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TALE OF TERROR
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Only Four Men Survive of Fifteen
in Lost Boat of Refugees
From Burned Ship.
HALIFAX, N. 8, May 18.—The
United States revenue cutter Seneca
arrived here tc-day with four ema
ciated survivers of the steamer Co
lumbian, which burned at sea on May
3, and the bedy of another sailor, who
died after he had been picked up with
his four comrades from an open boat,
The four living men rescued Sun
day and brought to port afier they
had given up all hope of ever seeing
land again are Robert Teire, first of
ficer; Osear Kendall and Peter Bal
lenger, seaman, and Michael Ludwig
sen, fiteman. The man who died on
board the Seneca was Peter Triel, a
seaman,
Eleven others of the hoat's crew
had succumbed to injuries and priva
tions and their bodies had been
thrown overboard, The death roll of
the lost freighter now stands at fif
teen,
Went Limit of Endurance.
Twenty-seven other members of the
crew were saved by the Cunaréd liner
Franconia and the steamer Manhat
tan after two days of exposure.
The survivors last rescued had lived
on a few ship's biscuits and a cask of
water, which long since had been ex
hausted. They had gone the limit of
human endurance, Hope for this
missing third boat had been aban
doned after a dozen trans-Atlantic
liners searched for five dayvs within a
wide radius of the spot where the Co.
lumbian burst into flames.
Teire, whose hair had been whit
ened by his frightful adventure, had
sufficiently recovered to-day to teli
something of the experiences of him
self and his eompanions as they skirt
ed the shores of death:
“When we put off from the Colum
bian, we had only a little food and
water with us, but we were near (ne
steamer lane and expected to be
picked up soon,” said the seaman.
“The weather was cold and we were
cramped and stiff in the boat, but we
cheered each other the best we
could. Throughout the first night at
sea some of us were able to get a lit
tle sleep, but we set ewatches to keep
an eye open for steamr lights. On the
second day we saw three ships, but
they were too far away to be sig
naled, although we tied our coats to
oars and waved them until the ves
sels passed from view,
Wrung Water From Garments.
“By the end of the second day near
ly all our bizcuits had been eaten and
about half of uor water had bean
drunk, but shortly afterward it began
to rain, and at frequent intervals un
til we were rescued rain feil. This
saved us from the horrors of thrist at
gea, for we managed to catch some of
the water by spreading out garmen's
until they were soaked, then we
would wring them out, catching the
precious .draps of fresh water.
“Some of the boys had pipes, but
they had only a little tobacco, and we
passed the pipes from one man to
another. It was as lonesome as it
could be, and some of the men began
to lose heart when the third and
fourth days passed without any ship
coming within range of us. Some of
the boys were getting flightly and be
gan to talk strangely.
“Whenever a man died, we sang
hymns and threw the body overboard
right away. This quick disposition of
the bodies was necessary, because
when a man is starving and can not
get food no one knows what he will
do.
“We wore thick leather boots when
we took to the hoat, which was a god
send to us. When the pains of hunger
became unendurable, we cut the
leather into strips and chewed what
nourishment we cowld gete from it
This and the dirty water which we
secured from our clothing when it
rained furnished our only sustenance.
Boy First to Go.
“All of us in the boat were grown
and hardened seamen, save one boy
named Lychgen, who was only 16
years old. He bore up bravely, out
the little chap was the first one lo
go. The men prayed and dropped his
body over the gunwhale. 1 had given
up all hope and was exhausted frem
hunger and delirious when we were
gaved.”
When the lookout of the Ceneca,
scanning the hordzon for bergs on the
fce patrol, sighted the small boat
through his glasses not a sign of life
was seen. The Seneca put on all speed
and racing to the lifeboat, sent her
gig alongside. The ema.c‘ated sur
vivors were quickly transferred to
the deck of the cutter and brandy
forced between the parched lips.
$225,000 Is Cost
0f Sulzer’s Removal
ALBANY, N. Y., May 14.—1 t cost the
Etate $226,000 to impeach Governor Sul
yer. Attorney General Carmody figured
this out after authortzing the payment
of a mnzuritv of the bills and cutting in
half a $76,000 additional claim.
Sixty thousand dollars was divided b
Alton B. Parker, John B. Smhflok{
Edgar T. Breckett, Isidor Kresel adn
Hiram C. Todd, conung to the glroucu
tion, and $40,000 by D. %y errick,
Louis Marshall, Austen Q. oéhw7
D. Hinman, Roger W artes J,
Herrick, lawyers for 3
THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS.
WAR IN-MEXICO IS FUN,
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s Praiticns
Some personal and intimate views
of the war in Mexico are supplied in
letters from Homer Pettis, an Atlan
ta boy and a marine, now on war
Iduty near Vera Cruz, to his family at
No. 9 Oliver street. Homer recently
‘has been photographed, with his
;"bunkie.” John Stinson, with whom
| he marches and tents and cooks and
' fights—that is, fights the Mexicans
when the opportunity offers,
Here is an extract from a recent
letter, which indicates that the blue
packets are not having a very severe
time in the pursuit of the game of war
—which they evidently regard as
grand sport:
“1 know you are all flustered about
this war business” writes Homer,
“but lam not. It's great fun, I like
to sleep in the woods and eat out of a
tin pan and drink from a canteen.
John and 1 are side by side all the
time, marching, fighting or sleeping.
And old ‘Betgy'—that's the pet name
for the trusty Springfleld—has six
‘steel bullets in her, ready to fly at
any moment, and I have 286 more in
my belt, and I can load about as fast
as any sniper in the Mexican army, I
guess. .
“We are having a swell time of i
down here. The U, 8. S. Montana
left for the States to-day with some
of the dead and 125 marines and 73
bluejackets but I guess we have
enough left to stop Huerta and his
army, and then some.”
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Put Prisoners in
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An old Piggery
PROVIDENCE, R. l—.— May 15.—Fifty
inmates at the State prison are housed
in an unusued piggery in the prison
yard, while sup;Eie.s are in the work
‘b'?‘:'e cots are placed :l:s: faghion, with
no ventilation save a 8 1 opening near
the roof.
Crowds See Robbers
Take Downtown Safe
CHICAGO, May 15.4-»—x~n plain view of
hundreds of pedestrians, robbers car
ried a 1,000-pound safe from a window
in a loop restaurant to the basement,
where it was blown open and $B7O
in currency obtained.
Wall Is Removed to
Rescue 267-Ib. Man
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Militants Attack
Homes of Leaders
- Of Unionist Party
LONDON, May 14, —Militant suf
fragettes turned from their attacks
upon Liberals to-day and opened fire
upon the Unionists. The residences
of Lord Lansdowne, Conservative
leader in the House of Peers, and Sir
Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster
Unionists, were both ralded by mill
tant members of the Women's Social
and Political Union,
Mrs. Dacre I'ox went to the resi~
dence of Lord Lansdowne and de
manded admisgion, The butler slam
med the door in her face, and the en
raged suffragette commenced beating
a mad tattoo upon the door with her
fists, A crowd soon collected, among
which were a number of sympathiz
ers. Policemen arrested Mrs, Fox
after a flerce struggle.
In the meantime “General” Flora
Drummond and three companions
were enacting a similar scene at the
regidence of Sir Edward Carson,
A big crowd gathered in the street
outside, and the women were cheered
as they hammered away at the door.
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Gen.’ Coxey's Army
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Dwindles to 6 Men
FREDERICK, MD. May 18 —De
serted by all his “army” except six
privates, “General” Jacoh Coxey Is
here belatea in his march on Wash
ington. He expects to reach Wash
ington Tuesday or Wednesday.
The “general,” Mrs. Coxey and their
daughter headed the cavalcade to
day. Their son on the mule Maud
and a bugler and drummer on foot
followed. Coxey says he will continue
to Washington even if deserted by all
but his own family, {
Court Reverses Self;
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Saves U. 8.31 Millions
WASHINGTON, May 18.—~The Court
of Claims to-day reversed Its previous
decision in the “divisor™ cases. Under
the original judgment, the United Btates
would have been liable to payments of
more than $31,000,000,
The suits arose out of the welghing
‘ot the malls carried for the Govern
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10 REOPENVOTE
ONVANDERBILT
QUESTION
General Conference Determines to
Refer Whole Matter to Special
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Committee.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 18, —Dis
cussion of the Vanderbilt University
matter, which was (nought to have
been finally séttled Saturday night,
was re-opened for general discussion
upon the floor of the general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, to-day.
Shortly after noon the conference
a!most unanimously veted to re
consider the ballots taken Saturday
night by which the majority report
was adopted and the minority veport
wus lost,
This action followed a three-hour
discussion upon the floor,
This procedure does not indicate
that the conference desires to reverse
its action of Saturday, as evidenced
later by the unanimous adoption of
a motion that the whole Vanderbilt
matter be recommitted to the special
committee with ingtructions to pre
pare a reportscarrying out the spirit
of the majority report and incor
porating a provision that the board
of education shall exercise the right
of confirmation of trustees of ,Van
~derbilt until the transfer of all right
and ttle to the putronizing confer
ences. The majority report recom
mends the transfer of whatever right
the general conference might have in
the university back to the patroniz
ing conferences,
Declaration of Principles,
By action of the conference to-day
the committee is instructed to incor
porate the following provisions in its
report, .
“That the General Board of Educa
tion, until such time as tlhte transfer
to the patronizing conference's is
complete, shall exercise the right of
the church in the confirmation of
trustees of Vanderbilt Unilversity.
The right of confirmation implies of
necessity the right to reject any per=
son selected by the board of ftrus
tees, who, in the judgment of the
general conference or it sagents, the
:vourd of education' considers ineligi
vle,
“That the Board of Education is
instructed to confirm no person as
trustee unless satisfied that such per.
son will endeavor to carry out the
purposes of the representatives of the
church in the establishment of the
university and the purposes of the
General Conference in the making of
the contract with the board of trus
tees in 1898,
Plan for Transfer.
“That the patronizing conferences
are requested to elect one comm!is
gloner each to work in co-operation
with the educational commission au
thorized and created by the Vander
bilt committee, in the accomplish
ment of the transfer of the rights (o
the patronizing conferences and the
legal procedure necessary to enforce
the same in the assertion of th
rights to Vanderbilt University.
“That the Board of Education shall
safeguard to the utmost the interests
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South in Vanderbilt University in
every way, and especially by electing
trustees who will carry out the aim of
those who fouuded and jabored to de
velop a great university for the train
ing of our ministers.”
The speclul Vanderbilt committee
was called to meet to-night at 8
o'clock to prepare a report in accord
ance with the instructions,
The conference to-day voted to hoid
sessions In the evening in order to
conclude the work of the conference.
Dr. A, J. Lamar, one of the publish
ing agents, stated that the treasurer
had only $31,000 with which to pay
the conference expenses, and that if it
continued longer than next Monday
the fund would be exhausted.
Federal Troogz to
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’ Stay in Colorado
- WASHINGTON, May 18.—President
‘Wilson will not withdraw the Federal
troops from the strike district of
Colorado until there Is some radical
change in the situation there. This
conclusion was reached to-day after
a conference between the President
and Representative Keating, of Colo
rado.
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Rich Planter Killed
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In Row Gver Pigeons
MEMPHIS, TENN., May 14§, 8,
Simmons, a farmer, shot and Kkilled
Walter 8, Rayburn early to-day be
cause Rayburn objected to Simmonsg
raising pigeong on his farm just
across the Tennessee and Misslssippl
State line.
Simmons Is in jail at Hernando,
Miss, Both are rich planters.
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