W . WWlr- in hittf i ...-MarrtS!8rionMB ',O0Olwl''-W'?' tf A SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1900. TWO CENTS. TWO CENTS. xf v - I S3 I 1 I I 1 rsSSiWMWTSKi3fe !S8KaS4?!3P ""SErf'ilSgjyKSSflBite1" TERRIBLE FIRE Over Two Hundred Perish in the Flames at the Piers. OCEAN LINERS DESTROYED Passengers unci Crows on the Steam ships Main, Sanle and Bremen, Unable to Escape from the Ships, Dive to Death, Some Into the Water, Some Into the Fiery Holds. Of All the Big Liners Tied Up to the Hoboken Wharves, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Was the Only Vessel to Escape tho Fury of the Flames and at That Almost Suf fered the Fate of the Other Three. Doss of Property Enormous List of the Missing. New York, July 1. The losses sus tained In the fire at tho docks of tho North German Lloyd Steamship com pany in Hoboken yesterday are to night const natively placed at nearly $10X00.000. the loss of life, while merely guess irk at even this late hour, will reach probably as high as 200, and there ore ver :!00 men In tho hospi tals In this eity, Hoboken and Jersey lty. badly burned. lT,) to it o'clock tonight eigh teen bodies bad been recovered. Kiev en of these were placed In a row at the morgue in this city and numbered, this being the only means tho authorities have of maintaining- any sort of Iden tity over the corpses, as they arc so badly 1 ham-el and dismembered that Identification will be mado only by trinkets and pieces of clothing that wore foun 1 u'jout the bodies. Tho only ay the steamship officials have o' approximating the loss of life Is by comparing tho list of those re ported safe with tho list of the em ployes on the steamships. Late, to night Gustab Schwab, the general agent of the North German Lloyd line, gave out n list showing what men on each vessel had been missing up to that hour. On tho Saalo 2.'5 men were employed and only 127ot these had been accounted for up to 11 o'clock, leaving 12 men actually employed as o!Ticct'H. suiliirs, stewards, engineers, coal passers, oilers and trimmers to bo accounted for. Tho Bremen had 204 m n on board, but only 127 of these lave been found. The Main had 137 employed on her nt the time and only seventy-sly have been reported safe. Spectacular Horrors. Tho scene of tho great fire today pre sented a spectacular but horrible sight. Over in Hoboken, where two days ago piers reaching hundreds of feet out Into the river and rising in tho air like great hills stood, alive with out going and Incoming commerce, a great waste of burning and smoking beams with hero find there a remnant of a high brick wall nre all that remains of the hundreds of thousands of dol lar' rtorth of property. The three Im mense piers of tho Norttt German Lloyii lino are burned to tho water's ripple, the Thlngvalla pier also lies smouldering, and a part of tho Hum- burg-American per, which had Just been added to their great pier city, was In ruins. Four large store Iiousps of the Palmer, Campbell company aro wrecked, and they .with the piers, go to mak tho npnlllni; mass of debris that lloi smoking, slzling and steam- l ing across the North river. It covers over four city blocks nnd reaches out Into the river for over a thousand feet. Streams of water am being pumped ono tho ruins and workmen are poking about nmong the hot ruins for bodies or nny trace of bodies. This was the sceno of the gieatest at traction today and thousands upon thousands of people went thetc. Tho streets were Jammed with masses go ing In steady streams to the ruins. Every trolley car was packed with .struggling humanity, every ferry boat was crowded to tho rails nnd every tug too. that coufd be brought imo private use, Jiau Its quota or peo ple hurrying to the scene of the fire. Far off up tho North river at Wee hawkon a great cloud of smoke rose and tumbled, at one moment lying hard on tho wator and at tho next rising Just enough to show the skele tons of two of tho great ocean liners, the Dromon and tho Main, that rose like giant spiders out of tho smooth surface of the water. They hod both been beached there. Around thorn nwarmed a fleet of small boats carry ing spectators. Far down tho river, oft Ellis Island, lay tho smoking and steaming hulk of tho Saale, Sho was almost a total wreck. AT HOBOKEN Tho loss of life will probably prove greatest when the wreck of tho Saale has boon searched. Already a number of bodies have been taken off her, and as soon as tho Are In hor hold has sub sided enough to allow anyone to go down In her, there Is every probability that many bodies will bo found below decks, ns various tugboat captains claim to have seen thirty or forty per sons In one compartment just before tho Saalo went down. Of tho ICO persons who were reported missing tonight, It Is behoved that some will bo found safe In sailors' boarding houses In this city and Jer sey City and Hoboken. Tho North German Llod officials deny that any passengers was lost; declare that few, If any, visitors per ished, and that the loss of Ufa was almost entirely among employes of the company. ESTIMATE OF LOSS. Conservative People State That 200 Lives Were Sacrificed. New York, July 1. The fearful havoc to life and property, caused by the fire which broke out at the docks of tho North German Lloyd company In Ho boken yetserday, cannot be approxi mated with any degree of certainty. Conservative people, who have had ex perience along the docks, nre of the opinion that not over 200 lives were lost. One of the officers of tho steamship Bremen said today mat there were fully 200 visitors on board that vessel when the fire touched there, the major ity of them being women. A boat was lowered from tho Bremen shortly after the alarm had been given, but the craft rapslzed as It touched tho vvitcr and all hands were precipitated Into tho water, and none of them was saved by those remaining on the vessel. This In Itself would Indicate that the list of dead may be larger than It was at first thought to bo. The property loss can simply be ap proximated at this time. None of the ofllclals around tho docks could glvo nnything like a precise estimate of their losses, and none was prepared to make a statement on this point. A conservative estimate, made by 11 prominent flro underwriter, places tho entire damage at less than $10,000,500. Tho three docks of the North Ger man Lloyd lino aro total losses with all their contents, and they are still smouldering, with many streams from flio hose playing continually on tho debris. The pier of the Thlngvalla line Is totally wiped away, and an exten sion which had just been built on the Hamburg-American line's expanse of piers was burned down to the spile tops. The warehouses of Palmer Campbell, which were across the street from the North German Lloyd line docks, suf fered greatly, and a number of houses along tho street were scorched badly. Estimate of Losses. The loss on tho steamship properties and to other companies Is estimated tonight, approximately, as follows: The steamship Main of the North German Lloyd line, cost $1,500,000, out side of cargo, fittings and stores. Tho loss la placed at $1 200,000 for that vessel and about $400,000 for the fitting nnd stores and cargo that was aboard of her. The steamship liremen of the North German Lloyd lino cost $1.2'i0,000 and her fitting and cargo were valued at $300,000. The cargo and stores were entirely consumed nnd the loss to the vessel proper will amount to at least $7U0,000. She is beached oft Weeliaw ker. tonight and still smoldering, ap parently destroyed. The Saalo, the steamship which will have the most horrible story of death to unfold when the divers go flown In her, cost the North German Lloyd company $1,250,000, and the fitting and cm go were valued at $300,000. Tho Saalo Is beached at Ellis Island and is still burning. The damage to the ves sel p-cper is placed at about $800,000. The damage done to the Kaiser Wil helm Per Grosse Is estimated at $2.", 000. The three docks of the North German Lloyd line, which were burned td 'c the water's edge, aro estimated to have cost $400,000. The docks were well filled with merchandise just re ceived from abroad nnd valued at S2!0,C00. Tho Thlngvalla pier, which was en tirely consumed, was valued at $30,000, counting the stores which were In It. The Hamburg-American lino dock, which had Just been completed as an extension to their great pier, and which was destroyed In order to pre vent tho spread of the flames, was damaged to the extent of $15,000. This was the only loss they sustained, ns the s' earner Phoenicia, contrary to re ports, was not even scorched. Tho warehouses of Palmer Camp bell, houses E, F, G and II, were burned. Mr. Campbell said tonight that he could not give a definite esti mate of his losses, but tho damage to J TJT olZTOo! Had the flro occurred at any other time of tho year, ho said, tho loss would have been much greater, as Just nt tho present time the Imports nre very light and tho houses worn not well tilled. This statement ac counts for the comparatively small loss on the three plera of tho North Ger man Lloyd line. Ono lighter, contain ing five thousand bags of sugar wan destroyed, the loss being $27,000. Other Boats Burned, Eight barges and eleven canal boats wcro either burned or sunk with their cargoos. Total vnluatlon, $125,000. Tho Hoboken shore railroad had a number of cars burned and other prop erty damaged. Loss, $7,000. Minor losses on floating property, burned at the flro proper, or setoa flro by burning driftwood, will amount to abtmt $20,000. The personal losses sustained by those aboard tho steamships can sim ply be surmised, ns there Is no way of ascertaining this nt tho present time. Freight Manager Bonner said tonight that the Main had about 5,000 tons of cargo In her hold. Of this, there were 2,000 tons of grain, 1.000 tons of slag nnd about 3,000 balos of cotton, and considerable general merchandise. Tho Saale had a full cargo, Including copper nnd general merchandise, but tho Bremen had hardly nny cargo aboard of her. "I believe," Mr. Bonner said, "that the loss to the cargo on the three ships will exceed $1,000,000. As to tho loss of cargo on tho piers, It Is difficult to es timate, for there was both Inward and outward-bound cargo there. "The greatest damage to tho cargo of the Saalo will bo that done by the water. I believe that the hull of the Saalo below the water lino is all right, and also her engines. Tn a visit to tho Bremen we found that, while tho hull Is In good shape, apparently, the cargo Is lost. The Bremen now has a list to port and there Is some danger that she may break If she lists further. Tho Main, like tho Bremen, was still burn ing when I was there." Agent Schwab Interviewed. Gustav Schwab, the agent of the North German Lloyd steamship line, said tonight: "Things aro In a very unsettled con dition ns yet, nnd I have been hard at work today gathering up tho ends. I have been on a tour or Inspection this morning and In a. tug visited all three of tho wrecked vessels, as well as tho Kaiser "Wilhelm Der Grosse. She will leave on her regular trip, Tuesday, at 10 a. m. "The Saale was tho first vessel wo visited. From there we went to the Bremen nnd tho Main. Both of the vessels are still burning. 1 should not say that any of the vessels would bo a total loss. They look worse from tho outside than they really are. After they are pumped out we can toll better what the loss will be. Both the Bre men and the Saale are, however, pretty badly damaged. Wrecking companies are already working on tho Saule, and she will bo pumped out as soon as pos sible. "I will not glvo any figures, nor can I estimate what tho amount will be. The loss on the ships will be estimated by the home olllce. We received a cable this morning from them asking for In formation. The home olllce knows tho value of the ships. I can only guess roughly at the cost. The piers In Hoboken aro all insured in local com panies, but I do not feel that I can glvo the names of tho companies. "There was on the pier a quantity of cargo, which, of course, was destroyed. Wc are not responsible for tho cargo, either on tho ship or on the piers. "The cargo on the pier comprised cotton, machinery, measurement goods, tobacco, cement and general merchan dise." Mr. Schwab states that there were no passengers on the steamship Saalo, and that if any bodies were found, other than those of the crew, they were the remains of visitors, for Sat urday was visiting day with the line and It was probable that there were a number on board nt tho time of the flro. The Injured. It Is estimated that from three to four hundred persons were Injured nnd taken to the different hospitals In tills city, Jersey City and Hoboken. Many of them were found to be not serious ly hurt and were discharged today. Many others nre believed to be so se verely Injured that they cannot recov er. While the fire was still burning the work of relief was begun. Men came to the otrico of the North German Lloyd line almost naked and with their clothing ruined by salt water. Men who had been treated by doctors, but who were not sufficiently Injured as to be taken to hospitals, also gathered at the ofllce. Every man was given money and clothing and taken to a temporary lodging house by agents of the company. The sailors from the ships lost abso lutely everything they possessed. Women besieged the ofllces for In formation In regard to relatives. Thero was about seventy missing reported at the North German Lloyd ofllce. Fully 80 per cent, of the sailors are Germans who have no home and no relatives In this country. Most of them lived In Germany. Rescued from the Bremen. At 4 o'clock this morning nineteen machinists and firemen were taken off the steamship Bremen, after being held very close bound, with death star ing them In tho face for nearly twenty four hours. They were brought ashore on the tugs and taken caro of In hotels near the company's charred property. No loss of life was reported on the Bremen with the exception of tho probability of deaths occurring from the capsizing of tho boat already men tioned. As seventy-four persons were rescued from the river by six boat crows from the steamer Phoenicia of tho Hnmburg-Amerlcan line. It Is just possible that there was not a soul lost from the Bremen. Three dead bodies were picked up to day near the Hamburg-American line dock In Hoboken. One of them was Identified as Miss Lena Cordts, a stew ardess of the steamer Saalo: tho other two were bodies of men, one of whom was Identified through a rent receipt found In his pocket as Henry Cordell, of Hoboken. The body lies as yet un identified at the morgue, but from the appearanco of tho clothing It Is pre sumed the dead man was an oiler or coal passer on some of tho ships. From a very reliable source It was learned today that the officers of the steamer Saalo had accounted for ono hundred and eleven persons out of a total of two hundred and twenty-flvii persons who were on board at tho out break of tho fire. There was n continuous stream of callers at pollco headquartors In Hobo ken all day, seeking Information ,of missing friends and relatives. Some of them were sent away with very little hope of meeting their missing ones on this side of the grave, while others, evidently prompted by curiosity, gave the police officials no end of trouble asking frivolous questions. It Is feared that, some of the Chris tian F.ndeavorers who were to (have sailed on Tuesday for Southampton on the Baale may have lost their lives, It was said today that some of theso people had conic to this city to In spect the ship, which had been char tered to take live hundred of them to England, nnd that they were on board of her when tho llanics broke out on the pier. As mnny people, to avoid being 1 ousted to death on tho three steam ships nnd tho docks, Jumped over board and woro drowned, searching parties kept a closo watch today along the shores of tho North liver, Brook lyn nnd Staten Island. As the tldo was 011 the turn when the people were lost in tho wator, It Is believed that their bodies were carried upstream and when they rise will come to tho surface nbovo Twenty-third street, un less they drifted Into tho central cur rent nnd caught the flood tldo run ning out. They nre likely to De dis covered mostly In tho upper bay. Rela tives of tho missing, employed row boats and men to patrol In tho vicin ity of tho disaster In the hope of pick ing up tho remains of the missing ones. Other boatmen searched for the dead on speculation. Captain Mlrow's Body. Agent Schwab, of the North German Lloyd company, said this afternoon: "On the deck of tho Saalo a body was found today, which is probably that of Captain Ml row. It was burned be yond recognition, but Mr. Bonner Iden tified a knlfo which was found on tho body ns ono belonging to tho captain. There va9 also found by Mm a mass of molten KoM which is hcllcM-d the remains of the heavy Col J chain which th" captain wore. Captain Mirow u married and resided on the other Hide. The" company Is looking out for the wounded and survlora and wc are trying to muster those who are left In Hoboken. Our work is trying to get accurate lists of the dead and wounded. Wo luc men visiting the hospital) and ascer taining who the people are. The list is very hard to net for much that hai come out at first has not been accutnte. The fire was quickly started and many Jumped nvri board or jumped n.ifely hv. other means. Again the ships separated, some going up tho stream, some down the stream, and the men n-atterlng. Many are missing. As to the le.ng shoremen at work on the ships' ami docks they wre employed by the company for we do our own stevedore work. They are hired on the pier. f wish to deny the itatement that thtre was a large quantity of oil on the pier near the cot ton. There wan, howvrr, on one of the piers a quantity of lubricating oil, this oil had passed a V.00 Hash test. The lire began In mine cotton on one of the piers nnd spread with amazing rapidity. When the burned and ncuttlcel steamship Saale is pumped out it is believed tint the bodies of many prople who perished below her main deck will be recovered. Rome of those ponrd In by the thnics were alive when the steamship was towed to the Jersey Hats, Just north ot Kills Island. Through the open dead lights or port, holes the poor creatures appealed fur help si-v-oral times befoie the vessel was scuttled In the hope of putting out the fire which was raging In her upper works. The jwrt holes being less than a frot in diameter it wa.s impossible to save them, ard one nftfer another the people Inside suecumbrd to the smoke and flame When the fire broke out those wording below deck on the steamship Main included thirty-six tiremen, l oilers, four water bojs, two storekeepers, one bollerman and Pve machinists. These men Included sixteen who spent almost eight hours In one of the boal bunkers with the fire raging ui mind them. Ileslde these Fiitcon who were taken out early this morning fifteen others have if ported. This leaves twenty-three of the force mining. Where they are is not known. Some may lave escaped and they may all have been burned to death. Captain l'eterman, of the Miin, was absent when the fire broke out, and the ship was in charge of Officer Otto Weber. Weber has not reported since the fire nnd it Is believed he perished fn the flames or was drowned. PENNSYLVANIA WINS- Bed and Blue 'Varsity Crew Again Champion Wisconsin Defeated by Half a Length Wisconsin Takes Freshmen Bace. Poughkeepsie, July 1. In one of the most remarkable boat races between college crews, and, Indeed, between nny crews, Pennsylvania outrowed Wisconsin and Cornell and won tho 'varsity elght-oareel shell race here yesterday on the Hudson river by barely a half length. The finish be tween Pennsylvania and Wisconsin wrs a most exciting ono. Cornell nt about tho three and one-half mile mark weakened perceptibly and fell behind, nnd for a while It looked as If the Ithlcans would be a prey for Co lumbla. Tho New Yorkers, however, could only beat Georgetown, and so the race ended. The Time. University Itacc Penn)lvanla 10.44 3-1 Wisconsin 19.10 2-3 Cornell 20.011-5 Columbia 20.03 1-5 Geoigetown 20. ID 1-5 Freshmen Itacc Wisconsin 0.45 2-5 Pennsylvania 0.513-5 Other times not taken because of darkness. DEATH OF ADMIRAL PHILIP. The Hero of Many a Naval Fight Passes Away. Now York, July 1. Hear Admiral John W. Philip, commandant of tho Brooklyn navy yard, died at 3.15 yes terday afternoon of heart disease, at the navy yard. An organic affection of the heart was the cause of his death. His wlfo was at his bedside when the end came. The funeral ot near Admiral Philip will take place at tho navy yard, Brooklyn, on Monday at 4 o'clock. Tho body will bo taken by tug to tho Penn sylvania railroad, the train leaving there for Annapolis at 9 p. m. The body will bo burled In tho cemetery at Arlington on Tuesday afternoon. Steamship Arrivals. New York, July 1. Arrived: Potsdam, Itot tenlam oriel lloulognc. (ueenitown Arrived) Sen la, New Yeuk for Liverpool. Sailed! Cam pania (from Lit ti pool), New York. South' an-.pton Silled: Koenlg Lulse (from Prcmen), Now York. Muni I'&stedi l'rlcsland, Ant werp for New York. Suicide nt Sunbury, Sunbury, I'a., July l.-L I). Kllllan, ased 61 years, of Chicago, a traveling silesioan, repre senting the Acetylene Oas company, of llrlelgc water, Ya,, commmitted tulelde to-lay at liland Park, a pleasuie resort about a mile from this city. He was fcund suspended from a tree. Two Children Burned. New York, July 1. Fire, believed to be of Incendiary origin, destroyed the home of Wil liam Gilkes, adjoining the Clifton race track mar Paterson, N. J., early today. Two chlU din, Sadie, 5 years old, and Ltta, 3 years old, were burned to death. MR. HILL IS SUMMONED BY BRYAN Statesman from Wol- fert's Roost Hastens to Lincoln. THE CAUSE OF SPECULATION An Impression That tho Conference Will Be in Reference to 10 to 1. Discussing Vice Presidential Tim ber Mr. Croker's Views Eliot Donforth Not a. Candidate A De sire on Part of the New York Dem ocracy to Give the Money Question Passing Reference Only New York Will Support Hill. Kansas City, July 1. Former Gover nor IX 11. Hill, of Now York, arrived here early today from St. Louis, hav ing left Albany on Friday. As he was leaving the breakfast room at tho Coates hotel, shortly after ills arrival, he was handed a telegram from Mr. Bryan requesting him to como to Lin coln nt his earliest convenience. Do spite the fact that ne was much fa tigued from his long trip from New York, the governor felt tnat he must obey the summons from Mr. Bryan and In n few minutes was on his way to the depot. He expects to return to Kansas City tomorrow morning. The telegram calling the governor to Lincoln con veyed no Intimation ns to Mr. Bryan's object in summoning the distinguished New Yorker. Mr. Hill himself dis claimed any knowledge of the purpose In Mr. Bryan's mind when he sent tho telegram. The summons from Mr. Bryan creat ed the tlrst distinct sensation of the ante-convention proceedings. While few people saw Mr. Hill before ho left for Nebraska, the fact that ho had gone at tho request of Mr. Bryan was soon noised about the hotels and was the principal topic of discussion. Opin ions varied widely as to the object of the conference, nut, as nobody had any really definite Information, the goeslp was speculative, purely. In some quarters It wns suggested that Gover nor Hill's visit was not In response to a summons from Mr. Bryan, but was prompted by a desire on the part of tho New Yorker to have a talk with the Democratic leader as to the finan cial declaration to be made In the plat form. It Is known that Governor Hill does not des,re a distinct declaration hi fa vor of 10 to 1 and It wilt be his effort to Induce not only Mr. Bryan, but also the convention, to accept a modified plunk which, while not specifically de claring for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1 will be such a re-afllrmatlon of the Chicago platform on that subject as will prove satisfac tory to all elements of the party. Mr. Croker's Sentiments. Kansas City, July 1. BIchard Croker. Dr. Crosby, health commissioner of New York city: former Senator Mur phy, and other leaders of Tammany were the first of tho New York dele gation to appear. They arrived this morning, fatigued from the long, hot ride, and remained In their apart ments most of the day. Mr. Croker and Senator Murphy, however, visited the convention hall during the after noon. Neither would talk on politics. "Tammany rather favors the nomi nation for tho vice-presidency of a man from some close western state, say Ohio or Indiana," said Dr. Crosby. "But whoever bo nominated will re ceive royal support, and we will expect to win with him. Ben Shlveley, of In diana, will make a first-class man, but anyone, so long as ho is a good Demo crat." "Senator Hill, for Instance?" "Yes, Senator Hill. I know these are Mr. Croker's sentiments. The plat form as adopted by the convention will bo our platform." Eliot Danforth, of New York, was one of the early callers today at tho apartments of former Governor Hill, lie did not see Mr. Hill, as the latter already had left for Lincoln. "In tho ordinary acceptation of tho term," said Mr. Danforth, "I am not a candidate for the vice-presidency or for any other olllce. Our delegation Is not here yet at least nil of tho mem bers aro not and as no conference has been held by the delegates, no courso of action has been mapped out. I should he proud to be a candidate for vice-president on tho ticket with Mr. Btyan, but I nm not seeking the nomi nation and shall not, believing that the convention will do that which Is wisest and best. "As to the platform," replied Mr. Danforth, In respones to Inquiry, "the position of the New York Democrncy was very well defined In our state platform. Our people by the attitude of their representatives In that con vention nro not In favor of having the platform ndoptcd by tho Kansas City convention emphasize tho declara tion that the money question is the issue this time of parnmount Import ance. Personally I gavr cheerful and cordial support to the candidates and platform of 1R90 and I will give tho same earnest support to the candidates and platform of 1000. To my mind, new Issues of vital Importance, not alone to the Democratic party, but nlso to the people ot tho United States, without reference to party afllllatlon, have arisen. Theso Usues will bo pressed to tho front In the approaching campaign, not so much, perhaps, be cause they are set nut In political platforms, as because they aro the Is sues In which the people themselves are most deeply interested." The New York leaders, who are I known as tho Crocker faction, did not THE KKWS THIS MOKXIM Weather Indications ToJayt FAIR; WARMER. General More Than 200 Mvcs host In a Hoboken l'lre. German Minister Murdered by the Boxers, llryan Calls Hill to Lincoln. General Northeastern Pennsylvania. Financial nnd Commercial. Local Opening of the West Scrantnn I'ostal Sub-Station. Farewell Sermon ot llcv. Dr. l'lcree. Editorial. Kcws and Comment. Local Turnpike Company Will Itcpalr Ablnj. ton Turnpike. Mention ot Some Men of the Hour. 0 Local West Scranton aud b'ubmhan. 7 Hound About tho County. 8 Local Live News of Hie Industrial World. Orders for tho Camp at Jit. Gretna. meet cx-Sonntor Hill after their ar rival In tho city. Mr. Croker, ox-Senator Murphy and Judge Van Wyck, had conferences with Senator Jones and Other Democratic lenders during tho day, but little developed regarding either the platform or the vice presi dential candidate. "Will New York support Hill for vice president?" Mr. Murphy was ask ed. "Yes, If the convention wants and ho will be a strong candidate, too. Ho has slrergth through tho state and would poll a good vote. Tho organiza tion would glvo him hearty and loyal support If ho should be named. New York Is not presenting nny candidate, but will support any one tho conven tion wnnts." During the day there was some talk about tho differences between Croker nnd Hill. Some of the pronounced nnti-HUl men In the New York contin gent nre said to bo urging Croker to ery thing not ' turn Hill down for rv oven to give him ono of the minor committee places. Van Wyck and Hill nro both nnxlous to represent New York on the resolutions committee. Van Wyck has already drafted n plat form which he has been showing to different delegates. In case of 11 clash between these men It Is said that Croker could control the delegation for Van Wyck, but tho belief Is that In tho Interest of harmony he will give Hill what he wants and the ex-senator will serve on tho resolutions com mittee. "If he does," asserted ono New York er, "New York will see him chairman of the committee. But that will de pend upon the result of tho conference nt Lincoln." As to tho candidacy ot Mr. Sulzer, the New Yorkers take the same posi tion they do regarding every other New York man who Is mentioned for vice-president. "If the convention wants him," said Senator Murphy, "New York will support him." The senator went on to speak In the most kindly terms of Mr. Sulzer, saying that ho would bo a good candidate. Pennsylvania Favors Hill. The Pennsylvania delegation, one hundred strong, under the leadership of Colonel James M. Guffy, reached here today. One of the delegates-at-large Is ex-Governor Robert E. Pattl son, who hns been spoken of ns a pos sible vice-presidential candidate. The delegation, however, favors David B. Hill, and unless the situation changes greatly the sixty-four votes of Penn sylvania will go to the New Yorker. As outlined by Colonel Guffy, the del egation also favors a bimetallism plank In the platform, without refer ence to a specific ratio. The utmost harmony prevails throughout tho en tire delegation. THE VARIOUS BOOMS. Ex-Senator Hill Appears to Be the Leading Candidate. Kansas City, July 1. The Democrat ic vice presidential nominee is still open for nnybody that Is, anybody who can reach It. Many names have been "mentioned.' Some are avowed candidates and others nre not, nnd some do not even expect to be pres ented to the convention. The active candidates are Sulzer and Towne. Others expect a complimen tary vote, but both of theso gentlemen want the nomination and their friends aro working for them with much ear nestness. Friends of Shlveley nro nlso pressing him, but tin1 Indiana man Is discouraging them. Shlveley has his eye on n seat In tho senate, which Is more attractive to him than a nomi nation for the vlco presidency. Ho does not caro to offend his Indiana friends by being churlish regarding tho vice presidency, but ho Is doing?- what ho can to discourage the talk nbout himself. The friends of Townu say Shlveley Is not and will not be n can didate. Another man who Is strongly mentioned Is Carter Harrison, of Chi cago. Illinois men say ho proventcdi tho state convention from naming him for governor or Instructing for him for vice president. It Is expected he will come hero nnd make It plain that ho does not wish to bo a candidate. Among the Incipient booms launched today woro those of ex-Senator Gor man and Governor MeMlllln. Henry D. Clayton, member of tho national committee from Alabama, talked about Gorman ns an available candidate-, while Buck Hlnrlchseii, of Illinois, wns sponsor for McMillan. Quito an Interesting nnd unknown quantity Is the suggestion about ox-Governor Hill. Ho seems to have considerable strength In different parts of the coun ti nnd several delegations Intend voting for him. When Mr. Hill ar rived hero today and was taking his breakfast In tho Coates house, n man experienced In conventions said: "Hill Is going to be nominated for vice-president." The remark was repeated to Hill. "How long has he been hero?" asked 'the ex-senator. "Arrived this morning," was the answer. "Ho will know hotter after he has been a llttlo longer here," replied Hill. That was all Jio had to say about his vice-presidential prospects or possibil ities. Drowned in the Delaware, Trenton, X, J,, July 1. James Miller, a travel. Ing salesman and a prominent member ol the Mercer county wheelmen, of this city, was drowned in the Delaware, river today. GERMAN MINISTER MURDERED His Body Hacked ta Pieces by Chinese Boxers. GHASTLY CRIME AT PBKIN Servants at tho Gorman Legation Killed and Their Bodies Cremated in Burning Buildings Consuls En tertain but Little Hopo That Any Foreigners at Pekin Have Escaped Assassination. London, July 2. OITlcIal dispatches received by the consular body at Shanghai, an Express cable, elated Shanghai, July 1, says it Is contlrmed In tho fullest manner tho report of tho butchery of Baron Von Ketteler, tho German minister, on June IS. Tho am bassador was riding on Legation street, when ho wns nttackeel by Chlncso troops and Boxers, dragged from his norse an1 ,,ned 1Ils b0(1' was hacked 10 pieces wun sworus. une uerman legation nnd six other buildings wcro burned, nnd n numbejr of servants of the legations weio killed nnd their bodies thrown into tho flames. Official confirmation of this ghastly business has created the utmost consternation nmong tho consul generals of tho pow ers, who expressed fears that war a l'oiitrance will bo declared against the Pekln government. Tho consuls enter tain llttlo hope that nny foreigners aro left alive In tho capital. There woro 100 foreigners connected with tho lega tions, fifty In the custom house, Eng lish and American tourists, nnd othera to tho number of 150, nnd nearly 500 legation guards. Tho British foreign office, tho Daily Mall learns, has received news from the British consul at Che-Foo that Baron Von Ketteler has been killed, but no other Information. Dispatch 'from Goodnow. Washington, July 1. Two Important cablegrams were received by Secretary Hay today from United States Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai. Tho date Is understood to be that of last night. The text Is withheld, but the consul states In substance as follows: "It Is rumored In Shanghai that tho German minister to Pekln, Baron Von Ketteler, was killed at Pekln on tho lSth of June. One the 23rd of Juno three of the legation buildings were still standing; the others had beeni burned. On tho 2Cth of June a dlsn patch was received at Shanghai froni Yung Lu (believed to be the viceroy! of the province of Chile, where thol principal troubles have occurred) statj lug that the other ministers were safl Dispatches to Shanghai from dlfferrJ sources Indle-nte that Prince Tti father of the heir apparent, seems bo absolutely In control at Pekln 01 that his attitude Is the worst posslJ viii most hostile to foreigners. Itl oen said that hi? Issued as edict I far back as the 20th of June orderil all viceroys to attack the foreigners their respective provinces, an ordl which has not so far been obeyed. AMERICAN CASUALTIES. Result of Engagements of Relief Ex pedition of June 525. Washington, July 1. The following message was received this morning at tho navy department: Clufoo. July I. Secretary Navy, Washington. I'ullemlng teligrani from KcnipIT, casualtir,, relit f e-xpe'ilitiiiu, June 25: Killed lloatswain Mate Thomas Thomas, (iun iicm' Mate Ileiijaiulii Ilensem, Apprentice . Pro. man, Landsman heverson. Wonndeil-lloatswain Mate llnlyoke. Ml lua. 1st 1 landlord, LamlMnan Jos. Killacky, ajill: Taussig, Captain McCalla, 1'lreman liiwc, Lundm.in (iarn-ty. Coxswain llean, Qultir matter Conway, Coxswain MU'lav, l'lrlnan l'laherly, Seamen Lloyd, Child, Anderson, lien- sen and McKeriey; Landsmen Philip VocllnrW eller, Coxswain Thomas, l.lndbom. Apprentice1 Johnson, itasmiiss and Welch; 1'rlvate OrilctT. (Slgnoeli Itogers. The records of tho killed show that Thomas Thomas was born In Cooen- hagen In 1SC0. A married sister lives In Philadelphia. Benjamin Benson was born In Mandahl, Norway, In 1874, His mother still lives at Mandalh. Harry A. Broman wns born In Dh luth, Minn., In 1S83. Ills mother still lives there. Harry Severson was born In Norway in 1878. His father lives at Chicago. FOUR ARE DROWNED. Accident to a Fishing Party in Bos ton Harbor. Poston, July 1. Four persons of a (hhing party of eight were drowneel in the harbor tex day by the omturning of their boat. Til) drowned aro: John C"lon, Charlestonl William Dinfwrll, Cambridge; Harry NecL Uoston; Walter Loud, Mattapan, r- ff -- t -t- "WEATHER FORECAST. -- -s Washington, July . Forecast for; -t- Monday and Tuesday! Lastrrn Pcnnsyl-' 4- vanla Fair and wanner Mondty; Taes-4- day, fair and light northerly winds. fTttt- , A
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