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J ft I 1 Mi iff tfi ttttOtl COVin THR MOWHINS HLD ON THI LOWI OOLUM0IA NO. 168. VOLUME (yill! LAST WORDS CAPTAIN These Words Were Spoken on the Deck of (he Columbia as She Sank. THE LOSS AT LAST ACCOUNTS IS SEVENTY-TWO As Columbia Was Sinking Her acted Suction of Sinking Steamer and Saved Many Lives. San Pedro's Helmsman Blames Columbia. THE ELDER MAY REACH IT IS HOPED THAT LATER NEWS WILL 'CONFIRM THE EXPECTATION THAT MORE LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED LIFE BOATS AT SHELTER x COVETHE SURVIVORS ARE BEIIfO WELL CARED FOR AT EUREKA LIST OF PASSENGERS AND SURVIVORS. The Columbia left Suu rrmlco on Saturday. July 20tb, and ehortly after midnight of the am day collided with the steam schooner . San l'fdro off Slii'ttur Cove. She carried 100 pangr and crew of 80, inak lug 240 soul on board. Of thia number 173 were saved and 74 lost. The list of survivor may be Increased liy later report. The crew of the San Pedro claim that the Columbia attempted to croa the bow of the Sail Pedro but explanation are unlulclllgable. It will take an ollk'ltil inquiry to cliMcruilne where blame Ilea. Steamer Elder will reach here tlili morning with further particular. lVtalli of the Columbia diitaxter are till coming in. Every freth. telegram lirllii?. the wnli'iimn nwa nf rMlint.lon S in the lit of thoie lout. The (renter nuinlier of the aaved aeem to have been taken to Kurvka on the a. V. KUer. AHIioiikIi four it not five lifeboatt sot eafi'ly to ehore in Shelter Hay. A to act mil cnuee which Initiated the colliftion tbey are at prenent a matter of pure conjecture. The utory munt be pieced together from the following aomewhat dlaconnected telegraph lo jjakh'e. Death List Shrinks. KriU'KA, .July 22. The hourly death litt of the victims of the marine horror. Off Mendocino county coast shrink. Best Columbia, ky to by the San Pedro, advices received tonight ure that 177 of . W hen the Columbia sunk she carried the 2111 soul on board the Columbia down with her 7 passengers. This eti escaped death when that vessel went to ' male i not aoeurate and the exact mun tlie bottom near Shelter Cove between her ennnot le definitely ascertained un midnight and one o'clock on Sunday !lil the full particulars are received from morning. One hundred and (even of the Colombia's passengers, and 37 of her crew, have been 'brought to his port by the teamer Ocorge W. Klder which tow ed the colliding schooner1 San Pedro from the scene of the disaster to Eureka. A late mesHBge ifrom Shelter say that three more lifeboat have been picked up, one containing 18 persons, another IS and a third not hitherto reported. The i urvlvor brought here are being cared j for at hotel and in private homes. The j cltUen of Eureka moved ,to unanimous action byi pity and' distress of the vio-1 tuns have supplied sumcient quantities ' of clothing and all the necessary medi cal attention without stint or price. A committee of citizen under the leader- hip. of Mayor Rick ha charged Itself with the dutie of the hour and Is per- forming them with energy and all pos- hub success, m connection with those whose name are not among the list of saved it should be borne in mind that the list of saved will be materially swelled bji the 33 persons who are known to be at Shelter Cove. . Mr. Loum' two children were . also ' also drowned. "..' o OF HEROIC Boilers Exploded Which Counter HEAR TODAY BEFORE NOON KIkIiI minutea from the time the San Pedro etruck the Columbia the latter veMtcl had filled full of water and tunk. The night aaloon watchman notified all paaeengera to bo to the upper deck Without clothing they climbed out of tneir berth and ruahed out. It wn only three or four minute from the time of the colll-lon until the decks were awanh. Six twat and three life rafts were cut loose and a many pueeenger as po Hilile were crowded into them. There was scarcely any evidence of panic, the women nctinjj with heroism. The crew of the Sun l'ediv Immediately lowered tn n nd picked up n large number of the survivor while the bouts from the Shelter- Cove where four boate are laid to have landed. Captain Doran and 1'irst Officer Whit ney were on deck when the Columbia sank, the captain's last words being: "Ool bl you." " . According to Purser Byrnes ' of the Columbia there were 100 passengers aboard, 1(18 being first-class and 22 In the steerage. The crew numbered 60. Life Boat Found, EUREKA, July 22. A life boat was picked up at Shelter Ove containing 10 people, three seamen and 13 passengers, of whom two were dead. Steamer Elder Arrive at Eureka. Of the 240 people on the steamer Co lumbla, which was run into and sunk .early on Sunday morning by the lumber laden steam schooner San Pedro, 144 were brought here today by the steamer MUer. or these 107 were passengers and 37 were members of the crew of the steamer Columbia. In addition to these, four life boats were reported picked up, one containing 13 people, one 18 and one 13. The number on the fourth boat Is not ffivert, Among these is MrsF. O. Lours of RAN ASTORIA, OREGON, STEAMSHIP Pasadena. She died of exposure. Boiler Exploded. It is known that 107 passengers have lecn aved and 37 o) the crew. The exact nimilier at Shelter Cove is not yet deteiuiiued, Jul the Columbia was inking her boilers exploded. Thi coun teracted the suction and saved many liven. The only dead person brought by the Kh'er w ticurge T. Spark of Fort Smith, Ark. Two hours after the boat auk the fog lifted and a cold wind commenced to blow. The people in the" boat sulfernl much. t Statement of San Pedro' Helmsman. A 'lor the cause of the accident the accounts i.o far obtained are confusing to uch a degree a to lie almost unintelli gible. That ther was poof navigation ! by' one hin or the other Is ireiierally conceded, . j Swnnsun, a allor on the San Pedro, who was at the wheel when the collision j occurred, lay the blame on the Colum- j Ida which he snys tried to rros the San I Pedro's bow. Others of the San Pedro's crew make the same statement. Ex planation however are confused so as to be practically unintellible and It will probably tequire an official investi gation to fix the reipom-ibility. Mrs. Igan, wife of Dr. Logan of As toria, telephoned to her husband last week from Alameda, Oil that she would return on the Columbia sailing Satur- lay. Dr. l.ogan said at the time that he did not think she would be able to get a lierth on account of the delay in giving notice to the authorities. This morning however the doctor was frantic He and his wife were great personal friciuk of Captain Doran's. And the UK-tor thought that possibly on this ao- count room might' have been found for Mrs. 1igan. He was however reassured by a telegram yesterday .morning which told him his wife had prolonged her stav iu Alameda. Tom Husscll, fireman on the Co lumbia, is well known here and he is amongHt the saved. W. J, Ingnlls oi the Lewis and Clark was known to be in San Francisco. Amongst the lint of passengers is a man named W. H. Ingalls and his wife. This man is reported a amongst those who were saved, also a Mis Ila?.el Ingalls. Amongst the paWngers was a Mrs. B. P. Winters, and Mr. Winter of As toria was on tenter hook till he re ceived a telegram ii'irom his wife yester- toy that sue was safe. SAN FRAN'CINCO, July 22.-Kollov- ing is the complete list of passengers on board the Cohimblat CAMS PASSENGERS. Mr. Franklin Aulf. Mr. H. S. Allen. Misi Anna Akeeson. Mr. B. C. Austin. Mf. Philip Ashford. Mrs. R, Anderson. Mitts A. Ilernal. Mr. A. L. Blegcl. Mr. V. J. llachman. Mr. H. Butler and wife. Mia Alma Bahleen. Mi? M. Buxton. Ma a II. Beahren. Mis Gertrude Butler. Mian Pearl Beebe. Mr. J. Benson. IV. Best and wife. Miss Eva Booker. Mr. J. Brotherton. t "Mrs. Jane E. Best. Mis Clara Carpenter. Miss Ruby Cooper. T. T. Clark and wife. Mr. J. V. Carpenter. Mr. Dwighi Casner. Miss Lena Cooper. . 1 TUESDAY, JULY 23, J907. v--- (- k I 1 COLUMBIA. - Mrs. A. F. Cornell Mrs. R. B. Cannon. Marion Clasby. Miss A. !. Cornells. Mis ft Cannon. . Mr. L Clssby and wife. Mis Mary E. Cox". K O. Cannon. Mr W. C. Dodson. .'. C. Durham. 7L H, Dreker and wife. I. L. Diake, J. . Mrs. L L. Dmke. .. P. Krlas. It. K. Kwart. 'Mrs. C. A Eastman. Mr. K. Fagalde.' Mr E FitrgeraUL It W. (iiaham. Mis Eiama Griese. Mi Km Gordon. Mis X. L. Goedjin. Mr. A. (jray. Mrs. Blancheer (ior.Kin. V. Goelinaky. ' . Frank Holger. fr A. Hatt. U P- Hill. V. H. Harrington, (ieorge L. Hoodnepyl. . J. Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. W. E Iogak Miss Hazel lngals. C. M. Johnson. Miss Ethel Johnson. Mr. J. A. Johnson. It L. Keever. E. B. Keever. Mr. and Mrs. J. Grant EJlne. Miss Grace Kellar. Miss Eflie Kellar. 1!. T. Kuvanaugh. William Koldt. 1 Mm. U. A. Kellar. Mi-" Alma B. Kellar. Mr. and Mrs, E. J. Liggett. Miss Florence Lewis, Rav Lewis. Mr, a a Lewi. K IxRoy. W. If. Luea. (V A Lewi Mr. Ixuiis Malkut and wife. Mi. M uildin. Mr. John McFayxfen. Jfr. C. H. Martindale. Mrs. C. K. Martindale. Cliew Moeh. Mr. C. E. Mehiw. Miss Mutselgeger. Mis B. Mnsse.-. Miss Julia Matck. Mis X. McLeannon. Miss Margaret McKeaney. Ms. U Mcro. Miss Elsia Jfaystone. Mm. Carrie Martin. Miss Louise G. Nake. Miss Nellie A. Nake. Mr. J. C. Orr. .Miss Alma Osterberg. Mi-s Mary parson. J. E. Paul and wife. Mf. W. N. Pinney. Mr. E. Rockwell. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rig. Fred Rogers. C. C. Rowland. Mr. Sarah Roberts. P. Robertson. M. J. Rademan. ' , O. A. Smith. A. Schober. Sarah Schull. Mr. Swaller. Mrs. M. a Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith. William H. Smith. Mfsj Cora Schull " " W. I Smith. J. D. Springer. , i B '" Mis Shouldice, George T. Sparks. U JkJ Mb- Frances Schroder. Mi William 1L Soul. Mis Madera Sparks. H. O. Towneon. Mi' Flren-e Thompson. W. C. Todd. Mis A. a Toil. Mr. G. T. WUson. Mise H. WVight Mr. Roland Winters. Mr. A- C. Woodward. Mr. Ii. C. Wahlberg. Mr. C A. Winslosr and wife. Mr. Wm. Waller. Mis Alice Watson. Mis Edna Wallace. Mis R Walla,. . Mr. IL P. Winters. Miss Maybellt Wataon. Mr. J. W. Waddn A. Wlnklebleck and wife. Miss Mary Walter. Mis V. White. Mr. J. K. Young. STEERAGE. Mr. A. W. Croter. Mr. A. L. Rivers. Mr. Frank Giune. M.'. P. Knop. Mr. IL Kiunst. EUREKA, July 22. The following survivor of the Columbia have been brought here: PASSENGERS. H. Schalhorn,.PortIand. Medora Sparks, Fort Smith, Ark. J. Brotherton, Muskogee, L T. A. C. Woodward, Oakland. Mary E. Cox, El wood, Ind. C C May hew, Enid, Okla. Clyde C. Roland, Spokane. E. fl. Townsend, North Yamhill, Or. B. C. Austin, San Francisco. J. C Orr, Schuyler, Xeb. A. L. Eivers, Portland. W. IL Trusdale, Litchfield. IU. (Continued on page 4) Glass Trial in San Francisco Quiet Yesterday ZIMMER REFUSES TO TESTIFY He Is Sentenced To Ome Day'a Imprison ment For Contempt Supervisor Lon- ergan, Furey and Mamlock Testify to Their Betrayal of the Public Trust.!011 e maintained his characteristic SAN FRANCISCO, July 22Repeti- tion dulled the edge of what otherwise would have been a dar of sensations in the Glass trial. Second Vice-President Zimmer of the Telephone Company, un daunted by his five days' incarceration in the county jail last week for con tempt, again took the witness stand to day and again he refused to testify against his superior officers. Judge Law lor resentenced him to one day's im prisonment, and notice was served on Win by Heney, through the court, that on each and every succeeding day of the trial he would be called to the stand and 'Given an opportunity to see right and to do it." Supervisors Lonergan, Furey and Mam lock each again testified to his betrayal offi the public trust Judge L awlor will hold. nightly sessions the first four nights of this week. POLICEMEN FIRE THE DOOR KILLING MAN PORTLAND, July 22. Acting under ders. It is alleged, from Caotain of Detectives Patrick Bruin, seven police men lat tonight fired at random through the uoor or a room in wnien reter ui- ;son, a cook, had barricaded himself. Olson was hit by one of the missile and PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE HAY WOOD TRIAL Richardson for Defense in Argument. SPOKEOVERFOURHOURS - i Dr.McKee's Preliminary Hearing on Perjury Charge Took Place Yesterday. C. W. ALLER BOUND OYER Attorney Richardson Scored Orchard Mercilessly Declared Orchard Had Been Induced by Pinkerton'i to Save Himself by Blaming Innocent Hen. BOISE, uly 22. For four and one half hours today E. F. Richardson plead ed with the jury for the life of Hay wood. His speech which was divided under 11 different heads consisting of praise of the Western Federation, the history of the oppressive tactic pursued by owners against the Federation and a bitter excoriation orOrchard. Richard son declared that Orchard had been in duced by the Pinkertons to save his own worthless neck bw placing the blame for the outrage on innocent men. Under the orders of the court there wiU be morning and night sessions hereafter, but on ac count o fthe heat the afternoon sessions will be dispensed with. Dr. McKee's preliminary hearing on a charge of perjury in connection with the Haywood cae began today and will be continued tomorrow. Orchard was on the stand for over an hour and was sub jected to a grilling cross examination, eaim tnrougnout. u. w. AUer, also charged with perjury, in connection with the Haywood case, was bound over to day. C0A1 RATES REDUCED. , CinCAGO, 'Juiy 22. Traffic Director Stubbs of the Union and Southern Pa- eiflo Railroads issued a statement today in which he said that these roads had reduced the : freight rates on coal 25 cents a ton during July and August in order to induce consumers to store coal. DEAD NOW THIRTY-TWO. DETROIT, Mich., July 22. D. Hug ging, aged 20, ai Ionia, Mich., one of the injured in the Pere Marquette wreck at Salem, Mich., Saturday, died late Sunday night at St. Mary' Hospital, .bringing the total number- of dead up to 32. THROUGH is said to be -fatally injured. Olson was resisting arrest on a charge of threaten ing other inmates of the lodging house in which he was shot, and prior , to be ing shot had fired two bullet through the door at 'the officer who were trying to arrest hint.