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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
CLETEL1ND FLYER nRECK
Fireman Killed and Seventeen Passen-
 gers Injured Other Wrecks

Pittsburg, Feb. 13.-The southbound
 Cleveland flyer on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie road, which left Cleveland at
 1:1S a. m., was wrecked this afternoon near Fleming, Pa, opposite Davis Is
 land. The fireman was injured so that he died and seventeen passengers were badly injured. The wreck was caused by a broken rail. The train was run- ming at a high rate of speed, and the locomotive and several cars were badly damaged wrecking crew was sent to the scene and physicians were sum- moned from the nearby towns The injured were given as prompt attention as the circumstances would permit, Ambulances were called from the hos pitals and were at the station ready to receive the injured. The cold weather caused much suffering to the injured and to those who aided in their re- moVal
 Fort Ticonderoga,N N. Y, Feb 19-Del- aware and Hudson train No. f, which left Montreal this morning was derailed near Cummings Siding, about two miles south of here this afternoon The engine turned over, and the engineer, w. R. Coonbs, and his son, about ten years old, were killed. The rest of the train hands and passengers escaped.
 Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 13.--A fatal rail- road wreck occurred this afternoon at The second section of the fast line east, crashed into the rear of the first section. Engineer Joseph Smith and Fireman Corson were killed A number or passengers were injured. It is impossible to get further particu- lars at this time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Potomac Frozen Over and River 1 Navigation Suspended.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The phenom- enal weather of the week past culmin- ated to-day in a blzzard-like snow storm which broke all records. The temperature record was smashed last week when the thermometer went to 15 degrees below zero, and snow record was established when, to the heavy fall of the past week, thirteen inches was added from Saturday night up to ten o'clock this morning. Business is prac- tically suspended. Business in the de- partments was almost at a standstill, less than half the force reporting. Rail- road traffic was almost abandoned to- day, the only train in up to noon being a local from Baltimore. The Potomac is frozen over. River navigation is suspended. The steamer from Norfolk left Norfolk last night for Washington, but turned back. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal is frozen solid and many coal barges are ice-bound and their crews in a helpless condition.
 
 off Cape Henry. It had come up the Atlantic coast from the gulf and was working it's way up the coast gradually, so that its severest effects are likely in New York and New England to-day or tomorrow. The storm gained rather than diminished in fury in the after noon, and by o'clock the wind was blowing a gale and the air was so thick with snowflakes that even the outlines of large buildings could not be seen two blocks away. The street cars a1,an- doned all efforts to keep their tracks tolerably clear and a few cars running, withdrawing street car service entirely until the storm abated.
 The steam railroad lines likewise were tied up, many stores were closed, the carriages and cabs ceased running and the few schools which made sorry attempt at sessions dismissed their pu- pills early that they might reach home while yet there was opportunity The very violence of the storm at 2 o'clock was the one favorable factor in the sit uation, auguring that it must pass the sooner for it's fury. The weather map showed a small cold wave in the south in the rear of the snow storm and "a great widespread belt of warmer wealth CT in the trans Mississippi region, which should reach here by Wednes- day or Thursday and cause a rapid thaw.
 The railway mail service is paralyzed by the storm and mails are at a stand still throughout the Atlantic region. No through trains arrived here from the west over the Pennsylvania road dur ing the day and only one over the Bal timore and Ohio. Train No. 10 from due here at 6:49 this morn- ing, arrived at 1 o'clock this afternoon. All others on the latter line were aban- ioned, save for a few locals. The only ut-bound train started on the Penn sylvania was an extra, pulling out at 20 this afternoon for the east On the Baltimore and Ohio the only through trains arriving from the east were Numbers 23 and 27, sthe former due
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
MANY PUBLIC REQUESTS.
Made fin the Vill of the Late Mrs. Brown
 of Winsted.

Winsted, Feb. 13.-While this city has experienced many gifts from the late Mrs. Frances M. Brown according to the will of the deceased which was to- day offered for probate the city is still further remembered. The estate inven- tories about $30,O00, and $4,OOO is be- queathed for the furnishings of the proposed city hospital; 5 LOGO for fountain in Memorial park and $1,O0O each to the Methodist and Baptist churches and the local Y. M. c. A.; the normal institute at Tuskogee, Ala, is bequeathed $2,000 and the Hampton, Vt., institute gets $10OO. There are many other private bequests to friends.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
ANOTHER STEAMER WRECKED.
Merchant Marine ship Lawrence
 Fenrs for Crew,

Savannah, Ga, Feb. 13.-Merchant and marine ship Lawrence was wrecked off Port Royal, s. C., Saturday. One boat with the assistant engineer arrived at Port Royal yesterday. Three boats ara missing.
 The steamer left Baltimore on We'd nesday last with a full cargo, but no passengers. Saturday she ran into a severe storm off the South Carolina coast, became disabled and drifted ashore near the Port Royal bar. The three missing boats contain Captain Willis, the first and seconds officers, be- sides engineers and members of the crew. The assistant engineer, who was among those who reached shore has doubts of the survival of the missing beats.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
COMING CHESS MATCH.
Princeton Chooses w. w. Young of
 Boston to Represent Her.

Princeton, N. J., Feb. 13-In accord ance with the acceptance by the Oxford, Eng, University Chess club of the chal- lenge sent by the Intercollegiate Chess association of this country Princeton had one representative to choose for the team of six and it has been decided by the chess association here to send Will liam w. Young '99, of Boston. Young has twice represented Princeton in the r-collegiate tournaments and is pres- ident of the Princeton association.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
The City Captured on Sat- urday After Bombard-
 ment by Americans.
REBELS DEFIANT TO LAST
THEY WERE GIVEN UNTIL EYENTN4
 TO SURRENDER.
on Receiving Notice They Immediatelv Prepared to Defend Their Position-- Warning Shots from Petrel Draw Their Fire-Evacuntcd City After Firing the Native Portion-Extin- guished by American Troops.

Manila. Feb 14.-9:45 a. m.-Th. united States. gunboat Petrel arrived
 late last evening with dispatches from
 Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller to
 MaJor General Otis announcing that llollo, capital of the island of Panav and seat of the so-called government of
 the Visayan federation, had been taken
 by the combined military and naval forces on Saturday morning. General Mllleri on receipt of his instructions from Manila sent native commissioners ashore from the United States trans port St. Paul with a communication for the rebel governor of Iloilo calling upon him to surrender within time stated ana warning him not to make a demon. stration In the interval The rebels inn mediately moved their guns and pre- pared to defend their position. There- upon the Petrel fired two warning guns the rebels immediately opening fire up- on her. The Petrel and the Baltin1ora bombarded the town which the rebels. -A~N-h6 oCL Ol lIS, lIIlLIl0ulaLely 6VaCsN uated. American troops were promptly landed and extinguished the fires in all cases of foreign property, but not before considerable damage had been done. It is believed that the enemy's loss during the bombardment was heavy, but no American casualties are reported.
 Washington, Feb. 13.-Shortly before midnight Adjutant General Corbin made public the following dispatch from Major General Otis reporting the capture of the town of Iloilo by the American forces on the 11th instant:
 Manila, Feb. 13-A"General Miller re- ports from Iloilo that town taken 11th inst, and held by troops. Insurgents given until evening of 11th to surrender, but their hostile action brought on en- gagement during the morning. Insur- gents fired native portion of town but little loss to property of inhabitants. No casualties among the United States troops reported.
 Signed "Otis."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
AN EARTHOU4KE SHOCK
Passes Through East Tennessee OfF Five
 to Ten Seconds Duration.

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb 13.-An earth quake shock of from five to ten seconds duration passed through east Tennessee this morning at 3 30. It was felt mostly in the upper end of the state, not reaching as far west as this city. Peo- pie were aroused from their sleep, but no damage was done.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
JUDGE DELLENBAU UGH GUILTY.
One Outcome of Charges of Corruption
 in Ohio Courts.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 13.-The circuit court to-day found Judge F. E. Dellen- baugh guilty as charged in the third specification. The sentence of the court was not announced and it is understood will not be made public until after the trial of State Senator Burke. The third specification in the charges against Del lenbaugh is in connection with the 70. K.' which he placed on the Manning divorce decree and in which it was al- legged he was also interested as coun- Sel
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IN VIRGINIA.
Only Six Above Zero at Rtchmon ond-
 Suffering is Intense.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 13.-The blizzard ragged here to-day in full force and yigor. It has showed necessarily since Saturday afternoon and the thermome- ter registered only 6 above zero this af- ternoon The snow has drifted five and six feet deep in places and the suffering is intense. No street cars or railroad trains are moving either in or out of Richmond and business is at stand still. There is great fear of fuel fam inc and the dealers can scarcely deliver the most urgent orders. No casualties are reported, but later developments must bring great suffering among the negroes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
GERMANIC SINKS AT PIER
WHITE STAR LINER NOV PARTLY
 SUBMERGED.
Put Into New York Last Saturday Heavy With Ice-When Cargo Was Re- moved She Was Top Heavy-R oiled Badly During Small Hurricane and Shipping Water Through Portholes Went Down.

New York, Feb. 13.-The White Star Line steamship Germanic, Captain Mac kay, lying at her pier, 45 North river, shipped quantity of water and set tied to the ground with what the sailors call an "eight degree list" The Ger manic came into port last Saturday heavy with ice and when her cargo was removed the ship was top heavy. A large gang of men worked all day yes- terday coaling the ship and were at this task when the accident occurred. They say that most of the coal was on the port side, which made the ship list
 The heavy wind and comparatively rough sea in the North river, together heavy condition of the vesesl because of the ice on her sides, made the ship very unstable and she rocked greatly. A small hurricane struck the river at 9:3O this evening, causing the vessel to roll away over to port, submerging the open coal holes and permitting her to ship great quantity of water into her bunkers. The tide was low and the Gern1anic grounded. It is said that she is not damaged and will be all right as soon as the water is pumped out. This will be accomplished before noon to- morrow. The Germanic was built in Belfast in July, 1874. She is 455 feet long, by 422 feet in breadth and 34 feet depth of hold. Her gross register is 5,066 tons and her net register 2,9S9 tons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
Ministers Meeting Postponed.

Middletown, Feb 13.-The eighty-sec- ond meeting of the New Haven District Ministerial association, which was to have taken place here to-day, was post poned until tomorrow on account of the snow storm. Very few of the dele gates and speakers arrived.
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Extension of ofAntf-Contrnct Labor Laws

Washington, Feb. 13.-Senator Fair banks, from the senate committee on immigration, to-day reported back to the senate the bill extending the anti contract labor laws of the United States to Hawaii with amendments making the bill cover all immigration questions. The amendments spsc fic7lly include the Chi nese exclusion acts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
Fire i'm Texas Penitentiary.

Huntsville, Tex, Feb 13-The west and east wings of the penitentiary con- taining prison cells and officers quar- ters were burned this morning. There were no casualties. the inmates being quartered in shops and other buildings. Loss, 1000.
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Steam ship Arrivals.

Liverpool, Feb. 13.-Arrived, CataIo- mia, Boston.
 Glasgow. Feb 13.-Arrived, Ethiopia, New York.
 Hamburg, Feb. 13.-Arrived, Pennsyl- vania, New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14

Anniston, Ala, reported the lowest temperature 15 below at ' o'clock this morning. Atlanta comes next with 1-2 below recorded officially. This was the lowest ever known here, the low mark being broken 1-2 degrees. Street ther- mometers record 10 and 12 below and this temperature, accompanied by a wind which showed a velocity of 15 miles an hour, made the cold almost un- bearab ble. One week ago the tempera- ture here was 72 degrees. Four inches of snow covers the ground.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The Coal Region SnowbOumd-Drilts
 Never Before Equniied.

Pottsville, Pa, Feb. 19.-The coal re- zion is snow bound to the depth of sev- eral feet. The snow has drifted in a manner never equalled before. Not only is all outside work suspended, but most of the industrial establishments are also idle or only partially running. Ral- road traffic is suspended except for q few mail trains that are being forced through the drifts hours behind tine Travel by team on country roads is al- most impossible. Elec tric railways are completely tied up. Yesterday and to- day the snowfall at times has been several inches an hour. The worst df- ficulty is threatened through scarcity of water due to freezing of streams and reservoirs. The thermometer has con- tinued five degrees and more below zero.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 13.-Owing to the intensely cold weather, the ther- mometer being 10 degrees below zero, the Birmingham Carnival society has called off the Mardi Gras celebration which was to have been held to-day and tomorrow. The town is full of visitors The present blizzard is the worst on record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
SITUATION AT1EANILA.
Escaped Spantard Brings News From
 the Insurgent Lines,

London, Feb. 13.-Reuter's Telegram company, limited, has received the fol-
 lowing dispatch from Manila, dated
 February 13, 345 p. m.: "After the cap- ture of Caloocan Spaniard, who had
 been a prisoner there, came to the
 Americans, holding up his hands, and
 said that the Filipinos had offered to re-
 lease the Spaniards, especially the artil-
 lerymen, if they would undertake to
 fight against the Americans at $4 day.
 Most of the Spaniards refused; and
 even those who accepted the offer did
 so in the hope of effecting an escape.
 The rebels, according to this informant,
 are discontented, unpaid, unfed and
 thoroughly disillusioned, the talismanic
 waters being of no avail against
 wounds, hunger and fatigue. On Fri day Aguinaldo visited Polo, few miles
 northwest of Caloocan, and addressed the Filipino troops there, claiming that he had won victory and asserting that twenty-three hundred Americans had been killed"
 Manila, Feb. 13-4:O5 p. m-The
 T. volunteers have been recalled from the marshlands north of Malabon, and the former regiment is now entrenched in < front of Caloocan. The American line forms a complete corden, twenty-two miles in length, from the coast on the north almost to Paranaque, south of Manila. There has been no change in the disposition of the troops, except that the Fourth United States cavalry has relieved the First Idaho volunteers and battalion of the Twenty third infantry has been stationed on the left flank to prevent the rebels sneal1ing along the beach. The enemy are busy throwing up entrenchments on their left, sharpshooters in the jungle cover- ing their operations. Several Ameri- cans were wounded in the trenches to- day. Second Lieutenant George A. Sea- man of Battery B, Utah artillery, was shot in the leg while standing near his gun. Four men of the Twentieth Kan sas volunteers were wounded slightly. Last night Private Benton of Company B and Private Stevens of Company G of the Kansas regiment were wounded. All the enemy's dead at Calcooan have been buried. The United States cruiser Charleston has moved up the coast and is now off Malolos, the seat of the so- called Filipino government, at a dis tance estimated at about eight miles.
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Polo.

All polo games scheduled for last night were postponed.
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Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 13-Lancaster is almost isolated. No train has arrived here on the Pennsylvania road from the east since Saturday morning. The Philadelphia and Reading started a train away this morning, drawn by two engines. At Dillerville it struck snow bank which derailed both engines and the entire train. The road is entirely tied up. One section of the fast line express from the west on the Pennsyl- vania road is stuck in snowbank at Columbia
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FIRE IN .NEW CANAAN.
Several Buildings Destroyed on Main
 Street-Loss Esttmate ted at 3O,OOO.

New Canaan, Feb. 13.-A fire which started in J. F. Silliman & Sons general store about 10 o'clock tonight resulted in the total destruction of the store and also several other buildings on Main street. The loss is estimated at sS0;000.
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15 BELOW ZERO IN ALABAMA.
All Previous Records for Cold Wealth CT
 in the State Broken.

Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 13.-The weather to-day was the coldest ever known here. The temperature at a. m. was below zero. The lowest pre- vious record, in 1886, was above zero. Two negroes were found this morning frozen to death.
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Chillicothe, O., Feb. 1S.-Earthquake shocks were perceptible here at 330 a. m. The temperature is 15 to 20 below zero.
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Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 19.-Harrisburg is storm bound Twenty inches of snow has fallen during the past twenty-four hours. Traffic on the trolley lines is se- riously impeded, and all the railroad lines are blocked. Passenger trains on the railroads are from six to eight hours late. There have been no trains from Pittsburg since last night, and the train due here from Philadelphia at ' o'clock had not reached here at noon. The snow has driften ten feet high in some parts of the city and business is practically at a standstil. The storm will interfere with the work of the leg islature.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-12
AMERICAN KING,

David O'Keefe, Who Is the Sovereign of
Yap Island.
The recent story of the power and
wealth of David B. O'Keefe, the white
king of the islands of zap, Ola and st.
David, is corroborated by advices from
Hongkong, per steamer Tacoma.
O'Keefe is naturalized Irish-Ameri-
can, 6S years old, and is known at
Hongkong as the "Copra King" His
islands are detached portion of the
Carolines. When he settled at zap he
married native princess, who is a
shreWd woman, and who rules when
he Is away. The islands over which
he rules are his by right of discovery,
and the acquiescence of the native rul
ers. He has held them against the
rival claims of Spain and Holland.
Over the islands he floats the Stars
and Stripes, and on his single trading
schooner he flies the Union jack The
islands are distant about five days by
steam from Manila. The principal is
land of the group is called zap. It is
larger than Hongkong island, and is
surrounded by minor islands, among
which figure Terang, Obi, Pekel and
Dunji. These four islands, situated
in zap harbor, are the alleged property
of the Copra King. His residence is
on the first named Commonly known
among the other traders as the Hell
of the Carolines"). 1t is here his ma
tive wife rules supreme during his abb
sense, showing her shrewdness, as also
her proverbial animosity for all the
other European traders or employees of
the South Sea trader. It is on the is
land of Terang that he keeps the mass
of his bartering stores, as also the
copra (cocoanuts from which the oil is
to be extracted), which he takes to
Hongkong in his schooner Santa Cruz.
The island of Dunij was until recently
in the hands Of German firm doing
good business in the copra trade. It
passed over to his majesty's group
some two years ago. when Herman
Grosser, one of the heads of the home
office referred to-, went to zap to settle
the necessary transfer papers. The
other two islands are unimportant.
The island of st. David is not in this
group, but in the Pelew islands, more
to the south. It is to this island that
Holland lays claim. The copra king
has been among these islands for 20
years. Both he and the native traders
desire that the islands shall be taken
possession Of by the United States or
England. =..r.