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Show mniwi- - - till ASSOCIATED All PRESS TOE KEVS All TflEORMI StEVICf. TOE TIKL ftAAAAAAAAA VOL. I. 1AT Writs NO. OGDEN CITY. UTAH. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 10. SEVAN That Are Mere Republican Leader Not Out for the Presidency. Cleveland, O., Jan. 9. Senator Hanna. referring to published reports that a public announcement of his candidacy for the presidential nomination would be issued next week, declared there was not the slightest foundation for such statements, lie added that ho had already issued an authorized statement', showing his jk sition and that it atill held good. Democra- tic Than America. ALL THE UN 10. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1904. AND CHILDREN LOST Went Down' in the Life Boats in Which They Had Been Placed in Hope of Being Saved-Grap- hic Story IMPRESSED HIM IN One of tho Most Scholarly Men He Ever Met This Country Hao a SALT LAKE of the Sinking of the Steamer Clallam 54 Persons Are Drowned. Seattle. Jan. 9. The Scattle-Victorsteamer Clallam was lost early this morning midway between Smith island and Dungcness Spit and at bust at persona losing their lives in the disaster. Every lierson who put off in the life boats lowered when it waa apinrent that the steamer could not live nut the terrific that waa lilowlug, gale drowned. Only those who stayed by the ship fighting against the sea for imssesslon of the traft, were saved. These persons were compelled to fight desierately for their lives, rushing forward when the vessel turned on her (team ends, clinging frantically to the rails and finally slipping off the sides of the vessel into the water or into a life raft that had been lowered. Subsequently they were picked up by the tugs Sea Lion and Holyoke. It was not the fault of commanding officer nor the men in charge of the life boats that the lausengera who took to the boats were lost. When th life boats were lowered the end was within sight, yet the impotent Clallam waa unable to make headway against the gale. Prudence dictated that the and crew needed to navigate the boats be given the opiiort unity of Mving their lives by the life boats That they tailed to reach shore waa due entirely to the tact that human strength waa but a feeble protest against the fury of the elements. Had all the passengers and crew remained aboard it ia probably true that moat of them would have been lost when the boat turned over and gave up the struggle. Others stronger and better able (o rare for themselves drowned with the relief tugs standing by awaiting to take them alioard. For eleven hours the .Clallam buttlif against the fury of the storm before the struggle waa abandoned and the boat settled back into the waters tf the aonnd. Early in the afternoon the steamer became disabled; later in tbe day three life boats, freighted with human life, put off into the aea and went down almost within tbe vision of watchers aboard. During all the remainder of the afternoon and half o! the night that followed, crew and passengers Ion gilt to keep the vesst afloat In the meanwhile ihe distress of the vessel bad been noticed by watebei ashore. The steamship company owning tbe Clallam begged steamer and tug boat owners of Victoria to put off to relieve the vessel. But the Victoria boat owners refused to risk their erafr in the gale. One steamer, the Maud, started but of Victoria harbor to go to tbe Clallam's rescue, but after striking the storm waa compelled to put altout and run to safety. Distress flags were flying from the Clallam from the time she became disabled. There wm no boat In sight at the time the flags were hoisted but it was with the chance that a passing vessel might sight her or those on shore be attracted by tbe Clallam's fight against the odd of the aea that the signals were susiiended. After the, vessel bad been fighting for two or three hours to keep headway or to jireaerve the safety of the passengers, a steam schooner passed astern of the Clallam, three mi In distant Aboard the Clallam the vessel could be made out plainly. To those who sighted the schooner it was apparent that the distress signals of the Clallam could have been made out it the men aboard her glanced in that direction. But they passed on up the straits without an answering si gnat nor even a moment's hesitation to Indicate that the boat would carry the news of the Clallam's distress. It waa Impossible to make out the name ot tbe passing vessel but by tbe course followed it wm thought ehe hai cleared from ; Bellingham Bay. Had this vessel stood by and given aid to the Clallam the disaster might have been avoided, or in auy event the extent of the horror minimized. Had word been carried at that time to Victoria or some other nearby port there ia a possibility that relief might have been sent earlier, though the refusal o Victoria steamers to go to the rescue Indicates that nothing could have been gained liy an appeal In that dim lion. Two additional children are brlieved to have been drowned. Tlio following Msngrrs whose The closing scene in this, the moat are uni report iii: terrible marine tragedy ever known in Gi J. Jeffs, V II. Grinien, George these waters, was eight miles north Hyson, A. Valdmn-- r. Guy Dennis. H. of ITuteciion Island only a abort disRum-Mrs. Charles Cox. tance north of Fort Townsenil and apBuckner, Mrs. Charles Thomas. C. li. Joy, Miss Gift, proximately thirty miles from VictorC. J. Hurney. R. G. Campbell. W. E. ia. The Holyoke picked Ihe Clallam up Rooklrdge. Ed. Luma, Mrs. Reynolds. off Smith's Island. W. Cluretr. C. A. Johnson, R. Turney, The aurvlvora of the wreck were Charles Green, and the following mem- brought to Beattie at 5 o'clock tonight ia Tu Wonderful Opportunity in Peace. list Hold-up- s u' ire Exeitei People New York, Jan. 9. Asked about the Wm. J. great men he had visited, r. Bryan said that he thought Mr. England's Iremier, one of the must scholarly men he had ever met. He spoke in terms of high praise and gratitude of the manner in which he had been received and helped by Ambassador Choate and all the other American representatives to whom he bad applied. "I met President Loubet of France. Mr. Bryan said, and I found biro very pleasant. President Deueher of Switzerland la a very genial man, with German characteristics strongly marked. The Czar of Russia also appeared to mo to be very charming. The Crown Prince of Denmark ia affable and friendly to a degree. With the exception of President Loubet. all of hem spoke English well. I enjoyed the visit to the Vatican and was presented to the Pope by Father Kennedy, the head of the American College at Rome. The Pope did not apeak English. 1 was greatly impressed with the friendly feeling every where exhibited to the A jerican people. I do not think if was the friendship of awe. They seemed to like us. Do you agree with other travelers that the people are really more tho ruler ia England than in thla counIn England, 1 try? he waa asked. think," Mr. Bryan said, public opinion prevails more than in any other I know of. except perhaps Franca i an. Switzerland. Switzerland la ' faf the United m.ire democratic than State. Public opinion controls than more than anywhere I know." Mr. Bryan said he was going to Connecticut on Monday and that ha hope to be able to go to Nebraska before the end of the coming week. Asked if he favored the holding of the Democratic National convention in New York, Mr. Bryan gave an emphatic negative answer. He Mid: "It yon people have as much money aa you aay you have, you can afford to go into the center of the country. You have been boasting about your wealth, and ran afford to apend a little of It 1 am opposed to any extreme point of tbe country being taken for tbe convention. Mr. Bryua would not My where he would like the convention, but suggested somewhere in the center of the country. Mr. Bryan would not talk about tho platform. He said he knew of nothing that should be taken out of the last platform and could not My what should be added. He refused to dis-cu-w the Panama situation, Hying he wanted to know more about It Night rcsi-deiii- -e . bers of the crew: on the steamer Dirlgo. C. Lockwood, freight clerk, Seattle: Charles G. Bennett, of 5771 Twenty-Fourt- h James Smith, first assistant, engined, street, Ban Francisco, a passenSeattle; Charles Munson, quartermas- ger. remained on board the Clallam ter, Seattle; Rlmlliuiic, quartermaster, until she sank and witnessed all the Seattle; Joseph Jewell, saloon watch- principal scenes both before she founand Stock Broker Are Teamster Alexander man, Victoria; Harvey, dered and sank and after, wlieu the Ordered to Throw Up Thtir mess man. S- - le; Koltert Currie, last raft was launched. Bennett had Hands Police Unable to steward. Victoria; Harvey Sears, sea- cot recovered from the effects of the Locate the Thugs. man, Victoria; George Hudson, waller. exposure when he arrived on the Dir-ig- o tonight and seemed to be in a Every woman and child aboard the Clallam wa a rairilhe to the fierce half dazed rendition. He connected storm that raged In the Straits last bio thoughts, however, aufflciently to night. Wlthlu three milea of shore, ret ail what waa probably one of Um and at a limn whra it apiieared cer- moat thrilling and pathetic incidents (Examiners Special Correspondent..) Salt Lake, Jan. 10. Notwithstandtain the Clallam could not be saved, of the wpeck. This waa the action of a desperate effort was made to save a man unknown to Bennett, who. afting the fact that "Jack Shockley, the and murderer of the women and children in the life er hiu wife and two children were suspected hold-u- p Carmen Gleason and Brighton, ia beboats They were placed In tho first drowned before hia eyes, became franhind prison bars, there were two holdboat (o leave the ship, which Captain tic and plunged headlong into the aea. ups about 7 o'clock In Balt Lake last Lawrence, a Yukou pilot, volunteered He wm undoubtedly loet, as neither to commaftd and which was manned by Bennett nor any of the crew saw him night. After the tecta became generally deck hands. Tbe frail craft, went down reins to the surface, and no life boats known, there was much talk on tbu within alght of tbe Clallam ail a sec- were near him at the time. In Bennett's opinion there wm son streets of organising a vigilance comond life boat filled with male passenmittee with the purpose of driving gers and In command of Second Officer misunderstanding between the offlrern ail auspicious characters out of town. vessel and the crew In Currln. waa prolably lost a few min- of tha R. E. Hayden, a teamster, while charge of the tug Holyoke, over sigute later. driving his wagon on Third South Aboard the Clallam watchers mw nals at tbe critical moment, and this street between Seventh and Eighth waves sweep passengers from their fact, Bennett believes, resulted in tha West, wm robbed of $11. hold on the seats and hurl them into Ion of many Uvea among those who The hold-np- s asked him for a ride. waa stayed with the doomed ship, who the waters. Though the life-boTbelr request wm granted and no allll afloat, a diligent might otherwise have been Mved. Benlater, righted sooner were they in the wagon than search extending for twenty hours, has nett speaks in the highest praise or the action of the crew of the tug 8m they overpowered Hayden and took tailed to find trace of her. his money, then they vanished in the More- - passengers and memliera of Lion.1 who rendered every assist a nro darkness. ware iiM when a third life- possible from the moment they arrived Hayden reported the robbery to tbe waa awamiied in an attempt to on tho scene. boat Bennett also witneaaed a life boat police m soon aa possible, but waa unlaunch it. with Its load of women and able to give a good description of the capsize were Two pascugera picked np by children and wm a spectator to the men. m it wm dark all the time they who had fastened Bahais the atMiner were with him. struggle and the cries of the inalxiut their bodies. fMrful mates of the boat as she waa swallowJ. M. Reynolds, a stork broker, was front exposure and their ed died had They ordered to throw up hla hands while up ip tbe trough of the aea, aa If a bodies were brought In Beal Ha today. mere feather. Bennett ia an old man waiting for a car at the corner of waa a new Clallam The staunch, and has traveled extensively, but the Sixth and D. streets at about the same Seattle-Victoron the boat passenger hour. spectacles which took place run. She left Port. Townsend for Vic- harrowing btfore the Clallam finally went ilown Tbe robbers were standing close totoria yesterday noon, facing a terrific unstrung him completely. It wm with gether m he approached. One ; of southwest gale. effort that be rould bring himself to them pushed a gun In hla face and Within sight of her destination a recount the thinga which he witnesscried: "Throw up your hands. steamthe little overwhe'med aea Luge ed and the experiences of himself and Instead of complying Reynolds took floodin her er, smashing other survivors who clung to the life to his heels and ran to an approaching her hold with water, extinguishing raft from which they were finally resing street car. lioilera and plac- cued. the fires beneath her The thugs chased him until he ing her at the mercy of a howling neared the car, when they turned back When tbeweBaeIbecamediMbid,al gale. and disappeared. the male passenger worked heroically I afterAll thla happened yesterday to launch the life boats, Mid Bennett, Reynolds went directly to the police noon. The culmination of the tragedy "and the first wm reserved for the station with hla story and o Ulcers was postponed for several agonising women and .children. It wm loaded were sent out on both cases, but up hours. Bravely officers mnd'erew of tha with difficulty. An angry aea wm rollto a late hour no trace had been obtained of the criminals. helpless hulk worked to save the boat ing. but this boat cleared the ship and and the 80 souls aboard her, but in rode tbe waves for about ten minutes. vain. Staunch as she waa, the Clal- Of a sudden it got into the trouch ot lam could not stand the terrific on- the sm and before the passengers on WRECK ON slaught of the saa that raced in moun deck could realize (hey mw ill load tain high from the ocean, aiTO. Just be- of humanity engulfed in a aea which A reception wm given to Mr. Bryan fore darkness began to tall, it waa re- wm running eighteen feet high. The sight wm a terrible one and solved to make an aUemiit to save tha tonight at the Victoria Hotel by a we rould plainly hear the screams ot passengers at least by the hosts. committee, among the members of Two boats were launched and in the hetplfM women and children aa which were Hamlin Garland, Henry these some of tb passengers were en- they floundered about for a few moGeorge, Edward si. Grout, Judge W. J. Gaynor, Jacob A. Canto?. W. Bourko trusted to the angry waters. The first ments before they Mnk. The wind boat contained only women and child- screamed about ua and wafted their fockran. John 8. Crofeby; William ren. three deck hands from the Clal dying cries on deck where stood two William Stilser, William Tv. Hears! and Charles F. Murphy. Judgs Fireman is Killed and lam and Captain Iawrcncc of Victoria score of brave men who gazed at their Engineer Samuel Seabury welcomed Mr. Bryan, going off in her. The boat was over- death struggles, powerless to lend a whelmed 100 feel from the Clallam and helping band. who, in response said iu part: Seriously Injured. "The second boat to be launched livIts occupants shrieked in vain for aid "During my brief sojourn 1l othe. from those aboard the steamer. Not ed bat a short time longer than did lands, I have bad my eyui and my ears the first It contained a mixed load of a hand rould be raised to aid them. open and I have sought to sea and to men and women, moetly the former. rowed boat Into second hear and to learn. I iuund much la The iwsy Buena Viata, Ohio. Jan. 9. Rio interest' me and I mw soma things thai Grande passenger train No. 1, westthe darkness. On board the Clallam The boat wm tossed about by tbe 1 think we men weie aeon as the waves tore waves as If it were a cork and went with a light might very well learn. But bound, collided head-oI have not been in any land where from the boat, but later she was down in the trough of a awell with them a half one west and milea of engine all its occupants. Rome may have afat ill afloat. would wish to live and to work a Arena and abuot ten miles south of well as here. In some countries i hav here shortly before $ o'clock this eveTbe third boat, containing only men, terwards gotten on rafts, but if they did I am not aware of it. So far as found freedom of speech Just os mucu swamped in launching. ning. Fireman Robert Burns was I know not a woman or child surof on memhcra the time was I as there From that is here, yet, killed and Engineer Williams wm servived. few a who creW and nowhme the jiasaengers impressed with the idea that iously Injured. None of the passenWhen I realized that tbe third and had volunteered to remain aboard, deelse in the world is there lha same gers were hurt though all were voted themselves to the task of trying last boat launched was about to meet upimnunity for a man to make the severely shaken up. to save ihe vessel. The punTps w era a similar tale 1 turned away unabli! most of himself, no matter what, bit witness another such terrible end there Is here. family or his origin, impotent and three gengs of bailers to All European nations ore watching our were set. to w:rk. In spite of their I stayed with tbe doomed whip and with the remaining passeneffort, the water gained on bitn and together pnigresa with Interest and pride. I I hrlieve we are going to see a lmv of GENERAL they were about to resign themselves gers ofdid all could to bail the water her hold." out Richard the lm whin Holyfate to will their fraternity and goud had oke. one of th" six tugs whli-mong the nations, wneo there Hhail be I Ire rescue of the Clala rivalry among them to ate which been sent lam from Port Townsend, hove-- in READY LEAVE "The Holyoke was the flrsl tug lo ''ail set ihe best example to other. sight. A line wi 'thrown aboard the come to the rearne.tliougli in my opin During my trip my imprewdoti lid been deepened i ha! the polio ot makaid with hr i: sh started for ion hid the vessel been equipped with - Seattle. Jan. 9. Tbe steamer rnl-la- tug She made fur proPort Townsend and rockets, she could have ing our navy ao great that it shall terSeattle-Victori- a of the fleet, went gress cndtit seemed for a time Mist flashlight tbe whole Victors fleet to summoned rify other nations will simply result in i down: early this morning midway be- the Clallam wit the remainder of her ber assistance long before the Holpromoting a rivalry that .will continue Island 8mith and tween :rew were Dungcnczs be to wred yoke put g. an arpoaranc. snd until it reaches the limit of Um ability Recognizes That His Mission is in the Strati Of Juta De Fura. Fifty-- passengers of the people to bear it.. I would pi But ihe hungrv seas were not to he "When the Holyoke took bold of us one Were drovned. They rhesLed of thetr prey and still more it was with a line fully one and an persona what I consider a better plan. I a Failure. v are;i would suggest, instead .of building the lives were to be sacrificed to the God ot a mile long. Bbe towed us .. Captain. L. Thompson. Tacoma, of the waters. The hull or the Clab eighth instead ot Port Townsend govbiggest navy that we make towards Lloyds agent: Bruno Ierrtr:, Tacoma lam began to gve way before the ter-- I steering for tbe beach, the passe ngeis ernment ihe best on earth, and instead Customs Inspector; Captain Lawrence. rifle assaults of the wares and the on board meantime balling water out of having our flag float everywhere, l.-Victoria, Yukon River pilot; Mrs. S. E. strain of 'he tow line completed tbe ot the bold. When it became apparent it stand for something wherever it of $. Convinced Jan. Washington, floats. J,et our flag stand for justice the determination of the United Statofi Bolton, Alberta, B. C.. who was on her wo; k the seas hs-- begun. that the vessel was doomed, some of tour; N. P. Shaw, Victoria, The tuc Bra I ion sighted the Holy-o- k the crew signalled to the Holyoke td iwMwero man and man and between not to retrace a step on the Isthmus wedding and her ;ow shout midnight and abandon tbe tow and come alungdd. nation and nation, Let that become and of the consequent failure of his ship owner: C. W. Thompson. Tacoma, t nod l;y to assist. Either .through a misunderstanding of nun everywhere and if any king miBaion. General Rafael Reyes, the president of the Washington nt to her beams end th signals or failure to comply with she Minin? Co.: Mis. J. C. Gallately, At should ever attempt to asfetl our land, Colombial sjirclal envoy, is ready to Victoria, wife of the manager of the and luv-- sinking rapidly. them. 1 do not know which, the great-ehis own Oppressed people would rise At. i;07 she ret 'led and the tow lines .lias Galaely. hank of Monacal loss of life on tioard the Clallam and cry out "Don't touch that flag; it' Victoria; Miss Louise Harris, Spok- were cut. a few minute later she creurred. The Holyoke did not res'ands for r rights.' 1'oeilbiy ouf resbeneath the spond and the vessel began to list. We lurrhed nn.i flag would then not be so mu.i (eared oclock to consult a specialist, and that ane; Mrs. llouin. Braille, wile of lu-i1 would bo top wnilca and float- - then realized that our only chanra wad loved the world round hla return was uncertain. He did not taurant owner; A. II. Pripcc. Chicago, wares. Only and thla would be greater glory to the lake that train, however, and at a late member of theatrical Hoops: Eugene ins wreckage remained to show that lo lake to the water, and the majority Hicks. Indianapolis. Inti., Mrs. T. Su- she had ever been. Jumped into the sea In their life preflag than through any more xfcnrt-eigL- hour tonlrht waa at hfa hotel. llen. and t wo children, Fort. TownIly heroic efforU the crews of the servers. I was In1 the water about live RETURNING TO WORK. policy." bold of a life Port Townsend; two tugs saved the lives of nearly all minutes before got send; 1. ' Port Townsend: who had rcuiiii.' il almanl ihe Clallam. raft. After dinging to this for halt DEATH FROM TYPHOID. Sharon. la.. Jan. 9. After several Mrs. H. tV. few swep sway and tieriKbed an hour the Rea Lion came alongside ovor IJiuit men will Mr. lCchnrds. Port Townsend; II. II. I.Mtifr. l'a., .lari. tin licuib from ju!!,ii'" ullec-sia; in the black li" " a the storm, with j and took me alioard. There wore half typh..id fever and one new ease were return in work at tbe South Sharon Swsney. Seattle; l?s Murray. and tries. j a dozen Ollier passengers on the raft W. W. Gibbons. Tacoma. 1 none to heed then shout j mills tomorrow. reported today. i Bal-fou- VIGILANCE COMMITTEE TALK is-aengei- w TOE E Mo-Ado- s, n u REYES cd TO -- at tha-cre- w ia dead-light- s, f ; r bt n o-i- I r ! s VL-jtor- Bark Vcck Oning Fear to tbe ts - THE STEAMER .NEAR WHARF. Only Half an Hour Away When the DiMster Occurred., Beal tie, Jan. 9. A Times special from Victoria Mys: When the steamer Clallam broke down she wm within half an hour or leas of her wharf here. The hacks and hotel buaaee were there awaiting her and then the news came that she had been aeon to atop steaming off tbe point with Victoria in plain view. Bhe had broken down and became unmanagable. None knew what had happened. At 3:3V p. m. she wm seen to slow around and drifted away towards Discovery inland broadside to the wind. Bhe was wallowing heavl ly, rolling from beam to beam in a big eAa. Telephone messages were sent to her agent, E. K. Blackwood, who made great efforts to secure a tug to assist her. Failing, owing to tho absence of available tuga and the tact that all steamers in port were unable to get up steam in Irap than five hours, he wired to Fort Townsend and the Hoi yoke and Bea Lion were dispatched. The ateamer Iroquois went from Bid ney and searched for her for hours without seeing anything of her and in the darknesa did not know what had befallen the ateamer. Then came newa of tbe disaster and Victoria ia sorrow-stricke- Flags are at half mast and crowds are thronging tbe newspaper and tele- graph offlres. Many Victorians are among the loet. N.' V. Shaw ia a of C. II. I.ugrin, well known in Beattie. Ho owned the ateamer Ventura and waa head at a big meat business in British Columbia and Ddwaon. LlvingMono Thompson Captain wan Lloyd's surveyor and a promt nent Victorian. He waa an old mill tary man. Captain Tom Lawrence was form erly in the Canadian Fsclflc Steam ship service and last year in com mand of the Yukon ateamer Scotia. Mrs. Gallettly and Mian Galletly were the wife and daughter of the manager of the Bank of Montreal. Minn Annie Murray waa a sister of Mrs. E. Burns, agent of the North era Pacific railroad In 8eatlle, whose home she had been visiting. of Mis Deprose waa a sinter-in-laa well known jeweler. She was a Tacoma nurne. aon-ln-la- ol War. JAPAN Anglo-Japanes- FMS WAITING England lamdon, Jan. 9. Tho shadow of the Far Eaau-rsituation during the past wwk has fallen darker on Londou than on any other European capitals. n The feeling here reflected from Ixiii-dtnewspapers has .been decidedly pessimistic, duo probably to the mass of reports from all quarters of the globe, mostly conflicting, regarding tho nature of It us. la's reply and tho warlike movements and preparations of Japan and Russia. Diplomatic and official circles have been extremely guarded In their utterances but from fragamentary expression from lkiwning escaping street and the embassies, 11 in apparent that thla pessimism ia shared ia the bent, informed circles. It has been a week of suspense. Monday it was officially continued from 8t. Petersburg that the Russian reply had been dispatched to Toklo, but aa the week passed without the nature of the answer becoming public, London began to believe the worst. This apprehension wm fostered by Japan's Instituting a new censorship and remora of Russian warships sailing under sealed orders to destinaliona which were unascertslnsble. The stock exchange relapaud Into a distressing state of apathy. Thla waa deepened on Friday by a circumstantial rumor that the Russian reply waa altogether unsatisfactory and that Japan bad 35,000 troops ready to start for Kom Consols made a fresh low record, but dosed the week a shade above the worst. Meanwhile continental Owuraea have ron! Inued calm. If not optimistic. Parle throughout tbe week remained a buyer of gilt edge accuritlea. Friday night the war scare reached tho climax when the iisjiors declared that war was inevitable. When It boesmo known today that the Russian reply wm at least sura of a further rejoinder from Japan. London began to share tho moat confident view of European capitals that war wan not Immediately to be declared and that it waa nut Inevitable. Probabilities and posHlbllities are discussed everywhere, and in all public places, high and low, sympathy Is expressed for the Llttlo Japs." Aa far aa the masses are e alliconcerned, the ances la Immensely popular. A Peking dispatch to Reuters TeleAccording to graph company say: the best information here, the Russian reply, though conciliatory In tone, la unMtlatartory In substance. Japan, it la further stated, from the same source, desire to obtain further gelay in order to complete her preparations, and will, therefore, conThe prospects tinue the negotiation of war before spring continue very , strong. Vienna, Jan. 9. The Auatrian-llun-garia- n foreign office' has (waived a. cable message from Toklo. saying Japan has no Intention of taking any offensive mraanrea In Cnrra ao long as the negotiations wfth Russia are going on. The officials snd diplomats hern are hopeful. They believe tbe rhanen of peace is distinctly better, since the Russian answer apparently ia more favorable than early reports suggested. m bmp-expecte-d Anglo-Japanes- The Japanese minUrhiida, and Frinec C'htng. the grand secretary, had a long interview here yesterday and discussed the prospects of war bePrince tween Russia and Japan. Ching announced that China had decided to maintain neutrality and expressed great interest in the nature of the Russian reply. M. I'chlda waa on this subject It Is reported that Japan is chartering many more commercial ships for use bh naval colliers and supply ships- Peking. Jan. ister to China. 9. M. REWARD MAN GOES TO OF $5,000. a Mining Company In Butte City. Rutte. Mont.. Jan. 9. The Boston and Mmilana Mining roinpuny of the Amalgamated Copper group today offered a reward of 8r..i fur Information which will lead In Ihe ivinvlrtinn "f those guilty of dynamiting th PennvvDta worV.incp snd the death of Samuel Oi?on and Frel' Ptvel. January ! Offered REST TO STRIKE Alliance Popular In Financial Canter Fait the Effects of War Rumora. e i oe or TOIL ON LONDON pusM-UKc- I BALFOUR with me. and all were gotten aboard ihe tug. Isaac Hewitt, a passenger who resides on Vaureurer Island, stayed with the Clallam until she .foundered and went down, lie shares tha opinion of Charles G. Bennett that had Ihe Holyoke responded promptly to the signals of the crew on board the Clallam. many passengers would have been saved who had stayed with the ship in ihe Iwlicf that at the critical moment. the Holyoke would abandou her low and came alongside to rescue the We all believed that the Holyoke would let go her line and coine tlnng-sid- e when ll became apparent ib further effort to savu tho ship W nee lens." said Hewitt. "This heliet served to keep us buoyed up until a few moments before the ship sank. We xignallcd the Holjnke repeatedly to come to our aid. but she continued io tow ua with a line which pul her out of range of the human voice. I noticed that her lamps were used by the crew on the Clallam. 1 do not know whether this is the proper signal in such cases, hut in any event, if had no visible effect upon the Holyoke's crew. . The Sea IJon wasted no (ime when she arrived in rendering all the Every member .of possible. the crew rendered heroic assiatani-eand it waa largely due to her efforts that any of the aurvlvora live to tell the story of the wreck. The Clallam's pumps refused to work from the start and she waa kept afloat only by tbe efforts of tho passengers on board. and crew who remained Water rushed into her hold lu a perfect deluge and all we rould do was to stave off what everyone below deck realized would he the inevitable end. A great ri.l of tbe water poured in and human through he dead-ligheffort was powerless to bail out M fast All thla time we aa it were working In the bow of the boat, so that if (he vessel began to sink we could get on the Holyoke and not until she tailed to come to our assistance did those on board fully realize their iieril. Then the rush for life preservers and life rafts began. Those who were fit enough to - get on tbe rafts were reaeuea on short order by the Bea IJon. Too much cannot be said in praise of this tug's officers and crew for the assistance , which they rendered. by- ruin General Gordnn Died at 10:05 Last BLAME Night FOR A WRECK. Batwaen the Conductor and Engineer of a Train. Topeka. Kan.. Jan. 9. General Superintendent Gruber, gave out an ofAtlanta, Ga., Jan. 9. A special from ficial statement Of the Rock Ielaud Miami. Fla., to the Journal. Mya Gen- ' wreck at Willard last Wednesday n eral Gordon died at 10:05 p. m. morning. He say the blame lies and Engineer Conductor Nagle Nashville. Tenn., Jan. 9. General Benjamin, both of the trainmen haw Stephen 1). Lee of MIkhIsmIppI. com- tag disregarded their orders. mander of the army of the Tennessee, The question of the responsibility of will succeed General Gordon a the trainmen will be further, deterof llie United Confedat the coroner's inquest, which mined erate veterans pending the election at. will be held next week. the reunion here next June. Lie BANKRUPTCY ClarkHlmrg. W.- - PETITION. Va.. Jan. S. Credit- ors of tbe Jackson Iron and Tinplate company have filed a bankruptcy OHIO CONGRESSMAN DEAD. 9. Couerraw Mansfield. O., .Tan. man William W: Rkilcs. of the Fourth Hi strict of Ohio, died of pneumonia at hi huiue at Shelby today, agud 41 year. . |