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1 Licsed vlre Cervlca of jcadj all North C.rolina if v. 1 VOLUIIE27, HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR TWO CENT-RATES;: r : Amended by Striking out toe Newspaper Transpot- - . tation Sectloq . THElTEl.SECOiL tENB 83-TO 28 1t was After 8 O'clock Before the Vote wasTaken l)owd Amend ; mont for 8 M -cent Rate and tW - llngton Substitute Voted Down. - IUlT a Passed Slakes S-cent Rate v a for: Southern Olid Atlantic: Coast 'i Lino and Allows Seaboard Air IJne to Charge Q& Cent. ' !'Bya vote of 83 to 28 the house this nfternooAat Ave minutes after three o'clock passed on ltB second f' reading the bill making a two-cent rate tor all roads -earning more than 91,550 per mile,' allowing two and a half cents for those earning between $1,650-and $1,000, and three cents for those earning less than 1000. This would put the Southern Hail way and the Atlantic Coast Line In the two-cent claaa and allow the Sea board Air Line to charge two and a . half cents, s : . -v... v.,,. Th amendment by Mr. Royster of - Granville to strike out the section re - garding newspaper transportation, thus leaving the law as it Is, was ' adopted. , , , ' At 10:30 this morning the house was called to ordor by Speaker, Just tire, and Rev. R. T: Vann. president of the paptWnlverfllty.fqrJWmert,. ."in .this eHyVBiade the opening prayefrt ' Vbe bUi to amend th charter of , Scotland Neck so as to get a vote on .' the question of prohibition or 'dls ' pcuaary - Mine . from the committee, ronorted by Mr. Harahaw. The old unfavorable report, was toad by the clerk ; tho one on the bill before U wan re-rcforred. Mr." Winborne at once atatod that the result of the 'committee's action yosterday after noon was Vbat the report was with out , prejudice, there having been a tlo. Dr. McNeill declared the final 1 decision had been to report the bill unfavorably,. Mr. Hankins and other members had the facta as Mr. Wiu-boi-no had. .r , ? ; mils Introduced. Create highway - commission , ln - Vance and prescribe its duties. Tay lor. . ' ., Authorise 'removal Of certain Braves In town of Yadklnvllle. Hanes. ; Provide for digest of decisions, of supreme court. Manning.. V,-. Authorise clerk of court of Rich mond to turn over certain funds to school fund. Parsons. Establish chain-gang In Richmond. - Parsons. Appoint justices of peace In Pen- - der. WellB. ,' - . ' i.-f Establish achooV district la Tan cey. Byrd, ' . J . ' , Regulate sale of liquor in Hickory, founts, ' i - - 4 Prevent killing of deer In Caswell. J Johnson. i ' ' Amend act of 190$ so as to allow '.: citisena of Johnston, to.- sell in flve gallon; packages brandy as well r as manufacture It. Johnston,- Amend charter of. Salem..- Carter, j- v Amend act of 1 8 9 9, amending char ter jof town of Graham.;- Pickett.: ' " Amend act of 1903,' establishing graded school In Columbia, Tyrrell. Levermaa.'t v - - ' .Authorize'commlssloners of Davie to ;seU-. present court-houeo and jail and issue : bonds to buy new ones. Grant ' ' " - Authorize- board ' of education of ' Guilford t6 place 1 management of 'schools In' townships' where special tax 1b voted" under ohe , committee. Gordon. ; - ' Hi Allow J." U. -XAJice'of Transylvania : fourth-class, pension. , Galloway.;. Amend charter of Manteo, V Pugh. ' '"Relative to catching of oysters In 'North Carolina.' Ehringhaua. V ltailroad D!late Unlimited. : Representative Doughton was again In the chair when the discussion on the railroad bill was resumed at the conclusion of the morning hour.1 . - Mr, Manning ' desired . to limit spoechos to ten minutes, having given notice last night that he wguld do so. Mr. Harris opposed the limit pro posed. Messrs. Morton and Murphy the Associated Prrxa. . 1 ' lAfternoon Papers in Circulation, T'HE-'BAEEiH;-C;:EVENING -X. made points of order as to this being i ' . . i . . ' ...L.... ...i ... i a ninwanr. ' Kirai nil v. -f, Mr Mnnnn further said that those Opposed to the bill had not' risen to points of order when gentlemen In favor of it bad exceeded the half-hour, limit. , - Mr. Manning insisted on his mo tion,, and Mr, Harris, further oppos ing it, said, the house would do as well to spend ' time. over, this matter as a whole day on a. liquor question affectlngiphe county. . - ' - The vote on the motion was 52 to 30, but ft did not prevail, requiring id, two-thirds vote. mi. rurauiiB ot. lucumouo. was uie rst speaker. He said he should vote or the aubatitute of the gentleman from Iredell because be did not be lieve the second class should be abol ished and ; because he thought the committee's bill put the rates too ldw. The democratic platform bad declared for a reduction of rates 'and there was a popular demand for It. How ever, the platform did ' not fix any rate3, and he felt he had the right to exercise his judgment In construing the platform, which. had not declared for abolishing the second class. , - He was opposed to compelling the Seaboard' through competition into the two-cent Tata. . The explanation on this subject of the gentlemen from Durham and Guilford might be satis factory to themselves, but it was not to him. When talk was hfiard of turning ' money over , into the state treasury, it wa9 getting dangerously near the,, confiscation point.1 He would rather let the railroads, make a little more profit than approach the confiscation of property. The com mittee had admitted that it had no Information as to a basis for rates except : the opinion of oho railroad man Mr. Gannon. " .- Mr. Mangum of Gaston spoke for tho committee, saying it had to reach its conclusions on the facta before It. There was a remarkable lack of factjj) on the. part. of those, opposed to the, mo gentleman irom nuuierrow jreae from tho .New . York Spn. jWhy had he fought shy of the. sworn facts in the report of the corporation commis sion?'. KC ": ;. !.:.v '-:. . jr. reeie asxea u Mr. Mangum had notwheard Mr, Qallert say that those figures were oil tho months sub sequent to the commission's report. Moreover, thfey wero sworn figures as well.- .A . ,;. Mr. Mangum went on to say that the gentleman from New Hanover had not brought out any facts. ' j Mr. Morton asked about the testi mony of Superintendent Anderson dl the Cbast Line. , Mr. Mangum wanted to know wily the questions had not been asked. t Mr. Morton: "Does the gentleman think thoso questions could be an swered in three days?" Mr. Mangum: VThey might have answered some of tljem." Mr. Mangum bad, not proceeded much further when , his colleague from Caston(Mr. DlUlng) asked him It ever during the campaign a single man had publicly said a word about reduction of passenger rates. i Mr.; Mangum admitted that nothing had been said in public, and 'asked Mr. Dilling If he did not oppose any regulation of railroads. - j - Mr.j Dilling heatedjy declared thai he had ' never said any such thiK, and that, he favored tho substitute of the gentleman from Iredell. The two members ; from Gaston then entertained the house In a more or less violent colloquy until called to order. - , - -i .: Mr Blckett of Franklin was next recognised, and expressed, his regret that he could not support ' the bill of the"commlttee. The substitute co Incided better with his Ideas of jus tice, and he should support it. " The cut proposed In the bill was 33 1-3 per -cent, and unless it could be shown that the. profits exceeded S3 l-Z per cent it iwquld be confisca tion without due process of law, He believed In a reduction; "but the re duction of the substitute was a very substantial' one, and was sufficient.' He believed in doing, things, but he did not believe In overdoing them. , - Tnere had not been a, subject in rears In North Carolina whose im portance had been so much exagger ated. We would not1 all go to heaven n flowery beds of ease on a two-cent -ate. Who would It benefit T ,? Prim Ipally the traveling men7 and other business men and lawyers wno spent much .time on the trains." The bulk if the democratic party was not found in the trains: ' He would venture td lay that theaverage farmer would not benefit, over ten cents a year "bv the two-cent rate. ? ' J . ( Mr. Harris asked it there was any (Coatlnued on Second Page.) . RALEIGH, I Passenger Rate Can Not Go lower Than Two and-Halt THAT OR NO REDUCTION Author of Sejmte Bill Declares That 't Personally He v Is Now Persuaded His Rate Is Too Low -That 2ft , Would Bo Nearer Right Other ' Business In State Senate Today. The chief matter of interest in the senate today and which consumed most of the day's session was the Gra ham railway passenger rate bill. It will be continued as the special order at tomorrow's session, beginning at 11:S0 o'clock. The senate will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow. The speeches of Chairman Graham and Senator McLean of Robeson were particularly able and interesting, as well as the others all of which will, be found outlined in the account of the day's proceedings below. Mr. Klutts introduced a bill to plae? statues of 'Vance and C. TJ. Mclver in the statuary hall at Washington. Mr. Held sent forward a bill to make general election day a legal hol iday. Mr. Mitchell (by request) has again introduced a bill to make It unlawful for tenants to leave the premises of landlords till all .bills are paid and, unlawful for "other landlords to con tract with such tenants. A similar bilj was killed in the senate a few weeks ago. j Senate Proceedings In Detail, Rev. Div M. M.' Marshall, rector of Christ (Episcopal) Church, opened the day's session with prayer after the lieutenant governor had called that body to order at 10:30 o'clock. The journal of Wednesday stood ap- proyc4 on the certification of the ooro- mlttee on the journal. ," ,' ' i Th tknfllnirJommltt6P- reported -bat-ii--numDer "Of Mlla , reTWrmr-W them, Including the bill to par the claim of , Mrs. M. A. Bledsoe of Ral eigh, favorably. To the Dead House. ' H. B. , 15, S. IV 278 was reported un favorably by the committee on the, Ju diciary. This was a bill entitled "An act to allow jurors to be drawn from other counties In certain cases," and was Introduced in the house by Mr. Blckett; also the bill to allow prison ers the benefit of time spent pending appeals to supreme court was reported unfavorably by the Judiciary oommit- H. B. 611,- S. B. B69 Authorizing the town of Dunn to establish a dispen sary was also reported unfavorably by the committed on propositions and grievances. New Bills Introduced. :'By Mr. Pharr: To authorize street and lnterurban railway companies to build and operate water plants. Com mittee on Railroads. Bjf Mr. Kluttz: To honor the mem ory of Z. B. Vance and C. D. Mclver, by placing statutes of them in statuary hall at Washington. By Mr. Relnhardt: For the benefit of certain Confederate soldiers ,and sailors.. Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Howard: To amend chapter TO, acts 1903,, relative to charter of West Tarboro. Counties, Cities and Towns Cojnmlttee. ' By Mr. Kluttz: To charter Naza reth Orphans' Home In Rowan coun ty. Corporation Committee., By Mr. Mitchell .(by request): To make It unlawful for tenants to leave landlord till all debts paid, etc. Com mittee on Agriculture. -By Mr. Balllnger: To amend chap ter 60, acts 1901, relating to road law of Polk county. Calendar Committee. By Mr- iiauney: To appoint Zemrl Kessler a Justice of the peace In Cleveland county. Committee n Jus tice of Peace, i , ,-':!' V--- " By Mr, , Harrington: To increase the number of commlsisoners of Samp son , county. Counties, Cities and Towns Committee. ' i By Mr Buxton: To secure better drainage of Bellow' Creek, Forsyth Sranty, Propositions and Grievances ommtttee, - . By Mr, Buxton: To .secure better drainage of Abbott's Creek and tribu taries In Forsyth and Davidson coun ties. ". Propositions : and ' Grievances Commltter . , . - By Mr. Mason: To amend charter of Belmont,, Gaston county. , Counties, titles and Towns Committee. , . sty Mr. Reld: : To Amend section 2838 ?f ,the revisal and, make general - elec tion day a. holiday. Banking and Com- nerce Committee. ' 1 . . ' i.The thair. laid before tb committee- x communication from; Maj.-; is. J. Hale of, Fayettevllle relating : to lm provementa of the upper Cape Fear river waterways,;;. Committee on Fed- sral Relations. :V i -VTpi;; CalendarBills Passed. : ' H. 'H. S9Ta establish a road com GRAIIM FLINGS OUT CHALLENGE mission for Wake county. Passed j what, he, was tajg about and de third reading and sent to houaer i clared that, the b of .Tennesisee has H. B: 95, R R 710 Amending chap-i found Its prohibltjeglslatlon an un VUUUV1UUCU .VU p. . N.' C.i -THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1907 TRAMP, 5 TRAMP OF Temperance Spcscli Impres tsiveij; Punctuated -V - ' WEBBllis; Speaking Address i&V8tfjlmrt f the'. Bill to ' Rid the' Btstricl ; Columbia bf tlie Llouor Trafilc Vliile a Thou sand Tempera ih'i Advocates Marched .Through tie Capitol. (By the-Assoclatd Press.) Washington, l'eb. 14. Temper ance advocates one tbusnnd strong marched hrottgh thcnalional capt tol in support of tho rill introduced by Representative Wliher of Oliio to rid tho District, o Culnmbla of tiie liquor, traffic. Mu. women and children representing iswirn of total abstinence" orders am! the leading ehurchus of the clistut formed the procession,- which movd through the capitol for more tlu two hours while Rcprocontative Webber and other' prohibition affocates wets Breaking before the ouse commit te on the pistrict of oinmbia In an effort to secure a ftroraule report on ths bill. . ' Only fifty br the letperonce advo cates were a)le to getlnto the small committee room, but. the a'rrhy pi prohibitionists, moved onstantly past the open doots of tb loom and lent support to the argaieiits against the sale of liquor, tcpualedly the crusaders moved abot the rotunda under the griat domeof the capitol, and again and ' againllie loaderg Of the movement i remfked:-: ; "We're moving just, p$ tbeyntoved around the wall3 'of, Jeric'uond .the, barri ers of tho rieuiW rui, will fall," j , "Surrender" jw'he Watchword : oijljjMwn mljmmLM- t bem polntad to theYncat, oil painting In the rotunda r?iesenting the surren der pf Cornwall and Burgoyne and announcing roldently that right and Justice alw.s triumph declared that persevci .i.c will inevitably bring triumph . the temperance army. The white ti Inns of tho Woman't Christian 'IV in trance, Union pre dominated in it long- line of cru sadere. Wonn'i made up three fourths of th any, and practicall all of them v.e the white badge. There were pitiiy dressed womaD of all ages, an women dressed ir the height of shion walked with those' wearing e plain uniform ol tl)e Methodist deaconess. Many mothers carriec children in thei arms and led ilr families. Among the men In t ti . ocesslon clergymen seemed to prevl. The Rev. Carl O. Doney and e Rev. VE. C. Din wlddie of the nt-iSaloon League. were among th prominent leaders In the niovemt. Mrs. Clinton Smith, president' the District Wo men's Chrisilanremperance Union headed a cd.n in composed of promt nent members o he Rechabltes, the Independent Ore of Good Temp lars, the Prohilton Crusaders, the Catholic Total Abstinence Union the Christian Enavorers, and othei reform orgar.iznns. Represeniativ.Webber was in charge of the hlbition speakers before the hoe committee and Robert Cran.- d tha argument against the Ver bill. In his opening speech r. Webber stated that liquor is ponsihle for the condition of so r cent of the per sons In the juil.jrk hofase and In sane hospital othe ; district, and after, reviewing ne Jntome ,-frohi liquor licenses , ained that it ta"lle more than JMmi.) short -every year of maintaining the J-Institutions which he said lir makes: nesessary. In -support ..f i declaration that prohibition ha.: n a failure where ever It was tii. .I.)bert Crane quoted from statement Bishop Henry C. Potter the Pv.itesit BplscopAl bishop of New Tork. T mention of Bishop Potter's name fd forth: derlstive laughter, follow.- hissing from the temperance advms in the committee room.. ?-k. -W:;'..i ('Mr.-Crane saiile south was mis taken hi its mimnt for prohibition and tha the la regulating ' liquor selling In Tenne and - Kentucky have been a failujle stated that the "Mid tigers" of 'nesaee have caus ed an Increase of irder and crime tn that state. This ught an emphatlo denial from Repntatlve ; Sim of Tennessee, a mem of the nous com, mlttee on the ti t Columhla,t who said the speaker t no knowledge of tag yUUI.lltM 1; t- , CRUSADERS 4 ' IT'.iUY RESULT A Illness of Juror Bolton's Wife Ends in Death ADJOURN TILL MONDAY Dr. Evans' Testimony Lays Founda tion for Introduction of Kvclyn Thaw's Testimony as to What She Says Thaw Told Il'r of ' Other Alleged Victims of White. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 14. Following the death of Airs. Joseph B. Bolton, wife of the eleventh juror in t$e Thaw ease, who reached Mrs. Bol ton's bedside today just as she ex pired, a conference was held between Justice Fitzgerald and counsel for defendant and state as to the dispo sition to be made of the casa. This conference ended at a little after 2 o'clock, and announcement was made that oa account of tho death of Mrs. Bolton the trial was adjourned until Monday. The remaining eleven jurors were then released from eon anement. , Thaw Was Depressed. Thaw was much cast down yoster day when he leapied tha,t Juror Tioi l n's wife was sd ill that a Ions; delay t.rwl a dismissal of the present jury '.night follow. Lawyer Peabody. who has been his close personal adviser all during the trial, ' had a hard time .aiming him. Thaw was told that at th; worst there would be only a delay of a few. days, and then after a chat wl:h his wife in the Tombs he re gained his composure and sat down to his evening, meal with a fairly goqd arpetite. Jerome Has Thaw's Will. After court adjourned yesterday the will was turned over to IHstrtct At- I torney Jerome that- he mlfcht 3tudv it 1 r,4- QKfrMKi-.-niilnM ' wWy ooject, to its admission. If he does ob- )ect today's session will be largely de- voted to agreement as to the admls s-Pi.tty of the document; if he dims not. kvelyn Nesbit Thaw will bo call ed to the stand to continue hur tcsil Moiiy. which was interrupted for th ptipose of allowing the experts to tel .if'Thav's mental condition. From tho present indications nis M k t Attorney Jerome will practical U c'rse the case for the defense. Hi K;s allowed three cross-examinations to be passed, those of Evelyn Nesbit il'au, Dr. Charles G. Wagner ami Dr. Pmton D. Evans. Ho will wait until the lt.st minute to cross-examine tnea Aitnesses, and then will add to what he succeeds in getting from them the i.lence of his own experts and oiner v knessea in rebuttal. Just what the ratine of this rebuttal will be it Is now impossible to say. If the defense gl os him leeway, as they have offered Li do. ho will without doubt attemrit to show that the story which Ev.ilyn Nesbit Thaw told and will tell on the stand, is not true in all its details. That he will try to discredit the testi mony of Mrs. Thaw there seems to be no question. Unless the defense lets down- the bars Mr. Jerome will not be able to get this testimony before the Jury, -f A Talk With Witnesses. Mr. Jerome talked last night wfth the witnesses for the defense who have been called to testify as to alleged In sanity in the collateral branches of or the Thaw family. This was done with the object of saving time to the Jury. Mr. Jerome, having no knowl edge of what these witnesses would tell when called to the stand would. ne said, be obliged to interpose all the technical objections possible. For this reason he, with representatives of Thaw's counsel, last night examined these witneses and it was the opinion of both sides that there would be all agreement as to what they might sav on the stand, which would prevent ob- nuu lung O.I gUIIieilLB. i ne testimony or Dr. Evans, con cluded yesterday afternoon, has laid the foundation for the introduction of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony as to what she says Thaw told her regarding other girls whose fate at the hands of Stanford White was similar to hers. The reporMs again current that Mrs. Charles J. Holman, mother of Evelvn Nesbit Thaw will be called as a wit ness for the state. It Is stated that Mrs. Holman has expressed a desire to be called in order that she may deny certain portions of her daughter's tes timony. Mrs. Bolton passed a restless, sleep less night and her condition today was described by the attending physician is -extremely critical. ' He said that she had no better than an even chance to recover. -,- lrti ,: .' The Trial Again Stayed., All twelve of tb.e,;.Thaw .jurors, MISTRIAL however, were on hand . at :tha open-1 Bassett. The decree -..provides that it of court this morning. v J Bassett, who gave tond. tor the posts and When Thaw cam into court he of seemed, to take a special, interest Injn'lty to recover the Costa either (r;; - JnTor No. 11, .looking at him flxadly. his former wife or the co-respondent, ' s (Continued on Third 'Page.) . I the , ' t . -. time a BROTHER'S PLEA .y - i PUT HER IN CELL Miss Dixon Gave Him Church Societv Money w v HE WILL PAY, SHE SAYS But the Sister's Faith in the Man Who Wheedled Her Out of Funds Devoted to Religious Purposes- is Not Shared by Those Who Charge Her With Embezzlement. (By the Associated Press.) Blooinington, Ills., Feb. 14. Miss Helen Dixon is an occupant of a cell in the city jail awaiting trial on the charge of embezzlement. She was a leading church worker, looked up to and respected by all. and intrusted with large sums of money raised for religious purposes. vv anaenugi somewnere in tne coun try is her brother, who by his con tinual pleas for money, first drew from her her savings and later the church funds intrusted to her care. "He will pay them back It tliey will give me time," is the girl's lament. Her faith in him is unshaken, though others have ceased to believe that she ever again will see the money she ad vanced to him. Miss Dixon is accused of embez zling $1,300 belonging to the Gleaners Society of the Second Christian Church of which she had been treasurer for wo years. The money intrusted to her tare had.been raised during four years of labonpus effort on the part of the member of the society. Two veeks ago Miss Dixon was asked to turn over Jhe money, but she amazed the members by saying that she did not have a cent in her possession. She also was out of employment. Shs was coaxed and threatened, but re fused to make any statement as to the disposition of the monev other than that It was cone. After two weeks of. effort It was de- elded as a. last resort to. nines hnr un. 4w---fdirrcat.Wtieii anpsteH' fast night Miss Dixon told of sehdinir thn monev to her brother, who never returned it. Her parents are dead. INDICTED FOR THAW DETAIIS (By tho Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 14. A special from Lebanon, Ky., says: The county grand Jury last night returned Indictments against the Cin cinnati Enquirer, Louisville Hefald. Louisville Times, and Kvenlng Post for printing and circulating in this codify "the offensive and indecent" proceedings of the Thaw trial. DILL IN SENATE (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C. Feb. 14. Opposi tion to the immediate consideration of the conference report on the Immigra tion bill developed in the senate today when Senator Dillingham made an effort to secure a vote on the report. Senators Bacon and Tillman objected to fixing a time for the vote and the latter made a point of order against the passage of the amendment. KILLS RABID DOG THATBITES HIM. (Special to Tho Evening Times.) New Bcrnc. N. C, Feb. 14 Eugene Land, a salesman in a gmoery store here, was attaofced by an apparently rabid dog, and sustained severe in juries. The animal fastened his fangs in the man's hand and was with diffi culty shaken off. The dog attacked another dorr nnd nea.-iv ktiu-t it The i rabid dog was killed by Mr. Land, IMMIGRAT who jumped on it and kicked it toasnore today on the Island,, and the ; death. DECREE OF DIVORCE GRANTED TO BASSETT. Washington, Feb. - , . nut uuucipuio v.- Gould today signed a decree of abso- that the list of recovered bodies will lute , divorce In favor of Charles C. be much ilenetheneil until th i,.,n 1 Bassett against hS wlie. Fannie Rice of, the snlt, shall. 'BiaVb .th. .tnortq- .dkW:iif;.W-;s-V-.a1-r-fe.A ; a ' Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt. f LAST EDITION: ' ' ALLi TIIEa MARKETS, ij . - - V,' ,. " J: ,i: lifirfii ! S ij-'". PEIC3 CA CAPTAIN FIRST TO LEAVE SHIP Passengers Left to.MtA for Themselves , ! CHARGE BY NIERGSELL i In Reply to the Accusation of. This Eighteen Year Old Boy, the Larch mont's Captain Bays He Remained by His Ship ' tTntfJ She Went'; to the Bottom. tr - (By the Associated Press.)' i Providence, R. I., Feb. 14. A new element was injected Into the nor :-' ror attending the loss at the, steamer Larchmont in Block Island, Sound : -l Monday night : through a collision with the schooner Harry. Knowlton when Captain McVey of the steamer ' early today admitted . that his .Ufa boat was one bf the first. If not the, first to leave the sinking ship, j This statement was made . In 'reply : td vt charges by Fred Nlergsell, an,. IS year old lad of Brooklyn, one of t,he ' , survivors, that the passengers were left to shift for themselves; that the . ship's crew crowded the boats with out attempting to provide fori. Ahe ,. pasengers, and that Captain McVey was the first to desert the ship. ' , The statement of young Nlergsell : - created a sensation In view of the fact that ten of the nineteen survlv- . ors were employes on the ship, or In other words that while approximate ly twenty per cent of the vessel's ,' crew were saved, only eight per cent ;. pf the passengers survived. , Explanation of McVey. ' ' Captain McVey explained that , while his boat' may have been the. . first In the water it was because ha " had a good crew, and that he re- v tnained by his ship until aha went - down. He- said that . he " made ' n6 ' moVe-foetlntd''Mr'TjdA untlffce ' had given orders to his men to lower all boats and clear away the raft. While his boat waa in tha water it ;v was fastened to the shlrj- by a rope' in the running gear that had become .;, i caught and this was cut by Boat ' " , swain Andrew Tobeson, who saw ' r that with the ship settling rapidly the boat and Its occupants would be 7 caught in the whirlpool and sucked beneath the surface. The captain' i', boat was on the windward side and ' v he said he called to the passengers' ' to jump Into his boat, which would -hold about 22 people in all; but the electric lights had been extinguished, and in the darkness and, confusion '' no one heeded his summons. Every body was on the leeward side of the . ' ship, and he ordered his men to row around there, he asserts; but the i;' gale balked this plan, and as the boat was driven away from the steamer, his men had to give up ' ' their task and crouch down in the " bottom of the boat out of the way ' of the piercing wind. . ; ' , 7 The Number of Known Lost. At 8 o'clock this morning the - number of known lost In the fright ful calamity stood at 188. At least fft. 157 persons were known to be on the steamer and there is every indi- ' , cation that the number was nearer ' 200. Seventy-one bodies bad been '; recovered up to 8 o'clock. Forty-nine -lie in the morgue in this city await- . ' ' ing identification. The stream of persons that passed through the morgue looking for missing relatives or friends did not cease until after - ? midnight, and at that time thirty- . eight of the dead had been identi fied. Many persons were early on hand to file once more between the long lines of the dead and every train brought more people on the . X mournful quest. ,, , ; The survivors at Block Island are reported to be "as well as could be expected." v '.; The weather has moderated and , this morning was clear and mild. j The sea had gone down, and there was scarcely a breese to ripple the surface of the water. Under these . , conditions there was little expect. tion Of any more bodies coming tired patrols were able to relax from their y)gils,.;--fty. ,- t Passing ships may pick up bodies, and at other hore points along the 1 souna a rew corpses may e east np; 14. Justice ni tho lifi : .... tha,Iarchmoiit , hinwn '' tl la. known 'that manv naaaaniram J' some of the crew norlshed below f - t..Cpiaia' JUike4 'fo Report. - Captain McVey, who Is but 28 years (Continued on Page Five.)
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