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The evening times., 1899-03-06
COLLISION ON THE LAKE SHORE
Truinmcn and Passengers Injured
by the Crash.

WestfieId y. Y, March 6.-About 1870
last night eastbound passenger train No.
10, on the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern. came in head-on collision near here
with engine No - that had failed to make
the switch and clear the main track. En-
gineer Turner, of the fast train, had his
right arm broken twice, and his fireman,
Regan, was piuioned under the tank, and
had both legs badly crushed. He was TAX
en- to Cleveland, Ohio his home
Gil Thompson, of the Westtield accom-
mediation engine No. 10. was hurt about
the head and chest His fireman escaped
unhurt.
The engines are complete wrecks. Four
teen passengers were more or less hurt.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
FIRE MENACED MANY.
Nearly One Hundred Hotel Guests
Forced Out in Scant Attic.

Scranton, Pa. March 6.-The lives Of
nearly one hundred persons were jeopar-
died by fire which broke out in the
Lackawanna Valley House block early
yesterday morning. The flames started
in W. J. Weichel's jewelry store on the
ground floor and bursting through rear
window, which opens on the air shaft
raced TO the hotel apartments on the sec
Ond. third, and fourth floors. filling the
corridors with smoke even before the
guests could be aroused. All of the oc-
cupants of the hotel were gotten out safe
ly, but so hasty was the exit they were
compelled TO make not a single one OF
them appeared on the street with anything
on save night clothes.
There was one corridor on the second
floor devoted 10 sleeping rooms, and ev-
erybody in these rooms had to make their
way to safety by means of ladders, the
smoke having cut off their retreat by way
of the main corridor. Charles F. f.
Henckeroth, Philadelphian. was among
them. The iremen succeeded in subduing
the flames before much damage resulted.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
TELEPHONE FIRMS COMBINE.
! Independent Manufacturers Unite to
Oppose the Bell Company.

ing made to consolidate the independent
telephone manufacturers of the United
States. The movement which is in oppo-
sition to the Bell Company, started in Chi
cago, and has progressed far enough TO
warrant the promoters in approaching firms
in New York, Boston. and Baltimore.
Ii is said the leader in the plan for
consolidation is p c. Burns, President of
the American Telephone Company. This,
however, Mr.. Burns will not corrOborate.
He said his firm had been approached by
the promoters of the consolidation, but
that ii had not given an option on its
plants. He says that his company, with its
connections. manufactures % per cent Of
the telephone equipment in the country
outside of that produced by the Bell Com
pany.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
The Last Speech of a Great ASS

(ffoHl tne New Ofk Journal
Chauncey NJ Depew, Senator of the United
States-''0ne day last summer two transparently
rural young women visited my office. and nothing
would satisfy them but that they should see me.
said: We'll. show 'em in They came in
and sat down. | asked them where they were
from, and they answered that their home was
in village in the mountains of Virginia some
where, and that they We're here to see the sights
of New York. There some more talk and
then | remarked that time was pretty plenty in
Virginia but very precious here, and asked what
] could do for them.
The elder of the two spoke up and said that
they had read in their local paper that there
were two things for visitors to New York 10 see,
the Brooklyn Bridge and Chauncey ~ Depew.
g WE'LL l asked, have you seen the bridge? p
% oh, yes said she, we have; and now
we're ready to go back to Virginia -
The evening times., 1899-03-06
FLAMES IN NEW YORK.
Hotel and Cafe Burned In BrOok'. Ii
borough.

New York, March ga hotel and cafe
at 1877 and 1879 Bushwick Avenue, Brook
lyn borough. were destroyed by fire this
morning. The occupants had to flee III
their night clothes. During the fire Fire
man Donohue was painfully injured by a
tin ceiling falling upon him.
Firemen had bad scare from a blaze
in the dry goods district this morning.
Flames started in an underwear factory
and soon the whole upper story of the
building was afire. By prompt work, the
firemen were soon in control and the loss
will not exceed s25. COO
The evening times., 1899-03-06
FLOODS THREATEN RICHMOND.
Wharyes Along the River Front Gov
cred With water.

Richmond Va. March 6.-Richmond is
threatened with one of the most damaging
floods in its history. Warnings from up
river points are of such a nature that
urgent efforts have been made to get ready
for the muddy tide Men and wagons are
busy moving goods out of its reach
The official report at o'clock last night
was that the river was twenty-nine feet at
Columbia and rising. The highest water
will reach here this morning. 1t is now
over the Wnarves
The evening times., 1899-03-06
The Havana Breakfast vender.

(fiavana Letter in the Chicago Record
The perambulating breakfast vender is a feature
down here. Men seen about IL o'clock in the
forenoon traversing certain portions of Havana
with breakfast buckets made after the fashion of
the American laborer's apartment bucket. in
which are carried to the door fish. one kind Of
meat, potatoes, bread and butter coffee, and
perhaps eggs some others additionadi article
BY this practice many families avoid the neces-
sity of cooking the midday meal The breakfast
vender is not always inviting looking char
acter, but this matters little with those people
if he sells fairly decent meal and il they can
avoid having TO cook for themselves In very hot
The evening times., 1899-03-06
Premature Work.
(From the Concord Monitor.

IFT0m the Concord MOnltOr.)
The Democratic party might have waited until
Congress met in December before outlining its
policy There call for definition of
it's position. Many things are likely to happen
before December Peace and order may be re.
stored in the islands. Aguinaldo may have sub.
mitted to the authority of the United States and
acting under his advice all OF the Filipinos may
unite in asking our protection and assistance in
framing a suitable form of government for these
islands That nightmare 'the consent of the
governed may have vanished in thin air. The
importance OF retaining the Philippines may he
apparent to even the most skeptical. There may
be no issue on expansion.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
The Navy Personnel Bill.

Chiefly is the Navy Personnel bin commendable
In that it equalzes the pay of the seamen with
that of the soldiers and in that it amalgamates
the line and staff naval officers. From this time
forth, the staff officers will have the same training
in the art of navigation gunnery, ETC.. as the
line officers; and the line officers will have to
make themselves as proficient in the knowledge
of all the vastly complicated machinery of
modern warships as the engineers are The
education and training of line and staff officers
will henceforth be conducted together, and their
education and training and practice will be the
same; that, should at any time the necessity
arise, the engineer will be able TO manage the
ship and the line officer be able to run the ma
chinery.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
MARTIN MAHoN STILL ABSENT.
Says He Will Not Appear as Witness
Against EaNne Moore.

Mahon, the New York hotel man who was
the victim of Fayne Moore and her ''badg
err husband, in New York, has been here
for several days. John Wilson of 81 North
Carolina Avenue, who had met Mahon in
New York, came across him yesterday and
to Wilson he said he should not appear
against the woman.
Mahon is reported to have said that the
reason he did not desire TO appear was
mainly due TO the rdicuIe he was sub
jected to, during the trial. in the New
York papers.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.
MethOdists to Meet Here for the
1860 Session

1900 Session.
Baltimore March 6.-The selection of a
church in which to hold the next session
Of the Baltimore Annual Methodist Epis-
copal Conference, excited considerable in
terest at Saturdays session of the confer
ence. Invitations were received from
Grace and Madison Avenue churches in
Baltimore and the Metropolitan Church.
Washington. A vote resulted in the al
most unanimous choice of the Metropoli-
tan Church, of which the Rev. Dr. Frank
NJ. Bristol is the pastor and of which
President William Mckinley is a member.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
JOHNSON NOT A CANDIDATE.
The Former Congressman. However,
Ignores n Pointed Question.

New York March 6.-Former Congress
man Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, when
asked today of the report that he was to be
candidate for the Democratic nOmina-
tion for the Ohio Governorship, was true.
said: This is the first / have ever heard of
it."
On being questioned as 10 whether he
would refuse the nomination if offered TO
him, he declined to say anything.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
TO CONTROL GREAT ELEMENTS.
Incorporation of the United Electric
Company.

Trenton, n. j.. March 6-The United
Electric Company, of New Jersey. which
has been recently organized with the de-
sign of controlling all the electric light.
heat, and power business in Essex Hud-
son, Passaic. Bergen. Morris. Union. and
Middlesex counties of this State. was in
corporated today with the secretary of
state.
The capital stock is $40, ,000 GOO.
f. Stillman. of Railway; W. J. Davis. of
Harrison, and Thomas j. George, of New
ark, were the incorporators
The evening times., 1899-03-06
KILLED ON THE ELEVATED RAIL
\ TeIegraph.r's Head Severed From
His Body.

New York, March 6.-Dinkle Joyce, aged
forty a telegraph operator. fell under the
wheels OF an elevated railroad train at
One Hundred and Twenty fifth Street this
morning, and was instantly killed His
head was severad from his body
The evening times., 1899-03-06
The Proper Method.

First Lobbyist-The Senator SAYS he can't
support bill without being Inconsistent
Second Lobbyist-Well, he ought TO have sense
enough TO be inconsistent before 1t IS too late
The evening times., 1899-03-06
During the Blizzard.

fFrom the Cleveland Plain DeaIer)
briggs was going home with dozen eggs in
a bag, and two fellows held him up
''Did they take his money!
No: they took his eggs'
The evening times., 1899-03-06
CURRENT HIM0R.
Cruel innUenio.

(From the Chicago N,w>.b
Mrs. MurcIison-Nes. this Is on heirloom We
wouldn't part with 1T for great deal
Mrs. Ranleigh-Oh. did YOUR husband get it
for You ut Paddington'sy They had such lovely
bargains i'll them last week.
The evening times., 1899-03-06

Cubnn Franehises.-"We drew the
teeth of the Afger War Department ring"
We had an amendment added to the Army
bill limiting the life franchises in Cuba
to the time of the military occupation Of
the island by the United States. l am
satisfied that the Attorney General will
decide the amendment is legal but at any
rate, as the matter stands now the Cuban
franchises that the War Department syn
dicate have for sale are deprived of any
great commercial value. No one is going
to pay very much for franchise that has
a string attached to it and may be ter
minated almost any day"
The evening times., 1899-03-06

Now that President Mckinley has full
fedged Director of the Twelfth Census at
his disposal it might be just as well to set
him at work without delay. BY way of
getting his hand in, We may be excused
for suggesting little preliminary enquiry,
the results Of which We are quite sure
would be instructive to the Chief of State.
Let Director. Merriam ascertain how many
of the population of the United States like
Algerism as the chief cornerstone of the
Administration, and whether a majority
are inclined to vote for its continuance as
the leading governmental policy in 1900.
If it be objected that the information would
be hard to obtain, let the Director ignore
The evening times., 1899-03-06
CnmnuIsorr PietY.

(Fron the Detroit Free Prcss,l
''Ambrose do you fast during Lent -
''Ies; my wife and the cook go TO church 50
much that l have TO.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
A Possible Inducement
(F'rom Puck.l

Mamma-You must he very good during Lent.
Tommy.
Tonmy-Why, is Santa Claus coming again at
EaSter2
The evening times., 1899-03-06
The Way of the World.

Ffum The Ohlcago Irlbune.)
He sighed disconsolateIy.
For time,' he said, Il tried to live up to
my Ideals
And then?" they asked.
why. them he explained, 81 tried to bring
my ideals down to my own level
The evening times., 1899-03-06
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Tile Advertisers Guarantee Company, OF CHI
cag0 hereby certihes that it has, by its eXpeF;
examiners. proved snd attested the circulation oi
THE TIMES. Of Washington, ID. c. The caily
average PAID circulation for the month Of Jan
lsrr. 1880, WAS i0.l20 copies
Tbs is GUARANTEED to the advertisers OF
the country by BOND OF S5O,000 in the Fidelity
and Deposit Company Of Maryland. deposited
with the Northwestern National Bank Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
ByJ r. MASON President.
The evening times., 1899-03-06

the statistical and adept the political meth
cd! Let him go out to any ancient place or
places and, mounting the stump as he well
knows how to- begin to make speeches ID
praise of Alger. The consequences might
be painful to the former Governor, but
they could not fail to be educational as TO
the White House We believe, by the
way that that classic structure already
has been partially advised on the subject,
through the yoX populi of Boston.
Without much stretch of imagination 1t
can be said that Louis Philippe Due dor
leans is on his highness' travels. Ex-
PEELED from Belgium, he flew and lighted
in Turin; but the Italian government has
invited him to make his pretentious
royalty as scarce as possible, and 1t is a
question what port will be open to him
during the present political storm. Prob
ably, at length. he may find it necessary
to take refuge in Princeton or Hoboken,
as several members of his family have be-
fore, and in the days when the American
premium on derelict princelets was not as
high as at present.
Considering the compliment Representa-
tive-elect Roberts is accused of having
paid the fair sex, in being married to at
least three of its members at one time
it looks like the basest ingratitude for
the women of various agitating organiZa-
tions to make the campaign against him
that they are. 1t would seem that he had
fallen heir to the sale of liquor in Gov
ernment buildings" as far as hysterical
petitions go. What will the enraged sis
ters do if that other plural Mormon, the
elder Cannon, should walk into the Sen
ate, as it is not impossible he may?
Congress gave the Administration an
other object lesson in its refusal to pro,
| vide for an additional major general o.
the regular army. The proponents of tina
scheme shrewdly gave it out that tn,
President would at once appoint Genera
| Wheeler to the Office. should it be created
But the Higginson trick had made goot
many old birds wary enough to look VI
the army register in order to see if Alge
| might not have face card OF some sor
up his sleeve. They discovered that hi
Michigan man. Shafter. the hammock her
of Santiago, was on the eve of retiremen
as a plain, ordinary, inconsidered briga
dier, and they jumped to the conclusion
that he was concealed under the depart
ment woodpile. The new major genera
did not, therefore, evolve and our Falstal
within few weeks will pass from a lis
which, as far as he is concerned. ough
not to be called active. to private lii
and the retired enjoyment of exactly on
star
The evening times., 1899-03-06
New Candidate for senator auny's


Nncnncy.-Former Speaker and present
Representative-at-La Large from the Keystone
State Galusha A. Grow, is making an eff
fort to succeed Matthew S. Quay in the
United States Senate. He has issued a cir
cular giving comparison of the Repub-
lican and Democratic vote in the State of
Pennsylvania on Governor and Congress-
man -at-large last fall. The point is
brought out that his plurality for Con-
gressman- at-large was 1S2. .6S5 while
Stones plurality for Governor was only
III. 800. The circular concludes with this
statement: "Of the sixty seven counties
in the State Grow received plurality over
his Democratic opponent in forty-six of
them. Governor Stone received a plurality
over his Democratic opponent in thirty
six. Grows majority in 1898 over his five
opposing candidates was 126,010. His ma
jority in 1896 over his five opposing candi-
dates was go, 1897, being larger majority
than was ever given in any State of the
Union to any candidate for any Office
The friends of Grow claim that these
practical demonstrations of his popularity
with the people of. Pennsylvania make a
convincing argument in favor of his cleo
tion to the Senatorship. Although past
seventy years of age, Mr.. Grow is still Wig
orous mentally and physically.
The evening times., 1899-03-06
GENERAL WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Secretary AIger's Retirement.-One
point that appears TO be definitely settled.
according to the talk in Administration
circles. is that Mr. Alger must leave the
Cabinet. Whether he departs voluntarily
or waits to be kicked out is a matter, it is
believed. that Mr.. Alger must decide for
himself, but that his days are numbered
as a member of Mr.. Mckinley's official
household hardly admits of any doubt
Many close friends of Mr.. Alger believe
that he will fight against his enforced re-
tirement TO private life. He is known 10
be vain and vindictive, and he can un-
doubtedly give the President and his
friends a very uncomfortable quarter of an
hour if pushed to the wall. However. Sem
ator Hanna and other Republican mag
mates have weighed the matter carefully
and have decided that Mr. Alger can do
less harm to the Republican party outside
than inside the Cabinet circle Mr. AL
ger, it is believed, will cease to ke mem
ber of the Cabinet within thirty days.
The talk of Gen. Joe Wheeler as Mr. AL
gers probable successor meets with some
credence. II is argued that it would be a
good political move on the part of Mr.
Mckinley to place General Wheeler in
charge of the War Department. as il could
be pointed to in the coming campaign as
proof Of the hroadgauge. bipartisan char
acter of the present Administration. 1t is
not thought that Gen. Anson G. McCook. of
New York. stands much chance of succeed
ing Mr.. Alger. McCook would be. it is
| said almost Objectionable to Senator
Thomas c. Platt and the regular Republi-
can organization of the Empire State as
Whitelaw Reid Mr. Mckinley will prob
| ably decide upon Mr.. Alger's successor
while off on his vacation with Senator
Hanna.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-30
ANXIETY IN WASHINGTON.
State Department Looks Upon Roses
Proclamation as Dangerous.

| Washington, March 29-The news
from Samoa that the United States
cruiser Philadelphia and the British
cruisers Porpoise and Royalist had
| bombarded the towns held by Mataafa.
/ who has thus far had the official sup
/ port of the German government, came
| with a startling suddenness to officials
here and displaced for the time being
the attention given to the fighting
around Manila. The Smelling of Mataafa
was looked upon as Of secondary i'm
/ portance but the deepest interest IT.
tached to the attitude or the German
/ government.
AT first apprehensions were felt that
grave International complications might
ensue. But those most familiar with
the latest official exchanges between
Washington, London and Berlin. did
not take such a gloomy view of the
outlook. While recognizing that the
bloodshed at Samoa created a very
serious and delicate situation, vet II
was said TO be situation which had
been clearly apprehended and had been
discussed in advance between the rep
resentatives Of the three governments.
The real crisis from an international
standpoint occurred last week. when
! this apprehended outbreak was dis
N'f'''-N'' ~Aih4lptfaAi INleAllOIl9 we're EHEHt-
~ strained, it was possible to secure
an understanding which, it Is said. is
to make sure that the outbreak report
ed VIII not cause a rupture in the rela
tons between the United States ana
Germany or between Great Britain and
Germany. The details Of the lombard
ment as conveyed in the Associated
Press dispatches, were read with
eager interest by leading government
and diplomatic officers who have been
most directly concerned In haudljng
the Samoan question.
There was nothing OF an official char
acter, however, either at the state or
navy departments or at the British or
German embassy to augment the very
fun press reports. Upon this officials
based their views. In all quarters
there were expressions Of concern and
surprise at the seriousness and extent
Of the bombardment and the resulting
loss Of life. That some overt act would
take place has been apprehended for
many days, but there was little idea
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ment, and one man belonging to this
Dakota regiment, were wounded The
Americans remained silent
! The country between Marilao and
Manila is strewn with furniture and
clothing, dropped in flight by the Fill
pinos. The only people remaining behind
! are few aged persons, too infirm to es-
cape. They camp beside the ruins OF
their former homes, and beg passers by
for any kind Of assistance. The majority
of them are living on the generosity OF
our soldiers, who give them portions OF
their rations
Bodies Of dead Filipinos are strand
ed in the shadows of the river or are
resting in the jungle where they crawl
ed to die or were left in the wake OF
The hurriedly retreating army. These
bodies give forth a horrible odor but
there is no time at present to bury
them.
The inhabitants who fled from Maril-
40 and Meycauayan, left in such pan
! ic that on the tables our soldiers found
spread money and valuables and ir
| the rooms were trunks containing 9TH
| er property Of value. This was the
case in most of the houses deserted
They were not molested by our soldiers
but the Chinese, who slip in between
/ the armies. are looting when they car
and have taken possession Of several
houses. over which they raised Chin
csc flags, some Of which were torn
down.
After a couple Of hours rest
MoArthur's division pushed on across
rice fields and rivers. through the jun
gle without meeting any opposition, the
enemy flying from the villages OIL
Ucat, Taal and Bigaa, after burning
them. Even the town of Bulacan, the
capital of the province, was burned
and abandoned although Gen. McArth-
ur passed miles TO the right. At five
o'clock the enemy made stand in the
trenches hale a mile beyond Guyguin-
to station at a river crossing.
The Kansas and Pennsylvania regi-
ments Immediately depIoyed, crossing
the bridge under heavy musketry fire
for half an hour, but the artillery dis
concerted them, and at the end Of q
forty-five miutes' fight the insurgents
bolted towards the hills. Our loss was
tw, Tiled and twenty wounded. The
e. oss was severe. Cen McArth,
/ into camp near the station al
clock four miles from Malolos