The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1898, Page 1

Call s FOLTME LXXXIIL—NO e FRANCISCO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. = N EXPEDITION LANDED BY [HE BEAR Starts on the Long Trail to Point Barrow. Story of the Northern Voy- age Written by Lieu- tenant Berry. The Call Correspondent Draws a Graphic Picture of the Mission of Mercy. SLEDGE ISLAND PASSED. But the Revenue Cutter Puts In at| Cape Vancouver and Leaves the Overland Re 1ers. By Licut. J. G. Berry, U.S. R. M. UNALASKA, Alas| 1897 [Q ttle, Feb. 13 overland S on for the r of the whalers i soned in the Arctic ice has been landed, and is v tramping through 1 to Point Bar- kind year on the laus has started, n north, where little ndful he must be that home. But we must - that, espectally sin ce our own childhood. in this enlightened age, to reciprocate his Now, howev we are beginning tates of America, herself a among nations, should be the first to mpt to repay the debt which for age after age has covered but ane side of the ledger. The revenue steamer Bear is back at Unalaska, unharmed and ready to fol- low in its track, when the summer sun shall clear a W through the ice to ean. the Arctic All on board are well al mewhat depressed by the prospect of a dreary winter and spring in the comparative solitude of Alaska. til this enterprise hove above the horizon we had planned so oying the comforts of slope after the 1g Sea or in watching ng those same whalers thers in the Arctic. But 11 that can now be done , and the rest is prac- You may think upremely happy to Just try it some or Ju s. ong rest. ed you in my last letter ka on December all of the extra pace ordinarily reserved “o e =3 e boxes of Christmas ents presents of the P ad been sent by the children fic Coast left the wharf there o b and went around to Dutch Harbor, where we began as soon as possible the morning to get our coal and water on board. We took in enough coal to bring the total up to three hundred tons. We freshened the water in the boiler and then filled all our tanks with fresh water. To be sure we have a coil for distilling salt water so that it M s good to drink. But that takes coal for evaporating the salt water and coal is very valuable when you once get stuck in the ice. For at that time we more than half expected such an ex- perience. The water ran but slowly and it was fully 11 o’clock at night be- fore the last tank was full. Then, to sold sailing on Friday perhaps as ch as anything else, Captain Tuttle waited until 1:35 in the morning. At that time, December 11, we cast off from the wharf at Dutch Harbor and steamed out into Bering Sea. Our good luck, which has followed us from Cape Flattery, did not de- The wind came, strong ir, from the southward and cast- and with all sail set, the old s now. ward, Bear broke into a steady lope toward the North, leaving betwe2n ten and eleven knots behind her every hour. The aim was to sight Nunivak, the large island off the Yukon delta, but the horizon was not clear when we reached the nearest point to the island, and we passed by without seeing it. So northward we went. Nothing but sky and water was in sight until the 13th at a quarter to one in the afternoon. Then for the first time I noticed that the surface of the sea was beginning to be covered here and there with slick places, as if oil had been spilled over- board and had spread out. The waves did not break in these places, and as they became more thickly gathered to- gether, the whole surface of the sea 'was perceptibly calmed. Soon it be: came apparent that this was very fine ice. I reported the circumstance to the captain, and he and several of the other officers came out on deck to observe it season to bring glad- | under so deep obli- | And it is fitting that the | spent in chasing pelagic | the whalers which | ed our decks and | Iso turned over to the | little Aleuts, which | MARCHING OVERLAND TO THE RELIEF OF ICE-BOUND WHALERS | The Bear Landing the Point Barrow Party near Cape Vancouver, Nelson Island, and Lieutenant Berry, Special Correspondent of The Call. | 11 | Map Showing the Route of the Bear from Unalaska Until She Landed the Point Barrow Expedition Near Cape Van- couver, Nelson Island. we could make out the outlying rocks They were covered with snow shore ice stretched from one to s | another. | to the northward, detached cakes of ice were floating out to join a cluster of dazzling, white islands, bobbing up and down with the waves of Bering Sea. The temperature of the air had fallen it was now between 30 and 32 Fahren- heit. The sea water showed a temper- ature of 29 and 30, almost down to the freezing point of salt water, which is 28. By 8 or 3:30 the Bear was well in the ice, encountering cake after cake of it. It was soft and mushy, but no one knew how far it might extend, and, moreover, if it were possible to reach Sledge Island, who knew if the Bear could get near enough to the hard shore ice to make a landing? For there might be floating ice extending for miles outside the grounded cakes. Per- haps the whole Bering Sea to the northward of us was a mass of ice. So, at 4:45 p. m., the Bear turned and stood to the southward, hoping to find a fa- vorable place to land near the mouth of the Yukon. 3 The Bear, fitted especially for work in the ice, has a steam pipe leading to each opening through the bottom of the ship, so that they may be thawed out should they become clogged with ice. At 10:30 p. m. on the 14th a plug in the pipe leading to one of these outboard connections blew out. The fire-room and engine-room immediately filled with steam. Nothing could be seen, even If the stationary lamps had not gone out. Mr. Bryan, who was on watch, could not tell but what the boil- er or main steam pipe had given way. Finally, by means of a lantern, aided by the sound of escaping steam, the leak was found and the steam shut off, but not before all engaged in the search had got thoroughly wet and somewhat scalded. At 9 a. m. December 15, land was and to look out for other and more formidable signs. At 1:10 p. m. we saw the first lump . BE dce, foatipg in the midst of ope of l l sighted to the eastward, and the ship stood slowly in toward it, sounding as she went, for the water was shoal. At 3:20 p. m. we rounded Cape Vancouver, | Aust inside of la_xg.vu}‘hma. and on | those patches of scum. At 1:22 Jarvis | sighted St. Lawrence Island, and soon | To leeward of them, that is | since we had got near the land, so that | . o4 R ++ ++ /) S CR C PPRECIATES THE CALL'S GENEROSITY UNALASKA, ALASKA, Feb. 3 (via Seattle, Wash., YEE A A4 +He4+ e EW +4 ++ Feb. 13).—United- States steamer-Bear, oniAsctic, milelt F¥ expedition, in winter quarters at Unalaska, Alaska. ii To Hon. John D. Spreckels, San Francisco Call, San 4+ Francisco, Cal.—SIR: We, the warrant officers and crew :: of the United States Arctic relief steamer Bear, wish to 4+ testify our appreciation of the generosity of the San ** Francisco Call and of your thoughtfulness for our comfort :I in this bleak and desolate country of Alaska. Not only ++ did you call the attention, first of all men, to the suffer- :: ings of the imprisoned whalers, but by supplying us, who ++ have volunteered to rescue them, with the comforts as :i well as the necessaries of life, you have served the inter- 44 ests of humanity almost as well as in the first instance. *++ Very respectfully, II Judson Thurber J. R. Daniels I: William Boundy T. M. Toverd +4 C. Johnson John Petersen L8¢ . 'G. L Linbert R. Hughes :1 | L. Roscig A. Becher +4- :: Axel Swanson O. Olsen :t [ 44 W. Christoffersen Jack E. Crinskony 324 od W. Schultz R. L. Aldrich 19 e Henry Hink S. L. Johanson ++ :: A. Lindholm G. Hatman B3t 284 William Goodman E. Richards +4+ William Douglas James Kenney 3 Edward Crowley A. Careva e ++ ++ +4 Valentine Wilde F. Crowell ++ 166 James Garey James Igo :: ++ Bert Branin L. Larsen ++ :: Charles Kelly J. Harris ‘:: ++ H. Costello, +4 ++ ~ e UEUHUTTTEVETE CUUETOPIA OO U T U0 DRS04 PO PO POPPPPRPDLL L2099V OS ¢ the eastern end of Nelson Island to the south of the Yukon delta. Then we s{eered to the northward and eastward. looking for a village— there are two of them on the chart there — from which the expedition might be started. For the dogs which we had brought from Unalaska were not trained, and although they would have to be trained as they went, pro- vided no others were obtainable, it would be ever so much better to get from the Eskimos dogs that had done the work before. Now, for an hour or g0, the temperature of the air and water as well fell to 24 degrees F., well below the freezing point of salt water and new ice was forming, thin but hard, inside between the thicker but soft ice and the land. At 3:50 we sighted a village, found afterward to be Tunumak, and at 4:16 the Bear anchored in Hazen Bay, about eight miles from the village, to wait for daylight. All that night the ice went by us, drifting with the tide at the rate of three knots per hour at its strongest. Then as the tide turned, back it all came. Sometimes it swept off shore, outside of us; again it would swerve in and envelop the vessel. The thin new, ice had melted by this time as the temperature of the water rose to 29 and 30 degrees. But the wind came down in the heaviest kind of squalls from the mountain tops. On the 16th at 8:45 a. m., we got un- der way and stood in a little way toward the village, and at 9:20 an- chored. Hardly was the anchor down when two kayaks were seen coming e the Siilp. Tlisw hung off 9= & and would not come too near us. The craft apparently held but one man each. I say ‘apparently,”. because frequently a kayak will come from a long distance and the man will'get out. Presently, from one end of the craft a squaw will emerge, then two or three children will make their appear- ance. Finally some dried fish, their staple food, is brought out, and the observers wonder, just as when a magician hauls yard after yard of rib- bon from his mouth. Then Lieutenant Jarvis went ashoretoseeif it were prac- ticable to land. Meanwhile a two- hatch bidarke had come over from Tunumak to the Cape Vancouver beach. A half-breed trader in this craft told Jarvis that he was going to St. Michael in a day or two. He ex- pected to reach the settlement in ten days and the overland expedition might go with him. This was un- expected luck. Allowing for two days to get ready, that would bring them into St. Michael by December 28. As the whole Yukon delta is, so far as the charts tell us, a trackless waste, there {8 no knowing just what direction the guide would take. But following the villages as shown in the chart, the dis- tance from Cape VancouvertoSt. Mich- ael, cannot be less than 240 miles. Con- sidering the nature of ground and the reputed fact that the rivers are not yet fully frozen over ten days seems only too short. I doubt if they got to the end of this, the first stage of their journey, before the 10th of January. Of course Jarvis was delighted at this the ship preparations were at once be- gun for landing the expedition. Accordingly at 10:30 o'clock Bertholf shoved off with one boatload of gear. Shortly after the second boat with Jarvis, Dr. S. J. Call and F. Koltchoff, who has lived in this part of the coun- try for some years, left the ship with most of the rest of the outfit. I went with this boat. Brown was not going to send any officer to bring back the boat, but I wanted to see Bertholf at the last moment. Besides that, so long as they would not let me go in the overland expedition, I wanted to have 488 mueh fun as I could with the fellows {-under thdt were going. So I prevailed on him to let me go. Bertholf went sailing along merrily until he got opposite the place selected for the landing. When he found him- self down to leeward he dowsed his sall and pulled to the shore. It was blowing a gale and the sails on both boats were reefed, with the sprit out. We had not much more than gotten clear of the ship in our boat before the mast went over the side, taking with it the thwart in which it was stepped. So we had to row the whole two miles to the shore, mostly against the wind. The spray dashed over the boat until the crew and Mr. Koltchoff, who were dressed In the clothing furnished by the San Francisco Examiner, were wet to the skin. But the rest of us, clothed in the fur parkays and trousers given us by The Call, were as dry as a bone. Koltchoff made several remarks unsuit- ed to the climate, and, since he also had the fur clothes from The Call, although he had not chosen to wear them as yet, I could not feel so sorry for him as I might have done. Bertholf had unloaded his boat and sent it back to the ship before we reached the beach. When we arrived he was stand- ing in the midst of a pile of goods and Continued on Second Page. f? R R R R R R R R RN NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- clsco: Fair Monday; continued warm weather. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: Rescue of Ice-bound Whalers. Fighting San Jose Boodlers. \ SECOND PAGE., Los Angeles and Corporations. Seeking Halnes' Brother. : THIRD. PAGE. War Clouds in Central America. Seal Branding Successful Klondike Relief Steamer Sails. Witness Spirited Away. France Faces a Crisis. Spaniards Tamper With Mall. FOURTH PAGE. Riot on a Japanese Steamer. Death of a Hungarian Diplomat. Work Before Congress. Garcta and Wife Arrested. Fast Hounds Are Polsoned. FIFTH PAGE. Raymond Adds to His Confesslon. Todd Sloan and His Rival. Tried to Kill His Partner. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Put Up or Shut Up. Our Enormous Business. The Water Rates. Lincoln Day Speeches. Clearing the Decks. The Maid and the Matroa. “Individual Thoughts,” by & Modest Critic. Answers to Correspondents, SEVENTH PAGE. Judge Denny, the Turf Wonder. Thomas Hill's Nemests. A Syrian Wedding. EIGHTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front. The New Major-General. Celts at the Chutes. Natlonal Guard Notes. Arrested at a Funeral. - NINTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. Shooting at Shell Mound. TENTH PAGE. “Lincoln Day’ Sermons. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages. Deaths. TWELFTH PAGE. A Sensational Suit Promised. Veterans Play Baseball. . Grand Jury After Teachers. A New Kiondike Sleigh. 'D00006000000060000000000060000006000000000000600000066000000006000000 600 SAN JOSE'S BIG BATTLE FOR FREEDOM Thorough Organization to Secure an Honest Government. Under the Banner of the New Charter Club tion by a realization of the wide-spread | corruption that exists in the adminis- | tration of municipal affairs 'the best | citizens of the city of San Jose have | organized for the overthrow of the men | who seek public office for the benefits that they may secure for themselves, for their relatives and their friends. How thoroughly the corrupt political gang has control of every department of the city and county governments and how inconceivably corrupt are the men and methods of this band of boodlers have been brought home to the citizens by the exposures made in The Call dur- ing the past few months. This is ad- mitted by every decent and reputable resident of San Jose and of Santa Clara County. The city election is only about seven weeks ahead, and the people see in this event their way to pure and economical municipal administration. An organi- zation has already been effected and plans have been formulated which are | designed to place the reins of San Jose's government in such hands that this city will in the future be held up as a model of all that is desirable and com- mendable in municipal government. In this grand and noble work for the public welfare are enlisted many of the most wealthy, influential and promi- nent citizens, They have joined hands “the banner of the New Charter Club, which “was instrumental, more than any other influence, in securing the adoption of the present charter for | San Jose, an instrument acknowledged to be one of the best ever approved by the Legislature of the State. The officers of the club are as fol- lows: President, H. E. Schilling; vice- president, J. P. Jarman; secretary, D. M. Burnett; financial secretary, J. J. Southeimer; treasurer, T. Ellard Beans. Schilling is an ex-Mayor and ex-Coun- cilman of San Jose, and is known as one of the strongest anti-gang men in the community. During his term of office he was always found on the side of the people despite the desperate efforts of the gangsters to whip him into their camp by tricks and threats. Jarman is also an ex-Councilman and his record is one that ensures him the confidence of the people under all circumstances. Burnett is an attorney and has the good government movement greatly at heart. He has been ready at all times to give the benefit of his advice to the leaders of the movement and always with good results. Beans is the president of the Bank of San Jose and no man stands higher in the community in every re- spect. Southeimer is an ex-County Clerk of this county and in that posi- tion showed that he was worthy of any political trust and honor that might be conferred upon him. Part of the organization of the club comprises two constitutional commit- tees. One of these is the advisory com- mittee, of which T. A. Carroll is chair- man. This committee deals with the policy of the club, but its functions are simply advisory. It is composed of fif- teen members. It also decides the man- ner in which the campaign shall be carried on, has power to appoint sub- ordinate committees and arrange pre- cinct organization. The other commit- tee is the finance committee. This con- sists of eleven members, -and its chair- man is C. M. Wooster. These two com- mittees, with the president of the club, comprise what is called the nominating committee, before which the names of all candidates for the several offices to be filled in the coming election are placed for consideration. After the committee has made its selection the name is submitted to the club for the approval of the members themselves. Should the name be unacceptable the committee is so informed. It is its duty then to submit other names until the approval of the club is secured. It is the avowed purpose of the club to place a full ticket in the field for the election for city officers to be held on April 11. At that time the people will elect a Mayor, Treasurer, City Clerk, five Councilmen and an Appointing Board of fifteen members. The great fight will be on the Mayor and the Appointing Board. The latter will have the duty to perform of appointing a Board of Health, Board of Education, Board of Free Public Library Trustees, Board of Park Commissioners and Board of Police and Fire Commission- ers. Each of these boards is to consist of five members. It is the great powers thus placed in the hands of the Ap- pointing Board that will make it one of the chief bones of contention. The Mayor is also a member of this board, and it requires eight votes to make an appointment. Every person is eligible to member- ship in the New Charter Club who is against the present gang rule, and who has no affiliation in any manner with the and boodlers. The great- gangsters Vest care will be exerclsed jo gxcjudg | stmgisppais inplle .. < - the Citizens Will Drive Boodlers From the City. SAN JOSE, Feb. 13.—Aroused to ac- | those who are known to have any cons nection with the ring of corruptionists, and even more caution will be used to see that none but persons absolutely free from even the taint of the gang are nominated for any of the city offi- ces. The New Charter Club is organized on an absolutely non-partisan basis, and former party affiliation will not be allowed to enter into any question un- der consideration. Every effort and sacrifice, if necessary, will be made to maintain harmony in the ranks of the club, as it is fully realized that victory can only come by united and energetic action. As showing the non-partisan character of the organization it may be stated that the chairman of the finan- cial committee is a Republican, while the chairman of the advisory commit- tee is a Democrat. All parties are also equitably represented in the personnel of both these committees. The officers of the club state that they intend to place a ticket in the field that will meet with the approval of the people from top to bottom, and that there will not be a single man on the New Charter Club ticket for whom it will be necessary to apologize. They say their idea is to put up such a ticket that whoever wants good and econom- ical government will be able to vote the club ticket straight from top to bottom. Only well-known men of established in- tegrity in business and private afiairs will be placed on the ticket. 3 The club now has a membership of about 250, and it is growing at the rate of 100 each week. The nominations made by the club will be given to the public in about three weeks, and cer- tainly not later than four weeks from this writing. The reason for announc- ing the ticket so early is to give any element that is not satisfied with the nominations of the club ample oppor- tunity to place other candidates in the field. Under the old charter there was no salary attached to the position of coun- cilman, and the Mayor received only $600 a year. Under the present instru- | ment the councilmen get each $300 a year, and the Mayor’s compensation is $2000 a year. This matter of salary, it is believed, will be an additional in- ducement to good men to accept the honors of those offices, but will also be a further incentive for the boodle gang- sters and their heelers to make desper- ate efforts to defeat the decent and re« spectable people. The work of the New Charter Club is not to be confined altogether to matters pertaining directly to the ap- proaching election. There is a special committee of ten, whose duty it is to see that all the provisions of the new charter are being carried out by the official incumbents and to prevent or punish violations of the charter and of the laws. Two injunction suits brought by the club against the council to pre- ADVERTISEMENTS. There are bandits £ nowadays as well as in the days of old. Business men have to meet what are known as business - bandits, pistol, but they re- sort to all manner. of dishonest busi.. == ness methods, and the homest business man must be bra: strong and steady if he would meet :ni overcome them. The modern business man needs above all other qualifications—good health. Without good health, he may be. naturally shrewd, bright and capable, but he will eventually fail. It takes a keen brain and steady nerves to be successful. Impure the brightest brain and blood will befog shake the steadiest nerves. 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