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New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
NO TTDTNGS OF CAPTAIN COOK.
HIS VESSEL. WHICH WAS PARTLY BURNED
AT SEA, ARRIVES IN PORT.

HIS VESSEL. WHICH WAS PARTLY BURNED
AT SEA. ARRIVES IN PORT.
The British steamship Horsa, which took fire at
on May l6 and put into southport ~ ~ III ="
badly damaged condition. arrived here yesterday
As previously ported in The Tribune. her COM
mander Captain Cook mysteriously disappearsd
tho morning after the fire was discovered Inc
Horsa left Port Maria, Jamaica. on May 13 with a
cargo of bananas. The vessel carried ere" OF
twenty four men and was In command OF captain
Cook who was also part owner. Everything went
well until the night of May ls when fire was dis-
covered forward in the oil room, where ropes
paInt OF, and other nflammable stores were Kept
The fire spread rapidly in spite Of all the efforts OF
the crew and the men had to take to the life
boats.
The ship is divided into three parts by two bulk
heads and the fire confined 10 the forward
compartment and burned Itself out without reach-
irc the rest Of the vessel. The crew remained by
tho vessel all night and when II nearly out
they again boarded her and subdued the names
About a. m OF the 18th Captain Cook was re-
ported missing He had been on the D'l'se WV"
Second officer Anderson short time before t''
but left there 10 go 10 his cabin ana was NOT So"
again Duigent search was made for the missing
man but no trace If him was found II is thousht
that he was lost overheard IN the excitement cap
tain Cook came from Calais, Me. where ne mas 4
wife and daughter. He was nifty years o.1' h'i
been going to all his life. ana was cohS"ereu
wcu-to-do chief Officer Mcintosh took command
Of the vessel and after cruising for steamer that
might lend assistance and sighting none, bore aw'y
Tor Southport whore he arrived on me attsrno ~
OF Nav 2O John Mcintyre. the principal owner 81
the Uorsa went 10 Southpori and. after examining
the vessel ordered Mcintosh 70 proceed To tnlS
city Upon arriving here the Horsa went to feT
No !. North River. ,. ~
Mir Mcintosh II utterly at a loss TO explain NE
cause OF the fra the Disappearance OF 'ap,atu
Cook All the cargo In the forward ho.l - a loIal
loss bu, the rest In far condition. Inc horsA
how is a complete wreck and vii have 10 be re-
paced II ia thought that the logs on tre VesseI
and cargo will be about sNhV' Inc pa'"''S "''e
consigned to !. T.. Kerr & Co - =, 49,.
A. she lay a. her pier the steamship bore Az ne tne
evidences OF having had rough experience, ne ne
IInrs. hecana well known the pioneer I ioan
diihuster when in command OF Captain Wiho,g
.s,er bo,p selzeI hy the Government az nli-
hrs,er the steamship was sold and bought In
nv captain Co'h. Mr.. McIntyre and seyeral 2thsrs
Chartered by T. F, Kcrr & Co. for the West lnd. :
fruit trade II will probably take a month 10 re-
~ aIr cr en,ire.y replace the damaged bow
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
A RAID WITH SNAIL RESULTS.
r,,z.prru.sr POLICE swoor DOWN on FAN
TAN GAME. BUT CAPTURE ONLY
FOUR CUfNAMEN

All Chinatown was stirred late yesterday after
noon by a raid on n crowd Of fantan players at NO
z Doyers-st Acting Captain Young. OF the Eliza
beth-s, station, with two detectives ana squad OF
policemen surrounded the house and thought they
had ,mprisoned A score OF Cinnamon in the cellar.
But when they got ready TO lay the hands of the
law upon the fantan players all but four, eluded
them in n nys erious manner. For long time the
game at No Doyers-st has been botherng the
EIzabcth-st police They knew well that big
game was always going on there, and yet, try as
they would they could not get evidence. nor sur
prise the Willy Chinese at play Wing Hns Kong &
Co run a grocery store on the ground hoor but
the police don't know whether not they run the
game.
A few days ago Acting Captain Young succeeded
In getting keys to the outer and inner doors Of
No g. Yesterday he decided 10 make an attempt at
capturing the gamblers He sent part OF has squad
to guard the OF the house. which has an exit
from the cellar With the two keys. Captain Young
got into the house and to an inner room. This was
empty He spled q trapdoor, In this room. which
he tried to open. but failed. The players were
under there, however or, rather. had been under
there for the police had hardly entered the house
before the crowd OF Chlnamen In the cellar were
tered hi,her and thlther all but four easily cuding
the squad OF police which had been sent around
The traPdoor, which had double bolt, was
found lot OF fantan paraphernaa, consisting Of
dealers wand. cup and a great quantity OF
buttons, or chips. all Of which were seized. No
time to collect all their money before escaping The
four prisoners were locked ap in the Ezabeth-st.
The raid caused good deal OF excitement among
the ChinsWen in the nelsh169rhood 1S II was a big
hscs S 30 a the @ 10 OF the
hs raid ID yssterday became known to o the TO entire
district In few minutes. Doyers-st. was crowded
with Cinnamon. all. apparently, talking OF the raid
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
ROBERT FITzSIMMOys ARRESTED.

Robert Fitzsimmons. the pugilIs who II Is al
legged assaulted Samuel Rosenberg "A little tailor.
who called on him at the Hotel Barhodi on Satur-
day to collect bill OF Ss was arrested yesterday
on warrant. Rosenberg went to jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday morning and swore out a
warrant before Magistrate Smms for the pugl.ist's
arrest; Court Policeman Dugan served the paper,
arrestlng Fltzslmmons at the Hotel Barholdi lie
was taken 10 the West Thirtieth-st station, where
soon afterward. he was bailed out by Robert Nell
ave. " ~
ket Court this morning. II ls probable that this
VIII interfere with the pugiiists trip TO Europe as
ne had proposed TO sail tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
yOUyG KrTTEL's BODY FOUND

The body OF Herbert L. Kittel' "a. .s a No. u
old SON of Joseph J. K,tel merchant ,'S., :, w ss.y
Broadway was taken from the Hudson ES., sSs,,ss
yesterday morning. The body wa -.,a - Of he
the river by Policeman Terence ..,ore al
Kingsbridse station. who got v.rns y KnteI %
then removed 1t to that station iVuns s,oss.rs bos
April 30 went out for sail In h: s,dss S,''Sr Drought .
which ne had only few days scne manner AZ, h',
this city from Rverdale and - .ss drowned. nss'
the spuyten Duyv Creek The Doe, m.saS an sls,ss
and when Kttsl was found ss 20 learned Of him un'
his body was picked up. .., 10 the Colons.s., .
Kitteis father sent reqosss body to an unasI. nI
office for permit to remove ns
takers rooms at No. 10 wr,ed by Coroner "a ~,
patrick. Mr.. Kittel lives ~ Drive.
twenty.second-st and Riverside D''N
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
ERASTUS WIMAN'S PURCHASE.

A BIC ELECTRIC PLANT TO BE ESTABLISHED
ON STATEN ISLAND.
d. The purchase made at st. George. Staten Island
on Saturday by Erastus Wiman In the name of his
son. Henry Dun WInan included all the property of
the Electric Power Company, and was bought in a
foreclosure sale for $4,000. The original cost OF
the company to Mr.. Wiman Is said TO have been
nearly sooOo and according TO the report Of the re-
ceiver. Albert b. Boardman. the business has for
the last three years earned profit of $4,000 annu
ally and per cent interest the original invest
ment Against the property there exist claims Of
less than sl5O000 mostly in Boston banks In order
10 distribute the earning power among these, and In
cooperation with their representative in NewY ork,
Austin b. Fletcher. an attorney OF Broadway. Mr..
Wiman has purchased and viii proceed once to
reorganze the company. II Is the intention to COM
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
DIED IN A CABLE-CAP

Just as car No. 5n Of the Third-ave cable line.
going SOUTH bumped over the tracks at Twenty
thrd-st man In one Of the rear seats fell to the
floor The conductor lifted him to the sidewalk and
placed him on the steps OF No. 23s Third-ave The
man had apparently tainted and Policeman Haney.
OF the East Twenty-second-st. station, called an
ambulance. DR.. Ide, Of Bellevue pronounced the
man dead. presumably OF heart disease. The body
was taken TO the police station and subsequently to
the Morgue. "
The police found in his clothing $2i 70 in notes and
silver. an envelope marked Southern Fire Lloyds
Cnderwrfters. and Endorsed containing s66 and
four bills for groceries made out to ''Mr Gensens'
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
THIEVES on THE CABLE cl'. ~

Pickpockets have taken 10 49, -',,,,b b,s-sve s'S
the Broadway cable road ID .1r, are over
Lexington-ave. at hours whe" -" .,,ub<r Of com
crowded. and there have pee" .,r,us and poe.'
plants lately because watches s.sosefs IN 'a'
etbooks have been stolen from 10 h.s home .
cars A physician who was ''' afternoon, isss ~
West Ninety-fourth-st on while he was ~, ~, "a
wedged with other passengers IN n diamond pa
another physician was rtss r.SSeS Of y jjest =;
the same way. other losses ensrowded cars ns,h ,shls
reported, hut the police nave
catch the nick pockets.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
FRIENDS ~ SESSION.

A public meeting. previous TO the annual meeting
Of the Society OF Friends. was held In the meeting
house. at Fifteenth-st. and Ru,herfurd Place.
yesterday. There large attendance OF mem
bers and non-rnembers. and there few unoccu-
pied seats in the plain. old-fashonei building. The
first speaker Isaac Wilson. OF Canada ::
Lavergne Gardner. OF Poughkeepsie. and Orn VII
bur, of Easton, y. Y, spoke. The annual meeting
will begin to-day.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
EX-POLICENAN PARKE ARRESTED.

ExPolIceman Charles II. Parke. In the rear room
OF whose saloon. at No. llS West Thrty-ninth-st.
the police of he West Thrtleth-st station found all
the various gambling appliances when they made a
raid the place on Friday night, arrested
while closing his saloon early yesterday morning
by Detectives McGovern and Callaghan.
In Jefferson Market Court yesterday. when ar
ra!gned on a charge OF keeping gambling house he
asked that his case be adjourned until Tomorrow
morning In order that he might get evidence to
prove that he was not guilty Magistrate Simms
held him In 81 800 bail for examination tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25

on bheads of Charles A. Swndel OF NO. ODD HUI
son-st and No. l.s2S Third-ave -,
The dead man about thlrty,ive years old
hve feet four inches tall, OF slim buId. Wesh,ns @
about 40 mounds He wore a mixed gray coat ana
aistcoat dark trousers with thin blue STRIPE
end black derby hat marked 'Slatery.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25

plete In modified form the great building at Living
stone. and with the proceeds OF bonds aready
placed under the direction OF the General Electric
Company create plant on Staten Island TO fulnl
every purpose for which electricity can be used
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
TO BREAK CAMP TO-DAY.

The battery will lrill this morning and will be re-
viewed and inspected by General McIewee at 1870
a. m. Camp will probably be broken shortly after
noon and the command will take up the march 10
its quarters Thlrty-thrd-st. and Fourth-ave. The
officers OF the 81 Battery Captain. David Wilson:
nrst Lieutenant. William L. Flanagan. second leu
tenants. Lansford + Sherry and A. NJ Jacobus; sur
geon. First Lieutenant A. L. Brugman.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
THE PETROLEUM M4Rhh'.. .

Price. for both suie and refined 's'Vo ct the os. 70
large Increase IN ne production Of sru'. coua,y PCS:
new strike has ieen made in o'ee" ,,.ult IN rur'.
which. while no, STARTLING promise, s., neishserhosss
drilling sso.s.s SUsI'soIis ~ the % %
Marion COUNTY py%am,sssr ssr 'si q; Sr' oil q: "a
rock and ssrs s,uas ss out been c
line returns indicate ca sOS 81 bs rrsl. - ,chsrs
6npsr Psrtia sI'pnS pIpe Il line from May
the 2's incus'e'' "'' Total bpls paiiss ,ss ~
1872 1Gs SSsssS ~"
''"'e eaass lsSs lsSns -
Charters ........''''''''
Excess deliveries az c.nts per e14kcSd 49,
Refined petroleum closed z, Ts' = Ss~-YSr -
reis and AIS cens in a. points lower. sics; ~ ~
lions were: LONDON SD ppsmen PET E. 70 mar'n
iSN francs per 100 kiios; D''"'
New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
SOEADRON AS RECORD.

The Official returns OF the inspection Of Squadron A
at Van Cortandt Park on Saturday as follows:
Present. Absent Total.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

operatives could have margin of profit
or surplus between income and expendi-
ture.
The introduction of foreign-made ar
ticles of consumption would not, under
such tariff, reduce domestic prices, but
it would give the market the life of sharp
competition. which, in turn, would prevent
the formation of corners" between mills
and factories to advance values beyond
what supply and demand would justify.
Now, the free-trader would say, "But if
there were no tariff would not prices for
goods and wares DE materially lower
down to the basis of what the foreign
competitor would sell them for?" Ger
tainly they would be cheaper under free
trade; but free trade would also close our
mills and factories, stop the marketing of
raw materials, close up the farmers mar
ket, throw the wage-earner out of employ
ment, send the capital engaged in indus
tries to safe-deposit vaults and turn our
merchandise markets over to the foreigner.
But he would not sell many goods, for
our people would be idle and penniless.
The Republican theory of protection is
that Americans should be permitted to
develop the resources of their own country
and reap all the benefits accruing there
from.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
THE COLOMBIA.

A PROPOSITION To RAISE THE VESSEL AND PUT HER
IN THE DRYDocK.
To the Editor of the San Francisco CdlE-SIR:
1 notice the graphic articles you have pub
hshed in your valuable journal in regard to
the wreck of the Colombia and the general
conclusion that both the agent of the vessel
and the newspaper press have come to-that
she is q doomed vessel. There is no particular
necessity OF coming to that conclusion, as the
vessel can be raised without much trouble By
only knowing how to go about it. Over
twenty-five years ago, came to California TO
raise vessel, and the owners would do moth
do anything with her, so there she lies till this
day. For the last twenty-five years / have Of
Tered my services to ship-owners to assist them
TO raise wrecks, without success.
The first step should take in raising the
Colombia would be to put an artificial break
water to the ocean side of her, which would
completely insulate her from the force of the
waves, SO that she would lie where she is
without any harm for weeks. This would cost
from $500 10 $3.50. would then close up the
rent in her bottom, which, by means of my
patent marine patches and other original
methods unknown to the wrecking fraternity
would inside of three weeks make her bottom
perfectly watertight. There is no reason what
ever why she should not be in the drydock in
side of five weeks from the time commence
operations upon her.
Considering that this is midsummer and no
great storms are likely to arise it would be
comparatively easy to raise the Colombia All
that is required is to have the necessary apDli.
ances and know how 10 use them.
JONATHAN BEGG.
Taylor's ranch, Novato, July 20, 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
BRYAN's "cRoSs" AND GROWN"
New York Evenlng Pos

NEW EVentuB EOSt.
Mr.. Bryan's oratorical powers are not marked
by great versatility. 1t has been shown already
that his speech which carried the Chicago con-
vention OF its feet and made him the nominee
for President was mainly one which he had de-
livered week earlier in a joint debate He
declaimed it in the convention as q sponta-
neous burst of pure eloquence, but the body of
1t and the closing passage, with its crown of
thorns and cross of gold, had been delivered
only few days before to another audience.
NOW 1t appears that even this first audience
had 1t second hand. for he closed speech de-
nvered before committee of Congress on De-
ccmber %, 1894, in opposition to a bill ex-
empting the notes of State banks from taxa
ton, as follows
81, for one, will not yield to the demand. 1
VIII not help to cruelty mankind upon cross
OF gold. viii not aid them to press down upon
the bleeding brow of labor the crown of thorns''
POSSIBLY this was not its first appearance
whenever the Boy Orator of the Platte gets
under the spell of his own eloquence the crown
OF thorns and cross of gold roll irresistibly from
MS tongue. For an orator in his line OF bust
ness the Two figures are perfect. Nobody can
cell what he means by them. but they are So
norous in delivery and have Biblical flavor
Wnlch gives them the aspect of true prophecy.
When shouted forth by man with waving
hair and upturned eyes they strike everybody
whois dissatisfied with the way the world is
moving as the very soul of eloquence.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
JEFFERSON AND BIMETALLIsM.

Democratic free silver orators continue
to harp on "the money of the constitu-
tionp-meaning gold and silver-and de-
mand that the white metal be reinstated
at the ratio of 16 to L. Either they do not
know, or are playing upon the supposed
credulity of their hearers. but anyway, the
constitution does not name gold and sill
yer as money metals.
It was not deemed advisable In the
act Of 1872 to coin dollar pieces of
gold, because they would be incon-
veniently small, but silver dollars were
ordered minted on the basis of fif-
teen times as much silver to the dollar as
there would be in gold dollar, were gold
dollars minted. That is to say, the none
tary unit, "the dollar" contained enough
silver to be the equivalent of one-fifteenth
OF its weight in gold, but the silver dollar
as such, was not made the monetary unit
of value. Our system of coinage was
adopted because it was believed that the
decimal way of designating money, i. e.
dollar, half-doIlar, quarter-dollar, dime
and half-dime, would prove to be very
much more convenient than the pound,
shilling and pence system of England.
Bimetallism was thus established and
for convenience. gold coins called eagles,
.haltsagIss and ,apsrtarsaaslss KeTa ala.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
A GOOD KIND OF PARALYSIS

Bryan's alleged platform has good deal
to say about the prosperity of the people
being locked fast in the paralysis of hard
times" and of course the Republican
party and the demonstration of silver in
1873 are blamed for it all. Let US see how
that is. In 1870 there was 81, 7O0, coo, 900
invested in manufactures, and il 1890
there was Sc, 200 900, 900 invested in mills
and factories, and the value of the output
of these industrial enterprises in 1890 was
considerably over $4,000, 600 600 against
So, 400, ,000, 600 in 1870. In 1870 the total
number of wage-earners employed in
manufacturing concerns was 1000, 600 and
in 1890 there were 4, SOC, 900.
These figures show an increase which
obtains in all lines OF business since 1870.
except that since the repeal of the tariff
act of 1890 there has been an enormous
shrinkage of values in all kinds of
property, 10 say nothing of idleness en-
forced upon hundreds of thousands of
working people. There has been q good
deal of paralysis" as MIR. Bryan's plat
form says, and IAN industrial people, are
still locked" in its deadly embrace. but
there were not even symptoms of paralysis
until In thoughtless moment the people
permitted Mr. Bryan's party to inaugurate
q policy of industrial wreck and ruin.
But, then. the makers of the Chicago
platform started in to get as far as possible
from the truth in all things, and bring to-
gether in one little group the most mon
strous falsehoods that could be cuiled from
a "paralytic" imagination. 1t has always
been the custom of the Democratic party
10 diverge widely from the truth in cam
paign times, but when ii is remembered
that the Chicago convention got its in
spiration from Altgeld, Tilman and
repudiated politicians the spirit of the
platform is not so much to be wondered at.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
REBUKE THEM.
from.

The gold reserve of the United States
Treasury is now more than SIC, 1000, 900 be-
low the legal requirement. On the day
the Chicago convention adopted a Sec
tional and repudiation platform the re-
serve showed healthy surplus, but i'm
mediately upon the adoption Of that dec
laration money began to grow timid, and
the run that is now being made upon the
treasury is the first fruits of the revolu-
tionary purpose of the men who are in
control of the Democratic party. Not only
are American securities held abroad COM
ing home for REDEMPTION, but our own
people are beginning to rent boxes in safe
deposit banks. Nor is this fear of ap-
preaching danger confined to men of this
or that political party or to capitalists. 1t
is being felt throughout all the ways OF
trade, traffic and investment.
But the Chicaeo platform and the utter
ances of Mr.. Bryan are quite enough to
make people everywhere wonder whittier
we are drifting. The people of the United
States, or the thinking ones, had made up
their minds that we were on the eve of re-
vamping our monetary system upon the
basis of bimetallic redemption money, and
confidence was beginning to be restored in
the channels of business. 1t was agreed
that the plan set forth in the platform of
the Republican party would place the gold
and the silver dollar side by side whittier
soever Americas commerce might go.
Foreign nations have seen and read the
declaration of economic and monetary
principles which the st. Louis convention
had commissioned Mr.. Mckinley to estab-
1s.h .1 1xvA 81. l. II
land and Germany had taken favorable
action.
But Mr.. Bryan's wild and unbusiness-
like utCerances are alarming people. He
declares it to be his policy to utterly ig-
more the people In other countries with
whom we sustain profitable credit and
business relations, and cram his kind of
silver down the throat of commerce by
force. 1t certainly is unfortunate that the
business situation should be so disturbed,
and 1t Is still more unfortunate that his
threats should cause more than $40, 900, 900
to be drawn from the treasury in q fort
night But the people should not be need
lesslv alarmed. Let them rally 10 the
standard of Mckinley, and by the moral
force of such a rallying they would do
much to restore confidence to the world of
business. Bryan and his fallacious the
ories swill be repudiated. There is no
doubt al all about that. The monetary
system of the country will be put upon a
true bimetalhc basis by the Republican
party. and the best thing for the people to
do meanwhile is to grow more and more
determined that the country shall have
protection and prosperity. That is the
way TO rebuke the Altgelds and the Bry-
ans.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
DEVELOPING THEsuGAR INDUSTRY
Philadelphia Ledger.

If Claus spreekels can put in operation the
grand scheme heis said to have developed to
promote the beetsugar industry he will con-
fer great benefit uron this country, which
win be in no wise diminished by the incidental
profit TO himself. He is reported as saying
that before he started on his present visit to
Europe he mailed to every farmer in California
pamphlet urging him to grow sugar beets.
Now he is coming home with the intention of
starting three or four factories, with capacity
of consuming 5000 tons of beets daily. II he
does this the farmers may be safely trusted to
do the rest, provided the price he is willing TO
pay for the beets is a remunerative one There
Is market in this country for a great deal
more sugar than the southern cane fields can
supply. We import Thousands of tons of Ger.
man and French beet sugar every year. II
Mr.. SprecKels can induce the American farm
eTs to take UP this industry and supply the