Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 17, 1886, Page 1

SINTEENTH YEAR TALKS ON CRUISERS The Usited States’ New Navy as Seen by Foreign Eyes. FRENCH AND ENGLISH OPINION An Admial Who Thinks the Boats Alto- getber Too Slow, HOW THEY COULD BE IMPROVED. Marine Warfare and Destructize Engines Minutely Disoussed Standpoints. NEWS BUDGET FROM BERLIN Increasing the Exports from Germany to the United States—Suppressing Soclalism—Warlike Attitude of Kuropean Powers. The New Navy Discussed. Panis, Oct. 10.—[New York Herald Cable Special to the Bk |—1 had an_interview Thursday with Adm Auve, the French minister of marine, at his cabinet in the ministiy on tie rue Royale, in- reference to the utility of the new 1 crulsers now belng built by the United States government. 1 showed the admiral the diagrams and gketehes of the Boston. ‘The admiral praised the ingenions contrivances for fizhting, the pilot house, the cimbral superstructure of the pattery, ete., and then, looking at me with a sharp, penetrating glance, asked: *“What s her spoed? “Not anite thirteen knots, sir,” I replied. The admiral shook his head and said em- phatically: “Then asaas war vessel she is useless. A eruiser is of no use whatever, un- loss she has speed enough o cutch a fast ocean steamer—that is to say, unless she has aspeed of nineteen knots. Cruisers of less speed than this are a weakness, nota strength t a navy, for they will only be captured or sunk by the enemy, The new cruisers to be built for the French navy are to have a mini- mum speed of nineteen knots, capable of being increased to twonty knots during five hours at o streteh by the application of an apparatus of terage farce. If they don’t at- tain this speed tie government will refuse them,” HOW TO MAKE A NAVY. 1 then asked the Admiral if he would ex- plain the best way for the United States to set about to get a navy. ‘The Admiral rang an electrie bell and said to the attendant, “Don't let anyone interrupt me for half an hour.” He rolled a cigarette, and said: “You have a truly magniicent body of naval ofticers, and you have splendid sailors, and you have no heavy lron-clae three {)oinla upon which you are most heartily 0 be congratulated, Naval experiments nave now clearly demonstrated that huge fron-clads, In which European governments have spent hundreds and hundreds of willions, nave had their day. These wastadons of the ocean have had their day. ‘They will be scarcely more useful in the next naval war than the grand old line of battle ships of Toufalsean and Aboukir, These wmastadons have been rendered worthless by those microbes of the sea, torpedo boats and swift cruisers. The fault has been thatall the naval construe- tors till lately have attempted the impossi- ble. They have tried to unite in the same vessel all the means of modern naval warfare —the ram, heavy guns, armor, fleetness and torpedoes. The result is a vast, unwieldy, floating fortress, liable to be sunk by the first well-directed torpedo. The United States, I Tepeat, are sincerely to be congratulated on having none of these useless mousters. Your situation is this: In the first place you are not hamperedby having any mercantile marine to protect. In anaval war this will give you great advantage. All your naval operations can be, therefore, confined to pro- tecting your harbors and destroying the enciny's commerce. You can make your harbors impregznable with your land forts, torpdoes and torpedo boats, Forty or fifty unarmed cruisers with suflicient speed could destroy your enemy’s commerce, for all the fron clads of all the flnets of the world would to-day be utterly inadequate to blockade your consts and prevent these cruisers from getting to seca. But these cruisers should bave a minimum speed of nineteen knots: that is to say, they should be faster than the great trans-Atlantic steamers. They should, besides the ordinary machine guns, have two or three guns of the longest possi- blo range, iring projectiles filled with the latest explosives discovered by science, Such cruisers could to-day destroy or demoralize the entive marine commerce of united Even if oue of these cruisers were to be com- pelled to fight a high European iron clad, the advantage would still be with the crusier, for & crusier, being small and moving about wirh rapidity, is almost impossible to be hit, while the high iron clud is a splendid target,and the high steel plates are now perfectly vulnerable to projectiles charged with fulminating cot- ton or with menilen NEW EXPLOSIVES, Here the admiral showed me three stee plates pierced by projectiles contalning ful- minating cotton, menilene and, as a third substance, a composition, which is the secret of the French government, wiich has twice the power of menilene and is no wore dan- gerous (o manipulate than the orc.aary gun loader, This new explosive will enable the calibre and consequent weight of the guns to be diminished and makes the steel plates most as penetrableas the wooden walls of ships in the di of Decatur and Bainbridee, headwiral continued: “Now, compare one of these crulsers with an ironclad in attacking a fort. Both are equally vulner- able, but the cruiser is almost invisible from the distance from which she can throw her explosives, while the irouclad is 50 high and cnimbersome as to be a good mark from the land, for even at night all of the movements of this floating fortress can be followed by electrie lights, The crulser, on the contrary, is almost invisible because of her smalluess, and uncatehadle becaise of Ler speed. These proposed eruisers are wezely the application of lessons taught by your great eivil war, ‘They are merely Ala- bamas adapted to the latest advantage of sclence. The motto of your naval reform should be: Les Alabawas, encore les Ala- bawas, et toujours les Alabamas,” THE NAVY FRANCE WANTS, After expressing the highest apprectation of the American naval ofticers, their pluck, their sclentitic attainments, and their svlendia seamanhke qualities, the adwiral sald: “1 am going to demand of the chatabers the two hundred million of francs to put the French navy on the footing that it ought to Me. I shall lusist upon the necessity of fast eruisers of & minimum speed of nineteen nmw 1shall ot have these cruisers built the government dock yards, | knots, capable of being increased to nearly THE OMAHA SUNDAY OMAHA, SUNDAY dock -yards of France. I shall | ereantile constructors: Build me winimum speed of nine n commi By 0 the m A cruiser with twenty knots, for a period of five hours—the critical period of a chase, By the application of the tiraze force instrument, lately in vented, skiliful encineers assure me that | this speed is perfectly attainable. T also say to the constructors: If the cruiser, on her trial does not attain this speed, then the government will refuse her, and she can be utilized for the merchants' marine. The constructors will agree to these terms, for there is alwavs a demand in commerce for vessels of this type, and thus there is no risk ot the government having on its hands a quantity of failures, as might be the case i the cruisers were to be constructed in the government dock yards. It 1s, in fact, just like ordering a pair ot boots from the boot- maker. 1f they fit, well and good. I take them and pay for them, 1If they don’t fit, I don’t take them.” is English Naval Opinions. LoNnoy, Oct. 16.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to th 1 interviewed, to-dny, Admiral pencer Robinson, & former lord of admiralty, who speaks as an expert in naval matters, because under his management the change was made from wooden ships to iron-clad, and trom smootli- bore to rifled cannon. 1 found him at his residence in Eton Place, just recovering from an illness, but quite willing to give the bene- it of his Jong experience in ship construction. Ho sald: ““Your 4,000 ton cruiser seems to me to com- bine more of the goodqualities a cruiser should possess, always, of course, provided shy at- tains an estimated average speed of eighteen knots an hour. This speed is about as high as is necessary. as cruisers must be built to combine many opnosing qualities, none of which can safely be subordinated to sveed. For instance, they must be able to keep at sea in the rough- est weather without straining, they must carry coal for long ecruises, and must also carry cannon and stores of considerable weight. It is true that the Italia and various other heavy iron-clads at- ain nearly the same speed as the unarmored nisers, but can we take the Italla as a sam- ple? It is an admirable boat for Mediterras nean defence, {She rakes the Mediterranean ically an Italian sea, but in the Bay of v she would roll herself to bits, might carry coal enough eross the Atlantiec, but when she would have no o return with or for bombardments or cruiser chasin, Yes; I have studied care- fully the subject of coaling at sea from coal transyorts. It's too risky, It is a long and Wi Mair. You must remember that the modern ship is like an infantry soldier forced to carry on his back food for the whole campaign or walk back to the depot for supplics when the food he carricd is exbausted. To attack Italy, America must have vessels of the Italia type, well as Mediterranean coaling stations. Torpedoe: storms and coal supply will, howeve ually limit the action of the heavier armor- clads azainst the American co; who now have so much advantage that e with our West India coaling stations the ads can hardly endanger New CRITICISING THE CRUISERS. “I would like to criticise one point in your cruisers, namely, the rigging. In action this is certain to be shot away, and probably in talling would foul the screws and wreck the vessel. Moreover, there Is nothing to be gained by running such a ri: nce if these plans are drawn to scale your cruiser, nine days ont of ten, would not make two knots an hour under sail—hardly steerage-way.” TALK WITH A NAVAL ARCHITECT. After quitting the adwiral I met at the office of the Thames Ship Buildins company, George Mackrow, the naval architeet, who possesses the unique distinction of having elther designed or superintended the con- struction of the first ironclads ever owned by the seven Kuropean powers, including Germany, Russia and Spain. While awai ing for Mr. Mackrow to finish his business with the Japapese commission sent over 10 revort upon English naval architecture, I examined a collection of royal decorations awarded Mr. Mackrow for ships constructed during the last fifteen years. Regarding the new American cruis- ers Mr. Mackrow said: *‘L have not checked their designs, but I judge the ships are likely to be a credit to the American nay The British navy has no man- of-war with over an eighteen knot speed, nor any ocean cruiser as yet even desizned to exceed eighteen knots. One thing puzzles me. 1do not see how, with their stated norse power, the Amwmerican cruisers can attain this eighteen knot speed. Yet; such speed is possible with suflicient engine power. In fact, we have just offered to build an ocean cruiser of guaranteed nineteen knot speed. If the American cruisers reach eighteen knots, that will be. I think, as fast as is needed. Never- theless, Lexpect within a year or two to see ocean cruisers of twenty knots’ speed.” AN IDEAL CRU “Yes, my plans ave sufliciently advanced to give you a general idea of what such a ship would be like: Say about 5,000 tons, 14,000 horse power, coal for 5,000 miles at ten knotsan hour, ecost £1,250,000, the frame strong enough to support four twenty-five- ton guns, as against the six-ton guns the American steamers will carry, Of course this isa little in advance of the times, but the deyelopment of ihe triple expansion engines and other improvements make such a craiser to be expected, But svinor clads of over seventeen knuts speed are not probable 10 be launched while steam is used for power. People forget that ships are bullt for special purposes, and iron clads are for fighting. Beyond a certain point speed can only be ob- tained by sacrificing armor or coal supply or welght of canion as you say. By vast size it might be possible to obtain great speed added to the other requirements of au iron- clad, For instance 1 could desigzn a heavy urmor-clad, say of 16,000 tons, cost ten willion of your dollars, which would steam twenty knots. But no docks and few harbors, how- ever, exist for such a vessel. On the whole crusiers are such masses of compromise that if the American vessels develop their speci- fied speed it will be about as good as present knowledge can produce,” THE LATEST SHFLL. “Have you seen the new shell?” coutinued the great constructor, changing the subject. At pierces sixteen inches of armor and ex- plodes inside the vessel. IU's a terrible weapon. I do notsce ow navies can guard against its effect,” Allthe great naval powers of Europe keepin London one or more naval attaches to gather information regarding British progress iu shipbuilding, These gentlemen are all ex- perts and watch naval matters with & closoness which may be judged from the fact that 1 was shown by oue forvign attache, whose nawe, obyiously, 1canuot give, & portfolio eontaining alnost every article yet priuted regarding the new Awmerican eruiser, 1 took pains to gather the ideas of these aitaches regarding the new Awerican wan-of-war. As dipiomatic naval | etiguette forbids me thelr names in such erit- I feisms, T divide tlcit opinions into three | and classes: OTHER FOREIGN OPINIONS, 1. “America deserves congratulations on her new cruisers. 11 an eighteen knot speed is realized it will be sufficient, There are few els 0 fast in the world as eighteen knots. The speed of naval vessels 15 greatly over es timated. The fact is, we have the eighteen knots about reached the limit for ocean cruis- ers, This is shown by the fact that the last ten years We have only really added one knot to the speed of the fastest ships, America must remember one point in construction by the lowest tender that it does not guarantee the best workmanship; also that the speed ob- tained trom marine engines depends almost as much upon the bullder's knowledge as upon the size of the engine.” e new American cruisers will be Ot course your 4,000 ton- ner, with its estimated eignteen knots, will, after the trial, never exceed fourteen knots an hour. That does no harm, however. With all their talk about speed no English cruiser can make over fifteen knots steadily and regularly, A fourteen-knot speed will over- slow merchantmen. As for sveed to overhaul big passenger steamers, that cruis- ers will lie in wait for, such is not needed, for they can use cannon ball to overtake them if they try their heels,” 8. The American navy needs minimum ten-knot cruisers which, on emergeney, could steam eighteen or twenty knots an hour for five hours. An eighteen-knot cruiser would now compare well with any afloat, but navies go alead quickly. Your crulsers may be an- tiquated before they are built. Why not build new vessels from new designs, guaranteeing at least equality with the mercantile marine? Of what use will your new cruisers be if the Atlantie lines and European eruisefs steam a knot or two faster than all vour eruisers?’ Such 1s a summary of what I gleaned from the naval attaches of four legations. GERMAN EXPORTS. A Large Increase in Her Trade With This Country. BERLIN, Oct. 16.—|Speeial Cablegram to ving the exports from Germany to the United States during the past year show that the exports from Berlin have Increased 1,14 from Bremen, 3; from Chemnitz, §1,500,000; from $350,000; from Hamburg, $2,100,- Lepsie, $8:0,8%, and trom Stettin, $520,600, Returns from South Ger- man consular districts have not been issued. They, however, will probably indicate the same rate of increase, Frankfort heading the list withan increase of $700,000. The protec- tionist organs seek to prove that the increase I8 due to the protective policy of the zovernment. while on the other hand the National Zeitung, a free trade journal, con- tends that the return of stability in American trade is the sole cause of the revival of bu ness. The annual report of the Dusseldorf chamber of commerce states that the expor- tation of pmntinusto America has almost ceased since the rise in the American tariff, “The exportations of paintings from Paris to America has decreased from 8,000,000 franes t0 1,500,000 francs, ON THE BOURS Toward the close of business on the Bourse to-day it was reported that the Impe- rial Bank of Germany would raise its rate of disconnt on Monday. The rumor arose from the fact that a meeting of the bank committee has been called for Monday. An uneasy feeling exists in financial circles over the extent of German capital risked in Russia. Leading bankers have placed a full statement of the position of German Invest- hands of Prince Bismarck, and od from him private assurances that the extente cordiale between Germany and Russia remains undisturbed, and that a perfect understanding exists between both court in 00 PEROR WILLIAM'S MOVEMENTS, Emperor William will return to Berlin on Wednesday. He will give zn audience to M. Jules Herbett, French ambassador, on Friday, and will afterward go hunting at Blankenburg. Crown Prince Frederick William, King of Saxony, and Henry of Prussia, Duke of Saxe Alteburg and Duke of Saxe Coburg, will meet the emperor at Blank- enburg. Itis supposed that the object of the rendezvous of the princes is something beyond hunting. SUPPRESSING SOCTALISTS. The socialists attempted to hold reunions in the suburbs of Leipsic to-day. but the meetings were suppressed by the authorities. The mass mecting which was to have been held at Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, was also torbidden by the police. Herr Vie- reck, editor of the socialist organ, Deutsch ~ Wortenblatt, which was re- cently suppressed, was to hive presided at the meeting, Krewinkel, chief of the soclalists at Aix, has been sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment. He was charged with seuding socialist pamphlets, printed in the German, Polish and Russian languages, to confederates at Thorne for secret circulation, The crusade of the police against socialism 18 Dbeing carried on more vigorously than aver. The authorities have succeeded in completely sup- pressing every labor organization in Berlin, Hamburg, Leipsic and Zurich. The Soc Demokrat boasts that police persecution can- not stop the soc t propoganda. and it asserts that socialisn: is especially spreading in the ranks of the army PEACE OK WAR. It All Depends Upon the Ability of Russia to Disentangle Herself, PARIS, Oct. 16.—(New York Herald Cable— Special to the Brr. ace or war all de- pends upon how Russia gets out of her Bul- garian entanzlements. The ezar is by nature obdurate, impetuous, overbearing; he cannot allow the idea to gain ground that he is devi- ating from the traditional Muscovite forelgn policy. He has the wmoral support of Ger- many to re-establish a Russianized Bulgaria s0 long as he eonfines himself to pacific means, but that is the end of the tether that binds him to the triple alllance. The mili- tary occupation of Bulgaria—s move for which four infantry divisions in south Rus- sin have been designated and fully prepared since the end of August—would be a leap in tho dark that the czar, with all his rasiness, does not dare yet to make. The PUESENCE OF BUSSIAN TROOPS 1 would s0 arouse Hungarian public opinion, fau into flawe the latent Austrian hatred of Russia, and force the hand of Franz Joseph that war would be the inevitable result, ‘Those who kuow her statesmen best feel that Russia would neither abandon Bulgaria nor oceupy it. but with tough perseverance and ceaseless pertinacity would threaten, promise, tease, cajole, buily and worry the Bulgarian regency and the Bulgarian people until they had been worked up into & state of acute fever and had becowe from sheer fatigue humble pawns of the czar, FLIRTING WITH FRANCE, Meanwhile Russia keeps up a desperate fiirtation with France, based upou the propo- sition already submitted to the sultan by the LRussian awmbassador. by which France would reguln her piestige in the Jevant aud In Eaypt, but the flirtation is not warriage, and the Franco-Russian alliance yet exists. GLARING AT EACH OTHER. Thus Hussis, Austrla, Germavy, Frauce JULGARIA MORNING, OOTOBER 17, furkey all stand with hands upon their sword hilts, and there J§ no telling at what moment the blades may feap from their scab- bards, for even winter snow and choked mountain passes did not last year prevent the Bulearlans and the' Servians from fizhting each other until far into December. Russia, in fact, is impregnable from attack in win. ter, but winter wift mot prevent Russian troops from occupying Bulgaria, THE FRENCH ARMY IN FIGHTING THIM, One thing is certain—it is clear to the most unattentive tourist—that, whether Boulanger be an Alciblades or not, French officers and soldiers have never before been so neat and clean or in such first rate fighting trim as to- day. No doubt Boulanger is a splendid war minister. e s daily becoming more popu- lar and still keeps on introducing new army reforms, the latest of which allows soldiers to rest on Sundays, instead of putting on fine uniforms and parading about to please holi- day makers, Raron Rothschild Dead. FRANKFORT, Oct. 10.—Mever Karl Roths- child, head of the great banking firm, died suddenly to-day from heart disease. — A CONVIVAL PARTY, The President’s West Virginia Trip Roported as a Jolly One. WasHINGTON, Oct. 16, —[Special Telegram to the Brr)—Those who went with the president on his trip to West Virginia say that they had & grand time. Certainly the party was a convival one. Secretary Fair- child, it is said, cAn enjoy a good drop of liquor. Commissioner Miller is the govern- ment head 01 the liquor business and can ample as well ag anyove. Thomas Biking is a fac simile and the president does not mind a sip or so. Colonel Lamont plays pro- priety and carries the bait, They all wot Lome at 6 o’clock this morning and one of the tirst things the president did was to ap- point Cousin Bennie Folsom to be consul at Sheflield. England. Ben is Mrs, Cleveland’s cousin and took her to Europe. He intended to come here and spend the winter at the white house, but evidently Cleveland did not want him. Some' people are saying to-day that Mrs. Cleveland so put out by the president’s leaying hier for the hunting trip that as soon as he got home she made him appoint Bennie. Certainly the appointment has caused more talk than any made for ayear, especially since the president has talked so much lately against nepotism. Sheflield is one of the best consuls at the dis- posal of the government. It pays a salary of $2,500 and many fecs, There were hunireds of applicants for the place. MRS, CLEVELAND SATD *N0.” Among the callers gn.the president to-day were two saloon keepers from Buifalo, old triends of the presidént. He used to go to their place whem he lived in Buffuio, and this was their first visit to him, Last r two others called .on him and he took ihem out nding, The visitors to-day ed the same freatment, but warried now, and Mrs. Cleveland said A BUFFALO MAN FINF As indicated in these dispatches, the presi- dent is beginning to get frightened at the action of his old Buffalo {riends, and he in- tends to give them sowe places.” 'To-day he appointed Frank Goodyear to be commis- sioner to examine the Northern Pacitic rond, Goodyear s a brother of Charles Goodyear, a law paitner of W. S. Bissell, the president’s best friend. — Cleveiand offered this rap to Buffalo,’ byt his friends do not think much of it. SHERIDAN-HOLIA GERONIMO'E PATE. After a vast amouny gt talk and red tape, Ganeral Sheridanowiit probably have theeast: ing vote in_Geronimo's fate. The general impression is if Sitting Bull's life was spared aftor the Custer massacre, it would be incon- istent to_harfz Geronimo, and if the knotty question is decided m favor of handing the insurgent over to the military anthorities, whigh is now expected, General Sheridan’s advice as to the punishment will be followed. General Sheridan bhas just returned from a visit of inspection of the division of the Mis- sourf, and has had a conference with the president within a As prejudice existing ag & volunteer ofticer, and Crook, as a West Pointer, it is generally con- sidered that General Milés has the strongest political influence of any officer in the army, i N POSTAL CHANG William Golkan_has been commissioned postmaster at St. Charles, Neb, The tollowing new aflices and postmasters were established to-day in Nebraska: Wayne, A. Zullenberger; Leonard, Dawes county, Hamilton M. German; Yankee, Keith county, COLEMAN'S CHARGES Colonel N, E. Coleman, a former account- ant in the disbursing office of the United States coast and geodetic survey, to-day i charges and specifications withi “the district attorney here alleging fraud azainst the fol- lowing officer: emploves of the bureau: . M. Thorne, superintendent: B. A, Calona, ssistant superintendent: C. 0. Bontelle, 11 G. Ogden, John W. Parsons, Edwin Swith, F. [l Parsons and R. M Bache. Warrants hive been issued for all those implicated in the alleged frauds, and It is expected that there will be a general shaking up in this staid old department. WHOLESALE DISCHARGE OF PRINTERS, Senator Manderson, who has been here for a day or so, has been quietly in- vestigating the numerous removals” and changes in the government printing office under Benedict. "The senator is chairman of the senate printing committee, and he has notiied Public Printer Benedict that the committee is empowered to investigate the government printing office at any time and he thereby served notice on him that tae committee would begin an investization of lus dismissals and methods in a very few aays. Messrs, Manderson, Gorman and Hawley, ~ compose the senate print- ing committee, and there s a lively ~time 'fn “prospect. Gorman has suffered most, and Nis men have been turned out unmercifully. 1t is_stated this morning that there will be a discharge of 300 more employes of the government printing oflice to-night. The employes of that place state that _the large dischaige alveady made, nearly 600 have crippled the work going on there, ‘There s need of very one discharged and more besides to do the work required by the government. the bookbinding department the work Is three years behind time. "I'he rush of reports from the devartments which are soon to be placed in the printers Jands will require a arge Torce to get Jn readiness for con- gress. When the ge takes place it will make nearly sons thrown out of employment sinee muulcl took charge, - The. Firet Assisgant®. M. G.'s Report, WAsHINGTON, Oty 16.—First Assistant Postmaster Geueral E. A. Stevenson has submitted to the pe v general his an- nual report upon the duerations of the bureau for the fiscal year June 30, It shows the number of postefficgs established during the year 1o be 8,482 pumber discontinued, 1,120: net increase, $:62; whole number of postoftices, 53,614; muiber filled by appoint- ments of the postu general, 51 The pointments mady Lhe yearar as follows: On ¥ ous and sions expired, 9,113 “inerease, as compared with the previous ybar, 2908 on removals and suspensions, 0,500; increase, as compared with the previous year, 5,700: deaths of postmasters, 55%; ‘on establishment of new postofiices, 8,488 fotal, 2,747 Gieneral Stey- enson renews his recommendation of last year that the government pay office-rent for postumasters of the third class, - Arrested for Car Kobbery. 8r1. Louis, Oct, 16.—For some tiwme past freight cars on the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railways have been systematically robbed. The thefts in every instance have been 50 completely covered up that detection for a long time seemed iwpossible. The mat- ter wus in the hauds of detectives and nineteen n were arrested at Fort Smith, charged with Mnswxw in the robberies. Hundreds of of werchan- dise have in this way been siolen. BEE. 1886 ~TWELVE PAGES. | SAD TALES OF DESOLATION, | Heartrending Incidents of the Terrible Storm Along the Gulf A FEAST FOR THE BUZZARDS Wives and Children Drowned Before Husbands and Fathers—The Death List Growing—Appeals fox Immediate Aid, The Great Disaste GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 15,—[Special Tele gram to the Brk.]—Further particulars of the great disaster at Sabine Pass are con stantly belng received. The situation has not been exageerated in the least. A corres- pondent who has just returned from Sabine Pass telegraphs from Orange that turkey buzzards are soaring over Sabine for miles around on land and water. It isone vast charnel house. The town is swept out of ex- istence. What was a prosperous village when last Tuesday dawned. is now the center of wreck and desolation. ‘Thiere are 127 per- sons missing anda supposed to be dead. Only about twenty-five bodies have thus far been recovered. There is not one sound house in the town of Sabine. ‘I'hie residences of I Gilliland and Editor MeClanahan are the only ones that can be repaired. Every other nouse is an absolute wreck. This, in brief, is the story of the storm. Tnnumerable touching and heart-rending incidents of the storm arc related by the survivors. One house, containing fourteen colored persons, was seen to o down with a crash and every- one of them was lost. Incidents are related of husbands lashing wives and children to floating wreckage and then seeing them Killed by h logs being driven against them. The damage to property can only be estimated by the value of the town, for all is lost. The Sabine Iast Texas railroad is washed out for a d e of ten miles. The ties buve floated off and the rails are twisted like wires. An eftect of the great hurricane is that millions of dead fish were castup by the waves, and thousands of birds also strew the eround, A young woman in a pertectly nude state was tound roaming around on the prairie, five miles from Sabine. She was de- mented and could not tell her name, When the government tug Penrose reached Sabine yesterday Cclumbus Martin - was found rowing around the delta looking for the bodies of his family. He said: “Myself, wife and three children were elinging to the floating roof, which was gradually b to pieces. ~One of the litile ones went then another. I was holding the youne and soon my wife said: *Good-bye, husby 1 am going. 1 could not reach ler. Dieces of the roof supporting her broke off and she sank before m 1 held on to the youngest child, 1, some tir longi The child, ‘Papa, I'm tired: won't you walk with me.’ ‘The piece of Toof 1 was 01 was 10w erumbiini to pieces. Ttold the little one to kiss n She put botn ber little arms around my neck and gave me a big squeeze, and just then a 15 0ff and Lsaw her no moie. 1 own too.” the Penrose, mong these s of my wife and chil- dren, and here will T stop till 1 find them.” No tongue can tell how the veople have suffered during the past few days, Destruction at Johnson's Bayon, OnRANGE, Tex., Oct. 16.—| Special T'elegram to the B, of Johnson's is on a high ridge on the sea coast, and the bayou from which it takes its name runs through the inhabitable parts of that seetion of the settlement, in which is also situated the postoftice station known as the Radford. ‘They are in Cameron parish, on the Louislana shore, six miles eastof Sabine Pass, This bayou is nineteen miles in length and varies from oneto four miles in width. Ridges face the gulf twelve feet above sca level, and in the rear is a dense ana impenetrable ‘The population of Johnson’s Bayou «day numbered 720 souls. "To-day eighty- five of that number are counted with the dead. Radford was very thickly settled and populous, 1t boasted of its cotton gin and cotton and cane plantations, It was the head of navigation and the stores were many. Principal among these were those run by J. Pavert, who also operated a gin, and turned out aunually 800 bales of cotton, produced in that section. Other stores were owned by A. B, Smith & Co. and J. Griflith, general merchandise, and other small mer- chants constituted the commercial eommun- ity. The handling of cotton aund sugar cane produets in the district was the principal in- dustry, These ridges composed some of the richest and most fertile grazing land in country, 8,000 head of cattle and horses being owned by the thriving community. Com- munication with the outer world was had through two steam vessels, both owned in Johnson’s, Bayousand Radford, while a fleet of trading vessels plied the waters of the Bayou, On the morning of Tuesday last happiness and contentment was the lot of the people, until 4 o'clock that evening. When the storin descended upon them all took to their homes, and waited with bated treath the fate which they foresaw. The waters began rising and the wind swept through the lower stories of the building, driving the affrighted people into attics and upon Toofs, By 10 o'clock the first ridge, which was twelve feet above the sca lovel, was ten fect under water. IHouse after house fell in or was swept away. Cotton and stores next succumbed. It “was a night of terror, de- seribed by the survivors as appalling. The people coild only eling to each other and pray for mercy und_ for the souls of those whose despairinz shrieks rang in tuelr ears, For twelve hours the storm raged over the deyoted settlewents, and then there came n Iull. Hope was soon revived as the waters recéded and the storm passed away, and the survivors gathered on the most elevated polnts,” viewing the scene of =desolation around them, 'The houses that had stood the action of the storm were completely gutted. ‘Tnere was no food nor drink, the salt water having invaded everything. ‘Then the search for the dead began. " Those whose bodies lay pinioned by the ruins of the houses wero speedily recovered. From the marshes uore corpses were taken and buried, THE DEATI ROLL, ‘The death roll was then made up as fol- lows: Mnrs, Fuaxk TURNER and twi Locke, wite and seven ¢ OLp Mits, Lock Mus. W. Fe ox and three children. Bravronp Berky and daughier, . ALBERT LAMuEre and two children, Baym BURWICK'S eight ehildren. Mus. SHELL WALLEY and four ehildren, Grorae STIVENOR and four children. Mg, FuaNsuaLL, wite aud grandson, Mg, S, GALLIER and four children, Loxzo Syiri and ehild. Mas. ToocHAKE's four children. Jack ToooHAKE and seven children, Mrs. HAwkINs and three children. D Grorue Swity, wife und tour chil dren, Alithe above were white people. T'he fol lowing.is a list of the colored people whose bedies laye been recoverod and identified : ErevegJo N and wife. JACK LEwra, wito and brother. RicHARD HAMBRIOK, wife and five chil- dren. Yesterday morning a packet stern-wheel steamer mnfiu«l the Enily P, arrived at John- son’s bayou and broughi to Orange as mauy as she could earey ~about sixty people. Not one of them hLad anylhing but what they $100a”in, ‘and many of thom were winus hats, shoes, coats and dres: Thelr w weré promptly supplied by the paople of this s presse: but refused, children, A | v o make re | ruin 1ce ana the refugees were made comforta for the night, I'iis morning the Emily and steamer Lark will return and from ilar trips until all _are prought to a place of satety All the p save i few who have larze st intor sav they have abane the place forever They are descendants of a race of peol who, inthe past, made Johnson's bave vast' orange crove. The frost came and 1 them and then they turned to cotton and suear and stoek raising, only to meet the fate of their forefathers, of stock which of which the boastedd, 6,000 are drowned, wlile the remain der will die of thirst, as all the water is salt OTHER PARTICULAT NEW ORLEANS, Oct 16,1t 18 now learned that over eighty five of the inhabitants o Johnson's Bay ou lost their lives in flic storm, Forty of their bodies have been recoverad and consigned to graves in Shell Reefs, while the decomposing corpses of the remainine for'y five lie festering “in the marshes, ird was very thiekly settled and when the storm bewan ~ ‘Tuesday erybody took to their . homes and wai with bated breath a fate which they foresaw. Tl waters began rising, the wind swept through the lower stories of the buildings driving the aifrizhted into atties and upon roofs. By 10 o'clock the first ridge which twe feet aboye (he sea level was ten feet und House ufter house fell I or was swept awa cither Baeying the doomed people in the debris or hurling them into the passing ers. The vi ot Ttoatord . A Johnson Bayou were destroyed ascomplefely it an inviding army nad _done the work For twelve hours the storm razed. Of %000 licad of stock whieh < nce the bayou boasted, 6,000 are drowned, while the remainder will die of thirst. as all water is salt. J. S. Spen cer, one of tlie inhabitants ot the | v this is the third storm he has expe having been through the storm at M thaw in June last, at_Indianola in Augnst. He was making a handsome liv- ing supplying northern and eastern mark ith bird skins and feathers. He loses over SG00 i potteries, Spencer was formerly editor of the Bloomington (11L) Pantagraph Tliere is no estimating the total loss, as there is no wav _of mscertaining the valuation, henec it suflices to say that the town is des- troyed and abandoned. BEAUMONT, Tex, which went toward I Oct. 16,—Ine train abine to-day as far as the track allowed, returned here at 8 p. . Fifteen bodies were recovered on the high iand ealled Back Ridge, west of Sabine, and were buried. - Six bodies of women were. re- covered on the west shore of the lake, two colored and four white, one being that of Mrs, W. A. Junker, of Carlisle. Mr. Junker is still missing. ‘The_steamer Euwily I returned {rom Johnson’s bayou,La. i Oravize and reports that those drowned at that place were chiefly colored people. "The deathis at Sabine Pass ana_vicinity will ag wregate more than ninery and atJohnson” bayou about eighty-i Only three houses are left - Gt for = human habitation, though perhaps a dozen o standing in a precarious condition, ‘'he people who eseaped with their lives are com- pletely_ruined financially, a majority of them not being able to provide themselves with the bare necessitie the mere wittee here ton to the relief com- inlveston subseribes S1,000. The hooner Herenles is’ hizh and “dry at a point called Oil Ponds. Her captain reports that he was tound for New Orleans with 105 maliogany logs, all of whieh are now supposed to be lost, A civenlar will be. addressed by the finanee committee to the principal business houses i the leading trade nters ot the country, It will require from $75000 to $100,000 to meet the emergencies of the case The Michigan Storm. trorr, Mieh., Oct. 10.—Reports are slowly coming in e{uthe damage done by the storm, In most&<0N o damage is to e ANt oMl usseaes fences, trees, 100f@ & Faadin.r stedtases the cale was up the TI\GSY60; grass range hekp 8.9 Clair_was purs S A hein v, 2000 shipments, ngjag height, lehgv sevet e e *L_""‘l(;mm i Digher thap ever kyd® \{o\weeTEbnI(h," are reported all along {{ 610, e e par- ticularly on the A ¥ stock. . Gair Haven and N WRteT bx- tended a mile and a'lialt upor the land, and floated away much valuable timber —and small houses. Tlic sloop vacht Turk, of De- 1roit, was earried away by the water, and fin ally lodged in an orehard 150 fect from shore. Fields were generally inundated, The sloop yacht Annie S., of Detroit, broke her cu on the eastern’ side of {hie lake, and was landed Ligh and dry a quarterof a mile from shore at Suy Carty: =g e GREAT BRITAIN'S GALE. D Extensive Des! Life by tion and Loss of he Storm. Loxpoy, Oct. 16,.—The troop ship Tyne, which is thirty hours overdue at Plymouth, has been sighted off there, laboring terribly in the storm. The greatest anxiety has been entertained concerning her for the last twenty-four hours, 'The British ship Teviot- dale, which sailed from Cardiff, Wales, on Thursday last, was wrecked during the storm on Carmarthan bar. There were on board at the time twenty-elght persons. A boat, rescued nine from the wreck. The others, among whom were the captain and officers, left in a boat, and_but two of thein d reaching “shore alive. The perishied in the waves, T great hurricane which has just passed over England and Irclund was accompanied by the heaviest raing within wemory. Durlui Inst night there were many colfisions and ke, and n number of ‘channel fishing boats were stranded. The storm was very furious on the Irish evast. “The streets in many towns were flooded. Corn-stacks were blown away. and corn standing in the fields destroyed. ‘The damage is immense. ‘There have been destructive floods in Wal The gale and floods along the so and west English and Irish coast continue, having extended far northward. Many ¥ ports of bridges and buildings being swept away are stantly — coming in. In Ulste i, the gtor and floods impede railway traflic. Many small vessels have L Thie Joss of life w caused by the storu, has not been g British bark Bellaport has been wr g5 Islands, on the southeast coast of Ire- Jand. She was being towed by the tug ( cock, when the hawser parted and the b was thrown on the rocky shore and destroyed, All'her erew perished. - The Congregational Conncil. Cuieaco, Oct, 10,—~When the Congrega- tional council was called to order to-day Pro- fessor Benner, president of the Salt lake academy, spokie against polygamy, The fol lowing was adopte Resalved, That we recognize with respect the loyal and iutelligent minority resident in Utah, and that we protest in advance against the admission of Utah ws a state at an time without the consent of that loyal mi- norit A short report on the new west aducation commission was read, and other churches were urged 10 take more interest in assisting the work of education in the west. Rev. Albert Alvah Fristee, of Des Moines, Ia read a paver on “Chii on the Border Land of Selt-support.” ‘T'lils was & powerful plea for dopendent churelies. The couueil Wwill continue its work next week, - g 1 Wt CRICAGO, Oct. 10, ~Great crowds were pres- ent at the session of the Episcopal eonyens tion to-day to Hsten to the elosing arguments on the proposition to expunge the words “Protestant | {rom the prayer hook and laws of the clurel At the conelusion of the debate & vote wis fuken by dioceses, with the f wults: Clergy of fort nine dioceses v Yoas 17, nays 231 di v 0. wtes ot torty-fol dio- diidea, 41, Ine seriously il Capiain and Crew Lost. 81, Jouxs, N. F,, Oct. 16.—Friday night the schooner Emiline, Captaln Grant, bound from St. Pierre 10 Bay Despair, struck on the Dragon prowontory in Hermitage bay, on the west coast of New Found , and sank im- wedlately. The caplaln and ciew of 81x Wk | were all loss. Of the 8000 head | bayou | ea————— NUMBER 111 THE PACKERS" WAR STILL ON, Crowds of Idle Men at the Stock Yards Using “Moral Suasion." WORKING IN THE NEW HANDS. Complete Arran nt tection of Property ~Kverything Ready for an Emergenoy —Few Violent Acts, for the Pro« The Great Lockout. Cineaco, Oct 16 —[Special Telogram Brr. |1t 1s war uow for sure,” sald & ok man, as he stood on the Transit house steps atter his 6 o'clock breakfast. At this hour, usually so marked by erowds of me on their way to work, there was little sign o life on the streets, Where a week ago thous- ands of men trooped through the big gate cading to the yards, searcely & dozen at & time could be seen. Over in the exchange building, nsually teeming with cattle buyers and scllers, eager and nolsy as so many board of trade speculators, the great hall wag almost deserted. and the few that, from ol association and custom, still made thelr ap- pearance, stood around in a hstless kind of way. A passonger train came in on the Michigan Southern tracks, but instead of pulling up on the usual side-track at the depot, the engine kept on around “‘The Horn," and took three coaches up Forty- seventh street and stopped at the alley which® leads down to Armour & Co.,3 houses, Nearly two hundred wen alighted andi walked to the oftice, where they were given junipers and overalls and set to work In_the old house. What work there was for them to do is A mystery, as no hogs were being killed, but the authoriti say that they were ‘set to work,” and as no one could see them there is no ev dence to the contrary. ‘Lhere has been & committee, either appointed by the strikers or self-constituted, for the purpose of dis- suading any new men from going to work, The members of the committee keep close watch on the terminus of the street ear line and on that of the dummy trains, and suc- ceeded in inducing & number of seokers after employment to return to the citv, ‘I'he cannot obtain uecess to the l traing, however, and consequently succeed in divere- iniz but a very small proportion of the crowd that daily applies for work {rom the pucking louses. “However, they are enthusiastic iu their work and hail each man who weakens with Justy cheers. The precautions for wnarding the property of the packers have been greatly inereased. —In the town hall are ascore of cotson which the regular police steep. Telegraph wites lead to Gach of the packing nouses, and night and doy an opera- tor is on duty. The watchmen at houses report by signal to the tele svery halt hour, and a patrol wigon crew is v for duty ata moment's notice. Eloe- been hung throughout alk nd llumi v nook and corner, turning the darkest night into the brightest day. — Last, but by no meins least, in protective measures, is the Pinkerton force, Lheir barracks in Washington B i ons’ packinz houses present the ap- nee of a military camp. Al through y and night sentinels, armed with their ster rifles, pace up and down theal ways and tracks’ whicli surround it, 0 ustial crowds of idle men rewained in the vielnity of thepnakinzhouses to day and be- sought” men who could be reached not to work. Many applicants for work, however, Wit out.on the Toguiar and specinl passens ger trains and were landed at the duors of the packing houses, which were guarded by anmed patrols. 'Ihe strikers stopped a wagon containing clothing aud bedding for the Pinkerton men just outside_the city limity to-day and handfed the driverroughly, throw- ing the eclothing in the street. A’ wagou loaded with bread for the Pinkerton guards s stopped outside the eity limits, when the police arrived the wagon haa disappe. rad. ot The Minneapolis Switchmen's Strike, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 16.—The switch- men’s strike stands in_ status quo. Superin- tendent Egan, of Manitoba, complains that a crowd of 200 strikers this afternoon un- coupled the cars and killed the engine of a trainlond of wheat the company was try ng to move: Also that the police refuse to inwers fere and Mayor Ames cannot be found, — BLAINE INTERVIEWED. to His Views on Prohibition George's Candidaoy. NEW Youk, Oct. 16.—[Speclal Telegram to the BEE, | A Boston special gives the follow- ing account of an interview with Jawmes G. Blaine: “L am just from Augusta,” said Mr, Blaine, “and on my way to Philadelphia, where I speak Saturday night. I shall visit Pitts- burgh and seyeral other cities, returning about the middle of next week.” “What is the situation 1 Pennsylvan was nsked. “It is about the same as it was In Maine. The prohibitory party ‘are creating havoe, nd seem determined to destroy the republi- can party.” “How about New York state “I s a little different there,” repliod Blalne. “1 presume if the question were submitted to a popular vote 1t would be des feated, and that is the very reason why the temperance fanatics oppose such a Proposis tion. Itistrue that the republican party has never formally advocated prohibition in its platform, but “every Jaw that has tended in any way to suppress the liquor traflic in the state hins been passed by republican legislas tures, Lremeniber an ancedote that Governor Seymour told me himself, which bears on this very question, and which is, by the w against prohibition. Seymour was convers ing with' Mr. Delavan, of Albany, about the effect of apbsolute ohibition in the ew York. ‘Now,' said Seymouw “sup we had ouimunity in the state where the sale of intoxicating drinks was nh.wnllm'lty vrohibited, where everybody had all the food he wanted to eafl and clothing he wanted 1o wear.) ‘But you was talking of Elsinms,” interrupted Mr. Delav ‘But that's the kind of a community you are Striving to create, isn't it’ ‘Yes' berbaps 50,' replied Mr. Deluvan. ‘Well,' said Mr, Seymour, ‘we have 2200 of just such peopl m‘lllu‘nu in Sing Sing! Deluvan saw the point.” 4 “Do you think the prohibitory party moves ment inuch more dangerous thun the lubor vewent? inquired the correspondent. es, for the reason that the lormer lends to disrupt and destroy the republican party, Lt is the strangest thing to we why the third party wen think that we are continuall fighting tewperance when we are for it. [b is a perversity of human nature almost inex- lleable. 1think that the campaign in Maine njured the third party moveument very ueh, Neul Dow’s conduct can only be explained on the ground that he is an old wan," “What do you think of Henry CAl dulm‘) for Mayor of New York? “1don't wee Lhow he is golng to land schemes Into practice,” said Blul may be all well enough to hmit the of land one wan can hotd, but I_don’ how you cau limit the fine, You limit {t (o less than a year, for man will nob sow unless he can reap.” aar,you satistied with the campaign in ainer” “Yes, und more than satisfied. We had 00d candidate for Governor in Bodwell, and e will muke an excellent Governor,” d Henry v 1d Roosevelt Accept. JRK, Oct. 16, -Messrs. Hewitt and Roosevelt have written formal letters accep- ting 1esnectively the dewocratic and republis caul nouinations for wayor of New Yufi(. -~ Nebraska and lowa Weather. For Nebruska and lowa: Fair weather, fols 1 by loeal rains in the eastern portiong ¥ siationsry temiperature.