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New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
DEADLOCK AT VEREENIGING.
FREE SKATERS STANDING OUT FOR INDIE
PENDENCE.


Pretoria. May 22.-The feeling here. which has
been decidedly pessinistic for, several days, is
now more cheerful though no real news of the
conferences between Lord Kitchener and Lord
Miner and the Boer delegates has been allowed
\ TO leak out. 1t is known. however, that the
delegates came TO Pretoria the result of
complete deadlock at Vereeniging. where the
Free Staters held out for Independence, and the
majority of the Transvaalers, though anxious
for peace, refused TO abandon their allies.
This is the cause Of the Boer delegation
being here. 1t at first thought that
the delegation would merely report refusal
to accept the British terms. Everybody ex-
pected them TO depart Immediately, and that
renewed hostilities would actively begin To
the general surprise, however, the delegates
still here, and the hopefulness of to-day is
the outcome OF the general conviction that some
arrangement is pending which may solve the
difficulty at Vereeniging.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
MRS. LEASE GETS A DIVORCE.
HUSBAND DOES NOT APPEAR IN
COURT
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE. ]

Wichita. Kan. May ,23.-Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Lease. formerly Kansas politician. but an
author and reporter in New-York. to-day secured
an absolute divorce from her husband and the Gus
tody of their minor children. The divorce was
granted on grounds of neglect and desertiOn. They
were married thirty years ago. She says she al
apart for ten years. Politics Is said 10 have sep
arated them
tereSt in public affairs. He did not appear In court
this afternoon. The trial lasted fifteen minutes.
An effort made to keep Mrs Leases pres
ence here secret and also the trial, but both
schemes failed
She says she will not remarry
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
KEEPING 1T IN GERMAN HANDS.

To PREVENT FOREIGN CONTROL OF HAMBURG
AMERICAN LINE.
Hamburg May 23.-With the view of assuring
that the control of the Hamburg-American Line
shall not pass from the hands of Germans TO those
OF n foreign corporation. motion will be sub
mitted by the directors. at general meeting OF
the shareholders. on May 2S. providing that the
directors and board OF supervision must be Ger
man subjects and live In Germany. and that in
der To change this provision transfer the
OF business of the company to n foreign country,
or dissolve the company. do anything involving
the loss OF or the restriction of independence of the
company in favor of foreign undertakings IL will
be necessary for resolution to that effect 10 be
adopted by shareholders representing four-fifths
of the capital of the company. at "A general meet
ing and that cOntrma ton of the resolution by
the same majority. be adopted at "a second general
meeting
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
SCORES OF MINERS PERISH.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED LOST IN A BRIT
Is4 COLUMBIA NINE.

ISL COLUMBIA NINE
Fernie. B. C.. May pa terrible explosion
occurred at o'clock last evening in No
shaft OF the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company's
mine. which is connected with No. shaft. and
also with the high line shaft. All three open
ings were blocked One hundred and thirty
three men We're in the mine at work at the time
Of the explosion. OF this number twenty-four
escaped from No. shaft The remainder are
prisoners, and small hopes are entertained for
their safety. Good order prevails and every
thing possible is being done to relieve the situa-
tion. The fan was disa bled. but was quickly
restored No. is expected to- be opened soon
one of those who escaped. boy. has since died
The scenes at the mines and in the village OF
Fernie are heartrending Hardly a house has
escaped afiiiction. The work of rescue Is be-
Ing hurried, and perfect order prevails assist
ance coming from every available source The
presence of coal damp is adding to the danger
OF rescue work fear has become general that
the mines may catch fire at any time and sur
Vivors are being besOught by their relatives not
10 venture into the shafts even for rescue work.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
PELEE IS QUIETER.
PEOPLE OF IMARTTNIQtTE ARE
CALNER.
MORE ANXIOUS TO GET AWAY, HOW
EVER. THAN TO RECEIVE RELIEF.

EVER, THAN TO RECEIVE RELIEF
Fort de France. Martinique. May 23.-Au IS
quiet here this morning.
The French cruiser Tage is engaged in landing
the relief supplies which she brought here from
NeW-Orleans.
The steamer San Dominique from Porto Rico'
brought here to-day. consigned to Consul Ayrne'
fifty tons of provisions sent on board that YES
sci by Governor Hunt. in the name OF Ihe
New-York Herald" The vessel also brought
one hundred tons OF supplies from the Mar
Unique Relief Committee of Porto Rico All
these contributions have already been turned
over to Governor L'Huerre.
Up TO the present nearly two thousand tons
of supplies from the United States have been
placed In the Governors hands. The people.
however. are still more desirous of transporta-
ton out of the island than of any other reiief
which can be offered them.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24

1t was reported from Guatemala City Guatemala
April 20 that earthquake shocks. which general
throughout that country April Is, 10 and 90 partly
obliterated the town of Quezaltenango and badly
damaged Amatitlan. Soola. Nahuala Santa Lucia
and San Juan. Two hundred persons were reported
killed mostly women. and many people were in
jured.
Quezaltenango has population of about twenty
FIVE thousand people, is handsomely built and we'll
paved, and has richly decorated cathedral several
other churches and tine city hail.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24

HE WAS CAUGHT IN BETTING AND CARRIED
ABOUT BIG FLYwHEEI1-wILL
PROBABLY DIE

Henry Brown, twenty-five years old a machinist
of No 264 West Fifty-fourth-st was caught I'm the
betting In the silk mill of Boettger & Hinze at No
ass East e,hundred-and-forty- -fourth-st last
evening, carried twice three times about a big
hywheel, and then hurled. mangled, and with one
leg torn from his body, 10 the floor He was taken
To the Lincoln Hospital by Ambulance Surgeon
Auieta. His right leg was literally torn from his
body: the left leg fractured In two places several
rlDs broken his skull fractured and he had received
Internal Injuries At the hospital II said last
night that he would not recover
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
THE POTOMAC AT ST. LUCIA.

Castries, Island of st. Lucia, r. w. I. May
23-The United States steamer Potomac has
arrived here. She reports that Fort De France
Martinique was not injured by the last vol
canic disturbance. but that the people of the
town We're panicstrieken. The ruins Of 81.
Pierre nearly entirely covered with vol
canic matter in the last eruption. and they
now extremely dangerous to visitors.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

sptehdid monument iIIustriou.
hend mas been erected I'm Riverside Drive nj
u COST Oh S2oo,OOO, and will be formally dedi-
cnted on Memorial Day. Photos of H. and ,f
"e me" VINO VIII be prominent In the cere-
monies. in -morrow's TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
NOT READY TO EvACUATE THE ISLAND.

NOT READY TO EFACUAIE IHE lSLaND'
Paris May 23-A dispatch received here from
the Governor of Martinique NJ. Lhuerre, dated
Thursday reads follows
Have consulted with the Council of the colony
on the subject of the total or partial evacuation
NJ the isIard They are unanimous in declaring
that such a measure is not justifiable at present
A transatlantic line steamship now UNDERGOING
repairs here might be utilized to transport those
who are desirous of emigratng About one thou
sand persons are leaving by the steamer YER
sailes and others sailing on the Nllle ue
Tanger. for Trinidad and Cayenne. There have
been fatalities.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
SHUTTING OUT BOryTIED sUG4R

Sinh' india, May 23.-With the object of pre-
venting India from being flooded with cartel
(oounued) sugar. bill has been introduced in the
- TO impose a countervailing duty
on Dounsed sugar until the Brussels Convention be-
he axemnt ctNe Sugar shipped prior TO May % will
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
FOUNDRY WORKERS WALK OFT

81 Louis. May 3.-Six hundred mOuders and
helpers walked out of the Aberdeen Steel Foundry
Companys plant at Granite City. H. to-day he
cause they were required to make nine steel tram
SONS ana hfteen holsters in day of ten hours
They say that eight transoms and fourteen hoI-
sters are as much ) they can do '
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
TEMPTING OFFER TO CHINA.
GERMAN FIRM WOULD GIVE s5,Gooo0 \ YEAR
FOR OPIUM MONOPOLY

Peking, May 23.-A German firm has offered
the Chinese Government SlJWOWD annually
for the exclusive rights of selling opium
throughout the empire. The officials are dis
posed to regard the offer favora bly,. as 1t is
an easy method of raising revenue The pro-
moters have sounded several of the ministers
concerning the attitude of the powers out
siders consider the project impraCti BILE, as
granted
French engineers of the Hankow line
turning to their posts and Yuan She kai the
Governor Of Pe-Chi-Ii is furnishing soldiers for
their protection and provisions for the military
forces
The directors have omitted the obnoxious rail-
road agreement, in Difference TO Russian OBJ
jections
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
DESTRUCTION OF QUEz4LTENANGO
WHAT LOOKS LIKE RELATED NEWS
REACHES GERMANY

Hamburg. May pa special dispatch to the
Hamburg Boersenhale" from Guatemala saws
that the town of Quezatenango has been wholly
destroyed by an earthquake. which lasted three
quarters of minute. business is entirely sus-
pended in Guatemala, and a great part of the
coffee crop there has been destroyed
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

A spIendfd monument to iliustrious
dead has been erected I'm Riverside Drive Hr
a cost of R25O.OOO. and will be formally dedt-
Gated Memorial Day. Photos of it. and OF
the men who Will be prominent I'm the eere-
monies, In piorrow's TRIBUNE
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
CHANCE IN COLOR OF TIE SEA.

San Juan. Porto Rico, May 23.-The coastlng
steamer Porto Rico reports that few days
ago she found the in the Mona Passage
between Porto Rico and Hayu) to be dark In
color and evidently charged with volcanic mat
ter supposedly from the eruption II Mont Pelte,
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
BERLIN HEARS THAT IT is PEACE.
GERMAN CONSUL AT PRETORIA so INFORMS
HIS GOVERNMENT

HIS GOVERNMENT
Berlin. May 23.-The Foreign Office here has
been advised tonight from Pretoria that peace
in South Africa is practically concluded. The
articles OF surrender are ready to be signed with
the exception that the approval Of the British
Cabinet of the wording of the secondary pro-
visions is awaited. The suspension of hostih-
ties may be announced at any hour.
This intelligence, it is understood, reaches
Baron Won Richthofen, the Foreign Secretary.
through a privileged cipher cable dispatch from
the German Consul at Pretoria.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
PEACEFUL OUTLOOK IN H4TTI.
FIRMIN LANDS QUIETLY IN wARsHIP As
PORT-AU-P PRINCE.

Port-au-Prince Hayti. May 23.-The HaytiaTT
warship Crete Pierot arrived here to-day and
landed AntenOr Firmin. the former Haytian Minis
ter at Paris who recently at the head OF thu
army of the North. which advanced until within
two DAYS march of POrt-au-Prtnce- He got =
sympathetic reception, and all danger OF civil war
appears 90 have disappeared.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24

containing hearty expressions of gratitude 10
the Governor of Porto Rico. MIR. Hunt, 1or the
supplies sent 70 the Martinique sufferers
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24
NEGRO UPRISING PROPHESIED.

CHICAGO CoLORED MAN SAYS LYNCH LAW
HAS MADE HIS RACE FEEL OUTLAWED.
the cOIored race in Chicago Ferdinand Barnett, Ona
OF the assistant States attorneys. declared last
night that the time far distant when the ten,
million negroes of the United States will fOFcloIy
revolt against lynch law. He said;
There appears to be no other course left for u.s.
LYNCH law In the South has gradually made thu
negro feel that he is outlaw. In the last hIteei
women and children haN3
been shot. hanged burned at the stake withou. |.
trial The negro has, consequently, come 10 know
that the law affords him no protection
New-York tribune., 1902-05-24

FIGHTING STILL II THE COLONY.
medately connected with the peace negotiations
fighting continues. LoYat's Scouts surprised
Touches command. in Cape Colony. wednes-
oey last. and captured most OF the Boer supplies
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29
PUbLICAN
BUILDINGS
Art chitect Lewis H. Broome
the Journals" Pet As
a Father of Tum-
bledowns.
CITY HALL CRACKING
The Builder Was Permitted
to Steal a Wall in Erect
ing Police Head
quarters.
CITY HALL CRACKING

To the Editor Of '~The Jersey City News':-
/ notice by the papers Of this evening
that the building used as Police Head
quarters is out of plumb and that the
piles are sinking. This is too bad.
have also noticed that there seems to be
some trouble along this line with the new
City Hall, and some cracks appear IN
the granite work, noticeably upon the
southwest corner. 1t is matter of much
public concern that these comparatively
new buildings should at this early day
show such marked signs of deterioration.
Undoubtedly it will be the part of wis
dom to pull down Police Headquarters
and build new building.
The foundation has already been
shown to be insecure and the building
should be rebuilt. The rear wall, which
was shown upon the original plans, was
left out and the rear wall of the old City
Hall was allowed to form the rear wall
of Police Headquarters, and thus the
contractor was relieved from the obliga-
ton which he was under to build new
rear wall for the police building.
There are many other serious matters
in connection with these buildings which
some of us older citizens remember, and
which only go to show how much care
architects and builders TO erect our public
buildings. The agitation in the public
press concerning the new school buildings
is also timely and gives evidence of the.
fact that the residents Of this city are
aroused and mean to insist that only hon
est and competent architects and build
ers shall be employed by the city. 1t is
freely predicted that in few years the
new City Hall will be in serious difficulty,
and these predictions in point of fact are
we'll founded.
1t is also significant that the same ar
chitect planned and supervised the cree
ton of the new City Hall and the build
ing occupied as Police Headquarters.
Some plan should be devised which
would convince our city officials that men
should be engaged to plan public build
ngs who know their business. 1t is ap-
parent that up to the present time scant
attention has been paid to this matter-~
CHAS. JONES.
Jersey City Oct. 20, 1902.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29
FAGAN HELPS DEMOCRATS
Interference in the Tenth Ward
Makes the Republicans
Resentful.

At no time since the Tenth Ward was
laid out by Republican commission as
Republican division has there been
such harmony in the Democratic ranks
as there is today. Mayor Fagan's in
reference in forcing the nomination of
certain candidates on the local Republi-
can ticket has aroused a spirit of resent
ment which is bound to manifest itself
on Election Day and insure an increased
Democratic majority William Pairson,
candidate for Freeholder; David l..
Jones, candidate for Alderman, and
James Bogie, candidate for Constable,
are working together with an earnestness
that assures success.
The campaign will not close in the
Tenth Ward until next Monday night,
when rousing ratification meeting will
be held in Pavonia Hall, Payonia, near
Baldwin avenue. Allan Benny and
Allan L. MeDermott, Congressional NOM
inees in the Ninth and Tenth Districts,
respectively, will deliver addresses, and
all the other candidates, as well as some
of the leading party orators, will be in
attendance.
Not less enthusiastic than the Tenth
Ward Democrats are those of the Elev-
enth Ward, who are making arrange
ments for a monster mass meeting at
Pohlmann's on Saturday night, Novem-
ber l. Candidates Luke Clark, August
Menge and John Mclaughlin are making
spirited canvass and their success is
assured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29
WEE, LITTLE MEETING.
First Ward Republicans Nod,
Even With Manning AS An
Attraction.

The Republicans of the First ward
made an attempt last evening to hold a
''rousing' ratification meeting at the club
room of the Young Mems Republican
Club.
There were number of shot air dis
pensers" present, as certain Republican
called the speakers, and they tried to
arouse the enthusiasm of the forty-nine
persons present, but several fell asleep
Among the supposed attractions were
Mr.. Manning and A. 3. Archibold, a
speaker of the Manning f. Stires type.
The Manning crowd last evening prac-
tically admitted that they were not in.
dependent Democrats, but were working
for the success of the Republican party
The meeting was the slowest of its
kind ever held in the downtown section
of the city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29
RETAIL CLERKS BALL.
Successful Event Held in Columbia
Hall, GreenviIIe.
Jersey City Oct. 20, 1902.

Hall, GreenvilIe.
The inaugural ball of the Retail
Clerks international Protective Associa-
tion, Local No. 66S of Bayonne, took
place last evening in Columbia Hall.
There were about five hundred present.
The officers and the others in charge
were:-Thomas Armstrong, President;
M. Culkin, First Vice President; c. e.
yreeland, Second Vice President; al
Humphreys, Treasurer; Harry Crisson,
Recording Secretary; Robert Kenny, FL
nancial Secretary; Tim Hogan, Guide,
George Weeks, Guardian.
Floor Manager, Daniel Meaney; AS
sistant Floor. Manager, James Hartnett;
Second Assistant Floor Manager, John
Bruins.
Reception Committee-Frank Hege-
man, Chairman; james e. Finn, George
Keminizter, G. Mayo. Floor Committee
John Faber, Chairman; Byron Hicks,
Nat Blair and w. Krech. Arrange
ment-Committee- II. Hogan, Chair
man; J. j. Hartnett, D. f. Meaney, l..
L. Lukins and p. Drone.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29
ALWAYS FOR THE PEOPLE
Even His Political Enemies
Have Paid Glowing Tributes
to His Personal Char
acter and the Public
Services He Has
Rendered.

In Allan L. McDermott, the Demo-
Gratis of the Tenth Congressional district
have d candidate for Congress to whom
they can trust with complete. confidence
their interests, knowing that they will be
protected in an Intelligent aud efficient
manner Mr. MeDermott has been in
the fierce light of public life" several
years, and in all the many positions in
which he has been chosen to serve the
public, he has never yet betrayed the con-
fdence which has been placed in him.
AS Finance Commissioner, Counsel for
the Corporation of jersey City, State
Senator and Clerk in Chancery, he has
so discharged the duties imposed upon
him that the city and State have been
the better for his connection with them.
Allan Langdon McDermott was born
in South Boston, Mass, on March 30,
1854. His father was Hugh Farrar Nc
Dermott, journalist and author of wide
world reputation, while his mother, An
ME J. Langdon was Of one of the oldest
families in New England. In 1877 he
graduated from the law school of the
New York University, and was admitted
10 the Bar of New Jersey as an attorney
becoming a counsellor three years later.
Previous to his graduation he had stud
led law in the Office of former Governor
Leon Albeit, and there was formed a
friendship between preceptor and pupil
which grew with the years. and on more
than one occasion evineed a steadfast
ness which is rarely found in the harsh
lines Of political association.
BEGINS PUBLIC CAREER.
In 1873 Mr.. MeDermott was defeated
as candidate for Assembly from the
Fourth District Of Hudson County, but
was elected in 1870 and 1880. and in 1881
was the Democratic candidate for Speak
err From 1878 to 1883 he was Corpora
ton Attorney Of Jersey City. and resign
ed that position when Governor Ludlow
appointed him Judge Of the Second Dis
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29
MISSION FOR MEN.
Large Attendance at the Paulist
Fathers Meetings in ST.
Joseph's Church.


The mission for men, conducted by the
Paulist Fathers nj st. Joseph's r. G.
Church, Baldwin and Pavonia avenues,
this week. has been attended by large
throngs of men. Chairs have been placed
in all the aisles. The services Monday
night were conducted by Father I. It.
Burke, who gave instructions on Sin"
Last evening Father T. A. Daily preach
ed on the Divinity of Christ and
Father John Burke on Death" Con-
gregational singing has proved a success
Two missions are held daily for the
school children, at 7.45 A. M. and $50
P. NJ. The children are given instruc-
tions on the faith of the Roman Catholic
Church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29

trict Court In 1881 Governor Albeit
made him a. State Assessor, and while IN
that position he formulated the rules
which have ever since been followed in
the taxation of railroad property and cor
porate franchises in New Jersey. Gov.
ernor Albeit appointed Mr.. McDermott
Clerk in Chancery in 1886, and in 1884,
'S5. '86 he was President of the Jersey
City Board of Finance and Taxation. 1t
is to Allan McDermott that Jersey City
is greatly indebted for the acquisition OF
the valuable South Cove. He investigat-
cd the matter, and the city authorities
following out his suggestions began the
famous fight with the American Dock
and Improvement Company, which after
many years of litigation in the State and
Federal courts placed Jersey City in pos
session of very valuable track of land.
When Mr.. McDermott went into the
Board of Finance and Taxation the
financial affairs of the city We're I'M such
a deplorable condition that Marcus
Beach, Marmaduke Tilden J. Witsch
and Simeon Smith resigned from the
Board in fear that bankruptcy was in
evitable. Jersey City bonds were then
selling at 67, but Mr.. McDermott went
fearlessly to work and in one year what
to others had appeared to be an insur-
mountable barrier was removed. Jersey
City bonds were in demand at 115, and
millions of dollars could have been bor-
rowed if necessary. Mr.. McDermott
was highly commended for his excellent
work in the Elmendorf case whereby he
saved $4,000 to Jersey City.
LED THE PARTY TO VICTORY. I
In 1891 he was renominated for Clerk
in Chancery, and in 1894 Governor Werts'
appointed him member of the commits
sion to revise the State constitution. He
was chairman of the Democratic State
Committee from 1886 to 1895, and under
his administration the party never knew
defeat.
In recent years Mr.. McDermott has
been connected with many great law
cases and always on the popular side. He
was the leading counsel in the proceed
ings by which the so called "Wanser
Term Extender" was declared unconsti-
tutional and the infamous scheme of
office grabbing Of Major Carl Lentz of
Newark and Col Sam Dickinson of this
city was thus defeated. He was also
counsel on the winning side in the fa-
nous certiorari proceedings against the
Jersey City Water Company's contract
awarded by Republican administration.
| In March, 1896, Mr.. McDermotts
term as Clerk in the Court of Chancery
expired and he devoted himself exclusive
ly to the practice of his profession in this
city as a member of the firm of McDer
mott &F'jsk. Mayor Hoos appointed him
Corporation Counsel of Jersey City, and
he had not been in the office long before
he demonstrated the wisdom of his ap-
pointmcnt In the fall of 1898 he was the
Democratic candidate for State Senator
from Hudson. At the previous election
the late William d. Daily, one Of the
most popular men in Hudson county was
elected by plurality of 1859, yet three
years later Mr.. McDermott carried the
county BY plurality of 9,528. During
the two years he sat in the Senate the
interests Of the people Of Hudson county
were jealously guarded by Mr.. McDer-
mott. He introduced several excellent