The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1900, Page 2

9 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1900 WEBSTER DAVIS ACCUSES BRITISH OF BARBARITY Declares They Ignore the White Flag and Do Not Give Decent Burial to . Their Dead. —_— April 8—An im. | th fas gathered at the ok, C Opera-house to-night to Pretori ! to an sddress on the war that_these in South Africa by the Hon an & set-up Webster Davis, ex-Assistant Secretary of s of Otant vho has just returned to ve the peoples t country. E The_tru — s from that country. Ev i able bit of the ! d also the Red une to ress some the storming of after the British n behalf of the | _Rey hlics: thanking Mr. t and masterful pre- ggle between the | wn visit Lo the flag they -British trenches, of the body f earth. The r British sol- expressing 1t sympathy for the South African _re- in their immortal fight for their A liberty commending the Washing- sh and tendering him ‘'manly course in taking se American ry as wholly unworthy pect of any true American citi- tions met with cordial recep- 1 the final decla- Govern- - country t with a storm ¥ no.” Mr. Mo- s on the resolu- av There were a greai ayes and it seemed almost an - 1 number of noe 1 the chairman resolutions carried ning address Mr. Moran at- administration and greet- MITHORITIES AGAIN CLASH N KENTUCKY Special Policeman Shoots a Deputy Sheriff at Middlesboro. —_———— Former Is Himself Killed by an Un- known Man and a Warrant Is Issued for the Chief of Police. S Ky. re April 8—Much over a clash of William Mos- ot Charles Ce- 11, and was himself later who were extra police- er two, t Chief of Police King to with nd it is said that han that number on the list summoned who have not yet been heard from. No report is expected before the latter part of the week. It is said that the names of several of the most import- ant witnesses who have testified so far have not been disclosed, and the evidence has been jealously guarded. The habeas corpus proceedings in the case of “Tallow Dick” Combs, the color- : amine there are more | BOER POSITION SHELLED | AND GUNS SILENCED WARRENTON, April 7.—Last evening the British shelled Fourteen Streams, which was occupled by a force of Boers. This morning the Boers placed in position a big gun, which they fired ineffectively. A fusillade of Mausers followed at inter- vals throughout the day. The British dropped thirty-seven lyddite and shrapnel shells into the Boer position, finally silenc- ing the enemy’s fire and driving off the snipers. RS SO MURDER AND ROBBERY | DONE BY MASKED MEN | Bind Three Women, Having Previ- ously Killed a Young Man Who Sought to Protect Them. | COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 8—A special to the Ohlo State Journal from Barnes- ville, Ohio, says: Last night two masked men entered the house of Mrs. James | Warrack. an aged widow, five miles south of this place. Living with Mrs. Warrack were her granddaughter, another young lady and her grandson, Clarence War- | rack. The women were terrified when awakened by the threats of the intruders, KBOwn perso; Warrants | but young Warrack, on hearing the men, sworn out for the arrest of ordered them to leave. A scuffie resulted, King, John A. Mosley, a | in which Warrack was shot and killed. man killed, and Will Sul- The burglars then bound the three women and ransacked the house, but secured only six cents in money. It was daylight be- fore one of the women freed herself and gt T - gave the alarm. Bloodhoupds will who had been released by | SLVC 00 (SIATR: P the mutderers | °° is the outcome of the bitter has existed here between two ‘Will Appeal Jack’s Case. ehd 1s dicult to predict. | gpeeial Dispatch to The Call. Al K Nt rana | MONTEREY, April 8—The Board of nue “the imvestigation | Trustees of the city of Monterey passed a assassination during resolution authorizing an appeal to the witnesses have Supreme Court of the case of the city vs. David Jacks, involving about 30,000 acres of land known as the Monterey pueblo lands. The suit has been pending for a number of years and a decision in favor of the defendant, David Jacks, was re- cently handed down by Judge Dorn of the Monterey County Superior Court. The land in question is chiefly in and about Monterey, City ‘and is sald to be worth between $500,000 and $600,000. ¢d suspect is set for hearing before Judge —————— ,-r".q 1 T vnda)"“ llvmhn is R ulpmm To Cure a Cold in One Day that a ng wi be brought out in this S o N Ak e e "mys. Jake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All tery surrounding the assassination. @ruggists refund the money if it falls ‘cure. | E"'W. Grove's signature is on each bos. * Be. a Moran of- | and ¢ dmiration of nitable courage unexampled in_their wonderful struggle | tish enemies of republican | o | THE LADY—“HOLD TIGHT, GEORGE, DEAR.” GOES AS AN ADMIRAL, NOT AS A POLITICIAN Dewey Agrees to the Plans of Chicagoans for the Demonstration in His Honor. Special Dispatch to the Call. | % | | WASHINGTON, April 8—It Is reported on good authority to-night that Mrs. Dewey will soon join the Episcopal church. Arrangements are now In progress for her confirmation at St. Johns church by Rev. Dr. Mackay Smith. Some years ago Mrs. Dewey was converted to Catholicism by Archbishop Kean, at that time rector of the Catholic University, and was confirmed by him. = Since then she has been a member of Father Mackin's church, and was married by Father Mackin, but she has not been a constant attendant at ser- vices within recent years. Before his marriage, when in Washington, Ad- miral Dewey attended St. Johns church. [+] l‘? +Q 4O+ OO of the committee of arrangements for the Dewey celebration tn Chicago on May 1, compliments of the eity of Chicago and programme arranged for his visit to Chi- cago. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany has placed a special train, consist- of the admiral. The train will leaye here early on Monday, April 30, and reach Chicago early May 1 It has been cided that the party will consist of Ad- miral and Mrs. Dewey, Lieutenant Cald- well, Lieutenant Crawford, Ah Mah, the admiral’s Chinese servant, and Mrs. Dew- ey’s maid, besides an escort of a party of Chicagoans. The railroad company offered to change the schedule of the train that it might pass_through Ohio and Indiana during the day time, so as to give the admiral a chance to show himself to the people en route if he desired to further his Presi- dential aspirations. It is sald the offer also included a promise to have a large crowd on hand at each station, so as to let the admiral feel the pulse of the ple and make a few short speeches if he wished. Admiral Dewey declined positively to CALL HBADQUARTERS, WELLING- TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, April 8.—| WW. B. Conkey and J. M. Glenn, members arrived here this afternoon to present the explain to the admiral the detalls of the ing of three of its finest cars and one of | its most, powerful engines, at the disposal | listen to this proposal and sald emphati- ally h as going to Chicago as admiral —not as a politician. Will Bet on Dewey. s | NEW YORK, April andidacy for the P Admiral D"Grl ntial nomination brought ante ‘ betting to a andstill and gamblers who wager on elections, not from a standpoint of indi- vidual sentiment, but purely from a busi- are not making any ness point of view se who have offers of odds on a been named as lik “Joe Vendig, w offered that it McKinl ates he would | can $4000 on McKinley's Dewey succeec tion he will onls me and will take the Dewey end of th bet. Vendig has been a heavy bettor in all natlc and State slections and has also handled and placed money for some of the heaviest election bettors in the country “I figure President McKinley at 5 to 1 sal offer as against Bryan, id John R. Con- sidine to-night, d was ready to wager | my money a ose odds, but with Ad- eo- | in the fleld things appear In t light and I shall hold oft and do no betting until after the conven- tions. Then if Dewey is nominated I shall wager my mom on him, for he is the logical winner. A well established war record is the strongest qualification a candidate can carry in the field of poli- tics and Dewey has a strong one. He will be the n ral favorite In the betting, I think, as things look to-day I do not think there will be much betting until after the nventions. very differe GUILTY WIFE TAKES A DOSE POISON Mrs. Reid of Willits, Stung by Remorse, Attempts Suicide. Husband Comes Home Unexpectedly and Finding Another Man in the House Shoots at Him Three Times. T Special Dispatch to The Call. LAYTONVILLE, April 8.—News was re- ceived here to-night from Willits of the attempted suicide of Mrs. Reid, wife of a AUSTI Texas, April 8.—Fully 20,000 people hered at the dam and power- house stationed north of this city to view the ruins of the plant, which cost this city one and thr guarter millions of dollars few years ago. The waters of the Colo- io River were still plunging and foam- ing around the wreck, eating away the big plie of granite which once formed the dam, as though it were nothing more than chalk rock. So flerce was the cur- rent that great bowlders were carried half a mile from the dam, being rolled over and over by the turbulent tides. The power-house, which succumbed to the terrific force of the water at 2 o'clock this morning, lies a mass of wreckage on the edge of the river, all the valuable ma- chinery either having been thrown/ into the river or badly damaged by the fall- ing timbers of the power-house. The wreck of the plant is complete. City’s Health Menaced. The situation in the city to-night is most serious. The wreckage of the plant means that it will take several weeks to secure even a temporary water and light system, if it can be made possible even then. In the meantime the c wiil be In a bad sanitary concition. All the hotels, private residences, stores and the like are without water and there is no fire protection. Churches were unable to hold services to- night for want of light, and all public meetings were abandoned. The daily newspapers are handicaped In their pub- lications, being deprived of their electric power. The river is falling to-night. Reports from the neighboring country are to the effect that every !hin’ is under water. In Willlamson County, lmorth of here, rail- road bridges and trackage have been laid waste and all trains have stopped run- ning. Hundreds of head of cattle have been drowned and miles of fencing torn down and dashed away. In Bastrop Coun- ty and in the southern portion of this county similar conditions prevail, every- thing being under water and much loss of property is reFOrted. The country trib- utary to the Colorado River, all the way down its course, is being inundated, and while it is believed the worst is over the loss as estimated to-night will exceed $3,000,000, counting Austin as the largest loser. Fortunately the list of drowned, according to reports up to to-night, is lim< ited to_those report in the Assoclated Press dispatches last night, as it seems the only drownings reported were here when the dam broke and caught the vic- fl?s unaware. i . mass meeting of citizens called for to-morr iy been orrow In order that some OUT APRIL 16 Pages in Colors. 9 Full-Page Illustrations. Every Page a Every Story One of Human Interest. ORDER NOW. 15, 1900. Perfect Gem. | number of bridges were | and will have to be planted the SITUATION IN AUSTIN GROWS MORE SERIOUS Water Plant Having Been Demolished by the Recent Flood, the City Will Soon | Become Unsanitary- | store in Willits and is also Town Mar | steps may be taken to relleve the situa- | tion. There were no trains uQera(ed on ihn‘ International and Great Northern Rail- road, as much of its track and quite a washed away during last night. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas is also a heavy sufferer from a like cause. Rivers Now Receding. HOUSTON, Texas, April 8.—As a rule the Texas rivers are now falling and there is not much danger of a general flood. The crops have been damaged over a wide area, but there is still time for farmers to replant if they can get the seed. Corn has been planted over once third time. The farmers as a rule have not planted much cotton because the heavy rains have kept them out of the fields. The railroads have lost many smail bridges and it will be a week before traf- fic resumes its normal condition. Smith- ville reports tremendous rains have fallen throughout that section, and the main flood in the Colorado from the great break in the Austin dam reaching there this evening. The river was on a thirty-eight- foot rise at 7 o’clock and rising one foot an hour. It is estimated that over 5000 acres of growing crops in the bottom lands within five miles of town have been inundated by from ten to fifteen feet. The loss will reach $50,000. Much stock has been drowned. No deaths have been re- {)ur(ed in that section o far from drown- ng. Great excitement and uneasiness prevailed last night. Cameron reports the flood in Little River now equals that of last July. The waterworks and power house have been overflowed. People were warned and no loss of life is reported. Brushy, San Gabriel and Little rivers are all overflowed, causing the entire de- struction of crops. The rivers are still rising. Reports from points on other riv- ‘e&s are of damage to crops, but no loss of e. Immigrants Suffer. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 8.—A par- ty of twénty-fivg tourists en route to Cal- Ifornia and a partv of twenty-five Tyrol immigrants en route to the Hawailan Tsl- ands to work on the sugar plantations, who were caurfht by the storm on the Southern Pacific Railroad west of Devils River last Thursday, got back to San An- tonio to-day and were sent around by way of Fort Worth and the Texas Paclfic. After the storm the tourists found them- 'ves in a wild country, with six wash- outs between them and San Antonio and nine washouts and missing bridges be- tween them and El Paso. The Rastern tourists had the roughing it which they did not bargain for. The-damage to the Southerin Pacific is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. LAR] , Texas, April 8.—The north- bound passenger train which left here over the International and Great Northern lway this morning was wrecked by the spreading of the rails near Twohig about noon. The entire train except the engine went into the ditch. M bebright was severely injured and sev- eral others serfously hurt. Further de- tails have not been received here. The Rio Grande has come to a stand at twenty-six feet, without damage to the bridges here, but the waterworks machin- ery is submerged and the crops along the river have been destroyed. HOUSTON, Tex., April 8.—Basterop re- ports many families of the town are en- camped out under the pavilion at Fire- :::‘ :nf'"k' wl';ne "Qmfl" ready at a s warning to flee -.to the hills. The water is at a standstill at a hel IL‘: of over forty-three feet. Bastero) erally hemmed in by water nov.pn’l:d Il; communities. cut off from the surroundin, Damage to crops, lands ms merchant of that place. Mumm Reld, a druggist of Willits, ar- rived here unexpectedly and discovered Louis Felton, a merchant, in his home. Reid drew a revolver and fired three times at Felton. Felton fled at the first shot and escaped injury. | The guilty wife threatened to commit suicide and her husband defied her to do so. She became desperate, seized a bot- tle of carbolic acid, emptied its contents into a glass and swallowed the poison. Her condition is reported as eritical and ery. Reid is the proprietor of the only drug shal. His duties as an officer frequently took him away from home and during h | absence his w - —ould attend to the busi- mess of the establishment. It is presumed that while Reid was awav she became enamored of Felton, who reciprocated the illicit affection, Reid evidently suspected the condition of affairs, and it is believed he returned at an unusual hour with the expectation of finding another man in his house. In all probability when Reid again meets be estimated, but no lives are reported 1o st. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 8.—A spe- clal to the Express from Rio Grande City announces the total destruction of the corn crop in_the lower Rio Grande bot- tom lands. Officials of the International & Great Northern Railroad report that all trains will be running on good time by morning. The Aransas Pass Railroad has resumed its passenger service. this afternoon | | ! | | | [ le faint hopes are entertained of her recov- | | | Felton he wil kill him. My make another at:emflt to pathy is felt for Redd, EVANGELIST JOLY IS ARRESTED FOR THEFT When Taken Into Custody in His Pockets Were Found a Big Re- volver and a Knife. MONTREAL, 8—E painter a I y stolen in was a bundle o L had come straight 1 found, w officers claim and a knife. R Death of A. D. Tower. NEVADA CITY, April 8.—A. D. Tower, who died this afternoon of typhoid fever. at the age of 65, was latter year : and took charge the company’'s office here, which he has ever since managed. He leaves a widow son and daughter. The funeral will be hgld Wednesday afternoon under the aus- pices of the Masons and the Volunteer Fire Department, of which the deceased was an exempt member. s oouchl D Quaker Evangelist Dead. PAWTUCKET, R. I, April 8—John Wright Dean of Washington, D. C., well known throughout the United States as “the Quaker evangelist,” died here to-day of pneumonia, aged 70 years. Catarrh in Spring Means unusual danger, because it makes one especially susceptible to attacks of the grip, severe colds and influenza. Offen- sive discharge from the nose, bad breath, stuffed-up feelings, cough and sneezing, ringing noises, watery eyes, headache and pain in the back are s ymptoms to be heeded. With Hood’s Sarsaparilla to pu- rify your blood, build up your strength and sharpen your appetite, and Hood’s Pills to remove natural waste, all ca- tarrhal symptoms will be cured, colds and fevers prevented, all blood humors and tired feelings overcome, and you will be in perfect condition for Spring and Sum- mer. Get Hood’s—the best Spring Medicine. ?