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hi) a |n|ai 1 Sv ta f4IS irk f^. *9 r! I I ft iiii fell-Ik-1 I itiil |^i ii JV i' (-1 'f fill IP -AM 1 1 1 ft 1 1 Mr f,4 if. ft "W ill ?fl- PRICE TWO CENTS. HORRORS OF NORGE WRECK GROWING Survivors' Stories Show It Is One of the Sea's Greatest \k 1 Tragedies. CAPTAIN IS EESOUED TELLS OF SHIP'S LOSS Occupants of Lifeboat Saved by Sylvia Describe Awful Scene. London, July B.For the missing 46 persons of the Norge, small hopes are entertained. Yesterday's figures of the loss were oorrect so far as known yet. The horrors of the wreck itself grow with each survivor's account. Captain Gundel's statement, which reads like an affidavit from the dead, for he went down with his ship, main tains that the Norge struck on a sunken rock eighteen miles south of Rockhall. The 102 survivors spent the night at Stornoway, many of them in the hospital. The majority of the twenty-six who were landed at Grimsby have arrived at Liverpool, from where they will sail on the Cunard line steamer Sax onla, which leaves tomorrow for Bos ton. Vessels are searching in the vicin ity of Rockhall for any more sur vivors. The chief hope lies in Cap tain Gundel's statement that seven boatloads got safely away. No more tragic story of the sea has ever been known here than that of the sinking of the Norgerf THE CAPTAIN S STORY Sank With Vessel but Rose Rescued After Two Hours' Swim. Stornoway, Scotland, July 6.Cap- tain Gundel of the Norge reported yesterday to have gone down with his ship, was saved and gives a concise story of the disaster. He went down with the vessel but rose to the surface and, after swimming nearly two hours, was picked up by a boat. His story follows: "All went well until about 2:45 a.m. last Tuesday. When about eighteen miles south of Rochall I felt the steamer strike heavily forward on a sunken rock. "I was on the bridge with Chief Officer Carpenter. Soundings were iatwm andvit five feet of water in the forward hold. "Orders were given to commence pumping and also to the passengers to fnto on life belts and be ready to get the boats, which were ordered to be put off. "The crew worked nobly under the leadership of the chief officer. Seven boats got safely away, the life rafts were cut adrift and the steamer went down by the bow. The chief officer told me she was sinking and I told him to jump overboard, which he did. I did not see him again. "I went down with the steamer. My right leg got jammed between two stanchions and was very much in jured. When I rose to the surface I noticed a number of bodies floating. "The Norge was afloat only about twenty minutes after striking. "I swam for about twenty minutes and came across Second Engineer Brunn, who is a good swimmer. We kept company for about an hour and a naif, when we noticed a boat some distance off and we both made for it. "I was hindered by my sore leg and the engineer reached the boat first. Both of us were taken aboard quite exhausted. "After reoovering a little I took charge of the boat and the provisions which consisted only of a box with bread and two oasks of water. The boat was steered for St. Kilda, 150 miles distant. "On Saturday morning we saw a large schooner-rigged steamer about lour miles distant. We put up a blanket on an oar, but the steamer passed on without taking any notice of us. "On Sunday morning a bark passed some distance off, but with the same result. "At about 12 o'clock Sunday land was sighted, and the drooping spirits of all revived. It proved to be St. Kilda. "Some time afterwards a steamer was noticed coming from the west, bearing down upon our boat. She proved to be the Energie, and at 6 o'clock we were safe on board." STRUCK IN DEAD OF NIGHT Tragedy Came While Passengers Slept How the Boat Sank. Grimsby, Eng., July 5.No tragedy of the sea has had more appalling coneequence.3 and none has occurred in a shorter time than that of the Norg last Tuesday. The passengers were suddenly aroused from their Bleep terrified by the contact of the bows of the ship with the solid gran ite, followed by a grinding, rasping sound as if the hull was being dragged over huge rocks, then silence. The clanging bells brought the engines to a stop. A stentorian voice gave the terrifying order: "All hands on deck. Hurry or you may sink." Life Preservers Useless. Immediately there was a rush for the narrow companionways and men, women and children pushed and struggled arid made every other effort to reach the deck, where the boats swung from the davits. Many per sons, regaining their presence of mind, seized life preservers only to find in some instances that the strings were rotten and they could not be quickly put around their bodies. Those who reached the deck saw the nose of the Norge pinned directly against the rock. Captain Gundel, who had immedi ately gone to the bridge, gave the or der to the engineer to reverse the en gines. Slowly the ship backed off, and as she gained way it was found that water was pouring into her hold. This announcement, called out in Scandi navian, and presaging death, added to Pthe supreme fright and agony. With a sound of grinding, the bow iof the Norge yawed as the stern turned to deep water. The sea rushed Continued on Sixth Page, -~v was reported there were _,, JSSRT THOUSANDS AFTER ROSEBUD LANDS First-Day Registrations at Bone steel for the Big Drawing Number About 3,000. LONG LINES BEFORE OFFICES AT YANKTON General Land Office Men in Full Charge of Proceedings at Chamberlain. Speoial to The Journal. Bonesteel, S. D., July 6.About two thousand persons came in on the passenger train last evening to_ be ready for the registration, which be gan promptly at 9 a.m. today. At 2 p.m. yesterday the government of ficial began distributing registration blanks to the notaries. About three thousand registered to day. Everything is quiet and orderly and best feeling prevails. The government officials compelled all notaries to sign an agreement not to charge over 25 cents for drawing registration papers, hence that will be the maximum charge. Mail is arriving by the wagon load and the postofflce clerks are kept on the jump. A squad of 816 persons waited thru the night in a driving rain to be pres ent when the registration offices opened. RUSH AT YANKTON Registration Officers Confronted by Long Line ol Homeseekers. Bpeolal to The Journal. Yankton, S. D., July 5.The regis tration for claims on the Rosebud reservation opened this morning. Per sons anxious to leave town lined up at an early hour, but the orowd was easily held in check by the police. Morning trains poured 2,000 persons into town. Perfect order prevails and the crowd was easily housed and fed. At the registration offices the crowd was compelled to line up in double file and a line was formed extending far down the street. The clerk of courts' offioe is swamped with appli cations for papers, for it is necessary to have first papers in order to file and second papers to prove up. Nat uralized citizens should bring their papers with them. The crowds at the registration offi ces are^ composed almost entirely of men, not over twenty-five women standing in line. The landseekers are noticeably well dressed and altho they have been standing since 4 o'clock this morning they seem good-natured. Those who have time, are waiting to register when the crush is not so great. Most of those registering pre fer to have the registration papers made out by attorneys in established offices in preference to notaries. KINNEY IN CHARGE Department Men from Washington Arrive at Chamberlain. Speoial to The Journal. Chamberlain, S. D., July 5.So far the influx has been light, probably not to exceed 500 actual, land seekers. There are some gamblers in the party, but they will be held in the back ground. Among the arrivals last night were John Kinney and seven assistants from the general land office at Washington who will have exclusive charge of the registration at this point. Townsite boomers have made* appli cations for six or seven townsites in the land to be opened. The merits of\the applications must be passed on by the "Washington authorities and the belief prevails in official circles here that not to exceed two or three appli cations will be granted. Troops for Bonesteel. Washington, July 5.Orders were issued today by the war department at the request of Land Commissioner Richards that four troops of cavalry from Fort Niobrara be ordered at once to Bonesteel, S. D., to preserve order during the opening of the Rose bud Indian reservation. PRESIDENT TURNS TO HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES Oyster Bay, L. I., July 5.President Roosevelt today transacted the first public business he has taken up since his arrival here on Saturday. While nothing of serious importance was considered he and Secretary Loeb spent two or three hours in disposing of minor official matters and current correspondence. The only visitor of importance at Sagamore Hill during the early part of today was Senator Beveridge of In diana. He is a guest of Joseph Sears at the latter's country home not far from Sagamore Hill. It was the first time since the Chicago convention that the president and Senator Bever idge haVe met. Their interview was a purely informal and friendly exchange of views on political subjects and was without special significance. SON KILLS FATHER FOR WORDS ABOUT MOTHER Hopkinsville, Ky., July 5.Mack Hern of Peducah, aged 28, shot and killed his father, James Hern, aged 60, a barkeeper. The dead man had been divorced and married again and the son took offense at remarks made against his mother and the two ex changed blows. Later young Hern walked into the saloon and shot his father. "I'd kill two fathers if they talked about my mother," he said. LAWYER SHOT BY A MADMAN. Munising, Mich., July 5.H. B. Free man, prosecuting attorney of Alger coun ty, was shot, probably fatally, at 7 o'clock last night by James Tyner, a man whom Freeman prosecuted eight or ten years ago. Tyner has been in an insane asylum since then, and was undoubtedly insane when he made the murderous at tack, 'PW-i it--"! j&sy ,-.T,. yn A N K' DAY. 'L A RO 3 INGN. OF CANNON FALU FAIRMOUNT, MINN HEARST CLAIMS MINNESOTA GAIN Surprising Show of Strength in Preliminary Caucus of Go pher Delegates. St. Louis, July B.Hearst's forces made a surprising show of strength in the Minnesota delegation at a pre liminary oaucus this morning. They mustered twelve of the twenty-two delegates for a little conference in the Tammany headquarters at the South ern hotel, which adjourned to meet again this afternoon. t,*,v The Hearst leaders claijn these twelve' are solid for their candidate, and for the slate to be put up at their delegation caucus tonight.. They have worked on one or two doubtful dele gates with the anti-Parker dodge. They are pleading for an organization of the state delegation, not for Hearst, but against Parker. Not more than nine of the dele gates are to be counted for Parker, but Frank A. Day, while dissatisfied with Parker, declined to be drawn into the Hearst forces under any pre text. The men who went into the Hearst caucus this morning were H. L. Buck, W. W. Mays, J. W. Craven, Frank D. Larrabee, J. R. Corrigan, C. E. Vasaly, S. J. Mealy, D. H. Evans, T. O'Hara, C. D'Autremont, R. W. Safford and C. A. Nye. The Hearst leaders, will find it diffi cult to line these twelve up solidly against John Llnd for the resolutions committee. That is what they are trying to do. They claim that Llnd is lined up with the "reorganizers," and must be kept off the committee. The Hearst candidate against Lind has not been selected. T. T. Hudson of Duluth is the Hearst candidate for national committeeman, and R. T. O'Connor of St. Paul is favored by the Parker men. The caucus this morn ing was held in the billiardroom of the Southern hotel, H. L. Buck of Winona presiding. According to agreement, it was adjourned without any action till 9 o'clock this evening. Bryan would prefer a pronounced Hearst man or at least an anti-Parker man on the committee from Minne sota, but can hardly hold all Hearst men in line against the state's biggest democrat. Bryan is also anxious over repre sentation on the credentials commit tee and a compromise may be effected which will put a Hearst man in that place and leave Llnd on the resolu tions committee. Headquarters for the delegation have been secured at the Planters, be ginning tonight. The delegates are scattered, several stopping at the Planters, but most of the Hearst men are out at the Hotel Fielding, near the world's fair grounds. .wuJi'im'LittaL -juiiulg a TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1904. rA,WVL4A/F.4A/Z PENNSYLVANIA-SWELL PARKER TIDE W FOES OF THE NEW YORK JUDGE PLOTA COALITION A BUNCH OF MINNESOTANS SKETCHED BY WING AT ST. LOUIS FORECAST OF BALLOT New York Sun -Speoial Service. St. Louis, July 6.Every indication this morning points to the following table being a correct forecast of the first ballot: Totals 630 POPE PIUS IS ILL ENTOURAGE ALARMED Rome, July 6.-The pope suffered from a sudden attack of palpitation of tho heart early this morning, due to the heat and to worry over Vatican affairs. The attack has now passed but has left him very weak. His entourage is much alarmed over the attack. WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL MEET ,^^*j "'y/' ''^#'^Vt'^Mi'ii^iitfiliif'lii i Defective Page "^H.-C0I.RIWM, THOS7F INNe/\PoH5 Favor States Parker. Hearst. Ites. Alabama 22 Arkansas .....1 8 California Colorado 5 Connecticut 14 Delaware Florida 6 Georgia 26 Idaho Illinois Indiana 30 lowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi 20 Missouri Montana 6 Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire...- 6 New Jersey 24 New York 78 North Carolina.... 24 North bakota 8 Ohio Oregon 8 Pennsylvania 68 Rhode Island South Carolina.... 18 South Dakota...'... Tennessee 24 Texas 36 Utah 3 Vermont 8 Virginia 24 Washington 10 West Virginia 14 Wisconsin Wyoming Dist. of Columbia.. 6 Alaska 9 Arizona Indian Territory... New Mexico.,...., Oklahoma Hawaii 20 6- -3 EvAN TRAf HOPKINS DEFEATS. HEARSTAND BRYAN Illinois Contests Are Decided Against Newspaper Candi date and Nebraska Ally. St. Louis, July 5.The subcommit tee of the national committee which yesterday and last night heard the evidence in the fourteen contests in the state of Illinois today reported to the national committee that it was the unanimous opinion of the members of the subcommittee that the Hopkins delegates be allowed to retain their seats.- ...Tire report was concurred in and the Hopkins people will hold their seats unless ousted by the action of the committee on credentials. The decision of the subcommittee was based on the ground that the state convention was supreme, that fights* in the district caucuses are not proper matter for adjudication by the na tional committee, and that it is not the. business of the national commit tee to go behind the record of the con vention as submitted to them. This shows that the Hopkins people are the regularly accredited delegates. This attitude of the national com mittee sustains the contention of the Hopkins people, who insisted yester day in every contest that the national committee did not have the right to deqide contests in district caucuses. The Harrison and Hearst men were greatly disheartened by their defeat, and announced their intention of car rying the fight before the committee on credentials, and if beaten there, to the convention itself. The statement did not alarm the Hopkins people, who said the argument that won for them before the national committee would hold good before credentials commit tee and convention. The victory of the Hopkins faction was also a defeat for W* J. Bryan, who has made the fight almost a personal matter. "The action of the committee is far-reaching," he said, "and means that the work of a few men is to stand before the wishes of the major ity of the delegates. I have hopes that the credentials committee will see the matter in a different light." In New Jersey the contests were abandoned in the fifth, sixth and eighth districts and the fight main tained In the first and second districts. The committee decided to report in favor of the regular delegates in both cases, chiefly because the contestants were not able to produce convincing evidence in support of their claim that between sixty and seventy of their delegates were thrown out of the state convention. Williston, N. D., July 5.The Bruegger Mercantile company's safe at Culbertson, Mont., was robbed this morning of about $200. No clue. mmmmmmii'Miti minjrim ANTI-PARKERITES CLAIM 371 VOTES This Is More Than One-Third and Would Block Parker's Chances. TOWNE DRAWS PLEDGE TO MAKE VOTES STICK Vice Presidential Talk Favors TurnerBut Indiana Men May Object. From a Staff Correspondent. St. Louis, July 5.The anti-Parker forces are making a final rally today and trying to organize for an offensive movement. This is all that will save them, for the tide is setting in so strongly towards Parker this morning as to suggest a flood. At 11 o'clock there was a confer ence at Tammany headquarters at the Southern at 3 this afternoon there will be another one. The final attempt to organize against Parker was begun yesterday. Agents wfere sent to all the quarters where there were uninstructed or anti-Parker delegates, and as a result there was a meeting at the Southern at midnight of ten men, who were authorized to speak for all the Parker opposition. This committee of ten was busy until daylight, and it is still at work. It has secured unwritten pledges from 871 delegates, or more than a third of the convention. At least that is the claim its leaders make, and all that now remains is to make the pledge binding in some form of writ ten statement which the committee of ten has prepared. This statement was written in the Murphy headquar ters by Charles A. Towne, after a con ference between Murphy and Towne and representatives of Bryan and Hearst. It simply pledges the 871 delegates to oppose the nomination of Parker, but leaves them free after Parker's defeat to do as they please. Scheme Xot Sore. The scheme looks very well on paperl Whether it can be carried out or not Is problematical. It begins to look as if it is too late to stop ^the Parker boom. The anti-Parker people are -furiously angry at Gorman, who, they say, has deserted them at the eleventh hour. They accuse him of timidity, of being a trimmer, and of being controlled.by his desire to be on the winning side. The measure of thes,e characteristic traits is the measure by which he" falls short of being a great man. So say the anti-Parker people. With Gorman here, leading the anti Parker campaign, success would be highly probable, these people say. Gorman, however, apparently thinks otherwise. The 371 delegates which the antl Parkerites are trying to pledge against Parker's nomination embrace a considerable number of Parker men: These will be controlled under the unit rule in states where Parker has not a clear majority. Talk of Vice Presidency. With the presidential situation be ginning to show signs of clearing up, there is some awakening of interest in the vice presidential nomination. For mer Senator Turner of Washington is one of the favorites. He is talked of more than anybody else and if ques tions of policy do not interfere too much, he may be the choice of the conver+lon. He is not objected to by Tammany and the east the south thinks well of him, and the Pacific slope and mountain states would sup port him enthusiastically. Besides all this, his nomination would be an im portant concession to the silver repub lican and free silver sentiment of the far west, and thus a move of consid erable strategic importance. But the situation in Indiana may frustrate the Turner plans. Indiana is a doubtful state. Its vote may be necessary to democratic success. The state was feeling pretty well under a tacit agreement that Tom Taggart should be 'made chairman of the dem ocratic national committee. It now begins to look as if the chairmanship would go elsewhere and if it does, something must be done to keep In diana in line. At this point the vice presidency steps in, and the point is made that if Taggart is not made national chair man, Indiana should have second place on the ticket. The delegation from that staet has no candidate, but will bring forward John W. Kern, lately candidate for governor, if re quested to do so. Meanwhile, however, the Washing ton and the Paoifio coast delegations are working with a will for Turner and think they see victory ahead. The Washington delegation caucused for an hour on the vice presidency, named several steering committees and mapped out a plan of campaign. They have the support to start.with of the Pacific slope and all the mountain states. 12 PAGES-r-FIVE O'CLOCK. i W. W. Jermane. BEAYERS TO BE TRIED IN WASHINGTON, D. G. New York, July 5.George W. Beavers, former superintendent of the bureau of salaries and allowances of the postofflce department, will be tak en to Washington for trial under in dictments found there by the federal grand jury for the alleged aceptance of compensation for securing a gov ernment contract for book typewrit ers. This was decided in Brooklyn today by United States Judge Thomas, who held that the reasons given for the removal of Beavers were valid. A new bond of $10,000 was re quired, pending the furnishing of which Beavers was remanded to the custody of the United States marshal. tmdma TAMMANY ENDS 1 FIGHT ON PARKER Leaders Decide to Withdraw Op* position and Only One Bal lot Seems Probable. W HEAD OF EXPO RESIGNS. Portland, Ore., July 5.At the annual meeting yests^^r of the stockholders of the Lewis ana rn_,rke exposition, Presi dent Harvey ~w Scott tendered his resignation, wnieh fpas accepted. The rea son assigned by Mr. Scott is failing health. His swsoesaor has not yet been se- I _ j__, _eiiow delegates thus inter* 1 lect4 ___________________ ?.$&{ FAVORITE SONS TO 5 i HOLD FIRM AT FIRST Gorman Vote Likely to Go to Parker as Result of Penn- 'M- sylvania's Action. -Jpl By the Aasooiated Progs, I' St. Louis, July 6.At a meeting oJ the Tammany leaders this morning'it was practically decided that all oppb* sition to Judge Parker would be with drawn. This decision will be given but definitely later in the day, but is i*ei ceived now on the best of authority. As the day wore on it seemed mors likely that the Parker preponderance would not cause any change in th* complimentary votes of the* states in structed for favorite sons on the fli-sl ballot. While the. Parker colurnj would undoubtedly embrace the em.. tire south and nearly all the unin* structed states, the delegates from Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Delaware, California and Missouri would forJ mally present and record their vote* :$ for Olney, Wall, Gray, Hearst and "s4 Cockrell, respectively. New Jersey is not counted upon t vote for Parker on the first ballot^ '$& and while the decision of that delega* I tion will not be reached until tomor row, the present indications are thai it will join Delaware in support pi Judge Gray. ^K Wall Candidacy. ^J| The Massachusetts delegation ha* taken the additional step of sending out missionaries in behalf of Olney, but beyond a declaration that its dele* _' gation will hold steadfastly to Will,' Wisconsin is making no formal at tempt to bring any other states to hia support at this stage. The California delegation main* tains its attitude that it will not wave* in its support of Hearst, and confi dently believes that when the. name of their candidate is formally sub mitted by Mr. Delmas, his eloquent presentation will serve not only to holti all hia instructed followers, but will serve to^nake it clear that, with out their aid, the New York candidate cannot secure the necessary two thirds vote*^^ In the meantime the Parker ad herents are calmly cphfldent that no possible Combination can now defeat him, and while offering no opposition to the casting of complimentary votes, contend that the avalanche will fol low that action, and that the. second ballot will end the fight. The col lapse of. the Tammany opposition is also a matter of expressed satisfaction by those who have .been leading the fight for Parker ins the New York delegation. It is practically conceded that the Gorman vote, as a result of Pennsyl vania's action, will be cast on the first ballot for Parker. If this Is fol lowed by like action on the part of any other of the reopgnized candi dates, the result may be as some of the leaders assert, an assured nomin ation before the convention assembles tomorrow. "Senator Gorman has never bjsen formally in it," was a reply Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia made to a question as to whether Senatpr Gorman was out of the presidential race*. At the same time it is understood that the delegation from West Vir ginia, Maryland and Districtof Colum bia, which formed the nucleus of th Gorman strength, have decided to yot for Parker. ~iyf&.$ 1 Ohio Dissatisfied. //"/!f It is also said that Ohioans are dis satisfied with the favorite son idea and will meet at 2 o'clock today with a view of abandoning Harmon and voic ing for. Parker. "The situation is unchanged," said Mr. Bryan when approached early to day for an expression concerning the effect of the action of the Pennsyl vania delegation In joining with the Parker forces. "That," he added, "is all that I can say except to add that. the opposition to Mr. Parker stlU ATrists At an informal conference of the Delaware delegation early today it was decided that the delegation should adhere to Judge Gray. The confer ence was in no way formal and none of the delegates was willing to make a statement that the decision reached was binding or final, but it was said that as yet the delegation saw no rea son to abandon their favorite -son. The Virginia delegation, which ar rived today, saw in an evening paper yesterday that they were for Senator Gorman for president. They all signed this declaration, written by Senator Daniel: "The chairman is hereby instructed to cast the vote of the delegation for Alton B. Parker as long as his name is before the convention." Inquiry among the North Carolina delegation show3 that Parker senti ment predominates, and as the dele gation is subject to the unit rule, the Parker men say It is assured that when the delegation meets tonight it will be decided that the entire vote of the delegation shall be given to the New Yorker. Bryan Would Make Terms. At the meeting, of the Nebraska delegation today, W. J. Bryan was appointed to represent the state on the committee on resolutions, and there was some discussion on the position the state shall assume on the platform. Mr. Bryan's contention will be for the reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform, but the dele* gation recobnizes the improbability of securing such a stand. The disous* sion was, therefore, devoted largely to the consideration of what to do lot that event. No conclusion was reached, but the tendency to accept the situation if fairly liberal declara tions can be secured, as it is believed there can be. ,In that even Mr. Bryan will probably not make a platform fight on the convention floor.. He has not formally declared his position* _*. i. :i i1