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J lllllli ' T XI 1111 JL. J A. A. . A .A JR. " AIT" r VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1904. NO. 21T. as& JLLctfteUft HIUNBIREB OVES AIRE HEROES , WHO WORE THEGRAY :tcnry Watterson Makes Stirring , Speech at Dedication of Con federate Monument in Nashville. Spoke From the Standpoint of the ...it. I ft.! J r i . Tl joum ana ria uiowmg t ri bute to Soldiers. MANY VETERANS HEAR HIM Tfiwrn Were In Their Kye n They Listened lo ;tli Oil llepented Tl of Lost Cause. Nashville, Tenn., June IS, At Cen tral park this afternoon the corner stone of a monument to the private aotdlers of the confederacy, the tribute of the Nashville veteran to the enlist " X men, was laid with impressive cere monies, under the direction of the Ma onio fraternity. The orator of , the day wan Hon. Henry wstterson. or Louiavllie, Ky. Mr. Watterson said: "We are here today to lay the foun dation atone of a monument to the . confederate dead. That monument, when It la completed, will forever 'mark, wilt keep forever watch and guard over the memory of brave men who died fighting agalnat the national government. In the thought which crowd our mlnda, In the emotlona which nil our heart, In the word which we hall utter, we are to make no paltry admlaalona, no mean confessions, no dlahonorlng renunciations, but standing uncovered In the presence of Almighty God. Proclaiming to the world the allegiance of the dead, signalising the cause for which they died, by renew ing our fidelity to the sacred compact of brotherhood and soldiership, we are to reconcile this act of pious homage with perfect loyalty to the Union, to the flag and to those of our country men who successfully fought against us. "It will never be done, nor muse of history nor genius of philosophy will ever be able to tell us whether the war of the sections could have been Excursion vSteamer Loaded With Children Is Burned to the Water's Edge and Hun dreds Meet Their Death: The General Slocum Takes Fire in East River While Carrying From Fifteen Hun dred to Twenty-five Hundred Women and Children, and Before the Vessel Can Be Beached More Than Six Hundred PerishCaptain of the Steamer and His Two Pilots 'Are Held to Answer. BULLETIN. i New York, June 16V(2i10 a. m.) At 2 e'clook the eoroner announced thrt 499 bodies had been recovered. deputy Coroner Darlington said it is probable that hundreds of corpsee are still in the wrecked hull of the Gen eral Slocum. v BULLETIN. New York, June 16. (1 a. m.) Ao- cording to a statement just Issued by Coroner O'Gorman, 483 bodies have so fsr been recovered. Tugs are arriving hourly with bodies from North Broth- era Island. BULLETIN. New York, June 15. (10:60 p. m.) ' Lateet reports indicate thst the num ber of victims will be greater than 650. BULLETIN. New York, June 15. (5 p. m.) The coroner Hat Issusd a statement thst 498 bodies have so fsr been recovered from the wreok of the General Slocum. New Tork, June 15-Ons of the most appalling disasters In the history of New York, tragic In Its Immensity, dramatic In Its episodes and deeply pathetic in the tender age of most of its victims, took place today In East river, at the entrance to Long Island sound, within a short distance of the New Tork shore and within sight of thousands of persons, the majority of whom were powerless to minimise the extent of the catastrophe. . By the burning to the water's edge of the General Slocum, a three-decker excursion steamer, the largest in these waters, more than 600 persons," the majority of whom were women and children, were burned to death or drowned by Jumping overboard or be ing thrown Into the whirlpools by the lurching vessel and the frantic rush of panic-stricken passengers. Approx imately BOO bodies have been recovered and are now being tagged at morgues, at the: Bellevue hospital and at Har lem, Divers were still busy at a late hour taking bodies from the hold of the vessel, which, they say is choked with the remains of human bodies,' while bodies of scores who leaped or were thrown Into the rver have not been recovered. .It Is variously esti mated that there were between 1500 and 2000 persons on board the General Slocum when she left her pier at Third street. East river, though the Knicker bocker Steamship Company, which owns the General Slocum, officially states that the number was 8S7, being only one-third of the veasel's capacity. It Is thought, however, that there were several hundred children In arms, for whom fares are not usually charged on these trips. ' Sterted In Lunch Room. ' At the extreme eastern end of Ran dall's island, there Is a stretch of water known as the Sunken Meadows. At this point Just as the crowdr were watching the gaily-decorated steamer from shore, a fire, which Is said to have broken out In the lunch room on the forward deck through the overturning of a pot of grease, was discovered The wind was high, and all efforts to subdue the fire were futile. ' . - ' Burning Boat, Beached. ; At 13 4 th street there are several lum bef .yards, and oil tanks, and Captain William Van Shalck, In command of the General Slocum, started to; turn his vessel toward the shore there, but he 'was warned that it would set fire to the lumber and oil, so he changed his course for North Brothers island, where the partially burned boat was beached. She sank near this place at 12:25 o'clock this afternoon, two hours and 25 minutes after the fire was first discovered. ..,,;. Psnio Ensues. In the meantime the passengers had become panic-stricken, and "those who were not caught up by the flames rush ed to the rear of the vessel and hun dreds Jumped overboard into the swift ly-running waters. Life preservers were too securely fastened to their holdings to be avail able and stories are told of frantic' efforts made by strong men to cut them loose; but even If tbey could have been torn down, they were too high up for the children to reach. It Is also al leged that no attempt was made to get out the fire apparatus at the first cry of -"Fire," though Captain Vanshalck says he Immediately rang the bells for getting out the apparatus. According to several statements, no attempt was made to lower boats or life rafts. Consumed by the Flames. The race to North Brothers Island was horribly dramatic. It was made while the flames, which had been fan ned into fury by the strong headwind, were consuming hundreds of persons, old and young, and while women and children who had Jumped overboard were being lashed, by the channel whirlpools against the' vessel's sides. Women and children were crowded to gether on ,the hurricane deck, which soon burned away and fell, 'and it is believed the most of those on this deck were burned. The after-rail gave way and those passengers who had crowd ed against it were pushed into the river. Mothers and children became separated and frantically sought each other, while In several cases fathers and mothers, gathering their children together. Jump ed with them into the water. Little children, holding each other by the hand, Jumped together and afterward were found clasped In each other's arms.. It is alleged that men. fought with women to escape, resulting In the trampling under foot of scores of chll dren. ,,, . . Tugs Try to Help. During her flame-enveloped run to North Brothers Island,' the General Slo cum's whistles kept blowing for as sistance, but before the whistles be gan to blow several tugs, the captains of which had seen the outbreak of the fire, started after the vessel, Joined by yachts, while rowboats put out from the shore. The number of these crafts constantly grew, and not the least dra matic Incidents of the catastrophe were the efforts of people on these boats to rescue those who had Jumped over board from the burning vessel Men crowded to the rails of tugs and caught up drowning persons as they were borne by the current." There were many thrilling rescues by this means. Captain Vanshalck and his two pi lots, Edward Van wart and Edward It. Weaver, have been arrested. VAFANGOW BATTLE IS STILL ON Report From Liao Yang Sts!s That Firing Is Going on A3 V Along the Line of -Advance. : ' ' Japanese Have Received Reinforc ments and a Great CavtaJrjr ' Engagement 1$ On, RUSSIANS LOST HUNDREDS averted. Two conflicting schools oc thought, two antagonistic systems of labor, slowly but surely erected them- elves within certain well defined geo graphical partitions. Seventy and one A Wearable Warm Weather Wear... Low Shoe Hose, two-bits Summer Suspenders not ' heavy, sweatables, 25c and 50c Neckwear. Lots of Dollar ties ud blush beside these fifty centers Fancy Vests. A man's ward robe is not complete these days without a colored wash vest. Suppose you wear one and be in style? (P. A. STOKES, 0ne Price To Everybody years that which was In the beginning built upon com promise was held to- r ether br compromise. The last tO year of the struggle between Irrecon citable conditions, between opposing Ideas which would down at no man's bidding: revealed m ever increasing Intensity, an evsr widening area of con vlctton In what had become, long be fore the gun of Beauregard opened Are upon Fort Sumter, little other than two hostile camps. The battle field seemed the only court of last resort. Into that dread tribunal each litigant brought the best that was In him. All minor differences, al doubts and all fears were sunk In the single Issue of "Union' on the one side, the confed eracy on the other. The law of force against force was alone to decide. It did decide, and the decision which was equally complete and final, left nothing to wish for by the north, nothing; to hope for by the south. If it was the will of God that there should be a battle on It was battle, and the same Anglo-Saxon and Scotch-Irish blood which welled up In the north, welled up In us. We fought and we fought to a finish; there Is no smell of trea son In our garments, no taint of cor ruption In our blood. Grant was the first peacemaker. Lee gave himself up as hostage for the rest of us. Two confederate generals were the oiue again and the grain worships at its shrine; even as we worship this day, without as much as the suspicion of disloyalty; yea, with the encourage ment and sympathy of every true sol dier of the north. , . "Happy Issue, happy we who have lived to see it. Let ns not wring our hearts by recalling the past the drums and tramplings of the legion nor the facts nor the tones of the dead, but let us. rejoice that out of the wreck the south and our beloved Tennessee, twin sister of my own beloved Ken tuckysaved both her racehood and new birth of freedom; if it was the J her manhood. Finally, let us resolve will of God that government of the and declare that if another day of peopla by the people and for the peo pie should not perish from the earth, then It was the wll of God'that there should be a mighty sacrifice; and let no man forget that the same God which struck down myriads of the best be loved north, struck down myriads of the best beloved south; that, the doc trine of secusslon was borr t the north; the sin of slavery, such aa It may have been, belonged equally to both the north and the south; that the tale of free popular government was not yet told, , . "We build this monument to valor. We build it to probity. - Wo build it as a glorious tribute to the men who fell by our eldo. We build it to the spirit of the dead confederacy. We need not assert we gave four years of proof that we fought for liberty. Mil lions of us loved the Union. Millions of us detested slavery. Millions of us denied the doctrine of secession. We may not argue now who brought the travail should overtake the reunited Union, the north shall find In the south a shield and buckler altfte against the organised corruption of lmmon and the militant Insanity of ararlanism, for bidding a second 'Irrepressible con flict' for bidding the threatened cold; between capital and labor; forbidding it In the name of the constitution which assures us uniformity of laws; In the name of the government, which, whilst enforcing those laws will mete out ex act Justice and compel equality of op portunity." The Weather. Portland, June 15. For Western Oregon: Thursday, showers ana cooler. Eastern Oregon: Showers and thun derstorms; cooler. Arkansas Also. Hot Springs, Ark., June 15. The democratic state convention today in structed for Judge Parker for presi dential candidate. REPUBLICANS AT WORK. Getting Ready for the National Con vention in Chicago. Chicago, June IS. Today marked the beginning of the republican national convention work. The first meeting was solely for organisation purposes and the passage of resolutions on the death of Senators Hanna and Quay. Tomorrow the claims of warring dele gates will be taken up from eight or ten states. The. members of the committee con cluded that the best way to deal with the Wisconsin contest is to exclude both delegations and let the courts determine the rights of the two factions. Reports That the VJadirmdok Squadron Has Met the Japanese Boats Discredited. Liao Tang, June 15. The battle tt Vafangow lasted till 8 O'clock yesteW day eyening. Japanese In tremendous force attacked the Russian position, but were repulsed with ter-ible loss. It as reported that three squadrons of Jap anese dragoons were absolutely wipe! out and 60 men were captured. Th Russian losses were Sll men. AocnnJ ing to latest reports the Russian trowpa were attacking the Japanese thh London, June 15. The ceTespc4s dent of the Central News syndicate at liao Tang telegraphs: , "Fighting at Vafangow waa reneiveel today and is still proceeding. & de tails are obtainable, but there are per. sistent rumors that the Russians ?er partly successful, destroying , Osres) squadrons ot cavalry and making pria oners of sixty men. , , The Russian casualties in the fight ing yesterday were 308 men killed r wounded. The Japanese casualties! arc not known. "Later a section of Russian cavalry- marching in the direction of TaJEua Chou and Lun Koo discovered at U right flank a great force o Japaaeao cavalry. An engagement ensued, n& according; to the latest diapatchab fighting is proceeding all alone th line, the Japanese having received re inforcements from Vafangow, couaist- ing of three infantry divisions with ar tillery and cavalry." Squadron Attack Transports. Tokio, June 11 The Vladivostok squadron evidently attacked the Jap anese transports Hitachi and Sadu yes terday off Ikl island. Details of the attack have not been received hens. Rumors of Sea Fight. Tokio, June IS. Although it hi ru mored that the Japanese squadroa overtook and engaged the Vladivostok squadron off Ikl island, it 'is extremely improbable that there has beea aa (Continued on Page 8.) MARTIAL LAW AT AN END: POINT SCORED ON TROOPS St Louis, June 15. United States Circuit Judge Thayer 'has granted a writ of habeas corpus to Charles Moy- er, president of the Western Federation of Miners. It cites Governor Peabody, General Bell and Captain Buckley Wells to appear on July S and show why Moyer is restrained his liberty. Martial Law at an End, Denver, Colo., June 15. Governor Penbody today Issued an order de claring martial law' in San Miguel county at an end, and Instructing!, Cap tain Buckley Wells' troops to turn ChTles H. Moyer ,o,v,er,,; Jp, ;he civ41 authorities.- Peabodvjij-So these or de: i were issued beforehj'., h?d ,a,qy kn wledge of the action today of Jut' re Thayer at St Louis." " It' 'is" un de tood, however, that taeorder -did no. go into effect In San Miguel coun ty until i o'clock tonight when It publicly read by Wells. About noon a newspaper maa, srh had heard of the St Louis proceadlns, appraised the attorney general cf. turn matter. The latter hastened tm the governor's office, and, upon returning to his own quarters in the state house the atorney general said he was anx ious to find out whether or not the or ders concerning the Telluride situation had gone forth. The point is raised as to whether the action of the gov-twine-p today in the Moyer matter places him in contempt of the order of Judge ha-er. ' ' Moyer Is Given Up. Telluride, Colo., June 15. Captain Well? 4eWvered President Moyer to the sheriff of San Miffuel county here at 4:15 ra. today.