at 8
a. m. and the worst oases were at once
transferred to the hospital. The others,
including eight or ten natives, not in
cluded in the above total of 31, I trans
ported 'to Rasey, seeing Maj. Waller.
His party appears, from the state
ments of the officers, to have been re
duced to nearly the same extremity as
the other. They had practically given
un hope when the opjsvrtune capture
of a small boy, the only native seen,
resulted in their getting through to
the coast.”
Denmark Ratifies Treaty.
Copenhagen, March 12.—The Folke
thing, in committee and in executive
session, voted for the ratification of
the treaty for the sale of the Danish
West Indian Islands to the United
States.
HON. JOHN P. ALTGELD DEAD.
Had Just Concluded Speech for
Boers YY'hen Seised With Fatal
Attack.
Joliet, Ills., March 12.—Ex-Gov. John
P. Altgeld died in room 58 of Hotel
Monroe this morning at 7:09 o’clock. He
had been unconscious since midnight.
Mr. Altgeld was the principal speak
er at a pro-Boer mass meeting last
night in the Joliet Theater. Just at
the close of his speech a sudden dizzi
ness seized him and he was assisted
from the stage. The meeting pro
ceeded, the audience not realizing what
had happened. Mr. Altgeld was taken
to the door of the theater, where sev
eral vomiting spells seized him.
This continued for nearly an hour
and was so pronounced he could not
be removed to the hotel.
Physicians were hastily summoned
and Mr. Altgeld was carried to the
hotel across the street. He retained
consciousness and urged the newspaper
men to keep the affair quiet tor fear
of alarming his wife. Shortly before
midnight he became unconscious.
He remained in this condition until
death. At 3:41 this morning it was
thought he had died, but he revived,
and from that time until shortly before
the end showed wonderful vitality, al
though he made no move.
The medical men here had a banquet
last night, at which Dr. J. B. Herrick,
of the Rush Medical College of Chi
cago, delivered a lecture on heart dis
ease. He and other physicians were
called from the banquet to attend the
patient. They remained with him the
baian.ee of the night. When the end
came they worked his arms vigorously
to revive respiration, but all to no pur
pose. The cause of death Is given as
cerebral hemorrhage, there having been
an apoplectic seizure of the brain.
Oxertuxed His Power*.
It was noted during his address that
the ex-Gk>vernor threw an unusual
amount of energy and feeling into his
words, and the collapse, the physicians
think, resulted from overstraining his
already weakened physical powers.
Ever since the failure of the Globe
Savings Bank, in 1896, In wihleh he was
involved, Mr. Altgeld has not been a
well man, and for some months afteT
the Spalding crash it was feared that
his life was only a question of a
short time. Even when serving his
last year as Governor his health was
none too good.
When it was learned that he was a
victim of Ideomotor ataxia his friends
gave him up. But he rallied, although
he was never again his old vigorous
self.
Lately, however, the disease marked
him strongly, and quite recently his ap
pearance caused grave forbodings and
anxiety.
Mr. Altgeld, in the speech which was
fated to be his last, declared that all
friends of humanity owed a debt of
gratitude to Gov. Yates for issuing a
proclamation soliciting assistance for
the Boer women and children In the
concentration camps which the British
are maintaining In South Africa.
Roasted Lord Pauncefote.
The speaker said that the people of
America had raised a large sum of
money with which to relieve the dis
tress of the Boer women and children,
but were unable to send it to them be
cause Lord Pauncefote. the British am
bassador at Washington, objected to it.
He further charged that Lord Paunce
fote had for years middled in Ameri
can affairs.
There were eighteen counts and spe
cific charges in Gov. Altgeld's indict
ment. He said in substance:
“Just before the beginning of the
Spanish war, Lord Paucefote, repre
senting the aristocracy, meddled in
our affairs, and tried to unite the gov
ernments of Europe in making a joint
protest against America's interference
on behalf of Cuba. But when the
American people asserted themselves
and our government was compelled to
go to the rescue of Cuba, England Is
sued a strong neutrality proclamation,
forbidding ail of her subjects every
where from furnishing us aid or
doing anything that would in
any way be a violation of strictest
neutrality.”
Ylrs. Altgeld Prostrated.
Chicago, March 12. —Mrs. Altgeld,
widow of the former Governor who
died to-day, wait prostrated by the
shock of the news from Joliet. Grave
apprehension for her welfare Is felt,
as she has been In delicate health for
two years. The decedent leaves no
children.
LIEUTENANT WAS ALL RIGHT.
West Point Officer Knocks Out Three
Tramps in Short Order.
West Point N. Y.. March 12. —Last
night while on his way to make an
official inspection cf the guard as officer
of the day. Lieut. Chauncey R. Hum
phrey of the Third Infantry, who is
at the Military Academy as instructor
in the department of drawing, was held
up by three tramps on the main road
near the south end of the reservation.
A demand for his money was made by
the leader of the gang, but instead of
replying the lieutenant rushed at his
assailants, felling the leader and an
other one. Turning quickly, he over
powered the third and put them all In
a heap. The officer then summoned a
mounted patrol, an ambulance was
called, and the trio was taken to the
post prison. They were badly used up
and were as docile as children.
WANT TARIFF ON LIME REMOVED.
Southern Lime Men Seek to Get
Into Cnlia Free.
Birmingham, Ala., March 12. —Lime
manufacturers of Alabama, Tennes
see, Kentucky and Georgia are hold
ing a meeting in this city to discuss
general conditions of lime manufac
turing and to frame a memorial to
Congress asking that the tariff lime
to Cuba, which is now 50 cents per
barrel, be removed.
DEPOT AND CARS BURNED.
9
Illinois Central Has a Blase at
Dyersburg, Tenn.
Dyersburg. Tenn.. March 12.—Fire
here early to-day, which was supposed
to have been caused by a spark from
a locomotive, destroyed the Illinios
Central depot and also burned five
loaded freight ears standing on a side
track. The loss Is estimated at $50,000.
A North Carolina Baseball League.
Ral-igh, N. C., March 13.—The North
Carolina State Baseball League was
organized here to-nlghu ’
' DAILY. $8 A TEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-W EEK. $1 A YEAH
MELANGE OF HOUSE
CONGRESSMEN DISCUSSED MAN*
TOPICS.
STILL SORE ON CENSUS BILL.
CORLISS AND RICHARDSON JAW
ABOUT CABLES.
The Michigan Man Attacked the Al
abamian. Charging Him With
Favoring Monopoly In His Pnolffo
Cnble Speech—l'he Alabamian Pro
ceeded to Pnrnlyxe the Michigan
der by Showing Up His Method of
Furnishing His Speeches to the
Newspapers Before Their Delivery
in Congress.
Washington, March 12.—General de
bate upon the postoffloe appropriation
bill continued In the House to-day, a
number of topics being discussed. The
proceedings were enlivened by a clash
between Mr. Corliss of Michigan and
Mr. Richardson of Alabama on the
subject of the Pacific cable. This is the
second time these two members have
locked horns on the cable question.
Mr. Sims of Tennessee devoted some
time to showing how the House had
been "buncoed” in connection with the
permanent census bill.
Mr. Dougherty of Missouri discussed
rural free delivery; Mr. Jackson of
Kansas spoke on the government own
ership of telegraphs, and Mr. Greene
of Pennsylvania on the Philippine sit
uation.
The latter argued that if we would
proclaim our purpose to grant inde
pendence to the Filipino the insurrec
tion would instantly cense. The House
adjourned at 4:50 out of respect to the
memory of Doorkeeper Glenn, who died
to-day.
Still Sore on Census Bill.
During consideration of the postoffic*
bill, Mr. Sims of Tennessee, reviewed
the facts in connection with the enact
ment of the permanent census law, and
asserted that the House had been
grossly deceived by the action of the
conferees. It had been the intention
both of the House and of the Senate,
he said, to enact a provision which
would cover all the employes of the
census bureau Into the classified ser
vice and make them eligible for trans
fer, but the conferees had substituted
a provision which defeated this ob
ject.
Mr. Talbert of South Carolina sug
gested that a committee should be ap
pointed to investigate the whole sub
ject.
Mr. Griffith of Indiana, who \vas one
of the conferees on the bill, called at
tention to three decisions of the Su
preme Court, which would have nulli
fied the provision agreed to by the
House and Senate. For himself he
said it was far from his purpose either
to deceive or mislead the House.
Mr. Sims accepted Mr. Griffith's ex
planation and acquitted him and his
colleagues of the deliberate purpose lo
deceive, but said the effect had been
to mislead the House.
Mr. Corliss of Michigan launched an
assault upon Mr. Richardson of Ala
bama. He went so far as to question
the sincerity of Mr. Richardson and
intimated broadly that there was some
ulterior motive behind the latter's
speech, which he said had been In
support of the gigantic cable monop
oly.
Mr. Corliss read a resolution which
he said he would ask to have consid
ered later. It recites that an officer of
the Commercial Cable Company has
made a combination with other cable
companies In violation of conditions
Imposed upon the lines and in viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust act,
and directs the attorney general to in
stitute proceedings to destroy the al
leged monoply.
lllchnralnoii I* Snrrnatlc.
Mr. Richardson In reply proceeded
to make some very caustic comments
upon the “remarkable and exclusive
facilities possessed by the gentleman
from Michigan for the advance delivery
of his speeches throughout the coun
try." He expressed his opinion that
the speech made by Mr. Corliss earlier
in the day had been typewritten and
"lying in soak" for two weeks. Thert
upon he drew from his desk a copy of*
a synopsis of Mr. Corliss’ speech, liber
ally interlarded with editorial com
ments. and proceeded to read some of
the characterizations it contained.
Mr. Corliss denied that he had writ
ten the advance newspaper articles
describing his speech which had been
circulated.
“What is this proposition,” said Mr.
Richardson, "that we have to discuss?
The gentleman from Michigan and hi3
friends propose that the government
of the United States shall lay this ca
ble from the coast of California to
Manila at a cost on a conservative es
timate of $15,000,00U. The annual out
lay for its maintenance will be $1,500,-
000. The reasonable annual income
that the government can expect to re
ceive will not exceed $150,000.
“What is the proposition for which
we are contending? It is this: The
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
propose to build this cable from the
coast of California to Manila by Jan
uary, 1005. without a single dollar of
cost or subsidy from the government.
They have entered into a contract to
build this cable from San Francisco to
Honolulu and to complete it by the
first day of January, 1903.
"These are the questions that we
propound to those who raise this cry
of monopoly and octopus.”
Mr. Richards said the real track of
the octopus and monopoly could be
found in the Corliss bill, and read from
the testimony of Mr. Clark of the
Western Union Telegraph Company the
statement that a government cable
would give his company its share of
business, while if the Commercial Cable
Company constructed the Pacific cable
it would get nothing.
VISIT HID AUSTRIAN CRUISER.
Governor of Illinois Got 17-Gun Sa
lute From the Srlgetvar.
Charleston. S. C., March 12.— Got.
Yates and his staff and the Illinois
party left here at 6 o’clock this even
ing for Washington, where they will
spend two or three days before return
ing to their homes.
The visitors spent to-day in seeing
the city and taking in the places o' in
terest. This morsSfig Gov. Yates and
party visited the Austrian cruiser
Szigetvar by invitation of Capt. Prup
rotntk. As the Illinois Governor board
ed the ship a salute of seventeen gu"g
was fired by' the cruiser la honor .of
the verting Governor.