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U GASCOGNE IS SAFE
She Cams Into Port With Three
Red Lights From Her Mast
HER MACHINERY WAS DISABLED
Beyond -tlio Delay Her Fassensers
Suffered Nothinsr, for They Were
"Well Supplied With Everything.
QUARANTINE, X. Y., Feb. 12. La Gas
cogne is safe. The big: French liner, eight
days overdue, dropped anchor at the bar
just before midnight, all -well on board,
and a sigh of relief goes up from two
continents. The delay was due to a
broken piston rod and to terrific gales
which have swept the North Atlantic
for the past week or more, and brought
disaster to many a staunch craft. Cap
tain Baudeion and the officers and crew
of La Gascogne brought the ship and pas
sengers through the sales and made port
without help. From the time they left
Havre, January 2G, until yesterday, they
spoke no trans-Atlantic vessel and saw
only a four-masted schooner, the one
which reported at St. Pierre Miquelon,
Nova Scotia, as having seen a large
steamer off the banks apparently In dis
tress last Saturday. A press tug was the
first to reach La Gascogne. The disabled
steamer had left Fire island 23 miles
astern and was eight miles to the east
ward of Sandy Hook lightship. It was
9:45 P. M. when the big liner was limping
Into port at half speed, with two big red
lights, signals of distress, at the fore
mast. The tug lay alongside half an hour
and the following story of he trip was
obtained:
The 'steamer left Havre January 26.
The first day out 449 miles were logged,
the second day 407 miles. The third day,
after traveling 3S0 miles, the piston rod
broke and 18 hours were spent in making
repairs. When they were completed the
ship steamed at nine miles an hour, mak
ing in all 66 miles the 29th. The 30th, 31st
ult, and February 1, 215, 235 and 2S0 miles
a day were made, respectively. February
2 the piston rod broke down again. The
break was more serious this time. Sea
anchors were put out, and for 41 hours
the ship was hove to making repairs.
The 4th the first severe weather was ex
perienced, and the ship was blown ICO
miles out of her course. The 5th the re
pairs having been completed, 103 miles
were made. The ship was then clear to
the northward of the track of trans-Atlantic
steamers, and was therefore not
seen by, the many steamers which passed
over the regular track. February 6, 169
miles were made.
The 7th the machinery broke down for
the third time. The heavy cyclone struck
her that day and the ship lay hove to
"with sea anchors out all day. No head
way was made, and, owing to the motioa
pjne; t snip. repalrswerdifBcul tAaamil
Tie..nnaj-. incomer engineer., who had
been at his post day and night, completed
the repairs and the ship proceeded 131
miles. The 9th, for the fourth time, the
machinery broke down, and only 74 miles
were made. t The 10th, 15Q miles were
made, and yesterday, to the great rejoicing
of all on board. Fire island was sighted
and the ship crept up to her anchorage off
the bar.
Not since the Umbria was reported, two
years ago, after a perilous voyage across
the Atlantic with a broken shaft, has
there been such excitement in this city
as this evening. V.'hen the news was
flashed across the wires th.tt a steamer
resembling the long-missing La Gascogne
had been sighted off Fire island, the in
ference that the French line steamer was
safe did not for some time reassure the
generally incredulous public. It was too
good to be true, and it was only when the
bulletin announced that La Gascogne was
slow ly making her way to the port of her
destination that the long-pent-up feeling
of those who had anxiously waited day
by day for tidings of the missing
craft broke out. In every hotel, in every
club, in almost every heme in the city
the sole topic of conversation was the
arrival of the ship, hope of whose rescue
from the terrific storms which have
caused such terrible disasters in the mari
time world had almost deserted the hearts
of the most sanguine.
The news spread quickly through the
city. Hundreds of persons besieged the
pier of the company, as though they ex
pected La Gascogne would in an hour
or two be moored at her dock. This
crowd was reinforced every moment
Friends cf the the French passengers
made query after query of Mr. West,
the superintendent of the line. The only
information vouchsafed by him was that
the ship was safe. They shook hands
with each other and laughed and wept
with joy. Over 1000 people decided on
staying on tho dock until La Gascogne
arrived, and it was only when a con
spicuous announcement was pested on the
outside of the company's nir that she
would not leave quarantine until to-
morrow morning that the anxious watch- i
ers slowly went to their homes. The re- j
jolcing was naturally greatest in the
French quarter. The heroism of the cap- '
tain of La Gascogne was lauded, the suf
ferings of her passengers, the probabili-
tles of numerous accidents, were all
enumerated over and over again, but the
one great feeling was that of joy at what
was considered by all as nothing less than
a miracle.
At no place in New York was the news
of La Gascogne's "arrival hailed with as
much joy as at the Hotel Martin, at the
corner of University place and Ninth
street. For days all the prominent
Frenchmen of New York have been gath
ering at this poular French resort, for
news. The long-distance telephone has
been constantly ringing in the cafe.
Frenchmen in Philadelphia, Chicago, Bos
ton, Pittsburg and elsewhere have been
asking for the news. The cafe was
crowded late this afternoon when this
press bulletin, stating that the vessel
was safe, was flashed over the wires.
Proprietor Martin rushed in, his face
aglow with excitement:
"La Gascogne est arrive.
"Mon Dieu, elle est arrive, enfin" came
in chorus from the assembled party.
Such a scene of uncontrolled delight as
ensued has seldom been seen in New
York. Men who had relatives or near
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOiyfEDf PURE
frlends aboard almost criedffdr joy. Only
Frenchmen could have expressed extreme
happiness as they did. jjVith tears in
their eyes and faces fftirljjjbeaming: with
joy, they hugged each othsjpassionately.
Hundreds of telegrs nsjfcave been re
ceived at the Hotel 2 artSftonight. the
wires fairly humming wltfiJW'eries from
distant cities. Fifty o ' riwgecablegrams
were sent by the cm atsgggfcthe: Martin
to friends In Pans. MSECrozIer. of
Philadelphia, whose wgelHJyin board La
Gascogne, was quite oyeroggae 'when be
heard the news. He swd3Ef
"I can scarcely talk qgnso happy.
It seems as if I had juti!giissd. through
a hideors nightmare. ilytulsh as the
day3 and night3 went bfrgfotfotlt word
was something terrible, ISfigK1 scarcely
believe that it Is tnie.M mr
As the hour came- for.thjisrand mas
querade ball of the Circl-t-grancaise de
Harmonif, scares of the. iiWtmbled party
went over to the MadisJl3re Garden
to Indulge in the lesti'ytiNo French
ball in the history of thtpnfteization ever
began under more alT,Ju3 circum
stances. Those who dit i-jofectpect to at
tend decided when the leWgot La Gas
cogne's arrival came ii iJjJKO, knowing
that the arrival would Shpthls ball a
red-letter event in th elSSjtory of. the
French colony of New 35r)t:,
. In the offices of the .S?Bch line the
scene when the telegt aStwas received
announcing the safety , iCrae big liner,
was a striking cue. M. JMket, the agent
of the line, was bugBpunched and
slapped; yes, and aciuaaB&sed by those
whose joyful feelings offcanie them. One
man, Mr. niche, broke) S2P completely.
and sobbed as if his hxtfwpuld break.
Mr. Riche has three diMsMenJ on board
La Gascogne, two or-themStreiy tender
years. He lost a dearly Ibeleved child only
a month ago. Many eth?ragheld hand
kerchiefs to thpir pvps. iBut- the stern-
faced, black-bearded ngenJfiad not a mo-J
ment to lose, two tugs cnarierea Deiore
hand were promptly orderedttb get ready
to force their way thn$agjthe ice and
down the bay. The fireffifugl the Louis
Paulver, carried Mr. Forgetjand three in
fluential members of thEjgnch colony
down to Sandy Hook. (F
?he second boat, the K3inpL Millard,
ich left New York Sjipf M., was
placed at the disposal of tgress by the
French line, and carriedjfeown to quar
antine about 50 newspapefflaaen to add to
the 50 already" there,backlSgup 50 others
who were on board tuguising about
among the ice floes of thelower bay.
The trip down to quarantlijln the moon
light, crashing through 'tnljice and buf
feting into the Arctic w!ndWwlng, was a
delightfully bracing experience in spite
of the cold. One and all-gSimed to feel
the excitement of the tnoinent, and the
joy felt on the receipt of thSews telling
of the rescue apparently fjP a terrible
calamity, of 450 souls andfLa splendid
steamship valued at $1,000,0(0, -and having
on board cargo valued atl$j00.000. There
fore what mattered it if the$terlor of the
pilothouse was like andcejetjest and one's
breath froze all over hisjfAce
The press tug was recelvedwith a cheer
by the anxious passengers.Jt,hey crowded
to the rail, yelled andclappUthelr hands
with all the enthusi3Bto -the French
tssalieofScfxrlfraBfouvaoy?
one onboaru and would noisome to the
rail to talk. The paasengersAjbre more
obliging. Julius Matrigrin, a representa
tive of the glove firm of Perrin, Freres tc
Co., of Paris and New York, was inter
viewed over the side of the ship. He said:
"We broke down on the third day out.
Wc did not become alarmed as we did
not know very much about what was the
matter. The captain said it was all right
and we had confidence in him. Our first
experience with gales was February I.
We had a terrible blow then and one of
the boats was badly damagsd."
"Was anything carried away? "
"No. the ship stood It well. We had
plenty of provisions and fared fjrst rate.
We were blown away off our coarse and
spoke no steamer until yesterday, when
we saw an American liner bound for
Philadelphia,"
One of the passengers shouted: "Did
they feel alarmed ashore? Did they give
us up?"
When told that it was thought the ship
was making for the Azores, he replied:
"Wo were going to the north pole in
stead." "Did you have enough to eat?' was
asked.
"Yes," came the answer from La Gas
cogne, "we had plenty all the time, and
they gave us an especially fine dinner to
day." The passengers all united in saying that
they were not alarmed and had a good
time aboard. The ship was out 16 days in
all, and both coal and provisions held out
to the end.
A crowd of men passengers leaned over
the bulwarks, and one of the women
wrapped up in sea togs joined them in
their eager request for news from shore.
So eager were they, indeed, that it was
difficult to secure answers to the questions
that were hurled at them from the tug.
A copy of one of the morning papers was
thrown, and, in acknowledgemnet, Julius
Matrigrin threw his card weighted to a
heavy substance aboard the tug; on the
back of it was a copy of the log. They
said that, except for the number of times
the sun rose and set, they would not have
known that anything was wrong. All par
ticulars of the accident to the machinery
were kept from the passengers, but the
daily bulletins of the knots made told the
story.
Beyond the tediousness of the voyage
the passengers positively suffered no in-
j convenience. Although the derangement
of the machinery occurred the third day.
it was not till the ninth-day that the
steamer ran into bad weather, and then
the slow time which she was making
was only that which some of the ocean
greyhounds would have made under sim
ilar circumstances, for the fastest and
staunchest steamers slow down before
such a gale, the Tentonic and Umbria
being cases in point. In fact, from the
time La Gascogne struck the cyclone
the passengers were little worse off than
if she were in prime running order. The
Teutonic was two days off the lightship
before she could make Sandy Hook,
therefore La Gascogne's whole delay, so
far as it would be an occasion of alarm
to her passengers, occurred before she en
countered bad weather: consequently they
were at no time really fearful for thefr
safety. She was not coated with ice as
were other steamers which have reached
port in the last two days, and there were
therefore none of the evidences which
ordinarily cause anxiety.
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THE MARCH 01 PEKING
One Who Thinks It Will Certainly
Bsby Way of Shan-Hai-Kwan.
TALK OF PEACE 18 NOW NONSENSE
Japanese "Will Jfot Dlscaas Terms Un
til They Are Inside of the
City of PeUinff.
NEW YORK. Feb. 11. Harold Frederick
has cabled from London to the Times the
following:
"I have from an absolutely informed
quarter an interesting view of the state
of affairs in the far East. Corea's au
tonomy is assured, Manchuria is virtually
in Japanese bands, and they are already
building additional fortifications at Port
Arthur to turn that place into a Japanese
Gibraltar. Now that Wei-Hal-Wel is cap
tured and the Chinese fleet destroyed,
nothing remains except to advance upon
Peking. This will certainly be done by
way of Shan-Hai-Kwan. It is curious
nothing has yet been said about the Chi
nese works and forces there, where the
next great engagement must be.
"All talk of peace now is nonsense. The
Japanese will not talk about it until they
are in Peking. Otherwise, the vast bulk
of the Chinese people would never know
that there had been a war and the Japan
ese would have, in a few years, to dc
their work all over again. Von Hanne
ken has been tolling to fortify Shan-Hal-Kwan
for months, but there is no doubt
that the Japanese will take it."
Said to Have Been Ordered Back.
LONDON, Feb. 10. The Central News
correspondent in Shanghai says that
China has ordered the peace envoys which
she sent to Japan to come back immedi
ately. FOOLING THEIR. COUNTRYMEN.
Chinese Officials Deny That the Ting
Yuen and Chen Ynen. "Were Sunk.
LONDON, Feb. 11. A Shanghai dis
patch says the Chinese official account
of the fighting at Wel-Hai-Wel denies the
report that the warships Ting Yuen and
Chen Yuen were sunk, and also asserts
that Liu Kung Tao fort has not been
taken. The ships, the account says, were
merely damaged. The same report says
there are no Japanese except a few scouts
near Che-Foo.
LONDON, Feb. 11. A Yokohama dis
patch says that during the fight resulting
in the capture of the fort on Liu Kung
Tao lrland, in the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei,
the magazine of Llstao fort was
blown up.
LONDON, Feb. 11. The Times' corre
spondent in Wei-Hal-Wel telegraphs, un
der date of February 2t .
!ASseyere ehgagemenbegan at.Jo'clock
this morning."" Several"Japanese warships"
entered the bay from the eastward and
three Chinese torpedo boats attempted to
escape by the western entrance. The Jap
anese boats sank them. The 13 remaining
Chinese warships have taken up a position
at the southeast of the island. The main
Japanese squadron Is still outside the har
bor. Four of the Chinese forts on the
south island maintain an incessant fire."
A MISSIONARY'S LETTER.
Descriptions of the "Warlike 3Iove
ments In the Orient.
BOSTON, Mass.. Feb. 11. Rev. M. D.
Porter, a missionary of the American
board in Pang Chuang, in the province of
Shan Tung, China, recently journeyed to
Tien-Tsin, 150 miles northwest. He has
written to the board concerning the signs
of -war that he saw. He says:
"Wherever we went we saw the signs
of war and Its preparations. The forts at
Taku bristled with guns, the channel
across, the bar was lined with torpedoes
and marine mines and the immense trains
of cars were to carry soldiers to new fields
of destruction. On the river, both in going
and coming, we met an unceasing flotilla
of soldiers all going they scarcely knew
where.
"Our friends at Tien-Tsin were a little
anxious for us, and the foreigners who
have learned to live on the dally rumors
and possibilities were surprised that any
should think of returning. There, of
course, was no reason why we should not
return. We had one exciting hour on the
return trip. Aside from that all was as
quiet and peaceful as any of the many
trips we have taken back and forth. We
were startled one morning at daylight by
being boarded by a boatload of Hunan
soldiers. A great flotilla of them were
going northward. Their boats were un
pleasantly crowded, and they were con
fiscating all the boats they could so as to
have a little more room for themselves.
They were persuaded at last to let us
alone, and like pirates, as they were, they
made for the next boat they saw, leaving
us in peace. The children were much
stirred up. We reached home safely the
next day.
"This tour was the more interesting for
being in the midst of these troublous
times in the north, as here the edict has
gone forth for the enrollment of all the
families by tens to make ready for a levy
en masse in case occasion should require
it.
"I can see nothing in the aggression of
Japan but the movement of vainglorious
enthusiasm to win a position in the eyes
of the world. It is a pitiful aim. The
only satisfaction to be found in it is the
Western nations were wholly exempt from
any part or lot in it. They may rejoice in
the discomfiture of China, but they will
not be branded as sharers In the brutal
attempt to force China Into even neces
sary reforms. No one conversant with any
part of China can shut his eyes to the
ever-increasing enmities which surround
her system of government, powerful as it
has been. They are the same kind now
being fought against in New York and
other great centers of good and evil."
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Plnnta's Case Continacd.
NANAIMO. B. C Feb. 11. J. P. Planta
appeared this morning to answer to the
charge of embezzlement in the sum of
$1200. At the opening of the court. Mar
shal Bray announced that he had received
a very important telegram, and requested
an adjournment until Wednesday next,
which was granted. Mr. Planta entirely
collapsed on hearing the adjournment was
granted, and his sobs were audible all
over the courtroom.
A Woman to Contest.
VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 1L Mrs. Spaf
ford was today nominated by the local
council of women to contest for the new
?eat In the school board, created by a bill
amending the school act now awaiting the
governor's signature.
She Is Kiehtini? the Combine.
CHICAGO. Feb. 11. The laundry com
bine, comprising all the biff firms in the
business, undertook to freeze out little
Miss Mary G. Hennesy, because she would
sent agents to Miss Hennesy's customers
and in some cases did washing free, to
drive her out of the business. Miss Hen
nesy retaliated by suins several of the
conspirators for $10,000 damages, and a
jury has awarded her $6000. The case will
be appealed by the combine, but Miss
Hennery will fight it to the last.
A DUEL TO THE DEATH
Two Prominent Sontli Americans Ap
peal to the Code.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. The mails
from Uie Argentine Republic, which ar
rived today, brought news of a terrible
tragedy which has caued an unprecedented
sensation in that country. Dr. Lucio de
Lopez, cne of the leading financiers and
most influential men in the republic, who
was appointed by the government to in
vestigate the affairs of the provincial bank
of Busi;o3 Ayres, made a report to the
courts, which caused the arrest of Colonel
Sarmlento, a son of the late President
Sarmiento, whose memory is revered like
that of Lincoln in this country. He was
once minister to the United States, and
is said to have afterwards Americanized
the Argentines. Colonel Sarmiento was
convicted in the court of the first in
stance and appealed to the superior court,
where there was a mistrial, two of the
judges voting to confirm and two to re
verse the lower court. He then published
a bitter personal attack upon Dr. Lopez
in La Prenza, one of the leading news
papers. Acting- under the advice of friends,
Lopez sent him a challenge, and Decem
ber 27 a duel was fought at the Bel Grano
hippodrome, in the suburbs of Buenos
Ayres.
Lopez was attended by General M. Man
silla, of the Argentina army, and Francis
Beasley, assistant secretary of state. Sar
miento was attended by General Bosch, of
the army, and Rear-Admiral Soliar, of the
navy. Shots were twice exchanged, at a
distance of 12 paces. At the second dis
charge Lopez fell, wounded, the ball pass
ing through his abdomen. He was taken
in an ambulance to his house, where more
than 200 of the leading citizens of Buenos
Ayres were assembled, anxiously awaiting
the result of the duel. The wounded man
died the next day, but Colonel Sarmiento
had not been arrested when the steamer
left Buenos Ayres. Eight years ago a de
cree was Issued making dueling a capital
offense, but it has been a dead letter for
many years, although appeals to the code
have been uncommon. The prominence of
the persons engaged makes the sensation
the greater, and there is as much excite
ment in the Argentine Republic today as
there was In the United States when Burr
shot Alexander Hamilton.
The Colombian Revolution.
PANAMA, Feb. 1L President Caro has
Informed General Dominquez, who is at
Manizales. that all the revolutionary
forces of Tolima, which were intrenched
at Chumbamuy, surrendered yesterday.
He adds that the revolutionists at Chi
qulnqulra will have to surrender soon,
then the revolution Vill end in the depths
of Cundinamrca and Boyaca.
Considered n. Concession
GUATEMALA, Feb. 11. The news from
the City of-ifexlCQ that that-country, is
willingto 'submit the question of the
amount of Indemnity to either a mixed
committee or to arbitration, is considered
an important concession in favor of Guat
emala. THE BARRON WILL CASE
Additional Evidence as to the De
ceased's Sanity.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 1L In the Bar
ron case this afternoon the most import
ant witness was Richard Byrne, coach
man, who was a very willing witness for
the proponents, making out a strong case
on direct examination as to Barron's
sanity, but under cross-examination oy
Delmas he fell flat, as far as the cross
examination went, up to the adjourn
ment. He denied saying to John Grif
fith, of San Francisco, that he would
kill George Barron for $25,000, if Mrs. Bar
ron would give it. This, the contestants
say, will be proved. Charles N. Felton
gave Barron the reputation of having a
strong and positive mind.
Judgment! Agminst the Stockholders.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1L Judgments by de
fault, aggregating $225,714, were entered
today against the stockholders of the de
funct Columbia National bank, which
has failed to pay the 75 per cent assess
ment levied to entitle the receiver of the
bank to pay out the money due the de
positors. No Hope of Fimliwr the Fair Will.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11 The ex
ecutors of Millionaire Fair's will have
given up hope of finding the stolen in
strument and have asked the court to
admit it to probate through a copy. If
the contest of the will is begun, the first
battle will be over the probate of this
copy.
Pacific Coast Failures.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Brad
street's Mercantile agency reports 22 fail
ures in the Pacific coast states and terri
tories for the week ending Saturday last,
as compared with 22 for the previous
week and 29 for the corresponding week
of 1S94.
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LITTLE LEFT.
The His Storm in the East Is Prac
tically Over.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. East river is
still badly blocked with ice and the run
ning of ferry boats is irregular. North
river is also filled with ice, but the boats
are running fairly well. The weather is
decidedly warmer. The thermometer at
11 o'clock had risen to 25 degrees above
zero, with the sun shining brightly. A
thaw was setting in.
Wish It to Moderate Gradually.
SEA ISLAND CITY, N. J.. Feb. 11.
The oyster-growers throughout South
Jersey are worried over the continued
cold weather, and say that unless it mod
erates gradually, they will lose hundreds
of dollars. The bays in which the oyster
grounds are situated are frozen solid, and
the ice reaching to the bottom has caught
thousands of bushels of bivalves. If a
sudden warm spell should follow this ex
tremely cold weather, the Ice will carry
the oysters away and deposit them in the
creeks and thoroughfares.
Suott in the Sonth.
ATLANTA. Ga., Feb. 11. The sunny
South woke up this morning to find itself
covered with a blanket of snow 3 inches
deep on a level. All trains are delayed.
Ed Lynn, colored, was frozen to death
on his way to Augusta from his home in
the country. Chattancoga, Tenn., was vis
ited by the worst fall of snow known for
many years. It began falling- at 1 A. M
and continued for 12 hours incessantly.
Street-railway traffic was practically sus
pended. There were six inches of snow on
the level.
Fresno Threatened. With Floods.
FRESNO, Cal.. Feb. 1L Fresno is
threatened by floods again. Rain has been
falling for three days In the mountains,
and is still falling. Men are guarding the
canals which earrv off the storm's w&ter,
and will try to prevent the breaking of
A BRIGHTER PROSPECT
The Ways and Means Committee
and Cleveland's Bond Message.
AGREEMENT CONSIDERED POSSIBLE
Secretary Carlisle Will Appear Be
fore the Committee Today With,
Copy of the Salo Contract.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Secretary Car
lisle will be asked to appear before tha
house ways and means committee tomor
row to lay before the members a copy of
the contract recently made with the syndi
cate for the purchase of the new issue of
government bonds. That this invitation
should be sent to him was the conclusion
reached by the committee, after a session
today of one and a half hours. When the
committee met, Bynum of Indiana, who
offered a resolution at Saturday's meeting
favoring the issuance of a 3C-year 3 per
cent Told bond, withdrew it without com
ment. Thereupon Wilson of West Vir
ginia, the chairman of the committee, laid
before the members a proposition in writ
ing, which, -while lacking the form of a
resolution, embodied the essential charac
ter of such a measure, looking to the au
thorization of the president to negotiate
this specific loan at 3 per cent, payable In
gold, and prohibiting the secretary of the
treasury from using it for current ex
penses, and only a reserve for the green
backs. The term of years for -which, the
bonds might run was not mentioned.
This led to a general discussion, some ofl
the members holding that the president
in his message had said that it must be a
30-year bond. Cockran of New York at
once opposed the suggestion of a 30-year
bond. He argued that it was unnecessary,
but stated at the same time that he was
willing to support any proposition looking
to the maintenance of the credit of the
government. Cockran then offered this
resolution, which went over:
"Whenever It appears to the secretary
of the treasury that an additional supply
of gold or silver is necessary to the treas
ury to enable It to maintain the parity be
tween the various coins or forms of money
for the United States as required by law,
the said secretary Is hereby authorized to
procure such gold or silver as may be nec
essary for that purpose by issuing there
for obligations of the United States, con
ditioned for the return of a like quantity
of the same metal as may have thus been
obtained, and for the transfer to the hold
er of such obligations of an additional
amount of said metal not to exceed 3 per
cent of the -whole amount thus obtained."
Earlier in the meeting Cockran
made a speech in favor of his proposition,
claiming for It that it did not discriminate,
against either metal. Bryan of Nebraska
asserted its intent was solely in the ln-
icresi. oi jdio. t - - --
It also came out in the discuisioninat
on the day the contract was alleged to
have been made with the syndicate 4 per
cents were selling in New York at 6 per
cent more than was offered for the pro
posed new 30-year loan. The question
was then asked of Wilson how It hap
pened that the president could negotiate
such a loan with his friends', Stetson &
Morgan, representing the Rothschilds of
Europe, for a CO-year bond at this differ
ence between the price offered and the
quotations for 4 per cent bonds in New
York that date. Wilson replied that h'e
did not know. This led Hopkins of Illi
nois, one of the republican members of
the committee, to move that Secretary
Carlisle be asked to come before the
committee this afternoon and lay before
it a copy of the contract made with the
syndicate. This was adopted and a re
cess taken. A telegram was sent to tho
secretary advising him of the committee's
action and asking him If he would comply
with It. After some little delay a 'reply
was received stating that the secretary
was temporarily absent from the depart
ment and might not return until a late
hour in the afternoon. The committee
then adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning, with the understanding that the
secretary would be communicated with
in the meantime and an endeavor made
to secure his presence at that hour.
Democratic members of the committee
prophesy that the republicans will unite
with them upon a plan. This belief is
based upon no definite statement from
the opposition, but on the general de
meanor of the republicans and the sight
of Reed in conference with Cockran for
an hour. The republican contingent took
small part in the proceedings, and in
dividually the members are diplomatic in
speaking of their intentions. If Reed has
arrived at any understanding with the
administration, as was freely rumored,
he has done it, his colleagues say, upon
his personal responsibility.
Among the democratic members of the
committee who were listed as doubtful,
a conciliatory condition made itself mani
fest, but it may not result in an agree
ment. Republicans say their course can
not be decided upon until the democrats
present some definite measure to them.
The Senate Finance Committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. The republi
can members of the senate finance com
mittee held a meeting this afternoon, and
decided that they had no suggestions to
make on the financial question. There will
be no meeting of the finance committee
tomorrow. Gorman will offer an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill, authorizing
the issue of 3 per cent treasury certifi
cates to meet current deficiencies, and if
he does, the republicans will favor it.
DEPOSITS ALREADY MADE.
No Interest on Bonds in Payment Vn
til After the Gold Is Deposited.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Secretary Car
lisle has informed the New York syndi
cate, with which the 3,500,000 ounces of
gold were contracted for, that the interest;
on bonds given in payment would not be
commenced until after the deposit of tha
gold, and in consequence a large amount
of gold was today delivered at the assay
office. The superintendent of the assay
office has been instructed to receive the
gold by weight, and to pay In certificates
of deposit, which will be received for tha
bonds when they are ready for delivery.
None of the gold will be counted, but will
be weighed in as bullion, and if standard
at the rate of $18.60165 per ounce, or as 43
ounces of standard gold Is exactly equal to
$800, the weight may be multiplied by feOO
and divided by 42. to determine the value
in dollars. Under these instructions,
abraised coin will be received the same aa
new, and If foreign coin is offered, it will
be melted and its value determined by as
say. The Fish "lnut Have Water.
OTTUMWA, la.. Feb. 11. The Dea
Moines river has nearly dried up and as
a result thousands of fish are finding
their way into the pumps at the water
station. It has been necessary to stop
them about every hour to clean out tho
fish. The climax came last night in their
hand capping the system so badly that it
was 'ound necessary to turn out all tha
not join the association. The combine
j levees.
1 lights.n the city.