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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

T.G. Harrison, agent for Giant Pow
der company.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-17

Salt Lake. Denver, II.
Worth. Omaha. Kan
sas CITY. ~. Louis.
Chicago and East.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
STEAMER ON ROCKS
ExCURsIONIsTs HAD FEARFUL Ex-
PERIENCE.
SEVEN HUNDRED IN DANGER.
WILD EXCITEMENT AS VESSEL
BEGAN SINKING.

Women and Children Were Tram
pied Under Foot i'm Desperate
Scramble for Life Preservers.
Passengers Jumped Overheard
From Lower DeclS-Lnunches and
Passing steamer Saved Lives
of Hundreds of Connecticut Hat
workers.
South Norwalk, Conn, June 29.-Seven
hundred employees of the John w. Green
Hat Factory left Danbury this morning
for an excursion to Glen Island, the
steamer Mohawk being chartered for the
trip. After spending the day on the ISL
and the party boarded the steamer for
the return trip at about o'clock. The
steamer had been under way about ten
minutes when the excursionists We're
startled by tremendous crash, the ship
having struck a rock. A panic then
7G0 passengers on board scrambled for
the life preservers.
In the crush which followed women and
children were knocked down and trampled
upon. One child had an arm broken and
another was picked up seriously injured
about the body
During this excitement the steamer had
been steadily sinking, and ten minutes af-
ter the crash the first deck was sub
merged.
Three launches which were near by
when the accident occurred had by this
time nearly reached the disabled steamer.
They Immediately went to the rescue of
the passengers who jumped overheard
The passengers on the second deck were
by this time in nearly as bad a Oredlca-
ment as their fellow excursionists on the
first deck had been a short time before.
The water was just beginning to wash
over the deck when the excursion steamer
Myndert Stearn arrived from the island
and took on board the remaining passen-
gers.
The accident was caused by the pilot
of the steamer going on the wrong side
of the buoy which marks the course to
be followed by steamers to and from the
island.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
GEN. GOMEZ IN NEW YORK.
Received n Warm Greeting From
Old Friends, But Declined to Talk.

Received "A Warm Greeting From
Old Friends, but Declined to Talk.
New York, June 29.-Gen. Maxine Co
mez arrived in this city this afternoon
with his son, Urban, and Alexander Con
zales, private secretary to Gen. Wood.
number OF Cuban and American
friends of the old soldier had gathered
at the Pennsylvania Twenty third street
ferry, to greet the general, and they
cheered him heartily when he appeared.
He smiled and spoke gratefully to a
number of men and women. He looked
very well.
The party met T. Estrada Palma, for
merry of the Cuban junta, and represen-
tative of the Cuban revolutionary. party,
who took them to the Waldorf Hotel.
Gen. Gomez refused to be interviewed.
He said he had. nothing to say and he re-
cause of his visit to this country. He
said, however that he would have some
thing to say Monday, but would not say
what subject he would discuss.
Urban Gomez, the generals son, said
his fathers visit was one of pleasure.
He intended to see his friends. How
long he would remain in the country the
general did not know, said the son, but
the party will remain some days in the
city He said Gen. Gomez would call on
President Mckinley before leaving the
United States.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
MORE DEAD BODIES FOUND.
HaiIroading and Coal Mining Re-
sumed in Flooded Territory.

Ha1iroading and Coal Mining Re-
sumed in Flooded Territory.
Bluefeld, w. Va. June 29.--The total
number OF dead bodies found to date as
a result of the Pocahontas field flood Is
81. Five other persons are missing. maxi
ing the total list of drowned 90, The work
of relief goes steadily on. Several cars Of
ice have been forwarded into the coal
fields during the past two days to furnish
supply of water for drinking purposes
TO the residents of the flooded district, all
of the streams being polluted with garb-
age and dead animals. The work OF tenn
porary repair is progressing rapidly, sew
eral more of the coal operations having
resumed work to-day. 1t is estimated
that the loading throughout the
coal field to-day will reach close TO half
of its normal output. The railroad COM
pany to-day succeeded In getting through
two of its passenger trains from the west
and expects to run all trains ON schedule
time beginning Tomorrow or Monday
Freight traffic has been resumed to a.
small extent east of Vivian Yard by the
use OF the lightest make OF locomotives
in service, and at speed not exceeding
six miles per hour.
The bodies Of two boys and that of an
old woman were found by the forces maxi
ing repairs and clearing away debris on
the North Fork branch yesterday. The
bodies we're so decomposed that 1t was
impossible to identify them. A force with
an engine in charge of Foreman Jen-
nings. while clearing away drifts at Peer
less operation near Vivian to-day discoy-
cred the headless body OF a woman, with
nothing about her by which she could be
Identified
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
AN EXPRESS TRAIN DETACHED.
Believed to he Deliberate Attempt
at Train Wrecking.

Pittsburg. June 29.-The Southwestern
Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
known as train No. o. was ditched at the
east end siding. two miles east of Green's
burg, Pa, at an early hour this morning.
Only three passengers were hurt and their
injuries were not of a serious nature.
Their names:
Louise Hutton, Brooklyn.
j. ]. HARRISON, Louisville.
H. B. Lloyd, Cincinnati.
The other passengers escaped with q
shaking up and the injured were able to
continue on their way.
1t is thought that the accident was a
deliberate attempt at train wrecking and
a searching investigation will be made.
The switch had been turned and the lock
broken, but the engine, express and COM
bination baggage cars got over safely.
The last truck of the first sleeper jump
ed the track and the four slepers follow
ing were thrown over against the en-
bankment The passengers were trans
ferred to another train and brought 10
this city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
THE TUNNEL CAVED IN.
Passengers on Pennsylvania Train
Have Narrow Escape at baltimore.

Passengers on Pennsylvania Train
Have Narrow Escape at baltimore.
Baltimore. June 2S-The roof of the
Union Railroad tunnel in the eastern Sec
tion of the city, used and controlled by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
caved In shortly before o'clock this
morning. 1t is supposed that defect in
the arch of the tunnel caused the acci-
dent.
A narrow escape from death or serious
injury was experienced by the passengers
and crew of an express train, which was
caught by the falling debris in the tunnel.
The train was the regular northbound
express which leaves the union station at
los O'Clock in the morning, consisting of
three baggage and express cars and three
passenger coaches. AS far as can be
learned the avalanche of earth and
rocks caught the rear express car which
was Immediately in the front of the pass
senger cars. The train was not running
at high rate of speed and the jar was
not severe. The engineer quickly brought
his train to a full stop, and word was
sent from a signal tower to Union Sta
tion.
A yard engine was sent into the tun-
mel and the thinly filled passenger coaches
were drawn back to the union station
without the occupants being aware of the
danger through which they had passed.
Inc houses on each side seem perilously
close to the brink, and should any fur
ther cave-in occur they must be precip-
itated into the cavity below.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
THE STATIONS SELECTED.
Either Charleston or Port Royal
VIII Get Torpedo Boats.

Either Charleston or Port Royal
Will Get Torpedo Boats.
Washington, June 29.-The naval tor
pedo board at a meeting to-day practic-
ally decided on the points TO be recon-
mended as the rendezvous for the torpedo
boat hotilla, namely, Portsmouth Grove,
on Narragansett Bay, seven miles from
Newport, as headquarters for the North
Atlantic group; Charleston or Port Royal
as headquarters for the South Atlantic
group; and Pensacola as headquarters for
the Gulf group. The board also will re-
commend that torpedo repair stations be
placed at Boston, New York and Norfolk
in connection with the navy yards there.
The decision between Charleston and
Port Royal has not been positively made.
but whichever is chosen, the other will
be used to some extent as an auxiliary
station. The plan of the board is to select
intermediate stations as fast as possible,
so that eventually there will be a chain
of torpedo boat defenses along the entire
Atlantic coast and Gulf.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
THE SHEET IRON WORKERS.
Manufacturers Refuse TO Sign the
Scale aud a Strike Ordered

Manufacturers Refuse TO Sign the
Scale and IA strike Ordered.
Pittsburg. June s9.--The Joint Confer
ence COMMITTEES OF the Amalgamated
Association of Iron. Steel and Tin work
ers, and the American Sheet Steel Com
pany and the American Steel Hoop Com
pany, which has been in session here,
was unable to reach an agreement on
the wage scale for the ensuing year and
adjourned finally after a session of less
than @@enty rninIhtas The Amalga-
mated Association officials asked that
the scale be signed for all the union mills,
and the manufacturers presented coun-
ter proposition, not only refusing to sign
for all the union mills, but stfpulating
that two plants that were included last
year be exempt from this scale this year
The conference then broke up and Pres
ident Shaffer at once issued a strike or
der. The strike will involve all the union
sheet mills in the country and about 20,-
600 skilled worlkmen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
SUFFERING IN NEW YORK.
People AnxiOusIy Await Relief From
Hot SpeII-A Number of Deaths
and Many PrOstratiORs.


New York. June 29.-The people of this
and nearby cities and villages are anx-
iously awaiting the arrival of the relief
from the present hot spell, which is prom
ised by the Weather Bureau in the shape
of thunderstorms To-days heat, added
to that of the last few days, caused an
immense amount of suffering to human
ity. while there were numerous prostra-
tions and several deaths. Among the last
was one case of suicide and two attempts,
which were at least indirectly cha. ged up
to the hot wave. The record up to 8
o'clock tonight shows eleven deaths aud
2S prostrations. In addition, 20 hor es
died, and the number prostrated were
legion.
Ninety tt#w'o degrees. the highest point
the government mercury reached during
the day, came at 4 O'Clock in the after
noon, after which the fierce heat gave
way before the receding sun and 81 was
registered at 6 o'clock. At 9 o'clock to-
night it went up to So and the weather
observer thought it would continue to
go higher.
In Brooklyn there We're five deaths and
twelve prostrations.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
THE SKAGWAY FLAG INCIDENT.
State Department Does Not Expect It
to Prove Important.


Washington, June 29.-The state depart
meft has not received any representation
concerning the flag incident at Skagway
where much excitement is said to have
been caused by the hauling down of a
British custom ensign raised at that
affair the officials do not attach serious
Importance to the incident itself, al
though it is recognized that the matter
might assume Importance if the raising
of the flag was an assertion of British
sovereignty over that locality In that
event there is no doubt that the state de-
partmen would take cognizance of the
matter, but as it stands, the flag appears
to be that Of the customs office, for the
convenience of designating where GUS
toms may be paid, and not the British
emblem indicating any claim of severe
ignty.
The mcdus vivendi made ON Oct. %,
1899, between Secretary Hay and the
British charge d'affaires here, established
a provisional line running some distance
north of Skagway, the summit of the
Chilcoot Pass and of the White Pass be-
ing the two main trails in that locality.
Rereference to the official map indicates
that Skagway is clearly within the Amer
lean line, according to this modus viven-
di, also all tidewater of the Lynn canal.
If customs officer is at Skagway he is
there as a means of convenience of To-
eating imports before they reach the wild
region through which the actual provis-
ional line runs. Under such circumstances
it is felt that some tolerance should be
shown on both sides. For the present no
official attention win be given the Incl
dent, as it is not before the department
in anV form
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
SAVANNAH GA SUNDAY JUNE 80 1901.

convention to-day were the following:
by Mr.. Wysor, providing for preamble
to the constitution
MT Waddtl-To provide for a manual
training system for schools.
Mr. Gordon-To reduce homestead ex-
emptions to $1,000
MT Mcllwaine-To abolish life tenure
IN school Offices and provide for a CEN
tral board of management.
Mr.. Ayres-To prevent nepotism in Of
fee.
Mr.. Gordon-To authorize legislature to
diminish the number of jurors in trials
of civil cases.
Mr.. Wysor-That members of conven-
tion are only representatives and the
people the only sovereigns.
Mr.. Lindsay-Indicating what crimes
shall be recognized in the new constitu-
ton and how punished and for working
on public highways persons convicted of
misdemeanors and short-term prisoners
The convention at 1;45 p m. adjourned
until Monday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.
The City National of Buffalo Appears
to BE in Very Bad Shape.


to BE in Very Bad shape.
Washington, June 29.-Contpoller of the
Currency Dawes late tonight appointed
a temporary receiver of the City Ma
tional Bank of Buffalo, N. Y. The fol-
lowing statement was made by Mr..
Dawes tonight:
"A recent examination Of the City Ma
tional Bank of Buffalo, N Y, made by
a special examiner, showed a serious
condition of affairs existing in the bank.
In order that this report might be veri-
fed thoroughly, the Controller on Friday
sent A. d. Lynch of his office. together
with another examiner. to Buffalo to
make a careful re-eXaminat ion of the
condition of the bank. On Saturday Mr..
Lynch telegraphed the Controller that
the former report was sustained in all
particulars, and thereupon the Controller
wired him as follows:
1.-The. condition OF this bank is so Sc
rious that cannot consent to its reopen
ing for business Monday morning unless
sufficient assets to pay the depositors in
full are satisfactorily guaranteed. The
bank is certainly insolvent, and I have
no right under these circumstances to
permit the withdrawal of deposits by de-
lay in action. If the directors think that
their efforts from this time until bank
ing hours Monday morning are insuffi-
cient to provide means to rehablitate
the bank, notify me and / will appoint
a receiver immediately
"In accordance with the tenor of this
dispatch and reports from Buffalo, the
controller has appointed f. j. Vaughan,
national bank examiner, as temporary re-
paiVpT of the hank The failure of the
bank is due to injuddcous loans. 1t is
not thought that the loss to depositors
will be large"
The capital stock OF the bank is $500, 900;
individual deposits 81, ,567, ,694; loans and dis
counts 80 252 375
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
A Great Procession.
FoURNIER AT BERLIN.
His Automobile the First to Arrive
There.

hAhS 'ht AA"A ~ =
Berlin, June 29.-Fourner was the frst
of the automobile racers to arrive here.
He reached Berlin at 11:3S O'clock this
morning and was tremendously cheered
by a big crowd.
Girardot passed the winning post at the
west end, second, arriving at 12:0S p. m.
Brassier was third at 12:16 p. M, and de
Kuyff was fourth at 1928 p. m.
Great crowds had assembled at the trot-
ting course to witness the arrival OF the
competitors in the motor race. The VIC
torious Fournier went around the course
at rapid pace, and as he passed the
winning post, which was decorated with
the French tri-color and German flags, a
military band struck up the 'Marseil-
laise." The crowd broke through the line
of soldiers, excitedly surrounded the vic
tor cheers rent the air and hundreds Of
hands were stretched out toward Four
nier. The latter was then seized upon by
a number OF enthusiasts, who carried him
shoulder high to the judges stand. whence
he was conducted to the prize pavilion by
Count Won Schoenborn- -Wiesethed.
Glrardot the second man, also received
an enthusiastic welcome.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
NO sTRB<E Ar BIRMINGHAM.
Coal Miners and Operators Agree on
Wnge Scale.

Birmingham, Ala, June 29.-The coal
miners and mine operators Of Alabama
after conferences. covering the entire
week. at a late hour tonight agreed Oh
a basis Of settlement of the wage scale
for the ensuing year, beginning July J..
II was agreed 20 renew the old wage scale
with 45 cents per ton as the maximum,
and 70 refer local conditions which have
arisen az certain mines since last July
TO q joint Arbitration Committee. This
agreement is conditional on the approval
of tho miners az a body.
Twelve thousand men are involved.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
WE ARE ON VELVET
GOVERNMENTS FISCAL YEAR
CLOSED YESTERDAY.
AN EXCESS OF s7e,ooo,ooo.
THE WAR REVENUE PANS OUT
HANDSOMELY.

Last Years Surplus Was Only $24,-
600 O,OOO-The Revenue Reduction
Bill which Goes Into Eject Mon
day, May Not Effect as Great n
Reduction as Intended IL Expecta-
tions of Greater Prosperity and
Increased Commerce Are Realized.
Washington, June 29.-The comparative
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures for the fiscal year end
ed to-day will show an excess of re-
ceipts over Disbursements of approx
mately $76OOo.oOo.
This is only about 100000 below the
estimate made by Congress at the be-
ginning of the last session in December,
1900 at which time the secretary esti-
mated the receipts from customs would
be about $245 100000. The final figures
which will be issued next Monday will
probably fall short of this amount by
about $s.0c0,000. The receipts from inter-
nal revenue sources were estimated last
December at $500, 100000. while the final
figures will show over ssO7. .OCo, 600. The re-
ceipts from miscellaneous sources were
eSumated at S54,UOo,OOo. These Will also
show O considerable increase.
The expenditures for the year will be
100000 in excess of the estimate. Dur
ing the fiscal year 1900 the surplus reve-
nues amounted to nearly $24.OOo,0OO. while
the surplus for the present year will
reach s76,OOO.OOO and possibly stin high
er figure.
The Bright Outlook.
In view Of the fact that the revenue re-
duction bill passed at the last session
of Congress will go into operation at the
beginning of the fiscal year. next Mon
day, treasury officials estimate that the
loss from this source will be about S40-
100000. 1t is not expected however. that
the next reduction from this source
will reach that amount, as the officials
look forward to year of even greater
prosperity than the one just closing. IL
this expectation Is realized the officials
believe that the revenues from internal
sources alone will be not greater than
$S0000,000 below the figures of the present
year. 1t is also confidently expected that
the receipts from customs will mate
rally increase during the coming twelve
months SO that, notwithstanding the re-
duction made In the last revenue bill, the
total receipts from all sources may even
reach or exceed those Of the fiscal year
1901
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
ANCHOR LINE STEAMER ASHORE

Efforts TO Save Armenia Prove Fu-
tile and the Attempt Given Up.
st. John, N. b., June 29-The Anchor
Line steamer Armenia. on her way to st.
John, from New York. went ashore in a
fog this morning on Niger Head, about
seven miles from this point, and hopes
of saving the vessel are about aban-
doned.
Word was sent 40 the agents of the
steamer here and tugs were sent to the
Armenia's rescue. They made every ef-
fort to move the steamer, but met total
failure ana the attempt was given Up,
the crew being taken on board of one
Of the tugs and brought TO this city. The
railing tide caused the steamer to ca
reen and she is now lying on her side,
the water rushing into her holds and
with the outlook that at high tide she
would be totally submerged.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
A wRANGLE AT MANILA.
Gen. Davis caiIs Pitts .AcquittaI a
Travesfy Of Justice.

Gen. Davis Cails Pitts .AcauittaI n
Trayesty OF Justice.
Manila. June 2s.-The military court,
composed of volunteer officers. which
June 2s acquitted Harold M. Pitt. man
ager Of Evans Co., government con-
tractors, on charges of improperly pur-
chasing government stores. which verdict
Provost Marshal Davis ordered to be re-
considered, has reiterated its acduittal Of
Pitt. The latter's ignorance Of the law
and the uncertain testimony of Capt.
Barrows were given as reasons for Pitts
non-conviction. The volunteer officers
who composed the court which tried Pitt,
completed their service June 30.
Gen. Davis, who, when he ordered a
reconsideration of the first verdict, con-
sidered that Pitt was convicted on his
own admissions, now characterizes the
verdict as a travesty OF Justice.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
MAY PROSECUTE BANK OFFICERS
over CertiGcation Alleged in Favor
OF Maraunnd a. Company.

over Certincation Alleged in Favor
OF Marauand A. Company.
New York, June 29.-United States Com
missioner Shields said to-day that the evil
dence submitted by certain persons look
ms 10 the prosecution OF officers OF the
Seventh National Bank was not sufficient
20 Justify him IN issuing a warrant The
attorneys for the applicants for the war
rant wefe given until next Monday to
present Additional evidence.
The complaint on which q warrant was
asked. alleged over certihca tion on a
check ftt 10000 drawn on the Seventh
National Bank by Niarquand & Co.. to
the order Ok the National Park Bank.
no Tni<f over Its Business.
IL "a renatAg THAI a proposition has
been nadf TIE mercantile National
Rank. at broadway and Dey streets. Op-
posite the Seventh National, 10 take over
tbe business of the failed bank. Officers
az the two Institutions were IN conference
to-day, but no decision regarding terms
and other details has yet been reached.
n the proposed arrangement f. carried
out. Il "a supposed that nxcd sum viii
he paid the Seventh National Bank In
exchange for itS good Will"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
POOR CLERICAL POLICY.
A Mexican Paper Makes Us Out to
BE Very Bad People.

CITY of Mexico, June 29.-El TEMPO,
clerical organ, publishes a bitter article
regarding the acquisition of Pichilinque
on she coast of Lower California as an
American coaling station, charging that
the Americans will make it basis for
smuggling into Mexico protected by their
warships. and that even If there were
no men-of-war to protect smugglers,
American Ambassador Clayton would pro-
tect the illicit business.
The sMexican Herald says the article IS
insulting to the American ambassador and
is evidence of the anti-American policy
OF the clerical organ. which seeks every
opportunity to stimulate bad feeling
against Americans.