The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME WAVES BEA THE EVIDENGE OF A WAEEK, Fears Entertained That ™ a Steamer Has Been Lost. Many Cases of Salmon Float to the Vancouver Beaches. Ehipping Men in the North Suspect That an Alaska Liner Met With Disaster in a Storm. Special Dispatch to The Call VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 2.—From the number of salmon cases and other bits of jetsam now floating in along the shore line of Greers Beach and English Bay bearing Alaskan marks it is greatly feared that in gale of last night one of the Alaskan steamships, possibly the Cottage City, has come to grief near Van- « er. away, since the bits of broken cases all ow little signs of water wear and all eir markings are as distinct and fresh as well ¢ be. A number of painted boards which evidently upper works of some steamer were also boxes were picked up on 2ll the way from the beach alse Creek right ¥ cannery. These about 9 o'clock. Most m the Icy Pass Can- the Star of India an Packing Red Beauty e intact. From the on them it is plain the water but a short ¥ not even been d from this it is saster must have oc- The edges and re hardly worn, and action of the heavy the rocks at the n are barely dis- ave is that the salmon arrive until late were blown in by the n of Bowen Island miles out. Ever ve been float- he beach are reap- om what boat Cottage City. of the City of Seattle, Sitka, and, s and Kan- on salmon all probability 2 brands. The v is owned by a com- e, M. P., was deed Jeft last Thursday o virtual at the Cottage to have some it may be men- points from 1 washed WAR AMONG TAMMANY LEADERS GROWS BITTER Nominations of F. 0’'Grady and Perry Belmont for Congress Are Protested. YORK —aihe factional the the r the seat in ached T Dec. 26 Democrats of istrict owy resignation the Election of Joseph F. emblyman protests against the and John E. on set forth a technical nature and questioned of the nominating conven- were legality s, To-night Perry Belmont filed objections with the Board of Elections to the cer- tificate of nomination filed by O'Grady. objections are that Belmont is the nominee of the regular convention and that O’'Grady is not, in that the conven- ich nominated O'Grady was not lled. Argument will be heard he objections on Saturday. The Greater New York Democracy in convention to-night unanimously nom- snated Perry Belmont as its candidate for the Seventh Congressional district. Best Way of Waking Up England. LONDON, Dec. %.—As a Christmas at- raction the Daily News has been at- tempting to obtain the views of prominent men on the best way of “waking up Eng- jand,” in view of American and German commercial competition. The paper con- sulted Sir Thomas Sutherland, Kenric B. Murray, secretary of the London Chamber of Commerce, and others, only to discover the greatest divergence in the views of the persons questioned as to whether any real for “waking up England” necessity exists. General Seamans in Critical Condition WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—There was a serious setback this afternoon in the con- dition of Willlam M. Seamans, adjutant general of California, but he rallied to- night. When his physicians left, at 11 o'clock to-night, it was announced that, still had hope, the patient al condition. il Senator Sewell Bapidly Sinking. CAMDEN, Dec. 26.—The physicians at- <ending United States Senator Willlam J. kuell gave out the information to-night that their patient was much weaker than he was yesterday. Unless some improve- ment be shown very soon the end is not far distant. The disaster obviously occurred not far belonged to the | | SAN .FRA CISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1901. RIOTING SOLDIERS AGAIN WRECK SALOON AND FEEL THE FORCE OF MOUNTED ARTILLERY AND POLICE EIVES A DEADLY SERUM IN LIEY OF NTI-TONINE INegro Janitor Causes | Deaths of Sixteen | Children. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2%.—Before the teta- nus court of inquiry to-day Henry R. | Taylor, janitor for the chemical and bac- | teriological divisions of the Health De- | partment, admitted under oath that he issued for public use the toxic anti-diph- | theritic serum, which caused the ‘recent | deaths of sixteen children from tetanus. He distributed the vials, properly label- ed, he said, because the supply of diph- theria anti-toxine had become exhausted | early in October, and he did not belleve that the serum was “bad enough to kill | chfidren.” | Taylor is a negro. He has held city po- sitions for many years. In addition to | his duties as janitor he acted as assisi- |ant to Consulting City’ Bacteriologist | Amana Ravold. More or less in the ca- | pacity of an assistant he had charge of the anti-toxine when it was in flasks and | after it had been poured into the vials for distribution to physicians. For two hours Taylor was closeted this afternoon with Chief of Detectives Des- mond. Taylor was placed on the witness stand with the Chief of Detectives at his side. Mayor Wells advised Taylor to give a distinct, true, connected relation of facts appertaining to the toxic serum. Taylor then admitted that his former tes- timony, in which he swore that serum of September 20 had not been distributed, was false. Taylor said positively that he gave out serum of the make of Septem- ber 30. This serum, it is alleged, was re- sponsible for the deaths of sixteen or more children. Taylor said the serum of September 30 was not destroyed until after the trouble began, and that he had been trying to “protect the whole office.” < GENERAL YOUNG 300N 70 LEAE AN FRANGI3GO MacArthur May Succeed to the Command in California. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Major General 8, M. B. Young, at present in command of the Department of California, will assume control of the Departrfint of the Lakes, with headquarters here. The change, which is made at his own request, will take place March 1. The transfer is in the line of promo- tion. On March 26, 192, Major General Elwell S. Otis will retire because of age. He is at present in command of the De- partment of the Lakes, having resumed this position on his return from the Phil- ippines. The successor of General Young in the California Department, it is believed | here, will be General MacArthur. LONDON LABOR LEADER DENOUNCES CARNEGIE Says the American Millionaire OQught to Buy Beef Instead of Books. CHICAGO, Dec. 2%.—In an address at Hull House to-night Ben Tillett, presi- dent,of the London Dockers’ Unifon, who is in this country as the fraternal dele- gate to the convention of the American Federation of Labor, said: “Andrew Carnegie ought to buy beef instead of books. If he had given his workmen more wages in the past he would not have so much money to give away now and his former employes would be in a better condition.” The audience was composed principally of trade unionists. reag S S el President Entertains Dinner Party. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 — President Roosevelt to-night entertained a party at dinner. The guests were: Secretary Root, Attorney General Knox, General Ran- dolph, Rear Admiral Robley’ Evans, Sen- ator Lodge and Justice Clarke of New York. A COMPANY OF THE EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT, LIGHT ARTILLERY, CHARGING THE RIOTOUS SOLDIERS, THE PROPRIETOR OF WRECKED SALOON AND A SBOLDIER WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. Cursing Mob Beats Retreat and Makes a Stand in the Presidio Grove, Where One Man Is Nearly Trampled to Death et ot HERE was rioting outside the Presidio gates again last night. Angered by the severe repulse they had received at the hands of the police, provost guards and cavalry on Christmas day, the mob of in- furiated soldiers who tried to wreck Dave Tarpey's and other saloons in the neigh- borhood returned to the attack last even- ing. Fully 1000 desperate men in blue threw their fear of the police and natural instinct to obey their superior officers to the four winds and charged pell-mell, like a herd of infuriated cattle, on Tarpey’s saloon, and many crowded into the place in wild disorder. Louis Tarpey, the 16-year-old son of the proprietor of the “gin mill,” was in the act of drawing a glass of beer, and one of the soldiers picked up a chair and struck him down with a blow on the head and shoulders. Then the rioters demolished everything In sight, both in front and be- hind the bar, and rushed out again into the street and prepared to give the police a battle. Dave Tarpey and his son made good thelr escape through the back way. In the melee that occurred outside one soldier was trampleq down and terribly mangled. The assault was evidently planned with deliberation. The recruits and casuals who participated in it were not under the influence of liquor. After wrecking Tarpey’s saloon the an- gry soldiers engaged in another riotous skirmish with the police, and a detach- ment of mounted light artillery from the Eighteenth Regiment was dispatched to the scene as quickly as possible after the first outbreak occurred. The police faced the soldiers with their clubs, and the riot- ers, armed with sticks and rocks, beat a sullen retreat. Several Shots Are Fired. Several shots were fired, windows were broken and the shattered glass was picked up by the rioting soldiers and thrown in all directions. They yelled like a band of Comanches. Vile epithets were hurled at the police and the excitement reached an intense pitch. On Greenwich street the soldiers made their first stand. Policemen Hostetter, Hering, Rice and Stratton were on duty in the neighborhood when the trouble commenced. A riot call was sent to the North End and Central stations and Lieu- tenant Martin and a squad of police re- sponded from the Central and Sergeant Campbell with another squad came from the North End. Saloon-keeper Tarpey barricaded hjs doors after the soldiers left and then ran into the reservation.to. seek the protec- tion of the military authorities. While he was gone the mob of soldlers secured a stout board, and using it as a battering #ram, splintered the barricaded doors of the saloon and added a few finishing touches to the work of wrecking the place. About this time the police arrived and charged the desperate mob with their clubs. The rioters retreated to Greenwich street in front of the reservation and assalled Anderson’s saloon and the Can- teen across on Lyon street with mud and rocks. They broke several windows and a number of people were struck with the flying missiles. One Man Perhaps Fatally Trampled. The police fought the mob gamely and were gradually forcing the angry soldiers inside the reservation when a detachment of mounted light artillery, commanded by Captain Rumbaugh, dashed up Greenwich street toward the maddened throng. Cap- tain Miller, officer of the day, appeared on the scene also with a big provost guard, and they, too, engaged the mob. The mounted artillerymen drove the riot- ers into the reservation and they then entrenched themselves in the thick grove of trees just inside the gate. The soldiers refused to go farther, thinking that the mounted men would not pureue them into the small forest. But in this they were mistaken as more than one of the rioters found to their sorrow. The mob hooted, Jeered and howled at their mounted pur- suers, and this,enraged the artillerymen beyond measure. Right on through the thick grove of trees charged the artillery- men. They rode right into the middle of the throng and trampled some of the rioters down. Willlam Hawley, a recruit from Alabama, had enough liquor aboard to be particularly ugly, and one of the artillerymen knocked him down and the horse trampled over his prostrate body, inflicting injuries from which he will not recover for many a day. When picked up by a fellow-soldler shortly after the trouble was quelled Hawley was uncon- scious. They removed him. to. the Gen- eral Hospital on a stretcher, and Dr. Ben- nett, who was in charge, dressed his in- juries. Hawley's left leg was shattered and over and under his left eye there was a gash bearing the shape of a horse’s hoof. Hawley had not regained conscious- ness up to a late hour last night, and the physiclans fear that he may have re-| ceived severe internal injuries. Fear Still Another Riot. After the mounted soldiers had routed the mob, the provost guard searched the grove for stragglers. Several were found and locked up in the guardhouse. After the disturbance extra policemen were stationed on Baker, Lyon and Green- wich streets, and as fast as any soldiers showed up they were hustled info the reservation. 2 None of the police who were mixed up Continued on Page Three. - | il -5 PANAMA CANAL ROUTE MAY YET WIN IN SENATE Its Advocates Gaining Adherents Among Members. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Deec. 2%.—A Washington dispatch to the Record-Herald says: It may be Panama after all. As soon as the holidays are over and Congress returns to town, the battle of the canals is expected to rage with great fury. Nicaragua still has the advantage, but it is not to be permitted to carry off the honors with- out a struggle. Panama is developing un- looked for strength. A private telegram from Paris received here indicates that the new Panama Canal Company is prepared to submit to the United States a definite offer of sale at a value set by the Walker commission— namely $40,000,000. If the Panama Company does submit such an offer and includes in it all its property of whatever description, there is at least a chance that the strong tide now running in favor of the Nicaragua may be stemmed. In the Senate a strong Panama party is developing. Influential Senators say pri- vately to your correspondent that they are convinced Panama is by long odds the better route, and that if any offer to sell at the commission’s valuation is re- ceived, they declare it will receive favor- able attention at the hands of the Senate. Roosevelt Party Reaches Quantico. boat Dolphin, with Mrs. Roosevelt and party on board, anchored off Quantico this afternoon. Soon thereafter the party were conveyed in small boats to the isl- and of the Metropolitan Club, of which they will occupy the crudbrooms for the night. The feeding ground of the ducks have been carefully looked after since the President visited here, and with an improvement in the condition of the weather for this occasion some good sport is likely. RN Miles Passive Under Censure. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—General Miles resumed his duties in command of the army at his office in the War Department to-day. It is said that he has decided to accept the situation with the best possi- ble grace and will say or do nothing to continue the controversy. So far as known, the incident will cause no decided change in his prearranged plans, official or social, for the hture. QUANTICO, Va., Dec. 26.—The dispatch | PRICE FIVE CENT DEWET TAKES BRITISH CAMP BY SURPRISE |Four Yeomanry Compa- nies and Two Guns Are Captured. Lord Kitchener Telegraphs His Fear That Casualties Are Heavy. Patriots Obtain Revenge for the Re- cent Successes of the Foe in Rushing Their Laagers at Night. Special Dispatch to The Calk | LONDON., Dec. . neral Dewet has taken revenge for the recent successes of the British in rushing laagers at night, and has captured a British camp in the eastern part of Orange River colony by the use of tactics similar to those em- ployed by the British. The scene of ‘he reverse is within one of the areas of the Boers' main resistance, where General | Dewet frequently foiled the British com- | manders. The following briet dispatch from Kitchener tells all at present known of the affai JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 26.—Rundle \renorln Colonel Firman's eamp at Zeefontein was. successfully rushed |on the night of December 24 by a considerable force of Hoers under Dewet. 1 fear the casualties were | heavy. Firman's column consisted | of the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth and Fifty-third comp: nies of Imperial Yeomanry, one & | of the Sevemty-minth Battery a | ome pompon. They were guarding the head of the blockhouse lime from Harrismith to Bethlehem. The | First and Second Imperial Light | Horse have gone in pursult of the Boers. Boer resistance has always been very strong in that part of the Orange River colony which was the scene of General Dewet’s Christmas coup. A great quad- : rangle of blockhouses is being built there, the points of which are Vereeningen, | Volksrust, Harrismith and Kronstadt. At | the southeast corner of this quadransle 1 an open space, from Bethlehem to Lind- ley, where the square of blockhouses is still incomplete, and here Dewet mads | his attack. Colonel Firman's force amounted to 400 men, and the disastewr, especially the loss of guns, the possession | of which may enable Dewet successfully | to attack the blockhouses, creates a dis« turbing impression. | ISLAND OF ASCENSION, Dec. 2%.— | When the British steamer Goth, from | South African ports, arived here to-day. | a Boer prisoner, who had been smugsgled on board the vessel in a box at St. Helena, was handed over to the British naval authorities here. AGREEMENT THAT STALLS OFF WAR IS SATISFACTORY Argentina Minister to the United States Informed of the Agree- ment With Chile. WASHINGTON, Dec Argen- tina Minister, Dr. Ga Merou, to-day received a dispatch from the Minister of Forelgn Affairs at Buenos Ayres announc- ing the satisfactory termination of the Chile-Argentina trouble and giving the basis of settlement. The dispatch is as follows: “The pending incidents with Chile have been settled by agreement direcnyl witn the Government of that country and in & satisfactory form. Chile gives explanation of the opening of roads through the dis- puted territory, and hoth Governments agree to withdraw the police forces which | they have maintained in the territory in controversy, situated near the inlet of Ultima Esperanza. ALCORTA, “Minister of Foreign Affairs: Dr. Garcla-Merou expresesd himself as highly gratified with the disappearance of the war cloud, and pointed out that the terms of settlement showed that Argen- tina’s earnest desire to maintain peace had led ber to make a considerable sacri- fice. By both forces withdrawing their police from that locality the Government ownership of the Ultima Esperanza ter- ritory becomes a question for arbitration. DIAMOND CHAIN TAKEN FROM EXPRESS PACEKAGE Robbery Occurs While Gems Are in Transit From Washington to New York. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—A mysterious robbery of a diamond chain valued at $2500, of which either the Adams Express | Company or Shaw & Berry, a local jew- eiry firm which shipped it to N;w York, are probably the victims, occurred some time between Sunday afterncon and this forencon. The jeweiry was dispatched from here to Joseph Frankel & Sons, No. | 68 Nassau street, New York. When del ered there was no evidence that the seal had been tampered with, and the pack- age was not opened in New York umtil to-day, when the chain was found miss- ing. The stolen gems numbered 200, and were . set in a platinum lorgnette chain fifty- four inches long. The package was made up by the local firm under the personal supervision of the preprietars, and duly wregistered. Detectives here and in New York are working on the case. It is sup- posed that the package was opened by some cne acquainted with its contents, the chain removed, and the package then restored to its origiral appearance. —— 3 King Edward to Open Parliament, LONDON, Dec. 26.—It has been definite- 1y learned that King Edward will per- sonally open Parliament