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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-01
LOST HIS BEARINGS.
Captain Rocks Tried to Run Through the
Fog Bank.

London, March 31.-Other accounts
say that Captain Rocks supposed the
fog was merely in banks, as is the usu-
al experience, and decided to run
through it, but as it became continually
denser he lost his bearings. When the
Stella struck there was a terrible SEN
sation, a noise of metal and woodwork
being torn away, the vessel passing
over the jagged rocks at full speed and
her side being ripped open like match
wood. When she slid over the rocks
she turned completely over, carrying
a lot of people with her.
The eight survivors who We're landed
at Cherbourg by the tug Marsouin
were picked off floating furniture vans
by a fishing boat The ladies on board
one of the lifeboats sang hymns all
night long to keep up the spirits of
their companions. Two bodies We're
washed ashore on the island of Alder
ney One passenger says he remarked
to the crew on the high rate of speed
at which the Stella was travelling in
the fog, telling them he did not consider
it safe.
The testimony Of passengers who
have arrived here confirm the early
accounts of the disaster, except that
some deny the boilers exploded.
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ON THE ROCKS.
The Steamer Stella Foundered in Ten
Minutes.


Minutes.
Southampton, March 31.-The passen-
ger steamer Stella. plying between this
port and Channel islands, crashed upon
the dreaded Casquet rocks. near the
Island of Alderney, yesterday afternoon
in dense fog and foundered in 10 min
utes, her boilers exploding with tre-
mendous report as she went down.
The coasting steamer Lynx, which
brought the news of the disaster here.
picked up four boats and 40 persons.
1t is estimated that 120 persons We're
drowned
The second officer of the steamer, who
was among the rescued, says the col
lapsible boat was launched full of peo-
pie, but he thinks she struck on the
rocks owing to the fog.
Another steamer has picked up a boat
containing 40 persons, including 20
women. who escaped from the wrecked
steamer. The Stella had on board 210
passengers, who were going to spend
Easter in Channel islands.
The Stella left Southampton yester-
day on the first excursion of the season
to Channel islands. There were about
1856 passengers on board and the crew
numbered 80 men. The weather was
foggy. AT o'clock Casquet rocks sud-
denly loomed up through the fog bank
afterwards struck amidships. The cap
tain, seeing the steamer was fast sink
ing, ordered the lifeboats launched
Women and children were embarked in
the boats. Then the captain ordered the
men to look after themselves.
A survivor stated that he and 20 9TH
ers put off from the Stella in a small
boat. The sea was calm, but there was
big swirl around the rocks. When
c CT q
from the wreck the boilers of the Stel-
la burst with terrific explosion and the
vessel disappeared stern foremost in
the sea.
The last thing the survivor saw was
the figure of the captain of the Stella
standing calmly on the bridge and Civ
ing his last instructions. The captain
pershed with the vessel. The survivor
referred to said:
The suction was so tremendous we
thought our boat would be engulfed.
saw five boats and a cola psible boat
besides our own leave the wreck. They
contained altogether between so and 100
people. Five of the boats were lost to
view, but we took boat filed with
women in tow and the occupants of our
boat took cars in turn and rowed all
night long until most of us dropped
asleep. thoroughly exhausted We
sighted sail boat at O'Clock in the
morning, but the steamer Lynx from
Weymouth had meanwhile hove in
sight. She took us all on board. She
eventually landed us at Guernsey"
The Great Western railway compa-
ny's steamer Vera, from Southampton.
picked up 40 others of survivors and
landed them at Guernsey.
According to the latest estimate Of
officials of the London g. Southwestern
Railway company, not more than 70
persons We're drowned out of 220 on
board the Stella when she struck on
the rocks. Other reports, however, place
the number of drowned much higher.
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MADE A MISTAKE.
The United States Has Modified Its In
structions to Kautz.

Chicago, March 31.-A special to the
Daily News from Washington says: At
the cabinet meeting to-day time was
given over exclusively to a dicussion
of the future military policy in the
Philippines and to the recent action of
Rear Admiral kautz and the British
authorities in opening fire on the Sa-
moan towns. 1t came out that supple
mental instructions sent yesterday to
Rear Admiral Kautz, which modified or
explained the former instructions, were
sent at the instance of the German am
basSadCr at Washington, who pointed
out to Secretary Hay the necessity of
modifying the instructions in order to
avoid a clash. 1t is now said that if
Admiral Kautz had received the supple
mental instructions the bombardment
would not have occurred. instructions
were sent 70 Admiral KautZ to refrain
from using force in the future if possi-
BILE.
1t is now claimed the presence of the
cruiser Philadelphia at Samoa was
merely for moral effect, with no thought
on the part of the administration of a
clash occurring.
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Incorporated.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

special Dlspatch to the standard.
Helena, March 31.-A company vas
Incorporated here to-day win a capital
of $4,000 to operate the stone quarry at
Columbus from which the capitol build
ing commission decided yesterday to
take the stone for the nay capitol. The
incOrporators are Joseph Soss. the cap
itol contractor; Ben Hager, who owned
the quarry, and H. S. Hepner of Helena.
A certificate of the increase of the
capitol stock of the Western Wagon
and Grain company of Butte from
$4,000 to $40 900 was filed with the secre-
tary of state to-day.
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EASILY HANDLED.
Left to Themselves, the Filipinos Will
Not Prove Troublesome.

Washington, March 31.--Lieutenant
William BraunerSreuther, executive Of
ficer of the Charleston. whose exploit
in making the bloodless capture of the
Ladrones last summer was told by him
self in the associated press dispatches,
writes an interesting letter from Ma
nila to Hon. Augustus Poll >ck of this
city. He is now captain Of the Tort
Of Manila and has under him some 500
native Filipinos whom he finds easy to
control.
Speaking of the native he says: '"rhe
native himself left to his own inten-
tions will never prove troubles ;me.
They will be only too willing to earn a
meager living and get a few dollars.
They are not hard to handle at al.
Heretofore, fighting with Spaniards.
the rebels have been badly organized
and much worse armed Since that time
they have been better drilled, better
armed and better organized, ana they
naturally concluded they could succeed
in exterminating the Americans. They
tried it two weeks ago yesterday a. 8
p. m. Oh, my, what a surprise! Ttou-
sands of them are dead (cremated and
buried) and the hospitals are filled with
their wounded, many of whom willy
never recover.
''They have lost, in and about here,
over 10000 men. Our loss has been less
than 100; to be exact, 6s officers and
men killed and 275 wounded. Our
wounded people have a much better
chance to recover than theirs, for this
reason-the Mauser ball makes a.
cleaner and smaller wound than co cur
Remingtons and Springf1elds.
'On the night of the 4th instant.
when the rebels started firing quite a.
number of American ladies We're at tha
Hotel Orientes. I sent up for them and
placed them on a transport in the bay
My two girls refused to go and stayed
through it all"
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WON'T HAVE THE CHILD.
The San Francisco End of the London
Romance.

San Francisco, March 31.-The dis
patch from London stating that a 81
year-old girl had been abandoned by
her mother in London and that the sis
ter of the mother was the Baroness Won
Buren,, was read with interest here.
Baroness Won Buren, was Daisy New
man of this city. Her younger sister,
Allie, presumed to he the mother of
the little one abandoned in London, was
Mrs. Currie until she became Mrs.
Charles A. Mautalen. The girls We're
born in Mayfeld, this state, and when
luite young they came to San Fran
cisco. Daisy created sensation by
her beauty and conduct and finally
married Baron Won Buren, Hungar-
ian, who took her to Europe. After a.
lively session there Daisy returned to
San Francisco with Count Juerges, an
Austrian She was conspicuous. at the
race track here for some time and
finally disappeared again. Mrs New
man, the mother Of the baroness, lives
in this city, and when shown the dis
patch said the babe was not the Off
spring of Mrs. Cumie, as stated in the
dispatch, but of another daughter.
whose name she declined to disclose.
Mrs. Currie now Mrs. Mautalen, was in
London at the time with her sister,
Daisy, but was not the mother of the
child. Mrs. Newman says the child
was regularly adopted by the nurse.
and in her opinion the nurse is now try
ing to eXtort money from the Baroness
Won Buren. The relatives here will not
take the girl.
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UNITED STATES COURT.
Papers Filed in Two Damage Cases
Against the Northern Pacific.


Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, March 31.-The papers were
filed in the United States court to-day
of two damage suits against the North
ern Pacific that were recently removed
from the state to the federal court One
is E. A. Walden VS.. the Northern Pa
cific. removed from Missoula county,
and the other is Joseph Pope VS.. the
Northern Pacific, from Lewis and
Clarke. Walden seeks damages in the
sum of $4,000 for injuries alleged to
have been sustained in the accident at
Paradise Bluffs, west of MiSsoula, in
November, 1896. when he was working
as a fireman. Pope wants $4,000 for al
legged damages received while riding
from Marysville to Helena in November
of last year, when he claims the cars
suddenly stopped throwing him against
the back of the seat in front of him
and seriously injuring him.
The April term of the United States
court begins here next week. A number
of cases that have been transferred
from Butte will be tried 1t is expected
that the big mining suit between the
B. & M. and the M. o. P. that has been
transferred from Butte will be tried the
latter part of May or early in June be-
fore Judge Howell. who will be called
to Montana to hear some of the First
National cases in Butte, in which Judge
Knowles is disqualified.
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SPEED NOT DIMINISHED.
The Stella Ploughed Thaongh the Fog at
Her Usual Rate.

Southampton. March 31.-Later ac-
counts say the Stella had 140 passengers
on board and that her crew numbered
AZ persons. Another steamer of the
same company. which arrived at the
island of Jersey at about noon to-day.
reports having passed many bodies of
victims of the disaster about the Cas-
quet rocks. A survivor of the disaster
named Bush says the speed of the Stel-
la in the fog was not diminished.
though the fog whistles were sounded.
Bush adds that at $3.50 a. m. the en-
gineer showed him in the engine room
a dial registering a speed of 1872 knots.
He says the vessel struck within %
minutes afterward.
Bush further asserts that two life
boats were sunk with the steamer
which, after resting on the rocks for 10
or 10 minutes, split in two and disap-
peared. 1t is thought possible the Par
tons were the only Americans on
board, as the list of survivors does
not contain the names of any other
Americans as far as known. The second
mate was the only officer of the Stella
who was saved.
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Windsor Hotel Victims.

New York, March 31.-The total dead
of the Windsor hotel fire now number
Al. Of these 30 are unidentified bodies
and portion of bodies at the morgue.
Body No. so was taken to the morgue
to-day. 1t consisted of seven small
bones, entirely denuded of flesh and
much charred. The number of missing
is 43. The funeral of the victims of the
fire will take place on Monday or Tues
day next, at the Church of the Heaven
ly Rest Warren F. Leland is seriously
i'll at the Grenoble. The burning of the
Windsor and the violent death of his
wife and daughter has Frustrated him.
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Relieved of His DUTY.

Washington, March 31.-Lieutenant
Colonel w. l.. Alexander has relieved
Captain George B. Davis of the duties
of acting commissary general of sub
sistence, pending the arrival of Colonel
John F. Weston, who was placed in
charge of the affairs of the subsistence
department at the time of the suspen-
sion of Commissary General Eagan
but has been too i'll to take charge.
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The eight passengers of the Stella,
who were landed here, We're rescued
from a boat that originally contained
IA men. The boat capsized and six
were drowned. The others clung to the
keel for five hours and then managed
to right the boat which was half full
of water"
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It STRUCK ON
THE ROCKS
The Steamer Stella Went Down
in the English Channel.
MANY LIVES WERE LOST
Running at Full Speed in a Dense
.. Fog.
THE FATAL CASQUET ROCKS

Scenes on the Doomed
Vessel-The Boilers Exploded Soon
After the Steamer Struck = Perfect
Order and Discipline Prevatled-Suc-
Engulfed the Boats-A Boat Full of
Women and Children Overturned and
the Occupants Drowned-The Captain
Went Down With His Ship.
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Rates Reduced,

St. Paul. Mimi. March 31.-Commenc-
ing April ID the Great Northern Rail
way company will reduce the amount
charged for berth in their palace
sleeping cars between st. Paul and the
Pacific coast from $3.50, to SO. Rates
to intermediate points will also be re-
duced in like proportion. Tourist
sleeper rates remain unchanged at pres
ent figures.
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A FLING AT GERMANY.
The Berlin Press Is Bitter Against Eng
land.

Berlin, March 31.-The comment on
the Samoan question continues fairly
moderate, though the papers naturally
defend the German officials and throw
all the blame on the Americans and
English. The KolnisChe Zeitung says:
The chief share of the responsibility
ought to be laid al England's door since
she allowed her naval officers to act al
their discretion, thus showing that she
values the friendship of Cousin Jona-
than very highly and always joins with
him when it is a question of ha".ng
fling at Germany"
The Kreuz Zeitung reminds Great
Britain and the United States that
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Jaggers in ,;,iss.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, March Sl.-James JaegeTs, ar
rested in Dillon on the charge OF clun-
terfeiting, has been brought here to the
county Jail pending action by the
United States grand jury.
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PaSSenpers Picked lin.

Cherbourg. March 31.--The tug Mar
souin has arrived here and reports hav-
ing picked up a boat containing eight
passengers of the steamer Stella wreck
ed yesterday on the Casquet rocks in a
fog. All the rescued persons were suf-
fering from injuries.
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His Arms Broken,

Special Dispatch 10 the Standard.
Wallace. Idaho, March 31-A wood
hauler named Bushnell was thrown
from his wagon this evening, breaking
both arms.
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Germany is not Spain and that German
patience has it's limits. 1t adds:
There are conceivable national COM
binations besides the Anglo-German en-.
tente.'
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Six Were Drowned.

London. April 1.-The Cherbourg cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
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LOOK FOR PEACE.
tnSurgent Government Almost Ready II
Aekn0 ledge Our Sovereignty.

1nSu rgent Government Almost Ready u
Acknowledge our Sovereignty.
Washington, May 0. Tho officials OF
tho state and war departments are look.
ing for speedy collapso Of the lnsuf.
rection In the Philippines. Not only IL
this expectation based on private nd.
vices that have come from tho Philip.
pine commission ns 10 tho negotiations
thnt have been going on between that
body aud the insurgents iopios0nt.
ativos, but also on tho successful do.
vol0pment Of MaeArthur's and Law.
tons campaign,
No fur nH tho commissions reports
alo concerned, thoy indicnto that tho
insurgents havo at lust recognized tho
inevitable breakdown Of their struggle,
and IRE simply striving by pr0lOnging
their resistance to secure tho m0at
liberal terms possible IN tho erection 0f
u government IN the Philippines. They
have not In any diplomatic sense A0.
knowledged the sovereignty OF tho
United States, but have recognized tho
physical domination Of our military
forces, mud while they have talked
more or less OF Independence even at
tho last moment, without doubt they
will accept roudily nnv proposition
looking 10 u pr0toctoiAto. Tho piaai.
dents instructions, however, nio elenr
on this point, and the commission
understands Il IN To tnko no action In
tho way Of promises that will deprive
congress OF FREQ hand IN disposinR OF
tho future of tho Philippines,
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SHERIFF ARRESTED,
steps Taken 10 NeM0ve OiiiNiNls Ia sym.
pNthy with NiOters

Wafdnor, May q, --pho first stap
toward removing the e0'iuty G's.oIa!a as
Shoah0ne county, who Mo accused OF
being IN sympathy with tho rioters,
was taken today by the state, naaisted
by United States troops, whom sheriff
james ID, Young Nnd County Oommia.
sioner william Boyle woIn arrested by
order Of Stuie Auditor Sinclair, who
represents Governor stouMonhepg In
Sh0shonA county, sheriff Young and
Commissioner boyle were placed In tho
at0okAdo with the 400 other prisoners,
Proceedings for tho renewal 0f these
officials from office will ba commenced
on tho ground that they aidad and
ah0tted tho riot Inst Saturday, uol0naP
France, by statutory leanlNti0ns, In.
comes acting sheriff,
The trial 0f these accused 0t murder
and tiot will, In Nil probability, he held
Nt WallnOe, tho county sent 0t hhaah0Aa
county, The United Atntna tloopa have
taken charge ot tho office and safe Of
tho Burke Miners union, and when tho
safe IN opened tho federal officials aN,
peot 10 find inepiminAline evidence
against some of thu leaders who Npa
ahsent fpom tho state
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BEEF INQUIRY REPORT
Unable to Find Anything to Con-
denim the Admins
tration.
OFFICERS CRITICISED
For Failing to Perform Their nuty.
Report Approved by President.
Miles Says Nothing.

| Washington. May by direction
of the president, who approves the find.
ings, Acting Secretary Of War Moikle.
john today made public the report aud
findings Of the military court appoint.
od to investigate the charges made by
Major General Miles, commanding the
army, that the beef supplied to tho
army during the war with Spain wns
unfit for use Of the troops, The most
important features Of tho report nro
The findings that the generals com.
plaint that tho refrigerated beef wns
treated with chemicals was not estNb.
lished that his allegations concerning
the canned fresh or canned roast beef
were sustained as to its suitability for
food az used Oh the transports and As Il
long. continued field ration; censure Of
General Miles for "errui" IN failing to
promptly notify tho secretary Of war
when he first formed the opinion that
the food WAS unfit; cenpure Of the com.
missnry general, then General Egnn.
for the too extensive purchase 0f the
canned beef an IN untried ration;
oensure OF Colonel Minus of General
Miles staff; the finding that the pnck.
ers were not at fault, md that the moNt
supplied 10 tho army wns Of tho Same
quality ns that supplied TO the trade
generally, and the recommendation
that no further proceedings viii bo
taken In the premises.
The conclusion OF the enurt adverse
to further proceedings based upon tho
charges Ia ns follows:
III has been developed In tho course
OF the inquiry, ~ leoited In this report,
that In some instances some individuals
failed to perform tho full measure of
duty or TO observe tho pr0piieties which
digniiiod military laws command, but
tho court " of tho opinion that tho
mere statement Of official fnota do.
veloped meets tho end OF disoiplin and
that the interests Of tho service will h0
best subserved II further proceedings be
not taken,
1.-THE court also finds that tho n,Njo,
general commanding the army had no
sufficient Justification for alleging that
tho refrigerated beef was ombalmed or
was unfit 10 issue To troops, II also
finds that he committed An error In
that having belief or knowledge, IN
claimed, Tint tho food WIS unfit, that
u oansad sickness and distress, TINT
some OF II WAS supplied under tho pro,
text Of experiment that othop beef wNs
embNlmed, ha did not Immediately
communicate such knowledge or holiof
to the secretary of war IN the ond THAI
u proper remedy might be promptly MP
Piled"
The court finds that tho allegations
Of tho major general commanding 10
tho effect that tho refrigerated beef sup,
plied to the troops WINS treated with
chemical personalities have not heen
established, Tho court also finds that
No much of tho allegations Of The major
general commanding In respect 10 the
canned ronst haef IN relates 10 its I'M,
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suitability for food, az actually used Oh
tho transports and IN 10 its extensive or
long continued use ON u field ration arc
sustained. In the opinion Of the court
none Of the other allegations In rela.
ton 10 tho canned fresh beef are sus.
tained. The evidence shows that Col.
j. r. Weston, assistant c0mn,issary
general Of subsistence, recommended
the adoption Of the canned roast beef
as component OF tho field ration md
to this extent he ~ responsible.
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Nati,l,',

aoaled bids will ba received nj tho
office Of tho alalkes Fork mud hilvavtip
Ditch company until w n'olopk noon,
June |, lsnn, by lha Mdapsigned f0p
tho renewal ot seven Cd miles nf dipt
twelve (ls) feet wida, FM further in'
fMmation address Tho undersigned
u, u, Womsloy, aaor and Ipens
hridgpr y O., CarhoN County Mont
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OaN,,NNea oN tour,h Page,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-09
GUN SHOP BURGLARIZED.
Robbers Get Away with 5000 Worth of
Goods at John Koch's.

John Koch's gun shop on Market
square was burglarized last night of
$50 razors and six hair clippers. En-
trance was made through the boiler
room at the rear of the store. The
Job has the appearance of having been
committed by some one familiar with
the premises. The value of the sto-
len property is placed at 5000.
Ed Richardson, James Murphy,
Martin Downs and Frank Myers, no.
boes, were sentenced to 10 days each
for vagrancy.
Mrs NJ A. Bledsoe, proprietress of
a boarding house at 1927 Second ave-
nue.. Saturday swore out warrant in
Magistrate Stafford's court against A.
p. Miller. an arsenal employe, whom
she alleges attempted to beat her out
of board bill. Miller was arrested
and a change of venue taken to JUS
tice David Halves, by whom the case
will he tried tomorrow morning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-09

La grippe is again epidemic Every
precaution should be taken to avoid
it. Its specific cure is One Minute
Cough Cure. a. J. Sheperd, pub
Usher of the Agricultural Journal and
Advertiser, Eden, Mo-, says: mo
one will be disappointed in using One
Minute Cough Cure for Ia grippe
Pleasant to take. quick to act For
sale bv T. II. Thomas. A j. Reiss and
NJ. f. Bahnsen. druggists.