Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 May 1889 — Page 6
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"THK SAMOAN DISASTEIt
From Admiral Kimbtrljr to
th Mary Dprim-Ht
a Konix, IHrlK th TerrlW Harrlmr, Ih the Haraar of Asl Com. UAf Shsted-InHdeat of the Wwk. Klo.
"washintox, April 81. In his report 11m Nary Department, of th appalliHg iatr i the harWr f Apia, Samoa, oh the lStk and HMh of March, Admiral KimIsarlr, stadr date of March 1. says: 11 Wsn-s my paiaful dsity to report to the 'nepartsaeat the disastrous Injury m4 tos of Mfe -4taiad by th ve-wl undr lay cow hm4 it the haroor or Apladariswthe hurrimm which swept these wafer Mareh IS aa.t M. When the Kite eocameneet there were the hrsK tfefl following men-of vri? United .KtaM hi;s Trenton, Van tall aYpiij Ntiwie; 34. K. M h p Calliope, and H. I.". M. ship Adr. tV.g.1 apd Kber. There wyrc also a few nkoiit veet and aatl craf.f The Niisle
had the laser berth asd the Trt -fciSa (lat to arre had the outer berth. Indication or batl j wenthex iipfeared during the forenoan on Fri- j star. Marcl-i 13, and at one o'clo k on that day I : esn-sseaeeJ preparation to neet a Kale, by sendtstjc down the lower yards and housing topMt.. Fires wot Hjhtod anil steam ntfri i HrUiree o'clock the gile hart develop-?!. H Mew hard during the cventn.:, and about! p. m we parked our bow port callc Dur.'ix the ahrht It slew won cre.t violence, but w;-.ta the aid ta" steam toe veiels kept In good shape uaXM MKIIII. AtdaylUht we hoped for a moderation of the wiui, but were djsppainu-d. Tne saSs swt la w.t renewed fury. d early In the forenoon It w evident that some of the Inner ships were fcr. and t&osa nearer to us wore ndtnft unted ly. Tr.ii Has-di'p lot h?r wheel about ;U t tac; it was carried away with a crash, -al tenously injure! some of the helmsmen. Kettering tackles and a spar tiller wcro ap'pixl eaiptty. but It wa d severed that th Trr wa jroVen, an.l soon ;t ws? entirely !-. TIh wind by this time wa blowing -w hrrwao force, and the sea were very fcevry. The btp had lezun to make water duriiK the early morntn;. T.ie hafld-puwp were WMMied Ml alt bile pum; in the cnKine room jMitaa. Th water galiieU and threatened to jMt owt th tlre. the rr.'ater part of it in imkmsxaeanm la through the hawia pip.M. nkih a situated oa the bcrih deck. Krery urt wa mtc to stop the entranea of water at taw point by jamming in bedd n? nd by tti wo;d n on the chain and by steeria tut the h-.iwse It could be checked in tfci way. but not Mopped, for the violence of Hw sea was so great thai it would force back vry thSu; opposed to It. All hands were set h feathwK. 33d the handy-Wily rirged; but by a. m. the fires had been put out and the ate driven up t torn the HrerwwM. Work at the hand-pump- and with the bucket continued Itm thts lime tbrouzbotit the irate with the tnpe of being able to rellfht the nrei and keep thethip aloat. A little before oa th Calliope aa seen to very aaea at her moorl; and m-.o he iWmhI teward u having parte I or slipped jMrables ad mahiiif an effort tD go out of be harbor. She came near coltid.ng with as hJ meiMiied out Into the face of the hurricane. In Mk nrnooa. the wind harm? hauled a llttK tho aa-h.p was wore unsteady at her jsl and pitched her chain on arter an.Kher. We then Critted over towurd tbo eastiw reef, escapln the wreck of a merchant bark by the mere chance of her m?;ln? a we nfipcked her. We drifted until our 'tern wm almost aaintt the reef, Destruction mmud iMmment. a the reel w within a '-Sew fee of the reef a long whll and pitchlnfr heardr. We drilled In tht poltloM. aloa? the ttt t aMi4iderab!e ditane until we came to where It turned more toward the eastward. Hero weMd smoother water, and our roaialn. 4tr seeker ed to hold quite wll for a time. ' Thi iXlwffl. however, put U4 directly Jn the bwe tbe Oiira, whcb viel had one of the MMtbet berth' in the harbor at thli time. She w.w riJtax welt, uni had coatrot of her
KrA were at oaee ma3e to heave over the S-teeh riMe jraa from the forte itle to a-ist 'R b(Ur. bttteld notbedoa! In time. We - atowtr 4nfteJ po her and she avbideil ih twice by the kt!lfaln of helm and engine, bwt she eat tnteoar nu.irtr. nrt on me .We, tbea on tne other, earrytnjt away cr ' bH. rlfciar and en M-terxallie. but not ev iieatiatly injuring the hull. Dunm; all th time Ue emer of the X w-Milp m:i'le every rfiliJaf her by tbetorm and ptttrmnlii the rimtl. We drifted by h VMrt MAe of the Oica and acro to the western rf, draenrisc the aaebor and trallln; now on the western reef we had before oa the enit-
Tiwne of the wrecked vevwU were now in ht: The Nipie well inshore ou zoo I
Mem tothesea; tne vunjaita mhik
. the reef. mal standing, and tot4 and
rlwHNf fll of men, pray and s-irf Wying to ftboK- nuMitheadt; the Koer nowhere to be setn; Abe Ater oa her sWe. hlfh on the reef. The Hf x bad tarned for the shore, nnd irolar ahe:l r-anfier steam and sail was beached on good i iAA9 and Vn goo4 position to the sea. All ibi time the gale had been blowing with unbbaten lary. About six o'clock we were exycainct Mrilce the reef momentarily. It wm directly ualer oar stern, but oa the eastern ld an undertow or current seemed to carry u 4mix the reef and keep u Jatcle r of trikl Tfca wec:me on lo where the Vandallu was
wim. mU a wra4 evident that our Mem would
6 -mike her port side. As we appronched bsr. rocket were tired, carryma lines with
vb fccac of resnlnz tho peoplij on
bee mast. Ti'.s n roved very succctsfal. and
the wen from the mam and mizzen were rt-
rued first. Soon after we struck the V;ndPa -j-iih Tirtlfnce. and her raa.n and mlzzen mt
went by the board, We then iwunsf gradually nad .etttel into a position nlonftiide f)f her, h lonchlng the twttom and oar stra mmg ' st. wmU rweek and the reef. The men were '-m3rm t" forei of ttte VaaiaMa and w uurias the nleht we tonttnued to 'bsat the bottom and lit tb Vandalla with jfreattorce. The wlad duriwr th (Satur. -.M ith kurriMue force. Muall follow-
Huj-iaall. with harrtly any appreciable Inter- , tux. -- ixiwffrer. were not as hlun a
they were f urther oat. and we rot through the tt'.kt iihut ndditioaal serious misfortune.
Jtt before dayllcht the na-h!p tilted -u.Ah.ut maBBMlanttrely by native, who
' n . , niv. Tht w daneerous
. s. tiu iiarkne. to the aca and
enrrent, to the reef and wreckage, and to the ..unvMiiraf a.oiYchlnK the Trenton oa ae-
- Vim.ialla's wrecfc. The men were
,k. !! bucket without cea
.. .-i.ur ui haulier oft the ship. It po
"iwi d keenlnc her afloat when the irate
t tb Mrntne the wind moderated
it arut tba ascertained that the prowler wa
MM. The hp had ettlel hard en th mmu ik wmter outd not be reduced. 1
fw- k.MMH ntatform.and rislnir
t-i-r ikM clrcumstnnee. and in the abenee
. wif doeklnc facilities ff war ne railway np
wMaMe and powerful pmp,
the abandon
7t r ft.fi bi became iiccesunr. a tore
win co" ton n r rapdly n ivmMv and the
Mjidc I'ot tbel reflect tnhoto. Immediately therealter th crew were set to arotv rettln out and taring from her every ta( possible. On Monday the water was up to berirunxieckandshe had Milled a little on aurr pert side. On TuUy he had settled wre ui port and wa stilt lower In the water. to.. 1'aadttlla l eomiileteiv submerged, and
.only bar format and twad-boom showing above the water. The Ntpc U lyg in about eve feet of water at lew tide (rise and fall fcMefeett. She would probably have to e b taled Mtern sosae v hnadrt feet to float br at high ttJe. She ha tost her smokestack. Also her rudder ami her propeler are badly 4wtg-4. Her erew remained on bannl mdshe heep her Mlge Tree of water by the vim ausntM. I have ordered a beard t In-
whUmw at om the t6tbtllty of saving the
Mtda. and ta farther InvesUtate and report
tMMi alt etreumstnnee eoaaeeted with the lose m4 4aaM cf the vesselA by the gale. The
sMtwrlvt Usl beard wtU be tetwardtd by the
Hwt apptrtuidty after tta reeeipt by ma. The vewt f the Vandtlia aa4 TreaUsa are ta barracks oa shore. The CaHtap awd Into the barber tb a momiag, xhowlng alga of haviaR experience! heavy wentbw. b gne U rdaaya toon a poble for repair, and through the klndaeu of Captain Kane her diving nut. lit mm been turned evr to u, and tt wtll be of the grvatest stsiaat9 m saving ur. I eammead hi servient to th Department and trust they will be regurdad as worthy of raeoaitkm, Lteuteaant Wilson g te Aaahlan.1 1 report the eawtrphe te the Department by eat ble, and to charter a xtaamer to te to Sm Francises the Vnndalla's erew and others of the s'lundroa who are sick and disabled, lly the C4llioie I aesxl a dupllenta dispatch to Sydney to be forwarded by the United States Consul to the Department. I have receivod the most valuable awslttano from Matanfa, who ha sent a large number of his men to help in getting store and public property from the ships, The Oil tope, when she wont out of the harbor, carried ninety pounds of steam. mkin seventy-four revolution, and then w.is JuH ie to mike headway against the le; and when on Wide, during a period of four hours, nhe made ho headway, her engines mnnlsg at lull speed, The Admiral thea give tho list of the ktlleil. which 1(mM hoc differ from that Hnt out by the Uulted Tre recently. He tlwa cohtiuuesi During the entire time Capf-sln Karnuhsr showed ureal care amt goxl judgment In handlinir the ship throujh ttve terrifle gale, and never left the bridge. He was ably seconded bv b!i executive and navigating officers, who did all in their power to ive. the ship. In fact, so far a 1 could observe1, alt the officers tckaved cxtr.'nu'ly well under the trying circum stance. nd performed their duties cheerfully, effeftiveiy and well a could bo desired. This dlfai'.er I vlalfy among the Incidents and accident inseparable from tho prosecution of duty. Its magnitude, however, gives tt dlsnnsushtnii feature, which, fortunately, the service js rarely competed to witness. Captain Kirquhar has demamted a court or inquiry. No disinterested officer aro available here. 1 thea'foro respectfully refer the entire matter to tho netwrtmeut, and if farther Investiga
tion is deeuic I B?cary I should be pleased to
have a court of Inquirv ordered. ory resiwttully your obcd.ent servant.
U. .V. KIMBKKLT. Rear Admiral TJ-'lted States N'.tvy, command. ins United State naval force on Icihc Station. Accompanying Atltttiral Kimbcrly report are the reports of the commau tiers of the Trenton and Nipslc. Comatnuder Mullim of the Nipsic begins his report to Admiral Kimberly by expreislasf re?rot that ho was competed tj beach his vessel to save her from totnl Jestructiou, and to save the live of his comtaauiL He says that the vessel had three anchors down, and veered to their full scope as far as possible, in order not to collide with either the 01?a or the Eber, the former oa the jwrt beam, and the latter close aboard astern. Darinp the height of the hurricaue, and about 5 a. m., March Id, the Olfja fouled the Sipsic, carrying away the whale boat, dingy and port railing at the jioop deck, bendins davits, etc. Abo-.it C a. m. the Olsa again focleJ, carrying away the iort hammock rail and part of the smokestack, the s'Cam launch and second cutter. . Havin? lost the smoke stack, and there beiti? no draft. Con-.maader Mtillan says he found it necessary to use pork in the furnaces. Dnrlus the mornlnc; watch
three men were washed overboard nnu swam a.shore. The .ea was Ureakiaj over the vessel so rapidly that souw of the gun ptrt.s were let down atul the water baled overboard tkroucru the- When nu nffort was bein?ada to ?et the forecastle gun overboinL as an acMitionnl anchor, the starboard twwercbain partml and the ship continued lodrag toward the reef. Finding; It Impossible If keep up sfcnm, the commander decided tt leach the ipfc, ih order to save life; o the ebmns were slipped anl the ship wn leacheil in front of the United Htate Consulate. All of tbeamen were sent a8htre. The g was cap-ieil wlwn beln? lowered an ven men were lost. Lines were then ro aslwe atnl all liamH escaped. The Sa-
moan did eicwlleat work. h pm . t .1 M.Mnniln liAttlll I1
the injuries isswtained by the Nlpsic. He r ibt th tmvin are out of line and
cannot be revolved; three blades of the
nridr art bont. mad a part or tne
fourth scone, a well a a part of the stern-
post ami tho false law, aau tne ruuuer anil rtnider-poot.
In ctMtclttsioB. cwntnesaaer uu that every thins; was done that, could have been Uoue to save tho wel from total
wreck and th lives oC attaciseo to
the slstp-
CaiRain raretbr tmntss. m
his o Stclal report to Admiral Kimberly,
Htatea that, ia iv opinion, tne snip was
broken in two places fnres-t me mad and near the smokesbsck. He Htates
that it ! p.Ktlle that the s4tp miKtu i
floated todfclcwun tna-iiMniioeij. erf al p nH, umI by wr ecld n oim panies , but a there are aof acilWw of the kind at hand, 1 will )jf a Um. The Captain aays: "I atrilwte the loss of the Wp primarily P k location of
thehawhe pipes. I bare wjrcral times reported officially acakst their location to tho Saty Departmets." Through them. besayM. tlt wa4er poured ami ex-
tlnguiHhcd the fire. notwiMwianuins; me precautions that were takum.
"After detatniig wsj ucikmi ot iw nmnn on hw vessel, Caiaiu Farquhar thanks
Admiral Kimberly lor ihh earnest coun
sel and for "keeping s in koou cneer.
particularly when iu mr trreatost uanger,
by your goou example." -muiihis hji
trying uay9," lie contiuaoH, u
sustained 111 e reputation sunt our uj
Is wrolld of: the erew Rwneraiiy worneu
well. Ilrown. the navigator, was by my
ct,i tb whole time, anil to his excelent
otMv - - , -
judgment, one time at least, tne sutpwa' cleared of a reef. Had we struck it I fear
few of the four hundred and fifty souls on
Writ of the Trenion woniu m nuve to
day." Captain Fartinhar' cbHlngpara-
graph reads a touows: -s rwiBunj demand a oourt of Inquiry."
Lieutenant J. v. uarltn, oiramannmg the survivors of the United States ship Vandalla, in hU report to Hear-Admiral Kitnberlv, datoJ Apia, Samoa, Marc" 21, lsfl, says the Vandalla was prejared for heavy weather, having sent down lower ards, housed topmast and got up steam In obedience to signals from the flag-ship. When the strength of the gale ....,,! th Vandalla. the ship wa di
rectly iu the hawse Of tne uauiope, rendering It injudicious, to veer. All the vessels were to leeward of the Vandalla except the Trenton. About midnight of the l.'tu the Vandalla began to drag, and commeticed to steam up with but few intermissions until she Btruck, the speed
varying from eighteen to forty rnvolu- " J "iS. -I .1 tnll u-llhtHd
lions, in eiigm-rs m nv., ...... exception of a short time when the steam
ran down to twenty-no i s;i '"
l.w uti awlilellL to one 01 111'.' mturia. 1111
Vati.lnlla. tiatl On eVBU wrnioii vi
efKht, aud they furnished nil the steam nnvlites could use. The veflol had
but one shell-anchor, and the stock ot that was broken In the last Rale. This w was held In reserve as long as iXm
.tula. i Mxtieetatlon of wind coming out
from the northward and westward, bat It waalnt to about S a. as. of Uw lttk M aar
the weutiter roef a poslhlt. At daylight, LWuteaaut CarMtt says, the vessels were in the inner harbor to Ik U trouble. Tlie Kiwr soon dlsapjseared tirely, and the Adler ntruok the reef, the aeas haavln1; hor on bp f "d eapslxingber. The Calliope was the nearest vessel to the Vandalla, and from daylight until a. m., Lieutenant Carlin says, the Vandal ia aud Calliope were In imminent danger of getting fowl of eaeh other, and also of striking the reef, being f repientlf within ttfty feet of it, and sometime within twenty feet of it. The current was so strong that spanker, helm and three anchor on the weather Imjw were not Hufflcieut to bring the ship's head to wind. After the Calltojw put to sea. Lieutenant Carlin. says, one obstacle was removed from our path, and feeling that the vessel must go on the reef if it remained where it was, overy exertion was made to xet into the inner harbor, hoping to escape ihe extraordinary current before encountered. The engine were kept going tirlil Lieutenant C trlin sjty e was convinced that the ship was hard aud fast They were then Mopjwil, safety valves ojwncd and the tlrems called on deck. The ship's head swung slowly to starlwvard. She began to nil and settle and the rail was swooped over by the sea to a depth of rlfteon feet. Lieutenant Carlin aay.s he found the Nipple beached and abnndoued.
15. M. Hammer, seaman, in attempting
LANDED AT LAST,
A rrtla f ba Keteand I'napte fram The AbHdHHd Ntramshtp U mm irk Landed In fall 'eUpttla by tba M!url the Kt UisvIhc HVeeH Lrt at tbe Axorre-, (Irartr WHwme la the Oit ttt Hrxtherlv Love. PHIl.AOit.r'MtA, April 2-1.-lluadreds of voices blendwl in a great shout, aud cheer after cheer rent the air as the steamer Missouri with her precious cargo, whieh she had so gallantly rescued from the illfKted Iianmark, arrived safely at her dock at Washington -street wharf at halfimrt five o'clock yesterday afternoon. The passenners ot board the Missouri returned the greeting with no less enthusinsm. Handkerchiefs tiuttered in thd .tia breeze, happy smiles lit up the faos of the more than three hundred immigrants who had been so providentially rescued from a watery grave, and in every way the scene was one that Indelibly fixed ltelf on the minds of those who witnessed it. Oa the wharf were not a few men ami women who were to meet relatives and friends, after having reeisueil all hojH- sevral diys ago of ever seeing them aaaln. Fathers were there fo meet mothers; children had traveled hundreds of miles to greet their parents, and friends stood ou the wharf aud gazed with glistening eyes toward the long Hue of men, Women and children who stood along the port line of the big
vessel as sht steamed slowly up to tne
to carry a lln, was the shin and killed.
swim, but so many were drowned
the remainder were deterred. me commanding officer, Captalu Schoonmaker, was vash-d overboard, alout a half hour after striking. His strength bad beeu exhausted and he was nnable to sustain the shock of the heavy seas. He was surrounded by officers and men, and bad been rescued several times, when a sea of unusual violence struck him anil parried him and all near him overboard.
The crew took refuge in the tops and rig
swept back against I cud of the wharf. Ferry- . . ..... ... i ... , ... i
b.Ntts and tugs
Many attempted to . -hjca wore passing addeJ to the enthu-
that sJam with tliolr steam salutes, uuocrs
and cries of joy continued without much interruption until the Missouri had beeu swung around and made her mooring at the wharf. Then a ladder was thrown off nnd the eustont-lion.su officers, followed closely by the press representatives, made their way up the side of the vessel and lighted pu her decks. llrave Captain Murrell, who stood on the bridge of the ste.umr surrouaib 1 by C. W. Davis aud other representative. of
cvnosnro
eves, lie was at mice &urroutHioti
Vandal ia and was so pxpert in throwing b . ., renorters and his mauv friends all
lines that nearly allof the andalia's men on paving a tribute to his gallant escaped from tho rigglag to the Trenton s service jn 9ftVhig so mauy lives. Among decks. In the morning the crew was sent fl t to UC)ard the vessel was Usv. J.
V. Holm, of the Swedish Society, who
gins, where tbey rc-tiaiued eight hours. Vvi;r AVrlgbt & $oa4t wa, tUe Tlu Trenton am down so gently on he ; of a,j eye, ue was at once mi
in boats, the sea having gone
ashore
down. The Vamlalia Is a total toss.
Li awash and she is tilling with Baud. There is: nothing landing except the foreniait. The safe has been brought ashore, but aside from that the articles recovered will be insignificant The crew is at work doing every thing possible iu the way of wrecking. t In conclusion. Lieutenant Carlin says, the loss of the Vandalla was owing to the extreme violence of the gale, the great
height of
the
the extraordinary
tt- Mn busied himself with giving a hearty weliier ran . .,, i, uiM,ntiiint-lnn
I UIIBt lf IHU UllHUICTli, .....l. ....... . i immigrants, the great majority of whom were uuactptalnted with a single word of the country which will heuceforth ho , their home. The passengers united in praising the noble work of Captalu Murrell and bis brave crew. j Dr. JestM?rson, one of the passengers taken from the Danmark, who was ou his wav to New York, spoke iu the highest
praise of Cautain Murrell' action In behalf of himself and fellow-passenger. In relating hi experience to a rejiorter of the United Press Dr. Jesirsou stated that he had never seen before such clearheaded work under the trying circumstances. "It is Captain Murreil's perfect self-control." said the doctor, "to
The Mlnneap ll tre-t-Car Mn' strfSw ' wlrfk we are in a great measure indebted Develop i SmloH Itlot In Which Ilrl , fof m)r jvt, at ti,e present tltlte Itut Otir ers, l-idleemrn unit Cltl-Eeo SiilTer-a -xpf(.ionee fora time was a mint thrlllmler of tb Itloter -"e-t'd j fa lwhnY , MlN-NKAPOMis, Min.it. Ainl K.-The - - ,,',.,, to the bh lust, street car strike was the cause of a rio ; W(- ,hw" Danmark had been a here yesterday. The company started JJ, , m th Utlr datc; howoars on the three I JJ fS S encountered a Mt ston'n. U operating since last , d have weathered it all right I supyesterday morning. IrouWejvas anticl- - ,ldJ (mU but lll0
tmieti in u mm. --Mu sZTZMn7 at broke near the attend of A!' stcity on the Kiverside hue, at according- nmXt a bole was wt tkrani!H ly several squads of policemew were sent ,h tUMJ rtf the ve4sel. It apearatbat lothat (losrb-r. leav ng on y a few Ice- si,nJjlUluwltsl. Uw hreaklug f tho nca iu Hie down-town 'Ustr-U About, eweiue pipe burst aud Kngineer uwm a mob of from four to ftvr tKMisan. wfautr billed. Another, leak
. . . v , n usvuiia ea 1 1 -
seas.
strength of the current poor holding
ground, and the unprotected condition of a small harbor fringed with coral reef? and crowded with vessels. A REGULAR RIOT.
at' th Thus
people, ctmp-Ml of men, wmiem ami chiUlren. iKostlyacandlnaviaus, atacketl thrrt) cant ob Washington- awnue betveen Kerelh and Twelfth areniiesrt5ontb, rtie district left unprotected by th massia-tgor tin. police furthtr down the Hit.. ir.vy tnaf-ks. lumber, stoticy.
barrel., boxe etr. were piled on. we tracks, and when tlxr car arrive tbey
vara fWfteii nv a iwrsci suunit
stones from tftir m-v Dri
r, jKilVeinou asid passengers
fvred allice. i.s-o uxi-wrs ami ir , u
litemett wore scrbmirly wjnred, Moteu -iU 1)rov j",, sjMwof the MlssoMsri.
O.-neersGntton havmgranu oroKen. a .. j s,eHkitig dMance Capttta additional Mipad sf iHotrntnl police ros d wdAdlflhe Missouri could lake sets tothe 8lKt fbtih tliw Central "JaUni, ,mi,wnprra ou rbwrd, the ooinmanmsir and after iHvelr tight tatrmg which the ' "fVu alter stair sakl that it woal
was fauhea y me oursnus, ! nli fa the fde f the vessel.
I matter grew very serious, and our I vessel wa- Mt at the mercy of the j waves. Captain. Knttd'en endeavored to keep Her it the path of oceau sttfamI ers. UVdoucU vainly that day for the I .. f .!!.. hut. uiiriit fell and we still
' . . . :u.al. ...lt...i
remaiuesi ,n uv rius in.
Tlio
, t .....I.. J.II....I..I. tliu ft th
. . . uhi nr . . t . miiv., iu. ..... . . -
vers, coc- . ,vas ,i-Iiiul to bring us rlief.
A sail waatghtCTl by the outlooks, d
of distress.) Ihe
THE OOMMAND TO WATCH. I.w.UmI sUM.l.M-fcJ js W STT Ullfi ffmmt Misy a, lHMb. (Specially arranned irom S. S. Quarierly.l Lkssos Tan-Mark VtfHK. tlotdiKN TMT-Takeye lieed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time Is. Mark l:HK. CtsxTKAt. Tkl'th To watch and pray is our privilege, our duty, our safety, Tims Tuesday afternoon, Aprils, A. D. . 1'i.acb -Moutt of Olives. CoKKKHi'tisoiNO St'Hii-rtrKits Matt ftl:2051; LukeStt'JR SW. CiHiXMsrAXCKS This lesson is a continuation of the last lesson. Jesus, In full vlewi of Jerusalem, two days before the crucifixion, Is giving comfort and instruction to His disciples. Hri.1s ovr.R 11 AKll I'l.ACKS -l. SHHithVllte tUirkrHfl: to be taken cither (I) ilgurntively, representing great civil mid s-ocial commotions, or (2) literally. It applies figuratively tj the flrst two comings, nuti prolssbly literally to tho third. Ihcv in Iteivnt if taken figuratively, ''the invisible inllucnees which rule htiiunu society;" If literally, "the nulitr system." 5. W.isiIk.'.rs IU? went to Heaven. (See Acts l:Ull.) AVitit spiritual and heavenly powers, Crent jx.'ufr dipt iitory; maiiifested in the cstablishmciitof His Kiiigdont on the earth. Schnff. -7. AVxiJ liiti untjcU: heavenly angels,
tbo uiinisturs, "angels of the churches ' (Hcv. 2d1, or any messenger and agencies of (Sod (l's, 1 fit I; lieli. 1 iMii. ;ulir f-i .Vif, HischoAcn (Mies, His disciples; tbo establishment of one chureht the heart-unity of the church. F omthc four tctmh: ilenot. big the four quarters of the world; i.e., from every part. !5'J. T.'.fs cewn "". to bo taken d) literally, ami referring to.thu destruction of Jcrus-alcm t.-eo Mafic P.l), CJ In the sense of a rare or nation, meaning that tho Jews should not waso as n distinct
nation ud the f ullltlmcnt of these things and Christ's Kingdom have come, Kri.nM.MK.TS -i 1) All these things were fulfilled in tho tlrstCraof Christ's coining (soo last lesson), which began on the day of Pentecost and ended with the destruction of Jerusalem. Tho Kingdom was then established. The new graft of theUospol dsper.satlon was united with tlie old tnivetree of the Jewish dispensation, and by the fall of Jerusalem the old branches wcro cut away, leaving the Kraft to grow alone Into tho perfect treo (see Horn. 11: P-Vi'd, Uhe living, personal Christ was ia t lie church, -ruMing and ruling it it bad become one great, true church. It took place within the generation then living, amid all the signs foretold. Note that almost every wiraest longing for Christ's coming In the New
Testament (except that In Uoyelation) was written before the destruction of Jerusalem, and tho era of the (Jospel Kingdom. Xete, also, that the Christians, heeding thesa warnings. left the city of Jerusalem licforv its destruction and went to Telia, in tb mountains, so that not one of them icrIsheti. (2. ft will be more completely fullilted in the frdi coming of the Kingdom of Cod on the earth. There is a growing unity wf tho churclu Christ Is becotrnng more and more visibfj present. Tlie commotionsmsd troubles fwefold always preevde tho establishment 0 Christianity In anjiiatlon. Fjise Christs arising. Hie. U-iel Is Wmg rapully preached to all nations. Jerusalem is still1 trodden down of the Gentile.", and the Jewn are still scaltort'd, but there are signs o their return, of tlieir bt'in again grafteM into the inagu't4ceit tree f Clod s Kingdom. (3) The fulfUlJient attbidavof 5udKimmt is In the Unknown
ftiturn. but is the certain completion on mo
Kingatitn of God omaarth.
Cowsksts ThlngHTagamst which we are
towstdt. The danger which beset "aie
Christian did not all im-w away when perw-
cutiort dicsl out, Timesof persecution nave
their gwrnt dun ifcrs. Imt times ot prosjicrny
are no fc. One of vlso dangers to whicn
the ajiostles were to lerMxi-tetl,HndagaIn
which wiry were to wasen, aroc irom ti
HabHitvtb lie deceived Mi religious matters.
New tcaohcrs of roligiow were to arise, whs
would trydo draw ther.s away from Jei-
of a? troth. These Jeceivcrs would it
very clever and ptausibier men. who, u it were poweble, would lictTire the very elect. Just so as. our day there are men who aro
getting new revemtiotiE of ene sort or another, b which they try tosuR'rsedetbeohl. Thlng's-for which we are to watch. Christ taught His apostles thaufe was their duty to watciider His second joining. He tohl
them tnatile was going "on a far journey"
YORK FASHIONS.
fight ;iiul sash loft.
UaarmlHK Cloth tiwetuHSM Made Aretfrdleg ts thn I.tet IHyliMi. I'he Kmplro itoloHHhw oloth oosttimee for slemler young women are very handsome in oloths of two oo1;hs trimmed with wide proltl braid, the front of tlie waist oroesl and roorossod with thickly-iviijMHl ribbon A jtTeun cloth polonaitH- borderod with gold bi-ald two inches wida is made up over a tan cloth skirt, with the lower sleovos of Urn-color, hlso the plftitron, while the bust hats heavy corded green ribbon crossing in Kinplro fashion, and bunging nearly Ur tho floor h trille to tho loft cf tho front. Tho tan skirt is full ami plain, with two rows of gold braid around it tib-ovo a horn. Tim polonaise, laps to thokjft side, nnd lias a single triuuguhir rorers turned lmc!c on the waist, disclosnrg a plastron mil coUnr of tan-colored eib-th. Tho ribbon then begins in tho ann-hole on tho right side, crosses to tin loft lower
down, thou returns to tbo hide tit the waist Hue, rcerosscB as a wide Ktbjilro with dropping cuds on tho
The sloovos are green from the top to tho elbows, and aro pushed up iu high folds around tho nrmlmles; below tho elbows they arc tightly lilted and of tun cinth; tho Upper full parti taper downward, are kn nod tit the elbows, and siro edged there with gold braid. This and similar picturcssiue drcsTOiS choeon for nfternoon wear ami for day receptions aro worn with an Kmm jHiko bonnet or a projoetiiig-bt'insmeti round hat tho color of tho clotlu with ostrich tips :id wide loops of itlbbot for trimming. Other spost graceful wool gowns nr made of tho widely-bordered unmel'rthairKtulTs. with tho border t tho foofc. of the very plain skirt, which irf mndo round, with a grout deal of fulness lib tho back, whero It hangs iu natural and graceful folds. Tho grayish Kmplro green wools, with border of darker green half a yard deep around tho skirt, make very tasteful' gowns with, this bimplo skirt and a round waist-
0H'ning over a gathered hubit-Miirt or white or paler greon wool; revors of tho .striped wool arc mndo broad and short and there is a wide sash erossing the front of black noire ribbon with ends hanging down tlie left side. The back of tho skirt ks gathered to ms over tho edgo f the round bodice, and modistes sup-
port this by a very sngiu pact imsuw
sewed to tho edge of the bodice.
full sleeves- irive tho effect of
lolds around tho armhole; but i-How in leg-of-muttoa whaie.
e'Hhs and red India ennicl's
various -hades are mnde up
lMiHeemeu made a
indlscrinilnate ne- of their
the mob was tUHperml. No shots were- fired. Alnut thirty-five men were arresteill Aftertlt4t.-Mriou trouble, Chief" of Police llraekett wnlered the cis on all lines stoppedXbr theibiy. The strlkv ersclmm that not otis of beir members lnrticated inrj-ctrda-' riot, and that they heartily dlsappnjve ef such actiot. taken y their SKaipaahteers.
Timorous ami i ,,tlwau. a- UM Wltad nowhere
c . ! ' tliem. He iiroiuithr agreed to tai
to vut
ke tib.iu
enough for was -jitH-
ANOTHER TOWT
BURNED.
I'r.ictleaPjr
Wet Mn I'nrrr tVtronsIn.
WlppiUOut by Tire, DK ' I'KKK, Wis,, April' t2r.-At 4 P.Satnrdaythe Meiscuwlnkfo Wooden-Ware
Company's facterjr ctsaght nre, nurnmg- . the sheds oeMtuir:ltig stoet and stock,.
and iu fact every tlimg: In the towm
While itwaa buraiug ahewrv wind set in. and blew sparks :ul eossls f tire outo
neighboring Iioihcs, taakiswg the largest
tire ever seen tu tins city, twenty uweu-
lug hoiues were horned. The total io.
on the dwelllugs ami coateiHs will proba
bly amount, to .are.O) 1 r more, ami it-it
said that not one-saiarter t e-ivereti w.sn. Insnrauie. The KeLsea-wlukle works, where the Are oriKiratcd, have a loss of about -JWiOOO, wIUjs an hssuranceof r5.WUL When Ute fire Urst sWsrted the Urtim. Bay f.re engine was seat for and arrlnnl shortly after the ir started. The Onra ltay and De Pere steatm were set iu e middle 'if the burning district and vvr doing geoiLwork, when the wind char-gpil (uddttnlv and liemmed the englues in.
. . ...
driving the Are all to tnsi imuieunw
vicinitje. The firemen had to abandon use engines, and they were burned up. The steamers from Osbkosh and Appleten arrived at 1L p. m, and succeeded iu gpttlng the nre under control. Do Saro i-s- a city composed of two.snrts -Enst and West De 1'ere. Wost D Pere Is tt part wWch caug.it fire, and V-day there is not enough left of It to be klentlfl.nl. Thts iteople who were bnrHl out
haw twarly all been taKen nuaeirsneiier bi their ite-lghlMirs of the KaSt SWe. The . . . . a . i . I - . .. t. . .
full loss b estimateu to oe iwaro man
-WW
Tho
high
taper Ibid
hair In
with a
vet of white cloth wrought near1".' all
ovtv with gold cord, then draped from elites, side of the vest with white bettgalkie folds that cross at the wais lino uiubr a sImhI belt of tho white cloth witJb gidd conling. CHber red-doth redixgotes havu tho odd decoratl m of etij!tr corsllng instead of gold. Coppar i-hndes f cloth are made up over very dark blue velvet -skirts, with a vest ef.blu vol vot, striped length wise, with -tapper cords in tlie long tcdingoto. A novel way of brightonlng blaok-'Jtoth redtngotes k to edge tho braid-ml revors, collar a ad cuffs with a narrow pipiag fold of light yellow yioth. Greens with tan-cOlor, aud gray-g3etis with black, copper with bltto that is almost plum-color, and dark, 'wstver lnowns with dark fur. aro fushimmbie colors for wool gowns.
Other trimmings for cloth gowns aro
us
Tb Mystery of Ihe De.itt or Oeorge Koll.
jaiiie.
Grand Forks, Dak, April '22. A
murderer at Aloorehead. named, urowr.
who U under sentence or death, makes confession which clears the mystery ol
the death of Ueorge Fnlljiwraes, the pritefighter, who was killed hi prize fight here last year. He says ke killed a mar named Boston Casey, a week aftsr th fight. Caney admlttetl before the urdt thathektlletl a ma with his ftsstaweek before, and that this man was Kalljames. Brown's oonfeaalou exeertw a man named O'Hare, who was Wag tried fot tb murder of Casey, tad who um Vink teU several tuuutks,
oW. We ifc-a alciaf veu & few Isoars when it
covered that the ater was fast p.awing into hbe sS-?r through tlie big hole iu- her s-tern. Tipj p'-rasw were kept gr-iug itlitt intermis'-am, but they proved altaowt useless as fas an aving the TCNsel -mm concerned. Wo "kept at It; however; Hiitil the nth, Mid then it was wsett wetld no longer i:np to save our ship mon atiproatasal, th" danger grow mr.-te im-nineiit C.ii hrdn Ktutdseil bearded rii Missouri tl adted that hiv passenrjers bo
received m her decks. At 'w o'clock th wort of transfesring the hundred- of foR from tho l)ai?Hark to the Misscs:rt wai-biuun. Flr.it th j women and chfl-Sreti vsere taken alKiu it the latter imat. Thoni tae men, ami lastly Captain KtMi-lseu ansl his crew. Yen way Imagine thsW-idnriag thts time the t jseitemeut was intense btt any semblauee of a jmulc was averted by the coolness ot both Captains .Uurroll astd Kuttdsen al the urompt natuer an which the erews sbeyed tbok- overy order. Afttr six hours' worfc at eight o'clock ou tLe- night of the Othall the-passengers of tite Pan- ' mark hadbeett3ely lauded on the Missouri. Ci'courw,. a large jmrt tif e lat-
ter's car,;? haahvlK- jettisoned refre ac- i commoilsttloHa-dotsM be found .&r tho 721 souls. Ihoy f these had to. abandon their vraWblb- efesrts, as tho moaiit of (goods whlcln each passenger was al- : lowed ttuotata w necessarlly-lsHBltcdto
what ws absolutely indlspeiniHAle. "The-MlswHWl was then lmnded for the i Azorf, the nearest land, wher" we rrrlveib witllesH ay further iiotden' - th. 10th. Thor all the youjg; anmarrleJ men to th-tmber of aVA, and incltidttjc Cai tain ICaudsen and ths-lwger part af
iiU nmw. vhih landed. isMLine iiui wo
nviiti ser sail, after havb:g lisj-.l in a
of, provision, which, nhA to those we
tisik. trem the DanmatU)rfore deHeri-MUg lar, pnoatl amply stiftlplBtiA. "Captain Murrell iVseriw the b'kost pralae inr the mnnaerln which ls hat treated! us during tlu entire passafv. Ha gave all the bestaccommodatlojiH possibles, and did all tW lay In his iower I
' maVck Ui trln a HeasftHl one: rawi so i.
has Imen after r perilous eHjortatw
I tad firtunat escape."
A few others, on the steawr ewtio I sieak Kugllsh, among whom wa Jens i Kelson, who aas lived iu Ajtfitln, Minn., I ..... ,uul. Ifn wau rMttirnllltf
ll Btimo ifi.w,,.-' , .... . from a visit to his parent. He corroborated all Pr. Jwperson lsad said about tkelr exiwfcsae and thn excesdlng klndaess of Captaift Mnrr A ami his wew la rescuing them and provldkig for them oh
his own. vmei at tue sacrmcw o wargo.
(v. ). 'Mit none the IcsvWle them watch. I r . . f ,. n.wK,,u la verse r.7 He hrf-adencsst the command apiHciJ. of cloth la aowc.t .tv,t r-i...iu,i.voii. .rv-sus Christ mar ron fur So be SkhI as vests, cutis, etc.
tor vosir Ufe time, but you I 'Xhu cloth Is much pootetx-sl up nuer
iu atuiud' M watchfulness ' pBim-vl-looking de-signs of ril lMinless He wjl n ,XQV iu edges ar covorifsl with Ms X. That His doming i onltU dius Surfe-colowd oloth jw
not com during
aro to b s in the
none the
come aiR I
suddenly
black
llos-
;llt
rttl4t
uMur. !. itimv. i-:4trhinti tlwMi. (if"Lr-i LbMfer branched w
.... . fJY ...ci f w it.1 ...Is),
uiiawarrs.t.s sure. Tfit.n uis coming win fJHU I:ub fur, anu is igeu
oonl; t wl eloths ami pido greens aro
tin natural seal fur and ou 1 er-
imub-i.kin. SiHer ombroidcit;. ot
rind mi-y unprepared, H;e the five foolish
. . . . : ........ . . . . . . ... I iinii'urd iim
virxni ..is nmv. ... , ,
coming jmildciiiy, lie iihi you sicvpuoc.
storms. but ho also vr.;bos for favoring ; mixtMlbUvor and gray silk threads w winds, that Imnmy take UntdgO of thorn, j tls0 fashionabW trimming for ami h't tho more sure 5 wafted to his de- . - y HUj (or blue ciotli nlred taven. Curetcssncss lies at the root ' 1 h mm,Kk, and thlstlo of much coldness, So, ,t s, tlw'.voung Chris- ROHtth iro io.se, siinim v . tianiijiypmnuiblywabis for ojviwrtunitics I nro f-s-vontc design for this o. of usefulness. Matsy,r- wounded man has J lLajprft Hazar.
liecu k'ft to lwrish, not Wcchuso those wha
passed were pi-icsts or flevitcs, but because they were careless laymen, who never nw1 thomsn at all. Me tiaywill goby, under ordbHry circumstanceot In whkh the watchful siseiplo will not s instances when he can lie fif uso to hi !c Uew-mcn. Wo aro rjoslhlu for not ileUii. as much asfor! ing; and most proWniy our sins of onussk a far outnumbarwr-sins of commission. Tie Saviour's accasaUoa against those oiu H j left wjll be, Ikiwuso they did notaan. bier to Him. and tlHMpexcusu will imssnfor
r.sHhlng.-Hcv. AkH. SchHUftlcr. PRA(TIGU.!SrMr..STION3. 1. I)ark,Hd troubloos times are sure -to jomo before the-fcngd-am of God can bo'es-
tablishfd. , 2. These shoylal tifrt niscourago but bring oNHfort Hl.fuh, as signs of nuon.'jMuw OhriMIti. surely comlri;in klngcum, successful and trluinphimt. 4. Nothing im Uw unlvcrso tsao-suroa tho 'JPord of f edi, its promises and warnlssg. Ti. Tho utuerudnty of the hour Is tho mspition tisduty, tor the only wf to becertaUlv nrcimrcd whon tho Iord -wbi to
st jek 1 lialways.pfiMrl.
a. iTUiewaiwomK iiiiniH-n i"j.". -
3taty, at.ii satvmg tho Urd iwrfeetly as If consciotta that His eyu is upon aa. YssMHg Men at tb Top. Quite a noticeable feature. eouu(t oil with the settlement of Dakota Is. the number of young tmm lastwecn tli ages of twentyone an.l thirty-live makmg tip her popuh. tt. They prwlominate, whether on the ra ibiIio trade, nrofes&kms and busi
ness undertakings, or in poHtieal and el- ! ... .t - ...It.t.il anil lr.al
Hcml.mutiageinciiv o ivi affairs, sml give ta every cnterprisei- that push and ambitious effort which has ade a NhtHinid reputation for the people. Ax Interest In Christ and Ills cause winy be shewn by a won! or took. And every ........ t ...,! lulanul n-lv lit to b Web
MW uuwmI uUdlv bvalevtjref Christ a4 HU
Primitive Patriots. TiSfi" safety and twigth of our natkm ntutevcr rest 1 ntiie homes of its people. be khe log cabins oCuwrly days our father. lived. Simple honm tl.' were, but from withits their mud-ehiaked walls there sprang a hardy race of menfull of love fot home nad. liber t v. Strong hi body awil mind, thoy laid .the fcsiuidaUoii ot Vxne-'ica'a greatness. V oil n-a their work rwrformed, for uijn that solid nick has g.w, aa years have passed, she imposing svueture of cherishej iudeSly'and gransLitte worthy rf iude-
SMriiers. , . , Though thedwrrws of that time Jsvo long!cc iwsseil away, they have 1CA tts rich by inticriuitija. Whilst oua fathers were planing America's futurtdesthiy, our Wr.t motherm woro not idle, foe i their cvcr-ralnd ul cars. for the welfare of their loved ces. they dls-. covered some e the liest remedial agents. known for. th rllef of the a rk, Good fdd-fa-dhiouMd bomo-mres proired from rsotvs imsi herbs-thcy xuve tsv-jr been BUndasds of escellency.
Tlicagh kst for a tur as ocem ran prcpar.iitioaof these old-t!e "homocures', they aro agabi revived, tuid are known t
l. 11., uni iroiui
tho pubU as v arner s, wj "'? ecs; ctdef among tbm being Warner s log CidMnarsaparlllisv'.li bit of the Obitime blocsl purifiers. In tlioao times ovory family waa Itsewa doctor and the heroes and heroines r oarU days were wouderfclly healtkful ad waft America owes l freedom to tlie rugged .odlcs and healihy minds of our fathers sml so long as the spirit ot freetbwti 1 they instllleil prevail ami a tnw apprVclathm 0 our grand Institutkinn rewalna there Is danger of tho downfall ef tha IVspublks. s 1 BtP-m.tsTBf sHould be u.lged bdj