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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
HEROIC LIFE SAVERS.
Their Attempts to Rescue the Grew
of a Wrecked Schooner.
A DAY OF FRUITLEss EFFORTS.
Again and Again the Roscuers Put or
to the Vessel, Only to be Driven Back
by the Heavy soa-Ths Men Finally
Rescued.

by the Heavy soa-The Mon Finally
Rescued.
ScITUATE, Mass, Feb. 1.-THE tlreo
masted schooner Minnie Rowan Captain
st. John, of Bridgeport, Conn, with 100
tons of Cumberland valley coal, from Bal
timore, for the West End Street Railway
company, of Boston. went ashore off the
sedbnd elf at Uochituate yesterday, and
she lies in very dangerous position
All day long the crews of the Massa-
chusetts Humane society lifcboats and the
United States lfcboat at fourth cliff tried
TO rescue the crew of the schooner The
vessel was first seen off the first cliff about
in the morning She had anchored dur
ing the night TO prevent her going ashore,
but the heavy northeast gale caused her to
drag her anchor and she was swept in
upon the cliff She struck about II o'clock
The crews Of both the life saving sta
tions Were summoned, but IL was not until
noon that the first line was fired across the
bow of the schooner. The line fell far
short, and The next half dozen lines also
fell short or were hopelessy snarled Then
one from the mortar of the government
station went across the vessel, between the
fore and main masts. The crew seized it
and made it fast to the foremast, but it
got fouled and was rendered useless. The
seas were constantly washing across the
vessel at this time.
Half a dozen of the crew were in the
rigging, nnd the captain, himself tied mp
in blankets, wHs securely lashcd in the
main shrouds, From appearances il was
believed that he had been injured, and this
proved to be the fact About noon Cap
tain Stanley, of the government lifeboat,
flt.I t,t4 a.,
his boat. lie put Oft with crew of ten,
but was unable to get within hundred
yards Of the vessel, The heavy wind and
current, combined with the awful sen,
drove the boat off, and il was forced to re-
turn.
An hour later Captain John Smith, of
the Humane societys boat which had
been dragged two miles over the cliffs set
out to make a second attempt. but he met
with as little success About $50 D. M
the government boat again put off through
the surf After a perlous passage, in
which the boat was several times half
filled with water it got under the bow of
the schooner, and preparation was made
to get the crew into it,
Captain st. John, who the crew of the
schooner said had broken hi. leg, was
lowered by Il rope over the side. A line
from the lifeboat had also been made fust
to him. But when he was almost within
reach of the men in the boat the vessels
crew refused to let go their eud of the line.
and pulled the captain back on board
again Just then heavy sea swept the
boat away. She struggled to get back
alongside, but the crew of the schooner
made no further attempt to get into 1t.
The lifcboat then returned to the beach
This morning the SEA had somewhat
ahated, and the men were brought ashore.
Ii is feared, however, that the vessel can
not be saved.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

DUBUQUE, Ia, Feb 14.-Mrs May Fan
ming, a widow employed in the sheriff's
office, was dismissed for publicly kissing
murderer. The object of her affections
was Hugh Robhard indicted with Haley
and Kent Tor numbering Policemen Fritz
and Talcott. Rohbard was sentenced to
life imprisonment He was brought here
to testify for Haley, As he was passing
from the court room to the Jail Mrs. Fan
ming handed him a bank note and basket
of fruit and tendcrly kissed him. In the
bottom Of the hasket was found n note to
Dear Hugh" telling him that he had n
friend who would never forsake him, and
signed Your Loving May"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

CAIRO. Feb. l4.-Ilans Won Bulow, the
distinguished German pianist, is dead.
Won Bulow was born on Jan. S, 1880, in
Eresden He studied under Richard Wag-
ncr and List, and was in 1850 musical
chief of theatres of St Gall and Zurich
In 1854 Won Bulow settled in Berlin and
was named, in 1865, pianist of the prince
royal. In 1861, at the invitation of Wag-
ncr, Non Bulow went to Munich. where,
IN 1879, he became director of IL new
Royal School for Music and master of the
chapel of the court. Hans Won Bulow Wis
ited the United States in 1876 and after
wards became chapel master in Hanover,
later III Meningen and lastly in Berlin.
The dead pianist married daughter of
! ,iS2t
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Heavy foods exist In the Saamos valley,
Austria A number of villages are iuun-
dated.
Fire In the oil warehouse of Chester & Co,
OF Newark, n. j., last night did $4,000
damage.
Passenger and freight traffic in the west,
which had been virtually suspended by the
blizzard, is resalled
Rennie Raynor, II years old, shot his
father three times AT their home In Wau-
kesha Wis, in defense OF his mother
Raynor will recover.
An explosion occurred al small arms
testing factory at Liegs, Belgium, yester.
day. The director OF the factory was killed
and several persons injured.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

ST. Lows, Feb, 1i.-Dr. Duerstow walked
into police station last evening aud sur
rendered himself, stating that he had ac-
cidently shot his wife. He refused to make
any further statement. 1t was learned
later that the doctor had shot both his
wife and 5-year-old boy The child was
killed. but the wife is still alive. DIR.
Duerstow is a son Of the late Louis Duer-
stow, the Granite mountain millionaire.
1t is surmised that young Duestrow, who
had been separated from his wife, en-
tered the house with the intention of
taking away The child, and, meeting with
opposition, shot both mother and child.
Mrs. Due5trow cEunot recover.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKE rs
Closing Quotations on the New York and
Philadelphia Exchanges.


pHIIAp,I flitA. Feb l3.-Elunr weak: win.
ter sunsrtit", d2.lu; winter extras saaaa4p
2,1n; No winter family, S2,59a2.G5. PennsyI.
yania roller straight, S@.8hll3I0; western win.
ter, clear s..55M9. Wheat firm, quiet, with
6Gl4e. bid and taa4e, asked Tor February Corn
dull, firm with 42e. bid and .2lsc asked for
February, Oats quiet, steady will ia: e bid
and a6iic. asked for February, Beef steady
Pork dull, but steady. Lard dull, eaby; west
ern steam, s. 50. Butter steady for better
grades, others quiet western dairy, l8th14lte
do treumery, lsGt;ic. do factory l2ftlGc
Flgins, 2ies; New York dairy, lBlt2lc,; do.
creamery. lfQ2lc.; FeAnss lgania creamery,
prints, faueS, s6c; do choice, .,f4t..ic.; do fair
to good, 2l4s4c; prints jobbing at 2ga3!r
Cheese steady large, alllsae.; small, l0taf5
l2sse part 6kims, 4aloe.; full skins "a alQe.
Eggs strongi ice house. Sej0Qa50 per Ease;
western fresh. lqc. per dozen
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
curIon. Roeks IN Masl,onnI and.

A characteristic feature of Newfoundland
is he kopie. Some descriptions of these
curious elevations are given in h letter to
Professor Geilie, by l. B. Don formerly
one of his pupils. A uniform glanite for.
mation Is, he says by far the most prani-
nent geological peeulIarity Of Maahonaland
and indeed Of most of the interior of
South Africa Sometimes 1t rises into
mountains, but usually the gelIeral level
is only broken by low kopjes, ami in those
parts where the bedrock ard surface are
flattest the kopies present the mpst singu-
lar appearance. The whole country seems
dotted with these curbstones and in
whichever direction you look tn ey gradu
ally close In the view, az the trunks OF
trees would in forest Some of these
curbstones are 300 feet or mbre high.
sheer all round. and apparently If smaller
diameter than height. Sometimes the orig
inul mass has been so broken up as to
form the most marvellous steepleI ike struc-
lures springing ont OF the rich foliage that
grows i'll all the crevices NatiSb huts are
built on these kopies in the mos inacces.
hihle positions IL London News
Newspaper advertising agents are the
mltidlemen OF the advertising business.
9ou can get correct idea of the sort OF
work they perform by imagining the case
of a man living In Boston who has GER
tain piece of property to dispose OF which
he has reason to believe will find q market
in Omaha quicker than elsewhere But
as he Is ignorant of the compare i've mer-
its of the papers published in Omaha
perhaps he does not even know their
names-he calls in the service of he agent,
who is master of such information, The
agent tales ha fDr,- Gf tho a...ttt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
SHEEHAN INDIGNANT.
New York's Lieutenant Governor
After Newspaper Critics.
AN INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE.

Tho Judiciary Committee of the Senate
Has the Matter In Charge. and VIII
tcrobe Journalistic InsinuatIons of Cor
ruption.
ALBANY, Feb. 14.-Just before the gavel
Tell in the senate yesterday Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan addressed the senate AS
follows:
Since the beginning of this session it
seems TO have been the settled policy of
some correspondents representing certain
New York journals to misrepresent, per-
vert the truth and to deliberately lie with
reference to your presiding officer. He has
without complaint submitted to these
calumnies, believing that personal rancor
and dislike would soon disappear before
the apparent injustice and cowardice of
the attacks. But the height of these
calumnies was reached this morning
when, for the purpose of influencing and
prejudicing the minds of senator's, certain
of these papers published sensational and
baseless charges connected with certain
proposed Buffalo legislation, insinuating
in most cowardly and contemplate man
ner that he was attempting Improperly TO
Influence senators on this question.
There are honorable exceptions to this
fule, among them the representa- atives OF
some Of New Yorks leading journals, and
the rural papers as well, and want to pay
publicly my respects to those honorable
reporters who record in their journals the
proceedings of this body impartially and
trIthfully
tFinally, want to characterize in the
strongest possible manner as indecent,
false and venomous all these artc cles which
charge ME directly or indirectly with hav-
ing in any improper manner attempted to
influence or prejudice the Judgment of sen
ators or members on this or any other sub
ieGt.n
When Mr. Shethan finished there was
silence for moment, and then Senator
O'Connor arose and said: .-
Al agree with what the president has
said, and ii al4o seems that senators upon
this floor might make the same complaint
There are none of us who object to honest
criticism | object to the stiletto of the
assassin. object to the cowardly sneak
who has no basis for the charges he makes
How much are We going to submit tof
Are we going TO permit men who are on
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
UNDER TONS on EARTH
Thirteen Men Buried in q Mine
at Plymouth.
ORUsaBD TO DEATH BY A GAVE IN.

As Result of the Di.aster There Are
Eleven Widows and Thirty-slk Children
Robbed of Their Main support-Piti-
able Scenes When Hope Was Abandoned.
WTLKEsBARRE, Pa. Feb. 1.-THE min
ing town of Plymouth is in mourning over
terrible accident that occurred in the
Gaylord colliery yesterday. Thirteen men,
all of them citizens of that town, lost
their lives while in the discharge of their
duties. Their names are Mine Foreman
Thomas Picton, Thomas Jones. Richard
Davis, John Morris. james Kingdom,
Thomas Alerriman Thomas Cole, Joseph
olds, Daniel Morgan, John Hammer Peter
+. Mclaughlin, Michael Walsh and
Thomas Leyshon
All the victims with the exception Of
of two leave families, One of these lost
his wife only month ago and four little
children survive them. Consequently the
disaster throws eleven widows and thirty
six children on the worlds charity.
The Gaylord sIine in which the accident
occurred is owned by Daniel Edwards, one
of the wealthiest operators in the anthra-
cite region, and is operated by the Kings
ton Coal company, of which Mr.. Edwards
is the president The best coal in the mine
abandoned because IL could not be oper-
ated with profit. Three weeks ago the
company decided TO resume operations,
and party of expert miners was sent Into
the mine to make an examination They
found matters in bad shape. The last men
at work i'll The colliery had robbed the
pillars supporting he roof until they were
very thin. great many falls had taken
place, the passages were blocked by the
debris and the air current was poor. Mini
ing experts gave il as their opinion, how
ever, that tht, mine could be put in good
condition again with a small outlay of
capital.
Monday morning large number of ex-
pert miners, carrying safety lamps, en-
tered the mine and began the work of
clearing up the old gangways and prop
ping the roof. They had not been at work
long until Il squeeze came which com
PEELED the men to retrace their steps
Foreman Pcton, with twelve picked
miners, volunteered to 90 down the shaft
and see what could he done The descent
was made at 10 o'clock Monday mig hit.
Pictons object was TO get as near as pos
siblc to the most dangerous part, or where
the squeeze" was the greatest, in order
to stay its progress by beaning the roof
with heavy timber.
1t seems that in his instance the efforts
of Picton and his men did not prove a sue
cess. as the cave in extended far bevond
the danger limit and a much greater dis
tance than where the men expected to be
safe, even though they retreated at the
first Indication Of "A heavy fall.
This IL shown by the vast area of the
cave in. As no one is left TO tell The story
the suppositiou is TINT the men were busiIy
at work 'tinbering' when the rocky roof
came tumblinR down about their heads
crushing them ont of semblance to hit-
manity and putting u wall of debris be
tween them and the mouth of the shaft
400 feet in thickness
At first there was some hone tbat If the
men could be reached in n reasonable time
,hny ,,r,lJ In sn,4.J mt; ,,..., . F,I.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

CHIeAGo, Feb. i4-Dr Robert Wick.
ham who killed druggist William f.
Glapper, was discharged yesterday. The
mother Of the dead man caused dramatic
scene in court by protesting against the
dismissal. Sobhing violently she said.
WEEK after week | have urged the states
attorney To bring the case to trial, but he
has put il of and discharged the slayer of
my boy She was taken from The court
room, Wickham was subsequently re in-
,1irfp1
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

New YORK, Feb li-Tha Gypsy Of
Cherry ILL.," Morgan Phillips, an old man
of IL years. lost his wife yesterday morn
lug, and all day he remained beside the
dead body moaning and bcwailing the
calamity that had fallen upon him. He
lived in n big tenement house on Cherry
street, in two small rooms. At mid
night the police had to break down the
door to get in, the old man refusing 10
open the door. The scene was intensely
dramatic. There stood the old man across
the body of his Wife to guard it from the
was useless the old man became sullen
and morose. The woman had died of
nn.litnpIIiu
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
Lovers on n Tramp.

NoRIIsTowN. Pa. Feb 14.-During the
snowstorm yesterday Mary Brown, is
years of age, and William Moore, q years
old, were arrested on a coal train at Roy
eIsford for stealing a ride. Magistrate
Urner committed the man for ten days and
the woman for five Moore's home is In
Philadelphia. The girl lives in Keyport,
n. j., and says she was induced to leave
home on Wednesday by Moore. They
have been travelling since that time on
freight cars and sleeping in sheds Mary
Is good looking and is dressed we'll.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. H.--.If the
claims Of Mrs. Martha Ballantync, of Lou
dondeny ireland, can be substantated
the late Thomas A. Harris, widely known
in Kansas City as real estate specnlator
and the protector ot many important en-
terprises, led dual life: Mrs t3allantyne
says that Harris real nnme was Balau-
tyne, and that the fact OF his second mar
riage and change Of name was concealed
frol.- her She has begun a legal tight to
establish her dover right of one third in
100000 worth OF property handled by
Harris" during his Kansas City career.
Mrs, Ballsntyne has two children.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

TgSKnASNoeK Pa, Feb l4,-Depnty
Coroner Dennison went to Beaumont and
exhtlmed the body of Jennie Tyler. tho
young lady who died week ago from an
alleged criminal operation performed by
prominent Will.esbarre physician, said to
have been at the instance Of Arthur
Fisher The deputy coroner says it is a
elea, case against ihe parties. The crime
was committed in luzerne county, but the
young lady died in This county Fisher
has left for parts unknown.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

PARIS, Feb. H,-At cabinet council
Monday nights bomb outrage was dis
cussed, and attention was also drawn TO
the manifestations during the last few
days at Naillant's grave The cabinet
finally decided to forbid all such manifes-
tations as the carrying of seditious emb-
lens to any cemetery. Policeman Poi4-
son, the officer who first attempted to
arrest Breton and who is suffering from
four revolver shot wounds inflicted by the
anarchist, has been decorated with the
cross of the Legion of Honor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.--No information
can be secured at the state department as
tn the reported action of United States
Minister Terrell in demanding the release
of two American citizens, naturalzed
Armenians, who had been imprisoned by
the Turkish authorities No very warm
approval is expressed of the emphasis re
ported to have been used by Minister Ter
rell in making the demand.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

TACOMA, Wash, Feb IA letter re-
ceived here from Mate Sturgis, of the
schooner Josephine, which left this city
early in December last, tells of the loss of
an unknown vessel about 600 miles at sea,
en- route for Honolulu. The letter gives no
description of her nor the exact place
where she sank The unknown vessel was
seen to fly rockets, signaling that she was
in distress. The Josephine was immedi-
ately started to her rescue, but before she
could reach the vessel she had sunk, and
all those on board were lost.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

PARIS, Feb IA At meeting of the
directors OF he SueH canal the members of
the De Iesseps family requested that the
board accept the resignation OF Count Fer
dinaud de l.esscps The directors decided
TO comply with The wishes of the family,
and then passed resolutions that Count
Ferdinand in future should hare HE title
Of honorary chulrman. NJ. GaillIard was
slect I'd president of the bnard
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
An ismbezsier'a Escape.

KoNoNo, Ind, Feb, A. Calvin Arm
strong, convicted here a few days ngo Of
enibelhling county funds, and sentenced
to three years in thu penitentary, escaped
fail Monday night and is still al large
The singular feature is that he escaped at
. O'clock in the evening and it WAS not dis
covered until O'Clock yesterday. giving
full twelve hours the start uf
his puistters. \ trump escaped with him
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

ST. STEPHENS, Ala, Feb li-Ras Rod
gers, OF koenton, disappeared Ian s, and
his sons-Allen, aged Is, and benjamin,
aged l5-said he had gone to Texas Yes
terday Rodgers corpse was found buried
under the kitchen ..oor Death had been
CAUSED by blows from an AK. Allen and
Ben We're arrested, and the guards say that
on the way To Jail Ben confessed that
Allen killed his father.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. Feb. 1.-THE
steamer Roanoke arrived after terrible
vc &c through the hurricane from Mil
wiukee, As the spray dashed over her
decks it froze, and when the Roanoke ar
rived she was covered with tons of ice.
Her sides, decks, cabins and even the pilot
house windows had ice coverings several
inches thick. During the height of the
storm 1t was hazardous to venture on the
deck, and there were several narrow es-
capes from being washed overheard. The
vessel was not injured.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

LoNnoN, Feb, 1.-THE Chronicle prints
an interview with Captain Lloyd Francis,
who was engaged in the N1atabele cam
paign It IS stated that Captain Francis
admitted that wounded Mataheles, many
OF them naked and helpless, were shot by
the forces OF the British South Africa com.
pany, their orders being TO take no prisons
crs but to shoot every native they cume
across
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

ST, LorIs, Feb l4-Lolis j. Silva, the
defaulting secretary of the Rainmnter-
Bradford Hat company, who fled to Can-
ada. Oct % last, after having dffring his
connection with tho firm, embezXled $780,
000, surrendered yesterday afternoon to
the criminal court in this city and was re-
leased ON IL bond of Sa0Ga.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

LoNpoN, o., Fob. 14-A wholesale Jail
delivery of the prisoners in the Madison
county Jail has set this county in fit of
excitement. A. the sheriff entered to put
the prisoners to bed two who were serreted
behind the door struck him over the head
with ehnir leg and knocked him insen-
sible. His pockets were ritled of revolver.
Those who escaped were John Taylor,
George n. Brown. James Wright and Zen
mis- Smith
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14
The Observation-Disclosures Case.

LEXINGTON. Ky. Feb i4.--Aliss Pollard
arrived here today, and the takingof depo-
bitions in the Pollard Breckinrldge case
will commence tomorrow morning, SeV=
pnty witnesses have been summoned, and
Miss Pollard will attempt to sllbstauiine
the charges made in her suit Colonel
Breckinrdge will Introduce score or
more of witnesses in rebuftHE.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

BALTIMORE, Eel, l4--rhat .yohn Fore,
Hhose will hus landed nr krcr:;en and
his wife in Jail on he charges Of perjury,
forgery and conspiracy, died from other
than natural csrIses is hardly an open
question now, Professor p. Il. Wilson.
who is analyzing ione, 5 stomach AMI vital
organs, saya that Unnistaiable signs of
poison have been found.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

EANnHRs Wyo. Feb l4-It is estimated
that not less than 10000 elk have come ont
from the mountains and foothills on to
the plains between Fort WASH ie and the
head OF the Wind river 10 escape lie deep
SHOWS The Indians are very anxious to
slaughter the aninols but so far they
have been unsuccessful in securing per-
nita from Indian Agent Ray.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

HAcATEcAs, Mex, Feb 14.-Fhere is 1t
great religious excitement among the peo-
pie of the town of Jerez and surrounding
country over the appearance among them
of beautiful young girl who pronounres
herself to be their patron saint. Anita. The
girl has performed some very remarkable
cures of serious diseases by simply laying
on her hands, and the Indians of that sec
tion are wild over her.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

BARBouRsvlLLE, Ky, Fob. IA severe
syclone is reported near Red Bird creek, in
Harlem county, with great loss OF life
Mrs. Skidmore aud her 0 year-old son and
another woman are reported to have per.
tshad, while live stock and property SUIT
kered severely.