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TEN DAYS AT THE MERCY 0FTHE SEA In SIgJit of tUc Delaivnre Const "When the Gal ex Cunprlit Her and Ken- dcrcd Her Helpless. HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 17. The steamer St. Jerome, from Galveston, bound to Liverpool, arrived here today, having in tow the steamer Salisbury. The Salisbury was bound to New York, from the Medi terranean, fruit laden, and has been j9 days trying to reach her destination. The captain reports a rough experience with the terrible gales of the past few weeks, and her battered and dismantled appear-' ance. is ample evidence of what she has gone through since January 29. She was in sight of the Delaware coast when the gales swept down on her, rendering it im possible to make headway, and she was driven several hundred miles away with out being able to offer resistance. The storms continued from day to day with unabated fury, and the ship vas knocked about like a fragile cockleshell. She rolled at times in such a frightful man ner that those on beard feared she would turn over. The waves would crash down on her on all sides, and her deck was continuously flooded. The majority of the crew were more or less injured. Nearly all the coal was consumed a week ago and, in order to make it last, all of the woodwork about the ship, in cluding her main-top-mast, was burned. Finally things became so bad that there was nothing more with which to keep up steam. The engines, too, were almost useless from the rolling and pitching of the ship. The vessel's ballast tanks were also started by the terrific oscillation. In this extremity, the signal "Want imme diate assistance" was hoisted, and the afternoon of the 12th inst., in latitude S8:48 north, longitude CC:10, it was sighted by the lookout of the steamer St. Jerome, which was on her way to Liverpool. The St. Jerome immediately bore down on the steamer, and the captain of the Salis bury came on board and stated that his ship was completely helpless and had been at the mercy of the waves for several days, her coalbunkers were empty, and requested that his ship be towed to Hali fax. Captain Pew, of the St. Jerome, agreed to this, and lines were run be tween the two ships, and at 5 o'clock P. M. they started ahead. After towing till 8 o'clock the next morn ing, the hawsers parted, and, in a heavy northeast gale, with tremendous seas pre vailing, the Salisbury drifted from sight. At 7 o'clock the following morning they came together again, and at 8 o'clock again managed to get the lines out. This proved a dangerous and difficult task, for the two ships were rolling badly in the heavy sea, and the crew of .the Salisbury were too exhausted to be o muqh assist ance, 'lhe greatest risk at this time was in the ships colliding'. The sea was run ning too high to permit them to launch boats, so life buoys had to be brought into use. A buoy was attached to a small line, and, the Jerome moving to wind ward, it was cast over and allowed to drift down to the Salisbury, where it was secured and hauled aboard. Hawsers were then attached to this, and by this means lines were again run between the two vessels, and a second start was made. A strong northwest gale was encountered, which lasted till the evening of the 13th, when it moderated andj remained fair until Sunday evening, when it became stormy again. Captain Haldorf, of the Salisbury, and the crew, are completely worn out, and say it is the worst eyperience they ever went through, . and had they not been picked up when they were, they would have given up all hopes. The captain had remained at his post without sleep for ten days, and was thoroughly worn out when rescued. The Salisbury's cargo is considerably damaged. The courts will adjust the salvage. Only Three Days of It. NEW YORK. Feb. 17. The large four masted ship Susquehanna arrived at quarantine last evening, after a fine pass age of 102 days' duration from Hong Kong. The quick trip would have been more remarkable had the fine weather, which had attended the swift vessel for SS days, continued throughout. Thirteen days ago, February 4, the Susquehanna was off Cape Hatteras when the wind came out from the northeast and quickly increased to a gale, with intense cold. This sudden foretaste of the wintry blasts of the North Atlantic soon had a depress ing effect upon the Japanese crew of the Susquehanna, so recently from warm lat itudes. They became inert and shivered with the cold. The gale increased to hur ricane force. The seas became mountain ous, rushing down upon the vessel, rising like walls and falling upon the decks with great weight and force, washing every thing about the decks. The vessel was hove to, as the wind and seas assumed such terrific force. On February 13 one of the ciew. a Japanese, became benumbed with the cold and fell from the mainyard into the sea and was lost. Even if it had been safe to launch a boat, any attempt to rescue was impossible, because the gale was so furious, the seas so enormous, and the smother created by the seething water as it passed along the ship's sides was so dense as to make everything un distin?uishable a short distance astern. Two others, also Japanese, were thrown about the deck and dashed against the lee bulwarks, and were severely injured, one internally and the other sustaining a sprained foot. After three days of the most terrific storms and intense cold, the wind abated its fury, the thip was again put on her course, heading for port, where she arrived without further cas ually. THE OCE.VV SPRAY. Doilies of Sonic of the Crevr May Be in Her Cnbin. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. The tug Sea King came into port early this morn ing with the derelict schooner Ocean Spray In" tow. All day long the capsized scnooner was an object of much interest, as it lay resting on its beam ends on a mud bank off the end of the sea wall. It Highest of all in Leavening Power. 3gZ&g) w--k , . "Cq 1F1 fq a va e - .9 & pl -, Hf v&l M W s.& ABSQLUTEtSf PIFRE was just turning tebb; tide when the derelict was shoved53the bank. There her masts were under5 water with only the points of them shbwing above the waves. It is thoughtjkhat the bodies of some of her crew of six men will be found in her cabin, as it if; believed that the schooner suddenly capslfied in a squall which struck the vessel; without warning. Some of the friendsWpf the men have hopes that the crewfhave been rescued. They reason that, as tthere is no trace of the schooner's boat tobe found, the men took to it and were fpjeked up by some passing vessel. Theyi6 not believe that the Ocean Spray was capsized by a squall, hut that her seams opened during the storm and the vessel began to leak. Water poured in softapidly that there was no hope of savinsjhor, and the open boat was the only chance for the men to save themselves and Hey took to it. The schooner itself, though apparently little damaged, is Cf little-value. She was built 30 years ago, but henjtlmbers have been renewed so thorouj-dgthat she is about as solid as a new vessel for all practical purposes, but at thopresent low ebb of shipping a schooner ofJher size cannot be worked to much advantage. disabled Sunders. Record of the Bennlnjrton Contrasted With. That ofilja. Gncogne. WASHINGTON, FelFl7. The sensation created by the delayin the arrival of La Gascogne, due, asfjlt "now appears, to the disabling of one wjhe eight cylinders of her engines, has attracted considerable attention among engineers of the United States navy, because similar accidents are of such frequentgecurrence, and be cause they are considered so insignificant. When the little cruiser Bennington made her famous run offtl",000 knots, from Genoa, Italy, to SanaFrancisco, between February 7 and April SO last year, she had a similar break-down at Acapulco, 197 miles from her destination, and yet cov ered the distance in 10 days, three hours having been lost in simply disconnecting the damaged cylinder"? Before she could be repaired at San Francisco, the revolu tion in Salvador occurred, and she was dispatched 2300 miles, to spend three months protecting Rmerican interests there. On her return to San Francisco she was docked, butSgain there was no time to make the repairs, as she was hur ried to Behring seal She cruised over 5000 miles during the summer, all the time her crippled cylinderj being useless, and when she returned to the navy-yard, in the autumn, she was promptly repaired, a new cylinder having been made during her absence. All thlsfiime no one, except those connected witwthe ship, had the slightest idea therejwas anything the matter with her. Naval engineers com placently contrast tHIs record with that of La Gascogne. 3 ELEVEN" DAY OVERDUE. "Wreclcasre Seen Indicates the City of St. AuprtiMtlne Una Foundered. NEW YORK, Febf 17. The steamer City of St. Augustine; which sailed from Jacksonville February 2 for thi3 port, is now 11 days overdue, and there Is very little chance of her ever being heard of again. The ship Constance, which arrived from Dunkirk today,sreports that Febru ary 1L when 23) mllee souJtljeas,tot Sandy HpoJhe!-paBctlxrc5isla'oa"ntltles of new pitch-pine lumber, railroad ties and square timbers, covering the surface of the sea for miles. The length of time the St. Augustine is overdue, and the fact that her cargo would be Identical with that material reported afloat in such large quantities, goes far to strengthen the the ory that the missing steamer has foun dered. She was commanded by Captain E. Gaskell, and carried a crew of 14 men. OTHER DISASTERS AT SEA. The Virginian nt London. LONDON, Feb. 17. The British steamer Virginian, which sailed from Boston Feb ruary 2, for London, stopped at Plymouth last evening for coal. Her captain report ed a very stormy voyage, more than 500 head of cattle being killed during the heavy weather. After taking on coal, the Virginian will proceed for London. Another Body Washed Ashore. LONDON, Feb. 17. The body of Wilhelm Murst, a fireman on the Elbe, was washed ashore at Deal today. A life-belt was fastened to it. An Elbe mailbag was found near by. The seal, which was in tact, bore the mark "Newspapers, Bremen for Chicago." Two oars and several life belts from the Elbe came ashore about two miles from Deal. A NEBRASKA SENSATION Society of Beatrice Stirred Up Over 3Ir. Root's Marriage. BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 27. One day last week, E. T. Root, long a resident here, well-to-do, and a widower, went to Omaha, presumably to wed a llrs. Re becca K. Russell, of Sioux City. On his return a few days later he announced that the match had been broken off. Satur day an attractive woman reached the city and registered at the hotel as Mrs. E. T. Boot, of Sioux City. To a reporter, who questioned her right to use the name. j she produced a marriage certificate prop ! erly witnessed, showing that she was married to Mr. Root in Omaha. She said she had called at Root's house in this city and was refused admittance, though she was at a loss to understand the rea son. Root admitted that the woman was his wife, but said he would not live with her. Mrs. Rcot Is the widow of a banker and a sister of ex-Mayor Palmer, of Sioux City. Owing to the prominence of the couple, the affair has caused a great sensation here. A LOSER EITHER WAY. Better for Him. io Have Tnrncd the Fees Over to the State. OMAHA, Feb. 17. The litigation pro voked by ex-Oil Inspector Hilton refusing to turn over state fees collected on gas oline, claiming that they were illegally imposed, has created considerable of a stir in Nebraska, hnton is Involved most seriously whatever the outcome of the civil suits which will be instituted against him. If the state wins the suit he will have to pay Into the state treasury $5622. If the state loses the suit, and the court should decide that the gasoline fees were illegally collected, Hilton will, by his own statements, have to pay the gasoline com panies $10,149. The papers in the civil proceedings will be served this week. Latest U. S. Gov't Food Report r-A m o TWELVE DAYS REMAIN Rush of the Closing Hours of Con gress Will Begin Today. ANXIOUS FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS Four of These Bills Have Not Been Acted Upon by the Senate and Two by the House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. There is be ginning to be a slight uneasiness on the democratic side of the senate that some democratic appropriations may fail. There remains only 12 more working days of the session, and four of the most im portant of these bills are still entirely un considered by the senate. These are the Indian, the sundry civil, the legislative, and the general deficiency bills, each of them considered as more likely to afford ground for debate than any of the appro priation bills which have already received attention. This anxiety is not yet, how ever, very pronounced. It would be mora marked but for the fact that it is gener ally believed that the republicans are sin cere in their protestations that they do not desire to prolong debate sufficiently to cause the failure of any of the bills, and thereby render themselves open to the charge of making an excuse for an extra session. The democratic managers expect to gain considerable time by moving at an early day for 11 o'clock sessions, and forcing discussion on by prolonging the daily ses sions into the night. They had expected not to hold 11 o'clock sessions until the sundry civil bill should be taken up, but when they reached that decision they had supposed that they would be able to dis pose of both the Indian and the agricul tural bills last week. Instead, they suc ceeded only in passing the postoffice bill, and in leaving the agricultural bill still only partially considered, and the Indian bill untouched. If it becomes apparent that the Indian bill will require time pro portionate to that put in on the postoflice, or the District of Columbia bill, the mo tion for earlier meetings, which is already pending, will be pressed early in the week. The agricultural bill will be dis posed of Monday, and after that is out of the way the sundry civil bill will be taken up. The sundry civil bill has not yet been reported from the committee, but it is hoped that it will be reported tomorrow certainly it will be before the Indian bill can be gotten out of the way, so there is no prospect for the senate finding itself without an appropriation measure to pro ceed with. There is very little prospect for much consideration of any other subject, and the possibility for any general legislation, such as that proposed in the pooling, ter ritorial admission, Pacific railroads, navy personnel and bankruptcy bills, is grow ing smaller every day. There will be a strong effort to get up and dispose of the poplinc bill, but there wllljbe. determined opposition, "ami "soniG" of its best friends are growing discouraged over the pros pects. The probabilities for the week also include a discussion of the territorial bills, but the prospects are against their passage. There are several financial bills and resolutions which may be called up, and the rules of the senate permit such latitude of debate that a financial speech may be injected at any time and regard less of the measure in hand. There is still occasional reference to the agree ment, which came so near being com pleted Thursday last, for a two days' de bate at the beginning of the week on the Jones bill, with a vote at the close, and the matter may be revived with or with out unanimous consent. Jones still insists that either his bill shall be considered on its merits, or tna.c its opponents shall show their indisposition to consider it by filibustering against it. Vilas has also given" notice of an effort to call up his gold-bond bill tomorrow, and the doing so is liable to precipitate a financial dis cussion at the beginning of the week's work. Altogether, the outlook is for a busy week in the senate. The rush of the closing days of the ses sion begins tomorrow. In the house for the past week members have been crowd ing for the consideration of bills by unan imous consent. This week the rush will be more apparent whenever the regular appropriation bills, conference reports and other privileged matters are up before the house. But two appropriation bills are yet undisposed of by the house the naval and general deficiency. The former has been considered for two days, and it will probably require two more (Tuesday and Wednesday), tomorrow under the rules being suspension day. The general de ficiency bill, which will follow, will takeup two days. Conference reports will con sume the remainder of the week until another opportunity is given to the Pa cific railroad committee to secure a vote of the funding bill, which has again been reported favorably, with an amendment in the shape of a preposition for the Union Pacific to settle the account with the government by the payment of the principal of the debt due. Among the bills upon which action will be asked under suspension of the rules tomorrow, is one to be reported from the committee on pensions to equalize the pay of Mex ican veterans. It is understood that Postmaster-General Bissell will voluntarily retire from office in a few months to resume the practice of law in Buffalo. Mr. Bissell Is to retire because he is weary of spending $20,000 a year more than his salary for the pleasure and honor of sitting at Pres ident Cleveland's council board. The postmaster-general's salary is, of course, only SSCOO a year, and his house rent amounts to nearly half that sum. He and Mrs. Bissell have sought to do their duty to society, and to perform their full share of the task of making the social side of the administration a success. While they have been modest about it, and have attempted nothing in the way of ostentatious display or expensive enter taining, their expenses have amounted to something like $30,000 a year. This is a heavy drain upon Mr. Bissell's private fortune. Mr. Bissell says the time has come for him to go back to his law office and seek to realize on his investment in a cabinet position. Mr. Bissell had a very good practice at Buffalo. Senator White has called upon the pres ident to urge the appointment of Judge Ross, of Los Angeles, as United States circuit judge. Senator White received no direct assurahce, but rather believes Ross will be appointed within a week or 10 days. Representative Maguire Is support ing Judge Wallace, of San Francisco. So far as learned, the others of the Cali fornia delegation have made no recom mendations. A SESSATIOX rnOJHSED. Action to Recover for the- Theft of American Timber. DULUTH. Feb. 17. A suit which prom ises sensational developments has been begun in the district court, resulting from the indictment at Grand Rapids, Mich., of George Lydick. The suit is the first of a series involving a theft of 2,300,000 feet of timber, supposed to have been stolen from government reservation lands in the last two years. Lydick himself ad mits that he has trespassed on this land for a year and a half. District. Attor ney Strickner has been working on the case for three months. The number of defendants, he says, is not less than 300, but they, almost without exception, are working in the interests of big lumber incorporations, which really are the prin cipals and will receive the state's atten tion when the defendants explain the sit uation and give the names of the parties for whom they were working. The amount to be recovered is over $300,000. THE CASE OF SEWARD. Hawaii AslffMl to Delay nin Execu tion for an. Investigation. PITTSBURG, Feb. 17. According to Judge J. P. Siegel, of the Allegheny county bench, the United States govern ment has taken a hand" in the intended ex ecution of W. T. Seward, the American implicated in the Hawaiian revolution. Siegel and Seward are brothers-in-law. The former returned from Washington today, where he went to Interest Secre tary Gresham in the case. After hearing Siegel, the secretary telegraphed a mes sage to Vancouver to catch the steamer leaving that place for Honolulu. He then informed Judge Siegel that if Seward is not executed before the steamer arrives President Dole will order a stay of exe cution until the case can be more fully Investlgated. Judge Siegel says: "In addition to calling on Secretary Gresham and Minister Thurston, I saw Senators Hawley, Allison, Piatt, Perkins and Butler. Hawley was Major Seward's chief-of-staff, and is glad to aid him. An address to President Dole was prepared and signed by the United States senators. I am satisfied it will have considerable weight, as the Hawaiian government wants the good-will of the American peo ple." OTHER NATIONAL NEWS. Sot Offered Gray's Place. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17. Governor Matthews said tonight that the statement sent out that he had been offered the Mexican mission was not'ture. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 17. Gov. Peck has put a quietus on the talk of his appointment as minister to Mexico by stating that he did not want to leave his own country and was in favor of Gen eral Bragg. A Place for Wilson of West Virginia. AUSTIN.Tex., Feb. 17. It is announced that the Hon. W. L. Wilson has been ten dered by the regents the position of pres ident of the University of Texas, which he has under consideration. A bill is pending in the legislature creating the office, and it has no opposition. NEW YORK'S REFORM. nepnhllcan Lenders Confer to Map Out a. Plan, of Legislation. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. A conference was held in ex-Senator Piatt's room at the Fifth Avenue hotel today, attended by that gentleman, Senator Lexow, Chair man -Edward Laqterbaclr, of the repub lican county committee, and others of Mr. Piatt's friends. The direct object of the conference was to map out a plan of cam paign respecting the city legislation, par ticularly those bills now pending which are desired by Mayor Strong and the Committee of Seventy. Mr. Piatt assured those who spoke to him on the subject, at the close of the conference, that no defisite action had been taken. That there was a strong difference of opinion expressed at the conference, was general ly understood. The disturbing element was said to be Edward Lautcrback. The propositions he offered, it was under stood, were retaliatory measures in the shape of a power of removal bill for the state, which would enable Governor Mor ton to appoint republicans to offices now held by democrats. This was said to be the method proposed to offset Mayor Strong's appointment of William Brook field as commissioner of public works in this city. Mr. Lauterback, however, de clined to be quoted beyond the fact that nothing in the way of retaliatory legisla tion had been agreed upon. A Tallc With, Ex-Mnyor Gllroy. PARIS, Feb. 17. A press correspondent called upon ex-Mayor Gilroy, of New Y'ork, today, to secure his statement as to the report that an indictment 3iad been found against him by the New York grand jury. Mr. Gilroy said he was more than indignant. He spoke bitterly of the "levity of the newspapers, which gave publicity to an absurd and incomprehen sible rumor concerning his administration of the department of public works." The only investigation during his commis sionership, he said, was conducted by the Facett committee in 1889. With 11 men working for six weeks, the committee had been unable to reveal anything, ex cept what was favorable to his adminis tration. Mr. Gilroy will start for Italy tomorrow evening, unless developments in New Y'ork change his plans. SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS. Detroit Saloon Men TnlUing of En forcing Retaliatory Measures. DETROIT, Feb. 17 Owing chiefly to the efforts of the civic federation recent ly organized in this city, all the saloons in the city have been closed last Sunday and today. At a large meeting of the Liquor Dealers' Association today it was decided to undertake some retaliatory action and a meeting is called for Tues day, at which a definite plan of cam paign will be decided upon. It is believed the saloon-keepers will attempt to have the "blue laws" enforced. Sundny-Cloiing in Lonisvlllc. LOUISVILLE, Feb. 17. The police, under instructions from the board of pub lic safety, were busy today taking the names of all offenders against the Sunday-closing law, but no arrests were made. The instructions to the police were to make no exceptions beyond those given in the law. Warrants will be issued for those found violating the law and the court will decide what classes of business are to be excepted. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 17. The Rev. Dr. Leftwich, late of Nashville, but now pastor of the Broadway Methodist church, of this city, made a bid for notoriety in his sermon tonight. He said that he had been all around, and Louisville is the worst place he ever saw. If he vanted his boys to go straight to hell, he said, ho would bring them here and put them in the arms of Louisville's society girls. m Died of a. Broken Hcnrt. SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.. Feb. 17. Miss Anna Church, of West Cape May, died a few days ago from a broken heart, caused by the absence of her father. Captain John Church. Captain Church, who owned and had charge of the schoon er Viking, left Philadelphia April 27 last and arrived at his destination. Fall River, Mass., without a mishap. The day after his arrival there he disappeared, as though the earth had swallowed him. That he had no Intention of going away was evident by the condition of his books and paper?. He even did not collect his freight for the cargo he had brought to Fall River. BOTH FLEET AlDFOKTS The Victory of the Japanese at Wei-Hai-Wei Made Complete. OFFICIAL ADVICES IN WASHINGTON Admiral Carpenter Says ihe Fleet and Forts Have Surrendered, and Officers Have Killed Themselves. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The secre tary of the navy today received the fol lowing dispatch from Admiral Carpenter, commanding the Asiatic squadron, dated Che-Foo, February 16: "The Chinese fleet and the Chinese island forts at Wel-Hai-Wel, China, have surrendered. The Chinese admiral and the Chinese generals committed suicide. Have sent the United States steamship Charles ton to watch the movements." YOKOHAMA, Feb. 17. An official dis patch from Wel-Hai-Wel, bearing date oC February 13, has been received here. It states that, in response to the offer made by Admiral Ting, the Chinese naval com mander to surrender hi3 vessels on condition of amnesty being granted, Ad miral Ito, commander of the Japanese forces, demanded the naval stores be turned over that (Wednesday) morning. The Chinese messenger who conveyed this demand returned to Admiral Ito and in formed him that Admiral Ting had com mitted suicide the night of February 12, and that his responsibility had been trans ferred to Captain McClure, formerly- the captain of a British merchant vessel, who had been appointed by the Chinese gov ernment as assistant to Admiral Ting. Admiral Ito, at the time the dispatch was sent, was conferring with Captain Mc Clure. A dispatch, dated February 11, from Field Marshal Oyama, who is in command of the Japanese military forces at Wei-Hai-Wei, announces that Captain Mc Clure surrendered the Chinese on land and sea. He also announces that Admiral Ting and two other officers committed suicide, after addressing a letter from the flagship accepting the Japanese demands. The Chinese soldiers garrisoning the forts on the island of Liu-Kung-Tao, the last of the defenses of Wei-Hai-Wei to hold out against the Japanese, and the sailora of the Chinese fleet were to be taken be yond the Japanese lines and liberated, while the captured officers and other for eigners would be conveyed away by ship before they are given their liberty. A dispatch from General Nozu, com mander of the First Japanese army in Manchuria, dated February 16, says that 15,000 Chinese, with 12 guns, attacked Hal Cheng from the Tao-Yang, New-Chwang and Jln-Koa roads. They were repulsed, leaving over 100 dead. The Japanese losa was five killed or wounded. LONDON, Feb. 17. The Central News agencys " correspondent in Tokio. tele graphs' under yesterday's date: "General Nodzu reports that today the Chinese forces under Generals Tsu Chang and Yeh were concentrated at Hal Cheng from the Liau Yang, New-Chwang and Jin-Kas roads. They attacked the city, but, after suffering heavy losses, were repulsed. The Japanese losses were small." From Port Arthur the agency has this dispatch: "A detachment of Japanesa cavalry occupied Ning Hai Chu the morn ing of the 12th, without encountering op position. Natives say that the 9th the Chinese force at Hun Chat On was di vided into two parts. The larger one fled toward Fu Shan Shen, and the smaller one to Yen Tai. All the inhabitants of Ning Hai Chu are submissive, and many welcome the Japanese to the town." LONDON, Feb. IS. The Che-Foo cor respondent of the Central News agency says the Japanese occupied'Liu Kung Tact Friday. The garrison and the foreignei-s within it were allowed to depart unmo lested aboard the Severn. It is expected that the Japanese will not touch Che Foo, but will re-embark to attack Than Hal Kwan. Li Hung Chang's Appointment. LONDON, Feb. 17. A dispatch to the Times from Tien-Tsin says that Li Hung Chang, who has been appointed a peace envoy to Japan, will go to Peking Feb ruary 21 to confer with the emperor. He will return to Tien-Tsin in two weeka and will then proceed to Kobe. LONDON, Feb. 17. The Standard's cor respondent in Berlin says that the mikalo and Premier Count Ito approve of China'a choice of LI Hung Chang as peace envoy. THE JAPANESE FLEET. It Is ct Be Strengthened by the Ad dition of Battleships. WASHINTON, Feb. 17. The Japanesa seem to have solved for themselves the question as to the relative merits of the battleship and the cruiter, which is now agitating congress in connection with the proposition to provide for building three new battleships. While their cruis ers, owing to superior strategy, in their management and great wariness In at tack, supplemented by the indispensable torpedo-boat fleet, have managed to ob tain victories over the Chinese fleet in two cases, the battleships of the Chinese, even with inferior management and per sonnel, have given such a good account of themselves as to make it apparent to the Japanese that. If ever they hope to meet a navul power in combat with a chance of success, they must themselves possess some of the great battleships. It is regarded as a foregone conclusion that they will acquire the Chinese battleships Chen Yuen and Ting Yuen (if the latter can be raised) by conquest. But tho Jap anese government is not content to rest there, for advices received by the navy department show that they have placed contracts for building two great ships that will exceed the best of our ships In offen sive and defensive power. The battleships will be 12,250 tons displacement, 370 feet long by 73 feet beam. An armor belt li inches thick will extend for 22G feet along the sides over the vitals of the ship, which will be propelled by engines of 11,005 horsepower, and carry each two 12-inch guns, 10 six-Inch guns and a great number of smaller machine guns. It will requira fully 5000 tons of nickel steel Harveyized armor for these ships, and these last re quirements. This action of the Japanesa government indicates how quickly Its naval officers profit by and adopt the very latest discoveries in naval construction, for it Is only recently tsat the United States developed this process of treating armor, so as to add 50 per cent to its re sisting power. Much Suffering in the Strip. HENNESSY, O. T., Feb. 17. An appea for aid has been Issued by settlers in the Cherokee strip. Hundreds of families ar absolutely starving, eating prairie dogs and horses. The suffering Is unparalleled. Cattle have been dying in droves as a re. suit of the unprecedented "northera" which visited both territories and Texas witftin the past few weeks.