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Evening journal., 1900-07-12
-Four Of the Bodies Are Those
Of Women
RECOGNITION is IMPOSSIBLE
In Many Cases Because Of the Burned
and MutiIated Condition
Of The Bodies

New York. July 12.--Twenty- four
bodies wero recovered from the hold OF
the burned steamship saale yesterday.
which makes the total number Of dead
taken frois this ship alone 60 and
the total recovered dead 1863. Most
of the bodies were so badly burned or
mutilated that recognition was impos-
sihle but several were identified by
initials or names on articles taken
from parts of clothing that sometimes
remained All Of them appeared TO be
OF workmen In the holds Of the steam
ship.
The first body was that OF woman.
Il he'd been so badly burned that only
the corset remained OF the clothing.
There was nothing TO aid Identification.
lt is believed that she was employed
In tho stewards department.
Tho second body brought up was
that Of a man. In his pocket was a
lettcr OF which nothing is dccipher-
able but the address OF emil Schmid.
Hohoken saloon keeper. II was near
the stewards cabin.
The third body brought to the deck
was Identified as that Of A. Kleen.
steward. The Identification was made
from the name on the cover OF tohac-
co box found in his pocket The cover
also had the date "Chri-tInas day,
1884,
a memorandum in TN, ,rochefnuofl Of
the fourth body bore the address:
Johann Dledrich Nicolaus Wiese.
born June "a, 1856" and showed that
the owner OF the memorandum was
carpenter on the Saale.
The ffth body was that Of woman.
clothed. 10 is believed she was n
stewardess. There was nothing to in
dicate her name She had been
drowned.
The sixth body was that OF man
believed TO have been employed as a
scrub steward" A ticket made out by
the North German Lloyd company to
q scrub steward. no name being given,
was found in his pocket
A ring on the finger OF the seventh
body bears the name OF CIV. Y. Miller"
a ship carpenter who was lost. The
body answers the description OF Miller
The eighth body had tattoo marks
on the arms and breast. II was that
OF a fireman.
The clothing OF the ninth body
brought up showed that he was a cook
on the Saale
After the ninth body had been
brought up the men at work in the
hold announced that they had counted
is bodies In a heap in the steward 8
room. The door OF this room was
found locked. The fre did not get near
the unfortunate IS, and their lives
might have been saved but for the
breaking Of the glass In the windows.
When the windows we're broken the
room hlled with water, and they we're
drowned like rats in a trap. These
bodies we're in a better state OF preser-
vation than the nine found before them.
The tenth body was that OF man. 1t
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Evening journal., 1900-07-12
REMEY is In COMMAND
In CHINESE WATERS

Washington. July 12-Admiral Re
mey, commander-in-chiefo Of the United
States naval forces on the Asiatic sta
tion, having arrived in Chinese waters.
is in command over the head Of Ad-
miral Kempff. whom he ranks. Il is
believed that his cablegram of yester-
day, relating to the landing of the
Ninth infantry, has lost a date line
for it is not doubted that the troops
were landed at Talsu instead Of Chefoo.
as his message reads. Admiral Re
mey's message, dated Chefoo. July 10.
is as follows:
Arrived yesterday. Two battalions
Ninth infantry and one battalion ma
rines. Col. Meade, landed today to pro-
ceed to Tien Tsin. Allied forces at
Tien Tsin engaged in maintaining their
defenses. Ordered Solace here to take
sick and wounded to Yokohama hospi-
tai. Oregon proceeds soon to dock at
Kure, towed by chartered steamer and
conveyed by Nashville. Just learned
from Admiral Seymour. az Tien Tsin.
that foreigners there are hard pressed -
Admiral Kempif has scored another
credit through the formal statement by
the Chinese government that the bonn
bafdment Of the forts at Tal1u, which
was done over his protest and without
his participation, precipitated the crisis
at Pekin. The Chinese government,
furthermore, repudiates the Boxers.
The document. which was presented
by the Chinese minister, gave great
satisfaction here, as Il showed that.
assuming there was some foundation
for the first reports that the imperial
government had encouraged the Box
ers, and even participated in the at
tacks upon the legations. an effort is
about to be made to retrieve that mis-
take
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
DIR. GRISE WAS SELECTED
n. snelIenburg & Co. Determined ON
Union Pastor for European Trip

n. snelIenburg & Co. Determined ON
Union Pastor for European Trip
The Rev. Charles A. Grise, pastor Of
Union NJ E. Church. has been selected
by n. Snellenburg & Co. TO go to Bu-
rope on the centest trip planned by
that firm in place Of the Rev. w. J..
Birmingham, who declined because of
his recent appointment to ST. Patrick's
Church, in August. Mr.. Grise was
third in the list of competitors.
Owing TO the fact that N. Snellenburg
& Co. have made the special request
that the ministers shall meet in their
Philadelphia store at . o'clock On SAT-
urday morning, the Rev. +. B. Sort
will leave here on the 7.42 train. in
stead OF $50 as he intended. Mr.. Short
was in Georgetown yesterday to say
goodbye 10 his parents.
Mr. Griso has decided 10 take the
trip. and has SO notified Snellonburg
& Co.
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
SLIGHT CLUE TO
TRAIN WRECKERS
Suspicious Characters Seen
Lurking Around Switch
FILING OF THE LOCK A RUSE
Detectives Working for the Reward
offered for the Capture Of
The Bandits
FILING OF THE LOCK A RUSE

Spurred by the reward OF $500 offer
ed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. detectives are securing the
country in hopes of rounding up the
wreckers OF United States express
train No. SAC at Holmes station, be-
tween Chester and Darby. yesterday
morning. Ii is generally agreed that
the work was not done by professional
wreckers because the signal lights,
both before and at the switch, were
cxtinguished, which would give the en-
gineer warning OF danger. 1t is prob
able that professional wreckers would
have fixed the signals to display the
safety lights
The officers believe that the switch
lock was opened with a key, and that
the filing was a ruse.
The lock was found lying on the
ground, where the wreckers had
thrown it beside the switch. The cut
through its bar was not Of sufficient
width, however, to release It from the
hole in the switch bolt. An officer
tried to force it back at the cut. but
could not do so. try as hard as he
would The inference he draws is that
the lock may have been opened by
someone with a key. and then filed as
a ruse 70 divert suspicion. There were
iron filings on the ties beside the
switch.
STRANGERS SEEN LURKING
AROUND.
Several persons in the neighborhood
saw suspicious characters. who may
have had a hand in the wrccking.
Thomas Crane. a section boss, about
$50 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, saw
a couple Of men getting off the north
bound freight Both were sturdy built
fellows. though not Of average height
They wore the clothes OF workingmen
One. about 40 years old. had a short
black mustache. He wore a Fedora
hat. His companion. somewhat
younger wore a straw hat with q
rather high crown. They looked as
though they might have been railroad
ers. They did not remain long around
the station.
Miss Susan Ward and Miss Esther
Carr both saw three men near the
switch about o'clock IN the evening
They are cousins, and live on opposite
sides of the railroad Miss Carr was
the first to see them. AS she passed
along the road she had to go close by
them They we're then sitting on the
ties near the switch. Fearing that they
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
CONTRACT FOR SUGAR MACHINERY
Order Was Received From a Large Plant
in Cuba

Through Davis & Broch, of Havana,
the Pusey and Jones Company has re-
ceived large order for sugar-making
machinery for Cuba. Tho machinery
is for a large sugar-mahng plant on
the island, the machiney of which was
destroyed during the insurrection in
Cuba.
The order is for a counter current
cataract condenser. a niece OF machin-
cry seven feet wide and twenty-eight
feet long, which will be utilized in con-
nection with many vacuum pans. Here
tofore an individual condenser was
used with each pan. The equipment
for the condenser includes a 24-inch
by 54-ineh separator and a lot OF cast
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
TAX COLLECTIONS EXCEED
RECEIPTS FOR LAST YEAR

Collectors of City Taxes Thomas S.
Lewis and Eugene M. Sayers are busy
receiving taxes at the Office In Sixth
street Mr.. Lewis collections amount
to $4,000. or $4,000 more than last
year. Mr.. Sayers has received $4,000
more than last year, or about $4,000
I'm all.
Payments are more prompt this year,
and within the past two or three days
have become brisk because OF the rail-
road pay-days. Rents for July will
soon be received by owners. and these
sums are generally turned over TO the
city for taxes.
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
OF BATH-HOUsE

Residents i'm That Vicinity Say IL is
Not Cleaned often Enough
Persons living in the vicinity OF the
free bath-house are complaining OF the
odor emanating from it. They say
it is not cleaned but once week, and
that they were unable to sleep on Sat
urday night last. when it was cleaned,
because OF the OdOr from it.
Mrs. Weiss, of No 1901 Adams street,
and Mrs. Mccall, OF Sixteenth and Wa
waset avenue. also complain that
the water is unit to drink, and they
have to carry drinking water from a
spring in the park. The people are afraid
n there rs not something done towards
having the bath-hOuse cleaned out
moro frequently there will be an cpl
demic of some sort
Evening journal., 1900-07-12

camp. To provide for proper santa
tion. To provide and enforce proper
quarantine regulations. To provide
for the general welfare and protection
OF life and property, including such
measures as may be necessary to pre-
vent and subdue fires and destruction
Of property by the elements"
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
Whr He Wns Nol Chosen

Members Of the Board Of Education
say that the reason Principal A. y.
Berlin. of the High School, was not
superintendent Of public schools
is because it was desired to retain him
at the High School
Evening journal., 1900-07-12

forward movement is impossible. From
10000 to 10000 troops are wanted, and
there are only 10000 here. The for
eign troops are working well together,
but it is inconvenient that there is no
supreme commander In some quar-
ters the feeling is, Let us rescue Pekin
and then clear out in favor of Russia. ="
The Express this morning publishes
a dispatch from Tien Tsin dated Fri
day last, via Chefoo. saying:
Gen. Ma has defeated the allied
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
small Freight Wreck

Near Newark yesterday afternoon
two freight cars OF the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad,
jumped the tracks. Travel was delay
cd about half an hour.
Evening journal., 1900-07-12

iron pipe, % inches in diameter, and
steel flanges for this large pipe.
Then there win be what is termed a
Vapor pipe, five feet in diameter, and
sixty-eight feet long. This immense
pipe will be Of steel five-sixteenths Of
an inch thick. Completing the equip
ment will be 12-inch and 14-inch cast
iron elbows and 30-inch and S6-inch
MOBILES
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
UNIONS TO HAVE CONVENTION
VIII be Held In Dover on Thursday.
August 23

Union Republicans OF Delaware have
issued a call for a state convention, TO
be held in Dover on August %. 1900. to
choose three candidates for the office of
elector of president and vice-president.
for congressman, for governor, for lieu
tenant-governor, for attorney general.
for insurance commissioner, for state
auditor and for state treasurer. Five
delegates will be sent from this county
who are to be voted for on August %.
Evening journal., 1900-07-12
DENIED THE MOTION
Argument Heard by Judge George
Gray in Car Case

Judge George Gray. in United States
Circuit Court, yesterday heard arHi-
ment in the case of Byron Eldred VS..
the American Palace Car Company, Of
New Jersey and others. on a motion
maze by defendants to dissolve a pre-
liminary injunction restraining the
majority OF the stockholders Of the
American Palace Car Company, OF
Maine. from transferring all property.
patents. etc, to the American Palace
Car Company, Of New Jersey.
After the arguments had been con-
cluded Judge Gray gave a decision de-
nying the motion.
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TO Hold Pentecostai Service

There will be a special pentecOstal
service, conducted by Presiding Elder
@. C. Tindley of the A. NJ. e. Church,
at the Harvesters' Mission. Front and
Jefferson streets at s o'clock tonight.
Evening journal., 1900-07-12

Complaint About Water
Residents throughout the city are
complaining about the bad taste Of
water.
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The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
GEN. CHAFFEE WAS CURT.
Official Report About Incident Figured
Ia by the Two Commanders.
AMERICAN PROTESTED THE LOOTTNG.
German Official Took Umbrage at Chaiiee's
Sharp Letter and DecIlned to Reply, But
the Difficulty Was Afterward Adjusted,
And Relations Are Once More Amicable-'
Buried the Hatchet With Dinner.

Washington Especially The War
Department has received a report from
General Chaffee of the incident that
occurred at Pekin in connection with
his representations to Field Marshal
Won Waldersee. 1t appears that Cen
eral Chaffee did use some pretty Wig
orous language in protesting against
the thieving and looting Of the foreign
troops.
What particularly hurt the feeling
Of Waldersee was a pointed reference
by General Chaffee to the fact chat
the disTaceful and unmilitary prac-
tice of looting was being INDUCED IN
not by the men who did the fighting and
opened the way to Pekin, but by the
late comers, who had borne none Of
the brunt of conflict and hardship.
Waldersee himself did not reach Pc
kin until long after the expeditionary
force had occupied the town.
1t IS recognized here officially that
General Chaffee had provocation for
his deliverance, but regret is felt that
he used this tone in addressing the
Field Marshal. 1t is significantly
pointed out that perhaps it was not
incumbent upon General Chaffee to
make any representations whatever on
this subject to the Field Marshal, as
there is no longer any official tie be-
tween them.
When the United States Government
changed the character Of its military
representation in Pekin from an ex-
peditionary force to a mere legation
guard of course, that guard no longer
came under the control Of the COM
mander-in-chief at Pekin, but was sim
ply part of Minister Conger's official
household.
After the Cabinet meeting it was
stated that the good feeling which
had existed between General Chaffee
and Count Won Waldersee prior to the
astronomical instrument incident had
been restored, and that the two gem
erals had since dined together very
pleasantly.
Berlin (By Cable).-The German
Foreign Office made the following
statement regarding the Waldersee-
Chaffee incident, based upon cable
dispatch just received from Field Mar
shal Won Waldersee:
General Chaffee wrote Field Mar
shall Won Waldersee a letter in a
rough tone. Field Marshal Won Wal
dersee refused to receive it, returning
the same to General Chaffee. The lat
ter then wrote a second letter, apollo
gizlng for his Objectionable express
sions, whereupon Field Marshal Won
Waldersee invited General Chaffee to
breakfast, and the incident was ami
emily closed
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
Used Shears to XIII Himself.

Philadelphia Especially George S.
Wagner, salesman, committed sui
eide by driving a large pair of shears
through his neck, making use of a
hatchet to accomplish the act. In his
death agony Wagner fell down flight
of stairs, his weight tearing away
the railing, About three months ago
Wagner's wife left him, owing to his
Incorporate habits. With her 8-year-
old daughter, she went to her home at
Piuua, Ohio After his wife's de-
parture Wagner took up his residence
in lodging-house and drank to still
greater excess. Letters found among
the effects Of the suicide showed that
he had formerly been employed by the
Union Cash Register Company of
Trenton.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
REBELS ABANDON TOWNS.
No Serious Opposition to American Advance
in Lnzon.-Death Sentences Approved.

III LuLOueHDGaLU StUltUCtS hVpTONtus
Manila (By Cable).-While the cap
lures of supplies and the occupation
of new points are quite numerous
those involving actual fighting are
comparatively few Apparently the in
surgents are falling back at all con-
tested points, sacrificing their possess
sions in most cases and satisfied to
save themselves.
A detachment of the Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry from
the island OF Catanduanes, off the
southeast coast of Luzon, relinquished
an attempt to land near Pandan. On
anchoring the Americans were fired
upon by sixty rifemen, and, after a
short engagement they cut the an
chor chain and sailed for Catanduanes,
with two killed and two wounded. The
names have not yet been received here
Capt. Richard T. Ellis, of the Thirty
third Volunteer Infantry, captured in
the mountains near Barbar a large
quantity Of Krag, Mauser and Reming-
ton ammunition, together with sig
nal outfit, a printing press, and other
equipment. All of this was destroyed
Thirty rifles and several hundred
cartridges were secured at Victoria.
A detachment of the Fourth Infantry
captured Maj. Carton and three officers
OF lower rank in the town of Pasay
Another detachment destroyed Gen.
Uguads camp. The enemy had fed,
but the Americans subsequently round
ed up twenty-five insurgents.
General Macarthur has approved
death sentences passed upon several
additional persons convicted OF muir
der, arson and pillage. In a few other
instances he has commuted death sem
tences to Imprisonment.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
WASHINGTON, D. c. SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1900
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.

The Senate has referred the creden-
tials of w. A. Clark and Martin Magin-
mis-, contesting senators from the State
of Montana, to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
A debate reopening the Clark case
occurred upon the motion OF Senator
Chandler to recommit the resolution
declaring the seat from Montana va
can't
The Oleomargarine Bill, which re-
Gently passed the House, was referred
to the Senate Committee on Agrlcul-
ture without division.
The House adopted a resolution for
a con gressional investigation OF the al
legged hazing of Cadet Booz at West
Point.
The congressional holiday recess
will begin ON Friday, December Il, ana
will continue until Thursday, Jan
uary 3.
The Senate took up the Ship Subsidy
Bill, and Mr. Clay (Ga.) spoke against
It,
The House took up for considerR-
tion the bill for the reduction OF the
war taxes.
Chairman Ray, of the House Judi
,iary Committee, suggests a constitu-
tional amendment authorizing Con-
gress to pass laws regulating marriage
and divorce.
The minority of the House Ways
and Means Committee submitted a re-
port urging a reduction Of seventy mil
lion dollars in the war taxes
Mr.. Charles A. Towne was sworn in
as senator from Minnesota, to succeed
the late Senator Davis.
The remains of Colonel Liscum, who
was killed in China arrived in Wash
ington.
The Senate spent five hours in exc
| cutive session considering the hay
Pauncefote treaty.
The Legislative, Executive and judi
cial Appropriation bill which carries
$24, 1865 3OS was passed by the House
after ss than 10 minutes debate
1hG House passed the Army Reor-
ganization Bill, with amendments to
abolish the canteen and to appoint ad-
ditional surgeons and establish a den
tai and veterinary corps.
The Ways and Means Committee OF
the House decided by a party vote to
report the War Tax Reduction Bill as
presented, to take effect Immediately
on its passage.
The House Committee on Coinage
reported favorably the bill for the
adoption OF the metric system.
A number of amendments were sug-
gested by Senator Frye to the Ship
Subsidy Bill.
The House passed the Grout Oleo-
margarine Bill which raises the tax
on oleomargarine and reduces that on
uncolored butter.
The Deep Waterway Commission re-
ported favorably the project to connect
the Great Lakes with the Atlantic by
canal
The House Naval Committee unani-
mously elected Congressman Foss to
be chairman.
Supervising Architect Taylor recon-
mended that half a million be appro-
priated at the present session of Con-
gress for work on the Baltimore Gus
tomhouse.
Brlgadier General Eagan, the dis
graced commissary general, was restor-
ed to duty, and Immediately retired on
his own application.
Bids were opened by the Secretary
Of the Navy for the construction of 1--WE
new battleships and six new cruisers,
the total cost to be about fifty million
dollars. There we're eight bidders.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
Robbers Escape on Hand Car.

Seville, Ohio Especially Six masked
men seized the Town Marshal here
and, after binding and gagging him.
robbed Highs Bank. They secured
about $1,000, and succeeded in making
their escape. Marshal Weaver, in
passing the bank shortly before mid
night, discovered the burglars at work.
He was quickly seized by four Of the
men and rendered pOwerless. The
bank vault was then blown open by
the burglars. The explosion resulted
in many citizens appearing on the
streets. The burglars, however. with
drawn reyolvers, made a dash for the
Cleveland, Dorain and Wheeling depot
and got away on a handcar. A posse
Is in pursuit.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
LEAP RESULTS IN DEATH,
Joseph Stark MiscalcuIates His Distance and
Kills Himself.


New York (Special) Joseph d.
Stark, 25 years of age, met a tragic
death here in the Twenty-second Regi-
ment Armory. Stark, with a number
of others, was participating in an anna
teur circus, being conducted for the
benefit of the regiment. Stark's act
was to ride a bicycle up an incline 200
feet long and S5 feet high, and then,
dropping the bicycle into a net, jump
into tank of water, 35 feet away.
The tank was filled with a copper in-
set, six feet deep, and in which the
water was three feet deep The tank
proper stood nine feet high.
At the opening night of the circus
the act was performed successfully by
Henry Farrell, Stark's partner A
matinee was given in the afternoon
and q large crowd assembled to wit
ness the various feats. Shortly before
5 o'clock Stark mounted his bicycle
and peddled 1t rapidly up the incline.
Just before reaching the end Of the in
cline, at the proper place he jumped
from the seat and then jumped to-
wards the tank, the bicycle, in the
meantime, falling into the net. In
stead Of falling directly into the cen
ter of the tank Stark struck the fur
ther edge of 1t head-first, and then fell
into the tank, apparently lifeless.
Members of the regiment jumped in
and quickly had Stark out Of the
water, but death had already taken
place. His head had been crushed in