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IDAIOT, 'NE CENT. viSUISBAY, THREE CENTS." "All the News That's Fit 4 15.044. THE 2TWS C0HSHS2. Blocks erratic -i Ch wht. No.

2 red. TCV: ah corn. No. 2 mtxod. 41c; ccb cotton.

VZ-lOc ZJSOI8LiATURE.Tn AMtmblr yurty PMd, H3 to 68. strict party vot. tb bill to ftuthorlso Got. Roosevelt to p-point eommlsalon of fifteen member to revise the Nw York City charter. The temoerats offered several amendments, tut all ol them were Got.

Roosevelt annoucioe that be favors the bills allowing the 'Bis te Board of Charities, to oversea the Uerry societies. Mr. Mlnton ml an iinsuccesslul eSort to set his Antl-Clsarette blU out of committee. HearinKS were held ou many New York City 9. CONQREflS.

Tne debate on the Puerto Rl-' tariff bill closed last night. Iurtn-the day XMllftYeV Iowa) spoke In favor of the measure and Bailey Texas) opposed lb After adjournment the Ways and Means committeemen expressed confidence In the Dassase of the measure. but it was said that eleven Republicans would work to iave the measure recom-mined. Xurinir the day a Cabinet officer snade a statement defining the President's position. In the Snata Mr.

Depei made a speech on the Philippine question, de fending the course of the Administration ltd advocating the retention of the islands. Mr. Turley continued his speech gainst the seating- of M. 8. Quay.

During the Hawaiian debate Mr. Petttgrew offered an amendment to declare null 'and void all contracts for labor made, since Aug. -1 It was adopted. Pages 3 ana o. FOnEIOT Tln.

ftiVhort. nnrted the sur render of Gen. Cronio and his army of. ww men. irony-seven omcers were captured.

Cronje has been sent to Cape Town with his wife and attendants and the others are to follow In detachments. Comment on the Continent in Rtneral tends to sympathy for the Boers. There Is great rejoicing in Great Britain and in the Colonies. The Iron T-oth." tlie play in which the Kaiser collaborated, was. hissed at its Hrst production in Ber-: lln last night.

Parts streets were crowded "with -people participating in the Mardl Oras festivities yesteMay. lord L.yveden. a former British diplomat, is dead. Pages 1 and ft. Pae 1.

ii. man supposed to be Dr. Erlclus of the German Medical Institution tried to Jump a. bridge train at o'clock yesterday afternoon and was crushed to death. Che Erie telephone system, the largest In the United States operating under the Sell patents, passed Into the hands of a rival concern, the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company of America.

1 Pas 3. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university delivered an address at Chi cago on ine present status 01 education. Page 4. v- George I Glaser.

Deoutv Burrosrate of Queens County, accused bv the Controller of making a false claim against the towta of Newtown, was acquitted yesterday. The Indictment against x-6upervlsor oeraei was aiamiasea. Pasre T. Ilenrt Rgnier, the French poet and author, who will lecture at -various universi ties, arrived here on the French Line teamsnip La rformandle yesterday. Page 11.

Board of Estimate and Apportionment will meet to-day to authorise the issue of bonds to the amount of for the construction of the rapid transit tun-tael. The soundings for the proposed extension to the Battery and 'South Brook lyn win not be made for about two-! ntontns. Page 14. The plan of the City Club, through its suo-comralttee. of which wheeler H.

recanam cnairman. is to vreaent a memorial to Dor. Roosevelt in relation tne marges made against Justice Fits-gerald by Mr. feckham. Pa Arrivals at Hotels and Out-ofTown Buyers.

r8o x. Puslness Troubles. Page 9. Court Calendars. Page 2.

Insurance Notes. Page 10. lipases by Fire. Page 2. Jgal Notes.

Page 4. Marine Intelligence and Foreign Malls. -nge R. Markets. Page 13.

New Corporations. Page 11. -Batlrottds. Page 4. Real Estate.

Page 12. 7. Vnlted Service. Page 5. weather Report.

Page 2. Yesterday's Fires Pag 2. FATAL RAILROAD WRECK. KANSAS CITY. Feb.

27. -The blizzard prevailing throughout Western Missouri was the direct cause 'of a train wreck tonight on th main line of the Missouri Pacific in which at least two persons, both women, whose names are unknown, were kllW4 and several others were badly hurt. The fast St. Louis day express, due to ar rive here at 6:45 o'clock this afternoon. wss delayed by a freight train wtlch be came stalled In a snowdrift two miles south Independence.

Mo, about twelve miles out of Jvanias City. The St. Louis iocal. passenger train run- King forty minutes behind the fast express. came on through the blinding snowstorm and crashed Into the express train ahead, the engineerof the local train having failed to see the danger signal which the Hrst train had sent back.

Such was the force of me collision tnat tne parlor car in the rear of the first train was literally cut in two. when Engineer Frank Raymond and his Xirrman 'escaped from the wreck they vrawiea out tnrougn vne windows or the parlor car. Fire added to the horrors of the wreck. Cine having fallen among the dtbris of the splintered coach, and soon the whole wreck niaa aoiase. lapD of Cincinnati, who la fatallv hurt: J.

U. Schmidlapp, Miss Bchmldlapo, and the mother of Mrs. Schmidlapp, alt of Cincinnati, and F. Sheldon Assistant Telegraph Siiperfntendent of the ii89nuri I'acinc. William Rost.

a farmer, near vhonk nlace the wreck occurred, and who was one of the first to render anv amaistance to that tinner- lied passena-era. is quite cure that' at least nre women were nurnea in tne wreck. hen he reached the car flames were crack ling through the splintered woodwork at one end. while at the other a cloud of blistering steam was belching from the locomotive, which had ripped the coach open from end to enu. On every side were men and women crying zor Mr.

Rost first act was to pull from the wreck a woman whose legs 'were atlciunar out thmufh a broken window. the was not badly tuirU By the time this had been accomplished other passengers from the forward coaches had come back nd helped out ai: of those In the burning car wno couiu oe reached. Mr. Rost states that he saw the body of erne woman jammed in the roof of the burn ing coacn. and tnat It was not mf Med br -the The body of another woman was consumed in iuii view oc the passer iters who gathered about the wreck.

Mr. Rost and others reached Into the buring aeons ana trtea to drag ner out. but sne was pinned under heavy wreckage. The young woman wss apparently dead, as be rescued ner nana, ana tuere vimdo sponse to his efforts at rescue. He describes the woman as about twenty-five years, of age.

She wore a dark dress, and a leather chatelaine hung from ner waist- Mr. Rost believes that he saw the body er still a third woman wedged between tne timbers of the burning coach fl but sefore be could get closer the r. smoke, and steani obscured his view. The locomotive of the first train was dis patched to Indepnedence for surgeon, and. after returning, came on to Kansas City with the Dassengerav from the two trains.

The parlor car of the express train was the only coacn wrecaeo. 1 SSmBBBBB CTVrrWATT. Ken. 2T. Schmldlapn Is President of the Union Saving Bank aud Trut fomnanv.

the Exprt Storage com pany, and the CtUton SpHngs Distilling rmiu Via LuvelT Interested tn real estate, and has In process of construction a twenty-story buuding at rouna ana ni-nut uttwtM Um is a leader In the Picca- dUly Cluh, which presented Admiral Dewey with a very Oae loving ceu while ae was at FIRE SWEEPS HEffABK DRY: GOODS DISTRICT Started in Snyder's Department Store and Spread in All Directions. "SEVERAL LIVES MAY BE LOST riremen Buried Under Boing of a Wall and Two probably Fatally Injured CiTilian Terribly Burned Loig Over 1,000,000. NEWARK, JL. Feb. than a score of buildings were destroyed to-night by a fire which swept through the dry goods district and did damage which It le esti mated will be considerably in excess of 91,000,000.

No bodies have been found, but several persons are unaccounted for, and It Is not known whether they escaped or were burned to death. A civilian rescued under thrilling circumstance Is not expected to survive his terrible burns. Four firemen were caught under a falling wall and two of them are reported to be fatally injured. Many other firemen were -more or less seriously burned or hurt by falling glass or by slipping up on the ice-coated streets. Those believed to be fatally in used are: SCHAEKELTON, OSCAR C.

Supeftnten- uem oi eoyaers department store. HARRISON. WALTER. Cantaln of Ena-ine Company No, 4. BESSINGER, fireman; Engine Company The fire started shortly after 6 o'clock In- the rear of W.

V. Snyder's big four-story department store, which stood1 on the corner of Broad and Cedar Streeta On Broad Street It had a frontage ofTS feet, and ex tended back along Cedar Street 200 feet. At five minutes past 6 the several hundred-! employes of the store had filed tut, leav ing nve or six sweepers behind. Just how many persons remained after that Is not known- It la thought some of the engine room force apd similar employes besides the sweepers may have been In the place. Some one passing along Broad Street saw flames ln the rear Dortion of th Within a minute, and before the alarm could be rung In from a box close by, the names swept forward to the front and the whole lower floor was a furnace.

Before the first Are apparatus reached the "scene the fire had mounted to the second and third stories. A TERRIBLE SPECTACLE. Meanwhile an enormous crowd had gath ered, and were watching with intense excitement a man on the second floor, whs was running from window to window ln a frenry of As th first hook and ladder truck dashed up a ladder was, raised and thrown against a window go as to break it. Before the firemen could ascend tne. man swung himself through the broken window and onto the ladder, but, quick as he was.

the flames were quicker. As he reached the ladder a rush flame name thmn.h window, enveloping him. It receded a moment, and the man's clothing was seen to ue amaze. A fireman rati ud the ladder on th nnti side and grabbed him to prevent him falling. Then others went un on tha nnmr and began tearing the burning clothing from mo Bunetung victim, wnose nesn peeled otr with the material.

The firemen'a hnda were also badly burned, but they lowered th man Hrtwn th lolitu. nnA V. rtcd off to St. Michael's Hospital in a police iui 8uu, proven to oe uscar O. Schaekleton.

sixty years of urn 8umrln. tendent of the store. He was making his usual round of Inspection when caught by wie lire. Watson Snvder. cashier of th flpm iai Just closed the safer aiter putting in it the money turned in oy tne department cashiers, when he saw the fire.

He started to Investigate, but the flames advanced so rapidly he had to run. He succeeded in getting out. He thinks the fire started xrom an electric wire. A second and then a general alarm turned in. and all of the fifty odd Dlecea of fire apparatus in the city were rolling to the fire.

All were urgently needed. Ten minutes after the flames were discovered they had leaped across Cedar Street and started In a southerly and westerly di rection, and had also swept northward along Broad Street. On the east side of Bnuit street is Military raxx. Had tbere been buildings there they -also would have been destroyed, for the flames swept far intoi the lr -k-lv-ll tiMX 1 vi. a.v.asif, uio il.l v.

UIV UCCB Vf- Durning tne grass. Tne tar between the caving stones on Broad Street melted eut and the street railroad tracks became so' not they could not, oe toucnea tor nan oiocx in advance of the fire as It spread Bp-, and down the street. DESTRUCTION Olf BROAD STREET. Northward the fire entered the four-story bunding adjoining the Snyder, Building. This was occupied try i.

at. Mantx, dealer ln laces and similar goods on the first floor, and offices of many kinds on the upper floors. This building was totally destroyed with everything It contained. Next to it was the restaurant and confec tionery stqre of T. B.

Allen, one of fashionable caterers of the city. Above hia store were more offices of many kinds. This building was also burned. Adjoining It was the trunk store of C. B.

Peddle. Here the Ore gutted the rear of the store and all the floors, but left the front part almost untouched by the flames, although, blackened1 by smoke. From Peddie's place the fire entered th. big department store of David Strauss. The firemen made a derperate stand at this point to, prevent the fire from getting lno Hartegen Jewelry store which was nit in the biocK.

and -is tne place where the silver holder that ngured ln tne Molineux was purchased. They succeeded in saving the greater-part of Strauss' a store and In the flames from the Jeweler's prem ises. At the same time that the fire stread from Snyder's into Mants's the flames leaded 'Cedar Street, on the suuth. and began to travel souinwara wttn xury as great as they attained on The north. W.

T. Rae. Jeweler, occurred the store on tne corner onnosiie tsnyoer s. uur or thtm nothing was saved. Tno most of the jewelry waajocseo tn tne saxes and vaults.

Tne store and tne races above it were quickly swepr out ny tne names, and a little after 7 o'clock this bulldina- had not a brick standing -aoo ye a lew teet over the sidewalk. A solid party wall separated the Jewelry tore from P. J. Oarrigan's drug store, which was the next south. This did not stop the flames, as they leaped around it.

and mis ouuoing soon went down. Cairn's naoiearanr. aton and the nllH above It went next, and then the fir at tacked the rear end of the wing of the Bee Hive ary goou store, owned oy L. 8. Plnut nere tne nremen cancen.

rated and lougnt hard to keep the fire from entering the main bonding, which separated irom tne rear portion and ex tension oy a party wau' witn iron doors. The doors became red hot. and the raak looked hopeless, but. although the wing- was gutted. nremen managed to prevent the flames from getting to the main building, thus checking their progress fur ther to tne sou in.

The firemen then made over worg or it at that end. as the Sre had been so Intense that It burned everything to ashes, and hence utue lett xor it to teed upon in tne; ourneja area, touu oc. weoar Street. THE 6CENB OK CEDAR STRKST. While the flames were thus aattng the heart eut ef the-most tHmortaat bwdneaa i 1 NEW YOKK, WEDNESDAYS block da Broajl Street the fire was t-preadlng westward Jog Cedar Street on both sides.

soutn side of this street the fire bunted from I NO. 2 at tha rT rJ T7mm'm No- fOTTiese were all small store tn buildings tire and tear HnrU. Kik upper floors being largely used as dwellings. jn tms row i was Bierman's pawn shop. Blennan had in his place several thousand dollars' worth of vaiuikw nmw amount of the ordinary vwn On-the north aid of ik.

-t Snyder's, the tare atUcked a row of nrownstone And brick buildings, having mostly store! 'on th muuut An. 5 offices on the! upper floors. 0 Poll-le ln the city were on duty at the fire, exceet thMakhuint.i. 4.J P18 JT were doubled ln length to-be at tbeSrtr mar en P'le to thousand persons gathered and fi a difficult one. Toe crowd had to be forced back again and unwiimct or tne -names caused the firemen ta shift nnaitinn v.iC they were cotepelled to do agalnand again, owfng to thetreat heat Several time? ThS men nandiingl hose had to abandon It and nee from the! flames which, threatened to v.

Vzc xeyond ixks radius -Of the neat the men hvere coated with lee. WOME- "FAINT. MENFIQHT. Despite the Hanger and the rain of marks that feU upoi them, the crowd Insisted on pushing forwkrd and getUng as near tne scene as tne fonce would allow. Flnallv or ders were given to extend th fin.

itn beyond two blocks on either side, and the crowd was auahcul nA nnu stretched acrZss the street Women fainted in in ieartuikamsn. Blows were exchanged enisle 'rom backi th0 The street I for blocks were flooded and ice covered sjs the water flowed from the lire outatri tn a yl defying the obld. stood for hounpwatchlng 'he conflagration, whicn was under control at I Shortly aft 11 oVWir a' wail k- of Snyder's, Ton Cedar Street which bad remained standing when the building to which it belfanatri hl lapsed. Firemen Besslnger tnd Thomas Brown of Eniglne No. 6 and Capt.

Walter Harrison and Fireman Elmer Gardner' of No. 4 were caught beneath It. Immediately their comradaB set to wnrv tttn ih. of the ruins. Water waa xuuirmA nrwn to prevent men being turned as wen mm craueir.

Capt Harrison and Fimnan Rmi taken out tlitconscious. and it la believed they are fataly injured. They were taken to St. Mlchael'a HospitaL Gardner and easiijrer wr hkiiiv ta Ksniu do not seem to have sustained serious in-Jury. They (were taken to Police -Head-quarters, whefe their injuries were attended iw ur iun pon surgeon, who directed them J-reAurnf h.e,c quarters or their homes; Despite this, they returned to the fire, and would not lea until policeman informed the Chief of the Fir n.turtm.nt doctor's Then they were ordered oy tne Chief to go home.

THE PRINCIPAL LOSSES. The "pHncipll losses' are; w. v. PnrJtr a On rtwnA $300,000 i- J. Jaania, roaa iitrrat, larva 1 Bomit-ln HmAj nua i I B.

Plaot a Be Hlva. Bromd'e'treet 13.1100 15.000 10.000 8.000 ft.UUO S.000 S.5O0 zuerman. pawn Droser, Cedar 8tret David Btrauaa.1 dry gooda. Broad P. J.

Oarrlranl druaa Rm.l r.m-. w. T. Rae. lewelry.

dlamonda Braau) Dirwi T. B. Allen, rtrtaurant. Broad a. feaaie, truniuK Broad Utreat Buildings, varfousWnera 2QO.UUO Besides these there am iivini nf losses in property belonging to occupants oi me omces.1 Several other firemen were hurt by -falling glass or by slipping upon the ice.

The amounts of insurance could not be obtained to-right. t. ts. add us co. recently made an as signment and asked for a receiver, hut Snvder ft Oo.

will rebuild as soon tt is possioie to I arrange to oo so While the fire was stllll burning their representative was looking I far raw quarters, and their heads kf departments were listing goods neededlto Start ln with. One of the firm said ther would" try and oDen within a weea or leniaaya. Several firemen were sllghtlv hurt fall Ing glass, ori by falling on ice which coated everything once the fire Win After the fire was under control th tlon compan set men at work stringing irew uuurjwinii oil proaa Bcreec FATAL FlfeE AT CLARION, CLARION, Feb. 27. Fire destroyed the business section of Clarion early to-day and resulted In the death of ex-Judge WW Barr, who dropped dead.

from excitement Fourteen business houses were destroyed. The loss will amount to $130,000. The water pipes were all frozen and the firemen werd Doweriess to save the Hunt ings. The ciUsens, tnen and women, turned oui, noiwiinaxanaing us xero weather, and wura.au oenaaiuy 10 lareyeni tne Jiames from spreading. Snow war carted to the scene of the fire In huge piles, and great bonfires wen made to thaw out the fireplugs, but without avail, and the entire town was on saved bv the fortunate Ing of the wlhd.

judge Barn was in his law office trying to save valuable naners. He became nuHv excited and sHiddenlv he reeled anf fn AVer aead oetore asiy person could reach him. He was seventyjtnree years old and had filled many public loffices In the county, and was ni uon a memg-r oi toe legisiature. TRAMPS ATTACK MAIL CARRIER. SKciA Hm Hew York Times.

GREENWICH, Feb. 27. A gang of ten tramps mas lodged In the Greenwich lock-up to-nkht on the charge of attempt ing to rob R. P. Abrams, the Greenwich mall carrierj In broad daylight this afternoon.

Mr. Abrams had deposited his mall pouch on tie express mail catcher, and auv aiue ig waico Wnen a burly looking man stepped up tb him and aeiseu nun py tne coat. Another max. thr.flt.nMl ta atrllra Mm wXIU Wf ur t--. r.

r.r: LMrinuu uim. ip uur uu.tr tramps approached. ana tne mast carrier started toward the Greenwich station for help. James Golden a section b4nd. and another laborer were working near by.

and they ran to Mr Abrams assistance, carrying pickaxes As they approached the mail catcher thev one man climbing up the pdle to- get the uu cumraan Drought him down in) a hurry, and the gang started eastward on) the track without getting the mall pouch. I Sheriff Flttroy organised a posse of seven men. and thfv started In an express wagon toward Stanjford. At Riverside they picked up eight tramps In the woods, and one them, called! Thomas Riley, volunteered to take the to Stamford and get the other two, who had escaped on a freight train. He Admitted that Diana ha Jl made to assault the carrier and take the Iwuvh 7 apwu.

ner py ana roO It. Tramps hive been a nuisance here this Winter, coming from New York On freight trains, owing to tne exnense of t.L.i. to Bridgeport few arrest have been madajlhe ameers a nvlng them back Into New Tork Itate with threatening The men arrested gave their names as Frank Mellcw of Waterbury, Edward Hart of Mlddletoi rn. William Wilson of Bridge. egeuavcrea ws.

atww ftn. uct-, flAtrina Wright of White Plains. The mas WleVof J'nwj vmjj eiiu rrana rrtragn OI ijtam lord. Tneiomcers are sun after' the "Danbuify Kid" and Bert Smith of New wrel CB.aetlealt Itsm Iadleted for Mardr Srrei Tht New Yk Tim. BIUDOErpRT.

Feb. 27. In the Superior Cosrt to-day the Grand Jury found a true bill por murder la th first degree against Cnatrles Bertram Cross for causing the death 1 Greenwich Nov. last of hla employer, Mrs. Freeman King, wife of m.

New York printer. His trial will begin next week. Sheriff Miller of Stamford says Cross confessed that he beat out lhe woman's brains. 1 -t raateat TsJsUsi frosa Kew.Tewk At. 1 laatte City Have CortlaaVit aad Dwhtuaais gtreirta gtatioa lO.tal at.

and P. XL. Wsat X3d St. StaUoci A M. and P.

M. vwt Aaya via srrraaiav BaOroad. rSoUg Vatelbeia nrar van.MT. CRUSHED BY A BRIDGE CAR Nearry Every Bone In a Man's Body Broken. The Vlctlmi Sappoeed to be Dr.

Zridu, xnea to ramp en 'a Train After the 'Gates Were Cloaed. A man supposed to fce Dr. EricluaTa ohv- sician connected with the German Medical Institution of 19 East Eighth Street, this' borough, was crushed to death at the Man hattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday afternoon between a moving bridge train and the platform. The man rushed UD tha ataira of. the bridge entrance at 5 o'clock and attempted ewu train oound for Brooklyn.

The signal had already been given, and the train was under way. The man endeavored to seise the handle of the third car, but the fat.e-.baL".lrelu,Jr bn closed. Attempting fiii to tne PU-tform he slipped and J.0 the car and the railing. He wa. rolled round and round the full length ThcF' and feU uPn tne track.

Ine train waa ikon lmail waf Picked up aad carried to "OBjjiLai on tne lower caJ1 wa ent tn the Hudson 8treet ioTi ambulance, butHhe man T1? The ambulance bodyT.dh!iLrr,y 6ry to ta hU took charge of the. tT. v-rooers- lotnse was notined. Jater orders were of the body to the Morgue. None of the ilrT.

arrested, it being clear to they were not to blame for the accident. Among the papers found on the man's TJrw check for $240 drawn on the -utce tsana in rvni nr rh. Meyen AV Co. by the GermanMedlcal Insti tution. Beneath the iiimnnr.

mi. cat institution the name.rtr TJ; German Medical at iE1 Eighth ttreet. this bor- A Dr. Vf aiiftH.s Tr4 b.u directory as Uvinrston tZfl to now v-cant. Neighbors oi ur.

tnciua, out said that r.wa", run as a boarding FhJLr1 eren A Co, the payees utcHLare frertiserB at 1W Nassau Street, this borough. A policeman waa sent ucu 11U hwb wno has an office In th. u. I mat anareaa an -n TV. lo idenury the body, rne dead man waa a Jti well proportioned.

pounda He had iron-gray hair, and an imnerial haiH ui. il.i.. dark material. The l.ft face was badly cut. He wore German cavalry boots, and It Vaa Inferred bv the oollce tnat he.

was formerly a member of the Ger- In the pocket were found several Tier-man newsnaDera and a Knn no a u- had a gold watch In his waistcoat pocket. 1m i cI some keys, and a viB.ar cui.ier. ne carried at the time I "ccident a small satchel which con- avooui tue and some stamps. COLLISION ON THE BRIDGE. One Man Injured and Trains Blocked foa an Hoar Daring the Ragbv Soarg.

A rear-end co Til si on on the bridge rail way yesterday morning resulted ln Injuries so one passenger, damaged two cars, and blocked ttafno for about an hour. The accident happened Just after 8 o'clock, when uaujc aa uchviviu A train of four loaded ca.ru drew inA th. Manhattan terminal, and, after urileadlna- started down over the switch to return Brooklyn. As It started a drawbar pulled out of Cat No. 00, and the train came to a a-t The train immediately following it front crooiuya stopped just outside tne atntlnn building.

The next train, drawn by Motor vai vi, v.amc uvwu u.c at i speed niiu criuiiieu into me rear ena OI tne second train, and tne rear platform of Car 88 of that train was wrecked, as was also the front platform of Motor Car 107. The naa. sengers in both, were tossed about by uie lurve vi int) collision. One nassena-er was in lured. He waa man.

ley cassiay, twenty-iour years old; of-116 van voornir sstreet, wno was ln Car. No. 89. and 'was thrown to the floor. auncain.

Ing a severe strata of the right knee-cap. ne waa aiienara oy Amouiance Burgeon Smith of the Hudson Street Hospital, and waa uun 10 uia gome It was -an hbur before the tracks wfere cleared and tramc resumed, in the meantime many people bound for -Brook-lvn had paid their fares and ascended to the Bridge station piauonn in ignorance or. tne block. RUSH. TO CAPE NOME.

1 Estimated that 3,000 Persona Will Leave Chicago for the Gold Fields in the Next Three Months. Special to Tkt New York. Times. CHICAGO, Feb. 27.

Passenger agents of the railroads entering the Northwest from Chicago estimate that aturing the next three months 3,000 persons will be taken from this city to Cape Nome, in the Alaska gold fields. Nearly two hundred prospectors have left Chicago Juring the past two weeks for the New Eldorado, and seventy-five others will within a fortnight. i The movement from Chicago, however. will be but -a small per centage of the total from the West. The greater part of the business will be from points west of the Missouri Kiver, tne 5iacx tin is country, Montana, and other mining districts.

Most of the business from 'hlcaro Is being contracted for by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Road. The local representatives of these companies, ln addition to the number mentioned, have contracted for and received deposits, on through tickets from twenty-five parties of twenty-five persons each. The tickets are sold from Chicago, tnrougn to tne cape. THE SHIP SUBSIDY I 4 Special Jo Tit New Yrk Times. WASHINGTON.

Feb. 27. The advocate and promoter of the Shipping Subsidy bill having succeeded ln getting the Senate Committee on Commerce to agree before the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries "waa prepared to report a similar measure. It is understood to-night from I friend of the subsidy plan that it Is proba bie that the Senate bill will be acted on first. The Idea originally waa to secure the, bill from the House as the greatest difficulty waa looked for ln that body, 'and then to fix up the measure in -the Senate.

if tt proves to be possible to get the Sen ate oui inrougn tne Mouse, even wttn amendments, the advocates or 'the subsidy plan are -understood to have confidence in their ability to secure a satisfactory bill tn Conference, where many of the objectionable features picked up on th progress- ef the bill through th two houses will be elimi nated. TaUe, Stadeats Wamt College Baaku Special Tie New York Times. NEW HAVEN, Fen. 27-Ther has' Veen talk of having the treasurer of the uni versity, start a banking department for the benefit. of the Tale undergraduates.

While ihf -definite, announcement has been snade with regard to ta-a snaiier, it is Known that the Faculty and corporation would -be -in thorough- sympathy with such an Innova tion. Tb student accounts in tw Haven banks are s6 small that tt la inconvenient tn handle them, and hetlC such a eoiiea-e bank would be a useful and very convenient SavV Tlaao aad Moaey. The. New; York Oatral'a Eanpire gtate'Es-presa bctweaa New York sad Buffalo. 4-W milee la snlnatea.

A twa-oaat aaUeage Uekat OtLftUt ta gaoe tats tiwta. Tiaias lllaniaa ay fiatacst UaM. Adsv ONE CENT i BIG TELEPHONE COMBINE Rival of thefien Company Gets the Erie Rant WAS LARGEST BELL. SYSTEM Operates la Eight SUtee, and Hag 250,000 Mile of Wire, 80.000 of If Long Distance. Social 1t Tht Ntw Ym-k Timts.

BOSTON. Feb. 27. The completion of a deal whereby the control of the Erie telephone system, the largest Bell system In the Vnlted States, passes into the hands of the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Com pany of America," was announced to-day. The Erie Company controls Ave branches operating in North and South Dakota.

Minnesota: Wisconsin. Michigan. Arkansas, Texas, and Cuyahoga County, including the City of Cleveland, Ohio. It employs 000.000 working capital. Including bonds and notes, as well as its actually outstanding capital stock.

The' combined Interests of the Erie Company on Feb. 15 had 'ltpOO telephone stations ln 2.300 cities and towns and 230.000 miles of wire, of which 80.000 is long-distance wire. The negotiations for the purchase of the controlling Interest have been conducted by President Tatta'and Charles E. Adams of the cable company and President Glldden or the Erie system. The stock was gradually picked up In the market until the necessary amount was secured.

The following gentlemen have been added A WA T. Dwairu oi iJirecioBB or tne Erie, rep resenting the new owners of a controlling interest the property: Charles E. Adama. Lowell, who has been elected Vice president: John Jacob Astor, New Tork: ueorge Crocker Ran cw.k. a Cutting-.

Boston; Frederick A Farrar. Boa-ton; H. E. Gawtry. New York; W.

H. Oel-Shenen. New York: William J. T-ata Hhii. adelnhia: Iartln Maloney.

New York; C. v. KJ ia iSi yirorov New York, and H. K. iiwjii.

mew i nri The deal lnvolvea the Till fit St aLak MM S4 tm forcah of a very large majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Erie Telephone and Telegraph Company (the total aniuum outstanding la lo.0tjO.00u) by the Telephone. Telegraph, and Cable Cefnpany of America. The Utter corporation waa or- seuiaru. wun a stock of rio.ijnn.ooo. Vf nTau leiepnone system, to the Hell one that should extend throughout the oountry nd absorb all the Independent telephone corananiea Th.

trwt- lwa company, and as such has n.w iqu ngni to continue to use the Bell patents In all the territnrv aki.K I Is one of the few Bell license cn- vmmim, nuwtTer, ine control or which is 7 virtue of stock ownership with the Bell people. The tnimarf inn la IUIWTWKC, it means the acoutsltion tv ik ki. rival telephone corporation of one of the uivai imnortant neu enncerna nua occupies one-sixth of the whole Bell terri- iV" 'mm- concern owns outright the Michigan Telephone-Company, the Wisconsin Telephone Company, the Northwestern l'eiepnon uxenange Company, and the Southwestern Telenhone stock ownership, gives it the possession of Jeoes or real estate In. thirty- aalv eale-lka kla, am 1 A a f- oaea I llO. LllaBS TTaXsX LBS I SS lasFWas gaaSll ffl BBS IB 111 1.37.fli.

The Erie Company la a hlshlv nmMrMn concern. Ita rm-a eeenlna in leraf 43.678.3ftB and its net earnings for thst year 'ware $1,314. 162,, an Increase of gOS.S.'W over nei earnings or 1SW4. Its schedule of aaseia and liabilities on Dec 31. 1899.

was aa ioiiows: I ASSETS. Htocxa and Bondsowned 18 SIO.ODO Treasury Vtock 1o.O00.ikM Accounts receivable 244.1H3 Undivided earnlnga iwig'lwii Caah on hand SOI v3 Xtai -mt 2S.4&4.72S LIABILITIES. capital stock Ponds and notea Reserve ..7,.., 8urplus 12.739. 403 2M.144 1.471. ITT Total 129.404.723 This month thfai schedule haa heen m.

teriallv changed bv the issuance nf 000 more stock, reducing the Item treasury "-a. iiui biuuuui, i nere is, tnererore. more StOCk Which It la nnaatKl. tA Issue. tlO.000.000 of the authorize tllii 000 bIng ouutanding.

The stock is quoiwi in toe oosion market in ine neighborhood of 116 bid. but it is not divulged just -what the TeleDhne Tel nh o.h Cable 'Company had to pay for the amount they bought. They feel that they have made coup, nowever, and one that will strengthen the entire Independent telephone situation throughout the country The old Erie concern proper, excluding un vuiwiauum 11 Dougnt, made net earnings of 6.81 per cent, on ita original canitai stock ln 1899.1 wwnai inquiry was made at the office of John E. Hudson. President of the Aanerican- vioti Telephone Company, to ascertain if possible what th.

consummation of the big deal would mean to his company. The Informa- non wnicn mr. xiirason nad to give was linjuea. i ne news oi tne deal, he said had come to him as a sum rise. "I am aware." said Mr.

that tnis anair nas immense intereat fo. publlc. but this company can say nothing itmftj nwuv u7 uuiuiaouiauuil OI tn COlu One of the officials of the Telenhnne t-i- sraoh and Cable Companv waa yesterday ln reference to a rerxirt that ta. acquisition of the Erie Company was really accuiuiHUNM)u iu un tu.crmt oi too westean Union. There.

Is nothing in that story," said be The purchase was simply made in ance with our general scheme to extend system, and the Erie will remain the nroo. erty of our company. I presume that the rumor may nave arisen irom the fact that joan jbcvu abwi uiieresteo in onr corn pany and ln Western Union as THE FBI CX-C ABJTE GLE STJTT, Til for the Defendants i to Answer Expires To-day. PITT8BUKU. en.

zr. Tbere are no de velopments lit the Friek -Carnegie litigation further than the fact that Presi dent Schwab of the Carnegie' Steel Com- ranv went to New Tork to-nirht. nreaum. ablv to confer with Andrew Carnearie. nut Mr.

Schwab would say -nothing whatever concerning the object of his trip. To-morrow Is the. last day of the fifteen allowed the defendants to answer In the suit. Counsel, however, will. say nothing concerning it.

Service has not been accepted by any one as yet In the Frick Coke Company suit agalmt -the Carnegie Steel Company, which was filed yesterday, but it far expected ae-orotance' will be made by Dalst-lL 8oott A Gordon to-morrow. Attorneys for the eom-plainasts have nothing to say, contenting tnemse.ves.wim ine statement, toil tn bill as sent out last night covers their i MBS. T. VBBT tt.t.' Her CaaeUttM Cat (i resit y. AmxJoty ta Hr Special to Si New Yor Ti WASHINGTON.

Feb. 27. T. CPUtt. the wife Senator Plait, wh for boom weeks1 waa extremely 111.

and then recovered sufficiently to excite a hop of early restoration to health, waa prostrated again teat nla-ht- and has been seriously IU ell The report from her root late this oven Ing was that ner coqdit Ion was quite ee-rtous as It had beesl at any time, ajid tbat tttwaa giving great aaxiety to her famlry a inejsaa. 'Ta Ffswt gtnirar lw -tkorWearia te adopt for all Its rate the Ptntack Lictn. a Tea jir yark Caatral Tkas Use baa PtntacS LiM ta MS sleeping awe panor raj-a. na eoaenca. LunM am.

aaat Basil can. eouti tisllM la this. a all ocbar thlasa. ta Cae aaa eaiaty tut ASPHYXIATED IN A CABIN. Three Boys Orereome by Coal Oas on a 8tamship On Dead' and Another Dying.

Reginald Steiner. an appVentlee of a tramp steamship which Is unloading a cargo ef rgw sugar at the Havemeyer refinery wharf. Brooklyn, was found asphyxiated by coal gas in bni cabin, and two companions were removed from th vessel unconscious at o'clock this morning. The three Steiner. Richard Conroy, and Thomas Davis, bought a coal stove yes terday and put it up in the cabin to keep themselves warm during the present cold -weather.

Lack of ventilation prevented the escape of the gas, whichwas generated tn Davis wss removed to the Eastern District Hospital In a dying condition. It is thought that Conroy will recover. The name of the vessel was not learned this morning. MR. ROOT TO GO TO CUBA? It la Said in Washington that the Sec retary Will Start for the Island To-day.

SrertaJ The New York Times. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Secretary Root.

according to a report heard to-night. Is to leave thexlty to-moirow for a trip to Cuba with Mrs. Root and Miss Root- Secretary Root could r.ot be ocen to verify this report, but it is ascertained that for some time he has had in contem plation a visit to the City of Havana, and perhaps a more-extended tour of Cuba, to Inform himself about some phases of the euminuiiraiion oi tne island tnat tne re ports of officers on-duty do not fully present io mm. The intended trlD has not been talked about at the War officers on outy near to the Secretary admitted to- nignt inn iney nan not Deen tniormeu oi the Intention or tile secretary to go to Cuba. CHAOS REIGNS IN KENTUCKY.

State Business Stopped, Banks With hold Public Funds, and All Offl-dais Hold On to Offices. Special lo The Neve York Times. FRANKFORT. Feb. 27.

Though Kentucky has two officers for every State office, the buslnest of the Stste is complete ly blocked. Each officer has his own force of deputies and clerks, but his hands are tied. The prospects sre that chaos will exist for a few days, but as soon as the county officers begin remitting to the Democratic officers sffalrs will proceed. Mean while the Republican officers can do nothing out noid on to their offices. The banks have determined to hold on to what money they have belonging to tb State until the Courts have decided which Treasurer haa powei to draw It out.

How much of the money remains is not known. In order to pay the militia the KepuUlcan Treaaurer drew heavily from the banks, and paid tn caah Inatead nf by warrant, and there ts no way of telling how much has oeen drawn. The Democratic officials to-day gave notice to Posrmaater Holmes to send all mail addressed to the officers of the State to the Capitol Hotel. Postmaster Holmes refused to say whether be would obey the notice or not. There have been several complaints about the tampering with mall addressed to the Democrats here, and particularly mall that may contain Information regarding the search for the assassin of Senator OoebeL and Mr.

Holmes is ln hot water, an Inspector of the Post Office Department having been ordered here from Waahington. Complaint was filed by Commonwealth's Attorney Folsgrove and Justus Ooebel. NEW HAVEN BUSINESS MEN DINE Association Meets and Hears mm Ad-dresa ky C. C. Bhayae.

Special lo The Neve York Times. NEW HAVEN, Feb. 27. At th banqdet of the Business Association this evening C. C.

Shayne of New York delivered an address, in the course of which he commented on New Haven's harbor facilities, the American merchant marine, foreign subsidies to shipping, the new century, a citlsen's duty, and the tariff, pointing out the way In which business men are affected by the problems connected with these questions and in what way they can make their Influence most effective. Mr. Shayne discussed at some length the clause in the Dingley Sill limiting the amount of personal effects which can be brought In free of duty. He suggested that last vear American tourists spent at least IC5.000.00O in Europe for wearing apparel and added: It is tor be regretted that our laws are not enforced by Government officials but it is difficult to have a law enforced when who are placed In a position to enforce It are opposed to U. Some of the officials hsve become so accustomed to regard themselves as entitled to the revenue for their personal use that they were displeased when the law went into effect, and they made It so unpleasant for returning passengers that a great howl went up against the law.

The law was all right, but the manner of enforcing It was wrong, and the law will not be enforced as It should be until the dishonest officials at the docks of the various ports are removed and their places filled by honest and Intelligent men, who should be placed In these, positions without cominr under the civil service i mmm ib i i aaaanaaa-aaasaaaeaai DB. K. D. BABCOCK INSTAJLLED. Fersaally Assnaaes Pastorate fa Brick Presbyteries, Cnarehw The Rev.

Dr. Maltbie D. Babcock 'was formally Installed as pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church last night In the presence of the congregation of church. On the platform were the Ray. Dr.

How; ard Duffleld of Hie First Presbyterian Church, ewho presided; th Rev. Dr. Vaw Dyke, th retiring pastor; th Rev. Dr. Geonre Alexander of the University Placo Presgyterian Church, the Rev.

Dr. John Sparhawk of Cavalry Church. Philadelphia, and th Rev. Dr. Charles E.

Robinson of Bcranion, Penn. The pastor-elect occupied a seat in th congregation. Dr, Jones, who -was also at one time P-1? th church In Baltimore from which the new pastos -fvas railed delivered the Installation sermon. Dr. Duffleld.

ia Moderator of the New Tork Preaorterv asked the prescribed questlona The -charge to the people was delivered by the Dr. Robinson: uver4 Dr. Van Dyk addressed a few words the new pastor, tn which be- con-Dared kl present condition ot, the church to that Ve th beginning, of his pastorati. year. ago.

He said the new pa. tor find th church in an exceptionally dj position financially. T' BSBBSaaaaawaBBmBBBBBBsaBBBaaaaasaasBBB W0MEH TJHOWSXO. i let Live im AtteaaptlBax tm tcafs at ttrsmdedl wed lata gteanaer. BAS3XTTZ, Germany.

Feb. 27 Th 8wd-feb mall Steamer Hex has stranded off Lohm Raegaa Island during a for Fhre stowardeasaM were drowned In attJmptinJ to leave the ship. The rest of the creW anj tb paearnyers and snail sre stlil axboaxdV- Urwimty FfsWesnos Lewi, ABERDEEN. Feb. ZTFlv Aberdoen trawlers which started for th nrhlng-grounds before" th recent gales have not; retui-ned.

and all hope of their -safety has been abandoned. Their eaew nuwiher about sewoty men and boy Railroad fb Only tlao raaiuns two daily theou- awsaito (n trnZ XUet Mat Ion JA A. St. alewa lafae as 7- PS 1 6eter Ww Terkl Klee-wraee. aad Jetser City.

jTwtt CKXTS. Gen -Roberts an Unconditional. Surrender.7-- BOER ARMY NEARLY 4,000 Iti Commander Sent to Cape Town-with an Escort. A MINIATURE SEDAN British Army of 45,000 Xea Is Hrv Ready for a Freeh Advance te Bloemfontela er Into Natal Bailer's Hard Task. CROIIJE YIELDS TOIM FORCE LONDON.

Feb. War Offlc ye. terday received the following dispatch frvpl Lord Roberts: Paardeberg, Feb. AM-" Gen. Cronje and all of hla fore eapttn-Uted unconditionally at daylight and is now a prisoner In my camp.

Th etreag lh of his fore will be communicated hope that her Majesty's Oovernsnent WtU consider thla event satisfactory, occurring. as does, on th anniversary of Majub, Later In th day th War Office received the following dispatch from Lord Robert: "Paardeberg. 11 o'clock. Tuesday urn Ing From information furnished daily t- me by the Intelligence Department. It be-' came apparent that Gen.

Cronje" fore was becoming more depressed and that the die-' content ef the troops aad th discord among th leaders were rapidly lncreaatag. 'This feeling was doubtless accentuated by the caused when tb Bos reinforcemenU which tried to relieve GV Cronj were defeated by our troops ttm Feb. 23. BRITISH ATTACK PLANNED. "I reaolved, therefor, to bring ptessuty -to bear en tie enemy.

Each night the trenches were pushed forward toward the enemy's laager so as to gradually contract -his and at the same Urn I Jaca -barded It beavUr with artillery, which wag yesterday materially aided by the arrival ml four six-inch, bo wi tiers which I tad tdrd up from De Asr. In carrying out the measure a captive balloon gav great a- -sisUnce by keeping us Informed the dispositions and movements of th enemy. "At 3 A M. to-day a most dashing aa -vaftce was made by th CanadUn regiment some entineers, supported by the First -Gordon Highlanders and Second shires, resulting In our gaining a point somo 600 yards nearer the enemy and within -about 80 yards of his trenches, wher our men Intrenched themselves and maintained their positions till morning a gallant deed of our colonial comrades, and which, I am glad to say, was attended by compare a tively slight loss. CRONJE-S SURRENDER.

"JThU apparenUy clinched matters, for at; daylight to-day a letter signed by Oeo, Cronje, In which ha stated that surres dered unconditionally, was brought. to our, outposts tinder a flag of truce. In my reply I told Gen, Cronj be must 6 present himself at my camp, and that his force must rVme out of their laager after laying down the'jr arms. By TA, M. I r-celved Gen.

Crjnj and dispatched a tele gram you announcing tb fact. la th eoun of conversation he asked -for kind treatment at our hands, and that his wife. grandson, private secretary, adjutant, aad servants might accompany him wherever he might be sent- reas sured him and told him his request would eomplisd wljh. I Informed- hirn that a general fHct would be seat with him to Cap Town, te laanr his bein- treated with proper respect en rout. He win start this afieraoo ander charge, of Major' Gen.

Prettyman, who will hand him over to th General com- mandtng at Capo Town. -The prtsopers, who number about S.000.- will be formed late commando wader ear own effjeers. They wta also leav here today, reaching th Modder River to-snor row; when they win be railed to Cape Tews In' detachments." v- MAST OFFICER Tweaty-nin Transvaal officers were cap-' tared aad eighteen Free Stat ofBcers were) -attsd isrisosiers, i. The guns captured from th Transvaal 1 forces were armm Urn ceatbaetar Krupp. nia one pounder, snd one MaxJai gun." fh Freo Staters the British cap-' tared one T.S centimeter Exupp, and one -Maxim gua.

The officers captured, bealdee Oca. put' Include tbo foDowtng weC-knowa commanders: -t Chief Ceeasaaadant )L J. Wolyrrans, member ef the Verharaad. IVld CsTwet Frua. a Seaadlna i Major Albrecht.

the raoeas Gerauui ar tmerysr-aa. Major voa Dawitx, the dUtinguUb4 Ger maa o2r responsibl for snoot of th splendid engineering work ef tie Boer). since the comaorB9ent cf the war. It later announced that LorJ erts had aoUHed the War OCW suRaber ef Boer prlseuer J- i-':.