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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
WAS IN HARBOR OF SAN DIEGO
Scores of Sailors and Officers Killed or Injured
Mot a Man on Board Escaped Worst
Disaster in the History of the Navy
Since Blowing Up of Maine

of all sorts. having been pressed into
service.
Was FrightfuI Scene.
Each took it's quota of living and
hospital. A hurried call was sent
throughout the city for physicians and
nurses. Practically every physician
and professional nurse and scores of
volunteer nurses responded. The
scene on board the Bennington when
she reached the wharf was frightful.
Her deck timbers, heavy steel and iron
beams, smokestacks, gun carriages,
scraps of engines and boilers were
heaped in one indiscriminate mass.
Two of the guns We're gone and the
magazine which had let go almost SIM
ultaneously with the boiler, was moth
ing more than a great gaping hole.
The plateau was buckled and the in
ner woodwork in places was torn to
splinters. Much of the upper works
was thrown into the water.
Engineer Escapes.
The ship is leaking rapidly and it is
feared she will sink. The cause of the
explosion has not been definitely as
certained Engineer Nelson was per-
sonally making an inspection of the
boilers preliminary to her leaving port.
He had found everything all right and
was about to give orders to put on
steam when the explosion occurred.
Nelson was blown back into the store
room and was injured, but not fatally
The captain and a few other officers
had not yet joined the ship and thus
escaped. Ensign Perry, officer of the
day, was on the forward desk directly
above the boilers and was perhaps IA
injured but none, it is thought, fatally
The engine crew were all at their
places when the explosion occurred
The explosion was followed by the out
pouring of a sheet of flame, scalding
water and smoke. This caught every
man in the boiler and engine rooms.
blew up the decks and threw dozens of
men into the air and the bay
Jumped Into the Bay.
In the panic others jumped into the
bay and were picked up by boats which
soon arrived. To step upon the gang
plank and board the ship it was nee
essary to step over the bodies of three
dead boys Those sailors who remained
heroic manner and did not stop until
every badly injured man had been sent
ashore on launches
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Story of His Crime.

Williams was hanged for the muir
der Of Alma Nesbitt on the night of
March s. 1900. He was also charged
with numbering on the same night her
mother Mrs. L. J. Nesbitt. Back Of
this is a series of disapraaIance with
which lie was connected, but which
doubtless will never be proved. Will
lams knew the Nesbitts in Nebraska
and induced them to come west. He
then persuaded Alma to take up a
homestead in the Hood river country,
which she did in 1899. A short time
after this he induced her to marry
MIN, although he had a wife living in
Iowa and was the father of several
children who are now of adult age.
Secret Marriage Performed.
But short time after this marriage,
Which Was a secret one performed in
NS3uver Washington, in July, 1899,
WL1ms is supposed to have learned
mat his wife could not hold her home
stead, which is thought to nave been
'he object Of the marriage. The the
olF OF the prosecution was that on this
discovery he at once decided to mur-
DER his wife, and by fictitious deeds
secured her homestead. at the same
Une removed the evidence of his
bigamy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Secret Marriage Performed.
Clrcumstantie,I Evidence.

Inc evidence, which was circum-
N"luaL showed that he took the two
"Vnen out in buggy, murdered both
Ee>unably with an ak. after a strug-
e'e he first attempted to burn their
'O0ieS on a large brush heap, and
'''5' buried them. He built his plans
,~7IuLy' and even went so far as to
''''' hen house over the graves of
vie unfortunate women. He en-
0'oIea to account for their absence
" declaring that they mad gone to
0Sili1gton, and asserted that Alma
entered upon a fast life. This
~ was carried So far that he even
Such a story to her sister, who
resident of Council Bluffs. Iowa.
BODIES Were Exhumed.
remains of the bodies were ex-
'''so when suspicion grew. and
To-, O0l9' george NeSDltt, OF
idu worked the trail to that
'''' Expert testimony showed tnat
'O'uon of the hair and scalp had
r.s 1n Torn from the head of Alma bv
,,.~ ''iS When she was yet alive. and
=. e'0esome relics were shown af-
r' ,es sHhumation in the court room
s,,. "Nlams sat unmove1. The
mantfaI u evidence of a circum-
Bin, N0' nature was built up against
dramsfta ia the trial was an intensely
cas- '"'ie one. Attempts to appeal his
5s proved futile and in sullen silence
1,.. h Went +, to the sibbet. earrvjng with
r.t., NE e0mplete story of the wav in
IT,. o.''a he murdered in the darkness T ~~s of of
u...,, stormy night two women who ba !
a q, ed him to the fullest Of hnman ,,, :,
Dgr.... Professed Religion.
dams MS long confinement VIII
hi. rns ,'l,o of the Holy Rollers ,a "oVP'su W"eu
'peai to the Supreme Court
Continued on Pago F;a,,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21

In Communication With Cape Henry.
NORFOLK, Va, July 21.-Sigsbee's
squadron got into wireless communl-
cation with Cape Henry at IL: Is today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Almost RivaIed Maine Disaster.

1t was one of the most frightful dis
asters in the history of the American
navy, almost rivaling the blowing up
of the Maine and the horror at Samoa.
The accident occurred at 1920 this
morning when one of the boilers on the
gunboat Bennington, which had just
arrived to tow the crippled Wyoming
back to the Mare Island navy yard,
blew up, blotting out between 40 and
so of Uncle Sans sailors and injuring
all other men on the vessel at the time
The only man to escape so far as
known was Commander Captain Lu-
Glen Young. Practically the entire in
ner portion of the little fighting craft
was blown out. Immediately after the
shock of the explosion the Bennington
listed badly and began to settle. Tugs
hurried to her assistance and she was
towed from the under stream to the
yThar rf
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Murderer Of Alma Nesbitt and
Her Mother
NE COVETED THEIR HoMEs1EAos
,,sd Man Met His Fate Without
? Tremor-WouId Not Talk-No
Hitch in Execution.

THE DALLES, July 21.-Dan1el
Norman Williams, the alleged multi
murderer whose crimes extended
from Iowa to Oregon, who for so many
Years escaped the penalty of his acts,
WAS hanged in the Jail yard today at
sos o'clock.
He went to the gallows without
faering and met his end without a
rrqmor He refused to talk. He was
pronounced dead 10 minutes after the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Tfofessed Rel;r;o,

lians 1s. H'S long confinement VIII
'he faf,a s'o"h religious ana adopted
his f,o, VI The Holy Rollers" When
l appeal to the Supreme Court
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 21.-The boil
er on the gunboat Bennington, now ly-
ing in the harbor, exploded at 1880 a.
m. The entire ship was blown up SO
that she is seen to be listed heavily.
The first reports are that so men are
killed and over 100 injured. Dozen Of
dead and wounded are now being
brought ashore.
Captain Lucian Young reported at II
a. m. that every man on deck was in
jured by the explosion. Between 40
and so were killed The ship rapidly
settled after the explosion and it is
now being towed to the wharf by tugs.
Every available wagon on the water
front was called upon to bring the dead
and wounded to the morgue and hos
pitfalls. There are 2S at one hospital
and seven dead at the morgue.
Captain Lucien Young and Com
mander Verne were on shore at the
time Of the accident and Lieutenant
Commander John Calvin Leonard was
executive officer. Lieutenant Com
mander Victor Blue, of South Carolina
is said to have been in a hospital at
Mare Island undergoing an operation.
The ensigns were Charles T. Wade and
NQyx Il ip 40 mi y G inn ION
were Leo Sahn and Lindsay H. Lacy,
the paymaster was Charles Morris, jr.
The Bennington was gunboat Of the
third class, a sister ship to the York
town. She was of lilo tons burden
with twin screw, six guns in the main
battery and carried 176 men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
RAILROADS ARE FORCED TO
GRANT THEIR DEMAND.
sTICKNEY ON The STAND
President of Great Western Road Tells
How Reductions Are
Obtained.
[scripps News service.l @

Chicago, Sept. 25.-President A. B.
Stickney of the Chicago Great West
ern railroad was a witness this morn
ing for the defense in the suit brought
by the interstate commerce commits
sion against 18 railroads to compel a
readjustment of rates.
He said: "The packers practically
dictate the rates they shall pay for
hauling their products, and the rail-
roads are unable to refuse their de-
mands. The packers ask rate and
the railroad quotes it. Then the pack
ers demand a. lower one, and it is
granted. Next the packers demand
another reduction, saying that another
road is making it. The roads are dis
trustful of one another. The result is
that the packers never fail to get the
rates wanted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
TRAGIC SEARCH ENDED.
Brother Ascertains Fate of Sister
Lost in Arctic Wilds.
[Scripps New 5ervlce.I

juneau, Alaska, Sept. 25.-Frank
Hewitt, the famous musician and cor
netist, who spent the summer in a
search for the body of his sister, starv-
ed to death six years ago, has found
conclusive proof of his sisters death.
He has learned that trapper
known as Russian Bill'' buried the
body. The trapper could not read the
English woman's diary and did not
know of her identity. The woman
was known as Doctor Chambers, the
good pastor of the district in the in
terror of Alaska. She was a doctor
and prospector and started alone from
Circle City to Fairbanks. She became
lost in the woods and wrote on trees
that she was starving to death. She
lived on roots until she died of ex-
haustion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
ASSAULTS AN OFFICER.
Ben BalkweIl Will Be Forced to Face
a State Charge.
rom Mondays Daily.

rom Mondays Daily.
Sometime last evening Police Off
Ger T. ]. Foster was assaulted by Ben
Balkwell, stranger in the city. Balk-
we'll struck the officer two hard blows
in the face and had it not been for the
fact that Foster was holding to
prisoner and thereby steadied himself
he would have been knocked down.
The policeman had arrested a man
named Ed Cox and another fellow
whose name is at the present time
unknown, on the charge of drunken
ness. He was marching them to the
city Jail when the unexpected assault
from Balkwell was made. Fosters
two hands were engaged in holding
on to the prisoners and before he
could straighten himself out Balkwell
had ran. After taking the two plain
drunks to the station Foster returned,
accompanied by officer Craven and
found Balkwell The latter then at
tackled Craven, but was subdued and
taken to Jail. He was turned over to
the state authorities this morning and
will be prosecuted before a justice
of the peace. The maximum punish
ment prescribed by statute for assault
ing or resisting an officer is five
years term in the county jail and a
fine of $4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26

SHOWu Ill Inc IrulL QlSpldy. lnGfo was
also a splendid display of grains and
sugar beets. G. G. Steers of Park City
showed some exceedingly fine apples
as did also J. T. Sanford of Laurel
Mr.. Stanford's apples were of the
Wealthy variety. Mrs. Esther Bes-
sette of Park City also showed so.4e
splendid specimens of fruit.
The Home Department.
In this department there was shown
flowers, pantry stores and articles of
like nature. Mrs. Roy Wilkinson and
Mrs. j. R. Vaughan made the finest
showing of flowers and were given the
first premium. Mrs. Harry K. Fish,
Mrs. N. G. Carwile, Mrs. e. Green,
Misses Katie Flanagan, Mrs. e. S.
Hammond, Mrs. Stockwell and Mrs.
J. r. Vaughan made fine exhibits of
jellies, preserved fruits, cake, bread,
and other articles in that line Mrs.
Hammond captured first premium on
display of bread and cake. Miss De
foss had an excellent display of home
made candies and Miss Zada Combs
made the only display for a girl un-
der Is years. Her display consisted
of cakes and pastry of various kinds.
me Ladies Department.
Mrs. Railsback and her daughter,
Miss Lulu, had charge of this depart
ment, and the former states that there
was never better or more up-to-date
display made at the Billings fair
There was no old stuff shown whatev-
er. Among the largest exhibitors
were Mrs. J. H. Champion, who had
a beautiful display of lace work, in
fact the largest in the building, and
including Battenberg, Duchess, Cluny
and others. Mrs. J. e. Free had a
meritorious exhibit of lace and eyelet
work. Mrs. Geo. Gordon made an ex-
tensive exhibition of Hardanger work.
Mrs. Robert Hopkins showed some
very artistic wood work Her collec-
tion was large and the work perfect.
Mrs. Van Horn, mother of Mrs. A. H.
West, showed some of the finest silk
embroidery and Mont Mellick work
ever seen in the city. Her exhibit of
silk embroidery was the largest in the
building and the work was of the
very finest. What makes Mrs. Van
Horns display more remarkable is the
fact that she is 7S years of age and
the work has been done by her re-
Gently. Mrs. j. w. Vaughan had an
excellent display sof articles of all
kinds. Mrs. N. G. Carwile and Mrs.
E. Green showed a splendid line of
knitting work of all kinds. Mrs.
Stockwell made an excellent showing
of burnt leather work. Mrs. Matheson
had an especially large exhibit of
drawn work. Miss Delfoss had a beau
tiful exhibit of English embroidery
work and many other handsomely
wrought articles. Mrs. Ben Schneider
made a fine showing of burnt leather
work and embroidered bed linens. Mrs.
e. B. Hastings had large and ex-
cellent exhibit of point lace work and
fancy bed spreads. Mrs. Van Sinden
showed some finely wrought crochet
work and fine silk rugs. There were
very many smaller exhibits in this de-
partment.
In the class for girls under Is Miss
Gertrude Hanna had meritorious
display of silk embroidery and Miss
Monte Tschudy had some very excel
lent pen and ink drawings on exhibit
tion.
A force of clerks are compiling the
list of premiums awarded which, if
available, will be given the readers of
The Gazette some time during the
present week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
LEE LARGE STILL ALIVE.
And He Is Now Occupying Cell In
the County Jail.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Sheriff Adams went to Miles City
yesterday, where he arrested one Lee
Large on the charge of stealing sad
die in this county. Large was brought
to Billings this morning and now occu-
pies cell in the county jail.
Edward Carter is the complainant
in the case and he alleges that Large
stole a saddle from him which is OF
the value of $50. This being under
the statutory limit for grand larceny,
Larke will be tried on charge of
petit larceny. 1t will be remembered
that Large is the man who was re-
ported as having been drowned in the
Tongue river above Miles City, sew
eral months ago. A pretended friend
of his wrote letter to ]. w. Cook to
that effect, but few days later 1T
was discovered that Large was still
very much alive. He drove hack
for Mr.. Cook last winter and formerly
worked In P. H. Smiths livery barn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
PROTOCOL is SIGNED.
Principal Points Of Agreement Be-
tween Norway and Sweden.
[scripps News Service

Stockholm, Sept. 25.-In the proto-
col signed by the Norwegian and
Swedish commissioners it is announc-
ed the first article deals with arbitra-
tion; the second with neutral zone
and the demolition of Notifications by
Norway, the third with the rights Of
reindeer l,asturage by the Lapland-
ers, the fourth with traffic between
the two nations and the fifth with
common waterways. Compulsory ar
bitration of all disputes before The
Hague tribunal is provided for.
Two years notice must be given of
intention to abrogate the treaty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
ALDER RMEN JAILED.
Members of Omaha City Council I'M
prisoned for Contempt.
[Scripps News Seryice.]

Omaha, Sept. 25.-Ffve members
of the city council we're sentenced to-
day to serve 80 days in Jail and to
pay the costs of the injunction action
which they violated.
They had been enjoined from grant
ing franchise to the Omaha Gas COM
pany. The ordinance was passed in
defiance of the courts order. The
men cited and punished for contempt
are Aldermen Dyball, Bach, Evans,
Huntington and Schroeder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
GUILTY OF BOTH.
[scripps News seryice.l

New York, Sept. 25.-The trial of
Frederick e. Carlton for grand larceny
was soon ended. No testimony for
the defense was offered and a verdict
of guilty was returned. Carlton was
next arraigned on an Indictment
charging him with bigamy. To this
he pleaded guilty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
WoRKMEN KILLED.

[Scripps News Service.1
Rome, Sept. 25.-Twelve workmen
were buried today by the collapse OF
a new church under course OF con-
struction.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
REPEATS 1T ONCE MORE.
President Roosevelt Determined Not
to Accept denomination.
[Scripps News Service.l

Washington, Sept. 25.-Congress-
man Prince of Illinois in an interview
today stated that the president had
reiterated in a letter to an Illinois
editor, written since the peace confer
ence, his unalterable determination
not to accept a denomination.
The president is quoted as saying
that seven consecutive years is equi-
valent to two terms, and more no one
should accept.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26

the firemen the roof was ablaze. Eight
streams of water were at once direct
ed against the building in hopes of
saving it, but the effort was almost in
vain. The interior of the structure
was gutted and several thousand vol
umes of the library books totally de-
Stroyed
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26

The first annual fair of Deer Lodge
county closed in blaze of glory last
Saturday. 1t was success in every
respect.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-06-01
Gle braad,t feinen s6nb!

ShauplaB: elmer Der Wiener 9abns
bofe. Sn Der qntunftsballs erparten
5lpei einfa9 setlsiOett 0dmen bic ans
tommenOsn Rsiisnosn. Die 0amtn
iteben i'm 0ienits i.nsr 8abnbofmif.
iion, bic ii9 Die Iufgdbe iteat, jungen
uno unsrfuhrenen WGo9sn pom Can.
be, bic muttsrieslsnalIein bic Risisn.
itaot betrsten, nm bort llntertomm,n
uno Gr6eit gu iu4en. fdiibeno Sur
Seite 5u iteb.n. iie Dor ben 8efabrsn
Der 9roBitnot gu purnen uno gu ihii'
Ben. Der Strom Der R,iIsnoen srs
gisBt iia mad Der Sdlls. oem Nus
gang gu. Wittsn orin ibrsitst Elm
MGbdsn nit Sismli9 iusenolidsn.
bii6i9sn 3iisen. bdlb ldnolih. balls
itGOiiid geileiOet. Den aopf Bis in Die
Stirn binein bsoedt elm pollsntr
Sbdipl, Der bas antlib Dor ulI5u nsu.
sisriser Dauiterung i9iiBt. Sn Der
Sanb einen sroBen pdpptuitsn irds
seno. idrsitst lie miiOe. fait idldfris
babin, 10 baB man in ibr lsi9. Sin.
pom 9dnbe" bermutben tdnn. Gin.
Der Samsn bat ii9 an oas WGo6tn
bsransema9t:
.Sie erlauben, 5rGul,in, Sic iino
ipobl frsmo bisr2 Nebmen Sic Sie
5raee ni6t ii1eI. sic iuden luobl
einsn pOIten9"
,Iein, Yoitsn bab' id ia. uber
llntertunFt, nun, Die mub ih mir crit
fu6en. llsbrigens. lparum intereiz
firen Sic ii0) fir mid2"
rSa, piIen sic, lieb.s Rinb, Disn
Bat bod feline 9efubren fir Elm Uldos
den, bas aus Der 5remoe fommt unb
gan3 alIsin baitsbt. Denn sic fir
Die srftsn Gage S9uB braudsn ober
fpiini6en. ="
rId 10, i6 peritshs. Z. Sd bdnts
Iehr, brau9e t,inen S9us."
Die DAME 1T stlpds Osrbliifft, 10
furs anaebunb.n bait. lie pphl nod
teine S9ubbsbiirftige gsfunben. gu
elmer Grase nod SrGnstt .s Fe:
.Ge6r I.lbIt6spuBt, Iiebss aino,
abtr Idgsn sic nal. . mas finb Sis
0snn sisentIi99"
.SbierbGnOis,rin", mar bic ants
mort, unO Oumit mar bic 3tpisfprs@s
aud betHbet.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-06-01

geIuder sroBer Gireufe in btrStabts
ipelt neniaItens in ettpas gemiloerter
Ra6abmuns als attrattion gebOten
peroen, - aber 10 ton lie es audi nod
treiben, iie Iino bod nitbt msbr ganS
70 qefebIos, pie ebsbem, lei bies
nun 3pung Oosr freilpilIise anbsqiie'
mung.
sic leiIten nit benz 2aHo auf bem
giiden zines bodissn 8rpn9os nod
INNER ibier llnsldubli9es; unb aut
ibrer iGbrli9en Spree" = bic lie iid)
nibt nebmen lafen, obpobl mttunter
aud bei ibn.n Semperen5preoiger ibrs
Stimme erI9alen lieBtn = i9ieBen
iis nod INNER sslesentlib in Stdbt'
den in betannter Manier. obapar fsls
tensr, als friiber: aber bic Gage bes
observation-disclosures iinb bod etn
9,iinbli9 ii6erpunbener Stanopuntt
BEL ibnen. gs idiebt au9 iebt man4s
mal elm @opbop HepolDer ni6t bios
in bic Rdtur ober in einen Wtrths
i6uftsIpiegel Elm God, = aber gDiis
tberi6e, tpel9e aus Mutbnillen pber
BEL iebsr ssrinsfiisiesn 8srunlaHuns
glnbere nieberIhieben, leben nur nod
i'm Mnbent.n ibrer 8umeraOen unb in
ber GjroI3ennopellen fort. SIS Tinb
alsrbirgs rod ni9t piele Sabre fer,
bab Sberiffs unb poli5eiioloaten
bur9 ben aampf auf G.ben uno Sob
ssgsn ben sinsn pOer anoeren bieier
Strol6e in 9ltbem erbalten puroen.
giner Der leBten (uno alerI4limms
iten) g6arattsrs bieier gtrt mar
r8ilb tie aib", Der auf iebss Sa9r
Ieines Gebens minbeitens einen Wtens
f6en in's SsnIeits ipebirt bat, bis
enblia ibm, BEN erIt 21iGbrieen BUT
f9en, Der I6nsibise Sberiff pat Gar
rett bas @lei9e that. Sol9e @hardts
tere, poer ibre 9etbGtigungen, iinb
tpobt fir INNER unm0sli9 geiporosn:
benn Der eiIerne 4rm bes 9eisbes
rei9t aud bubin, fpobin bic mobernen
@erfebrs ginri9tunsen nod ni9t
rei6en!
Cont aber bat fi6, pie seIast, bic
dlte 3eit nod INNER an gar man9en
Srtsn unO.rpiiftli9 betpubrt, unb
nidt 9i&ttr unb RomaHI4reiber
atlein piirben es lsbbaft 6eOauern,
ipenn lie aud aus bieien leBten 3us
flu9tsorten peridpinben iolIte, =
mas aber unbermeiblid fein pirb,
fpenn lie feline prattifden 2ebensaufs
saben mebr gu erfiiGen bat. Sine
groBe Ginpanberung 6 na6Siibs
ipeiten bin tOnnts elmer Der mGdtiss
fen Gattoren ibres llnterganges per'
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