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GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA MONDAY. AUGUST ll 1901
EIGHT PAQE8.
NUMBER 7(5
STEAMER COLLIDES
WITH AN ICEBERG
A BLACK BEAST
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
OF PROJECTILE
ISTHMIAN TRAFFIC
STEEL
.IS
MANAGERS
Weather Forecast Tonight and Tuesday showers.
Daily
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SixtyFive Persons Perish in
Waters of Alaskan Sea
LIVES FOOLISHLY SACRIFICED TO
TUB CAPTAIN'S siUItBORN WHIM
Refused to Follow the Pilot's Advice to Beach His
Vessel and Assured the Passengers There
Was No Danger
By Associated Press.
Victoria B. C Aug. 10. The steam-
er Islander flagship of the C. P. N.
fleet and the largest nnd fastest pas-
senger steamer on the Vlctorla-Skag-way
route collided with nn Iceberg oft
Douglass lilnnd while o nher way
south with largest numbor ot passen-
gers that she has carried since she
was replaced on the route a few
mon'hs ago and tank within fifteen
minutes after striking. Captain Foot
her master and about sixty-five per-
sons including passengers and mem-
bers of crew were drowned. To add
to the horror of the disaster hor boil-
ers exploded as she went down caus-
ing the death of many of those who
were struggling In the water.
United States Consul Smith of Vic-
toria who was a passonger on Uio
"Queon" to Victoria gives tho fol-
lowing story of wreck of Isjandor1
from tho survivors forty of whom
-iere passengors on the "Queen."
The Islander left Skagway for Vic-
toria on Wednesday evening with 175
passengers and a crow of slxty-ono
men and ten or twolve stowaways.
The steamer made her usual rocord
of 15 knots an hour until 3 a. m. qn
Thursday morning when Juneau was
passed and the south ond of Douglass
Island we; reached. Then suddenly
the steamer encountered an obstruc-
tion said to hr Men an iceberg
and stopped with a Jerk which arous-
ed many of the Hleeplng passengers.
Pilot Labourne was in charge of the
steamer at '.he time and went immdl-
ately to the dining room where
Captain Foot wob having breakfast
and notlfiod hi mof the trouble. As
soon as tho vessel struck the wator
rushed hi forward in great volumes
and the pilot advised that the vossol
be run on tho beach not over half a
tnilo distant. On this the captajn ob-
jected ppJng tho bench was too ab-
rupt. Ho thought there was no Im-
medln danger hut would run n fow
miles further down vhore he know
there was a feood landing. The cap-
tain assured several passengers there
wis no Immediate danger nnd that
they could go back to bed and sent
tho first officer down to examine.
That officer reported there was great
danger and urged that the vessel be
beached at once. The first officer or
a o flia l.nnta 1p rlnvn lint thim
outer was countermandea by the cap- V d no ice was in sight an.
tain who. however Anally realised there was none. After she s ruck i
the aur.ouei.SM of the UiaUon ard UPP1 t dining toon and .all-
ordered the boats let down. W- Captain loot npP.-a.-
. A led with Uie night watchman who re-
in the meanwhile foe passenger. ri.
aroused to their peril appeared on
cieca nnu a ru.u . ...
made to the
purser by Uiow who had given h m
WOO uau given nun
their treasury ttr safe keeping. The
.... lianilail ..11 nut ovnant twn tlBftfi 1
. ? .' '.. . V. -1.1I
OI flU.UUU encn which ware iiui. n-ui-
ed and went down with the vessel.
The steamer steadily sank and
iiuntv Tnlriutaa frnm tha tlma it
struck the front dock was undor"'
water and the etern with propeller and
rudder wore high In the air and use-
less. Tho captain remained on the
hrldgo until the last and finally Jump
ed on the life raft whoro he Btayed a
taw minutes when the steamer ilovo'a separator near Wellington. Kas.
forward enUrely out of sight. As It (
did so on oxploslon oceurrod and Uio'
captain lost his hold on the Ufa raft
and sank.
Conslderab'.o difficulty was oxperl-
eaccd !n ascertaining the locaUon of f
Icy
the shore though It wns only a snort
distance away owing to the dense fog
prevailing. FInlaly Preston of Seat-
tle and Dawson who with his bride
was on his wedding trip both of whom
were saved la t'.ii last boat which left
the wreck heard water trickling down
the rocks and all the boats reacned
short.
A nuBibr Jumped off the steamer
into the water and were rescued there
from only to dlo of exhaustion from
the Intense cold. Several were ro
covered only after four or five bonis
of work by their comrades.
Among the passengers lost were
Mrs. Governor Ross of Dawson child
and niece. The Intense cold ot the
wator caused severe oramps among
many who were on the rnft and re-
sulted in Uoath from exposuro the
bodies turning black. M. M. Drama
baur of Portland Oregon had $B1-
000 In gpld in his room nnd went
down with the vessel.
M. Muntln of Winnipeg dropped his
satchel containing $10000 and a
friend a portmanteau with $8000 and
each escaped. Another is reported to
have taken his portmanteau contain-
ing ?$40000 in gold dust from the pur-
ser and jumped from the sinking
steamer to a boat which he failed to
reach. Iloth man and treasure sank.
At Juneau Consul Smith said that Dr.
Phillips of Soaltle who escaped in1-
slated that no one called at his room
lie said his wife told him to get up.
He demurred at first but when ho
heard the movemen's decided to do so
nnd told his wife to drees quickly and
they got out by breaking open the door.
When they got on deck the steamer
was sinking. Before thoy could Jump
off they were caught In the suction
and carried to the venUlatlng shaft
nnd hlB wife and child drowned. He
himself was caught but his head
struck cutting his oyn sevoroly nnd
provontlng him from' going down the
shaft. Ho wnt down with tho steam-
er caught hold of some wreckage
was. helpod on shoro and rescued. He
called for his wife and child and soon
his little girl's body was brought to
him.
Pilot Labourne says.:
"The night was fine and as we al-
ways expect to meet ice a sharp look
out was kept. About 2:48 a. m. 'he
CnUU CRH1B.
i
The boat was under full
ported the ship leaking forward.
told Captain Foot that we had bet er
. .
.
laWtntr water.! boats out. This was done and they
Iwetc loaded wlUi psjuengers
Many
passengers jumped
overboard with
.
life preservers on. I jumpea over-
. inlro
board and was in the water two hour-
ciuai ter ueiore securing a piecn
of wreckage."
Run Over by Thresher.
Frank Quler son of a farmer living
naar Crescent City was run over by
last weak and killed. He was crushed
through the mlddlo of the body
F. S. Barde has an Interesting photo-
graphic sketch of the Kiowa land
drawing In Lesllo's Weekly.
AND WHITE VICTIM
Young Girl Going Home
From Sunday School Rav-
ished by a lgro
By Associated Press.
Pierce Csty Me. Aug. !. Mis
Josephine Wild a youn woman of
title city was assaulted yesterday
while going home fro mSunday school
by a negro whp after ravishing her
cut her throa.t from ear to ear. Tk
crime was commit' ' at a bridge near
tho Frlsoo track h.r a mile distant
from the Frisco station. The girl
was crossing the bridge when the
brute who had been sitting on a mil
uttaaked her. The body of the vic-
tim waB found lying In some weeds
near the Frisco tracks under the
brldgo. At once a posse was orgur
feed and set out in pursuit. One r j-
pect has been arrested. The Jail is
heavily guarded while Uiere la strong
talk of lynching.
JUGGLING SCHOOL FUNDS.
Oklahoma's Old Source of Trouble
Not Yet at End.
The Pecksnlffian policy of the pres-
ent territorial administration has even
disgusted the Kansas City Star the
newspaper hat has hereofore in and
out of sea ton boosted Jenkins and
the Jenkin' crowd as shining lights
of politic purity. That tfiere is
"something rotten lu Denmark" Is
made evident by Uie following special
emanating from the Star's QuUtrle
bureau:
Guthrie Okla. Aug. 17. The man-
agement of the Alva Normal school
already the cause of political and leg-
islative discord In Oklahoma Is again
forcing publicity upon Itself in a man-
ner that may lead to trouble for Gov-
ernor Jenkins and the board of re-
gents of the Normal school. The
question at issue Is whether funds de-
rived from the leasing of school land
In section 13 and apportioned for he
support and maintenance of the
school can be used for any other pur
pose notably the erection aad im-
provement of buildings.
In 1890 the board of regents at the
solicitation of President James 12.
Amont and in spite of a eontraiy
opinion of J. C. Strang attorney gen-
eral diverted $13000 ot the title
taxes levied for the support of the ' ror a" purposes ana ue coum
school and used the money la the '' " valid reason why the work of
purchase of furniture etc. S. N. i the school should be hampered.
Hopkins territorial audiior who aski An e.it parallel of the legal nues-
ed for the attorney general's opinion! "on Solved can be found by way of
withdrew his request for the opinion illustration in the fund derived from
when he found that it was contrary I U" leasing of sections 16 and 88 for
to the expectations of the board of
regent and other persons. The opin-
ion was never promulgated but a copy
ot It was kopt in tho office of the at-
torney general. Tho last legislature
was asked to provide for the shortage
made by the diversion In the funds
levied for the support of the school
and afer much wrangling a portion of
uie sum asked for was appropriated.
It was thought that the crl Iclam pro-
voked by this diversion would nrove
a barrier to further at'empts to jus-
gle .he school funds.
Alva Normal Needed $1000.
About two weeks ago It became
upparent that President James K.
A meat was extremely anxious tlmt
a bon $1000 should be fortln om.ng
I for muking certain changes m the
Alva Normal school building. They
can provide a recitation room to be
I used It is alleged for the teaching of
languages by a teacher yet to be up-
poln'vd. It was not deemed ail-ln-
able 'o take this money from the t ix
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ivbh ti fund derived from section
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i money. The territorial auditor unci
- -
!.! v aabail ilia fiHnrriAU vuntd-ul
I for an opinion as to whether tills
ironey could be used for any other
I purpose than the support and main
tenance of Uie Institution. For a num
ber of yeeTB tnt fulli nai oeen U!edj
by the different institutions for any I
and ail purposes. The attorney k n '
oral gave an opinion denying empha -
ieally any legal authority to dimt.
this fund. '
A meetli.J of the board of regen' si
was called to tuke action in the mat-j
Blows Off Private King's
Head and Injures Six
Other Soldiers
By Associated Press.
Port Rlly Kas. Aug. 19. By the
premature explosion of a seven-inch
projectile of the Sixteen battery field
artillery gun command of Capt Van
Dueen while at target practice today.
Private Watson's head wn blown off
and Private King and six other sol-
diers were injured badly. Ambu-
lances were immediately summoned
to the scene which was just across
the river from Junction City on the
military reservation.
ter. This moating was held August
9 and was attended by three mem-
bers the territorial auditor the rtev.
Mr. Rankin of EflmofnT and A. J. Itoss
of Alva. There vius barelr a nuorum
present A majority voted to divert
money. It Is suspected though
not leflnltely known that the terri-
torial auditor L. W. Baxter voted in
the nega'ive. A committee composed
of Baxter and Rankin was appointed
to go to Alva and Inquire into the
needs of the Institution. Upon ar-
riving at Alva the committee found
that President Anient had taken mat-
ters into his own hands and let a con-
tract for Improvement s to cost $060.
All the committee could do was to re-
turn home and report what the presi-
dent had done.
The Opinion's Disappearance.
In an endeavor today to find the
adverse opinion of Attornev Oeneral
Strang the correspondent of The Star
found "a rather remarkable state of
affairs. The opinion had been Riven
first to the auditor. Tho latter Bald
that no such rjpinldn Was In his office.
Clovernor Jenkins lytd teen the opin-
ion but disclaimed having it in his of-
fice. The opinion evidently had die-
appeared as It was not In possession
!of the audl(or.tbe governor or Strang.
Governor Jenkins did not wish to be
lirerviewed. Ho yald that the legal
question Involved was one upon which
capable men differed. The precedent
for years had been for all instltu'.lons
to use this und for any and all pur-
poses. An absolutely literal construc-
tion of the law might bring public
business some time to a standstill.
There was plenty of money in the
... .
the support of common schools. This
fund is guarded by the same law. If
It bo legal to uao any part of the fund
derived from section 13 for the erec-
tion or improvement of school build1-
Ings I' would be legal to uso the
funds from 16 and 36 for the erecMon
and Improvement of district school
buildings. Put no person has ever
dreamed of doing the latter
8tat08
A Doose Peddler.
Warren Henne t Unl ed
deputy marshal brought lu a boose
peddler from the Osage country to-
day and placed him in the federal
jail. Ilin name Is William Cassey and
once escaped from the officers.
Western Union Hours.
Ekll'or Leader: Some one has mis-
calculated In their understanding of
offlro hours of the Western Union
Telegraph office as quoted in your in-
sue of the IBth The office is kopt
opc'i on woek lnn from 7 a. m to I i
V rn and SuiidayK from fi to 11 a m
".'and 8 to 7 p. in. Kindly correct the
is "
wrong impression through the Leader
"
columns. Obliging
M. T. Hurlbut Manager.
We carry a full line of Club House
- 'Brand of goods. Club House Cora 8
- cans for 25c. Qlve it a trial.
John MoNoJH S. Co.
.
"I had a running ltcjilng sore on
my leg. Suffered tortures. Doan's
Ointment took away tho burning and
itching instantly and quickly effected
permanent cure.' C. W. Lenbart
Bowling Groen O.
Assurances to That Effect
uiven Secretary Hay by
Colombia
By Associated Press
Washington D. C Aug. It. Colom-
bian representative 81lv had a con-
ference today with Secretary Hay the
first personal exchange between the
secretary ami the representative of
Colombia since the present disturb-
ance started. Silva gave Hay Infor-
mation to the effect that trafflo on the
Isthmus was entirely unobstructed
and also assured him of he ability ot
Colombia to keep trafflo open. Act-
ual conditions as to whether trafflo
Is opon or olosed will deterrolno fin-
ally whether there is an oeoaslon
for exercise of force by the United
States.
The foregoing disclosed that the
movement of our warships southward
has been merely a irecautionary
measure to look after American inter-
ests In case of an actual obstruction
of traffic and that the situation as It
exists today does not call for an exer-
cise of any Amerioau authority on the
isthmus.
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES.
The Cool Weather Conduolve to Large
Congregations.
The cool cloudy weaihor of yeter-
day brought out an unusually large
attendance at the various churches
of the city.
The Rev. J. U. Mitchell r the M.
K. church South preached a sermon
on the "Ten Commandments." T'or
the past two weeks he has been
preaching on a series of sermons on
Uiis subject every Thursday night
and Sunday morning.
The Rev. O. W. Cohegan of Uie M.
B. church North was vorf much
pleased with an unusually large at-
tendance at yesterday morning's serv-
ice. Special music was rendered by
Mrs. Wllkey and Mr. Matthews.
The Rev. It. T. Mansfield of the Hap
tlst church preaohed a most Interest)-
l.ig discourse ou "Our Patience." to
a fairly large audience. At. the con-
clusion of the service Bevoral addi-
tions were made to the church.
Bishop V. K. Brooke of Uie ISpisco-
pal church preached a special ser-
mon yesterday morning on the Sun-
day school work and went up to Perry
last night and delivered a sermon.
The a'tendance at the Christian
church was good. The pastor me
Rev. J. T. Ogle preached the second
sermon of a series on "The Lord's
Prayer." Special music wa given by
a large chorus choir.
All the churches of the oily Jolnod
In a union temperance meeting last
nlaht at the Presbyterisn church. The
church wa crowded to Its full capaci
ty and an able address was delivered
bv the Rev. II. IE. Swan. Two splen-
ii.i n(hm were rendered by the
I Presbyterian choir.
There was no morning service at
the Presbyterian church owing to the
nlmenoe of the pastor the Rev. W. C.
Miles. He has spent the poet four
weeks at Colorado Springs but will
return home this woek and will nil
his pulpit nex' Sunday morning und
evening.
INDIAN CITIZITN8
OAU8B ANNOYANCE.
By Securing a Temporary Injunct on .
Restraining El Reno Land Official I
Prom Accepting Piling. j
Asslstaut United M it--. tomey
Bird 8. McOuire returned this morn -
sair from El Reno wht re ho filed a
motion to dissolve a temporaiy In
junction ros'ralnliiK the officers f
the 111 Reno land office from dlsnonliiK
of twenty-alx ciuart'ir sectionr o! '.nl
to persons enUtled to file upon thorn
under the president's proclamation.
Judge Irwin la temporarily absent
from bis Jurisdiction hence hearing of
the motion to dissolve the Injunction
will tie necessarily delayed until tils
return. The ttmporar injunction In
the meantime will restrain Uie land
officials from receiving filings on the
(twenty-six tracts of land specified.
Make Gains Over
the Strikers:
TWO MORE MILLS
PUT IN MOTION
Switchmen's Union Decides
not to Strike but will
Give Financial Aid
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg Pa Aug. 18. The steel
managers made another gain over the
strikers today when two more mills
at the Painter plant wore put In mo-
tion bringing th total number of
mills In operation In that property up
to four. T y Jalm iKieral ct thlr
old men have broken from Uie strik-
ers and returned to their places. C.
T. Harper manager of tho property
says that within n month th mill
will bo running to Its full capacity.
The strikers still assert that the prop-
erty is helpless and that the work be-
ing done In it Is not. hurting their
cause. The steel mill at Monnemen
was not started Uiis morning but tho
steel managers soy that It will bo
running before night.
There was some excitement among
the strikers whon they loarnod that
a party of atrkebraakera had Ijgoii
spirited Into the property. They
have Increased -their vigilance to pre
vent anoUisr Surprise.
A non-union worker employed in
the Wellsvllle plant was seriously
beaien by a party of strikers early
this morning and forced to promise
he would not return to work.
Two meetings of the Switchmen's
Union of North American were held
here yosterday. It was Uoclded that
a strike could not ho ordered but tho
heartiest moral and (inanclal support
waa tendered the strikers.
The Injunction was granted by tho
probate Judge of Canadian county
upon the petition of Rebecca Young
and others all claiming Indian Iti-
zeushtp rights.
The piwiedlng ha.i fanned gieat
annoyance to tho government. It la
siispeeted that Uie purpose of tin pe
titioners is to wlbhoid tho land from
settlement until after the expiration of
Uie legal sixty days when It can no
entered under the general homsteail
taws. The plaintiffs already had filed
suit in Washington for nineteen of
the quarter sections. The land In
question la to be filed upon In a Bhort
tune under Um government drawing.
The land district officers rccogulx-
ed the restraining order ami no Iflo.l
the United States attoiity general
who Instructed Horace Speed I'. 'ten
Slates (Untile t attorney to appear t
once for the government and disjoin
the Injunction- The right of Probate
Judge (irlily to issue Uio order will
! iiietlotiOd
LoiiL If. Kuckert of Pittsburg Pa.
ban Jus mond to OuUiiIm With hie
family Ho wiH open a rIshh and
ciuecnnware store In tin- n w c'ooper
building on Oklahoma uven io. He la
I locating Ij i permanently ana ex-
' pt to iio a wholesale and Jobbing
' IhiHik .- in nnertlon wl.h his retail
In Itn a veral ear load of goods
' will l In i e In ton days
Kuck. m a In other will be
Mr. Wm.
connected
vuih dim Aim.
The R'-v. R. T. MaiiHlield of the
Baptist church conducted the funeral
servteee yesterday afternoon over tho
infa it child of Mi and Mrs. Fred
lllrxei. The h ivlieri were held at the
nl fence on Kasr Noble avenuo and
oikIikI"! at Summit View cemetery.
Will Wheeler spent Hunday Wsltlng
frieuds In Perry.
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