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New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
SECRETARY HAY PROSTR5 TED
ILLNESS NOT SERIOUS-OTHER MEM
BERS OF FAMILY on WAY To
NEW-HAYEN.

New-Haven, Conn, June 23.-John Hay. Secre-
tary Of State. worn by the trip Of nearly nine
hours from Washington TO New Haven. and
nearly prostrated by grief al the untimely end
OF his Oldest son. Adelbert S. Hay. here this
morning. reached this city az 5:45 o'clock this
evening. He was accompanied by his secretary,
Mr.. Whitney, and met at the station by
r. l. McDufy Of New York, and Charles Wade.
OF Cleveland.
The Secretary and his party We're driven to
the home of Seth Morely No. SO wal-st. in
whose drawing room lay the body Of the son.
There Secretary Hay was unable longer to bear
the strain, and was forced 10 go to bed. DR..
Samuel D. Gilbert was summoned. Scarcely
more than an hour passed before Miss Helen
Hay a daughter of the Secretary. was at her
fathers bedside.
Meanwhile other mourners gathered at the
Morely house. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wade Of
Cleveland. who are in the harbor on the yacht
Wadana were the first Of the more distant rela-
tives TO arrive r. L. McDuffy. Of New-York,
another relative, received the news in Cambridge
where he had been in attendance upon the Har-
ward commencement exercises Of last week. He
hsstened TO New-Haven. arriving in time 10
meet Colonel Hay early this evening.
This evening dispatches were received con-
tanning the intelligence that Mrs. Hay, the dead
mans mother, ana q daughter, MISS Alice Hay,
are on their way from Newbury, y. H.. and will
reach New-Haven tomorrow morning. Clarence
Hay, the younger son. is expected late tonight
or tomorrow morning from Simsbury, Conn.
where he has been at school Samuel Mather,
Of Cleveland, brother-in-law Of Secretary Hay.
with his wife. win also reach New-Haven to-
morrow
At the Morely house tonight it was formally
announced that no arrangements covering the
removal Of the body and the funeral services will
be made until after the arrival OF Mrs. Hay and
Mr.. Mather.
Late tonight DIR. Gilbert. who is at the bed
side OF the Secretary, announced that the indis-
position is not serious, adding that he is simply
overwhelmed with grief, and that the prostration
VIII disappear after rest
Inc class of '9S Of which Adelbert Hay was
member has gone into mourning. There is a
disposition on the part Of many Of the class TO
apanoon entirely the elaborate features Of the
friennial reunion.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
HEAT MADDENED DOG BITES TWO.
POLICEMAN CLUBS THE sNARLING ANIMAL
TO DEATH-ANoTHER CUR SHOT.

POLICEMAN CLUBS THE sNARLING ANIMAL
TO DEATH-ANoTHER CUR SHOT.
A little mongrel dog, thought TO be mad, ran
through East Tenth-st. last evening. bit two
persons, caused a big crowd to gather and the
cry of Mad dog" 10 be raised. and was then
dubbed 10 death by Policeman Whitbeck Of the
Fifth-st station. The two injured persons are
Henry Creamer thirteen years old. of No. 23S
East Tenth-st.. and Abraham L@towitz. three
years old. of No 224 East Tenth-st.
Creamer. with other boys. playing in the
street in front of his nome. He Tas the first TO
be attacked by the dog. which vas tortured by
the heat, and which came snapning and snarling
through the street. The boys pestered the ami
NAL, and lie sDrang at the C~eamer lad. biting
the middle finger of mis- light hand. Mrs. A.
Latowtz came along. carr 'ng her son Abra-
ham in her arms The dcs left the group of
boys and leaped toward the Latowitz boy. The
mother declares the boy was bitten three times
on the right hand and arEi. The screams of the
woman and the cries OF the crowd brought the
policeman. The LatOwisz boy was sent to the
Pasteur Institute. The I-eamer boy went home
Policeman Gradin, If he West hundred
and-twenty- ffth-st station, with one shot yes
terday morning ended me life of ii small yellow
dog that had created excitement in the neigh
borhood of ne-hunJred- and twenty -nintlr-st.
and Seventh-ave. The dog appeared to be mad.
He snapped his jaws and snarled and grOwled.
The cry Mad dog" heard, and the corner
cleared Of peoi:ie in short order. One person
tried TO help the :og by throwing pals of cold
water on IT, but f. did no good.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24

fifteen miles west of Bluefeld. saws that there
had been an Immense loss of property and some
lives at that point The town of keyst"0e.
which is said 70 have been swept away, all save
one saloon, is said 10 have contained thirty-tour
other barrooms.
The Western Union Telegraph operator at
Bluefeld telegra phed The Associated Press cor
respondent at o'clock that the loss of life al
the lowest estimate is two hundred. he SAYS
there is one wire now working through TO Ennis
eighteen miles west of Buefield, but that this
wire is monopOlized by the railroad officials.
The railroad men say it will he at least hve
days before their lines are open for trains They
have been sending work trains to the storm
stricken district from all directions. The loss 10
the railroad will reach S5OOOOO. \ private mes
age from Bramwel W. Va. Simmons Creek,
says there has been great damage done there,
but no loss of life had been reported up to the
time the telegram was sent The little town OF
Vivian, at which place the railroad yards were
swept away and passenger train Hooded IS
the shipping point of all westbOund coal ana
coke, and there is a Succession of prosperous
mining towns extending all the way to Poca-
hontas, Va. Nearly every mile post along this
portion Of the road marks mining operation
At Northfork Junction seven miles from
Vivian. there is a branch road extending nve
and half miles up the north fork of the Elk
norm TO several prosperous mining plants from
Cooper eleven miles further, branch rQad
extends through the Bluestone district of fhe
coal field to Goodwill, and another TO BranNSil'
a town of about six hundred inhabitants.
is the home of many of the coal operators, anu
their handsome houses which added Cnarm
and attractiveness TO the town already r2Vored
DV nature with q Deautlful SiIuatlOn lO uou"I
have suffered greatly from the storm. Bran
well is the headquarters of the Flat Top Coal
Land Association. The town is reputed 10 be
the richest town per capita In West Virginia
Nothing has been heard from TaZeWell. Va,
to-day. hut message from that place on Satur-
day night said there had been a terrible rain
fall. and that three children in one family We're
drowned Tazewell is in the Clinch Valley divi-
sion Of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, nine
miles from Tip Top. which IS the highest rail-
road point cast Of the Rocky Mountains. IL is
known that the damage TO crops and buildings
in TazeWell County is great, and il is feared
that the death list. numbering three chill
dren, will be enlarged when later details come 1n
The territory Of the ElkhOTn Valley is mar
row strip extending for miles through the noun
tains, with here and there connecting noun
tain stream flowing into it. The valley is not
over three hundred yards wide at any place. and
sometimes for miles there is barely enough level
land for rOadbed. The mountains rise abrupt
ly 10 either side, and through this ravine-like
mountain way the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road extends for more than hundred miles. IL
is in this district that many mining towns have
sprung up.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
REBEL SU2RENDERS CONTINUE.
GENERAL COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED RE
sIsTA:.JE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Manila June 24.-The insurgent Colonel Arol-
lilo and a considerable part Of the forces Of
General Nilvar are expected to surrender 20 the
American authorities at San Jose. in Bataugas
Province next Wednesday.
General Cailles surrendered at Santa Cruz to-
day with GO men and 800 rifles. Oaths of al
legiance to the United States We're adninistered'
to the former insurgents. Colonel Cabales. who
fed TO the mountains with a portion ofahis COM
mand, likewise surrendered. CaiIles did not suf-
ficently control the populace 10 bring in all the
insurgents in his district The proceedings of
surrender were orderly.
In consequence of the surrender Of General
Cables all the insurGent prisoners Luzon
Island will be released.
Information from native sources confirms pre-
vious reports that General Malvar will soon sur
render.
Santa cruz. Province Of Laguna. Luzon Jane
22-Cifneral Cailles, who surrenders Nor
day. : at Pagsangan. few miles from
here. His followers have been congregating
the : TOR some days past
Colonel Caballes. who with 100 Of General
Cailless command. fed 10 the mountains, in
fear of being hanged by the Americans. has
been overtaken by messengers from Cailies.
conveying the generals orders surrender.
When Cailles's messengers caught up with and
explained the situation to the fleeing colonel
the latter apologized TO his general, and
turned 10 Pagsangan with still another 12O men
when he persuaded to come I'm and surrender.
Caballes brings least FIVE hundred rifles from
the outlying posts beyond Pagsangan.
IL is reported that large number Of Caies's
followers have approached him with the prOpo-
sition that he issue a strongly worded proCla-
nation declaring all Filipino insurgents who re-
fuse TO surrender tomorrow 10 he considered as
bandits and that this proclamation be published
by the insurgents presidentes OF every town in
Laguna Province
General Sumner has requested General Call
les 10 leave Pagsangan for Santa Cruz at
O'Clock tomorrow morning
In an interview had with him by representa-
tive OF The Associated Press. General Caillcs
said he was convinced of the wisdom OF sue
cumbng, and is satisfied Of the liberal inten-
tions of the American authorities. The town is
full of armed and uniformed insurgents.
General Cailles declines to be a candidate for
Governor. and will return to Cavite where he is
land owner.
Colonel Gueverra rode with the representative
Of The Associated Press to Santa Cruz. and pre-
sented 10 Colonel Sumner programme OF the
surrender ceremonies.
Frank Mekin, Of the 37th Infantry, who de-
serted and has since been with the insurgents
acting lieutenant, and Carl Guenther. for
merly canteen keeper at Paete, are with Cen
eral Cailles's command.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER
Continued from first pnge

supposed the body had washed down from some
distance.
A report from Witton's Mill. a small station
between Blueield and Tazewell says that three
children, Christian names unknown. belonging
10 Raleigh Brush were drowned early yesterday
morning. There is no telegraph station at Wit
toms Mill. and it is impossible to ascertain par
ticulars. The railroad and telegraph companies
working between one thousand and fifteen
hundred men day and night. officials the
ground pushing the work of constructing tee-
graph lines and rebuilding the road, and hope
TO be able to communicate with both the storm
swept districts by noon Monday. Nothing what
ever has been heard from the section of country
between Vivian and Williamson other than that
the Tug River is reported as being entirely over
its banks and higher than ever known by the
oldest inhabitants.
The town of Welch, the county seat of Nc
DoweH County, necessarily must have suffered
seriously, and a number of the large lumber
plants situated along the banks of Tug River
are no doubt entirely washed away.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
THE TIMEss" TRIBUTE TO MR.. HAY.

London. June 24-"The Times" in an edi-
torial recalls the time when the interests OF
British prisoners with the Beers were conhded
TO Adelbert Hay then American Consul at Pre-
toria and says he discharged his delicate and
difficult duty with kindness and zeal that Will
not likely be forgotten by the British people
The Times" adds:
Sorrow for his terrible and premature death
and sympathy with his father. who mas done so
much to strengthen the friendly feeling between
the United States and Great Britain, VIII be
general and sincere among all classes of Eng
lishmen. and particularly among those oficers
and men whose sufferings Adelbert Hay did so
much to alleviate.
Not much friendship has been shown or JUS
tice done us during the war We owe reader
recognition on that account TO those who de-
served we'll of us in our day OF trial. and among
them Adelbert Hay held high place
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
SYMPATHY IN WASHINGTON.
MR. CoRTELYoU BREAKS THE NEWS TO
TIE SECRETARY OF STATE

49, |A@~tNi~A AM Ut T..
Washington. June 23-secretary Hay learned
of the death OF his son Adelbert within an hour
and half Of the tragedy through Mr.. Cortelvou
The latter had been called up on the long dis
tGnce telephone at his home about O'Clock IN
the night by Mr.. Mosely proprietor Of the Nav
Haven House the scene Of the tragedy Mr.
Mosey briefly told Secretary Cortelvou NJ the
hncing OF the body on the sidewalk and of tbe
otAer details Of the accident Mr. cortelv,ou
hastened at once 10 the home OF Secretary Eav
ana communicated the sad news as gently as
possible The Secretary appeared for the mo-
1e''' 10 De completely crushed. but rallied and
oa.i'''S aOout preparations for departure for
Ne"-faaVen al the earliest moment.
Except for the servants Secretary rJ.,,
~o''e IA ms mouse as all Of his family have been
absent from Washington since the secra,or,,.s
visit TO Buffalo. Mrs Hay. with AdeIha..
her TWO daughters had been spending e.,
Gays IN Cleveland. and from that place wen, h
way OF Buffalo 20 Newburn " II on the s,o..
q LAKE sunapee, where the family had ,us,
settled down for the summer with the errsct.-
uon that the Secretary would Join them nar,
month 'O-' 'Nein next
-Ni, SOrtelgou, realizing the feverish desire ~
nj. hay 10 reach New-Haven looked ~, .ta
railway time tables and arranged ,or a, aarI,,
departure so that by 8 o'clock Secretary Hav
was on a pennsylvania Railroad train speeding
toward New-Haven before many OF his friends
IN washington knew of the calamity that hod
befallen him. o"
AS soon as the President learned the news
however he dispatched a telegram to The CHIEF
o'noer OF his Cabinet TO overtake him in his
journey northward, expressing in the kindly and
syhpatheuc language which characterizes tho
rresloents communications in such cases the
oeplh OF The sorrow he felt for the bereaved
iaInlly. Secretary Hays colleagues in the cabi-
-'e' ioNo"eo this example. and Secretary Long
sIso sent a personal letter OF svmnathv a,a
cohaolehce The Cabinet officers will ATTEND
@ she funeral OF Adelbert s. Hay If IL is feasible
Tor them 10 do so " " ''SiDie
s.ll after tne secretarys departure and when the
neMs ~ hao been spread through the city bv the
HloThihS newspapers. friends OF the Hay family
Sha cihcials began TO call at the Sixteentlssf
nome .e 10 !eaVe their cards. Assistant Secretary
iill was first among the official callers and
@ .4ter tnere were many others. During the day
nearly All official Washington had left tributes
OF sympathy at the house.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
FLOOD AT IDLE HOUR.
BASEMENT OF WILLIAM X vANDERBLTs
- HOUSE GETS THE WATER FROM
HALF THE ROOF.

Sayville y Y. June 25.-Wiiam X. Vanderb,lt's
house Idle Hour recently completed to replace the
destroyed by fire. had its basement flooded last
night. There heavy and continued rain
storm in the night. The house servants closed all
the windows when the storm came up, but. through
the oversight OF of the outside help the tube
leading TO the coal pit was left uncoN cred.
The tube Is In such a pOsaon that owing 10 the
unfinished state OF the pipes for carrying water
from the roof all OF the water falling one-haif
OF the roof poured into the opening Several loads
OF coal had been placed ia pit and through this
the water rushed into the boiler room and on
through the entire basement The water was about
twelve inches deep in the basement this morning,
and below IL every thing was blaCkened by the coal
dust washed in. Pumps cleaned out the water this
morning. but ID will take some time to effectuaily
the marks Of the coal on the floor and walls
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
MOTHER" EDDY DEFENDS HERSELF
REPLIES IN ANNUAL MESSAGE TO ATTACKS ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Boston. June 23.-Thousands OF followers OF Mrs.
Mary Baker C, Eddy. founder of Christian Science.
besieged the little mother church OF the cult in this
city to-day hear the annual message of the
mother TO her communicates.
The reading OF Mrs Eddy's message was by John
w Reeder. OF Boston and il was in substance a
reply attacks the church. She strenuously de-
Tended the belief which she founded and prophe-
sled that the growth OF Christian Science would
continue on large scale it has in the last
thirty years the church now having 2,63i commu-
nicants and since last November 2i96 have been
added
She said Christian Scientists believe in the per-
sonalitv OF God. but mind, matter. She said
Christian Science had nothing I'm common with
hypnctism mesmerism. spiritualism and other be-
lIefs Christian Science, she said the result
entirely of her own observation and discovery, and
was founded entirely ON the lsble, She deplored
church controversies, and said Christian Scientists
did not wish he judged from the platform. but
asked the right of conscience and TO be judged by
works.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
SEN1TOR PL4TT RETURNS.

Senator Platt returned last night from Washing.
ton. He entered the Fifth Avenue Hotel shortly
before O'Clock and went directly his room. He
appeared tired because Of the six hours train
and declined talk Of his conferences with the
President regarding Federal appointments. 1t was
said however. by Nh. Platts friends that the reap
pointment OF Postmaster Van Cott has been decided
on and that Frederick Greiner is 70 succeed Post
master Dorr OF Buffalo who recently died. II was
also said that Senator Platt had asked the Pres-
dent not reappOint Wilbur F. Wakeman. the
Appraiser of the Port Mr.. Wakeman's term ex-
pires July I He has held the Office four years.
The Senator. IL is said, expects confer to-day
with the Republican leaders here in regard both
10 the Federsi appointments and the work or the
county committee in the city campaign
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
TWO DROWNED ~ BOSTON HARBOR
NAPHTHA LAUNCH AT ANCHOR RUN DOWN
BY BANGOR STEAMER.

Boston. June 23-While coming into the har-
bor this forenoon on her regular trip from Maine
ports the steamer City of Bangor. of the Bangor
down the naphtha launch Estele. which had
anchored off Deer Island beacon. directly in the
steamers path Five men on the launch we're
thrown into the water, two of whom were
drowned the others being rescued with con-
siderable difficulty The drowned:
pICKEY. /. H.. aged thirty three. Roxaury. Le,,
wife two children.
ROBINSON Charles. thirty three, OF dorchester.
Left wife and one child.
The rescued are II. NJ. Southwick. OF Roxbury;
Charles Nye, Of Dorchester and George c. Poole.
of Dorchester.
The five young men started this morning for
a DAVIS outing in the Estelle which was owned
hv Dickey When off Deer Island the fog be-
came so dense that IL was decided to anchor
until the fog lifted not realizing that they were
in the main ship channel.
The City OF Bangor came slowly UP the chan
mel Captain Arey being about 70 order the
anchor dropped owing To the difficulty expert
enced In feeling his way through the thick mist.
The steamers fog horn constantly blow
cries of the men In the launch below, but could
see none Of them. The steamer was stopped, and
within thre minutes officer birmingham and his
crew of five men were lowered in the port aft
boat and SOuthwiCk. Poole and Nye We're
dragged aboard. Soon after the bodies Of Dickey
and Robinson were discovered floating close 10
the boat The passengers on board the steamer
as we'll as the rescued men themselves exoner-
ate the steamers officers from blame The
rescued men We're considerably bruised. The
launch was built last year in Connecticut, and
was valued at $50" 1t is a total wreck at the
ho+t of he channel
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
-FOUR KILLED AT P1TTSBU RG.
RESULTS OF THE SERIOUS STORM OF SAT-
URDAY FROM LIGHTNING AND FLOOD

ITRDAY FROM lltIliINiRt' AND fLOOD
Pittsburg June 23.-The storm which broke over
Allegheny County Saturday afternoon carried
with It deaths 10y drowning and deaths by electric
shock floods that caused much damage and wind
that created terror and havoc Every part of the
county suffered. The storm broke abolt 210 o'clock
after darkness had gradually been settling down
for half an hour. The day until then had been
beautiful one. The rain heavy. the wind
strong and often the lightning seemed 10 be play
In, directly overhead. The killed:
RrTTNER Charles farmer, Spring Garden Borough
drowned Spring Garden Run
nI-NN James p aged twelve. of No. 1913 Camp-ave,
MART Conrad aged twelve. Of Duquesne. killed by a
live wire vaduct of the Monongahsla Traeticn
Company. his home.
MARCOS Nosco a Italian laborer drowned In sewer
at Centre and Euclid aves.
Among those injured were James Fleming, eighty
one years old. of No. 2S7 Meyran-ave.. badly
shocked by a live wire at Meyran-ave. and Louisa
., and Andrew Cole a daryman. shocked by
lightning Leminston-s.- and Rowan-aVe., East
End
and noticing from the porch that the water was
which was there His wife to get his coat
and hat and when she returned in two minutes
her husband was not in sight. Two neighbors had
seen the flood like tidal wave, sweep Bttner
away with the wagon and part of the porch. The
body was found stuck fast In the running gear Of
the wagon among a pile of debris at the mouth of
culvert a mile below near the city line.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
LIGHTNING STRIKES HARLEM CHURCH.
AN IRON RAILING IN ONE-HUNDRED-AND-
TWENTY FIFTH-ST. ALSO STRUCK.

At u:2G O'Clock, in the progress of the Storm
lightning struck the roof of the Calvary Methodist
Church at hundred "A nd twenty -ninth-st. and
Seventh-ave. The damage amounted 20 s25. No
one hurt
In the heavy thunderstorm which prevailed in
Harlem last night lightning struck the iron railing
in front of a storage warehouse at No. SOL West
ne-hundre twenty-fifth-st. Aoout twenty
feet of the railing which borders the sidewalk was
demolished There is cab stand In front or the
building and consterna ton was caused among both
men and horses that were az the curb. within
few feet of the railing. One horse started TO run
away, but caught before ii had got many feet
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
PRESIDENT HADLEYs EULoGy
REFERENCES IN BAccALAUREArE SERMON
TO MR.. HAYS VIRTUES.

TO MR.. HAYS VIRTUES.
New-Haven, Conn. June 23-In tho collage
chapei at the morning service President Hadlev
addressed the members OF the graduating class.
After an Introductory paragraph he referred 70
The death OF Mr. Hay as follows:
The truths OF the Scripturai tex, and III.
value OF high ideals of manhood are horne orr,
py the untimely death Of him whom we mourn
to-csy his iife was not long, but he under
STOOD Christian honor. and ne helped those
ABOUT MIN 10 maintain IL. II he had lived
longer he would have helped many more Tbe
soiemniy OF this day is impressive Three
years ago he was one OF those who sat where
you now sit.
IN closing Dr. Hadiey again referred TO Mr.
Hays death. as follows:
Ihe deaths OF several members Of the present
class ana or him Of whom We now think iu
mourning makes this day always Impressive
inc more solemn the more sacred They under.
slooo ana manfully lived up TO the Ideals q,
Christian manhood and honor.
Later President Hadley said:
sknew Mr.. Hay well while he wa. In collage