The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1900, Page 1

- The Tall, VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 159. AN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1900. PRICE FIYE CENTS. SMOKING RUINS COVER FVE SQUARE MILES OF LAND Losses in the Hull and Ottawa Fire Esti- mated at Seventeen Millions. Seven Persons Are Known to Have Perished and Rain. Seven Thousand Were Deprived of e R — Their Homes. B S e R S R S e 0—@4@-», DEATH DEALT Y FLO0D N TEXAS TOWNS Sudden Inundation Fellows a Heavy Downpour of BODIES FLOAT IN STREETS e Eight Persons Numbered Among the . B R R nent Hill D . . + 4 Some t losses re: Booth Lumber Company. $3,000,000; Eddy Company $1,000,000; McKay M $500,000: Hu mpany, $700,000; pany, 8250,000; Do Works, $150,000. '06‘0AA00000040‘040t¢¢b.u4‘.“.o. DL 4424422000494 4450000004040 e NIE COOK, nged 40 n her own house. will be roximate thes b e, that operated r four being | wer house and | n were saved | by the directors | ieyed by thousands | n vening. One about the There were no half 1dings or All of Hull's thi are 4 mc[ The buildings and land in the place are | $2,000,000, and of this amount | ) may be put down as a loss. l over $1,000,0 wa and Hull From °® PILF 444444400444 44440 on of |* b lost rching parties are out looking | > Feaabla Gk UL BLIG R G ? | for the drowned and helping to move | T! e Ott er. abov 9 | those who are in danger or distress. In | ¢ moul e A fver. bove the ¢ | the southern part of the city where the | s rid inhabitante. almost @ | two white women, Mrs. Caudle and her | ( some brarch of the ¢ | daughter, lost their lives, the rise was the * HiT, Ottawa, @ highest ever known. The camage done by he s, ed and the greater ¢ | the storm will be heavy. - rt t which, with the g I'nnn\h]: reports indicate \h;llunc of h 1 1t, offer ok t TE.A\]« st rainfalls experience n years for PUlll SREREEE ¢ ns of the State and . @ | rivers and Smaller streams are again ris- TP e 0000900980040+ 0+0 00060640+ 006-+9+8+b | Iing rapidly. ocks, l'(t'lr:’K equipment, ts and wearing apparel L .;rl\ $3.000,000. T he » went up may be reckoned at $2.000,000 more. How the Fire Started. eless. Many people in the Drill Hall round ashington street, Hull und the corpse of Bernaby looking for places i House, which was destro 1l building. When the Dt this district thi 1 ball was given him a it was familiarly known reing took place, the sup- In the house. RELIEF FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR ALL LONDON 2.—The newspapers expressing the opinion e duty of Great Britaln to afternoon, at which Senator Frye was | tion.” | told that dila would be resort- g ed to at every opportunity uniess the Re. | ,L0ff Roberts' peculiar reference to Sir publicans would agree to make no attempt | Alfrefl Milner over Warren's appoint- | to bring up the subsidy bill or the army | ment lends itself to the inference that the reorganization bill. Senator Jones gave | commander-in-chief of the British forces full assurance that the Democratic Sen- | in South Africa scarcely approves of ft, tially assist in re s incurred by the Ottawa St. James Gazette voices the inglishmen, and the pres. rengthen the obligation. n our hands with the and the Indian famine, be backward in doing anadian brothers till com 1 the companies are April 27.—The Govern- ment meeting to-day, decid- e glve $100,000 to relieve the sufferers of the Ottaw 1 Hull fire. Ten thousand | a Ars W U ven for immediate use. | T City « il has decided to give $10,- CHICAGO —Mayor Harrison The list was | McCormick and grew ray idly during the day. REAL, April 21.—The Bank of has telegraphed $10,000 to the Ottawa suffercrs, VICTORIA, B. C., April 27.—The Chinese merchants of Victoria to-night wired ex- | sions of :\mxmlh\’ io ihe citizens of | wept Ottawa and Hull, wit | tcken of their sincerity. S i Spaniards Given l(om Time. WASHINGTON, April 27.—The Senate in executive session to-day mnm-d the treaty with Spain_extending for six months the time in which Spanish residents of the | Philippines may decide whether they wili | remain subjects of Spain or become citi- | zens of the Philippin - Danish Cabinet Resigns. COPENHAGEN, April 27.—At a Cabinet council to-day King Christian accepted the resignation of the Horring Cabinet | and appointed a new Rightist Ministry. The Premier and Minister of Foreign Af- SHIPPING | No Hope for the Measure | tunately but two persc Among the ruins | | t in Ottawa the homeless | U their abode and in some arching for members of their 1 2 push either through. This knowledge was brought to them in a most emphatic man. ner by § other minority leaders. Sanator Petus, | patch has been received at the War Of- in using up the greater part of two da in speaking on the Scott case, gave the Republican 1 might expect if they | deavors to put the two bills, which th Democrats object to, through the Senat e was erected on the lawn | ;{'{ff;,f;,fi.‘.’f mn "h'f}:',]»»u?f.‘ns'h“ ubject, | and that the previous report that War- thereby sealing the doom, so session goes measures w the present Congress convened. sioner. disaster to Canada | irresistibly to the | Vetims in Waco and the List of the Dead Is Yet Incomplete. SR T WACO, Tex., April 21.—A cloudburst, accompanied by a high wind, descended upon this city at noon to-day and the re- sult is that elght people are known to have perished in the city limits, and property valued at several thousond dol- has been destroyed or injured. The known d _\\( \ CAUDLE. RA CAUDLE. ] ROSA CHAF { EMMA DECKE THOMAS CAPPS. FRANK WALKER. Two negro men, names unknn"n The downpour of rain commenced about noon and incessant unt!! dark. It was in the pe of a waterspout, and the rise in the creeks and branches was so rapid that it did not give the inhab- itants time to flee. Three persons, two women and a man, all colored, were drowned w n a hundred vards of the City Hall. Thefr bodies were washed | through the streets into the Brazos River and have - not been recovered. There were several people, mostly ne- groes, standing on a bridge watching the | pid rise of Barrons branch, when the a brick structure, gave way with- . precipitating them’into the - number positively known to e e e S 2 O—OH@»&H‘H«O—O-&*’M B e S S ] water have been drowned within the eity lim- its to-night is eight, and it is almost cer- more lives have been seve D e e All points along the Brazos and Colo- rado rivers have been notified and while much damage to property may. resilt from another rise yet it & bell:vwd ihat the timely warning will enable those who live in_the valleys to fully protect themselves. 2§ | Reports from Belmont and Rockport | state that the storm was especlally severe BILL \ | LL | n those sections. | WOMAN IS KILLED O’l‘ PA '¢| BY TORNADO IN TEXAS & BLUM, Tex., Am; B svorians passed | through the eastern part of this place at noon to-day, destroving several resi dences and a two-story building. For- were seriously injured, one of whom, Eunice Hanks, will | at the Present Session |ate. She was caught between two timbers 4 | and received internal injuries. About of Congress. fifteen others were slightly hurt. Robert McCluskey's business house and the Bap- | | tist church are among the badly wrecked | | butldings. L. L. Robertson's = restdence was demolished and Robertson probably CALL HEADQUARTERS, ¥ «G. | fatally Injured. Mrs. Robertson was hurt o ‘i”'“’}f | about the head. The storm started about e ~ | three miles south of town and was nearly t C sS 1s . SSSournsehtol Congtons iy now 200 yards wide. The graig crop in the Between the Democrats and the : o of the twe ocrats and the | ,th of the storm fs badifdamaged and | e han pavo branches a full | tryjt trees are broken and stripped of | result in adsournment smeaty "Aeh | fruit. Nothing has been heard from the 1st of June. hortly after | country. Not until to-Gay did the Republican in the Scnate give up the hope of | MILNER INTERCEDED e subsidy bill and the army nization bill at this ses r‘.\'(','r :,..XL(;.; IN WARREN’S BEHALF Special Dispatch to The Call t they know that it is tor Jones of Arkansa: LONDON, April 21.—The following dis- fice from Lord Roberts: “BLOEMFONTEIN, April 2%.—At the request of the High Commissioner, War- ren has been appofnted military gover- nor of Griguiland West while that part of the country is in a disturbed condi- hint of what they continue their en- An infor conference was held this “quiesced. duiesced. | ren had been recaued was correct, but of two of the most important | that he was saved from coming home by ich have been framed since | the actiom of the British High Commis- CLEVER BOER DEVICE: under water at pla with w and foot than when e from Th r advance o and out of reach with the seriqus obstacle Tugela during C Qoo o0i oo P e Hebed b e ed dated b’lm'nuul:h “General Fr Hamilton and General Smi wn, from which General Rundle ualties thus far reported: Ian Hamilton's _llunum.’ lnf}nn‘r of Marshall's Hor. the former sev ‘A pairol from Bethulie came acros 1 Guards was killed and two of the Royal Scots Se vate King of the P, “The Yeomanry Cavalry returned to Detwetsdorp this morning. # 1 ONDON, April 28.—In Commandant- to have found cessor to Joubert his insight and quick d\ be assumed now that the retrea Un- com- mandos have gotten safely a It is true that Lord Roberts’ aid as to the whereabouts those of General leaves much un: French and Gene: sald about the bant, General Pole-Carew, and General of General ached.” | le excitement in | nies on ac- | foirs is H. de Sehested, vice president of the Landsthing. “WE MUST FIGHT FOR THE MONROE DOCTRINE OR ELSE ABANDON IT.” Significant Words of Secretary of War Root Uttered at 2 Banquet in New York on the Birthday of the Hero of Appomattox. Special Dispatch to The Call JEW YORK,April 27.—While the banquet hall of the Waldorf-Astoria wa s ringing to-night with applause in honor of the hero of Appomattox, Elithu Root, with all the impressiveness attaching to a deliberate statement from a Sec- retary of War, gave utterance to a warning that was received by old soldiers present with grim silence that was more eloquent than cheers. Secretary Root, seemingly weighing the import of his words, carefully declared that the time was rapidly approaching in our history as a nation when we should have to either abandon the Monroe doctrine or fight for it. He added that we would never abandon it. and closed his period with an appeal that seemed like a fervent prayer when he said: “When that tlme shall come, God grant that some man like the great hero whose name we honor to-night may be raised up to meet the issue.” Secretary Root was presiding over a dinner held in honor of the birthday of Ulysses S. Grant. such import were spoken in his opening address. He had eulogized the career of the great soldier and cited it as one for young Americans to emulate, “What was it,” he asked, “that stood between us and war with France at the close of our civil war, when Maximillian, backed by the forces of France, sought to establish an empire in Mexico? Nothing but the knowledge abroad that that stern, silent, indomitable leader stood ready again to lead the armies of the United States in defense of the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. This Is a deed of Grant's that the American people are likely to appreclate more fully as the years roll on. arrive and find us in a state of unpreparedness. “Should that happen, are we going to abandon the Monroe doctrine? Never! We may have to fight for it, but we can never abandon it. Should such a crisis find us unprepared, oh, what would we not give then for one hour of Ulysses S. Grant!” The words fraught with intelligent man can read the signs of the times to-day and not realize that the hour is coming—and coming before many years—when we American people will be forced either to abandon the Monroe doctrine or else fight for it. greater wisdom and diligence in legislation is displayed in the future than has prevailed in the past that time is likely to And unless Upon Pretoria. B R Lo S e BARBED WIRE FENCES SUBMERGED IN THE FORDS On the principle that all is fair in war, the Boers have introduced a number of noveltics in that anclent art, which, simple as they were, have prov B Among hich every Sp: 1 Thaba Nchu this morning from Aliwal North show a1l commandos are still s from Dewetsdorp, outlining the du | ties- of General Cherm justify the conclusion that it v 1 be nece y to employ a considerable body of troop: to keep the Free State clear of Boers. The position is that the Boers, who be- gan their raid a month ago by compelling Colonel Broadwood to retire to Bloem- fontein, have got safely away to the northward, practically without loss, but with the advantage of seven British g together with a hundred prisoners cap- tured Advance to Pretoria Not Begun. Meanwhile the advance to Pretoria has not begun. Small wonder fs it that muf- d complaints and criticisms are begin- ning to be heard here and there against Lord Roberts. Two-thirds of his entire force have been employed in effecting this small satisfaction, and the probabil- | ity is that the whole force must again be concentrated on Bloemfontein before the main advance begins. As similar | raids on the Briti likely to be repeated, it is Pretoria’s capture is The significance of General Hunter's di- vision going to Kimberley, where mount- ed troops are arriving daily, is now said communications are evident that to be a serious attempt to deal with the | strong Boer forces on the Vaal River, now threatening to retake Barkley, and then an endeavor to relieve Mafe- king., It will be borne in mind that Gen- eral Hunter paid a hurried visit to Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein. A temporary railway bridge has just been completed at Bethulle, where hith- over the wagon bridge. This will grea facilitate getting stores up to Bloemfon. tein. Poultney Bigelow, discussing the treat- ment of the South African rebel says that the wisdom of the United States | Government in not punishing the Con- federates after the war of secession has | borne good fruit, and he suggests that a similar result would follow a simflarly liberal policy in South Africa. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Morning Post, telegraphing Thursday, says: “Most satisfactory progress has been made in the accumulation of stores dur- ing the present week. Supply Park now oresents a respectable appearance. The de there. The enemy are of danger, and the ad- | ill a long way off. | | also declare t ROBERTS OUTGENERALED BY BOER COMMANDER Botha’s Entire Force Escapes From the Cordon Stretched by the Biritish. Raid Upon the Invaders’ Line of Communication Has Delayed for Weeks the Advance beseie@ things iIs the barbed wire fence ob- to. attempt a cross! ng. Out of sight vance has proved a much ing into such a ti D R R R R e S o G ebeb e e et et eisordoteress® p. m.—The War Office has is. . /'ri./ia'\x April 27: ; reacl: -Dorrien’s ued the following from Lord Roberts, He met G the castern outl eral Ian of cavalry still hem out. ston wwas cight miles south of Thaba Nchu last evening. Additi cas- —Licutenants Barry and Hill, wounded, both sa /w[}‘ n/" the encmy on Smitl Pri- vere taken under General Brabanson, after reconnoiteri s far Wepener, prospects advance ‘are more favorable. Botha’s Effective Crenfin.lship the Boers ener. The Bloe Daily Chronicle, says “Latest reports show that the Boers passed east of Thaba Nchu when going north. A prisoner reports that a com- mando which doubled back on the pursu- ing British Is now making its way west in the direction of Leeuwkop. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the spondent of the elegraphing Thursday, | Daily Telegraph, under Thursday's date, says: “The Boers who retreated from Dewets- | dorp kept well ahead of General French's cavalry. Unless the enemy should mak a and at Kroonstad Lord Roberts will rap- cross the Vaal River.” Other Bloemfontein dispatehes throw interesting points of light u tion. Ope special says that a Boer heavy transport train have reached roonstad from the south. Only lght wagons have been left behind. The Boers have organized a specially mounted corps for foraging and other work requiring special mobility. Another reports that before the Boers were driven from Dew- 1d | etsdorp about 7000 of them had been slowly | retiring toward Ladybrand, where large supplies are stored and immense cornfields erto rallway trucks had been transferred | 27 Feady for harvesting. Boers to Tarry in Natal. The Ladysmith correspondent of the | Daily Telegraph says: “The Boers are preparing to spend the winter in Natal. They are bringing their stock from the high veldt into Natal for winter grazing and they are demanding that the Kaffirs pay the hut tax to them instead of to the Natal Government. They unless the Kaffirs work for them. they (the Kaffirs) must remove south of Sunday River.” The Ladysmith correspondent of the Standard says: “The strength of the Boers in the Big- garsberg district is believed to be between 5000 and- $000. They are commanded by Contirued on Third Page.