New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-12
NEWS NOTES ATTHE CAPITAL
A DANGEROUS DERELICT IN THE PATH
OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.
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washington. April 1.-THE Naval photographic
Orice has received nine reports OF dangerous
derelct floating directly II the transatlantic
steamer lanes about 500 miles off he coast OF Ire
land which sufficiently indicate the extreme danger
,nenacns high-speed vessels approaching Ehe-
Isb norris The British steamer Manhattan reports
nassnc on March IL a water-losged abandoned
bark with bowsprit and foretopmast gone. the last
four letters Of her name being 'ette.' The iohoW-
ing day the German steamer Diamont sighted the
abandoned Norwegian bark B!rGet;e man hatch
open. vessel full of water. had lost howsprit ana
toretopmast" IN the same neg lborhood The
steamer Philadelphia, bound for Liverpool reported
assinr March y "a derect bark of coo or 100 tons.
n very deep IN ine T2T IA" 6 DS MaTc 4 "a the
steamer Nicaraguan bonrd cas- :epor ,eiorenH
with matches off, sea washing out 81 stern ports;
had lost b9wsprt foreopmaSi ana Tu@Gfed 6n
wreck one OF them, the Roman. describing 1t as
,oretopmast gone the foreyard and mainyard cock
billed and no sails set The next day the steamer
daT Of the month the fast liners La Normandie
and 0Cth ran aer oEse menace 20 as THIS ex
listed near the American coast. inc Navy, DePd!t-
men, would eor 1 aSer wnrshi to destroy it with
high explosives. but the United States has so FAR
been unable 10 secure the cooperation Of European
%atiors in the work of clearing the Of floating
dangers and unless demolished by private enter
prise the Birgette is 20 drift about until torn
10 pieces by storms. rammed some foggy night
BY a swift steamer
From Germany comes the first official news OF
great American discovery said 10 cure the most
dreaded of diseases consumption and cancer. Con-
sult3eneral De Kay. at Berlin in report TO the
STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS that me discovery which
was announced late in March inthe most trustworthy
medica! newspaper n Germany. Is likely 10 receive
Considerable attention at the coming medical con
Nk-ol5c ..f, Of Nov NOr
consists Of injecting minute doses OF piloCarpihhe
uf Will, ' corpsc Of the blood overcome the poison
Gus particles which proiuco disease. NE uiS'oNeII
is thought he far more important than those OF
Pasteur. Koch and others.
The Chief of the Bureau OF Statistics reports hat
the total values OF the OF domestic bread
suffs provisions and mineral oils from the United
States in March and in the nine months ended March
81. 1895. as compared wi,h similar exports in the
corresponding periods OF The preceding year were as
follows:
Breads,uHs iSai .lS 1872 -,
N NinS months ended March
MAST Mar months ended March iS 81 SO
N Ni5e months ended March slim $I0L57: $iS5G$Ss
The values OF the exports Of cotton were as fol-
lows ~ 500,
Mara: s: s5 s5s;4S s ss
Secretary Herbert heard Mr.. Gillies, the con-
tractor, and his counsel this afternoon IN resdrh
70 annulling the New-York Navy Yard Drydock
contract, and has withheld his decision in the case
There being nothing special TO require the pres
ence Of the President at the Executive Mansion
he has remained at woodley for the last two DAYS
and has thus avoided the pressure or ofhce-seeKes
who throng the White House.
Postma ster-General Wilson to-day said that the
sale OF stamps for the last quarter OF lN9i
amounted TO seAo 5571 which was the largest in the
history Of the Government for a like period re
considered this a barometer indicating the revival
of business. The total receipts from other sources
~ the PostOfice Department for the last quarter
Of 1894 were N.l65.21 more than for the CORE
amending period of 1898