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A HK OMAHA SUNDAY EE. SIXTEENTH OMAHA , StFNDAY MORNING , OGtoBER 17 , 1886. TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER ill. TALKS ON CRUISERS , The United States' New Navj as Sten by ' ' . . . " ; ' Foreign "Eye * . FRENCH AND ENGLISH OPINION. An Admiml Who Thinks the Boats Alto- getbcr Too Blow , HOW THEY COULD BE IMPROVED. Marino Warfare and DostructiTO Engines Minntely 'Diecussed Standpoints. NEWS BUDGET FROM BERLIN. ICxports from Gcrmnny to llio tlnllctl KtntoR SnpprdRRltiB ISoclnllKin Warlike Attitude of Knropcnn Powers. Thn Now Nnvy PAIIW. Oct. IB. [ New York Herald Cable Special to thu IK. : | I had an interview Thursday with Admiral Aul > e , the r'rench minister of marine , at his cabinet In the nilnlstiy on llio ruu Itoyalc , in reference to the utility of the now steel cruisers now being built by the United States government. 1 showed thu admiral the diauiams nnd sketches of thu Huston , The admiral praised the Ingenious contrivances for lUlitlng , the pilot house , thoeimbr.il superstructure of the battery , etc. , and then , looklnc at mo with a sharp , punclrntlneglance , asked : "What Is her st.oed' < " ' "Not ojilto thirteen knots , sir , " I replied. Tliu nilmlral shook bis head and said em phatically : "Then as a as war vessel she Is useless. A cruiser Is of no use whatever , un less shu has speed enough to catch a fast ocean steamer that Is to say , unless sliu has a speed of nineteen knots. Cruisers of less speed than this area weakness , nota strength to a imvy , for they will only bo captured or Blink uv the enemy. The now cruisers to bo built for the French navy are to have a mini ' mum speed of nineteen knots , capable of M'l being Increased to twenty knots during live hours lit a stretch by the application of an apparatus of terugo farce. If they don't at tain tills speed tiio government will refuse them. " HOW TO MAKK A NAVY. 1 then asked tlie Admiral If he would ex plain tins best way for the United States to set about to get a navy. Tliu Admiral rang an ulcctilc bell and , said to thu attendant , "Don't lot anyone Interrupt mo for half an hour. " He rolled a cigarette , and baid : "You have a truly magnificent body of naval olllcers , and you have splendid sailors , and you have no heavy lion-chuls three points upon which you are most heartily to bu eonuratulatcd. Naval experiments have now clearly demonstrated that hugu Iron-clad1 * , In which European governments have spout hundreds and hundreds of millions , liavo had their day. Thuso inastadoiis of the ocean have had their day. They will be scarcely nioro useful in the next naval war than the fraud old line of battle ships of Tonfalseau niul Abiuikir. The.so mastadons have been rendered worthless by those microbes of the sea , torpedo boats and swift cruisers. The fault has been that all the naval construc tors till lately have attempted the Impossi ble. They have tried to unite In the same vessel all thu means of modern naval warfare the ram , heavy guns , armor , flcctness and torpedoes. The result Is a yast , unwieldy , . floating fortress , liable to bo sunk by the lirst well-directed torpedo. The United States , I repeat , au sincerely to bo congratulated on having none of these useless monsters. Your situation Is this : In the lirst place you are not ImiiiDcrcduy havlnu' any mercantile marina to protect In n naval war this will give you great advantage. All your naval operations can be , therefore , con fined to pro tecting your harbors and destroying the enemy's commerce. You ran make your harbors Impregnable with your land forts , torpdocs and torpedo boats. Forty or llfty unarmed cruisers with sufllclont speed could destroy your enemy's commerce , for all the Iron clads of all the tlecUs of the world would to-day bu utterly Inadequate to blockade your coasts and prevent these cruisers from getting to Bca. But thesu cruisers should Imvo a minimum speed of nineteen knots ; that Is to say , they should bo faster than the great trans-Atlantic steamers. They should , besides the ordinary nmclilnu guns , Imvo two or three guns of the longest possible ble- range , llrlng projectiles tilled with the latest explosives discovered by science. Such cruisers could to-day destroy or demoralize the entire marine coinincrceof untied Kniopu. Kven if one of these cuilsers were to bu com pelled to Ik-lit a high Kuiopcnn Iron clad , the advantage would still bu with the criislur , for a crnsler , being small and moving about with rapidity , Is almost Impossible to bu hit , while the high Iron clad Is a splendid target.and the high steel plates are now perfectly vulnerable to project lies charged with fulminating cot ton or with inenlleiic. " NKW KXl'l.OMVKS. Here the admiral showed me three steo plates pierced bv projectiles containing ftil- nilnutlni : cotton , menlleiiu and , as u third substancn , a composition , which Is the sectet of the Fiench government , which has twlcu the povternt mcnilciieand Is no moru dan- Kcrous to manipulate than the ont.nary gnn loadnr. This now explosive will enable thu calibre and consequent weight of the guns to Do diminished and makes thu steel plates al most as pencil-able ns the wooden walls of ships In the days of Decatur and Ualnbrldee. The admiral continued "Now - : , compare one of these cruisers with an Ironclad In attacking a.fort. Doth ar equally vulner able , but the cruiser Is almost Invisible from the distance from which shu can throw her explosives , while thu Itonclad Is so lilKh and cumbersome as to bu a good mark fiom the land , for even at night all of thu movements of this Hunting foitress can bo followed by eleclrlo lights. The crulsor , on the contrary , is almost Invisible because of her smallness , and uncatchablo because of lcr ; spued. These proposed cruisers are merely the application of lefon taught hy your great civil war , Thuy are merely Ah - banias adapted to the latest advantage of science , The motto of your naval reform bhould be : Los Alabama ? , encore lus Ala- banuis , ct tonjours IRS Alabama * . " THE NAVY KllANCK WANTS. After cxpiesslng the highest appreciation ot the American naval ofllcers , their pluck , their scientific attainments , and their Bpleudiil seauiaiillke qualities , the admiral said ; ' 'I an ) going to demand of the chamber * the two 'hundred million of francs to put thu French navy on the footlnit that U ought to I .Ve. 1 shall luslat upon the necessity of fast I trulsersof * minimum ipe-ed of nineteen knots. I shall not have these cruisers built . Jri the coveinment doeS yards , but Ir. te frrat comtncr'c.Ial dock yards of France. .1 shall pay to the mercantile constructors ; Uulld mo a crulsor with a minimum sliced of nineteen knots , capable of being InrreaMMt to nearly twenty knotis for a period of live hours the critical period ol n chase. Uy the application of the tlravo force Instrument , lately In vented , skillful engineers assure mo that this sp eil .is perfectly attainable. I also say to thu constructors : If the cruiser , on her trial docs' not attain this speed , then the government will refuse her , and she can be utlll/.pd for the merchants' marine. The constructors will agree to these terms , for there Is always a demand In commerce for wssels of this type , and thus there Is no risk ot the government having on Its hands a quantity of failures , as might bo the cas > o If the cruisers were to bu constructed In the goM-rniuent dock yards. 11 Is , In fact , just like ordering n p.ilr ot boots from the boot maker. If they lit , well and good. 1 take them and pay for them. If they don't lit , I don't take them. " ! Nnrnl Opinion * . Oct. 10. [ New York Herald Cable Special to thu HKK. ] 1 Interviewed , to-day , Admiral Sir Spencer Hoblnson , n former lord of admiralty , who speaks as an expert In naval matters , because under his nmiiuKcinont the change was made from wooden ships to Iron-clad , and from smooth bore to rilled cannon , 1 found him at his residence In Eton Place , just recovering from an Illness , hut qulto willing to give the bene fit of His Jong experience In ship construction. Ho said : "Your 4,000 ton cruiser seems to me to com bine more of the goodqualitles a cruiser should possess , always , ot course , provided slu at tains an estimated average speed of eighteen knots an hour. This speed Is about as hlgn as Is necessary , as cruisers must be built to combine many opposing qualities , none of which can safely bo subordinated to sneed. Kor Instance , they must bo able to keep at sea In the rough est weather without straining , they must carry coal for long cruises , nnd must also carry cannon and war stores of considerable weight. It Is true that the Italia and various oilier heavy iron-clads at tain nearly the same speed as the nnarmored cruisers , but can wo take the Italia as a sam ple ? It Is on admirable boat for Mediterra nean defence. | She irakcs the Mediterranean practically an Italian sea , but In the Hay of JJiscay she would roll herself to bits. She might carry coal enough to cross the Atlantic , but when across she would have no coal to return with or for bombardments or cruiser chasing. Yes ; 1 have studied care fully thu subject of coaling at sea from coal transports. It's too risky. It Is a long nnd wearisome alTatr. Yon must remember that the modern ship Is like an Infantry soldier forced to carry on Ills back food for the whole campaign or walk back to the depot for supplies when the food ho carried Is exhausted. To attack Italy , America must have vessels of the Italia type , as well as Mediterranean coaling stations. Torpedoes , storms and coal supply will , however , effect ually limit the action of the heavier armoi- clads against the American coast defenders , who now have so much advantage that even with our West India coaling stations the British armor-cladscan hardly endanger New York. " cniTicisiNQ TIH : cisuiSEna. "I would llko to criticise one point in your cruisers , namely , the rlgglnir. In action this Is certain to bo shot away , and probably in tailing would foul the screws and wreck the vessel. Moreover , them Is nothing to bu gained by running such a risk , since if these plans are drawn to scale yourciniser , nine days ont of ton , would not make two knots an hour under sail hardly steerage-way. " TALK WITH A NAVJLI. AltCIllTKCT. After quilting the admiral I met at the ofllceof the Thames Ship Building company , George Mackrow , the naval architect , who possesses the unique distinction of having cither designed or superintended the con struction of the first Ironclads over owned by the seven European powers , Including Germany , llnsslaand Spain. While await ing for Mr. Mackrow to finish his business with the Japanese commission sent over to report upon English naval architecture , I examined a collection of royal decorations awarded Mr. Mackrow for ships constructed during the last fifteen years. Regarding the new American cruis ers Mr. Mackrow said : "I have not checked their designs , put I judge the ships are likely to bo a credit to the American navy. The lirltlsh navy has no man- of-war with over an eighteen knot speed , nor any ocean cruiser us yet even desiuncd to exceed eighteen knots. One thing puzxlcs me. Ido not see how , with their stated Horse power , the American cruisers can attain this eighteen knot speed. Yet ; such speed is possible with Mifllclent engine power. In tact , wo have just offered to build an ocean evulscr of guaranteed nineteen knot speed. If the American cruisers reach eighteen knots , I hat will be. I think , as fast as Is needed. Never theless , I expect within a year or two to see ocean cruisers of twenty knots' speed. " AN IDEA ! , CIIUISEIU "Yes , my plans are hulllcleutly advanced to glvo you a general Idea of what such a ship would bo liku : Say about 0,000 tons , 14,000 horne power , coal for 5,000 miles at ten knots an hour , cost 1,250,000 , the frame strong enough to support four twenty-livo- ton guns , as against the six-ton guns the American steamers will carry. Of course this Is u llttlo In ndvancc- the times , but the development of the tilplo expansion enuines and other Improvements make such u cruiser to bo expected. Hut armor clads ot over seventeen knots speed are not probable to be launched while steam is usfd for power. People forgot that shlos are built for special purposes , and Iron clads are for fighting. Beyond a rurt'iln point speed can only bu ob tained by sacrificing armor or coat supply or weight of cannon as yon say. Uy vast sl/.o It might bu posilblu to obtain great speed added to the other lenuiaMuents of an iron clad , For instance I could desUn a heavy armor-clad , say of 10,000 tons , cost ten million of your dollars , Which would steam twenty knots. But no docks and few haibore. how ever , exist for such a vessel. On the whole crusters are such masses of compromise that If the American vessels develop their speci fied speed It will bo about as good as present knowledgu can produce. " TJ1E LATEST SIIEIJ. "JIavo you seen the new shell ? " continued the great constructor , changing the subject. "It pierces sixteen Inches of armor and ex plodes Inside the VIMSC ) , It's a terrible weapon. I do not see how navies can guard aznlnst its effect. " Allthoercat naval powers of Kuropokocpln London olio or more naval attaches to gather infoimatlon regarding Hrltlsh progress In shipbuilding. These gentlemen are all ex perts and watch naval matters with n closeness which may be judged from the .fact that I was shown by one foreign attache , whose name , obviously , I cannot give , a portfolio containing almost every article yet printed regarding thn new A mericun cruiser , I took pains to gather the. ideas of tbet > e atlneUu regardluit tbn new American uian-of-war. Aa diplomatic naval etiquette forbids me their names la such crit icisms , I divide thcrlt opinions into three classes : OTHKtl FOttKlON OPINION * . 1. "America deserves congratulations on her new cruisers , if an eighteen knot speed Is realized It will be sufficient. Thcro'aro few vessels so fast In the world as eighteen knots. The speed of naval vessels is crcatly over es timated. The fact Is , wo have the eighteen knots about reached the limit for ocean cruis ers. This is shown by the fact that In the last ten years We have only really added one knot to the speed of the fastest ships , America must remember one point In construction by the lowest tender that it docs not guarantee the best workmanshln ; also that the speed ob tained trom marine engines depends almost ns much upon the builder's knowledge as upon the sl/.e of the engine. " 2. "Tho new American cruisers will bo admirable shlos. Ot course your 4,000 ton- ncr , with Its estimated elmitecn knots , will , after the trial , never exceed fourteen knots nn hour. That does no harm , however. With all their talk about speed no English cruiser can make over fifteen knots' steadily and regularly. A fo'irteen-knot speed will over take slow merchantmen. As for speed to overhaul big passenger steamers , that cruls- eis will lie In wait for , such Is not needed , for they can use cannon ball to overtake them It they try their heels. " 3. The American navy needs minimum ten-knot cruisers which , nn emergency , could steam eighteen or twenty knots an hour for live hours. An clghtoen-knot cruiser would now compare well with any afloat , but navies go ahead quickly. Your cruisers may bo an tiquated bolero they are built. Why not build new vessels from new designs , guaranteeing at least equality with the mercantile marine ? Of what use will your new cruisers bo If the Atlantic lines and European crulsefs steam a knot or two faster than all vour cruisers ? " Such Is a summary of what I gleaned from the naval attaches of four legations. GKHMANY'S UXI'OIITS. A linrgo increase In JI r Trade With Thin Country. ItaiiUN. Oct , 1C. | Special Cablegram to the HEK.J Hct.nns giving the exports from Germany to the United States during the past year show that the exports from Berlin have Increased Sl.l'-O.OOO ; from Uiomen , SdOS34 ! ; from Chemnitz , $1,800.000 ; from DrcMlen , 53S,000 ! ) ; from Hamburg , 82,100- 000 ; from Lepsic , SS-'O.STO , and I rom Stettin , SO.COO , Keturns from South Ger man consular districts Imvu not been Issued. They , however , will probably indicate the same ratu of Increase , Frankfort heading the list with an increase of S'00,000. The protee- tionNt oigaiiH seek to prove that the increase Is dun to the protective policy of the government , while on the other hand the National Xeitung , a fiee trade journal , con tends that the return of stability in American trade is the solo causu of the revival of busi ness. The annual report of the Dussiildorf chamber of commerce states that the expor tation of paintings to America has almost ceased since the rise in the American tariff. The exportations of paintings from Paris to America has decreased from 8,000,000 francs to 1,500,000 francs. ON THE HOUnSE. Toward the close of business on the Bourse to-day It was reported that the Impe rial Hank of Germany would raise its rate of discount on Monday. The rumor arose from the fact that a meeting of the bank committee has been called for Monday. An uneasy fcclinc exists in financial circles over the extent of German capital risked In Russia. Leading bankers have placed a full statement of the position of German Invest ors in the hands of Prince Bismarck , and have received from him private assurances that the extente cordlalo between Germany and Russia remains undisturbed , and that a perfect understanding exists between both courts. courts.EMi'r.non WII.T.IAM'K MOVEMENTS. Emperor William will return to Berlin on Wednesday. He will give an audience to M. Jules Hcrbctt , Fiench ambassador , on Friday , and will afterward go hunting at Ulankenburg. Crown Prince Frederick William , King of Saxony , and Henry of Prussia , Duke of Saxo Altcburg and Duke of Saxo Coburg , will meet the emperor at Blank- cnburg. It is supposed that the object of the rendezvous of the princes Is something beyond hunting. SUI'l'IlKSPINO SOCIALISTS. The socialists attempted to hold reunions In the suburbs of Lelpslc to-day , but the meetings wcro suppressed by the authorities. The mass meeting which was to have been held at Kaiifbeuren , Bavaria , was also forbidden by the police. Herr Vie- reck , editor of the socialist organ , Deutsch Wortenblatt , which was re cently suppressed , was to have presided at the meeting , Krewlnkel , chief of the socialists at A Ix , has been Sentenced to ten months' imprisonment. He was charged with sending socialist pamphlets , printed In the German , Polish and Russian languages , to confederates at Tliorno for secret circulation. The crusade of the police against socialism is being carried on more vigorously than over. The authorities have succeeded In completely sup pressing uvcry labor organization in Berlin , Hamburg , Lelpsic and Xurlch. The Social DomoKrat boasts that police persecution can not stop the socialist propoganda. and it assciIB that socialism Is especially spreading In the ranks of the army. PKA.CEOH WAR. It All Depends Upon tlio Ability of ItUNslii to DlHpntnuclo Ilorsulf. PAUIS , Oct , Hi. ( New York Herald Cable- Special to the UKK.J Peace or war nil de pends upon how Russia gets out of het Bul garian entanglements. The czar is by nature obdurate , Impetuous , overbearing ; he cannot allow the Idea to gain ground that he Is devi ating from the traditional Muscovite foreign policy , llu has the moral support of Ger many to re-establish a Russianized Bulgaria so long as he confines himself to pacific means , but that Is ( be end of ( lie tether that hinds' him to the'triple nlllmice. The mili tary occupation of Bulgaria a move for which four infantry divisions in south Rus sia Imvo been designated and fully prepared since the end of August would bo a leap in the dark that tlie czar , with all his rashness , docs not dam yet to make. The I'ltKSKKCK or HUSSIANTIIOOl'SIXllUr.aAmA would so arouse Hungarian public opinion , fan Into Haute the latent Austrian hatred of Russia , nnd force the hand of Franz Joseph tnat war would bo the Inevitable result. These who know her statesmen best feel that Russia would nolther abandon Bulgaria nor occupy it. but with tough perseverance and ceaseless pertinacity would threaten , promise , tease , cajole , bully and worry the liulgarUu regency and the Bulgarian people until they had been worked up into a state of acute fever and had become from sheer fatigue humble pawns of the czar , FLIIITINO WITH FIIAXCi : . Meanwhile Russia keeps up a desperate flirtation with France , based upon the propo sition already submitted to the sultan by the Russian ambassador , by which France would regain her pio.itlge in the levant and in Etfypt , but the. flirtation la not marriage , and the Franco-Russian alliance yet exists. OLAUINO A.TKAQU OTIIEll. Ruiala , Austria , Gcrmauy , France and Turkey alt stand with hands upon their sword hilts , and theru is no telling at what moment the blades may leap from their scab bards , for even winter snow and choked mountain passes did not last year prevent the Bulgarians and the' Servians from flhtlng each other until far Into3)eceuibor. Russia , In fact , Is Imprcgnabl from attack In win ter , but winter will , not prevent Russian troops from occupying Bulgaria. T1IK FI1ENC1I AHMY IN KH1HT1NO T1IIM. One thing Is certain It Is clear to the most unattentlvutourtst-that , whether Houlanger bean Alclblades ornot , French olllcers nnd soldiers have never before been so neat and clean or In such first ratu lighting trim as to day. No doubt Boulanger Is a splendid war minister. He Is dally becoming more popu lar and still keeps on Introducing new army reforms , the latest of which allows soldiers to rest on Sundays , instead of putting on line uniforms and parading about to please holi day makers. Jlnron llotliNnlilld Dond. FHANHFOIT , Oct. 10. Meyur Karl Rothv child , head of Ilia great banking linn , died suddenly to-day from heart disease , A CONVIVAIj I'AHTV. The President' * West. Virginia Trip Itoportcd ns n Jolly One. AVA.mtiNfiTO.V , Oct. 10. [ Special Telegram to the Br.K. ] Those who went with the president on his trip to West Virginia say that they had n grand time. Certainly the party was a convlval one. Secretary Fairchild - child , It Is said , c/ui / enjoy n good drop of liquor. Commissioner Miller Is the govern ment head ol 'the liquor business and can sample ns well as , anyone. Thomas Hiking is a fac simile and the president does not mind a sip or .so. Colonel Lament plays pro priety and carries the bait. They all got home at G o'clock ) this morning and one of the lirst tilings the president did was to ap point Cousin Bennte Folsom to bo consul at Sheflield. England. Den is Mrs. Cleveland's cousin and took bur to Europe , llo intended to come here and ispuiid the winter at thi ) white house , but evidently Cleveland did not want him. Some * , people are saying to-day that Mrs. Cleveland was so put out by the president's leaving her for the bunting trip that as soon as ho got homo she. madu him appoint Bonnie. Certainly the appointment has caused more talk than any made for a year , especially since the president has talked so much lately against nepotism. Sheflield Is otic of thu best consuls at the dis posal of the government. It pays a salary of S'2r > 00 jind many lets. There were hundreds of applicants for the place. MHS. CI.KVUIANU SAID "NO. " Among the callers pn.thc president to-day were two saloon keepers from Buffalo , old triendsof the presiilftiT. llu used to go to their place wheii he lived in Buffalo , and tins was theirlirstvlsit to him. Last year two others called < an him and ho took them out ridin.c. cTlio visitors to-day ex pected the san'ic treatment , but Grovw is married now , and Mrs. Cleveland said "No. " A 1IUPPA.LO tA-N KIXKU. . As indicated in these dispatches , the presi dent is beginning to get frigliU-ne : ! at the action ofhis old Bu'/Ialo' / , friends , and ho in tends to elvo them sbmo places. To-day ho appointed Frank Goodyear to be commis sioner to examine thd Northern Pacific rail road. Goodyear ' 13 a brother of Charles Goodyear , a law paVtnorof , W. S. Bisseil.- the president's best friend. Cleveland offered this ran to Buffalo , * but , Ills friends do not think much of It . BUEItmAN-JlOl. ! * , * . fiEliONIMo'e FATK. After a vast amount qr talk a ml red tape , General Slierldaiuwllt probably Imvu thoimst- ing votu In rGen > iiiino'n Jnte. The general Impression Is If Sitting Bull's life was spared after the Custer mas.iacru ; it would bu Incon sistent to hanfcGcronlnioand , if thn knotty legal question is decided in favor of handing thn insurgent over to'the'mUitarynnthoiitics , which Is now expected , General Sheridan's advice as to the punishment will be followed. General Sheridan bos just returned from a visit of inspection orthe division ot tlio Mis souri , and has had n conference with the president within n day or so. As far as any prejudice existing against General Miles , ns a volunteer ottirer , and In favor ot General Crook , as a West Pointer , it is generally con sidered that General Miles has tlio strongest political Influence of any olllcer In tlie army. WESTP.HN POSTAL CHANGES. William Golkan has been commissioned postmaster nt Ht. Charles , Neb , The lollowing now ofllces and postmasters C'OI.EMAN'S CIIAIIOKS. Colonel N. E. Colmnan , n former account ant in the disbursing ofllcc of the United States coast and geodetic survey , to-day died charge * , and specifications with tlie district attorney hero alleging fraud against the fol lowing olllcers and employes of ( ho bureau : F. M. Theme , superintendent ; B. A. Calonn , assistant superintendent : C. O. Botitcllu , II. ( } . Ogden , John W. Parsons , Edwin Smith. F. II. Parsons and1 R. M Bache. Warrants have been Issued for all those Implicated In tlio alleged frauds , and It Is expected that there will bq a general shaking up In this staid old department. WHOLESALE IHSnilAIKIE OK PIIIXTKIIS. Senator Mandcrson , who has been here for a day or so , has been quietly in vestigating the numerous removals mm changes In tlio government printing ofllcu under Benedict. The senator is chairman of the senate printing committee , nnd he has notified Public Printer' Benedict that the committee Is empowered to investigate the government printing olTIco nt any time nnd he thereby served notice on him that thu committee would begin nn investigation of his dismissals and methods In n very fuw nays. Messrs. Manderson , Gorman and llawley , compose tie | seuato print ing committee , and there Is n lively time | n prospect. Gorman has suffered most , and Ills mun have linen turned out unmercifully , it Is stated this niornlne that there will be a discharge of 'MO moiu employes of the government printing olllco to-night. The employes of that placu state that the large discharge already made , nearly GOO have crloplod the work going on there. There is need of every one discharged and more besides lo do the work required by I'm government. In thu bookbinding department the work Is throe years behind time. The rush ot reports from the departmenta'wblcli , nro soon to he nlaccd In tliu printer's luindx will require a employment since J4ii JJnnedlct took charge , - t.F , r The.First AwUfrnMti * . Bl. O.'s Report , WASHJNOTON , ( ) ct7 :1 . First Assistant Postmaster deiff-rnl fc. X- Stevenson has submitted to tbepostmaster ; general his tn- nual report upon tbuou r.atlonsof the bureau for HID fiscal year oj\u ( \ unu ! > 0. It shows the number of.postoffic si established during the year to 3,482p'pumber discontinued , 1,120 : net Increnset.a fe ; whole number of postoftices , MQ4 } ; jjunibpr filled by appoint ments of the postmaster general , 51ry. ) The with the provlous yuar. " S.tKW ; on removals nnd suspensions , H.&fiO ; increase , nscompared with the proviatu year , 6,1M ; on deaths of postmasters. 587 ; on establishment of new postofllees , 8,432 total , 2J,747. General Stev enson renews bis recommendation of last year that the government pay olllce-runt for postmasters of Jhu third clasa , ArresliiU for Cur Kobbcry. ST. Louia , Oct. 16. For some time past freight cars on.lhe Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railways have been systematically robbed. The thefts In every Instance have been so completely covered up that detection for a long time seemed Impossible. The mat ter was placed , in the hands of detectives and nineteen brakenicn were arrested at Fort' bmlth , charged with boliitf implicated in the robberlu * . hundreds of dollara of merchan dise have in this way been stolen. SAD TALES OF DESOLATION , Heartrending Incidents of the Terrible Storm Along the Qulf. A FEA&T FOR THE BUZZARDS. Wives nnd Children Drowned Hcforc HiiNlinndH nnd Fntlicra The Death List Growlnu Appeals Tur Iniiucillnto Aid. The Great IMsastor. r3At.vr.STox , Tex. , Oct. 15. [ Special Tclo- Hram to the Bin.J : Kutthur particulars of thn great disaster at Sahlne Pass are con stantly belli ) : received. Tim situation has not been exaggerated In the least , A correspondent pendent who has just returned from Sabinc Pass telegraphs from Orange that turkey buzzards are soaring over Sahlno for miles around on land and water. It Is ono vast eharnol house. The town Is swept out of ex istence. What was a prosperous village when last Tuesday dawned. Is now the center of wreck and desolation. Tlicro am 12" per sons missing nun supposed to be dead. Only about twenty-live bodies have tints far been recovered , There Is not ono sound house In the town of Sabinc. The residences of Dr. Ullllland and Kdltor McClanahan arc the only ones that can ho repaired. Kvcry other house Is an absolute wreck. Tills , In brief , is the story of the storm. Innuniprablo touching and heart-rending Incidents of the storm are related by the survivors. Ono house , containing fourteen colored persons , was seen to go down with a crash and every one of them was lost. Incidents are related of husbands lashing wives and children to floating wreckage nnd then seeing them killed by heavy logs being driven against them. The damairo to property can only bo estimated by the value of the town , for all Is lost. The Sablne and East Texas railroad Is washed out for a distance of ton miles. The ties have Iloatcd elf and the rails are twisted llko wires. An cll'ectof the great hurricane Is that millions of dead fish wore east np by the waves , and thousands of birds also strew the cround , A young woman ii < a perfectly undo state was found roaming around on the prairie , live miles from S.ibine. She was de mented and could not tell her name. When the government tug 1'enroso reached Sabine yesterday Columbus Martin was found rowing around the delta looking for the bodies of bis family. Ho said : "Myself , wife and three children were clinging to the floating roof , which was gradually btt-aking to pieces. One of the little ones went and then another. 1 was holding thu youngest , and soon my wife said : ' ( ! ood-bye , husband , I am going. I could not reach her. Thu pieces of the roof supporting her broke oft and she sank before my eyes. 1 > 'cld onto the youngest child , named Pearl , some time longer. The child , addressing me , said : 'Papa. ' I'm tired : won't yon walk witli me. ' The piece of 100 ! I was on was now crumbling lo pieces. I told the little ono to kiss me. bho put botn her llttlo arms around my neck Hid gave inn a big squeeze , and just then a n-iivc dashed 11.3 on" and 1 saw her no moic. ' . real God , why didn't I odo\vn loo. " He was pressed to go on board Ihel'cnrosr , jut refused , saying , "Hero amomr thesu agoonsaro the bodies of my wife and chil- Iren , and here will I stop till 1 llnd them. " No tongue can tell how the people have mfTercd during the past few days. . TDufltructlon nt Johnson's RnyoiiT OitAXOE , Tex. , Oct , 10. ( Special Telegram o the UKI-.J : The villagoof Johnson's Bayou s on a high ridge on the sea coast , and the layou from which It takes Its name runs lirouch the Inhabitable parts of that section if the settlement. In which is also situated ho postofllco station known as the I lad ford. They are in Cameron parish , on the Louisiana here , six miles east of Sabiuo Pass. This layou is nineteen miles lu length and varies rom ono to four miles In width. Hidges ace the gulf twelve feet above sea le\-el , and n the rear is a dense ana impenetrable narsli. The population of Johnson's Uayon I'uesday numbered 7BO souls. To-day eighty- Ivo of that number are counted with the lead. Iladford was very thickly settled and > opulous. It boasted of its cotton gin and otton and cane plantations. It was ho head of navigation and the stores were nany. Principal amoni ; these were those iin by J. Pavert , who also operated a gin , ind turned out annually 800 bales of cotton , irodnced In that section. Other stores were wned by A. 15. Smith & Co. and J. ( Jrllllth , ; tnoral ! merchandise , and other small mer- ihnnts constituted the commercial comuuin- ty. The handling of cotton nnd sugar cane iroducts In the district was thu principal In- lustry. These ridges composed some of the Icbcst and most fertile grazing land In lountry , 8,000 head of cattle and horses'being , iwncd by the thriving community. Com- nnnlcatlon with the outer world was had ( trough two steam vessels , both owned In lohnson's , llayoun and Itadford , while a leet of trading vessels piled the waters of ho liayoii. On the mornlnprof Tuesday last happiness ind contentment was the lot of the people , intil 4 o'clock that evening. When the itorm descended upon them all took to their ionics , and waited with bated tircath the 'ate which they foresaw. The waters M-iran rising and the wind swept through the owcr stories of the building , driving the itVrightcd people Into attics and upon roofs. Uy 10 o'clock the lirst ridge , which was welvo feet above the sea love ) , was ten feet inder water. House after house fell In or , vas swept nvvay. Cotton nnd stores next inccumbed. It was a night of terror , do- > crlbcd by the surrlvort > as appalling. The > oople could only cling to each other and : > ray for mercy and for the souls of those whoso dtsimirliu shrieks rang In tuolr ears. For twelve hours the storm raged over the levoted settlements , and then there came a lull. Hope was soon revived as the waters -eeeded and the storm passed away , and the survivors gathered on thn most elevated points , viewing the scene of desolation tround them. Thu houses that had stood tno iction of the storm were completely gutted , 1'tiero was no food nor drink , the salt water liaving Invaded everything. Then the search for the dead began. Those whose bodies lay [ > Inloned by the ruins of the houses were jpeedllv recovered. From the marshes more corpses were taken ana burled , TUB HEATH KOI.U The death roll was then made up ns fol lows ; MBS. FIIAMC TIIKNKII and two children. JjOCKi : , wife and seven children , Oi.u Mils. LOCKK. Jilts. W. KKitnudON and three children. HiiApFoitn ItKiiuv and daughter. Mrs. AI.IIKIIT IJAMUKUT and two children , HAM HUIIWICK'S ' night children. Mits. SIIKIJ , WAI.I.KY and four children. GKOJIOI : HTiVKMHtnnd fourchlldieu. Mu. KIIANSIIAI.I , , wlt'u mid rraiulson. Mm. S. UAI.MKII and four children. Lox/.o SMITH and child. MILS. 'looniAKc's fourchlldien. JACK TOOOHAKK and seven children. MILS. HAWKINS and three children. Dii. GIOIIUK : SMITH , wife tiud lour chil dren. All the above were white people. The fol lowing-la a Hut of the colored | > coplo whose bodies Invyo been lecoverod and Identified : Ei.KVtu-Joii.ssoN and wife. JACK ! < KWiM , jvifu and brother. IticiiAiiu HAJIUHICK , wlfo and live chll- Jrttn. Yesterday morning a packet stern-wheel steamer culled the Emily P. arrived at John son's bayou and brought to Orange as many us .she could carry--about Mxty peofdo. Mot [ > u of them had anything but what they btood In , and many of them were minus lists , shoes , coats ana dresses. Their wan's tveri promptly supplied by the people of tfcU Place anil the refugees were made comforta ble for tinnight. . I'lils morning the Kmlly P. and steamer I.ark will return and from thence make regular trips until all arc nroutjiht to n place of safety. All the people , save a few who havn lar.ro stuck s.jy they have nb.uuhmed thu place torever , They arc descendants of n raeo of people \\lio , lii the past , made Johnson's bavou n va'-t oraugo trove. The trust came and ruined them and then they turned to cotton and sugar and stock raising , only to meet the fate of their forefathers , of the 8.COJ head of stock which of which once thu bi.\on : boasted , i , ooo are drowned , while the lemain- der will diu of thirst , at nil the uater Is salt , UTItKII I'.UITICTI.AIIS. Xiw : OIIIIAX : , Oct. 10. It is now learned that over eighty live of thu Inhabitants ot Johnson's llajou lost their lives In the slorm. toity of their bodies have been recovered and consigned to graves In Shell ( tiffs , while the decomposing corpses of the reuminmtr for'y- ' livu llu testerltu In the marshes. Uodfunl was very thickly settled and when thi' stoim bunnii Tucsdav everybody took to their homes nnd waited with bated breath a fate which thev fort-saw. The waters begun rising , the \\ind sept \ tliniugh the lower stories of tliu buildings driving the all i billed Into attics and upon tools , liy 10 o'clock the Hist ildgo which was twelve feet above the son luvel was ten feet under. House ufter house Sell In or was swept away , cither retrying the doomed people In thu debris or hurling them into the passim : waters. The villagi' of Hoaford and Johnson Uayou weredeslioyed incompletely as if an Invading army had done the work , For twelve hours the sloim ra cd. Of 8.000 head of stock which < nee thu bayon boasted. n.ooo are drowned , while the lomalnder will die of thirst , as all water Is salt. J. S. Spen cer , ono of the Inhabitants ot the place , says this is the third storm ho has experienced , having bren through the storm at Moigan- thaw In .hint ! last , nnd at Indianola in August. Ho was making a handsome liv ing supplying noilhorn and eastern markets with bird skins and feathers. Ho loses over SXX ( ) In potteries. Spencer was fortui'rlv editor ot the liloomlngton (111. ( ) Pantagraplf. There is no estimating the total loss , as there Is no way of ascertaining thn valuation , hence It sullices to say that the town is ties- t roved and abandoned. UKAI'MO.VT , Tex. , Oct. lf > . flio train which went toward Sabluu to-dayns far as thu truck allowed , icturned here at 8 p. m. Fifteen bodies wore reooveied on thu high land called Hack Uidtcu , west of Sabine , and were buried. Six bodies ot women were re covered on the west hhore of the lake , two colored nnd four white. , ono being that of Mrs. W. A. Junker , of Carlisle. Mr. Junker Is still missing. The steimcr Emily P returned Irom Johnson's bayou , La. . to O ran m and reports that those drowned at that place were clilelly colored people. The deaths at Sabine Pass and vicinity will ng- irregate more than ninety and at Johnson's bayou about eighty-live. Only tlnoo houses aiu left lit tor human habitation , though pcihaps a do/.en an ; standing In a precarious condition , The people wlio escaped with their lives ore oom- pletelv ruined liiianclallv , a majority of them not being alilo to provide themselves with the bare necessities of life. A telegram from tlie merchant of Oalveston to the relief CDIII- mitteo hero sav.s : "Cialveston subscribes . " 1,000. " The Mexican schooner Hcirules is high and dry at a point called 011 Ponds. Hercaptain rnpoits that he was hound for NTPW Orleans with ] d5 mahogany logs , all of which are now supposed to bu lost. A circular will bo addressed liy the finance committee to the principal business houses in thu leadlns ; trade centers ot tliu country. It will requlio from S'fl.ooo to SIOO.OJO to meet the emergencies of thu cnso. Tlin Michigan Storm. DKTHOIT , Mich. , Oct. 10. Keporls are slowly coming In pUn > damage done by the storm. In most , ' " ? ' ' 'J-n damage is to fences , trees , rooffr ? KcShVi" . thu gale was np tliu rlx.CO > ; grass mugo jyas hlghor than ever kfe . ' ' ' reported all along oVAc' , , . . p - ' * particularly - ticularly on the Au : . , K STOCK. - alr Haven and N'ejySrf ; . . , \nittr ex tended a mile and .i half upon the land , and floated away much valuable timber and siniill bouses. The sloop yacht Turk , of Io- ) trolt. was carried away by the water , and liu- ally lodged in an orchard 150 feet from shore. Fields were generally Inundated , The sloop yacht Annie S. , of Detroit , broke her cuhlo on the eastern side of the lake , and was landed high and dry a quarterof a mile from shore at Suy Carty. CUE AT lUUTAIN'S GAI/K. Destruction and Ijoss of Ijlfe hy tlie Storm. Loxno.y , Oct. 10. The troop ship Tyne , which is thirty hours overdue at Plymouth , has been sighted oil' there , laboring terribly in the storm. The greatest anxiety lias been entertained concerning her tor the last twenty-four hours. The British ship Teviot- tlalo , which sailed from Cardiff , Wales , on Thursday last , was wrecked during the storm on Carmarthen bar. Thcro were on board at the time twenty-eight persons. A boat , rescued nlno from I ho wreck. The utliers , among whom wore the captain and udlccrs. left In a boat , and but two of them succeeded In reaching shore alive. The other seventeen perished In the waves. The great hiirricann which ban just passed over England and Ireland was accompanied by thu heaviest rains Within memory. During last night thero'wero many collisions and wrecks , nnd a number of channel ilshlni ; lionLs were strandod. The storm was very furious on the Irish coast. The streets In many towns were flooded. Corn-stacks were blown away , mid corn standing In tliu Holds destroyed. The damage Is Immense. Tlicro have been destructive Hoods in Wales. The gale and Hoods along the south ami west Kngllsh and Irish coast continue , having extended far northward. Many re ports of bridges and buildings bulng swept away are constantly coming In. In Ulster , Ireland , the storm and floods seriously Impede inllway trallie. Many small vessels have been wrecked. The loss of llfo ashore , so lar , caused by the norm , has not been great. The British bark Hellaport has been wrecked oil' Skellgs Islands , on the southeast coast of Ire land. She was being towed by the tug ( iauie- cock , when thu hawser parted and the bark was thrown on the rockyshoroand destroyed , All her cinw perished. The Congregational Council. CHICAGO , Oct , 10. When the Congrega tional council was called to order to-day Pro fessor lienner , president of the Salt I.ako academy , spoku against polygamy. The fol- lowlne was adopted : Husolved , That wo rccogulzo with respect the loyal and Intelligent minority resident In Utah , nnd I hat wit protest In udvancu against the admission of Utah its a stutu at any tlnin without the consent of that loyal mi nority. A short report on the now west education commission was read , and other elm relies were urged lo take moio Inteiest in assisting the work of education in the west , itev , Albert Alvah I'rlHbi'e , of Dos Molne.s , la. , read a paner on "Chun-bus on the Itorder hand of Self-support. " This was a powerful plea for dependent churches. Thu council will continue its work next week , They Still CIHCAOO , Oct.10 , Great crowds were pres ent at the session of the lCpiscop.il conveiu tlon to-day to listen to the closing arguments on the proposition to expunge tliu wouls "Protoitaut I'.plsropal" fiom the innyer book- anil laws of tlmchurcli. At thoconHiinlon of thu debate a vnto wt i token by dlotT.'es , With the folloulti , , ' losulH : Clergv of Initv- nine diocutcs voting : j'o.t * 17. nays U.J ; di vided. 10. Lav dfloxates ot lorlv-four din- cuso.s voting ; Yeas U , iiuy < < S'J ; divided. 41. The resolution was. therefore , declared lost. Tuo convention ntljourned until Monday , Captain and Grew Iiost. ST. JOHNS , N. F. . Oct. to , Friday night the schooner KmtlliiP , Captain ( Irani , bound from St. Pierre to Hay Despair , struck on the Dragon promontory In Hm milage bay , on tliu west const of Nuvr Foundland , and sank im mediately. The captain and crew of six men wue all loit. THE PACKERS' ' WAR STILL ON , Orowda of Idle Men at the S'ook Yaidi Using "Moral Suasion , " WORKING IN THE NEW HANDS. Complete Arrangement Flip the Pro tout Ion o f Proper ty K very thing llcnily for nn Knii'ruenoj I-'cw Violent Aots. The Oront Lookout. CuirAoo , Oct 10 ( Special Telegram (0 ( thn Uii : : . | "His war now for sure , " said a stock man , ns lie stood on the Transit liotiso steps ntlcrhlsO o'rlook breakfaM. At this hour , usually so marked by crowds nt men on their way to work , there was llttlo sign of llfo on the stn-ols. Whore a week ago tlious * anils of mi'n trooped through the big goto leading to the yards , scarcely a doron at a time could be seen. Over in thu oxclmnga building , usually teeming with cuttle bit ) ore and sellers , eager and noisy as so many board of trade speculators , the great hall was almost deserted , and the few that , Irmn old association and custom , still madu their ap- pearanee , stood around In a listless kind of way. A passenger train came In on the Michigan Southern tracks , but Instead of pnlllim np on thu usual side-track nt the depot , the engine kept on around "Tho Hoi n , " and took three coaches np Forty- seventh street and stopped at thu alloy which1 loads down to Armour & Co , , 3 houses. j Nearly two hundred men alighted and ! walked to tliuollle.0 , where they were given jumpois and overalls and sot to work In the old house. What woikthorj was for thorn to do Is a mystery , as no hogs wcro being killed , but the authorities say that they were "set to work , " and as no one could sui ! them there. Is no evi dence to the contrary. Theio has been a committee , either appointed by the strikers or self-constituted , for the purpose of dis suading any now men from going to work. The members of the committee keep close watch on the terminus of the .street ear line and on that of the dummy train ? , and snu > eeeded In Inducing a number of M > okera after employment to return to the cltv. They cannot obtain access to tliu special train * , however , and consequently succeed In divert- Inir but a very small proportion of the crowd that daily applies for work Irmn tin- packing houses. However , they tu-u enthusiastic lu their work and hall each man who weakens with lusty cheers. I'lio precautions for guarding the property of thu puckers have heen greatly increased. In the town hall aru a score of cots on which the regular police sleep. Telegraph wlios lead to each of the packing iioiiMis. and night and day an opera tor is on duty. Thu watchmen at thu packing timiM's rejmit by signal to the telephone olllt'e every halt hour , and a patrol wiigon crew is ready for duty nta moment's notice. Klec- trlc lights liave been linng throughout all the alleyways and Illuminate every nook and corner , turning the darkest nluht Into thu brightest day. Last , bill by no meant least , in piotcctive measure' ! , Is the Pinkcrton fon'e. Their barracks In Washington' 1) ) itch- cr's Sous' packing houses present the appearance - pearanco of a military camp. All through tin ; day and night sentinels , armed with their Winchester rifles , pacoupiind'down tiio alleyways - ways and tracks which surround It , The usual crowds of Idle men remained In the vicinity of. the naokln ? houses to day Mid bo- Bouuht men. wuo could bo readied not to work.Many appltcnnts.forworkihow vcr- , wcntouton the regular and special passen ger trains and were landed nt the doors of thu packing houses , which wore guarded by armed patrols. Thu strikers stopped a wagon containing clothing and budding for thq I'lnkorton men just outside the city llmltu to-day and handled the driver roughly , throw ing the clothing in the street. A wagoii loaded with bread tor the l.'jnkerton gnantu was stopped outsldo the city limits , when thu police arrived the wagon hau'dlsuppo..rjd. Tlio MinncapollH Hwitclimcii's Strike , MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Oct. 10. The switch men's strike stands in status quo. Superin tendent Kgan , .of Manitoba , complains thit , a crowd nt' 209 strikers ibis afternoon un coupled the cars mid killed the engine of a trainload of wheat the company was try ug to inoyej Also that the police refuse to inter- ferc'and Mayor Ames cannot bo found , DLAJVti 1NTKKYJ12WBI ) . ills Views on Prohibition and Ifont-y George's Cnnclidnoy. NEW YOIIK , Oct. IB. [ Special Telegram to the UEK.A Boston special L'lv.t'H the follow ing account of an Interview with James U. Blatno : " 1 am just from Augusta , " said Mr. lilalnc , "and on my way to 1'hlladolphla , wlicnv I speak Saturday night. I shall vlhlt Pitts burgh and several other cities , returning. about the middle of next week.1' "What Is the situation in Pennsylvania'.1" was nsked. "It is about the same as It was In Maine. The prohibitory party 'arc creating havoc , and seem determined to destroy the republi can pai ty. " "How about New York state'/ ' "It Is a little different there , " replied Ulalno. " 1 presume If the question wiru submitted to a popular void It would bo do * feati.'d , anil that Is the very reason why'thq- Icmpcranco fanatics oppose such n proposi tion. It Istruo that the lepubllcnn party baa never formally advocated prohibition In IU I'latlorm ' , but every law that bus tended In uny way to suppress thu liquor ttalllo in tlia state has been passed uy republican legisla tures , 1 remember an anecdote that Governor Seymour told mo himself , which bears on Una wry question , and which Is , by the wnyv ngninst prohibition , Seymour was convent. ing with Mr. Deluvan , of Albany , about the elt'ect of ahsoluU ) prohibition In the state of Now York. 'Now , ' bald Seymour , rtiimioM ) wo had a community In the Male where the sale of Intoxicating diink * was absolutely prohibited , where everybody had all the food he wanted to eat anil clothing he wanted to wear. ' 'Hut vou wan turning of Klslnms,1 interrupted Mr. Dclavan , 'Itut that's the kind of a community you HIO striving to Pieato. Isn't It. ' 'Vos , perhaps ' Mr. Uclnvan. 'Well ' mild so , replied . , Mr. Seymour , 'we Imvo'J.BOO of Jn.st such people as thcM ) in Slut Sing. ' Deluvau saw tho. point. " "Do yon think the prohlbllory'party move ment much more dunmous than the labor movement ? " Inqulied thucunespondeiit. "Yes , for the reason that the lormor tend1 to disrupt and destroy the republican party. It Is the strangest thing to me why the third party men think that we uru continually lighting temperance when we aru for It , ft Isanenersltv of human nutme almost Innx- pllcable. 1 think that the campaign In Malno Injured the thiid party movement verv much. Neal Dow's conduct can only bu explained on the ground that he Is an old mun , " "what do > ou think of Henry George's candidacy for Mayor of Now Yoik ? " "I don't see how ho Is going to carry his land ( schemes Intopractlce , " sala Ulalne , "It may be all well enough to limit the amount of lain ) one mun can hold , but I don't ' BCO how yon cnn limit the time , Ton rau't limit It lo lens than a year , for n mun will not ROW unless he can reap. " "Am you satisfied with the cainmtgu In MaineV" "Vi- . , and more than satisfied. Wo had a good candidate for Governor In Hod well , nui ( he will make nn excellent Governor. " Hewitt and Hoocovrlt Aooopt. NEW YOIIK , Oct. -Messrs. . Hewitt and Roosevelt have written formal letters accep ting icbpcctlvcly the democratic nnd icmibll- can nominations for mayor of Mew York. tvnd Iowa Woollier. For NebniHka and Iowa : Fair weather , fol lowed by local rains In tha eastern porllou ; urn i If Mnllunnry temperature ,
