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nrnfyrtn- " ' ,-l ? fty lit. fV(M , y -lL. &f n nfii.nH r t s Late General News Now York, Juno 15 The Btoaui (Umt (Idiiiinil Hlooimi 1m ashore off Korlh Jlrothors Inland. A (l6j)houe tnwwiiKO (in that irlithy normm lout lliolr lives. Tlio vphwiI , took flro ami tlio illicit Moored for 'nhoro, hut hofuro tlm uhlp ooulil 1)0 Ixmoliod, tlio flumes bud spread from Atom to "tern. TJio Blomim carried nn oxuiirniou party tf sixteen liuiitlroclf half of whom wore ohildrou. Many jnmiH'd overboard liml worn drowned while otlies wore llunipd to death o Imnrch Tho tolci phono operator at Ilrothuw island utiitoH that thri Writer nuar tho Inland in full of dead IkhIIca. The Hlooinn wan an lninivMc triple duoker plying Iwtwocii Nw York and Itooknway beaoh 'It Iri tfow rciKirtod that five hundred live wero lost. ftihr York, Juno 16 Tho Bloopm loft tho foot of Kant Third street for Jooimt grovo at nine thin morning. 'Hho wan engaged by tho Sunday Mohool olaiww at Ht. Murks Lutheran church mi tttlt street Ixrtwee'ii and and the liowery. The Kulokerlwckor HteJim'uont Co., owners of tlio Hloonnl, have received n uiflKaagu Htntitiff that tlio Iwat hurtled to tho wate's edge and tho hulk In Mill hurtling. Their nietwiign any thnt a number of persons jumjx'd overlxmrd, and that Miino woro picked uji by Hinall Iwat. No iMtlnmlo of tlio loss or Hfo In given by tho company Tho police havo iixjovorod eleven lAidies, thus far. They aro adults, mostly women. Am imlmiccri and surgeons havo been scut to the nci'iio. .Now York, Juno 15 At noon the beat cslimuto placed the nnmber of lives lost Ixitweon two and thriHj htm clrcnl. About fifty bodica had Ixsoti recovered t that time, and the" pollco and tug lioats, Htonuiunt and small boats woro out in tlio sound lookftigfor other. A dozen ambulance and scores of phyHolniM and nurses, and all tho reserves iu tho city wore on the hccud to nsouo tlio IxhIUm of tho dead, and succor tho living and injured TIiIm Wan tho annual Sunday School excursion party, made up largely of women and children, who commenced boarding thontoanior at .tho foot of jWlirri. Ht. nt 7 thin mornnlg. With tho triplo decks of the Htcnuier well filled, Captain Vaiwohnlok, a veteran navlgaator, guo tho signal and the bout pulled out from the pier, bound for Looimt grove, Jong Inland Hound. She headed up tho eaHt nor and all went well until tho lbut passed through Hell Onto, and was llearlug Brother Inland. Thou tho joy rind monimout wore quickly turncM into paulo by tliejory of "Firo." Flumes Jiad Iweu dlnoovefed among the Hfo pfciervovn but how ov when Uiey start ed no one him yqb been found who can uay. .vTlio burning ,Hfo prenorvora woro, torn from their renting plaoi-H and' thrown overboard In an ondeavor to .ftinother tho Uiiiuch, and this addid ,. , .1 1 ... tit.. .- II 4.. m'eativ to tlio mo lOHi m mv, " 'v )" , noticed afterwardn that tho bodlen ro OQvered from tho water had no life Having nppimtuH on. .Captain, ViuiHohalolr, whon tho djeadfnl cry uroso, called for full Hpeed and headed for the rook bound Hhoroi of Nortli Urothow inland. In ' ' tl&nioantinui tjie hooiiou aboard woto frightful. Thejfhvueri fipvoad'VitJi Xoaxfijl rrtp(iJUy, iiiil mon, ivyion,.and, children w6ro running nbo'nt, wild with fear, shrinking and in team, peeking ix Kavttn of rmfoty Mothem gathered their children in their avian .mid leaped overboard, Olhoi-H BeomM too dazed to movo and the flame lloked np alwut them and burned them to death. Tho grcrtt bulk ntood by the lOat until hIii) neared tho nhoren of tho lnl rind xthtira tho water wnn Hhulhiwer, thinking hero tliey might find a ohauoe for life. Kyo wltnrnnt'd nny that ha tho lont noared the nhoro Hho wah nurronnded on all nldpfl by floating Iwdlcn Of ptui' nengern who had jumped oVof bdard. On North Urothern inland In located n honpltal for contagloun dln(!AliCH and other city inntitutionn. KinploycM and other ptoplo of tho inland did what thoy could with nmall boat, grappling hooku and raftA, pull ing ahorooorcA of jwoplo, many of whom were blackened and burned by tho flro. The city wan telephoned for aid, but it wax more than an hour before it arrived. The Htoamer Jfiuwanoit And a few tug boatrt !u tho vicinity Hiivod a nunibct' Of liven of thono who jumped overlwardi Iitcr tho JlaAHa nolt wan pnwHxl into mtrvlco by the jiolloe audi took from tho inland a unmtar of the dead and Injured and othern naved ami hurried them to tho New York nldo of tho river. Hero tho flrnt trip of tho ntcainer carried SO dead and 76 rcnoued. On nhoro woro squadn of pollco, am bulniicen and nurgoonn who admluin tvitn to th o nwxln of tho injured. On hue Htrect car alone wero flvo infant bodlc. Denoriblng in a vivid manner tho terrible catantrophe, Capt. Voiuchaiok naid tho loat wan off lilGth Htrect, junt at tho point known an Sunken Meadow, and wan two hundred feet from the nhoro, when ho heard tho cry of fire. TUB CAPTAIN'S STORY Without further warning ho rang tho bolln for getting out the flrSappa tttun , and leaving tho wheel iu ohargo of Pilot Vau Work, ho ntartcd for the calilij to nee what wnn tho matter. 13.v tho timo ho reaphel tho Htairn, tho pannaguway waa jamufed with people, tuontly women, many of them with bablea in tholr arm! Tho cap tain tried to calm them, but tho flames by thin time woro all nborit.them, and ho wan compelled to rush for wutor an j bin hat and olothing- wero nflro. i When tho captain naw it getting , " (oyoud control, ho nhoutcd to tlio pilot to buaoh tho Ixiut, which wan done, Before tho vonnol reached nhoro tho panic stricken people woro tramp ling one another underfoot, and kucIi a could reach tho nldo of tlio boat jumped overboard. Whon tho boat was flfty feet from nhoro ,tho captain himself wan burn ing iu Hoveral placon, so ho jumped overboard and mviiiu anhoro, Ah to tlio number of lont, ho could not nay, but therd in little quenUon that tho result will bo appalling. Capt, Vniwohalck, Flrnt Pilot Van Wort al Second Pilot KdwinN. I Leader havo been arretted. New York Juno 10 At 8:0 thin morning four hundred and olghtynluo bodies of victims of tho Soonm (tin antor had boon j-ocoyorod, Dlveiii jt dawn renume'd work In tlio sunken hull adding to tho .ghastly libt. . TJio hqr"' rpr'grew during tlio night nnd tho to tl unmbor of dead it in now.Awtliuatolt will repph. utlpst 8Q0..;Soiuolwtl liuiten reuolH tliQunand, (?rief nvfy k en orowdn tliiyugod tho morguo and vicinity of St. Marka church and (he nhoroA noftr tho wreck nil1 night look ing for their loved oneo, One mother who identified tho burned body of her child thin morning tried to jump from tho pier oii which tho body lay. Health Cprrfmiftnlouer Darlington who han boon oil North Ilrothorn Inland inont of tho 'night came down on a IwAt load of the" dead tlibi morning. , Ho nn Id ho felt rmttaflod that fully 1000 had lonfc tholr liven. Of tho bodies re covered one hundred and a fow odd hud boon Identified up to noon. Dlntrlct Attorney Jcroiuo Iiaa engaged Jflro Marnhal Freel to attaint him in making an inventlgation of -tho cann on and tho allogatioun that tho Ufa lrreHorvorrt word r'otteu. fiovoral vic tim report ineirectual efrort to no ouro the nervico of an able cork nop Wrt. Bupervinlug Iiupector ltodio nald that Within n few day an oxluuutlvo inquiry will bo held. Hoaaid that tho recordn nhowwl tho lont to 1 jiroperly equipped. Tho day of tho dinanter wrm followed by a night of horror and grief ut tho morguo where between 60 nnd 100 bodien lay nilent in tho rooms awaiting Identification. Fifty pollco aminted tho rolativen and fricnlt in their work of finding tho dead. Scenes wero of the mottt heartbreaking kind fath om and mother in noma cahca trying to do thomnolvc harm. Hnudredn hotfoVer woro drawn to tho morguo by morbid curiosity many of whom wero huatlod unceremoniounly away by tho police. At noon lflO 1xdlcit wero at the morgno and seventy nioro on tho way milking tho total number of dead re covered. 600. One huuifred and nlxty flvo wero identiefl at that time. New York Juno ift-At np.'m. 577 bodies hud reached the morguo . Fourteen launch niailuct by harbor polico nnd equipped with drags ami other nppllanccA nro at work looking for moro victims. Poter GilUgan and SamuelCullock, diven, mado a careful examination of tho hull of tlio Slocum during tho morning and reported not lcn than 100 bodies pennod under tho wreck of tho superstructure;. New York June 10 Long Island Sound thin iilomingwaA' covered with a thick whita mint that Bottled around tlio wreck of tho Slocum aa if in an. endeavor- to cover tho horror of the spot with n hngo white manUe. f All throtigli tho night wrecking tugs hoveroil ul6ut tlio NTock but tho work of taking out bodies which wa sns - ponded at midnight was nob resumed until thG rinn hoavoai. was well npinthej Flro ohlof c,. ftt j s30 thl, nftor. Innnn unld lin IwtHnVAil flirt (lend limu. On HhoWJ during tho night there, m ( alwuyn ail over-ohauglng crowd of au- xlom fathom mothers and othor rela.. tlves of tho dead. I j Half h dozen diver were at work this nlrthilug led by Jbhn Rlbo hero of tho Uooiiton catastropho iu which 1 . inver uison iosc ni mo. ah mo, v . diver brought tho bodies to tlio pur-1 ,;. ,.iii, ! faoo with a grappling hook a hook was ) ,.,.(,; , ., , i .i "' i placed under thorn rind they wore, . v . .. . . , ., I ralsod to tho deck. Generally tho ,,, . , i .;.' i bodies wero linrnod boyond rooogul i . . . .... . , , , . , , tloi. Whon Roveral had been re" .',.. . ,,,,.. , dovowdtho tug wotild Htoam along , ... ,. . , , sldo and thoy Wero transferred, Tfioro tho coionox' would tako the liun'iborofthoooriwd aftor whioh-dt was placed in aplaliJ wlilto woodon box. With a load bompleted tho .tug ' bVoughtitto tlttf foot of East ath!mAW11 . 'otnro. ;4iie street, whei-o. tlie pier was transformed , ' 1 intd 11 tomporhry 'morgue": ' v HJfWH wxfFb;Hm-uv"w . 1 i I - i' ' . I 11 ' 1. it'ikun. 7m . . - 1 . " .r r-t boats patrolled eonstautly fludinb' bodies and. trtki'iig thorn tolfavthflroth or island. Belated NewYdrlf, June l C Captain Wm Churchill, Commander of tho aux iliary njoop Bany TImWk wituensed the diAnter prafeHcally from ita luoep ton. When ho naw tho Slocum flrnt nho wan off tho Harlem rlvor bridge and tho flamo tfcro pouring forth from tho port paddlolwx of tho flhip a eho moved along, and tho nmoke and JlaifiCH, under tho ntrcngth of tho Nvent wind, wero blown over the dcokn. Tho Hceno wan terrible. Women oud children rnnhed frantically back and forth, ncreaming and crying, and ncoreA jumped overboard. "I cannot nuderntand", nayA Captain I Churchill, "why the Slocum won not dooked or benched lefore nho) reached North IJrothern Inland There wwo no nmall .boat near her and wo steam ed along nido an noon a wo could, nav ing many. Tlio blazing ntcaraor rounded tho inland and turning to port grounded ou tho north went point of tho inland. "By thin time tho lower dcckA wore crowded with women and children, ncreaming with terror. Aa tho heat became moro intenno those nearcnt the rail dropped nhrieking Into tho water. Some wero a bio to keop afloat by grab bing tho paddle boxo' nupportA and wheel. I took tho boat alongside the paddifl box , and took off overy man I could) when tho heat liecamo too intemo and I was forced away!'' Churchill nayA an the blazing ateatn er ncared tho inland, whistling for help, a ferry boat crowing the Island paid.nd attention. Tlio Slocum burned practically to tho watcr'n edge, and tho flro boats thin afternoon flooded her hull which in to bo HdarChed for bodies. Tlio Sound nhoro from Oak Point to 138th1 Bferi-et Ia lined with people watching tho efforts of tho polico res cuing bodied. At 1 o'clock about 75 bodies had been landed on the New York shore. It in learned that nine lmndrcd tick ets for tho excursion wore, sold to adults. It in estimated that tho mothers had from 600 to 800 children along for5 whom thero was no charge. There woro very fow men aboard with the party and of 30 bodies taken to Alcxaudor nveuno station house, up to 3 p. m.,!10 woro women, ahd 0 chll- rcu. T,b.a polico wiy that . fully 135 bodies havo been landed on the Now ( York sldo piera uud among them 20 babies. , A uenr!as Can lennied, tho flro broke ont nt 9jl5 Tho ab otlce to j tho 1X)Hc0 cnmo JmU nu hoar lntor ' oommef. 01l nn flincs is advorso t. tho ' oaccn ot tho it locanno they did , , . -. . ; . v lmA i B a nm ho . lnoln' oyery . ,,..,,, rri. ,WiJ body that had been paved. Tho flames , , are still ragiug in tho hull and thd , Al , ., , . n, bodies of threo children can w seon , . , ,, .. Tj. . , . hahglug over tho rail. It Is feared , , , , , . . .. that many corpses will bo found iu tho , ,, hull, At 3 ;30 o'clock one hundred and 7 seveuty-flvo liodios, nearly all women ' and children, woro recovered, ilun- dreds of policemen in small boat con- tiuufl to bo rowarded in their search for bodios, oyery fow invnutes. The ,., liodlas are tagged by tho cbrouer,;v who s , . x '" y ' exoumlpn Was in chju-ge of the Ro. Geo Boss, who was Acompanied b' llla tami; and Aasistaut Supta. Pttlt0Li.9?. 71 tt. J.T?'ilri1ri... it- "I1J9 Avifo and "daughter. :fetarllPlo'lillelfen 1 . . . . . I A...l S.. 1. ImkJ.miMa S.M ?(fWrrii irit Mlllll illir IHIHIHI IIViH. -.. k. L u.TJrjB Slocmirf, )ynA ifispooted Muy 6th iiud''wns reported tliiSrortghly ooudi 'tlouWl. News of JtUJlORS DIVEHS AND DlS- f I TIUCT1NG s . Toklo, Juno 16 Varlotm roport are .current today concerning a soa en gagement ncArPort Arthur. , , One han it that tho Jlnaiian fleet escaped from Vladivostok and gave battle to tho Japanese off tho inland of Tsushima. Tho captain of it Japanese Bteamor whloh arrived herb this morning nayA hiA boat was flrcd on by the Russian Wiuadron. Heavy cannonading was hoard thin morning in the neighbor hood of Ikinhiml inland, not far from Tnuflhlnia. A dispatch received to day Atatcn that tho entrance to the Furt Arthur harbor 1a again Open, and that thb RouAsian cruiser NpvilTisailed out anft fciigagld tho Japauepo fleet. SUFFERING FROM HEAT Rome, Juli3 11 Tlio Agenda Li bora' Mukden correspondent Btatca ,.L JAPS' PREPARATIONS DESTROY ED Rome, Juno 16 A Tokio telegram reports that tho Russian squadron, in cluding the Novik, haa destroyed all the Japanese preparations tot laadlng troops and store near Lang "Vviang Tung for an attack on Port Arthur from tho east. JAPS LOSE TRANSPORTS I Tokio, Juno 16 Tho trannport Hlno Maru whioh today returned from Moji, report that at 11:20 on Wednesday . morning she encountered the Russian Squadron twenty miles west of Shim ashlma. Tho Hine Marmu fled, fiignal ing the other transport tho news of their danger. ! Throe of tho transport escaped, but 1 ,' tho Hlno Maru saw tho Hilachi Maru and Sado Maru surrounded by Russian shiD. Their fate is not known, but it is feared that the lot of life will bo heavy. RUSSIAN LOSSES London, Juno 16 Reuters' Toklo correspondent says that in a fight at Telissa, near Foubhow, tho Russians lost 500 killed, StOO taken prisoners and fourteen gun. The Japaneso casualties aro placed at 1(300. HEAVY FIGHTING 3 St. Petersburg, Juno 16 An official Oripplo Creek, June 14 The Citi zens' Allioneo and tho Miuo Owners' Assooiatiou today issued a statement regarding thoir positions' towards un ion labor which means that all union must ovontually bo disbanded in this county. In t uturo, say tho statement, neither walking, delegates, agitator nor labor unions; will bo allowed to say who may and who may not labor in Teller county! and who may or may not do business hero. Tho BOtiroo of all tho htrlfo Is tho Western Federa tion, doolare tho statement, and It existence 1 no lougor to bo tolerated. Unions of various crafts, already or ganized, will not bo iutorferod with as to tlioir local or iutoruatl&ual aftllia- j tiotis, provided tho trade a"ssemblyf be forthwith disbanded and np eiml lnv bnvootfc ncronov orsriuifzed. ' . 3t. T T. " VW San FranoiKCO, June- 15 Robert DuuhHin, ipresideiu) of. h California i. H V Business College, waa shotlmd nrabab ly fatapvwqundod atoon today, by Sohool of CoxTesponficnco during a quMjoyttoM, Tho shooting ocuun-ed at Dumhaui' offleo, CosteoJ Ijfimediatoly surx-endex-ed and obJtinV that he acted in self ofeu!je. "' .'. th'ifi that tho oxtrefro fMfr thfe hMsftkr . : ' In. '" cd in 11 serious tji.fdouuo ot dynfrei,y nin'oilir the Rufwlan trootw. 1 i -1 Tho ConsHCM have dinpond Of twt tnouiana unnnonunn( eignty from Mukdeui verntA 1 STANDS IN WITH POPI A - Home, June J5 The ppo1 hrj JIikR(lo ln whjcJl th Japanwje nflw .gtatcA. that lie has given Instruction for the protectlorf of the Ca&olJr? vrtl fllonarlca where tho Japanese JnUnonce extends. JAPANESE REVERSES RUMORED Chcefoo, June IB A report froal Russian sources state that'th&'Jftpau'. ee) have suffered severe roveree nbrth of Kinchow, but there in no conflrma tion. .'tho Japanese havo placed: flfty twoBicgd gun on the heigh tA nourth ot Port Arthur. " Refugees say that only cdihfcatiintjh remain at Port Arthur, with' provis ion for only six weeks. AAAMAAAAAAAMAi dispatch today states that the lighting between fho RuaniajM and 1 Japanee Rt Vafringow contiOHB.' The Jtsfslan lusse on the 'lltfi, rmys tliie dlaJTHich, were two geaiarals. wounded, tvuntj officers and. three hundred men killed and wounded. ' On the 15th the Russian attkekee the Japanese, who reforned lha at tack at several point. Heavy Japarf cse relnforements have been receivef1 and tho Japanese have threo divlnio;ir In the vicinity. COiNIRMATION ,f Tokio, June 16 The capture of Tel issa between Kaichon and Seoul Ari tien by the Jaixinese la confirmed. The Russian lost sixgmn And many regimental colors. - '; The sinking of tlio traiisportn Hitaoli and SadO. "by tho Russian is also eori firmed. Three hundred and nine; eon survivors of the Sado have reached Kuknr. Further details of the sinking aro not out-ainall?. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS- OPTUREd London, Juno 16 Routers' Toklo correspondentjsend a report via Col ogne that three Ruslsan warship', whioh engaged the Japaaittw',' vesso on" tho island of TunhVlma Wcpri1. and Thursday, wer captured b. i'. Admiral Kamimura, -r-'-v . 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