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VOL. XXXII, , NO. 394.
GUNBOAT BLOWS UP; 39 KILLED, MANY HURT
FINDS FRAUD IN
EQUITABLE BOOKS
MORTON LEARNS THEY WERE
TAMPERED WITH
CHANGED WITHIN FORTNIGHT
Chemicals Used to Make Erasures.
I Alterations Were Made In the
Office of Former Comp
troller Jordan
Opedal to The Herald.
I NEW . YORK, July 21.— 1t developed
/.today that Paul Morton in his delving
Into . the books of the Equitable so
'■jclety had discovered that they have
, been extensively 'tampered with, that
■ chemicala have been employed to make
the erasures and that figures have been
;<;; <; changed within the past fortnight.- This
' fact ; has . been kept as secret as pos
sible. ' The alterations were in the
books of the office of Comptroller. Jor
ffi daifi, j who ' was removed by Morton.
ilThat $885,000 loan which- stood on the
'. books lof "the Mercantile Trust com
pany in the names of James W. Alex-,
ander and Thomas D. Jordan, then of
ficers of the Equitable society, aa trus
tees, 'was secured by, James Hazen
Hyde. .' : He as vice '. president of. th»
• Equitable, ■ it . is . understood, indorsed
the note given .by Alexander and Jor
dan.; It . Is; reported that Hyde, had
put up a large share of (he amount
needed to take up the obligations. It is
also '{reported . that . the y>an \ account
represented ;■ in . a large part payments
which had "been made to persons, who
! brought, blackmailing suits against the
Equitable. ' ':,,•.,■• ::. .'.'■.' .■ ; -
■\" Attorney General Mayer is about to
bring a suit In the name of the state
against Depew to compel the restora
tion-* of • $100,000 ! which the Equitable ;
lost : In the I Depew Realty company.
Other, suits are to be instituted against
Hyde,%Alexander ; and all others of the
director?, who 'participated in:syndl-|,
cate rproflts./ While these suits are be
ing '. prepared . the joint legislative in«
vtstigation committee will take ' action
aiftecting i,the_:Equltable and all other
insurance"; conipaiiles." The ' cbmfnittee
will be .asked .to; recommend, legisla
tion -'that 'will; make $100,000 salaries
Impossible and that will keep the
icy, holdefsV:"inoney, out of; Wall street.
GEN.'FUNSTON AND PARTY
I^NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH
Carriage Is Run Into by Electric Car
-3 at Monterey, but Inmates Are
. >! L ' .'■■'>■■ Only Bruised ■
By Associated Frees. '=■•' •'«
'';,j MONTEREY," July: 21.-<3en. Fr?d
;i;Funßton; commander of (he department
Cfof California,' his aide, Lieut. lipng^eind ;
fljleut: Culbertson "Mitchell," inspectorvot
.•Tsmall ■ arms' practice,' narrowly escaped
I'death',^ today when ; "an', electric '.^car
crashed Into the carriage in which they
were, riding. ■'"/:; *<. '-'■-,;"■ -i ' : -. :
; ; Thje party'was returning. to the presi
dio of Monterey'^rom' Hotel del Monte
"upon - , Alvarado '.Btreet, ■ and , the driver
■ turned in^ front (Jf a moving car,. which
; struck* the'Jcarrlkge. -,: Smith, the driver
'of^the'; carriage; 1 ' was thrown* out and
; bruised jtfp.'. The ofllcers Jumped. • .
his left leg .severely
briilsed,' but .was otherwise' "uninjured.
Lieut. Mitchell sustained. severe bruises.*
;;^The street car was traveling at a slow
rate of s'peed^and the gong was sound
; ing.'v' The of the • carriage " at
,tempted"to'tUrn'across the track when
: the car .'was almost upon him.- ;
LILLIAN 'RUSSELL HURT
BY FALL FROM HORSE
Has Rib Fractured but Does Not Real.
lze|lt' Until Three Weeks
'■Offiii Have Elapsed .'-
Special to .The Herald.
, NEW:.Y ORK, July 21.*— Lillian Rus
sell,' It, was learned today, sustained a
fractured C-'rib while horseback riding
about, three' weeks ago. Singularly
enough 'she' never realized how * seri
ously shVwas injured until today. Then
she f consulted a doctor '■ who, "after an
examination,; advised her to return ' to
her "^ home \? immediately and remain
quiet until : the bone had knit. '
• The accident occurred while Miss Rus
sell ;was (out riding with friends nesr
her summer home. The horse stumbled
and threw her. She was picked up, and
though a trifle dazed and bruised about
the body, declared she was none the
"worse for the mishap. Later on,, how?
ever, the iialu in her shoulder and Side
caused her to yislt a'doctor, :
E. A. DRAKE APPOINTED
ABBIBTANTTO BHONTB
Jly Associated FreM/i;..'. ' : ''&SHMHQM[
'"iNpW lt yoßK,;july 21.— E3. A. Drake,
secretary und, treasurer of ())« Panama
> Railroad ; company, ''.has been .appointed
assistant . ■to ' President ' ; ; Shouts, who
sailed '.yesterday! for, Panama. Mr.
Drake, will exercise all the functions of
president of , the Panama company dur
lll» lh« ahtnure of Mr. ShontS.
Los Angeles Herald.
:: SAN DIEGO, July 21 (Special to The Herald).— Survivors of today's dis
j; aster declare that boiler B, which exploded first, had for some time been re
;: garded as unsafe. Commander Young stated today that for this reason,
I;. during a recent voyage from Honolulu, the steam pressure was kept re
]; duced in that particular boiler.
STOPPED FROM
TAKING POISON
POLICEMAN INTERVENES AT
- RIGHT MOMENT
DASHES 'BOTTLE FROM HAND
Man- Who Recently Attempted to
Wreck Press Tries to Choke
1 His Wife and Then Kill
; ; Himself
Harry J. Galbraith .of 656 South
Spring street;- who -was fined $ 100 a>few
weeks ago for attempting to wreck the
press of one of the local morning, pa
pers : by . throwing- a brass casting in
the wheels of the machinery, attempt
ed to commit suicide last evening by
taking chloral. _'•.
It' Is Bald that he threatened to kill
his ' wife' and V baby and then end his
own t life early^ last night. ,' Neighbors
declared that he ; was choking, his wife
a nd, fearing that a tragedy would - be
enacted if some intervention was not
made, they summoned the ; police.
.A patrolman was sent to Galbraith' b
home, , but he ■ found no disturbance,
although 'the wife told him that her
husband had attempted to ; choke her
a short time before.
" The police were hurriedly summoned
again at 1 o'clock „ this j morning and
were told that Galbraith was making
threats on his own life and that of his
family. When' Patrolman Bartlett
rushed | Into the . house he found Gal
braith standing in a room with a bottle
of chloretone in his hand. , When he saw
the officer he made an attenipt'to swal
low the contents of 'the bottle, but Bart
lett quickly dashed it from his hand.
A struggle followed, in which Gal
braith escaped through the' door into
the hall, pursued by Bartlett. The of
ficer thrust his arm through i a glaBS
door and sustained several severe cuts
on : the hand and wrist, but succeeded
in capturing the would-be suicide be
fore he escaped from the house.
1 1 The prisoner was taken to the police
station and booked on a charge of in
toxication, pending further complaints
which witl be, sworn out by his wife
this morning. .
LOS ANGELES MEN GET
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS
Special to The Herald.
-WASHINGTON,, July Kl,— Theodore
A.*; Fitch; of Los Angeles has been ap
pointed a t weather bureau ' observer. ,
;• Henry (W.( W. Coleihasbeen appointed a
letter carrier at station A, Los Angel«s.
with Charles W. Wells as substituted'
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 33, 1905.
GUNBOAT BENNINGTON BLOWN UP IN SAN DIEGO. HARBOR
NORWAY INSISTS
ON INDEPENDENCE
WILL -; LISTEN TO ; NO -OTHER
I v; proposition r v
NOT A CONQUERED COUNTRY
Foreign ' Minister Says That Sweden
, Must' Rid Itself of Idea That Any
' .. _. pother Terms Will. Be.
... :■ > Considered ;
Special Cabls to The Herald.'
i CHRISTIANIA.v July 21.— "Norway
will listen Ho no terms, ' conditions or
propositions from ' Sweden' which ' from
the beginning do not' regard this coun
try as a/ sovereign state,"' said' Johan
nes Lovland, the ' Norwegian minister
of foreign affairs, this morning. ' i
i "Sweden | must rid itself of 'the ' no
tion that Norway can be* dealt with
as if : it were a conquered .country or
had "been ,' guilty .of • treason." We , are
ready to negotiate regarding the reali
ties affecting the interests ;• of : both
countries, but^ we will not entertain
proposals which' pretending 'to '• safe
guard" the Swedish honor would vio
late our own. • . •
"I , can only account for Sweden's
claim that Norway's [declaration of in
dependence has | morally outraged ; . the
Swedish ' ; honor upon » the theory ( that
Sweden has never regarded . Norway as
an independent allied state, . but aa , a
Swedish province. ' It was i. this . con
struction •of | the /union,' deep _ .. seated
among Sweden's ruling classes,' , that
forced us to assert our ' constitutional
rights.".' . ■'.',;. . L, ; . [;,
AUTOISTS LAUGH AND
. SPEED G A YLY AWAY
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, „ July 21.— Hurled
thirty feet In the' air by, a big
touring; car .speeding* along; the
Southern .boulevard this . after
noon,,v 11-year-old ' Fred , Bushang
fell on his head and was instant
ly killed. . ''■■. - . '
The] four., occupants of the ma
chine, laughed > aloud, the driver
put ' on full power . and the car
sped .away, ■ leaving, the , ; boy;.'a
mangled. corpse lying. in the road.
Half a dozen: persons witnessed
the . murder and shouted after > the
car In vain.
. Ablg force has been detailed to
locate .the automobile and arrest
its occupants, -• NRH
YELLOW FEVER
IS ANNOUNCED
POSITIVE fcASES':' FOUND: IN
, r NEW "ORLEANS - .
WASHINGTON SENDSyEXPERTS
President, of ' the' Alabama Medical
"ii Association Urges Governor. to
i Issue, Proclamation Estab- '
','_; —i ," 8n ' n9n 9 Quarantine .
Special to The. Herald.
■. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 21.— State
Health .Officer W; - H. Sanderson this
afternoon received" a' telegram from
Acting Assistant United, States ',Sur
geon ; Glenning and President. Bondu
rant' of the Alabama Medical • associa
tion stating that there was yellow fever
in 'New Orleans.
I'Oniy, a few cases, and those confined
to ; two blocks, : are reported , as . posi
tive.^ Experts from the department at
Washington have been sent-there.
| .President Bondurant requested . the
governor < to , Immediately • issue . his
proclamation : quarantining ' ; New , Or
leans, j but- the j governor' Is , undecided
and has postponed the matter . till :to
morrow. ;■ The :. people here -.are | much
wrought up and quarantine officers will
be appointed' immediately.'- .';• j
RAILROAD WORKER KILLED
!•■ • BYTTRAIN AT 'DEPOT
By Associated rress
{' SACRAMENTO, July 21.-rThomns
Sheehan, aged~S9 years, supposed to be
from Oakland and a member; of 'camp
457, 1 Woodmen of the World.'*. was run
over by a train at the depot here and
killed at .7 o'clock this morning. • , He
was a member of a crew; of • railroad
builders and was on the eve of starting
for Marysvllle, where he was to^he'.p
in grading for the Western"; Pacific
railway.' V .
MILLIONAIRE WANTS^DEEDV"
;■' (l ; OF GIFT TO WIFE REVOKED
By Associated Press.
BAN JOSE, July 21.— Mr»,' George B.
McAneny, , wife of the, millionaire -who
has' sued | her for divorce,' today^ filed
an answer to the complain, \ln 'which
he asks the "court to annul' the d«ed
of , »If t ; to valuable property made ■by
him, to her In 1899. Bhe alleges that
she la sole owner of the property "and
1h ' to' lia possession, j MoAnieny
and ' a j nherlfr's deputy are ; holding the
home , premises' at_ Lawrence today, ': . ;
TARANTULA IS
FALSE ALARM
PHYSICIAN THINKS ITS BITE IS
BENEFICIAL
MAY HELP, NERVOUS. PEOPLE
Dogs Bitten by Universally. Maligned
j Spider Enjoy It, and Dr. Stout
May Himself Have
Special to The Herald.
'PHILADELPHIA, July /,• 21. — Dr.
Phillips Samuel Stout of j the Univer
sity of '■ Pennsylvania declares/ as a
result of a series of experiments, -that
there is; nothing to be; feared" from
the; bite ."'of a tarantula. On ; . the con
trary, a dog suffering with chorea was
subjected to the bite of a tarantula
and was jso j much benefited | that Dr.
Stout believes , he has \ found • in , the
poison of what is considered the deadly,
spider an antidote for .certain diseases
affecting the nervous. system.' ■■ . . -
He has permitted^ other '{ dogs ;to be
bitten, but thus far no serious results
have. been apparent. ' Should' they re
cover j Dr.', Stout will himself, undergo,
the experiment of being bitten.'".' '
GARMENT.WqRKERS^HELD
, j .:VFORRIOT IN NEW YORK
By Associated Press
NKW' YORK, , July 21.— Fifty strike
ing ; members "of the 'United Garment
Workers ; 'of "America are' being held in
the Tombs [ prison on charges 'of riot
ing. The prisoners recently quit their
jobs ■ lri a Llspenard street coat fac
tory. '.Yesterday they, made a descent
on another factory where they declared
work Was being done for their old em
ployers.'/ Cloaks for the latter were
destroyed, . it is charged. In great
quantities, j Police reserves were hur
ried - to ; the scene and - after - a short
encounter had the strikers . under con
trol.; About' twenty-five w.ere captured. 1
The prisoners 'declare, they caused no
damage, but merely visited the factory
Induce ; the .workmen there to strike in
sympathy. . .„;. ,;■.,'> •* ■'. ' '* ' ;
SAVANNAH COTTON CROP, :
FETCHES RECORD PRICE
By Associated frees.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. July 21.-- The first
bale of new "cotton for this Wason* was
sold 'at 'auction j today at the > Cotton
exchange, i It claused full middling and
was bought by a' local agent for a Liv
erpool firm for 30 cents a pound, which
li a new record price for the first bale
in ' Savannah.
PRICE: DAILY, BY CARRIER, 65 CTS. PER MONTH
BENNINGTON MASS
OF WRECKAGE, RED
WITH HUMAN BLOOD
DISASTER IN MEBOR OF SAN DIEGO
City's Morgues Filled With Dead and Hospitals
Crowded With Maimed and Scalded Sail
ors, Victims of Catastrophe on
United States Warship
THE DEAD
LIEUT. N. K. PERRY
F. W. BROWN
J. NEWCOMB
B. A. HUGHES
A. BENBEL :
A. KAMERER
W. CHERRY
C." RUSHING
A. H. SCRUGGE
C. HAGGBLOOM
R. B. CARR
H. F. SAUNDERS
E. DRESCH
J. L. BURNS
M. G. QUINN . <
C. J. KUNTZ .
<• The most seriously wounded are: William ;Flckweller,;R.Ai House, ;
<> G.A. Toelly, J. M. McNanny,G.' Schultz, W.,F. Schaicklett, Q. T. Clark,'j
','. Q. H. Haliett, C. Weiler, D. R. McCllntock, B.R. Beavey,o. Hoffman, W.
;;Worthen and one unknown man. ;.,-.': . .•; r . , ; .]■.•
• •'•"' Other wounded men are: O. A." Nelson, -7— Taylor/ E. Btarkweather,
>> H. E. Hlse,,H.lN. ! Stewart, -1-— " Brockmanr F. R: Connell, v Ai Burg, i—^
!! Pfleuger, R. (Savage, I,—r-i^Knoblock,1 ,— r-i^Knoblock, W. ! 'Hofreutep,>i:." A. Grles,';©, : D.
" Deldrlch.R.C. Bheperd, H. C. Dean, W. Bushnell; 8. Eckrem, W.M . Tay«;
<> lor, C. H. Miller and L. K.'Btrobel. . : : ; V^' '■ t ;^ \' : . v
V, Only two officers were Injured, .Lieut. Perry, who afterward 'died; In
*' the hospital, and Ensign Leo Sahm, whose right hand was scalded."
•■ Sahm's Injuries were dressed by the ship's surgeon and ho did not even,
i> go to the hospital. > : A/.- ' *- " , . ' •.<:,:
V ■ Ensign Lacy, was almost suffocated In the first attempt to Invade the
boiler room.'; He recovered, quickly, however.'ahdfresurned'duty.^'. '."'.:
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SCENE^ .OF^HORROR GREET RESCUERS
UPON^RiiCHINa^LACE OF DISASTER;
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By Associated Press.;.-. *";,"■■..: r if c■■ '.'■ '. ■ "".' ;•*;■ ■%■-■! %;.;.<■:...;. • . . : /.;..•: ■ ■ . .' -'.'■; ;■ .,;-:;•
• SAN ; DIEGO, 1 July;2l.— Broken^and^lackened,- Trithher^ flag flying jat
naif 'matffcf her - hold : filled with i fifteen t eet 'of -water,* the -United , States { ship
Bennlngton lies ; beached : upon \ the ' shores . of ■i-Star; Diego harbor. > Thirty-nine
of her crew lie ■' M&& '■ at^clty ' morgues, the* fate of ai >' dozen ' more is as " yet;un
delernjined and three score are stretched upon beds of : pain at various j hos-;
pltals. This Is the' result of an explosion which' wrecked '.the '•, trim '.little'
naval craft and wrought such terrible havoc among her, crew at 10: 30 [O'clock;
this morning. The placid waters of San Diego bay have' never before ; been j
the scene of such a disaster, and San Diego city has never before been stirred '
by; such, scenes of death and suffering as those Witnessed tonight ! '.' / '
Twenty-one dead, bodies lie at the city morgue. .The stark forms were;
outlined in Immaculate .winding sheets, the terrible results of scalding" steam r ,
upon the faces hidden, beneath the folds. Thirteen , victims were * stretched j",
upon improvised biers at Johnson &' Connell's morgue, while five others were?
to be seen at another morgue. At these two latter 'places i the work of J
explosion was terribly Jn evidence. -The face of every victim la scarred and
scalded, in many ' ; cases almost beyond recognition. At Agnew hospital/; to-*; 1
night are many injured, . suffering \in almost every ' instance! from (scalded »:
bodies. Several are expected to succumb to thelfinjurlea. before ( thoynlght'.
BODIES WEDGED; IN WRECKAGE
• On board the Bennington the unharmed members of the crew *ra irorfc',
ing under great difficulties to reach the boiler room and coal bunkers. 1 where!
it is believed a dozen bodies are lying wedged in the wrectoga or submerged?
in the water which fills that part of the vessel. : ; ' 4 ;,!/;'^/v
: j The Bennington, which arrived at this port from Honolulu last .Wednea* '
day forenoon, was preparing to leave port at, 10:30 o'clock this morning, and j
only awaited' the arrival of Commander Lucien Young,. who had gorii»iaahore!
on official business.- With' steam up and every 'preparation! for sailing, com-. >
pleted/ the vessel swung at anchor half a mile oft the Spreckels wharf. oppo»,
site H street |?isM^lff " ■■' '':<:.''■
:... ''.Officers and crew stood, idly about, awaiting the arrival of 'the com- j;
mander and the order to heave anchor. Numerous small craft swarmed about ■
the bay, and the big ferryboat Rambna was churning its way ,' across' fromj;
the Coronado side~of the bay. ;.",•■.., i. .', ' .. ■" ."'"."■ '"'.,' . ' .... '■■';'■■'■,'
; ' Suddenly there .was : a ' deep ; toned, ] rumbjlng intonation, like. a i distant f
explosion of dynamite,' and the Bennington was seen to reel and shake from .
stem ' to stern,' a dense ; cloud of white !steam ; shot . skyward and . the entire ! ■
upper deck appeared to lift' and then settle back, with, a crash. :.;..'.'• '••;.•'
MANYCOME TOAID OF INJURED • ..
Before persons on shore and aboard the moving bay craft awoke to the'
catastrophe enacted before : their eyes, ; men were leaping over ; th sides of "
the Bennington. Then all were moved; to action. . First a flsherman'slrow-' i
boat, then the ; launch McKinley, upon which Commander^ Young* had ! Just'
embarked to ' board his vessel,' rushed to the rescue, followed , by thai tjig^,
Santa Fe , and the . government tug Deruisy. The : struggling J sailors, some '
of whom were scalded and otherwise Injured '■ by the superheated ' steam' and l\
terrible, concussion of < the ex plosion,', were', quickly v taken 1 outof^the. water;
and hurried ashore. ' Even the ferryboat Ramona, jwith' her_ crowd of morning , '
passengers: from 'Coronado, turned out of her courso immediately and came.
to render assistance.
'Commander Young boarded i the ■. Bennington but a , few. minutes after th« ■
explosion.' While there was much confusion' among thoao 'who - escaped unW,
harmed, the officers had already set about to care for the injured and look
for^the dead. The Bennington began to settle rapidly,' listing heayily.to star-
boaAl. Fearing she would sink, Commander Young 'ordered, the vessel taken
in^towiby the tug Santa Fe and one or two, smaller crafts Heading directly .'■
for ; the i shore at the foot of H street, the Bennington, was run into shallow
wator, where she lies tpnight.not more than, 2oo. yards from the shore! ; She: : .
leans heavily to starboard, -her: bow, upon the bottom and about fifteen feet
of water beneath her stern. ! . . ;
','■■'■'• Steam - Btili .poured : out of ; the ■ ventilators and .through . ev«ry other > -
aperture that gave 'openings^ from, the lower regions of the ship, and it -was
some time j before, rescuers could below. ."." ■
' , News'^of "the "explosion preached, throughout" thecity wJthln-a few min
utes.', In '■■ response , to' calls; ambulances 'were hurried ' bayward f ronr" every* hos
pltal and undertaking' establishment -in" the city. Besides these there we'r«' [
scores of volunteer vehicles— caniuges,> delivery wagons and even more hum*'
ble ;J conveyances— hurrlftd upon their;,merciful errand. Work ... more thaa '{3
ouough was soon found for all these." .
As early as U^ was '. possible ) for men to go below, wlllins bands • w«r# w
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G. BROWN LEE V
F. J. GEIBB
PRESTON. CARPENTER! S J-i"'
CHARLEB McKEON V p[/i
E. W. BRUNBON it
J. HUNT .;
E. B. ROBINSON
J. C. BARCHUS
W. C. WILSON
C. F. NELSON ,
E. B. FERGUSON
L. B. ARCHER » /
W. G. CHAMBERS .
JOHN McKUNE ' ..
C. J.'EZELL.''.-:^ ••■■ •■:< K \y' : *'
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