The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-06

icefloe during a binding blizzard
and was ground TO pieces by the
bergs.
The majority OF the crew escaped
in the boats. but many OF them aft
erwards persisted from cold and ex-
posture Thirty of the survivors
were picked up by the steamship
Beliaventura after they had been
drifting about for two days. All
Of them were frost-bitten and a
number of them will die. Forty of
the crew are known 20 have perish
ed. and thirty are still missing. and
if they have not already been res
cued. they probably will be dead
when found.
The Bellaventura reports that the
Southern Cross sent out a call for
assistance tonight, and it is feared
that she too has been crushed by
the ice.
MANY OTHERS DIE.
MONTREAL, April 2. Reports
received in this city encourage the
belief that fully 800 seal hunters
have persisted off the coast during
the past three days. as result of
the terrific blizzard. The sea is
| filled with ice, and it is known that
! many small boats have been caught
| in the drift.
GENERAL KELLY GUILTY.
t SACRAMENTO, Cal April q
| General" Charles Kelly, known
throughout the state as commander
If he unemployed army which re-
| Gently started across the continent
from San Francisco, and which prac-
tically disbanded in this city, was
found guilty today in the local
courts on a charge of vagrancy, and
probably will be given an oppor-
tunity to go to work for the city.
| Sentence will be imposed on Satur-
day.
HOTELS BURNED
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, April g
| Five tourist hotels, the courthouse
| and number of costly residences
we're destroyed by fire early this
morning, the flames consuming fully
two blocks of the city along the
waterfront The hotels destroyed
were the Atlantic, Central. Claire
mont Florida, and Munsan.
For a time the entire city was
threatened, and many narrow es-
capes from death were recorded.
| rhe loss is estimated at several mil
| ions of dollars
VESSEL BELIEVED LOST.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., April s.
There is growing apprehension here
| that the sealing steamer Southern
| Cross. which was reported in trou-
Die off Cape Race yesterday, has
been crushed by the icefloes which
have been driven south by the
storm of the past several days.
| Persistent efforts on the part Of the
| government to locate the missing
ship have resulted in failure, and it
t is regarded as practically certain
/ tonight that the steamer and all on
BOARD are lost.
The Southern Cross carried crew
Of 10 men and had a cargo of
| 1900 sealskins when overtaken by
| the blizzard, which swept the New
| foundland coast with terrific force.
| The bodies of scores of fishermen
have been washed ashore from the
small fishing boats which were
caught in the storm, and a number
Of boats have put into port during
| the past "a hours with their occu-
pants almost dead from cold and
exposure. Tales of thrilling expert
ences and hardships are common.
Conservative estimates place the
number of storm victims at more
han 300.
POSSES AFTER ASSASSIN.
| LITTLE ROCK, Ark. April g.
| A dozen posses are searching for
IN unknown assassin who visited
the home OF Elihu Francis, near
this city, this afternoon and muir
| 1ered Mrs Francis and three of her
children. The husband and fourth
child We're attacked, but they es-
capped with their lives. The crime
was committed with an ak which
the assassin picked up as he ap-
! Jroached the house.
AIDS M'kiNLEY MONUMENT.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., April g.
| Henry c. Prick, Of steel trust fame,
| has contributed the sum of $4,000
| 20 the Mckinley memorial fund for
the erection of monument in honor
If the memory Of the martyred
/! President. The memorial is to be
| erected at Niles. in this state, where
Mckinley was born