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SCENE ON THE SHIP.
(Continued from Fifth Page.)
clothed. Pieces of wreckage flew a dis
tance of five hundred yards, one larg •
piece of cement striking the quarter ■ k
of the City of Washington, of the Ward
line, anchored near.
•‘Following is a list of the officer? and
men who arrived on the Olivette, furnish
ed the Associated Press by Joseph M.
Mann of Providence, n. I. Mr. Mann was
assisted in making the list by lieutenants
on board, principally Lieut. Jungen, and
the list may be depended on us olli ial.
"Officers—Lieuts. John Hood. C. W. Jun
gen and J. J. Biandin; naval cadets, A.
Bronson. Boyd, Washington and Cren
shaw; Past Assistant Engineer G. C. Pow
ers; Assistant Engineer Morris; Pay Clerk
McCarthy; Carpenter Heims; Gunner J.
H. Hill; Boatswain Larkin; Lieutenant of
Marines Catlin, Sergt. Meehan.
"Mess Attendants—John Turpin, Harris
K. Cushida and F. Awp.
"Wardroom—Cook Toppin.
“Gunner's Mate Williams.
"Apprentice Willis.
"Marines—McKay, Peter Larsen, 1..
IMorinierie, A. Hallberg, G. David, F.
Rush, William Gartrell, Peggy, the cap
tain’s pug dog; George Plow, C. P. Me l-
Ville Reden. Jan Duckin, McCann.
Wounded—A. J. Dressier, Charles Rer
geman. William H. Thompson. George
Schwartz, H. Tackle, Marine F. Thomp
son. R. Hutchison, IMarine McDermott,
J. Herbert, slightly; A. Ham, P. J. Foley,
George Fox, M. Flynn, W. A. McNair,
Charles Galpln, Joseph Lutz, M. Lanahan,
Joseph Kane, Carl Christianson, A. John
son, John D. Load, J. Panek, O. Anderson,
C. liOhman, Calvin Cook, Henry Will
iams, W. E. Richards ami Mlckleson.
"Authentic figures of the easuality are
104 saved and 251 dead.
“There was a sad scene at the dock to
night as stretchers were carried to the
waiting ambulance by artillerymen and the
sufferers tenderly placed on seats for
conveyance to the marine hospital.
"The brave fellows bore iheir suffer
ings most admirably, and some limped
through the line of eager faces with arms
in slings, heads bound and blood-stained
bandages on their legs or trunks.
"The crowd had been yelling as only
excited Cubans and negroes and Cubans
can, but a great hush fell as the head of
the procession defiled from the dock
house.
"Excited women grew hysterical, and
many a Latin prayer was heard from Ups
that had been shouting a moment before.
Every possible arrangement for the com
fort of all who were disembarked had
been made, and all to whom I talked
praised highly the conduct of the Spanish
officials, who opened their hearts and
wardrobe to the survivors. Boats from
the Spanish cruiser Alphonso XIII were
among the first to reach the Maine, and
Capt. Blanco placed all his resources at
the disposal of Gen. Lee.”
SIGSBEE'S IMPRESSION.
Captain of Hie Maine Thinks a Tor
pedo Blew Her I p.
Key West, Fla., Feb. 17, 4:30 a. m.—The
correspondent of the Associated Press
learns in reliable quarters, that Capt.
Sigsbee is under the impression that the
warship Maine was blown up by a floating
torpedo, and that he has communicated
his impressions to Washington, asking at
the same time that the naval department
should have the naval engineers and me
chanics to investigate the explosion.
The Plant Line steamer Olivette did not
leave Havana until 3 o'clock thus after
noon, and she did not reach here until
shortly after 10 o'clock.
INTENSE INTEREST IN MEXICO.
Amerioaua Sn|lclou* of Trenelicpy
fit llnvnnn.
City of Mexico, Feb. 16.—President Diaz
dined with United States Minister Clay
ton to-night and bulletins from the Mexi
can Herald's Associated Press dispatches
regarding the explosion of the Maine were
sent him by request.
There is intense interest In the matter
here among Americans and Spanish resi
dents, and the former have been Inclined
to believe that some treacherous act
caused the awful catastrophe.
CRFISER NEW YORK AT KEY WEST
She Is 1o Supply the Survivors With
Necessaries.
Key West, Fla., Feb. 16.—The United
States cruiser New York, with Admiral
Sicard on board, reached Sand Key, eight
miles out, this evening and anchored.
She was ordered here to supply the sur
vivors of the Maine with clothing and
necessaries.
Lt. Merritt Only :AH Years Old.
Red Oak, la., Feb. 16.—Lieut. Darwin E.
Merritt, now missing from the battleship
Maine, was born in Red Oak in 1871. He t3
the son of Hon. W. W. Merritt, a promi
nent citizen, now serving as postmaster
in this city.
Blanco Saya Accidental,
Madrid, Feb. 16.—'The Captain-General
of Cuba, Gen. Blanco, has cabled the au
thorities here and has sent a similar mes
sage to Washington, saying that the dis
aster to the Maine was indisputably due
to an accident.
Grbrn Dorn'l Suspect Treachery.
New York. Feb. 16 —Bear Admiral Dr
ben, U. S. N., retired, said to-day that
he was inclined to believe that the Maine
was blown up by her own magazine. Such
things had happened before.
Capt. II all mi Non-Committal.
New York, Feb. 16.—Capt. A. T. Mahan
■aid that in the absence of authentic in
formation he was unwilling to discuss the
matter in any light.
Vesuvius Goes to Key West.
Jacksonville. Fla., Feb. 16.—The dyna
mite cruiser Vesuvius, left here to-night
for Key West, there to await further In
structions.
IKITEII CORNERS MAY WHEAT.
Armour Hard J’ressed to Get Wheat
to Return to Peary.
Chicago. Feb. 16.—The Post to-day says:
"Joseph I-ieiter has securely cornered the
Mav wheat' market, plays fast and loose
with the fears of a tremendous short In
terest and Is showing himself to be by all
odds the most remarkable /actor ever en
countered In the local market. Once more
the batlte between Armour and loiter
is being witnessed. Vague rumors from
the Northwest, showing that some big
forces were at work there, revealed them
selves to-dav In the shape of facts. Ar
mour sent his brokers to the Northwest
section some days ngo to buy all the < ah
wheat in sight. It is held Armour wants
to return an eauivalent for the wheat,
which, despite bis -denials, it la asserted
he borrowed from Peavy to deliver to
Letter on December contracts.
"No sooner did Leiter hear of this’fiana
movement than he began to plan a coun
To-day instructions wire forwarded to all
of Letter's brokers in ihe Northwest to
follow up Armour agents and bid 2,3 and
4 cents higher than Armour on ad wheat
offered to the latter.
Although Armour denies the report of
borrowing from Peavy, a leading broker
is authority for the statement that Ar
mour placed a check for 43,000,000 In the
Northwestern bank, payable to the order
of Peavy. to insure the return of a vast
quantity which Armour secured from
Peavey to cover his December short line.
To wnat extent Armour has obtained caaii
wheat to cancel these obligations Is a mat
ter of conjecture. But one fact is certain,
and that is that Armour had to pay a pre
mium, and had to wrestle hard with Lct
ter’s agents to secure cash wheal in the
Northwest.”
There was a, wild market on the curb af
ter tne regular close, apparently owing
to the Cuban situation. May, which
closed at 31.0314, sold as high as $1.06. clos
ing at 31.05. July was bid up to 91c. The
curb price made the advance for the day
5c to 7c per bushel. ''Puts’’ and "calls''
were traded in at 11c spread on the May
option.
Philip D. Armour said to-night: “Leiter
could put May wheat to $1.50 If he wants
to. He has only to keep still and do noth
ing; (he shorts will do the rest. There will
be good prices for wheat for another yeat
at any rate. Thus matters go in the long
run, years of penty anil then of scarcity.
This wheat will go out at $1.20. The turn
has not been alone in wheat ; it has been in
everything. We took shipping room for
KXI.OOO bushels of wheat for export to-day.
We bought wheat at Minneapolis, and are
buying everywhere we can. We are not
hedging it to wait for the consumptive
markets to follow. We expect to see them
pass us.”
niNS OF THE RACERS.
Mnzeppn and Hugh Penny the Only
Winning; Favorites at New Orleans
New Orleans, La., Feb. 16.—The weather
was clear and cool, and the track fast to.
day. Mazeppa and Hugh Penny were the
only winning favorites. Summaries follow:
First Race—Seven furlongs. Octave, 2
to 1, won, with Tabouret, even, second,
and Ma Petite, 7 to 5, third. Time, 1:2834.
Second Race—Selling, six furlongs. Ma
zeppa. 8 to 5. won. with Tineas, 5 to 1 and
8 to 5, second, and Jolly Son, 8 to 1, third.
Time, 1:14%.
Third Race—Selling, one mile. Hugh
Penny, 6 to 5. won, with Elkin, 15 to 1 and
5 to 1, second, and Everset, 4 to 1, third.
Time, 1:43.
Fourth Race—Handicap, seven furlongs.
What Next, 4 to 1, won, with W. C. TANARUS.,
3 to 1 and 4 to 5, second, and Sim W., 11
to 3, third. Time, 1:28',4.
Fifth Race—Selling, one and one-six
teenth miles. Rusella, 12 to 1, won, witn
L*. W., 7 to 2 and 3 to 2. second, and Jim
Conway, 8 to 1, third. Time, 1:5034.
Sixth P.;ice-~One mile. Percy F., 13 to
5, won, with Possum, 2 to 1 and 4 to 5, sec
ond, and Joe Shelby, 10 to 1, third. Time,
1:43.
San Francisco, Feb. 16.—The weather
was clear, and the track fast at Oakland
to-day. Summaries follow;
First Race—Six furlongs, purse. Sing
Wing, 6 to 1. won, with Scintillate second,
and Rosa third. Time 1:1634.
Second Race—Four furlongs, purse.
Maidens E. Come, even, won, with Semi
colon second, and Ranlcr third. Time :49'.4.
Third Race—Selling, one mile. Go to
Bed, 15 to 1, woo. with Highland Balk sec
ond and Charlotte M. third. Time 1:41'4.
Fourth Race—The Oakland handicap,
one and one-quarter miles. Argentina, 5
to 2, won, with Ostler Joe second and t’al
omaeita third. Time 2:0734-
Fifth Race—One mile. Paul Griggs,
even, won, with Libertine second and How
ard Mann third. Time 1:3934.
Sixth Race—Purse, maidens, six fur
longs. Town Topics, 7to 10. won with
Ravaletta second and Flnndes third. *Time
1:1334-
MOHR I LI, DOESN'T WANT HAWAII.
Thinks Wc Arc Better Off Without
Distant Islands.
Washington, Feb. Morrill
of Vermont occupied the entire time of
the executive session of the Senate to-day
tn a speech opposing the ratification of the
Hawaiian annexation treaty.
The speech was intended to show that
the acquisition of the Hawaiian islands
would be against both good policy and the
traditions of this country. He had al
ways stood against the acquisition of dis
tant lands, and was still opposed to that
policy as calculated to undermine the In
tegrity of the republic.
Senator Morrill quoted with sporial em
phasis a letter from Daniel Webster, dated
in 1843, advising the maintehance of the
independence of the Islands, and closed
with an appeal to the people of the United
States to continue this policy.
LIQUOR FOB LEGISLATORS.
Members of Curollnn's llonrd of Con
trol Admit Furnishing It.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16.—The commit
tee investigating the connection of leg
islators with dispensary free liquor, exam
ined members of the board of control to
day. They admitted sending liquor to rep
resentatives and senators in quantity. One
member of the board said ho had given
bottled liquor to thirty legislators, but ie
fused to name the recipients. As the leg
islature will adjourn to-morrow, the in
vestigation will not be concluded.
BISHOP HLINTAHD'S FUNERAL.
Obsequies to Be Held nt Sewanee on
Saturday-.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 16.—Bishop Galler
announces to-night that the funeral ser
vices of Bishop C. T. Qulntard, who died
yesterday at Darien, Ga., will be held nt
Sewanee. Tenn., on Saturday morning
next. It Is expected that the clergy of the
diocese and many bishops will be In at
tendance.
GALE AT GOTHAM.
Peril on Lnnd and Sea In the I'nlli
of the Storm.
Now York, Feb. 16.—Peril on land and
sea followed the heavy gale which swept
New York and the Atlantic coast in this
vicinity to-day.
Forty-eight miles an hour was the ve
locity reached by the wind In Now York.
Considerable damage was done ashore
and afloat.
The mercury was still falling to-night.
An Ex-War Minister Dead.
Brunswick, Feb. 16.—General Kaltcn-
Bornstachau, ex-war minister, is dead.
Dry Cliami>iiK2icn.
Dovers of dry champagne appreciate the
remarkable vintage of G. H. Mumm's
Extra Dry now coming to this country. It s
imports In 18117 aggregated 73,775 cases, or
42,293 more'than any other brand.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898.
PROTEST MADE BY PELLIEUX.
SPIRITED SPEECHES FOLLOWED
111 CHEERS FOR HIM.
Raises Ills Voice In the Most Em
phatic .Manner Against Slanders
Calculated to Destroy Confidence
In the Rends of the Army—Hints
That a Time </f Danger Is Nearer
Than People Think—Proof Against
Dreyfus Declared Conclusive.
Paris, Feb. 16.—The Palace of Justice on
the ninth day of the trial of M. Zola and
11. Perreux was crowded as usual.
The presiding Judge rejected M. Clem
enccau s request of yesterday that he ap
point a magistrate to question Madame de
Boulancey if among the letters she has
from Maj. Esterhazy there is not one con
taining the following expressions: “First
ly, Gen. Saussier, (then the commander
in-chief of the French army and military
governor of Pari?) Is a clown. In our
country the Germans would not show him
In a circus.
"Secondly, if the Prussians got so far
as Lyons they might throw away their
guns and keep only their riding whips to
drive the French in front of them.”
Gen. Pellieux, who conducted the inves
tigation into the charges brought against
M. Esterhazy, created a sensation by pro
testing against the acceptance of the evi
dence of “amateur experts who have not
seen the original Bordereau, adding that
he also desired to raise his voice in the
most emphatic manner against slanders,
which are caluculated to destroy confi
dence in the heads of the army at a time
when danger is perhaps nearer than peo
ple believe."
Continuing Gen. Pellieux said he consid
ered the proceedings showed that the de
fense attached no weight to the evidence
of the sworn experts who had seen the
original Bordereau and had compared it
with the acknowledged handwriting of
the accused, “while the testimony of ama
teurs, one a dentist and another a for
eigner. was received with full confidence.”
"Such tactics do not surprise me,” add
ed the general, "since they were shadow
ed in my office by M. Dreyfus, when bring
ing charges against Maj. Esterhazy.
I asked him if he desired a second ex
pert report on the Bordereau, and as he
did not reply I concluded that if the ex
pert examination had not been favorable
to him he would have demanded another.
For some time there has been much
talk of handwriting, people disbussing v. bo
could have written the Bordereau. Well,
1 11 prove to you here with the papers In
my hands that the officers who wrote the
Bordereaus belonged to the ministry of
war, was an artillery man, and was sec
onded for service on the staff.
“An analysis of Ihe Bordereau Indicates
that only one artillery officer attached to
the war ministry could have known the
facts recited, or have used the technical
ities employed in the Bordereau. An in
fantryman could never in his life have
spoken of the things of which the Bor
dereau speaks." (Sensation).
And now,” explained the General, rais
ing his voice, “what remains of all this
fabric? Not much. Yet, they accuse
officers of acquitting a guilty man in pur
suance of orders." (Prolonged sensation).
The General said: “I have the soul of
a soldier, which, revolts at hearing the In
famous aspersions showered upon us, and
I can keep silence no longer. I cannot
stand still and Bee men trying to detach
the army from its chiefs, for if the sol
diers cease to have confidence in them
what will the chiefs do in the day of dan
, K'T. which is perhaps nearer than people
think? Then, gentlemen of the jury, your
sons will be led to simple butchery, but at
the same time M. Zola wili have gained a
fresh victory and will have achieved a
new debacle and will be able to lay his
history before a Europe from which
Fiance has been wiped out.”
The effect of this outburst was Intense.
In conclusion, Gen. Pellieux said: "We
should have been glad If the court martial
had acquitted Dreyfus, as it would have
shown there was no traitor for the army,
for all of us to mourn for.”
On leaving the witness stand, the gener
al was long and loudly cheered.
M. I.aborie reproached Gen. Fellleux
with telling the jury that they might
shortly have war and added: "We do not
fear war with such soldiers as we have,
but If they are led by certain officers "
Here the presiding judge stopped M. La
borie and Gen. Pellieux, resuming his ad
dress, criticised the reports of the “ama
teur experts in handwriting.’’
After some further testimony of an un
important nature court adjourned.
AT KELLY'S DYING BED.
Doyle's Gnat Drink With the Mnn He
Had Followed for Thirty Years.
From the New York Sun.
The mighty Kelly lay stretched upon his
back and Doyle came to minister to him.
They had been together In politics for
thirty years with Kelly as leader and
Doyle as loyal henchman. They had ma
nipulated primaries, stormed platforms,
converted or coerced delegates (and some
said stuffed ballot boxes, but that’s neither
here nor there.)
The point was that the mighty Kelly !
had at last found a delegate he could
not convert or coerce, a primary he could
not manipulate, a box whose combinations
were beyond his understanding.
Kelly had pneumonia and was going to
die. His great form lay prone under the
eoverlv“\ his eyes were so dull that one
could see whether or not he was con
scious, his face was white and swollen.
He had had a long, hard tight with the
disease and it was slowly strangling him.
Each breath came harder.
Doyle loved Kelly, and cried like a baby
to see him so reduced. But it was ail of
no use, and the only thing he could do
for the sick man was to stand by him
on this last night, to let him see a friend
ly face, to go by his side as far as a liv
ing man might into the valley of the shad
ow; perhaps Kelly, although he could not
speak, would understand, and Doyle know
that if he did he would wish to have it
so.
Father Murphy was just coming out of
the sick room when Doyle arrived, and
Doyle knew what Father Murphy had
given Kelly.
“He may live till morning," said the
priest, “but not beyond,’’ and that made
Doyle surer of the result even than the
doctor's declaration to the same effect.
"These old priests,” he said, “they know.”
Kelly had caught a heavy cold and neg
lected It, and it had settled on his lungs.
His strong constitution had enabled him
to bear up for a long time, but all ef
forts to make him perspire had failed,
and so he was doomed. This In spite of
the utmost care and good treatment. The
doctor had been especially vigilant to see
that the sick man did not got liquor.
“Stimulant to a fever." he said. "Is like
throwing oil on dames. Not a drop, unless
you want to kill hitn."
This to poor Doyle, whose first thought
on hearing of Kelly's illness was to send
him a case of small bottles of cham
pagne.
Kelly rebelled against this prohibition
while he was strong. Alt his life he had
been drinking liquor and bad seemed to
The
are the seat or the starting point of
•many maladies, all of them serious,
all more or less painful, and all of
them tending, unless cured, to a
fatal end. No organs of the body
are more delicate or more sensitive
than the kidneys. When symp
toms of disease appear in them not
a moment is to be lost if health is
to be restored. The best way to
treat the kidneys is through the
blood, cleansing it from the poison
ous matter which is usually at the
bottom of kidney complaints. For
this purpose there is no remedy
equal to
Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla
“For many years I have been a constant
sufferer from kidney trouble, and have
tried a number of largely ad' ertised kidney
cures without benefit. At last a friend ad
vised me to try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The
use of eight bottles of this remedy entirely
cured my malady.”— Mary Milier, 1238
Hancock Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
thrive on it. Sudden prohibition made
him glum, and Doyle could net bear to
hoar him petitioning in vain for a good,
old fashioned bracer such as he used to
have every hour when on his feet. He
had to leave the room when the sick man
was pleading with the physician; but it
was the only chance to save him. the doc
tor said, so thetiurse made himself ada
mant, and suffered more than the pa
tient.
"And what was the use of it all?” asked
Doyle, tearfully. “He lay there for weeks
consumed with drought, and they would
not give him a drink, and now he’s going
to die this very-night, in spite of all they
made him suffer to get well, and I'll never
see him again; and, Cornelius Doyle, you
old blackguard, you're losing the best
friend you or any other man ever had.”
Doyle was silent for a time, and then
continued: “There s a lot of stuff going
to waste in the icebox, but I'm not go
ing to drink alone, Terence. And the doc
tor says you can’t have any. I’ll kill that
doctor some time. I haven’t had a drink
all the time you have been sick. I thought
if you couldn’t drink, I would not. either;
it might make it easier for you to leave
it alone. And it’s drink I want now. But
I’m not going to drink atone, and if I
give ypu a drink it 'rill be iriurder— and
there's all that good stuff going to waste
in the ice box.”
There was another period of silence,
broken only by the harsh breathing of the
sickman, and then Doyle went on again:
"How could it be murder when the man's
going to die? Mightn’t he Just as well die
happy? It can't any more than kill him;
to the devil with the doctor. I’ll give him
one ball anyhow. Who knows when he'll
get another where he’s going. And there's
all that good stuff going to waste > the
ice box.”
Doyle rose and bent over the bed.
"Kelly,” he said, “do you want a ball?”
The sick man lay still and gave no sign
of consciousness.
“If you could speak for yourself you
would say yes,” continued the watcher,
“so I'll give you one and take one myself,
for there’s all that good stuff going to
waste In the ice box.”
Doyle took one of the small bottles from
the icebox, broke the wirings and gave the
cork the smali amount of assistance it
needed to enable it to free itself.
“I may as well be killed for a sheep as a
lamb,” he said. “The doctor will know in
the morning that I gave Kelly the liquor
and that’ll make him as mad as anything
can.”
So he filled a tumbler to the top and put
it to the lips of his friend, whose head he
raised. There was a groping vestige of
consciousness left in Kelly and he drank,
then coughed, then drank again.
“It makes him cough,” said Doyle, “and
that will kill him sure. But he> to die
anyhow, anti he may as well die happy—
and there’s all that good stuff going to
waste.”
He filled another tumbler for himself and
drank it down at a gulp. Then he sat and
watched.
Kelly coughed and strained and choked
and showed symptoms of such distress that
Doyle was afraid he was going immediate
ly, but at the end of an hour he was still
breathing as he had been when the watch
er sat down beside him.
“Will you take another before you go?”
asked Doyle at last. “It does not seem to
hurt you so very much, and I know you'd
like to have It."
Kelly made no reply, and Doyle took si
lence for consent and poured him out an
other tumbler of the wine, which he got
him to swallow, in spite of two or three
violent coughing spells. He treated him
self with equal liberality, and again sat
down to watch. That was the last drink,
he thought; the last he would ever have
on this earth ,wlth a man who had done
so much for him, and for whom he would
walk barefooted round the world.
"There’s no man in the city would ap
preciate what his friends have sent more
thun he would if he knew about it," con
tinued Doyle. "Not a man of them but
has shown his sorrow. Republicans and
Democrats, It's all the same. You have
tho respect of them all. And we would
have put you in Congress next year.”
Doyle paused, wiped his eyes and con
tinued: “Shaughnessy sent half a dozen
of his best brandy, and Haker a demijohn
of good old Irish. There are demijohns
from Taylor and Jones and Duffy. I don’t
know what’s in them, but something good,
I hadn’t tho heart to find out when the
doctor said you were to have no liquor.
He said liquor would kill yon, and so the
stuff Is going to waste. I’d like to drink it
all with you, Terry, and you'd like to
drink it all with me. But you’re going
uway.”
Night watching is a drouthy occupation,
nnd extreme sorrow makes it drouttiler.
Doyle was thirsty again, and looked in the
direction of the ice box with a good deal of
longing. "I'd like another, but I won’t
drink uione, nnd it's so bad for you,” he
said. "Don’t you feel like taking one
more? Just one more! The last, the very
last!” And Kelly answered not a word.
So Doyle poured him out another tum
bler of the wine and toojt an equally big
drink himself. "You’re sweating now."
he remarked. "The doctor could not make
you sweat: but you’re sweating now like
a bull. It’s streaming In rivers down
your face. But it’s too late —you're going
now, and I did it—l shortened your life.
Terence—l did It for the best, but you’ve
been coughing all the time—so I'm afraid
you didn’t enjoy the liquor."
The hours go very slowly beside a dy
ing bed and the wine began to have 4*®
effect on Doyle. He lost his caution, and
the last drink was repeated many timtps.
Champagne is one cf the most treacherous
of beverages. It tastes as mild as cider
and is slow in Its action, but when it has
taken hold there is no other that grips so
firmly. And so when the doctor came the
next morning he found Doyle sitting with
a bottle clasped in his right hand and fast
asleep.
“What’s happened?” he asked, when
shaken up. “Has anything happened?”
“Yes, you blundering Turk,” said the
doctor, “something has happened. You’ve
knocked the life out of as j>retty a theory
as ever was constructed by the medical
profession. And you've cured the patient
that I gave up.”
Doyle pulled himself together and look
ed at the bed. Kelly saw him and smiled.
He even made a weak attempt to speak,
but it was weeks before he was himself
again.
“This case will change the entire treat
ment of pneumonia," said the doctor.
MEN ARE KIN TO LOBSTERS.
Scientists Declare Lobsters anti
Ci-nbs Are Ancestors of the Human
Race.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
If you were to ask an, average man of
your acquaintance whether he supposes
himself to be more closely related to an
angleworm or to a lobster, he would doubt
less regard the question as either a joke
or an insult.
Yet precisely this question is exercising
the minds of the most celebrated natural
ists in the world to-day. Thy cannot
agree among themselves about the matter,
and in consequence are arguing pro end
con with great vigor, as yet without reaen
lng a final decision. The point of the
matter, stated a little more explicitly, is
this;
The animal kingdom is divided into two
great groups, called vertebrates, or back
boned animals, and invertebrates. A dis
tinct anatomical gap separates the two
for the vertebrates all have spines and
spinal cords, while the invertebrates lack
these convenient members. Yet, accord
ing to the evolutionists’ jvay of thinking,
this gap has once been bridged—for the
vertebrates have evolved from some in
vertebrates. The question in doubt is as
to just which tribe of invertebrates de
serve the honor of being regarded as ihe
parent of the vertebrates, and hence as
the lineal ancestor of man. Professor
Charles Sedgwick Minot, of Harvard, l.as
been discoursing this question lately with
several of the most distinguished of the
foreign naturalists.
The real gist of the discussion hinged
about the question whether man’s lineal
ancestor of prevertebrate days was akin to
the angleworm, or to the lobster and
horseshoe crab and scorpion. But, un
fortunately, naturalists are given to ped
antic and technical phraseology, so, of
course, nothing as plain as this was said
outright. Yet the naturalists took the most
animated interest in what they were say
ing, and the subject is certainly one worth
interpreting for the general reader. For
who is not interested in his distinguished
ancestors? And who does not think it
worth while to know whether a worm or
lobster is his nearest kin? The natural
ists talked of “the appendicularia theory,
the annelid theory, the anthropoid theory,”
etc., but their meaning will have to be
interpreted in terms less puzzling.
The annelid theory, in plain English, is
the theory that the ancestor of the verte
brates was a worm, allied to the form of
which the earthworm is the most familiar
example. It appears that creatures of this
type have many structural peculiarities
that ally them to the lower Vertebrates.
But so, for that matter, have various other
of the tribes of Invertebrates. Indeed, so
the animal kingdom, when viewed by the
striking are the similarities throughout
the animal kingdom when view r ed by the
trained eye, that, as Dr. Gaskiil has re
marked. whenever a naturalist gives him
self up to the study of any particular
group of the invertebrates he Is pretty sure
to reach the conclusion that this particu
lar group represents the neerest kin of
the vertebrates. But in case of higher
worms, it is not merely the special stud
ents, but a large number of general natu
ralists who have become convinced of a
close affinity. Of course, the comparison
is made with the lowest vertebrates—that
Is to say. with the most primitive type of
fishes, represented by amphioxus and the
lampreys.
In making this comparison, organ for
organ, the anatomist has comparatively
plain sailing for a time. All animals high
and low, fulfill substantially the same
functions, and so possess corresponding
organs to a surprising degree. Thus, the
anatomist is able to "homologize,” as he
calls it, the muscular system and diges
tive and breathing mechanism and heart
of the lower creature with similar organs
of the higher one without much difficulty,
notwithstanding details of structure that
make them seem very difficult to the un
initiated. But the great stumbling-block
is reached when he comes to the most Im
portant tissue of all, the nervous system.
Not that the worm lacks this indispensable
set of organs. On the contrary, he is sup
plied with a nervous system that serves 1 is
needs admirably. But tho difficulty about
it from the evolutionist’s standpoint is its
location. Instead of lying on the dorsal
side of the alimentary tract, as it does in
every vertebrate, without exception, it re
verses this position. Its long chain of gan
glia, linked by a nerve cord, runs along
the lower side of the body, instead of
along the back.
There are those at the meeting, how
ever. who demur very strongly to this view
of the case; In particular, Dr. Gaskiil, the
famous London anatomist who has a the
ory of his own in the matter to defend.
This theory supposes that not the forms,
but the jointed creatures, such as crabs,
lobsters and Insects, are the true ances
tors we are looking for. These creatures
present the same difficulty regarding the
enrvous system that is shown by the worm
but Dr. Gasktll believes that the fore
most ganglion, which does service for
brains in the insects, is the direct forerun
ner of the brains of all higher creatures.
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