The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1898, Page 7

PH A4 4444444444444 4444444444444 44444444444 OPINIONS OF MASTER MINDS BLOTTED 0UT Supreme Court Rec- ords Destroyed. OLDEN DOCUMENTS BURNED INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGE BY THE EXPLOSION. Justices Hold Court Outside Chamber for the First Time Since Early in the Century. the Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Yes- terday’s fire at the Capitol and the partial destruction of the United States Supreme Court room will probably result in the erection of a new public building for the accommodation of this court, to be known as the “Tem- of ice.”” Justice Mec- ed on the President this morning and during the in- terview this subject was broach- ed. The Supreme Court has for many years held its sessions and had nsultation chambers, clerk’s office, marshal’s office and library in the Capitol building, which is now so overcrowded that veral nearby buiidings have been rented for committee on to exten- the rooms, etc., in addi sions under the terrace on w fr The present preme Court ion chamb s is the offices of the was called to the s attention by Justice , who suggested th was no good reason why the d occupy quarters in , which had been ¢ d for the use of the leg > branch of the Govern 1ent. nt agreed with Jus and it is und in his next n pprox n of a buf not on preme Court, 1 courts, as ment of ju It is sed that this building shall e a ma fic t one. all but s wel b it o o o o o o o o o o S o ywing ought seri- night es and firemen had gone, the debris charred wood alf-burned official s, which had been in the basement ler the q s =d States mination of the court- t the damage w wal and ce arpets, no substantial having been done. 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In Corresponding With Any of the Following Firms Pleass Mention “The CslL” occupled by the Justices was uninjured and even the briefs and papers left by some of the Justices under paper- welghts remained undisturbed. But while th. fire had made no pro- gress here, smoke and water had left the chamber, which has long been re- garded as a model of classic beauty, | in sorry condition. The windows and sashes of the old colonial windows flanking the bench are in ruins. The | frescoed ceilings, which had recently been done over, are blurred and spotted, the carpets and draperies are | soaked, while the whole chamber has |a damp, smoked aspect. The personal effects of the Justices, their robes, etc., were uninjured. The main loss of the court was in the marshal’s office and | in the storage room, whers valuable | old records were kepf. | Sergeant-at-Arms Bright of the Sen- |ate was busy this morning making temporary provision for the sessions | of the court. Senator McMillan’s com- | mittee-room was hastily prepared with a bench and seats for the Justices and a dozen rows of seats for attorneys and spectators. The quarters are rather cramped and the Chief Justice and five Justices had to sit on one side of a long oak table when court was held there to-day. This was the first time the court has sat outside of its own cham- ber since 1814, Architect Clark of the Capitol is old and very feeble so that the active work of investigating the cause of the explosion and of clearing away the wreckage is in the hands of the as- sistant architect of the Capitol, Mr. Wood. “I have made a preliminary examina- tion,” Mr. Wood sald to-day, “but I am not yet ready to say what caused the | explosion. The main attention is being glven to the gas supply. I find the gen- eral damage sustained by the building is not as serious as was at first sup- posed. The heavy foundations to the building do not appear to be disturbed, and the partitions blown down are con- fined to the thin encircling walls cover- ing the steam pipes, etc. “No heavy sustalning arches or pil- lars have given way, so far as I can {find. I will make a fuller examination | with a better light to make certain on | these points. For the present it does | not seem that a rebuilding of any part | of the Capitol will be neces: 2 S The | work will be that of repairing, and I hope can finish this by the time We have a small but in any event the be done. mination of the meter room, e the gas supplied to the Capitol is red, showed that the big meter | had been blown to pieces. This satis- | fied most of the Capitol officers that a s responsible for the would not express untll an official ‘in- quiry had t ade. Several Supreme Court Justices made a vVisit to the scene during the fore- noon. Chief Justice F' er and Justice Harlan walked through the various apartments, guided by & man with a lantern. While they looked at the scenes of destruction with manifest in- terest, they made no remarks. They somewhat more time in the court room than elsewhere. found the upholstery and the court's new $4000 carpet greatly injured, but the two court ¢ ks were ticking away as reg- ularly and as fiedly as ever. The bus f form: Chief Justices, which liné the walls of the old chambers, were also uninjured, and this appeared to be a source of much gratification to the Chief Justice and his companions. They found nothing but ruin and desolation in Marshal Wright's office. This room was completely w ked. No furniture caped, and the walls of the 7 room are as black as night, the effect of smoke and fire and water combined. While this damage was regretted, it | was not considered irreparable. ly damage that cannot be | good was done in the file-room of | Supreme Court in the basement, | where were stored all the official records and the original copies of opin- ions from the foundation of the Gov- | ernment. All these opinions have been printed. but the original manuscripts were highly valued. This room was almost over the scene of the explosion, and it was one of the first compartments of the Capitol to | be attacked. The documents here were | stored away in an orderly manner in | wooden cases, and none of them had | y other protection except the rec- ords of the courts, from 1792 to 1832 which were encased in tin boxes. The flames appear to have completely en- | veloped this rocm, but they were only HARDWARE. JPALACE Hardware Co., Importers & Dealers in Hardware, 603 Market. Tel. Main 752, HARNESS AND VEHICLES. LEIBOLD HARNESS CO., 211 Larkin st., & 7. 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HAVANA, Nov. 7.—Havana is not and will not be this winter a Now that settled weather has arrived nothing is to be gained and much is to be lost by further delay in bringing in the Yellow fever will exist in December as it does now, and what work is done must be done before return of Individuallv there i{s almost a panic among Governmental officials and attaches here, but that should not be considered. “Give them more to occupy their minds,” as a man put it to-day, “and they will not have so much time to be scared. be done is to first send down a competent corps of trained immune nurses and establish hospitals where American patients may be as- sured of careful nursing, then put twenty sanitary officers, immunes of course, at work organizing a corps of street cleaners. tempt to go beneath the surface, but with the quantity of untrained labor to be had here Havana should be scrubbed from one end to the Water is here in plenty and with a force sufficient to pene- trate every crevice and street. Lime costs next to nothing. Cover them with lime, and give lime to all Then rush down about the work that must be done.” Ever since the death of Colonel Waring the public and Govern- ment seem almost paralyzed with fear. 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They included the original opinions of the court in the early days of the re- public, and among them were many manuscripts prepared in the handwrit- ing of the jurists of the days of Wash- ington, Jefferson and Adams. There were in the list many opinions in man- uscript written by Marshall, Story and Samuel Chase, Bushrod Washington and others of the Justices of the pe- riod between 1790 and 1830, and there- fore prized as relics of the early days of the court. They were also occasion- ally referred to to settle disputed points concerning words or punctuation ! marks. These papers were stored under the arch of the room and seem to have been completely consumed. On the other hand, the official records of the court’s proceedings covering the same period appear to have been preserved and are probably in good condition. They were encased in tin boxes and these in turn in wooden cases. The de- bris is in such disorder as to have ren- dered it impossible to open the wooden doors to-day, but these doors were not penetrated at any place, hence the be- lief that the records themselves are intact. Many of the modern documents, in- cluding letters and opinions of recent date, were also so badly burned that it will be impossible to restore them, but none of these appear to have suffered | such complete demolition as befell the early opinions. No documents affecting the present docket of the court were injured. The fire at one time threatened to in- vade the Senate document room, reach- ing to within two or three feet. Mr. Smith, the superintendent, was on hand, prepared to contest its progress with the aid of the fire department, but the chances are that if it had gained any headway here the damage would have been far mocre serious, as the apartment is extensive and contains much exposed paper. A report was current during the morning that the west central wall of the Capitol was cracked as a result of the explosion. Architect Wood made a careful examination and located the crack which had aroused suspicions. It proved, however, to be in the outer or veneer wall, and not in the six-foot foundation wall on the west side. This main wall has stood over 100 years, and is still in fairly good condition. When additlons were made, a veneer wall, about ten inches thick, was added out- side. The explosion blew out a heavy stone door frame in the outer wall, and this in turn loosened several stones of the veneer wall. Mr. Wood is satis- fied that the main wall had not been disturbed. His attention was called to a crack in the main wall, but this he recalled as a well-known old crack which had existed for years. Mr. Wood said it is not surprising that a wall which has stood a century should have some cracks, which do not, however, impair its general security. He thinks this crack may have come from the ex- pansion resulting from the burning of the capitol by the British in 1814. The library of the Supreme Court, which, next to the Congressional Li- brary, is the most valuable collection of books in Washington, escaped with little damage, although it was in the very center of the disturbance, the wrecked elevator shaft and upheaved floor stones being at the library en- trance. It is estimated that the loss in the library avill be covered by $15600. The books escaned intact, the loss be- ing confined to singed woodwork. The floor of the electrical room, un- der which the explosion occurred, was completely demolished. Fortunately no one was in the room when the explosion occurred. Mr. Wood at the close of the day ex- pressed the opinion that the damage to the Capitol buildine could be repaired for $20,000. “It is by no means as serious as I first thought it was,” sald Mr. Wood. The architect believes the explosion was caused by gas. Other architects who have inspected the scene of the catastrophe also attribute it to an ex. plosion of gas. Some express the opin- fon that a broken main and a burning Jjet are responsible for the occurrence. | The work of removing the rubbish caused by the exnlosion has been pro- ceeding rapidly all day, seventy-five to 100 men being employed for this pur- pose. As soon as the refuse is suffi- clently cleared out the work of repair- ing the damage will begin. Mr. Wood thinks the Supreme Court room will be ready for occupancy within two weeks. CALIFORNIA’S CLAIM . IS PROMPTLY PAID Adjutant General imott Starts for Home With Checks for a Large Sum. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov, 7.—General A. W, Barrett of the California National Guard and Colonel Bergin left for home to-night in a hngpy frame of mind. General Barrett has in_his inside pocket .reasury warrants for ,811. This sum is payable to Governor Budd's order and will be turned into the treasury for the use of the National Guard. General Barrett and Colonel Bergin have been here for_ nearly thirty days ushing this clalm. Redtape methods de- jayed and annoyed them somewhat, but now that their mission has been so suc- cessful they concede that the War De- artment and the treasury officials have geen very considerate and attentive to California’s claim, and they are well sat- isfled with the result of their visit. i Ladies’ tailor-made sults. Fur capes, cloaks. credit. M. Hothschild, 211 Sutter st., r. ¢ and 7. BRAVED DEATH 10 RESCUE THE TERESA'S CREW Heroism of the Mer- ritt’s Men. WORKED IN AN AWFUL STORM ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE LIVES SAVED. Fourteen Trips Made in Open Boats Through Tremendous Seas Be- fore All Were Taken Off the Wreck. FORT MONROE, Va., Nov. 7.—En- sign James C. Summers, who was offi- cer of the deck of the Vulcan when the Maria Teresa was abandoned, describ- ed the scene thus: The gale in which the Teresa was lost began with a fierce squall five minutes be- fore 1 o’clock on the morning of Novem- ber 1. Wind and sea arose at 1 o’clock. From the Teresa's brldge rg:\me the wig- wag signal by lamp, “‘Signul Merritt to steer to windward.”” The Merritt at once changed her course to northeast. It had been north. To us the fact that the Teresa must be kept head to sea was in itself considered ominous. All signals were made to us by wig-wag fig from the Teresa. We repeated them to the Mer- ritt or Leonidas. At noon the gale had increased in vio- lence, and all three vessels labored heav- ily in'the sea. The Teresa, plunging deep- Iy, took much water on board over the bows, and often when reeling she shipped seas amidships. Her starboard engine only was being used. It was turning thirty-eight revolutions when last report- ed. The forward wrecking pump was sending out a large stream over the port bow. At ten minutes past noon the Leonidas, then fully a mile ahead, was signaled: “Do not go so far ahead.” Thirty min- utes later the Teresa signaled ‘‘Can Mer- ritt run to Watling Island safely?” The Merritt answered “No” promptl{. This was the first intimation of the real danger at hand. Almost simultaneously with the Mer- ritt’s next signal, “Give your orders, came this from the Teresa: “Tell Merritt to cast off and come within hail.”” This was done and her crew hauled in the 100 fathoms of hawser on the way to assist the Teresa. The latter then signaled: “We shall abandon ship. Tell Leonidas to stand by us to windward. Do not cast off our lines. The Vulcan answered: ‘“We will hold on until the last and use oil.” To ::h'fi,oh the Teresa replied “Many hanks. The Vulcan’s commander, Lieutenant- General P. Blow, immediately planned the Vulcan’s part in the scheme of res- cue. Being almost sure that the Teresa’'s starboard engine would be kept working until the last, it was decided to hold on to the hawser, thereby giving the Teresa sufficient steering way to enable her helmsmen to keep the heavy sea on her starboard bow and still be to leeward of the Vulcan, enabling the latter to use oil to advantage when the rescuing in boats began. I'srom the first the heavy laboring of the Teresa gave the impression that she would founder suddenly and that all her people would be overboard at any moment, elther swimming or drowning before our eyes. Assistant Paymaster Robert H. Woods, U. 8. was detalled to note the time that each signal was sent and repeated. Oil was the first requisite. The mechanics passed it up in_buckets from the hold; those on deck filled small bags with it. The effect was immediate in smoothing the heavy seas near the wreck. Rubber life belts were brought on deck and filled with air ready to throw to men in the water. A bowline was made in every roga's end, by which the men could be hauled out of the sea. It the ship had foundered before her people were taken off, it was the com- manding officer’s intention, after cutuni the hawser, to place his vessel to leewar and then work up to windward of the men in_the water and pick them .up. Half the charges were extracted from some six-pounder shells and they were fitted over the ends of oars, to which small lines were attached. Thes2 were to have been fired from the guns across the spot where the men might have been seen in the water. After the Teresa began to fill it became impossible for the Vulcan to keep her head to windward, but, being practically water-logged, she made an excellent breakwater for the boats, even after she fell off into the trough of the sea. Directed by Lieutenant Gilmer, the crew and engineer’s force equipped two life- boats with oars, life-preservers and oil bags. They were launched from the top of the deck house, and by means of lon lines were veered astern in the hope thaf they would reach the Teresa, but the heavy sea carried them far to windward, they fouled the hawser, and were finally cut adrift. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the Mer- ritt wore ship just astern of the Teresa, and came up under her lee line in time to take off the first boat load of rescued ersons. The wreckers and volunteers rom the naval vessels had succeeded in lowering one of the two surf boats hang- ing from davits on the Teresa's port side. Pulling quickly clear of the ship's side, the boat's crew, composed of the wreck- er's men, went about saving the people in a systematic way. There was less than four hours of day- light left in which to rescue 112 persons, including eighteen Cuban coal passers, and such a sea was running as_ would have daunted any life boat crew. To haye attempted to go near enough to the ship’s side to let her people climb down or drop into the boats meant certain destruction to the rescuing party. So while the boat was towed by its painter from the ship’s lee quarter and was kept clear by two men at the oars and by the steersman in the stern, another line was used to send down the men from the ship. Each man, slung in the center of this rope, was hauled through the water in most cases to the boat and then tumbled in over the bow. It was a slow but safe process, as the result proved, for by 5 o'clock, so far as we could see, every man was safe on board the Merritt. The force of the gale and height of the sea may be understood by the fact that, although only 230 fathoms of hawser sep- arated the Teresa from the Vulcan, the watchers on the latter vessel, owing to the heavy seas, driving rain and spray, were able to see the boats of the rescuing party only at long intervals. when they came out of the trough of the sea. The Merritt herself, although a splendid boat, was buried in the trough of the sea at times so that only the ends of her mast- heads were visible. The first boat loaded made in all four round trips between the Teresa and Mer- ritt, and the second made three trips, that to rescue all hands the boats h: make the passage through those heavy combing seas fourteen times, and right gallantly those brave fellows aceomplish- ed the work. Lucky indeed was it for those rescued that the boats were manned by _past masters at the oar and helm. “For two hours men with axes, under the direction of the executive officer, had been stationed aft ready to cut away at a moment’s notice the lines that held the hawser, in case the Teresa should foun- der during the transfer of her men. Every Vulcan man watched the great ship with an anxious eye as she plunged “forecastle head under’ the head seas clear to the turret, coming out again with the water streaming from her hawser plpes and showing the heel of her ram above the next big sea. Forty-four ship- mates of theirs were on board the doomed vessel, and it was yet a question whether their rescue could be effected before dark. Heavy rain squalls beat the seas down a little at this time, but the wind blew harder than ever. Strug‘filing for a foot- hold on the Teresa’s rickety bridge, her signal man, Crossett, wig-wagged to the Vulcan at 4 o'clock: “Don’t cast off the tow line yet. Two more boatloads will clear the ship.” We replied: ‘“All right; will hold on until the last.” High up on the bridge, silhouetted against the leaden sky, and bracing him- self against the fearful rolling of the Teresa as she wallowed in the seas, stood the man at the wheel. He was alone and probably the last person to leave his post, for it was not until the final boat was receiving its quota of men that he lashed the wheel, came down the bridge ladder and went aft to leave the ship. It was not until 11 minutes past 5 when Lieutenant Blow and his officers were certain that the last boatload had been taken off, that the order was given to “Cut away.” Two blows of an ax sev- ered the lines and as the links of the chain bridle rattied out through the stern chocks the Vulcan's crew, led by Chief Engineer Gardiner Crims, U. S. N., gave three ringing cheers as a salite to the Stars and Stripes flying as if in _deflance of the elements at the Teresa's jackyard and also to the bravery of the Merritt's men who had made suc of their shipmates. Twenty minutes later it was so dark that the Teresa was only a black speck against the horizon and at 6 o’clock noth- a gallant rescue ing but the lights on the Merritt and Leonidas could be seen, while the gale howled and the sea rose higher than ever. MARIA TERESA WRECK WILL BE INVESTIGATED NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Long has practically determined to order a court of inquiry to investigate the loss of the cruiser Maria Teresa. The Secretary is pretty well satisfied that everything was done that could have been done to save the vessel, and that her condition was such as to pre- vent saving her when she was struck by a terrific storm. Before ordering the court, Mr. Long will consult Lieu- tenant Commander Ira Harris, who | commanded the vessel, and other naval officers who were on'board. The report of the board of investigation will be useful in fortifying the Government in case any claim is filed by the Merritt- Chapman Company for salvage. As a representative of the company, Captain Chittendon, was on board the Teresa, when she was abandoned, and her com- mander consulted him with respect to every movement made, the authorities do not believe such claim would be jus- tiflable. MARIA TERESA MAY NOT HAVE GONE DOWN NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—James E. Ward & Co., steamship agents, this afternoon received a cablegram from Mr. Moyer, their agent at Nassau, N. P, that a two-funneled steamer, the name of which had not been learned, ‘was ashore on Cat Island, about thirty miles from the point where the former Spanish warship Maria Teresa was sup- posed to have foundered during a storm. The stranded steamer may be the warship or one of the army trans- ports. Yy WILL ABANDON WORK ON THE CRISTOBAL COLON WASHINGTON, Nov. T7.—Captain Chester’s decision yesterday to abandon the work of wrecking the Colon marks the end of that undertaking on the part of the Government. 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