Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1895, Page 3

"’ #ide of the ship they would never ""'I taken him from me. But, you see, I have been a military man and obeyed orders.” “Where did you serve?' Mr. Hoffman was asked. “In _the three yea Were you married In Germany?" ‘No, in America. My wife was only 27 years of age. Oh, God! She was a good woman, sir! She was born in Nebraska of | German parentage. She was the daughter | of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timpke of Hall | county in that state, living one and a half miles south of Grand Island, where Mrs, | Timpke I3 20w living. | “It was ait fo &udden. We had been so happy the night before. There was a_young | gellow from Berlin who was going to Mobile, | Ala., In order to buy cottonsesd oil. He was comlical, sang songs and told funny stories in the saloon. When the boat got away with a great deai of trouble, the Bibe being right on top cf us first had hardly got 100 yards from the ship when I saw a woman floating in the er. 1 tried to throw some. thing to her, but somebody shouted, ‘No; save ourselves!" HOFFMAN AS A HERO. 1 could not do that, sir! Finally (hey got the boat up to her and with the help of an- other man I drew her Into the boat, which was an ordinary ship's boat about filteen feet long. 1 afterward found out that her name was Anna Brucker. Poor girl! She was al- most dead with fright and cold. We put her in the bottom of the boat and did all we could to help her. We were all wet with 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 = nd with a small sail tried to keep the bow to the wind and seas. After a while we saw a smack and did all we could to signal her, although we falled to attract her attention. We had cut a pieca of canvas and made a_small flag which we used for signaiing and soon afterward, having falled 1o let the smack know of our distress, this flag blew away and the smack sailed off, caus- ing us to dospair.” Here a fresh paroxysm of grief overtook the unhappy man and he bewalled the loss of his wife and child. His utterances were almost choked with grief. Some minutes elapsed be- fore Mr. Hoffman was able to resume his story and then he sald: “We made a new flag with our handker- chiefs and an undershirt which somebody pulled off. T held them up against the mast and we eventually sighted the Wildflower. But a full, long, terrible hour elapsed before we were taken aboard. She had her nets out and it was difficult to approach her on ac- count of the heavy seas. After five of the persons in our boat had been transferred to the smack the lifeboat seemed to slide back into the water and it appeared as if ths others must be lost. But a rope was thrown to us from the emack’s stern and gradually we were hauled up and all of us were transferred to the Wildflower. ‘When I reached her deck T fell down ex- hausted and offered up a_prayer to Ged for my dead darlings and thanked Him for having saved me. ‘Ob, sir, they were o kind to us on that smack, although they were only rough fisher- folk. They soon had some hot tea ready and eovered us up with everything they could lay hands upon. Why, one of those fishermen gave me the only shirt he had, and I have it on now, God bless him! “As for pocr Miss Brucker, 1 her as a mother might have done. Mr. Hoffman concluded by asking if any- thing had been heard from the other boat, his syes casting as pitying and appealing a glancs at the reporter as ever the latter beheld, and then the poor man sank back upon his pillow exclalming: *“Oh, for some telegrams! But ahe is dead! And so s my darling boy, and 1 cannot go to their graves A life boat supposed to have belonged to the Eibe has been washed ashore near Yar- mouth. In the boat were a number of life belts and it is belicved to ba the boat from which the fishing smack Wildflower rescued the few persons who escaped from the steamer atter the collision. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? Everybody here is asking his neighbor the e question: “How did it oceur?” and no- body. seems to be able to give a satisfactory answer, A handful of the survivors who were clustering around a hatel.fire this morning fndulged in the most bltter criticisms of the atill unknown ship which rammed and sunk the Elbe. They all claim she should have stood by the Eibe, and it she had done so a great many lives would have been saved. TThis, of course, {s a matter which cannot be declded until all the facts in the case are brought to light by the court of inquiry which will investigate the matter. The German vice consul and the agent of the North German Lloyd company yesterday eautioned all the survivors of the crew of the Ewe not to furnish information of any description to anybody until they appeared before the court of inquiry, and as the men strictly obeyed these instructions very little could be gathered this morning except from the passengers, who, of course, are not posted on maritime rules and regulations, and were therefore unable to furnish the facts which might cnable the mystery of the sinking of the Elbe to be solved as promptly as most people would wish. It was apparent, however, that neither of the two pilots was on the bridge of the Eibe at the time of the collision. The Wese German pilot ceased his duty when tho Elbe cleared from the Weser, and the turn of duty of the Trinity or English pilot did not com- mence until the steamship entered the waters of the Islé of Wight, and the surviving ofii- cers of the Elbe refused to say who was In charge of the steamer when the collision oc- curred; but it is supposed to have been Third Officer Stollberg, Who was one of the survi- vors, - Stollberg s understood to bave as- serted that the ship which sank the Elbe was out of her course, and he ls said to have ad- mitted that he saw a green light on the port bow of the Elbe shortly before the collision occurred. He described the third life boat lowered, and which is still thought may have aped, to be about twenty feet long. She eleared the Elbe all right and a number of peoplo were Inside of her. Stollberg, however, does not belleve it posible for her to have lived for any length of time In the heavy sea which was running at the time of the acci- dent. Chlef Bngineer Neusell sald that the stem of the unknown ship struck the Elbe about 150 feat forward of the rudder, or just abaft the engine room. The engines were not dam- aged by the collision, but the water soon poured In, and although the steam pumps ‘were put to work in ab-ut thres minutes time 1t became useless and the engine rooms were soon deserted for the upper decks. ENGLISH PILOT'S STORY. This afterncon, at the request of the agents of the North German Lloyd company, Green- ham, the Trinity pilot, made the following statement: “When I came on deck with scme of the passeng:rs Captain Von Goessel was in charge. The first order given was to swing the boats out, but not to lower them until furthem or- ders. The next order was for everybody to come on deck and for the crew to go to thelr stations. Then followed the order for the women and children to go to the starboard boats, in which it was proposed to save them. The first of these crders was glven by Cap- taln Von Goessel and rep-ated by Chiet Officer Wilhelms. The captain was on the bridge and 1 believe e went down with his ship. ““Phe next order which I heard given was to lower the boats. There was no confuslon “ whatever, nor was there a panic. Every order way exceuted with the greatest calmness and prompitude, “AL the timo of the collision there was a high sea running and a streng wind was blow- ing from ent-southeast. It was bitterly cold and thers had been nineteen degrees of frost Celslus (or Centigrade) on the morning be- fore the day of the wreck. The lanyards and beat's grips and falls were frozen and the lanyards securing the falls had to be chopped <in-order to save (hem; but that would have been done In any case In the event of a col- Nslon. The Elbe went down about two min- utes after we left her.” The explanation given by the surviving officers of ine Elbe us to the proportion of orew saved to the number cf passengers saved #8 that the fcllewing orders were given by the officers of the Elbe: The children were to b waved firet and then the woe3, and they were 0 be placed in the boats on the starboard wide, where the women and children were told to gatber. But, almost immediately after these orders bad been obeyed the Elbe listed wily to elarboard and the seas swept up to promenade deck o tho starboard bosts were rendered useless. The b:at which brought the survivors away from the Eibe was ome of the port boats and was the last (o leave the vossel. Acting apon the orders of | Qaptain Von Goessel, Third Officer Stollberg | Fifteenth Prussian Uhlans for | wo ave tended | which collided with the Elbs was distinetly | boat, took thels seats inside of 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 ald so, The Trinity pilot, Greenham, who, as already stated by himself, rushed on deck mmediately after the colisicn, assisted tre crew of the Elbe in firing the | rockets which signaled the vessel's distress. | It Is understood that Greenham has heen | heard to express the opinion that the steamer at fault, as she attemped to cross the bows of the Ribe. QUESTIONING THE SAILORS. The rescued seamen showed little trace to- | day of having so barely escaped losing their | lives in a fearful disaster, When the respondent of the Associated press entered the room which had been placed at their dis posal at the Saflors' 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 it engaged in their daily work, and were | exceedingly loath to converse on the subject | of the disaster. But when informed that the German consul and the Trinity pilot had made statements a few questions in Geriman pu to them elicited ready responses, The ailors said they were all below aslcep when the collision took place. The strange steamer, they did declare, did not crash into the cnglae room, but into the mail room, further eft It was impossible to reach tho forwird beats, as the bows of the steamer had risen high out of water. The seamen then went aft and escaped in the manner already deseribad The rescued seamen steadily maintained that there was no panic on the Elbe aiter the collision, but tho excited manner in vhich they replied to the questions put to them on this point showed that great confusion had prevailed, “Could we,” they sald, * sinking ship and not spring below 7" “I cannot swim at all," said sne of the sca men, “and the distance betwzen the boat and the ship's side was increasing.” “Did the captain give no orders?"” “Only ene," 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 could not_help them.” “Did none of the passengers endeavor to leap into the boats? was the next question. “They could not,”” said the seaman ad- dressed; “£0 high had the vessel raised out ot the water that they were afraid to jump.” “What?" interjected one man. **Did not ono of the passengers jump and nearly swamp the boat? A big, stout man—" and here the speaker, with a scowl on his face, made a gesture to represent a person cf ex- ceeding corpulence—‘ninetcen men in a boat only able to hold fourteen!” he continued. “We could not take any more on Loard. Be- sides,” and he agaln made use of a dramatic gesture to depict the eddying of rhe whirl- pool caused by the ship fast going down, “we would have been sucked into the vortex." When questioned as to the actin tf the captain after the collision the scamun said that he might have given more arders, but, he added, in the noise and confusion which followed the disaster it was impossible to hear orders, even if they bad been given, at such a distance from the bridgxe. The agent of the North German Lloyd com- pany herc announces that the emperor and empress of Germany have telegraphed their condolénces to the company and asked to be promptly informed if any more of the passen- gers or crew of the ill-fated Elbe are rescued. SOME WHO DID NOT SAIL. 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 tomorrow. After having made their state- ments to the German consul they will then be shipped to Bremen. Tugs are searching for the missing boat of the Elbe, but late this afternoon there has been no news of her. The agent of the North German Lloyd Steamship company announces that the fol- lowing persons whose names were on the list of the Elbe's passengers decided at the last moment to go from Bremen to South- ampton direct and were not on the Elbe when she san Louise Bonefleld, Domingo Furrer, Theodore Geisenheimer, Rudolph R. Neumann, Blie Misselewitz, two adults and two children, Schiefer Dorman, Anton:Fiscker. = On behalf of the Board of Trade this after- poon_a preliminary inquiry was held here in ‘egard to the sinking of the Blbe. The surviving officers of ‘that steamship were questioned by the chief officer cf the custom house. They safd in substance: “The Elbe was proceeding on a southwest course, down channel, steaming fitteen knots. When about forty-five miles off Terschilling lighthouse a vessel was seen approaching two and one-half points off the port bow. This vessel's course was apparently west-northywest. Accerding to the rules of the road at sea, the vessel at sen should have ported her fhelm and passcd under the Elbe's stern. Both ves- sels, however, Kept thelr courses and struck. The shock of the concussion was very stight.” Miss Anna_Brucker, the only lady sur- vivor of the Elbe, is the heroine of the hour. She is besieged with visitors anxious to pro- vida her with meney and “clothing. In con- versation with the correspondent of the A «clated press this afternoon Miss Brucker said: “I cannot remember feeling afra'd 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 lee side. The majority of the passengers crowded to the starboard side, however, while o Stift wind was raging. I do not know who ordered them there; I did not hear the captaln give any order, But the officers “did their best to reassure us, saying that there was plenty of room for every one in the boats.” Count_von Goessel, captaln of the foun dered Elbe, was born m Ratcbor, Prussian Silesia, and is connected with many of the most aristocratic families in Germany. His only brother i a general in the German army and under the Emperor Willlam I. was a member of the gencral stafl. Von Goessel about twenty years ago entered the service cof Lloyd's as fourth officer. STORY OF THE RESCUE. The captain of the fishing smack Wild- flower, which picked up the suryivors of the Eibe, sald in an interview: “The Wildflower was south-southeast off Lowestoft with our trawling gear down at i1 a. m. Wednesday when we sighted a ship's boat with something fluttering from the mast. I could see water breaking Into the boat. ““When we got near enough we threw them a rope's end, but the men in the boat were 80 numbed with cold that they eould not hold on to it We finally made fast to them and hauled the boat up to the smack. When half of the persons rescued had jumped on board (he rope parted and the remainder of them again drifted in a heavy sca. “After much difficulty another line was made fast to the board and all on board of her were taken aboard the Wildflower, There was a woman lying in the bottom of the boat with a long coat and no shoes on her feet, She had no dress underneath the coat, | am sure that 12 another hour several of the s we rescued would have been frozen tand there on the into the boats i CRATHIE'S PART IN TUE TKAGEDY, Captain and Socond Offcer Tell Two Very Different Stories. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 31L.—Interviews which wera bad this afternoon with Captain Gordon of the steamer Crathie, which put into Maas- luis yesterday in a damaged condition, and with the second officer of that vessel, now leave little room for doubt that she was th steamship which ran into and sank the Elbe. Captain Gorden said that the Crathie, at 5:15 | a. m. yesterday, was about thirty-five miles from Waterways. The wind was north by west, a half west. It was very dark and the sea and wind were strong. Continuing, he sald: "I stood at the boltom of the cabin staircase and was going on deck when there was a heavy shock, a crack and the water begen to pour onto the deck. 1 ran and saw a large, strange ship across the bows of the Crathie, “After the colllsion we returned to the spot where it occurred us near as we could make out; but we were unable to see any sign of the steamer, which we thought bad procesded o her voyage. 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 repairs, which will take five weeks." The second oficer of the Crathle sald tbat about 6:30 yesterday morning the steamer was about thirly miles from Nieu Waterways, adding: “We collided with a large steamer. There was 1o fog, but it was dark. It was my watch on deck and T suddenly | believed to be drowned. | came to this country from Munich. a steamer, painted a light cofor, with twe smokestacks, also painted light color, coming toward us. “It was impossible to escape a colilafon, although a dozen yards more would probably have cleared us. After we struck it was im- possible for some time to disengage the two ships and our gear had to be cut, We heard no cries and there was no commotion on board the steamer so far as we know. “Immediately_after the collision the other vessel showed blue and red lights. We re- turned the same signals, understanding it meant that neither of us needed assistance. Our captain was below at the time 1 first sighted the steamer. “A stoker who was asleep had his right ear torn off by en iron plate, which was driven through the side of the Crathie. He is now in the hospital. “I do not believe that the ship we collided with was the Elbe; but I did not see her name. “The Crathie's bow was completely stova in, and we returned because the Crathie was not fit to proceed in a high e oc N DISASTERS OF PRIOR DAYS, Some of the Leading Catastrophles Which Have Appalled the World. NEW YORK, Jan. 81.—The wreck of the Flbe will be claseed with the greatest of ccean disasters. The loss of life almost equals the loss on the British ironclad Cap- tain, which was wrecked in a storm at mid- night September, 1870, off Cape Finisterre, when 472 souls were lost. Another horror like it was the sinking of the English battleship Viclorla a year or two ago oft the coast of Tripoll by the Cemperdown, another man- of-war. Hundreds of British sailors lost their lives in this. Among the ships which have gone to sea never to return are the President, the City of Glasgow, the Pacific, the City of Boston, the Naronic, the Tri umpho, and the Blla. There was mourning in England and Amer- fea when it was finally conceded that the steamship President, which had left New York for Liverpool, March 11, 1841, had been wrecked and lost. There was aboard the ves sel a large number of prominent passenger: among whom was a son of the duke of Rich- mond. The City of Glasgow left the port of Liver- pool March 5, 1854, and headel for Phil adelphia, Four hundred and eighty human belngs went down with it in midocean. The Pacific of the Collins line, from the same port, January 23, 1856, bound for this city, carried 186 passengers. Not one pel son ever reached the land for which they had embarked, nor were they ever heard of again, The City of Boston cleared at this port January 25, 1870, and sailel the same day for Liverpool by way of Halifax, with twelve cabin and forty-five steerage passengers aboard, and Captain J. J. Haloron. At Hal- ifax it took forty cabin and ten steerage pas- sengers. Its failure to arrive in port created considerable excitement. The only thing ever found which bore upon the disaster was a board picked up out of the sea Feb- ruary 11, 1870, upon which was scratched a message saying the ship was sinking at the time. The Naronic, 2 White Star line freighter, sailed away from this port a few years ago, and was never heard of again. One of the saddest of ocean mysteries was the fate of the 120 persons who sailed away from Philadelphia December 1, 1889, on the ironclad Triumpho. It had been purchased by the Haytian government, and its destina- tion was Port Au Prince.” It had aboard two Maytian senators, the wife of a com- manding officer, and over 100 young men who had been' recruited in Philadelphia. It left port, but no more is known of it. The steamship Ella sailed from London in the fall of 1873, and the friends of those who took passage on it walted for years for any news concerning the lost ones. A hundred causes have been advanced which should account for these sudden dis- appearances, and 100 things might happen which would wreck in midocean, miles and miles away from any possible assistance— an iccberg In a fog, the breaking of a shaft or other parts of the ponderous engine, er a meeting with that dreadful thing—the derelict. The loss of merchant and other ships from various causes had been estimated at Liloyd's in 1830 to be about an average of 365 shibs a year, or-cne every -day. In 1830 it was shown that 677 British ves- sols alone were wrecked during that year. Subsequent years, particularly 1852, were disastrous to shipping, and in’the following twenty-five years it was estimated that at least 60,000 wrecks had occurred. A list'of the more important wrecks since 1840 is as follows: 1841—President, mysteriously 1843—Columbla, wrecked Nova. Scotla. 1846—Great Britain, wrecked on the coast of Ireland; Tweézd, off Yucatan, on the A crames reef. 1848—Forth, wrecked on the same reef. 1850—Helena. Sloman, foundered. St. George, burned: Amazon, burned, Tumboldt,” wreck-d ‘on the 'ccast of disappeared, on the coast of City of Glasgow, disappeared; Frank- wrecked; Aretie,” run - down; 'City of adelphia, wrecked. i-Paciiié, disapp:ared; L: Lyonnals, run Tempest, burned. 1555—New disappeared; Montreal, York, foundered; Austria, wrecked on Newfoundland Indian, on Nova Scotlan coast; Hun- the same. 1860—Connaught, burned. 1861 —Canadian, ' wreck-d North Briton, wrecked 18(3—Norwegian, Anglo Saxon and G orgla, all_wrecked off Nova Scotia, 1861—Bohemian, wrecked off Nova Scoti; City of New York, wrecked on Irish coas Jura, wrecked at the mouth of the Mersey} Jowa, wrecked off Cherbourg. 1865—Glasgow, burned. 1866—8cotland, run down. 1868—Hibernia, foundered 1869—United Kingdom, disappeared; Ges mania and Cleopatra, both wrecked on t t of Newfoundland. 70-City of Boston, disappeared; wrecked on Irish_coast, —Dacian, wrecked on coast of 1; Tripoli, wrecked on the Irish —Britannia, wrecked in the Clyde; A lantic, wrecked on the coast of Nova Scoti 9 disapp ared; Missouri, wreckad on i Ville du Ill:l\'lrl“ run down; hington, wrecked on the coas of, Nova Seotia 5 s T5—Schiller, wrecked on one of the Sicil: fsles: Vicksburg, went down in a field of fce; Deutschland, wrecked on the English STT—Georg off Cape Race. 1878—Metropolls (bound from Philadelphia to Para with workmen and materials for the MadeYia & Mamore rallroad), driven ashore on Currituck Beach, N. C., in a vio- lent gale and wrecked; Sardinlan, burned at the entranc: of Londonderry harbor. 1579 Berussia, found d_at sea; Mon- tana, wrecked on the W h coast: State of Virginia, wi *d on Bable island; Pomer- ania, run down in English channel, on sunken lc Washington, foundered ESTIMATES OF THE DEATH LI New rork Agents of the Elbe Place the Total nt 314. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—The officials of the North German Lloyd line have given for publication the following figures as the to- tal number of persons on board the Elbe: Fifteen first cabin, thirty-one second cabin, two going from Bremen to Southampton, 127 steerage and 149 crew, of which twenty are known to be saved, making a total of 314 lost. Just betore the office of O:lrichs & Co. was closed this afternoon one of the most affect- ing’ Incidents of the day was witnessed, Lei- del, a tailor living in east Fourth street, this citv asked for information of his wife and child, who were on board the Elbe and are He was much over- come with emotion and cried and’ gesticu- lated wildly when informed that there had been no word reccived cf the safety of his family. He sald that four years ago he He has prospered, and weeks ago he wrote to his wife, Loulse, telling her that he had pre- parsd a home for her and that she must | start at once for this country with her child. ie 5214 her small property and her business, which realized 2,000 marks. With this she bought her ticket for this country and em barked with her little nest egg and child on the ill-fated Elbe. James H. Magill of Washington appeared at_the offices of the compauy to settle a mis- take In the passenger list. He called on be- half of Mrs. Anton Kischer of Washington, whose husband's name instead of hers should appear amcng the lost. A telegram was received from Theodore Vinke of San Antonlo, Tex., asking for in formation regarding his father, John D. Vinke of St. Louls, who was a passenger Whole Fa BATAVIA, O, ¥ Wiped Our, Jan. 3L-Mrs. Sophia the paymaster, who were in charge of this saw abead of us three lights and I made out the ilssing of the steamer Rhodes and son Lugene, mentioned among | G wre Lrow | view. FEBRUARY 1 Morse Closing Out —at a loss— - The few samples today will serve to show how desperately in earnest we are—We will leave you February 15th—and before that we will give you many a memento to remember us by — You will regret it when the sale is over. Chinaware 3¢ Counter No. 1 contains goods that regu= larly sold at 10c and 15¢, tow Jc. China Saucers Pepper Bottles It Bottles Glass Salads Sugar Shakers Cream Jugs Toothpick Holders Counter No, 2 contains the 20c and 30c Oc¢ Mugs Ash Trays Vases Salts Fruits Frut Plates Bread and Butters Individual Butters China Soup Plat China Soup Bow China Wax Candles Counter No.3 contains the 40c and 50c " 15¢ Bread Plates Cake Plates Vases Bread Dishes Berry T Fruit Plates Oat Meal Bowls Soup Plates Gravy Bowls China China China China Chinn. Ladies French made KID GLOVES, the $1.% kind, at.. Ladies' fine HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, as long as they last, at. “ Ladies' fine FAST BLACK STOCK seaml NGS, foot, per pair blue, black and gray, large sleeves and coat back, 36 inches long, 50 and §10.00° garment. Boys' Clothing must go— BOYS' FINE SUITS, your cholce for......... Full size 10-4 WHITE BLANKET a pair for.... UEAVY ENGLISH WALKING JACKET, 19 cts 2 cts 3 cts . $2.90 O8 cts Dr.Jaeger’s Sanitary Wool Underwear, at half marked price. Dress Goods- Silk and Wool Noveity Fine English Serge and Henri= ettas and mixed 19¢ suitings, actual val- ue 50¢ to 75C. ... 45to 52 inch Hop Sackings, Scotch Plaids, Fine Lnglisb Serges, Henriet- tas, black and white, silk and wool mixtures,65¢ to §1.00 goods. .. 2gc 54-inch French Cords, Diago- nals Camelshiir suiting goods that sold at 81,50 to $2.25 Bt ooiie B 46-inch Henriettas, strictly all wool, in all colors ahd 85¢c quality, re- duced to the small PSS 5000 G0 490 the Greatest Bargain Givers Omaha Ever Saw We simply must reduce the stock to effect the sale of the whole store to the purchasers who take possesion February 15. than two weeks—then we are out of business. Only a few days—Iless Call tomorrow. The Morse Dry Goods Co., Going out of business, siire this plac the Rhode: family moved (0 Washington, where I gene recel an appointment as clerk in the coast and gepdetic survey. office. While in Washingten e also attended a law school and griduated with high honors last spring. - He and his mother left last Sep- tember for Heidelberg, Germanyy where Eugent_intenged. take a post graduate course In, law, ~Mrs Rhodes has a brothes and_a sister')Ving in this place. They wer= expeeted hére” the latter part of next week. Word ‘hus lieen received ‘here that Oliver Rhodes, “husband of Mrs. Sophla Rhodes, died “suddenly in a hospital In Washington Sunday evening. Prostrated by the News. PUEBLO, Colo,, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Sophia Rhodes, reported drowned by the sinking of the Elbe, was a sister-in-law of Mrs. M. H, Fitch of this place. Her nephew, Eu- géne, who was also drowned, was here last summer as a guest of Mrs. Pitch. He was on his way' home ‘from Heldelberg, uni- versity and expected to stop at South- ampton and go. through to Italy. Oliver Rhodes, brother of Mrs, Rhodes, ‘died Sun- day in'a hospital in Washington, and the news of the death 0f her brother and the drowning of her sister-in-law and nephew reached Mrs. Fitch simultaneously, and she is prostrated with grief. Cousin of Prof. Kuhn. It is reported to The Bee that Mrs. Louice Kuhn, who was among the passengers lost when the Elbe sank, was a cousin of Prof. Kuhn of Council Bluffs — o L PARAGRAPHS, Hayes of Red Oak, PERS John Paxton, D. B. Welpton has gone on a trip through Kansas. P. Warrick of Burlington, Ia., is stopping at the Murray. H. G. Moorshead is registered at the Barker from Chicago. T. B. Van Eaton of Riverton, the Merchants. F. E. McGinnis Is registered at the Darker from Hastings. C B. Ellis of River Sioux, Ia,, city for a few days. S. C. Burchard of guest at the Dellone. C. H. Cole Is_registered at the Merchants from Davenport, Iu. Nat Baker, wife and son are registered at the Paxton from Lusk, Wyo. E. P. Roy, advance agent for the Cleve- land minstrels, is at the Murray. J. L. Craig and Edwin H. Rothert are registered at the Barker from Council Bluffs, Jack Katon, a former Union Pacific switch- man of this city, arrived from Chicago yes terday and is visiting his old time friends. At the Mercer: Frank E. Johnson, Glou- cester, Mass.; D. A. Hopkins, Cincinnati; W. W. Knapp, New York; F. C. Wheeler, Chicago; H. _C Wi, Kansas City; L. N. Goodon, Grand Island; B. B. Carr, Aurora; H. R Spelman, Carroll, Ta.; 8. N. Kime, Toledo; F. E. Osborn, Clevéland; 0. H. Swingle Beatrice; R, 1. Brawnlee, Syracuse; Paul C. Goelham, Grand_Jsland; J. A. McLaughli Craig; J. B. Muchmore, Chicago; L. Marshall, Detroit; &, F. Ferris, Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs.oH. F. Cady, Miss Hattle Cady and Mr. apd, Mre. C. N. Dietz leave Omaba today for''New York, from which port they will sall’ fof the Mediterranean sea February 6 on thé specially chartered steam- ship Friesland. _Rev. H. W. Kuhns will also be of the paify, but leaves today via the Burlington, as dd '(hé others. Tho tour of the southern cotntrivs will consume about ten weeks, in whidh #ime the Omaha people will visit Corsica, Sictly, Constantinople, go- ing over the Joppa & Jeruzalem railroad to the Holy City ang* taking in all the historic cities that lie on the Mediterranean sea. Nebraskiis dt the iotels. At_the MurrayWihlam Collins, Wahoo; w. nn-;..fluf,‘i‘,b.g. y Paxton—John . Hayes and wife, Oliver Rosgers, W. A. Williams, . Lewls, Fontanelle; William I, s at the Ia, is at is in the Davenport, Ia, Is a H. Hayden, Hastings. At the Delloni—H. H. Prosser, Judge F. G. Humer; Kearney; . ert, M. D.. Weston; R. V. Martin, Blair; H, A, Hobbs, Bancroft; € Jaquées, Lin’ | coln. At the Arcads—H. W. Maste George Magraw, Gordon; K. T. Hedmond | and wife, North Platte; J. H. Johoston, | Bostwick /H. D. Kelly, Norfaik; J. . Black- | burn, Ariington; W. G. Baker, Creighton. | At the Millard—F. Martin, Falls W. E. Jugraham, Gering; M. D. Nerfolk;” W. 8. Summers, Tom M t1 Mab, Bapick, Lincoln; Y renery, Pawnee City; E. V. Clark, Genca. | At the Merchart'—Piter Eberon, Frank | 3. "Paylor, St. Paul; John Dougherty, Lesli? | Neubane Sdrey; C. B. Huxford, Cher-| F. H. Guiibraith, #15ion; Georie He B ul by, Papill on; Chatles Bur George . Matt South sryan, Martin Conner and AL Hall, Plain- , Auburn; | SURVEYING HIS NEW FIELD (Continved from First 'age.) directors and stockholders who defrauded the road under the act of 1873, as it would not proye effective. As the passage of the bill would b> an acceptance of the new mortgage | by the government the United States, he maintained, would not be able to go beyond that mortgage. This was, he said, a well established principle of law. Mr. Cooper said he aid not pose as an anti-monopolist, an anti-corporation man or a reformer. He did not Delieva in the government control of railroads and only believed in the government taking this road because that was the only way to do justice under the law to all parties concerned. Mr. Lockwood of New York closed the debate for the day in advocacy of the bill He declared the question of the alleged criminality of the original constructors and officials of the road had nothing to do with the merits of this bill, which in his opinion prescnted the best solution ever offered for the Pacific railroad problem. At the conclusion of his remarks the house at’ 5:10 p.'m. adjourned until tomorrow at 11 o'clock. ALLEN PRESENTED THE PETITION. South Omaha Citizens Ask the Senate to Consent to the Mercer Biil. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Senator Allen today presented a pe- tition from citizens of South Omaha asking for the passage of the Mercer bill making an appropriation of $100,000 for a public building at that placa. The house committee on liquor traffic today made a favorable report on Meiklejohn's bill making it a misdemeanor and crime to sell intoxicating liquor to Indians. Mr. Meiklejohn appeared before the committee and made an argument in adyovacy of his measure, The engineer corps of the War department has made a report to the house recommending the passage of Meiklejohn's bill providing for the construction of a wagon and street rail- way bridge over the Missourl river from South Sioux City, Neb., to Sioux City, la. Acting on the recommendations of the War department a favorable report will be made on_the bill tomorrow. Congressman Lucas today called up and se- cured the passage of his bill directing the cecretary of the treasury to redeem in favor of the heirs of L. Fulford of Sioux Falls four United States bonds, valued at $700, which were destroyed by fire July 9, 1872, A SENATE tho PREPARING PROGRAM, vy Democratic Steering Committos Think Th : Have it Fixod, WASHINGTON, Jan, 81.—The stecring commitice of the senate wa: session today trying to agree upon the order in which the general bills, outside of the ap- propriaticn bills, shall be taken up and the length of time which will be given to each | of them. Sufficient progress was mads to| justily the democratic managers in promis- | ing the rejublican senators they willbe able | to outline the democratic program for | remainder of the session. The agreement, as far as reached, provides for the prempt consideration cf the appropriation bills as s00n as reported; for the displacement of th bankruptey bill after the present week; for taking up the territorial admission bills next week and for their displacement by the | pooling bl after two or three days If it be- | comes apparent the territorial bills cannot | pass. Democratic senators generally say | it has already beceme apparent the binruptey | bill cannot pase. Many express the opinion | it will be impossible to get the territorial | bills through and admit this is the reason for alloting 50 short a time to them. ¥ democratic Comunties to Weigh €0 WASHINGTON, Jan. 8L—The following | named gentlemen have been designated by | the president as commissioners to test and | amine the weight and fireness of th: cons | reserved at the sev during 15H Senator Voorhees, chairman of the finance | committee; Dr. James P. Kimball of New | York; Prof Nathaniel 8. Bhaler, Cambridg Mass.: Hon. Isaac M, Weston, 'Grand Rap: | ids, Mich.; Prof. Edgar ¥. Smith, University vania; Prof. Charles E. Monroe, | umbian university; Rebert Barnett, San | ancisco: Willlam 'J e Colo.; J. Howard Wainwr Cabel Whitehead, Washington: 1. K son, William C. Bullit and John T. Bailey Philadelphia; Hon. D. R. Francis, 8t. Louls; Samuel Bancroft, Wilmington, Del.; Lamar H. Quintaro, New Orlcans al mints Jami: | Nutional Board of Lrade I at ons. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The National Board of Trade today adopted the report of of its the naval reserv at this bill. message reasons for th> committee could argument existing condition of our financial affairs or more clearly demonstrate the necessity for prompt and patriotic action on the part of congress to secure the needed relief, After relating the amendments which are recommended the report adds: ordinary condition to which the president Las referred in his message and the necessity for immediate action in view of the early ad- Journment. of this congress your committee to concur in reporting the amendments to the tion Cox of Tenn report the substitute b curzency bill. Peffor Wants n Speeinl WASHINGTON, Jan, tion providing foj first Tuesday of October, 1895, gress commi; ado not Th bill with bill, 'y _commission. ecord Dption 1 o R the finance committee recommending in cass the present congress fail: to relieve the present fi whole matter b monet adopte: trade to pass leislation anclal situation referred by congres esolutions favoring the adoption of a uniform mark law; recommending the Toterstate 1°n such amendment of the law | support as may best pra supervision of railro; of an TE IS UNC No One Appears to Be Committeo ¥ WASHINGTON, Ja considered o which Re add n. the age n. would the proposed house for. its consideration.” The democrats of the committee who voted yesterday against reporting the administra- presentatives Hall sce and Dlack of Geo) sed upon the Carlisle will of ‘the people Mr. Peffer. proyide matters was introduc th Few te, othing better in ihe Issue ote the efficiency and favo American RTAIN. Pleased with nelal B0, 3L—A haze of un- certainty surrounds the fate of the adminis- tration financial bill in the house next week. Comparatively few members of either party are satisfled with the measuse in its present form with the amendments which have been added, and which, some assert, have distorted it from the form of a definite plan of policy. There s no talk of a caucus by either party time and the policy of each seems to be every man for himself. the banking committee are pleased with the bill and several amendments will be proposed by them in the house. has members of Tie rulss committee matter Doubtless the bill will be the order for Mon- day and Chairman Sprin- days will suffice for deb Chairman Springer will tomorrow make a brief report to the house to accompany the eport will say that the president’s ts forth clearly and foreibly the of this bill. er thinks that two in portray have constrained of tection, 31.—A joint pecial election on the | to ascertain | a respecting financt enate tod to mitted to the people are to include: congress bearing bonds? Shall congress provide for the of Commerce the to a were that con- s and nig ystem of u of time. Your, facts or the he ext Missour), a, will resolu- 1 Shall interest b | witharawal of th | tion? Bhall congr ovide for fres colnage | of gold 1 silver the present ratio? Shall paper money be issued by the governe ment only? URGING cenback: pr s from circula-~ OE POOLING BILL. National iloard of Trade Clalm Make Rates Mors Stable. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L.—The committee appointed by the National Board of Trade to present to congress the resolution adopted on the pooling bill was at the capitol todmy and presented the resolution. The resolution is as follows: “Resolved, That in the judgment of the National Board of Trade, which represents the shippers and not the railroads of this country, the Patterson peoling bill will not abrogate legitimate competition among, the railroads, but will tend to prevent unjust discriminations and promote the Interest of all shippers who are satisficd with reasonable, uniform and stuble rates; that the far-reach- ing influence of water transportation has as- sured to this country much lower rates for railroad_transportation than are enfoyed by any other people in the world, and the evil to be guarded aganst at the present time not high rates, but unjust discrimination; and we deprecate further amendments in the senate, and respectfully but earnestly urge its adoption by that bedy.” Postmasters Apno WASHIN Jan. gram.)—Postmasters as follows: South i1t win od. 31.—(Special were appointed today Dakota—Butte, Butte county, D. H. Collins, vice A. J. Austin, re- slgned. Towa — Beaconsfisld, Ringgold county, Lizzie R. German, vice A. H. Ifox, removed. Hebron, Adair , Bertha Augenstein, vic R, resigned; Legrand, Morshall county, W. C. Sallshury, vice A.'L. Creger, restgned, Postmasters were commissgioned today as follows: Nebraska ~Henry \V, Bushnell, Strang. Towa—Martin D, ‘Madden, Lyons} Jacob 0. Zook. Glenellen, South Kota— Charles W. Hubbert, Crowlake, Tele- Urice Has Preifie Knltrond Bl WASHINGTON, Jan. 8l.—Senator Brice had quite an extended conference with the president today., Mr. B sald his visit was for the purpose of presenting a Paclfic raflrond proposition which he says s re- elved with considerable favor in both the house and senate, It is that the government L. its entire interest in the Pacltie roads, siying the original debt and throwing oft the Intcrest. Army L WASHING e gram.)~—Captain George 8. Hoyle, First cav- ry, I granted ten days' extended leave; Captain Theopilus W, Morrlson, Sixteenth infantry, one month extended; Rirst Licu- 1 Henry O, IMisher, assistant surgeon, fourteen days' extended: Second Lieutenant Lowis — C, Eherer, Fifth cavalry, two nionths, to Jan, 81 —(Special Don't that express it——you're ull at sew when it comes to buying a plano—Muybe your sister or your fricud does—do you—There are pianos and vianos but for ali that there's just one you can rely upon —besides the man who sells them, hue been here selling thew for 20 years, His judg- ment cau be trusted, 1513 Douglas Sole agent for KIMBALL PIANOS,