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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-18
DEPENDS V4N setback.
Most Of Masters Sag He Took the
Best Course.

Masters OF towboats and excursion steamers
in the harbor are divided in opinion as 10 the
wisdom Of the course taken by Captain Van
Schaick in Bleaching the SIocum on North
Brother Island. The preponderance OF opinion
however is that the captain did the only thing
possible. Even those who condemn his course
say that 1t was more than an error in tudg-
ment. and that he consistently followed a neces-
sariy hastily formed plan. That the SIocum
was not beached because he became panic
stricken, they say, is shown by the fact that
he kept his vessel on her course and stuck to
MS post until she was aground and the wheel
house burning over his head
Captain Frank A Johnson. who has had =
masters certificate for thirty-ive years. said
yesterday that Captain Van Schaick had beached
his vessel in the only place possible.
There was place around Wards IsIa nd
where he could have beached her" said Captain
Johnson. That he could have beached her on
the Sunken Meadows is absurd Had he done
that he would have lost practically every soul
on board. That the passengers could have
stepped ashore there is absurd The only
shore any Of them would have stepped on would
have been eight to twelve feet under water
on either side of the channel are dangerous
rocks and bars, which made it impossible for
him to leave the channel until he reached North
At nearly all the points suggested as places he
should have beached the boat by people whose
nearest approach to the scene has been on the
Astoria Ferry. there were wha rves and vessels
that would have spread the flames and hindered
the escape Of the passengers. He has been
censured for rushing the SlOcum into the wind
but there not room enough for him to turn
Is no doubt that he would have turned tail to
the wind"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-18
INSPECTORS GET ORDERS
State officials Told to Make Sure of
Life PreserUers.

Albany. June 17.-Charles S BOYD. State
Superintendent of Public Works, to-day made
public the following letter 10 w. S. Van Keuren
and G. B. Preston, State inspectors of steam
vessels:
The recent accident 10 the steamship General
Slocum suggests the absolute necessity for all
steamships, particularly those used for exc1Ir-
stons providing themselves not only with an
adequate number of life preservers but also
that they should be life preservers which pre-
serve.
As inspectors whose duty II is to enforce the
provisions Of the inland water navigation law I
desire you in the performance OF your duty TO
be insistent in every a strict compIi-
ance with all the provisions of law in this re-
gard.
Since the excursion season is close at hand
that nothing may be left undone which might
be done to Insure greater safety to the general
public patrOnizing excursion steamers. I desire
you TO pay particular attention to the inspection
Of this class of craft, giving such boats prefer
ence in the matter Of attention over all other
boats. If there are any steamers coming with
In this category which you have reason to sup
to the quality of whose equipment you may be
In doubt, l desire you TO make an immediate
inspection of such craft, notifying their owners
or operators of your intended inspection and
forbidding their use for excursion purposes until
the inspection shall be had and the orders which
you may find il necessary TO issue with respect
TO repair ampliication of equipment shall be
complied with.
The State inspectors OF steam vessels have no
authority over the rivers except above tide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-18
ENGINEER TELLS STORY.
HE FOUGHT THE FIRE.
Says Frantic CrO0cd Kept Crer0
from Reaching Lifeboats.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Catskill. N Y. June lib. F. Conklin, chief
engineer Of the General Slocum, at his home in
this village this morning said that he did not
know just where the fire started. He made the
following statement:
When the steamer was nearly opposite One
hundred-and thirty-eig hth-st.. the mate came 10
the engine room and informed me that fire had
broken out forward. looked out and saw smoke
IoIllnS toward me- I did not think at the time
that IL was very serious. but I called the
assistant engineer and told him to stand by his
engine while l attended TO the pumps
In about a minute l had the pumps working
and three streams Of water were playing on the
flames. In less than three minutes the fire was
sweeping through the entire forward part Of the
vessel. The crew acted nObly. and in no in
stance did 1 see the white feather shown OF
course IL was impossible for them to quiet six
teen hundred paniCst riCken people, and it was
also impossible for them 10 get near enough TO
the Afeboats in that terrible crush to launch
them.
There were eight ufeboats and two RATS
aboard, but they could not be launched on ac-
count Of the people around them When you
take into consideration that the whole thing
occurred In less than fifteen minutes you can
readily perceive why more could not be done TO
save life. In my opinion, Captain Van Schafck
under the circumstances. The hose on the
steamer was new, and If it burst I was not made
aware OF II.
The life preservers were not old as has bAen
stated. for many new ones were purchased this
spring and the older ones were carefully ex-
amined- The preservers were snatched down
hastily, handled roughly. thrown on the decks
and tramDled on. and IL is little wonder that
they were torn and damaged When the boat
vas beaChed, the upper deck caved in and hurled
a number or persons beneath II. My assistant
Everett BrandOw. and I remained in the engine
room until the vessel struck the shore and then
we went 10 the rear deck. where there were still
many passengers left. a tug came along and
took US off. Brandow and I were the last to
leave the poor old boat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-18

water Their Jurisdiction covers inland streams
and lakes. They have no office in New-York
City
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
MR. Y Is DEAD.
The Postmaster General Expired
Tuesday Evening

Henry c. Payne, postmaster general OF
the United States, a member of the ma
tional Republican committee, a stalwart
Of his party, with the history of which
both in his home state and nationally he
has been identified for many years, died
at his apartments at the Arlington Ho-
tel at Washington, ID. c., at Gao
Tuesday night, aged 60 years. The
death and its cause was announced in
the following bulletin issued by the at
tending physicians:
"The postmaster general died at $40
p. m. He died peacefully, without a
struggle. Cause of death, disease of
mitral valve and dilation of heart"
Mr.. Payne had been in poor health for
at least two years, but his last illness
covered only seven days, an attack Of
heart trouble last week precipitating the
end at a time when, after a rest, he
seemed to have recovered a small meas
IRE Of his vitality, impaired by years of
arduous labor. Death Tuesday afternoon
came after nearly six hours of uncon-
seriousness.
The last official who called to inquire
as to Mr.. Payne's condition was Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and he had been gone
only about ten minutes when the struck
en- member of the cabinet expired. AS
Mr.. Roosevelt was leaving he spoke feel
ingly of Mr.. Payne TO the newspaper
men gathered in front OF the hotel as
the sweetest, most lovable and most
trustful man l ever knew"
Mrs Roosevelt, accompanied by Capt.
Cowles, also was a caller at the family
apartments of the Paynes during the late
afternoon.
Around Mr.. Payne's bedside at the
time of death was his devoted wife, the
Rev. DIR. Dunlap, pastor of st. Johns
Episcopal church; Maj. and Mrs, w. $.
Cameron, Of jamestown, n. Y; Mr.. and
Mrs. Winfield Cameron, of Milwaukee,;
Charles l.. Jones and Miss Louise Jones,
relatives; Private Secretary Whitney,
Miss Mary Barbiere, an old companions
of Mrs. Payne; Mr.. and Mrs. w. H..
Mason, of Washington, old time friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Payne, and the faith
full colored messenger at the department
of the postmaster general.
From the beginning the friends of
Mr.. Payne had cause for the gravest APP
prehension, and not a ray of hope was
held out for his recovery.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
SEVEN MEN
They Went Down With a Bridge in
an Oklahoma Hood.

Seven men are missing Of a party Of
eight who e down with the wagon
bridge between Lexington and Purcell,
Okla, Tuesday night at 8 o'clock after
battling with the swift rush of waters
for many hours in their vain attempt
to prevent the bridge from going, the
only connection between the two towns.
Judge Hooker, who lives at Byers,
near Lexington, is the man heard from,
but he can tell nothing of the other
men. d
The names of five others known to
have been OH the bridge when it went
down are: -Woliver, manager of the
oil mill at Purcell; Cliff Cooley, a boy,
Purcell; - William, Purcell; - Car
mel, of near Lexington, and Will Tay.
lor, q boy, Lexington.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
WATER FOR DEAOWOoD.
City's Supply Will Be Brought from
Elk Creek.

The city council Of Deadwood has final
ly arrived at a solution Of the water
question, which has a~gitated the city for
many years, and has undertaken to prot
vide a publlc system of water works and
a supply of pure, soft water that Will
suffice for all future time. This water
viii be brought in from Elk Greek by
gravity, a distance of twelve miles, and a
cement reservoir of 100000 gallons ca
pacity will be constructed on the crest of
one of the hills above the town at sufff-
cient elevation to force the water to all
points within the corporate limits.
The council has called a special cleo
ton, to be held Tuesday, Oct. IL, at
which the people will vote upon a prop
osition TO issue bonds TO the amount of
$13O,000 to cover the cost of introducing
the proposed water works system.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
BOLD BANK HOLDUP
ROB5ER GETS SI,7oo AT TREY
NOR, IA, AND ESCAPES.
Assistant Cashier. Alone in Bank ut
the Time, 10 Kept Prisoner In TN
Vault for Half an H0ur-armed
Men Pursue the Robber.

A robber walked into the savings bank
at Treynor, a small town fifteen miles
east OF Council Bluffs, Ia, Thursday af-
tcrnOon, and at the point of a revolver
compelled the assistant cashier, Miss
France Flood, to take 81, 700 from thc
cash drawer and vault and put the
money in his bag. Then the robber drove
the young woman, who was alone IN the
bank, into the big vault. and locked her
in. Customers coming into the bank half
nm hour later heard the girls screams for
help and released her from the vault. She
at once told OF the holdup, and an armed
posse started after the robber.
The police and sheriff's office at Coun-
ell Bluffs were also notified and started
armed men into the country to intercept
the robber, but up to midnight he had
not been unprecedented.
Rural telephones were also set into ac-
tiyity aud the robber was traced toward
Council Bluffs. Officers believe that they
are on the robbers trail near Underwood.
where he stopped to remove the shoes OF
his horse.
No one. in Treynor was aware OF the
presence OF the robber until after the
woman cashier was released from the
vault, so quietly and quickly was the
holdup executed. The robber was seen
by Treynor citizens to quietly walk out
CT the bank and get into n buggy IN
which a companion had been waiting for
him, and then drove deliberately away.
Miss Floods father, Thomas Flood, is
cashier of the bank. For several days
he has left his daughter in charge at the
hour when the robbery occurred, and the
robber is believed to have known of this
fact. .
He was evidently familiar with the
premises. He walked in ut the front door,
passed through the lobby into the direct
ors' room and entered from the rear end
of the bank. He presented a revolver
which he puzzled near to the face Of the
young woman and demanded that she
hand over all the cash in the bank. She
demurred at first, but when he became
threatening she handed him the loose
money on the counter. He pocketed the
money and demanded that she open the
vault and get the money there. This she
was forced to do. She handed him the
larger package as she stepped from the
vault, and he pushed her back into the
vault and slammed the door.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
TO MAKE AN p
Empcrors Will be Asked 90 End the
Russo-Japanese War.

Resolutions intended to bring about, if
possible, an end to the Russo-Japanese
war, were adopted at the meeting of the
international peace congress ut Boston,
Mass. BY the terms OF these resolutions
the congress will address an appeal to
the emperors Of Russia and Japan to ter
inmate the struggle, and each of the pow
ers signatory to The Hague convention
will be formally requested to impress up
on Russian and japan the importance
OF putting an end to the present war.
1t was also voted that the resolutions
referring to friendly Intervention by the
powers be presented TO President Roose
welt by a committee Of the congress. The
resolutions were prepared after a lengthy
discussion, in which many of the promi-
nent foreign delegates participated.
The deliberative proceedings Of the day
took on an added interest i'm the fact that
a leading Hindoo, Baba Bharati, was in
reduced to speak ss the representative
Df his country. The most intense ap-
plause that has been evoked thus far dur
ing the convention greeted the Hindoo,
who, dressed IN the costume Of his people.
delivered a passionate speech in excel
lent English, %denouncing on the one hand
the attempt of Christianity to thrust
Christianity upon India as its religion,
and the policy of English people of India
Of invading Tibet.
At Park Street church a meeting was
held by the women delegates to the con-
gress. The duties of women in the peace
cause was considered by several speakers.
chief among them being Baroness Won
Suttner, of Austria. The duties of bust
ness men in the peace movement was
set forth at another meeting in fremont
Temple, with addresses by prominent
merchants.
Every labor union in the city was rep
resented Wednesday night in an audience
that filed Faneuil hall at a working
mems public mass meeting held in coHnec-
ton with the International peace con-
sress. The keynote of the gathering was
that as war affects the working classes
Of world more than other classes, the
working people should band themselves
together to demand and insist that gar.
both industrial and political. should
cease.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
INJURED.
Child Fell Backward and Was I'm
paied on An Iron Hook.

A painful accident befcll the ~G-year-old
daughter of a. j. Baldwin, of Huron,
Thursday evening. While climbing a tel
ephons pole, having iron foot rods. she
lost her hold and fell backward, strik-
ing on one of the iron hooks, which pene-
trated her thigh, holding her suspended
about ten feet from the ground. Chill
dren with her gave an alarm, but the
mother OF the child with other women
were unable to lift her from her peril
Gus situation. Workmen near by came
to their assistance and the child was TAX
en- down, but not until she had hung on
the iron for some minutes. An ugly
wound was made in the little girls leg,
but physicians believe she will not be per-
manently crippled.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
WIDOW AXE UP GUN.
Joins brothers in Seeking Venge-
ance for Husbands Murder.

a
In a feud fight OH Big Greek, in Perry
county, Kentucky, Buck Cottingame
was killed, and Jim Masters, his broth
er-in-law, dangerously wounded. Cot
tingame, accompanied by his wife and
Jim and Tom Masters, were en- route to
Hazard, four miles from the Masters
home, when they fell into an ambush,
and before they knew it they were tar
gets for half a dozen guns. C~ottingame,
who was riding on the same horse with
his wife, threw up his hands and fell
from his seat, dragging the m with
him.
James Masters received a slight in
jury to his arm, but Tom Masters was
untouched. He jumped from his horse
and taking shelter behind a log, opened
FIRE in the direction from which the shots
came. Mrs. ~Cottingame, who fell from
her horse. when her husband did. seized
his revolver and assisted her brothers
in driving off the enemy.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
New Bank at Raymond

r. I'll. Armstrong, a Canistota capital
list, together with Phillip Schaller, also
of Canistota, and several capitalists Of
Raymond, Clark County, have perfected
arrangements for starting a new bank at
Raymond. The work of constructing a
building for the new bank will be COM
menced as soon as a contract can be
awarded. Mr.. Schaller will have the
active management Of the new banking
institution, which will e one of the
strongest of it's kind in that part Of
South Dakota.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
MENNONITE GIRL MURDERED
Cody is Found Fourteen Miles West
of YanktOn.

A foul murder came to light Thursday
when the body of a young Mennonite girl
was found fourteen miles west of Yank-
ton. She has been missing for several
days, and searching parties had been
hunting for her. The body was finally
discovered near the border Of lands be-
longing 70 Bon Homme Mennonite So
eiety. Her mouth was stuffed with grass
and sod, evidently to prevent any out
cry. Her clothing was almost entirely
stripped from her body and she had been
terribly assaulted. Suspicion rests on
three tramps who had been seen in the
neighborhood. Tracks of three men were
found near the body.
According to the doctrines of the Mem
monte Society they cannot ask for the
aid Of the law, and no complaint has
been made to the authorities.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
NEARING COMPLETION.
Work on Federal Building at Dead
wood Awaits Arrival of Granite.

The foundation walls for the new
United States court house and postotfice
building in Deadwood are nearing COM
pletion, and are now waiting upon three
carloads of Massachusetts granite
which will be used for basement walls.
Above the basement Black Hills building
stone is to be used. Several carloads
have arrived from the Burke stone quar-
ry near Hot Springs, and stone cutters
will be employed throughout the win
ter.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company has built a spur to the site
of the building for the delivery of ma
terial
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSEO FORM.
Both Are Dead-Engineer and Con-
ductor OF Burlington Freight Lose
Lives in a Wreck-The Air Brakes
Failed to Work.

A Deadwood special says: Conductor
10 +. Sanborne and Engineer Charles
Stevenson who were so injured in the
wreck of the Burlington freight train
near Custer that their deaths followed,
were well known railroad men III Deau
wood, having been in the employ OF .he
Burlington a great many years runhinS
much of the time between IN
Edgemont. The engineer lived Dut u short
time after the accident, but the conduc-
tor made his way on foot to custer
where he was afterwards found Dy mem
bers of the wrecking crew by wnohi ne
was assisted to the hospital. lie was
married and his wife arrived from their
home ut Edgemont before he died.
The accident was due to the failure OF
the air brakes on Il heavy down grade
near Berne. between Custer and Hin
City. The train was running with u
double-header and S~tevensons engine
was ahead. He discovered the trouble
with the air and signaied to the second
engineer for assistance. The air IN the
second locomotive was exhausted ana
both engineers threw their engines over.
The train was so heavy ard it had gam
ed such an impetus that it could not be
checked and the leading engine left the
track on a curve, causing the second loco
motive to lurch after it, and they plough
ed their way over the sleepers nearly a
hundred yeards before stopping. Steven
sons engine turned on its side and the
engineer was crushed beneath his boiler.
Conductor Sanborn had been iding IN
Stevenson's cab and received his most
serious injuries from the scalding steam.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
MUST KEEP a
Railroad Man Who Falls Asleep
CriminalIy Negligent.

John Schwartz, in the Montgomery
County court at Norristown, Pa, refus-
ed TO affirm a point of law submitted by
an attorney that when a railroad employe
falls asleep from physical Weakness,
from illness, .or from WEAKNESS from long
hours, or steady employment, and an nc.
cident happens, the employee should be
acquitted.
The case was that of John II. Fleisch.
utt, Of Pottsville, Pa, an engineer on o
Pennsylvania Railroad freight train. The
freight train and a passenger collided
near Pottstown last April and two, per.
sons were killed and a dozen injured.
The crew Of the freight train were held
by the coroner for criminal negligence.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
DIES IN
Former Marshal Fred SCHNEIDER Dies
From ODeratiOn.

Fred SCHNEIDER, aged 40 years, a former
special deputy United States marshal in
North Dakota, died at the Sioux Falls
penitentiary Monday morning as the re-
suit Of an operations
He was serving a term of FIVE years,
having been convicted in the federal
court of North Dakota for classifying his
accounts with the government. The
fraud perpetrated by him was of an I'M
usually bold and wholesale character. He
was lodged in the penitentiary in the fall
of 1902, and therefore had served about
two years. His case attracted wide att
tention at the time of his conviction.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
New Land Inspector.

John G.. Scott, has arrived at Pierre
from Washington, to take up his duties
as an inspector of the general land de-
partment, dividing the work of this state
with Leroy o. Moore, who has been in
the field for some time. Mr.. 4doore will
remain stationed at Pierre and look after
the Pierre and Chamberlain districts,
while Mr.. Scott will make his headquar-
tiers at huron and look after the Mitch
ell, Huron, WATERFOWL and Aberdeen dis
tricts. Both inspectors have just return
ed from a trip down into the White Riv-
or Country.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
HUNDRED DIE EACH DAY.
Veterans or the Civil War Passing
Rapidly Away,

Veterans Of the civil war are now dy,
ing at the rate Of 100 each day, according
to a statement made public by Commits.
sioner Ware, Of the pension bureau.
The mortality among soldier pensioners
OF all wars and classes last year was
81 ,728 deaths, Of which 30,071 were vol
unteers in the civil war.
Commissioner Ware estimates that the
rate among pensioners OF all classes at
the close Of the present yea will ap.
proximate $1,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
STOLEN DIAMONDS RECOVERED
A Nephew OF Mrs. Theodore Piatt
IL Under Arrest.


After working secretly for a period of
six months, Chief Of Police Davis, of
Huntington, w. Va, has unearthed dia-
monds valued at $500 stolen from Mrs.
Theodore A. Piatt at New Orleans dur
Ing the Mardi Gras last March. The
diamonds were taken from the Piatt
home while the family were attending
the Mardi Gras festivities.
simultaneously, Walter Piatt, a neph-
ew Of the owner Of the diamonds, dis
appeared. Early in April the young man
was heard of in st. Louis, then in Gin
%cinnati, and later in Huntington. The
chief Of police recovered a part of the
stolen diamonds and arrested Walter
Piatt to await the arrival of his aunt
from New Orleans.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-12
BOLD AoLDuP AT MoNTRose
j. Fl. Queal 81 Co.'S Agent Robbed in
His Own Barn.

At Montrose Tuesday morning j. III.
Queal & Co.'s agent, Mr.. o. Grady, went
to his barn at about $50 o'clock to do the
chores and was held up by two strang-
ers who pulied guns on him, robbed him
of his valuables and $3.50 in cash and
told him to remain in the barn half an
hour or they would kill him. He re-
NAMED the whole half hour and when he
gave the alarm nothing could be found
of the thieves.
TIE night before an attempt was made
to hold up DR.. Spencer, of Montrose, as
he was returning from a trip into the
country