The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1899, Page 1

— VOLUME LXXXVI-NO, 51. ‘fii N fim}i T NITCHED FORY OF THE ' D VOLGAND AGAIN REAKS FORTH Wreck on the of Lava n Pacific in Arizona. Flow Down the Moun- tain Sides, Threa ening Towns. Ll t- s Ipjured = Spectal Corresp the Loa. territo prominen llows to the ent in a pri- of July 1 MOKUAWEOWEO'S C IN ACTIVE OPER SAN FRANCISCO, RATER /74 N5 HAWATL 3 N i EREVAY ©PUEY 21, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS. AND ATION B Sy GREAT SHEETS F FLAN KE ASCEND womy moot 1o ROOSEVELT NEW YORK O0HED FOR ALGERS PLACE — President Is Inclined to Have a Lawyer Secretary. Sl i il isiano oF mawar, ¢ After Slumbering Sev- wy solve Legal Problems SR 4 1ouT : cral Years the While Genera!l Miles Car- @ngeroi Pele ls ries. On the War Aroused. R H i S T o 750 Manhattan Claim R OF MOKUAWEOWEDO. ti t J. J Mauns y volcano of Mauna Loa, the island of Hawaii, has brok:n out its sybterranean fires from the great crater on its summit. By one or the other of its vents this peak has been ac- tive ever since the first dis- covery of the islands. The crater of Mokuaweoweo, how- ever, has been quiescent since the great eruption of 1881, when it sent out a stream of lava which stopped almost within the town limits of & Hilo. The crater of Kilauea, §# in the intervening time, has Q served to relieve the dynamic & £ forces pent up in the moun- 3 & tains, but Kilauea, too, has & {:.' been quiet for several years :" & past, although never cold. 3 be expected until 5 Now the forces have broken : the twe o out, and no man may say g forerea & where the titanic display will & I ¥ stop. The indications are that & nt to 2 the lgva streams running = & down the sides of Mauna Loa “The - all- o to the sea will do incalculable Mol 3 damage before the eruption Bttt exhausts its strength. RORORY . b3 [} o TRO% that t befor the tt through t Hice = beds. t6 wa rd a nc 1utes there was fon. M. v fortunate ones, saw the | 4 9'clock the clo of our li It cannot over the mountain from Hilo, and those there ); that t doubt that It is active. it has reported so often, but it Is too true A gentleman, Mr. Paty, of long rzsidence here, who visited the vol- vs it looks as if would ! 1881 t had to the u side and the The flow has left the low the tr two trails, other. to Hilo. selects Continued on Second Page. t The Call again active, in 3 loriona is full them and of and to see the reflec- clear and the At about o0 gather preading the North Hilo shts the and by fount n the air. W ins Hilo out before e distinet flows of VIEW .OF THE BEACH AT HILO. ( The W Toward this beach the lava flow is making iis way. les back in the trees. The population is aLcout 2000. hotograph by J. J. Willlams, Honolulu.) rf at which small beats from stea rs land passengers is at the right of the center. The town proper ALL HEADQUARTE LINGTON i\\': SHINGTON, RS, HOTEL July 20— [“New Y is entitled to recog- |nition. The War Department, by NOTOIS only 3 # > ous change has reason of the many legal ques strik tions which will come up in con- nection with ¢ new dependen- cies, she h: at its head one of the best lawyers in the country. P | stater 1 to run. is no stri on the Madis d meet of th have fizzled out ne in of the rnoon Hun- th to the re men arriv- that | ed about 2 .y broke Platt | through the crowd and attacked the o | strikers, arres ral of them. A great crowd follow jeering and and Mr. threaten : 1 but were among New York lawyers. driven . policemen who came ent has declare N to the tance of the roundsman and | street wish | o o o0 s0es y of 1 vigorous STRIKERS BATTLE WITH POLICE Men Attempfio@reck a Car on Eighth Avenue, but Are Prevented. Officials of the Companies in Brooklyn and to Have Control of the Situation. ed with policemen. possible. RIOTOUS STRIKERS HOLD STREETS OF CLEVELAND — Several A crowd 8 outh Brook- ack had be patrol wago en ob.- conductor with a re- held the mob ‘at bay while the 1 removed the ol ruction, car proceeded. Another car ed at the ne place later. :d a car near the : windows wer« s hurt namite exploded der the lid-avenue car at Erie The wheels of by the explo- 1an, a passen- nobody was in- s no crowd in the vi- s anybo to place Earlier in the evening stown car on r the c of Lex- gton avenue. Stones thrown, i the non and mo- 1 shots at the crowd It torman fired s is stated that ‘rom their re a woman was shot through the wrist, but the police deny thi About the time all the avail- police iuty in the downtown tricts were called to the Humbo viaduet, on the Broadway 1 siri e e e e e sbebeseIeQ the War Depart- | o ) ., and will meet the country's de- | | B¢ for the appeintment ¢f Governor | 3 : 1 however, that S * of having | ® as hi it will be impos-| * bs opinion upon this ® b¢ : 3 . In further expl of his desire | b to have a trained law McKinley | o : stated to-day that th Depart- | 5 ment would for th o or three 5 e the rtant legal! 3 ¥ f the Gove Questions | & T licy in regard to the new civil | ® ® ts for the colonies will have © + 1 and plans outlined for | ¥ @ legislation. There are ; important legal questions in | ¥ : connection with river and harbor im- | 9 34 provements which always require the ¥ )t attention of a good legal mind. > b s to the conduct of the war. |? $ the President feels that he already ® b2 has that subject well In hand. | ¢ : wprosiaidnal sy o ragidiy] )4 ng, and the plan of # pert iy CLINTONLY ¢ > VREELAND ROSSITER & 3 . who is to|® b4 in the future mili- ¢ 3 War Department, now that the disturbing element has been removed, the President feels that he, as commander in chief of the army, will be able to carry the Philippine war to a successful conelusion, leaving H. H. Vreeland and Clinton L. Ro @ e erei et i et e ed IN BATTLE WITH STRIKERS. president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company er of the Brooklyn Tr: y. P G S S Compar the new Secretary of War free for the ] administrative and legal work of the | pis patrolmen along the way. The dis- Department. abled car was nushed along to the Secretary Alger will probably leave | | Washington early next week, severing | ’his official connection with the War Department on Monday, when he ex- Ipects to turn over his office to Assist- car barns and laid up for repairs. The cars on the Eighth-avenue line moved along with perfect regularity after dark to-night. In Brooklyn the Rapid Transit Com- ant Secretary Meiklejohn, who wi 8 1 ren;ch— here o)n Szuurgln\ :nlrih;\r(“:sl pany puton several ,““““‘“’é new e | Secretary of War unti Permaneas | or have them ready. for duty, and in a | secretary assumes the Secre. | general way the cars on the affecte l i Miger Wil eyea the remdihlagin-esn; that Bogoughuanor 500d time | days of his vice in .closing up.a | ¥t What s d fair inc | number of matter with which he is es- | |l PaSSenge r traffic. | pecially familiar, including some knot- The strike, according to a statement | ty bridge and engineering profects. He | made by President Rossiter, has so far e’ to-day respecting | e Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com- 000, or an average of $11,000 a | his rc es which | : | led to it rstood . since it was started last Sun | that if he takes the public at all into | morning. About 90 per cent of the cars { his confider it will not be until he ¥ to-day on the main lines is entirely out of offi over 55 per cent on the Tt The De Kalb avenue cars as well as the “L” roads are OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. ! Alger’s Lett:r to the President and carrying the greater part of the traffic between Brooklyn and Manhattan. A few cars were run under very slow headway on. Marcy avenue, but they were taken off at night. Cars were not run on the Ocean avenue, Hicks street Sir and Graham avenue lines, dnd until | the otric matters are settled cars will not be b e ie as you may | rup at night on the Fifth and Seventh nt will per- avenue, Flatbush and Green Point lines although several cars were run- ning to-day under slow headway. About 500 men have been taken on by ' | the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. They came from Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. | required for the full complement cars, the company requiring, when run- ing full strength, 1597 cars and 3194 men. Great difficulty is being experienced Pave rendered the country at a most exacting | DY the company in repairing trolley period, and to wish you a long and happy life. | Wires that have been cut. Gangs of With assurances of high regard and esteem, | 1 - Yours sincerely, linemen have been sent out surrounded WILLIAM McKINLEY. July 20, 1598 £ War: Your tary of War, to take effect official relation which | more than two ye: I de- for the falthful service you | bas continued f. sire to thank ¥ About 800 more men are ! of | whare a riot was in progress. A crowd of 1000 men and boys were engaged in piling obstruc on the Ropos were ‘thrown over the wires in the attempt to pull down. Only one policeman was on duty at the viaduct. He was stoned and driven from the scene, and a girl was hit with a stone and seriou hurt. Three patrol wagon loads of police re- sponded to the call, and the mob was rsed. It is feared that more dam- age will be done before morning. The getting new men d: Be- company tween fifty and venty-five men ar- rived from Chicago and St. Louis. These men > boarded at the barns. GERMANS PLEASED WITH SAMOAN SITUATION Her Influence With the Natives Is Said to Be Stronger Than Ever. 20.—The Cologne Ga- espondent cables that the are highly pleased over chieved by Baron Speck he German member of the against the oppc ner of Great Britain, rman commis: vielded to the dems s Comm r, Bar I confirmation of Chi Justice Chambers’ decision mereiy a matter of form and-in order to pres the valuable American friendship. German influence with_the mnative according the Cologne Gazette's d patch. is stronger than ever. It add that the Samoans demand special pr leges for Mataafa. BERLIN, Germans the successes von Sternberg, Samoan comm tion of the ¢ Mr. Elli Tripp, for the . Prominent Hawaiian Dead. HONOLULU, July 13.—Another very prominent Hawaiian of the old school has assed away in the person of Hon. S. K upihea, who died on Sunday last aged 65, after a prolonged iliness. The deceased was famed for his courteous hospitality and had held many offices under the crown, including those of Judge, Tax Coi- lector and Assessor. He was a member of lby mounted police and followed . by | the Legislature at several sessions.