THE MORNING OEEGONIAN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903.
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MEMORY OF WESLEY
Honored by Great Gathering
in New York.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
Dficrlliri Grent Work of Fon rider of
Mctlindlmu nml Pioneer 31lnlatcrs
of the AVckt AiIvIich l'rcnclipro
to Jlc Practical In AVorl:.
NEW YORK. Feb. 26. President Roose
vclt v.-as the chief speaker tonight at a
great mass meeting' at Carnegie Hall,
held to do honor to the character and la
bors of John Wesley, the founder of
Methodism, "scholar, 'missionary, philan
thropist, preacher, gentleman." The meet
ing ttps held under the auspices of the
New Tork thankoffering commission,
which has had charge of the local work of
the Twentieth Century Thankoffering
Fund of J20.000.000 tliat has been raised by
the Methodists throughout the country to
celebrate the advent of the twentieth cen
tury of the Christian era.
Samuel W. Rowne presided, with Pres
ident Roosevelt at his right, and on the
platform were Bishop D. C Foes. Bishop
"Waldcn. Bishop Goodsell, Bishop F. G.
Andrews. Dr. James R. Day, Bishop C IL
Fowler, Rev. E. S. Tipple, executive sec
retary of the New York thankoffering
commission: Itev. Dr. J. w. Johnstone,
pastor of the Old John Street Methodist
Episcopal Church: and Rev. A. D. Leon'
ard, secretary of the Methodist Missionary
Society. The hall was crowded to tft
doors and hundreds were unable to gain
admittance.
President Roosevelt reached the hall, es
corted by a detachment of mounted police,
at S0. As he alighted from bis carriage,
he was balled by a young man who was
struggling Jn the crowd and whom the
police were trying to force back.
"I'm Mike Cronln. Mr. President, and I
want to hear you speak," he shouted.
Mike Cronln Admitted.
President Roosevelt Instantly recognized
him as the driver who drove him on the
last stage of hts Journey to North Creek
to take the train for Buffalo after being
notified of the death of President McKin
ley. "Delighted to see you." replied the Pres
ident, wno, addressing the police, saia:
"Let that man pass." Grasping Cronln's
hand, he led him into the hall and saw
that he had a seat near him on the plat
form. After the meeting the President in-
troduced Cronln to the members of his
Darty and told them the story of his furl
ous night drive along the Adirondack
roads to catch the train.
Cheers' and handclapplng announced the
Arrival of President Roosevelt, who ad
vanced from the rear of the platform ac
companied by Mr. Bowne. When he had
reached the front of the stage, the Pres
ident bowed slightly and then walked over
to the seat reserve for him behind the
desk. Chairman Bowne then announced
the hrron "Blow Ye the Trumpet. Blow,
by Charles Wesley. Bishop Foss, of Phil
adelphia, then led the meeting in prayer,
closing trith the Lord's prayer, in which
a raichty volume of voices Joined. Mr.
Bowne mado a short address. He said that
Methodism is constantly growing, except
possibly In the coast cities on the At
lantic, ambnard. "Mr." Bowne Introduced
President Roosevelt, the audience rising
to creet him.
President Roosevelt spoke as follows.
and was attentively listened to:
President Rooaerelt'a Speech.
I km glad to have the chance of addressing
this representative body of the- great church
which Wesley founded. ta the occasion of the
commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his
birth. America, moreover, has a peculiar pro
prietary claim on "Wesley memory, for It Is
on our continent that the Methodist church has
reelved Its greatest development- In the flays
of our Colonial life Methodism was not on a
whole a great factor in the religious and social
life of the people. The Congregationallsts
were supreme throughout most of New Eng
land; the Episcopalians on the seaboard from
New York southward; whne the Presbyterian
congregations were most numerous -along what
was then the entire western frontier; and the
Quaker, Catholic and Dutch .Reformed churches
each had developments In special places. The
great growth of the Methodist church, like the
great growth of the Baptist church, began at
about the time of the Revolutionary "War. To-
cay my tneme is purely -aiemoaism.
"Since the days of the Revolution not only
has the Methodist church Increased greatly In
.Ihe old communities of the 18 original states,
but It has played a peculiar and prominent part
In the pioneer growth of our country, and has
In consequence assumed a position of Immense
Importance throughout the vast region west of
the' Aflecheniea which has been added to our
Nation since the days when the Continental
Congress first met.
"Work of Pioneers.
For a century after the .Declaration of Inde
pendence the greatest work of our people, with
the exception only of the worx of self-preservation
under1 Lincoln, was the work of the pio
neers as they took possession of this continent.
During that century we pushed -westward from
the. Alleghenles to the Padnc, southward to
the Gulf and the Rio Grande, and also took
possession of Alaska. The work of advancing
our boundary, of pushing the frontier across
forest and desert and mountain chain, was the
great typical work of our Nation; and the
men who did It the frontiersmen, the pioneers.
the backwoodsmen, plainsmen, mountain men
formed a class by themselves. It was an Iron
task,- which none but men of Iron soul and
Iron body could do. The men who carried It to
a successful conclusion haa characters strong
alike, for good and for evil- Their rugged na
tures made them powers who served light or
darkness with fierce intensity; and together
with heroic traits they had those evil and
dreadful tendencies which are hut too apt to
be found in characters of heroic possibilities.
Bach men make the most efficient servants of
the Loid If their abounding vitality and en
ergy are directed aright; and if misdirected
their Influence is equally potent against the
cause of Christianity and true civilization. In
the hard and cruel life of the border, with, its
grim struggle against the forbidding forces of
wild nature and wilder men, there was much
to pull the frontiersman down. It left to him
self, without moral teaching and mora guld-
ance, without any or the influences that tend
toward the uplifting of man and the subduing
of the brute within him, sad would have been
"his, and therefore our. fate. "From this fate we
have been largely rescued by the fact that to
gether with the rest of the pioneers went th
pioneer preachers: and all honor be given to the
Methodists for the great proportion of these
pioneer preachers whom they furnished.
Prcncblntr Anions Pioneers.
These preachers were of the stamp of old
"Peter Cartwrlght men who suffered and ever.
came every hardship In common with- their
noes, ana wno. in aaaition, tamed the wild
ana nerce spirits or their fellow-pioneers. It
was not a task that could have been accom
plished by men desirous to live In the soft
u. u vmm. auu iu wa Uliy on lilt B
Journey. They bad to possess the spirit of the
martyrs r but not of martyrs who could merely
suffer, not of martyrs who could odkm rmiv
passive endurance to wrong. The pioneer
preacners warrea against the forces of spiritual
evil with the same fiery zeal and enerev that
they and their fellows showed In the conquest
of. therugged continent. They had in them
the heroic spirit, the spirit that scorns ease If
It must be purchased by failure to do duty, the
spirit that courts risk and a life of hard en
deavor If the goal to be reached Is' really worth
attaining, ureal is our xstJsx. to these men and
scant the patience we need show toward their
critic. At times they seemed hard and narrow
to tnoee wnose training and surroundings had
saved .them' from similar temptations: and thei
, have .beeri .clitlcliei, as all men. whether mis.
io niuKu wiicui Liiry go xonn to flo
xne rough work that must .Inevitably be done bv
those .who act as the flrit harbingers, the first
heralds, of civilization in the worlds dark
places. It Is easy tor those who stay at home
In comfort, who never have to see humanity
la the raw, or to strive against the dreadful
naked forces which appear clothed, hidden and
subdued In civilized life It is easy tor such to
criticise the men who, In rough fashion, and
amid grim surroundings, make ready the way
for the higher life that is to come afterwards:
but let us all remember that the untempted
and the"effortls should be cautious In passing
too heavy Judgment upon their brethren who
may show hardness, who may be guilty of
shortcomings, but who nevertheless do the
great deeds by which mankind advances. These
pioneers of Methodism had the strong, militant
virtues which go to the accomplishment of
such great deeds. Now and then they be
trayed the shortcomings natural to-men of their
type: but their shortcoming seem small. Indeed,
when we place beside them the magnitude of
the work they achieved.
Kinnlnte the Pioneers.
And now. friends. In celebrating the wonder
ful growth of Methodism, in. rejoicing at the
gooi It has done to the country and to man
kind. I need hardly ask a body like this to
remember that the greatness of the father
becomes to the children a shameful thing It
tbey use It only as an excuse for Inaction In
stead of as a spur to effort for ncble alms. I
speak to you not only as Methodists I speak
to you as American citizens. The pioneer days
are over. We now all of us form parts of a
great civilized Nation, with a complex indus
trial ana social lire and infinite possibilities
both for good and for eviL The Instruments
with which, and the surroundings In which.
we work, have changed Immeasurably from
what they were in the days when the rough
backwoods preachers ministered to the moral
and spiritual needs of their rough 'backwoods
congregations. But If we are to succeed, the
spirit In which we do our work must be the
same as the spirit In which they did theirs.
These men drove forward, and fought their
way upward, to success, because their sense of
duty was In their hearts, in the very marrow
of their bones. It was not with them some
thing to be considered as a mere adjunct to
their .theology, standing separate 'and apart
from their dally life. They had It with them
week days a well as Sundays. They did not
divorce the spiritual from the secular. They
did not have one kind of conscience for one
side of their lives and another for another.
Let Church Be Practical.
"Well. If we are to succeed a a Nation we
must have the ssme spirit In us. We must be
absolutely practical, of course, and roust face
facts as they are. The rloneer preachers of
Methodism could not hsve held their own for
a fortnight If they had not shown an Intense
practicality of spirit. If they had not possessed
the broadest and deepest sympathy for. and
understanding of. their fellow-men. But In ad
dltlon to the hard, practical common sense
needed by each of us In life, we must have a
lift toward lofty things or we shall be lost. In
dividually, and collectively as a Nation. Life
is not easy, and least of all Is It easy for either
the man or the Nation that aspires to do great
deeds. In the century opening the play of the
Infinitely far-reaching forces and tendencies
which go to make up our social system bids
fair to be even fiercer In its activity than in
the century which has Just closed. If durlm
this century the men of high and fine moral
sense show themselves weaklings: If ther ?
sess only that cloistered virtue which shrinks
shuddering from contact with the raw facts of
actual life; if they dare not go down into the
hurly-burly where the men of might contend
tor the mastery; if they stand aside' from the
pressure and conflict: then as surely as the sun
rises and sets all of our great material prog
ress, an the multiplication of the physical
agencies which tend for our comfort and en
joyment, will go for naught, and our civiliza
tion will become a brutal sham and mockery.
If we are to do as I believe we shall and will
do, if we are to advance In broad humanity.
In kindliness, in the spirit of brotherhood, ex
actly as we advance la our conquest over the
hidden forces of nature. It must be by develop
ing strength In virtue and virtue In strength,
by breeding and training men who shall be both
good and strong, both gentle and valiant men
who scorn wrong-doing and who at the same
time have both the courage and the strength
to strive mightily for the right. Wesley said
he did not Intend to leave all the srood tunes to
the service of the devil. lie accomplished so
much for mankind because he also refused to
leave the stronger, manlier qualities to be
availed of only In the Interest of evlL The
church he founded has throughout Its career
seen a church for the poor as well as for the
rich, and has known no distinction of nersons.
It ha been a church whose members, it true
to the teachings of Its founder, have sought for
no greater privilege than to spend and be spent
in the Interest of the higher life, who have
pnoea themselves, not on shirking rouch dutv.
but on undertaking It and carrying It to a-suo-
cessrui conclusion.
I come here tonight to greet you and to pay
my tribute to your past because you have de
served well of .mankind, because yeu have
striven with strength and courage to bring
nearer the day when peace and Justice shall ob
tain among the peoples of the earth.
Return to Washington.
At the conclusion of his address the
President was heartily applauded. The
nymn. "Bee How Great a Flame Aspires.
was then sung. During the singing Presi-
oent Roosevelt retired from the halL
Chancellor Day. of Syracuse University.
spoke on "John Wesley." Bishop R. G.
Andrews spoke on the theme. "Then and
Now 1703 and 1903," and the meeting
closed with & benediction.
On leaving tho meeting at Carnegie HalL
President Roosevelt was saluted by Cap
tain SchmlttbergeT, in command of the
police detail. The 'President stopped.
shook the Captain's hand cordially, and
after a few words in an undertone entered
his carriage and was driven to the Uni
versity Club, escorted as before by mount
ed police.
The President left the University Club
for Jersey City at 11:15 tonight and at
12:15 A. M. ptarted on the return to
Washington.
MABINI TAKES THE OATH
Another Filipino Lender Become
Good San Mljrnel Escape.
MANILA, Feb. 26.-MablnL ex-President
of the Filipino Supreme Court, and at
one time Minister of Foreign Affairs in
the Philippine government, who had pre
viously persistently refused to take the
oath of allegiance, took the necessary
oath today on board the transport Thom
as, on his arrival from the Island of
Guam, to which place -he was deported
after his surrender In December. 1S99, and
was permitted to land. At the request of
Mablnl the hour of his landing was not
announced, so as to prevent demonstra
tions. Rl carte, the ex-Flllplno General, who
had also been a prisoner in Guam, ar
rived here with Mablnl, but as III carte
refused to tike the oath of allegiance he
was placed on the steamer Gaelic and sent
to Hong Kong. Rlcarte said he wanted
to confer with bis friends, and added that
he might take the oath before the United
States Consul at Hong Kong.
General San Miguel has evidently made
good his retreit to the Morong Moun
tains, as the scouting parties have failed
to locate him.
The ladrones abandoned Boso Bood
when reinforcements reached the govern
ment troops.
GirVERAL METCALF DENIES.
Never Shot Filipino Prisoners or Or
dered Them Shot.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 26. General W. a
Metcalf, United. States Penslan 'Agent,
tonight made the following statement re
garding tile revival of the charges that
he ordered Philippine prisoners to be
shot:
"I think it is an attempt on the part of
certain people to make political capital
out of any reports derogatory to the
Army in the Philippines, and at the same
time an effort on the part of two or thres
members of the Twentieth Kansas to do
me an injustice.
"I never shot Filipino prisoners myself
nor ordered others to do so. This fact has
been satisfactorily established several
times and can be again."
Hawaiian Official 3Iln.i!nu.
HONOLULU. Feb. 26. By Pacific ca
ble.) Wray Taylor, the Territorial Com
missioner of Agriculture, who left for the
Pacific Coast January 3 on the Steamer
Korea on a month's leave of absence, did
not return on the Sierra ns expected. He
has not been heard from since his de
parture from Honolulu, and his nonar-
rival. Is a matter of speculation." The
announced purpose of his trlD was to
visit Agricultural' Cosmlexloncr Craw, of
uaiuornia.
FIRE EATS UP MILLIONS
FLAMES SWEEP BCSIXESS CENTER
OF CINCINNATI.
BcKlnnlnn; In rike Theater, Tbey
Devour AdJoInluK IHocU Many
Narrow Escape From Death.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 26,-Over one-half
of the best square in Cincinnati was de
stroyed by lire today. The square bounded
by Vine, Fourth. Walnut and Tmra
streets was conceded to be the most
solidly constructed portion of tho city.
That half north of Baker alley, with the
exception of the Carlisle building at the
southwestern corner of Fourth and Wal
nut streets, is In ruins, while the Ameri
can Book Company's publication house.
the Woodrow Printing Works and other
concerns on the south side of Baker, al
ley were also burned out. The property
loss Is tho largest by nro in the nisiory
of the city.
John Kennan and Joseph Schaefer, who
were badly hurt while escaping from the
burning buildings, are reported tonight
as resting well. Two men who lodged
In the Pike Opera-House building are still
missing.
Manager Hunt, of the Pike Opera-House,
today secured Robinson's Opera-House
and will finish his bookings for this sea
son there, commencing with Mrs. Flske
next week. One of the heaviest losers is
the Henrietta Crosman Company, which
was at the Pike Opera-House this week
and lost everything, even the safe with
the receipts from the crowded house last
night. Its future is not determined.
The total loss tonight is estimated at
from 11,500.000 to 12,000,000. distributed
among the occupants of four large office
buildings and other structures.
About 1:30 o'clock this morning flames
were discovered in the cellar of
George Joffee'a grocery In the Pike
building, on Fourth street, between Vine
and Walnut. An hour later there was an
explosion, supposed to come from liquors
In storage, and the flames soon afterward
shot up through the roof of the six-story
stone front building, and from that time
on for several hours the fire was beyond
control.
The flames destroyed halt a block in the
center of the business district, and caused
a loss of over J2.000.0CO. The burning em
bers were carried for miles, the Ken
tucky suburbs being covered with them.
The Are departments of Covington, New.
port and other Kentucky towns came
promptly to the assistance of the local
firemen, but it was noon before their
combined efforts had the fire under con-v
troL Crews were at work all the time on
the roofs of surrounding buildings; and
a general conflagration was narrowly
averted.
It was perhaps the greatest scare the
city ever had, and it was thought at one
tlmo that the entire business section of
the city was doomed, and such would have
been the case if there bad been brisk
winds.
The Pike building was totally destroyed.
Including the offices of the United States
Express Company, the Adams Express
Company, White's restaurant, owned by
Maynard & Kerr; George Joffees grocery.
John B. Martin's restaurant, Empson's
confectionery etore, Henry Strauss' cigar
store, and the office of the Pike Theater
Company on the first floor, the Pike Thea
ter auditorium and green rooms and other
offices on the second floor, and all of the
offices on the third, fourth and fifth floors.
The Seasongood building, adjoining the
Pike building on the west, at the corner
of Fourth and Vine, was badly damaged.
The building adjoining the Pike build
ing on the east, owned by the L. B. Har
rison estate, and occupied by the Robert
Clark Cordpany, publishers, and Duehme
Bros.. Jewelers, on the first floor, and
others in the upper stories, was totally
destroyed.
Telephone Office Attacked.
The Fosdlck building, cast of the Robert
Clark Company and Duehme Bros., and oc
cupied by the Norfolk & Western Railroad
and others, was badly damaged, while the
Carlisle building, occupied .by the South
ern Pacific Company and Smith & Sons
and the Cincinnati Trust Company, on the
first floor, and many offices on the other
five floors were damaged.
The fire swept across the alley known
as Baker street and burned the large pub
lishing house of the American Book Com
pany, at the corner of Baker street, and
other property along Baker street, and
did great damage to the telephone build
ing, so that all telephones In the city were
cut off for some time. All the guests In
the Burnet House, on Vine street. Just
across the street from the telephone build
ing. were called out of their rooms; as
were those of Gibson, the Emery and the
Stag Hotels, which were in close prox
imity to the fire. The Kankakee building,
which is diagonally across the street from
the Seasongood building and pike Opera-
House, and is occupied by the Western
Union, the Associated Press, the Big Four
and other offices, was threatened, and all
the wires of the Western Union for hours
were in danger.
It was not until after daylight that the
fire was got under control and the danger
of a general conflagration was believed to
be over.
Sleeping People In Danger,
As it is known that about 20 people were
asleep in the Pike building, there were
at first reports that several lives had been
lost, but none of these reports have been
confirmed. There were many narrow es
capes. Night Watchman John Agin and
Matt Garrettson and Harry Richardson.
doorkeepers, saved nix Uvea by entering
the building and forcing their way
through the smoke and rescuing lodgers.
Five men were asleep In a -rear room of
the Pike building when they were res
cued by having their door broken In.
They were John Mulvern, B. W. Zelgler,
H. C Storey, J. F. McDonald and W. C.
Askner. All escaped in their night clothes.
Agin. Richardson and Garrettson pro
ceeded through the building giving the.
alarm to all until they had to be helped
out themselves. Captain Genlcn. head of
a detective bureau, who was asleep on the
third floor, was awakened and escaped in
his night clothes. He lost ail the records
of his offlce. Nothing was saved from
the upper floors.
John Kenan, night watchman of the
American Book Company, was caught by
falling walls and fatally injured.
The escape of Will Jones, the well
known Cincinnati actor. Just before the
roof of the burning building fell, and hts
rescue, half dead, from the top of the
DUiiding. was a thrilling one, Jones'
presence of mind, which led him to throw
his cuff Into the street below and thus
make his whereabouts known, saved
his life. When the fire broke out Jones
was asleep In the studio of an artist
friend on the fourth floor. Awakening
suddenly, he was -blinded and almost suf
focated by the- smoke. Outside in the
great air shaft the flames were shooting
up. How he made his way he docs not
Know, but by some Instinct be found the
stairway leading to the roof.
Saved by Presence of Mind.
Upon reaching the roof he fell ovet
something and was stunned. When be re
covered the flames were shooting through
the roof. He crawled to tho edge, but the
firemen In the street did not notice him.
He shouted himself hoarse. He took his
cuff and wrote on It: "I am on roof,
nearly dead from gas. Jones." He threw
It to the ground and a reporter picked It
up and located the ngure of a man stand
Ing outlined in the sparks. Jones crept
along the edge of the rear of the building.
nd there waited fop the firemen, who
placed a ladder across the alley from the
Telephone Exchange building. Jones was
carried down and taken to the hospital.
Eight girls in the Telephone Exchange
building across the alley from the burning
Pike building "were badly frightened as
the clouds of smoke rolled about the build
ing. The exchange- rooms arc on the top
floor- of a six-story building. For two
hours they pluekily stuck to their posts.
When the flames were blazing in their
windows they'were ordered out by the
firemen. Later, however, they returned
to their calls,, and when the large day
force of girts came on duty they fearless
ly went to the sixth floor for duty, al
though the fire raged all around them.
Theater Burned Twice Before.
The Pike Theater building was totally
destroyed in 1565, and it narrowly escaped
total destruction on March 30, 1SC2, when
there .was a Sunday matinee in progress,
but no lives were lost In any of the fires.
The scenery and costumes used by the
Pike Stock Company during the season
which closed last Saturday night, valued
at 310,000. were stored in the opera-house.
Tho loss of the Henrietta Crosman
Company, which has been at the Pike
this week. Is over double that of the PIks
Stock Company.
The Seasongood building, adjoining, a
six-story structure, was occupied by the
Baltimore & Ohio southwestern Railroad
on the first floor, and by numerous other
tenants, including RIchter & Phillips,
wholesale Jewelers. Their loss Is very
large. Among the losers are Artists John
Ward Dunsmore. Rena De Camp, Eliza
beth C Eckstein and C. A. Murer, whose
studios were lost, with many valuable
pictures.
The Heaviest Losses.
The American Book Company will lose
3373,000 on its publishing house and stock
and machinery, and the plates of the
eclectic system of school books were all
stored In this building; Insurance. t!00.000.
iiooert ciarke & co. place their loss at
1I5O.C0O, Including 3175,000 in plates of law
works and other books; Insurance,
310.000. Among the other principal losers
are: Pike building. 3475.000: Insurance.
31S0.OCO; Seasongood building.' 325.000; Har
rison building. 3123.000: Fosdlck bulldln.
J590.O0O; Duehme Bros.. Jewelers, 373,00);
mcntcr & Phillips. Jewelers. 330.000
Strauss, wholesale cigar store, 375.0CO, In
addition there are 400 different lowers.
Most of those In the Pike building were
witnout Insurance.
FATAL I1LAZC IN NEW YORK.
EJKht-Story Bnllcllnp: Burned and
Flrerann Killed.
NEW TORK. Feb. 26. Several firemen
were hurt, one fatally, at a fire In an
elght-story building at Broadway and
Thirteenth street, early today. The prop
erty loss Is estimated at 3X0.000. Captain
jonn Anareise, of an engine company.
wnne at worif at the fire, rell through
an open shaft, striking on his head. He
died shortly after being taken to the hos
pital.
A dozen firemen were at work on the
sixth floor, when a part of the fireproof
celling fell. Battalion Chlff Gooderson
was knocked unconscious by a piece of
tile. Fireman Daniel Foley's right leg
was broken. Firemen Joseph Klnsch and
Thomas Nix fell from a ladder and broke
their legs, and a piece of cornice crushed
Fireman Joseph Klmmet's foot.
Sparks from the burning building were
blown toward the Morton House, at
Broadway and Fourteenth street, and the
200 guests of that hotel who had been
aroused by the fire engines all went down
to the street for safety. It was found.
however, that the hotel was not at any
time In danger.
The occupants of the building were
Hackett Carhart & Co.. men's furnishers;
the crown suspender Company, the Nona
tuck Silk Company, the Bralnard & Arm
strong Silk Company, and the AHman
Neckwear Company. The cause of the
fire has not been ascertained.
Packlntc-IIouae Burned.
CANAJOHARIE. N. T.. Feb. 28. The
office building and smokehouse of the
Beechnut Packing Company were burned
today. Loss, 300,000; lnearance, 333,000.
RUSSIAN CONSUL KILLED.
Albanian Carry Opposition to HI
Presence to Extreme.
VIENNA, Feb. 26.-A dispatch to tho
Zelt from Constantinople announces that
M. Rulong, the Russian Consul at Mltro
vlza. Albania, has been murdered by Al
banians. The Consulate was established
In 1902. In the face of the bitter and per
sistent opposition of the inhabitants, who
did not allow the Consulate to be opened
until they had been overpowered by a
strong force of troops, who reduced two
villages to ashes.
HIS MISSION A SUCCESS.
Chamberlain Did Much to Reunite
Races In South Africa.
NEW TORK. Feb. 26. The departure Of
Mr. Chamberlain from Cape Town is the
theme of laudatory articles In the press
on the results of his mission, says the
Tribune's London correspondent, cabling
today. Even the radical Journals give
htm credit for indefatigable energy and
statesmanlike qualities In a sustained at
tempt to restore harmony in South Africa.
Unionist writers assert that he has not
evaded a single question, and that his
mission has been crowned with success.
South Africans here take an optimistic
view, being influenced by Dr. Jameson,
who has reported a marked improvement
in affairs In every quarter. He has even
expressed the confident hope that the pro
gresslve party will carry the elections in
Cape Colony. Dr. Jameson, who is the
real leader In the party, will speedily re
turn to Cape Town.
South Africans here find It difficult to
believe that Mr. Chamberlain has con
verted the Boers and Cape rebels Into sin
cere Imperialists, but, they consider that
every disputed question has been threshed
out, and ttiat the Dutch are convinced
that nothing can be gained by further ngi
tatlon.
ALL ARRANGED BEFORE.
Debate on Irish Land BUI Wa Ac
cording to Programme.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. The Irish debate
in tho Commons yesterday was a harm
less dress parade which possibly had
been prearranged, comments the corre
spondent of the Tribune in London. Mr.
Redmond spoke with studied moderation
and George Wyndhim with equal cau
tlon and reserve. Each aimed to create
the impression that the land bill was a
profound secret and that there had been
no negotiations between the Irish office
and the Nationalists.
It is" hardly credible that the Nation
allsts would assume confidently that the
Irish Question would be settled by Mr.
Wvndhim's bill if some of them had not
been consulted, directly or indirectly.
According to excellent information the
bill has not received its finishing touches
and the amount of money required from
tne treasury to cover the differences
between what the landlords are willing
to take and what the tenants can afford
to pay has not been approximately esti
mated.
HAS NO MONEY FOR REFORMS.
Therefore Snltnn's Promises Are DI
counted Toy Powers.
NEW TORK, Feb. 26. The Impression
produced by the dispatches from South
eastern Europe is that the powers hav
spent a great deal of time In finding out
how little the Sultan Is willing to do for
Macedonia, cables the Tribune's London
representative. The acceptance of the
proposals is foiled by an announcement
that there is no money in the Turkish
treasury for carrying the reforms into
effect. The combined efforts of the dow-
era and the Sultan to maintain peace may
be counteracted at any aay by intriguers
or marplots in Bulgaria or Macedonia.
ALARM AMONG CHINESE.
Appearance of American Ship
Cause Ilnnior of Ancrmnion.
PARIS. Feb. 26. A steamer which has
arrived at Marseilles with the Chinese
mall also brought a dispatch from Can
ton to the effect that the Cantonese have
been agitated over the arrival there of
two American warships, which gave rise
to the report, that the United States de
sired, to secure the small island of Ho
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Nan, occupying a strategic position in
front of Canton. The Chinese and some
of the foreign element credited the re
port. Electrifjr British llollroail..
LONDON, Feb. 28. Important confer
ences between consulting engineers of all
the railroads of Great Britain are being
held with the object of deciding upon a
uniform scheme for electric equipment.
whereby the rolling stock and electric mo
tors of tho various companies will be able
to travel indiscriminately on all the lines.
All the trunk companies practically have
decided to use electric motors, and the
suburban lines are only awaiting an agree
ment on the subject of uniformity of
plans. Six officials of tho traffic and en
gineering departments of the London &
Northwestern Railway sailed for New
Tork yesterday on the Oceanic to make
a further study of American methods.
France Ilrui to Meet Deficit.
PAIUS, Feb. 26. The delay In voting the
budget has forced the government to in
troduce a bill providing for a provisional
credit for a month's supplies to meet the
March expenses. The bill also asks au
thority for the issue of JoO.OCO.OOO short
term treasury bonds to meet the deficits
In the 1901-1902 budgets. The Chamber and
Senate today adopted the bill.
Earthquakes Scare Spaniards.
MADRID, Feb. 26. A series of sharp
shocks of earthquake in the Province of
Alicante yesterday did some damage and
created a panic among the people.
King- Leopold ComlnRT Next Year.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 26. The Etplle Beige,
which said yesterday that King Leopold
would go to the United States for the Eas
ter holidays, now states that he will not
Visit the United States until 19M.
Honor for Ambasnndor Herbert.
LONDON. Feb. 26. King Edward has
conferred the Grand-Cross of St. Michael
and St, George on Sir Michael Herbert,
the British Ambassador at Washington.
End of Debate on Address.
LONDON. Feb. 26. The address in re
ply to the King's speech to the opening
of Parliament was adopted by the House
of Commons without amendment.
WOOL IS QUARANTINED.
Boston Raises Outcry ARainst Order
of .Agricultural Department.
BOSTON, Feb. 26. Confirmation of the
action of the Cattle Bureau in including
wool in the foot-and-mouth disease quar
antine was reported from Washington to
day. The decision practically suspends
domestic woolbuying in Massachusetts,
and Boston dealers say that If the em
bargo Is not modified so as to exempt
wool many mills will have to be closed.
A communication was sent to Senator
Lodge, and he reported that he would
take up the matter with Secretary Wilson,
of the Department of Agriculture. Tele
grams have also been sent to Congress
man Powers and Senator Warren, of
Wyoming. Warren Is a member of the
agricultural and forestry committee. The
gentlemen were told that the ruling was
absurd and absolutely unnecessary, and
they were requested to take measures for
Immediate relief. If possible.
WILL BE A GREAT MERGER
Rock Island to He Nucleus of Fair
Combined Reads.
NEW TORK. Teb.' 26. Contrary to ex
pectation, no official statement regarding
the status of the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco Railroad deal was issued today. It
is generally believed that nutters have
reached the stage where only a few un
important details remain to bo settled.
Latest reports Indicate that the. outcome
of the present negotiations will disclose
a scheme of far-reaching importance. It
is the general belief that a. merger or
consolidation of the Interests in the 'Fris
co, Hock Island, Atchison and Southern
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roads is contemplated. The Rock Island,
according to current gossip, will be the
central figure in the deal.
Mr. Yoacum is reported to be slated for
the presidency of the Rock Island, which,
it Is predicted, will dominate the situa
tion. DEEP SNOW IN KANSAS.
Storm Mocks Railroad Traffic In
tVentern End of State.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 26. A heivy snow
storm prevails In the western portion of
the state. It extends from Dodge City on
the south and westward clear to New
Mexico. The snow has been falling for
some time, and traffic Is blocked. At Lib
eral the snow is lying 24 Inches deep on
the leveL All westbound trains are being
held at Bucklln. No trains from the West
have got In here today. It is said to be
the heaviest snow known in the western
part of the state for the last 23 years. '
Transfer of Generals.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. Brigadier
General Francis Moore probably will be
assigned to command the Department of
the VIsayas as the relief of Brigadier
General Baldwin, who is coming to the
United States to assume the command of
the Department of the Colorado, with
headquarters at Denver. General Funs
ton, now In command of the latter depart
ment, is to be transferred to Vancouver.
Barracks to command the Department of
the Columbia,
Colonel Alfred L. Rives Dead.
RICHMOND, Va.. Feb. 26.-Co!onel Al
fred Dandon Rives, a distinguished en
gineer, died this morning at his home.
Castle Hill, in Albermarle County. He
was about 75 years old, and left three
daughters, the. eldest the Princess Trou
betzskoy. Colonel Rives was for some
years general manager of the Panama
Canal Company.
Hearing Berun In Carter Case.
SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. 26. The hearing
of the case of the United States vs. ex
Captain O. M. Carter and others was
begun here today before a spechfl ex
aminer to obtain evidence to secure the
$0,000 In cash that is now in Savannah
and which the United States, Government
claims was used by ex-Captain Carter
and belongs to the United States.
Steamer Race on Mlsialppl.
VICKSBURG, Miss., Feb. 26. When the
steamer City of Louisville passed. Vlcks
burg at 10:45 this' morning, she was Just
seven hours and 30 minutes behind the
I time made by the Robert E. Lee in her
race with the Natchez In The Queen
City passed .Natchez at 12:30 o'clock this
afternoon, but had not reached Vlcksburg
at a late hour tonight.
Great Swindle In Chile.
NEW YORIC Feb. 2& By the arrest of
a man who gave his name as Fermln Mon-
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tero. at the pier of a steamer to sail
for New Tork, says the World's Panama,
correspondent. It has been revealed that
several of the most Important banking
houses of Santiago, Chile, were swindled
out of 2,000,000 in gold several weeks ago.
Mantero. who is accused of the crime, was
easily identified and quietly submitted
to arrest. He will be returned to Chtlo
for trial.
Revolutlon in Santo Domingo.
CAFE HAYTIEN, Haytl. Feb. 26. Ad
vices received here today from Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo, say that the revo
lutionary Generals are making great
headway in Santo Domingo and even
threatening the capital.
Defeat for Addlck Faction.
DOVER. Del.. Feb. 26. After a stormy
cession today the regular Republicans
combined and voted to reconsider the
House bill repealing the voters' assistant
law. This was a defeat for the Addicks
faction.
Telegraphic Brevities.
A bill to exempt beet-sugar factories from
taxation for.a period of rive years was killed la
the Wisconsin Assembly yesterday.
Startling disclosures la St, Louis of a system
of traffic in young women, under police protec
tion, are to be made by the grand Jury as the
result of a raid on resorts.
William P. Wallace, a negro 19 years old.
shot and fatally wounded Allta Lewis, a young
negro llrl. late Wednesday night, and then
shot and killed himselfi In a Kansas City re
sort. It Is stated la New York that the North
American Company Is negotiating tor the pur
chase of the Laclede Gas Lighting Company
and the Missouri Edison Electric Company, of
Bt. Louis.
The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
haa received tSOO of a donation which will la
time aggregate 26,000,000, made by the late
Jacob S. Roeers, the millionaire locomotive
builder, of Paterson, N. J.
After torturing a man he had already wound
ed three times, Henry Carr. 32 years of age,
was shot and killed last night by James Fletch
er. 19 years of age, his victim, Carr believed
Fletcher had won his wife's love.
Count Bonl Castellance has left Paris for New
York to bring back his wife and children. In- a
statement to the press, he said he would like
much to speak la the United States of closer
ties and even a formal alliance between Franca
and the United States.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss Root, and a
party of New Orleans society people. Including
Miss Myrtle Stauffer. Queen )f the Comus ball,
left New Orleans yesterday on a special train
for Avery's Island, where they will be the
guests of the Mcllhenny family until Monday.
The circular on the subject, "Why Business
Men Should Promote International Arbitra
tion," prepared at the International arbitration
conference at Mohonk Lake, has been recom
mended for consideration by the commercial
bodies of the leading cities of the United
States.
The sale la New York of oil paintings "and
water colors by American artists from the
Eugene Ware collection realized a total of
$18,500. At the second days sale of the Gllsey
collection there were sold, among other Inter
esting items, over 200 Lincoln portraits, docu
ments. medals, eto.