The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-08
REGARDED AS FAVORABLE.

This was regarded as q favorable sign
~ the physician in c'rarse OF the men
III the sriyate institution where they arc
now treated He said ihat wien the
comedy began to exercise It's influence
iron the system the patient complained
f the pains OF Wilich -Becrman spoke
rhis condition, he said, had been noted
tx Dr. Robin ana 10y other well known
lysic,ans VITO had made a Study of the
treatment.
Recrmnn said la-er in the afternoon u1at
fie pain had disappeared ana That liz
asvcr felt better in his life. lie was
csting well last night During the day
10 had been i'll good spirits and had eaten
;arec coed meals. Ehe physician VINO
l1d tt,ar2e OF 5Cerman for three months
.sfOre the present treatment was begun
aid that the mans appetite was very
poor.
The aged patient was going about the
com yesterday jarntily swinging ms
,ane - was noted that bis stoop which
I'D been apparently the result of weak
ness. was not nearly so marked. HIS
,o!o.. was better. and there was a gen
.ral air about him which indicated that
lis condition was being toned up
BLEW BIG GUNS.
TIE first officer of the North German
Lloyd steamship Trier. which arrived
yesterday from Bremen after Il tumul-
TX
,ever saw so much hard weather before
here were COZ steerage passengers,
Mostly German. and nearly all the wo-
men among them were on their knees
half the time they were awake, praying
be delivered from death. The TrIer is
Il new twin screw OF only Bliss tons, and
apt Meycrheine found her twin screws
.crviceable in steering when the steamer
steering gear gave out on Dec. l2th.
The rough weather set in on Dec. 9Th
aud continued without let-up until the
Trier turned tail to it and sought haven
nd repairs at St Michaels in the Azores
rhe force of the blast on Dec. 18th was L
by the Beaufort scale. that is. 1t was
blowing eighty miles or more, and the
captain says it was chiefly more The
teamship vainly tried TO make Roadway
ogainst the turbulence. Hand steering
sear was tried Intellectually, and then the
fort was made to steer by using the
screws This was partly successful after
the gale and sea had abated q bit, but
when they were at their worst, nothing
-ould keen the ships head to the sea.
Oil was dripped through the lavatories
md it kent the sea crest from breaking
aboard The steamship driftcd broa6slGe
20 the gale forty-four knots. The next
Az Dee 18th, she managed to so ahead
seventy-0ne knots.
On Dee 18th there were only IL TONS
coal IN the DuNhtIS, anu l'iN
OF the starboard engine were broken.
Capt Meyerheine called a council OF ON
eers. including the chief engineer ana
they decided that lie = W . ii.at'iE
lives aboard to risk continuing the trip
n the cold weather 1t was decided TO
make for the Azores, 600 miles to the
south The ship got there on December
18th and made temporary repairs
They sailed again for this port on
'f1,iSf and into more Dtlu
weather Her engines worked nnsatis-
'actorily and she was forced to stop
twice She was unable to reverse her
starboard engines while entering her dock
in Brooklyn. and an extra tug was called
10 help warp her in. Notwithstanding all
her troubles, none of her passengers We're
II bad shape. An infant, two months old,
died on December Sfst.
REPUBLICAN, REFORM.
Governor O6el! announces that Senator
PIatt is in hearty accord with all the
recommendations of his annual message
The whole Republican machine IS now
for reform" Senator Plat even says
that he for long time favored the eco