600 DEAD BEFORE GNEISENAU SANK British Shelis Tore Gorman Cruiser to Pieces INVINCIBLE HIT REPEATEDLY English Officer, Describing Battle Off Falkland Islands, Has Praise For Marksmanship of res Gnstsenau So Hot Before She Went Down Crew Couldn't Stand on Her. A detailed description of the battle off the Falkland islands, in which the German squadron under Admiral yon Spee was destroyed by the British force-, under Admiral Sturdee, has been received by A. It. MaeMuilen of Dixie, Out., in a letter from his son, Lieuten ant A. P. Mac Mullen. The young man, who was on board the Invincible, Admiral Sturdee's flag ship, during tlie light, writes that the British squadron made the trip from Plymouth to the Falkland islands in twenty-seven days, arriving there on Dec 7. The battle occurred the next day. His letter, dated Dec. 11, says: "Next morning (Dec. 8) we started coaling at 0 o'clock. There were the Invincible, Inflexible, Carnarvon, Kent. Cornwall, Bristol, Glasgow and the I armed P. and O. liner Macedonia in j the harbor. At 8:30, while we were at j breakfast, the Canopus shore station reported a four funneled cruiser in sight. We got orders to raise steam for full speed at once. "The enemy consisted of the Scharn horst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, Nurnberg and Dresden, with three transports. Germans Went to Prayers. "When the Germans saw four tripod masts they got a bit of a shock, but thought they were dummies at first: then that they were Japanese, as some Japanese light ships have tripods, but when they discovered we were British, one of their officers told us. they went to prayers. "We got within range, 15.000 yards, about 1 p. m. We first fired a few rounds at the Nurnberg and hit her stern, I believe, after which we left the three smaller ones to our lighter ships and then, with the Inflexible, en gaged the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. opening fire at about seven sea miles. We, being the flagship, came in for the gTeater part of both ships' fire for five hours. "Although their gunnery was marvel ous, we did not give them much chance, as we had the advantage of ■peed and chose the range. The Scharnhorst sank about 4 p. in., but we could not stop to pick up the sur vivors, as the Gneisenau was still In action. At about 0 o'clock p. m., bow ever, the Gneisenau sank, and we steamed to the spot. I came to the deck for the first time and shall never forget the sight. The water was thick with men and wreckage all around us, and the wailing noise was terrible. We lowered all the boats that would float and threw lines to others, but the men were all absolutely numb, although only fifteen minutes In the water. The temperature of the water was 38 de grees. We managed to save over 100, but twenty died from shock. In all about 180 were picked up by our ships from the Gneisenau's crew. "The Glasgow had the consolation of ■lnking the Leipzig. The Kent sank the Nu"*L)er&. The Dresden got away, but \i~ethtc damaged or not we don't know yet. Six Hundred Men Killsd. "The German doctor on the Gneise nau—we have seven officers aboard told us that 000 had been killed before she sank and that our shells tore the whole side and upper deck away when they burst. He said the ship was so hot that they could not stand on her. no they opened a torpedo tube to sink her more quickly at the end. "I should think we were hit about thirty times above armor, and, al though nothing vital was hit, we were a good deal damaged abopt the upper works. The wardroom was complete ly wrecked and an enormous hole pierced in the deck. It was like a pee per pot, all the bulkheads being fid dled by fragments of shell. The wore one sees the greater marvel it is that there is not a single casualty in this ship except the commander, whose foot Is very slightly damaged. In all about twelve were killed in the fleet and not many more wounded. "One of our guns, whio* wn manned, was shot right Th Wo. Fires were promptly dealt with by the s to kers' Are brigade. Owing to the gjmt range, none of their shells pierced our armor and only just made a mark op JL I was in the boiler room all Uhe time, and the men worked splendidly, although we heard shells hitting tha aide of the bunkers." A Guide's Escape. First Guide—How was your life aaved? Second Guide —He mistook a oow for me.—New York Bun. French Cruiser Joins British at Havana Havana, Feb. 10. —A French ar mored cruiser, apparently the Cauda, arrived off the port of Havana. There •he joined the British cruiser Bristol, which for some weeks has been niter Bating with the British cruiser Ben wftok In watching the port and crnls iH Ultitde Cuban territorial waters. J TWO n •r i3.i r ■<-wwy J 1. . ><: - ■ v ■.. J t till lY b, . ~2i Ship's Ccj 1 - j,. v.-s-.v a sin.i's company of thirteen all told that drift ed six days lashed or grasping life lines on a raft and the detached deckhouse of the barkentine. Sharks swartned around them at times, and the more vigorous of tlie castaways for diversion batted the big fellows over the snout whenever the.v came near enough to disturb the serenity of the women. Cargo Lashed to Deck. The Boynton sailed from Mobile for Genoa on Dec. 20 with a full cargo of lumber, a large part lashed on deck. Off the Florida coast ou Jan. 11 a heavy southeasterly gale dashed up tali seas and forced the lumber ship to heave to under storm trysail. The gale Increased to a hurricane, and. fearing she might pound out her bow in the crashing combers, the skipper turned tail to the blast and ran miles to the northward under bare poles. The deck load shifted in the flight down the wind, and the old ship began to leak. All hands were on deck, the starboard watch at the pumps and the port watch trying to jettison the deck load, which imperiled the lives of all hands. The women were safe from the tumult in the after deck house. The deck cargo, relieved of its lash ings, went by the board on the morn ing of Jan. 12. The Boynton was then waterlogged, her main deck almost awash, and floundering in the trough of the waves. Hit by Huge Wave. A monster sea. which the mate call ed a "tidal wave" but which doubtless was a cumulative wave, or two or more waves rolled into one, rose forty feet above the vessel and descended on the deck thunderously. At 2:30 o'clock the next morning a wave almost as big as the giant board ed the wreck and swept the forward house into the tumult. The men cut away the main and mizzen masts at daylight The foremast later jammed Itself through the bottom of the ship. The yawl had escaped the smashing seas, and an effort was made to launch it The drifting lumber stove it in, and finally it was broken to match wood. The cargo below the main deck, forced up by the water, lifted the deck from the after house to the place where the forward house had been, and the big section went sailing off by itself and was soon out of view to leeward. The released beams and boards leaped and rolled out of the barkentine from both sides. The skipper and the lusty mate, with the crew, attacked the after deck house and with axes and naked hands got off the top to use as a raft. All hands got aboard, and the seas launch ed it The next morning, the mate says, he did something that no castaway in his memory of wrecks ever did—that is, as he said smilingly, 'we sighted the main deck.' which had drifted back in a shift of the gale. Rafts Lashed Together. The smaller raft felt as if It might soon go to pieces, and it was decided to board the main deck. Two hours of hard paddling with broken oars brought the little raft to the big one, and after lashing the two. the sea hav ing gone down somewhat, all hands made the transfer, the men assisting the women. At the end of several days the main deck began to break up. and the castaways, with life lines around them, made their way back to the smaller raft- The women lay down and were lashed, and the men held to life lines. At 10:30 that morning, Jan. 18. the Manzanilio hove in sight The mate, being the tallest in the party, waved as a signal of distress the only bunt ing saved, the international code sig nal R, a square flag with a yellow cross on a red ground, which had been made fast to an end of a long piece of board. Most of the shipwrecked were car ried aboard the Manzanillo from her lifeboat. They were cared for gener ously aboard and taken to a hospital at Santiago. The skipper and his wife and niece went to Mobile. Mate Olsen and ths swt of the crew went to New York oc the Monterey. 1812 Penny Feund In Log. While spliting wood on his farm near Newton, N. J., Amzi Cosner saw a piece of copper fall from one of the logs. He found that it was a penny, dated 1812. The coin was in a remark able state of preservation, the on it being as easily distinguished as Chose ob a imwif minted coim - FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD COUNCIL. I R s : , A _ <' - 3a, k- - ™ v j J" ' * ' ;V *' T ■. :' iV* \ •;?£ . ... J ' :,v ' r * ; tuto by American t're-ss Association. Loft t<> rivht around the table: James B. Forgan. president: M. H. Grim, secretary; J. P. Morgan. W. S It >we, (, ~ : V. Archibald Kains, Daniel G. Wing. Charles A. Lyerly, J. Howard Arduey, L. L. Rue. vice president, and Ilolla Wells. Gcoa Cooks !n Dertiana. "I've had my daughters learn to cook so that they might get better bus bands." "And did they?" "No, they feel above marrying now." —Boston Transcript. PAW UK AM A OF PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION. KAISER SETS EXAMPLE OF THE SIMPLE LIFE. Cakes, White Bread and Luxuries Ban ished From His Table. The kaiser and kaiserin are cutting down the expenses of the imperial household and teaching the German people a lesson in frugality. The stand ard of meals at court appears to be no higher than that of many private fami lies in the west end of Berlin. This, at any rate, is the statement published in the German papers and given out officially. The kaiser's chef has had no oppor tunity of displaying his inventive genius for new dishes since the out break of the war. Very few guests have been entertained at the palace, and the kaiserin has placed a ban on table delicacies. The kaiser ordered a trial meal with "war bread" last No vember, and since then he has ordered that it be eaten at every meal. A few weeks ago it was placed on the menu at great headquarters, where it is said it was greatly appreciated by the kai aer himself. The use of white bread for the im perial breakfast table was stopped si multaneously with the prohibition in Berlin of all kinds of night baking. No fresh loaves are baked overnight at the palace, but every morning the court baker delivers a quantity of war bread sufficient for the next day's meals. This is warmed up for the empress and the members of the court at each meal. The kaiser's breakfast, when he eats it in Berlin, is simple, consisting of an egg, tea or coffee and war bread. Soup is served at 1 o'clock, and this is followed by a plate of meat or vege tables, but nothing else. The evening meal is less frugal. Potatoes are serv ed in their skins, which are also eaten, says the Vossische Zeitung, and the kaiser permits both meat and vegeta bles to be taken at this meal. The OUT OF WORK IN_NEW YORK. Photo by American Press Association. This picture was made at night on a ferryboat taking unemployed men to EUla island, where they are per mitted to sleep la quarter* uaaally eecupted by immigrants. j He. Mean Srotrer. She — Ahne's twin brother annoys her dreadfully. lie—How? She —You see. everybody knows they are twins, aud poor Aline can't pass for only twenty four because he tells people he's thir ty!— Exchange. kaiserin's choice is generally a slice of cold meat. Both at the front and in the palace in Berlin the kaiser lives with Spartan simplicity. His choice is restricted to thick soup containing chopped meat. The kaiserin visits the kitchen every day, giving orders and superintending the cooking. "One cannot live sump tuously while our brave soldiers in the trenches are making the greatest sacrifices," she is reported to have said. l Cakes, whipped cream and other lux uries are forbidden at court. WheD the children of the crown prince and other members of the imperial family are invited to afternoon tea a few crackers appear on the table, and even if the crown princess or the Duchess of Brunswick is a guest at dinner no extra dish is added to the simDle meuu. Cruiser In Suez Canal Damageo. Constantinople, Feb. 10. —It was of ficially announced here that a British cruiser in the Suez canal has been badly damaged by the fire of the Turk ish batteries east of the waterway and that some companies of the Turkish troops have succeeded in crossing the canal between Tussim and Serapeum. The main Turkish forces are now preparing to attack the British troops, the official statement added. Turkish warships have successfully bombarded the - Russian port of Batoum, says another report. The Turkish campaign against Egypt is stated to be proceeding favorably to the Ottoman forces. Fighting is ir progress at Ismailie and El Kant&ra on the Suez canal. The Turkish government called out all reserves up to forty-five years old to join the colors at once. Our Flrat Sawmill. It is said that the first sawmill in the United States was at Jamestown, from which sawed boards were ex ported in June, 1607. A water power sawmill was in us* in 1625 near the present site of Richmond. Different. Seedy Chap (stopping pedestrian)— Pardon me, sir, but you look very much like a man I know. Pedestrian—lndeed! Well, you look like a man I dou't want to know. Good day!— Boston Transcript. PLAGUE AGAIN RAMPANT Foot and Mouth Disease Closes Down Many Stock Yards. Washington, Feb. 9. —Tie discovery ef foot and mouth disease in the stock yards of nine cities, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Louisville. Buffalo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Jersev City and Baltimore, which resulted In , the closing of these yards until they have been thoroughly disinfected, is regarded by the department as a set back in their campaign to eradicate the plague. Announcement was made by the de partment of agriculture that it holds that cattle purchased for slaughter and found to be affected with foot and mouth disease shall not be paid for by the government, but may be con demned under the federal meat in spection law like any other diseased stock. It is said that "purchasers of cattle for slaughter in territory where there is reason to suspect the existence of the disease purchase at their own risk and there is no reason why the government should insure them against the possibility of loss." Evangelist Gets 2,304 Converts. Burgettstown, Pa., Feb. 9. —Rev. L. K. Peacock, who had been conducting a revival here the last five weeks, has closed his campaign. The collection and individual checks for the evange list amounted to 82,800, it was an nounced, and 2,304 persons "hit the trail." ... Austria Not Queried by Italy. Rome, Feb. 11. —A report that Ita(y has demanded an explanation of Aus tria in regard to Austrian war prepar ations and the massing of troops s t j \* \ .iv 5 • i beard jHaititlv 1 n- u. s I v >. 1 turned ai : sa . ~ OHO Ot I V t Geneva c; . ...mil inr. sights . ur Wo i \ r Waldnieyer. was made my guide. "In most cases the ailment termi nates as quickly ats it began.' said uiy informant. "As ai general! thing this . mental disease is due to ai softness ot disposition and to ai feeble will unable to throw off the horrible impressions o! the battlefield of today. The patient may be in robust health, very strong j physically, and ail that "One of them told me he could not sleep because his mind was constantly dwelling ou 'mountains of corpses.' II seems his regiment, after taking one ot the Russian trenches, had to literally walk ovr the torn, bleeding aud dis figured bodies lying there. "This man was a woodcutter, used to hard work. He was in perfect phys leal condition and naturally ruthei rough and uncouth. But the scenes is that battle and the storm!ug of those trenches completely unnerved him made him hysterical and unbalanced his mind for the time. In other cases there is a bias toward paralysis or hal lucinations; but. as 1 said, in most in stances the trouble is cured quickly, and the man returns to the front ap parently as good as before. "While In this demented condition however. It is best to send him home for a rest cure, so to speak. As a rule, the moment he arrives here there la Improvement." A Tyrolese from the Eisack valley twenty-eight, of more than medium build, had served in a regiment of the Kaiserjaeger and later had been pul in a field battery. He was a good shot like most men of the Tyrol, had pluck enough and became a corporal. He married, took a small farm on the mountainside on annual payments and saved money. Unnerved by Battle Sight*. When the war broke out Mazl an swered the call. The field post wax slow and irregular aud left bim with out uews from home. His battery took part in a number of battles with the Russians at Krasnik, Komaroff and Lemberg. with Dankl and Von Hin denburg near Warsaw and lastly at Lodz. He became moody and melan choly when he saw all this never end ing slaughter. One of his comrades was Tony, with whom as a boy be bad gone bird nesting and who was hit best friend. Mazi's battery bad been in constant action since early morning. Tony was Just bringing new ammunition when a shell burst in the midst of the battery, tore off the captain's bead and killed or wounded ntserlfV every one of th men. Tony was one of the victims. For an Instant Mazi was dazed. He too, was seriously wounded. Then ths horror of it all flashed over his simple, plain mind. He rau shrieking out ct the emplacement right toward the en emy, bat was stopped on the way and was sent home on an ambulance train, traveling for days, his wound being looked after just once, until be finally nached the Steinhof. He was insane at that time. The picture of his frtend's death would not vanish from his rtew waking or sleeping. Bat within a fortnight Mazi has been alsaost completely cared, and wit hid •Bother week be will rejoin his bat t*T m to Mt H It j s