THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAIT, SATlTKDAT, JUNE 6, 1903.
DEADLY
SWF
Bin
WARSHIP
Explosion on Tennessee Kills
Four Man and Injures
Tern Others.
LITERALLY COOKED ALIVE
Sl'.ecd Trial' Interrupted by Bursting
or Bo'Iler-Tube Just After
Inspection Survivors Act
Like Heroes.
FACTS ABOUT THE TENNESSEE.
The Tennessee la an armored
cruisip- of 1-1.300 tons displacement
and lias launched In December, 11104.
Her ppeed Is '2'1 knots -and her arma
ment consists of four 10-inch,
brecrh-loadtng rifles, 16 C-lnch
rapid-fire. 23 3-lnch rapid-fire. 12
3-pnund and four 1-pound rapid-fire
guns, two 3-inch rapid-fire field
Kuos. two .30-caliber machine guns,
sis .30-caliber automatio Runs.
rrhe Tennessee is the flagship of
Rear-Admiral Sebree and is com
manded by Captain Thomas B.
Howard. She carries a complement
of about 000 men. She sailed May
37 from San Francisco for Santa
tBarbara Channel.
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fully equal to the acceptance
flagship of the sec-
foctly.
trial.
The Tennessee
ond division of the Pacific cruiser
fleet, left Santa Barbara at 10 o'clock
this morning with the cruisers Penn
sylvania, AA'ashingtofi, Colorado and
' West Virginia In her wake on the
semi-annual speed trial provided for by
naval regulations.
Admiral Sebree had ordered the
cruisers to speed and the Tennessee had
just concluded a series of evolutions
and started straight away at a speed
of IS to 19 knots. The Admiral in the
engine-room had Just taken note that
the dial recorded a steam pressure of
235 pounds when the blow-up occurred.
Less than 15 minutes earlier the tubes
had endured a pressure of 26S pounds,
SO pounds greater.
An official investigation of the acci
dent has been ordered.
The boiler was of standard tubular
kind, the Babcock & Wilcox make,
used on many of the warships. It con
sists of a large cluster of four-inch
tubes, carrying water Into the main
boiler. Only one tube (and this one in
the bottom tier) exploded. The break
was less than six Inches In length.
Men Are Cooked Alive.
There was no wreckage, but the ex
plosion was described by the surviv
ors as frightful. So great was the blast
of soot and steam that-every man in
the room was blackened from head to
foot, while those closest to the break
were literally cooked alive. There are)
16 similar fire-rooms, but each sepa-r
rated by steel doors, and the men i
adjoining compartments did not fee.1
the explosion.
When the first outside rescuers en
tered the fire-room Tt was in uttf'r
darkness, the steam and soot cover
ing the electric lights and ceiling amd
walls with a thick coat. The men ! in
this flrepit work naked, except for
trousers' and slippers, and the dead
and injured were blackened almost, be
yond recognition.
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High-Class Tailor-Made Suits
68 Highest-Class Tailormade Suits go on sale today at a price so far below
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styles of various materials, including White
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FirerKoom a Hell-llole.
1
"It was a hell-hole." said one oif the
surviving seamen. "Kverything- saemed
all right, when, without any learn
ing, the shower of hot cinders, steam
and ashes burst out of the firfc-hole.
The boys dropped all over tliei room
and none of us knew what ha1 hap
pened. Those of us who were fable to
scramble to our feet opened tf,e door,
when the compartment cleared and we
began dragging the boys out.f
The impression among the,' officers
and crew Is that Keinhold at'id Meek
were martyrs to duty, for tli ey were
found dead where others esu.iped and
stayed at their posts to the hast. The
accident served to demon trate the
complete efficiency of the "-naval fire
drill. There was no confusion.
Dr. W. A. Weldon, marin e surgeon
at San Pedro, was ordered, to bring
eight of the most seriouslfy wounded
to the Marine Hospital at Ij,os Angeles,
leaving here at 8 A. M. torc.orrow. The
men will be carried each on a sepa
rate cot, the Pacific Electric Railroad
Company furnishing a baggage-car for
the beds.
The four dead sailors -yill be buried
with simple naval cera monies at 2
o clock tomorrow afternoon 'on Point
Firmin, overlooking San.' Pedro harbor,
in a cemetery where oiily sailor dead
are interred. The severely injured will
be sent to hospitals.
Scbree's At-count .if Accident.
i
Rear-Admiral Sebre , when seen on
board the Tennessee .y a representa
tive of the Associated Press, said:
"The explosion was one of those ac
cidents which cano.ot be provided
against. I had just; completed an in
spection of the en; ine room when
coal passer, half salded, dashed past
nie on the deck. Tf.ie L,ieutenant-Com
inamler had alreacfy given the orders
used in an emergency, and all men
hurried to their pr osts with admirable
dispatch."
San Pedro; Marine Xotes.
bA.N fEUKD. June 5. The steamer
Oceania, from Vancouver via Grays Har
bor, lias been chartered to load lumber
ior wnoiosaieiw -at tills port.
1 he Santa Bprbara cleared today for
Seattle to reload .
The schooner J On sign arrived this morn
ins from Willaj a Harbor with SOO.000 feet
of lumber
. The steamer . Wcstport completed today
the discharge a nd loading of cargo and is
ready to sail 1 or union Landing.
The steame:; s Redondo and Fair Oaks
cleared today for northern points to re
load.
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27x54 Inch Axminster Rugs at $1.39
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$2 Long Silk Gloves $1.49
Our entire stock of 16-button length, $1.75 and $2 stand
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75c Lisle Gloves 39c
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White Fancy Vests
Values to $4 at $1.85
500 Men's White and Fancy Vests, high
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SCREAM FOR BLODD
French Royalist Papers Rave
Against Dreyfus.
INCITEMENT TO MURDER
Call on People to Invoke Their'King
anil Give Dreyfus 12 Bullets of
Execution Squad Gregorls
Is Becoming Insane.
PARIS, June 6. Whether yesterday's
attempt on the life of Major Alfred Drey
fus was but the Individual act of a man
who believed himself to have been an
outraged patriot, or had behind It an In
cipient National plot, the Republican
Dress is unanimous in deDlorine the In
cident and believes it injured rather than
aided that cause. Even those papers
which doubted the wisdom of burying
Emile Zola in the Pantheon think that the
shooting: of Major Dreyfus consolidated
the Republican sentiment and they evi
dently desire to see the Incident die out
as quickly as possible. An attempt to
reopen the old Dreyfus Issue at the trial
of Louis Gregorls; the man who shot the
Major, they point out would be plainly
extraneous.
Cry for Dreyfus Blood.
On the other hand, the fury of the
Nationalist papers, is unbounded.
LAetion Franeaise fires a broadside
which recalls the most exciting: days of
Dreyfus and Boulanger. At the head of
its column this newspaper prints
statement by Charles Maurras which it
likely the authorities will Investigate. In
this article the writer says that on Wed
nesday night "a resolute patriot" visited
M. Daudet and Lieutenant Bolsfteury and
himself offered to kill Dreyfus, but his
proposal was rejected. A leading edi
torial In tills paper, appeals to the coun
try to turn to the Duke of Orleans for
redress and concludes with these words
""Do you desire that Zola's body be
ejected from the Pantheon? Do you de
sire to march Dreyfus to the execution
block? If so. Invoke your king?"
The decision of the Court of Cassation
to cut off the time for an appeal, the
paper says is illegal and It concludes its
article as follows:
"What we ask for Dreyfus Is not six
balls from a revolver, but the 12' bullets
of the execution squad."
Gregorls Has Signs of Insanity.
Other newspapers declare that Gregorls,
much grieved at the recent death of his
mother, has lately manifested- signs of
mental derangement.
Gregorls' sister said today that her
brother latterly had displayed symp
toms of melancholia. . The authorities
are pursuing their investigation with a
view of ascertaining whether there
was a plot behind the shooting of yes
terday. The bullet in Major Dreyfus'
wrist has not been located. The bul
letin issued today by the doctors says
ureyius condition Is satisfactory.
BRINGING BACK THE MEAT
rackers Ship Supply I-'rom Britain
to Itelieve Famine.
LONDON, June 5. It is declared here
today that 210.000 pounds of American
meat that has been stored in London,
Glasgow and Liverpool Was today re-
shipped by fast steamer to New Tork
to meet the continued shortage of meat
In the United States. .
TAX ON IMPORTED BREAD
Oregon City Baker Would Shut Out
Portland Product.
OREGON CITY, Or.. June 5. (Spe
cial.) Sharp competition In the bread
trade has resulted in an appeal from
J. E. Schaffer, a baker of this city, to
the Council, asking that body to levy
a bakery license in order to shut out
certain bakeries of Portland th'tc sell
widely-advertised bread In Oregon
City. The Council laid Mr. Schaffer's
communication on the table.
Mass Meeting on Sprinkling.
OREGON CITY, Or.. June 5. (Spe
cial.) Dr. W. E. Carl, Mayor of Ore
gon City, today announced that ,a pub
lic meeting will be held Monday night
for the purpose of discussing tho ac
tion of the Water Commission in fix
ing a charge for water to be used for
street sprinkling: purposes. The Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany furnishes its sprinkling car for
keeping the main streets ' of t!ie city
sprinkled, and only asks tha.t the city
supply the water, which comes from
the. Willamette River. Dr. Carll pro
jk se3 to submit the matter to the people.
Brent Declines to Leave Islands.
WASHINGTON, June 5. Charts Henry
Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, in a
cablegram received here today, declined
to accept the post of Bishop of Washing
ton in succession to Bishop Henry Y. Sat
terlee. The action will necessitate the
reconvening of a special session of the
diocesan convention to elect a bishop.
The Hampstead (London) BorouKh Coun
cil has Instructed a committee to draft
by-laws dealing with street noises, "pt
peclaily the Intolerable nuisance ot organ
grinding and church bells."
MARKET AND BOOSTER DAY
Oregon City Will Hold First or Fes
tivals Today.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 5. (Spe
cial.) Five thousand people are ex
pected to come into Oregon City to
morrow from the country districts to
attend the first Market and Booster
day, which is being handled by the
local business men. There will be a
parade in the morning, with various at
tractive features. George C. Brownell
will deliver an address, and in the
afternoon there will be races and ath
letic sports.
Buyers will be present and tfle mer
chants count on purchasing every ar
ticle of produce that Is brought into
Oregon City at the market price.
Trlnce Ching. president of the Board of
Foreign Affairs, and I.uingtun-Hen, as
sistant secretary of the Board of For
eign Affairs, have been selected to re
ceive the American fleet of battleships
when it arrives lit Arauy.
Will Welcome! Fleet to China.
PEKIN. June 6. Prince Chen, son of
ARMORED CRUISER TENNESSEE, HER COMMANDER AND THE FLEET COMMANDER
.'-TT" , ,. ' .---v.- , ' -,. ..: - . - sat
THROAT CUT BY EX-LOVER
St. Louis Woman Surprised hy Man
Hidden I'ndcr Bed.
ST. LOUIS, June 5. As she slipped her
nightgown over her head, preparatory to
retiring at 11 o'clock last night, Mrs.
Klizabeth Geriing. of 2Sr,3 Osage street,
this city, was seized by a man who had
scrambled from underneath tho lied and
her throat was cut. She crumpled in a
heap and lost consciousness. Her assail
ant, who is a former suitor, tied to the
street and is still at large.
Mrs. Gerling Is 23 years old. Recently
shA and her husband separated. Site
will recover.
In Hie fincnt vear 1S!l-'!7 this country did
a business with the Latin-American coun
tries amounting to j:: t.lHMl.oilll. In the
fical yar lOnrl-'OT ft has dnne ft business
with the Latin-American countries in
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