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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-25
SIX NIGHTS,
Commencing Iaay, June q.

Saturday matinee. Prices. fec. 90. zce
90 sss. Rox seats flfs
Telephone Pike s.
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NIGHT OF GREAT PERIL
CREW OF A CAPSIZED SCHOONER
FACES DEATH FOR HOURS.
Life Savers Unable to SuccOr Then.
Until Yesterday, When They We're
Rescued in an Exhausted State.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. S-The
crew of the schooner wrecked off Longport
last night was rescued to-day and landed
on the beach at Ocean City. The luckless
craft was the Henry May, Captain w. o.
Perry, from Portland. Me, with a cargo
of railroad ties. For over twenty-four
hours the captain and his five men faced
death. The story of their dread experience
was told by Captain Perry, after food and
warmth had restored him. The vessel ran
into the violent northeast gale, which ragged
along the coast Friday night, when off Bar
negat. She was headed for Delaware break
water but the storm grew in fury and she
sprang a leak All hands were called to the
pumps, but they were feeble against the
incoming waters. The ship drove crazily
before the storm. A crash sounded above
the roar of the wind and the mariners knew
that the sails had gone. A moment later
the ship swlrled in a tremendous sea and
capsized. This was off Longport. Mean
while she was sighted from shore, but the
task of rescue then was hopeless. 1t was
clear that no boat could brave the sea for
more than few minutes. The Ocean City
life saving crew determined to try and
Peck's Beach crew turned in to help. The
lifeboat was launched and almost imme-
flung her angriy back upon the sands.
Again and again was the attempt made,
only to meet with the same rebuff. Even
tually the futility of the work was recog-
niZed and the would-be rescuers were COM
PEELED to abandon it.
The news of the wreck had spread and
the beach was thronged with persons, help
lessly gazing at the tossing hull. She drift
ed slowly down the coast, her anchor
chains dragging and wave after wave
breaking over her. When she capsized a
thrill of horror went over the onlookers,
but moment later the forms of the sail
ors were seen clinging TO the plunging hull.
Captain Perry tried to give some notion
of what they felt as they watched the fail
ing attempts at rescue. Death loomed be-
fore them, but they prayed it might be
baked, Night fell like pail. With the cold
benumbing their very faculties and exhaus-
tion creeping over them, they clung to the
spars with desperation Thus the night
passed. With the dawn came lull in the
storm and they knew their prayers had
been heard. At the first streak of light, the
weary watchers on shore put out a boat,
safely reached the wreck and carried the
weakened seamen to land. Captain Perry
says this is his last sea, trip He thinks the
hull of the schooner is worth saving. She
was owned by the Berlin Mills Company
of Portland.
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HALIFAX, n. S., Oct. 8. = The British
barkentine ST. Peter, before reported hay
ing been passed at sea and making for Hall
fax in distress, arrived here to-day. She
was partially dismasted in hurricane that
struck her on the night of Sept. s, compelI-
ing her to put about for Halifax in order to
repair the damage. Captain Skaling brings
the startling report that the storm through
which his vessel passed was the cause of
sending to the bottom four-mastcd iron
sailing ship. which must have carried
crew of al least forty-five or fifty men, The
st. Peter and the other vessel had been
sailing within sight of each other all day
on the 8th, but never came within hailing
distance. The name of one could not be dis
tnguished from the deck of the other When
evening closed in the big ship could be
plainly seen from the deck of the st. Peter
Her lights were in sight for some time after
dark. Then the hurricane swept the ocean
and the crew of the st. Peter had all they
could do to keep their vessel afoat She
was thrown on her beam ends and remained
in that position for ten hours, during which
time the crew were lashed to various parts
of the deckwork. The deck load and nearly
all the water casks were carried away. Sew
eral of the men were knocked about and
bruised, but none seriously hurt. When the
ST. Peter righted herself on the 9th nothing
was TO be seen of the four-masted shin
sighted the day before, but shortly after the
barkentine passed the floating wreck of a
ship s. deck and deckhouse, which the crew
identified as belonging to their sailing COM
panion of the previous day.
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SPANS QUEEN MERCIFUL.
Why the Conservative Ministry Was
Forced to Resign.

LONDON, Oct 4.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Standard says: THE Queen
Regent took strong initiative during the
crisis and profoundly surprised General Az
carraga by leaving him no alternative but
resignation. She frankly expressed her dis
approval of the Conservative adminstra-
ton, especially in it's treatment of the An
archist prisoners at Fortress Montjuich
She said she had allowed Senior Canovas TO
remain in office in the hope that he would
modify the rigor of his repressive policy in
Cuba, and that she had repeatedly called
the attention of ministers to administrative
scandals and abuses. Moreover, her Majes-
ty said she waited patiently for two months
after the death of Senior Canovas in the
hope that the new government would cor
rect these evils. On its failure to do so she
took it upon herself to consult General Cam
pos, Senor SlVela and others as to the best
means of pacifying Cuba by an endeavor TO
satisfy the autonomists and thus virtually
to steal a march on American diplomacy.
All the statesmen whom she consulted aD-
pear to have advised a Liberal Cabinet as
the best means of attaining the Queens
wishes. Thereupon her Majesty thanked
General Azcarraga for his splendid services
as minister of war and intimated her inten-
tion to appoint Senor Sagasta as president
of the Council.
The latter in Offering the portfolios ex-
pressed his intention TO give the largest pos
sible measure of Cuban home rule, to re-
verse the Conservative policy in Cuba and
the Philippines, to recall General Weyler if
he did not resign, to prepare for a dlssoIu-
tion of the CorLeS and to select able repre-
senatives to so to Washington and Euro
pean capitals, as we'll as to the colonies Of
Spain, to prove TO America and Europe that
Spain is at last going TO do spontaneously
and sincerely what the United States has
suggested could be accomplished more
quickly and better by mediation or the in
terference which the Spanish people would
certainly not brook and 10 which no Span
ish government could assent.
'Senor Sagasta met with hearty re-
Spouse on the part of all Liberal statesmen
and all the Spanish stocks and securities
have steadily risen on the strength of this
settlement of the crisis
The Daily News edtorially this morning
saws: IF General Woodford has not pre-
sented an ultimatum at Madrid it seems
clear that he has made representations car
rying tolerably similar effects and prac-
tically resulting in the downfall of the Cab
met The change of Ministry seems TO tend
towards an accommodation with Americas
known DESIRES.
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SEVEN PEOPLE POISONED.
Mother Supposed TO Have Put Strych
nine Ia the Breakfast Coffee.

SCHUYLER, Neb.. Oct. s.-During the
forenoon Frank Steinad came hastily in
from Shell Creek precinct, nine miles
northwest, to summon a physician to the
home of Frank Divis, where he said the
whole family had been poisoned. Dr. Sxta
FASTENED out and found four OF the seven
children in the family and their mother
dead, fifth child in dying condition and
O. sixth victim sick. Mr.. Divis and his old
est son went away early in the morning,
leaving before the rest of the family break
tasted When the morning meal was pre-
pared all sat down, and early in the course
of the meal Mrs Divis made
some such remark as. Eat a good
breakfast and well all go together" An
older son was so affected by the remark
that he did not appease his appetite. A
daughter, younger than the son, after
drinking about half cup of coffee, became
sick ana yomited. The rest of the family
continued the morning meal although the
children made very wry faces and said the
coffee did not taste good Strychnine had
been put into the coffee. which soon showed
its effects with the result noted above.
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PRAIRIE FIRE VICTIMS
TWO WOMEN AND FIVE CHILDREN
BURNED IN MANITOBA.
Farm Houses, Crops ard Live Stock
swept Away by the FIames-ViI-
Iage Wiped Out of Existence.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct S.-The
prairie fire which ragged all over the coun-
try yesterday, being famed and driven by
a gale of wind, died out during the night
and this mornings sun dawned on scene
of death and devastation Farm houses, i'm
plements, crops and live stock were every
where destroyed and many farmers lost
their NALL. A most lamentable story comes
from Beausejour, fortv miles east of this
city. where two women AMI five children,
named Moreslxi, were burned to death. Fire
came up to their house, which was in the
woods, from two directions simultaneously
and shut off all means of escape. Only
few charred remains were found this morn
ing There have been MANY narrow es-
capes. Carcasses of horses, cattle and sheep
are lying over the district and number
of families of foreigners are homeless and
utterly destitute.
At Bagot seventy miles west the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad station and seven cars
the Dominion Grain Companys elevator,
with twenty thousand bushels of wheat,
I.awrie's store Higginhotham's Link and
Buckanans stables, cold storage ware
house and Farmer Waldrons farm build
ings and crops were destroyed. The little
town was practically wiped out. At Stony
Mountain fire ran up to the Canadian Pa
cihc Railroad platform, where, by timely
efforts, it's progress was stayed. Much hay
and grain were consumed in this district.
In the Lake Francis district northwest
of the city, there was also extensive de-
struction of crops. A young farmer named
Markham was terribly burned while trying
to save his property. AT Oakland, on the
portage branch of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, several hundred cords of wood
and thousands c. tons of hay were licked
up. Just southwest of this city there is a
large hay marsh and fire was driven over
this consuming everything in it's course.
Nearly every farmer lost his hay and many
also lost their grain and implements. There
We're large bands of horses and cattle pas
turing on the marsh and to-day the charred
carcasses of the animals, dot the, ground
chickens were almost destroyed. The peo-
pie in this city We're anxious for some
hours, as it was feared that the fire would
come into the suburbs, where many valu-
able residences are located. A timely
change of the wind averted this impending
danger.
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rRAcks nF sToRMs.
New MeteorOIOgical Chart for the
Benefit of Lake Mariners.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Bit is the policy OF
Secretary James Wilson to extend the
operations of the Department of Agricul-
ture along All useful lines authorized by law.
Recently after consultation with the chief
Of the Weather Bureau ne decided to make
use of some of the great fund of meteor
ologtcaI information contained in the
Weather Bureau by having monthly
marine meteorological chart issued for the
benefit of the mariners of the great lakes.
He was of the opinion that by study OF the
records of past storms much useful infor-
nation might be collected and published.
showing a month in advance what mariners
might reasonably expect.
The first of this series Of monthly charts
was mailed from the central office OF the
Weather Bureau yesterday. IT gives infor-
nation relative TO the present month OF
October 1t shows the principal tracks pur-
sued by storms in crossing the lake re-
gion The track of greatest frequency is
eastward across the center of Lake SUI
perlor. The storm track next in Importance
Is line drawn from Milwaukee northeast
10 Alpena. The next I'm order of frequency
is a line drawn frcm the southern point OF
Lake Michigan northeast 10 Port Huron,
and the least frequented of the four storm
tracks is represented by a line drawn from
Port Arthur southeast TO PetnSkey. Mich.
In other words. ii during the coming month
storm center in the region OF any one of
these tracks he can very accurately deter
mine what viii be its future course and can
steer accordingly. The chart shows the nor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-04
TWO KILLED, MANY HURT
ACCIDENT ON THE DENVER & RIO
GRANDE NARROW GUAGE ROAD.
Journal on the Rear Trucks of a
Coach Broke and Five Cars Were
DeraiIed-List of Casualties.

PUEBLO, Col, Oct. "a woman killed
outright, man so injured that he died soon
after the accident and other people slightly
injured is the result of a wreck on the
Denver g. Rio Grande narrow guage at
Cotopaxi, seventy-two miles west of Pueb-
10, at 2 o'clock this morning, caused by the
breaking of journal on one of the coaches.
The train was the first section of No. 6,
from over Marshall pass, and was slowing
down to take the siding at Cotopaxi While
running at ten miles an hour journal on
the rear trucks of the first day coach broke.
The car pitched over on it's sde and
dragged with it all the cars behind-another
coach, two sleepers and the company's pay
car. Three tourist coaches, the baggage
car and engine, all ahead of the first coach,
remained on the track. The cars were all
crowded with excursionists bound to the
festival of mountain and plain at Denver
There was little excitement and not much
wreckage, as the train was running very
slowly. The railroad company furnishes
the following list of casualties:
Dead
MRS. F. B. MINTYRE, Silverton, Col.
f. w. sEYLER, of 2G9 Carmony avenue,
Cincinnati. o.; legs crushed; died on the
way to the hospital.
A o. HOWARD, Bonneville, Mo-; head
cut and side bruised.
H. WILLIAMSON, Denver, conductor;
head cut and face scratched.
JAMES O'CONNOR, paymaster, Denver;
hip injured.
MRS. ROBINSON, Delta, head injured.
MRS MARY JOHNSON, Telluride, right
shoulder injured.
FRANK E. ADAMS, Telluride, cut about
head.
MISS ADA cRoMPToN. Delta, slightly
injured
MRS SAUNDERS salida. cut on lip and
left shoulder
MISS LAURA GATES, Denver. cut on
head.
MRS. JAMES KIRK, Montrose. slightly
bruised.
MRS. G. N. COMPTON. Denver, back
slightly injured
]. H. SHAY. Telluride left leg and right
shoulder hurt slightly and cut about head.
LULU CHASE, Denver. bad cut over
right eye.
E. II. POSEY, Denver, right arm broken.
JOHN A1OLING, Telluride, slightly hurt.
c. H. BERNEDESFER, Telluride. right
side of face scratched.
A dozen others received more or less pain
full injuries, but were not seriously hurt.
Mrs. Mcintyre was in the lower berth of
the forward sleeper and was found after
the wreck lylllS uedu Oh the SlOuiiu oPpoSi'e
her berth window. She was badly crushed.
Mr.. Seyler was standing on the platform
between the two coaches when the wreck
occurred He was badly crushed, but was
conscious to the last. OF the injured the
death of Mrs. Robinson. of Delta, only is
feared.
Immediately after the accident a relief
train, with surgeons. was sent out from
Salida, and all were promptly given atten-
ton Wrecking crews were sent out from
Pueblo, and the track was cleared i'll three
hours
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PERFORATED, YET LIVES.
John Ryan May Survive nm Almost
Unparalleled Operation.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, oct. S-An opera
ton which has the appearance Of a sue
cessful one was performed on John Ryan
at The Bridgeport Hospital. IL it is sue
cessful, as said by the local physicians, it
will be without "A parallel in surgical an
nails in this country. A 3S-caliber bullet
had pierced his abdomen and the bullet
besides passing through the bladder in
three places. The ball then passed through
the mesentery in four distinct parts. The
abdominal cavity was opened up and the
intestines. when exposed were found to
have been literally perforated. They
stopped the hemorrhage and left the rest
for nature She has been So far very kind
to the young man, and he may live to tell
OF wounds which nobody believed he could
recover from.
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AN INFECTED STEAMER.
Body of a Yellow Fever Victim Aboard
the John Wilson.

LEWES, Del, Oct. S-The Norwegian
fruit steamer John Wilson. ten days from
Bocas del Torro, Colombia. arrived at
Delaware breakwater quarantine at noon
to-day with her flag at half mast. When
the quarantine physician boarded her he
found the body of Chief Engineer Charles
Petersen, aged thirty-seven years, of Ber-
gen, Norway, who died on the passage Fri
day last of yellow fever. The Wilson is one
of several fruit steamers which are shut
out of our Southern ports on account of
yellow fever and are bringing their cargoes
of fruit to Philadelphia and New York
Wilson left Mobile Sept. II for cargo of
bananas. On the 18th the mate was taken
sick and was landed on the 23d at Bocas
del TOro. The disease was called malaria
but there is no doubt it was yellow fever
On the voyage north Petersen was taken
sick on the 9th and died Oct /.
coffin was taken aboard the steamer
this afternoon and the body placed there
in, together with a quantity of Stacked
lime 1T was then placed in an outer box
and brought ashore and buried in the gov
ernment burying ground by the crew OF
the Wilson The steamer left for Reedy ISL
and at o'clock tonight. She will be thor
oughly fumigated there and the crew placed
in quarantine for some time. The govern
ment quarantine station is located at Reedy
island which is about forty miles south Of
Philadelphia and a spread of the plague is
not apprehended.
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BLIND GIRL FARMER.
She Has Cleared $500 This Season by
Growing Vegetables.

OAK HILL, Tex. Oct. s.-There lives
twenty miles from here 4 blind girl Mary
Ashby, who has from few acres of land
cultivated by herself cleared about $500
each season fe5 several years by the grow
ing and sale of vegetables. She began
with no capital and an unfenced piece of
uncutiyated land. There is now a neat
fence about her domain, a well and pump
in the center. and she has. in addition to
purchasing these, paid tor a plano and a
wagon to take her vegetables to the mar
ket which is twenty miles from her home.
Every morning during the dry season she
waters a certain number Of plants until she
has gone over the entire place when she
begins and goes over il again in the same
way. The active sense OF hearing which
nature has given this blind girl in lieu of
her sight enables her 10 detect insect life
fingers she can distinguish the nature and
size OF the plants and vegetables she raises.
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TRIED TO SAVE EACH OTHER.
Mother and Two Sons Burned to Death
and Father Badly Hurt.

EAST LONG MEADOW, Mass, Oct. a.
Three lives were lost early this morning by
the burning of a dwelling house in the CEN
ter of this place. The home Of George
Brownlee caught fire from chimney Mrs
Brownlee her husband and two sons -
Thomas, aged twenty-one, and James aged
nineteen-eseaped in their night robes but
Mrs Brownee and her son Thomas were a
few minutes later burned III the building
their bodies being buried in the ruins Mrs
Brownlee losing her head. rushed back into
the house thinking her sons had not come
out Thomas rushed after her TO save her
and James after Thomas. The mother and
elder son were overcome, while James got
out bur was burned severely that he
died this afternoon. Mr. Brownlee himself
was badly burned on the hands and feet
The bodies Of the victims We're recovered.
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colonies. No government could hope to in
duce the nation TO accept such interference.
If America, as we firmly believe and hope,
is disposed to be sicerely friendly with US,
let her enforce the rules of international law
and stop the flow of moral and material aid,
without which the insurrection could not
last six months.
I'VE shall reverse completely the policy
of the last two years IN Cuba, beginning,
naturally, with the recall of Weyler. ! in
formed the Queen yesterday that the Lib
eral party would accept the responsibilities
of office most willingly If her Majesty hon
ored the party with her confdence that the
Liberal party had plans for all the pend
ing questions of the day in Spain and GER
tainly would grant to Cuba autonomy along
the lines traced in the programme of the
Cuban autonomists themselves. / said so
in my manifesto in June and have repeated
the same promise during the government
holidays. The Liberal party is prepared to
grant to Cuba all possible self-government'
a broad tariff and every concession compat-
ible with infexible defense Of Spanish rule
and sovereignty in the West Indies. We be-
lieve this will satisfy the majority of the
Cubans and we will act thus spontaneous
ly."
The new prime minister spoke with much
warmth and an unusual flow Of words,
though the statesman generally is reserved.
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BILOXI, Miss, Oct. 3-There were two
deaths to-day, the sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter of Jesse Smith, and the little child of
Policeman Mckinley. Among the new cases
here to-day are Recorder Gleason, City
Clerk s. G.. Swettman; Captain j. o. Rob-
erts, of the steamer Biloxi, and Z. r..
Baldwin, Northern man. The Board of
Health 5 report follows: Yellow fever cases
under treatment, 1879; suspicious cases, S;
other cases, s. total yellow fever cases to
date 290; total yellow fever deaths to date,
9; new cases, %; deaths to-day 2.
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SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct Sioux City has
on gala dress for the carnival of Monda-
wis, king OF the carnival, viii enter the
city at the head of a band of 500 braves
Mayor clelland. Mudle-Kee- -Wis's arri-
val will inanguyate a week OF mirth and
revelry. Tuesday there will be q great in
dustrlal parade day and nioht Wednesday
the wheelmen will own the city. Thursday
IS ladies' day. one of the features of which
Will be a battle Of flowers on one of the
main streets. Friday will be given to secret
societies and Princes Of Iran from the sur
rounding States viii keep the sands of
Sioux City hot. Saturday Is travelling men S
with zigzag parade at night
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situation at Edwards.

EDWARDS. Miss, Oct. 3.-The doctors
report two deaths and fourteen new cases
of yellow fever to-day. OF the latter.
seven are whites as follows:
New Cases7Miss Allie Howie, Lester
Wimberly Guy slocumb, Mrs. Butler. c.
H. Hewes. Mrs. Demarchi and Mrs. Louise
BrichettO.
Deaths-Lilian Redheld and a child of
T. r. Martin.
Total deaths 10 date y: total number of
cases to date, 317; total number under treat
ment 127: total number discharged and
convalescent IFS: number seriously Ill 2
Mayor Redfeld is doing well, as is Father
Prendergast.
There are four eases Of yellow fever at
NittavOuma, as follows: Mrs C. H. Blum
Miss Sarah Blum. Miss Arita Thompson
and G. S. Smith. Miss Thompson's condi-
tion is critical
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sAGAsTA INTERVIEWED.
He Says Spain Cannot Allow Inter-
ference I'm Her Affairs.

NEW YORK, Oct. A dispatch TO the
World from Madrid says: Inc World cor
respondent called to-day on Premier Sagas-
ia. who said in response to queries
You ask me if the Liberal party would
assent TO mediation by the United States
with a view 10 Fastening the pacifcation of
Cuba and inducing the rebels in arms and
exiles to accept autonomy. why should we
need mediation when our intentions-long
and often expressed by the Liberal party
aim at realizing all that America could sug-
gest? No Spanish party. certainly not the
Liberals. could assent 10 foreign interfer-
ence in our domestic affairs or with our