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IING JJ xull 7 S Ai:aiss o;i mi si ill lara on ViEE k'3will uiey oei i hut ii; iuL.il 3 .iVE ,viTii com:;!! :,ui;n; G::::: Ei:t ttit H: urilsc InTcrlcs Was BT ei.ir.ED HT FIDS Fr.3 FANCIES FDR 51.5DD U Abowt (rt.Jrttluaabl Anb-te la Tea a Twt- Cwai 1 1 tag Mr. IUkrr I anally,, CMosm-I -Mm HaM (ta)y th IW IVufW krr )lr(iMKd la Tva Tofb-. k mm! Tlial IXbrv Ue Had Adrrv UwtHnili 4 Mai Ompaay OaM ' lo krrarr Ow ArtirVrw Su-fr-d Wltre) AdvertWmewU Ik-gaa. ' 1Bv th Aaawialrd rreaa) t New, York. Jan. 1 4. Bernard M Baker, of BaHlmtre, was lb Brat wltaaaa to testify today la lb trial of Norma llapKood. editor of Col lier's Weekly, u a charge ot having criminally libelled Jllee Joeeph K. DeyoL ' Mr. Baker aaid be waa preaident ot tbe Baltimore Trust Compear and Wa president et the Atlantic Trana port Company (rem tSkO to 1109. E. M. Shepard, of oouaeul for the defence, ahowed Mr. Baker article la .Towa Topic referring to Mr. Baker'a family. .Mr. Baker aaid: "I iiw Colonel. Mann We Ulked aver these objectionable articles ap pearing In Town Topics,, and I said I wanted them slopped. He told me that It waa oqly the people who were mentioned In" Town' Topics. He said that other steamship lines bad advertisements fa" Town Topics and that' my company .ought to secure one. )! ald that all steamship mon V ? e"t e'!n',!tiin)f1 and that 1 niLfiht hu1 comotliing whlih Town Topics could belp me to get. He said there ooght tp be reciprocity. ' I told "hi in that if he wanted our advertise ment be. ought to say so.' He said Town Topics bad friends aa well as enemies". ; - ; ,' Colonel Mann showed him the adver tisement.; of the American Line of . steamers and told him that of the At lantic Transport Company yhould be of equal slse. said Mr. Baker. He then authorised the Insertion of the adver tisement. -The witness Identified It in an issue of Town Topics of January ' ( . w "Did those articles, referring to you i and your family cease after the inser tkin of the advertisement?" asked Mr. Bhepard. ,y ' V -J think so." siild Mr; Baker." . ' The' willies said the advertisement t continued to be published lit Town Top , les for about a year. - - - ; . :' . 'fnree jrears later,. In 1901, Items concerning bis family again appeared In Town Topics, said Mr. Baker, and , he consulted counsel .about- stopping theni. After that,: the witness said, Moses B. Wooster, the agent, visited him and asked him to subscribe to 1 Fads and", Fancies. ",' , was surprised that Town Topics should ask .me to kub'scribe," said ' Mr. Baker., "He told me the sub scription price r was $1,500." , ' He dl4 not snbscrlbe. s -' y1 ' ; E. M. ?ost on Stand. ' , l-" Edward fM. Post, a stock broker, was '" called. Mr.- Post v preferred ' charges, of, blackmutl against Charles A hie,' a solicitor for thev publication called America's Smart Set. "Mr. Post testlfJed that Ahlo came to his office with j a letter ' frotn Mr. Wayne of Town Topics on June 20, 1905. v "He said," continued v Mr. J Post, ' "that stories had been printed about - my connection with the races. 1 told him I was sorry and that looped it would not occur again. We have an article in Town Topics' about, you,' ' he said, 'and the boys want to put it In.' At thls'f became suspicious and ' asked him how much the 'book cost. I He said 1500. I said it was' pretty good price nud asked him much the . book really com. He replied $50. 1 asked who got the difference, and he replied that the boys got a part and . that thc rent went higher up.---'. " . "I told Ahle that I was Mrry that I did not have the money -thereand that 1 hoped there was no hurry about ' It, He said they , were anxious at Town Topics to use the story about me, and that I could not afford to have it printed. I told him I ex pected to get the money the next . week. Two or three days later he came to me.; He . was short - and . , (Continued on Pago Sovon.) AJ-jLEAj i'.CClC!i C1T1ZLVS SUICIDE! ?. K C Jaa. Ji-btr .. U 1rtw , rMiiMii mm aa l ta ixi mi h4 Mini il tfce baa 11.14 U,-.llt Mi tMwm a MMtkl it ru. rr-uia IU BmrM at bk a m) tua 41 itlMa IB hW !.! Iiwn (malty aefawaaad Man. aM lta la nitM4 t katt haaa twe uawat 4 I Ik etaitiii.f trCj atih kw MM gtnuta tlx entll (MMMtHf. LODGE JOINS IN PRESIDENT'S DEFENSE Illy AwiHttKl 1m Waablagtoa. Mr. Lodge today addressed lea Saaala poa tbe Moroncaa anq Don I a Ira a fueatioaa. Ha eipreased bis dlsapprobaUoa ot lha opea diaraasloa af forelga ajeea ttoas, bat be ad mil tad lha aaeleas Baa, of attamptlng to karp sark queal loos entirely ' Wiibla axacatlva eaalons aaleas all aeaators are agreed ea the policy to be panned. Mr. Lodge conteodod that our par ticipation la tha Algeclraa confer ence was tha most natural thing la the world. bri(M this country had been a party to former conference. Morocco could not have properly neg lected to Invite tha partlclpatioB of this country; It was oar rlgkt and duty tq accept. for tha protection ot our commercial Interests. Mr. Lodge, discussing the Monroe doctrine, said wa ought not to even allow foreign powers .temporary 'oc cupation of territory on' this conti nent. He was willing to admit that the collection ot debts was-aot a part ot the Moaroe doctrine. He did not like tho present ltuaton, but would prefer It to Laving Euro pean powers take possession- of the custom houses ot Santo Domingo. Mr. Lodge, said that if' we left Santo Domingo In 1U present bad condition we might have to take the Inland In order to prevent some other country from taking it, , He did not want any more Islands. , ' , To withdraw our ships at this time from Dominican waters would be bad policy, , . . , ' 4 ., ; Mr. Teller followed Mr, Lodg'e, speaking against the Santo Domingo policy , of the administration. He reviewed at some length the con ditions which led np to the present situation, , ' DR. FAISON SOPT. EASTERN HOSPITAL (Fpoclal to The livening Times.) tfnlilslioru. N. CL. Jan. 2.-Th board ot directors of the Eaatein Hospital for the. colored insane met kt that in stitution to-day at noon to All the va cancy caused by the recent death of Dr. J. F. Miller,. : the superintendent, and elected the assistant, Dr. W. W. Falsoni, who has tilled the position of assistant for the pust twenty-three years. There was a full meeting f the board, with the exception of one mem-, tar, who. sent a letter advocating the election of Dr. Falson. '' - - There were a half doten applicants for the position, . two -'-outside oof the State and four within the State. ' The four were Dr. Roberts, of Mt. Olive; Df. T. M. Jordan, of Raleigh; Dr, W. H. II. .L'obb, of this city, and Dr. Faisoiv who was elected. , . ;'; The superintendent is elected for a term' of six years,- and' as Dr. Miller had only filled jiine days of his fourth term, Dr. tf'.3.n will hold the position for practically six years. ( . - V.' APPEOPRlATIOlf ' , & FOR PAYETT2VILLE. ' ' (Bv tbe Associated Pi ess. 1 f Washington, Jan . 2. The Sedate committee on ' public , buildings and favorably a bill making ;an '.-appro-prlatioii oV $75,000 ' for Fayctto- vllle,,N. Itcporjt Payne. BUI. -. ' By the AsBocted Press ) , , Washington, ' Jan. 24.-TIib house comniltteo on ways and means, today dei Ideu . to report favorably on the Payno Mil provides- tor . chaoges tl the Philippines ' tariff on cotton tex tiles, which will muke opportunities in the Islnmls more favorable for the sisilo of the products of Amorlcnn mills. mil surminis' ill t3JC:w C;:t:n la H)iE;H.. .IUrcrt!;a IN OHIO LEGISLATURE mi ftMaa Mtad kautrHaf I a krarsU ala. W ( K sam. May Aa fur isiMfciur ta rt Mum (M W M Tkn IXW ryarUaa, (0 tM Aawalrd I , rtfc, Jfa. M -A dkstci tM TttawM (ran CuraMbaa, laila. aas: raiaJaas Wla ur mU rwkad aaf Irrwe wba aa mm iuum fur fww. aty a4 awara la at luar Ui a anaaibt If the U1 aniru4aa4 raatarday la lb Ooftaral Amnif mt Oblo at Haa. If IM waad anaaa arc avuaa a, law raaaa aaltning from lacuiaat dlnaiu mt from Injur ies ti-om hk h there at wa aop cowry may aa tratty rWarvformad U death or aillod la any ather aalnlws a-ay whk-Ji physk-lana.may daalg n. . Tha anaaawa w aa Inlradurad by tUa reaaatallv Hunt, of CtmHnnaU. at lb reqwst ml Mum Anna Hall wa kas fur year aaen a stade-it of lha aub lact. , Jlar hUereat was aroaaed firat by tb lllneas raidbig lha death el Bar mother from eaacer of tb Uvar. Mia Hall aat ta tha gallery of tb Houaa aad wllnaaaed tbe voting dowa of a rautkm to reject her bifl. " The vol wa II to Zt Mtaa Hall wet whoa saw thai her meaauia waa ta be re ceived and sent to a committee. Mia Hall li s worm at wealth and ta a member of a htshly raapeotabl Cin cinnati family. . Her father, who' wa and Arctic explorer, died a few years ago. - " . - -. Under, th provlflona of the bill a peraon of souiul rrflnd who la l k unto death, and who Is aulftrlng unbaarabl agony, can ask a physician to adminis ter . an. anesthetic - until the 1 patient loaa consciousness and dies. The phy- l lan must consult with three other physicians . before administering .tbe drug, and also must admonish the pa tient that certain death la to follow, The physician after death ersues must notify tha coroner of all the facts ot tbe death In signed statements. BIG PLOT UNEARTHED To Assassinate-Govs. " Paiti- son and Pennypacker Named in Letters Found -t lialrd, Pau, lNtniarkiHl Patcreon.N. J., Apparently Kent from Society Culled Liberia rtoclologUn No One at House Indicated. ; -i (By the Associated Press.) -h: T Paterson, N. J. Jan.r 2 4.-The po lice of tblB City to-day conducted a search for accomplices, s) the plot to assassinate Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, Governor. Paulson, ,ot Ohio, and ,othor leading men, .which was, unearthed near Monongahela, Ph., yesterday. , j " - Information has. boenV sent - here that letters which ' were . found at Bulrd, Pa., yesterday, named among other, intended victims both of these governors .and bore the Paterson,.. N. J., postmark. Some of these lettors were ; apparently sent . from an or ganization- known as Liberta Socllo- logia located at 495 Madison .avenue, - The house at thlB number'on Madi son" avenue is thebnly one in the block. The only occupants which the police found. In. It, to-day were two Italian buk weavers ana taeir iami lies. Both these men told the police that they had no knowledge of a society called-Liberta Soclologia or of the letters ' said ' to hava been found at Balrd, Pa. " xi ' WINTER RETURNS ... TO MANHATTAN. : ; ( Br' lha Associated ri-esn.) . : New .York.- Jan: EI.-VTho' warm .wave which has given tills section of , the Couritry a touch of April In January was swept out to sea last night by a cold, brisk westerly ; wind and, to-day winter again' prevailed.; though mildly. Tlioro was-a droji of nineteen degrees In the tompei-aturo in the twenty-four hours ending St 10 a, m.. ththermom eter at that ' time : registering .. thirty Blavli TfterfeAB fnltlnf ' lmrCkaffHat ttad prophesied tor to-morrowvby the locttl neither 'tnrecustcr. . cnraiED SELECT i:ER OiiN TIME Waal fctir mm m Vaaa aa as kirj (mm Ha Bten Um af I Mil Gr"l fN4.y Uaae rW rm mm tm Waal Ar a Aay Oa Btkklia. (By lha Aaa-atatad flul ) rarta, Jaa. II MtaWrrlal rlrrlea bar are aaaoyad c lha aaa- llahad reixru -U to rraao i alleged bealUtioW Bad aanuaaae ragardlag the Tetiesarlaa aaatlo. A highly laord aOclal of ba ror- alga OBc today protested eergII- raliy agalaal tha )atecaeBU Baad aa th aubjeri, a)l. Traaea has at way baa a. aad sttll la. detarmlBod to obUla tha fullaal aaliafarUoa fo past aad praaaat af- froal from Vencauela. Eba, how ever, will acirt ar ova time for actloa aad will acd stir vp taa wasp neat lo which t'aatro has showi th way aalll her general pollry leave her free to do ao. Franca will not act at any oa'a bidding. Sha will ehooaa her hour and niomeot and tbea art as boascms her with abao iBla.raaolva to- have her r;hts re- suacted. To a aueatloa whether a blockade bed bera ordered a direct aegatlva was given. - ' ' 1 , late rest In tba Veaesuelaa affair continues to dec res. Tba praas generally Is of the opinion-that the question must stand over Indefinitely.- It la pointed ont that tha first sign ot active measures oa tha part ot France President Castro would do his utmost to conciliate tha United States as ha enterw4ns a lively -fear of Americans,' thus leaving Franca alone. A blockade of lha coast. H Is added,' would In Bowai' affect Vene suela, slnca she Is abla to , support herself and can conduct her export trade by way of Colombia. At tbe same1 time a blockade would give Castro an excuse to stop th payment of Veneruela's obligation to the other, powers whloh are secured by the customs, thus placing France In a delicate position , towaraa tne powers. -. .. . " Genet-al Matos, the former ndver sary of President Castro, In an in terview published here .today, ex pressed the opinion that serious com plications would not ensue from tne present difficulties between France and Venezuela. -He said be con sidered that President . Castro . has done great work tor tha pacification of Venezuela and held tha. complete confidence .' of the . people, which would be strengthened if the country was persuaded that there was no pos sibility of a conflict with France. Matos believes that, with the as sistance of the United States, war will be avoided. In .case pt hostili ties, the general asserted, Venexuela could mobilize 100,000 men, but he was certain that an arrangement was. near at hand. , ! .' Opinion In Washington. Washington, Jan,,f24.--So far as Informal Inquiry on the subject has gone, France has ground qr, the con viction that she will encounter no op position, on the part of any of 'the othef nations having claims against Venezuela, Jn the .execution ,of, the naval program which she intends to Initiate against that country. Great Britain and Italy, It was believed all along would offer no objection, but the news that Germany Is not. dis posed to side with President, Castro against France is regarded in diplo matic : circles here as encouraging for. the French plans; - v; ! UJ,X? i Although the ; ignoring of ; rM. Tatgny on New Year's Day and the refusal Ot President , Castro to have any communication lth tho French legation at all, hot even - permitting the usual government reports of. a routine character,; to:? be dispatched to the - legation, constituted at the outsot; one of the-paramount, griev ances of - France against Vene suela, the ejectment of M. Taigny from ' La Gualra Is now taken, by France as her main basis for action against Venezuela," that Incident -being regarded by the French govern ment ..as practically an act ot - war. The report that the promise ot Pres ident Castro to resume relations witji France was conditional v upon - tbe withdrawal ot M. Taigny Is emphati cally dented In French quarters. It is declared that in promising to re sume relations with France President I . (Concluded on Second Page.) statehood bili E.i Is T OPPOSED TO SHACKLES ft TaJxai Tia rai Mia- UW 0xr4a hi Mbkk rvwbia tW ClaaaHi ftaj Va aaj YW laara l'Kkiiat W talai-d Rlgh t Arlaaata aa4 rm Mnln, Ht lb Aaaai-lalad Vk l,l. Jaa. M.-WHB a rw yaaiiaii alWatit; jeaaral debate a tba etalefcund haU aurtH I e'etwC to sum aHh aa aaaaaaJly fall attaad aaca mt taambrra and crawded gt trtaa. U atai4HM4 It tit ayaaad ta lha Hun tu-4ay atlh lenafcia at high 4;h Mr. Dalaell immiad the rat wbttw had aet been fiwl aua by lha rata AMamHtm. V he It bad bean raa d. Mr. Dalall. arter xmutlatk with Mr. Wllllaiiu. Hie mlDortly . laaoar, aakad anaiilnMiua enaaant that aebat for on and on-half hour he allowed aa tha rula. Thta aa-raad to aud Mr. Dalaell explained Dim tha tarni of la statehood bU aad thaa elated that U the rata ahoukl b adopted vote mm th bill would rum morrow. Mr. Wllllama atalad that the rula In auaatkm dented lo tha Houae lha rtghl to vote on the qunalloa or admitting either of the four tarrttorlea aeiiarat- ly. It waa holding a whip aver th Houaa, compelling It to agro lo aCailt Arlsona and New Mexico as on Mtat which wa andealrable la ordr to ad mit Oklahoma and th Indian Terri tory to which no una had objection. The statehood rula wa adopted by a vote ot 1st to 117. All That I Left of Her. ' Victoria, B. C, jaa. 14. Captain Guuiiln. agent ot marln. received a telearam last night from Light-keeper Dakin, at Carmanah, that th nam board ot th aeallng i-hooner Pawn had been found In th surf near there, Th schooner Fawn left Bering Rea for Victoria last October with I, SOI sea skin and six white men and twenty one Indians. ' A BIG COTTON . FIRE One Man Unable to Escape Perished International Compress on Elisabeth River and Cotton Stored With Rogers, McCabe & Co Burned Early This Mornings-Loss Put at $100,000. ' (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va-. Jan.' 24. The Inter national ' Compress Company's cot ton, compress on the Elizabeth river here ..together with much stored cot ton in the warehouses and sheds of Rogers, McCabe & Co., were burn ed' early this morning, and an Inter vening wall ot oyBter shells was the only thing that saved from destruc tion the property ot . the Norfolk Warehouse Association's ice- plant and many more bales of -cotton stored in adjoining warehouses. : Jacob Jacobs, a white laborer at the burned compress, was asleep In the building at the time, and is be lieved to -: have -; perished. Henry Shumadiae, .engineer,: who was ' also asleep in the compress, - barely es caped with his life. . , rf . - The fire, which started between -3 and . 4 - o'clock, ,1s . supposed - to .have originated from ' . Crossed . electric lighting wires. In the burned cotton compress. - The fire followed the wires along a frame shed 175 feet in length,, and stored cotton was soon in a blaze. ' The fire then spread im mediately to the compress. The en tire Norfolk city fire department was in i service, : with streams from many river tugs. " " .". ' " ' - The burned plant Was situated on wnarves surrounded ' oa ' three . sides by water,-- and this prevented, to large extent, a. general spread of the fire. ' i ' ' The body of Jacob Jacobs,, who per- Ishod In - the fire at - the . International Compress Warehouses here this hiorn lng, waa to-day, found, hv- the debt-Is. Th man was av band stripper. : There were two, upper windows from ;whlch he could have escaped had he not been overcome by heat and smoke. . ; v It Is now believed that the damage :, (Continued on Second Page.) - lieu n t Laa Aagwiaa, CJ. Jaa II rar- aiigbUy tajarad Itlala taday at Ctaadara lha BaaU Fa llaaltad boa ad trata aad tarel traJa AU lha lajarad wwra jm mm la Tha Uaftlta4 traia was raa blag aft aillaa aa bawr lw the aad awrarrad. araardlag t Karl Ctewlaa. wha waa al tha larwt- tbv TV agtaaas' rlark ta hi aowt aad aa aalalarwd. Hi Imstaa aia earaaad aaanathad All that Ktvealad a awara aartoa wrarfc wa tba tart that tba banal traia aa la aaoUoa ahaa th crash TV cawdartor mt la laraJ the limited rod lac dawa lha aU Mat BW OalaAai n m sTgn aaari a r aad ft m lakal fma run) I grade aa hi owe traia stood at tartar I - moral eg Tueadaf with haatf depot. RarognUlBg tha cerlalaty of eollhdoa he gar hi aaglBaar ta aigaa! la go ahead aad tha traia palled oat. hat had preradad hal a few yards whea the limited, with all brakea e( hat going at a terrific speed, at rack tha rear of la local. Tha rear coach of tba taller traia waa crashed to kindling half way to It ceatar. Conductor Cheabro was caaght bat ween tha two roaches of tha local Bad waa eartoualy hart. A relief traia waa seat oat from this city following the .wrack, bear lag aurgeons and nuraea, and the la- Jured received prompt atleatloa. THANKS COME FROM BRAZIL. (Bv the Associated Vrrne.) Washington, Jan. $4. Secretary ot the Navy Bonaparte has received the following cablegram from Vice Admiral Julio de Noronba, Brazilian Minister of Marine dated Rio de Janeiro, yesterday. In acknowledg ment of tbe cablegram of sympathy sent by Mr. Bonaparte oa behalf of tha American aavy: "In the name of. the Brazilian navy and In my own I thank your excellency for the feeling ot sympa thy expressed for the loss of the iron clad Aquldaban. Please accept and extend to the American navy the most grateful thanks of the Brazilian avy." , STERLET ON THE ' STAND AGAIN. (By tbe Associated Press.) ,'v Savannah. GaM Jan. 14. J.-W. O. Sterley, chief clerk In the office pt Captain Carter and his successors, was recalled in the Greene and Gay nor trial, and identified a letter from Barrow & Osborne, attorneys, to Captain Carter, written in 1896, and requesting specifications for a cer tain contract , Carter replied asking tor1 whom tbe specifications were Wanted. The attorneys responded that they wanted them for R. A. Johnson, Augusta, Ga., whereas tbe government contends that the speci fications were really desired " for Venable Brothers, Atlanta quarry men. Carter, the government con tends, thereupon sent them to R. A. Jonnson direct, so that Venable Brothers did not get the specifica tions and were not able to get in a bid against Greene and Gaynor. . THE SAME OLD PILOTS' CONFLICT. ,, (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 24. The grand harbor of masters and pilots of steam vessels of the United States, the su preme body ot the Steamboat Men's As sociation of the United States, Is nota lng Its annual session here. Delegates representing the steamboat men of every Important port In the country and from St Michaels, Alaska, and Honolulu are present. ; ; H The harbor adopted resolutions pro testing against the passage by Con gross of, the Llttlefield. , antl-pllotage bill, the pilots declared, will be a blow to pilotage below Cape Henry Virginia, as It is held this will leave It optional With the vessel v master whether he takes a pilot or not The protest will be presented, to Congress. . . - ISLE OF PINES CEDED TO CUBA. ' fBy the Associated Press.) ; ' Washington,- Jan. S4. The Senate committee on foreign relations today voted to report ; the treaty with Cuba, ceding the Isle " of Pines to that republic. The treaty ,waa not amendod. , . '.' , ,' ' , , t ' t , t j THERE U I L:!rJ ti If::!.: C::k RACING TO VALtM'IA Owii- Laaa ad Ufcr TVam ta Ih tka. lHaalrf aa U k.ta Krtrllinrbi id Viara lha I vl ad th fwyAmm m4 UM f a iar . 1 (Wr tba Aaaiata VktacU. B. C Jmm. 1. Th ataamar TalasM-ia, Captaia Jofcaana. of lha f acihr roaat Btaaaubljl Vom laay, with aiaoty fear aaaragar aa board aad a 'rrw of Bltly. wa rerked la aaataard l Cap Be l oa the Yaaroawr lalaad coast la tba loas of life, greater thaa that of any othar disaster that has ocrerred hear here alaoa th terrible loaa of ilia fol lowing tha rolllaloa of tha ahip Orphans with tha ateamar Pa inc. whea en roate from Victoria lo Port land. Tha ssrrlvors wha have reached Cape Beat, tha boatswala and tlva aeamea, who went to aecare aaaiat- aae la one of tba ataamer'B boats. report that at least fifty persona were drowned alongside th ateamer when boats loaded with women and chil dren smashed agalast tha steamer's side soon after, they were lowered rrom tha v easel. When they left over on hundred peraon were hud dled oa tha saloon deck of the tea in- , er, which wag tbea partly submerged with tha ln-rolllag aea washing over lha main deck. A eoalheast gale was blowing, with the wind .whistling through the cordage of th wrecked . vessel at a velocity of over forty miles aa hour aad. a. -high, aea waa beating against the hull,' sending spume high over It and huge "aeae-" pounded oa the deck threatening to -break np. the wreck. Unless the aev- eral steamers which hava been bar- rled to the assistance, of th wrecked vessel can arrive la time "to save tjtose who remain on the wreck R Is doubtful If any of them 'will reach ' shore, for a landtag In such a place ' is extremely difficult. It at all poeal- ' ble. . . .. -- '' Tbe Valencia sailed ,v from 'San Francisco on her second trip to Vic toria, replacing the recently disabled steamer City of Puebla, at 11 a. m. . Saturday. This was the only clear day, and from Saturday evening Cap tain Johnson and his officers had to navigate by means of dead reckon- llng. . Nearlng the entrance, to the straits the weather waa very thick, and the officers thought they were Jn the , vicinity . of the Umatilla Reef lightship near Cape Flattery ' which has a 8od fog signal on board. , Hay ing had jio observations and being unable to make out their position, in the thick weather prevailing,, sound ings were taken, showing thirty fath oms; Immediately after the men with the lead lines reported thirty fathoms of water the steamer strtick heavily against some reefs' oil shore with a shock which awoke all on , board. J i The steamer did not? run on the : reef, and was immediately' backed ' away. As she; went into deep water she began to fill, the impact with the .' rock having greatly ' damaged ,the steamer.':'-. .',..' s The engineers whistled to the bridge , -that water was pouring up oyer- the- engine rooms plates,,, and they wqre unable to stand by. their engines, so fast . did - the : water rise . In the engine room.,- They. and .the firemen were driven on to -the deck, hut before they -were drtven. out, In : answer to excited Jingles, from the bridge, they gave what aid was pos- sible, and captain Johnson turned . the Vessel-toward the beach. -l,. As the Valencia was foundering as a result of the impact with the rocks the only possible chance to save any -of those on board was to put the ves-: sel ashore again With the hope, scant though it was,-of landing those on board on the rocky coast. Before she struck'' again: op the ' rocks, the - engineers, firemen and all below had been driven above by the in-rush Of water and the caB goon began . to roll over, the main deck. . Water was over the deck, when the boats were -being lowered, the lights being ex tinguished by the flooding of the en gine room before the work was com-: menced.y.t - , '.'; The loss of life was. awful when -- (Continued on Second Pago.) . it
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