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VOI. XIX.
DAILY OAFITAL JOURNAL, SALES!, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1000.
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A WRECKED STEAMSHIP
STORY OF THE WRECK
OF THE REPUBLIC
TOLDJY SURVIVORS
WWIESS MESSAGES BROUGHT THEM AID
JUST IN lIMt.
(United I'rcB Leased Wire
New York, Jan. 25. Carrying
1661 survivors of tho collision be
tween tho llnor Ropubllc and tho
Italian fltenmor Florida, tho Daltlc
and Florida docked today shortly
boforo 1 o'clock. They woro landod
In loss than 30 minutes.
Of tho survivors 13C1 woro pas
fcongors and 300 woro members of
tho Republic's crow. It dovolopB
that four stoorngo passongors aboard
the Florida also perished as tho ro
milt of the collision.
A rousing welcoming demonstra-
slowly through tho North River, with
tho Furncssln acting as convoy. All
tho, boats In tho rlvor saluted the b!?
llnor with their whistles, and nil
along tho docks on either sldo thou
oana of clttzons choorcd long nnd
loud.
Tho women passongors who woro
taken from tho Republic presented
an odd sight as thoy loft tho stoamer
Every one of thorn, with hardly an
ecoptlon, woro raincoats or woro
wrapped In blankets with towels cov
ering their bonds. Most of thorn
woro still weak from ehnustlon, duo
tton greeted tho Baltic as sho plowod to their thrilling operlonco.
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DRESS GOODS, SILKS, BLANKETS, COMFORTS, WOM
EN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHOES, LADIES' COATS AND
SUITS, MILLINERY AND FEATHERS, MUSLIN UNDER
;; WEAR, BLACK AND COLORED SILK AND SATEEN PETTI-!!
!! COATS, GINGHAMS, CALICOES AND MUSLINS, WOM-il
;; EN'S UNDERWEAR, UMBRELLAS. COTTON BATTS, LA-!!
ii DIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSIERY, BELTS AND GLOVES; ;! J
!! MPWVQ rrilDMlouiMoo itin ni nTUUip onoccTO n i! -
(( ...-.. i unmotiimuo hiyu OLUinnvu, uunotio, cm-..
ii BROIDERIES, LACES AND RIBBON. NO RESERVE ;;
;; EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STORE HAS TO GET A MOVE!!
ii ON OUT THEY GO.
As tho passongors of tho Republic
alighted from tho nnltlc stories ""
tho wildest kind immediately fo -Ing
the collision were received it
first hnnd.
Tho remains of W. K. Moonoy, tho
bnnker, of Lnngdon, N. D., and Mrs.
Eugene Lynch, of Doston, who w- o
killed, wero mangled beyond recogni
tion. Doth bodies woro sealed In
casks and dropped Into tlu sea from
tho Republic. Dr. Marsh, surgeon jf
tho Ropubllc reported thnt Mrs. M.
M, Miurphy, wifo of tho financial
r.gcnt of tho Union LIfo Insurance
Co., of Grand Forks, N. D., w.u
Dorlously Injured, and Eugcno Lynch
was painfully bruised.
It nlso developed that J. D. Con
nolly, tho author and mngazlno writ
er, was attacked by a number of tho
crow of tho Ropubllc aboard tho
Daltlc this morning, whllo sho was
Htcnmlng up tho bay to hor dock.
Olllcoro Interfered and Connolly w.n
led to his ctatoroom. It Is alleged
that tlfo troublo grow out of an argu
ment between Connolly nnd tho
crow over accounts of tho collision
Hont in wireless dlspntrhes to Now
York newspapers. It Is said thut
thoso mesflngos oovoroly crtlclscd tho
conduct of tho Republic's crow dur
ing tho trouble, and tho crow thought
thnt Conolly was luotrumontnl In hav
Ing thorn sent.
Second Stownrd Sponcor, of tho
Ropubllc, nccusos Connolly of push
ing children and women nsldo In
trying to reach tho lifeboats. 'Sponcsr
doclnros ho foiled Connolly with n
blow of 1Mb list In order to koop him
from crowding tho holpleun chlldron.
Connolly'H brother, who was nlJo
aboard tho Ropubllc snld teday:
."This story of tho crow Is that of
a lot of dNsruntlod mon. My broth
or wnn ono of tho Inst hundred men
to lonvo tho Ropubllc"
In a story sent to the Now York
papers by J. I). Connolly tho ofllcora
of tho Ropubllc nro crltclzod be
cause thoy wero slow in gottlng tho
pnBsongors from tho Florida onto tho
Dultlo.
.Momuoru or tho uopumlc's crow
chnrgo thnt tho qunrtormnstor of tho
Florida won temporarily nt tho wheel
when that Htoamor crashed into tho
Ropubllc. It la said thnt this so on
raged Captain Voltinl, of tho Flori
da, that ho struck tho quartormastnr
across tho hoed with n spike. Tho
lattor's head wiu swnthod in band
age vTion ho landed today. ,
nnd tho boat begun to fill with water.
Tho Florida quickly backed away and
dlsnppearo din tho fog, but left ono
of hor anchors In tho wrcekngo of
tho state rooms.
"It was some llmo boforo tho
identity of tho ship was known. Tho
uiechiMitoni In tho wlroloss operating
room of tho Ropubllc was badly crip
pled by the Impact, but Operator
Ulnns, Biirroundod by wreckage, re
mained nt his post nnd Unshod mes
sages calling for aid.
"In tho meantime, all the hub
seugcrs had Jeon aroiiBod nnd con
sldornblo excitement prevailed, but
there was not what you might call
i panic among them.
"Water poured through tho Bldo of
tho ship nt n rapid rate. Tho bravo
firemen romatnod below working like
Trojans to prevent an explosion of
tho boilers. Thoy would not leave
until tho wator, now up to tho neck,
threatonod to take their lives.
"Thirty minutes aftor tho flrnt
wirolcss flush appealed for holp tho
Florida plowod hor wny through tho
fog to tho oldo of tho Republic and
took hor pusBongors aboard. At 8
oclock Saturday night tho Daltlc took
aboard sovoral passongors. Two of
tho Republic's paRseugors fell Into
tho sea but wero promptly roscuod"
II. II, Hoover, of Spnkanu, Wash.,
who was Hailing on tho Republic nt
tho tlmu of the collision, declared .to
day that tho Impact was torrlflc.
"It Is remarkable how cool nil
on board remained," ho said. "Sev
eral of us woro thrown from our
bertha. Half of tho pnssongors rnn
to tho decks in tholr night clothes.
""Captain Sou I by ussured us In a
speech that there was no danger.
Thnt mado us feol better. It was u
strango sight to soo tho Italian im
migrants kneollng on tho docks In
proyor. Thoy woro all barefooted."
Hoover and his wife wero on their
way to make a 105, 000-mllo tour of
Europe, Aula and Africa. Ho de
clared today that the acoldout will
not alter tholr plans.
SON CARRIED NOTICE
OF PARENTS SUICIDE
TO HISSWEETHEART
BODIES ARE POUND ON THEIR REACHING
BOYS' HOME
Clovolnnd. 0., Jan. 26. With n
scaled note announcing tho tragic
death of his father and mother
clnspod in his hand and nddfossod to
Miss Helon Williams, his nwoothourt,
Karl HUlburn, 10 yearn old, called
nt tho homo of tho young woman last
night, handed hor tho noto nnd Im
tnodlntoly dopartod. Young HUlburn
had no knowledge of Us contents.
Miss Williams quickly oponed tho
envelope nnd rend tho follewing:
"When my son rotuniB homo ho
will find his mother nnd mysolf dead.
Do kind to him. All lost; $30,100
all gono. My will 1b clear.. I lcavo
tho farm to Karl.
"Loving Father."
Screaming loudly, the girl ran af
tor Earl nnd Informed htm of what
his father had written. They ap
proached tho HUlburn borne with
fear. Entering tho front door thoy
found tho body of Mrs. HUlburn on
tho floor donth having boon caused
by a bullet. Furthor sonrch revealed
tho remains of Htllburu In tho barn.
Ho had blown out hlu brains. It ia
supposed that ho lost bin fortune la
speculating In Canadian real estate.
EVERYBODY GOES TO
THE BIG ELK SHOWS
Now York, Jan. 25. The first
nuthontlo nocount of wbht really hap
pened whan tho stoumor Florida
crashed Into the llnor Republic of
tho Whlto Star lino off Nantucket.
Mass.. early Saturday morning, oaus
I Ing tho death of six and evontunliy
I sinking tho Ropubllc. was given to
j day by Captain Ransom, of tho llnor
j Daltlc, wl loh arrived in Ambrose
Hiiannoi any tins morning with a
I largo numbor of tho pnssongers of
; ; tho Ijl-futod stoumor.
Jamos D, Connolly, author and
magazine writer, who was a passon
gor on tho Ropublc said;
"After tho Florida struck tho Ro
publlc It was discovered thut Uvo
state rooms on the saloon deok of
tho Republic and two on tho deck
below had been rlppod upon.
"Fifty women collapsed, or fainted
during tho re-shlpmont of tho Re
public's puiwoiigors to the Dultlg. One
woman foil into tho sea betwoon tho
ship nnd a lifeboat, tossing a bag
of jowols, but she was rescued. "
Tho-cdvanco oeat salo for tho 131 Iw'
show, "A Night In llohemln," opouod
this afternoon, nnd there was a good
big lino to tho box olllco when the
gonial managor, Mr, Meredith opouod
the sale. Thoro nro plouty of Reed
sontu loft for both performances, hut
tho. public la advised to make reser
vations as enrly as posnlblo tomor
row, as tho local Elks expect capacity
ho ii loa nt both pel formnncoa. Tho
big show Ij In lino ohnpo for Its Ini
tial performance tomorrow ovonlng,
nnd thoro s no doubt that tho Ellc'
ahow vIII bq,tho biggest thing In lo
cal theatricals tho town hnn over had
Thoro aro about 80 pooplo In tho
err.t, and some of tho best talent In
Salem will ho soon nnd heard In clov
er songs nnd dunces. The bqxoo will
bo filled with representative people
of the city and lnombom of tho legis
lature. Many visiting Elks from Al
bany, Eugene nnd Portland will come
for tho show, and many tolophouo
moesagos hnvo boon received from
pooplo In McMlunvllle nnd Dalian for
seat reservations.
COUNTERFEITERS
' CAUGHT WITH GOODS
'The crash onmo without warn
ing," said tho captain. "Tho Flori
da Buddonly appeared out of tho fog
boforo any of tho crow of the Ro
publlc know it was near and ran Into
tho big White Star liner. Staterooms
8 and 22 wero stovo In by the blow
Slusaonset, Mums., Jan. 2S. Tho
ratmuu of Captain &alsby and his
mate of the Republlo was the most
dramatic Incident of tho sinking of
the big liner.
Standing side by sldo on tho bridgo
HealHby nnd the mate duolarod thoy
would not doscrt the ship, although
she was slowly going to tho bottom.
Thoy remained thoro until tho water
covering the bridge readied their
ankles Then they allowed a party
In a life boat from tho revenue cut
ter Greshnm to rosouo them Tho
boat was Hourly drawn down by the
suction eronted by tho sinking liner.
I tb dm) e'
I
HOBO POET GETS
INTO THE DRINK
Such a happening would provo llttlo
trnough Justice In this world aftor
all."
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United I'reta leased Wire.)
Chcago, Jan. 25. Following tho
recolpt of newj from Cincinnati that
J. H. Soymour, tho "hobo poet," was!
rnls-.Jng. Editor S'mons, of a local
Socialist paper, made public the tA-
McCARMACK J.URY
FILLING SLOWLY
(United l'r Leaied Wire,
Nashville, Ton., Jan. 25. After
lowing lottor from Seymour, stating much argument today over the ollgl
hls Intention of Jumping Into theiblllty of J. II. Vaughn, n farmer, ho
Ohio river. The letter said: I was aeoepted as Juro numbor seven
"I hope that ore the conquering on tho Jury which to to try Duncan
worm has finished work on my rot-i Cooper and hU son, Robn. Voftichn
ting carcass, I shall have poisoned , testified that lie was unablo to road
fatally a few hundred of the brain- or wrlto, and had not heard that ox
lesa citizens who year after year Sonator Carraack had beon killed un
have voted to keep me in slavery til two months afterward.
I United 1'rna Leased Wire.)
AnucortoB, Wnsh., Jan. 25. Ono
of tho rawest counterfeiting games
that has over bcou attomptod In this
part of tho stnto was nlppod In tho
bud here Saturday night, whon Juinos
Kelley and Huguno Forcoll woro ar
rested Just one hour aftor thoy had
mieaeaded In pawing $30 worth of
spurious bills on the citizens of An
oortos. When caught tho mon worn
trying to bonrd n train for Dolling-
ham, whero thoy aro bollovod to hao
a largo amount of the counterfe't
monoy hiding.
Kelly and Forcoll had a big roll
of the countorfott bills In tholr pos
session whon tnkon Into oustody. The
notes ut first glance seemed to bo
genuine, but tho raw foaturo of tholr
construction Is tho fact that both
faces are tho samo, ono plato evident
ly having been used to print both
sdos of tho bills. Tho notos aro it
$5, $10 and $20 denominations, and
are on the plantors' Dank of tho
United StaUm.
The counterfeiters hnvo confessed
that thoy aro guilty of passing spurl
ous money, but will not reveal whero
thoy seourod tho bills. Word was
sont to Chief Forest, of tho Unltod
Statoa iccrot service force In Seattle,
and Information has boon rccolved
from him that the two men caught
bore are a part of a gang of seven or
eight, mon who hav boon working
tho counterfeit game In Port Town
send and other places In the titate.
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STOCK MARKET IS
AT A STAND STILL
New York, Jan, 25, Tim "took
mnrkot opouod steady around Sat
urday's final figures. Todny'u exhi
bition was n repetition of what tins
become so common of Into. Trading
was for tho most part dull, and oa
sontlally nrtlflolnl. Now York Cen
tral mado an early advanoo of two
polnUi, tho goneral list following with
gains from n fraction to ono iol,U.
When tho chief bulwnrlt of a market
lo t Hhort iutoroHt, tho prospects fo.
a substantial ndvunc aro not bright.
Tho rocont nmnll upturns havo In
variably beon dM to short covering,
oxcopt In tho caso of several Ihhuoj
controlled by pools and buoyed up by
thoao posaoDslng moro llvos than tho
proverbial cat. Tho dull days of lait
wook, howovor, brought Into vlow
quite un extended short Interest, and,
as a wholo the market scorns to bo
shaping Usolf for a drlvo against tho
bears.
-o-
Kowledgo is the treasure, bu
Judgment Is tho treasurer of a wise
man. -Penu,
fJOVHIt.VOH COSOItOVH
O.V WAY TO OMTMI'IA
Ashlnnd, Or., Jan. 25. It Is not
thought posslblo thut tho governor
elect, Samuel Cowrovo, of Washing
ton, who is now en routo to Olyropln,
to be nauguratod. will roach the state
eupltol until Wednesday. unlj
track conditions Improve.
It In hoped that he will arrive there
Wednesday afternoon. His special
oar was nttaohod to train No. 11.
That train Is duo In Portland nt
11:15 tonlsht, but It wnn running, s
far Uohhid .phclulo time that ft Is
now tunning as tho first section of
No, 1C, which la duo at Portland at
7:3p tomorrow morning,