VOL. LXVI. MANY LIVES LOS MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED PER- ISH. A Collision of English Battleships on the North African With Fearful Results, Coast, A tragedy of the sea without paral- lel in the naval annals of recent times was reported Friday. The British bat- tle-ship Victoria, the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron, has complet- ed a checkered career by sinking ofl Tripoli after a collision with the Cam- perdown, a sister ship of the squadron. 400 men, including the vice admiral of the squadron, has not been equaled in fatal results since the sinking of Royal George in 1782, when 600 souls found their shrouds in the waves. The disaster occurred at o'clock Thursday evening. The accounts of the disaster are mea- | ger and the respondibility for this wo- | fulloss of life has not been fixed. Some of the ships of the squadron were maneuvering when the powerful ram of the Camperdown struck Victoria forward of the turret starboard side. Through the mous hole made by her sister ship the | water poured so rapidly that she was sinking before an effort could be made to man the boats. Even in the face of impossibility the sailers strove to close the break, but in the midst of their la- | bor of desperation the mighty hull turned completely over and went to| the bottom. Fifteen minutes after the Victoria | had received the fatal blow the water closed over her and the that were prepared to battle with all enemies of their country had ed to beat, because the mistake of a friend is more deadly than the designs of] any foe. The loss of this ship with its | attending terrible sacrifice looked upon as confirming the ocean's five tl tl On the enor- brave hearts Cons O 4 i ile thie jon of many naval officers concen the monster warships of the present | day. While the Victoria might be un- | matched as to 1i $ Money tr } \ the efficiency in bom barding a seapoit town or in destroy- ing a seacoast, experts say she was de- cidedly unwieldy for serious maneu- Naval Iie i vering off seaboard. engin Pe ing, they point out, has not as ed as rapidly hitecture., and the stupendous mass 10.08 ton warship cannot be controlled with progr as naval Are of ¥ the the ease the navy officer gene It had screws were the disideratam for. lent, indeed, but the delay ane of energy in propelling the leviathans is still the There is doubt in the minds of those who have tl sires, been though i y longed They proved themselves exesel- wasie t little SEI, but knowledge of naval architecture the due to the defects referred to above. It is probable either the Camper- down or the Victoria could not the impetus received from its engi when required. It is also commented that while scarcely anything has been done to nullify the deadly action of the “ram" the navies of the world have given hardly a thought to life boat drill, a proof of which is seen in the immense loss of life in connection with the sinking of the Victoria. Tak- iug it all together, the disaster is re garded by naval people as a severe les son to the navies of the world. The news of the terrible marine dis aster in the Mediterranean Thursday, caused the wildest excitement through- out Great Britain, which is hourly growing as additional details of the apalling loss of life are made known. Early dispatches received at the naval office stated that the magnificent flag- ship of the Mediterranean squadron, the Victoria, flying the flag of Vice Admiral Bir George Tryon, K. C. B., and commanded by Charles L. Ottley, had been run down by the battleship Camperdown, also of the Mediterra- nean fleet, and that the flagship had gone down with more than 400 souls. The first reports of the disaster stat- ed that about 200 men had been drown- ed but later dispatches show that the loss of life was far greater, not less than 400 of the officers and crew of the Vie toria having gone down with their ship. The Victoria had an enormous hole made in her side, through which an avalanche of water poured. As soon as the officers of the Victoria saw there was danger of their ship floun- dering orders were given to close ihe collision bulkheads, in order to con- fine the water to the compartments, into which the Camperdown shoved her ram. The sailors tried to obey the order, but the ship was taking water too fast, and while the men and ofil- cers were still trying to save theirship the vessel, with her immense guns and heavy top hamper, turned over and carried them down. Some of the ofil- cers and crew managed to get out of the suction caused by the sinking ves sel and were rescued. Among those lost is; Vieg Admiral Tryon, The Victoria was a twin-screw steel iat the loss of Victoria was mainly lessen Tie nes {at New Castle, completed in 1860, hull cost £612,522, machinery £112,333, tur- ret and barbette, compound armor, i two 111-ton guns in forward turret and one 20-inch mounted in a barbetie aft; { the turret and barbette had 18 inches | of compound armor. Her listed speed { was 16.75 knots, She had lofty { military mast of steel carrying gun | platforms. { a first-class twin-screw battleship of (10,600 tons, 11,500-horse power and car- Qi oh one The Camperdown is also rying 10 guns, { The Camperdown had struck the | Victoria ripping blow, glancing | alongside and opening out the plates of the compartments. admitted into compartments on one i above several ia The longitudinal bulkhead was a good thing in its way, Mr. Forwood said, but it did not serve to avert The immediate cause of the collision, he added, not now be exactly stated. disaster. can- The squa- ing, probably within a space of three leaving a small for each in. aren vessel to move dent. Preaching at the World's Falr, “We all believe in an American Sabbath as a day of rest, a day of pure social enjoyment, and a day of wor- ship. This World's Fair is in itself a great school, a great church, and it needs no religious service to make it right to open the gates on Bunday. The services in this place to day will be carried on the same spirit and re- spect as would be in a regularly ordain- ed house of God, excepting that no collection be taken up. Prefacing the first sermon the gates of the World's Columbian exposition on Sunday with words. Dr. Thomas facing an aud- of his hearers to the text taken from the 21st verse of the 17th chapter of St. as hast sent me, and the visitors the fair came in large number to listen to the word of to God. Everybody remained until the stern first she jumped for their lives, but a new peril ed upon them. The great engine deep in the heart of the hull, and inclosed in water tight compartments, was still throbbing at fall speed, and the great teel phalanger of the twin screws were wirling around up in the air. the screws came human The vessel sank slowly, and midst of struggling begin to whirl in the water again, the | until there was like a maelstrom. At the bottom of this maelstrom the like circular The poor creatures battled in vain in the suction. They were drawn i suction had increased were revolving RIVES, down and thrown against the swift blades, I'hen came a scene which made the | officers of the decks of the other war fi ships of the fle eOTeRIns t turn away, sick with horror, and shrieks arose and in the white foam appeared red- and wrenched Headless trunks were tossed out of the vortex to linger dened arms and legs and torn bodies, a moment on the surface, and sink out of sight. Il within reach of that mind. 3 W il vortex lost | Men knew how to swim, ceased swimming, and Men clutched struck each other their presence of who fought with waters, $ "il © oti off. es chopping haman bodies at the bot- a horror to daunt the One man who escaped says at tom of it, was bravest, that hesaw in this least 50 of his great fellow H, vortex fighting each other and with inevitable death. In a moment o peared and up. The ship the surface just as the whirl was shallowed almost to the surface. Then there was a muf- fled sound of thunder, the waters were tossed up and the steam bumt from them. Agnin the shrieks and screams burst from the swimmers, » i $0, the knives disap- | % the vortex began to close was beneath the furnace and the swimmers were battling waves of scalding water, Thus in less than in three awful ficers and crew of the Vietoria—death by drownidg, death by knife like screws, and death by scalding water. MY SAA Still Increasing, The steady increase of the Reror- TER'S list is gratifying to us, it is an indication that our efforts to make this journal interesting to the general The RerorTER has done its share to further all enterprises to help the vi- in the same direction. We do our best to merit the good will of the pub- lie. A fp pt Li Gone Bat Not Forgotten, The old Milliken property, on Lion street, Bellefonte, has been completely wiped out of existence and nota trace is left of what once was the habitation of the famous James Milliken. There is nothing left to even intimate that his handsome form one delighted our thoroughfares with ils presence, Zi as AA i A Good Receipt, A lsundress says that she mixes a piece of alum about the size of a hick. ory nut with every pint of starch. The alum is dissolved and then stirred into the starch, This preparation = used for stiffening ginghams, muslins and calicoes, These fabrics sp treated will retain their beauty of coloring for a battleship of 10,470 tons, 14,000-horwe line. If later on religious services prove at- tractive, the musical feature will as there was no be in- upon which Professor Tomling per- directed the work of the No one chorus, has been preach next Sunday, but a number of visiting the to deliver vitation, and preachers in time : i ip Notes By the Way The Trement house, a four story hotel, at Fort Scott, Ks., collapsed on in the debris, may die. A riot broke out in Rangoon among the Mohammedans, who had been for- Rome of the injured The Mohammedans attacked that When the extra session of congress it is probable the president convenes, it will make some suggestions regarding It said that increase in the paid up capital would f i National Banks. in an increase the confidence o Representative Cutchings says the the repeal ion of the tariff, The Pennsylvania World's Fair commission has decided to donate the State's building and contents to Chi- cago. This, of course, does not include The fellow who didn’t know there was a big fair at Chicago has now TER. Hold} AM SAI ng Institutes, That eminently useful organization 1863. held in Centre Hall, last winter our readers know the value of these insti tutes, The sta e board of agriculture held its summer meeting at Bethlehem last eek. Inquiry was made of the board as to the best method of destroying the green cabbage worm. which has for some years been so destructive to cabbage. The answer given was: Sprinkle with saltpeter, a tablespoon ful to a gallon of water. mini asinine New Method, The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- ny has a remarkable style of gaining its daily reports on bridge construc- tion and other work for which daily statements are needed at the head of- fice. The kodak man just put in an appesrance at the close of the day's work, presses the button and gets his picture. This is immediately sent to It affords for the use of the enginegring office an exact picture of the condition and the pro- gress of the work, as complete and re liable as any written report could af- ford. & Well Equipped. The ReErorTER office is now better equipped than ever for work on all lines of job work, ete., from a wedding invitation to a several sheet poster. A Universal press, 14x22 has been added to the plant along with a large Int of new type, and other material. No of- fice in the county is better prepared to turn out fine work in the shortest pos- sible time than we can. High speed presses, and good workmen unable us to quote low prices on all work, a Principal Wanted, A principal wanted for the High School at Centre Hall. Apply to G. W. HosTERMAN, CAPITOL GOSSIP WHAT IS DOING AT PRESENT AT WASHINGTON. i | A Pension Granted for su Bald Head The President to Join His Wife, Other Events of Note, WasHINGTON, JUNE 26.—President Cleveland hopes to join Mrs, Cleve land and Ruth at their Buzzard Bay | cottage the latter part of this week, although he has so much to do that he cannot make the trip one of rest and recreation, He will simply transfer from the White House to his seaside cottage, in order that he may work with more comfort {and fewer interruptions and at the | same time be with Mrs, Cleveland dur- ing the period that every affectionate husband likes to be with his wife, He told Representative Richardson, of Tennessee, who was chairman of the committee Printing in the i House and who will probably occupy {the same position when the present | House Is organized, that he would not {appoint the Public Printer for {some time. The delay in the appoint. tment of this official is believed to be | largely due to a desire to perfect a plan for the entire reorganization t Government Printing office as soon as i i | the executive office i on last new the change Is made, Representative Catehings, of Missis- sippi, who was a member of the House committees on Rules in the gress, says some radical changes will have to be made in the House rules if i last Con- out the pledges of the party. {able time being consumed in fillibus- | tering are what will be needed to carry the | gramme. i democratic legislative Represented Tarsney, | created a sensation in the House a few i as | weeks before the adjournment of the under Raum’'s administration of granted for no other disability than the loss of halr. i the next day Raum sent a letter to Representative Grout, of Vermont, of- ficially denying that had for baldness, and {again Mr. Tarsney was asked to give { his informant’s name. Mr. Tarsney i replied by saying that his informant a pension ever been allowed | was an employee of the Pension Office and would at once be dismissed if his were mentioned. He he believed the state- to be true and said: “I make | this pledge tothe House; that at the | very first opportune moment it can be safely done, I shall, by the files and j records of that office, prove the truth {of m® informant’s statements, or hold him up to the scorn of the house and the country as a falsifier, a character I 3» do not believe he deserves.” i name however that ment souri, a medical examiner in the Pen- sion Office, was dismissed under the charge of having given false informa- i tion to Representative Farsney. Now for the sequel: this week quite acci- dentally a case was discovered proved Mr. Tarsney's statement to have been strictly true and the dismis- sal of Dr. Holt to have been unjust— hie has been reinstated. The case is that of Allen G. Peck, of Co. H. 1st R. I. Light Artillery, who was allowed a pension Oet. 19, 1891, to be dated from March 1, 1884, of $4 a month, the only disability alleged being ‘‘loss of hair; result of typhoid fever.” Whether there are other men drawing pensions for baldness remains to be seen, but Mr. Peck will draw no more money on that account, Secretary Morton says his recent trip to Nebraska convinced him that the populist party is rapidly disintergrat- ing in the northwest and that the democrats of that section will never consent to a fusion with such a party. He thinks that if any party combines with the populists it will be the repub- licans in a few of the southern states, Next Friday will close the present fiscal year and instead of the eight or ten million deficiency which was es. timated by Raum there will remain unexpended more than $1,000,000 of the pension appropriation. It is understood that Secretary La- mont's action in revoking his recent order appointing an army court of In- quiry to inquire into Col. Ainsworth’s connection with the accident at Ford's old theatre was the result of a confer ence with President Clevelsnd, and that it had been definitely decided not to suspend Col. Ainsworth until the courts decide whether he is guilty or not. He will be indicted by the grand ury this week. There is nothing mugwumpish about New York a pu oer in Washington to the filing of his bond and ficial matters. Bpeaking of the ap- pointments to be made in his office, outside of the classified service, he said: “In making appointments to these places I shall put in democrats as a matter of course, Mr. Cleveland did not appoint me with the idea that I would appoint republicans,” se eimtmammtarimiolfmodfmiiomm— Artist W. Hamilton Gibgon Writes of the Beautiful Landscapes at the Fair, It is not alone in the picturesque set- tings of lawn and garden which every- where abound throughout the grounds that we find our fullest appreciation of the landscape art. In the spell of these imposing structures, towering above the revetement walls on each side as we traverse the lagoon, we had utterly ignored another feature of its banks, or perhaps had our attention only momentarily inveigled thither by the invitation of the bevy of snowy ducks or geese or graceful swans hast. ening from our prow, and gliding be- neath the overhanging of feathery gray wiliows, indeed is a haven for tired fairy realm whose modest charms are apt t be overlooked in the claims of the overwhelming architectural surround- ings, boughs Here a soul, a {0 But sooner or later its jed. How many a footsore | NO. 26. REASHORE EXCURSIONS. Special Reduced Rate Excursions to the Atlantic Const, On July 18th next the first of a limi- ted summer series of seashore excur- pions will be run. The remarkably {low rate of $10.00 for the round trip will be charged from Pittsburg, with proportionate rates from other points and a choice of destidations will be al- lowed, whether Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, or Ocean City. These tickets will be valid for return passage for twelve days, thus affording ample time for either a limited taip or a restful fortnight by the sea. Many marked improvements have been made during the past year at these coast re- sorts in the way of increased facilities and means of pleasure for the visitor. These rates apply on regular trains leaving Pittsburg 4.30, 7.00, and 8.10 P’. M., or on special train leaving at 8.50 A. M. on the above mentioned date. at ‘ The special train will be run on the | following schedule, and tickets will be {sold at the rates quoted: Hate $1000 10 00 0 5 Bl Trains 6 1 eave A i architect to the accessory place of while he ries and muses among the labvrint | ta and horizon, { roams 3 { ] OwWYy years, conjured up like magic from the muddy, dreary marsh. Connected ¢ i half dozen spans of so-called {it Is readily accessible from any proach. | consistencies and surprises, harmonies {and pleasant discords, the rarest skill unified From “Foreground {ton Gibson, in the July Scribner, sini Mrs. Davis and Mrs Grant. | On Sunday Mrs. Jefferson Davis, ac- {companied by her maid, arrived at t i Powell. She was met at the landing by E. G. Maturin, manager of Crans- | ton’s hotel, and escorted to the hotel. | Mrs. Davis was assigned a suite of | rooms on the first floor, nearly oppo- {site those occupied by Mrs. U. Grant, he As soon as Mrs. Grant i was told of Mrs. Davis’ arrival she left several weeks, hiall, met Mrs. Davis just as the latter was leaving the elevator, | feeling, “I am very glad to see you.” The two ladies then went into Mrs Davis’ apartment and had a long talk. A tp mains Financial Notes It is calculated that there is proper- | McGinty went down for. One million dollars of gold coin | weigh 3685 pounds avordepois. When { we get our million we won’t quibble | about the exact weight. i Now doth the rich man pack his grip and straightway to the seaside | skip. The poor man is not the one who has the least, but the one who wants the most. Thereare $4000 due the REPORTER on subscription; now if you are one of them send on the dues, for we need them sorely. ———— ns See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents. Upon receipt of your address and fif- teen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our souvenir portfo- lio of the World's Columbian Exposi- tion, the regular price is fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, we make the price nominal. Yeu will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and Jet you keep the book. Address H. E. BuckLex, Chicago, IL Will Not Boycott the Fair. Here is one church that will not boycott the fair The Methodist Episcopal church will permit its exhibits to remain at the World's Fair but will cover them on Sanday. The committee having the matter in charge held a meeting last week and adopted an address in which the action of the local directory is con- demned, but the idea of a boycott de ns un-American, The con duct of the individual members of the church is to be regulated by each one's Miftlin ronan NOWPOTL. corns Duncannon { Philadelphia 7.16 For detailed formation address or Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Fiftn Avenue, Pittsburg. aseibismoeaomtesmasi SILVER FACTS. {apply to | Agent, 110 The highest price ever attained by silver in the United States was at the time of the passage of the Bland silver bill, February 28, 1878, when the price was §1.22 per ounce. The silver dollar was then worthlninety-three cents. At no time since then has the silver dol- lar been worth so much. { When the Sherman act went into | effect, August, 1800, there was a spurt | in the price of silver, and it went up {to $1.21 per ounce. In the time be- tween the passage of the Bland law and the passage of the Sherman law in 1860, silver went to ninety-two cents per ounce, which was a maximum price during that period. Since Aug- i ust, 1880, the price has gradually de- | clined with fluctuations until to day { it has reached the lowest point on rec | ord. At today’s price of seventy nine | worth sixty and one half cents as bul- lion. Since 1883, India has coined silver During ths last calendar year, | the Indian government coined 46,000,- {000. Since the passage of the Bland {and Sherman acts the United States | have coined 426,000,000 dollars of sil- | ver. Of the amount of silver purchas- led under the Sherman act 127,000,000 | ounces remain uncoined in the vaults of the treasury. Not a Safe Place, A stove as a place in which to place money has again proven unsafe. Two daughters of Daniel Conner, in St Louis, who committed suicide a year ago, withdrew $1,135 from the bank recently, having become frightened at the financial scare, They put it, with $5656 more, in an unused stove. A third sister, knowing nothing of this, built a fire in the stove, destroy- ing the money which was all in green- backs. The sisters feel the loss sorely, as théy have to support an invalid grandmother. AI ————. Gov. PaTTisox signed the bill reg- ulating admission to the soldiers’ and sailers’ home at Erie. The bill ex- tends the benefits of that institation to citizens of this state who served in regiments from other states, a priv- ilege not heretofore given. This will largely increase the membership of the home and there Is every indication that the institution at Erie may reach almost the proportions of the Dayton home. BANKS ARE still busting, much to the distress of depositors. There should be more stringent legislation for the protecfion of depositors, the business is tos one-sided, and that side all in favor of the banks.
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