IMMENSE THRONG
WELCOMES FLEET
Mils Black With Humanity as Vesse's
Come to Anchor.
Imposing Naval Pageant Arouses Ad
Admiration of Thousands Prac
tically Every First-class Warship
of the Navy Anchored in Spacious
Srn Francisco Bay.
c : u , .
JU" x-iaiicisco, may i. inrougn and endod only when tho sailormon had
the towering portals of the Golden again embarked in the small boats that
Gate heavy laden with the romance '"turned them to their ships. Twenty
of centuries-into the harbor of the flvo hu.ndre,d ..B?ldier8 of the rular
city of a hundred hills; into a new "f in array, graciously
San Francisco risen from the ruins of as an ecort t? the visiting men
two years ago, the Atlantic battleship of the sea, and were liberally applauded,
fleet steamed yesterday in review of ' The. c,hee"' howeVr' Tere .not a" r
a multitude unnumbered. It was the B4PJve.d '' the sailor? and ,marint?9- eT:
same imposing pageant of immaculate
vuliit 1,),, .it ii .
Roads nearly five months ago in the
wake of the President's flag, but with
the splendid accomplishments of a
record-breaking cruise of more than
13.000 miles and three weeks nt won-
lerful target work behind it.
Yesterday the white - anchored,
four-starred blue fl.io; of tho Secretary
of the N.-iw flvincr f th r,,-,ir, Xt
the trim little irunbo.it 'York-town.
fluttered the welrn.ne r,f the Mninn
while the Governor of California the
Mayor of San Francisco and the peo
ple of 100 or more towns and cities
voiced the greetings of the enthusi
astic West.
The exciting thrill of possible ad
venture lurk'ng on the dimly distant
horizon which marked the departure
'A the fleet from its Eastern base was
Kone, but there was still the satisfy
ing sense of preparedness which trav
els with this self-reliant force of fight
ing vessel. and the manifest pride of
nearly 1,000,000 residents of the great
western country who gazed for the
first time upon a column of first-class
battleships.
Once inside the entrance to the
bay, the heavy vessels of the Eastern
Const were joined by the armored
cruisers of the entire Pacific fleet, and
the Navy of the Nation all save a
few newly-commissioned or reversed
ships on the Atlantic and some pa
trol boats scattered in the Orient
joined in a parade, which for im
pressive beauty and strength of fight
ing timber has never been equaled.
Forty-four vessels, ranging from the
Ki, 000-ton Connecticut and the five
sisters of her class, down to the tiny
torpedo boats no larger than a rac
ing launch, passed through the har
hnr to the anchorage south of the
Market-street ferry terminals, where,
outlined in the fire of their electric
illuminations, they lie in four long
lines awaiting the review of Secre
tary Metcalf on Friday morning.
The parade and maneuvers of an
rhoring occupied fully four hours of
time And gave to the people who
made black the hills of the city, the
islands of the harbor, housetops and
mountain heights twentj miles away,
the most wondrous naval spectacle
they have ever known. For, after all,
whatever may be the elaborate festi
vals planned ashore in welcome of
the fleet, the ships themselves, steam
ing along in varying formations,
really present the picture that is most
beautiful to see.
FREIGHT RATE WAR.
Harriman Declares It Will be Higher
Rates or Lower Wages.
Chicago, May 7. The rate waY
which is raging between the railroads
nnd the shippers promises to be a bit
ter one.
In Chicago the fight ajjninst the ad
vance in freight rates will be fought
principally by the Chicago Associa
tion of Commerce, which represents
nearly all the commercial interests in
the city. The organization will hold
a meeting today to plan opposition
to the increase in the East at once,
and to pave the way for similar action
when the rates go up all over the
country.
It is said that E. IT. Harriman de
clares it is either a case of boosting
rates or cutting the salaries of the
railroad employes. The railroads fig
ure that the increase, tinder the pres
ent tonnage, will net them $200,000,
oon. Troops Scare Insurgents.
Lima, May 7. Closely pursued by
government troops, the insurgents
who rose last week at Chosica and
neighboring towns and who are un
der the leadership of Dr. Durand, are
retiring into the interior. It is
rumored here 'that a revolution is in
progress in Cuzco, the capital of the
department of that name, and that the
insurgents hold the city government
and have seized (he arms and ammu
nition of the rifle clubs. Cuzco is an
inland region east of the Andes, and
has a population of 30,000.
Rockefeller to Invade Russia.
London. May 7. A dispatch to the
Central News from St. Petersburg
savs that three agents of J. 1). Rocke
feller are there negotiating for the
construction of the Amur railway, a
bill for which the Douma passed to
the first reading last month and which
the government is understood to de
mic to have constructed speedily.
Rockefeller's agents offer to complete
the railway in five years, to use only
Russian material and to employ only
Russian labor.
Departure Is Delayed.
Washington. May 7. A change in
the order governing the movement of
the Pacific fleet, commanded by
Rear-Admiral Dayton, was announced
at the Navy Department yesterday,
by the operation of which the vessels
will remain at San Francisco until
May 15, when they will sail for a
southern cruise.
MARCH OF MEN OF FLEET.
Largest 'Armed Force Ever Landed Is
Reviewed at San Francisco.
San Francisco, May 8 Eight thou
sand bluejackets nnd marines the larg
est armed force the American Navy has
ever put ashore in time of peace or war
were landed yesterday from the oom-
binod Atlantic and Pacific fleets, now appropriation bill was practically con
lyin in the harbor, and marched eluded by the senate today. Bmoot of
through the streets of San Francisco in Iv" fZ' Z
6
the most notable parado the city has
ever known. For four miles and a half,
along streets lined and canopied with
! cl0" and in review of a never-ending
crowd, the fighting men of the fleets
made their way to the martial tunes of
their shipmate bands and to cheers that
borrnn with tin. firtit (inmmnnd in mareh
'""fc - "w " :
" , ' "",u",tt""'u. ,u?
and the six other Roar-Admirals in com
.n,and ?f qrons and divisions, rode
8aT.
"cognized by the thousands in the
lmmenH0 reviewing stands, and bowed a
constant recognition of the cheering
K , wn," CUK? "P7 JhronK8
ahead and c.chood ,those ln1the rear
as hls carnage slowly, moved at the
front of the marching columns. Soere
tiirv of the Navv. Metcalf. Governor
Gillctt, of California, and Mayor Tay
lor, of San Francisco, rodo in the parade
and afterward reviewed it as it counter
marched down'Van Ness avenue
ADMITS OTHER CRIMES.
Man Who Blew Up Burlington Train
Also in Holdup.
Butte, Mont., May 8 Lewis Ferriss
who last night confessed to planting 25
! sticks of dynamito under Burlington
train No. 6, which was wrecked hero
Friday night, killing three persons, was
this morning taken to Hills by dctec
tives to dig up the rest of the powder
which was cached after the wreck. Fer
riss also admits being concerned in the
hold up of the North Coast Limited two
weeks ago
Tho engineer was flagged on a steep
grade. The train was stopped, and
when the engineer saw tho hold-up men
ho ran a blockade of bullets and pulled
his train safelv into town.
Ferriss made his confession in tho
hospital, where he was taken after be-
ing slightly wounded by the oflicer who
arrested him,
Ferriss was arrested while trying to
pawn, a rifle of a peculiar old-fashioned
caliber, cartridges to ht which were
found on the ground after the attempt
to rob the North Coast train. Sus
picion was directed to him when he was
found loafing about tbo place where the
Burlington wreck occurred.
Itailroad men hero are much aroused
and threaten to form a party to lynch
Ferriss. He is being kept under a heavy
guard.
COAL IS WASTED.
Officers of Federal Survey Discover
Valuable Fuel Is Left.
Washington, May 8. Coal valued at
$200,000,000 is being wasted every year
through improper mining methods. It
is estimated by officers of the Federal
Geological Survey that the loss repre
sents 200,000,0.00 tons, and that this
amount would supply tho country for
sis months. The coal is worth at least
$1 a ton.
J. A. ITolmes, one of the officers of
the survey, who are trying to solve the
fuel problem, says today that nearly
half of the total coal supply is left
underground, either as pillars to support
the roof of the mine, or because it is
of an inferior quality.
The investigators find that the waste
is also duo to tho fact that the working
out of the lower beds of coal first in
some cases breaks and renders imprac
ticable the subsequent mining of the
adjacent higher coal beds.
"We are skimming the eroam of tho
natural resources," said Mr. Holmes,
"and we are using tho best and cheap
est of our supplies. Each of the suc
ceeding generation will obtain its
needed general supply, but each will
pay higher prices, as mining will con
tinually grow more expensive and more
dangerous.''
Fights to Escape Fine.
Chicago, May 8 Tho Standard Oil
Company of Indiana today commenced a
new fight to escape payment of the fine
of $29,240,000, levied against it by
Judge Iandis. in the Federal District
Court, when its attorneys appeared to
argue an appeal from the lower court.
John S. Miller argued that a reversal
should be granted, because, he said, the
oil company did not know that it was
using illegal rates, and that, each train
load of the company's product should
have been taken as the basis of a ship
ment instead of each ear, as charged in
the indictment.
Orange Crop Short in South.
Los Angeles, May 8 With but a few
navels left and a brisk demand for al!
of them, the season for this variety of
oranges is approaching a whirlwind
cloe, prices advancing sharply and
buyers scrambling for the remainder of
the crop. Tho navel season will end
within 10 days a month ahead of last
year. Only 500 cars of ravels are left
in the state. Tho shipments to date
have been about 2,000 ahead of those at
this time a year ago.
More Troubles for Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro, Mar 8 Colonel Pla-
cido Castro, who headed the revolution
of Acre, declares that if Acre is in
corporated with tho state of Amazonns
instead of being proclaimed a separate
state, tho inhabitants' will proclaim an
other revolution and fight to make
themselves this time an independent nation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Saturday, May 9.
Wanhimrton. Mav 9 Tlin rlo.bntn n
tue majn features of tho agricultural
forest reserve service. Lodge and
wftnd8 supported the policy of the
service.
Clark of Wyominv reviewed at length
what he said he regarded as the weak-
ness of tho forestry service. IIo de-
elarod that its opponents wore not in-
different to the preservation of the tim-
ber lands, but objected to the methods
practiced by tho Bureau of Forestry
under its present administration.
In addition to the attention given the
agricultural bill, the senate votod te
send to tho committee on judiciary tho
resolution introduced by Burkett of
Nebraska declaring tomorrow to be
"Mothers' Day," and suggesting that
senators and employes of the senate
wear a white flower in honor of that
day.
Washington, May 9 Although on
several occasions it nad oitncuity in
maintaining a quorum, the house trans-
acted considerable business today. A
number of measures were passed, in- j The conference report on the army
eluding a child labor law for tho Dis- appropriation bill, carrying an aggre
trict of Columbia, intended as a substi- gate of .$95,377,246, was adopted. This
tuto for the senate bill, permitting ap
peals in naturalization eases from the
Uistrict to the Circuit Court of Appeals,
and repealing tho act of the legislature
of Npw Movieo of 1003 re r,l i ncr eivil
procedure in personal injury cases. I whelming vote of 167 to 46, and after
Tho house adjourned uuti'l 2 o'clock'3 ty hours (Icbate- the House today
tomorrow, when eulogies will be de-'afrla'" wCnt on record against re-es-livnrp.1
ir.nn th,. life. n.l rhur-ietar nf tablisnment of the canteen in the Na-
m, i.,t UnrArecntativ-o A,i,ir.i, HT.
of Louisiana. In view of the circuin-
stances of the adjournment, Williams
did not insist unon tho usual roll call,
Under a statute passed bv the last
assembly, Louis Ferris, who 'dynamited
tho train at Butte, will be sentenced to
death if convicted.
Practically every property owner af
fected bv tho recent fire in Atlanta,
Ga., has announced that modern struc
tures will be built.
Friday, May 8.
Washington, May S Little progress
was made in the senate today on tho
agricultural appropriation bill, the ses-
sion being devoted to a discussion upon
tho principle of forest reserves and tha
administration of that servi
,-ic.e. Teller,",1
concluded his remarks in opposition to ; s atemen s as to tne nu.m.er or years
a lump sum appropriation of $500,000 I he frosts in various parts of the coun
ter further development of the forest tr-v wou1;1 last- Mr. lleyburn read the
reserve svstem. Nelson of Minnesota
and Dolliver of Iowa spoke in support
of the reserve service.
McCumber, chairman of the commit
tee on pensions, called the attention of
the senite to a deadlock among the
conferees on the pension appropriation
bill on the senate amendment requiring
a continuance of tho present system of
having the pension funds disbursed
through eight pension agencies, located
throughout the country, instead of ,
through a single agency locaed in thia
ill.. uanv f.-llliuuin r .irmrn .1 u,-
.- .i- ..-i r, ouwu.u 1U3lal, u r,rocure ari appropriation for an investi
the senate amendment. :.. . ;-o.,coi .,f0tv i
Washington, May 8.-
enlisted men of the army today won , wo1(1 conHPnt to an appropriation of
their fight for increased pay when ther,0000 wh(1 Un,lerwood objected, and
house, after a debate of two hours, Min rr,naltinn far iho ti ' Q. i..K.
agreed to the conference report on the I w,ls 'jropped '
army appropriation bill. An appropri-1 'The n'(WitionB t0 tlie bill t0llav wcre
ation of $ (W00 was made for the!$00000 for th(, mnitarv prion at Kort
purpose. $r,.000,000 of which will go to , iiH..lven worth. Kan., and $16,500 for an
the enlisted men. Nine hundred officers 'addition to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., or a
on the retired list also will benefit by . totRl in(.rP:is0 to (ate of $1,241,000.
the increase. The army appropriation I ti, .i ;;..- 1
... . . I
ill carries an aggregate appropria-1
tion of $!t5,3S':.245. The principal item!,,
of increase it the $7,000,000 additional
my. With the various changes made
n conference, the bill represents a total
increase of $3.L'3.1 15 over the amount
authorized bv the house.
Thursday. May 7.
Washington, May 7 In reply to Hey-
mrn's attack upon the forestry policy
of the administration, Depew of New
York todav. in the senate, spoke at
length in defense of forestry reserves
and the reforestation of denuded land.
Only the other day, he said. New York
State received 1,000,00 trees from Ger
many for use in reforestration of the
Adirondacks. He commended the nc
tion of President Roosevelt in inaugu
rating the svstem of forestry reserves
by setting aside 20.000,000 acres, which
was increased to 40.000,000 acres under
President McKinlev, and is now 150.-
000,000 acres. In the last two years.
he said, France hag spent $50,000,000
for reforestration in view of the enor
mous damage to property and the homes
of the people by floods.
r.xtended discussion of the expendi
tures of the Forestry Bureau for pub-
lcity work or various kinds, called
forth a vigorous denial by Mr. Smoot
that a forester had attended a conven
ion and charged his expenses to "the
hay and grain account."
Washington, May 7 After ten days'
iseussion, consideration of the snndrv
civ;l appropriation bill was completed .
y the house today, but before putting
it on its passage a recess until tomor
row was taken. The bill carries a total
ppropriation of $lO(i.06(V30O, or SL
IM 1 00O more than was reported bv the
, tl
con mittee.
Die principal resolution of the d n-
related to the salary nnd wagi svle
o he pa'd in the construction of the
'niiama Canal. The committee had in-
l
sorted a provision providing that si'
s:;l:-ries and wages should not exceed
by more than 25 per cent the salaries
Wants Postal Savings Banks.
Washington. May 7 President Roose
velt today expressed to Senator Carter,
of the committee on postoffiees and post
roads, his earnest desire to see a postal
savings bank bill become a law at this
sessior. Senator Carter told the Prei
lent that he thought the bill which had
been favorably reported to the Senate i
would ho taken p by that body at an j
early date, and that it would pass both
nouses ana tiecomo a law without seri
ous opposition.
i
and wages paid in tho Unitod States for
similar work. The provision waa do-
foatod, 10 to 101.
Wednesday, May 6.
Washington, May 6. The Senate
today passed a bill prohibiting the
employment, within certain hours, of
children under 14 venre r,( ntre in fh
District of Columbia, in anv factory.
workshop, teletrranh office, restaurant.
hotel, apartment house, saloon, pool
or billiard-room, bowling alley, or in
transportation or distribution or
transmission of merchandise or mes-
sages. No such child is permitted to
woric at any employment tor wages
during school hours, nor before 0
. A. M., nor after 7 P. M.
1 The Senate also adopted a resolu-
tion offered by Foraker, of Ohio, di-
reeling tne interstate Commerce
Commission to inform the Senate
whether the commodity clause of the
I Interstate Commerce Act had beenent and connected. But several of the
complied with since May 1, 1908, and,
it noi, wnetner tne non-compliance
; by the railroads has been due to any
agreement, arrangement or under
standing between the railroad com
, nanies and -the authorities.
amount was $3,46,'!, 000 more than the
bill carried when first passed by the
senate.
j ... . Tl
I Washington, May 6. By the over
i tional soldiers' homes
fV,th the exception of the adoption
of tI,e conference report on the bill
i reorganiziti'T the Consular service, on
i which the Democrats forced two roll
t P3,1,'5' the sundry civil appropriation
bill was under consideration the en
tire clay. Little progress was made
towards its completion.
Tuesday, May 6.
Washington, Mav 5 Suggesting an
amendment excepting Idaho from states
in winch the Secretary of Agriculture
may give permits for the exportation
of timber from forest reserves, Hey
burn, during the debate on the agrieul
tural appropriation bill in the Senate
todav, ridiculed a chart of the forestry
,,in0which W?S SWU"g ", UiC
nwrnes of officers of the American For
estrv Association, declaring that Mr.
Weyerhauser, the second vice-president,
owned or claimed more timber unlaw
fully obtained than any other man on
earth. The Senate adjourned with the
agricultural bill still incomplete and
the forestry question undisposed of,
Washington, May 5 A lively debate
was kept up all day today in the House
on the sundry eiyil annroniiatinn hill.
Repeated effort were made by Gaines
of Tenn(,SSPe ttnd chaney of Indiana,
V lVr nl n nther TT.pm1.evK trt
! mining, and they had about got Chair
The officers and , t.. . t)w .),... hp
A ill: l 11J 11 1 l Ul.li II 1 lit Ulllli?) in till: nr
B:,,n .v ,imnt t;,nK, v.v-
Ji.ua;n nr- mll.-illc e-,ae.l iv '
refusal of the House to take a recess at
f) o'clock as a result of a joke on the
part of some Republicans, who were
trying to hold tho Democrats in the
House until the time the Republican
caucus was scheduled to be held. In
this they were successful, the House
finally at 7:47 P M. recessing until
11:55 A. M. tomorrow.
Monday. May 4.
WASHINGTON, May 4. The Cana
dian international boundary treaty was
ratified today by the Senate in execu
tive session." It provides for the more
complete definition and demarca'ion of
the boundary between the I'nited
States and Canada, but does not hange
in any way the established, existing
line.
Senator Lodge today introduced a
bill appropriating $400,000 for the pur
chase of a building in Paris to be used
as the American legation. A provision
for the purchase of the building had
been stricken out of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill on the point
that it was not general legislation.
Senator Fulton today proposed an
amendment to tho sundry civil I ill, au
thorizing the Secretary of the Interior
to contract for the care of the Alaska
insane, this amendment being in the in
terest of Vr. H. W. Cue's sanitarium.
WASHINGTON. Mav 4. The Houe
completely overran the committee on
,.r ,i
' l . ...
itet.is in the sundry civil bill. V , '"v
., the meagre was laid asi fori'"""' xx.U officials and of the
the .lav. .--,0.0ol had been added to the)''
sn, recinm-ended I v the ronnr it t ee. i 1
which included $10ii.ti'!(i for gaujiin:
stream" and determining the water
j M'pr1';
lh- I'tMte.l States; an in
crease of $"0,000 in the appropriation
fo: testing structural materials, and
$100,000 in testing coal, r.gsito, ami
1
other finds. These change were not
iiomp!i--he !, however.' without a pro
longed del nte. :n which the committee
found itself practically alone.
Creates Waterwavs F"und.
Washington, May C The Senate
committee on commerce today adopted
the report of its subcommittee, which
revised the Newlands waterways bill.
This report fire the appropriation at
fl0.OO0.OOO. and authorises the isnince
of bonds when the "waterwavs fund"
fall below s.Tnno.pno. in order to Veen
the fund up to that amount. The full !
committee expects to hold frequent .
meetings with a view to reporting thcleitr has not had a opieion cts,. of
measure a early as possible. ' bubonic plague since January 30.
POUCfc AHKtST bUSPECf.
E. H. Martin Accused of Killing Port
land Pawr broker.
Portland. May 6 Edward Hugh Mar
tin, former artillery oflicor, expert in
coast defense armament, graduate of
West Point, company commander in the
Cuban campaign, son of wealthy parents
and a drug fiend. That is the man
(arrested by the police early yesterday
'afternoon for tho brutal murder of Na-
than Wolff and the pilfering of Wolff's
Pawnshop on First street last Friday
ni?, .. ...
The police were looking for a man of
tne thutf type, low-browed, vicious and
a criminal with a record. The nature
' the atrocious murder compelled such
a picture of the perpetrator. They
found a man of high education, good
connections and many weakness grow
lnS out of the use of cocaine and mor-
pume.
.formidable circumstances point an
unwavering finger of accusation at Mar-
tin. He denies his guilt. With all the
j resources of a man of education and of
; mental resources ne evades tne ver&ai
traps that are laid for him by the au
! thorities. The story he tells is coher
j statements whereby he might hope to
case nis ciaims to innocence nave peen
refuted. His mental resources are not
great enough to overcome the barrier of
circumstances. The police say he is
guilty. They say they will prove he is
guilty. There is, of course, the slender
chance that he is not.
FLOOD INUNDATES TOWNS.
Missouri and Illinois Sjffjr Damag
From Elements.
St. Louis, May 6. A thunder storm
of unusual severity, accompanied by a
high wind of almost tornado velocity,
swept over this vicinity early yester
day, doing much damage to property
and indirectly causing loss of life.
A bridge on the Louisville & Nash
ville Railroad, near Belleville, 111., was
washed out and wrecked a freight train.
Engineer Ward, Frank Chasm, the fire
man, and a trainman, whose name has
not been learned, and whose body has
not been recovered, were caught under
the engine and drowned. The train was
piled up in a mass in Schoenlaub Creek,
which was swollen into a torrent. ,
Tho village of Edgemont, 111., was
flooded, and many persons were forced
to take refuge on improvised rafts.
The whole area of lowlands known as
the American Bottoms, east of East St.
Lous, 111., and comprising 35 square
miles of territory, is under water.
French Village, a town of 1000 inhab
itants, one of the oldest settlements in
Illinois, was struck by a miniature tor
nado, and many houses were unroofed.
Telephone and telegraph wires are down
and there is no communication with
French Village.
Traffic is impeded on electric lines
running to various points east ana
north of East St. Louis, 111., because of
high water.
GATHERING TO BE NOTABLE.
Lay Cornerstone of Bureau of Amer
lean Repub ics May II
Washington, May 6 All indications
point to a notable gathering on the oc
casion of the laying of the corner-stone
of the new building of the International
Bureau of American Republics on May
11. Sufficient acceptances of the invi
tations sent out by the governing board
have been received to make the event
one of the most important of its kind in
the history of the capitol. They come
from the highest officials in Washing
ton, including the Bresident and Vice-
President, the Cabinet, the diplomatic
corps, the supreme court, the Senate and
House of Representatives, officers of
the Army and heads of various depart
ment bureaus and sections, and repre
sentative citizens of Washington, as
well as some prominent outside officials,
including Governors of 6tates, Mayors
of cities and heads of principal political
and commercial organizations.
A considerable number of the Govern
ors who will be in attendance at the
onvention called bv the President of
the I'nited States to conserve the Na
tional resources of the country have in-
licated their intention to come to Wash
ington a day earlier in order to be
present.
The principal speeches, which will be
made by President Roosevelt, Secretary
Root, tho Ambassador of Brazil and An
drew Carnegie, will have an interna
tional significance. The invocation will
to delivered by Cardinal Gibbons, and
the benediction will be pronounced by
Bishop Cranston, the dean of the
Protestant clergy in Washington. The
exercises will be opened by the Director
of the Bureau, John Barrett, who will
present as the presiding officer, tho Sec
retary of State, Lhhu Root.
Resume Green Fxamination,
San Francisco, May 6. Cross-examination
of ,T. E. Green, promoter of the
Parksido Railway .Company, who testi
fied on Monday in the trial of Abe Ruef
on the charue of bribing supervisors to
vote in favor of printing a street rail
way franchise to the Parkside Company.
w:m resumed today. He told of the
then Mayor Sehmitz' suggestion during
an b'.t' rviow on the subject of the ordi-
.l,o ,.rni,,,llr.M c1.,.1.1 o.. 1, .1
msv.tiuon ny .'u.ige ope. counsel
'lr i Varx ompnnr. with buef
regarding the hitter's fet
Thw Is Irsa-.
rhkoopsie, X. Y.. May fi Pr.
To-;
Amos T Biker
acting superintendent
f i -Mitten.-... t..t., ll;tnl I
his return todav to the writ of habeas i
circus obtained bv th
counsel for
Harrr K Thaw denied the- allegations . rutring. chief clerk in the gen-
in 'he petition of counsel that Thaw is ; , , .
now sane, and alleged, on the contrary.!"31 otlfn o the "'' T7 an
that Thaw i insane. Pr. B.ikcr has . Rodolfo Alvare-, alias Rodriguez, tho
l ad Thaw under observation drrir.g his
confinement in Matteawan. following
the trial for the slaving of Stanford
White.
Plpue f-tumped Out
San Francisco, May 6. San Fran
cisco's l oarl of supervisors ha prac
tically nl andone.l the rat eamnaign. In
a set of resolutions adopted bv
tl'O
board, the people are informed that the
ELEVEN DROWN
OFF YAQUINA
Steamer Kelton Runs Into Storm
and Is Wrecked.
Captain and Nina of Crew 8aved
Lumber Steamer Is Tossed and
lorn by Wind and Waves Now
Anchored Off Shore Practically
a Total Lots.
NEWPORT, Or., May 51'Eleven of
the officers and crew of the steam
Bchooner Minnie E. Kelton, lumber
laden, from Aberdeen, Waah., to San
Francisco, were killed or drowned as
a result of a gale Friday night. The
steamer is lying at anchor half wrecked,
about a mile oft! shore, between Yaquina
Heads and Cape Foulweather. Captain
James McKenna and nine of his crew
were saved.
Friday the Kelton ran into a strong
head wind, which increased as the day
proceeded, until by midnight is was
blowing a hard gale. The vessel con
tinually shipped large volumes of water
and labored heavily in the sea. The
roughweather continued until the ves
sel reached a point eight miles south
west of Yaquina, when the deckload
shifted and started the bjlkhead of the
fireroom, and the vessel began filling
from the bunkers and engine-room to
the hold. The pumps proved unavailing
against the inrush of water.
When she had drifted north of Ya
quina Head the captain, seeing the
hopelessness of his vessel's condition,
ordered the craft abandoned, and di
rected that the lifeboat, which was
large enough to hold the entire crew,
be lowered. While engaged in clearing
the lifeboat, the vessel suddenly shipped
a tremendous sea, which swept overboard
the deckload of lumber, and with it
the after deckhouse, both boats and 11
of the men. The lifeboat was pitched
onto the floating lumber, one end hang
ing at a sharp angle.
In climbing into the boat the men
capsized her. They succeeded in right
ing her again, and about seven sailors
climbed in, leaving four others on the
wreckage. The captain ordered the
boat to pick these men up, but for some
reason the order was not obeyed. With
in a few minutes the lifeboat and the
wreckage with the unfortunates on
board, drifted away from the Kelton.
By this time the steamer had drifted
close to shore, and Captain McKenna
let go his anchors in hopes they would
hold him off shore. Shortly afterward
a squall shut out from view the lifeboat
and the men on the wreckage. None
of them was seen again until three of
their bodies were picked up
beach Sunday.
the
ISSUE $100,000,000 BONDS.
Harriman Would Continue Union Pa
cific Work.
NEW YORK, May 5 E. H. Harri
man announced today that the stock
holders of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company will be asked at their meet
ing at Salt Lake tomorrow to authorize
an issue of $100,000,000 of bonds. He
said that $50,000,000 of this smonnt
will be reserved for issue under strictly
guaranteed provisions for construction
and acquisition of new lines and ad
ditions. Mr. Harriman 's statement fol
lows: "The financial requirements of the
Union Pacific have been much exag
gerated. The maximum amount needed
at this time to put the company in
funds does not exceed $2.5.000,000," bnt
we want to resume development and
put our people to work. Iff no event,
however, will over $50,000,000 of the
bond be issued against properties now
owned. Instead of mortgaging new
lines as constructed or acquired anil
thus having separate mortgages on dif
ferent divisions, it is deemed best to
provide in one mortgage for future ex
tensions and new lines. The meeting
is a preliminary step to put the com
pany in a position to take advantage
of the favorable opportunities to raise
additional capital to the best advan
tage. ' '
Evans to Join Fleet.
PASO ROBLKS, Cab, May 5. Ad
miral Kvans will leave today for either
Monterey or Santa Cruz to rejoin his
fleet. He will do this over the stern
protest of Surgeon MaePonald, who has
treated him since his arrival here. De
spite the fact that tho admiral claims
to feel "fine as s:!k.'' Surgeon Mae
Ponald fears that the change from ab
solute quiet of Paso Rubles to constant
excitement that must necessarily fol
low bis rejoining the fleet, and the many
receptions awaiting him. will cause a
rein pse.
Fxpres Robbers in Toi's.
I.AREPO. Tex., May ".The men
10 robbed the Wells-Fargo Express
-"om pa n v of $63,000
on the Mexican
Central Railway
are in iail here, and
.both men have confessed. They are
express messenger, who disappeared in
Agua Calientes. The money was found
by the police in Cutting's rooms.
'now .rhs West.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. May 5 The fall
of snow which began here last night
and continued today was the heaviest
since November. Ten inches of snow
had fallen up to this afternoon. Tho
precipitation is general throughout
Wyoming, and is of great benefit to the
farmeia and stockmen.