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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
CARS NEARLY WRECKED A BOAT.
They Break Loose During a Gale and
Defy Control.
From the Buffalo Courier.

From the Buffalo Courier.
The story of an uncomfortable load Of
freight cars surging from one end of the
boat to the other, crashing from side 10
side after the trucks had been derailed,
all in a frightful gale, was that told
by the officers and men of the Muskegon
She had left Muskegon for Milwaukee
at $3.50 O'Clock on a tempestuous night,
and before leaving the freight cars were
each stayed with four great iron jacks
and two immense chains The steamer
was making her way toward Milwau-
kee without much difficulty until about 2
O'Clock in the morning, when the string
of freight cars on the inner of the two
starboard tracks tore loose from the fast
enings, bending the three-nch jacks like
reeds before the wind. With every wave
that the steamer then topped, the string
of cars rushed from one end to the other
of the thirty feet of clear space on the
track, smashing the running gear and
crushing in the end as the cars came to-
gether.
At 4 o'clock in the morning the quadrant
on the rudder, the great iron triangle 10
which the wheel chains are attached. gave
way and the vessel was for q moment al
the mercy of the waves. The rolling of
the steamer threw the members of he
crew who were not already on duty from
their hunks, and for twelve hours there
was not a moment of respite for the men.
For time the steamer was run before
the wind, while an endeavor was made TO
repair some of the damage. but a visit to
the main deck, where the cars were crash
ing back and forth was almost impossible
ard could only be made with the greatest
risk.
Two cars then came together at the
stern of the car ferry and the threshing
machines with which they were loaded
were completely wrecked. The rails On
which the cars were rolling now began to
give way. This increased the danger as
the cars with their whee's breaking
through the main deck began TO swing
from side to side. tearing away the stan
chions which supported the cabin deck.
The entire starborad row OF stanchions
was thus torn away and nearly half of the
second Of the four rows which support the
cabin deck. 1t was when the cars crashed
from side TO side that the large part of
the damage was done. and the roofs sides
ripped apart by the impact. With the Civ
ing away of the stanchions the cabin deck
began to sink along the sides until VIII n
the boat reached port the deck resemblei
a turtleback with its bulge in the middle
where the damage was least, and the drop
o the edges where the supports were miss
ing The panels were separated ia the
cabins and in places the window glass was
broken by the twisting out of shape of
the cabin walls
T The steamer was steered by the use of
The double screw and after a terridc-strug-
gle finally reached the harbor Al Racine.
After making a few temporary repairs the
start for Milwaukee was undertaken, into
which port the big craft finally limped.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
sHARKEY A MORAL COWARD.
O'Rourke Declares He Will Give Up
His Management.

His Management.
New York, March 22.-Tom O'Rourke an
nounced to-day that he would, on Sept l.
give up the management of Tom Sharkey
the prize-ighter. He said
HE is the biggest moral coward I have
ever had anything to do with. He talks
about meeting any man in the world and
whenever he is pitted against anybody
who can fight he tries to dodge the issue
He lodged Fitzsimmons Tuesday. If
Sharkey had come 10 time and acted like
a man that fight would not have been de
clared off. He saw Fitzsimmons meant
business and that was enough for him.
The public does not know it, but there
came very near being no fight between
Sharkey and Jeffries. At the last mo-
ment Tom declared he would not leave
Staten Island giving the cheapest sort of
an excuse l pleaded with him. begged
him and then threatend to make little
Walcott take his place. A sense of the
disgrace from such an act finally shamed
him into fighting"
ORourke says he will compel Sharkey
to fight a good many men before
Sept. 1.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
ESTIMATING CROWDS.
1t Is Difficult Thing to DO with
Anything ApprOa ching Accuracy.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Estimating the size of a crowd is the
hardest kind of guessing in the world"
said an old citizen. Nothing is more elias
tic, more compressible, and more decep-
tive than a great throng. on two occa-
sions street or square may appear to
be packed to its capacity, and one would
say roughly that about the same number
of people were present each time. As a
matter of fact, there may have been a
difference of several thousands. ] am
convinced from observation covering a
number of years, that it is impossible for
anybody standing on the level occupied
by a crowd 10 form even an approximate
ly accurate estimate CT its size Such a
spectator has no means of arriving at
the density of the mass before him, and
that is the vital point in the whole calcu.
laticn.
1.-THE proper place from which to size
up any great gathering is as nearly as
possible oVerhead-in other words. from
the roof or upper windows of some ada
cent tall building 1t is only by looking
down on crowds from a hight that YOU
can appreciate their great differences One
will be full Of lanes and passageways
with little open spaces here and there
while in another the Loople will be stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with almost mill
tary precision. From above too, the
strange wave movement which occurs in
all crowds is clearly discernible, and 1t
is certainly a curious sight. A slight stir
will be seen at some extreme corner: for
a few seconds 1t will travel toward the
center. exactly like a ripple over water
then suddenly II will break and spend it.
self along three or four irregular paths
each ending in a crush, which must be
entirely ineXplicable to the people in the
vicinity.
What causes these movements to take
such eccentric routes through a throng is
at first blush a mystery, but l suppose It
can be explained en- the common princi-
pie of force moving in lines Of the least
resistance. Some chap on the outskirts
starts the thing by shouldering his neigh
bor, and the impulse is passed along, al
ways by way Of the weakest. AS an illus
alton of how guessers will differ in their
estimates of crowds / asked two very
leve,-headed gentlemen how many people
they thought were assembled at the foot
Of Canal street to witness the landing OF
Rex. one said 800 and the other 5000.
The reasons given in both cases sounded
about equally plausible"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
RECEIVER FOR APPLETONs.
One of the Oldest Publishing Houses
Is In Trouble.

New York, March 22.-In the Supreme
Court to-day j. Hampton Dougherty was
appointed receiver of d. Appleton & Co,
publishers of this city, on the application
Of Daniel Pritchard, of New Jersey, a
stockholder The bond of the receiver
was fixed at $4,000. The liabilities are
about 81 10000
A statement issued to-day by the Apple
ton Company says the situation is due
mainly to inadequate capital to meet ma
turtles in the extension Of our business
on the installment contract basis (Which
contracts amount to fully 100000, now
outstanding and in due course collect
able)
A reorganization company has been
formed and its chairman, Mr. Cannon,
says he IS confident the concern can be
llquidated so as to Involve no loss to
creditors. The Appletons are one Of the
Oldest and largest publishing firms in the
country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
THE sEABOARD's NEW ROAD.
First Train From Portsmouth Over
the New Line.

Columbia, S. c., March 22.-The Sea-
board AR Line to-day brought its first
train from Portsmouth to Columbia over
the new line from Cheraw via Camden,
TO this city. The new line is a direct
route and will give the seaboard a splen-
uid Florida connection as soon as the
bridge over the Congaree river, just south
OF Columbia, is finished. The new line
IS built of the finest material and the
heaviest rail- All the rock ballast has
not yet been put IN. Freshets delayed
completion OF the Wateree river bridge
near Camden and the Congaree river
nfldge near Columbia, but within a
month the Seaboard's trains will be run
t,hs through ana over the Florida Cen
tr1l and Peninsular.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
CARNEGIE HAS NEW COMPANY.
Continued from First Page.

,NOItHerh hallway Company, the Pitts
ours' Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
company, all the coal and coke property
ol me ii. G. Prick Coke Company in
fayette and Westmoreland counties
pennsylvania, including 10000 acres of I'M
mined coal 10000 acres of surface lines
WO coke ovens $500 railroad cars. and
''oU dwellings; the Pittsburg and Con-
Heaut DOCK Company; 1876 per cent. of
me capital stock of the PENNSYLVANIA and
Lake Erie Dock Company; one-fourth of
lhe capital stock of the New York. Penn
sylNama and Ohio Dock Company: the
OiiVer Iron Mining Company, owning all
OF the stock of the Metropolitan Iron
ald Land Company, all of the stock of the
Floheer iron Company 1913 per cent. of
the stock OF the Lake Superior Company.
per cent of the stock of
the Security and Exploration Company,
one-haH of the capital stock of the Pew
aolc company; the Pittsburg Limestone
company. Limited; the Pittsburg Steam
snip Company, including all of its vessel
property, etc, eleven steamships and two
barges with a carrying capacity of 500, 900
tons per annum.
Capital 10 BE $3.50, OOG. 900.
1t is learned tonight from one in close
touch with the Carnegie company that
the new organization will be capitalized
$3.50 Co.,
The same gentleman says Mr.. Frick
Will remain in the new company in the
same relative position he held Just pre-
Nious to the bringing Of his suit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

London, March 29.-The Daily News
has the following from Bloemfontein. dat
ed Wednesday:
1T is rumored that Mr.. Kruger and Mr.
Steyn will meet at Kroonstadt, in the
Orange Free State on April to discuss
the future programme. The feeling be-
tween the Transvaal and the Free State
is very bitter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
COMPLAINT OF I'LL TREATMENT.
Beers Should Have Taken Besieged
Cities Long Ago.

Berlin, March PA letter from Beer
prisoner on the Catalonia, off Cape Town,
complains of i'll treatment.
The press points out that the Socialist
newspapers have ceased praising the mill
tia system since the tide turned in South
Africa. The Hamburger Nachrichten
says:
IF the Beers had received military
training they would have captured Lady
smith and Kimberley and destroyed the
British armies before the arrival of Lord
Roberts"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
CANNOT sTOP SINGING.
Girl, Shocked by Mothers Death,
suffers From a Peculiar MnIady.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphla Times.
New Brunswick, n. j., March 1S.-An-
ME Fazekas cannot stop singing. Several
DAYS ago she received word of the sud-
den death of her mother. The shock I'M
nerved the girl and the family by whom
she was employed at New Market became
alarmed over her action. She burst out in
song and has since done little else. DR..
Wilde declared her insane and she was
brought here and put into the county jain.
The girl si<s constantly with her hat
and coat on. as If in church, and holds a
prayer book in her hand which she reads
at intervals. Her voice is rather sweet
and inmates of the jail sit by and listen
TO her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
Beers MOVING ON L0BATSI.
Continued from First Page.

insure the safety of the railway north of
Lobatsi and to watch We'll the left flank
1t is probable that before the Beers retire
towards Pretoria they will tackle the
Rhodesiaus in force.
1t is reported that the burghers are
abandoning the environs of Mafekiug
leaving only a sufficient number of ar
tiiierists to man the big guns.
There were none at Ramatlabama
where they were supposed to have their
base. Col. Plumer's scouts were at
Ramatlabama yesterday
The usual Mafeking dispatches are over
due, but no anxiety is felt on that score.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

-Teacher-"Tommy. hear that you and
why were fighting yesterday. Don't
you know your little hands were never
made 10 tear each others eyes?"
Tommy-"How could we tear each 9TH
er's eyes with gloves on, I'd like to know.
Why, Miss Meek you don't seem to know
the first thing about the rules of the
ring boston Transcript
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
Were Trying to Arrest Suspects.

Richmond, Va, March 22.-Justice of the
Peace Saunders and Mr.. Welton, who were
killed near Emporia this morning, were
endeavoring to arrest two men suspected
of the late Emporia robbery. One of the
men who shot them was white and the
other a negro. The shooting took place
in a cabin. The white man has been cap
tured and a posss is in pursuit of the ne
gro who was seen near Jarretts tonight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

Maseru, Basutoland, Thursday, March
%. Several thousand of Beers with huge
convoy of wagons, have been passing
from Smithfield and Wepener toward
Ladybrand during the last two days II
is supposed that che Boer forces have re-
tired from Norvefs Point. Bethulie and
Stcrmberg, on their way north.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

New York. March 22-Wallacks The
ater was closed Tonight, Olga Nethersole
having been taken suddenly i'll with nerY-
Gus prostration 1t Is said she will not
be ahle TO plaY for two weeks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
Free staters Going to Farms.

Aliwal North, Cape Colony. March o.
Commandant Olivier left Smithfeid two
hours before the British scouts arrived
He only succeeded in inducing about $50
men to accompany him, mostly insurgent
colonists. The Free Staters refused 10 go
with him and are returning to their farms
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
REFUSED TO INTERVENE.
Government of The Netherlands
Could Take No Hand.

The Hague, -4arch 22.-After mature de-
liberation, the government has dispatched
a reply to Presidents Steyn and Kruger,
regretting that it was unable to comply
with their request for intervention in the
South African wer after the formal decla-
ra ton of the British government that in
Prevention would not be accepted 1t was
added, however, that the government of
The Netherlands would always be ready
to support steps tending to the restoration
of peace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

Columbia, 5. c.. March 22-The Almeta
Cotton Mil. at Bradley, Abbeville county,
was Incorporated yesterday Capital is
100000 with privilege TO increase $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
KRUGER ANNENED FREE STATE.
Steyn at Once Declared That the
Free. State Was Intact.

London, March ga special correspond
ent of the Times at Bloemfontein, tele-
graphing Thursday, says:
Yesterday Mr. Kruger issued a proc
lamadon annexing the Free State to the
TransVaal.
Mr. Steyn Immediately issued a coun-
ter proclamation declaring the Free State
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

London, March 23-The Cape Town cor
of the Daily Chronicle, tele-
Thursday says that Sir Charles
Warren's division is embark.ng at Durham
for East London, Cape Colony.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

pa" said Willie, may I ask you just
one more question before / go 10 bed?"
Yes. my boy. What is it?'
IF I'd been your brother. would / have
been my own uncle?'-Harper's Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
TO REGISTER BURGHERs' NAMES.
Many of Them Are Now Ready to
Turn Over Their Arms.

Turn Over Their Arms.
London, March 22.-Lord Roberts tele-
graphs from Bloemfontein under date of
March q, as follows:
80 many burghers have expressed a
desire to surrender under the terms of
the last proclamation that I have sent
small columns in various directions to
register their names and take over their
arms.
"A cavalry brigade has gone to the
eastward of Thahanchu, and a detach-
ment from Springfontein has occupied
Smithfield, where some Transvaalers and
a wagon with arms and ammunition were
captured. The Scots Guards are at Eden
burg and Peddersburg. Gen. Clements
brigade is marching hither by way of
Phlippopolis and Fauresmth."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23

Washington, March % The Senate to-
day confirmed the nomination OF r. S
Hanna. to be postmaster at st. Peters
burg. Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-11
Our Frank Declaration of Policy.

II is gratifying to reflect that the United
States ia the first of the powers to make a
frank declaration Of Its ChiIese policy. and
Furthermore that Its policy. thus declared
in the circular of instructions to our minis
tiers abroad involves no departure from the
tudicious course already pursued That
course is for the United States first to pro-
tect American lives In China. then to pun
ish those who have wantonly assailed our
citizens. next to restore order at the capt.
tai and to prevent the spread of the present
disorder into the provinces not now Affect
ed. finally to cooperate to preserve the
political and territorial integrity of the en-
pire thereby protecting our own treaty
rights and promoting our own trade inter
eStS
This policy Is in harmony with all that
has gone before in our treatment Of the
Chinese problem. 1t consists with the eff
forts OF this government to secure the main
tenance of the open door of trade 1t sus-
tains the traditions of the republic IN that
1t pledges the government TO energetic
measures to maintain American prestige
abroad 1t avoids the danger of suspicion
of completely in a program of Chinas d-s-
memberment and frankly states the case in
such terms to the other powers that there
can be TO suspicion of the American mo-
tives.
1t does more. II lays the ghost of i'm
perialism in this connection at home. In
the face of this declaration, made to the
world In terms which admit of misun-
Outstanding, there can be no honest fear
lest the United States may become involved
in a land-grabbng enterprise in China or
depart from its traditional policies. or be-
come enmeshed in the intrigues of Euro
pedn politics. seek to establish main
land colony in Asia There can be no rea-
sonable protest against this program. The
American who raises his voice against II
invites the charge of treason to the funda-
mental requirements of patriotism. or of in
difference to the safety of American lives
abroad and the security of American in
trrestS
This declaration should Furthermore have
an excellent effect in Europe. II may result
In inducing other avowals of policy. and
clarity the International situation. There
may be. of course. a natural dsinclna ton
on the part of the powers to proclaim their
intentions as to the final Chinese read
justments when. as the American circular
clearly states. present circumstances pre-
vent definite announcement of the means
whereby peace Is to be fully restored and
China preserved from dissolution AT the
same time it should not be beyond the range
OF reasonable expectation to look for echoes
OF the American avowal. thus greatly
strengthening the hands of the powers in
the dangerous and delicate task now con-
fronting them.
This circular may be considered abroad
by the ultra critics OF the United States as
a evidence of the "shirt-sleeves diplom-
scy" of this nation 1t is assuredly a graf
flying departure from the old courses of
conceaiment and mystification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-11
An Unfortunate Success,

''Bowser' successful trip through the
Niagara rapids and whirlpool is an un-
fortunate achievement. 1t will probably lure
other reckless men to attempt this feat,
with the chances strongly against their
emerging alive. The mania for such. enter
prises seems TO spread in waves particu-
larry if any measure of success attends one
of them 'Bowser' was merely blessed
with extraordinary luck. His trip. as he
confesses, proved nothing. revealed moth
ing. save the tremendous, the unmeasur-
able power of the current already well
known. There is not even the merit of
novelty in this achievement. Many years
ago two daring men ran the steamer Maid
of the Mist through the rapids and the
whirlpool safely and so demonstrated that
d craft could pass through without destruc-
ton. But they had the merit or rather the
dement,, of a practical purpose. They re-
moved the boat from the custody of sher-
III who had libeled It, and the only outlet
was through the supposedly impossible
channel below the falls. They sought no
glory. but were engaged in an effort to
evade the law, and they succeeded. 1t was
a terrible journey. and should have forever
discouraged all persons from seeking to
shoot these rapids. But the list of victims
TO the strange fascination Of the falls and
the rapids continues to grow with the years
and to show that there remains a strange
streak OF savage defiance of the forces of
nature in even modern man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-11

The speakers at Lincoln yesterday sound.
ed the note of Imperialism presumably as
We shall hear 1t all through the campaign-
The people were adJured to look well to
the institutions OF the country, now. as
never before. in peril Of destruction.
Mr. Towna. In burst of eioausnce. and
INSPIRED by the presence OF his chief, said:
We have formed a partnership with
England. wherein we assume all the dan
ger and she reaps all the benefit We have
ceased 10 quote the Declaration of indie
pendence- We have grown contemptuous
OF the Constitution. We have rechristened
slaughter ard named 1t civilization We are
putting men to the sword by the thousand
and dare TO call ourselves the agents on
Him about whose lowly cradle nineteen CEN
furfes ago the angels OF heaven sang Peace
on earth. good will to man.
And there was this from Mr.. Bryan:
1 feel almost as IL ought to apologize
for not being able to call myself former
Republican
Mr. Bryan then paid an eloquent tribute
to Gen. Weaver. Charles A Towne and