The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1898, Page 1

to be taken from the Library.* e . SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CAUSE OF THE OCEAN HORROR UNDISCOVERED Those Who Could Tell Why the Mohegan Hugged the Shore Perished. Mrs. Sophia Cass Crane of Sanp Francisco Among the Victims of the Terrible Disaster. LONDON, Oct. 16.—The Atlantic|and its vicinity bear other names. In Transport Company issued the follow- | Boston newspaper circles Mr. King's ing statement this evening regarding |DBameisu r., Probably;hojvasa the fate of the passengers and crew o | Wealthy summer resident of Nantucket. the steamer Mohegan, which was| TuE DISASTER IS wrecked last Friday off the Lizard, between the Manacles and the low- lands: “Of the pass i, ten ngers eleven have been es have been recovered are missing. attlemen thirty- fourteen bodies | bod w and °n saved, statement was issued nine s have been picked up, in- cluding two that have been identified > of passengers. ports of the various c nts differ widely as to the cov nd Ic th been able to obtain t ved or of the bodies of the ces from Falmouth | that thirty-eight | entified 5 ur are | ng those of two elderly | ears to be a Germ [ tch and a wedding ring, “1871.” The other wore h with the letter “D” 1 is probably the body of | Suncan. | Sodies have been brought | he others to the village | Keverine. The rescued are being sheltered at cot- | -ng tages along the shore and the crew at almouth. ng in the vicin- | very rough | the Sailors’ Home at Tugs have been cruis ity all day, despite the i weather, in the hope of picking up | other bo | The cause of the disaster remains the | profoundest mystery. Nobody attempts | to expla yw the Mohegan got so far | * porth of her true course—from six to | seven m There was no fog at the | time, while the wind on her port quar- | was not sufficient to prevent her It has been sug- | compass was faulty, 1 long after Eddy- s passed. the fact that the Liz- not visible should have ter ard light wa gerved to give the alarm. | The masts of the Mohegan, which are | gbove water, show that her stern Is landward, causing a theory that the | navigation officer, on discovering that | he was in the bay, suddenly turned seaward. Two engineers who were | saved declare, however, that they never : slackened speed. Remarkable stories tinue. Robert Barrow, a seaman, performed | the feat of swimming through the | roughest water to Cove Rack Point, a | distance of two and a half mi He | climbed up the rugged cliff, where a gearching party found him early the next morning completely exhausted. A. | C. of rescue con- L. Smith of Oregon, a passenger, | surrendered to a woman in the water | wreckage that was supporting him and | swam ashore unaided. The woman was saved. Her pame is reported as Miss | Webb, but no such name appears in | the company’s list. Messrs. Smith and W. J. Blooming- | dale say there was the greatest diffi- culty in launching the boats. The ropes were new and stiff and the blocks would not work. Four or five times as many | sailors as should have been necessary struggled to lower each boat. The lockers were hard to open. Z The crew, in a chivairous effort to | save the women, made a mistake of undermanning the boats. There were | only four sailors in one boat, which | capsized as soon as it was launched. Messrs. Smith and Bloomingdale say | that Captain Griffiths had appeared ill all day. The death of T. W. King, who was a newspaper proprietor of Nantucket, | Mass., and of his family, including Mrs. King, her mother, Mrs. Weller, and his sons, Rufus, aged 11 years, and An- | thony, aged seven, has caused deep sor- | row at Penzance, where the family had | @ summer cottage and were Very pop- Joseph O'Rourke, King's valet, who was saved, says he was on deck when | the c h came. The lights went out | immediately. Rushing to the saloon he | heard Mr. King exhorting his family to | keep cool. O’'Rourke, with seven others, clung to the rigging until 6 o’clock yes- | terday morning, when a lifeboat took him off. He identified the bodies ot the Kings and Mrs. Weller, and will have them embalmed and taken to the United States in accordance with ca- bled instructionsg from the relatives of the family at Nantucket. The description in the London dis- patch of Mr. T. W. Kiag, as a news- paper preprietor at Nantucket, Mass., is probably erroneous. Inquiry shows that the prop- rietors of the local papers in Nantucket been recovered and fifty-one are | | killed ‘{ UTTERLY INEXPLICABLE | FALMOUTH, Oct. 16.—John H. His- lop, the New York yachtsman, who was | saved, in the course of an interview this afternoon condemned the double he said, impeded the launching. The masthead light, in his opinion, should have been an oil instead of an electric lamp, as In that event it would not have been extinguished, but would have | furnished a beacoi to guide the life- boats. Mr. Willlams, the company’s mana- ger, says the disaster is utterly inexpli- cable. The ship was new, he asserts, while the captain and crew were most rellable. He says the crews of the com- pany’s vessels have constant boat prac- tice, and he is indignant at the insinu- ations regarding the condidtion of Cap- tain Griffith. Up to midnight fifty-one bodies had been recovered. Some were found miles away, in coves; and it is expected more will be washed ashore to-morrow. Many persons undoubtedly were by being dashed on the rough rocks, who would have escaped if cast ashore on an ordinary coast. Some of the bodies are horribly mangled. A | great deal of jewelry and money have been found. As all the navigating officers were lost, it is doubtful whether light will ever be thrown on the cause of the dis- aster. All the flags ashore and on the boats in the bay are at half-mast. SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN ONE OF THE VICTIMS CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—Mrs. 8. C. Crane, mentioned in the dispatches as the wife of Stephen Crane, the novelist, lost on the steamer Mohegan, is Mrs. Sophia Cass Crane of San Francisco. Her brother, Rev. F. A. Hall of Westfield. N. Y, is in the city on business, and is stopping at the Palmer House. Hall only learned of the disaster to the Mohegan on Saturday night, and was shocked to read the name of his sister in the passenger list of the lost vessel. “I left my sister in London four weeks ago,” said Mr. Hall to-night, “and there is no doubt in my mind that she sailed on the Mohegan. She was to have sailed about that time, and the initials being the same makes it cer- tain in my mind that she has been lost. | I received a telegram from Mrs. Crane’s sister in San Franciseo. and she also believes Mrs. Crane drowned. We have been traveling together in England since July 1, and I left Eng- land September 1. She was to have stayed in London four weeks, and was bound for her home in San Francisco. There is a possibility that she was aboard some boat that has landed in an out of the way place, but the chances seem to be against it.”” Mr. Hall is a clergyman of Westfield, N. Y., and arrived in this city on Fri- day. He leaves for his home to-mor- Tow. gy MRS. MARY FRASER ABOARD THE MOHEGAN TOLEDO. Oct 16.— S. W. Fraser, a well known Toledo attorney has re- ceived word that his sister, Mrs. Mary Fraser of Marion, Ind., was aboard the | ill-fated steamer Mohegan, — NORWEGIAN SLOCP DRIVEN N ROCKS NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Oct. 16.— The Norwegian sloop Fremzad was driven on the rocks at Blyth, about eleven miles north of Newecastle, in a fierce sea to-day. The crew was res- cued after heroic work by the life boats, one of which capsized in the at- tempt. FAIR MRS. COLGATE TO WED A TITLE From England Comes a Rumor of Her Betrothal to the Earl of Stafford. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—From England comes the rumor that Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate of this city is engaged to tne Earl of Stafford. Mrs. Colgate is a beautiful woman, the widow of Samuel J. Colgate, the New York banker, who died here four vears ago, leaving to his widow and children a handsome fortune estimated to be in the millions. Mrs. Colgate has been living abroad for the last three years, and for two seasons past has been about a great deal in the best English society. Lord Stafford is the fourth Earl of Stafford, having succeeded to the title last March on tue death of his brother. Pre- vious to that, as Hon. Henry Willlam Byng, he was an equery to Queen Vic- toria. He is a widower, his wife, who died in 1850, having been before her mar- riage Countess Henrletta Danneskiold Samsoe of Denmark, a direct descendant of Christian V, King of Denmark, and, therefore, related to the Princess of Wales, Sk afling around the ship’s beats, which, | Mr. | INSOLENCE OF THE PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS Braving the Wrath of America. PREVENT A VESSEL LOADING UNITED STATES SHIPS TURNED AWAY FROM LAGASPIL Officer of the Cruiser Raleigh Not Allowed to Land Without Per- mission From General Aguinaldo. Special Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, Oct. 16.—The insurgents at MAYOR PHELAN : Captain Dutton, which arrived this morn- ing from Liverpool and Queenstown, was detained on the voyage on Monday, Octo- | ber 10, for seven hours, owing to a broken | bolt of the eccentric strap. The accident | happengd at 6:25 p. m,. when one day out from Queenstown. ~The chief en- gineer made the necessary repairs and the steamer proceeded without further | incident. Among the Umbria’s passen- | gers were; August Belmont, Dayid Blis- | ham, J. Sergeant Cowan, J. Melville | Duey, Louis C. Ledyvard, Countess Mac- clolf and Charies Van Alstine and wife, the bride of the Klondike. “THE DEMOCRACY ? ! a4 (SRS ARRTRRY 0 | AM THE DEMOCRACY ! Lagaspl have prevented the American steamer Hermanos loading or unload- | ing, on the ground that there are Span- iards on board. They also refused to al- low an officer of the United States crujser Raleigh to land without per- mission from General Aguinaldo. | PARIS, Oct. 16.—Senor Agoncillo, special envoy of the Philippine insur- gent government, arrived at Havre by La Touraine to-day and reached Paris | 1ate this afternoon. He has apartments | at the Hotel Continental, on the same | floor with the members of the United | States Peace Commission, whom he came to see regarding the fate of the Philippines, but whom he has not yet met. MADRID, Oct. 16.—La Epoca, the conservative organ, renews the sugges- tion of La Correspondencia (independ- | ent and semi-official) regarding arbi- tration between the United States and Spain. It says: “The negotiations at present are go- ing on without touching the question of the Philippines, which is most obscure, and which lends itself to the gravest dissensions. Owing to the vagueness and lack of clearness of the proctocol the Commissioners are meeting with se- rious difficulties. It has been sald| that if our adversaries are obstinate in their exaggerated demands, Senor Sagasta should address the European Governments, asking arbitration, at Jeast upon the points to which an agreement could not be reached; but in view of the election struggle now in | full vigor in the United States and of the declamations of the jingo press, which affirm without limit the rights of the conqueror, it is safe to assume that a request for arbitration would be without avail and serve no other pur- pose than loss of time.” SULTAN RECEIVES MINISTER STRAUS Hopes the American Will Soon Be Elevated to the Rank of an Embassador. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 16.—The Sul- tan to-day gave an audience to Oscar 8. Straus, the new United States Minister, Wwith the customary ceremonies of Te- ception, which was of the most cordial character. His Majesty expressed pleas- ure at seeing Mr. Straus again, and his hope that the excellent relations which prevafled between Turkey and the United States during Mr. Straus’ previous term at Constantinople would be maintained. The Sultan added that he understood the United States proposed to raise the American Legation to the rank of an embassy and to make Mr. Straus an Em- bassador, a suggestion which, he ob- served, was being carefully considered by the Ottoman Government. After the audience at the palace Mr. Straus visited the Porte and then the American colony. . i S BROKEN BOLT CAUSED DELAY OF SEVEN HOURS An Accident Aboard the Umbria Dur- ing the Voyage From Liverpool | ‘to New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 16~The Umbria,! AN EFFECTIVE DEMONSTRATION May Yet.Be Made to Call Spain to Time. WARSHIPS IN READINESS OREGON AND IOWA PURPOSELY DELAYED. American Commissioners Told to Tell the Dons That They Must Pay the Price of Their Suit for Peace. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent sends the following: While firmly believing that Spain will in the end submit to the de- mands of the United States before re- engaging In hostilities the authorities propose to be in a position where they can make an effective demonstration should such action be needed. The evacuation of Porto Rico, the repatriation of 9000 Spanish troops who were stationed in the western section of Cuba and the loading of others on transports constitute evidence the ad- ministration officials say, of Spain’s in- tention to continue at peace with the United States. The session of the Peace Commission to-morrow is expected to be one of the most important yet lLeld, for the Amer- ican representatives are under instruc- tions to make the Sranish representa- tives plainly aware (hat their Govern- ment has sued for peace and must pay the price of such suit. It is admitted by the administration officials that for the sake of public opinion and to give the Spanish people and the world the impression they are acting under dur- ess the Spanish Commissioners may re- sist the demands of the United States until a naval demonstration is neces- sary. In such an event all of the armor clads will be available. The wisdom of the administration in delaying the departure of the battle- ships Oregon and iowa, and of directing them to participate in the celebration at Rio de Janeiro in honor of the anni- versary of the establishment of the re- public of Brazil is beginning to be ap- preciated. These vessels under the plan of the department will not leave Rio de Janeiro before'November 20, and possibly even later. By that time it will _have l& tty clearly developed whether Spain purposes to comply with the demands of ent or will undergo the hi of a naval demonstration: _terms. GOMEL SLATED FOR PRESIDENT Cubans Soon to Elect Officers. GARCIA FOR WAR SECRETARY TELEPHONE WIRES CUT DOWN NEAR SANTIAGO. General Wood Orders the Arrest of Natives Who Have Been Using “Hello” Lines to Bind Hay Ricks. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct. 16.—The meeting of the Cuban Assembly at Santa Cruz is fixed for October 20. but owing to lack of transportation facili- ties the members of the Assembly will be unable to arrive at Santa Cruz on time, and the end of the month probab- ly will have come lefore the election of a President and Cabinet takes place. El Cubano, a daily paper of Santiago predicts the election of the following ticket: President—Gen. Maximo Gomez. Vice-President — Senor Bartolome Maso. Secretary of Foreign Affairs—Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote. Home Secretary—Senor Benjamin Guerra. Secretary of Justice—Senor Jose A. Laouza. Secretary of War—Gen. Calixto Garcia. : Secretary of Public Instruction— Senor Enrique Varona. The local papers are much wrought up over propositions denying the right of the Americans to grant concessions which Cuba Libre would repudiate. General Wood has received a letter from Hayti requesting permission by many returning Cuban families to bring with them agricultural im- plements free of duty. General Wood replied President McKinley's prolama- tion permitted this. The telephone wires in the neighbor- hood of Santiago have been broken down by Cubans for use in binding hay ricks. General Wood has ordered the arrest of all persons found to be con- cerned in the affairs. ° D Many things have occurred which tend to show that the Spanish land system of_registration is apparently erfect. Judge Advocate Blount has en agreeably surprised by finding in many instances his work simplified. WEDDING STOPPED BY A CIGARETTE Intended Bride Loses a Husband. .\ IS SPURNED AT THE ALTAR TELLTALE ODOR ENRAGES THE GROOM. She Had Promised to Cease Smoking, but Took “Just One More” ‘While With Her Bridesmaids. Special Dispatch to The Call. MIDVALE, Nebr., Oct. lfi.—At.the al- tar to-day Harry Keldar refused to marry Miss Genevieve Ransom because he detected the odor of cigraettes en her breath. Like many another society girl, Miss Ransom was wont to indulge occasionally with her girl friends. Kel- dar discovered the fact some tim2 be- fore the date was set for the wedding and said he could not stand it, so Miss Ransor1 prom’sed to smoke no more. But shortly before the hour set for the marriege ceremony one of the bridesmaids offered her a cigarette. The yound lady could not resist, so she smoked “just once' more.” A few mo- ments later she stood beside the greom in her parents’ drawing room. The house was filled with guests. As the clergyman commenced the ceremony Keldar sniffed suspiciously. Then he leaned forward with his face close to the bride’s. “You've been smoking again,” he ex- claimed. Miss Ransom vouchsafed mno reply. ‘Without another word Keldar turned and walked out of the house. The bride fainted. The groom’s friends hurried out to bring him back, but Keldar wouldn't go. Nor would Miss Ransom have accepted him had he changed his mind. The matech has been declared off and Keldar is pre- paring to leave town. SULTAN ORDERS HIS TROOPS FROM CRETE Final Compliance With the Terms of the Joint Note of the Powers. CANEA, Island of Crete, Oct. 16.— Ismael Bey, the Turkish Military. Gov- ernor, to-day informed the admirals of the foreign warships that the Sultan had ordered the withdrawal of all the Turkish troops in Crete, in compliance with the joint note from Gras4 P agip, | Runla,muy,m!‘nnee. 3 GOVERNMENTAL INTERFERENCE 15 DEMANDED Socialists Take a Hand in the Strike. ARRAYED AGAINST THE ARMY ITS ALLEGED ATt EMPT TO USURP PEOPLE'S LIBERTY. Frenchmen Have Organized a Vigi- lance Committee “to Frustrate the Military Conspiracy Against the Republic.” 3 Spectal Dispatch to The Call. "~ PARIS, Oct. 16.—The dedication of a monument te the soldiers of France who fell in the Franco-Prussian war, which took place to-day at Chaumonk, capital of the department of Haute- Marne, General Chanoine, the Minister of war, presiding furnished an oppor- tunity for a demonstration in favor of the army, which many societies seized, marching past the monument shouting, “Vive I'armie.” The Socialist party met to-day and denounced governmental Interference with the right to strike. A resolution was adopted declaring “‘that the whole Socialist Revolutionary party is united in defense of the republic and will not | permit the military conspiracy to lay its hands people.” The Socialists announce that they have organized a vigilance committee “to frustrate the military conspiracy upon the liberty of the | against the republic.” The arrival of the Duke of Orleans at Brussels has rekindled the rumor that a militar— coup was attempted. The youne English Duke of Manches- ter, who has just reached Paris from Australia, has been linked with the movement by certain newspapers, but he protests that he is merely a tourist. The Soléil publishes a dispatch from Toulon which says that Vice Admiral Fournier, who is now at Tunis with M. Lockrey, Minister of Marine, will return immediately to Toulon, where | orders have been received to speedily prepare the armored cruisers Admiral Trehourt, Bouvines, Jemmapes and Valmy for active service and also to send to Brest without delay the ‘Atrge est possible number of gunners to man the forts and batteries. HOBSON'S ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE COLON Naval Constructor Hereafter Will Conduct the Operations From, the Shore. SANTIAGO, Oct. 16.—Naval Constructor Hobson, who has arrived here from the wreck of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, will leave to-morrow for Guanta- namo on business connected with the In- anta Maria Teresa, which he expects to get off to the United States before the end of the month. For the last few days he has been engaged In preparing to raise the Cristobol Colon, a work which is practically impossible from the sea be- cause of dangerous heavy swells. ‘tne operations will be condusted ~from tho shore. Mr. Hobson has built a trolley line out to the ship, a distance of 130 feet, with a suspension bridge, and the cnmgressed air pump is now in position. On his return from Guantanamo he wili gorously, as he feels push his operations vi raising the vessel. absolutely confident o MAN AND FOUR BABES SLAIN WITH AN AX His Widow Is Missing and Is Sus- pected of the Commission of the Crime. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 16.—A Do~ minion City dispatch says a cold-blooded butchery took place in the Galacian set- tlement east of there some time within the last twenty-four hours. A Galacian man and his four children were found dead in the house. The widow is missing and is suspected to be guilty of the The weapon used was an ax. The man’s head was nearly severed from the body and the children's bodies were more or less mutilated. It is understood the couple had frequent quarrels. The name of the family could not be learned. B Sries s Fire at Albuquerque. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Oct. 16.—A fire on Main street In this city has already destroyed six _buildings, including Metropolitan Hotel block. Other b are threatened. el P e D SPANIARDS DEPART FROM PORTO RICO. tue dings WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—Late last night the following dispatch was received by Secretary Alger from General Brooke, in com- mand of the American forces in Porto Rico: SAN JUAN, Oct. 15.—Secretary of War, Washington: A Spanish transport sails to-day with 300 men. This is a ship sent from Cuba load- ed with men from there. Another sails to-morrow with General Ma- clas and 1500 men. Another ship is expected on the 1ith. Complete possession will be accomplished on the 18th. BROOKE, Chairman. Supplementing the above dis- patch another was received to- night by Secretary Alger from General Brooke, reading as fol- lows: SAN JUAN, Oct. 16.—Secretary of War, Washington: Captain Gen- eral Macias sailed for Spain this morning with most of his stafl. BROOKE, Chairman. On Tuesday the United States will take possession formally of the island of Porto Rico. By that time most of the Spaniards will have departed for Spain. Those remaining at that time will leave as soon as transports can be secured. FEE R e e e e RS R PSPPI OO USSR S S U ST NI 44444+