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Newspaper Page Textthe morning news. J. H. KSTILL, President. Established 1860. - - Incorporated ISSB northwest gale JII'CK DAMAGE DOSF, ALONG NORTHERN COAST. THE FLOTTBEK’S close call j MTED STATES HOTEL AT LONG BRANCH WRECKED. ijok Robert Hnddon. Which Wa* Tnirtng the Flottbek, Ponnded to Piece*. and Iron I'ier Wrecked nt l.ons Branch—Mncli Damage Done in Vew York City—Tide in East lliver the Highest Ever Recorded, iluch Injury to Smull Craft and l.rent Damnee Done on the Islands Hon); the llarlein Shore. New York, Nov. 24.—The full-rigged ship Flottbek, which 'went ashore at Monmouth Beach last night In the gale, is to-night resting on the sands apparently little the worse for her ex perience, and her crew' are being cared for by the life-savers of Station No. 4. The tug Robert Haddon picked up the Vlottbek yesterday afternoon about dark. The ship, under command of ('apt. Singler, was bound for New York from Plymouth, Eng., with a cargo of white clay and minerals. The tug had a crew of seven men, and the ship had 24 men all told. All went well un til late in the evening, when the wind attained a velocity of 40 to 45 knots, and the tug was unable to make headway and the two vessels began to work inshore. Their danger was seen from the beach and the life sav ers prepared to assist them. Se>eing the struggle was hopeless and that the only chance of saving the tug was to let the ship go, the hawser was cut. The ship drifted rapidly on shore and struck well up and close in at a point favorable for work upon her. The tug lost her rudder about the time she was freed from the ship and driven by the gale and perfectly helpless, she drifted down the coast and brought up against the iron pier at Bong Branch and began to pound against it. The crashing was heard by a fisherman who roused some citizens. With a rope they went to the pier and aided the seven men on the tug to reach the pier in safety. After several ineffectual at tempts a regulation projectile w-as thrown over her and the rope caught. The whip and cable were hauled out by the crew and made fast aloft. The life savers had their shore anchor down and the breeches buoy was rigged within a short time. The ship had struck broadside on so that the work of removing the men was compara tively easy. The rescued sailors were taken to Bong Branch. About 3 o'clock the iron pier broke In two. The tug had continued to pound against it and the piling and the super structure was gradually weakened by the blows. The tug, too, was battered to pieces. When the pier was carried away, one man. name unknown, was washed Into the sea and drowned. The United State* Hotel at Bong Branch was wrecked early in the night. The gale started a corner of the roof and the wind getting under ft ripped almost the whole covering off. Very little could be done to save the interior. The rain was falling in tor rents, and men worked hard to get the furnishings to points where they would, be in the least danger. Damage at Staten Island. At Clifton, Staten Island, the Rich mond Ice Company dock was under mined and 600 tons of coal lost, and part of the Rapid Transit Company’s tracks were swept away. The schoon er Jacob A. Stamler, used last sum mer as a floating hotel, her companion, the yacht Gatina, and a canal boat broke away from their moorings and were soon in a mix-up. The canal boat find the Gitana suffered most. Docks and piers on all sides of the island were damaged. Anbury Park SnlTereU. The storm struck Asbury Park, N. J with more force than any in recent years. The wind during the night attained a velocity of 70 miles an hour and did much damage to cottages. The great waves rolled across Ocean avenue, and the surf rolled across the beach and Into Wesley Bake, over flowing it, something that never oc curred since Asbury Park was located. The Metropolitan Hotel, one of the largest at Asbury Park, was swept of its roof and the rain soaked down into the rooms, causing much damage. No trains reached Seabright to-day and none may for several days. The south track is washed for a quarter of a mile and south of Seabright 1,500 feet ot the roadbed is either washed away or buried under sand. Anew inlet trim the ocean to the Shrewsbury riv 'f has formed near Naveslnk and ar> examination of it this afternoon Indi '' tes that it is deep enough for the river steamers. . All along the coast many small boats were wrecked. Wreckage on Long Island. Driven by the terrific northeast gale, the highest tide ever known along the north shore of Bong Island swept in leaving a ribbon of wreckage that girts the shore front from Asto r| U in Long Island city, out to Qreen- I’ or t. on the extreme end of the Island. Thousands of dollars damage was 'lore. Docks, boat and bathing houses "• re wrecked and fleets of yachts " hlch had been drawn up In supposed ’v safe winter quarters were floated by the high tide and left stranded ,r > many Instances more than half a mile inland. "robably the greatest damage was hor.i. at North Beach, on Flushing and '•owerjr bays, where more than *20,000 ” 'jrth of paved walks, docks, pavilions, of amusement and other prop ' v was destroyed. The Tribune estimates the damage 'me by the storm on the northern of Jxjng Island from and in line Pity Island to the Connecticut i *. at *350,000. fi ALE’S WORK AT NEW YORK. *■ h Damage In the City mad Its Aurraandln# Waters. ' w Tork, Nov, £4.—A heavy north ' **’ tsle has been raging along the for the past twenty hours. Tin 1,1 set in || sunset last even'ng. of with great severity all nig St, mpaoied by heavy rain, In the and lower hay the ciortf) blew lor**' fury, ag unusually high tide v yyub Us fietss letand shtnee, Jsatomttal) HHofnitta ifetogi. doing considerable damage to docks, small boats and other craft. The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad track between Tompkinsville and Stapleton was obstructed by wreck age from the pile drivers and a small schooner which was driven ashore, and the wreckage piled upon the railroad track. A heavy sea raged in the up per bay. The storm did considerable damage in the city. Windows In the upper part of the city were blown in and a few roofs blown off. The greatest damage was along West street, front ing the North river, where cellars were flooded. The Rapid Transit tunnel also was flooded in many places. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany .reportjS having suffered in the Pocono Mountain district near Stroudsburg, Pa. Sleet broke down poles and wires for a mile. The wind here blew from thirty-six to forty miles an hour this afternoon. The gale sent shipping scurrying to shelter and safety. In spite of the dropping of anchors and the putting out of additional hawsers many small boats and other craft were damaged or driven ashore. In the East River the tide rose to a hight not remembered 'by “the oldest inhabitant." Great damage was done in all the islands lying In the river off the Harlem shore, piers being carried away, bathing pavilions washed off their foundations, outhouses swept In to the flood and washed to pieces in the waterß of Hell Gate. The entire north end of Blackwell's Island was submerged. Man Severe in Connecticut. New Haven. Conn., Nov. 24.—The damage done by the severe storm of the last 24 hours has been the great est, in some instances. In the history of the state, and the damage will reach *50,000 or more. GREEK CABINET RESIGNS. Tlie Anti-Translation Agitation Enil* in Government Crisis. Athens, Nov. 24.—As a result'of the demonstrations against the proposed translation of the gospels into modern Greek, the Grecian cabinet has resign ed. This action was taken in spite of King George's efforts to induce the cabinet and M. Theotekis, the premier, to remain in office. The premier con siders the responsibility of a judicial inquiry into the recent riots should be left to another cabinet, in order that the truyi may be established beyond suspicion. The party of M. Theotekis will sup port the new cabinet. After an audience of King George to night M. Zaimis, former premier, com pleted a c&binet made up as follows: Premier and Minister of Foreign Af fairs—M. Zaimio. Minister of the Interior—M. Trianda- Fyllukos. Minister of Marine—G .Tc*>aJis. Minister of Public Worship—M. Mon ferrato. Minister of Finance—M. Negris. Minister of War —Col. Korpas. Until an official inquiry into the causes of the riots has been concluded M. Zaimis will hold also the portfolio of justice. STILL RIOTING IN ATHENS. Armed Students Continue to Hold I nixersity Bnildiog*. Athens. Nov. 24.—There was a re newal of the rioting to-night though not on a big scale, with a demonstra tion against the retiring cabinet. The residences of the ministers were stoned. The crowds were finally dispersed by cavalry 7. Armed students continue to occupy the university buildings. XVAS A SERIOUS AFFAIR. The Fight Near Vllllersdorp Wa* No Child's Pla. London, Nov. 25.—This morning'3 dispatches from South Africa show that the recent fighting near Villiers dorp, southwest of Standerton, as to which Lord Kitchener reported noth ing beyond the fact that Commandant Buys had been captured after attack ing a patrol of 100 railroad pioneers, was really a serious affair. Grobelaar’s command succeeded In surrounding and capturing a British force of 100 British Cape Railway pi oneers. Subsequently Col. Rimington came up with reinforcements and after heavy fighting compelled the Boers to retire and to release their prisoners. The British losses included MaJ. Fisher, killed and three officers wound ed. The casualties among the men have not yet been reported. A BAD FRENCH COUNCILLOR. Kills Deputy Mayor, Wounds Mayor and Latter's Brother and Escapes. Mentone, Nov. 24.—At a meeting of the municipal council of Roquebrune last night, M. Orsinl, one of the coun cillors, after a heated discussion, drew a revolver and shot dead M. Sigaut, the deputy mayor, dangerously wound ing also the mayor and the mayor's brother who had tried to arrest Orsinl. The latter escaped. Turkey Grows Arrogant. Vienna Nov. 24.—The Vienna papers assert that Turkey Is addressing an arrogant circular note to the Powers protesting against their “perpetual in terference" in Turkish affairs, and de manding to know their intentions re garding Crete. Miss Stone Hus Until Jan. 1. London, Nov. 25.—"Mr. Dickinson has received no reply from the brigands to his ultimatum," says a dispatch from Soffla to the Daily Telegraph. "The brigands threaten to kill Miss Stone unless the full ransom Is paid by Jan. 1." _ Government Hill Denounced. Madrid, Nov. 24 —At Barcelona, re runs and Cathagena meetings In de nunclation of the proposed government bill, dealing with strikes, were held to day. Violent speeches were made, the speakers urging the workers to prepare for a general strike^ Mr. Dlcbinsua at t uustaatluople. Constantinople, Nov. 24.—Mr. Dick- j Inaof: h special diplomatic agent of \ the United States, who has been con- | ducting ih negotiations for the re , leo of Mias KUen M Stone, arrivsd Imre to-dr/ from Sofia. Buraia# t bare her la *#ala Madrid. Noe *4 -Nuwetwja efcur* hs# i# the snwilKM hav* been gaattofeg during the lasi tow da ye by i mend let y ' Brae Thus fas the leeiba l*#v# gtsetstl ■o t Iters a# 40 lb* VOipMtJ. , SAVANNAH. GA., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25.1901. SCALED A PRECIPICE GREAT WORK BY CAPT. EDWARD P. LAWTON’S COMPANY. THE FILIPINOS DRIVEN OUT. SLAUGHTERED AS THEY FLED BY LAWTON'S MEN. Tlie Company Commander a Native Savannahinn and Well Known Here—Attacking Force Had Three Hours Climb hut Took Enemy by Surprise—lnsurgents Used Both Canon and nittes—Cnpt. Lawton Praises Bravery of Sergts. List and McMahon. Manila, Nov. 24.—Capt. Edward P. Lawton's company of the Nineteenth Infantry has attacked and captured an insurgent fort on Bohol Island, south of Cebu, in the Viscayan group. This fort was surrounded on all sides by a precipice and the only entrance to the higher ground was guarded by a stockade with a line of ttitrench ments behind it. Capt. Lawton sent Sergt. McMahon and twenty men to climib the precipice and attack the fort in the rear. Sergt. McMahon's party accomplished their task after three hours climbing, through the thick un dergrowth of brush and vines that covered the almost perpendicular cliff. They took the enemy by surprise and drove them from the fort. As the in surgents escaped they had to pass the remainder of Capt. Lawton's company at a distance of 150 yards. Here the en emy suffered terrible losses. The insurgents defended themselves with both cannon and rifles. The cannons were captured, the smaller ones were removed, while the larger ones were buried. Capt. Lawton, In his report, makes special mention for bravery of Sergt. List and McMahon. Capt. Lawton Is a member of the dis tinguished Savannah family of that name and received his appointment to West Point from this state. Upon his graduation from the military academy he was commissioned second lieutenant of the Thirteenth Infantry, June 14, 1885. He was promoted to first lieuten ant in 1892, and received his captaincy in 1899. He Is one of the best known and most promising of the younger of ficers of the army. TO KEEP TAB ON NATIVES. Philippine Constabulary Is Doing Good Work. Manila, Nov. 24.—Gen. Chaffee has ordered that in the future complete re cords shall be kept of all natives tak ing the oath of allegiance to the Unit ed States. Duplicates of the records will be signed in English, Spanish and Tagalog. The Philippine constabulary, w'hich was organized last August, is proving itself a valuable adjunct to the mili tary authorities and is making an en viable record. MANILA STEAMER MISSING. Alerla. With 24)0 Passenger* Aboard, Relieved to Itnve Been Lost. Manila. Nov. 24.—The local steamer Alerta, with 200 passengers, including some discharged American soldiers from Olongapo, Subig Bay, to Manila, is believed to have been lost. Distilling Ship Iris Agroanil. Manila, Nov. 24.—The United States distilling ship Iris has been aground on a reef near Iloilo for three days past. The United States cruiser New York and the gunboat Yorktown have gone to her assistance. WITH DYNAMITE UNDER HIM. Colorado Judge Calmly Smoked Un til the Explosion Came. Denver, Col., Nov. 24.—News has just reached here of the suicide of Judge M. A. Rogers, formerly of the Supreme Court of Colorado, and one of the ablest lawyers in the state, on Wednesday last, at Steamboat Springs, Col., where he had been all the sum mer with his wife. The manner of suicide was unusual. Judge Rogers laid down on the ground with a stick of dynamite under him, and lighting a cigar, fired the fuse from It and calmly smoked until the shock of the explosion ended his life. The act was committed among some willows near Bear rjver. Just inside the town limits. No cause Is known for his taking his life. THEY KNOW NOTHING OF IT. New* of Yukon Insurrection Hn* Not Reached Skagway. Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 24. The proposed insurrection in the Yukon country, and the plan to seize the coun try has not yet reached Skagway and interior points In the Northwest Ter ritory. according to Capt. Connell of the steamer City of Seattle, and othr passengers who came down on the City of Seattle. Capt. Connell said that the press of Skagway had heard nothing of it. Several recent arrivals pronounce the report a dream. RAN INTO A MILESTONE. Dnkeof AbrUE*!'* Automobile Smash ed Iu a Hoad Race. Rome. Nov. 24.—During a motor car race from Turin to Bologna between the Duke of Abruzzl and Signor Ootel lettl, the machine of tlie former, while going at the rate of fifty mile* an hour, came into collision with a milestone. The car was smashed, but the Duke escaped with trifling Inlurles. Ho was compelled, ot course, to abandon the race Hlgnor Cotellettl covered 224 miles In sis hours and a half. Saw* sinrm la the A lira Cumberland. Ml , Nov *4 —One of the heaviest hid* etorme for ym ns hoe ] bene prevailing si Oakland srtd Terrs i Alts. W Vs . trt the euflimll of lor Allegheny Mount Hut. slice >eet.-i div The snow this morning at an early : hour hod re* l lot s depth of tt inchee The snow is itwwiyMiil py # ftogh •st. 4. 1 NEGRO FIEND SHOT TO DEATH. Anderson Connty Stirred With Good Came. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 24. —Ander- son county has been stirred to its cen ter to-day. Hundreds of men are scouring the country for a strange ne gro. who last evening, eight miles from town, shot Mrs. Perry Craft through the back as she was getting him some thing to eat. The woman is fatally wounded. She is 20 years old and a bride of a few days. The negro fled and fired at Craft, who purused for awhile. Mrs. Craft's father shot at him several times w'ith a rifle. The sheriff of Anderson has tened to the scene with dogs trained to catch escapes from the Anderson stockade, but the criminal soon puz zled them. The hunt continued all day but without success. The negro was later, this afternoon, captured and shot to death. No details are obtain able. —He was not" Identified. GRAND RALLY OF CATHOLICS. To Br Great Gathering at Cincinnati of All the Church Organizations. Philadelphia, Nov. 24.—Members of Catholic organizations and Catholic communities generally throughout the country are much interetsed in the approaching convention of the Ameri can Federation of Catholic Societies of the United States, which will open in Cincinnati, Dec. 10. They regard it as a history-making event for the church in America. The federation has the approval and co-operation of the most distinguished prelates in the United States. Every Catholic organization in the country has notified the national officers of its intention to participate in the con vention. The national officers are in this city, and a corps of clerks have been employed for weeks, answering inquiring correspondents and making arrangements for the Cincinnati gath ering. it is believed that the conven tion will number over 1,500 delegates, and the city of Cincinnati Is making elaborate preparations to receive and entertain them. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Massachusetts, Ohio. Kentucky. Maryland. Illinois and Indiana particularly will be fully repre sented. The most distinguished Cath olic laymen and churchmen In the country will be among the delegates and speakers. There ■will be an orator of the West and an orator Of the East. The former will be District Attorney P. H. O’Donnell of Chicago, and the latter w'ill be either Bourke Cockran of New Y'ork or Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia. The convention will be attended by an elaborate street parade of uniform ed Catholic Knights of America and other similar societies. It Is expected that the convention will make some positive declarations upon matters of current national in terest, such as the position of the church In the Philippines. It will ef fect a permanent organization for fu ture work, as its officers will proba bly Include some of the most promi nent and conspicuous Catholics. THE SAN JUAN*BATTLEFIELD. Geu. Wood Buy* It for a Govern ment Park for 1*15,000. Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 24. —During his recent visit here Gen. Wood bought for the government the prin cipal portion of the San Juan battle field. including San Juan hill, the site of the blockhouse and Bloody Bend. The tract comprises 200 acres, and cost *15,000. It will be considered a United States reservation. The government intends to lay out a beautiful park on the old battlefield. GERMAN FEELING MODERATES. British Press Seek* to Inelnde Amer ican* in the Ontbnrst. London, Nov. 24. —With the moderat ing tone of the German press the acute phase of the Chamberlain incident is regarded as already passed. Whether the agitation will be carried further will now depend upon the attitude of Count von Buelow, the German impe rial chancellor, assumes In the Reich stag. It has been reported that Count von Buelow will take a firm stand against Mr. Chamberlain’s Edinburg remarks, being nothing loth to use the agitation in Germany as a lever to assist the naval programme of Emperor Wil liam. The question still simmers in the British press. The Daily Chronicle says to-day: "It should be plain to thoughtful Americans that this agitation in Ger many is an expression of an animus not confined conclusively to one branch of the Anglo-Saxon race. It Is prob able that if South Africa were peaceful, the Philippines would be the subject of German pen and pencil fantasies.” The Dally Chronicle recalls the Dewey-Dlederlchs Incident. MR. H.WNEIt REFINES A FEE. Schley Send* Him Gold Watch amt Diamond* to Mr*. Raynor. Baltimore. Nov. 24.—1 t wan learned tt>-day that Mr. Isldor Rayrier, chief counsel for Rear Admiral W. 8. Schley, In the recent hearing before the court of Inquiry, had refused to accept a fee for hi* service*. A mutual friend of the admiral und Mr. Kayner stated that the admiral recently sent a valu able gold watch to Mr Rayner and a magnificent brooch of diamonds and peorta to Mm. ltayner. "• ♦ ■ LAI ACHED AT VAI.rARAIwn. Flraf Irua Meaiahl| Halit la I hill Take* tk< Water. Itantlago, Chill, Nov. J4.-Tli* launching <-f th first Iron steamship constructed In Chill, occurred at Val paraiso to-day and was ■ great suc cess. The earewony was attended by (he President, Manor Jerman Risen, (ha Federal authorities, and a large assemblage *it people, The enure ship *as constructed in this country. PANAMA AND COLON THE WHOLE ISTHMUS THROBS WITH EXCITEMENT. PANAMA PREPARES TO RESIST COLON TO BE BOMBARDED BY TIIE PINZON. Tlie Colombian Revolution Begins to l.ook Like a Snre Enough War. However. Much of the Fighting Is Still Being Being Done by Month. Tlie Air Is Full of Humorii unit Both Sides Are Making Claims. Liberal* Convert Colon Into a Red City. Colon, Nov. 24.—Breastworks are be ing erected in the public thoroughfares of Panama. The town people in the vicinity of these are hastily moving to safer places. All persons known to be liberals are arrested on sight. The government has declared its intention to contest every Inch of ground If an entrance into the city is effected. It is reported that some seventy persons who were wounded at Perequito were landed on the island of Taboga, fac ing Panama harbor, to avoid creating alarm In Panama. Taboga is about eight miles from Panama. The government is very anxious that marines should be landed from the United States battleship lowa, but Capt. Perry, her commander, has not complied with this request. The Boyaca returned to Panama a second time yesterday afternoon with Gen. Alban and a few men. The gov ernment claims to have affected a landing at Chorrera. routing the enemy and recovering all the prisoners pre viously reported taken, with the ex ception of two. Among the number recovered, according to the govern ment version. Is the alcalde of Taboga. The Liberal version of the Incident is that the alcalde was afraid to fight and when captured offered Domingo Diaz, the Liberal leader, *I,OOO If he would release him, that the offer was ac cepted. and that the alcalde was al lowed to go after giving his word of honor not to attempt to escape. The Liberals also assert that Gen. Alban effected a landing at Chorrera after the Liberals had withdrawn to join the Liberal forces marching to the Empire station. It is asserted that the steamer Da rien, which the Liberals recently cap tured from the government, escaped the Boyaca under cover of night, but It is generally believed that she was sent to Tuoamo some time ago. The government claims that the Chon-era troops are momentarily ex pected at Panama and that on their arrival there preparations will be made to attack the Liberals’ advance guard and that these will not cease until Colon has been recaptured. Great hopes are entertained that the news of the capture of Colon will In duce the authorities at Barranqullla to send big reinforcements to land at Co lon and annihilate the enemy. It Is reported that the Liberal gun boat Almirante Padilla, with Gen. Her rera on board, left La Libertad, San Salvador, Nov. 21, bound for Panama. The United States gunboat Concord. Commander Harry Knox arrived at Panama yesterday. Colon has become a red city, being in Liberal hands. A large red flag bearing the word "Patria y Libertad" is flying at the cuartel. EXCITEMENT AT COLON. Arrival of Colombian Gnnbont Arouse* the Liberal*. Colon, Colombia, Nov. 24.—The Co lombian gunboat General Plnzon arriv ed In the harbor at 9:30 this morning. The excitement in Colon at once be came Intense. The Plnzon will not be permitted to land the troops she is carrying at this port. If such an at tempt is made the Liberals assert they will fire upon them. It is thought that the landing of government troops from the gunboat should be effected up the Cbagres river. In the direction of Ga tun station and at a point about five miles from Colon, or on the beach south of Colon, where fighting would be permissible. Senor Laßosa, secretary to Gen. Diaz, arrived here yesterday. Gens. Lugo and Diaz are expected at Colon shortly. The,capture of Colon by the Liberal forces is already known at Savar.llla and doubtless at Bogota. The situation here remains unchang ed. Traffic across the isthmus is not impeded. WILL BOMBARD COLON TO-DAY, Foreign Resident* Will Be Given Refuge Aboard Warship*. Colon, Colombia, Nov. 24.—As a result of an exchange of notes between the United States gunboat Machlas and the General Plnzon, Ignacio Fallaco, com manding the Plnzon, which has 60P men on board, has officially notified the American. British and French wai ships now in the harbor that he intends to bombard Colon at noon to-morrow (Monday), thus giving twenty-four hours' notice. The various consuls are notifying their respective fellow citizens that refuge may be had on board the war ships. To bombard the town of Colon It is absolutely necessary to fire across the railroad tracks, and the railroad em ployes probably will refuse to work. Lieutenant Commander McCrea of the Machlaa la the senior naval officer, and he awaits instructions from Wash ington regarding the threats to bom bard. There is much excitement in Colon. The afternoon passenger train, which should have arrived her* at * o'clock, had not arrived at I. A. J. Streeter Dead. Galesburg. 11l . Nov 24 —A. J Mtreet* •r. well known in agricultural and po litical circle* of IllliwM* and who came into national fame In ItM aa Ike Union Labor party's candidate for President, died at bis home to-day at New Wind ‘•Of. FROM BENEATH THE WATER. Torpedo Boat Fulton Arise* Safely. Those on Board Did Not Know of Storm. New York. Nov. 24.—1n the presence of a, big crowd which, despite the storm, assembled to witness the emerg ing of the submarine boat Fulton, that craft rose from the bottom of Peconle. bay, which is at the eastern end of Long Island, this morning at 10:30 o’clock with all well and greatly sur prised to find that there was a storm raging. The test of the Fulton's staying pow ers were highly satisfactory, not only to the officers of the company that built her and the naval officers pres ent, but to those who went to the bot tom Jn the boat. They say there w 7 as not the slightest discomfort to them during their more than fifteen hours of submersion beneath the surface. Capt. Cable of the Holland company, who was in command, said that the beat could have remained down for three months if there was food enough on board. Although there was only six feet of water over the top of the tur ret. those on board felt nothing of the storm. Through tTiA nlglit there Was a light rolling motion to the craft, but this w 7 as ascribed to the regular mo tion of the water, and not to the dis turbance which was rolling the waves high on the shore. Immediately on coming to the sur face the Fulton, under her own power, ran alongside the dock and tied up. Rear Admiral Lowe and Lieut. Arthur MacArthur refused to go into any dis cussion of the performance of the boat, except to say that they would be sat isfied to stay longer. Members of the crew say they ex perienced no difficulty in breathing, and that the air was all that could be desired, and much purer and better than in an ordinary closed room in which are several persons. Every piece of machinery worked to perfec tion during the night. The men ate two meals while under water and en joyed them. Rear Admiral Lowe said later: "When we went down I assisted Capt. Cable in making an inspection of the ship. Then I retired, while the crew played cards and read. Every few hours I was aw'akened and made inspections of the conditions. Early this morning Capt. Cable called my attention to the pressure gauge, which indicates the depth. It showed that we were lower in the water than at high tide last night when we sub merged. There was nothing to show us why it was. but a little while later I noticed that the water, as we saw it through the dead lights, was very dirty, and I imagined that a. storm was blowing. There was no rock or roll of the vessel to indicate what was going on.” Con. Inning. Rear Admiral Lowe said that the air In the boat was clean and pure. “Not once,” added the Admiral, "did I notice any sign of bad air, gas or other impurity. Considering that we did not draw on the tanks at all. I con sider this wonderful. It upsets all the theories of the physicians and scien tists who tel! us that what we did last night was impossible. I was very crit ical all night and nothing escaped me." The longest time that any submarine boat had been under water heretofore In the United States was three hours. NEGRO LYNCHED BY NEGROES. find Killed 14-Yonr-Old Boy for Debt of 30 Cent*. Shreveport. La., Nov. 24.—The par ticulars of a sensational murder and lynching have just reached this city from Herndon plantation about eight miles below Shreveport on the Bossier parish side of Red river. The killing which led up to the lynching occurred Saturday night, when Frank Thomas, a negro employed on the Amelia plan tation, shot and killed a 14-year-old negro boy named Wilburn over a debt of 30 cents. The two were riding home together in a wagon. Thomas demand ed 30 cents Wilburn owed him. The boy did not have the money, and so Informed his companion. Thomas thereupon drew his pistol and shot Wilburn dead. The killing was wit nessed by a number of excited negroes. This morning Deputy Sheriff Holmes arrested Thomas and was proceeding toward Shreveport with his prisoner, when a mob of 200 negroes and live or six white men suddenly appeared In the road, took possession of Thomas and promptly strung him up to the limb of a tree, where the body was left hanging until this evening. This was the first daylight lynching in these parts for many years. MR. CLEVELAND’S CONDITION. Ex-President Much Improved nml Dai Good Prospect of Recovery. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 24.—The con dition of cx-Presldent Cleveland, who is suffering with a coid, is very much improved. Dr. Wtkoff, his physician, gave out the following statement for publica tion to-night: "Mr. Cleveland is getting along very nicely, and to all appearances is entire ly out of danger. He passed a restful night and has had a very comfortable day.” Mrs. Cleveland made the following statement to the Associated Press cor respondent to-night: "Mr. Cleveland is very much im proved and we are encouraged to be lieve that he .will be fully recovered within a few days. He Is still In bed, but is resting quietly. At times he Is somewhat distressed with a cough, caused by the breaking up of the cold." The most Intimate friends of the family have expressed their confidence that Mr. Cleveland will be well again in a few days. _ MAV CHAXGK HIS DIOCESE. Too Many Irish In Denver See for llishop Mats. Rome, Nov. 24.—The RC Rev. Nich olas Chrysostom Mats, bishop of Den ver, Col., left Rome to-day. It appears that although he has often spoken of the disadvantages of his Herman na tionality In a diocese largely Irish and has expressed a derlrr to resign the ViUriii hoe never entertained the Ids* of asking him to retire At the same time If he should persist in such a wish, the Vatican la witling to transfer him to another diocese er nominate him aa a titular bishop. DAILY. IS A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK, *1 A YEAR WEST MINE VICTIMS BODIES OF THE EIGHT OFFICIALS RECOVERED. HAD BEEN MISSING 50 HOURS. FELL BEFORE THE DEADLY WHITE MINE DAMP. Three Appeared to Have Died Paln lexnlyi Two Hud Arm* Clasped Aron nd Each Other—Mine Rat* Had Mutilated Bodies—Snow Cov ered the Bodies a* They Were Drought Hack to Pocahontas—The Rnhy Mine Fire Still Rage* and It* Extinction a Difficult Problem. Bluefleld. W. Va., Nov. 24.—The dead bodies of the lost party of eight well known mining men, who entered West mine of the Pocahontas Collieries Company on Friday morning last, at 11 o'clock, were recovered at 12:45 o'clock to-day. At 7 o’clock this morn ing a rescuing party numbering forty persons went in the main entrance, bralticing the mine as they etered, In order to improve the circulation of the air. They had reached a distance of 3,500 feel from the entrance when they encountered such quantities of white damp that it was impossible to pro ceed further. Retracing their steps they decided to make another attempt from the Tug river entrance, some six miles across the Flat Top mountain. They went in this entrance about 10:30 o'clock and. after going a distance of some 600 feet, found the dead bodies of A. S. Hurst, chief inspector; Bob Odham, sub-inspector, and Frazier G. Bell, mining engineer, all huddled to gether. From their positions they must have met death suddenly, and without pain. All of them were lying face down, with no signs of a struggle. Hurst had made a pillow of his coat on which his head rested. The bodies of the other five members of the party, Superintendent of Mines Walter O'Mal ley, Joseph Cardwell, superintendent of the Shamokin Coal and Coke Com pany; R. St. Clair, second assistant inspector; State Mine Inspector Preeee and Maurice St. Clair, sub-inspector, were found several hundred feet back In the mine, the three bodies lying some little distance apart. Bob St. Clair and Joseph Cardwell were lying with arms clasped around each other, cold In death. The bodies of O'Malley, Maurice St. Clair and Preeee were discolored and bruised about the. face, showing signs of a struggle, it being very plain they made a desperate effort at retracing their steps to better air. but already had advanced too far Into the deadly damp to escape alive. Three Might Have Escaped. It Is said by members of the rescuing party that Hurst, Bell and Odham would have hardly lost tihelr lives but for the fact that they lost their way. entering the chamber 150 feet to the left or near one of the passages from the Baby mine in which the white damp had accumulated In great quan tity. The bodies were brought down from the mines in four wagons, bedded with straw and covered from the snow which has been coming down all day. reaching the Pocahontas wholesale gro cery house, situated just in the rear of the union station, about 5 p. m.. where they will be prepared for burial. The bodies are very much swollen and having been attacked by mine rats, present a gruesome spectacle. The fire Is still burning in the Baby mine, and the mine officials seem at a less to understand how It can be fin ally extinguished. The only way, It is believed. Is by flooding. This will be an enormous undertaking as the mine Is a drift mine. Mine experts claim there is a great danger of explosions by flood ing the mine, as when water comes in contact with the fire the generation of gas will be so great as to possibly blow away the whole side of the mountain. A RELIEF TO PITTSBURG. High Water in Ohio Menu* Tre mendous Shipment* of Coal, Steel Kuil*. Cotton Tie* anil Other Pro fi ll < t*. Pittsburg. Nov. 24.—Heavy and con tinuous rains for the past thirty-six hours assures a good coal boat stage in the Ohio by Tuesday morning. Coal men and manufacturers are confident of being able to practically clear the harbor on this rise of the vast amount of freight accumulated during the past four or five months, thus reliev ing greatly the congestion on the rail roads. Fully 30,000,000 bushels of coal are awaiting shipment and the movement of manufactured iron and steel will be greater than ever known before. Be tween 30,000 and 40,000 tons of steel rails will go out, destined for the Gould lines, the Missouri Pacific and Texas Pacific and the Iron Mountain roads. In addition about 12,000 tons of cotton ties and a neavy shipment of miscel laneous merchandise are expected to be sent South. To transport this un usual tonnage It is estimated that seventy steamers and from 900 to 1,000 boats and barges will be required. Bl LL FIGHTING SEASON OPENS. Pan-American Delegate* Witnessed Mnsrantlne’s Performance*. City of Mexico, Nov. 24.—The bull fighting season In Mexico opened this afternoon with Mazzantlnl, the Span ish matador. In the arena. Many prominent people In the social and po litical world of Mexico were present. Two boxes were occupied by some of the members of the United Statee dele gation and other delegations to th* Pan-American conference. The per formance did not come up to expecta tion*. A Deal la Alabama foal Lands. Mcottshoro. Ala , Nov. 34.—A number of Philadelphia capitalists have closed a deal for 2.000 acres of land near here, which is rich lu coal, timber and fine lithographing atone The President's Oafta# Over. Washington, Nov. *4 - Froalgen* and Mrs Ho< aevolt refur td to the ' Ry eboui I o'clock i hto afternoon from their outing down the Fvtciaat dm.