DANGERS out DEEP
Awful Experience of the Crew of
Schooner Nahum Chapin. '
. ,, _
NINE PERSONS PEsIsHED.
The Vessel \Vas “fucked by the Storm Up
to Within a Few Hundred Yards of
the Shore—One \Voman and Her
Child Among the Drowned.
QUOGUE, N. Y., Jan. 22.-—The three
masted schooner Nahum Chapin, Captain
Arey, of Rockland, Me, from Baltimore
for Boston, was lost within 300 yards of
the shore at this place early today, and her
crew of nine men perished miserably within
sight of hundreds of men and women, who
could do nothing to help them. ,3
The vessel for three hours pounded up
higher and higher upon the hard, sandy
beach. Then with a crash she went to
pieces, and one by one the nine sailors on
Ear, who could plainly be seen clinging to
her rigging, were engulfed with the wreck-
:rgc and died within hailing distance of
the life savers on shore.
It was raining hard when the captain
came ashore. It was not exactly foggy,
but the rain was fine and thick, and a sort
of white mist enveloped the face of the
ocean and hid from view even the tops of
the huge waves as they came tumbling in.
A stiff breeze of about 30 miles an hour
was blowing from the southeast. The surf
was unusually high, and the waves beat in
upon the beach with great fury.
The town of Quogue stretches down to
the ocean side. The sandy stretch of Fire
island is away some miles to the east, and
nothing interposes to save the town from
the beat of the ocean. The beach here is
hard and wide. About 400 or 500 yards
out at sea. is a sandy bar which is not to
be seen even at very low tide. The waves
ripple over it when the sea is calm, but in
a gale or in a high sea the waves run high
above the bar.
It was at a few minutes before 4 o’clock
this morning that the wreck occurred.
The storm was at its worst at that time.
The villagers say that it was the worst
storm this part of Long Island has known
in years. ' .
Discovery of the Wreck.
The patrol from the life saving station
was on his beat. Suddenly above the roar
came a faint, shrill cry, not unmusical,
weird and full of meaning to the practiced
car of: the patrol, for it was the wailing of
the fog horns that sailing vessels carry.
Then through the darkness flashed a vivid
light, the glare of a rocket. For an instant
the white mist disappeared as though the
curtain were thrust aside, and, coming
madly before the gale, the man on the
beach saw a three masted schooner, her
sails in shreds, beating in hard upon the
beach, not 400 yards from shore.
She struck the bar. and then carecned
over on one side. It was the work of but
a few moments for the patrol to give the
signal to the station to which he belonged,
and in a few minutes at the most the life
saving crew was on .its way to the place,
its cannon and lifeboat bounding over the
beach, with the men pushing and tugging
at them and donning their life preservers
and oilskins as they ran.
By the time they reached the spot near
est the vessel the alarm had reached the
village, and dozens of townsfolk had gath-
ered to watch the work of the crew and to
help if possible too.
The vessel had come ashore almost in
the very center of the village. From the
steps of the churches when daylight came
the people could look down the main street
and on the life savers on the beach. and a
few hundred yards farther out the vessel
beating in the Surf and the men clinging
to the rigging.
At first/the life savers built- a fire onvthe
beach, and then they placed a signal to let
those on the ship know that they were
about to send them a rope. At that time
only the dull outlines of the vessel, framed
in the angry surf, could be made out, but
soon it began to get a little brighter, and
the crew of the vessel could be made out
clinging to the rigging.
Futile Efforts at Rescue.
A rope was then fired from the mortar. It
struck the vessel, hung for a second across
her yards and then fell into'the sea. Then
another rope was fired. This .time the rope
landed safe and secure in the rigging. The
men on the vessel managed to secure it,
’but could not make it fast to the vessel.
This rope was lost, as was a third that
was sent out a short time later. The men
on the vessel could catch the ropes, but
they could not secure them to the schooner.
The storm was at its worst, and the masts
of the vésscl were swinging to and fro,
striking the surf almostgat every dip.
The vessel in the meantime had been
madcput to be a three masted schooner.
She was at daybreak within 350 yards of
the shore and beating in farther and far-
ther every minute.
The life savers and those on the beach
could make out nine men in the rigging.
Six of the men were clinging to the fore-
mast rigging, and three men were on. the
jib boom. If there were others on the vessel,
they could not be made out and had prob-
ably been lost before that time.
It was not known whether the vessel had
lost her hearings or whether she had sprung
a leak and had been beached by her cap-
tain in a vain hope of saving her.
The life savers on the beach and the
crowd, which by this time had grown to
great size, cried out from time to time to
those on the vessel to hold on, that help
was near, and that just as soon as the sea
went down, as it .would with the day, all
would be well, and a faint cry came back
every now and then from the wreck.
Several attempts were made to launch a.
boat, but the sea was so terrific that it was
nothing but death to dare venture out, and
the boats could not pass the first breaker.
When 6 o’clock came, it was seen that
the vessel was undoubtedly doomed and
that there was but little hope for the men.
The sea was worse than ever. The gale
was something terrific. and to make mat-
ters worse it could plainly be seen that the
vessel was rapidly breaking up. She was
then hardly more than 300 yards from the
shore, and the whole village had turned
out in the rain to watch the struggling
vessel in her last throes.
The End of the Struggle.
In another hour the men of the life sav-
ing station did all in their power to get
assistance out to the (loomed men, but it
was impossible, and finally, at a few min-
utes before 7' o’clock, it was evident to all
that the end was near at hand.
The vessel had at that time beaten her
way up upon the beach to within 300
yards of the village, and every sea drove
her farther up sand. ’
The vessel had been sinking. {Her decks
were all under water. Only the masts and
' same moment a cry from the six men in
- HAY—Quiet;
jib’ boom’s end, to which three of the men
w EEKLYJ- NO‘R W Ann -‘ on z_n'1“'r B.
were clinging, could be. seen. With every
wave these men on the jib boom were bur-
led in the sea and hidden from the sight of
those on the beach. At last a huge wave
came along, and when it had passed over
the jib boom one man was missing. ‘
Three men‘had been on the spar before
that wave dashed over it. N ow only two
could be seen. One man had been washed
away. He was never seen again.
Other waves swept over the ship, and
five minutes later another man wzs swept
from the jib boom, and but one man could
be seen clinging to the spar. He held on
to the last. The six men clinging to the
rigging of the fercmast had been safe up
to this time, but the sea began to dash
over them every now and then.
It was 7 o’clock almost to the minute
when the end of it all came.
The vessel began to go to pieces rapidly.
Great planks. loosened from the hull, were
swept in upon the beach on the tops of the
waves. _
Then the masts began to whirl around,
and the life saving crew knew that they
would soon be rooted up from the hull of
the vessel. In a few minutes the mizzen-
mast came down with a crash, and at the
the rigging of the foremost told those on
the bang; that it was all over.
The mainmast and the forcmast fell over
after the other. The mainmast bent, and
then the foremast sprang up into the air
and fell back. The six men went down
with it. They could be plainly seen, and
their cries as their last hold disappeared
could be heard by those on the beach.
In a few moments great quantities of
wreckage began to come ashore. The name
of the vessel was not known up to that
time, but on a piece of the wreckage that
come ashore her name was to be made out.
At the last moment it was seen that two
of those who were clinging to, the rigging
of the foremast were not men, as had been
supposed, but that one was a woman and
the other was a child. ,
The Alvena Under \l'ater.
SANDY Hock, N. J., Jan. 22.-—Nothing
can be seen of the steamship Alvcna’s deck-
houses. They appear to be wholly sub-
merged. Onl?‘ parts of her masts, stack
and the point of her bOWSprit are visible.
The sea is washing between them. Noth-
ing like floating cargo can be seen, but
plenty of it was picked up on the beach.
It is believed that the Alvcua will soon go
to pieces.
A Blessage From the Sea.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Jan. 22.-—A bottle
has been picked up on South beach, seven
miles below here, which contained a mes-
sage stating that thc bark Ladras had
foundered at sea on Jan. 15. The message
was written on several small sheets of pa—
per and was signed by Captain Gonzales.
It was a log of the vessel from the time she
left port until she foundered.
Ashore at Old Point.
NORFOLK, Jan. 532.-—Thc steamer Chara
lotte of the Southern Railway line, out--
bound for Baltimore and heavily freightcd,
went ashore at Old Point. The tug r‘icd
inont went to her aid.
For a Central African Railway.
WASHIXGTON, Jan. 2:3.——The Portuguese
government has chartered a company, with
a capital of $6,813,000, to construct and
operate a railway from Kiliman to a point
on the British Central African border just
above the rapids on the line, a distance of
about 200 miles. United States Consul
Hollis, at Mozambique, who reports the
fact to the state department, says this will
do much to relieve the excessive cost of
transportation from the coast to' British
Central Africa growing out of the diflicul~
ties of navigation of the Zambezi, the only
existing route.
Fatal Quarrel About a Girl.
CYNTHIANA, Ky, Jan. 22.—John Dacey
and Benjamin S. Dryman had been pay-
ing attention to Jennie Hillery and on sev—
eral occasions quarreled. While Dacey was
driving with Miss Hillery Dryman met
them. Both men drew their pistols. Dacey
fired two shots, both taking effect in Dry-
man’s body. He died in a few minutes.
One shot from Dryman’s pistol pierced
Dacey’s brain, and he lived but a few
hours. The girl may lose her mind.
Mr. (louder: to Lecture at Yale.
NEW I'IAV'EN, Jan. 22.—Frederic R.
Coudert of New York city has been ap-
pointed Storrs lecturer on municipal law
at the Yale Law school for 1807-8. ,
The W’eather.
Generally fair; slightly colder; westerly
winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
‘ Exchange.
NEW Y()n1(,Jan. 21.—Money on call nominally
atl}é@.‘3 per cent, l’rime mercantile paper,
3}é@4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady,
with actual business in bankers" bills at 354.8734
@4.87}§ for demand and 84.Sl%@4.85 for 60 days.
Posted rates, [email protected]}4 and [email protected].
Commercial hills, 54.83921. Silver certificates,
{til/4e; no sales. Bar silver, GIMP. Mexican
dollars, 50%. Government bonds strong. State
bonds quiet. Railroad boudsfirm.
Closing prices:
Alchison .......... 14% New England ..... —
Bur. & Quincy... 75%; N. J. Central ...... 100%;
C., (3., C. 6‘: St. L. 2') North American. . 4%
Chesapeake $30.. 17 Northern Pacific. Jill/g
Chicago Gus ...... 73-1-3 Do. pref ........... 33% o
Cordage ........... —— N. Y. Central ..... 94%»
Cotton Oil ........ 13y, Omaha ............ 50%
Del. & lludscn. . .lllll/é Ontario & \Vest.. . 15
Distillers’ Trust. . — Pacific‘ Mail ....... 25%
Eric ............... 15 lea ing ........... 26%
General Electric. 34% Roe Island ....... 681,4
Hocking valley. 112/.- Silver Bunion..‘f.. 647/5,
Lackawanna... . . .1534 St. Paul ........... 76%;
Lake Shore ....... 152 Sugar Refinery. ; .116%
Lead .............. 25%» Texas Pacific. . . . . . 9%
Louisville & Nash 51% Union Pacific ..... 6%
Missouri Pacific... 22% Wabash pref ...... 16%
Northwestern....104}Ǥ Western Union... 84%
General Markets.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—FLOUR—State and
THE l’KINLEY CABINET
.__—_.——
liyman J. Gage of Chicago Offered the
Treasury Portfolio.
WARMLY URGED TO ACCEPT.
General Horace Porter, Too. Is Likely to
Be In the Next Cabinet—A Califor-
nia Judge Being Considered
by the President Elect.
CANTOX, 0., Jan. 22.——Lyman J. Gage,
president of the First National bank ,.of
Chicago, can be President Elect McKin-
lcy’s secretary of the treasury if he wishes
the place”. A special representative of Me-
Kinley is now in Chicago to urge the Chi-
cagoan’s acceptance, and it is not improb-
able that he will be successful.
There is a pretty well established belief
here that General Horace Porter of New
York will be in the cabinet and that Mr.
Lautcrbach’s trip was not wholly satisfac-
tory to the organization men of the Empire
State. ’
Lyman J. Gage is one of the greatest
financiers of the country and is known
in Chicago as one whose methods are
clean and honorable. He is of English
descent and 58 years old. He was born in
LYMAN J. GAGE.
Be R-uyter, N. Y., and is the son of Eli A.
and Mary Judson Gage. Both of his par-
ents are also natives of New York, and their
immediate ancestors were residents of New
England.
At tlimage of 10 he entered the academy
at Rome, N. Y., and studied four years,
when it became necessary for him to earn
his own living. He " as employed in the
Rome postoffice wh. n he was 14 years old.
A year later he was made mail agent on
the Rome and Watertown railroad. In
1851. he became clerk in the Oneida Central
bank at the salary of $100 a year. \\
Followed Greeley’s Advice.
As'the great west was then attracting
the bright sons of the cast, Mr. Gage went
to Chicago when only 10 years old and
found employment in a lumber yard and
planing mill as bookkeeper. Through the
great- linancial crash of 1858 the firm sus-
pended, and he, with thousands of others,
lost hi-t position as bookkeeper and became
watchman for his employers. He then so—
cured a position in the Merchants’ Saving
Loan and Trust company on a salary of
$500 a year. In five months he was paying
teller at $1,200 a year and six months
later assistant cashier at $2,000 a year.
After one year he becamccashicr and occu-
pied that position until 1808. He then be-
came cashier of the First National bank of
Chicago. In 1882 he was elected a director
and later president when his genius in
financial affairs was discovered.
\Vith a capital stock of $3,000,000 it had
then imdcposits $50,000,000 and half that
sum in loans.
He was chairman of the Chicago coin—
mitte" which fought forthclholding of the
World‘s fair in that city. I c. with three
others. than signed a pledge guaranteeing
310.000.0013 if the fair was held in Chicago.
He rct::inc.i his position until the fair
closed.
321'. (321:0 isar'i
:'lisl‘i:‘;:.tisi:cd bra. i:
:tle::‘.::n of fine presence.
'g :,r.d quiet-dignity.
lleiv a. nuuniicr of the hinge Union
cagic :zr-d of the Conum‘rcinl and Bank-
:rs‘ clubs.
.1 Californian Under Consideration.
SAN FRANCISCO, .i’ an. 22.—7?nited States
Circuit Judge McKenna has just- returned
from Canton, 0., where he went to visit
Major McKinley. It was this visit, very
suddenly made, that disclosed the fact that
J udgp McKenna may be offered a cabinet
portfolio. J udgc McKenna, in talking of
his visit, admitted that the cabinet ques-
tion, particularly in relation to himself,
called him to Canton. While he qualified
all his remarks in relation to his, accept-
hnce of a place, he said he is sure that Cal-
ifornia will have a man in the cabinet. He-
said: “I consider that too much significance
has been attached to my visit. Many
changes may occur. There is perfect free-
dom on the part of Major McKinley to do
as he may wish and perfect freedom (In my
part. There are some difficulties in the
way of my acceptance of a portfolio. I ex-
plained that very fully. and they are not
yet definitely settled. Neither the vacancy
on the supreme bench nor n‘iyprcscnt posi-
lion'is in any way involved in the question
3f my acceptance of a plate in the cabinet.
There :‘zrc other difficulties in the way. ”
licl‘orms For Cuba.
MADRID, Jan. 22.—-Premier Canovas, at
the cabinet council meeting, declaflad him-
self confldent of the speedy success of the
Spanish military operations in Cuba and
announced that he would soon submit to
the council of state a plan of the reforms
which it is proposed to institute in that
western dull and lo“\ver to sell; city mills pat-
ents, ,720@3-li winter patents, [email protected];ci1y ,
”@138 clears, [email protected]; winter straights, $4.50
.63.
VVllEAT—No. 2 red opened weak and de- :'
cliued on lower cables and denials of the St.
Louis cash business: May, 851142.86 1-16c.; July, L,
3236/5982 13-ch.
CORN—No. :3
weather; May, 300.: July. 3l$r§c. .
OATS—$30. 2 dull and barely steady; May,
22%c.; tradk, \vhi'te state, 20@300,
POl‘lK—Stcady; mess, SS.50@9; family, $9.50@
10.
LARD—Qniet;. prime western steam,"$4.25,
nominal.
BUTTE l—Steady: state dairy, 10@15%;C.:
state creamery, lilglllfic. '
CIlEEb‘E— Quiet: state, large, S®ll%3c.; small,
S@lll/gc. - , '
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania, 16@
16km; western, l:.’.@ l5k’gc.
SUGAR—Raw steady; fair refining, 2 13-16c.:
centrifugal, 90 test, 3 3460.; refined quiet,
crushed, 4%c.; powdered, Illéc.
TURPENTINEv—Steady at. 27lé@280.
MOLASSES~Quieu New Orleans, 22@32e.
RICE—Steady; domestic, 3%@6%3c.; Japan
1}»{1@4§4c. ' .
TALLOlV—Dull; city, 3}«§'c.; country, 3960.
shipping, 55@60c.: good to
choice, roar-5c. _ ‘ .
quiet and easier on better if
colony.
Itching, irritated, scaly, crusted Sculps, dry, thin,
and falling Hair, éleansed, purified, and beautl- ‘
fled by warm shampoos with CUTICURA SOAP,
and occasional dressings of CUTICUBA,pnrcsh of
emollients, the greatest skin cures.
G1 “l are
fTreatment will produce a clea-n‘, healthy, scalp
with luxuriant, lustrous hair, when all else fails.
Sold throuchout the world. Porrxn Dnuo AND Cumi-
Con P.. Sole Props.. Boston; _ _
aw How to produce Luxununl Han," mailed free.
SKINS 0N. FIR
with‘Eezemn instantly relieved
by'Curleun Raucous; ,,
Business Done
(in Business
Principles.
Till Bull
only one way to do it, that
to promote early buying.
all Winter stock, :——- ‘
monwanx,
N Y. Office, 442 Broadway-
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. January is a dull month in the Dry Goods business,
but "we always strive to make it a busy one.
. . ¥ There is
18 to give bargains that our
customers will appreciate, and that will be an incentive
This week we shall cut into
est THEGREATGLOAK llOOlVI
J MKETS.
Thor». i- no need ofwearing 21 Jacket that is
1hr n or ftur years out of style when
you‘cau Luy a good one for
ilLi. JACKETS AT HALF PRICE.
Blwk lioucle Jackets - $3.50
Ii ish Fricz; Fancy Boue'e and Black
P» 1100, lat-leis 35:15
All £10.50. H330 and $14.50 Jackets in .c
Kersey and Beucle, all at one price.
All our best Jackets that were $15.00 to
. $31800. all will go at one price ° - $8.50
Children’s Jackets, from 98c to $5.00
$1.51“
an $5.00 and $6.00 Capes Marked, to
close out, at . . $3.00
$3.50IPlush capes that wcre $11.98 will go at
' - $6.50
nun uustu [mama
Is the largest and best ever shown outside
of New York. Every box is new. Every
garment is new. No old stock to work off.
Every piece bought forthis sale, and muslin
lower than it ever was before. It is a good
time to buy fine underwear.
~—u._ -
@CDWNSQ
The same grade last seas-
on, $1 25; the new
this season, 98c.
Gowns from 49c to $2 .25
SKlBTS.
Extra wide deep Ham—
‘ ‘ gig, burg, the same as last season
, ““5 $1.53 grade; for this sale
/ ‘ ‘890.
Skirt». from 25¢: to $2.50 each.
runes doors.
This is uni-per. .lepurtruen‘, we sell fine dress goods
cheaper inthisrlemrtmeur than you can buy the same 0'
any hew York hDUrc.
50 in. Black Navy and Grew-n Ciel e Diagonal sold by us
02:69,!
DBAWERS-
gs \:\ FROM 25c To .15.
§ \§ PER PAIR, ‘
- Corset Covers.
men 3,; TO 159.
- Take a look at
“MS white show. it
will repay you. The
greatest variety ever
DOMESTIC GOODS.
January is the month to buy your spring stock of
muslin and linen, Why? Because the mills always un
lead their st x-ks at this time, and our syndlcate buyers
all reason for F 1 to alum: at . . . 600 take advantage of the market.
50 in; Serge in 3'33", NW" Gliin “‘1 Bmwu’ so“ by Lil Unbleached Illuslin '
us for 50c, for this sale . . 3 I C ., L _ . ' ‘ a 4G
50 in. All Wool “Hillary.“ Swill bv us all season for 500, this 5‘4 ynbleached Muslin 5 . . . . [23
sale , V ‘ _ ', 250 1-4 Bleached Standard Goods . . 6 3-40
40 in. Blnck Mohair Fieun s sold by mall season for 39c, 3-4 Bleached Standard Goods . , '56
- for this sale . . 250' ’
Granite Iron Ware
~ 28c
34c
39c
-39c
llc
‘3. qt- Tea or Coffee Pot -
3 qt. Tea or Coffee Pet
4 qt Coffee Pots - -
6 qt. Cove-red Faucc Pan
2%,- qt, Lipped Preserving Kettle -
9
TOWELS
32 Dozen Towels, Huck, Damaek, Hem stitched, Knot-
ted Fringes and Heinmed, they are for people that
use fine towels Never has one of these towels
been sold less than 50c; for this sale, 250 each.
I06
Inc
2 qt 2 ipped Sauce Pan -
qt. Pudding Pan - »
qt. Pudding Pan - .
' J‘ap‘anned Coal Ehovelslong handle,
580
Inc
Be
5c
. Copper Bottom Wash Boilers
Zinc Wash Boards I , . .
i .5 I urge Size Coal Sieves
I. Crumb Tray and Scraper
‘J
J ( lly Pans . . ‘ . _
W ash Basins . . . . _ _
Bread Pans .
Ginger Bread Pans _
Covered Sauce Pans . . . .
Inc
Inc
2901
46 each Full Bleached Damask . V .
was
-2 Bleached Damask
25c to 69c
50c to $0l.5
Men’s Unlaundered chirts, 500 quality, three for 3|,5
Men’s Night Shirts, finished with pearl buttons cut
extra long and full, three for . $l.00
10,000 yards of ribbons, manufacturers remnants,
at one half regular prices—all widths and colors.
5 .
I0: For Saturday and MondayLadies’Fast Black stock-
ings, double sole. extra spliced heel and toe,
worth 196 per pair . . . . I2.“
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Somelhing Given Away at Half or Less than HaIfEPrice in our Kilcen Department
Every Day This Week Just to Make Business "
mfg
u BUSTUN STORE Em. Main; and was:
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PL. A 'r E
“Mutual Pia ' Glass
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INSURE YOUR
GLAss
IN THE ‘ . .
Insurance Company
OF CONNECTICUT, ‘ .
At HALF THE RATE charged by other stoc'k companies.
W seamstress
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