The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1899, Page 1

Tall VOLUME LXX VI—NO 96. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, CREWS OF BRITISH SHIPS IMPRISONED Seamen of Two Vessels Held Captive Pending Proof of Their Nationality. | Escaped Spanish Prisoners Say the Ammunition of Aguinaldo’s Army Is Almost Com- pletely Exhausted. § | | B4+444444 444044444444 .so»oooooooovoouoooooooooo.‘;§ - + | 9 + : +1A ¢ Sept. 4 esterday $ | ( + s h ensued 4 |2 D er drove 3 ?; 2 s hich to re- 1| /) pe e + + +| % D444 944+ 4 4404404044444 40000004 4044444440 |2 — 25 OTIS HAS NOT BEEN e ACCUSED OF PERIURY * = n s ys the Judges of Eé ade ly Exceeded "’ g s Their P:‘O\“i‘kce ‘g SRERT OHANNESBURG, Sept. RO NN R R | R e NDON, Sept. 4. enough to I Moneypenny, have got the impression that impertinent rejection of offer. ent, Mr. Moneypenny, that ager The Morning Post publishes “T left Jc a leading pa: ing § Tt advocating the cla ficials at Pretoria ¢ The correspondent of the Da such a pass that FIENDISH AC OF A KESWICK MAN'S ENEMY ttempt of an-;\;sassin to Blow Up J. H. Plumb’s Wife and Children With Giant Powder. tom of the then sent - MORGAN CITY AGROUND. Troop-Laden Transport Beached to Prevent Her &inkung WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The quar- termaster general of the army to-day the following dispatch from Japan, dated sterday, stating that one of the Government ts had gowe aground: gan City (transport) struck, water, was beached eastern en- northern channel inland sea; all Damage unknown; particulars Special Dispatch to The Call KESWICK, Sept. 3.—The family of | J. H. Plumb, living on Market street, was terribly frightened at 1 o'clock this morning by an explosion of giant powder underneath the house. The charge was too light to do much damage to the premises or injure the ONLY TWO REGIMENTS OF VOLUNTEERS REMAIN Jowans and Tennesseeans Soon Start Homeward From tk Philippines. o 10 with 675 re- nd and tumbled pictures from ' aboard. and t like a heavy earthquake. “e head of the fami is absent in n Francisco, where he is in business. o ome can account for the attempt to harm the wife and two children left alone. There is no clew as to who did it. THREATENED BY FIRE. pans arc the wall, J. H. Plumb MISS LINSCOTT LEADS. Polls a Big Vote for the Carnival Queen Contest. RUZ. Se -Tables have ting for queen of the report. Miss Anna ird to first p.ace. een working hard 26 votes. now leading her credit Flames Raging in the Timber and a Miss May Town Endangered. th 408 votes, Miss Rose - D., Se A fierce by DEADWOOD, S. D., Sept. 3 R. Williamson 8, Miss | ;.0 T ewis River. A large number of R of this place and threatening a wide ex- It broke out some time iast night, and as everything is as dry as Ander and a gale is blowing from' the south, the situation is very serious. tent of country. Horses Burned to Death. PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 3.—At 4 his morning a fire occurred in a ings to places of safety. e. Chaplain | Aheir belong 404040404040 40404040404 0404040404040 40000000000090&0’0000000. 404040404040 SAN QUENTIN CONVICTS GIVE : THE KNEIPP CURE A TRIAL SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Sept.3.—When Father Kneipp and his disciples inaugurated the practice of walk- ing around barefooted in the dewy grass and claimed that it'was a panacea for numerous diseases it is unlikely that any of them dreamed an exploitation of their theory would ever cause the Warden of the penitentiary at San Quentin to lie awake o' nights of nervous exhaustion. However, such is the case, and after a fruitless en- deavor to convince two demented convicts that a prison cell is not the proper place for a Kneippist to make merry, Warden Aguirre has been forced to cut the Gordian knot by sending his two fractious charges to the Mendocino Asyvium for the Insane. ‘Among the prisomers incarcerated in a row of cells known as “Crank Alley,” a place where the criminally in- sane are kept segregated from the major body of the inmates, were P. Quijado and John Shaver. Both men, in the language of the guards, were slightly troubled with “wheels,” but had never been imtractable until a short time a when Shaver managed ih some way to get hold of a copy of The Call of October 23, 1898, which contained a Sunday supplement story on the Knelppists taking a dew walk in Golden Gate Park. Shaver became a convert and soon made an apostle out of Quijado. The men talked about the Kneipp theory until with their diseased brains it became a mania, and then came the trouble. In a few days the guards discovered that both prisoners were in the habit of rising at an early hour and walking around in their cells in their bare feet. They had previously managed to find a little grass in the pri- son yard and this was scattered on the floor of their cells and sprlnk.led with water. The actions of the men excited nothing but laughter until they improved on Father Kneipp's theory and concluded to get the full ben- efit of the wet grass by disrobing and rolling around their cells. Fearing that severe colds, if nothing worse, might result, Warden Aguirre tried to induce the men to cease the practice. All persuasion failed and a few days ago it was found necessary to send them to Ukiah, closely guarded by Horace Janes and James Begley. 0404040404 0404040404040+ 0404040404 04040404040404040404040404040+40404040+4 ©40404040404 O+0404040404040404040404@ TRANSVAAL BOERS 3.—The condition of the republic mind here is decidedly panicky. arched the Simmer Jack mine for arms, but found none. correspondent of t almost a ng. half the hat the mediation of Mr. Fischer, the representative of the Orange \ crossing the border. believed special atches to the London mor the reply of the Tr the suggested confere: The correspondent of the Times at Newcastle, Natal, ive action is imminent. the following d g on ascertaining that it was th Boer policemen twice boarded the train stores and ammunition ready to start. The Boers decla derwarunavoidable and war is considered unavoidable and the impre: occupants, but it knocked kettles and | P. Temple's farm, ten miles | = People have turned out from the {mme- Eighteen horses, | diate vicinity to fight the fire, but thus several wagons, a quan. | far their efforts have met with little suc-| setd of har. cess. Englewocd, on the Burlington rail- - loss aggregated | road, is to-night threatened with destruc- s bareiy escaped | tion, and the inhabitants are trying to get @40404040404 0404040404040+ 040404040+ PANIC SEIZES UPON THE - JOHANNESBURG POPULACE BY THE FILIPINOS | uiiess 1o DUk Rush to Get Out of the alyzed and There Is a ~ Country. NUHHNAN T RN NN MR OR MN NR S SRS RS @ . el = AT RIFLE PRACTICE. R O RN TR O NGRSO RO @ ROOE RO MR M M, N RO R O MR O MR ORI ORI TSR F \f) e s To-day detectives “The Transvaal On authorities Town correspondent of the Dally Mail says: n Friday 1,500,000 tion from Pretoria to Bloemfontein. Business -4 by peopl sort of protection to the prop- taring people in the face An- are thronged with people anx- ptey and starvation a T al collapse. The ba i by those who wish to get 147, including the represen rted, has evaded the dete ives of all the London es sent to arrest him laily pa- and has Free State, has failed.” g papers from South Africa indicate that the correspondents svaal Gevern:vant to Mr. Chamberlain’s latest note will be an at Cape-Pe 0 3 b withdra® “he five-year franchise confirms the bellef of its Johanneshu:g correspond- Tathiat A atch from its special correspondent now In Newcastle, Natal: intention of the government to arrest everyone who had taken lers. There were a hundred warrants out. It was an excit- t every station I saw trucks loadéd with commissariat their intention to rush to the Natal border. The chief of- ims of the Outlanc have prepared to strike before the British are ready. maritzburg, capital of Natal, =a; “Things have reached sion is that the crash will come within a few day grach at Pie ERISHES IN | AN ATTEMPT TO | SAVE A BABE j Sanger Woman Sacrifices Her Life While Striving to Res- cue Her Child From a Burning Dwelling. | Epeclal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Sept. 3.—Mrs. Anna Wills and her infant son’ Alex lost their lives in a fire which occurred at Sanger, in this county, last night. The mother | | was seriously injured while trylng to rescue her child and died shortly after | the fire. The infant was burned to a | crisp and the charred body was not found until 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Wills was at home alone with her child last evening. She went out- side for a few minutes, leaving the in- fant sleeping in its cradle and a coal oil lamp burning in the front room. She had not been outside very long when her attention was attracted by a loud report and looking around saw her | house in flames. The lamp which had | been left burning in the front room had | exploded, scattering blazing oil in all | | directions. The mother’s first thought was to rescue her child. She rushed back into | the burning building and through the | flames toward the room where she had | left the infant sleeping. One step | through the fire, however, and her | senses forsook her. She reeled, stag- | gered and fell backward through the | door she had just entered. Her cloth- ing was on fire and her face and hands | were already badly burned. Nelghbors | who had been attracted by the fire came to her assistance and rescued her, but not until the clothing had been burned from her body. She was un- conscious, but revived long enough to tell the story of the disaster and then | expired lamenting the fate of her child. As soon as the bullding had been re- duced to ashes a search was begun for the remains of the infant. So com- pletely had the child been burned, how- ever, that no trace of the body was dis- covered for mearly twelve hours. | As soon after the catastrophe as pos- sible an effort was made to communi- | cate the facts to Coroner Long in this | _ . city, but the telephone lines were down | Mrrill of Vermont, died here to-day of 3 pneumonia. He was engaged In the sa- and the news of the accldent did not |y, business here seven years ago. A N R A A S, B B B B R R Lo e 0 David Smith Dead. MARYSVILLE, Sept. 3.—David Smith, who it is said was a nephew of Senator 10 | ramento survive him. . Attorney Kennedy Dead. ing. Coroner Long then went Sanger to hold the inquest over the re- mains of mother and child. The dead woman Wwas onme of the| pINCOLN, Sept. 3—Charles Kennedy, best-known residents of Sanger and | City Attorney and member of the Board had a wide circle of friends. As nearly | of Equalization, died last night after a as could be learned the explosion was | few days’ illness. Deceased was well caused by & gust of wind entering known as an attorney throughout Placer through the front door. When Mrs. | County. He was instrumental in incor- ‘Wills went out she closed the door, but | porating the town of Lincoln and building it is thought the latch did not work | a water system, He was a native of and that the wind blew It open. Pennsylvania and 49 years of age. | @ R TARR NN AR AR RN O R O R O R RN O NN - R TEARS FOR THE DEAD OF THE CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS. @ AU TR AR AR O T R O R reach Fresno untl 5 o'clock this morn- | 6w and other relatives residing in Sac- | SERVICES IN MEMORY OF CALIFORNIA’S DEAD IN THE PHILIPPINES B2autiful Tributes of Song and Speech for the Fallen Heroes. Heavily Veiled Figures Dotted the Audience at the Alhambra Gathered to Pay the Last Mark of a State’s Sorrow. James T. M igene Merwin ® Rhe! d Joseph B. Mc @ | G;r:rzfl W. Agnew Charles . Armstrong Lo 3 ® [ ] 1 | Stephen Bur ® illiam A. Ba ® Jonn J. Bowman [} ) Louts W Walter S. W. S. Bousk e K [ McCarthy ok Raiph C. Coates (missing) L C les Cornell [ ® ® [ [ o-0-2 906 060¢9000@ ink together to us as a in a meas- dim maj wEdi and the prese black-veile services were triotic ttempt 1 deco- flag draped from to recall the soldier; ever bon of crepe flut at had unsucce: the stricken heroe: i . but not all. For amed as a signal in that they have passed. e i o ¥ gone before. price has been aid, and is ours; fear, nor selfishness, nor diplo gold, mor argument can induce thi people to sell or to forsake the bread by this blood and made A But what a_price te that no Hollan? dvke has | May they rest in peace. On the large stage of tha theater seats had been provided for the band of the| Caifornia Regiment. In front of ihera wetp the colors, draped, of that reg- | iment and the Heavy Aruliery. Ranged The I o Holland alongside "were ‘cHalre for the members| Sicceeded in keeping back the s of the Loring Club ani the speakers. In | Hiator | the main portion of the house uniformed gressive = made which was not men from the First Regiment acted as Fhe lehers. Uniforms of army and navy men Yere seen in the boxes. Mrs. A. S. Town- o red a ross Send, who has taken such a Ioving interest As where some * blea in the soldiers, was presnt, Mayor L e | Phelan, Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. JOhn | of those, one e F. Merrill and other ladies of the Red | “graves of our buried Cro | l The services opened with Chopin’s “Mil-!| While the audience was yet absorbed in MR IR SRR BRI @ ‘ S Py S OB |y ftary Funeral March,” by the First Cali- fornia regimental band, and as the sweet | words of the speaker the but mournful' music 'died away Rev. |again floated out from the | George C. Adams of the First Congrega- | melodious “Lost Chord,” ¥ | tlonal Church advanced to the front of | Griswold, awoke the silent spectators the stage and in words of simple elo- | from their reverie and held them en- | quence asked the blessings of the Al-|tranced until the last notes died away. | mighty on the brave soldlers, living and | *“Heroic Homes—Heroic Armies” was the | dead, who had fought so nobly to main- | subject of the address delivered by Rev tain the principies of liberty and freedom | Dr. F. B. Cherington of Plymouth Church. | while serving under their country’s flag | He said in part: | in a foreign clime. Fetimaritea - mtbot “Lead, Kindly Light” beautifully ren- | armies in the field Go dered by the Loring Club, followed, and | homes within that nation’s bou...aries. can marshal herofc must marshal herole then Rev. Dr. Mackenzie delivered a| We are all hoping and praying that the touching address, in which, among other | time of universal peace may soon come, | things, he said: | but it has not yet arrived though we -4 | think its dawn is flushing the eastern sky. We are athered in memory of our | Meanwhile it is America’s strength and soldler deat What that death meant | glory that her homes produce men who to them as individuals has already been that considered between them and their brave and kind-hearted chaplain, Father McKin- non. What that death meant to the fami- stand four-square to all the winds blow. They are ready and able to respond with fully equipped manhood to any call of duty, come from what quarter it may.