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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
THE SL0CUM DISASTER
Misconduct and Negligence is Charged
Against Owners and Officers.
MATE IS BRANDED AS A COWARD.
Bail Was Fixed for $1,000 Each for President
Barnaby and Secretary Atkinson and
Bonds Were Furnished at 0nce-Captain
Van Scbalek Is Prisoner ID the Lebanon
Hospital

New York, (SpeciaD.-The cor
oner's jury i'll the Slocum inquest re-
turned verdict finding
That the immense loss of life on the
General Slocum was due to the mis-
conduct of the directors of the Knick-
erbocker Steamboat Company.
That Captain Van Schaik is
criminally responsible.
That. Captain Pease of the Grand
Republic, as captain of the steamboat
company's fleet, is criminally response
bic i'll that he failed to properly equip
the Slocum with fire apparatus.
That Nate Flanagan acted in a
"cowardly manner"
That the action of Inspector Lund-
berg should be brought to the atten-
ton of the federal authorities.
Coroner Berry has issued warrants
for the arrest Of the directors and off,
Gals of the Knickerbocker Steamboat
Company Inspector Yundberg and
Mate Flanagan have been held in
$1,000 bail each.
The charge in each case was man
slaughter in the second degree. Bal
was fixed by the coroner in amount:
varying from $1,000 to $4,000,
The directors of the company are
Frank A. Barnaby, president; Charles
E. Hill; vice-president; James K. At
kinson, secretary, and c Delaney
Evans, Robert K. Story, Floyd S
Corbin and Frank G. Dexter.
The mate, Edward Flanagan, who
was under detention as witness, was
the first arraigned. He pleaded not
guilty and his bail was fixed at $1,000
No bondsman being on hand he was
committed to jail
Inspector Lundberg pleaded not
guilty and was released on $1,000
bonds.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 each for
President Barnaby and Secretary At
kinsor. and bonds were furnished at
once. -,
tho 7 ebanon Hospital Captain Pease
may not be arrested until tomorrow,
when it is expected that the directors
Of the company will also be taken into
custody. AT the assistant district
sttornev's request the coroner COM
mitted the assistant engineer.-EdWin
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Peace Suggested By This Country.

While the officials here are satisfied
from their private advices that the re-
cent visit of King Edward to his
nephew, Emperor William, was not
brought about by purpose to initiate
a movement toward the restoration Of
peace between Russia and Japan,
here is reason to believe that some
fery careful and discreet inquiries as
p the opportunities of some such
Eertures at this time have emanated
: ON Washington.
1t may be stated that the result has
d II to disclose the fact that neither
n {the belligerent Powers is yet in
J. aumor to sue for peace, nor even
t tSntertan overtures from any third
y Yer on that subject.
d e State Department will continue
: to laintain the friendly position it
a hasp far held toward both Russia
and pan, standing ready to mediate
: anditend its good offices to the full
: wheter the belligrents indicate
v theirIllingness to accept them. 1t
n canntbe said that the situation is
II sensih changed from what it was
t mo, ago, saving the fact that
S there "a more optimistic feeling in
r oficialparters that there will soon
r be an Sning for diplomacy to exer-
r else itshaceful methods in the Far
t EASTERN uqp1e.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
JAPS EAPTURE oUTPOSTS
Three Fort, According 10 Report, We're
Taka in a Sunday Battle.
RUSSIANS FORCED TO RETREAT.
apanese Adancing to Gates OF Mukdon-
General Sasonoff Contesting 0ku's Pro.
gress, But Not Offering Serious Resist.
ancs-lronod Netrou Menia Crashes In:O
the Nayarint Cronstadt.

Tokyo, q Cable).-It is unoffi
cially reportl that the Chik-Wan-
Sshan Chit-n-Shan and So-Cho-
Shan forts, so beast of apd part OF
the Port Mhur defcnscs, were
captured Sunda after an all-day fight,
beginning within artillery duel. So
Cho-Shan, it isadded, was the first
captured and te other forts fell
soon afterward.
The Russians Setreated west, leav-
ing forty dead The number OF
wounded has N been ascertained.
The compositioi of the Japanese
forces has not ten learned beyond
the fact that it i said to have con-
sisted of all braihes of the service.
The Japanese LIT three officers and
100 men killed oiwounded and cap
tured two guns md a quantity Of
ammunition. Til officials here do
not confirm the Mort.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Captain Van Schaick Testified.

The Jury was in session until A.;
o'clock in the afternoon. Captain Van
Setback, the commander of the Slo-
cum, was called as the first witness
He was wheeled into court in an in
vald's chair. He and Captain Pease
looked after the equipment of the
Slocum each season. He said the
government Inspector had condemned
some of the life preservers since 1891
and he, personally, had thrown out
about thirty.
In the course of the hearing Captain
Van Setback was asked what he die
when informed the steamer was on
fire. He said he ordered full speed
81 ran to see what the fire was
like he said. 81 ran back to the
pilot house and said to the pilot: Ed,
she's gone; beach her He said:
'Where?' and | pointed to North
Brother island Shave that dock and
put her starboard side on the beach
Then started to go aft, but the
flames were coming like volcano and
my hat caught fire. That's where
my face and hands got burned. There
was no CHdllSC " iHONS'
Captain Van Schaick said that he
and his men looked over every life
preserver on the steamer this spring.
United States Inspector Lundberg al
so examined some of them, but he did
not test any of them by putting them
in water, ror did he test the weight
carrying power of any of them in
water. Neither the witness nor In
spector Lundberg or the other IN
spector who visited the General Slo-
cum ever test the hose at the forward
standpipe. which burned. No test of
the lifeboats was made. He did
hold three fire drills prior to June IS
between decks, when the men were
shown how to use the hose.
Attorney Called to Order.
A number of times during the ex-
animation of Captain Van Schaick,
Counsel McManus, of the Knlckcr-
booker Steamboat Company, inter
rupted with advice to the witness and
protests to the court against the man
ner in which the examination was be
ing conducted. Finally the coroner
told Mr.. McManus that he would be
refused the courtesy of the court if
he did not desist.
After Captain Van Schak had left
the stand several persons who were
on the steamer at the time of the fire
were examined.
Augustus Lutzen said he first saw
the fire when off Ninetieth street, and
notified one off the crew.
Frank Prawdziki, the only survivor
of family of six. said he saw the
fire when off Eighty-sixth street, but
did not report to the captain until the
steamer had reached One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth street, At that
time the captain told him to run away
and mind his own business.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
SWEPT BY CLCUDBURST.
Buildings aad Bridges Were Washed Away
Horses and Cattle Drowned.

Pittsburg, Pa, (SpeciaD.-Over 500
homes, business houses and school,
houses, a short distance from Pitts
burg on the Pan Handle railroad, were
inundated i'll from two to ten feet OF
water in Robnson's run hollow and
the Charities valley by the cloudburst
there. Many buildings and bridges
were washed away, horses and cattle
were drowned and at least one lite
was lost 1t was rumored that others
had persisted, but the reports have not
been verified. There were many mar
row escapes.
In the Bastian Hotel, Mcdonald,
Charles Hayes, the engineer, was
caught i'll "a room in the basement.
Almost without warning the water
poured in upon him. Escape by way
of the door was cut Off He reached
safety by crawling through the tran
some.
The Murchland sisters, who conduct
millinery store at Mcdonald, mar
rowly escaped death in the flood.
Their store was washed from its base
with the three women in it. They
were rescued by Charles Cameron,
who waded out to the building and
carried out the sisters one by one
The house of Arnold Chaser was over.
turned by the force of the rushing
water. The FIVE members OF the
family had sought safety in one of the
upper rooms. All succeeded in reach.
ing land by swimming and wading.
Miss Blanche Bush, a clerk in
newsstand at Mcdonald, had mar
row escape. The store was listed
from its place and swept into the
stream. Miss Bush was caught in the
structure, and as it hoated away she
screamed for help. Her cries were
heard by George Hemmerlng, an oil
operator. He plunged into the water
and swan out to the building and
back again, taking Miss Bush with
him. Both the electric light plants al
Mcdonald were flooded and the town
was in total darkness.
The food did not subside until day
light, and many families slept Out
doors all night
The only fatality reported so far
was the drowning of an unknowu
Italian, whose body was found float
ing in Robinsons run. The damage
will reach 100000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Foreign.

The budget committee of the French
Chamber ct Deputies voted for the
suppression Of the appropriation for
the French Embassy at the Vatican
The committee censured the Premier
for refusing to express the govern
ments views on the subject.
The French Foreign Minister has
presented to the Council of Min
listers the State Departments note ex-
pressing President Roosevelts thanks
for the earnest and effective efforts
that France made in the PerdlcariS
affair.
King Edward arrived in London
from his visit to Kiel and was warm
" greeted by crowds of people at the
station. including numbers of Saliva
ton Army visitors from foreign
countries.
The French authorities met with
violent resistance in closing the large
establishment of the Premonstrant
and the Capuchin Orders at Nantes
M. Waldeck- Rousseau, the former
French premier, who underwent, an
operation May S, has attempted to
commit suicide.
George Frederick Watts, the noted
portrait painter, died i'll london
King Edward started from kiel on
his homeward voyage on the royal
Yacht. By the accidental explosion OF
= rocket on board an English cruiser
escorting the royal yacht two of the
crew were killed.
Great Britain has cessfully
brought pressure to bear upon Turkey
for the relief of the prosecuted Ar
menians.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Congressional and artments.

Ex-senator Marion sIer of NORTH
Carolina, announced RESIGNATION
as chairman of the ,cutive com.
mittee of the Peoples iv
The President appoilnD A. Rob
inson postmaster at Alias Tex
There had been vigsIs contest
:over the Office.
President Roosevelt / .cted the
appointment of Col. I,dora A
Bingham as a brigadier neral
Mr.. Moody was sworn q, ). ~.
torney general, and Paul brt or q.
secretary OF the Navy.
Andrew Wheedon was No. ~
the charge of numbering M N.h. ~ -
in-law. a
Secretary shaw has givshD4
statement showing that the g
surplus is only about three to I'd "a
a million less than was esu u
though no account was taken =,
isthmian Canal right of way tbbtt
Louisiana Exposition loan. ~
Lou Payn, former railroad con
sioner, of New York had Al
with Presiden Roosevelt. IN
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Gets Wireless Circuits.

Rear-Admiral Nancy, chief OF the
Naval Equipment Bureau, entered III
10 agreement with Abraham White
president Of the American Dc Forest
Wireless Telegraph Company, for the
acquisition by the Navy Of five OF
the longest wireless telegraph cir
cults in The world up to this date,
two of them being over 1000 miles
in length.
The navy has felt keenly the neccs'
sity of wireless connection between
its naval bases at Guantanamo, Guile
bra and Key West, realizing that in
the event of hostility with foreign
power the existing cable system
would be the first point of attack;
The necessity OF protecting the canal
zone has enlarged the problem OF
finding a secondary means of com,
munication, and the General Board
has learned a lesson from the isola.
ton OF Port Arthur in the present
war. Therefore some time ago the
Equipment Bureau began a series OF
competitive tests under the immediate
direction of Lieutenant Commander
Jayne. and the result was the arrange
ment today between Admiral Manney
and Mr.. White to sign a contract TOT
the supply to the Government OF
wireless instruments, guaranteed to
maintain reliable service ON these
circuits: Key West to Panama, T.ooo
miles; South Cuban Coast to Panama,
72o miles; Pensacola to Key West
45o miles; South Cuba to Porto Rico
600 miles.
The service proposed is exceptional
in that the wireless current must
traverse not only the ocean, but to
leap over considerable islands, such
as Cuba and Haiti, and in the lat
ter case, and perhaps in the others,
run a risk of crossing currents set TIP
by apparatus on islands not part
of the United States. The contract
ing company assumes full RESPONSE
bility for the working of the system
in such cases.
On its part, the Government agrees
to operate in harmony with such sta
tons and vessels as now use the De
Forest system and this is said to ex-
tend to Panama The Governments
instruments will be attuned to har-
monize with those of the company
to prevent interference. The navy
will have the company's key, so the
two may work INTERCHANGEABLE with
out the possibility of their messages
being picked UP or stolen or sup
pressed by vessels or stations equipped
with other kinds of apparatus. The
enormous value of wireless teleg-
raphv in naval operations, as revealed
by Admiral Togo's last exploit off
Port Arthur, has fastened the Navy
Department to conclude this contract:
The Navy Department has received
permission from the Department of
Commerce and Labor to establish a
wireless telegraph station on Farrell
ton Island, off San Francisco, and is
now arranging to erect pole and equip
the station at once.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Cuba's Secretary of State Resigns.

Havana, (SpeciaD.-Secretary of
State Zaldos has resigned the port
folio and his resignation has been
accepted by President Palma. The
withdrawal was not due to political
reasons, but was due to the fact that
Zaldos wished to retire to private life.
When Zaldos accepted the position
it was with the understanding he
would resign in two years. 1t is said
that Secretary of Finance Monies VIII
succeed him as secretary of state.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
More Pay to Glass Workers.

Pittsburg, Pa, (SpeciaD. - The
American Window Glass Company
has advanced the pay of the cutters
and hatteners 20 per cent and has
also given the guarantee of SIS per
week market money. A revision has
been made in the wage scale and the
wages are now almost as high as the
original Philadelphia scale. The
American Company proposes to oper
ate all of its machine-e equipped plants
throughout the summer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Fire at League Island Yard.

Philadelphia, (SpeciaD.-Work On
the new dry dock at the League Is
land Navy Yard met with a serious
setback by a fire which destroyed the
cable tower on the west side of the
dock. The tower is huge timber
construction about fifty feet high and
connected with another similar tower
on the east side of the dock by four
inch wire cable, forming a great trav-
cling crane on which the blocks OF
granite for the dry dock are conveyed
to their places.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Plng Colorado Trouble.

The Blu of Labor is making an
Investigate of the labor difficulties
in Colora under the organic act
Of the bure which charges the Com
missioner labor to investigate the
cause OF a the facts relating to
acknowledgment employers and
employees.
The investtion, which is already
under way, m last for some time, as
it is the intern of the bureau to GO
to the very Inning of the trouble
and try to IN exactly what the
difficulties ared the causes leading
to them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
To Gates { Mukden.

Hai-Cheng, (ByS able) 1.-The Jap
anese are continuiiit to advance from
Siu-Yen and Feng-Vng- Cheng. Cen
eral Oku is also ming north from
Senu-Chen. Gener Samsonoff is
contesting his progss, but is not
offering serious resance
The japanese force dvancing from
the Molten pass (?)5 composed of
at least three rcgimet and ten bat
teries of artillery. Aorce of equal
strength is advancin from Fen
Shut pass, on the highoad to Lao
Yang. The flank moven the latter
is supported by a COLIN marching
from Saimatsza.
Which Molten ASS?
1t would appear that c,fusion has
arisen through the use othe words
Molten pass" in Gefal Kuro-
patkin's dispatch of June Fl The Mo
Tien pass, known as the'Gate of
Mukden," is easily located, at troops
would not be likely to advice from
there on Hai-Cheng, or la-Tche-
Kiao, as they would haveb move
nearly one hundred miles s,thwest
after getting through the ps.
On the other hand there is Sfono-
Tien pass near Hai-Cheng anabout
forty miles from that town. Ut is
possible that Mono-Tien pass hbeen
meant when Molten pass wasaen-
toned. 1t also seems probablehat
the. reference to Ia pass in Coral
Kuropatkin's dispatch meant Pal
pass" or "Daling." otherwise pa
pass, which is about twentyie
miles southwest of Ta-Tche- Kiao.
It was announced from Hai-Chs
that a heavy engagement was
pected near the village of Si-Mo
Cheng, fifteen miles south-southea
of Hal Cheng and an equal dlstan
due east of the railroad. >.
Si-Mou- Cheng is about thirty mil
from Mono-Tien pass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Killed Man for a Deer.

Paul Smith, N. Y, (SpeciaD -
Henry Prentice, a unique character,
who was known to hundreds of New
York visitors here, was found dead
in the woods. Some time later Jerry
Parsons was arrested and confessed
that he had shot Prentice. He said
he had mistaken him for a deer.
Sir Hugh Chilean Reid, LII. D., of
London called upon President Roose-
welt and Secretary Hay.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Trade In Japan Depressed.

Seattle, Wash. (SpeciaD.--A de-
pressed state of trade, especially as
regards the sale of American -four,
obtains in Japan, according to a letter
received by an exporting firm Of Seat
tie from their correspondents at Kobe
Japan they say, is overstocked with
fiour through heavy purchases made
by spectators and merchants during
the close of 1903 in anticipation OF
the war. Money is believed to be
tightening up, and the government
is arranging for another internal loan
of 100000 yen.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Tornado Kills Two.

Holmesville, Neb., (SpcciaD. "A
tornado near this place killed two
persons, fatally injured third and
caused the severe injury to five others,
all members of one family. The tor
nado followed sultry afternoon.
Great damage was done to crops and
several farm houses were destroyed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
For le Militia.

Acting Secrets Oliver. of the Waf
Department, hasaie the usual al.
lottment OF che $4,000 appropriated
by Congress tokovide arms and
equipments for tlorganized militia
of the United rs Among the
amounts approprla TO the several
states are the tolkng: Maryland
$f5,o5S; North Cara S2ao37; Dis.
trict of Columbia, 1884; Pennsyl.
vania, $67. S22; Virgil Sa3.o37; West
Virginia, S13,o63. r''
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Run Into By the MayfIower.

Gibraltar, (SpeciaD - The United
States dispatch boat Mayf1ower col
lded today with the British armored
cruiser Bacchante, while the latter
was at anchor The damage done, if
any has not yet been ascertained.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08

BRANDON, and the deckhands Coakley
and Trembly as witnesses, sending
them to the house of detention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-12

as has been made to them has been at
all commensurate to the sums they
have given away or even to the good
they have accomplished. Like other
people. rnu1timillionaires probably get.
what they expect, but it is unfair to
charge the whole body of them with
giving millions in order that they may
receive tribute, and, so far as the pub
lie is able to judge, tribute of an i'm
personal kind is about all that they do
receive.
A big money benefaction Is very
irnpersonaI thing. The larger it is, the
further 1t seems to remove the bene-
factor from the public. OF course,
when he confines its expenditure to the
carrying out of his own personal ideas,
1t reveals the bent of his mind, but it
does not bring the beneiciaries into
any personal relation with him. Their
estimate of him is apt to remain a
| dollar and cents one. The poor woman
who scrubs the floor for a sick neigh
Dor is rewarded with personal thanks
| and she receives a more valuable re-
ward in the consciousness that the
bond of sympathy between her and the
neighbor she has helped has been more
closely cemented by the kindly deed
To the outsider, it would seem that
this reward is denied the multi
millionaire.
1t may be that before he dies An
drew Carnegie, whose name heads the
list of the twenty-four millionaires
will confess to the public just what the
effect his public benefactions have had
| on himself. The average man knows
how it feels to give a desponding
brother boost. It is not unnatura
that he should be curious to know how
it feels to boost humanity or a natior
by the donation of million or more
If his reward is at all proportionate tt
the amount he gives, then the multi
millionaire has the best Of it in phi
| lanthropy, as he has the best of it il
so many other things But if that re
ward is as meager as it seems to tn,
uniformed outsider, there is no gooc
reason for envying the multimillion
aire his opportunity in the phiIan
thropic line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-12

duty. 1t speaks from some acquain-
lance with educational needs and
methods. 1t speaks out of the fulIness
of some familiarity with educational
work in st. Paul. 1t speaks with a
keen regard for the future welfare OF
this city in every direction. 1t speaks
for the interests of the great masses
for whom our public schools are de-
owner, the taxpayer and the child 1t
has exposed the utter folly-we are al
most bound to say the wickedness-of
these ambitious high school projects.
It's duty is performed. 1t wishes only
here to make the record positive and
final. If the people, who can defeat
with few words this scheme of prodi-
gality, this weakening Of the educa-
tional substructure in order to place
some architectural ornaments about it's
cornice high in the upper air, viii not do
their duty, let them be forever silent
when the inevitable consequences
come.
Let us hear no complaint of INSULT
| cient quarters and inadequate teaching
| in the grades. Let no man raise a
voice against the tax rate. Let it be
understood that the city will pour out
money like water and injure its bust
ness and narrow its future because it
has been made captive by plan that
has not a single merit to recommend
it, and yet against which the voice OF
reason and economy and educational
experience must be raised solitary and
alone. T h e Clio b e protests with ali
| the strength at its command against all
| school projects that involve additional
expenditure. It protests most of all
against this notion of vast central
| high school, while grade facilities are
scamped and neglected. Let us see
how many will join with it in the
meeting tonight. Those who do not
speak now should be prepared to for
| ever hold their peace.