The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1900, Page 21

[ JRRRRRSRNY 1ges 21 103 f The VOLUME LXXXVIII—N 164 ENGULFED WITH FORTY OF CREW AND PASSENGERS Among the Roeks and Shoals Near the Bay of Fundy Steamer Monticello Sinks. rocks and Fundy this f Monticello, bound s overwhelmed by from her des- s and crew. was a tre- | freight and a fairly | was made to reach and ar »mber, the occy huge Pembroke uninjurc lo were Lockport, N. 8 | SAN -FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1900- PLANS FOR ARMORED CRUISER CALIFORNIA CONTEMPLATE HIGHEST FIGHTING QUALITIES WITH SPEED SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING AFLOAT Naval Namesake of the Golden State Is One of a Half Dozen Vessels De- signed to Surpass the Greatest Achievements of Foreign Powers and Maintain the Glory of Uncle Sam Undiminished on the Seas. ’ FORTY PAGES. ° § i % PRICE FIVE CENTS, A 1 amer Yarmouth = Barrir g Ha Island er, Cape Sable. ok be Yarmouth rmoyth was built 00. The but was ved hose sa e k, quartermaster, of Halifax; | K s A. H. Smith of the Battle li: senger; Third Officer Fleming; A. 3 f Yarmc Miss Elsle McDonald , purser of the Dominion Atlantic Edwards of Yarmouth and two n Eripp of Woodstock, N. B.; 0. W. Coleman gow, N. 8., and John Richmond of Sussex, N. B., bein ymercial travelers. The list of dead in- | known navigators. rman Emith, one of the survivors, was the first news of the disaster to Yarmouth from Pem- el He gave the following statement: cello left St. Johns Friday morning at ing heavily at the time, but was not slarm. The storm became heavier, steamer had passed Pelilo Passage it wes feared she was doomed. n ck, when about four miles off Chegogyn it was decided to send lzu- women ashore in the boat, M. Fleming, third officer;” Wilson Cook, acting quarter- Nemiah Murphy, second officer, and Captain Smith nteered to take them ashore. The women numbered three— eD 15, daughter of Alexander McDonald of : Mrs. bring the wher, The w ame ged 1 e Smith of Yarmouth, stewardess, and a col- me I @14 not know. were got into the boat with great difficulty, following and getting the boat away. The wind nshore at the time and the boat was carried rap- got away they were preparing on board to I don’t think it got away. I think all the The first boat was rapidly driven ashore near ke, and on nearing the land a gigantic wave struck it threw it upon the shore, smashing it to atoms. I found self on the beach holding on to the grass.” SIX THOESAND ARE KILLED IN BATTLE Rebels in Southern China Fight in Vain ‘Against Imperial Troops. — e VICTORIA, B. C.. Nov. 10—News was recelved by the steamship Victoria of the outbreak of the zerlous rebellion in South China. The T riads have broken out in Kwangsi, and Marshal Su, commander in chief of the imperial forces, is ask- ing for 30,000 men to suppress them. THe British have dis. patched infantry end artillery to guard the Kowloon frontier. When the torpedo-boat destroyer Handy was landing men she encountered a force of rebels and threw shells among them as they advanced on Sanchuan, routing them and killing forty. A strong force of Kwangs! rebels, marching to join {he Kwangsing rebels, met and defeated the imperia] troops near Kuangning and captured the city. Great preparations, fort bullding, mine laying and drilling of troope, were going on in affected provinces. A battle was fought at Tsangtsou on the Shantung-Chilf border on October 17 between imperial troops ana Boxers. General Yuan's troops numbered $00 and the Boxers 12,000, Two thousand men were left to guard Tsangchou, and General Mel, in charge of the imperial troops, gave battle outside. The battle lasted all day and resulted in the defeat of the Boxers with great loss. Their leader, Chen, refused to retreat, and when the fight was lost fought with 3% desperadoes in a ravine untfl all were killed. His head was taken and hung on the walls of the city. Six thousand rebels were killed. Consul Goodnow of Shanghal has made a summary of Boxer outrages, showing that ninety-three Americans anq Britieh missionaries were murdered and 1% other missionaries in Shansi and Chili are missing. SCHOONER SINKS, SIX LIVES LOST Nov. 10.—The three-masted schooner Myra B, Weaver was wrecked in Vineyard Sound early to-day and six THE NEWLY COMP | PERFECTED TYPE ( i THE NEW SHEAT RN FIGHTING MACHINE. ED AND ARMORED CRUISER CALIFORNIA, AS SHE WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED AND IN COMMISSION. DRAWN FROM TED PLANS OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT WHICH, IN MAKING THEM, HAD IN VIEW THE PRODUCTION OF THE THE MOL ASHINGTON, D. C. t repre unately tiy creasing this section of he nav > delay in the cruisers first cuthorized, hus been pros tive »me good in m s—the Califcn Virginia, kota—to he virtually of practically In no other respect different class unsheathed. The dimensions of the sheathed ships are: Length on load water lins 502 teet Breadth, extreme . L . 70 feet Trial displacement, 13,800 tons Mean draft at triel displacement, SROE % ot 15 weiieensro 24 2. 6 INches Extreme draft at full load, about.2s ft. § inches their other qualities, provision has been foreign vessels. hour. The armament of each of these v pro braska, the same d-sign, the three sheathed and coppered being Special Dispatch ®o The Call. 10.—The Congress of the United States more than a enta sheathed and coppered ations of the Navy Department. authorized mored cruisers of the high- 0 arranged the armor guestion involved as to sion for three more armored crulsers. while unforturate in a great many ways, ng it possible to arrange for all six ves- Maryland, Colorado éand South Da- from iLe other three vessels of the same The dimensions of the unsheathed ves- sels are: | Length on load water line. 502 teet Breadth. extreme . #9 ft. 6 inches Trial displacement, abbut. 13,400 tons. Mean draft at trial displacement, about . 24 £t 6 Inches Extreme di 25 £t § inches In order that the vessels may have an effective steaming radius consistent with made for a total bunker capacity of 200 tons, a figure which is understood to be materially greater than that of any similar The ships will be propelled by twin screws, four-cylinder triple expansion engines of 23,000 indicated horsepower. 'it is intended that the vessel shall be propelled at a speed of at least 22 knots per With the power thiis developed ssels will consist of four $-inch guns, mounted in palrs in two Hichborn electrically controlled, elliptical, balanced turrets, placed on the middle line, one farward and one aft. the superstructure, there will' be four 6-inch guns, mounted.in sponsons, one in each corner, and cach having either a bow or stern fire. gun deck battery of ten 6-inch guns forming a broadside, five on each side. . There willi 2lso be a very formidable secondary battery of eighteen 3-inch breech-loading rifies, twelve 3-pounders, two machine guns and six automatic guns of small caliber, In the lower top there will be twa automatic l-pounders, and in the upper military top a single-shot 1-pounder. In these vessels, as in all others of recent design, there will be no above water torpedo tupes, but provision is made for two submarine tor- Ppedo tubes located in one compartment forward, fitted for the iong 18-inch Whitehead torpedo. The aArmored protection of the vessels will consist of a water line belt 7 feet 6 inches in width, extending from the bow about 244 fect; abreast of the engines and ness for its upper edge, maintaining this ward, from which point it tapers to 5 inches completed to the bow and stern by armored p! Ahove the water line beit ‘the side will by & belt 5 inches in thickness. extending from t main deck. At the ends of this armor the irches, thickness, so forming an inclosed citadel guns of the broadside battery are mounted. deck, at the corners of the superstructure, are protecte The turrets for the S-inch guns will be 6 inches i port plates and 1l-inch nickel steel tops. have a uniform thickness of ¢ Inches, and t mates. turret to the protective deck, will hav € 2 uniform thickness of 3 inches. ning tower will be 9 Inches in thickness, with a 2-Inch nickel-steel top. 5 3 On the upper deck, at the corners of There will be in addition the to the stern of the vessel for a distance of boilers this armor will_be 6 inches in thick- thickness for a distance of 4% feet ‘down- at its lower edge. The belt Is to be ates of a uniform thickness of 31 be protected for a length of 232 fet he top of the water line belt to the re will be armored bulkheads 4 inches in or casemate, within which the ten é-inch The four 6-inch gun$ on the upper d by 5-inch armor case- n thickness, with 6%-inch The barbettes of the 8-inch turrets will he ammunition tubes, extending from the The con- EW YORK, Nov. 10.—Howard Gould does not intend to abide by the verdict of the twelve jurors, who decided that his former valet, Frank D. Mow- bray, was entitled to $000 gs damages for breach of contract alleged to have been made by the young millionaire in the summer of 1893 to employ him for the rest of his life at a salary of $%0 a month and his board. This verdict was reached at 7 o'clock on Friday night and by direction of the court, Judge Glegerich presiding. was sealed until this morning, when the en. velope containing the verdict was opened in the presence of the jurors, counsel and 2 large number of spectators. As soon HOWARD GOULD REFUSE; TO PAY VALET DAMAGES Millionaire Declares His Intention of Appealing the Case to the-Highest Court. —_—— as the result was announced, Rush Tag- | gart, counsel for Mr. Gould, announced | court in the State for the purpose of hav- |ing a final determination of the matter, | 1f Mr. Gould adheres to this determina f tion there will be an adjudication in the Court of Appeals as to the extent to | which testimony may be introduced in re- gard to private events in the life of any | man in an action of this character. Wales F. Severance, counsel for Mowbray, was not at all satisfied with the verdict, whica Is looked upon as nothing more than a | compromise, and has not determined { what step shall be taken, if any, in the name of his client, who had hoped for a much larger amount as damages, | that, under instructions from his clfent | he would carry the case to the highest NO M:RCY TO BE SHOWN A LITTLE GIRL'S SLAVER All the People of & Colorado County Are Engaged in a Man-Hunt, Aided by Bloodhounds. { IMON.,. Colo., Nov. 10.—The as- sault and murder yesterday of little Louise Frost, the eleven- year-old daughter of R. W. Frost, a ranchman living thrce miles south of here, has aroused the entire county. Every man and boy has becn pressed into service and every possibie hiding place is being thoroughly searched. Bloodhounds from the Canyon City Pen- itentiary have been . put on the trail ot the assailant of the little girt and he may expect nothing but death by lynching | when found. Sheriff Froman of Lincoln County hos offered a reward of $500 for the capture of the murderer, dead or alive, and M. Frost has made a similar offer. Messages have been sent in every direction on botn the Union Pacific and Rock Island roads. No clew to the identity of the murderer bas yet been discovered. Later details show that the child had started from school in her buggy. The horse and buggy reached the ranch without the.girl. About 6 o'clock the searchers found the girl, thirty yard$ from tne roadside and in an unconseious condition. An examination showed (hat she had been criminally assaulted and stabbed. Around her heart were wounds caule’ by a knife, her throat was cut, her body’was | @ mass of bruises and her head was crushed by being stamped on, as shown by the mark of bootheels, EILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE PHILIPPINES General MacArthur Cables Another List of Fatalities From the Islands. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The War De- partment to-day received the following casualty list from General MacArthur at Manila: Killed—November 1, Balluag, Luzon, Troop H, Fourth Cavalry, Sergeant Wil- liam H. Bremmer; November 3, Cebu, Battery G, Sixth Artillery, Sergéant Ed- ward F. Cleer. ‘Wounded—November 1, Balluag, Luzon, Troop H, Fourth Cavalry, John H. Rog- ers, In arm, serious; November 5§, Pas- quin, Luzon, Company F, Thirty-fourth Infantry, Thomas Aclin, in buttock, slight; November 4, O'Donnell, Luzon, Company D, Twelfth Infantry, John Price, in arm, moderate; Carl Hennings, in eye, severe; October 1S, Bataan, Luzon, Company B, Eighteenth Infantry, Lawrence E. Kel- kenny, in shoulder, serious; October 7, Kualbaual, Cebu, Company K, Forty- fourth Infantry, Doughton S. Kimball, in leg and knee; October 21, Balaan, Panay, lives were lost. The names of the dead: j CAPTAIN VANNAMAN, Philadelphia. STEWARD WILLIAM PETERSON of New Orleans. CHARLES MAGNUSSEN of Bergen, Norway. JOHN HEGEMAN of Finland. . MISS MARY EMERSON, aged 23, of Mobile. MISS ELLA DAE, aged 25, of Mobile. Miss Emerson was a sister-in-law of the captain, Company D, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Jo- seph Weston, in arm, slight; Thomas O. Gee, In arm, serious; October 10, Mamba-~ see, Panay, Company L, Eighteenth In- fantry, Thomas Noonan, in back, slight; Eeptember 11, n, Panay, Company A, Nineteenth Infantry, Corporal Richard K. Moftett, in head, slight. CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE ANTI-TRUST LAW Attorney General McClurg Files Dec- laration Against Nineteen Cot- ton 0il Mills, JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 10.—Attorney General McClurg to-day filed a declara- tion in the Circuit Court charging nine- | teen cotton ofl mills in the State with violating the new anti-trust law. The declaration asks for a forfeiture of charter and that the statutory penalty be imposed. It also sets forth that the mills violated the law by entering into a combination to control the price of cotton seed and that this combination also pre- vents competition among Insurance com- panies for ofl mills and competition among railroads for hauling the seed. During the early part of the season the price of the seed went as high as $20 per ton. ———— MISSOURI PACIFIC TRAIN IS WRECKED Number of Passengers Reported In- jured in a Disaster in Colorado. PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 11.—Missour{ Pa- cific passenger train No. 8, eastward bound, which leaves here al 7:20 p. m., has been wrecked at Sugar City, (brty miles east of Pueblo. Only the most meager details are obtainable, but the re- ports indicate that it is serfous and that a number of passengers have been in- jured. It is not yet certain that any were killed. i od ANARCHIST PLAY IS STOPPED BY POLICE Proceeds Were to Have Been Given to the Wife of Gaeteno Bresci. NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The police to- night refused to allow the Italian anar- chists of this city to give a play entitled “A Man Without a Country” in the Ger- mania assembly rooms on the Bowery be- cause the Itallans had neglected to get a theatrical license. A number of police- men and ‘detectives stood at the door of the assembly rooms and turned away all comers. The play was to be in commemoration of the thirteenth anniversary of the “Chi- cago martyrs,” who were hanged for their ‘connection with the Haymarket riot, and the proceeds from the 35-cent admission Which was to have been charged were to be given to Mrs. Bresci of Paterson, wife of Gaeteno Bresci, the assassin of King Humbert of Italy. Mrs. Bresci and her two children were those turned away from the hall. . The anarchists sald to-night that the police had been interested in the preven- tion of the play by Italian Consul Bran- chi. At any rate, Inspector Cross sum- moned some of the anarchist leaders to his office this aftérnoon and told them that ‘they could not give their play, and that if they tried to do so a hundred po- licemen would be on hand to put a stop t> it. Theanarchists could but asquiesce, and soon dfter they placed on the doorway of the hall a notice in Italian which read: vented by the pelice from FivInE the piay; 3 g ‘A Man Without a Countay.’ " - METAL-WORKHRS MAY _!0“ A UNION Will Ask Employers’ Association for Shorter Hours and Better Conditions. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The closing session of the representatives of the metal trade unfon$ was held at the office of the American Federation of Labor to-day and a policy was outlined for the presentation of uniform requests to the Employcrs Metal Trades Association, which is to meet at New York the coming week. Apart from this an invitation was extend- ed to’ the metal unions in the country not represented at this meeting and it is ex- pected that a metal union will be formed in full affiliation with the American Fed- eration of Labor, the purpose being to secure shorter hours and improved condi- tions for the workers in the metal trades without the necessity of trade disturb- ances or strikes and lockouts. vt devinig Are Sentenced to Life Imprison- ment at New Orleans. ' NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1. Dantels and Ross Johnson were y convicted of the murder of a deputy Aher- ift who was protecting a who as- | matter of weeks and perhaps month NO IMMEDIATE PACIFICATION OF SOUTH AFRICA British Generals and Troops Return, but Fresh Men Go Forth to Fight the Boers ONDON, Nov. 10.—South Africa threatens omce mors to absorb public attention in Great Britain. Lord Salisbury, in his speech at the inaugural banquet of the Lord Mayor in the Guildhall last evening, held out little hope of immediate pacification, and the re- tern of Lord Roberts is still problematical and is certainly a t most sert- ously interested and best Informed e of the bel- ligerent regions when asked by a correspondent what was go- as to the fut ing to happen and how soon it would happen re d: “Unfor- tunately I am not a minor prophet.” That voices the Govern- ment attitude. The Ministers have given up speculating as to to use Lord Sal- for the situa- when peace will be thoroughly restored isbury's phrase anent China, they are tion to develop itself.” Generals and regiments are returning, but others are con- stantly leaving to repiace them. A recruiting depot Is being established in London to supply 1000 men for General Baden- Powell's South African police force and detachments are con- stantly going to join the regiments in the Transvaal. In re- gard to Lord Salisbury's open references to the possibility of Great Britaln being taken unawares by some forelgn power, this state of affairs in South Africa does not breed confldence or contentment. In his Lordship's defense of the ¥ Office many people belleve they saw open threats to Lord Wolseley, and in the sharp retort to Lord Wolse! cent criticisms Lord Salisbury drew attention to the forced silence in which Lord Lansdcwne (the late Secretary of State for War) was obliged to stand criticism for the faults of the army officers. He warred his hearers that if the criticism was persisted in the time might come when his silence would be broken and the and publicly on the right shoulders, though w. onus laid heavi | he deprecated having recourse to that A curious featura connected with the war was Mrs. Richard Chamberlain’s vigorous attack on the army h the Hospital Commission last week. The spe somewhat extraordinary sister-in-law of the Colonial Secretary sitting two hours before that grave body and teaching a man like Justice Rohmer his business created no little sensation. But for the woman who took out to South Africa 500 hot water tags and reorganized the charities, and who has the reputation of being the anly individual ever known to affect the judgment of the Chamberlain brothers, the task was comparatively light. Lord Roberts, telegraphing from Johannesburg under date of November 8, reports to the War Office as follows: “General Krox states that he takes no credit for the very successful engagement of November 6, which was due in the first instance to the datermination of Le Gallais never to lose touch with the enemy, and secondly, to the able way in which Le Gallals handled the firing after Le Gallais and Ross were wounded. “Smith-Dorrien reports that the two days’ fighting men- tioned was very hard. His force consisted of 250 mounted troops from'the Fifth Lancers, his Royal Canadian Dragoons and mounted’ rifles, two Royal Canadian Artillery guns, four guns of the Elghty-fourth Battery and %0 infantry of the Suf- folk's and Shropshires. “The Boers were met soon after starting from Belfast and hung on the front, flanks and rear until the Komati River was reached, where they stood at a very strong position. From this they were forced to retire by a widé turning movement by tha Suffolks and the Canadian mounted troops around their flank. ‘All the first day Boer signal fires were lighted in all directions and before morning they were strongly reinforced. . . -“Qur casvalties the first day were six killed and twenty wounded, chiefly of the Shropehires, who fought splendidly. The next day the Boers tried to seize the strong position on the bank of the Komati from which they were beatem out November 6, but were prevented by Colonel Evans with the Canadianfmounted troops and two of the Eighty-fourth’s guns, galloping two miles and seizing it in the nick of time. The rear on the return march was defended by Colonel Lessard with the Canadian Dragoons and two Royal Canadian guns under Lieutenant Morrison. “Smith-Dorrien says no praise can be too high for the de- voted gallantry these troops showed in keeping off the enemy from the infantry convoys. “In the afterncon =n event unprecedented in this war oe- curred, when some 200 mounted Poers suddenly charged the rear guard to within seventy yards, when they wers stopped by the Canadian Dragoons. During the fight sixteen Canadians fell into the hands of the enemy, who treated them kindly and released them after removing their own dead and wounded, during which operation the Canadians were compelled to Ha on their faces in order that they might not see how heavily the Boers had suffered. Our casualties were two killed and twelve wounded. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 10.—This city was in gala attire to- day and thousands of visitors from London and elsewhere par- ticipated in the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city upon General Buller.” A civic and military escort led the way 10 the scene. General Buller's carriage was deluged with flow- ers. Lady Buller accompanied General Buller. Replying to tha address on the presentation of the freedom of the city, tha general exhibited great emotion and arraigned his critics vige orously. He declared that when the history of the war was fairly written it would be found that the British army n South Africa had confronted difficulties far greater than any army operating against an equally civilized enemy had ever previ. ously experienced. He cited the Boers' superior range of vision and familiarity with the Kaffir language and country. On his arrival at Aldershot General Buller will be recetved by Major General Sir Willlam Francis Butler, in command of the district, and other dignitaries. BIG BATTLESHIP FOR TURKISH PORTS Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHING- TON, Nov. 10.—Instead of proceeding without delay to Manila, as originally contemplated by the President, the battleship Kentucky is loitering in the Mediterranean. Much to the sur- prise of officers not in the secrets of the Bureau of Naviga- tion, the Kentucky did not continue with dispatch to Port Said, en route to Manfla.. . A Mst of the ship’s movements issued by Rear Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the Bureau of Navi- gation, to-day announced that the battleship left Gibraltar for Algiers. Officlals of the Navy Department insist that no orders have been given to the Kentucky to proceed to Turkish waters, but when asked If it is proposed to direct her to proceed to Smyrna or any other Turkish port, they decline to answer. As a result of the President’s re-election, it is known that Secretary Hay proposes to adopt a vigorous policy in the ma: ter of the settlement of the pending questions. The Turkish Government has, with unfailing regularity, been promising since last spring to pay the claims for indemnity presented in behalf of missionaries, but when the time to keep its promises has arrived it has evaded them with a skill which is pecullarly Turkish. A proposition was made to pay the claims under cover of a contract for warships to be placed In the United States, but this was rejected by Secretary Hay, who has in- sisted from the outset that they be settled in a manner that will satisfy the offended dignity of this country. Officials are conVinced that there is only one way of obtain- ing the indemnity and that is by a naval demonstration. The Kentucky is the first battleship of the United States that has ever visited Mediterranean waters and her presence at various ports will have a good effect on the countries to which they belong. It is believed that the moral effect of her presence in Turkish waters will do much toward accomplishing a set- tlement of the claims. It ia likely that before the battleship arrives at Algiers a.determination as fo her use in the Turkish m-mnimndwmmmmm