The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1901, Page 23

1T TORREEISTINS 1O SRIFEXOROREQ Pages 23 10737 e Rl S S S T T TR RT T S Doserenanenes [ TR ST ITY SAN FRAN CISCO, SUNDA MARCH 3, 1901. DEPORTED EDITOR RICE OF MANILA TELLS WHY HE HAS BEEN SENT BACK Nineteen-Year-Old Youth Says Banished for Criticizing the Cap- tain of the Port. ED FOR PRINTING CHARGES NERSREUTHER. and asked 1 was a > mMone o TY me bac o chief clerk in the of < the Port at Man s have bee: then returne or the mai the priv He Was £ h they de- ir average and reserve the knowledge EXPERT DIVERS FAIL TO FIND ANY TRACE OF WRECKED RIO AT ANY SPOT NEAR FORT POINT Explore Bed of Golden Gate. 'Uncharted Rock Found Where Pilot Jordan Claims the Steamship Foundered---Japanese Remain Long in Deep Water and T be determined, | and Pilot Jordan’s claim that he | had marked the spot where the | al plunge was yester- Some of the most ese divers on this coast ed the bottom of the bay | imed the wreck was to | as was expected, not the | of the ship was !ound‘ time during the afternoon a anchor fouled, and when it was re- bore traces of\white paint. This a spot tully half a mile southwest indicated as the lo- Owing to the heav to again place t spot where the | the Japanese Diving | its local managers r to the Facific Mail Steam- | 1o find the wreck of the | » resting spot of her scores of | ffer was declined and the to the Whitelaw Wreck- | Jordan have thus e wreck, but yester- panied by some of the watched the Japa- and then proceeded r the spot where | e to locate the by many persons, American divers, but Japanese divers at stounded by the n to say that more ons of deep sea div- | cen seen in any part of . statement that a diver be fath- g to the great pres- vesterday, when went down into and remained there mploy of T. Morl co and Monterey, ve been engaged at_ Point Lobos, County. . Japanese have in the fact that the ense of coming | go down k While they were not 1 the wreck of the | Tusty that the r the spot where declared It to be. | What Pilot Jo o o n spward twenty fe et from the bottom | the Japanese divers e number of seven- whart for e lat-bottomed - had piled thelr ap- out by the launch 1 a quick run was made to large crowd of spectato rs rk of the divers from the kers Beach, while the po- and a number of launches | uring the entirs | a number of de- | xplored the bot- were Yasoflo, Watanabe, and Sako. Mr. of the diving com the work, and the together with land owner of d in the work nt was made by Yasodo thirteen ns of water near the spot where >t Jordan declared the wreck lay. The diver remained down for | | three minutes and came to the surface, g found. After a few reporting T sodo went down In se ms of water, but after three | e srted nothing in sight. | and_fourth attempt was made in sixteen and eighteen fathoms of water | near the buoys placed by the Mail Com- pany as marking the wreck. The third . | descent lasted for five minutes and the | fourth one lasted fifteen minutes. The § signed having received r reported on coming up that he | i without murmur until Rice's | could see no sign of the wreck and that Ask for Investigation. December 14 we asked the military Go % investigate the gate Rice. e 1 the matt number ot ready, he preferred t an: 1t He aid so, arrange bein them 1 quoted by e had used as harges, ¥ . willfy ra: MacAr- & aga ateat ox vernment The_ writer that Rice was n pure or patrioti attack on the off Port. ag €' hi GREAT TRAINED ANIMAL ;. While Chasing | ', Runs Into Mrs. plaud Marvelous Tricks of Po- nies, Dogs and Monkeys. Mechanics’ Pavilion presented a happ: Rowe's great trained animal show gav its first performance. Half the juvenil population of the city packed the bl buildi assortment of dogs, ¢ rtainment. w opened with the introductio on the programme was 'd ponies. youngsters the delight on 1 a fifty-foot wire, came In fq approval. cks were performed by Jimm id to be the best trained pon world of McGinty's home, the animal fire deparfment t e and set the house wild wit Norris & Rowe's show will remals chanics’ Pavilion sixteen days. Joy. brought by | the end of 4 his proofs in writing, to then called upon Rice witnesses | and the result of * ras ordered SHOW AT PAVILION | | Crowd of Juvenile Enthusiasts Ap- yesterday afternoon when Norris & ana shouted their delight as the horses, monkeys, nd goats went through a mar- entire company of animal actors, and and escorted by a num- One of the most interest- ill executed by twelve beauti- The little fellow t through many intricate maneuvers, bleachers t of Bosco, a big monkey, in slid- Some really mar- features concluded with the which the water was very dense. He described the ocean bed as being smooth and con- | sisting of pebbles and gravel Long Walk Under Water. During the last descent made by Yas- <+ d =11 s . el | e 5 | time in | the wreck lay benea | descent w | tions the tug Alert, with Pilot Jordan anc & abe In sixteen fathoms, half a mile from the Fort Point barracks. The barge with the alr pumps was allowed to drift out on | the ebb tide until twenty-six fathoms of water was recorded bv the lead. Thon a complete circle was described back to the starting point, the diver being down | for twen és. He described a cir- | cle over half a mile in dlameter, which | covered the ve spot where the Rid| should be foun rocks, as F of d it she ran on Fort Point | claims. b a th below. He went down in s oms near the reef where posed to h worked his way seaward athoms reached. s he came to the surfa 1 eighth of a mile from vhere he h descended and again was the report recelved of nothing found and dense water. Explore Various Spots. At noon the men took lunch, the weather being bright and clear, with a smooth sea. Takahashl again entered th water in seventeen fathoms at a spot on elghth of a mile southwest of the red buo off Fort Point. This is the spot where the life-saving crew claimed to have located the wreck a week ago. The diver's report after belng down twelve minutes and working his way alonz the reef showed that the life-savers were as much in error | in locating the wrecked Rio as Pilot Jor; | dan was. ‘Again_the location was changed and Takahashi went down in seventeen fath. | oms of water one mile due west of ths Fort Point buoy. After remaining some the strong current he came up | and reported nothing ia slght except rocks | and gravel. ‘White Paint on Anchor. 1 Yamamoto was the next diver to try and | find the Rio’s wreck. He was lowered into | the water at a point almost two miles | from Fort Point along Bakers Beach. He | remained below for five minutes and on | coming up reported that the current was | too strong to stand up against. To tha | amazement of the spectators Yamamoto asked for a heavy anchor to be tied to h legs, and with this heavy weight he went down In the san He came up in five minutes & o trace of the wreck had been found. | At this spot the heaving lead and the | anchor were fouled and it was hoped that | 1 the bobbing launch and diving barge. When the anchor was finally rele: a careful examination showed the marks of white paint. Tha heavy current sweot the launch and barge from the spot and it was impossible zet the diver in exactly the sama place After cruising around it was ught the spot where the anchor caught been located and Yamamoto again | went beneath the waters. After elght min- utes he signaled to haul up and he cam to the surface with no news of the sough for wreck of the Rio. | Sako, the fifth diver, then relleved Yamamoto and went down in the swirl- ing tide. He remained for seven min- utes and reported nothing found. The last made by Sako one-half mile due southwest from the Fort Point light. | Sako came up in ten minutes and report- ed no sign of the wreck. For fully an hour before the dlvers suspended opera- some of the Pacific Mail Company’s offi- clals on board, watched the Japanese at work. At 4:30 p. m. the diving party headed | for home. COMES ON A SAD ERRAND. | Fred J. Matheson, Whose Brother Was a Rio Victim, Is in Town. Fred J. Matheson, a journalist conneat- | ed with the New York Herald, has arrived | | ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE RIO DE JANEIRO DISASTER aND HIS BROTHER. n I | a i - s | | odo the launch towed the diving bargs | over the entire course mapped out by Pilot Jordan on Tuesday. The fearless diver walked over ihree-quarters of a | mile on the bed of the Golden Gate before he returned to the surface and laughed when his helmet was removed. He hadl found a big rock which jutted upward for twenty feet and which Pilot Jordan had | mistaken for the Rio last Tuesday. H Watanabe was the second man to don | the diver's dress: He went down in twen- ty-four fathoms of water at a Spot one | o | mile southwest of the red buoy oft Fort | h | Point. He came up after twelve minutes n | and reported no sign of the wreck. * = y | imme of more than twenty e next descent was made by Watan- | brother's body has been recovered or alll were held -+ in San Franeisco for the purpose of mak- ing arrangements for the funeral of his brother, H. Cripps Matheson, a victim of the Rio de Janeiro disaster, in case the body should be recovered. Mr. Matheson s exhausting every means to find traces of his brother and he has already discovered some of the belongings of the deceased. One of six or seven trunks which he had on board the lost vessel has been discovered and is now in_the possession of the British Consul. Some papers belonging to the deceased have also been found, among them being typewritten letters dated as late as Feb- ruary 11 Mr. Matheson has reason to belleve that the typewriter which was found on the Sausalito shore Friday aft- ernoon and carried off by a_fisherman was the one owned by his brother. Mr. Matheson Is registered at the Grand Hotel, where he will remain until his —— TARALASH] — ap7re 4 27/AT7ert L o WATCHING Tore - Church over the remains of Mrs. Sarah , Webster Wakefleld, one of the victims of the Rio de Janeiro disaster. The body of Miss Wakefleld, who accompanied her mother, has not recovered. church was crowded with friends of the unfortunate lady and many beautiful floral offerings were heaped abo casket. The services were conducted the Rev. Dr. C. B. Riddick — - VALUABLES FROM WRECK. t by The large proportion of the deck struc- * de Janeiro carried is not known, but ore mnia‘rlly the mall baggage consists of 200 sacks. Seek Freedom in the Courts. Pearl Hayes has Edward Hayes & decree annulll their marriage. arrs the time of her marriage her w 1 against Mattie Henry for esertion, H. Ita Gusham against Harry \oweRf TRAIL SCENES WHEN JAPANESE DIVERS YESTERDAY DESCENDED INTO GREAT DEPTHS OF WATER AT VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE GOLDEN GATE HOPING TO LOCATE WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP RIO DE JANEIRO, AND BODIES OF VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER. hope of its recovery is exhausted. He is very anxlous to meet any of the surviv- ors of the wreck who can tell him any- thing regarding his. brother, and on ae- count of the aged mother, who resides in Hendon, England, he is especlally desir- ous to meet any one who may have seen | the deceased during the last moments be- fore the ill-fated vessel took her fatal plunge into the depths. H. Cripps Matheson was a civil engineer by profession and had attained marked prominence in the Far East. He was a member of the firm of John Birch & Co.. London, England, and for several vears prior to the recent troubles in China he was extensively engaged in engineering enterprises in that country. he first compiete raiflway built on the island of Formosa was constructed under his direc- tion. For distinguished services the Gov- ernor of the island adorned him with tha | order of the Double Dragon, one of the highest honors ever accorded a foreigner. The Emperor of China had also made him a Mandarin, as a reward for the suc- cessful completion of difficult mining and rallway enterprises. Mr. Matheson was on his way to Peking at the time of ths Boxer uprising, but was compelled to remain in Tienfsin, where he renderedl excellent service with the volunteers Since the rellef of the legations he has been at Yokohama and Kobe, Japan, where he had been conducting the busi- ness_of the firm. When he embarked on the Rio, de Janeiro Mr. Matheson was on his way home to Hendon, England, to 82 his mother, whom he iast visited in the fall of 1500 He was 43 years of age ard unmarried. ——— Rio de Janeiro Victim Buried. OAKLAND, March 2.—Funeral servicee to-day from the Asbury ture of the Rlo de Janeiro, which was washed ashore at Horseshoe Bend two days. ago, is being dashed to fragments by the force of the waves. Everything of value has been stripped from the wreck- age, even the doors being carted away. One door of the structure had the word “purser”” painted on it and it is known that the purser had his safe in his room. When the wreckage came into sight it | seemed weighted down as if by a heavy weight, and before it could be secured it nad dirfted away In the current. When the wreckage was cast on the shore there was no sign of a safe in the purser's room: Many of the residents of the vicinity of Sausalito are openly boasting of the valu- ables they have secured from the wreck. Some of the soldiers on \duty at Lime Point are also exhibiting articles of value which were on the Rio de Janefro. A water-color plcture of the ship, with a card - attached, was picked up yesterday on the beach. = e The Rio’s Mail. WASHINGTON, March :—The Pos master at San Francisco has advised the Superintendent of Forelgn Mails of the | Postoffice Department of the amount of mail saved from the steamer Rlo de Ja- neiro, which was wrecked at the Golden Gate February 22. There were, stated, about 5000 letters, of which 443 were for foreign destinations; two bags of European registered letters and thirty- three domestic registered letters were res- cued. The amount of mail which the Rio |- o 1. Gusham for failure to provide and John T. Johnson against Annie M. Johnson for cruelty. —_———— Mental Science Lectures. Prof. Knox, the well known and popu- lar lecturer, who has beén before the pub- lic for twenty years and is now at the head of the Mental Science College at Seattle, Wash., begins a series of lectures on this fascinating subject at Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, under the ausplces of the San Francisco Mental Science Temple this morning. The professor is a most Interesti; speaker, and those who have the fortune to hear him are to be congratu. lated. The subjects are well chosen, bes ing upon themes that possess the most intense interest to every one, for what he belleves and knows to be the truth he teaches with such force and logic as to convince the most skeptical. Amorg the subjects to be presented will “How. to_Cure Poverty,” “How t& Educate the Child,” “The Mind Bullds Both Brain and Body,” “How to Make a Success and Accumulate Wealth,” “How to_Heal Disease.” ‘These Sunday lectures are free, so no one need stay away for lack of means, as mental sclence is within the grasp of every cne and any on —_——————— Soldiers Charged With Robbery. Alles Mitchell and Preston K. Wilson, soldlers, were arrested at the Presidio yesterday and booked at the North End station on a charge of robbery. They are accused of stealing a watch from W. Tanbroke, a bartender in Alexander's sa- loon on the corner of er and Green- wich streate.