Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 June 1904 — Page 2

’| » . * @! ‘ + Che Ligonier Banner UGDNIER; s . INDIANA. - Chicago ctud women are discussing the problem of how to make men. eat what they don’t like. The easiest way "is to tell them it is not good for them. The California fruit crop is going to Dbe short this year, but Delaware has broken the ‘record by getting through . without letting the frost hurt her peachds.— o - e T TS RTR S Spain is scheming to have some of - her old debts paid by Cuba. It would - seem to be extremely foolish on the . _part of Spain to have any further trouble with Cuba. : A Bosten' man became a physical wreck after riding 500 miles in an automobile. As a rule it is not the man, ~ in the auto, but the one along the way, that. are converted into physical wrecks. ; - " Eastern doctors were declaring some time ago that we eat too much, but now here comes the Medical Record with the assertion that most people do not eat enough. The average appears to be about right. - A New York woman who was worth - 875,000 died the other day and left her husband only five dollars, because le hadn’t kissed her for nearly seven yvears. Permitting the heart to grow cid doesn’t always pay. o

. Immigrants from the lower strata of society have their drawbacks. Still, under the beneficent influence of free institutions we have in times past made some splendid citizens out of what looked like very poor raw material. o

Fdrmers who are fighting potato blight, alfalfa dust, corn smut, rice blast, apple canker, watermelon wilt and peach-leaf curl may expect to learn from the campaign orators what party they should support to cure theése evils, o+ = : .

How many party organs are there left among the great newspapers of the country? They can be counted on one’s fingers, and the few tha§ are left are not always to be relied upon as truly loyal.” The most marked change in American journalism of late years has f been its development cf independence. &

Mark Twain -‘has been grievously stricken, and the man of humor has become ;the man of sorrow. What effect his wife’s death will have upon Clemens’ genial humor it is hard to foretell, but it will take him some time to recover from the serious blow. The personal loss to Mark Twain promises to become a national loss to American literature. gl ;

Brazil appears to have caught the naval development fever, judging from the fact that a bill -has been presented to the Brazilian congress providing for the construction of 28 warships. Three of these are to be battle ships and three 'arfiqred cruis€rs. Should this building programme be carried into effect, Brazil will have, so far as ‘the number of ships is concerned, naval preponderance in South America. .

The Morocco bandit, Raisuli,- who kidnaped an American .citizen, stipulates. that he shall receive. $55,000 to be callected from his enemies, the goverrors of Fez apd Tangier; that he shall be free from all taxes; that the Moroccan troops shall be withdrawn from his district, and that he shall be granted amnesty for all offenses and be ~allowed to mame a new governor of Tangier. What an ideal walking delegate he would make. i

The New York Herald tells us tßat in hot weather we may safely eat ‘oranges, strawberries, apples, pears and bananas,- but that watermelons, cantaloupes, tucumbers, = cherries, peaches and pulms are dangerous. But human nature is perverse, and it will. doubtless keep on consuming watermelons, cantaloupes and peaches. ‘And why should it not? The question simply is Whether thefe delectable fruits are ripe, and not too ripe. Decayed or unripe fruit of all kinds s bad. But when it is as God made it it 18 .gogd. - ‘

Spain is financially better off than when she was loaded down with colcnies, which she had for generations administered feebly and corruptly, and which she had become incapable of administering at all. If Spain will now establish genuine free government, cut off the horde of privileged officeholders who sap her life blood, reduce her army, provide universal free schools and turn her attention to the developmen. of her own rich and néglected domain and untouched resources she may enter upon a new and lasting era of greatness. ;

Something(\zcarcely endurable in the way of molquito plague is needed to make the average man understand that much patient study, investigation ‘and experimentation have established the fact that the mosquito can be controlled -and ultimately exterminated; that his presence in a neighborhood is evidence of -local negligence and indifférence; that he is the most efficient and perhaps the sole agent of ‘so-called malaria inoculation, and that the cost of eliminating him is as nothing to the value of the benefits it would confer upon suffering humanity. :

. .Applications have been coming in for awards from the Carnegie hero fund, (it is sald, bearing the names of many candidates, and the judgment of the custodians of the $5,000,000 endowment fund will be followed with much inter—est in view of the inadequacy of even _that princely sum to provide suitable recognition for a small proportion of those whose deeds would seem to entitle them to it: 'The truth is that heroes are plentiful. In fact, not a day passes in which some act of conspicuons Bravery is not reported in the public prints. '

A WERK'S HISTORY

The Important Happenings of a

Week Briefly Told.

IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION

All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES 5 e ; : FROM WASHINGTON. : After six weeks of idleness the tieup on the gredt lakes has been declared off so far as the masters are concerned. . ° " There has been paid into the United States sub-treasury at St. Louis, by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company, $195,057.04, being the first payment on the loan of $4,600,000 made by congress. ,

The opposing factrons of the American Red Cross having elected an entire new set of officers, it is believed the troubles of the society have been adjusted satisfactorily. Former Surgeon General W. K. Van Ruypen, of the navy, is the new président.

THE EAST.

The former actress, Nan Patterson, indicted in New York for the murder of “Caesar” Young, pleaded not guilty and was remanded to the Tombs to await trial.

More than 400 members of the Salvation Army sailed from New York for Europe. They go to attend the international congress of the army, which is to be held in London from June 24 to July 8 Most of ‘the Salvationists will return to Pfiil;e United States July 26. o o

- European steamships landed - 3,000 cheap immigrants at New York. Of this number more than 1,200 are detained and probably will be deported. It is - estimated that 600 persons perished by burning,-crushing an;ljirowning in the 'East river, New Yorkyin a fire which destroyed the excursion steamer General Slocum, loaded with pleasure se€kers attending the annual Sunday school excursion of St. Mark’s German Lutheran church. Nearly 500 bodies have been recovered from the wreck, At Hoboken, N. J., Miss Amelia Zimmerman, daughter of Gus Zimmerman, the champion rifle shot, won a cup at the national schuetzenfest by making a score of 57 out of a possible 60. Miss Zimmerman had 121 male opponents.

—~ The secretary of the department of commerce and labor is in New York to investigate the horrer on board the excursion steamer General Slocum, on which it is now estimated about 700 persons lost their lives.

WEST AND SOUTH.

" In Chicago E."A Shanklin and Sfephen Wesley Jacobs were arrested by the federal authorities, charged with fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars through the operation of “wildcat” insurance companjes. " =l 5 The democratic state convention at Springfield, 111., nominated Lawresice B. Stringer for gcevernor and instruct ed the delegates to the national convention to vote for William R. Hearst. ‘Hon. E. C. Severance, aged 74, a prominent lawyer and pioneer of Minnesota, dropped dead as he was about to take a seat in a barber’s chair in Minneapolis. Former Cashier J. E. Leimer, of the bank of Princeton, Wis., was sentenced by Judge Burnell to serve one year in state prison on the charge of’ illegal banking. : : " Jonah Woods, a negro who lived about 25 miles from Lagrange, Ga., was lynched by other negroes because he threatened to report them to the grand jury for playing craps. : In Nashville, Tenn., the corner stone of a monument to the private soldiers of the confederacy, the tribute’ of the Nashville veterans to the enlisted men, was laid with impressive ceremonies.

At Warsaw, ‘lnd., the annual parade of the Indiana G. A. R. was given, 3,000 participating. : Heart disease caused the death of George H. Adams, a millionaire cattleman and owner of the Adams hotel in Denver, Col., after three years’ illness, aged 59 years. He owned the Baca grant of 100,000 agres in the San Luis valjey, A rehearing was refuséd by the court of appeals at Frankfort, Ky., to James Howard, sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged complicity in the Goebel conspiracy. Howard will carry his case to the United States supreme court. Union miners of Colorado obtained a writ of habeas corpus for President Moyer, of the Western Federation of Miners, from the federal court at St. Louis, and Gov. Peabody has issued an order bringing to an end martial law in San Miguel county and transferring Moyer from the “bull pen” to the custody of the civil autHorities. ;

Delegates of the Mississippi democratic convention were instructed for Judge Parker, but it is proviced that the vote of the delegation at St. Louis may be changed by consent. The death is announced of Dr. Nathan S. Davis, 87 years old, one of Chicago’s pioneer physicians. Dr. Davis had attained high rank in his profession. His name is associated with numerous'institutions, and his writings are authorities. He founded the American Medical association. e e

Two through passenger trains on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad collided at Caseyville, 111.,, and an' engineer was killed. ’ ;

David Cox.and Joseph Malcomb were killed by a fall of 12 feet of slate in the Kanawha Gas & Coal mine at Smithes, W. Va. i :

In Colorado the Amity dam, completed last year at a cost of $lOO,OOO, has been torn out by the high water in the Arkansas river. The loss is total. Immense damage is feared to Crops. While in Chicago Gov. Herrick, by long distance telephone, reprieved g murderer in Columbus (0.) penitentiary within two niinutes of electrocution. A disastrous fire at Norton, Wise county, Va.; destroyed the whole business section of the town, causing a loss of abdut’ $150,000. : _ The limited train on the Northern Pacific road was held up and dynamited near Bearmouth, Mont. The engineer was killed in a fight with the robbers.

In the case of E. D, Conger, manager of the Herald, of/Grand Rapids, Mich., charged with conspirg":y-in connection with the Lake Michigan water deal, the jury reported a disagreement. They were discharged. - x

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The bandit Raisuli has raised his demands for releasing Perdicaris and Varley, now insisting on being given control of four Moroccan provinces. and that three nations shall guarantee the performance of the sultan’s promises. Victory for the Japanese in a battle near Fuchow, Manchuria, im which 1,000 Russians are lost, is reported from Tokio to London newspapers. Seven thousand Russians are said to have fled in disorder, leaving all of their guns. Orders have been issued placing Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin in command of the division of the Philippines, succeeding Maj. Gen. J. F. Wade, the order to take effect in October.

A-hurricane, Bccompanied by heavy rain, destroyed the village of El Cobre, Cuba. Forty-five persons are known to be dead. The mines at Daiquiri are crippled and six of the employes have been drowned.

A force of Moorish troops of the worst tyvpe have landed at Tangier. There is alarm for Raisuli’s prisoners. The governor general of Finland, Count Bobrikoff, was shot :twice and mortally wounded by the student son of a senator. He was ]long regarded as the oppressor of Finland. 7 Gen. Stakelburg’s Russian:command, 50,000 strong, was defeated near Vafangow, and retreated, leaving guns, colors, dead and wounded behind. The Japanese army is in pursuit, with another force marching to cut off the Russians.

LATER NEWS,

- Gen. Bobrikoff, governor general of Finland, who was shot by an assassin at the entrance to the senate in Helsingfers, died of his wounds. ,

The Massachusetts prohibitionists made a departure from custom at their state convention in Boston when they placed a woman on their state ticket by nominating Mrs. Fannie J. Clary, of Williamsburg, for séci'eta;'y' of state.

It is stated that the grobbers who held up the Northern Codst Limited train on the Northern Pacific road, near Bearmouth, Mont., secured $65,000 from the safe in -the express car which they dynamited. s “Liabilities of commercial failures thus far reported for June aggregated $4,141,108, of which $1,854,762 were in manufacturing, $1,879,394 in trading, and $416,952 in other commercial lines. Rear Admiral James A. Greer, retired, U. S. N., died at his home in Washington. He was 72 years old and had been on the retired list since 1895. Secretary Cortelyou has placed his resignation in the hands of Presiden* Roosevelt. It will take effect on June 22, or immediately after Mr. Cortelyou has been elected chairman of the republican national committee.

Gen. Kuropatkin left Liaoyang to assume command of the army operating towards Port Arthur. g

William E. Hermon, city marshal of Pitkin, Colo., and deputy gheriff of Gunnison county, has been shot and instantly killed by Tim Sullivan, whom he was called .to arrest for threatening his wife. ! -

News has been sent to Raisuli through the shereef of Bazzan that -all his demands have been complied with. Elihu Root has been selected as temporary chairman of the republican national convention.

Preliminary examinations in the inquiry into the loss of the General Slocum developed evidence to show that the fire started in hay used to pack crockery. One inspector refused to testify. The known dead number 560.

A formidable fleet of American war ships will go to Turkey to suport Minister Leishmann in demands to be made upon the sultan. : >

A Russian cruiser reported sunk by the Japanese fleet off Katsumoto. Others may have escaped to Vladivostok. The Japanese are said to have intercepted Gen. Stakelberg’s retreating army. The Russian loss in the Vafangow battle is estimated at 1,000.

MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Pius X. has granted permission to priests to grow beards. ) A Brooklyn woman who visited 87 flats in thrge weeks was unable to rent She has children. 5

Cardinal Satolli says his mission to the United States is entirely unoffi clal.A Jersey City bastor advised women to wear cool garments and come bareheaded to church during the warm season. T !

Women delegates from many countries, meeting in Berlin, formed an international league to promote woman suffrage. o~ S

Nearly 2,000,000 acres of public lands are to be opened by the government soon at a maximum price of four dollars per acre.

Great Britain, France and Spain are sending ships to Tangier. ' The United States refuses to recede or reduce its naval force there. :

A Russian paid $20,000 for the last sketch made by Verestchagin, the painter who lost his life with Admiral Makaroff on the Petropavlovsk. Striking cigar makers in Chicago charge that manufacturers since 1898 have been ing cabbage and celery leaves as s&tfitutes for Hayana tobacco.

Many fires on the Northwest and West sides in Chicago caused a total property loss of $500,000 and lead the police. to believe that incendiaries are at work. 5

Mrs. Sheehan, wife of the lieutenant governor of New York, was robbed of a $1,200 watch at the New York state building at the St. Louis fair. : - The Colorado supreme court holds that the governor can declare martial law, make arrests, and even order the death penalty, and that the clvil courts cannot interfere. Pneumonia as a menace to civilization and the theory that the disease is invited by alcohol were discussed by physicians in convention at Atlantic City. : While at work.on a 20-story building in lower Broadway, New York, John Sullivan, a laborer, fell five stories and lost one of his legs in midair. As he dropped down an open shaft Sullivan struck an iron girder with great force, It cut off one of his limbs above the knee like a kaife, i e

HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST

Awful Steamer Horror Occurs in New York Harbor.

Heavily Laden Excursion Boat Takes Fire

SCORES OF VICTIMS LEAP OVERBOARD AND DROWN

Others Remain and Succumb to the Flames--Dead . Mostly Women and Children—Latest ‘ Estimate of the Dead.

New York, June 18.—At 1:30 a. m. the officials at the Bellevue morgue gave out these figures on the Slocum disaster:

. The dead recovered, 560. . The dead identified, 521. Th dead unidentified and unrecognizable, 30. The dead to be identified, nine. :

New York, June 17.—Over 700 persons, according to the coroner’s latest estimate, lost their lives Wednesday morning by the burning of the excursion steamer General Slocum in Long Island sounfid while off" Ricker's island and in plain view of New York city and Long Island shores.

The disaster likely will equal in numbers and wholly ‘'matches in pitifulness and horror the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago last December. It was appalling 'in its immensity, dramatic in its episodes and deeply -pathetic in’ the tender.age of most of its victims? Victims Women ard Children. ~As in the Iroquois fire most of the victims were women and children. They were members 'of the Sunday school of St. Mark’s German Lutheran church, bound for their annual excursion up Long' Island sound, happy, gay, care free and full of joyous ex- )- < @ Ve X, ) Wy SN S &l N ; Rl NGRQSKF S Sh‘f -~ g \/[[ / g J‘uaog;r:(_k 4T N\ N e A | & > )/ BIVER 8 ome ) ensT 5 é%’:‘n 7 -e, BLANO ) /A A 7 é@ég_fim@fia SN X 7 N ; wo® 5 /1 ‘\ < V qunne/- RSN T CA T M gy o N . \:( / e *' > 4 v o w\o y‘. \4 iy '};’ // < 95 cf 1 - // v \ S .\\/ . Map of that portion of the East river where the General Silocum was burned and hundreds of lives sacrificed. pectations of their day of all days in the year. They went to their death with bands playing, flags whipping in the breeze, and under as fair a sky as was ever vouchsafed to a picnic crowd. The 400 children were singing, dancing and waving handkerchiefs and flags in answer to the salutations of those on shore or from passing steamers. e

Horror Upon Unspeakable Horror. The scenes dutring and after the catastrophe were the kind that make the heart sick. Mothers hugging their children to their breasts in love and terror were forced to choose between certain death in.the flames and almost equally certain death in the water. Some, made frantic by their sudden peril, threw their babes into the whirling waters of Hell Gate, hoping doubtless for improbable rescue, while many were not allowed the poor privilege of choosing, but were forced overboard by the mad rush of the panicstricken passengers in their efforts to get away from the flames.

Great preparations had been made for the seventeenth annual excursion of the Sunday school of St. Mark’s German Lutheran church. the congregation of “w"ricafi is drawn t%lom thé‘%en”se population of the lower East gnd West sides, and the General Slocum had been chaftered to carry the excusioniststo Lotugt Grove, one of the many resorts 6nh Long Island sound. It is variously estimated that there were between 1,500 and 2,500 persons on board the General Slocum when she left the pier at Third street, East river, though the Knickerbocker Steamship company, which owns the Slocum, officially states that the number of passengers was 873, that being only one-third of the vessel’s capacity. It is thought, however, that there were several hundred children in arms, for whom fares are not usually charged on these trips, on board. At the extreme estatern end of Randall’s island, off One Hundred and Thir-ty-fifth street, there is a stretch of water known as{th‘e Sunken Meadows. At this

Western Millionaire Dead.

Denver, Colo., June 16.—George H. Adams, a millionaire cattleman and owner of the Adams hotel in this cfiy, died Wednesday of heart disease, after three years’ illness, aged 59 years. He owned the Baca grant of 100,000 acres in the San Luis valley.

Arkansas Is for Parker.

.Hot Springs, Ark., June 16.—The state democratic convention instructed for Parker by a vote of 257% to 1821% for Hearst. :

Hunters Drowned.

Jackson, Minn., June 14.—A message from Winnipeg says that John Knox, from Jackson, and John Crawford, from Lakefield, were drowned while hunting. Knox is a member of the firm of Knox, Faber & Knox. Crawford is postmaster at Lakefield.

Died in Chicagbo.

Enid, Okla., June 14.—John L. MecAtee, associate justice of Oklahoma from 1894 to 1902, died in Chicago Monday. At the time of his death he was engaged in work for the republican national committee. :

Off Hell Gate.

point, just as crowds were watching the gaily decorated steamer from the shore, the General Slocum took fire, and as the age of the vessel (she was built in 1891) had resulted in the well seasoning of the wood with which she was almost'entirely built she was soon a mass of flame. The fire is said to have broken out in a lunch room on the forward deck through the overturning of a pot of grease. The wind was high and all efforts to subdue the fire was futile. °

At One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street there are several lumber yards and oil tanks, and as Capt. William Van Schaick, in command of the General Slocum, started to turn his vessel toward the shore there he was warned that it would set fire to the lumber and oil, and so he changed his course for North Brothers island, one of the twin islands near the entrance’'to the sound, some ‘tialf a mile away, where the boat partially burned was beached. She sank near ‘this place at 12:25 o’clock p. m., two hours and 25 minutes after the fire was first discovered. : :

‘ln the meantime the passengers had become panic stricken, and those who were not caught up by the flames rushed to the rear of the vessel, and hundreds jumped overboard into the swiftly running waters. It is alleged that the life preservers were too securely fastened to their holdings to be available, and stories are told of frantic efforts made by strong men to cut them loose; but -even if they could have been torn down they were too high up for the children to reach. -

An Awful Race.

The race to North Brother island was horribly dramatic. It was made while the flames, which had been fanned into a fury by the strong head wind, were consuming hundreds of persons, old and young. - The scene was one of frightful panic, with women and children jumping overboard and being lashed by the channel whirlpools against the vessel’s sides. Women and childréen were crowded together on the hurricane deck which soon burned away and fell, and it is believed that most of those on this deck were burned. The after rail gave way and the passengers who had crowded against it were pushed into the river. Mothers and children became separated and frantically sought each other, while in several cases fathers and mothers gathexing their children together jumped withthem into the water. Little children, holding each other by the hand, jumped together and were afterward found clasped in each others arms. It is alleged that men fought with women to escape, resulting in the trampling under foot of scores of children. Meanwhile the Slocum burned to the water’s edge. At 12:25 o’clock, two hours and 25 minutes after the fire was first discovered, she sank. It is estimated that there were then nearly 100 charred bodies on her decks.. Just after the steamer sank the water nearby was

'ILL-FATED STEAMER GEN. SLOCUM. RR N — i ‘ ‘1 [‘t S ‘;" - ol I b TS| BN LY LR S ; s\.._\.:l,_“_";-‘“--‘ el lvV/n fm?fir."," N ‘:g?cfi'fl','.'![' ‘1 > ';:E;’.\ Lt AR ‘_\" ~~w; < e T e e oe S 2 e s = e . % —:Z/?/':”/—"/::?‘.__/,_{:";‘igi; = g The Generat Slocum was built for an excursion boat, and when not chartered for special excursions ran between New York and Rockaway Beach. It was owned by the Knickerbocker Boat company, which also owns the excursion steamer Grand Republic. At yacht races the great size of the boat made it prominent in the fleet of excursion steamers that lined the course. '-‘he vessel was launched at Brooklyn in April, 1891. The keel was 235 feet, the deck 250 feet long. ~lts breadth of hull was 37 feet, overguard, 70 feet. The 81088 tounfie_was 1,284 and the net tonnage 1,013. The boat had two boilers, eath 2314 feet long and 914 feet in diameéter, and four furnaces. STEAMSHIPS BURNED WITH LOSS OF LIFE : SINCE BEGINNING OF THE \L AST CENTURY. Queen Charlotte, flagship of Lord Keith, off Leghorn harbor. March 17, 1800; loss, 700 Adgax, off 181 and 0f Tenedoß.. .. cviiiiiieiviis citninnsiiaverorsadinseins e, 14, 1807; 1088, 250 Steamer Lexington, Long Island sound, off Norwalk, Conn.... Jan, 13, 1840; loss, 122 Bteamer Krie, Tinke Flrie. ... ... iiio smvnsos viveoiissonsniensnhassons AUg. 38 18413 Joss, 250 Steamer J. P. Griffith, Lake Erfe......cciveciiviiivinneiraneiadsn. ... June 21, 1850; loss, 200 Steamer Webster, MisSiSsipDi FlVer. . iiiivtvirviiiiniiiveensndenen.. .. May 3, 1851; loss, 40 Steamer Henry Clay, HUGSON TlVer.....coveitiviiiniiinnnnsnnaien... . July 29, 1852; loss, 50 St George, bUrned at Sef. .« iiivivnisssessinuirineeniiodeaiaiinins:Dec, 24, 1852: Toss, 51 Independence, off Lower California........ dnesaceriiacvnsusedisersscitßD. 10, 18087 lose. 471 Steamer Ocean Wave, Lake Brled 00l iy, v niihina My 11888 losd, 85 H.. M. 8. Bombay, off Ploresisland............c...chveneniinsian.. . Dec. 14, 1864; loss; 91 %teamer W. A, Waset, Fotomae ¥EVer. il .Lt Aug 8, IR Toss, B 0 ostpatrick, emigrant vessel on way to Auckland .............Nov. 18, 1874; loss, 470 Steamer Seawanhaka, East PIVER iaiuivetoiavinvvivvsnei il v rdUne ~28,: 18805 Joss, -43

‘Green Lake, Wis., June 16.—J. E. Leimer, formerly cashier of the bank of Princeton, was sentenced by Judge Burnell to serve one year in state prison at Waupun on the charge of illegal banking. |

Work Suspended.

Pottsville, Pa., June 13.—A general suspension of work at the HEastern Steel company’s plaait here on ‘which more than $6,000,000 has been expended, has been ordered. *

Leap Overboard.

Sent to Prison.

black with bodies. | The tug Fidelity succeeded in picking up 88 charred corpses in Hunt’'s cove off Ricker’s island and carried them into the sound. None of these bodies, it is thought can ever be identified.. Heads, legs and arms are burned off and not a shred ¢f clothing is left on any of them. !

The scene on North Brother island as described by the rescuers was a pitiful one. Body after body was washed ashore or brought in by boats and-added to the long row on the beach. Fifty-three persons died there while the doctors were attending them. Asthe bodies of theliving and the dead were taken out of the water, those alive were taken to the hospitals on the island or sent across the river to hospitals in Manhattan. Here ambulances from almost all the hospitals in Greater New York and every other sort of conveyance which could be found were put into service. For hours ‘the bodies of the burned and the drowned drifted ashore on the island and between One Hundred and Thirty-first and One Hundred and Thirty-eighth streets in Manhattan. Some came ashore still alive. Many of these died while others will recover. The scenes on the beach of North Brother island were pitiable in the extreme, as the living and the dead were brought in. The row of bodies stretched along the beach and hysterical women and frantic men went along looking at one after another, searching for children and friends.. Pastor Is Saved.

Rev. J. G. Schultz, the assistant pastor of the church, called at the temporary morgue and identified the body of Mrs. Anna Haas, the wife of the pastor of the church. The coroner at once gave permission for the body to be removed to the residence of Dr. Haas. Dr. Haas is among the rescued. He, himself, wife and daughter got outside of the rail of

A S — = N N RN ==N 3 s ;f‘i;' o R \ \ ¥ QT . ) A 0, ¢ g i 2 Vi, oA Gy PN et K l(Pfil ) S AT AN \‘fa"’» A TN R 0 NaA L 'l"‘\“\‘\\\\\!“ Aet e ; AN Vo R A\ \ T iy W . Y “.". ? i L ‘I & ; i £ . REV, G. C. F. HAAS. (Leacder of the 111-Fated Church Excursion.) L ¢ the Slocum before the steamer beached. He cannot say whether they jumped or fell or were pushed into the water. He sank and when he rose he found scores about him fighting for life. He failed to find his wife and daughter. With great effort he kept afloat, and was about to give up in despair when a man on one of the tugs picked him up. Ofthescoreshe saw about him when he rose, one by one sank. It is not yet known whether his daughter isamong theliving or the dead. Many May Be Safe. There are a number of places where the living may have landed, and it is believed that many that are now reported missing are safe, and eventhally will be heard from by the officials who have the rescue work in hand. Indeed, a surprising number of persons reported to these officials * that “they had been saved, thus cutting the list of missing down considerably, as well as the probable mortality list. Many Injured. Many persons who were injured in the panic that followed the breaking ,out of the flames on the General Slocum, and at least 200 persons were taken to the hospitals. Not a death has occurred so far among these, and many of them have already beer discharged. )

Wisconsin G. A. R.

Madison, Wis., June 16.—The annual encampment of the Wisconsin department, Grand Army of the Republic, opened Wednesday with a good attendance from all parts of the state. The address -of Department Commander J. P. Rundle, of Milwaukee, was the feature ot the first session. The report of Assistant Adjt. Gen. Wade H. Richardson showed that there were 248 posts and 8,908 membérs in good standing. LaCrosse was selected for next ygar’s gathering. i -

CONDITION OF TRADE. Ending of Tie-Up on Great Lakes Hag a Favorable Tendency | - o All Around:. - 1 New York, June 18.—Bradstreet’s, reviewing the state of trade, YE: - “Favorable features this week are| the further improvement shown in leading crops and the ending of the tie-up on the great lakes. Wheat, oats and|cotton have improved, but corn is lStill backward, owing to the cool weather. General trade and industry ‘have - remained quiet, and may be said to Ihave “marked time.” The notable underlying future of the entire situation’? the feeling that with an average crop of wheat and large yields of the bther cereals and of cotton now it proipect, a good fall and winter business is to be looked for. . Pending further pro&ress in this direction the tendeney js to awalit events. Railway earnings leflect current quietness in business, and the decreases of three-fifths per cextt. of gross in May and of six per cent. in April net, indicated last week, aré. confirmed by fuller details. Transiportation business generally is betterj than in 1902. Bank clearings, & morg immediate reflection of ‘current budiness, show an enlargement over last Iweek, but grand totals will“still show recessions from a year ago.. The cross-cur-reat of ebb and flow noted at di?erent cities, however, may possibly be significant of a change in the tide.j, Collections still reflect the influence of a backward spring in retail trade, and are complained of as slow at a nhmber of centers. Money continues eaéy.” '

WON BY SPOONER MEN.

Wisconsin “Stalwarts” Defeét La ‘ Follette Before National: Committee. | »

Chicago, June 18.—The republican national committee Friday afternoon decided one of thHe most important questions that has faced the panty this year when it voted to seat in tfie'convention Tuesday the four detegates-at-large from. Wisconsin headed Qy Senator John C. Spooner. The contesting delegation, headed by Gov. Robert M. La Follette( was defeated. With Senator Spooner will sit Senator Joseph V. Quarles, Congressman J. W Babcock and Emil Baensch. o

The action was taken by unanimous vote of the committee’s full membership. For five hours this body sat in the Coliseum in judgment on the contest between stalwart and La Follette republicans of the badger state. In less than five minutes after the arguments closed the decision in favor of the anti-La Follette faction was given. Gov. La Follette will appeal the fight, He will go to the committee on|eredentials anyhow. Perhaps he will go upon the floor of the convention and state his case. The committee’s decision is said to make it certain that the two republican state téckets will rei}main'in the field. e e, Elihu Root has been named as -temporary chairman of the republican national convention. | -, Senalor Fairbanks arrived in Chicago, but refuses to-commit hiinself as to being a candidate for the vice presidential nomination. . - b

BOBRIKOFF DIES.

Governor General- of Finlaxgld Succumbs to Wounds Inflicted by Assassin, |= .

Helsingfors, Finland, June 18.—Gen. Bobrikoff, governor general of Finland, who was shot Thursday morning at thé entrance to the senate, died at one o’clock Friday morning.The Russian flag at half-mast over the governor’s- palace Eriday mor;'ling proclaimed to the people that Gen. Bobrikoff was dead. There was no excitement in the city- and no attempt at a demonstration was madeé. The father, mother, brother and sisters of Schaumann, the assassin of Bobrikoff, were arrested and subjeeted to a searching examination, but late in the evening they were released and allowed to return to their country home. 'How | far -the Swedish party is implicated in the killing of the governor general has not been established, but the authoriti?;s are convinced that Schaumann- had accomplices who found in:the brooding, halftanatical student a ready tool.

DEMANDS ARE GRANTED.

Bandit Raisuli Notified That His ; - . Conditions Are Com--5 plied With. . .

Tangier; June 18.—News has been sent to Raisuli through the sheriff of Bazzan that all ‘his demands have been complied with. f . Washington, June 18.—Theannouncemnt that news has been sent to Raisuli that all his demands have been complied with shows that the authorities have put finto practical effect the sultan’s crders that this should be done, as stated by Consul Gereral Gummere in his advices to the state department. The authorities here sincerely hope that the mahinery which has been put into operation will secure the release of Perdicaris and Varley and will not be ian inducement to Raisuli to make iffi"fither de=mands. e

Dropped Dead.

Chieago, June 18.—Justice . E.. C. Hamburgher, for many years a magistrate on the North side, died shortly after midnight of heart disease at Ravenswood hall, North Clark street and Montrose boulevard. | He had spent the evening with a party of friends at the hall, and was on the péint of leaving: for his home, when he suddenly fell back in his chair and died. Justice Hamburgher was a naval officer in the war of the rebellion. He served on the sloop Constellation from 1856 to the close of the war, being re< tired as lieutenant. poogs ittt - . Nominated a Woman. ~ Boston, June 18.—The Massachusetts prohibitionists made a departure from custom at their state convention here Friday when they placed 8 woman on their state ticket by nominating Mrs, Fannie J. Clary, of :-Williamsburg, for secretary of state. -- - | et Dowie Coming Back. - Liverpool, June 18.—John Alexander Dowie, accompanied by his wife and son, arrived here Friday night and immediately went on board the »sfunarg-_-,nno steamer Lucanis. He will sailto-day for New York. : o ke

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-. FOOD FACTS : What an M. D. Learned. A prominent physician of ~Rome, Georgia, went through a food experience which he makes public: “It was my own experience that first led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food, and I also know from bhaving prescribed it to convalescents and other weak patients that the food is a wonderful rebuiluer and restorer of nerve and brain tissue, as well as muscle. It improves the digestion and sick patients always gain just as I did in strength and weight very rapidly. - “I was in such a low state that I had to give up my work entirely and go to the mountains eof this state; but two months there did noet improve me; in fact I was not quite as well as. when I left home. My food absolutely refused to sustain me and it became plain that I must change; then I began to use Grape-Nut food and in two weeks I could walk a mile without the least fatigue and in five weeks returned to my home and practice, taking up hard work again. Since that time I have felt as well and strong as I ever did in my life. e “As a physician who séeks to help all sufferers I consider it a duty to make these facts public.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. - - Trial 10 day§ on Grape-Nuts when the regular food does not seem to sus~ tain the body will work miracles, ; “There's areggon.” - . Look in each pkg. for the famous lite tle book, “The Road te Wellville”