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'' '' " ^ 1Alie Press and Banner ?3 r F^JJEIT SIEOQISriD I WHITE SLAVES. A Horrible Tale That Comes from New York. STARTLING FACTS Are Revealed at the District Atlormy's Inquiry,, Girls Jo ^ Search of Work Are Sent 1o Dens of lafitm* and Then Held as Prisoners. The New York American says as an outcome cfan all day icqulsition by Assistant District Attorney Ely, Deputy Assistant Vindiver and Chief ^Cieik Hennebsrry into the traffllo Id f white slaves conducted by a band of negroes, the head of which was the notorious Bob Spriggs, several arrests - have been made. Berthe Clalahe and Hattle Warren and Cora Chester, the women who are in the Tombs awaiting trial for their participation in the case, were put through mostsevere examinations and ?jj It Is said, disclosed fasts more hidecuf | $ tbsn have yet beeD revealed. ?L Through those women Mr. Ely hopes I to bring to the electric chair the men s who, it is belietet', murdered two a white women ir; ooe of >prlgg's deo I two yeais 8(?' i)> d l.ad iLeir boclet I burled at the c.tud of nighi la a negro I oemetery. I On their testimony Mr. E y expects I to bring to justice the pohct m- n who I lor years have levied tribute od I Spriggs, with tb9 full knowledge of I the tribute on Sprigp*, with the full i know let ge of the tri IB 3 in which he I was engaged. These men, it was ss d on good < | authority, weie unriei . u veil a tee, i and &8 soon as me iormauuta u?uw *ary to their arrest h&ve been completed they will be placed in custody. The ramifications of this case are shown to te more and more extensive as the investigation prcceeds. Already they have led the probers into the rooms of the police captains of both the Tenderloin and Charles Btreet police stations. Thence they have pointed to a number of politicians. i That the men wfco received the < bribe mcicy w<ic tloicifh)) awan i of Its 6cuice was learned ficm unwil- | llcg adml?biODB by the police cf the Oharles street station. There it was leaned that within the last few mcntts, since Captain , BaJpln has been h command of thai i prcclnct Springs has been arrested on most serious cLargts. To be molested by the police was an - experience he had never under gone in all the.twenty long years pre I vi( us. g Notwithstanding a1! Captains Hal I ? pin's efforts, Li we\e>, w me one blgt er up mjsterit u-ij tavea spngg*, aw, the witnesses against him were splri ted away. The last case of that fried was as lite as February 10 last. On that date Spriggs was arrested on the complaint of a nineteen-year old girl, who gave her Dame as Miry Boiler and her address as No. 429 Carlton avenue > Brockljn. She aciUaed Spriggs of abduction. AccoidlDg to her swern testimony, she asked a man vo direct her Id Brooklyn to an address she was seeklog./ He seemed very aurtecus and iovitcd tia Inlo a nuaurfnt ft r re fresl meets, fcbe swi ke sn wbat sbt > tubBiquectly learned wbs cne of \ Sprlgg's Conelia street divrs, and / saw a negro stanch g over ber. Sbe \ escaped after a few days and Aid to the police. jr Spriggs wbeD arraigned broughtap r par?ntiy reputable white men to teLI tlfy In bis bebalf, and, notwitbstand lrg tbe gravity of tbe rfliase, the Magistrate in Jt fferson Market Court held him in the nominal bail of 91,000 for further examination. Tbe date for that examination was set for next week, Captain Halpin* detectives, In preparing the case two days ago, went to the aderets the E lie girl gave in Brooklyn, only to bad tbat she had been spirited away. In the case against Sprfg^s tbat Immediately preceded tbe one It which Mary Boiler was the accuser, t.hp p.harpp was an attack on a vounu glrs. Springs was then held for further examination, and w&s dis charged when arrairged the seocnd t.'me because no complainant appear ed. He sardonically reacarked In ccurt that the ''action had been "settled out of court." Spriggs was arrested the first time under Captain HalpinY regime for keeping an Illegal resort Be escaped with a fine of 1100. Spriggs is a big factor In politics. i He controls ihe negro,vote in "Hell't I \ Kitchen" and on tie lower west Side .> and for years was the4 leader of the * Tammany Hall C lored Men's Asso elation, in lower West Thlad stree. It was bin lifluence, it Is said, that defeated O'Neil, the candieate of Wil 11am Astor Chanler for Democratic leader of the Fifth Assembly District. State Senotor Bernard J Mar tins secretary. "Joe" Prendergast, to whom Martin transferred Che district leadership won. That the political "pull exercised by Spriggr reached former Polioe Commissioner M~Adoo's office was dem ocstrftted by the tudden transfer oi L ' \ Police Captain Ale mole fron the Cbarles street precinct to the wilds of Staten Island. A'cou&le formerly was a patrolman attached to the Charles street station. He knew Sprlggf and Spring's horrl- ~ ble trade, was In a posit ion to do so he would drive the negro cut of bust ne<s. Id the whirligig of time Alconcle, as ciptain, returned to the Charles street statloo. B fore he had scaroe1; seated himseif Spriggs was at work and in a remarkably short sp;ca of time t&ecap'aln was transferred. The man who was acting captain in the Charles street station when Spriggs was io the he. dey of his glory was Sergeant Farrel. In connection with the hints of murder in the dives kept by Spriggs, it was recalled by residents in Cornel la street that about twelve months ago a white weman leaped tr m the second-story window of No. 14 Cox nelia street, then kept by Spriggs. An ambulance was called from St. > i Vincent's Hospital. The dooter attended the womia, but a negro who 001 rushed out of the house as she fell ro: took change of her, and sending for a rei c?b, to k her away* refusing to per by mit the ph} sloian to take her to the Hnonltal fiha arfia nevar seen. 9? Up to the time of Sprigg's remova1 thi from No. 14 Cornelia street a few ,a| weeks ago, neighbors say lb was no op anuBual thing to her pierclDg shrieks t01 from the touse almcst nightly. Spiiggs, who Is a repulsive looking negro, Is about 5 f el 7 inohes in height ^( and about thirtj-five years old. He always was well supplied with p(1 money, dressed flishily - displayed uo many diamonds atd always went jm armed. Hs was feared and throughly detested by al' respectable r? sidents C}a of Greenville V.llsge, who on acc uai ah, of bis ugliness, dubbed him "The mf Human Monster." im The appalling je-e^t'ors of the 0f traffic conducted by Sp g?s and bis 4T< band have stirred every minister and pr social worker in the city. 3tz The governors of the Clara di n? Hinch Home in East Sixty-third 5(j street bave called a sp< clal meeting mc of their committee for Thursday to ,^c discuss the conditions, and plan a j campaign of action. k by LOCKED H18 WIFJS UP. on fcDC And Tben Kl'ied a Young Woman th and Himself. 801 At New York on Thursday L^ult ml ^oszer, a racetrack man, locked his ?* wife In a bath room today and while Qj she was a prisoner there shot and kill- ja| ed Stella Reynolds, of New O leirs ly an actress, who wis a visitor at their be borne, and then killed him* If. Miss Reynolds, It wss said, was for- su merly an Intimate friend of Nogzsr. pi The murder and suicide was the se ohi quence of a stormy pcece Thursday In ev?ning, when MissR^ynoM* 3illed loi at the No zi heme, Mrs. N fz r, lr hi was reported, objected to the cail, and In duiing the argument which followed leg her husband swallowed a small q :an- ed titv of laudanum. chi B th women, by united eff ?its, fore wi ed him to take an emetic immediate- pi* 1", and the prison did him no ham chi Ml-s Reynolds tV'en remained with caj Mrs. Nfcsz r all nignt. ed Today, whie his wife was in th? ok bathroom, Noszt tuT?dthe kev, acd be] disrrgarding her prot stations to be let out, he went to Miss Reynold's coi room. i6r Their voices. tbe coin's threaten it Ing, and the woman's pleading, were th; beard by the wife la the hafcbroom. pa Sh? sprang to the telephone which sui ran from this room to tbe < ffl je of the by apart ra? nt hcusr, and told a maid wbo f-?i answered her riug to burr? to the th apartment and release her. Tbe maid entered tbe apartment of too late to save Miss Reynold's life at< As she opened the door she heard wc Nosz-ir saying to the woman: fib "There is no ose for you and I to wi live any longer. The best thing I caD lej do is to kill you and kill myself." wi N.uz r then shot Miss Reynolds la th tbe temple ard himself in the fore- foi head, both dying almost instantly lac No z*r was 40 years of age, Miss po Revnolds was 25 tb Miss Reynolds' stage name was E) fu telle Young. gi' Engineer Killed. * ar Tlal finlnbo on QnrylnQar nn tha .. SoutherD, while leaning out of his m cab window was struck by some- ot- an j xt and knocked to the ground and tj( Killed. The sccident happened on Sunday between LUbam and Eis'ey, is 13 miles south of Greenville. He was ln a citizen of Greenville and was 60 ~e years old and bad been an engin.er tb for 42 years. c0 U/ital til JUUiVl UUlUCUi The large brick hotel at White ^ Stone Lithla Springs, siz miles from jn Sgartanburg, was burned t'own Snn- w day night about eight o'clock, the fire starting in the kitchen. The proper ty belongs to Samuel Sheftall of Siv- m annah. The loss is estimated at w 130,000 and is partially Insured. re motion tiurneu ia At Tccooa, Ga., fire of an unknown 38 origin destroyed the laige cotton pla;- tc form and warehouse of Inmar, Akers ? and lnman, the plant of the Atlanta re OompreBS company, seven hundred 01 bales of cotton a^d seven loaded al freight cars. The loss is placed ?: r? #150.300 fully insured. " 81 May B Not, " "This world is full of thieves, and I se am heartily glad to be going to a tt place where there is none." S i spoke S< Charles B ewater of Coudrep' rt, Pa., Just befoie the sheriff "worked him es off' on the gallcws on Tuesday for the ai nurder of his stepfather. oj 4 THE RATE BILL, ? ?re the enator Tillman Makes Report {? \ ar c on the Measure and abi tbii bill mil STATES HIS VI&WS. upc S ys Amendments Can Be Made tn Pre- *anc aen vent Delays In Enforcing Rate* Ordered by Interstate Comm:rce anc con Ccmmission. Also Wants ? viei Situation In Virginia ^?u am< Tbe Ualted States Senate Thursday ntinnafl pnnciriarat.lr?n r?f fhfl rail. J"uuw ?u? mei id rate question by listening to the 0:(j idirg of a report on the House bill ,, Senator Tillman, and to a speech tbnt measure by Senator Nelson. nator Tillman's report was read at terl 8 request of Senator Aldricb, who qifc d that he was curious to hear pr? inion of the South Carolina S nar. ? If a rhe report of Senator Tillm n emdied the first clear and concise o u 83 ?nt of the differences concerning c0?? urt review features and other pre- j 1 scd amendmmts that had made a lndl animous report from the committee try> possible. * S Without hesitancy the Senator de- " .red it to be his bolief that the bil! grei Duld he amended, bul; that amend- uau snt should not b3 of a chart c er to Ube p\lrn" d*< vent the accomplishment ?PP thecbj c.sof the legislation, which A j set forth best, he says, in the whs esident's m?&s*ge to Congress. He svst iphasiz3d the need of regarding the ertl t-.-J. asure as non par una a, uuu prtu.uithat the issue created will be para- 11 met in the ntxj Presidential elec this in. oug Senator Tillman prefaced his report Seci speaking of the peculiar oircum- nei inces ruling the committee's actions niin the House bill, wbieh made it an j irj ibarrassir g task to submit viewt- 4?j(j at would b3 concurred In b/ the Tht mmittee as a whole. blgi "Instead cf be ng amended in com- too ttee as is u u 1," tbe report said, and o as to command as a whole the ec- intc rs ment and support of a maj >rity on i its memoers, the bill was brought t,ioi io the Senator in a form not entire ? satisfac ory to more than two mem be i rs. as a ' This Iec'i of harmony amorg the >d pporters cf the bill?it would bp fort making * 1th more acouraoy to s&y " e supports of the pol e? involved faili thft bill?brings about tbe anoma era i? situation In wbich a member of rrur a minority Dartv in Cjrjrreps is put do e oharge io the S nate of proposed ital [Llatlon, which Is generally regard qoc throughout the country as the jbo erished scheme of the President, s th whose gamr<?l policy and prlnci ohe s that meoober Is not In acc >rd. Ai ed, b saor.e ti ie the bi;l is dtsigoed t'o an. rry into < ff ct his own long cheri-h- jf & conv colons and the thrioreitera yir i demands cf the party to which he q longs." the E aphasfz'ng the claim that this gtrj. adition is without precedent in leg- frar ative history, Sanaior Tillmau says jes] brings into prominent the fact ^ at the prop &e1 legislation is non- !agt rtiean, and is so rec go z)d as a re- tra, It of the u janitous support givan it ?, j, tue minority in tie H use and the thri n opposing votes?only seven?in tbe at entire b tdy. ^ . There wou'd follow "a c/clone ,reJ Dass onate resentment." said Sen or Tillman in presenting what ^ >uld be the result of fiilure od the e pirt of Corgress to mjet the lQ ? despread demand for railroad rate [islatlon. He declared that ,lwo rjBt 11 be harvest" of any member of e Senate or House, who>e work in ^ emulating a bill to regulate rallroaf s wor ;ks earnestness or hone9ty of pur P1?1 t-es and who shall seek to belittle e q lestion or t?ill the bill by sub1*)- rea ge and deception. The Constitution grei ves to congress the po wer to regulate le{?1 e railroads, he coatenled, aar tiere e many wrong to right. The bill as comes from the House S nat r Till- r?11 tn character'zjd as lojsoly worded L"e id capable of different interpreta ttie "ids. COfl Senator Til'min pointed out that it ert< generally supposed that the pend 8e? a m annfl encbt dies the "well cii sited views of tbe Executive and toc icse of his party whose advice he eDC nsents to take." After enumera- or> pg the es3enti 1 c \arges (rem the e?a :lsting laws rfgula lug luter State ^ immerce, he stated taat the most iportant is found in Section 15 in nick power Is sought to be vested in ea? le Iuter-S ate comme 02 commission ifter full hearirg up-)n a complaint my ade to determine and prescribe what Wl1 111 in its judgment be the just and jss* iasonab!e ani fiirly remunerative ,te * * * to be hereafter ob- !ras| rved in such case as the maximum > be charged," and make an order f1"? lat tbe same shall go into effect and 10 imain in fr rce for t'^ree years, which S3fl der sh. 11 "go in:o effect thirty days !ter notice 10 the carrier and shall ^ imaln in force aDd be observed by le carrier, unless ihe same thall be erg i-^pendel or modiii.d or set aside by ^ . le commission, or b?i suspended or it aside by a Court of competent au- pog lorlty." C .incoming this section, ^ jnator Tillman said: HV( "Around the firit provision the most dea irnest and exciting contention has <jai risen and there is ?reat djff .recce of 0f pinion as to the scope of this olause ma 1 the executive powers of the corn 4 jsion under It. 01 tbe one band, it } claimed moat positively that Con- " as cannot delegate its powers to : commission and tbus authorize it ix a rate, while, on the other hand, . is asserted with rqual earnestness A I force that this power is iDdisputa. Whatever mav be the result of i cU-cuss<on in the Secate, if tbe becomes a law in the final deterlation of the question at issue must nade by the Supreme Court," There he Bald, even greater solicitude in the question of judicial review, cnator Tillman added that at the is time the cfies of tbe people are landing relief for pro^uc^rs and jpers. Be deolared that It is the > y of Congress to hold an even bale between tbese conflicting and tent log interests. enator Tillman inclines to the v and said he had cot the slightest bt that it is possible to properly ;nd the bill so as to prohibit tbe suit Courts from Interfering with orders of the later Sfate com ce commission by any Interlocutory m it. lii The Senate must determine by its 5 what shall be its attitude upon of q lestion of Court review and In- K ocutory suspensions. The wbole a stion at issue as to giving relief to ^ 3uclng interests of tbe country reres around this feature of the bill. " ,ny decision ot the Supreme Court 11 deolare that Congress is power- *r to grant speedy relief through a 'a imission, it needs no prophet to Jjj that an outburst of surprise and ^ Igoatlon will Bweep over the ooun- a >? w, uncmtng up the situation he said: It is Impossible to deny that this ^ it acc amulatioD of wealth Id the ds of the few is such a menace to rry that the honest patriot stands ;! ailed by the outlook." :fter commenting at length upon > it he declared to ba the existiDg em of juggling with rai r jad prop ^ es, "for tbe robbery of the masses," tr ator Tillman sal ?: There Is a dangerous provision In o i bill wblob, In my judgment, or bt to be striken out, and tbat is In 5e Lion 15, wnere the Intel-State con03 commission Is told "to tietei- *] e aid prescribe what will, In its ^ jooent, be tbe just and reasonable tjfairly remunerative rate,' eto i lasr< words are too elastic and am icus and can be construed to mean ^ muoh tbat it would be harn&fu) g dangerous for Oongress to enact ^ > a law 'Filrly remuaeratlve rate' or what; tbe actual value or tbe flctl to is viluft ol tbe propertleb?" M enator Tillman declared there can u> u justice in oompelling the p:cplt (0 > wnole to pay dividends on water stock, primarily to lcoreaae tht Vi lUnes of men already too rich. ji Whatever else Congress does, 01 i to dj," he added, "the produc 0f of the country should be relieved J(j| n suoh danger of being oooapelled pc cade good the values of ovsr-jap 8: zid railroads as lurks in this in- |Q ent-looking aLd plauslole provision ut 'fairly remunerative rates ' " Jf enator Tillman recommended tbat 0 amendments to the bill ba adopt b( whioh would give relief to "tin mileus and outragaous condition le ff i rs disclosed as existing in West 6V ginla. wi ontlrulng, he said; "Vested with ga rights or eminent domain to con be icttnelr lines iud granted liberal re ichlses and-charters, tbe railroads n igned to be public carriers for th ps e fit of tbe waole people, in tbi *1 i few years have become rapldl) wi 13formed Into the vilest band oi fr; >bert,?Highwaymen who do not ofa list their pistols In the fao^s of oil Ir victim? and dem nd money oi c* lr 1 v s, but who levy tribute it wl ght rates, which are as bigh as the ly B3 will bear, deny^acoess to mar 6b , monopoly witb iffronter one oi sl| j + I.J- y a Ji prime nesessanes 01 me, coai, a,au u very way sb jw their absolute con- B: pt f jr the pjopla and the people's at it. M enator Tillman cocc'uded with "a re i of Ciut:on o the fr ends of the posed legislation." Eh SAtd: * Ou: full exp-otatlons may not be .zjd at the present session of Con ? i?. The opponents or effective ^ siation are aiert, have had large ^ erlence and are t' roughly organI. The demand 01 Che peop'.e for Sc ef from the oppressions and wrongs 8* y now endure may be thwarted by 5j; great infiuercj of the railroad ? porations. This icfluei cj has bith) been paramount, and Its repr-catlves in the two houses may feel j* 3 safe to redress the grievance* and 0 i,noiLU3 the policy of non intetfsi- ai a. They may ?lgnore popular clim- QC aou titner pass oo 0111 at au or ob one that will prove wholly In re quite. They may palter with us " i double sense: 'Keep the word of promise to the " An l break it to the hope " 01 'Suc'i action on their part will in w judgement, be very unwise ano cc 1 only dim up the water. T ie * le will be made the paramount one. ,u ihejnext election, and those who are a1 ponsible for delay or inadeq i ?te w Islation will find that, when at las w ; fl )0d gatej of popular wrath and ? Ignition are hois ied there will be dl le fine grinding done." hi koaiirn Lost. gt i dispatch from Paris says an addi- b nrl dibaster has betal.en the work- K in the coal mine at Uaurrieres. ?< Dirty said to consist of 17 men, A o went into the mine for the pur- * e of recovering the bodies of those T o periahad on Saturday, lost their w ;s in tbe undertaking. They bad tl cended in sp te of the recognized M ?ger of the attempt and In the faoe n the engineer's warniogs against ci king a further effort. SHIP GOES DOWN i il a t nd Twenty-Seven Lives Are o Los4 in the Atlantic. a ii li FOUNDEBED AT SEA. f] / d 81 iere Were Maay Kcts of Heroism and ^ si Self Sacrifice. Twenty-Four TVlm- g) tl bzrs of the Crew Were Picked 0 Up at Sea and Carried to H b Boston. 01 Vti Su ff jring, mental and physicil, from w lmerous acts of heroisn in saving c! !e, rarely equalled ! the record of g agedies of the sea, attended the loss jj; the Paoanix llae steamer British w lng, which on Sunday, March 11, in h raging Atlantic storm, foundered si iout 150 miles south of Sable island id oirrled to death 27 Members of D' ie crew. Thirteen men were rescued om the sicking vessel by the Ley tl nd line steamer Bo<torilan, bound 3, om Manchester to Boston, and 11 by 6j te German tank steamer Mannh-Mm, t( otterdam for New York. Five others tj bo had been drawn down in the vor- tj( x into which the British King was _| igulfed were picked up by the Bos- ^ ntan from a frail bit of wreckage hich they had gra^psd after a des- tl irate struggle for life in the whir jc >ol. The Bostocian arrived at Bos- ^ n Wp.dnesdav afternoon and the de lis of tbe disaster became known. Capt. James O'Hagan of tbe Brit i? ti King died on board tbe Bastonian ^ om tbe effects of terrible in J uriea t( stained In trying to -save bis. ship. c( i j of tbe boats of tbe B Estonian wa? r ashed to fragments and the volun w er crew which manned It were g irown into tbe high running seas, bile engaged In the work of .rescue, i] it all vreresaftl/ landed on board ie steamer. ^ Volume it* f om the Mannheim ^ ter a heroic battle with the waves , id taken < ff 11 from the British ^ ing, but aloer this neither of the ^ earners, in cons' q leDce of the ineasing gale, oould make an attempt )a reach the f underiog freighter oreoyer, da*kness fell and it was ar iter impossibility to do else but wait ^ r the moonllg'at to guide them. Ii? ^ e darkness tbe British King, which fc is then waterlogged and helple&., T urged to the bottom. 3t For three days her oiptain anr ,a ew, working-againsl unoor qucrablt M ids, had tried to prevent, or at least ' tstpone, their ship's destruction. ^ irrels of oil and wreckage formirg to a powerful arm, were dr.ven d jwn ^ ion her sides withcushlng force, ^ tening up the vessel's plates and al wing the water to pour Lito her , >ids. . :t The extent of the leak was not ua ; irstood until the fjlJowirg day, how- 0l er, and then, although all hands ,|. jre placsd at the pumps, the water ia lined considerably. The fires had :eo extinguishei and the engines ndered useless by the rising water, be only n medy at hand lay In re e Jrirg the damaged s cilons, and ca title personally superintending his tij 3rk, Capt. O'Hagan sustained a ? actureo leg ana internal i> j anes. ai- r,( lough he was unable to s'aud he cor* ai sued to direct the efforts of his ol ew. Ab the end of the three days a hen all hands had labored ceaseless without rest and with ll .tlefjod, h te Bostonlan and Mannheim were re ?hted, acd to these C.ipt. O'Hagan n splayed the signal for asststanca. * 3th the B Etonian and Mannheim C ood b/ the scane of the wreck uatli fc oaday morning, but no bodies were tl o ivered. * si The British K ng sailed from New ork bound for Antwerp with a mltllaneous cargo of 150 head of cattle ne passage was unsveotlul uatil F< 1- P1 iy morning, when the ship was struck ? j a strong northwesterly wind, woich *] iddenly developed into a hurricane. r< i t fr.h? har,(?h?? wftr? tnrn ODen. w eat volumes of water pouring into 11 le ships compartments, disabling b le engines. and soon the ship became S( Dsolucely helpless, the rudder alsu 1 iving been swept away. Real'z'rg h ie necessity of quick action, Capt. 1 'Hainan nlmself went into the hoio id strove to repair the most damag- st i sections. a It was while doing this that a bir P il of oil fractured one of h's leg * Id d vo places. The icjury was so severe lat a piece of the bone proiruled irough the flesh. In spite of this he q dered lhat nis leg he bouad up ano q hen this had b:cn done, resumed w tmmand and directed the efforts i hlch were being made to plug *ip the y( ale In the snip's side. But all cffjrt* y i repiirs were fruitless. All haods ^ ere forced to take refuge on the C( ia)n deck. The cattle were swept lT /erboard gradually by the seas ana ? i?n no*\cr\ ^ lu"uru- u At 6 o'clock Sunday morning Capt. e( i^H^an sighted the Mannbeim acc K lonly afterwards the Bostonian, nth of which hove to. Tne British Jog signalled that she was waierlcg 2d and would have to ba abandoned. B t 8 o'clock she sent another signal tl hioh read: ' Dd not abandon me." 11 'he half hundred or more men of the w recked steamer were in plain vl^wof A less on board the Bjstonlan ann ? [aonheim, who could, however, dj c< ochlng at that time in the way of res- j< ae on account of that was running, a At 1.40 p. m. the British King Big- vs aUed: "Help us, we are sinking." , light moderation of the weather pe oitted the Mannheim to lower a n charge of a volunteer crew whicl ,fter a oerilous and most dlffl :ult ro' o the British King, rescued 11 of th rew. Toe men of the British K'n ?era brav3 for the? pushed on nother forward, all apparently wil Q$7 to wait fur the last chance of be ag saved. Sailors of the B Etonian vied wit! ach other for the honor of sitting L he life boat and were not deterre rom this when the first boat ws ashed to pieces against the bteamer' lern. First Offlcar Wm Brown an he six seamen with him were lef bruggling in the water, but they wer ived by means ot lines thrown froc he L3ylaid boat. The men were al adly bruised. A great cheer went np frcm th iostonlan when at 4 o'clock the stai Dard life boat was succwrfully pu nt in charge or second um ;er urom 'ell. The steward and foar sailor 'ent with him and the ercouraglni tieers were kept uo as the little crei allantly struggled to reach the sink lg steamer. This boat took off 1, len, lreluding Uapt. O'Hagan, whi as tenderly but hastily lowered b; Is men by means of a 1 ne from th< ;ern.; The Bostonlan was reached and tto seued seamen plaoed on board. Bu efore the life savers could climb ta le deck a quick formlDg sea hurle< ie futile craft against the side of th ;eamer, forcing her apart, and then le water receding, carried the volun jrrs some hundred feet distarc? fron k. lr shI p. Cheering cries reaohed then ) cling to the wreckage while the n Ines of the Bostonlan started am 3e ship m&nceuverd to a point nea be struggling seamen. Again weri ie lines u*ed with skill, and succe* >r all the volunteers were hoisted t< le ship, though Offljr Cromwell wa [jQOSt drowned. ' Capt. Pirry deemed It imprudent t< snd anouber boat to the wreck, & irkness was setting In, and decide) ) wait until tbe moon arose before )ntii>u!ng tbe work of rescue. Abou L o'clock, when the gale was runninj ith apparent reinforced velocity,-tb< ritish King was seen to stagger ii r\9 f ka oao ho*ool t JO uiuugu ui uuc oca, imoc uwaova* ad plunge down. Both the Menn! elm and the Bosto Ian steamed to the point where thi lip had foundered and It had ju: :en decided that all those o\ hoar, ad perished when a ftebl?- -,ry Too le darkness tola that s mo at i as id cot been drowned. B<tif an hou ,ter Oapt. Pirry of t?e B Etonian lo i ei a rni8.il s^c ^on of a cattle dto! ? whio'. ti vo u n er.3 clinging. Thes< ere Second Officer Flanlgan, Chlei ngin^er Crawford, Adolphus Bok mrth engineer, and two cattleman ney bad been carried down wltb tbi earner but after coming to the sur,ce, had, after m'ghty tfl ?rts, sue leded in swimming beyond the whirl )ol, end In flndlcg a temporary r> f Jg< rt/tn fha tDi-u/^banro puu VUW nivvawgwi All nighG aDd until 7 30 a. m. or londay both tie M lULheim and tb< istonlan stood by Bearcnin,? f >r b d s acd then both Bb!ps resumed then issage. Yesterday, after terribli ;ffsring, Capfc. O Higan died. Fif > z men, lnciudirg a siowaway, wen i beard the British King, and 27 o lese, it is deemed almost oertain per hed with their ship. Arrested for aiurdtr. At Dothan, Ala./ dispaich say i insatlOD in the C ristnas murde; ise occurred wbea a det c ive wbi as quietly ergag<.d in the matter ime to Djthan from near Cambell m, Fia , the scene of the crime, anc rrested Walter Holland, a son-ir-'av ! the muidored man, and Mrs. Hoi ,nd. the murdered man's daughter The murder of Judge Christmas Is wife and son was oae of the mos ivolting crimes in the history sf thl tctlon. The victims were klllei bile sleeping in their homo nea ottnwood, acd their toJies wan .nnri t.hfl dav lviner in dooIs 0 lelr own blood. The murder occuri i about tvo months ago. A Good Liw. The Sportanburg Journal says th olice are keeping a watchout on tb jcalne "sniffers" since the ooain Dd morphine ordinance, passed at i jcent meetloe of the olty council ent into iff.cn. The ordlnanc takes It unlawful for either drug t 3 sold in the olty except by a pre jriptlon from a regular licensed phj cian. The use of coc iine was becom jg widespread amoDg a certain olas t colored people, but now that iii.ngtot ordinance prohibiting, th tl^of the drug the ' 'SDlffjrb" will fim difficult matter bo secure the whit owder that furnishes them so muoJ ellgut. Tue Wajjts ot sin. A pathetle tragedy occurred a eorgetnwn, Ga., one day last week irrett Vaughn, a young whl'e mai 'as couvijcdd in the ci y couri o ur^lary and sente.icad to serv? seve.i ears In the penitentiary. Danni Pednesdiy night be covered his dls race witn tne mamie ci uea.u?_i Dmmltted su cidi. Tnursd*y mora jg he was fuuud u:coua>cious, I ras found th it he had taken a fata use of morphine, wuich, it Is baliev 3, he had been saving for the emer tncy. Russian Ijobs 8. A dlspatcu from St. Petersburg iussia, says the Invalid, the organ o tie military, is still priming daii; sts of the losses sustained during tr ar, which, without- including Po? .rthur, now total 151.000 killed cund d and disappeared. The li-it Dvering the fighting at Mukden ar i%t beginning to appear. A remark ble feature In the percentage of me rbose fate Is unknown. s BURNTM.IVE. g Thirty-five People Lose Their 'e ' Lives in a Wreck. . * / ** v-5^8 J TWO TRAINS COLLIDE a ? 0 Several of the Ujfortnnate Put eager f Q ;1 Were Pluloaed ia the Debris fltii . , ' V*"* e Were Slowly Roasted to Bestl |p J as the Rescuers Looked ? on Helplessly. _ : * Thirty-five lives were crushed out fcsj 3 early Friday In a head-end collision of[> two passenger trains near Adobi^Ool^ ? on the Dever ar d Bio Grande r b aud nearly a soore of the vic&jniwett incinerated, several berond reoognt;, J tlon, by a fire that destroyed the D wrecked coaches. Mare than * soon 3 were itjured, bat all will probably^?* ' % e oovcr. ' ?S The wreck was due to tmfeHvered ^Jg ' orders, heavy mountain tad*,,? q Diinaicgsnows orm, asnarp carve ang ? ' 'm 1 the slippery condition cf the ralla.. Only the lcomotives, baggage and . s? 3 day coao&es were wreokeo, tt?e sleep- ?| r lag cars escaping almost unscathed, '1 ? as Id the Elen disaster on the' same B road In 19U4, when part of a train rain gj ,. i n so & fljoded canyon through a wash- / ' s ed out bridge. .??&-; /. Many of the dead were homeaeekr 3 ers bound for the Narthweet. The >' R shree orushed locomotives set Are to - ;J| j the splintered ooaohes and it. waa , hours before all the bodies were eocot; P t ared. the flames being so hot that tea- ' ^ i cuers could not approaoh. the debris B until the fuel burned oat . j It waa a wild, storiny night la tba ~ _ nountaln canyons when the two heavy rains met. Blinding snow darkened ' ne rock* gorges and speed was not * 1 Suddenly headlights flashed ont au&V - ti; was realized by the engineers that '*' '?& jjaet'olng was wrong. Aocordlcf fio ^ pMrenua J. H. Smith of tha west* ^ , jound train, E iglneer Waiter Ooalett . applied the emergenoy brake, battha j slippery rails allowed the momentum^ b )f the heavy train to carry it on to ' Vy|| l the fatal crash. . \*j The inopict was sevsrely noticeable* jut) the tralos oruahed and ground : loto euch other. The heiper engine of" v^j . ohe westbound train acted as a etifr ? ion, minim zlog toe fv'rceand wew&it, . if the heavy mountain engines. 'Tata 'm : lelper was crushed together ' 'M .Tin ?>i nan#r and the other looi motives , ran through the mesh of iron and [ plowed cach o .her to pl&C3& .-?? Fjremaa Smith was (he only out of r the engine crews to escape;- The bitfv , gageoar of .the west bound train Mosfi' ' ;1 .n two and tbree coaches were aqpet*-.. .' v;S ad together. The bagg tge oar, the qoaMil ? oar and a coaon of ttie eastbound train. :*? ouolded but none of the oaiiteleeoap? ^ Hardly had the noise of the wiifci" ' . >|g ceascd when a sneet of 13June rta,'. 3 cbrougi the shattered oars or botii 4 r oralns. Ia tbe forward ooachof : westbound train every seat ?u ooonr ... ; , pied by passengers, most of whom were-V ltmsaeefcers. A. no tuber of foreigners ' were among them and in their terror ? obey ??vj up life without making ari^ ; attempt to reaoh safety outside the * . ouruing oars. They sank to theflacup . :-M , of the oer and were roasted alive. Tliit, i ooclar ones in the oar, seeing the!* - ' . rlr j danger, rushed for the window* and' ' doors and with the aid of the paafeehr gers in the rear of train orew wticf' e were unhurt, managed to reach the ' f jpen air. Manywere injured by th#( - rough handling they received or hj flying glass. Waen the ocoupantB of the two. sleeping cars taw that nothing oould ' c be done to check tbe flames, tnev awe ed the trainmen In pushing btexthf e undamaged cars. Communication wai1', B opened with the Pueblo ifflje of the I railroad from Portland, a mile fxpmL ^Jja e the wacck, and a relief train with 0 physicians was dispatched to the aocident. Toe iDjurtd were placed In me s eeping cars and brought to* '* Puacrlo witn the passengers of , the 8 . aatbound train, who were unttorftr'. a Another relief train oame from Fiipr? ? ence to take away the uniujnred por* a tion of the eestbound train, e . ' q OoininittuQ Saloide. ,t4 A special from Norfolk, Ya, says on March 14. L ;uls Brown, 29 yean t old, awaiting trial Friday, for tha murder ?/f Flosuie E ed, at whom be ? tbr-w a lighted lamp, which exploded f fatally burning the woman, commit* a < ed imicuie In bis cell, in tha Norfo.Jr g j ill Weduesday morning by out&lng uis taroat wlih a sharp pea knlft, e" *hic j he had in some unknown man* . ner smuggled intu jatl. Brown was t: fjrme'.ly prominent In Portsmouth,' j Va. Ha was without friends or mon* ' ev?his fimilv having abandoned him ?and be grew detspjiidanc as tne day of his trial appronoaed. During the recent j .11 fire there Brown escaped, but sui rendered a few hours later. j Threw Htaueif in 4'ronc of Train. y An unidentified man, about twenty* g Ave years old, threw himself In front t of an elevated train at 424 street and I 2 i avenua Tnursday and was killed., s A note bjok found upon the body bore e upon Us dy leaf the inscription: ''Henry Peterson, bandmaster, U. 8. R. S , Franklin navy yard, Norfolk Va." d I