Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 January 1899 — Page 6

Stu f ike County gtmocrat Jjfi ■L MeC. STOOPS. EdllM ud Proprietor. 7 PETERSBURG. : INDIANA. Representative Dingley, according to his physician, passed the crisis, on the 12th, and was considerably improved. Dr. Deale expressed himself confident of his patient’s recovery. A traveler named Daniel Brunn is organizing an expedition in Copenhagen to start during the coming summer in search of traces |of Prof. Andree in eastern Greenland. Bishop Francis Silas Chetard, of the diocese of Indianapolis, who was stricken with paralysis, on the 12th, was reported, un the 13th, to be dying. He has been bishop for 20 years. The official report of the mayor of Santa Clara, duba, shows that in 1896 there were 1,416 deaths, 6,987 deaths in 1897 and 4,841 deaths in 1898, being, in three years, 80 per cent, of the population. Spain has again reminded the Washington government of the undertaking on the part of the United States peace commissioners with regard to the Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos, and has asked a prompt reply* „ The French chamber of deputies, after an exceedingly stormy debate On the interpellation relative to the charges of M. De Beaurepaire, adopted the order of the day, which was accepted 0 by , the government, the vote standing 423 to 124. -.—:— •{ ) Chatmcey M. Depew was unanimously chosen as the candidate of the republican party, as represented in the senate and assembly, of New York, for United States senator at a joint caucus held in the assembly on the night of the 12th. *

The admiralty court has found that La Bourgogne, of the French line, was alone to blame for the collision with the British ship Cromartyshire, on July 4 last, near Sable island, off the coast of Ndvia Scotia, resulting, in the sinking of the steamer and the loss of over ! 500 lives. The Madrid newspapers allege that the ' Americans have requested the 5 Spaniards not to withdraw the Spanish troops from Mindanao, the southermost island of -the Philippines, before the arrival ofjthe Americans there, 60 as to prevent an insurrection breaking out. The house committee on territories reached a final agreement, on the 11th, to make a favorable report on the Hawaiian bill. The agreement to report was unanimous, although the democrats of the committee, reserved the - light to make a minority report opposing several features of the bill. Hon. Nelsop Dingley, of Maine, leader of the republican side on the floor Of the house of representatives and representing the Second congressional district of Maine in that body, died in Washington, on the 13th, at 10:30 p. m., of heart failure resulting from extreme weakness due to pneumonia. El Diaro de Barcelona urges such a modification of the customs dues as would allow Russian petroleum to compete with American. It also insists upon the necessity of the government aiding the development of tobacco culture in Spain, as otherwise Spain will have to pay the United States for the tobaeeo she consumes.

John H. Gibbons, of the Paris exposition commission, has sent Congressman Cannon, chairman of the house committee, a corrected statement oi the probable needs of the commis-, si on in properly displaying American produces at the exposition. The original figures called for abont $700,000, but the last estimate made is for $1,300,000. The United States transport Mississippi, which sailed from Santiago on the evening of January 4, arrived at New Yoijk on the 10th. On board were Gen. Wood, military governor of Santiago, and Lieut. Hanna, aide-de-camp; Dr. Castillo, a brother of the Cuban general, and Col. Gibson, who superintended the distribution of provisions to the starving Cubans. The Charles City (la.), college has a staunch friend in Henry A. Salzer, manager of the John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse, Wis. Although deeply engrossed in the business affairs of his firm, Mr. Salzer finds time and money to donate to the cause pf education and to benevolent enterprises. His latest benefaction was a New Year’s gift of $3,000 in gold to the Charles City college. Col. George P. Webster, a well-known lawyer end a prominent member of Tammany, died at his home in New York city on the 11th. He was born In Connecticut, but early in life went 1o Newport, Ky. He. served several years in the Kentucky legislature, and was one of those who voted against secession. Col. Webster entered the Union army. He removed to New York city about 25 years ago. A petition from former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was presented to the house of representatives, on the 11th, piotesting against the United Slates’ assertion of ownership to the J crewn lands of Hawaii as a taking of property without due process of law, and appealing to the president and ?s and the people for a restoralands. The same petition

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS Df BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. (Scaoad Session.) In the senate, on the 10th, Mr. Mason (rep., I1L) delivered his speech in support of his resolution that the United States will never attempt to govern the people of any country without their consent. It was a forceful-effort and commanded the undivided attention of chamber and galleries from beginning to end, and was frequently applauded. Mr. Turley (Tenn.) spoke In opposition to the Nicaragua canal bill. An agreement was reached to consider the bill, on the 17th. with 15minute speeches.In the house the entire day was devoted to the bill for the codification of the criminal laws of Alaska, and all but ten pages of the bill was disposed of. In the senate, on the 11th, Mr. Foraker (rep., O.) made a speech in opifesiition to the declaration of the Vest resolution against annexation. He was frequently interrupted by questions and in the running cross-fire that ensued showed to good advantage. He laid down the broad proposition that to adopt the Vest resolution was to declare that our fathers had brought forth a nation that was inferior to all other nations, regardless of the generally accepted idea that one nation was the equal of another and all equally restricted.In the house consideration of the bill for the codification of the criminal laws of Alaska was completed, and the bill was passed, with the high-license amendment previously agreed to. In the senate, on the 12th, little business was transacted in open session. Sixteen bills on the private pension calendar were passed, and a joint resolution extending the thanks of congress to Miss Clara Barton and other officials of the Red Cross society for their beneficent work in Armenia and Cuba were adopted_..In the house the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, carrying $7,705,533, was passed without an amendment. During the general debate two %et speeches were made against imperialism, by Messrs. Carmack and Gaines (Tenn.) In the senate, on the 13th, the discussion of the question of expansion was continued. several speeches pro and con being made. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up. but Its consideration was Tiot concluded qt the hour of adjournment. In the house consideration of u.e naval personnel bill was begun, and speeches filled with glowing allusions to victories won by our navy In the late war were delivered. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

V. 1J. wyncK, a young iarmer or good standing, living at Sharman, Ark., was assassinated while sitting at his fireside, surrounded by his family. The shot was fired through the glass window, 12 buckshots lodging in his back. Death was instantaneous. Considerable excitement has been caused among stockholders of the defunct First national bank of Lisbon, 0., by a notice from the comptroller of .the currency requiring them to pay, by February 9, $100 on every share held by them when the failure occurred. Nellie*. Dalton, alias May Murray, alias “Big May,” was arrested in Denver, Col., on the 12th. .The police say she is wanted in Chicago and New York to answer charges of shoplifting. In her4rooms were found $2,500 worth of goods, including a number of diamonds. A. great battle has been fought in the Yamen division of Arabia. The Turkish troops stormed and captured the insurgent position at Shanel, on November 30. About 4,000 insurgents and 2,000 Turks were killed or wounded. Tire New York state democratic legislative caucus, on the 12th, nominated Edward Murphy, Jr., for United States senator to succeed himself. The democrats are in a minority in the legisla^ ture. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 12th showed: Available cash balance, $290,281,653; gold reserve, $237,948,577. Gen. Carpenter, at Puerto Principe, Cuba, is forming a rural police force under the command of Col. Braulia Pena. In' the course of his testimony before the army investigation commis-, sion Gen. Eagan called Maj.-Gen. Miles,. commanding the army, a “liar, who lied in his throat, lied in his heart, lied in eve^y part of his body, who perpetrated a gross scandal and who should be drummed out of the service and imprisoned, and should be avoided by every honest man and barred from every club.’1

ai rne annual meeting oi the ±*ennsylvania commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, it was voted unanimously to present Rear-Admiral Dewey,, with the gold insignia of the order, which the i United States government allows to be worn Itjy officers of the army and navy. A fire which broke out at 7:30 o’clock on the night of the 12th, in the wholesale and retail dry goods house of the J. S. Menken Co., at Memphis, Tenn., caused an estimated loss of half a million dollars up to 2 a. m., of the l?.th, and the fire was not^jinder control at that hour. Maj. Gen. Breckinridge has been ordered .to proceed without delay to Cuba ancl Porto Rico on an inspection trip which will last many months. As a further mark of the disapproval of the war department, he has been din reeted to report to Maj.-Gen. Brooke, whom he is alleged to have offended during the war. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has offered to give $250,000 to erect a building for a public library for Washington, provided congress would furnish a site and provide suitable maintenance, not less than $10,000 per annum. Steps will be taken at once to secure the needed legislation. The gunboat Yorktown sailed from San Francisco, on the 13th, for Manila, j She will replenish her coal bunkers at Honolulu and then go on to Guam before proceeding to Manila. A boy of 12 years of age was found dead of starvation on Delmonte street, Havana, on the 10th. Corporal Hunter, ; of Co. A, Tenth regiment, found the body on a pile of stones with some candles at its head, placed there by strange hands. x ' Advices from Lexington, Va., say that William L. Wilson, ex-congress-man and president of the Washington and Lee university, at Lexington, has been offered the presidency of Yale college and that he will accept the pc

The American-Canadian commission was in session, on the 11th, bat its work was devoted to matters of detail. The members of the commission report, however, that they are moving steady progress. A combination of chewing gum manufacturers of the United States wras practically consummated, on the 12 th, when the last contacts necessary #o amalgamation were executed i'u'New York city. The capital involved m this combination amounts to about $15,000,000. Six firms have signed contracts. Jennie Ward, a modiste, died at Mariette, Wis., on the 13th, practically of slow suicide. Four weeks before she went to the Menominee hospital determined to die, made her will, and absolutely refused to take any medicine or allow the physicians to do anything for her. A love affair is said to hare caused her action. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 13th showed: Available cash balance, $290,801,321; gold reserve, $237,259,766. LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 14th, the chaplain paid an eloquent tribute to the late Nelson Dingley Mr. Proctor (Vt.) introduced a joint resolution providing for busts of the late Senator Morrill and Senator Yoorhees to be placed in f the national library. The resolution^ was referred to the library committee. A message was received from the house announcing the adoption of resolutions on the death of Representative Dingley, and after a brief eulogy by Mr. Hale, the senate, as a mark of respect adjourned,. ...In the house Mr. Boutelle, the senior member of the Maine delegation, offered, and the house adopted, a series of resolutions providing for the funeral of Mr. Dingley in the hall of the house at noon on Monday, the 16th, and for a cornmittee'of nine members to accompany the remains to Maine. The resolutions concluded with a motion to adjourn, which was adopted. <

The Independent Order of the Free Sons of Israel held a golden jubilee in New York city, on the 15th, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization. During the 50 years of ita existence the organization has paid to widows, orphans and beneficiaries of the members $3,500,000, while an equal amount has been expended in alleviating • suffering .and distress within and without the brotherhood. Ihe amount at present in the reserve fukd is nearly $1,000,000. According to Brig.-Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, a member of the Cuban commission, now in Washington, the CubaiVWmy is surf to receive the three veaijl pay to which it is entitled $40,000,000 to be advanced by the United States for that purpose, with the customhouses of Cuba as security for its repayment. Marcus C. Hawley, a prominent New York business man, died at his home in Newtown, Conn., on the 15th, of nervous prostration, aged 65 years. He was president of the Hawley Brother’s Hardware Co., of New York and Sari Francisco, and until recently president of the Shreveport & Houston railroad. Three commissioners from Glasgow arrived at New York on the American liner St. Louis, on the 15th, to lay before President McKinley and his cabi* net particulars regarding the Glasgow exhibition to be held in 1901. Maj. G. W. Urie, the first treasurer of Ashland count j% O., died, on the 15th, aged 93 years. He was reputed to bo the oiliest mason in Ohio. CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Lizzie Baumgartner broke jail at Danville, 111., but was recaptured. Mrs. George Pim, of Dyersville, Ia~ died suddenly Friday, aged 90 years. Mrs. Michael Mueller, an old resident of Carlyle, 111., died Friday ot grip. In a houseboats on the Illinois rivei at Columbia, ill., Charles Cummings was killed by John Kuehn. Victor Herbert was elected conduc* tor of the Pittsburgh (Pa.) orchestra for the season of 1S99-1900. A 2V&-year-old child of E. D. Curran, of South Bend, Ind., swallowed a serew and choked to death. The men accused of the Leeds (Mo.) train robbery have been reindicted and Bill Ryan will be added to the list. S. I, Hazeltine, who was elected to congress on the greenback platform, died at his home, near Springfield*. Mo. Charles Woodward was killed by a falling bowlder in a mine at Galena, Kas. He leaves a widow and three children. Ex-Mayor Robert Lambe, of Carlyle, 111., was convicted at Salem on two counts charging forgery and embezzlement. , ' * - Pettis county (Mo.) fruit growers say there will be no peaches this year, an examination failing to show a single living bud. The house committee on naval affairs will recommend that awards to the navy for prizes captured during war hereafter be abolished. Fred Sawyer, who was convicted of criminally assaulting Mrs. Fannie Fuller at Ennis, Tex., last June, was hanged at Waxahachie, Tex., Friday. Charles H. Bambaugh. brother-in-law of. Grant Gillett, has returned from Chihuahua, Mexico, and says Gillett will soon return to sthe United States. ", - Graham Atkieson, aged 16 years, while handling a target rifle at Lexton, Mo., accidentally shot himself in the stomach. It is thought the wound is fatal. Thomas S. Alsop, of New Franklin, Mo., died of pneumonia Friday, aged 58 years. He was a man of large financial interests. His wife and four children survive him. The peace treaty is considered certain of ratification. The argument that is believed to be assuring its/passIS til at tills action is nccftsssfltTir

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Told In Brief by Dispatches from Various Lociilit es. War Trophic -.' Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. i4.—The offi* cers and crew of the ba t^f ship Indiana •by proxy presented to th state of Indiana a Nordenfeldt machine gun taken from the fighting top of the cruiser Maria Teresa and the ba Ale flag carried by the battleship Indiana in the naval engagement off Santiago de Cuba July 3, 1898. Both house; of the legislature adjourned in ord r tjtat the members might be pre *ei t at the ceremony. Speeches went t ade by Got. Mount, Admiral George Brown (retired) and Lieut. W. H. Elliott, recently of the navy, who represented Commander Taylor, of the battleship Indiana. James Whitcomb Eiley recited one of his latest poems, “Old Glory.” Coattased Success. Cambridge City, Ind., Jan. 14.— George Hower, the Cambridge City boy in the Klondike, writes to.his parents of his continued success in the gold fields. Hower also inclosed a bill for, acme groceries and food purchased, the ' total of which was $679.50, and which could have been procured here for less than $25. He expects to return home snext summer, having been in Alaska for four years. indicted. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 14.—Mrs. Rebecca A. Rosenberger has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of having attempted to poison her ion Alva last fall in order to get the $2,000 insurance upon his life. She was arraigned in court and pleaded not guilty. The trial is set far January 19, w'hen, the state clain sensational testimony will be introduced. » ; Acquitted. Anderson, Ind., «tan. 14.—Oflcer Pat Hannon, of Summitville, who was arrested and charged with;mans aughter for the death of Fred Barton, the Anderson boy win was locked in the Summitville jail by the officer on it charge of drunk and afterwards was burned to death, had the case against him dismissed by the prosecution.

Xioat His Bride. Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 14.—When H. C. Weber, a cigarmaker at Indianapolis, arrived at Sellers burg to claim Mrs, Hattie Warner as his bride he was met with the information that the court had not yet granted a decree of diverce to her first husband, James Warner, and that it was impossible to secure a marriage license. I . - A Widow Milling. Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 14.—Mrs. Jonathan O’Neal, a widow of this city? disappeared from her home Wednes* day, and all efforts to locate her have proved futile A few days before her disappearance she complained of not feeling well, and it may be that she has become temporarily deranged and wan’ered away. A Bishop Stricken. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14.—Kt. Rev. Francis Silas Chatard, bishop of the Ronofan Catholic diocese of Indianapolis, is stricken with paralysis at the jpiscopal residence here and his recovery is regarded as uncertain. His DVother, Dr. Ferdinand Chatard, of 1 Baltimore, has been called. Shot Cm Kentucky. New Albany, Ind., Jan. 14.—Charles 3. Williamson, who was shot in Louisville, Ky., by Isaac Smith in a quarrel over money matters and received wounds which will probably result fatally, resides in this city and was an heir of the Williamson estate of $15,XX),000 in Philadelphia.

Get DamaKai, Andejsbn, Ind., Jan..14.—The jury appointed by Judge McClure to appraise the damages to the Big Four Railway company by the Postal Telegraph company stringing wires from Anderson to Union City, 50 miles, on the railroad right of way has awarded damages mounting to $3,000. Lynching In vent ligation. ScottsLurg, Ind* Jan. 1.4.—So far as can be learned there are no new developments in the grand jury investigation of the Tyler lynching. The investigation will be continued several days under the belief that enough test imony will yet be secured to warrant indictments. To Vote for Pence Trento, Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14.-*-i concurrent resolution was introduced into the senate Friday instructing the two Indiana senators, Turpie and Fairbanks, to support with all their jqwer the ratification of the peace tree y. It was made the special order for Tu sday. Died of Pneumonia. Seymour, Ind., Jan. 14.—E. W. Shepard, aged 58, one of the most rominent marble salesmen in southe n Indiana, died of pneumonia, after a. few days’ sickness. He was on a v at to his brother-in-law, near Hone’ own, when he was taken sick. Will Try Attain. Loogootee, Ind.. Jan. 14.—1The ward of directors of the Loogootee Pn pecting company has closed a contra with Sproull Bros., of Bedford, to crill a second well for. gas and oil ne r this point. Temperance Revival. Sullivan. Ind.. Jan. 14.—Urea interest is being manifested here in t' i * temperance revival now in progre: ^ ducted by Francis Murphy, Jr 800 have signed the pledge so far

CUBAN CU STOMS COLLECTIONS. Bipart ot Cat Bltea Ihowbf Rom of ih« DUBcattl * U>wM Uadw u« the Good Work Done. Washington Jan. 16.—Assistant Secretary of W tr* Meiklejohn gave out yesterday a synopsis of a report re- j cently made by the collector of cua»‘| toms at Hav ma, Col. Tasker H. Bliss. Col. Bliss writes that the operations at the customhouse at Havana are proceeding v »ry smoothly, considering all of ; the cc editions under which he has to work. On the day following | his installation a number of employes I vacated their positions. Some of them ! were Spaniards returning to their own | country, or were employes, who, under I the Spanish aw, had become entitled ! "to retiring pension. Had this class re- j mained in tie service their pensions j would have leen jeopardized. Others left fot reasons best known to themsolves. At pj-csent Col. Bliss is care- j fully rgadjus iag bis force, placing j Americans only on guard where a gen- j eral supervision over the whole force is necessary. Col. Bliss says that in his opinion the customs service of the island should be noi only an object lesson, hut a school o; instructions for the natives. It can, he says, be made an object lesson by laving no one but Americans in tlie service. But it can be made a school of instruction only by having the natives for the great mass of employes, v ith only enough Americans to see that their work is faithfully and hones tly done. Col. Bliss acnouncesi that in addition to the weekly reports required from such collections by the executive order of December 9, he' proposes to institute q system of daily reports showing all nofieys received. He thinks he can keep the war department daily informed as to the revenues of the island at a trifling expense. Col. Bliss found on'hand when ho took possession of the customshouse at Havana only $1,500, resulting from a special tax which was laid upon loading and. unloading vessels under the Spanish reign. lis collections on the first clay amount *d in cash to $1,522.21. On the second clay they rose to $3,920.59. ' >

lxlKUUUJdL t UKiilUJM Cuba, Past, PrM«; it and Prospective, as Swn by an E. lgllih Newspaper Corre. ponden t. Mexico City, Jan. 16.—Charles Ackers, correspondent' of the London Times, in Cuba, is here. He did, perhaps, more work than any other correspondent to expose the cruelty and incapacity of Gen. Yeyler, and made himself heartily disliked by that official, but remained in Cuba and kept the English public informed of the true state of things. He praises highly the conduct of the American regular troops during tl e Cuban campaign. He says that Cubans are in the main peaceable and thert is no danger of a conflict between th< m and the American authorities providing the latter show the necessary act.: ThetCuban generals have been busily engaged in disba iding their forces and are aiding in tl e work of jeconstruction in perfect good faith. He sees ho reason why the Cubans should . not form a governm ?nt of their own, but of course would be always more or less under the i roteetion of the United States. Hfe t enied that there was the slightest trut h in the pretended revelations made i i Havana regarding the blowing up of the Maine. I Mr. Ackers said that at the end of 1 January there will b* from 180 to 200 central sugar f$ctorie in operation in Cuba. It is estimatee that the sugar crop should be from 100,000 to 800,000 tons,as preparations a: e already being amde for planting in Teased acerage next June and July. Thus it will be j seen that th® resource s of the island j are already entering a§ ain on a period ! of peaceful developments

OFFICIAL NEWS FROM ILOILO. The N»U?#» Dlipoeed t> be Friendly, Though Opposed to th. Lending of American Tro ipe. Manila, Jan. 16.—Official' dispatches just received here from Iloilo, Island of Panay, indicate that t le natives are disposed to be friendly, although absolutely opposed to the landing of the Lnited States froces without orders from Malolos, the seat of the so-called Filipino national government. Some of the officials at Iloilo art not in accord writhe the revolution ary government, but are willing to accept an American protectorate ap l to go to state the case to Aguimldo if furnished tranportation by -he Americans. The United States transports Newport, Arizona and Pennsyl ania, with the Eighteenth infantry, th » Iowa battalion, the Sixth artillery and a detachment of the signal coi ps, constituting Gen. Miller’s expedition, are anchored close to Gimaras sland, between Panay and Negros, wl eye an excellent water supply is obtai table. The natives,though indisposed primarily to furnish the Americans with fresh supplies, now permit the^Ame ican officers to go ashore, and furnish them with an ecort during the day time. One* Kick, bat 01*4 Penal 1cm. Kansas City, Mo,, Jan. 15.—John Wilkerson, who gained a reputation throughout the west as a “square” gambler in the days when the big gambling house was a feature of every far western city, and whoso “Marble Hall” was a bordei-day attraction in Kansas City, is dead of j pneumonia. The fortune which Wilkerson acquired as a gamble; he lost in later years as a race-coux » bookmaker, and recently he had l een em

CAPSIZED AND SANK. XrfM* aft tM Jfcfjjili Ship A&Cateapf w*ea S^powrvkS ; —How It Bsppwwt. ' I f Tacoma, Wish., Jan. 16.—The full list of those lost .tty the capsizing of the British ship Andelana, anchored ir this port awaiting cargo, so far as obtainable, is as follows: Tt»o B«««atMa Victim*. Capt. 0. W. Slating, of* Annapolis, Nova Scotia. / F. H. Crowe, aged SS^ondonderty, N. S., first matoi,. F. G. Doe, aged 23, Blackpool, England. - Nemey JosMim; Victoria, B. C. Joseph M. A. d’Hoilyere, Ostend, Belgium, apprentice. . Richard Reginald Hanze, Ostend, »Belgium, apprentice. ' Charles Snutb&fof ^ United State% boatswain. f \ * , James Daly, New York, boatswain.1; J. R. Brown, Barbadoes, cook. / , " H. Hanson,- Sweden, able seaman.\, Anton Jensen, Denmark, seaman. John Nielson, Norway, seaman. F. Ostrom, Finland, seaman. Edward Letz, Riga, Russia, seaman. Fred Hinstrom, Norway. seaman. August Stmmoason. Holland, seaman. ' - &£& :; -v. Pat Wilson, Johns, N. FM seaman. Discharged AU Her Balia** and Cleared H«r Hold. • The ship, which was of English build, and worth^ probably, $150,000, entered this port several days ago. She was to have loaded wheat under charter to Kppinger <fe Co., of San ■Francisco, for Europe. Friday the ship was taken to Eureka, dock and all ballast removed and the hold ^cleared preparatory* to receiving cargo. She was t lien towed to an anchorage several hnn&rpl yards northeast of the St. Paul «fc Tacoma Lumber Co.’s dock wharf, at which point the disaster overtook her. She had out, according to the best information obtainable, the starboard anchor, weighing at least two tons.while to either side of the vessel were attached the ballast logs used to keep the ship upright during the absence of cargo or ballast. The ship was riding the waves

serenely wnen tae skippers or other vessels anchored close by retired for the night. When daylight dawned no sign of the Andelann were visible. . Over the spot where the ship rode at anchor the night before only a danger signal biioy lamp was visible. y The Absence of the Ship wee Discovered. When the absence of the ship was discovered Capt. Doty and Capt. Bur* ■ ly took the tug Fairfield and made an investigation, andTt was soon deter* mined beyond possibility of doubt that the ship had gone to the bottom. One of the ballast logs was found. To it dangled part of the chain by which is wal originally fastened to the ill-fated ship. Xaaddition one of the life boats, a mattress and a line of the ship on it and several oars were found. Beyond these msf^Dther pieces of wreckage have been discovered. As all on board perished only surmises as tothe cause of the disaster can be in* dulged in. * : How the Disaster Probably Occurred. The shipping men say that the ballast log found wag from the port side of the vessel. The ship, according to all accounts, was headed in a southeasterly direction, or toward the head oi-the, bay at the time the gale swept down the sound. The heavy winds caused the ship tb Strain in the lines, making the log on the weather side taut and giving a tendency to lift the log from the water, but the strain was too great for one of the chains and it snapped. This released the towering craft from the greater restraint on the weather side, and lifted with the wind, and there being little restraint on the other end of the log,: raised it enough to allow the right, or mooring chain, to slip off. The ship, freed from ballast and floating like a chip, careened over under the pressure of the heavy gale, shipping great quantities of water, filling completely the hold and forecastle, causing her to capsize and sink to the bottom, all in a very few minutes.

l urneu n»r nro*u*ia# to the lime. The situation was further aggravated by the fact that the tides were just setting in at the time the ship is supposed to have gone down. This, in all probability, forced the stern of the vessel around and exposed the broadside to the gale’s fury. TheV«M«| t.oc*ie<l. Late yesterday afternoon the ili-fated vessel was located. She lies on the bottom of the sound on her broadside under 23 fathoms of water, close by the spot where she had been anchored.. Barlett & Steed, agents for the owners, have cabled for instructions, but do not expect a reply before Monday, althougn they say the vessel will probably be raised and the bodies of the dead sailors recovered. The Ship*# C*ew. When the Andelana entered this port she was manned by a crew of nearly 30 men. Some deserted and others were discharged until only 18 were left. The only list of>|be victims obtainable is that given by Percy B. Buck, an apprentice, wj«> was injured two days prior to the disaster and taken to one of the Taeotna hospitals Material Reduction tu Tim® Between Nm Tork »•& Havana. New York, Jan. 16.—||| noon to-day a train service will be started front Jersey City over the Pennsylvania rail*, read and the Plant system which will reduce the time of travel to Havana by three hours. Hitherto the train making ship connections at Tampa for Havana has left Jersey City at 9 a. m.s but the New York and Florida special which begins service to-day will, by increased speed, make the same ship. are