The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIIL—NO. 62. The all SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1898. RESCUED FROM bLEAK SHORES OF LEWIS ISLAND Some of the Passengers of the Wrecked Steamer Corona Are Taken Stories of the Survivors Differ, Several Claiming They Were Well Treated, While Others Say They Were Subjected to SEATTLE, Wash.,, Jan. 30.— ‘When the steamer Al-Ki reached this port at 9 o'clock to-night she was greeted by a crowd of over a thousand interested men and women. They gathered there to witness the return of the belated gold-seekers who had gone north on the ill-fated steamer Corona. Although the numbered abou passenger list but twent five returned to They are know as H. E. Pardee, W. A. Smith, William O’Brien, J. N. Hick W. H. Fritts, B. W. Pollock, W. M. Berry, H. Street, C. W. Parker, G. P, Matthewman, L. C. Sehler, J. B. Powells, J. Jacobs, G. E. Moe, W. Fox, A. Mater, Oliver Darby, D. W. Furgeson, C. W. Bridges, F Collins, E. R. Cleveland, H. Tobin, B. G. Wil- son, George Low, J. W. Charles- ton. 108 08 0000 200 00 100 100 00 00 08 400 08 100 08 408 08 108 100 YK RN NR feXsReRuugaRuuRuaRaRuRaFuaPuRaRayaTuuTuTuTaTugads] The wreck of the steamer Corona is now somewhat familiar. She went on the rocks Sunday morning, January 23, off the south end of Lewis Island, about one-half the distance to Dyea. The passengers were taken off in small boats and landed on the rough shore of the island where they camped for over four days, until rescued by the Al-Ki on Thursday. No lives were lost. The freight will be almost a total loas, while the vessel stands at an angle half submerged, “with its bow securely lodged on the rock which wrecked it. Scores of the passengers lost outfits and goods valued at from $100 to $5000. The accident which caused the de- struction of property and imperiled the lives of over 300 men, women and chil- dren, occurred at dawn. The morning had sounded to awaken the pas- ers for breakfast. Scores of the men A some women had been obliged to sleep in the saloon and the social hall on the floors, so great was the crush for space, and three tables were nece: the passengers. Both . Plerce and Pilot H. F. fman were idge, this trip being the latte a pilot. go: seng There was light enough to see the | shore on all sides and the rocky point of Lewis Island over the bow. Per- | haps a hundred men were up, when | suddenly, without warning, a terrible shock océurred, followed by a grinding succession of iser shocks. Those on deck were thrown down by the force of the concussion, and those still in bed were tumbled out in confusion and alarm. It took but an in nt for all | to realize that the ship had struck a | rock. The ship struck the rock at 7:10 2. m. At 7:45 the first load containing twenty women left the side of the ves- sel. A second followed in a few mo- ments, and others were filled rapidly. It was about 600 feet to the shore and it took but a few minutes for a boat to make the trip. Meanwhile the steamer was slowly sinking in the stern. Rather the bow seemed to be rising higher out of the water. It was low tide when the accident oc- curred. were all landed and the baggage was being brought ashore. Those who Jooked over toward the doomed vessel saw the stern was deeper in the water than usual, and that the list to port was more noticeable than when they left the ship. Hastily the men worked to save baggage, blankets and food, as there was no telling how long they | would be obliged to live on the deso- late island. Deeper and deeper the stern of the vessel sank, until at noon, five hours after the unfortunate acci- dent the after cabin disappeared, sub- merging about half or two-thirds of the upper work of the steamer. The rescued passengers were com- pelled to remain four long and weary days on the shore. All felt the pangs of hunger and endured much physical suffering by reason of the unfavorable and severe weather elements. Many distressing incidents occurred during the long wait for relief. Each succeed- ing day anxliety increased, while pro- visions were getting so scarce that starvation was feared by many. All Thursday the rocky cliff was thronged with despairing men and women, hop- ing to get a glimpse of some boat from the north. At last the Al-K{'s smoke was seen far away toward the mouth of the Skeena River. Slowly it drew near and finally came to anchor off the island a mile. All the boats belonging to the Corona had been smashed ex- cept one and the AI-Ki's boats were brought into use to convey the passen- gers aboard. While the loading was in progress the Rosalle came along, also the steam scow Nell. Nearly a hundred of the passengers and crew stayed on | damaged by water. rocky | At 10 o’clock the passengers | to Seattle. Great Hardships. away before dark with some 200 pas- sengers from the island. About 10 o’clock that night she met the Oregon, bound north. The two steamers were lashed together and all but about twen- ty-five of the Corona’s people were transferred and started north again. Those who came the rest of the way are coming down to reoutfit and go north again. From the general expression it is not believed that the injury to the Corona is serious. She lies easily on the bot- tom of the sea and the fact that she filled =0 slowly proves that the hole in her bottom is not large. If a wreck- er is at hand there is no reason why the accident should lay her off more than a few weeks. After the passengers landed the tent in the woods was occupied by W. Glunz and wife and Mrs. Mrs. O. Knox, all of Oakland, Cal., and S. Marcuse of San Francisco. Mr. Glunz was taking up several tons of goods to open a store at Dyea. He had a number of horses aboard which were saved, but his loss amounts to several thousand dollars. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Glunz has suffered so se- verely by the accident, he is going on to Dyea. Mr. Glunz and Mrs. Knox came down on the Al-Ki until they met the Oregon, when they re-embarked for the north. In recounting her experiences, Mrs. Knox sald: “The cragh, when the Coro- nu fan of the ro¢k, was one { shall never forget. We were just preparing for breakfast. As soon as possible the | small boats were lowered and the wo- | men landed on the rocky point nearest us. After they were all safely ashore, | the balance of the passengers were | taken off. Then the crew, aided by a | number of willing passengers, boarded | the wreck and saved some baggage, blankets, mattresses, tents, provisions | and other ship's store that had not been The pasengers im- mediately began to make themselves comfortable with the saved property. It was supposed that it would be only a | of timber. day’'s outing, but it lasted four and a| half. At all hours of the day or night | anxious watchers could be seen on the | | cliff, watching for a boat of any kind | | to take us off the desolate island. We must have been 600 or 700 miles from Puget Sound and 250 from Fort Wran- | gel, the nearest settlement. ““We were treated withevery courtesy by the captain and officers, who exert- ed themselves to see that no one suf- fered. There were a number of horses and dogs, belonging to different pa: engers, on board, and they were land- ed by being lowered over the side of the | vessel into the water and allowed to swim ashore. “It was a barren island when we first | landed, but in a few hours it resembled a genuine boom town, all the camps | being laid out in streets and the | streets named. We had Market, Front, | San Lorenzo and California streets and Van Ness avenue. Much wreckage was washed up on the beach. A drummer for a San Francisco grocery house | found a quantity of his samples of canned fruits among the wreckage, and he presented them to the lady passen- gers. I can assure you his kindness was greatly appreciated. “On Wednesday evening a boat was sighted, and was greeted with cheer after cheer, the entire camp almost 8O- ing wild at the expected deliverance, | but the vessel, after stopving a few minutes, passed on, leaving word that a vessel would be down the next day to take us off. We were quite satisfied to leave the island, as we had quite enough of it.” A. R. Diamond of Portland was a passenger on the Corona. He was most indignant, both at the cause of the ac- cident and the way he was treated on board and ashore afterward. He said: “From the moment the ship struck there was no head and no authority. Everything was in confusion, every- body was for himself, and much of the suffering, both from cold and hunger, that was experienced could have been avoided had there been a show of order or authority. “When provisions came ashore in boats manned by the crew the ship's men grabbed most of them. Many pas- sengers landed almost destitute and there was no way for them to live ex- cept by begging. There were six of us who had become acquainted on the steamer, and we were taken in by six former O. G. boys, who had saved some of their Klondike outfits. I am afraid we would have nearly frozen and starved had it not been for their gen- erosity. We never were able to get one meal from the ship’s stores during the whole time we were there, though there were tons of it came ashore. I asked the second mate for a cup of cof- | | the island in the hope of catching a fee, seeing that he had a supply. He no h-bound steamer. The Al-Ki got | told me to go to — and rustle it for myself, like he did. This was but a sample of the treatment that was ac- corded the passengers by the steamer officers. I never saw people treated so badly, and it is a wonder that some did not perish from exposure and hun- ger.” Another of the belated passengers was E. R. Cleveland of Las Angeles. In an interview with The CaR correspond- ent to-night he said: ‘A grating sound first gave warning of impending disas- ter. The passengers immediately recog- | nized that the steamer was on a rock. | There was no excitement, although | everybody began to get their traps to- | gether. Meanwhile the officers of the Corona were preparing to have the | boats lowered. It was thirty-five min- utes from the time the steamer struck | the reef ufitil the first boat was ready | to receive passengers.- A landing was | madeé on a barren reef, but immediately | in the background was a heavy growth | Most of the cargo and bag- gage became a total wreck. A num- ber of horses and dogs that were on the | steamer were put ashore. Many blan- kets and about a dozen tents were also secured. In about an hour after the Corona struck the reef one end of the island was transformed into a lively camp. “The day opened clear, but by after- noon a severe storm came up and a gale blew all night, adding greatly to the discomfort of the situation. Many of the passengers were most unfortu- ' nate inthefr 1oss, a8 they had expended | about all their money to provide an! outfit and pay passage to Alaska. But they did not feel discouraged. Food was abundant the first two days on the island, but after that it was difficult for all to obtain enough to eat. It was for- tunate that a majority of those on board were more or less prepared for camping. Some of us had all our blan- kets and warm clothing checked as baggage, and the steamer was too low in the water for much of that stuff to be landed in a dry condition.” H. F. Cauffman, the pilot, has been on Pacific waters for about a year. In the East he is well known, having commanded such Atlantic steamers as the Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio. He ran between Philadelphia and Liv 1, and Philadeiphia and Ant- werp. Since he has been here he has been second officer on several of the Alaska boats. There were two infants in arms on the boats. One of these belonged to F. | J. Reynolds and wife of Port Town- | send, who were on their awy to Ju- | neau. Mr. Reynolds lost nearly $4000 on the wreck in goods. The other in- fant belonged to H. Foster and wife, going to Wrangel from Missourl. J. | Jacobs, representing Meyerstein & Co. | of San Francisco, lost four or five large sample cases of fur garments in the wreck. T. G. Wilson, who came out of the Yukon country several weeks ago, was on the way back with ten dogs and sev- eral hundred letters. He lost all his outfit except the letters, which he saved. He came down to Seattle to re- place his goods, and will start again in | a few days. Charles Dexter, the sporting man, for. merly backer of Jack Dempsey, was on the steamer with eight or ten assist- ants. They were going to Dyea to open a large gaming-house. George W. Randall of Chicago was one of the party. DEATH OF JULES EMILE PEAN, EMINENT FRENCH SURGEON. Became Famous for His Success in Delicate Operations and a Com- | mander of Legion of Honor. ’ PARIS, Jan. 30.—Jules Emile Pean, the eminent surgeon, is dead. | M. Pean, who was born at Chateaudun (Eure et Loire), November 29, 1830, prac- ticed surgery continuously in Paris for more than forty-five years. In 1865 he was appointed surgeon of the Central Bureau. Two years later he joined the staff cf the Lourcine, where he remained five years, going then to Saint Antoine, and finally to Saint Louis, where he re- | mained until 1892. He became famous for kis success in the delicate operations of ovariotmy. In 1887 he was elected a member of the Academy of Medicine. Three fears later he recéived the decora- tion of the Legion of Honor, and in 1863 he was made a OP000000999000000000000000090000000090® ommander. Pkt~ Drifted on a Cake of Ice. CLEVELAND, Jan. 30.—Nicholas Bach- us, keeper of the water works crib, had a narrow escape from death to-day. He started to walk ashore on the ice, when the wind shifted and the ice began mov- ing out into the lake. Bacchus was on a cake about twelve feet square. Two fishermen finally saw him, and he was rescued when about one and a half miles from shore. B Summer Hotel Burned. KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, Jan. 30— The Ocean Bluff House was completely destroyed by fire to-night. It was the largest summer hotel here and was owned by the Kennebunkport Seas COWY Loss, $75,000. < i THE RUM NOW 0N IN EARNEST Vessels Reach Alaska Laden With Gold- Seekers. Congestion of the Trails Will Exceed That of Last Fall. Riot at Skaguay Precipitated | by an Attack on Indian Packers. FATE OF A BOY ARGONAUT. Daniel Lopez of San Luis Obispo Frozen on the Summit of ‘White Pass. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SKAGUAY, Alaska, Jan. 23, via Seattle Jan. 30 (by steamship Al-Ki).—The tail end of the last two months’ procession from Dawson City has just about ar- rived. Very few more are com- ing over the up-river trail. The exodus has terminated. Those who remained in Dawson did so in the confidence that they had enough provisions to last them until the regular annual replen- ishing came up or down the riv- er next spring or summer, when the ice breaks up. 0000004000000909 The last party to leave Dawson is aboard the Al-KI. They waved an adieu to Dawson on December 20, and were thirty-one days on the trail. The weather on the way out was extraor- dinarily mild, the thermometer regis- tering 54 degre above zero for days at a time. All Klondikers, going and coming, have been favored this season with a milder winter than has been known in many years. Each incom ship from Seattle and Portland piles up from 150 to 700 men in indiscriminate confusion on the tide- water side of the mountains. The con- gestion of people will be several times greater than that which characterized the scragolie or the trails last fall and summer. The rush has Jjust begun. Added to the difficulty of getting trafs- portation from ports in the States is the obstacle of the mountain trails, which must be overcome before the long float on the water is begun at | Lake Linderman orLake Bennett. The | | { { ing objective point of Yukoners now com- ing in is to get their outfits over as far as either one of these lakes, and a boat built or bought in time for the break- up in the spring. Very few are at- tempting to go down the river during the winter. The police do not let them pass with less than 800 pounds of grub now. The arrival of the Al-Ki here last Saturday night precipitated a riot in | which some blood was spilled. Very | few miners are among the crowds now | coming. A maljority of the passengers | may be described by the two words, “the push,” which has nothing to lose and everything to gain in “any old way.” Gamblers, grabbers, and nonde- script characters are assembling, and the honest Klondiker must keep a clear head to run the gamut and get on the Yukon side of the divide with his outfit. Incoming ships have not been cer- tain for some weeks of longshoremen | to diecharge cargo when arriving at | night, though there has been no shert- | age of longshoremen in the day time. There are scores of men around Dyea | looking for any kind of a job. For this | Continued on Second Page. ——— e ©e000060000900000000000 | & NEWS OF THE DAY. 0 d TeLs > Weather forecast for San Fran- | & clsco: Increasing cloudiness Mon- | & day; northerly, changing to south- | ® erly wind. & Maximum temperature for the past & twenty-four hou ® San Francisco > Portland > Los Angeles > San Diego .. @ & Storles of Lorona Survivors. #® The Rush to the Klondike. & Oakland's Water Rates. 04 SECOND PAGE. & Columbia’s Fast Time. & Warship for Samoa. Slayers of Strikers at Latimer, THIRD PAGE. Annexatlonists Seek Delay. France and the Jews. Russia Wins Out in China. British Troops Driven Back. Fugitive From Justice Caught. FOURTH PAGE. ‘Editorial. The Public Pound. Monotonous Prosperity. Multiplying the Mourners. The Election of Senators. A Permanent Mining Exhibit. “Individual Thoughts,” by a Modest Critic. Storles From the Corridors. News of Forelgn Navies. FIFTH PAGE. Crooked Work Charged. The Feast of St. Paul. . SIXTH PAGE. Pasadena Cycle Path. Coursing st Los Angeles. News of the Guard. Assaulted His Benefactor. SEVENTH PAGE. Sixteenth-street Hold-up. Killed by His Horse. News From Across the Bay. EIGHTH PAGE. News of the Water Front. The Big Mining Fair. Coursing at Ingleside. NINTH PAGE. Births, Marriages, Deaths. TENTH PAGE. GIPPPPIDIOVPDVOPINPIPPPPPPPOPOPPOIP OGP PRICE FIVE CENTS, OAKLAND’S COUNCILMEN ON RECORD EVery Indication That an Attempt Will Be Made to Change Existing Rate Schedules. A Majority of the Members Are Very Guarded in Their Expressions and They Want to Thoroughly Investigate closely, or not. 0Co00000000000 ©000000000000000000 MAYOR W. R. THOMAS. “I have given the matter no at- tention, but I suppose it will get to me when the rest of them are done with it, and then I will have to act. I know nothing more about the conditions of water rates than 1 see in the papers. C. H. ROWE. “T think the water rates are suf- ficiently high now, but before I vote on the matter I shall give it thorough consideration, and may then find that they are too high.” M. W. UPTON. Mr. Upton is well known as a financier, and it is understood by his associates that he will take nothing for granted but will inves- tigate for himself before forming an opinion regarding the water rates. W. D. HEITMANN. Too Free With His Club. The City Pound Row. Manning the Marion. Killed by & Trolley Car, D000 090000000 0000000 @ ©909990909000066606066665 “I have been fixing water rates for about seven years, and I think the present rates are about right. 1 have always been in favor of low rates. There is one doubt in my Tegarding mind, and that is the Matters. That the note of warning sounded by The Call was not untimely, and that there is an idea in the minds of some of the members of the Oakland City Council that a change in water rates might be desirable, may be seen from the following interviews with members of that body. The members, with two exceptions, vassed regarding their opinions as to the advisability of tampering with the present rates. Mr. Upton and Mr. Pringle could not be found, but the conservative attitude of these two gentlemen is well probable that both would hold to the idea advanced by Mr. Cuvellier, that before the rates are again fixed they prefer to do a little investigating for themselves. It will be seen that a majority of the members are either non-committal or say that they an opinion as to the rate question until after they have investigated values for themselv: water companies an opportunity to make a showing in their own behalf. that s that there will be an effort at water rate tinkering during the coming month. Whe: will end to the detriment of the people depends upon whether the people watch the memb. °OOOO00000000000000000000000000000 possibility of the two companies uniting and demanding a rate fixed In accordance with the combined values. We would have to get le- gal opinion on this matter. I am for as low a rate as we can get. If the companies collected a full legal rate I think they would derive sufficient revenue from vestment.” a their in- A. FIBUSH. “I know mnothing at all about this ‘water question, but think we should be fair and just to all parties. I am now, as I have always been, in the interests of the people. I do not think we should fight corpora- tions, for that is what is hurting Oakland now, and if we continue to drive them away we shall soon be in a bad fix. The water question will come before the Council afterit has been through the hands of the committee, and then I have but one Yvote. I have no fight except for the best interests of the people.” C. H. BROSNAHAN. “I don't know that an attempt will be made to raise the water rates. No one has said a word to me about it. I think the companies are to blame if they are losing money, for it is.a well-known fact that they are not living up to the rates allowed by the ordinance. I think the rate fight between the companies has hurt Oakland more than anything that has ever been done. The people are always try- ing to get something for nothing out of corporations. I think the Council is disposed to be fair to everybody, and I think we will investigate mat- ters for ourselves. I don't know whether the rates are too low or not. This matter of rate-cutting should be stopped.”™ J. D. HENNEBERRY. “I think there is too much talk for nothing. I don't know that the wa- ter companies will try to raise the rates. It will be time enough to This can have but one meaning, and were can- known, and it fis will not form es and have given the ther this tinkering ers of the Council 00000000 AGO00 (] 4 | talk about it when an attempt fs made to raise the rates. I don’ | think the Council will stand a rais:. | but I think there are some injus. tices in the prevailing rates. In my opinion, we have no legal rates. The law says that the City Council must fix the rates during the month of February. The last City Coun- cil failed to do this, and the present Council fixed the rates in March. In my opinion, there are no legal rates, I think it is an injustice to ask the companies to put in hydrants in outlying districts at the rate of $1 75 | per month. But I have nothing to | say about this until the matter comes before the Fire and Water Committee next week. I am chair- man of the committee, and shall do my part to have the rates adjusted in February.” » B. C. CUVELLIER. “The Council has no fight to make on anybody. I think we will have to base our action in the | water rate matter on our own in- vestigations and not on what some- body else has done. The old Coun- cil went in when there was a fight against corporations, and especially ; against the Contra Costa Water Company. I think evérything should be falr to all parties con- cerned, and in order to have this it will be necessary for whatever committee the matter is referred to to look into the question without bias. The companies should have an equitable income on a legitimate investment. The companies should NEW TO-DAY. The murderer who, at dead of night | ereeps, stealthily out to bury the dead an mangled body of his victim inspires men | with horror and dread. There is a murderer | abroad who yearly slays one-sixth of all the | human race who go down to untimely deaths. | This dread monster is called consumption, The approach of consumption is slow and | insidious. First there is a slight disorder | of the digestion. The appetite is poor and | the nourishing properties of the food are not properly assimilated. The blood becomes | thin and impure. The body begins to starve. | Old tissues of the body are not properly re- | placed by new. The lung tissues are not | properly nourished and are inert and half | dead. In this condition they offer a iood soil for the germs of consumption which invade and attack them. ‘This operation is promptly reversed by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It invigorates the digestion and appetite and makes assimilation perfect. It builds u and purifies the blood. It makes new an healthy tissue to replace the old, inert mat- ter which it causes to be carried off. It drives out all disease-germs. Thousands of cases given up as hopeless have been cured. Miss Laura Piersel, of Xast Bethlehem, Wash- ington Co., Pa.. writes: ''I must write you tel- ling you of the great benefit derived from the use of your ' Golden Medical Discovery.” Last sum- mer my friends thought I was surely going into consumption, and having tried doctors with no satisfactory results and hearing your medicine so highly spoken of, I took one bottle. My cough leg me together with all the distressing symp- toms, and in fact the cure seemed almost mirace ulous to all who saw me." Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are tiny, sugar-coated granules that are an unfailing J and permanent cure for constipation,