Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1895 — Page 6

democratic Press. DECATUK, Democratic Press to., - Publishers. FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD THIS FRESH NEWS WAS GLEANED. The Vessel Found That Delivered lhe Arms to the Hawaiian Rebels—The Village of Leipsic the Scene of a Hi< Conflagration—A Train Held Up Out in Kansas. AMERICAN ENTERPRISE Shipped the Goods to Hawaiian Rebels. San Francisco special: Tiie sworn statement of the captain of the Waimanalo,the vessel that landed at Honolulu the arms aid amunition used by the royalists in the recent attempted revolution, has been received in this city and will undoubtedly create a stir in Washington. Congress is now endeavoring to learn from the State Department all the information ]>ossible as to the identity of the English subjects engaged in the revolution, and those who were instrumental in furnishing arms to the conspirators and revolutionists. The captain says he was engaged by the steamship W. 11. Richard to deliver the arms and ammunition at Waikikii. He wis to receive $10,Ok), SI,OOO of which was paid in cash. His instructions were to go otf Waimanalo where a schooner was to meet him. from which he was to receive the arms. This schooner was called the W. 11. Richard. Tnecaptain of the Waimanalo was told that she had been towed out of San Francisco and the arms put on board by a tug off Waikikii. Two boats came alongside the Waimanalo and the arms and ammunition were transferred to them. There were 300 carbines and several sacks of ammunition. Tire captain disclaims all knowledge of who shipped the goods and who paid for them. tinder The lee. While skating on the East Fork creek at Batavia, Ohio, Howard Silcott, aged IS, skated into an air hole and before any one could assist him he had gone completely under the ice. Some one saw him and struck the ice over his head with a club, which seemed to stun him, as he sank from sight. After about two minutes, which seemed an age to the anxious watchers, his body floated out on the riffle, which was not frozen, and he was soon brought to life. A stranger giving his name as John Connors was the man who struck the ice and stunned the boy, and when it became known a rojie was tied around his feet, when he was put into the water, and in spite of his cries for mercy was dragged under the ice over the same course as Silcott, when he was untied and allowed to go. The boy is suffering great pain from tiie effects of the blow. A SI 00.000 Fire at Leipsic. Fire started in the business portion Liepsic, Ohio, and the entire town was threatened with destruction. The Mayor of the burning town called upon the Deshler and Ottawa tire departments for assistance. The town was without tire protectiou, and until the arrival of the visiting departments, was completely at the mercy of the flames. Many families were routed out., and suffered intensely from the bitter cold. The fire department from Ottawa responded to the call for aid, and after a hard fight succeeded in subduing the flames. Five business places, two opera houses and one dwelling were destroyed. Tiie loss will exceed SIOO,OOO, with small insurance. During the fire the thermometer registered 12 below zero, and the intense cold greatly hindered the firemen in their work. Father and Son Perish. Frederick D. Miller and his 6-year-old son were burned to death at Pittsburgh. Miller kept a store and resided at No. 2.268 becotid avenue. Fire was discovered m the kitclien at midnight. Miller, his wife, children, and a hired man ran to the front of the building. On the way Mrs. Miller lost the boy, and her husband returned to find him. Mrs. Miller, one child and the man escaped by jumping into blankets from the second story windows. After thfire Miller and the boy w ere found lying on the floor of the bed-room dead. They had been suffocated. John Fiuniegan's residence, No. 266, was also burned. Fireman John Patterson was badly hurt by a fall from an ice-coated ladder. Does Cnba Want to Com? In? Key West (Fla.) special: Cuban revolutionary groups are showing unusual activity. Dark bints from those near to Marti, Chief of the American party, of an ■prising within a few weeks at most, has stimulated the zeal of resident Cubahs almost to a fever. Gonzales Oueseda, Secretary of the American Revolutionary organization, arrived on the Mascotte from Tampa. for the purpose of adding to the large fund already on hand for supplying arms. The cigar makers of Tampa pledged Oueseda $30,000 from their February wages, and be expects to get $15,000 more. He addressed a inciting at Sail Carlos Hall that, stirred the Cubans to patriotic enthusiasm. Wreckage from th? Elbe. Lowestoft special: A smack which arrived 'tere reports having passed wreckage fpr miles in the north sea. Fragments floating in the water suggested that the boilers of the Elbe, must haveexploded. Balloon for War Cues. Capt. Glassford of the signal corps, who is stationed in Denver, Col., has recommended that material for a war balloon be purchased and that the construction be done at Fori Logan Col. Siberian Eldorado. The Siberian newspapers announce the discovery of rich and extensive gold fields ajong the upper reaches of the river Neya, Nina, and Uidat, in the province or Yeniseisk, east Siberia. Passi-ngets Held tip. The California express on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road was held up near Sylvia, Reno County, Kan. The gang were unable to break into the express car, but held up every passenger on the train. A posse is in pursuit. Broke Her Hip Joint. -Tmibr.el nue-lu , r • '/ A A.-1 laws or parts of laws In conflict ‘ . ,i,jS its act are hereby repealed. line €

OVICK AM) FAST. Two Explosion* in Which Several Men Were Badly Injured. Two explosions occurred at the Riverside i Furnace, Steubenville, Ohio, and as a result a number of men were injured, several ; perhaps fatally. The first explosiou oc- ; eurred about 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, i when the stock in the furnace settled, blowing coke, limestone and bricks in all dine- I tions, ignited gas that blew out and hot j metal that came out the downcomer, set , fire to Patrick Timlin, who ran w ith his I blazing clothes some distance, where a shopmate tore otf the clothes of the un for- j tunate man. burning himself in so doing. I Timlin is burned almut the legs, side of Ins body. face, and arms, and is not expected to live. The worst explosion occurred in the after - ternoon. when the stock in the furnace settled. leaving considerable hanging near the top and the gas in the space between blew tons of brick and stock out of the top. Hot debris fell like hail for yards around, riddling the roofs of the easting shed, engine room and stock shed. It was the iiour when the whistle blew for work and few men were around, or the injured would have been increased. Those injured were: JACK DUNN, shoulder blade broken, injured internally, head cut. MICHAEL CARROLL, hair burned off. head cut. FRED BOWMAN, badly cut. JOHN t AUFFIELD, back injured with falling bricks. JAMES BARRET, head cut with flying bricks. JOHN CLINTON, head cut. Perhaps a dozen others received minor injuries by being bit w ith missiles blown from the furnace. Bl liSED TO DEATH. Mother Perishes in Vain Efforts to Rescue Iler Babes. Three lives were lost by a firejat Philadelphia that was caused by the upsetting of a coal oil lamp by a cat. The victims are: Mrs. Christiana Singlinger. and her 1-year-old twins, Margerita and Christiana. The family of Conrad Singlinger were all in their home. No. 20'29 Kansas street, when the household cat jumped upon a table and knocked over a burning lamp. The b'azing oil ran all over the room and the interim! of the dwelling was soon ablaze. Singlinger’s family consisted of himself and wife and six children, and when the parents and four of the children had escaped to the street in their night-clothes, the mother suddenly discovered that her twins had been left in the burning house. Although efforts were made to restrain her she rushed into the flames and succeeded in reaching an upper room where the babes were. This was the last seen of the woman, and when the firemix, fought their way to the upper floor they found the mother and babes suffocated. The heroic w oman had reached the bedside of her infants, but then she was overcome by smoke, and the three died together. The dwelling was completely gutted. Mexico's ritimalum. President Diaz will give out soon w hat is expected to be Mexico's final ultimatum in the dispute w ith Guatemala. If current minors and state and public feeling are to be believed, it w ill be a declaration of war. It is stated upon what is believed to lie good authority, that the Mexican Cabinet will not deviate from its original policy. The sentiment of the people seems to be strongly against any receding by Mexico from the original contention. It is rumored that Guatemala will not recede or accept Mexico's demand. The sentiment among the tmerican colony seems to be unanimously in favor of President Diaz’s course. Guatemala now has 13,700 troops on ti frontier, and 5.000 more have started Iron. I Guatemala City. A report is current, but of course not substantiated, that the Rothschilds have agreed to loan the reported Central American Federation £1,000,000. Burned to Death. Cleveland special: The Deaconess Hospital, on Jennings avenue, south side, was destroyed by tire and four persons are known to have been burned to death. The bodies of a child and two men nurses have been recovered. The fire started in the basement and was caused by a defective furnace. It gained such rapid headway that before the tire apparatus had responded to the alarm the building was all ablaze. There were but fifteen patients in the hospital besides a number of employes. The tifeineit worked bravely and fought their way to the beds through the fire, rescuing many of the patients. The building was a two-story frame structure. Before all the wards could be visited by the rescuers, thej' were compelled to desert the building to save their ow n lives. The attaches of the hospital were so badly excited that they could do little toward assisting in the rescue of the patients. An Old Hem Gone. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson of Crawfordsville. Ind., a veteran of two wars, suffered a paralytic stroke a Frankfort. He had been at Monticello on business, and was taken from the train unconscious. He is 75 years old. The General lingered until 6:15 o’clock, w hen death came, a half hour after the arrival of Mrs. Manson and his son William from their home in Crawfordsville. The General recognized his loved ones when they entered the room but could not speak. The name of Gen Mahlon I). Manson is mentioned honorably in many pages of the history of his country during the eventful jn-riod of the rebellion. In the political affairs of the State, he has taken an active and prominent part. In private life he sustained an unsullied reputation and enjoyed the esteem of ail who knew him. Business Ix>oks Better. 11. G. Dun <fc Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "Things look better near the close this week because it is believed that a new loan will be negotiated. There was need for relief, since January closed with the heaviest withdrawals of gold from the treasury—s43,4oß,loß the hope of a new loan being the one thing which has lifted prices during the past few days. January leaves behind it the lowest average of prices for all commodities ever known; for cotton, iron and its products, wool and silver, the lowest monthly average ever known; and for wheat, a range above the minimum, but yet declining rapidly toward that point. Industrial operations have not materially diminished, though it has been a disappointing month because the general revival expected has not come.” A Heavy Smashup. One of the heaviest freight wrecks on the middle division of the Big Four occurred at DeG-s-T. Dlpo. Double-heaijer No. 72 had are the neatest ana showitsr”i'firedt> ver brought to Decatur. . "2 (iaxx

' but the conditions were against savings smashup. The engineer and fireman jumped for their lives, and escaped with i slight bruises. A caboose and seven empty I ears were broken into kindling, and the engine w as badly disabled. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Arrested. Advices received from Honolulu an- I nounce that ex-Queen Liliuokalani has I been arrested on the charge of complicity i with the insurgents in the recent rebellion. ! I In addition all the insurgent leaders have i l>een taken into custody, and are being | ! tried by Court-martial. shortly after Queen Liliuokalani was ar- i 1 rested her house was searched, and in it w ere stores of arms and dynamite bombs. I The arrests referred to have resulted in the I restoration of order in Hawaii. Later advices, say that quite a large • quantity of arms, imported for the use of the rebels, have been seized, in addition to those found in the house of the ex-Queen. 1 China Buy* More Guns. A dispatch from Berlin says: It is re- i ported here that China has bought guns 1 and war material to the value of 6,000.000 I marks from Herr Krupp. A portion of the ! purchase is already aboard two steamers I and the remainder will shortly be loaded. ' The crews of the steamers who will convey this material to China will receive treble w ages on account of the danger. Gen. Fung is going to march from . Kwang Tung with 5,000 troops to assist ’ Viceroy Chang in the defense of Nanking. 1 Gen. Fung was one of the Chinese officers ! who fought in Annam against the French. Will Take Wheat for Macaroni. United States Commercial Agent Huntington. at t'astellaminari. Italy, in a report to the State Department, suggests that , Vnited States grain growers might secure i a market for nearly four million bushels of ' wheat per annum, which is the amount of ! foreign wheat used in Italy in making j macaroni, if some provision were made for I tiie entry into the United States at a reduced duty of Italian macaroni made from American wheat. The Italian government already allows a full draw back of the duty on foreign wheat milled and exported from Italy. A Mother'* Agony. At Jeffersonville. Ind., the residence of Richard Louis was destroyed by fire, entailing a total loss of the property. At the time of the fire Mrs. Louis was visiting a neighbor, some distance away. She knew nothing of her house being in flames until 1 she started for home, when the terrib thought flashed through her brain that sue had left her four-months-old babe in the j house alone. On reaching the building she | was unable to effect an entrance and was i compelled, in the most bitter agony, to allow her infant child to burn to death. Three Killed. A trolley car loaded with passengers ran into an ojien draw on the Russel avenue line of tiie Milwaukee, Wis., street Railway company, at the Kinnickinnic bridge. The passengers were all dumped into tiie icy water. Thousands of people were on the spot at once, and the jieople in the water were fished out as fast as they appeared on the surface. The list of the dead is only three—Miss Nettie Ehlman. Miss Schmidkunz and John W. Kennedy. Suit Against Bondsm? Lafayette (Ind.) Special: The State of South Dakota in the Superior Court here began suit against the bondsmen of W. W. Taylor, defaulting Treasurer of that State. The amount demanded is $850,000. The complaint alleges that Taylor failed to turn over to his successor the amount of $367.0-3.84. All of the bondsmen are named in the complaint, but only one, William Taylor, father of W. W. Taylor, resides here, and he is on the bond for S3O- - Terrible Suicide of a Lunatic. Filmore Grisby, a leading Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer, suicided in a field near his home at Cadiz by stabbing himself three or four times in the throat with a dull, old barlow knife. He is supposed to have been temporarily insane. The wound was a most horrible one. and the blood on his fingers showed that after becoming too weak to use the knife he had torn the flesh from his throat. He was a single man, about thirty-three years old. Train Held I p. Phoenix (Ariz.i special; Southern Pacific west-bound tram. No. 20, was held up six miles this side of Wilcox, by a party of masked men. They separated the express car from the train, hauled it five miles west, and, putting six shots of dynamite on the through safe, blew it open. It contained SIO,OOO in Mexican silver, which was removed. The trail of the robbers is marked by the profuse scattering in the Sulphur Springs valley of the Mexican dollars. Found Frozen. The body of Henry 11. Rollingfan old soldier, was found in a fence corner a mile southeast of Marion, Ind. He had no doubt been laying there for several days, as his body was frozen stiff. A gold watch, $36 in money and some pension papers were found on his person. He was discharged from the Home last March, and had not been heard Iroin until his body was found. The belief is that he was frozen to death. Buried Alive. A terrible accident occurred at Teague Bros.'mine, near Zanesville, Ohio, w hich will result fatally to Abe Mooney and Charles Longstreth. In cutting a rib the shot released the pressure of the hill and caused the hanging coal to full, burying tiie men beneath it. Mooney '.ad his leg and arm broken, the bone of Ins thigh protruding through the flesh, Longstreth was injured internally, his body being crushed. Big; Datnages Asked. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Meyer and Mrs. Mary Walters, al) of Alexandria, Ind., have filed damage suits in the Circuit Court against the Alexandria Mining and Exploring Company. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer claim $15,000 damages each. Mrs. Waites placing her damages at. $25,000. The three cases, which aggregate $55,000, grow out of a natural-gas explosion in Alexandria on the 12th day of September. Two Children Disttgared for Lire. Two children, aged 4 and 6, of Samuel Branson of Shelbyville, Ind., in the absence of the family secured his powder flask and threw it into the stove The exj plosion was heard, and when Mrs. Branson went into the room both children were lying on the floor almost d ad. The stove bad been blown to pieces, and some of the fragments left marks which will disfigure them for life. Sweden Increases Import Duties. | The American grain growers and mill>y atiret I real estate. JOSEPH M. '’'Masi s » Beatty, Attys. 17-4 w Guardian. j at

ordinance the import duties on grains have been greatly increased, incases more than 100 per cent. Must Close During Elections. In a decision bv Judge Koons at Muncie, Ind., he holds tiiat the statute requiring manufacturers to close down ui»on election day is good, and they are liable for prosecution iftheyrefuse. He also quashed a like indictment against the Eaton Paper company for violating that law because the indictment was poorly constructed. National Debt Statement. The public debt statement shows a net increase in the public debt, less cash in the treasury, during January of $13,542,573.30. The interest bearing debt increased $5,155580; the non-interest bearingdebt decreased $314,172.50. and the cash in the treasury decreased $8,7.'8,275.80. Electric Lineman Killed. Lewis Coojjer, a lineman employed by the electric street-railway company, at Elwood. Ind., climbed a spliced pole to make a connection. The pole broke an<» he was hurled across the street, his head striking the curbing, breaking his neck and killing him instantly. Plenty of Money. The Vice President laid before the Senate Monday.a communication from the Seeretaryof the Treasury, stating, in reply to a resolution of inquiry, that it is believed for the twelve months ending December 31, 1595, the revenues of the government from all sources will exceed ordinary expense* by $22,503,000. Scared To Death. Dora Dold, 42, wife of Elias Dold, residing at Sellersburg. Ind., died from fright. Mrs. Dold awoke and thought she heard burglars ransacking the premises. This proved purely imaginary, but the thought of thieves so terrorized her and shocked iier nervous constitution that she died m paroxysms. Three Hundred and Three Lo«t. All reports received confniu the Ftate* ment from Bremen that the steamship Elbe, which went down in a collision, car ried 149 officers and sailors, fifty cabin passengers and 125 steerage passengers, or 324 in all. There are twenty-one survivors. The lost, therefore, number 303. Baby Smothered. At Cynthiana. Ky., the othernight. when 'ev. and Mrs. Thomas Slade returned uome from prayer meeting, they found their 2-months-old baby smothered. The night was very cold and they had wrapped the balie too closely. The mother is almost crazed w ith grief. Culver Academy Burned. The Culver military academy at Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind., founded by 11. IL Culver of Si. Louis, burned. Theacademy was but recently completed and the entire buildings, together w ith a fine hotel and furniture were destroyed. Fully insured. Wei Hal Wei Surrounded. A despatch from Che Foo, says that Wei-Hai-Wei is completely surrounded by the Japanese forces, and is being bombarded by land and sea. The Chinese have begun to retreat, and if not already captured w ill soon be taken prisoners. Hh. Stoney to Burn. At Green Bay. Wis.. Dr. B. A. McChesney. a young society man. gave a stag and progressive cinch party on a lavish scale. Henry Rahr, a wealthy brewer, the winner of the first prize, received a deed of 120 acres of laud \ alued at SS,(MO. Lost Her Temper. At Chillicothe, Ohio, Miss Elizabeth Elliott, aged 14. threw a lighted lamp at her sister's head. The lamp fell on a lied, and the Elliott residence and one adjourning were consumed. The elder Miss Elliott was seriously burned. Boiler Explosion. The boiler at East Carpenter <t Sons’ ice house, at Mashapang Pond, Elwood. K. L, exploded, killing two men outright, injuring a third so that lie died within an hour, and wounding ten others, some of them seriously. They Advise Peace. It is stated on good authority that the British, French and Russian Ministers at Tokyo and at Peking have received instructions from their Governments to advise Japan and China to arrange terms of peace. Will Take All. The New York Journal says that the Standard Oil magnates, through J. Pierrcpont Morgan, have offered to take the entire one-hundred-million bond issue from the Government. Brakeman Killed. Edward Rogers, a Baltimore and Ohl brakeman, was caught between an engine and car in the yards at Newark, Ohio, and was instantly killed. Ward McAllister Dead. Ward McAllister, the well-known society leader of New Y’ork, died at his residence in that city. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prim ■, $3.75(irt;.00; hogs, shipping grades. S3JM) 4g-LSO; sheep, fair to choice, [email protected]; wheat. No. 2 red. .'►Ofa'ile: corn. No. 2, 41<?i‘42c; oats, No. 2, 2S')i2.S I / -<; rye. No. 2. .»P)i.»2e: blitter. * creamery. 2.'l<t eggs, fresh. 24rd25c: potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 60@75c. ludiaiui{mhs — Cattle, shipping, 5.50; hogs, choice light. sheep, common to prime. s2@4; wheat, No. 2 red. •>2qis2 l /2c; corn. No. 1 white, 40<3 •He; No. 2 white, 32t(|@33%c. St. Ixoiis—Cattle. hogs. s3af 4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 49(i<<i5OE„'; corn, No. 2, 38@39c; oats, No. 2, 29fi,30c; rye, No. 2, 52(<<.'>3c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50(7/5.50: hogs, $3.5br<t4.75; sheep. sl.so<f/4: wheat. No. 2, 53&53i4c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 41@42c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 31@32c; rye, No. 2, 51@53c. Detroit—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs. s4fii 4‘JI: sheep. s2<//3 25; wheat. No. 1 white. ;4@54%c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 41<q42c"; oats. No. 2 white, 33<7/.'2;Eje; rye. No. 2. i 52@53c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red, 52'd52’Ac; corn, N<>. 2 mixed. 41'7/41i<,c; oats. No. 2 white, 32'032)Ac; rye, No. 2, 52ftj53c. RntTalo Cam... ."ago." f.c J_'s£_sbeep. $2(g4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, ■ll )A<•; corn. No. 2 yellow, 417<; tleoc; oiiix. No. 2 white. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 50(fi) 51c: corn. No. 2. 43%®.44Uc; oats. No. 2 white " , '/g32<‘: barley. No. 2. 53(-i.">C>c: lye —Vo. 4 , 52t7£.j3c; pork. mess. 9 25</ 9.75. New York—Cattle. $3(775.75: hogs $3 50 . @5: sheep. s2'7/4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 58<<j59c; corn. No. 2. 47©48c; oats, white I Western. 37«/-fle; bntl.., .emery, Hia; j 25c; eggs, Western,

ELBE LOSTAT Four Hundred People Perish Miserably. ONLY TWENTY SAVED. Cut Down by the British Steamer Crathie. Awful Panic En.ue.-Tbe 111-Fated Boat Sinks u Few Moments After the Crash— Passengers Caught in a ■ Trap by the Inrush of Water-The , North Sea the Place. Early Wednesday Morning the Time, of One of the Most Frightful of Maritime Disasters. The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe. Capt. von Gomel, from Bremen Wednesday for New York via Southampton, w is sunk in collision with the British steamer Crathie, bound from Rotterdam for Aberdeen. There were about 400 persons on the Eibe. 240 of whom were passengers, 100 officers and crew and a number of the cattlemen who were return! ig to the United States. Twenty-two survivors of the wreck hare been landed, and • few others may still be afloat in a lifeboat. All the others were lost. The disaster occurred before daylight Wednesday merning at a point some thirty miles from the Hook of Holland. The Elbe was steaming at her usual . rate of speed and keeping the ordinary . lookouts. The night was dark, but there. was uo gale. Suddenly the forward look- i cut on the Elbe reported that the lights of I

/ r .-A-ax.— NORTH GERMAN LLOYD STEAMSHIP ELBE.

a steamer wore close aboard over the port bow. Before the course of the Elbe co aid be changed the approaching steamer struck her just abaft the engine-room, going through her plates as though they were pasteboard and sticking her nose al most completely through th«* hull of the Elbe. For a time the Crathie held the Elbe on her nose, but then her engines were reversed, and she backed out of the aperture she had made. As she did so the water rushed into the Elbe in a torrent and she began immediately to settle. The officer in charge at once saw that she was doomed, and gave orders to clear away the lifeboats. Three of the boats were lowered, but one of them capsized, and it is thought that all occupants were drowned. No Chance for Saloon Passengers. As soon as the Crathie backed away the inrushing water flooded the aft of the engine-room so quickly that nobody below decks on that part of the ship had an opportunity to escape. The shock of the collision was comparatively slight in view of the damage done, but this is explained by the fact that it was a direct, cutting blow. Nearly all the passengers were asle**p at the time, but many of them were awakened by the shock, slight as it was. They could bear the rush of the rapid inflowing water, and with of terror sought to make their way to the upper deck. The steamer being loaded by the stern, water naturally rushed aft,* ami this allowed many of the passenngers forward to reach the deck. In the case of the saloon passengers, however, the result was fatal. As they rushed from their staterooms into the saloon they were met by the torrent, against which it was impossible for them tn make headway. They were caught up and swept aft toward the cockpit, where they were probably drowned before the sb'p foundered. Altogether about fifty of the passengers reached the deck, where the wildest confusion existed. Wild rushes were made for the boats, but the terrible excitement prevailing impeded the efforts of those who were trying to clear them awav Many heartrending scenes were witmssed between parents and children m ZJ~ ats. CZ J. Jr * t I ’w A' KS.TK I -CjSa . sl ‘ Z/M’.z h / WESK f,F THE CHASTER. j p s '>''than^>ton Ll^?tri!ck r bv a tL/r m > Brp ’ T ’ Pn ttottenkun for Aberdem k b> fl e Crathle - from ' > Where the “rtvoK <ioo“Xi Vto was raised thuren to go Xr to to’. to”’ 0 " Dd chi «- darner, aw 7 ’ ‘ h ' * thCT Ridp »f the t.hieh was T1 6idP - iD * the

I men and terror striclt*. children harried ' to the starboard side, but they had scarce- ; |y reached the boats when the huge j sei lifted her bows high in the air, and .hen slowly and sdently sank. steru’f or e. most, ben rath the waves, taking with her her human freight. Barely twenty minutes elapsed between the collision and the sinking of ths steamer. A heavy sea was running and the wind, which was from the east-south-east, was bitterly cold. It is said ths Crathie looked only to her own safety and steamed to Maas Louis, Holland, iq only slightly damaged condition. Sufferings of Hwrrivora. The small boat containing the aurvj. Tors tossed about until 11 o'clock in th» morning. Several vessels were sighted in the meantime, but they made no reply to the signals that were set for them. The survivors were nearly frozen, having hardly any clothing, and their suffering was intense. Eventually the fishing smack Wild Flower saw the signals and bore down 00 the boat. In a short time the surviv. ra were taken aboard of her, where everything possible was done for their comfort. There being a difference of opinion as to the number of boats that were launched. the agent of the company employed a steamer to proceed from Ixiwestoft to the scene of tbe wreck and search for any of the survivors that may be afloat The German vice consul purchased a quantity of clothing for the survivors and did everything in his power to relieve their distress. The rescued are now at the sailors’ home at Lowestoft ami ths Suffolk Hotel at that place. Passengers Were Panic-Stricken. The account of the disaster published by tbe London Daily Graphic says that the officers of the Elbe were unable to calm the excited steerage passengers after the collision. It is known that three boats were launched. One of them was swamped before anybody entered it The other two boats got away, each containing about twenty persons. Anna Boecker, a passenger from Southampton, laid in the bottom of the boat which rescued her, partly immersed by water for five hours. Not a complaint was made by her.

The North German Lloyd steamship Elbe was built in Glasgow in IN>l and has been running since its constrw ti >n in the regular North German Lloyd service between New York and Bremen by way of Southampton, although it was for a time in’the North German Lloyd h rv ■ » between New York and the Mediterranean. The Elbe was a first-class steamship of over 4,500 gross tonnage; it was commanded by Capt. von Gfoessel and had a full and efficient crew aboard. Ths steamship had accommodation for 120 first-class cabin passengers. 130 secvnd cabin passengers, and 900 steerage passengers. The vessel was built by he Fairfields and was considered a stanch and good sea boat. It was four masted, had 5,600 indicated horse-power which gave it a speed of from 16U> to 17 knotsan hour, and it had two smokestacks. Its waterline length was 418 feet, its I-dm was forty-four feet, and the depth of its hold was thirty-six feet five inches. MUST FIGHT THEM ALL. Mexico Finds the Central Americas States Are United Against Her. A telegram from Guatemala verifier the rumors that the confederation of the Central American republics has been formed. Minister Aries of Honduras, Minister Gomez of Nicaragua, and Estupimis «*f Vi ; 1 GEN. JOSE M. REVNA BARRIO*. San Salvador have individually offefda the co-operation of their countries * | Guatemala. In the event of war ,v “ | Mexico, Central America will stand nr u I ted to repel any invasion from Mesic The Costa Rica Minister arrived s ,: | after the meeting with President Barr - ? of Guatemala, and is of the same minda 1 | the others of the Central American rvpi lies. The war cloud hang? heavy oRf s Mexico to-day. It looks as though Mexi has no recourse left but to declare against the federation of Central Ab* ica. Gen. Barrios, President of the Re?i-’ lie of Guatemala, is about 42 years d age. He assisted, when but 18 years ‘ age, in the revolution that founded it* liberal principles in Guatemala then he has been closely identified the history of the country, and in I*was made its President. During his it*’’® of office the city of Guatemala has connected with the Pacific Ocean by way. The outcome of the trouble tween his country and Mexico is anxiously awaited. Dickens affirms that “all good cc can be worked out by good | Those that cannot are bad; and be considered so at once i alone.’ 5 i