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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

taken on by operators on the confident
assumption that dividend was to be
declared. Federal s<eel and other
stocks OF companies In she steel trade
dropped in sympathy. A buying de-
mand for the Tennessee coal spread to
Colorado Fuel, had large influence In
checking the decline in the whole group
and affecting partial recovery. except
In Federal Steel. which sold at the low
est on the last sale at net decline of
OVER points. The temporary strength
displayed by sugar also served as d
sustaining influence. The early drop In
the wheat market stiffened the grang-
ers for a while, but they yielded again.
The prevailing depression on foreign
exchanges was an influence and the
bears sold traction stocks on the theory
that western street railroad strikes
might spread. The Baltimore & Ohio
stocks were rather, conspicuously weak
with no further explanation apparent
than the decrease In net earnings,
compared with last year. It is evident
that the public and operators In stocks
are waiting for the future course OF
events In the countrys business and
industry to become more clearly detln-
ed. Although the buying demand Is at
standstill. present holders show no
disposition to sell at present prices.
There was some short selling evident
to-day, but the borrowing demand for
stocks Is SO small rs to preclude the
Idea that large short interest exists,
The bears are apparently as disincljn-
ed to operate Us arc the buyers. The
CONSEQUENCE Is tho almost stagnant
waiting market.
= The course Of railroad bonds tended
to fall. but business In them was al
most US quiet as that In stocks. Total
sales. par value, $l.995800.
United States IS coupon declined u
and the old Is coupon advanced Y per
cent In the bid price.
The total sales of stocks to-day
amounted to ss5.349 shares.
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Observation-Disclosures to choice
81 9OG5 50: common, "a 1904 So: feeding
cattle. So 50@5 CO., bulls, cows and heif.
ers, 81 OO@5 10: calves. 81 25@7 90. Hogs
Light. 50 $500 SIS: mixed lots, 80 $50
5 S2E;; heavy. 50 55a3 S21a; pigs. So 300
375: culls. 81 5000 So Sheep sold al
81 50&3 50 for culls up to IS 00@5 25 fol
choice TO prime ilocks: yearlings
brought IS oO6s 90; clipped lambs, 81 *
@a 90. and spring lambs. 81 6894 rs. Re.
ceipts-Cattle. $4,000 head; hogs. 47,o0t
head; sheep. 1000 head.
. EAST LIBERTY-Cattle steady; ex.
ira. S. 35G5 40: prime. S. 2OG5 80: com.
mon. So SOFA Is. Hogs active and high.
cr; best Workers. medium weights and
good pigs. 50 95@4 90: heavy hogs, 50 500
3 95; common to fair Workers.. s. 500
8 95; good roughs, S. 25@3 30; stays anc
piggy sows. 81 5O@3 90. Sheep steady;
choice wethers. 81 6s@4 Is; common
2 oOM3 90: choice yearlings. IS 2565 40
spring lambs. 81 50G5 50. Veal calves
81 6fSD7 so.
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Metals.

NEW YORK-The metal market
started the week showing considerable
irregularity, but very little activity. Tin
and speiter developed softncsS. while
lead displayed fair degree Of strength.
News was conflicting and added to the
uncertainty. At the close the metal ex-
change called pig Iron warrants entirely
nominal at sl3 80: lake copper dull at
SIS 25 bid and SIS 50 asked; tin dull md
easy at S25 IS bid and SIS 65 asked: lead
quiet, but firm. at 81 GO; spelter dull and
unsettled Mt Sc c5 and nominal. The
brokers price for lead Is 81 %, and for
copper SIS 25dplS 50.
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Failure ornisarmamen, Scheme.

BERLIN, June 1S.-The Kolnische
ZeItuns to-day announces the com
plete failure" OF the disarmament COM
mittee of the peace conference at The
Hague. Several provisions. 1t asserts
have been adopted In the committee by
equal vote. but all OF these, 1t pre-
diets, will fail In the plenary sitting.
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NEW YORk-There has been nc
change In the cotton goods market
Brown sheetinEs and grey goods have
been In quiet request and prices TN
altered. Bleached cottons firm with
moderate sales. Denims steady. but
quiet. Other coarse coored cottons
without special feature. The demand
for dark fancy calicoes continues good
Staple lines In more than average re-
quest. ElnGhams are quite strong
throughout No change in wooden goods
division. Fair demand and firm tone
noted ..
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COPPER PRODUCTION.
Mays Increase Over Aprit-some In.
teresting Figures, as 4 4, s.

May SInCrcRSeO vcr hpr1t-SOme In.
teresting Figures. *
New York Journal OF Commercc: Tho
regular monthly meeting OF the Gopher
Producers Association was held yes
terday. when the figures OF production
for May were discussed. These showed
an aggregate output for the month OF
22,oSs tons. against 1884 tons In April.
This increase. however, Is OF less sIgni-
Acance when comparison is made with
May. 1898. when the output was 22,74o
tons. In all cases the long ton is
meant. Allowing for an increase of 10
per cent from year to year. as Is ordi-
narlly done. the figures for May, 1899.
should, It will be seen. have been ma-
terinlly larger. The Increase. as com.
pared with April's figures. is said to be
mainly due to a large production by
the Anaconda Minethe output OF which
In April was below the normal,
About half the months production,
was contributed by, Montana mines, the
total being about 2t.2oo. 600 pounds. The
output of the Lake Superior mines was
about l2,200,000 pounds which Is a de.
crease Of nearly 100000 pounds from
,he 1898 record. Arizona mines. on the
other hand. increased their production
from 100000 pounds In May, 1898, to
lO,9OoOoo In the same month Of the pre-.
sent year.
The total output Of copper in the
United States since January 1. Is re-
ported at 1o2,7i8 tons, against 1O1 ,0s6
tons for the first five months Of 1898,
thus showing only very Slight In
crease. t.1,
These figures nre held by many to
constitute strong argument for firm
prices in copper. It Is claimed that
the consumption Of copper this year
has. Increased 20 per cent, while stocks
of spot copper, both here and In Eu-.
rope. have been greatly depleted. In
fact, all the leading copper mining COM
panles are said to be practically sold
ahead, at least until September l.
There was falling of In consump-
ton recently, owing to the extreme rise
In prices, but the demand Is now said
to have been renewed. 9s}.a
In connection with the current boom
in copper and copper stocks the fol-
lowing figures Of dividends by leading
companies. as complied by D. Houston
& Co.. copper brokers Of this city. may
be OF interest: 1922
DIVIDENDS DECLARED OR PAID BY
COPPER MINING COMPANIES SINCE
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OIL C1TY-Credit balances, 81 10; GER
tlticates, 81 n; shipments. $4,000 bar
rcls: average. 1890 barrels: runs, 1885,
900 barrels; average. 1850 barrels.
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Ar,,s,s,: oDsa: nls =. low: clo,.s.
NEW 5YORK-Flour-Rece 10000
barrels; exports. 1900 barrels; firmly

NEW -YORK-Flour-Re $4,000
barrels; exports, 1900 barrels; firmly
held. WE lSSi m r (, :,
Whent-Receipts, $4,000 bushels; ex-
ports, 10000 bushels; spot steady: No.
2 red. S4Ac (. 0. b.. afloat; No. 2 red.
S2Ac elevator; options opened weak,
closing k0ssc lower; July closed at
S2Rc: September, closed at S3c; Deem
Der closed Mt S4ssc.
Corn-Rece,pts 25o.5oO bushels: cx-
ports. $4,000 bushels: spot firm; No. q.
42!sc +. o. b. afloat, spot and to arrive:
4lhc elevator; options. opened weak.
closing firm alta partial &c net nd
vance. July closed at 40Hc; September
closed at 40Sc.
Oats-Recelpts, .2sl. 400 bushels; ex-
ports, 5000 bushels; spot dull; No. 3
white, 3fhc: track mixed western, 500
311ac: track white 32@37c: options dull.
Hay strong. Hops quiet. Hides
steady. Leather steady. Beef quiet.
Cutmeats steady. Lard firm. Pork
firm. Butter firm. Cheese strong. Eggs
firm. Tallow dull. Cottonseed oil steady.
Petroleum steady Rosin steady. Tur-
pentine firm. Rice firm. Molasses
steady. .s.n.t ~, rEtjz ..t- Z
Coffee = Options opened quiet and
closed steady and unchanged to s points
lower: sales. $3.50 bags.
Sugar-Raw about steady; refined
duietcr. IDOL
.BALTIMORE-Flour quiet; receipts,
14.7OO barrels: exports, 31.400 barrels.
Wheat quiet: spot and month. 7S07SAc;
July. 7S&c: August. so a SOKc;
receipts, $1,000 bushels: exports. 5000
bushels. Corn strong; spot, 39Mc bid :;
month. 39SG3ahc: July. s9N9ashc;
August. 39kc bid: receipts. 117.so0 bush :
els; exports. 12s,50o bushels. Oats firm:
No. white. 32@32Hc; No. mixed, SOc;
receipts. 1900 bushels. Rye hrm;, No
2 western, G2Hsc. Hay strong and ac-
tive: No. timothy, sl3 5o@14 90. Sugar
strong. Cheese steady. Butter steady;
fancy creamery, l9@2Oc: do. initiation.
156l7c; do. ladle. 14Ql5c; good ladle. II
@12c: store packed. 12@14o: rolls, 800
lac. Eggs firm at 13E@14c. Lettuce
dull at 10000 per basket. Whisky
steady.
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Total dividends by elgh; COM

In addition to the latter figures 1t
may be mentioned that the Calumet &
Hccla viii disburse s2.0O0.OOO In divi-
dends on June 2S. the Tamarack Min
ing Company $4,000 on June q. while
$4,000 was payable yesterday by the
Osceola Consolidated Mining Company.
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Four of the greatest and richest cop

Four Of the greatest and richest cop
per properties In this country are
never quoted on the stock market, rare
ly ever heard of by the general public.
because they are owned as practically
close corporations. All four are loca-
ted in Arizona. The United Verde,
owned by Senator W. A. Clark, OF Mon
tana. with the exception OF one hundred
shares owned by lucky woman, who
has been offered fabulous price for
them. 1t Is said the United Verde Is
now paying $4,000 day net profit.
The Copper Queen at Bisbee, and the
Detroit Copper Company. at Clifton,
Arizona, are owned by Phelps. Dodge
& Company, Of New York. who paid 70.
them In the nelghborhood OF $500, 900
and are now deriving from them an an
nual net income OF over half million
dollars. The Arizona Copper Company
whose mines are also located at Clifton.
Is owned exclusively In Scotland and
London. The properties having been
bought In 1881 for something over
S?,5o0,000. and is now paying II per cent
dividend on n capitalization of 1,S50.Ooo
pounds sterling. or rather more than
S9,o00,000 OF our money.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features of the Money and Stocl
Markets.
Government bonds irregular.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds easier.

State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds easier
Speculation In stocks has evidently
reached q sort Of equatorial line and Is
hopelessly becGlmed In the doldrums
with not enough Roadway to Indicate
In which direction Its course shall be
finally shaped. Dealings to-day con-
tinued profoundly dull and outside of
movements Of few special stocks
which were Influenced by Individual
causes. the days events we're inconse-
Quential. AS is only natural In n mar
kct where the buying demand Is prnc-
tically nil the drift of prices was down
ward. even with very small body Of
offerings to weigh on the market There
was In addition the sympathetic eff
fects Of an active liquidation. coupled
The net results for the day are losses In
almost all cases and In quite u large
number OF cases these amount to MS
much us n point or over. Steel md
Wire showed Its weakness from the
opening and dropped by. successive
stages without my determined support
being manifest to n level nearly 81 per
share below the price OF Saturday. The
confusion and uncertainty rs to the
declaration OF dividend Mt the COM
Ing meeting, due 10 the conflicting ut
tcrances of those connected with the
property. showing the exiating OF II
dispute among tho directors them
selves. are responsible for this weak
ness. Heavy lines of this stock were
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Time Table Taking Effect May q, 1899.
Leave G:30 n. m. Daily-Accommodation
for Moundsviftc, Darlington, New Mar
tinsville Sistersvllle, St. MDry's. Wav-
erly, WilIamstown, Parkersburg and In
termcd!ate points. = %
Leave 500 n. m. Except Sunday)-Fnst
q Express for Moundsv!llc. New Martins
VILE S!stersvillc, ST. Mary's. Williams.
town, Parkcrshurg, Rnvenswood, MILL
wood. Mason City. Point Pleasant, Gal
lipolis, Huntington. kcnova, Charles
ton, Cinelnnati. Louisville and all points
South. East and West Parlor car 10
kcnova.
'Ieave u:1O q, m. Daily-Exprcss for
MoundsvIle. Powhatan, Clarington.
Proctor. New Mart!nsville, S!stcrsvlllc,
Friendly. st. Marys. Warerly. Williams
town. Parkcrsburg. Rarcrswood, Mason
City, Point Pleasant. Gallipolls, Hunt
ington. Kenova. Charleston, Ashland
Rnsscll, Ironton and intermediate pojnts
south OF Parkcrsburg. Parlor car to
Parkersburg. :.
Leave 3:i5 p. m. aily-Accommodntion
for Parkcrsburg md Intermediate points.
Leave $50 p, M Except Snnday)-Express
Warerly. Willianst own. Parkersbirr.
and intermediate points north OF Sisters
vile. -
'l,:l0 u. m. train will leave Wheeling oe
1855 n. m. Sundays.
City Passenger Agent, ECO Market street.
J. G. TDMLlNS0N. =
Ticket Agent, Union Stn,inn.
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The Best Prescription for ChIlls
anu Fever Is bottle OF Groves Taste
i"Ss Chill Tonic. 1t ig simply iron md
quih'he In tasteless form. No curG,--
TO pay. Price. t0c. tths&wS
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\ Dry sailed shoulders, boxed. AS G4Tsc.
Short clear sides. boxed. 81 95@5 90.
Whisky. distillers' finished goods. per
gallon. 81 &c. i5s5s 4.
Butter firm: creamerles, 13hg1Sc;
dairies., 1l@151sc. -
Cheese. S9SHc. i.]
EGGS barely steady at 12h9l2Hc.
: The leading futures rnnGea rs follows:
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FACILITIES FOR TIIp
~ Prompt COMPLETION OF Orders ut tic
intcllisencor Job 2rintinH OtNco. =
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Ii STEEL AND TIN QUOTATIONS.
The following quotations for National
Steel stocks and American Tin Plate are
furnished by SlnDG & Tatum. City Bank
Building.
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Coffee = Options opened quiet and
closed steady and unchanged to 8 points
lower; sales. $3.50 bags.
Sugar-Raw about steady; refined
nutetcr -..a H.lrT
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DEPART.

Electric ears nrsasepor. TO Wheeling,
Consult agents Tor best routes and low.
est rates to all points
NJ. G. CARREI.
80 General Passenger Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18

the insufficient British garrisons southwark
from them shortly after the advance upon
Iiadysmith. when the Boer spirit ran high.
the plans. as far they are publicly I'M
derstood, of move for the relief of Mafe-
king and Kimberley. That operation is
perhaps considered as necessarily depend
ant upon the successful invasion of the
Free State. The railroad line to Kimber-
ley runs very close to the Free State Dor
der and that of the TransYaal and COnse-
Quently it has been cut at intervals,
Curding to report. An advance upon Kim
berley would necessarily be slow unless the
country east of the railroad were cleared
of the belligerent Beers. All reports from
the two invested cities of the west indicate
that the Beers are making desperate efforts
at Mafeking. where the fighting seems to
be almost continuous. The reports, how
ever, are unreliable. for they are mainly
sent by Katfirs. who supplement the writ
ten dispatches with verbals additions to
suit the temper of their hearers and thus
give currency to conflicting statements
Thus far there has been confirmation
death. and it is generally regarded as
founded. The period of waiting has been
uupleasantly relieved by the affair
EStCOurt. a result of which the Roer
holding of British prisoners is materially
Increased and the British garrison at that
exposed outpost has received an intimatio
of the ClevernesS of their opponents in lay
ing trans
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Origin of the Philippines Trouble.


Professor Dean C. Worcester of the
Philippine commission nailed number OF
prO-Iagal misrepresentation In mis- speech
at Chicago on Wednesday evening last
one Of the cOmmOneSt of these pr.Varica =
lions Is that the F'ilipiuos were our loyal
allies in the capture Of Manila, and were.
stung to opposition only when they learned
that the Philippines We're 10 b. annexed to
the United States. According to Professor
Worcester the lighting of August b. lS9S.
preceding the occupation Of Manila by our
troops, was 'perfurctOry and designed only
to save the honor of the Spanish trnons =
Aguinaldo did not assist becaus. his as
SistanCe was neither required nor desired
his proceedings for some months previous
to that time having been the reverse of
friendly to us. Nevertheless. after the
fan Of the city AgUinaldn in0drStlv de-
manded Of General Merritt the royal palace
for himself. and. in addition, the rrincipal
churches, a share i'll the public funds. and
most important of all. the arms ana ammI-
milton surrendered by the Spanish IRONS
Of which he had long planned To- possess
himself"
II may b" well 10 call to mind these han
penlneS IN view Of he deCia IA tinDs 50 fire.
quenliT reiterated by anti-eXDan<ionfsts
that the trouble with the Fiiip;nn~ oT.iei
mated with President Mckinley's proclarna
ton OF December Last and our ''ba - deem
ton Of our liberty loving allies" The
Filipino outbreak was not IT war Of indie
pcndencc bur war of spite fonlagr4d by.
ambitious native adventures who wer. en-
ragged at the Illustration of their design tn
rob ana loot
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the boats until the order was given to
order to permit her to be towed burning.
in futile effort to get her INFO a
German port. The first report was
that the crew were almost all Americans.
This caused futter of satisfa ction To he
felt throughout this country. IT is now an
nounced by the company owning the ship.
however. that the officers and men en-
Germans. 1t matters little as to the ma
uonality of these heroes of the furecastle.
1t Is. IN fact, reinsurance to find another
race OF seamen who can be depended upon
IN time OF great stress to remember their
duties and to protect their charges. IT
was only the other day that occasion arose
TO deprecate an exhibition of cowardIy dis
organization on board an American sound
steamer which burned in transit. 1t Is I'M
cipline Is not sufficiently high in the
smaller passenger boats plying in the rivers
and the coast waters of this country. The
matter Is attracting remedial attention al
feaos. and 1t may be that the disaster to
the Nutmeg State will bring its good result
In season. What is true Of the smaller
steamers, however. is far from being true
OF the ocean liners manned from these
shores. The pride felt By the people of this
country when the erroneous report about
the crew of the Patria was received Is ius-
thable for 1t has been indicated ON many
occasions.
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\ Golden Jubilee Edition.

western newspaper which can boast of
half a century Of continuous prosperity
such a the 81. Paul Pioneer Press. * on
titled to The hcartiest CONGRATULATIONS
That paper. in its present form, Represents.
Il series Of INSCRIPTIONS and consultations
which reflect the spirit of the west. and
the tendency toward expansion and accrc-
ton which has produced many rnarveIs
The Pioneer Press is easily one of the
leaders in western journalism. and it is
hitting that it should celebrate its own
golden anniversary now by Il special edi-
ton which symbolizes its growth and its
present condition. The sixty pages of this
edition. inClOsed in a Autographed cover.
are filled with ell-written articles de-
sCrtptiVe of the growth of the United States
in general. the western states and Min
nesota in particular and the twin cities I'm
detail. during the half century covered b.
the papers existence. Handsomely pre-
pared illustrations aid the text and the
" mole presents a type Of the alert. efficient
western Journalism which Is SO potent a
force in the national life today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18

Is Mr. Bryan seeking to fdrestall &c Dden
Rule Jones in the application Of the lat
ters theories to national affairs? Mr..
Jones has high aspirations and his friends
read the Ohio election returns as most
friendly to them. His campaign was brief
He waited until both of the old parties had
made their nominations. He had been
willing to accept the nomination of either
But when both passed him by his dudgeon
was aroused. and he offered himself for
governor on his own hook. And ne pOlled
over a hundred thousand votes.
This Jones support came from the cities
the manufacturing Centers. The farmers
with barns bursting with plenty. gave no
heed either to him. or to Mr.. Bryan speak
ing for Mr. Mclean. The wage-earners,
though likewise flush. gave ear to- the new
evangel. and, to the general surprise. many
Of them subscribed to the doctrine at the
polls. Mr.. Jones succeeded in convincing
them that. snug a. they now are, they may
Yet. by following his counsel. be snugger
still. In Cincinnati. Cleveland. and Toledo
all manufacturing cities. both of the old
parties lost heavily and the Jones party
scored a triumph.
Is this the inspiration of Mr. Bryan's
movement for New England? He is going
into the manufacturing centers. tie wants
to get directly at the wage-earners He is
not to talk tariff. He considers that 0ues-
ton. II not settled, at least temporarily
Side-tracked. Anyhow. as the tariff helped
I" make New England it would not be wise
To decry the bridge that carried the people
over Why talk free silver to 4 people who
are shrewd to the last man about money
matters, and who. as the result of indus
try and sound business sense have mil
Hons on deposit in savings banks? WIZ
talk antl-eXpanSiun in a section where Ed
ward Atkinson lives ard is so we'll known?
What is LEFT then hut this new evangcl.
and the hope of stamPeding the people by A
rhetorical promise Of introducing paradisia-
cal conditions right here Oh the Garth?
II Is well to remember that Mr. BRYAN
is very alert man-yery nimble in adapt
ing and adjusting things to his own uses.
He entered national life as a free trader.
He helped prepare a bOtch Of a tariff bill
ana then dropped the tariff and took I'D
silver He had not made the silver Issue
but ne went into a national convention ana
IN a scramble for Il presidential nomina-
t"n tripped up Mr.. Bland. the father of
the silver chapel. Would it not be well for
Mr. Jones Of Ohio to watch out? He has \
patent on his sucker rod business Would
II not be well for him to take out a patent
on his recipe for filling the earth with
Sid"neSS? II he docs not, with a keen man
like Mr.. Bryan lowering near he Will he
tar more unselti>h than the average poIir
Zeal 'Jpliler, whose SeIfshuess is really
his principal stock in trade
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The behavior of the crew of the burned
steamer Patria is in marked contrast with
that of the crew of the Bourgogne, which
was sunk nearly year and half ago off
Newfoundland 1t Is believed that a large
part of the fatalities in the case OF the
B0urgogne were due to the misbehavior Of
the ships company. who fought the pas
engers instead of helping them and scram-
bled to save themselves when little dis
cipline among them would have secured
the preservation Of many lives. 1t ia unan-
imously agreed among the passengers OF
the Patria that their complete rescue with
out disaster from the burning ship was at
tributaole largely II not wholly to the
steadiness or the crew. who showed no
sign OF panic whatever and held back from