The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1901, Page 1

all. XC— 129. "OLUME SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER = 7, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Episcopalian Bishops in City Pulpits o, STARVING CHINESE BUY FLESH OF CHILDREN TO STAY PANGS OF HUNGER Oriental Advices Contain More Harrowing Details of the Horrible Methods to Which the Famished People Have Been Forced Special Dispatch to The Call steamship ) 8 now visited by a famine owing to the to-day, | fa are of the rice and cocoanut crops. fsland has been afflicted by the during the summer, which deci- »| mated the inhabitants of the interior vil- -~ |lages. For this reason the inhabitants | gave little attention to securing food be- normous prices. | fore the famine became acute. It is re- 2 ths from starvation oc- Capiz alone during Aucust. er towns. Relief is be- on and other islands. s are being made for a s f interisl; between Manila X x s monthly. One tiy disasters # spread of s Shang ated a war E vo and a half cents T by tk to the Board of has given a ban- ts in commemora- ieth year. nd illuminations d French to hav s ralsed to the s occasion TRAINMEN MEET DEATH IN REAR-END COLLISION Locomotive Crashes Into a Caboose Standing on a Siding and Kills Four Men. nd 6.—Four Pan UFON WOMEN AND GIRLS Several Victims of the Unknown As- sailants Are Now at the Point of Death. PUEBLO, Colo., Oct. 6.—This city is in at e: ment over a series of murder- ts upon women and girls. From be learned they seem to have been committed by the same person, a Degro or a very dark white man with his face blacked. Last night Mrs. James P. Henderson was a victim, being half killed | with b while alone in her home, the assallant having induced her to admit him by pretending he had a telegram. He e & revolver when he departed. Later a girl in a family named Hamilton choked by a man who had 7 in. He left on the bed what c ac was terri er stolen at the other place. Hick who struck down riding a bicycle two nights ago, is the point of death with a fractured d can give no clear account of happened. Two very young girls recently been victims of assaults of > most atrocious description. In another case a negro who seized a young lady on the porch of her home was chased two blocks by a young man, but escaped. The police have been unable to get any definite information. Report comes late to-night of another case, which is now be- ing investigated. KING EDWARD WILL SPEND A FORTNIGHT IN IRELAND Expected to Arrive in Dublin in Tinie to Attend the Punchestown Races. DUBLIN, Oct. 6.—The Freeman's Jour- | nal asserts that King Edward and Queen | Alexandra will arrive in Dublin to at- was till at skull what h, t Fire Ruins Clay Pottery Works. SE 5, Pa., Oct. 6.—Fire to-day ! tend the next Punchestown races, and will e ihe PHINbuE & ry Works in| remain a fortnight in Ireland, visiting e plant to the ex-| Lord Londonderry and the Duke of Aber- firemen, nonc eness of sev rce of 165 workmen. corn, and going to the city of Belfast. Their Majesties, however, will not go into the south of Ireland. d transports which will | There | »anese papers state | the Emper- | rank of Em- rl had been stopping the same | GENERAL MILES COMMENT ON g SEVERE CONDUCT OF ALGER ADMINISTRATION Commander of the Army Not Disturbed by Former Secretary’s Sampson’s Friends Assault, but Admiral Hasten to Make Reply Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 14068 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— | “There were many transactions in | Mr. Alger's administration of the ‘War Department as rotten as beef pulp in the can. I don’t care to | say anything on the subject now. Whether I shall deem it necessary to | ish acceptance of the President’s terms. ted States knew, the r the severest kind Spain knew, an that Spanish army only aft uba cou! of fighting. The con 1 of sea gained by the United S ght Spain to terms, not the Spanish troops in Santiago, e latter - - (1 BISHOP H. C. POTTER ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE AT THE Y. M. C. A. : i | | i | | { HE capacity of the auditorium of the Young Men’s Christian Association building was test- | afternoon, the occasion being ered an address to young men. It was | the announcement’ was published that the gallery would be réserved for ladles. Ths result was a crush in that section. and it the appearance of Bishop Pot- | | ter of New York, who deliv- | Willlam Rader, Rev. Dr. Mackenzie, Irv- A= BISHOP POTTER EMPHASIZES | NEED OF CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE 'Distinguished Divine Delivers a Thoughtful Address to Young Men and Women at Auditorium. was necessary after 3 o’clock to close the doors against the incoming multitude. The song service was in progress when ed to its utmost yesterday | Bishop Potter was escorted to the plat- | form by Secretary H. J. McCoy and Rolia ‘ V. Watt. Accompanying them were Rev ing M. Scott, H. E. Highton, Ex-Judge | | understood that the address was for men | Sawyer and others. The appearance on | ‘“‘Coming from the effete East, as I did, only, but through some misunderstanding | the platform of J. Pierpont Morgan and | I was naturally regarded as a tenderfoot, ‘William H: Crocker sodn after the others attracted attention. After a scriptural reading by the Rev. ! | | | | { | | | 4 Dr. White, followed by prayer by the Rev. Dr. Rader, Mr. Watt introduced Bishop Potter in a brief address. The Bishop be- | san his address with a reference to his trip around the world two years ago. On his journey he visited this city and was | the guest of Willlam H. Crocker. He then resumed: and was given considerable advice in con- Cpntinued on Page Five, | make:a reply or not is a question. At pres- | ent I shall certainly say nothing.” ; In these words Licutenant General Nel- | son A. Miles, commanding the army, dis- | cussed . General Alger's book and the charges against him which it contained. General Miles did not appear to be espec- fally iInterested in what General Alger said and his apathy apparently extended to officlals of the administration who read the review of the work published this morning. Revives a Forgotten Scandal. “The statements General Alger makes, said an official who discussed the matter to-night, “relate to occurrences of two years and ‘more:ago. Those occurrences | have been forgotten by the public. Why need to rake them up, especially so soon | after the martyr death of the President in whose administration they took place.” | General Alger claims that the ‘“‘round ! robin” urging the withdrawal of the | troops from Cuba endangered the peace negotiations.. . An official who discussed | the question to-night said- the destruction of ‘the Spanish squadrons at Manila and | Santiago. left Spain completely at the | mercy of the United States. “The United States was organizing the ‘eastern squadron,’ "’ he continued. “it was 1 fear of this movement, not alone in Spain, | but throughout Europe, that caused Span- | squadron. | giving the latter | ! are re- drove Cervera's fleet out of the harbor.”™ Sampson’s Friends Disturbed. Rear - Admiral Sampson more disturbed over Gener ends Alger flections than either the President or Gen~ eral Miles. Rear Admiral Sampson him- self could not but an officer of service, who is familiar with the reasons for the various maneuve son exec said to- he task before Rear A was to prevent the esc; The squadron were e seen, rs which Samp- iral Sampson pe of the Spanish mprising that rmored cruisers ¥ left Santiago, they could have . caus- ves: rated of high speed, and, hac coaled and provisioned, steamed along the A ing the wildest alarm, damdge. The decision of the admiral that a vessel-should b mk in the channel of the harbor at Santiago was concurred in by the Naval Board and was considered good tactics by the Navy Department and approved by the President. The admiral sent the ing to join Schiey, tructions to sink the collier across the channel *“ “The importance of absolutely prevent- ing the escape of the Spanish squadren,’ Admiral Sampson said at the time, ‘Is so paramount that the promptest and most efficient use of every means is demand- ed.” " some collier @ ieiimiminimineiirirriiiieiie e @ TROOPS ARE MASSING ‘ ON COLOMBIAN FRONTIER Government Awaits an Answer to the Venezuelan Note Before Mak- ing an Attack. | CARACAS, Oct. 6.—An envoy of the Venezuelan Government who has just arrived at Maracaibo from the Colom- blan frontier says that for two weeks prior to October 3 the Venezuelan troops | concentrated between San Cristobal and | Cucutai, estimated at 8000 men, had not discharged a single shot against the Colombians massed before them under the command of General Valencia and estimated at 6000. Both sides remained continually at ‘shoulder arms.” The Government, before attacking, awaits the answer to the Venezuelan note.. Three thousand Venezuelans are also massed at Guaijara. ——— Senator Platt Dines With President. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Senator Platt of New York was a guest at dinner with President and Mrs. Roosevelt to-night. | The Senator remained at the White House 1 until after 7 o’clock, when he returned to his hotel. Concerning his conference with the President he declared he had nothing to say, but perhaps would have something to give out to-morrow Heavy Gale Rages Over England. | LONDON, Oct. 7.—A furious gale raged yesterday over Great Britain, the Chan- nel, the North Sea and Belgium. Several fatalities on land are reported as the re- | sult of falling trees. Slight casualties at | sea are also reported. There was a wat- | erspout near Calais. Telegraphic and tel- | ephonic communication was generally in- | terrupted. FREDDOIE GEBHARDT SUES HIS WIFE FOR DIVORCE It Is Rumored That He Intends Mar- rying Ethel Barrymore if He Se- cures a Decree. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct. 6.—Freddie Gebhardt of New York, who took up his residence in Sioux Falls last April, has filed In the Circuit Court here a suit for an absolute divorce on the ground of de- sertion. . The defendant before marriage was Miss Louise Morris of Baltimore. It is rumored that Gebhardt will marry Ethel Barrymore. 2 wedt AP0 Clergyman Shoots in Self-Defense. CARBONDALE, IIL, Oct. 6.—The Coro- ner’s jury summoned to inquire into the killing of John C. Brown on the treets of this city yesterday rendered a verdint late last night, exonerating Rev. Joseph McCamish, who shot him. Brown, jealous of the preacher, attacked him with a knife on the public square, but McCamish, who had been told that Brown had threat- ened to kill him, was armed and shot his assallant. = 1 SEESRST Protest Against the Persecution. SOFIA, Oct. 6.—The Macedonia Revolu- tionary Committee held a meeting yes- terday to protest against the persecution of Bulgarians. Three thousand persons were present. A resolution was intro- duced calling on the Bulgarian represen- tative to intercede at Constantinople for the protection of Bulgarians and demand- ing that the great powers enforce treaty rights