The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1896. WITHOUT DRINK FOR SIK DAYS, Horrible Experience of Three Sailors Picked Up at Sea. | | | | i | ADRIFT IN A ROWBOAT. | Become Separated From Their | Vessel While Searching i for Seals. AT THE MERCY OF A STORM. They Reach the Coast of Japan Almost Dead From Starvation and Thirst. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 29.—The Empress of India arrived this morning from the Orient, bringing the following Oriental advices: Hans Isaacson, hunter, Victor Carlsen, boat-steerer, and Frederick Bartlett, boat-puller, arrived at Yoko- hama after passing through some perilous | public view through mysterious happen- Iventures in the North Pacific. Tney |ings about their residence and aliegations members of the crew of the American schooner Alton, Captain George Wester, that left San Francisco in Decem- | ber last. After securing a hundred skins on the American coast the vessel was | brought over to the Japan side_of the Pa- c. On March 30, about 7 o’clock in the morning, when the schooner was about fifty miles off the coast, the captain or- dered the boats away to search for seals. The three men got into a twenty-foot )at and started on their quest. By after- oon they were some miles eastward of their vessel, when suddenly a fog came down, completely shutting them in. They lay to for the rest of the day and the following night. By morning a half- gale set in and a heavy sea sprung up, fill- boat with water to its gunwales. | true that my father drank during his ser- ! vice as a commander, and that frequently | gifts of wine were sent to him by iriends. | society. Grant at his home yesterday and showed him the published letter. He read it, and after a pause remarked, ‘Well, 1 don’t see anything in that.” “Do you know whether General Grant ever received this letter?” i “I was with him during the siege of Vicksburg,” Colonel Grant. replied, ‘“‘and in the same tent. I do not believe the let- ter was ever written. I know my father never received it. If that letter was writ- ten by General Rawlins to my father how isit thata man in Galena now has pos- session of it, and how is it that now, after a period of thirty-three years, its existence isfirst made known to the public? It is But s it likely thet he would have made a pledge to a subordinate officer, a member of his staff, not to drink?”’ TN e TIRED OF SOLDIERING. Case of a Young Lieutenant Whose Mili- | tary Duties Seem to Mar His Domestic Happiness. [} WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—Sec- ond-Lieutenant Clarence E. Lang, Sec- ond Artillery, the young army officer whose case bas been much commented upon, has been granted an extension of his sick leave for one month. Lieutenant Lang’s application for re- tirement is still in abeyance, but on the expiration of the extended leave he will be subjected to another examination to determine his mental and physical condi- tion. His wife was at the War Depart- ment recently in company with Repre- sentative Burton of Ohio, who appointed Lang to the military academy, and she is apparently as anxious as her husband to have his application for retirement acted on favorably. Lieutenant Lang was married on the | day of his graduation to the daughter of a | commissary sergeant at West Point. Later | Lieutenant Lang and his bride came into that the young couple were snubbed by Lieutenant Lang’s application | for retirement on account of illness was not granted, but he wasgiven a sick leave. | The medical report of the examination | shows that he is suffering from some ner- i vous complaint. STRANGE SUDDEN DEATHS Three Neighbors in a New Jer- sey Village Die in a Myste- rious Manner. It Is Believed They Were Poisoned ent drifted them further and further to sea until they must have been fully 150 | miles from shore. Fortwo days they were | at the mercy of the storm and with all their food and drinking water exhausted, | they were in a pitiable plight. When they | leit the ship they had but a gallon and & half of water and provisions for a day on be Gradually the s bated, and on the third day taey be o row toward the west, hoping to see land before long. They struck a current that greatly assisted them, | and on April 4, the sixth day after leaving the ship, they saw the coast of Japan. | They succeeded in attracting the attention | of some fishermen, and with their assist- | ance made land. Their condition was dreadful in the ex- | treme, their lips being black from lack of | water and feod and the suffering from a | raging and consuming thirst. Their | throats were parched, while their hands | and arms were raw from the effects of the salt water. Frederick Bartlett, whose feet had been frostbitten on a previous occa- sion, was even in a worse state, so swollen were his nether limbs. | The fishermen gave the starvin | I3 e s g men | rice and water ana then sent messengers | inland for a doctor. At the end of a week | they were sufficiently recovered to travel | and left Kisengori, where they had landed, arriving at Yokohama on the 15th | inst. | A new steamship company is in process of formation by leading capitalists of | Japan. It will start with capital approxi- mating 3,000.000 yen, with power to in- crease 1t to 5,000,000 yen if necessary. Ap- plication for a charter was submitted to | the authorities on the 7th inst. The scheme is to open two routes—one to New York and the other to Batoum. The former will include service to Portland, Philadelphia and other points, while the latter will call at Hamburg, London and her points commercially connected with he object of opening a service to | to facilitate the exporting of | sulpnur, goods and other commodi- ties aiready exported in large quantities to | America from Japan. Eight steamers of | 5000 tons capacity will be built—four for | each route. As a direct result of the Chinese-Jap- snese warthe slave trade in Manchuria has | been aggravated. Farmers comprise a | vast majority of the residents of Man- | churia and since the war they are suffer- ing from famine. The selling of children | 3s always more or less prevalent in China, | but the war and consequent famine are | driving many more parents to sell their children than formerly. Buyers collect | the poor little fellows just as keepers of | registry offices collect coolies. The bean merchant who gives this statement to the press saw in Manchuria, at Yingkow, a woman leading six chila- | ren, from 5 to 12 years old, barefooted and almost naked. The price of achild, if in- telligent and attractive, is 2 yen—$1 06; the ugly ones bring only a few cents. The | slave-broker gives guarantee to the pur- | chaser that the child’s parents will never again claim or acknowledge the child | sold. The Japanese press is watching jealously atendency of a part of the Koreans to lean upon America rather Japan for aid in reforming the peninsula. It tells the Koreans that such an alliance is shallow- | rooted and doomed to end in bitter disap- | pointment; that it might serve in time of “ peace, but in case of war or trouble no | help could be expectéd from the proud | parvenu of nations. The Japanese press is full of the term ‘‘pro-American” in re- gard to Korean affairs. If the Korean King changes the way of wearing his top- kuot the new style of coiffure is spoken of as “pro-American’’ hair-dressing; a new | newspaper projected in Seoul is called a pro-American venture and a Korean privy councilor is stigmatized as a “pro- American” statesman. A DOUBTFUL DOCUMENT. Colonel Fred Grant Says His Father Never Took the Pledge. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 29.—The | Herald this morning says: A letter read by H. D. Estabrook of Chicago at a ban- | quet given in Galena, Ill., last Monday, which Mr. Estabrook said was written by General Jobn A. Rawline to General Grant during the siegze of Vicksburg, was pub- lished in vesterday’s Herald. The letter warned General Grant to restrain his drinking habits. It referred to a pledge made by General Grant and stateds: “Your only salvation depenas upon your strict adherence to that pledge.”” A Herald reporter saw Colonel Fred by Drinking Water From an 0id Weil. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 20.— Thiee mysterious deaths which occurred | Sunday night have stirred the residents of FLOOD FOLLOWS THE CYCLONE, A Regular Deluge in the Dakotas and Western Minnesota. VAST AREA INUNDATED. Over Thirty Persons Injured by the Twister, Some of Whom Will Die. A LITTLE TOWN ANNIHILATED. Nothing Left to Show That It Ever Existed—Great Damage to Crops and Livestock. ST. PAUL, Mixx., April 20.—To-night’s reports indicate thata regular deluge of rain has been falling in the Dakotas and Western Minnesota to-day. Miles of land along the Upper Mississippi and Red River are under water, and it wil be ten days before any seeding can be done. Along the Red River not more than 2 per cent of the crop has been put in. The cyclone, meager reports of which came in last night, struck between Fargo and Spencer, 8. D., and was said to be heading for the latter place, but fortu- nately passed several miles north, head- ing in & northeasterly direction, and for eighteen miles laid waste to everything in its path. The country being level asa floor the monster could be seen coming for miles, which accounts for the few fatalities. In its track, which was a mile wide, the de- struction was complete. Not a vestige of any living thing was left. Farmhouse after farmhouse was completely wiped out. Sixteen miles northeast of Mitchell the little town of Epiphany was located, but nothing remains to show that it ever ex- isted. Here filteen people were seriously injured, several fatally. The latest vic- tims, who may recover, are William Kee- ger, Mrs. Gibson and Mrs, Gilser. Ne estimate of damage to crops and live- stock and property is given, butit is known to be large. | the little village of Port Republic to a | high pitch of excitement. If the theory of villagers be correct the autopsies which | | County Physician Souder is to hold to-day | | wili reveal the fact that the dead persons | —two women and one man—came to their | death by poisoning, presumably by drink- | ing the water from & weli in the vicinity | of their homes. The first death, that of Mrs. Jane Hover, occurred about 6 o'clock Sunday night. She was engaged in the kitchen and was suddenly attacked with convulsions, She fell to the floor, and before her daughter could reach herside she was dead. At about the same time Mrs. Elizabeth Corre, Mrs. Hover’'s next-door neighbor, started to walk to the latter's house. She had gone but a few feet from her door when she was also stricken with convul- | sions and fell to the ground and died al- | most instantly. | Less than an hour later David Cole, a | wealthy young farmer who lived a short distance away, was attacked in an exactly similar manner, and dropped dead in the presence of his wife, whom he married | only a few months ago. | All of the stricken people were ap-| parently in the best of health prior to the | sudden attack, and this caused the theory of poisoning. In the vicinity of the deso- | lated homes there is an old well, and it is | believed that the water 1n this has become | poisoned in some unknown way and that | the stricken persons drank of it. Samples of the water will be submitted to a chemi- cal analysis. SIS el CONSOLIDATED AUCTION - ROOMS. An Elaborate Plan for Disposing of Cali- fornia Deciduous Fruits in the East. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 29.—The plan to have all California deciduous fruits | received in this city sold in consolidated auction-rooms was adopted by the parties in interest at a private meeting held in the offices of Sgobel & Day yesterday after- noon. There were present Major H, Weinstock, ex- Mayor of Sacramento, | president of the California Fruit-growers | and Shippers’ Association, by which the plan was proposed; E. T. Earl of the Earl | Fruit Company ; N. R. Salisbury, manage: of the Porter Bros. Fruit Company; Ed- ward Ruhiman of Ruhlman & Co., and R. 8. W. Day. Under the plan the associa- tion expects to secure suitable accommo- dations in the building bounded by West, Reade, Washington and Duane streets, which it is proposed shall be known as “The California Fruit Building.” All the sales will be held in the new auction-room at specified times to be agreed upon by the receivers. Brown & Secomb and the E. L. Goodsell Company will continue to be the auctioneers, and will hold alternate sales in accordance with the preferences of the receivers. | There will be $2 of each carload of fruit withheld for payment of rent and certain incidental expenses. The agreement covers only the present season and is generallv regarded as only an experimen- tal one. The association has similar rooms in Chicago and Philadelphia, and intends to establish others in all the leading cities. Sk vy, Wedding in High Life. i NASHVILLE, TesN., April 20.<A very high social event occurred here last night in the marriage of Bernard Alexander Edmond, Comte de Pourtales of France and Miss Florence Drouillard of this city. The bride belongs to one of the most. cul- tured and refined families of the South, while the groom is a descendaut of one of the most aristocratic families in France. ——-— Frightful Fall of @ Window- Washer. CHICAGO, Irv., April 29.—Within the horrified gaze of a hundred people in office buildings and on the streets below Louis Larsen fell from the fifteenth floor of the 0ld Colony Building at Dearborn and Van Buren streets yesterday morniog and was crushed into a bloody wmass on the side- walk. He was washing a window and neglected to wear the safety jacket, wien he lost his balance. ——— Admiral Dovton Ordered Home, Tom WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—Rear- Admiral C. 8. Dorton has been detached from the command of the South Atlantic station and directed to return. and is granted a one month’s leave from the time | Statuary Hall) persons The storm was headed for Madison, but | on its arrival there had spent 1ts fury and the damage was light. Physicians from Spencer, Montrose and other adjacent towns were summoned and relief parties sent out. The wounded were given the best of care. The number of victims in- jured is rapidly growing, and will probably reach over thirty. THE MARQUEITE STATUE It Is Officially Presented To and Accepted By the Senate. Glowing Tributes to the Memory of the Worthy Priest Are Paid by Elogquent S-nators. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—The statue of Father Marquette, placed by the State of Wisconsin in the National Hall of Statuary in the Capitol, was to-day offi- ially presented to and accepted by the Senate. Eulogies of the good priest were pronounced by the two Wisconsin Sena- tors, Wilson and Vilas, by Kyle of South Dakota and by Palmer of Iliinois. Mitchell spoke of the Jesuits in North America as ‘‘transcendent heroes of the advancing army of civilization,” and de- scribed Father Marquette as the one great historic character ot Wisconsin, whose name would shine the brighter as time goes on. Vilas spoke of him as the gentle, high- souled, fearless priest and preacher; the discoverer of the Mississippi; a nobleman with soul lifted up to God; a gentle enthu- siast; & man to do without boasting the deeds that heroes do, and said it was of such as he that Congress spoke when it marked for this special honor (a place in illustrious of historic renown. Kyle praised the saintly character and unselfishness of Father Marquette and said that he bad given his life for those he | loved: and Mr. Palmer spoke of him as the representative of courage, resolution and devotion to the elevation of humanity. There was no expression of opposition to the acceptance of the statue. After this matter was disposed of the naval appropriation bill was taken up and the remainder of the session was given up to political speeches. Teller (R.) of Colorado announced in unmistakable terms his resolution to break away from the Republican party if the action in the St. Lows convention did not suit his views and sentiments on the silver question, while Sherman (R.) of Ohio declared his readiness to conform his action on that question to the decision of the American people at the polls next November. Without action on the naval bill the Senate at 6 p. M. adjourned. et e REVENUES AND EXPENSES. 4 Bubject That Is Causing Much Dis- cusrion in the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—The House was plunged almost immediately after it assembled for to-day’s session into a mild and diminutive, in respect of length, repetition of the debatein the Sen- ate yesterday regarding the revenues and expenditures of the Government. McCormick (R.) of New York asked con- sideratlon of a bill for a lighthouse on Orient Point, Long Island, which led Dockery (D.) of Missouri to warn the House against appropriating money for an improvement that was not absolutely indispensable. . % The direct appropriations at this term of Congress, he figured up, would be $512,- 000,000, and of contracts authorized to be entered into, $93,541,000, making the grand total for which this Congress would be re- sponsible at this term of Congress over §605,000,000. He said current revenue was not equal to current expenditures, and had not been at any time during the term of this administration, and he pleaded in no spirit of partisanship for careful of bis arrival in the United States. Com- modore Howell is understood to be his successor. i scrutiny of appropriation bills for the pro- tection of the treasury. K Dingley (R.) of Maine, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, responded to the statement of Dockery, and analyzed the figures he had given. He asserted that the appropriations at this session of Congress for current ex- penditures would not exceed $450,000,000 and the amount that must be paid by taxation would not exceea $360 000,000, the expenses of the Postoffice Department being met by the postal receipts. While it was true that more revenue was in | urgent need Dingley contended that Con- gress was doing as well as it could in the matter of appropriations in view of the | needs of the Government and of the | country. MecCormick’s bill met objection and was not considered. The report of Elections Committee No. 3 in the contest of Giles Otis Pearce (in- dependent Labor) vs. John C. Bell (Popu- list and Democrat), from the Second District of Colorado, confirming Bell's right to the seat, was agreed to. The remainder of the day was spent in committee of the whole in discussing the bankruptcy bitl, that bill being supported by Conneily (R.) of Illinois and an- tagonized by Messrs. W. A. Stone (R.)of Pennsylvania, Newlands (Silver) of Nevada and Broderick R. of Kansas. Newlands made a 16 to 1 silver speech, asserting that that alone would afford sub- stantial relief. At 5:05 the House adjourned until to- morrow. Commander Walker at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wasu.,, April 29.—Colonel Ivan N. Walker, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and party arrived here this afternoon from Seattle. They were met by a large dele- gation from the several army posts, and a reception was tendered them’this evening. Colonel Walker says the pension bill which passed the House yesterday meets the approval of the Grand Army of the Republic, and that he had Something to do with bringing about the passage of the bill, THROWN INTO PIT RIVER. Deputy Fish Commissioner Bass Has a Narrow Escape From Drowning. The Ferry-Boat Capsized by the Rag- ing Torrent—Span of Horses and Wagon Lost. REDDING, Carn., April 29.—Seymour Bass, Deputy United States Fish Commis- sioner at Baird, a pretty little spot on the McCloud River, came near being drowned in Pit River Tuesdav cveni Mr. Bass had been in Redding attending the Odd Fellows’ celebration, and leit this city on Tuesday for his home. He drove a span of horses attached to a light spring wagon. With him were his two sons ana James Cessna of this city, who was on his way to Copper City to attend to some mining business. It was about 6 o'clock when the four reached the Pit Riverferry. It was storm- ing somewhat atthe time, and the heavy rains of the several days previous had converted the Pit River into a raging tor- rent. The water was running like a mill- race when Bass and his companions boarded the ferry-boat. When the middle of the stream had been reached one of the cables attached to the ferry broke on ac- count of the severe strain from the force of the water and the large boat slowly turned over. One of Bass’ boys retained his presence of mind, and as the boat turned he walked over it and stood safe and rode on the bot- tom when she had rolled over. Cessna and the other boy slipped into the water, but soon caught hold and pulled them- selves into the capsized boat. Bass was less fortunate. He was carriea some dis- tance away and into an eddy. The circling water took him like a leaf and with a few whirls he sank. Twice he sank beneath the surface of the water and arose. As he arose ‘o the surface the second time the capsized boat, which had gone nearly to the opposite shore, drifted back, and his companions rescued him just as he was oing down for the third and, perhaps, ast Lime. After his rescue Bass remained in an unconscious condition for about two hours and his compamons thought he would not recover. Bui by hard work, however, he was brought back to consciousness and at length the shore was reached. The horses and wagon were carried down the stream for about 200 yards, when the ani- mals got loose from the vehicle. The horses were carried on down the stream at arapid rate and when last seen were some three miles below the ferry. They no doubt. were drowned. It wasa thrilling experience, and one from which it may< take some time for Mr. Bass to recover. Foiep ot DROWNED IN THE SACRAMENTO. Boat Upset and Two Prospectors Swept Down the River. REDDING, CAr., April 29.—The Sacra- mento River claimed two victims yester- day. James Davis and John Heinatz, miners, were drowned in the Sacramento River at Slatonis station, a point on the railroad four miles above Delta and forty- five miles from Redding. The men had been prospectingin the hills on the east side of theriver and had been across after supplies. They attempted to recross in a small row- boat. The river was running swiftly, ana the two encountered a strong current when about three-quarters of “the way across, and the boatv capsized. The un- fortunate men attempted to right the boat, but the current was so swift it washed them away, and their bodies floated down the stream. Up to the present writing their bodies have not been found, though search was made. Davis was an_aged man, about 78 or 79 years old, and Heinatz was 27 years of age, a native of Texas. Neither have relatives in this country, and they have no effecte other than a lot of prospecting implements. Coroner Earnest was notified yesterday, and an_attempt will be made to recover the bodies if possible. LT s Double Tragedy at Seattle, SEATTLE, WasH., April 29.--Crazed by jealousy, fancied and otherwise, Albert Keroy, a negro, 35 years old, and a waiter at the Rainier Grand Hotel, this morning murdered his wife Julia, and then killed himself. Both were in bed at the time, and the presumption is that the woman was kiiled while she was asleep, being shot in the temple with a small caliber revolver, Keroy then turned the weapon upon him- self, sending a bullet into his brain. A gt Gleed Inquest at Redwood City. MENLO, PARK, CAL, April 20.—Coro- norJames Crow of Redwood City held an inquest on the body of A. Gieed, who died shortly after 8 o’clock this morning at his apartments in the Oak Grove Villa hotel. The jury found that deceased died of hear failure.” Mr. Gleed was well known in San Francisco, where he had vast property interests. He came here some months ago to recuperate. Wanted at Tulare. VISALIA, Cav., April 29.—Deputy Sher- iff Frank Hafley to-night arrested Fred Scokes of Tuiare on atelephone order from Tulare’s City Marshal. Stokesand a con- federate held up a man atTulare last week 4 NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Lots of folks are not posted regarding the clever suits that we have on sale this week at --$5.00—~ But you can just wager that there’s lots of ’em too that do know about ’em, and there’s been a whole lot of Frisco’s most stylish dressers in our big Suit Department this week buy- ing these pretty Blue and Black Double-Breasted Suits at & -—$5.00— You ought to be among their number. Such clever garments are not offered every day by a house handling such high-char- acter of goods as we do and of- fered at $5.00. They’re awfully clever suits ; blues and blacks in double- breasted, also in single-breasted sacks, real swell looking gar- ments at that. We may have enough to run for a few days, but hardly that, judging by the way the big store was crowded yesterday. nv/ If not posted, get posted as te values. We will save you a whole lot of money if you come to us. Some awfully swell Cutaway Suits. Some awfully swell Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits, in those fine blue and black serge cheviots, also some real swell and swagger cheviots in light and medium colorings, all new Spring styles. We’ll post you as to price and values if you come to us. Some awfully swell and clever suits to-day at ~2$7.00-- § § § 3 Don"t do a thing until you’re thoroughly posted. That’s the way a great many people have amassed a fortune. “Be sure and relieved him of §32. Stokes dresses well but never works. yowre right, then go ahead,” was Davy Crockett’s motto. You do likewise and just get into the big store as quick as you can. Yo’ll see some of the cleverest suits you have ever laid your eyes upon at --$10.00~- » You know what your tailer charges you to make a fine Clay Worsted Cutaway Suit? $40— ain’t that right? Youwll find ours lined better than his ; ours will fit you ; if one size don’t, there’s another that will. If youw’re stout or slim, you can be fitted ; not alil tailors can say that. Not clay worsteds alone either ; some pretty gray mix- tures; some awfully swell Scotches ; some awfully swell worsteds in black, made in sin- gle and double breasted sacks, also cutaways ; suits that no other store in this town is sell ing under $18 to $20. 7 At the Big Kearny - Street Store at —$10.00— RAPHAREIL'S INCORPOR ATED), S, 11, 138 and 15 Kearny Streect.