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By HALL CAINE
CHAPTER X
THE FAIRBROTHERS
Now when the Fairbrothers con
cluded that they could never give rest
to their tender consciences until they
had done right by their poor sister
Greeba they set themselves straight
way to consider the ways and means
Ballacralne they must sell in order
that its proceeds might be taken to
Greeba as her share and interest but
Ballacrane belonged to Jacob and an
other provision would forthwith need
to be made for him So after much
arguing and some nagging across the
hearth of the kitchen at Lague it was
decided tnat each of Jacobs five broth
ers should mortgage his farm to one
sixth its value and that the gross sum
of their five sixths should be Jacobs
for his share This arrangement would
have the disadvantage of leaving Ja
cob without land but he showed a
magnanimous spirit in that relation
Dont trouble about me said he
its sweet and nice to do a kindness
to your own brothers
And four of his brethren applauded
that sentiment but Thurstan curled
up his red nose and thought Aw yes
of coorse a powerful big boiler of
brotherly love the little miser keeps
going under his weskit
And having so decided they further
concluded to see the crops off the
ground and then lose no time in car
rying out tneir design Lets wait for
the melya said Asher meaning the
harvest home and then off for Marky
the Lord The person who went by
this name was one Mark Skillicorn an
advocate of Ramsey who combined
the functions of pettifogger with those
of money lender and auctioneer
Marky the Lord was old and plausible
and facetious He was a distant rela
tive of the Fairbrothers by the side of
their mothers French family and it
was a strange chain of circumstances
that no big farmer ever got into trou
ble but he became a client of Marky
the Lords that no client of Marky the
Lords did not in the end go altogether
to the bad and that poor Marky the
Lord never had a client who did not
die in his debt Nevertheless Marky
the Lord grew richer as his losses
grew heavier and more facetious as
his years increased Oh he was a
funny dog was Marky the Lord but
there was just one dog on the island
41 shade or two funnier still and that
was Jacob Fairbrother This thrifty
soul had for many a year kept a nest
of private savings and even in the
days when he and his brethren went
down to make a poor mouth before
their father at Castletown he had
money secretly lent out on the consci
entious interest of only three per cent
above the legal rate
And thus it chanced that when Bal
Jacraine was advertised in big letters
on every barn door in the north of
Mann Jacob Fairbrother went down
to Marky the Lord and made a private
bargain to buy it in again So when
the day of the sale came and Marky
the Lord strode over the fields with
some thirty men farmers miners ad
vocates and parsons at his heels
and then drew up on the roadside by
the Bibernian and there mounted
the till board of a cart for the final
reckoning little Jacob was too much
moved to be present though his broth
ers were there all glooming around on
the outside of the group with their
liands in their breeches pockets
Ballacralne was knocked down
cheap to somebody that nobody knew
and then came the work of the mort
gages so once again Jacob went off to
Marky the Lord and bargained to be
made mortgagor though no one was
to be a whit the wiser And ten per
cent he was to get from each of his
five brothers for the use of the money
which next day came back to his own
bands
Thus far all was straight dealing
but with the approach of the time to
go to Iceland the complications grew
thick Jacob had so husbanded his
money that while seeming to spend he
still possessed it and now he was
troubled to know where to lodge that
portion of it which he should not want
in Iceland and might find it unsafe to
take there And while he was in the
throes of his uncertainty his brothers
all save John were in the travail of
their own big conception
Now Asher Stean and Thurs
tan having each made up his mind
that ho would go to Iceland also had
MP- to consider how to get there for their
late bargaining had left them all pen
niless The proceeds of the sale of
Balacraine were lodged with Jacob for
Greeba and Jacob also held as his
own what had come to each man from
his mortgage So thinking that Jacob
must have more than he could want
they approached him one by one con
fidentially and slyly And wondrous
were the lies they told him for they
dare not confess that their sole need
of money was to go to Iceland after
him and watch him that e did not
cheat them when Greeba sent them all
their fortunes in return for their
brotherly love of her
Thus Asher took Jacob aside and
whispered Im morthal hard pressed
for a matter of five and thirty pound
boy just five and thirty for draining
and fencing I make bold to think
youll lend me the like of it and six
per cent 1 11 be paying reglar
Ah I cant do it Asher said Ja
cob for old Marky uie Lord has
stripped me
Then came Stean plucking a bit of
ling and looking careless and he said
Ive got a fine thing on now I can
buy a yoke of ploughing oxen for
thirty pound Only thirty and a dead
bargain Can you lend me tne brass
But whishts the word for Ross is
sneaking after them
Very sorry Stean said Jacob
but Ross has been here before you
and Ive just lent him the money
Ross himself came next and said
I borrowed five-and-twenty pound
Coatisued
Story
M
t from Stean a bit back and hes not
above threatening to sell me up for a
dirty little debt like that Maybe yed
tide me over the trouble ana say noth
ing to Stean
Make jour mind easy Ross said
Jacob Stean told me himself and
Ive paid him all you owe him
So these two went their ways and
thereafter eyed each other threating
ly but neither dare explode for both
had their secret fear And last of all
came Thurstan made well drunk for
the better support of his courage and
he maudled and cried What dye
think Poor Ballabeg is dead him
that used to play the fiddle at church
and the old parson wants me to take
Ballabegs place up in the gallery loft
Says Id be wonderful good at the viol
bass I wouldnt mind doing it neith
er only it costs such a power of
money a viol bass does twenty
pound maybe
Well what of that said Jacob in
terupting him the parson says hell
lend you the money He told me so
himself
With such shrewd answers did Ja
cob escape from the danger of lending
to his brothers whom he could not
trust But he lost no time down to
Marky the Lord and offering his
money to be lent out on interest with
good security Knowing nothing of
this Asher Stean Ross and Thurs
tan each in his turn stole down to
Marky the Lord to borrow the sum he
needed And Marky the Lord kept his
own worthy counsel and showed no
unwise eagerness First he said to
Jacob I can lend out your money on
good security
Who to said Jacob
That Ive given my word not to
tell What interest do you want
Not less than twelve per cent
said the temperate Jacob
Ill get it said Marky the Lord
and Jacob went away with a sly smile
Then said Marky the Lord to each
of the borrowers in turn I can find
you the money
Whose is it asked Asher who
came the first
That Ive sworn not to tell said
Marky the Lord
What interest
Only four per cent to my friend
Well and thats reasonable and
hes a right honest well meaning
man whoever he is said Asher
That he is friend said Marky the
Lord but as he had not got the
money himself he had to horrow it of
an acquaintance and pay ten per cent
for the convenience
So he wants fourteen per cent
cried Asher Shoo Lord save us
Oh the grasping miser Its outrage
ous Ill not pay it the Nightman
fly away with me if I do
You need be under no uneasiness
about that said Marky the Lord for
Ive three other borrowers ready to
take the money the moment you say
you wont
Hand it out said Asher and
away he went fuming
Then Stean Ross and Thurstan fol
lowed one by one and each believed
as Asher had done before him When
the transaction was complete and the
time had come to set sail for Iceland
many and wonderful were the shifts
of the four who had formed the secret
design to conceal their busy prepara
tions But when all was complete and
berths taken all six in the same ves
sel Jacob and Gentleman John rode
round the farms of Lague to bid a
touching farewell to their brethren
Good bye Thurstan said Jacob
sitting on the cross board of the cart
Weve had arguments in our time
and fallen on some rough harm in the
course of them but well meet for
peace and quetness in heaven some
day
Well meet before that thought
Thurstian
And when Jacob and John were
gone on towards Ramsey Thurstan
mounted the till board of his own cart
and followed Meantime Asher Stean
and Ross were on their journey and
because they did not cross on the road
they came face to face for the first
time all six together each lugging his
kit of clothes behind him on the deck
of the ship that was to take them to
Iceland Then Jacobs pale face grew
livid
What does this mean ne cried
It means that we cant trust you
said Thurstan
None of you said Jacob
None of us seemingly said Thurs
tan glancing round into the confused
faces about him
What Not your own brother
said Jacob
my skin as the saying is said
Thurstan with a sneer
Poor once poor forever as the
saying is mocked Jacob Last week
you hadnt twenty pound to buy your
viol bass to play in the gallery loft
Stean laughed at that and Jacob
turned hotly upon him And you
hadnt thirty pounds to buy your yoke
of oxen that Ross was sneaking after
Then Ross made a loud guffaw and
Jacob faced about to him And maybe
youve paid back your dirty five-and-
twenty pound that Stean threatened to
sell you up for
Then Stean glowered hard at Ross
and Ross looked black at Stean and
Asher almost burst his sides with
laughter
And you too my dear eldest
brother said Jacob bitterly you
have the advantage of me in years but
not in wisdom You thought like the
rest of them to get the money out of
me to help you to follow me and
watch me So that was it was it
But I was too much for you my dear
brother and you had to go elsewhere
for your draining and ditching
So I had bad cess to you said
Asher and fourteen per cent I had
to pay for the shabby loan I got
At that Stean and Ross and Thur
stan pricked up their ears
And did you pay that fourteen per
cent said Stean
I did bad cess to Marky the Lord
and the grasping old miser behind
him whoever he is
And tiow it was Jacobs turn to look
amazed
Wait he said I dont like the
look of you
Then shut your eyes Eaid Thur
stan
Did Marky the Lord lend you the
money asked Jacob of Asher
Ay he did said Asher
And you too said Jacobt turning
stiffly to Stean
Ay said Stean
And you said Jacob facing to
wards Ross
I darn say no said Ross
And you as well said Jacob
confronting Thurstan
Why not said Thurstan
The blockhead cried Jacob The
scoundrel It was my money mine
mine I tell you and he might as well
have pitched it into the sea
Then the four men began to double
their fists
Wait said Asher Are you the
grasping young miser that asked
fourteen per cent
He is clear enough said Stean
Well said Thurstan I really
think look you boys I really do
think but I speak under correction
I really think all things considered
this Jacob is a damned rascal
I may have the advantage of him
in years said Asher doubling up his
sleeves but if I cant
Go to the devil said Jacob and
he went below boiling with rage
It was idle to keep up the quarrel
for very soon all six were out on the
high seas bound to each others com
pany at bed and board and doomed
to pass the better part of a fortnight
together So before they came to Ice
land they were good friends after
their fashion though that was per
haps the fashion of the cat and mouse
and being landed at Reykjavik they
were once more in their old relations
with Jacob as purse bearer and
spokesman
To be continued
FACTS ABOUT ARMIES
Alexanders Largo Phalanx Known aa a
Tetra Phalangarchy
Until the time of Charles XII of
Sweden the artillery was not consid
ered a pan of the army the men serv
ing in it were not soldiers but regard
ed as mechanics the officers had no
rank Charles XII gave artillery offi
cers a rank and regularly organized
the artillery into companies The bat
tle of Pavia demonstrated the supe
riorly of the gun in the hands of the
Spanish infantry The musket carried
a two ounce ball and sometimes
brought down at one fire two or three
mailed knights The French sent a
flag of truce to remonstrate against
the use of such barbarous weapons
Alexander says Pearsons Weekly
had four kinds of cavalry the cata
phraeti or heavy armed horse the
light cavalry carrying spears and very
light armour the acrobalistae or
mounted archers used for outpost3
patrols and reconnoitering duty and
the dimachoe or troops expected to
act either as cavalry or infantry
Alexander the great reorganized his
fathers army The file of lachos of
sixteen men was the unit two files
made a dilochy two dilochies made a
tetrarchy two tetrarchies a texiarchy
two of these a syntagura sixteen of
these a small phalanx four of them
a tetra phalangarchy otherwise known
as a large phalanx The Greeks at
tacked in a phalanx the spear inter
locked and shields overlapping After
the first onset the spears were dropped
and the day was decided with the
sword The cavalry attacked the en
emy in the rear if possible and in
case of victory undertook the pursuit
PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
Egyptian Delight at the Prospect of In
terment In Them
In those huge structures and pyra
midal immensities of the builders
whereof so little is known they
seemed not so much to raise temples
and sepulchres to death as to con
temn and disdain it astonishing
heaven with their audacities and look
ing forward with delight to their in
terment in those eternal piles Of their
living habitations they made little ac
count conceiving them but as inns
while they adorned the sepulchres of
the dead and planting thereon last-
ing bases defied the crumbling
touches of time and misty Yaporous
ness of oblivion Yet all were but
Babel vanities Time sadly overcom
eth all things and is now dominant
and sitteth upon a sphinx and look
eth unto Memphis and old Thebes
while his sister Oblivion reclineth
8emi somnous on a pyramid glorious
ly triumphing making puzzles of Ti
tanian erections and turning old glo
ries into dreams History sinketh be
neath her cloud The traveler as he
paceth amazedly through those des
erts asketh of her Who buildeth
them and she mumbleth something
but what it is he heareth not Egypt
itself has now become the land of
obliviousness and doteth Her ancient
civility is gone and her glory has van
ished as a phantasma Sir Thomas
Browne
Truancy In New York
At present the truancy department
employs twenty six attendance officers
in Manhattan and the Bronx Their
hardest work is in the Italian and the
Hungarian quarters Habitual truancy
is punished by a term of thirty days or
more in the truant school where the
children are boarded and taught at the
expense of the city In the past year
8762 truants and 3506 nonattendants
were placed in school while 230 were
sent to the truant school and seventy
nine were placed in reformatory in
stitutions Comparatively few girls
are truants and none are committed
to the truant school
The man never lived who was able
to appreciate the short end of a joke
I iiommoner comment
I Extracts Prom W J Bryans Paper
distinctly stated that the United States
would not exercise sovereignty juris
diction or control over said island ex
cept for the pacification thereof
With the adoption of these resolu
tions congress delivered the Cuban
question over to the executive who is
charged with the disposition of that
question according to the terms of the
war resolutions
Since the Spaniards were driven out
all authority in the island of uba has
been exercised by the president or by
men deputized by him The people of
that island were able to choose mem
bers of a constitutional convention at
an orderly election if that constitu
tional convention adopts a constitu
tion molded on the lines of republican
form of government and an improve
ment in some respects over our own
constitution it certainly must be ad
mitted that pacification has taken
place
The Cuban people alone have the
authority to adopt or modify their
constitution When a government in
compliance with that constitution is
organized it will be the duty of the
president to withdraw the military
forces of the United States from that
island and leave its people to work
out their own destiny overcoming ob
stacles in their own way exactly as
other peoples have been required to
do
The withdrawal of the United States
from Cuba and delivery of power there
to the constituted authorities of that
island is purely an executive act The
question of pacification involves a very
simple fact The executive knows as
the world knows that Cuba has been
pacified But if congress should as
sume the authority to approve reject
or modify the Guban constitution the
United States would be assuming sov
ereignty jurisdiction and control over
the island of Cuba things which the
United States expressly disclaimed
It is contended by some friends of
the administration that it is essential
that the United States shall be given
suzerain powers in that constitution
that the Cuban people shall obligate
themselves not to enter into treaties
with foreign countries without the
United States consent
It is further claimed that it is neces
sary that the constitution shall de
clare that there shall be no interfer
ence with vested rights in the island
of Cuba
In the first place the claim to suzer
ain rights is a distinct violation of our
disclaimer that the United States
would not seek to exercise sovereignty
jurisdiction or control over said island
except for the pacification thereof It
is a distinct violation of our pledge
that after pacification is accomplished
it is our intention to leave the govern
ment of that island to the Cuban peo
ple
In the next place there are no such
things morally or legally as vested
rights in the island of Cuba accruing
during our military occupation of that
island
It is true that since our military
forces took possession there syndi
cates having the favor of the adminis
tration have rushed in and have ob
tained valuable franchises but those
franchises are the property of the peo
ple of Cuba Our military forces were
there for the purpose or aiding in paci
fication and were not given authority
to vest any rights m administration
favored syndicates
The anxiety of these syndicates to
maintain possession of valuable fran
chises is perhaps the explanation of
the disposition manifested by the ad
ministration politicians to violate the
solemn pledge of this nation with re
spect to the island of Cuba
It may be that congress will insist
upon passing upon the Cuban consti
tution but this will be mere assump
tion It may be that congress will
seek to modify that constitution ac
cording to the whims of administra
tion politicians and for the benefit of
administration syndicates but con
gress will be treading on dangerous
ground In law and in morals it will
be acting without authority In fact
it will be trifling with a people whose
history repudiates the presumption
that they will submit to imposition at
the hands of American syndicates and
American politicians any more will
ingly than they would submit to Im
position at the hands of Spanish tyr
ants
The president has been very quick to
encroach upon congressional preroga
tive in the selection of a Philippine
commission empowered by him with
authority to make laws and to collect
and disburse revenues in the Philip
pine Islands He now seems to be
equally ready to surrender a plain and
exclusive executive prerogative in car
rying out the war resolutions with re
spect to Cuba
The
railroad syndicate is prepared to show
the evils that would follow the control
of all the railroads by the government
The first evil they would point out is
that of having such an immense power
given into the hands of a few
A large number of gentlemen who
appeared at banquets on February 12
and talked about the patriotism and
wisdom of Abraham Lincoln claim lo
be thorough patriots and altogether
wise for promoting the very principles
that Abraham Lincoln denounced
Congress is considering the matter
of organizing a National Standardiz
ing Bureau If organized properly it
will probably be run with Standard oil
If the ship subsidy bill does not pass
it may be necessary to have a special
session of congress to consider the
Cuban question
4rivWrMrifrHrHrH
BY WHAT AUTHORITY
We are told that an extra session of
congress will be necessary in order
that the Cuban constitution may be
ratified or rejected
By what authority does the Ameri
can congress presume to pass upon the
Cuban constitution Unless the United
States has sovereignty jurisdiction or
control over the island of Cuba ro
such authority exists And it will be
remembered that the war resolutions
THE REPRESENTATIVES DUTY
The action of Hon Seth W Brown
a republican member ofcongress from
Ohio in introducing a Philippine reso
lution antagonistic to the policv of his
paity raises the question What is
the duty of a representative
If Mr Brown had been elected upon
a platform declaring In favor of the
permanent retention of the Philippines
he could not have Introduced the reso
lution that he did a resolution prom
ising independence to the Filipinos
when a capable and stable free govern
ment is established without repudiat
ing the promises made to his consti
tuents A platform is worse than use
less if it is not binding upon the con
science of the representative for if it
is not obeyed it deceives the voters
So long as the people are the sover
eigns and the representatives are the
servants chosen not to think for them
but to act for them a platform pledge
should be sacredly observed But Mr
Brown was elected to congress in 1898
and was not re elected last year At
the time of his election the treaty with
Spain had not been made and his party
had not announced any policy on the
Philippine question The introduction
therefore of a resolution in line with
the democratic position but antagon
istic to the position of the administra
tion cannot be considered as a betrayal
of the confidence of his constituents
Mr Brown also warns his party
against any attempt to repudiate the
promise of independence made to Cuba
Speaking of the resolutions adopted
by congress he says
The man who says we should have
resorted to this double dealing in
April 1898 now very logically and
very naturally goes a step further and
says we ought to violate the pledge
we then made and take Cuba whether
she wants to come to us or not What
more miserable more inhuman more
unpatriotic course could be advocated
It is the climax of greed without one
spark of conscience It is the acme of
avarice without a single redeeming
feature It is the doctrine of a free
booter of the world It is a code of the
pirate of all the seas
In administering this warning the
representative from Ohio is also with
in his legal rights because his party
unanimously approved of the pledge
made in ADril 1898 and has never on-
enly repudiated the pledge As late as
last summer the republican national
convention formally renewed the
promise It is encouraging to find a
republican member of congress far
sighted enough to see the dangers into
which the administration Is hurrying
the country
MRS NATIONS CRUSADE
Mrs Carrie Nation as her name
would indicate has succeeded in mak
ing herself more than a state affair
Her attempt to cure lawlessness by
lawlessness has aroused discussion ev
erywhere She has already reached a
degree of eminence which has ex
cited the attention of cartoonists and
hatchet brigades are being organized
in various cities in her honor Kan
sas has a constitutional amend
ment as well as a statute pro
hibiting the sale of liquor but as is
well known prohibition is not on
forced in communities where the local
sentiment is against it Mrs Nation
acts upon the theory that the saloon is
an outlaw in Kansas and that saloon
keepers cannot invoke the protection
of the law when they themselves dis
regard it While no defense can be
made of lawless methods in enforcing
law those who condemn Mrs Nation
must in order to be consistent also
condemn the violation of the liquor
laws The Kansas crusade has already
served a useful purpose in that it hau
brought out the fact that prohibition
is a dead letter in that state and now
that public attention has been directed
toward the subject it is probable that
the law will either be enforced or the
question resubmitted A law that is
not enforced breeds contempt for law
It seems that after all Mr Roberts
director of the mint is not infallible
when it comes to figures relating to the
gold supply Mr Maurice L Muhle
man who is himself something of an
authority on figures has discovered a
serious error in the government figures
relating to the supply of gold Mr
Muhleman claims that there has been
duplication in the foreign gold coin
imported being registered on arrival
at the custom house and then re-registered
when minted into United States
coin Mr Muhleman has traced these
errors up to year 1898 and he estimates
that the gold stock has in this manner
eben exaggerated to the extent of
125000000
When General MacArthur reported
that the expectations of the admin
istration have not been realizfd he
did not mean it What he meant was
that while the expectations of the ad
ministration have been realized the
claims of the administration have not
been But MacArthur is not the only
official in the Philippines or in Wash
ington either who realizes with joy
that language can be used to conceal
thoughts
A test has at last been discovered for
determining when a paper is under
corporate influence If the editor be
comes violently agitated when any ref
erence is made to the common people
the chances are sixteen to one that his
paper is a defender of every scheme
whereby the organized few seek to ob
tain an advantage over the masses of
the people
American politicians who profess to
believe that we can whip the Filipinos
into friendly relations with us have
forgotten what Chatham said of bay
onets as agencies of reconciliation
How can America trust you said
Chatham with the bayonet at her
breast How can she suppose that
you mean less than bondage or death
Some predict that Texas will rival
Pennsylvania as a producer of oil it
is to be hoped however that she will
not rival Pennsylvania in her political
methods We can use more oil but we
do not need any more Pennsylvania
politics
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotation from Sonth Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
UNION STOCK YARDS CATTLE
There were more cattle on sale today
than yesterday but the receipts fell far
short yesterday of what they were last
week Packers all seemed to be wanting
a few cattle and particularly those show
ing1 quality and as a result the market
ruled active and steady to strong all
around
Receipts included about 30 cars of beef
steers and there were very few what
might be called linished cattle The bet
ter grades however wero picked up early
at good strong prices and the fair to good
cattle also sold readily at good steady
prices
There were something over 25 cars of
cows and heifers on sale and the market
was active and stronger In some cases
the more desirable kinds sold a good dime
higher As the demand for all kinds was
In good shape it did not take long to
clear the pens
The stocker and feeder trade did not
show much of any change today and
could be quoted just about steady In
some cases perhaps the better grades
sold a trifle stronger but there were not
many good feeders offered and the de
mand for the common stuff was rather
limited and prices no more than steady
HOGS There was only a fair run of
hogs here and while the market started
out weak It Improved later on and the
average cost of all the hogs was a shade
better The first sales were mostly at
520 and and 525 Some of the
choicer loads sold as high as 5527 and
530 which was 5c higher than yester
days best price All the hogs offered on
the morning market were sold In good
season
SHEEP There was another liberal run
of sheep here but the demand was equal
to the occasion It was a good choice
active market and choice ewes or weth
ers brought a little stronger prices than
they did yesterday It was noticeable
however that the handy weight stuff was
in much better request Lightweight
lambs also commanded good strong
prices while the heavyweights of both
sheep and lambs were sold in good sea
son
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Receipts 8700 steady to 10c
up Native beef steers 440540 stock
ers and feeders 3504S5 western fed
4CO490 cows 30Og L25 heifers 323
465 canners 225290 bulls 325423
calves 500600
HOGS Receipts 21000 steady to lower
Bulk of sal6s and mixed packers 52oi
530 heavy 525535 light 505525
pigs 475S500
SHEEP Receipts 4100 active to steady
Lambs 475515 wethers 400 440
yearlings 440Ct480 culls 230325
DEATH IN THE DEEP
Pacific Mail Steamer Rio do Janeiro
Crashes Against Reef and Sinks
SAN FRANCISCO Feb 23 The Pa
cific mail steamer Rio de Janeiro ran
on a hidden rock while entering the
Golden Gate early this morning in a
dense fog She sank in a few minutes
after striking It is impossible to as
certain the exact number missing ow
ing to the fact that Purser John
Rooney who had the passenger list
and roster of the crew Is among the
missing but the latest estimate is that
122 persons most of whom were Chi
nese and Japanese were lost
At 5 oclock this afternoon ten bodies
had been recovered two white women
one white man and seven Chinese
The most prominent passenger on the
steamer was Rounseville Wildman
United States consul at Hong Kong
who was accompanied by his wife and
two children It is thought all were
drowned The ship was in command
of Pilot Frederick Jordon when it
struck He was rescued Captain Wil
liam Ward went down with his ves
sel
As nearly as can be learned there
were 201 persons on board the Rio de
Janeiro as follows Cabin passengers
29 second cabin 7 steerage Chinese
and Japanese 58 white officers 30
Asiatic crew 77 The following have
been accounted for Rescued 79 bod
is at the morgue 10 total 89 missr
ing 145
Following is the cabin passenger list
almost complete Consul General
Rounseville Wildman Mrs Wildman
two children and nurse from Hong
Kong Mrs and Miss Wakefield of
Honolulu James K Carpenter min
ing engineer Oakland Cal Miss
Rowena Jehu Honolulu William
Brander London Mr Mattheson
Shanghai Captain Hecht German
navy Captain Holtz Shanghai Mr
Dowdell Shanghai J F Seymour ed
itor of the American Manila Mrs K
West San Francisco Miss Leheran
Russell Harper journalist Nagasaki
Mr and Mrs Hart Manila Miss Ga
briel Hoerou Dr Dodd Butte Mont
Attorney Henshaw Butte Mont Mr
and Mrs Woodworth Dr Okawhara
of Japan
The Rio de Janeiro was three days
overdue from Hong Kong via Hono
lu when it arrived off the Heads last
night and the dense fog prevailing at
the time induced Pilot Jordan to bring
her to anchor until he could see his
way clear through the gateway It laid
to until about 430 oclock when the
atmosphere cleared and it was started
under a slow bell toward Point Ben
Ita All went well until 540 oclock
when it struck Most of the passengers
were below at the time and it is be
lieved that many of them were
drowned in their berths
The first news of the disaster reached
here at 730 oclock this morning and
soon afterward a boatload of rescued
passengers and petty officers arrived
at the mail dock Tugs were immedi
ately dispatched to render any service
that might be needed but no living
persons were afloat when they reached
the wreck A number of drowning
people were rescued by Italian fisher
men and the bodies of two white wom
en three Chinese and a Japanese were
brought in by tne tugs The search
for more of the victims has continued
all day
Congress Wont Reach It
WASHINGTON Feb 23 The War
department has not heard from Gen
eral Wood yet of the reception by him
of the Cuban constitution as report
ed from Havana It is not expected
that he will send it to Washington im
mediately unless he can transmit
along with it some resolution by the
constitutional convention defining the
relations that are to exist between the
United States and Cuba It is now
manifest that it would be a physical
impossibility for the present congress
to act upon the sibject of Cuba