The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-04-02
SWALLOWED BY ANGRY WAVES.
Norwegian Bark Wrecked on the Vir.
ginia Coast-The Captains Wife and
Child and Six Sailors Drowned.


Norwegian Bark Wrecked on the vir.
ginfa COast-The Captains Wife and
Child and Six Sailors Drowned.
NORFOLK, Va, March 2S.-The Nor
wegian bark Dictator, from Pensacola,
Fla, to West HartlepOol, Eng, laden
with pine lumber, with a crew of ff-
teen and the captains young wife and
little boy of years came ashore in a
strong easterly gale Friday morn
ing four miles south of Cape
Henry and two miles north of Vir-
ginia Beach hotel. Full crews from
two life-saving stations were promptly
on hand and began firing lines to the
Inflated bark. The guns could not de-
liver the lines so far, though they were
repeatedly fred. The ship finally sue
ceeded in getting line ashore tied to
a barrel, which the surf carried to the
life-savers. The breeches buoy was
quickly rugged and sent to the vessel, but
unfortunately the barks crew was ig-
norant of its use, and the rescue was
delayed until Capt. Drinkwater, of the
life-saving station, wrote instructions,
put them in a bottle and sent it to the
Dictator by the line connecting the ves-
sci with the shore. The first man
was delivered ashore in eight min
utes and seven others were res
cued before sunset During the en-
tire day the ship rolled and pitched
terribly and made the work of
rescuing the unhappy sailors exceeding
ly difficult. At nightfall there were
CO. ~, ha ho,.
among the number the captain, his
wife and little child. The captain had
urged his wife all during the day to
take the buoy and come ashore,
but she steadily refused, as she
would not leave her husband and
child, and only one could take the
buoy at time. The bark went to
pieces Friday night and the seven that
remained on her have been lost, in
Guiding the wife of the captain. The
captain, just before the ship went to
strapped to his back and reached the
shore alive, but the boy was lost,
making a total loss of eight lives
The Dictator was trying to make
Hampton roads, having been disabled
by hurricanes since the 18th inst All
that could be gathered from the half
dead sailors as to the cause of the
stranding of the vessel was that they
did not know where they were, the
sun not having been seen for four days
and the weather so thick that they
struck the breakers before they could
see the coast. The life-savers worked
all day with great heroism.
MURDERED A MINISTER.
Political Assassins Shoot Down M. Balt-
chief at Sofia.
SOFIA, March 2S. At o'clock Fri.
day evening, while Premier Stambouloff
and NJ. Baltchieff, minister of finance,
who had been walking together, were
about to enter their official resi-
dences, which adjoin each other, a
man suddenly confronted them with
revolver and fired three shots
point blank at NJ. Baltchieff, who fell
dead. A crowd Immediately collected
at the scene of the shooting, but the as
sassin succeeded in making good his
escape owing to the darkness and con-
fusion that prevailed among the peo-
pie. A number of persons who had
witnessed the murder report that the
assassin had three accomplices who. as
assisted him to escape. The
shooting of Minister Baltchieff
has caused the greatest ex-
citement here, and the police are
securing the city for all those connect
ed with the terrible deed. No motive
T., -
the minister of finance, but it is pre-
sumed that the conspirators may have
intended to take the life of Premier
Stambouloff, but that in the darkness
of the evening they mistook NJ. Bait
chief for the man they had marked as
their victim.
"BABY BUNTING" DEAD.
Charles Arbuc'<Ie. the Millionaire Coffee
Dealer. Falls a Victim to Pneumonia.
New YORK, March 2S.-Charles Ar
buckle, the senior member of a well.
known coffee firm of Brooklyn, died at
7oclock Friday night of pneumonia.
He was born in Allegheny City, Pa, So
years ago and began life as grocer.
He established the present business in
1877, the largest of the kind in the coun-
try. He was millionaire. Mr..
Arbuckle gained considerable notoriety
in breach of promise suit in which
Miss Clara Campbell, of Ironton, o.,
recovered verdict of 5000. Letters
of love were produced from which Mr..
Arbuckle received the scbriquet of
''Baby Bunting" for hC was so ad.
dressed in the letters. Miss Camp
bell was called "Bunnie' in these let.
ters. The remains of the dead million.
aire will be taken to Allegheny City,
pa for. cra1n a ton