The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 18 3 HURRICANE DESTROYS PORTO RICAN TOWNS Great Havoc Wrought in Other Islands of West ndies Hundreds of Lives Lost. P T o S v { \ 457 /¢ £ /1 4t % s - oA o T e 544656065 6006H08 65650500080 Park in Ponce PP I AR S S S Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. AN JUAN DE PORTO RICO. Aug. 10.—A courier arrived from Humacao brings information of the complete destruction of that city, which had a population of 8000. Only two build- ings in the place are standing. The loss of life is large. Sixty-four persons are known to have been killed. The injured number 200. The property loss will be about $2,000,000. In Yabuco, a town of 4000 inhabitants, every house is down with the exception of one. Twenty persons were Killed. AN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, 1 o'clock 1 reatest dama The unication impos- carried on by 10 o'clock were houses vere un- port to no and t WO na Aroy of all > been G property and t t ns stand- the bar- nd tk A courier who has just a Humacao, capital of the province that name, on the eastern co nd, reports awful 4 10 property Is estimated at but this is the least ite The courier brought from Captain Eben Swift ited States Cava W 1y d v-six 2 nd there are in the debris. Eight pri »op C were injured, two fa- eant King of the Eleventh injured. North, a dis- of e ing here.” were killed at Las five at Junco. Courlers istricts are anxiously palace. The steamer Thomas, en route San Juan, was but her passen- ved through the gle, the first officer. uined and the Ic Very great injury orange crop. vet been re- ction of the will re : has been dor I No definite re Ponce. It is cer- food supply in been de- quarters the ores on hand will be sent directions. Davis, the Gover- d to the War De- ns s cabl partment an app GREAT BLOW SEVERE IN MARTINIQUE Tovns Are Devastated, People Killed and Injured and Coffee Crops Ruined. PORT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar- tintque, Aug. 10.—The authoritles in the island of Guadeloupe are still without news from the interior, owing to the in- terryption of telegraphic communica- tion. But other advices which have > - is missing. At the , eighty-one bodics .covered. Fight hundred | > N , Porto Rico, Leveled by DDA S P U S S SRS SR S Copyrighted, The total number of deaths thus far reported is 136. , reached Pointe-a-Pitre rops hav La Pointe- injured, and ¢ was consic were killed and wounded. Canal and Port Lo were killed and a nur The vi of Gripy have been entirely destroy lighthouses of Monroux and have been overturned. The town ¢ Louis de Marc Galante has suffered rived at L . this morn- the afterwe E ched the / here from the from the hur- s and St. Croix suffered was two hun- -r Porto vaged the north of the Dominican republic. All amunication between Porto Plata 1 the interior, not including ) Domingo, is inter and it is im- ible to obtai t account of is thought mage dor from is no ent Ha fore damage. S MONTSERRAT DEVASTATED BY THE HURRICANE Hundred Victims There—Thirty La- borers Killed in St. Croix—People in Great Distress. 10.—The hurri- ez which has wrought such destr fon in the ntral to east of Dor ynday, and was then traveling northwest. . some damage was done, There was more us loss of property in Guadeloupe. A hund ves were lost in Montser- rat, which was completely devas The official de s already seven- ty-four. Antigua and St. Kitts suffe devastation ed severely. Tremendous was done in St ers were & ere sever: marine dis cluding, the schoon- er Melbourne, which was stranded. Much stock was lost. In St. Tt the prin tion dowr burg Compa San Monday Porto and caused ight on. | The burrican reported at Turks Islar . It was also struck San Domingo expected As later ad s come in from Mont- serrat, it is seen that the first reports conveyed only a faint id the suf- ferings of the people and their deplor- | able condition. The administration ap- peals for help. At La Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, immense damage wrought and according to a repc | yet confirmed, 102 persons were land of St. Cro the the de i~ In the isk | of the Virginia Islan | was appalling. It ¥ | at the west end, where | houses are a tangled it | Thirty persons were killed and the in- | habitants are in great distress. | - | COMMANDER DAVIS’ REPORT ON STORM WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The Secre- tary of War to-day received the fol- lowing report from General Davis, commanding in Porto Rico, on the cy- clone of last Tuesday: SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 9.—A 1 J *bee S AP S S R e ] AL @-e o the Hurricane. D o L o S L S e 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. & Q0% | hurricane of extreme violence passed over Porto Rico yesterday. The princi- litary loss at San Juan, one tem- wholly de- 3 come quartermaster property damaged. No personal injuries yet re- ported, but all wires are down. jury to shipping here, save two small al schooners sunk, two sailors 1o drowned. San Juan lights temporarily disab) Cable reports| from Ponce say 11 shipping is ashore. Custom house :ds badly damaged and goods from two interior posts tell of ks unroofed and consid- erable propert The loss to inhabitants is very great and extreme last hur- s in 1876, fruit and ons there was famine. I would st public notice in the United s to the effect that contributions ., clothing and money for the would be received with the greatest gratitude and will be applied strictly to relief of the destitute. Have appointed a board to supervise distri- bution. There are many thousands of milies who are entirely homeless and at distress must follow. DAYV, Commanding. LR SHIPPING SUNK IN ALL DIRECTIONS KINGSTOX Jamaica, Aug. 10.— Great havoc has been wrought by the , according to the latest re- Rico, San Domingo, The Bahamas, St. Although severe th se islands, Thomz storm was appar most of thos its di felt most se- verely in . Thomas and st. Croix. where shipping suffer- of sailing v s being sunk, y at Guadeloupe. Crops were places will probably resuit. The velocity of the hurricane was more than ty miles an hour. in St. Thomas two hundred houses were destroyed. much damaged. In Porto Rico and Croix many lives were los It is fear- ed that shipping at sea has suffered heav In Antiqua the principal dam- age was done to estates, though towns y were devastated. The British Indies are deeply warnings of the American Bureau at Havana, which shipping. The bureau’s St. timely Weather saved much forecasts | liable. Full details of the devastation are not vet forthcoming, but it is feared that some islands are badly crippled American comme X jured in many directions. - | Weather Bureau Advises Shipping to Remain in Port. WASHINGTON, August 10.—The Weather Bureau issued the following | bulletin: Noon—Hurricane is central north of the eastern extremity of Cuba, moving northwest and probably recurving northward. South Atlantic and Cuban shipping advised to remain in port. WILLIAMS, Acting Chief Weather Bureau. Hurricane Moving Northward. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 10.— Turks Island reports that the cyclone during the night after doing ng damage. The center of the dis- turbance Is apparently progressing northward toward the American coast. R i Damage at Cape Haytien. CAPE HAYTIEN, Aug. 10.—The hur- day afternoon and continued with vio- lence until 3 o’clock this morning. Trees were uprooted and banana plantations destroyed. Small craft in the harbor were sunk. D o Storms in Chile. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Aug. 10.— Tremendous storms prevall throughout the country. Pedbesbeved et $O%00 No in- | and wide- | The harbor there was | indebted to | were most accurate and re- | interests are In- | ricane struck here at 5 o’clock yester- | ST, JOHN MAY BE CALLED O 1) EXPLAIN Attention of British Govern- ment Will Be Called to His Statements. e i | | | | Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—A special to | the Brocklyn Eagle from Washington | says: The State Department will call | the attention of the British Govern- | | ment to the alleged interview given out at Victoria, B.-C., by Lieutenant Com- mander P. S. St. John of the British | gunboat Peacock, in which he indulged in severe criticism of General Otis and the latter’s conduct of the war in the Philippines. The War Department has already taken steps to secure an offi- | cial denial of the remarks. When Ad- | jutant General Corbin was seen by the sagle correspondent this afternoon he said he had seen extracts from the in- terview and that he was inclined to | | doubt its authenticity. | Inquiry partment with the result that the offi- cial register of the British navy showed that was made at the Navy De- | there is such an officer in the | ce, his full name being Percy | Stuart St. John. An officer was also | discovered in the Bureau of Naval In- | | telligence who knew Lieutenant Com- | | mander St. John, having met him on the China station. This officer ex- | pressed great surprise that St. John should have given utterance to such in- | discreet remarks, although, he added, | | he w, a free talking man and easi approached. When the War Depar ment officials learned of this it was de- | termined to push the matter. General | Corbin stated to the Eagle correspond- | ent that he had sent for papers con- taining a full report of the interview. State “We shall refer them to the Department,” he said, “and the State Department officials will investigate.” Acting Secretary of State Adee caid he had not yet heard anything of the delegation of American citize; which Commander St. John stated was coming to the United States for the purpose of petitioning _this Govern- | ment to exchange the Philippine Isl- ands for Jamaica. HAS PREPARED A NEW CHART OF THE WORLD Interesting Mileage Table of the Most | Important Steamship | Routes. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Captain J Craig, Chief Hydrographer of the Javy, has just issued a new chart of the world, setting forth the ocean tracks for full-powered steam vessels, with the distances in nautical miles. The chart is of especial interest be- OMI MERCIER AND THE ACCUSED FACE 10 FACE Dramatic Scene Anticipated When the Two Foes Meet. e Special Dispatch to The Call. ENNES, Aug. 10.—The members of the Dreyfus court-martial to- day took the testimony of MM. Chamolne and Paleologue. The former was examined from 6:30 to 9:30 and the latter was on the stand from 9:30.to 11:45 a. m., when the court adjourned until to-morrow, when it will conclude the examination of the secret dossier. Colonel. Jouaust, president of the court-martial, on leaving the court to- day, said a public session would take place Saturday. The police adopted the same methods of precaution as yesterday, and there was only the smallest gathering of spectators. Captain Dreyfus was al- lowed to walk to and from the Lycee without his usual escort of four or six gendarmes. Only a captain of gen- darmes was with him and this officer | walked a few steps behind the prisoner. Saturda public session will be a veritable field day, probably the most important and exciting day of the whole trial, as General Mercier and M. Casimir-Perier have been cited to give their testimony then. The first witness will be Lieutenant Colonel de la Roche Vernct, French Military Attache in Berlin at the time of the arrest of Dreyfus. His evidence. it is expected, will be soon disposed of | and then General Mercier will be called. A dramatic scene is anticipated by he anti-Dreyfusites, who rely upon him to throw a bombshell and confound the accused once for all. His words: “I have complete proofs of the guilt of Dreyfus,” are remembered, and both sides are waiting for him to prove his statement. The Dreyfusites believe that his tes- timony will be torn to pieces by MM. Laborie and Demange and that he will leave the court utterly discredited. Captain Dreyfus will have the right FAILED Reported Insolvency Donald, *the August 11.—A special from Victoria, B. C., says: Advicesfrom Dawson y Ale der McDonald, the “Klond King,” has filed a petition in insolvenc stating his liabilities to be $6,000,000. McDonald was supposed to | be worth $10,000,000 a year ago. PO TR McDonald arrived at Juneau about | two years ago with only $3 50 in his pocket from Aspinwall, where he had been a miner and mine owner about twelve year: He worked there in sil- ver mines and the depreciation in the price of silver took away his fortune. Then he decided to try mining in Alaska. McDonald was so poor at ( that time that he was compelled to | ask the consideration of Messrs. Olds and Orton, proprietors of a hotel here, and they being old miners readily granted it. He went to work for wages in the Treadwell mines. For several months he had saved consider- able money and left for the Yukon Val- CHICAGO, | i c connecting the new America ns with the ports of New York and San Francisco. Incidentally, the chart shows that the construction «of the Nicaraguan Canal | would bring the Philippine Islands only about 3500 miles nearer the port ot New York than by the present route. Steaming by way of the Suez Canal a troopship, according to the chart, will have to cover 11,556 miles, while proceeding from San Francisco to the same point the vessel would only have to steam 6493 miles. Were the Nicar- aguan Canal constructed, a vessel sail- ing from New York to Manila would have to cover 11,034 miles, making a difference of 552 miles in favor of this route over that of the Suez Canal for New York. The distance between Manila and the island of Guam is 1506 miles, between Manila and the Pelew islands, which Admiral Bradford urged the Peace Commission to acquire, but which Ger- many purchased, is 1020 miles and be- tween the Pelews and Guam 710 miles. | The longest stretch of cable which the admir ration expects Congress to au- thorize during the coming session will be from Guam to Midway, 2304 miles. From Midway Island to Honolulu the distance is 1160 miles and from Hono- lulu to San Francisco 2100 miles. The chart shows in the Atlantic Ocean the tracks used by steamers con- necting New York, Boston and Phila- delphia with Liverpool, Southampton and Gibraltar, showing the northern routes used between August and Jan- uary and the southern routes followed between January and August. The | longest steamer route given on the map ! is that connecting New York and Es- quimalt by way of Cape Horn, 16,290 miles. This is exceeded by the track used by sailing vessels connecting New York and Yokohama via Cape of Good Hope, which is 16,900 miles in length. S McCoy Was Too Strong. DAVENPORT, lowa, Aug. 10.—Kid Mc- Coy attempted to fight five rounds each with Tom Dugan of Australia and Jack Graham of Pittsburg before 1600 people in | Saengerfest Hall this evening. Dugan quit in the second round and Graham in the fourth. Both were badly over- matched. ' | - Good Cycling Record. | KANSAS CITY, Aug. 10.—At the Vel- | odrome, a Natfonal Cyclery Associatim track, to-night Oscar Plummer and John White of Kansas City in a two-mile tan- dem_event from standing start covered FOR SIX MILLIONS | his | whole proceedings of Alexander Mc- Klondike King.” ley. That was the beginning of Mec- Donald’s fortune. He got to the Klon- dike shortly after the first locations were made. At the time he was mining a claim on Miller Creek, near Forty- Mile. He threw down his pick and left | the cabin on Miller Creek as it stood, though the ground was paying wages. It was his knowledge of mining and confidence in himself which brought his success as a miner and as an operator on the Klondike. He owned more claims than any other man in Dawson, and only one or two poor ones. McDonald was born {n Antigonish others had to uole up the river frem ‘lhzl( point to Lake Bennett in a small roat. to question him, and it is expected Mercier will prove the climax of the Former President Casimir-Perier will follow, if possible, the same day, but it is doubtful whether his examing tion will be concluded before court ad- journs until Mond session on Tuesda sumption day. Maitre Demange, the principal coun- sel for Captain Dreyfus, in an inter- view after to-day's session with a rep- resentative of the Associated Press, expressed himself as very well con- tented with the way in which matters are proceeding, and, judging from his manner, one may say that the defend- ers of the accused have not yet met anything very surprising or alarming in the secret dossier. Naturally, M. De- mange declined to give any particulars respecting the contents of the dossier, but he declared that he and his col- league, M. Laborie, were satisfied of the consclentious desire of the mem- bers of the court to thresh the whole matter out and to have full light turned upon their client. This will take some time and the end of the month will be reached before judgment can be given. Meanwhile the that being As- strain is telling on Dreyfus, who is showing physical distress. g s o S Colonel Henry, the Red Traitor. LONDON, Aug. 11.—The Times says: We are in a position to state that in addition to communications of slight value enumerated in the bordereau more than 160 documents of consider- able importance were furnished to the German attache in Paris, Colonel Schwarzkoppen, at various times by Esterhazy, acting as intermediary for and accomplice of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry. One of these documents contained de- tailed information relative to the gen- eral plan of mobilization of the French army. The proceeds of this traffic were divided between Esterhazy and Henry. In Parisian diplomatic circles the lat- ter was known to be the red traitor for several months before his arrest and suicide, and besides, the power most di- rectly concerned, namely, Germany. more than one European government received information to this effect early in 1898. Sloop National Sunk. MARTINEZ, Aug. 10.—Word has just the distance in 4:02, according to the time- keepers, clipping a full second off the rec- ord made by the Butler brothers. been received here of a collision up the river, between Martinez and Black Dia- mond, of the river steamer Onward and that the latter’s cross-examination of There will be no the accusations against DREYFUS CLIMAX NG TO-MORROW the gasoline sloop National. The acci- | @046 —4-C-o oo 0-+6+@ dent occurred early \wsdui‘ morning and h the sloop was sunk, but those on board | ¢ it escaped. The sloop was laden with fish | 4 ® that had been on cold age in_ San Francisco. Yesterday the tug Relief | ¢ * came up and pumped out the sioop and | & the vessel was floated. The cargo of fish is an entire loss. B . .-o@HAo‘@-wio@»»«\.;».«.\,.; ¢ . ® PS . + ® @ ¢ )¢ S & * ) © ® . + ® ® 1 + pS L4 . + © ® * 3t © & * 3¢ @ \é . + & @ R . P S - ¥ @ & . 7 ® ® 3¢ 26 @ 3 o \\\'\“m\\ Y 4 AR i RN o : I : @ RN P Z - ® - | « D+ 06000000060 ettt eieiedeirdeiosdedede® MAJOR WALSIN ESTERHAZY. “T wrote the berdereaus on Sandherr s instructions.”—From Esterhazy’s letter to th= court-martial at Rennes yesterday. INVESTIGATING SEIZURES OF FISHING BOATS fishermen that they had not gone far enough to reach the customs offiez nor had they time to report before the cutter darted out and seized them. It is further pointed out that the United States cus- toms regulations allow twenty-four hours before reporting. Canadians Claim That They Did Not | Violate Customs Regu- | o Company I Mustered In. lations. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 10.—Colonei | _GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 10—Company I, Dudley, United States Consul for Van- | Second Regiment, Infantry, was officially e Abrahaid B Smith mustered in to-night by Colonel Guthrie ot Copanl o Vietoriai: of Sacramento, after which F. M. Miller Stumbles, Dominion overseer of f was elected captain, Charles Witter first lieutenant and M. J. Brock second lieu- tenant. Lieutenant P. F. Simonds of Company C of Nevada City as examin'ng officer passed the newly elected officers. | The new company then adjourned to Fil- more's banquet parlors, where an elegant 1 for British Columbia, returned to-day | from a two days’:tour of the Point Rob- erts and Gulf fishing grounds. Consul Smith Gevernment to make an inquiry | recent s res of Canadian fishermen's | repast awaited them. They were join nets, boats and tackle by a United States | by Company C ?" . lr\‘adfi (‘It“ = May- revenue officer for fishing in Uni or . F. Kidder, Hon. W. S. Rob- § < & son, Hon. W. F. Prisk and the officers of States waters. As Consul Smith u first report to the Government at Wash- ington, he did not feel free to say any- many fraternal organizations. Dr. Wiley Deau. | county, Nova Scotia, in November = i ¥ > , | tning for publication. Tne party noted S - 1854 A short time ago he went to Lon- | the exact location of the fishing boats | R e D T | don, England, with his confidential |when seized. The Uniteq States Tevenue | iov“dred at his g QentiaG o s man and partner in R e ixtod that he haq seized e bosis)| O died af his home on’ McDonsld aye- some claims, Ron- | { T hi g half- S " S for infringing on the United States cus.|Rue this morning at half-past 10 o'clock. ald Morrison. The steamer from DAw- | {oms Jaws under section 305 of the revised | Dr. Wiley was one of the best known son could not get up the river farther | statutes of the United States and not, as | of his profession in the State. than Rink Rapids and McDonald and | has been stated, ior infraction of ‘the | For more than twenty-five vears he has resided in He had been ill or several weeks with Bright's disease. = At Suspect Arrested. FRESNO, Aug. 10.—Simon Gallie, kery regulatio of the State of Wash- | ington. He claimed that it was their duty to report at the United States customs office at Point Roberts before engaging | in fishing or remaining in United States | waters. 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