The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO JALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1899. DETAILS OF THE PLAGUE HAVOC WROUGHT BY THE RECENT SCARE AT HAWAIIAN ISLES Scourge Now Believed to Be S{amped Out and Was Confined Solely to Chinese Quarters, By HORACE WRIGHT. . & block distant. Idents of the coun- elve mont nd so arned were cleanly and was present United States ma- day sident ied a meeting of the Board er sanitary inspectors Pwenty blocks ¢ » room inspection of rantined district epldemic of nder died of the premises wer: s dying from sim- chemated he board ory to be erected on moment it was 1 her body teriotogist Dr. & but conscientious man Walter Hoffman, a declared it be ‘the plague, but the disease 1 have erficially indicated. A being Hawalfan— r relatives to re- for cremating' the nt the medical asso- to discuss the situ. There was a !:xn‘v attendance and ¢ opinion. Dr. Hoffman, the Board ogist of the of Heaith, man < bacilli are the bacilii - g Wat gue. § - ar her ph present stated 1! 1at there had b lague. ¥ ternoon the ¢ Health will n n d the ations are that : - will be declared off from the city be declared clean. on both sides - ne, ¥ | acknowledging the complete independence 1 w & pr 1-Br of the Transvaal. _ the political aspect of the war. FOR AIDING THE BOERS. ot 2 DURBAN, tal, Dec. 27.—A German STORY OF THE TREATY farmer named Stucke and the Rev. Mr. irles, director of the Hanoverian Mis- WITH PORTUGAL DENIED | sions in Natal, have been arrested at Estcourt on the charge of aiding the Boers. They both claim the protection of Germany. EUGENE DEUfiEY IS WEDDED IN RENO g the state- exist United to Mrs. Florence Craig and Departs as Soon as the Cere- mony Is Performed. 28 —Eugene Deuprey married here this The Francisco wa. Florence Craig. the early morn istered at the s altogether undecip h- ter, procured performed arted for the west on the next is the Mecca for recently divorced lifornians desiring to try agaln, and rough the experience of Mr. Cheek, lerk of the Riverside, such matters are promptly attended to; but it is seldom that =uch expedition can be attained. Mr. Deuprey lost no time in making known what he wanted, and Mr. Cheek obligingly ded to the detalls, and In a very rty, consisting of the pastor of the First Congregational hurch, Mr. Cheek for best man and an- other witness, assembled in the private pariors of the Riverside Hotel, and the apparently happy pair were promptly pro- nounced husband and wife. Happily the westbound train was late' and Mr. and Mrs. Deuprey left for the west this fore- noon. -— CONGRESSMAN BOUTELLE IS RESTING EASILY Relative Announces That His Trouble Is Congestion of the Brain, Due to Overwork. ational qu. HINGTON Nothing ention o BOSTON, Dec. 28.—While the officials of the McLean Hospital are extremely reticent in the matter of giving details as to the condition of Congressman C. A. Boutelle of Maine, it was stated in re- v it b an inquiry to-night that Mr. " . scd a very comfortable ther pow- he was not considered in old rumor | any immediate danger. siand & ative of Mr. Boutelle is quoted as g5 that the latter's trouble is conges- Portuga = 3 of the brain <y vl it e the result of continued ? ork in connection with 1 wce 1s needed | his His condition previous 1 always been to the removal to the hospital was such p nd If such | that at times he became delirious and it tre re would be no | Was difficult to keep him undercontrol. It was deemed best under the circum- stances to place him in an institution where he could receive the best possible treatment, and the McLean Hospital at Waverley ‘was selected as such a place. The relative above menticned expresses confidenca that the patient will quickly recover and be able In the near future to resume his duties at Washington, need f ported BRITAIN TO PATROL THE AMERICAN COAST ticipation, as re- e “.\'y-:w \-um'(‘ Dee. 28—A special to the | HIGHBINDER WAR FEARED. Vorld from Halifax, N. S., says: Great o Py )1 Yong Yos Complain of Persecution larger by King Owyang. e X “".’: SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 28.—The persecu- tion which the unfortunate Yong Yo Com- on of | pany’s fishermen are meeting with be- AvIng | cau of their refusal to enter a combine 1 of war engineered by King Owyang, late vice consul at San Francisco, is exciting a h havy yard Ereat deal of Indignant comment among here n by rter 1{‘!\\‘, the ctilzens of this place, and there is et R oyl eter 4 1k of the matter belng brought to the Brith )- North - e s ed from the tention of the Grand Jury. King Ow- tsh North American squadron, de- | yang is ambitious of rivaling the: Cau- clared that he knew solute ce aslan trust magnates, and the thought of his efforts to form a shrimp combine be- frustrated by the refusal of the Yong Yos to gain the alliance of the Six Com- panies has driven him to seek this means of bringing them to time. Several charges tainty that n the matter tween ¥ fNeet mmu are being made, he are already pending against the Yong Yos, | of at least two ve but this est one of anchoring nets in- on the South and North 2 coasts, rlu\d of nllltlw(nxx :hem loéirlnqmny resuit s e o \diately ottes | in several convictions to San Quentin, the recetpe of ot lmmediately after | “A¢ about 10 o'clock this morning John e receipt of final orders Creed. constable of Sausalleo, left for the | village of San Pedro, and returned with about ten Celestials. They were taken | before a Justice of the Peace and released on 3200 bonds. The hatred felt by the combine toward the Yong Yos s so strong that it is feared a highbinder war will be declared in the fishin KRUGER CONFIDENT OF DEFEATING THE BRITISH al, Saturday, Dec. 23— . on arriving here after the Boers, recefved a He says that from tion with members of the Trans- | cutive Council at Pretoria he that the Boers began the war 1 trepedation, but that President Kru- ger s now confident that Great Britain will s0on sue for peace. Winston C! E table, as King Owyang is determined to his form a monopoly, and will not hesitate to seck the aid of hatchetmen to remove any obstacles that may stand between him and his ambition. ————————— A Whiz With a Cyclone. In the cyclone countries the wind gener- ally has everything its own way when fairly started, and does all sorts of tricks escape from tremendous ovation In the highest Transvaal circles, Mr. |on the order of transplanting towns, ete. Churchill asserts, there is serious talk of | But the b out 1s a man who rode a u compromise, by which Great Britain APucking cyclone for nearly a mile and yet would cede the territory now occupled by | Sumg, o' o010 the armies of the two republics, pay an | an ‘ndemnity of £20,000000 ($100,000,000) and | mi| and alive. Read in next 0w he managed to do it d_just what the sensation was. You ght like to try it yourself some day! ver handled Oriental es were carried away | after an autopsy had been EARTHQUAKE IN SAN JACINTO Riverside County Hospital. HE accompanying _ photographe, made especially for The Call, serve to illustrate the terrible havoc wrought in San Jacinto early Christmas morning by the most se- vere earthquake felt In the south- ern portion of the State in many Although almost every build was ruined by the seismic dis . of life was, fortunately, very An adobe building in which a num- ber of aged squaws were holding a Chr mas celebration collapsed. Six were kill outright and many injured. Of these, tw dled on the following day. This was the only loss of life. e The loss of property, however, was very great Heavy timbers s tons of lnr..l.‘ plaster ruined the stock in almost eve store in the cit d prosperous - ma chants find themselves almost penniles’. The wooden bulidings, as usual, resisted { the strain better than the brick structs ures, but the majority of thesé are he lessly sprung. Tthe brick building - sent a sorry sight. All are cracked from | top to bottom, and in most cases the walls spread so much that the roof A special providence se over the patients in the C in South San Jacinto. The ruined and must be torn down of the helples ids was injured escape is considered almost miraculous O CONENED I NS Continued from First Page. . & . i borne he obtained from her a remittance, went to London and was received by as her son, though* repudiated by the rest of the family. She stied him liberally with money to collect witnesses and In- formation to be used in establishing his Tichborne died in 1868 and in 18 3 began suit in ejectme for the recovery of the Tichborne estates, which amountéd to some £24,000 yearly The trial lasted 103 d was non- suited and afterward was a tried on a charge of perjury. lasted 158 days. He was found guilty @ sentenced to fourteen years' penal s tude. Since the sentence of Castro, or Orton, the question as to whether Roger Charles Tichborne was living or dead has seldom been discussed, and the whole matter of ed reappear- | sing from the | his disappearance and alle ance was gradually minds of the public | OF INTEREST TO | | | THE PACIFIC COAST | Colonel H. B. Freeman at the Pre- | sidio Is Slated for a Brigadier Generalcy. | WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—Colonel Free- | man of the Twenty-fourth Infantry will { retire January 17, 191, and there is every | probability that he will reach the grade |of brigadier general long before that date. The policy adopted by the War De- partment since the advent of Secretary | Root at its head has been to give the | highest possible rank to army officers who have distinguished themselves before thelr retirement. A large number of offi- | cers are to be retired soon, and opportuni- ties will be afforded to give Colonel Free- man a star. His long and faithful service is recognized by the department, and at the first opportunity he will be rewarded, but promotions are made now in order of precedence and Colonel Freeman will doubtless come in his turn. The death of General Lawton has m ade | |a vacancy in the regular establishment, | Which will be filled soon. The officer pro- | | moted will retire within a short time and | create a new vacancy. It is the policy of | the department to advance officers have come up from the line, as ha: | nel Freeman. He entered the army as a rivate in 1855, and is not a West Pointer. his record will commend him to Secre- | tary Root, who looks at merit and not the | source from which a soldier comes. He will also receive the indorsement of Gen- eral Miles, who is himself a product of the ranks and not of West Point. | _The omnibus claims bills introduced by Senator Teller, ' which _include claims | of California for $3,951,915 and of Oregon | for $33,152, will probably be among the | first to be considered by the Senate. This bill would have passed last Congress had delegations from the coast been unani- | | mously favorable, but lack of unanimity | caused its failure in the House. Senators | White and Perkins succeeded in passing | the bill through the Senate. | Senator Perkins is confident that the | claim will pass the Senate and there is hardly any doubt but that the House wiil allow the matter to go before the Court of Claims. Representative Needham is a member of this committee and is giving the matter his full attention. | | The following Pacific Coast claims are | also among items in Teller's bill: | | To Frank and Susan F. de la Torre, heirs of Peter de la Torre, deceased, late | District Attorney for the Northern Dis- | trict of California, $10,000 for extraordi- | | nary service rendered during the years | | 1857 to 1859 inclusive in defending the title | | of the United States to public property in California; to William A. Starkweather | of Oregon $2170; to legal representatives | of the estate of Alexander W. Baldwin, | late United States District Judge, Ne- vada, $624 for Internal revenue tax flleg- ally collected on his salary as said offi- | cer, and to J. W. Adams, superintendent | of the Mint at Carson, Név.. 301, G. W. Cox was to-day appointed s(-‘ master at Reiff, Lake County, vice John | Reiff, resigned.” Also William Dunstons | alt \\"?‘andolle. vice H. 8. Thatcher, re- | | signed. | r. J. J. Medros has been appointed | pension examining surgeon at Oakland and Dr. W. T. Smith at McMinnville. Pensions: _California—Original — James Colegrove, Verdugo, $6; John S. Robbins, | Newhall, '$6. Increase—Frank A. Noyes | Jr.. Riverside, $8 to $10. Mexican War, widow—Harriet Bradley, Grangeville, $5. Oregon — Relssue — Thomas ?I Clark, Wasco, $2. Original widow, speclal ac- corded December 16—Catharine K:)d, Ba ker Hill, $8. \\'a!hlnmon—oflflnal—l’hllahder Bur- gett, Centralia, $5. Additional — Jacob | Dabier, Tacoma, $§ to 35. .Increase—Amos | Knowles, Lakeside, $6 to $12. | — Shortridge Files Answer. SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—Attorney Samuel | request of the Block of Wrecked Stores. The total loss of property at San Ja- cinto and the neighboring town of Hemet is estimated at at least $60,000, and may go considerably above this ‘figure. Among @+ e S S S M. Shortrid, » with his brother, Sen- ator C. M are defer a sult for $40.000 duc on promissor by W. A. Nevills, to ticulars in -the services he acts, in which he re- ills from prosecution ¢ g timber cut on Gover I in the mat- ter of W. H. Mar- tin re on Neovills' character. MANILA RAILWAY CAN PAY NO DIVIDEND Claims for Damages Aggregating About $170,000 to Be Presented This Government. LONDON, De The directors of the Mantla Railv 1, an- nounce. the s I interest on the prior lien be i revenue Is s in the posse Americans also aver nce Februa the Unites ment is liable for the g est, having assumed soverefgnty over the Philippines The company has_claims aggregating £31,000 against the United States. WILL OF MILLIONAIRE JOHN I. BLAIR FILED Leaves $45,000 to an Academy He Founded and Various Sums to Other Institutions. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The will of the late John 1. Blair was offered for probate in the Surrogate’s office at Belvidere, N. J., to-day, by his only surviving chfid, Dewitt C. Blair The document is very long and characteristic of the man in executed on March b, 76 years of age, far as known r executed. mall bequests and trusts are made to ious friends and connections, many of which have lapsed by death. Hy the terms of Mr. Blair's will the Blair Présbyterian Academy at Blairs- is the only will A large numbe town, N. J., which Mr. Blair founded and maintain years, is given the sum_of » Presbyterfan church at Blairstown receives $10,000; the Oxford church_$ 1d_the Methodist church »f his daughter's children h and bonds to the amount of residue of the estate goes to son, Dewitt C. Blair, who sole executor and trustee apacities vested with the 8 g 0, N The the testator’ is named as and in both fullest powe - NATIVES PUNISHED. Sailors Burn Villages in the New Hebrides. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 28.—At the missionaries of the New Hebrides group a punitive expedition has been sent from Sydney to Tanna by Ad- miral Pearson of the British navy. Ad- vices of the outrages by the natives brought here a month ago by the steamer Warrimoo are duplicated by the latest Australian papers culminating in the at- tempted massacre of all the white mis- sjonaries and the actual murder of a na- tive teacher. The warship Wallaroo was sent to Tanna, but the blacks got word of the vessel's aproach and escaped to the interior, which Is inaccessible for whites. | The villages where the offenders resided | were burned by bluejackets. o e Revenue Launch Sinks. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 28.—A s the Oregonian from Astoria sa; steam launch of the United States reve- nue cutter Commodore Perry sunk this evening by running on the Sylvia de Grace rocks about 600 yards from shore. The Perry was lying near Tongue Point and the launch put off with five men on board to bring back some of the officers who were in this city. Soon after strik- ing the launch began to fill. A fisherman on shore heard the distress signals and | reached the wreck in a_small boat just in time to take the men off before the laynch sank. Says His Boat Was Stolen. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 28.—A young man of Alameda, who says his name is Julius C. Back, arrived here this morning in company with three members of the Gak. land police force to search for a missiug boat, The sloop, which is called the Nel- lie C, has been anchored in a creek near the powder works for some.time. The four men whom Back accuses of purloin- ing it have been spending their time in hunting and fishing. Back Is very reticent in giving details of the alleged theft, and it is thought locally that he has been in- dulging in a “pipe dream.” The myste- rious thieves of the craft have vanished. iy To Enlarge Yolo. WOODLAND, Dec. 28.—From a reliable source it is learned that an organization is in process of formation among the farmers of Northern Solano the purpose of which Is to urge the passage of a bill | by the next Legislature annexing all of | Tremont and Silveyville townships to Yolo County. ————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ' Al druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. E, W. Grove's signature is on each box. 2c. the sufferers the property of the State Bank was damaged to the extent of $200: the Hemet Hotel, $5000; Hemet Milling Company, $4200. Aside from this mer- chants estimate their losses at from $100 to $2500. Slight shocks continued intermittently for two days, but did very little damage, The citizens took the calamity with bet-| ter grace than might be expected, and at once went to work with a will to clear away the wreckage and rebuild thelr ruined town. The day following the earth- quake hundreds of residents of neighbor- ing cities flocked into San Jacinto and Hemet and offered their assistance. Those who had wealth at their command readily | opened their purses. Others pledged them- sélves to supply provisions, and who had nothing but warm hearts and willing hands, joined the ranks of the workers on the ruined buildings In view of the progress already mada it is safe to say that within a few montks the disaster of Christmas morning will be only a memory, and the little towns will have resumed thelr accustomed air of activity and prosperity. REAR OF MAC BEATH BLOCK. Photographs by F. H. Rogers of San Jacinto. voeQ ASHFORD ALLEGES FRAUD. Wants the Sale of the Mining Com- pany’s Property Stopped. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—Action that prom- ises many sensations and at the time will interest mining men was com- menced here to-day by H. J. Ashford, one of the first prospectors who found gold at Randsburg, Kern County, against the Ashford Mining Company to have a judgment by default for $659 set aside and the sale of the company’s property der execution stopped. The sult charges Thomas A. Bull, president of the com- nd Charles A. Bull, his son, who it the suit, with conspiring to_ub- tain judgment against t} shford Min- ing Company with the ultimate purpose of purchasing the property of the corpc atlon. Ashford charges that the sum- mons was served on Thomas A. Bull as president, by Attorney C. L. Witten, af- ter Bull had disposed of his interest in the company, and that he had no right to confess judgment and that the stock- holders had no notice of the matter until the property was advertised for sale by notice being posted on the grounds. The affidavit of J. J. Miller show Bull had transferred on Februar: all his inte in the company and tkat F @*is o eieieie that 1897, 3, to him, son at that time had no claim against the corporation t 11" Ashford claims the account of C it to be only $22 that he has examined instead of $687. Z e DREDGER AT ALVISO. Work of Improving the Slough Will Be Begun at Once. SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—The dredger which is to be used in Government work at Al- viso has arrived at that placé after many vexatious experiences, and thé deepening and stralghtening of Alviso Slough will now be rushed. Work should have com- menced December 1, but Engineer Heuer granted an extension of time. Twice after being mpleted the dredger sank in San Francisco Bay by not being loaded prop- erly. Improvement must be completed by June 1, 199, and, while other contractors doubt the machine's ability, Contractor E. V. McCann is confident he will be through by that time. The dredger is the inven- tion of J. Jordan, a wealthy man of Oak- land, and he is so confident of his ma- chine’'s worth that he has backed Me- Cann. The contract price is a little over $13,000, about one-fourth of the Govern- ment appropriation of $48,000 for the work. ‘When the improvement is completed Al- viso Channel will have a width of from sixty to eighty feet at the bottom and a depth of seven feet below low tide. This will give nineteen feet at hieh tide. The Board of Trade and other organizations are making an effort to have the balance of the $48.000 expended in further improv- ing the slough. LIl GUARANTEE “OPEN DOOR.” All of the European Governments Save Russia Make Reply. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—A special to the Record from Washington says: All of the European governments except Russia have notified the Department of State that they are prepared to give in writing the guarantees required some weeks ag v the merchants and manufacturers of an ‘“‘open door” for trade in the markets of China wherever their “spheres of in- fluence” extend. (e SR Fell Over a Banister. FRESNO, Dec. 28.—While playing in the hallway on the second floor of the Fresno National Bank hulldlnr last night Paul Staniford, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Georfie Staniford, fell over the ban- ister to the ground floor, a distance of about thirty feet. He was picked up un- consclous, with blood oozing from his g ears. To-night the little fellow is partly conscious, but Drs. Dunn and [aupin have little hopes of his recovery. Does Not Seek Re-election. SPRINGFIELD, I, Dec. 28.—At the gathering of Illinois Republicans for their annual love feast a bombshell was ex- Eluded this evening by the declaration of overnor John R. Tanner that he was Jnot-a candidate for re-election, same | arles A. Bull and finds | others, | STAMPEDE Ti INDIAN-RIVER, —_— Valuable Ledges oi Gold | Discovered. —_— | “SWIFTWATER” LEADS PARTY | s P e | WILL TRY TO OBTAIN A Hi DRAULIC CONCESSION. O Miners Also Report That Valua, | Claims May Be Staked om Almost Any Part of Jack | Wade Creek. ‘: O p— Dispatech to The Call, Special EATTLE, from Dawson a | dicate consid distriet. Th bench on tk bout twenty miles up th expedition strikes on J terview he Jack W along th ent search sides strikes were I_left. One No. 1 below this case th through twent struck gravel containing g made was wer n the rig 5 above uppe been found ly prospected spring many wh the Klondike t at Jack V Joe McCarty, Chs Marfon arrived at City the fore part brought corroboratl big strfke on the stampede resulted tc ters the river above the town of Peay found and from per man per day wa Creek s descr long, with good § eral different p | has also been Myrtle Creek, w miles long | NEW TRANS-ATLANTIC LINE. Six Splendid Steamers to Ply Be- tween New York and Liverpool. NEW YORK, De TH 1\ | ment was mad | had been comple | & co., Lta | lishment of | ship service betweer erpool. This new | stitute th trans-Atls | will_ have ir | six big ves | service simi ‘ the Atlantic 1 ‘ between this po | a Smallpox Among Indians. SPOKANE, Dec. 28.—A telephone ge rece here to-night reports nallpox has broken out among south half of the ( mes that slville Just a few words about our clothing tell as much as a whole column. [ When it bears our name you know it is fully guaranteed. All-wool double- breasted blue serge suit $10 You may know by that simple state- ment that it is a good value at a low price; and your money will be re- turned if you are not satisfied. | We are now offerin, prior to steck Boys ! Out-of-town orders filled ; write S.NWo Boys’ Clothing. < g special -taking—it will pay e | We have some balls and bats continue to give away with every suit or o ———— 718 Market Street. values in this departpent, very mother to visit us. left, which we will vercoat, us for illustrated catalogue Ne 2- d&Co.