Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19
EIGHT SEAMEN
SAVED FROM DEATH
Brig C. G. Sweeney Broke in Tw'
During Storm
CREW LASHED TO MAINMAS1

CREW LASHED TO MAINMAST
Philadelphia. Nov. 17.-After having
been lashed to a mast for more than
"a hours. and with hope of being res
cued almost abandoned. Captain Fisher
and crew of seven men of the brig C..
C. Sweeney. were taken from their
perilous position Tuesday afternoon
by the steamer Hawaiian, from Homo
lulu for this port. The men suffered
greatly from exposure to the weather.
but are apparently no worse for their
experience.
The brig left Charleston early last
week for Philadelphia with a cargo Of
lumber. and encountered the southern
hurricane Sunday off the Virginia
coast. The brig withstood the terrific
wind and sea for a short time only
and then became waterlogged. The
deck load and houses were swept away.
and the vessel finally broke in two.
The crew then climbed the mainmast
and lashed themselves in the mainsail
to keep from being washed away They
remained in this position until Mon
day afternoon. by which time the sea
had moderated enough to permit them
to return to the deck of the half
sunken hulk No vessel was sighted
until Tuesday morning. when the Ha-
waiian responded to their distress sig
nails and rescued all hands
Other reports of Sundays great storm
are still coming in from the sea. The
Hawaiian also reports having passed
a four-masted schooner bottom up,
with masts floating alongside, about
20 miles southeast of the Delaware
Capes
The British steamer Regulus. from
Golfers Cove, n. F., for this port, re-
ports having encountered the hurri
cane $50 miles northeast of the Della.
ware Capes and having after hatch,
wheel house, jolly boat and lifeboats
stove
GEN. LEW" WALLACE DOOMED
Cancerous Growth In Stomach Pre-
vents Author From Taking Food.
Indianapolis. Ind, Nov. l6.-General
Lew Wallace. of Charlottesville. au-
thor of Ben Hur." Prince of India"
and other works, and one time United
States minister to Turkey, is under
stood to be slowly starving to death
at his home owing to cancerous
growth in the stomach. which prevents
the digestion of any food.
Nothing whatever will be given out
at the home of General Wallace. and
it is not known how long the patient
has been compelled to abstain from
eating. or what his present condition
is. but his friends regard his trouble
not only incurable. but certain to
case his death ultimately
Seventy-five Mines Tied Up.
Charleston. w. Va, Nov. 17.-Sev-
eral thousand miners are now on strike
in the Kanawha coal fields. and about
rs mines are tied up. The miners will
hold meeting here to decide how
they shall meet the situation. The op
orators are employing non-union mer
to fill the places of striking miners
John Nugent. president of district No
II, United Min Workers of America
issued statement in which he denied
the allegations of the Kanawha coal
operators that mine workers would not
submit the question of dispute to arbi-
tration according to the agreement OF
last May.
George Gould Accidentally Shot Man.
Raleigh. n. c., Nov. II. - While
High Point, this state, he accidentally
shot Edward Burns. an attendant Sew
eral shot entered Burns eye. A spe-
cialist of Greensboro saying there was
small chance of saving the eye, Mr.
Gould at once sent the man to New
York. where eminent oculists will be
told to spare nothing that science and
skill can effect to save Burns sight
Hulk of SIocum Sold For $500.
New York. Nov l6.-The hulk of
the ill-fated excursion steamer General
Slocum, which was burned in the East
river early last summer. with the loss
of more than 1000 lives. was sold at
auction for $500. The purchaser re-
ceives the engines. boilers. hull and
tackle They will be broken up for
junk.
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