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STORM KING
IS ABROAD
The Worst Blizzard Since
the Memorable Af
fair of 1888.
AN IMMENSE SNOW FALL
Trafflc of Every Kind Crippled in
Philadelphia Suburban Car Lines
Blocked Between Fourteen and
Fiitcen Inches of Snow at Easton
and Mercury 10 Degrees Above
Zero A Northwest Gale Prevails
Along the Coast Repot ts of the
Storms Elsewhere.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27. The blizzard
which tame out of the west reached
this city at 11 o'clock yesterday morn
ing and raged furiously until 1 o'clock
this morning. As unexpected as it was
violent, It wrought great havoc not
only heavy hut throughout the entire
state. Jn those fourteen hours the
snowfall reached a depth of over nine
inches and the wind u velocity of forty
live miles an hour. These llgures are
unprecedented In the November rec
ords of the local weather bureau, and
the ofllclals their way that the storm
In general was the worst since the
memorable blizzard of 1RSS With the
snow the mercury steadily dropped un
til well below the freezing point, and
t'inlglit It Is still on its downward way.
In this city tralllc of every kind, as
well as wire communication, was crip
pled. The suburban lines were brought
to a complete standstill, with the roads
Tilled high with drifted snow. The
IVnnsylvanla. Heading and Lehigh
Valley and Baltimore and Ohio rail
roads suffered chiefly on their New
York divisions, all trains being more
than an hour late.
During the morning hours all New
York trains wero four hour.s late, and
since then from one to two hours. Tho
Boston train on tho Pennsylvania at
15.40 o'clock this morning had not been
heard from up to 7 o'clock tonight. A
number of trains fiom the south nio
coming In late, not so much because
of the snow as of tho strong head
wind. The country milk trains which
tried to get into town this morning are
still sntw bound, and no Atlantic City
trains got away from the city until 11
o'clock this morning. The main line of
the Pennsylvania railroad was greatly
delayed. Today the weather bus been
clear and cold and much progress has
been made In restoring affairs to their
normal condition.
AVilkes-Barre, Nov. 27. Tho snow
storm of Saturday and Saturday night
was followed by cold weather In tho
Wyoming valley today. At Harvey's
lake this morning the thermometer reg
istered 17 degrees above zero. Snow
fell to tho depth of nbout four Inches
and In some places drifted badly. The
storm interfered somewhat with rail
road trafllc and all trains were late.
SNOW AT EASTON.
Kaston, Pa., Nov. "27. Tho storm in
this Immediate section wns of unprece
dented violence. Between fourteen nnd
llfteen Inches of snow fell nnd the town
was practically snow-bound through
out last night and today. The trolley
tracks were kept open until tho greater
part of tho trafllc had been disponed of,
but the effort was abandoned near
midnight. The ears of the new Kaston
and Bethlehem road were stalled early
In the evening and passengers wero
taken to their homes In coaches. The
rallroadj experienced much dliflculty
and the New York paper train, due
heie at 7 o'clock this morning, did not
arrive until late this afternoon, having
been blocked hi New Jersey. Communi
cation by wire with the outlying dis
tricts is cut off. Tonight the wind Is
blowing a gale and the snow Is drift
ing In huge hanks'. By fi o'clock tonight
the temperature had fallen sixteen de
Kiees ubove zero and there Is no indi
cation of a moderation.
Towanda, Pa., Nov. 2". Tho storm In
this section rased all night and early
todav, but the snowfall was not re
markably heavy. Tonight Is clear and
ery cold, with the mercury steadily
falling.
Couderspoit. Pa., Nov. 27. There was
a light fall of snow heie yesterduy and
last night, but the wind and severe
told caused tho greatest discomfort.
The storm did no great damage.
ON tiu: COAST.
Lewes. Do!., Nov. 27. The northwest
crib- prevailing around toe rape since
last night has been remnrkably s
veie. The scunner William M. Wil
son from Philadelphia for Norfolk,
with a cargo of coal, sprung a leal;
four miles &outh of Metoinklu life sav
tng station. Her signals were prompt
ly answered and the guards took olf
her crew of six men. The schooner Is
anchored a mile and a halt off shore
and Is likely to sink during ih. night.
A numb'r of vessels off the capes wen
unable to get liit the harboi. and
it is toured i hut there have been heavy
losses. The new suanishlp Admiral
Sampson, wnleh left Philadelphia yes
terday for her illtclal tilal trip Is safe
ly unehored behind tip- new break
water. The pilot boat Edmunds Is up
posed to have reached Cape May an
chorage early this morning Some of
tho shipping at the breakwater drag
ged their moorings, b.n no damage
was reported.
York, Pa., Nov. '.'". The snow storm
struck Yoik Saturday morning and
continued until nlghl. The fall was not
over three Inches, but afforded so mo
sleighing to enthusiast. But little
damage was done In the way ni hin
dering travel. Today was decided!
the coldest day of the seai'on.
Stroudsburg. Pa , Nov. :!7. The se
vere snow storm of yesterday combined
today with high winds. On the Pooono
mountain great damage was done to
telegraph wirus. A large force of irter.
wete kept busy on the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad to got
passenger trains through to New York
city. Boads In the western part of tho
county were made Impassible. Tho
drifts In some, places are fully three
feet high. Thero will not likely bo mall
communication for at least two days.
Chambersburg, Pa., Nov. 27. Tho
mow storm of yesterday has made
many country roads nearly Impassible.
Near Upper Rtrasburg, farmers who
had come hero on business were com
pelled to dig passageways through
drifts for teams. About five Inches of
snow fell. The storm stopped the work
of tho big tallroad construction gang
at Shlppensburg and on tho new cut
off of the Western Mnryland railroad
between Tltenwald and Hagcrstown.
Both expect to resume tomorrow. Tho
mercury has hovered nbout the freez
ing point all day and the thermometer
registered 20 above zero at 9 o'clock
tonight.
Ilarrlsburg, Nov. 27. The snow storm
did not Interior? with the trafllc on tho
railroads centering in this city. Tho
trains from York nnd Chainbeishiirg
were delayed a short time, but all the
other Incominz trains have been on
time the past frty-clght hours.
DELAY AT BALTIMOKE.
Baltimore, Nov. 27. On account of
the blizzard In New York last night, nil
trains fiom points north of Philadel
phia were from one to five houis lato
today. The Pennsylvania train bear
ing this morning's Issue of the New
York papers did not arrive until nearly
noon, four hours behind schedule time.
The Baltimore and Ohio was compelled
to make up their western trains here,
taking Philadelphia and Washington
passengers through, and provided for
tho western passengers from New York
by special trains on their arrival from
the north. Trains on both the Penn
sylvania nnd Baltlmoie and Ohio from
the south nnd west were on time
throughout tho da v.
During last night and today high
winds prevailed on the Chesapeake bay,
but so far as know n there were no
casualties.
STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
All Records Since 1851 Are Broken.
Nearly all Business Paralyzed.
Boston, Nov. 27. A record-breaking
November blizzard swept over the
greater part of New Knglaud lasl night
and today, completely demoralizing
trafllc of every description, and well
nigh pnralyzlng telegraphic and tele
phonic conmiuiiicatlon.whlle the north
east gale, coming on a high course of
tides, drove the sea far beyond Its
usual limits nnd made a mark along
shore exceeded only by the memorable
hurricane ot 1S51.
While the storm was heaviest In the
southeastern part of New England, fie
whole district was affected, and experi
enced a snowfall of from eight to twenty-four
Inches, and as tho centre of
disturbance moved down the Maine
coast, that section and the provinces
will probably receive a taste of winter
weather tonight.
Fortunately the storm was heralded
sulllcJently In advance by the weather
bureau to detain most of the coastwise
shipping In safe harbors, but the warn
ing was entirely unheeded and ignored
by those on shore, with the result that
nearly every one, especially tho rail
roads and electric companies, were
caught napping and suffered accord
ingly. There was not a ralrload in
New England that was not more or less
tied up by the heavy fall of snow nnd
the great drifts, and the roads running
along the coast, like the New York,
New Haven and Hartford, and the Bos
ton and Maine, had the added dlfllculty
of frequent washouts In places exposed
to the heavy seas.
Trains north, east, south and west
were nearly nil stalled earlv In the
night, although one train from Bangor
reached Lynn this noon, and two Chi
cago trains came into the city this
evening.
In the cities and towns dependent
upon electric car service was even
worse, for tho damp snow packed hard
on the rails and held up even the heavy
snow-plows. The service in this city
wan probably the best of any of the
surrounding communities, yet even
here there was no attempt made to run
more than a dozen cars on Washing
ton street, nnd one or two others of the
main thoroughfares.
All points south of this city and east
of Providence were isolated early last
evening. Now Bedford being lost to
tho outside world before eight o'clock,
and Newport nnd Tall Biver disappear
ing not long after. Farther to the
west, at Providence and other parts
of Bhode Island, communication was
intermittent nnd subject to delay.
Night trains over the Shore line to
New York reached Providence with
only a few minutes delay, but beyond
that point they met terrltllc dilfts anil
it was morning boforo either ot tho
regular trains reached New London.
Here they were stalled nearly all day
by freight wrecks on the road between
that point nnd New Haven. The trains
for New York met a similar experience
wvst of Saybrook-F- and after some
hours ot telegraphing they managed to
leach New London and started late
la the afternoon for PiovUenei.
Along the Albany road the greatest
dlllk'Uty seemed to be in getting
trains up tho hill between Worcester
and Charlton and two or three engines
vere neoessaiy to pull the New York
train up tho grade lasl nUht. At noon
today the regular night express from
Chicago loft Springfield for this city,
followed a short time after by the
m irnlng express for the west, and.
barring a slight delay from a wreck at
Eustlleldbrook, came through to this
city all right.
The train having New York 'or this
clly at eleven o'clock last night was
stalled i't Meriden and it took the
train ofllclals nearly nil day lo get It up
to Springfield.
THIRTY SHIPS WRECKED.
Twelve Lives Lost The Storm
Plays Havoc nt Boston,
Boston. Nov. :!7. -Dining the gale lust
night and this inoinlng thhty barges
and schooneis ljliur In the harbor wero
wretked und sunk. At least twelve
Uvea were lost.
Tho Wilson liner Ohio Is ashore In
tho hay. No serious damage is re
ported. Receiver Appointed.
New York, Nov. 7. A iccilvw has been
(ri'Olfttid tor tho OhcluM Paper Manu
facturing company of Norwich, Uonn.,
ulioko capital Is ifJOO.ryiO: llublUtlM, fib,
Mr, nominal usstu, iHS.OOC.
RIOS INSTRUCTED
TO SIGN TREATY
SPANISH CABINET AUHEES UP
ON INSTRUCTIONS.
Tho Imparclnl Exhorte the Govern
ment to Spurn the American Gold
with Dignity A Red Book Denl
ing with the Peace Negotiations
Will Soon Be Issued Big Guns for
Gibraltar.
Madrid, Nov. 27. The cabinet ha?
agreed upon the Instructions to Senor
Montero Bios, president of the Spanish
pence commission, for tomorrow's joint
session at Paris, at which tho treaty
will bo signed.
El Impurcial exhorts the government
to refuse with dignity the Indemnity
America oflers and to protest against
America's appeal to force with respect
to the Philippines.
Kl Correo denies the reports that nn
Insurrection has broken out In the Sulu
Islands.
A red book dealing with the peace
negotiations Is being prepared.
There is a good deal of comment up
on a dispatch from (iibraltar announc
ing the arrival there during this month
of eighteen new model cannon.
$20,000,000 UNDER PROTEST.
Paris, Nov. 27. S"iioi Montero Bios,
president of the Spanish peace com
mission, is this evening waiting for a
reply from the Spanish government,
and unless there Is some change In
the situation before noon tomorrow,
the reply will be nn acceptance, under
protest, of the American offer of $20,-
000.000 for the Philippines.
Even up to a late hour this evening
telegrams have been exchanged be
tween the Spanish commissioners and
Madrid; but all the Americans In a pos
ition to speak with authority uve con
vinced that the foregoing outlines the
contents of the Spanish reply. Seuor
Abarzuzu expressed the opinion this
evening that there would be no break
in the work of tho commissions.
Marquis de Comillas, who is the
largest individual creditor of Spain
and has bon here tiom the outset ill
behalf of the- numerous Important en-terpn.-es
of which he Is the head, also
Indicated this morning that Spain has
made up her mind to yield. Hi- is in
very close touch with tho Spanish com
missioners. "Nothing that wo have done here,"
said the marquis, "has made any Im
pression upon the minds ot the Amer
ican commissioners. From the very
first their Intention was to take the
Philippines and they have never wav
ered." Ther: Is no truth In the report cabled
here from Washington that In the last
Ameilcan memorandum a demand for
the Sulu group had been added to the
previous American demand.
Tin original American claim was
within territory within lines longitud
inally and latttudinally defined. It
embraced the so called Sulu group
Thero has been no change since the
first demand, and., according to the
statement of one ot the American com
missioners, there will be no modl(lcu
tlon of it.
MR. BROWN'S REPORT.
Chief of Burenu of Railways Gives
Figures for Year Ending June 30,
1808.
Hanisburg, Nov. 27. The annual u
port of Isaac B. Brown, chief of tho
Htnto bureau of railways, for the year
ending .Juno 30, isys, is complete. The
total earnings of the street railways
operating In Pennsylvania during the
year covered by the report were $l!t.
745,70(5. More than one half ot this
amount, or $10,S9i,673, was received by
th? Union Traction company, of Phil
adelphia, which controls all tho street
railway lines In that city. The total
Incomes of street railways for tho pro
vious year was $1S,S79.CS0. Seventy-llv
per cent, of the total receipts of all
the street railways In Pennsylvania
for the past fiscal car were received
by the Philadelphia company and four
traction copnnlcs in Allegheny coimty.
The total operating expenses of the
stteet railways for tho year were $'.i,-
4Si!,57;i; total expenses, including
tn:os, Interest, rentals, dividends, etc.,
$2O.09C,!il2; capital stock of lines leased.
$.10,027,922, Indebtcnness of these cor
porations, $40.M 0,090 assets, .$9C,977.,jr3;
total mileage of Pciinsylvinlu street
railways, 1,432,84; aggregate length of
tt.icks operated, 1,70S.?2: number of
ems, C,(ilti; employes, 12.0S0; eomp-n-satloil
of employes, G.ML.SIO: total
number of passengers killed during the
year, 15; Injured, r.OG; number of em
ployes killed, 11; Ininred. SO The only
lines on which fatal accidents oceuried
to passengerri during the year were the
Wilkos-Barre and Wyoming Traction
company, T'nlUd Traction company,
Pittsburg; Union Traction company,
Philadelphia: and Consolidated 'fi ac
tion company, Pittsburg.
There were 54 stret-t railway com
panies In the state operating their own
anil other lines. Tho total amount of
the capital stock outstanding H $100,-
909.o33. In addition to the amount of
stock outstanding by lesser companies
there Is $50,027,922. the capital stock
outstanding of th" corporation!' who
lines are owned or operated by lesser
corporations.
Three Negroes Lynched.
Muildlltn. Miss., Nov. 27.-lteptirtH have
reached heie that three negroes were
I) in lied last night about four miles wei
of .Meridian. Newton count funnels are
uiil to be on trial of otlu-is Implicated
In an assault on a white man who rami
to Meridian on Friday from the vicinity
of Chunkey. Newton county, for tlu- pir
pose of selling cotton ami ptuch.ixln,;
supplies.
Gomez Reported Dead.
Hnvunu, Nov. 27. There is a report hi
circulation hero thU evening that word
has been received of tho death of Oeu
ei til Maximo Gomez on Friday night, but
It U not credited hi Cuban circles.
Mil. QUAY IN PHILADELPHIA.
The Senator Exchanges Visits with
Govctnor-Elect Stone.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27. The arrival ot
Senator Quay at the Hotel Walton yes
terday was followed today by thnt of
Governor-ele.n Stone, who Is register
ed nt tho same hotel. Senator Quay's
purpose In coming to this city was to
be present In court tomorrow in the
vmspiracv charges brought against
him. his son. ltlchard It. Quay, and ex
State Treasurer Haywood. Senator
Quay had nothing to sny relative to
the case excepting to express the hope
that the pioeeodlngs would not prevent
hW return to Washington early tomor
row. Governor-elect Stone, who has
Ju.U completed a brief vacation after
Ills arduous labors et the gubernatorial
campaign, stated that there was no
political significance In hl? visit. He
said be enioc on private business ami
hoiied to return to Washington tomor
row. He also stated that he had form
ed io definite plans regatdlng his in
auguration. During the d.tv Senator Quay and
Mr. Stone exchanged short visits. Sen
ator Pentose and John P. Elkln, chair
man ot the Republican state commu
te", visited a! different times each ot
the distinguished visitors. While Mr.
Elkln wns calling upon the governor
elect, the latter took occasion to com
pliment him on the manner In which
he hud conducted the recent campaign
ill the state.
BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK.
Street Car Tralllc Blocked All
Trains Late Canal Boats Sunk.
Damage to Shipping.
New York. Nov. 27. When the people
of New York awoke this morning they
found the blizzard that raged when
they retired was sllll In progress. The
storm, which began with a soft, sleety
snow on Saturday at noon, Increased
greatly as the day wore on, with heav
ier nnowfall, the wind blowing a gnl-j
nt midnight. There wns n slight abate
ment of the wind this morning, but the
snow still fell and drifted high nnd the
temperature dropped rapidly. It looked
this morning as though the blizzard
would continue all day. but at 10 o'clock
there was a breaking away In the west,
a brightening of the light, and finally
the storm ceased altogether and the
severest lillzzuul since tho memorable
one of March. 1SSS, came to an end. The
wind blew at the rate of fifty-nine to
slxtv miles an hour during the height
of the storm. Snow fell throughout
New Yoik state. The fnll In New York
city, the weather bureau reports, was
about ten Inches; Philadelphia, nine
Inches': Boston, six; Portland. Me., four
Inches; Albany, a little over an Inch.
The lowest temperatures reported were:
New York city. 25; Albany, IS.
As soon us there were signs of abate
ment In the fall of snow the street
cleaning department weni) to work, but
little progress wns made. The street
railway ploughs had thrown up huge
banks of snow on either side of the
rails, forming an almost Impassable
barrier. The street ele-aning depart
ment, with Its limited resources, re
moved a few thousand loads from the
principal thoroughfares, but this made
little Impression on the snow banks.
The contracts for the removal of snow
in this city have not yet been let, it
having been deemed highly Improbable
that any great snow storm would occur
before the last of December or next
year.
Today the cable roads were more
fortunate than the trolley lines. Nearly
every underground trolley line In the
city was Inoperative all day. owing to
the filling ii) of the slot by freezing
sleet and the filling of the conduit
with snow and frozen sleet.
Hundreds of men were employed by
the trolley companies to put them In
condition, but their efforts were futile.
Suburban trafllc was blocked for sev
eral hours in the morning, and after
that trains ran nt long Intervals.
All trains were delayed. Some thnt
were due In the early morning hours
had not been heard from at night.
The superintendent of malls In the
general postolllce reported that the
mail train from Boston, due at C n. in.,
had not been heard from, nor had tho
malls been received up to 9 o'clock to
night. The Incoming malls from otner
parts, he said, were from two hours
to an unknown number of hours be
hind time.
Few trains due at the Grand Central
station nrrived todny on time During
the greater jHirt of tho day tho black
boards contained the Information that
the Boston and New Haven trains had
not been heard from.
On tho Nef Yo8 nnd Hudson river
railroad all the local trains coming In
were late.
Most of the local trains on the New
York and Harlem were a few minutes
Pt' or. arriving. The train due fiom
the Adlrondacks region was one hour
and forty-f'vo minutes late. Several
trains on the Harlem division wero al
so slightly late, especially in the
mornlnu
The lerrlfllc blow of Saturday night
did much damage lo the small ship
ping in New York harbor. It Is re
ported tonight thnt several tug boats
belonging to tho Kingston Towing
company, together with a large num
ber of eanal boats, were punk up the
liver bv the force of tho trnle. The
shores of thi Hudson are Uttered with
wr 'ckngi1.
CATTLE KING DISAPPEARS.
Grant C. Gillette Pails for a Million
and Vanishes.
Fort Worth, Tex.. Nov. ,7. Urant C.
Gillette, the Kinsas City uttb king,
who recently failed for a million and
suddenly dlruppenied. U well known
In Texas. During the ptescnt vcar he
bought from Tex.w cattlemen nearly
r.O.OOO head of cattle, paying for them
$2,S00,0ki). flllotte after leaving Kansas
city came to Texas and on November
22 roslHiered at the Wiiili hotel In
this lty.
Hewaa seen by local commission men.
He left the same diy and It Is thoucht
he has guiy to old Mexico.
ilsterhnzy Coming: Here.
Antwerp. Nov. :'.--The Droits do
L'Home ussorts tint Major Comte Ferdi
nand WiiUlu Esternazy baa sailed for
tho United States.
Actor Couldock Dead.
New York, Nov. 27. C. W. Couldock, the
1 actor, died tonight.
AWFUL ACCIDENT
ON A RIVER BOAT
EXPLOSION 01 THE BOILER OF
THE T. C. WALKER.
Many Meet Horrible Death from tho
Steam from Which They Could Not
Escape Which Caused Their ilesh
to Drop from Their Bones Ter
rible Pate of Captain Tulan.
Stockton, Cub, Nov. 27. The most
disastrous accident In the history of
Stockton occurred this morning nt 1.20
o'clock near Fourteen Mile Slough,
when a part of one of the boilers ot
the river steamer T. C. Walker, which
left San Francisco about fi o'clock last
night, was blown out, killing live and
dangerously wounding eleven persons,
while probably fifteen or twenty were
more or less badly hurt, Tho T. C.
Walker Is owned by the California
Navigation and Improvement company
and ran between San Francisco and
Stockton.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
JOHN ii'I.AN. captain of the i. U.
Walker.
T. C. UI.FNT. the agent in ehalge of the
shipping oi sugar beets from the Mose
tract to the Ciockctt factory.
WATSON HENKY, engineer of the T.
C. Walker. Stockton.
MPS. lllONUY, wife of the chief engi
neer. JEItHY DAILY, fireman.
WOUNDED.
Ferdinand Law. passenger, badly scaldul
about face and bands and Injured
about the breast.
Ceorge P. Smith, a native of Massachu
setts, deck hand, burned about face
and body.
.lames Corcoran, deck hand, will prob
ably die.
Jack llolberg. known as Jack Sperry,
watchman, Injuied in brad and scald
ed over entire upper part of body.
Cnbattl Domlnlel. deck hand, sculcfd
about bands and face and buck in
jured. Joe Hums, deck bund, binned about bead.
(3. Fopplano, of San Francisco, passenger.
Injured In the face and breast.
Edward Paul Jones, stevedore, scalded
about face and hands.
Martin MaeCaffrei-, of S.in Francisco.
deck hand, burned about the bead nud
body.
Louis Krlzzollun. San Francisco, wine
merchant, badly injured.
John Flgonl. Stockton, deck hand, head
cut and back hurt.
THE STAnTLlNO BEPOBT.
The majority of the passengers were
In b?d wln-u the explosion occurred and
I wero awakened by the report, which
Mis as loud us a camion roar. People
rushed from their rooms In their night
clothes. The whole forward portion of
th steamer's upper works were blown
away. The electric lights had beer,
put out and tho escaping steam en
voi iped the front rortlon of the boat
till It was Impossible to see how much
ot the boat had been carried away.
TItj M'reauis of the men who were
lo ked in their rooms near the pilot
house was heartrending. Captain John
Tulan hud been blown from his bed
against the door of the state room
and so seriously injured that he could
not move. Tho door could not be forc
ed open, ns he was Jammed against it.
One of the employes of the boat se
cured an axe and cut the upper part
of the room itway and finally removed
him. but not until he wad virtually
roasted alive. When pulled out, the
flesh dropped from his bones In large
pieces.
Watson Htnry. the chief engineer,
and his wife were In their room hear
the pilot house when the explosion oc
curred. Mrs. Henry was blown a dis
tance of 20 feet to tho bow of the boat.
She was badly crushed and so badly
scalded with escaping steam that her
Injuries proved fatal at 12.X0 this after
noon. Mr. Henry was badly rcalded.
II? was thrown some dlatance, but not
so far as hi wife. He died shortly
after being brought to the city.
Mr. Blunt was Instantly killed. Ho
was standing on the lower deck, as
he Intended making a landing a abort
distance above the place whore tho
explosion occurred.
Jerry Dally, the fireman, was in the
firehold of tho boat when tho accident
occurred. The escaping steam com
pletely enveloped him, not a portion
ot his body escaping tho scorching va
por. He dlpd at the receiving hospital
at 12.43 this afternoon.
FATE OF DECK HANDS.
Underneath tho lower deck, where
tho deck hands slept, groans and
screams were terrible, for the unfor
tunate Imprisoned men were receiving
the full force of the steam as It came
from the boilers. Eight of them wero
almost roasted alive. Those who wero
able made their way to the dock as
best they could, while the more se
riously lnjur(! were unable to get out.
Arms and faces of thoso near the main
entrance were frightfully scalded.
Domlnlel, who was on the lower deck,
was blown Into the water and had to
swim ashore after bis back was
scalded.
Louis Brlzzohuil. In company with
Charles Mugging and wife, wero stand
ing near the pilot house on the Texas
deck. The force threw him to one side.
He was badly burned about the body.
Mr. Magglnl and his wife escaped with
out u scratch.
About an hour after the explosion
the passenger steamer Dauntless, coin
ing from Sun Francisco, hove in sight.
She rendered immediate assistance, and
all tho wounded and uninjured were
taken aboard. A telephone message
was sent to this city and the steamer
Clara Crow, with several physicians
with medicines, etc., were sent to nld
tho Dauntless. The relief bout met tho
Dauntless a short distance down the
liver and the physicians were rpilckly
taken on board. A terrible sight greet
ed them. Captain Tulan was breath
ing his last. Mrs. Henry was lying In
the ladles' cabin, und every effort was
made to relieve her stiff clings. Mr.
Hrizzolanl vvus tossing on a bed In a
state- room.
On the lower deck tho injured em
ployes of tho boat were located. Moans
and screams which could not be ie
pressed were uttered by tho injured
men. Everything possible was done to
relieve their acony.
A BEMABKABLE ESCAPE.
One of tho remarkable escapes Is that
of Henry Polveno, who was ut tho
wheel when the explosion occurred.
THE NEWS THIS 310KNINU
Weather Indications Today)
Pair; Hreili Northwest Winds.
Geticral Our "Open Door" Policy Will
Await the Disposition of tho Phil
ippines. Spanish Pence Commission Instructed
to Sign Pence Treaty.
Worst Mlzznrd Since 1SSS.
Convicted Murderers Bgan and Shew
Sentenced.
Disastrous Hlvcr Calamity.
Local Fiftieth Annlveisury of Ii'st
Presbyterian Chuich,
Local Anniversary of First Picsbyto
rlnn Church (Continued).
Editorial.
Comment ot the Press.
Local Testimony to Prove Van Horn's
lnsnnlt.
Lehigh Valley Will Enter Scranton.
Local West Scranton and Suburban.
News Bound About Scranton.
Local Annlversaiy of First Presby
terian Church (Concluded).
The pilot house was torn away, but he
wns not dungerously Injured, though
somewhat scalded about the lower
limbs.
At S o'clock last night the Wnlker
ran Into n mud bank near Bernlcla.
Shortly nfter the steamer hud been
gotten off. John Yorke and his wife,
passensors, heard a noise which they
supposed to be escaping steam. No at
tention wns paid to It, however. What
caused the explosion will probably
never be known. The ste-am drum
burst with terrific violence. It had
split completely across the upper por
tion and the whole sheet turned out
ward. The four walls1 of the engine room
were demolished by the force of the
explosion. The lower deck, hurricane
deck and Texas deck were wrecked In
the portion directly over the engine
room. Tho direction of the Hying deb
ris wns unward and outward toward
the bow. If It had been tho other way.
the loss of life would have been much
greater. The forward doors and stair
way were destroyed. An Immense con
course of people met the Walker.whlch
was towed In nt 12..H0 p. ni. Tho prop
erty loss will not exceed $2,000.
EAGAN AND SHEW
ARE SENTENCED
The Death Penalty Imposed by
Judge Searle Eagan Displays
Nerve, But Shew Claims That He
Does Not Deserve a First Degree
Sentence.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Montrose, Pa., Nov. 27. At about 8
o'clock lost night a scene was enacted
in tho court room here which has not
been rehearsed In twenty-four years.
In 1S74 O'Mura and Irving were sen
tenced to tho full penalty of tho law
for the murder of O'Mora's mother and
sister near Alford. The bodies1 of the
slain women were taken to the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western Ball
road company's tracks, near Alford,
the bones of their arms and legs broken
so as to Intimate they had been struck
by a passing train, they were placed
there between the rails and left for
further mutilation by the next Iron
monster wiilch would come sweeping
around the curve. The bodies wero
discovered, however, before a train ar
rived and the perpetrators apprehend
ed. They exolated their crime on the
gallowo In 1874.
In tho annals of crime In Susque
hanna county the only two murders
which vie one with the other in cruelty
are the O'Mara and Pepper cases. Pep
per was beaten down upon his barn
floor by n whlflletree at the hands of
J. James Eagan nnd Cornelius Wells
Show, a gaping wound penetrated the
right wall of his skull. His death was
caused by extravastatlon of blood,
commonly termed a clot of blood, which
formed on the lower left lobe of the
brain.
The ftualnt old court room was
crowded even to the mezzanine gallery:
oppressive silence reigned supreme, nnd
the two men who had been found guilty
of murder In the first degree sat Inside
the guard rail, cynosures of all eyes.
It was plainly evident that It was a
trylns time for Judce Searle, for dur
ing his ten years' service on the bench
It was his pristine sentence for this
gravest crime.
SHEW WEAKENS.
Eagen stood the sentence with fort
itude, he asked for a glass of water,
it was given him, his hand trembled
slightly when ho raised It to his lips
and lie was pale unto death. He look
ed nt Shew with hututrlng Interest
when the judge nsked him to stand
and ho was apparently surprised when,
In response to the court's preliminary
question. Shew said: "Yes sir, I feel
that a first degree murder I nm not
entitled to. I do not deny being In
th crime; I do deny taking such a
hand as would warrant first degree. I
was not Inlondlnc to do nnv harm,
and In that awful crime at Bush I have
not tho heart to lend mo on to do
such a thing. I did not plan, I shall
say now and I shall always say that
I don't deserve a first degree."
It was an effoit for the judge and
he paused before passing the death
sentence upon Shew. It came, how
ever, ns the Inevitable must come In
such cases.
On the way to the jail Shew sivid:
"Well, this Is something we often road
about, but only experience onco In a
life." Shew won a wag"r of fifty cents
on the result of the deliberations of
tho Jury, hmnvlim hot with a fellow
prisoner at the Jail that the Verdict
would be murder In tho first degree.
The Shew Jury returned a verdict
as above stated shortly after nlnn
o'i lock this mornini-- three ballots were
taken: the first one being ns to wheth
er the prisoner was guilty or not, It
was unanimous. The second ballot
stood eleven first degree, mid aw sec
ond degree.
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Steamship Arrivals.
New york, Nov. 27. Arrived La Tour-film-.
Havre. Sailed: Lucaul.i. Liver
pool; La Normnudle. Havre: Spuurndain,
Botterdam; Butterdtim, Rotterdam.
Quceustown Sulkd. Cumpaiilu, Nov
I York.
CONCERNING
"OPEN DOOR"
The Policy Will Await
Final Disposition of
Philippines.
OF LIMITED APPLICATION
The Phrase "Open Door" Seems to
Have Been Completely Misunder
stood by Foreign Newspapers who
Have Given It nn Application ta
This Continent Tho Policy Al
ways Followed by tho United
States Will Not Be Departed Prom
Savo Perhaps in tho Case of tho
Philippines.
Washington, Nov. 27. Administra
tion ofilcefH do not expect that tho so
called "open door" policy will take an
Important position In the discussion of
tho coming session of congress, but
believe debate on this matter will wait
on final disposition of the Philippines.
A prominent official today said: "Tho
phrase 'open door' Is of limited appli
cation and has been used only with
reference to the possessions of Euro
pean powers on the east coast of Asia.
Originating In the treaty or 'open ports'
ot China and Japan, tho words havo
been extended to cover ports 'which
China has leased or surrendered to for
eign powers. The phrase means that
In such ports the nllcn government has
in fact Imposed no discrimination:! In
tariff or navigation charges against Im
ports or vessels of other countries, but
has treated them on the samo plane aft
Its own Imports and Its own vessels.
In other words, foreign powers holding
Chlnew ports by seizure or treaty havo
merely announced that they will keep
open such ports In the same manner
that China has opened certain freo
ports to the commerce of nations with
out discrimination or favor. The 'open
door' policy has been politically obli
gatory as the reverse policy would bo
in direct hostility to tho purpose of
civilized nations, steadily pursued for
years and concurred In by China, ot
opening the Asiatic trade to commerce.
PHBASE MISUNDEHSTOOD.
"The phrase 'open door' has no per
tinence to the western hemisphere and
no relevancy to the West Indies. Tho
matter has been completely misunder
stood by foreign newspapers, giving tho
phrase an application to this continent.
The United Stntes restricts trajje be
tween American ports to American
vessels, precisely as the Dominion of
Canada restricts1 trade to British ves
sels between Canadian ports. Under
tho British law- any nation which elects
to allow British vessels to engage In
Its coasting trade can obtain the privi
lege of entering the coasting trade of
Canada. Tho United States has never
availed Itself of this opportunity, hold
ing that the privilege to bo granted Is
very much more valuable than the
privilege to be obtnlned.
"The restriction of trade between the
United States and Porto Blca to Amer
ican vessels is based on the policy
which the United States has always
followed under all administration, a
fact overlooked by the European press.
There seems to bo no disposition here
to change this policy In this sphere
from the mere fact tljat by the pos
session of the Philippines the United
States must determine whether It will
follow tho 'open door' policy of other
nations with possessions by seizure or
concessions on tho east coast of Asia.
Commercially the restriction of tho
trade between the United States and
Porto Blca is of relatively little mo
ment, as the direct commerce Is very
small and Is absorbed by American and
Canadian vessels. Tho value of Porto
Pica Is as n fulcrum for the develop
ment of American commerce In tho
West Indict'."
STRAUS GETS PEltMITS.
Gains Concessions from the Sultan
of Turkey.
Constantinople, Nov. 27. The ener
getic action of Oscar S. Straus, tbo
United States minister, has obtained a
concession which the united powers had
been for eighteen months vainly en
deuvorlng to secure, namely, the grant
ing of traveling permits to forolgncia
In the Interior of Asia Minor.
The Immediate incentive to the ac
ton of Mr. Straus was the porte's re
fusal of permits to American mission
aries. MISTAKE ABOUT TlNG-HAI.
British Admiral Has Not liaised the
Union Jack There.
ShunghnI, Nov. 27. The report re
ceived hero yesterday that the British
admiral hud hoisted the Union Jack
over 'ling-Hal. capital of the Island
of Chusan, and over several other Isl
ands lu the Chusan archipelago, Is not
credited.
The British consulate has received
no confirmation of tho rumor, which
probably originated In mistaking the
survey murks of the survey ship Wat
er Witch for the Union Jack.
Lyman Abbott Will Resign.
New York, No. 27. Uev. Dr. Lynnn
Abbott, f i urn llio pulpit today announced
bis Intention to resign tho pastorate of
Plymouth church. Ili-ooUlyn. which he has
filled fur ten yturs. Ill health is tho
cause.
MIMtt-HHIMI
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. Nov. 27. Forecast
for Monday Tor cumuiii Penns)!
vanla. fair Mondin with lresli
northwest winds b nunsr vari
able; rain late Mi.uila night and
-
Tuesday; warmer Tuesday,
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