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GERMANY'S NAVAL GRANTS.
THE SI BJF.CT MW I lib. HOREN
LORE'S DOWNFALL.
The Minister of the Imperial Home
Other amt the Head of Hie Imperial
Admiralty Reported as llsu ns the
Point of Resigning—Kniunrs Also
Afloat That the Cabinet Crisis Wilt
Be Averted by a Parliamentary
Coalition.
Berlin, Feb. I.—The rumors which
have tn-en in circulation here of tlv Im
pending resignation of Prince von Hohen
lohe, the imperial chancellor, Herr von
BoeltichiT, minister of the imp* riai homo
office and representative of the chancellor,
ami Herr Hollman. the head of the im
perial admiralty, have tv < n traced to
Journalists who claim connection with
high official sources of information. These
rumors, of cour.-e, created a great stir
until they were semi-officially denied,
when the inte rest they had awakened
subsided.
If there is nothin* behind these reports
the government have had themselves to
blame for their circulation in choosing
as mediums of spreading information
Upon previous occasions mm whnm they
are now obliged to repudiate.
In spite of those officially Inspired de
nials, however, some responsible newspa
pers persist in the assertion that a
ministerial crisis is merely postponed. In
support of this contention the Neueßte
Naehrichten recalls the circumstance
that the late chancellor, von
Caprlvl, upon the eve of his dis
missal from office, received orders
from the emperor to assure the
ministers of tho several federal states
that the then current stories of a minis
terial crisis were positively without foun
dation. Nevertheless, Gen. Caprlvl was re
lieved within r very few days thereafter.
The Hanover Courier insists that a crisis
Is latent the emperor persisting In ills
motion of asking the Reichstag for a large
Increase of naval credits for the construc
tion of additional warships, etc., which
Prince Hohenlohe had declared it to be Im
possible to obtain.
Within the ministerial circle Prince Ho
henlohe Is credited with having taken a
more hopeful view regarding the voting
of Increased naval credits by the Reich
stag, assuming that he is able to manage
a coalition of the conservatives and agra
rians with the national liberals and agra
rians. The chief difficulty in the way of
such a combination, however, is the fact
that since the defeat of the Kanltz grain
monopoly proposal the majority in the
Reichstag is bitterly hostile to the minis
ters.
The government is now endeavoring to
reconcile the situation and has chosen the
llnterhaus as the scene of its first ap
proach to an entente. Herren
brandt and Strachwitz, agrarian members
of the t'nterhaus, having declared that
Count Kanltz's proposal had then second
place, the monetary question coming first,
Herren Von Putikamer and I’laulh, con
servatives, next declared that suoh a de
cision in regard to the exeoutlve pro
gramme ought in no wise to seiwirte a
party from the government. Then Huron
von Hammerstein-Loxten, minister of ag
riculture. following his cue, assured the
agrarians that the government was in no
respect hostile to them.
Chancellor Hohenlohe watched his best
chance for a deal in furtherance of the
government's monetary scheme for naval
purposes and seized his opportunity to say
that he had always regarded tho agra
rians ns the proper representatives of the
agricultural interests of the country. A
further exchange of courtesies of this
character followed and the whole pro
ceeding is held in ministerial circles to
corroborate their contention that a pro
ject Is on foot looking to a coalition with
a view to securing the desired navy
credits.
The public are clearly Indifferent to the
matter of constructing new warships, us
evidenced bv the fact that the movement
In favor of calling for a large public sub
scription for the purpose of building cruis
ers has collapsed, the total sum collected
In a weeg having been Insufficient to pay
the expenses of the required agitation.
IJr. Stoecker, formerly court chaplain,
has resigned his membership In the con
servative party owing to the opposition
caused by his refusal to declare himself
against the Christian socialist movement.
The emperor paid a special honor to the
late Ambassador Runyon by sending six
teen officers drawn from each regiment of
the guards now In Berlin to the memorial
service held In St. George's Epiweopul
church, all of whom were attired in parade
uniform. This distinction corresponds with
the usage in Germany at the obsequies of
brigadier generals who have served in act
ual war.
DEBT OF THE NATION.
The Monthly Statement of the Treas
ury Department.
Washington, Feb. I.—The debt state
ment issued this afternoon shows a net
increase in the public debt, less cash in
the treasury, during January of $5,747,-
>76.15. The interest bearing debt increased
SSSO. The non-interest bearing debt de
creased $688,306.50, and the cash in the
treasury decreased $0.435,422.65. Tho bal
ances of the several classes of debt at the
close of business Jan. 31 were: Interest
bearing debt, $747,3*12,820. Debt on which
Interest has ceased since maturity, $1,673,-
190.26. Debt bearing no interest, $375,602,-
005.64. Total, $1,124,638,015.90.
The certificates and treasury notes off
set by an equal amount of cash in the
treasury outstanding at the end of the
month were: $562,542,773, a decrease of s">,-
490,900. The total cash in the treasury was
$774,653,725.72. The gold reserve was $49,-
045,507. Net cash balance. $121,740,271.27.
In the month there was a decr>ase in
gold coin and bars of $13,506,551.10, the total
at the close being $99,093,356.57. Of silver
there was an increase of $3,961,203.85.
Of the surplus there was in national
bank depositories $14,803,808.55, against $14,-
871.280.23 at the end of the preceding month.
ROME'S BANK SOLVENT.
Its Dead Cashier a Defaulter and
Some of Its Taper Worthless.
Washington, Feb. I.—-Controller Eckels
to-night received a telegram from Bank
Examiner Van Vrauken, at Rome, N. Y„
eaying that an incomplete examination
of the affairs of the Fort Stanwix National
Bank showed that Cashier Kanard, who
committed suicide, was a defaulter,
though to what extent could not yet be
determined. The examination also show
ed that some of the paper held by the
bank was worthless. The solvency of the
bank is not affected by the disclosures
thus far made. The controller expects a
complete report of the condition of the
bank from Mr. Van Vrauken on Monday.
SUICIDE IN A THREE-BALL SHOP.
A Texan Winds Up a Gambling De
bauch by Killing Himself.
Tampa, Fla., Feb. I.—Nat Atwood com
mitted suicide in a pawnshop this after
noon by shooting himself through the
heart. Letters found on Atwood showed
that he was under bond for cattle steal
ing in Texas. He has a brother at Bel
ton, Tex., and another at Leader, Indian
T< rritory. With the latter Atwood's wife
and three children are staying. Atwood
came here two weeks ago with $3,000 in
cash. He has been drinking heavily and
gambling unsuccessfully. Last night he
"went broke" In a game and it is sup
posed this caused him to suicide.
Bricks Made of Brass.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. I.—Chief of Po
lice McDonald reached the citv to-dav
with Steve Pratt, the alleged gold brick
swindler. He was placed In Jail and will
b® given an early preliminary hearing.
Uls photograph had to be taken by force.
Another Kentucky Democrat.
c£ r H2£ f , ort C, , Ky " Feb - I—The special
election In Nelsmn county, for a represen-
V k passed o quietly. Peekham, dem
I won by a comfortable majority.
THE FITZGERALD COLONY.
\ ————
The Colonists Prosperous and Well
Satisfied.
Fitzm raid, Ga., Feb. I.—General Mana
ger of tite Georgia and Alabama railroad,
Mr. Cecil Gabbitt, was in Fitzgerald a day
or two ago, and was much gratified with
what he saw. He predicts for it a most
brilliant future. He especially admired the
broad streets that have been so well grad
ed. and was surprised, although he had
heard much about the colony, to find so
many people and such good buildings as
are already here. He says that failure is
an impossibility to a people so determined
and so energetic. While here he. with Capt.
Welch and Mr. liammond, selected a lo
cation for the Georgia and Alabama de
pot. The site Is a beautiful one, and a
pretty and picturesque depot will be erect
ed. Mr. Gabbitt says it will be built of logs
in true- southern style, and will Is- made
as unique as possible, lie was so enthusi
astic that he immediately set forces
at work lo finish the railroad to this point
at once. Tip road will be practically finish
ed by next Saturday. An extra train has
been put on lo relieve the crowded condi
tion of the freight rooms at Abbeville.
The laities of the Baptist church gave
the first social that has been given in Fitz
gerald, at tho G. A. K. hall on Tuesday
evening. It was a most enjoyable affair
ami so well attended that there was scarce
ly standing room. The Fitzgerald band
made its first apearance on this occasion.
The hall was beautifully decorated and the
tables attractive. The ladles realized qulte
a nice little sum for their church.
Another social was given at the new op
era house lie-night, by the young ladies of
Fitzgerald. It Is for the benefit of the hos
pital.
The colony mill is not sold, as reported
last week. The board of directois ltave de
cided that it is better to keep it for the
present.
Another ice plant has made application
for a location. Fitzgerald is not going to
suffer from boat, even if the mercury does
fry the top off of the thermometer and siz
zle out of the tube. With two ice plants
running, there ought to bo ice enough to
supply the city.
MEXICO SENT THE MONEY.
The First Story About the Atlanta
Exhibit a Little Overdrawn.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. I.—There seems to
have been a misunderstanding concerning
tho extent of the complications around
tho Mexican exhibit as the story went out
to the newspapers. The exhibit was
never attached and could not have been
touched in that way because while here
it was under the charge of the federal
government. There was no attempt to
move it, hut a rumor to that effect caus
ed some local creditors, who did not un
derstand the delay in remittances from
the City of Mexico, to become anxious,
and they talked about attachments.
There were no steps of this kind taken,
however. The delay in securing the re
mittances from the home government at
the City of Mexico Was simply tile delay
that Is usual in government matters.
The money has reached Henor Gonzales,
the Mexican commissioner, all claims
have been promptly liquidated and the se
rver expects to leave In a day or two for
the City of Mexico. Tile Mexican exhibit
w as one of the strongest ones at the expo
sition and Its presence here had much to
do with cementing the commercial rela
tions between the republics.
TENNESSEE'S GOVERNORSHIP.
Congressman McMillan Declines to
Become n Candidate.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. I.—Congressman
Benton McMillan to-night announced that
he would not make the race for the dem
ocratic gubernatorial nomination, but
would stand for re-election as represent
ative from the Fourth Tennessee district.
He has been In congress seventeen years,
and in his declination declares that he is
for the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver at the ratio of 16 to 1. He has been
pressed by large numbers of friends In
Tennessee to make the race, and has been
In the state for several days considering
the matter. This leaves Controller James
Harris the only avowed candidate, though
there is a strong sentiment throughout
the state favorable to ex-Oov. Bob Tay
lor. He says he is not a candidate, but if
Ills party calls him, his services are at
their disposal.
PAPERS RULED OUT.
The Turkish Government Objects to
the Senate’s Action.
Constantinople, Feb. I.—The government
has forbidden the circulation In Turkey
of English newspapers of Jan. 27, which
contain dispatches from Washington giv
ing the United States Senate resolutions
regarding the condition of affairs in Ar
menia. and also a report of the speech
delivered at Birmingham on the night of
Jan. 25 by Right Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain, declaring that the condition of Ar
menia was a danger and disgrace to Eu
rope.
The Russian consul, who has reached
y.eitoun, has reported that hundreds of
the Armenians who are holding that town
are dying from disease and exposure to
the Intense cold.
CRASHED TH ROUGH A BRIDGE.
Eight Tramps Supposed to Be Burled
Beneath the Debris.
Lawrenceburg, Ind., Feb. I.—A disas
trous wreck occurred on the Big Four rail
road a mile west of Hardentown at 8
o'clock this morning. One car left the track
near the No. 1 bridge. The engine passed
over, but thirty-one cars crashed through
the bridge, which gave way, plunging them
into the creek below.
Mike Kelger was taken out with one
foot torn oft at the ankle.
There are supposed to be eight tramps
killed, but It Is impossible to reach them
because of the debris.
THREW OUT TARSNEY.
The House Committee on Elections
Shows Its Partisanship.
Washington, Feb. I.—House committee
on elections No. 2, Mr. Johnson of Indi
ana, chairman, to-day decided the contest
ed-election case of Van Horn against
Tarsney, from the Fifth Missouri district
in favor of Mr. van Horne, rep., the con
testant. Mr. Tarsney asked permission to
reopen the case for the purpose of taking
additional testimony. This proposition
was rejected, and by a strict party vote
Mr. Van Horn was decided to have been
legally elected and entitled to the seat.
Guyton Notes.
Guyton, Ga.. Feb. I.—Mr. J. Wells of
Savannah was in town a day or two ago
arranging to have a residence built on
Ills lot in South Guyton.
Dr. H. E. Archer, who has been quite
ill for several days, is very much im
proved, and is out again.
The entertainment at the hotel last night
for the benefit of the Baptist churoh, was
well patronized. There was a programme
of recitations and songs, which were all
well rendered.
A first-class jewelry shop has Just
opened in Guyton in the Rahn building
The Georgia Insurance Company, which
was incorporated a short time ago is
meeting with approval among the far
mers of the county. A large number of
risks have been taken already.
A course of Rible study has been ar
ranged for next week at the Baptist
church.
Ecuadorian Ministers Resign.
Panama, Feb. 1.-The Star and Herald
publishes a dispatch from Guavaquil Ecu
ador, under date of Jan. 31. which states
that the ministers of public works and
public education have resigned, their
resignations have been aecepted and their
successors appointed. Adolfo Paez has
been appointed governor of Ptchincha.
province of Ecuador.
The members of the Order of Christian
Brothers, the dis|>atch says, having be
come convinced that they are repelled by
public opinion, have resolved to leave the
country.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1806.
S VER WINS IN THE SENATE.
(Continued from Pirst Page.)
commonly called ''Greenbacks,” and also
the treasury notes Issued under the pro
visions of the act of July 14. 189.*. .when
presented for redemption. In standard sil
ver dollars or In gold coin, using for re
demption of said notes either goid or sil
ver coins, or both, not at the option of
the holder, but exclusively at the option
of the treasury department, and said notes,
commonly called "Greenbacks," when so
reduced. shall be reissued as provided by
the act of May 31, 1873.
The long struggle was over at $ p. m ,
and then there was an executive session,
and the Senate at 5:15 o'clock adjourned
until next Tuesday.
CAN’T PANS THE HOUSE.
The Free Coinage Hill Has no Show
of Rernmlng a Law.
Washington, Feb. L—Chairman Dingley
will call the ways and means committee
together on Tuesday to consider the bond
bill with the free coinage amendment that
passed the Seriate
ed back to the House with a recommend
ation that the House non-coneur and it
will probably be called up on Wednesday.
Mr. Dingley says the subject is one. that
requires no undue haste and he prefers
that the agricultural appropriation bill
shall be disposed of before the bond bill
is taken tip. He don't doubt that the mo
tion to non-ccncur on the latter will be
adopted by a large majority.
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
A Noniher of Bills Passed—The Dis
trict Bill Still Pending.
Washington, Feb. I.—The House spent
another day in the consideration of the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
without conclusion. Amendments were
agreed to reducing the price of gas to the
consumer in the District to 75c per thou
sand feet, and of electricity for light or
power to rates not exceeding 75 per cent,
of those in force on Jan. 1, last.
The appropriations for private chari
ties were the subject of an attack led by
Mr. Hainer and pending that the House,
at 4.25 o'clock adjourned until Monday.
In the first hour of the session, by unan
imous consent, the following bills were
considered and passed:
House bills authorizing Capt. D. Mc-
Nally of the army ordinance department
to issue a duplicate check for $36,195, in
favor of the Independence National Bank
of Philadelphia, the original check in fa
vor of the Midvale Steel Company in pay
ment for material furnished the ordinance
department and deposited with the bank
for collection having been lost in the
malls; authorizing the issue of American
registry to the foreign built ships l.lnde
and Johann Ludwig; granting right of
way through Indian and Oklahoma terri
tories to the St. Lopis and Oklahoma City
railroads; authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to pay from the fund in his hands
belonging to the Indians the sum of SB,-
000 to Reese Voorhees and John Paul
Jones, for legal services to “the old set
tlers,’ 5 or Western Cherokee Indians; the
Senate bill amending the act granting
rights of way through the Indian Terri
tory to the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad, so as to permit the con
struction of a branch near Scullsvllle to
Fort Smith, Ark.
Mr. Taft, rep., of Ohio, reported favor
ably from the committee on foreign af
fairs. the resolution to ask the President
to send to the House the correspondence
with the German government relative to
the refusal to permit American insurance
companies to do business in the German
empire, and it was agreed to.
RUNS OF THE HAUERS.
Hair Haloing Finishes the Rale ut
New Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. I.—The weather was
hot and sultry at the fair grounds to-day.
Starter Fitzgerald had lots of trouble in
getting his fields away, and in most cases
with bad results. That in the second race
was very bad, McKee, at 9 to 6, being
virtually left, and even then he raced up
to his Held and finished third.
The finishes were of the hair-raising or
der. Those in the first, third and fourth
being so close that none but the judges
could tell who had won. Bowling Green,
who was backed heavily by his owner ana
the public, was raced off his feet by Lil
lian E., who was in turn beaten out by
the well-ridden Sauterne. The balance of
the field was badly strung out.
Dutch Roller tried to burn up the ring
on Lillian E. and Haeckel, but both fin
ished second. T. Hoffner was told to take
his mare Lady McCann off the track at
once, and his jockey, Nostrand, was set
down for the meeting, the Judges claiming
that he had raced her short in her prev
ious start. In the race referred to she
ran with Van Brunt for three-quarters
and then quit. Hoffner's reputation and
the recklessness with which he bet on her
yesterday more than likely caused the
decision.
A summary follows:
First Race—Seven furlongs. Panout,
109, Clay, 3 to 1, won, with Stanza second
and Royal Choice third. Time, 1:31%
Second Race—Six furlongs. Salvador
112, Hill, 60 to 1, won, with Cossack second
and McKee third. Time. 1:18.
Third Race—Six furlongs. Bird Catch
er, 106. Thorp. 4 to 5, won, with Verdi sec
ond and Readina third. Time, 1:17%
Fourth Race—Six furlongs, handicap
Sauterne, 97, Scherrer, 10 to 1, won, with
Lillian B second and Bowling Green
third. Time, 1:07.
Fifth Race—Fifteenth-sixteenths of a
mile, selling. Minerva, 107, Mathews, 5
to 2, won, with Haeckel second and Con
ductor Cox third. Time, 1:40%.
GIVEN A CHANCE TO ESCAPE.
A Remarkable Proceeding In tile
Case of Alleged Incendiaries.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. I,—As has been stat
ed the men accused of repeatedly setting
tire to the town of Kingston were acquitt
ed In one of the chief cases against them.
In another case It is said James B. Colie,
and Bob Williams, white, and Red Joy
ner, colored, were charged with early last
year starting the largest fire, known as
the Cummings fire. All entered a plea of
nolo contender. They are each sentenced
to forty years In the penitentiary. The
sentences are to go into effect on' Feb. 10
The delay is to give the men an oppor
tunity to run away. On the 10th a copias
will be sent to each county in the state
and If found anywhere in the peniten
tiary they will go. Similar action is taken
In reference to B. N. Fields, a prominent
white man. He was charged with hiring
a witness to swear falsely. He entered the
same plea and was sentenced to ten vears
in the penitentiary. His sentence, like the
other, is to be delayed so he can also leave
the state.
RACE HORSES SELL CHEAP.
Jack of Spades Knocked Down for
Ijll.BOO at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. I.—ln order to settle
up the affairs of the late racing firm of
Chinn & Irving, the horses comprising the
stable were put up at auction in the pad
dock to-day Bloomer was sold to J. Mc-
Donald of Cincinnati, 0., for $2,800. Phil
Chinn bought in Jack of Spades and Jim
Flood at $1,500 and $1,600 respectively. Af
ter Bloomer had been sold the auctioneer
announced that the balance of the string
would be sold privately. Buyers and
terms unknown. Ludlow was then put up
for sale and brought S7O.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. I.—The annual
sale of yearlings from the famous Belle
Meade stud will occur this year at St.
Louis on June 6. Sixty-five youngsters
wil be put under the hammer then.
Mcnelek’a Promise Broken.
Rome, Feb. I.—Gen. Baratierl reports
that despite King Menelek's promise to
afford safe conduct for Col. Galliano and
his command to BaratteH's camp, the
Abyssinia monarch detained 10 of the of
ficers of Col. Galliano's column and still
bolds them.
FINE CLOTHING
AX AUCTION.
We have about 1,500 Children’s, Boys’ and Gent’s
FINE BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS
in stock, which show no vestige of damage from recent fire at our
store, 140 Broughton street. • It is our intention to offer these goods
at private sale for the next thirty days and every suit remaining at the
expiration of that time, will be sent to the New York auction rooms.
We prefer giving you the choice of this high-grade
CLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE
rather than send it away.
PLENTY OF FURNISHINGS AND HATS
still remaining, which will go in the general slaughter.
We Shall Begin the Spring Season with an Entirely New Stock.
KOHLER’S FIRE SALE,
140 BROUGHTON.
STILL ON THE BEACH.
The Wreckers Again Fall to Float
the St. Paul.
NewYork, Feb. I.—The wreckers at
work on the stranded steamer St. Paul,
at Long Branch, were doomed to disap
pointment again this morning. The east
wind which they had been whistling for
had come, but the big ship still refuses
all efforts to got her off the beach.
Long Branch, N. J., Feb. I.—To-night,
at 8 o'clock, the wrecking crews made an
other endeavor to pull the St. Paul off the
beach, with no apperclable gain made. The
wreckers will ren. w their efforts with ev
ery high tide. They hope that the easterly
winds will freshen tip by to-morrow and
make a sea that will result In the floating
of the vessel.
Since the American Liner St. Paul has
been resting in the Jersey sands at Long
Branch, with only three or four wheezy
tugs pulling at her occasionally, the ques
tion most frequently asked by people talk
ing about her has been: "Why don't they
send fifteen or twenty times as many
boats as they have and get her off quickly?
The usual answer has been: "They are
afraid they’d strain her.”
While talking with Clement A. Griscom,
the president of the American line, to-day,
a reporter asked him the question.
Mr. Griscom answered: "That’s a p6lnt
that people seem to be all at sea on.
The trouble Is Just this: It is Impossible
to get resistance from the water. Boats in
the water cannot get the purchase to pull
great weights. Great ships, like the St.
Louis and the St. Paul, with their 20,000
horse-power, represent only about sixty
tons of pushing or pulling power. Tug
boats, with their little engines, have prob
ably not half a ton at power each.
A single hawser, such as any one of the
four the St. Paul has out, with an anchor
at the end out to sea, and being pulled
on by the engines' windlass on the ship,
has a 90-ton pull, or equal to one and a
half times the pull of the Bt. Paul’s 20,000
horse-power when she is floating in the
water. It has as much pulling power as
a hundred tugboats have. The four haw
sers that are out represent a great deal
more power than could be exerted by all
the tugboats that could crowd around the
St. Paul.
"There is more power in these four
hawsers even than we want. At no time
since she ran aground has all their avail
able power been used to pull her off.
"It is not possible to pull a ship like
the St. Paul over the sand hills. She
must work herself free. The pulling on
the hawsers aids her in doing this. The
St. Paul is working herself free and the
four cables and windlass are helping her
more than all the tugboats in New York
harbor coqld help her."
While MY. Griacoro was at the station one
of the oldest residents of Long Branch,
a man nearly 90 years old, told him that
he clearly remembers when the spot where
the liner now lies was a part of one of
the best farms in Monmouth county, and
that that particular section of the farm
was a cornfield, where corn grew that In
variably took the first premium at the
county fair. Mr. Griscom expressed the
wish that the cornfield was there now
instead of the St. Paul.
Maj. Edward Wardell, agent of the
board of underwriters of New York, and
also agent for the Merritt Wrecking Com
pany, expressed himself as entirely confi
dent that the St. Paul will be floated just
as soon as there Is "enough wind to kick
up a little sea,” and roll the ship a little.
Maj. Wardell is regarded as an authority
on such matters, having grown gray and
weather-beaten by long contact with the
sea. He was the second man to board the
steamer after she struck New Jersey’s
shore on Saturday morning, the first be
ing Capt. Mulligan of the lire saving crew.
They both made the trip in the breeches
buoy, along the line put aboard by the
life savers. He said: "You can say that the
St. Paul is lying in from ten to twelve feet
of mud—mud, not sand, and she is likely
to stay there until we can get an east wind
to give us a high tide and roll the ship
a little. Then it will be an easy matter
to pull her Into deep water.
"She now draws about twenty feet of
water. All her cargo has been taken out,
and all the water ballast that we dare
remove. We can’t take out all the water,
because It would leave her top-heavy.
“She draws a little more art than for
ward now. Her heavy anchors have been
taken below from between decks, so as to
put all the weight a6 low in her as pos
sible. Even the davits have been removed
and her topmasts lowered for the same
purpose.”
Maj. Wardell was asked what would be
the most favorable conditions for moving
the vessel, and said that a northeast wind
would be the most acceptable. The ar
rangements have been made with that end
in view, as that Is the style of a blow
generally to be looked for at this season.
A southeast wind would have the ten
dency to force the steamer further up on
the beach, as the cables holding her have
all been arranged for hauling her off in a
northeasterly direction. The major
thought the weather conditions were fa
vorable for the desired wind In a day or
two.
The arrangements for floating the great
liner are Interesting. Over the stern of
the vessel are stretched six great haws
ers. Two of these are sixteen Inches In
circumference and two fourteen Inches.
Each of these four are attached to
anchors weighing an average of nearly a
ton and a half each. These cables are
connected with the ship’s capstan, and
almost unlimited power can be applied to
them
An Idea of the tremendous force that
can be exerted Is had from Maj. Wardell'3
statement that they can be stretched un
til they are reduced in circumference from
two to four Inches. "I have seen them
stretched down to 12 Inches,” he says,
"but that Is a little dangerous.”
Two other hawsers, each eight inches
in diameter, are fastened to the two pow
erful twln-sorew wrecking steamers Mer
ritt and Jones, which lie off astern about
a quarter of a mile. When the tide Is at
Its full hlght the wrecking steamers pull
and the St. Paul pulls, and sometimes
they move the captive liner a few feet
diagonally toward deeper water.
Maj. Wardell was asked what sort of
a proposition had been made by Gen. Rus
sell Thayer, chief engineer and superin
tendent of Falrmount Park, for the float
ing of the ship. He said he believed that
Gen. Thayer wanted to build a dike out
side of the ship, but he took no stock at
all in the plan. With regard to the sug
gestions that pumps be enployed to clear
away the mud and sand from about the
ship, he said that while as a rule he didn't
believe in using the word “can't,” this
was one of the exceptions. He thinks the
sand and mud would wash hack as fast
as it could be pumped out. He places his
main reliance on the weather now.
The ship Is lying perfectly easy, Is not
strained in the least, and he sees no rea
son to think that she will not come off
in perfect order as soon as the proper
conditions exist for moving her.
A MONUMENT TO PEABODY.
The .Southern States to Be Asked to
Join Hands In Erecting It.
Richmond, Va., Feb. I.—ln the Senate to
day Mr. Lovenstein offered a resolution,
accompanied by a communication from
Hon. J. L. M. Curry, setting forth the duty
of the commonwealth of Virginia and oth
er southern states to take some steps to
perpetuate the memory of George Peabody
and requesting that the governor enter
into correspondence with the legislature
with such states with this object In view.
Both the resolution and the communi
cation were laid on the table and ordered
to be printed.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. I.—The state leg
islature has taken a recess until Tues
day next. At to-day's session the ways
and means committee presented the fol
lowing Joint resolution with a favorable
report attached:
"Whereas, in 1867 George Peabody, a
citizen of Massachusetts gave three mil
lion dollars in trust to be used for the
promotion and encouragement of educa
tion among the young of those portions of
the southern and southwestern states of
the union which suffered from the rav
ages and not less disastrous consequences
of the civil war, and
“Whereas, South Carolina and the
other southern states have since the or
ganization of the Peabody educational
board received and still are receiving con
tinuous and most helpful aid from the
annual distribution of the Income from
the fund, and
"Whereas, his excellency in his annual
message has said that it would be a
graceful act and a recognition of his (Mr.
Peabody's) benevolence for the southern
states to join in the erecting of a statue
of the great philanthropist to be placed
in the rotunda of the capital at Wash
ington, among those of our countries he
roes and statesmen, and has recommend
ed action looking to the carrying out of
his suggestion In paying tribute to our
common benefactor; therefore.
“Be it resolved by the House of Repre
sentatives (the Senate concurring).
Section I.—That the governor he request
ed and authorized to correspond with the
governors of other states in reference to
the erection of a statue by joint contribu
tion in the old hall of the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington, and to take
such other steps as may be needful for
securing the early completion of what may
be undertaken in accordance with these
resolutions.
"Sec. 2. The sum of $1,500 be placed in
the hands of the governor to be used so
far as may he necessary in the execution
of their Joint determination.”
COL. COIT NOT CONVICTED.
The New* Received With Wild
Cheers by His Regiment.
Columbus, 0... Feb. I.—The long trial
of Col. A. B. Colt ended to-night In ac
quittal. The jury reported at 10:30 o’clock.
There were few persons in the court room
at the time, and there was no excitement,
but at the armory here many members
of the regiment were waiting to hear
the news. The announcement of the col
onel's acquittal was received with wild
cheers. Col. Colt will return to the city
to-morrow, and arrangements are being
made to give him a rousing reception
He ordered his troops to fire upon a body
of intended lynchers at Washington Court
House, and several of the mob were
killed. A separate indictment for mur
der was found against him for each per
son killed. The prosecution announced
that they would call up other indictments
at once.
CLASH IX A COLLEGE.
Professor* Hesont it Xote From an
Army Lieutenant.
Jacksonville. Fla., Feb. I.—There has
been a lively time at the State Agricultur
al College at Lake City during the past
week, and for awhile It appeared as if
there would be many changes made in
the faculty. The trouble arose over a
note written by Lieut. Smoke, the vice
president of the college, to several of the
professors, during the absence of Presi
dent Clute.
Lieut. Smoke requested that the pro
fessor attend the chapel exercises more
regularly in the future. Profs. Baya,
Martin and Parkinson took exceptions to
the request, and replied in a manner that
! was anything but courteous. One termed
1 the lieutenant's letter as "too nonsensi
cal for publication.”
The board of trustees was called to
gether, and after a twenty-four hour ses
! sion, decided that the three professors
i must resign or apologize and withdraw
their objectionable expressions. The pro
fessors apologized, and things were ap
parently settled, when Lieut. Smoke ten
dered his resignation and asked to be
sent back to his regiment In the regular
army. He was finally Induced by the
trustees to accept the apologies of the
professors, and peace was once more se
cured. It is believed that there will be
another rupture shortly, which will re
sult in several changes being made in
the faculty of the college.
SCENE OF THE FIGHT.
A Spot Jnst North of El Paso Said to
Have Been Selected.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. I.—lt is now pretty
well settled that the pugilistic contests
will be pulled oft imemdiately north of
El Paso, or near No Man’s Land, said
to be in dispute between Texas and New
Mexico.
Bill Bradbury of Chicago will be special
referee for Dan Stuart at all the fights
He ts to assist the official referee in mat
ters under the control of the latter, but
which are hard to watch by any one man
such, for instance, as watching seconds,
time-keepers and friends of the contest
ants, and keeping them from transgress
ing any rules while the ring referee is
busy elsewhere.
Pullman sleepers have been , assigned
trackage here for parties from Los An
geles, San Francisco, Denver, Prescott
Ariz.; Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago,
Detroit, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, New Or
leans and St. Augustine, Fla. Orders for
trackage are coming in daily from other
points.
The El Paso Visitor, tire weekly paper
of the local ministers’ union, comes out
to-day against prize fighting in the
strongest possible way. The Visitor
throws up its hat for Diaz and Ahumada,
who will not allow the fight south of the
line, calls on El Paso Christian people to
avoid countenancing in any way the car
nival; scores it as a conspiracy, this plan
ning to invade New Mexico for what is
a felony in Texas, and calls on Gov.
Thornton to do everything possible to stop
the disgrace.
CHICAGO’S "CONVENTION.
The Colisemn Selected ns the Build
ing in AA'htch to Hold It.
Chicago, Feb. I.—The next democratic
nominee for the presidency will be named
at the coliseum at Sixty-third street
and Jackson Park. This was the decis
ion of the sub-committee of the national
democratic convention this evening after
an executive session of over four hours
and it means that an audience of not less
than 15,000 will be afforded an opportunity
of greeting with acclamation the name of
the successful candidate. It was also de
cided to locate the headquarters of the
national committee at the Palmer house.
ROETGEX’S DISCOVERY.
Wonderful Pictures Made With the
New Light.
London Cable in Philadelphia Press.
Much is still printed here about the
new Roentgen photographic operations
and experiments with it by scientists. All
the experiments and developments show
that the discoverer has not begun to mas
ter his discovery, which still does as it
wants to, refusing to be trained perfectly.
The pictures thus far, though wonderful
in the extreme, are only shadow prints or
sun pictures, all leaving out the sub
stances penetrated by the new rays and
showing black shadows of Impervious ob
jects.
We read to-day in correspondence from
the continent that Belgium has already
adopted the new process and ordered
every hospital supplied with parapher
nalia for aiding the surgeons with the
mysterious pictures.
Bullets and other foreign substances in
the flesh and bones of patients have al
ready been located successfully in innum
erable instances in half the countries in
what we used to consider slow old Eu
r° Pe '.i. Pcr i laps the most Interesting suc
cess thus far is that recorded ip the news
from Vienna, where calcareous deposits
in various parts of the human system have
been marvelously exposed
, J racticaliy the same thing is shown in
the photograph of a man's hand obtained
by Campbell Swinton for one of the news.
papers here. The hand was that of "a
healthy man, but shows slight protuber
ances at the middle Joints of two fingers
whereupon medical men deduce the theory
that Its owner Is certain to be a victim of
gout before many years.
Swinton is now deluged with letters from
medical men who wish to make use of the
new discovery. One hopes to find a fish
bone in a patient’s throat; another hopes
to trace a coin a man has swallowed; and
still another wants the photographer's
that a patient's broken wrist has
een badly set. All this leads the Chron
icle to assert that we shall soon be living
in a palace of truth.
What the new invention cannot do is
almost as wonderful as what it will do.
1 lie light, or electric current, or rays, or
whatever it is, passes through many
opaque substances, yet refuses to pass
through materials considered transparent.
Wood, carbon, aluminum, ebonite, paper,
papier mache, human flesh and leather are
transparent to this new current, and cop
per partially so; but nearly all metals and
bone are opaque.
Alfred Binet, the French scientist, gum.
med some metal figures on a thick shoot
of cardboard; then photographed It and
got a well defined picture of the motal
figures. He advances the astonishing the
ory that what is possible to the new light
may be also possible to human eyes. He
thinks the eyes may acquire anew condi
tion under not impossible circumstances
when, o. course, such feats as reading
dates of coins and numbers on bank-notes
crumpled up in the human hand may ba
performed without any trick at all.
To-day's papers announce that M. Dar
sonval, the French electrician, has made
an astounding communication to the Acad
emy of Sciences, of which he is a member.
He says that he has been informed by
G. Lebon that It is unnecessary to de
pend on the unknown light of Crookes’
tube.
Photographing through opaque bodies
can be done with ordinary light. A
paraffine lamp will do It. M. Lebon as
sorts that he has taken photographs in
this manner for several years.
Prof. Neuser of Vienna is preparing to
photograph the internal organs of a liv
ing man. He hopes it will not be long be
fore his patients are saved a great deal of
physical pain.
The London experiments thus far ar*
much simpler than the foreign, the pa
pers giving scientific explanations of th*
methods of Roentgen not yet translated.
It is stated here that a Crookes’ tube is
not necessary.
Some authorities assert that the new
power is electricity. Others believe that
Roentgen has discovered a new’ form of
energy which probably works with longi
tudinal and not transverse vibrations.
Whether this energy merely excites
fluorescence, which causes the formation
of an invisible Image capable of develop
ment, or whether the new energy actually
affects the photograph film is an open
question.
Persons who have been photographed
declare that they feel for a minute a
pricking sensation like a mild electrio
shock.
A remarkable photograph shown at
the Royal Photographic Society was a
picture of a Crookes’ tube, Itself display
ing the concentration of its luminosity
and other features. It is understood that
the picture was taken by “a pin hola
camera of metal plate.” It appears to ls
a fact that all pictures taken by the now
process magnify the object more or less.
It is also a fact that the largest object
yet photographed is the human head.
The King; of Wild Pig*.
From the Oroville (Cal.) Mercury.
"Grizzly Bend” was the name born*
for many years by that portion of th*
county lying along the Sacramento river
southeasterly from Chico and embracing
the Parrot ranch and other lands in that
vicinity. Of course it is long years since
the grizzly held possession there, as. like
the Indian, he was forced to give way
before the pioneer settlers of that vi
cinity.
A place, however, so well calculated for
the home of the grizzly could not long ba
without Its representative, even if.it had
to be an animal somewhat less wiid and
more domestic in its habits. Hogs turned
loose in the swamps and morasses soon
became so wild that It was dangerous for
a person to be caught unawares by one or
the patriarchs of the herds that Infested
the district.
So large and vicious had one of these
fellows become that he was known ana
feared by all the residents in that vicinity,
and for his wild nature and ferocious con
duct generally had become known as OKI
Grizzly,” who it was claimed was bullet
proof and couldn’t be slain. Recently he
fell a victim to a party of hunters, who
sought him with the avowed purpose or
effecting his extermination. .
The boar was an immense fellow, ana
weighed 560 pounds. His tusks were long,
one of them being partly broken oil. ine
hide was over an Inch thick, and tne
shields on the shoulders were two and a
half inches thick. He had never been in*
jured by dogs or gun before.