The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1896, Page 1

I[E LXXIX.—NO. 44, LAST CRUISE OF THE JANET COWAN, The British Ship Wrecked Near the Carmanah Lighthouse. DEATH FROM EXPOSURE.] Captain Thompson and Three of His Crew Lose Their Lives. BATTLE WITH WIND AND WAVE. Awful Sufferings of the Half-Clad Sur- vivors Before Picked Up by a Tug. PORT TOWNS To the long accidents which h. the Vancou he most d t has been added IND, W t of harrc give be: coa of the r, the details of which are appa For the past twelve d coast, almos cities, with here now, frozen have t 1 s of four of the the terrible cold h. These are the Thompson and three anet Cowan, empting | | enced, and none believed the brave man PRICE FIVE CENTS, to thouch a hatch and broke his leg. Then | "the others rushed in and completed the pillage, paying no heed to the cries from the injured man. Provisions suflicient to sustain the party three months were taken ashore, ani | after twelve days of suffering in the ter- rible cold and drifting snows the tug Tyee came into sight and brought some of the survivors to this port, arriving here this morning. The first mate and ten men, one | of whom had both feet frozen, are now in i charge of British Vice-Consul Oscar Klocker. Five men were on the bluff at i the time the rescue was made, the rising | storm forcing the vessel to leave them to | their fate. Of the thirteen survivors now here, two are in the Marine Hospital. Kvery one of the other eleven shows the results of the terrible exposure he suffered after beins | obliged to desert the stranded vessel dur- |ing the twelve days the survivors waited | for some one to rescue them. | The Cowan came from Cape Towa, | south Africa, for Royal Roads, B. C., and as 108 days out when she reached Cape [lattery, on December 29. There was a n off the cape, and the Cowan in. Then she was driven q northward by a strong southwest wind, and sought shelter | driven ashore on some more exposed | point. But the sound afforded little shel- ter with the prevailing wind and blinding snowstorm then raging, and she was dariven almost directly on to the rocks at high tide. This was at 2 o’clock in the cold night, with a snowstorm on. The bark seemed to be breaking, and it was decided to leave her at once. get to the shore, eighty yards distant, was a conundrum, but there was a hero equal to this occasion, as there is in nearly every such an emergency, and he stepped to the front. His It was one of the most bitterly cold nights any of the sailors had ever experi- | would ever survive the trip through the ovage half around the d it of its sailed from Cape Town on bound for Vancouver to 1 African cargo of lumber. cape on December 30, but water, but he lost no time in jumping in and striking for the shore, dimly out- lined through the snow and darkness abead of him. With almost superbuman orts he toiled on, and was all but suc- cessful, when the line became fast under a rock behind him, and he was forced to | loosen it from his neck. enforce the command fell | tood off two days before trying to come | cly to the | in the treacherous | waters of Barcklay Sound to avoid being | | How to | ( Z 7 z. \:\:\ A w, N\ \ QAR MONOPOLY’S ENGINEER MUST HEED THE WARNING. headed toward them. There was great excitement among the men, and in the rush to prepare to greet the rescuer the tent was in some manner set on fire and iorning of December 31, and it was a raw, | totally destroyed. With it went most of | the provisions. The stea of the Puget Sound Tugboat Company’s fleet. men from the Cowan were on board. After the thirteen from the tent were | safely on board the Tyee an effort was 'his was seaman Chamberiain, a | | brawny London boy, who volunteered to | swim to the shore and carry a line. words were greeted with cheers as he quickly stripped naked, tied the lead line | around bis neck and went over the side of | the vessel. He reached the | made to get the others on board. They were by this time on the beach signaling with flags for rescue and a lifeboat w sent out for them, but the sea was runn too strong to make a landing, and with r | ner proved to bethe tug Tyee By 10 o’clock all of the thirteen sea- | LORD SALISBURY YIELDS A POINT, 'Willing to Arbitrate the Venezuelan Boundary Dispute. grets it was decided to come into this port | without them. They will be brought here probably to-morrow on one of the com- pany’s tugs. It would have been necessary for the Tyee to have remained till 10 o'clock at night to take the others on board; hence it was decided to come here with those on board and leave the others to be brought another day. Names of the members of the crew brought here to-day are: Mate Legall and seamen Hunt, colored; Moran, Irish; Smyti;, Germa Olsen, Swede; Kerr, Scotch; Cox, a native of Cape Tow Wi 4 bl U el o ¢ —r— THE JANET COWAN. [From a photograph made in October, 1898, while she was at anchor in this harbor.] 1 dverse winds drove her to sea. Later | n the winds fted and despite the rmined efforts of the crew to save her | struck bow on miles to the westw The vessel imme Sile upon a rocky reef m Carma- twel ah Point. iately swung nd and soon, broadside to the break- d among the sharp rocks of iere she will remain until the action cf the sea breaks her to pieces, As soon as it became apparent that the vessel was lost the men set about to reach the shore—a difficult task in the and surf that was running, Finally after several attempts a or named Chamberlin swam to the beach with a rope and later on a breeches buoy was arranged, upon which all except the captain were taken ashore in safety. The old skipper, 60 years of age, in some way | lost his hold and had to be drawn through | the raging surf hanging head downwara, | suspended by one foot, which had become entangled in the rope: ‘ The weather was bitter cold and every | man was drenched, some being enlirelyE nuge. A count of the crew showed that the second mate and two men were miss- ing, but there are none to account for their loss. The landing was made at the bottom of a cliff covered with snow, and over the top | of this was the only means ot escape. A sailor finally succeeded in scaling it, and then with a line to help them the others | ascended. Here they found s telegraph line, and one party started east while the other went west in the hopes of reaching some settlement. No habitation was reached and night came upon the stranded mariners. The parties became separated and each man was left to care for himself. | The westward crowd had not proceeded far when they came to a river that it was impossible to ford. They then retraced their steps, during the trip coming upon the body of their master and three men who had succumbed to the extreme cold. The bodies were found covered with snow, and in that condition were left. Arriving back at the vessel they found the sez calm, and in a lifeboat which had come ashore the survivors returned to the vessel. They were pillaging the cabin of the captain, when the mate returned. He ordered the men to desist, and while at- waters terrible shore safely, and there was then nothing to do but follow him with a lifeboat. This was done by a small crew, which thus suc- cessfully carried the line ashore, by which the others were sarely taken over, all being | on shore pefore 6 o’clock. During the day they found the vessel still standing on her keel and they boarded her, carrying off all the provisions and stores possible, then having enough pro- visions to last fully two months. While boarding the vessel when after these pro- visions the first mate, Charles Legall, fell and wrenched his leg badly, leaving him helpless, and he was gotten ashore in the evening of the same day. Second Officer Howell and two apprentice boys, Steele and Logan, were drowned while attempt- ing to return to the ship for some valu- ables left behind. All three were natives of Scotland. The next morning, under the direction of Captain Thompson, the crew divided into squads and began to tramp along the beach and coast in different directions in search of assistance or of an opportunity to hail some passing vessel. Two days spent at this accomplished nothing, ex- cept that it left Captain Thompson and a colored sailor named Hunt in a bad con- dition from exposure to the storm and cold, when they had returned to the spot where Legall had been left. Captain | Thompson died forty-eight hours after cqming ashore, and the men say he was given a Christian burial. He was a resi- dent of Liverpool, 53 years of age, and had been on the Cowan three years as master. Meantime the men had set to work and constructed a shelter from sails saved from the ship and prepared 10 ration out food, if necessary, {0 make it last until rescue came, the chief concern being for injured men and those suffering most from the ex- posure. Some of the able-bodied members of the crew had by this time discovered two huts from ranches a couple of miles , 53 | further back from the coast, and it was desired to accept the invitation of the in- habitants and make that their headquar- ters, but they found it impossible to moyve Legall and Hunt. Then the crew divided, eleven going and eleven remaining with the two injured men, the former party sending for some provisions nearly every morning. Yesterday morning it was very cold, and the others did not come down to the tent on the beach for supplies as usual. About 8 o’clock in the morning, after being on shore twelve days, one of the sailors tepped out of the tent and saw a steamer Chamberlain, London; Cumberliss, Greece;; Cousin, England; Heath, Russian; Ro- sario, Manilla; Carpenter, England; Wil- son, Scotland. The Cowan will be a total loss. Sheisa | four-masted steel bark of 2500 tons, and was built at Glasgow, Scotland, six years ago. She was owned by the Shanklands. She is still standing on her keel, but there is no hope of saving her, as she is pinned fast to the rocks. The Cowan was built by J. E. Russell at a cost of £26,000, and is said to be insured for £30,000. At the pres- ent time, the crew now says, she is going to piecesfast. e THOMPSON HAD BEEN DRINKING. Survivors Attribute the Loss of the Janet Cowan to Her Master's Stub- bornness. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Jan.12.— The story has leaked out to-night that there was a serious disagreement during the voyage of the British bark Janet Cowan between Captain Thompson and Mate Legalle, and if the words of the sur- vivors now here are to be accepted it is al- together probable the accident to the ves- sel should not have happened. Consider- ableresentment toward Captain Thompson | was expressed more or less openly among the crew when they first landed from the | vessel, but after his death it was agreed that this feeling should be buried with him. However, the story was given out to-night by James Cox, a young man who is the son of well-to-do parents at South- ampton and who came over on the Cowan as a passenger. His statement that Cap- tain Thompson was drinking hard on the voyage is corroborated by three members of the crew. Cox says, in addition, that the captain was vindictive and obstinate and repeat- edly did, as nearly as possible, the opposite of what the mate advised. This, he de- clares, was the cause of the loss of the ship, for, when they were attempting to enter the straits with a southwest wind behing them, Thompson was advised by the mate to stand in as close as possible to the American shore, but, instead, he bluntly told the mate he was master of the vessel and knew what he was about. Cox says this impreased him the more, because he knew that Mate Legalle had brought the vessel here before, whereas it was Captain Thompsen'’s first trip to these waters, Just as they were trying to beat in two Continued on Third Page. |GREAT BRITAIN’S STAND. The Decision of a European Power Would Satisfy All Interests. DECLINES CRESPO'S TERMS. mission Will Be Submitted to Impartial Judgment. ‘ Findings of President Cleveland’s Com= i | | | LONDON, Exc., Jan. 12—The Daily | News will to-morro™ say that Eord Salis- bury has refused to dgree to arbitration of the Guiana boundary dispute on the terms proposed by Venezuela, and has also de- clined to recognize the request of the United States to trace a boundary; but if the American commission define what, in their opinion, the terms should be, and if a European power will then act as arbi- trator, all interests weuld be satisfied. In an editorial to-morrow the Standard will say that the communications it pub- lishes relative to the attitude to Germany and the Transvaal and the publication of the papers on the Venezuelan difficulty are all authoritative. It adds: “Urged by friendly public opinion in the United States to place before the world as soon as may be the British case as regards the case with Venezuela, the Cabinet on Saturday decided to respond to this ami- cable invitation by publishing the material documents in its possession bearing thereon. Of far more interest to the Eng- lish people than the problems to be faced in South Africa or the relations of this coun- try with any other power are its relations with the United States, and we gladly take | the opportunity of bearing testimony to | the magnanimous attitude of the Ameri- | cans toward us at a moment when a com- munity less generous thought apparently that a favorable opportunity had arisea for adopting toward usa tone of insult, if | not of menace. “Instead of taking advantage of the aug- mentation of our anxieties and the tem- porary multiplication of our events, the American people, with a spirit that does them honor and which is appreciated by us, have not only abstained from endeav- oring to add to our perplexities, but where they did not actually offer us their sym- pathy, they have maintained an honor- able, courteous reserve. This is conduct | worthy of them, and it has not unnatur- ally inspired the English Government with a desire to meet our kinsfolk across the Atlantic in a friendly spirit. “Lord Salisbury, as we announced be- fore, has decided not to wait for the meet- | ing of Parfiament, but will publish as soon as they can be got ready all the docu- ments in his possession bearing upon the I disputed boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela. “*As we have said, the attitude of the past week has materially influenced the Prime Minister’s decision, just as it has quickened the feeling of friendship enter- tained by Englishmen for those who speak their tongue and share their literature on the other side of the ocean. The mainten- ance of friendly relations with the United States must always be a consideration of the first importance for Great Britain. We say this to the American people, with the absolute candor of deep-seated cor- diality.” The foregoing article is leaded through- out, and is evide:tly inspired by the Gov- ernment. g L NORMAN'S NEW PLAN, Easy Method of Setiling the Anglo- American Dispute. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12.—Henry Norman, the special commissioner of the London Daily Chronicle, cabling to his paper before leaving Washington to-day, says: “There is a simpler solution of the present difficulty and restoration of cordial relations between England and America than any I have yet suggested. “Why should not Lord Salisbury attach to the Bering Sea arbitration treaty, which is about to be returned to the American people of the United States during the | | Governmet, a clause providing for the | arbitration of all pending questions, and even of all future ones? Besides Venezuela | and Canada, there are the Alaska bound- | ary, the Bastern fisheries and other ques- | tions causing discord. If he does this, I | am able to state that the administration will accept with pleasure the treaty so | altered. “This is a method of accomplishing everything with perfect honor and dignity to both parties. “Lord Salisbury would be wise to ter- minate the matter before Brazil demands arbitration of her end of the Schomburg line, thus adding a new and difficult com- plication.” s o WARNED BY CLEVELAND. | Fenezuelans Must dMake No Hostils Demonstration Against England. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 12.—Presi- dent Cleveland was visited yesterday by a committee consisting of ex-President Berasa of Venezuela, General Uslar, repre- senting the Venezuelan colonists of New York, and Dr. A. M. Solteldo of Washing- | ton, who presented the President with a | bound copy of the resolutions of thanks | adopted by the Venezuelan mass-meeting held in New York on the 4th inst. | The visit to the President was of an in- formal character. Mr. Cleveland expressed his thanks for the tokens of approval pre- sented to him, and advised his callers that nothing short of National indignity should lead Venezuela 1nto any hostile demon- stration toward England. The President also warned them against the evils of in- ternal dissensio Siitag GLADSTONE'S VIEW UNCHANGED. The Ex-Premier Still a Firm Believer | in Arbitration. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 12.—The Daily Chronicle, whose dispatches from Wash- ington anent the Venezuelan dispute have attracted much attention, telegraphed yes- terday to Mr. Gladstone, who is at Biar- ritz, France, asking: “Can you, with reference to the pending controversies, reaffirm your agreement with the House of Commons resolution in favor of arbitration between the United States and Great Britain?”’ In a reply,which the Chronicle wiil pub- lish to-morrow, Mr. Gladstone says: “My opinion on arbitration is un- changed, but I think that I cannot use- fully appear in a public discussion at this moment.” iSRRG CHAMPIONS AMERICA. John Dillon’s Utterances Upon tha Fene- zuelan Controversy. DUBLIN, Irecanp, Jan. 12.—John | Dillon, the well-known Irish member of | the House ol Commons, delivered a speech in this city to-day, in which he constituted himself a champion of the United States in its dispute with Great Britain anent the Guana boundary. He said that if Lord Salisbury main- tained his present lines there would be a terrible crisis, but if it was proposed to drag the two countries into war on grounds appearing to be grossly unjust the Irish party would be heard from on the floor of the House of Commons. KOREN'S QUEEN 15 ALIVE | She Had Escaped Death When the Attack Upon Her Castle Was Made. A Romance of the Seoul Court Which Has Just Been Brought to Publicity. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 12.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Shang- hui says: A romance equaling anything which Rider Haggard ever wrote comes trom Seoul, the capital of Korea, relating | to the conspiracy which broke out there | last November. The facts are known to a few persons only, one being the King, and all have the strongest motives for conceal- ment. It will be remembered that on Novem- ber 28 an unsuccessful plot culminated in an attack on the palace by a number of Koreans belonging to the Queen’s party. The King and the Japanese, being warned beforehand, posted extra guards and foiled the conspirators, the object being to seize the Ministers, expel the Japanese, free the King from the latter's influence and restore the Queen, who was reputed to be dead, but who was in reality alive. The Russian secretary of legation was the leading spirit in the conspiracy and was deputed to convey the Queen from her place of hiding to the palace. The failure of the attempt necessitated the keeping of the secret of the Queen being in existence, which is now for the first time divulged. When in Ociober the Koreans and Ja- panese broke into the palace, the Queen, scenting danger, had bastily, without speaking to her women, retired in an ob- scure outhouse. She saw the bodies of her ladies in waiting dragged to the pyre pre- pared for them outside, and watched the m;mpletion of the tragedy from her hiding ace. D'Al‘he Queen was concealed for an hour ] and a half, every moment expecting dis- She flad at last through a secret | RUSSIA PLEDGES passage to the old palace, and thence, after | covery. changing her dress, made her escave out- side the walls of the city, where she reached a place of safety. ‘When the Japanese and Koreans exam- | ined the charred bodies of the women who had been burned, the King and some oth- ers shrewdly feigned that they had discov- ered the identity of the Queen in one of | the victims, lest a search should reveal her | whereabouts and lead to her murder. Japanese accepted the account of Queen’s death as true. i Three Koreans were strangled last week | as the Queen’s murderers, while the trial | of Viscount Mura and other Japanese | officials is proceeding at Hiroshima for; the murder of a woman who still lives. Li Han Spin, the leader of the last abortive plot, is in hiding here. | An American friend who cam:e here on the Russian cruiser Otvajny says that Rus- | sia is using the supposed murder of the Queen as a weapon against the Japanese, although well knowing its falsity. The Queen has been killed by rumor twice before. l‘ e | SHOT BY MOONSHINERS. The the | | | I A Hunter Assassinated in the Mountains of Alabama. CHATTANOOGA, Texy., Jan 12.—A. P. Collins, superintendent of the Tecumseh (Ala.) Iron Company and a prominent citizen, was assassinated Saturday. He and his two sons went several miles from the town on a squirrel hunt. When a short distance from an illicit_still, run b; a gang of notorious moonshiners, he was shot. It is supposed that the shooting was done to prevent the discovery of the hid- den still. The lads escaped. No arrests | have been made. . DECLARED INVALID. Judge Maxwell’s Opinion on the Nebraska Sugar Bounty Act. LINCOLN, NEBr.,, Jan. 12. — Samuel Maxwell, ex-Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, has written an opinion declaring the sugar bounty law passed by the last Legislature unconstitutional, in thata bounty for both sugarand chicory was provided in the same bill. He also declares that the warrants issued for the payment of the bounty are illegal, because they could not be legaliy issued, no specific appropriation having been made | for them. Justice Maxwell has been retained to | Prince von AD TO GERMANY. Czar Nicholas in Accord With the Emperor’s Course. |{HATRED FOR ENGLAND. Significant Answer to the Letter Sent From the Berlin Court. |CAN RELY ON HIS SUPPORT Kaiser William Assured of the Assist- ance of States Friendly to Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan. 12.— The autograph letter of Emperor Wilham to the Czar was brought to this aty by Radolin, the German Embas- sador to Russia. The letter reviews the 1 situation, especially the Transvaal and Egyptian questions. The Czar told Prince von Radolin that he entirely concurred in the views ana aims of Emperor William, who was taking the lead against England’s arrogance, and added that the German Emperor could firmly rely on his support and the support of the States friendly to Russia, namely, France and the United States. Prince Lobanoff Rostovski, Russian Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, who was present at the interview between the Czar and gen CZAR NICHOLAS OF RL'SSIA, WHO IS OF GERMANY IN THE CONTROVERSY READY TO JOIN EMPEROR WILLIAM WITH ENGLAND. test the constitutionality of the law, and | action will begin this week. any | thousands of dollars are involved in the | case, which excites much interest. e | | SARAH BERNHARDT'S RETURN. | | The French Actress Comes Back to America | in the Best of Health and Spirits. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 12.—Sarah | Bernbardt arrived in this city this morn-| - ing on the French steamer La Champagne. She went immediately to the Hoffman House, where apartments had been pre- pared for her on the second tioor. She be- gins her engagement at Abbey’s Theater on the 20th 1nst.—next Monday night. The great French actress looks in deci- dedly better health than she did the last | time she came to this country. She also looks a few years younger. Her rejuve- | nated appearance she attributes to the ood health that she has been enjoying of | ate. Her face is as fresh, apparently, as it was years ago, and nothing about her in- dicates the approach of age. She will open hese in her new play, “Yzyel, a Hindoo Story,” at Abbey's Theater January 20, and will remain four weeks. Then she will visit other cities of the United States. DIED IN THE FLAMES. A Negro Murderer Refuses to Emerge From a Burning Hut. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan. 12.—Near Newmansville, in Alachua County, yes- terday, a posse chased Harry Jordan, a negro, wanted for assaulting Dr. McCloud, into an unoccupied hut. 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