Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 10, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 July 1898 — Page 2

French Liner La Bourgogne Sunk in a Collision off Sable Island. •UMREDS OF PASSEN6ERS DROWNED. m Eh* Lost la Maaj Own the Victim* of Arnault* from the Brutal Crew Which Appropriated the Boat* and Left Weak Women and Children to Brown or Poshed Under the Wares. Halifax. N. S„ July 7.—News was •received here yesterday of the stoking of the French liner La Bourgogne, from New York for Havre, with passengers and crew numbering 800, by collision with the British iron ship Cromartyshire, 60 miles south of Sable island, and the loss of 600 souls. The Story of the Fearrnl Disaster from the few officers and members of the crew who were saved is yet to be told, but if the words of the passengers who were dragged aboard the Cromartyshire, .and later brought into this port by the steamer Grecian, are to be believed the last few minutes on board the La Bourgogne witnessed some of the most terrible afcenes of horror and cruelty -that have ever blotted • the history of a civilised race. 2 Instead of the heroic discipline which oo often has been the one bright feature of such awful moments, the crew ■of the steamer fought like demons for the few lifeboats and rafts, battering the helpless passengers away from their only means of salvation, with the cesnlt that the strong overcame the weak, and the list of 163 saved contains the name of but one woman. Another Account 8*jrf> there were, 714 persons on board, and 163 were saved. With the exception of two passengers. Prof. LaCasse and ilia wife, all the passengers of the Bourgogne are altoard the steamer 'Grecian at the Cuuard wharf. The •crew are also on board that boat. The ^Grecian is expected to sail for New York this evening. All the crew' are collected by theraaelves in the forward part of the deck, And are anything but pleasant looking. The officer of the gangway looked At them with a scowl, and said if he had his way they would all have been hanged to the yardarm long ago. •Ofllccri sad Crew Sought Their Own Safety. The correspondent interviewed nearly All the passengers who speak English. One passenger said the officers and crew of La Bourgogne neglected the passengers entirely. The second officer was the only man of the crew who did anything to help the terrified and helpless passengers. Be cut loose all the bouts he could, -And, in fact, all the boats that were launched were launched by the brave -Aecond officer, He was last seen standing on the deck, with his hand on the -rigging, going resignedly; to certain The Crew Were Cruel In Their Conduct. Christopher itrunini.a passenger,was thrown into the water and swam for ' two hours before lus^found a boat. He clang to this as hut last hope. After some time another man got hold of the same boat and together they managed I to right it. Under the seats they ! found the dead bodies of four men and three women who had' evidently been drawn by the capsijeing of the boat, j lirunini said the crew were cruel in : their conduct toward the passengers.! Be was unable to get in the steamer's ! boats when he came on deck, being Ahoved away by the sailors. He saw | >many of his friends being prevented -from getting into the boats by the j » sailors, ile lost everything but what • be Stood in.

A DMpertic i lent lor Lire. Kelielini Secondo. an Italian steer* -age passenger, is among the saved. ' When he got on deck he found a raft with five men oq it. The raft, hour* . ever, was tied and chained fast to the •deck and no sailors were near to let it loose. None of the five men had icnives. The ship sank rapidly and they were all precipitated into the water. He was in the water -Mi minutes and alone, the other five sinking before his eyes. He came across a boat which he tried to get into, lie event- • daily succeeded, but not before a dcs•perate fight with her crew, lie was battered with oars and shoved with boat-hooka He managed to striae an oar, however, and pulled himself to the boat and climbed in. Savages Manned the Boat. August Ponrgi was eager to give •your correspondent an account of his experience. He was in the water about •half an hour and attempted to get into ts boat. He was seised when he managed to get half in and thrown back Into the water. Again he tried to enter the boat, but the savages who n&anned it were determined to keep him out. He managed at last to get in end to stay in. Clinging to the life line of a boat not far away he saw his another, and, as if his trials were not •enough, he was forced to watch a man •shove Iter into the ocean with an oar. She never rose, lie said the man was •saved, and was almost sure he could recognise him. the French Sailors with Passionate Fred Hitter, a Swiss, was toe most Jovial and contented of all the unfortunate passengers. He lost all bis money and clothes, with the exception •of a pair of pants and a shirt, but he laughed, now and again cursing the French sailors with passionate earnestmess. Neffler got into a life-boat w ith eoow others, and remained there until be reached the water, when he thought it was time to leave. He swam for a long time before he was picked up. He «aw an Englishman attempt to get into a boat, but the men in the boat, wore sailors of the La Bourgogne,

i|it him over the head with the ban end of an oar. He fell back and sank. Thoroughly Ashamed of BU Countrymen. Chaa. Liebra, a Frenchman .expressed himself as thoroughly ashamed of his countrymen. This man is one of the most unfortunate. He had his two motherless boys, fire and seven years old, with him. He put them in a boat, but was prevented from entering himself. He could not get any boat, and went down with the ship, but he came to the surface and at once looked for the boat with his boys. They were nowhere to be seen, and he mourns them as lost. He floated along before a boat He tried to get in, but was assailed with oars. Mr. Liebra showed your correspondent his arms and body. His arms are black and blue, and his body is terribly bruised from the blows he received. After this boat went off he was in the water eight hours. • 1 he Murder of an American. * Patrick McKeown is an intelligent young Irishman from Wilmington, Del. He is indignant at the brutal crew. He was more fortunate than most of his fellow passengers, and got on a raft when the Bourgogne was sinking. One of the worst sights he said, he ever saw was the murder of an American with whom he bad become acquainted’On board the steamer. This man, whose name he cannot recall, was from Philadelphia, where he has a wife and family. The Philadelphian was trying to get on a raft not far distant from the one McKeown was on. A French sailor grabbed half an oar and beat him over the forehead. Chas. Duttweiier.aGerman,managed, by an interpreter, to tell his story. It it this: Shoved Him Away with Boat Hook*. lie got in a boat which was tied tc the ship ami stayed in it until he saw it was certain deatfi to remain longer. He jumped, but was carried down in the whirlpool made by the sinking steamer. lie was in the water half an hour, when a boat came within reach and he attempted to enter it, bbt the wretches j in it shored him away with boat hooks. His left eye is badly cut with the jabs he received. He saw women shoved away from boats,with oars and bout hooks when clinging to the life lines of the rafts and life boats. He also says the crew assaulted many passengers with any implement that came haudy, and if no instrument was to be hud, they puuched the men and women, helpless in the water, with their fists, Saw His Mother Thrown Into the Sen. One of the most important witnesses will be John Burgi, who got into a boat with his mother before the ship sank. The sailors in the boat held him and threw* his poor mother into the water. The sailors threw him out, beat him w'ith oars and shoved him under the boas. He was in the water nine hours before he was saved by > boat from the Cromartyshire. Five Women Cat JLouse to Drove. Charles Liebra, who lost his two children, also said that he saw five women, who wereevidendly exhausted, clinging to the lifh line of a boat. The French sailors cut the lines aud the womeu sank. Corroborated by n Freuth Passenger. Gustave Cjriinanx, a French passenger, corroborated the passengers in theirstatements about the crew. They did not attempt to cut aay boats loose except tohse which they needed themselves. He saw* women shoved away, from boats with oars—not only shoved away, but pushed deep Into the water. The officers of the Grecian say the passengers and sailors presented a sorry spectacle' when they were taken on board from the Cromartyshire. They had not eaten for nearly twenty-four hours. Some were still dazed, and did not know where they were or what they were doing.

• M»d« » Meal from HU Life Belt. The third officer of the Cromarty* shire said that one half-drowned wretch whom he palled over the side some hours , after the collision seized his life belt and asked the steward for his knife, lie cut a piece off the life belt and started to eat it saying it was alt he wanted. ^ , Comments of the Cromartyshire's Crew. The crew of the Cromartyshire comment freely upon the fact that only one woman was saved out of 300. Nearly all the first-class passengers wert lost, those saved being steerage and sailors. Prof. La Casse and his wife were in the water eight hours, clingiug to a raft, before they were picked up by a boat from the Cromartyshire. They lost everything but what they stand in, including money and valuaI hies. According to the latest figures there were 1A5 persons saved, of whom UMJ were officers, sailors, firemen, waiters and other ship's people, while 5» paa* sengers escaped. Aa Entire Family from Kansan City lmoo| the Lost. Kansas City, Mo., July A.—Among those on La Bourgogne were the entire family of John Perry, of the firm of j Keith & Perry, one of the biggest coal and lumber firms in the southwest They included Mrs. John Perry, Katherine, aged by ears; Misses Fio«vn>* and Sadie, tw ins, aged about 20years, and A. Perry, aged 11 years. Mrs. Perry, with her two youngest children, had met the older daughters, who had just graduated from an eastern college, it New York, all proceeding to Franc* for a summer's outing. Mrs. Joseph H, Durkee. also among the ship's passengers, was an annt of Jed H. Durkee, of this city, who mac ages the J. II. Durkee Coal Co.'s inter cats here. She was supposed U* be traveling with the Perry party. Passengers from Cleveland. U Cleveland, O., July 6.- -E. A. Angeil of the local law firm of Webster, Aagell & Co., was a passenger on the La Bourgogne. lie was on his way to Switzerland to join his wife and two children. De Scott Bvana, the former Cleveland artist, was a so ou the ill-f ted ship. I tUtb him were his three daughters. .

Mill OF mi The Senate Passes the House Joint Resolutions by a Two-Thirds Majority. * THE RESULT 6REETE0 BY APPLAUSE. Annexation Already an Accomplished Fact so Far as the Legislative Branch of the Government Is Concerned — The Vote Cast Almpg Party Lines with a Few Notable Exceptions. Washington, July 7.—The annexation of Hawaii is now accomplished so far as the legislative branch of the government is concerned. Quite unexpectedly the resolutions providing for the annexation of the | islands were brought to a vote in the ! senate late yesterday afternoon, and j they were passed by the decisive vote of 42 to 21. Conferences were Held nnd a Tacit Agree- . meat iteached. Early in the session of the senate conferences of the leaders of both sides of the chamber were held and a tacit agreement was reached that a vote should be takeu to-day or Friday at the latest. -The opponents of annexation practically had concluded their arguments, and as they had no desire to keep the senate in session by purely dilatory tactics, they announced their willingness that a rote should betaken as soon as Mr. White, Mr. Pettigrew and Mr. Allen had finished their speeches. THE JOINT RESOLUTION. Fall Text of the Instrument Passed by the Senate Yesterday for the Annex* atlon of the Hawaiian Islands. — i Washington, July 7,—The joint resolution which yesterday passed the senate providing for the annexation of Hawaii was originally introduced in the house by Mr. New lands, of Nevada, and passed that body June 15. Two days later it was reported favorably to the senate. Its full text is as follows: Wuckkas, The government of the repUblio ; of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, la the manner provide! by its constitution, to cede absolutely nnd without reserve to the United States all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind In an! over the Hawaiian islands and their dependencies, and also to c de and transfer to the United Suites the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, public buildings oi edifices, ports, harbors, military equipments, and a 1 other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining: therefore. TtesolreJ, By the senate and house of representatives of the United States, in congress assembled, that said cession is accepted, ratified and contirmed, and that the said Hawaiian islands and i heir dependencies be and they are hereby annexed as a part of the territory of the United States, and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, "nd that all and; singular the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned are vested in the United States of America. The existing laws of the United^ States relative to public lands shall ! not applj to such lands in the Hawaiian islands, but the congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and dis- < position; provided, that all revpnue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may bo used for the civil, military pr naval purposes of the United States, oi may be assigned for the use of the local gov- , eminent , shall be use! solely for the benefit oi the inhabitants of the Hawaiian islands foi j educational and other purposes Until congress shall provide for the govern- ' meat of such islands all the civil, judicial and i military powers exercise 1 by the officers of the j existing government in said islands shall be j vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised In such manner as the president ol ! the United States shall direct, and the president shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned. The existing treaties of the Hawaiian islands with foreign nations saall forthwith cease and I determine, being replaced by such treaties as | may exist, or as may be hereafter concluded, j between the United States and such foreign noj tlons. The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian island’s, not enacted for 'the fulfillment I of the treaties so extinguished, and not Inconaistent with this joint resolution, nor contrary to the constitution of the United States, nor tc any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain in force until the congress of the United States shall otherwise determine. Until legislation shall be enacted extending j the United States customs laws and regulations I to the Hawaiian islands the existing customs relations of ths Hawaiian islands to the United Stases and other countries shall remain unchanged

A ilv |iuutiv uwa vs V av iv^itvtw I lawfully existing »t thedato of the passage of this joint resolution, including the amounts due I to depositors In the Hawaiian postal savings hanks, u hereby assumed by the government | of the United States: but the liability of the I UmiWl States in this regard! shall in no ease ex* need HOUu.OUOl So long, however, as the existing government and the present commercial relaI tions of the Hawaiian islands are continued as hereinbefore provided, said government shall continue to pay fhe interest on said debt. There shall be no further immigration of j Chinese into the Hawaiian islands, except upon inch conditions as are now, or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States: and no Chinese, by reason of anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United ■ States from the Hawaiian islands. 7 The president shall appoint five commissioners. at least two of whom Hindi be residents of ( the Hawaiian islands who shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, recommend to congress such legislation concerning the Hawaiian islands as they shall deem necessary or proper. Sscrios i That the commissioners hereinbefore provided for shall be appointed by the president by and with the ndviee aad consent of the senate SncnoH 3. —That the sum of 1100.090. or so much thereof ns may he necessary, shall be appropriated oat Many money in the treasury n<H otherwise appropriated and to be Immediately available, to oe expended at the discretion of the president of the Uaited States of America for the purpose of carrying this joint resolution into effect The Omaha Exposition HnUdings Withstood a Ytereo Stonuo. Omaha, Neb., July ?.—The substantial nature of the structures on the exposition if rounds was evidenced yesterday, when a terrific rain and wind storm swept the grounds. Though torrents of water fell and wind of great force swept the buildings, not a single building was damaged, and the •ewer system of the enterprise proved wholly adequate to the demands. There were several thousand visitors mi the grounds during the day, and the weather forced them te> remain indoors most of the afternoon.

CERYERA AND HIS SAILORS. Arrinl of tb« Prisoner* at Portsmouth, It. EL—The Admiral On the Sick Mat —Have Had Enoofh Fighting. Portsmouth, N. H., July 11.—The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, with 740 Spanish prisoners on board, including 54 officers, arrived in Portsmouth liar* bor yesterday morning, and a few minutes later dropped anchor just above Fishing island. The big cruiser left Guantanamo at six o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 5, and dM not make a stop until she dropped a ichor in Portsmouth harbor. * Including the prisoners, there were 1,03d people on board the boat, and out of this number there are 0) sick %nd wounded Spaniards under the care of surgeons. \ Admiral Crrvera Is foutln'd to His Cabin. Having been quite ill for the past three days, although he vas able to be dressed yesterday morning. Capt. Euiate, who was »mmander of the Vizcaya, and is amoug the prisoners, is also quite ill, * having been -i .j * — *• «—-j »iV— -1wounded in the head durl ng the battle off Santiago. * $ At 9:15 yesterday morning the tug A. W. Chesterton went alongside the St. Louis with Health Officer F. S. Towle, Who Went on Hoard. He made a thorough examination of the vessel, visited all of the sick and found that most of the sickness was due to wounds received during the battle, or from exposure. lie says there is no evidence of yellow fever or other contagious®diseuses, and the people in the vicinity of where the prisoners are to be coulined need feel no alarm about pestilence breaking out. All of the Spanish commissioned officers have been on parole, and had the freedom of the ship with one exception, and he was The (lOTeraor of Santiago de Cuba. who was trying to escape from the city on Admiral Ccrvera's flagship when she was destroyed on that memorable morning of July 3. He refused to sign the parole papers and was consequently confined in one of the cabins under guard. The remainder of the prisoners were confined between decks and closely guarded. A detachment of 2S mariues from the United States steamer Brooklyn, under Lieut. Bordan, and -1 marines from the United Mates steamer Marblehead were aboard the St. Louis when she left Guantanamo for the north to guard the prisoners, but they had little or no trouble with the men. The prisoners, as well as nearly all the Spanish officers, are Dressed In Clothes of Every Description, as most of them hadcoine aboard with very little clothing, ar»d what they are wearing was given them- by the officers and men*of the American fleet after capture. * Admiral Cervera remained in his cabin during the trip. Health Officer Towle visited him and was warmly greeted. He shook hands with the healtn oftieer and in good English said He was situated Very Fleasantly on the boat and had received nothing but the kindest and most considerate treatment from officers and men ever since he had been taken prisoner. He had not been feeling well for the past three or four days, but expected to be all right in a short time. lie presents the appearance of a broken-hearted, inan and keenly feels the loss of his fleet, containing the piek of-the Spanish navy.

lue crew of the St, Louis have had nothing whatever to do with the prisouers since they came aboard aud have been kept as far away from them as possible. •» • There are a number of Spanish surgeons on board, who have l^iken Good Careot the -irk and Wounded FrUonera. 1 There axe about 40*»f the latter, the remainder being ill from the effects of exposure and the rain daring the battle. No one is allowed on board the prison ship, and none of the ofticers or crew are allowed on shore. Notified the Admiral. At 11:50 the tirst officer froai the St. Louis, Ensign Payne, arrived at the navy yard to officially notify Admiral Carpenter of the arrival of the vessel, and was the bearer of messages for Capt. Philips. ■Cadet Fremont, of the St Louis, landed with a gig loaded with mail from the fleet, and it was sen* in bags to the post office. Official Dispatcher for Washington. Ensign Palmer came ashore with important official dispatches for Washington, and left at 2:21 yesterday afternoon with a large grip which lie would allow no one to handle. Admiral Carpenter has perfected the arrangements to land the prisoners at j their quarters on Heavy's island this afternoon. Usd enough of Fighting. On the way up from Santiago a number of the Spanish seamen said that I they bad had enough of fighting, at least with the Yankees. It is said that Admiral Sampson's report to the navv department of the destruction of Cervera’s fleet is about 12,000 words. Ensign Palmer carried the document, which was prepared in book form. It is understood that Admiral Cer* vera has accepted an invitation to stay at a hotel at Newcastle, about four miles from the navy yard. HAWAIIAN COMMISSIONERS. Senator* Culloaa and Morgan and Kepre. •eutatlve HUt Appointed to Act with Dole and Freer. of Hawaii. Washington, July 10. The president has appointed Senator Cullotn. of Illinois; Senator Morgan, of Alabama; Representative llitt, of Illinois; Sanford Dole, president of the Hawaiian republic, and W. F. Frear, of Hawaii, to be commissionere under the Hawaiian annexation resolution. W. F. Frear is one of the justices of tha an*

The Heroes of the Merrimac Once More Tread the Decks of American Men-of-War. tKEIR EXCHANGE FINALLY CONCLUDED. Discipline Went to the Winds for the Mo. ment When They Appeared Among Oar Soldiers nt Santiago and Jurngna and on Board Admiral Sampson’s flag* ship, the New York. Washington, July 7.—The war department has received official notification from the field that Lieut Hobsoo and his men have been exchanged. Gen. Shatter reports that Hobson and the others are well except two, who are convalescing from an attack of intermittent fever. The exchange was made on equal terms as to rank. Bnthnslastlcally Welcomed by Soldiers and Sailors. Off Juragua. July 6, via Kingston, j Jamaica, July 8.—As Hobson and the j men of the Merrimac approached the 1 first line of intrenchments occupied by the rough riders, low murmurs ran from one end of the line of cow boys 1 and eastern athletes to the other, and by the time the returning party reached them every man was on his feet, refusing to be restrained by the admonishing of the officers, cheering wildly and rushibg over every obstacle that chanced to be in their way in their efforts to reach Hobson and his partj and grasp them by the hand. Heartfelt Congratulations. The released prisoners were soon surrounded and compelled to stop to receive the greetings, congratulations and vigorous, heartfelt haudsha king of men they had never seen before. Sunbrowned cavalrymen, who had spent then* lives in the saddle on the plains of Arizona, New Mexico or other western states or territories, and who do not know the difference between a ship's muiutop bilge or keel, threw their arms around the sailor boys and literally dragged them over the intrenebments, all the time sending out yells that under Other circumstances would have struck terror to hearts even as gallant as those of the Merrimac heroes. No mountain fastness of the west ever resounded with shonts from an Indian war dance that equalled the wild outbreak of American spirit that occurred at this meeting of the sailors who did their duty with every Spanish gun in the harbor trained upon them and the hardv men who, from the day of their arrival on the island of Cuba, have fought their waj' over the bodies of their own dead and wounded to the very grates of the eity that they will gladly storm again when ordered to do so.

There was No Color Um. The Seventy-first New York volunteers, near the Rough Killers, was the next regiment to fail upon Hobson ami his men, and almost immediately the Ninth and Tentheavalry, both colored regiments, joined in the enthusiasm, and cheer after cheer arose as Hobson and his companions forced their way through the lines of white and colored soldiers. Hobson, so far as possible, grasped each hand extended toward him, and neither he nor his 'men made any protest against the most uncomfortable crowding and jostling <hev had to undergo. If the young officer, whose home is in Alabama, has any race prejudice, he certainly forgot all about it as he passed through the lines of soldiers on his way to Gen. Wheeler's headquarters. He says it was the uniform of the United States, and he cared not for the color of its wearers, grasping the hands of the ebony-hued troopers of the Ninth and T enth cavalry and expressing his thanks for the patriotic welcome with as much heartiness as he displayed toward men of his own race. He and all his men were completely overcome by the reception accorded them and tears rolled down their cheeks as the soldiers crowded around them. Ills Crowning Welcome Came when he placed his foot on the deck of the flagship New York and was greeted by his comrades and personal friends. The entire crew mustered on the deck and gave him most enthusiastic cheers, while his fellowofficers crowded around him, shaking hands, offering congratulations and plying him with a hundred questions. It was not for some time after his arrival that he was able to see Admiral Sampson, as the latter bad gone to the front under cavalry escort to hold a consultation with Gen. Shatter. The 8te« Scenes of Rejoicing. The seven men who were on the Merrimac with Hobson did not reach the deck of the New York until some time after he did, bnt the same scenes of rejoicing that attended bis arrival were repeated in their case, and they were carried off to the forward part of the ship as the heroes of the honr. —«- SPANISH CABINET OPINION. Bailer* That Camara Should Continue Hh Voyage to the Philippine*— Cervena Heard Proas. llsratn*, July .— The cabinet is o! the opinion that the fleet of Admiral Camara should continue its voyage. The government has received a telegram from Admiral Cervera announcing the death of Admiral Villamil, whe was in command of the Spanish torpedo boat squadron at Santiago, and Um suicide of Capt Lazaga, the commander of the Intents Maria Teresa.

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