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HUNDREDS LOST AT SEA.! i The North German Lioyd Steamship J Elbe Founders After a Collision. ] i STRUCK BY A SMALL STEAMER, i I Xamrned at Night in tlio North Sea fifty Mile* Off England'* Coa<<t, ajid Sent to the Bottom in Twenty Minutes?Terrible Sccne on Deck?All but a Handful Engulfed?Tales of the Survivors. The little fishing sma^k Wild Flower has jmst sailed into the harbor of Lowestoft, on j t the east coast of England, with a handful ' of survivors, who were all that remained of /k ship's company of nearly 400 souls who ailed twenty-four hours before from Bremen bound for New York. Fow of the great tragedies of the sea have been more terrible than the fate of over S50 men, women and ' children who went down In the North Sea in J the wreck of the steamship Elbe, of the North German Lloyd Company. The disaster befel the great ship almost ' without warning. She was pursuing her j course just before daybreak through a rough amid half a gale, which blew bitter cold. Other vessels were in sight, with which she exchanged signals. Suddenly there was a 1 crash, and in a moment the Elbe lay helpless 1 pon the water, cut half in two by a smaller J teamer. which struck her almost amidships. 1 How it happened no one on the larger ves- ! d lives to tell, for all who are known to be 1 aved were_below deck when the collision j ?ocurred. Tlie Doac wmcn siruoK me uuer ; remained for a few moments wedged in the great rent which she had made. The sea soon j lore the two ships apart. The smaller one was badly damaged and almost helpless. ! She drifted away, and did not even learn : With what ship she had been in collision. j She was the Scotch steamer Craithie, o 1 J Aberdeen, 496 tons. Late in the evening she rawled into the harbor of Maasluis, near 1 Botterdam. It was quickly realized on board the Elbe that her wound was mortal, and that she 1 could not long survive. The blow tore open j all the middle compartments, and a flood of j water quickly filled the engine and boiler J rooms to the water's edge. Some of the pas engera were undoubtedly killed in their berths, especially in the second cabin, for j Bt&terooms there were smashed to bits, and aeveral passageways were blocked by debris. 1 All but two or three of the 240 passengers were in bed. Few failed to realize thai a 1 erious disaster had befallen, for the shock was terrific throughout the ship. Within a | j few moments all who were able to escape { 1 from below reached the deck. j There followed one of those awful scenes I which are almost inevitable in a lar^e ship's j company suaaenjy Drougni we to iaoe mm death. At first there was some attempt at discipline. The Captain and fir.*t officer gave elear orders which were heard by all that the women and children should enter the boats first. This made it plain to everybody that the ship was doomed and terror in many eases became madness. The orew at first worked with efficient selfpossession in lowering the boats. They were ampered by frozen ropes and the severe list! of the rapidly settling steamship. It soon became apparent to all that the ship was , foundering. Then arose the wild cry: "There are not boats enough." | Little discipline remained after that moment. There were some sad struggles to| escape at the expense of others. The last; order heard by any survivor was the Captain's eommand that the women and children should go to the opposite side of the ship from thati where the damage was and where the most' boats were being got out. v The first lifeboat that was floated was; quickly filled with men and women, but it. capsized before it got ten yards from the, siae. One young woman in this boat clung to it until picked up by the seoond boat,' : 4a nnlo At\A 1'nATtfrt +A V? CI TTQ nil T" ' WUlUIl 13 LUCJ vuij \JlXKi ivuunu iv dvu ived. She was the only woman saved, for in: . the wild scramble at the very last only men,; and all but four of these officers and crew of the vessel, secured places. Those on; this boat say that they saw one more boat; load of about twenty get away from the ship; before she sank. Before they cast oil the Elbe had heeled over to a sharp angle andj ettled very low in the water. She went, down stern first when -the survivors who' reached Lowestoft were only a few rods way.' | An Ohio man, who happened to be dressed and on deck within a moment of the collision, says the time was less than twenty minutes from the striking of the blow till the hip disappeared. It was only after three or lour hours of severe exposure that the boat load was rescued by the smack Wild Plower. The place where they were picked *p is about fifty miles southeast of Lowestoft, almost midway between the English ana Dutch coasts. The Elbe carried 240 passengers and 160 officers and seamen. Twenty-two survivors were lanaea, tuouga u was tuuugui a iew others might be afloat iu a lifeboat. All the Others were lost. Captain Kurt von Goessel Trent down with his ship. ' Twenty of the survivors are: Cabin passengers: Carl Hofmann, Euffen Schlegel, Jan Ye vera. Steerage: Bothen, Miss Anna Buecker, Th. Stoliberg, third offlear: A. Neussell, first engineer; W. Wefer, purser; Schulteiss, Linkmeyer and Sittig, aa? adstant pursers; Koebe, chief stoker; Fuerst, toker; Wenning, Finger, Sibert, Dresow ana Boetke, seamen; Deharde, German pilot; Groonham, English pilot. Hofmann's home is in Nebraska. His wife *nd boy went down with the ship. The passongers were only half clothed. Their few garments were frozen stiff, their hair was coated with ice, and anxiety and effort had exhausted them so completely that they had to be helped ashore. The officers and saiiora were fully dressed, but their clothes had been drenched and frozen and they had been almost paralyzed with cold and fatigue. The few hours of the voyage before the disaster were uneventful. At 4 o clock a. m. the wind was blowing very hard, and a tremendous sea wan running. The morning, was unusually dark. Numerous lignts were seen in all directions, showing that many vessels were near by. The Captain ordered, therefore, that rocketa should oe sent up at regular intervals to warn the craft to ?eep out of the Elbe's course. It was near to six o'clock, and the Elbe was ome fifty miles off Lowestoft, coast of Suffolk, England, when the lookout man sighted a teamer o! small dimensions approaching. He gave the word, and, as a precaution, the num' ker of rocket^ was doubled, and they were sent ?p at short intervals. The warning was -without effect. The steamer came on with unchecked speed, and before the Elbe could change her course or reduce her speed notably, there was the terrific crash of the collision. . The Elbe was hit abaft her engine room. When the smaller steamer wrenched away an enormous hole was left in the Elbe's side. The water poured through and down into the engine room in a cataract. The room filled almost instantly. The engines were still, and the big hulk began to settle. The passengers were in bed. The bitter eold and rough sea had prevented auy early rising, ana none except tae omcers ana orew on duty was on deck when the ship was truck- The shock aad crash roused everybody. The steerage was iu a panic in a moment, and men, women am\. children, half dre68?d or in their night clothes, came crowding up the companion ways. They clung together in "groups, facing the eo'.d.and storm, and cried aloud for help or prayed on their knees for deliverance. The officers were convinced that the ship was about to founder and gave orders to lower the boats. In a short time three boats were got alongside, but the seas were breaking over the steamer with great force and the first boat was swamped before anvbody could get into it. Tha other two boats, lowered at about the same time, were filled quickly with members of the crew and jome passengers, but the number was small, as the boats liela only twenty persons each. The boat carrying the twenty-one persons who were landed at Lowestoft put off in suoh Jrnste from the sinking steamer that nobody in it Noticed what became of the otl.er boat. The survivors believe, however, that she got way safely. They say that they tossed about in the heavy seas for several hours before they sighted the Wild Flower. The little smack bore down on them at once and took them aboard. They were exhausted from excitement and exposure. Miss Anna Buecker..the only woman in the party, was prostrated as soon as they got dear of the Elbe. She lay in the bottom of the boat five hours with the seas breaking \ jver her and the water that had been shipped half covering her body. Carl Hofmann. who came ashore in the SVild Flower, said in an Interview': ' My home is in Grand Island, Neb. I had ny wife and boy of seven with me on the Elbe. I am utterly wretched, for I became jeparatei fron them, and hardly dare hope :hat they hare beem saved, i have been ibroad to visit relatives in Germany, ind during the last four months was iccompanied by my wife and bov. We left Bremen on the Elbe for home. I was asleep n our stateroom when a noise like a gunihot woke me. I jumped out of bed and poke to my wife, who had been aroused is suddenly. I asked her what she thought ;he trouble was, but she seemed to >ay little attention to it. I was not peatly alarmed, although I heard scuffling eet and hoarse shouts on deck. I hurried nto some of my clothes, however, and went 0 the tipper deck. Men, women and chiliren were runnintr about madly, the women loreaming with terror and every man getlng in the other's way. The darkness ncreased the confusion . and fright. Suddenly I heard shrill despairing cries !rom the women: 'There are no more boats!' [ then saw the men at the davits. I noticed ;hat the ropfes were frozen so hard or were so :angled or something of the sort that the jailors bad to chop them frantically to get ;he boats clear. Meanwhile the steamer was settling perceptibly. I took my ooy into my arms and got into. ;he second boat My wife was close behind when somebody shouted: 'All women and shlldren go on the other side of the ship.' I relieve the Captain gave the order. My wife started to run across the deck, and that Is &9 last I saw of her. I clung to my boy, 3ut some men seized us and dragged us out if the boat, and my place was taken by one 3f the crew. This boat got clear of the steamer. Before the men at the oars could ?et full command of her a big wave almost lashed her against the steamer's big foremast, which had gone by the board at the time of the collision- It was almost mirculous that the boat was not swamped. An-' Dther boat was got out. I took ray boy Lnto it and supposed that ho had remained by my side, but just as the boat was lowered [ found that he had disappeared. He had been torn away in the rush and scramble for places. I tried to get back, but the boat went down with a jump and the moment we reached the water the sailors pushed off." Miss Buecker, the only woman saved, said in an interview: ''I was-in bed when the steamers struck. I was aroused by a great crash, followed by shouts and the trampling of feet on deck. It was dark when I reached the top of the stairs leading to the deck. I found that two of the lifeboats were being lowered an<^ ran to one of them. The steamer was sinking gradually. One side was already low in the water. Some men shoved me into the boat, which was then lowered. We had hardly reached the water before the boat upset and all were thrown out. As that part of the Elbe was partly mbmerged. most of the others managed to get back on the steamer. I went under and when I came up clutched the bow of the capsized lifeboat. I clung to It iesperately until another lifeboat that had oeen launched picked me up. We suffered terribly until the Wild Flower rescued us. I lost all my clothes, but I saved my money and watch, which I had in the belt around my waist." Following is a list of the American passengers on the Elbe in the first and second labins when the ill fated vessel sailed from Bremen. First cabin: Mrs. Hermine Saniers. Falmouth, Mass.; Mrs. Anton Fischer, Washington; John B. Vincke, Saint Charles, llo.; Charles Wix, New York; Mrs. VI. C. Connors, South Dakota; Ernst r* V V 1- nlnao. ' now 1 ui oouvuu uuwi Louise Kuehn, New York; Jacob Frank, Buffalo; Mrs. Sophie Bhodes, Washington; Eugene Rhodes, Washington; Carl Hofmann; 3rand Island. Neb.; Anna Hofmann, Grand [sland, Neb.; H. Hofmann,Grand Island, Neb. f \.dolf Islaub, New York; Ernst Maseburg, Louisiana; Kurt Kleinschmldt, Helena, Mon;ana: John Gerlicher, Winona, Minn.; Jan fcvera. Cleveland, Ohio.; Mr. Lockhart, New Pork. Despatches from Germany say that Bremen s in a state of consternation and the whole ,'ountry is excited by the news of the wreok. | The passengers came from all parts of the Empire. Fortunately, the tide of immigration from ! Germany is now at an ebb, and the cabin passenger traffic, as it generally it is at his season, is somewhat dull. The j oss of life might have been double I the accident had occurred in May, when the influx of German immigrants is strongest. The Elbe might have jarried 120 first cabin passengers, 130 second sabln passengers, and 1000 steerage passengers. In the busy season she has a crew, including waiters, of about 180 men and women. Captain Kurt von Goweel, the commander rvf th? V.lhfl. who went down with his shlD. tvas born in Ratibor, Prussian Silesia, fortythree years ago. He was a splendid sped* tnen of the Teutonic sailorman. He was six teet two inches tall, was broad-chested. Brect, blu^-eyed and blond-bearded. He had the reputation of being one of the most careful skippers in the North German Lloyd servioe, He had received more premiums than any other commander of the line for hi^swiftana economical voyages. Captain Yon Goesse! on several occasions stood upon the bridga for thirty-six hours at a stretch, and each time his pet cat. Peter, remained with him in the roughest weather. Every one who has made a trip upon. the Elbe in recent years knew Peter as the Captain's pet. The Elbe was probably the slowest of the trig North German Lloyd fleet plying between New York and Southampton and Bremen. She was built in 1881, and was the first o! what is called the express steamers of'th? line. She started on ner maiden trip from Bremen on June 26,1881. She usually covered the distance between Southampton and 8andy Hook in somewhat more than eigh* days. She was a four-masted vessel and originally had a barkentine rig; that is, sh? had yards on her foremast. Her rig wat changed for economical reasons, and she ha<? none but fore and aft sails, like the big veasels of the record-breaking lines. She measured 4510 tons, was 420 feet long, 45 feei i nn r QKa txA LTOtllLly OO.U 1DCI UOCM. UUO rr oj by a single screw. Her engines, of th< compound type, with cylinders or 29 and 64 inches ana a piston-stroke of 36 Inches, were of 5600 horse power. She was, compared with the Campania and Lucanla, in point of tonnage and speed, not strictly t modern merchant ship, but she had as good passenger accommodations probably as th< best of the greyhounds. She was considered a first-class passenger boat, and in the seasot always had a large cabin list. It is surmised that the cargo of the Elbe was not worth less than $500,000. It consisted chiefly of silks woolens, linens, and cottons. 8ince the Elbe was launched, in 1881, then has never been a big liner sunk with so manj souls. Somewhat more than forty years ago the steamship City of Glasgow, which sailed from Liverpool foi Philadelphia, foundered, presumably it a storm, with 480 persons aboard She never was spoken after she left Liverpool, on March 5, 1854. The steam ship Pacific of the Collins line, which lefi Liverpool on January 23, 1856, with 186 pas sengers, was never heard from. The steam ships President and Paciflj Ocean met a similar fate. Within the last six years th< bice old freighter Erin of the National line and the fine new modern twin-screw freighter Naronic of the White Star line, each wita about ninety persons aboard, vanished from the sea without leaving any record of how they were overwhelmed. MINERS IN A RIOT. Fifteen Men Killed In a General FIrM at Ocatlan, Mexico. A serious riot ooeurrod on Monday at Ocatlan. Mexico. The minors who were working in the rival mines became involved in au altercation, which soon became a general flfjht. The police wore sent for, and with grent difficulty restored peace. After the excitement had quieted down it was discovered that llfteen ftien had been killed and thirty-ilve badly wounded. The men fought with mining tools, stilettos and anything they could secure. Over one hundred miners have been arrested and & laced in iu.il Senator Berry Ite-Electcd. In separate sessions of the Houses of the Arkansas Legislature at Little Bock the balloting for United States Senator resulted: Senate?James H. Berry (Dem.). 20; W. M. Fishback (Dem.1. 3; F. R. Bemmel (Rep.), 1. House?Jam^s H. Berry (Dera.), 73; W. M. Fishback (Dem.), 1; W. B. Barks (Pop.), 9. The election of Berry was declared in joint session at noon next day. William Banks, convloted in "West Vir? ginia of stealing cotton waste worth a few cants, was sentenced to life imprisonment under the law inflicting such a penalty in case of a third oonvlction. PRESIDENT'S 1ESSAGE CONGRESS UKGED TO IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACTION. Cleveland Says Delay Is Dangerous and Recommends That the Currency Problem Be Solved by tb< Issue of a Popular Loan?Fifty Year Bonds for $20 and Upward. President Cleveland sent to Congress th< following special message on the flnanola! question. To the Senate and House of Representatives Tn mv inaf- nnnnnl messaee I commendec to the serious consideration of the Congresf the consideration of our National finances and in connection with the subject indorsee the plan orcurrency legislation which at thai time seemed to furnish protection agalnsl impending danger. This plan has not been approved by the Congress. In the mean time the situation has sc change^ and the emergenoy now appea&ksc threatening that I de?m it my duty to as? at the hands of the legislative branch of the Government such prompt and effective action as will restore confidence In our financial soundness and avert business flisaster and universal distress among our people. Whatever may be the merits of the plat outlined in my annual message a9 a remedy for Ills then existing and as a safaguard against the depletion of the gold reserve then in the Treasury, I am now convinced that its reception by the Congress and oui present advanced stage of financial per noimaltotm ftrtdlMnnn.1 op dlfferenl legislation. With natnral resources unlimited in varletj and productive strength, and with a peopli whose aotlvity and enterprise seek only t fair opportunity to achieve National success and greatness, our progress should not b< obecked by a false flnanolal policy and ( needless disregard of sound momentary laws nor should the timidity and fear whict they engender stand in the way of our pros perity. It is hardly disputed that this predica ment confronts U3 to-day. Therefore, nc one in any degree responsible for the making and exeoution of our laws should fail tc see a patriotic duty in honestly and sincere ly attempting to relieve the situation. Manifestly this effort will not succeed un less it is made untrammelled by the preju dioe of partisanship, and with a steadfasl administration to resist the temptation tc accomplish parly advantage. We may wel remember that if we are threatened witl financial difficulties all our people in ever3 station 01 liie are concernou, aim aurmj those who suffer will not receive the promotion of party interests as an exouse for per mltting our present troubles to advance to c disastrous conclusion. It is also of the utmost importance thai we approach the study of the problems pre sented as free aa possible from the tyranny of preconceived opinions to the end that ii a common danger we mav be able to s^ek with unclouded vision a safe and reasonable protection. The real trouble which confronts us con' slats in a lack of confidence, wide spread and constantly increasing, in the continuing ability or disposition of the Government to pay Its obligations in gold. This lack ot confidence grows to some extent out ot the palpable and apparent embarrassment attending the efforts ot the Government under existing laws to procure gold, and to a greater extent oat of the impossibility of either keeping it in the Treasury or cancelling obligations by Its expenditure after it is obtained. The only way left open to the Government for procuring gold is by the issue and 6tile of its bonds. Tbe only bonds that can be Issued were authorized nearly twenty-flvt years ago, and are not well calculated tc meet our present needs. Among other disadvantages they are made payable In coin instead of specifically it gold, which in existing conditions detracts largely and in an increasing ratio from theli desirability as investments. It is by nc means certaic that bon is of this descriptor can much longer be disposed of at a price creditable to the financial character ot otxi Government. The most dangerous and irritating feature of the situation, however, remains to be mentioned. It is found in the means bj whloh the Treasury is despoiled of the golc thu? obtained without cancelling a single Government obligation, and solely for the benefit of those who find profit in shipping it abroad, or whose fears Induce them tc hoard It at home. We have outstuncling about five hundred millions of currency notes of the Govern"> ?* r?rvM mov h? Hnrrvindftrt uiruii IU* TT LUUU ^v>\k . WW ? , and curiously enough the law requires that when presented and In tact redeemed and paid in gold they shaltba reissued. Thus the same notes may do duty manj times in drawing gold from the Treasury nor can the process be arrested as long as private parties for profit or others see au advantage in repeating the operation. More than three huadred millions of dollars k these notes have already been redeemed in gold and notwithstanding such redemption they are still outstanding. Since the 17th day of January, 1834, ou: bonded Interest-bearing debt ha3 been increased 8100,000,000 for the purpose of obtaining gold to replenish our coin reserve. Two issues were made, amounting to $50, 000,000 eaoh?one in January, and the othe, In November. As a result ot the first issue there was realized something more thai $58,000,000 in gold. Between that issue am the succeeding one in November, compri3 ins a period or aooui xen montos, nean; 8103,000,000 in gold were drawn from th' Treasury. This made tho second issue necessary and upon that more than $58,000,000 in golc was again realized. Between the date o this second issue and the present time, oov erins: a period of only about two months more than $69,000,000 of gold have beei drawn from the Treasury. These large sums of gold were expende< wltLout any cancellation of Government ob ligations, or in any permanent way:benefit lng our people or improving our pecuniar; situation. . ' The financial events of the past year sug pest facts and conditions whloh should cer tainly arrest attention. More than one hundred and seventy-tw< millions of dollars in gold have been drawi ?m -J?~ ?nnM UUl UI iue irtHiaury uunug iuo juai iu> iu purpose of shipment abroad or boarding a home. While nearly one hundred and three mil lions of this amount were drawn out rturin: the first ten months of the year, a sum as greeting more than two-thirds of tha amount, being about sixty-nine millions, wa drawn out during the following two months thus indicating a marke.l acceleration c the depleting process with the lapse of tlm? Tbe obligations upon which this gold ha been drawn from the Treasury are still oul standing and are available for use In repaj lngthe exhausting operation with short* Intervals as our perplexities accumulate. Conditions are certainly supervening tenc lng to make the bonds which may be Issue to replenish our goll less useful for th.' purpose. An adequate gold reserve 1j In all cireum stances absolutely essential to the uphold ing of our public Credit and to the mainte nance of our high National character. I cannot see that the differences or opinio: concerning the extent to whioh silver ongb to be coined or used in our currency shouli Interferes with the counsels of those whos duty it is to rectify evils now apparent ii our financial situation. They have to consider the question of Nn tional crerlit and the consequences that wil fall from its collapse. Whatever Ideas ma; ho insisted upon as to silver or bimetallism a proper solution of the question now press inor upon us only requires a recognition o cold as w<;ll as silver, and a concession c its importance, rightr'ully or wrongfully ac quired, is a basis of National credit, a neca? suy in tno nonoraoie. uiscrmrge ot ou obligations payable in gold and a badge c eolwncy. I do not understand that the real friend of silver desire a condition that might folloi in action or neglect to appreciate the mean ins of the pr?s-?nt exigency if it should re suit in the entire banishment of gold froc our financial and currency arrangements. Besides the Treasury notes, which cei talnly should bo paid in gold, amounting t Dearly $500,000,000, *here will fall due i; 190* $100,000,000 In bonds issued during thi lost year, for which we have received gold and In 1907 nearly $600,000,000 of four pa cent, bonds Issued in 1877. Shall the payment of these obligations ii {fold be repudiated? If they are to be paii n such a manner as the preservation ot ou 1 National honor and National solvency de \ f mands, we should not destroy, or even Imperil, our ability to supply ourselves with , gold for that purpose. While I am not unfriendly to silver and while I desire to see it . recognized to suoh an extent as is consistent with financial safety and the C ? reservation of National honor and credit, r? am not willing to see gold entirely ban- tl Lshed from our currency and finances. . To Is avert such a consequence, I believe thorough t< ) and radical remedial legislation should be d . promptly passed. I therefore bes? the Con- n , gress to give the subject immediate attention. 3< In my opinion the Secretary of the Trens- li cry should be authorised to is9ue bonds of b the Government for the purpose of procur- R 5 ing and maintaining a sufficient fjold re- h 1 serve and tho redemption aad cancellation of the United States learal tender notes and h theTreasury notes issued for the purchase of f< silver under the law of July 14. a 1 We should be relieved from the humllia- v i tinst process of issuing bonds to procure (j eold, to bo immediately and repeatedly a [ drawn out on these obligations for purposes !-> tha Vionoflt nf rttlp O-ovarnment I i c uv. ; ? a t or oar people. L' The principal and interest of these bonds ' should be payable on their face In gold bei cause they should be sold only for gold or , its representative, and because there would i now probably be difficulty in favorably dis- f. ; posing of bonds not containing the stipulaL (ton. I suggest that the bonds be Issued In * I denominations of twenty and fifty dollars J [ And their multiplies, and that they bear in- d terest at a rate not exceeding three per cent. v per annum. I do no. see why they should not be pay- li able fifty years from their date. We of tho I present generation have large amounts to p pay If we meet our obligations, and long bonds are most saleable. The Secretary of 2( the Trea*tfry might well be permitted at his g| discretion to receive on the sale of bonds a the legal tender and Treasury notes to be e retired, and, or course, when they are thus vi retired or redeemed In gold tney should be p cancelled. v These bonds unaer existing laws could be deposited by National banks as security for nir/iiilnHnn orxl en/ih hnnlra nhoulfi ha nl- I r . lowed to issue circulation up to the face , value of these or any other bonds so deposited except bonds outstanding bearing onlytwo per cent, interest, and which sell in the market at less than par. National banks should not be allowed to a take out circulating notes of a less denomina- g tion than $10, and when such as are now outstanding reach the Treasury,,except for a redemption and retirement, they should be ^ cancelled, and notes of the denomination of ~ $10 and upwards issued in their stead. 5 Silver certificates of the denomination of $10 and-iiDwards should be replaced by certificates of denominations under $10. I As a constant means for the maintenance P ! of a reasonable supply of gold in the Treaaury, our duties on imports should be paid " in gold, allowing all otner dues to the Government to be paid in any other form of y . | money. ?> I believe all the provisions I have sag- 3< t 1 gested sboald be embodied in onr law3, if we ti . are to enjoy a complete reinstatement of a r Bound financial condition. , 3] t They need not interfere with any currency scheme providing for tbe Increase of the ^ , circulating medium through the agency of t( I National or State .banks, since thoy can . | easily be adjusted to such a soheme. Objection has been made to the issuance of inter- J I est-bearlng obligations for the purpose of.re- ? I tiring the non-interest-bearing legal tender v | notes. In point of fact, however, these notes 0 , I have burdened us with a large load of inter. . est. and it is still accumulating. | The aggregate interest on tne original E ] issue of bonds, the proceeds of which in gold a constitute the reserve for the payment of ii [ those' notes, amounted to $70,326,250 on January 1,1895, and the annual charge for ^ I Interest on these bonds and those issued for the same purpose during the last year will [ be $9,145,000, dating from January!, 1895. . While the cancellation of these notes , would not relieve us from the obligations al- a , ready incurred on their account, these flg- b urea are given by way of suggesting that rl , their existence has not been free from inter- 9 est charges, and that the longer they are & . outstanding, judging from the experience of a . the last year, the more expensive they will ( become. tl , In conclusion, I desire to frankly confess f< } my reluctance to Issuing more bonds in e . present circumstances and with no better p ' I results than have lately followed that course, a s I I cannot, however, refrain from adding to . an insurance of my anxiety to co-operate g , with the present Congress in any reasonable q I measure of relief, an expression of my de- y , termination to leave nothing undone which ? j furnishes a hope for improving the situation 3 , or checking a suspicion of our declination e | or disability to meet with the strictest honor every National obligation. , Gboveb Cleveland. c [ The Executive Mansion, Jan. 29, 1895. ' PROMINENT PEOPLE. 1 . ' b , The Queen of England has a royal Income E , Of about $2,000,000 a year. I The Rev. Samuel P. Smith, wrote "My fi 1 | Country 'Tls of Thee" in 1832. t ) I Gladstone is soon to resume his seat in * l the British House of Commons. 1 Edison has no uso for overcoats, and never 1 wears one, no matter what the weather may ' be. Db. Alfred L. Loomis, the famous New * York physician, died a few days ago from * pneumonia. c * The literary earnings of Robert Louis r Stevenson In the Ia9t eight years were not , less than $200,000. * J , TnEEmperorof China has issued'a'manifes- | i to in which he says he prefers death to the j - disgrace of defeat". j[ Governor Uphah, of Wisconsin, Is said to ? have been robbed of a diamond at his first * official reception. { Colonel Shebvingtox, a Scotchman, Is r f now at the head or the Hova army fl.?hting t . the French in Madagascar. , > Miss Elizabeth Brat Downing, the sweet- i i heart of Poet Whit tier, died after a brief 1111 ness at West Newbury, Mass. * F8enator Jacob H. Galltnqer, of New * Hampshire, used to work as compositor and ? " reporter on a Cincinnati paper. ' The new President of France ia an uncle ? . ot E. J. Faure, who was at one time editor ] . of the Auffusta (Ga.) Evening News. ( arrw%r vfwaori'fl hna hpp.ottlb 1 j much worse, and she will be attended by aa 1 x oculist from Wiesbaden during her sojourn a at Nice. ( t An Interesting sight to promenaders In . 1 the Thiergarten of Berlin one day recently * was the spectacle of the Emperor snow- i ? balling with his two eldest sons. '! Governor Morton, of New York, believes i ' in having some time to attend to his bust- < j neBS undisturbed, and has given orders that ;j no one shall be admitted to his office be- i tween 10 and 1. \ ^ Lee Mantle, the new Republican 8enator ( t. from Montana, was born in England forty- < one years ago. He whs a farm hand and ] ir then a telegraph operator In this country before he made money in mining and roal es- , 1. tate. ", id W. A. iJlabee the Montana mine owner, i it is building a million dollar palace in New 1 York. His fortune is estimated at from . $20,000,000 to $40,000,000. Thirty years ago ( _ Mr. Clarke arrived in Montana wiih a pick _ on his shoulder. < Db. Talmage was sixty-three years old the a other day, and declared that he had never t felt better In his life. The secret of his pood i health, he said, was proper care. Since a eighteen ho has never missed a cold bath in i the morning, a run in the parks and a walk in the sun except when circumstances aDso lutely prevented. 1 Colonel W. Seward Webb's uniform as y Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Governor > Woodbury, of Vermont, has been completed, '* and was worn by him at the ball of the Old '! Guard in New York City. It cost $1500. The ?' braid Is of gold, nnd the lace came oirt'cc from Paris. The sword is a Damascus blnde, has a diamond in the liilt, and co.it the Color on?l 52700. The Sultan of Turkey has been the jieans of establishing 50,000 schools throughout his 3 empire, not only for boys, but for girls also, v which is a striking departure froai the tral" ditional usage of hi& race. Ho rises at 6 ?" o'clock every morning, and devotes his a days, in the seclusion of his palace and his gardens, to personal attention to the affairs of state laid before him by his minis0 tors. a 3 , Husband, 104; Wife, 102. r Patrick Donnelly died at Toledo, Ohio, a j j few days ago, aged 10?. The next night his ] 1 wife died at the age of 102. They had been t r married eighty-one yeare and were doubtless 1 > th'.? oldest married couple in America. 1 THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. The Chamber of Commerce, of New York !ity, at one of the largest meetings ever held, 3Commended that Congress immediately give ieJ8eeretary of the Treasury authority to (sue bonds, payable only in gold, to mainiln the gold reserve and to retire legal-tener notes, currency reform to be left to a comlission of experts. In New York City Bond-Forger Quigley was sntenced to fifteen years and six months' nprisonment by Recorder Gofi". Sarah Silermeister got twenty-five years and Louis ;othman fifteen years for setting fire to a ouso. At Lawrence, Mass., Walter P. Wright and is wife, both about thirty years old, were jund dead in bed in their room. There was bullet-hole in the head of each, and the reolver with which the shooting was done lay etween the bodies. Wright killed his. wife nd then committed suicide. W.TT, _,1 fen fur oe jluicj tnuiob uu^aiu ivi tnv j ou *u>k ?*> amage Is concerned, prevailed in Northern nd Western New York. Snowstorms raged t Dunkirk, Lockport, Ogdensburg, Bondout nd Watertown. C. F. and E. J- Bbaxdt, who say they are 3ns of the Mayor of Wonewac, Wis., were buncoed" out of 8250. They went to Pougheepsie to buy $2500 in greenbacks for $250. ifhen they nrrived at Newburg, N. Y.f they iscovered that their hand-bag was filled rith sawdust. Governor Brown, of Bhode Island, devered his inaugural address at Providence, he Legislature passed a bill prohibiting . oolselling in the State. Justice Gaynor issued an order to show iiuse why a peremptory writ of mandamus lould npt be issued to compel the Atlantic venue Bailroad Company, of Brooklyn, to Ive the service it gave prior to the strike. Warrants charging President Norton and Suerintendent Qninn with misdemeanors in iolating the ten-hour law were issued. President Eliot, of Harvard, said in his ? ?*> Ifnaa 4-Vtof LLLiuai ouuicaa ait v/auiwiiu^Vf vwm* >otbali had degeaerated so as to be a game nfit for colleges. Sooth and West. Ci.aeekce Schbadeb and Gus Cash, each i ged fourteen, while attemptipg to cross [eath's Creek, Marshall, Mo., were drowned. At Port Clinton, Ohio, George E. 8t John, real estate dealer, charged with frauds in 1 ealing in canceled mortgages, was found uilty. v A half hour later he shot himself irough the head in his cell, dying instantly. A band of masked men rode into Sugartnd. Texas, and robbed the railway and ezr ress office of $1500, severely injuring the 1 gent. A number of citizens arrested four of ) le band. Mbs. Maby Hoop, a widow, and her three- J ear-old child were found frozen to death at 'arsaw, Ind., by a committee of a charitable >ciety which had gone to them with a quantv of Drovisions and clothing. ' ; The trial of the alleged A. B. 17. strike con- j pirators was formally opened in Chicago. ? , Both branches of the Tennessee Legisla- i ire passed the Gubernatorial Election Con?t bill. ' i Two persons were killed in a railroad ' 'reck near Coatesville, Ind. Theatrical 1 [anager John W. Norton was one of the Ictlms. Mrs.' Zelda Segiun Wallace, the , pera singer, was seriously hurt. The first train on the Belt Underground ;ailway went through the great tunnel at laftimore, Md. It was drawn by two locolotives and consisted of forty care containlg ballast Joseph Baxtm & Soxs, at Meridian, Miss., aye failed. Liabilities, $200,000. "washington. The President sent the following Consular ominations to the Senate: Henry W. Oilert, of New York, at Liege, Belgium; Frede[ok Munchmeyer, of West Virginia, at San alvador; Bobert L. Oliver, of Georgia, at Eerida, Mexico; Samuel Byan, of Wisconsin, * oi vtanrfaiinhlonh I UL. U\JlALk Oj ^cnivuuuiuuu, United States Minister Willis writes tiat President Dole is glad there were no jreign warships at Honolulu on the occalon of the recent uprising, as it gave the Reublic a chance to show that it can stand lone. The bill pledging the faith of the United tates to the construction of the Nicaragua 'anal passed the Senate by the vote of 31 eas and 21 nays. It directs the issue of 170,000,000 canal bonds guaranteed and 130,000,000 bonds unprotected by the Govrnmdnt: Minister Gbip, of Sweden and Norway, las been granted permission by his Government to sit in the Venezuelan Claims Comaission. An oil portrait by .Robert Hintiay repreenting Speaker Crisp sitting at a table has een placed among the portraits of exIpeakers in the House lobby. The President approved the Urgent DeIclency Appropriation bill, which contains he appropriation for the execution of the hcome Tax law. Thousands of people attended Mrs. Cleveaud's annual reception of the public at the iVhite House. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of theNaional Board of Trade met at the Shoreham lotel and remained in session for several lays. The leading business men of the ountry were represented. The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the louse a statement showing that claims aggregating $86,790 for bounty on domestic ?oof onottr nm nn flip Most of this amnnnt 3 claimed by California companies. A ppeliwinaby agreement for arbitration is said to have been reached by the Mexican ind Guatemalan Ministers in Washington. Without even the formality of a yea and lay vote, and with but one amendment, the lew Japanese treaty, as it was signed by Sectary Gresham ana Minister Kurino, was ratified by the Senate. Foreign. Prince Abisugama, Chief of the general itaff of Japan's army, is dead. The barge Petrel, loaded with Government itores, consisting chiefly of ammunition for tfordenfeldt and Gatling guns, blew up near Jravesend, England. She had a crew of Ave lien, and not a trace of any of them could be [ound. Guatemala instructed her envoy in Mexico ;o make concessions if he could get no further delay. A lodt of Chinese infantry has been r& pulsed by the Japanese in Jiancuunu wnu a oss of one hundred men, and General Nodzu is about to be attacked at Kaiping by a force 3f eleven thousand Chinese. M. de Gikbh, Russian Ministor of Foreign iffairs, is deaa. He would have been seveniy-flve years old next JIay. He was the iescendant of a Swedish colonel in the army sf King Charles XII. of Sweden, and had Finnish blood in his veins. Emperor William signalized his thirtysixth birthday by lavishing praise upon the German Army. Many German princes were in Berlin. The city was in holiday dress, and the week was crowded with festivities. Chinese official accounts reported two attacks on Wei-Hai-Wei, in which the Japanese were repulsed; China was said to be negotiating for a loan of $15,000,000. Brazilian troops were routed by the rebels, and there are almost daily riots in Eic de Janeiro. The Chinese peace envoys arrived at Kob'.', Japan. American- flag design?, bearing an appea for annexation to the United States, wer? posted all over St. John's, Newfoundland. M. Faure. President of France, was ap ,u,l ,an_ rested ai runs uy u scuui, nuv ?-w oguize him. Killed l?y a Sparrow. Two sons of Charles Moore, living eight niles from Baltimore, ?I1.. captured an English sparrow. They took the bird home .'or their baby sister. Ida. On being released ;he sparrow flow snvagaly at the child ami seized her lower lip. The mother endeavored :o get the sparrow away. Before this could >e done the bird had to be killed and the >eak pried open with pincers. Blood poisoung set in and the little one soon died. A Poultrr Show. The sixth annual exhibition of the New fork Poultry and Pigeon Association (United) opened at Madison Square Garden, New ifork City, with a large attendance. More han 5000 birds were displayed.representing a larger variety, It Is said, than were ever before exhibited in the city. mmmammammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmm LOST D ratw STOIS. ' Sis SAILORMEN PERISHED IN A, WINTER'S GALE. ^ M 82x Men, Women and Children Drowned by the Sinking of Five Coal-Laden itubi Barges?A. Fishing Schooner trout Wrecked ? Damage on the Long Island Shore. tate The worst disaster that has happened on "J5110 Long Island Sound In years was reported _<j when the big tug Sea King,Captain Olmstead, r0adj arrived at New London, Conn. The Sea King maid left Hammond's Flats with fair weather and a light west wind. She was bound to Provi- 0fjen dence and Newport with five barges, all but Impr one of the fleet conslgnedto Providence. The barges were coal laden, carrying 8500 tons, bb tl The barges did regular service on the oppo Sound in the transportation of coal for John was i B. White k Son, and the Pomeroy Coal Com- publ nanr nf PrftvlH?rv?.e Thor nlI with the exception of the .T. J. Naulty, owned by vote< the John Scully Towing Company, oT New rupb York. The J. J. Naulty was owned by her the 8 captain. Just before the accident a terrible Idem sea was running, making a clean breach ury over the sturdy tug. The waves floodei the 85' tug's cabin and the air was Oiled wi|h blind- up i ing snow, so that it was Impossible to rupt see more than the length of the craft. Alibi Captain Olmstead and Pilot William Dodd Man were at the wheel of the Sea King. They tlon beaded the tug off shore and she p ailed away 86: at the long tow behind her until 2 o'clock, the j The storm was as fierce then at ever. Sud- from denly It was. discovered that the tow had att? broken apart and that the barges were going then adrift Several were seen to founder. The anes head barge of the tow foundered at 6 o'clock in tbe morning, and then the im- og, mense hawser that held her was cut, vora There were twelve lives lost by the disaster, wjj0 four women and eight men. As soon as the Sea King took off the crew and tion it was apparent that no other lives 37. could be saved, the tug ran for New London tjon to escape the tremendoas fury of the 33 storm. The names of the lost were: On the Crocus?Captain Frank Hoffman, Mrs. jfvej Frank Hoffman, Miss Hoffman, deckhand. -Q-nit On the Eagle?Captain Hartsho, Mrs. Hart- vent sho, deckhand. On the Albert M?Captain gena Harry Tucker, deckhand. On the BIngle? ^esp The Captain, his wife, deckhand. o^al the 1 Sailors Drowned. on y The fishing sohooner Leader went ashore ansv on the dreaded reef of Norman's Woe, off Lou! tbe entrance of the outer harbor, Gloucester, Wari Mass., and broke up. Ten of the orew got ure. ashore, but four were drowned. The mis3- 39 ing men were all Portuguese, and belong onein Gloucester. Their names wera fore Joseph Flume, cook; Albert 8. Viator, Pern Frank Brier and Joseph Francis. ' Two dories put off from the vessel, and in dutj them the crew of fourteen men started for sent the shore. One of the boats reached land and safely. The other, containing ssven men, law. had procoeded but a short distance from the into Bchooner's Bide when it capsized. Three of 40: the Almost exhausted sailors reaohed the cuss: shore. The others have not since been seen, disci and there was little doubt that they were 41i drowned. The Leader Is owned by John ing I Pugh k Sons, and was wprth $5000. limit road Long Island Flooded. bill1 ' From Montauk Point to North Beach Long Island was inundated by an extraordinary high tide. Tillages were almost set afloat < and streets and avenue3 were transformed ZiCgi into minaiure rivers and torrents. Villages and low land along the Soundshcre suffered extensively. Fences, piers and light On frame buildings were floated off by the high ,that waters, and many vessels anchored near the . s'lore were carried inland. Fishing stations suffered, and small craft of all descriptions stree were floated from their moorings and badly writ damaged. Heic THE LABOR WORLD. St The seamen and dock laborers are out on *PPf strike at Buenos Ayres. A compaky is being promoted In Bradford. t0 tj. England, for the manufacture of artificial torn 4 shoi John* D. P.ockefzllkb confirms the report T1 of an agreement among iron ore producers witt to maintain prices. Ken Stbiking miners in theUasslllon (Ohio) district are said to be destitute and have ap- WJ? ?wire peaieu,iut otaio cuu. Illinois railroad employes are organizing Just a gigantic bureau to secure favorable treat- t0 C| ment in the Legislature. 0 In oonsequence of the general deoline the pllcj mining of tin in England has practically the ceased to be remunerative. TI The Rev. G. Wynne Jones, of Baltimore, Norl is going to start a "Domestic Institute," the Eeai object of whiob shall be to train girls tor do- men mestic service. i pose All the mines in the Pittsburg district now m*r in operation are paying fifty-five cents per . T~ ton for mining, the lowest rate that has been . paH for years. | Q * The oldest handmaid in the United States hop< lives in Philadelphia. She is ninety-threo mea years old, and her name is Rebecca Shopley. She has lived in one family sixty-one years. < Ten of the leading fruit-canning factories of East Baltimore, Md., which haye been jfoi shut down since the first of October, have started up, giving employment to about 15C0 people. Tl Employes of the Homestead (Penn.) Steel Fair Works secretly organized a lodge of the Cou. Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel , . Workers. The ntxt day 100 of them were | discharged. kw Minebs at Shawnee, Ohio, have leased the comf Goslyn and Barber mines, and will operate ^.jV them, paying the proprietors seven cents a m:? ton royalty and ten cent3 a. ton commission , for selling the coal. ^n(j Aqekts of the new Michigan coal fields are ters. offering Ohio miners an advance of thirty- othe five cents per ton to work for them, and It Is pap< probable that many of the miners will eml- test? grate to Michigan. tive Ik Switzerland there Is a law by which e*ty railway and steamboat companies, factory C< establishments, etc., are liable to Indemnify sessl their employes In case of acoldents, or their i cura widows and ohlldren In case of their death. tion While the pitiful story of the misery of the 4??' Sicilian laborers and peasants Is still fresh in fVr;. the public memory, it ia gratifying to learn J' , ' , that a step has been taken toward alleviating the sufferings of the Sicilian laboring classes. < ? ? MO ? ? A '1 HE d68c (}uh11uc?iuuu9 iut vuuuuvivo auu motormea, protection to human life, low joints on tracks and how to avoid them, and I the best methods of collecting full fares were ^ discussed by the last Ohio State Tramway B Association. ^ Thomas Lallt, formerly an employe In Crai the shoe factory of Welch <Ss Landrigan.at . Salem, Mass., secured a verdict of ?80 against w the Knights of Labor. Lally alleged that he fami was discharged from the firm's employ at the whic request of the Knights of Labor because he The reiused to join the order. year Mabtin Fishes, an employe of the Postal crop Telegraph Cable Company in Philadelphia, been is a remarkable man. 'While be lost his right tute. arm below the elbow, and has but the thumb Th and two lingers of bis left hand, he is one of ties < the most expert telegraphers and type- It in writers in the employ of the company. land Thbee thousand unemployed workingmen gathered outside of the Montreal (Canada) , >w -?J fn Invadfl tQ(? haild- f?? uuy xiun <mu t_..| ing and proceed to do violence if their demauds lor work were not complied with. The Mayor expressed his sympatny with tne men and said the city had done its best to j?ivn euiDioyuient, and suggested that a re- The; quisltion be presented to him to call a mass meeting at the Board ot Trade rooms. This was done, and the men dispersed on the up- ->L peal ot their leaders. on ] Masi Killed by a Gasoline Explosion. bof?a An explosion occurred at the Orphans' Veni Home, Logansport, Ind., in which Willio of t! Bush, aged nine years, was killed, and his ,A brother, eleven years old, was fatally burned. ' The boys attempted to light a Are with gaso- *l3-1 line. The explosion caused a stampede >'e^f among the other children, but order was J'?fF finally restored. Willie Bush's clothes were n/)tl burned from his body and his body burned to , a crisp. tl10 ?. you. Anarchists Expelled From Switzerland. Eighteen Italian anarchists of Lugano, one ^ of the three capitals of the canton of Ticino, who have been engaged in smuggling anar- (ar ? ahlst literature In Italy, have been expelled from Switzerland. ' /. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. In the Senate. it Dir.?The Hawaiian resolution cams ' gain, and Mr. George consumed oil the ling in the Administration. it 2 o'olook the Nicaragua Canal bill t up. debate upon which was closed. > Day.?Mr. Mills In his speech on the ail an revolution defended President eland's policy, and charged the Saga* t with responsibility tor the Hawaiian ,les. The Nicaragua Canal bill passed vote of 31 to 21. > Day.?The 8enate adopted as a substifor Mr. Allen's Hawaiian resolution one' A\ ilding the President's foreign policy.! Frye attacked Mr. Mills In the debate.1 Sir. Erlce made a report on the Pacific. j debt Mr. Lodge introduced a Mll> jig it a misdemeanor to solicit contribu- 1 . i for political purposes from any person.1 oyed in the Government service, the se to be punishable by a fine of f9000 and! iso anient for one year or both. re Dat.?The Bankruptcy bill came upj le regular business, but Mr. Wolcott sed it with the Ute Indian bilL The vote' ? a, tie, and on a call of the Senate the Be-{ loans won and the Bankruptcy bill waol aside by a vote of 29 to Si. Mr. HUE 1 with the Republicans against the Bank-! jy bilL All the Populists except Kyle did) j ame thing. A message from the Pwa- i "f\ t urging legislation to relieve the Treaawas received and read. , m Dat.?The morning hour was taken ' V* rtth finance.?At 2 o'clock the Bank-' cy Diu came up, dux wo uepuducau* iistered against its consideration. Mr. derson introduced a financial propoat- ' / ra Dai.?Mjr. 8herman gare his views on . Ad >roper method of relieving the Treasury l its embarrassment Mr. Vest made an \ :k upon the President The Senate went into executive session on the Jap* e treaty. In the Eoou. ra Dai.?'Two private pension bills far bly reported by the Committee of the le were passed. The House then, <n mittee of the Whole: resumed considers- . of the Sundry Civil bilL rH Dai.?The Sundry Civil Appropria*- A; bill was passed. ra Dai.?The House passed the bill prolg special, rules for the navigation of s and harbors and inland waters of the ed States and to amend the act to pre- "Y >1 [h Kill fr> *Y,a t'UUUlVUO aw DOCfc. A IMU wv to bill to prevent the theft of news atches from wires was introdaoecL? rmaa Wilson argued for the repeal of >ounty sugar tax in the House ana spoke le condition of the Treasury. He was., rered by Messrs. Meyer and Price, 0% . ' isiana, and Mr. Payne, of New Toilet a?r.~ 1 aer, or New York, supported the meastb Day.?The bill for the repeal of the tenth discrimination on sugar was be- $ the House all day, and Mr. DalralJ, of lsylvania, spoke lengthy on the subject, rhe bill to repeal the differential sugar ? ,ri#j was debated. President Cleveland Jrffi in a message Indorsing a popular loan urging its Immediate enactmetat Into Mr. Springer introduced a bill to put effect tne President's bond message. m Day. T-Tho House st>ent the day dto Ing the bill to repeal the one-tenth sugar? \?,>: rimination, whion was passed. . 3t Day.?The Hp use spent the day flght;he order of the Committee on Boles to : th% debate on the Beilly PacificBall-' . Funding bill and finally pasaed'it * The was discussed all the afternoon. THE .TROLLEY TIE-UP. tl . Proceedings Twice the Place ot' Bayonets.' i the sixteenth day the indications the persons interested had. decided to jfer the Brooklyn trolley strike from the A its to the courts. The actual alternative : of mandamus compelling the Broofcljp.jhts Railroad Company to run its cars' signed by Judge Gaynor, and the strik- . alked In a more hopeful mood. te strikers made their final move. They saled to the Attorney-General of the Siqte mhl the charter of the Brooklyn Height* road for falling to provide proper service V le public. The road was oited by the ey-General to show cause why the charter " | ild not be annulled. le situation in the streets 01 tne cny, uov .. istandtng the withdrawalof troope from i- A York City, was undisturbed by serious ble. Every line was In operation, notlanding the snowstorm and ertenilre scutting early In the morning. ; i application was made to Supreme Court ,' .v.; Ice Gaynor for a peremptory mandamus impel the Atlantic Avenue Railroad, to ? ate its usual number of oars. ThekiK ition failed through a technical defect In v- jj papers. le strikers, angered because President ton threw into the waste basket'8trike ier Connelly's written offer to have the y go back to work at tie old wagee, proid to make him' as much trouble in the, : ter of litigation as possible.' ' : - gS ost of the strikers remained finn. Prob- ? twenty-flve returned to work as indivt- li'-a Is, but the rest declared they would hold . " to preserve the union, and expressed;s of being able to beat the companies by , ns of legal proceedings. SENATOR FAIR'S WILL STOLEN. < y si o Than 920,000,007 at Stake Without Tower to Divide It. -- ?"I ttu. 1 of q ov-Qnnotnr Tom as f! ll lo win wl iuu mhw va-wwu??w? v immvv ? has been stolen from the office of the Vv^ nty Clerk at San Francisco, CaL, and a of worthless papers substituted No a of the missing testament has been dto>red. le stealing of the will produces a serious ' f{ lima, as more than $20,000,000 is at $aksi ' % son of Senator Fair Is about to contest '.y (rill on the ground of undue influence incapacity, with the conaent of the daugh- 1 ' Th8 executors have refused to produoe r wills known to be among Mr, Fair's > >rs. He had a mania for new iments. The children objfecfto comparastrangcrs handling their father's propas a trust and wish to break the will. tplea of the missing will are in the poeion of attorneys, but in a contest the aetcy of copies would at once be ques- ] ed. What is more, the signature of the I millionaire is gone. It cannot be pro- j id for the scrutiny of expsrts or for ideln atlOQ Dy We arresting wuiicaaco wuucx? mony is to bo offored in support of the V on hearing the executors' petition for ls3ion of the testament to probate.; DESTITUTION IN WISCONSIN. J Appeal From Owners of Cranberry farthes That Were Ruined by FIre.| . 1 appeal for aid is being sent out from M iborrv Center, a station on the North- 1 :ern Road in Wisconsin, for the relief of J lies of owners of cranberry marahea J :h were destroyed by forest fires last fall , I owners of these marshes, who a few' jS s ago were well-to-do, have, by failure of 3 and loss of marshes and buildings, , reduced to poverty and are now derate territory burned over is in the conn- ? of Juneau, Monroe, Jackson and WoodL^ eludes the beet marshes in the 8tate, and s that were formerly worth $100 an acre now be bought for 81 per acre. In 1898 0 barrels of cranberries were shipped ?_ 1 Cranberry Center, while this year the ~ \ , number snipped was only 115. , YOUNG SKA 1unuwi\tu, f Lose Their Lives In tlie Presence of i 700 Spectators. distressing drowning accident occurred S'orth Watuppa Tond, near Fall River, >. A row of electric lights had erected on the pond for the conduce and safety of the skaters, but some lem went out. a iartv of Hish School scholars were ing on the pond, among them George er and Susie Terry, each aged fifteen s. The two were 9kating toward West- jr\ , but owing to the darkness they did not L-e where they were untiUthey went into open channel. They were drowned in X presence of about 700 skaters, mostly a ag people. I To Destroy Derelict*. I ie cruiser Vesuvius will cruise along the 9 a; Island and Southern coasts, going as is Hampton Roads, to searoh for and def sunken and floating wrecks, which are. jeroua obstructions to navigation. A