PAGES. 'Jl'W'WI "SS&i7 -wfi PAGES. TWO CENTS. SCRANTON. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2 1. 1808. TWO CENTS. v W THE CRISIS VERY NEAR Awaiting tlie Report of the Maine Court of Inquiry. SPECULATION AS TO RESULT Report Will Probably Prove a Turning Point. KrlJcnco That the President Mill llcceire the Unanimous Support ol Congressmen of KvcrT Political Creed In Ills Humnnc Effort to i'ut n Stop lo Cruelties In 7ubn--Fort-ificntlons nnd Const Defenses nt Kor West. Washington. March 23. The feeling was universal throughout official cir cles today that the culmination of the Spanish crisis, was near at hand. With the report of the Maine court of Inquiry only a little while off. with the White house, the center of lone and earnest conferences between the president and the party leaders of congress, and with exceptional activity towards emergen v preparations In the war pnd navy depaitmcnts, there was abundance of evidence that definite results regarding the Maine disaster and the Cuban ques tion In general were about to be reach ed. Among the president's callers were Sen-itors Oockrell, Turtle and Fornker, General Dan Sickles, former United States minister to Madrid, and Repie sentntlvo Vllllam Alden Smith, of Michigan, who lias recently returned fiom a trip to Cuba. The call of Messrs. Cockrell and Turrlo was regaic'ed as particularly significant as they are representative Democrats in the senate and their visit followed that of Senator Gorman yesterday. It was generally understood that In the present emer gency the president ueslres patriotic unity without reference to party. Secretaries Long and Alger also con- ferred with the president during the ilay. Secretary Long said later, that the Malns report probably would reach RVnshtngton tomorrow night. If, how ler, It did not come before 8 o'clock Utrsdoy evening, Mr. Long said he probably would not receive It until Friday morning when it would be laid before the president Immediately. The secietary did not think the pres Ident would give the document any con sideration at a lute hour. It was more rrobable, he thought, if Lieutenant Marlx arrived at a late hour, that be would take the report to a hotel for the night. There has been no change In the plan of sending the report to con gress early next week, probably Mon day, accompanied by a message from the president. It Is definitely settled, however, that the) message and papers accompanying it will i elate exclusively to the Maine disaster. It will not take up the fearful condition of affairs In Cuba as shown by the reports of Uni ted States consul, these being reserved for subsequent action and a later mes sage to congress. MONITORS GOING TO KEY WEST. Secretary Long determined today to order the double turreted monltois Puiitan and Terror to Key West wheie they will reinforce the oquadion Jn those waters. He also determined to bilng into service the eight single tur leted monitors at League Island navy jard, Philadelphia, two of which will be sent to Boston, two to New York, and four held In service at Philadel phia. The Puritan and Terror tuke the place of the battleships Massachusetts and Texas recently withdrawn from the squadron at Key West. It was stated at the navy department that this move was In accordance with the progi amine previously agreed upon, al though this programme has not been announced heretofore. The Puritan by many experts, is regarded as the most formidable fighting machine in the na y. In addition to Its other preparations for possible trouble, the navy depait ment today took steps towards utiliz ing ten of the sea-going revenue cut ters for use along the Atlantic (.oast. Captain Shoemaker, thief of the iev enup cutter service, conferiPd with As sistant Secretary Roosevelt during the day on the plans for turning over these (litters to the navy. They will be first Kent to No) folk, where additional guns .-v III be mounted and will then proceed to Key West and become a part of the squadron there. Their main service, however, will bo as naval pickets, a chair of these fleet cutters being main tained outwlde of the cruisers and bat tleships. The revenue cutter service now has ready for Instant and active service 121 line officers, 74 engineers, 900 enlisted men and 19 vessels, of which fourteen are on the Atlantic coast. Two others are In course of construction ut Cleveland and with rush work can be completed nnd ready for sea in from thirty to foitry-flvo days. The Manning, the Gresham, the Algonquin, the Onondaga and the Wln dom are all new, fast and elllclent ves sels and could go anywhere and per form any service that any vessel of their class can perform. The Manning Is considered an eighteen knot boat. All of them, It Is said, quickly could be converted Into torpedo boats or dy namite crulsets. Whether this last move will be made Is not yet definitely decided. Secretary Long said today that It had Wecome evident that toi pedo boobs could not be bought abroad and could not be built soon enough In this country, so that wo might have to equip other craft with torpedoes. KIDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. The navy department opened bids to day for extensive Improvements at Dry agas and Key West, a formal duster having been effected ns le gards Tortugas, which passes from the treasury to the war department. These consist of two solid steel piers to be constructed nt Dry Tortugas with two extensive coal sheds nnd an elaborate mechanical equipment for loading naval vessels with coal. At Key West the Impiovcnicnts consist of a steel pier and two coal Bheds with simitar machinery for loading warships with coal. The bids ranged from $1,151,000 for the entire work down to nbout $400,000. The bidders for the Dry Tortugas piers nd coal sheds were as follows: Phoenix Bridge company, Phoonlx vllle, Pa., 540.-i.790: Michael J. Dady, Brooklyn, $307,000; S. S. Leonard com pany, Jacksonville, $274,700; Union Bridge company, New York, $310,000; Stanford & Brooks, Baltimore, $639,000; New York Dredging company, $414,000; R. G. Packnrd, New York, $6G9,000. The bidders on the Key West were the Phoenix Bridge company, $280,000; Michael J. Dady, $297,000; S. S. Leonard company, $1SS,000; Union Bridge com pany, $240,000; Sanford & Brooks, $443, 000; S P. White, $273,000; R. G..Pack ard, $342,000. R. K. Packard, $1,151,000. and Grattan and Jennings, New York, $793,000. Other bids were made for the machinery, tracks, coal cats, etc., ranging from $150,000 down. The award will be mude within tho next day or two. LA LUCHAJSMG11ETS. Ilnrana Organ llolleves Tlint More Time Should llnve Boon Con sumed by tho Inquiry. Havana, March V.I. Miss Clara Bar ton, president of the American branch of the Red Cross society, left for New York today on the Key West mall steamei. It was not known until this morning that she Intended to do so. Miss Barton says the cause of her de parture Is purely personal and hns to do with private financial matters. She hopes to i etui n here. Dr. Lesser and Mis. Lesser will defer their departure until Saturday, but Dr. Egan left by the mall steamer. La Lucha, In an editorial under the caption of "Expectation in the World," maintains that the American court of Inquiry, owing to the short time it was here, could not-give a scientific report on the Maine disaster. "American naval olllcers," sals La Lucha, "are not likely to decide against brother officers. The diveis could not give expert testimony, owing to the fact that the machinery was Imbedded foui feet In the mud. It is greatly to bo regretted that more- time and care were not given to the preparation of a report for which the whole world waits and which Is likely to change the entire feelings of a. part of the American peo ple toward Spain and Cuba." La Lucha publishes also an interview with Consul General Lee, which quotes him as saying that he knows nothing of the nature of the report, but is sat isfied that General Blanco never con ceived the disaster until he heard the shock In the harbor. Gunner Morgan left for the fleet at Key V est today. With him went the naval divers, Fishers, Rundquest nnd Schlu ter, and Hanz, tho helper. Hnnz be longs to the Fern, nnd has been 111, This leaves two navy divers and five civilians on the contract woik. The body of a white man was found In the front part of the wreck today. It will probably be Identified by marks en the clothing when the latter has been disinfected. Tho body was sent to Key West on the Olivette. Four Red Cross society nurses are expected to arrive by the Ward lln steamer today. strikeIorospect. Miners ol Altoonn Wilt Quit Work on April 'J, Unless They Are Recognized. Altoona, Pa., March 23. After being In secret session all day the represen tatives of the miners of the Second dls tilct adopted the following resolutions: Whereas, tho gteit majority ot tho coal operators shipping coai to tho seaboaid market have Ignored our In vitation to u joint conference to be held nt Altoona Maich IT.', and Whereax, We deem It essential to the pence and prorperlty of the miners und operator.! shipping; coal to the seaboard that such a conterence be held, because of the fact that nn un settled condition of affairs exists, therefore be ll Resolved That our district executive board sends out an invitation to dll operators shipping to the seaboard to meet tho representatives of tho miners lit Altoona, on Tuesday April B, nnd that no miner go to work after Sat urda April 9 until they hav In siuitlons to do gi f.om the district officers or district convention. He It further Resolved, Tlint we ask tho national ollicirs to send as many organizers as they can into the competitive Ileitis to brine, about, the results urrlvcd tit In the above resolution, and bo It lurther Resolved, That our district cltlcers do ever thing In their power to get op erators to attend a conference. The convention also endorsed the candidacy of John C. Clure, of Cam bria county, for the legislature. Mr. Clure was a delegate In the convention. The convention then adjourned fin ally. FIRE AT OLYPHANT, At 3 o'clock this (Thursday) morning a flro broke out In tho store of Geoige Sny lack, at 01phnnt, which completely de troed tho building, together with two dwellings adjoining. The Catholic church near b was only saved after heroic ef forts. The loss will aggregate several thousand dollars. SAQASTA'SAPPROVAL. Madrid, March 23. Premier Sagnstn ts quoted ns bus lug in an Interview "the government entirely approves of Captain General Itlamo's conduct In denying that the Maine's magazines were blown up with dvnamlte, us Americans have al leged i i Mrucle by I.IkImiiIiis;. Altoona, Pa, March 21. Unrly this morning the residence of II, L. lluikhart, a mile west of tho city, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The family buiely escaped with thulr lives. FORECAST OF THE CUBAN MESSAGE Great Effort!! Are Being Made to Pre veal Hasty Action. CONSERVATIVE SENATORS AT WORK Thoy Urge That tho Prosldnnt lie Allowed to Carry Out Ills Poller. The Message Will lio In Ellct n Declaration Tlint Present .Methods ol Warfare in Cuba Must Ccnso. Washington, March 23. ' The Inde pendence of Cuba can bo obtained with out wnr, If Piesldent McKlnloy Is left alone and is not fotced b the extreme Cuban sympathizers," said Senator El klns today, who at the same time an nounced that he was doing what he could to prevent hn3ty action In the senate and tnglng senators to give the president tinu to cany out his own policy. Mr. Elklns said that In his orlnkn the destitute shuuld bs cnted for and that peaceful means would bring about the freedom of Cuba. It is known that a great deal of work has been done about ths senate today by senators who ate known ns conserva tives Requests have been made that the senats await tho action of the president and that no further attempts be made to Intensify the attained situa tion. It was assitcd by Senator Elk ins that n great deal of progress had been nude and that on both sides of tho chambei a gieat deal more conservat ism had been found than was sup posed to have existed. The prevailing Impression among the Republican leader, of the housi Is that th president will Intervene In Cuba on humane giounds, but It is positive ly btated by one of them, who Is close to the president, that tho Intervention will not come until after the report of ths boaid of Inquliy on the Malni dls atter goes to (ongress. "Tho two questions will be tieated separately," said he toduy, "anil the message relative to Cuba will be bent to congiess soon after the repoit on the Maine question." Tho Cuban menage ns forecasted by a piomlnent Republican will waive the question of the Maine disaster and putting aside that awful occunence will be in efiect a declaration to Spain that the pie-ent methods of wurlaio in Cuba must cease. It will result In Intervention In case Spain demuis The message will te accompanied by tl.e repoits from consuls In Cuba. INTERVENTION ON HUMANE GROUNDS. Mr. Dolllver (Rep., Pa.) savs that Intervention on humane grounds will place our action upon a moi.il level that would command the broad sympa thy of the world. We could afford, he says, to waive all question as to the Maine If the board dojs not fix the re sponsibility fot the disaster on Spain, In order to make the greater Issue. A prominent member of the house who has been several times In consultation with the president recently, and who pctesscs us much unofficial Iiuorma- tlon of the cause of the Maine disaster, piobably, as the president does, s-as that while the report of the boaid will not fix the tesponslblllty for the cx plosicn. it will be startling In Its na tuic. The Information at the cinitol is that already $.'3,000,000 of the $30,000, 000 appropriated for the national de fanse has been expended or contracts enteied Into lor its expenditure The remaik attributed to Admiral Slcaid at Key West yesterday to the effect that the case of the Maine wius pei haps tho most peculiar in the his-, toiy of modern times is interpreted here ns clearly Indicating that the di rect responsibility for the explosion cannot be placed. During the pi ogress ot the Investigation, the law olllcers of the government have been giving the legal side of the ease their close attention and the statement is mode that the case of the Maine is Indeed most peculiar. The recoids, it Is said, do not show that ever before In the In tercourse of natrons has a vessel of one power been destroyed In the waters of nnothei without the cause of the dls ater and the responsibility for it being kuov n bejond dispute. If tho court of Inquiiy has found, ns is generally be lieved, that the responsibility for the loss of the Mnine cannot boj definitely located the fact will present a new featuro to the long list of otheiwlse similar dlsasteis. ARMY REORGANIZATION The army reorganization bill was adopted unanimously today by the house committee on military nffulrs and it was subsequently reported to the house. The bill was agieed on yester day, but in view of the significance of the meusure it was deemed best that the committee should also pass on the leport which had been ordeied pre pared, to insure the conect represen tation of the committee views. In passing upon the measure the committee has disposed of a veiy slg ntllcant point as to the president's functions In war time. There was a long discussion over a proposition to Insert In the bill an express provision which would penult the piesldent to increase the army forces immediately In case of a sudden emergency. It was pointed out that no president ever would take advantage of such a pro vision and that President Lincoln had set the example and his action had been subsequently justified. It was felt by some that where the necessity for hasty action was gieat, subsequent np pioval of congiess would be sulllclent and the president should be given tome wnirunt for such u step, with a re quirement to secuie the approval of congress at the earliest moment prac ticable. The discussion was not on party lines, but the Republican mem bers of the committee differed among themselves as to the wisdom of en larging the president's functions In this respect or to have them teinuln in statu quo. It was, however, concluded that It would be best to allow the conditions to remain unchanged nnd the committee Inserted a provision modifying section two, lo make previous congressional action more binding, allowing the es tablishment of the third huttallon war format!'-., only upon tho declaration of war by congiess or a declaration that war exists, Secretaiy Long today decided to bring Into service the 'eight old single turreted monitors used during the Civil war and now nt League Island, Phila delphia, lie ordered that the Catskill and Lehigh proceed to Boston, the Na hnnt nnd Jason to New York and tho Manhattan, Mahopac, Montauk and Cnnonlcus to remain at Philadelphia, wheie the work of preparing them for service will begin Immediately. AOMIRAL SICARD'S CONDITION. Will Doubtless He Obliged to Relin quish Ills Command. Washington. Maich 23. There Is a reneril Impression at tho navy depart ment that It will become necessary fchortly to tellcve Rear Admiral SIcard of command of the North Atlantic sta tion and giant him Indefinite sick leave. Secretary Long desires to have It-understood that his action In ordering a medical board of survey for the exami nation of Admiral SIcard was based entirely upon the request of that officer. He added: "Admiral Sicaid will not be removed unless he desires It. The department has every confidence In him and would keenly regret the loss of his vnluable services. It la to be hop ed that the medical board will find that his, fears as to his health are un founded, and that he will be able to re tain his present command." It Is realized by Admiral Slcard's frit mis, hcwevei, that he has been a, veiy sick man for sveial weeks and that he is hardly able to continue the dlschargo of the arduous duties de volving upon the commander In chief of the naval forces In home waters mi'ch longer. Commodore W. S. Schley chairman of the, lighthouse board, Is regarded as most likely to succeed the admit al should h'e be relieved, fortIeffekson. 'I lie Importnnt .Military Post on Dry 1'nrtugns Will lie Garrisoned. Militia to lie Called ou first. Washington, March 2'f Secretary Al gei's office at the war department pie sented an unusual busy aspect today. Much of the secretaiy's time was occu pied In confeience with the vnilous buieau chiefs of the department In con nection with prepaiutlons to Improve the foitlflcatlons on the sea coast. In addition theie were a number ot mem bers of congress who called to have a word with the tecretaiy, among them being Senators- Lodg and Hoar and Rcpi (Tentative Marsh, of Illinois, Ab ner MoKlnley, the president's brother, was also among those who called, but his stay was veiv biief. Representative Marsh Is chairman of the house committee on the militia, which has. recently reported the bill to ie-organUe that body of state soldiery, to lalse its efficiency and to appioprlato a million dollais for its support. The chairman said he had spoken to Speak er Rted recently in regard to the bill and he hopes to be able to call it up in the house for conside ration within a icasonable time. Durln? his interview with Secretary Algei, Mi. Marsh urged that In the event of hostilities the first recouife of the government for soldiers wculd be the Mate militia, who would be Invited to volunteer for the coun tiys' defense. Secietary Alger was very much In terested in the arguments made by Mr. Maish and while not committing hlm htll on tho subject teemed to legard the suggestions made by him as j iao tlcable. Afteiwards .Mi. Maish called in Pies-Ident Mdvtnley and lppeated the statements he had made to the sec letaii During the morning Secretaiy Alger was nlo In conference with General Miles, commanding the army, lespect Int, the military occupation of Fort Jefferbon on Piy Toitugas Island. The determination to gai risen this fort has been leached by the becretaiv after a confience with his aides, and the navy depaitment officials, and the questions now to be met are those of what im piovements In the fortifications now theie may oe necesh.iry INSURANCE TROUBLE An Order on Application lor Receiver lor the Guitrnmor'fl finance onipniii. Haiilsburg, March 23 The Dauphin county couit todav granted an order letutnablo on Monday, April 4, on an application made by Deputy Attoiney General Reeder for n. receiver fnr tho Guaiantor's Finance company, of Phil adelphia, of which Thomas V. Cooper Is president. An examination of the companj's affaiis has shown the busi ness to be In an unsound condition. The liabilities, Including the capital stock, umount to $1,017,500, while the admitted assets are J583.067.0J, an im pairment of $164,532 97 Philadelphia, Match 23. The exam iners of the state Insurance depart ment, under date of March 1, 1S98, show tho total ledger assets of the Guaran tor's Finance company to be $1,S41, 570 58, Including $250,000 In real estate; mortgages, $2G6,1C9; collateral loans, $115,838 02. stocks nnd bonds, $937,000, bills iceelvable, $3,570 91, cash, $6,722.70, and some minor securities. The total ledger liabilities are shown to be $G04, 440 OX Rut the total admitted assets the examiners find to be but $582,967.03. President Cooper said today that the action of the Insuiance commissioner was so quick that It did not give the company time to make good any Im pairment, and added that this might bo done by Monday next, the date of the hearing, Mr Cooper said' "The Guarantor's company lefused two years ago to en ter the Casualty Insurance combina tion or trust, nnd ever since Its credit has been assailed by their Insurance organs or agents. It has made a brave fight, , resisted every squeeze, and If given an opportunity, can even yet re sist successfully If not, wo will be lodged In tho line of trust methods In business, a line which Is becoming too long for single corporations and Indi viduals to contemplate with compla cency." Not Looking lor W'nr. IDUdon, March 24 The Washington correspondent of tho Dally Nows sa that President McKlnlej declured to a recent v'sltor at the white house: "I be lieve there will be no war, und I am de termined to prevent It it possible by all tho means In my power,' STORY OF THE SPANISH BARBARITIES Air. Qallinger's Word Pictures of tbo Concentration Horror. APPLAUSE ORliETS MIS EFFORTS The Hpeaker's Utterances were In Substance Corrohornttve ol' Thoso ol Senator Proctor In His Recent Word Picture of Cuban Distress. Prniso for Consul (enernl Loe. The Live of the Men Lost In the Maine Disaster Cannot Ha Atoned for Willi Gold or Milrer. Washington, March 23. A vivid vvotd picture of the horrors and barbarities of concentration on the Island of Cuba was drawn In the eenate today by Mr. Galllnger, of New Hampshire. The senator recently visited Cuba peisonal ly to study the situation of the recon centradoes and to ascertain the facts concerning the general Cuban ques tion It was known that Mr. Galllnger was to speak upon Cuba today and long be foie the eenate convened the galleries were packed. When the spectators ad dressed one another they spoke In whispers aid dutlng the opening pro ceedings It was so quiet that ordinary conversation might have been heard throughout the chamber. Almost as soon the senate con vened Mr. Bacon (Ga ) Introduced a Joint resolution declailng that the United States should do everythlnrln its power to preserve peace with "ill the nations of the world nnd noivbc toned Into a war except to preseive the honor and dignity of the nation. He said that he would not ask for Im mediate consideration of the resolu tion but would permit It to lie on the table until tomorrow. Then Mr. Hale (Me.), chad man of the naval affalra committee, quietly aiose and favorably reported the bill providing for relief for the survivors of the Maine catastrophe. There was a suppressed murmur of expectancy In the galleries, but the measure wus read and passed with out a word of debate. MR GALLINGER'S SPEECH. Mr. Galllnger's speech followed. He spoke In a low, clear tone of voice, dis tinctly audible throughout the cham ber. There was not a word of Inter ruption throughout Ills speech. Ills auditors listened Intently to his de scription of the horrors nnd cruelties suffered by the reconcentrndoes, but gave no outward manifestation of their feelings. When he declared, however, that a government that would starve 400,000 of its people would do an thing; nnd followed this with the further de claration that the lives of the brave tnen lost In the Maine disaster could not bo atoned for with gold or sliver, a spontaneous wave of applause ewept over tho galleries and the vice-president had difficulty In restoring order. When he concluded he wn accorded a tremendous buist of applause which the vice-president made little effort to testraln. Mr. Galllnger, In his speech, pralfied the courage and patilotlsm of Consul General Lee His uttertances, in sub stance, were corroborative of those of Senator Proctor, In his lecent word picture of Cuban distress, and his em phatic declaration of the failure of au tonomy. The senate then quietly resumed con sideration of the bill making further prov Islon for a civil government In Alaska, and at 2 o'clock took up the national quarantine bill. Its consld eiation had not been concluded when the senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE. R. T. Thoipe was today given the seat from the Tourth Virginia district Sidney P. Eppes, who obtained the certificate of election, was unseated by a strict party vote. Mr. Thotpe was given the eeat by a vote of 151 to 130. The Republicans, without a break, voted for Thorpe and the Democrats and Populists, with tho exception of Mr, Howard, of Alabama, a Populist, voted for Eppes. Mr. Thorpe contested the seat of Mr. McKenna In the last congress nnd was seated. The Republican majority In the house, which woa 52 when the house convened last summer, is now 54 No other business was tranacted. MARIX DID NOT TALK. UpuIcs the Story Coming from Mininl in Afternoon I'npers. Jacksonville, Fla March 23. Lieu tenant Commander Marlx, bearing to Washington the finding- of the Maine couit of Inquiry, reached this city at 7.41 tonight and left at 8 o'clock via Florida Contril and Peninsula and Southern and will reach Washington at 6.25 p m Thursday night. The rail road wires have carried the message down tno line to use all despatch. This practically makes a special of the Maiix train and, without nccldent, Washington will be reached on tho dot. Lieutenant Commander Marlx was accompanied by tho following officers of the Maine: Lieutenant Hood, Lieutenant Jun gen, Assistant Passed Engineer F. C. Bowers, Naval Cadet Rronson and Car penter George Helms. Upon arrival here tho party went at once to tho Pullman car that was awaiting them and In 15 minutes weie hurrying to Washington as rapidly ns steam could take them. During the short time of the stay In this cltv, nn Associated Press reporter showed Lieu ten tnt Marlx a dispatch from -Miami that nppeared In the afternoon papers in which lie was quoted as saying: "It looks like war, It certainly does." Ho exclaimed: "It is utterly false. I have said noth Ing of tno kind. I don't talk about this muttei." I ho llrrnld's W rntlirr Forrenst. New York, March 21. In tho middle states and New England, today, paitly cloudy to warm, colder to fresh north westerly winds; probaly preceded by light rnln on the Atlantic coast line; fol lowed by clear and freezing temperature tonight in the Dcluwaro valley. THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU Weather Indications Today! ' Fair) Colder; Northerly Winds. 1 General Cuban Crisis at Hand. Senator Galllnger's Vivid Impression of Cuba. Conservative Senators Uige Calmness, Patrolman John Thomas Perhaps Fatally Stabbed. 2 Tho Tribune's Popular Want Columns, Financial and Commercial. 3 ISnse Pull Gossip. 4 Editorial. Comment of tho Press. G Locnl Proceedings in United States Court. Uefore Breakfast Chat. G Local Land Owners Ask foi nn In junction to Prevent Mining. 7 Local Reformer Maloney Sent to Jail. Amendment to the Firemen's By Law s. 8 Local West Side and Suburban. 9 Lickawanna County Nows. 10 General Philadelphia's Water Scan dal. Great Dcmage by Floods at Pittsburg and tho West. THE GREAT FLOODS. Tovvuh Along the Bnulio of the Sus- quehnnun nnd Allrclmur Sub- nicrgril--Excltlng Scenes. Pittsburg, March 3. The worst flood In many ears is doing great damage throughout Pennsjlvnnla, Ohio and In diana It Is especially severe along the banks of the Alkghcn, Mononga hela, Ohio and Susquehanna rivers." Much damage Is being caused In nnd about Brnddock. Many families have been foiced to leave their homes and several manufacturing plants h'.ive sus pended operations. The Westlnghouse works at East Pittsburg and the Brad dock Wire works are both flooded and shut down. i Scores of families In the Turtle Cieek valley are leaving their houses. In msny cases the water has reached the second story window. At DuUois many acres are underwat er tonight and hundreds of homes are surrounded. Noith of J3iady street, a paved thoroughfare, from east to west, DuBols is a body of water one to two miles square and ten feet deep. This water is held back by the street em bankment nnd tonight Is overflow Inr. ShoulJ a bleak occur great damage will result. At Clearfield tne west branch of the Susquehanna riv er ov ei flow ed Its banks reaching at noon the thirteen foot mark. F.eedsvllle und the upper portion of Clearfield and West Clearfield boiough, are entirely submerged, seveial fam ilies having to be taken out of their nouses in boats. There were some nar iow escapes from drowning. All the manufactories were compelled to shut down and the fcchools weie closed for the (lay. The Pennsylvania railroad Is the only road able to move trains In Clearfield today on time. At Lock Haven, the river leached nearly twelve feet in helghth. Many jottlons of the city are under water. All over Ohio and Indiana except, per haps, In the extreme northern paits, railroad traffic Is demoialized. At Newark, O , II. C. Ro-fl lost his life when the East Main street bridge was swept away by the Hood todaj. Reports from all over Indiana esti mate the aggregate loss at hundreds of thousands, peihaps $1,000,000 NAVAL OFFICERS LEAVE HAVANA. Wreok of the Mniiiu Will Also He Abandoned. Washington, March 23 The navy de partment has ananged for the prac tical withdrawal of all Its naval officers at Havana and the abandonment of the wreck of the Ill-fated battleship Maine. Captain C. D. Slgsbee, Lieuten ant Commander Richard Wainw right, Surgeon L. G. Heneberger, Paymaster Ray, Chaplain John P. Chidwlck. Chief Engineer Charles P. Howell and Naval Cadets J. A. Holden and W T. CIu veilus, who have been In Havana with tre wreck, will return veiy soon. Secretary Long said this morning, In answer to an Inquiry on the subject, that he saw no reason for the officers to rcmuln at Havana much longer and tho probability was that they would be expected home In a day or two, Cap tuln Slgsbee, he said, would come to Washington ns soon as convenient, but as yet nothing has been settled In re gard to his future duty It may he necessaij for Lieutenant Commander Walnw right, who Is In special charge of tho wrecked vessel, to remain there for a short time longer, or at least until It Is finally stled that the wreck cannot be raised and that there is no prospect of the recovery of any other portions of tho ship or Its equipments. It might be necessary also for one of the naval cadets to remain, but this is not regarded as probable. The return of Surgeon Heneberger and Chaplain Chidwlck will depend upon the ques tion of whether they .iro able to render any further service Although It Is not finally settled It Is more than piobahle that the Tern also will return to the United States as soon as it is deter mined that nothing more Is to be gained by her presence there. In the event of the abandonment of the wreck it is more than likely that the navy depart ment will arrange for Its complete de struction by the use of dynamite or torpedoes In Its present condition it Is a dangerous obstruction to naviga tion, and It Is not believed that any opposition will bo offered to its re moval. The navy department has purchased no further ships abroad, and the nego tiations are not pioceedlng In a man ner to promise success. It was defi nitely determined today that the Chll lun battleship Generul O'HIggins could not be secured. Commander Brownson Is today In Purls, having Inspected the Brazilian ships now building at La Selnne. While these might be secuied, they nie a long way from completion und could bo of little present service. What the department wants Is ships which can be commissioned at once. KNIFE USED BY PRISONER Patrolman John D.TIiomas Was Stabbed by Man He Arrested. OFFICER MAY NOT RECOVER Is Now Being: Cared for in West Side Hospital. Was Called Into Bird's Hotel ni North ."Until Atciiuo nnd Lnlayetto Street to Quell n I)liturbancc-Ouo of tho .lieu Who Was Mixed Up In tho Dlsluibnnce, 1'ron: Schnuna ninnii, Drew n Hunting Knile nnd Plunged It Tlireo Times Into tho Itodv ci'tiio filcer. Pattolman John I). Thomas wa stabbed thiee times and piobably fa tally wounded whlb quelling a brawl In Martin Bird's hotel, coiner of Laf ayette street and Noith Main avenue, ut 9 10 o'clock last night. Ills assail ant, Franz Schaunamann, a young, un mt.'ilod Austrian, lately come to this county, Is In Jail, The wounded patrol man was taken to the West Side hos pital. At an early hour this morning he wa-'itill alive, but much dread was cnterjJned because of painful breath ing ,.!i would Indlcite that a wound In the bod had pumtuied one of the lungs. The stabbing was cold blooded In t he extreme. The assailant's only expla nation is "I was foolish. He hit me first nnd then I stabbed him." Srhaunamnnn, and his uncle, Gus tavo Tclcker, of 220 North Van Bui en avenue, with whom he boards, were drinking at the bar und nearby was Felckei'd son Herman and his step-t-on August, also drinking together. Tho father and son,passed some remarks nbout the former ordering drinks with out inviting his own son to have one and one woid leading to another, they weie soon in n fight. TRIED TO SEPARATE THEM. The proprietor rushed from behind the bat nnd attempted to separato them. At this Schaunamann took a hand nnd the hotelkoeper found him self contending with the whole fam ily. William Saul, w ho happened to be Ir the place at tho time, ran out fop assistance and seeing Patrolman Thomas standing on ill" comer diag onally opposite, called him over. The officer, with drawn club, dashed Into the mldbt of the struggling mabs and released Bird from the hold of his antagonists Schaunamann nnd Bird both went to the llooi when the officer foiced them apait Schaunamann, mad with lage.picked himself up and rushed In fienzy at the patiolman Thomas swung his club to keep Schaunamann off and hit him on the head. Inflicting a slight gath and causing the blood to How. This did not subdue Schauna mann, but on the contruiy made him only the llercet Closing In on the officer with nn open knife In his hand he lunged at him le peatedly. Thomas gtappled with him and, although piobably mortally wounded, bore him to the giound, nnd with the n'-slstnnce of some citizens who ai rived at this Junctute, placed handcuffs on him. Then, temarkable to state, the wounded patrolman stnit ed for the Wi-st Side station house, two blocks away, dragging his stoutly le slsting prlsonei along SAW A TRAIL OP BLOOD. Thomas find pioceeded nearly tho length of a block befoie he realized that he was badly wounded. Groceij mun John Rlttenhouse, and one or two others who were following In the otll cei'.s wake, noticed a continuous trail of blood along the sidewalk and, catch ing up with him, discovered that it was fairly pouring out of the bottom of his tiousers leg Thomas at about this same moment felt himself growing weak, and tinn ing his pilsouei over to the citizens, walked slowlv and painfully ntter them to tho .station house Arrived there, ho became helplessly faint and with all haste he was lemoved to the West Side hospital and mesj-engers sent In nil dliectlons for phvslclans. Doctors Reynolds and Roberts, the first to arrive, undiessed him hurried ly and discovered that he was terrbly w ouuded On the left side of the body and about three inches to the rear of where tho elbow would rest when naturally reclining nnd between the seventh and eighth llbri was found an Inch wide thrust dliected towards the centre of the body and indicating that It had reached the lower lobe of the lung. A second wound was found on tho innei part of the light gioln. It was two and one-halt Inches In length, one nnd one-half Inches. In depth and diagonal In its direction Another terrible wound wus disclosed In the bume region. The wounds were dresied without the administration of anaesthetics, the brave-heaited officer calmly sitting in an opeiatlng chair watching the work of the doctoiB. PHYSICIANS CONSULTED. Doctors Williams and Pnlne, togeth er with Doctois Reynolds und Robetts, consulted after the patient was put to bed and gave it out no the opinion of the hospltnl staff that while the wounds weie perlous, they wero not necessarily fatal. The wound in tho trunk .was tho one dteaded. How serious it Is can not b told at once. Tho third wound refened Continued ou l'ube 6.J i I I
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