Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1895 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1893.

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TEUTONIC IS SAFE

AXC1IOUKU AT TUB SAXUV IlOOIv LIGHT SHIP L.AST SIGHT. Delayed hy Strousr Winds and Ilenvy Sena, and XVn Covered with Ice on Her Arrival. ' DID NOT SEE LA GASCOGNE FKAllS FOlt THE SAFETY OF THE FnEXCII STEAMER IXCllEASLNG. Great Uninuae 1" IIIku Tides In Cape Hreton and Along: the Xcw Eng. land Count Marine DlftuatcrH. QUAKAXTIXE. X. Y., Feb. 9. The overdue steamship' Teutonic passed In by the Sandy Hook light ship about 7 o'clock last night and anchored. She was completely covered with ice. She reports that she had not eig-hted the La Gaseogne. All on board the Teutonic are well. She was delayed by head winds and heavy weather. Hope for La Gaflcogrne was buoyed up for a time by the report from Fire Island that a big steamship wa3 sighted off that point about 5 o'clock last' night. Nothing further was seen of the vessel until 7:20, when the marine observer at Sandy Hook saw a steamship's lights outside the harbor. The vessel did not signal and as the weather became thick she was lost Fight of. At 8:2G p. m. the observer again saw the vessel at anchor. He flashed a lantern, but could get no signal from her. It was supposed that sho might be either . the . Teutonic, Jthynland or Manitoba, all of which are overdue. It proved to be the first named, as the message of Sandy Hook early this morning shows. : ' Fears for the-'safety, of the La Gascogne are beginning to fill the minds of steamship men. While the agents continue to assure the friends of the passengers that the steamship Is safe; the belief is forcing itself on their minds that something extraordinary has happened to the French ship. An eager multitude hovered about the- ofilca of the company on Bowling Green, yesterday, waiting for some word of the missing vessel. JJo word of consolation from the officials of the company could be had. ' Did Sot See Ln UAiroenr, HALIFAX. Feb. 8. The Dominion line Steamer Labrador arrived here at 5 o'clock this afternoon. She left Liverpool Jan. 31 one day behind the Teutonic. The Labrador reports good weather, till she reached the coast of Newfoundland. She saw nothing of the La Gascogne or of the Teutonic, and her officers expressed great surprise when toia mat tne two snips nau not arrived at New York. - May Be the Rhvnland. NEW. YORK, Feb. 8.-Agent Forget, of the French line, last night received a telegram from Harvey & Co., shipping agents at St. Johns, N. .F., saying: "Captain of San Domingo ' reports seeing during the storm a large four-masted steamer off Hallfax Sunday; Name unknown." 1 The only vessel' due- ln this port answering this description Is the Ithynland, of the Red Star line. , . . Ancborla and Grecian Overdne. GLASGOW, Feb. 8. Anxiety is expressed (here in shipping circles in viewof the severe-weather reported by arriving steamers, on 'account of the nonarrlval of the Anchor line steamer Anchorla. which left New York on Jan. 2 for this uort. and the Allan line steamship Grecian, on Jan. 24. Both vessels were due here on Tuesday. LIKE A TIDAL WAVE. The Sen Invade Cape Hreton and Deal roy a Many Building. HALIFAX, Feb. 8. The sea here to-day is higher, than for years. .The stage of water reached the, strength of a tidal wave, and reports are pouring in from all directions along the coast telling of destructionof property. A dispatch from North Sydney tells a etory of destruction on the island! of Cape Breton. Telegraph wires are all down and burled under many feet of snow and rocks washed upon the beach. ' From Ferry to Bakers, a distance of half a mile, the poles have been broken o!T and disappeared. At this poln.t it is known that- twenty-two houses and hopa were washed away during the storm which prevailed on Tuesday, when the sea iwured. ln on the land with almost irresistible force. Nothing waa saved at this point. At Mlddlehead all the fish stores were swept away. At New Haven all the fish stores and residences are gone, making a total of more than one hundred buildings which are now 'known to have been swept rtway during the storm. So far a known no lives were lost. The British steamer Alpha, Captain Hall, wnich was reported- yesterday as being three days overdue from Bermuda, arrived at Halllfax to-day. The storm came to a sudden termination at 4 o'clock this afternoon, andi It Is now clear, calm and mild. There is Kill quite a heavy sea on the outside, but the steamer Labrador, from Liverpool, has Just come in after a quick run. ' 11 1 u brit Tide In Twenty Year. BANGOR. Me., Feb. S.-The highest tide known here in twenty years came in early thru morning, the water rising three feet in five minutes. The slacking of lime in wtorehouses on thf wharves set lire to the bulktings. and for. a time threatened to work general destruction. By hard work th flames were stayed when six thousand dollars' damage had beeni done. Every tVlu. f.Vin. Jin I.' V t ...... ...Ill . . . . . from the flood. v Cleveland' Boat Hath Wrecked. WAREHAM, Mass., Feb. 8. The streets here are covered with water to the depth, in some places, of six feet, the railroad bridge being submerged. Reports from the cape show an even more disastrous lo?s. The railroad tracks at Buzzard's Hay are covered with wreckage which has been Awarded Highest Honors World' Pair. CREAM MOST PERFECT MADE. A mire Crane Cresm of Tartar PnuMr Pre torn Ammonia, Alum or cny other adulterant YEARS THE STANDARD

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washed ashore. The President's boat. Ruth, was washed ashore and -broken against Back river bridge, in Bourne. Dock Flooded. .. FALL RIVER, Mass., Feb. 8. The highest tidal wave since 1869 occurred here this morning. All the docks along the river were flooded, and 'bales of cotton and oil barrels were floated off into the river. The water set tire to lime in the storehouses of Borden & Remington, dealers in mill and building supplies, and the building and contents were destroyed. Cotton worth 56,000 was burned. Many Dwelling Inundated. GLOUCESTER. Ma3s., Feb. 8. Owing to the excessive high tides the wharves of this port have been damaged to the extent of $75,000. The high tide drove the water across Western avenue and Inundated over thirty dwelling houses, the occupants fleeing for their lives. Thousands are upon the shore, bravinir the gale and cold, watching the vessels there apparently drifting to destruction. , - . Lime Sheds Invaded. ROCKLAND, Me., Feb. 8. A severe lime fire equaling that of a few years ago broke out along the water froni to-day. A. J. Bird & Co., Spear & Co. and the Gay Brothers lost about one thousand casks each. Many of the wharves are submerged bv the tide and the lime sheds are invaded. About two feet of snow has fallen and traffic is generally interrupted. , Hlevr Forty-Five Miles an Hour. NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. Feb. 8,-The tide this morning was the highest ever known, and many business houses near the water front were flooded. Several of the mills were compelled to shut down owing to the water in their cellars. The wind blew a gale of forty-five miles an hour at 10 o'clock this morning, and street-car traffic is entirely suspended. ; LOST AMID THE ICE.

Schooner Emma Wrecked and Four of Her Crew MIhIdk. NEW YORK. Feb. 8.-The fishing schooner Emma, while trying to make a harbor ln Gravesend bay last evening, became jammed In the heavy Ice floes which drifted out of the Narrows with the ebb tide. The ice forced the little craft over to the west bank between Hoffman and Swinburne islands, where she keeled over and commenced to fill. The heavy ice driving against her sides sprung her decks and seams. A heavy snowstorm was raging at the time she struck, making the weather so thick that the captain was unable to locate the land. The crew lashed themselves to the rigging and waited for help. The wind blew with terrific fury, and ln despair, at midnight, four of the crew launched a boat in the hope to reach shore. The wind now changed to the westward, and the small boat was lost sight of in a few minutes, and has not been heard from since. Captain Hanson and the remaining four sailors, fearing to stand by the wreck any longer, decided, at 2 a. m., to launch another dory, and attempt to reach the shore. After a desperate struggle with the heavy ice and Intense cold and blinding spray, the wellnigh exhausted fishermen sighted the light of Fort Tompkins, and shortly after 6 a. m. they managed to reach the shore and walk to the residence of keeper Davey, of the lighthouse, who did all in his power for the sufferers. The Emma was forty-three feet long, and registered a trifle over 118 tons. She hailed from New London, where sh was built in 18S2. Much Damage to Shipping;. GLOUCESTER, lass., Feb. 8. With the wind blowing a hurricane off shore, accompanied by blinding snow gusts,- the shipping of this port is suffering great and unparalleled damage. The schooner Marblehead, from Boston to Wlnterport, Me., with a cargo of flour, kerosene and grain, went ashore on Port Point rocks and it is a total loss. Captain Danforth and his crew are safe. The schooner Harvard, together with three unknown three-masted schooners are in dangerous positions within fifty feet of the same rocks and are dragging their anchors. The schooners Regal and Fanny Freeman came in collision. The Regal lost her bowsprit; the Freeman parted her. anchor chain and the captain and crew have left her. The Freeman is certain to be driven on the rocks. The schooner Henry Wilson was in collision with an unknown coaster loaded with oil. The Wilson lost her bowsprit while the coaster lost her fore and main starboard rigging. An unknown steamer, supposed to be either a Maine or a Nova Scotia liner, is lying in a dangerous position close to the rocks. . Out of Coal. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 8. The British steamer Glenochiel, Captain Harrison, from New Orleans on Jan. 7, via Newport News, on Jan. 17, for London, arrived here to-day, short of coal. She reports that on Feb. 6, when about 133 miles southwest of Klnsale Head, she spoke the British steamer Loch Maree, Captain Allison, from Charleston, on Jan. 15, for Bremen. The Loch Maree was out of coal, and was using all her available timber to keep her furnaces alight. But, as the wind was favorable and the Loch Maree was under all sail she could get. Captain Harrison believes that In all probabilities she will reach Queenstown shortly. Ashore on Long; Island. EASTPORT, L. I.. Feb. 8. The fourmasted schooner John B. Manning came ashore near Lone Hill life-saving station last night. It was discovered by the lifesaving crew this morning ana the captain and crew of eight were rescued. An unknown three-masted schooner loaded with coal is ashore one-half mile east of the same life-saving station. The life-saving crew has gone to her assistance. The men on board the vessel are In the rigging, and It looks as if they cannot be saved. Northport harbor and Long Island sound are completely frozen over. Crew of Ten Drowned. LONDON, Feb. 8. Ten men, all the crew of the British brig Nelson Rice, were drowned by the wrecking of that vessel on the rocks off the, Isle of Man. The Nelson Rice when last reported was at Garston. where she was to load for Rio u ramie uo sui. - ? Escaped In a Dory. BIDDEFORD. Me.. Feb. .8. -The fishing schooner Addle Emma, of - Gloster, went ashore off Wood island In a terrible gale to-day. and will be a total wreck. The crew of eight men. escaped ln a dory. They suffered much from cold and had a narrow escape from drowning. Aahore ln Shirley Gut. BOSTON, Feb. 8. The two-masted schooner Mary Eliza, Captain Morrlssy, from. Winterport, Me., for Boston, with a cargo of hay. went ashore in Shirley Gut this morning nnd is a total loss. The crew escaped at Shirley Point, after u desperate battle with the elements. A Trniuit Steamer. GLOUCESTER, Mass-.Fc'b. 8. The steamer ln distress sighted by ie schooner John T. McKay this afternoon was not the Teutonic, but a tramp steamer, the Teutona, of Liverpool. ' Stcmucr Pilgrim Safe. FALL RIVER.'Mass.. Feb. 8.-The steamer Pilgrim has arrived here. Fears were expressed to-day that the vessel would not get through, but she reached port in safety. THE ELBE DISASTER. Effort to Forestall SeniMittonul Stories of Surviving; Pasftcnscera. NEW YORK. Feb. 8,-The North German Lloyd Steamship Company has received the following cable message from Messrs. Kel--lar, Wallace & Co., agents of the North German "Lloyd Company at London: The rescued passengers of the Elbe arriving on the Umbriu may repeat sensational statements made to the English press. Please note that they made no statements or complaints when before the American eonsulgeneral. The following is extracted from the Liverpool Shipping Telegraph: "Our London correspondent, in reference to the allegations against the Elbe's crew, telegraphed last night, after reading the reports: 'I am satisfied that the correct account has not beeru made public. From a knowledge of the Elbe's decks I am prepared to risk the assertion that the official Inquiry will show that the crew of the rescued boat did not behave improperly, the newspapers forgetting that the deck house is between the port and starboard sides and also forgetting the relative positions of tho boat and deck during a heavy list. The boat probably required ten hands to man her, and the officers in charge very likely belonged to that particular boat. I should say that the boat when in the water was nearly level with the promenade deck rail and was shoved off to avoid being swamped by the linking ship. Bearing In mind that the rescued boat vva on the Tinted side and that Urn 4i her silo s?eme.l safer- I should say

that at the time of shoving off there was no one else at hand to take into her. Hoffmann and Vevera, I fancy, will turn out sensation mongers, whose heads have been turned by public attention. The latter's statement that he alone saved the woman and pulled her Into the boat is incredible and indicates general exaggeration. It is shown to be untrue by the fact now elicited that the third officer, purser's assistant and steward Kohe drew the woman into the boat.' " The following verbatim extracts from leading articles in Liverpool speak for themselves: "Passengers' stories must always be received with even more than the proverbial grain of salt, and the stories going the rounds of the press with the respect to the behavior of the crew on board the Elbe in that terrible moment do not seem worthy of credence. The North German Lloyd had been practically found to blame by some Journals on the strength of a few distorted facts given by irresponsible people, laboring under the excitement naturally born of a great disaster and eked out by other details which are on the face of them conflicting." One paper published a letter signed by British ship- owners strongly: charging suspension of judgment in face of conflicting statements, pointing out that themouths of crew, owners and agents are closed pending official inquiry. The Miiislng; Lifeboat Found. LOWESTOFT, Feb. 8. Another bedy has been brought to Lowestoft by a fishing smack, which had been cruising near the spot where the Elbe was sunk. Cards found on the body bore the name of "Louis Kurt Klelnschmidt, metallurgist, Helena, Mont." There was a second cabin passenger of that name on board the Elbe. Still another body brought, here is supposed to be that of Julius C. Dittrich, of No. 122 East Twentythird street, New York city. Lifeboat Xo. 55 Elbe has been brought in here empty.. One of her air tank3 was burst. This was the missing lifeboat, which it was hoped contained survivors of the disaster.

Inquiry at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN; Scotland, Feb. 8. A special commissioner of the Board of Trade has arrived, . here to open an inquiry into the loss of the Elbe. One of the crew of the Crathie, which 13 owned here, stated that after the lights of the Elbe were seen about 'three-quarters of a mile away her engines seemed still working. Distress rockets wereseen, but no explosion was head. From 5:30 until 7 o'clock on the morning of the collision, the crew of the Crathie was occupied ln clearing away wreckage and at 7 o'clock they started for Rotterdam. FAST IX THE ICE. Two Large Lake Steamer Helpless nnd .Without Fuel. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. . 8. Two miles off Manistee harbor, surrounded by large ice fields that exfend for miles into the lake, lie two large steamers helpless and without fuel. Aboard of them are about sixty men and a large consignment of merchandise. They are the Arge car ferries, Nos. 1 and 2, of the Ann Arbor line, whose massive ice crushers have hertofore been considered capable of plowing through any part of the lake in wlntsr. The Ann Arbor line has asked Milwaukee vtsselmen to send relief and arrangements have been made to send help to the ice-bound vessels from Ludington to-morrow. The boats have been fast in the ice since last Friday and every ton of coal, has been burned to keep the crews from freezing. To-day Captain John Fitzgerald, of the MiU-aukee Dry Dock Company, received a dispatch from General Superintendent Ashley, of the Ann Arbor line, saying that the ferries which are blockaded by the ice off the Michigan shore are without fuel, and he requests that the local vessel agents send relief. Captain Fitzgerald communicated the condition of the ferries to the Flint and Perre Marquette Company, and as a result word was received here this afternoon that a relief expedition would be sent out from Ludington as soon as possible. Coal, and possibly some food, will be taken out to the ferry boats. The arrangements for the relief party are in charge of SuDerlntendtnt Martin, of the Flint and Perre Marquette line. If the steamers are unable to reach the ice-bound vessels from tho Michigan side, a steamer will be dispatched from this city. The car ferries left Kewaunee Feb. 1, and were bound for- Frankfort. Both carry large cargoes of ea-bound freight. Casualties on the Lakes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The Agriculture Department has issued an interesting report giving in detail the number of casualties occurring on Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario and the connecting rivera during the season of 1894. This includes, besides the record of total loss of forty-four vessels and cargoes, involving a loss of $013,243, the partial loss on sixty-eight vessels and cargoes to the amount of $349,544, and the sacrifice of sixty-eight lives. The most notable storm of the season was that of May 18, when twenty-six vessels were either wrecked or badly damaged, the loss being $S8,960, with twenty-six lives. The most serious loss occurred in Chicago harbor, where ten vessels foundered or stranded and eight lives were lost. The losses of last year show a saving of 47 per cent, on vessel property and -S per cent, on lives over the year before. Three Still MIksIiir-. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 8. The tug Welcome, with the life-saving crew, started out into the lake this morning in search of the men who drifted away from the water crib last night, but returned without finding them. Three men are missing one in a boat without oars and two on a raft. The boat containing five men, which started to the rescue last night, returned to the shore this morning. Arrival of Steamer. PARIS, Feb. 8. The Hamburg-American line steamer Augusta Victoria, Captain Kaempf, which is carrying an excursion party from the United States, arrived at Ville Franche to-day. LIVERPOOL, " Feb. 8. Arrived: Cephalonia, from Boston. BREMEN, Feb. 8. Arrived: Lahn, from New York. DEBS TRIAL ADJOURNED. One of the Juror in Conilr.cy Case Stricken with Pneumonia. CHICAGO, Feb. 8. The Debs conspiracy trial. was adjourned tQ-day until Monday. When court opened Jthn C. Coo, one of the Jurors, failed to, respond. The bailiff, in checking the jury, reported that Coo was 111 at the Clifton Kcv.se with the grip. Attorneys for the prosecution and the defense agreed to proceed with eleven jurors, but Judge Grosscup decided that the better plan was to continue the trial until the legal jury was present. The physicians '-who attended juror Coe reported this afternoon that he is threatened with pneumonia. Should the disease develop the progress of the trial will be seriously impeded, and a mistrial is considered a strong probability, as Judge Grosscup refuses to allow the case to proceed with eleven jurors. Juror Coe is sixty-nine years old, and hl3 illness is likely to prove a long one, even though It should not result fatally. Counsel on both sides admitted today that the chances were good for the ending in mistrial of the famous case. Judge Grosscup made another attempt, before the adjournment of court, to discover whether or not George M. Pullman had intentionally evlded service of the subpoena of the defense. The only man who could throw any light on the matter, the attorneys for the defense said, was Mr. Pullman's secretary, and it was found to-day that he had gone to Colorado. The matter therefore went over until Monday, the court declaring that he would investigate it thoroughly at the first opportunity. To-night the condition of juror Coe is much improved and he will be able to attend the triai on Monday. Heavy Tax on Cigarette Dealer. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 8.--The Senate passed a bill to-day import ig a State license tax of $1,000 annually on dealers in cirgarettes .in.l cigtrette paper and empowering cities to levy a similar tax. The House adopted a bill prohibiting all pool selling and bookrraking cither on domestic or foreign events, under penalties ranging from a fine of $1,000 to $10,000 and imprisonment for one year. One Way of Getting Rich Fast. DENVER. Col.. Feb. S.-TestImony has been given before the Senate investigating committee that by means of illegal and exorbitant bills Sheriff Burchinell's office has received about $25,000 annually more than the Ktim to which It was entitled. The revelation has created a sensation m' the city. 'Tis Sozodont the whole world tries. Tls Sozodont which purifies Tha breath and mouth, and dirt defies. 'Tis Sozodont for which we cry. Sweet Sozodont for which we sigh, 'Tis only Sozodont we buy. J

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mi jUL4"LV)v m JAPS LAND A FORCE OF TROOPS AD ATTACK THE CITY. Chinese in a Panle and Reported to Be Deertlnar the Place ir ' ! ; Large Xambera. CAPTURE OF WEI-HAI-WEI ALL THE FORTS NOW IX POSSESSION ' OF THE INVADERS. " All of China's War Ships Said to Have Been Destroyed or Taken Work of Torpedo Boat. LONDON, Feb. 8. The Japanese army and navy are following up their victory at Wei-Hai-Wei. Last night- a big force of soldiers was landed near Che-Foo. To divert attention a fleet of war ships bombarded Ning-Hal, a town between Wei-Hai-Wet and Che-Foo, and ' while the Chinese were defending Ning-Hal the troops were landed at another place. A dispatch from Che-Foo at noon to-day says: "The Japanese landed a force of troops near here last evening with the intention of capturing this city. The landing was made about ten miles eastward of Che-Foo and an immediate advance on the city was ordered. As this dispatch is sent the Japanese are attacking the forts defending the eastern part of Che-Foo. Intense excitement prevails here, and it is expected that a severe engagement will occur to-day. .The Chinese are leaving here in great force." The Capture of . WelHnl-WeI. LONDON, Feb. 8. A dispatch received from Che-Foo this afternoon says that the Japanese have carried all the positions at Wel-Hal-Wei and captured -or sunk the whole of the Chinese northern , fleet. The Japanese during the night of Monday last,, Feb. 4, cleared Wei-Hai-Wel harbor of all torpedoes and submarine mines by the skillful use of their small torpedo boats and the steam launches from the war ships which small craft grappled for and cut wires connecting the submarine mines with the shore. When these dangerous obstructions were removed the fleet of Japanese torpedo boats made a splendid dash for the harbor and attacked tne Chinese fleet with such skill that the battle ship Ting-Yuen was sunk. These tactics were repeated during the night of Feb. 5, and the Chen-Yuen and another Chinese war ship were blown up and the remainder of the Chinese fleet captured. Following up this splendid success the Japanese completed the capture of Wei-Hai-Wel yesterday by landing a large force and seizing the island of Liu Kung Tao, which has made a gallant defense against heavy odds. Some of the Japanese war ships passed Che-Foo early this morning and fired a few shots at the forts without doing any damage, and in view o the reports current in regard to the faint attack made on Ning-Hai- yesteruay, the report shows that the Japanese are going to attack Che-Foo. Another version of the appearance of the Japanese ships off Ning-Hai.ia that they were chasing two torpedo 'boats supposed to contain Admiral Ting, the cmmander of the Chinese naval forces at Wei-Hai-Wei, and Captain McClure, the merchant marine officer, who was appointed to. be assistant to Admiral Ting. These two officers were said to be escaping from Wel-Hal-Wei on board the two torpedo boats and the Japanese are reported to have sunk both vessels at a point northward fit Che-Foo. Another Report front Wei-Hnl-Wci. LONDON, Feb. 8.-The:, Tinier to-morrow will publish a dispatch 'sent! rfrofti Shanghai to-day, stating that the island of Liu-Kur.g-Tao, in the t harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei, was captured by the Japanese yesterday. The dispatch adds that the Chinase war ship 'Ting-Yuen was sunk toy a' torpedo, and that the remainder of the fleet dashed sea-! ward. The fate of the vessels that at-! tempted to put to sea is not known. A dispatch ta the Times from Wel-Hal-Wei, via Hiogo, says that the Japanese desiring to attack the western fort and those distant two miles along' the ' shore, which was covered by the Chinese fleet, the advance guard was compelled to make a toilsome march on Friday during a snowstorm and a strong gale. The march was made by a circuitous route. Eventually . the Chinese troops were met on the Che-Foo road, west of Wei-Hai-Wei, and severe fighting took place. The Chinese were defeated and. fled to Che-Foo. The loss on the Japanese side was thirty killed and wounded. China Will Try Again. LONDON, Feb. 8. A dispatch to the Times from Yokohama says that China has declared her Intention to telegraph corrected credentials to her peace envoys to Japan who were instructed by the Emperor to remain at Nagasaki for further instructions. These envoys, it will be remembered, were, a lew days ago, rece.ved by Count Ito. president of the Japanese Council of Ministers, who found from their credentials that they were not clothed- with plenary rower to conclude a peace. ' He therefore refused to treat with them, and they started on their return to China, but are now waiting at Nagasaki until they hear further from their government. It is probable that the peace negotiations will be renewed in March. ' - Official Japanese Advice. HIROSHIMA, Feb. 8. An official dispatch received here from ; the Japanese commander at Wei-Hai-Wei announces that the Chinese war ships Chen-Yuen and TingYuen and the Chinese cruiser Chin-Yuen or Lai-Yuen were sunk by the Japanese torpedo boats ln the attacks just made on the remaining war ships of China at Wei-Hai-Wei. The official dispatch adds that two steam launches succeeding ln escaping, but they were chased by Japanese vessels and were eventually disabled near Che-Foo. Mllonarie Fleeing;. LONDON, Feb. 8. A dispatch received here from Shanghai says that there is an Intense anti-foreign feeling ln the ShanTung peninsula and that the American missionaries are fleeing hastily. THE SILTAX RELENTS. He Will Permit Correspondents to ViMit Aula Minor. ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 8. The Porte has finally decided to permit newspaper reporters to travel in all the provinces of Asia Minor, except Bitlis, and the latter exception obtains only while the committee of Inquiry Is sitting at Moosh. The examination of witnesses by the Armenian commission at Moosh continues, but the local authorities are throwing difficult ties in the way of the foreign delegates, who are desirous of obtaining Information from persons whose evidence i3 considered necessary. Consequently the envoys of Great Britain. France and Russia have jointly insisted that the Porte must sustain the. right of the delegates with the commission and enable them to obtain the particulars required. . Bering; Sea Resolutions. LONDON, Feb. 8. The Official Gazette today published an order in council, dated Feb. 2. giving effect to Article 47 In the scheduled provisions of the Bering sea award act. providing that on application a special license shall be given to the master or owner of any sealing vessel, provided that satisfactory evidence as to the fitness of the men employed is given. This license must always be carried while sealing. Each sealing vessel Is to carry a special flag. In the event of a contravention of these regulations the license will be revoked. The order goes into force forthwith. Secret Imperial Decree. BERLIN, Feb. 8. The Vorwaertz. the Socialist organ, which has made itself notorious recently by obtaining possession of and publishing secret averment documents, publishes, to-day, a secret imperial decree, dated Feb. 5. 1890. in which commanding officers are directed in stringent terms to 'in? terfere vigorously, without regard to persons or consequences, in order to prevent ill treatment of soldiers by their superiors in rank. Cholera in Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 8. Seven cases of cholera have been reported among tho

Turkish troops here during the past week. In addition there have been four cases among private persons. The infected build

ings are surrounded by troops. II AY WARD MURDER TRIAL. Testimony Introduced to Corroborate Clan Bllxt'n Evidence. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Feb. 8. Attorney Erwln was not present when the Hayward murder trial was resumed to-day, and it was inferred that his long bout with Bllxt in the cross-examination had exhausted -him. The cross-examination of the assistant janitor, Charles Anderson, devolved on John Day Smith, who elicited nothing of impotance. Frank Tucker, the elevator boy at the Ozark flats, testified in further corroboration of Blixt as to the long talks the janitor wa3 accustomed to have with Harry Hayward! in the basement of the Ozark, especially to the conferences the two had on the day of the murder. The State called S. E. Hance to corroborate the purchase of a flask of whisky, like the one Blixt says Harry gave him. Attorney Erwin said Harry would admit the purchase of the whisky on the stand. This was the first intimation that Harry Hayward would himself go on the stand. The State Is putting in a very complete case, corroborating as far as possible every minor point in Blixt's remarkable story, and the chain of circumstances being woven about Hayward grows more complete with every hour. Even the place, hour and day of Hayward's purchase of that half-pint bottle of whisky, presumably to furnish Blixt with nerve to do his murderous work, was shown. This afternoon J. W. Wetherspoon, elevator man at the Oneida Building, corroborated Blixt's story of how Miss Ging signed the seven-thousand-dollar note to Harry Hayward in his office, and how he and Blixt witnessed the signature. Then Harry Spencer, a waiter, told how Harry Hayward and Miss Ging came to the restaurant, saying: "I went to get their orders. I noticed a roll of money. Hayward said to me, 'Don't you think it's foolish for a young woman' to show so much $2,000?. I coincided with him." Louise Ireland, niece of Miss Ging, testified that Hayward was in Miss Ging's rooms nearly every night, but his conduct was perfectly proper. She had not noticed her aunt have much money just before the murder. EGGS AEE COENERED R. A. FOSTER, OF WINONA, MINX., CONTROLS THE MARKET. He Say Before Another Sun Goes Down He Will Force the Price Up to 40 Cents n Dozen. CHICAGO, Feb. 8. R. A. Foster, of Winona, Minn., was the happiest man in Chicago to-night. He has Just "cornered" the egg market of the United States, and the colder it grows and the longer the cold spell lasts the greater the profit he will realize from his speculation. "Eggs are 33 cents a dozen in New York," said he. "Before another sun goes down I may make them 40 cents, or I may stop their supply altogether and compel them to eat Canadian limed eggs that were laid before the McKlnley btll became a law." Mr. Foster is the principal in the firm of R. A. Foster & Co., of Winona, Minn., the most extensive egg shippers west of Chicago. Minnesota. Wisconsin and the Dakotas furnish the markets on wh.ch the firm depends for its supply. During last spring, when prices were low, the firm gathered in all the eggs which It could secure and stored them with the Western Union Cold-storage Company, of this city. In the ordinary movements of trade the big "block" of eggs thus accumulated was kept Intact. It amounted to several thousand cases. The Foster company were appealed to when there was a big demand for eggs to break Into the reserve. It always declined to . do so. preferring to wait for the time when a severe cold spell would give it control of the market. The time came a few days ago with the blizzards and the snow, and the man from Winona is now dictator in the world of eggs. New York dealers fought me as long as they could," he said to-night. "They promised they would beat me, and that eggs would go down to 18 cents a dozen. The New Yorkers were mistaken, and 1 can laugh now. Eggs are rating from 25 cents to 28 cents a dozen in Chicago, 25 cents to 30 cents in Boston and from 33 cents to 35 cents in New York. When I was satisfied that the cold weather had come to stay, I divided my stock into three parts. , One part I sent to New York, one to Boston and the third I kept here. As there can be no fresh supplies as long as the present weather lasts and as there are no holdings to speak of, outside of mine, I practically control the market. The only source of supply open to Eastern dealers outside of my stock is Canada, but this source is not reliable. The Canadians were driven outl of trade by the McKinley law and cannot take advantage of the present emergency without falling back on musty limed eggs, often two and three years old." WILL FIX THE DAMAGES. Mexican C-nnmlMnlon Sent to the Guatemalan Boundary Line. CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 8. The Mexican government has commissioned Judge a J. Oaquin Calderon and a large corps of Assistants to take personal cognizance of the actual damage suffered by Mexico from the invasion of Guatemalans bit the southern frontier. The party has left San Juan Baptlsta, in the State of Tobasco, and will sOon enter on Its work. Roads have been cleared through the dense forest and several bridges have already been constructed which will also come handy in sudden movements' of troops and military, which may be found necessary in the disputed territory. W. H. Brown, of Kansas City, attorney for the Mexican Land Colonization Company of Missouri, is In the city for the purpose of securing from the Mexican government certain exemptions for prospective colonies now en route from various parts of the United States for the company's properties in the State of Chiapas. These exemptions embrace the abolition of certain import duties and port charges on the line of steamers which the company intends to establish. LLBELER PLEADS GUILTY. End of a Senntlonnl Trial at Philadelphia Fine of 1,000 nnd Coat. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. "8. The trial of William T. Andrews on the charge of malicious libel, preferred by Filbert, Porter & Co., the builders of the big Queen Lane reservoir, about which , there ha3 beem so much scandal, took an unexpected and sensational turn this afternoon, when Andrews pleaded guilty and threw himself on the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to pay $1,000 fine and costs, and was ordered detained in prison until his fine was paid. The trial has been in progress four days, and nearly all the high city officials gave testimony against Andrews. Andrews was an unsuccessful bidder for a part of the work on the reservoir, and created a sensation two months ago by charging that Filbert, Porter & Co. were allowed to change the specifications and cheapen the work, making $3C2,000 by the operation. Striker Indicted. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 8.-The February grand jury in the Court of Sessions has brought in twelve indictments against strikers and others who obstructed and interfered with the trolley cars and committed acts of violence during the strike. All pleaded not guilty. Herman Name Withdrawn. SALEM. Ore., Feb. 8. Congressman Herman's name was withdrawn from the senatorial contest to-day, but Dalph's vote remained unchanged. The ballot resulted in the following vote: Dolph, 41; Hrtre, 10: Weatherford, 8; Williams, 11; Lord, 8; Lowell, 10; absent. 2. Killed ii.r,-2-Z Jack Rabbit. LAS ANIMAS. Col., Feb. 8. The Bent county annual jack ratbit hunt lasting two days has resulted ln the slaughter of 6,522 rabbits. The rabbits will be shipped to Parson Ussell, at Denver, to be given to the poor. . Report on the Brooklyn Strike. ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 8. Tha report of the State Beard of Mediation and Arbitration on the Brooklyn strike was presented to the Legislature to-day. The report Is very voluminous. It .says: "The primary cause of this Brooklyn strike and of its kindred strikes Is that the Legislature In creating railroad corporations has neglected to make necessary pro-

visions for a stable and efficient service of operating forces on tne lines to subserve the end to which they were given breath of life and clothed with the State's power of eminent domain. Any remedial legislation, to be effective, should have prevention for its objective point. The interruption or operation of a railroad in its service to the people by reason of a controversy or dispute between the company and the operating force or strike of the latter should be made impossible." THREE GREAT GUXS.

The Golden Gate to Be Protected by the Highest Cannon ln the Land. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 8. The Golden Gate is to be protected by three of the-biggest guns in use in the United States. They will be pointed seaward from vantage positions on either side of the gate, and they are calculated to furnish a complete defense against any craft that might escape the shells which new mortar batteries will send out to sea from the distance of six miles. These guns are as long as seven" averagesized guns, and two men might easily crawl into the bore of one of the wonders. Lieut. J. C. S. Lee, deputy quartermaster general, has received information that the guns are now on their way to this city, and he is entertaining bids for unloading and transportation of the guns' from Fourth and Townsend street to the Fort point and Lime point fortifications. The magnitude of this task is suggested by a description of the guns and a statement of the conditions governing their transportation to the points named. The guns weigh approximately fifty-seven tons each, or 371,400 pounds in alL Each gun has a length of forty feet, a diameter of 46.4 inches and a circumference of 13 feet 2 inches at the greatest point. Two of the guns are to be transported to the upper batteries of the fortifications on Fort Point Bluffs and the third one is to be transported to the formications on the top of the Lime Point. ILL-FATED STEAMER. River Boat Blown L"p and Nine People Reported Burned. . , FOREST CITY, Ark., Feb. 8. A report reached this city to-day from a reliable source at Madison on the St. Francis river, four miles east of this city, giving a shor. account of an explosion on the Cyclone, a small steamboat. The boat left Madison on a trip down the river, and when in the vicinity of the cut off the accident occurred. Owing to the extreme isolation of the locality in which the disaster took place, and that in connection with the inclemency of the weather preventing cornmfnicatlon. particulars are very meager. Martin Bartusen, who lives near the point of the wreck, came to Madison and reported the matter and claimed that all on board were frightfully burned. Nine souls were aboard the illfated craft, consisting of two families, whioh also included the crew, fohe was known to have several barrels of gasoline aboard and the shock was felt for many miles; window glass was shattered three-quarters of a mile from the scene. Further details at this writing cannot be had. THEIR BOAT OVERDUE. Mer. Dickson & Talbott nnd Dora Johnson on the Ocean. After a pleasure trip to the Bermudas Dora Johnson, together with George Dickson and Henry Talbott, of the Grand Opera House left for home on the Trinidad last week, and should have arrived in New York Wednesday. Their boat is now two days overdue and their friends here are becoming slightly uneasy. BARNACLES OF FIRE INSURANCE. Aertlon that the Bnslue Is Not Conducted on Correct Principles. Louis Windmiller, ln the Forum. All fire insurance companies in Germany employ a number of "general agents," one in every important commercial center, who alone is empowered to issue policies. These agents consist either of - their salaried clerks, who have long been in service and are thus rewarded, or they axe chosen among the reputable merchants or hankers of the locality. These consider the appointment a distinction; they are paid by a commission of 15 per cent, on premium, receipts; they return 10 per cent, to subagents for procuring the business; what is not absorbed from the rest by clerk hire represents their perquisite, Subagents are chosen among small tradesmen and subaltern civil officers; they must have a good reputation and occupy a social position, and one agent can represent only a single company, ln this way an efficient and honest managemet of agencies is secured. Our large companies employ at least one agent in every important-town, involving a staff of thousands of persons, each of whom receives a commission of 15 per cent, on his receipts, irrespective of losses, and has authority to issue .policies. As the profits of these men depend exclusively on their receipts, they have every interest to increase them. When losses occur they , may regret them, but this cannot interfere with their income; they will be slow voluntarily to cancel a risk, after they have accepted it, even when it becomes doubtful,- because doing so would diminish their earnings. It is true that the companies also employ special salaried agents who travel about to inspect and control the risks taken by local agents, but it is difficult to form a correct opinion of the hazards surrounding each venture in the short time the special agent can devote to each place. Almost every resident agent represents from five to twenty different companies, and divides his favors among them according to his personal interest; often he loses money for every one. If a merchant were to pay a clerk, working not for himself alone, but for competitors as well, a commission larger than his profits, such action would generally be considered a sign of impending failure. Insurers will follow this policy without regard to the ultimate consequence. I know that companies continue it in States where they have not earned a dollar in twenty years. When some method is devised which identifies the interests of the agent with those of his employers, the former will be more careful in the inspection of risks and reject those which are doubtful. One fare i ; , Homeseekers excursion - ' y "J to te " . L 1 West and Southwest ,!' February 12 " V, ' ' va Vandalia Line. Cuticura Remedies Are Pure Sweet Gentle And Moist Economical Because Speedily Effective. Mothers and . Children Are their Warmest Friends Sold throughout the world. Price, Cuticura, 20c; Soap, Sac.; Resolvent, 81. Potter Drag and Chem. Corp., Sole Proprietors, Button. E3" " How to Curo Skin ani Blood Diseases," mailed freo.

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. "Large knots ol ( scrofula natura camo on my wife's neek for four years. When she had taken tw . bottles o Hood's Sarsaparilla, wo could see the swelling was going down. Now the glands have assumed their natural appearance and sheis t Entirely Freo from this trouble. Our children were afflicted with spells of malaria every fall but this season thay have been taking Hood's Sarsapiilla and it has purified their blood, built them ud, and they have been free from all tllness this winter." E. M. Blackburn , Oregon, Missouri. floods Cures Hood's PiilS are purely vegetable, and do not purge, pain or gripe. Sold r- n im AMUSEMENTS. GRAND mat. Night "ThftPASSING SHOW" WITH ITS BEAUT1FCL SCRNETtY ODHGEOUS F.FFECTS FKKNCH BALLETS TUJiNV PICKANINNIES From The lMw York Casino. -. PRICES Night: Orchestra ami side lioxeo. $i Arvtit circle. 75c; balcony. 50c; irallery, 23c. Mats nee: Lower tloor, 50c balcony. 25o. Momlay Lillian Lewis in "CLKOPATRA." GRAN D KIGHTS Old Hext Monday and Tuesday s f m xrr r r nr tz n m b- M. i k a v. LI LM AN LEWIS. v BALLETS V KEMIERES CHORUSES 8PENERY CALCIUM EFFECTS TIIK lilli STORM L.IVINC PICTURES PRICES Orchestra anil slile boxed, $1; tlrcss circle. 750; balcony, oik.-; fcallery, li5c. ENGLISH'S MONDAY, Tues., VAe cl ., Jlelaseo anil Ue Millo's Greatest int. Men and Women A. Play of Absorbing Interest. A Specially Organized Company. 250 nistUts in Now York, 150nlphts in Chicago. Vnpular Prices .'isht: Orchestra, 7oi:; orciu'str circle, 91; tress circ!e, 5 ic; btilrouy, 'J3c: Kallcry, 15c. . Matinee: . Lower floor, 50c; balcony, 5 c. Ok A HT7 Price l()o, J20o, HUa, PARK Matinees Daily This Afternoon and To-Night, 1 Augustus Pitou's New York Military Success, Across the- Potomac Tho Famous Battle. The f.reat Brill. TUo Prisoner's Escape. The Beautiful sunrise. 'Xlio PieaMuj: specialties. The Spy's Execution. Monday "THE TROLLEY HYSfKM." EMPIRE Ladies' Entrance on DELAWARE ST. TO D Y at 2 P. M. NIGHT at 8 P. M. JOHN L. SULLIVA N- ' in Lis new ulay, "A TRUE AMERICAN." Next week IRWIN BROS.' BIO SHOW. INDIANAPOLIS Veteran Yolnnteer Fireman's Association CONCERT and BALL At TOMLIXSON IT ALL, Wednesday Kveiilng, Tel). 13, 1855. This entertainment is Riven for tUe purpose of ocurIiir a fund to help maintain those members who urn in need of asuUtunce We liopo the citizens will giro us their aid in this good cause. Come and Hart a pood time. TICKETS OF ADMISSION TO CONCERT AXD BALL. SOc; 'LADIES FREE. Ticketcan be had from the committee r at Oil X l 'elawaru street. Music by Second IteKinient if ull) Band. B. F. GRESII, Prest.; G. W. PITTS, Vice l'rcst D. W. BROVSE. Sec. Committee of Arrangements Oen. John Colminj Thos. W. Brouse. J W. Vetty. G. W. Pitts. Dan Kiley. GRATEFUL COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST SUPPER. Bt a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of iligi-stinu and nutrition, and by a careful application of the tinof properties of well-selected Coco;, Mr. Epp has provided fur oar breakfast and supper a l?!!oately flavored beverape which may save us many heavy ilociom' bills. It la by the Jm'.loious use of such articles ot diet that a constitution may be cr.idimlly built u nntil strong enough to resist every residency to rti. ease. Hundreds of subtle mala lie aro itoatiiii? around as ready to attack wherever there is a wruK point. We may escape many s fatal shaft by keep. Ing ourselves well fortitied with pure blond and properly nourished frame." Civil service Gazette. - Made simply with boiling water or milk. SoUt only ln ball pound tins by Grocers, labelled time: JAMES PFS 4 CO., ltd., Homoeopathic Chemist London, England. JEDCCATIO Jll A L. BRYAXT fe STRATTOX Inrlmnnnnlin T7 USIHSSS UrfiVERSIT U When Bllg.. TEMPORARILY REMOVED t X. 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