The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1898, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1898 further: recruited. On the side of the | hill near the first descent from the | Scales stood a tent that was partially | buried by snow. When the men came | to it, ¢ ng “Come out! Come out! Run from the avalanche!” there was | no answer, and they hastily tore open | the flies of the tent. Three men lay inside, crushed to death under a weight of h ces and timber that have been thrown upon them by a snowslide. The bodies were taken out and there was some considerable delay before it was fully determined that | they were dead and that the wisest thing to be done at the time was to| leave them. This delay no doubt cost | ny lives. The men returned to their places on the line and it moved on. | Down near the power house of the Chilcoot Railway and Trar pur\ationf Compar the trail divides, a pulh; down per cut being reserved for | indivi s ard handsled men as apart | from the horses and regular pntkmun.! A rope had been stretched along one | side of the trail which is, or was, a| deep gully, b which those going up could assist themselves. T:.> leader of the line had given out exhausted and I place further back, and a new in his place. He swerved | and made down the side trail, in- tending to use the rope as a guide, for the il was now obliterated by the dowr of snow. They had scarcely [ red the lower level of the side when a man ran down the line | The power house falling, boys! L out! Look out | eat snowdrift, sel 3 on the rear end of the | 1e dark line in front of them | for instant, rise de an and fall back, and there was only the | whiteness of the snow where the black | en. as line had b It was though you scattered a handful of ten-penny nails in the so completely and silently did} according to one of | ar who saw it. Men with shovels have been placed at | the 1 rear end of the line. lost. Only one | 8 About twenty on | d of the line were only pzu'b! i, and these worked them- | g them was Hu!-; )k the shovel and be- | fown the line. Messengers | to Sheep Camp calling for as- | d a ame down from | house. The power-house h:\d‘ t was merely the illusion iown upon it. > afternoon and night | n living and the bodies | - dead. The dead and liv-| ried to the power-house | 10w i work of recovered six of twent ng ing were | * near by, where all that could be done | was done for them. There are a num- | sicians at Sheep mp, and ‘ Der of pt they ed )s of assistants, labor- citation of all who were with a co the brought in. The people at Sheep Camp wer >w to believe the first excited messengers from the disaster, but, as of the terrible truth, they turned rs and worked tireles: men in the employ of » Chilcoot Railway and Transporta- ) not realized until s of the was ing, for the nineteen | 1l buried under the , leaving not one to tell of their | T r had Leen almost no out- | > on the line for several days storm. The-men | had the that of th and when one of | S posed that a certain: wire | had gotten out of place on one towers be fixed he found ready *ers, even to the chief, ongmeer‘ 1d bookkeeper. .The party | n started up the trail and reach- | ed t vicinity of the power-house about a half hour ore the men on the | rope came down from the Scales. Som men in the power-hous saw them pass | and declare t there were thirty-five | of them by actual count. This, how- | ver, must be an error, as only nineteen | 3 the employ are missing. | A few moments after they passed | those men in the power-house felt a | snow but paid no attention to ing it to have been . nothing more than a slide. fiom the roof. It| vas half an hour later when a man ran in and gave notice of ‘the slide that | buried the people coming down from | the Scales. So it is clear there were | two avalanche oceurring a half hour apart, at the same place, and both, by a strange circumstance, falling at the | moment wken large parties of men | were passing. The employes of the ortation company were stationed at Sheep Camp, and there they would | have bee >d that evening but| that a messenger called upon Neldon nnett, the there, from J. B. Pierce, the book- | °r, saying that he was all right, | >neral manager, at his | but would not return that night—he | would remain on the summit. The mes- senger was a stranger to Mr. Benneti, and he does not know where Pierce was when he dispatched him or what time he did so, but the message caused Ben- nett to rest easy that night with re- gard to the party. Not until morning did he discover that they were all lost, The party was composed of Clarence McNeil of San Francisco, chlef en- gineer, formerly first assistant chief en- gineer of the sea wall improvement of the Fair estate at San Francisco. He is married and has a family. - George Lewis, foreman of the Stone House camp; 1. B. Pierce of Portland, head bookkeeper, married; Tim Glinn, fore- | man of the camp at Sheep Camp; A. M. Holt of the engineer corps, resi- dence Tacom A. F. King, Tacoma, married; Doran, Tacoma, singl John Merchant; Austin Presto Charles Kinn John Reddy; E. R.| Johnson; Albert Englund, Tacoma; Os- car Anderson; Tom Wall; G. W, Smith, Sedro, Wash., married and family; H. | Yeager, O. A. Ulin; Jeff Salling, Weiser, Idaho. Living and dead were recovered at a depth of from eight to fourteen feet. They were found in every variety of positions as they were caught and pinioned or thrown by the snow. One was found entirely reversed, head down; another upright with hand up- raised, but most of them were lying on their faces. The dead bodies were fixed and immovable in the positions they had been held by the snow. The expression on many indicated an agony of suffering before death came. In nearly every case death resulted from suffocation, a' hough those who were taken out alive after having been un- _der the snow for several hours reported | having had but little difficulty in breathing. The limbs of some of the dead were broken. The first avalanche at the power- house left no living witness, and what it burfed and destroyed cannot be known. The second left some twenty | or thirty people floundering in the snow, dazed and frightened. The wind “vas blowing a gale and the snow was - | tion or roster, | position from day to day as they moved | Frank Bearss, | men to lead the way to Sheep Camp, | lost | stant later I felt myself lifted; | sciousness. | from it a halt was made to induce the | running along the line cried: ‘The pow- so thick in the air that they could not see. They staggered against each other as they worked. Holbrook of No. 99 as- sumed the leadership and urged every- body to do his utmost. Dazed and ex- hausted, some one after some hours suggested that they could work better if they had some stimulant. Holbrook climbed the hill back to his tent, whence they had started, to get a bot- tle of whisky, but found that his tent had in the meantime been buried under a snow slide and two men were under it. He had to remain and alone labor to get them out. Great confusion prevailed all along the trail. Men were hunting for and calling upon their partners, fearful that they were under the snow. The con- fusion and panic spread to the settle- ment at Sheep Camp, and with every one who had friend who was not at hand great anxiety and alarm was felt. As the hours ran into days, however, many of the missing were found, and the friends of those who were not gave them up for lost. The character of the situation—that of a straggiing army without organiza- few being acquainted with their next neighbor, all shifting forward along the trail—makes it prac- tically impossible to gain any idea of the number of the missing. Among those who were on the trail and who were searched for by their friends without success until the time of my leaving the scene at noon on Monday wer C. C. Turner of Omha, Neb. He was | a civil engineer and was taking a boat | over {o Crater Lake. William Folker, who had come out from Dawson last fall, and was return- ing. Among those who were buried under the snow, but taken out alive were the following: C. L. Burge, Emporia, Kans.; Leo Brock, Buffalo, N. Y.; J. A. Rimes, Lockport, Me." and Kansas; Hubbard G. Hancock, Kiowa, I T.; Emporfa, Kans.; — Bowles, Seattle; Adam Muller, Vancou- ver; Tom Hanna, Michigan; E. W. Dal- ton, Towa; Charles Chriscaden, Seattle; J. A. Revencroft, Seattle; John Lally, Missouri; W. H. Maxson, Punxa- tawny. Pa. The above were all on the rope com- | ing from the Scales to Sheep Camp. Tom Callakan of San Francisco and | J. Wilkinson of McKeesport left the Scales ahead of the party with the| rope, but were caught in the slide. They dug themselves out. The following were burfied further down near the Stone House: J. G. Holmes, Mark White, Frank Stedman, W. J. Wallace, Orleans, Neb.; W. J. Jennings, H. S. McGowan and another of the same party, whose name could not be learned, all of Ne- braska; John A. Murphy, Dixon, N. D.; Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 10. Senor Gonzales de Quesada, the dip- lomatic representative of the Cuban Junta, to-day issued the following signed statement to show that the in- surgents have a regularly organized civil government whose independence can be recognfzed: It is circulated by the enemies of the cause of the inidependence of Cuba that| they have no government or civil or- ganization to recognize. It is admitted | by all that there is a Cuban army which has forced Spain to confess her inability and hardships of the soldier written up every d s ar the more admirable example of the v tue and capucity of the people of Cu the creatiop and warking of a civi ganization, is lost; and yet there is writer who has visited the island, Eng lish >r American, who has not told -the world of the govérnment of the republic of Cuba. At this moment a short sketch of the laws and officers of the republic cannot fail to inte merican peo- ioubt in the men who ple and serve to dispel minds of Senators and Con will be cailed to vote f ognizing the republi From the very in ption of the rev tion the Cubars provided for a power. The Cuban revolutionary party which prepared and directed the . move- ment, was a efvil organization, headed by Jose Marti, who zealously aided in es- tabiishing the paramount influence of the law over the sword. General Gomez then | and throu: all the revolution has shown hi irous that the civil au- | thorities ave the supreme power. When he and Marti landed their first aim »nal govern- all the other Marti as the nstitute a prov nd Marti at Mejorana on Ma call for the selection of repres s of the Cuban people to form a government was made, and Marti G and omez marched to the central provinces Lo arrange for these important details. The decrees of that time are always sizned by both Gomez and Marti. The déath of Marti postponed for a Ume the selection of the representatives, but in the beginning of September, 1595, the call previo ssued was complied with. Represent. from each of the Arthur L. Chappy, New York. There were three women tied to the rope line that came down from the Scales—Mrs. W. H. Maxson, Mrs. E. Estes and Mrs. Ryan. Mrs. Maxson the woman who was buried in her tent earlier in the day and who urged the | was lost. Her husband escaped. other two women were on the r of the rope and were not,subm Clift L. Burge of Emporia, Kan., was eight feet under the snow for an hour and was taken out unconscious. His | account of the catastrophe as given to me is as follows: “It had been storming days and the snow lay five feet deep on the level at the Scales. Slides from | the mountain had become frequent. At 1 o'clock Sunday morning I was | awakened by the stove in my tent up- setting. 1 got out and found that a number of tents were entirely buried, and with others I began shoveling. We could hear the cries of the people un- | der the snow. In a few hours we had rescued twenty-five persons. At 9| o’clock another slide buried part of the | tent, and that of Mr. and Mrs. Maxson and others. We dug them out and then this plan of the rope line was agitated and carried out.- Mrs. Maxson was active in this and kept urging the men: “Come, get hold of the rope, boys, and save your lives!” As we ran down the hill in the blinding storm we the trail frequently and got tangled up with the caches that were | strewn along the way. I saw and heard the slide coming and I yelled a warning, ‘There she comes!” An in- then all was dark and silent, and I was pinioned as in a vice and lost con- They say it was an hour | afterward that I was taken out.” Leo Brock of Buffalo, a newspaper man representing the Buffalo Sunday Times, was buried for nearly four hours. He was taken out unconscious, but is almost recovered. He was at Holbrook’s tent No. 99 when the slide came at 9 o'clock, and he helped to dig the people out and afterward helped to organize the rope line party. “It started from a point about 150 feet from the base of the summit,” said he. | “From the foot of the first pitch be- low the Scales it turned to the left for | about 1000 Teet, to where a cable util- ized for hauling up sleds is stretched. On reaching the cable we were about 200 feet below and 500 feet to the left of the tramway power - house located at the foot of the long hill. A small tene was ohserved here almost completely covered with snow. As smoke was seen to issue The for several | | occupants to join us. Two or three of us reached it with difficulty, and found that the rear end had been crushed in. We opened the flies and saw three men there half buried under boxes and bales. We took them out, and upon ex- amining them found that life was ex- tinct. 'We returned to the line, and had hardly moved fifty feet when some one er-house is sliding down. At the same instant I felt myself gently pushed for- ward by the snow—forward and down- word until I lay on my face. Then a weight came upon me that grew heav- ier and heavier, and I felt that the power-house was over me. I was not frightened. I could not move hand or foot, and although there was a tremen- dous pressure all about me I had no great difficulty in breathing. I blew the snow out of my mouth and nostrils. Some one had taken my mits in the confusion before leaving the tent, and some one else had slipped a pair of stockings on my hands and arms. 1 had great difficulty in holding the rope with these, and so twisted it around my arm. I still held to it that way. * “I did a heap of thinking as I lay there, of course. No other idea oc- curred to me than that I was under the power-house. Still I felt reasonably sure that I would be dug out; that| they would follow the rope and rescue me. The thought worried me, however, that if they did not, my wife and friends would never know what had be- come of me, for I am supposed. to be | public of Cuba among the political div ! by the constituent assembly in | ance with the terms of the constitution: | tia | Matanzs provinces of Santiago, Puerto Principe, Senta Clara and the western part of ‘l‘he Ma- in and, comprising the provinces of arzas and Habana, making twenty all, were elected to the constituent sembly, which was to establish government, republican form. constituent embly, composed of doc- y and distinguished Cubans, at Jimaguayu, in_ the province of o Princi on September 13, 139 s duly organized, it solemnly de the independence of Cuba and its ration from the panish monarchy confirmed the existence "of the ions of the world. The constitution, b: on democratic and republican principles, was to be in force two years, unless the freedom of Cuba was obtained previous to the expiration of that time. On the 18th of September the followin; officials of the Government were elected in accord- President, Salvador Cisperos Betancourt of Puerto Prim:lxg\?; Vice-President, Bar- tolomeo Maso of Manzanillo; Secretary of War, Carlos Roloff of Santa Clara; Secre- tary of the Treasury; Severo Pinaof Santa Spiritus; Secretary of the Interior, San- g0 Gracia Canizares of Remedios; Secretary of Foreign Relations, Rafael M. Portunondo of Santiago de Cuba; Sub- Secretary of War, Mari Monocal of Sub-Secretary of the Treas- ury, Joaquin Castillo of Santiago de Cuba; Sub-Secretary of the Interior, Car- los Dubois of Baracoa; Sub-Secretary of Foreign Relations, Fermin Valdez Domin- guez of Habana. The installation of these officers duly followed. The election of the general-in- chief and the second in command, who is to bear the title of licutenant-general, ] was then held, and resulted in the unanimous election of Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo respectively. On the same day the constituent assembly elect- ed by acclamation as delegate pleni- potentiary and general agent abroad of the Cuban republic Tomas Estrada Palma. During the two years of the Cisneros administration and up to the time of Maceo’s death, the civil authorities of the republic have exercised their functions throughout the territory controlled by the republic of Cuba, which is about three- fourths of the island. There is a civil governor in every province who has his subordinates and employes. The provinces Review of the HOW INSURGENTS | “WON RECOGNITION | Establishment of the Cuban Republic and the Battle of Patriots for Independence. are divided into prefectures, under the supervision of the Secretary of the In- terior. The duties of the prefects are vari- ous and are subject to special laws. That these prefectures are in working opera- tion, the official telegrams of the Spanish ress afford innumerable proofs. General lanco, in a communication to his Gov- ernment, under date of March 12, pub- lished in all the Madrid papers, says: “Havana—Captain General to Minister of War: In operations of columns in the east, the military lines of the enemy be- tween Bayamo, Manzanillo and Canto, were broken, also destroving the civil organization 'which they had in that ter- ritory . for two years.” Documents were filed before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations last April, which were published as Document No. 19, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session, Wwhich proved that the civil government legislated as to commerce, g0od work- manufactories, custom inspectors, ces; that stamps have been issued, public schools established, civil marriage provided for; that the public treasury is well organized, taxes being collected and amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, President Cisneros, and afterward President Maso, uing state papers as they became opportune. The military au- thorities are subordinate to the eivil gov- ernment. In many documents the gen- er s0 declare it, and General Gomez, the commander-in-chief, duly took the oath to the constitution.” In July, 189, he published the following circular: ““Headquarters of the Army of Libera- tion: This headquarters being informed of the unworthy proceedings of chiefs and oflicers of the army with re- | to the civil authorities of the re- public solved, as it is not to con- sent in e nor by any person that the sacred principles of discipline, subor- dination and morality of the revolution should be disregarded, but that respect should be rendered to the majesty of its democratic institutions, its commander- in-chief and its officers of the inevitable duty which they have to respect the func- tionaries of the civil government accord- ing to their rank. The military authori- ties are obliged to give the decisive pro- tection of.their force to the civil authori- ties, for the better fulfillment of their duties. The chiefs of the corps, divi- sions and brigades will chastise severely ai. subordinates against whom any com- plaints may be made of their bad con- duct in-this respect, they being answer- able to this he;\(fl]uarlers for their lenien- cy or indifference. SP. Y. L. REMANGANAGUNS, “MAXIMO GOMEZ, General-in-Chief. “July 1896."" 1 reports of the civil governor e east, Carlos .ianuel de Cespedes, for the years 1896 and 1897, quoted in one of Senator Morgan's speeches, confirm every one of our statements and is worthy of perusal. Five newsp are also published in the republic Cubano Libre, La Independencia, El Boletin de la Guerra, La Sanidad and Las Villas. Books have also been published, the first being the primer for the public schools. Pur- suant of the mandate contained in the constitution of 1895, a constituent assem- bly was convoked to meet in October, 1897, to revise the laws and to elect new officers. T.e government council passed an electoral law and. twenty-four repre- sentatives Were chosen from the six prov- inces by all the citizens of the republic, those in the army as well the- civil- ians, the election was untr: eled by the In a notable lettér to General arcia, translations of which reached President McKinley, he told how In San- tiago de Cuba he gave his vote the same s the soldiers and peasants and how in- piring it was to see the people exercise the right of suffrage In districts con- trolled entirely by the republic. It was a brilliant Congress that sat the months of October and November. Dr. Mendez Capote, ex-professor of law in Havana University, presided. The out- going Seccretary of State submitted his reports, which were examined and passed upon by committees appointed for the purpose. A new constitution was adopted on the 26th of October, 1887, which will be in force two years, unless independ- ence is obtained Dbeforehand, when an assembly shall be called to provide tem- porarily for the Government and admin- istration of the republic, until a definite constituent assembly shall meet. The preamble says: ‘“We, the represen- tatives of the Cuban people, freely meet- ing in constituent assembly, convoked by virtue of the mandate contained in the constitution of September, 1895, ratify our firm and unshakable resolve of obtain- ing the absolute and immediate independ- ence of the island, in order to establish in it a democratic republic, and inspiring ourselves in the present necessities of the revolution, we decree the following con- stitution: The constitution determines what is called the republic, who are citi- zens, their individual and political rights, the officers of the Government, their pow-. ers and provides for the assembling of the representatives. The principal arti- cles are: Article $—Cubans and forelgners wiil be pro- tected in thelr religious opinions and in the practice of thelr respective cults as long as they are not opposed to public morals. Article 8—Education is free in all the terri- tory of the republic. Article 10—The electoral right shall be regu- lated by the Government on the basis of uni versal suffrage. Article he administration of justice in refererice to civil matters belongs to the civil authorities, and its procedure shall be regu- lated by law. Article ~ 22~Besldes the. powers conferred upon ft by other articles of this constitution the Government. Council has the following: 1. To make all laws and regulations regard- ing the revglution and the military, civil and political life of the Cuban people, 2. To resolve the petitions addressed to it, ordering those which are not properly trans- mitted to take their due course. . To depose for just cause and under dts responsibility any: councilor or sub-sécretary. This resolution shall be reported to the first assembly and can only be passed by the affirm- ative votes of four councilors. 4. To appoint a secretary and sub-secretaries for the transactingeof business in any depart- ment, when both positions shall have been va- cated for two months. 5. To appoint and remove public function- arfes of all classes in the manner provided by law, ordering that they shall be submitted to the ‘courts of justice In the proper ca: 6. To determine the nolicy of the war and the general lines of campaign, and to inter- vene when, in their judgment, there be found motive for it in the military operations, al- ways by means of the generals of the nation, 7. To raise troops, to declare reprisals and to_grant letters of marque. To grant military ranks from sub-lieuten- ants to major-general in the form established by the law of milltary organization. 9. To issue paper money, to coin money, fix- ing its kind and value. . To contract loans, determining when they shall become due, the interests, discounts, commission and guarantees, and to make all negotiations advised by the public weal, being striotly responsible for the use it shall make | of these faculties and of those provided in the | previous article. 11. To levy taxes, to decree the investment of the public funds and to ask and approve the dccounts of the same. 12. To determine the foreign policy and to appoint and remove agents, representatives and delegates of all classes. To grant passports. 14. To issue the safe conduct necessary for the discharge of the functions of the Govern- ment. 15. To make treaties with other powers, choosing the commissioners who are to cel brate them, but without being able to dele- gate In thém its final approval. The one of peace with Spain must be ratified by the assembly and cannot be finitiated but on the basis of the absolute and immediate inde- pendence of all the Island of Cuba. Article 31—The Secretary of War will be the superior chief of the army of liberty. In the additional articles, as to mili- tary —organization, the following are found: No. 3—That the Government can name and may freely separate the general-in-chief and the lieutenant-general, No. 4—That there shall be a chief for every army corps, appointed by the Government, on the Information or at the proposal of the gen- eral-in-chief as to the first mentioned and by the chief of department, through the general. in-chief for the second. Pursuant of that constitution, which is published in document 129 of the Fifty- fifth Congress, second session, the new Government was selected as follow: President. Bartolomo Maso; Vice-Pre: dent. Domingo Mendez Capote; Secretary of War, Jose B. Aleman; _Secretary of Foreign Relations, Andres Mora Latorre; Secretary of the Treasury, Ernesto Fonts Sterling; Secreta.rg of the Interior, Dr. Manuel R. Silva: Sub-Secretary of War, Rafael de Cardenas; Sub-secreta: Treasury, Colonel Saturnino Lastr: Secretary of Foreign Relations, Alberdl; Nicolas Sub-Secretary of the Interior, Pedro Aguilera Kindelan. The said Government Council appointed Major-General Maxjmo Gomez as gen- eral-in-chief and Major-General _Calixto Garcla as lieutenant-general. But the best proof of the existence of the Cuban capital and Government is the following official telegram published by the Spanish Minister, Dupuy de Lome, dated the 22d of January, 1888, and signed by Senor Congosto, the secretary of the Spanish Government in Cuba. It is as follows: HAVANA, Jan. 21—General Castellanos has taken possession of the village of Esperanza, in the Slerra de Cubitas, where the insurgent Government has its headquarters. During the stubborn resistance made by the insurgents the Government officials escaped. The next day, continuing his operations, the same general do- feated a body of 2500 insurgents who were coming to the ald of the Government, scatter- Ing them®in all directions and killing fifty- nine. CONGOSTO. The Cubans are willing to rest their case on this testimony of the Spanish Governmeré(b\ 5 NZALE DE QUESADA, Charge d'Affaires of the Cuban Republic. fit there, and have written home to that effect. I came back to help an old man through. I do not know, of course, how long I was in the snow when I lost consciousness, but it was three hours and forty-five minutes af- ter the slide that I was taken out. It was several hours after that when 1 regained consciousness.” 9 Mr. Brock was still in bed at the Woodlawn when interviewed, and in the course of his story frequent- ly broke down, especialiy when refer- ring to the thought that those he loved would not have known what had be- come of him. J. A. Rines, an old man of 63 years, was buried for a half-hour, and was taken out before he lost consciousness. He had hold of the rope at about the middle. He could not see well in the storm, but he heard a subdued roar and felt the rush of the snow. He car- ried a staff and planted himself firmly upon it when he felt the slide. Out of of the whirl of the storm and the rush of the avalanche there came suddenly | rest and complete silence, with a pres- sure on every side that fixed him mo- tionless. He realized what had taken place and could see a dim light from above, so he felt he was not buried deeply. His hat and parky had kept the snow away from his face so that he had a slight breathing space. He called continually but could not be heard, although he could dimly hear the voices of the rescuing party. Pres- ently came the shovels above him, striking and cutting his coat, but he was saved. F. B. Holbroook of tent No. 99, who took such an active part in organizing the partv with the rope, as well as in rescuing the submerged, was about the twentieth man from the rear’end of the line. He had been opposed to mak- ing this run and was protesting against it, he said, when he saw the slide com- ing. He was caught only to his waist, immediately struggled out and began to work for the rescue of others. He described how he saw the long line .ahead of him “drop out of sight quickly and silently like a handful of 'nails thrown into the snow.” On the line were his partners and tent mates, Con Gepfert, E. J. Judson, Grimes, Cullen, }Zeck and Dahlstrom, all of whom were ost. “I have seen all manner of disasters and accidents, from a steamboat explo- sion to a railroad collision,” he said, “but never anything that unnerved me like this swift and silent horror, the burial alive, before my eyes, of so many people, some of them to whom I was est-hearted men I had ever- known. And that night in the power house, over on the lakes and have got my out- ‘where a half-hundred bodies. living and dead, were laid, the friends of all of strongly attached as the best and kind-. them calling upon the doctors and every passer-by to come for God’s sake and help them bring them back to life! It was a pandemonium of distress the like of which I hope never to be called to witness again.” A. S. Smith of Kansas City gives it as his opinion that there were about 125 on the rope. He was caught only to the waist in the snow. Immediately be- hind him was a man named Herzog who had a shovel. Smith and he did good work with the single tool. Smith is one of the Burge party, all of whom were caught but none lost. Hubbard G. Hancock was one of the Burge party and was on the line im- mediately’ in front of Smith. He was submerged by about fourteen inches and was completely imprisoned. He could see the light above and called, but could not be heard. Smith cleared the snow away from his head and. af- terward helped to dig him out. Tom Hanna of Detroit, Mich., is a second cousin of Mark Hanna. He was with the rope party and before it start- ed he said that if he was ever caught in a snow slide he would throw up his hand so that the searching party might see it. When found Hanna's hand was up. I Arthur L. Chappy was one of the last taken out alive. He was buried for four hours and did not recover con- sciousness until 10 o'clock Monday morning. He was then taken down to Sheep Camp. His arrival there at that time gave rise to the story that he had been buried for nineteen hours. Chap- Dy is a young man, married and has a family in Detroit, T. M. Black of Punxatawny, Pa., was ten feet under the snow for two hours. He says that he was at first not alarm- ed. His hands were caught up-raised near his face. He immediately began to work one of them around to his mouth to clear a breathing space. It seemed to him an hour before he had worked his hand over to his mouth, a distance of a few inches. Realizing the impossibility of freeing himself under these conditions, especially as he did not know in which direction, up or down, lgy the outer world, he began to despair and determined to try to sleep with the hope that it would merge without pain into the long sleep. He did actually go to sleep, but again awoke. Previous to his going to sleep he had heard despairing voices all around him, praying, calling upon God for help and deliverance.. When he awoke all the voices save one were si- lent and that seemed to be the voice of an old man'just above him, that still kept up an agonizing appeal for God for help. Presently he heard the voices of the rescuers, heard the stroke of the shovel in the snow, heard the man above him released, and at last the snow was lightened. He thrust his hand up and was drawn into the bright world again. On Sunday night a meeting of citi- zens and miners was held and an exec- utive committee was appointed to take charge of the work of excavation and of caring for the wounded and the bodies of the dead and their effects. The committee is composed of J. B. Cleveland, chairman; Arthur Waters, secretary; Dr. J. E. M nle, C. W. Young, C. Deichmiller, John Knee and C. F. Wilks. It has taken charge of the bodies, turned them over .to {friends when called upon, has had an undertaker prepare rough boxes, kept a careful inventcry of the effects found on the bodies of the dead and forward- ed the work of recovering the bodies from the snow as speedily as possible. A called meeting of Masons took charge of the bodies of John A. Mor- gan of Emporia and O. A. Ulin of Se- dro or Wooley, Wash., and will have them embalmed and sent to their late homes. The body of S. M. Grimes was taken charge of by C. B. Haraden and by him shipped on the Australia to Astoria, where his widow now is. The body of I. K. Clark will be bur- ied at Dyea. His brother, J. D. Clark, Wwho is here and was one df the party with him going over the mountain, did not wish to ship it back to his former home in Ohio, although he leaves a widow and family there. Nelson Bennett, general manager of the Chilkoot Railway and Transporta- tion Company, has instituted a search for the bodies of all of its employes killed in the avalanche, and will have them embalmed and sent to their friends. The work of excavating goes on early and late, and will continue as long as anything may be accomplished thereby. £ This disaster, terrible as it was, has been impotent-to check the stampede over the high white summit that stands in the path leading toward the Yukon and the gold fields. Monday, the day following the catastrophe, was a bLeautiful, clear day, and as it open- ed the army of fortune hunters—that part of it that had not been disturbed in person or property by the avalanche or checked by the storm at Sheep Camp—took up its march, threaded its ‘way through workers with shovels on a trail from which the bodies of their fellows were hourly being taken, and climbed, as they must, in single file on up to the mountain top, where their bent forms for a single instant clear inst the sky—and then on over and beyond. To Cure a Cold in One Day . Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- sts refund the money if it falls to cure. g"h!muhlhuLB-Q«onfiohm“ {DOES THIS MEAN SPAIN WEAKENS? Armistice Has Been Granted Without Conditions. All Kinds of Concessions Are Freely Promised Poor Cuba. Appeal by the Queen Regent Through Spanish Minister at Washington. DIPLOMACY IS RENEWED. It Would Seem Thatthe Madrid Gov- ernment Is Not Absolutely Hope- less of Securing Peace. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, April 10. The Spanish Government, through | its Minister at Washington, Senor Polo y Bernabe, to-nirht deliver:d an im- | portant official document to the State Department, stating that the armistice which the Queen Regent of Spain had | commanded General Blanco to pro- claim was without conditions; that her Majesty’s Government had granted | liberal institutions to the island of | Cuba, which the coming Cuban Par- | liament would adopt; recalling the | condolence and sympathy expressed by | the Queen Regent and her Government on the disaster of the Maine and the horror this disastér had occasioned in Spanish hearts and appealing to the! courtesy and sense of justice of the United States Government to enlighten public opinfon upon the attitude of Spain. The note also repeats the offer of the Spanish Government to submit the Maine question to experts designated by the maritime powers of the world. This document was the official noti- fication of the Spanish Government to the United States of the granting of an armistice and its essential terms. inister . Woodford's dispatch last night had briefly stated the fact that an armistice had been agreed upon, but it was not communicated as com- ing from the Spanish Government. To- day's communication cleared up mis- apprehension on the most vital point of Spain’s conditions. | The note was received by the State Department after the first Cabinet meeting and was one of the main sub- jects of consideration at the second | Cabinet meeting held to-night. Al | though the Spanish note.was surrund- | ed with the usual secrecy of officfal ne- | gotiations, the following summary of its cortents was secured: ‘The Spanish Minister in Washington is deeply impressed by the numerous errors which seem to have obtained credit in public opinion in America in regard to duty to call again the attention of the Secretary of the State of the United States to the following points: First—Her Majesty, the Queen Regent which are manded a suspension of hostilities. eral Blanco has been ordered to proclaim. to-day an armistice without conditions. desolating Cuba, has com- details of this armistice, so as to_carry out the generous intentions of her Majes- ty and the wishes of the friends of peace. Second—Her Majesty has granted to the island of Cuba institutions as liberal as those enjoyed by Canada under the Brit- ish flag. The Cuban Chamber will meet on the 4th of next May. It will be their duty and privilege to put into practice and develop these institutions. In addi- tion to this, Cuba is represented in the Parliament at Madrid. Third—Public opinfon in this count appears to ignore the fact that the loss of the Malne was immediately followed by official and reiterated expressions of condolence from Her Majesty the Queen, from her Government, from her charge d’affaires in Washington and from the authorities in Havana; all of which tend- ed to affirm the horror which this disas- ter has caused to arise in Spanish hearts, as dlso the sympathy felt for the United .States Government and navy and for the American nation. The Spanish Minister feels confldent he can count upon the courtesy and sense of justice of the Unit- ed States Government to enlighten the public opinion on the subject. Fourth—As to the cause of this lament- able disaster, It resolves itself into a question of facts which can only be set- tled by material proofs. The Spanish Minister reiterates the assurance that his Government is ready to submit the ques- | tion to experts designated by the mari- time powers, whose conclusions are in advance accepted. Senor Polo y Bernabe delivered the document in person to the State De- partment, and aside from the interest in the communication itself, the call has added interest'as an evidence of re- newal of diplomatic negotiations, this being his first call at the department in ten days. Later Senor Dubosc, first secretary of legation, made another call at the department on the same general subject. Besides delivering the note, the call permitted a personal exchange between the Secretary and State and the Spanish officials of an agreeable character. -— WHISTLED AT _AND INSULTED But General Lee Is Anxious to Re- turn and Make Spaniards Change Their Tune. Copyrighited, 183, by James Gordon Bennett. KEY WEST, Fla.. April 10.—General Lee was so indignant at the conduct of the crowds who watched the departure of the refugees from Havana that he wrote this note to be sent by the pilot to General Blanco: “You have broken every promise made me. 'We have been whistled at and insulted as we go. We will re- turn and your whistle will be that of another tune.” General Lee tore this note up, how- ever, and as the pilot was. leaving he turned to him and gave him a verbal message for Blanco. Beneath the shadow of Morro some one brought a bottle of champagne and glasses, and General Lee gave this toast, “Here's to the officers and men of the Maine, who were blown up by a Spanish mine.” In responding, Mr. Ackers, an Eng- lish subject, sai “May fifty guns speak for each of the Cuban question, and considers it his | of Spain, desirous of ending the troubles | Gen- | He will determine later the duration and | the Maine’s dead, and may each gun mean fifty Spaniards’ lives.” I asked General Lee if his. toast was significant. He replied, “It is sig- nificant only as I speak from the heart, the head.” nofilirr;(m"ue." I asked him, _“tha't Yoy have evidence showing Spanish u_'nuh'-,- cation in the blowing up of the Maine? “I have a report to make on the Maine,” he answered, “which will be in the President’s hands on Tuesday, but I have no evidence.” 3 General Lee again denied in Key West that he had any positive e,v'vldence to add to what the court of inquiry had reported. Speaking to me about pos- sible hostilities, General Lee said: “I believe it is my duty that I should be al- lowed to lead the first division on Ha- vana. I I do, please say in the Her- ald for me that I know how to take a city.” 3 General Lee displayed a letter from i Algernon Sartoris, grandson of Genex_-al Grant, in which he said he wrote to him as a grandson of the great commander on the Northern side to ask one of the leaders on the Southern side to permit him in case he headed an invasion of Cuba to serve on his staff. Mr. Sar- toris added that he was 21 years o‘ld and sound, and presented the compliments of his mother and grandmother. OVATION TO LEE AT KEY WEST. Friends Hope He Will Soon Return to Cuba at the. Head of a Division. KEY WEST, Fla., April 10.—Consul-¥" General Lee’s orders from Washington came soon. They were that h: should take the Olivette, which was in waiting, and proceed to Port Tampa, \..ee he would find special transportation which would take him to Washington. After breakfasting on the Fern with several naval officers, General Lee went ashore. The whole town turned out to meet him. He avoided a display as much as possible, however, remaining most of the time at the naval station with Cap- tain Forsythe, the commahdant, and Captain Cowles 6f the Fern. General Lee expressed gratification that the exodus from Cuba had been made without serious mishap. He also voiced a hope that there might be no longer a delay on the part of the United States in settling the Cuban question. Questions involving criticism of Presi- dent McKinley were put to the consul- general, but he declined to be en- trapped, saying he had no intention of discussing the political matters of his superior, who was doizg well. Delega- tions of Cubans met at the postoffice and addressed a memorial to General Lee, thanking him for his courage ahd firmness, which hac saved so many of their friends from death, and compli- menting him upon the administration of his difficult office. In the meantime, returned Americans and Cuban refugees were swarming through the hotel corridors rejoicing that they were once again on American soil and beneath the stars and stripes. Nearly every one had friends in Key West. The landing was really a home coming., Nearly all the refugees had money enough for their immediate wants. They were all bitter against Spain and expressed the intention of returning to Cuba as soon as Spain ¥ driven out. Most of them thought Ha- na would be capitulating about next ‘Wednesday. General Lee went aboard the Olivette by launch from the naval station at half-past 12 o'clock, and the steamer sailed for Tampa, most of the refugees from Cuba also going to Tampa. Drs. 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