The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1901, Page 1

AN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS, SIX HUNDRED MILLIONS MAY BE DENANDED PROTECTION 15 EXTENDED DVER PANAMA Vast Amount, of the United States will Indemnities China Mist Pay. 0us Nations » Bill t0 a villages along the line ) as an equitable ad- ities, the bill woull ction of money capturedl tsin and Peking. The of this loot is estimated as high 400,000 i THINKS EMPRESS WILL Archbishop Favier Optimistic Con- cerning Outlook in China. PARIS, Jan hop Favler, the Mission in Northern Marseilles January 3, interview he the Empress Dowager he belie\ ed would return to Pek! spring, when order will be com r restored. The Europeans, he adds, will find that ey have not lost ground by recent . The Government, however, must given e to resume the tion of Meanwhile the police work now d be compl Boxers and looters Europe must not try to rush the for Chinese diplomacy but afterward al- always »p justified the ransacking shops for food by Chinese h the connivince of the He declares the Christians k provisions from abandoned ware- after they first obtained permis- ench Minister to seize . othes and coal, -and also a portion of the money lying in Prince Li's pzlace, in order to send it to the dis- sed Christians in the provinces. Y NoA Pe -LA 2 4‘,7_] mhi vi U u~ Revolution in Re- ‘nsurgent Forces Appro ¢ Making Prepara ions for a Fattle Which %2y focn Oceur. CALL BUREAU WASHINGT ot be p ¥ will P wla wiil leave w for now a few to-morr neroft, will in again se- recety the tha hing P for rces the revolutio: prepar ¥ soon appr: tions occur. a treaty e United States has been in measure of protection € the peaceful conduct of this traffic across the isthmus. When Consul Gen- 1 er a few months ago reported jonists would bombard of Panama, Acting Secretary of te Hill promptly sent a dispatch to Mr. Gudger announcing with unusual vigor th Government would not tolerate action likely to interfere with the United States Govern- t had assumed. The dispatch became public in Panama and had the effect of putting an end to the plans of bombard- ment. Mr. Gudger's present dispatch does not indicate that the city itself is about to be attacked, but if it develops by later information that there is any prospect of bombardment, the vigorous procedure of a few months ago will be repeated TERRIBLE DISASTER IMPENDING Large Steamship and Ninety Persons Doomed. L Gy rights which_the MARSEILLF r thre . Jan. 5.—A terrible dis- the mali steamship Rus- near the village of Faraman storm with fifty passen- and_a crew of fortv on board. She heeled ttempts 1o escue her con ny by life- steam tugs were made yeste: but e been repeated to-day, the rough seas have prevented | every effort to approach her. The wind is still blowing a hurricane with no sign of abatement. A great tedly watching the endeavors to com- municate with those cn board the ship, which is bumping heavily as the seas dash over her. Rockets have been fired, but each time the line has fallen short. Rear Admiral Besson, naval prefect of Marseilles, has telegraphed to Toulon for the dispatch of the powerful tug Travall- leur immediately to the scene. As darkness fell the authorities were as- sembled on the shore and the lifeboats were lying off awaitiag the first opportu- nity to effect a rescue, but the latest di patch from the lighthouse keeper at Fara- man describes the postilon of the ship as hopeless. It iz probable that the vessel and all on board will verish. MURDERER ALFRED PACKER IS GRANTED A PAROLE DENVER, Colo., Jan. 8.—The last offi- clal act of Charles Thomas, who retired as Governor of the State to-day, was to grant a parole to Alfred Packer. The re- lease of the famous prisoner was the re- sult of efforts urged in his behalf for two vears. Packer hes been in prison over seventeen years. He was sentenced to a forty years’ term in 1853, The attempted assazsination of H. H, Tammen and F. G. Bonfils, of the Den- ver Post, by W. W. Anderson, a lawyer, about a year ago, resulted in the agita- tion of Packer's case. Packer's alleged crime was the murder of a party of five prospectors in the wilds of Colorado. He admitted that he killed one of the men, who, he sald, was insane and had assaulted him after murdering the other four with a hatchet. Packer was one hundred miles from civilization at the time and was compelled, he said, to eat the flesh of the murdered men to keep- from stzrving. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE IS GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT BEING READ IN EITHER SENATE OR ASSEMBLY Upper House Does Not Wait for the Document and in the Lower Branch It Is Simply Received and Placed on Fllew—Leglslature Now Ready to Begin Its Work e —— % | Special Dispatch to The Call. B ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- | RAMENTO, Whatever y have | Jan. 8. ripple of excitement m been caused in this city over A the opening of the Legislature | : The streets ! | have th s, the hotel | | to their ordinary g and going and have ttled , serious w of the fully organized, | cf the formal an- various com:nittees. r Neff declares that he lobbies have routine of visitor mbled Il the islators ppoint the Senate committees to- | | morrow, and Speaker dleton brlieves | morning he will announce | | ctions for the lower | houre. inters is con- cerned the personnel of these committees A will not be any material par-| | from that annourced in Pendleton is simply striving to | interests which sup- diffe TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST IN ROCHESTER ORPHAN ASYLUM FIRE Boiler Explosion Adds to the Horror of the Disaster, and That Many Are Saved Is Regarded as Miraculous VICTIMS OF THE TWO : FIRES AT ROCHESTER AT TEE ORPHAN ASYLUM. The following is a list of the casualtics, those not otherwise designated being children, inmates of the asylam: The dends ISABEL MARTHAGE. ARTHUR KELLY. GERTRUDE MecCAW. GLADYS HILL. MARION McCAW, GERTRUDE TONER. LOREO OWE BERTHA HALL. CHARLIE BENHAM. VIOLA STUCK. RHEA CONWELL. LILLIAN STONE. BERTHA POTTER. MILDRED SLOCUM. EVANGELINE CARR. MARY ALEXANDER. MILDRED WRIGHT (colored HELEN HAMILTO MINNIE SKINNER. HAZEL MURRBAY. MARY KANE. MINNIE TIFFANY. CORA POTTER. MYRTLE PATTERSON. CHARLOTTE BRYANT, MRS. MARIA GORDON, cook. BEACHVELL CAREY. MRS. MARTHA GILLIS, a nurse. The seriously injured: Miss Isabelle Lawson, nurse; Ellen Delmore, narse, recovery doubtful; Fred Potter, may dle: Kate Cotterill, aged 1 ol sl el @ ; Blanche rangement with | | not presented. In this way | that ‘the message of Governor Gage be- | | uty | 1t , which stranded yesterday | | s, sowd s assembied along, the shores, ex- | ficant was the rnor Gage. official act of at this important incident in the pro- presentation of the tality the ¢ Gov which 1 official career. mes- been xm»\rm»d simulta- n 3 houses. In court the Assembly 1d have s unm] m the ! readinz of a part of it, and should then have ordered the entire document printed pution. The lenate, according ustom, should have listened patiently ding of the whole document. of blunders attended the The message was presented in the and Anderson moved that the suspended. It was thought Anderson, knowing that Gage had used his influence against him in the Speake: fight, sought to commit an act of discourtesy. A short conference was held, it was explained that no such thing was intended, and the message was without being read. In meantime the Governor's messenger was hastening on s way to the Senate chamber with another copy of the mes- sage. Senate adjourned and the message was Iy, be received comes a public document without a word of it having been heard by any member of the Legislatrre. Msten to it to-morrow. One of the measures of more than or- | dinary importance adopted by the upper house to-day is a request upon the proper | United | | States Quarantine Officer Kinyoun from | This, takenw | tn conjunction with a large part of the | Governor's message on the same subject, | Federal authorities to remove on the Pacific Coast. shows very clearly what the State gov- ernment thinks of Kinyoun's pernicious | activity in the creation of plague scares and similar sensational nonsense. In connection with the Legislature now | In session there will be early next week | a meeting of the State Board of Bqualiza- tion, which will be of grave importance. is estimatsd that the State rate of | taxation will be smaller this year than before, because of a materlal increase in the assessment values of taxable property in the State. It is announced that San Franelsco and Los Angeles will be torced | to bear the greater part of this Increased | burden. Because of the fact that the Federal Government has expended $100,- | 000,000 in San Francisco since the begin- | ning of the war with Spain the metropo- it is satd, will be inade to bear higher burdens of State taxation. The Board of Equalization will meet in order that it may reach an approximate total of prop- | erty assessment in the State and give this estimate to the Finance Committee of the | Senate and the Ways and Means Commit- tee of the Assembly. Another important and highly Interest- ing meeting will be held on Monday, when the Electoral College of California will assemble and cast its nine ballots for President of the United States. This pro- ceeding will be dignified {n the Assembly | chamber with music, speeches and cere- monies more ambitious than ever before held in the State on a similar occasion. Samuel M. Shortridge will carry the bal- lots to Washington. SAM RAINEY ARRIVES TO AID “BQSS” KELLY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 8,—Speaker Pendleton is de- voting the night to making.up his com- mittees. He has sald that he would com- | plete them without further conference with any one, and that he would be ready to announce them on Friday. Dan T. Cole came up to-day, his pur- pose being to place a relative on the pay- roll of the Senate. He relles upon Sen- ator Tyrrell to make his fight for the po- sition. Sam Rainey arrived to-night to lend his assistance to Martin Kelly. He kept away from the uptown hotel lobbles, where the largest crowds gather. In the evening he was in conference with Kelly. Alexander T. Vogelsang, the Fish Com- missioner, 1s in town, industrously look- ing after his own fences and the game in- terests of the commonwealth. Kansas Legislature Meets. TOPEKA, Jan. 8—The Legislature mec | here to-day in regular session. Governor Stanley’s message was dellvered at noon. The message dealt with the conditions of the State Institutions. Good roads, the 1904 exposition and a change in the taxa- tion laws are among the matters that will be taken up by the Legislature. The fa- | the | Just as he reached the door (hel it happens | But the Senate will | T Al el otedl —x—H-i-H—l—l—t-l—x—x—x—x—x-i—l-m-l-x—i-l—on—H. ZEEE tive at Washington; e 'OVERNOR HENRY T. GAGE, WHO IN HIS MESSAGE TO THE LEGIS- LATURE URGES THAT BODY TO AVOID EXTRAVAGANCE IN THE MAKING OF APPROPRIATIONS. E il g L - 3 4 g ) THE MESSAGE IN BRIEF. In his first biennial message to the California Legislature, Governor Gage warns against extravagance in appropriations as a result of bargaining among the State's Iawmalkers. He says that, inasmuch as the voters of the State have given majorities for constitutional amendments exempting church and university property from taxation, care must be used In authoriz- ing State expenditures in order that the tax burden of the public at large shall not be increased. He recommends that appropriations should not be made paya- ble tmmediately. He urges the Legisiature to adopt resolutions strongly im- pressing upon California’s delegation in Congress the necessity of redoubled efforts for the exclusion of Oriental labor. Kinyoun’s bubonic plague scare is denounced, the Governor declaring that an investigation conducted on behalf of the State proved that the disease at no time existed in this State. The pas- sage of laws prohibiting the importation of plague germs for ex- perimental or other purposes Is advocated. It is declared the powers and duties of the State Board of Health should be extended and that a State quarantine officer should be provided for. The Legislature in asked to enuct a law making the publica- tion of false plngue reports a felony. Legisiation for the improvement of San Francisco harbor is reviewed. The executive urges that assistance should be given the State Debris Commission to enable it to earry on its work. The Legislature in informed that the State university is in need of additional support. It i recommended that all non-resi- dent students be made to pay tuition fees. Legislation will be needed to properly carry into effect the will of the people In exempting Stanford University from taxation. The passage of laws for the conduct of primary elections is ad- vocated. Recent scandals, it i declared, have left the State Den: Pharmacy boards in a lamentable condition. The National Guard of California is reported to have fully re- covered its effectivenens. The Governor recommends that the time for the presentation of claims by counties against the State be limited by law. He recommends that the State Lunacy Commission be given certain supervision over private hospitals for the insane. Measures providing a quarantine against allen insane are urged. It is declared that assaults by convicts upon persons in State prisons should be made punishable by death. Governor Gage urges that the power of the State prison direc- tors in paroling prisoners should be extended. and 3 el S S RESOLUTION REQUESTING DR. KINVOUN’S REMOVAL Second Measure Introduced Aim:= in Senate Is d at Quarantine Officer. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 8.—If a resolution submit- ted in the Senate this afternoon should pass there will probably be an end to the complaints so long and so persistently made against Dr. J. J. Kinyoun, the ofli- cer in charge of the quarantine regula- tions of the port of San Francisco. Sen- ate joint resolution No. 21{s as follows: “Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That for the reasons contained in the report of Governor Henry T. Gage to the Secretary of State of the United States; in the reso- lution unanimously passed by the Repub- llcan State Central Committee of Califor- nia at a meeting held on the 18th of June, 1800, which was forwarded to the execu- ‘in the resolutions since adopted by the Chamber of Com- merce of San Francisco and other public bodies, and in the universal expression of the press of the State, all of which rea- sons still exist and, If possible, in greater force, the President of the United States be and he is hereby respectfully but most earnestly requested to direct that Dr. J. J. Kinyoun, United States quarantine of- ficer for San Francisco, be relieved from further service on the Pacific Coast. “Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby directed to transmit the above resolutions to the President of the United States by telegraph.” The resolution will be rushed to the Committee on Federal Relations, through the Senate and through the House with as little delay as possible. D B e Anderson, aged T Cline, nurse; Mary Hibbard, nurse; Minnle Conklin, tendant; John Carr, (colored); Maurice Kecting, fireman: Mrs. Amelia Bradd, nurse, recovery de AT EASTMAN KODAK WORKS. LIEUTENANT EDWARD MURPHY. btful; Frances M. Francis Edwards, an at- doubtful; Captain Wil inhaling smolke, will probably nurse el hefoleteldels defbedofededole all in her power to save the children and Creegan, fireman, prostrated recover. The dead: GEORGE ¥F. LONG. The Injured: George Kitlinger. OCHESTER, 'Jan. 8—Twenty- eight dead bodles lle at the | Morgue and twelve persons more oF less seriously injured lie in the hospitals of the city to-night as the résul. of the terrible fire which oc curred early this morning at the Roch ter Orphan Asylum. Of the dead twenty- six were children of both sexes, ranging in age from 2 to 14 years, and the remain Ing two were adults. The fire, which wi discovered at 1:10 a. m. and was doubtless | caused by an explosion 6f natural gas in the boller-room adjoining the west wing of the asylum, spread so rapidly many of the 109 inmates of the institution were overcome by flames and smoke al- most without warning. In all the long and dismal record of | fatal fires in Rochester none can be found which can equal this one in horror, pathe- ! tic scenes in which so many lives were | blotted out in the gallant sacrifice of lives | of the attendants in whose charge the children were and in the sad scenes of tha hospital and the Morgue. That so many children were saved from the west wing bf the building seems little | short of miraculous, and when the ruins were visited to-day one marveled that the | death roll was not even larger. Terrified Waifs at Windows. The scene following almost immediately upon the discovery of the fire and the ac companying explosion was one which turned the stoutest hearts. The windows of the west wing were fillled with terrified faces of the tiny waifs. Working like men possessed, the firemen struggled to release them from their perilous position. Tnej rooms of the dormitory were filled with | the smoke of the fire and the little ones | were belng slowly suffocated. Most of | those rescued were lowered to the ground by means of ladders from the second and | third stories. | The ambulances from every hospital in | the city reached the scene almost as soon as the Fire Department, but they proved totally inadequate In providing for the res- | cued. ‘Many sufferers were removed to | the houses in the immediate neighborhood. There were awful scenes around the asy- | lum at this time. Most of those rescued from the buflding were unconscious from the effects of the smoke. It soon became apparent that the building was doomed. A general alarm was sent in and the entire Fire Department was soon upon the scene. The fire was stubbornly fought from every available point, but it was more than an hour after its discovery before it was under control. Terrific Boiler Explosion. A few minutes after 1 o’clock this morn- ing a nurse, Miss Cline, smelled smoke. The matter was immediately reported to the matron, Miss L. Dinehart. The smoke was located in the boiler room, and word was sent to police headquarters. Fire ap- paratus was hurried to the bullding, but before the first engine arrived the struc- ture was in flames, and scores of persons ‘were doing their best to rescue the in- mates. Shortly after the fire broke out a boiler exploded with terrific force, completely blowing out the lower part of the west end of the connecting wing, thereby cut- ting off the escape of the children from the east end of the building. In the east wing were the sleeping apartments, located mainly on the second and third floors. The lower floor was known as the first nursery, and the upper ag the second. Here were forty children or more. Miss Sarah Ashdown was in charge for the night, and with her was Miss Brad of the hospital ward, who was taking care of two sick children. The explosion which occurred, though violent, did not awaken the sleeping children or nurses, but the smoke that began to pour into the east wing brought the inmates to a realization of the situa- tion with a suddenness which at once seemed to rob nearly every one of judg- ment and mental facultles. Cries and that ‘ | | | Inmates of the west wing had been got groans filled the air. It was impossible to see anything on account of the thick smoke. The nurse, Miss Ashdown, did nurses. Saving the Inmates. the firemen’ arrived their atten- was first turned to the inmates of the hospital ward in the west wing of the institution. On the ficor next to the t was Miss Brad. With the flames leapi all around her it seemed imposéible escape. She did, howcver, but was so riously injured by faliing that she wiil not live. It was stated by the matron that thers When tion | Were seventy-five girls In the west wing. Besides these, there were two children and two nurses in the hospital depart ment, which was also In that wing. was estimated at 8 o'clock that all of tl out, either dead or alive. Many children were taken away earl and the number saved and those killed and injured could be counted onmly with great difficulty. The work of rescue was taken up by volunteers as well as by firemen. Am- bulances from all the hospitals were the ground almost as soon as the T companies, and houses In the neighbor- hood were thrown open to receive the little ones, who were carried from the asylam. Rescued by Brave Firemen. Two voung men, W. Clark and F. Young, were coming down Plymouth ave- nue at 1 o’clock this morning, when they saw smoke issuing from the asylum Clark immediately ran to a fire-alarm box and sent in an alarm. Then he and his companion ran up the fire-escape to the roof of the building farthest away from the fire. Just as they reached th top a terrific explosion was heard and the flames burst forth with renewed vigor. In a few minutes half of the build- ing in which the hospital was situated was a mass of flames. The smoke poured | out from every window and frantic cries could be heard coming from the Impris- oned inmates. The long ladders were run up, and, plunging into the stifling smoke, fireman after fireman came slh!!ngr:r the ladders bearing inanimate forms their arms. Most of the children n and adults carried from the burning building were unconscious. Falls With the Woman. Fireman Morris Keating went up on the roof on a ladder to rescue women and children. Just as he reached the top a stream of water was turned on him to keep away the flames, but it had the ef- fect to confuse the man. He reached for a woman and the latter jumped for his arms. Suddenly the man lost his hold on the ladder. The crowd groaned as the fireman fell with the woman to the ground. The woman was killed out- right and the fireman was so seriously injured that he may die. Children Carried Down. Miss F. M. Hibbard, who had charge of twenty-three children on the third floor of the main bullding, sald: “I was awakened by the cries of the children and realized that the buflding was on fire. As quickly as possible we all made our way to the roof, escape in any other direction being impossible. Al- ready the firemen had their ladders to the roof and quickly the children were carried down. After most of them had been rescued the heat became so intense that, to save myself, I slid down a post lead- ing to the ground.” Miss Hibbard was terribly burned. SECOND FATAL FIRE. TwoMen Meet Death Fighting Flames in Kodak Works. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 8~The ni- trate building of the Eastman Kodak ‘Works was destroyed by fire to-day. Two firemen were killed by the fumes of the burning chemicals and one other was so seriously injured he probably will dle. The dead: LIEUTENANT EDWARD MURPHY. GEORGE F. LONG. The injured: George Kitlinger. The fire started by the contact of escap- ing nitric acld with the wooden floor.