The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1899, Page 1

all VOLUME LXXXV— PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOT FIGHT WITH ENEMY AT QUENGUA Filipinos Routed, but the American Loss Heavy. Colonel Stotsenburg @mong Slain. the New York | Q44444444444+ 444444 E OTIS’ REPORT ON QUENGUA FIGHT. WASHINGTON, April 23.—The wing message regarding the t at Quengua was received \ ) 1t the War Dep t to-da 4 MANILA, Ar Adjut L hington A on Quengua place, theast c Bell nd a troop 1ing resul olos. eeting suddenl v p ed'a heavy y driven from / at Quengua with f e American considerable loss; casualti severe Joss. quite severe. Colo otsen- bur; 244044404444 0444 4494044442490 204400 eral enlisted men. Consid r er wounded, not e porte HEo 4444444444 4444444444040 COL. STOTSENBURG KILLED IN BATTLE @+ ee - i ES - . * . * P + P * I P . ¢ 4+ < X \al 3 @ + ) P’ * pi @ S . i 4 . . [\ @ * . ¢ . : & . by & B . P + B e L e e AR SECEV Y 1 SHINGTON, *olon John totsenburg of the First 1d rank ptain in the regular e Quengua, was born in In- Y pointed a cadet the Military d No. 41 in his class. He was ap- in 1881 d became a captain s He served with his regiment in Arizona and New Mex- 5 0%a lose of the 1 ar participating in the i+ at Wounded K He was at Fort Niobarara months at Fort M r, near Washington, going thence Cav v School at ¥ Le worth, Kans.,, where he ' 1 honors. C ¢l Stotsenburg then served with =mber, 1897, wworth until D and from that time t rofessor of mi ence and tactics at the U 1s mustered in as a major of the First A 9 \d as colonel of the same regiment No- s regiment for Manila June nd slight and had'r to the fact that he w. ther an aesthetic coun- lways a very studious He was a , and the recruits he had to break in } his command of the First Nebraska resented t they procured the passage of a resolution of h braska Legislature. Once they be- wever, the merits of his course became very strong demand from the people of the the resolution of censure, by a formal tive records. 15 in command of the First Nebraska of illness of an officer and the detachment went to Manila in command of Colonel a i took part in the operations south of Manila the a 1d capture of Manila on August 13. r serious positions in the organization of the d by Major General Merritt and put into enant Colonel Cotton of the First f the Port. Later Colonel Bratt edical board. General Otis ordered himhome and then tomh , where he wa to take Colonel Cotton out of the Cus- g excellent work, decided to select some other of- ficer the command of the reg! Choice fell upon Stotsenburg of the Sixth Cavalry and he was named, first there was strong opposition within the command, many of the other officers thinking that those in regular lines should be promoted G Colonel Stotsenburg endeared h the command to a hi Cotton still holds his co: Customs, having succeeded was relisved as Collector, the ery man in the regiment and fency, Lieutenant Colonel ission with the regiment, but 18 now Collector of. General Whittler of New York, when the latter state R e e e e e e though the fight was unexpected, it was the most severe and des- | STEAMER CUT IN TWO IN A COLLISION, YET NOT A LIFE IS LOST [ R e e R e Om SO o ‘0<90 ¥ an an e o Sl o 2n o o ol on o 2 on 2 2 W7/ 8L, 1) PR Do e s n o o ol o 2 D SR aCER S0 . - s * [ B e e S S S e O R o R S i quCte SICR SC +>e0@® The City of Kingston and the Glenogle Crash Togdether Off Browns Point. B o [ Aprfl 23—The steam-|about breaking window lights and|fn the same dfrectlon, and when the hogle and City of Kings- | smashing in the doors to awaken the | Kingston’s engines were reversed it ! me into, "collision *with' & | pa rs. Fvery one was notified of | brought her directly ahead of the | ndous crash at 4:30 o'clock | the dax an deck | Glenogle. In another instant the this morning off Browns Point. | as rapig of | Kingston had been cut in two as if by The Kings struck just back the cg gigantic knife. of her boile and cut almost | pag The City of Kingston was built in squarely in two. In ten minutes h | hull had sunk and her upper works had, divided into two parts and were drift |ing about. They were subsequen? aington, Del, for the Hudson de. She was bought in 1889 ain D. B. Jackson and is now \ as_owned by W. G. Pearse. towed hore by the Glenogle and t BMued at the time of the acci- | Nobody was killed, though the esy ., and was well insured of the Kingston’s passengers and [ompanies. §he was 146 was nothing less than miraculo, eet 5 inchéggbroad and 12 > Kingston was entering pog She Vict and the Glenogle leav dious and Victoria, en rToute to Ho steamel the Browns Point is at the north three d and Tacoma harbor, six miles per- docks. Both st been on the T#3oma- avoring to pass as near ever since she was as possible. The officers on es sound, and had been | surprised to see the other steam, Jae mail boat to Port near in shore. The two vessels wi 1en the route is re-estab- at about the same time, each sigt 1. She carried a crew of to pass ity men, all of whom were | The Kingston attempted to pass v after the collision. | nogle on the port side, and ths nogle is one of the largest realizing the of a gsHision ver in port. She is iron from the Kin pted to gt acruss % bridge, and this accounts for the Glenogle s, her engines were Portunate escape in receiving but reversed. t damages in the collision. She is It was too late to avert the disaster 410 feet long, net tonnage 2399, horse- and the t vessels came together | 7 | power 700, maximum speed 14 knots. with a crash. The Glenogle cut the ng I I | The great ship made her first trin to | Kingston in two and the two parts freed. 1 took w guewe of hoard te | Tacoma in November. The ship had | quickly separated and drifted apart. a way out, and intended to use it { been in the China-London and China- | The purser and night watchman went life preserver. Reaching the out- ew York trade for fifteen vears. and | through the Kingston’s deck, awaken- | Side, T was standing in the walk.be- | was famous for carrying the first of tween the stat The crew | had no trouble | Glenogle.” The firemen poured up out of the fire- | Glenogle e room and the engineers escaped quick- | 1en Volkenberk, the captain’s “boy, ms and the rail. and | the new crops ™ market. clambering aboard the | numbers seventy-two. The Glenogle was libeled to-ni~%t for $140,000 by the Northern Pacific Rall- ing the sleeping engers and the crew. pass Ty from the engine.room to the decks, | Was the -hero of the collision. He [road Company. The '~¢‘~~ alleges the crowding and jostling against each | @Woke Captain Anderson by breaking | on was causcd by the careless- other in their excitement. Many of | in his door. of the Glenogle's pilot in failing to the crew escaped in only _their night| “V humpe comically ex- | make proper signals. clothes, while those sleeping more | claimed Volkenberg. | An investigation late this afternoon lightly or nearer the deck were able to| The captain demanded an explana- | after a part of her cargo had been re- seize some clothing. Men and women | tion, but the boy cut him short with | moved showed that five or six plates e Attt TS e | the exclamation that the Kingston was | on the Glenogle’s port side were stove the rigging, realizing that the sinking. in by the Kingston's guard rail. A por- was sinking. “Orders, sir,” requested Volkenberg. | tion of the rail is sticking out of a great : teie . Ki | “Awake the glory hold,” returned |rent in her hull, through which the | had one of its lifeboats into the water| And the “boy” = went forward to |But for her collision bulkheads the before the big liner had been stopped. | &rouse the sleeping crew. He returned | Glenogle would have sunk before get- The sound of the crash and the |and assisted in getting out the passen- | ting ashore. Unloading will continue all night. By morning her bow will be sufficiently out of water to show the gers. A man w kenberg saved hi overboard and Vol- life. shrieking of whistles of ‘the two boats | aroused the crews on’the ships in the | Ahor: Contain’ Powlds ot Ahetalipl]y TV WEHEhL swholw ‘e Kings- | exact extent of her injuries. Shipping James Kerr ordered out a boat and ton's deck, tells how her hull went | men e_slnnate ‘th_at the cost of her dis- | men to the wreck with First Mate |doWn as follows: D T e SNy Feoniaciiniof | Hoie. mhe seconasmate! was ment onia | Her hullfwent'doym Tike iniaHot al | B iates MR XeRe Rt SSath S B0 n e ho o e ingston was a most immediately after the collision, | the masts disappearing below the sur- face like an arrow shot into the water. People came out in all stages of dress et | and undress and climbed -~ high above | the water as they could. Only one man, tug, and the tug Victor cene, big ram, kept to lead flo-*-~ of sheep-on and off. This animal was untied and swam ashore as the boat was sinking. BILLOT'S TESTIMONY bicycle for put off to th As the Kingston’s passengers were | being taken off, one of the masts top- | pled over and fell across . the [ house, where a number of persons had | o W3tEF °8 TRV FOWE DAY < ated, and the frall structure | ., or tnurj S ntn \\':Tér. bu; lN, ,DREYFUS CASE i hmmv‘h e “l.‘sh-(‘ everal | think two women went down in the Former Minister of War Censured the | of its inmates were slightly injured. A |3y €, PR SEE COWR R the | a ol W Oens | cabin boy floated off on a piece of | oot nough to ses everything platuy | Q“HEP‘ = s ngers on the Glenogle were| oodon. The Kingston was hot: ex- |img its:publication of: {estimony. offered pecting the Glenorle and got rattled.” The Glenogle was in charge of Cap- tain Gatter of the North American before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision inquiriy, gives to-day the deposition of General Billot, recently much alarmed and rushed scantily clad | to the deck, ready for a plunge into the sea. Many of them were unnerved, and 1 ! i S5ah Siteamahtp Company. - The | Minister of War. General Billot denied the ship's stewards plied a lively busi- | i HeamEl B BORPERY: The MOSE | 4 solutely any, knowledge {hat Esier- e Ry s ot G | R BE Yo ST . @ a | hy had rendered services to the gen- ness with sy |. ts m(]. \\mxj The | study of the stories told, is that the | eral staff or had had interviews with shock to the Glenogle was severe and | gingston was proceeding toward Ta- | Staff officers. He declared that the al- awoke every one instantly, nearly location of 80,000 farncs to Esterhazy coma under the impression that the Glenogle was lying at her dock. When the Victoria liner rounded the point and the Glenogle loomed up just ahead the Kingston's officers were, at least momentarily, confused. It is said the Glenogle signaled the Kingston to pass outsid~ and had this { would have been impossible because of the restricted resources of the Intellf- gence Bureau. He admitted he had recommended Colonel Picquart’s prudence in the in- vestigations aiming to incriminate Ester- hazy, and had refused to authorize Gen- eral de Boisdefree to send Picquart to Tonguin. He told of the latter's en- deavors to enlraY Esterhazy by inviting e throwing them from their berths. The Chinese crew was excited, and, al- though kept under strict discipline, the Mongolians chattered and squealed as | though they were mad. The discipline was almost perfect aboard, and had | the vessel been in danger every one would have been cared for by the v v, him to write a letter, adding that he | Soats; WHEAR Svhme Shaian Sl i been done, witnesses say, the accldent | (Biliot) opposed this plan. s anned also, would not have occurred. The King- Finally Colonel Picquart seized one of A. F, von Ettlinger of Portland was | ston's officers were probably unable to | Esterhazy's letters while in the post, and on representations by General Gonze of one of the sleeping passengers aboard the Kingston, His cabin was near the point where the Glenogle struck the | Victoria liner, distinguish the whistles, and in the attempt to pass Inside -ran directly across the bows of the Glenogle, The Glenogle was probably acting on the the danger of such selzure, he (Billot) declined to send Picquart into exile. The witness repudiated, however, any idea of sending him on a perilous mission, General Billot denied ever having sald | "As soon as the Kingston was |theory that the Kingston would pass Ilhnt D{eyua l:)lus'htmm behausn-lnl?:ltedd struck,” sald Mr, yon Ettlinger, “the | as she had been gignaled to do, The re- |iP concluding his evidence, he maintaine purser and night watchman were |sult was that both vessels were headed ‘d’}fat‘.mou'mn of Colone) meq“n norsim NEGRO TORTURED AND BURNED TO DEATH AT STAKE Two Thousand Maddened Georgians Witness the Horrible Lynching of a Murderer. L e e e e e e e e e e 1 3 PALMETTO, Georgia, 9 people acting in those 2 ¥ April 23.—Elijah Strick- 0 capacities. ~ Many wit- ¢ $ land, the negro preacher, ® Tesses were heard and sev- 3¢ $ was captured by a mob of Gl SPC(\FhG NetGmaden + i s At 1 o'clock no decision + + people from this vicinity @ - e B ol e to- 4 had hecn' arrived at, ?}nnt it it SarinTe ? was decided to adjourn 3 § night. Hewasbroughtto @ the court to the woods, + E Palmetto, and at midnight ® one mile out of town. E 3+ was placed on trial for his L] The sober element is + | $ life by a court composed of @ making an effort to save o $ those who had arrested @ the negro’s neck. A num- 3 |$ him. Speeches for and | ber of strangers are here o |$ against his character were b from Atlanta and other + $ made. ® iowns, and they are trying D¢ b3 The trial took place in ? to force a lynching. 3¢ { anopen square in the cen- @ Strickland denied com- 3 § ter of the town. There ¢ plicity in the crime. He is 2 ¥ was no Judge nor jury, the e 0o years old. 3¢ e OO+ 444 4444440400444 444 0 040 144 4040 S 4004444 EWNAN, Ga., April 23.—In the|were crushed into small bits and even presence of mearly 2000 people, |the tree upon which the wretch met his who sent aloft yells of defiance | fate was torn up and disposed of as | souvenirs. The negro’s heart was cut in several pieces, as was unable to obtain the and shouts of joy, Sam Hose, a negro who committed two of the basest ac known in the history of crime, was burned at the stake in a public road also [ B aia mi e son stn SUm Sl SO O SO SRR SO i e e s soe ston o it + + + kS > ¢ + 3 s t + & X % * L4 o ! 1 * t + + & RS + + A * > + . s > + + 5 RS z * IR + * * & 4 + & © + * | ® ) -+ & ® . o S @ ? + © PS + + & © 1 % | ¢ + | & EX-GOVERNOR WILLIAM Y. ATKINSON OF GEORSIA, % 4 Who pleaded with the mob not to lynch the negro assassin, Sam Hose. ¢ ® During the course of his address Atkinson was shot at by a man in the ¢ I crowd. 1 W»@vomo o e 2 e e eDeHe @ one and a half miles from this city. |rect paid their more fortunate posses- The torch was applied to the pyre, the [sors extravagant sums for them. negro was deprived of his ears, fingers | Small pieces of bone went for 25 cents, and other portions of his anatomy. and a bit of the liver crisply cooked The negro pleaded pitifully for his |sold for 10 cents. As soon as the negro life while the mutilation was going on, | was dead there a tremendous struggle among the crowd which had witnessed his tragic end to secure the souvenirs. A rush was made for the F40404040+ 040+ 0+ 0+0+0+0+0 ATLANTA CONSTITUTION PLEADS JUSTIFICATION was but stood the ordeal of fire with sur- prising fortitude. cool it was cut to pieces, Before the body was the bones D4 ATLANTA, Ga., April 23.—The Constitution will say to-morrow: “The terrible expiation which Sam Hose was forced to pe for his crime will arouse a flood of discussion, carried on by those who know the facts on the one side and by those who do not care for facts on the other. But, while the form of this criminal’'s punishment cannot be upheld, let those who are dispcsed to criticize it look into the facts—and by these facts temper the judgment they may render. “An unassuming, industrious and hard-working farmer, after his day’s toil, sat at his evening meal. Around him sat wife and children, happy in the presence of the man who was fulfilling to them every duty imposed by nature. At peace with the world, serving God and loyal to humanity, they looked forward to the coming day. “Noiselessly the murderer, with uplifted arm, advanced from the rear and sank an ax through the brain of the unsuspecting victim. Tearing the child from the mother’s breast he flung it into the pool of blcod oozing from its father’s wound. Then began the culmination which has dethroned the reason of the people of Western Georgia during the past week. As critics will howl about the lynching the Censtitution will be pardoned for stating the plain facts. * “The wife was seized, choked, thrown upon the floor, where her cloth- ing lay in the blood of her husband, and ravished. Remember the facts. Remember the dark night in the country home. Remember the slain hus- band, and, above all, remember that shocking degradation which was in- flicted by the black beast, his victim swimming in her husband’s warm blood as the brute held her to the flcor, Keep the facts in mind. “When the picture is painted of the ravisher In flames, go back and view that darker picture of Mrs. Cranford, outraged In the blood of her murdered husband.” O+0+ 040+ 0+0+0+00+0+040+0+0+0+0C 1 | D440 404+ 040+ O+ 0404040200404 00404+ O+ 0404040+ |