Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-20
SENATOR Is A STAUNCH SHIP
Prominent seafaring Men Scout Idea that
Iowans May Have Perished.
IT WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE SUNDAY
steamer IL Built of steel with Power
full Expansion Engines ana No
Anxiety Need he Felt Re-
Enrding Its Fate.

DES MONIES, oct. 19.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-A special from San Francisco says:
THE owners Of the Senator and many
prominent shipping men called on Iowans
here today and assured them they need have
no fears for the safety Of the Iowa troops.
They declared that the Senator could outride
the severest storm. Captain Baneson chief
of the transports said this morning:
Talk of the Senator sinking Is bosh. If
is improbable, unlikely and would be con-
trary to the history of navigation in the
Pacific The only thing that can possibly
come OF the statement OF the officers of the
Empress of India, providing what they say
is true, is that there may be delay OF a
few days. The fact that the India left eight
hours later than the Senator is nothing, for
the India Is an eighteen knot boat, while
the Senator Is a twelve at it's best. Then,
again, the distance is considerable longer
to San Francisco and the route quite differ
ent. The boats would be as far as 400
miles apart in their routes, and the storm
which the Empress of India speaks about
may have been easily escaped by passing on
either side of the Senator
"The distance from Yokohama to San
Francisco by the usual route which was
taken by the Senator, is 1855 miles, while
that from Yokohama to Victoria is 4,230. Or
dinarlly the trip is made to Victoria in
fourteen days, while sixteen is the schedule
for the Frisco route. The India left Yoko-
hama on October 5, eight hours after the
Senator, according to their reports, although
our advices were to the effect that they had
left on October z. Assuming that every
thing is all right and that the storms, il
| there were any, did not retard the speed of
the boat, the Senator should arrive here on
October 21, II they left on October 5. If
hn,y oft nat H.. IL
here on October 23. If they are delayed a
couple of days the chances are that they
will be here on next Monday morning. But
look for them Sunday sure.
The Senator Is a new steel steamer, 2SS
feet long. 1t was built at the Union Iron
Works for the Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany and was launched in March, 1898. 1t
has powerful engines of the triple expansion
type, which have developed a speed of more
than thirteen knots. On it's previous
voyages to and from Manila the Senator
encountered heavy weather and demon
strated that it is a good sea boat"
| Cases in the Supreme Court.
, Nine cases were settled by the supreme
| court today, as follows:
| Steele-Smitl Grocery Company, appellant
against Henry A. Patthast, Carroll district
| H. r. Grape, appellant, against M. Wied-
| erholdt, administrator, Fremont district, az
frmed.
Thomas Dolan, by his next friend, ap-
pellant, against j. c. Hubinger and j. &.
Hubinger company, Keokuk, superior court
reversed. ,.f 3
Samuel Holmes, appellant, against George
Rogers. Fremont district, affirmed.
| The District Township of Franklin
| greene County, Iowa, appellant, against
sumner. sum Virgins anA others. Greene dis
Albert Johnson against S. S. Dilenbeck
and others, appellants, Iowa district, af-
| firmed. -'@' 'F
E.. II. Locker. and others, appellants
| against John Keller and others. from
The Keene II Five unat.e Cent Savings Rank an.
pellant, against d. w. Archer, Lucilla b.
Archer, Klmball,Champ Investment com.
| The New Hampshire Banking Company
| Pottawattamie district, affirmed.
! Esther d. Sylvester against Douglas Syl-
vester. appellant, Greene district reversed