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?"X^^516" wSbrg W.TA, MABOE 8. IS* ^^ICE TWO CENTS., REBELS BOLTED At the First Sign ot the Advnnec o! Americans. A TWO HOURS ENGAGEMf?| Willi tlic Filipinos by Generals Whcaton and llale. THE COUNTRY CLEAR OF THEM As far ont n? Gundalonpe ?The Insurgent Ijoss Heavy ? Our Casualties Only Three Wounded ? llchels Send out Flag of Truco niul Then Fire on the Americans When two Hundred Yards Distant?An Afternoon Kngagcmcnt in "Which Agulnaldo's Forces arc Driven Further Back?'Troops Suffering from Intense Heat. MANILA. March 7.?At daylight this morning the enemy were discovered trying to mount a gun across the river from San Pedro and the Sixth artillery shelled the rebel battery. Temporarily stopping work, the enemy poured a fusilade of musketry across the river, but a gunboat moved up and cleared the banks oC the stream with rapid fire guns. A detachment of General Hale's and General "NVheaton's brigades was engaged for two hours this morning clearing the country in front of their lines on both sides of the river, the enemy concentrating with the apparent purpose ol cutting off the garrison at the water works. The rebels bolted at the first sign of the advance, but they separated Into snmll bodies whenever the covert afforded opportunities and kept up a running fire. Enemy Routed. By a series of rapid advances, followed by llanlc movements the enemy was completely routed os far out as Guadaloupe, on the right, almost to Marlqulnn on the left. The casualties reported arc: Captain O'Brien, of Company F., First Wyoming volunteers, and two men slightly wounded. The rebel loss was heavy. \'n rf>linlc worn vJetVilr* of r?<->rtn The enemy Is still in front of Genera] "WJieaton's line. Near San Pedro Macat i. they have been actively attempting to make the positions of the Sixth artillery on the hills untenable, theh fharpshooters keeping up a constant fire all day. Private Lovejoy, Company C, "Washington volunteers, was killed by a stray fcullet. Major Bell, Seventh United States cavalry; private Young', Company M, Twentieth Infantry; Private Curran, Company H, Twentieth infantry, and private Sparks, Company I, First Wyoming volunteers,were wounded to-day. Dastardly Action. This morning the enemy in front ol General Ovenahine's lino sent out a flag of truce, but retired when Lieutenani Koohler, with two men advanced t< meet it. This afternoon they agair showed a white flag and a general witl two oflicers and an interpreter advanced. When the Americans were I within nVwMti- onn vn?i.. ty. the latter dragged rilles from behind their backs and opened lire upon them but fortunately without effect. Hawthorne's battery fired "two shells killing several of the enemy. This afternoon General Ilale's brigade continued the work of driving oul the rebels from the country between th( reservoir and the water works, a distance of about three miles. The country is now clear on the left of the river, h?it the enemy Is still In front of General "Wheaton's line. To Protect Foreigner*. In accordance with Instructions to the land and naval forces a general ordei was Issued to-day directing the United States troops to give particular attention to the speclllc duty of furnishing full protection to the lives and property of nil German, Austrian, Dutch. Itallar. and Portuguese residents and, with th< co-operation of the resident Germar consul, to give aid and assistance whenever necessary. At P. o'clock this afternoon the tornperaturo was 84 degrees Fahrenheit and the heat is intense, especially on the lines, where twenty-five men were temporarily prostrated during the day. REBELS FORTIFYING Their Posit Ion nt Various Points Further Trouble Expected in the Vicinity of the "Water "Works. (Manila, March 8, 10:20 a. m.?The rebels are busily preparing their defenses at various points and are most aSKreaslve near San Pedro MacatI where their sharpshooters maintain a PerBlatent annoyance Scott's batterj ?n the hill top Is the center of lire froir both sides of the river. General Hale withdrew his outpost! from the left bank of the stream and "ow |.i occupying his original position, Further trouble 1h probable In the vicinity of the water works, when the rebels rally, but it would be almost an ^possibility for them to Inter pi we with the water supply, owing , | l" the strength of our position. The M \v'*ather Is several degrees hotter to (lay. tuoculh AT 1IOLOV1N H ?*<'r Cessation of Work on Public Works?1'copln in Distress. i Santiago de cuba, March 7.?col. 8 Hood ciibleH from Hol^uln <hat lt?9 U.ise excitement prevalla there on acH Cf?wnt of the cessation of public works H ar"i that a mass meeting has been hold H b! which the action of the United I Ktnt-s military authorities at Havana .I 'A'is condemned as "false economy," H *m<i ;im "result of centralization." f^vlnji to the pressing necessities ol tne cahc. Colonel Hood nays he has Is "u',|l Indigent rations to three thou >!,nd heads of families suddenly thrown |'|it <-f employment. He fears there ''ill lu? a large Increase In the criminal Uijmcr of his district. I'rm tlcally the name news from nil H {& other districts of Santiago province m J*' "ached here. Meanwhile money H jJr,?Kh Ih lying Idle In bank to pay all I tor) '* ('U< U,,(^ *? ' ,ncn 'l* I Colonel Hood requests the use ot the former Spanish gunboat Baracoa, re- np cently raised by the Americans as a J lighthouse tender. * Affairs in Havana. HAVANA, March 7. ? Lieutenant T1 Fltzhugh Lee has been transferred from his father's staff to the First cavalry. Tho North Atlantic squadron Is expected to sail from here on Wednes- (,| I day. It Is doubtful whether It will stop ' at other Cuban ports. The police took complete charge of the Urat precinct jjj last night and the military guard was withdrawn. Colonel Hecker, Inspector C of camp sites in Cuba, has arrived here * from the United States. Abner McKlnley's party will sail to-day for 7 Miami. Q A PITIFUL TRAGEDY. | A Yonng man Planning l?is Wedding t "With his Sweetheart Accidentally a Inflicts 011 Himself a Fatal "Wouml. ^ Spcclul Dispatch to tho Intelligencer. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 7.? A fatal accident occurred last nglht at C 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. John en< Moore, on Water street tlu Mr. A. Jackson Comer, an employe thr of Millard Bros., of this city, and Miss off Maggie Wilt, who boards at Mrs. Moore's, were talking of their marriage, , whleh wfl# tn h >vA ,la 19th Inst., when Comer Jokingly said: vul "Maggie, I will show you what I will j ; do if you go back on me." Taking a 38-calibre revolver out of his pocket he wn pointed the weapon at his breast. It rat went off, the ball striking him In the At upper part of the stomach. He lived . about twenty minutes. l0" Comer wan in his twenty-seventh year an< and came here from Shenandoah City, po . Va., where Ills remains will be taken for burial. Infc Mc NKBUA8KA SENATORIAL FIGHT wh Ends Abruptly by the Nomination of Judge Hay ward. LINCOLN, Neb., March 7.?The most Ch, stubborn senatorial contest In the his- 1I01 tory of Nebraska ended abruptly to night, when Judge Monroe L. Hayward, ^ , of Nebraska City, was nominated in cin ; the Republicans caucus as the success- Hi or of William V. Allen, Populist. The ' action of to-night will be formally rat- an lfted at noon to-morrow at the joint J session of the legislature. mo Judge Hayward's selection In the bet caucus came on the second ballot. It fol- wa i lowed a brief note of withdrawal sent fro , to the caucus by John L. Webster, of Se Omaha, which released his supporters, so* r who Immediately began changing their ha 1 votes to Hayivard. In the midst of the by uproar. Speaker Clark moved that clt ' Judge Ilayward be made the unanimous r.o 1 choice of the caucus, and ll carried wlih a cheer. Judge Hayward has been urged as 1 , the logical Republican candidate since sul the election in November decided the pe< ! political complexion of the legislature. tjr| ; As the Republican nominee for gover- j0Q nor, he made an exceptionally strong for . canvass, reducing the fusion majority ^ " in the state materially. He has led in strength since the legislative balloting ^ began, but was handicapped until re- , , centlv by the hostility to a caucus and by the fact that he had a united tleld 'st0 j against him. Tho contest closed without ha, ; bitterness, Hayward's leading opponents Joining In congratulating him. vvj I ...... _ _ rls iHUSs. tUUI'H TKIAIJ. lu. The Dofemlnni on the "Witness Stand. ?u p lio Denies Certain Charges. ( ? ALBANY, X. Y., March 7.?Mrs. esc L Margaret 10. Cody, on trial charged a11 > with attempting to blackmail the heir" 1 of Jay Gould, was on the witness stand jnj 1 all day. A number of letters written to Rc her were Introduced to show that she loi ' had not Instigated the suit against the [ Gould estate, but that she took charge no ( of the prosecution of the claim of Mrs. tin Angell in good faith, believing In its th< { Justice. na The prosecution offered as evidence, frt . previous letters written by Mrs. Cody sit relative to the testimony to be given by ab ; her witnesses and the defendant en- Cr . deavored to explain the letters consist- nu . ently with her line of defense, that she tin r had been led Into the case by lawyers, cle Mrs. Cody's examination was not finished to-day. Mrs. Angell, the alleged wife of Jay Gould, probably will be the next witness. During Mrs. Cody's tes- 'r J tltnony Mrs. Angell audibly expressed disapproval of certain statements. spi I Nfearagtian devolution Ended. . j . WASHINGTON, March 7.?The do- Jn partmcnt of state has been cabled by tJl( i Mr. Sorsby, our consul at San Juan del thi ? Norte, as follows: fa I "Captain Symonds, of the Marietta, lla arrived from Blucfields, reports Reyea "S . left March 1 for Colombia; revolution roj [ ended; order prevails at Bluetlelds. f)U ? All foreigners in Bluetlelds engaged . in revolution previously entitled to pro- of tectlon of consulates left with passports March 2 for Now Orleans; Bluefields commerce uninterrupted." j The department has been informed by Mr. Clancy, at Blucfields, that the we government troops took peaceful pos- nic session of Roma yesterday, ending the ?0] ; revolution. "All foreigners received passports and departed from this port in , to-day. Commerce at this port re- del sumcd." jjfl A Flood of Counterfeits. p*1 SIIAMOKIN, Pa., March 7.?Banks. * i stores and postofllce were to-day flood- Bli ed with counterfeit dollars bearing uk? t dates of 1S79, 1882 and 1884, and having such a good ring that bank officials who . sent some of the dollars to the national , treasury for examination think the . coins cntaln more silver than the gen- .K" j ulne money. None of the banks will re- 1TJ; ; ceive dollars bearing the above dates ? until the matter is investigated by se- . ^ ; eret service agents. Chicago Republican Nominal ions, CHICAGO, March 7.?The Republican Fr city convention to-day nominated Zlna Th A. Carter for mayor. Mr. Carter has ^ nerved one icrnj ns president of the ' board of trade. He la a member of the drainage canal board. The other nominations were: Thomas 1 H. Cannon, for city attorney; ISmll Prj Schaefer, city treasurer, and Charles 13. P|X Pierson, city clerk. |c A Record Trip. NEW YORK, March 7.?The Now for Vrtrlr < ? >.roou ctnnmnw "UNIM G rosso, from Southampton anil Cherbourg, made a most surprising record jlQ( ! trip across the Atlantic, a dlHtance of w 3,148 knots In IIvo days, 21 hours ond H mu minutes, at nn average speed of 22.33 j.je knots per hour. wo HtifTnlo Postmaster. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.? C The President will to-morrow appoint rev Dr. Barnuel CJ. Dorr, postmaster at Huf- Jo? fiil\ X. Y. His appointment whs ded- res . nltely. decided upon at the white house fou this afternoon, utter a sharp and vlg- km oroua contest, wit HE WORST'S OVER ? 10 Flooil in the Lower Ohio 3 Readies the Limit. v' eh NCINNATI BREATHING EASIER <? da " ar ver Rising Slowly, but Will not go B0 )vor 07 1-2 Feet ? Portsmouth, ^j )hiOi Suffers Prom tlio High ar iVnters?Many People Driven From Choir Homes?Great Distress on tlio 13r riiyamlotto River Above Huntingon \V. Va.?A Relief Steamer Sent co 0 the aid of the Stricken Inhabit. nits?Central City Also a Great Suf. ff i & orer. N, lit ttNCINNATI, Ohio, March 7.-The mJ 1 of the big Hood here is in. sight, by inks to the cold weather prevailing ^ oughout the Ohio valley. It has cut from one and a halt to two feet of iat would have been the maximum ,\t >d at Cincinnati had the weather pre. led warm. ] it 9 o'clock to-night the stage here Bti s SG feet 8 inches, and rising at the wc e of one Inch and a quarter an hour, tic all points above Marietta the river be night is 'falling. Between Marietta Pj? 1 Point Pleasant it is rising. From Int Pleasant to Cincinnati it 19 fall- hv r at Intermediate points, except at tnchester, sixty miles above here, ere it Js rising- slowly. The sivell be- a i sen Marietta and Point Pleasant Is - t m the outpour of the Monongahela at ttsburgh. Unless the weather ^ ^nges that rise will never catch the ud at this point. On the same condl- ^ n the river here will reach its maxl- < trn of about /Ifty-seven and one-half t. All points heard from below Cin- 0f nati report the river rising. From w, intlngton, W. Va? up stream, at irly all joints on the river, snow, "i^ th brisk winds and low temperature, jai > reported. th U Portsmouth the Cincinnati, Ports- on mth and Virginia railway trains have iii stopped by Hoods on the 'track and shouts. Suffering by people driven ] m their homes In that city continues. ar vernl small dwellings in the water iked districts on East Front street ve been lifted off their foundations J];| the winds. Business men In that , y In the Hooded regions are serene v; that the worst has passed. West Virginia Sufl'erers. jn luntlngton, "NV. Va? reports great Terlng on the Guyandotte river from ( )ple living In the lowlands who were ' ven from their homes. A steamboat 1 ded with provisions left Huntington co! the relief of those people to-day. co Central.City, a small place above an mtlnciton, is a great sufferer from co: i flood. pl( U Newport, Ky., opposite here, one* ta', eet car line has been tloodcd so as to kii p the running of cars. Fifty families ce ^ o been driven from their homes and an ve taken refuge in public buildings or th their friends, and should the river e to llfty-seven and one-half feet, ] enty-flvc more families will be driven a? t of their homes. No business " uses In Newport have been affected. Covington Is more fortunate and has cli liiUPfl almnwt ontlrplv Tn ninninnntl nn business affected by Hooding of col- on s, has been amply protected from wc y probable future danger. Dwell- fe< fs, except the low tenements in Hot >w and Sausage How, have not been iched. There Is practically no Interptlon to railroad trafllc of any sort in p;] iclnnatl. No trains, however, can . w enter the Grand Central depot. All LJ ?se trains, including the Big Four, f| ? Baltimore & Ohio and the Cincln- [>r ti Southern receive passengers and Ight at iheir Eighth street depot, uated 11 little further west and clear < ove danger. A few pardon? In Mill * eek valley have been llcoded, but >st of them are so much farther up lal it stream than formerly as to be Wc ar out of danfler. on CIIAltliUSTON ItliCOVKIiINO jjf, oin Her KxtcnslveBuMi?All Suflor- ^ crs Being Cared for. c0, eclal Dispatch to the IntellJfjenccr. vl( CHARLESTON. W. Va.. March 7.? I danger of a threatened second rise the Kanawha has been-dispelled and ^ i city Is now slowly recovering from Or : watery allllctlon. Both rivers uro ex ling slowly, but steadily. The water . s entirely disappeared from the T; eels. Che sufferers are being cared for by lef committees.. About fifty are to' nrtered at the state house to-night. e city la covered with several inches Ul< snow. C^1 sh> Famous Hank Former Dead. bo 5UTTE, Mont., March 7.?Austin Bid. 11, one of the men who became fa- fi0| ius through the Bank of England for- HCy rles, died here to-night, In his room lef the Mantle block. The cause of his ith was given as grippe. He was t;n :y-two years of age and a native of sc] icago, to which place his body will an taken for burial. sl> lustln Bldwell and his brother George ev J well, came here about two weeks stc o. They said they expccted to start to business here, having backing In the ?t to engage in mining. He was taken k about a week ago. 3 'hq story of the Bldwella is very well de own. By means of forged securities 1878 they got $">,000,000 from the Bank England, after victimizing other nks In Europe by means of forged wl ters of credit. Their Idea was to get wa y millions and then compromise with gk : bank. In the big game they failed be :1 tied. George Bldwell was caught in eq unco and Austin Bldwell In Cuba, to oy were tried and given life sentences ho lh their two confederates. After ne enty years tlipy were released. Stole Gold Coins. 1 'ITTSBUJIGH, March 7.?James A. Ml /or, the young colored man who stole tovaluable gold coins from the Carne- of Museum and was later arrested In of ?lnn.1-..l ....HI- W i">-"ui;u Kcuuy lu-uuy ill mlnal court. Pryor, when tukon hoo Judge R. S. Frazor, pleaded for "ri iency on the ground that ho assisted ,l-u s police In recovering the coins, and f>"c d that ho wis. out of work, In debt, V>'a il sickness In the family and would vo returned the coins had not ho oh publicity been given the robbery. 1 wiih sentenced to two years In tho Jl< rkhouse. coi ~* lai Polleo Knocked lihn out. HICAno, March 7.?Armed with a 'olvor, stlllotto and nr/.or, George Do I da, wanted In Tyrone, Pa,, was ar- ftfl tod here to-day. Tho prisoner f'.'o ght desperately, but tho police On >ckcd hltn out. Do Josla Is charged fro ,h stealing JG.DQO worth of dry goods, am FLINT GLASS COMBINE. cctlnff of Manufacturers to EfTcc the Proposed Consolidation. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 7.?Then .11 be a meeting of the principal flln ass manufacturers held In this clt3 rly next week to close up the prelimarles of the proposed trade consoli .Hon. It Is said that there Is no longei ly doubt that the combination, wll on become a fact. The plants Jn Pennsylvania upoi llch options have been taken to dat< e said to be as follows: Ten factories of the United Statqi ass company; Brlce, Higbee & Co.i yce Bros., Mt. Pleasant; Clark Bros, wood City; California Glaus company dlfornla; Co-Operative Flint Glas; mpany, Beaver Falls; George Duncai Sons, Washington; Consolidate? imp and Glass company; Keystom imbler company, Rochester; McKe< Bros.; Northwood company, Indiana; jvelty Glass works, Washington: jchester Tumbler company. Besides these plants there are thlrtj >re In other states vAxkh arc desired the promoters of the combine, ant' r nearly all of them liberal offers havt en made. STEEL WORKERS STRIKE . Pittsburg?One Firm Settles, bu tho Other Holds out. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 7. ? The rike of the Fox pressed steel cai jrks has been settled. The proposl in of the comuanv for nloro work hn? on accepted by the strikers anil thi int was in operation to-day. At the hoen pressed steel works about r?Q( )re men are out. The plant Is guardei police. rhe strikers held a meeting to-daj d elected an executive committee ti nduct the strike. They then adopted scale demanding1 an advance of fron o IVi cents per hour over the preseui tes; also a reduction In the numbei riveters and a 111-hour shut down or inday. The meeting was addressed a number of socialistic labor leaden 10 came here from the east. 3ellff Schulberg and George Coomb.' ire arrested while addressing a crowd workmen on the streets. Schulberj! is lined $10, with the alternative 91 :ty days in the work house. The po> e claim that he is an anarchlstjt jor agitator, and that he was inciting e strikers to riot. Coombs was hole sv charge of disorderly conduct. Bought by AY ire Combine. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 7.? It If inounced that negotiations for tin rchase of the Shoenberger Steel com' n.v's properties by the America* eel company have been formallj >sed. The price paid by the wire cornne, it is said, approximates $3,000,000 which part was cash and part stocfc the consolidated company. ' Big Coal Combine. 3CRAXTON, Pa., March 7.?Simpso: "Watklns, of this city, have effected 1 nsolldation oC the eight different con mpnnies in which they are Interested d disposed of them to a syndicate, in rpornted under the title of the Tem ? Coal Compnny, and having a capi rsfcdck of *2,500,000. SImp?on & Wat us retain an Interest In the new eon rn. Mr. Watklns becomes presideni d general manager. Wages lo bo Raised. PIARRISBURG. Pa., March 7.?Man. er Gilbert M. McCauley, of the Cen il Iron and Steel Company, which In ides tho Universal mills. Pax ton mills id Mill No. 2. posted a notice thai April 1, a readjustment and rn!?e Ir iges would take place. This will of:t six hundred hands. 1,200 Operatives Affected. PITCH BURG, Mass., March 7.?Tlu irk Hill Manufacturing company, emDying 1.200 operatives, to-day anunced an advance in wages, to take 'ect April 1. The amount of the incase is not stated. Strike on the Yukon. SIvAGUAY, March 2, via Victoria, B March 7.?Seven hundred of the 1,40' jorers employed on the constructlor >rk of the White Pass Yukon road an a strike as the result of a reductior wages from 35 to ?.0 cents an houi d an Increase in work to ten hours r y. The men struek, all others wen d off for a few days. The men an tnlng to Skaguay and are orderly. Nc >lence is anticipated. T..I......... 3EAVKR FALLS., Pn., March 7.10 of the cleanest and moat scientific hlbltlons of boxing ever witnessed re, w.'us the contest between Harrj. hnston, of Xew Kensington, and \u27." Auber, of Wheeling, W. Va., night. It was scheduled for flfteer jnds, but lasted only seven. The au;nce was a very large one and exptlonaJly well behaved. Both mer owed remarkable cleverness ant th were evenly matched. Throughoul e contest Johnston had a shade the st of the argument, but Aubcr got In mo excellent work also. In -the ,'cnth round Johnston landed with his t on Auber's jaw and the latter wonl wn. He arose evidently distressed d clinched to save himself. The ref?e had to use considerable force it mratlng them. Johnston landed agalr d again, Auber went down, but lr : seconds -was on his feet. As it was Ident he could not Inst, the referee >pped the bout and awarded the flghl Johnston. "Terrible Turk" Defeated. BOSTON, March 7.?Ernest Roebei tented- the "Terrible Turk" In n aeco-Roman wrestling match to;ht in Music hall, winning the bout, ileh under the conditions intervening, is also the match. The Turk was a mt In stature as compared with Roer, and in skill was his opponent's ual apparently. The conditions were be two falls out of three, strangle Id alone barred, shoulders to be pin[I Hying or rolling falls not to count. Farrnglier <>/? Dcck Again. ATT LIS FALLS, X. Y., March 7.ko Farragher, of Youngstown, Ohio, night knocked out "Kid" Hopkins, Syracuse, N. Y? In the second round what was to have been a twenty ,j?d bout, at the South Side Athletic ib. Hopkins was Hooted twice In the st round and after one minute of htlng In the second he went down >n? a terrlilc right on tho jaw and s counted out. Van ikm'ki. iipioimm .uurpiiy. DAYTON, O., March 7.?Johnny Van est, of Hot Springs, won a hollyMost etl bout to-night over "Austruli Billy" Murphy In tin: sixth round. Fifty Fninllles Driven Out. <13\V YOftK, Mnrch 7.?Fire drovo :y families Into tlu? stroots t?>-?lny. in tenement hou.ycw on Fifth streot. e child was hurt by being thrown m \ window, and may die. Damage alL , PERILS OFTHEDEE s Old Dominion Line Steam ' Jamestown on Flro MAKES HER PIER JUST IN TIM 1 . Carried ono Hundred and Twel \ Souls ? Narrow Escapo from < Ocean Tragedy?Tho Bravo Rcsc ! of Eight-ecu Persons From t ? "Waterlogged Bark Barunga?T] J Terrible Experience of the Passe j gcrs on Board the Disabled Cum ; dcr Pavonia During a Terri ; Storm. r NEW YORK, March 7. ? "With t I merchant marine code Hags "N. A! L Hying from the top of her forema 5 the steel screw steamship Jamestov the crack vessel of the Old Domini line, from Norfolk, was sighted by t t Sandy IIoolc observer at 3:40 o'clo this afternoon. The two flags llutte , ing at the steamer's foretop meant th 1 the ship, which carried 122 souls, p? senders and crew, and a miscellaneo j cargo worth nearly a quarter of a in , lion dollars, was on Are. . The Jamestown was then under ft ) speed and approaching the bar. 9 ^ was plowing through the water at r slxteen-knot-an-hour speed In- the < ) rectlon of the Narrows. A stiff wl 1 was blowing across the incoming vt . sel, sweeping her from bow to stei Captain Klchard 33. Boaz was on t i bridge, Ills one Idea being to get 1 | ship to her pier as quickly as posslb The smoke was llrst seen issul: i from the fore hatches at 3 p. m. t I day, and the captain called the crew : lire quarters. Everything was done I' prveent the spread of the lire, and f steam was put on for a swift run f : the pier. The Are boat met the bur r lng steamer at quarantine, but Capta I Boaz refused to stop and called to t commander of. the Art-boat to foll< him to the pier. Just about two hou after the outbreak the Old Domini 5 liner had reached her dock and In 4 few minutes all the passengers we landed. There had been some exclt ment among the passengers off Lo ' Branch, where the seas were runnl high, but by the time the lower b; was reached safety was assured. ; During the run up several streai k of water and steam were thrown in the hold, and after reaching her do mo lire was extinguished alter a f< hours' work. It is not known wh 1 damage was done to the cargo, but t i vessel was practically uninjured. a nn.vvu rescue Made at Sea?Crew of "N'afeWLogg Hark Saved From Death. BALTIMORE. Md.r. March T. ? T British steamer Cape Corrlentes, Ca I tain Metcalf, which arrived here to-d, from Shields, brought the Informatl of a brave rescue made at sea. ( _ January 2S, In about latitude .40, Ion; . tude ."2. the steamer sighted a vess in distress, which proved to be the Ru * sian bark Barunga, Captain Sundma ? which had sailed from Ship Islan : Ga., on December 1C, with a cargo \ lumber for Dieppe. When Captain Metcalf sighted t vessel she was water-logged and part dismasted. At 3 p. m. a llfe-savli crew from the steamer. In charge ? Chief Oflicer Charles Johnson, start to rescue the Barunga's crew. He fit brought back Mrs. Sundman and thr children. The little ones were a be ; three and one-half years old; a tw year-old girl and a four-months-c baby. It was !) o'clock at night wh the last of the Barunga's crew we on board the Cape Corrlentes. T . machinery of the steamer was out ) order when the rescue was made, ai Captain Metcalf bore for St. Mlchae where he arrived February 10. Capta - Sundman and the seventeen others re i cued from the Baranga were landed i" Uiat port. ; ON ROLLING SEAS. } Awful Experience of Passengers < the Cnnard Steamer Pavoni Miraculous Rescue. NEW YORK, March 7.-rThe Port : guese steamer Vega, which arrived t I day from St. Michaels, Azores, broug the passengers of the Cunard steam I Pavonla, which was towed Into St. X chaels after a terrible experience 1 sea. The total number of the Pav | nla's passengers was 54, of whom were saloon, 7 second cabin and . steerage. ' The Vega also brought four men w L were on the German steamer Bulgarl which put into St. Michaels disable 1 Dr. J. W. Inches, of St. Clair, Mlcl one of the Pavonia's cabin passengei 5 said: t "The experience on the voyage of t Pavonla was frightful. Gale follow gale, and hurricanes prevailed throug i out the whole time from Liverpool un i we landed at the Azores. During t! i gales terrific seas came over the si i and swept everything before them. T > steamer rolled so violently that the a : boilers rolled adrift and the steam was helpless on the sea. Five steame were sighted, but the weather was stormy that they were unable to he uh. The crew of the Pavonla work" , nobly and did everything to make t: passengers as comfortable as posslt ' under the circumstances. "When a , finally got into St. Michaels we we obliged to land in life boats during [ gale, and it Is a great wonder that no: of us was lost." ! The Pavonla sailed from London < , January 21 for Boston. The genor , opinion of the Pavonia's passengers that the members of the crew of th steamer deserve every praise for the heroic efforts, but that Captain Atk did not merit the same consideration. More Than a Mile a Minute. ALTOON'A, Pa., March 7.?A Trelg train coming down the Scalp le\ branch of the Pennsylvania rullroa got beyond the control of the crew lu ' last night and flew down the grai ; more than a mile a minute until it lc the "track a mile north of Lovett. Car l.rln MtmU. i nuiif-mc *-ill? ivt over un embankment. The locomotl did not ko over and the ontflneer ?i fli'cman escaped. Hrakoman 12. II. M ern, of Summer Hill, went down wi tin' ears and was killed. Flapmi U.inno and Conductor ClaybauKh v caped with slight Injuries. Out of tho PrjIiiR l*au. CHIPPEWA PALLS, Win., March ?Wort Montena, while escaping fro, the pollpe after committing a burglat to-day, stole a hand cur, but before po ting out of town he collided with a WI: cousin Central limited and was grour to pieces. P -KIPLING PROGRESSING Toward ConYalcsccnco?Not Yet Been Told of His Daughter's Death, cr NEW YORK,March 7.?Rudyard Kipling's condition continues to Improve. F. It, Doubleday, who has been with tho author almost constantly sinco ho was prostrated, said early to-day'that tho night had been a restful one for Mr. Kipling. The patient, however, is aa closely watched as evor, to guard an against a posnible relapse, to whi?h ho will be liable for a fortnight or more, ao Elsie, Mr. Kipling's three-year-old' b0 daughter, is reported as progressing very favorably, having slept well last lie night. ,n. Mr. Doubleday, in deference to tha wishes of Mrs. Kipling, refused to givo ir- any information regarding the arrangcfl ments for the funeral of Josephine Kipling. It Js the mother's wish that th? funeral be private, but she fears that* owing to the public Interest in Mr. Kipling, the church in which the service for he the dead Is to bo held would, wero tha announcement to be made in advance,; L be crowded with the curious. Tho child-' _ w Mrs. Kipling says. In no sense belongo<> n? to the public and she wishes to avoid, on having the funeral take on tho charaohe ter of a spectacle. k Mrs. Kipling, accompanied by her sls-? ter, Mrs. Dr. Dunham and Dr. Conland# fr" of Brattleboro, Vt., early to-day left tho at hotel where the author lies. is- Mr. Doubleday to-night reported both us Rudyard Kipling and his little daugh. ter Elsie to be slowly but Burely conll" valesclng. Mr. Kipling has not yet been Informed of the death of his child, nil Josephine, and he will not be told about. ? e It until he Is practically well. She wag his favorite, and the physicians dread a the possibility of an ill-result Bhould hall learn of her death in any manner. p>?l - PIERPONT MORGAN'S MISSION " To Europo ? Immonso Consolidation he ot'Rnilronil and Coal Interests. jls NEW YORTC, March 8-The World) * says: J. Plerpont Morgan returned yes terday (Tuesday) on the Kaiser Wil-' helm Der Grosse. He went abroad two', to months ago to secure assent of the ull Heading's English stockholders to a plan that the Vanderbllts, the Pennsyl.m vania Railroad Company, Maxwell, of ho New Jersey Central, and W. H. )\v Truesdnle, of the Delaware, Lackawanirs na & Western, had formed for a consollon datlon of all the great eastern coal lna terests under one management, re Mr. Morgan was seen after his arrie val, was very reticent regarding his ng work in London. It is understood that ng his efforts have been successful. From ay men with whom he had talked and who have been In cable touch with him durns ing his absence, a general explanation ito of the plan was learned. Hundreds of ck millions of dollars have been brought Into one combination. A pro rata dlviat sion of the coal output and of the profits "e has been outlined, though months will be required to finally adjust all the details. It is estimated that fully $3,200,000 will be saved annually In operating etl expense?. The companies said to be in the big deal are the Reading. Delaware. Lackawanna & Western, Pennsylvania, he Railroad Company. New York,/ Lake p- Erie & Western Coal and Railroad ay- Company: Pennsylvania Coal Company, New York. Ontario & Western Rrillu'hv on Company, Central railroad of New Jersey, New York, Susquehanna & "West?i ern Railroad Company; Schuylkill & >el Susquehanna "Railroad Company, with a ig. combined capital of more thin $5S9,Jlf 000,000. oj 'A DIFFERENT VERSION Of the Muscat Incident Given ia ly House ol* Commons, ng LONDON, March 7.?The parliament tary secretary of the foreign office, Wll.st Ham Henry St. John Broderlck, answeree ing a question put by Sir Charles Dllke, >y, Radical, In the house of commons too day, pave a different complexion to tho ild Muscat incident than the version which en the French minister of foreign affairs, re M. Delcasse, furnished to tho chamber he of deputies yesterday. Mr. Broderlck of said that by the original concession, send cretly obtained in March, 1S98, Franco Is, secured land upon which she would in have been at liberty to hoist her flag ;a- and build fortifications. Immediately after the proceedings became known Great Britain declared them to be contrary to the treaty of 18G? and the sultan was required to cancel the lease which, was annulled. The under secretary. on added: - "We have not expressed disapproval of the action of the British agent, who acted under Instructions, and Lord u- Salisbury Informed the French ambas0. sador (M. Paul Cainbon) on several oc. . caslons that he considered the British contention absolutely right and that it er -waft impossible to recede therefrom, [i- "We hold that the action of the Britat ishngent in threatening a bombardmont of Muscat was absolutely right. By tho ?" convention of 18G2 there is nothing to ?g prohibit France from having a coal store at Muscat provided there is no h concession of territory, and it is under- ' stood that. Prance will avail herself of V this power, subject to those limitatlons." rs? Tho Fnshoda Incident, he PARIS, March 7.?The following semi-* ed official note was issued this evening: "A satisfactory settlement between ho France and Great Britain of the questle tions arising out of the Fnshoda incite dent may be expected within a fort1X night. Tho delimitation of the respeccr tlvo territories has so far advanced that ,ra the starting points and general direction so of the frontier have already been ar,jp ranged, and Great Britain has admitted ed that Prance is entitled to a commercial lie outlet on the Nile." ?le ve China Must Apologize.1 re ROME, March 7.?The Italian govern-* ne ment Is fully determined to obtain an apology from China for tho Tsung LI 5,| Yamen's refusal of tho demand of Slgnor Martlno, Italian minister at Pelcln, ut of a concession at San Mun bay, prov(lr ince of Che Kiang, to be used as a naval ju base and coaling station. A squadron of nve cruisers with 100 guns and 1.500 men, will soon arrive at San Mun bay. 'Tho Toulon Explosion. TOULON, March 7.?A sensation has ||* been caused here by a report that twelve j0 dynamite cartridges were found to-day ft bohlnil thft nv?? i1.-\r? - ... - - ..... m.-iumi tinvi. uy UlC 11- further report tlmt pome person, not yet nt Identified,had flreil three revolvers shots ve at an arsenal sentry, none of thetn, id however, taking effect, y- ?th "Weather Forecast: for To-day. m For West Virginia, fair; rising tempera* s- ture; variable winds. For Western Pennsylvania, fair; dlmltv lshlng west to north winds. For Ohio, fair; rising temperature -mi southwest portion; brisk west winds, be7, coming variable. ni J/ocal Temperature. The temperature yesterday as observed y by C. Sehnepf, druggist, corner Market t- and Fourteenth streets, was as follows: I ft. m 14 I .1 p. in 82 ui 0 a. m is I 7 p. m 3L 12 m 20 I Changeable,