Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 2, 1901, Page 2

The Herald--Review. By E. C. KILEY, ND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, Germany has a life insurance asso- ciation of hotelkeepers which in seven years has paid over $300,000 to the families of members. The will of the late Jarvis Ford, ‘of St. Joseph, Mo., leaves $20,000 for a free memorial library in that place, and $10,000 to the municipal hospital. Charles C. Rumsey, whose equestrian statue of a North American Indian has been accepted by the managers of the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, is a member of the junior class of Harvard. Venice is trying to revive the pic- turesque ceremony of wedding the Ad- riatic, which has been discontinued since the last Doge was expelled in 1797. Plans have been made for build- ing a Bucentaur on the model of the last state galley used for the cere- mony. The new Japanese cruiser Yakumo, which was built at Stettin and recently sailed for Japan, has so far given the greatest satisfaction, The system of ventilation is so perfect, it is asserted, that during her passage of the Red sea the temperature of the engine and boil- er rooms was not much more than half that in British ships. Attention is called by the London Lancet to the fact that canned toma- toes are now being extensively col- ored, in order to make them look at- tractive and as if made from ripe fruit. Among the colors so employed are coal-tar colors and cochineal. The subject of artificial coloring and pres- ervation of food is now receiving great attention in England, When ex-Queen Liliuokalani visited the island of Maui not long ago for the first time in ten years the steam- ship which carried her was surround-4 ed by natives bringing gifts of all kinds, fruits, vegetables, fowls ana even pigs. There was music, dancing, a great feast, and the whole steamship was decorated with their garlands. An original device for evading the prohibitory law was recently un- earthed by plumbers in a house in Rutland, Vt. The liquor, stored in a secret nook, was conveyed in hidden pipes to a radiator in one of the prin- cipal rooms of the house. A small faucet attached to the radiator was the means by which the liquid was drawn off for use. The Hungarian government is about to take steps to effectually put an end to the wandering of gypsies, who are so frequently to be met in that coun- try. The stalwart Hungarian gyps with his multi-colored cloak, his dark- eyed, fortune-telling wife, ‘and his crowd of half-naked children, is one of the most picturesque figures in this part of Europe. The Siecle announces that M. Osiris, a well-known Paris philanthropist, has instituted a prize of 100,000 francs to be awarded by a committee of the Paris Press Syndicate to the author or au- thors of a work adjudged by the com- mittee to be the most meritorious, whether from the artistic or industrial point of view, or on the ground of gen- eral service to humanity. It has been remarked in connection with the late Lord Armstrong as not a little singular that while he was the founder of Elswick, the arsenal of the north, a member of another branch of the same family was the founder of the royal arsenal at Woolwich in 1715. This was John, a scion of the Liddes- dale Armstrongs, who became a very celebrated military officer and engi- neer, serving with the highest reputa- tion under the duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene. Captain Cotton of the Norfolk navy yard has made a report on the damage sustained by the torpedo-boat Ericsson on Jan. 2, when she touched bottom in the Delaware and Chesapeake canal, while the water was low and the ice thick. The known damage is a bent propeller. Orders have been issued for the docking of the boat at Norfolk and it is expected that she will soon be in readiness to join the torpedo flo- tilla which will accompany the north Atlantic squadron on its winter cruise. In Scotland the halfpenny is called a “bawbee,” but how it came to receive that name is not a matter of common knowledge’ It appears that the first attempt at the portraiture of the un- fortunate Mary, queen of Scots, was anade in her earliest infancy, and her “wee” face was engraved upon the Scottish halfpennies at the time of her coronation in 1543, when she was but 8 months old. A number of these small coins are still preserved, and it will be easily understood that the name “bawbee,” or baby, was origin- ally given to the coin bearing the baby’s effigy. Miss Jane Schroeder, who has just died in Essex, Conn., has left what is ¢alled in sporting parlance 7,000 “bones” to two dogs which she had picked up on the streets. During her 65 years of life Miss Schroeder lived in a tumble down shanty and devoted her days to visiting the sick of the town and picking up stray dogs and cats. During one of these missions she Picked up a child and adopted her as a daughter, Greatchen Schroeder, as the child is called, will inherit what re- mains of the $7,000, should the dogs die before she does, |PITH OF THE NEWS DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Washington Notes. The house committee on naval affairs reported favorable the senate joint res- olution giving bronze medals to the offi- cers and men of the North Atlantic squadron participating in the battle of Santiago bay. President McKinley has under con- | sideration the name of Philip C. Knox of Pittsburg for attorney general, to | succeed Mr. Griggs. It is understood that Mr. Knox has been offered shis | cabinet place and may accept it. | As the result of several conferences between the secretary of war and the Cuban economic committee, corre- spondence has been opened with Gen. Wood at Havana, with the view to the creation of a joint commission for the revision of the tariff of Cuba. Peuple Talked About. Aunt Peggy Jones, colored, is dead at | Ghent, Ky. She was 124 years old. Gilbert A. Pierce, former senator from North Dakota, died in Chicago | after a long illness, 2 George W. Brientnall, one of the famous soldiers of the Civil War, is dead at Lancaster, Pa. S. E. Wilkinson, former grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Train- men, is dead in New York city. Sins and Sinners. Women in several Kansas towns wrecked a number of joints during the week An ex-convict has been arrested and identified by young Cudahy as one of | the men who kidnapped him. Mrs. F. H. Osgood, wife of President Osgood, of the Seattle Benton railway, Seattle, was robbed of jewels said to | be valued at $5,000, on the Oregon ex- pre north of Sacramento, Cal. At Peck, small place fourteen miles south of Wichita, Gan, 100 men and | women raided two “joints’’ and or- dered the proprietors to quit business | Being refused, they seized the fixtures | and stock of Hquor carried them to the railway station and shipped them to Wichita. John L. Wilson, for fifteen years a trusted employe of the wholesale dry goods firm of J. M. company of Louisville, K: Ss ar- sted charged with the theft of about $3,000 worth of silk Wilson said he had sold the silk to A Benjamin, a cap man- ufacturer, who was also arrested Casualty. nssenger train bound from Syd- W., to Hurstville was de- jenham and rolled ‘down Seven persons were injured. ney, railed at Sy an embankment. Killed and twenty. The Manown coal plant of the Pitts- burg Coal company near Monongahela was totally destroyed by fire. Loss be- ween $35,000 and $50,000. One hundred men were at work in the mine, but es- caped by the rear entrance. Fire in Kansas City burned the four- story building occupied by B. Holz- marak, wholesale dealers in liquors, and the Jamieson Manufacturing com- pany, grocers and bakers’ suppiies. The loss is $100,000; fully insured. John Conko, a driver in the Glen Ly- on mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., was kill- ed in a horrible manner. He was rid- ing on a trip of cars when his head was caught in a door and at the same time his legs were caught in the car chains. His head was pulled off. Foreizn. The queen of Italy expects to become a mother in June. The London county council has de- cided to expend £50,000 in precaution- measures against the bubonic plague in London. The Longford (Ireland) county coun- cil voted down a motion to forward an expression of condolence to King Ed- ward on the death of Queen Victoria. The resujt of the Italian census in twenty years has proved a surprise. It shows that the population is 35,000,- 000, while it was not expected that it would exceed 31,000,000. The ratio of increase is greater than in any one country. This is ascribed to improved sanitation. Prince Mohammed Ali Mirza, the Per- sian heir apparent, recently requested the Russian government to send a Russo-Persian scholar to instruct him | carpenter, | night. in the Russian language, and Shapshal, a graduate in Oriental languages, has recently gone to Teheran with a three years’ appointment. A few days ago a quarrel occurred at Omdurman between members of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Soudanese battalion at an entertainment given by the latter. Five were killed and twen- ty wounded. There had been ill-feeling between the battalions prior to the en- tertainment. Otherwise. The South Carolina dispensary sys- tem is very likely to be put in force in Hawaii as a solution of the liquor problem. Hon. Tom L. Johnson, the well known capitalist, has been nominated for the mayoralty at the Democratic primary in Cleveland, Ohio. Graduating exercises took place at the West Point Military academy re- cently. Cadets Poole and Peck of Wis- consin are assigned to the engineers’ branch. Jack Corbett, brother of James J. Corbett, the ex-champion pusgilist, is dying in the midst of filth in a shack on the Seattle tide flats. He is a vic- tim of the morphine habit. Sir Alfred Milner having notified the government of New Sonth Wales of his intention to send an officer to recruit in Australia for the South African con- stabulary, the government has replied that the colony objects to such a pro- ceeding. ‘ The accident to one of the 13-inch guns on the battleship Kearsage, while she was cruising recently off Key West, in the Gulft of Mexico, is reported by her officers to be of trivial nature. No damage was done to the gun, except to the rifling. A premature discharge : of one of the shells was the cause. RAID PROVES FATAL. Anti-Joint Crusader Is Shot at To- peka, , Topeka, Kan., Feb. 27.—J. W. Adams was fatally wounded in a battle be- tween three policemen and a band of citizens who made a midnight raid on a North Topeka wholesale liquor house. Large quantities of beer was destroyed before the crowd was dispersed. A crowd of from thirvty to sixty citi- zens, armed with revolvers, sledge hammers, crowbars and a ‘battering ram, broke into the wholesale liquor house of “Cash” Curtis on West Curtis street, between Kansas avenue and Jackson street last midnight and smashed the beer found there. The policemen drove the crowd back. Both the policemen and the citizens fired their revolvers, and J. W. Adams, a was shot twice in the brea He was taken in a hack to Ri de hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition. . Dr. M. R. Mitchell and Rev. F. W. Emerson were both arrested by the po- lice. Rey. Emersoa was taken to the police station, where he was booked under the charge of resisting an of- ficer. He was allowed to go under his own recognizance. Dr. Mitchell took Adams to the hospital, and was al- lowed to stay and administer to him withcut giving bond. The three officers —Patrolmen Downey and Boyles and Private Watchman Conners — claim Adams was shot by his own crowd while he was retreating from the point of attack. Adams declares, however, that he was shot by a policeman. Of- ficer Connors says his revolver, a 28- caliber affair, was knocked*from his | hand. Officer Downey says he did not arrive on the scene until the trouble was about over, and Officer Boyles, who carries a 44-caliber revolver, claims the two shots he fired were | aimed upward. MRS. NATION REL SED. Saloon Smssher Leaves Jail to Take Up Editorial Work Topeka, Kan., Feb. 27.—Mrs. Nation | left the jail yesterday morning at 10 o'clock on a bond approved Saturday She left immediately for Peori Til, where she will conduct the Peo: Journal to-day. o—o Peoria, Il., Feb. 27.—Mrs. Carrie Na- tion reached Peoria at 8 o'clock last night and ‘to-day she will edit the Peoria Journal. She is loaded down with “copy” and says it is of the red- hot She is thoroughly en- thus’ over the prospect of being jan editor. END OF CHINESE ROW. Fwo of the Offenders Commit Sui- cide, Pekin, Feb. 27.—At a meeting of the ministers yesterday W. W. Rockhill presented his credentials as represen- tative of the United States with pleni- potentiary power, he having taken the place of Mr. Conger, who. has been granted leave of absence. The ques- tion of the new quarters for the vari- ous legations was discussed. Mr. Rockhill protested against the seizure of any private property for this pur- pose without payment. The question of the provincial officials whose pun- ishment will be demanded was also discussed, but no definite action was taken owing to the facts that the list of these officials which is being pre- pared by the different ministers is not yet complete. 4 The Chinese report that Ying Lien and Chao Shu Chao committed suicide Sunday in the presence of the governor of the Province of Shensi. The Japan- ese have delivered Hau Chang Yu and Kih Siu to the board of punishments for execution to-day. The German expedition which started from Tien-tsin last Wednesday for Tungan for the purpose of collecting a fine which had previously been im- posed on the latter town, found a British force at the place with orders to stop the squeezing of the Chinese. The British refused to allow the fine to be collected pending an explanation from the German authorities. The Chinese commissioners are worried over the Manchurian situation, the court refusing to ratify the agreement made with Russia. They say that the negotiations will be resumed at St. Petersburg immediately. Li Hung Chang says that he expects that the imperial court will return to Pekin as soon as notification is given that the troops of the allies are evacu- ating the capital. He also asserts that no further difficulty in the negotiations is possible. To Evacuate in March. Paris, Feb. 27. — A dispatch to the Temps from Shanghai says it is be- lieved the evacuation of the foreign troops from China will begin at the end of March. Three Hundred Chinese Killed. Berlin, Feb. 27. — A dispatch from Count von Waldersee says over 300 Chinese were killed when they at- tacked the Germans at Kueng-Chang recently. Hoffmeister’s columf, which started thence, will return to Pao- Ting-Fu. THOUGHT IT WAS CANDY. Two Children Tuke Morphine Die in Great Agony. Pittsburg, Feb. 27.—Martha and Flor- ence Spangler, aged three and two years, died last night from the effects of an overdose of morphine. The chil- dren, who were the daughters of Ar- thur Spangler, air brake inspector of the Fort Wayne railroad, during a short absence of their mother from the room yesterday morning, secured a box of morphine pills from the dresser and thinking they were candy, ate five of the 1-4-grain pills. The little ones lingered all day, suffering greatly, and in spite of the efforts of four phy- sicians, they died last night. and AT THE HEAD OF THE WORLD. United States Exports Larger Than Those of Any Other Nation. Washington, Feb. 27. — When the year 1300 died the United States went to the top of the column in the export- ing business. We now stand at the head of all the nations of the world. The complete figures show that the total exports of domestic merchandise in the year 1900 were $1,453,013,639; about $35,000,000 more than the United Kingdom, and over $400,000,000 more than Germany. APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE STEAMER RDO DE JANETRO STRIKES A ROCK AND SINKS ALMOST INSTANTLY. DEATH LIST REACHES 122 Consul Wildman of Hongkong Is Ameng the WUost — While Off the Golden Gate During a Heavy og the Steamer Suddenly Strikes a Hidden Rock—Officers and Crew Make Heroic Efforts to Save Pas- sengers, but the Steamer Sinks Before Much Can Be Accom- plished—Captain Goes Down With | His Ship. San Francisco, Feb. 23.—The Pacific Mail steamer Rio de Janeiro ran on a hidden rock while entering the Golden Gate early yesterday morning in a dence fog. She sank a few minutes | after striking. One hundred and twen- | ty-two persons were drowned of the | two hundred and one on board. At 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon ten bodies had been recovered, two white women, one white man and seven Chinese. The most prominent passcnger of the steamer was Rounseville Wildman, United States consul at Hongkong, who was accompanied by his wife and two children. It is thought all were drowned. The ship was in command of Pilot Frederick Jordan when she struck. He was rescued, Capt. Will- | jam Ward Went Down With His Vessel. As nearly as can be learned there were 234 people on board the Rio de Janeiro. She was three days overdue from Hongkong, via Honolulu, when she arrived off The Heads Thursday night, and the dence fog prevailing at the time induced Pilot Jordan to bring her to anchor until he could see his way clear through the gateway. She laid to until 4:30 o’clock, when the at- mosphere cleared and she was started under a slow bell toward Point Bonita. All went well until 5:40 o'clock, when she struck. Most of the passengers were below at the time, and it is be- lieved that many of them were drowned in their berths. The first news of the disaster reached here at 7:30 yesterday morning and soon after- ward a boat load of rescued passengers and petty officers arrived at the Mail dock. Rurhed to the Rescue. Tugs were immediately dispatched to reader any service that might be needed, but no living persons were afloat when they reached the wreck. A number of drowning persons were res- cued by Italian fishermen, and the bodies of two white women, three Chinese and a Japanese were brought in by the tugs. The search for more of the victims continued all day. From all accounts it appears that the officers were cool and gave the neces- sary orders with the least possible ex- citement. Capt. Ward, who was on deck when the vessel struck, at once gave orders to the crew on watch to hurry the passengers onto the for- ward deck. At the same time the quar- termaster on duty sounded the signal for fire drill, and within five minutes | an the men were at their stations. There was no way of telling the ex- tent of the damage to the vessel as she remained of an even keel for fif- teen minutes After Striking the Rock. | But Capt. Ward, with the instinct of long experience, knew the gravest danger threatened the 200 souls in his charge, and, pacing the deck, he gave orders to lower away the life boats and life rafts. There was not much confusion until fifteen minutes after striking, when the bow of the vessel suddenly plunged under water. Then there was a wild rush for the boats. Two boats had already been lowered and others were getting away as rap- idly as the trained discipline of the crew could prepare them. A thick fog enveloped everything, and as yet no sign had come from the lifesaving sta- tions. Darkness was all about, and with this added terror, the people on the Rio had to cope. One boat got clear of the vessel without damage and then stood by to help in picking up those who had no time to get into the boats and Were in the Water. Another boat, containing Third Offi- cer Holland and J. E. Carpenter, got away but was drifted around close up under the bow of the steamer. As the forward end of the vessel plunged downward the prow caught the small boat and cut it in two. The two men in the boat were uninjured and swam away from the sinking steamer just in | time to avoid being caught in the swirl of water caused by the settling of the big ship. Carpenter was picked up by the other boat. The fate of Holland is | not known, but he is supposed to have | perished. A number of Italian fisher- | men who were just starting out saw the sinking of the Rio and at once hastened to render every assistance in their power. While all this was going on Capt. Ward was directing the pas- sengers and trying to keep them from panic. He succeeded only partially, | as many of The Terrified People rushed to the railing and jumped over- board. Some of these were picked up, others {were drowned. The Chinese crew, to the number of over a hundred, was terrorized. Some of them huddled in little groups, chattering in fear. Others crouched close to the deck, moaning pitifully. Many jumped into the sea. | €apt. Ward remained on deck until the vessel had settled to such an extent that the water was engulfing him. Then he went up on the bridge and from there continued to issue direc- tions, although by this time the con- fusion was so great that few paid any attention to his commands. That the steamer sank almost im- mediately after striking is the report of a majority, of those rescuec. Some of the passengers say that she instant- ! ly listed forward and that in five min- utes she went down, while others say she stayed afloat for half an hour after she struck. The confusion occasioned by such an incident is- intense, and it is not surprising to find that there is A Lack of Unanimity as to the length of time the vessel remained above water. The wreck lies about three-fourths of a@ mile south of Fort Point and about a thousand yards off the rocky shore. The smokestack and a portion of the upper works of the ill fated steamer are visible. There are several con- flicting stories concerning the fate of Capt. Ward. The steward of the Rio says that he stood beside the captain when the vessel went down. Two oth- er survivors say they also saw the captain to the last, but Frederick Lind- strom, the» quartermaster officer of the Rio, emphatically declared that Capt. Ward emulated Admiral Trion, of Her Majesty’s Ship Victoria, in going déwn to his cabin, where he met his doom behind a locked door. Capt. Frederick W. Jordan, the pilot of the Rio, was rescued by an Italian fishing boat. The cargo of the Rio de Janeiro was valued at over $500,000. There was be- sides $600,000 in treasure in the specie tank. ‘The steamer itself was valued at from $650,000 to $700,000. PUNISHMENT EDICTS SIGNED. Von Waldersee’s Bluff Worked All ‘ Right. Pekin, Feb. 23.—The foreign ministers have received a message from the Chinese peace commissioners saying the edicts regarding the punishments, the cessation of examinations and the responsibility of the viceroys and gov~ ernors have been signed, but the text has not yet arrived. Owing to the re- cent concessions made by China Count von Waldersee has postponed the de- parture of the punitive expeditions for Singan-fu, the present Chinese capital. The expedition. was to have started to- day. 7 o—o London, Feb. 23.—The Pekin corres- pondent of the Morning Post says that Li Hung Chang asserts that the pun-/ ishments to be imposed upon Prince Chuang and Fu Hsien has been carried out in accordance with the demands of | the foreign envoys. IRISH SQUABELE. Factions in Chicago Will Have Rival Entertainments. Chicago, Feb. 23.—Fierce: strife has broken out between the Irish Nationa}- ists and the United Irish societies, both of Chicago. Two Robert Emmet cele- brations are at trouble, as they also were upon the oc- casion of the former anniversary ob- servance. The Nationalists have billed an entertainment at Central Music hall for March 2 and are advertising Maud Gonne, Maj. McBride, who fought for the Boers in South Africa, and John Daly, the lord mayor of Limerick. The United Irish societies, under the lead- ership of Col. John #. Finnerty, editor of their organ, the Citizen, have an+ nounced a Robert Emmet celebration at the same hall on March 4. The speakers secured are Christopher A. Gallagher of Minneapolis and the Rev. Francis L. Reinolds of Chicago. TWELVE WERE KILLED. Result of the Collision on the Penn- sylvania Railway. Trenton, N. J,, Feb. 23—Twelve killed and about thirty injured is the record of the collision of trains Thursday night at Rusling’s Siding, near Bordentown, on the Amboy division of the Pennsyl- vania railway. It is known that all bodies have been removed from the wrecked trains. Of the injured nineteen are now in the Trenton hospitals and five in Cooper hospital at Camden. Some of the other more slightly wound- ed went to their homes. Of the in- jured at Trenton eight are Italians, and at Camden all five are Italians, BLACK EYE FOR JOINTISTS. Hurrell Temperance Bill Signed by Gov. Stanley. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 23.—Gov. Stanley has signed the Hurrell temperance bil which makes places where liquor is sold common nuisances, and allows county officials to confiscate the illegal stock. Annother temperance bill by Hurrell is in the hands of the judiciary committee. It provides that the coun- ty attorneys have the power to compel witnesses to testify in cases involving violation of the prohibitory law. The Hurrell measure is the first of the many temperance bills introduced since the Nation crusade began to become a law. Amcricans Cheer Cervera. London, Feb. 23.—The Gibraltar co! respondent of the Daily Express says: On the. arrival here of the steamer Fuerst Bismarck, now cruising in the Mediterranean with a large party Americans, Admiral Cervera, who is staying in Gibraltar, went on board to visit a friend, Mr. Arthur Humphrey. He was vociferously cheered by the Americans, all of whom shook him by the hand. An Expensive Affair. London, Feb. 23,—In the house of commons, replying to a question on the cost of the war, Sir Michael Hicks- Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, said thus far £81,500,000 of bonds had been issued, and the weekly issue was from £1,000,000 to £1,250,000. Marquis Marries an Actress. London, Feb. 23,— The marquis of Headfort is reported to have married Miss Rosa Root, a member of the “Florida” company at the Lyric thea- ter. He was a lieutenant in the First Life Guards and sits in the house of lords as Baron Kenlis. Run Down on a Bridge. Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 23. — Five men were killed on the Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Sharon, Pa. They were on their way to work and were overtaken on the bridge by a fast freight. escape for them was impos- sible. Destroyed by Fire. Chicago, Feb. 23.—Clara F. Bass’ six- story building at Dearborne street and Harrison avenue burned. Loss, $60,000. The principal tenants were the Pitman Printing company and the C. M. Rob- ertson Printing company. ~ : the bottom of the; BIG COMBINE FIXED J. P. MORGAN’S GIGANTIC PROJECR Is COMPLETED New Combination Will Be Called the: United States Consolidated Steeh Company and Will Have a Totab Capitalization of $1,100,000,000—- Stocks of the Companies Merged Will Be Taken in at High Figures —All Parties Interested Greatly Pleased Over the Success of the Deal. New York, Feb. 26—-The Herald says: J. P. Morgan has just completed the project by which another and the greatest consolidation of capital is added to the notable list of the last ten years. The steel combination plan Was consummated at a conference in his office late Saturday afternoon, and Sunday the subject was the comment of conversation in the corridors of the up-town hotels. An official announce- ment is expected to-day from the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. to the effect that the Carnegie company, the Federal steel company, the National Tube company, the American Steel and Wire company, the American Tin Piate company, the National Steel company, the American Steel Hoop company anda the American Sheet Steel company are to be combined in one concern, which is to issue its stock in return for theirs, the valuation having been determined upon the assets and the earning power of the respective corporations thus’ merged. This new combination, it is: understood, will be called the United States Consolidated Steel company. It will have a total capitalization of $1,- 100,000,000. Of this $300,000,000 will be & per cent general mortgage bonds, $400,- 000,000 will be 7 per cent stock, and $400,000,000 will be common stock. The charter of the company, which has been prepared under the speriat guidance of William Nelson Cromwell, who promoted the National Tube com- pany, will be filed, it is said, at Tren- ton, N. J., to-day. Stocks of the companies to be merged will be taken in at high figures, and ‘yesterday afternoon the Waldorf-As- toria became a sort of miniature and subdued stock exchange, where John W. Gates and his friends bid well above market price for the securieies of the corporations which the United States: Consolidatéd company is expected to- acquire. Legal details of the project have been in the hands of a law com- mittee consisting of William Nelson Cromwell, a director in the National Tube company; Francis Linde Stetson, Mr. Morgan’s personal counsel; Judge Elbert H. Garey, president of the Fed- eral Steel company; Max Pam of Chi- cago, director in and counsel for the American Steel and Wire company, and’ Victor Morawetz. These five men represent Mr. Mor- gan’s interests in the matter. They> and Mr. Morgan, H. C. Frick and Pres- ident Charles M. Schwab, of the Carne- gie company; Chairman John W. Gates, of the American Steel and Wire com- pany; Judge William H. Moore of Chi- cago, who has promoted a large num- ber of steel companies, and President E. C. Converse, of the National Tube- company, met Sat.rday in Mr. Mor- gan’s private office and after a pro- longed conference, agreed to final de- tails. All of the persons directly in- terested in the Morgan-Carnegie steel’ deal seemed greatly pleased last night over the successful termination of their labors. DEWET A FUGITIVE. Roer Generai Fleeing With a Hand- ful of Followers London, Feb. 26.—Gen. Dewet is now’ practically a fugitive. He met a re- verse at the hands of Col. Owen, after which the Boer general escaped across the Orange river with a handful of hist followers and is fleeing from the Brit- ish. It is reported from a Boer source: at Zerust that Gen. Delarrey has been’ captured. Gen. Kitchener, in a dis-; patch dated Middleburg, Feb. 24, re-! ports to the war Office as follows: “Gen. French, who was at Piet Re-; tief Feb. 22, reports that the result oft his column sweeping the country to the east is that the Boers are retreating and scattering in disorganized parties,’ totalling some 5,000 men, in front of? him. Amsterdam and Piet Retef have been occupied. Troops are protecting: the Swasi frontier. Gen. French will} push on, but he is much hampered by continuous heavy rains. “A summary of the losses inffictea! fon the enemy Feb. 16 shows that 282) Boers were killed or wounded in action;! 56 are prisoners of war; 183 surren-' | dered. One fifteen-pounder, 462 rifies,! 160,000 rounds of ammunition, 3,500; horses, 75 mules, 3,000 trek oxen, 18,7004 cattle, 155,000 sheep and 1,000 carts were: captured. .The British casualties were; 5 officers and 41 men killed, 4 officers’ and 10§ men wounded. I regret to say’ that Maj. Howard, a very gallant of- ficer of the Canadian scouts, was killed’ on Feb. 17. \ “Col. Plumer reports that on Feb. 23) Col. Owen captured Dewet’s waa pounder, a pompom, some carts full of! ammunition and fifty prisoners. Wej sustained no casualties. The enemy is: in full retreat and dispersing. They: are being pursued vigorously. Dewet’s! attempt to invade Cape Colony has! evidently completely failed.” Must Shift For Themselves i The Daily Telegraph publishes. the} following from De Aar, dated Feb. 24:° “Mr. Steyn addressed the Boers yes- terday and told them they must alli shift for themselves, returning to Or- ange River colony as best they could. He and Gen. Dewet took 300 of the best: horses with which to escape. Fatally Injured. St. Joseph. Mo., Feb. 26. — Dr. T. Eu: Patter received injuries in a runaway” that will cause his death. The cab was« dashed against a telegraph pole. The physician’s skull was crushed. He was a very prominent physician. Extra Session of Senate. ‘Washington, Feb. 26.—The president Saturday issued a proclamation calling a special session of the senate for ex- ecutive purposes. immediately upon the dissolution of the present congress, March 4. .