* VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS 9
| 1000 Lives Lost In
■ St. Lawrence River
:
When Princess of Ireland Is Rammed By
I Collier In Early Morning Fog and
Sinks In Ten Minutes.
1406 ABOARD SHIP.
Most Off Rescued! Are Said! To
Be From Crew—Only 12
j| Women Survivors.
Quebec, May 29.—Not less
than 850 men and women perish
ed in the St- JLawrence river,
when at an early morning hour,
. today, the Empress of Ireland
hurrying out to sea, was ram
med and sunk by. a coaling ship,
the Storstadt.
A dense fog hung over the
river during the night, making
vision far ahead impossible to
the pilot, when suddenly there
loomed just ahead a collier low
lying against the water and
heavily laden with coal, which
smashed head-on into the Em
press.
Amid the shouts of men and
screams of women, there was
great confusion aboard as the
passengers, roused from sleep
by the terriffic crash and im
pact of the two vessels, flocked
to the decks, many dad only in
r their night clothes. There was
a rush forward for the boats,
* and the crew and most of the
men passengers aided in quiet
ing the tumult. The big liner
listed heavily, preventing the i
launching oi some oi me ooais
and in ten minutes sank, before
many of the passengers had
reached the decks.
Capt. Kendall was the last
to leave the ship and is report
ed to have been picked from the
wreckage by government boats,
which gathered the survivors
from nine life boats.
According to admissions made
at noon by the officials here of
the Canadian Pacific Steamship
k linen more than 1,400 people,
crew and passengers were a
board the Empress when clear
ing for Liverpool. Of these, the
f Lady Evelyn Eureka rescued 337
but the Storstadt wireless failed
to state how many survivors
and victims of the disaster were
aboard that ship, which will ar
| rive here tonight or tomorrow
•f The survivors rushed to Ri
mouski will be brought here
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,
this afternoon on a special
train, but nothing positive had ]
been received up to noon as to
the identity of the rescued.
There is no way definitely to
estimate the dead until the pas
senger’s list is compared with
the list of survivors. Among the
passengers were Sir Henry Se
ton Kerr, a prominent London
barrister, and Lawrence Irving,
the well known actor, the fate
of neither of whom is known.
A big contingent of the Salva
tion Army members en route to
the International Conference in
England were also on the pas
senger list.
Many of the passengers were
killed in their berths near the
bow when the coaling ship hit!
the Empress. Twenty; of the
rescued passengers of the ill
fated vessel are said to have suc
cumbed from exposure after
they had been taken from the
water.
One report to Canadian Pacif
ic that all on board were saved
is not credited. Federal officials
near the scene of the disaster
ijeported to Ottawa that one
thousand lives were lost.
ONLY TWELVE WOMEN ES
CAPE
United Press Dispatch.
Montreal, Quebec, May 29. —
Only twelve women aboard the
Empress of Ireland were saved '
according to dispatches receiv
ed this afternoon. Most of the
survivors were members of the
crew as the passengers in berths
had little chance to escape.
OVER 1,000 DEAD.
United Press Dispatch
Montreal, May 29.—Compu
tations this afternoon indicate
that a full thousand were lost
and the only hope of some sur
vivors aboard the Storstadt is
very slight. The Collier only
mentioned the dead when it took
aboard a pilot. The Lady Eve
lyn this afternoon picked up
seventeen floating bodies.
Im'REPORTED RESCUED.
United Press Dispatch.
Montreal, Quebec, May 29.—
The best figures available from
official sources at ten o’clock
this morning indicated that 870
persons lost their lives when the
Canadian Pacific liner, Empress
of Ireland,, sank after being ram
med early this morning in a
dense fog off Father Point by the
coaler Storstadt. The latest
reports estimate the number of
reached at 337.
| The Empress was proceeding
down the river when the collis
ion occurred. The big passenger
liner immediately listed heavily
preventing the launching of
more than a few boats, and these
were soon heavily loaded.
At least seventy were picked
up from the water life rafts, and
134 survivors were landed at
Rimouski at ten o’clock by the
government boat, Lady Evelvn
Eureka, which raced from Fath
er Point in answering the S. 0.
S. calls of the sinking ship, and
although rushing to the rescue
at full speed the Empress sank
before she arrived.
The survivors in boats were
picked up as quickly as possi- j
ble and in the meantime the |
Storstadt launched life boats j
and gave all possible aid- The
Storstadt is returning up the I
river to port with the survivors 1
and dead.
(Governor Hays To Have Trip, t
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 29—Gov.
Hays is preparing to leave for
San Francisco, June 20, with a
party of Arkansas Boosters, for
the purpose of looking over the j
grounds preparatory to making ■
an exhibit from this state at the j
Panama Exposition. He has j
sent out a number of invitations
to prominent men in all parts
of the state to join him, and has
already received a number of
responses, and expects more.
It is the intention of those back
of the movement to see that Ar
kansas is adequately represent
ed at the convention, notwith
standing the failure of the Leg
islature to make any appropria-,.
tion. ]
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R. R. Reeves Death.
Newark, May 28—R. R.
Reeves died at his home at Oil
Trough last Saturday, after an
illness of several weeks.
Mr. Reeves was one of the old
est and best known citizens in
this end of the county. He was
bom in Oil Trough 71 years ago
and spent his entire, life in Inde
pendence county. He had filled
all the relations of life, as son,
brother, husband, father, neigh
bor, friend and citizen, and filled
J-lipm w#»ll Nn higher tribute i
can be paid to man. In the com
munity where he was best
known;-*'"ijo man had more
friends or was held in higher es
teem than Uncle Rufe.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the home Sunday at
noon by Rev. J. H. McDaniel
Burial was at Akron under the
auspices of the Masons and Odd
Fellows, of which orders he was
an honored member.
He is survived by five child
ren, four daughters and one
son.
W. C. T. U. Worker To Speak.
Mrs. Eugenia A. Heineman,
one of the state W. C. T. U.
workers, will deliver an address
at the Men’s Meeting at the
Methodist church Sunday after
noon- She will also speak at the
same church in the evening at
the time' for the regular service.
Mrs. Heineman is a pleasing
speaker and it is hoped that a
large audience will be present to
hear her. Her manner is at
tractive, particularly so, be
cause of her genuine womanli
ness, both on the lecture plat
form and off. She has an im
portant message to give you at
this meeting. Come and bring
your friends.
Becker Again Sentenced.
United Press Dispatch
New York, May 28.—Charles
sixth. It i svbgqjxzfiffffixzfiflff
Becker, twice convicted of the
murder of the gambler, Herman
Rosenthal, was today sentenced
to be electrocuted the week of
July sixth. It is the second
time that sentence of death has
been passed upon the former
lieutenant of police.
BljYAN SAYS
! PEACE IS SURE
No Chance Now 0<f Mediation
Failing And Carranza Is
Reasonable.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C-, May 29.—
Secretary of State Bryan to
day announced to the Cabinet
that mediation cannot now fail.
tie outlined the present stat
us, of negotiations and insisted
thpt all danger of recourse to
arjpis was past. He stated that
there was not a single question
upon which any opposition de
veloped could not be overcome
and that the Constitutionalists
are willing to abide by the re
sult of the mediation. Secre
tary Bryan also stated that Car
ranza was reasonable in his
views of the questions at issue.
| Secretary Bryan and Presi
dent Wilson insisted that no
Concessions had been made to
Huerta and that the uncondi
tional retirement of the Dictat
or will be insisted on.
Carranza will accept all the
terms proposed at the Niagara
Falls conference, especially
since the United States is not
insisting that any one man be
chosen to succeed Huerta. Any
Mexican of standing who is not
identified with the faction
which President Wilson believes
to be responsible for Madero’s
death, will be acceptable to the
government at Washington.
Secretary Bryan said that ten
tative drafts of a protocol will
bey handed all parties about the
end of the present week.
REBEL JUNTA SENDS MAN
United Press Dispatch.
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| rails, xyiay —eiuau
Urquido, a member of the Con
stitutionalist Junta at Wash
ington, arrived here today and
at once sent his card to Ambas
sador Da Gama, but was not im-!
mediately received.
Urquido will this afternoon
present the mediators with a
message from Carranza, stating
the exact position of the rebel
general.
Sid Nordhngcr To Visit Here.
A letter from our former towns
man, Sid Nordlinger, who is re
membered here pleasantly by
many friends, and who holds a
good position for Swift & Com
pany, at Oklahoma City, states
that they are having “rain and
more rain.” |
Mr. Nordlinger since his last
visit here has been with a large
mining company in the state of
Sonora, Mexico. He saw two
battles between the Rebels and
Regulars, which he says were
more like comic opera than war.
He sends regards to his old
friends and expects to be in New
port in the near future on a
visit
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; Brewer’s Murderer Gets New
Trial.
I A dispatch from Jackson,
;Miss., says:
■‘Because the lower court had
j admitted a confession made by
the defendant after a newspaper
man had visited his cell at night
!and professing to be a spiritual
| a
list, had said: ‘I can look down
jinto your black heart and see
| this diabolical crime committed
I at midnight/ the supreme court
of Mississippi reversed and re
manded the case of S- L. John
son, under sentence of death for
the murder of Elston Brewer.”
Elston Brewer, the man who
was foully murdered, was raised
i at Cave City, where his parents
reside. The young man was
very popular, of a kind and
charitable disposition, and had
shared his money with the man
who murdered him, doubtless
believing he had considerable
money on his person. Brewer,
for recreation and the novelty
of the trip, traveled down the
river to Vicksburg, Miss., with
Johnson as a companion, fur
nishing the funds to defray the
expenses. While tied up at a
point near Vicksburg, Johnson
during the night, Brewer was
asleep, foully murdered him and
threw his body in a bayou. The
evidence against the accused
is very strong, and at first he
made no attempt to deny his
guilt.
Decoration Day Holiday.
Tomorrow being Decoration
Day, there will be no delivery
from the postoffice in the after
noon and the office will be clos
ed from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. No
delivery will be made on rural
routes, but the two morning de
liveries will be made in the city
Bases Contest On Two Grounds.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 29.—In the
brief which Judge Kirby has
prepared and is now sending to
the delegates to the state con
vention, setting forth the allega
ions in his contest for the nomi
nation of United States Senator,
he claims that he has received a
majority of the votes cast in the
March primary and is therefore
entitled to the nomination- His
contest is based upon the follow
grounds :
“First—In changing the re
turns of Poinsett county after
they had been cast up and offi
cially announced, and wrongful
ly increasing the vote and ma
jority of Senator Clarke 400,
which was done more than eight
hours after the vote was offi
cially announced.
“Second—In the casting of
529 votes more than the number
of poll taxes paid in the county
and 729 illegal votes in all for
Senator Clarke.”
Judge Kirby claims that with
the original returns from Poin
sett county he won the nomina
tion by a majority of 184,
whereas Senator Clarke claims
it on the returns accepted by
the State Committee with a ma
jority of 212. Judge Kirby
rests his contest on the Poinsett
county vote.
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