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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-03
II irst Publication. Feb. "a 1eoo.l
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interi n.
US. LAND OF FlCE,
Devils Lake. n. u.
Feb. 9th. 1900
A suf1icient contest atndavit having been fled
In this Office, by George Siebolh conte ,tant
against homestead entry No. 1890 made Mt
Devils Lake and Office July 81, lS0s. for SN II
Section %, Township ITO. Range 7G. by Martin
/! Wagner 'ontestec, In which it is alleged that
sail Martin Wagner has wholly abandon ell said
premises and mas not lived or resided thereon
q: cultivated the same fol ~ period of more than
six months last past or at al'::anl h ~ never es-
tablished- residence on sail premises;kLnl shlt
said default Of said elt:ymar. IL not due to Ills
employment in the .%lNillttry or naval service Of
tile United States in:ti:ne of war. and said
parties ale hereby notified to appear respond
ant! offer evidence touching said allegation at 10
O'clock a. M. on April SlI 1900, before Aaron Sin
ger, Notary Public. at his Ofl,e In Harvey, n.
". tands that final hearing will he held at ~
O'Clock a. M. OH April u. 1901. before,*the Re-
gister and Receiver at tile Uuited States Land
Office in Devils Lake, n. u. a. r..
The said contestant having, In a proper 'aftt-
d.vit filed Fell. 9th, 1000, set forth facts which
! show that after due diligence, personal service
of this notice cannot be made. 1t Is hereby or.
del etl.aMd directed that such notice be given by
Iduehanti proper publication. i,
.& II. OLE S~ERUMIGARn.
l. :. ....-t.aa - - ~ AJAX. Ne.iSter,
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They are hal,italiy speaking of
wo,nAn's rights and proroga-
tives and have not a word to
say about her duties and re-
sponsibilities. They withdraw
her from these sacred obliga-
tons which properly belong to
her sex and fill her with ambi-
tions to usurp positions for
which neither God nor nature
ever intended her. Under the
inf uence of such teachers we
find woman, especially in high
er circles, neglecting her house
hold duties, gadding about
never in. at peace unless she is
in perpetual motion, never at
ease unless she is ina state of
morbid excitement. She never
feels ut home except when she
is abroad. r.. -.
when she is at home the
home is irksome to. her. She
chafes and frets under the re-,
straint and responsibility of
domestic life. Her heart is
abroad. 1t is exulting ii i,nag-
ination in some social triumph
or reveling in some scene of
gayety and dissipation. Her
afflicted husband comes home
to it find empty or occupied by
"a woman whose heart is void of
affection for him. She is ill at
ease; thence arise disputes,
quarrels. recri'ninations, es-
arrangements, and the last act
in the drama is often a divorce.
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Farmers Mutual Organization.

Farmers Mutual Organization:
TIE 'arsners mutual organization Ut
Mclean Co. have-Iow uvera*$20.WM WORTH
IF buildings listed III, ba It,.eutyre,R i'll
books now ordered for, that pufposs!i III
any of said buildings are destroyed 10y fi,s
Or storm then after investigation suiu
damage will he Promptly .spatd ,by the
member. Of said u%rgauizat.on.
Board of ADJUST. ~. Herman Hanson
II. 4. N,gaari and John n olson.
1 also Ike 10 state that tho Farmers of
the state o North Lakuta could forul gu.
grand "rKanlxati IL al Fire Insurance Co.
successfully OH One pc, cent.aud tiy. years
policy no city property can be accepted
1t that rate. farmers FROM all over the
>sate let ue hear from you VIA, you have
20 say.
.]HERlAN HANeoN.
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The Nome. Gold Fields.
HERMAN HANsoN.

Tue frat map tdldar OF ~circu,ar res f,ect-
Ing tho ,Kl'ndyxe gold striSe at 1898 WAS
isrned by ,hs Northern Pacific Halfway.
1t is m re tn IN a c"j,. i l.ncetthat the fret
map fnidsr Or pamphlet. of the Mem.
Mining district comes ffrUin the same
c.,arce. The present folder not only cDu-
tainsa good map al. ttIe Nome district In,
liz embelli-hed With several cuts of view.
1t Nome city and ON the beach where the
'nsthod vi mining is clearly sh ,wn. All
nfOrm .tlDn Obsalnabie regarding sailing
dates f!sNm Seattle aud Tacoma. through
rates, eto il" given in this book and the
pubic cautione" - go to the agents "f
the N. z. nv and who are Supplied with
d sKratns Of the Alaska. Steamers, ~, i
rras.ge in advance: for their acconinAOda-
ton rather than 10 put OF this very i'm
portant business until they reach Puget
Sound. There ia no doubt but what there
will be a very: considerable passenger,
busine.s from the middle aud eastern
states and a very heavy business from the.
Pa ito Coast States to the Nome dist,lst
next sprirH.
Foo folders rates, cts. call on, WASH :
BUN LEA,,En ar send a wuc .nt stnmp I'll,
Chas. y. Fee. General Passenger Agent
st. Iaul, Mimi, aud III will MILL yuu III,
Nome folder.
~ = lt4--- t-i#I-4 H - Z, - tIE' III
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LITTLE LONESOME.

She vas a fragile little maid,
OF even harmless things afraid;
A hasty voldSa sudden stir,
A playful touch would startle her:
She feared the lightning and the rain.
The branch that swept against the pane,
The oc-as roar the winds sac, moan,
And dreaded to be left alone.
Aud often in her bed az night
She would awake in Wild alright:
Entrexting with appealing tone,
mamma, I cannot stay alone.
The shutters groan and ~rattle-hark!
1 hear a whispe. inithe dark
! Oh come and hole me close AMI MAR,
! Mamma, l am SO lonesome here!:'
"Ths stars peer in and WINK at me.
The moon looks ghastiy thr"n9h,t the tree
And shines by fits across the dc"r
The ahadtws move upon the floor
Like living things; the windows creak,
I feel n cold!breath OF my cheek:
The chimney howls the wind is high,
I am 40 lonesome where / Iie!!"
And then the mothers tender heart
Would take the little sufferers part;
Would haste with, reasuring kiss.
10 soothe her back in quiteness;.
To clasp her f1at9ering hands, and still
The shud lering aob tn. nervous thrill,
Until her heao fund happy rect -.
Upon that kind protecting brenss.
But others blamed her tenderness.
And said, indulgence ana caress
Will harm the child and aud do her wrong
She never will he brave and stong:
I. thus yen pet whlns and freak
Y, n should not heei her when she speake
Conquer he- folly and y"nr ewu,
Aud let her 10 to Steep alone"
And SO when abe cried at night, -
Calling in tremulous alright. r.
'Mamma, I hear the watch d"ps bark! ~
I am 81 lonesome in the dark ~ r
The mother heard with tear yet face.
But cIused her lips ani kept her peace :
Until the child too TERED to weep
Longer, had -sobbed herself tn sleep.
Tonight, the eddy,Dg snow-aakes whirl
Above the s!eeptnx little glrl;
Her room is dark her bed IL cold:
Love cannot warm the frozen mould
Yet still her mother hear. her plant
Come through the midnight far and fain'
Half lost amid the tem1iie,,'- moan
Mamma, l cannot stay alone.
q, ..M.m'na, came; The wild wind. cry,
And I am lonesome where I lie:
e. AKERs ALLEN.
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The, Beers heretofore have
had rather a soft thing tipan-
cially iu this war. Most coun-
tries driven into a fight for ex-
istence are obliged to issue
paper money in payment for
supplies; but the Transvnal
government has seized the gold
mines and has a large force at
work coming the gold taken out
into money. This is used in
making puschases abroad
where it can he gotten out of
the country and the goods
smuggled in, and ais" used in
paying the Boer farmers and
manufacturers. the contractors
soldiers, etc.-Minneapolis I'ri-
bune.
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First Publication an. 3, 1900.
NOTICE or MORTGAGE sALE

NOTICE OF. MORTGAGE SALE.
Notice is hereby given that tiatvrrt;in mort
g:f1ga txcc,,tv,: ard Geliy. red by Charles A. Year
soil and L.ottie Pearson his wife, mortgagors to.
Mortrage I.ank and;InyeStmeut Company y cor.
I%l,r:,tion. MORTGAGE. dated THE 18th dayMf May
1889. amt filed for fcr,,r, III tbr cGitctfilc : e.
gister Of leeds. In aud for Mel can county
Territory Of Tulct.. new Statt'nf Moth I>aE.-
tar, IN the 18th day .f May. 1ssN. ats o'clock y.
M.la lsD ,s IA, Of mort cages OH page a1s. tnl
;,ssigr'ti ly SAID: mortgage to Miss II s.. Ponce
10Y, TN the third day Of I,nr, 1889. ard recorded
tlhf4lne. office uf::t!.c ~!egister of leeds. In and 70.
Mclean tennty Territory Of LAX, 0nnw stat"
( North IgakCta.) In look "A"M MOrtglM :,
- &c 3t7, and ,%assi%ncally Miss HIS. inmere,
ITO Ole II. rOltnn, on the 18th adaynf. january,
1870. AMI recorded in the office of tile Register
~ leeds IN and for the county Of Mel can. State
IL North Dakota. on tile 2sd d::y;t,f :,nluary 1870
in book '.I,. g. Of Miscellaneous Records, pace
AL. VIII he foreclosed, by. saleit fthe premises
III such mMtsare and hereinafter described, ~
tho front donr Of the Court House In the comfy
. Of M,l.can srG st,ac ii North IhsaAiioudta. ut the:
hour If two o'clock. r.. ~. ON the 10th day Of
March. 1900. to satisfy the amount due. upon
such mortgage s3.0n the day If 81 e.. thu rrem-
iscs described in such mortgage and which
F will ic st.;d to ,;t|s:! II & :;h. 81, itsniltG
follows: = r : .
Tie North West Quarter lNWh). o. Section
twenty-fUnr tol). Township ono hundred forty.
I'VE (i45). North Of Range Etsht.-twO ,s2. West.
That there will he due upon s,tcI, mortgage Il
the date of SAFE the; sum Of Fight iuld. ed anu
: lightly one dollars and eighty. centi, t$S.
principal ami interest and :'if y-tolr t$,4,.l liar
taxes.
OH II. ItolrAx,
Assignee Of Mortsagee.
nstriu at 'vias'hurn y. %. this ,st day Of
February. 1900.
T.. A. LAMH,
Attorney for Assignee
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j.. "A. A NJ B,

=. "A. LAMB,
Atlaruev.at- tsaw,
C~onvevancer aud Notary l'ahllo.
WASH nURS,3:. NORTH lsA KOTl
Practice before, the united. States In
isi:teriOr Department q speciality. also
have on hand Is ct4npietc copy Of the
United states Land Once Ilats and
Records for Mclean Oliver and Aleroer.
Counties.
For Sale or Lease.
Parties desiring t. purchase
or l~ass Northern Pacific Il IL
road lands can do so by ~ppiy.
tg to
JOHN sAr1KxLuNn.
sale seiicitc..
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~ - ------ H rI
In a recent sermon preached
iu the Baltimore cathedral,
taking for his text "The Chris
tian Woman" Cardinal Gibbon
said: :
- every impartial student of
history is Obliged to admit that
woinaa is indebted to the e
ligin,n of Christ for the eleva-
ted station which she enjoys
in social and family ife. In
the pagan countries, before
the Christian era, the woman
had no rights which the hus-
band was bound to respect
She was in a state of perpetual
bondage and tutelage. She was
treated rather as the: slave ut
man than as.l,is equal and ON
panion. And even to-day in
countries where Christianity
does exercise "A donlinent in!1u-
ence she IS the newer OF wood
and the drawer of water. In a
recent official report of our gov
ernmellt. on irrigation in india
by Robert W. Wilson, we find
that t he work of draining and
canal building is chiefly rele-
gated to woman, who receive
for their labor 4 cents a day.
"But let us look at woman in
our country and i'll the light of
American civilization. What
is the condition Of woman
among us as soon, as she closes
her eyes to theligi,t of the gos-
pei? She is not indeed here,
as in India, a.beast Of burden,
but is she not too often. the vic-
tim of perniclous principles
aud of moral degradation?
II regard wornan's rights wo-
men and society leaders in the
higher walks If life as the
worst enemies of the female
sex. They rob woman Of all
that's amiaiale and ggtsnnltlle 1ten-
der ana attractive; they robbie
Of her mate grace chasa,;ter
and give her nothing u return FE3
r-noti,,ingb ,lt il,assulin bold.
and h1rrnzesII1, sronterr,yss7-s 5..
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The State OF North Dakota to the Above Named
Defendants.
Yolare hereby. summoned t, answer the
complaint In this a"tl0n and to serve u rOpy 81
your ans yer .p III tha subscribe. = within thirty
days after the service 81. this summons npon
YOU, exclusive Of the day .ofservic' and mcast
III your failure to appear or ansAtr judgment
will lie taken against you. by default Tor thu
relief demanded III che ctlM; lalnt.
Dated I:eceIiil;t r. ..i. A.. u. 1893.
lsucHEK,.P PHI, BRICK & COcHRAHE,
Al. PATTERSON, aid
STEVENS 4 AlJ.ES,
. Attorneys Tor Plaintiff, bismarck. ND.
You vii please take notice that the Summon
and !coMDi1int In the altoye entitled action la
been fled In the Ollse Of tile clsrkiOf. the district
court Of McI.sln county, No tn Dakota.
X BuucIlfsR, PHlLkkICK & tOciilsANk
AT. PATTERSON. and
STEVENS & ALLEN. q
Attorneys for Plat till. BlslnlrcS. N. +.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF MCLEAN COUNTY.

An English traveller who has
just reached Carlo. says tia,
near Lake Tanganyika in cen
trail Africa, a huge stream Of
molten lava 100 feet deep and
40 miles in width is pouring
out of the earth, and bringing
destruction in it's path. The
volume SET ms steadily on the
increase and more may krow
it's portents. The travellers
name is Grogan and he just
energies after spending over
two yearse there Either we
have another Marco rsslo or
the earth is on the event of a
catastrophe. .-'2
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STATE OF AOkyH DAKOTA! ID.
lOAATY tF MCLEAN. - - '
In. District Court. Sixth judicial. District.
The bismarck, Masll,nurn and hot lsnford
Railway CO,npany;a corporation, Plaintiff.
Frederick l;ayard, II. j. puell. Joseph Katz,
Barnet Israel, James KnssOn. George $.
dudley, Janet e. Robinson, Alfred A: Head
q,llst George L.. BLISS, i. :. Hrynjnifsnn'
f1anisl Steele. John Wlalen.. Paul Pierce.
Andrew w. lthlhe. T.. y. milford. Virginia
C,aa-r, Anna Becklnan, Ann:, Back, Thona,
&. Jennings, pail Smith. Smith u. Fry, John
- Merry. Is. NJ. Wallim. ". X etersnn. Is. y.
n Peterson. Il. NJ. Peterson, Louis Peters III,
Thomas K .Statelrr. Laurence t'AsstlMaI'
Lake I;skcs, Louise .yutcs, Maggie FLYNN,
Mclean County, M.tildx Carlson. James. Il.
Rotllwell. August Nelson, and vile Is. Wing,
z.5N, w. SOl ll.ler.ycr- AHA Louis EeEuttlSI ~
The Board Of county Commissioners OF
Mclean Count, ~ Defendants.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
RELIEVED BY ROBERTS.
prBLIC FEELING IN CAPT
LRED BLOEuFONTELN.
roNFIpENCE OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
N THEIR COMMANDER - REITZ
REPLIES TO SALISBURY.
rCopvright. 1900: by The New-Yori1 Tribune
rn- cAR-E TO TIE TRIRI-NEl

Copyright: 1900: BY The New-yoris Tribune
IBr CAB = TO TIE TRIBUNE.l
Tondon. March Is. G a nl-There cannot be
.-v question that the soldierlike endurance of
,,s troops under Lord Roberts in the march
- Bloenlfontein has been superb. The mems
,,,Aaence IN their brilliant commander is ap-
narently unabated. and. according TO The
Times" correspondent. they all recognize they
have taken part in one OF the most famous
marches OF modern times.
T appears that the decision to surrender the
FEE state capital was arrived at on Monday,
after stormy meeting. al which Mr.. Frazer de-
,ouuced President Steyn as a coward. The in
babitants had been in great fear of the Trans
vaalers. who were enraged at the determination
not to offer resistance, and consequently the
town appeared on the entry Of Lord Roberts
more ike a relieved than 4 captured city.
sxty-seven wounded British soldiers had been
left behind by the Beers when they retreated
northward. but they had taken away all their
ovn wounded
M Frazer, asked by Lord Roberts if the
Beers considered that they would be badly
treated by the BriIlSn, replied that the purSnerS
did not Ike fish. so would not care 10 go to
Cane Town The Free Staters are said TO be
rnassing az warrenton which is small village
on the vaal At point where the railway crosses
the river.
A report comes from Lourenco Marques that a
British cruiser has gone TO take prisoners the
Boer deputation who had left there for Europe
BY & German steamer. The telegram is. how
ever. not confirmed, and seems quite without
foundation
The Trausvaal State Secretary has issued his
re5oinder TO Lord salisbury's arguments. But it
will net be forwarded to the British Premier.
Nj Reitz holds that the Boer ultimatum was
Z protective measure. and explains that the
arr1ing OF the republics was subsequent 10 the
discovery that English Cabinet Ministers were
implicated in an attempt 10 flch away the in
dependence OF the burghers. I. y. F.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
REITZ REPLIES TO LORD SALISBURY.
DEFENCE OF THE ACTION OF THE TRANS
vAAL PRIOR TO THE WAR

VAAL PRIOR TO THE WAR
Pretoria. March 14-state Secretary ReItz'
refutation of Lord Saltsbury's arguments in the
reply to the Bloemfontein joint note was issued
to-day. Mr.. Reitz says:
The British Government after the Bloeu1fon-
tein conference, endeavored to enforce by threats
certain changes in the internal government of
the Transvaal Republic, contrary TO the London
convention. They also imported troops in great
numbers, and broke off negotiations with a
threat to take their own means TO remove the
grievances of their subjects
After waiting q fortnight, while an army corps
was prepared and the reserves were being called
out by the British. President Steyn asked the
| reason Of these proceedings. Sir Alfred Miner
refused 10 reply.
Meanwhile Mr. Chamberlain in his speeches,
showed the world that England had decided on
war Accordingly, the Transvaal Republic ad-
dressed TO the British Government a demand for
the withdrawal Of their troops. s otherwise 1t
would accept the presence of the troops as a
declaration of war. That was not necessarily
intended as message Of war.
Concerning the armaments Mr.. Reitz says:
These were bought openly in England and in
Europe, and the High Commissioner boasted full
knowledge of them at the Boemfontein confer
ence, and also full descriptions Of these arula-
ments were found among the officers papers at
Dundee
Both the army and the ultiratum were protec-
tive measures, subsequent TO the Raid and to the
discovery, through concealed cables, that British
Cabinet Ministers were implicated in the at
tempt TO filch away the independence of the re-
publics. Now all doubt is removed by Lord
Salisbury's telegram. The burghers must fight
for their national existence, trusting that God
will defend the right.
London, March 16.-The Pretoria correspon-
dent CT The Daily Mail" telegraphing Wednes-
day, Gays:
Mr.. Reftz's statement has been published
throughout the republic. but will not be for
/ warded Lord Salisbury.
Conversations I have had with the highest
State officers show that the republic was pre-
pared TO grant substantial reforms and conces-
sions until the receipt of Lord SaIisbury's tele-
gram. AS Of the highest statesmen re
marked, Better half an egg than none but
better than rotten egg
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
THE MEDIATION OFFER

II.
The American Embassy remains silent re-
specting the recent exchange of letters between
the State Department and the Foreign Office.
Henry White being too experienced q diplouat
10 be drawn into unwary admissions while the
State Department held back the text of the cor
respondence- There are many explanations from
American sources, but the action Of the State
Department is not understood here English
men asking what Americans would have said
not long ago # the Madrid Government in the
hour Of defeat had proposed peace on the basis of
the Spanish retention of Cuba Puerto Rico and
the Philippines and England had offered her
services as mediator between. They doubt
weather Americans would have regarded that as
a friendly act, even if a cordial tactful letter
had been written by Lord Salisbury. A fact
which is overlooked by those drawing this paraI-
lei Is that the State Department did not for
ward Presidents KRUGER and Steyns letter TO
Lord Salisbury, and knew nothing of the impos-
sibe conditions proposed by them. The British
Government suppressed the appeal of the two
Presidents so long that President Krtger finally
addressed the Powers without explaining the
terms which had been suggested in the dispatch
TO Lord Salisbury. A fact on which Englishmen
lay stress is that the only Government which
took any notice of Kriger's appeal 10 the Con-
suls was the United States. The subject came
up Yesterday in Parliament when Mr. Balfour
was asked by William Redmond whether the
Washington Government had offered its good
offices with view of bringing about peace.
There was a storm of applause when Mr Bal
four while acknowledging the friendly tone of
the communication from Washington, stated
that Lord Salisbury had replied that the British
Government would not accept the Intervention
Of any Power in South African affairs The use
Of the word intervention produced an incor-
rect impression, far as the Washington Gov
ernment is concerned. The full text of the State
Departments letter threw light upon the
transaction. I N F
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
FRAZER DENOUNCED sTEYN.
STORMY MEETING IN BLOEMFONTEIN JUST
BEFORE THE SURRENDER.

London. March 16.-"The Standard" has the
following dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated
Thursday March 10:
The civil authorities here definitely made up
their minds to surrender Monday. A stormy
meeting was held, presided over by Mr.. Steyn
whom Mr.. Frazer denounced as a coward, charg
ing him with a want OF enough moral courage to
accept the situation.
The late President was. however. not to be
persuaded and when the meeting broke up he
left fOr the north.
The occupation was extremely orderly and well
managed The spectacle was most impressive
when the Sixth Division marched through in
grand style Notwithstanding that like the rest
Of the army. it had covered forty miles in twen-
ty-seven hours.
Large numbers Of the burghers are surrender
ing their arms. Many have fed TO their homes
Others are trekking to the east to the north
with their cattle and goods. During the last
few lays the inhabitants OF Bloemfontein had
been in deadly fear Of the violence Of the Trans
vaalers and consequently the city resembles
rather a relieved than captured town. Mr.
Vessels. President OF the Raad. has gone 10
England 20 solicit public sympathy and TO plead
for the Independence Of the Free State.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
DIAMOND ROBBERY on 4 CAR.

MAN CALLS AT THE TENDERLoIN POLICE STA
TON IN REGARD TO wIFE-s Loss
Early last evening well dressed entered
the West Thirtieth-st. police station and asked TO
see Captain Thomas. The Captain was not in az
the time. and the left. saying he would call
later. Shortly after midnight the man called
again. this time coming in a private coach. Cap
tain Thomas had not returned yet ard 20 Ser
geant Carson the man said that his wife had been
robbed OF a pair OF diamond earrings valued az
81 SOC in a Sxth-ave. car. between Fourteenth
and Twenty-third SITS. early In the evening. The
man said hts wife carried the diamonds in a baE
which hung by her side. The crowded
and a number OF standing he
The man said he William ]. Gardner
OF No. 30 East Fourteenth-st. Police Headquar-
informed OF the robbery. and detectives
placed at work the
New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
STEAMBOAT STRIKES ROCKS.

THE THOMAS 5. BRENNAN GETS OFF AFTER
SEVERAL HOURS.
The steamer Thomas s Brennan Of the Char
tiles Department. which left its pier at East
Twenty -sixth-st., yesterday at noon with load
OF bodies for Hart's Island. struck the rocks
opposite the Westchester Flats on the up trip
and remained there until o'clock last night
The vessel then proceeded to It's destination and
after bUrying the dead returned 10 its pier ar
irving there al l 30 o'clock
Frank Stewart. the engineer. said that the
vessel struck the rocks shortly before 8 O'clock
and II was necessary to wait for the tide to lift
it off. The Brennan has been idle for four
months for repairs. Yesterdays trip was the
first since the repairs had been completed. 1t
could not be ascertained last night If any dam
age had been done.