The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-—NO. 43 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRISONERS THREATENED BY BI6 MOB Two Thousand Men Visit Jail Clamoring for Vengeance. AL i Citizens of Kansas City Are Enraged by Fiendish As- sailants. RN Sy to Lynch the Accused, Roughs Attack and Beat All Negroes Encountered on the City’s Public Streets. G July 12—A crowd of and boys surrounded the lamoring for negroes who Grace Davis and high- men from the ex- h returned to the rowd did nothing Policemen them to disperse ncensed the citizens of the most daring out- here. Miss Da rnie Newton, spent ch ving hem from behind. Miss New- ess and Miss Davis t into a private park she recovered c rt was still insensible. re th in a critical condition. Mob Lacks a Leader. crowd at d in numbers, but and an aggressive the composed of the rough ele- s eager for trouble dozens of influential citi- people to go home. largely away to the still in jail are pirited e nearc rts Holland. There is| ep fe ie outrage among all sses community, which had al- the murder of Tom of a prominent citizen, by a Troost Park last Ay been arous! Assailingi All Negroes. EAS CITY, Mo., July 13, 12:30 a. m. mob, kas taken to beating negroes a can be provoked, been assaulted. have been fired, The crowd has begun whom black men hi quarrel mb pist sho hun- g plans. F squads of seventy-five, are egTo quarters in the mnorth beating negroeé¢ and policemen drove the mob x block, but 50 of in the streets a block hese a rumor was current wd of stockyards men would epared to storm: the t this report and her troub CHICAGO’S POPULATION OVER TWO MILLIONS New Directory of the Lake Metropolis Residents. The ere will be more new city direc- and statisti- ! figures say the ig book will show that Chicago has 2,100,- This will be a 5 per cent ger ratio of increase There are 58,000 indicating Federal cen- . but the school NOTED VIRGINIAN DIES A HERMIT IN MEXICO Lived for Thirty Years Remote From Civilization and Refused to Receive Americans. y A 12 Tex., July ispatch from Mexico, say Major T. J. formerly a noted politician and citizen of Virginia, who cam to Mexico thirty years ago and has ever since lived the iife of a hermit on a ranch in & remote t of this county, is dead He lve, an adobe hut near the village y of Guadaiupe y Calve, and was never to an American after en- tering upon his life of sec] known to speak BRITISH WOUNDED ABANDONED | LONDON, July 12—~There was a nolsy session in the House of Commons arising from a question as to whether the British wounded were left in the hands of the Boers Viakfontein. Lord Stanley, Financial Secretary of the War Office, de- clared the War Office had no information on the subject, but John Dillon, Irish N: tionalist, backed up by the cheers and ghouts of the Nationalists, plied Lord Stanley with questions until the Speaker intervened. As Dillon declined to give way the Speaker reproved him, but after a con- siderable uproar a compromise was reached, Dillon giving notice that he will repeat his questions Monday- the Court-| | likely. The crowd | six of the negro sus- have peen identified—Joseph | | the mob seemed to have | | [ [ CITY ASSUMES ITS HOLIDAY ATTIRE AND IS NOW PREPARED TO WELCOME THE INCOMING HOSTS OF LEAGUERS Public Is Requested by Committee to Decorate With Epworth Colors and Extend CQordial Greeting to Visitors---Preparations at the ’ SS | | E. K BIGGERSTATF W W AN FRANCISCO began to assume its holiday attire yesterday when a force of men commenced the work of decorating on Market and the other principal thoroughfares. Before the close of the day Market street, with its wealth of Epworth League bunt- ing and fluttering flags extending from the ferries to the Pavilion, presented a pretty spectacle. The decorative is an | tive one. The plan was laid out by George Norton, chairman of the decoration com- mittee, and it provides for festoons of flags every sixty feet. There are two | lines of color, one above the other, the lower consisting of Epworth flags and emblems, and the upper made up of the stars and stripes and the league colors of red, white and yellow. This plan is followed along Market street from East {to the Pavilion and along Montgomery and Kearny from Market to Pine, Grant avenue from Market to Sutter and on Stockton from Market to Geary. The same schemc will be employed along Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets from Market to Mission. At the inter. section of each of these streets with Mar. | ket there will be an electrical festoon of 350 lights each, from which will be sus- pei.ded a red Maltese cross with the let- | ters E and L in white. The crosses are | ten feet square and when illuminated | make an attractive display. Chairman Norton has issued an appeal scheme attrac- | to the merchants along the main streets D R e ] ] | ENEZUELANG SCENT - BOLD COUP DETAT | Andrade’s Revolutionary Plan i Backed by the Asphalt | Trust. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, July 12—A Journal speclal from San Juan de Porto Rico says: Ven- ezuelans here who have been agitated by | reports from New York that the agents of a Venezuelan revolutionary party are pre- | paring plans in that city for a new Caracas coup d’etat were startled yester- day by the arrival at this port under an assumed namge of General Andrade, for- mer President of Venezuela. Andrade came from New York on the steamer Ponce. He was registered on the passen- ger Jist as “J. Tiones.” No one can be found here who is will- ing to vouchsafe an explanation for An- drade’s assumption of incognito, particu- larly in view of this, that the reports of incipient trouble in Venezuela necessarily tend to make his action the more sus- picious. The cnemies of Andrade are not diffident in declaring that the general, for mercen- | to decorate their places of business 1m | some appropriate manner. |is provided, he asks that the league col- | ors of red, white and yellow be displayed | in some form or other. A compliance with | this appeal, he adds, will be heartily ap- | preciated not only by the committee but | by the thousands of visitors for whose | benefit the decorations are now being pro- | vided. Reception Committee’s Work. | The reception booth at the Pavilion was | decorated with the league colors and oc- cupied for the first time last evening. It is s'tuated on the south side of the build- | ing. between the headquarters of the en- | tertainment committee and the Southern | Pacific's exhibit. - The headquarters has | been supplied with a telephone and those | in charge will be constantly in communi- | ¢ation with the outlying sections of the committee. | The headquarters of the reception com- | mittee 1s under the supervision of Chalr- man W. H. Waste, who is also vice chair- man of the general committee. Miss Alice | Macdowell, secretary of the committee, will be in immediate charge. The San | Fraucisco section of the committee has | been organized into four divisions, direct- ed as follows: Main section and ferry, | Vice Chalrman F. Ernest Edwards; Santa | Fe section and ferry, E. K. Biggerstaff; | Valencia street section, Vice Chairman Miss Rosina H. Treadwell; Third ani Townsend streets, Vice Chairman Miss Ruth Sorrells. Under the leadership of} these vice chairmen these four points will be carefully watched day and night until the close of the convention and all reg- iular and special Epworth League trains | will be met by delegations of the recep- tion committee. The Harbor Commissioners have cour- | teously allotted to the reception commit- | tee headquarters in sthe private office”of the commission in the south nave of tke | ferry buflding. A section of the commit- "(ee will be found in this place until the close of the convention. The final meet- | ing of the San Francisco section of the | reception committee “was held at the Y. M. C. A. building ' last night. “Final in- | structions were given to the ladies and all matters with which they are to deal thoroughly explained to them by W. H. Waste and the various vice chairmen. Appeal to the Public. Vice Chairman Waste of the general committee issued an appeal to the public |last night in which he asks that every citizen constitute himself a committee of one for the reception and entertainment of the thousands of visitors who are now pouring into the city by every train. The card to the people of the city is couched in the following language: . To the General Public: The Christtan En- deavor convention of 1897 afforded opportunity MILITARY AGTIVITY AMONG THE PERUVIANG Army Increased b§ Conscrip- tion and Cities Being Fortified. Special Dispatch to The Call. LIMA, Peru, July 12.—Peruvians are ir- quiring why there is so much military ac- tivity in this republic. They are asking with whom Peru is going to fight. Army enlistments are increased by con- scription, guns, rifies and ammunition are being purchased in Europe and the Gov- ernment is fortifying Callao and San Lorenzo. There are fears on account of this military activity. L e e e e Y ) ary purposes, seeks to overthrow the pres- ent Venezuelan Government. A semblance of reason is given to their arguments by the freely voiced statement that Andrade is extremely friendly to the American asphalt trust—a friendliness not chared by Venezuela's present administra- tion—and that the asphalt trust would in all likelihood give Andrade ample back- ing should he bhe ambitious to secure by If nothing else | you will be conferring a great favor not only | Baths early ldst month. =N 2 . :epm JORREL N +- g | PROMINENT WORKERS OF EP- WORTH LEAGUE AND DELE- GATES TO THE CONVENTI 8 - < fo the citizens of San Francisco for the en- tertainment of the largest mumber of people from outside the State that has gathered in this city to the present time. Reliable reports from the authorized railroad representatives n- dicate that the attendance at the fifth In- ternational Epworth League convention will far exceed that of 1897. One of the pleasant feu- tures of the convention of 97 was the uniform courtesy and kindness shown to the visitors from out the State by the citizens at large of the city of San Francisco. The fact that every citizen of this great city seemed to have con- stituted himself or herself a member of the Teception committee made the stay of the vis- itors at that time one of pleasure and profit. In behalf of the reception committee of the convention of *'California 1901” may I ask that our people again use every endeavor to bring about the same result? Will you not in the interest of our visitors offer to them every cour- tesy and attention that lies in your power, and give to them such information as they desire? By asslsting them in finding their way about the city and to our parks and public buildings R o e e e e e BATTLES TO0 NUMERQUS T0 BE REPORTED Kitchener Frowns Upon Alleged British Victories. i Al Boers Continue Active and Vigorously Attack Post at Houtkop. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, July 12—A dispatch from Lord Kitchener to the War Office, under to-day’s date, states a post of South Af- rican constabulary at Houtkop, northwest of Vereeniging, was attacked by the Boers yesterday. The enemy succeeded in capturing an old seven-pounder, but was finally repulsed. The British loss was three killed and seven wounded. Lora Methuen was engaged east of Ze- rust on July 5. He captured forty-three Boers, a quantity of ammunition and cat- tle wagons.. The British lost two wounded and the Boers three killed. Kitchener sent a dispatch to the War Office to-day explaining his failure to re- port an engagement between 240 of his scouts and 400 of the enemy near Warm He says the Boers were commanded by Pretorius, not by Beyers, as stated In the press. He contends it wonld be impossible to send an account of each action. owing to their number. In conclusion Kitchener says: “I do not approve of the inclination to magnify every unimportant skirmish into a British victory that exists in the press, and although I find it difficult to control this, I certainly do not encourage it in any way.” Lieutenant Hern, who is quoted as say- ing he saw the Boers shoot wounded pris- oners at Viakfontein, arrived at Plymouth force his former power in the republic.” from South Africa to-day. a Pavilion for Grand Opening Nearly Completed. to them but upon the reception committee. T | believe that one of the best results to the city | that may be obtained from this convention will be that the reputation which our people all have for unbounded hospitality can be agaln | sustained. Very truly yours, W. H. WASTE, Vice Chairman General Committee and Chalr- man Reception Committee. Preparations at the Pavilion. The Pavilion was a scene of unufual activity yesterday. The hammering was continuous on every side, and structdres of every descrintion rose as by magic on both floors. The work on the main plat- form has been completeq and the work of placing 9000 chairs is now in progress. The seating capacity will be fully 12,000. The hall committee had difficulty in secur- ing sufficient chairs yesterday, and it was necessary to send-tb Oakland for 2000, _The county exhibit was enriched yes- terday afternoon by the receipt of 10,000 packages of seedless ralsins contributed | by the Chamber of Commerce 6f Fresno for free distribution to visitors. The ex- | hibit will be working smoothly by Mon- day, and greatly beneficial results are ex- | pected. | The California Prune Association has | taken charge of the entire annex, and| tables and chalirs for 200 guests have been | provided. During the convention a corps | of competent cooks will be in attendance to show in a practical manner how prunes | are best cooked. The fruit will be dis- | pensed to visitors without charge. It is believed by the association officers that this cooking 'school will be of vast benefit | to all who will take the trouble to watch operations here. The entertainment committee pm\'hied, accommodations for nearly 200 leaguers vesterday. There was a large member- ship of the committee in attendance, and | every applicant for rooms was attended | to without loss of time. The branch postoffice at the Pavilion is in working order. J. G. Daub has been | placed in charge. He has two assistants. | A complete mailing and delivery system has been established. At the request of the information bu- reau of the 'Southern Pacific Company, Chairman Waste of the reception com- mittee has designated four ladles, in charge of Miss Jean Hornung. to be in attendance at the office of the railway | company under the Grand Hotel. This is done to facilitate the operations of the information bureau of the company. as well as the work of the reception commit- | tee. Leaguers Are Rushing Westward. About six hundred Epworth Leaguers arrived in the city up to 6 o'clock last night. These came on the regular trains | and are merely the advance guard of | the big body which Is to arrive on Tues- day. Seventeen special trains from Oma- ha are scheduled to arrive to-morrow, and | L e 2 e e e e T T S e o e e R S T ) AMERIGAN LOOTERS REGENE SENTENCES Imposes Consul Ragsdale Imprisonment on Three Offenders. LRl Special Dispatch to The Call. TIENTSIN, July 12.—James A. Rags- dale, American Consul here, has sen- tenced three American looters, caught in the Chinese quarter of the city, to four years’ imprisonment in the American jafl at Shanghai. Ragsdale has turned over the Europeans caught looting to Consuls of Great Brit- ain and Denmark, respectively. WASHINGTON, July 12—Carrying out a decision reached about a week ago, Sec- retary Hay to-day gave an instruction to Commissioner Rockhill to support the Japanese application for an enlargement of their indemnity to be pald by China from 50,000,000 yen to 54,000,000 yen to cover the depreciation in Japanese bonds as compared with those of some other na: tions. | The committee will be constantly in the | the rush begins. . PUGHLEY - D- D- — the Oakland contingent is making great preparations for their reception. The re- ception committee across the bay in charge of A. H. Trathen began the dis- charge of its duties -yesterday afternoon. field from now on. R. H. Harris went to Tracy yesterday to open a branch registration office at that point. Tt is designed by this to re- lieve the pressuré at the Pavilion when President Eli McClish of the University of the Pacific is in the city with a view to arranging for an exhibit of the uni- versity at the Pavilion. Miss Hall, a returned missionary from | registered at the Pavilion head- | Korea, quarters vesterday. Dr. J. W. Tarboux, Bishop of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. South, in Brazil, | will arrive in the city Monday. He will | accompany a party of New York leaguers. Grand Chorus Rehearsal. The first rehearsal of the grand chorus to take place with the organ accompani- ment attracted a large concourse to the Pavilion last night. About %0 members of the chorus, embracing singers from this | city and Oakland. occupied seats on the | { platform. Among the audience were many visiting leaguers. The general pubiic was not admitted, and this was a source of bitter disappointment to many hundreds, who vainly clamored for admittance. The entire programme as printed in The Continued on Page Two. EMPLOYES TO GIVE FILLMORE A FORTUNE Will Present Retiring Mana- ger With a Purse of Five Thousand Dollars. S WY Special Dispatch to The Call. : | morning he conclusis | north, | was guided during a period of | Mont Valerian and myself. | ‘Let OGDEN, Utah, July 12.—Retiring Mana- ger J. A. Fillmore of the Southern Pacific is to be the recipient of a small fortune at the. hands of the 25000 employes of that company. Mr. Fillmore is perhaps the most universally loved railroad man in the West, and now that he is'to sever his connection with the company the em- ployes will show their appreciation of what he has done for them in the past by presenting him with a purse of 33000 in cash. Circulars were got out here to-day and will b& mailed to every em- ploye of the company with the requost that he contribute what he can to the fund. Catholic Clergyman Is Elevated. CHICAGO, July 12—The Rev. Peter J. Muldoon has been appointed auxiliary Bishop to Archhishop Feehan of Chicago. He has been for many years chanceilor of the aréhdiocese and is rector of St. Charles parish. SUCCESSFUL NAVIGATION OF THE A1 M. Santos-Dumont Has Solved the Great Problem. Makes Marvelous Trial at Paris and Steers in All Directions. With His Motor-Driven Balloon the Inventor Will To-Day Try for the Prize of One Hundred Thousand Francs. sty Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald‘ Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub- lishing Company._ PARIS, July 12—M. definitely solved the navigation. During a Santos-Dumont has problem of aerial couple of hours this 1y proved by steer- ing through the air in every direction— south, east and west—turning to right or left, wheeling round in wide ¢ cles above the Bois de Boulogne and fi ally sailing off to the Eiffel Tower. M. Emmanuel Aime, the distinguished pro- fessor of sclences and mathematics and secretary of the Aero Club, was wildly enthusiastic. “It is marvelous,” he exclaimed again and again. M. Aime is accepted the world | over as an authority on aerostration, and his opinion of to-day’s trial is conse- quently of the greatest This is what he wrote for The Call and the Her- ald: Guided During Perfect Calm. t 3 o'clock this morning the balloon perfect calm from the Parc d"Aerostation at St. Cloud to the Longchamps racecourse and was given the final touches in the pres- ence of M. George Besancon. director of value. | the Aerophile, organ of the Aero Club and of French Aerostation; M. Gustave Her- mite, several officers from Versailles and The words g0’ were uttered by M. Santos-Du- | mont, who was alone in the car of the balloon. There is not room in it for an aeronaut much bigger than its designer. “The words were the signal for the ccm- { mencement of a series of experiments of the most conclusive character, which sur« passed in importance any that have been made from the days of Montgoifler up to the present time. Six consecutive times the aeronaut made a complete circuit of | the Longchamps racecourse, a distance of | 3600 meters. Speed of the Airship. “It was proved that the airship has an average speed of forty kilometers per hour; that it answered its rudder with the most perfect, obedient docility, and that the problem of landing was solved, each voyage round the course rigorousiy ending with a descent at a spot In Pelouse indicated beforehand. “It returned time and time again to a previously designated spot, just befora the tribunes, with such mathematical pre- cislon that the aeronaut might, If he choose, add the most interesting and no- vel attraction In the review on July 14 “When M. Santos-Dumont had accom- plished all these evolutions he turned the head of his balloon in the direction of Huteaux and safled off to that "place. Then he turned round sharply and came back to the starting point before the tribunes. Circles the Eiffel Tower. “After taking a fresh supply of petro- leum he made off toward the Etiffel Tower and reached it, a distance of five kilomet- ers, in ten minutes. While over the Champs de Mars a slight accident to his M. Santos-Dumont rudder compelled to come down in Trocadero Gardens. A tall ladder was very ojligingly brought by some workmen and M. Santos-Dumont climbed up it to repair the defective part. When this had been done he started off again, swept completely round the Eiffel Tower and came back at a breakneck speed to the tribunes on the Longchamps racecourse, in order to reassure his friends, who were alarmed at his_long disappearance. Miraculous Experiments. “Including stoppages the voyage lasted an hour and six minutes. After a little rest, M. Santos-Dumont started off to- ward the rising slope behind Longchamps, | crossed the Seine at an altitude of 200 meters and brought back his airship to it3 home port, the Parc d'Aerostation of the Aero Club. “The miraculous part of the experi- ments is that during the entire course of his journeying backwards and forwards with numerous ascents and landings, M. Santos-Dumont did not employ a single pinch of ballast to guarantes his equili- brium and yet remained as completely master of his altitude as he was of his course. He remained at a height of be- tween 100 and 200 meters by the inclma- tion of the axes of the balloon and pro- pulsion of the screw.” To-morrow the inventor will make an official attempt to win the prize of 100,000 francs offered by Henry Deutsch for a manageable balloon. Hanna, the Children’s Guardian. CLEVELAND, July 12—Judge Dissett of the Common Pleas Court this after- noon appointed Senator M. A. Hamna guardian of the three children of his son. Danlel R. Hanna, by the latter's divorced wife. The action was taken as the result of an injunction issued yesterday pro- hibiting Mrs. Hanna from removing the children from the jurisdiction of the Cleve- land courts. She, however, lcarned of the issuance of the injunction, and with the children left the city for New York before the papers were served upon her.