ELEVEN IN
DROWNED
Steamer Kelton Caught In
a Gale
THE DECKLOAD SHIFTED
A Big Wave Struck the Vessel,
Washing the Deckload and
Cabin Overboard
LI FES AVERS RESCUE NINE
Th VmmI Wm Riding at Anchor
Mile OS Short With Tbrca An
chori Down and Holding Until a
Vend Bound North Picked Her up
NEWPORT, Oregon, May 4.
Elcvcn of the officers and crew of
the ichooner Minnie E. Kelton, lum
ber laden from Aberdeen, Waih., to
San Francisco,, were killed or drown
ed at the result of a' fearful gale Fri
day night. '
The ichooner i.1 lying at anchor,
half wrecked, about a tnile off shore
between Yamtina Heads and Cape
Foulwcathcr. Captain Jamci Me
Henna and ll of lus crew were
saved. The dead and mitring (un
drmbtcdly dead) are: Oiler Walter
Peterson, Fireman Barney McVey,
Steward Svend Peterson, Cabin boys:
R. W. Little and George Johnson;
crew: A. EloNotson, A. Koske, G
II. Jensen, O. Roskurst. and F
Johnson, Chief Engineer C. R. Lund.
Injured; Andrew J. Neilson. Saved:
Captain James McKcnna, First Mate
M. Martin, Second Mate John Mor
tenson, First Assistant Engineer
James Carney, Oiler Walter Hoffman,
Fireman John Howard, Fireman C
D. Hansen, sailors: A. Anderson, W,
Kaiikensen and Andrew J. N'cilson.
On ' Friday the Kelton ran into a
strong headwind which increased as
day proceeded until by midnight it
was blowing a hard gale. The ves
scl continually shipped large volumes
of water and labored heavily in the
sea. The rough weather continued
until the vessel reached a point eight
miles southwest of Yajuiina, when
the deckload shifted and started the
bulkheads of the fiijeroom and the
vessel began filling from the bunkers
and the engine room to the hold. The
pumps proved unavailing against the
inrush of water. Captain Kenna re
alizing the seriousness of his position
headed for the Columbia River, but
his tires were soon extinguished. The
Kelton filled rapidly and was soon
wallowing around . at the mercy of
the wind and waves. When north of
Yaquina Head, the captain, seeing
the honelessness of hts condition or
dered the craft abandoned and di
rected that the. Jifeboat which was
large enough to hold "the entire crew,
be lowered. "
While engaged in clearing the life
boat, the vessel suddenly shipped a
tremendous sea, which swept over
board, the deckload of lumber and
with it the after deckhouse, both
ooats ana u 01 tne men. snortiy aner
ward a squall shut out from view' the
lifeboat and the men on the wreck
age. They were not seen again until
three of their bodies had been picked
up on the beach on Sunday. Mean
time the men remaining on the Kel
ton took refuge in the rigging, but
fearing they would be swept overboard
they crawled along the cargo booms
and in his precarious manner suc
ceeded in gaining the forecastle,
where they remained until 'rescued
Sunday afternoon.
They had neither water nor provis
ions and suffered greatly from hun-
ger, thirst and exposure. During
this time signals of distress had been
flying but failed to attract the atten
tion either of the life saving station
or passing vessels. The first intelli
gence of the wreck was brought to.
Yaiiuina Day Life Saving Station
about noon Sunday by Paul Chatter-
ton, a farmer living ner the scene of
the wreck.
The .lifeboat w" Immediately sent
up tne coast to tne iveuon na mc
surfman with signalling apparatus
went along the shore to the craft
The life boat took the remaining
members of the crew and landed them,
safely about two miles above the
wreck.
Search was then made for those
sailors who might have been washed
ashore. The boat was found a short
distance further north with one man
lying dead in the bottom of it Half
a mile further up the beach another
body was found on the beach and a
third body was found in a mass of
wreckage near the second one.
A. J. Neilson, one of the men who
had been abandoned on the wreck
age managed to save his life after
undergoing a horrible experience.
When the wreckage struck the beach
Saturday night, the breakers piled
the lumber on top of the unfortunate
sailors, Neilson with a leg broken
above the ankle, managed to extricate
himself from the grinding mass and
reached the shore about 9 o'clock at
niuht. With the broken bones pro
truding through the flfshand endur
ing fearful agony, the man lay there
all night. Sunday morning he at
tempted to crawl along the beach
when he was discovered by the chil
dren of Andrew Wisnewski, a farm
er. Wisncwski carried Neilson to
his home and came to this place for a
physician, i '
Chief Engineer Lund was last seen
in his cabin a moment before it was
washed overboard. He" is believed
to have been killed.
BIG FIRE IN FRISCO
Involving a Property and Mer
chandise Loss of $200,000
WHOLE BLOCK IS DESTROYED
The, Fire Started in a Chimney In the
Mentone Restaurant The Block is
Surrounded by Market, Geary and
Kearney Streets and Grant Avenue
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.
Propcrty and merchandise worth
$200,000 was destroyed by a fire to
night which started in a chimney in
the Mentone Restaurant and destroy
ed nearly all of the block bounded
by Market, Geary and Kearney
streets and Grant avenue. One man
was overcome by smoke and several
were seriously injured. ,
SUES FOR WAGES.
NEW YORK, ,May 4.-For three
hours tonight Judge Hough in the
United States district court listened
to arguments which involved the
question of the right of President
Roosevelt to dismiss three companies
of negro soldiers of the 25th infantry
for connection with the Brownsville
affair. Private Reid, the plaintiff, has
sued the government for $122, his
wages from the time he was dis
charged to the expiration of his term
of enlistment. His attorney contend
ed that the enlisted men are protected
by constitutional rights which the
President is powerless to ignore even
as the commander of the 'army and
that the enlistment operated from
the legal view as civil contract be
tween a soldier and the government,
Judge Hough reserved his decision
but plainly told Reid's counsel that
he would require considerable proof
to convince that the relations of the
enlisted soldier and the government
amount to civil contract. '
fcii" sir . ' '
fbrsSect
Shirt Found Covered With
Human Blood
SAME SIZE AS COLLAR
The Arrest of the Suspected Man
Is Expected to Occur Within
the Next Few Hours
BELIEVED ON RIGHT TRACK
The Laundries Were Visited and the
Mark 'on the Shirt Corresponds
With th Mark of a Man of Bad
Repute. '
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PORTLAND, May 4-A shirt cov
ered with human blood, which' was
found Saturday afternoon"" behind a
lodging house in the north end by
the police, is believer to have been
worn by the slayer of Nathan Wolff,
the pawnbroker, who was murdered
in his jewelry store Friday evening
The police kept this find to them
selves and not until today "did the
fact that they were in possession of
such a garment become revealed
This was the only development in the
case today and accompanied by the
statement that a laundry mark on the
shirt had not enabled the detectives
to come to a nearer solution of the
mystery.
The arrest of a man who it is be
lieved murderer the pawnbroker is
expected to occur within the next
few hours. Investigations resulting
from the finding of a bloody shjrt at
the rear of a north end hotel by
the police placed the detectives on
what they believe fs the right track.
Th shirt has the same sized collar
band as the collar found in Wolffs
place of business after the crime was
committed. A visit made to the laun
dries of the city as had been done
with thc collar and it is alleged the
possessor of a laundry mark corres
ponding to that on the shirt, is a man
of bad repute. As soon as this was
learned by the police every detective
in the city was placed on the search
for a suspect and though he has not
yet been apprehended at a late hour
tonight it " was expected he would
soon be in the hands of the police.
INDICTMENTS. DISMISSED.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4:-The
prosecution this afternoon in the
Ruef trial dismissed the indictments
against W. I. Brobeck and. G. H.
Umbsen, who with J. E. Green were
jointly indicted with Ruef 14 times
in the Parkside trolley franchise mat
ter. This followed an action by Heney
last Friday in dismissing the Green
indictments after the latter had re
fused to testify because he was a co
defendant. Brobeck has already giv
en his testimony and Umbsen will
follow Green on the stand, testifying
for the state. Green again took the
stand and told of employing Ruef as
an attorney for a fee of $30,000 to
get the franchise from the board of
supervisors after other means to get
the franchise had failed.
OVERRAN THE COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, May 4. - The
House completely overran the com
mittee on appropriations in connec
tions with several items in the sun
dry civil bill. When the . measure
was, laid aside for day $250,000 had
been added to the sum recommended
by the committee.
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FLEET UNITED.
SANTA CRUZ, Cat, May 4.-The
Atlantic battleships fleet was united
once more today when the ships of
the second squadron arrived from
Monterey and the flotilla of six de
stroyers joined it from San Pedro,
the latter after pn of the stormiest
voyages of the cruise. The Connecti
cut is to proceed to Monterey to
morrow and take on board Admiral
Evans, after which the flagship will
return at once to Santa Cruz, No
ceremonies will attend the return of
Rear Admiral Evans.
CLEVELAND IMPROVING.
LAKEWOOD, May 4.-Dr. Bry-
ant, Cleveland's physician, stated to
night that the formeif president was
getting along nicely and had made
considerable progress toward re
covery. . .
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FIVE-INCH SHELL.
Relic of the Civil War Explodes in
an Armory.
RIVERSIDE, Cal., May 4.-A five
inch shell, a relic of the Civil War,
exploded in the armory hall Sunday
morning seriously injuring three per
sons and damaging the walls and
ceilings of the building. The acci
dent-occurred after a supper which
had been given during the evening by
Company M of the National Guard.
The cannot ball had long been in the
possession of the company and it
was supposed that the powder had
been withdrawn.
ELEVEN BODIES RECOVERED.
FORT WAYNE, May 4.-A total
of eleven bodies have been taken from
the Avelin Hotel ruins. Only two
more persons are now known to be
missing. the Avelin Hotel was
burned last night. , ,
LIST OF ENTHItS
For the Sixth Annual Regatta
at Philadelphia
CORNELL ASKED TO ENTER
New York, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Bos
ton and Washington to be Rerpre
senter St John's Military Aca
demy to Enter.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Although
there are now eleven district college
crews entered for the sixth annual
regatta of the American Rowing As
sociation at Philadelphia on May 22
a number which breaks all previous
collegiate records, the boards of
stewards is making a special effort to
increase this by securing the entry of
Cornell.
The crews of which .the stewards
are sure are Harvard two, Yale two,
University of Pennsylvania four, Co
lumbia one, Georgetown one, and
New York University one. .
There is only one drawback to the
entry of Cornell. Cornell is promot
ing a regatta of her own at Ithaca,
one of the features of which is to be
a dtlal race between' the junior eights
of Cornell and Pennsylvania, but the
stewards think that if Pennsylvania
can enter a crew in, the American
Rowing Association Regatta and then
send an eight to Ithaca a week later
Cornell can do likewise. The stewards
have been virtually assured that they
will receive entry of the St. Johns
Military Academy eight of Delafield,
WiJtonsin; for the" inter-scholastic
race. The entry of this crew will
make six school, crews in the race,
twice as many as ever before entered.
The stewards have not been able to
make out a list of the club entries,
because these crews always get a
later start than the college men.
There is no doubt, however, that New
York, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Washing
ton and Boston will have a good representation.
BIG STACK
TELEGRAMS
From Newspaper Publish
ers Throughout Country
KORRIS ON STAND TODAY
Amplifying These Statements
Norris Presented a Mass of
- Facts and Figures
WILLINGNESS TO TESTIFY
The "Committee Has Decided to Ad
journ Friday Noon and go to Pal
mer Falls to Investigate the Mill of
the Hudson Paper Co.
WASHINGTO, May 4.-An eight-
inch stack of telegram from the
newspaper publishers throughout the
country, telling of the increased cost
of print paper was submitted today!
to a special house committee which
is investigating that subject by John
Morris of New York, who occupied
the witness stand the entire day.
Amplifying these telegraphic state
ments Norris presented a mass of
facts and figures substantiate of the
charges brought against the Interna
tional Paper Company by the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers' Associa
tion. The committee has practically
decided to adjourn at ioon next
Friday and go to Palmer's Falls, New
York, to inspect the mills of the
Hudson River Paper Company and
take testimony there relative to, the
cost of production.
Forty-six " newspapers publishers
have telegraphed their willingness to
come to Washington and testify.
Chairman Mann requested that they
be informed of the adjournment on
Friday noon so as many of them as
possible could come and testify be
fore them. '
"DORE THORNE" COMING.
To those who have never read
Bertha M. Clay's famous novel, the
following synopsis of the story will
prove interesting, especially as
"Dora Thome" will appear in dra
mtized form at the Astoria Theatre
one night only, May 10th. .This play
and boks deals with a beautiful love
story in a rural English home. An
innocent girl daughter 'of a lodge
keeper of an Englishman of high
birth,, is loved by the son of the lat
ter. The match meets with the dis
favor of the young man's father, but
despite the fact that the father in
forms him eiher to give up the girl
1 or his home of luxury, he chooses
"Dora Thome" and marries her The
young girl, a pure and honest crea
ture, loves the 'young man quite as
well as he does' her but through the
efforts of a young sailor the young
sailor the young couple are separated
and made to believe later that each
had been unfaithful to the other..
This state comes about a3 the re
sult of the efforts of Lady Chararis
and the father of . the Earl.' The
young sailor returns after two years
voyage to find that Dora's favor has
been transferred from him to the
young noble-man and several compli
cations arise from this, , which for
a while take on a serious aspect.
Tke' time arrives when honesty and
faithfulness triumph, and the closing
scenes find everything favorable for
the young folks.
ANARCHIST TENDENCIES.
SAN FRANCISCO,.May 4-In th
Fort Mason guardhouse is Private
Buwalda of Company A, First Bat
talion of Engineers. Buwalda had
been identified as the soldier who
shook hands with Emma Goldman at
a meeting of anarchists and pledged
her assistance. The identification was
made by detectives of the local po
lice force and he was ordered under
arrest. Buwalda will be brought be
fore a court martial
v LOSES HIS SIGHT, v
CHICAGO, May 4. A despatch to
the Record Herald' from Muskegon,
Mich., says: Specialists announced
last night that Chas. Moore Hackley,
Muskegon's young millionaire with a
fondness for common labor, will lose
the sight of both eyes as the result
of a dynamite explosion last week.
BAPTIST CONFERENCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-The
Pacific Coast conference of the Bap
tist Church will convene in the First
Baptist Church on May 12th, the
session closing on the 15th. A strong
delegation is expected from Northern
California and delegates will attend
from Oregon, Washington, Nevada,
Utah, Idaho, Montana and Arizona.
NURSES' CONVENTION. '
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-An
excursion train bringing delegates
from all over the country to attend
the eleventh annual convention of the
Nurses' Associated alumnae of the
United States arrived in . this city
yesterday and more are coming. The
opening session will be called on
Monday morning at Golden Gate
Commandery I fait. It is believed
there will be an attendance at the
convention of at least 500 women.
BULKELEY'S BELIEF
Brownsville .Affair Championed
by Connecticut Senator
LAWLESS MEXICANS BlAMED
fSt.
Favors Foraker Bill Requiring Re
Inlistment of the Men Upon Their
Statements of Innocence Import
ant Features of His Bill .
WASHINGTON, May 4-Senator
Bulkeley of Connecticut, a member
of the military affairs committee,
spoke at length in the senate today
on the Brownsville affair. Bulkeley
declared his belief in the innocence
of the negro soldiers and said that
the rioters of the town in his judg
ment were the lawless Mexicans from
an outside town, assisted by the law
less class in Brownsville. He insist
ed that in the absence of light in the
city on the night of the raid was suf
ficient to impeach the testimony of
witnesses who told of seeing several
negro soldiers. Senator Borah inter
rupted to say that the night in ques
tion was an ordinary starlight night
and that the theory of darkness had
never been suggested except by men
who wanted it to be a dark night.
Fulton stated that while he was con
vinced that the shooting up of
Brownsville was done by the negro
soldiers he favored Foraker s bill re--quiring
the re-enlistment of the men
upon their statements oj innocence.
Foraker added that the bill had an
important feature in its provision
that should at any time evidence of
the guilt of the men be discovered
they would be tried by either the civil
or military authorities and by having
them back in the army they could be
had at an time.
Senate today passed a bill for
$250,000 for the relief of the tornado
sufferers in the south. ' ,