The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1899, Page 1

OLUME LX = XV—NO. 112, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JOIN SHERMAN [§ NOT DEAD BUT VERY ILL Nobody Knows Where the Story of His Death Came From. HIS FAMILY REJOICES Mrs. Sherman Alone Was Not Told the First and Most Alarming Story. tch to The Call ANTIAGO DE CUBA, March | ; 21, 7 p. m.—There is no truth | in the statements published in the United States, and cabled back here, representing that John Sher- man is dead: It is incomprehensible how these | reports originated. The American line steamer Paris, Captain Frederick ‘Watkins, arrived here this evening before dark, and it was immediately reported that Mr. Sherman was not only alive, but better, resting easily, end expected to recover. He will be transferred, if all goes well, to the United States cruiser Chicago on Thursday. The cruiser is now coaling at Kingston, Jamaica. WASHINGTO:! has i T dom more £ emo- the March offi W than it n Sherman, tradiction of th few hours late which was as w by the con- which came a ng a relief was the sor- er. ‘h came from oclock in circulated in ore they closed announcement rally the other tating that the jition had and there of regret ersonal dis- et Ministers, the House speaking not jon and respect public career, but indness upon his of the first report 8:30_o0'clock. iated Press in tatement from - knowledge that ator's death had spatch was im- circulation in for it to re- W e at that h etary Hay was laced in p a copy of the »atch, as also Mr. Sherman’s ion of af- ress his was not death of persons, home on K ho were con. reporter of lled were the r priva h. Babcock Kate W er- as a cousin and others p nt read ge had pres- been conclude McCallom, urs n, the daughter of Gen had received the news throug to said Mrs. o1l again.” rifelt rejoicings the part of those T T McCullom, “but i Indeed there were and thanksgiving who had assembl t the house when they realized it v true that the .in- < was better and might be restored ‘herman is the one person of the Mrs. £ 3 household who suffered ex-Senator’s neither from the rejoiced over the second. She was not informed of either. Mrs. Sherman has been quite ill from a stroke of paralysis for several months and had not been informed of the ex-Senator’s iliness for fear of its effect upon her. It was felt When the news of his death came to- day that it would have to be broken to her, but all hesitated to make the gnnouncement. It was ultimately de- cided to postpone the sad duty until to-morrow. She was thus saved the ghock. Already many telegrams of con- dolence and personal calls of sympathy had been received at the house. Prompt efforts were taken by the Associated Press to inform the prom- inent officials of the administration and others of the safe arrival of Mr. Sher- man at Santiago, and it was with a feeling of genuine gratification and sat- {sfaction that this news was received, lemented by an expression of hope Mr. Sherman would entirely re- cover. s S e WESTERN PASSENGER ASSOCIATION DOOMED Tnion Pacific Officials Decline to En- ter Into the Comk bine. X CHICAGG, March 21.—Unless the co- operation of the Union Pacific can be the Western Passenger Asso- will go out of existence. . A ing of all the lines was held to- has been understood that all en Chicago and Colorado ere willing to join, but when s west of the Missourl were a dispatch was read from Genereal Passenger Agent Lomax of the - Union Pacific stating that his company did not consider the time opportune to Join the association. an- | 1th of Hon. | t announcement or | | B e e B o o 2 Qe estedebedsbsdeie b Papacy. .W«—M—M%+MHM—Q+@&WWQWO Leo XIII at the Time of His Elevation to the B e o e o e e e e e e POPE LEO’S PHYSICIANS - REPORT HIM BETTER -9 L B B B S e S RO SCSS SCRS SRS S0y OME, March 21.—The Pope’s physician, Dr. Lapponi, and Professor Mazzoni visited his Holiness at 5 o'clock this afternoon and found his general health good and the seat of the re- cent operation in excellent condition. While conversing with them the Pope expressed deep grief at the false stories circulated as to his health, especially the reports about a second operation, which had so disturbed Catholics ed in | s welfare. deeply interest FRANCE AND * BRITAIN THUS DIVIDE AFRICA There Will Be Peace the Valley of the Nile. THE TREATY SIGNED in| | All the Rights of the Subjects | of Both Powers to Be Protected. | | Specal Dispatch to The Call | LONDON, March 21.—The convention | between Great Britain and France, de- | limiting their respective frontiers in | the valley of the Nile, was signed to- | night by the Marquis of Salisbury and the French Embassador, M. Paul Cam- bon. | Broadly stated, the terms of the con- | vention are as follows: The exact fron- | tier from the northern line of the Bel- | slan Congo to latitude 15 is to be de- termined by a mixed commission, it be- | ing agreed that Great Britain shall re- |tain Bahr-el-Ghazal, with Darfur; | France keeping Wadal (or Waday), | west of Darfur; Bagirmi, south of Lake Chad; Kanea, north of Lake Chad, and generally speaking the territory east and north of Lake Chad, iying north of the fifteenth parallel. The French sphere will extend south | of the Tropic of Cancer to the western | limit of the Libyan desert. The "signatories agree to equality of | commercial treatment from the Nile to Lake Chad and between the fifteenth and nineteenth parallels of latitude. The latter clause permits France to| establish commercial houses on the Nile and its affluents. The signatories undertake to refrain | from exercising political or territorial | rights outside of the frontiers affected | by the convention Dead in an 0il Tank Car. TRINIDAD, Colo., March 21.—The body | of a man 35 years of age was found in an | ofltank car on the Santa Fe road to-da; A card in a pocket bore the name * ward Quisenberry, Greenville, Ky."” The tank was going through from California. | The man had been dead several days. KITCHENER'S MEN KILLED THE WOUNDED Justification of Conduet.of British Soldiers in the Soudan. WAS DONE HUMANELY Those Were Slain Who Feigned Death in Order to Kill the Anglo-Egyptians. Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, March 21.—A dispatch to Lord Cromer, British diplomatic agent in Egypt, embodying the reply of the Sirdar, General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, to questions regarding the alleged mutilation and useless slaugh- ter of dervishes in the battle of Omdur- man, has been laid befote Parliament. The Sirdar says that the only wound- ed dervishes killed by his troops were those who feigned death in order to ob- tain opportunities for killing the Anglo- Egyptians. “Whatever was done,” he continues, “was done with all possible considera- tions of humanity.” The Sirdar justified the destruction of the tomb of the Mahdi and the dis- position of the prophet’s remains on the ground that if the mausoleum had been left intact and unprofaned it would have become the center of fanatical pilgrimages, causing endless trouble. He says he himself ordered the demoli- tion. Lord Cromer indorses the statements of General Kitchener. ALCIDE L. VEUVE DEAD. Santa Consumption Removes the Clara Caunty Auditor. SAN JOSE, March 21.—County Auditor Alcide L. Veuve died at Los Gatos this afternoon of quick consumption. He had been confined to his house for a couple of weeks. Veuve was 44 years of age and a native of California. He was elected last November on the anti-gang fusion ticket. Before he had served as deputy in various county offices. A widow and several urvive him. , chil- | WOMEN MAY CAROUSE N GROG-SHOPS That Is Their Privilege, Says the Mayor of Los Angeles. SIDE DOORS TABOOED If Female Tipplers Would Quench Thirst, They Must =Walk Straight In to the Bar. Epecial Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, March 21.—When the Police Commission met this morning Mayor Eaton, as ex-officio chairman, presided. The same old fight over sa- loon licenses and infractions came up. At one stage of the proceedings Mayor Eaton startled the session by declaring in a resonant voice: “A woman has as much right as a man to go into a saloon and get a drink, if she wants to; but we shall insist that she go in the same door the men use and drink in the same room as the men.” The Mayor said that If the board in- tended to enforce the “one entrance only” rule on drinking places, a be- ginning might as well be made with each place that had been complained against as a disorderly rendezvous for dissolute females and characterless men. In reply to one offender the Mavyor said: ., “You must close up every door but the front door of your saloon.” ‘When an officer was giving testimony he was cut short by Commissioner Parker, who said: “We don’t want any opinions from officers. All we want from them is facts, and we will form the opinions.” The saloon men, who feel a gradual tightening of the law’s grip, are not jubilant. Braghetta’s Body Recovered. BSUIhSUN‘ March 21.—The body of Guilio raghetta, who was drowned in Suis dnll;er last Th , was nem;lered t“ox: ARCH 22, em— PRICE FIVE CENTS. WOMEN ARE - HEMMED IN BY FLAMES Leap to Escape the Awful Agony of More Appall- ing Death. YO WARNINGIS GIVEN In a Moment Ladies of the Macca- bees Find Themselves Doomed o Perish. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Neb.,, March 21.—Compara- tively insignificant in material destrue- tion, but appalling in its harvest of death and suffering, was a fire that partially destroyed the Patterson Block at Seventeenth and Douglass streets this afternoon. Two of the vietims have already passed away, one more | is not expected to live and about twenty others are suffering from broken limbs and burned and lacerated flesh. KILLED. MRS. THOMAS TAYLOR. MRS. ANNA SCHAMEL. - INJURED. Mrs. C. E. Brosius; face and hands burned. Mrs. A. King; face badly burned. Mrs. A. L. Samuelson; face and hands severely burned; both wrists broken. May Samuelson, five years; burned on hands and face. Mrs. G. D. Wilson; face, hands and and hands Mrs. J. C. face burned. Marguerite Holt; hands burned; in- jured internally; may die. Mrs. Mary Hopkins; face and head badly burned. Mrs. Mary Sullivan; hands and face severely burned. Mrs. W. A. Reade; severely burned. Mrs. Ed Shiner; face, body and hands burned; bad cut on the head; will prob- ably die. Mrs. French, South Omaha; face and hands burned. Mrs. A. A. Smith; face and hands badly burned; injuries probably fatal. Mrs. C. E. Allen; face and hands burned; cut by glass. Mrs. Thomas Thornton; hands burned severely. Walter Scott; hands and face severe- ly burned. Unknown man; hands and face. Steve Williams, five years old; face and hands burned. Fireman William Guider; suffocated and fell from ladder; internal injuries; will probably die. Lieutenant James Adams; injured about the hips by falling down stairs. A group of happy women, busy with hands and face face and badly burned on death. Sixty seccnds later seven of them lay burned and bleeding on the pavement to which they had dropped, | thirty feet below, and the others were rescued after they had been more or | less severely inju in their desperate dash down the gle flight that led to safety. The blaze started just after 3 o’clock from a gasoline stove explosion in a room in the rear of the third floor of { the building and next to the elevator | shaft. It was not discovered until it had spread to the adjoining apart- | ments and the. entire floor was filled wfth smoke and flames. About twenty members of the wo- men'’s lodge of Maccabees were attend- ing a committee meeting in the wait- ing room in the front of the buillding on the same floor. They were uncon- scious of danger until a janitor threw open the door and told them to get out before the flames cut them off. The warning came too late. The fire swept through the door and down the single | stairway. Those nearest the door fled | through the blinding smoke and reached the street with hands and face burned and blistered. The rest faced a solid wall of flame. There was a fire escape at the south front of the bullding, but not one of them seems to have thought of it They rushed panic stricken to the win- dows, through which the smoke was al- ready pouring in suffocating puffs. The fire was scarcely a foot behind them. It caught’ their clothing and scorched their faces with increasing in< tensity. In another instant the spectators, at- tracted by the clouds of smoke, were horrified to see one after another spring from the open windows and fall heav- ily to the pavement. Not one arose. They lay in an inert and apparently lifeless heap until carried into the of- fice of a physician across the street. Most of them were bleeding from se- vere cuts and bruises and all were burned until their torn and blackened skin hung in shreds. In a few minutes all except Mrs. Tay- lor recoveréds consciousness, and phy- sicians and nurses, hastily summoned, did all that was possible to relieve their sufferings. As fast as hasty dressings could be applied the victims were taken to the Clarkson Hospital by the ambulances. The body of Mrs. Tay- lor was taken to the Morgue and others whose injuries were less severe were treated at a neighboring drug store ana at the offices of downtown physicians. Aside from the fatalities and the.in. juries'to persons, the fire was not a se- rious one. Few of the losers are able to- place an exact estimate on their losses, but the total will not exceed $30,000. The loss on the building is less than half that sum, and aside from that the heaviest losers are the pro- prietors of the Boston Store, who haa a large surplus stock in the basement of the block. . THe loss of the various secret societies that occupy the halls on the second and third floors is large- ly by water and smoke and is diffi- cult to estimate. One lodge of the A. 0. U. W., two lodges of Red Men, two .Jodges of the Degree of Honor, four lodges of Maccabees and several others lost regalia and various items of furnt- ture. The building is insured up to the 80 per cent clause and most of the other losses are largely covered by insur- ance. | the affairs of the secret. order with | which they were affiliated—the State | | Lodge of the Maccabees—were in a| | moment brought face to face with of stairs | A SCARE With No De Special Cable to The Call and the Ne: without any particulars, hav: ILOILO, Panay Island, N Island of Negros. Upward of sixt rived at Iloilo and state that a nat haciendas and crops. They have fe with spears.and bows. The Spaniards requested arms f: selves and their property. 01040+ 0+ 0+ O+O+E B covering. {VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED AT MANILA ASHINGTON, March 21.—The War Department has received the following: | MANILA, March 21.—Adjutant General, | Washington: Transports Ohio and Sena- | tor left 20th. Grant delayed for necessary repairs; starts 23th; carries all sick and | wounded necessary to ship. Sherman ex- | pected to-night. Cannot commence ship- | ment of volunteers at present. Hope to | do so soon. Ship additional battalion of the California Regiment to Negros this afternoon. OTIS. The War and Navy departments have | not received any detailed information | as to the reason for dispatching the | California battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Victor Duboce to re-enforce | Lieutenant Colonel Smith at Negros. A War Department officer said to- | day, “Colonel Jim Smith seems to be up against the real thing,” but this officer admitted that he had no in- formation as to, the actual condition of affairs in the island of Negros. The hope of General Otis that he may | end the war in the Philippines before | the rainy season sets in is shown by his statement that he expects to begin the shipment of volunteers in the im- mediate future. War Department offi- cials say the fact that he does not ship them is considered by others as mean- ing that the resistance offered by Aguinaldo’s troops was of a very sub- stantial character. The towns of Bais and Bagnan have been garrisoned, but there is evidently | a strong probability of attack in force | by the Filipinos and precautions are being taken. It is Secretary Alger's hope to get the volunteers started home by April 1, but the exigencles of war may forbid. .- | GENERAL OTIS’ LATEST LIST OF CASUALTIES WASHINGTON, March 21.—General | Otis’ list of casualties up to- day be- fore yesterday is as follows: MANILA, March 21.—Adjutant General, Washington: Casualties March 17, near | Blockhouse 4-Wounded: Tenth Pennsyl- vania, Company E, Second Lieutenant Indiana is leaving now for Negros with one First California Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Duboce. Montescos River, twenty miles south of Bacoloc, threatens to destroy There is no change-in the situation here. ON THE ISLAND OF NEGROS Reports of Fighting, but tails, Reach Manila. w York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. ANTLA, March 21.—Reports of fighting in the Island of Negros. The transport of the e reached Manila. battalion farch 21.—A scare is reported in the Spanish refugee planters have ar- ive tribe, 2000 strong, living on the w firearms, being mostly equipped rom General Miller to defend them- The wounded men are re- H+04+04 040 +0+0+0+R h, moderate; Pri- shoulder, moderate; John G. Thompson vate John M. McVe: Company C, Sergeant Alexander Mc- Cuach, forearm, moderate. March, 18, near Taguig—Killed: Twenty- second Infantry, Company E, Privates John Schmidt and Charles W. Fredericks; h v K, Henry W. Johnson ded: Company E s, thigh, mode at N severe; foot, Char nk_Raefer, chin, Com- arl Edwards, foot Com- pany M, Corporals es Cummingford, thigh, moderate; Edward P. Wilson, fin- ger, severe. Injured: Company E, Private George Sneider, cluhbed by enemy. severe. March 19—Wounded: Company K, August Schmidt, arm, slight ear Pasig—Killed: Second Oregon, ompany D. Private James Page. Wounded: Company M, Corporal Fred W. Bown. leg. slight Near_Taguig—First Washington, Com- pany K, Corporals Robert W. Bucklin, thigh, gevere; Company D, Hugh E. Vaters, lung, severe; Priv Henry O. arm and side, severe; Edward R. tt, lung, er 5 - FATE OF PRISONER : IN HANDS OF OTIS NEW YORK, March 21.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Major General Otis and other members of the Philippine Commission will decide whether or not the ransom of the Span- ish prisoners held by Aguinaldo is to be permitted. As a result of representations by Em- bassador Cambon and the National Red Cross Society showing the deplorable ° condition of these prisoners, General Otis will be given power to act after advising with his associates on the commission. The President hopes it may be found possible to obtain the re- lease of the prisoners, but does not wish to give General Otis direct instructions in view of his former objection on ths ground that it would give Aguinaldo a means to secure military supplies. There are said to be about 500 Span- ish prisoners, most of them priests. As the Filipinos blamed the priests for most of the hardships they suffered un- der Spanish rule, they are particularly inhuman in their treatment of the churchmen. 13 N Bartle EXPLOSION UNDER THE SIDEWALK Seattle Pedestrians Hoisted by the Bursting of a Water Heater. SEATTLE, March 21.—By the explo- slon of a water heater in a basement extending under the sidewalk of a| building at the corner of Second avenue and Washington street, to-night, six | men were severely injured, one dying before midnight, while two other lives are hanging in the balance. The dead: D. W. JACOBS of Chicago, aged 37, for ten years commerciai traveler for Florsheim & Co., shoe manufacturers, Chicago. The injured are: Alfred Saltiel, aged 33, of New York City, representing the International Art Publishing Company; injuries pro- | nounced fatal. Burns W. Bealls of St. Louis, repre- senting 'C. S. & G. W. Schermerhorn. body bruised and ankle sprained. | H. Moss of Lancaster, Pa., commer- cial traveler, cut about hands and face. Albert Swanson of Seattle, | sprained -and body bruised. Man whose name and residence are unknown, internal injuries and broken leg, likely to be fatal. The explosion shook the buildings on the four corners of the street, tore a | hole ten by twenty feet through the | fir sidewalk and shattered windows within the radius of a block. The com- mercial travelers were out for a walk and two of them were hurled forty feet into the air. The air was filled with smoke, dirt and broken glass. For a half minute there rained a shower of debris. Men ankie the neighboring buildings came hun- dreds of frightened people. The Fire and Police departments quickly responded to an alarm. The injured men were assisted to the hos- pital. The faces of the six were black from soot and dirt. They were evident- 1y exactly over the heated boiler when the explosion came. The responsibility rests upon a Jap- anese employed in a. saloon of the building. He 1éft the place with a roaring fire and the theory is that the water in the boiler gave out, resulting in the explosion. SERVED AT EL CANEY; WANTED FOR MURDER Leader of the Twenty-Fourth Regi- ment Band Arrested at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, March 21.—A warranf is out for the arrest of C. H. Schaffner, leader of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry band, which is now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah. The papers for Schaffner’s arrest have been issued in Salt Lake, charging him witlr having been im- plicated in the death of a woman from the effects of an operation. On February 28 Mrs. Emma Christenson died under peculiar circumstances in the Albert Block, in Salt Lake. Evidence was brought to light which led to the exhuma- tion of the body on March 7, when an in- quest was held. Testimony implicating Mrs. J. M. Baker, James A. Luke and Schaffner was adduced. One witness, Al- bert Warren, testified he had taken the dying statement of Mrs. Christenson, in which she said that Bandmaster Schaff- ner was responsible for her death, which was then imminent. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was made public on March 8, to the effect that Mrs. Christenson came to her death from the effects of an operation. The Yverdict mentioned the names of James A. Luke, Charles H. Schaffner and Mrs. J. M. Baker as-accessories to the crime. All but Schaffner were arrested. He left Salt Lake two weeks before the woman died. Schaffner received notice to-day from the adjutant at Fort Dougles that he would be discharged from the service and that the gapera would be forwarded. Schaffner declares he was not responsible for the death of the woman. Schaffner became famous as the leader of the band that played ‘““There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night” dur- ing the_ storming of the heights of El Caney. He has a wife and three children. Cambon to Act for Spain. MADRID, March 21.—The Queen Regent has signed the decree giving M. Jules Cam= bon, French Ambassador at Washington, ran from the building, believing the | structure itself was doomed, and from full’ power to represent Spain at the exs change of the ratifications of the treaty of peace with the United States.