The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1899, Page 1

1 fre e aper not 'm . VOLUM I?fll TROOPS AT FRONT | MERELY MARK TIME British Siege Arlilleru That IS Southern California Being Rushed General @Jll ONDON. Iy because yes- 26.—Inac- mt e festival wtright by the Dec ney refore, in and e power 1 to that of the Boers w @eceieisieieieieied < naval station, near Cape Town. . . - . “ - ® . ks . ° LXXXVII—NO. 1 be | SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS. Forward to Aid er's Advance. in egree remedied. now At the Cape, while the outlook yloomy, it is not garded as g alarm. ~ wing any e checks ot O i1 e seen_to be tempo- ( A\ bank manager who hz rived from Cape Town says 1an he had anticipated. BRIDGE DESTROYED DURING BOMBARDMENT HEAVY BOER LOSS IS DUE TO LYDDITE BOER VERSIGN OF THE DEFEAT OF BULLER PRETORIA fire were roll aving [ mani * a0 A FLOATING PRISON, The Boer prisoners taken by the Dritish are sent to the prison hulk Penelope, The picture, which is taken from “Army and Nav: a detachment @f prispners taken at Elands Laagte approaching the hulk. B e L e A L e e e o e e o 0-“&&044—0—0-0—0—0—%%&“*—0—0&4—’ | OS ANGELES, Dec. 23 | Dame Nature gave South- ern California an unwel- | come Christmas present to-day. I'dawn of the gladsome holiday, the entire lower portion of the State was shaken by a tremen- dous earthquake. The undula- | tions lasted about twelve seconds. The center of the shock appears | to have been at San Jacinto, a small town in Riverside County. The 1 portion of San Ja- cinto consists of two blocks of | two-story buildings, some of | | ) Lot et eieie e v e bec e 'S e e e At 4:30 o'clock, just before the | . STREET.SCENE, SAN-JAC EARTHQUAKE USHERS IN THE CHRISTMAS Q e S S A SECEE S S SCS | Towns Get a - Severe Shaking,and Near San Ja- | cinto Six Squaws Are Killed. B e e e S R R = ) + L e e e e o S o oo o o S | CHRISTIAN BROTHERS MAY SOON SECEDE Likely to Establish an American Community in Unfavqrah N the Event of an lre D_ecisifln. EW YORK, Dec. 25.—News from Rome regarding the appeal of the Christian Brothers, who have protested against the order of their superiors in France to cease teaching classics in colleges in this country, has been reccived in this city. The news appears rather discouraging to friends of the Brothers, for according to it the authorities in Rome are expected to decide against ther n. The Rome correspondent of the Freeman's Journal sends word that Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco is in Rome working in the interests of the thers. tie of the American hie rchy, nez ro- He has presented a voluminous report to the authori- It is understood he appe: ars in Rome as the representative rly all the bishops of this country being on the side of the Christian Brothe Referring to the mission of Archbishop Riordan, the corre- spondent says he is informed it is utterly vain. This statement is regarded in Catholic circles here as a warning that Rome is going to decide against the Brothers. Brothers’ cause go so far as to say tha deciding against them the only thing for the will be to withdraw from the French American community. Some advocates of the in the event of Rome to establish jrothers do order and an This is said to be feasible, since almost all the American bishops are on their side. The controversy between the American Christian and their superiors has : rouser Jrothers 1 considerable bitter feeling in the Catholic world. It has been charged that the French supe- riors have been actuated by jea tlousy of the advancement and rosperity of the order in this country. European Catholics who prosperity T ) I have opposed the so-called Church in the United States hz Brothers in this conflict, s tional importance. steel their nerves while the earth vibrated at intervals, Every brick building in 1 J more or less wrecked. The re of the brick blocks were wren falling on adjacent frame buildings and demolishing them. The St Bank, lo- cated on the corner of M nd Sheriff streets, was badly wreck The upper right hand corner fell out, the roof feil off at the rear and the building is a total loss Cashier A. W. Wright, wife and baby, jed the second story, had a a:......g,m,-.\«.-;m . wom, o | * 1 . b 5 t! * @ = + . THE JOHNSON ® o Broex, 11 : HEMET {| * ? | ? ~SAN JACINTO @ $ DISTRICT . ScHOoOL : 57 . O 000000 oa‘...,.,.@ b . . T * * which are built of brick. Ten or| o fifteen buildings were damaged, ¢ : | chimneys being toppled over and | .| the walls cracked and shaken.| ¢ @ T ~ * * T'he total damage at San ] 4 and Hemet, a small town near by, | ¢ . s estimated at $50,000. The| 7 f: large tourist hotel at Hemet was| ¢ fl damaged and the hospital at S:mi b¢ ; Jacinto suffered. The rear wall of | ¢ . the Johnson block at Hemet fell.| 3 ? The only loss of life so far as| R R 3 MiLL OF THE ? e e e i eded oied .9 HEM&TMILL'NG ° e 1 ComPaNY. b 5| @ o/ FE R . +|® + B+ 009000990 40000000000000000000000008 . known was at the Saboba Indian| which visited this section about ‘rcscr\'minn, where six squaws|six months ago. | were killed by falling walls. | R Gl 257 : : MU | The shock was heavy at S.’mta\ CH DAMAGE AT SAN 1 | lying at Simonstown, the British ' shows a vessel from Durban with B B S e Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino, Riverside and other places, hutg no particular damage is reported, | except from San Jacinto and| Hemet. | In this city no damage was| done, though the shock was par-| ticularly violent. The hotels hsre: are well filled with Eastern tour-| ists, and they were in many in- stances terrified at the unexpect- ed disturbance and rushed from their rooms in a fright.. It was at first reported that the tower of| the City Hall was badly dam- aged, but an inspection to-day failed to reveal any injury except that done during an earthquake" | JACINTO AND HEMET SAN JACINTO, Dec. 4:33 this | morning occurred a terrific thquake shock, or series of shocks, lasting fully thirty seconds. The sefsmic disturbance consisted of short, convulsive jerks and was accompanied by a frightful roar, which continued some minutes after the | vibrations ceased. | At the Indian village at Saboba many | adobe huts fell. Six old squaws in one adobe celebrating a Christmas feast were | kilied by falling beams. Six others were | badly inju 3 1 Agent Wright re- | ports much grief and suffering, coupled with superstitious terror. It is a question whether the vibrations | came from Lower California volcanoes, The shock opened great fissures in the San Jacinto mountain. The inhabitants are terror stricken and fear to, retire for the night. The scene this Christmas morning will never be erased from their memory. People hurried out into the streets to find devastation on all sides. A red glow was noticeable in the sky long after the dull, muffled roar had subsided. DBreakfasts were eaten on swaying tables and the Christmas diners were forced to 25.—At e | seconds. | are neavy losers. harmed, ape. Mirzeulos the falling alanche of bricks fafled to bury them as they fled from the crumb- ling building. "They clalm no noise on rth could e pandemonium of Their experience was of dozens of oth who had marvel- apes from death. damage to the State Bank is esti- at #2000 n's furniture store bank on the west, wa wrecked. Loss, $1500 The 1. O. O. F. Hall above will require $1000 to repair the holes in the roof. Robert Brook's billiard hall was dam- aged $200 J. T. Morgan's meat market was demol- ished, the contents being buried T the falling walls ana timbers of the adjoining root of McKim & Chambers’ drug stuie. Morgan's loss is about $800. McKim & Chambers' drug store was demolisned and the stock reduced to i debris of fine powdered glass and ruined drugs in thirty ‘the firm's loss i Shaver & Spence, harc Clare, the tailor, The postoffice scatiere , lose $1200 is but the mail act, the breadtn of tne building was bavly shattered srant ot Char Sam a 3lol. Jewe 200, gett, general merchandise, Inelr s the 1ront, rear and top. The bullding of Jonn Kyai aged to the eate 5 imond £ store, in a stock 13 3w, L. Durett, » veng pardwar Lung 15 asma Sierkes, the $w; Ritchie, Hards & Da sustains a loss of Was U merchandise »ousten, 1s maurice condition. i n toe buikding, owned by I'ne baKkery was Uu- structure. store 1s Wre gea by cola on Ed . $1600. Ttie Mosgrove block, known as the Long block, 1 aumaged to the cxtent of $33/0. S. J. Mead, grocer, had his new brick store ruined, 0. ‘fhe Liegister buildaing, being a frame, was unharmed. . Jules Kauttman & Co. lost $5000 goods, and on the bullding Daggett Green lost $Z500. Baker & Son's grocery stock and bufld- ing were damaged to the extent of $1200. Undertaker k. J. Roulston’s 10ss 1S 3. L. A. Wright's drugstore was wrecked; $950. i The Vawled block, owned by Newmark & Co. of Los Angeles, was damaged $120); & Co. of Los Sn building, r, I, Many of the frame buliuings apout town were greatly damaged. Since tne eartiquake all the artesian wells 1n the vailey are flowing coplousiy. Christmas has penl devoied L CINOVL the aamag to frame buudir all day at ir light. They wel low rumbiing. Mead's on & s continued ular intefvals, but were . characterized by a hoi- Dust and smoke were fssulng from the canyons at the base the mountains, and James Hornback Castello Canyon, three mil .base of Mount San Jacinto, to-night there is a deep hole in the yon, whose, depth cannot be fathomed. 1t is four feet wide. Fissures extend out forty rods from the bottomless hole. At Hemet, three miles south, great dam- age was done. The Hemet Hotel was damaged $5000; the Hemet Company’s brick bullding, $1200: the Hemet Milling | Company’s mill $3000. It is learned that the Florida, a three- story hotel at Valle Vista, five miles east, ruined, and the county hospital s wrecked at South San Jacinto. The thirty patients were taken into the brick resi- dence of J. C. Jordan, across the road, which, strangely enough, withstood the frightful quakings.© The churches and schoolhouses are intact. —_— OTHER TOWNS SHAKEN, BUT DAMAGE IS SLIGHT SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 2%.—The most severe earthquake ever experienced hcre a stcek from wrecked stores | Americanizing of the Catholic wve taken the side of the French so the case has assumed interna- jarred the city at 4:77 o'clock this morn- Ing. The movement was from north to south ted longer than any e o G sly felt here. It commenced with a iow rumble, growing louler nds before the quaking was The damage not more severe t that infiicted by the temb: several 1ths ago. consisting ¢ plate and minor losses mostly. The High School r ste 1i1ding, which lost ping by the s south cor- st earthqyake, lost t rth corner this time, and quite a por of the hrick wall with it. The bullding waus considerably damaged with- ir. the interior walls cracking 1 the plastering falling In many of the rooms. Probably $5M will repair the damsoge. brick store of Smith, the grocer, standing oy itself on Third street, had its plate glass broken a large fissure w FPublic and ped at country red e lar freak sudden stat- that had been dry they « com- The people the shocks ce of the jured. Asylum was a The inmates 1 ran in aN- to the walls, plas- on will be in the nelghborisod 2 Squirrel Irn, high up the mountain, re- ports a heavy k but damage RIVERSIDE c. % k to-day says that shock was severe at Cor rted aside maged heavy, shock was f Houses were bg * stopped, but vibrations we. temblor was fe d a heavy T Fe n and clock: resulted. from north to south a high wind The ANA, Dec The severest ake in years visited this section this morning at o'clock. Third-story hotel guests wer nost rolled out of bed Clocks w d all over the city and the walls of several brick bu; fldings were badly cracked. Hundreds of persons were on the streets a few seconds after the shock, and many remained up unti] day. light. [ SAN DIEGO, Dec The most severe shock ‘of earthquake experienced in this city In fourteen years t. o at 4:25 a. m. to-day accompanied by a loud rumbling. The talier bulldings in the city were severely shaken, but cnly minor damage was done struck the beach on the ocean front soon after the shock. A slight shock followed the first few seconds. . 35.—A severe shock rarthquake at 4:20 this mo: ing awak- ened all, Long Beach, the vibrations last- ing atout fifteen second. The shock was heavy enough to tumbl vn pans and other loose articles t and stop th A high wave A terrific shock of arthquake was experienced here at 4:% A. m. It rattled windows, broke glass and gave the town a thorough s The vibrations w from northeast to south- west ORANGE, Deec. 25 earthquake was felt this morning. 'SHIP ARIOSTO WILL | BE A TOTAL LOSS | Report of the Master of the British Vessel That Was Wrecked Off Cape Hatteras. of } NORFOLK, Va., De. 2. — Captain | Barnes of the British steamer Ariosto, which ran ashore four miles south of | th e Hatteras life-saving station yes- terday morning, to- reported to the ents here that his ship would prove a | total loss. The tug Rescue, which reached the Ariosto this morning, has been unable to do anything toward floating her because | of the rough sea off the coast. A message | recelved at the Weather Bureau here | states that the Rescue has not yet been | able to even approach the Arfosto near | enough to put a line aboard her. The steamer lles broadside on and appears to be making considerable water,