The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1899. - N e e e et e e e s e e e e el L S e 1 Dewey. 1 shall be happy to serve on the committee appointed by or Phe and nothing that T | 1 prevent me from at- | W of now w tending to-morrow’s meeting. 1 be- lieve the efforts of the committee hav- ing the matter in charge will be crowned with success, and that in due 1e we shall see crowning some suit- a able elevation in Golden Gate P: worthy monument to the hero of Ma- nila Bay E. W. Hopkins— The movement to honor Admiral Dewey with a ihle statue appeals to the patriotism of everybody. I am heartily in accord with it will ad- i of my ability. I that an eng nent | v in the country, made | e of my ap- will pre- | rrow’s meet- | J. B. Reinstein— It w the 1 afford wreatastipiean | ure to s ¢ Dewey monume mit 1 attend to-morrow’s r t Mayor's office and 1 bt whatever that the un- be ca i thro to ple of the city and \ patriotism and appropriately com- [ pages appeals to all. of htest erican history G. Stafford— ny power w. to advance a statue in Dewey in but fitting appreciation 1 work in behalf the rnme We returr t-up enthusiasm of 1 is W our his well be turned towar ittend the m ow 1 will ssor phy— rd with the pro- Profe C. H. Mur George D. Clark— dmiration admiral F. W. Van Sicklen— I ha eptz monument he meeting every pr issured Mayor Phe- A place on | mittee, T to-morrow v to a grand 1t admiral, give it his e the oject to th is loy Charles R. Patton— suppc Mr. Patton te ohed from Santa Cruz I accept the ap- poi er of the Dew mc te ir will return morning order Phe by Mayor | E. B. Pond— intment, but will r committee. 1 the e to- | two other appoint- sible I will be t of my the chief | ould show her { { 1 ‘ | admiral, and I done by erect- ment than planning which we then be forgotten. n, R, H. Fletcher and ! tt could not be seen last | 1 last but evening yor Phelan is assured, | however, that all three will serve on | the committee and will lend their ef- il one of the Honor, has quently can- forts Buc gen Just not Ri <ing the movement es, NGS WITH A SOUND OF TE(U? PATRIOTISH COSTELLO — T think monument to ot only happy, to me, too, | ound of patriot- voice now raised to purchase a home for That effort smacks too | clalism to suit me. Oa| I have no doubt that the ed by yovemer he Call will be hailed with nd carried to speedy success In a monument worthy of the man and the deed it is to help perpet- | uate. SHOW APFRECIATION. IN ENDURING BRONZE | 2CLAY HENLEY—There is noth- | sufficiently strong | commendation of the | plan to erect a monument in Golden | Gate Park to Admiral Dew He is a | wonderful man—in my opinion, easily the | foremost naval commander in the world. It is particularly appropriate, for reasons | 80 obvious that I shall not mention them, | that San Franciscans should testify in | an enduring and magnificent monument | its apprecfation of the hero of Manila | Bay. ettt PRAISE THE MOVEMENT FOR A DEWEY STATUE The movement to erect a suitable monument in honor of the achieve-l ments of Admiral George Dewey is| scarcely forty-eight hours old, yet Iet-| ters of approval are being received. It is evident the people of the coast in- tend to divert the energy they would | have, expended in welcoming Dewey, | had he returned home by way of the Golden Gate, into providing some me- | morial by which his valiant deeds may | be remembered. Appended are letters showing the high regard in which Aqd- | miral Dewey is held and the popularity | of the movement for a suitable monu- | ment: To the Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: | The movement you have naugurated | for the purpose of erecting a monu- ment within the city and County of | ands of the preter | Yours tru | moderate; STORY OF SLAVERY AND C ANNIBALISM Tale Told by Survivors of a Party of Poly Were Stolen. nesians Who Special Dispatch to The Call. ing tale of terrible privations on the sunlit south- ern seas reached here by the steamer Miowera this morning. Late arrivals from Suva say that two Polynesia have reached Taviuna, one of the is Fiji group, who ciaim to the only survivors of a party of thirty-six nativ who were stolen from the Andaman Islands by a slav- chooner. One of the natives de- seribing his adventures, to an inter- told the following stor) were stolen. We saw a two- i schooner come into the bay and thirty others we paddled out to two big cances. There were be s ing W mast with trade ahout twenty men in one big canoe and eleven in the smaller one. I was in the smaller one. When it went along- side the vessel, the white men dropped a big plece of iron into the canoe so that it was swamped We swam to the large canoe and were getting away. but we were fired at from the sh and the boats came after us. Many were killed and the canoe was sinking. We then jumped into the water to swim ashore. out twenty of us were caught, the others killed. By the time sixty on board. a place up the river, and after a few days thirty-six of were put into a v el and sailed away toward Levuka, | so they told us. On the way we fell upon the white men—seven of them., | they were not English, being dark, like Spaniards—killed them and threw their bodies into the water. This was the vessel was sailing between elai and Gau. We turned the schooner back toward our islands. but a big storm came and the sails were torn to pieces, the masts were broken down and for da ks we drift- ed unahle to alte “We soon ate up the food and day and days we had nothing and no water, only what we dipped up Many died of hunger. put some dead ones into the water, soon there were but eight of us One night we fought and two were killed, four others died of hunger and measles and we two ate their flesh At last when we thought we were about to die, we were cast ashore on a small island, near Taviuna, from where we were brought to that island when the men brought ‘their . copr: The schooner lying there a wreck. The Fijian authorities will investigate the story. the co to commemorate 1chievements of our fellow-countryman, Dewey, should meet support of all Am z and particularly those upon_the Pacific Coast. | Had it not n for the admirable work of Admiral Dewey our partic- ular_territory might have suffered a terrible catastrophe. When Dewey was ordered to Manila to destroy the nish fleet at that point the Gov- considering the ast more than they were the equently the destructfon panish fleet benefited the Pa- more than it did the At- e should in every pos ion of especially by of Admiral ernment certainl Pacific C. Atlantic. the ¥ t to give the . both in >ermit me | you upon the happy pired you to start th pectfully ¥ J. P. LE COUD 1 have read with your suggestion of a monu- Admiral Dewey gar Square in about 200 f h This squar f the Strand body who visits Editor Call: London is a honor said monument “nion Square; that it be ) Jewey monument”’ and the name of | the square be che to Manila | Square. Don't let this monument | dwindle down to a bust, as was the case of the Grant monument. Perkins suggests a bust of Dew a home for sailc Cannot both a monument and a satlors’ home be built by _the people of this ¢ nd will er2ct a college in the Soudan in_honor of her successful gen- eral, Kitchener, and after his death a monument to him in St. Paul's. If a sailors’ home is built upon one of the nills of the Presidio, from which the -out sailors sec the Pacific ean and watc coming ur grand Golden Gate, bringing products from the Philippines, 1 say with pride, ** 4 wen he the United mounment to ailors’ home. | 3 INIFIE. Shl: I GOVERNMENT RO Continued from First Page. and Ninth Regiments, is expected to | eet Colonel French at Araya. The Rio | Grande will then be clear of insurgents. Thousands of natives are returning peace and no longer fear the ans. A Spanish priest returned with many families, begging protection. It is reported that three hundred in- surgents deserted Candaba on Wednes- | day, retreating toward Mount Arayat, ten miles north. It is also said the na- i tives believed the Archbishop was aid- ing the Americans; hence increased | hatred of the Spaniards. The priest | declares that the native government is better than generally believed. Taxes | are reasonable and the government | paid its workmen and other inhabitants | for services as agreed, but all fear | marauders. | On Thursday night the insurgents | looted and burned San Luis. They also | cut off a signal detachment, which was | reinforced by the army tug to-day. | MacArthur gemains at San Fernando. The Nebraska Regiment returned to Manila to-day for rest, having been on the firing line since February 4. The regiment participated in twenty-seven engagements, including skirmishes, and lost 225 killed and wounded. g POPE LEO SEEKS TO MAKE PEACE LONDON, May 20.—A cable to the Sun says: A dispatch from Rome to the Daily News says that the Roman Cath- | olic clergy in the Philippines recently | sent a memorandum to the Pope ask- ing him to use his good offices at The | Hague to accommodate the dispute | with the United States. The Pove. | through the nuncios at Vienna. Paris and Madrid, asked whether the " Aus- | trian, French and Spanish govern- ments would undertake the matter in his behalf. Austria and France de- | clined to do so, on the ground that nothing extraneous to the programme could be discussed at the disarmament | conference. GENERAL OTIS' LATEST CASUALTY LIST WASHINGTON, May 19.—General Otis’ latest Gasualty list is as follo Killed—May 18, Twenty-second Infantry, .. Corporal Henry Langford. Wounded—May 5, Twenty-second In- | fantry, Scrgeant Peter Cosgrove. arm, slight; Privates Carl Carls bdomen, | ., Simon Shueller, abdomen. | severe. Thirfeenth Minnesota,' Ma F, Private W. . Tew, thigh, slight. Second OurP gn, L, Private Frank Butts, thigh, slig I | easy night ditfon i: |ing to a plan to lynch the murderer hs | tain | possession of a dirk last e MeDONALD MAY {ET BE SAY e iy Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, M Guard James McDonald, the Convict Oppenheimer’s Knife, f d is restful to-day. H :ly due to the ministr 1 nurse, who was secured at of a tr: the request of Prison Director James H. Wilkins. now admitted that Me- Donald a fighting chance of re- | covery, « ely to his domitable will power. Dr. however, that in case of blood-poisoning following traumatic pneumonia death must ensue. With the news of the guard's chance of life the excitement and indignation lead- almost subsided. Sheriff Taylor s pre- red to cope with an ¥ that m; ise, and stated to-day that twenty-five Te in readiness to ser: situation here is unchanged. Edgar remains inflexible in I The situ o termination not to place *Frisco John Neill, “Jack” Wilson and V Phelan in the dungeon, and the guarc do not hesitate to say that the hatred borne Captain Birlem, who interfered in he affair by r is the reason for i nce. Not even the that an unruly convict was found i - ning has pre change in Edgar's or Hale's duced any policy. ; of my men age afraid,” s them resign and 1 w with men who are not. vs Mr. 1 fill their unjust. They are not afraid, but think it the better part of valor to take pre- cautions against being stabbed in "the back when there is danger of it. At least, so the guards say, the suspects should be searched every day for weapons e piece of information hitherto print ed is untrue., It was stated that the col vict found with a knife yesterday w thrown into the dungeon. Warden Hale and Captain Edgar have not even seen fit as yet to punish the prisoner, for it would be a tacit admission that theirs is the policy of error. It is stated on good authority that the existing condition of affairs will be drawn to the attention of the Prison Directors by a petition to be presented at meeting at Folsom to-morrow. Director Wilkins has been appealed to personally, but refuses to make any statement for publication. Guard McDonald took a sudden turn for the worse this evening, and the offi- cials believe his death is only a question of hours. i PROFESSOR PERHAM WELCOME. Important Educational Work for Him at Stockton. STOCKTON, May 19.—The action of the Board of Education last night in select- ing Professor F. E. Perham to be the head of the local High School gives gen- eral satisfaction. Professor Perham is at present Superintendent of Schools of Berkeley. D. R. Wood will also come from the University of California to take | charge of the science classes. Professor D. A. Moberly, who resigned the princi- palship of the High School, will, it is un- derstood, enter the Presbyterian’ ministry. Professor Perham comes at a time when he will have his hands full. A new High School building is in_contemplation and there is a desire on the part of many to rearrange the em of study in the higher classes with a view of giving the school a higher rating abroad. Professor Perham will have a salary equal to any paid in the State In similar positions. He was not an applicant for the position, but the board has had him in view for Some me. = oS L SURVEY OF CANAL ROUTES. WASHINGTON, May 19.—Amon# those under consideration for membership on the new Isthmian Canal Commission as engineers from civil life are Messrs. Bogue of New York, formerly chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad; Morrison of New York, a prominent bridge engineer, and Noble of Chicago, at present a mem- ber of the Deep Waterway Commission. As the rainy season is about to begin on the isthmus it is realized that the com- mission cannot do much in the way of active operations at present beyond mak- ing a trip over the Panama route via the railroad and perhaps making some inves- tigations into the comparative merits of the different ports that must form the termini of the canal. In the early fali, however, operations will be prosecuted with the utmost vigor and an attempt made to carry out the direction of Con- gress to submit a report during the next session, GHOULISH CORRUPTION. NEW YORK, May 19.—The feature of to-day’s session of the Mazet Investigat- ing Committee was the unearthing of an alleged system of corruption in the dis- position of the dead bodies fram . cit ospital, a ghoulish tale tha as well corroborated and replete with detail. By several witnesses it was stated that an undertaker named Marren illegally se- cured the funerals of all bodies taken to Harlem Hospital, and he was enabled to do this by bribing clerks in the employ of the city to break the rules. It was also shown that apparently an acquaintance- ship existed between Marren and Messrs. Croker and Carroll we | | reached Laucala Bay there were over We were all taken to | | 2 | a |y 0 ert that this stricture is | their | | | | i ‘thi SURPRISE FOR THE GAMBLERS ey Opposition to Sausalito Pool-Sellers. e e Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, May 19.-It is predicted that the gamblers will receive one of the biggest surprises of their lives next Mon- day. Then is the time the poolrooms are expected to open, two of them already having received their licenses from Trus- tee Sylva and his satellites, Thomas and Ambjornsen. But the county authorities, at the re- quest of the better element, intend to violate precedent this year and arrest every man caught in any of the establish- ments. ““We are gol is yvear, ng to make ourselves felt id District Attorney Mc- and to do all we can to do s annnal disgrace to the da with thi “Tf they attempt to open Monda: Sheriff Taylor, “I will arrest everybody concerned and ‘see that they are prosecut- ed to the full extent of the law.” The gamblers and their three Trustee friends #re also greatly alarmed over the prospects of internecine strife. Glynn and Humphrey and Harvey & Co. have licen: but Trustee Sylva has de- liberately ated his word pledged to Kingsley Co. and refuses them a li- cense, y and his and threaten & As a result friends are on the warpat to make all kinds of troub] GIANTS FORFEIT THE GAME TO ST. LOUIS Gleason Questions Decisions and Kicks So Hard That Umpire Burns Decides Against Him. NATIONAL LEAG STANDING. Clubs— Clubs— St. Louis. Baltimore ... Brooklyn . Loulsville 3 Pittsburg New York shingto Cleveland y 19.—Umpire -Burns declared to-day's game forfeited to St. Louis at the end of the sixth inning. Meekin was wild in the sixth and Gleason questioned Burns' decisions on He delayed the game by his kicking and was ordered out of the game. He refused to go, and after waiting four minutes Burns gave the game to St. Louls, 9 to 0. The Giants seemed to have a cake walk until the sixth inning, as the score at the commenéement of this inning stood: New York, 10; St. Louis, 3. Meekin became rattled in the sixth and g & on balls and was hit for three sin- ting St. Louls six runs. Attendance, | ore: | Clubs— R H- B | Louls 9 10 & New Yo e . .10 9 3 Batteries—Jones, Wilson, Bates and Criger; | Meekin, Doheny and Grady. Umpires—Burns mith. HINGTON, May 19.—Pittsburg won the ne to-day by hard hitting and Wash- ington's errors. In the second game the Sena- found Hoffer an easy proposition, while | i work. The batting of Dono- | Brover, | | | | AWFUL FATE OF A MARINE BLASPHEMER “I Will Euchre God Almighty’s Storm,” Swore the Captain, and His Ship Became a Floating Coffin. dered them to a hospital. any rate helpless in a storm. A letter from the carpenter of the There was no one at the wheel. the second mate dying. the bunks lifeles lett. The third turned into a three weeks' lict, mighty. PEOPLE WANT PURE WATER ——— Sacramento Trustees Face the Problem. B gl Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, May 19.—The citi- zir\s of Sacramento are paying consid- efable attention at this time to the subject of pure water. The Chamber of Commerce has called upon the Board of Trustees for the appointment of a commission of twenty-five citizens to investigate the several water supply propositions now before the city and report which one, in it§ opinion, is the best to adcpt. Opposition to this ac- tion has developed - in the Board of Trustees and the board has taken an adjournment until next Monday night, when it will say whether or not it will act upon the suggestion of the Chamber of Commerce. Sacramento draws its water supply from the Sacramento River, which courses along its western edge. The fastidious have time and again found objection to the presence of mud in the far | water, while others have gone so as to enter a mild protest against drinking water from a river down was the feature of the Score of first game: B OEH B R T 11 ags Ty eri iuire; Tannehill and | Bowerman. Umpires—O'Day and Snyder. Score of second game: | H 12 arland, Weyhing and Butler; | uire, Hoffer and Bowerman. Umpires— | and Snyde: CHICAGO, May 19.—Four hits and two erro fn the fourth inning gave the Orioles to-day’s | game. Kitson had the Orphans at his mercy until the ninth, when Mertes' triple, a gift, an error and Donahue’s single saved a shut-out. Demontreville's and Mertes' flelding was very brilliant. Attendance, 3000. Score: Clubs— RIS Chicago . 2 5 3 Baltimore .4 10 i Batterfes—Callahan and Donahue; Kitson and Robingon. Umpires—Emslie and McDonald. LOUISVILLE, May 19.—The Colonels held their own until the seventh inning, when the Beaneaters pounded out five runs. Stahl's bat- ting was a feature. Attendance, 1000. Score: Louisville Eoston Batteri Bergen. .13 13 “Dowling and Kittredge: Killen an. Umpires—Hunt and Connolly. 2 1 d CINCINNATI, May 19.—Ewing took Phillips out of the game after the third inning because he was wild, though only two hits and no runs hafl been made off him. Taylor, who followed, was hit hard by Brooklyn. Dahlen drove in six of his side's seven runs. Attendance, 412 Scord: « & Cincinnati Brooklyn Batteries nedy and Farrell. Warner. Umpires—Swartwood and DICK O’BRIEN IS DEFEATED BY WALCOTT NEW YORK, May 19.—Joe Walcott, the colored hoxer, who has deserted the ranks of the lightweights to become a middle- weight, knocked out Dick O'Brien in the fourteenth round of their fight at the Broadway Athletic Club to-night. Wal- cott made a heavy concession of weight to the Lewiston man, vet he won without having to take more than a half dozen punches in return for t ‘ores that he rained upon his man. Walcott took a lead with the sound of the gong and, save for a few seconds in the thirteenth, was never headed. He showed superiority i every respect and it was only O'Brien’s wonderful stamina and capacity to take punishment that saved him from an ear- lier defeat. Half a dozen times during the fight and before the final round he seemed to be going, but every time his strength came back and the rests revived him. It was a fierce fight from the start, yet it was so uneven that it failed to stir the crowd to a very high pitch of enthu- siasm. Walcott showed improved form at the increased weight and was wonderfully | clever. e SALE OF A COPPER MINE. STOCKTON, May 19.—A deal has just been completed in this city by which J. A. Fersom disposed of the Ne Plus Ultra copper mine, nine miles from Madera, for $125,000, the purchasers being New York capitalists. Dr. Cross of this city was also heavily interested. Copper is now worth 19 cents a pound and considerable copper mining property in this part of the country has lately been disposed of at good. figures. The mines at Copperopolis, which have been closed for many years, will probably be opened within a few weeks. Active work is also to be resumed in the mines near Campo Seco in Cala- veras County, and prospectors are out in the hills seeking new -veins of copper. ore. The company which bought the mine’ in Madera will put up a $150,000 smelter and will commence work at once. Elks Visit Stockton. STOCKTON, May 19.—The arrival of the San Francisco herd of Elks here this evening was the signal of merriment for the evening. Some time ago the local lodge entertained the Fresno boys with a banquet at the Imperial. To-night an elaborate luncheon was set in the dining- room of the Yosemite Hotel. The visitors number some of the best-known men in the State, among them being District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler J. - Howell: AT e ‘Winnemucca Wants the Fight. WINNEMUCCA, Nev.,, May 19.—The Golconda Jockey Club has decided to of- fer $25,000 for the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight. This is $5000 more than Carson has offered. C. P. Van Duzer, president of the club, states that the money is ready and that nothing will be left undone to secure the fight. Officers of the club are already taking steps to secure favorable railroad rates in case the fight is secured. . e We always have bargains on second floor in ready-framed pictures, easels, al- bums, lamps and onyx tables. Sanborn, Vail & Co. A Qy . | | 1 Thomas H. which dead horses and other animal have 2 habit of floating. That Sac | mento needs some kind of a new source of supply is conceded by the progressive element, and, in fact, by all except those who imagine that nothing can be the matter with water that they have drank for many years and yet lived. Following out the desire to hit upon some desirable plan the city recently voted $1500 for the purpose of enabling an Eastern filtration company to make experiments with clarifying the Sacra- mento River water and freeing it from objectionable germs. The tests were conducted near the water works with more or less success, but have not thus far evinced much en- thusiasm for this method. Another plan exploited at consider- able length by the Chamber of Com- merce is the securing of water from ar- tesian wells east of the city. Pumps have been put at work to lift the water from deep wells and a good supply of | clear water has been obtained. Another proposition that has been made to the city comes from the North Fork Ditch Company, which offers to pipe water in thirty-six-inch rgains from its works near Auburn. The water is to run to a point opposite Folsom, about 300 feet above the level of Sac- ramento, where it is to be filtered by the gravity process and then turned into a thirty-six-inch main, which is to carry the water to this city, over twenty miles distant. It is claimed by this company that should the city adopt this plan there will be no further use for fire engines, oWving to the tremendous force which*the 300-foot fall will give the water. . Meanwhile timid citizens who do not like to take ‘‘Sacramento straight” are securing, in gallon quantities, water pumped from a locality southeast of the city bearing the cheerful name of ‘Whisky Hill. Between drinks they are wondering whether the city authorities are going to give them a regular sup- ply of clear, pure water, or whether they. will have to overcome their scruples and drink from the river, as of old. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Major Quinton Ordered to Join His Regiment at Manila. WASHINGTON, ‘May 19.—By direction of the Secretary of War, Captain Harry C. Benson, Fourth United States Cavalry, having reported his artival in New York, in compliance With instructions hereto- fore given him, will proceed to San Fran- cisco on official business pertaining to the commission of which he is a member. Captain Charles L. Collins, Twenty- third United States Infantry, upon com- pletion of the duty to which he may be assigned by the comanding general, De- artment of California, will ?roceed to oin his regiment in the Philippine Is- land: late United s. Major William uinton, States Infantry, will upon completion of the duty assigned him by the command- ing general, Department of California, proceed to Manila and join his regiment. Captain Willlam E. Purviance, assistant surgeon, United States army, is relieved from further duty at thé general hospital, Fort McPherson, and will proceed at once to Washington and report in person to Major P. Henry Ray, Eighth United States Infantry, to accomsnny him to Alaska for assignment to duty as chief surgeon, District of Northern Alaska. Captain Amos . _Kimball, assistant quartermaster, Unitéd States Volunteers, now at San Francico, will report in per- son to the commanding general, Depart- ment of California, for temporary duty as quartermaster at the Presidio of San Francisco. Patents have been issued as follows: California—Edward H. Chu?pius. Marysville, cycle seat K and handle-bar fastening attach- ment; William Cord, Los Angeles, copyholder; David C. Demerest, Angels Camp, suction valve; Charles E. Grapewine, San Diego, lo- tion; Georse B. Heath, San Francisco, elec- tric track and wheel brakes: Charles Kuhn, Fruitvale, door mat; L. H. and H. S. Landis, Orange Vale, tree balling and transfer device: Alfred Marks, San Francisco, holder for direc. torles, etc.; Donald J. McKay, San Francisco, shipping and delivery can: Charles H. Oester, San Francisco, cleaner for sifter drums; Rob- ert H. Postlethwaite, San Francisco, assignor to Risdon Iron Works, drive mechanism for rotary grizzlles and separators; Howard B. Smith, Fruitvale, boom or gaff'for vessels. Oregon—Lucena M. Morden. Portland, sep- arate leaf book; Theophile Pinard, Clackmas, vehicle wheel. Washington—William Turner, current. motor. Pensions_for Californians: Charles Wassmann, South Pasadena, $6; Michael L. Nicewonger, Stockton s ‘Welch, Berkeley, $6; John Wenatchee, Original— the people | sangplank and made for sea, shouting: and bluff the eternal sea if every man dies on bhoard.” Three weeks out we struck a circular cyclone. and turned out to find the ship tearing around in a went to the first mate's cabin and the second mate's cabin. we were taken in tow by a passing steamship. | i | Iooks like a man who would infuse ‘into run. DISASTROUS FIR VISITS JEROME LI Three Hundred Build- ings Destroyed. e Special Dispatch to The Call. JEROME, Ariz., May 19.—The third dis- VANCOUVER, B. C., May 19.—Dr. H. Martin Doyle of New Castle tells @ | a thrilling tale of the awful fate of a marine blasphemer. The bark Brough- & ton started some time ago from New Castle to Coquimbo. Before starting f the cook and steward were taken sick with typhoid fever. The doctor or- 3| The captain refused to let them go. The Port & Health Officer was summoned and told the captain that the men would con- s | taminate the food, and the ship wou!d be a floating coffin in a month, and at & | The captain pushed the health officer off the &% “I'll euchre God Almighty’s storm & ! hip to the doctor tells the rest: 3 I was sick In bed for three days, 3 | e circle at an awful speed. g‘ I went to the captain’s cabin. He was dead. I < ‘The first mate was dead, 29}] 1 rushed below and the cook and steward were huddled in g all dead of typhold fever. Myself and three others were alone of ate could not navigate the ship, and I was too sick, and for twenty- £ seven days we chased around in the awful maelstrom until the cyclone got tired and o hurricane. At last, battered, dismasted, a floating dere- 8 The crew blame it all on the captain, saying he could not bluff the Al- fi | BUOBORORNROLO B LHORORONTOR O LORORURORONG RORORGUOROORO | Geary, Veterans’ ham S. Heitche Conner, Tiburon, San Francisco, $§; Los Angeles, $10; Woodland, Increase—David Kime, $6. bara, $8 to $10. Home, Napa, $8; Abra- | , Los Angeles, $5; James Benjamin F. Carter, | Michael H. Madden, 6; George L. Richardson, | Michael Hasson, Valiejo, | Santa Bar- 5 Restoration and ad- ditional—Joseph F. Tyler, Soldiers’ Home, | Los Angeles, $2 to $6; Thomas P. Carlin, | San Mateo, $6 to $8. Restoration and in- crease—William Remley, dead, Healds- | < increase , 88 to §12; C Tncrease, spec on San Jose. $4 to 36 ; $6 to $10; Elisha . Penrose, $10 to $14. Reissue —Francis F. Bratt, Chico, $12. Original | widows, etc.—Belle' Straight, Campbells; | Mary A, White, Latlrop, $: Myra E. | Kinsey, Los Angeles, $8; Elenor F. Bar- | low, San Diego, $12; Amanda C. Rigdon, San Jose, $8. 5 Oregon: Original—Alonzo Sigler, boro, $6; John T. Caligan, Butle liam Zink, Scio, $6; Thomas Heady Hills. W City, ; Marion Hackler, Riddle: Mexican War survivor: increase —James R. Boss, Rockpoint, $8 to §12. ‘War with Spain, widows—Emma L. Dar- row, Portland, $12. Increase—George W i Sperry, Gold Hill, $8 to $10; William F. | Brayton, Ely, $12 to $17; Riley Winfrey | Hazel Dell, $ to $8. | crease—George W. Gould, § em, $6 to $8 Renewal and increase—Mark H. M Portland, 35. Original widows, etc. nes McAllaster, Portland, $12. ‘Washington: Original—David B. Mor- rell, Olympia, $8; special May 8, Oliver C. Rinker, Spokane, $8: George B. Nichols, Orting, $6; James Parvin, Colfa son B. Bumpus, Latah, M. Foster, North Yakima, $§! ewitt C. Bennett, $12; ey A. Bishop, Dayton, $6. Original widows, etc.—Maria J. Stroud, Tacoma, $8. ttle, BREACH OF PROMISE & DEMURRER SUSTAINED SANTA BARBARA, May 19.—The Con- nell-Douglas breach of promise case was again before the Superior Court to-day. It came up on demurrer. Two weeks ago the plaintiff had been given permission to amend his complaint in order to bring out more fully the time at which Louisa Keutzler gave him her promise of mar riage, and this amended complaint was subject to a demurrer, which was ar- gued to-day. It sets forth that the cause of the action is barred by the statute of limitation, which provides that a breach | of promise suit must be commenced with- rs after the promise is broken. mended complaint states that the promise to marry was given in July, 1896, but it was not, to the satisfaction of the ‘defense, stated when the engagement was declared off. The plaintiff's attor- | ey said that the complaint stated con- cisely that the engagement w broken off when Miss Keutzler married Mr. Douglas in August, 1897, thus coming within_the two-year limitation. The de-| fense held that the complaint contained | allegations that the defendant had pre- | vious to the Douglas marriage pressed his claim and had been as frequently re- jected by the now Mrs. Douglas, and that | the promise was therefore broken before the marriage and more than two years | before the action was commenced. The | court sustained the demurrer and the plaintiff was given ten days in which to | blish more clearly the date upon | which the engagement was broken. | ke i SAM ERTEL’S CRIME. | STOCKTON, May 19.—Sam Ertel was | arrested by Sheriff Sibley early this morning just east of town on suspicion | that he was the man who last night at- tempted to assassinate Clarence L. | Thompson while the latter was sitting in his home at Holden. The suspicions of the officers were aroused when they noticed Ertel's appar- ent uneasiness as they approached him, His own agitation gave him away. At/ the jail he said: | “Yes, 1 did shoot Thompson. If it had been a little bit lighter I would have killed the —— ——, too. Thompson | swindled me,” he continued. “We were | partners together in fourteen s of land out there and he did me up. Some time ago Ertel sold his share to another, but there has been bad blood be- tween the men ever since their copartner- hip. Si%ter firing the three shots at Thomp- son in the gark and then fleeing, Ertel headed for this city. He slept in a ha cock last night and was making his wa: here after his night's rest when cap- tured. On his person was the pistol which did the work. It had all six cham- bers loaded and Ertel had several extra | cartridges in his pocket. | DREYFUS UNFAIRLY TREATED. NEW YORK, May 19.—A cable to the Sun from Paris say The Figaro this morning reviews the proceedings of the court-martial which condemned Dreyfus, who it says was not confronted by even a single witness out of the twenty-three who testified. All of these were military | men except Cochefort, The paper recalls | the various inciderts of the trial, show- | ing that Dreyfus was unfairly treated. It recalls the effect of this evidencé on Captain Freiestaette, who declareg after | hearing Henry's evidence, My conviction is formed.” The paper says there was groba\)ly ever a verdict returned on imsier evidence than that given in this extraordinary case. — —— SUICIDE OF A CAPITALIST. SAN JOSE, May 19.—William A. Senter, a capitalist, committed suicide this even- ing by blowing out his brains with a pis tol, the act having been committed at his home while standing in front of a look- ing glass. He had no domestic troubles | or financial worries, but was a heavy | drinker. He was intoxicated when he committed the act. He was 66 years of age and a native of Maine. A widow and six children survive him. | st il i Sugar Beets in New England. | GROVELAND, Mass., May 19.—A plan | is on foot here to form a company to be called the New England Beet Sugar Com- | pany, with the object of building a mil- lion dollar factory for converting sugar beets into sugar. It is hoped to persuade farmers in New England-to cultivate | sugar beets. Seed and $ a ton for beets raised will be offered to the farmers. France’s New President. President Loubet, the new President of France, is, It anything, calm, sane, a trifle bourgeols and utterly devoid of sense of selr- importance. But there is a strong and irre- | sistible will behind his bland face, and he down French politics as much vigor and new life as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will o the run-down system of any one who uses it. 1t is an absolute cure for the worst of all stomach disorders. \ i The | cost of $17,000. The BEAUTIFYING. astrous fire to visit Jerome within the past eighteen months swept a large part of the business portion of this town at 10 o'clock to-day. The fire had its ori- | gin in the office of the Leland Hotel, which was a twenty-room, two-story frame building. It spread rapidly until three hundred buildings had been de- stroyed. From the Leland Hotel the fire spread over two squares, destroying the Ryan Hotel, Scott & Moore's livery stable and ten dwellings, stopping within ten feet of the Reporter office. West of the Le- land is a business section where a uarge number of hotels, restaurants and sa- { loons were located. . Elmo, Elit Arizon Miner. Exchange, Fritz's Place, . Annex, Red Light, Sen- ate, Connor’'s, Nee attox, all saloons, | were di a space of twenty: The of thy ! buildings is $15,000. « taurants and at least sevent buildings in what is known as the Mexi- can and Chinese quarters were consumed. The fire alarm was given by the big whistles at the United Verde Copper Company’s smeiter, and 500 men were sent down the hill by this company to fight the flames. The new four-story brick building belonging to the T. F. Miller Company was saved with slight damage. Hotel Connor, a two-story brick completed within the fortnight, was com- pletel gutted; the cost of the building was $37,000, insurance $14,500. Dr. E. T. Cody, whose office was in the Leland, was the first to hear the cry of a child in the office of the hotel, and has- tened there and found a fire started on a bed. He attempted to smother the flames with bed clothing, and was pain- fully burned about the head and face, but no serious resuits are expected. This is the only serious accident known at this time. Larkin's large clothing store was badly damaged; insurance light. Hoover & Cor- diner, proprietors of the Fashion saloon, Jost their property at the September fire and were replacing it with what was con- sidered to be a fireproof building at a walls of this build- acked and its contents destroyed; no urance. The owner of the Leland, Mrs. M. Smith, is of the opinion that the fire was of incendiary origin, and arrests will be made of suspected persons. The individual losers far as known are as follows: The New York store in the Kuchler brick block, made almost a total loss from smoke and water, the losses being estimated at $10,000; Tdvrea . 3800 ; Park & M % ing were badl 3:C. M e Senate $3000 on furni- 32000 on 2000 a K. Hooker & , building, Jose Tam- : Red Light fclntyre & Co., Allen Johnson, borino, aloon, 500 Ari « itz William mith, $700; Quinjado, $400; L. . S$400; J. Lanbam, building, wing, furniture, $500; Jap- house and ' furniture, house and_furni- ce, saloon, $1500; B, . Boyd, furniture and J. D. 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