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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
FIRE CAUSED SIX DEATHS.
, osT THEIR LIVES IN A BOWERY
LODGING HOUSE.

several People Were BADLY Injured.
t,iremen Succeeded in Putting Out
she Flames without Great Damage
10 the BuiIdinG-POlice Did Coed
work in Getting the People Out.
Rodfes of the victims All Found on
Fifth Floor.
New York. March 4-Six persons were
burned TO death and three were injured
carly this morning in a fire which oc-
Cured in a seven-story lodging house at
A to As Bowery.
The dead are: Charles Butte, 40 years
o,d; John Clark, so years old; Edward
Dovle. So years old; Henry Jackson, col
orad. 50 years old; Stephen Carney, and
one unidentified man, about 80 years old.
stephen Carney, IS years old, was burn
ed about the body face and hands, and
dition. Martin Gallagher, So years old,
was burned about the face and hands. and
also removed to a hospital. Edward
Walker. AZ years old, was burned, but af-
ter having his wounds dressed, remained
al the lodging house.
The fire was first discovered shortly af-
ter > o'clock. Smoke was porting from the
windows of the fifth floor, and the flames
were making rapid progress.
The lodging house was cut up into 1872
rooms and ninety of these small places
were occupied when the fire broke out. Po-
Hcemen sent in an alarm and burst into
the place to arouse the inmates. They
notified the night clerk, who immediate
rang the alarms all over the house.
The Railways were instantly filled with
a crowd of excited people. The police
men forced their way to the upper floors
in an effort to rescue some of the helpless,
or any who might be overcome with
smoke They carried out Thomas Harper,
a One-legged man, and Edward Walker,
who had been burned and partially over
come by the smoke. Stephen Carney was
found lying on the floor in his room The
flames had already burned the old mans
hands. face and body, but policeman
picked him up and carried him out of the
building.
The fremen succeeded in putting out the
flames without great loss to the building.
After the fire was out they began
search. The bodies of all five of the vic
inns were found on the fifth floor, where
the fire did most damage Butte was
suffocated in his bed; John Clark was
found on the floor of his room dead, as
was also Edward Doyle. The coored man
was found dead at a window and the UNI
Identified man had been overcome just
as he was dragging himself from the win
dow to the fire escape.
All the bodies were taken to the morgue.
The damage to the building amounted
10 about $1,000.
The place was conducted by Dominica
Milano, and was a cheap Bowery lodging
house.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
THE WEEK BEFORE CONGRESS.
MOST IMPORTANT MATTERS WILL
COME UP IN SENATE.

Report on Currency Bill VIII BE
Voted ON TueSday-Then the Quay
Resolution VIII BE the Uppermost
TOpic-POrtO Rican Bill VIII Re
Debated at Length-WeeL in the
House VIII BE Devoted to Contest
ed Elections.
Washington. March 4.-The question of
the seating of Senator Quay. the confer
ence report on the currency bill, and the
Porto Rican government bill will divide
the attention of the Senate daring the
week.
By agreement the report on the curren-
cy bill will be voted on at o'clock Tues
day and will have practically the undi-
vided attention of the Senate until that
time, if there are senators who desire to
speak upon it.
After Tuesday the Quay resolution will
be the uppermost topic during the morn
ing hour each day, and the Porto Rican
bill for the remainder of the day. There
are still several speeches to be made on
the Quay resolution among those who are
to speak being Sena tors Penrose, Spooner,
Perkins and Carter, favorable to Mr..
Quay, and Senator Burrows in opposition.
The Porto Rican bill will be debated at
length. Senators CuIberson, Turner and
Pettigrew will make set arguments against
il on constitutional grounds, and Sena tors
Nelson and Depew will talk in support of
it. The broad question of expansion will
be raised in connection with this measure,
and it will provoke much running debate
as well as many set speeches. Senator
Foraker, who is in charge of the bill, says
there is no disposition to accept the House
bill and drop the Senate measure as has
been reported in some quarters would be
done.
The diplomatic and the pension appro-
priation bills probably will be passed dur
ing the week. Neither of them is call
culated to provoke prolonged discussion.
The Week in the House.
The House will devote this week, except
tomorrow, which is District of Columbia
day, TO contested election cases. The de-
bate on the Aldrich- Robbins case, which
opened on Friday, will continue Tuesday
and Wednesday. After it is disposed of
the Wise Young contest from Virginia Will
be taken up and probably Will consume
the remainder of the week. In both cases
the majority has reported against the sit
ting members, who are Democrats, and
the House probably will sustain the re-
ports so that by the end of the week the
Republican majority in the House will
have been increased by two.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
ASSAULTED BY A BURGLAR.
Miller and His wife Were Beaten
and Left for Dead.

Norfolk. Va. March 4.-George w. Mill
err a baker who works al Newport News
and his wife, were assaulted by burglar
while asleep at their home in Brambleton,
"a suburb of this city, and so seriously
injured that 1t is feared one or both of
them may die. Miller returned home last
night with his wages. and several hours
later "a burglar entered. His entrance
awakened Miller's 12-yeer-old son, who
slept in the same room, but was too fright
ened to make an cutlery.
When the burglar, who according to
the boy, was a negro, discovered the boy
was awake. ne sprang at the sleeping
parents and beat them with club and
left them for dead. He took all the money
in the house and escaped. Feeling runs
high and the burglar may De lynched #
caught,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Jordan Thinks EngIand's Downfall
Is Not Err OF

Chicago, March 4.-President David
Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford UNIVERSE
ty of California, fectured al An Souls
church to-day, speaking to large audi
ence on THE Blood of a Nation" He
SAID that the present century would wit
ness the downfall of Great Britain. He
declared that ultimately the people of
South Africa would have their freedom.
The speaker in emphatic terms asserted
that present inhabitants of Great Britain
We're mere shadow of their forefathers
in point of brains and health Mr Jordan
thinks that nation thai POUNDS its desti-
ny on war must reach a speedy decay
lie said a great war saps the vitality of
the best blood of ! nation.
Mr.. Jordan deprecated the fact that so
many of the best youths of nation are
Killed during war times. He remarked
that this accounted for the existence of
a weak nation. both mentally and physi-
cally The speaker declared that France
more than any other great ma
ton had deteriorated He said
war, more than any other
thing, had contributed to this sorrowful
condition. Among other things he said:
Il think war, more than any other
agency, destroys the vitality of a nation.
Take, for instance, the present British
Boer war. The best representatives Of
both countries are now on the field of bat
tie War not only make widows, but il
prevents many marriages. l certainly am
OF the opinion that war is a Curse on any
nation unless it is the result of a fight
for freedom Such a thing as carrying on
war for the sake of encouraging imDer-
lahsuc ideas will wreck sooner or later,
a nation that cries such a scheme
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THE PRINCESS sALM-sALM.
She VIII Fit Out an Ambulance
Corps for South Africa.

Chicago, March 4.-Princess Agnes
salm-salm arrived in Chicago to-day.
Said she:
my object is to interest humane and
wealthy people in fitting out one or more
ambulance corps. Each corps should have
at least ten doctors, trained nurses and
a liberal supply of hospital supplies. Some
people seem to think that the war in
South Africa is ended practically, but that
is a great mistake. 1 believe 1t will last
for a considerable time that, in fact. it
is just beginning. Personally, my SYM
pathies are on the side of the Beers, but
of course, that has nothing whatever to
do with my humanitarian work.
II am not a novice in hospital work. |
made my studies in Bonn and gradua ed
as a nurse. In three wars, the American
Civil War, the Franco-Prussian war and
the war in Mexico, 1 had ample oppor-
tuuity TO work.
eff 1 succeed in fitting out one or more
ambulance corps I shall accompany them
to South Africa"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Movements of the Emperor and
Other German News.

Other German News.
Berlin, March 1.-The Rhine spinners
have made a further rise of 2 pfennings
per pound in cotton yarn.
The postal authorities announce that
packages sent by mail to the United
States must go unsealed.
All the Roman Catholic Churches in
Berlin held special services to-day in cele-
bration of the Pope's ninetieth birthday.
Emperor William left tonight for Will
helmshaNen, where he will tomorrow ad-
minister the oath 20 a body of naval re-
cru5ts.
Herr Carl Keller, editor of the Tage-
blatt, has been sentenced 10 four months
Imprisonment for exaggerated state
ments" regarding the alleged vandalism
of the Lerner expedition 20 Bear Island.
A largely attended mass meeting was
held to-day to protest against the SO
called LEX Heinze" framed to suppress
certain features of public and private i'm
morality. The measure was denounced
as 'inimical TO the free development of
art and literature and breeding hypocrisy
as well as encouraging blackmail'
Among those present were DR. Barth,
Prof. Mommsen, Prof Won Begas, the
sculptor, and Herren Liebermann, Suber-
mann and Wildenbruch, and number of
members of the Rechstag.
At Munich a similar meeting was held
under the presidency of Prof. Won Wer-
ner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
O'CONNELL IS PEACEABLE.
He Deprecates Troubles With Nom
union LabOrers.


Chicago, March 4.-President James
OConnell, of the International Machin-
isis Union delivered an address to-day at
the meeting of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. expressing the belief that closer
understanding between the employers and
employee would be a good thing for the
laboring classes. Coming as it did, from
the leader of a striking union, this senti-
ment created a sensation. 1t seemed 10
meeu with almost unanimous approval.
Mr. O'Connel then did more unusual
thing by launching into an eulogy of non
union Workmen
President O'Connen had been granted
the floor TO make a report on the machin-
lists strike. In his speech he deprecated
the tendency to regard the present labor
troubles as a beginning of serious strife.
While the utteranoes of the leader of
the machinists are peaceable there IS 1T
tie nope that the building war will be car
ried on without trouble. Fights between
non-union men and pckets are expected
tomorrow. Sympathetic strikes of build
ing material trades unions may be called.
Anticipating trouble tomorrow morning
when the new men go to work the number
Of special police and watchmen at the
works has been doubled, and aid has been
asked from the South Chicago police.
In the Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern
Railroad shops 125 men VIII not go to
work tomorrow. Pickets will be placed
at and near all the entrances OF the yards,
and every effort will be made 10 induce
new men TO refuse 10 go to work.
Non-union men have been employed by
the Chicago Shipbuilding Company at
South Chicago to take the places of the
strikers of that company and they will
report for work tomorrow. Police have
been detailed 10 quell any disturbances
i'm Ihese Yards
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
MACHINISTS MAKE DEMANDS.

May BE Locked Out Before They BE-
gin Their strike.
Philadelphia, March 4.-Twenty-five del
egates representing the machinists' unions
In this city and all towns within radius
of thirty miles of Philadelphia, met to-day
ana decided to make a general demand on
June 1 for nine-hour work day. They
also decided to demand the abolition, if
POSSIBLE, of piece work in ell shops 1t is
los lble the manufacturers may lock out
tine men before they formally make the
'emands. This movement started in Chi
lS2. and may mean a fight before ma
unnal association of machine manufac-
Jurors and the International Association
OF Machinists
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
BRIG HASKELL LOST.
Wreckage That washed Ashore In
dicates She Is Gone.

Providence. r. l., March At is be
iieved that in Thursdays terrific gale the
brig NJ. C. Haskell of Rockland, Me, has
been lost off Point judith, with all on
board, eight or ten men.
Wreckage marked with the Haskell
name has come ashore between Point Ju-
dth and Watch Hill in sufficient quanti-
lies to make the wreck almost a certainly,
while there is enough additional wreck
age piled up on the beach 10 account for
other ocean disasters on the Southern
Rhode Island coast.
The Haskell has been in Southern ports
for some time, and was heading north
ward,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
Went Into .ZuIuIand.

Durham, March 2.-Yesterday a number
OF horsemen went an, Zululand. with the
object of marching a British force through
Hululand. and ntercepting the Beers north
OF Biggarsberg.
A complete system of photographic com
munication is established between Wee
nan and EshoWe-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
VICTIMS OF RAILROAD WRECK.
Funeral of Mother and Daughter
Held in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati March 4.-The funeral here
to-day of Mrs. ]. G. Schmidlapp and her
daughter, Emma was the largest ever
known in Cincinnati. The special funeral
train arrived this morning, when the two
caskets were conveyed to ''Kirscheim,"
the palatial mansion of the Schmidlapps.
Mr. Schmidapp was carried on
stretcher from the train to his home, and
again for the burial at Spring Grove.
He was joined here to-day by his remain
ing daughter and his two sons.
The casket of Emma bore an inscription:
Don't mind me; get papa and mamma
out first" These were her last words.
uttered last Tuesday night near Kansas
City, when the victims were being res
cued from the Missouri Pacific wreck.
Rev. G. A. Taylor delivered touching
discourse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
Increase for Railroad Men.

Wabash, Ind, March Awhile the Wa
bash Railroad management has refused TO
recognize the labor organizations In fixing
a wage schedule for It's employees, General
Manager Ramsey has approved the in
crease in the wage scale and the readjust-
ment of the runs demanded by them
through the labor leaders. with whom he
refused 10 confer. There Is an increase
for nearly every man on the system.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
Beers TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
Continued from First Page.

surprise and the British galoped to their
laager, somt miles on the Free State side
Pryo's command has moved seven miles
north of Coesburg.
The Eoers, during their occupation. .le-
nieo themselves rather than see the Brit
ish wounded suffer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
Affairs Discussed al
Cleveland Meeting.

Cleveland O.. March 4.-The annual
meeting of the Council of Jewish Women
began here this evening, at the Wilson
Avenue Temple There were about 100
delegates in attendance, and the presi-
dent, Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon of Chi
cago, was in the chair
Preliminary 10 the opening session was
The meeting of the general board, which
occurred this afternoon, and at which i'm
portance affairs of the organization were
discussed behind closed doors.
This evening there. was a public meeting
at the temple al which President Solo
mon read her annual address.
Following the meeting there was re-
ception TO the delegates, which was large
nv attended
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Maseru, Basutoland, Friday, March p
The telegraph line between Mafeteng and
Maseru was cut Wednesday night, whole
sections being removed. 1t is believed
this was the work of natives prompted or
bribed by the Beers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
NEGRO RAPIST is IN JAIL.
""iccrs having Difficulty i'm Prevent
ing Lynching.

Raleigh, N. c., March 1.-The negro who
outraged the little afflicted s-year-old
daughter of Nethias Holland, near Clyde,
ON saturday, was captured to-day and car
GO 10 Waynesvllle Jail for safe keeping.
me- negro confessed. but claims that
i[ nId not accomplish his purpose. The
whole country is worked up and officers
,n having difficulty to prevent lynch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
PRINCETON NEEDS A MILLION.
Wants "a school of International Law
and Diplomacy.

Chicago. March AT a banquet given
by the Princeton Club of Chicago last
night, President Francis l.. Patton OF
Princeton said Princeton University
needs 81 100000 to carry out projected i'm
provements. He said the next great thing
for Princeton to do is to develop gradu-
ate department. That there should be
first-class school of international law ana
diplomacy in connection with the univers
itv. He said the social question, the one
relating especially TO What shall we do
with these people," should be provided for
in special course
John T. Davis Of st. Louis guaranteed
If the university raised $4,000 for law
school endowCsent the alumni would raise
a similar amount.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Berlin, March AT Hanover some per-
sons not yet identified tore British flag
and made an anti-British demonstration
in front of the residence of an Englshman
who had displayed the Union Jack in cell
ebration of the British successes in South
Africa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
PULLED DOWN HIS FLAG.
But Omaha's Mayor Says He Will
Keep 1t on His Pole.

Omaha Neb.. March 4.-One of the incl
dents of the heated municipal campaign
which closes tomorrow, was the tearing
down and destroying of an American flag
and the substituting therefor red rag on
a Aagpole in Mayor Moore's yard some
time Saturday night
This morning the Mayor was astounded
10 see the red cloth flying where erstwhile
the Stars and Stripes foated. As the rope
was cut his honor had to call on The flre
department 20 run up a ladder and take
down the red cloth. He then ran up
brand new American flag to the Top OF the
mast and SAYS NE does not propose 10 let
any one pun II down.
The work is thought TO have been done
bv political opponents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
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AID FOR NEGRO UNIVERSITY.
Meeting Also Discussed Betterment
of Negro Race.

Vow York March A meeting was
h''d tonight in the Brick Presbyterian
Church for the purpose of rendering aid
70 Atlanta University of Atlanta. The
subject. of the betterment of the negro
race was also discussed. John E. Parson
and Robert f. Smith, colored, a graduate
oi The university who served two terms I'm
IN" legislature. spoke on the condition OF
lu' negro race and detailed at length the
movements they are making. Rev.
horace Bumstead president of the unver-
shy told Of the financial needs of the in
-'lution and described in detail the edu-
''.ional religious and industrial depart
"ehts. a collection realized a substan-
Ual sum-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
French Finds the Beers.

London, March 5.-The Morning Post
has the following dispatch from Osfontein,
dated March 8:
Gen. French made a reconnaissance to-
day and encountered the enemy in force.
They We're occupying a table shaped
kopje. Shots were exchanged, a Boer gun
replying" ~"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
Cotton Mills WIN suspend.

City of Mexico, March 4.-Some of the
largest cotton mills at Puebla and Orizaba
will suspend operations for time, owing
to the high price of cotton, and will sen
off accumulated stock, which is considera-
bIa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
RoUTELLE mas RECOVERED
He VIII Seek Recollection TO Com
gress From Maine.

Bangor, Me. March 4.-Congressman c.
A. Boutelle has so far recovered from his
recent illness, which made 1t necessary
IN send him to Boston for treatment that
ne has decided to seek reelection.
To-day his brother announced the can
didacy of the Congressman for renornins-
tian and election
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

Nassau. New Providence, March 4-The
British second-class cruiser Hermes is
reported off Cat Island. in the Bahamas,
with har shaft broken
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Cape Town. March 4.-Cecil Rhodes is
here and expects TO sail for England We'd
nesday.
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Minister From Holland.

Washington March, 4.-Baron Covers,
the new minister from The Netherlands,
arrived here tonight.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05

River Report.-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at a. m, 10th me-
ridian times. yesterday, was $50 feet,
fall of SO feet during the preceding TWEEN
ty-four hours.
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of time at all station, March A, 1900, p.
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A THIEF in TIE NIGHT.
How Catarrh RObS Its Victims of Health AM life.

catarrh Is the most insidious of
diseases. Ifneglected, 1t Invariably
reaches the bronchial tubes and
lungs, rendering them weak aud
susceptible to consumption.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-19
BRYAN REDIvIvUs.
Massachusetts Man Calls for New
Party Under ''The Peerless One"

BOSTON, Nov. 1S.-An address headed
Reform Forces of the Country has been
issued by George +. Washburn, president
of the Bryan Club of Massachusetts and
the national committeeman of the Peoples
party, in which he says: 1.-The campaign Of
1900 was a contest of conscience against
capital. 1t was the greatest struggle for
human rights since the days Of Jackson or
Lincoln. The reelection of Mckinley was
a victory for Imperialism and the trusts
But our grand reform movement will roll
on to ultimate victory.
1T is beyond the range Of human prob
ability that Bryan will again become the
candidate of the Democratic party. But
he can lead to victory a new party con-
Quoted on safe and conservative, yet pro-
gressive, lines. Therefore, TO maintain our
present momentum new party must be
formed. We must have a complete reunion
of reform forces. This can he accom-
plished by uniting the Bryan Democrats,
Bryan Republicans, Populists and other
smaller bodies to be led by the man of the
hour, whoever he may he. | believe that
had such party been formed four years
ago Bryan would have triumphed this time
Accordingly I propose that at an early
date we have a conference of the parties
referred to in the central part of the coun-
try for the purpose Of effecting an imme-
date understanding, that We may begin
the organization of new party"