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SCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY" 27, 1002.
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ENTERTAINING
PRINCE HENRY
Guests ol the New York Staats
Zeltuno at the Waldorf-Astoria.
ME AMERICAN PRESS
WELL REPRESENTED
A Majority of the Leading Lights of
American Journalism Included in
tho Thousand Guests Who Gath
ered at tho Invitntion of Herman
Kidder, Proprietor of tho Leading
Paper Printed In the German Lan
guage The Handsome Ball Boom
of the Waldorf-Astoria Not Large
Enough to Accommodate the
Guests Felicitous Exchange of
Greetings Between the Prince and
the Men Who Spoke for the Jour
nalistic Craft.
By Exclusive Wire from The Auorutrd PrfM.
New York. Feb. 26. Prince Henry of
Prussia Unel tonight with l.HOD of the
men who make tho American news
papers. He was the special cuest of
Herman Rldder, proprietor of the New
York Stnnts Zoitung, who gathered lit
his tabic a majority of the lending fig
ures in American journalism. They
came from the four quarters of the
country and made the most noteworthy
gathering of their profession ever as
sembled in tho United States. There
was a felicitous exchange of greetings
between Prince Henry and the men
who spoke for the journalistic craft,
ami the affair claims rank us one of
the notable incidents of the American
tour of the Gorman prince. The din
ner was given In the handsome ball
room of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, hut
that Immense apartment was not large
enough to accommodate the numerous
guests, and tho Astor gallery was also
used.
Tho two rooms were splendidly dec
orated. Mr. ltiddcr and the special guests sat
at an elevated table, above which were
the American and fiorman flags. The
slaves were crossed and the banner
draped fan-like, reaching out like tho
wings of a huge butterfly. Above them
was tho Prussian eagle done In Incan
descent lights. From tho boxes hung
clinging vines and set in on on the
ledges were hundreds of palms. Each
table carried bouquets of American
Reality roses, around which were can
delabra shaded in rod.
As the diners took their places the
ladies of many of the party appeared
in the boxes which wall the room.
Prince Henry, attended by the mem
bers of his suite, drove to the hotel
under escort of cavalry and mounted
police, and the demonstration In the
streets leading to the hotel was tho
most cordial of any that has so far
marked his appearance In public. Great
crowds lined tho way and pressed
ngainst the police guards that had been
thrown around tho Thlrtv-thlrd street
entrance to the hotel. They cheered
when the prince came in sight, and he
frequently raised his hand to his cap
In acknowledgment of tho demonstra
tions. Arrival of the Prince.
The prince reached the hotel at 8.S0
o'clock nnd was received by Mr. Rld
der. They shook hands warmly and
while they paused for a brief talk,
tho members of the suite and the dele
gates of President Roosevelt filed up to
the banquet hall. The band played the
American anthem as the uniformed
stuff entered nnd the crowd of guests
arose. There was a great cheer as tho
prince appeared und another when he
took his place at the side of Mr. Rld
dor at the special table. Those who
occupied seats with the host nnd chief
guest were:
Kdward u. Call, Llcutenan Governor
"Woodruff, Consul General Buonz, Mel
ville K, Stone, Admiral Kvuns, Captain
Von Mueller, Mayor I,ov, Admiral Von
SecUcndorff, Assistant Secretary Hill,
Frank B. Noyes, General Von Plesscn,
Austrian minister; Bishop Potter,
Whltelaw Held, German Ambassador
Von Ilollenben, Kdward Uhl,Archb!sho
("orrlgan, Admiral Von Tlrptlz, Sena
tor Lodge, Admiral A'on Klsendecher,
Charles Emory Smith, Senator Hawley,
Senator Depew, Admiral fount llau
rtissln, Charles W. Knapp, Captuln Von
Grumme, General Corbln, tho Rev, Br,
Gotlhlel and W. C. Bryant.
As tho prince took his seat the elec
tric light was flashed Into the Prussian
eagle above him on the southern wall,
nnd the power was also Increased In
nvery one of the 2.500 incandescent
lights that burned in the room. It
gave special brilliancy to an already
attractive s,cene.
Mr, Bidder called upon lllshop Pot
ter, who offered a brief grace,
A'smull army of wnlteis quickly
filled the aisles between tables and with
an order that was icmurkublo In such
u largo gathering, the banquet begun.
As tho evening proceeded hundreds
of handsomely gowned women tilled the
boxes above the dining hall. An or
chestra high up in the second tier of
boxes played populur national juuhIo
and when u tune caught the fancy of
the crowd they sung It. At "Die
Wacht Am Ilheln" the crowd aiose,
ind after singing It lustily there were
loud cheers. "Ameilca." got the same
enthusiastic treatment,
Excellent moulded statuettes of
Prince Henry were distributed as
louvenlrs.
The Flow of Oratory.
At I0i25 o'clock Mr, lUddei, rapping
mention with his guvel, proposed the
health of the president of the United
States and, the Kaiser Wllhclm and
called upon 'whltelaw Held to respond.
Mr. Rldder said:
"Your royal highness, and gentlemen,
I have the pleasure nnd the honor of
offering the health of the president of
the United States and the German em
peror which 1 ak you to rise and
drink, and I couple with this senti
ment the name of the Hon. Whltelaw
Held, the distinguished editor of tho
New Yoik Tribune."
In the re'mMic in In tho uiouaiihj', no onu
lolvoi precedence of lis ililcf ivceullvi'. Hen'
tonight llicn, as at anj llnu.' and nnvvthere, 1 c
tvvecn Now ork nml San l'mtul'd), or from
Porto ltlro In the Philippine. jour flint honor
Is fo thi! piolilent of the I'nllfil States. Von pay
tribute of every jtooil citizen In the great nffiir;
ami joii ipu the Heard of ecr, patriot til
tho solillrr and M desman who vvoithllj' MM 11.
The past jou thus honor U, for Americans, the
hlnlicM in the world. Ollici.x foi iithci?! but ho
Is oura the one thief mlei under the iiii.
The man jou thus honor is the chosen of wv-etitj'-flvi'
millions, called mievpccteilly ti hohl
the first plain on n continent. The cae will,
whii b he Miuecilcil lo I he new (hit ios and the
stoadlnes-i with v.l.k'lt the ship of Kt.ite lnovei
on through Mormi or sunshine, with new men .it
the wheel .mil :i new officer on I lie quarter-deck.
tliCM- ;no the tests that tell the tlrenRth of tho
crnft and tbo safety of t lie (hart by which shi
f.lh.
Tbeie is no neoil to .'peak of the wide and a
lied eneriei.ces that have tralneil tills man for
this post, or to recount his ver.-.ullifj-, bis tu
ple itj, his devotion, or hi.s strenitoiu bone.sty
of puiposp and ait. Put one Ihlnj? I may ventuie
to mj : tills high olfkial is not brooding oer
the pist. He is conscious, of the time and of hia
opportunity; he is at work in the ciovvin?. filo.v
inir pic-out, und looking1, not hat'kwatd, but to
tho widening future. Like the people be repie
hCiils. be gTutcfully remembers all the irnod .my
nation has ever done us and if bv ('lance fronte
evil may baie mingled, as is the fate with umst
men and uatioiiH in this fallible world, oui.-elves
not excluded be and his country are laige enough
lo forget it. They tin n a fiicndly face to evcr.v
quarter, prire iionorable peaie as the greatest
of caitbly blrs'lngs welcome geoibwlll from all,
lcliirn it In ample nieasnic. and nlll earnestly
strive to insuie it.s permanence.
"0 beaufifull Mv iiiuntry! '
Smoothing Ihy gold of war-dMievelled hair
O'er muIi sweet brows as nwr other wore,
And letting Ihv jet lips
l'leed fiom wrath's pale eelipe.
The rosy eiljtis of their niilb" lay bare.
What were our lives without theer
Vhat all our lives to jp thee?"
And now, to the miphty chid of another land,
whose friendlj and gracious act has prompted this
festival! King und nnprroi, and powerful .15
those high titles imply, be is honored among
us, like the president, because he stands for the
great people whom he rule, and cbp'(ially for
the bopt tli.il is in (hem. Admired and tl listed
.it home, cieiy jear he has been on the throne
more than the jear before, as his people line
mine to repose more and more confidence in his
purpose and In his ag.ll ily. he is now no ague,
ilbuiiilerstood ihaiatler. All know him as highly
tralnrd, widelv lead, inuili tiavrllrd, full of
tas-tos and idea and actiiilies; liuntsitnn. j-.ieht.s-mm,
iuu-.ii Ian, .uttst, writer, orator; nnd he.M
of all, .'till with (he irloiy and the potency ol
.loiitb. He knows what be think--, and be says it
plain, lie knows what he wants, and be goes
for it stiiiigbt. if these are the maks of an
empeior they are at nnj late not so dlffeieut
from some president i-i I traits we know as to keep
the most downright of Itcpulilicins from respect
ing and heartily liking them. Wat lord ho may
be, but he has kept the peace in Kurope; while,
under his enlightened lule labor has been en
couraged, nit and literature have been fostered,
morals nnd religion have tieen protected, and
(ieimany at home and abroad, on laud and by
ben, grows Mcadily greatei, jear by jear,
Her progress Is regauled with no unfriendly or
jealous eves from till side the Atlantic. Wo halo
long since learned lo consider the prosperity and
happiness of others not n.s hindering but a" help
ing our onn. N'ot eien the strides of (leniun
trade nnd tl.e giowtb of the Clrrman navy dis
turb us. Keep on expanding; und above all,
trade more andsiiiore with us, and help us to
keep the doonrof the Orient open to tho trade
of the world!
We Imo passed the raw period of national his.
foiy when different foims of government could
hinder the sympathy and leganl of kindred peo
ples, who possess largely the same personal
lights and liberties, maintain a friendly and up
lifting rivalry in literature, philosophy, the ails
und sciences, ilierlsh similar Idralj of human
progress, and hold a common faith in Rod, the
loving Katber of all, The racial instinct ni
longer stops at national boundaries. It is not
shut oil by the sea or extinguished bv 11 diangu
of government. And let us never forget that
the lace xvhlch bears forward the banner of Oer
miny today Is kindred or the time In origin
with that of the Kr.gllsli and (he Dutch who first
peopled these shores. Vet more In the xeiv
city where we are met, we arc surrounded by
S22,flO0 rathe Hermans, and if ou add otliem
who"e direct parentage on both sides was tier-
.J..J. Ja4a,,liliaaaiai2(tJ,aaaail
i THE AMERICAN
SEND CONGRATULATIONS
New Yopk, Feb. 26, Tho American editors who dined with Prince
Henry tonight, as the guests of Herman Hldder, sent a cablegram of
greeting to Kaiser Wllhehn. It was submitted by Melville K. Stone, and,
after cordial endorsement by the guests was forwarded. It read as fol
lows: "To the German Emperor:
"The editors of the United States, 1,000 In number, at a banquet
In honor of your Illustrious brother, send you cordial greetings and
all good wishes for a long and prosperous reign. We hall the
presence of Prince Henry In this country as an omen of even closer
ties of amity, and heartily reciprocate all of the splendid and re
peated overtures of friendship you have been graciously pleased to
extend. "Melville E. Stone, Secretary."
fr .. .J. .3. 4. 4.4,4. 4.4,
nun, jou moie than double that great miinbrr.
Neatly one-tilth of IhU vvtrulo null lipid U of u.
moot three und .1 half million ato either ai dul
ly (itruun-boiu or bad Cermau-boiii failuu and
iimthviN Nor dues New Yolk in (hit luitlcular
stand alone. When jour mjal guot parses
through Clmiiiiutl, ho will find In that town o(
aSO.UJO one-third, or In be more precise 107,lW,
uf similar (jcinuu oiuiui and iu Chicago on..
IUIIi, en to bo moie precise again, :al,UU0, in a
total population of l.TuO.um).
It f not for 113 to sjv moie, In bis I'lf.enn',
of tho loimtry be vUlts. Hut. wlutever the lin
punlon It maj' make now, as nations count a;ro
It is ktlll In Its joutli fiout uhlih, please Cod,
It U to develop In u prime worthy t e.iclto
only Ibe pride of tbo splendid and Mildred races
flout wlildi It sprang. Sprakliu; sonic J cars auo
to the chamber of loimueiic, ) had occasion to
observe that if Rod and nature had ever marked
three nation! for perpetual peace and friendship
with each other, those tlnee weic (iernmny, Great
llillalu and the United Stales. 'Ilia favor with
which tho meriliJuta of New Yoik then rccelu'd
tint sentlinuit rmUoldcna me to repeat It 011 thlj
lniHisnt occjilon ami Iu IhU royal piunucc.
nelween. tho two nation first named penie bus
eniliueil (hroiigliotit history. As to the Ihlrd
since wc ore learning that there nte no longer
secret In diplomacy I take the liberty lo men
tion that, at a irltlcal period, bis inmerlal ma
jesty, the (Ionian emperor sent a inciagc In one
of our country's tcprcsriitatlus abroad on 1111
Important mutter of cm nut Imsluew, beglunlt'v;
with the memorable vvouls, "There lias Urn un
broken friendship between the United Mates and
Oenuany, slnio the days of 1'iederltk the (Iieat,
and I slmetcly tnist It inny enduie foiever." In
drinking his health I pledge the nulla! concur
rence of Ihls ilty, ol my colleagues of the Amer
ican press here lepiesented, and I think I tuny
enture to add of this whole countlv In that
noble aspiration.
Mr. Bidder's Remarks.
Mr. Hldder followed Mr. Held, and
said:
Your lloyal Highness and (lontliiiien: M as
sociate, Mr. I hi, has left It lo mo to he tho
fpokc'inan for the New Yoiker Maiits-Zrllung to
night. When a few weeks ago we received the. ncvs
that jour ro.val highness was coining to vMt
this country wo conceived Hie idea that .veil, sir,
ami the representatives of the dally press of the.
United States, should bo liiouglit tngcthei 011 an
notation like this. U seeined to us particularly
fitting that wc, makers of newspipors, should
assume to do bunor to 11 (ietm.ui pilnce, for was
it not one of your couiitr.vinen the immortal
(intenberg who dlsiovciid tho art of i:intingV
An Invitation was cabled to llerliu and gra
ciously nciepteil. Our royal guest has ir.ine to
us. So heiiillly has lie been vvekouicd'by the
American people, thai, although I should b the
very last man at this table to intiodvu-e a po
IHh.1l subject upon this oiea.slon, I cannot for
bear saying finnkly to jour rojal highness, that
Jou have violated one of the mot venerable tin
dltions of our countrj' the .Monroe doctrine- in
a most surprising waj-. You, as representing tho
(ferinan emperor, have not seized upon anj- on
Fpot of ground, jou have raptured US all and
made us all jour own.
It has -eemed to us cminentlv proper tint men
of American birth and of Criinun decent, like
Mr, I'lil and mjvelf. should have liecu the meins
of thus bringing together your loj'al highness
and the leaders of the most potent factor in
Ameilcan life. Other speakers moie able than I,
will, no doubt, have much to saj of the bonds
that unite- tieimi.nj' and America, but I want to
thaw attention at this time to the friendship
tint has existed between jour land rtnd our re
public, even from the time of our lihtli as a ra
tion. It will be lecitllerl that Krcdeilck the
(treat was a friend of Washington, and tint from
his start there came to us in tl.e hour of stress
one whrwe name will ever be held In grateful to
mcmbraiicc bj the people of this countrj'. He it
was, llaion von Steuben, who drilled the raw re
cruits and farmer Inks of the Continental iirm.r,
made soldiers f them, ami made possible Wash
ington's great viclorv-, lie wis beside Washing
ton in Hie dosing dajs of that great .-.tnugle, at
Yorktown, and shared with the great commander
tbo glorj' of that hour. Iletiring fiom the aimj
be came lo thU eit.v of New York and uijojed
the plaudits of tho--e who owed him so much.
Thus early he was the first president of a (!cr-nun-Ameiiean
societj- in New Yoik.
And from fhat day, sir, to the present time,
(lenuanj- bis ever been the steadfast friend of
the United State-. The blood-bond still sur
xivesl And it Is lint . natuial, tt.ojrfoio, that
we should welcome jour 10y.1l highness tonight
with special aflecticli. We greet jou not jlone
as a Oerinin prince, but also as one bound to 11s
by the ties of kinship. The Saxon rpirlt has
played its part in Anieiican national life as it
lias done with jou In ilving renewed vigor to the
great empire fiom which jou come. And that
strain in tho Ami 1 lean eoplo, let in hope, will
bring 0111 two great nations olor together m
the bonds of friendship in tbo future. In this
spllit, then, I ask jou gentlemen to li-o, and
all standing, to drink to the health and long
lifo of His Itojal IliRiirsd Prince Homy of Pun
sla. Prince Jienrv was then Introduced.
As he stood up the crowd burst into
sohp;, "Hoeh Soil Kr lichen Mtil Hoch."
After that they saner. "For He's a Jolly
Good Fellow." Before beginning his set
speech, tho prince said:
"This is the largest Interview I ever
had." Ho then said:
Prince Henry's Address.
Mr. Toastm.ii.tor and Gentlemen: I am full
aware of the fait that I am Hie guest and in the
presence of the leprcsentathcs of the piess of the
United Stutes, and in pirtlcular the cust of the
Now York Staats SCeituug, both of which I wUli
to think for the kind invitation and leceptlon I
have met witli tonight,
Defore entering into details I should like all
of j'ou to understand that 1 consider this meeting,
though it nuy be looked upon as official, as a
private one and that It is my wish that none of
jou will take advantage of what Is K.1M or spoken
after leaving this table.
Undoubtedly the press of our dry is a factoi,
if not n pbwer, which maj- not bo neglected ami
which I should like to ojnipaie with ever so
many submarine mines which blow up In many
cases in the most unexpected manner; but jour
own naval history teaches us not to lnlnd mines,
should they ever be in our waj'. The language
lied on this memorable occasion was sponger
than ever I would ventuie to leproduce here to
night. I need only mention the name uf Par
ragnt. Another comparison might be moie to
jour taste, gentlemen, and is in faet more com
pllmentary; it is one vvhlih hl mujesty, the cm
pctoi, ucd before I left, lie said; "You will
meet many members of Hie press and I wish jou,
therifoic, to keep In mind that tho pressmen
,J,J, $, , iff ...$ ' J ty ty J t &
EDITORS
4, 4, 4. 4, 4. 4, ,j, .j. 4, 4, 4. 4, 4, 4. 4. 4, 4. 4,4,
in the 1'iiited Slates rank aluiosi with my gcit
uals in cunun.iud." It wilt Inlurit v.ni I know,
to learn something a I rhu the nature of my mis
sion to this country, 'Ibe fads aie as follow:
ills majesty, the emperor, has minutely studied
tho It'U'iit and upld development of the I'lilted
States ami hl majesty Is will au-ate of the fact
that jours is a f.ut tiiovln- nation, lU send
In; me to this countlv may themoie bu looked
iioii as an act of friendship and couriesj with
the one desire of niumotiucr friendlier It'l.illoi.s
between (lumjiiy and the I'ulted Stales, t-liouhl
jou bu willing to grasp a plotted d hand you will
find such a ouu on the other side of the Atlantic
ocean.
At the end of the speech tho prince
was heartily upplauded.
f
Eon. Charles Emory Smith's Address
Mr, nidder at this point introduced
Charles Emory Smith, saying that Mr.
Smith hud been a minister of state, a
gieat editor, and Is known us the silver-
(Continued on I'tft t.)
GEN. LUCBAN
IS CAPTURED
The Filipino Outlaw Who Has Ter
rorized Samar Now In
Hie Tolls.
SOURCE OP TROUBLE
IS NOW REMOVED
The Capture of Luoban Regarded by
War Department as Most Import
ant Event of the Kind Since
Agulnaldo's Seizure American De
serter Also Caught Spanish Bar
barity In Manila.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Preai.
Washington. Feb. 20. General Chaf
fee today notified the wnr department
that Lieutenant Strlbler. of the Philip
pine scouts, had capttucd General Luc
ban on February !!2. Tho prisoner Is
held at Lamum.
Another capture is reported In the
same dispatch, namely, that of Will
iam Uunston. said to be a deserter
.from Company O, Kighth infantry. He
had In ills possession a lot of arms and
ammunition and all of the tools neces-sarj-
for tho maltlntr of ammunition.
Dunston was captured by Lieutenant
Pratt, First Infantry, at Caghayan, on
the island of Pamnr. The lieutenant
also destroyed the, cunrtel and the fac
tory, and killed eleven soldiers, besides
capturing' all of Dunston's correspond
ence. The officials ot tho war department
retrard the capture of Lucban as the
most Important mllltarj- event since
ABitinalrlo's capture. He was run down
on the island of Samar. The plncc of
his confinement Is a tiny island In a
baj' on tho north coast of Samar. Luc
ban is one of tho most enenretlc and
ferocious of the rebels. Ho is a half
breed, u mixture of Chinese and Fili
pino stock, and ho 1ms been an irrecon
cilable from the first. He had various
fastnesses In the mountains of Samar,
from which ho could descend unon the
coast towns. ' His reign of terror was
so complete that the entire population'
of the Island paid tribute to him as the
price of freedom from nttack. Ordinary
campaign methods failed in his case,
and his capture now Is believed to be
the natural worlvlnir out of tho sj'stent
of. dividing the Island Into small de
partments by niilltfiry garrisons and
making It Impossible for tho Insurgents
to obtain food or shelter.
BARBARITY IN MANILA.
Americans Knocked Manacles from
2,000 Civil Prisoners.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 8, In the course
of his examination today before tho
senate committee on the Phllloulnes,
General Hughes, who was provost mar
shal general in Manila during the
Amerlcnn military rule there, explained
the establishment of a hospital In that
city for women. He said that ho alone
had been responsible for that act, which
had been so freely criticized in the
United States, and that It had been
highly beneficial.
General Hughes also told of the con
dition of the civil prisoners turned over
by the Spanish authorities when Mn
nlla was surrendered. There were 2,000
of them. Many were cruelly Ironed. The
Irons wore imniedlately taken off the
prisoners, nnd there was a pile of halt
a cord of manacles.
AMERICAN TEACHERS
NEEDED AT MANILA
Governor Taft Explains Conditions
In Hia Statement Before Insular
Committee of the House.
My Inclusive Wire fiom the Associated Tress.
Washington, Feb. 2fl. Governor Taft
continued Ills statement today before
the Insular committee of the house.
Inferring to the Philippine tariff, he
advocated n reduction of 75 per cent, on
tobacco, sugar and hemp. He empha
sized the need of Increasing tho appro
priation for permanent military posts,
as the present system of using churches,
schools and private houses as soldiers'
(Itiarters did not assist toward tran
quility, t 0
At times, too, ho said, tho olilcers took
tho best houses for their quartern and
occasionally there were delays in pay
ing the rent for native auarters. He
said there should be a thousand more
American teachers in the Islands. Tn
explaining the question of the friar
lands, Governor Taft said it would be
desirable for congiess to guarantee the
bonds to bu used for Hie purchase ot
these lands ns It would secure n low In
terest rate.
Tim hearing continues tomoirow,
1 m
Steamship Arrivals.
Mj reclusive Wire from The Auoclated I'reii.
New Yoik, Teli, iii. Airhedi Oceaule, Liver
pool!! and (Jue'eiiilovviij iletaba, London, Loin
bjull, Clinou und Naples, plraeous Auivedj
Celtic, Xc-nr York (on cruli.e), I'll mouth Ar
rived: l'.itilel4, .e-vv Yoik, llreinen-.Uilv'cds
linker Wllhelin cler (liasne, New Voile, tleno-t
Arrived; illiiiiejnolu, Xevv- York. iieeiistovv n -Arrived;
Waelaud, Philadelphia, Ilutterdaiu
Aiihcd; ' Jlaadam, New York, Southampton -Airlvcd:
ft, Paul, Xevi Yoik,
DEATHS OF A DAY.
B Eicluilve Wire from 'tut Auoeltted FrtM.
Willlaniipoit, Pa., Keb. , ):m P. WVttfJll,
iOpeilntenJeut of the Kastern divklon ot the I'lill
udelphU and l.'rio ralhoad .ltd the biuqueluiiina
division of the Northern Central ullvvar, died
this afternoon fiom Ililitht'ii dlseaic, HKed tS
j earn, lie had been continuously in (ho Kivico
of Ibe l'cniisjlvaula rallioad lnco Ifrjt, rUIu?
from the po.lt Ion of ficljfhc liaWnun to that
of superintendent He I) tutvlted by widow
and four dtuthterit.
IANCASTEIt IN TERROR.
The Susquehanna Rapidly Rlnlng.
Worst Flood iu Years.
By Exclusive Wire from The Atsoqltted PrtM.
Lancaster, Pa., Pel). 20. Residents
ulnhfj the rlvrr front at Columbia are
In tt state of terror tonight. The wotst
flood In recent years Is being exper
ienced. Tho Ico on the Susquehanna
b'oke about 4 o'clock between Colum
bia and Alarlctta, nnd passed down
stream, until It reached the old dam,
Just below Columbia, where a Jam
formed.
Then the water began to back up nnd
In a short time hud risen eight or nine
feet. At G o'clock the rise was not so
rapid but It continued at an alarming
rate and the Hood wus still spreading
at 9 o'clock tonight. By 7:30 o'clock
tho water had Hooded the boiler room
of tho electric light plant drowning out
the (ires nnd leaving tin; town In dark
ness tonight. The tracks of the Colum
bia and Port Deposit railroad at some
places are submerged nnd piled with
Ice. Tho large sand dredging trestle
has been washed nway and water sur
rounds the city water .works. It the
wnter continues to tlse at the present
rate the lace mills will be damaged
and the two rolling mills ot the Sus
quehanna rolling mill put out of opera
tion. In tho darkness nnd confusion It
Is impossible to ascertain the full ex
tent of the damage.
At 9.30 water was pouring over the
great steel bridge of tho Pennsylvania
Rullroad company which spans the Sus
quehanna from Columbia to Wrights
ville. At midnight the river wns still rising.
Ice hns Jammed against the bridge, ex
tending out. from tho Columbia shore
to one-fourth of Its length nnd hns plied
about eight feet above its lloor.
IVEY WANTS
FAIR FLAY
Does Not Believe Canadians
Should Have More Rights
j Than Americans.
By Exclusive Wire flora The Associated Press.
1 Washington, Feb. 26. Some time ago
the secretarj of tho trensurj received
unofficial information to tho effect that
J. W. lvey, the collector of customs
at Sitka, had Instructed his deputy at
t'nalaskn. rqt tp permit; Canadian ves
sel srlresum ably about to engage In
Pcl.iglc sealing, to obtain supplies at
that port. The collector was directed
to stnd a. statement of tho facts to the
department and was informed that If
such orders had been given they must
be rescinded. The department received
a telegram from lvey saying:
Jlj- instructions v.eie not uc.iiu;t vessels en
caged in alleged 1ck.iI real llsbiiic; but aainit
Canadian seicsels uctuallj ciicriKed ill Pclnirio
sealing, which is illegal nnd criminal, when
lommmitterl within the mirine jurisdiction of
tho United States. If there is an anelcnt treaty
between the Imlted States and Crenl llritnin bv
which Ilritish subjects tan commit depiedation-.
destroying American propertj nnd depleting our
revenue of tens of thousand of dollar.s anr.11 illj',
while our own citizens are denied th&e pilvllene,
the sooner such treatj' is abrogated the better.
Your solicitude regarding International compli
cations with (Jieat Britain need cause jou
no uneasiness as Hie poaching season is not yet
opened. Your new collector will arrive in thus
to enforce jour orders. Jly Americani'in will
not allow mo to rescind an order which gives
Ilrltkh subjects privileges within our marina
jurisdiction which nrc denied our own people.
There Is" another matter that may attract j'our
attention. I hive recentlj- Issued orders to tho
deputy at Skagvvaj-, a lopy of whl'.ii has lieen
f,ent j'ou, which lias put the Canadian officer lo
cated then.' out of business and t-onl them to (heir
own territory. ,Vou aie .iwuie of the fact that
the chief Canadian officer there became to of
fensive that lie interfered with Ameilcan oftlcr;
In the dhchaigc of their official duties, opened
United States customs mall, dominated over tin
railway officials, dlsirlmltialcd In the Older of
tJilpmcnt In favor of Canadian merchandise
against that .-hipped from Seattle, established .1
Canadian quarantine at .Skagvvuj-, collected
moneys and performed other acta ot llritUh sov
ereignty in n port of the United States, tueh as
hoisting with bravado the erohS of St, tieoigu from
the flagstalf of bis custom hoivse, I have bent
the concern, bag, luggage, flag and other para
phernalia flj-lntf out of the countrj'. You may
fear tho Miadov of International complications
and re-xlml this older but a Heed, an Olnej, or
,1 Maine would not,
TILLMAN'S FRIENDS
ARE IN EVIDENCE
They Ask tho President to Withdraw
His Acceptance of an Invi
tation. By Exclusive Wlrn from The Afioelated l'rej
Augusta, Gu Feb. 1!G. Lieutenant
fiovernor J, II, Tlllmun, who is In this
city, says that today, in defeieneo to
requests by wire from the subscribers
(o the fund for the sword alluded to,
ho telegraphed as follows to Prcs-y
dent Itoosevelt:
A shoit while a;o I bad the honor tu sd
iliess jour cMcllcmy .1 letter requesting that on
the occasion of jour iall to Charleston, j'ou
present a bvvurd to Major Mlcah Jenkins, of the
j'lrst United States -mlunUT cavalry, of wlioje
gall int (eirlccri you spoke mi hlghlj-, your wonU
being ci'graved on flm M'ahhard- ou accepted
the invitation, for whlih wc Hunk Jou, I am
now i(Hiictrd by rnutiibutois to the ovvord fund
tu ai-l, that J'ou wlthdiavv cald acceptance.
(Signed) .ljines II. Tllluuii,
I,ate Colonel l'list South Carolina Volunteer In
fantry and Lieutenant Covciuor of Ninth Car.
ollna.
In explaining the sending of the tele
Brain, Lieutenant Governor Tillman
said:
"It Is with much I'PKtct that 1 am
directed, or r.iher reuulml, to have
sent tho 'telegram I did, especially in
view of tho fact that I urn so closely
related to one who but a few days ago
wub subjected to an affront which wus
seemingly, or at least jieoplo who con
tributed tu the purclutbe of the sword
think, unwarranted."
Heury Invited to Canada.
I'; Eicluilve Wire from The Auocitted Pfoi.
Ottawa, Out., Feb. (. Prince Henry of 1'iui
sli has been Invited by (lie governor gciieial of
Canada to IIt hi 111 in the lice icval residence !u
Ottawa, Answer fiom (he prince has not jet been
received but la expected before loss.
PUNISHMENT FOR THE
FIGHTING SENATOR
HOUSE CONSIDERS .
PHILIPPINE TARIFF
Bill Sent to Conference by- House,
Non-Concurring in all Sen
ate Amendments.
Oy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Pre.
Washington, Feb. 2(1. -The house to
day .sent the Philippine tariff bill to
conference, non-concurring in all the
senate amendments. The Democrats
sought lo amend the amendments by
reducing the rato of duty and declaring
the United States should relntqulsh all
claim to tho archipelago, but all their
propositions were defeated.
When the house met, It wont Into
committee ot tho whole and took up
the senute amendments seriatim. Mr.
Payne moved that the committee
recommend non-concurrence In the
first amendment to reduce the rates on
goods coming Into the United States
from the Philippines to "R per cent, of
the Dingley rates while Mr. McClellnn
(New York) moved non-concurrence In
nn amendment to reduce the duties to
25 per cent, of the Dingley rates.
Mr. Payne indicated a willingness to
concede 25 per cent, reduction of the
senate but ho urged non-concurrence In
order to simplify the phraseologj.
Mr. McClcllan's motion wns j)st by
81 lo 107.
Mr. Kitchen, of North Carolina, pro
posed a broadening ot the clause ex
empting certain persons from prosecu
tion for treason by exempting any per
son falling to give information ngainst
another. After debate, tho amendment
was lost, S6 to li2.
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, offered
11 proviso to tho last senate amend
ment that the United States relinquish
all claims to sovereignity over the
Philippine islands and that hereafter
the archipelago shall be considered as
foreign territory; that all trade be
tween the United States and tho Phil
ippines shnll bo free; the the United
States shall protect the Islands and the
inhabitants while they are forming a
suitable government, and that thereaf
ter flic United States shall -withdraw'
from control of the archipelago, re
taining only coaling nnd naval stations.
The amendment was declared to be out
of order by tho chairman, at the In
stance of Mr. Payne.
The measure was then reported to
the bottsp. On motion of Mr. Payne,
the hcjise non-concurred in the senate
amendments and asked for a confer
ence, Messrs. Payne, New York: Dal
ECll. Pennsylvania, and Itichnrdson,
Tennessee, being named as conferees.
The house then adjourned.
miss stonThas been
pl'edged to secrecy
It Is Doubtful if Her Abductors will
Ever Be Punished Will Go to
Constantinople.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Presi.
Snlonlca, Rottmella, Feb. 2C At the
suggestion of the officials of the United
States legation at Constantinople, Miss
Ellen M. Stone and Mine, Tsllkti, who
arrived here at 11 o'clock last night, will
start without delay for Constantinople.
In the meanwhile they are staying at
the missionary headquarters, where tho
released missionaries are leeelvlng tho
congratulations of their colleagues.
Miss Stone says the brigands swore
both of their captives to absolute se
crecy regarding any Information calcu
lated to establish the Identity of the
brigands, tho location of the places
where thpy were concealed or other
facts likely to compromise their cap
ture. As a matter ot fact, the prison
ers themselves arc very uncertain re
garding many details ot their wander
ings. They did not know, when they
were released, in what section of the
country they were. An arrangement
had been made to release Silas Stone
and her companion near Seres, Mace
donia, where Dragoman tlarglulo and
Mr. House were waiting for them; but
the brigands, owing to timidity, or
otherwise, declared It was too dlflicult
to carry out the plan and brought their
captives, utter a hard night march,
within one and n hulf hours of Stru
inltzn, Tho two women were left under
tho shelter of a ttve at 3.30 In tho morn
ing of February 23, The bandits point
ed out tho direction of the village and
ordered tho cautlves to report them
selves to the village elder, who, on
learning their Identity, would provide
for them. The brigands then tinned
back and disappeared among tho hills,
Washington, Feb. 2d. The state de
partment this morning received a cable
dispatch from Minister I.eishutan, at
Consuntlnople, containing the drat of
llclul announcement It has hail of Miss
Stone's releuse.
Now that the captive Is released tho
state department does not hesitate ti
announce its full approval of nil thut
has been donu toward effecting the te
leuae by Minister Uelshmnn, by Spen
cer IMdy, the secretary of legation and
by Cousul-flencral Dickinson.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
Local data for I'ebritaiy 2&, lull!:
IHshot tciiipeialiue II ill-men
Lowe-it te-mperuline U ilesuri
Itelaiivv biiuilditj :
S a. 11 n el PH' cent.
b p, in '' per tent.
l'teclpitatioii, 21 liouid i-i'dcd 6 p. 111 i Inch
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WEATHER FORECAST,
-f Wjhhliigloti, Feb. !(J. Foieeat for
- 'I'huiaday and l'rldjyi Kastern l'euiuj'1. -f
-f vanij, fair Thursday, Friday incicailiijr -f
-f cloudlncfi, piobably rain in outU pof 4-
-f t'loiu, light noilliueU viada bccouiloy va- -f
liable.
t -r -r- ...tc.Aii:vt it
Me&srs. Tillman and JMaurln Alan
Escape with a Repri
mand Only.
1
COMMITTEE UNABLE
TO AGREE ON PENALTY
Belief That Punishment by Suspen
sion Is Impracticable Republi
cans Want More Severe Punish
ment Inflicted in Tillman's Caso
Thau, in MclJaurin's Democrats
Won't Hear of That Discussion iu
Committee on Privileges nnd Elec
tions Which Has the Matter in
Hand.
By Exclusive Wire from flic As.10cl.1ted I'rca.
Washington, Fob. 2C The meeting of
the senate committee on privileges and
elections this afternoon did not result
in any solution of tho difficulty tho
senate Is In In connection with the Tlll-man-McLaurln
matter. The Republi
can members of the committee frankly
confessed that they had not been ablo
to formulate a scheme which would
relieve the situation. After less than
an hour's discussion thej asked that
the committee should adjourn until 'i
o'clock this afternoon, the understand
ing being that the senate should ad
journ after a, brief session and thus
give the committee an opportunity lo
fully consider the Important question,
which most senators look upon in Its
present shape as a stumbling block iu
the way of all other legislation.
Tho meeting of the committee was
marked by the best of feeling on the
part of all the members. All agreed
readily to a preliminary suggestion by
Chairman Burrows that the question
should be appTtfa0heel"TiOU)' Ti purely
non-pnrtlsan standpoint because of Its
general Importance. It wns evident,
however, that the'Democrats were in
clined to apprehend soitip effort at poli
tical advantage on the part of the Re
publicans, and the channel through
which they expected' that manifesta
tion became evident when Senator
Foraker made tho suggestion that there
should be a severer degree of punish
ment meted to Senator Tillman than to
Senator McLaurln.
Senator Dubois met that suggestion
with a positive negative. When it wan
afterward suggested that Senator Till
man should bo called on to prove before
the committee the charge which he had
repented In the senate that his col
league had yielded to undue nfluence,
there was u hint that if that matter
wus entered on some senators would in
sist upon the reopening of the charges
on file in the committee In connection
with the election of other senators,
which charges have never been dis
posed of.
No Conclusion Reached.
The committee on privileges and elec
tions continued its consideration of the
TUlmau-McLauriu episode during tho
afternoon, but reached no conclusion
beyond deciding to refer the entlio
matter to a sub-committee and to meet
again on Friday to consider any recom
mendation made by the sub-committee.
The afternoon session lasted three
hours, and after the Democratic mem
bers took their departure ut 5 o'clock,
the Republicans continued the sitting,
Tho meeting of the full committee was
devoted to a general exchange of views.
No vote was tuken on any proposition.
Indeed, no ptoposltion was made either
by the majority nor tho minority. Thorn
was entire agreement on tho 0110 point
that both the South Carolina, senators
should be punished, but there wns dis
agreement on the details of tho punish
ment, as well ns on the degreo ot it.
The senators had before them full re
ports of tho speeches of both the sen
ators, making careful comparisons of
their language. Unch member also was
provided with ti copy of the constitu
tion and of the rules of tho senate and
these, as well as the established parlia
mentary authorities, were consulted fre
quently. A half dozen different sugges
tions were made ns lo modes of punish
ment, Including suspension und cen
sure bv thn senate und censuro with
tho added requirement of further apol
ogies from the offenders. There nlso
was a continued discussion of relative
punishment of tho two men.
Most of the Republican members ot
the committed hold that to Senator
Tillman should be awarded 11 mow
severe form of rubuko than to Senator
Mol-aiti'ln, while the Democrats do not
Keiierally concede there should bo dis
crimination. SeMiator Halley quoted at length from
the speech mado by Senator Tillman
which prpvoked the reply of Senator
Mt'l.nurln, contending that It did not
mulct) a specllle charge of bribery. The
Democrats also held out stlflly tigulnst
till suggestions looking to the suspen
sion of the privileges of the senators as
an lUttick on tho rights of the stnte
they represent, rather than on the sen
ators themselves,
When tho committee adjourned, Its
members professed to be hopeful that
a unanimous agreement would ba
reached, but they were not so hopeful
an they hud been when the noon recess
was tuken, The proceedings were not
of a, character to permit ot any deflnlta
conclusion as to what the result would
be, though so fur us they went they
indicated censure as tho form of pun
ishment most likely to bo recom
mended. Some of the Republicans, howcveri
tire holding out for a more pronounced
rebuke to Senator Tillman than coulil,
be given in any verbal reprimand
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