STEAMER REPUBLIC III : WITH TIE FLORIDA Two Ocean Liners Clash in Dense Fog , f NO LIVES ARE LOST Passengers Transfered on the Florida which Was Less Injured WIRELESS BRINGS FAST AID Republic tamt to Such M Bxttnt That Si , Will ProUblr Sink- Only Human Belngt Ar Removed Freight All Left. NANTUCKET, 1:40, Jn. 24 A wireless metsaae ' received early tx!y from an unknown steamer, probably the Baltic, aayi that (our passengers o( the Republic were killed in tbe collision. The iteacner Florida it damaged about the bow. She it proceeding to New York on- der convoy of the Baltic. WWW WWW WWW www-wwtw-wt ; NANTUCKET,. Jan.; 23. In pick- ing her way through the dense log at the Nantucket lightship at dawn to day, 'the steamer Florida of the Lloyd Italian line, bound to New York front Naples, dealt death blow to the out ward bound steamer Republic of the White Star Line, laden with passen gers seeking pleasure in Southern Europe ( and with supplies for the United States battleship fleet The Florida proving to be less seriously injured than the other steamer took board' the Republic's passengers al moat Immediately and 12 hours later all the officers and crew of the Re public with the exception of Captain Sealby, left the vesteL Captain Sealby . . ... . In his gig, refuting to leave sight of bis beloved vessel until she had dis appeared forever beneath the waves. The Republic was on her regular course for her outward passage, but the Florida was 30 miles off the pre scribed line for in bound tteamers. Whether she was seeking a return to that course or waa wandering ttill . farther astray In the fog, could not be laerned from the meagre dispatch-1 SOQUEL WRECKED ON SEA BIRD ROCKS jCaptain Jamieson's Wife and Child Killed by Fal ling Spars, Several Others Drowned, l VICTORIA, Jan. 23. The Amcri- mna,A.i chnnnp Cnniifl Cttll vm i,iu.v ; T' , -n , Captain Jamieson,' ' from".. Callao to Tort Townsend, in ballad, was totally wrecked on Sea Bird rocks, Friday" night at the mouth of Pachena Bay, near where the Valencia was lost with 140 livs on the same day two years ago. The SoqucI was endeavoring io enter the straits when the accident happened. Captain Jomicson's wife and child were killed by falling spars when two of the masts came down, soon after the schooner struck. The ateamers Tees and Leebro, the latter carrying the crew of the wrecked Bamfield Creek motor life boat, with much difficulty rescued five of the crew, The Leebro boat was swamp II cs received up to 10 o'clock tonight. Wireless telegraphy played an Im nortant Dart in the accident for It summoned to the Republic within few hours three ocean liners, the La Lorraine, Baltic and Lucina. It apparent that the Florida must have been 30 to 40 miles off her course in being anywhere near tbe Republic, as tha eastbound and wtstbound steam er lines are farther distant apart At soon at the Republic bad struck and tha extent of tbe damage became known the wireless calls for assist ance were sent broadcast All vessels within range of the mysterious pulsa lions were asked to hasten to the scenes. The first call which the Re uublic had been sending which was recorded on land was caught at the Charleston uavy yar dat 8 o'clcck this morning, It said: "To the revenue cutter Creshani of Boston. The steamer Republic it io distress and is sinking In latitude 40; 17, longitude 706. southwest of Nantucket", Tha Crcsuain was not at the navy yard, Intercepted the call in l'rovideucctou harbor. She started immediately lor Nantucket Other wireless apparatus also caught the message and in a short tune the cut ter Acushnet was on ber way out from Wood's bole; the Hobawk, an other revenue cutter started from New Bedford and Seneca bad started from New London. Tbe Mohawk soon ran aground, while the Acushnet did not get outside of . the vineyard of Haven Harbor and later came back to ascertain if tbe vessel was still in dis tress. In the meantime the Baltic and La Lorraine, both of whom had pass cd the Republic a few hours earlier and were speeding into New York heeded the call for assistance and put about The Lucanta, which was to the eastward of Nantucket light also catching the message hit up her speed and pressed to the assistance of tbe Republic The collision being amidship imme diately flooded the engine rooms leav ing her absolutely helpless. Fortun ateiy However, ber equipment was well supplied with storage batteries and these were usd for more than six hours, until tbey gradually became ex hausted, After that her recourse was to signal by means , . . of submarine bells. In the middle of the forenoon, the transfer of the passengers to the Florida was made and although the fog was very dense, unusually calm weather for this time of the year en abled the transfer to be made without an accident Only human beings 'were removed from the Republic, all baggage being left on the Republic, By noon the Baltic and La Lorraine were close to the scene but owing to ed during the rescue work and some of the live savers j were almost drowned. The Tees picked them up, Six men, one prostrated with a brok? en leg, could not be got off before darkness , came. They were left' on board tlse wreck, and the Tecs went to Bamfield Creek to land those who were saved. The revenue cutter Manning went from Tattoosh this afternoon to as sist In the work with the Wyadda life boat and it is expected that those remaining on the wreck and the bodies of the victims will be recov ered. Five ' were .rescued from one of the Sea Bird rocks where they landed early this borning. They had built a fire and, huddled about it, wait ing for rescue. Oil the log were unable to locate the Re-, public although they could hear the sub marine bells. During the forenoon the efart of those on shore were somewhat allayed by a message from the captain of the Republic which read: "The steamship Republic off Nan tucket, when 26 miles off Nantucket light this morning was run into by an unknown vessel. Tbe engine rooms are full of water; can remain afloat; no danger; no lives lost. Sealby, captain." " ' . j After this came still more assuring news that the Florida had taken off the passengers without an accident The closing of ber compartments was what kept the Republic afloat, but a message from the Baltic late this af ternoon stated that the pressure onj these was so great that they were likely to give way at any moment. NEW YORK, Jan. 23,-The Repub lic, a tourist steamer, left New York Friday afternoon for Mediterranean ports. 1 here were on board 250 first-class passengers, 211 in the steerage and a crew of 300. Captain Sealby, a veteran seaman, in com mand. Among those on board were Archbishop Birches of Montreal; Jas. B. Connelly, a writer of tea tales; Mrs. li. J. Briggs, wife of the presi dent of the Bank of New York; Alice Morse Earle, the author; and Mr. and Mrs, Hoover of Seattle. The transfer of the Republic's pas sengers to the steamer Baltic . was completed shortly before 1 o'clock this (Sunday) morning and both the Baltic and Florida started for New York. . ... ... DREW BILL DAY EFFECT ALL FOREIGNERS WANT CLAUSE DISCRIMINAT INQ AGAINST JAPANESE CUT , OUT OF THE MEASURE. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23.-Ex Mayor Phclan of San Francisco who is in Washington conferring with the federal authorities regarding the pro posed legislation against Japanese owning land within the state, teje graphed Senator Sanford today that the administration favored a bill striking out the clause in the Drew bill which discriminated against the Mongolians. The telegram follows Advise the new bill forbidding land ownership to all foreigners. There is no objection to that here. Suggest the commission to correct statistics of Japanese invasion,", f ., 1AFJY PENSION BILLS ARE PASSED MEASURE TO INCREASE PEN SION OF LATE REAR-ADMIRAL GOGHLAN DEFEATED WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. A large number of pension bills were passed in the house today and by a decisive vote of 42 to 13, the widow of the late Rear-Admiral Coghlan ' was re fused an increase of pension from $50 per month to $100 per1 month. The consideration of the bill to prohibit importation of opium except for medi- nal purposes were prevented by Payne of New York on the ground that such action would reduce na- onal revenues $1,000,000 per month and would not lessen the use of the drug. The house adjourned until to morrow when servipes will be held for the late Representative Dunwell, REACH NO DECISION. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.r-The case of Attorney A. S. Newberg, who charged with attempting to bribe S. Kellcy, a prospective juror, to ote for Abe Ruef's acquittal, went to the jury today. The jury disagreed after being out five and a half hours and stated there was no prospect of an agreement. ; HA! HOG 6ltUfiT3 AGAIN Wants to be State Capi tal and Fair Site ALSO WANTS ASYLUM Multnomah Delegates Find All Kinds of Fault With Salem as Capital CLAIM WATER IS UNFIT Senator Bailey Introduces Bill to Have State Fairground Sold and Another Site Purchased at Portland or Near There. STAtEHOUSE, Salem, Or., Jan. 23. The talked-of, movement to transfer the seat of government from Salem to, Portland is founded on something' firmer and more substan tial than josh. Now Senator Bailey has Introduced a bill ' to have the State Fairgrounds sold and land for the State Fair bought at or near I'ortiand. boon to come will be a measure transferring the Asylum for Insane. It Is freely predicted that should i Bingham's ' resolution to change the capital from Salem to Portland pass the senate it will also pass the house, aud if once placed on the ballot at the next election the voters of Multnomah county will see that the seat of government is shifted north SO miles. Senator Bailey's measure provides that the State Board of Agriculture shall also provide for an annual fair or exhibition by the society of all the industries and industrial" products of the state, at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, and determine the amount of premiums." Further: "The said Board of Agriculture is hereby also instructed to sell, at public or private sale, all properties located in Marion County, Oregon, which have been acquired under the provisions of section 414S, Chapter 1, Bellinger JtCotton's Code, and to acquire by purchase or donation, lands in Mult nomah County, Oregon, for the pur pose of carrying out the instructions as set forth in section 4138 as amended." , Approximately $800,000 will be ask ed for the asylum of the legislature. The members who have visited the asylum this session do not consider it satisfactory building. The preval ent idea is that a number of cottages is better than one large institution but if there is to be an institution, then a new and atrictly modern structure can be built for $300,000. The city of Salem wants the state to' assist in the installation ot a new. water system, a system which will bring mountain water to the town. Legislators, while admitting that the water at the asylum is not all that it should be and that some day an epi demic '61 sickness will break out ow ing to the water, contend that, in view of the improvements and repairs needed at the old building and the cost of sharing in a new water sys tem for Salem, it is cheaper to bring the asylum to water than water to the asylum, The location of the asylum is also criticised. - i All these points are being discussed in the Senate and House informally among the members, and while every two years there is talk of moving the capital to send chills up and down the spine of the Marion county delega tion, this time the movement is more earnest. , , ' i PATRIOTISM IS DIFFICULT. CHICACO, Jan. 23. Patriotism of the "good old kind," is antiquated and practically worthless in these modern times according to Francis W. Parker in an address last night to the Sons of the American Revolution. At least this is the case in the United States, herald, because the United States is too big to be loved. He declared that tio American loves his land in (he same way that the Swis and the Norwegians love their lands. "Neith er," continued the speaker, "have ye Americans any dynastic to love and around which to center our love? of country. , We cannot love the house of Roosevelt, or the House of penecn or of J'. Hamilton Lewis," 1 j , rRED CROSS FIRST Ala jj CHICAGO, Jan. 23. -The Red Cross First Aid Legion of Illinois, a state organization planned for some time, is a fact. The ideal at which St aims is 30,000 men in Illinois trained by officert. and surgeons of the United States army and equipped, by the state and federal government similarly to the Illinois National Guard. The Chicago crib disaster (s pointed to as an illustration of the ad vantage of having a large state or ganization composed of workingmen in every division of labor who will be trained in first aid medical science BEEF LAWYER LEAVES. , CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-The United States district attorneys who are conducting tbe investigation . of the bef industry have manifested consid- erable interest in the discovery that Edward Lundberg, an attorney asso ciated with the defense in the beef trust investigation of 1905 has sud denly severed his connection with his employers and left Chicago. For sev eral yeara Lundberg had been, em ployed by packing concerns. It is said he has gone to Portland, Or. The district attorneys refused to say wheth er the disappearance of Lundberg has any significance in the present inquiry but it is probable that they will com municate with him at Portland. His thorough knowledge of the business of the packing concerns makes him desirable as an expert witness. LAI QUARTER. SYM PATHIZE 111 LEAfITT CLAIM BRYAN'S DAUGHTER HAS NO GOOD CAUSE FOR . DIVORCE. PARIS, Jan. 23.-W. H. Leavitt Yesterday received from T. S. Allen, his wife's lawyer at Lincoln, informa tion that Mrs. Leavitt, who is W. J Bryan's daughter, had filed petition for divorce on the ground of incom patibility of temperament and non support He was questioned regard ing the matter today and declined to discuss it, saying he does not desire to embarrass his wife in any way Leavitt will not oppose the suit, With his mother, with whom he has been living in Paris, he will leave in a few days for America. His depart ure is in no way connected with the. suit, but is part of his plan to exhibit his "picture "The last supper." Leav itt's friends in the Latin quarter who esteem him highly as a serious work er, said his life has been exemplary. They declare Mrs. Leavitt's decision to obtain a divorce is due entirely to her nervous temperament ; , , .-, . ENGINEER RESPONSIBLE. LEADVILLE, Colo., Jan. 23.-The coroners jury toaay ; orougnt in a verdict holding Engineer Gustav Ol son alone responsible for the frightful wreck on the Denver & Rio Grande recently at Dotzero. Olson will be held for negligent in failing to obey orders to stoy at Dotsero siding. RATE CASE CLOSED. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 23.- With a strong plea to the court by Gardiner Lathrop to save the Mis souri Kaiiroaos trom oanKruptcy, which will result, it was claimed, if the present rate laws are enforced, the Missouri rate case in the federal court closed today. BANK CLERK GOES WRONG FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 23.- Leftwich Homan clerk in the First National Bank has been arrested and GOMffliT- TARES STEPS TO RECOVER 0. AND C.LAI3D formally charged with having rifled private boxes. . The peculations are alleged to have extended over a year or more during which time jewelry and money to the amount of between $70,000 and $75,000 is alleged to have been stolen. Tbe exposure came a week ago when one of the bank pat rons discovered that diamonds valued at $500,000 had disappeared. Later they were recovered. .,, ; UO STILL FEELS FREQUENT QUAKES HAD ONE YESTERDAY SAID TO BE A3 SEVERE AS THAT OF DECEMBER 28. REGGIO, Jan. 23 Several earth quake shocks were experienced this afternoon. One of them though short wat said to be as intense as the earth quake of December 28, when Messina and Reggio were overwhelmed. . The 11. r ..j i ..... f.n l tt.. I . ... . . . panic among the residents is mde- scribable. There wat a slight tremb-t ling at Palmi, but no damage. !' 181 ;0.4CR.It), and against more than I'j IfJTQ III jlOO other individuals and private cor llrialu nLL'Portins. These suits are to recover joiso: MiESIira AUTHOR OF ANTI-JAPANESE BILLS AGAIN DEFIES FED ERAL AUTHORITIES. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23.-Grove L. Johnson, author of the three anti- Japanese bills that have aroused the antagonism of President Roosevelt hand Secretary Root, again defied the federal authorities today by introduc ing a joint resolution asking Congress to extend the Chinese exclusion act so as to include all Asiatics. Gover nor Uillett will veto any bills dis criminating against the Japanese and the organizations of both houses are on record as being opposed to the enactment to all laws not favored by the national administration. . FIVE KILLED IN BLOODY BATTLE Two Italians Discharged Seek Revenge LONDON, Jan. 23 Five persons are dead and more than 20 others are in hospitals at Walthamstow, a sub urb, as the result of a sensational at tempt made today by two Italians at highway robbery. The Italians were run down and surrounded by a posse, and finally committed suicide. Three other victims, including a policeman anda a young boy, is dead. Two policemen and three boys are among the wounded. The Italians had been employed in rubber factory, but, having been discharged, they planned to . revenge themselves on their .employers. They lay in wait near the factory, and seiz ed a bag of money containing . the week's pay of all the hands. They then started on a mad dash down the street. - The police were summoned and started in pursuit in a motor car. As they approached the Italians, the rob File Suits Against Two Roads, Many Individuals VALUEDAT$15,000,000 About 353.2S3 Acres of Rich Country is Involved In the . Proceedings TIMBERCOKPAMIES C'.VN KS5T Government Allege the Lands Were ' Sold to Timber Companies and Not to Bonafide Settlers at $2.50 an Acre as the Law Requires. PORTLAND, Jan. 23.-The United , States government today filed 35 suits . . . ... . .. :atca government today filed 35 suits against the Oregon & California Rail- i road Company, the Southern Pacific Company (the present owner of the from the railroads and their grantees, who comprise the other defendants, an aggregate of 353,283 acres of land within the "Old O. and C. land grant" in this state, Tbe lands are valued at 'over $15,000,000; ': 't .' "; I The suits which were filed by B. D. ! Townsend, special assistant to the a4 ftorney-general, are corrollary to, but entirely separate from the suit recent ly filed by.the federal government against the Oregon & California and I Southern Pacific to cancel the patent to' the grant on the alleged grounds that the companies had failed to dis pose of the lands contained within them to bona fide settlers at rate of $2.50 per acre.1 The present suit la for the' purpose of recovering from the grantees of the railroads, the 353, 288 acres which the government al leges they sold to" the timber com panies. . , The defendants named are scat tered from Maine to California, and when the trial comes it will perhaps surpass in variety of, residence and (Continued on page 8) From Rubber Factory - 20 Injured bers opened fire with automatic pis tols on their pursuers. " A number of men and boys on the street were shot down, 'i The Italians kept ahead of the auto mobile until they came up with a trolley car. This they boarded and forced the driver "to throw on full speed. The car went thundering down the track with the police automobile ' in pursujt. ' Near Tottenham Marsh, the Ital ians made the motorman slow down and jumped from the car. They sought a positions in the marshes for their last stand. By this time the police had been joined by several hundred laboring men. Together the pursuers advanc ed upon tha robbers, the police in the van. The Italians were hard pressed. They saw their position was hopeless, and after the exchange of a few shots, they turned their weapons upon them selves and committed suicide.