The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 14, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-—NO. 14. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ENGINE LEAPS FROM RAILS AT A GORGE Disaster on the Narrow Gauge Railroad Near Felton. Engineer and Fireman Seri- ously Injured in the Wreck. R Fifty Passengers in Peril on the Track Over the San Lorenzo River. h to The Call. Z, June 13.—At a point 6 on the narrow neisco and one mile wreck oc- n James Stan! v and Coyle were severely in- fty passengers in the cars nsisted of seven coaches and ut ten minutes late. It up the lost curve before reack time on the run the swinging around ing the tunnel the e ties for mearly 100 feet otive jumped track and nst wall of granite the road and stopped every part of mokestack was car- cting bowlders tore off e tender, which om the engine, orge of the San Lorenzo below. The for- e baggage car left the nd side of the r were ken by contact with the rocks hes remained the track Rescue of Injured Men. The terrified passengers rushed to the platforms of the cars in a state of panic, internally deep scalp Miss Kate 1 been visiting Swanton, in Santa d excel- She had her me ng home, red of her t to the pow- nd for a few the men r were spared the wreck. Thej 3id much to Morgan Dr zZ were early the res- X ant of this cnown that no 1t is con- wa tes mafl clerk ders himself i n inicrview going of the road » ascertain at an t we struck > of r left the the opposite door with ping. and as I did so and the ten t past the tender Had 1 jumped T woul ve been instantly crushed between mail car and the and fireman were Pacific pital in San Franc t Glenwood they were jolned by Fireman Coyle's father, who accompanied them on the remainder of thelr journey. ern SFCETNES TWO KILLED IN COLLISION. Passenger Train Crashes Into Double-Header Freight. LOS ANGELES, June 13.—Two dead and four injured is the result of a head-end on on the Santa Fe this morning s east of Willlams, Ariz. The a JAMES MONAHAN of Winslow, fire- man The injured a M. M. Mickies, Wins- chair car porter, arm badly bruised; J. W. Cahart. Pullman conductor, Chi- cago, wrist broken; C. H. Bludsall, fire- man, Seligman, Ariz., fractured skull; Charles Wood, engineer, Winslow, shoul- der wrenched. The passenger trzin was going east at a lively rate when it crashed into a double-header freight, wesbound. The jcading engine of the freight train was badly wrecked. The cab was torn com- pletely away, but the engineer was un- hurt. Monahan’s body has not yet been recovered from the debris. The other vic- tims were taken to Williams, where the injured are being attended to in the rail- road hospital. one hundred yards this side of the | Hos- | ONIATOWSKI 6ET3 [GLAND - (F PARAGUA |Prince Closes a fease With the Sultan of Jolo. ——— Forms a 810,000,000 Com- pany to Develop Various | Industries. | the Validity of the Extensive Concession. TR Epecial Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, June 13—Prince Poniatowsk! of San Francisco has ppocured from the Sultan of Jolo an absolute concession for fifty years, ending with the year 1950, of the island of Paragua. It is reported the Prince has formed a $10,000000 company and Is making plans for a most thorough exploitation of the timber, ing, rubber and pearl inc of the island and the development of its shipping. The scheme also embodies a plan for the building of roads and harbor improvements. The representative of Prince Poniatow- ski here, John Anthony, presented docu- ments to the Philippine Commission to- day and asked for an indorsement of the plan. The question involves the asgree- ment of General Bates with the Sultan and also the validity of the Sultan's juris- diction and autherity, which occupied an uncertain status with Spain and ofter- ward with the United States. The com- Washington Cfficials Will Pass Upon ol CLAUDE MACDONALD DECLARES BOXER UPRIGING WAS GAUSED BY THE AGGRESSIONS e | OF FOREIGNERS AND ENMNITY OF MANDARING WED BEYOAD THE_ AOCKY MOUNTHINS Marriage of San Fran- ciscans Savors of Elopement. Miss Adelaide Beardsley Be- comes Charles Griffith’s Bride. i Groom Is a Well-Known Young Clubman and Breeder of Fast Harness Horses. il AL Special Dispatch to The Call DENVER, June 13.—Charles L. Griffith, a horseman and man about town of San Francisco, and Miss Adelaide M. Beards- ley, also of the Golden Gate city, were of St. John's Cathedral, Denver, by Canon | Grimes. told by Griffita savors of an elopement. Griffith arrived in the city Tuesday and registered at the Brown Palace. He reg- | istered his wife also, although his wife- to-be was not with him. He says he left San Francisco Sunday night a week ago with three horses, which he may race at Overland. Miss Beardsley did not reach this city, Griffith says, until yesterday morning, when they took out the marriage | license, visited Canon Grimes and were DISTINGUISHED BRITISH DIPLOMAT AND HIS WIFE, WHO WERE IN PEKING DURING THE GREAT CHINESE BOXER UPRISING AND THE SIEGE OF THE LEGATIONS AND WHO ARE NOW EN-ROUTE TO ENGLAND ON A TRIP THAT COMBINES BOTH BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. mission will probably refer the auestion to Washington. The military authorit as opposed to recognizing timber permits to public la Forestry s are on record the Sultan’s collected tax: The population of Par; estimated at 30,000, on ua of whom 2000 are Moros EDITCR AND MAYOR DUEL WITH SWORDS The Latter Is Wounded in the Wr: but Still in Fighting Iood. PARIS, June 13.—A duel with swords was fought to-day in the Parc des Princes between Gerault Richard. manager of the | Petite Republique, and Max Regis. the | anti-Semite Mavor of Algiers. The latter was wounded in the wrist. The quarrel | which led to -the encounter grew out of | the recent duel of M. Regis with M. La- berdesque. To-day closes the series of duels. The others referred to in these dispatches of |J1mr 9 have been averted by explanations. | M. Regis, who was wounded in the sec- refused to shake hands with Richard. Afterward the latter ond bout, Gerault remarked that he had offered his hand as | M. Regis replied: care a rap for your politeness. I only shake hands with those I like.” | A bystander commented on the rudeness tof M to fight a duel with him | ever, intervened. an act of courtesy. “I do not Friends, how- | CHIEF OF ARAFPAHOES | DIES ON RESERVATION | | He Was Considered One of the IMost Bloodthirsty Indians in the West. | CHEYENNE, Wro., June 13.—Sharp= | nose, chief of the Northern Arapahoes of | the Wind River reservation, Is dead, aged 66 years. He was considered one of the most bloodthirsty Indlans in the West, and many murders have been traced to | him. Sharpnose is =ald to have been the | leading spirit in the recent difficulty with the Indian Agent at Fort Washakle. SRRceE GENERAL S. B. M. YOUNG STARTS FOR THE COAST Coming to San Francisco to Take His Place as General Shafter’s Successor. WASHINGTON, June 13.—General 8. B. M. Young visited the White House to-day and bade the President good by. He left here to-night for San Francisco, where he will relieve General Shafter as com- the | egis. vie: a vanted | Regis, whereupon the latter wanted | ¢ 405 just what amount has been declded upon, but what- | | | IR CLAUDE MAXWELL MACDONALD, K. C. B.. K C. M. G., British Minister to Japan and late Minister to | China, arrived erday from the Orient with his wife. t I Ethel Macdonald, on the steamship Hongkong | Maru. They are quartered at the Palace Hotel. Sir | Claude bas a distinguished record both as a soldier and a dip- 1 lomat and played an important part in the siege of the iega- | tions in Peking last vear. The representative of King Edward | of England is a man of superb physique, courteous and amia- ble to all who have occasion to meet him. | “We are glad to get to America,” said Sir Claude last night, “for we have never besn in this country before. I went to China for the first time in January, 159, and stayed there for four vears. ' The work was very arduous and the climate in Peking ve: ng, and in May. 1899, T took my wife home to England for a visit. I asked the Government to allow me to go to Japan, and that Sir Ernest Satow, the Minister to Japan, might be sent to Peking. Sir Ernest was willing to make the change, but I did not get to Japan as soon as I had antlei- pated. When T returned to Peking in the autumn of 1893, we first heard of the Boxer riots in Northern China, and events followed so rapidly that we were besleged in the legations al- most before we knew of the trouble being so close at hand.” Sir'Claude_had but little that was new to tell of the hor- rors of the famous siege, but he\talked: at length of the pres- | ent situation in the Flowery Kingdom. “When askéd as to the hility of China paying a large indemnity to the foreign rs the dinlomat answered: I have been away from China since last October and do | ever the sum may be it is quite impossible to say if China can meet the dema Whether she he called upon to pay one hundred and fifty million dollars or twice that amount,.it Is equally problematical’ if she can pay. China publishes no financial budget and one figures in the dark when it comes to computing what the Government ralses by taxation and im- port duties.” Many Causes for the Boxer Uprising. Sir Claude Macdonald is of the opinion that there were many causes for the Boxer uprising. “It was not due alone to the anti-missionary feeling,” he said, ““and the causes were far reaching. The acquisition of territory by the powersywas one of the chief causes. It in- flamed the minds of the officials of China, and, as they do and fecl, the masses of the people follow. If an official is friendly to foreigners the people will be the same; If he is opposed to them, so will the people Le. The people of China are a peaceful and Industrious race and do not look for trouble, but they are dominated by the mandarins in every thought. “In Northern China a drought had existed for two years before the Boxer uprising and many people were starving and desperate. It but needed a spark to inflame their minds against the forelgn missions. The missionaries have done many things to earn the ill will of the people. They are earnest In the cause of civilization and religion, but many of them have interfered in legal and domestic affairs of the Chi- nese people in their districts. “The Boxer uprising was mainly due to the absence of good officials In.the province of Shansi. The notorious Yu mander of the Department of the Pacific, Hsien was Governor of that province, and was appointed | I | | despite the protests of the foreign Ministers. Yu Hsien was formerly Governor of Shantung province. and his hostile at- | titude to foreigners was so proncunced that the entire diplo- matic corps asked for his removal. The Empress and her ad- placed him in charge of Shansi province, where the jority of the missionaries were located. No foreigmer is allowed in the interior of China outside of the missionaries. They alone are allowed to go there, treaties providing for their presence. T could not go to the interior of China. A good offi- cial in Shansi could have stopped the Boxer uprising at the start. “When we first heard of trouble in the province the diplo- matic corps insisted that the Chinese ‘Government take steps to quell the movement. Nothing, however, was done by the Government, and the uprising grew on all sides. The mission- aries were killed and the Boxers swarmed down on Peking. Even then we did not reallze that the Boxers were receiving the support of the imperial troops. The Boxers were armed with spears and swords, but when volleys of Mauser bullets were poured into the legations we knew that the Government was aiding the mob. : Yu-Hsien Responsible for Massacres. “The province of Shansi always was looked upon as a peaceful one, and the massacre of the missionaries was pri- marily due to the presence of Yu Hslen as Governor. He is one of the men whose head has been demanded by the powers. He is supposed to he with the Empress and her court.” In speaking of the. Emperor, Kwang Su, the British diplo- mat said: - “I think that the young Emperor means well, but he is physically unable to hold the reins of government. posed to be suffering from Bright's disease, and the Dowager Empress keeps a tight hold on the affairs of the country. “My wife, Lady Macdonald, was one of the . first white women to meet the Dowager Empress. Two years ago my wife and the wives of the other foreign Ministers spent a whole day with the Empress at the palace. Each lady was accompanied by the interpreter of the legation. T sent my best interpreter along with my wife. He had lived in China for twenty years and had a thorough knowledge of the language. I told him to keep his ears open and to listen to all the conversation of the Empress and the ladies of the imperial court. I wanted to know just how thé Empress acted in her palace and what her attitude was to the visitors and to those around her. That evening when my wife returned my interpreter came to me and sald: ‘I have reasons to change all my former opinions :Lln the Dowager Empreés. She is amiable unto weakness.' at conveyed a great déal to my mind, especially as my in- terpreter, an Australian by birth, was a cool and very level- headed fellow. Four weeks before the slege began my wife and the other ladies of the legations again spent a day with the Empress.” 3 Sir Claude was asked if he thought the withdrawal of the foreign troops was a good move, and he answered: “Yes, it is a good thing that the foreign troops are being withdrawn. There has been too much friction among them and the example was bad for the Chinese. There is no danger ; Cohtinued on Page Two. Distinguished Diplomat, Who Was British Minister at Peking i During Siege of the Legations, Arrives From Japan, Where He Now Represents His Majesty, En Route Home | He is sup- | £ married. Griffith last night claimed that every- thing was regular. but later admitted that his relatives did not know of the mar- riage. He wanted the affair suppressed until letters which he wrote yesterday could reach home and inform them of the wedding. When asked whether the fam- ily of Mrs. Griffith knew that she was to be married he replied in the affirmative. He refused to state, however, why they | | | came to this city to have the ceremony | solemnized. nia woman, very beautiful, of command- ing carriage and a pleasing conversation- ist. Griffith is no stranger here, having raced horses at Overland four years ago. He sald last night that he brought but three horses with him, leaving the re- mainder of his string on the Pacific Coast. His visit te this city. he said, was a bit | sudden. He explained that a friend of | his was coming heré with some horses, and as the latter had room in his car for three extra ones he “slipped in three and came along.” Griffith says that if he does not race his colts here he will stay in Denver some time and then enter them on the grand circuit. The announcement of the wedding of Charles L. Griffith.and Miss Adelaide M. Beardsley at Denver came as a great sur- prise to the many friends of the couple in this city. The bridegroom is the son of the late Captain Millen Griffith, who amassed a fortune here in the steamboat | business in the carly days. Charles L. Griffith is one of the most | popular and well-known clubmen of this city. He is a member of the University Club, and when the news of hi§ marriage was received at the club last night a long telegram of congratulations was sent to him by his friends. string of trotting horses, among them be- ing the promising colt Bonnie Direct, with a record of 2:06%. He has a magnificent breeding establishment for fast horses at Pleasanton, which was built by his father and whence some of the finest horses ever bred in California were raised. He kept the announcement of his contemplated marriage a profound secret. Griffith is a graduate of Yale and was born in California. He devotes all his time to superintending the estate of his late father. When not in San Francisco he spends his, time at his stock farm at Pleasanton. Miss Beardsley was formerly employed as a saleslady at Nathan, Dorhmann & Co.'s. The couple have be¢n engaged for more than a year and it is rumored that the wedding took place in Denver owing to the opposition to the marriage by the Griffith family. \ quietly married yesterday at the rectory | Thereby hangs a tale, which as i | I} | Mrs. Griffith is said to be well known in | San Francisco. She is a typical Califor- | Griffith left here last Saturday with a | HUNDREDS PERISH IN HLAMES Terrible Loss of Life in Indiana Hotel Fire. e Two Hundred Guests Are Reported to Have Met Death. | Destructionat Midnight of the { Million-Dollar Hostelry at West Baden. INDIANAPOLIS (Ind.), |June 14—8 a. m.—The tele- | phoneoperator at Bedford, jlnd.. at 5:20 a. tele- | phoned to the Sentine! that he has m. information from Orleans to the effect that | the loss of life by the burn- ing of the West Baden Springs Hotel, at West : Baden, just after midnight, |is estimated at from 150 | to 200. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 14. -- Telephone messages from Salem, Ind., to the Jour- nal at 4 o’clock this morning say the West Baden Springs Hotel at West Baden has | been destroyed by fire. Great [ confusion prevails. and at this time it cannot be stated whether the fire was attend— {ed by loss of life. The hotel |is the largest hostelry in In- diana, having some 700 or 1800 rooms and cost, $1,000,~ The will amount to about $100,000. 000. insurance DENTAL BILL BRINES HIN T0 DISERAE v | WASHINGTON, June 13.—Captain Rob- ert E. Imfrey, one of the oldest line of- | ficers of the navy and slated for honorable | retirement as rear admiral on September 21, has been convicted by court-martial of the charge of “scandalous conduct, tending to the prejudice of good morals.” | The record of the proceedings. findings and sentence of the court-martial was re- ceived at the Navy Department to-day and is being reviewed by the judicial of- ficers. The maximum penalty for the of- fense of which Captain Imfrey was con- victed is dismissal, but in view of his long service the court gave him the lesser but still severe sentence of a substantial re< duction in numbers. Captain Imfrey’s trial grew out of a dis« pute over a dentist's bill. Cdptain Im- frey is stationed at the Mare Island Navy | Yard, near San Francisco. The dentist who treated him professionally submitted a bill for $0. Captain Imfrey wrote to the dentist that the Government paid such bills. but' the auditing officer would not authorize the expenditure of so large a sum for fllling teeth and suggested that the amount be reduced to a reasonable fig- ure. The dentist declined to reduce and after waiting a while without obtaining payment sent the bill and Captain Im~ frey’s letter to the Navy Department. | !