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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
SAVED BY THE
BREECHE|s BUOY
Captain and Crew OF
Schooner Hitchcock.
AFTER HOURS OF Toll
A Desperate Fight With the Sea and
a Freezing Wind
| ALL WERE NEARLY DROWNED.
A sag in the Line Caused Each Man
to obeSubmcr.ed in the Roaring Surf
and Some Were Almost Dead
When Dragged Ashore.
The Vessel Will bo
Total Loss.
II WERE NEARLY DROWNED.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The three-mastsd
schooner S. P. Hitchcock of Bath, Slaine.4
eleven davs out from Brunswick, Ga,
ran ashore at A. NJ to-day on MOTT
ches. Long Island. and stuck hard ana
fast the boiling surf washing her from
deck to trucks.
She gave the life-savlns crews along
the Long Island shore the struggle OF the
winter. but every man aboard, including
Captain Solenson, was saved by nafd
work with the nreeches buoy, after hours
of toll In the freezing wind that swept
in from sea.
The patrolman made out the stranded
schooner through the spray long before
dawn, ard in a few minutes the Aloriches
Iife-saving crew was down at the beach.
At the second shot the lifeline was fired
over the battered craft Her men made
the line fast, but in such a way that 1t
could not be worked from shore When
day broke the schooner was in danger OF
breaking up, and yet the line could not
be worked.
IN THE RIGGING.
Help was summoned from the crews OF
Forge River and Pelunck. and w.g-wag-
Eing and signalling by the International
code was tried. but to no purpose. The
crew did not understand. Every seq
broached over the doomed vessel, and the
men had taken refuge in the rigging. At
10 4. NJ. those ashore could see the men
working. desperately over the line, and at
last they cleared It and mada 1t fast to
the masthead after seven hours OF struS-
Cling. Then the big hawser was run out
with the breeches buoy affixed. at
spanned the 100 yards of raging surf. In
a twinkling there was man in the buoy,
wl1ich dangied at the schooner's mast
head. fifty feet in the air.
Al 1tSt a. dss from GG1A t-a sag m he
line touched the sea-, and the man and
the buoy were submerged in the seas.
When they pulled the man ashore he was
half drowned from his stay In the water.
One by one his mates. eight OF them. had
to go through the same terrible experience
in the roaring. boiling surf, and some
were almost gone when taken ashore af-.
ter their night of exposure and their SUBJ
nersion when the buoy took them ashore.
The vessel will likely be 4 total loss.
Tonight she lay head on with her hold
full OF water. while the seas tunbled
high over her.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
SUFFERS RESOLUTION
offered in House Yesterday and Re
ferred to Committee.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Representativc
sulzcr. Of New York. offered the following
resolution In the House to-day:
Resolved. That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be. and he hereby is. directed
to furnish the House of Representatives
as soon as possible with the following in
formation:
e Il All letters. agreements, papers or
documents between the Treasury Depart-
ment Of the United States or any person
connected Herewith. and the Nationai CIiy
Bank and the Hanover National Bank of
the City of New York, or any person act
ing for them or either OF them. since the
fourth day of March, 1897. relating to the
depositing Of public funds. bonds or reve-
nues. IN said bank. or banks, or any other
relations or business tranactions now eX-
listing or heretofore had between the gov
.errnnent and the said banks, or either Of
them.
q, - The amount of public money. bonds.
or revenue deposited with said banks or
either OF them, by the government. for
fs,hat length Of time. and the reasons
therefor. and whether said banks or either
OF them. have paid the government any
interest on said deposits. and II so how
much. and all other Information concern
ing the same, or In any way relating:
thereto.
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means. It Will prob
ably be reported back from the Ways and
Means Committee TO the House Tomorrow
- aananGsd a. TO admit specific reference
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
PLAGUE IN MANILA.
War DcpaY :ncnt Taking Steps to Pre-
vent Its Spread.

MANILA. Jan. $50 p. M-Ihe
health officers have found q. native with
all the symptoms Of the bubon1c prague
in :. house in the walled city, where two
SUSPICIOUS deaths have occurred. Inc
ratient has been isolated and every pre-
caution has been taken TO prevent d
spread of the disease.
WASHINGTON. Jam S-The War De-
part1nent is taking steps to prevent the
Introduction of plague in the Philippines,
and Secretary Root this morning called
into consultation Surgeon General wy
man. of the Marine Hospital Service, 20
discuss the establishment of quarantine
system for the islands. It was decided
that the War Department should adopt
toward the Philippines a policy Ike that
it pursued toward Cuba In the matter
Of protection of health, namely: Con-
fide the machinery of quarantine sys-
tem to the Marine Hospital Service.
Surgeon General Wyman has no con-
frn,ation of the report that three sus-
oected cases of bubonic plague have peen
discovered within the walled city OF
Manila, but no attempt Is MADE 10 con-
ceai the gravity Of the situation should
the report prove true
Still. 1t is said, few SporaGic cases
need not necessarily result in an eoldenlc
in the Islands.
SlrSSOn-LeNtIh " 1Ainn 80
case no longer creates the dread it once
did. because it has been demonstrated tnat
1t can be handled by modern scientific
work. 1t has been stamped out OF Alex.
andria, Egypt; Kobe. Japan, and Vienna.
Austria. The methods of fighting it are
The same used against srnallpox-isolation.
disinfection and sanitation. The greatest
danger is due to its possible introduction
into new localities through aInbu.ant or
walking cases which defy the surveil-
lance Of the authorities. One feature OF
tire disease, which is gratifying to the
authorities in view of the possible out
break Of an epidemic in the Philippines,
is the fact that IT'S history shows that
i, does not attack Europeans as readily
as natives.
RIO JANETRO. Jan. ss.-The bubonic
plague has broken out in the city and
ne,ehborhood Of San Paulo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Government Officials Recommend q
Bs appropriation for Richmond.

AOf
The government officials at Washington
are doing what they promised the special
committee: that went to that city some
weeks ago in reference TO river and harbor
Improvements at this city.
Yesterday Chief of Engineers Wilson
sent to the House of Representatives
report In reference to the matter. The
paper will be sent to the River and Har-
bor and the Appropriations committees
for their action. 1t is recommended that.
the sum OF s72i9i3.15 be expended in deep
ening ami improving the channel between
the lower city line OF Rich-nond and thss
docks This amount will be expended in
addition to the regular Improvement of
tls .riv.r. Colonel Allen also urges thai
the sum of 100000 be expended In the M
provement of the harbor proper. In this
connection Colonel Allen. who is the local
engineer of the department., says:
UNLESS some provision is made to EN-
able large yesse-S ample harbor facilities,
many will require the aid OF tugs to move
them down stream TO 4 point where they
may turn. a turning area about 400 feet
wide by 500 feet long would greatly fdcit-
tate the navigation Tho area could be-
obtained by enIargins the width OF the
proposed improved channel by 200 feet
for length of 600 feet.
General Wilson concurs In all of the
recommendations made.
This means that Richmond will have
within a compara lively short while a har-5
Dor deep and wide enough to carry uhe
largest vessels
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
THE SEIZURE OF
AMERICAN FLOUR
British Government Has Not Decided
Whether or Not Food St0fs are
Contraband Of War.

LONDON, Jan. s.--The United States
Ambassador, Joseph II. Choate. visited
the British Premier. Lord Salisbury, al.
the Foreign Office this evening for the
purpose Of making the first Official repre-
sentations oil the subject of the Delasoa
Bay flour seized MIR. Chcate received no
definite reply as the Premier informed
him that the British government had not
vet arrived at any decision as to whether:
or not food stuffs We're contrabard OF
war, But Lord Salisbury assured MI.
Choatc that the commercial rights Of
the United States would be equitabiy con-
sidcred and that g. decision In this I'M
portant matter would be reached as soon
as possible The interview was brief.
WORKINGS HARD.
Lord Salisbury has not only got the
Attorneys ! General, Sir Richard 8 Webster,
working hard on the question OF the
.Delagoa Bay seizures, but he Is
consulting with the ablest lawyers In
Great Britain.
Ii was further learned that Great
Britain may lay down new regulation
regarding contraband,s ~ making a dis
tinction between food evidently Intended
FOR domestic purposes and food palpably
intended for field rations Under the
latter head might come certain classes,
of canned goods,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
AFFAIRS OF PACE COMPANY.
Believed That the Corporation Will
Soon lie III, Good Shape.


The annount ement of a temporary
embarrassment in the affairs of the Pace
Pork Packing Company. which has sus-
pended operations on the abattoir in the
West End. was read with great deal
of interest yesterday. The universal hope
was expressed that the company would
very shortly reorgaaize and continue
prosecution of the enterprise.
The only question raised was whether
those who had been counted upon for
subscriptions to bonds Iof the company
are absolutely sincere in pleading
stringency of the money market as a
reason for not taking bonds now, or
whether the refusal to make subscriptions
is for other reasons.
There Is no reason to believe. however.
that the gentlemen are not in earnest.
and that they will fail to come forward
when the money market has become
easier.
1t is stated to be undoubtedly true that
it is a matter Of difficulty to obtain mon
ey. even on good Security. since the
furry in the money market several weeks
ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
NOT GUILTY.
This the Verdict OF Jury in the Case of
Howard Owens,

This the Verdict OF Jury i'll the case OIL
Howard Owens.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Jan. Especial
District of Virginia is in session here to-
day. This afternoon the jury in the case
of Howard L. Owens, of Warrenton, Va,
charged with fr:.udulently obtaining
money amounting. to $50 from Colonel W.
T. HartZ, of Richmond, Va. as instructed
by Judge Edmund Waddill. brought in
verdict of not guilty. Colonel Aartz.
when put on the stand, testified that he
had been influenced in giving tho defend
ant money largely by the belief that
he was the son of Colonel Ward OF the
United States Army; as the government
had based it's prosecution on the ground
that the Federal u3iform had been em-
ployed for the preparation OF fraud. Col-
oneI Hartz's evidence killed the case for
the prosecution.
Owens was represented by Attorneys
James Campbell and George D. Wise.
In the Alexandria County Court, Judge
J. NJ. Word presiding, on Fort Meyer
Heights this afternoon, the jury in the
case of Howard P. Marshall against the
commonwealth. which was better
known as the Military Road case
the jury returned a. verdict OF
guilty, as charged with obstruct-
ing public highway, and fined the
defendant one dollar. \ motion for a new
trial was noted, but the motion was over
ruled. and. it is said. an appeal will be
taken This knocks the private claimants
orf
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
BROADER GENERALS.

The President Yesterday Nominated
EounS, ludlow and NfacArthur.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Serate:
To be United States Consul-Alonzo {.
Yates. of Virginia, at Patras, transferred
to Martinique.
-Brigadier-General ]. c. Bates to
be lr,aior-general of volunteers: Briga-
dier-General Lloyd Wheaton TO be major
general of volunteers by brevet.
To be Brigadier-Generals-C S. VI.
N. Young, L:eutenant-Colonel Arthur
Macarthur, 1ieutenant-Colonel William
Ludlow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
A Freight Wreck.

& HAMLET, y. c., Jan. S.-SpeciaL-Last
night, about S o'clock. freight train was
wrecked near Pee Dee, a station about
twelve miles below here. on the
seaboard AIRLINE railroad. .5T The wreck
was caused by the train breaking apart
and the two parts aftcrward running to-
the caboose car, were bruised and much
shaken uo. though no one was very se-I
riousIy hurt. The cars were badly broken.
up and the line completely blocked Cor.
several hours.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
Of consrlting engineer on the proposed

OF consulting engineer on the proposed
paving.
When the question of paving first came
up after the bond issue was settled, the
council put everything into the hands of
the street committee, instructing them
to employ an engineer, should they see
fit to do so. The committee employed Mr..
Hatton on a per centage basis, and the
council ratified theta
HIS II Honor announces, however. that II
there. is no other way out of it. he Will
get out an injunction preventing the
employment of Mr.. Hatton. In view Of
the fact that someSo the best attorneys
in the city hold that the city now has a
binding contract with Mr.. Hatton, it
would seem that this proceeding on the
part Of the Mayor would involve con-
siderable personal risk, financially, on his
part; but he declares that he is willing to
take the risk and abide by the result.
The Mayor further holds that under the
charter the Commemorative Attorney,
who is now the CityYAtsorney, must repre-
sent the Mayor. II is claimed by some
in the council that the Commonwealth s
Attorney can only.srepresent the Mayor
upon instruction from the council: that
his duty is primarily to the council.
AT any rate, the esople here, it is prob
able, will soon be treated to the curious
+ spectacle OF the Mayor lnStilutlnS pTo-
cecdings in behalf ST the people, opposed
by the city councilstin behalf of the peo-
ple.) both caininf the services OF the
Commonmealth's Attorney. though by
time all this happens there will be a city
attorney. to whom the same conditions
will apply.
President Powell of the Council. am
nourced to-day the appointment of the
special committee which will go to itch
mond in a day or two with the bills that
are now heing prepared by. Acting City
Attorney Garrett. providing for certain
changes in the charter of the city. The
committee is constituted as follows:
Councimen Burcher, Ford. Hughes, Cory
and Cooper.
Captain George w. Fltchett. First Lieu
tenant T. II. Gilkerson and Second Lieu
tenant John a. Moss, of the Newport
News Light Infantry. have. received from
Captain Barrows, Assistant Adjutant
General. a notification to tho effect that
they very successfully passed their
officers examinatiosi held recently at
Hotel Warwick. One hundred and
twenty-six questions were asked. and it
is understood that the average of all
three officers was in the neighborhood OF
% per cent. an unusually high average.
II is promised that the company shall
be mustered in within three weeks, and
equipped as soon as possible after that.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
p,,nt svsten,,s New Manager.

SAVANNAH. GA. Jan. as. Il. Knott.
the newly elected vice-president OF tnas
plant System OF Railways, who viii oa
tie managing head OF the properties un-
der the new regime. made necessary by
the death of TIA late H. B. Plant, took
charge this morning.
Mr. Knott was formerly ytce-pcestdenr
OF the louisville and Nashville His
HEADQUARTERS will be in this city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
amendments to Finance Bill.

can members of tie Senate Finance Com
mittee authorized Senator Aldrich to pre-
sent amendments to the financial bill.
which he offered In the Senate to-day One
of them fixes the god reserve az Sloo.eto.-
eco instead of S100. 0.OG0. Coo as in the bill 1T
self. The other amendments are for the
purpose of! making more clear the inten-
ton Of the measure.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
CROSSED THE WATEREE.

Seaboard Train Passed Over at Five
O'clock Yesterday Afternoon.
CHARLOTTE. n. c.. Jan. "a special
from Spaldins. S. C., to The Observer,
says:
The tseaboard Air Line train crossed
the Wateree river at O'Clock this evening.
with train load of rails and material
and private car of one OF the high ofh-
ciais Of the system attached. on one OF
the most substantial and secure trestles
ever built in the South
This marks the connection with the COM
pleted grading between here and Colu1l-
bia. and a force OF hundred tanoters are
laying track into Columbia
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
PETER S. WILKES DEAD.
was 4 Member of the Confederate

Was 4 Member of the Contetiera'c
Congress.
STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. 3--Peter
Wilkes, an attorney, once a member OIL
the Confederate Congress, IS deao at hiS
home here, aged seventy-eight years.
IIa WIS horn in Tennessee and removed
to Missouri, where he graduated from
university in 1852. A week a1terward he
was elected to the State Legislature.
During the last year of the war, ME.
Wilkes was elected to the Coatederats
Congress- At the close OF hostilitieS
he fled 10 Mazzet. Mexico, where ne re-
NAMED until about twenty-five years
,ro when he came to this city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
TUG REsoLUTE SUNK.
Do,-n in Eostnn Harbor After 4

Goes Down in Boston Harbor After
Collision.
Boston. jan 3.-The United States
tug Resolute. Captain George Lofing. was
s,In,, in ,he farbor early tonight in a col
Iision with the steel ocean tug S"arta.
and the READ Coal Company's fleet. All
on board are thought to have been saved.
except Engineer Henry Otterhorn, who had
NOT been found at a late hour tonight
The Resolute filed and sank almost In
stantly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
Bryan at Home.

8 LINCOLN, NEB.. Jan. 3.-W. ]. Bryan
returned 10 Lincoln to-day, after an alb
sence. of six weeks. He found q number
Of leading Democrats from other States
awaiting him, and conferred with them
in an informa, way.
saturday He Is Interested In the meet
Ing Of the Fusion State and Central cs,1a-
mittees Friday. and is TO respond t0 a
toast Friday at the Nebraska Travelling
Mems Club He will leave for New York
Saturday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
HANNA WON'T BE CHAIRMAN.
win Give Way to Men Who Are More

vii, Give Way to Men Who Arc More
Ambitious.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Jan. '.-se',alor
Hanna declared to-day. that although ne
bad feen urged to stand for the perna-
nent Craftsmanship Of the rext Republican
National Convention, he would not DO So
There are other men. he said VINO
are mere ambitious than and who Fa.ue
that honor more than i do. | Will give
way to them.
He also declared that he will he one OF
the delegates at large from ohio IN the
convention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
GOLD AND SILVER.

Amendment Offered I'd Financial Bill
for Coinage of Boil, Metals.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Senator Chand-
Ter. of New Hampshire, to-day offered an
amendment to the Financial Bill de-
claring ii. to be the policy of the United
States to continue the use of both gold
and silver as standard money and 10 coin
both gold and silver; providing for inter-
national agreement or safeguard of
Legislation to ensure maintainance of
the parity; and for the appointment of
commissioners to an international con-
ference.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
NEWPORT. NEWS TANGLE.

a Fight on Between, tile Mayor and
the City Council.
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Jam .:a,.--
Special There Is another fight on be-.
tween Mayor A. A. Moss and the city
council. 5s3
The controversy is over the ppointmenti
of Mr.. 7. chalkley Hatton to the position
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04

to two banks and .rcrer generally 70 all
banks.
The committee will meet prior to the
session OF the House tomorrow TO adopt
this course.
It is SAID that the resolution will pass
without objection.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04

Marietta at Manila.
WASHINGTON 3.-The Navy De-
partment. has been Informed that the
Marietta has arrived at Manila
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
]STHMIAN CANAL
COMMISSION.
Viii Sail Today to Determine the
MostFeasible Route for the Water
way Between the Oceans.

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-The commission
appointed by President Mckinley under
an act of Congress to determine the most
feasible and practical route Tor canal
across the Isthmus of Panama will sail
on Saturday for the scene OF It's laoor
by a steamer of the Atlas Line.
The members OF the commission are;
Rear-Admiral Walker, Z. S. N, retired,
chairman; Professor Emery r. Johnson.
of the University OF Pennsylvania; Pro
fessor W. H. Burr. Of Columbia univer-
sity; George s. Morrison. civil engineer
New York; ex-United States Senator
Pascoe, Of Florida: Alfred Noble. civil
engineer, Chicago; General Peter Haines,
Y. S. A: Professor L. Hupt. OF the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Colonel Ernest.
U. S. a.
A member of the commission said to-
day the duty of the commission Is not
10 decide between the claims OF the
Panama canal and the Nicaragua canal
though 1t may come to that-but to de-
termine 1.-The most feasible and practt-
cal route, wherever that may be. Wheth-
er there is any route preferable to either
of those which have become so We'll
known We shall do our utmost TO dis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
FULL EXAMINATION.

I'VE shall sail directly to Greytown.
whence we shall proceed to make full
Examination of the Nicaraguan CANAL
route. Upon reaching the Pacific side
we shall go down the coast to Panama
and follow the route OF the French canal
back to the Atlantic side Alternative
routes will then be considered and the.r
investigation undertaken. We shall
be kept at the isthmuS for
probably three months. We shall, of
course, avail ourselves of all the best
existing means of travel but expect that
some Of the journey will have to be ac-
corplished on foot"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04

To ReneaI the Stamp Tux.
WAsHINGToN.s Jan. ga bill was In.
stroduced in the House to-daS BY Mr.
Lewis. OF Georgia. to repeal ths stamp
tAx. 49,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
J RANCE OF rHERslo1ET

s The range OF The thermometer at The
Times Office Ses,cr,iaS ~ was as follows: ?
a. M 10: IL NJ. T. NJ. 80: { p NJ.
81; 9 II. NJ. L. NJ, q: average, So 1-s.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04
.EaTHEEForEc,asr.

Forecast ior Thursday aud Erfday:
yfrSinia-Fair Thursday. tncrsastn9
cloudiness Friday. threatening IN the
afternoon: light variable winds, beconttns
easter1y.
North and South CaroIina-Eatr thurs
day. Increasing cloudiness Friday. iisnss
variable winds.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09
ron RENT-SUBURBAN.

FOR RENr-Cotfage Of 3 rooms; Hamilton Road.
near Congress Heights Apply PIG sth st. ne.
ap7-5t