Georgia Historic Newspapers

    Atlanta Swtwl.
VOL. IV.
GREAT MINE HORROR
AT JOHNSTOWN, PA.
105 Killed and More Than
That Number Hurt in
Mine Explosion in
Pennsylvania.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa , July 11.—Just as day
Woke through the pall of fog this morn
lag the grim details of the awful disaster
at the rolling mill mine of the Cambria
Steel company dawned with renewed
force on the thousands waiting for au
thentic news as to the extent of the ex
plosion.
Forty-seven dead bodies, all contorted
and many blackened an- burned. He
stretched on rough slabs in the Improvised
morgue in the armory building.
Forty more are in cars in the mine
ready to be borne out as fast as room
can be made for them.
The first statement of the disaster was
. given the Associated Press by General
Mine Superintendent George T. Robinson
at 7 o’clock this morning. He said:
•‘As to the direct cause of the explosion
I cannot exactly say. We know there was
an explosion of fire-damp in the sixth
right heading of a section commonly
known as the ’Klondike'
“So far as I can find out now. there *
were not more than three or four deaths
' from the explosion itself. The balance
ware caused by the after-damp.
“Our mine officials, the mine foreman,
Henry Rodgers, the fire boss, John Re
talllc. machine boss, William Robinson,
who is my brother, and a Slav, whose
name I do not know, were back eating
& lunch when the explosion occurred. They
immediately went down to the point of
the explosion to put the sloping* in order
to carry the air in Its proper channel
again. These were blown down by the
force of the expiceton. They, with the
exception of the assistant foreman and
one of the fire bosses, were overcome by
after-damp. They were found by a res
cuing party, and the chances are that all
will recover, with the exception of my
brother.
“As to the rescue work. I directed it to
commence just as soon after the explosion
as possible. We started in at 1 o'clock
p. m. We started working our way down
by putting up brattices In order to carry
the air in with us. I suppose it was 10
o’clock at night before we came across
the bodies of the living. Doctors John
Lowman and John Hannan went down
with us. They carried tanks of oxygen
with them and were emptied with good ef
fect on the living.
•Twenty more we found later on. They
were scattered through that section of
the mine. Most of them were on their
way out when caught by the fatal after
dunp.
When the bodies of the victims came
from the mine a long line of undertaker's
wagons and picnic wagons were in wait
ing to take them on the round about route
to the morgue in the city. There they
were backed up to a door and a large
force of police were ready to check the
great throngs from pressing in too close.
Body after body was dragged from the
wagons and borne inside. All of them
'- were blackened and unrecognisable until
the undertakers got to work. The head
of one man was crushed and the only
means of identification will be by his
check number. All of the bodies were cold
and stiff.
The arm* of most of them were twisted
in front of them as if to shield their faces
from fire. The left hand of one man was
torn -o— at the wrist.
. The bodies now recovered were all found
about two miles in from the main pit
mouth. The headings leading from the re
gion off to the le*«- where it is expected
most of the dead will be found, may not
be entered by the searchers today.
Outside the property loss, this catastro
phe will cost the Cambria Steel company
a large sum. The company has for many
years past patd to the head of every fam
ily killed in its employ 31.000, outside of
what it expended for medical purposes,
and it has paid every man who has lost
an *ye. limb or became otherwise partlal
-ly disabled the sum 8600. It is said that
‘ tbe.rule will not be deviated from.
THRILLING ESCAPES •
TOLD BY SURVIVORS
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. July 11.—The stories
of the men who escaped are miraculous.
» 108 Foster, an assistant foreman in the
Klondike mines, was among the first
to emerge from the Mill creek shaft.
Shortly after Powell Griffith, a fire boss,
up. Foster was in his office when
the explosion occurred. His first thought
was for the safety of the men under his
charge With the help of foreman Roberts
an effort was made ta replace a few of the
doors. All the while the fire
damp was closing around them. They did
not fatter for an instant, but straight into
midst of danger they went. They thought
“save the meft" was paramount. Through
galleries into headings, warning and help
ing. the two men went. Roberts fell, but
Foster staggered on. whither he hardly
knew. In the midst of the danger he met
Powell Griffith, the fire boss. He had
faced what seemed certain death In an ef
fort* to save his pen.
Forward they went, dragging a comrade
into a possible place of safety here, giving
a word of warning there until human en
durance could stand the strain no longer.
Exhausted they staggered Into a heading,
where the fire damp had not entered.
There they rested for a moment and then
plunged forward—where they did not
know—until finally they wandered into a
water level and through it reached a place
of safety.
Tom Foster said:
“How I escaped I do not know* It seems
like a terrible nightmare. Hundreds of
times I gave up hope, but from sheer In
stinct I stumbled forward until finally I
reached a place of safety."
John Whitney. who was beyond the dip
when the explosion took place, said:
"I was at the heading one half mile
from the explosion. Several dosen were
overcome by the damp or gas and I had
ail I could do to escape. After the ex
plosion we went back to rescue the less
fortunate and nearly lost our lives. We
got one man and saved his life. I did not
see my father, who was struggling to get
out. I don't think many outside of the
drivers escaped.”
William Malcolm was in the upper part
of the mine when the explosion came. •
“The first I knew of the trouble,” he
ea |d, “was when men came running from
what is known as the dip, or lower sec
tion. They came running without hats,
coats and some without clothes and In a
terrible state of excitement. Ag near as I
can remember not more than ten came
that way. ®nd they escaped, leaving at
least » In the dip.”
MADE WAY TO FREEDOM
OVER MANY QftAD BODIES
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Julf tfj.—The catas
trophe occurred in the ee/ Jon of the mine
known among miners as “Klondike.”
The section is about a mile and a half
from the main entrance of the rolling
•dll mine.
The few sarrivon who have escaped
from the depths of the mine describe the
condition to be frightful. Outside of the
Klondike the mines are safe and unin
jured. Within the fatal limits the havoc
wrought by the explosion Is fearful. Solid
walls of masonry three feet in thickness
were torn down as though made of pa
per. The roofs of the mine were demol
ished and mot a door remains standing.
In the face of these difficulties even the
most heroic efforts toward rescue seem
hopeless.
Miners who left the mine byway of the
mill creek entrance brought horrible sto
ries of crawling over the dead bodies of
their comrades.
Two young men who were at work in the
Klondike when the explosion occurred es
caped byway of the air shaft heading up
through the Kernville hill from the mine.
A fan house now out of use stands at the
top of this air shaft. This way the young
men. slek and dlssy from nauseous after
damp, or black damp, reached safety.
They told how they had walked across
dead bodies -to pure air and light. How
many they did not know.
105 MINERS ARE DEAD;
115 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. July U.—One hun
dred and five are now dead from Thurs
day's explosion at the rolling mill mine of
the Cambria Btee! company.
.It Is not probable that this record will
Sb swelled to any great extent, and In no
case Is It expected the list will exceed 110
or 115.
The mine workings which It was dan
gerous to enter yesterday, were .thor
oughly explored by a searching party
during the night. At 3 o’clock this morn
ing the charred and mutilated bodies of
15 victims were brought to the west end
of the pit and taken to the morgue. The
bodies were found in the upper end of No.
8, right heading, where the explosion oc
curred. The bodies were all lying far in
from the point of the explosion, and it is
not believed the heading will be entirely
cleared of the obnoxious gasea
Three deaths occurred during the night
at Cambria hospital. These were among
the last Hvlng miners that were brought
from the mine yesterday In an unconscious
condition.
Another of these Is In a precarious con
dition. *
It was learned at the pit mouth today
from the mine officials that every head
ing and chamber both to the right and
left of the main Klondike heading would
be penetrated during the night, and that
not a trace of any dead or living victims
were found.
It is admitted that some might have
crawled into obscure workings in their
flight from the after-damp which followed
the explosion, and these succumbed to
the fatal influence of the gas.
. Many funerals will take place today.
Every undertaker in Johnstown has as
many on his hands as he can well attend
to. Inquiries were made at the mine offices
and the morgue by relatives of four miss
ing. They are foreigners.
Mine Superintendent George T. Robinson
says It Is plain the men have been lost In
some pocket of the mine where they went
to escape the fire damp, and when escape
was cut oft were caught by it.
The party of rescurers which completed
the exploration of the mine, went m at
8 o’clock last evening and came out at 8
o’clock today. The long search was re
warded when they reached far bac- In No.
8 right heading, the searchers coming
across the blackened and charred bodies
of 16 men shortly after midnight. Mine
Superintendent George T. Robinson said
today that the mine would be ready for
work by Monday. He said there has not
been the slightest danger from explosion
since the original and only one of Thurs
day. The mine, he admitted, especially the
section known as “Klondike," always con
tained gas. It did not exist in dangerous
quantities there, he said, and to cause
an explosion some one must have vio
lated the rules as to lights. Superintend
ent Robinson strongly recommends the
Johnstown rescuers for their bravery in
saving the lives of 15 or more men. When
we made our first dash into the mine, he
said, we were taking our lives in our
hands as none knew what was beyond in
our course. The doctors came in and fol
lowed our lead without the slightest tre
mor. State Mine Inspector J. T. Evans
reached the pit mouth at 8 this morning.
There he was joined by Chief inspector
James E. Roderick, who came here last
night. At ‘ 9 o’clock this morning there
was 16 bodies left at the morgue.
Dr. J. Frank Taylor, one of the rescu
ing party, who has made many trips into
the mine is confident that there are many
more bodies in the mine and that the list
of dead will be greatly increased. A num
ber of rooms have been entered and In
these Dr. Taylor expects many bodies to
be found. Total dead bodies Is 108. Os
those taken to the Memorial hospital
three have died. This brings the dead so
far known up to 111. In the Memorial hos
pital there are still 146 patients, making a
total of 125 living and dead who have been.-
brought from many of the mines.
* Mayor Pendry at noon made the positive
statement to the Associated Press that
there was 106 dead and 114 injured. Many
of the latter may die, as the extreme dan
ger of pneumonia is setting In.
ROOSEVELT IS PLEASED
WITH MINNESOTA PLANK
WASHINGTON,. July 12. -President
Roosevelt believes that by the time con
gress comes together again that the de
mand for reciprocity with Cuba by the
people will be overwhelming. It is for
this reason that he intends to make Cu
ban reciprocity a feature of his speeches
this summer and fall. This Is also the
feeling of the senators who stood by the
president and reciprocity during the ses
sion just passed.
The president is pleased more with the
Cuban plank in the Minnesota Republican
convention's platform than with the simi
lar plank in the platform of any other
state. It meets his ideas exactly and it
seems the sentiment of the Republicans of
the state of Minnesota regarding Cuba is
not what the president has been led to be
lieve from talks with the Minnesota dele
gation tn congress.
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
REGAINS HER REASON
TERRELL, Tex., July 12.—The young
woman who was found wandering In the
street* of El Paso two weeks ago, appre
hended. tried <br lunacy and committed
to the North Tbxas Insane asylum In this
city a week ago, regained consciousness
and lucidity today and gave her name as
Ada Barker, of New York.
Dr. J. I. Turner, superintendent of the
asylum, says it Is the most extraordinary
case of double consciousness or recurring
dementia on record.
Miss Barker Is 30 years old. She says she
was once before in an asylum. In May
TfiLKOFftNNEXATION
fIRUTUL, SJYS
com.
CUBA SHOULD BE GIVEN CHANCE
TO STAND ALONE, THINKS THE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM
WISCONSIN.
WASHINGTON, July 12.—"1 consider all
talk of the annexation of Cuba atthe
present time absolutely brutal, said Rep
resentative of Wisconsin, chair
man of the house committee on Insular
affairs today. ..
Without discussing the relative merits
of the resolutions for the annexation of
Cuba introduced by Senator Elkin* and
Representative Newlands. Mr. Cooper an
nounced that he was unqualifiedly oPP°««d
to the agitation of this question at the
present time.
"We have launched Cuba as a new re
public among the nations of the world
and it certainly would not be In keeping
with our pledgee to her and to «»•
-certainly not within the spirit. If within
the letter, of these promlses-if before
her government had been given an opp
tunlty to demonstrate what It could do
we should Inaugurate a movement for an
nexation. No doubt many wealthy Amer
icans having large financial
Cuba, as well as the wealthier classes
there, would prefer annexation to A Cu
ban republic, but I it brutal to
undertake to force annexation upon the
Island, which I believe is the object of
those who favor annexation at present
“I will not say what I would do In case
the annexation question came to a vote
in the house. But at present I am opposed
to any agitation of the questloin because
It can have but one result, to discontent
the Cubans with their government by
showing them the great advantages of
commercial and political union with the
Lnlted States. The adoption of the Platt
amendment, against which I voted, ha*
made Cuba dependent upon us and we
a’- responsible for her success. I think,
therefore, we should give her commercial
advantages by means of a reciprocity
treaty, for after the great sums expend
ed by the United States government and
the money put In circulation In Cuba by
large American Investments, the drop to
present conditions must be very painful
to the Cubans. A stringency In the money
markets of Cuba will certainly lead to
disaffection and the spark of dlseontent
can eanlly be fanned Into a flame by agi
tation in favor of the annexation of
Cuba.
“I have nothing to say In particular as
to the advocacy of annexation by cer
tain prominent American statesmen or
the resolutions of Senator Elkins and Rep
resentative Newlands, but I think the en
tire movement is at present 111-advised.”
OUARREFoVeTA
SMALL ISLAND
HONOLULU, July 3, via San Francisco,
July 12.—1 tls not unlikely that interna
tional complications may result between
the United States and Japan as the result
of the local people taking possession of
Marcus Island, a small guano island, ly
ing about 2,800 miles west of Honolulu and
about 1,000 miles southeast of Yokohoma.
An expedition Is to leave here next week
under command of Captain A. A. Rose
hill, for the purpose of occupying the is
land as Rosehill was recently granted title
to the Island by the United States. If the
experience of Captain Pierce, of the trans
port Sheridan, Is to be taken as an Indi
cation the services es an American war
ship may be made necessary to place
Rosehill in possession.
About fourteen months ago Captain
Pierce stopped at Marcus Island for the
purpose of adjusting his Instruments. He
headed a party and went ashore In the
steam launch. He was met on the beach
by about twenty Japanese, many of whom
were armed with rifles and who ordered
the American* to leave the island at once.
Seeing that the display of' arms did not
frighten the visitors the spokesman of
the Japanese produced a purported official
document from the Japanese government
and flourished this paper before Captain
Pierce.
An exploration of the Island disclosed
the fact that the Japanese were evidently
at work obtaining guano. Captain Pierce
made no attempt to molest the Japanese.
He was then not aware of Rosehlll's claim.
Captain Rosehill expects to sail for his
Island on July 11.
ENGLAND WILL BUILD
FORT AT HALIFAX PORT
NEW YORK, July 11.—Royal engineers
will take the necessary measurements this
week, says a World special from Halifax,
N. 8., for the proposed new fortification
which will be larger and more powerfully
armed than that at York redoubt, which
is next to Gibraltar in impregnability.
The new fort will be constructed on
Devil’s Island, at the western entrance to
Halifax harbor. The military authorities
here received word from the London war
office to the effect that 31.250,000 will be
placed at the disposal of the authorities
for the first year’s work.
WAGON LOAD OF COFFEE
DESTROYED BY STRIKERS
CHICAGO, July 11.—Fifty or sixty
striking teamsters attacked a wagon load
ed with coffee which was being driven
along Jackson boulevard. The driver
took fright at the threatening demon
strations and deserted his wagon. The
strikers took possession of the load of
coffee and after cutting open the sacks
strewed the contents along the street.
Quite a crowd collected, but the police
soon cleared the street.
last she leYt New York with 3160 and two
trunks to go to the Neptune carnival at
Galveston. She got there, got Ih a car
riage for the Tremont hotel, and never
knew anything from that t'me until this
afternoon. •
She yet has some money, is elegantly
dressed, accomplished and is now writing
to her people.
The past several weeks are a blank to
her. She has no idea where her trunks are,
and has articles of dress that she does
not remember buying, yet thinks she
did so.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1902.
MW TMCEY
IS WOUNDED
IND ILL
OUTLAW, LAME ANO SUFFER
ING, STILL DEFIES ARREST
BUT IT IS BELIEVED THE MAN
HUNT IS NEAR AN ENO.
AUBURN, 'Wash., July 12.-10:50 A. M.—
Outlaw Tracy has. It is believed, been
definitely located a mile north of Green
river, nine miles east of Auburn.
He appeared at the house of Frank Po
tot, an aged rancher, at 6 o’clock last
evening and forced the occupants to give
him supper. A posse passed by but made
no attempt to enter the house and at
nightfall Tracy disappeared in the woods.
Tracy saw Fred Barnes coming up the
road and believing that a posse was In
close pursuit, ordered the couple into a
bed room, and standing guard at the door
with a rifle In his right hand and a revol
ves In his left.
Barnes and several of his posse soon
passed the house but without inquiring
for Tracy.
The outlaw then ordered the rancher to
drive him to town.
Potot convinced Tracy that he had no
horse capable of making the journey and
the outlaw made off on foot.
TRACEY VERY LAME)
IS REPORTED ILL
SEATTLE, Wash., July 12.—Tracey en
countered a rancher about half a mile
from the scene of hl* last night’s holdup
at 6 o'clock this morning. Tracey fired
one shot which went wild and then dis
armed the rancher and made off. The
rancher reports that Tracey was very
lame and apparently sick.
TRACEY IS WOUNDEDi
HUNT NEARS AN END
RAVENSDALE, Wash., July 12.
Harry Tracey, the hunted outlaw, prob
ably Is in the country between Covlng
tftn, Franklin and Ravensdale. At present
guards are out as far as Franklin on
the east and along the Northern Pacific
track. A strong poase is leaving from
Auburn.
Tracey Is wounded.
Sheriff Cudihee says there is no ques
tion that he is nearly used up. The sher
iff believes that the chase is nearing an
end. He says the utmost vigilance will
be used and it will be impossible for the
outlaw to get out of King county on any
railroad train, consequently he must walk,
and as the roads are watched and every
farm house Is so well covered that a visit
would be reported within a few hours.
It seems to him that before many houfs
the man-hunt will be over.
Tracey was last seen on Green river,
about two miles southwest of Black Dia
mond, last night by Frank Pautot, a
rancher. The convict passed in front of
Pautot’s house and a distance be
yond took to the brush.
Pautot was so frightened that He pass
ed the night at the house of another
rancher. Twenty or thirty guards with
blood hounds have started for Pautot’s
house.
HARRY TRACEY DODGES
THE PURSUING OFFICERS
TACOMA, Wash., July 11.—A special to
the Ledger from Covington, Wash., early
this morning says:
Tracey has performed the marvellous
again and has slipped like a phantom
through a cordon of guards at the foot
of Sluice creek, fought a battle with the
'deputies a mile west of here and escaped
into the timber.
In the fighting no one was hurt, though
when the outlaw fired twice at T. F.
Crowe he was so close that the depuuty
could feel the burning powder as It was
blown from the gun. When darkness Jell
Tracey was thought to be securely penned
on the point of the western bluff„ wher*
he had lain concealed all afternoon.
Though the guards were stationed
thickly, one being posted every fifty feet,
he successfully eluded them and traveled
up the road bed of the Palmer cut off
toward Covington, five miles distant.
At 11:45 last night Tracey arrived at
the saw mill plant of the Covington Lum
ber company, a mile from this place.
Deputy Sheriffs J. C. Bunce, Galvin
and Crowe had been sent to guard this
point. Deputies Crowe and the Bunces,
father and son, had posted themselves
on the railroad near the saw mill at the
entrance of a big- cut near a rise in the
ground. They were hardly settled when
they heard footsteps approaching from
the Auburn side. The challenge to halt
was given.
“Hello,” responded the stranger.
"What’s your name?” demanded J. C.
Bunce.
“My name is Anderson,”
"As he gave this reply Tracey, for It
was he, started to run. The deputies
opened fire, but Tracey ran up the track
and a few yards further encountered
Deputy Sheriff Crowe.
"Who goes there?”
"A depuuty,” coolly responded the out-,
law.
Crowe, thinking it was the elder Bunce,
started to approach when Tracey com
menced shooting at close range. The bul
lets whistled harmlessly by, but Crowe
suffered slightly from the burning pow
der. After the shooting Tracey entered
the brush along the side of the track,
where he was lost In the blackness of the
night. •
Later Tracey attempted to board an
eastbound freight on the north side of
Sluice creek, but was unable to catch
it. The conductor of another train re
ports that while running near the saw
mill some one called for him to stop, and
it is thought It was Tracey and that he
may have been wounded in the battle
before midnight.
A man thought to be Morrill appeared
yesterday at the homte of a farmer a few
miles east of Ravendale.
AUBURN, Wash., July 13.—The officers
have been unable to locate Tracey, but
still believe they have him surrounded.
salisburydOTF
BALFOUR SUCCEEDS
LONDON, July 13.—The marquis of
Salisbury has resigned the premiership of
Great Britain and Right Hon. A. J. Bal
four, the first lord of the treasury and
government leader in the house of cortf
mons, has been appointed to succeed hl'm.
The marquis of Salisbury tendered hl*
resignation at an audience which he had
with King Ed—ard last Friday.
Yesterday Mr. Balfour visited the king
and accepted the premiership.
CANADA SURPRISED
AT CHARGES MADE
BY UNCLE SAM
AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE BOR-
DER DECLARE THAT CASE IS IN
THE COURTS AND THERE
IS NO DELAY.
TORONTO, Ont., July 12.—A dispatch to
the Globe from Ottawa, Ont., says:
Surprise is expressed here at the com
plaint by a legal representative of Unit
ed State* that vexatious delays have oc
curred in connection with the extradition
of Messrs. Gaynor and Greene, and the
reported intention of the Washington au
thorities to complain to the imperial gov
ernment Is scarcely credited.
The case is In the courts and If counsel
for the prisoners take advantage of the
technicalities In the Interest of their cli
ents, delays are unavoidable. But for this
perhaps the federal authorities are not to
be held responsible.
The law clearly sets forth the course to
be followed in an extradition case. Judg
ment must be rendered In accordance with
the facts brought out. Should the evi
dence justify a commitment for extradi
tion, the judge or extradition commission
forwards the evidence to the department
of justice at Ottawa, together with his
report, when the latter issues a warrant
for extradition. The department has ho
right to intervene unless the offense which
extradition Is sought is a political one.
Sufficient grounds for extradition of the
accused can be established the two men
will be handed over in due course."
CANADIAN LAWYERS ARE
SURPRISED AT CHARGES
NEW YORK, July 12.—There was much
discussion at the courthouse and in the
legal offices over the latest developments
of the Gaynor-Greene cases, says a Que
bec dispatch to The Times, the balance of
opinion being in opposition to thb preten
sions of the United States authorities and
the report thereto by Marion Erwin.
C. A. Pentland. K. C., of the flrm re
tained by the United States authorities,
refused, however, to talk of the matter.
He said:
"We make no comments to newspapers,
we reserve our opinion for our clients,
and we are not looking for advertising.”
This probably very fairly represents the
opinion of the lawyers who are represent
ing the United States. They are content
simply to await developments.
Hon. S. N. Paret, premier of the prov
ince of Quebec, said:
"I was much amused at the latest move
of the United States authorities. As for
the charges against the minister of justice
and myself, they' are simply ridiculous.
We are both In public life and have no
time for cases, but the fact that Mr.
Taschereau lain partnership with us should
not prevent him from making a living by
his profession, and at any rate, granted
that we have followed me case with some
Interest, what effect can that have? We
are lawyers, not judges, and so long as
the case Is In the courts any Interference
by us would be an Impossibility.
"Speaking of the case itself, however,
the United State* authorities Were badly
advised when they openly stated that they
could not get justice In proceeding against
the prisoners in Quebec. By these means
they aroused a bitter public opinion
against themselves and the sensational
way In which the case began by the kid
naping of the prisoners did not strength
en their case. The later developments of
the case, when the second write were
served, simply showed that the counsel
for the defense were a little more alert
than tneir opponents.
Mr. Chauveau said that undoubtedly he
had made a mistake in being the son of an
extradition commissioner, but now that
such was the case, he trusted that the
plaintiffs would overlook it and permit
him to practice his profession as an ad
vocate.
SLA STBPENTAGAIN
SIGHTED IN
IWIG
THIS TIME THE MONSTER IS SEEN
GOING NORTH BY PILOTS
OFF CRANBERRY
/ HEADING.
NEW YORK, July 12.—Again the sea
serpent has been sighted. According to a
World dispatch from Halifax It measures
200 feet in length and was observed by
pilots off Cranberry Head. It Is alleged
to have come near the entrance of the
harbor and then passed on to the north.
The American steam yacht Wacouta,
with J. J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railway and his party, was com
ing Into the harbor at the time, and It is
said was obliged to haul out of the ser
pent’s way.
WAS MURDER DONE
IN CASE OF ERWIN?
WEST POINT, Ga., July 12.—The twin
cities were shocked a few months ago
by finding the mangled remains of Mr.
Emmett Irwin on a railroad track. He
was supposed to have been killed by a
train. It is understood this afternoon
that a party who knew that Irwin was
murdered and put on the track has given
the names of those who were guilty of
the crim* to officers and If the parties
named can be located attests will be
made and justice administered. Sensa
tional developments are expected "to fol
low.
RAIN WORTH MILLIONS
IS FALLING IN GEORGIA
It is announced at the agricultural de
partment at the capitol today that the
rains which have occurred during the past
two days have been worth millions of dol
lars to the farmers throughout Georgia,
Many sections of the state were burning,
so dry had been the weather and the
ground, but from reports received by the
department the rains have been general
in nearly every section of the state and
great benefit will be derived.
In some sections, however, It Is thought
that the rain came entirely too late a* the
KITCHENER IS GIVEN
A ROYAL WELCOME
MAD AND JEALOUS,
HUSBAND KILLS
THREE.
RUNS AMUCK, KILLS WIFE, MOTH
ER-IN-LAW, WIFE’S GENTLE
MAN FRIEND, WOUNDS
WIFE’S FATHER.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 12.—As a desire
for venegance In return for real or sup
posed wrongs. A. L. Belding, a bartender,
shot and killed his wife, bls mother-in
law and a male Inmate of the house, and
fatally wounded his father-in-law. The
dead are:
MRS. A. L. BELDING, his wife.
MRS. L. M. CROSKEY, his mother.
FRANK WOODSWORTH, an Inmate of
the McCroskey house.
Fatally wounded:
I* McCroskey, father-in-law.
Belding has not lived with his wife for
some time. He was jealous of Woods
worth, whom he suspected was on Inti
mate terms with Mrs. Belding.
Going to the McCroskey home, at the
corner of Fifth and Flanders streets, he
gained admittance and meeting Wood
worth in the hallway, drew a revolver In
each hand, exclaiming:
"You first!” firing as he spoke.
Woodworth fell to the floor mortally
wounded.
Mrs. Belding- rushed upoi her husband
and was shot down by the Infuriated
man.
Then the parents of Mrs. Belding came
to the hallway and were both shot by
Belding.
After his bloody work was finished Beld
ing walked out of the house and gave
himself up. When asked for the cayse of
the terrible crime, Belding simply said:
"These people have been misusing me
for years, and I am sorry that I did not
kill them all. They are a bad lot.”.
SGOIWIABD
IB WAGTHING
ANARCHISTS
BRITISH DETECTIVE BUREAU HAS
HAD ITS HANDS*ULL^-ANARCH-
HAVE QUARRELED
AND FOUGHT.
LONDON, July IB.—The authorities of
Scotland yard have been heavily taxed
throughout the period, destined for the
coronation festivities by their supervision
of the anarchists and political refugees
who flocked to London from abroad and
whom the presence of so many foreign
princes made it necessary to watch very
carefully. It is understood that over one
thousand anarchists and political refuges,
some of the former being quite notorious,
have been under the surveillance of the
Scotland yard people. This surveillance
was so keen as to lead the objects thereof
to suspect betrayal by their comrades,
with the result that there have been sev
eral severe quarrels at the anarchists'
club lately In which many members were
stabbed.
TRAINING STATION FOR NAVY
WIL BE ERECTED ON LAKES
WASHINGTON, July 12.—Rear Admiral
Taylor and Civil Engineer Rosseau have
been appointed by Secretary Moody to
constitute a board to determine on a site
for a naval training station on the Great
Lakes. They will report to Secretary
Moody In time for |ilm to report In turn
to congress at the next session.
Rear Admiral Bradford has been In
formed that a settlement has been affected
with the heirs of the Bishop estate In Ho
nolulu who own the land bordering on
Pearl harbor, Honolulu, where the new
naval station is to be established, where
by this government gets a fee simple title
to the site for 352,000.
Proceedings at the appeal of the navy
department will begin In October in the
circuit court of San Francisco to deter
mine the amount of damages to be paid
the Honolulu Sugar company, lessees of
the island. They were in a previous hear
ing of the jury awarded 3102,500, which Is
considered excessive.
CUBAN~GOVERNMENT TELLS
UNCLE SAM HE MUST MOVE
WASHINGTON, July 12.—The state and
navy departments In Washington are
rather surprised at a request just received
from the government of Cuba. The request
is that the bureau of equipment of the
navy department at once vacate the
wharves used by the nai*y for coaling
purposes at Trtscornla, just across the
bay from Havana. ,
During the military occupation of th*
island the army leased large warehouses
at this point and constructed a large
wharf. After the evacuation on May 20th
the navy department placed a large
amount of coal upon the wharves, as It
was very convenient for vessels coaling in
the West Indies.
The Cuban government has asked,
through Minister Squires, that this gov
ernment cease at once using this point as
a coaling place. As the wharves were con
structed by the United States army, the
request Is considered uncalled for.
the crops had been ruined before. From
all luat can be learned there are not more
than one or two counties that have not
had general rains during the past week.
Today rain Is said to have fallen all over
the state and from present indications It
is likely to continue for several days.
Both Commissioner Stevens Aid Assist
and Commissioner Wright are in Griffin,
but one of the officials in the department
of agriculture, stated that the rain was
worth from two to three mlllioa dollars
In Georgia alone, and many million to the
south. _ .
No Warrior’s Home Com
ing Ever Received
With Greater En
thusiasm.
LONDON,
reached London at 12:48 p. m. and his
passage through the metropolis was one
of the most memorable of the many re
markable of the past three years.
The small procession of carriages and
his staff in simple serviceable veldt dress,
lacked the spectacular features, but evi
dently the crowd was there in its tens of
thousands to see the man of the hour
and not a pageant.
From the moment he set foot in London
to the time of his disappearance beneath
the portal of St. James palace Kitchener
received such an outburst of popular
enthusiasm as quite overshadowed the
demonstrations on previous and similar
occasions.
When Kitchener’s train arrived,
punctual to the minute, a tremendous
cheer greeted the latest hero as he
emerged from his car and shook hands
with the Prince of Wales. He stood head
and shoulders above nearly every one
on the platform and his workmanlike
khaki uniform, with the large sun-helmet,
made familiar by his pictures, was in
striking contrast to the glittering uni
forms and rows of medals and orders
worn by most of those in waiting.
The reception lasted ten or fifteen min
ute*. when the Prince of Wales and other
members of the royal family drove off.
Lord Kitchener and Generals French and
Hamilton took seats in one of the roy
al carriages and followed by the brilliant
headquarters staff headed by Lord Rob
erts and an escort, left the station and
amidst loud cheering from those inside
which grew Into a perfect roar as Kitch
ener and his companions came In sight of
the great gathering outside.
In spite of his hatred of "palaver” the
popular general was obliged to submit to
the presentation of welcoming addresses
at Paddington and other points on his way
to St. James’ Palace, but his replies were
cut as short as politeness permitted and
he showed evident signs of relief when the
procession was resumed. ’
The route throughout was decorated
with Venetian masts, banners, flags and
streamers with monograms of welcome,
lined the way, colonials and Indian sold T
iers being utilised as well as the local
regiments.
At Victoria gate the mayor of West
minster presented an address to the na
tional hero, expressing high admiration of
his tenacious genius, indomitable energy
and devotion to duty, and Kitchener, with
the brevity habitual to him. uttered ten
words of thank and drove off.
The vast stands on Constitution hill
were crowded with people belonging to the
highest class of society, and Kitchener’s
well known antipathy to “drawing room
folk" immediately became apparent.
Whereas he had all smiles to the man-ln
the-stre*t, his features here became im
mobile and he contented himself with an
c d ttlWWy aatata antil be reached the
open ground In front of Buckingham pal
ace, where the popular ovation was re
peated.
. Shortly before the arrival of the proces
sion at Buckingham palace Qulen Alexan
dra and the pricesses appeared on a bal
cony and remained there until the victor
of South Africa passed in his triumphal
journey to St. James palace, which he
entered amidst a final hurricane of
cheers.
Kitchener and the generals who accom
panied him were entertained at luncheon
In the great banquettlng hall, where
covers were laid for 50 persons. The prince
of Wales occupied the central seat with
secretary of state for war. The haM was
Roberts opposite.
Even the renewed anticipations caused
by the announcements that the coronation
of King Edward will occur in August fails
to detract from the nation's absorbing in
terest in Its idol and its puxsle. Column*
A striking description of the new vis
count, doubtless founded on intimate
knowledge of the general,-appears in The
London Times today. It concludes a 3-
column review by Its special war corres
pondent of Kitchener's work in South Af
rica.
“For some reason,” says the correspond
ent, “after the Soudan campaign. Kitch
ener was represented as a cold, calculat
ing machine, hard and unbending in his
dealings with other men, a truly exaggef*
ated portrait. He possesses, indeed, •
character which Is firm, determined aiw
steadfast. When be faces a difficult proßj
lem all considerations foreign to solviffr
that problem are brushed aside; b<*
those who have been In contact with hij
can never say he is inhuman or unreasot
able. Doubtless he has faults. Perhaps
the greatest of these is his desire to sad
dle himself with the responsibility for
everything under his control and to be In
timately connected with more detail than
a human mind can conveniently embrace.
That he is feared by his subordinates 1*
true; but he certainly is loved by those
who have worked successfully for him.
Though he may have made mistakes in
judging the quality of some men, in the
main It will be found that the mistakes
were few and while he may not posses*
the magnetic Influence of some leaders In
winning the hearts of his subordinates,
he will always preserve his ascendancy
both as a soldier and as a statesman.
ON KITCHENER’S SHIP
IS CASE OF SMALLPOX
SOUTHAMPTON, July 12.—The Pacific
Steam Navigation company's steamer Oro
tava, which left Cape Town June 23d, with
Lord Kitchener and staff on board, ar
rived here at 8:30 o’clock this morning.
Owing to the fact that Major Gordon,
who also was a passenger on the steamer,
had been stricken with smallpox, - Lord
Kitchener and staff only were allowed to
land.
Lord Kitchener landed at 9:15 a. m. He
was accorded a magnificent welcome from
a huge throng of people . After a brief
official reception at the docks the general
was driven througn the decorated and
crowded streets to Hartley hall, where he
received an address from the chamber of
commerce expressing admiration of the
generalship, resource and skill with which
he had shown In South Africa and hoping
that the peace which he had secured
would be lasting and mark the beginning
of a new epoch of prosperity and com
mercial development throughout the em
pire.
In reply. Lord Kitchener declared that
whatever success had been achieved was
due to the rank and file of the army. He
thanked those who had looked after the
friends and relatives of those left behind
In South Africa. In response to clam
oflous calls General French and General
lan Hamilton also spoke the former re
marking that they had throughout been
Inspired by the example of their chiefs.
The freedom of the borough was conferred
on Lord Kitchener and the party was then
obliged to hurry away in order to meet
their London engagements. The progress
of Lord Kitchener and his companion* to
the railroad station was marked by *cena*
->f remarkable entbuslaam.
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