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I - i; ' - '. THE WEATHER TODAY f0r North Carolina : Showers. For Raleigh : Showers. VolMX raleig-k; n. a. sattjbday, july 22. 1905. isr o. 45 tHMDLtUldHdlill:Un Boilers Blew up With Heavy Loss of LifeTwen-ty-seven Corpses In the-Morgue and Sixty or More Wounded in Hospitals San Diego, Cal., July 21. One of the mo?t frightful disasters In peace, his Torv f)f the American navy occurred in an Diegro Bay at 10:30 a. m. today when. one of the main boilers of the gunboat Bennington exploded, with t;-- re?ulc that the bodies of twenty fcven seamen are at the morgue, some pixty or seventy are Jn the hospitals, r.i.my of whom will die, and a number of others missing. Only one officer, I Lieutenant Newman K. Perry, was f.unlly injured. Lieutenant Zehm. is p;iinful!y burned about the hands. Commander Lucien Young- and. Sur geon Preck were ashore when the ac cident occurred,, getting accounts pre- j-arirory to the vessel's sailing to tow I the disabled monitor Wyoming from Tort Hartford to Mare Island. When the explosion occurred the warship was- lying at anchor with of ficers and crew quietly attending to their duties. Hundreds of people were matching- the Bennington from the piers, pleasure boats and ferry boats, v.hen a cloud of steam suddenly burs: from a point just forward Of the smoke stack, out of which bodies and human frr.fjn-.enTs were hurled high In the air and scattered over the surrounding water.. The outburst was accompanied oy a roar as of thunder and a shock ivhich rocked the vessels near by. The iir was filled with shrieks of pain from he wounded. The next moment bleed ing sailors were fighting death in the ;vater in only less sudden form than :hey had escaped, while all kinds of :raft were being hurried to their rescue. ' ' - The first to arrive saw horrible sights.. -The, wounded men in the water were straggling to keep afloat, while ethers on the deck of the warship were covered with blood, some dead and pome wounded frightfully, others yet bravely working to rescue comrades who were below." The work of rescue went on rapidly, and within half an hour all kinds of vehicles were carry ing the wounded who had been brought ashore to hospitals. Some wagons had a dozen wounded men in them. Many, of the sailors were between decks directly over the boilers when the explosion occurred. Nearly all those killed were thrown violently to the ch.-ek. Others, terribly scalded, were hurled into the water. The Bennington promptly ran into Fhallow water where many rescues were made. The shattered hulk presented a horrible scene. The dead were strewn very where. Sections of the upper deck were carried away for the whole length of the vessel and a big hole was made aft. Lieutenant Yates, who was in charge of the boat, was badly hurt. Among others less seriously Injured in addition to those already mentioned, -re Midshipmen Lacy, Morris and -Motens. Commander Young believes the ex Plosion occurred in the starboard main boiler, though the boilers were in Fpected less than a year ago. Lieuten ant Perry said it had been talk that the boilers had been defective for the List six months. John Turpin, colored, who was on the Maine "when . she was blown up 'in Havana harbor, escaped unhurt. He was on the Bennington today, and again escaped unhurt. Commander Victor Blue, who distin guished himself during the Spanish American war, is an officer of the Ben nington. The vessel is a sister ship of the Concord and Yorktown. She is of 170 tons, was built in 1889, and cost $400,000. Her complement is 16 officers and 181 rnen. WORST ACCIDENT IN THE NAVY The Death List Numbers Thlrty-four and Will e increased by Later Intelligence WaShinerton. Ti,i 01 rpU. jjj. 4I J- iic ueauiK;- llOri Of the o-nu -r-. , . f fc,mnjua.i .oeimingion, one the first vessels of the "new navy," J" the worst disaster' coming from en tirely accidental causes that the American, navy has ever known. The ving up of the Maine wag the li.ost disastrrms Viarknaf -- American warship, but the conditions surrounding that catastrophe differed rrr-at y from ihose Gf tQday when "'"ugion's boilers cn nrfpri. "Patches received at the navy de partment tftrUUi - - w iu,"6ui. trum tioramanaer J.ucien Young, commanding officer of 1! g"nbat, say that one officer, En neumannX Perry of South Car- o. vatcn and division officer of ine vessel, and thirty-three men are Qead seventy-six are wounded; and enty-one missing; making a total of m casualties. The total complement total Vr!T 1 WaS 19- The shlP is a he f ZlT u The indication are that me. total list . hi"-bf o - wu 6 niucn iri:, as may t those how charac- rbiv !i Se?0usly mounded will prob- JoeaLe aPParently Wo explos f aB acccdin8r to Commander Young's second dispatch, the first when the top of the lower furnaces of what is known as "boiler B" exploded. The explosion forced the boiler astern in contact with "boiler D," which in turn was forced toward the stern of the vessel and ex ploded. Ensign Perry, the dead officer, was born in South Carolina 25 years, ago and was. appointed a naval cadet from the Fourth South Carolina district in 1897. He joined the Bennington March 3, 19Q3. His wife, who lives in Stock bridge, Mass., is now in Honolulu. The first official information came to. the navy department at ,3:30 o'clock, eastern time, this afternoon, in a dis patch from Commander Young. Ho sent the following: ;U. S. S. Bennington, 10:55 a. m. Boil er exploded. Nearly everyone killed or wounded." No further word came unt'l 8:30, when a second dispatch, giving more details and a partial list of the killed and wounded, arrived. It was made public at the navy department, and is as follows: . "Secretary of the Navy; Washington, D. C: "At 10:15 this morning, while making preparation for getting under way, with all hands at their stations, the top of th lower furnace of boiler B ex ploded, forcing boiler astern in contact with boiler D, which was also forced astern and exploded. "Ensign Sahm's hand Jbadly bruised. Several supposed to have been blown (Continued, on page two.) lEFEAT NOT ADMITTEI Balfour Is Inclined to Hold His Ground His Plans fWill Not Be Known Un til Monday, but the London Pa pers Undertake to Say What Course the Cabinet Will Pursue London, July 22. The Standard says that the cabinet has not decided the question of Its resignation. If it finds tha its defeat in the House of Com mons is regarded to 'have been effected by a snap division, and if the Union ists members of the House are willing to attend the sessions in their full strength. Prime Minister Balfour ;will again propose the Irish land commis sion vote on which the. government was defeated. The Express1 says that Mr. Balfour has resolved upon the unusual expedi ent of a plebiscite because of dissen sion in the cabinet, and also in the ranks of the Unionists party. He per sonally favors retaining his office. There is a powerful group of Conser vatives outside the cabinet which re gards the position as insupportable. They have refused to sign a round robin urging -Mr. .Balfour to hold on. The Standard says th?V is reason to believe that the a,ud:ence granted by the king to Prime Minister Balfour last evening was not connected with the question of the resignation of the cabinet. The paper adds that the au dience lasted only -ten minutes. The Daily Mail says that Mr. Balfour will announce Monday that he sees no reason for the immediate resignation of the government. It is believed that the government will then, except in the most improbabl event of 'another de feat, wind up the business of the ses sion and prorogue parliament until late in the autumn, when it will be dis solved. A general election will take place in October. It is now known that the division in which the government was defeated, although not a snap one, was a skilfully engineered plot simi lar to that which the' Conservatives employed to oust the Liberals ten years ago. The apathy of some of the Unionists "contributed to the suc cess of the plot. Nothing can be stated with certainty regarding the course the government will take until Mr. - Bal four's announcement In the House of Commons Monday. North Carolina and Ohio Directorate Norfolk, Va,, July 21. Col. C. O. Hainea and Adam Tredwell of Norfolk, formerly general manager , and secre tary, respectively, of the old Atlantic & Danville railroad, now the Norfolk Danville division of the Southern rail way, are on the directorate of the new North Carolina & Ohio railroad, which, has just been- organized for the pur pose of constructing a standard gauge railroad from) central North - CUrojiaai to the coast via Little "Washington, N.' C. RaJeigh. Wilson and Greenville, ' N., C, will be included in the route. Oth ers on the directorate of the new road are John S. Cunningham,. Stephen C. Bragaw, Larry J. Moore, C. N. Brown and William Bragaw of. North Car. . Una. ' ' ' ' : Another Assassination in Finland Viborg, Finland, July 21. Colonel Kremarento, chief of police here, was shot in the street today and died later from. the effects of his wound. A Finn named Prokope was arrested for the crime. ; Yellow Fever in New Orleans Montgomery, Ala., July 21. State Of ficer W. H. Sanders this afternoon re ceived a telegram from' Acting Assist ant Surgeon Gen. Glennan and Presi dent Bondurant'of the Alabama Medi cal Association, stating that there was yellow fever in -New Orleans. Only a few. cases within two -blocks are re ported as positive -'-cases. Experts from the department at Washington ) have been sent there. Dr.-Bondurant requested thi governor to immedi ately issue his pioclkmation quaran tining Newv Orleans. The governor is wavering, puttings the matter off until tomorrow. The people here are much wrought up. This city will put on quarantine officers immediately. , , FIVE MEN DROWNED Only Two Saved Out of a Boating Party of Seven Ogdensurg", N. Y., July 21. A terrible drowning accident has occurred at Carthby, Canada. The victims are Rev.-. J. A. Gignac, parish priest of St. Michaels, Hector Oodore, aged 20, re cently admitted to the priesthood, Eu gene Codore, aged 16, brother of Hec tor, Wilfred Masse, Dumas Masse, aged. 23. Charles and Roual Codore, a broth-i er and cousin of - two of the victims, clung to the upturned boat and reach ed shore after two hours in the water.' It appears that the seven had gone to Lake Aylmer boating, all in one boat. This was all right in calm: weather, but a stiff breeze arose an4 grew stronger and stronger, coming at times in gusts. The boat began ito dip water and was finally filledY Only the two were saved, succeeded in getting hold of the boat. The oth ers, it is said, went down at once. Rev. J. A. Gignac gave - absolution whilst in the water to the drowning party. CHINA'S DEMAND President Roosevelt Desires to Give It Earnest Consideration - - . Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 21. President Roosevelt today received a copy of a note .'which the imperial Chinese gov ernment sent concerning China's de sire to be a party to the peace nego tiations. All the other neutral powers have received copies of this, note,.' but outside of the belligerent countries the head of no nation is so seriously con cerned over it as is President Roose-' velt, who is anxious that no hitch should disturb the peace negotiations. At the executive offices here it was said today that the president had for the present no statement to issue as the time was not yet ripe for "it, but that in the future some announcement would probably be made. It is supposed here that the presi dent wished to discuss the note with Secretary Root, who arrived today and will stay over night at the hill. The president's high regard for the late Sec retary Hay would naturally make him tend to continue Hay's policy of se curing the integrity of China! At the same time this country stands in, a different position as regards both Chfjaa and. Japan from what . it did when the policy was framed, so the situation is a very delicate one. Only after the gravest deliberation with, his secretary of state, it is assumed, will the president indicate this country's attitude toward the condition created by China's demand. PANAMA CANAL LABOR The Commission Will Advertise for Six Thousand Foreigners i Washington, July 21. The first at tempt to secure laborers in large numi bers for work in connection with the construction of the Panama canal will be made tomorrow when bids will be asked by W. Leon Pepperman, acting chief of the office of the Panama ca nal commission, for 2,000 each- of Chinese, Japanese and Italian laborers. It is not the purpose to make a con tract with any bidder for laborers which will preclude the government making direct and Individual appoint ments with each of the laborers fur. nished. This precaution is taken to avoid any semblance or possibility or involuntary servitude. Under the plan, proposed the contractor will land his laborers on-the isthmus. These -laborers will then personally apply - for ap pointment, stating the arnount - for which they will work. On tills appli cation appointments will be made out. The price asked for the laborers will vary it is believed, from 75 ' cents to $1.05 a day. The contractors will fig ure their profits in their estimates Co getting the laborers to the -' isthmus added to which may b-e individual con tracts for boarding the laborers after their arrival. They will not be per mitted to icn .any way be intermediaries between the laborer and the- govern ment. The bids will be opened August Plan Supposed to Be Proof Against Lesks AS TO COTTON REPORT Strong Pressure for Revision of the June -Statistics Two North Caro lina Men on the Board That Will Calculate th Estimates Wealth of Statistician Holmes By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington, Jaly 21. -Special. Sec retary Wilson of the department of agriculture did not hear from! Presi dent Miller of the American Cotton OSlanufacturers' Association today, but h expects to receive a delegation rep relenting that organization next Mon &iy, when the question of issuing: a substitute report for the one Issued by the government on- June 3rd will be taken up. It is no secret that the sec retary and his assistant, Willet N. Hays, are both disinclined to issue the order for a new report, which is be ing demanded by brokers In New York and New Orleans and the officers of the Southern Cotton Growers' Associa tion. Assistant Secretary Hays ex pressed the opinion to this correspond ent today ' that it is too late in the season to issue a substitute for the June - report, while Secretary Wilson has broadly Intimated that there is no necessity for - another report. No ac tion will be taken one way or another until the Charlotte committee of manu facturers is heard Monday. In the meantime those who are de manding a new report are working in sistently in that direction. Secretary Cheatham of the Southern Cotton As sociation, who voices their views, de clared today that a new report is ab solutely necessary. "Not only it is necessary, Just at this time," said Mr. Cheatham, "but it will be even more necessary to have accii rate and trustworthy figures for this period when the cotton crop report of next year is being made up. VThe . comparison of the statistics of one year with the succeeding period is one of the most important things in a cotton crop report, and it can easily be seen that if a new report is not prepared and published any compari son that would be made next year with the present unreliable figures would be of no value whatever." North Carolina will play a. promi nent part in the new statistical board, which under the direction of Assistant Secretary Hays will prepare the esti mate of cotton acreage and yields, as well as statistics of other crops. Sec retary Wilson made public the names of the four members comprising the board this morning, and two of them are North Carolinians. They are W. W. - Long, recently resigned as an as sistant statistician and now a bureau chief, and Victor Olmstead, at present associate statistician of the bureau of statistics, having succeeded Holmes, the man whom the president branded as a scoundrel. Mr. Long is from Warren county and Olmstead is from Cherokee. The other members of the statistical board are George K. Holmes, chief of the division of foreign markets, and S, D. Fessenden, an as sistant statiscian. It Is announced that the board will meet in the office of the assistant sec retary 4 of agriculture to complete its labors. As the reports from field agents j2ome in they will be taken by Assistant Secretary Hays and locked in a. vault. When all of the reports have been" received the members of the board will be summoned to make their estimates. This work has been likened by Mr. Hays to a school. He will serve as the teacher and the field reports will be the problems to be solved. The men will work independently of each other, and their results will be submitted to Mr. Hays, who will go over them after the manner of passing upon examina tion papers. The monthly reports will then be made up " from the independ ently determined results of the mem bers, of . the board, the 'final report to be" the harmonizing of all. At best the government's crop statis tics are estimates, but It is believed by Secretary Wilson, as well as by the various statisticians left in the service, that this plan will bring a more- nearly accurate computation than any means that can be devised. , With the exception of the time con sumed in going over the field reports, the board members will perform the regular duties of their present posi tions. They will not have, access to any of the field reports. One of the announcements made is that there will be no telephone j communication with the outside nor any chance of signal ing from the room. Secretary Wilson thinks the-, best talent in the depart xnes& has bee lombine-in:-. cjkifig. up the statistical board, and Mr. Hay3 is now giving this branch of the work undivided attention. He will personally attend the supervisory work that has attached to the office of chief statis tician in the past. As a result of the Investigation . of Assistant District Attorney Beach and the other officials concerned In the In quiry of the cotton scandal, it has been ascertained that Holmes, the de posed, statistician, Is worth a great deal-more than was originally- sap posed. .It is said that ke hts posses sions worth sotnetbta-sr like hulf a mil lion" dollars. The salary whieh . the shifty Mr. Holmes drew from the gov ernment -Eras two thousand dollars per annum. A Washington broker. In speaking of the scandal, said: 7 Holmes had come to him and of fered the same advance information that the - secret service report shows he disposed of he (J he broker) would have guaranteed Holmes a million dol lars profit or nothing'. 7 "Of course, I would not have gone into anything as crooked as that," the broker added, as he assumed an 'ex pression of conscious rectitude,, "but if I had I could have made a million for Holms a$d just as much for my self, and that Ef a conservative esti mate." Tho final report on tobacco acreage, waich was held up pending investiga tion, ws issued today, and while l shows increased aejeage in North Carolina dos not disclose a high crop average. The percentage of last year's a.seage in bright yellow tobacco is as follows: . North Carolina, old belt, 93; North Carolina, new belt, 106; South Carolina, 105. The cndition July 1, 1S05, was: North Carolina, old belt, 85; New belt, 84 ;f South Carolina, 71. Among today's arrivals were , Wi! Ham J. Andrews of Raleigh and CoT. Lawrence S. Holt of Burlington. Two North Carolinians were aboard the gunboat Bennington which met with the terrible accident at San Diego. They were Louis Monroe Foster, son of Coleman Foster of Winston-Salem, who is master-at-arms of the first class, and Moses Bell, son of Moses Bell of Grays burg", who is an ordinary seaman. They are not reported among those killed, and it is not known whether or not they sustained injuries. Lieutenant Victor Blue, who was born in North Carolina, although 1 appointed from South Carolina, is attached to the Ben nington, but fortunately for him waa confined to another ship today. THE SULTAN SHAKEN UP A Bomb Thrown at His Turk ish Imperial Majesty Several Officials and Attendants Killed and Wounded The Sultan . -' Keeps His Courage and Smiles as Though Nothing Had Happened London, July 21. The Turkish em bassy issues the following statement: "As the sultan was leaving the the mosque today at the conclusion of the ceremony of the Selamlik, a bomb burst in the court yard of the mosque. Divine providence miraculously pre served his imperial majesty, who dis played on this occasion his usual self possession and courage. Himself driv ing his phaeton, his majesty returned to the imperial palace, bowing fb the people as if nothing had occurred a couple of minutes before. A few per sons were killed and wounded by the explosion. All the population of the capital is indignartt over this infamous and dastardly deed." The Constantinople correspondent of t(he Petit Bleu says that several of the sultan's suite were killed and wounded. f ZEMSTVOS RESOLUTIONS Moderates and Extremists Barely Escape Precipitating a Rupture Moscow, July 21. The congress of zemstvoists and dumasists, after a long debate today, decided to appeal to the masses of the people by mani festo urging them to discuss the politi cal situation regardless of the opposi tion of the authorities, yielding only to superior force. The" discussion of this subject almost led to a split between the -moderates and extremists. The postponement of the drafting of the manifesto prevented a rupture. A resolution condemning the syste matic violation, of the rights of the zemstvos and dumas was adopted, with a declaration of the determination to "uphold the natural rights of men by pacific means, not excluding non submission to the authorities infringing those rights." A noteworthy incident of the session was the receipt of a resolution of sympathy from the union of officials, hoping the congress would secure free dom of the press and the responsibility of the ministers. Britt Wins on Points San Francisco, July 21. Jimmie Britt of California and Kid Sullivan of Washington, B. C., fought twenty rounds for the" light weight champion ship here . tonight. ; Britt did all the lee.ding and had ths best of the fight all the way througlH He got thedes cii&esv-on- coSatsi, - IBIGSI OVING ATT A MD Vd llW Routine in the Morning Fol lowed by the Spectacular THE GOVERNOR PRESENT Brilliant Scene at Dress Parade, Review by the Governor Today the Leading Feature of the En campment Reception and Balj Last Night at the Seashore Wilmington, N. C, July 21. Special. The - encampment of the Second: and Third regiments at Camp Glenn is well under .way today, and both men and officers are enjoying themselves not withstanding the heat as well as get ting valuable experience in s,militaryj discipline. Gov. Glenn's presence is an added force to the effectiveness of the gathering of this part of the state guard and the chief executive Is dis playing a great interest in the men and their work and pleasures. This morning the routine s work was kept moving energetically. In the af-' ternoon , the more spectacular part oi camp life comes, and so this afternoon was one o unusual interest. Dress? parade, when the boys appear, thg music of two bands filling the air, th picture of mounted officers galloping", here and there and the keen .flash pf gleaming swords can be seen at a time particularly fitting for such a sight. Hundreds of visitors were present. Tomorrow afternoon Governor Glenn will review the troops. This will be the most important feature of the en campment. - - The officers of the brigade are: Brig adier general, J. F. Armfield; lieuten ant colonel and assistant adjutant gen eral, R. L. Leinster; commissary, Maj. R. P. Hackney; ordnance officer, Maj. D. R. Johnston; assigned to special duty, Cafct. R. E. Davidson. The social feature of today and one of the social features of the encamp ment is the public reception given to night to Governor Glenn. The bril liant scene took place at the Seashore hotel and many people were present. After the reception, which was of an hour's duration, giving ample oppor tunity to everybody to shake hands with the governor, a dance took place. LIVELY SKIRMISH Small Russian Force Defeated After Day and Night Attack Lndon, July 21. A dispatch from Tokio describes a lively skirmish be tween a Russian outpost, 500 strong, with three machine guns, and a Japan ese force at Dilein, July 7. The Rus sians had a strong position in a forest. The Japanese artillery opened at 6 o'clock 'on the morning of July 7 and the cannonading was kept up all day.4 At 2 a. m. July 8 the Japanese charged, and seven hours later the victory was won. Five Russian guns were cap tured. Tokio, July 21.-9:30 a. m. It is of ficially announced that the Russians who have thus far .surrendered at va rious points of Sakhalin Island number 461, including one colonel and fourteen other officers. An imperial ordinance was Issued this morning authorizing the appoint ment of non-commissioned officers from the reserve conscripts also converting those of sundry service rank Into pri vates of fighting rank. SIGSBEE'S SQUADRON NEAR Will Arrive at the Capes cf thfl Chesapeake Today Norfolk, Va., July 21. The command ant's office at the Norfolk navy yard reported today that Admiral SIgsbee and fleet, bearing to Annapolis 'the body of Admiral John Paul Jones, was in communication with the Cape Henrj wireless telegraph station. The report said that the North At lantic battleship squadron, in twa divisions, under Admirals Evans and Davis, which went to sea to meet the fleet bearing the body of Admiral Jones, was close to Admiral Sigsbee's fleet. The following message was received at the government station here: "Will arrive at Chesapeake Capet Saturday morning if weather continue favorable. No incidents on; passage. Extra Session in November Lincoln, Neb., July 21. enato R J. Burkett has received a letter from Secretary Loeb In which it was- stated that the president's intention is ta j call a special session of Cjoncress Na-.,
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