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Cold Facts Tell the Story. the ORIG neeived the rst invited th . ele 3 anged in the ates. first to give the public POINT- ain prominent laundries were giv- prices for cheap work under fietitlous names, Assertions run ar prices tn for the sa getting the tr st dropped on the se carly double) at ork. for the public bas at IT wants first-class work at uniform prices. gets It at the GODFREY LAUNDRY, 1307 F ST. Tel. 592. THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 8 THE LOST STEAMER ELBE. STORY OF THE WRECK (Continued from First Page.) the boats on the starboard side, where the women and children were told to gather. But, almost immediately after these orders had been obeyed, the Elbe listed severely to starboard, and the seas swept to the promenade deck, so the starboard boats were rendered useless. The boat which brought the survivors away from the Elbe was one of the port boats, and was the last to leave the ship. Acting upon the orders of the captain, Third Otficer Stollberg and the paymaster, in charge of this boat, took their seats in- side her, and then, when the water was creeping over the deck, it was a rush for the boat, and anybody who could get into it did so. ‘The Trinity pilot, Greenham, who, as al- ready stated by himself, rushed on deck immediately after the collision, assisted the crew of the Elbe in firing the rockets which signaled the vessel's distress. It is under- stced that Greenham has been heard to ex- press the opinion that the steamer which ccllided with the Elbe was, distinctly at fault, as she attempted to cross the bows of the Elbe. The Official Account. The following statement of the disaster was officially given this afternoon to the Associated Press correspondent by the Ger- man vice consul, Herr Bradber,and was cor- rected by him. The statement was made after sifting all the interviews with sur- vivors and cross questioning the officers and crew, and may be classed as the con- sensus of the officers’ opinions: “The collision occurred fcrty-five miles from Merschelling lightship. Though both the Elbe and the colliding steamer were going full steam ahead the concussion was very light. Immediately after the collision the Elbe began to settle down stern first, her mounting high in the air rendering it impossible to reach scme of the boats. As pt. Von Goessel. From the New York Sun. everybody crowded vpon deck immediately 4 after the shock in a state of great alarm, it was impossible that the orders of the captain, who was standing on the bridge, that the women and children should be saved first, could be obeyed. “A rush was made for the boats that were accessible. The first toat to tough the water was immediately swamped, afd the passengers who had crowded into it were drowned. “The second boat launched was lost sight of in the high sea which was running; but it is feared that she capsized. “Into the third boat, at the last moment, when the water was up to the promenade deck, the vessel sinking under their feet, and two minutes before she disappeared, there crowded nineteen men, the women and children having rushed ‘to the other side, owing, it is said, to the command that they should get into the boats there. “This third boat pulled away from the ship, and in so doing shortly afterwards passed a ledy passenger, Miss Anna Buecker, who clung to the gunwale or side of the lifeboat. Some time elapsed before she could be pulled into the boat. “The twenty survivors drifted about un- til 11:10 a.m., the heavy seas repeatedly washing over the small craft, which was in constant danger of being swamped, and drenching its occupants, whg had not a morsel of food to eat. “Miss Buecker lay in the bottom of the boat, half drowned and in a semi-conscious condition. The lights of many vessels were seen all around, but not one approached, though after daylight a steamer and two fishing vessels passed. Their crews, how- ever, did not notice the signals of the lifeboat. The Rescue. “Finally, the waving of a shirt from the boat attracted the attention of the crew of the fishing smack Wildflower, which rescued the survivors with extreme diffi- culty. “After the collision an unknown steam- er passed under the stern of the Elbe and proceeded on her course without paying any heed to the cries of the people on board the sinking steamer.” What Survivors Say. The rescued seamen showed little trace today of having so barely escaped losing their lives in a fearful disaster. When the correspondent of the Associated Press entered the room which had been placed at their disposal at the sailors’ home, he found them busily engaged in stitching up their tattered clothing, which was all they managed to save. ‘They were laughing and joking all the while, as if engaged in their daily work, and were exceedingly loath to converse on the subject of the disaster. But when in- formed that the German consul and the Trinity pilot hat made statements, a few questions in German put to them elicited ready responses. The sailors said they were all below, asleep, when the collision took place. The SPECIAL NOTICES. You pay for the la- bor! We give you the cloth. We simply want clean counters for our Spring Suitings, Trous= erings and Spring Overcoatings shortly to arrive. Present prices are almost a disgrace to decent tailoring. Your profit! G. Warfield Simpson, Expert Tailor, 12th & F. jad CURED WITHOUT THB KNIFE Sanitarium, 1320 G st. n.w. CHARLES ALLEN, M.D. Cancers jal-im strange steamer, they added, did not crash into the engine room, but into the mail room, further aft. It was impossible to reach the forward boats, as the bows of the steamer had risen high out of the water. The seamen then went aft, and escaped in the manner already described. After the Collision. ‘The rescued seamen steadily denied that there had been any panic on board the Elbe after the collision, but the excited manner in which they replied to the ques- tions put them on this point showed that great confusion had prevailed. “Could we,” they said, “stand there on the sinking ship and not spring into the boats below? “I cannot swim at all,” said one of the seamen, and the distance between the boat and the ship's side was increasing.’ “Did the captaim give no orders?” asked the correspondent of the Associated Press. “Only one,” was the reply; “and that was that all the women and children were to go to the starboard side. We were on the port side, and remained there to give the women and children a chance, and, of course, we couldn't help them.” “Did none of the passengers endeavor tu pees into the boats?” waS the next ques- tion. “They could *not,” said the seaman ad- dressed, ‘so high had the vessel raised out of the water, and they were afraid to jump.” “What!” interjected one man, ‘did not cne of the passengers jump and nearly swamp the boat? A big stout’’—-and here the speaker, with a scowl on his face, made @ gesture to represent a person of exceed- ing corpulence. “Nineteen men in a boat orly able to fold fourteen,” he continued. “We could not take any more on board. Besides’’—and he again made use of a dramatic gesture to depict the eddying of the whirlpool caused by a ship fast going down, ‘‘we would have been sucked into the vortex.” When questioned as to the action of the captain after the collision, the seamen said that he might have given more orders; but, they added, in the reise and confusion which followed the disaster, it was im- pessible to hear orders, even if they had been given, at such a distance from the bridge. Identity of the Ramming Steamer. In the midst of inquiries of every kind as to the cause of the accident, the identity of the steamer which rammed the Elbe, etc., every possible attempt is being made to find some trace of the missing beat and its passengers. The agent of the North German-Lloyd Steamship Company this morning sent the harbor tug Despatch to the scene of the disaster, but, owing to the bad weather prevailing, the men on board the tug were unable to see anything. In addition, tele- grams of inquiry have been sent to all places along the coast asking if they have any news of the missing craft, and it is hoped that the slowest of the fishing smacks, which are expected to make this harbor during the afternoon, may bring some news. The Missing Number 374. So far as can be ascertained 374 of the Passengers and crew of the Elbe are miss- ing. A strong northeast gale blew through- out the night, accompanied by a severe frost, but this did not deter the coast guards and customs officers from keeping up an active watch all night long for any signs of other survivors of the Elbe. These ccast guardsmen and custom house officers have been on duty continuously now for forty-eight hours, the whole force of both branches of the service having been on duty, but nothing has been seen of the missing boat, and not a vestige of wreck- age from the Elbe has yet been washed ashore. The majority of people here have aban- doned all hope of hearing of the rescue of any more of the Elbe’s passengers or crew, as many of the Yarmouth and Lowestoft fishing smacks are known to have been plying near the scene of the disaster, and they have not yet returned, which they certainly would have done had they picked up any survivors. Although it is generajly believed that the Elbe sank almost immediately after collision, some of the survivors assert that they did not see her go down, and they express the hope that she may still be afloat. The agent of the North German-Lloyd Company here announces that the Emperor and Empress of Germany have telegraphed their condolences to the company, and have asked to be promptly informed if any more of the passengers or crew of the ill-fated Elbe are rescued. Might Have Saved Many. Mr. Carl Hoffman, one of the cabin pas- sengers of the Elbe, who was rescued from the life-boat of that steamer, belongs to Grand Island, Neb. He says that had the vessel which collided with the Elbe stood by the latter steamer the majority of the passengers and crew might have been saved; for, he adds, the Elbe remained perfectly steady for many minutes after the collision, before the volume of water poured into her and caused her to lurch. ‘Then all became confusion. When the sur- vivors were informed that the Crathie was supposed to be the vessel which sank the Elbe they strongly denounced her crew for their apparent inhumanity in not mak- ing an effort to assist the disabled vessel or to rescue her crew. Mr. Hoffman, this morning, speaking of the disaster, said: “Those who were drowned suffered less than we who are saved.” Afloat on the North Sea. He is a German-American, about thirty- five years of age, of the type common to-the western part of the United States. His face was seamed with tears, which had wet his sleepless pillow all night. Con- tinuing, Mr. Hoffman said: “There was no confusion among the passengers. They be- haved well, and the only confusion was with the crew, who tried to save them- selves. % “It seems strange, sir; but to see that those here are so few—out of the small number saved there are fifteen members of the crew. But many more might have been saved. Oh, God, my wife! My. boy! Both are dead, and I can’t go to their graves!" Here the unfortunate man burst into te After a few minutes he continued: es. Many of the passengers had life belts; but, they were useless. The noise of the collision sounded no louder in my state room than the single beat of a big drum. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and over- comes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. CAS- TORIA contains no morphine or other narcotic property. “CASTORIA is so well adapted to children that I recommeid it as superior to any prescription krown to mi H. A. ARCHER, M.D., 111 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For several years I have recommended ‘Casto- ria,’ and shall always continue to do so, as it bas invariably produced beneficial results.”” EDWIN F. PARDEE, M.D., 125th st. and 7th ave., New York city. r But, when I rushed on deck, I found the passengers crowding about the boats and the crew running here and there and cut- ting the ropes about the tackles with which they are lowered. They were too proud on that ship—painting ropes which should hava been oiled—then—they wou:d have been limper. “I saw no other vessel and no cther light except the Elbe’s lights, “When I entered thelbeaq’ they took my boy from me. Oh God! My seven-year-old darling. i “Sir, had I known it was not the captain who ordered the wcmer’ and’ children to the starboard side of the ship they would never have taken him from . But, you see, I have been a -nilitary ynan, and I obeyed orders. “It was all so sudden. We had all been so happy the night before. There was a young fellow from Berlin who was going to Mobile, Ala., in order to buy cotton-seed oil. He was comical—sang scngs and told funny jokes in the saloon. “When the boat got away with a great deal of trouble, the Elbe being right on top of us at first, we had hardly got a hundred yards from the ship when I saw a woman floating in the water. I tried to throw something to her, but somebody shouted: No. Save ourselves. “I could not do that, sir. Finally, they got the boat up to her, and with the help of another man, I drew her into the boat, which was an ordinary ship’s boat, about fifteen feet long. I afterward found out that her name was Anna Boecker. Poor girl, she was almost dead with fright and cold. We put her in the bottom of the boat and did all we could to heip her. We were all wet from water which was pouring in at our collars and descending into our boots. “We first tried to row; but we found we made no headway, and therefore rigged up a sort of mast and with a small sail tried to keep the bow of the boat to the wind Where the Elbe Foundered. ané@ seas. After a while we saw a smack, and we did all we could to signal to her, but we failed to attract her attention. We had cut a plece of canvas and made a small flag, which we used. This flag blew away and the smack sailed off, causing us to despair.” Here a fresh paroxysm of grief overtook the unhappy man and he began bewailing the loss of his wife and child, his utter- ance being almost choked with grief. Some minutes elapsed before Mr. Hoffman was able to resume his story and then he said: ‘Ve made a new flag with our handker- chiefs and an undershirt which somebody pulled off. I held them up against the mast and we eventually sighted the Wild- flower, but a full, long, terrible hour elapsed before we were taken on board. She had her nets out and it was difficult to approach her on account of the heavy seas. “After five other persons in our boat had been put in the smack, the lifeboat seemed to slide back into the water, and it ap- peared as if the others must be lost. But a rope was thrown to us from the smack stern, and gradually, we were hauled up and all of us were transferred to the Wild- flower. > “When I reached her deck, I fell down exhausted, and offered up a prayer to God for my dead darlings, and thanked Him for having saved me. “Oh, sir, they were so! kind to us aboard that smack, although they were ony rough fisher folks. _ “The men had some ‘hot tea ready, and covered us up with everything warm they could lay hands upon. ‘Why, one of those poor fishermen actually gave me the only oat he had. I have it‘on row. God bless im. 2 “As for poor Miss Boecker, I have tended her as a mother might have done.”” Mr. Hoffman conclded with asking whether anything had been heard of the other boat, his eyes shooting a piteous, ap- pealing glance at the reporter as ever the latter beheld, and then the poor man sank back upon his pillow, exclatming: “Oh, for some telegrams. But sh¢ is dead. And so Is my darling boy, and I cannot go to their grave: * The survivors of the passengers of the Elbe will go to Southampton tomorrow and there embark for New York on board the next steamer. The crew will go to London tomorroyv, after having made their state- ments to the German vice consul. They will then be shipped to Bremen. ‘Tugs are searching for the missing boat of the Elbe; but late this afternoon there had been no rews of her. Mr. Fischer Not on*the Elbe. The agent of the North German-Lloyd Steamship Company announces that the following persons, whose names were on the list of the Elbe’s passengers, decided, at the last moment, to go from Bremen to Southampten direct, and were not on board the Elbe when she sank: Louise Borne- feldt, Domingo Furrer, Theodore Geisen- i How the Vessels Met. From the New York Sun. heimer, Rudolph Neumann, Lele Missele- witz, two adults and two children, Schifer Dorman, Anton Fischer. Qn behalf cf the board of trade this af- ternoon a preliminary inquiry was held here into the sinking of the Elbe. The sur- viving officers of that steamship were ques- tioned by the chief officer of the custom house. ‘They saia in substance: “The Elbe was proceeding on a south- southwest course down the channel, steam- ing about fifteen knots. When about forty- five miles off Terschelling lightship a ves- sel was seen approaching, two and one-half points off the port bow. This vessel's course was apparently W.N.W. According to the rule of the road at sea the vessel should have ported her helm and passed under the Blbe’s steri. Both vessels, how- ever, kept thelr course and struck. Tho shock of the concussion was very light.” Miss Anna Boecker, the, only lady sur- vivor of the Elbe, is the,-heroine of the hour. She is besieged with visitors, anx- ious to provide her with, money and cloth- ing. Miss Boecker’s Experience. In conversation with’ the correspondent of the Associated Press this afternoon, Miss Boecker said: “[ can’t remember feeling afraid after the collision. What I felt when I came on deck was the terrible cold. I and another lady kept on the port side of the ship, which was the leeside. “The majority of the passengers crowded to the starboard side, 6ver which a high wird; was raging. I do not know who or- dered them there. I did not hear the cap- tain give any order. But the officers did their best to reassure us, saying that there wes plenty of room for every cne in the beets.” The captain of the fishing smack Wild- fftwer, which picked up the survivors of the Elbe, said in an interview: “The Wildflower was E. S. E. of Lowe- stoft with our trawling gear down at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, when we sighted a ship’s boat with something fluttering from its mast. I could see water breaking into the hoat. “When we got near enough we threw them a rope’s end, but the men in the boat were so benumbed with cold that they eculd not hold on to it. “We finally made fast to the beat and brought it up to the smack. When half of the persons rescued had jumped or board the rope parted and the remainder of them were again adrift in a heavy sea. After much difficulty another line was made fast to the,boat and all on board of her wer? taken aboard the Wildflower. There was a woman lying in the bottom of the boat with a long coat on and no shces on her feet. She had mo dress underneath the coat and was terribly cold. I am sure that in another hour several of the persons we rescued would have been frozen stiff.” Saved and Missing. Following is a corrected list of the sur- vivors: Cabin passengers—Karl Hofmann,Eugene Schlegel, John Verera, Anna Boecker. Between-deck passengers—- —— Bothen, Chief Engineer A. Nuessell, Third Officer Stollburg, Purser Wefer, Herr Dehart, a Bremerhaven pilot; Robert Greenham, an English pilot, and ten of the crew. They arrived at Lowestoft at 5:30 in the afternoon. ‘The following is a lst of the first and second class passengers, who are missing: Fritz Appel of Munich. Hugo Becker, Chemnitz. ‘A. Baunrann, Berlin. Frau Andrew Brisbach, Amsterdam. Frau M. C. Connors, South Dakota. Henry N. Castle, Honolulu. Dorothy Castle, Honolulu. Mrs. Hermine Sanders, Falmouth, Miss. John B. Vincke, St. Charles, Mo. Charles Wix, New York. Mrs. Klipfel, Brandenburg. Louis Thwett, Vienna. Mr. Walther Schnell, Dueren. Mr. Ernst Heeren, New York. Mrs. Louise Kuehn, New York. Eugene Schlegel, Fuerth. Miss #mma Schlegel, Fuerth. Mrs. Sophie Rhodes, Washington. Eugene Rhodes, Washington. Mrs. Vattier, Kraane. ' Andrew Vattier, Amsterdam. Julius Rosenbaum, Berlin. Adolph Islaub, New York. Ernst Maseberg, Louisiana. Kurt Kleinschmidt, Helena, Mont. Carl Nussbaum, Berlin. Rudolph Nolte, Leipzig. Joh. Hahn. James Vevera. Kretoo Kor. Frank Miskolz. Eduard Moskovie, Esperjes. Isterla Goldner, Esperjes. Mr. Lockhart, New York. August Sander, Essol. Peter Powierski, Kasanitz Miss Clara Weingaertner, Flehingen. Dr. J. C. Dettrich, America. Aj Fraulein Frank and Jacob Frank, Amer- ica. J. F. Gerlicher, Wenona, Minn. Ernest Heeren, New York. Anna Hofmann and Henry Hofmann, Grand Island, Neb. The Elbe was a four-masted, iron, screw steamer, 420 feet long, 45 feet beam, and 36 feet 5 inches depth of hold. Her ton- nage was 2,810 net and 4,510 gross. She had four decks and nine bulkheads. Her engines were of the compound type, the cylinders measuring 6x60 and 85x60 inches, and were of 5,6 indicated horse power. She was built in Glasgow in 18s1_ by the Fairfield Engineering and Ship Building Company. She was last surveyed at New York in July, 1894. She had accommoda- ions for 120 first cabin passengers, 130 second cabin passengers and 900 steerage passengers. The Crathie is an iron screw steamer of about 475 tons. She is commanded by Captain Kennedy. The Elbe’s Officers. Following is a full list of the Elbe’s officers: Captain; K. Von Goessel; first officer, G. Wilhelms; second officer, J. Hell- mers; third officer, Theodore Stollberg; fourth officer, W. Buhr; chief engineer, A. Neussel; second engineer, H. Buddelmann; third engineer, D. Siebje; third engineer, 'T. Albig; fourth engineer, W. Lotz; fourth engineer, J. Kriete; fourth engineer, L. Wills; purser, Wefer; surgeon, Dr. A. Reichardt; assistant purser, P. Schlutius; chief steward, J. Pschunder; second stew- ard, J. Bundtsen; chief cook, C. Grapeu- geter; second cook, J. Haas. iT WAS THE CRATHIE, The Steamer That Ran Down the Elbe. ROTTERDAM, January 31.—Interviews which were had here this afternoon with Capt. Gordon of the steamer Crathie, and with the second officer of the vessel, now leave no room for doubt that she was the steamship which ran into and sank the E1be. Capt Gordon said that the Crathie at 5:30 a.m. yesterday was about thirty-five miles from Nieuwe Waterweg. The wind was north by west, a half west. It was very dark, and the sea and wind were high. Continuing, he said: “I stood at the bottom of the cabin staircase, and was g0- ing on deck, when there was a heavy shock, a crack, and the water began to pour into the cabin. “I ran on deck, and saw a large, strange ship cross the bows of the Crathie. After j the collision we returied to the spot where it occurred, or as near as we could make out; but we were unable to see any signs of the steamer, which we thought had proceeded on her yoyage. We followed after her for some time, but lost all sight of her. We waited for two hours, and then proceeded to Maasluls. We reached there yesterday, and came here today for re- pairs, which will take five week: The second officer of the Crathle said that at about half-past 5 yesterday morn- ing the steamer was about thirty miles from Nieuwe Waterweg, adding: “We col- lided with a large steamer. There was no fog, but it was dark. It was my watch on deck, and I suddenly saw ahead of us three lights, and I made out a steamer, painted a light color, with two smoke- stacks, also painted light color, coming to- ward us. It was impossible to escape a collision, although ten or a dozen yards more would probably have cleared us. After we struck it was impossible for some time to disengage the two ships, as our gear had been.cut. We heard no cries and there was no commction on board the steamer, so far as we know. “Immediately after the collision the steamer showed blue and red iights. We returned the same signals, understanding it to mean that neither of us needed as- sistarce. The captain was below at the time we struck the steamer. A stoker, who was asleep, had his right ear torn off by an iron plate which was driven through the side of the Crathie. He is now in the hos- pital. I don’t believe that the ship we col- lided With was the Elbe; but I didnt see her name. The Crathie’s bow was com- pletely stove in, and we returned because the Crathis was not fit to proceed in a high sea.” THE STEERAGE PASSENGERS. Lisf Received nt the New York Office of the Company. NEW YORK, January 31.—All night long the office of the North German-Lioyd Steamship Company, at Bowling Green, was open, and the staff of clerks was there, eager to learn any news of the lost steamer Elbe. About midnight a cablegram was sent to the home office of the company, re- questing that a complete list of the steer- age passengers be forwarded at once. There were comparatively few inquiries for missing ones, and none after 1 o'clock this morning. = It was 7:30 o'clock when the steerage list was received. Manager Schwab, after scan- ning the papers, said: “There is hope yet that good news may be received from points along the Dutch coast. If the second boat, which probably contained forty or fifty passengers, was not picked up by fishing vessels in the vicinity it may drift toward the Dutch coast. Iam confident that the loss of life will be very much less than at first reported. ‘To say that not much heroism was shown does not bear out the story of Jan Verere, one of the saved. The fact that nearly ail of the watch were lost is proof conclusive that the men stuck to their post to the last.” The Steerage Pussengers. The following is the list of steerage pas- sengers on board the Elbe: Susanna Bain and children, Maria Skoez, Ella Trautz, Otto Faust, Max Lill, Anna Wutzlhofer, Maria Blesko and children, Wilhelm Warn- ka, John Cerny and children, Elias E. Michelsohn, Kive Adelson, Antoni Wanat, Ida Brunson, Gottlieb Bokelmann, Fried Aug. Reichspfarr, Louise Buchheister, Bertha Klockzin, Victoria Habesreiter, Adolf Groll, Helene Brarrck, Heinrich Bade, Henry Frcinscht, Fannie Drutker, Janos Lucaks, Hans Wesslein, Louise Liedel and children, A. Wutzlhofer and wife, Paul Kaempffer, Charles Kugler, Emil Seneca, Hedley A. Laker and wife, Dietrich Spreckels, Diedrich Barrck, J. M. Brunson, Henry Hurke, Rudolf Graf, Fried Buchheister, Franzis Moeller, Franz Brun- hauser and family, Rosa _Rothmayer, Friedrich Sapper, Gabriel Herz, Anton Zeller, France Kral, Bertha Koepke, Franc Cer- venka, -Heinrich Hoedeker, Maik Trubacs, Apolonia Bojarska and children, Heinri Peters, Moses Lelsten, Julius’ Starck, August Zink, Cecim’ L, Hermann, It afficted with scalp diseases, hair falling out and premature baldness, do not use grease or al- coholie preparations, but apply Hall's Hair Re- newer. Vaelav Holecek, Josef_ Rumplik, j Christine Lorenzen, Helene Gura, Anna Zeidgin, Jan. Gura, Jan. Zabora, Marie Borsznek, Marie Sluva, Karolina Dzislo, Stefan Lesiak, Apolonia Bigda, Ludwiska Gurcenska, Miterko Lazlo, Andras Szcho, Janos Franyo, Pal Szuchy, Matyas Vanzas, Mikaly Turcsani, Janos Esizsmar, Georg Koyacs, Angel Prekup, Gustav Hemke, Mi- haly Gaidos, Martin Eapierez, Julia Thau, Zacob Dahm, Anton Nosek, Antonia Ve- vera, Barbara Svojse, Vojtech Straka, Maria Wanat, Ceorge Henne, Josef Menda, Heinr. Stamle, Marcus Gut- wirth, Johann Conrad Wiederholt, Henry A. Mitschky, Marianna Frank, Anna Gura, Raphael Mendel, Karl Roth, Apolinia Gura, Josef Hudak, Marie Rogus and children, Amelo Slyva, Paul Janowski, Michael Kubat, Stanis] Kielbasa, Mary- anna Strychasz, Janos Zoos, Mihaly Dod- uar, Jan. Szuchy, Jan. Chasta, Janos Benya, Gyorgy Esizmarik, Gyorgy Vlosak Solar, Michael Barth, Jan. Zacza, Meri Babos and child, Jan. Kowal, Jan. Ghaz- donik, Emil Kegel, Philipp Mischler. ——_—_—_ OTHER GREAT MARINE DISASTERS. Mundreds of Voyngers Lost Like Those on the Elbe. From the New York Times. Marine history is darkened by many dis- asters to passenger steamships and appall- ing loss of life. The steamship Hungarian, owned by the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, was lcst February 20, 1860, on Cape Ledge, near Halifax. Two hundred and five people, in- cluding all officers, perished. A great storm prevailed at the time, and it was more than a week before the extent of the de- plorable event was realized. Of the pas- sengers, nearly all were immigrants from Liverpool. Five hundred and forty-six lives were Icst in the wreck of the White Star steam- ship Atlantic on Mars Head, Cape Pros- pect, near Halifax, April 2, 1873. The steamship carried more than 900 steerage passengers. The cabin passengers num- bered fifty. The Atlantic left Liverpool for this city with an insufficient supply of coal. Heavy storms were encountered, and the fuel was nearly exhausted. The Atlantic’s captain, as he thought, made toward Sambro light, but two hours later the steamship struck upon the rocks. An attempt was made to lower boats, but before the davits were manned the big vessel careened leeward and sank. All of the women were drowned. After successfully combating storms and safely passing through fogs, the steamer Ville du Havre, on the clear night of No- vember 22, 1873, ran into the Loch Earn, an iron sailing veszel of 1,200 tons burden, in midocean. The steamship sank, and 226 persons went down with the wreck. Eighty-seven people were saved. The Ville du Havre, at that time, was about the finest steamship afioat. Next to the Great Eastern, she was the largest vessel that had ever entered this port. The steamship Liberia and the steamer Barton ran into each other in April, 1874, and not a person on either vessel was saved. The Hamburg mail steamer Schiller was wrecked in a fog on rocks off the Scilly Isles May 7, 1875. Three hundred and thir- ty-one people perished. The French steamer Byzantin encounter- ed the lish steamer Rinaldo during a fearful gale in Dardanelles, December 18, 1878, and about 200 lives were lost. e Ava, a British-India Navigation Com- pany ship, was sunk in the Bay of Bengal by running into the sailing ship Brunhilda. Seventy lives were lost. The Onclé Joseph, a’French steamer, col- lided with the Italian steamer Ortigia, off Snezzia, November 24, 1880, and 250 lives were lost. The Hamburg-American steamship Cim- bria, while on her way from Hamburg to Havre, was run into by the British steam- ship Sultan, January 21, 1883. The Cimbria sank in a few moments. Three hundred and ninety-eight people perished. There was a dense fug at the time of the col- lision, The British steamship @axham and the Spanish steamer Gijon collided not far from Corunna on the night of July 21, 1884. There was a heavy fog at the hundred and thirty people were drowned. The steamship Gelser and the Thing- valla collided August 14, 1888, thirty miles south of Sable Island. One hundred and six lives were lost. Of those who perished seventy-three were passengers. rhe steamer W. A. Scholten, from Rot- m to this ran into a collier about ten miles off Dover, on the night of No- vember 19, 1888, and 182 lives were lost. ewe. A LOAN FROM ROTHSCHILDS. Preliminary Negotiations, {t is Re- ported, Are Being Discussed. A London cablegram to the New York Evening Post says: There is reason to believe that preliminary negotiations for a sterling loan to the United States government are being discussed by the Rothschilds and another house, but nothing more definite is yet known. The question entirely centers on Congress, and in regard to the action of that body the public and financiers here are alike per- plexed, although private advices from Washington again speak hopefully of the passage of a measure. A gold loan to yield about 3 per cent would probably be well received here. The latest talk is of the issue here of United States treasury notes by the Roths- childs. ———-+e+ ——_ ) Against the Reilly Bill. Two resolutions were before the Cali- fornia senate Tuesday, each condemning the Reilly funding bill. The concurrent resulution passed by the house was re- placed by another rule protesting against the Reilly funding bill. The votes were recorded cnly because they favor the reso- luticn previously adopted by the assembly. Then a resolution was introduced and adopted by unanimous vote, declaring against the Reilly bill or any other funding bill; also favoring the foreclosure of gov- ernment mortgages against the Pacitic railroads and demanding further that pro- ceedings be instituted to recover all the funds and legal assets of the roads wher- ever fourd, whether diverted into the funds of individuals or corporations. ————--s0+ Cruise of the Vesuvius. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, which anchored in the lower bay on Monday af- ternoon, passed out by Sandy Hook yes- terday at 10 a.m. She will cruise along the Long Island and southern coasts, go- ing as far as Hampton Roads, on a mis- sion of searching for and destroying sunk- en and floating wreckage which are dan- gerous obstructions to navigation. ———_+e-+—____ Prof. W. R. Perkins’ Death. William Rufus Perkins, professor of his- tory in the lowa University, is dead at Erie, Pa. He was a professor of Latin and Greek in Cornell University before going to Iowa in 1888. His poem “Elusis” is regarded as a clasgie by many critics. He was forty-three years old. DR. W. H. MORSE. Endorsement Based Upon Experience. Newark (N. J.) Evening New lust certainly,"’ was the emphatic, reply of Morse” When’ asked by a "News? ‘reporter endation of Dr. David Ken- Remedy, that recently appeared 3 veritable. studied’ medic he said, “with Dr. A. N. for many years the leading practitioner of chi Visiting him several years after, me the “case of a patient of his who had been cured of stone by solvents. sally, I inquired into the matter, and In the town of Dalton, Mass., ‘his patient lived, and that he had literally ‘suffered many things of many physicians,’ and they the best of the state. ‘There had been’ a diversity of opinion as to bis ailment, but the doctor had diagnosed chronie_in- flammation of ihe kidneys, and his prognosis had Ween ‘incurable.’ I had ‘known of this case—a mere wreek of a man, suffering and pessimistic. But now, greatly to my surprise, the doctor told me that’he was actually cured. He had taken Dr. David Kennedy’ vorite Remedy, and not only had grown ‘stronger and better,” but had passed several pleces of stone. The remedy had promoted the passage of the calcul! and had acted as solvent. I saw this man a few days later look- ing well, feeling finely and speaking in the highest terms of the Remedy. T was led to examine it chemically and to test it therapeutically. My de- ductions have been such as to corroborate the told me. clinical experience of many other medi men, that Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy ‘will do that which fs claimed for it; and I consider it a great discovery.” ‘The great value of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy lcs in the fact that it dissolves the excess of uric acid in the blood. Many of the ailments suffer from—for instance, rhew atism, hervousbess, dyspepsia, kidney, liver and urinary’ troubles, and the sickness peculiar to women, come from this cause. Favorite Remedy. dissolves this acid, expels {t from the system, th: curing the disea in cases of scrofula, diabetes and Bright's discase it cures where ‘all other treatments have failed. Natu- [+ INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS ... Page & aan EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS FINANCIAL FOR RENT (Flats), FOR RENT (Houser). FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). FOR RENT (Offices) FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stables). 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ANDREW PARKER. Washington Loan & Trust Co., COR. STH AND F STS... « u VORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL, STATEMENT OF THE - PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, OF PH}LADELPHIA. Net assets Jan. 1, lesb de- preciation $21,718,951 20 YEAR -$5, 215,998 24 86,253 70 $6,402,246 94 For premiums an tes. $28,121,198 24 DISBURSEMENTS. Claims by death........ $1,499,218 02 Matured endowmerts and annuities .. + 190,842 82 Surrerdered policies. 2.2 665,531 26 Premium abatements::: 750,281 02 Total paid policy hold- -$3,105,873 72 $1,799,229 00 Taxes paid in Penna... $88,848 34 ‘Taxes in other states. 70,733 01 Salaries, medical fees, office and legal ex- penses.... - 188,724.99 Con missions to agents and rents........-.-. 520,460 85 Agency and other ex- penses ee. - 71,147 88 Advertising, printing and ‘supplies. z 28,295 53 Office furniture, mainte- nance of building, ete. 22,933 77 4,097,052 58 Net assets Jan. 1, 1895. $24,021,165 65 ASSETS. City loans, railroad | and water bends, bank and other stocks.... $7,117,788 0S Morteages “and ground rents (st ons} Promium ‘potes secured by policies. Loans on collateral, policy loans, etc. Home office and real estate Lought to secure loans. 3 Cesh in banks, trus on hand. 4,025,165 6 et ledger assets. deferred and minums 633,148 65 Interest di 303,345 70 Gross assets January 1, 1895. $24,960,600 00 5 LIABILITI Death Claims reported, $128,440 00 but awelting proof... Reserve at 4 per cent to reinsure risk3........ 21,788,214 00 Surplus on unreported policies, ete.... .. | 78,150 38 Surplus, 4 per cent basis 3,015,855 62 24,990,060 00 New business of the yea: 9,208 policies for..... =. $22,122,114 00 Insurance outstarding December 31, 1894: 49,531 poll . .-126,537,075 00 EDWARD M. , President. HORATIO 8. ST Vice President. ENRY C. S, Sec'y and Treas’r. SB J. BARKER, Actuary. $330-2t OFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAG ‘Telephone Company.—A dividend of 50 cents per share will be payable on the 3ist day of JAN- UARY, 1895, to the stockholders of record at the close of business on the 2ist day of January, 1895, at the ofhce of the treasurer of the company, 619 1ith st. n.w., Washington, D. C. ‘The transfer books will be closed from the 224 of Jrnuary to the 31st of January, inclusive. SAMUEL M. BRYA resident. CHARLES G. BI Treasurer. Washington, D. C., January 19, 1895. jal9-11t E. EXDOWM AND PAID-UP PURCHASED AT A Money loaned on same. BURAS, 1307 F st. now. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST, AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress in., 1867, and acts of 1890, and Feb., 418 CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Cc. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker, Rooms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, 929 Fst. nw. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cash or on margin. Cotton bowght snd sold in New York on New Oricans. Private wires to Orlean phone CORSON & MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCH ANGE, 1419 F st., Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Railroad stocks and bonds and all’ securities listed on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. ‘A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict_ bonds und_all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and.Telephone Stock dealt in. ‘American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. a21 LOANS ON LIFE, EXDOWMED TONTINE OR distribution policies our specialty. Money ad- vanced on stocks, bonds, trusts and other ap- proved collateral. No delay. YERKES & BAKER, 40 to 46 Metzerott bidg. §Jali-tt Government Clerks, As a class, have more and greater opportunities for saving morey than aliost any other class of people. 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