Poll KIDNAPPING. An Omaha Man 13 Arrested and Jailed. He I* Arrtiird of Hi-inn One of tbe ».an_; llial AbdiicCed Voniiji < i«da lay —H« Denies UUUulUand (lalui* He Can I'rove uu Alibi. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 20. —The police have under arrest James Callahan, charged with complicity in the abduc tion of Edward Cudahy, jr., on the night of December l'J. Callahan was arrested last Saturday, but the police kept the fact a secret until Tuesday, in the hope ot securing other arrests. Young Cudahy has positively identi fied him as the man who accosted liim near the Cudahy residence and represented himself to be a sheriff from an adjoining county and forced liim iiito a buggy and also as the big man >vtio kept guard over him at the Melrose Hill house while he was kept a prisoner, pending the ne gotiations for the ransom of $25,000 which Mr. Cudahy paid for the return of his boy. Daniel H. Burris, who sold a horse and buggy to two men who are sup posed to have used it to procure the abduction, also identified Callahan as one of the men with whom he made the deal. Marie Larsen, a servant in the employ 'of ,T. H. Patrick, of whom the kidnappers rented a house, was the third person to identify Cal lahan, and says he is the man who paid a month's rent in advance for a cottage in Happy Hollow, wihch the •bandits abandoned two weeks before the abduction, fearing discovery. Callahan was arrested by Patrol men Deuberry and Dwyer, both of whom are old acquaintances of the prisoner, one of them having gone to pehool with him. They also knew that he was a close friend of Pat, Crowe, for whom a large reward has been offered as leader in the kidnap ping. Young 1 Cudahy's identification of the man seems complete. Together •with his father he called Saturday on the chief of police and confronted the prisoner. The men had a con versation lasting half an hour, and after Callahan had been taken away young 1 Edward said: "I would never forget that voice, and 1 also remember very distinctly his peculiar manner in pronouncing ■certain words. In his present talk he used these same words and pro nouneed them the same. As I had several good looks at the man while he was guarding 1 me, I can be pretty sure this is the man wanted." Callahan denies that he had any thing 1 to do with the kidnapping-, but admits that he was a close friend of Crowe. He says he can prove an alibi. and states that during the time which it is claimed he spent guarding young Cudahy he was at the home of his sistpr, a Mrs. Kelly, which is a short distance from the Melrose Ilill house. Mrs. Kelly was asked last night concerning the whereabouts of Calla han at the time of the abduction and said the day following the deed he was at her home, but acknowledges that, she does not know his where abouts the night before. Callahan is 38 years of age and has lived in Omaha for several years. He was employed in the packing house of the Cudahy Packing Co. at South Omaha up to three months ago. He has not been employed for sime time, but the police claim he has been spending oajiey freely and taking life easy. In 1893 he was given a five year penitentiary sentence for high way robbery, but after serving 18 months was paroled. Six months later he was convicted for stealing and sent back to serve the remainder of the sentence. The chief of police says the fact that Callahan has an alibi prepared leads him to believe that he has the right man. Prior to the kidnapping Callahan is said to have been in Crowe's company daily. He intro duced Crowe as "Mr. Johnson" and they took rides daily in the vicinity of Russer's park, which is near where Mr. Cudahy left the gold on ihe event ful night. Callahan last night made a state ment as follows: "1 know nothing about the kidnap ping of Edward Cudahy. If I did I would be the last man in the world to tell i!, because if I did and Pat Crowe proved to be connected with the crime, he would run me to the end of the earth and run a knife through nie. There is no danger of me turning state's evidence, even if I had knowledge of the deed which would assist the state in a conviction. Rather would I serve term in the penitentiary than take chances of ac knowledging that I had information incriminating to myself or anybody .else, because 1 know the people of this city would not rest until they had hanged me to the nearest tele graph pole. 1 have seven people who will swear to my whereabouts on the night of the abduction and the two days following." An KxclliiiK Initiation. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 20,— Milton n.i ney was accidentally shot last night by a woman member of the local tribe of Daughters of Pocahantas in on initiation ceremony held at the lodge room. In mistake she used a revolver that had fallen from the pocket of a member, instead of the one filled with blank cartridges. The bullet struck Henry's shoulder, bad ly shattering it. flarki'fcllrr Oiler* to tilvf $'<250,000. New York, Feb. 20. —A contribution <ot $250,000 by John D. Rockefeller to lirovvn university was announced last night at the usual dinner of the Brown University Alumni Society of New York. Rev. Faunce, president of the university, made the an nouncement. He said: "I have the pleasure of announcing that John I). Rockefeller, who gave $250,000 last year TO Brown university, has now offered to increase that amount to $500,000, if we will increase the new endowment from $1,000,000 to $2,- 000,000." LYNCHERS ARE FOILED. Itallr»ail<'rM Ni nrrk u Toprka .lall for a < rlmlmil, bill Fall lo Find Him. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 21. -The vigil ance of officers was all "that saved "Slick" Slater, a white man, 27 years of aj(e, from lynching by an infuriat-* ed mob last night. lit- will yet be lynched if he can be. found. Slater assaulted 17-year-old Lottie Gerberick Monday evening l and was captured by Topeka officers the next day in Carbon dale, 20 iniles from here. The officers J<ept the fart of t.he capture quiet and placed Slater in the county jail here. It became known yesterday after noon that he was here, and immedi ately the men of the Santa Fe shops, where the girl's father is employed, decided that- he should be lynched. They at once sent a committee tr> watch the jail while they arranged details for the expected lynching. ]fy t> o'clock there was an angry mob of 1.000 men around the county jail demanding that t.he prisoner be delivered to them. A brigade of Santa Fe boilermakers, armed with heavy sledgehammers, stood ready to make short work of the jail in case the demands were not granted. Rheiff Cook told the crowd that the prisoner had been removed and of fered to let the committee search the jail. Ten men, headed by Gerberick, made a thorough search. Slater could not be found and the men so reported. This failed to satisfy the mob, and twice they started to break in the jail doors. It developed that early in the af ternoon the sheriff, in anticipation of trouble, ordered a deputy to get Slater out of town. The deputy drove t.<> Hoyt with Slater and entered a northbound Hock island train with him. It is thought here that the man is now in jail at Atchison. The Santa Fe shopmen are deter mined to lynch Sinter when he is brought back here for trial, and to this end have appointed a large viff ilance committee to be constantly on the lookout for him. The Santa Ffl men have a record for lynching, hav ing strung up John Oliphant here 12 years ago. for assault. The county jail, which the lynching party visited in search of Slater, is the same in which Mrs. Nation is confined. Mrs. Nation was much nlarmed at the course of the even ing's events, bust fear for herself did not once enter her mind apparently. ihe law enforcement army met at the First Christian church last night, anil on hearing of the projected - at tack pn the jail, sent a message to Sheriff < ook saying that 300 members of the organization would be on the spot to help protect the jail from the mob. This evidence of loyalty on the part of her followers highly pleased Mrs. Nation, and she ex preseo her praise of them in unmeas ured terms. MURDER AND ARSON. I ImrjiCN I poll \% hicli Two Jlon are Arrested In u Ur» Virginia Town. Sistersville, VY. Ya., Feb. 21.—Word was received Wednesday from String town, a small oil village in the in terior of Tyler county, that Tuesday night a fire had started in a drug store and before the flames were un der control several buildings had been consumed anil that John Clen deuning had been burned to death. The report was verified later in the day and the latest, report from Stringtown is that two men have been arrested for arson and murder. It appears that there had been a sort of Carrie Nation crusade in the oil village against the dives and speakeasies during the past two weeks and a warning had been given that unless the proprietor of the drug store, over which Clendenning slept, stopped selling liquor the placa would be either burned or blown up. After the fire was under control it was demonstrated that there had been no explosion, and it is now as serted that the fire was the work of fanatics who desired to rid the town of the alleged speakeasy. IT IS A POOR EXCUSE. nan on Trial tor Killing 111- Family Claim* tliat M Iti'll-fiouft Fend L>r<l to the Crime. Peoria, 111., Feb. 21. —In the trial yesterday of Samuel Moser, charged with killing his wife and three chil dren, letters alleged to have been written by the prisoner were intro duced in which the writer admits his guilt, but charges the crime to the influence of the members of the Am ish relig-ious sect, in separating him from his family. Several witnesses testified to vari ous conversations with the defendant in which he told of his relations with the Amish community. Moser said to one of these witnesses that he left the church five years ago because ol o disagreement with the minister, and he then made up his mind if his wife would not also leave it and go to a new home with him. lie would kill the entire family and himself. Strainer and Two Llvo* I,owl. Philadelphia, r'eb. 21.—The officials of the Atlantic Transport Co. in this city yesterday received news of the loss at sea of the Italian steamship Jupiter, tiound from Girgenti fo Philadelphia, and the probabl drowning of Capt. Zannero and the chief engineer. The information came from Bermuda, where the crew had been landed from the Italian steamship Citta l)i Messina. The Jupiter was sighted by the Citta l)i Messina, January 10, in a sinking con dition. All of the crew were res cued with the exception of the cap tain and engineer. A <;irl'i> A win I Crime. Stephenson, Mich., Feb. 21.—Dur ing the absence of her mother yester day the 6-year-old daughter of John Myers for the fourth time attempted to take the life of one of her two smaller sisters and succeeded. She took a stick of burning stove wood and holding her 2-year-old sister to the floor pressed the brand against her clothing. The victim managed to get out of doors and lie down in a snow drift, which barely extin guished the flames, but she was so terribly burned that she died a few hours later. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY aB. 1901. DIED IN A WRECK. Ten Lives Lost as the Result of a Collision. Two Puwionser Train" on llio Penn sylvania Ifallroad Conn) Tusrlli er Mear Borden, J.—Major ity ol tli« ,'lfii Killed Were Kalian Laborer*. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 22. One of the worst collisions iu the history of the Amboy division of the Pennsylvania railroad occurred at about 5:30 o'clock last evening at Kusling's Sid ing, near l'ordentown and about eight miles south of Trenton. The 'Nellie Itly" express, from New York for Atlantic City, collided with pas senger train No. X! 0, running from Camden to Trenton. The number of dead so far as known is ten and the number of injured upward of A special train at about 0 o'clock from the scene of the wreck brought, four dead bodies and 1H wounded persons to Trenton. The wounded were distributed among the three Trenton hospitals. Other wounded passengers were taken to Camden. Among the killed was Walter Karl, engineer of the express, and James Birmingham, baggagemaster of the local train. Most of the killed were Italians. Frank Roland, a passenger oil train No. 330, an employe of the I" isvl vania Railroad Co., had both legs cut off. The doctor says he will di»*. Michael Met I raw, fireman on the "Nellie Bly," was badly injured, but is expected to recover. Frank Thomson, engineer of No. 330, had a leg- broken and is badly bruised. He is in a precarious con dition. The Italians were riding" in the smoking car of the express train. They were l>eing taken to Atlantic City to do construction work for the railroad company. The scene at the wreck is described by those who were present as horri fying. The two trains collided at full speed and both en {fines were com pletely demolished. The forward cars of each train, in both instances a combination baggage and smoker, ■were entirely demolished and to add to the. horror the wreckage took fire. The second car of the "Nellie Bly" turned over on its side and the pas sengers had to climb out through the windows. In this they were assist ed by passengers from the cars that did not leave the wreck. The track at this point i* so close to the Dela ware and Raritan canal that the pas sengers in getting out of the over turned conch pot into the canal and many of the bAdies of the dead and injured had to be taken from the water. Thomas Lawrence, of Trenton, said he saw one man buried beneath the ruins and crying for assistance. He tried to pry him out, but found he could do nothing" to help him. He believes the man perished in tn«i flames. The scene of the wreck was far from outside assistance and when the wrecking train arrived from Trenton it was after dark and the work of clearing up the debris and removing Hie bodies was necessarily slow. The "Nelly Bly" was running in three sections, and it was the third section with which No. 330 collided. The local train had taken the siding to permit the express to pass, and it is believed that through some mis take the local came out on the main track after the second section had passed, mistaking: it for the third sec tion. The story of the wreck ns told by tne passengers is as follows: The "Xellie Bly" express was made up of a coach containing 1 as far as is known about 24 Italians who were en route to Atlantic City to do construc tion work; a baggage car, day coach, combination car and two more day coaches. The car with the Italians was directly behind the engine. The express had made frequent stops on the run down from New York and was starting* up noi# li, just, north of Bordentown, when the accident oc curred. At this point there is a curve. The first, thing 1 the passengers knew was a sudden jolting of the train, caused probably by the en gineer putting- 011 the brakes, and the next moment a terrible crash. Both engines were reduced to a mass of broken and twisted iron. The car containing - the Italians was crushed to splinters and all of the occupants were buried under the mass of wreck age. The second ear piled upon the first, car and the third car crashed into the mass and tumbled into the canal alongside the railroad. The survivors shuddered as they described the scene of carnage. They said the cries of agony coining from under the wreckage where the Ital ians were confined were heartrend ing. Trie mass took tire from the wrecked engines, and it is believed that a number of the Italians who were not killed outright were burned to death. One of the first bodies taken out was that of Engineer Walter Karl, of Atlantic City, who was in charge of the express. He was killed instantly, his head hav ing been cut oIT. Then the body of .lames Birmingham, of Bordentown, N. J., baggage master of the local train, was found. • The railroad officials put the blame for the accident on the crew of the local train, which was in charge of Conductor Sapp and Engineer Thompson. The crew of this train had been given orders to "meet" the express at Bordentown. Advance)* Tolejf ru|>hcr»' \V Chicago. Feb. 22.—Cieneral Manager Schaff, of the Big Four system, has issued an order advancing the salaries of every telegraph operator in the employ of the road 12 l / z per cent. The change will affect between 700 and '.(00 men and will increase the pay roll of the company about SIOO,OOO aearly. ■ln)* 1 1,000 Toiim of PI;; Iron. Pittsburg, Feb. 22.- The Carnegie Steel Co. has concluded pur chases of basic pig iron amounting to about 25,000 tons, for which over $350,000 will be paid. IN A BUZZARD'S GRASP. Wmtcrn Feiuin)l inula Niillrm Iroin tine ol' tl><> tVoral Mmir storm* Kvrr Known In that Section. Corry, Pa., Feb. 21.—1n the history of this region no storm ever before reached the fury of Wednesday's bliz zard. With half a dozen feet of snow on country roads and outlying city districts. Hatch street buried un der 12 feet of snow, Corry caught about the worst part of the storm. A heavy fall of snow accompanied by a fierce wind of great velocity set in Tuesddy evening and has continued with unabated vigor. The railways early recognized tin fact that they had no ordinary storm to contend with and made hurried preparations to . tight the elements. The Western New York «.<' Pennsyl vania railway's accommodation train, due here at 8:45 a. in., was stalled in a drift while rushing down the sum mit, a huge grade south of this city. It was dug out with difficulty and again started on its precarious .jour ney toward Buffalo. This road is operating its trains with three en gines and has three plows at work on 90 miles of track. The worst drifts are at. Summerdale, where they reach a height of 20 feet in spots. On the Philadelphia & Erie road a snow plow jumped the track at Jack son while endeavoring to force its way through a big drift. Traffic was delayed several hours. For the first, time in many years this road has been compelled to use snow plows. The Krie is also compelled to operate has tily improvised snow plows, some thing unheard of on the main line west of Salamanca. The Lake Shore and the Nickel Plate are running their trains, but many hours behind time. Farmers cannot send a horse through the snow and are forced to walk miles for life's necessities. Then is undoubtedly much suffering among them. A WELL-KEPT SECRET. A Doctor Tr lln of tbr Burial of Fre*l •l en I I.lik oln'ft AaftUftftln. New York, Feb. 21. —The monthly dinner of the Medico-Legal society was given last night, in the Hotel St. Andrews. The principal speaker was l>r. (ieorgc L. Porter, of Bridgeport. He read a paper entitled "Beminis censes of the Assassination of Presi dent Lincoln." Dr. Porter told the story of the assassination and said: "I was in medical charge in Wash ington after the murder of Lincoln and had unequalled opportunities for observation. The descriptions of the disposition of Booth's body are inae cu rate. "I'he body was taken to Washing ton, identified by many persons and afterwards taken in a boat to the Washington arsenal, and in the dead of night, in the presence of the mili torv storekeeper, four enlisted men and myself, the only commissioned officer, was hidden in a place so secret that never to this day has it been correctly described. We were re quested by Secretary Stanton to keep silent, and no man during these 35 years has yet told. 1 believe the body was finally given to the family under agreement never to mark by mound or monument where it. should be placed." DIED FROM STARVATION. A Mil \vn uli IT .flan and 111 m Wife Fer- Iftli Kecaiifte of Hunger. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 21. —The deaths of Mr. and Mrs. John Uoefer from starvation were reported to the police yesterday by Agent Frellson, of the Associated Charities in this city. The cases were discovered by Mr. Frellson on Monday last. The couple had sold most of their furni ture for a small sum of money, with which they purchased food and fuel for themselves and two children. When most of the food had been eat en it is supposed the parents deprived themselves in order to save the chil dren, and, being too proud to beg, literally starved to death. When the discovery was made the Hoefers were in a frightfully emaci ated condition and the children were sick from the lack of proper nourish ment. The parents were taken to a hospital and died, one on Monday and the other Tuesday. Mrs. lloefer is said to have a wealthy sister living in Philadelphia. It is said that Mrs. Iloefer's last request was that her sister be asked to care for the chil dren. YOUNG AND DARING. An llliiiola Farmer lloliln I'p a Hank t'amlller ami Stealft a Train, but In Captured. Rant out, 111., Feb. 21. —The private banking institution of F. li. Vennum at Fisher, a small hamlet in the northwest part of Champaign county, was robbed Wednesday by a lone highwayman, who secured $1,620. About 10 o'clock Arthur Hyer, a reck less farmer, aged 22 years, entered the bank and in a quiet tone said he wanted money, at tlie same time cov ering: the clerks with a pistol. The cashier, Arthur Vennum, handed out the money requested and the robber backed out of the door. An alarm was given at once, but not before the robber had boarded a freight train .just pulling into the Illi nois Central yards. He took charge of the engine and pulled through town at high speed. However, sev eral citizens had armed themselves and caught the caboose of the train as it passed the depot. After run ning- about a mile the train was stopped and the desperado was cap tured in the cab of the. engine. All of the money stolen was recovered. Convicted of Jlaiiftlaiuslitor. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 21.—A ver dict of manslaughter in the first de gree was returned yesterday by the jury in the trial of Frank Hamilton for the killing of Leonard 11. Day. This finding entails a penalty of im prisonment at hard labor for a term of not. less than five nor more than 20 years. The jury qualified its find ing by recommending Hamilton to the mercy of the court. He was remanded to jail to await sentence. His attorneys moved for a new trial, but, no date was set for hearing ar guments on the motion. SALT AND PEPPER H'drc Not Needed to Sp|<-« tltl* Srmlan ol' tl»e Loiver Krancli ol < unsri'M. Washington, Feb. 22. —Thursday wis another field <lay in the house. Two distinct sensations occurred. Early in the day during consideration of an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill to prevent hazing at the naval academy, Mr. Hepburn, of lowa, used exceedingly strong language while inveighing against, the practice of hazing, charging' that the habits of tyranny and oppression formed by the officers of the arjny and navy at their academies were re sponsible for the refusal of sailors to enlist in the navy and for the large number of desertions from the army. Moreover, he alleged that the officers stood by each other when in trouble, saying that the command ers of 25 vessels of the navy lost since the civil war, had, with one ex ception, escaped with slight punish inent. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, and Mr. Dayton, of West Virginia, warm ly defended the navy. The stir caused by Mr. Hepburn's speech, however, was mild compared with the row which was kicked up over some items in the bill for extra compensation to employes of the house. Mr. Dinsmore, of Arkan sas, exposed the fact that one of the employes of the house while occupying one position was drawing salary for another, and that the difference between the salar ies was to be made up in one of the items of the bill. This led to a gen eral ventilation of the domestic af fairs of the house, during which Mr. oailey, of Texas, declared that the situation was a scandal upon the in tegrity of the house. He charged that • there were employes of the house who were dividing tneir salaries with others who performed no work, and challenged any one on the other side to deny his allegations. It was explained by Mr. Joy, of Mis souri, and others that there was no law concerning the employes of the house. Mr. Cannon contented him self with saying matters were "very much mixed." Mr. Bailey offered a resolution for the appointment, of an investigating committee, which was referred to the committee on rules with the assurance of Mr. Payne, the majority leader, that it would be re ported at. once. CONSTITUTION IS SIGNED. I Hint's l,»w Will Now (.» to W HMlitii-stou lor Approval by I'on- Hircwii. Havana, Feb. 22. —The Cuban con stitution. first submitted by the cen tral committee to the convention at the public session of January 21. was signed yesterday. One copy was sent to Gov. (Jen. Wood and the other placed among the records of the con vention. The president and vice president signed first and the dele gates followed in the order of their seats on the floor of the convention, the two secretaries signing last. Senor Cisneros created a sensation by refusing to sig-n. He said: "Cuba is now independent and I can see no reason for sending this constitution to the United States for acceptance. The United States government has no right to pass on it, for it is a dis tinctly Cuban document and was drawn up by this convention, which has assumed the responsibility of establishing the republic." As the delegates retired, Senor Ta mayo remarked: "We are all Cu bans, senor," and Cisneros replied: "Yes,when the time comes to fight the Americans, we will tight them to gether." Then he turned toward the press table and. shaking his fist at the American newspaper men, he said: "The Americans are like the monkey. When the monkey closes its paw on a thing it never wants to let go." Subsequently he said he would sign the copy of the constitution that had been filed with the records of the convention, but would wait until the other had been sent to Washington, in order to avoid any possibility of his name being attached to that also. The special committee on relations has not yet decided what report it will make. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. An Omalia tlan 4 lalniH tlint £.10.000 U 111 cli Ho I'luci d in a Sale DepOftlt Vault Haft Hri-ii Stolen. Chicago, Feb. 22. —An indictment was voted yesterday against "one Salisbury, alias William Wood," charging him with the larceny of $50,000. The evidence upon which the indict ment was found was given to the grand jury by Guy C. Barton, of Omaha, one of the wealthiest resi dents of that city; Iv. ('. Barton, son of Guy T. liarton, and C. E. Loss, of the contracting tirm of C. E. Loss & Co., of Chicago. After the indictment was found papers were prepared to secure the extradition of "Salisbury, alias William Wood," from Michigan, he being now, it. is said, in that state. It is said that the alleged larceny is the outcome of a railway construc tion construct involving $4,000,000. It is said that Barton and his son came to Chicago bringing $50,000 as earnest money in the deal. The amount was in currency and was deposited in a safety deposit vault. It is said the only witnesses of the act of placing the money in the vault were the three men who testified in the case yesterday and "Salisbury, alias Wil liam Wood." Four days later Mr. Barton went to the vault and found that the money had been taken away. lloUKlit 35,000 Acre* ol Coal I.and. tJreensburg, Pa., Feb. 22. —The big deal for 35,000 acres of coal land in the northern end of this county is, after many months' delay, about closed up. The land goes to Drape & Kirkland, of Pittsburg, at. a cost of S3O per acre. The amount in volved in the deal is about $1,000,000. The average depth of the coal is about 200 feet and the average thick ness of the coal vein is seven feet. A shaft is to be sunk at Frogtown and a branch road is to be built to con nect with the Allegheny road near , Parnassus. Dffisjmm Steamer Rio Janeiro Sinks in Frisco's Bay. CAMMED 201 PERSONS. Of These 1 12 are Missing and Undoubtedly Perished. STRUCK A HIDDEN ROCK. OIII<cr» «l tile Ship Were flrave, but tlie Crew Became Terror-Stricken and Few of Tliein FMcaped—('apt. Maid Went lluvvn Willi llih Miip. San Francisco, Feb. 23. —The Pacific Mail steamer Kio ile Janeiro ran oil a hidden rock while entering the Golden Gate early Friday morning' in a dense fog. She sank a few minutes after striking'. It is thought that nearly 115 persons were drowned, but it. is impossible to ascertain the exact number, owing to the fact that l'nrser John Rooney, who had the passenger list and roster of the crew, is missing. At 5 o'clock Friday afternoon ten bodies had been recovered—two white women, one white man and seven Chinese. The most prominent passenger on the steamer was Kotm seville Wildman, United States con sul at Hong- Ivong, who was accom panied by his wife and two children, it is thought all were drowned. The ship was in command of Pilot Fred erick Jordan when she struck. He was rescued. Captain William Ward went down with his vessel. As nearly as can lie learned there were -01 people on board the Kio Janeiro, as follows: Cabin passen gers 29, second cabin 7. steerage (Chi nese and Japanese) 58, officers and crew 107. The following have been accounted for: Rescued 70, bodies at. the morgue 10, total 89; missing 112. The Kio Janeiro was three days overdue from Hong Kong when she arrived off the Heads Thursday, and the dense fog prevailing at tlie time, induced Pilot Jordan to bring her to anchor until he could see his way clear through the gateway. She laid to until about 4:30 a. m., when the •atmosphere cleared and she was started toward Point Uonita. All went well until 5:10 o'clock, when she struck. Most of the passengers were below at the time, and it is be lieved that many of them were drowned in their berths. The officers were cool and gave the necessary orders with the least pos sible excitement. Capt. Ward, who was on deck when the vessel struck, at once gave orders to the crew to hurry the passengers to the forward deck. At the same time the quar termaster sounded the signal for fire drill and within five minutes all the men were at their stations. There was no way of telling the extent of the damage to the vessel, as she re mained on an even keel for 15 min utes after striking. But Capt. Ward gave orders to lower the life boats and life rafts. There was not much confusion until, 15 minutes after striking, the bow of the vessel suddenly plunged under water. Then there was a wild rush for the boats. Two boats had already been lowered and others were getting away as rapidly as the crew could prepare them. A thick fog enveloped everything, and no sign had come from the life saving stations. Darkness was all about, and with this added horror the peo ple on the Rio had to cope. One boat got clear of the vessel without dam age. This contained two women and eight men. This boat got clear of the sinking vessel and then stood by to help in picking up those who had no time to get info the boats and were in the water. Another boat, containing Third Officer Holland and J. K. Carpenter got away, but drifted around close up under the bow of the steamer. As the forward end of the vessel plunged downward, the prow caught the small boat and cut it in two. The two men in the boat were uninjured and swam away from the sinking steamer .just in time to avoid being caught in the swirl of water caused by the sinking of the ship. Carpen ter was picked up by the other boat. The Chinese crew, to the number of more than 100, were terrorized. Some of them huddled in little groups chattering in fear. Others crouched close to the deck, moaning pitifully. Many jumped into the sea. Capt. Ward remained on deck until the vessel had settled to such an ex tent that the water was engulfing him. Then he went up on the bridge and from there continued to issue directions, although the confusion was so great that few paid any at tention to his commands. That the steamer sank almost immediately after striking is the report of a ma jority of those rescued. Some of the passengers say that she instantly lifted forward and that in five min utes she went down, while others declare that she stayed afloat for 'half an hour after she struck. Italian fisherman brought to the Merchants' Exchange station 12 bags of mail which they picked up at the scene of the wreck. These include? two pouches from the United States military station in China, also two. bags of registered mail. When the registered bags were delivered it was found that they had been ripped open with a knife and ail their contents stolen. When this crime was com mitted is a question, but the fisher men who brought them in are not suspected and it is impossible to de termine who the robbers are. The Rio carried in all 200 bags of mail. Five bags of newspapers are among the rescued sacks. 3
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