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VOL. XXV.— 61. AUDJTOpTJUjVI GJkW?Jk]G\i BEGINS T^UpSD^y WGJIT § PRINCE SPEEDS TO WAR FIELDS NOTABLE RECEPTIONS TENDERED ROYAL VISITOR ON HIS WAV TO CHATTANOOGA HE RIDES IN ENGINE CAR Train Delayed by Wreck ami the Hide Over the Allenhenies in Making Up name is Exciting OHIO HAS WARM WELCOMES CINCINNATI, March I.—Prince Henry of Prussia traversed Maryland, Pennsyl vania and Ohio today, and tonight his special train is speeding through Ken tucky into Tennessee, with the battle fields around Chattanooga as its final southern goal. He stopped for formal reception at Al toona, Pittsburg, Columbus and Cincin . nati, but the welcome extended to him was not limited to those places. Every where on the line after daylight came and until long after darkness the people gathered at the stations to cheer him as he speeded along. The storm that swell ed the rivers to the danger point had passed away, and saw a zone of three states in bright sunlight. He saw a stretch of fifty miles of the Allegheny mountains from tin- cab of an engine, and most of it was down grade at a speed that thrilled. The train had . lost two hours at Portage by reason Of a wreck to the westward of that point, and when the special got a clear track again an attempt was made to win back some of the time that had been lost. At times the swaying engine was run ning sixty miles an hour, and when the prince left the cab he was almost as grimy as the engineer. He was admit ted to the'cab upon his own request. When not responding to the receptions he was busy sightseeing, and studying a large map which had been set up lit his car. He asked many questions as to tin- industries of Pennsylvania and Ohio and made extended notes on the Margin of the map. "<■ was very enthusiastic over the events of the day. and it was late In the after noon when he retired to rest before the evening receptions. Crowds Even nt n NVntertniik. He dined at 7 o'clock in the ever.rcg find while he and his guests were at the table the speed of the train was cut down to forty miles an hour. His guests Continued on Tenth Pane. FIND DEAD 'NEATH SLIDE KNOWN FATALITIES OF AVA LANCHE NOW NUMBER 1J). TET.LFRIDR. C 0,.. March 1. - Five names have been added to tho list of snowshde victims, making the number of known dead teen. The bodies discov ered today arc of the following- Olaf Swansea. J. G. Cedarberg, Louis Lund berg, Andrew Alio, unknown boy. They were among the men who took part In the, search for the victims of the lust slid.'. They started for Telluride, and it was not until their bodies were found today that it was known that they were caught in the slide. The revised list of known dead follows: Gus Swanson, F. C Clem mer, Gus yon Fintell. George Roiiwer w. S. Gregory, 11. S. Summerland. Harry Golden, Gus Kraut, Raymond Bishop Wade Crow, Harry A. Chase, ].. A. Stan ley, JR. poweii, Paul Dalpra, oiof Swan son, J. c. Cedarborg, Louis Lundberg, Andrew Aho, unknown boy. John Bowers, the cook," who sustained v. fracture of the skull, as well as a brok en thig.i and several ribs, is not expected go live. Henry Bauer is in a critical con dition.. The city council of Telluride has decid ed to. pay half the expense of covering and burying the bodies of the slide, ana the Tom Boy and Smuggler mines wiK be closed to enable all their employes to aid in the work. m. Several - slides have occurred today in p Ibis vicinity, but so far as known there has been no less of life. - The Gold King mine was closed today" on account of a Elide which carried away 250 feet of snow shed, leaving the mine building unpro tected. DERELICTS A MENAGE GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO RID SEA OF ONE DANGER. NEW YORK, March I.—Steps have been taken by the government to rid the sea of derelicts, the dangerous menaces to navigation which are now so thickly strewn along the Atlantic seaboard. The cruiser Cincinnati, one of the squadron which was ordered here to meet Prince Henry, has been directed to proceed to Newport, R. 1., there to,take on a sup ply of mines and then to cruise along the coast and blow up every derelict that can be found. ___i_______ - -3_______f '__^H______________l_____ " THOMAS SI'DEniIOTT. -:..•;..■..■■: .'■■■" 'i 'yrityfk- - - ;.^v">. *^ **" .."." '-■■■'■* ' Vw»«^'-'" ".""' ./ TAWNEY FOR HIGH DUTY CONGRESSMAN* FIGHTS PROPOSED REDUCTION OF SUGAR TARIFF. Special to The Globe. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 1 Con gressman Tawney Is taking an active part in the fight made by the beet sugar representatives against a reduction of duty of Cuban sugar. He contends that it will be inconsistent to reduce protec tion on sugar and not reduce it on steel industries, whlah no longer need it. The activity of Tawney is taken by Some to Indicate that alliance is being formed be tween members who favor the Babcock bill and representatives of the beet sugar growing states. Tawney will make a fight in caucus Monday against the pro posed reduction of the duty on Cuban sugar. ~ FIVE CRUSHED TO DEATH MANY ALSO INJURED IN COLLAPSE OF CLEVELAND FACTORY. CL.EVEL.ANP, Ohio, March I.—The fourth floor of the Cleveland Banking company's plant on Central avenue fell under the weight of a large number of barrels of flour today, crashing through the three under floors, into the basement. Five persons are missing, four girls and a man. They are buried beneath the mass of debris In the, basement and are un doubtedly dead. Their names are: Mary Kelly, Mollie Roemer, Florence McGraht, Maggie Heiser, Joseph Woel ker. . Besides the missing, the following per sons were Injured: Lena Zuzy, will probably die; Emma Rupp, will recover; Ralph Cohen, Lizzie Koepernick, Maggie Kesser, Mary Noro vec, Hope Otto, Emma Schutsumple, Anna Graham. Kate Wisnowskl, Agnes Neu mann, Maggie Kane. Twelve women and three men were car ried through with the falling floors. Those who were rescued were dug from the ruins by the firemen and police A number of other girls in the building saved themselves by rushing to the win dows and clinging to the sills until res cued by firemen on ladders. PLANS A BIG DEPOT CHICAGO IMPROVEMENTS OF C. & N.-W. TO COST -MILLION v Special to The Globe. CHICAGO, 111., March I.—lmprovements L n t T he terminal facilities of the Chicago * North-West em railway to cost several million dollars are in prospect. It is as serted upon good authority that the com pany purposes erecting a modern ten story office building on the east side of Franklin street, between Jackson boule vard and Quincy street, and tunneling the river just west of Fifth avenue, for the purpose of providing easy access to a new depot to be erected upon the site* of the present structure. The inadequacy of the present terminals is a handicap with which the company has had to deal in competition with the St. Pa and other roads. At the last an nual meeting, in June, the matter was left in the hands of the president. REBELLION IS GRAVE UNITED STATES CALLS ON CHINA TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS. PEKIN, March The Chinese foreign office now admits that the rebellion in the vicinity of Nan Ning, province of Quang See, seventy miles north of the Gulf cf Tonquin is very grave, though this was denied yesterday. Over 1,000 former soldiers are engaged in pillaging. An edict has been issued commanding the Chinese authorities to afford protec tion to the missionaries and other for eigners. Mr. Conger, the United States minister, has notified Prince Ching, head of the foreign office, that he expects China will speedily suppress the re bellion and protect the foreigners in that part of the country. SEE MORE TAX DODGING OFFICIALS SUSPICIOUS OF ACTS OF LEAD TRUST COMPANIES. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March Two branches of the Lead trust, Lie Anchor and the Eckstein companies have re duced their capital stock, the former from $1.C00,C00 to $10,000 and the latter from $350,000 to $7,000. State officials ex press suspicion that the purpose is to escape taxation under the Willis bill, which proposes to tax corporations one tenth of 1 per cent on their issued capi-. tal stock. CHARLES A. STAPLES DEAD. Prominent Stillwater Business Mad Expires at Age of Sixty-One. Special to The Globe. STILLWATER. Minn., March I.— Charles August Staples, one of the lead ing residents of Stillwater, died shortly before midnight at his home at South Third street. He was sixty-one years of age, and had resided in Stillwater, near ly forty years. He is survived by a widow, four sons and one daughter. Mr. Staples was for many years en gaged in logging, and was a member of the Staples Towing company. He was a prominent Mason. FACES THAT ARE FAMILIAR TO ST. PAUL PEOPLE. teit^^Vr ".-i^^vss!#_feE_k*__s_a "'__F '" MSsW ja^m^i, '<■ I* A. ROSING. SUNDAY MORNING,; MARCH 2,ji i9O2:^TYVENTY-SIX PAGES* FLOOD MAKES 50,000 IDLE WATER IN PITTSBURG ' HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT ONCE IN CITY'S HISTORY GREAT DAMAGE IN SOUTH Railroad Traffic to the East and Southwest of Northern Georgia In at Jin Absolute Standstill MASSACHUSETTS ALSO SUFFERS PITTSBURG, March 1.-At 9 o'clock to noght the Allegheny river marks show 32.6 and is still rising. The flood mark of 1884—33.3—wi1l in all likelihood, be passed, and 35 feet, the highest point I ever reached by the waters here, in KM, \ may be equalled. It is certain tnat the [ great damage by the '84 flood will be ex j ceeded by many thousands of dollars, I and many more interests will ne affected.' | No reliable estimate of the money flam [ age can be made at this time, out it will be very heavy. Already 50,000 men have been made temporarily idle by the forced closing down of mills, factories and other industries, and the number is likely to be considerably increased by Monday. To the timely warnings given by the gov ernment weather bureau officials to all interested, may be credited tne lack of fatalities. In most instances business men and residents were prepared, conse quently no drownings nor serious acci dents have resulted up to the present. Like a Modem Venice. Tonight Allegheny is a modern Venice, and every sort of improvised water craft is In service. Every street in the low lying districts of the city from Herr's island to the Western penitentiary has more or less water in it, in some places it is from two to four feet deep, forcing the householders either to abandon their homes or move to the upper floors. In numerous cases families have taken their cookstoves to the attic and have pre pared to camp out as -it were, until the waters subside.. All of the railroad tracks except the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago are submerged, and many factories have been closed down. The Western penitentiary Is in particularly bad condition. The water has flooded the underground portion of the Institution, rulningfflne macninery, including the air renovating and the electric lighting plants. The building is now without heat, and the only light in it is from candles and lamps. A small sized ice berg has been deposited in the grounds and the warden's house has been ren dered untenable. In Pittsburg proper, from ' i.ie Point' to Ninth street, and as far back as Perm avenue, everything Is flooded. Skiffs and wagons are being utilized to get resi dents to and from their homes. Few Pittsburgers have ever before seen the water so deep on these streets. The Hotel Lincoln has ten feet of water In its basement, while the Victoria and Boyer hotels are in almost as bad condition. Water surrounds the -^nderson, but no particular damage has been done. Stops Performances at Theaters. The Duquesne and the" Alvin theaters were forced to abandon their perform ances' tonight and business in all the dis- tricts named has been suspended since noon. Every mill along the Allegheny river as far as Thirty-third street is closed down. From Twenty-first street, in the Allegheny valley, railroaod tracks Continued on Ninth Page, MERRIAM'S PLAN WINS PERMANENT CENSUS BUREAU AS SURED, WITH HIM AS DIRECTOR. WASHINGTON, March President Roosevelt will sign the bill to create a permanent census bureau as soon as it reaches him, which prcbably will be Wednesday. Gov. Merriam, the director of the census, will hold up the discharge of 500 employes who are slated to go when the bill is signed, in order. that ( they may be converted into the civil service in ac cordance with the provisions of the act. It is the general understanding that Gov. Merriam will be appointed director of - the census when the bureau is re organized on a permanent basis. LEOPOLD IS QUITE ILL CONDITION OF KING OF BELGIUM CAUSES GREAT ANXIETY. BRUSSELS, March I.—The condition of King Leopold, who has been ill since his return here from the Riviera, is causing anxiety. The physicians in attendance on his majesty deny that his symptoms are -serious. . l?^?!?P!^!!??33^'^il'|s*»*^w* ■it, m £•> BBBF-■' ' • j KORMAiN FETTER, MINISTER WU MAY GUME SENATOR NELSON -AND GEN. TOR RANCE INVITE HIM TO MILL CITY. Special to The Globe. WASHINGTON, March 1.-Senator. Nel son and Gen. . Ell Torrance, of the G. A. R., called on the Chinese minister^ Wu Ting Fang--this afternoon, an! in vited him to come to Minneapolis in April to make an address. Mr. Wu took the matter under consideration. He seemed inclined to accept, and the callers felt that when the invitation is formally pre sented it will be accepted. Mr."Wu ask ed innumerable' questions. "Were you a general in the war?" he asked. Torrance.. ■-'• T „ ... On the -latter replying in the negative, Mr. Wu wanted to know how he could be one now. "You must be a very great man," he concluded. Mr. Wu took occasion to sound Senator Nelson on the Question of Chinese ex clusion, and offered -him some of his arguments in favor of letting in Mongo liana. .. ' BILLY RICE, TOO, 18 DEAD FOURTH OF NOTED MINSTRELS TO PASS AWAY IN FIVE MONTHS. Speelal to The Globe. CHICAGO, 111., March I.—Within the last five months four men who won fame as minstrels years ago have passed away. They were Jack Haverly, Billy West, Billy Emerson^ and Billy Rice. Rice succumbed today fat Hot Springs to an attack of dropsy. * He realized that his case was hopeless, and spent his last hours in telling stories of the ups and downs of a burnt-cork artist. His last words were: "I am down to my last chip, and the Aliriighty has cop pered that. Well, tell my friends that I'm going away back, and they will find me on the end seat." AGAIN INVITES PRESIDENT. Charleston City Council Adda Re- quest That He Visit Fair. CHARLESTON, S. C, March 1.-Supple mentary to the resolution passed by the exposition board of directors last night, renewing the invitation to President Roosevelt to visit Charleston, and also dis claiming any responsibility and sympathy for Lieut. Gov. Tillman's action in re gard to the presentation of the sword to Maj. Jenkins, the city council-today passed resolutions repeating the invita tion already extended by She city, and ap pointed a special committee to present the resolutions to Presi &nt Roosevelt and to express to him the earnest desire of the people of Charleston that he visit the city. - . FOR ST PAUL'S AUDITORIUM. Next Thursday night the people of St. Paul, as a whole, will be given an opportunity to demonstrate whether they want to see their city the possessor of a magnificent audi torium. There is no need to enter into any argument to prove that the necessity for such a building exists. Everyone knows it; everyone concedes it With an auditorium capable of com fortably seating ten thonsand people, the city will be in a position to incite national and state conventions to assemble here, and the result will be that thousands of visitors will be attracted to the city each year. Furthermore, if this struc ture is built along the lines contemplated at present, it will be possible for many of the highest class attractions to be drawn to St. Paul and given at prices that will be within the reach of everyone. Even such eminent musicians as Mr. Grau brings tot America every year can be heard for a price of not to exceed fifty cents a seat, possibly less. The entertainment next Thursday night is in the nature of an object lesson. It will show what may be hoped for when the new auditorium is a reality. The entertainment is excel lent The performers give their services, and all the money taken in will go direct to the auditorium fund. The price of admission has been fixed at "two bits"—in the Minnesota vernacular, 25 cents.: The building should: be packed, and hundreds turned away. It will be a good time to "get together." And it will be the mean's^ of inspiring all loyal St. Paulites to "stick to gether. ; zi s The auditorium is going to be built What Omaha and Kansas Cituihave done,. St. Paul can and will do. Civic pride will nottbiQrtite any failure in this movement. Attend th: performance Thursday night at the Old Audi torium on* Eighth street. SsSamMmß'O*^l ,- r *» & *-.l_ Hmb ■«■;■• -■**■» R*__H ■ A,DAI^IXIST. - /■:.:•«■ - MARCONI AGAIN SPANS OCEAN MARCONI MAINTAINS [ CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH HOME, STATION* WHILE OX OCEAN NEW WIRELESS WORK RECORD For 2,000 Miles He Flashed Mes sages to Cornwall Headquar ters From Deck of the __ Philadelphia INVENTOR IS HIGHLY ELATED Special to The Globe. NEW YORK, March I.—Skeptics who doubted the truth of Marconi's recent statement that he had succeeded in dis patching messages between Newfound land and his 'Cornwall station were to day furnished with proofs of a still more marvelous achievement on the part of the versatile Italian electrician, who ar rived from Southampton' on the Phila delphia. He announced, and his testi mony was corroborated by that of the captain of the vessel, that he had been In communication with his Podhue sta tion for almost the entire distance across the ocean. Day after day on the voyage the Inventor sat at his post on the steamer and kept up an uninterrupted succession of messages with the homo station. For 2,000 miles not the slightest difficulty was experienced, bat after that the connection was not perfect. As It was, he succeeded in practically bridging the ocean with his messages, and the feat is regarded by experts as even more wonderful than telegraphing a few iso lated words from the Newfoundland sta tion to the British shore. Sig. v Marconi is enthusiastic over the complete success which has attended his last experiments, but in an interview says that his plans for establishing a regular service across the Atlantic. are too indefinite for him to be able to/say anything about them; He has in mind the starting of a system between the United States and Cuba, but of this, also, he was reticent. In the. past year the Marconi system has made marvelous strides. Twelve months ago even the inventor was un able to convey messages more than a few miles, thirty or forty being consid ered a creditable achievement. Today it is admitted by oven the most conserva tive that the possibilities of the system are almost limitless, and It would not surprise anyone to learn that a regular trans-Atlantic service was to be put in operation immediately. lHSWSs??,,^ w,Mr i, *"",,'l^^^^^™,,''',* ,,wT^ • "4 'tJ__E JlfefiS j K. S. DIH.RE.NT. CITY'S DEBT NO WORRY WEST SUPERIOR, COURT DECIDES, NEED NOT PAY' $000,000. Special to The lob*-. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., March 2. — Judge Yinje. of the circuit court, today handed down a decision in the case of the Uncas National Bank of Norwich, Conn., against the City of Superior, dis missing the suit. Action was brought by the bank to recover the face and interest on two of the city's bonds which it held, amounting to $600. The bonds were supposed to have been general improvement bonds. They were issued prior to 189& In his decision Judge Vinje declares that the bonds sued upon are general. Conseqently he holds that they are void for the reason that when they were is sued no provision was made for their payment, as "should have been done ac cording to the constitution. This decision affects the validity of $600,(0".> of outstanding bonds against the city, issued in the same manner. SUBSIDY BILL UP NEXT SENATOR FRYE GIVES NOTICE HE WILL FISH MEASURE. WASHINGTON, March The senate today passed what is known as the omni bus claims bill and the measure provid ing for the irrigation of public lands. The conference report on the Philippine tariff bill was agreed to and the shipping bill war made the unfinished business. The irrigation measure provides that all moneys received from the sale of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Ne vada, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Wash ington and Wyoming, beginning July 1 last be devoted to the construction of Ir rigation works for the reclamation of arid lands. The bill was under discus sion for several hours, but encountered no opposition and was passed without a roll call. Mr. Frye then moved that tne bill known as the shipping bill, be taken up. The motion prevailed, the effect of it be ing to make the measure the unfinished business. Mr. Frye said it was his pur pose to press the bill. C. & N.-W. IS CAREFUL RESIGNS FROM ALL FREIGHT Oil . CVM^VI!'.!* IN A HURRY. CHICAGO, March .I.—The Chicago & North-Western railroad has given offi cial notice of Its withdrawal from all the freight «*«anizations with which It Is connected.- This action, it is understood, will be followed in a day or two by several of the other big railroad systems. No reason for the action Is given by the North-Western except that it has become dissatisfied with the working of these or ganizations, and that it can derive no benefit from remaining a member. It is understood, however, that the ac tion Is the result of the recent activity of the interstate commerce commission, and its evident intention of prosecuting those found guilty of violating the. law. DENIES PACT OF DEATH DR. BURNETT TELLS NEW STORY OF MAIS. NICHOLAS SI IDE. CHICAGO, March 1— Dr. tortile S. Bur nett, charged with being an accessory to the murder of Mrs. Charlotte Nb hoi, who committed suicide at the Marlbor ough hotel October 20 'of last year, took the stand in his own behalf in Judge Baker's court today. lie declared that Mrs. Nichol had first sought his acquaintance, and that he at last succumbed to temptation. He gave the details of the meeting. He denied emphatically that he had agreed to die with Mrs. Nichol. "When I awoke from the stupor caused by the liquor I had taken," the Witney said, "and saw my companion lying dead, I knew that I was ruined. I then hon estly attempted to take my own life, but I repeat that it was not because of any agreement with Mrs. Nichol." QUEEN SAYS SHE'S WELL WILIIELMIXA ASKS FOR DENIAL OF RECENT ALARMING REPORT. THE HAGUE, March 1.-Queen Wll hflmina has asked the premier, Dr. Kuy per, to announce publicly that the rumors regarding the alleged unsatisfactory state of her health are absolutely un founded. The Hew Vintage, being more delicate and breedy than the 1883 and similar to the 1889 is represented by G. 11. Minim's Extra Dry now com ing to market and immense reserves guarantee the maintenance of quality. 0 this brand {120-359 oases were Imported in 1901, or nearly €0,000 cases more than any other. ; a -. -"t»V_l__? - \#o&&*rt£&-r. mm ' '**S£ i **' f *-V'-'> >* -3^ "><'• ** »*'ri"n ■ : STAB J. DONNELLY. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' MISS STONE MET HARDSHIP HER LIFE EiN DANGER ED BY CHASE OE TROOPS IN BULGARIA'S HILLS WEARY DAYS WITH BRIGANDS Captors as Kind as Feasible, lint Driven to Serious Straits Them selves in an Inhospit able Country VICTIMS NOW AT LEGATION CONSTANTINOPLE, March 1.--Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, until recently he! 1 captive by brigands, arrived here today from Salonlca, and proceeded to the United States legation. A. A. Gargiuio, the first dragoman of the United States legation, also returned here today. He says Miss Stone and Mme. "Tallica are In excellent health. Miss Stone christened Mme. Tsilka's baby Kismetcha, or "lucky child," say lug she brought them luck. Captives Endangered by Troops, The following account of the captivity of Miss Stone has been obtained by the Associated Press from reliable sources, some of the information having been se cured from accomplices of the brigands. After the capture of the missionaries near Bansko, Sept. 3 last, the brigands hastened across the boundary an es tablished themselves- on the mountain of Gueltepe in the El!ed< r.- district.Bulgaria; Where the whole population were In sym pathy with the enterprise, tola fact enabling the band to live comfortably and safely and to keep In touc.i with the outside world. While awaiting the result .if their efforts .to se ire the ransom, the brigands drew their supplies from the adjacent village of una. Feeling prefectly secure the members of the band used to show themselves openly in Kamenica and neighboring villages until they were warred by their local ad herents to be more careful. The prison ers, however, were Jealously secluded. When C. M. .Dickinson, United States consul general at Constantinople, arrival early in October last and disclosed to the authorities the whereabouts, of M'.sa Stone's captors, the result was nearly disastrous to the prisoners. The Bul garian government iU-advisecuy pushed troops to the vicinity of Gueltepe, forc ing . the brigands to break '•■■ negotia tions, and the band changed its quarters to Kilo. The cold weather made travel In the mountains a dreadful ordeal for Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka, encumbered as they were with the hitter's infant. Every change of camp occurred a night. The mountain roads were frequently al most impassable, being often deep in snow. ;; Hrlurii'id.'S Kind as Possible. The brigands treated their captives as kindly as the circumstances permitted; but the food supply was necessarily pre carious, though the lauii.* were given the best the inhospitable region afforded. The • strain and suspense squall tlra physical hardships. The captives at no time knew their whereabouts, the brigands always telling them thai they were not in Bulgaria, and they were In constant fear of an attack by the troops, whom the friendship of the natives was not always aide to prevent coming close upon the trail of the band. An equal cause of anxiety was the baby, which It was frequently feared would die from ex posure. . Not until Nov. 2 did the American emis saries come in touch with the band, which was then established In a cave near Uubnitza; but fear of the troops forced the brigands to another flight. This was made in a blind!) snow sfim which covered the tracks of th( outlaws, but caused bitter sufferings to the cap tives After this the brigands succeed ed in completely eluding the authorities and toward the end of November, by a long circuit, they succeeded In returning to their old haunts In the Elledere dis trict. They then caused to be circulated a report that the captives were dead and from that time managed to keep Miss Stone and Mine. Tsilka safely und< r cover until the actual release of the cap tives took place. J. P. MORGAN ON SHOAL OCEAN RATE AVAR MAY BE fi- SILT Off 1 HIS COURSE. LIVERPOOL, March 1.-It is said that the Cunard steamship company has re fused to sign the passenger rate agree ment because the Morgan combination insists on a clause permitting two fresh steamers to engage in the Liverpool- Boston service, which the Cunard people assert would be a formidable opposition to them. The steamers In question ar.» the Merlon and the Haverford, char tered by the Dominion line from the American line. A war of rates is ex pected. EEL - * ~_j. «w____^__ BBK - __^fl_ _s__B9f hrß* ft* W. RUNBLETT.