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Show rfrJ .; t'x. Vrntfiirpi J t .. ... A-j- V .v- - x -- 'A J - '" 1 AUVfcMlit FULL IN I HE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES UTAH WEATHER FORECAST EXAMINER price it CHAME8, it 22 thE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IE THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WEATHER WILL BE GENERALLY FAIR TUESDAY AND THECIW. THE EXAMINER IfACHES THE COUNTV AS WELL 12 THE CITY. OUR SUBSCRIP-??0BOOKS ARE OPEN TO A WEDNESDAY. VEBTISERS. 18 IT IN were placed and covered with an Am- erican PUT f flag. , "Aa the Ruanuke eould be of no she resumed her course southward. This time tbe captain of the responded to the parting signal. "After we had prutvc.lrd seveiai mile from the scene of the wreck, we aighted two lifq nifu and two boats; neither had any living thing aboard. One of the lile rails was secured The water keg had been wrenched from the deck and the bolts which held the deck to the hull had been drawn and bqnt. showing that the craft had been damaged, as k was launched from the dock id the doomed ser-vice- El-.te- r WOOD CASE AWfUL DEATH LIST HOURLY LESSENS . Richardson Attorney Says it Would Have Been Dog Eat Dog and One Side Was Afraid and the Other Dare Not Side Orchard Once Was a Witness For four Boltt. Idaho. July toduy, E. F. Rickard-- o hour sad nlreded with the Jury fur' the life Under order of William D. Haywood. of the court, the huur tor the day ieHiMU were changed, and la place of hltdni 1 the afternoon, the court mrt thl evening. Judge Wood ,t o'clock Jury that the wu lutormed by thecourt room extreme heat of the me of the Jurymen too trying on 2S.-- i ! hlf with the request for a lute craving session. The preliminary hearing of the case Dr. I. U McGee, one of the witd nesses for the defense, charged with and perjury, cauw up this afternoon will be continued tomorrow. Orchard wu on the stand for over an hour and wu given a severe grilling in the by McGee's counsel. however, maintThe prlsuner-witneu- , ained his characteristic calm throughout He denied that he waa la the time McGee Coeur d'Alenes at the swore to a meeting with him at Wallnd complied ace. C. W. Aller, the other witness for the defense, who is under perjury chirp, was today bound over for trial la the district court events of December 30, resulting in the death of Governor Frank 8teuneuberg, cast d eunsternstlun over the entire world." In these words, K. F. Richardson began today the opening address for the defenu. to the Jury which holds the fate of William D. Haywood In Its hands. On account of' tha beat. Judge Wood announced thet be had abandoned the Idea of holding thru court sessions a day. The view of the Jurors were taken and. in agreement with those of counsel. It was arranged to hold morning and evening sessions until the case goes to tbs Tha evening jury for final decision. session will continue from d to 8:30. For fifteen minutes before Mr. Richardson began to speak the court room had to be closed this morning against the throng which sought admittance. One woman, who had come early and secured an advantageous posliioa la th front row, attracted considerable attention because of the large black field glaues she held almost constantTh 1S03, clv-ilise- 1 J ly to her ere. Mr. Richardson plunged directly Into the death of Governor Rteunenberg In his opening sentence. He declared it was Governor Steunen berg's fortune, during hli administration, to ntand in the forefront of a labor war in the dAlenes. Perhaps," be said, "the situation demanded all that the governor did. Perhaps It did not. I do not know," declared Mr. Richardson, and I shall not attempt to say. But at any rate, for the first time la tha administration of American lustice the bull pen was called into being. Men were put In this bull pen, perhaps as a matter of necessity, but certainly without due process of law. Governor Bteuneoberg's course was condemned on the one side and praised on the other, as the members of camps view the matter. the death of Governor Rteunenberg was flashed to the world, there was the immediate concloakm, in nearly all quartern, that there wae ome connect inn between the Coeur d Alene troubles and the bomb which as placed at his gate. Apia hostile campe arose. On the onealde it was said the act must have wen done by some man in whose hmast personal hatred rankd. The "ins Owners, however, wer strong in r condemnation of the Wentern federation of Miners. It has been said here that In some quarters there was even an attempt to Justify the deed. I ant to say to gentlemen, mat we of the defenseyou, do not believe Justification for such an any f . WeW110 shall not attempt to justify not believe ? it can be Justified from any point of view." Mr. Richardson then reviewed the events following the death of former wovernor Rteunenberg. in which Har-JOrchard was caught almost In the net. ' A Pinkerton came to Idaho and soon had n fonfehilon from n mag who, to nave " ow worthless neck, wan ready to 5 e blame upon others. The Stjer waa taken up by that portion the press which defends the a capitalistic elans, and the lead-eof the Western Federation of ud8fJ u!lt? without a hearing6 Coeur I"1, y pros-Peran- 8o waa ?, Stared . thia toflu Mr. Richardson., that extended even to the White Hnuae." He attorney begged the- Jurors, to Jise any impression Liey may from reading the news-- J uw1!!? stoH1 I! tlie Wt Far with him at the beginning of the d go through the various ffodlre r n w,tllont nd f11! fo or be exclaimed, so we may ? eJr. dtermlne. Jo the light of our illuminated by high wCiPn,? ! th man here at the bar and hi. idefendants in the cells below, tlle "tow charged. It is mv Intention to carry out m Bot overcome by heat, flii by "following order: . V. tint I haU discuss the law as applied to bis case and to tbe prosecuting witness. Second I shall discuss the history of tbe Western Federation of Miners, as shown diere in the evidence. "Third 1 shall discuss the general condition which prevailed ia the Coeur dAlenes at the time of the Bunker Hill A Sullivan mill explosion, and at Cripple Creek, prior to and during the strike In that section. Fourth I shall discuss the series of events relied on by the state to prove a conspiracy against the defendants, Haywood, Moyer and Petti bone. Fifth I shall devote myself to the ascertainment of the particular offense the defendants are here on trial for, for, remember gentlemen, that while the range of tbe evidence hae covered many fields, and many crimes, there Is but one charge In the indictment, but one offense against the state of Idaho. "Sixth I shall consider Mr. Orchard while under arrest. "Seventh I shall consider Mr. Orchard while In the penitentiary. "Eighth I shall devote myself to the Impeachment of Mr. Orchard. Ninth To the treatment of Mr. Haywood, the manner and method of it and the reasons therefor. "Tenth I shall devote myself, as I have been invited to do, to the reasons why certain witnesses did testify for the prosecution and as to why certain others did not testify for the defense. "Eleventh, and finally, I shall dla cuss this case as It appears before this jury. "When I have finished these eleven subdivisions I will have dime all that I can do to assist the Jury in arriving at a proper and Just verdict ia this cause." , as law the applied to Discussing Orchard, Mr.- Richardson said the corroborating evidence in support of a confessing witness must be so strong that, standing by itself, separated and apart from, the witness story, it Is sufficient to remove nil reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt. Ho charged that the state bad no cor-- ' roboratlng circumstances of this character ns to the murder of Governor Rteunenberg and, for that reason, that a general conspiracy was charged and all the events of the Colorado labor wars were gone Into. ' "But, gentlemen of the Jury," said Mr. Richardson, "the general conspiracy that the prosecution complains of is a lawful conspiracy. If this be a conspiracy, then you are in a conspiracy if you are a Democrat and vote the Democratic ticket. The Western Federation of Miners was In n conspiracy to elect Its men to office, to shorten hours and fix wages, and every one of those objects is lawful yet In this country." Taking up next the history of the Western Federation of Miners, Mr. Richardson said that while much was heard nowadays as to the equal distribution of wealth, tha motto of all would be, so long as men are constituted as they are, to "git all you ran while you are getting, says L" This saying from "Tha Hooeler Schoolmaster" applied alike to capital and labor. " Delving Into tbe Coeur d'Alene trouble, Mr. Richardson declared that most of tbe mines then were owned by the Standard Oil company and he proclaimed that wherever conditions were such as to create a Rockefeller at one end of the line and n man with n gaunt dinner pall at the other, more or teas friction and trouble ia bound to occur. The Bunher HU1 property had been turned in for taxation at $G0 000, but after the mill waa blown up a loss of 1300,000 waa claimed. "I am not going to explain or apologise for the men who blew np that mill, aald the attorney. "It la sufficient for us to say that Haywood was not a part of It, Moyer waa not n part of it, and FetUbone waa not a part of it. Ton are not going to convict these men foa what was done that day, so the matter requires but little thought or attention. After the mill was destroyed. It la shown the men returned to their homes and their work. There waa no more disorder, no more Insurrection, but General Merriim and hla negro troops were ordered Into the district. Be it said to hla credit, that Governor Steunen-ber- g waa not on the ground and did not see personally what was done, but. gentlemen of the Jury, tf you were lying In a position of death over a card table. This photograph, said the lawyer, depicted the character of Harry Orchard, "The Tinsel hero," and showed the hereditary taint in his blood. An uncle committed suicide while worrying over some Imaginary crime. Tbe attempted train wreck on tbe Florence A Cripple Creek railroad Mr. Richardson dismissed briefly as haring been conclusively abown up as a Pinkerton plot." He next entered upon the Vindicator mine explosion, arguing that it was an accident pure and simple. Orchard, he said, claimed eredit for this as he did for many other crimes he never committed. driven out of the country ,.lf yon were incarcerated in a bull pea, if you were subjected to the insults of negro soldiers, would there not have been hatred and resentment In your breasts against all who bad a part or a parcel in tbe treatment meted out to you? Ah, I any it ia to the credit of every man put in that (Mill pea, without charge or trial, that there was no result from It disastrous to the leaders securing their incarceration, bo they great or smalL I say that this fact apeaka volumes in my mind for tbe control organisation has over its members." Before taking up the Cripple Creek troubles, Mr. Richardson returned to the history of the Western Federation of Miners and pointed out what its objects had been to better conditions, to care for Ha sick and dying, tha widows and orphan! of Ha members. Ha ridiculed the idea that any one could claim that 40,000 workmen, organised for their betterment, could be termed 40,000 criminals. As to Cripple Creek, Mr. Richardson dwelt again upon tha fact that many of the mines were owned by the Standard Oil company. Wherever that company operates, be it Colorado or Michigan, the attorney seamed, that there was always soma sort of labor trouble. And labor," he exclaimed, "always gets the worst of It. 1 don't know whether labor la always right or sometimes wrong, but I do say that it ia not right that the laboring man should bear the brunt of what he does not do." Richardson next told of the coming of Harry Orchard into the Cripple Creek district. He recalled the early Crimea to which Orchard confessed- -' selling abort weight cheese, burning the cheese factory, gambling, etc. "He even gambled away bla interest in tbe Hercules prospect, according to his story," said the attorney, "Th defense claims Orchard lost his Interest in this mine by being driven out of tbe country and it was for this that he murdered 8teuneuberg. Mr. Richardson went on to explain his statement as to gambling, that Orchard transferred but temporarily to Dan Cardener, tbe present owner, and waa cheated out of its redemption when compelled to leave the country. If this- - were not true, tha state should have put Card oner on the stand. (Continued on Page Six.) OF THE SEA DISASTER Surface of 'Ocean Strewn With Wreckage Nerves of Survivors Unstrung steamship. "When tha raft was Wing raised to the Roanoke's dock the body of a man floated from under it. This was secured and pullef aboard. A life preserver encircled the body and the horrifying expression on the face indicated that death was nut due to drowning but to fright. "He waa fully dressed save for the head covering. Hf had evidently dressed himself hurriedly for his vest was put on inside out. He was a tall and slender man and had a goud crop 0 fvery dark hair. They searched the body for something to Identify him and found a letter ia one of his pockets addressed, to Butler, Portland. The Initials 1 have forgotten. Tbe oars and boat hooks of tbe other raft were picked up but the Ilfs raft, itaelf which waa in good order, apparently, and bad on deck a keg filled jalth water, was turned adrift. "We noticed afterward that a white hulled schooner whlf h waa cruising In the vicinity pickediup the life boat and the raft The boatswain of the Roanoke reongnlsedlhe rafts as those with which aha had. been equipped at the Fulton Iran Works shortly after the big lire. The Roanoke baa a full list of passengers and the dreadful experience witnessed off Shelter Cove unstrung the nerves of all of us. many remaining on deck all night last night and everybody deserting their cabins aa soon aa tha vessel entered the fog belt and began aoundlug the fog signals We sail for 8an Pedro tonight and are due In Lou Angeles on Wednesday morning." : 4. Japanese Foreign Ministers Special Mission Intrigae Defiance, and Riot Lttcr Scivlvcrs Eureka, Cal., July 22. Hourly the death list of the marine horror off the Mendocino county const shrinks. The beat advices tonight are that 177 of (he 248 sou! on. board the steamer Columbia escaped death when that vessel went to the bottom near Shelter Cove, between midnight and 1 o'clock of Sunday morning, tine hundred and aeven of the Columbia's passenger and thlrty-aeveof her crew have been brought to this port by the steamer Georgs V, Elder, which towed tha colliding schooner San Pedro froiq the scene of the disaster to Eureka. A late message from Shelter Cove aya that three or more lifeboats have tieea picked up, on of them containing eighteen persona, another fifteen and the third not reported. Tha survivors who were brought to this port are being cared for at hotels and In private homes The cltiaene of Eureka, moved to unanimous action by pity and the distress of tha victims, have supplied sufficient quantities of clothing and all necessary medical attention without stint or price. A committee of cltlxens under the leadership of Mayor Ricks haa charged Itaelf with the duties of tha hour and la performing them with energy and all possible speed. A segregation of the Columbia's passenger Nat shows that in her cabins aha carmen and ninety ried seventy-eigh- t women and girls; in her steerage, twenty men and one woman, a total of 188. Discrepancies, however, between the full list furnished tha purser on nailing and some of tha names given by survivors who have reached here. Indicate that tha total passengers may have been greater in number. Sixteen of tha names given here are not found on tha steamship company's certified list. Adding to tha 188 accredited passenger, the fifty-ninof the sixty members of llie Columbia's crew, gives a total of 24 Uvea Jeopardised in tha midnight collision. Among the surrtvora reaoued and carried north to tbia port by the Georgs W. Elder, are men and women from a score of atatea. not a few from the Atlantic seaboard and the middle west. .Among these are a number of school teachers who were varying with a aea voyage on their home trip from tha annual convention of tha National Educational association at Los Seoul, July 2f.Viscounl Hayaahl, foreign minister, describes bla vlalt to Seoul aa au excursion during tha government holidays, made for the purpose of com municating to Marquis Itn the demand of public feeling in Japan for rectification of existing conditions In Korea, and also to consult with the Marqula Ito as to what should 1m done. In lew of the grave state of the present criaia. Viscount Hayaahl baa consented to say that the abdication of the emperor, occurring simultaneously with his arrival la Seoul, wu a surprise and disappointed his plana Neither Marquis Ito nor Japan had any the conpart in the abdication, but, on not have trary, if consulted they would advised tt. Regarding the report that he came to Korea on a special mission. Viscount Hayaahl admitted that It wu true that he came entrusted with hla government's program. Japan's position here was delicate, anj 11a reAny Insponsibilities were great triguing government waa Impossible and the plan to murder all the cabinet members, which was reported to be a scheme of the former emperor for restoration to power with a cabinet was unthinkable. wholly Regarding poulble plans for tbe future government, Hayaahl aald that the Korean throne bed nothing to fear from the Japanese, but there must be a competent, organised administration. Japans program would be executed only with regard to due forms, the consent of the constituted sovereign, and- was subject to modification It already accordin'- to conditions. had modified its plana, and If the Korean throne established a competent cabinet, Japan would deal with it. At present the Japanese authorities were wholly concerned with the restoration of order. Until this wu accomplished, they were unable to proceed, and bla mission must await normal conditions, for the future promotion of the welfare of the people, waa hla foremost consideration. Oakland, July 22 P. C. Walker, passenger on tbe steamship Roanoke, which arrived today from Portland, told In an interview of the havoc and the scenes of distress which were witnessed after the collision of the vessels. He said the Roanoke waa bound south. At noon Sunday wo reached the scene of the collision which had occurred between the steamers San Pedro and Columbia at the previous midnight "Tbe surface of the sea all around the scene of the collision was strewn with wreckage of the lost vessel and the deck houses of the San Pedro and the deck load of lumber she waa carrying nt the time of the collision. "Tbe steamship George W. Elder, and two steam schooners, whose names wa failed, to hear, as they were just resuming their course north, were at the scene of tbe wreck. The Elder had a line fastened to the San Pedro and her officers and crew wen FIJI IN CHICAGO. endeavoring to get a tow line aboard the latter in order to tow her to port "The San Pedros sftermast had Chicago, July 22. been broken off even with the smoke- Fairbanks and 300 other "Fljla" will stack. 8b e was badly listed and arrive here tomorrow to attend tbe annual convention of tbe waterlogged and so low down at the flfty-nlntstern that (ho sea swept the after Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, one of the oldest of the college secret sodeck. "While we drifted across the bows cieties, which will hold a three days' of the Elder, several of tbe members session at the University of Chicago. of tha crews at the San Pedro and the Mr. Fairbanks will deliver the opening Columbia who had been rescued by address Wednesday. Fifty-si- x colleges will be representthe Elder, requested ns to report to their families and frlendi. that they ed by delegates who will come from were safe; but I could make out only nearly every state In the Union. Many one name, namely, Kavanaugh, who, I old alumni also will Join the festivithink, "was nn officer of the lost steam- ties, among them being Meredith 8. 8. McClure. ship and a resident or 1328 Broadway. Nicholson, tbe novelist; "We noticed tbe shipwrecked pas- Senator Patterson of Colorado, Consengers of the Columbia on tha deck gressman John R- - Stirling, Bishop Mcof the Elder clothed In table cloths Dowell, Bishop Hartnell, E. A. Stilland other temporary covering, and a man of New York City, and Prof. John large bier on the upper deck on which Merle Coulter of the University of the bodies, recovered from the; aea, Chicago. Vice-Preside- h Tell of Terrible Disaster. Mrs. R. Anderson. W. J. Bachman, EL Mm lc r and wife, Mika Anna Bakleen, Miaa Ucrtrudc Butler, Mrs. J. Beuaon, Dr. and Lira. H. C. Beat, Mrs. Jane Beat. Miaa A. Beeiaal, MleeClara Carpenter, Miaa Ruby Cooper, J. W. Car-liter. Chew Mook. Chinaman: , Miaa Lena Cooper, Mra. A. 8. Cornell,' Mrs. tt. B. Cannon, Marion Clasby. Mias A B. Cornell, L. Claaby and wife, Steves Clasby, J. C. Durham. U L. Drake. Jr, Mra. U L. Drake, F. 8. Drake. Mra. K. Gagalda, W. Graham, Mra. A. Gray, Mra. Blanche Gurd.ia, Frank Giune t steerage), Mra. A. Happ, L. B. HUl. O. li. Harrington, Miaa K. Hayden, Mrs. W. II. lugalte. E. B. K fever. Miaa Grace r. Kellar, Miaa Effie Krllar, Mra. G. A. Kellar, Miaa Alma H. Kellar, EL G. Liggett, Miaa Florence Lewis, Ray Iewia, O. 8, tesla and wife, I.ewta Malkus and wile, C. E. Mehiw. Miaa H. Muaser, L. Mero, Miaa Julia Mstek, John Miller ( toe rage I. C. W. Merrill (atoerage), E. Mayo (steerage--, Jolt a IX McKadlea. Miaa Margaret McKearny, Miaa Ixuilae D. Make, Miaa Nellie A. Nake, Miaa Mary Paraona, J. K. Paul aud wife, J. Pro-mu(atoerage), Sarah A Roberta,. P. Robert ion, M. J. Ralenum, Mra. William Boulee, G. A. Smith. Sarah Schnll, Miaa Cora Schull, J. B. Springer, Miaa Elate May Stone, George T. Sparks, Miaa Frances Bchroeder, Mra. E. Silva tsteerage), A. Speller (steerage), W. C. Todd. Miaa A. B. Todd, B- - Vlanta, K. P. Winters, G. F. Wilson, Mrs. A. Waller, Miaa H. Wright, Roland Winters, C. W. Winslow and wife, William Walter, Miss Edna Wallace, Miaa B. Wallace, Miaa W. W. White, K. A Wallin (atoerage), J. K. Young. In connection with tha foregoing Hat H should be borne in mind that It will lie measurably reduced by the thirty-thre- e names of tha aurvivora .spoken of aa coming ashore la Ufa rafts at Shelter Cove today. Among tha lost la Mrs. F. O. Lours of Pasadena. 8b died of exposure. Mr. Lours Ilf waa saved. Tlielr boy of I and their daughter were drowned. Igwrs succeeded in getting Ms wife and children an 1o the upper deck In the brief Interval of tha collision and the sinking of tbs Columbia But a breaker washed them off the cabin roof Into the sea. Tbs husband and father succeeded In dragging them up on a Ilfs raft and for two hours the forlorn and wretched family toaaed about on their fmll craft In tha blaekneaa of tha night Eventually tha children lost Uieir grip and slipped off into tha sea. Mrs. Isoura succumbed toon afterward from tha shock and exposure. Eight minute from tha time the San Pedro struck tha Columbia the latter venae had filled full of water and sunk. Tbe night saloon watchman notified all tha passenger to go to the Without clothing, they upper deck. climbed out of their bertha and rushed out. It waa only two or three Tnln ute before the decks were awash. Six boats and three life rafts were cut loose and as many passengers as possible weie crowded Into them. There waa scarcely any evidence of a paale. the women acting with heroism. Tha crew of the San Pedro immediately lowered a boat and picked up a large number of aurvivora, wblle tbe boats from the Columbia lay to by tbe San Pedro, When the Columbia sank aha carried down with hr about Seventy-fou- r passengers. This estimate ia not aernrate, and tbe number cannot be definitely determined until full ulars are received from Shelter Cove, where fonr boats are said1 to have been landed. Captain Doran and First Officer Whitney were on the deck when the Columbia auk, tha captain's last words being: "God Mean yon." According to Purser J. E. Byrnes of tbe Columbia, there were 18U passengers aboard 1C8 flratclaai, 22 steerage and CO crew. It is known that 107 puaengers have been saved and 37 of the crew. The exact number at Shelter Cove is yet to be determined. Juat a the Columbia wu sinking her bolleri exploded. the suction and This counteracted saved many lives. Hiialiands an.l wives were separated and fathers and mothers and children became lost to each other In the excitement when tbe boats collided. The only dead person caught by the Elder waa George T. Sparks, president of tbe hank at Fort He and hla daughter Smith, Ark. were on their way home. Sparks, when pulled upon a life raft, waa weak from swallowing salt water and shortly after, when transferred to one His daughter was saved. exposure. Two hours after tbe wreck the fog lifted and a cold wind commenced to blow. The people In tbe boats suffered much. O. Swanson, a Bailor of the San Pedro, was at the wheel Saturday night when the fatal collision occurred. In to Sailors Agent John hla report Erickson, the blame ia laid upon the shoulders of the Columbia's officer. Other members of the crew of the San Pedro substantiate the story of Swsnaon. He says that the order was given to him when tha lookout sighted the Columbia to put the shee hard port. Three points sport carried the s - An-ge- the Japanese Harrowing Scenes Somewhat Alleviated by Mayor and Citizens Untiring e e, i Citizens Moved to Unanimous Action by Pity and Distress of Victims Following ia the Hat aa compiled up to this tuur of the Columbia's sur- vivor: Passengers 11. Schallhorn, Portland; Medurs Sparks, Fort Smith, Ark.; J. Brotherton, Muskogee, I. T.; A. C. Woodward, Oakland; Mary EL Cox, Elwood, Ind.; C. C. May hew, Enid, Okla.; Clyde C. Roland, Spokane : E. G. Townsend, North Yamhill, Ora.; B. C Austin, Ban Francisco; J. C. Orr, Schuyler, Neb.; A. L. Elvers, Portland;. W. H. Trueadale, Litchfield, III.; Maybelle Watson. Berkeley, Cal.; Alma Oaterborg, Cleveland, O.; Mias Stella Cannon, San Francisco; Louis Cannon. San Francisco; Emma ttrieae, Cleveland. O.; W. H. Smith, San Francisco; Emil Si Ion, Aberdeen, Wah.; Alice M. Watson, Denver; Florence Thom peon, Youngstown, O.; Lulu Hanson, Minneapolis; Bert Llpp-mnSan Francisco ; Dwight Canner, 8. D.; C. H. Bcalam, Ran Diego; Wm. Klnat, Seattle; J. F. Kavanaugh, San Francisco; 11. 8. Allen, San Francisco; Dr. EL J. Paine and wife, Neb.; H. Robinson, Alameda, Cal.; Henry Kunst, Merced, Cal.: A. J. Blegcl, Portland, Ore.; W. L. Smith. Vancouver. H. C.; Sarah A. Rogers, Spokane; Hasei Ingels, Oakland; Bob Cornell, Ban Diego; Mrs. J. A Johnson, San Francisco; Ethel Johnson, San Fran deco; C. R. Johnson, San Ftanctxeo; Mrs. Leggett, Kanaaa; Dr. B. C. West and- wife. San Francisco; Nannie McClellan. Waco. Texan; Mrs. H. C. Shaw. Stockton, Cal.; Mina B. R. Fitzgerald. Ix Angeles; Mias Nannie Buxton, Portland: Mrs. Shouldlce, San Frsnclsoo; Effle Gordon, Portland; C. H. Martlndale and wife, Guthrie, Okla.; R. Rockwell and wife, Guthrie; W. N. Plnnul, J. W. Waddy, H. C. Wahlberg, Mrs. C. A. Eastman, Mias Helen Churchley, Mrs. Wm. C. Dodson, Portland, Ore.; Phil Ashford, Livermore. Cal.; Pearl Beebe, Portland; L. E.'Rlce, Santa Ana, Cal.; Mrs. J. H. Thompson, Napa, Cal.; Carrie Martin. Eugene, Ore.; May Lehman, San Fran cl son; Eva Booker, Franklin, Ky.; Mrs. Ottllie Lldell, San Frandaro; Mabel Geiger, Peoria. 1111a.; A. Grant Kline and wife, Sanger, Cal.; E. E. Clark and wife, Jacksonville, Tenn.; J. W. Biggs and wife, Bloomington, Hla; Georgq L. Hoodenpyl, McMinnville, Tenn.; H. 8. Keener, A. Schober. F. A. Manedfn, W. F. Williams. Fred Enid, Okla.: J. P. Ecklea, Rogers, Portland, Ore.; Joseph Sen, Joseph Rumaey. W. H. Ingalls, Oakland; L. R. 8mlth and wife, Oakland, Cal.; Mrs. F. Copland, Oakland: Mrs. F. S. Drake, Portland, Ore.; Fred Knapp. Olaf T. H. Meyer, San Francisco; Pearson, Phil E. Goallnsky, San Fran- cisco; R. H. Ewart, U C. Melcer. FYed Smith, Portersvllle, Cal.; E. H. Jan-neP. M. Janney. Portland. Ore.: A. Wlnklebeck, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; Wm. y. Hardin Lucas, Seattle: Frank Hager, Johnstown, Pa.: Hettv Golden. .The folkwing is the list of drowned or unaccounted for: Franklin Auiff, Miaa Anna Akeason, out of tbs way of the approaching vessel, whom name at that time waa not kuown. Shoit toots from the whittles of both vessels warned the skippers. The Columbia waa on the coast aide, the Ban Pedro on the aea aide. Apparently both Teasels were proceeding at full speed. If all had gone well, the San Pedro would have cleared th Columbia, but it ia evident that an order, "Put the wheel hard waa gives on tbo Columbia, This tont her directly across the bow of tha steam schooner. Whether or not tbe speed of either veaael was Blackened la immaterial, for tba crash of the vessels was terrific. The Columbia, an iron veaael, bora the brunt of tha impact and her Iran pit" cracked and a gaak seven feet across of the boats, he died from cold and the forward hatch allowed tha water LTe Ingres at a great velocity. S. G. Peterson, a sailor aboard thq Columbia, Waa on watch on tha forecastle. H could are tha lights of tha Saa Pedro some hundred yards away. Ha gave notice of this fact In n about to hla superior on tbe bridge. What they did he does not know, but gt any rate the Columbia allot across the path of the San Pedro. He says that signals were exchanged between both vessels, hut there was hardly tlma enough to slacken speed or make any preparation to meet the Inevitable dlw San Pedro seaward, apparently astar-hoard- . ," . aster. Passengers aay that the collision occurred at half pant twelve, or thereabouts; that U had been misty and fuggy, but at the time of the disaster the weather bad r las red - up somewhat and after the collision Urn steamer San Pedro could be seen where abe bad drifted away n quarter of mile. That aome' poor navigation was made and that tbw Uvea lost are upon the head of some one ia generally conceded. It Is aald that tha San Pedro was under n stow.beil and the Columbia, according to . th tealliminy of passengers, was going at full speed. It la said that aha 'was beaded weal when tha collision occurred and one passenger stated that the Columbia crossed tha bow, or attempted to cross the bow of tha Saa Pedro. R. Hawse, third officer on tha Columbia, said he was In hla room at tha tlma tit the wreck aud ha noted th shock and heard the alarm given. Ha makes the official statement that tha Colombia floated eleven mlnntas after the San Pedro struck her. Officer Hawae tells of th heroic rescue of a lady passenger by Maybelle Watson, who resides In Berkeley, CaL Mias Watson was In one of tha small boat with about twenty of the passengers and crew. Tha boat capslsed when th ship went under and they nil went down. Only about ten or twelve who had on Hf preservers cam up. Mias Watson had been ia the water thirty minute when a young woman appealed to her (or help. Tbe young lady had put her life preserver oa wrong and could not keep her head above water. Miaa Wataoa asked soma one to help but they all refused. She held the glria bead above water for almost two hours. The girl waa unWhen conscious most of the time. Officer Hawse approached in a boat and asked Mias Watson to give him her hand so that he could help her In, aha refused assistance until they lifted her unconscious companion on board. When the two girls were taken on board the San Pedro tha doctor aald that Mias Wataona companion was beyond recover, but when they learned of the heroic effort of Miaa Watson to save her they worked hard and the young lady revived and la now nil right. Mias Watson ia only 18 years old. Pnr. Wm. Hardin Lucas of Seattle gave the following account of tha UTCck "Aa nearly aa I can learn, from those who did not Ium their watches, the collision occurred at about fifteen minutes after midnight. The shock was hardly noticeable, but I heard tha crash and a scraping sound that For a few seconds I heard no other sound and decided to await development or information. Soon f heard one of the crew Shouting All hands on deck. Still I supposed only the crew was wanted and did not leave mv berth until the cry waa changed 'to 'Everybody on deck, aha'a From tha acraplng sound I truck. Inferred that the vessel was aground on a rock or a bar and concluded that I would not Join In any panic or stamrather pede for the boat, but would wait until all tha women were put off and take my chances of getting one of the boats that might come back after going ashore, or trnst to a life preserver and what ewlmlngofI could time, do. Without any waste comthough not in a real hurry. I my pletely dressed, even to buttoning on vest, 'tying my cravat and lacing of my shoes, but decided not to lace to tbe other because 1 might need remove them In case I had to swim. After adjusting n life preserver, I two gathered up my two grip and the bundles and began to hurrr for hall stairway near the stern. The were apparently empty, and 1 inferred fol-Jow- -- (Continued on Pago Six.) Races on Pioneer Day, Tomorrow, at the Fair Grounds J I .. |