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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
THE STORMS WORK
ovsr EFFECTS SEEM TO BE
NEAR MOBILE BAY.
STORY is YET TO BE TOLD.
x,r,1 EXTENT OF DAMAGE AS YET
UNKNOWN.

- Communication Possible with
,.londs of Mississippi Sound From
which News is AnxiOusly Awaited.
,nxietv Also Felt for the safet >
20 cnrrisons at Military Posts-Six
Fatalities Reported From Missis-
sinni Delta SectiOn-Property Loss
Heavy.
Mobile. Ala. Aug. 16.-The tropical
storm which came up out of the South
wednesday and increased in force dur
inc the day following is believed to
hoye been severest in the vicinity of
Mobile Here the wind blew at the rate
of seventy miles an hour for some time.
Various reports OF the drowning of
men in the bay have reached here, but
If is impossible to confirm them owing
TO the complete demolition of all means
of communication.
The pleasure yacht Ariel. bound for
Fish river with a party of Mobile peo-
nle on board, is reported to have
nounded to pieces on the wharf at Bat
tlps on the eastern shore of the bay.
Nothing has been heard of the crew.
The pleasure yacht Mayfiower of this
city. with a party of prominent people
m board. reported lost this morning,
has been heard from. All on board
found refuge on Cat Island, but the
boat was wrecked.
Nothing has been heard from Fort
Morgan tonight. Two companies of
coast artillery are stationed there. The
barracks undoubtedly received the full
force of the blow.
No communication can be had with
any of the islands in Mississippi sound,
Just outside the bar, forty miles be-
low here. Any news concerning the
fate of islanders must come by boat,
and this is anxiously awaited.
The fruit steamer Harald, from Por-
10 Cortez arrived in late tonight. She
reports speaking a two-masted schoon-
er s. miles southeast of this port, to-
schooner declined assistance. Logging
camps and mill manufacturers have
suffered considerable loss by the break
ing Of booms. Saw logs and squared
timber drifted into Mobile all day,
much of it coming up on Royal street,
three blocks from the water front. The
Dixie saw mill and the mill of Iieirony-
mus Bros, located at Magazine Point,
were badly damaged, parts of the
plants being blown away. No estimate
Of the damage in Mobile is possible
at this time.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
AT NEW ORLEANS.
The storm Damage Not So Great as
at First Feared.

AT cured
New Orleans, Aug 16.-The storm
has passed and seems to have done no
great damage anywhere except along
the river below the city, six fatalities
occurring near. the rivers mouth. In
the city the only injury was to the
lakeside resorts and to the section
flooded by the break in q canal bank,
which was closed before morning. Rice,
and orange farms on the lower coast
were severely injured. The inhabitants
there believed that they were struck
by a tidal wave combined with cy-
clone. The lives were lost half a mile
above quarantine. A large house was
overturned with fifteen people in it.
and Mrs. Rosa Walker, her 10-year-old
daughter, Ida Walker. Miss Birdie
Golden and Miss Ella Golden were
drowned. The crew of the tugboat
Biloxi sought refuge a few hundred
yards away, and two of the sailors.
Blaine Davidson and Peter Yea, were
drowned and the boat lost.
The Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road is still badly crippled. No trains
have come in or gone out over the line
since night before last. The subsistence
of water, however, makes it probable
that the damage to the tracks will be
quickly repaired.
A large number of cotton and other
business men are still bottled up on the
coast and unable to get to their Offices.
The Northeastern road has had some
trouble, but the Illinois Central has
aided both the Louisville and Nashville
and Northeastern in handling their
passenger traffic.
The Cromwell liner Comus reached
the city to-day. She had no trouble in
the storm and reported no vessels in
distress.
DR.. ]. N. Thomas of the quarantine
sta ton boarded the Comus near the
mouth of the river and told Capt.
Franklin that an unknown schooner
and a small boat had been wrecked in
that vicinity and six lives lost. No Sc
rious damage was done at the quaran-
tine station.
Capt Stevenson of the Esther which
arrived to-day, brought up with him
Capt. Samuel J. Durham and four
members of the crew of the tug Biloxi.
The Biloxi capsized during the storm
and FIVE men made their way to a tree
to which they clung until rescued.
Capt Stevenson reported also that he
saw a ships mast possibly a fruiter's,
sticking out of the water about nine
miles from Southwest Pass. He was
unable to identify the vessel and saw
none of her crew.
The Esther had as passengers Juan
Carrillo, family of twelve and four
servants, all of Belize. They had been
at the quarantine station several days
and passed safely through the, storm.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
THEY A APOL0GlZED.
English Newspaper Men Walk Back
wards, Bowing at Each Step.

NeWspApeE wen Wink
wards, Bowing at Each Step.
London, Aug. 16.-In the House of
Commons to-dax G.. +. Armstrong, a
former lieutenant of the British navy,
editor Of the Globe, and w. T. Madge,
manager of that paper, attended the
bar in the custody of the sergeant-at-
arms, in accordance with the summons
of the House, for gross breach of the
privileges of the House in accusing the,
Nationalist members of corruption in
connection with private bill legislation
After the Speaker. William Court Gull
ley, notified them of the cause of the
summons both Mr.. Armstrong and
Mr.. Madge expressed regret at the
appearance of the article and apollo
gized to the House. The speaker then
ordered the delinquents to withdraw
while the House considered the mat
ter.
Both the editor and manager backed
out, bowing low at each step, amidst
the derisive cheers of the Nationalists.
After protest from John Redmond,
the Nationalist leader, against the in
adequacy of the apology, the offenders
were recalled and asked if they were
prepared to withdraw the allegations.
This they did, in somewhat nervous
tones. The Speaker then severely rep
rimanded the two newspaper men, who
were permitted to depart, the men,
bers of the House jeeringly congratu-
lating them on their escape from i'm
priSonment in the Tower.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
tire. tire road is covered with logs and

tire road is covered with logs and
drift wood.
Supt. Charles Marshall of the New
Orleans division of the Louisville and
nashville road reached Mobile on a
~ ~nanu car at Z a. M, reporting the road
Masheo out in many places. A work
@ .laiH from the Montgomery division
nao oy that time repaired the damage
apoVe the city and was sent out on the
New Orleans division The superin-
tendent was not able to say when traf-
nc on the division would be resumed,
Whlle the storm was not as severe
as the record breaker of 1898, there was
Hluch excitement among the people be-
cause or the recollection of the great
damage by the earlier storm. The peo-
PIE were apprehensive of a repetition
OF tnat disaster and spent miserable
night. Out of doors every one was
thoroughly drenched by the heavy rain
that was blown almost horizontally.
The rainfall was 5.S4 inches. An incl
dent of the afternoon was the appear
ance OF wild bull in the streets,
Whlch was chased by the men and
boys. The animal turned and chased
tnem, however goring one man,
charles Wacker, very badly. Two
horses were injured, one of which had
to be killed. The bull was shot to
death by the police at Z o'clock, after
being in possession of the streets for
three hours.
During the storm the steamboat
Lazy Jane went to the rescue of the
truck gardeners who live in the
marshes between Mobile and Spanish
rivers. In the 1898 flood the people there
suffered greatly and half dozen were
drowned. The Lady Jane rescued all
that could be reached who were in spe-
cial danger and brought them to the
city. One marsh dweller named Staut-
er and his family of nine spent the
night in an open boat near his house
and rowed to this city this morning.
He does not think anything is left of
his place. The other marsh people re-
turned to-day.
News tonight is that the pleasure
yacht Ariel. bound for Fish river with
Robert and Winthrope Hallet of Mo-
bile, and some others on board,
pounded to pieces upon the wharf at
Battles, on the eastern shore. Nothing
has been heard of the crew.
From the Fowl river western shore
it is reported that the schooner Mar
guerite was taken up bodily and left
high and dry on the beach.
James Mcmahon and four other men
were on board. Mcmahon says a house
on Dauphin Island was washed away
and afterwards found in the woods.
Nothing is known as to the fate of the
occupants. All wires have been in a
hopeless wreck for the better part of
twenty-four hours. For fifteen hours
there were no means of communication
with the outside world. Even now but
few wires are working and these very
slcwly. There is no wire between Mo-
bile and New Orleans and no pros
poets of any for several days. The tele-
graph lines on that division are ex-
posed to the full sweep of the wind
from the Gulf and poles are Frustrated
for miles.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
CECIL RHODES ATTACKED.
Accused of Bribing Liberal Party to
Abandon Egyptian Policy.

London, Aug. 17.-An anonymous let
ter to the Spectator recently declared
that Cecil Rhodes, by contribution of
$4,000 to the funds of the party, had
induced the Liberals to abandon their
policy as to Egypt, which favors evac-
uation. Thereupon the Spectator insin-
uated that this arrangement explained
the tenderness which the Liberals dis
played toward Mr.. Rhodes on the in
quiry as to the Jameson raid.
Sir Henry mpbell-Bannerman, on
behalf of himself and Sir William
Harcourt declared the story "a lie from
beginning to end"
To-day Mr.. Rhodes writes to the
Spectator promising to get the corre-
spondence on the subject from Africa
and to publish it, adding that the cor
respondence speaks for itself.
From the comments of the Liberal
papers 1t now appears conclusive that
the late Mr.. Schnadhorst. the Liberal
organizer, accepted $4,000 from Mr..
Rhodes. The Spectator itself repudiates
this version and charges the Liberal
party with accepting a bribe.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
SITUATION AT PEKIN.
Troops ProbabaIy Will Not With
draw Until After Final Signature
of Protocol.

Pekin, Aug. 16.-The troops of the
Powers have not evacuated the public
buildings. The British and Americans
propose to occupy the Temple of Heav-
On and the Temple of Agriculture urtil
their barracks are ready.
Sir Ernest Satow, the British minis
ter, thinks it would not be wise to
withdraw before the protocol has been
signed in conjunction with the Chinese
plenipotentiaries, as withdrawal would
remove the chief inducement to the
Chinese to sign.
The Japanese still hold the northern
section of the city. 1t is considered
significant of their relations with the
Chinese that a Japanese colonel has
been elected to command and organize
the Chinese police.
The opinion is growing that the court
will refuse to return so long as the
Powers maintain such large forces in
the province of Chi Ii. The protocol
does not provide for the destruction of
the forts, the ministers of the Pow
ers having failed to agree on this point.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
THE NEW LINE.
The Initial Service TO BE Handled by
Six Large Steamships.


Six Large Steamships.
London, Aug. 16.-S. G. Fraser. the
Dublin engineer who has prepared the
plans for the new harbor at Berehaven,
Bantry Bay, Ireland, in connection
with the proposed steamship line which
is to have steamers capable of
crossing the Atlantic in four and
half days, informed a representative
of the Associated Press to-day that
the line will consist initially of six
large steamers, four for the New York,
and two for the Canadian trade. 1t
is the intention to burn Texas oil. The
Canadian port will be Sidney or Hall
fax.
BY building 65 miles of railroad and
connecting Berehaven with all the
Irish lines the new company will be
able to take passengers and mails from
Berehaven to London in twelve hours,
thus landing passengers in New York
and London in five days. The English
port will be Liverpool or Southampton
until the new works at Dover are COM
pleted. Mr.. Fraser says much Amer
lean capital is interested in the scheme.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
THE BETHLEHEM DEAL.
Will Probably Result I'm New Ship
building Company.


building Company.
Philadelphia. Aug. 16.-The North
American tomorrow will say:
"The final disposition of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company is regarded as un-
certain, with the probability strong
that it will land in a new shipbuilding
combination. This project, it is learned.
is backed by Edward II. Hartman, and
is planned to include the Nixon Ship
building Company, Union Iron Works,
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
and the Maryland and Hollingsworth
Company.
1T is positively stated that Robert
p. Linderman, president of the Beth
lehem. and Joseph Wharton, the largest
stockholder, the men who negotiated
the sale OF the property to Charles Nj.
Schwab, that to the best of their
knowledge and belief the Bethlehem
viii go to neither the Vickers- Cramp
combination nor to the United States
Steel Corporation. At the same time it
was hinted and virtually admitted that
in all probability it will land in a new
shipbuilding combination.
Mr.. Linderman said
Without any positive knowledge,
from what / have heard, l am led to
believe that there is a plan to join the
Bethlehem in a shipbuilding combine
which is to take in the Union Iron
Works. the Nixon Shipbuilding Com
pany, the Newport News concern and
Harlan and Hollingsworth, but neither
the Cramps nor the New York Ship
building Company AS l have said I
know nothing as fact, beyond our
sale of Bethlehem to Mr.. Schwab.
NEhof hn aft
the purchase price is no concern of
ours"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
TURLEY PURGEs HIMSELF.
He Was in Contempt of Court.
Devery Not Pleased.

Devery Not Pleased.
New York. Aug. 16.-Policeman John
Turley was arrested late this afternoon
on charge of disorderly conduct in
refusing to take the oath administered
by Justice Jerome in the police in
quiry now in progress. Turley arrest
ed Agent Mcclellan of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime at the time
of the raid on an alleged pool room in
East Twenty third street last Friday.
When Turley was arraigned tonight
Justice Jerome said he would order his
release If he purged himself of con-
tempt Turley did so and took the re-
quired OATH The investigation was
then proceeded with.
When the news of Turley's attitude
reached police headquarters the matter
was explained to Deputy Commissioner
Devery and he was asked for his opin-
ion.
Hasn't that man got any rights?"
exclaimed the deputy commissioner.
Hasn't he got as much right as a man
accused of murder? No man accused
of murder is compelled to testify
against himself. That's what they're
trying to make him do. l think it is
an outrage"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
WORK ON SHAMROCK.

Many Men Engaged i'm Getting the
Challenger Ready for the Contest.
New York, Aug. 16.-Work is being
pushed ahead rapidly on the Shamrock
II, and it is hoped to get her out of
the dry dock tomorrow. Fifty men
were engaged to-day in polishing her
bronze hull below the water line and
some of her regular crew were busy
with the rigging. Her sails have not
yet been bent and probably will not
be until after she leaves the dock. 1t
is understood that when she comes out
of the dock she will proceed to Tomp-
kinsville, and IL is not expected that
she will go out for a trial spin before
Wednesday of next week
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
DEvERY DEFENSIVE
DEPUTY POLICE COMMISSIONER AT
LAST MAKES STATEMENT.
is VICTIM OF PERSECUTION
THROUGH "MOss AND HIS GANG OF
HIGHBINDERs."

The Ex-Chief OF New YORK FOuce
Department Makes IA Wall Against
the Reform Movement That Puts
the Burden of Proof ON Him.
Claims That Unfortunate Women
Are Oppressed to Furnish an OPP
portunity for His Undoing.
New York, Aug. 16.-In a statement
to-day District Attorney Philbin said,
concerning the police prosecutions, that
ne believed the statement of Whitney,
the alleged police tipster, to be true
as to all of it's material allegations,
and he expected to get evidence sufh-
cient to justify the institution of pro-
ceedings against all concerned.
Police Captain Diamond was arraign-
ed before Recorder Goff to-day, but the
recorder postponed the case until next
Monday. when Diamond will plead to
the indictment charging him with neg
lect of duty in falling to suppress a
disorderly house in his precinct.
Deputy Police. Commissioner Devery
made a statement to-day, in which he
said that he thought the district at
torney was letting Moss and his gang
of Highbinders" go too far in ''libeling
the city and Expressing unfortunate
women for political purposes" He said
that he would not reply to any attacks
upon him were it not for the fact that
Moss and his men were Expressing un-
fortunate women to make them club
to strike at his (Devery's) head. The
deputy commissioner said that he had
suggested to Mr.. Philbin when he was
appointed district attorney, that n con-
ference be held looking to some plan
for the regulation of the social evil,
with a view to the prevention of rob-
berry and soliciting on the streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
REDUCTION WILL DE MADE.
Fall. River Operatives Decided,
Operatives viii strike.

Fall River Operatives Decided,
Operatives Will strike.
Fall River. Mass. Aug. 16.-All the
labor unions in the city will take the
final step next week toward decision
to resist by a strike the proposed cut
in wages of Is per cent. Tonight the
Executive Committee of the Weavers'
Association called a special meeting to
vote on the recommendation of the
Textile Council at its meeting last
night. There is no doubt that the MEM
bers will vote to strike in opposition to
te reduction. The association has about
5000 members.
The executive committee of the man
ufacturers met to-day, but no idea can
be given as to the time at which an
agreement will be reached, although
they expect that the reduction will not
be delayed beyond September. nor will
1t be modified as to the amount. The
reason given for the latter statement
is that the men who are behind the
reduction movement believe that If any
reduction is tustifiable it must be large
enough to allow the mills to compete
with mills everywhere, and especially
in the South
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
WORRYING GERMANY.
The Isthmian Revolution of Interest
Across the Water.

Berlin. Aug. 16.-The South Ameri-
can difficulty is attracting considera-
bit attention here. The German cruiser
Vineta left Bahia. Brazil, Aug. 12 for
Trinidad where she will await orders.
The Tageblatt says the new German
cruiser Niobe isf going to Caribbean
waters after the autumn maneuvers,
and that she will remain there perma-
nently. 1t is also expected that the
cruiser Geir will go to the Caribbean
Sea when she can be spared from her
station in China.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
italy win demonstrate.

London, Aug. 16.-"The Italian gov
ernmetn will address a remonstrance to
the United States government" says
the Rome correspondent of the Stand
ard, concerning Consul Longs report
dealing with the alleged commerce in
slaves on the Red Sea and at Masso-
wah. 1t has documentary proof that
the slave trade has ceased in the in
terror and is vigorously supervised on
the Rea Sea coast"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17

Colon, Colombia, via Galveston. Aug
16.-The situation yesterday was quiet
everywhere. the government offices be-
ing closed in commemoration of the
Feast of the Assumption.
Since yesterday trains have been
crossing the isthmus without military
escort. Several stations along the line
have again been garrisoned with small
detachments of troops.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
TWO INVOICES SEIZED.
As n Result of investigation of Re-
cent silk Imports.

New York, Aug. 1e.-The investiga-
tion into alleged fraudulent practices
ia the importation of japanese silks
has thus far resulted in the seizure of
two invoices of goods, under the pro-
vision of the law that all goods shall
be seized If the value is advanced more
than so per cent. beyond the invoice
value. Collector Bidwell spent the
greater part of to-day examining fif-
teen cases shipped direct from Japan.
In only two instances out of the fif-
teen is the weight of these silks said
to have corresponded with the weight
named in the invoices.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
VESSELS FOR THE IsTHMUs.
Iowa VIII Proceed at Once-Rnnger
Already Under Orders.

Washington, Aug. ia telegram
has been prepared at the Navy De-
partment to go forward to the Iowa
Immediately upon her arrival at San
Francisco, ordering her to prepare at
once to go to sea. When she advises
the department that she is ready an
order will follow for her to proceed at
once to Panama.
The little cruiser Ranger. which is
at San Diego, was ordered to sail to-
day. 1t is not believed that there will
be any delay in her departure, as she
has had several days notice in which
to prepare for sea. She is very slow,
however, making not more than six
knots, and as the distance to Panama
is about 2,700 miles it would require
almost fifteen days for her to reach
her destination. The department, there
fore, decided to dispatch the Iowa as
soon as the battleship arrives at San
Francisco, and can prepare for the trip.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
SIXTY WERE MARRIED.
Manila Transport Appears to Bs
Matrimonial Bureau.

Manila Transport Appears to ne
Matrimonial Bureau.
Carbondale. ILL.,, Aug. 16.-Of the 400
American teachers who sailed on the
transport Thomas firm San Francisco to
Manila, sixty of them on reaching Hon
olulu were married. The teachers had
been chosen from the many normal
universities of the country and were
strangers to each other. Their acquaint-
ance and courtship extended over a
period of less than ten days. The cap
tain of the Thomas refused to permit
the weddings while at sea, ard the
thirty couples, upon the arrival of the
transport at Honolulu sought out o
clergyman and were married. A boat
was chartered and the thirty pairs
made a tour of the bay. The informa-
ton reached this city from one of the
men who was appointed from this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
MORE FOR THE TRUST.
Bethlehem Steel and Iron Companies
VIII BE Absorbed.

Philadelphia, Aug. 16.-It was au-
thoritatively announced to-day that
within ten days the control of the
Bethlehem Steel Company and the
Bethlehem Iron Company will be as
sumed by President Schwab of the
United States Steel Corporation Mr..
Schwab holds sn option on the stock
of the companies at $24 share, which
expires Aug. 26. More than 240.GO9
shares out of total of 300, 900 are now
in the vaults of the Girard Trust Com
pany, which acts as trustee in the
transaction.
II is not known what disposition Mr..
Schwab will make of the property.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
May Reconsider Action.

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 16.-The
members of the Bay View Lodge of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers tomorrow aft
ernoon, will decide for a second time
whether or not they will obey the strike
order of President Shaffer. The
chances seem to favor strike.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-17
FIFTY SCOUTS CAPTURED.
Surrounded i'm the Hills by a SUI
periOr Force.


London, Aug. 16.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Aug.
IS:
while a party of fifty of French's
scouts were proceeding to join a col
umn near Bethesda they were sur
rounded in the hills by superior force
under Theron and surrendered. One
was killed and three were wounded,
Capt. Bethelheim dangerously"
Lord Kitchener does not give the
date, but the casualty list indicates
Aug. 8.
Reporting upon the engagement be-
tween Col. Gorringe and Commandant
Kritzinger at Middelburg. Lord Kitch-
ener says that the British commander
drove the Beers north to Venterstad in
combustion. He asserts also that Gen.
French's other column in Cape Colony
is gradually driving the enemy north
ward.