VOL. V.
McORO RYARKANSAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1906.
NO. 39.
ARKANSAS
£~\ STATE NEWS
OF VITAL INTEREST TO ALL
VOTERS.
Supt. Hinemon Clears Up a Point,
That None Should Fail to Note,
and Cast a Ballot Accordingly.
The following is the reading of the
Constitution with reference to taxa
tion for school purposes, and also the
reading as it will be if the proposed
Amendment No. 8 is adopted. It is
being published throughout the state
over the signature of Hon. John H. Hine
mon, who is lending so ably and faith
fully his labors and abilities to the
success of the amendment at the polls
in September, and is in reply to a
question on the subject, placing the
whole matter in its true light:
Section 3 of Article 14 of the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas as it
now stands reads as follows: “The
general assembly shall provide, by
general laws, for the support of com
mon schools by taxes, which shall
never exceed in any one year two mills
on the dollar on the taxable property
of the state; and by an annual per
capita tax of one dollar, to be assess
ed on every male inhabitant of this
state over the age of twenty-one
years. Provided. The general assem
bly may by general law, authorize
school districts to levy, by a vote of
the qualified electors of such districts,
a tax not to exceed five mills on the
dollar In any one year for school pur
poses.’’
Should the vote in the September
election be favorable to the adoption
cf amendment No. 8, the section above
referred to would read as follows:
“The general assembly shall provide
, by general laws for the support of
common school taxes, which shall nev
er exceed in any one year three mills
on the dollar on the taxable property
of the state, and by an annual per
capita tax of one dollar, to be assess
ed on every male inhabitant of this
state over the age of twenty-one years.
Provided, the general assembly may by
general law authorize school districts
to levy by a vote of the qualified
electors of such districts a tax not to
exceed seven mills on the dollar ir*
any one year for school purposes. Pro
vided, further, that no such tax shall
be appropriated to any other purpose
nor to any other district than that for
which it was levied.”
You will note from this that while
the general assembly- is authorized to
enact laws increasing the state levy
from two to three mills and authoriz
ing such school districts as may desire
to do so to vote a local tax not exceed
ing seven mills, the per capita tax re
mains the same, and is not increased
to two dollars, as you seem to think.
Respectfully yours,
J. H. HINEMON,
State Sup’t Public Instruction
A Novel Suit.
J. M. Griffin, of Argenta, brought
suit recently in Chancery Court to
require Prosecuting Attorney Lewis
Rhoton, of Pulaski county, to render
an accounting of all money received
and disbursed by him since he went
into office, and to require him to pay
’nto the treasury of the state and of
Pulaski and Perry counties all money
received by him in excess of $5,000 per
annum. The complaint also attacks
the authority of Police Judge Peter
Sehmuck, of Little Roelc, and Police
Judge J. B. Sibeck, of Argenta, to tax
and collect a prosecuting attorney’s
hJe in misdemeanor cases, and asks
that, if the court should find these
costs illegal, the police judges be en
joined from further collecting such
foes, and that Prosecuting Attorney
Rhoton and his deputies be required
to pay into the court all such fees col
led by them.
A Worthy Compliment.
At a recent reunion of Ben T. Em
( amp, u. C. V., at Atkins, the ac
tion of Miss Agnes Lee, of Nashville,
enn-’ who was discharged from a
eatrical stock company for refusing
jo appear in a character in the play of
ncle Tom's Cabin,” was endorsed
by resolution.
Good for Green Forest.
A new band has been organized at
Green Forest, with J. B. and J. L,
Knodes and E. A. and C. D. Wall as
*e principal owners.
They Will Succeed.
, . '“°yement is on foot at Paragould
“•eh it is believed, will furnish that
‘ J *ith a Public library. The Knights
<1 Ladies of Honor will take hold of
ae matter, and a strong efTort will be
f ‘ e *° raake the enterprise success
Another Lime Plant.
S' Hand ord, of Batesville, has
ed lime works four miles from
]j on’ ant* will soon be ready to ship
Thf- i° ^if^erent parts of the state.
S ,he fifth lime P!ant in' this
Clerks Met—"Nothin’ Doin.’
The Arkansas Clerks’ Association
held its annual meeting in Little
Rock. The association is composed
of a large number of the county and
circuit celrks of the state, and many
of them were present. The session
was devoted largely to a discussion
of the w ork in the clerks’ offices, the
members exchanging ideas as to
methods of keeping the records and
other details of the work. No mat
ters of special importance were tak
en up. It was expected that several
questions which may come before the
next General Assembly would be dis
cussed, but the association adjourn
ed until the third Monday in Decem
ber, and it is expected that these
matters will be taken up at that time
Nothing In the Job.
John Tyndall of Benton has been
missing some of his watermelons. He
suspecter they were being stolen. He
employed Charles Moore to watch
the patch, and about 10 o’clock at
night, he caught several boys pluck
ing the fruit. The boys were arrest
ed, one entered a plea of guilty and
was fined $1 and costs and the others
were acquitted. The boys swore out
a warrant aaginst Moore, charging
him with the offense of using abusive
language. Moore was arrested, tried,
convicted and fined $5 and costs,
amounting to $15. Moore says any
body can have the job of watching
melon patches in Benton.
Corporations.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state for
the Shelbyviile Mining and Industrial
Company of Phoenix, Arizona, with
G. G. Moehel. W. M. Duff, D. A. Mil
ligen, J. C. Wendling and W. F. Mo
chel as incorporators. The authorized
capital stock is $25,000, of which all
has been subscribed. The company
proposes to do a general mining busi
ness. The Ong Chair Company of
Make Them Quit It.
Complaint is made at Siloam
Springs of the mistreatment of negro
servants who accompany guests at
that summer resort. It is argued that
whatever may be the objections to
negroes living there permanently,
the tendency on the part of a few in
dividuals to mistreat negro servants
should be severely dcolt with.
Malvern has filed articles of incorpo
! ration with the secretary of state. A.
' M. Duffio, D. C. Butler and J. E.
■ Chamberlain are the incorporators,
I and the capital stock is $5,000. of
which all has been subscribed.
Governor Will Go to Kansas City.
Governor Jeff Davis has accepted
an invitation to deliver an address at
the seventeenth annual session of the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress, which meets in Kansas City, No
vember 20, 21, 22 and 23. Thirteen
governors will be present at this
meeting, among whom are Davis’ of
! Arkansas, Cummins of Iowa, Frantz
of Oklahoma, Hcch of Kansas, Folk
of Missouri, McDonald of Colorado
and Pardee of California. Secretary
of tate Elihu Root has also ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an ad
dress at this meeting.
A New Industry.
J. W. Sadler, a farmer of Benton
county, has raised some excellent
specimens of rhubarb. One bunch
of six stalks grown on his place
weighs six pounds. Two of the stalks
are 25 inches long and 5 inches in cir
cumference. Other bunches were
from 14 to 16 inches long. This shows
what can be raised on a stony farm
in Arkansas.
What's the Matter, Anyhow?
The people of Chicago and St. Louis
pay about $5 a crate for peaches.
Mammoth Spring shippers send fine 1
Elberta peaches to Kansas City on a '
direct line and receive only 75 cents '
for a two-third bushel crate. The 1
Mammoth Spring shippers are of the
opinion there is a screw loose some
where.
Has Fine Pecan Tree.
In the yard at the residence of Dan
Ottenheimer, 923 West Third street,
Little Rock, is a pecan tree which
has produced a large quantity of pe
cans of good size. The tree is now
well fruited and attracts considerable
attention.
Charlie Majet, one of the old war
“darkies,” died at his home at Marked
Tree recently at the age of 103 years.
He was born near where the city of
Wynne is located in the year 1S03.
Died of Texas Tick Fever.
Several deaths are reported to
have occurred recently among range
cattle in Fulton county. It is believed
that the cattle that died were from the
infected portions of Texas. Precau
tionary measures are being taken to
prevent the spread of the disease.
No Tourist Hotel.
The project that has so long been •
incubating for the erection of a tour
ist hotel at Siloam Springs has been
abandoned on account of the with
drawal by the Kansas City Southern |
Railroad of its offering of $20,000 sub
scriution.
FARMERS GATHER
IN UNION AT LITTLE ROCK AND
TRANSACT MUCH BUSINESS.
They Talk Straight on Pertinent Sub
jects and Will Practice What
They Preach.
farmers' Educational and Co
operative Union of Arkansas held its
annual convention in the hall of repre
aentatives in Little Rock this week
with an attendance of two hundred
delegates, representing sixty-five
counties. The forenoon of the firsi
day was devoted almost entirely to
the addresses of welcome and re
sponse. One of the chief features
was the address of President D. P.
Timstall, of Fulton county, who out
lined the principal questions before
the Union, and made various recom
mendations to be considered by the
convention. He advocated the build
ing of more warehouses throughout
Ithe state, and he also urged the
adoption of a plan under which the
producers may sell their cotton direct
to the spinneys. He also suggested
that an invitation bs extended to Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson to at
tend next national meeting of the
Fanners’ Union at Texarkana in Sep
tember.
At the opening meeting Mayor
Lenon and George W. Rogers, presi
dent of (he Board of Trade, welcomed
the farmers to the city, and H.
Beecher Lewis, lecturer for the
northern disrict of the state, re
suonded in behalf of the union. Mr.
Lewis declared that tlie farmers are
the most conservative citizens of the
country, and he commented upon the
fact that, although they comprise 78
per cent of the entire voting popula
tion, they have never fully asserted
their strength at the qiolls. He con
demned gambling in futures and
spoke at some length on the ware
house question. He advocated the
building of warehouses by the local
unions, in order that they might hold
their cotton and sell direct in large
quantities to the consumer.
An open session was held on the
night of the first day, and addresses
were made by Gov. Davis and Geo.
W. Donaghy, of Conway. Gov. Davis
spoke of the remedy for the trust
evil, declaring it to be ihe laying of
the strong arm of the law upon that
menace to the people’s existence, the
same as upon the private citizen.
He declared our state has the best
mti-trust law in the country if hon
estly and fearlessly .enforced. He
ittacked bucketshops and dealing in
futures, and declared he believed in
unions, and urged the farmers to con
:inue to organize to help themselves.
George W. Donaghey spoke on the
3onstruction of the newr state capitol,
ind declared the building is being
constructed as to cause a loss of
’tom $00,00 to $80,000 to the state.
At the second day’s session .1. B.
L.ewis, of Craighead county, was
?lected president. This was the only
•eal contest before the body, though
)f a friendly nature. President Tim
stall was a candidate for re-election,
tnd the names of J. T. M. Holt, of
Tempstead; .1. B. Palmer, of Monroe,
ind Rev. A. D. Cullom, of White, were
tlso presented.
Ben. Lr. Griffin was re-elected sec
■etary and treasurer by acclamation,
[fis report showed an increase in
nembership for the year of 19,000,
twth a total cash balance ,in the
reasury against all dis bursements
reasury against all disbursements
jf $3,607.40. Among his recorn
ollowing:
The adoption of an amendment to
he constitution, prohibiting any coun
y, local or state officer of the furm
>rs’ union, while holding office in the
inion, becoming a candidate for any
tolitical office.
That a more perfect system of re
jortirtg by local unions be adopted, to
he end that the work of the state
tffice can be more perfectly done.
That the convention by resolution
tr other definite action, explain to the
vorld the exact relation that the
armers’ union bears to the labor or
;anizations.
The full list of officers elected was
IO 1VI1U ” o .
President—J. B. Lewis, Craighead
iounty.
Vice-President—J. T. Holt, Hemp
stead county.
Secretary and Treasurer—Ben L.
Jriffith, Faulkner county.
Chaplain—J. G. Armstrong, White
:ounty.
Conductor—John A. Blackford,
Craighead county.
Executive Committee—R. H. Mc
Cullough, of White county; O. P.
^ixon, of Van Buren county; A. R.
Vustin, of Yell county; J. C. Palmer,
if Monroe county, and H. J. Craig, of
ndependence county.
All three sessions of the third day
vere executive, and but little of the
business done was made public. It
vas announced that most of the busi
less was of a nature which demanded
iecrecy.
The most important matter taken
up during the day was the question
of establishing a state central cotton
office at Little Rock, in charge of
one or more state agents. This was
proposed with a view to enabling the
planters to act in conceit and dispose
of their cotton in large quantities
direct to the spinners. It was con
tended that this would enable the
planters to secure much better prices.
The question was discussed at length,
and the sense of the convention '
seemed to be that such an office
should be established. Final action
was not taken in the matter, but a
resolution recommending the estab
lishment of such an office, and the
appointment of states sales or busi
ness agents was referred to the Ex
ecutive Committe with power to act. j
It is expected that in view of the
sentiment expressed by the delegates
the committee will proceed to estab
lish the office and appoint agents to
take charge of the business. It is
proposed that the agents shall keep j
in touch with the members at all \
times and keep them informed in re
gard to prices and the conditions of
the market. The planters will place
their cotton in the hands of the 1
agents, and it will be sold in large,
quantities to the spinners.
The convention endorsed by a
unanimous vote amendment No. 8 to
the state constitution, the McFerrin
amendment, permitting counties to
increase taxation for school pur- j
poses.
It elected twenty-seven delegates to j
the national convention, which will be
liefd in Texarkana, September 5.
The state union is entitled to twenty
two delegates from the various con
gressional districts and five at large.
It was decided to elect three from
each congressional district and six
at large to make up the number. The
delegates from each district selected
their own delegates and reported
them to the convention. The dele
gates selected are as follows:
First District—J. E. Bebb, Craig
head county; J. T. Hopkins, Greene
county; S. M. Blaylock, St. Francis
county.
Second District—M. D. Hutchinson,
J. T. Batten, James Rotten.
Third District—W. E. Halbrook, W.
M. McCloud, W. E. Harris.
Fourth District—C. R. Murray, J. T.
Stokes, J. F. Buggs.
Fifth District—R. B. Snell, M. A.
Whistnaut, A. W. Scott.
Sixth District—P. F. Hodnett, G. E.
Crosby, A. G. Bush.
At Large—J. B. Lewis, H. B. Lewis,
Chas. Carter, W. T. Hamm, J. I. Ellis,
Ben L. Griffin.
At the closing session at night, the
union went on record in favor of the
erection of cotton warehouses at the
more important cotton markets in the
state. The report of the Committee
on Warehouses, making this recom
mendation, was adopted almost with
out opposition. The union took no
definite steps, however, toward the
carrying out of this plan. It is pro
posed to form stock companies for
the purpose of building these ware
houses. A number of county unions
will combine for the purpose of erect
ing a warehouse at some point in the
district and stock will be disposed of
among the members of the union. It
is expected that the possession of
these warehouses will enable the
farmers to hold their cotton until the
market is favoroble to them.
A resolution which was introduced,
placing the minimum price at which
cotton should be sold by the mem
bersbers of the union at 15 cents was
tabled.
The convention elected the follow
ing Legislative Committee: J. W.
Lybrand, of Grant county; J. H. Ro
ten, of Izard county, and J. D. Doyle,
of Lawrence county.
The convention voted to accept the
invitation entended by the Arkansas
State Fair Association of Hot Springs
to attend the fair, and it was decided
that a suitable program be prepared
for Farmers' Union day at the fair.
A vote of thanks was tendered to
the state officers and to the people of
Little Rock for the courtesies ex
tended to the members of the union.
After the convention adjourned i
the new Executive Committee met
and organized. The committee elect
ed H. Beecher Lewis state lecturer.
During the past two years there have
been two lecturers, the state being
divided into two districts, but this
plan was abandoned, and Mr. Lewis,
who was lecturer for the northern
district, was elected lecturer for the
entire state.
The Executive Committee will meet
again within a short time to take up ;
a number of matters which were re
ferred to it by the convention.
A Giant Tree.
1. N. Norwood, of Sevier county,
has scaled the largest log ever scaled
on the De Queen and Eastern road.
The top cut, 12 feet long,, scaled
1.G25 feet. The lower cuts had been
made into boards by Runnell Bros.,
on whose land the tree was cut. The
tree was ,a giant oak, which stood
probably centuries. This top cut is
larger by 200 feet than any cut ever
scaled on that line.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IM
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
SITUATION IN RUSSIA.
In the light of developments, the
general strike called in Russia may
almost be regarded as a fiasco. The
railroad men and others refused to re
spond.
The former deputies composing the
social democratic and labor parties,
Polish and Jewish committees, and
various revolutionary bodies in Rus
sia. have issued a joint manifesto, call- j
iug on all to join in a general strike,
for "land and liberty.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cattle raisers of the west met Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson in Chi
cago, and asked for a "square deal.”
Secretary Wilson assuied them, as
well as the representatives of the
Chicago packers, that a “square deal”
was exactly what the government in
tended t.5 give every, branch of the
meat industry in this -qountry, and
at the conclusion of the meeting ex
pressions of the utmost satisfaction
were voiced by all interests con
cerned.
The king of England and ihe em
perors of Austria and Russia will be
godfathers to Emperor William’s
grandson, whose christening was post
poned from August 12 to-August 29.
United States customs authorities at
New York have taken action which
may result in the confiscation of a
Gainsboro painting valued at $30,000. 1
The importer is a resident of Chicago, '
whose identity has not been divulged. 1
The painting was invoiced as having
a value of $15,470. Appraiser Fowler 1
had the importation examined and, 1
upon certain information which came
into his possession, advanced the value !
to $30,000.
uen. Auiumu rareucs, \\ nu tas
earned a reputation in Venezuela a.s i
a valiant military leader, has arrived 1
in New York from Trinidad to plan <
a revolution against President Castro. (
A telegram has been received at f
the bureau of insular affairs, in Wash- f
ington, front the comptroller and gen- >
eral receiver of customs at Santo Do- -
rningo, announcing that John Milburn,
a Porio Rican, was killed, and Charles 1
P. Thurston, an American, wounded, 1
by smugglers in the vicinity of Las
Matas, on August 5, and that Thurs- 1
ton died of his wounds August 8.
Dr. Julius Dreher, of Selwood, S. C.,
formerly president of Roanoke college '
of Salem, Va., has been named as 1
American consul to Tahita, Society c
Island. Mr. Dreher was president ot J
Roanoke college from 1878 to 1903. c
Chinese labor will be given a thor- '
ough test on the Panama canal. Con
tracts calling for 2,500 Chinamen for '
canal work have been prepared, and
advertisements will be issued by the c
isthmian canal commission in a few '
days asking for proposals from labor *
agents.
Frank Kowalski, paying teller of the I *
[ailed Milwaukee Avenue State bank, ! *
Chicago, and for some time assistant j
receiving teller in addition to his ot’.-er 1 (
duties, shot and killed himself at his
home. Criticism by his neighbors and .
lifelong friends, who accused him of
a share in the downfall of the bank,
Is believed to have driven Kowalski
to his death.
It is believed that when all short- r
ages are counted up, President Stens- .
land of the Milwaukee Avenue bank,
Chicago, is a defaulter to the extent
of $2,000,000. Stensland, it is alleged. s
bet $75,000 at one time on a horse he
thought would win. ,
Cashier Hering of the wrecked Mil
waukee avenue bank, Chicago, has
been arrested. He places the blame for j
the ruin of the institution on Presi
lent Stensland. t
The silver cup offered by Sir Thom- < ,
as Lipton as a yachting trophy for a
series of races under the auspices ol ,
the Boston Yacht club, has been de
clared dutiable by the custom apprais- T
ers and assessed an ad valorem duty (
of 45 per cent. The cup is valued at ]
fl.000. The assessment will be adjudi- ,
cated by the authorities at Washing
ton. (
Major and Paymaster William B.
Scofield, of the regular army, son of ,
the late Lieut.-Gen. Scofield, U. S. A., ,
3hot and killed himself in San Fran
cisco. He feared permanent illness. ’
Iowa democrats put a state ticket j
in the field and declare for a “tariff ,
tor revenue only.”
At Philadelphia the grand jury ' (
found true bills of indictment against <
14 members of the Philadelphia Ice <
Co., who are charged with conspiracy *
to increase the price of ice. j
The supply of Ice in the city of Bal- (
tlmore has run very low, and fears ard ,
expressed of an ice famine.
\
It has been definitely decided that
President Roosevelt will review the
Atlantic fleet from the president’s
yacht Mayflower. That vessel is now
at Santo Domingo, blit will return to
New York and be put in readiness for
the review.
By the explosion of a gasoline stove,
Mrs. Hairy Brown, aged 20, and re
cently married, was burned to death
in her home at Burlington, la. She was
alone, and when the firemen arrived
they found her lying dead on the kitch
eu floor, with her clothing all burned
from her body.
News comes from Lake Tahoe, Cal.,
that Congressman VY. Bourke Cockran
is seriously ill of heart disease. A
short time ago Mr. Cockran went to
Tahoe with a party, one member of
which was Miss Annie Ide, daughter
of the governor-general of the Philip
pines, to whom she is betrothed. His
fiancee remains at the bedside and
nurses him.
According to a census just taken by
the health department of the Isthmian
canal zone, the population of the zone
is 22,127. A census showed the popu
lation ol the city of Panama was 22,
547. .
The Standard Oil Co. has been in
dicted on 19 counts for accepting re
bates by Chicago federal grand jury.
Investors approve of Voliva plan to
pay $5,000,000 Zion City debt by issu
ing 18-year bends.
Secretary Hitchcock says he is de
termined to prosecute all land graft
ers, great and small.
Five young children of Thomas
D'Daniels were cremated in a fire
vhich destroyed their home on the es
:ate of Dr. George L. Miller, the vet
eran journalist, at Seymour Park, near
South Omaha, Neb.
In their expressions for publication,
state department officials make it ap
jear that there is no possibility of in
ernational complications arising from
he killing of Japanese seal poachers
n Alaskan waters.
Le Matin says that the pope’s in
dructions to the French clergy as to
he course they shall pursue with re
:ard to the church and state separa
ion law have been received in Paris.
rhy text of them has not been pub
ished, but it is believed that the pope
efuses to accept the law. though he
igrees to a temporary arrangement
inder it.
rhe most remarkable adventure
rhieh a woman ever planned is to be
ndertaken by .Miss Ida Vera Simcn
011, sister-in-law of .Morris D. Goul
en, soil of Congressman Joseph A.
ioulden. of the Bronx. She will sail
or Africa, where she will isolate her
elf in the heart of the jungle to learn
he language and habits of the ape
nd monkey tribes.
President of Arkansas Farmers’ un
on advises cotton growers to sell tilt ir
roduct direct to spinners.
Hartje divorce case is ended at
’ittsburg, but a decision is not expect
d until some time in fall.
Thomas Houlihan, aged 100, died at
tich Valley, Ind. He was very feeble,
ut walked, unassisted, until a few
ays before he died. He was born in
reland and came to Wabash county
0 years ago, settling on the farm
.’here he died.
The speech-making programme tor
he Madison Square reception to Wm.
. Bryan, August 30. has been made
ut. Henry W. Walker wil, open the
fleeting and introduce Gov. Folk of
lissouri, who will introduce Mayor
'om L. Johnson of Cleveland as pre
iding officer. Bryan w’ill also address
n overflow meeting in Madison
quare.
The doors of the Milwaukee Avenue
tate bank, 40!) to 415 Milwaukee ave
ue, Chicago, are closed, and the bank
3 now in the hands of examiners. One
f the leading officials is reported
Hissing.
A practical test is to be made of the
ailroad telephone invented by J. W.
'atum, of Durham, N. C. With this
nvention, it is claimed, that engineers
rill be enabled to talk to each other
rhile their train are running at full
peed.
The arbitration committee of the
’an-American congress presented a
esolution urging all the countries re£
esented in the Pan-American con
;ress to send to The Haugue peace
onference delegates instructed to
lake every effort for the adoption oi
general arbitration convention. The
eport of the arbitration committee
ras adopted by acclamation, marking
Among the recent recruits for the
iavy have been a number of young In
ians who were educated at the Car
isle Indian school in Pennsylvania,
toward M. Ellis! a grandson of Red
houd, the famous Sioux chief, is one
these. He is a petty officer.
Heavy rains have prevailed in south
, est Texas, and the Concho and Colo
ado rivers are the highest for years.
1 number of lives are reported lost,
nd much live stock and crops de
troyed. Railways were greatly dam
ged.
With 1,400 women and children ex
ursionists on board, ihe steamer
Ireyhound was Btruck by a squall at
Sugar Isl^pd park, near Toledo, O., and
rent aground at the foot of Hickory
sland. The vessel and its load of ex
ursionists were forced to remain in
heir trying predicament until day
ight. No lives were lost.