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Show ON THE "RED WING." The Captain Accused of Improper Conduct Iluring the" Catastrophe. STATEMENTS MADE OY PERSONS ON DOARD. Tlie House of Iteprescntalhes Takes I'p the Oarstlon of Jp. pmpriatloni. SEARCHING FOR LAKE CERVAISE VICTIMS. 1 Mrike'or Ironnorirrj at Trenton . J. Chinese lined fur Playing "Ian-tan." 0 Er Telfrrlpt to.Uie .Ntws., v- ON Tilt. Itl I TflM.. Vecnnnts Mini Hjr Snrelanrs el.-irce-" Vcalnst rlie Xilntu. f.Aist ClTV, July 15. Nothing new was developed along the lake shore, no more bodies li ivlug lje n recovtredupto noon. Itlsprobable that no more bodies will Iv found for two or three days, aud the Iioik. at l.ake City istluit there are not ultra dozen more In the lake but at Real Wing the number Is placed at two or three times that nuuibir. Cat-tain WVilirrtit, vtho has not been seen linesiiie'eyesltrdaycoo'i, (old the titlztns of Red Wiug that the nuciberon lioard at the time of the disaster would not exceed ITU. A Red Wing nun denied tlie Cai-tain's Cai-tain's figures as over thirty below the truth, and accused both the captain and the crew of belngdmnk and unlit to have ihargt of the Issit nt Miih t tin c There is no proof of such a state nfafTiirs. There were those on the barge among the jasscngtrs who ha J beeudriiikiugaud wliuseactiuns drove women and children to the cabin, fins Oct miy be Hit ground for Hie rumor. Another rumor that cntiH! gnat Indienaliou aiiiMeil the captain of -rde'l'te the cabin door locHeil and keeplt-g tho pcul IL IlMde. V ttooM be natural for lliecaptaiu to do tills, Mit was mteiirely d irk and the riln and hail mice it extremely disagreeable disa-greeable to remain on the Large n tin other hatiJ, thecugiueer Kiysthe mi tain thought tho barge safer tliau the steamer, an 1 sent an order down to the cflWu for the women ami chikln 11 to go on tlie !atve Instead of carrying the order correctly . the ruen tokl thm to tay In the cabin ami icek (he i.oor, whieh tlnv d'.l Previous tn that, the mi't of the women left tin tyrR"- rr t"e n't-Ciiur telling the engineer th it a l"! of men tli 'urge were drunk and had iau a t'ng in au ol.jectioiiable m inner and tiny would not stay there Win tin r thcx U- the facts or not, it is certain that the doors wtreahut, if not locked, when the re-M iiersnai lies! li-es! the siiim r. and ivt ry tiling In-licateil In-licateil tiiat they Invd Istn cspsetl Itinsirthotit tbi gnlv TtMHrAVrs-U. os virtfc-t.fe, vi ho was on the Isxit, gives usitive tvidtnee agdn-t tile chargt of dninUiina . He says tin captain was not only sol r, I lit u as fully coiim iuu- c the irs-mi. of tlit storm, although 11. 1 fully : ptetla'-nig ptetla'-nig its privily. Tlie a; tain walktsi througli thet-ahlu quietly, trying tj calm theexeiiisl sseugirs, tilling them heditl not think there was any danger, 1 nt if any wi-hed to do so tiny could Jit on life presirvirs ainlpripan fur tin-worst i.siliihty. A few miuutih later he 0111a; iiiort ma It the Mine stiggition. riie i Inrge agtmt the crew proh-aliiy proh-aliiy originate.! in thejiehaviorof soiBpoftl'e dmiifcen 'engers on the lurge. Siting thest verily of the sfonn. tiie captain w i-lied tho-c who were on Hit barge, at the mircy of tht wind, rain intl hail, to seeR rtfuge in the cabin, Isit later hetonslilere'd tin Imrge a afi r place, aud ordired Uie womtiianil iliildreii to remain fur. His ordir iniscarriisl. or it lv-t suih seenislo luve btcu the cast. LtMUIt t.ltlUt of Iake City lielicvtd that If tho people had know 11 that Jflrt of tin lake, many colli 1 have escaped, and cites tin ixptriinre cf Ilarry Ma tK-y. 01111g Malay nai 011 board the Svr 1-ji-, ind Th'.nsiiedrifteil liloSuti litlow the iint, she grounded for a short time on a Inr. Knotting the Watt r there was shallow, shal-low, he Jum, 1 ovtrbonrd and reaihed the 1 1 nd easily. From that bar the steamer drifted along the short, ken i'lg aitGut forty or fifty yards out. All along tlie bottom slopes very gradually duwu, so probably all tould havu escaissl tu thcslwre liail tluy known this fit t. Thlstveniug s cultoMltS Jfiiv asstniy-il ar.d were alwut to U-gin in inquest when County Attonu y Wilson said that the statutes irovide that the coroner hokl au inquest niy where there are marks of vioie lice on t'ie liody . As there were nouestiih iu tlie present case no inqui-t could lw lit Id. He sill, further, that ho lnheveil, tak Ing into coiisitls-ratlt.ii the frame of mind the community Isln.lt Is advisable ad-visable not to hold an luquest now, tvi 11 if it could lie htl.l. He assured tlie jurymen as citizens tint the matter would Is- laid before the grand jury at once am! a rigid In-estigatiou In-estigatiou lelial. The jury ailed on Insopluiun, and the corontr dls missed them. ThUciitilng one more Ixxly was found, that of Ititti Vcilh, agetl IX |
