The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1898, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXIII.—=NO. 44. AN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13’, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TORNADO | DEALING Nearly Two Score Human Lives Lost, and Property Dam- | aged to th a Million Dollars. DEATH ¢ Extent of 1 Lo oo o B B B B B B B Silas Mincer, a young merchant. Harvey Ruttledge, & negro. Mary Timmerman. Two unknown men from gess Hotel. Joe Griswold, a tailor. John Martin of Madison County. J. B. Riley of Madison County. George Ca reman at Grand Opera Hous Mrs. Milt Bur Hotel. ® n men, s hospital. J. M. Foutz, a farm prominent Bur- , proprietor of died at St. Willlam Lawson, back injured. 3aii Martin, chest smashed. Tony Eberhart, hips bruised. F. E. Hubbell, back hurt. R. H. Crenholder, back injured. Ab Stafford, back injured. —— Ashworth, chest crushed. Dr. Gate, both arms broken. Mrs. Gate, badly mashed. THE STORM’S DEAD. o a . Ed Ferrill, a butcher, and hig ’ two little children, Irene and Roy. Frank Richardson, restaurant keeper. John Adams, a carpenter. Mrs. Charles Mauver. Ritter, a gardener. Mrs. Will Lamson. Louis Sencel. James Smith, Jr. Mr. Gray, son and wife. Attas Jones. Frank Lefevre. Etta Kies. Miss Holden. John Badt, a farme: ecesssssssssessssesssssssses , a farmer. Mrs. Maggie Sheehan's Infant. h, Jr. D. Woehle, a butcher. Knapton. James Smith, a clerk. a negro. Mrs. Jones. PSS L THE SERIOUSLY INJURED. \ [} Mrs. Braden, arm broken. Ed Vaden, badly brulsed. | Grimes, collar bone —— Wolsey, seriously hurt. B < R. L. Hirschberger, shoulder g —— Martin, chin fractured and dislocated, injured about head. side bruised. Miss Lily Stahl, sericusly in- gy —— Hosea, jaw broken Jjured. | Frank Magruder, chest crushed. Tnknown tramp, body mashed; will die. Mrs. Emma Austin, leg broken. Irving Kohler, shoulder broken. Mrs. John Beal, ribs broken; may dle. Baby Beal, badly bruised; may dle. g Mrs. Gate's mother, seriously Mrs. Kohler, leg broken. E Joseph Jones, leg cut and arms e s, spine injured. fractured. = ell, injured about Miss Wilson, arm broken. | Pearl Knapton, arm. broken. | Mrs. Hugh Rogers, badly D. D. Foreman, arm and leg bruised about the body. broken. B Mr oand Mrs tter, caught H. H. Fisher, arm broken. = under fallin W. A. Dumford, hip dislocated. ] Mrs.F.H. Brown, body crushed. J. J. Short, spine and head in- Mrs. Luther Hunley, chest jured. crushed. Willlam Blake, injured Inter- —— Lane, hip dislocated. nally. LEs &= 55586 FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 12.—Nearly two score of h es and upward of one m worth of prop- erty were destroyed by a terrible tor- nado which burst upon this city a few minutes past 11 o’clock last night. The storm struck near the National Cem- on dol etery and tore its way through the en- | tire city, leaving its path marked by death and desplation. Men, women and children, peacefully asleep in their homes, w without a moment’s warn- akened to meet a horril whil, ing, aw in the fearful storm, mentarily more fortunat: 1d who es- caped the furies of the wind, met a far worse fate a few moments later in the flames which soon engulfed many of the wrecked buildings. The scene following the first terrible crash of the storm was one of awful grandeur. Business blocks, handsome mansions, e death others, mo- hotels and humble cottages were razed | to the ground and scattered in shape- less masses. Several of the wrecks caught fire and the Inflammable timbers burned furiously. The city was crowded with rural vis- itors, many of whom were sleeping at boarding houses unregistered. For this reason the number of victims who per- ished may never be definitely known. The storm struck the city near the National Cemetery and swept its way through the heart of the town. Leav- ing Fort Smith, it bounded by Van Buren apd continued down the river, demolishing everything in its path. News from outside points is not yet at hand, but rumors of much_damage as far south as Alma have reached -here, 1t being reported that a number of per- sons were killed near that place. In Fort Smith the tornado struck Garrison avenue at the corner of Ninth street and made a clean sweep from there to the Texas corner. Nine store bulldings were demolished and the stocks of goods ruined. Sixteen other business houses on the street were badly wrecked. The upper floor of the block on the corner of Garrison and Towsou ave- nues is used as a flat. caught fire from the night lamp. Seven bodies were taken from these ruins, two of them being so badly burned that they could scarcely be identified. Burgess Hotel, a three-story brick on Towsou avenue, was demolished. There have been eight bodies already taken from the ruins. Rescue parties are still at work at both places and ex- pect to find several more bodies. The Federal court is In session and that brought a great many farmers here, who crowded the cheaper board- ing houses and wagon yards. The Na~ The ruins | Hoeeooeeecsccssssssscssssoretstsscscccscnce tional House, a two-story frame, went down in wreckage with fifteen in. mates, but all escaped without serious injury. George Carter’'s house was one of the first struck and it turned completely | over and is now supported on the roof. A half pane of glass was driven through Carter’s body, almost severing his head from the trunk. The beautiful National Cemetery is a wreck. The huge trees are uprooted, the lodge demolished and the walls torn down. Fort Smith’s $50,000 high school build- ing, the fin one of its kind in the Southwest, was badly wrecked, but was cne of the few buildings on which there was any tornado insurance. The tornado destroyed two historic | buildings. Judge Parker’s residence Is[ badly wrecked and the old Trector's | mansion, where Allen Pike passed his | days, is a pile of ashes, the ruins hav- | ing caught fire from a lamp. The First Baptist Church and the Central Methodist Church were razed | to the ground and are now only a scat- tered pile of kindling wood. The Church | of the Immaculate Conception and Brownscombe Memorial Church lost their spires and sustained other dam- age. It {8 now thought that all the per- sons in the storm wrecked buildings have been accounted for. The citizens' rellef committee has $10,000 in hand for assisting sufferers. President Robinson of the Frisco rall- road, unsolicited, sent his check for $1000. The Missouri Pacific also contri- buted $1000. Business is practically abandoned all over the city and men of all classes are assisting In clearing the | debris. - VAN BUREN'S DEAD. Houses Are Blown Down and Their Inmates Are Literally Crushed to Death. VAN BUREN, Ark.,Jan. 12.—The tor- nado ¢hat descended upon Fort Smith last night crossed the Arkansas river a half mile south of here and tore a | path two hundred yards through this, Crawford County, and dealt death and | devastation to everything in its path. A score or more of houses were blown | down and many persons were hurt. | Charles Wright was instantly killed by his house blowing down on him. The house of Mrs. Bash was demolished | and she was crushed into a shapeless | mass of flesh and bone, and two of her | children, aged 8 and 16, were fatally hurt. It is estimated one hundred head of cattle and horses were in the path of the tornadc and were killed or in- jured so badly that they had to be kill- | ed. It is five miles in a direct line | from Van Buren to Fort Smith, and | debris from there was strewn over the ground three miles beyond here. mass meeting is being held to-night to | relieve the destitute. |Making of the Treaty A Great Storm Almost Destroys Fort Smith. | | Urges Both Senators Gear | tionists are greatly MCKINLEY TALKS FOR ANNEXATION an Administration Measure. [ and Thurston to Change Sides. Against Their Constituents Who Grow Sugar Beets. DAVIS'SPEECH CONCLUDED The Senate Will Make Up Its Mind Slowly on the Great Question. Special Dispatch to The Call. P90 0200 0000000000 NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—A ‘Washington special to the Com- mercial Advertiser says: Lines are being drawn tightly In the struggle over the Hawalian treaty. The opponents of ratifi- cation have made a canvass which shows thirty-two votes against “the treaty, and a can- vass of the friends of annexation shows fifty-seven votes for it. From this it appears that the treaty is beaten unless further accessions can be made from the Democratic side. Senators Gear of Jowa and Thurston of Nebras- ka have broken away from their Republican assoclates and have announced their intention to vote against ratification. Sen- ator Spooner of Wisconsin is wavering and is not unlikely to join Thurston and Gear. The influence of the beet sugar guard, which has been felt ever since the question of Hawailan annexation came to the front in 1892, is being exerted strongly to bring other Western Senators 1o vote against ratification, and Mr. Oxnard, representative of the Nebraska sugar Industry, is at the Capitol daily. ‘With this exception little out- side influence is apparently be- ing exerted on either side. Ac- cording to the present pro- gramme it will be some time be- fore a vote can be reached. The policy of both sides for the pres- ent will be one of delay, and there will be no pressure for speedy act unless one side or the other shall become convinced that a roll call will disclose a sure supremacy. & @ @ @ ® ® ® > @ & @ @ PS ® S ® ® ® POPPPIPPPPPOPPIPOOPPPICPOOCOO®OO® 9006006880006 6609 CRRCERCRCRRCRR R X B ®® 6 > @ @ ® & | P00 0000000000600 @ Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 12. There is no doubt that the annexa- | concerned about the treaty. As matters stand to-night it is defeated. The annexatlonists lack four or five, probably six, votes. George Hazelton, who is here in the interest of annexation, appears to be discouraged. President McKinley is warming up to the situation in the Senate regarding the treaty. He never tries to use what is known as “in- fluence” in working on a Congressman, | but has the honest habit of talking straight and arguing with a man a man, the person presenting the most satisfactory reasons to be the winner. The statement that Senators Thurs- ton and Gear had broken away from the list of Republicans supporting the treaty was of interest to the President, and when these two Senators called at the White House to-day to talk patron- | age the President found opportunity to talk over the Hawallan situation | with them. Probably little was said | to Senator Gear, because he was ac- | companied by General Henderson, | whose lilness has prevented his calling ‘: at the White House for months. | The President and Senator Thurston, | | | | however, had a long chat on the sub- Ject. It can be stated with positive- ness that Senator Thurston is unde- cided what he will do. The President thinks a great deal of Senator Thurs- ton and would be pleased to see the Nebraskan added to the list of Repub- licans supporting annexation. ‘What has brought Senators Gear and Thurston to the point of opposing an- | nexation is that the sugar industry of | the islands is crippling, or threatens to cripple, the same industry in Nebraska | and Iowa. This industry has become | a lusty one in Nebraska, and the con- | cern of Senator Thurston is local. | It is understood that Senator Elkins, a hearty supporter of annexation, was | with the President when Senator Thurston walked In. The West Vir- ginia Senator has been working hard with his Nebraska friend to bring | about a change in his views, and when | they met in the presence of the Presi- | dent to-day the arguments were re- | newed. The President took part with | the energy known to him when he is deeply interested in a subject, and he and Senator Thurston discussed the | subject some time after Senator El- | kins left. The administration is be- | ginning to view the growing power of | Japan with keen interest, and the | President thinks the acquisition of | Hawali ought not to be delayed. He is | confident that with the islands becom- | ing a part of this country, a cable to Hawali and one to Japan would be one of the certain results. This cable line would give this country instant com- DEOROTORORORCRCROROROROR R R L 2 L L X L X munication with its fleet in Aslatic wa- | argument before changing his position. | showing that Hawall was in a straight | the canal and Japan and China. | merce, as the guns planted on Hawail | would be pointed directly at the mouth | of the canal. ters, and would put the United States on a stronger basis than it now en- joys. It would also, he thinks, do won- ders In increasing the trade of the United States with the East. The Pres- ident must have had some strong ar- gument “up his sleeve” when he en- countered the Nebraska Senator, be- cause it left the Senator in an unde- cided frame of mind, when shortly be- fore he was against annexation. The President is familiar enough with the subject to argue fluently with anybody, and he knows Senator Thurston is one | of the men who must be convinced by | Senator Davis continued and com- pleted his speech in the executive session of the Senate to-day on the Hawalian question, and was followed by Senator Allen of Nebraska, who spoke in opposition. Mr. Davis requested in the begin- ning that no questions should be asked during the presentation of his argu- ment, as he preferred, he said, not to have the continuity of his thoughts broken. The speech to-day was devot- ed largely to a présentation of the stra- tegic features of annexation. He dis- played a chart in front of the presid- ing officer’s platform, showing the lo- cation of Hawaii relative to this coun- try and to Asia. One of the points brought out with considerable elabor- ation was the probable effect on the Nicaragua Canal of the occupation of the islands by some foreign power. He illustrated by a reference to the map line between the western terminus of | The nation, he said, which controls Hawail will control that great gateway of com- He devoted careful attention to the importance cof controlling Pearl Har- bor, now owned by the United States, | R R R e R R S RS R g | saying that the nation which maintain- ed possession of this harbor would hold the key to the military situation in the North Paclfic. He read extracts from reports by engineers and others in con- firmation of this statement and in sup- | port of a statement which he made as to the character of the harbor, which | was that it was safe and commodious and could be easily defended. He also presented the necessity for controlling Hawall as a b of supplies in case of hostilities, saying that it was almost necessary to control it for this reason on account of the impossibility of a warship crossing the Pacific withou! replenishing her coal supply. Mr. Davis ridiculed the objection made by Japan that the addition of Hawaii as United States territory would be a violation of Japan's treaty rights in the island. He said, In reply to this objection, that all rights would doubt- less be protected, and instanced the | creation of the German empire as| showing the effect of annexation upon | the treaties of various countries which | enter into. a 2onsalije. o « He referred to Japan's protest as an | indication of a natural tendency to ra- | pacity, and sald that the Government of that country should have been satis- fied with the territory wrested from China instead of wanting to gorge her- self by the addition of Hawail. Mr. Davis called attention to the ap- parently cordial relations existing be- tween China and Japan, as manifested by Japan’s offer to lénd her fleet to the | English in thelr cperations in Chmese} waters, where he said the greatest | naval demonstration of history was about to be made. He did not indicate a belief that immediate war would be | the result of European competition over i Chinese territory. On the contrary, he called attention to the fact that the flags of Great Britaln, France, Ger- many and Russle were floating side by side in the Oriental waters, neither | power being apparently anxious to| disturb the other so long as there was | a prospect of each power getting as much as the others were taking. The only way in which the United States could protect itself against this division of territory would be to con- trol the Hawalian Islands. In case we should fail to do this there was danger | of losing very important trade a.dvnn—} Continued on Second Page 60000 NEWS OF THE DAY. ve Weather forecast cinco: winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San’ Francisco . Portland . Los Angeles San Diego for San Fran- Fair on Thursday; northerly 4T Qegrees 48 degrees 48 degrees 48 degrees @ ® & & FIRST PAGE. Dead in the Storm’s Path. Annexationists Are Alarmed. Cuban Affairs Grow Critical. The Jute Bag Scandal. SECOND PAGE. Admiral Walker W More Cash. Schooner Wahiberg Wrecked. Los Angeles School Scandal. THIRD PAGE. Hanna Wins Hiz Battle. War Spirit Grows in Japan. Gypsles Burned to Death. Hot Words Cause a Murder. Durrant's Body Not Yet Burned. FOURTH PAGE. Ducking Stool for Statesmen. Hundreds Fiee From Dawson. Dan Stuart and the Pugs. Baden Murderer on Trial Alsip Has Vanished Utterly. A New Minister to China. SIXTH PAGE. Editortal. The School Scandal. More Money Needed. The Victim of Circumstances. Open the Senate Doors. The Ohlo Senatorship. Traveling Libraries. Music and Musiclans. SEVENTH PAGE. A Long Parade for the Jubiles. An Australfan’s Heavy Loss. A Mad Bull on a_Rampage. News Along the Water Front. EIGHTH PAGE. Commercial. NINTH PAGE. News From Over the Bay. Food 1n Condensed Form. TENTH PAGE. Racing at Oakland. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. TWELFTH PAGE. Meeting of the School Board. The San Francisco Club Opens. Millions for Beet Sugar Land. A Klondike Romance. (34444444 444444444+ Deserted on Her Anniversary. Identifying the Counterfeiter. 9909900000 000000 0000 PPPPVVIVIDPIOPPPIIVNIINIIVIIIPGOPIPOPOPD '9&0s»‘?@e@'?9@@@0@@00000@’9@@@3»9‘3/':' PP000099909990990900909900000006 9 ORDERS T0 HASTEN T0 HAVANA Fleet Said to Be Readiness to Sail. in The Maine at Key West| Awaiting Word From General Lee. Can Reach the Cuban Capital Four Hours After the Com- mand Is Given. MAY SOON BE NEEDED. Her Mission to Insure Protection for Americans and Thelr Interests. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The Journal’'s Washington corre- spondent at 2 a. m. telegraphs that the American squadron at Key West has received orders to sail for Havana. At 2:15 a. m. the Journal’'s Washington cor- respondent telegraphed as fol- lows: “The end isinsight. Within forty-eight hours, on present in- dications, intervention in Cuba will have been forced on the ad- ministration. It will be found not unprepared. Rloting in Ha- vana was much flercer than the censored press reports indicate. “General Lee got at the cable early and reported that the sit- uation was serious and the mob was getting even with Ameri- cans and attacking the United States as much as it was strik- ing at the autonomist policy and thereconcentrados. Americancit- izens had to seek refuge in the consulate. “Lee’'s prompt military in- stincts told him the consulate might be in even greater danger than any other place in Ha- vana, but Blanco at once threw out a heavy cordon of Spanish regulars, with artillery, and the whole square and adjoining streets were held. flflflfifififlfidofififififlfifififififi&fiflfiQfiufifi!fifl + + + + + + + + O L R R R R R R e g NEW YORK, Jan. 12—A Key West (Fla.) special to the Herald says: The second-class battle-ship Maine has re- celved orders to hold herself in readi- ness to proceed to Cuba at an instant’s warning. The orders came by tele- graph to-night. In complance with these orders,Captain C. D. Sigsbee, commanding the battle-ship, has made all arrangements to get under way without delay. He has been placed in Continued on Second Page. FAVORING THE GRAIN SACK RING How San Quentin Prices Yield the Pool Big Profit. Illegal High Price Inflation of the Jute Mill Revolving Fund. State Senator Ostrom’s Caustic Comment. . his sacks at reasonable prices. prison bags. evidence to sustain its charges.” “No, I have no knowledge of the direct violation of the law by farmers or merchants, though I infer from the reports of the jute mill, and the reports published in the newspapers, that it is of frequent oc- currence; ard I believe The Call will 6 206 106 308 308 100 106 306 06 208 300 30 308 306 00 30 308308 308 306 308 500 06 306 306 306 308 X0 0F 6 0 O 0E 0k o ‘WHEATLAND, Jan. 12.—Your correspondent called on Hon. D. A. ©& Ostrom at his residence near Colmena Colony to-day and directed his attention to The Call's exposure of jobbery in prison grain bags. After reading the article Ostrom expressed himself as well pleased that The Call had taken this matter up. Said he: “The suppression of the manipulation of the grain bags by the bag ring has been the fight of my life. now bears my name was the result of months of labor, and at its passage I felt assured that the grain bag ring had been forced out of their illegitimate business, and the farmer would be able to purchase But my hopes have been shattered. “In some way the provisions of the law are evaded and the traffic in sacks s again manipulated. I am heartily glad The Call has taken up this matter, and I hope it probes it to the very bottom. ticle I recognize the fact that The Call understands well the subject, and so far as it deals with the history of the bill, the marketing of the prison sacks, and the market, it is apparently correct in detail. “How is the law avoided by the Prison Directors? Now, that ques- tion I cannot answer for publication, as I have no proof that the di- rectors engage in illegal transactions that some of the directors have very capacious rear pockets. “No, I do not think Warden Hale is entirely to blame, though he shows very poor judgment in his indorsement of the sales of the The passage of the act which In this ar- but it is my private opinion have no difficuity in securing GOOCEOORUNVURRUNRVRNUNO0E RO Pege ettt 2-8 2 3-8 2-8-8-3-2=8-Fc3=3=F=F:FuF=FuFaFuFug=FoFaguFuFugeFal Before entering upon an exposure in | smaller and struggling wheat raisers detail of the manner in which San | with grain sacks approximately at Quentin jute bags are hawked about | the State by middlemen, it will bei demonstrated by The Call that the| Board of State Prison Directors are di- | rectly to blame, not only for the per- nicious system of sales they have fos tered, but for a persistently aggressive policy against the thousands of small | farmers they should have exercised every vigilance and stretch of author- ity to protect. The single and conspicuous merit of the Ostrom law of 1893 lies in its plain- ly pronounced intent to favor v.heI | of managers cost. It assumes, as is the well urder- stood reason of existence of the San Quentin jute mill, that the State is not engaged in a profit making industry to which farmers shall contribute from their oft-times precarious earnings. It should have been clearly comprehend- ed by the board that under the Ostrom ahd preceding jute mill acts thejr duty was not to scheme, as might the board of a private industrial trust, to derive a profit from the legiti- mate, purchasers of the product. One fact is obvious, and the recital MEMBERS OF B N THE BOARD ROBT T. DEVLIN.! OF PRISON DIRECTORS.