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ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECOlBER 9. 1903.
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BARK CAVOUR
TOTALWRECK
Italian Vessel Drags Her Anchor,
Strikes on Sand Island and '
Goes to Pieces.
LIFE SAVERS RESCUE THE MEN
Disaster Occurred About Dark
Last Night and This Morning
the Vessel Was
Broken up. K
The latest reports from the cene of
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the wreck of the Italian bark Cavour
relate-; that the vessel is a otl loss,
and that the cargo of lumber has been
washed to sea. At this time only the
ribs of the hulj are to be seen, the rest
of the ship being broken up.. ' f
The Italian bark Cavour, which had
been lying at anchorage at Sand island
since Sunday last," waiting an opportu
nity to get qver the bar, dragged her
anchor about 6 o'clock last evening,
drifted on the west end of Sand Island
and will be a total loss. The crew, com
posed of 18 men, were rescued by the
Point Adams life-saving crew at 11
o'clock last night, and no one on board,
vVith the exception of Captain Lofianos,
who had his ankle sprained, was In any
manner Injured.
Captain LofianoB gave the following
version of the afta'- to a representative
this paper: ;
VWe left Astoria on Sunday afternoon
and were towed down to the bar, but
Pilot Gunderson did not deem it safe to
try to cross, so we, came to anchorage
near Sand Island. :
''About 6 o'clock last evening the ves
sel began to drift," and under the In
fluence of a; strong tide and fresh east
wind struck on the spit about 45 min
uter later. The vessel thumped heav
ily on the sand, and In a Bhort time was
leaking badly and It was apparent thaj
she was doomed." ' , -
The Cavour was built at St. Johns, N.
S., in 1891, and was formerly the Ava
mour. She is owned by Deming Loere,
is of 1400 tons net register, and when
ne wcost between five and six pounds
sterling per ton. Her cargo, which con
tests of 1.038,000 feet of lumber, is val
ued at about $13,000, and was destined
Pasco, Peru. '
The Germanie and the Duns Law sue
ceeded in passing out Sunday, and the
Cavour was reported out, but on ac
count of her depth and the condition of
the bar it was deemed best to return
to anchorage.
Before the crew were take off the
vessel by the life-saving men, the Ca
vour was badiy water-logged and ap
peared in danger of breaking up.
Captain and crew were brought to
this cty, and the men are now at the
Astoria hotel.
Captain Wicklund, of the Point
Adams life-saving crew, said early .this.
morning to a representative of The As
torian and Daily News over the long
distance 'phone: ,
"We saw the ship strike on Peacock
spit last night and at once went to her
assistance. She seemed to be in very
bad shape and was making water, We
set about to rescue the men and suc
ceeded In getting off the captain and
tils 16 men in safety. We even saved
the ship's dog, but were unable to take
off any of the effects of the men.
: "When we left the ship she was near
ly full of water, and j:he indications
were that the waves would make short
work of her. She was pounding heav
ily and must have been badly damaged
below, for the hold was rapidly filling
with water. , -.., ......,.
"We took off the men in two boat
loads and when- the tuf Titoosh came
down transferred them to her, and he
proceeded on her return to Astoria.The
men would doubtless have been in ser
ious danger had they remained on
board for any length of time, tor the
probability of the ship going to Pieces
was very bright." :,,,..
Cantata Stewart,, of: the Cape Dis
appointment crew, also hastened to the
scene of the wreck, and remained dur
ing the night at Point Adam. Talking
with an Astorian-Dally News man over
the 'phone, he said: ; , .
"When the Cavour struck it was 6:15.
Our outlook saw the vessel go ashore,
and.I at once ordered out the crew. At
first we tried to reach her by way of
the inside pasage, but found this Im
possible as the tide was very low. Then
we attempted to make our way to the
spit through the outside passage, "but
three-quarters of a mile of breakers
loomed up before us and to have under
taken to row through the break
would have been the height of folly.
We were comp?lled to return to the
station , where we remained until about
9 o'clock. , At that' hour our efforts to
reach the ship were successful, but Cap
tain Wicklund had arrived ahead of us
and taken off' the men. ., .
"The vessel is in very bad shape and
I look to see her break' up. The sea
is pounding her wooden hull on the
sand And she was making much water
when we visited her. I am satisfied it
will be utterly impossible to save her."
Big Company
Is Bankrupt
Concern With Million Capital Has
Liabilities of $107,000 and
Resources of $7.
NewYork, Deci 9. Residents of As-
bury Park, N. J., who invester $200,-
000 in the Fraser Mountain Copper
Company of New Mexico, have been
startled by the announcement that the
company has gone into the hands of
a receiver, upon application In the Uni
ted States district court of the United
States district attorney for New Mex
ico, acting for J. M. Lannlng, receiver
of the Monmouth Trust Company of
Asbury Park. The complainant al
leges' that the company owes $107,000
and has only $7 in the treasury. It
was capitalized at $1,000,000 and every
share of the stock was disposed of. s '
, The concern was exploited last winter
by A. C, Twining, and caused the sus
pension of two banks in Asbury Park.
Lannlng, who makes the application,
states that the company has no legal
title to the property. The deed given
by Fraser, the original owner, to Twin
ing is with the Santa Fe bank waiting
payment of $40,90; th balance of pur
chase money, which is due December
21. The bank is directed by the court
not to give the deed to Fraser.
Twining, who is under indictment in
Monmouth county, and in the federal
courts, left on Monday for the mining
camp without knowledge of the receiv
ership. The bill was filed against the
Fraser Mountain Copper Company,
William Fraser, Albert C. Twining, the
First National bank of Santa Fe, N.
M., Wheeler, of Dunlap, Ind., and all
of the unknown heirs of J. R. Wheel
er, deceased. It Is alleged the company
is bankrupt, owing $107,000, and that it
has not and never had the title to the
mining property. Twining Is alleged to
have purchased the mine from Fraser,
who made a deed and left it in the
vaults of the First National bank of
Santa Fe, the agreement being that
Twining was to make regular pay
ments, and on his'fallure to pay the in
stallments the deed was to be returned
to Fraser. It is asserted Twining then
made a deed for the property to the
copper company and proceeded with
the financing scheme.. Bonds amount
ing to $150,000 and 930,000 shares of
stock are said to have, been voted, the
latter at 20 cents a share. , -
FOREIGNERS RETURN HOME
Great llmh Back to Old Country
, FromJfew York.
'; New York, DeCi AThe rush of for
eigners to their native land continues
unabated. Outgoing steamers, partic
ularly those to Italy, are crowded with
steeraxe passengers. Last week's fig
ures show that 1S.600 sailed, while only
12.000 arrived, and this week's total un.
Jountedly Mil be still greater as to de
parture. Steamship agents believe the
rush will be over Mth the departure of
the last ships due on the other side by
Christmas. Foreign bankers estimate
that the returning steerage passengers
take with them an average of $200.
LONDON'S STREETS OF MUD. ,
New York,' Dec. . The streets of
this city are like rivers of mud, owing
to the rise in temperature following
the recent storms and fogs, says a Lon
don dispatch to the Herald. F-ven the
habitues of the streets, such as police
men and cab drivers, say they never
saw anything like it. Those com
pelled to go about on foot present a
sorry appearance.
OLD QUESTION
IS UP AGAIN
CHILE BECOMES AGGRESSIVE
Terms of treaty of Ancon Never
Carried Out by the In
terested Powers.
Preparing to Annex Provinces of
Tacnaand Arlca, Long
a Bone of Con- '
: tention.
New York, pec. 9. A great sensation
has been caused by the rumor (re
ferred to in a London dispatch to the
Associated Press) that the minister of
the interior presented to the chamber
of deputies Monday a message asking
for the annsxation of Tacna and Arlca
provinces, says a Herald dispatch from
Valparlso, Chile.,
The session of the chamber is secret
and It has been difficult' to get at the
true facts. .But the latest Information
of a reliable nature Is that the plan
of the minister of the Interior ia to es
tablish In the two provinces the same j
civic administrative methods of Chile
and put an end to the difficulties aris
ing from the special system now car
ried on there.
The tfact that It was the minlBter of
the Interior who formulated the plan
tends to confirm the truth of the latest
information, because the project, if it
would In any way interfere with Peru
vian , Interests, would have been sub
mitted by the minister of foreign af
fairs instead of the minister of the In
terior. ' ,
The Taena-Arlca question has been
the bone of contention between Chile
and Peru ever since the signing of
peace between the two oountrler after
Chile's victorious war. A treaty was
ratified by rhe national legislatures of
both republics on March 28, 1884, where
by the two valuable provinces were to
be in. the possession, of Chila, subject
to Chilean laws and authority for 10
years. At the end of that period a
plebescitum was to be taken by the cit
izens of the two provinces to decide
whether the two territories should re
main under the dominion of Chile or
to continue to form a part of Peru. It
was stipulated that one of the two coun
tries to which the provinces were an-
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nexed should pay to the other 10,000,000
of Chilian silver dollars. The terms of
this convention, called the treaty of
Ancon, have never been executed, ow
ing to disagreements.
VIEWS OF SOME EMPLOYERS
Aver That Closed Shops and
Union Label Are Great Evils.
, Chicago, Deo; . "If the fight for the
closed shop Is allowed to continue,
there will be Bcenes of bloodshed In this
country that will surpass the days of
the French revolution. The'closed shop
is un-American, unrighteous, a restrict
Ion of the liberties of our people, and a
death blow to the individualism that
makes for success,"
The foregoing sentiment expressed by
W. B; Brln'ton, president of the Peru"
Plow Company, has been cheered by 600
members of the Illinois Manufacturers'
Association at its annual banquet.'
"Our rights," declared Mr. Brinton,
"are dependent on the settlement of the
question once for, all as to whether an
I employer can hire whom he pleases
wlthout being subject to the dictation
of any organized body." The Chicago
city railway has won a great victory
in establishing its Tight to engage Its
own employes. Without this right, the
commercial supremacy of the United :
States will be at an end." .
Another speaker declared that, after
the abolishment of th eolosed shop, the
removal of the union label was the
most important thing that came under
consideration of the manufacturers' as
sociation. . -
i INDIANA TO BE OVERHAULED : ,
New York, Dec. 9. Doctors here are
very much interested in the case of a
baby girl sis weeks old which has been
sleeping for two weeks. The child is
apparently perfectly healthy. The coma
followed a high fever, which was brok
en by the doctors and has not been re
peated. '
INFANT'S STRANGE SLEEP, ..
New York, Deo. 9.' Orders have been
received at the New York navy yard
directing that the battleship Indiana
go out of commission and that her crew,
and equipment be transferred to the
battleship Iowa, which is ordered to go
into commission. The Indlada has been
In service eight years and will be 'given
a thorough overhauling.
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