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DFJTHHST URUFRit Pract&lln Alh onBord the Valencia Went Down SCENES On The, Rocks, Near Cape Beale On WERE HIARIBREAKINO Victoria, B. C., Special. The fatai wreck of the steamer Valencia, which occurredr on the ; rocks of Cape Beale .-, . last week was one of the most tragic , ror oil a few years ago. ' A vague hope was entertained "that some of the passengers and crew who ' were not taken off may still be alive, but it is feared that the" death list will reach 110. Twenty-two sur vivors have been accounted for. A special ;? dispatch, received from Pachena telegraph hut reports the steamer Salvor and whaler Orion and another steamer, believed to be the City, of Topeka, off the mouth oi Darling river. A small boat from the Salvor tried to get through the surf to make a landingg and sucor the sur vivors there, but failed. The boat returned to the steamer. The surf will not be navigable for several days. The survivors at Darling river are from boats No. 2 and No. 5 of the Valencia. They report that 15 men started from the sfceamer in boat No. 2. It capsized, and seven of its oc cupants were washed ashore. The other eight perished. All wore life preservers. Boat No. 5 left the wreck with six or seven on board. It was also capsized, and only two, Rich ley and Bunker, the former a fire man and the latter a passenger bound to Seattle made the land. The wife and two children of F. F, Bunkel 'went down before his eyes. : Bluejackets to the Rescue. The tug Lome, sent ut by the Puget Sound Tugboat Company, reached the vieinity of the wreck soon party of British bluejackets from - Esquimalt, who went in surfboats to see if any possible survivors could be reseud and jyeeover what they could reach. ; In an interview at Bamfield Creek Boatswain McCarthy told a story of the Valencia wreck. He aid the steamer had heem going by dead reck- pning and . overran her distance. Soundings had been made thrle and i tour times an h&mc. Tiie steamer struck at 11 :45 P. M., Monday! night, about amidships, the first officer, quartermaster, and a seaman. engaged in sounding having 10 minutes be fore got 30 fathoms. . i( Shortly , before the -steamer sjfruck sh,e was going at,, half speed. j Cap tain JoJrasbn immediately shouted, Hard a-starboard ! to the quarter master and gave' orders to sound the bilges, which was done. The Steam er did not seem to be making, much water. The captain then called to the engineer aoad asked if the steam er was maivixig xuucii waiei. ijciuia uic uuivci aitjpijr uiciucu ucgau:uaui- . bering up from the fire room, telling the engineers on the companionway she was filing up. rCaptain Johnson rang for 'full speed astern and! made for ; the beach. , The , propellej had made only a few revolutions ! When the vessel struck and listed to, port. Captain Johnson was on the bridge when the vessel struek, with the sec ond officer. He ran down and gave orders to have two of the seven; boats lowered to the saloon deck rail. In stantly the passengers crowded to the rail and overcrowded the hoats. , Dur ing the excitement Jthey -cut whatever lines they eould lay hands on. The davits broke about the same time the lines were cut, and both boatst were smashed at the sides of the tessel throwing out the passengers and crew in them. The crew threw; lines out and succeeded in. getting iabout six passengers" thrown out. of the boats on board asraicu The boats - when lost were mostly filled with wo men and children. Xiife Baft Crushed. One very sad incident was wit nessed. A lady and gentleman with a little girl tried to get into a boat. The father succeeded and . the mother tried to pass the child, but a .wave struck her and washed the child, from her arms. The child was lost before her eyes. One lift raft was also lowered, but it was dashed-to pieces. After this four boats succeeded in . getting away from the ship, all full of passengers(. - This left .one boat and twp life rafts. The captain, af ter "consulting with the' mate, -asked Boatswain McCarthy to take charge, which he did, and called for volun ' teers, and the five sailors who reached - shore in safety responded. The cap tain instructed them to pull along the beach and find a 'place to get ashoreJ Theyj landed at 1:10 P. M., Tuesday t and . made Cape Beate at 3 PM. Before making Cape Beale they tried to get back to the vessel by the beach, but could not do so. During the, excitement Captain John ' - son was cool and calm and all the crew, were at their stations. The res cued sailors cannot give the light . ,: jaouse i keeper atv , eBale too much credit for .the .manner in which they 4 were treated, 0MB THRfl adly Missile vis Hurled Through Second-toryhJVindow of House in WiichY,22 ersonere .Asleep, Creating Havoc . and Rendering ' a Worchester, Mass., Special A dy namite bomb hurled through a second; etory window of $he-house of Paul Mosczyfiski, 32 Union avenue, early Sunday morning, exploded and tore .away the rear part of the house, blow ing out the floors arid the rear wall. . Twenty-two persons were asleep in the -house. -The wife of Daniel C. Bootk, who was ill, was rendered in sane by the explosion. She was taken to a hospital. The cap of the bomb went through the wall of the house, 40 Richland street, and was found 150 feet away in a picture frame in the home of Wil liam J. Ryan. The foTce of the ex plosion shook that whole section of the city. Miss Valeska Burkvicz, aged 32, where the explosion took place. She was buried under debris, but not seri ously hurt. A second bomb, eight inches long and made of two and a half inch gas pipe, was found in ' the yard and is in the possession of the chief or po ice. The police are looking for Frank zybonowski and - his - wife, formerly part owners of the building, from pos session of which they were evicted by mortgage proceedings. SIX DEAD ON TOP FLOOR. ADistastrous Hotel Fire in Lowell- Victims Were All Women The Building Crowded With Guests Many of. Whom Were Rescued by Firemen and Policemen. 1 Lowell, Mass., Special. At least six persons lost their lives in a fire which partly destroyed the Richard son Hotel, one oi the leading public houses in- this citv earlv Saturdav morning. The fire started a few min utes before 2 o'clock and the. flames rapidly communicated to various parts of thi3 structure. A large num ber of guests were in the hotel and those who were in the upper part of the building had little chance to es cape by the stairways. The firemen at 2:30 o'clock found the dead bodies of six women in the top floor of the hotel. Crazy Ex-Policeman's Acts. Peoria, 111., Special. Charles Har- wood, a former policeman, thought to be insane, enlered police headquar ters and with a revolver held up Chief Kenney and seven officers for 15 min utes while he cursed them and thret ened to shoot the entire crowd. He snapped a cartridge, but it did not discharge. He then backed out of the station and escaped. An hour later Harwood entered the home of Mrs. Montgomer, whom he knocked down with the but of a revolver. He then entered his own home, taking a shot gun and a revolver, and barricaded himself. Saturday night, Harwood compelled his wife to disriobe, and then he drove her naked into the street. Later he attempted to take the life of his children. Alabama Nail Mill Burns. Birmingham, Special The nail mill of the Southern Steel Company, form erly known as the Alabama Wire 'and Nail Company, controlled by the Messrs. Sehuelers, was destroyed by fire at Ensley, entailing a loss be tween $70,000 and $90,000. Adjacent property valued at millions was jeop ardized but hard, work on the part f firemen prevented its spread. Decide for Lock Canal Washington, Speeial. The . Isth mian Canal commission met Saturday and concluded its consideration of the report of the board of consulting engineers with respect to the, type of canal that should be constructed. While no official announcement is made with reference to - the commis sion's report, there is good reason to believe that they have recommended the construction of a lock canal with an 85-foot level, practically following the recommendations of the minority of the consulting-engineers. Slocum's Captain Guilty. New York, Special. Captain Wil liam H. Van Schaick was found guil ty of criminal negligence in failing to hold fire drills on the steamer Gen eral Slocubm, which he commanded in June, 1904, when- the steamer burned with the loss of over 1,000 lives. . He was immediately, sentenced to tenl years' imprisonment by Judge Thomas, of the United States District Court. v. Guilty of Poisoning Bride. Abbeville, Ala., Special. The jury in case of Walter Nordan returned a, verdict of gilty and fixed his punish ment at life imprisonment. Nordan - M A is a prominent younsr mercnant 01 Abbeville. His bride of. three weeks died suddenly in September, 1902, and it was found that her death was due to strichnine poisoning. COTTON MEN MEET For Closer Union Between thei Producer and the Consumer PLANS FOR A MAY CONFERENCE Representatives of Four Associations ; of "Cotton Growers - and1:anu-i f acturers, Including Southern Cot ton Association, Meet in New York. New York, Special. At a confer ence, held here Wednesday between the representatives of the New Eng land Cotton Spinners Association and the National Ginners' Association and the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association, plans were perfected for a general meeting of growers and spinners both American and foreign, to be held in Washington, May 1st. The delegates from the Southern Cot- ! ton Association were: President Har- t 1 vie Jordan; J. A. Brown, of Chad bourne' N. C. ; E. D. Smith, of Colum bia, S. C. ; J. P. Allison, of Concord, N. C; R. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C; Richard Cheatham, of Atlanta, Ga., and President J. A. Taylor, of the National Ginners Association. Secretary Cheatham said that the conference was held simply to promote the general welfare of the grower and the spinner, and that the present price of cotton was not discussed at all. When asked if there was anything he would like to say President Jordan re plied : 1 You can say that the confer ence, was the first step along the lines planned by the Southern Cot ton Association one year ago at New Orleans,-and, while it is the first con ference of the kind ever held in the history of the cotton industry, both producer and spinner 6elieve that most of the present evils in the handl ing, and securing fair prices for both raw product and finished fabric can be satisfactorily settled through the bringing about of a closer relationship and a better ; understanding between growers and consumers of American cotton. This preliminary conference has been entirely harmonious. " '9,998,111 Bales Ginned. Washington, Special. A bulletin is sued by the Census Bureau on the amount of cotton ginned from the growth of 1905 to J,anuary 16, shows the number of running bales for the United States to be 9,998,111, as against 12,767,600 for 1905 and 9, 485,482 for 1904. The figures are based on the count ing of round bales as half bales and enclude.linters. - The amount of cotton ginned by the several cotton' growing States up to the date mentioned is as follows: Alabama, 1,202,627; Arkansas, 535,- 422; Florida, 74,270; Georgia, 1,695, 336; Indian Territory; 308,297; Kan sas, 18 ; Kentucky, 1,218 ; Louisana, 483,820; Mississippi, 1,095,402; Mis souri. 36,978 ; North Carolina, 638,049 ; OkK ima, 288,171 ; South Carolina, 1,- 093,S2 ; Tennessee, 248,171 ; Texas, 2, 281,550; Virginia, 15,300. Marshall Field's Will. Chicago, SpeiaL The will of the late Marshall Field was filed for pro. bate. Speeial bequests are made 'to the aerffresrate of $25,568,000. The re mainder of the estate is left in trust for the son, Marshall Field, J., (died Nov. 27) and his descendants. The principal of the residuary estate is to be kept intact until one of the sons of Marshall Field, Jr., shall reach the age of 50 years. The largest sin gle bequest is for $S,000,000, to be used- as an endowment and building fund for the Field Columbian Museum The -widow is given $1,000,000, and to the daughter, Mrs. Beattie, of Learn ington, England, $1,000,000 is left in trust. Project Endorsed. Wilmington, Special. The chamber of commerce at a special meeting unanimously endorsed the project of the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Co. for operating a line of steamers from this port to the Monumental city General Manager Mason L. W. Wil liams was present and received assur ances from shippers of their hearty support ana. eo-operation in securing adequate terminal facilities. The chamber expressed confidence in the transportation companies making ad vantageous traffie arrangements with 4he Baltimore line, once it is estab lished. ' 'Mobile Record Broken. Ormond, Florida, Special. The world's record for the male was twice lowed in the fourth annual Ormond-. Daytona automobile touranment, and both times by; the same car, the cigar Steamer driven by Fred. Marriott. In the first. start of the contest for the Sir Thomas Dewar trophy, the racer made the mile m 32 1-5 seconds. - Contractor's Body in River. Knoxville, Special. The body of Edward L. Condon, a prominent young railroad contractor was found float ing in the Tennessee river at Concord by two rivermen. Condon-disappeared from his home on the night of Dec. 7 has never been seen since. -He had been ill, for some time and fears were at-once felt for his safety. A brother of the young man positively identified J the body. rWREELER DEAD Hero of Two Wars and Great Cavalry Leader V LOST BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA Famous Confederate Cavalry Leader ImdBrigaliief- General in TV nited States fiArnryV. Since Spanish tar, With -Intervening Career in Con 7 gressi?Passes 7Away. New Yorkr Speeial General Joseph Wheeler, the famous Confederate leader and brigadier general of the United States Army, since the war with Spain, died at 535 Thursday afternoon at. the home of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn. The veteran of two wars was 69 years old, but in spite of his age, there was hope until Thursday of his recovering from the attack of pneumonia which caused his death. It has not yet been decided where the body will be buried, but probably it will be in Arlington Cemetary, near Washington. General Wheeler was taken ill six days ago at his sister's home, where he has been living recently. He con tracted a severe cold, which develop ed into pleurisy and pneumonia. From the first, his age told against him, but the family did not give up hope until the discease was found to have affected both lungs. General Wheeler's immediate rela- tevis were all with him. His daugh ter, Mrs. W. J. Harris, and the Miss es Anne, Lucile and carrie Wheeler, had been sommoned from the South and arrived early in the week. His son, Major Joseph Wheeler, Jr., U. S. A., now stationed at West Point, was also present, as well as General Wheeler's sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, and her son. The family were summoned to the bedside of the patient at midnight when the doctors in consultation con cluded that y.e end was but a matter of hours. The general was then awake and conscious and his mind was appearently active. He seemed to know that death was approaching. Gen. Wheeler was never again more than semi-conscious. He lingered un til evening and then passed away. To Be Buried at Arlington. Washington, Special. General Jos eph Wheeler, whose death occurred in New York, will be buried in the Nat-J ional Cemetary at Arlington with the full milatary honors due an officer of the United States army. For Big Robbery 4Years Ago. New York, Special. Central office detectives of this city arrested a man for whom they declare the police of the world have been searching for for more than four years. The pris oner, who was picked up on the streets is declared to be James Manes, formerly an American book-maker, who is wanted in connection with the famous Bank of Liverpool robbery of Nov. 22, 1901, in which the English institution, through forgery and con- spiricy. was deirauded pi more 'than $800,000. Subsequently $380,000 of this amount was recovered from the conspirators, the bank having sustain ed a net loss of more than $400,000. -a n . Porter Kills College Boy. Montgomery, Ala., Special. Grady Miller, the 16-year-old son of Dr. R. L. Miller, was shot and killed by the negro porter of the Lakeview Hotel. There were no eye witnesses to the shooting, but the pistol shots were heard. A search was made and near by was found the negro in a dying condition. He lived long enough to say that he and Miller had engaged in a pistol duel. There is ho way to ascertain the cause of the tregedy. Jury Acquits of Libel. New York, Special. An unusually sensational trial came to an end when the jury in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court reported that Nor man Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, was not guiltv of criminal libel. The ease had been on trial several weeks. The charge against Mr. Hapgood was brought at the m- stagation of Justice Joseph M. Deuel, of the Court of Speeial Sessions, and was based upon an editorial in which - the editor criticised Justice Deuel for his connection with Town Topics. Says Green Offered Bribe. Savannah, Special. The most teresting evidence addueed . aV Greene-Gaynor trial was in reference to a charge made by one W. R. Curtis, who had been an inspector on the work being done by Greene and Gay nor, to the effect that Greene made an attempt to bribe him. This was in June, 1889. J Bill For Erection of Tablets at Ap . pomattoz. Washington, Special. Representa- ) live jPiood,,oi Virginia, introduced a bill to provide for the purchase of the McLean property and adjacent land at Appomattox,. Va.f and to erect tablets there in commemoration of the surrender of the Army of . Northern Virginia to General Grant. CONGRESS AT WORK Wlat Our NationaliLaw Makers Are '' v 'Doing Day by Day. ' Statehood Bill Passed. The House passed 'he statehood bill exactly according to schedule. The Re publican opposition to the measure spent its entire force and no effort was made to defeat the bill on its 1 final passage,: only 33 of the "insur gents " -voting against the measure. The Bill passed by a vot;e of 194 to 150. The debate which preceded the vote began at 11 o 'clock and was practi cally featureless so far as any hope was entertained of changing the meas ure in the slightest degree. The abvo- cates of the measure placed-in lhe Record through the medium of several speeches, the arguments urxm which the joint statehood policy is founded. Likewise, the opponents of joining Arizona and New Mexico, embracing the entire opposition to the bill, pro duced their reasons for The Record. Several of the "insurgents" made plain the ground of their . opposition. The bill as passed provides that Oklahoma and Indian Territory shall constitute one State under the name of "Oklahoma," and that Arizona and New Mexico shall constitute one State under the name of "Arizona.'' Should the terms of admission be rati fied by the residents of the Territories in question, their respective State constitutions must contain clauses prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors to Indians and plural marriag es. There are many other stipulations governing schools, courts and politi cal sub-divisions of the proposed new States. ' Senate and Foreign Affairs. The foreign affairs of the. United States continued to hold The atten tion of the Senate, the Moroccan and Dominican matters being the ques tions immediately at issue. Mr. Money was the principal speaker and. he talk ed for over two hours in opposition. to the course of the administration with reference to both Santo Domin go and Morocco. .He contended that there was danger of becoming involv ed unnecessarily in the affcirs of other. countries by participating in the Algeciras' conference, and that this country was not sufficently concerned with the conduct of affairs in Santo Domingo to justify our course in that island. He also took the position that the President had transcended his authority ther. Mr. Money contended that the Pres ulejit had made one explanation and his friends another of our attitude to wards Santo Domingo. Mr. Money declared that he felt no concern about Santo Domingo. "As Senator of the United States, I don't care a conti nental about it," he said, emphati cally. Mr. Money agreed with Mr. Lodge that the annexation of Santo 1 Domingo was undesirable, and declar ed that "if to-day the United States would relieve herself of every island of the sea the country would be im- f measurably stronger." He added that if we continue 'our rjohcy of taking inferior people the nation must sink of its own' weight unless 'we changed our form of government. Mr. Hepburn followed Mr. Money, advocating the annexation of Santo Domingo, saying that the present population would soon become Ameri canized under the rule of the United States. Mr. Hepburn replied that if his ideas should prevail, the colored peo- pie of the island would be supplanted by whites. Found Dead in His Field. Gaffney, Special. A telephone mes sage has been received in this city stating that Mr. Phillip Hambright, a gentleman about 60 years of age, liv ing nlar Kings Creek in Cherokee county, had been found dead in his neid near his home. Whether his death was from natural causes or due to foul play is impossible lo ascer tain, as the. telephone line from Gaff ney is working poorly and the spot cannot be reached by telegraph. The message here was to the sheriff and only stated that he was found dead in his field about dark. Sheriff Thorn as and the coroner will go to the scene. Chinese Boycott Discussed. The Chinese boycott and the admin istration of the forest reserves divid ea the attention ot the Senate. The Chinese question came, up in conhee- . m . tion- with a resolution by Mr. Tillman directing an investigation hv tht mittee on immigration. Mr. Tillman modified the resolution by oniiting the . . ' j major portion of the preamble, and alter considerable discussion the reso lution was referred to the committee on contingent expenses.. Mr. Tillman had read a -letter ad dressed to him by the Red Rock Fuel Company, owners' of 4,000 acres of coal land in West Virginia, setting forth discriminations against that company by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, for the alleged reason that the railroad did not permit the- Red Rock coal to come into competition with eoal from the mines in which the railroad in interested. ' The letter asks for an investigation of all bitu-. minous coal-carrying roads. An order from the inter-State commerce com mission to desist from the discriminar tions practiced was also read, which order, the coal company say, has been ignored. IV m m Death of: HerAged and toV Monarch END CAME SUDDENLY MONDA "Grandfather of Eurepe" the Venet-V able Christian IX, is Taken 111 ap Luncheon' and Expires Shortly At . terwards From Heart Failure. .Copenhagen, Denmark, By Cable Christian IX, the aged King of Den mark, dean of the crowned 'heads ot Europe, father -of Khg George p Greece, of Queen Alexandria of Greai, Britain and Irend, and of thd llnwfl o-fvr Kmrvresa Maria b eodnvnvnn. r ""JS . ..-v s ' : ' i :' ' . -4 : ) J 1 j of Russia ; grandfather of King Haak-' f on VII of Nojfway, and related by blood or by rarriage to most of the European ruj&rs, died with startling ' suddenness in the Amelienborg Palace Monday afternoon. The accession of his successor, Prince Frederick, his eldest son, who will be known as Fred erick Till, was proclaimed Tues day, .i . "His majesty died at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. After his majesty had brought the morning audience to a conclusion he appeared to be quite well and proceeded to ' luncheon a? . usual. Towards the end of 'the meal' he gave evidence of indisposition and was compelled to retire to bed ua p. m. His majesty passed ccway peace fully, the symptoms indicating hearf failure. ' This tells concisely the- story of the death scene, which found every one, even those wTho realized the in creasing feebleness of the King un prepared for the sudden shock. The death of King ' Christian has plunged half the courts of Europe into the deepest mourning and brought a sense of personal . loss as well as -of sincere grief to every one thro ugh out the kingddm of Denmark, reaching even the humblest cottage, evidences of which are shown everwhere. It has cast a pall over the palaces of the monarchs of Great Brittain, Russia, Norway and Greece. New England Limited Wrecked. Burlington. Vt. Special.The New. England State Limited, an "cxpi-ess-train bound from Boston for .Mon treal was wrecked at Bolton, 20-miles southeast of this city, by running into an open switch. Six cars left. Mlie rails and were practically demolished. but none of the passengers or train- men were seriously hurt. In v(j tion after the accident 'indicated that the train was wrecked by tampering witn ine switcn. w Midshipman Decatur, Expelled. - t- Annapolis,. Special. The trial of? Midshipman George H. Melvin, of) fc Geneseo, HI., on a charge of hazing", was beo-im. hut not con el w de,t ' Tha order dismissing Midshipman Stephen Decatur, Jr., fro mthe IS aval Aeatl? ' emy, was read out at dinner forma tion at the Academy yesterday after- noon. He leit tne grounds siioauj after V Nine Brought in By Rescuers Victoria, B. C, Special. The re. cued party and nine survivors 4i ilie wrecked steamer Valencia who wereT at Darling creek telegraph hut,' reach- -ed Bamfield over an almost impass able trail. F. Connors, who got losrJ on Turtle Island, was found tonight) almost dead from exhaustion. ( ' . Five Suffer in Jail Fire. ir McRea, Ga., Special. About 7:M o'clock Sunday -morning the Telfair county jail was discovered on fire. Five prisoners in the structure were badly burned, the injuries of whom mhom may perhaps prove facial. Natal Training Ship Fire. Newport, R. L, Special 7 build ings, connected with the, United State? naval training station at Costersr Harbor Island, in this city, were des troyed by fire' causing an stmated loss of $100,000. The buildings de stroyed were the detention building, machine shop, paint shop, pay master's store house, carpenter shop, and two small store houses. r Alfonso's Bride Arrives. Biarretz, France, By Cable. Kins Alfonso, accompanied by the military members of his household, in full un in form, arrived here in automobiles to conduct Princess Ena of Battenbergv her mother, Princess Henry, and Prince Alexander of Battenberg tc San Sebestine. The start for San Sebastian was made at 11:15 ;a. m. Princess 'Ena arid Princess Henry and King Alfonso were in the first auto mobile, and Prince Alexander and his suite in the second, the military offi cers following in othe automobiles. Fire at' Bellevue Hospital . New York Special. Eight hundred patients in Bellevue Hospital were en dangered by a fire in- the laundrj building eArly Sunday, yet, thrbugi the quiet and effective work of th hospital; m-e brigade and the regular firemen, Mo responded with mufflec bells, onjy a small number in some oi tbe outlring pavilions wee' awakened 1 J rf