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Show CAPTAIN SEALBY TELLS GRAPHIC STORY OF HIS MARVELOUS ESCAPE Republic Was Sinking When lie and Second Officer Williams Left Battled Bat-tled Desperately With Roaring Seething Mass Before Picked up by Gresham Praises Passengers, Officers and Crew and Especially Operator Binns Appeal for Crew Made on his earnest protest, would the crowd cease Its demonstration. Few marine stories in recent years of marvelous escapes from the sea, equal in dramatic intensity, that told by Captain Sealby today of the escape of Second Officer Williams and himself from the Republic. The captain would not talk of the collision with the ; steamer Florida. Captain Sealby said: ' j "It was about 8 o'clock Sunday night ; i when the Republic was sinking and only myself and Williams were on the . I bridge. There was a rumbling and ; I cracking at the after end of the boat, j ' The stern was settling very rapidly i and the sea was pretty bad. Then I ! ; said to Williams: 'Well. well, what j I-do you think about it. Williams?' and Williams answered, I don't think It I will be a long race. Let iu sprint for I it. When you are ready, led her go.' I looked aft again and saw how fast she was going and T told Williams to burn a blue light. Then I fired my revolver re-volver five times to let the boats around, me know that we were going off. I Turning to Williams, T said. 'Let us ' take to the forward rigging,' and we ! ran from the bridge to the saloon deck, ! burning our blue lights ns we went and carrjlng an ordinary lantern. "When we got to the saloon deckJ, the water was coming in a little aft of where we stood. As we ran forward. the stern was sinking so rapidly that the incline was so steep that when we ' got to the fore rlgglng, we started to 1 slip hack and could hardly keep on deck. The last I saw of William, he I i had crossed the port rail and was I hanging over the side. I took to the I ! rigging and went up as high as tho mast head lights, a distance of. many feet I rested there and took out a : blue light. It was wet and would not ;' go off and I then fired the last shot i from my revolver. Tho water had now J caught up to me. coming up under my great coat and 1 floated. The revolver l and my binocle held niy coat down, acting as a sort of ballast. At this : time the water was a roaring, seething mass all about me. I was caught in a ; whirlpool for some time and I was ; churned around until I came to the ! surface. I tried to pull off my coat, but could not. There was considerable : debri6 about me and I managed to catch hold of some broken spars. Then I caught a large hatch covering, and j I pulled myself out on It and lay on "Tho searchlights had been playing j on the ship, and were now playing on the spot where she went down. It seemed an Interminable time until they did see me, but I managed to load my revolver again and fired to attract their attention. The 'bullets had been greased and they kept dry. I 'T was getting, weak, cold and num. I I just lay on the hatch and saved my -j I strength' until the last, shouting at In-1 tervals. ' Then the lights played on me and I waved a towel which I found j floating near me, and shortly after, the J boats from the revenue cutter Gresh- j am picked me up and carried mo aboard. I found Williams in that little j lift boat I thought I had -seen the I last of him." Captain Sealby praised in unmeasured unmeasur-ed terms the courage and pluck of the Republic's passengers, officers aud crew and , Operator Binns. He will malce his report bf the accident to the officers of the White Star company 'some time today. Second Officer Williams said that when he found himself in the sea, lie seized two pieces of floating grating and held himself up between them until un-til picked up by the revenue cutter's boat. Officer Williams said: "They found me before they picked up Captain Sealby. and when'the captain cap-tain was taken aboard the lifeboat, he lay still for a time; then he turned and threw his arms around me and said: "You were game to the. last'." drove many stocks materially below yesterday's lowest prices. Consolidat-ed Consolidat-ed Gas established the lowest price ' made since the loss of its lawsuit, when it touched 117 1-2. an overnight Jobs of 9. lu the railroad list the pressure was most felt among the trana-contlnenial stocks. When pressure was lifted, Consolidated Consoli-dated Gas rallied 1 1-2, the gaeral li.st turned upward lso. A large part of the decline was retrieved. re-trieved. Chesapeake & Ohio rose Z o 8 to 65 and Wabash preferred made a gain of 1 3-8. There was diminish-tng diminish-tng activity with the recovery. Wa Sash refunding fours rose rapidlv on !ar?e dealings. The bond market otlv erwise was Irregular. NEW YORK STOCKS. Amalgamated Copper, 7S 5-8. American Car and Foundry. ID American locomotive, 56 5-8. American Smelting, 86. American Smelting, pfd , 102 1-4. "American Sugar Refining, 132 1-1. Anaconda Mining Co., 47. Atchison Railway, 100 1-8. Atchison Railway, prd.; 101 1-2. Baltimore and Ohio, 112 1-8. Erooklyn Rapid Transit, 70 3-S, Canadian Pacific, 173 1-4. Chesapeake and Ohio. 63 5-8 Chicago Northwestern, 117 1-2. Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul, 150. Colorado Fuel and Iron, 41 1-4. Colorado .and Southern, 65 7-8. j Pelawaref and Hudson, 177. Denver and Rio Grande, 38 5-8. ' Denver and Rio" Grande, pfd., 80. - Erie Railway, 30 5-8. - -Great-Northern, pfd., 143 3-8 Great Norlhern Oro Ctfs., 72 3-i. Illinois Central, 145 3-4. Reading, 137. Rock Island Co.. 24 1-2. . Rock Island Co.; pfd., 61-3-1. Southern Pacific, 120 1-4. Southern Railway, 25 7-8. Union Pacific. 178 7-8. United States Steel, 54. United States Steel, pfd... 114 14. Wabash Railway, 19 1-4. Western Union, 69 1-2. Standard Oil company, .650. - ' Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City, Jan. 26. Cattle Re. celpts. 7,000; market strong to lOo higher. - Native steers ?4.50a6.75; native na-tive cows and heifers 2.0t)a5.25; stackers and feeders $3.20a5.75; bulls S3.20a4.80; calves ?3.50a6.50; west. rn steers $4.00a6.25; western cows; ?2.50a5.00. Hogs Receipts, 17,000: market steady: bulk of sales ?5.BUa6.3.; heavy $6.25a0.40; packers and butchers butch-ers $6.00a6.C3; light $5.70a6.15; plsa $4.00a5.50. Sheep Receipts, 7.000; market steady. Muttons $4.75a5. 60: lambs $6.O0a7.60; rango wethers JLUOaS.- 60; fed ewes ?3.fl0a5.25. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Jan. 26 Cattle Receipts, estimated 2.500; market strong: beeves $4.10a7.00; Texans $4.20a4. 90; western $3.S5a5.50; Btockers and feeders $3.13aG.15: cows and heifers $i.85a5.40; calves $5.50a7.25. Hogs Estimated, .receipts 22.000; market weak. Light $5.G0a6.30;" mixed mix-ed $5.85a6.5U; heavy $5.90a6.55; rough $5-90a6.05; good to choice heavy 6.0,"aG.55: pigs $4.60a5.60; bulk of sales $6.05a6. 40. . Sheep Receipts, estimated 14,000; market steady. Natives $3.35a5.75; western 53.35a5.75; yearlings $3.i!0a 7.00; lambs, natives, J5.25a7.75; western $5.25a7.S0. Chicago Close. Chicago, Jan. 26. Close: Wheat May $1-06 M; July 96 5-Sa3-4; Sept. 93 1-2; Dec. lM 1-2. Corn May 62 l-4a3-8; July 62 1-2; Sept. 62 1-2. Oats May 51 7-8; July 46 1-2; Sept, 39 14. . Pork-Jan. $16.90; May $16.97 1-2; July $17.00. Lard Jan. $9 52 1-2; May $9.7 1-2: July $9.77 l-2a9.80. Ribs Jan. $8.70; May $8.85; July $8.97 1-2. Rye cash 76al-2; May 77 l-2a78. Barley Cash 58a67. : Timothy March $3-97 1-2. Clover March $9.60. Sugar and Coffee. New York, Jan. 26. Sugar, raw OxneU fair refining $3.23; centrifugal New York, Jan. 26. With the survivors sur-vivors .from the steamships Republic and Florida quartered in hotels throughout the city or with friends or relatives, with the Florida in port aud the Republic under forty-odd fathoms of water south of Nantucket, Saturday's Satur-day's disaster has practically passed into history. Although many "little do- . tails and Interesting points yet remain I to be cleared, technical instructions1 of salvage and of responsibility are j the principal problems which remain unsettled. The wreck, barring a tew I minor criticisms, will" be recorded as one of the most picturesque and at the same time admirably handled In his- ' tory. . ' j Captain Sealby and forty-one officers i of the Republic, who arrived last night on the derelict destroyer Seneca, are yet to be heard from but a statement from Captain Sealby Is expected today. to-day. It has been noted with Interest that J. B. Binns, familiarly known as "Jack," the Republic's wireless operator, oper-ator, who has been declared the silent hero of the wreck, has maintained a dignified silence in keeping with the reputation he has earned. He was on the Seneca with the Republic's crew last night but refused t be seen. Today, To-day, however, he will be pressed fcaa full statement of his experiences, and one New York paper this morning prints what purports to be an account by him of his vigil at his Instruments. There appears to bo little chance for saving the Republic as she lies at the bottom of the Atlantic at a depth variously estimated at from thirty to forty-five fathoms Jn one of the roughest rough-est stretches of water between Hat-teras Hat-teras and Cape Race. Wreckers say that an effort to float her would be foolhardy and In the opinion of I. J. Merritt. president of the Merrltt & Chapman Wrecking company, no 3uch attempt will ever be made. Vessels have been raised from a depth of eighty fathoms, he said, but only when they lay in sheltered positions posi-tions and not In the open eea. "As yet, we have not the exact location loca-tion of'the Republic," Mr. Merrltt said, "but I understand she Is about thirty fathoms under, ten miles south of Nantucket. Nan-tucket. That place Is absolutely unprotected un-protected and while we might work on her for a month without mishap, the first storm would ruin every bit of work accomplished." One more death will probably be added to the six who perished in the disaster, for little hope is held out for Eugene Lynch of Boston, whose wife was killed in their stateroom. At tho Long Island College hospital, whither he was hurried Immediately, the Baltic docked. Later he died. An appeal In behalf of the crow of tho Republic, at least for those members mem-bers who are In need and who lost all their belongings when the vessel sank, has been Issued by the Rev. George McPherson Hunter, secretary of the American Seaman's Frtend society. , The appeal says in part: "They have no clothes except those thev now wear, until they gef back to Liverpool. After the excitement attending at-tending the rescue and the splendid achievements of. wireless telegraphy, we should not forget that the sailors get scant pay, and when they have lost their clothing, they will not ' be , able to buy the necessities because of their means. Tho probabilities are that the men will return to their homes on the White Star liner Baltic on Saturday and whatever is done, should be dune promptly." James B. Connolly, the writer of Sea Tales, who had some friction with the stewards of the Republic, who declared de-clared that he showed anxiety during the period of excitement and attempted attempt-ed to get In a boat ahead of women I and children, will abandon his proposed propos-ed trip to meet the returning battleships battle-ships of the Atlantic fleet, which he was to join at Gibraltar with special permission from the president. He said last night that while it might be possible for him to make the trip across on the Mauretanla, roachlng Gibraltar In time, he had decided not to make the attempt. Accordingly he will not chronicle the race of the bat- i tleships on their homeward voyage. j The unpleaeantness between Connol- j ly and some members of the Repub- . lie's crew seems to have sifted down i to a general misunderstanding on both sides. : Captain Sealby and his officers' and most of the crew of the wrecked j steamship Republic were given a re- . markable demonstration today when j they landed at the pier of the White j Star Line from the revenue cutter . Gresham. A great throng of officers and seamen from the steamships of the WTiite Star Line in dock, together with three or four hundred spectators, were on the dock when Captain Sealby and his shipwrecked crew stopped down the gangplank. Officers and seamen alike made a rusty for Captain Scalbv And lifted him to their shoulders, shoul-ders, carrying htm the whole length of the dork to the street, while the crowd veiled Itself hoarito and stewards on the steamships blew their: trumpets. Behind the captain, the crowd carried aloft the brave Binns, the wlreleas telegraph operator. Captain Sealby was carried from the street to the office of-fice of the steamship company on the second floor of the pier, where, only 76 test, $3.73; molasses sugar $2.ys. I Refined, steady; crushed. $5.35; pow ' dered. $4.75: granulated. $4.65. COFFEE Steady ; No. 7 Rio 7 3-8a 1-2; No. 4 Santos 8 3-8. Wool. St. Louis, Jan. 26. Wool, unchanged: unchang-ed: territory and western medium 17 a21; fine medium 15al7; flue 12al4. Metal Market. New York. Jan. 26. Lead. dull. $4--15n4.20; copper, weak, 14al-4; .'liver, .'li-ver, 52 3.S.. |