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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-03-20
seventeen MEN Drowned
Capsizing of Ferryboat at Spiers
Falls, N. Y, Throws Many
Into the Water.
SWIFT CURRENT CARRIES MEN TO DEATH
The Victims Were Mostly italians
Who Were Constructing a Dam in
the Hudson Invertebrates Was
Caused by a Boys Fright-Several
Bodies Recovered.

Glens Falls, N. Y, March 9.-Seven-
teen men are dead as a result of the
capsizing Saturday of the ferryboat
used by workmen at Spier Falls, on
the Hudson river. Over 1000 men are
employed there in the construction of
the power dam of the Hudson River
Power Co. The laborers and many of
the masons are Italians. The men had
been in the habit of crossing a small
bridge over the unfinished portion of
the dam, but the river has been rising,
and the company, fearing the bridge
was unsafe, destroyed it. Below the
work about half mile is ferry. The
boat is a scow-shaped affair, 80
feet long and Is wide, operated
by means of cables. AS many as $50
men have been taken across on it at
one time.
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Quarantfned.

Washington, March 10.-The de-
partment of agriculture has issued an
order quarantining the state of New
Hampshire because of the presence
Of the foot and mouth disease.
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Ala for Starving swedes.

Stockholm, March 14.-The famine
relief committee has received total
subscriptions amounting to about
s25S,00O, of which sum $4,000 was sent
from America.
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Carried Down Stream.

The Hudson, swollen by the freshet,
bore a score or more of struggling
men down the stream. Many caught
hold of the boat, which righted, and
chung there until pulled ashore. The
widest excitement prevailed, but the
current carried many of the men
toward the shore, and they were res
cued. Teams were quickly harnessed
and wagon loads of skilled log drivers
were sent down along the river to
points where the bodies were likely to
land. Dozens of dinner pals, hats and
coats were fished out, but it was nearly
4 o'clock before the first body was
found, in log jam two miles below
the dam. It was recognized as that Of
Fred Forran, an Italian Interpreter.
Shortly afterward the bodies of Mich
ael Kennedy and Cigarette" the boy
who started the panic, were recovered.
Fourteen others are missing. 1t is I'M
likely all the bodies will be recovered.
The river is full of logs, and at the big
boom, five miles down the river, there
are many, thousands of them.
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MANY PEOPLE ARE Killed
Oil Tanks Explode On the Erie Road
at Clean, N. Y, and People
Are Roasted.
FREIGHT WRECK CAUSED The DISASTER
the Blazing Oil EnvelOps Them
Dead Bodies Are Cha1 red Beyond
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Are Injured
Notwithstanding Scenes.

: Clean, n. Y, March 10.-Nearly score
of persons were burned to death in
the railway yards here while watching
lire in string of oil tank cars that
had been wrecked and some of which
were on fire. An immense crowd had
been attracted by the blaze and both
sldes OF the yards were thronged,
when one of the big tanks exploded,
throwing great showers of the burn
ing liquid over the spectators. Avid
panic resulted and those showered
by the oil ran toward the more for
tunate and stampeded them in every
direction. Dozens of persons started
to run with their clothes in flames and
had barely started when rivulets of
burning oil carried the flames to the
tank cars still intact. A third explo-
sion followed, still repeating the hor-
rors of. the others and adding new
victims to those already screaming in
agony.
The trouble was started by spe-
cial freight train on the Erie, which
was made up principally of oil cars.
The train broke in two, and in trying
to get them together the entire train
was wrecked.
Explosion Draws Crowd.
The first explosion served only to
draw crowds of people to the scene of
the wreck, and no serious damage be-
yond the loss of the cars had resulted
up to that time. The second explosion
did not take place until some time
later, when the crowds had assem-
bled. 1t was while they were lined
up along the tracks that the second
explosion followed. The flames COM
municated quickly with the other tank
cars and third explosion added to
the fatalities. Sheets of fame shot
out in all directions. Scores of persons
were caught within the zone of the fire
and enveloped in flames.
An Awful Sight.
Men and boys ran screaming down
the tracks, with their clothing a mass
of flames. Others fell where they
stood, overcome by the awful heat
Flames shot outwards and upwards for
a great distance. Several persons who
started to run away dropped on the
railway tracks and never moved again.
Others who had been standing close to
the tracks were hurled through the air
for hundreds of feet. Half a dozen
bows ran down the tracks with their
clothing on fire. Their screams could
be heard quarter of a mile away. They
ran some distance down the track and
then threw themselves to the ground,
groveling in the bitches in their fran
tic efforts to eXtinguish the flames.
Then they lay still, some of them I'M
conscious, others dead.
Death List Lower.
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RIVERS ON THE RAMPAGE.
Mississippi Will Probably Break All
R ecords Before the Present
Flood Recedes.
ALL LEVEES ARE BEING STRENGTHENED.
Whole Town in Missouri in Danger
of DestructiOn-The Farmers Lose
Heavily-ThOusand of Acres OF
Wheat Ruined-Wild Animals Are
Driven from Their Retreat.

New Orleans, March LIT is gen.
orally admitted by the government,
state and city authorities that the
Mississippi river in all probability will
break all records before the present
flood begins to recede. All the levee
lines are being inspected thoroughly
and large forces of men are at work
day and night to strengthen weak
places and guard the banks by night
and day
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Death List Lower.

Olean, N. Y, March 11.-Fourteen
charred and half-consumed bodies, ~
ing in the undertaking establishments
or in their late homes, IA people lying
in the hospitals, and dozen or so more
not SO seriously injured at their homes,
are the result of the accident on the
Erie railroad.
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the boat, the Italian boy who had fall
len over the previous day became
frightened and seized one of the tackle
ropes running from the overhead
cable to the stern. Some of the men
started toward him, and instantly the
boat careened and filled, every one be-
ing thrown into the water.
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sharDn welcome left "

utes after converting yesterday the
senate went into executive session
and Senator Morgan further dis
cussed the Panama canal treaty.
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Story of the Disaster.
Friday when the men were being fer
ried across an Italian boy known as
Cigarette" fell overheard, but was
rescued. Saturday morning, while
20 or 80 men were aboard
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At n Stand.

Princeton, Ind, March 1.-THE
vast sea of water west and north of
this city is at stand, but the fall
will be so slow that hundreds of
acres of wheat will be almost total
loss. Unless there should be further
rains the Wabash, White and Patoka
rivers will not rise further.
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Ont of Its Banks.
Wheat Ruined.

Paducah, KY, March 1.-THE
gauge is 45.7 and rising. The rise is
backing water up into the sanitary
sewerage and in few days it will
be useless. Many thousands of acres
of wheat are reported ruined from
the flood in this section
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

vealed the grounds of his faith. They
are not substantial. He says the first
Shamrock is much faster now than
when she raced for the cup against
Columbia four years ago, and therefore
he believes she would now be able to
beat the old defender The new Sham
rock is clearly better than the old, and
as the Reliance has not beaten the Co
lumbia by the decisive margin that
was expected of her he consequently
thinks the new Shamrock has a fair
show of beating the Reliance.
The COIumbia's Record.
But that reasoning takes no account
of the improvement of Columbia. The
Columbia has by no means remained
stationary. She is now tried boat
and unquestionably minutes faster
than she was in 1899. No doubt the
old Shamrock is improved but, as the
Columbia showed herself the better
boat in the beginning, it is reasonable
to conclude that she has improved in
graeter ratio, and that the difference
between her and Shamrock is wider
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09
CURES WEAK KIDNEYS.

Gentlemen was troubled a great
deal with kidney trouble, and my bust
ness compelling me to be on my feet all
day only made the pains worse in my
kidneys. l was advised to try a bottle
of Warmers Safe Cure. Well, 1 did
and the result is that / am a new man
now. 1 can walk home from work
something had not been able to do for
over year. can honestly recon-
mend Safe Cure. MICHAEL F.
SHANAHAN, 146 Bradford St, Albany
N. Y.
"Safe Cure" is a most valuable and
effective tonic. 1t repairs the tissues,
soothes Inflammation and irritation,
awakens the torpid liver, aids digestion,
stimulates the enfeebled organs and
heals at the same time.
Safe Cure is purely vegetable and
contains no harmful drugs. 1t is free
from sediment and is pleasant to take,
You can buy safe Cure" at any drug
store or direct. soc and 81 bottle.
Beware of so-called kidney cures which
are full of sediment and of bad odor-they
are positively harmful and do not cure.
WARMERS SAFE PILLS move the
bowels gently and aid a speedy cure.
Write Warmers Safe Cure Co., Ro-
chester, N Y, for free medical book.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

there be IN this supposition, as at pres
ent rugged, the base of the challenger's
triangle is much shorter than that
of the defender. The boom of the Re-
lance is about 115 feet long, while
that of the new Shamrock is not more
than los feet.
Little Betting So Far.
Thus far there has been little betting
on the result of the match. Frederick
Brooks, who is the most active broker
in placing bets in Wall street, is out
of town, and in his absence no one was
willing to be quoted on the subject.
However, some bets have already been
placed at odds of to on the defender
The offerings on the challenger have
not yet been very free, and should
show up better in the future, the odds
will probably be changed. Word comes
from Newport that considerable dispo-
sition is shown, especially among yacht
shippers, to bet on the challenger, Odds,
of course, being demanded. 1t is a
fact, nevertheless, that the amount Of
money wagered is much less than was
formerly forthcoming at the same
time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

of the Constitution; her running ex-
penses reached from $65, 900 to $70,00O
while the Columbia has cost J. Pier
pont Morgan $4,000 or possibly $55, 900.
These figures will, therefore, show that
the defense of the cup this year will
approach the very respectable amount
of $575 900 or 100000.
The building and rigging of the Re
lance cost a fortune. The yachts
construction required the best Of
workmen, while all the standing and
running rigging was expressly made,
and her canv ass occupied the attention
Of a large body of sailmakers for
months. The Reliance has possibly 100
different sails, and $4,000 or so will
represent the cost of a suit.
The tenders Park Cley and Satellite
are said to have been purchased by f.
D. Morgan and August Belmont, re-
spectively, but they are valuable as
sets, and need not be seriously con-
sidered in this financial summary. The
tender Sunbeam is chartered, and there
can be no return from her, but Sir
Thomas tender cruiser will be valua-
BILE after the match.
With a crew of about fifty-five on
the Reliance and a crew on the tender
Sunbeam there are many men to be
looked after daily. The yachts sail
ors are paid big wages $35 a month or
more. And there is a scale Of prize
money arranged by Mr.. Iselin so lib
eral that a Reliance man, if he is saw
ing, will end the season with tidy
amount to his credit.
Racing crews cost prodigiously to
feed as they are men in the best of
health, while their work naturally
gives them excellent appetites There
are quite as many stewards and cooks
on the Sunbeam looking after the well
fare of Mr.. Iselin and his associates
and the officers and crew of the Reli-
ance and their own ship as are found
in a good-sized hotel.
All changes in the yachts fitting, all
alterations or repairs to rigging and
spars, are paid for extra, while the
docking bills are very large
The S450.000 or more that the Reli-
ance will cost must not be included
in any way with the New York Yacht
Clubs expenditures in arranging foi
the races. The nine men who owl
the defender will bear the burden Of
that vessels expenses. but the syndi-
| cate does not meet the personal bills
| of Mr.. Iselin, the managing owner
1t may cost the club $4,000 or more
| to see that the match is properly sail
| ed and the challenging vessel receives
all that is due her
1t is said that when George L. Wat.
son was approached by the syndicate
that built the Thistle about designing
a cup challenger he not only consent
| ed but insisted on designing the boat
experimenting her construction, ant
seeing her through her trials and the
| cup races, all for nothing-all for tht
pure love of the pastime so dear tC
| him.
And 1t may interest those who have
been specializing upon the amounts
which the defense of the cup entails
on American yachtsmen, and possible
upon the burden which Sir Thomas
Upton is carrying that the Thistle
was produced complete for about $45,
! 600.
Since the Thistles days many things
| in yachting have changed, but none
| of the changes have been more mark
| ed than that of the cost of producing
racing yacht suitable for challeng
ing or defending the Americas cup.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

suited the visitor as if they had been
made to order, and yet the Irish boat
could not win. In the last race, on
which so much stress has been laid,
the sea was smooth, the wind light
and even more fluky than in the first
race. The Shamrock in the run before
the wind about held her own and
rounded the outer mark ahead, but as
soon as they came on the wind the
Columbia asserted her remarkable SUI
periority. Within half an hour she had
the Shamrock fully 10 minutes dead to
leeward.
Challenger Puzzles Experts.
One fact that has puzzled experts,
particularly designers, is why Sham
rock III has not been given larger
sail plan. The boat could certainly
carry it with ease. She has been tried
in some pretty stiff breezes off the
Hook, and not once has she shown
any suggestion of tenderness. While
her rig is conspicuously more lofty than
that of the old Shamrock, it is not
as long on the foot. Her boom is
noticeably shorter than the boom of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

The planning and building of cup
challenger or defender involves much
time and labor and necessarily the
outlay of large sums of money. The
designer and his corps of assistants
are the first that must be met. Mr.
Fife, for the challenging parties, and
Capt. Nat Herreshoff, for the defend
ers. for instance, are men who place
high value upon their services, and as
the owners of the yachts are liberal to
a marked degree, opening negotiations
with a view to the building of cup
Yacht means a fee that in some other
professions would be looked upon as
staggering in it's proportions.
With the designer at work, the build
ers in time are consulted, and with
arrangements satisfactory in this wise'
materials must be considered, then the
rjggers kept in mind, as well as the
sailnakers, while, finally, the shippers
and crew are secured. Money Is re-
ouired by all these and much OF IL
Fyven after a vessel is completed and
rlocad in commission altera tons and
renairs are required frequently at
times. while docking the craft Tor
cleaning and smoothing purposes
means large additional sums.
The rather startling statement was
made by Sir Thomas Upton four years
ago that the mere cost OF the ShaIIlro oSl
was between $780, 200 and x5OO,OOO'
while the expense OF bringing the yes
sci across the ocean and that of her
officers and crew was extra.
II is easy to believe that the sham
rock III. cost quite as much to build
as the Shamrock l.. and il Is quite sure
the bringing over of three crews those
~ the shnmrocks. and Of the tender
cruiser, must stand him bigger
amount than the sigle crew OF four
years ago. and the additood assist
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

side the time limit the old boat has
shown ability to keep uniformly close
on her heels. 1t is a liberal allowance
TO say that under such conditions the
new is five minutes faster than the
old challenger. If, therefore, the Co
lumbia has not refrigerated, and Sir
Thomas himself would hardly care to
assert that. she must be still 1921 bet
ter than the new challenger
The advocates of the visitor say
that Shamrock II. came very near
beating her in at least one race. The
answer is that Columbia never had an
opportunity to show how much faster
she really was than Shamrock II. The
only race in which a fairly good and
steady breeze prevailed was the second,
and in that Columbia won decisvely.
In the other two races the conditions
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09
TRIALS ARE ENDED
l,,,TIENGER FOR AMERICAS CUP
WILL GO IN DRY DOCK.
SIR THOMAS is SATISFIED,
WHILE MEMBERS OF NEW YORK
YACHT CLUB ARE CONFIDENT.

-. rneaSiness Has Been Caused by
warnings of Experts That ChaI-
Ieneer Is n Dangerous Craft-SO
confident Are Americans of Sue
cess That Interest Lags in APP
nroaching Contest - Very Little
netting on Result So Far-Odds
oNered Are z to 10 on Defender.
The final trial of the challenger of
the Americas cup, Shamrock III. was
concluded yesterday, and there will be
no more racing of the Shamrocks until
,ba challenger meets the Reliance for
The possession of the cup in the Sc
ries commencing Aug. 20. Tomorrow
the challenger will be towed from her
anchorage in Sandy Hook bay to the
Erie basin, there to remain in dry
dock, and groom for the big match.
From now until the day Of the
commencement of the real series that
will decide the ownership of the Amer
teas cup the merits of the two boats
will be the sole subject of discussion
Despite the warnings sounded by
Watching experts there appears to be
no anxiety on the part of members of
the New York Yatch Club as to the
outcome of the race. The yearly sue
cesses Of the American defender has
inspired a confidence that cannot be
shaken, but never have the chances
for the removal of the coveted cup
been so much in favor of sportsmen
from the tight little isle"
Talk Among Yachtsmen.
Among yachtsmen there is a well-de-
fined impression that Shamrock III is
not the equal of Columbia. Sir Thorn
as Upton has expressed himself in a
manner indicating that he thinks other
wise, but at the same time he has re-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

"A scorpion hunt in the Nile delta
is thus graphically described by re-
cent traveller, r. Talbot Kelly: AS
we were sitting on our doorsteps in
the cool of the evening we saw queer
looking dark spots moving up the
walls of the houses. Presently man
appeared with a lantern on his head
and a rapier like weapon in his hand,
and fell to attacking the spots. Com
ing nearer, we saw that the spots were
scorpions. The man neatly spitted
them. one by one, each new one show
ing its predecessor up the blade, until
the weapon was full 10 the hilt. Then
the man drew the rapier through his
fingers. wiping on the dead scorpions
into a bag, which he subsequently
emptied into the canal"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

Shamrock I, apparently by four to five
feet. The foot or her staysail is also
much higher above the deck than it
could be conveniently carried.
Due regard must, of course, be paid
to the balance of fore-and-aft sail, but
that balance being preserved, larger
mainsail should make her go better
to windward, besides affording more
driving power off the wind. But in
the calculation of the sailing length,
under the rules of the New York Yacht
Club, the base of the sail triangle is
an important factor, and it may be
Mr.. Fife has figured that by material
ly shortening this he can gain con-
siderable time allowance. Whatever
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

now than when they first met.
Inc Columbia sailed three racas
against the old Shamrock. The
nrst she won by 1O:0S. the sec
ond did not count in figures because
the challenger lost her topmast: the
tnlrd the Columbia won by 6:S4. The
T - ~ therefore, had a margin of
1872 which gives an average of sol.
III drifting match the new challen-
ger II is claimed will beat the
Ola many minutes, but in such
breeze as will enable the
yachts to cover the 30-knot course in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09
FORTUNES REPRESENTED IN
CUP CHALLENGER AND DEFENDER

ance he obtained in this country
With the amount that it costs the de-
Tending side, however, the interest is
more widespread. BY this time the
yachts are called to sail the first race
for the cup the Reliance, selected 10
defend it, will have cost, one way or
another, $435, 900 or more.
In addition to this sum, there must be
considered the placingin commission
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Cut prices in water coolers, ice cream
freezers, ice chests, watering pots, ny
fans, hammocks, mocking bird cages,
flower pots. jardineres, fruit Jars, rub
Der rings, show cases. We give tickets
for the automobile. Savannah Crock
cry and Hardware Company, a0s
Brogghton, west.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

II thought I'd run over in my au-
tomobile," he said as she came grace
fully down the stairs to greet him.
cover what?" she asked in the sweet
rich tones that made one think OF
purling streams when she spoke.-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09
WEAK KIDNEYS

Pain IN small of back, painful pass
ing of urine, Inflammation of the blad-
der, torpid liver, cloudy urine, pains in
the back of the head and neck, rheu-
matte pains and swellings all over the
body, eczema and jaundice show that
YOur kidneys are diseased.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

The failure of Chesbro and Tannehill
to make good in the American League
this year is causing Manager Griffith no
little worry Manager Barney Drey-
fuss of Pittsburg predicted that neither
pitcher would come up to expectations.