The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME L b SCO, THURSDAY M ORNING, NOVEMBER ¢ all 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FERCELY RAGED TH WILD FLAMES Oakland Sacred Heart Church Property Destroyed. FIRE OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN. Blaze Communicated}to lergy-House and Girls’ School. THE WATER SUPPLY GAVE OUT. Little If Anything Saved From the Fire—A Valuable Statue Destroyed. Fiercely troved the of F raging flames last night de- Sacred Heart Church, orner tieth and Grove streets, Oakland, It lieved to have been of incendiary or- clergy house and the girls’ school. e priests connected with the church, went T nlan, to attend . P. C. Yorke of “Fire! Fi st to be aroused window he no the ch . Hastily 1sebold he went out to 1es, which were rapidly | ment 001 arrived on | worked like heroes | but all tono purpose, | the dry wood bu ties the water sup- scant in that and the hremen d to va the noble edifice. he and praises to God e past twenty | at with was made to e water could | irned on the | ) adjoins the churcn. water on a building alongside | furnaces teless, an de of the buiiding wes com- y drenched it soon took fire on the he fierce heat from the immediately surround- was was now on= of terrible e sky was completely over- { : three torches cast a giow | dscape for miles. The at- | was perfectly still, snd the | ow shootinz high in air, | sizzii cracking and de- | I within their reach, cast a glow over the town of Oakland, | Al a an Berkeley, which cou!d istinguished on this side of ihe | nse clouds of smoke | \ few stars as had | through rents in the | way a statue of the Blessed Virgin, considered the finest in the State, was destroyed. The loss on the church is estimated at $17,000, while the insurance is bu ana showers of sparks and burn- | 1ds mcmentarily threatened new | Y zers in the t cities across the bay. | se loss on the buildings wiil be very | Leavy, as almost everything was de- | troyed, and there was very little insur- | ance. Tne only thing saved from the | church was the vestments and the blessed | sacraments, which me nown hnm‘ brougnt out at the risk of his life, while | | on the clerzy-house, $2500—insur- 200; school, $4500—insurance $3000. | The loss will, naps, be felt more sthe clerzy hud been congratu- themselyes that, afier a hard strug. en cleared of debt aring for a winter of : work with no mill- und their necks. | ew with a CALL reporter ather Seraa spoks as fol- | gle, the 1e of debt In an interv ning F v sleepless nights I have spent church, 2ud now some on Las destroyed it all in No natural agency cau-ed that | vas most ceriainly started by a what purpose God only knows. | Only a month ago we had a very suc- | cessial church fzir and raised about all of our aebt, and we were congratulating ourselves that we were out of the woods, ow all our work is undone. ,ad just come from Father Yorke's ana was resting when I saw the I cried out *I'ne church is on fire,’ ithen rushed out to warn the others. en minutes the church was doomed, 1 half an hour it was desiroyed. I. ( u to my Thanks- - i for ik i hought wa> to be one of st of my li‘e,” the buildings were com- I. The large church is a e, not a stick is left standing, lergy-house and school are total Some of the furniture was saved, but it will cut no fizure in the total loss. Father Serda’s estimates ars as follows: $18,000; furnishings, 3000; furnishings, F house, $1000; Sacred Heart hili and school, $5000; 00; clergy &, $1200: wotal loss, $31,700; total $10,200, lasurance, | of the murder of C | arrived to-day | by | his depasture. | the steamer said they saw no Indians, but | in Channel Inferno, on the island shore, | they found the remains of the junk,which { on | longed to one of the murdered men. They | 1 ! nothing will be done and the Indians will " THEY ALL GIVE THANKS., '\l,/w IEIES THANKFUL HE'S ALIVE [ANDKICKING FOR ToDAY HE BECOME S EARE THANKFUL THAT WE ‘ ARE NOT ON THE KLONDY KE AND THAE WE ARE SHOE ST ING DINNER. AT POINT BARROW NOF ENJOYING A HON T THE FARMER 1S THANKFUL FOR THE VALLEY ROAD / AND THAT WE ARE s DD NOT GO o~y — @ READ A~ND ANOT FEIE DovaT I/ THE BASE BALL ENTHUSIASYT V/[ 1S THANKFUL THAT HE CAN Y SEE A HEALTHY COLORED 4 AME AT RECREATION PAR K 4 ALSO FOR WHAT!? WE ARE ABouT To RECEIVE WERE COOKED AND DEVOURED BY THE SERIS| Bodies of Captain Porter and His Com-| panion Undoubtedly Served as Food for the Cannibals of Tiburon Island. AN DIEGO, Nov. 24 —George W. Beer- maker, who was the first to send the news ptain Porter and John J ‘hn-on by the savages of Tiburon Island, from Guaymas and con- firms the truth of the news sent from Gnaymas. Beermaker says that the Rio Yaqui, the steamer sent to Tiburon Isiand the Mexican Government with fifty soldiers in search of the junk World and her ill-fated owner and his companion, returned to Guaymas a few days before The captain in charge of the savages had attempted to burn, and they brought away the anchor, a piece of | the mast, part of the bo.tom with keel attached and pieces of saii. They found the beach a pair of shoes which be- also brought books, papers and documents be onging to Porter and Johnson. ‘They saw evidences of savages and fresh sig: There were a number of brush wigwams where t e Indians had been lately, and also evidence: of a recently extinguished fire. One burro was scen, but no cattle or horses. They made care- ful search for the bodies of the Ameri- cans, but with no result. The marched eighteen miles into the country and along shore. From the nmumber of brush wigwams and hires they estimated that there must have been fully 200 In- dians A body of troops numbering 200 was sent from Ortiz to the isiand. At the tims the steamer was there they saw no indication of the presence of the troops. It 1s reported that they have since re- turned to Ort:z. -1 taiked w. the vicinity of a Mexican who was in ibu-on after the murder,” said Beermaker, “and he toid me there | ¢ de theory, and claim that the patients | was no doubt that Porter and Johnson had been killed. The junk was lying wrecked on the island shore, and it ha: been looted of everything, 1uc uding sails. Tae Indisns, according to this Mexican, are cannibals, and he declares that John- troops | i | E any qaestion. The Mexicans all affirm vigorousl: that the Seris are cannibals. The officer in command of the expedi- tion had not made his « flicial report when I lett, but I inquired among the soldiers and some of them told me they believed Porier and Johnson haa been eaten after being cooked in the fire they found on the island. “This wasa big fire, built not far from the wreck of the junk World. The camp there had been a lurge one and the [ndians were seen dancing there. From all the sigps it was believed the Indians had gone back irom there nto the mountains, where no- body knows the country and where pursu- ers are very likely to be ambuscaled and killed. T do not telieve the troops made any marchinto the interior, although they claimed they did. The Mexicans are not anxious to punich the Seiis, and unless the American Governmen: takes aciion simply lie in wait for new victims.”" TRIES TU END HIS LIFE. Banker Dwight of Konolulu <aid to Have Attempted Self- Destruction. HONOLULU, Nov. 17.—The city is ex- cited over a report that Mr. Dwight of Bishop & Co.’s bank att mpted to com- mit suicide last night because of ner- vous vrostration. Tne facis have peen withheld as much as pos-ibe. but it is reasonably certain that the attempt to end Lis life was made. ibe iragedy could not have been traced to financial difficulties. Dwignt's friends believe that a love affair was at the to'- tom of the att'mpt at self-destrucuon. | The doctois in attendance deny the sui- iliness is due to natural causes. Dwight is a brother-m-iaw of W. A Kinney, the Commissioner to Washington. i -t Cyclone at Madras. MADRAS, Brirsa INpia, Nov. 24.—A terrible cyclone is ruging nere this morn- son and Porter had beea eaten, beyond |ing. i Cavr OFrice, Rices House, | | WasniNgtoN. D. C, November 24.{ There 's not the slightest doubt of Mc- Kenna’s confirmation as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The re- vort that Senator Elkins will oppose him on account of the Attorney-Gen-ral's de- cision on section 22 of the Dingley tarft uct is a mistake. Elkins and McKenna are warm friends. | Neither is there any foundation for the | belief that Senator Hoar, chairman of the | Judiciary Committee of the Senate, will oppose the confirmation. Senator Hoar | bas the higliest regard for McKenna. The : Attorney-General’s decision on section 22 | is calculated to help the New England people, and the opposition to the discrimi- nating duty ‘came chifly from Boston, the home of Senator Hoar. If the latter is actuated by selfish considerations he will bave no reason to oppose the Judge's confirination. 1HE CALL correspondent, after a careful investigation, is enabled to state i the most positive terms that Jodge McKenna will bs nominated to succeed Fie.d, and thut Le will be confirmed beyond a doubt. “The Supreme Court meets a ain on | Monday, November 20. Two days later Justice Field retires. Itis notincumbent cessor immedlately, for the court can transsct its busincss without a full mem- bership. Indeed, Justice Fie!d has not attended court for several weeks. Butif the Presi- dent chooses he may appoint Mr. Mc- Kenna on the very day that Mr. Field re- tiree. This would be what is generally known 2s a ‘‘recess appointment,’” and he could serve until the Senzte confirmed him. It is considered doubtful, however, whether the appointment will bs made until af er Congress meets, five days after Field’s retirement. This will give the President a litile more time to consider the appointment of the Attorney-Gen- eral’s successor. THe CArn correspondent learns from high authority that although the Presi- dent has given the matter some consider- upen the President to nominate his suc- | JUDGE McKENNA SURE TO SUCCEED JUSTICE FIELD It Is Positively Certain That President Mec- . Kinley’s Appointment of the Attorney- General to the Supreme Bench Wil Be Confirmed. | | | ation, he has not yet decided upon the new Cabinet ofticer. There is pretty good ground for the be- lief that the new Cabinet member will not come from Ohio, nor from California. The nanie of Assistant Attorney-General Boyd of North Carolina 1s being consid- ered. ASSURANCE FROM THE POPE. His Coming Encyclical Will Not Ag- gravate the Manitoba School Question. ROME, Nov. 24 —A recent letter of the Pope to Archbishop Braschesi of Montreal, who is now in this city on a mission in behali of the Roman Catholics of Mani- toba, who claim the right to maintain separate schools. in addition to emphu- sizing the importance of the demonstra- tion made by forty newspsper men at Montreal when the Archbishoo started for Rome and pointing out how import- ant the 2id of a sympaibetic press can give the cause of order and trauquility, concludes by saying that ‘‘animated by estecial pat-rnal zeal for Canada,” his Holiness will use his utmost solicitude that *‘public concord will suffer no de- triment.” The last statement is interpeted to mean that the Pope's coming encyclical on the Manitoba school queston will not be so rigid as 10 embitter the situation. The reply of his Holiness also contains an exhortation 10 the Catholics of Canada to warmly second the efforts of their Bishoys. The letter from his Holiness to the Arclbishop of Montreal wus sentin reply to a report Mgr. Braschesi bud made in regard to the journalistic demonstration previously alluded to. et Suicida of Playwright Francois Mons. PARIS, Nov. 24 —Francois Mons, a playwright and translaier of French plays into English for production in the United Siates, has committed suicide, with his mistress, by inhaling charcoal fumes. Moas iaterly has been in financial straits, SCORES IN H JUROR CARROLL LORIGAN IS REPLY Judge Took Advantage of His Position on the Bench. The People of San Jose Realize That the Gang of Boodlers Was Desperately Determined to Break Down Its Sworn Foe. SAN JOSE, Nov. 24.—In compliance with urgent requests from my friends and the public, I wish to make a statement and reply to the slander and abuse heaped upon me while acting as a grand juror by Superior Judge W. G. Lorigan of Santa Clara County, who in his judicial capacity took cowardly advantage of my defense- less position and used language befitting a street hoodlum. To this I would not reply at the time, as | was warned by my friends not to make any move, and thus give the “‘gang”’ the chance it was looking for but did not get. | will not lower myself to answer in the same strain, but will try to make a fair sta*:ment, borne out by the facts, which can be verified by any one desirous | of investigating the same, as they are a matter of notoriety and can be found in the public records. I determined to refrain from answering the abuse of Judge W. G. Lorigan until | had been discharged from the Grand Jury, which | knew would be in a few days. 1did not want to take advantage of my official position as a grand juror to score the Judge, which I had a legal right to do and would have done if he had not slan- dered me th: way he did. When the Grand Jury appeared in Judge Lorigan’s court and the Judge be- gan his inquiry, it was a noticeable fact that | was the last one to be examined. The “gang” expected something d.fferent from what | gave them. I refused to answer on the ground, as | stated, that | was credibly informed there was to be a | deteriained effort to cinch me at any cost, on account of the active part I took in performing my sworn duty as a grand juror and making diigent inquiry into any facts brought to my notice in regard to public affairs. 1 founa, after removing many obstacles placed in my way, that a gang of politi- cal bloodsuckers was systematically de- frauding the county in large sums. These men had fed so long at the public crib QWWWIKKD NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Fair Toursday; south. erly, changing to fresh westeriy winds, FIRST PAGE. Eaten by Canntbal Seris. McKenna to Be Contirmed. Juroer Carroil's Answer. Caurch and Buildings Burned. SECOND PAGE. S:nta Clara Poultry Show. No Silurians at Sacramento. Faced Death on the Desert. THIRD PAGE. Bear Sailors Are Angry. Insurgents Raid Havana. Riotin Austrian Assembly, Says Durrant Is Innocent. FOURTH PAGE. Burglars Hard at Work. Senators at Honolulu. Lovering May Be Acquitted. New Western Union Service. Mrs. Nack Once Loved Thorne. FIFTH PAGE. Police Department on Parade. Explosion in a Restaurant, Tne San Pedro Harbor. Another Examiner Fake, Marriage of Julia Crocker. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. A Comical Defente. Tharksziving Day. Where No Thanks Arise. Tragedy at Dixon. Music and Musicians. Personals and Queries. SEVENTH PAGE. News of th¢ Water Fronts Arrest of a Crook. ‘Ine Football Outlook. EIGHTH PAGE. Commercial Intelligence. NINTH PAGE. Board of Education Meeting, News From Across the Bay. TENTH PAGE. « at Oakland Track. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages, Deaths, TWELFTH PAGE. Charles Fair's Legel Tangle. Steamers Overcrowded. Thanksgiving ldeas. Rac 200920202202 0020R0002028202202020222002020200200000202022022022002022208R00020020202R20222 2222902020020020202822 [that they were becoming bolder in the lbelief that they could never be called to | account. I declined to answer on the ground of my constitutional rights as a citizen and not on the ground, as the | Judge tried to induce me to say, that | : would incriminate myself. 1 also declined because 1 had grave | doubts as to the jurisdiction of the court ‘f in the matter. The Judge acknowledged ; in open court that he had no legal evi- | dence against me, yet he, the presiding | Judge of the Superior Court of Santa | Clara County, assuming that 1 was { morally guilty, proceeded to abuse me in | language most foul, illy becoming a man | in his official position. The minority report which I handed in will bear me out in my statement that | was to be sacrificed for daring to expose ithe wholesale frauds being perpetrated | year after year. This assertion can be easily verified by examining the reports of the expert who worked on the Jus- tices’ books. The reports are public documents and can be seen by any citizen who cares to look them up. The weak attempt made by the Board of Supervisors to pull the wool over the people’s eyes in commencing a civil suit against the Justices to recover the moneys the latter had illegally taken by filling and swearing to a false claim was done oniy for the purpose of leading the people to believe that it was simply a question | for a court to decide whether the Jus- tices were entitled to the fees or not. The fact is that there is no question about this matter at all, as an examination of the fee bill will show. The Hon. W. G, Lorigan, Judge of the ‘Superior Court of Santa Clara County iand aspirant for the Supreme Bench, | sought to destroy my reputation in open | court by villifying me—by calling me perjurer, scoundrel and cur—when | was at his mercy and powerless to defend my- | self. 1 meniion this that people may know who is the cur. As for “‘perjurer” and “‘scoundrel,” I will have occasion to speak of that later on. When Judge Lorigan fcund he could not intimidate me, as he expected, his malicious passion broke loose, his cloak of hypocricy fell from him, the mask was torn from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ap- peared. 1 submit this to the people and leave it to every decent, self-respecting citizen to | judge who is the scoundrel and cur. And | I promise that the future will disclose who has been right and who wrong in this controversy. T. W. CARROLL. NICARAGUA CANAL SURVEY. Rear-Admiral Walker and the Gov- ernment Commission Ready to Work. NEW YORR, Nov. 24 —With every- thing in readiness, ihe United States cruiser Newport, Captain B. F. Tilley in command, is lying off drvdock 2 at the | Brooklyn Navy-vard, awaiting orders to sail with the membuers of the Nicaraguan Canal Commission recently appointed by Congress—namely, Rear-Admiral Jobn G. Walker, U. S. N., as president; Col!onel Peter C. Haines, corps of engineers, U. 8. A.,and Professor Lewis M. Haupt, civil engineer. With them will go about fiity surveyors, enginee:s and otheremployes as members of the expedition. The commission wiil report ou the feasibility of the proposea canal, ite probabie cost and cost of main- tenance and the most desirable route. The vessel will prcceed direct to Grey- | own, whence Rear-Admiral Walker will go to Manarua and pay his respects to President Z:laya. Tha expedition will remain uniil March next. Independent of the canal commission work, a genecral survey will be made of the harbor at Greytown and another of the San Juan River. { | | e bl CAPIURED 1V MENDOZ 4. He Did Not Get Very Far With the 200,000 Pesos. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennott. VALPARAISO, Nov. 24 —Reports just received state that the deiaulting casnier of the Government Central Monetary Conversion Office of Santiago, wio disap- pesr-d several days ago with more than 200.000 pesos, has been captured in Men- dcza. Mountain-climbers Fitzgerald and Vines, | who came here from Earope cn a moun- | tain-climbing tour, and who succeeded in making the ascent of Mcunt Aconcagua, sailed for Liv.xpeol yes.erday.