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Excursion Steamer is Cut
Two by a Tug.
PANIC RENDERS AID USELEC
Beween Fifty and Sixty Believed to
Be Dead—Disaster Occurs While
Crossing the Channel Near Blank
enez—Primus Sent to the. Bottom.
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Hamburg, July 22.—The steamship
Primus of Hamburg, with 185 passen
gers on board, was cut in two and
sunk by the tug liansa on the river
Elbe yesterday.
So lar as is ascertainable about fifty
persons were drowned. The Primus
was an excursion steamer from Buxte
liude.
At the time of the accident Primus
•was crossing the river channel near
Blankenez, from the southern into the
northern fairway.
According to witnesses abor.--d Han
8a, the movement was made too pre
cipitously. Primus struck the tug's
engine room and Hansa endeavored tc
push it ashore, but the tug grounded
and they parted. Primus then sank.
Panic on the Primus.
The terrible panic on board the ves
sel when the tug struck her rendered
assistance almost useless. Fortunate
ly the Dolphin came up and assisted
In saving a number of persons, while
other boats assisted in the work of
rescue.
Some of the survivors furnish graph
ic descriptions of tho awful sudden
ness of the disaster. According to the
Btory, tht band was playing and many
Couples were dancing on deoV, when
the crash of the collision came like
a thunderbolt. The vessel gave a
great list, her deck taking such a
Elope that it was impossible lor the
passengers to keep their feet. Those
below scrambled up the compnnion
oways, but most of the persons in the
Baloons were drowned. Men fought
for their own safety regardless of oth
ers. In the midst of the confusion the
boilers exploded, adding to the hor
rors of the scene and many nersons
are said to have b?en injured by flying
Biillrters cf metal.
Estimates of the dead vary frjm
fifty, to sixty.
FIFTEEN DROWNED
Lose
IN CELLARS.
Their Lives in Phenomena!
Storm at Kieff, Russia.
Kief, Russia, July 22.—Fifteen per
sons were drowned yesterday by a
sudden in rush of water into the base
ments of various houses in the lower
portion of the town.
A torrential rain storm, accom
panied by volent wind and hail, broke
over Kieft during the afternoon and
turned the streets into veritable tor
rents, flooding collars and drowning
their occupants before they were able
to escape.
Large trees were uprooted and rail
road embankments were washed away,
necessitating the suspension of traf
fic. The losses sustained are heavy.
Fifty-eight Harvesters Drowned.
St. Petersburg, July 22.—A ferry
boat, while crossing the river Volga
at Beresniki, sank and fifty-eight har
vesters were drowned.
RENFORCEMENTS FOR BERTI.
Government Fleet Sails From Pan
ama for Agua Dulce.
Panama, Colombia, July 22.—The
government fleet sailed with rein
forcements and ammunition and pro
visions for General Berti's army at
[Agua Dulce. General Salazar, govern
or of Panama, instructed the com
paander of the fleet, should the revolu
tionary gunboat Padllla be met, to en
gage her in a decisive battle. Salazar
believes that a. big battle is being
fought at Agua Dulce and if the gov
ernment troops are victorious in the
engagement, the revolution on the
Isthmus will be ended.
zi flight Weight felt
the Proper Mat
Is the proper Hat
for you to wearon
your vacation trip
A beautiful line
now In. At
itaraehen tfiatera
Main St., S)enisen.
PISTOL DUEL IN AN ALLEY.
Watchman Kills One Suspicious Char
acter and Captures Another.
Chicago, July 22.—In an alleged
holdup Robert E. MacMahon, special
policeman for the Auditorium Annex,
killed one man, and, after a running
revolver fight, captured another. The
man taken into custody gave his name
£D J'nck Ray and said his coKrinicr.'
name was Frank Murphy. He denied
there had been any intention to hold
up the officer.
A TWICE A WEEK PAPER. DENISON. IOWA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1902.
The tight v.hich ended in ?Turphy's
death took place behind the hotel
which MacMahon waa pat lolling. The
men were lurking in an alley, suppos
edly awaiting a victim. The officer at
first saw but one man and he was
feigning sickness. Suddenly a second
man arose from behind a box and both
men trained revolvers upon the officer.
MacMahon drew his revolver and all
three men find. Murphy was killed in
stantly. Ray darted down the alley
CITIZENS AFTER A JRDEREK.
Man Who Killed Arathc: Near St.'
Joe in Danger of Being Lynched.
St. Joseph., Mo., July 22. -Alfred M.
Fenton. a wealthy farmer of Rush
ville, Mo., wa: shot, on the streets of
that village by Mark Dunn last night.!
secured a shotgun and shot Fenton, I
protect his prisoner.
Moberly tried to tiring Ounn to St.1
Joseph on the train which passes
Rusliville at "10:30 o'clock, but the in
furiated citizens prevented the officer
and his pri.'onar from departing.
Many threats of lynching are made
and OPcer M^berly has pressed sev
eral men into service to protect the
life of the prisoner.
GEMS WOHTH $250,000 GONE.
Miss Yohe's Jewels Said t- Have Ds
appeared With Captain Strong.
New York, .i'lly 2?.—A -rmal com
plain' of grand larceny va's made
against former Capt. Putn: Bradley
Strong last evening by ,Iay Yohe, who
visited police headquarters and there
charged Strong, who recently disap
peared from his home r.t Hastings,
with the theft of jewels which she
values at $250,000. Her complaint was
entertained a :d a general alarm was.
sent out for the arrest of Strong. Miss
Yohe's counsel said the safe in the
Knickerbocker Safe Deposit company,
where Miss Yohe had kept her jewels,
was opened and it was found that her
jewels, valued at $250,000, had been re
moved.
Shot from Court House Window.
Jackson. Ky„ July 22.—Town Mar
shal James Cockrill was fatally shot
from a second story window of the
court house yesterday by unknown
parties. There were six shots, two
hitting Cockrill as he passed along
Main street. James Cockrill is a broth
er of Thomas Cockrill. whose trial in
Breathitt county for killing Benjamin
Hargis has revived a desperate feudal
war. It is s^id that the keys to the
circuit court room, from which the
shots were fired, are in possession of
a Hargis man. the opposing faction
to the Cockrills.
Circus Men Bent on Lynching.
Buffalo, N.Y.. July 22.—Lee Bruce,
teamster employed by Forepaugh &
Soils Bros., was shot and killed yester
day just as the afternoon crowd was
leaving the circus tent. Dennis Bowen,
a switchman, is under arrest charged
with having fired the shot and nar
rowly escaped being lynched by the
circus attendants. Ho was teerlbly
beaten atid kicked. It is said that
Bowen intended the shot for J. K.
Shumate, superintendent of horses,
who had reprimanded him a short time
before.
Former Soldier Fatally Shot.
Jackson, Ky., July 22.—During a
fight last night, Benton Blanton, for
merly a soldier in the Philippines, was
fatally shot, and Elijah Coldivan wa3
killed. The fight started between
Blanton and John Oaks, a farmer. The
latter, after emptying his revolver,
grabbed Blanton's gun, shooting Blan
ton fatally. Coldivan was killed by
a wild shot. Oaks was not hurt and
escaped.
Philadelphia, July 22.—The boiler
tube on the steam launch Harold,
owned by W. B. Stanger of Pensauken.
N. J., blew out while tho yacht was
lying in the Delaware river, opposite
Torresdale. A. Warren Stanger was
knocked overboard and drowned and
J. W. Van Winkle, the engineer, wan
fatally scalded.
Dropped a Case of Dynamite.
The Dalles, Ore., July 22.—A report
has reached here that four men en
gaged in working on the Columbia
River and Northern railway at Lyle,
ten miles below here," while handling
a case of dynamite had accidentally
dropped It, the contents exploding,
killing all of the four.
THE DENISON REVIEW
Men in Anthracite Region Re
ceive $50,000 in Cash.
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FiP.ST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Checks Forwarded to ie Three Dis
tricts for Their Respactive Shares
of the Sum Appropr.nted by the
Indianapolis Convention.
Dunn, who had been drinking, was' Pl,blle donations to arrive for several days ago but estimates of $4,000,000
arrested, but escaped from the officer,
'et as aome time wil1 be
q,,ire'1
t0 get the
who was passing in a buggy. Fenton systematic collections in opera-.
died from his wounds. The shooting
v.-as onUivly without piuvoealion and President Mitchell spent a busy day
Dunn is hi danger of beSg lynched by!
at his
tho eiU'zons Rr^ville JI-- is in' business that had accumulated during] sidered high and dr got along by
,.Ther Mr,
1 ,lis
i/ortx-. who is doing the berths can to' ably start for WUfcesbarre tomorrow, river here is full of debris, the most
I tn= ik. .1.1 _mi v--i northern point of the great flood, and
His stay in the east thi.- time will be
until the strike is woe.
GOLD BEATERSJ3UIT V/ORK.
Only 400 in the Country and They Are
All Members of the Union.
Philadelphia, July 22.—A strike was
inaugurated yesterday throughout the
country by the United Gold Beaters'
National Union of America. In this
city, according to Ellis Gray, president
of the local union, eightv-six gold bear
ers and forty apprentice boys are on
strike. This affects forty girls who
fill the moulds for the beaters.
The tienp in this city is said to be
complete and reports received at the
local union's headquarters from New
York, Chicago and Boston indicate that
all union men in those cities are out.
There are about 400 gold beaters in
the United States and all are members
of the union.
Mr. Gray said that the principal
complaint of the men concerns the
employment of women as mould fillers
at the rate of 18 cents, for which work
the gold beaters formerly received 90
cents. The beaters, he claims, can
earn only $12 and $15 a week. They
demand the discharge of the women
tillers and that their work be given
to the beaters.
STRIKERS TO FEDERATE.
Union Pacific Boilermakers, Machin
ists and Blacksmiths to Unite.
Omaha, July 22.—The amalgama
tion of the boilermakers', machinists'
and blacksmiths' unions into one fed
eration as a means of securing a more
effective o.'sanitation with which to
combat the Union Pacific in the pres
ent strike and protect the interests of
the three crafts in the future, is the
latest step contemplated by the
strikers from the Union Pacific shops
The strikers have decided upon an
other .new method of waging their
fight. They will employ a staff of
camera pickets, whose duty it will be
to photograph every man who goes
into the Union Pacific yards to work
during the present troubles.
The four men on the big hammer in
the blacksmith shops struck yesterday.
MINERS OF THREE STATES.
Interstate Convention is Being Held
at Pittsburg, Kan.
Pittsburg, Kan., July 22.—An inter
state convention of the miners of Kan
sas, Missouri, Indian territory and Ar
kansas are in session here for the pur
pose of determining what action the
miners of the west will take regard
ing the enforcement of the demands
upon the operators. The wage scale
for the ensuing year has not yet been
agreed upon. The general feeling
among the miners is in opposition to
a strike, especially since the action of
the Indianapolis convention, unless it
should become necessary to thus en
force their demands upon the opera
tors. Sept. 1 was set as the time when
some kind of settlement must be
made. The Kansas conference will
probably be in session several days.
Warrants for Union's Officers.
Charleston, W. Va., July 22.—Upon
the application of the Collins colliery,
Federal Judge Keller has issued at
tachments for the arrest of John Rich
ards, president of District No 17, Unit
ed Mine Workers, and tliirty-flve other
union miners who participated in
Height of Fiood Reached and
Water Begins to Recede.
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Indianapolis, July 22.—The first
financial assistance was sent to the I the flood in the Mississippi river was
striking anthracite miners last night reached today south of here The
when Secretary Wilson forwarded to river fell an inch and a half at Keo
the secretary-treasurers of the three I yesterday, but a rise of a foot or
anthracite districts checks for their re- more in the vicinity of Canton, Quin
spective Blares of the $50,000 appor-1
and from tht- darkness fired repeated- applied immediately to relieving the acres previously uninjured. This rise
iy at the oiritvr, who gave 1 iiase. Mac-, wants of the strikers and their fam-, extended the flood clear bacii to the
Mahon finally tripped the tngitive and ilies. Under the recommendations, the highlands at the foot of the bluffs
took him to the Harrison str et station. I money was ordered to be divided pro,
FLOODED REGION IS INCREASED.
Thousands of Acres Previously Unin
jured Inundated by Final Rush of
Waters at Southern Points—Illinois
River is High.
Keokuk, la., July 22.—The height of
Qy
tioned by the recent convention to be carried the water over thousands of
LaGrange and Hannibal yesterday
an(l
rata among the districts according to shock, which previously stood with
the number of miners in oach field. All: its butts in water. Extension of the
of these men who will receive this aid flooded district increased the total
are not members of the unioc([ fcut the: damage to a large amount in dollars,
organization will take care of all those although not a very great increase in
on strike and their families, whether! percentage over the previous dam
they carry union cards or not.
took out some more wheat in the
a8e-
Mr. Wilson does not expect large P0I"t much higher figures than a few
t0
The farmers are inclined to re-
$b
000-0"0
ln
machinery for mak-1 seventy miles of river frontage are
Missouri along the
conservative.
The rise compelled the BJR-1OW
cultivator works of Quincy to shut
°fflce here, attending to office down but several op.
or factories con-
absence. He said he would prob-1 pumping out the water flowing in. The
the river? pbove are pouring in much
drift from overflowed lowlands. The
flotsam includes thousands of rab
bits as passengers on logs, pieces of
houses and other wreckage.
Terrific Hailstorm.
Hastings, Neb., July 22.—A terrific
hailstorm prevailed over a consider
able parr of the farming country in
this county yesterday afternoon.
Chunks of iec weighing nearly a qmr
ter of a pound fell for fifteen minutes,
Chickens were killed and young stock
injured. Oats and corn were driven
into the ground and are beyond re
demption.
Illinois River Still Rising.
Peoria, 111., July 22.—The Illinois
river continues to rise and is standing
at 21.4 feet above low water mark, the
highest mark reached in ten years.
The Western league baseball park is
four feet under water.
River Falling at Burlington.
Burlington, July 22.—The Missis
sippi river fell half an inch last night.
The high water limit has been reached
and danger of a further rise is consid
ered over.
IVi'LAURIN REFUSES OFFICE.
South Carolina Senator Declines Posi
tion on Court of Claims.
Oyster Bay, July 22.—President
Roosevelt is in receipt of a letter from
Senator John L. McLaurin of South
Carolina, declining the proffered ap
pointment to the vacancy on the Unit
ed States court of claims. Senator
McLaurin's letter was based in. par
ticular upon a newspaper article whicn
accompanied the letter. The article
said the senator had sold himself for
the purpose of getting such an office.
Root to Sail for Europe.
Washington, July 22.—Secretary
Root will leave here this afternoon
for New York, whence he will sail for
Europe in company with General Hor
ace Porter, ambassador to France.
Secretary Root is going to Carlsbad
for the purpose of bringing home Mrs.
Root, and some of the children who
have been at that place for their
health. It is expected that he will re
turn September 6. Assistant Secre
tary Sanger will have charge of the
affairs of the waF department.
Kansas Bars American Book Company
Topeka, July 22.—The supreme
court has issued a writ ousting the
American Book company from the
state of Kansas and depriving it of
the right to transact business in this
state until it secures a charter. The
order was granted upon the petition
of the county attorney of Shawnee
county and grows out of the fight for
the contract to supply the public
schools of the state with school books.
Washington, July 22.—By direction
of the secretary of war, General Cor
bin today wrote to Colonel GroesbecK
asking him for an explanation of the
interview published yesterday regard
ing the court martial of Major Waller.
Colonel GroesbecU was judge advocate
of the court and the opinion expressed
at the war department is that an of
ficer should nut talk about such mat
ters.
meetings held near that mine. Special employes and a passenger were se
complaint was made against a meet- verely injured in a wreck on the
ing of July 17 as in violation of the Cleveland and Pittsburg road at Hud
Injunction issued in the suit aganst son. An open switch allowed the west
National Secretary Wilson, "Mother" bound Pittsburg flyer to crash into an
Jones and others. eastbound freight which stood ufon
the siding.
Open Switch Causes Wreck.
Cleveland, July 22.—Three railway
Russell Sage Has Close Call.
New York. July 22.—Russell Sage
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury his afternoon. While attempt
ing to board a Broadway car his foot
slipped as the car moved ahead and
Mr. Sage fell. He was dragged a dis
tance of fifteen feet before the car
was stopped. Mr. Sage's secretary
helped the financier to his feet. He
was unhurt, though badly shaken up.
.. Robbers Give Distress Signal. ..
Knnxville. Tenn.. July 22.—William
Delap was robbed of $1,100 and a gold
watch on the outskirts of Lafollette,
Tenn.. last night. He was riding
through the woods and hearing the
Odd Fellows' distress signal respond
ed to it. Three men accosted him,
shot him in the shoulder and robbed
him. He wll recover.
St. Louis Bribery Case Called.
St. Louis, July 22.—The postponed
trial of Henry B. Faulkner, member of
the house cf delegates, charged with
perjury in connection with the Sub
urban street railway franchise brib
ery case, was called in the e'reuit
court before Judge Douglas. A jury
is being impaneled.
Oil Fire is Quenched.
New Orleans, July 22.—The great
oil firo at Jennings, La., was extin
guished yesterday in the presence of
an immense throng of people. The
steam test proved entirely successful.
No chemicals had to be used.
General W. H. Barnes Dead.
San Francisco, July 22.—General
William 11. Barnes, one of the leading
lawyers and one of the most eloquent
orators
01'
the Pacific coast, is dead
of hemorrhage of the lungs. He was
sixty-six years of age.
S.-ved by Life Saving Crew.
Por Hope, Mich., July 22.—Four
teen of
The"
cre^s" of the whaleback
steam r, A. D. Thompson and barge
Wliitworth, stranded near Point Aux
Baire.-. were taken off the wrecks bv
the life saving crew today. The steam
er has been scuttled to prevent it
pounding to pieces during a gale.
Whitworth is afloat, hanging to the
steamer by its towlines.
Soldiers in Riot at Springfield.
Springfield, 111., July 22.—About 300
members of the Third brigade, Illi
nois National Guard, from Camp Lin
coln. came to this city last night and
raided the tenderloin district, creat
ing a great disturbance and becoming
so riotous that the police were unable
to quell the disturbance and sent to
Camp Lincoln for aid. General Glen
den S'jnt down a provost guard ot fifty
men. who at the point of the bayonet
quelled the disturbance and Anally ar
rested a hundred of ths rioters.
Dt-atli In Tlieir AVorlt.
Gilders, photographers and those who
handle tlii? hyurie aiul potassic cyanides
are liable to suffer from chronic poison
ing !y hydrocyanic acid. They have
headache, giddiness, noises in the ear,
diitifult respiration, pain over the
hear', loss ol' appetite—!:i s'.iort. show
all liie evidences of ti .!d poisoning.
Zinc workers, too. suffer. Zinc is used
as a pigment in calico printing, in dis
coloring glass, in poll. optical
glasses and in making artificial meer
schaum pipes.
So men die in harness in these and
a hundred other occupations, killed by
tlie very air they breathe, and other
men step into their shoes. -New York
World.
The Europvun Plan.
Some queer customer arc seen at
New York hotels. An old farmer
f.'om
the country tells how he got ahead of
one of the clerks. "I walked in." he
says, "asked the young man at the
desk. 'What ar. your nrii-cs'.-' 'Ameri
can cr LOuropean?' he asked me. Now
I wasn't going to tell where 1 was from
until 1 had seen the lay of the land.
'What difference do us that make?' says
I. 'If American,' be answered, 'it's $4
per day if Kurt p"ai. s!..",
1
thought
a moment., and then an idea struck me
how to get ahead of hi::i. I walked up
boldly and registered from London."—
New York Press.
The Standing Army.
Old Lady—Poor fellow! And so you
area soldier?
Corporal Cannon—Yes, ma'am.
Old Lady—-I'm awfully sorry for you
My, my, to think they never allow you
to sit tlown!
Oirporal Oiiunon—Ma'am?
Old Lady—I said I was sorry for you,
and it is heartless and cruel for the
government to keep a standing army
all the time.
Corporal Cannon—Ma'am? Oh, yes,
nia'arn, thank yo-.i.—London Chums.
Mob Drives Out Negro Family.
Wichita, Kan., July 22.—It was re
ported here that a mob of 100 persons
drove a negro family out of Blackwell,
Okla., and burned the house rented to
them. No negroes hava been allowed
to even work In that city since it was
formed. A message received here last
night admits that a negro family at
tempting to settle there were ordered
away, but that their house was not
burned.
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VOLUME XXXVII—NO.
55
CONFESSED
HIS GUILT
SLAYER OF MILWAUKEE BRAKE-'
MAN CONFESSES TO OFFICERS.
Preliminary Hearing Set for Tuesday
Next Before Mayor Carey. Jiumley
was Not Admitted to Bail.
William Numley has confessed to the
killing of Fred Powell. He has been
identified by others who saw him near
the scene of his crime and he now lies
in the county jail awaiting preliminary
hearing which is set for Tuesday morn
ing next. The story of the crime and
the capture is told in another column.
Numley after his capture at first denied
his guilt, although he at once admitted
that he was present at the time and
that he knew the brakeman had been
hurt. Under the severe cross-examin
ation to which he was submitted yes
terday by Superintendent Beardaly
and Sheriff Bell he finally wilted and
told the story
01"
the crime. Other
evidence goes to corroborate his con
fession and the officers are sure that
they have the guilty man. The story
as told by Numley is as follows: In
the early hours of Sunday morning he
with a number of other tramps at
tempted to board a north bound freight
out of Arion. The brakeman, Powell,
ordered them off and fired his revolver
along Side of the ear, Numley was al
ready climbing the ladder and Powell
came toward him and demanded money
if he wished to ride. Numley says
that Powell stepped on his hand and
that this together with the demand for
money angered him and that he drew
his knife and struck out in the dark at
Powell, striking twice. He knew that
be had hit his man but did not'think'
he had inflicted a serious injury as the
brakeman climbed back to the top of
the car and called out that he "Would
get him yet. Numley says he then
dropped off of the car and went back
to Arion He meta man named Pfeffer
and told that he had had a scrap
with a brakeman and had given him a
cut to remember him by. Pfeffer
stated that Numley added "and I wish
I had killed him." Numley further
states that he next walked to Dow City
and huug around that place until in the
morning when he overheard a conver
sation about the killing of a Milwaukee
brakeman by a negro the night before.
This is the first, he claims, that he
knew of the death of his victim or that
he was badly hurt. It is said that sev
eral ueople saw him at Dow City on
Sunday moruing and that an officer was
advised to at rest him but that he re
fused to do so without a warrant. In
the meantime Numley made his es
cape. He crossed and recrossed the
Boyer on the railroad bridges hoping
to throw off pursuit and finally hid in
the tall weeds close to the river bank.
It was here that he was captured by
two of the searching party and taken
to Dow City. Numley seems to have
nothing to offer in defense except that
the brakeman treated him roughly and
that he did not know or intend the
wound to be serious. The knife with
which the deed was done was a large
j»ick knife with a blade fully three
inches long and as sharp as a razor
How he could have taken the knife
from his pocket, opened the blade and
struck die fatal blows with his left
hand while, as he states Powell was
standing on his right hand, is a mys
tery. The knife blade does not open
easily and it could hardly have been
opened with one hand.
The officers had Numley under a fire
of questions nearly all day yesterday
and at night were well satisfied with
what they had accomplished.
The Sherlock Holmes employed by
the Milwaukee was a Sphinx only to
be looked at and admired from a dis
tance, but the facts of the confession
soon became known and much interest
was displayed in the preliminary hear
ing which was called before Mayor
Carey this morning.
Last night the prisoner desired to
secure counsel and at his request R.
Shaw Van appeared as his counsel.
The prisoner was arraigned in the
court room, a large number of specta
tors being present. By agreement the
hearing was postponed until next Tues
day morning.
Special Excursion liatoa.
Via the North-Western line to Hot
Springs, Dead wood, Lead and Custer,
S. D., and to Colorado and Utah points
good to return until September 15, a
splendid opportunity is ottered for an
enjoyable vacation trip. Several fine
trains via the .North-Western Line
daily. Apply to agents Chicago &
North-Western R'y.