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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
CRUM WILL FIGHT
FOR HIS NOMINATION's CONFIRMA-
TION BY SENATE.
HE HAS TILLMAN TO FEAR.
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR WILL DO
HIS BEST AGAINST HIM.

HooSevelfs Negro AppOintee to the
COllectorship of the Port or Char
lesion In Looking Ont for His
Fences-His Failure of Confirmn-
ton when Appointed to the POST
mastership in 1892 May weigh
Against Him-He Was Then De-
fented by Republicans.
washington, Jan. 6.--Dr. Crum, the
wly-appointed negro collector of the
port of Charleston. is going to make a
vigorous effort to secure favorable ac-
ton by the Senate upon his nominal
ton. He realizes that Senator Tillman
can exercise a powerful influence in
the Committee on Commerce, which
now has his nomination under consid-
Grafton, and also when it is reported
to the Senate in executive session.
Senator Tillman has not outlined his
plan of campaign, pending suggestions
and evidence from the opponents of
Crum In Charleston. In the past
Senator Tillman has been successful
in preventing favorable action upon
the nominations of the postmasters at
Charleston and Greenville, one a car
pet-Dagger' and the other a personal
enemy. Postmaster Harris at
Charleston was reappointed after Con-
gress adjourned last summer. and so
was Postmaster Richardson of Green
vile.
When Congress re-assembled last
month, the President again sent these
nominations to the Senate. Up to date.
Senator Tillman has prevented fay-
orable action, Notwithstanding both Of
ficials have made themselves popllar
with the patrons of their respective Of
noes, and some of the men who pre-
Vlously antagonized them are now urg-
ing senator Tillman to allow them to
be confirmed.
senator Tillman may be able to pre-
vent the confirmation of DR.. Crum bv
the same methods, but the President
can re-appoint him after March
winch viii enable him to take possess
sion of the office and serve until the
next Congress convenes. He may be
again nominated next December. thus
enabling him to serve almost continu
ousiy as the two postmasters mention-
ed have done.
1t is generally conceded that II a d.
rect vote can be had on any of these
nominations, even that of DIR. Crun.
all would be confirmed. The Crunl
case has been thoroughly thrashed out
In Republican political circles, and II
seems to be understood that his con-
nrmation viii be popular with all the
negro Republicans Of the country.
Senator Tillman expects TO use with
some effect the records of the Senate
and the postoffice department, which
VIII show that the Senate in 1892. re-
fused to confirm Crum after he had
peen nominated for postmaster at Char
lesion by President Harrison. This
appears to be the only troublesome in
cident DR.. Crum and his supporters
VIII have to combat. He was defeated
Tor confirmation as postmaster, not by
democrats, but through anti-Harrison
Republicans in the Senate, headed bv
Washburn of Minnesota and Sawyer Of
Wisconsin.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
EIGHTEEN DROWNED IN
WRECK OF BARK.
Prince Arthur Went Ashore on
Washington Coast


Seattle, Wash, Jan. "a special
from Port Townsend says:
News of the wreck of the Norwegian
bark Prince Arthur and the death by
drowning of eighteen of the crew was
received to-day. The Prince Arthur
was bound from Valparaiso for Brit
ish Columbia to load lumber On the
night of Jan. ?, the vessel ran into
breakers and was soon hard and fast
on the rocky shore.
The scene of the disaster is about two
miles south of Ozette, on the Washing
ton coast, fifteen miles from Cape Flat
terry. This is precisely the position
from which the German bark Flotbek
was rescued by tugs in the winter of
1900. AS the Umatilla light vessel lies
about three miles off shore from Ozette,
it is believed that the latter mfst5Sk
the lightship for Tatoosh Island and
sailed eastward, believing she was en-
tering the straights Instead of running
blindly to her fate.
OF the twenty members of the Prince
Arthur's crew only two were saved,
and they were nearly exhausted when
they were washed ashore. The bodies
of eighteen drowned seamen are being
buried by rancher Indians living near
the scene of the disaster
Although Ozette is but thirteen miles
from Neah Bay, news of the wreck
was received by way of East Gull
lam, having been brought out by a
mail carrier over a twenty fiVe-mile
trail. Owing to the inaccessible loca-
ton of Ozette, only meager details are
obtainable.
The Prince Arthur was an iron bark
of 1888 tons net, built at Birkenhead
in 1869. She was formerly called the
Hoghtonhead.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
DENIED HIM WITNESSES.
Mai. Glenn Holds Their Evidence Is
Needed.

Manila, Jan. 6.-When the trial by
court-martial of Maj Edwin f. Glenn
of the Fifth Infantry, on the formal
charge of unlawfully and wilfully kill
ing seven prisoners of war, was re-
sumed here to-day the defense renew
ed its request that Gems. Chaffee and
Smith and other witnesses be summon
ed from the United States. The court
refused this request for the present.
The argument to-day developed GER
tain sensational features. In opening,
the defense submitted a written argu-
ment, urging the right and justice of
having witnesses. 1t was charged by
the defense that the records of the
Sixth Brigade, commanded by Gen.
Smith, had been tempered with, and
that important documents had been alb
stracted. The defense wished to ex-
anime Gen. Smith as to those docu-
ments, and certain written and verbal
orders. for the purpose of showing the
character of the campaign Gen. Smith
desired to have waged
Gen. Chaffee was wanted as a wit
ness for the purpose of obtaining GER
tain orders and documents which were
not recorded at division headquarters.
1t was also declared in the argument
tHdt hel. 0HdHee ndu sent the tele-
gram to the Department of Southern
Luzon, where Cabelle's force was oper-
ating clad in American uniforms. The
text of this telegram is given as fol-
lows:
The division commander directs
that no matter what measures be
adopted. information as to the where
abouts of this force must be obtained"
The defense argued that this order
was authorization for the application
of the water cure, and said that Of
GERS in the field so interpreted IL. If
this Interpretation was proper, the de-
Tense said, Gen. Chaffee was entitled
to the opportunity to show why he had
failed to Interfere to prevent the court
martialing of officers for executing the
orders.
Maj. Lewis II. Goodier, for the prose-
cution, held the decision given by Sec
rotary Root, in the matter of wit
nesses, to he final, and charged the de-
Tense with seeking to force the court
to go on record as disappearing Secre-
tary Roots decision.
The testimony of the first witness
will be heard tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
BIDS ON BIG SHIPS
WHAT THE CONTRACTORS WANT
FOR CONSTRUCTION.
COST RUNS INTO MILLIONS
CLOSE AND EXCITING BIDDING FOR
THE WORK.

Nine Million Dollars Worth of War
ships to be Added to the United
states NRVy-NcnrIy Every Build
ing Concern of Note in the COun-
try in the COmpetition-The Bids
They Make for the WOrk-Deci-
Fine Points to be Decided by the
Board.
Washington, Jan. 6.-Bids for build
ing 100000 worth of warships were
opened at the Navy Department in the
presence of nearly every shipbuilding
concern of note in the country, together
with a host of sub-contractors who
supply structural material for the big
ships. The bidding was close and ex-
citing.
A feature of the event was the sub
mission of a proposition to supply the
enormous horse power required to
drive the Tennessee and Washington,
the speediest ships of war the United
States navy will carry on it's list with
the new turbine motors, the latter to
be supplied by an American company.
The bids were as follows:
Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany-One ship in forty-two months on
department designs, for $4,325, 900.
Fore River Ship and Engine Works
of Quincy, Mass.-One ship, depart
ment's designs, in forty-two months,
for $4,57S,00O.
Bath Iron Works-One ship in forty
two months, departments designs, for
$,365, 900.
New York Shipbuilding Company of
Camden, N. J.-One ship in forty-two
months, departments designs, for $4,-
250,00 Two ships same class, for $4,-
10000, to be delivered in forty and
forty-two months.
Same company on its own designs,
providing for twenty-five knot ships.
to be delivered in forty and forty-two
months, $4,2S0,0OO each. 1t was in con-
nection with this bid that the letter
was submitted, demanding an allow
ance of $4,000 horsepower.
Moran Brothers e. Co., of Seattle
One ship in forty-two months for $4,-
3g7. 900.
William Cramp g. Sons, Philadelphia,
one ship, departments designs thirty
nine months, $4,200,000; same company
on its own designs, ships to be deliv-
cred in thirty-siX and thirty-nine
months, and to be of twenty-five knots
speed, one ship for 81, 100000, two ships
on same plans for $4000,000 each. Same
company on plans of its own, providing
for the use of steam turbines and wa
ter tube boilers, $4100,000 for one, and
A.060.0 900 each for two.
The judgment of the board of bureau
chiefs will be necessary to determine
the awards.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
BIG COAL COMPANIES
u.s. NOW CONSOLIDATE.
Their Combined Capital stock
Amounts to $3I ,75O,OOO.

10 sPbis1OD,OOu.
Baltimore, Jan. 6.-Three of the big
gest coal companies in the United
States to-day formed an alliance, for
which all practical purposes, will be
a combination. The companies involved
are the Consolidation Coal Company of
Maryland the Fairmont Coal Company
of West Virginia. the Somerset Coal
Company of Pennsylvania.
The combined capital stock is $31, $780,
000, as follows: Consolidation 0250,-
600; Somerset, $4,000 600; Fairmont and
its subsidiary companies $17,500, 000
The combined. output of the three COM
panies is S,500,000 tons a year. as fol-
lows: Consolidation 2,500,000; Somerset
100000; Fairmont 100000.
Announcement of this commercial
move followed a meeting of the stock
holders of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany in this city to-day. The merg-
ing of the three companies, 1t is stated
Is not in the nature of a general COM
bination, but merely for the CONSOLE
dalton of the selling interests, and in
order to have all three under the same
executive management. Each COM
pany, 1t is said, will be conducted sep
arately as before, but upon the board
of directors of each will be represen-
tatives of the other two.
G.. w. Watson, president of the Fair
mont Coal Company, was elected pres
ident of the consolidated companies,
and representatives of each company
were chosen on the board of the other
contracting companies. c. K. Lord,
the retiring president of the Consoli-
dalton Coal Company, was chosen chair
man of the directing board of directors
of the new company.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
HOUSE VOTES FOR A
GENERAL STAFF.
Bill Providing Such a Branch of the
Army Adopted.


Army Adopted.
Washington, Jan. 6.-The House to-
day passed the bill for the creation of
a general staff for the army by a vote
of 1853 to 80. BY the terms of the bill
it becomes the duty of the general
staff to prepare plans for the national
defense and for the mobilization of the
army in time of war, and to investi-
gate and report upon all regulations
affecting the efficiency of the service
and to render professional aid to the
Secretary of War and to general Off
GERS and other superior commanders.
The general staff corps is to consist
of one chief of staff and two general
officers, all to be detailed by the Pres
ident from officers of the army at large
not below the grade of brigadier gem
eral; four colonies, six lieutenant col
onels and twelve majors, twenty cap
tains, to be detailed from officers of
the grades of captain or first lieuten-
ant, who, while serving, shall have
the rank, pay and allowance of cap
tains mounted. All officers in the
general staff shall be detailed therein
for periods of four years.
During the debate on the bill Mr..
Kluttz of North Carolina criticised it,
He believed that a general in the field
was better able to command the army
than a board of strategy sitting
around the table in Washington. The
strategy board during the Spanish
war; he said, was ridiculed and it
was only after Dewey had cut the ca
BILE that he had the free hand which
gave him an opportunity to win the
great victory in Manila Bay. Mr..
Hay of Virginia also discussed the
hill
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
NAV OF OCTOPUS
OPENS TO GIVE UP ITS MIGHTY
PROFITS.
THE U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
EARNED S132 ,G62,OO NET LAST
CALENDAR YEAR.

Regular Quarterly Dividends of 1
Per Cent. on the Common and
1 81 Per Cent on the Preferred
Stock Observation-Disclosures from
the Earnings to be Made for Ger
tain Funds - These Deductions
Leave S33,S4I ,5G5 Undivided Prof
it's.
New York, Jan. 6.-The directors of
the United States Steel Corporation to-
day declared the regular quarterly div
idends of l per cent. on the common
and IL per cent. on the preferred
stocks. A financial statement was is
sued, showing net earnings for the cal
endar year. with December estimated,
of $132. 662. 900.
The net earnings for the quarter
ended Dec. 81, were $31, 1886, 613, an In
crease of $1,579, 700 as compared with
the same period of 1901. The transfer
books close for the preferred dividend
on Jan. 20, and for the common on
March 16.
From the net earnings for the year
deductions are made of $24, 52S, 1873 for
sinking funds, depreciation and reserve
funds and for special fund set aside
for depreciation and Improvements; of
SIS, 100000 for interest on bonds; of 3d.
100000 on sinking funds for bonds and
of S56,052, S69 for interests on the
stocks. These deductions leave undi-
vided profits amounting to 1884, 565
for the year, applicable to increase de-
probation and reserve fund accounts,
for new construction or surplus. The
cash on hand is $54,724, 1O6.
1t was reported to the board that
the plan for stock subscription was
being well received by the employees,
and that within three days after OPP
portunity to subscribe was given up
wards of 10000 shares had been sub
scribed for.
j. P. Morgan was present at the
meeting, although it is not his Gus
tom to attend meetings of corporations
when they are not held in his office.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
BY A CIGARETTE
Fire Was Started That Meant Death
to Four.

Fire Was Started That Meant Death
to Four.
Chicago, Jan. 6.-Four persons lost
their lives in a fire at the Hotel Som
erset. an eight-story brick structure,
at Wabash avenue and Twelfth street,
early to-day. Three of the victims,
Mrs. E. #. Perry, aged 49, and her two
daughters, s and 8 years old, respect
lively, were burned or suffocated to
death in their room on the fourth floor
The fourth victim, known as Ethel
Saunders jumped from the window of
a. room on the same floor to the street.
She died in an ambulance on the way
to the hospital.
William A. Parker, a guest, jumped
from the window of the fourth floor to
the roof of a two-story building ad-
Joining the hotel He sustained a bro
ken ankle and severe bruises.
Several other persons were more or
less injured. The financial loss was
about $1,000.
A short time after it was discovered
that lives had been lost William Glenn
ons, a porter, was arrested. From ad-
missions made by Clemens, it is be-
lieved that he caused the fire by accis
dentally igniting his bed clothes while
smoking a cigarette.
1t is thought that Mrs. Perry first
became aware of the fire and aroused
her daughters. The latter. however,
appeared to have been quickly over
come, both having been found on their
BEDS while the body of Mrs. Perry lay
on the floor near the window.
The elevator conductor ran his car
up to the top floor. shouting a warn
ing and carrying many of the guests
from the building.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
PROTECTED INDUSTRIES
ARE SCORED BY VEST.
Brilliant Senator DenOunces the
DinGIey Tariff Law

Washington, Jan. 6.-Senator Vest
to-day made a determined attack on
protected industries, which flourish I'M
der the operation of the Dingley law
Senator Vest used as a text for his
remarks his resolution introduced yes
terday, instructing the Committee on
Finance to prepare and report a bill
removing the duty on coal. Feeble in
the extreme and supporting himself on
his desk, he called attention to the con-
dition of affairs which had arisen as a
result of the shortage in the coal sup
ply.
There was GREATNESS silence in the
chamber as he spoke. and every sem
ator on the floor turned in his direction
in order to catch his words. Senator
Vest said the question was no longer
a partisan one, but one of humanity,
and that we are not on the verge of a
crisis, but actually in it. The Repub-
hcan senators were dumb to the state
of affairs, Senator Vest said, and had
only in mind the party cry, stand
pat"
Senator Vest characterized the Ding
ley tariff act as a sacred elephant"
with which nothing was to be done. He
sarcastically remarked that if the whole
question was one of raising money for
the next presidential campaign, that
was the end of the discussion.
He criticised the Dingley tariff law
and said there was no more chance to-
day to reduce a single duty in the
Dingley act than for him to carry off
the Capitol building on his shoulders.
A tariff was an Independent mutual
ity agreement. A protected industry
was like a brood of English sparrows
when one gives a cry the others rush
to its rescue.
The resolution went over to to-mor-
row, when Senator Aldrch will reply
to Senator Vest Senator Aldrich de-
MED certain statements by Senator
Vest attributed to Mr.. Dingley to the
effect that the rates of the bill We're
made unnecessarily high in order that
reciprocity treaties might be made.
Senator Nelson asked where the pro-
vision relating to coal was inserted,
and Senator Aldrich said in the SEN
ate.
Senator Vest then said the Congress
sional Record showed that Senator
Allison offered the provision, that it
was debated at length and voted upon,
the Republicans voting for it and the
Democrats against it. The Republi-
can leaders had sat silent under the
declaration of the Secretary of the
Navy that the duty on coal had been
"sneaked or smuggled'' into the Ding
ley bill
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
MISS BURDEN BURNED.
Accident Befeu a Young Society
Woman of New York.

Accident BefeH Young Society
Woman of New York.
New York Jan. 6.-Miss Evelyn
Burden, a daughter of 1. Townsend
Burden, was seriously burned in a
fire at the family residence in East
Twenty-sixth street, Madison Square,
to-day.
She was taking a vapor bath. In
some way the lamp upset and Miss
Burden was serevely burned about the
limbs. She was carried into the resi-
dence of Mrs. Iselin, near by. A maid,
whose name was said to be Garda
Fagerquest, was severely burned
while trying to rescue Miss Burden
and was placed in a cab and taken to
a hospital.
Members of a hook and ladder COM
pany raised a ladder in front of the
house, which caught fire, and two
maids who were on the upper floor
were carried down. The house, a four
story brown stone mansion, was con-
siderably damaged
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
ENGLAND PROTESTS.
Doesn't Want Russia Using the
DardanelIes.

Constantinople, Jan. 6. - Great
Britain has vigorously protested to the
Turkish government against the per-
mission granted in September last to
four unarmed Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyers to pass through the Darde-
nelles into the Black Sea, under the
commercial flag of Russia. These YES
sells were about to start on the pro-
posed trip. The British note says the
passage of the Dardanelles by the tor
pedo boat destroyers would be viola
ton of the existing international trea-
ties, and that if Russian warships are
thus allowed to use the Dardanelles,
Great Britain will reserve the right to
demand similar privileges.
The protest has caused irritation in
Russian circles, and concern on the
part of the Turkish authorities, who
fear that other Powers will follow the
example of Great Britain.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-07
WILL DOUBLE THE STOCK
OF THE PENN. R. R.
Notice of the Need is Given the
Stockholders.


Philadelphia, Jan. 6.-The call for
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny, to be held March 10, issued to-day,
contains a notification that the share
holders will be asked to authorize an
increase in the capital stock to more
than $400,000,000, or nearly double the
amount now outstanding. The follow
ing official statement was issued from
the company's Office tonight:
The object of the notice to stock
holders is to provide sufficient work.
ing capital for the future, and give the
board the power to issue the same from
time to time, as the corporate needs of
the company may require. The pres
ent outstanding capital stock is about
$203, 100000, and about $35 900, 900 more
have to be reserved for the converti-
bic bonds that were issued last year.
making about 1898, 100000 in all, and
leaving only about $4,000, 900 of sur
plus stock available.
1t Is therefore deemed prudent to do
now what was done about thirty years
ago; that is, in 1873, when the stock
holders practically authorized the stock
to be increased to about double the
amount then outstanding, to be issued
at such times as 1t might be needed.
and also give the board the power to
issue bonds to the same aggregate
amount from time to time, but not in
excess at any time of its outstanding
capital stock.
THE increase In capitalization is
deemed necessary because of the i'm
provements contemplated. While the
New York tunnel is to be built by an
other company, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company will own all the stock,
and at least $50,000,0 900 will be used for
this purpose. There will be several mil
lion dollars spent in Washington and
S50,O0O,000 on permanent Improvement
on the line of the road"