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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-5-25, Page 7THE PARIS ASHORE, On the l lanacles, Near the Mohegan Wreck. HAPPILY NO LIVES WERE LOST. The Ship Seems to have Been Badly Out of Her Course --Only 300 Yards From Shore -How She Missed the Deadlier Rocks ---The Sea was Calm -What Soule of the Passengers Say -Help Sent -Steamer Msy be a Total Wreck. laltucwh. England, 21. -The 1 diculous, as the former has a Aim-resin/linerevoly- steamer Parts. (aptatie I Vitt nil Tamp, low down, and the Lizard Ilght is two fixed electric lamps on a Watkins, from Southampton, and Cher- hf�f h cliff.,, Cher- bourg for New York, struck um ten out- Mr. Henry Wilding, managing -agent lying ridge of the Manacles early tela of the line, who arrived from 8outh- auntieg ata point tial, a mile from awptun thin atternoon by special Atlauth tnanapx,rt train to arrange for the transporta- uj $ 1 wJ'4CJ1iS>d.... _..._.-_ ... tion of the passsagers, said to a ear- Itw.R,]fohegan this. The Parte; ed/o. respondent of -'the Associated Prep: =tied from 8otethampiott yesterday. "I have had np opportunity to inquire palled at Cherbourg and plekedl up fifty as to the facts, and certainly have paraeugere. She left Cherbourg at 6 no theories to Indulge. The Cher- bourg atap was adopted wee time ago, o'clock Inst evening. Soon after 1 and was by, no means unusual. Cap- o'cloxk this morning, at high tide and lain o nthyatkitts is ficers one of ths aAmoit.trtic, st- In u dense fog, she ran ashore. From I must and wait the result of the inves- the first there was no danger. LHo- Ligation before passing any Jude - boats and tugs were soon literally meat." (manning around the caveat to render PERFECT ORDER. usdistnr,cr. .t majority of the pauen• Mr. Thomas Allen, of Loudon, n pas- senger o was gers, wh,e numbered 380. were brought. waytoo 11 Lite rkrlwaldi+Pa,l 1 wasolu bed IId. ▪ Falmouth, where they otesutnte' lodginga for the night. The first intimation of the vessel's striking the rocks was a slight grat- ing ,salad, which was followed by a scowl mud more pronounced shock. The lookout shouted that there was m ni. thIig looming up ahead, but be- fore thele was time to reverse the ieginte the ship had gone on the rocks. tssrstaihce was summoned by meats n( rockets, and the [wast guards ernmptly telephoned W the life-saving st. t ons for floats. NO PANIC. .t auaperity of the passengers were taut aware that an accident had hap - until they were called up b I,by "tl wudthe sh hing the deck they faun 1p's bontsin per- betes-•reeedlaaie--foc -., thele- eeseldies.- The sea was perfectly calm. and the only discomfort that the passengers experienced wan caused by the alight rah that wale falling at the time. otrig to the mimeses of the mea the legate could be manned with en- tire safety. Perfect order pre - .maid aboard__the vowel. teiptain Watkins steed On the bridge glide& °niers, and hie ttslt+ese of demeanor had a restearYr WEN* on the pas - e ngem. in a.en/dsroe with the instruction of tie illi$`." tbe wo- men and children wen_ the first .to be taken off the ship. • Such per- fect order was raalntalned +that a pameeager dedeeribed the scene as simply a slow processkm of women and children walking in single file Lo the beats. .tt daybreak the pool - tion of the vessel could be better diarrned. The brilliant. St. Anthony light at the entrance of Falmouth harbor could be diatlogulshed plain- ly through the misty rain, and the K III etandidg masts of the 111 -fated lfobgaii could to seen near by. It is said that a Falmouth pilot boat d ewed a warning signal W the Paris. telling the captain that he would puttee vesel on top of the Mohegan if he did not alter the course of the dip. The weeniest, however. Dame Me late, and the Paris struck on a ridge, to. the we tward of the Man- acles!. It is seggertied that as this was only their second tele from Cher- bourg. the officers of the Parks were not (natiller with the course. The crew of the Paris are st111 aboard the swarf. It is believed the steamer has a large rent In her bottom In the for- ward part of the *hip. Tugs are stand - leg by her, and will assist man effort to get her off the rocks. The some of tie wreck is abeat; five miles from Falmouth.},.WbM lawn broke every- one on lloard eras troueved to find the --thee/ on one - ilt,e and lifeboats tying sear by on the Other. The vessei lay with Ise head to the southwest, the reversing of her engine having put her broadside on the rock.. Captain Watkins went ashore In his gig, and when he returned he learned that there was already considerable water In the hold, and Viet whleore ▪ stn eloergency. All the paseengor•s were transferred to the tug Dragon, hat .beyond the clothes they were they tobk nothing with them. They were landed at Fftimouth shortly 8J - ter 7 o'clock, the local agents of the American line meeting them and pro- viding them with every Dare and cortra-ring them at the various hotels and the 'tailors' home. 1'111: SHiP'S CONDITION. tVh, n the Perlis "(trn•:k the tida i! within an hour of the flood, and this mood insufficient to raise her off the rats Ilun(lyd4 of people visited the 's'a'ne during the dao. Tho paasen- gere are, Int (alt of USD praise of the admir:ol,!e behavior of the officers and este', and declare that it was due to their lftJ htnees that no accldente oo- rarr<d 0, :anyone. Perfectdieelpilne, they may, was maintained throughout. it is eta t d that those in -charge of the Paris were so perfectly confidant that they were pursuing the proper courses that the wawa wail eteamang elgbte(vu or nineteen knots an hour when they stra" tr. There will be little danger to the one/owe 11 the calm continues, but aheald the wird veer to the east or retie -ad the consequenoes might be sedans. (fangs of seen on lighten hare gene e. the stranded veeas.I to take off the belougems of the passenger•w. it M reported that two forward com- MMrtntetate are full of water. Tonight the Parke Iles in much the mag' I.'eltio n as when she struck, Iter now bring abort 150 yards from the shore, end her stern abate SOO. Almost bi a direct Iles and etmelt a mile ahead Ike the wreck of the Motwaren. ASA 1euh.4k the how,, of the Parte in a rag- mn,rk, and a ridge of rxeksr projects water about 1t feet tans ahead. There Is rt of water in the three forward compartments, but the en- rrw are apparently unharmed It hes' dve nd to await special salvage 4Preuttnie and the next tide tremor- �gThe tri ere is smooth and the work Mt pr .antra. ROW DiD SEE ORT THERE! _bI Stott, nt tb chip Hinrow, *71- was "J harbor ng my veered Into or when the aeeldent to tie Paris noenrred. St. Anthony baht was clearly visible for five or di Mang, end I heard tbi bell of the A "Sty rain was a falling butth as weathere Was Wa rietrTTele amen and we new the amen it It 1 ail the way frees the Leased. lmp(Msihle for M t0 ssdareteed lav the Perls got lube that position, ell better than tie *eke ono. The =IMhity at the St An- . eget for the Lifted light Is rt, when the accident happened. I heart a grating soured and then several hard'. thumps on the rocks --shook the bhtp. The vessel then seemed to stop dead. A few minute. Tater I heard •tomeorhe calling, ' All hands on deck.' I roused my chums, who was still asleep, and we went on deck. We were told to secure our life belts, and we returned below and gut them. Wt• were not allowed W return to the deck at that time. All wore kept waiting below. At the first summoru a few of the patesengere appeared 1n their nightclothes, but tut soon as they discovered t1iit theft -teal - no danger they returned to he4r roomy and made themeless seat 1fn leave the ship. The passengers. yyheved in the test possible manger. There .ZAithe ateassing es .the -st, -of..•tbe' women, and the most perfect yrder wereasale0atsedt'We-- . kept • white Ing below for an hour. Coffee end bucults were served out, and there we entered the ship's .boats. Steam tugs brought us to Falmouth." A WOMAN'S STORY. Among the parreagerno of the furls were many poor female emigrant*. mostly foreigners. All havd been wifely housed In the Sailors' Home here. One of the women deecrites her expert - epee as follows`. " 1 was awake when tine vessel struck. I heard a dragging sound and felt u shock, then the en- gine. stopped. I west upetalrs to find out what the matter was. I could see the land quite plainly. 1 thought the help had Motile 1 to take do pas- sengers. I did not think there war anything wrong. and I returned to leand stayed here for half hour. d( Then a steward told me W t up I cold, 'There'd my baby ; don', wake him.' The , rtewarl replied. 11 you want to rave your baby" get- up' 1 aa got up and dreed myself a the baby and went on deck.' Vie were much frlghteale 1, but thele was no confusion. They Legate na in the kindliest manner,and finally brought ne here on a tug." OUT OF HER COURHE. Mr. 11. W. Southworth, one of the passenger+, an Engluhmkn, says: 'The Paris had good) waistline moat ..041 1!), evejp,lag�ethe moon being about three -.darters full and at the zenith at t) o'clock. The weather was misty, Ind not foggy. When the vessel struck moot of the paseengd•ro titre asleep. the 'evened W rise. their entivered, grated over the. rock and stood( still with a alight net to prorti The shock suggeeted etrlking a de1'elect or a (mall vents', and the poslblllty of be- ing on the rocks. therefore, Was not euggeated until the stewarde were heart crying 'All handle otedeck, cap- tain's orders.' Many came en leek le their night clothing. There teeth - segue segue of a panic. The soundings made 'hoes! nine fathoms of water for- ward and fourteen aft ; but the ah'p meted( ea a flat rock, while the rocks seeing on each side held her almost erect. The officers' log determines the position of the Paris and the posi- tion of the wreck of the Mohegan be leo t. thaill eterovenfleirethan t'R ween.„ more. she shaving passel between the Mie began and the shore, end then. when the mistake was discovered.. having changed her eouree In the hope of clearing the rocks, thug mlracnlusly escaping the manacles." A LADY'S I:XPERTENCE. Mrs. Batchelor, a Meter of I:lilted States Senator Vest, of Missouri, who embarked at Cherbourg, @a(�ye the weather was wet and nasty when they left port. She retired early, and at about 1, o'clock was awaken- ed by n tretnendiotle crash, which at first warned to arise from the ma- chinery. Tben everything became en quiet that she del not Wave her berth. Soon afterwards, however, elm was amused by a steward, who urged the passengers to dress and go on deck immediately. Mrs. Batchelor hurried above and found hundreds of half-dressed passengers there before her. The officers were busily en- gaged( In preparing the boats for leaned an(1calming the passengers, though •ee was eomparatvely lit- tle excitement, as it was evident that the ship was not winking, and at daybreak all were aeenred by glimpses of the shore. Mrs. Batchelor saki that some of the passengers as- serted that they heard Capt. Watkins say, "I am unahia.tu understand tow thishappened." There was no fog when Mrs. Batchelor went on deck, but only n misty rain. The what trouble, she says, arose in traneter- rIng the passengers lis small boats to the tugs. "The officers and' tete," she observed, "worked eked Trojans' In getting the old people and chil- dren off, and they certainly deserve groat praise." (STUCK FAST. Coverack, May 21.t -The efforts to float the Paris at high tide were un- snccetmfnl, and the vessel remains in .boat the same position on the reef, with deep water on both sides. Renew- ed efforts will be made at the neat fide to get few oft. HELP WA8 sPEEDY. Otte of the eeoastgnkrdamen at Cov- ereck has made the following state- ment to a eorreepondent of the Aeeo- dated Press: "It was 1.21 a.m. to -day when f disoovered the lights of $termer close Inland, just over the wreck of the Mohegan. i Immediately fired a rocket, which was rewpnnded to in a taw moments by the sinal gun of the Perla CAME Jeffers at the onset guards eummbmrd his men and manned the life -bast. Unlike the cas of the Mohawks the Pars could be easily aeon. 'Ilia rooked appetite& was prepared and the first shot dis- charged. It failed to reach the vee.el, but the second fall soros her boats uud was quickly fastened. In the meantime the Port Huuatook lifeboat and the Falmouth tugs responded. 'Phare was a heavy ground swell run- ning, with a southwesterly breath, and very hast. Oa reaching the Paris Chief Jeffers found Captain Watkins maintaining the best discipline. There were no signs of panic. The women and children were being collected to- gether, and the prompt arrival of the tug", facilitated debarkation." PROBABLY -A. .TOTAL WRECK. Plymouth, May "1.-7tte Admiralty has sent several fast tloveruutent vessels from Davaoport to aaslet tete Purls, which, it is reported. will probably be u total wreck. Amatg the vessel, emit to the assistance of tete etresnded steeaaler 1s u gunboat. and Admiral Edmund Hubert F'reuuan- tle, commander-in-oltlef at Ply- mouth, leas ordered a number of tor pexin dostrt sura W lurid •theteselres tr readlnes. to 'mooted W the eeeue of the wreck at 0 moment's notice. NEW YORK REPLACE:4 HER. New York, May 21. -At the office of 'the American Line, on Bowling Orem, this- aftel'11110n =l"q,,:. -Metal Vice -President. J. A. Wright. made public all cablegrams . bearing on the disaster to the Paris as soon ail they ..were received. From taw., cables received Mr. Wright dpok . A very bopeful view of the affair. He said that t:haptain Watkins' cable seemed W indicate that the steam- er war not greatly damaged. Durleg the day there were only two inquir- lee made at the office for pitmen - germ on the Puri. The New York. of We Amerlcna line. will take the place of the Paris. stilling from here a week from Wednesday. Coverer, Cornwall, May 22. -The cargo of the steamer Paris is being rapidly discharged from the two for- ward hatches. It is high water in this vicinity at 4 o'clock this afternoon, but it isnot yet settled whether an attempt will be made to float the steamer. Falmouth, Cornwall, May t2. -The North German Lloyds steamer Bre- men, which left Southampton on Sat- urday, arrived here this morning un- der instruction to embark for New York the saloon passengers of the Paris, which is ashore near Coverac. But the passengers were not ready to prooeeq, on their voyage, most of et% sjejlf •afferink from shock, so the Bremen continued on her passage. Quite a`flest of excursion steamers is taking holiday seeker, from this port and Plymouth to the wreck. Many p(letpngm-l eta. at the Pertehok ilia train for Southampton this morn - (.eanYLlo_ d steamer )} LserlW1T- erman 'Lloyd Kaiser WE: helm Der Grosse, which is scheduled to sail'from Bremen for New York on May 23rd, touching at Southampton on the following day. FILIPINOS' WANING POWER. Are Said to Have Only 7,000 Soldiers. SHORT OF ARMS AND SUPPLIES. , Manila, May 22, 8.18 p. m. -In spite of the presence of th- Filipino Com- misdonere in Manllt, the military operations continue with uuabated vigor. Reports received ' from per- totu who have arrive 1 from the in- terlor show that no troops are left in the northern provinee4. They were all drafted( south after the outbreak of war. The village. on the weft eotst etre almost deserted(, and the Ildx•nno4 especially are deslroue of }ceiling the Americans, if only for th e purpose of crushing the Tagalog.. Many natives of Binguet and Il000s said that If the Americans had not arrived civil war would necessarily have teemed, owing to the friction between the Tagalogs and the in- habitants of other pr•ovince4. It M added that the only Filipino troops now left are ,seven thouwo:d men under Oen. Lunge, at Tarlac. aid about four thousand undd•r (;en. Pio Del Pllar. Even them- are demoralized and short of erns and supplies. Many pf their rifles are dhmMrd and the Filipinos are unable to repair there, owing to the leek of mechanics red materials for esu dloing. A cnasthng steamer which line ar- rived here reports that the Spanish garrison at Zamboanga, island of Min- danao, le holding the rebels In niuch the theme mluhner as the American,' hell them while they were In the vi- cinity of Manila. Every night the Spnninrols are collected to an eike- fhisiketimmeet lethhe reeve >1 nm relieved they will be redtreiecTTO the condition of tee Steinke!' garrison at Iloilo, juin previous to Its evacuation of that place. ALL a1VIN DROWNED. Terrible Dlsoorsry at the Mouth of an Australian River. Vancouver, May 19.-1t. y1. u. Mlo- wera arrived to -day from Sydney, N. S. W., Brisbane, Queensland, Suva, FIJI and Honolu. In advtceiir re- ceived from Melbourne It In stated that n dreadful fatality was brought to light by the discovery of the topmast of the yacht Queenle In water off the entrenee to the Worrible River. The Queenle left Queen's Cliffe for Geelong. She was sailed by - her owner, John Clark, Manager of the Melbourne Steam- ship Company's works fit Wllliame- town. He was accompanied by hie four sone, the eldest agent 22 and the yopngestt 12 years, and also by a youth named Reginald Johnston, twin of J. B. Johnston. Secretary of the Victoria Railway Service MunI- ripel Aesoclatlon, and a man named Michael Allen, re.Nent of Williams- town. All were drowned. BRIDI, Bacons$ A WIDOW. S ed Death of a Montreal Traveller at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, May 21.--Ooron E. Drum- mond, traveller for Peck & Co. Mont- real, Med to -day from the effects of Injuries sustained while on n trip In the monntatne Several wneke ago. De. Nem! was engaged to wed a young lady of We city. She left for the nmuntalns e , hearing. of the accident, and returned here with Mr. Drum- mond on Thursday. At his request they were married before the Journey was began ' An Arlstoeeato Divorce Oath London, May 18. --in the dlvnrce di. vtekon of the High Court of Jus- tice to -day, the -light Hon. air Frame* Mowry lesser President alt the Probate. Dtrorea and Actmtr'alty dlvf htdxh, granted a Meow* to Mr. John Bendel! bash, because of the adultery of els wine, Lady ROMP Leigh, a daeghter of alae Martinis of Aber- gavemny, with the young Earl M Cottenham. Tb. PROP soothed great Internet. ovwiag M the arfetneretle eenneetlnns of the two famine'. Admiral Dewey cable" the Navy Department that he has mallet with rithiretympteedope Ma$Ila to Hoeg Clll A(U' BOYS' BULL FIGHT. They Longed for Something ;gIC1tiug. BULL FILLED TIN BILL Both Were Tonged in the Air and Badly Injured, fjk- TE .ect!c.! NBBOTIAT[NB WITH THE PIL[PD108, The C.5. Commissioners Submit tattle Filipino Commissioners a Plan of Qveg*pt._y. Yom FYotortw and PourtNn Dq"sllings to Brooklyn Dhstroysd by Y1re. Ohicatge May 22.-Euglewee d Mad n rani bull flgbt Sunday, and the Matadors. two boys. Willie Iteinlg Mid George Jessup, narrowly ets-14p- ed with their liver. For •tome time the two boys have been reading literature telling of spielstn lull fights, and they concluded they wanted to be matadors and receive the plaudit*, of their friends. Rein - 1g'1' father s the owner of a big bull with (*bort horns, capped with brass knobs. - The bull Is kept in a pasture near 70th and Wood streets. Saturday Relate and Jessup met by appointment and laid their plana for the bull fight. Twenty of their boy friends were told the contest would take place on Sunday. Prpmptly the invited guests and the prinelpais put In an appearance et the; pasture where the fight was to take place. Relutg wax armed with an old @word. while Jessup had man- ufactured a sword out of un old oorn knife. With theme the boys to vanquish the bull. Re ig luartng the heart weapon, claimed the right W the first tilt with the. beast. At a given sig- nal from Henry Nelson, one of the boys, who was to act as referee, Reinlg advanced into the field, doffed Isi hat and started to worry the bull. Re had guile but a. little -cast --when �Jtuhe anlmnl charged upon him. He 7!M'spul abets, est., with 'WIIUten"T1reant- u Pmale tla into the rite of the animal, and, with a roar. it termed and 'dashed back upon the buy matador. The onslaught was too meth for Relnlg's prowess, and he was- pecked up on the horns of the animal and torsed high into the air. When hP came down Iw landed in a comer 1st the fence, more dead than alive. lila shoulder blade was broken and one of the horns land gouged it lick- in his arm. Jessup saw the predicament of his eompanio n and ran to assist him. The Mill met his onslaught with lowered !dead, and before the boy had time to realize what had happened he too was tossed liglrover the fence and into a ditch. . The boys who hall come to w,tness the flicht ran screaming down the road. A doctor who examined the lays .did the boys' injuries were seri- ous, but not necesearlly fatal. NEGOTIATING WITH FILIPINOS. Manila, May 22, 3,30 p. m. -The C. S. Philippine's Commiirion has rub- Nettie! ubmitte1 to the FII)pluo Commieloners a draft of the form of goverhment aha Pre,ldent is prepared to establlrb. According W tide plan a Governor- General will be appointed for the is- land by the President. all will abo be a Cabinet, and later an Adviory Council will be elected by the people. THE TERMS PROPOSED. Manila. May 22. -Prof. Schurman'e proposition was: "While the final decLslon aw to the form of government 10 in the hands of Congress. the Pre sldleut, under his military powers, pending the action of Congress, startle ready W offer the following form of government: A liovernmeet to be appointed by the President, a Cabi- net to be appointed by the Governor- General, all the .fudges to be -ap- pointed by the l'r•esidlent, the heads of departahenty and Judge. W be either Americans or Fttipinos, or both, and alio a general Advisory Council, Its members to be chosen by the peo- ple by a form of suffrage to be here- after carefully determined upon. '"The Precedent earnee tly desires that blordiRM cease and that the people of the I'hilippindet at an early date, .enjoy the largest measure of salt -hero ..-smart. compatible with 'gWfloe and order." The U. S. Comu1I1on prepared the scheme, and the Iheesident cabled his approval of the form of document. 100 FAMILIES HOMELESS. New York, May 22.-A block of build- ings at Manhattan avenue and Engle street, Orenpolht. Brooklyn, burned early today, causing $800,000 lose. The buildings destroyed included four factories and 14 dwellings. Several firemen are std to have been injured A (hundred families in a row of two - dory wocden buildings were turned out of hotiseAPd (home ill their night- clerthre. There were no merlons casu- altle•s, -though (.le hook and Rudder man wee Indly cut by llyhig Blaw and overcome by smoke. AN AWFUL CRIME. Seattle, May 22.-lionolnlu ,advices say : 4. horrible crime occurred at Waimea on May 2nd. The wife of a ranelhmnn killed tier little stepdaugh- ter by hrutnlly beating her with a heavy mink. The crime was witnessed by it youngster, wlio went to a neigh- !me's house, and told the story. So enraged was the woman of the house on hearing of the crime that she rushed to the other woman's, cabin, bent on p iin)shing the step -mother. She (lid not attack the murder.hu, but, dashtng through the door, caught up the woman's own child. also a little girl, and threw the little one heard fleet ngnlnet the wall, breaking her neck. The two w(xnen moon VAMP tr realise the enormity of their crimes, and buried the children together. They swore this other child to Mcrrcy, hat It was told to other neighbors, and the women were 'arrested. RAVED 018 NECK. Bloomfield, Ind., May 22. -Dr. (fray was lest night found guilty of mur- dering Mrs. Melissa Skinner amino tented to life imprisonment. The nhur. der Map earthiest/arty etroolcu. The verdict i0 1$1410nnoted as Intef(IeMnt and threats of lynching have been mode. _IC PLEAD FOR (, U1IiA. New tat, Mer 22.---A Illavaha (1M IN di Aria : Qell. noises aaLd lis manifest, that 1f the n,;. caseate required lie wank' go to Washington and plead for the wet fe u; Cube Oswpodee mall to -night ht Gorses areal! sew Prettied t n y If a(mhething was not ante Immediately. ('e>wperles in going to Aeerioa on Thursday see pereoeni bawt nese and Oornet may *mmMnpany him. " GOT THE " CAT." Wilmington. Del., May 22. -Fif- teen men were entloly whipped in tills New (Setts jell yard on-'-tetter- day. t;,he ekwa of the number also Mood one hour W the pillory. '11tls W the greatest number of whlpplugs on one day for many years. About 100 rpeotatore were hreeent, luclud Ing officials of Pen.Iylvanta penal institutions and uyuurrous womeu. attracted out of curkarlty. The culprits whipped Mood at the post. with bared beobr, while Sheriff Tay- lor plied the cat 'o nine -tall.. It Wok just 28 minute' to flog all. The prisoners' backs were streaked with welts where the rawhide thougs struck. No Wood was drawn. DAWSON CITY 11111NED, A Third Great Fire Does $1,000,000 Damage. TOWN PARALYZED AS RESULT. Victoria. B. C., May 21 -An extra of the Skaguay Alaskan received by the Tees at midnight contains the fol - ug bidef nefor-LfremletTlinelletniett to Skaguay Just previous to the sail- ing of the steamer : "Another disastrous fire visited Daw- son tlty, tide thee f Busty 1►ftliole heti the entire Walnuts centre a the town, creating losses that will aggregate $1.000.000, with not a donne''' worth of Insurance on any of the great loaves. The news was telegraphed over the wires from Bennett this afternoon by the special correspondent of the Dally Alaskan. who recalvet it from a man named Tokales, who had just reached Bennett from a long nail perilous trip out from Dawson over broken trails. open rivers and dangerous lakes. Mr. Tokales reports that the fire occurred on April 21st In the very heart of the, business centre of the city. comntencing near the Opera House. on the water front. and spread - Ing with unusual rapidity. driven by a strong wind, destroying everything in Its way on that street down W and Including Donohue and Smith's establishrnent, nod taking in all of the water front building,' abreast of the same blocks. In other,worde, the fire crossed( the street, burned through and spread ore ``eebnd street, covering the clp bushiest porton of Dawson. leaving it all In ashei, with the fire- men helpless and powerless W do any- thing. The fire consumed everything from Timmins' Royal Cafe down to and oppoolte the F'Atrvlew Hotel. 'The -fire yeas, -ihe--eseM'dirarterowe that has ever visited Dawson. Every. buUdlug Learned like tlAdedue to the fact that they have been Midaftit'T ry nearly two years, anal the jogs are as dry ay powder. The fire spread with such rapidity that the citlzeru ap- peared panic-stricken and unable to save anything 1n the way of furni- ture, goods and clothing. eti that the looser when footed up meanies to be even greater than tit first estimated. "Among the most. prominent firms burned out were the iGoyal Cote, Ike- nohue & Smith, McLellan 4k McFeely. Parsons' Produce Company. Aurora Saloon, Bodega Saloon, Madden House, Hotel Victoria. McDonald block, Yank of Britbh North America and worse; of similar firms and .business houeies. "This fire came at a time when the mills and dealer. In building materl- tali had exheu.ted their winter's sup- plies and were waiting the opening of nevigatlon to reptenleh their stochs. The results are that there L a famine In all kinds of building material and furniture, such as Barbee, doors, locks. hinges. etc. The few articles et111 re- maining outaile of the burned dis- trict have quadrupled In prices. Doors are telling for $35 each. doer locks $8 each and everything else in propor- tion. The town Is paralysed, because nothing can be done until the opening of navigation, which will ,not be for several weeks. The first boat going down with building material will reap a rich harvest." VANCOUVER FIRMS LOSERS. Vancouver, B. C., May 21.- The Bank of British North America was one of the chief sufferers In a great fire whlch destroyed the buslnesecen- tre of Dawson pity. Wm. (lod(rey, manager here, says the doss on the bank Is about $5,000. Vancouver flrme were among the losers. Parsons' Produce Company and McLellan and McFeeiey had only recently stocked their stores, and the, fear their low will be large. L. 8. Hames, who brought special despatches to the bank from Dawson, left Klondike on April 28th. He will return Wednesday. He says that at one time the fire threatened to de- stroy every building In the city. A strong wind from the south swept across the Yukon River and fanned the flames so v that the water -front build rigs and those be- hind were burned with appaliing ra- pldity, Luckily, the wind shifted to northeast, and thus the conflagra- tion was not so terrible as first ap- pearances indicated.' However, the flames reached back as far as Sec- ond street, and did tremendous dam- age. This Is Dawson's third serious bap- tism by fire, and It le feared that butanes will be greatly affected un- til navigation of the Yukon fully open', up, which will not be for some weeks. Already some things have gone up to the starvation prices which rented in the memorable year when the first rush took place. $TOele De THIO o0111PIN• O'Toole Carried*. Heavy Lits Insurance -And Died? Fort Scott, Kan., May 20. -Tho State authorities here have been noel fled by the Texas officers that the grave in which Thomas O'Toole, the Fort Scott man who was reported( to have died In Texas last month, was enppoeed to have been buried(, had been opened, and that It had been found to contain nothing but donee wrapped 1n a blanket. O'Toole carried $8,100 life Insur ance In the Modern Woodmen, the Royal Neighbors. and the Woo -1m ,n .1 the World. A warrant chsrging at tempted trend bat been sworn out for O'llbo1A'b arrest. MORS OALIOIANE ARRIVL Party of 1.108 11z; Matra: on the Pboenl.ta. Halifax, N. (S., May 21. -The Hnhn- hurg-American steamer Phoenicia ar- rived this afternoon from Hamburg with 1,808 Oaliclans In the h.teernge and 82 salute pnsetehgers. One death and two blrthe concurred on the voy- age, which was characterized by entente weather till too -day, when .1... ennountered a strong snathetaat gale and heavy sea. The Aailntarw will land here, and Ara. hooked for Wine Tim erihnn will pt(e(serd as New Tort, -sae Mesmer sells of norm tomorrow. Lost on Alaskan eolith Seattle, Weide, May 20. -News of the wreck of an nnnamed elnop In one of the dangemne. Intend passe between the Iwltypd and nminiand M Snertheawtern Alaska Is reported b an stv officer of the amshlp by Thaw who are eepppnee4 to have per Weed are : Rlannh. Lemore, aP- tlram. Nan Francisco ; ike Wynn, fib�►a; Fred Kam, Juneau. WRECK ON THE MIDUND. Fireman Killed and Brakes - man Severely Scalded. RAN INTO COW ON THE TRACK. Lindsay, Out., May 21. -:(lace the opening of navigation the rush of grata over the Midland dlrlslou of the Brand Trunk Ratters/ .'dash Midland has been steadily lnoreasiug, until it became necessary W ruu through freight traitor at all hours of the day told night, and sometimes 011 Sunddayr, frdsu Midland W Belle- ville, laden with all 'dude of graln. These trains are usually double- jlt sign. two Blighter. and from 30 to 40 cars. Hnturlay morning about 10 o'clock. while a heavily laden train of thee description. call- ed Llthgow's special, was 011 Its way from Midland W the east. and run- ning et the uewsl rate of speed. a cow war struck tut u crossing on whet ter ca{tent_ -tie-i+leeeAeas.d two mllee north of Lindsay. db.li engines were thrown from the track; me fell on IW side, wall° the otis r, kept In an upright posl- tlea Car it ter-el!'p piled up on the wreck, std tw degtyyr,5Jult tot roll - lag stock waw very great. Trucks, wheels and boxes were thrown in all direetlonr, and the content,. of We curs. oorn and wheat, "Were strewn .knee deep all over the track and into the adjacent fields. The fireman Of the first engine, John Dudley, was almost Inetautly -killed, his body presenting a terrible (specta- cle. being scalded In a shocking man- ner. Ilarry Zealand, a brakermau, was also severely scalded, and had lumen"' broken. He is now In Lindsay under metl'cal treatment. The two drivers. Messrs. Wm. Maybee, of Midland. and Dan McMillan, of Lindsay. and Fire- man Yates ',leaped tihlnjured, as did the remaining members of -double crew. Immedia el t yon re of the news o M •thanle al 80 1 r fit dent ytorer of p. Lindsay, proceeded to the scene of the wreck with hie auxiliary. At 3 p.m. the auxiliary and crew from Allendale arrived on the toeue with Superintend- ent Tiffin and Rdadmtt.ster Cheer on board. The two crews, one working at either end of the wreck, had every- thing cleared( by to -day. While one crew cleared tete tracts and stripped the engines the other 1111es1 iags with the corn and wheat, saving as much 41reche body of Fireman Dudley was .314""" rates thawa,,dhe n' * e: badly teslded BrakesmuZealand. The Iettee Ie expected to pull through all right with care. Immense crowds of townspeople walked out to the fateful crossing. The lose will exceed $50,000. MINERS DASHED TO PIECES Disaster in the Shaft of the War Eagle. HOIST MACHINERY BROKE. Remised. 'B. C., May 21. -At 10.80 yesterday morning a terrible acci- dent occurred In the main shaft of the War Eagle mine, whereby four mea lost their lives. The dead are : Schofield, W. P., ate Oakville mean, and an Upper Canada College boy. Palmer, Jamey 0., New Brunswick. Neville, Thos. A., New Brunswick. 'Honeyford, H. A. At the hour stated Mike Cook, Scho- field, Honeyford, Palmer and Neville entered the alp at the 250 -foot level. The engineer In charge. Robt. Hall, started Ute machinery, but the teat holding the matt bolt on the starting lever. in some way not yet ashcertained, worked off, and the bolt fell out, throwing Hall on his hack. Control esus thus lost on the loiet, and It dashed down to the foot of the shaft, 850 feet. When the rescuing party climbed clown they found Honeyford. Palmer and Neville quite dead, and smashed almost beyond recognition. Cook and Schofield, the latter very badly and the former only 'lightly hurt. were taken out of the !nine by the Iron Mask tunnel and conveyed to the Hastert' Hospital. Schofield died to -day at 1 O'clock from This injuries. Mike Cook, however, has almost recovered. He. strange to eay. was not hurt at all. and only received it never. shock and shaking up. He was able to give an account of the terrible trip down the shaft, and will be able to leave the hospital In a day or so. Superintendent Hastings sedifto-day that the five men were a the p'ck of the mine, and were all fine fellows and good workers. Cook was an International Scotland -England football player. All the men were un- married. Schofield was sent here re- cently by T. G. Blackstock. and pot to work. Inspector McGregor 1s now on hie hay here, arf0 a thorough Inveetlgn- tlon will be held. Seven men have lost their lives in Roseland camp %Ni,de a month. It is proposed to give the unfortunate men a public funeral to -morrow. The ds - aster Inas meet buslness and created a profound Impr...don In the camp. The War Eagle closed down, but will start np again on Monday. NEWS Lady Buckley's niece s Bald to be employed as a lady's maid in New York. King Humbert has approved the selection of Cabinet Minleters by (len. Psl lout. A plant for the Qdmetractiou of steel , freight cats will bet ewtiblished at Chlnadi A coroner's Jury dads that 1 the Earl of Strafford met death by mis- adventure. The Atheneum found $28,000 in a safe at Malokm after the evacuatfep of the town. Srome 120 unarmed villagers were 1teseacred by a Formosan head hunt- ing party near Taiko. Dewey has obtained permission to shwa -home, and may vend the 4th of July in Washingtsnh. Desertions are occurring a)mloat daily teem the 1st Letnoeeter Regi - G iant, slatlosed at dtiilNlfax. It la said that about 20,000,000 bushels of grain Is held at Duluth on account of the Buffalo strike. Samuel Slmpeon, of the township of West Hawkesbury, is dead He was be - tweet' 103 and 110 yeard of age. London ridicules the Idea that any- thing has occurred to mar the pro- oeedinge of the Joint Commission. France le preparing to give Mar- chand arohand an enthuntaw'tic reception on hs return from his African adventure. Secretary Long, of the United States Navy. bas given out the re- port of the Samoan disturbances. A great fire has destroyed 200 hotaes, Ltcjuding the principal edifices. In (lure Homora, Bukowina, Austria. The body found at Colchester has been Identified by papers found upon if as 'that of Them Warner, of Cleve - la nd. Three thousand l'urle postmen are an strike, and soldiers and policemen are Impressed for delivery of mall matter The builders', laborers end brick- layers' strike. Toxonto, has been set- tied. eetied. The men voted the arbitrators $25 emelt. Sir Michael Incite -Beach hes agreed to reduce the proposed tax on. colonial light winos to an additional three A party of Japanese officials are n ow In Chicago They will vsit Bri- tain also, and investigate shipyards and warship building. All meat exported from New Zeal- and will be Inspected• -and stamped by veterinary surgeons In the em- ploy of the Government. The British sarvey ship- Ygeria has arrived at Vancouver, and is provis- ioning for an Immediate start In sur- veying the 1'adiic cable route. The Brotherhood of Railway Train- men re-elected Grand Master Mor- rissey and other officers and 'elect- ed Milwaukee as the next meeting - . place. Rudolf Rime the banker whose flight from Berlin with two hunched thousand marks In April caused a sen- sation there, and who was arrested at Letpsic with his medium, has oom- mleted suicide by taking poison. The liquidator of Mr. James Bud - dar't's Canadian -Australian Steamship Company offers for sale by tender as a going concern the steamships Mfr were, _Warrimoo and Aorangl. and all the briefness geed -will and property of the company. a Oliver Stephen, an oye employee of the Royal Electric Company at Chambly, received a current of 6,000 volts through his body and was Instantly killed Madame Patel makes her first ap- pearance since her marriage at the Queen's Hail on Thursday. She le arranging for an American tour next wester. The wonted yarn trust, to be known as the United States Worst- ed Yarn Company, with a -capital of $50,000,000, le practically an SS' eared fact, The strlkhng carpenters of Winni- peg will net agree to the maximum wage of 80 cents an hour. and the bricklayers may go out In sympa- thy with them. It is probable that Mr. Chamberlain will induce the British Government to accede to the Canadian and Aus- tralian propositions with retard to the Pacific cable. - A private letter /ION a preset now. kis lious Intimates - that Arcbteat ep Brub3iee will psWluhly be ohoera cardinal, to succeed obie lath -Cardinal Ttesohereaah, of Quebec. • The ('laanficaton Committee of the Freight Agents' Association met at Montreal for the purpose of straight- ening cit some classification buslneee In connection with the coming sem- mer's trade. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, then whom here Is no better known cler- gyman to the Stateel has the ptorate of the Solent] esra a. tiottal Thatch, Boston, after a service of 48 yearn. 1 Mr. It, Clarke Itoberbe n, of Hono- lulu, formerly of Vankleek Hill, who was married at Russell, Man., missed the rsgalar train out, and chartered a special far the trip of 200 miles from Winnipeg and return. In order that the wedding tlronld not be postponed. A thosand Gabe -fans are on the way to Canada on the 8. 8. Pimento's. e.nd another thoautndl eat one the puled of sailing. The tate of European . $ra- tton seaem turned( strongly towards the Dominion ; In fent mouse atethor- ittes profane to think than It wee prove embarrvassngle large. The Laidlaw -Watson strike at Lon- don, involving sixty men, women and girls, has been satisfactorily settled. Mr. Atchison, President of the com- pany, came down from Goderioh, and after some parleying and mut1al con- cessions an agreement was reached. The old bands resume work at once; A London despatch says that many developments have occurred which animates* the friends of Mrs. Florence Maybrlek In their struggle for her release from prison. With much difficulty they have succeeded In bringleg the foots in the ogee to the nettles of Queen Victoria her- self, and It Is believed that she is now disposed to grant a pardon. ■OOONDRkiL OET$ TEN TEAR$. Remit of aTrial at the Spring Awfsw at Braosbrfdge. Toronto, May 20.-Inapector Rogers, of the Ontario Criminal Investigation Department, has been up in Brate- bridge this week in connection with the ease against Joseph J. Vipond, of Bsysville, who was charged with assault on his adopted daughter, Eva Vipond. The offence was committed on the night of December 31st, 1897, and was of a very dastardly nature. Vi- pond was arrested in August of last. Fear, and came up before Mr. Justice erguson at the Bracsbridge Assizes Chid week. The evidence against him was very clear, and he was sentenced to ten years in tbs penitentiary. The girl, who is fifteen years of age, ha■ always been supposed to be VIpond's own daughter, but Mr. Rog- ers during his investigations found that she was not really so, but had been adopted by Vipond when only three or four years old, in this city. Mrs. Vipond is now in an asylum, and the young girl was until recent) and tinter Vtpotters s1 Mt it ail I' teary is Rt. Mary's street, Toronto. During the trial evidence was given which •bowed that Vipond had arced his own son to take the responsibility for the crime, and had written to the girl asking her to swear that the offender was a young man whom mho did not know. The founder of the honthle which Keiser Wilhelm belongs wan Ws Comet of Zollern. Thaaealosl by nate who Rained his title 1n the 800. Lifter the name was lengthened by the addition of ' Bohm. meaning wow. THE SOR*L TRAGEDY. OHtler Miaow to Answer Questleas N the /swages. terve?, Qrle.. May 20. -T1s Inquest Lots the death of Adele Pebgoln, who was murdered by her husband. Cuth- bert Olivier, was opened last night. The aecuse.1 was pranent, clean shaven and looking very pale. He admitted that hie name was Cuthbert 011vter, net declined to *n- ever when tusked whether he knew that the holy of tee murdered wo- man, which waw In the seem In a e»ffln. waw that at lila wife. or whether he balm that his wife h been mjrdeael Finally the ot meat was adjourned until to night.