THE MORNING- OEEGONTAN, BATXJBDXST, MARCH T, 1902.
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STOPS GANAL DEAL
Coiombia'lnterrupts Panama
Negotiations.
SHE MUST. BE CONSIDERED
Concession to the French Company
'Cannot Be Transferred "WithoHt
Certain Modifications With
Her Consent.
PARIS. Feb. 28. At an extraordinary
meeting of the shareholders of the new
Panama Canal Company today, the pres
ident read a message from the Consul
General of Colombia at Paris setting forth
that me company could not transfer its
concession to another nation without first,
with the assent of Colombia, modifying
the stipulation of articles 21 and 22 of the
agreement. After a discussion, during
which it was urged that efforts should be
made to keep the concession for France,
the meeting adopted a resolution express
ing approial of the attitude of the board
of directors and deciding, in view of this
fact, to postpone entering into any en-gagement-
. The dispatch of the Colombian Govern
ment was a complete surprise to the
shareholders of the Canal Company, who
met in expectation of merely ratifying the
action of the board of directors in offer
ing the Panama Canal Company's prop
erty to the United States for $40,000,000,
which offer was to remain good until
March 4, 1903, and authorizing the board to
carry out all the measures for the trans
fer of the property, and fix and accept
all modes and terms of payment, if the
United States accepts the offer. The con
sternation, therefore, was general when
the president read Colombia's telegram,
and a heated discussion broke out. The
majority of the speakers concluded that
the telegram meant the utter collapse of
the negotiations with the United States,
and resentment against Colombia was ex
pressed. Finally, M. Marquis, the official repre
sentatlv e of the shareholders, brought the
meeting to its senses. He reminded hla
hearers that the remarks were utterly
wide of the mirk. All discussion at the
present moment was out of place and
probably damaging to the company's In
terests. The best course ws to adjourn
until explanations of Colombia's action
were forthcoming. This proposal was
adopted and the meeting adjourned.
SO SURPRISE AT WASHIXGTOX.
Admiral Wallcer Thinks It Will Kot
Interfere With the Seal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Admiral
Walker v.a& shown the cablegram from
Paris today regarding the action of the
Panama Canal Company in deciding not
to continue the negotiations for the sale
of the canal to the United States. He
said he had received no advice on the
subject. While the Colombian Govern
ment, through its Minister here, had
agreed to the sale of the property to the
United States, that sale was contingent
upon an agreement between the United
States and Colombia, The Admiral was
inclined to think that the news from
Paris was not such as to interfere ser
iously with the purchase of the canal,
should this Government desire to ac
quire it.
Officials of the Colombian Legation ex
pressed no surprise at the reported action
of the company, declaring that the re
ported declslonr of the stockholders is di
rectly in line with the work in which the
Colombian Government is now engaged
that of offsetting the prohibitions con
tained in the canal corcession. It is ex
plained that Colombia even now is pre
paring the terms of an agreement by
which the canal company may transfer
its rights to the United States under
certain conditions stipulated by Colombia.
Article 22 provides that the grantees or
their representatives shall lose the rights
acquired in the concession by a. violation
of article 2L
It is assumed here that the action of
the company was in the nature of a dec
laration of its position, preparatory to a
grant of the privilege of selling out to
the United States.
HUNDREDS ARE AHRESTED.
Official Account of the Student Trou
bles at Moscow.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 28. According
to an official account of the disturbances
of February 22 at Moscow University, 400
students armed with bludgeons, Iron bars
and revolvers wrecked tbe Interior of the
university building, barricaded themselves
within It and hung out red flags from
the windows. The police and troops
forced an entrance into the interior and
arrested the ringleaders of the rioters. A
decree of the Minister of Public Instruc
tion has been gazetted ordering the ex
pulsion from the university and high
schools of all students arrested in con
nection with rioting.
There were 7C3 persons arrested at Mos
cow February 22 as a result of the
student disturbances. Two hundred and
fifty students and others who have been
arrested in Moscow have been condemned
to arious terms of imprisonment, rang
ing from one week to three months.
Refuse ito Pabllsh Pauncefote Note.
LONDON, Feb. 2S. In the House of
Commons today the Chancellor of tho
Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, in
behalf of the government, again refused
to lay on the table a copy of the Identical
note dispatched by the Ambassadors at
"Washington to their governments, after
the meeting of April 10, 1898. He said the
papers in the case are of a highly confi
dential character, and the government ad
heres to the a lew previously expressed
that they cannot bo published. The gov
ernment is not aware that any of the gov
errments concerned acted upon that note.
French Premier Hart.
PARIS, March L As the French Pre
mier, M. "Waldeck-Rousseau, accompanied
by his nephew, was returning from a ban
quet last night, the carriage was over
turned as a result of a collision with a
street-car In the Rue Reaumur. Both the
Premier and his nephew suffered severe
contusions, and were cut by broken glass,
but they took a cab to their home. "While
no danger is feared at the injuries sus
tained by the Premier, they will compel
him to keep to his room for many days.
German Tariff Amercement.
BERLIN, Feb. 28. At today's session of
the tariff committee of the Reichstag, the
government proposed to make the duty on
maize 4 marks per 100 kilograms. Jnstead
of 2 marks, the present duty. The com
mittee eventually adopted a duty of 5 J
marks per 1000 kilograms on maize. The
duty on millet was also fixed at 5 maTks
per 1000 kilograms. A duty of 1 marks
per 1000 kilograms, as proposed by the
government on other grains not specially
mentioned, was agreed to.
Another Outbreak at Barcelona.
MADRID, Feb. 28 The mining regions
are in a ferment of agitation. At Albu
jon and Madridejos rioters have set fire
to the octroi offices and burned the doc
uments they contained. There has been
another outbreak of -disorder at Barce
lona. Meetings are being held frequently
with the object of declaring, another
general strike. The metal -workers- are
constantly assaulting their comrades "who
have returned to work, and refuse to re
sume their tasks until all the imprisoned
workmen are released.
RbssIr Protests ..to Tax-lcey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 28. The Rus
sian Ambassador here, I. ,N. ZInovieff,
has made vigorous representations to the
Porte concerning the belligerent situation
in the neighborhood of Iplk, Albania,
where a. tribal fight, during -which two
Turkish soldiers were killed, occurred
February 23. The Ambassador points out'
Turkey's responsibility for the safety of
the Christians in Albania,
International Sagar Convention.
VIENNA, Feb. 28. Barring unexpeoed
difficulties, the convention agreed upon at
the International sugar conference -rIH be
signed March 1. Possibly a clause may
be inserted providing against any great
Influx of foreign sugars to states joining
the convention during an abnormal movr ;
ment of prices.
A Greek Duel.
ATHENS, Feb. 2S. M. Topaliz, the
Minister of Justice, has resigned in order
to fight a duel with Colonel Koumundou-
ros. The quarrel between M. Topaliz and
the Colonel was the outcome of proceed-
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DESTROYED BY PAHK-A.VBS UK HOTEL FTRB.
The loss of the Seventy-flrst Rctfment Armory, New York Citr, in the Park-Avenue Hotel Are, last Saturday, is regarded
as Irreparable. Scarcely a. historical trophy or a bit of regimental property is left to the Seventy-flrst. The officers lament tho
loss of medals, tablets, rosters, portraits, bronzes, books, nags and guns. It is impossible to estimate accurately tho loss to
the state In the equipment of the organization.
There were about 800 stands of arms, the uniform and equipment of each member of the regiment, the new steel guns of
Wilson's Battery, the equipment of the Signal Corps, and a new ambulance. The stato carried no insurance.
The only thing saved of the Veteran Association's collection was the tablet commemorative of the killed and wounded at
the battle of Bull Bun. The property of the Veteran Association was insured for $ lO.eOO, and that of tho regiment for $20,000,
Major-General Boe estimates the state loss at $100,000. The uniforms lost were worth about $30,000, or about $30 to the man.
The general equipment, including belts, haversacks, canteens and camp equipage, was furnished by tho United States, but
charged against the state's allowance of $70,000 a 3 ear.
ings against a deputy charged with. In
citing to commit murder.
Prlinnikii. at T-a vjTmvrTTt..
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb.23.-James I
C. Read, ex-Captain and Commissary;
Michael J. Spellman, ex-Captain, and Del
bert Jones, ex-First Lieutenant in the
Forty-third Infantry, under sentence of
three years each for connection with
Army contract frauds, perpetrated in tho
Philippines, arrived from the "West today
and were taken to the Federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth.' Read's attornejs at
once filed application in tho United States
District Court for a writ of habeas corpus
to secure his release on tho grounds that,
having.been convicted by a court of Army
officers, he was illegally held. Judge Hood
will pass on the application later. James
Allen, under sentence of life imprisonment
for murder; Herbert Cawthorn, 20 years
for murder, and "W. E. Babcock, six years
for rape, all from Manila, also arrived at
the prison today from the "West and began
serving their sentences.
Canadians "Want Protection.
MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. 23. Arch
Campbell, M. P. for West York, a promi
nent supporter of the government, was
the principal speaker at tho annual ban
quet of the Montreal Manufacturers' As
sociation and created a sensation by de
claring that he had come to the conclu
sion that the time had arrived when the
government should give the Canadian
manufacturer Increased protection againBt
the United States manufacturer, who, un
der the present tariff, was making Can
ada a slaughter-house for her own pro
duction. He believed that the govern
ment although he was not authorized to
say sp, would at tho present session of
Parliament introduce a tariff which would
surely prevent this and bo of tho greatest
benefit to Canada.
Remarkable Surgical Operation.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. In one of the
most remarkable operations known to
surgery, says a Baltimore special to the
"World, the brain of Rev. "William A.
Clark, pastor of the Broadway German M.
B. Church, of this city, has been actually
lifted from its bed and the roots of cer
tain ner es that caused the clergyman ex
cessive neuralgia were extracted. The pa
tient is said to have stood the operation
well, and few doubts of his recovery are
entertained. The operation was performed
at tbe Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Planning: a Direct Settlement.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. It is persistently
reported, says a Valparaiso, Chile, dis
patch to the Herald, that the Chilean and
Argentine Governments are secretly plan
ning a direct settlement of the boundary
controversy in which Colonel Sir Thomas
H. Holdlch is acting as the expert for
King Edward, the arbitrator. Nothing
can be gathered in official circles regard
ing this rumor, which most of the new's
papers frankly welcome as a sensible way
of averting a war and of reducing the
budgets of both countries.
Engineer Wlsker Indicted.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The grand Jury
concluded its Investigation into the New
York Central tunnel disaster of January
S today, and found an indictment for man
slaughter against John M. Wlsker, the en
gineer of the White Plains local, which
ran Into- the Norwalk local in the tunnel.
A bench-warrant was issued for Wlskers
arrest. The grand jury dismissed the com
plaint charging that the tunnel, as oper
ated by the New York Central Company,
constituted a public nuisance.
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Falling: of a Furnace Roof.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S,, Two men were
killed and three seriously Injured by the
falling of a furnace roof at the plant of
the " South Chicago Furnace Company.
Tho dead are:
FRANK RUSSELL.
MICHAEL JACKULAR.
The accident is supposed to have been
due to the "weakening of the steel trusses
supporting the, galvanised iron roof.
DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS
WIDESPREAD LOSSES CAUSED BY
STORK TS GULF STATES.
Seven Lives Lost Railway TrafSo
Stopped Plttsbarg Threatened
by a Disastrous Flood.
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 2S. Not in many
years have the Southeastern Gulf States
experienced damage so widespread by a
storm as that which yesterday visited
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia.
North and South Carolina and Florida. As
far as known seven lives were lost and
several persons Injured. The damage is
enormous, the railroads being particularly
heavy sufferers. Four lives were lost In
a wreck near Griffin, which was caused
by a wash-out. The other dead were ne
groes whose cabins were blown away by
the storm.
The rains raised the water to flood
height in the Chattahoochee, Alabama,
Osmulgee, Savannah and the two Oconees,
but late tonight the stage In all of them
was stationary, except at Columbus. Ga.,
SEVENTY-FIRST'S ARMORY, NEW
where tho Chattahoochee was rising bIow
ly. One bridge was washed away and
another is expected to go at any moment.
Many of the city's manufacturing plants
W oSld Ca?
Tho City of Athens, Ga., Is in total
darkness tonight, with two rivers sending
volumes of water through some parts of
the town. The North and Middle Oconee
Rivers passed the high-water mark there
early this morning, but rose no higher
tonight. The power plant of tho Athens
Electric Street Railway Company was
submerged to a depth of six feet. At the
Princeton factory, the river rushed
through the building, doing great damage
to the machinery. The water-works plant
was Inundated and the machinery ruined.
The water supply of tho city was shut off.
Both gas and electric plants were com
pelled to close.
"Wash-outs aro reported on all railroads
coming Into Atlanta tonight except two.
The railroads are handling their passenger
traffic only with the greatest difficulty.
No train on the Seaboard Air Line has
reached this city since Thursday morning
until 5:30 this afternoon. All trains on
this road are turned back at Athens, Ga.,
using tho Southern's tracks into Atlanta.
The first train over the Southern from
Washington since 10 o'clock last night
pulled Into the Atlanta depot at 6 o'clock
tonight. No train has arrived from New
Orleans for 24 hours. A wash-out on the
Atlanta & "West Point near Gabbettsville,
Ala., has caused all trains to be held up
there. ,
A negro woman was killed, another fa
tally injured and several negro men badly
hurt by a cyclone w hlch passed over Daw
son, Ga., late last night. Henley's roller
mills, the Barnett mills and KInnard's
sawmill were washed away, near Jackson,
'Ga., by the flood. The railroad tracks
near Jackson are reported five feet under
water.
Part of Florida Capitol Down.
PBNSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 28. The entire
south wall of the south wing of the State
Capitol at Tallahassee was leveled to
the ground lost night by a furious gale.
DISASTROUS FLOOD THREATENED.
Ice Gorge Breaks and Pittsburg Pre
pares for the Worjit.
PITTSBURG. Feb. 28. Pittsburg and
vicinity Is tonight threatened with a dis
astrous flood. The great ice gorge In the
Allegheny happily passed out today with
out doing s'erlous damage, but the great
volume of water behind It, which
Is being augmented every moment
by swollen creeks and mountain
streams, makes it apparent that
much damage must result before the
waters subside. At 10.30 P. M., Govern
ment Forecaster Rldgeway issued a bul
letin stating that the rivers had reached
the danger point and were rising fast. He
sent out warning to all river men, rail
road companies and all Interested to pre
pare for at least 25 feet by morning, and
predicted a maximum of 30 feet. This
stage. If reached, will completely sub
merge the lower parts of Allegheny and
this city, and put out the fires in many
mills and factories. All the residents of
down-town district? have moved to second
floors. The Lincoln and Boyer Hotels and
the Y. M. C. A. today vacated the ground
floors In anticipation of being flooded to
morrow. The merchants along Penn ave
nue have Installed steam syphons In order
to keep cellars dry. The fourth ward
school will be closed. The exposition build
ings will be inundated by morning. In
Allegheny the P. & W. tracks are all un
der water, traffic being suspended today
as early as 1 o'clock. People living along
the river are moving into second stories
or going cut In boats. The ball park is
flooded, and much damage is feared.
The river coal combine attempted to
make a shipment of coal south today,
starting the Boaz down with eight boats
of coal. They had passed David Island
dam 15 minutes when the gorge overtook
them, necessitating a tie-up and causing
apprehension for the fate of the fleet. As
yet, few coal flats have been swept away
Reports from Johnstown, McKeesport,
Bewford. Connellsvllle. Newcastle. Oil
City and all other 'near-by points report
like conditions, with indications of a big
flood.
PITTSBURG, March 1. At 2 o'clock this
morning, 35 feet is predicted by old-time
river men. The water in both the Alle
gheny and Monongahela at this hour is
rising so rapidly that it is only a question
of time until the manufacturing plants
along both streams will be forced to sus
pend operations.
From Braddock, at 3 o'clock, it was an
nounced that the rod mills of the American
Steel & Wire Company, employing hun
dreds of men. had been forced to close
down, and conservative estimates by men
who know say that by daylight thousands
of men in what is known as the Pittsburg
district will be unable to start work.
Lives Lost In the Freshet.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 23. The
freshet has caused the loss of three lives
Eugene Hoffman, aged 10, residing near
Plymouth, and Joseph McGuIre and John
Fisher, two employes of the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad.
SchHTlklll Out of Its Banks.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2S. Heavy rains
and melted Ice and snow during the past
week have resulted in the Schuylkill River
going out of its banks and causing the
greatest floods in that waterway since
YORK
IS&. Beginning at Fottsvllle, the largest
town at the upper end of the Schuylkill,
every own on Its banks to this city re
ports more or less damage.
GALB AT NEW YORK.
Rain Fell In. Torrents and Storm In
terfered With Shipping:.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. The storm which
raged today over tho entire eastern half
of the United States gave a generous share
of Its attention to New York City. Dur
ing the afternoon for a short time tho
rain fell in torrents, and tho wind blew
a gale at the rate of CS miles an hour. Tho
storm made the waters on the bay very
rough, and interfered greatly with ship
ping. The- cruiser San Francisco weighed
anchor at Jioon under scaled orders for
sea, but when she reached a point off
Swinburne Island her captain changed her
course and returned to the anchorage
grounds off Tompklnsvllle, on account of
the storm. The Cincinnati and tho Olym
pla wero prepared to get under way
should their anchors fall to hold fast.
From New Jersey points reports of flood
and damage are coming In. Trains are
delayed or held up altogether on the Le
high and Pennsylvania Railroads. Bridges
are being washed away and farms are un
der water. The Delaware River Is out of
its banks at Flemlngton, and at Riverside
the rails of the South Branch Railroad
are IS Inches under water. Tho Black
Diamond Express on tho Lehigh Valley
road went as far as Mauch Chunk, and
from there was obliged to return to New
York. Reports of a like nature come from
Lambertsvllle and Belvldere, where the
silk mills are flooded and many families
were taken from their homes In boats.
ALONG THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Traffic in the Mountains Paralyzed
ly the Storm.
ASHEVILLE. N. C, Feb. 2S. All rail
way traffic in the mountains 'is completely
paralyzed as a result of last night's
storm. The French Broad River is the
highest ever known; all manufacturing
plants on the banks have been forced to
close. A large number of houses on the
lowlands along the river were cut off by
the water last night and the occupants
were taken out in boats.
The river rose over the 13-foot wall at
Marshall, N. C, and flooded the town.
Several small freight wrecks are reported.
The water is reported 10 feet deep in ono
placo on the Murphy division of the
Southern Railway. In AsheIHe. street
car traffic was suspended last night and
has not been resumed.
Heavy thunder storms have been raging
along the line of the Southern between
Morrlstown, Tenn., and Ashevllle. for the
last 24 hours, with rainfall of about five
Inches, creating floods that are without
precedent In the history of that section.
Wires are down, and It Is difficult to ob
tain official reports of damage. The snow
in the mountains is melting rapidly, and
the floods are increasing.
Gnle in Northern Ohio.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 2S. One of the
most violent gales experienced in years
prevailed throughout Northern Ohio early
today. At the local Weather Bureau
office the wind registered a velocity of &l
miles an hour. Telephone and telegraph
service Is seriously affected. Scores of
plate glass windows and skylights in the
downtown district were demolished, while
signs, chlmnejs and trees were torn down
in numerous Instances. A portion of the
roof of the Miles Park Methodist Episco
pal Church was carried away and the
building of the Brltton tin mill on Colt
avenue was completely demolished. No
one was In the building when It fell. At
one time the wind blew at the rate of SO
miles an hour.
TELEGRAPH LINES PROSTRATED.
S j stem Deranged Over a "Wide Area
by the Storm.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. While tho tele-
l graph companies are still struggling to
repair the damages resulting from the
sleet and gales of last week, they are
now facing an additional derangement of
their systems because of heavy rain
storms in the Middle West and the South.
It Is .said that the interruption of tele
graphic communication has never before
been so general or so long continued.
In the vicinity of Philadelphia, where
the storm of last Friday was most severe,
the companies are still endeavoring to re
store their wires, but the damage was so
extensive that the work 13 not yet com
pleted and practically all business for
Baltimore, Washington and the South Is
still being routed by way of Pittsburg
and the West. The rain storms of last
night have caused serious interruptions
to this route. South of Washington is
today practically cut oft and the In
terior of Pennsylvania is in a similar con
dition. In Chlo the rain storms have also
hampered telegraph service seriously.
Torrential rains, reported to be of al
most cloudburst severity, have occurred
in the South Atlantic States. Mississippi
and Alabama and that region Is today
practically without communication. Se
vere thunder storms have accompanied the
rainfall. In many sections, rivers are out
of their banks and caused not only de
rangement of wires, but much interrup
tion of railway traffic.
HAS REACHED THE DEAD LINE
Tillman Can. Go No Farther Without
Losing His Party's Support.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. While the
ceusure of tbe Senate upon Tillman Is
verj' mild, considering his offense, the
majority realized fully that under the
Senate's rules of unlimited debate, noth
ing more severe could bo accomplished.
They also realized that it was unjust to
McLaurin to inflict upon him equal pun
ishment tc that which was given Tillman,
but the fact that the Democrats are very
bitter against McLaurin for leaving their
party made it impossible to distinguish
between the South Carolina Senators in
tho matter of censure, without the pre
cipitation of a long-drawn-out debate,
which must be fruitless. At the same
time, both Democrats and Republicans
are very bitter against Tillman. The
fling about gentlemen which Tillman In
jected Into the roll-call today was bit
terly resented by Democrats, and Tillman
was notified that ho had reached the
"dead line," and if he transgressed any
further he could not depend upon party
support. Understanding tho situation as
he does, Tillman feels more aggrieved
by far than McLaurin, as ho feels that
the rules of the Senate permitting inter
minable talk was all that saved him from
more severe action. He also smarts under
the fact that every Democrat approved of
his censure, and that punishment will be
more severe to him than McLaurin, as tho
rebuke of the majority, aside from the
resolution, is severe in Its condemnation
of Tillman, and becomes a part of the
records of the Senate. The Senate be
lieves that a great deal "will bo ac
complished If Tillman can be curbed In
the future, and the belief Is generally ex
pressed that the action, today, with the
acquiescence of the Democrats, will have
that result.
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.
Missionary Addresses at the Toron
to Convention.
TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 2S. The opening
address at the first session today of tho
Student Volunteer Movement Convention
at Massey Hall was delivered by Dr.
B. B. Chlvers, of Brooklyn. "We must
be missionaries to the very core," he
said, "If we wish to carry out the prin
ciples of Christianity. Missionary energy
should be instilled into our young aunaay
school scholars." "Printed Page in For
eign Missions" was the title of an ad
dress delivered by John W. Wood, secre
tary of tho Domestic and Foreign Mis
sionary Society. Rev. Dr. Junius W.
Millard, of Baltimore, spoke on "The
Pastor as an Educational Missionary
Force." Other speakers were: Rev. Her
man P. Beach, Rev. Dr. Edgbert W.
Bmlfh, Rev. Elmore Harris and Bishop
Thoburn. Over 20 section conferences
were held this afternoon.
Mothers' Congress Adjourns.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. By unanimous
vote, the Mothers' Congress today dis
pensed with annual meetings. Instead,
the congress will meet trlennlally, at a
time and place to be determined by them.
In the afternoon the delegates were
received by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White
House. Tonight's meeting brought the
public sessions of the congress to a close.
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Train Goes Through a Trestle.
GRIFFIN, Ga., Feb. 28. A southbound
passenger train on the Columbus branch
of the Southern Railway went through a
trestle Into a creek at midnight, near
Zetella, Ga. The killed;
A. F. MATHEWS, engineer, Columbus,
Go.
J. L. HILL, baggage-master, Columbus,
Ga.
LEO G. MURRAY, mall clerk, Atlanta.
ISAAC M'DOWELL, fireman. Colum
bus. Several passengers were injured, but
none fatally.
Tho structure had been weakened by
the heavy rains, and three bents of the
bridge gave way. The train 'was running
cautiously at tho time of the accident.
The first-class coach was the only car
that did not go into the wash-out.
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O'Donoran noma's Son.
DENVER, Feb. 2S. The report that
O'Donovan Rossa, the famous Irish pa
triot, was dying at Colorado Springs of
blood poisoning, seems to be incorrect, ac
cording to a dispatch printed In the News
today. Tho person referred to Is not the
Irish patriot, but a son who bears his
name. All hope for his recovery has been
practically abandoned, as the patient, who
is at St. Francis Hospital, in too weak to
undergo an operation, which Is the only
thing that would prolong life.
To Reorganise Volga TraQlc.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. A Moscow tele
gram to the Standard says a London dis
patch to the Tribune states that among
the colossal schemes which Americans
have endeavored to push in Russia Is ono
for taking up and reorganizing the entire
traffic of the River Volga.
New Poivder Combination.
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 2S. The K.
I.. Dupont do Nemours Company, manu
facturers of gunpowder and other ex
plosives, capital J20.000.000, has been In
corporated at Dover. The new corpora,
tlon Is expected to take In all of the Du
pont powder mills.
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Schley Resolution Defeated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. An unsuccess
ful effort was made today in the House
committee on naval affairs to secure con
sideration of the question of reporting a
resolution to tender the thanks of Con
gress to Rear-Admiral Schley.
Fatal Xew Torlc Fire.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. The man burned
to death early today in a fire which de
stroyed a saloon and carpenter shop In
Ann street, near Nassau, has been Identi
fied as George Huber, of Brooklyn, a man
ufacturing Jeweler.
Conference of United Christians.
DAVENPORT, la., Feb. 28. William R.
fBenkert, national chairman of the United
Christian party, has issued a call for a
national conference of the party to be
held at Rock Island, 111.. May 1.
JHdge Reagan III With Pneumonia.
PALESTINE, Tex., Feb. 2S.-John H.
Reagan is confined to his bed. with pneu
monia. His phslclans are not alarmed,
though the crisis has not been passed.
Fishermen Adrift on Ice.
BAY CITY, Mich., Feb. S. Nearly SCO
fishermen are in serll tonlzht. adrift on
HAUNTED.
An Apparition Whieh Has
Frightened Many Women.
There is a certain horrible fascination
about stories of batmted houses, in which
the presence of an tmeeen and unearthly
guest makes itself strongly felt There
May be a merry-making, a wedding or a
christening, and while laughter echoes
from the walls and happiness is at flood
tide, a sadden chill falls on the heart.
The flesh feels as if a cold wind blew
bpon it. There is a sensation as of some
evil influence near, and a shiver shakes
the shrinking body.
Some such fear as this falls on many a
woman in the very hey-day of her hap
piness. She has been so strong, so per
fectly healhy that life has been a con
tinual joy to her. Now some unaccus
tomed feeling touches her. She shivers
tt the sensation and shrinks from a some
thing which she fears, yet cannot under
stand. The apparition of disease has
passed and thrown its cold shadow on her.
DOGGED BY DISEASE.
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majority of her sex.
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an immense ice floe In Saginaw Bay.
Their unstable support broke loose from
tho shore.
Curse of Shynter Ln.tr era.
Birmingham News.
Ono of the curses of society is the shy
ster lawyer. There Is not a community In
th- United States where he does not flour
ish to a greater or less extent. He Im
poses upon a class least able to bear hi1
Imposition. His usual victims are the poor
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rnd Illiterate, whom he plucks as long ar
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