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THE DAILY PRESS
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in Newport News that
receives full Associated
'rese report.
VOL. X.. NO. 243
WASHED TO DEATH
itY A HUGE WAVE
Glfant'c Sea Sweeps Merry Mak?
ers Prom (he Deck of
Campania.
HVIi DROWNED; THIRTY HURT
Vessel's Matron Saves Little Children
From Watery Grave?Young Woman
Has Botli Legs Broken at the Thigh.
Others Surfer Firom Broken Arms
and Rib*:.
(Hy Associated Press.1
MOW YORK. Oct. 14.?Five llv?s
arc known to have been lest and more
than thirty persons injured on the
Ouiiaril line steamer Campania last
Wednesday, when a gigantic wave
rolled over the steamer and swept
across a deck thick wlrh steerage
passengers.
John Graham, of .Milwaukee, wn.;
one of the passengers washed over
hoard and lost. He was traveling In
the steerage. The others' who are
known lb have lost their lives were
iwe Irish pirls, a Danish hoy. and a
man whose nationality has not ye!
been.ascribed.
Going Under Full Headway.
The Campania was going under full
headway Wednesday afternoon. A
heavy sea. was running.
The steerage deck was covered
with merrymakers and there was noth?
ing to indicate the approaching dis?
aster, when suddenly the big steamer
lurched to port and scooped up an
enormous se.'i.
Buried Under Water.
The steamer's side was buried *o
deep that the passengers on the deck
above the steerage were submerged
in their waists as the Immense vol?
ume of water rolled aft and then sue.
eil forward.
One young woman had both legs
broken at the thigh and several per?
sons suffered broken arms and ribs,
while more than a score were bruised
ami battered.
When the wave elenred the vessel,
Hie forward part of the deck was
strewn with injured.
Woman Saves Children's Lives.
Prom one of the steerage passengers
ii was learned that the lives of Beveral
children were saved by a stewardess,
.Miss cotes, and a deck hand, The
In tie ones were p-laying about, the
deck when they were caught in the
sw'irl of water and carried aft with the
others. j
On the return rush of the wave the
children were being carried direct' j
toward the open door through which
Jhe five who lost their lives had been
carried, when Miss Cotes and the
steward rushed to their rescue and
dragged them back to safety.
Wednesday's disaster marks the
llrst time in the Gunard line's history
of more than sixty years that a pas?
senger hns been lost from one of its
steamers hy accident.
Waves Nearly Mountain High.
Although several of the passengers
thought that the Campania stopped in
an attempt to save those who were
dashed overboard the officers say that
this was an Impossibility. Both pas?
sengers ami officers say that the
waves in Wednesday's gale were the
highest they have ever seen. At times
they broke as high as the top of the
smokestacks. An hour before the ac?
cident p. second officer on the bridge
was struck by the descending crest of
a wave, knocked down and rendered
unconscious. H>> was taken to the
hospital.
Many steerage passengers upon
lauding at the dock fell upon their
knees ami offered prayers of thanks?
giving over iheir safe arrival.
VINCENT HASSELL
AGAIN IN TOILS
Young Man is Now Charged With
Stealing Fountain Pens From
His Employer.
After surrendering himself at the
police station to answer to the charge
of larceny. H. Vincent Hassell, 20
years old, was yesterday released up?
on his own recognizance to appear
before Justice Brown Tuesday tunn?
ing.
Several weeks ago, while he was In
NEWF
tho employ of J. D. Rohlkcu & Co.,
llnssei was suspected of stealing a
number ol .ens. valued at about $1".
, When confronted with the charge, he
Is said to have made a confession to
Chief of Police Reynolds.
Hassel has a young wife who Is in
delicate health. His widowed mother
is nearly prostrated with grief and on
account of these circumstances Mr,
Dohlken is no* Inclined to prosecute
the case.
During the rast summer Hassel was
arrested oil the charge of forging the
names of Messrs. J. G. l.lvezey ami S.
S. Archibald to a note for *4n. He co?i
| fessed his guilt, bill was released be?
cause Messrs. Livezey and Archibald
I pleaded his cause in the police court
.At tli?' time the yt.ung man was em
I ployed in the otllce of Hie local audi
I tor al the shipyard.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
Exposition and Labor Representatives
Satisfied.
Committees representing the board
of governors of the Jamestown Expo
I sit ion Company and organized labor in
'Tidewater Virginia, met in Norfolk
j Friday night and reached an agree
j mein which is said to have been en?
tirely satisfactory to all parties con?
cerned.
Nothing concerning the agreement
was given out for publication, the
committees deciding thai it was advis?
able to withhold information for the
present.
The labor organizations for .a long
time have bepii urging the exposition
governors to make an agreement of
.some kind concerning the work to he
I done on the site of the i'nir.
"JIM CROW" SCHOOL
Pennsylvania Town Follows in
Wake of South.
NEGROES ASK COURT'S A'D
School Board Establishes a Separate
Place for the -Blacks and They Ob'
ject to Being Compelled to Keep
Away trom White Children.
'(By Associated I'rr-ss.l
PITTSBURG, PA., Oct. 14.?The
hoard of education of McMahon bor?
ough, a suburb of Monessen, Pa., has
stirred up much ill-feeling between
the white and colored citizens by es?
tablishing a "jim crow" school.
The negroes claim there is no law
in the state to compel them to send
(heir children to the new school and
the hoard declaring it is acting with?
in tin' provisions of the law by sup?
plying a school and teacher, has or?
dered the truant office to enforce at?
tendance.
This afternoon the Afro-American
League went into the county courts at
Oreenshurg and secured a writ of
mandamus against, the school board,
compelling it to show cnuse why ne?
gro children should not be permitted
to attend the public schools. The rule
is returnable next Friday.
MR. EUBANK BACK
AT HIS OLD DESK
Deposed Deputy Collector Reinstated
as Soon as He Returned From
_ Sick Leave.
Mr. Ed. N. Eubank, who was re-,
dueed from the rank of deputy collec?
tor to that of ordinary inspector In
the customs service several months
ago, yesterday resumed bis old desk,
Mr. Ruins W. Powell, who was pro?
moted to Mr. Eubnnk's place by Col?
lector Stuart, stepped down and ngaiit
became an ordinary inspector.
Mr. Eubank returned Frioay night
from Basic City, where he lias been
recuperating from a severe spell of
sickness. He called upon Deputy Col?
lector Charles Spencer a*, the cus?
toms house yesterday and, after the
deputy had held a consultation with
Captain Stuart Mr. Spencer admlnlsL
eretl the usual oath to Mr. Eubank
and the la'.ter formally resumed his
position.
It is understood that "Good morn?
ing" were the only words exchanged
between the collector and the relnstat-'
od deputy.
Both Messrs. Eubank and Moreoock,
who were reduced in rank by Capiaiu
Stuart, have now been put back in
their places in accordance with Presi?
dent Roosevelt's order.
Rice Estate Worth Millions.
(P.y Associated Proas.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 14.?The estate
of William M. Rice, the octogenarian
millionaire who died September 25.
Iflftn, and for whose death.by poison
Albert T. Patrick was sentenced to
death, is worth $3,300,577.
ORT NEWS, VA., SUN
'GERMANS wli?TH"
AT GREAT BRITAIN
Recent Revelations Have Stirred
Bitter Animosities Against
the Engli>h.
NATIONS READY TO BATTLE
Teutons Now See Immediate Need of
More Shins So As to Be Prepared
fro Eventualities?Morocco Cause of
War Clouds That Hover Over
Europe.
I
(By Annoclated Pres*.!
BERLIN, Oct. 14.?Tin; disclosures in
France of alleged British offers of
alliance against Germat|7 nre so thor?
oughly believed here that the power?
ful naval league with its 600,000 mem?
bers and all the spsratus of agitation
is already moving for a new naval
I program that shall fun her increase
( Germany's defensive resources against
Great Britain.
I Popular distrust of Great Britain
has naturally swollen to great pro?
portions and the semi-official denials
in London cannot overcome the con?
victions now formed that Germany has
had n narrow escape from a war In
which, although she would have beeil
victorious on land, would have re?
sulted i" her being crushed at sea
and damaged along the coast with the
consequent destruction of her over?
sea commerce.
The events of the last four months
have silenced '.he opponents of a naval
increase except the Socialists and
Radicals.
Berlin Exonerates England-France.
.BERLIN. Oct. 14.?The North Ger- |
man Gazette prints ihls morning semi?
official paragraph regarding the Ma?
tin's revelations. It exonerates the
French government fully of any con?
nection with the so-called revelation
and accepts frankly the British gov?
ernment's denial of nn offered alli?
ance.
Great Britain Back of France.
PARIS, Oct. 14.?Public opinion has
been wrought up during the present
j week by alleged revelations of Great
? Britain's readiness to invade Germany
[ on behalf of France. These revels.
i Hons excited intense political bitter
ness.
From the mass of contradictory rev?
elations and denials the fact Stands
'out that the Morocco controversy
I took Germany and France dangerously
I near the verge of war and that Great
j Britain, while not officially promising
? military nid, stood ready to giv"
Prance her loyal support.
Castro Gets a Respite.
PARIS. Oct. 14.?The view prevails
in official quarters that a month may
elapse before a decision Is reached
as to what steps shall be taken
aaglnst Venezuela. This indicates
that, there is a desire on the part of
Prance to give President Castro ample
opportunity to make amends.
ST. VINCENT'S FAIR
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Result of Diamond Contest Not An?
nounced on Account of Mr. Olde
wurtle's Absence.
The St. Vincent's Catholic church
fair, which has been in progress at
2614 Washington avenue for the past
two weeks, was brought to a close last
night, when almost all of the entire
stock of goods left in the bazaar was
disposed of at auction. A verv large
crowd attended the fair and from R
o'clock until 11 o'clock last night the
hall was taxed to Its capacity with a
jostling, good-natured crowd.
The announcement of the winner In
the voting contest between Mr. Geo.
Oldewurtle. representing the Knights
of Columbus, and Mr. E. ,f. Collins,
representing the Ancient Order fliiier.
nians, was not made last night, for
the reason that Mr, Oldewurtle was in
Baltimore, where he went to meet his
sister, who returned from Europe yes?
terday.
The voteB will be counted at ttev.
Father Wilson's residence this after?
noon and the announcement, of the
winner will be made tonight.
It was announced last night that the
church has realized a good sum from
the fair, which has been a very suc?
cessful one, considering the drawback
to which the committee In charge was
subjected In not being able to conduct
It along the lines of former bazaars
[held here. . . t k jgfcfl&?3SUB
DAY, OCTOBER 15,
WOMEN IN PANIC
LEAP FROM FLAMES
Grand Stand at a Pair Catches
on Tire and Many
Are Hurt.
LAST OIT SEVERFLY BURNED
In Wreck on Baltimore & Ohio One j
Woman is Kill?d and Several Are
Injured ? Passenger Cars Side?
swipe Loaded Coal Cars on a
Siding.
I
(n>- Associated Prem?.)
BUCYRIIS, OHIO. Oct. 14.?While
the ia<-es r.t the county lair this after?
noon were on i he Brand Bland was
discovered to l?- on lire. A panic fol?
lowed the first announcement.
Spectators In the grand stand rush?
ed lor the exit and soon blocked th"
only passage In safety. Excited wo
men. children and men leaped over
the front of the stand upon the track,
twelve feel below, ami many were
injured.
Those who left the grand stand last
were badly burned ns the big pine
Imihling went like lindor. Within
throe minutes after the (ire was dis?
covered ihe stand was wrapper in
Humes. The (Ire was caught up by 11
stiff breeze and was driven across
?the grounds, communicating from
building to building.
Women in charge of exhibits in the
halls had only time to their per.
sonal helcnglngs ami escape.
' Hit less than half an hour. Hie entire
fair was wiped out.
] Many Women Hurt in a Wreck.
String Fi eld, ill., Oct. h? t?i..?
Royal Blue Limited train on the Bal?
timore Al- Ohio Southwestern Railroad,
westbound, was wrecked near Spring?
field tonight, killing Mrs. .lohn M?sch,
of Virginia, III., and probably fatal.lv
injuring Mrs. .lames Gardner, J. D.
Tippett and Mrs. Win. Lynch, all of
Illinois.
Several oilier passengers were hurt.
Through the failure of a reralllng
switch to work, two cars of coal had
run partly on the main track from a
coal mine switch. The locomotive of
the passenger train scraped the coal
cars, but the baggage car hit them
squarely, knocking two passenger
coaches and the baggage car off the
track. The Injured all lived in Illi?
nois.
DOCKMASTER WEST
HAS RIBS BROKEN
Knocked From His Bicycle Yesterday
Afternoon by Grocery Wagon
Driven by Small Boy.
Mr. Minos J. West, dockmaster at'
the local shipyard, bad two ribs on his
right side broken by being knocked
from his bicycle and run over by Mr.
Herbert P. Rosenbergers gr.ocery
wagon, in front of Cameron's drug
store, corner Huntington avenue and
Forty-fourth street, about .'i o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
At the lime of the accident Mr.
West was riding up Huntington ave?
nue on his wheel on the way to his
home at 2:11 Forty-eighth street. Th?
wagon, which was being driven by
Charles lmbler a small white boy,
was going up the avenue, and when
near the cyclist the driver pulled in
toward the curb and Mr. West turned
to his right to avoid nn accident, but
as be did so the boy in the wagon
changed his course again and the]
wagon shaft struck the cyclist a hard!
blow on his right side, hurling him to
the pavement.
As the wagon was going at a rather
rapid rale the horse and front wheel
had passed over the prostrate man he
fore they could be brought to n stand?
still by colliding with Dr. .!. T. Bux
ton's buggy, which was standing he
side the curl) In front of Cameron's
drug store.
Several men who witnessed the ac?
cident, moved the Injured man into
the drug store, where Dr. Buxton, who
was in the store at the time, set the?
broken hones. Mr. West was then
taken In the Buxton's buggy to his
home on Forty-eighth street, where an
examination wns made ami Iiis wounds
were dressed.
Dr. Buxton stated last, night that
the injury, though painful, will not
necessarily he dangerous, and he
hopes for a speedy recovery1 of his pa?
tient, who in now confined to his bed.
Jamaica Shocked Twice.
(tly Associated Press.)
KINGSTON. JAMAICA. Oct. 11.?
Two earthquake shocks of unusual
duration and affect lug the whole of
Lite island at Jamalen wore fell here
Mils wools.
Pulitzer Weds a Webb.
Son ol the Owner ol '"World" Marries
Into the "Four Hundred."
illy Assoeluted Press.)
KIIEI.IU'KNIC. VT? Oct. 14.?Fred
Ika Vamlerliill Webb, daughter of Dr.
und Mrs. W. Suwnril Webb, of 8liel
iinriie and New Vork, mid Halph Pu
Ihzer, sun hi Joseph Pulitzer, Hie
owner of ihu New York "World," were
married in Trinity Episcopal church m
noon today.
Republicans Held for Trial.
i Hy Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, P.V., Oct. 14.?
Abraham L. English* director of the
public safety during; the administration
of Samuel H. Ashbridge und others
accused of conspiracy to defraud the
city, the defendants wen- held today
in $"..iiini hail for court.
CHOLERA IN POLAND.
j Forty.Seven Cases in Last Week.
Twenty-Foui4 Fatal.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 14.?Forty
seven, cases of cholera, twenty-four
of them resulting fatally, occurred in
Poland between October 5 ami October
II,
Miners Still Entombed.
(By Associated Pro??., i
FREDERICKTOWN. PA., Oct. I I ?
The six miners entombed 1,500 feet
from the' pit in the Clyde mine yester?
day as a result of a Ore-damp explo?
sion, have not yet been rescued.
LOOTERS SENTENCED
United States Congressman is
Sent to Prison.
OREO AN LANf) FRAU) CASES
Legislator's Partner Gets Off With a
Lighter Term on Account of His Old
Age?"-Appeals for a Stay Are Pend?
ing in Court.
(Ry AMtnehM'O' Press.)
PORTLAND. OREGON. Oct. 14 ?
John Newton Williamson, congress?
man from the Second Oregon district,
convicted of subornation of perjury in
connection with the land frauds in
Oregon, was sentenced by Judge Hunt
in the United Stales court today to
serve ten mouths imprisonment and
to pay a line of $500. He whs also rep
rimamleil by the court for his failure
to set a good example in his exalted
public position.
Marion R. Higgs. formerly United
States commissioner, was given an
equal penalty.
In the case of Dr. Gesner. convicted
of being a fellow conspirator to
suborn perjury, had his Imprisonment
reduced one-half owing to old age and
feebleness. Van Gesner was William?
son's partner in the sheep business.
Appeals are pending and a stay of
execution wns made pending a fur?
ther order of Hie court.
WOULD MOURNS
FOR GREAT ACTOR
Flags at Half-Mast and Funeral
Marches Are Played in
T heatres.
? (Ry Associated Press.)
LONDON. Oct. 14.?The body of
Henry Irving will reach London to?
morrow.
Flags were placed at luilf-mnst on
many of 'the theatres in Ixmdon to
day. and the afternoon and evening
performances in the theatres through?
out the country closed with the or?
chestras playing a dead march. At
the Queen's Hull concert, Chopin's
funeral march was played, the vast
audience standing.
Ellen Terry, who is playing at Bir?
mingham, is reported to be prostrated
with grief and did not appear at to?
night's performance.
TORPEDO BOATS IN
CRASH AT PRACTICE
The Blakely Damaged in Collision
With the Dunont While Off
Newport.
Illy Associated Preas.)
NEWPORT, Oct. 14.?While engag?
ed in torpedo flotilla practice off the
Reef lightship yesterday the bow of
the Blakely was in collision with the
Dupont.
The Blnkely's bow was bent, but
the damage was not serious enough to
render the vessel unmanageable.
She Will go Into drydock to effect
jr/e?alrs. The DupO r was not In?
jured.
THE WF.Al HER,
Pai 11/ cloudy ttunda,
ami Monday; light to
t.ysti south wM.it.
PRICK TWO CK NTS-.
AD1HIRAL EVANS
WANTS CASH
Government Appropriation for
Entertainment for Prince
l.'kely.
\ REGULAR FUM> IS NEED Fl)
Naval Officers Say Money They Spend
in Extending Government Courte?
sies it a Orain on Their Incomes?
Department Should Raise the
Funds.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. (*. Oct. 14.?
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, com
mander?ln-chlef of the North Altantlo
Heel, came to Washington today, und
naval officers expect thai before lie
leaves some arrangement will be made
whereby government money may lie
provided tor the entertainment of the
officers and men of the British cruis?
er squadron under Prince l.ouls of
Battenburg, which will visit Annapolis
and'New York next Month.
Only $1,000 Allowed.
Naval officers were Interested lu
the news published ibis morning that
only $l,U0n had been allowed Roar Ad?
miral Evans for entertainment pur?
poses. None of this according to
precedent, may he spent for cigars or
wines.
Ii Is the opinion in Washington that
Hie officers and men of the ft/eot
Should not he submitted I" the ex?
pense of this exchange of courtesies,
for the event Is regarded as one of ?
national Importance rather than per?
sonal pleasure.
Congress Net Llhcra.1,,,
Congress has been liberal In provid?
ing for the navy In many ways, bill
the rear of criticism from temperance
quarters has apparently discouraged
any effort for mi entertainment fund.
The money that 'American officers
have spent in the last ten years In
entertainment us.au Official duty would
aggregate many thousands of dollars.
Young Men Hard Hit.
Many of the younger officers in tho
service can ill afford to malte the re?
quired outlay. Their pay is small and
a contribution to the entertainment
fund means rigid economy elsewhere.
Every officer without independent
means mid who has a family to sup?
port must think when at sea to save
something against the time of shore
duty, for an arbitrary law limits the
pay of officers on shore duly to fifteen
per cent, less than their sea pay, al?
though the expense of living ashore
is steadily increasing.
There is a fund in the state depart?
ment which can he allotted for the
purpose of entertainment If necessary.
Gothamites Anxiqus to Vote.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-?The total
registration in the city of New Yorl:.
three days, is 400,051, as compared
with 488.078 for tho corresponding pe?
riod in ioo:i.
EMPERORS SIGN
PEACE TREATY
By the Ratification of Pact the War
Between Russia and Japan
is Ended.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. Oct. 14 ?Thi)
Emperor Of Russia and the Emperor
of Japan this morning signed their
respective copies of the peace treaty,
thus officially ending the war.
Pence Conference Called.
WASHINGTON, I). C. Oct. 14.?The
state department today made public
the invitations of the Russian govern
menl t" a second conference at Tliu
Hague and the President's response.
Naval Hero Visits Great Temple.
TOKIO, Oct. 14.?Admiral Togo
landed from his flagship lit Ise Hay to?
day and proceeded direct to the (lro.it.
Ise Temple to worship.
Railroad Company Formed.
(By Associated Press.)
BEAUFORT. N. C. Oct. M. The
Beaufort and Wentern Railway was
organized today, with $250,000 capital
to build a bridge' and railroad from,
Beaufort to Morehead City.