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The Guthrie Daily Leader.
VOLUME XXVII
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA MONDAY AUGUST G 1906
NUMBER 142
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AWFUL HORROR
Hundreds of Immigrants Lose Life
When Ship Strikes Rocks
Drowned Between Decks Like Rats With No Chance of
Escaping When Vessel Went Down Scenes of-
Horror Attended Wrecking Of Steamer Many
Killed and Maimed in Rush for Small Boats-Fearful
Handto-IIand Conflicts.
(By Associated Press.)
London. Aug. C The Madrid cor-
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jospondent of the Central News
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Agency wires that the steamer Slerlo
t. w o...nn .i A.nvnn.i.m.
f . . i umi
Kgypt. has been Vieoked on Hormi
je.iv .
gas rocks jonr tho coast of Spain
and that of 800 emigrants 6n board
200 woro drowned.
Tho enpthjr was among tho saved
hut he comrMtted suMJu after getting
ashore.
Scenes of horror attended the
B4V.-V.RM.ft 1 . '""
HMnlftnw rf ! OfAfimnr
According to tho advices received
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here the vessel with a full comple
ment of emigrants was oft the south-
rn coast of Sicily when in the early 1
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morning rho lest her course .and in a
mist struck head-on. on the rocks..
tuo steamer wns going m iun aiitrcu
ahead whon sho struck. Her bow was
SZi ii her huU forrd Thiough tho disaster in chief came when tjf roo children float on a plank
.CA Z". !rI' " !rI!. ";.. ZltnmM .Uhlng boats which .pproaetod ' -P- A W-
11a fcn1 tho umtnr nif.ho.1 111 ImmonSO
volume flooding the rorward holds In the scono of lho wrock woro over Jowl-
a few seconds. Panic seized tho oml- nld swampod both sinking with
grants. The shock was terrific and handB rcucued and rescuers alike
. . nnrlBlilii
ct err ono on the snip was nuriea.
down by the Impact of tho hull on the
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rocks. Those sleeping on the decks
were scattord about and confusion
rolgued from tho instant of the acci
dent.
The passengors commenced a rash
for tho small boats in which many
were killed and maimed. The crow
nu imnliln In pnnn with the linnlc ami
finally Joined in the mad battlo for
safety. The emigrants drow knives
with which nearly all of them wero
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supplied and tougnt iiko uemons iu
obtain places In tho Mfe boats as they
swung In tho davits. """"" ""-" T . . .1
wnnAn i hii.irnn wo iBnod.ftnow Spanish nrtisto Is among the
some of the former fighting like men.
though tho majority were hurled aside
or trampled to death In the stampede.
Mon stabbed one another In fearful
hand-to-hand conflicts about the boats.
or fought bare handed with tho fero-
city of animals. t
Of tho women and children a num-
ber woro thrown overboard and left
to drown. Other womon throw their
children Into the wntor and Jumped
.after them. Tho horrlblo strlfo on tho
decks lasted not more than a minute
for within scarcely that por'od of time
the ship filled and sanlc she sank by
tho bow which slipped ofi tho rooks
into deep water. Tho first dosporate
deeds by tho maddened pasiengers
were commuted as tho vossol was
heaving over. Within the minute
Vhlch followed the ship's striking and
preceded her sinking many wore kill-
ed outright.
.Most of the small boats were
liMMiched packed with passengers and
some few were picked up In the water.
Numerous swimmers were beaten
away from the life boats or stabbed
aa they attesspted to climb aboaid
those already crowding the boats rear-
ing hat they would he overloaded oi
swamped.
Manv were carried down with the'
Eteanier aa she sank having been be
low decks when the ship struck and
having no time to reach the open
Thoy were drowned between dwKs
fvlfk rata without a chance of escaping
A Terrible Moment.
London Aug 6. So soon as the
Steamer struck according to the re
ports rflvd hsre. the captain his
i chief officer and two mateu and the
chief engineer haft-led the ciew to the
life boats and attempted to g-t them
Into the water so as to take off the
women and children. For a second It
eeme! that their efforts would be
crowned with success as thev man
aged to swing the -port life boat from
lta da vita and get lier Into the water ( the unU-rehate law. The jrooelhig
In alrooet lees time that It takes to will he based upon deals between the
tell 1L Twenty-four women were .ow- eonrpany and railroads for the hand-
ered with thd boat arid the sailors 'ling of Its products and the charges
pushed her away from the aide gf the made for the sam as oompared with
TWseL This was accomplished Jusi'tbv rate fixed for independent qoa-
as the- oraoking of Umbers Indicated (&m. There will be also evimc
that the summer was breaklusr. Thls'eoawnilng ajleaed dlsocfealaatien in
Kfact oaiused a roaa rush f( the ie
.malnlng boats aud the paaaeugers nnd
rew seemed to he a)Bultaneously at
ked by a sudden panlfc It was
Uea every man tor hIeU with
(vengeance and the Igrorant emigrant
hegan to fight each other in a mad.
hopeles attempt to secure some life
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saving apiiltance. Somo of the boata
. r
wer8 punched In a wild manner hut
by on act of providence they landed
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. . nOP Hr-M ! in .mil warn
In tho wntor right side up und ware
noon filled with a oatsing ewnyllig
mass of humanity that threatened
every second to swamp the frail craft
As tho boats all of which were filled
with mon not a woman or child got-
ting away oxcopt tho few taken off liv
the first boat slowly moved away
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swimmers made for their sides only to
ve tiii heads knocked In with oars
and tin Ii hands chopped at with
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hnUes at.rt hatchets those In the boats
u not car for . bt
. own
London Aug. G. An aftermath of
"""" "'"H ""'" wiuvu uiuilUHUii
I Tho rush of wators Into the foundor-
(nw fllifti ina on tnivlil flint lior tmllari.
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til i 4r J na art ma irnm rr drttif M
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London Aug G. Tho steamer was
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IkBkftm affirtrinl f 0 .1 111 6nf 41 t A1 H
Glasgow In 18S3. She was onroute
from Genoa to Barcelona and thortce
t0 Buollos Ayrw at the time of the
dlsastor.
Tho Austrian
consul at Rio de
Janolro 1b nmonir those saved.
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'' lft reported that the actress and
drowned.
Tho disaster ooevrred lato in tho af-
OIL TRUST
REBATE QUIZ
PROSECUTORS PLAN TO
INDICT JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER
NEW EVIDENCE AT HAND
High Railway Official to
Give Important Testimony
(0y Associated Preas.)
Chlcgao 111 Aug fi The bp.'ljl
ftdetal grand Jury which conieiud to
day will make a sweeping InvtatiM
tlon of the Standard Oil conian
methods of transporting Its product-'
A large niuitnt of evidepco has bun
i gathered by the governments legal
aids under the personal direction of
Attorney Uenral Moody and this will
be presented to the grand Jury Sev-
eral Important pleoes of evidence have
ueen adued to mat taken befoie uie
giund mry at Clevland a lew weeks
ago. V is believed that the whole
forms a complete thai-1 of e.dei-e
against the Standard Oil eompuny and
some of its high officials -wbjcfe the
- ' government pwHHWutors iiqpe will lead
to Indictments and proseouUonB under
- 'Uw matter of storage charge tn4aver
ot the oil company. A smaber bI hlgS
railroad officials are among those whr-
havo been subpoenaed to appear p
a tore the graud Jury and tetlf
AT
SEA
tornoou as the steamer was travers- tlta proportions or ft riot but the tur-
Ing tho dlfflonlt passage oft the capo hulonco of the crowd was finally
Most of tho rescued are being cared
for In the chief square of the town of
Oape Palos but they are absolutely
destitute being without clothing
money or food.
London Aug. G. Tho very latest rr
port of the disaster to the Italian
Steamer Slet u states that there were
nn persons on board at the time of
the eatastronho and that 546 lmve'ont iner at the same time is-
ben saved while 86 are still mIss-l9UOd
ing and are bellord to have perished
Among thow known to be drowned
is the night Itev. Archbishop Sao-
Palo head of the archdloceeo of Rio
rjanelro and one of the most promt.
nently mentioned for elevation to the
cardlnRlnte soon.
The coast Is strewn wltli corpses for
many miles and fishing craft are now ue-pu-uu awr 01 u.. mnw laeor-
engaged in Uklng them ashore where er u ls saU1 unt aU of the bnk'
thp will Lnwft flhrliitlnn linrlnl .Paper IS good.
The ncoldent wus caused by tho
cptatu keeping his rosol going ahead
at full speed during a dentre fog.
Grabbed Bishop's Life Belt.
Cartagona Spain Aug. G. Reports
continue to arrive hero of terriblo
scenes attending tho wreck off Horml
gas Island of the Hnllnu steamer
Slerlo resulting in a loss of over three
hundred lives. Tho drowning of
Bishop Sao Paolo of Drnell is now at
tributed to tho action of n pnssongor.
who forcibly took from tho bishop a
life holt which the latter had provld. J
od hlmsolf. Ono Italian woman helped
groom on his honeymoon lost his wife
and sister. One old man whn was
saved lost throo children.
CHICAGO BANK CLOSED
Report That Official Had
Absconded Caused a Run
by Depositors.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago 111. Aug. G. The Mllwau.
kee Avenue bank ono of the largest
outside of the down town district with
deposlte of three millions six hundred
thousand dollars aud a capital of a
quarter of a million dollars closed to-
day. Tho first Intimation of troublo
was tho appearance at the bank of
PRINCIPALS IN SENSATIONAL NEW
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Harry Thaw who killed Stanford White rt the roof theater of Madison Square Garden will be brought to
trial for the murder In September. The Insanity plea on which Thaw's lawyers had hoped to secure his ac-
quittal seems to have fallen flat as Thaw himself will have none of IL The trial promises to bo one of tho
most sensational In the history of the criminal cases In lhls country. Thaw's wife Evelyn Nesblt It Is said
will tell tho story of her life and her relations with White to the Jury In an effort to savo her husband from
the electric chair at Slng-Slna. Society people millionaires chorus girls and members of New York's borcsmla
wlij contribute to the ssntatlonal t?itimony with which tho wyer hope to secure Thaw'a ccqulttal
twenty policeman dispatched to pre-
vent anticipated disorders the police
department having been notified that
one of the officers of the bank had
absconded. Most Of the eposltors
are working people who appeared In
large numbers mill demanded tttelr
money. At one ttmo the .run assumed
quelled. News of the suspwiston
spread rapidly and (Won several small.
or JiatilM In the vicinity wore besieged
by depositors. President Paul 0.
.Slonsland Is In Europe where he went
to attend the coronation of King
Haakon.
Henry W. Herlug the cashier. U
unlssltig and a warrant charging em-4
wiwnu "" ". um me
a " to the effect that the
iwiwreououu or tnroe omwrs of the
bnk 'nowi to him and that the
"""" " muu" "" Ulutal "" ia"
'" defalcation Is estimated at
lW9Iuy """mmm uonnrs. une 01 tne
suuortlluntes in the ban-- it is said
had been vambllnir oil horse 1 aces. It
la said the bank has nearly a thousand
The first statement that President
Stensland Is In Europe proved Ineor.
rcot. He Is a St. Paul on a vacation.
OSAGE - CREEK COUNCIL
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Adds Names of 28S People
to the Osage
Rolls.
Special to Dally Loader.f
Pawhuskn. Okla.. Amk
4.-
The.
0gage NaUonal counolt w
18e n session for the na.t .
'hloh
been In session for tho pftst two weeke
haB handed In tho natfl of 238 peO'J
Jplo that aro now on the Osage rolls
that they want Investigated to see 1Jreiant
whother or not thoy lj.aVe any logali 'pil0 general strike movement la
right to be on the rolls This number dying a-bomlng. To inako It a bug-
included not only all of the Omaha Iu cosa It waB nooossary thai tho tolo-
dlans but a great many people whosa grnphors tho rrillway omployea and
claim to being Osagos by blood IinBthe postal hands Join It hut so fm
always been doubted by the majority they have not ovlneod any doslro to
of the Indians. Thore will be n very Jake part in any movement ngalnst
strong effort on tho pa-t of tho Na- the government. It ls true that the
tlonnl council to put theso peoplo off factory omployee generally aro out
of the rolls but on the. other hand the as well as tho printers but oven these
people that are affected are preparing
to fight their battle hard.
A huge elk's head passed through
the city this morning addressed from
Wyoming to the Elks club nt Pond
Creek Okla. It was the largest antler-
ed head ever seen lu this part of the
country
SHRINK FROM
REVOLUTION
RUSSIA HESITATES OVER
PLUNGING INTO CIVIL
WAR HORRORS
AGinTORS LACK SUPPORT
General Strike Seems to be
Complete Failure
(By AMoolateu itcss.)
St Petersburg Aug. G. Unless dis-
patches from the Interior within a few
hours materially cnntige the situation
the general strike promises to prore a
complete failure. Although the lib-
erals are strongly opposed to tho
course of the government they shrink
fro mpreclpltatlng a revolution and
the horrors of civil war lu which tho
country would he plunged If tho plans
of the proletariat leaders woro sue-
cpseful. Tho symputhy of tho Intelli-
gent public ls lacking and many 'mon
are lukowarm and even In open robel
Uo.x against their leaders.
As the hours go by It hoconioe mora
and more apparent that the authori-
ties uren with tho grand support thnt
they nro getting at the hands of the
troops of nil hranohoe can not pro
Iwsvont outhronks but It Is also borne
homo on the people of nmrela that
thore Is not tho slightest chauco of
itho gonaral revolutionary movomnt eo
. fruolv- itrofossod helmr Huccuaetul at
organisations nro not na strongly on
trench In the nffectlons of their
membership as has been the ease In
the past and the more prominent lead-
ers are not showing the usutl ardor
in "going to the front" for their fellow
workmen.
Minor riots are reported In many
parts of R'weta and In several In-
YORK TRAGEDY
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stances there lwe been fighting which
wa worthy of a better cause between
the troops and the ptwple hut in
every Instance so far g.6 can he learn-
ed the army Is once more triumphant.
Although all details are suppressed.
A number of additional bomb casual-
ties are reported from Moscow and It
appears that the death lUt from the
explosion by careless handling of
bombs In process of manufacture v. '11
total llfty-flve
GUTHRIE FIRM GETS CONTRACT.
Billings &. Snyder Will Build Odd Fel-
lows Orphans Home.
Dtlllngs & Snyder of this city were
awarded tin contract for the building
of th new Odd Fellows Orphans home
at Carmen. Work la to be commenced
on tho new building within ten days
und tho building nwist he OiftUUfy
completod by March 1 11107. Tho
homo for tho orpluins Is to bo con-
structed entirely of slono to bo throe
stories and basement and will bo
erected at un ostlmntod cost of $15007.
Members of the committee In at-
tendance nt the meeting Saturday af-
ternoon Included Mrs. M. B. Itogor
Hnld; G. W nrwe and Mrs. Knto Mo-
Wethy Guthrie nnd w. H. Lelnlugor
of Lnwton.
POLICE COURT.
Will English white was given ton
days In tho city lookup this morning
for stealing a monkoy wrench from
Anderson's Carrlago works In West
G'Uthrlo.
Henry Guest tho youngest of a fam-
ily of colorod boys who glvo tho police
troublo continually was sentenced to
pound rocks for six days for throw-
ing atones at a Mrs. Wright in West
uuthrle.
NIGHT RIDE
WITH THRILLS
EXCITING EXPERIENCE
OF VENTURSOME NEW
YORK BALOONIST
TRIP IN THE MOONLIGHT
Forty Allies Covered With-
out a' Mishap.
(By A-tfloclated Prats.)
Noank Conn Aug. 6. The big bal
loon Nirvana tarrying Dr Julian V.
Hainan of New Yoik and a profes-
sional aetonuu' impended from a point
on the Bent rlier Nw lork City last
nlkht. and landed the pasuengers In
thin vIIUk'' this morning after one of
the lougetti flights eer taken by a
..ihbciiK(i balloon in thl (ouutiy. The
iii ot fotiy iiillea wan mude without
a I li.tp
Started From New York.
Ni w ik AH? 'i With 10Oj
;m ndiiK t heerlng the balloon Nlrvan.i
ariyliiK l Julian I' Thomas ami
t nr at'ioiuut and Roy Knabensbui
.tiiuhlo txpert soared fioui the C' u
tial I'biuh gat woiks In the Bronx lt
r.licht ulti-r dark. Ir Thomas w.is
eager for a trip In tbo moonlight
through the clouds and an opportunl-
' y to do kooiu stui gazing while
Knabenshuo alined to rwuaiu up aH1u Utrlcts enough to assure him
night with a view to breaking theletoy CT ' principal opponent
rord in this section lor time spent is fomier Governor Richard Yates. Sen
the air and dMance covered "tor Cullom'n plurality in til state Is
Th balloon drifted ut over Loug '"atimated at horn 25 Wi to M.000.
Island sound and lh air currents! All the parity In the state held their
were such aa the balloon pat-sod over primaries and tin- n w primary law.
Coney Island that there seemed dan -
gr that the aeronauts would be blown
out to t a The lower eurrent carriel
thtat over the sound and was blowing dldates either 7r.mrraUc or R-jin.b-lu
such a .llrwtlon that it could onl can- Congressman Lorlmtr of th"
carry them over to Long island If 81xn dlatrnt and Conr-Blmio Ja
the threw ot UaUt aart aaciied R Mann of the Second disfittf pit
higher thoy wHkt have caught a sea
eurrent. WfcU sjtluntng aloag at an
altitude of 100 faet the halloa 'pass-
ed over Cty Island at 9 8a and
Thontav ana Knabenhue Hereeardj0 fdtinon peaker ot tbo House of
ni'tng fjr ossiataa o asd dueV'tlons Icl"t -cntativc Lai co cppotlon
f a land'cg place
IGORROTES
BREAK LOOSE
HITHERTO PEACEABLE
FILIPINOS AMBUSH A
PARTY OF A AIERICANS
WOUNDED WITH ARROWS
Palajanes Pierce Military
Cordon Burn and Kill.
(By Associated 1'rosa.
New York Aug. G A special from
Manila says:
One hundred nnd fifty Pnlujnnen
plowed tho military cordon burned
municipal buildings ktllod an ex
president of tho town two former
'members of tho constabulary and
throo policnmon nt Abuyon Island of
Loyto twenty miles from tho scene of.
a recout fight A hundred soldiers and
constabulary aro lu pursuit.
Major Crawford and Captain Knau-
bor with a nontenant and eight con.
stnbulnry woro ambushed by Igorrotes
while shooting tho mplda on A'mluug
rlvor In Northern Luson on a raft
Cmwfard Kuauber and fivo men were
woundod with arrows. Thoy woro
uuablo to return tho tiro because the
onemy wns htddon. This outbreak Is
Inoxpllcablo as hlthorto tho Igorrotes
havo boon poacoable.
BIG RETURN8 ON FRUIT.
Logan County Growers Recclvfc Good
Prices on Shipments.
Tho Logan County Fruit Growers'
association Inst week shipped out four
car loads of Blborta poaches two to
Chicago aud ono car each to Cleveland
and St. Paul. Returns from tho first
carload shipped to Chicago Indicate an
nvunthO sale of J.I.C0 not por bushel.
If tho weather bo favorabjo for pick
ing Frank Householder and Jnhn Wal
lace expeot to ship ten or twolve car
loads of peaches this week Twenty.
five persons tire employed In picking
the fruit and the Wells Fargo company
has three representatives here to
oversee the shipments.
BITTEN BY CENTIPEDE.
Mrs. F"ank H. Greer a Victim of
Poisonous Pest This Morning.
Mrs. Frank H. Greer wae bitten this
morning by u centipede. Tho Injury
however It Is believed will not bo
serious since tho lusoct lulllcted tho
bite through her clothing which prob-
ably prevented a great amount of tho
poison from entering her system.
Alter breakfast Mrs. Greer had gone
to her room uad won lying dowu when
she observed the ugly pest crawling
toward her. llefore the nurse arrived.
howeier to remove the Insect two of
the fangs had been Inserted under tho
kln. The shock to her nerves will
be It N hoped the only Injury sjs-
talued CULLOM'S EASY VICTORY
Choice of Illinois Republi-
cans for Seuatu'-Caniiou
Returned to Congress.
lil uk ' III Auk 'I he Rtpill!
(an witt r of Illinois iii.nl It known
a' Hit iiiimarleH thut thy wiihit
Si 'iiiioi Mmlbv M fulloin i etui tied to
ii I nit' 1 1 States Su.te After cue
( '' '" Hpcta-ulai political cam
I i. ii twi Been senator ( ullom won
( ioK ouitty by a pltnulltv of moi.
ili.ni 17 (0 while down state what n--t
in dm In Indicate that he has r-
IP1 ' '"t. ' ' special sesblou
ot tM legislature waa pronounce.! au
MJuaHfled success. Of all th can
U(t t i-1' muftt spirited eaAipaign tot t
noinlaaUoa. They both won their d
trtcu by handHme majorltlaa.
In the Blghteetith district Joseph
l6t;a Ws ft'u ats-.-Tj is htja-wcj.
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