CHAS. B. ROUSS ‘CAREER ENDED Pueumonia Causes Death of Notable MHlionaire Merchant, BUSINESS SUCCESS IN NEW YORK. The Remarkable Man Was Bora ian Fred grick County, Md, But Made His First Business Success: in Winchester — He Showed His Public Spirit on the Out: break of the War. New York, (Special) —Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, for many years a not able and picturesque figure in the mer- cantile world, died at his home, 632 Fifth avenue, monia, though he had been from heart disease and dropsy. been critically ill since last Sunday. Sunday afternoon Mr Rouss was taken veloped into pneumonia. Everything pos- sible was done to check the disease, but to no avail. His family was o'clock, he breathed his last. nouncement of Mr profound sorrow here, for it was in chester that he lived as a youth, and and recreation. was received, shortly after o l ber of houses were draped in and the flag on the City Hall was placed at half-mast. Mayor Barton called a public meeting, when orial services will ‘be held. City C and all the fire companies took mn Mr. Rouss’ death In compliance with pressed wish, he w his beautiful bron Cem * action up ery, Charlestown News of cast a contributor vn wil tain Holmes, Company, wired questing him t« by way The draped. Rouss JOHN W. BAILY DEAD President of the Philadelphia Record Pub- lishing Company. Phi | Bailey, president of mg Company, { Decal neuralgia i Novembe hile on ais ill last w a turn home the : and he had been most of the time sin Mr. Bailey year. He was ].. and came to He learne« the Recor was n room After the I cured cont: was appoint paper, which he died MARCONI'S FURTHER PROGRESS Messages Received at Sea at a Distance of 1,500 Miles From the Station. \ ’ + . s New York (Special) conti, who arrived Saturd adelphia from South ord “This time,” Marcon can | Chief Officer sage received as wi no each me “ifteen hun. dred miles at sea regular messages were received from the Cornwall Station. and ticks were recorded at a distance of 2,000 miles, It had been said that my r Newfoundland messages were due to my 50 requested the Captain's signature to bear me out.” “1 am not going to establish any wire- States. as has been reported, nor have | any intention of establishing a across the English Channel.” line Russia and Japanese Treaty. St. Petersburg (By Cable) The An- glo-Japanese been the subject of any conference between the Czar and the leading mili treaty has not ary authori- ties, as reported by a news agency in the United States. There has been. natu- rally, correspondence on the subject be- tween the ministers concerned. This exchange of views has in no way en- hanced the importatice of the treaty in the eyes of teraction as unnecessary, Kaiser Thanks the Edito New York, (Special) —Emperor Wil- liam has made the following reply to the cable message sent him by the American press on the occasion of the banquet given by the New York Staats Zeitung in honor of Prince Henry Mr. Melville E. Stone, New York: Accept my thanks for your welcome message. 1 highly appreciate the grand and sympathetic reception given to m dear brother by the editors of the daily newspapers of the United States. (Signed) WILLIAM I R. Calls War “Unholy.” St. Paul, Minn, (Special) —By a vote of 36 to § the State Senate adopted a memorial introduced by Senator Stock. well protesting against the United States permitting Great Britain to buy mules in this country to be used in the “un- boly war in South Africa” as a violation of the treaty of May 8, 1871, with Grest Eritain. A motion to strike Sut the word “unholy” in the resolution ref rring to the war was lost and the résolution was adopted as introduced. . NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Domestic. Prince Henry spent four hours in St, Louis, and then hurried through Spring field, Ill, reaching Chicago at night, where he was received with great enthu "THE FLOOD LOSSES | IN THE MILLIONS Many Railroads Blocked and Industries Paralyzed. by German veterans with torches events of the night were grand concert by a large magnificent ball, The floods, while abating in Pennsyl vania, are still causing great havoc in New York State, New Jersey and New England. Four passenger trains were the flood from the Hudson River on the New York Central Rail road, but the passengers were rescued after an exciting experience. President Roosevelt, through the In terstate Commerce Commission, re ported to have served notice on the rail ia chorus and a in is merce and the Sherman laws will be en- forced to the letter. An explosion wrecked the five-story occupied by the and Aste Press Printing Company adjoining tenement houses The five-master John B River, foundered were taken off Savannah. A plan is under way for the con of the three Southern 1} controlled by the Harriman Prescott of and 1 “ scChioaone at by sea her the I 1; dation interests Vernon Rogers was sentenced to pri ling Margaret Hallen uniformed Two hundred Island of attacked a nat nfantry. Ei the Samar, SCON 1 Ives anda Venezu Libertador era t nm ma Canal «¢ ise at the attitude government toward th franchises Waldeck-R was being premier iired by in France, carriage with a street car Ser ove collision Lord Kitchener reports that the Boer casualties during the recent aggregated Boo killed King Leopold's continued onsiderable anxiety gans operations and mired iliness causes among the Bel Lord Kitchener reports having won a great victory over the Boers on February juba Hill. It was a combined move ment against the Boers within the Har houses, « For two days the fighting was terrific. capturing 16 officers and 451 southwest of Klerksdorp, Transvaal. The mining regions in Spain are in a ferment of agitation. At Albujon and Madridejos rioters have set fire to the Octroi offices and burned the documents they contained. There has been another outbreak of disorder at Barcelona. Meet- ings are being held frequently, with the object of declaring another general strike. ¥ i The shareholders of the new Panama Canal Company, in Paris, met and de- cided to postpone continuing the negotia- tions for the sale of the canal property to the United States. Financial The Delaware & Lackawanna's actual earnings for 1001 amount to 27 per cent. on the shares, It is said that the stock of the Camden & Trenton Railway Company will be brought out on the New York curb. At the annual meeting’ of the Potts. town Iron Company the directors were re-elected and the officers reappointed. The recent strength and activity in Montreal & Boston is said to be upon buying of Canadian and English invest ors. PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOMES. the Mills About Pittsburg But Hundreds of People | Many millions in money lost, tens of | thousands of people thrown out of em- and of homeless make up the appalling record | of 1 Maryland, Virginia is ployment hundreds families the Too in York, *S80¢ Connecticut, North Carolina, Ten ile », Georgia and Alabama. the widespread destruction 1s the loss of life several Few persons were drowned, were kill in railroad washout but considering the » of caused by the waters in some Sec sweeping away num that ig and it 3 more fatalities KILLED THE WHOLE PARTY. Three Members of the Philippine Constabulary Willi Get Medals REBELLION IN CHINA SERIOUS Minister Conger Notifies Chinese They Must Protect Foreigners. engaged An edict the Chines tection to foreigners Mr. Conger States minister has notified Ching. head of the Foreign Office he expects China will speedily | the that UBDTELS Suppress the foreigners in that part of the country rebellion and firotect Anxious to Have Roosevelt, Charleston, S. C Supple- mentary to the resolution passed by the { Special. )- Exposition board of directors renewing { the invitation to President Roosevelt to Charleston, responsibility visit and also disclaiming any and sympathy Major Jenkins, the City Council passed resolutions repeating the invitation ale a special committee to present the resolu- tions to President Roosevelt, and to ex- city. Twenly-One on Death List. New York (Special) ~—E. 8. Haise, of Atlanta, Ga, who was burned in the Park Avenue Hotel fire last Saturday, died in Bellevue Hospital. He was 40 years old. His death made the total number of lives lost by the fire 21. Cunard Will Not Sign Agreement. Liverpool, (By Cable) ~The Cunard Steamship Company has refused to sign the passenger rate agreement because the Morgan combination insists on a cliure purmitting two fresh steamers to eagage in the Liverpool-Boston service, which the Cunard people assert would be a formidable opposition to them. [I'he steamers mentioned are the Merion and ioe Haverford, chartered by the Domin- Line from the American Line. A iwar of rates is ex NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Where the Hitch Came. Admiral Walker was shown the cable- gram from Paris regarding the action of the Panama Canal Company in deciding not to continue the negotiations for the sale of the canal to the United States, and said he had received no advices on the subject While the Colombian Government, through its minister here, had agreed to the sale of the property to the United States, that sale was contingent upon an agreement between the United States and Colombia. The Admiral was in- clined to think that the news from Paris was not such as to interfere seriously with the purchase of the canal property should this government desire to acquire it Officials of the Colombian legation ex- pressed no surprise at the action of the the work in which the Colombian Gov now engaged—that of off 15 “The grantees, or those who in may transfer these rights to other capi prohibited to cede or mort Article 22 provides that the grantees their shall lose the i CONCession oy a or representatives on 21 Silk Output in 1900. 2. bureau the acq announces its pre tics 01 HK HNArY } tats t States for f the Uni the country ishments engaged of $81.082 201 416 wage-ca draw of $20082,104. Of 34.797 are women 16 3 wy od i for as in that ners wage the ners WCE ARETE gated Phitippise Tariff Bill # el ie £ 4 i Weather Crop Bulletin ‘eather Bureau has Southern conditions not favor work. Moderate rainfall relieved drouth in Eastern clsewhere in that State onditions continue. On the Pa- temperature has been the rainfall abundant were ast the avorable and wheat belt was generally well protected by snow during the month, and an im. provement in the condition of wheat 1s indicated over the northern portions of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, the outlook being less favor- able over the southern portions of these States and in Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas Treasury Receipts. The monthly statement of the govern- ment receipts and expenditures shows leaving a surplus for the month of $2,060,440. The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as follows: Cus nter- nal revenue, $18,455,700, decrease $3.500,- The expenditures on account of the War Department were $8578516, de- To Relleve Jefferson College. The President has signed the bill for the relief of Jefferson College, in Ten- nessee, and also the bill for the relief of parties for Foperty taken by the mil. itary forces of the United States during the Civil War. The United States Senate began consid- eration of the Ship Subsidy Bill, the opening arguinent being made Sena- tor Fi chairman of the committee. The te Subcommittee on Inter- oceanic, Canals agreed to recommend to the full committee that, on account of the legal complications, the United States should not accept the offer of the Pana- ma Canal. The President informed a committee from Charleston, S. C,, who called upon him, that he would visit the exposition in that city. MINERS BURIED IN SNOW SLIDES Half a Humdred or More Are Killed in Coiurado, taluside With Terrific Force, All the Mine Buildings Away and Bury. ing Half a Mile Farther On. Telluridge, Col, ((Special) —The most Colorado caused the death of from to Bell Mine Although scarcely i 7 75 men on Smuggler Mountain. of the from to at Liberty scene disaster is this obtain miles town, information 1s on account of the of the ENOW character roads and of Nearly all Bell the vast armpount show the number names of the men employed being lo that the death list hardly known for some time The first 6l1¢ f the day shift were prepar About 200 - 3 ana book i books which 80 can » occurred while the men mill and work at other: bunkhous were mmpany, CT other twe Smugg tha PEOPLE KILLED IN EXPLOSION Building Wrecked in Reading, Pa the Camse. Double Murder and Suicide HH (Sy {.}—Benizmin F 1 3 3 Wood “Ne mach inc Anderson, Ellsworth attentions to 19-year-old ce, charged father tc Anderson Farmer and Daughter Murdered. Ridgway, Pa Sweeney aged farmer fi with { Special.) an Mary, were und Wilcox their crushed and their bodies deco Sweeney was to do. and cepted theory is that robbery motive for the murder daughter, home skulls ymposed the ac the at well was More Riots in Spain. { By Cable). —The mining re At Albujon and Madridejos rioters have set fire to the Octoi offices and burned the documents they contained been another outbreak of disorder at Barcelona. Meetings are being held fre- with the object of declaring another general strike. The metal work. ers are constantly assaulting their com. Madrid Shet in Election Riot Hamilton, Ohio (Special) —An elec- tion riot occurred at Middleton, this county. The count had been completed and the result given out, when an as tempt was made to break into the clec tion room. George Lafayette, a well known litician and a former attache of the John Robinson circus, was shot in the abdomen by Policeman Henry Lawrence and is thought to be fatally injured. Europe Surprised Marquis Ito. Tokio (By Cable). Replying to a toast at Kobe. Marquis Ito. the Japanese statesman, said that his European tour had surprised him more than his first tour of 40 years , and that Japan must Bde her efforts to keep abreast of the other nations. Rebels Against the Saltas. Vienna, (By Cable).~~The Palitische Correspondenz reports alarming condi. tions in Albania, European Turkey. A formidable pore of i is said to 0 be besieging t of Aviona, whi is . cut off he i Accord - enz, 26 Al towns have fetolved to demonstrate their inlependence 0 rule oy the Sultan of riety refus- i any more es. Anarchy prevails Be the districts of El Bassan and A MAJUBA BAY FEAT. General Kitchener Reporis Boer Loss of 600 Men. London (By Cable). —Following the precedent of Lord Heberts, who an- nounced General Cronie’s surrender at Paardeberg on the anniversary of the battle of Majuba Hill, February 27, 1881, Lord Kitchener apparently selected the big suc- by a combined movement lasting two days against the Boer forces within the Harrismith and Van Reenen line of blockhouses, «The Boer losses aggregate 600 men killed or captured, and 2.000 horses and 28.000 head of cattle fell into the hands of the British troop: This ws was so welcome to the British that was read out in House of L by the war secretary, Mr same anniversary to achieve a COE fie it Com Brod the 1s follows “The con rations anon of the col r the Boers against th arrismith and Van Reenen Wilge 11130 Was El from Harn ormed om and liott's i+} 1 smith, the and OC Blamable for Loss of Thirty Lives "4 : ' Safe- Blowers Overlook Large Sem vy « * 1 La ae \ 3 Death of Wm. McKinley Aged 84. onovan in 1-potsoning om operation 1 led harleston Exposition as the guests Daughters of the Revol famuly of William Thompson, were driven from hire Petitions were presented to the Reichs tag suggesting that action be the furtherance of peace negotiations mn Africa, several of the members Loloradco Sprn AO. IF 1 - niral and atten ome by frr ken sh The Premier of Hungary, in a speech n Parliament. said he believed that the secessity might some day arise for Eu- rope to enforce a “commercial Mon. oe Doctrine against the United States” Edward Tuck, a wealthy Bostonian, will establish a free American hospital n Paris. It will be named the Franklin Hospital, and be constructed on the lat- wt American model Emperor William and the Empress selebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary yf their marriage Two thousand two hundred and forty. me students benefited during the year sy the Carnegie gift to the Scottish uni- rersities. Gen. Smith, commanding the United States troops on the Island of Samar, eported the capture by Lieutenant Streh- er's scouts of Lukban, the guerilla chief An American deserter calling himself Dunston was also captured in Notth Samar. S. Y. Stokes, a prominently connected man of Lancaster county, Virginia, con. victed of criminal assault and confined in jail, was rescued by his friends but shot himself rather than escape. Lord Kitchener reported the capture of a British convoy near Klerkadorp. He also reported that Goo Boers, driving cattle, rushed the outpost line near Bo- thashurg and many got through. The King and of Greece viuted the st vip Celtic, which arrived at Pirgus with a number of American tourists, including some Baltimoreans Re ot i , in spite of strenvous govern. tion, adopted the compromise t by a vote of 14 to 10. horse Ambush II won at the
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