The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1900. 38 BRAVE FIREMAN EUGENE CROW RESCUES TWO WOMEN FROM DEATH IN A BURNING BUILDING Thieves Said to Be_ Responsible for a Blaze That Partially Con- sumes Hotel El Monte. Guests Become Panic Only Prevented From Jumping From the Upper Story Windo of the Firemen. of the in search of v d a match whick closet in The Alarm ADVERTISEMENTS. 3 VERY FEW PEOPLE Are Free From Some Form of Indi- gestion is that will do eriment Tablets pepsia and 1 effectu. ke Stuart’s Tablets with efit if its digestion is weak ar . is of cures accomplished by "y Iy use are easily ex . is understood t b vegetable es s - 1 diastase and Golden 1, with the food and digest it ving the overworked stom- recuperate. never cures dyspepsia, neither < and cathartic medicines, which irritate and inflame the intestines enough food is eaten and prompt- digested there will be no constipation, r will there be disease of any kind. because good digestion means good health in every organ merit and success of Stuart’s Dys- orld wide and they T ablets are at the moderate price of 3 cts. f d package in every drugstore d Canada, as well ormation of those interested book will mailed free by ad- ng F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Eiving briefly the symptoms of the forms of stomach weakness, and cure SMITHS SALE Continues to-day and until $80,000 of goods are sold. This will take but | op, s few days as they moved Saturday. Come early if you can. he . . . ® . Ps 1® — a3 | 4 . Stricken, and Are|* . ® . * ws by the Heroic Work|Z | ¢ ® S . to jump, but they were restrained and | © were assisted to escape. On the lower floors and where the smoke was not =o| ¢ thick trunks were pulled out of rooms, | © | and furniture was hurriedly removed. The | o ds were all removed, and valu- had been deposited in the of- | & taken away 2§ Fire Department Arrives. ® When the Fire Department arrived it | ¢ red as if the building, which is of r stories and a basement, was doomed | ® to destruction, and that another Baldwin | ¢ Hotel fire was imminent. Flames leaped out of the windows on the third story | © A he structure itself was wrapped in | ¢ smoke. A large crowd of people had | gathered on the scene and they heard, | € with horror, women at the upper windows | ¢ for assistance. The firemen of | [ Ladders were | ¢ ck and the task of | ¢ 3y the time the lad- | been placed in position, however, ? had disappeared from | ined but two women | . quired help. 5 these was Miss McFarland, who | ¢ room on the fourth floor., and | & ed to her bed when the alarm nded. Willing hands, not | ¢ saved her life 4 tched their ap- 0 5 »w_at which Mrs. J. | The lady stated that she at one time pos. re pavement below. employe of a livery through the room ng, held her back Daring Rescue of Two Women. ar stairway into the by this time com- After an hour's der control, and the m le to escape. the fire started is a matter of ¢ 3 The flames broke out near ¢ » Mrs. O’Connor's room, whic! she had left but a few minutes befor the ladders had climbed from the nd was prepar- Wil- g up the ladder and sessed valuable diamonds. and that a burglar, in quest of the the blaze by dropping a match near the clothes he was searching. She says that the gas was burning in the room when | she left it, but the fi distance from the jet any description, she clalms, she thinks the apartments when she locked them up and went to dinner. Miss Isabella Smith, | who was with Mrs. O'Connor, corrobor- these statements many fam lose about § Among_the Senator Moreh tor Morehouse did heroic work in assist ing panic-stricken people to safety G Clayten. another guest, who attempted to enter the room from which Mrs. Greez was about fo jump te her de: | overcome by smoke. He was re: r guests will and his family, ATHENDS THE CTIVE CAREER 0F C, F, RGO Engaged Over Thirty Years in Mercantile Lines of Business. P IR LR Came to This State in the Days and Steadily Made His Way to For- tune. e s Fargo died yesterday 1 F. ion Club, the cause being a cold " robust health during the past two not recovered fully fro F mpetency in 1570 me traveled i irope for a period of twelve years. Returning to this city, he went to reside | at the nion Pacific Club, He was born in Batavia, N. Y., January 1 When he vears old he had and served as a ty tnership. advised by his phys hat his only voyage. Dr. ian, alth returned on the passage nine months neisco October Dr. Goodale and °r from Wisconsin, who had joined his party. As a proof of his indomitable will, it 1s that ried on eding at the lungs, Pioneer at the ght while out driving one Saturday. He was confined to only a few days. He had rot clerk for 2 Then he located in Batavia, and ard removed to Columbus, Wis., he took his brother, J. B. Fargo, In 1859 his health failed chance to recover He persuaded | come with him to Califor- and he arrived 1849, accom- eral friends he a bed a_distance of sev- 1 P S R S S S S 1 He went to New MEMBERS OF SODALITY OF HOLY CHILDHOOD en miles to reach New Orleans. | e His first venture in California was in | gixty little i k f 3 girls, dressed in white and the mines. He had a capital of about | ; : tha ieines.. e E 1 with wreaths covering their tresses, were $2000. and this sum was Invested in £00ds | received into the Sodality of the Holy L e A H e, any thio | Childhood at St. Francis’ Church yester- yosre b DA Ay ) s, 3| day afternoon. The ceremony was as srtune. He engaged beautiful as the appearance of the chil- I e e T Dusiness, M4)IUE | dren and was watched with deep interest as cierks 3 by members of the parish. Sisters of the ners and to whom he sold his interest in | Boly Family, under whose guidance 1870. His brother, D. W. Fargo, is the | the children learned their pra ] only surviving member of his own family. Three nieces survive—Mrs, J. F. Fish of hymns, sat among them and participated in the exercises. Rev. Father Caraher _ | took the occasion to deliver an earnest = ey R omant L5 0> | talk to his youn~ listeners and explained B o e ot Bonae1’ 5t Sap | to them the Importance of the step they Matec MUSICAL EVENT OF IMPORTANCE IS PROMISED The coming of Walter Damrosch, Mme. Gadskh and Mr. Bispham in Wagnerian recitals is an event of extraordinary im- portance. These artists are pre-eminent as interpreters of the great German com- poser, and may be expected to afford the authoritative music-loving public with renderings of the more important music of the great master. Mr. Damrosch wili give six “explana- | tory recitals” with ptano in the forenoon at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s Hall, beginning March 5, and at the California Theater a series of six concerts will be given, in which Mme. Gadski and Mr. Bispham will be heard The first of these will take place Tues- day afternoon, March 6, at 2:15 o'clock. Each _concert will be devoted to one | the Wasgnerian operas, the first being “Tannhauser.” Mr. Damrosch’s recitals, romise great interest, will cover Tetralog: *‘Parsifal” “Tristan and Isolde.” 'This engage- i= important to San Francisco, y because it will afford as an op. | portunity to hear at least the vocal ele- ment of the Wagner operas interpreted to the best advantage. | e i A Holmes Symphony Concert. The fourth and next to the last of the series of symphony concerts under the direction of Henry Holmes will take place at the Grand Opera House next Thursday The programme wiil include ssohn's _“Fingal's Ca Overture. Schumann’s Symphon: . 61, Saint-Saen’s ‘“Dance Weber's overture to “Oberon.”” The sale of is progressing at Sherman, Clay & seat Co.’s. were taking and pointed out the duties they would be called upon to perform as members of the sodality. After the ceremonies the | marched through the streets school and enjoyed a banquet sung and recitations approp: | occasion were delivered. —_———— The Funeral of Miss Winchester. The funeral of Miss Julia Winchester | took place yesterday afternoon at the res- | dence, 942 Sutter street, after which the body was taken for cremation to the cre- | matory at the cemetery of the Indepen- | dent Order of Odd Fellows. The services children to thefr Mrs. J. Fluno of Oakland, and at the | chapel by Miss Bradshaw and Mr. F. W Gale of this city. The pallbearers wero Frank W. Gale, W. T. Kiigrove, T. H. Lord, George F. Lyon, A. C. Heineken, H. A. Saxe, J. W. Russell and J. Me- Naught. Miss Winchester. a native of New York, was educated in Germany and her mind, | naturally of a high order, was trained io | the finest uses not only by books and | schools but by her whole experience in | life. She was animated by an all com- prehending sympathy. and her work while | gentle and modest was not withont ar-reaching influences, so that it affected not only individual lives but the larger | issues of the community. | “In this city her work was particularly notable and will be long remembered, She was one of the charter members of the | First Church of Christ, Scientist, and was | ever among the most ‘active and zealous | of its supporters. By reason of her self- sacrificing labors, her untiring energy and | the vitalizing Influences emanating from her fine spirit, she carried help to many a | home and joy to many a heart where her | name and her deeds will long be cherished with grateful memory. ————— Motorman Strikes a Passenger. During an argument over the placing tarted_some | o other fire of | remained in | ring fireman_on the top of the List of Heaviest Losers. 3, asped the woman 3 P The loss will approximate e e hotel was conducted by Mr: his charge at the | merly of the Windsor He n S charge at the | a cent of insurance on her property. She #1 he had reached the ground in | Vil 1ose about 35000, most o the furnish- | epp e ings of the house, where fire did not ety and placed voman in the arms | reach hem. having been damaged by er friends weedless of the ova- | water. The owner of the building wiil e hac r his bravery, lose £2000. M J O'Connor is the 1 and entered the | heaviest loser. The property troved in ar the landing of | her apartments could not replaced found a woman who with § in e S5y = SSSwec e THE LATE CALVIN F. FARGO. [ R R S S SR SR SECR SROR OB SIOR SR o | at the house were conducted by Dr. and | (] D S A e B R e e +e+o+. a gl ) a0 * . . L4 | ¢ 1 | ® Qoisisisibedeiedesde firemen, The full list of guests, many of whom lost heavily, is as folows: J. H. Wadsworth and family, Mrs. Gilleran, Mr&. Jennie Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- son and ch ! Warn, Dr. Bardue and | family Smith nd ch Mr, Clayton, D. Mc(Cue, Mr. T. dwedge and son, Mre, MeGowar ulton, John MeClel- land Miss Ne S. Wilson, Bulkley, Miss nd family, . Mr. Du F Mrs. C. J. 8 Hilton, g and f corge Potts, n Rumelsb £ d set about reet, it was tire patrol debris into the CALIFORNIAN STILL FAST Passengers Are Safe, bui ON THE RO : Have Not Left the Vessel. WAS 0UT OF HER COURSE i e She Is Stanchly Built and Sea- faring Men Are of the Opinion That She Can Be Floated. PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 25.—The biz Al- lan Line steamship Californian, which left her dock at midnight, went ashore on Ram Island Ledge, just outside the har- bor, a few minutes after her pilot left her this morning. All the passengers are safe, aithough still aboard. Most of the local seafaring men are of the opinion that the rocas have penetrated the bottom of the vessel in several places, and they doubt very much if she can “~ saved. Tlae ves- sel is valued at $3,000,000 and the cargo at $300,000. There are six cabin, five interme- | dlate and ten steerage passengers., be- sides a crew of seventy-five men. The cabin passengers are: Mr. and Mrs. Pat- | ton, Montreal; Mr. and Mrs. D. Wilson, Toronto; Miss Bailey, Ottawa, and Mr. | Browell, Esquimalt, B. C. The Californian was in charge of Pilot Edward L. Parsons, and at the time he | left her the wind was blowing hard from the southeast and a heavy rain was fall- ing. Pllot Parsons left the ship on reach- ing the bell buoy off Cusyngs Island Point after he gave the officer of the ship the correct course Ta~ minutes later the Californian was hard and fast aground on Ram Island Ledge. This is a reef which runs out from Ram Island. and the ship had gone several points 6ff her course when she struck. .us afternoon the life- saving boat from the Cape Elizabeth life savers, seven miles awa: launched a boat and put. off for the steamer. intend- OO X OUCHIOXAOR OO} R R e e R e B R O MRS.J.LEMONT GREEG.. D R e o beisbeteteresetese® ing to transfer the passengers from the | reported to the police that petty thieves | steamer to the tug Piedmont. Some of had commenced operations. Much of the | the women passengers desired to b money and valuables recovered ~were | transferred, but on seeing the manner in which the lifeboat pitched and rolled they decided not to leave the ship. The ship is lying under the lee of Ram jsland on the ledge, and although the waves are breaking with great force the Jong ledge acts as a breakwater and pro- tects the ship. The wind is now blowing strongly from the westward and the sea is_subsiding. | The passengers will probably be taken off to-morrow morning without danger, and if the sea is smooth the work of re- moving the cargo will commence. The, local officials feel confident that the ship | can be floated. The conditions now are favorable. 1 The Californian was bound to Glasgow by way of Halifax, Captain Barclay says | that the hold is full of water, the fires | afterward stolen Blaze in the Mission. The department was called out immedi- ately after the El Monte alarm to a fire in the Mission at the residence of George Parisen, 3383 Twenty-second street. At the time of the fire the family was absent | and no information could be obtained as | to the cause. The contents of the two- | story dwelling were considerably damaged by the time the department arrived. It required thirty minutes to extinguish the flagration. There was no insurance | on the building or furniture. roeoeie@ soe b e v ed - = essTSossooe e B R R e e e i e ] I of a package in the motorman’s space on | a street car Motorman F. G. Reid of Eilis- | street car No. 571 struck M. J. Condon over the head with a brass lever. infilct- ing a small scalp wound. Condon and his brother boarded the car at Leaven- worth street with a large package. Tho motorman wished it placed out of his way, and after some words Condon struck him’in the face. The other Condon then attacked the motorman, and Reid defend- ed himself with the lever. comiroo s LARSEN'S SAD MISHAP. With His Baby in His Arms He Fell in the Water. Oscar Larsen a longshoreman, and his wife, Della, took their infant child out to the Presidio yesterday afternoon to get the fresh air, and while the wife and baby were romping on the grass Oscar dropped into a near by saloon to get a refreshing glass of beer. He remained there too long, and by the time Mrs. Larsen was ready to go home Oscar was the proud posses- sor of a beautifully mellow “jag.” Tt was quite dark, and on the way home the party tried to cross a swamp on the Fair property. Oscar was walking across a plank over a deep part of the swamp, with the baby in his arms, when he slipped and fell into the water. Police- men Scott and Rooker fished the unfortu- nate longshoreman and the baby out and ent the trio to the City Prison, where Larsen was booked for drunk. —————— Hit Clancy With a Lump of Coal. J. C. Clancy, a blacksmith, was treated at the Receiving Hospital last night for a deep gash over his right eye. Clancy was arguing the Boer question with a crowd in a saloon at the corner of Eighth and Folsom streets, and somebody who objected to his remarks hit him with a jump of coal. He refused to give his as- sailant’s name. —————— ‘Wing Shot Called by Death. the club man and pigeon shot, died to-day at Doves-platz, Switzerland, of consump- tion, aged 42 years. His reputation as a wing shot was international. He was greatly interested also in yachting, being the owner of the sloop Katrina. —————— Death of A. G. Redway. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 25.—A. G. Redway, a retired banker, died last night at the age of 65. He was well known on the e be e NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—George Wcrk.' are extinguished, there is a heavy sea and the passengers are perfectly safe. The | cargo of 3000 tons consists mainly of meats, lard, apples, cheese and grain. ' The greater part of the cargo was prob- ably insured by the consignees. It is not known whether the ship was insured. | The steamship State of C: lifornia, now named the Californian, was built on the Clyde and launched in' 1891. She is built of milled steel, is class Al in Lioyd’s spe- | cial survey and with additional strength- SEEKS REVENGE ening over Lloyd's requirements as well as to comply Admiralty i with the demands of the for transport service. _Her ength is 400 feet, beam 46 feet and depth 32 feet § inches. Her tonnage capacity is e 5300 tons. She is divided into eight com- | partments, the bulkheads of which are all carried to the upper decks. These, with the cellular double bottom, insure the greatest amount of safety in case of a cident. L e e o e e e e ] | William H. Hughes, Saloon- Keeper, Badly Beaten and Kicked. father were beaten and thrown out of the —— | saloon. Cross-complaints were sworn to | by Shaughne: y pand Hughes. and the morning on which_the cases were to be fRAlance Texr Agu dolm Shl“ghneuy$ called in_Judge Conlan’s court Hughes Was Sent to San Quentin for Attempting to Murder the Liquor Man. SenCe Willlam H. Hughes, saloon-keeper, 104 Taylor street, called at the Recelving Hospital yesterday morning with a badly battered face and with other signs of having been roughly treated. His inju- ries were attended to and he was sent home. 3 the victim of revenge,” | am sald | e | Hughes, while his injuries were being |and Judge Lawlor sent him to San Quen- dressed. ‘A brother of John Shaughnes- | tii- who is serving a term in San Quentin for trying to murder me, has been re- peatedly threatening that he would do me | up, but T managed to keep out of his way KILLED AT A FIRE. Fireman Crushed to Death by Falling | | | | | until this morning. He met me as I was Smokestack. leaving my saloon, and before I knew | DETROIT, Mich., Feb. %5.—Fire to- what he intended 't do he knocked me | night in the plant of the Detroit Steel down and kicked e repeatedly on the face and body. T velled for help and I believe If some people had not appeared he would have killed me. [ will have him arrested and punished for this cowardly assault.” About a year ago John Shaugnessy his father were drinking in u;::: a!r;rz loon, which was then on Howard street, | Bertheaur and Dr. J. T. McKittrick, were and a fight started. Shaughnessy and his | badly bruised and shocked. e e——————————————————————————— Works destroyed both the company’s roll- ing mills, causing a loss of $100,000; fully insured. Fireman Timothy Keohane was crushed by a falling stack and killed. A hospital ambulance running to the scene collided with a swiftly running electric car. The ambulance was smashed to| pieces and its occupants. driver Frank | There are three reasons why yo1 should wear one of our all-wool blue serge suits for $10.03: A new suit always helps one’s appearance. Our suits are inexpensive-—the price is low. They are suits that are worth the money. They are single and double breasted, positively unfadable, carefully cut, well made—you know they must be values when you can get a good blue serge suit for ten dollars Out-of-town orders filled—write for illustrated catalogue No. 2. 8.NWood&Co. 718 Market St. coast, having been a forty-niner in Cali- fornia. D0 4 POIDIDEDEOIDND | vas standing in the corridor waiting for | the court to be opened, when Shaughnes- sy went up to him and fired several shots at him, wounding him, but not danger- | ously. The corridor was crowded at the | time and the shooting caused the wildest | excitement. Shaughnessy was arrested on a charge of assault to murder. and when asked as | to his reason for aftempting to murder Hughes, he said that Hughes had struck his old father several times on the face | with an ice pick during the fight in the saloon and that was why he was deter- mined to have revenge on him. Shaughn- was convicted in the Superior Court | know what to d ADVERTISEMENTS. 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