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Sixteen Lives Lost on a Mal
lory Steamer.
FIRE BREAKS OUT FORWARD
All on Board in Bed When the Dis
covery Is Made.
STEERAGE ApEATH SNARE.
Fierce Flames Frustrate Every Attempt
to Rescue.
Saloon PaueiiKeri Arovied From
Their Sleep anti Prevented From
Becoming Panic Stricken by the
ReaMuring Word, qf the Steward.
Great Coolness Shown by the Offi
ce* and Crew Thirteen of the
Dead Person. Steerage Ptuoenger.
and Three of Them Member, of the
Crew—Only Kight of the Per.on.
In the Steerage Escape—Stoker*
Prevented at the Point of a Pistol
From Cutting Away a Boat.
New York, May 9.—The Mallory steamer
Leona, which left her pier on Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, bound for Galves
ton, took lire at sea, and put back, and ar
rived In port to-night at 9 o'clock with six
teen corpses on board.
The dead were thirteen steerage passen
gers and three members of the crew, who
succumbed to a terrible fire which occur
red off Delaware Capeggfc an
story can hardly be told to-night. • Those
who are dead were penned up below decks, ’
and although frantic efforts were madte
by the officers of the vessel to save them,
the fire had gained such terrific headway
before the danger was discovered that all
escape was cut off.
The steamer carried in her cargo many
bales of cotton. It is not certain how
the fire originated, but when it was dis
covered it burst forth with such fury that
it was impossible to reach the steerage.
Even then the steerage passengers appa
rently were unmindful of the danger, else
the smoke and flames had not reached
them.
The saloon passengers were first arous
ed, and in such a manner as to occasion
little alarm. When it became apparent
that the fire had cut off the steerage pas
sengers, the captain and his men poured
great quantities of water down the venti
lator. and heroic attempts were made for
the escape of those penned up. In this
way eight of the steerage passengers made
their escape.
Th dead steerage passengers are:
BRIDGET BULLIVAN.
R. CANINE.
MRS. C. GUZZAI.
MISS GUZZAI.
MISS HANNAH BOLOMSON.
MRS. V A LICKS.
MISS VALICKS.
SOPHIE SCHWARTZ.
MARIA WADE.
TWO unknown children.
TWO unidentified grown persons.
The crew:
ALFRED HARDY, waiter, 41 years old,
Os New York.
ALFRED LANG, waiter, 19 years old,
of New York.
11. HARTMANN, butcher, 27 years old.
of New York.
Among the passengers were F. V. Wins
low of Rutherford, N. J. On his return to
this city late to-night, Mr. Winslow told
the following graphic story of the fire
to a reporter of the World: "We
left the pier at 3 o’clock yesterday
afternoon, with clear skies and beautiful
weather. We were making excellent time,
the chief engineer congratulating himself
that nil was welljami evep making the
remark to one of his assistants that he did
pot believe this good luck could continue,
for the trip had started under too favora
ble auspices.
“Sandy Hook was passed and the lights
Os the Jersey shore were still visible when
we went to bed. By the time we passed
Barnegat light, at 10 o'clock, all the pas
•eiqtvr* were in bed. The ixssengers in
the steerage had also retired to their
bunks. The watch go.ng off at 12 o’clock
reported everything well. The sea was
very smooth, and the moon was shining
brightly.
“First Mate was pacing the
bridge about 2 a. m.. when he thought
he smelled smoke coming from the fore
castle. He went forward to the ettmpau
lonway and opened the door to the steer
age, The moment he did so there was a
burst of flames, which burned his face.
“Wallnc* turned and ran on dtek. and
cried the alarm of fire to the forward
watch, telling him to wake the steward
and have all the passenger* aroused as
quickly «* possible, without creating any
.sattemetit. The stew ant did this in a
quiet > manner, going __ to each stateroom
aAt wakening the occupants.
“He said tn a calm tone that there was
a slight tire In the forward part of the
ship, and it might be advisable forth,
passenger* to get their things together.
It might be poeaibic, ho added, that the
ID et Mn MmsOl N eras.
ship would eventually have to be aban
doned.
“There was no excitement among the
saloon passengers, and most of them
packed their luggage and carried it from
their staterooms into the main saloon.
They gathered in the saloon and remained
there, and after the officers had assured
them that there was no immediate danger
they took the matter quietly.
“The steward made frequent trips for
ward and came back with reports of the
progress of the flames. He said that the
fire was confined below decks, and, as the
flames did not rise very high, the pas
sengers did not fully realize the extent
of their peril.
“C'apt. Wilder rushed on deck at the
first alarm, clad only in an undershirt
and trousers. He assumed command at
once, and ordered the crew to rescue the
steerage passengers. On the same deck
with the steerage, on the port side of the
ship, a large quantity of cotton bagging
was stored, separated from the steerage
passengers by a board partition.
“The main deck was almost completely
filled with freight, cutting off all exit
from the steerage to the after part of the
ship. The only way out of the steerage
was up the forward companionway.
“The crew, on the captain’s orders, rush
ed for the companionway and attempted
to descend. They were driven back by
dense volumes of smoke, and flames quick
ly followed.
“The smoke and flames also came up
through the ventilators, and it was appar
ent to all who were on deck that below
decks was a roaring furnace.
“Then It dawned on the officers and crew
that the unfortunates in the steerage were
probably burning to death. Capt. Wilder
saw his crew driven back from the com
panionway, and the realization of the hor
ror below made him desperate.
“He had rushed to the stairs and boldly
attempted to go below. He did not get
down more than half a dozen steps when
the increasing clouds of smoke and the
flames shooting up around him drove him.
back on deck. He stepped back to the
shelter of the pilot house. His face was
scorched. His eyebrows were burned
away. He stood there dazed and over
come for a moment. Then he exclaimed:
“MyGod! no man can go through that and
come out alive.’
“When the steward aroused me, I jump
ed up and hastily dressed. I ran forward
to see how extensive the fire was. The
captain was just coming out of the com
panionway after his fruitless effort to go
below. I stood by and tried to look down
the hole, but the heat and smoke were so
great that I was driven back. When I
looked down into that horrible hole the
thought came over me, like it had over
the captain and crew, that there were
helpless people down below, who were
probably burning to death.
“I tried to peer through the smoke to
see if the steerage passengers were run
ning and I hoped that we
would be anle to reach them in some
way.
“I listened for sounds, but could hear
nothing save the roar of the flames as
they?: grew In volume below and rolled
in thjj.
“Only a slight breeze was blowing from
the southward, that carried the volumes
of smoke aft over the full length of the
ship and enveloped her In a shroud of
biack, until the captain gave orders to
change the course completely, so that the
smoke would be blown over the bow. The
speed of the ship was first slackened, then
the order given to keep up bare steerage
■way.
"I stood in the lee of the pilot house
watching the officers and crew making
futile efforts to reach the steerage.
"The horror of the situation was at first
paralyzing. It seemed as though the men
and women whom I had seen go into the
steerage the day before were being cre
mated beneath my feet.
“The deck was getting blistering hot,
the flames began creeping higher and
higher through every outlet from beneath
the deck. The pouring of water down the
companionway and through the ventilat
ors had no effect save to send up the
smoke in great puffs and cause angry
spurts of Are to dart menacingly into the
faces of the crew.
"When the news of the Are reached the
lower depths of the ship, where the stok
ers were feeding the boilers, they deserted
their posts and rushed to the deck. They
clambered into the second boat on the
port aide and began cutting it away.
First Officer Wallace and Chief Engineer
Taylor were after them in a moment.
" 'Get out at that boat,’ thundered First
Officer Wallace.
“The stokers refused to obey, and went
on cutting away the lashings of the boat.
" ’Come out of that boat,’ ordered Chief
Engineer Taylor.
"Then reaching with his hand for his
revolver, he added: 'l’ll shoot the man
who cuts away the boat.’
“The Spaniards looked at the chief engi
neer. and then sullenly obeyed.
"During the excitement of the first half
hour we di<X not know that any one had
gotten out of the steerage alive, but later
we found In the cabin that eight of them
had managed to get out. Their bunks
had been nearest the companionway, and
they had been awakened by the part of
the crew rushing out of the forecastle.
"Being so near the stairs, they had
climbed out even before the first officer
had rushed on the first smell of smoke
above decks. Among those saved was an
old man and his wife and two sons, a
young Englishman and two other young
men bound for Los Angeles.
"In the extreme bow of the ship was the
forecastle, where two watches of about
twenty or thirty men were sleeping. These
men being light sleepers, were aroused at
the first alarm of fire, and waited for
nothing. They ran through the narrow
passageway to the stairs, already filled
with smoke, and gained the deck just in
time. Most of them had scarcely any
clothing on, and none had saved a mess
kit.
“Two waiters and a cook, who were slow
to rush out, lost their lives. When they
tried to follow their companions the pas
sageway was filled with fire, and it was
too late.
“Between the stairs and the forecastle
was the steerage; on the port side rolls of
cotton bagging stored in unoccupied
| bunks. In this bagging the fire started,
| from spontaneous combustion, so the cap
| tain thought.
I "It burned so quickly and so fiercely it
was like the flash of a tinder box. The
steerage passengers, few of whom under-
I stood English, did not comprehend the cry
I of •fire,’ and so lost the opportunity of es-
I caplng at the same time with the crew.
I "For the first half hour the captain.
I first officer and second officer and crew
I devoted their entire attention to subduing I
i the flames, hoping faintly that perhaps
■ they might be able to get down to the Un
i prisoned people.
i “We were well out to sea by this time.
1 .'he flames gained steadily. They began
i I to work aft through the cargo on the
f | niAin deck. Tlwn there was a fresh burst i
at flames, and the sailors were driven back
from where they were bolding Uncs of I
( | hose. The fine crept up through cracks]
about the pilot house, and then into the
house Itself. The quartermaster stuck to
the wheel until the flames almost envelop
ed him.
“Capt. Wilder ordered signal lights of
distress burned. Along the rails on the
port side men were stationed to burn the
signal lights. Th,4 flames forward had
broken through the deck and shot into
the air, making a greater light than the
colored signals, but they did not tell the
same story of distress.
“In a very few minutes there flashed up
in the darkness far to the north an an
swering signal. .In a little while we could
see the vessel’s side lights, and then the
day began to break, and when the sun
was just rising this welcome savior hove
to by us, and we saw that she was the
City of Augusta of the Savannah line.
“Just as soon as the signals of distress
had been answered all the crew were sent
back to their posts to fight the fire that
was gaining steadily all the time and
working its way further and further aft.
The deck forward of the pilot house was
burned away, leaving the yon cross beams
bare red-hot. The heavy anchors dropped
down below, their fastenings twisted and
broken. The iron plates of the ship’s side
glowed red hot.
“The passengers were all transferred to
the City of Augusta in safety, and the
work of fighting the fire was continued.
About 9 o’clock in the morning the flames
were under control and the steamer out of
danger.
“The passengers were sent back to the
Leona and the City of Augusta continued
on her way to Savannah. The Leona put
about and returned to port under her
own steam.”
At the Mallory pier to-night but little
information was given out in regard to
the disaster. Finally at a late hour Mr.
Mallory made a brief statement, in which
he said sixteen people were dead. The
bodies were all aboard the steamship, and
watchmen had been placed there to guard
them.
At a still later hour a coroner had gone
to the scene to make an investigation.
The Leona is a schooner-rigged steel
screw steamer of 3,329 tons gross and 2,331
tons net register. She was built in 1889
at Chester, Pa. Her dimensions are:
Length, 314 feet; breadth, 46.2 feet, and
depth of hold, 20.3 feet. She has three
decks and six bulkheads. She was last
surveyed in September, 1896.
MALT HOUSE BURNED.
The Los* on the Building and It*
Content* <70,000.
Detroit, Mich., May 9.—The large malt
house of Henry W. Ricket & Co. was
burned this afternoon. It is estimated
that $50,000 worth of malt was destroyed.
The loss on the building is $20,000, fully
insured.
It is not known whether the insurance
on the contents will cover the loss.
The strong wind which prevailed drove
the fire to roofs of smaller buildings in
the vicinity, ■ but a heavy downpour of
serioqsflF
The ft re probably started from an elec
tric wire. Two firemen were slightly in
jured.
CONFERENCE OF LAMBETH.
All the Episcopal Bishop* of the
World to Attend.
Cleveland, 0., May 9.—Bishop Whipple
of Minnesota is a visitor in Cleveland. He
is on his way to attend the conference of
Lambeth, which begins in London on July
3. This conference, which is attended by
all the Episcopal bishops of the world,
held every ten years at the palace of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, was called a
year earlier this time, in order that the
thirteenth hundredth anniversary of the
baptism of\pthelbert, the first Saxon king,
might be celebrated at the same time.
Many important subjects are to be con
sidered by the conference, and a pastoral
will be issued to the Episcopal churches
of the world.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED.
Nicaragua Also to E*tablinh a Postal
Package Service.
Manague, Nicaragua, May 9.—President
Zelaya has signed the law’ abolishing cap
ital punishment from and after July 1
next.
Nicaragua Is about to establish a postal
package service under the treaty with
Germany, signed last February. The rate
for fifteen grammes will be 80 cents in
gold, and on fractional excesses, 10 cents.
Money, watches, jewelry and such impor
tations as are prohibited by law will be
excluded from the service.
The tax on exported bananas will be
suspended from and after July 1 next.
GIFT TO THE ILL-FATED BAZAAR.
An Anonymous Donor Send* the Man
ager* £37.500.
Paris, May 9.—An anonymous donor has
sent the sum of £37,500 to the qommlttee
of management of the charity bazaar in
the Rue Jean Goujon, which was the scene
of last week’s terrible tragedy from fire.
This amount, with the proceeds of the first
day's sale. £I,BOO, equals the receipts of the
bazaar of 1896; and the committee is thus
enabled to make the distribution as before.
GOV. TAYLOR TO RESIGN.
He Will Go on the Lecture Platform
After Next October.
Nashville, Tenn.. May 9.—While Gov.
Taylor refuses to talk for publication con
cerning the report that he has decided to
resign in October, it is known that he has
made up his mind, and that to-day he
told several gentlemen the report was cor
rect. It is almost certain that he will go
upon the lecture platform.
FIRE IN A PARISIAN CIRCUS.
A Charity Fete IN a» to Have Been
Opened There Yesterday.
Paris. May 9.—The ring and stables of
the Circus Mollere were burned to-night,
a fireman and a policeman being seriously
injured.
M. Casimir-Perle r was to have presided
i at the opening of a charity fete in the cir
cus to-day, but the function was post
■ poned in consequence of the terrible ca
| laxnity at the charity Ust Tuesday.
SAVANNAH. MONDAY, MAY 10. 1897.
PM ffl PEACE
Greece Asks the Powers to
Mediate.
H WON’T GRANT A ICE.
Fear Greece Would Reorganize Her
Forces.
DOM NEXT 10 GO DOWN.
Invaders Now Half Way There From
Pharsala.
Turkey Sending Troop* Homeward
From Salonica Nothing Serion*
Expected but the Continuance of a
State of War Looked Upon as the
Very Best Mean* of Hastening the
Efforts of Diplomacy - Crown
Prince Constantine Still at Domo
ko* and Gen. Smolensk! at Almyro.
Garibaldi and the Italian Volun
teer* at the Latter Point—Turks
Not Molesting the Inhabitants of
the Village* They Have Already
Occupied.
Athens, May 9.—The correspondent of
the Associated Press learns, on the very
best authority, that Greece has made a
written application to the powers, through
their representatives at Athens, for me
diation. All the representatives have
promised In their replies to ise their best
has .merely oie receipt of
the note from the l *caf>i«et. The porte Is
inclined to support the powers, with a
view to the faciliation of negotiations, but
it declines to consent to an armistice, on
the ground that this would enable Greece
to reorganize her forces. As a matter of
fact, Turkey continues to send troops
from Salonica homeward, and it is prob
able that Osman Pasha has returned to
Constantinople from Salonica.
In view of both facts, it may be assum
ed that nothing serious is expected, but
the continuance of a state of war is re
garded as the very best means of hasten-,
ing the efforts of diplomacy. Without
doubt hopes have been raised in Turkey
that the Ottoman government might an
nex Thessasly and restore the old fron
tier of 1881, but the sultan is not Inclined
to risk such a step. On the contrary, he
opposes it uncompromisingly and will not
yield to the pressure of the war party at
Constantinople. He will be satisfied with
a reasonable Indemnity and a slight recti
fication of the eastern Thessalian fron
tier, such a one as would give Turkey sev
eral strategic positions in the vicinity of
Nesoros.
A dispatch from Lamia, dated yesterday,
says that Crown Prince Constantine is
still at Doiftokos and that Gen. Smolen
iski is at
Rlcotti Garjbaldi and the Italian volun
teers havCAarrived at Almyro.
The dispatch says that the exodus of
inhabitants from Domokos, Lamia and the
surrounding country continues.
Greek torpedo boats still patrol the gulf
of Volo.
It improbable that more fighting will oc
cur at Domokos. The telegraph is still
Domokos, and the latest dis
patch from that point says that the Turks
are half-way between Pharsala and Do
mokos, and are believed to be planning
an attack upon the latter place.
The Turks do not molest the inhabitants
of the villages they have occupied, but
they have burned houses and plundered
several churches at Pharsala. In the
course of an interview to-day Col. Vas
tus said: “The union between Crete and
Greece is now an actual fact, and nothing
is lacking but the consent of Europe. The
foreign admirals recently asked my au
thority to advance their troops in Crete
bejjond the zone previously occupied. The
powers may do what they like. The union
of Crete and Greece is inevitable, qmd a
necessity.” It is reported in official cir
cles that Queen Olga has sent a telegram
to the czar, soliciting the mediation of
Russia.
It is understood that Greece agrees to
confide her interests to tbe powers in the
peace negotiations.
The Per sepia, referred to as the place
where Gen. is expecting an at
tack, is probably identical with Sourpi
Pass, on the old frontier line.
FALL OF VOLO.
Intense Anxiety Before Edhem Pn
sha'a Proeluuation of Protection.
Athens. May 9.—The correspondent of
the Associated Press at Volo, describing
the entry at the Turkish troops, says:
“Edhem Pasha sent a flag of truce with
a proclamation that be would protect all
the inhabitants remaining in the town. A
touching scene ensued. In the principal
street an immense crowd gathered, with
anxious, upturned faces, listening eagerly
to the reading of the proclamation w’hich
was to decide their fate. When the read
ing was finished a murmur of intense re
lief was heard, quickly followed by fran
tic shouts of “long live the sultan!” But
there still remained cause for the most
serious anxiety, for one question was
whether the Greek admirals, whose ships
were lying off the town in plain sight,
would accept the terms. A single gunshot
from, the fleet would have compelled the
Turks to treat Volo as hostile.
“Three newspaper men, myself among
them, were appointed a deputation to go
on board the flagship and get the admiral’s
reply. We bore a white flag. At the
quay, however, we met the captain of the
Warships with a written communication
from the admiral, saying that he intended
to remain in front of the town until as
sured that it would be occupied quickly.
To this the Turkish commander replied
that only one battalion would enter, the
main army going into camp outside, and
he again requested that the Greek fleet
be withdrawn, as otherwise he could not
be responsible for what might occur.”
London, May 9.—A special to the Daily
Mail from Volo says that as a result of
the proclamation of Edhem Pasha, prom
isirfg to protect the inhabitants and to use
only one battalion as the occupying force,
on condition that the Greek fleet be with
drawn, the Greek admiral has been order
ed to leave forthwith. Volo has been oc
cupied by a Turkish force of 6,000.
RESCUED FROM EPIRU4.
The Greek Fleet Taking- Away Wo
men and Children.
Athens, May 9.—The Greek western
squadron has rescued large numbers of
women and children from villages along
the Eprius coast, threatened by the Turks.
Stylis, near has been made the
port for revictualing the Greek army.
Some Greek troops from Velestino have
embarked on the Greek men of war.
RECALL OF GREEK TROOPS.
Permission to Embark Them Asked
of the Powers.
Athens, May 9.—The government has ad
dressed a request to the powers to allow
their admirals in Cretan waters to permit
the Greek warships to embark the troops
that have been recalled. The government
explains the recall as due to the urgent
need ol men for the defense of Thessaly.
The latest new* from the front is that
r Gen< Amolenski is now the 'Greek
forces at Perzepa, where he is expecting
a fresh attack.
M. Skouloudis, the Greek minister of for
eign affairs, said in an interview to-day
that he expects many difficulties will be
encountered in the peace negotiations.
The report that the crown princess is
going .to Berlin is not confirmed.
Want* « Victor’* Spoil*.
London, May 30. A special Jo the Times
from Constantinople says: “Turkey will
certainly claim, a fair allowance of the
rights of a victor, and in this claim she
will be supported by Russia and Ger
many.”
GREEKS HINT AT TREACHERY".
Wild Storie* Afloat in Explanation
of the Retreat*.
London, May 9.—The Times correspond
ent at Velestino says: “When the troops
here heard of the retreat from Pharsala
they pronounced it a betrayal. Certainly
it is unfortunate that Crown Prince Con
stantine should, a second time, be obliged
to begin a retreat.”
The Athens correspondent of the Times
says: “So great is the change in public
sentiment that no opposition is provoked
by the decision to recall the army from
Crete. King George, who was believed to
be unapproachable on this subject, has
finally yielded with good grace.”
The Journal Akropolis publishes some
startling revelations. It sent a correspond
ent to Pharsala to investigate the cause
of the retreat from Larissa, and he was
allowed to question the members of the
dismissed staff. Without exception they
denied that they had refused to carry out
the orders of the cabinet, save on the oc
casion when the government wished to
remove some superior officers from their
commands. On all other occasions the
staff was in- complete harmony
with the cabinet. The ministers
had, indeed, ordered the army
to remain on the defensive, but
the staff considered that a defensive posi
tion w’ould be most effectually secured by
advancing to certain points. The officers
positively denied giving the order for the
general retreat from Mati, and declared
that they were not responsible for the
abortive attack on Menexe. They ex
plained that the retreat began with whole
sale desertions from the divisions of Col.
MavromichaeHs, face the Turkish position
at Dereli. Then the panic spread; the
staff was powerless to check it, and a re
organization to defend Larissa was impos
sible. M. Raid came to headquarters
during the night and begged the staff to
save the army.
With reference to the retreat in Epirus
the papers print the following extraordi
nary telegram from Col. Bolsuri: “It is
a disgraceful slander to say that I ordered
the retreat. My brigade had advanced
victoriously to the gates of Janina. "Why
it retreated is a question for a court-mar
tial to decide and the guilty parties should
be punished with death.”
HOLY WAR IMMINENT.
The Sacred Edict Proclaiming It Be
infc Prepared.
London, May 10.—The correspondent of
the Standard at Constantinople says: “I
learn that a circular has been addressed
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by the Sheikhul-Islam to the Islams in
Constantinople and the provinces, which
foreshadows the speedy approach of a
holy war, the sacred edict for proclaiming
which is already being prepared.”
VASSOS’ DEPARTURE FROM CRETE.
Left at Night After Passing Two
Night* in a Cavern.
Athens, May 9.—The correspondent of
the Associated Press says that the position
at Domokos is unchanged.
Col. Vassos and his party have started
for Epirus. Some mystery attaches to the
circumstances under which they left
Crete. The commander of an Italian tor
pedo boat reported to Admiral Canevaro
that he had seen Col. Vassos and four
companions in a boat off the island of
Cerigo.
London, May 10.—The Daily Telegraph’s
Athens correspondent says that Col. Vas
sos told him he had great difficulty in
leaving Crete, as all the foreign warships
were on the alert. He departed from the
island, he says, on a dark night, after
passing the two previous nights in a cav
ern.
DOMOKOS DOOMED.
——
The Turk* Moving Forward Rapidly
and In force.
Athens, May 10, 1 a. m.—A dispatch from
Domokos, dated to-day, says the Turks
advance posts have reached Skirmetzl, and
that the Turks are moving forward in con
siderable force from Pharsala on the Do
mokos-Almyro line, with a view of cutting
off Gen. Smolensk!. According to the dis
patch, it is reported at Domokos that the
Turks have already come into contact
with Gen. Smolenski’s first brigade.
SPONTANEOUS INTERVENTION.
Rail! Say* Greece Can’t Auk the Pow
er* to Mediate.
London, May 10, 1 a. m.—The Athens cor
respondent of the Standard says: “M.
Ralli, the premier, said to-day, in the
course of an interview, that a spontane
ous intervention of the powers might be
regarded as assured, as it was impossible
for the government to ask intervention
while the Greek army remained intact.
“iSr Ellis Ashmead Bartlett had an in
terview with King George. He was treat
ed with great kindness. This evening he
proceeded to Pharsala.”
TURKEY’S ARMY IN EUROPE.
‘Hie tn Be Kal*ed to ! 42».tHA>
Me* and Edhem to Advance.
London, May 10.—The Constantinople
correspondent of the Standard says: “The
Turkish military commissioners held a
prolonged conference with the sultan to
day at the Yildiz kiosk, and decided to
increase the troops in European Turkey
to 432,000 men, a decision ratified by the
sultan.
“In view of the possible early interven
tion of the powers, Edhem Pasha has been
ordered to hasten his advance, leaving the
line of communications to be guarded by
reinforcements, which are daily dispatch
ed to the front.”
Turkey’* Indemnity.
London, May 10.—A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Constantinople says it
is probable that Turkey will demand a
w-ar indemnity of over £6,000,000 sterling.
ICE FLOES ON THE OCEAN.
Two Steamer* Arriving at St. John*
Pa** Through Them.
St. Johns, N. F., May 9.—The overdue
steamer Benedick arrived to-night, after
a flfteen-day’s voyage from Liverpool. For
nearly a week she was in an ice floe and
unable to make any progress. Though
she escaped serious damage.
The steamer Corinthad, sixteen days out
from Cadiz, which came into port this
morning, reports that she encountered
vast fields of ice 140 miles southeast of
Cape Race, and met a number of large
bergs. The weather was very severe and
her chief officer had both legs badly injur
ed.
SHOT BY A WOMAN.
A Resident of Spencerville, 0., Found
Wounded In a Ditch.
Cincinnati, 0., May 9.—The Enquirer’s
special from Spencerville, 0., says: “Hen
ry Harris was found yesterday in a ditch
near Keeth park, with two bullet holes in
his body. He refused till to-day to tell
who shot him, but in an ante-mortem
statement to the coroner and his physi
cians he gave the name of a well known
woman as his assailant He is dying to
night. The physician and coroner say
they will not disclose the woman’s name
till after Harris dies, when a sensational
arrest will be made.”
FI WE AT KENYON COLLEGE.
Ro**e Hall Destroyed at a Lo** of
<IO.OOO.
Mount Vernon, 0., May 9.—Rosse hall,
at Kenyon College, burned this morning.
The loss on the building, which was total
ly destroyed, was only SIO,OOO, but the hall
had an historic interest. It was built
fifty years ago with money raised in Eng
land by Bishop Mcllvaine. Lords Gam
bier and Kenyon and Lady Rosse contrib
uted most of the money, and the hall was
named in honor of Lady Rosse.
SAW A SUNKEN VESSEL.
She Was a Small Craft and Loaded
With Kerosene.
Belfast, Me., May 9.—Capt. Reed of the
schooner Mary J. Elliott, reports that
while coming up the Mussell ridge chan
nel, neaf Spruce Head, he sighted the top
mast of a sunken vessel. The vessel was
apparently of about seventy tons, and the
condition of the surface of the water about
her indicated that she was loaded with
kerosene.
MONDAYSI
-AND- 1
Thursdays!
FIRE ON THE SHIP FRANCIS.
THE VESSEL BEACHED AND BURNS
TO THE WATER'S EDGE.
Her Crew Reaches Shore Safely Lut
Save None of Their Effects—Hie
Cargo Expected to Prove a Total
Loss The Fire Discovered at 4
O’clock la the Afternoon and Soon
Burning Fiercely—The Vessel Hur,
Ashore to Avoid Taking to the
Boats in the Open Sea.
Beach Haven, N. J., May 9.—The ship
Francis of New Bedford, Mass., com
manded by capt. A. F. Smith, and with a
crew of twenty-five men, which left San
Francisco on Jan. 17 last, with a general
cargo, bound for New York, took fire at
sea yesterday, and in order to save the
lives of those on board, and the ship and
cargo, if possible, she was beached on
the south end of Long Branch, six miles
below here, last night.
The captain and crew reached shore
safely, and were taken care of by the
crew of the Little Egg harbor life saving
station. The vessel was burned to the
water’s edge, and the cargo will probably
be a total loss.
The fire was first discovered at 4 o’clock
in the afternoon, and was burning fierce
ly in the hold. All hands were ordered on.
deck to extinguish the flames, but they
had gained too much headway, and it
was as much as the men could do to pre
vent the fire from spreading so rapidly
as to necessitate their taking to the boats
on the open sea.
The captain saw that his only hope lay
in reaching shore, where he could possibly
have a chance of saving the ship and part
of the cargo. With this end ip view, he
headed the Francis towards the beach,
while the crew kept pouring water into
the hold. It was well after dark, and the
position of the men on board was perilous
in the extreme. With her bow pointed
well on the shore, the ship struck hard and
fast. Meanwhile the Are was raging even
more furiously than before, and all hands
were forced to leave with nothing but tha
clothes on their backs. They were assist
ed in reaching the shore by the life guards,
and were supplied with needed clothing
and nourishment.
To-day the tugs I. J. Merritt and North
America arrived and endeavored to put
out the fire. They were unable to accom
plish anything, and finally gave it up.
The captain and mate left on one of the
tugs for New York, and the crew will go
by train on Tuesday. >
What renders the accident still more un
fortunate is the fact that Capt. Smith’s
wife died at sea. on the outward trip of the
ship. He had the body > embalmed and
sent Ihbnie by train. If awaits his arrival
in Boston.
The Francis was a full rigged ship of
1,974 tons. She was out 112 days, and ex
perienced no unusual weather throughout
the voyage. The origin of the fire is un
known.
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TUG SINKS A SCHOONER.
Her Chptain, Mate and a Seaman Gai
Down With Her.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., May 9.—The tug
Paoli, Capt. Harding, brought news here
this afternoon of her collision with and
the sinking of the schooner Annie E. Ru
dolph of Camden, N. J., off the Nauset
Lights early this morning, and the loss of
her skipper, Capt. Gardiner, Mate Snell
and a Norwegian seaman called Bob.
The remainder of the crew of the Ru
dolph, consisting of Steward George
Brown and a seaman named Johnson,
were savefl by the crew of the Paoli.
The collision took place three and a half
miles southeast of the three lights which
surmount the bluffs of Nauset, about 3
o’clock. The Paoli was on her way from
Boston for South Amboy with three
barges. The three lights of Nauset were
abeam at 3 o’clock and Capt. Harding
was peering out for the two at Chatham,
when suddenly the Rudolph loomed up
dead ahead. It is said that the Rudolph
carried no lights.
Before the tug could swerve from her
course the two vessels came together, the
sharp prow of the tug plunging into the
schooner’s side and tearing a hole, into
which tons of water rushed. The schoon
er careened under the blow of the col
lision and plunged downward into the sea.
Dropping her barges the Paoli put back
to the place where the schooner had sunk.
Steward Brown was picked up and then
Seaman Johnson. The Rudolph was laden
with iron water-pipe for the Boston water
works. The weight of this cargo ac
counted for the sudden sinking of the ves
sel ’. ,
The Rudolph was built in 1884, and reg
istered 185 tons. The Paoli was uninjured.
SCHOONERS ON THE SHOALS.
Vessel mid Cargo Expected to Prove
a Total Lohs.
Hyannis, Mass., May 9.—The schooner
Benjamin Oliver, Capt. Harding, of Well
fleet, bound home from New Haven, with
a cargo of oysters, struck on Bishop and
Clerks shoals at 8 o’clock last night and
will probably be a total loss. There is
no Insurance on the vessel. The crew
landed here this morning.
FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
The Kaiser Believed to Be Trying: to
Improve Them.
London. May 10.—The Daily Mail’s cor
respondent at Paris says it is reported
that Prince Radziwill, who represented
Emperor William at the funeral services
held in the Cathedral of Notre Dame for
the victims of the charity bazaar fire, has
a mission to improve the relations between
France and Germany.
BIG FIGHT ON TO-NIGHT.
Denver Ed Smith and Joe Choynskt
to Meet in a ZO-Hound Bout.
New York, May 10.—Denver Ed Smith
and Joe Choynskl will meefc in a twenty
round bout In the Broadway Athletic Club
to-morrow night. This is an event that
has been looked forward to for a long
time, and batting is about even on the re
sult. Both men will enter the ring care
fully trained for a hard encounter.