The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1901, Page 1

The VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 101. N FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 11, FIERCE STORI SWEEPS THE MIDDLE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES Chicago Is Severe Sufferer With Damage Throughout the City Which Amounts to Thousands of Dollars. of the worst | Chicago o hours night from fright. She was sick e home of her father, O. T. Johnson, the storm str the town. R, W. Walters and two of J. arzn are reported to be the tw n Willspoint is esti- 1 and xtends into Arkansas Mississippl Valley iich region is almost tes are finding it diM- tails of the storm, but 1 on which to base est approximating beastern farming and at score of losses and least a ) ¢ to-night issued a state- - point ation. He says : r are en destitute | € ed for by the local au- | ‘ & a8 s ce has been . gre j contributions will be ask If the condi- : . 2 s country districts develop w sieat £or ctended. In ously injured, er with his entire s were injured, two fatally. - reported dead, was alive attending physician year-old sister can- e was completely gs of Miss Mil- Buchanan _and amaged. EKENTUCKY COLLEGE UNROOFED. Two Negroes Fatally Hurt in Falling Cabin and Church Destroyed. FULTON, Ky., March 10.—In the terrific swept this section last night greatest at Clinton At Clinton twenty hed, two negroes be- nd many others badly mashed, part of Marvin Col- , the wa works plant eight freight c that as mage Hickman bins were dem negro ng mortally hurt a was des rs were blown from the track. At Hickman the irch was destroyed by wind. A mber of houses and barns were blown down in Fulton and Hickman coun- fes. The loss of property is large. PADUC March 10.-A - storm struck borhood of Masons Mill overturned three houses filled with negroes. Twenty stables were blown down and many horses killed. To- baceo were razed and their con- : away. The Catholic, Presby- “ aptist churc were de- Loss $30,000 wa 30RO, Ky.. March 10.—A cloud- ’ ses were | UIE 1 night 4id great’ damage e sewe vell and a g water n on wn down and | T wmnlhroid. ey g s t o and a hole twenty-five ke nd about fifty feet wide was e say that a : 3 _ reets for some distance. The ecking everything dermined so badly that to- caved in. The Temple artment store, ner wa undermined and in dan- R HEAVY SNOWFALL IN KANSAS. Passenger Train Stuck in Drift and Communication Interrupted. NSAS CITY, March 10.—Last night's nowstorr f the severest of the uri and Northern 4 ba The Missouri Pacific had in stuck in a drift for six There are enger s near Jamestown, Kans. e = t drifts on a number of Missourl Pa- £ . branches, but they have no Sunday | e Ten miles nort Two engines were run on all - h tere the house of rains to-day. P nd s s Wind and sleet at some points caked on ring his steg Bob | the wires and caused more or less inter- y \ s Were negroes r of telegraphic and telephonic DEATHE NUMEER EIGHT TORNADO VISITS INDIANA. IN WILLSPOINT TORNADO Ind., March 10.—A tor-| One Hundred Are Left Destitute and Are Being Cared for by the wrecked one dwelling and eral others from their places Autho! of outbuildings were de- s, " —DUp to No lives were lost. The court- ted from and high school bufldings were Beulah Johnson | mu FUGITIVE BANDITS KILL A CALAVERAS OFFICER Deputy Sheriff Holman Shot in Night Bat- tle With Highwaymen Near Wallace. D. of ed to-night whil —Samuel Holman was a man of family, leaving a wife and six children. He was 3 years of age and was appointed constable six months ago. During the confusion that resulted from Holman's injury the robbers made their SAN ANDREAS, M e Calave on at Co- » his home every ace. While driv- escape, and thc men returned to Wallace 2 heavy storm | with the dying officer. . pped by two men, who took | The robbers had a bay mare and an e ables he had. He open buggy. One of the men is described proceed to Wallace, | as six feet tall. He wore a dark coat, fedora hat, short whiskers, gray halr and the end of his rose is missing. The second robber is four irches shorter and an Irish- He wore a brown suit, light hat and heavy mustache. The large man ad- dressed him as Brownie during the second holdup. Officers Thorn, MeSorley and Dower immediately made arrangements to go out in the storm to-night from here in pur- | suit. Holman was a popular officer, and st will go hard with the murderers if caught. p e gave the alarm. He liam Robinson, another had been held up at r before. stely formed a posse, ) the place where the When they were within of the spot the highwaymen m ambush. The first shot with serfous results, two hours. The shot Just below the heart. A‘ man. fr BOAER CHIETS 10 FICT FOR THER LIS Tung-fu-Hsiang and Tuan Will Resist At \Are Encamped at Ning-Hsu at the Head of Thirty ‘ Thousand Men. SHANGHAI, March 10.—Dispatches from Lanchou assert that General Tung-fu- | Hsiang, with 20,000 men, and Prince Tuan, | with 10,000 men, are at Ning-Hsu, prepared | to resist arrest. The China Gazette announces that Cheng, the Taotal, nas memorialized the | throne in favor of the abolition of lik'n | dutfes and that all the Viceroys and Gov- | ernors support him. BERLIN, March 10.—The War Office has recelved the following dispatch from | Count von Waldersee: “PEKING, March - 10.—Colonel Lede- | bur’s column stormed a gate of the great | wall eighty miles west of Paotingfu on | Friday, March §, and captured three | guns. \ Bl AT S | BRITISH INFLUENCE WANING. | Fast Losing Prestige in the Valley | of the Yang-tse. LONDON, March 11.—Commenting edi- torially upon the attitude of the United States Government toward the Manchu- n convention the Times says: | “Apparently e Washington (‘mvprn-‘ ment rely upon the moving force of their | exhortations to induce Russia to abandon | the convention or China to refuse to sign | it. The reed seems desperately broken.” | The Shanghal correspondent of the | Times, who sends a long account of the waning of British influence in the Yang- tse Valley, says: “Five vears ago British Interests and influence were predominant and unchal- | lenged, but to-day not only is the Yang- | tse not a British sphere In the sense h‘l‘ which Manchuria is Russian and Shan- | tung German, but it is steadily growing less English and more international. The whole country is aoverrun with German, | | French, Beigtan und Swisk engineprs and | traders, who are exploring its mineral| wealth and commercial resources, while | two German lines are briskly competing | with their shipping on the river; formerly | a British monopoly. One advantage the | British still possess over other powers m“ the valley is the confidence and good will | of the better class of the people and of | ral China.’ | EARL LI IS NEAR TO DEATH. | PEKING, March 10.—L{ Hung Chang is again seriously 1d his physicians an nounce that his life hangs by a thread. Prince Ching and Earl Li seem to think that by spreading rumors of the court’s | unreadiness to return to Peking unless this or that thing is done they can influ- ence the delibera of the Ministers of the powers. As a matter of fact, ac- cording to reliable reports from Singanfu, the imperial personazes are extremely un- comfortable at Singanfu, where they |in the house of the Governor, which is | only a small structure. French mission- | aries who have just returned here from Singanfu belleve that the Empress Dow- | ager would bring the court back to Pe- | king on the first offer of the allies, having | as a basis the removal of the trooos, ex- cept the legation guards. The foreign envoys will not hold a gen- | eral meeting until Tuesday, owing to the | absence of the French Minister, M. Pi- | ehon, Paotingfu. | The Tnited States siznal corns will he ready to leave in a week according to in | structions. No transport has been an-| | nouncea ¢ officials of Ce 4, however. | JAPAN’S WARLIKE MOVEMENTS LONDON, March 10.—*“The Japanese battleship Hatsuse, just completed in Eng- [1and, has been ordered to proceed hither with all possible speed.”” says the Yoko hama correspondent of the Dally Mail. “Other orders given to the Japanese navy indicate the seriousness with which the Japanese Governmgnt regards the situa- | tion in the Far East. “Well-informed Japanese regard Rus- sla’'s action in Manchuria as a gigantic | bluft, inspired by the notion that Eng- |land’s hands are tied in South Africa; but as Germany is only half-hearted in the maintenance of Chinese integrity a coalition with Japan is improbable, anl Japan is too much embarrassed in her | finances to do more than to protest anl to endeavor to secure compensating ad- vantages in Korea.” “Chinese signature of the Manchuria convention is practically assured,” says the St. Petersburg correspondent of the | Dally Mail, “because Russia last August sent to the Empress Dowager 7500 poods of bar silver.” “It is not likely that the, powgrs will op- pose the schemes of Russia,”” says the Pe- king correspondent of the Morning Post, wiring Saturday. “The situation is re- garded as very gloomy. Even the Chi- nese plenipotentiaries declare openly that intervention by the powers is not desir- able unless they are prepared to back up their protests. ““There are reports from the province of Shansi that the Chinese are constructing extensive fortifications and mobilizing large bodies of troops to resist an ad- vance of the allies. “General Chaffee refuses to allow the decapitation of several notorious Boxer chiefs, gullty of murder, whom a Chinese Judge has condemned. The Americans are the only foreigners who have carried out no executions in Peking. 1901. PRICE F1VE THREE STABLE EMPLOYES AND MANY HORSES SUCCUMB TO LETHAL FUMES IN A PECULIAR EARLY MORNING FIRE Morton’s Stables Parfially, Destroyed With Disastrous Results---Hotel Guests Are Alarmed at Impending Danger While " Firemen Subdue the Flames. THREE OF THE VICTIMS OF SUNDAY MORNING'S FIRE. THE PIC- TURE ON THE RIGHT IS THAT OF JAMES R. WHITE, THE UPPER ONE IS THAT OF CHARLES WHITE, AND THE ONE TO THE LEFT THAT OF CHALES YOUNG. WICE during the early hours of yesterday morning the fire bells rang out second alarms for danger- ous blazes in stabies in the heart of the city. In one ten horses were suffocated, in the second three lives were Jost and sixty-four horses burned to death Both fires started in the Twice before within or suffocated rear of the buildings. the space of a few weeks fires have been | discovered in stables in this city. One at £14 Geary street and one at Valencia and Twenty-eighth streets were burned, th fires starting in the same relative man ner. As told exclusively in yesterday morn- ing's Call, the most disastrous fire that | has visited this city for some time broke out in the Derby Stables, owned by Thomas J. Morton, southeast corner of Geary and Leavenworth streets. In addi- e e LEAVES RANKS OF DEMOCRACY United States Senator Mc- Laurin Wearies of Bryanism. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March 10.—Senator McLaurin of South Carolina is no longer a Democrat. His name has been stricken from the Democratic cau- cus roll by his own request. He has vir- tually read himself out of the party which elected him Senator. Whether he is to be classed as an independent or a Republi- can, or will prefer to retain the title of Democrat in the official Congressional Di- rectory, is something for McLaurin him- self to determine. The junior Senator from South Carolina has been voting with the Republicans on every occasion where there was a division on anything like political lines. To Demo- cratic friends he has contented himself with declaring that his votes were ip ac- cordance with his idea of what was cor- rect, and he has said he would continua to vote as he deemed right, in spite of all criticiems of his Democratic colleagues. O R o e ki < M {uon to the loss of life much valuable | property was destroyed and many people | had narrow escapes. The tethered horses |In the stables, overcome by the lethal fumes, dropped down in their stalls, dy- ing as they fell. Others were burned to | death, and yesterday their partially incin- erated bodies gave mute evidence of their hopeless struggle against fate. | It was at 3:27 a. m. that the first alarm | was turned in by Stable Watchman Mun- roe through an auxiliary box. The Fire | Department quickly responded and on the arrival of Assistant Chief Dougherty, | eight minutes later, a second alarm was turned in. The rear end of the stable was ablaze, whi)e masses of smoke, dense and overpowering, filled the building. Little time was consumed in extinguish- TOILS AFIELD IN MAN’'S GARB ———— Runaway Girl Becomes a Shepherd on a Colo- rado Ranch. Special Dispatch to The Call. GRANADA, Colo., March 10.—Tired of the humdrum of home life, Miss Really Wortman, 18 years old, of Dodge City, Kansas, thought 1t would be more pleas- ant to be a man and earn a living and see the world. She ran away from home, made her way to Colorado, and two weeks ago appeared In this town in man's dress, looking for work. She was engaged as a sheep herder by Rancher Cristopher. The hard, outdoor life in winter was not wholly to her taste and after a week of it she came to Granada and went to work as waiter in a restaurant, promising to return to the sheep ranch in the spring. To Mr. Cristopher she said her name was Frank Merriwell. In Granada she introduced herself as Frank Gray. ) Last Saturday the Sheriff of Ford County arrived with Edward Wortman, who was looking for his missing sister. They met and recognized her in the res- taurant and took her home to-day. doors and windows in dense volumes. Ly- ing in stalls, upon the several floors, near- ly three score of horses died. Many of these were valuable animals, but there were human beings asleep in the building, and the firemen directed their efforts in ‘attempts to save them. Bodies of Stablemen Found. The fire fighters were heavily handl- capped by the smoke. They groped their way In the darkness to the runway lead- ing to the upper floor and there, partially burned, was found the body of Charles Young. In the sleeping-room of the stable employes, on the floor above, they found the bodies of James Richard White and Charles White, who had been overtaken by death as they slept. James White, or “Dick,” had been in the employ of Morton for a year and a half— his brother for only ten days. Both were single men. Charles Young had been em- ployed for about six months. The latter leaves a wife and several children in San Jose. He formerly made Modesto his home. Charles White was born in Phila- delphia, while his brother, James Rich- ard, was a native of England. Thelir bodies were identified by Dr. Westphal, Police Veterinary Surgeon. Daylight presented a horrible sight. Some four or five horses had been res- Slight damage was done to the dwelling at 518 Leavenworth street, owned by E. Best, and occupled by Mrs. Hughes and family. Her kitchen abuts the stable on the south, and the otter portion was dam- | aged to the extent of about $150. She was awakened by a lodger, Mrs. Her- guth, | Thomas J. Morton, son of, Former Sup- | ervisor Thomas Morton, was the owner of the stable. The bullding was insured for ;mvo in the German-American Insurance | Company, but there was no insurance on | the contents. Morton estimates his loss | at about $10,000, exclusive of that on the | building. Of the sixty-four horses, twen- ty-filve were boarders. As far as known Dr. Krotoszyner was the only one who had his animals insured. Valuable Animals Lost. | Dr. C. F. Buckley lost two double ;tums; Dr. Renz a double team; Harry | Koenig a pacer, over which he shed tears: Edward Sachs lost a horse for which ha refused $1000 a few days ago. This horse died peacefully in its stall, with its head | between its foreteet, apparently without | @ struggle. | Mrs. A. Bray, who occuples the lodging- | house immediately above the stable, suf- | fered slight loss, occasioned by the hasty | moving of her furniture. She purchased cued, but the balance died either in their stalls or just without, after having broken their halters in:vain- efforts to escape. The valuable horses were on the main floor. On the lower floor, about where the fire started, eight horses were burned to death. It was here that the fire in the straw raged the flercest. Eyewitnesses say that the flames ran up the outside of the building at a point be- tween the dwelling at 516 Leavenworth street and the blacksmith shop of James Day at the eastern end of the stable, Cause of the Fire. Fire Marshal Towe claims that a burn- ing doormat hanging on the balustrade of the stairs leading to the yard in the rear of 516 Leavenworth street was ig- nited in some manner, and fanned by the southerly breeze set fire to the rear end of the stable. The straw in the stables then caught, and before the watchman discovered it the fire had made great progress. Some say that Munroe had gone out for his supper prior to calling the morning watch, and that the fire had made such headway before his return that escape for the animals on the lower floor was impossible. In Day's blacksmith skop many vehicles were under a canvas cover. This took fire and the buggies were consumed. The flames spread a short distance through the lower and rear upper parts of the buflding. Scenes of wild consternation followed. The guests of the Hotel Miramar, which 1s just across the street, the lodgers with Mrs. A. Bray at 591 Geary street, im- mediately above the stables, the occu- pants of the houses on Leavenworth street, and others In the vicinity made hasty preparations for departure. But DOCTOR FEARS FOR HARRISON —— Condition of the Ex=Presi- dent Changes for the Worse. — Special Dispatch to The Call. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 10.—The condition of former President Harrison is serfous. Dr. Jameson said to-day that the upper part of General Harrison's left lung was inflamed. There is some danger of the congestion extending to the rest of the lung and to the right lung. Until 3 o'clock this afternoon General Harrison was resting easily, but at that time he became slightly worse and Dr. Jameson was called. He said that he was certain nothing was to be apprehended for the next forty-eight hours, but the age of the patient renders all calculations un- certain. At 8 o'clock this evening General Har- rison was suffering some paln, but wa resting comparatively easy. Spanish Gunboat Ashore. MADRID, March 10.—The Spanish gun boat Ponce de Leon is ashore néar Huelva, | about fifty miles southwest of Seville. e e the place a few weeks ago from a Mrs. Schaefer. “Sparks from adjacent chimney” is as- signed as the cause of the fire by Captain Comstock of the Underwriters’ Fire Pa- trol. Theorists differ somewhat with the veteran as to the cause. Some remark- able conditions existed. The hottest place evidently was under the water-soaked washroom, where the horses were burned. To the east, toward Day's blacksmith shop, and on-the floor above, where the employes slept and where many of the vehicles were stored, the fire also raged. The flames took an irregular course and a great smoke was produced. According to Dr. Creeley, the v rinary surgeon, horses require much oxygen. Tke stable was well ventilated. access was easy, at least to the upper floors, yet the lives of three human beings and sixty- four horses went out like a flash. About an hour and a half previous to the fire In the Derby stable fire broke out in the rear of the barn of A. M. Grant & Co., 14 and 16 Golden Gate avenue. Twa alarms were turned in and ten horses were suffocated by simoke. Fortunately before the fire had gainel great headway the horses were rescued, but several have since died and others are still suffering from the inhalation of smoke, and several | of them may succumb. Horse owners and stablemen. reviewing the frequent fires in the rear portions of stables, are asking themselves. “What causes these frequent fires, and what deadly gas does burning straw give forth l“?r such disastrous resuits follow?>” | The Derby stables were purchased by | Morton a little more than three years ago. | They were formerly owned by G. B. | Morsehead, and for m ¥ twenty years previously by Theodore Ross, the jockey, | who rode Thad Stevens to victory at the | Ocean House track iw. a four-mile and re- peat race. So far it has passed through ing the fire. A south wind was blowing | the fire was conquered before it had |three fires, but never with such disas- .and this carried the smoke out through | spread beyond the stable. trous results as the last one. B I e e e e B S S S b | | COOL MILLION | SCHWAPB’'S PAY Yearly Salary Allowed the Steel Trust’s Manager. Specfal Dispatch to The Call | NEW YORK, March 10.—Instead of a modest $800,000 a year reported as his re- | muneration for presiding over the affairs | of the Unitea States Steel Corporation, | Charles M. Schwab will draw a salary of | $1,000,000. The figures were given authori- tatively to your representative by one of the members of the -steel combine who helped effect a settlement between the | rival companies. | Hardly less extraordinary than the sal- | ary, the largest paid to any man in the business world to-day, is the unanimity of approwgl with which the officers and directors in the different companies in the steel combine regard i1t. When the mat- ter was under discussion on February %, iat the Waldorf-Astoria, an objecting voice was answered by an officer of the National Tube Comp~ . in which J. Pler- pont Morgar. was large:- Interested. “Schwab will earn every cent of it for the corporaticn,” he sail. | | | |