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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
SORROW IN CoPBNHAGEN
Office Of Ships Company Nhronge.
With Anxious Inquirers.


Copenhagen, July 1.-THE news of
Norge, OFF the west coast Of Scotland.
in which over 700 persons are reported
to have lost their lives, created In.
describable excitement here.
The first message reached here. at q
O'Clock this morning; Crowds soon
relatives of those on board frantically
seeking For information. The Offices
however, do not open until 8 o'clock.
a feeling Of general gloom ana nnourn-
ing Is beginning to prevade Copen.
hagen !a ,,o.a.a -, a,,-. =, =. :, -.
gers on board and only nine on her
second cabin list. These included
three Americans! Elizabeth and Anna
Buckley and Hilma Fleischman.
There were on board 694 steerage pas.j
sengers: of these 70 were Danes. So
286 Russians.
The Norge carried a crew OF Il, She.
was the Oldest Danish transa4 lantioi
steamer running.
Very few Of the steepage passen-
gers had previously been to America.
was not overorowded and that the
boats and other life-saving apparatus
were all In a satisfactory condition
when che steamer sailed.
The flags are half-nasted on all
the ships and buildings here. One-
half the passengers of the Norge were
furnished with prepaid tickets by rel
atives in America The names Of these
relatives have been cabled by the
company to New York.
The Norge belonged TO the Scam
dinavian-American line. It was built
In 1881 at Glasgow. It was 344 feet
long, 40 feet beam and 80 feet deep,
with $3.50 tonnage. Her capacity was
80 f1rst-class passengers, 100 second
and 600 steerage.
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FOURTH'S LIST OF
CASUALTIES BEGUN
Two Dead and Score Injured by
Explosives, Buiy Jets and cele-
brati4ns.

Chicago, July 4.-In spite of the law
and the police, Chicago echoed all day
yesterday and most Of the night with
the roar of premature Fourth Of July
celebrations. The downtown streets
resounded all day with the booming
of torpedoes. Along the principal
residence streets the celebrators were
were injured, four Of them seriously,
and i've arrests were made.
Panic in Fireworks Store.
Worcester, Mass, July 4.-Acci-
dentally stepping on a large toy tor
pedo, Albert Childs, a clerk of the
Nelson &c and 10c store, started g fire
Saturday night which caused the ex-
plosion Of $500 worth of fireworks
and cut off forty customers and clerks
who were in the store from the only
exit Women and children were In
jured and suffooated by smoke and
were rescued from the cellar, where
they had tled to avoid the flames.
Four Victims of Cannon.
Bloomington, I'LL, July 4.-By the
premature explosion Of g. cannon at
Colfax early today, Leo Chapman,
Ralph Hester of that place were dam
gerously and perhaps in one or two
cases fatally injured. While using a
broornstick for a ramrod, pounding it
in with a baseball bat, the powder
exploded, blowing pieces Of the ram
rod into the bodies Of the four vic
Tins.
Killed by Stray Bullet.
Louisville, KY. July Ar. Lee
Suter, member Of the board Of pub
lie safety, an attorney and for sew
eral years an important figure in
democratic politics, was shot and
killed today by Sanford Vaughn, Jr.
the SON of wealthy CONTRACTORS
Vaughn, who admits that he fired the
shot, says he was celebrating the
Fourth.
Boy Killed by Pinwheel.
Pfttsburg, July 4.-Hugh McGree.
vey, a 12-year-old boy Of Port Perry
Pa, Is dead from burns inflicted by
an exploding ''pinwheel."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
MUD QUIETs CoMBATANTs
Russians Say Japs Retired, Thus Pre-.
venting Decisive Battle.

Ldao-yang, Sunday, July s.-(De-
layed in Transmission.)- seeing the
impossib1lity of bringing about de-
cisive battle In consequence Of the re-
tirement Of the Japanese and the
heavy rains, General Kuropatkin, &C
companied by the military attaches.
Is returning to Hai-oheng.
Both complaints are apparently in
active. The Japanese have retired to
the sandy part Of the country to
await better weather. The Russians
have reoccupied their old positions,
thirty miles east Of Liao-yang. The
two armies are now bivouacked on
either side Of Daain pass, which can
not be said to be an effective occupa-
ton for either army, as the deep mud
renders impossible the movement OF
transport wagons and guns. No bat
tie of any consequence has been
fought there since the Russians re-
tired from Dalin pass before the jap
anese advance.
The Russian troops are displaying
splendid spirit in spite Of terrible
hardships. There is not a dry spo1
for them to camp on, and the troop:
often are obliged to pass twelve hour!
in the rain before they can prepare
fires with which to warm themselves
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EXCITEMENT IN NElW YORK
Coincidence in Loss Of the Norge and
That OF La BourgOgne.

New York, July 4.-The offices of
the Observation-Disclosures Steam
ship line here were besieged today by
scores Of excited people, nearly all
Russian Jews, who were seeking news
about the sinking Of the steamer
Norge. There was no information to
be had there, however, as the office
was closed for the day. and the news
papers were eagerly watched for any
additional details Of the disaster.
A strange coincidence in conneo-
ton with the Norge disaster is found
in the fact that news thereof Is made
public on the anniversary OF the
tragedy Of the French line steamship
"a Bourgogne, sunk in collision with
the Cromartyshire south Of Sable Is-
land, July 4, 1898.
OF the 789 persons on board, only
1859 were saved. OF all the women
passengers, only one was saved and
the panic when the ship went down
still forms one Of the most shocking
tales Of the deep.
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launching the boat, a rHg hole was
knocked In her side and we men had
to take turns in bailing her out. We
could do nothing but allow the boat
to drift.
THE five women behaved Splendid
~, never murmuring. All around us
were hundreds fighting for their lives.
The shrieks Of those left on the ship,
particularly the children, could be
heard above all the confusion around
Us. But it was soon O. yer. as we saw
the Norge sink in lessi than half an
hour from the first sh pok.''
Another survivor told the Associated
Press that most of the passengers
on the steamer We're going out to
friends in America. One of the five
surviving women was going out to
her husband, and she had turnout
chung to her little girl Of years. An
other woman, in her delicious Joy at
being picked up, offered one Of the
crew of the trawler her weddingring.
Captain Stuck to Ship.
While some Of the boats were over
crowded, others, according to the sur
vivors, had only a few persons in
them. The captain absolutely refused
to leave the ship. He was standing
on the bridge and appeared to be
overcome at the appalling catastrophe.
1t appears the weather was very
NA~NS "A@SAi e&AS 4SSA SO ELL uCh, DuC Tie
| captain Of the trawle r and others
say Rockall reef is b well known,
| and especially to Newt York traders.
| that they cannot understand how the
| steamer struck.
1--WE had just got down our gear
| Wednesday morning. said the mate
Of the trawler, when we saw the
boat. At first we took little notice
Of her, but finally made out thru a
glass that she was full Of people. We
Immediately hauled up our travis.
bore down toward the boat with ali
speed the occupants Of which were
in pitable plight, drenched. half
clad and exhausted. We got them
aboard and fitted them out as best
we could, made the women as COM
Portable as possible and immediately
sailed for home"
The survivors we're landed at 10
o'clock They will be sent back to
Copenhagen on the Bothnias sailing
tonight.
Karl Mathiasen. the only member
Of the crew among the survivors, said
Rockau reef was invisible In the fog
and rain. The captain and chief off,
Ger OF the Norge were both on the
bridge at the time Of the accident,
The chief officer got into one of the
boats, but the captain was seen on
the bridge, surrounded by many other
persons, all in an attitude of prayer
as the Norge sank.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
HARMLESS ANESTHETIC
DISCOVERED IN EAST
New York Sun Special Service.

new 4orR BUN Speo1al 0erVlce'
New York, July A new anes-
thetic, free from the dangers that sur
round the use Of chloroform or ether,
is believed to be the result Of expert
ments, which DR.. James Gwathemer Of
this city has been making for some
time. Medical men who have been
following his work believe his discov-
cry will revolutionize the science Of
anesthetics, for If prolonged and gen.
eral tests give as satisfactory show
ing as that hitherto obtained the days
of the present system of administering
ether and chloroform, they say, are
numbered.
DR.. Gwathemer's process is an in
vention by which per cent of chloro-
form and SO per cent of oxygen are
combined with mathematical exact
ness. 1t is said to be safer than the
old, acting automatically instead of
being dependent on the careful adj
ministration of the anesthetic, drop by
drop.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
OKU ACCUSES RUSSIANS
Japanese General Cites Instances o
Cruelty to Prisoners.

Cruelty to PRISONERS.
Tokio, July 4, IL a.m.-General
Oku has formulated a formal report
to the imperial headquarters answer
ing charges preferred by the Russian
authorities that Japanese troops were
responsible for atrocities on the field
during the engagement at Wu-fang-
tien, preceding the battle of Va-fan-
cow (Telissu). He says the charges
are totally unfounded, but on the con-
trary that he had proofs that the
wounded Russian prisoners highly ap-
preciated the humane treatment they
and their comrades had received from,
the Japanese. It is the Russians, he
declared, that have cruelty mutilated
wounded Japanese.
General Oku then makes the follow
Ing charges:
That on June Is six Japanese scouts
were overpowered by Russian troop
ers who ran bayonets In their mouths
IN their heads and cut their breasts
open; that on June 81 the Russians
captured a Japanese cavalrynan
whom they bayonetted and then out
his abdomen open; that on May It
the Russians beheaded a. Japanese
General Oku asserts that acts Of
cruelty by the Russian troops are nu'
merous, and announces his purpose tc
report In the future every case Of i
which Is brought to his notice. He
says he feels that he Is not fighting 6
| civilized army.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
TWO VESSELS RESCUE i0i
Idfeboats Filled With Exhausted Vic.
TINS of Wreck Picked Up.

stornoway, Scotland. July 4.-one,
hundred and one survivors OF the Dam
ish steamer Norge have been landed
here. The British steamer Cervona.
from Leith July /. for Montreal
brought in 80 shortly before noon. She
picked them UP from a boat yesterday
evening westward of the Butt. Of
Lewis. They were in a woeful plight
nearly all Of them being naked. One
dead child was with the party.
Shortly afterward the German
steamer Energie arrived with SO per-
sons rescued from the Norge's life-i
boat. They were all terribly ex-
hausted.
The Cervona proceeded on her voy-
age but will keep a lookout for other,
possible survivors OF the Danish
steamer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
LUNATIC AFTER
THE PRESIDENT
He Imagines He Is a Defeated
Russian General Locked
Up.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York, July 4.-The police say
that Looch Lovine, a lunatic. 2S years
old, made a frantic effort to get to
President Roosevelt when he passed
thru New York on his way to Oyster
Bay Saturday. They were able to
restrain him. however, before he ap-
preached within speaking distance of
the chief executive. Lovine came to
the city from Santo Domingo and sew
eral days ago began to imagine that
he was Russian general about to
be shot for losing a battle to the
Japanese. It is thought his idea was
to enlist the aid Of the president in
his fancied predicament.
The man was captured by the po-
lice after breaking thru a barricaded
door in his clearinghouse. He is at
Bellevue hospital.
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SURVIVORS TELL OF WRECK
Men and Women Leaped Into Sea OF
Fought for Life Belts.

Fought for Life Belts.
Grimsby, ling. July 4.--owing to
the strict enforcement Of certain reg
ulations and the fact that there Is no
Danish consul here, all the survivors
Of the Norge who arrived here on
the steam trawler Saliva, were kept
on that vessel all night. There We're
in pitiable condition.
This morning In the dingy cabin of
the trawler the representatives Of the
Associated Press saw more than g.
dozen persons, including five women
Each Of three of the women was in a
bunk. one was lying on the cabin
floor and the other was leaning
against the captains berth, too be-
wildered to move.
Two of the women pleaded 70 see q
one settled here happened to be away,
John Johansen, q gray-bearded man
from Tromsoe. said:
"When the ship first bumped most
Of us were below. All rushed to the
decks. 7 had my wife and five chill
dren With me. At first none Of us was
aware Of what had happened and we
kept quiet, but in a minute or two saw
the ship was sinking, and then there
were shrteks and cries too awful to
| describe. We had nearly 900 children
aboard and they screamed with terror,
The1r mOtherS, TOO, were almost IRAN
tic, tho some Of them oalrner than
! the others began putting their little
ones in the rigging and other elevated
| positions.
$50 far as could see, the officers
Of the ship kept very calm, but the
crowd was uncomfortable. Men and
women began jumping into the sea-
while others ran up and down trying
to snatch life belts from those who
had them.
Mad Rush for Boats.
| "As soon as the first boat was got
| out there was mad rush for her
with the result that she Immediately
sank. In this way, three boats were
| lost.
Meanwhile I had put my wife and
! five children on a hatch and imploree
them not to move until returned
When I saw other boats being
! launched, I returned to fetch my wife
and children, but they had disap
peared. Whether they had gone ii
another boat or been carried away II
i the mad rush I do not know. I an
absolutely alone in the world.
4 "Our boat was crowded to nearl!
double its proper number. All around
us people were struggling in the sea
shrieking for help and imploring u
to take them in. We had an old sal
and a couple OF oars hut no mast. Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-04
JAMS Buy American Horses.

New York, July 4.-The Japanese
government is stated to have prac-
tically placed an order for 10000 Sc
lected cavalry horses with New
York trim which supplied many cav
airy horses to Great Britain during
the Boer war. The order calls for
the smallest type Of cavalry horse, of
which a large supply is not readily
obtainable. The Japanese insist that
the horses shall be delivered at the
rate Of 1000 q month to transports
on the Pacific coast
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$1,000 RUSSIANS
LOST, SAYS RUMOR
Kuropatkin Said to Have De-
feated Kuroki ina Great and -
-..- -.
Costly Battle.

st. Petersburg July 4.-Rumor is
current that General Kuropatkin has
defeated General Kurold in great
battle, but lost $4,000 men In accom-
plishing his victory.
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REcoRp RY RRITIsH RUNNERS.

London, July Al. M. s.. Venerable
has just created a worlds record in prize
firing OFF Malta. One Of the Venerable's
12-inch Barbette guns fired nine rounds
In three minutes and scored nine hits
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LOSS TO PARK RIVER
Jacob Birder, Among the Dead, Its
Leading Citizen.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Park River, N. D., July 4.-Jacob
Birder, who was among the killed In
the accident on the Wabash in Illinois,
was the leading citizen Of Park River.
He was a delegate to the national
democratic convention and was on his
way to the st. Louis convention. He
was president Of the Bank Of Park
River and left a wife and two sons.
He was about As.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-06
WIDEAWAKE COxSULs.

It appears that some of our widea- wake consuls are too wideawake to suit the Germans, who are also wide awake. One of the duties of consular |officers of the United States is to gath Ter information concerning trade and in- ldustry. The reports sent by them to the State department have proved of substantial value to American manu- |facturers and merchants. The zeal of Jour consuls in collecting facts Is dis tasteful to our German friends, who see in it menace to their own conn |merce and industry. A dispatch from Berlin says that German chambers of commerce are refusing to give any in formation to American consuls on the ground that it would be injurious to the trade of Germany. The German lpress, according to this dispatch, com lnlends the action of the chambers of lcommerce-one influential Berlin news Ipaper asserting that 8 few years ago
 Baron von Rheinbaben, now Prussian
 Minister of Finance, issued a secret circular warning officials not to supply
 American consuls with information. In ] view of the conduct of these consuls," says the Berlin newspaper, ''it would
 be useful to extend Rheinbaben's or
 der all over Prussia
 Of course there is nothing wrong in
 this attitude of the Germans, or noth- ling that is even mean. They have a fright to protect their business if they
 can, and the fact that they feel that
 they must is indicative of the efficiency | of our smart consuls.
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moxEr TIE GnouNp.

Those who have been in the habit
 of investing in mining stocks have sus- pected that there might not be as much
 profit in mining as those who have sold them the stocks said there was. They will feel confirmed in their doubt by the report of the department of com merce and labor on mining in the United States for 1902. During that year there were 151,516 mines, quarries and wells in operation. giving employ ment to 61s,S56 officials, clerks and wage-earners, and costing their owners or operators $624,245, ,2SO. The value of the product mined was 796.S264 AT. So the net gain over and above expenses
 for labor and material was $172,5S1 ,0S7.
 The number of operators, corporate and Individual, was 46,856. The net profit Ito each operator, therefore, was only l$S,6S4, or for each mine. quarry or well, l$1,139. Stock corporations were practice lally the only operators and owners. Their capitalization was enormous-al- most beyond calculation. As a result, the profits which the shareholders got were very small, when the general av- Ierage is struck.
 These figures embrace all products lnined. including petroleum, natural gas. coal. clays, building and commer- cial stone and base and precious metals. So it appears that almost as much money goes into the ground as comes out of it. And most investors in mining stocks who do not have accu- rate figures before them feel that there lis more.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-06
4 cUnIoUs ooHrLIoATIoN.

There is a curious complication in
 the Philippines. In fact there are sew
 eral curious complications there. but this
 one is Of decidedly uncommon kind.
 An American judge sentenced four
 murderers to be garroted, and it was
 his official duty to see that the sentence
 was properly carried out. At least. he
 had to sign a certificate that the men
 were dead. To watch the process of
 garroting. however, was more than he cared to do. and he went aboard a
 boat until several other Americans had
 assisted at the ceremony and told him
 that everything had been conducted in order. Then he signed the certificate and went away about his judicial bus mess. and the four men were removed | by their friends to a church and pre- pared for funeral service. While this was going on two of the bodies suppos- ed to be dead showed signs of life, and few hours later their owners were suf- fering from nothing worse than bruised and wrenched necks. This put the judge, the doctor and other officials in
 most embarrassing position, and rais- ed some difficult questions as to the status of the men who were condemned. executed. and formally declared dead. Apparently the men could not be held
 or proceeded against in the courts, not having a legal entity; but. on the other
 hand. if they were allowed to go free and committed any further depreda- tion, they could be shot down by the Injured party without fear of punish l ment for such action. As a matter of law, judgment cannot be attacked ex- ceDt where accident, mistake or fraud has crept into the record, but this can mot be at the instance of the party re- lsponsible for the mistake, as the gov- ernment was in the present instance.
 The government, however, has held the survivors in custody. and recently the
 governor has imposed sentence of life Imprisonment in lieu of the unconpleted one of death by the garrote. It is un- Iderstood that the existence Of these men having thus been legally recogniz- led, they will now demand that they be heard in the courts, where they propose to contest the latest action of the gov- lernor.
 This story teaches that 1t is hard to
 keep good men down. Fortunately these men are now under just and benefcent government. Probably if they had had Spain to deal with they would have been promptly garroted twice is once wasn't enough.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-06
CULfiYATED.

Willie Peebles-'Th horse was goin'
 - Teacher-"Don't forget your g, tWillie.'' Willie Peebles - Gee. the horse was goin'
 A Russophile apoIogist asks: What could the Russians get out of Man churia?" And Japan, being quick at re- partee, answers. Themselves. ''-Toron- to Star.
 His wife is an ardent temperance worker, isn't he?" Yes; she won'tt travel in the west because she heard that the climate is stimuIating.-Cle Cleve- land Leader.
 MT. F1ip-"There seems to be a prob lem in this play" Mrs. Where's |the problem?" Mir. Flip-"The problem lis how to get your moneys worth out |of it."-Chicago Daily News.
 Sister-.'You have told me her name, |yet I know no more than did before. |Is she beautifu1?" Brother Beautiful? Why. she could make even the present fashions look artistic" ."-New York Weekly.
 'What did the teacher say about your essay?" asked Mrs. Dudley. He said it was tautological,' answered the girl graduate. Gracious me! To think of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-06

Georgians and Tartars. with Jews and Gypsies scattered through the south and west These are all in European Russia, and this is nothing to the med ley in Asiatic Russia. where there is an almost endless variety of races Each of the races mentioned speaks a differ ent tongue. and there are at least six different religions among them. without counting sectaries. such as the Dukho- bors. Bitter political hatred of Russia burns fercely among the Films. Poles and Armenians. while symptoms of ac- tive revolt are reported among Georgi- ans and Turcomans along the Asiatic frontier.