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WRECKED
ON ROCK
The Rio Dc Janeiro Runs Upon a
Hidden Rock While Enterino
the Golden Gate.
ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-TWO LOST
The Boat Moving: In a Dense Tog
Ncnr tho Golden Gtito Strikes n
Rock ami Sinks in Twenty Min
utes Only a Few of the Passen
geis Have Been Saved Rounse
villo Wildinan, United States Con
sul to Hong- Kong, Thought to
Have Been Among Those Who Per
ished Officers of the Ship Dis
played Courage and Discipline Is
Maintained for a Time List of the
Survivois.
Jy hxclii-lu Win lion Till? Awiciatiil l'n
Sun Fiunelhco, IVb, 2- The Paoltlc
ni. ill stunner Jtlo Do Janeiro ran on a
hidden tod; while cutcilng tho (Joldcn
i ito .aily this morning In !i dense fog.
ho sank a few minutes utter striking.
I' Is thought the ncaily 122 poisons
'it drowned, but it Is Impossible to
.iMi'ituiu the evict number, owing to
Hit f.ut that Puiser John Itooucy, who
hud the pashcnger list and i osier of
li i tew, Is uinemg the missing.
t ." o'clock this afternoon ten bodies
hud In en lecoveied, two v bite women,
nun white limn and seven Chinese. The
most piomlncnt passenger on the
Hiiiimr mii ItnuiiRcvIlle Wildnian,
I nlti d States consul ut Hong Kong.
Mho wax iiiiuiiipuiilcil bv his wife and
two I'lilldien. It ii thought all wete
dimmed. Tin iihlp was In command
in l'llo Pudoilol; tin dun when she
stunk, JIt was iecucd. Captain Wlll
l.im Wind wont down with Ill's es,sel.
Ah noiuly as r.in be learned thoie
vn two hundred and inn peo
ple on lio ml the Itlo De Janeho, ax
follow Cabin passengois, 23, second
( bin. " stioinge. ( hlnllc), f-S olll-
r flow, (Chinese-). 11.
Tho 'ollowlug b.io bun aeeounted
' i' I: fined, 7't; o.ibln paxsongeis,
1' , lillo ollliois. 11; stooiago, (Ia
lt. ), r mow, f Chinese), II.
'Ih lost number 12.'. clnsltlul as
i i11of Pasohtigorx, -I: olllceix, pi
cm n'hlno-e. at,. xUoiage, (AItitli),
1
List of Passengeis.
1 oii-uvlng I" the cabin passenger llt,
n ino-t complete:
I
ii nl i.uirrjl !. wililinm. lr Willnia'i,
tvu ilillilnn .mil Minp, from Hon; hone; Jlii
nnu Mi-i WikcfiiM, Honolulu; Jimm 1 I "
1-intrr. inliili. iiuliiper, I'-khiii', C al ; Mi-
I! :er Mm, II .n ililll. lull. liaiilir, bonlm,
Jlr Mittlutoii, Miiupu: Captaii Hrclil, C.r
Hull niu I iptulu Holtz, -IiU'uIij!: Mr 11 1 v
Ml. siun.,1 ,(, , Y. b.) run if. tilitor 3f tho
Mnrrlwii, Minllas ill f h. Wt, San 11 m
ilio M 1 dim in; II ivill ll.ipfr, louinil.
I i Visi-ul; Mr Jnl Mn lint, 'IjiiIU. Mii
l.ihilrl ll.firu; Jlr. 1)"U I. Put.i. Munt : t
tiinn HirMuir, 1'alti, Munt; Mr ml h,
Virlli, Pi. UKjujIuu, nt ,l.iuu
The lollcwlntr ai mlsEiiiK:
ltmin'Mlllo ilMman, ivlfr, two tlilliliui ml
wm, Vm. lv. ltt, 1. P. s.juiwir II i.
M.ttliCMin. Mr. jiiJ Mi. l Vdl-lil, MN- 31
vim, .Uliii: nr fii'tii;, Hi. nXaaIini. I'r.
Pull, O. It. HeiMau. Ml. sml Mr' Mo I'wotlli,
0 Poudell.
I'he following people vere iccuul.
in l.r.imki, lo'i Inn, .l.:inc K (jirntn,
OiKlinl, C.ll : Mis. llijln, Miv, I. II. in. It u
rll Iliir. I". r. llowfll, II II Im, 1'
llnnt, ( iililii lift Ji , 1! lu I, 'Vm I .il 'I .
r loilo, O. Mporj'.o; I'lillip Niiriilililt, tu
1 n i f i , mil ill ( uulnl, ,1 .i.K-. .liium
II mi tlulit: sonl iH'nlnr (i iiuliln. lima
Olficir Ilnltanil, I .ilif Insliuri li llfill.i .
-hp (iruntor lrmtr. ( ramp, lVli.lt I In'.
J I iiaMiarilt, I! II. linn, J urtcrin ite i It
Mi'lili-Min, fiuitnmit.tit V'nsl MniNtioiii, m io
Verier V. llo sierra!,!? Stci ml II, IK uolmr,
snimu HowaiU, tiM-nl) lilni lliln-f al ,i II
il il. nlnrtrru ( liinc-c uml lihii I Ji u i ' at
Veltrs iaif
I he follow IliB ollliils anil i low me
lmsslliK.
Win W lid, laptaln; W f li.'an.i n, lii.i . Ill
in; .lolin Riionc), iiimi, Itii'Mll llili.it' i.
cmaitprrriitrr; Al'l'iim, lli.t nUiant iiianur.
Hi jih, kcciiiul atoUtanl ilu'lnnr; Mr mm , iMul
j.il,lint rn.'liierr' Hi D Si II, klil - ilmi i,
hinlili. uitir tiimoi, ivji.'-, uatii tuil i
llrirnl. v it.r lutlir. II "It. ! '"I Hi...
Hurokicin, Mint Milioln. .vilrin i,l Inn u,
Mi Srllinr, ilmi," waiilnijii I I llmunk,
t-atthnun, n Iliunin, ,( uue-
Thiee Days Oveidue.
Tll Itlo Do Jauolio wax llute d.ijs
omuIiio li,oin HniiK' Koiik'. la Hono
lulu, when hIio iuiIvkI oil tbo HoaiN
last night, and the dens nX pun iiIIIiik
nt the tlmo jinliii" oil I'lloi. .Ionian in
bring hei to anihoi until ho uiiild mo
IiIh way cltai thunmh tho KHtewa.v.
She laid to until uboui 4 ) o'clocK In
the inoinlnsr. when the atninrtphoii
ilear'd and hho wax xtaited umloi a
slow bell lowaul lluulta Ml wint well
until 5.10 o'clwk. wboii nlii HtittiK.
Most of tho pnhHenwiH won bolow at
tho tlni( and II h bollovoil llui in my
of tin in wui iliowncd lu theli lioiili-i
Tho (list iiuwh of the dlH.iHtei riaihod
lioip in 7 . "0 this nun nltiK. and hoou
afterward a boat load of tesmerl pun.
nfngers and potty ottboM iiiiImiI at
thn mall dock.
Tiikh worn liniiii dlatt.l dlbpatdit-d to
render any asHlstanee that mlKht be
needed, but no HiIiir persons wore
nlloat when they loaehod tho wiock.
A number of diownlmr people weie
rexcued by Italian IlKhotmon nnd the
bodlfrt of two white women, tlueo Chl
roe and a ,Tapnnene were brouicht In
by tho tug'?. The Health for victims
Iiiih continued all day,
Vioni all nioounts Its nipeurs that
tho ofllcern of the Hhlp weio cool and
jpivp the necessary ordcis with the
least possllila excitement.
iptaln AVuid, who was on deck
In- onxel sit nek, at once Rave
DurOlfW the ciew on watch to hiiliy
tbo paiAenKeis to the forward deck.
At tho same time the ciuai tut master on
duty founded tin) hIriuiI for file ill 111
and within live inluuu-x oil the men
weio ut their stations. There was
no wnv of tolling the oxtent of the
dumai?! to tho e.Mcel, as she leiiialned
on an even keel for llfteen mluiiUs
utter striking. Hut Captain Ward,
with tho Instinct of lonjr experience,
know tho Kiavost iluiiKor tlneateii'-il
tho two htiniliod souls lu his ehatKo
and ho wive oidors to lowi" tin life
boats and llfo i.ills. Then- was not
much confusion until llfteen minutes
after striking the bow of tho o"s.
suddenly plunged umlor waici. Tin u
theio was a wild insli lot tho boats
Two boats had aboady boon lowuol
and othi'tswoio getting awn) as I Mild
ly as the tialmd discipline of tbo er w
uiiild inepatc them A thick fog m-
oloped et i) thing, and us jot no f.'n
had come ftom tho llfo having stations.
Daikuoss was all about and with tlil-J
added In nor th pooilo on tin Itio
had to oojio
The Suivivois.
(lllc boat gut cloai of tile erfi with
out ilamago. This loutalned tho lot
low lug poisons:
Jlis West, .Mis Hlploj, Chief llngl
neer Ilcilihcy, Second Oilker Couhlan,
rinnk Cinnip, J. 1!. Itussell, Store
keeper Iloigg, Wator-ti uder 1), 11
l.'ino, Ouartt i master It. Jlntlilef-on and
Captain llooht, of the Oerman nay.
This boat got i lo.u of the Kinking ves
sel nnd then stood by to help In pick
ing up those who had no time to get
Into the boats and won- In tho water.
Another boat contained Tlilid Oltt
cer Holland and .1. i Cat pouter and
got awa, but when the vexsil plunged
downwind the plow caught the small
boat and cut It In two. Carpenter was
picked up, but Holland Is supposed to
hae pel lulled.
A number of Italian llshormen who
woie Just stalling out this morning
saw tho sinking of th Itlo and at onto
huriled to lender eery assistance in
their power While all this was going
on Captain AVnid was directing the
piseiigiis and tiylng to keep them
fioni panic He succeeded onlj pu
tlally, as many of the tei lined people
lushed to tho tailings and Jumped over
bo nd. Some of tlieo woe picked up,
others weio drowned. The Chinese
ciew, to tho number of nion than a
htiuduil, was tciillled. Some of them
huddled In Utile giups, chattering In
lour. Otheis ciouelied close to the deck,
moaning pltlfullv. Many Jumped into
the sea. Captain Waul loinalned on
doik until the vessel had settlul Io
suili an extent that the water was en
gulfing him Then ho went up on the
lu Idgo, and from there continued to Is
sue bis dhoctlons, iilthough by this
time the confusion was no groat th'it
few paid nnv attention to his eom
inanils. That tho stoann r hank iluiot Inline,
dlatolv Is assuied. Some of the p is
hinseis h.i that "ho Instantly lilted
forwaul and that In fhe uiluutes she
went down, while others d'daie that
hlio stnjiil allnat for li ilf an houi af
ter she htiucl..
The wix'ok lies about thtoo-fourths uf
a inllo south of I'ott Point and about
a thousand j'.uds off the nii,kv slnuo.
Tho hiuokostack and a portion of the
uppei woilss of the lll-fiiied sti inn r
ale lslblo.
All of the sininin te hallowing
htoilos of the tenlblo dlstiess ((f Iho-'e
on boaid.
When the Clash Came.
hoi uml Olllcer Gl. ilium I'oglilau was
on tho lu Idgo with Captain AVaid,
Pilot Jnrdin and T'ht Olllcer John
son as the .i"il was making port. He
said the hit amor bad pih-ed Point
lionlta Unlit and a tow nuniiniits lati r
Port Point light was hlghtod. Tin n,
without a woul ol warning, tho big
sle.imor wont Clashing upon the rocks
Immediately ovoijthlm, was chaos, in
tin- stooiago below It was announcid
that water was mmlng In upon tho
sleeping pass iwh and a mim1i of
the ctiW lithhiil to tin did,. Shortly
iiltei the sIiikI; tho fmu Ihi, boats hi
the davllh wii low oi oil A luge
number of pnsM'iigois hnstllv sum.
moiled fiom their inon.s bv the com
motion, 1 1 uu ded Into tho bo.Hs and
thej' pushed off.
Till in In ti t s, late I niioidiiig to tlm
hoennd olllcer the rs-el ntnk. The
llli -boats lu the ihoil.s Moiled off as
tin esoii iU.ipepuied below tho sur
fmo of tbo watoi. and thio vis a
Miamblo of main iioikoih. lu tli
wati r to got Into them
"We loulil see ni inv ptisnns In the
watoi " said Coghhn. 'aiid otheih eiv
Ing for help, and we iihhlsted soino to
got mi tli" llfo uiii. Tho boai I was
lu Mied thllteoil of the piojilo mi
bond, and aftoi bolus pliked up by
a gMsolIno launi h wo r.cio town; to
hoie Tlioie wi'in tlneo llfo infls, and
llieio was a numboi of pmpi on
tboiu
In the bint with Coghliiii win Vil
lain i lit, the Oonuan n iv : Jlis,
l!ipli', Alis Vo.t and .Mlhs l,iiuin,
Mr. ('oghlaii l the son of f'aptalu J.
II. Coui'llliiii ol the rnlt"d Stato-j
li i v
Tho Italian lb-hot men, who lo-ined a
niimbii ol iiiihousand bioui,ht thorn
iihlime totuined to the si one but found
no ntoie pi opli lu the water Tlic,
Iiowoioi. pkUi d up twcho b ikh of niall
and bioiuht tin in to the Men li nits'
iMlumgo. Tin- llIu Do .lanclio o.tuled
In all .'"a bigs of mull. Two bigs
wlih li had loulalnnl leglstoioil mutt
woii found, but the bugs h.iJ lioon
i It pi il open w Ith a knife and tin It on
tents stolon.
The llslu iinoli an not Mispei ted ,md
It Is IniposHlblo to dotoiinlne who the
lobbets an (
Consul Wiltlmnn.
llouusellle Wlldmuti, who is me
sinned to be lost, was well krown in
this iltj. whoie he leslcled for a num.
Iter of jeais. IW (list came Into piomb
neiico loially when ho pmcluised t lie
i)ierland, which ho owned nnd edited
foi some jeais, pi lor to euteilng tlm
lonsulai seivke at Hong Kong. He
K signed locently the post of consul
geueial at Hong Kong and was on his
wa home with hl wife and f.inillj.
BILLS PASSED
IN SENATE
ft Dau Devoted to flpproprlatlons
In the Upper Branch
ol Gonuress.
A PROTRACTED DEBATE
Gieat Supply of Government, Post
oflice. Diplomatic nnd Consular and
Other Appiopiiation Measutes Are
Disposed of House Devoted to
Odds nnd Ends Bills Passed.
1! I vclilihe Mil' from Ihf WmialiU l'n-i
Washington. Fob '. Two of Ihe
gioat stijiply bills of the gmerntmnt,
the postollhe and tin illplomntle and
imisular appiopiiation bills weio
passed bv tho senate todnv. Diulnu
Ihe gi cater pnit of tho session a piopo
sit Ion to discontinue the appioprlatlons
for fast mall luellltlis from Now Ymk
to Now Oilcans lu Atlanta and fimu
Kanris City, Mo., to Kpvton, Kanas,
was under dbcusslon While th" de
bate was piotiaeted It was not p.u
tkulaily lively Uy a iledshe ote tin
hc-nuto continued the uppiopilations.
An effort was made to obtain an nppio
pilatlon to eonlliuio the pnoumatlc
tube sol vice In New "Voik, Poslon and
Philadelphia, but It failed An amend
ment was agite-d to authoilzlng the
postmaster genual to Imestlgale tho
ipiestlon of establishing a postal tel
giaph sjsteni and to repoit his llndlngs
to tho net i ongicss
Tho diplomatic nnd consular appio
piiation bill wnh passed In lecord time
only fotty minutts being consumed In
Its consideration. Afti r a splilled de
bate the cotifoiuieo upoit on the In
dian appiopiiation bill was rejected
and sent back to eonfoience. Kail In
tho day Washington's farewell addtess,
In accordance with n custom of tho
senate on Washington's blilhda, was
toad, the loader being Senatoi Haum,
of Geoigla
Odds nnd Ends.
The houso deeded tod.n to odds mid
ends of legislation. With tho nppio.ii h
of the end of the session nieinbois with
small bills of ,ailotis kinds luo Ikoii
besieging Spi alter Hendoison lor loo
ognltlon. l'oi the last ton dins the
piersuiv has giown stead II v greater.
Todaj under an niiangonn ut onleiul
esti i day a laigo niluibti of tlu-hi
smallor bills lu which memhcix ate In
dllduall Inteiostcd win- pas-oil An
hour was ile'witeil to tin unanimous
consent liglsl.itlou and iwo bout- and
a half each to tin passage of ptlvaf
i lahus bills and piivato pension bills.
Nino bills won- passed bj unanimous
consent and twciilj-iilno ililms bills
and Hi nsimi llls woo pai-tid.
Among the lattoi w.i'i the onnto bill lo
ponslon the widow ot the lato (Itnoiul
Hem W. I.awtnu who was killed In
tbo Phlllpplins. As the bill p'issod tho
senate it c.ll I led tKw a month. The
house i ul the amount dnw n to fro upon
tho Kpresiiitalloii that Mis l.iwton
enjojed a oomfoi tabb luionu
Tho houso- todaj pjsmi! the bill u
InibuislnK William II U'inamikot, of
Phllade-lphla, the J.M Owl default! d bond
of nidi on W. M usli, i ishloi ol the do.
timet Keystone National bink of
I'hlliidolphla When .Maixh (lid ntuilv
ten ycius ago Mi. Wanamakoi juld
tho amount ul tho lot felted bond.
Tluough Mr Wauaniakcrs oiioits
Maish was loiuineil to tho enstodv ot
Ihe mint about two yens ago and Is
now serving u leim of impiNonuu u
DEMOCRATIC LOVE 'FEAST.
Two Hundied Pennsylvania Demo-
ciats Meet in Philadelphia.
Il IacIuMio Wire from Hi sntul l'iti
Philadelphia, 1'eb 1'.' A stop which
Is believed to bo a pieliiulnan lor the
tinUlcatioii of tho national Domouatle
put was taken tonight, when two
bundled Pennsj laul,i Dtmociats, and
home liom other stateh mot at dinner
in the Itullltt building. No mganlza
llon stood sponsor lor the meeting, and
all shades of Demociats weii nine-sonte-il.
The paitlclpants feie to a
man, iepiesentatle Iieinonats among
them bilng e-Natlonal Chalimau
AVllllam P llui ilf. John ' Mullltt.
o.,ludgo Sainui I I'ustltio Thonipsnn,
e-(.joveinor Pattlson and Congiess
nian William McAbei.
John Cadaw alder, of this ut., who
prosldpd, osplalnid tho object of ihe
elinnei. 'This niietlng was uilled lor
the- pin pose of putting tho Pomou.icv
on Its loot," ho Hiild, "and to keep It
fioni defeat lieienftei "
i:-Picsldent (lioer t'li'Vi land sent
a lcllir of tcgiot, lu which ho h.ild;
I slioul-1 tie plci'til In In t n sr 1 1 1 mi tliU n.
ri ion mi titlli to n nppoil of tin poliiliM
piitHvcH !ti proJirtoM lne in iir' I am iri
llil-lifiiti' tliDI M'lllo 1 -lllif il.4H.t'llMll a. 1 1
Mill; proriil my Ouli 1 o
r-c-Senntor Haild II Hill wiou as
follow h
All iii-li fall din. ImIi lei lie n aim il'
inlfliltlin ot tlie H'liioti illu urli n uieun
of nib alniu Id ,1clUrniilnii rlulpli- it 1.01
i li ii,i lit ami the linking of ilum ioi .inuoi iji'i
, kl.UiM. llcitm- till lllleillllSilll cut ol all Oil,
put) (rUiuU Wn mIihiM not 1 1 ill-.iiiinai.nl
our Hunt il fi it Wlial m I'nl t Hill tlim
nnllj of action
i:-So lotuij of luitiim Hoko .Smith
wiiilo:
Wl.llo I ir". ihU'c no iiulioiln (oi 'no-.jil
rillin" ol tin- lliii.iiialk putt, (l In io n
moil Willi Mliat I 1)1 Hi l e lln- ik.lie- rf llio .uu
imjorllj oi IKuiocmIh, I lii lo v tin- pally
in tt mtlonal eoiiiiiiilon ailopt a tilaifoun mi
touiul Hint ran ng 1 In anpi il mkii-..uII p, tho
IDIWnitllU I11J5WJ Of MltllH
l.etlcis weto load fiom oK-Setiotary
of NavyHeibett nnd otheis, all of
whom favored a general ieorganl7.a
tlem of the national Denioonitlo puity
upon lines bioud eneuiKh to take In
all Democrats,
Addresses win miule bv (leoigo V
Iliior, ptesldent of I-'innl.lln nnd Man
shall college, Lancaster; rongtohs.
man John H Thavei, of AlasHitehu-t-otts;
e-f lovei nor Pattlson, and
OtllPlS,
U. P. STUDENTS.
Celebrate Washington's Birtlidny nt
Philadelphia.
D Kxclulvr Win Jronl Tin AnoeUtf-rl Tim.
Phllndelphia, Keb. Z2. The faculty
and students of the University of Pcnn
sjlvanla today celebrated Washing
ton's birthday In an elaborate manner.
The students assembled on the campus
at 10 o'clock this morning and inarched
to the Academy of 'Music, wheto tlm
eeicsos WCIC held.
P.lshop AVhltnker opened tho celebra
tion eviclses with prayer, after which
PioMist Harrison delivered a brief nd-dies-.
Hr. S. Weir Mitchell, "public
oratoi," lu the annual conferiing of
honoiiny degrees, introduced eac'i can
didate to trv lirovost. l'roost Harri
son confeiiod the diplomas In T.atln
and on ench candidate placed th hood
m gown peculiar to tin degree
Thosi who woie honored wlili dj
gtees weio- Hoar Ailmhal Melvlll",
doelm oi silotuo- Klght Ilev. Horrj
i Pottot, doc ioi of laws; Ptesldent
llenij C Piltchett, of the Alassiehn-
setts Institute of Technology, doctor of
laws: President Willi im 1.. Piathrr.
of tho Uulveisltv of Texas, doctor ,f
laws; Cliniotit 15. Penrose, doctor of
laws Itev. John Spaihawk .lone, par
toi ofl'alvatj i hutch, ductoi of si red
tin olog
Alti r tli re nforilng of degiees, HWh
op Pottei who was the orator of tie
da delKiion his address, A dinner
was tender 1 tin-lsltois tonlg'i'.
SENATOR MORGAN'S
MINORITY REPORT
Upon Resolution Declnxiug That Rat.
iflcatlon of the Hay-Pnuncefote
Treaty Is Not n Condition
of Ptecedent.
L.i I ,i lii-he Win from Hie voi uu.1 l'ir
Washington, 1-Mi. J.', Senator Jtoi
gan, ot tho committee on foieign n
hitlons, lias made a minority njioit
upon the lesolutlou declaring that ratl
licalluii of tile Hay-Pauncefote treaty
Is not a condition precedent to the
constiiictlou ot the Nlcarasua canal
and that the United States should pro
iced with that wotk regatdless of tho
txiMcutu of the- Cl.i ton-Itulwer trenlj.
Tho couuultteo niailo rm adiuse lelioit
upon tho lesolutlou a few dajs ago,
but Senator Moigan ontioeits the
wisdom of tk,it aitlon. Senator Min
gan's lopoit Intimate s th.it the ad
Muxo leport was niaelo to eoiifotm to
the iew of the mcsldiut. On this
point he hiijs
"The lesolutlnus iiaic- mv heaity ap-
luenal, and I i.imior admit that lln
piesldtnt has am light to illicit t'nii
giifS a to the time wlnn It Is o
peilluit lo iNpuss our apimivat of Mil
solemn m t of making ihisc- agiet nieiitx
with Nleiuagua and c'oslu Itlm.
This ilaini was made in tho um
mltteo and his lows as to the epn
i ni ax tn ai lion who stattd as
gnniiids of objei Hon to tho ii solutions
Pimi this lcw of tho tlutj of tin sen
ate I whoilj dlscnt." In another nm
in i lion ho sijs mi tho same point'
"Wo an bound to ague with t'ostti
Itlia and Nli nugua as to tho tt mix
on w hlc li canal ptiiileges win ho .
ti udi d to the I'nlied Mutes If this nilb
jei t Is to be settled bv ilgioemeiu
"Wo lime so agieed and the ques
tion Is w bethel lu a spasm of nppie
heuidou or under a suboidln itlem lo
tin- uitiilttiiis that P.iltlsh opinion
nun bullet us, wo will penult that go
oinmenl io emnpet tlio piesldent to
abandon the-o agieenionts They an
hmiorabli Juxt lawful and luconcelv
ablN good, and one o abandoned wo
i innot epeit a peiceable lesumpllon
ol thexo i elti lions."
Mi Mm gau uIm) lake,, the position
th it lln piesldent has already out
lined the' position of the United Stales
lownid tho Claj ton-Iiulwor tieaty by
negotiating the protocols with Costa
lib a and Nlcaiagua.
"It Is ipiltn llkc-lv," he sivs, "thai
tho piesldent lu milking tho ngiee
iunth lu the name of tho United
Mites, definitely dlsiegatilcd an
el.ilm ot light that flieit lbltaln could
asxptt to the effect that her consent
wis necescaij- to meh ni tlon on bis
put, as ptesldent.
'And equally ho u-seited the ilghl
of coinress to dlst-egaiil any claims of
(iieat lltltnin to pi event the acquisi
tion of Mich lights fioni Costa Ilka
i nd Nlcaiagui. and to appiopilate
inonov for that distinct purpose.
I'.exond question be has bound him--elf
as piesldent and as n plenlpoten
tlaiv to those ngi cements, and If thov
iulnto the light of Oieit Fliltaln or
gIo hei Just offense, coligicss Is also
bound either to undo tlm wrong and
at onu lopudlrite' nnd bnponeh what
the piohlduit has done oi sustain his
notion "
CONSUL WILDMAN.
Had Not Been Home Since Spanish
War Was a Native of Elmira.
flv I Mlii.be Who fiein llio A m lite! lrc
Washington. I-Vb. 2: Consul Oen
eial Wlldtnau had not been In the
Pniteil States slnco the Spanish war
bioko out. Ills soivlce In the east eov
eied all thi'eM'nts leading up to and
Im ludlng tho Spanish-Ann llean war.
c was In coinniunliatlon with Aguln
nldo at the time of Admli.il Dbwov's
famous lcloij-, and was .uciihod by
llui Plllpiuo Ip.ulei of having made un
fulfilled piomlses to him. but steadily
ib nled tin slatements to this clfoct.
Mi. Wildinan w.ih on his way home on
Io.no of absent o
llo was a native of Hlmlra. X. Y
but about twelve jraia ago went to
Idaho, when ho wns tho editor of a
pp.rer at Ilolso rity. about this tlmo
Mr. Wllilman was appointed consul at
Slngapoie and aftoi his teturn located
tit-San rranelsco, whcie ho engngeil In
magazine wmk.
- .
Steamship Ai rivals.
Hi I vilmlio Wop fiun The wKlitcil l'ic
WW VoiV., lVli 2 ubnl MarqnntP,
konilnii 1 Inrpool Vnliuli (icrtrntnU, .Vrw
oil. nne-rp Vnbnll IVonlrrnlanJ, ew
York, fillnultar Arrived. In t llUmaiik, Now
V'lU for Niplii anil lliiioa ficnoa mllnlt
llolicntollern. K YorU. nrowlifil I'l'tiilt
Noniaillr, .Vim- Yi rk for I be-ipmil.
NO COMMENT
WAS CAUSED
"Ripper" Passes on First Readino
Without a Word or Act lor
or ftoalnst It.
FIGHT WILL COME
NEXT TUESDAY
Unless Something Unexpected Inter
venes to Change Present Plans, the
Measuie Will Be Up for a Second
Rending on That Date and in All
Likelihood Passed Substantially
as It Stands Repicsentntlve Nis
bett Deluged with Telegrams Com
mending His Declaiatlou in Fa
vor of the "Rlppei."
pci lal fn in a -tan ( urn 4poi,dri.i
Ilarrlsbuig, I'eb iJ. Todas's houe
calendar applaud with Mip Muelu
bioimcr bill occuiijltig tho last i'ae
but two among the eighteen bills
scheduled for Hist roadlpg. It was
load on Its turn and passed with
out i liniment lust as wa.s all the' oth'i
evetiteon, Hven tho teinpoi-uv chali
mm. Mi. Slntoi, of riillailelphlti, did
not lealho until In got to talking with
the nowsjmpei men uflei wards tint ho
had the distinction of providing whll-
the eelebtated "ripper" bill was colng
iluough Its fist Introdiicllon to the
houxe. Xobodx pavs nnv attention lo
bills on llist lending. The chili- hears
the' iletk pause and mutters. "Nov
s'bll'l b'lojil." at which the cloik pro-ic-eil?
to lead Its title lo the onlv
ail'lltor, the stenogiaphor. ruder the
rules, tho bill Is then laid aside foi
-if-cmid lending. Hall tho membiisj it
Is haft to ay, did not h'ar the lead
ing of "An ait for the gouinmchl of
cities of the teeond clas," and ball
of the half that did heir II, ,?ave It
no nioto heed tli in If it was one ot
the ever lee lining "do," and sheep"
at ts
Till, II will be tlltiVienl ii' M Tups,
day. when It Is proposed to pass It
on suond leading and gleo the piluter
power to i on oct "misprints." Tli"
l-'llnnltes hiiM not lost hope, although
ulnilt tltip tholr light is an almost
bop' loss one, and when the bill conns
up 'lue-iliiv tin will nink" i do'ini
no stab at lipping the "ilppoi "
I .iical politic :il bad' is iroin all or
the state uu about tin house all da
and mound the hotels at night, wink
ing on th wuoilug m"in1nis. Most
ol them mo allies uf !he hiMllgint
i hloftaln, now inlim-h loioiied to as
'The Man with tin- Woo" "Pllnn, tin
Meik." and lluigomlstcr P.lll." 1'ioni
up SiMtntoii wav ennie- o-M.lor
John II lVllows nnd Thomas Klliow,
ol Hnllsti id, tin well-known Itopubll
I'ltn leadci of Susiiiu-b innii
When IteprcentallM' W W. Nls
lu tl. of Pittsbmg, cTin.' Into tli" bmiso
this inoiulng. In- lound his desk falilv
lltteie'l with lelogiams coiiiniendlng
ids action of lust night in doe-lniiug
foe iho "ilnnei " All during the iuo- '
gie-s of the session ho was kppl bus
loidlnr, thorn and eonseiUentl flee
fiom obosivlng how well or otherwise
llui i oils of lils.iontlt.uous oolloaguos
fit In the buk What these latter arc
not snltig ubout Mr. Nlsbett Is the
onlv poitlon 01 their uttoiances of tho
past twenty-four bouts that would
look well In pi int. T J. Huff
TO PROVIDE FULL BENCHES.
Bill to Retiie Judges Who Mav Be-
come Incapacitated. '
?pcilal (torn a Stall e crro-pomU nt
Haiilsbm-,. P. b. 2'. It Is plopneil
b a bill inesented In the bou-o lodu
bv Mr. Hinilson. ot Plilluilelphla. to ie
tlre on lull salary any Judge who may
be mi'iitnll oi iihhlcally Incapacitated
fiom perfoimlng tho duties of Ills ofllee
for a peilod of one jear.
At pi wnt Hum Is no pioIlon In
tho I iw to mee t tin- posslblllt of a
tnajoiltv of one of Ihe appellate com Is
being incapacitated m lor taking cai
of the busliies ot u Judicial dlstikt
whete tin Judge or Judges may be lu a
similar lonilltlon, For this and the
nion Immediate loaum that tin con
tinued Illness of Judge i Mitchell and
Smith ot the Supeilor eouit has, so It
Is claimed, somewhat handicapped tho
w oik of that i mil I. this bill has been
di af ted
lit, eiiintlng i laiiho loads as follows:
11- it rn ilr I, ri , 11 il fiom ami uftn Ihe-In-..ip
of tlil aet, v.h nvvir p imki- of anv
if tli- uin-nc mpiflci", inmmoii ppa? or
orpin'"' o"itg of till- o. ninioiiHtaltli, y n-o
hoii of ilijulril or miiitrl ilitililllli. ai poiri to
In- Inniiatllati-a fr piifurinlni; Illu Jmllrl il
fni i tint sml iluti-ii. am! k n mi ef su li
I iliil llllv ha ml f ifomiiil .in li iliitini for
itlio pciliil ot inn nar tin. snvinmi if lln
(ommniiwi-allri l ill appolil i comnilsiloii ion
nhting of tlir-o ulilllfnl uml ili-lnliitstnl ihv.l
rlrns fum illflirent iiumlic ot the- .1 in- tn px
amine Uu' alil Ju.ljp ml If llio sahl rommir
sio.i -11 Kieil inai in" nui iiuiKi i -riiian.
oiiih- Imapiiltatril m p'lfoiin llio ilutliK of
lils ofdii. tin uovrtiior liall imtlfv llio mill
i.il,- if mull fin Una-, ami If the mil juIlti uliall
I i--ln nltliin lliirli iliu of mhIi nullu, Iip
ul .11 nriixp nr th" luliner if ihr trim tnr
nlilili lie nai ik-itdl llio talnj olnili ho ui III
luvi ifi-i-lvr-'l, If lie hil not ir-tlstiril, ami lli
vatiiny thus rnatril hall Iip IIIIhI in tlio mn
l rr lii-rrloforn provliM tv lav in ia n' m
ran im In Juilldil oifltn'
Prison Boaid Fay.
The bill drafted bv Itnlge Atcliliald,
and pi Oriented by Ml. Siheuei. lo pin.
vide a coinpensiitlon for membois of
pilson bonuls, of not over J'OO each per
annum, to be fixed by the county con
ti oiler or auditors at tho beginning of
each ycat, was repotted fiom thn
Judicial" general committee with a
negative leconimenikitlon
Tho bill to authoiUo cum Ik to direct
aooneyonce by the sheilff when the
paity ouleied lefuses to do so, which
Is primarily aimed at legislating stub
born old James (Ian mm out of Jail, was
IContlimrd n Pjh C
THR NKWH THIS MORNING.
Wttttatr ladlcatUii Tadajr,
fltorv rLurtnitscoLDcn.
Gi-iirrtl Stv'iiiifr and One llunrlrrd and
l'lfty lit, tmn tl the (loldin (Iitp.
l'irt uVailliii: of PJppfr Hill Cam, J Jfj
Cr mmetit.
Work of the N'ltloiul I 'gwliloin.
Viillms of IliP Wm.k nt Ilnrilrntown.
(iMiiral-Carlnnilal pcparlmi'nt.
IM-11 An Med Hot' Clnl).
Musical (ioflp.
I'llitoikd.
Weekly l.itlcr on MiinMial flali.
ot ard CWmrnt.
Is-al Social ami IVioia1.
One Womau'i) Vlnn.
Kilrntlllc xdail.
Ijl Rfport of Mile liwplor MoilrikV
Mil'mitr KrlloH" PiiUreil I'r elect nl.
loial Uf till II of
llaplKt IJhuuli
-Ilk Jllll StrllT.
fait til at I'm n AiruiC
V'V il.
Incil -Wiit cranlou mil ShImhImii
CMicijI 'orlliia1iin lVtnnlunla
Vilii-rlotmint
I'Pll-SlHI Ni'W? 'if Ilif W'CiI,
Sumlaj f-kliool len, for Touiuinm.
loiil-lbr NiMH of tl r Imlintnal Wmtil
WHITE RATS ARE
OUT ON STRIKE
They Make Tiouble for Vaudeville
Mnnagets in th Laigpr Cities.
I!; I, w hub Win to in 1ii? ..ot. al a I uf
Ni w Yoik, Ki b. 2.!. Winder lllc man-ag-is
are hustling Hits morning to so.
iiuc tnl'-ul lo till iln ti s made vacant
b the sttlko ot the White Kits' asxo
elation Toda belli), u holldaj, the Miude-
lllc hmism will try lo make a good
show In?, while the "While Hals" will
endeiiMii to show llu-li sttength Id the
stilke P.oth sides aio elnlmlng li toij
this morning. Th numageis of the
local lioiihis state lliiil thi-v have
enough "till lis' on their books to till
tholr ptOKtnmme fui some- tlmo to
I OHIO,
e'enigo I'iiIIpi (loldeii, piesldent of
the "While P.uls," said today tint II
would be n light to a llulsh and .that
tbo plajeis would suulv win ouf. Ho
staled thai Iho ax-oeliitlon wax neatly
1 00 stiong.
The Htrlko s the i exult m a the per
e out. elemnud of Ihe matiageis lor
booking tbo plnjus. This demand, the
actms refuse to aicido to any longer,
nnd tho oi'lei went out Mxurdny to
nieiubi rs of 'White Kits" In all th
e.istein illles to quit plalllh
''"bo slilke showed ItSPlI lu lln foini
of nn "epldiiuli of sicklies." fine bv
otic tin- a Ioi" mil nitiosscr ikclueel
that lh" weio III and lu one Ioi ul
playhouse ii hos itnl lopoit would
lime show n eon cu-o oi appendicitis,
a -iiialnid aiikli, Inait tiouble anil
lheiimatixni lialind dog was found
to Irivt anilo i olli ." and could not
co on. 'Ihe i pldemli sptoid so Unit
tin htiit-is woie H'llouslv iiipplod last
nl'.ht and "linn" vie oeiiaugeil b".
twion hmisi'x
lliookljii tbe.il'i von badlv erip
pli'd, four lioii"- being all oi tod
Uopoils fimn Itosion hlale that th"
xtilke .as l"lt Meulv lu th" Hub
ilt.
Til" -II Ik' Ih -Min till to b'-ionie
j ,-eni i.il It
I f"W lllll-
Moston. Tib JJ. -Till audeIUo
icnns and aitlsls at I.'elth's now tho.i
til have ,4one' on i-tilk" In ieqimixe
iriim enders from the White Hat or
ganl7atlou. li x sniH"nl.
Techow's ti alned e.itr and diu'x uu
uokoued among the (eairi
THE KENNEDY JURY
HAS DISAGREED.
Accused Mm deter of Dolly Reynolds
Will Have Another Trial.
lit- l.xclii-lip Wire fioio I'l ..nihfil l'u
Now Yeuk. Kob .'.'The Juiy in the
second li lal of Hi Samiic 1 J Ken
nedy, under Indictment for the mm dol
or Polly He nobis, lodav illi-agitod.
and tho moused Is again In the Tonibi
In the cell foinn'ilv ociuptid bv Itulond
11, Molliuuv.
W1ipii Mi. .Mimic counsel lor Ken
iii dv, was asked whether in would ap-
nlv for ball ioi th" ntl-onoi. he- said: I
Not ai this tlmo," and doclluid lo sav
when the application would bo made.
Justice Puisnian's warning Hopped
the uuial smuces of inl'oimatlou as to
the ballots lalf.cn by tin Juiv. but then
Is good aiitboiltv for tho statenn nt
that tho liny took many ballots and
stood all night S to I lot ion. If tlon.
that on tho last billot ono Juryman
went oer to Ur Kennody's side and
that the losult was a llnal vote of 7 to
G lor conviction
Mi. Molntjio said after the adjourn
ment of the eouit lliat anv motion to
admit Or Kennedy to bill would bo
opposed by tho dlsiilet attoiuoy,
LETTER FROM PAT CROW.
Offeis to Give Himself Up if He Can
Be Piotected fiom Violence.
Ill- 1 M 111 lip Will flOill till' W'llijll-il I'll
Omaha, Pob J.'. IMwaid Ciielah,
sr, has tocclvid a htioi which he and
thu chief or police bclU-vo lo be fiom
Put C'towe It states that Crow Is
not ctilltv and s,t that but for iar
of hiiiiorlng the fiib of tin nogm re
contly 1 nclit il nt I.i'iuenvvoith, Kau-
sus, ho would lime given hlnipelf up.
Now that tlm excitement Is iiujeted
elon ii tho wiltpp hays, he will give
himself up to Chief of Police Donahue,
It Iho latter and Mr. Oud.ihy will In
sine him protection from violence.
CHINESE EDICTS SIGNED.
in I -criilvp Wiir- Irom The iwclatnl I'iim,
I'eMii, lli 2' Tip tmelgn inlnUtrn toJay
nrrlvcil a niM.asu lumi tho CIiIiimo ptaco com.
mUvlonPU i-ajliir; th e-dictii rriranllnir thp pun.
IthinriiK, llui u .n a lien of rciinlnatlona and llio
iKpniiillilllrj of thu vlcfro.-m nml ovoiiio hai
been tlgncil, lilt the tt.it hii not ;i-t aiTlvnl,
0lns lo Hip Chlnro npir jeir irlHnatlmn
many of the Irle-srapli olri'pj an ilm.il unlil
ipx t vvsl.
TRAGEDY AT
BORDENTOWN
Twelve Killed and About 30 Wound
ed on the ftmbou Line Is
the Latest Record.
BODIES ARE MUTILATE
Three in the Trenton Morgue Cannot
Be Identified Conductor Sapp Ad
mits That He Had Entirely For
gotten the Order Relative to th
Third Section of the "Nellie Bly'"
Express. (
llj I'tclaile Mlrc from Tiip AiotIalail Tirm
Trenton, N. J.. Feb. 22. Twelve klllmt
and about thirty Injured Is tho reconX.
at this -writing of the result of th
collision of tialns last night at P.us
llng'.i siding, near Hordentown, on th.
Ambov division of the 1'ennsylvanlaj
lallio.id. It Is known that all bodies
have been inmoed from the -wrecked
tialii". Of the Injured nineteen mo
now lu the Tienton hospitals and fle
In Cooper hospital at Camden. Somo
of the other slightly injured went to
their homes. Of tho Injmed nt Tren
ton eight arc Itallins and nt Camden
all the live aro Italians. Of the dead
plevcn bodies nre now at the Trenton
mot true, one of them an unidentified
woman, and ono body is at Cnnideu.
Seven bodies have been positively lelon
tlflecl. They nic:
Walter Harlc, engineer of the oppress
train.
James lllrmlnshani, baggagemasler
of the local train.
ndvvaid J. Stoke, of Bristol, Ph.,
pnssenger of tho local train.
Walter Nale, oC Tienton, passenger
on tho local train.
John Oates, of Trenton, passenger on
the local train.
An Italian, whoso first name wan Joo
but Inst name not known.
Mulas Sparta, un Italian, who died
at tho Cooper hospital, Camden.
Another bodv at the Trenton morgue
Is that of an Italian, name unknown.
Another Is that of uu unidentified
woman
The three other bodies nt the morgue
ate so badly mutilated that Identified,
tlon Is dinicult. They arc supposed to
bo tho boille1) of three Trenton men
who wore passengers on the local train,
but who have been missing since tbo
i ulllsloii occurred. They are:
William McNInney, John Patrell ami
Thomas MeOee.
Tho Iujuied.
cif the Injured in tbo hospitals here
there me four whoso icioveiy is doubt
ful Thov are
Pi .ink 1 olden, who had both legs cut
on
Vlne'iit Splni, an Italian, who-e
skull was fractured.
liomlulck Ceixit'llo, an Italian, -whose
back wax broken and who will sutoly
lb
All iho otheis In the hospitals h"ui
are picmivwlng nicely.
P.oth Cienoial Supoilntendent Sbp
pnd and nivlhlmi Supoiinteiielont Am
bon ro. able admitted todiv that th"
crew of tho accommodation tialii dls
obvnl the tialii onlers.
Condui tor Sai p, of the locil tialn,
who is at bis homo In P.oidentovvn
suffering fioni slight Injuiles. ,ui
inlttpil io Mi, Ambeivroinblo that b
bad entliely lorgotteu the oider i"ln
llvo to tin thlld section of tho "Nellie
l.lv ' omuc-S".
Kuslli""!' Thompson of the saui'i
train, v ho lbs hcilouslv injutod :n a
Trenton hosrltiil, STld that some toi
Ublo mistake had been made sorao
wheic Tho train cudois ismed worn
In dupllca'e and both Thoinpson and
Sapp veto given a cop. The older
eiliecled ihe local train to remain on
the siding nt Sbopv.ird above Borden
town, until all Unco rectinns of ties
ppioss had pa. oil, but Instead o
doing th!", hnwevci. the local pulled
out on Hie main ti ulc after tho b'cemd
section had sped by.
LETTER CARRIERS MEET.
Neaily Tlfty Delegates Present from
' All Pants of the State.
11- Ivilimbe Wire from Tho AocIatnl rtcs
Lebanon. Pa., Teb. 2J. Today thi
latter Can Ioi s association hold tluli
annual meeting in thiB city. T. J. Car
pontoi. of Hairlbburg, presided. Tins
other ofllcers iu-e: J. J Forav, l -president,
Wllkefc-narre- J. IL An
drows, secietdiv, Pittsbiug: T. V.
rsiles, of Haston, treasnier, and Goonm
H. Koininol, Lebanon, seigcant-ai-nms.
Theic worn nearly tlftv deil-'gatem
piesent fi-om all pait of Pennsylvania,
and speeches were mndn bv John 11.
Parsons, of New York, prcsldont of thn
National association, and M. A. Fltz
geiald, piesldent of tho New Yoik!
Hands, No. SC.
.
Maiquls Mairies Florodora Slngen
lli rsilii-lvi Wits fioia 'llio J-nclatrrl Vtrv.
Inilon, lb. 2i-1Iia Marquis ot Urudlnrt
i rt-portoil to liavo marilnl MUi Uoa Boon,
a mrnitcr t tlic "I'loroiliia" rompany, it tb
Ivriu ttnalrr. liconnv 'fkornai Tarloiir, n
pntii miiiiilc of llpilfort. win born in Wt.
Hi l a kpi-onrl liiiiienaut m tbo Tint Liin
(inard ml tit In tin iiou of lom as Bar
hnili Ills ictoml tilln U J ail of B.lhi'.
Woist Blizzaid of Wintei.
in l.i lu.lv Wire fiom Die .ocltoJ TrfM
WalPitovMi, N. Y, l-cli. i"-0np of tli or.,
lihizanU ot tlm winter li prrvalllnjf in mrthrr
cvv York, bnow bimaii fallioir about midnight,
and a lillndlnir ttnnn is lllll in piosre ItalU
road Uiiflc U haii pornl
ttttii
WEATHER FORECAST.
Wnfliin.tni, Vli, ii rnrfp lor Rat
imlay ami Mm la.v I Katorn Ppninj-lvuili
lair in Noiilhrni mo rliirrlia in nortlo
rm portion itnrda) . eullrr In northra
tmrtlun -iindji. nil. imiliiiiiiil ioIiIj
lirbl. I oitlmpetiilj ml
ttttttttrttt tt tti-