The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1899, Page 3

FRANCISCO CALL. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1899. 2__________—_________——______________——_______———————: stake, and those near the body were forced against it and had te fight for thelr freedom. Knives were quiekly produced and the body was soon dis- membered. One of the men who lifted the can of kerogene to the negro's head is said to be a native of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania: His name is known to those who were with him, but they re- fuse to divuige it p The mob was composed of citizens of Newnan, Griffin, Palmetto and other little towns in the country round about Newnan. General Atkinson met the mob as he | was returning from church and ap- pealed to them to let the law take its course, A member of the mob was seen to draw a revolver and take alm at Gen- eral Atkinson, who in speaking sald he would testify against the members of the mob, but he was disarmed. Before belng put to death the negro stated that he had been pald $12 by | Lige Strickland negro preacher at | Palmetto, to kill Cranford. To-night a s scouring th antry »r Strickland, who has left his h e Sam Hose killed Alfred Cranford, a white farmer near Palmetto, and out- raged his wife ten days ago. Since | that time business in that part of the State has been suspended, the entire population turning out in an effort to sture him. He successfully eluded | uit until discovered Macon. - Chandler has been asked to | yps here to preserve order for s it feared the negroes Gove send t a day or two, ay wreak vengeance, many threats | « that effect having been made. | Hose has been on the ones Brothers, between Macon and Colum- bus > the day after he committed h His mother is em- | rrible crime. ployed on the farm and he fled to her cabin for refuge. aware of s brothers until a The the cr were not few days were not - that he was the vanted man. Sat- | urday morning one Jones boys met He s talking him notic ginger” face was | ebony Convinced that ! blac he was the T black. | negro had been | ection and that he authori- ed to e ties had been scouring the country, | th determined to arrest him. This morni brought the negro into | Macon anu put him aboard train with the intention of bringing him to | Atlanta. At Griffin some one recog- | se and sent word to Newnan, ext station, that the negro was on an was *hed a great | crowad surr in and pushed into the cars. brothers were | told that the negro could be delivered Sheriff of Campbell \d that it was not necessary to to Atlanta. This was acceded to and 1 off the train and rchec the head of a yelling, houting crowd of white people to the the County ther there take hir >d him over to Sheriff receipt for the themselve red for h Mrs. Cranford ewnan to make } In some way ked out and | ym every house in | ame the occupants, and | owd was soon gathered Sheriff Brown was im- up the prisoncr and wretch over to the . A procession formed d Hose was marched at its head to the public square. heriff informed ex-Governor | of Georgia, who lives in New- riedly on the est 1e 1 a buggy, im- crowd to let the law take will take its course,” sai u it will do so . Do not stain ate with a crime erform.” 5 of D in a similar ain. The > heard the words of the two | s in silence, but the instant | their voices had died away shouts of | “On to Palmetto,” “Burn him,” “Think of his crime,” were heard on all sids and the march was resumed. | Mrs. ' and sister | re Newnan. The mob | headed in the direction of their | and in a short time reached | McElroy home. The negro was | o the marched in the gate and Mrs. McEiroy | called to the front doc identified Hose, and her She at once | verdict was | agreed to by her daughter. “To the sta’ e” was again the cry. Several men wanted to burn him in | Mrs. McElroy ard. To this she ob- | jected, and the mob, complying with | her wishes, started for Palmetto. Just as they were leaving Newnan | word was brought that the 1 o'clock | train from Atlanta was ing 1000 people to Palmetto. Thi thought to be a regiment of militia, and the mob at once decided to burn the pri oner at the first favorable place rather than be comj lled to shoot him when | the militia put in an appearance. The mob, which now numbered near- 500 people, hurr al A line of bu all Kinds, their drivers fighting for po- | sitions in line, followed the procession, at the head of which, closely guarded, marched the negro. | One and a half miles out of Newnan a halt was made. A little to the side of the road was a strong pine tree and up to this the negro was marched, his | back placed to the tree and his face | to the about him. crowd, which jostled closely | Here for the first time he | was allowed to talk. He s = “I am Sam Hose. I killed Alfred Cranford, but I was paid to do it. Lige Strickland, the negro preacher at Palmetto, gave me $12 to kill him.” At this a roar went up from the mob. The intelligence imparted by Hose was | spread among them. | “Let him go on; tell all you know about it,” came from the mob. The | negro, shivering like a léaf, continued | his recital. “I did not outrage Mrs. Cranford. Somebody else did that. T can identify them. Give me time for that.” The mob would hear no more. The clothes were torn from the wretch in an instant. A heavy chain was pro- duced, wound around the naked body of the terrified negro and clasped by | a lock at his neck. He said not a word at this proceeding, but a moment later, at the sight of half a dozen knives | flashing in the hands of members of | the mob, he sent up a blood-curdling | yell. In another moment a hand grasp- ! ing a knife shot out and one of the negro’s ears dropped into another's hand ready to receive it. Hose pleaded pitifully for mercy and begged his tor- mentors to kill him quic'"y. His cries were unheeded. His other ear was cut | off. Then his fingers, one by one. were severed from his hands and passed among the members of the maddened crowd. The shrieking negro was quickly relieved of- other portions of his anatomy. “Come on with the oil.” now cried some one, and almost immediately a huge can of kerosene oil was placed at the foot of the tree where the nezro, hig body covered with blood from head to foot, was striving and tugging at | his chains. The can was lifted over | the negro’s head by three or four men, and its contents poured over him. By e L LR EEEEEEEEEED [ A=A 7.0 KON O:EU!&’Q?"&‘SQ‘;O‘ | chain. | too horrible for publication, | of intelligent negroes, leaders of their | the diabolical crime of Hose. ’ple against the lawless blacks.” Captain Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gorden Bennetts PARIS, April 23.—The Herald’s European edition will to-morrow publish a letter from a correspondent tell- [ ing the story of how alleged German agents approached Captain Juan Fernandez, here in Parls, and offered to supply him with arms and money to arouse the Cubans against the United States. tale told by the correspondent: Cuban army, which held out so long Government in its relation to Cuba. terest. this public, if it costs me my head. Juan * Fernandez, Maceo, Declares He Was “Ap- proached” at Paris. dez recognized as the man speaking to him. 'GERMAN AGENTS OFFER TO AID CUBANS TO REVOLT AGAINST UNITED STATES Who Fernandez, who served with distinction under Antonio Maceo, is a Cuban of Moorish extraction, born un- der the United States flag of Cuban parents, is said to have considerable influence over the Maceo element of the Fernandez desires to inform the Herald that this (Sunday) evening, while he was smoking in front of the Hotel Terminus, he was approached by three Germans, who knew his name and all about him, and began to rave about the selfishness of the United States against Spain during the rebellion. In the course of their talk one of them showed Fernandez a photograph of g German officer, whom Fernan- The Germar went on to say that through Fernandez he could get the Cubans 250,000 francs at once and plenty more when required, with all the arms and ammunition necessary for a prolonged rebellion against the United States Government, if Fer: At this Fernandez replied: “Gentlemen, I am a Cuban by blood, but I am a citizen of the United States, and will see you and Germany in —— before I would raisea finger against the land of my birth. Good day.” : Exit three Germans in great haste and confusion. DO BOLRO RO R DR VN0 RORO CLOLO RORG 26024 0N OROL0 KO, 028 URORC B0 - Fought Under Here is the summary of the ez would work in Germany’s in- I shall make 2003 08 088 ORI B0 | this time a good supply of brush and firewood had been placed about the negro's feet. This pyre was thor- oughly saturated and a match ap- plied. A flame shot up and spread quickly over the pile of wood. As it licked the negro’s legs he shrieked onée and began tugging at his chains. As the flames crept higher and the smoke entered his eves and mouth, Hose put the stumps of his hands to the tree back of him, and with a ter- rific plunge severed the upper portion of the chains which bound him to the tree. His body, held to the tree only as far as the thighs, lunged forward. thus caping the flames, which roared and crackled about his feet. One of the men nearest the burning negro quickly ran up, and, pushing him back. said. “Get back into the fire,” and auickly coupled the disjointed links of the The road for a distance of a half \ile on each side of the burning negro black with people. The crowd sur- rounded the stake on all sides. but none of those nearer than 100 feet of | the center was able to see what was | going on. Yell after yell went up. The | torch was applied about half-past 2 } and at 3 o’clock the body of Hc wa. limp and lifel his head hanging to de. The body was cut to pieces. he erowd fought for places about the smoldering tree, and with knives se- -ed some pieces of his carcass that | did not fall to pieces. The chain w severed by hamme the tree was chopped down and such pieces of the wood as had not burned were car- 1 away sgouvenir: | GOVERNOR CANDLER ; TALKS OF THE LYNCHING ATLANTA, Ga., April —~Governor Candler to-night gave the Associulrdi Press the following statement on the | burning of Sam Hose: | “The whole thing is deplorable, and | Hose's crime, the horrid details of | which have not been published, and are | the most | diabolical in the annals of crime. The: negroes of that community lost the best | opportunity they will ever have to ele- | vate themselves in.the imation of their white neighbors. The diabolical nature of the double crime was well known to every one of them; the per- | petrator was well knon and they-owed y it to their race to exhaust every means of bringing Hose to justice. This| | course would have done more to elevate | them in the estimation of the good peo- | ple and to protect their race against the mob than all the rewards and proc- lamations of the Governors for the next fifty years. 7 But they lost the opportunity, and it is a deplorable fact that while scores race, have talked to ‘me about the Palmetto lynching. not one of them has ever in the remotest way alluded to either the burning of Palmetto, which provoked the lynching, nor to I do not believe these men sympathized with Hose or the Palmetto incendiaries, but they are blinded by race prejudice and can see but one side of the ques- | tion. I want to protect them in every legal right and against mob violence, | and I stand ready to employ eyery re- source of the State in doing so, but they must realize that in order to. merit and receive the protection of the community they must show a willing- | ness to at least aid in protecting the community against the lawless element | of their own race. To secure protection against lawless whites they must show | a disposition to protect the white peo- | One special and two regular trains carried nearly 4000 people to Newnan to witness the burning of Sam Hose, or to visit the scgne of the affair. The ex- cursionists returning to-night were loaded down with ghastly reminders of the affair in the shape of bones, pieces of flesh and parts of the wood which was placed at'the negro’s feet. One of the trains, as it passed through Fort McPherson, four miles out of At- lanta, was stoned—presumably by ne- groes. A number of windows were broken and two passengers were pain- fully injured. Governor Candler stated during the evening that he had been advised that a mob of citizens from Fayetteville and Woolsey were coming to Atlanta to take George W. Kerlin from the jail here and lynch him. He murdered Miss Pearl Knott near Woolsey several days ago and threw her body into the river. | The Governor immediately ordered eight companies of the Fifth Infantry (State militia) to be in readiness to march to the jail upon order. It is be- lieved, however, that the troops are held in readiness to be sent to Palmetto in case of an uprising of negroes there. | visiting his wife. He immediate- | HOT FIGHT WITH ENENY AT QUENGUA Continued From First Page. perately contested that has oc-| curred since the fighting with the Filipinos began. It is known that the American | loss was eight men killed and for- | ty-three wounded. Colonel _]ohu; M. Stotsenburg, commander of | the Nebraska Volunteer Regi-| ment, was shot through the heart | immediately after arriving on the | battlefield. Major Bell had taken a party of sixty-one to reconnoiter the| enemy's position along the Quengua River, the object of | the movement being to dcvclop’ the strength of the Filipino forces. The detachment arrived near Quengua at daybreak. It| continued to advance and drew ai heavy fire. ‘ The cavalry detachment held its ground until the enemy threw flanking parties right and left and almost surrounde(d the American force. Then the cavalry drew | back until reinforced, a battalion | of the Nebraska Volunteers | under Major Morford being the first to arrive. This force heiugi insufficient to drive the insur-| gents back, the remainder of thci Nebraska Regiment, with the| Towa Volunteer Regiment, was hurried forward, and then four | guns of the Utah Battery were | advanced to a fighting position. | Colonel Stotsenburg, com-| mander of the Nebraska chi«l | ment, arrived on the battlefield at 11 o’clock, having just returned | from Manila, where he had been | ly led an advance of the regi- ment, storming the enemy’s trenches, but was shot fatally, dy- | ing instantly about two hundred yards from the breastworks. The Nebraska Regiment, how- ever, continued to advance and beat the insurgents out of their position. Lieutenant Lester F. Sisson of the Nebraska Regi- ment was shot through the heart dirring the action. The cavalry lost three men killed and five wounded. The loss of the Nebraska Regi- ment was five killed and more than thirty wounded. The Towa Regiment’s losses were slight. The heat during the HERRRURRREARRRUARINLLNLRIBVARANNNNNS CASUALTIES AT QUENGUA. WASHINGTON, April 23.—The following dispatch was received at the War Department late this evening: » MANILA, April 23.—Adjutant General, Washington: Casualties at FIRST NEBRASKA. Two officers and two enlisted men killed; twenty-five enlisted men wounded. FOURTH CAVALRY. Two men killed and five wounded. Quengua to-day: FIFTY-FIRS' in morning. ERRRARRRURRANRRRARLARREREBRRRRRERS + Seven enlisted men wounded. UTAH LIGET ARTILLERY. One officer and two enlisted men wounded. Total, 49. Names two officers and T IOWA. OTIS. BRBURBANNBBURNNNLRNRRNNNRS | to soldiers urging the— | the senders of these seditibus communi- | PRESIDENT RECEIVES action was terrific, many pros- trations occurring. The killing of Colonel Stotsen- burg is greatly deplored, his reputation as a leader being unri- valed for courage and coolness. The Nebraska Regiment’s losses during the present hostilities have been greater than those of any other regiment. Several men were sunstruck, one dying from the effects of the heat as they lay waiting for the artillery to come up. Lieutenant Sisson.fell with a bullet in his heart, the bullet | striking him near the picture of a girl suspended by a ribbon from his neck. The Americans carried the second trench with small loss and are holding the town to-night. SOLDIERS URGED NOT TO RE-ENLIST CHICAGO, April 23.—A Washington special to the Inter Ocean says: Secre- tary Alger received from General Otis to-night a reply to the cablegram ask- ing him for particulars of the receint | sawmill site. by United States soldiers in the Philip- pines of what has been described by a | member of the Cabinet as “treasonable | and seditions communications from | the United States.” | General Otis says in reply to the Sec- | retary of War that telegrams were sent not to re-enlist and that they were variously signed | “committee” and “the committee,” and that some bore no signatures at all. | Secretary Alger has not made public | the text of General Otis’ cablegram, | and it is, therefore, uncertain whether | the comandmer of the forces in the! Philippines has confided the names of cations. General Otis, however, is explicit | enough to confirm the absolute ac- | curacy of the Inter Ocean's story, first published on Saturday morning, ex- posing the work that is being done by enemies at home of the Government's | policy of subjugatine the Filipinos and bringing about peace in the Philip- pines. The cablegram of General Otis to the Secretary of War is anlv the first link in the chain of evidonce against the authors of the treasonable propaganda. Other proofs will ke forthcoming from | time to time until the futile plot is fully | exposed. —_—— NEWS OF THE FIGHT WASHINGTON, April 23.—Little in- formation came to the authorities from General Otis to-day respecting the ope- | rations in the vicinity of Quengua, and while regretting greatly the severe losses sustained, they were loth to com- ment on it in the absence of fuller in- formation. From what was received it is evident that the troops engaged in the fighting were a portion of those comprised in General MacArthur's di- vision, and probably were engaged in clearing the jungle of bands of insur- gents infesting it. Much admiration was expressed for the valor shown by the Americans under the strong fire of the insurgents and in face of the un- favorable climatic conditions. The dis- patches were sent to the White House for the President’s information. Adju- tant General Corbin was with the Presi- dent for a short while during the even- ing, and he was the only official of the War Department who put in an ap- pearance. DEATHS AMONG TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, April 23.—The fol- lowing weekly death report from Gen- eral Otis, received to-day, is as fol- lows: MANTLA, April 23.—Adjutant General, Washington:~ Following deaths since last weekly report: From wounds in action— April 15, Joseph Grabowsky, private, Company’ C, Fourth Cavairy: 18th) Archie A. Aldrich, private, First Colorado; 20th, Bruce L. Macey, private, C, First Ne- braska. Drowned, accidental, ~April 21, John i‘\eiumgomery. sergeant, K, Third’ Artil- Ty. April 23—Jacob Boyd, sergeant, K, Fourth Infantry, variola; 6th, Samuel J: February,']prh-ate. I, Eighteenth Infant- ry;: 2lst, Thomas iiauble, . private, D, Third Infantry, diarrhoea; th, Joseph Gompman, private, G, FEighteenth In- fantry, malarial fever; 5th, B. C. Chan- dler, private. C. Second Oregon, erysip- elas; 20th, Charles M. Parsons, private, M, First Washington, tuberculosis; 20th, Jay E. Taylor, private, B, Second Ore- gon, peritonitis; 21st, Michael Ryan, ser- geant, A, Fourteenth Infantry. OTIS. S Left the Case to Enlist. COLUMBUS, Neb., April 23.—Lieu- tenant Lester F. Sisson, killed at Ma- nila, was born in this county and his parents reside at St. Edwards. He was a printer by trade and worked on the Times in this city when the call for vol- unteers was made. He was 23 years of age. | on the island for all time. 4 Edouard Taylor was second. AR BREWING ON DEAD MANS [SLE Vancouver Defies Ot- tawa Government. DECLARES A LEASE ILLEGAL POLICE FORCE BACKS UP THE OITY’S CONTENTION. Representatives of Chicago Capital- ists Will Attempt to Take Pos- session by Force of Arms. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 2 —On a five-acre piece of land commonly known as Dead-Mans Island, which | guards the entrance to the harbor here. there promises to ‘be a fierce conflict between two forces to-night and early Monday morning. The island w Te- | cently leased to Stuart & Wells. Chi- | cago bankers and capitalists, for a The lease was disputed by the Mayor and City Council, on the ground that the island is an imperial naval reserve and cannot be leased. The Dominion Government granted the lease, and when it was disputed by this city again looked into the mat- ter, and ratified its former action. Armed with authority from Government, Theodore Ludgate, represents the capitalists here, arrived in the city from Ottawa to take no: session of the island and erect a mil- lion-dollar sawmill. On Saturday he said he would take possession on to- morrow, although the city has armed guards and policemen to prevent him. Mayor Garden held a hurried confer- ence with some of the Councilors late last night, and ipstructed Chief of Po- lice Stewart early this morning to place the entire police force of twenty-five men, fully armed, on the island and prevent. Ludgate landing men there. Ludgate yesterday engaged fifty robust laborers, and at midnight managed to get their tools secretly to the island. He expressed his intention to land these fifty men on the island early to- morrow morning, no matter what on- position might be met. He is a deter- mined man, and as the city is equally determined that he shall not get pos- session, a conflict seems inevitable, The policemen in a body will march to the island at daybreak. They may be outwitted, as it was learned from a r liable source to-night that Ludgate would land twenty-five or thirty of his men after midnight and surprise the guards. Ludgate said this afternoon: “I am authorized by the Government to take possession of the island. and will do so, no matter what the oppo- sition. I do not want to see bloodshed, but I can only say the word ‘defeat’ is not in my vocabulary.” Mayor Garden said: “The police force will be on hand *»~ight and early to prevent Ludgate’s men landing. We have taken the matter into our own hands and will carry '* through.” The island is now inhabited by fisher- men, who favor Ludgate. When they heard of the prospective fight to-day they got out all of the xuns and re- volvers in the settlement and loaded them in readiness to help the capital- ists, who have promised them free rent As the mat- ter now stands it is simply the Chi- cago capitalists and the Dominion Gov- ernment against the city. Several thousand citizens, many in favor of the mill scheme, will be on hand to-morrow to see how the affair turns out. the PARTY IS IN DOUBT WASHINGTON, April 23.—From a dispatch received by Secretary Long from Admiral Dewey to-day it is evi- dent that the latter is still in the dark respecting the whereabouts of Lieuten- ant Gillmore and party of the York- town, who, it is thought, were am- bushed and captured by a party of Filipinos while on a voyage to rescue Spanish prisoners near Baler. The ad- miral says he is endeavoring to ascer- tain the situation of the lieutenant and his party. The dispatch is in response to an inquiry sent by Secretary Long, not because the latter thought the ad- miral was not making every effort to rescue the men, but to show the friends of the prisoners that the department was not indifferent to their fate or re- miss in its endeavors to assist them in regaining their liberty. | PHILIPPINE REBELS AIDED FROM WITHOUT LONDON, April 24.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Dally Mail says: A Spanish prisoner recently released by the Filipinos says the insurgents have 50,000 rifles, plenty of ammunition and 200 pieces of artillery, some of them the latest pattern of quick-firing guns. Ac- cording to his description of the situa- tion they established two large car- tridge factories, and as it is impossible for the Americans to blockade such a coast as that of Luzon the Filipinos can easily procure from abroad every- thing they require. The informant as- serts that Chinese, European and even American merchants doing business in China are helping the Filipinos in this way. 2 = New Raisin Packing House. FRESNO, April 2.—Willlam Forsyth, the raisin grower and packer. will begin the construction of a new raisin seeding plant and packing 'ouse next week, to replace his handsome structure that was destroyed by fire last summer. The new plant will cost about $30,000 and will have a capa ity of five carloads of raisins daily. The plant will be completed in time to handle this season’s crop of raisins. s chti Counterfeit Revenue Stamps. PUEBLO, Colo., April 2.—J. C. Allard, deputy revenue collector, has seized in this city 14,000 cigars bearing counterfeit revenue stamps, the cigars having been made in Lancaster, Pa. Mr. Allard is making a thorough search throughout his district. - Roumania’s New Cabinet. BUCHAREST, Roumania, April 23.—M. Cantacuzena has formed a Cabinet to succeed the Ministry of Demtrio Strudza which resigned on April 11. The Prémier will take care of the portfolio of the In- terior also. M. Lavovory will take care of the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. -— The Raleigh at Sandy Hook. NEW YORK, April 24—The cruiser Raleigh, Captain Coghlan, bound for Philadelphia, completed coaling to-day and dropped down to Sandy Hook, where she anchored for the night. g i English Wheelman Wins. PARIS, April 22.—In the fifty kilometers bicycle race here to-day Tom Linton, the Englishman, won In 55 minutes 83 seconds. who | | for every dollar's worth of foreign mer- | | Captain Allen immediately went to the | | | \FATE OF YORKTOWN | ; power. 1 %Wmnummmmmmmmm& y | exports being the largest ever recorded | 'SURVIVORS OF THE WHITNEY BANNER YEAR OF FOREIGN TRADE OF THIS COUNTRY Exports the Largest Ever Re- corded and Imports Are Exceptionally Small. v 4 WASHINGTON, April 23.—The fiscal | with our imports, showed an excess 0- vear of 1898 was the banner year of the | $584,242,259, or more than t“l‘fi: tlgxe'g::t foreign trade of the United States, our|cess for 1897, which Wwas previously reported. An Interesting fact developed by the report of Mr. Hitchcock is the increase in the exports of agricultural products. being 70.93 per cent of the total, or $858,507,942, a gain of nearly®25 per cent over 1897. Hxports of this class also show a greater gain proportionately than non-agricultural exports. Our purchases of foreign agricultural products in 1898 amounted to only $314,291,796, as compared with $400,871,- 468 in 1897, a decrease of $86,579,672, or abotut 22 per cent. The: value of the American farm products sent abroad during 1898 was much more thap double that of our agricultural im ports, the excess of the former over the latter amounting to $544,216,146. In | 1897 the excess on the side of agri- cultural exports was only $288,883,725, and in the years immediately preced- ing still smaller. for a like period and our imports ex- ceptionally small. According to a com- prehensive report just prepared by Frank H. Hitchcock, chief ‘of the sec- tion of for.ign markets of the Agri- cultural Department, the total value of our domestic exports reached the enor- mous sum of $1,210,291,913, exceeding | the record-breaking figures of the pre- ceding year by $178,284;310. ©On . the other hand. the imports durihg 1898 were the smallest since 1885, their value being $616,049,654, a decline of $148,685,« 568 of the figures of 1897. Broadly stated, chandise brought into the United States two dollars’ worth of our products found a market abroad. Our @ exports, as comnare’d TINO DAYS AT SEA ~ WITHOUT WATER Shipwrecked Men Reach Shore. General -Whitney than were contained in the press dispatches this morning. The vessel belonged to the Metropolitan line of New York and the crew was fur- nished by that company. Captain J..W. Hawthorne commanded her pending the completion of the ships now being constructed for the Morgan Company at Newport News. He had been in the employ of the Morgan line for thirty years and this was the only vessel he ever lost. The loss of the General Whitney marks the first disas- ter accompanied by loss of life that has ever occurred to a boat of the Southern Pacific or Morgan line, REDS BE ORPHANS. Win the Game Through Errors in the First Two Innings. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. HR. 0 OCEAN | Clube— W.L.Pet| Clubs— W. L. Pct G St. Louls...., 5 0 1000|Cincionati .. 4 4 .500 DISASTER. Philadelp] 2 3 4 4 Boston 2 3 4 429 Chicago 3 1 4 .20 5 Baltimore 3 1 5 .16 e rea Loutsville 3 17 a8 Second Lifeboat of the Foundered| ., .;\ yymr April 35.—The Orphans plaved like wooden men for the first two innings and the Reds gained a lead of elght runs. Phillips collided with Demont at first base in the eighth inning and was knocked out. for took his Steamship Rescued After Hav- ing Been Given Up as Lost. =] place. The finish was exciting, Chicago having three men on the bases with but one out. At- tendance, 6600. Score: Clubs— H E Special Dispatch to The Call. | Cincinnati 1 - | Chicago i 5 Peitz; Taylor STIN itement was early this afternoon by a small boat out at sea giving signals of distress. —Burns and Smith. —The two ball games ed on ac- ST. LOUIS, April ! scheduled for to-day were not pla count of rain. S A assistance in the yacht Baldwin. Upon | LADY SCO’I:'TVMISSING. nearing the boat he found it to be the 3 ce of a hter of the missing lifeboat of the steamer General »Disappear;n i £ O fifl“gn Whitney, which foundered morth of | e :1‘“ f]’ 5T:E'1"a;nx]‘ Fodd Gove ,La"““ s d“f“"“dF:da_-".lm’m' | Samuel Edward Scott, Conservative mem- Captain Allen transferred the sailors o | ;. of Parliament for West Marylebone, his vacht and brought them to Cor-|yg jn a state of great consternation aver bett’s dcc where a large crowd | the disappearance of Lady Scott, who was awaited them. Hot coffee and food | Lady Sophle Beatrix Mary Cadogan, Seroiglven them at onte o ihe Boat | JauShterof the marl of Cadoman, Tord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Daily Mail and the poor fellows fairly banaueted. | says her ladyship drove out shopping on The story of the disaster, as told by the 17th, dismissed her coachman in Bond Mate Mattson and his men, was a | street and has not been seen since. thrilling one. One of the Dulkheadsi Lady Sophie Cadogan, who is in her which were prevaiing during the early | 1896. "He i{s a lieutenant in the part of Friday night. All hands were | Horse Guards. ordered to the pumps and worked hard. S but the holds soon began to fill in spite of their efforts. The officers and men. realizing that the steamer was settlinx fast and certain to founder took to the two lifeboats. _aptain J. W. Haw- thorne and fifteen men went in the first boat and were never seen again by the remaining men. Shortly afterward Mate Mattson and the balance of the crew, fourteen men. took to the second boat. That was about midnight. They obtained a com- pass and began to row for shore. A strong wind was prevailing, creating a heavy sea, and the men at the oars could make no headway. All day Saturday the men tried to reach shore, but could not even get a glimpse of it, and almost despaired | when they found they had plenty of provisions but no water. They spent all of Saturday night at the mercy of the seas, which washed over their frail boat frequently. Early this morning they sighted land, and with redoubled energies, made strong by _desperation, they took their turns at the oars. When near encugh to land they improvised a flag, which they tacked to an oar, and it was then that Captain Allen went to their rescue. The men, when they landed, were drenched to the skin and almost fam- ished. They will await instructions | from New York. Besides Mate Mattson, who conducted the party through the rough trip, the survivors are: Charles Andy, H. Kem- per, D. Jackson, Louis Cook, George Cook, H. Louis, G. L. Olsen, Ed Sea- blum, Patrick O'Neal, N. Larson, J. Nelson, George Lingo, J. Davis and Thomas Cavanaugh. These men were at sea in their open sKkiff forty-eight hours and most of the time without water. NEW .ORLEANS, April 23. —The Southern Pacific Company officials in this city have received no further ad- vices concerning the loss of the steamer CHINA MAY HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED year, in Royal gt Ephraim P. Davis Dead. SALINAS, April 23.—Ephraim P. Davis, a druggist of Castroville, died suddenly this morning after three days’ iliness of pneumonia. The deceased, who was 38 vears old, was prominent in politics in Monterey Coupty and at the last Presi- dential election changed from the Repub- lican to the Democratic party. He leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter. He will be buried under the auspices of the Masons, of which order he was a member. ——— Lineman Seriously Injured. STOCKTON; April 23.—John Hunter, & lineman, was brought to Stockton this afternoon_on the 1:10 train with both bones of both legs broken between the of one ing a wire five miles the other side Bethany a pole broke and fell upon him. TR TN Fireman’s Leap for Life. TACOMA, April 23.—A dry kiln and store house at the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company's mills burned this afternoon, entailing a loss of about $50,- 000, partially covered by insurance. Cal Trosper, a fireman, broke an arm in leap- ing to safety before falling walls. Sen- ator Foster is a heavy stockholder in the St. Paul mill. e Rain Benefits Crops. SANTA ROSA, April 22.—Rain has fall- en here to-day,; which will greatly benefit rowing crops. To-night indications avor a heavy yrorlpxlalmn. SANTA CRUZ, April 28.—Heavy show- ers, with occasional hail, fell to-day. The rain is beneficial to growing crops. s Stockton’s Relay Team. STOCKTON, April 2.—Some changes | have been made in the Terminal City Wheelmen team for the contest next Sun- day with Sacramento riders. to-day resulted in the selection of following team: Barnes, Mornis Fore, Ford, Shoemaker, McHugh, the Miller. dttitude of the Government To- ward Foreigners Becoming Intolerable. PEKING, April 23.—The reactionary attitude of the Chinese Gov- ernment toward foreigners is creating for them an intolerable situa- tion which cannot be prolonged. Promises made by the Tsung Li Yamen are of no value unless ap- proved by the Grand Council, a ma jority of whose members are bit- terly hostile to foreigners and foreign influences. Unless some change takes place soon, it is believed the powers will remonstrate directly to the Empress Dowager. As a demonstration of the ignorance of the Grand Council, that body has just given its approval to a new invention by the general commanding the troops‘in tle province of Pechili, General Kangsu. It consists of a sharp, shove -shaped instrument, capable of decapi- tating an enemy at a single blow. There seems little likelihood that Li Hung Chang will return to . * % g § DRI URUIIRONRG The try-out.b WGP | |