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The Washington times., 1904-06-16
DID HIS DUTY
AS HE SAW IT
Capt. Van ScEaik Relates
His Part in Disaster.

NEW YORK, June 16.-Half- crazed
after his terrible experience. Captain
William n. Van Schaik of the Inflated
General Slocum lies In Lebanon Hos
pital. prisoner. He was removed to
the hospital from the Alexander Ave
nue. Police Station after he had col
lapsed.
In reply to the charges that he might
have saved scores of lives had ne beach,
ed his vessel Immediately after the fire
was discovered instead OF running up
the river for nearly a mile to North
Brothers Island. Captain Van Schaik
said today:
my Blood Turned Cold"
Il think there were about I,4OO pas
sengers aboard the Slocum when we left
the East Twenty-third Street dock. I
took the vessel up the river slowly and
was steering over toward Sunken
Meadows when my blood turned cold at
l Ihe slght OF fire Issuing from the com
sounded the alarm for the fire drill
ana iett the pilot house to direct the
crew In hghting the flames. I was met
people.
Beyond His Control.
AAS SiAhdllOn was beyond the control
OF any man. ! stood powerIess TO stop
the panic among the passengers and the
names spread like lightning.
ran back TO the pilot house and
swung the boat toward North Brothers
islan1. Men, women, and children were
jumping overheard.
My God. What a sight It was to me.
All Steam On.
Il ran for the sand-spit OF the island
and continually signaled the engine room
to crowd on every pound Of steam.
Il know that could have saved some
time by running into the docks on the
west shore of the river. I did not do
TINS because / feared the burning shin
might cause one Of the big gas tanks on
the river front TO explode
Has Lifetime to Regret.
IF did wrong In making the longer
run 10 North Brother Island I have a
lifetime TO regret it: 1 did what
thought at the time was best.
The flames were licking to the pilot
house when we struck the beach north
Of the island. Followed BY my pilots
ran over 10 the rail and leaped into the
river. ! nOundered about in the water
Tor long time anG then some one pull
ed me up on the shore.
4 do not think more than ave min
utes elapsed from the time the fire was
discovered 70 the time We ran the ship
on the beach
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To Deal SunlnlariLy With
Official DereIictiOn

deal Of injustice Lives will be lost dur
ing a panic like that on board the Slo-
cum, no matter how many precautions
are taken in advance"
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MARRIED.

sHAFFER- RoWZEE-AIr. THOMAS
SHAFFER and Miss WILLIE ROW
ZEE. OF Washington, d. G, were mar
ried by Father Barry in Baltimore, Nd.
on Wednesday. June IS, 1904 II
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DIED.

GRAY-At 1898 T Street northwest
ADA GRAY
Funeral at Berean Baptist Church. :
y. IN. Friday. 1t
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Three ThrOugh Vestibuled Trains 10 81

Louis, via b. & o. r. r, for Worlds
Fair travel. Standard coaches drawing
room sleeping cars, observation cars,
and dining cars. leave Washington, 10. 05
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7:3 second morning, respectively.
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Secretary Cortelyou. Of the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor. has or
dered a rigid investig ton into the
Slocum steamboat disaster
ii the probe finds culpability, the neg
hgent or guilty Will feel the weight OF
executive punishment
AT present all that is known at the
department is that on May I. the date
OF the last official inspection, the Slocum
was apparently seaworthy: had $500 life
preservers within easy reach and in
sight of the persons who nigh, be
about the decks: had adequate fire
nghtine apparatus in flrst-class work
ing order; had the required numbe- OF
steel-huIled life boats swung from Ter
davits, and was. In the opinion Of The
inspectors. safe and capable Of carry
ing $500 passengers.
Investigation Ordered.
As soon as the news of the horror was
received in Washington. Secretary Cor
teIyou called upon George Uhler, Su-
pervising Inspector General OF the
steamboat Inspection Service, TO start
an investigation at once. General hler
passed the order 10 the New York OF
forenoon he received the first report
on the matter, from Inspector Roosr1
s. Rode. 60.
vestigation into the matter as lies IN
our power" said General Uhler, after ne
had received the report from New ok.
~ there IS any PROOF that the iasl
inspection made OF the Siocnm on. on N ~,
Of the officials of the Government
sighted their duties In the premises IN
the slightest. we will deal summary
with them
Capt. Van Schaick's Part.
'If it is developed that Captain Vah
schaick was careless or erred in his
handling Of the crisis. he can be pun
lshed. But Van Schaick has been TAX
ing out great crowds from New York
every day of his life for twenty-five
years. 1t is hardly likely he would lose
his head at such a time.
"Of course. I cannot judge here and
now, whether the captain did right IN
taking his boat so far up stream before
Bleaching her That is a question that
must be determined during the investi-
''As for the charge made by some that
the life preservers on the Slocum were
not in fit state for use. do not pc
lieve a word OF H. Life preservers with
ordinary care win last for years and
years.
Inspectors Duty.
1T is part of the Government inspect
or's duty TO look at the life preservers
when he makes the inspection, not to
take the captains word that he has such
and such a number on board The in
spector must count them and see that
they are In first-class condition.
II do not believe the fact that the
Slocum was a wooden hull vessel had
anything to do with the disaster An
| iron hull would have sunk Just as quick
/ ly after being damned upon the rocks
| under full head of steam.
There are a lot OF very cruel editorials
being printed about this matter in the
| papers that do the authorities a great
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taken Brothers given charge of the proper
authorities.
The number of dead now only be estimated Health
Commissioner Darlington who the all day yesterday and
has watched the all its details says the victims will number at
least thousand and will probably exceed that figure
Five hundred bodies had been up $50 O'Clock this
morning Every half hour adding ten and to the list
known that nearly fifteen hundred persons boarded the Socum
when she left her pier the foot East Third Street yesterday morn
ing Less than five hundred have been accounted for at the hospitals
and at home. The others dead
Of the bodies recovered and odd had been den
titled up to this morning.
District Attorney Jerome has engaged Fire Marshal Free to assist
making investigation into the of the accident
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ACTS.
openly charged today that the life peservers board the
General ocum worthless because had od the cork until
they had their buoyancy The coverings were thin and
could be and ripped with the thumb nail Many OF
these life peseers picked up in the Sound and have been secured
by the District Attorney.
that did not actually fall apart when he
tried his body Most of those found in the water
apart exposing perforated cork which has much less buoy
ancy than solid cork
Miller said
"When that must jump into the water, reached up and
life preserv AS graSped to lift down fell apart
and the dust down took another and while
adjusting tit fell apart.
tried before found that of any possible service
this of the cork after had been in the water
Many tried the life preserv with the results
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MoANS AND CRIES AT NIGHT.

All through the night the Now and them above the
and cries. agonng Shrek would tell of another identified
dead.
The only lights in the morgue and the pier where many of the
bodies lay lanterns and candles In the Pickering flashes of oe
the Searchers sought out the missing
Many tainted when they discovered their Ones and had to be
carried out into the street
One woman Mrs. Lena Roki of 31 East Fifth Street. after
agh search among the dead found her tenear-od daughter at the
morgue early this morning With wild cry dashed the
and about to throw herself into the below She
seized by the police
The drew ava of caboc acid from her pockets and
about 10 drink il whenhe bottle was knocked hands,
Her wild andaconS quickly convinced the doctors she had lost
her She taken the pavilion Bellevue
placed in Sghtacket The ravng mad her
dnon hopeless.
Jacob DemeS OF 4oi East Fifth Street. found his daughter
in dying condition at Lebanon a He hunted all day for his
wife, and finally found her among boat load of victims the morgu
His wifes body burned be yond recognition He identified
by means ring Crazed with grief he to the edge of the pier
and about TO throw himself overheard when
morgue attendants.
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10th ST, will sell JUNE Is, 1904, all goods
stored with u. s. STORAGE co. IN the
names of Mrs. Stewart. Charley Stokes.
Rebecca Brown, Jennie Woodbridge.
jel2-6t
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FULL INQUIRY TO BE MADE.

Supervising Inspector Rode said this morning that with
in few days exhaustive inquiry into the disaster would be held
He said his records showed the boat properly equipped
The day of disaster followed by night of horror and grief at
morge bodies lay in silent awaiting
Identification brought bodies from the waters and
about the wreck and the work of identification proceeded slowly
The the morgue hearbreang and deed deScp
ton Tragedy written the faces of the morgu attendants
who, whatever their feelings may be- hardly show them
All night and today hundreds men, women and children with
faces drawn grief banched with horror passed between the lines
of dead looking for their lost Fifty police under the direction of
Inspector Brooks assisted the relatives and friends their work of find
ing the dead.
Now and then little party of seaeerS hating before corpse be
Heved they had found their only pass look else
where.
Many of the dead burned and haed beyond recognition
identification by piece of clothing ring
Many will obe buried without identification because of their in
rotadc
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New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, La, July 15.-Cotton
futures steady, July Il cents bid; Au-
gust 1855 at 1857; September ga at
975; October 939: November 934 at
935; December 934 at 935; January
939 at $40.
Spot cotton market dull, very little
Offering though there is a good de-
mand by exporters for July shipments.
Sales 81 bales, including so to arrive.
Quotations unchanged, futures
steady at prices 10 to points lower.
Liverpool was better than expected.
Private cables report that manipula-
tioh in the summer months has end
ed, settlements having been made.
Some fresh short selling was induced
by the reports from Liverpool and the
crop conditions but the market was
still oversold and offerings met with
ready buyers. The weather map was
called perfect and kilograms telling OF
early picking and an early movement
in Texas fioodeth the market August
opened points lower at 1885, adj
vanced tos10.SS, declined to 1851, and
finally reacted to 1885. The quota
lions in the new crop months were
not so large. The market closed
steady with net losses on July of Is
points, August Sc, September 20, and
the winter months IA to 6.
New Orleans, July Is, Cotton futures
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HIT SECURITIES
LIKE A BIG BOMB
Judge Bradford's Decis-
ion at Trenton
IN SECURITIES CASE
Cables Do Some High Kicking in Cot
ton and Then Go Down Flat OF
Their Backs. Net Decline OF
Eleven to Twenty-Five
Points.
IN SECURITIES CASE
fRv the Associated Press.)

New York, July 15.-The cotton
market opened steady at a decline OF
3 points on the hear and an advance
. OF points on late positions.
The irregular changes being in line
with the cables which, after opening
much higher than expected, broke
sharply on the near months, while the
late positions ruled relatively firm and
higher than expected. The market at
first was quiet. In spite of the prob
ability openly expected that easier
tone in Liverpool was simply the re-
suit of a speculative shake out, the
large spot sales in that market at
higher prices and decreasing stocks at
all points, local sentiment was bear
ish on the continued weather.
Taking the belt as q whole and good
crop accounts, of course, however,
weer limited at first and there was
persistent buying from influential
sources, which had a tendency to i'm
Fart a Steadiness in the undertone
without having sufficient to advance
prices, or for that matter to prevent
slight declines. Liverpool continued
easy after the local opening, however,
and the crop reports, so glowing, the
hears became more confident later in
the session, and in spite of occasional
spurts of bull support the list worked
down to Il net decline of 26 a. 90 points
ON the near months and off from 14m
IL points on the latest positions. To-
ward the close it looked as though To-
cal bulls were trying to make a better
market for Liverpool to open on to-
morrow, but plenty of cotton was of
fering and the effort to force a reac-
ton from the low poi.-- was only par
tally successful. The close was
steady i'm tone at q net decline of II q
% points.
Sales were estimated at 100000
bales. The into-sight figures for the
week showed q large movement than
for last year.
Receipts at the ports today 1918
bales VS.. l. 1868 last week and 1.045 last
year For the week LOCO bales VS..
10.525 last week, and 5,456 last year.
Today's receipts at New Orleans III
bales. S36 last year and at Houston
l VS. last year.
New York, July I5-Cotton spot closed
quiet, ~ points lower, middling suplands
/ .0S, gulf II.30 sales 100, bales
Futures opened and closed steady.
iUI, T.ov
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STOCKS and Bonds.

New York, July 15.-The decision OF
Judge Bradford handed down at Ifeh-
ton today in the Northern Securities
case proved of explosive effect on the
stocks of Union Pacific, Southern "a
cific and Northern Securities, IN spite
Of the large preliminary speculation
Which has been going on in those
stocks most of the week. in anticipa
ton Of this decision. The violent eff
feet of the decision is the more note
worthy as its general tenor was pref
ty accurately foretold. Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific also, after 4
spasmodic jump from the first an
nouncement of the decision, went
down under flood of profit-tallins
offerings. But the two stocks then re
stunned an aggressive upward move.
| ment and galvanized the general mar
ket into activity again. The effect wa
tc enable the general market to hole
some of its earlier gains, but there
| were no important new points
strength developed after the Securitie
| decision became known. Ontario ant
| Western and the subsidiary Pennsyl
vania stocks, notably Norfolk ant
i Western were CONSPICUOUS; Union Pa
/ cific rose to 81 rs, and Southern Pa
cific To So. We're notefully held, ant
| the irregular tone of the market in tn.
final hour continued up to the close.
i Pressure on the Burlington joint a.
} and the Oregon short line participat
ing As made the otherwise firm bone
market irregular. Total sales (pa
value $4,435, 900.
) United States bonds were unchang
J Ell on call
Total sales of stocks were SS3,201
shares, including Atchison, 1880; L
& o., 24,100; Chesapeake & Ohio
100; Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Pau
SO, 800; Erie, 1900: Louisville {
Nashville, IS, 500; Missouri Pacific, FL,
900; Norfolk & Western, 1920; On
tario e. Western, $4,000; Pennsylvania
% 200: Reading $500; Rock Island
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ware a. LeIand'S
Cotton Letter.

haleigh, n. c., July 15.-The weeks
eolloh market has proved surprise TO
Sledl many professionals. There mas
oeen q settled conviction on the part
U majority of those operating III the
market that as long as crop news con-
CLhued good nothing but sagging prices
was IN sight. But for four days this
week the market has gradually har-
oened, gaining a few points each day
uhlll inns morning October sold 9I2, or
points higher than the best prices
VI last week. This advance has taken
pl1ce IN the face of strenuous OPPOSE
tlon on the part of the bear element
ana with very little assistance on the
part OF the general public. There has
been no change for the worse in the
nature of advces from the cotton belt,
ana the rise is generally attributed to
the technical position of the cotton
situation rather than TO any change in
crop news. The simple fact of the
matter is, there has been too much
company on the bear side. Every enc
has been short of cotton and no one
dares to buy it. AS q result there has
been no speculative long interest, and
one OF the most extensive short in
terests that the market has seen in
years. Now when a few of these
shorts attempted to convert paper in
tc real profits the prices proved dis
turbing. Sell as they would bears
could not supply cotton enough to pre-
vent q reaction. Day after day trad
ers would ask each other what 1T all
meant. A careful review of all the
factors, as far as news was concerned,
failed to furnish the real excuse for
the rise. And the more opposition
there appeared to be the stronger the
undertone of the market became. AS
far as the week itself is concerned
those who were playing the long sidd
got the money.
There is still an extensive short in
terest that may or may not be induced
CT frightened into covering. This de-
ponds very much on the nature of the
weather next week. Should anything
llnfaVorable turn up atNthe present
time, it will be quite impossible TO pre-
vent a further rise. All this is entire
~ Independent of the size of the crop
ana the course of the market later on.
Looking at the market at the moment,
there are evidences of extensive short
interest and resulting nervousness on
every little advance that it would
seem TO be the best policy to keep off
the short side for the time being. If
we have sharp advance things would
be different. 1t Will be some weeks be-
fore new cotton is available, and until
this time arrives it looks as khough
buyers on any decline would be able
to find a market to sell on at a profit
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Dry Goods Market,

New York, July 15.-Buyers of dry
goods are not operating freely but the
market has a firmer tendency and in
certain sections considerably more
Improvement is in evidence. The out
'ook for Improvement is better than
NJ any time for the last few weeks.
With the curtailment in progress the
prospect for the maintenance of pres
ent prices IS bright
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MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.

Under and by virtue of a mortgage
executed on the 18th March, 1903, to
me by William Reeves, and which is
recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Wake county, in Book
17G, page 204, I will sell at the Court
House door in the city of Raleigh, at
public auction for cash, to the high
est bidder, on the 18th day of July,
1904, at II o'clock m, the following
described tract Of land, in the State
of North Carolina, Wake county, in
New Light Township. and adjoining
the lands of William Mangum, James
Hunter, CallieN Ray, Jackson Bullock
and others, and contains SO acres.
J. w. MANGUM,
Mortgage.
Jnne 1S, 1904. d.td.
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Baltimore Provisions.

Baltimore July l5-Flour quiet, winter
patents 5.o015. 10, spring patents 1905. Ii.
Wheat firm, spot contract e8c@k, do red
weste n, SS9h, July M@H, Southern b.!
,mple ia S711a do on grade S0G@g0.
Corn quiet, spot o5@A, July 53GH.
Southern white corn 50056H
Oats firm, No. white los
Rye dull, No. 100, uptown T@79.
Butter steady. fancy imitation l7@l8, fancy
creamery lye 70, fancy ladle l4@l5, store pacsed
Il@l2.
Eggs steady 49,
CHEESE quiet, large $500; medium 9@A
small 91<61J55ss, new l0uA.
Sugar firm nne and coarse ,granulated o.2c
fine $40.
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Receipts to date. $500. 1926 bales
Rect. same date last year Is, 031 bales.
New York was twenty points off
yesterday and closed at 11.05.
The estimated figures in Raleigh by
grades are: Strict good middling, II
cents; good middling. 1034 cents.
strict middling, 1G1a cents; middling.
1OA cents; low middling, 10 cents;
stains and tinges, Y cents.
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Naval Stores.

Wilmington, July Is, Turpentine steady 81,
receipts 1913 casks.
Rosin firm, 2.75, receipts 472 bbls.
Tar firm, l.S0, recsipts 81 bbls.
Crude firm, 2.l5@4 00@4.25, receipts 100 bbls.
Charleston. July 10, Turpentine firm 81 sales,
+ 255@2-57k; & go II 2.7;4; / go, X a.S5,
Savannah, July l5-Turpentine firm, 5354,
receipts ,70l, sales 1857, exports H.
Rosin-firm, receipts 1873, sales 8; AZ, exports
$50.
g6Oa2 6211S f 3e5@2s71s,G Zoo, H 2.6sKa..,.,;.
$3.50. K5.55, M 1856, N 3.SO@....., VIC lao
WV, 40.
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New York Money.

New York, July Is, p. m.-Money on call
loan. closing ~, offered II, time monty
easy, 80 days Ia, 80 days 2l4@9,, slx
months atoR, prime merctle naper 3Z9l,
sterling exchange weak, with actual business
in bankers bills at 4s700@0j for demand,
and at asa 65C075. for 60 day bills, posted
rares 4S604S9 commercial bills 4S4. 12Gp9E,
bar silver 5-5l, Mexican dollars 4515, Gov.
bonds steady Railroad bond irregular
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Notice.

Your special attention is directed to
the Importance of letting Prof. Ray,
or the undersigned know at once rela-
tive to securing sleeping car reserva-
lions for their trip to st. Louis, Mo,
on July 18th. The number who will
make this trip is growing daily, and
in order To get the desired accommO-
dations. this should be attended to
without delay.
c. H. GATTIS. C. p. & r. A.,
Il. p. SMITH. T. p. A., Raleigh, N. G.
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1900: Southern Pacific, $1,000; South
ern Railway. 5000 Southern Railway
preferred, 2,100; Union Pacific, Us
zoe; Amalgamated Copper, $500
Mexican Central, 25,20O; American
Locomotive. $500; Brooklyn RAPID
Transit, 5000; Peoples Cas- $500;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 400; United
States Steel. 5000; United States Stee
preferred 27,500.
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Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, H., June 15.-Wheat ex.
perienced n See-saW condition today
At the close the September option was
precisely at last nights final quota
tons. Corn is UP Is Old cents
Oats show a gain of IA cents. Pro
visions down 2 Lao 5 cents.
lOpening. Highest. Lowest Closing.