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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. "
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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
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a
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nd Twenty-Seven Lives Are o
Los4 in the Atlantic. a
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FOUNDEBED AT SEA.
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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