The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1901, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER PRICE FIVE CENTS SCORES OF CLEVELAND RESIDENCES ARE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD THAT FOLLOWS TERRIFIC DOWNPOUR OF RAIN SELL SLAVES IN MARKETS OF MANILA Parents of Filipino Girls Resume Abominable Traffic. United States Authorities Said to Permit the Business. L R Extraordinary Charges Are Made by 2 Newspaper in Luzon Against the New Civil Officials. wek & il Special Dispatch to The Call. Tacoma, Sept. 1). MANTLA, A 1 rears old are —F1li; the ets in Manila e police and ce of the sensational the Manila Times, the American offi- matter and stop the are sold are 4 details are and of the s con- g sev- Mexican v their parents | INMPESSIBLE T0 PREVENT HOSTILITIES President Castro Seems Determined to Go to War. Washington Regards News| From the Republics as Alarming. A iy ‘Withdrawal of the Exequaturs of Ce- lombian Consuls in Venezuela Practically Means a Call to Arms. BRSO R Special Dispatch to The Call. 1406 G STREET, N. » Sept. 1—It is feared here that it may be impossible to prevent hostilities between Venezuela and Colom- bia. The action of President Castro in withdrawing the exequaturs of all Co- lombian consuls in Venezuela can be in- terpreted in only one way: that he is de- termined to force the two countries inte war. At the Colombian legation no offl- cial information confirming the press dispatches has yet been received, and it is hoped that President Castro has not taken the step which will almost in- evitably lead to war. Minister Silva sent a cablegram to his government to-night asking for information as to the present | situation Colombia does not want war, and Minis- ter Silva and Secretary of Legation Her- CALL BUREAU, | W., WASHINGTON em to rich Chi- at home. that the formerl Mozambique untries the In Manila d immor- | TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE TO BE LONGEST EVER LAID Steamship Taking Soundings Discov- ers a Range of Submarine Moun- tains Off Awmstralia. NGTON t n in of sub- the ge directly in mountains. It cable at orfolk from le house is most e route, as d New Zea- to be repeated EARNS THE PEOPLE XING CHRISTIAN THANKS OF Fight Thousand Liberals Make Not- able Demonstration in Front of Amalienborg Palace. HAGEN 1.—At noon to- g CF witnessed from notable demon- in his honor. COPEN and persons passed in review. e of Queen Alex- e Dowager Czarina nages, received a who thanked tor fidence in the people and ap- 1 M¥ o £ f a graclous speech of re- ristian sald the Ministry red of every support on he trusted the majority of support them in a much task as responsible Gov- ernment leaders. Amid great enthusiasm his Majesty "tk d to one of the balconies and proposed a cheer for “Our beloved father- lan e 4 YSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF RETIRED BUSINESS MAN Wife Finds Him Dying on the Floor ‘With a Bullet Hole in His Breast. ROME, N. Y., Sept. 1.—Robert Wilson, y owner of the R. M. Wilson bath tul works in this city was shot and )st instantly killed by a revolver in s summer home at Syl- g. Wilson had been event ad.been gone a few Mrs. Wilson was startled ge of a firearm, and she he house and there on the floor and breathing his last, with in his breast. Rumors of 2id that Wilson that he carried nied. It recently % $250,000 on his efer to | | lan porch with his wife and | ran are confident that the people of Ven- | ezuela do not want it. They hold only |one man responsible for the present strained relations between the two re- | publies—President Castro. They believe | e realizes that the movement against | him in his own country is gaining strength daily and that he hopes to counteract this and unite Venezuelans by plunging them into a foreign war which would ap- peal to their patriotism. It is probable that official reports WIHI be received to-morrow. If they bear out the press dispatches they will Indicate that the situation has become much worse | i ad of be re is no disposition to recall any of els se to the Isthmus. The Ma- as may be reinforced at Colombia by one els on the North At- The battleship Iowa, h has been coaling at Acapulco, sailed from there last night for Panama, and, with the Ranger, will be all the force that 1 be required on that side of the Isth- or more of v lantic squadron. mu COLON, Colombia, Sept. .—Government reinforcements numbering sixty left Colon last evening for Bocas del Toro. CARACAS, Sept. 1—The Venezuelan | Government has published a memoran- | dum remitted to all foreign governments in explanation of the attitude it has adopted in connection with the Venezue- “olombian controversy. In diplomatic circles here the question is considered very serious. BRITISH ON A BATTLEFIELD. | Officers of the Phaeton Tell of the Struggles in Panama. | VICTORIA, Sept. 1—H. M. S. Phaeton | returned to-day from her cruise in south- | ern waters, where part of the time spe | was anchored off Panama to protect the | interests of the Britishers during the | revolutionary struggle there. Her officers | state that Panama while not in an actual s of siege, s little different, | for the rebel forces were in the field just beyond the city and there were barricades on the and on the bridge under which the railw runs which connects Colon with Panama, the Atlantic with the Pacif the br! . There were few engagements between Government and rebel forces while the | Phaeton lay off Panama, but one of these t did occur was a most sanguinary af- It took place after nightfall on the field just without the eity, and although of the ship’s company of the war- aw the action the sounds of the fir- ing proved that a stirring action was tak- ing place, and next morning when the patrols were marching over the field from | which the rebels had fled the many | Wounded left groaning in pain and the | dead lying here and there on the grass | reets, a masked battery in a of logs which stretched across | and amidst the shrubbery showed that a fierce fight had taken place. When some of the officers of the Phae- ton were going over the field of action next day and the Government patrols were carrying away the dead to the fune- ral trenches and the wounded to the pri: ons, already filled with the unfortunates, the naval officers saw many sights that proclaimed that the field had been one | on which a bloody affray had taken place. The first sight that caught their eyes as they drove along a roadway across the plain was a blood-covered stretcher lying where it had been tossed into the ditch by the roadside. A little further along the road they overtook a carriage which bore & wounded man, evidently an officer, | and sitting beside him were other officers of the Government forces supporting him, while behind the carriage in which the groaning officer was stretched came a disorderly Jooking lot of soldiers. Khedive of Egypt Visits Paris. PARIS, Sept. 1.—Abbas Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, has arrived in Paris from Di- vonne. COURT OF INQUIRY MAY TAKE TESTIMONY AT THE BEDSIDE OF REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON Counsel for Schley Is Determined to Bring His Rival Before the Investigating Body, but the Naval Officer’s Condition Is So Serious That Death May Intervene Before the Hearing >3 DR, cnflr’x I:,x N CHIEY OF B osss=ATI OF ORCTIANCE: LA = ALL BUREAU, N. W., WASHI Acting Secretary of Hackett has received no recent information as to the state of Rear Admiral Sampson’s health. It is kncwn at the Navy Department, however, that he is very ill, and there is very little hope that he will be able to appear as a witness before the court of inquiry. In the event that he is not able to appear it is probable that the court will adjourn and will go in a body to Burke Haven, N. H., to take his testimony. There has been some difference of opin- fon among lawyers engaged in the case as to whether it would be not possible to take his testimony by deposition. Law officers of the Navy Department do not believe that this can be done, except by unanimous consent. Depositions are not admissible before a naval court-martial, and, although courts of inquiry have more latitude, they follow in a general way the rules for courts-martial. In view of the great importance of the Schley court of inquiry, it is believed that the rules will be adhered to very strictly, and that if counsel for either side should object to the receipt of a deposition it would not be admitted by the court. It is possible that an agreement may be reached be- tween both sides to have Rear Admiral Sampson’s testimony taken by deposition, but Schley’s counsel have shown a deter- mination to get Rear Admiral Sampson into the courtroom, one of them intimat- ing that if he was sick now, he would be a great deal sicker when they got through with him, 1406 G STREET, , Sept. 1.— the Navy (L RADING ek SOIAVRON. — REAR ADMIRAL WHOSE ILL- NESS SUPPLIES PROBLEM FOR NAVAL COURT. S Another of Schley's intimate friends and advisers declared that they would have Sampson in the courtroom if he had to be carried in on a stretcher. As a matter of fact, aside from the de- sire of Schley’s counsel to cross-examine him in public, there Is little reason why Sampson would be summoned before the court. It is mot understoad that his tes- timony will be a matter of vital import- ance. All of his orders and correspond- ence are matters of record in the Navy Department and will be before the court, In addition to this the court will have the testimony of Captain Chadwick, who commanded the New York, and was Sampson’s chief of staff, and of other officers of his staff. There is much doubt in Washington among naval officers who know Samp- son’s condition whether he will even be able to make a deposition when the court meets. It is feared he may not live until the day fixed for its assembly. His death would not make any difference In the pro- ceedings, except to eliminate his personal testimeny. His death would advance Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers into the class of rear admirals, whose sea pay is $7500 per year, and would promote Captain Frank Wildes, captain of the navy yard at New York, to the grade of rear ad- miral. SAMPSON M_A—Y BE FEIGNINCG. Friend of the Rear Admiral Declares He 1s Not IlL LAKE SUNAPEE, N. H., Admiral William T. Sampson, Mrs. Sampson, has been staying here at Burke Haven Head Hotel for the last ten days, is sald by his friends to be in as go0d condition physically as he.has been at any time since he took command of Charlestown navy-yvard. “In fact,” said a friend, who talked with him & day or two ago.. “he seemed to have improved noticeably since leaving Boston, and all this talk about him being a sick man has no more foundation than it had six months ago. Admiral Sampson is spending most of his time in the open air, taking walks and sailing on the lake. When I saw him he was thinking of tak- ing a hand at golf the following day. The admiral has had a good appetite three times a day since he arrived at the lake, and follows the routine life ‘of other guests at. thc hotel. After dinner he enjoys a cigar on the verarda and a chat with acquaintances on the news of the day. ““He has not made up his mind when he will return to the Boston yard. When he left Boston it:was s intention to stay in the mountains about three weeks."” Sept. who, with LEADER SAYS STEEL STRIKE Ay FAILED Hickey Makes Report to Bay View Lodge in . Miiwaukee. Admits That Seventy-Two Per Cent of the Mills Are Operating. Union Agent Sent East to Invesfigate Attacks President Shaffer for Having Ordered the Walk-Out. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1.—Charges that the national officers of the Amalgamated Association had misrepresented the atti- tude of the United States Steel Corpora- tion toward organized labor in order to get the members of the association out on strike were made by former Vice Presi- dent J. D. Hickey at the meeting of the Bay View Lodge to-night. Mr. Hickey gave the members the result of his trip to Pittsburg, whither he went to investi- gate the situation in regard to the steel strike. He said the strike appeared to be lost and it may take vears to repair the damage already done to the association. Hickey made no recommendation to the lodge as to its future action, but it is be- | lleved his speech may cause a change in sentiment. not only in Bay View, but in other places in the fourth district. Nearly all the members of the lodge were present when the meeting was called to order. President Joseph Redfern of the local lodge presided. After the meet- ing he said there had been no vote taken altkough no one had questioned the ace: racy of any of Hickey's statements His remarks will be reported in full to the general officers of ‘the organization and may result in bringing Assistant Secre- tary Tighe here again, or some other rep- resentative of the Grand Lodge. Men Will Await Orders. President. Redfern said .that so far it appears to be the opinion of the majority that the men should not return to work until they had been ordered back by the national officers. Hickey had little to say of the confer- ence in Pittsburg with President Shaffer and other national officers. The address was mainly of a personal nature, in which President Shaffer was charged with hav- ing violated the constitution in ordering the strike. with the history of the association came up for discussion. *“The object of the meeting,” said Presi- dent Redfern, “‘was not to vote upon the question of returning to work, but to listen to the report of Messrs. Hickey and Cooper, who have been in the East to see what is the real situation. The strike has now been on here for two weeks, and during that time the members of the lodge here have heard absolutely nothing about theé real situation from the national | officers. All that we have known we have seen in the papers, and last week a num- ber of the members had a meeting and decided to send Cooper and Hickey back East to find out these things. Their re- port was absolutely satisfactory and was well recefved, but I have no idea what the | action of the lodge will be or whether there will be any action taken.” Hickey Denounces Shaffer. Hickey opened his remarks with a re- view of the conferences with the repre- sentatives of the United States Corpora- tion preceding the strike, in which he de- clared that Messrs. Morgan and Schwab outlined their policy toward organized labor. Hickey went into these details to show that Secretary Tighe and Presi- dent Shaffer had misrepresented the facts when they appealea to the members of the association to strike on the ground that the steel corporation was determined to crush organized labor and ruin the Amalgamated Association. He main- tained that the proposition offered by Morgan had been fair. Hickey reported that 72 per cent of the mills were now working and that in his opinion the strike was practically lost. “I obtained these facts from a man high in office in the East,” said Mr. Hickey, “who was present at the con- ference, and I afterward confirmed the statements ‘from members of the exec- utive board. Judge Gary, former presi- dent of the Federal Steel Company, was present at the conference, and. he is now a high official of the United States Steel Corporation. He, I am informed, was in favor of signing the scale for all the mills in the combine, but this aid not meet the approval of Mr. Schwab, who thought it too radical a move. Mr. Morgan then offered Shaffer four addi- tional mills for which he was willing to sign the scale as an experiment, and then he told Mr. Shaffer that if the or- ganization kept faith in these four mills and lived up to the agreement he would pledge his word that in two vears every mill in the combine would be included in the contract with the:- Amalgamated As- sociation. Shaffer Rejects the Offer. “This was the most reasonable propo- sition which has ever been made to the assocaition, and it was clearly the duty of President Shaffer to have accepted it then and there. But instead of doing this, he turned it down flatly in a speech in which he declared that all must be Many other matters dealing | LIFE-SAVING CAEW WORKS ON STREETS Damage in Ohio City Reaches a Million Dollars. Residents Are Driven From Their Homes by Angry Waters. Torrent Invades a Cemetery, Whers Bodies Are Washed Out and Swept Away in Gutters Lining the Thoroughfares. | CLEVELAND. Sept. 1.—With the break- | ing of dawn this morning the citizens of | Cleveland awoke to look upon a scene of | devastation and destructlon caused by a | raging flood. While the re city was | more or less affected, the great volume | of water vented its anger over miles of | the eastern portion and caused damage estimated at $1,0 | The overflow caused by a heavy | rain that commenced to fall shortly atter 2 olclock, turning into a genuine cloud- burst between the hours of 3 and 5, and then continued with great force until near- | 1y 10 o’clock. The storm, according to the | weather officials, s the heaviest that has swept Clev 1 since the establish- | ing of the Government bureau in this cj | more fort, years ago. There was no loss of life. | 'The water ead over an area in the | eastern part of the city nearly eight miles | iong and a m and a half wide. This | extended from Woodlands Hills avenue | to East Cleveland and back to East Mad- | ison avenue. Houses Are Undermined. Great volumes of water poured over | from Doane and Giddings brooks down | Quincy street, swamped Vienna street, rushed over Cedar avenue, back over East Prospect street, raced like a mill race down. Lincoln avenue to Euclid avenue and then on to Glen Park place, wirere houses were undermined as though built of straw, and great damage was done to streets and proper Over a lage share of this exclusive resi- | dence territgry the water rushed with ter- rific force, vary in depth from one to | six feet. Culverts, trestles and bridges re torn down and for hours nothing | seemed capable of stemming the tide. Hundreds of dents who were im- prisoned in their beautiful homes like stranded islanders were almost panfe- | | }str!rk?n‘ expecting to be called upon to | | wade out into the swirling waters at any mi e. Danger signs the city as s were flashed about ecdily as the disabled tele- phone em would allow and the work of rescue commenced. Rowboats plied | back and forth assisting families from | perilous positions, but these boats proved | inadequate and it was soon found necessa- | T¥ to %o to the extraordinary precaution of calling on the life saving crew from the river, a distance of seven miles. The life- boats were quickly loaded on wagons and hurried to the scene of destruction. Life Savers Rescue Residents. The torrent surged with great force for hours in Deering street, from Fairmount to the boulevard, and more than a dozen families were penned in, with water five and six feet deep surrounding their homes. At this point the life-saving crew worked valiantly, and, assisted by squads of firemen and policemen, finally suc- ceeded in landing the terror-stricken peo- ple in places of safety. The fear was greatly enhanced by the momentary ex- pectation that the great Shaker Heights dam would break. Shortly before noon the torrent under- mined a score of graves in the St. Jo- seph Cemetery, at the corner of East Madison and Woodland streets, and the bodies were soon being tossed about in the waters. Fully a dozen corpses were washed into the gutters and had not been recovered late to-night. The flood broke over the banks of Doane Brook all along the boulevard and caused damage that it will take months to re- pair. Great jagged holes are torn in the beautiful driveway. Gordon and Wade parks, on the east | side, and Brookside Park, on the south side, where the water also dld great dam- age as it leaped over the banks of Big Creek, sustained $100,000 damage. Through Gleénville the overflow was very destructive. Many houses were swamped, culverts torn out and several streets turned into quagmires. The loss in the villiage is estimated at $100,000. The street railways will suffer heavy loss, extending in varying degrees over every portion of the city. The Big Con- solidated will have to rebuild tracks over | aifterent parts of the inundated East End district and the loss is placed at $50,000. Train Service. The Superlor-street trestle of the Lit- tle Consolidated is practically’ ruined, and this, with other serious damage on the lines of the company, extending on the West Side, will run its loss away into the thousands. The train service on all roads was blocked from two to six hours by the storm and flood. Every road entering the city was handicapped by sand and dirt which was swept over the tracks. Sew eral washouts occurred, the worst being the Lake Shore near Gordon Park, on Continued on Pags Threa. Continued on Page Two,