The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1902 aR5IN SLAY3 NOTED ARIZONAN Coyote Smith Is Mur- dered at His Home in Pearce. Fcrmer Foe of Apaches the Victim of a Cowardly Crime. Spectal TUOBON, Ariz., Jan. 6.—Coyote Smith, & well known character.in Southern Ari- dead in his bed in mp in Cochise Coun- 1 been found . Citizens b offered a reward of $1000 for the conv tion, of the murderer, but there is no clew. Smith ws und lying on his back his face and a six- shoote y across his ved at first that he , but upon examin- ound in his head bu , and an in- ywed that Smith hammer, probably body years ¢ on Mountain n. many ¥ men who Smith was in Pearce. n 10 bave had an ene- kg ICIALS NEN CITY OFF Continued From Page One. mitz is present in person and willing forthwith to he functions and duties of replying to Ruef Mayor Phelan sal for the reason given by hi er he would refuse Mr. Schmitz’s de- His Honor then adjourned the mesting until this afternoon. Reed moved to make the adjournment e die, but 3 frow down by the Mayor, who Wwas supported by the board in his ruling. Other Officials Make Demands. igh but non: places to wt they were elected. business opened in the Treasur- ce in the morning John E. Mec- he Treasurer-elect, acco: y Attorneys Rior a2nd Devoto, made a formal demand for the transfer of the moneys 1o his custod: Treasurer Brooks refus At noontime the same ' demand with a like result. | the city treasury will that the formal trans- as soon the cash is Baehr the Auditor-elect, ais: or Wells and they had a nice pieasant Baehr said he thought it was the proper day for him to begin writing his signature on city warrants, | but We thought differently. 8o 1b mpromised by Baehr agree- until the rest went into office. y Clerk A. B. Mahony cal County Clerk Deane and tal ers over. Deane suggested that Ma- put a man into the office to papers that were filed, but cussion ft was decided to who were not cision of the City dis- corder, City and County Attorney and the Supervisors who were re-elected. ADVERTISEMENTS. WHERE CGCTORS FAIL To Cure Woman’s Ilis, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- gonnd Suceeeds. Mrs. Pauling udsen Writes: . “Deasr Mes. PrxzEAm:—Soon after my marriage two years ago I found myself in constant pain. The doctor said my womb was turned, and this caused the pain with considerable in- flammation. He preseribed for me for MRS. PAULINE JUDSON, Secretary of fehermerhomn Golf Club, Brooklyn, New York. forr months, when my husband became impatient because I grew worse instead of detter, and in speaking to the drug- gist he advised him to get Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. How I wish I had taken that at first; it would have saved me weeks of suffering. 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The | death list still bears their names and relatives mourn their loss. The captain of the French bark Max de- clares he did not forsake the passengers |of the steamship. He stated yesterday | that the Walla Walla was going at such | great speed/that when the vessels struck | she continued on her cdurse and was quickly out of sight. -He .says further that, awakened from sleep,-he rushed on decik and after finding out-the extent of the Gamage to his ship, had the vessel put about and stayed in the vicinity un- til noon the mext day. He even says he ordered rockets sent ;lnu;‘(h? air and had el i ng. la&‘é;lrésergclcsl'fl% “hat ine: Walla Walla went down a sacrifice to the safety of the Max. They declare that Captain Benoist was off his course and that had | he continued without meeting with an ob- stacle the bark would have gone ashore. | " Yesterday morning Captain Hall and | his fellow-officers on_the lost steamship were closeted with Edwin Goodall and other officials of the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company in the private office of the general manager. ree stenographers | Were kept busy taking the statements of the various witnesses. " i | 'The reports of Captain Hall of the Wal- la Walla and Captain Benoist of the.Max will be filed to-day with the Inspectors | of Hulls and Boilers. A day will then be i set for the investigation. | | | DENIES COWARDICE. Captain Benoist of the French Bark Max States He Did Not Run Away After Collision. Captain Robert Benoist of the French bark Max is wroth at the charges of cow- ardice made against him and his crew. He denies that he sailed away from the Walla ‘Walla and left her passengers to a watery grave. Benoist is-a man of his.convic- tions, and when he forcibly stated yester- day that the steamship people were to blame for the lamentable collision he meant it. He has made his statement to the French Consul. He has left in that gentleman’s care his loghook, which de-* tails the story of the collision. Captain Benoist was up early yesterday morning. He left his vessel in charge of First Mate Ignace and came ashore. He visited the agents”of his ship, various brokers and then called upon‘the French Consul. He was closeted with that official for more than an hour and told him his story. The captain s o man of few words. He says he will make his statement to the per authorities and at the proper time. n an interview yesterday he said: | "tWe were on our right course. My men ! tell me they could see the lights of the steamer three miles distant. I had retired _and the ship was in command of Emilio Ignace, my first mate. When the shock came 1 awakened and immediately rushed on deck. Everything was in chaos and 1 took command. The ship was put about and we rushéd forward to see the extent of our damage. We found our bowsprit gone and the side of the ship stove in. Our collision bulkhead saved us from sinking. “The stories that have been published that we ran away from the Walla Walla are untrue. Immediately after the colli- sion I had the ship put about. Rockets were_ sent aloft and the fog horn was blown for more than an hour. Even the bells were rung: ‘I had lights placed fore apd aft in the rigging and we cruised in | the vicinity until the next day. | | | | by manufacturers of Pazo Of ‘““When we struck the steamer she must have been going at fifteen miles an hour, because she went right past us and was out of sight in quick time. “Had the lookout on the Walla Walla not-been asleep at his post, or had the members of the crew been more watchful, the accident would not have happened. My men have assured me they could ges the lights of the steamer fully three miles away. “‘Our course was east-northeast, and we were ‘salling at the rate of two miles an hour. “We had our-lights lit, and they should have been and could be seen by passing vessels. ‘‘There are twenty-one men in my crew. ‘We lost one man rounding the Horn. He died of consumption and was buried at Sea. We were on our way to San Fran- cisco when we collided with the Walla Walla.” AR SOPRLAY AL CAFTAIN HALL BLAMES MAX. Says Frenchman’s Master Should Have Put His Vessel About. Captain “Andy’’ Hall of the Walla Walla was around the front yesterday. He can just manage to get about, and every once 4n,a whil¢ has to take a rest, as his back is still sore. Captain Hall said: The captaln of the Max says we were wholly to blame, does he? NoOw, maybe there is an- L e e e o e e e e Piles Cured Without the Knife. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. No Cure, No Pay. 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A sailing ship has the right of way according to the rules of the road, granted; but when a sailing ship sees that a colljsion is inevitable the rule of the road says he must up helm and ’'bout ship, Now the Max ‘could easily have got out of our way, but it is another thing to stop a steamer going thirteen knots. Mind you, I Wwas not on the bridge until after the collisfon, but had the crew of the Frenchman been awake they could easily have wore ship and averted the disaster. The story that my officer In charge of the bridge was asleep is a de- liberate falsehood, The Max may have had her lights out, but during the rain squall that came up 'after the collision I failed to see them. Tglt again may have been due to the fact that I was too busy attending to my passengers and crew instead of watching the other fellow. I did ask him to stand by, however, and he never paid the slightest at- tention to my hail, Captain H. P. Weaver of the steamship Roanoke came all the way from the Springs to assure his friends that he was not a victim of the Walla Walla disaster. His name appeared among the list of se- riously injured, but it was another Weav- er, and the gailant master will make an- other trip to Nome next spring. Yester- déy he was being congratulated on all sides. 5 McD. Lingum, a quartermaster on the Walla Walla, was also glven up as lost. He was among the last to leave the ship, and yesterday appeared on the front to let his friends know that he was alive. His story of the disaster does not differ from that of the passengers and other members of the crew. He said: Had the Frenchman put up his helm there would have been no disaster. He says he saw our lights, but we did not eee his. He came like a gray ghost out of the sleet and struck us before the man on the bridge could give a slow bell. If, as he says, he saw our lights, why in the name of all that's glorious didn’t he ’'bout 'ship? Why, he could have thrown her. aback in two minutes, while we couldn’t stop our way short of ten minutes. Captain Swan, late of the bark Theobald and other coasters and who was on his way to Puget Sound to take command of :al \aensel. was among the rescued. He I wonder where that fellow thought he was going to? It was lucky for him that he struck the Walla Walla or else he would have piled up on-the.. near the entrance to boldt Bay. Max was clear off her course and noth- had she continued on it. As it was she ran into the Walla Walld and that brought her up. It was a most unfortunate affair and I think it would have been better had the Frenchman gone ashore, After the wreck the Max would have gone ashore somewhere. above Trinidad had it not been for the Acme and McCulloch. With all her headgear gone she was. like a duck with @ it @ ‘ To Cure a Cold in One Day “Take Laxutive G Trnnts, AN raggists refund the money s to cure. B W, "Grove's stanatire e on each box. 250 % a broken wing and could make no headway, A Yankee would have made some shift and Bot some kind of a jib up, but the tug got the Max and saved her in time. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company has already made arrangements to. the steamship Queen on the Walla Wal- la’s run. ‘Lhe Queen will leave here on the 16th inst., and nearly all of the hands who were saved from the wreck will go out on er, AP CREW IS EXHAUSTED. Men on the French Bark Max Have a Trying Experience Before Reaching Port. At an early hour yesterday morning the French bark Max, the vessel that collided with the ill-fated Walla Walla, was towed off the Risdon Iron Works and within a day or two will be taken to the wharf for repairs. The vessel is practically new, having been built fifteen months ago in France. This was her second trip to San Francisco. She was in ballast and was on her way to this port when the accident occurred. The members of her crew were tired and exhausted, and many of them sought a much needed rest. For the past four days they have worked incessantly to bring the vessel to port. As was stated in The Call yesterday, she was picked up off Point Arena and towed into the bay, and remained in quarantine all night. ‘The bowsprit hangs over the side of the vessel in a shattered condition. The fig- urehead is also badly battered, and the plates in the sides give evidence of the tremendous force with which she struck the steamer. But for her collision bulk- heads she would have gone down. Huge pleces of the steamship are intermingled with the wreck of the forward part of the French bark. The angriest man on board the bark s Charles Chevalier, second officer of the Max. A morning paper stated that he had drawn a picture of the wreck, which was used as a diagram. Chevalier denies that he ever made such a drawing or had been interviewed by a newspaper man. There seemed to be a unanimity of opin- fon on board the Max. The crew assert that they were not to blame for the col- lision. They allege that they could see the steamer’s lights fully fifteen minutes before she struck the Walla Walla. They charge the lookout of the Walla Walla with gross carelessness. Emile Ignace, first mate of the Max, who was in charge of the vessel when the collision occurred, made the following statement: “The accldent happened about 3:50 o'clock. I was just about to call the watch. Our course was east by south. The steamer was taking a northwest course. We could see her lights miles away. Our vessel was lighted, and if the people on board the Walla Walla: had been v e attending strictly to their business we Wwould not have struck them. Our ship was put about after the col- lision. Lights were lit and we did not run away. All hands were on deck, and we had our hands full looking after our own ship. When we found we were in no danger of sinking we looked for the steamer, but she had disappeared. We stayed In the vicinity for many hours.” Other members of the crew corroborate the first mate. Late in the afternoon the French Con- sul, in company with directors of the Ris- don Iron Works, visited the ship and ex- gmined the extent of the damage to the P TUEANE SANTA ROSAN IN WRECK. Fred Cook Tells of His Experience After the Collision. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 6.—One of the sur- vivors of the f{ll-fated steamer Walla Walla is in Santa Rosa. His name is Fred Cook, and his story is that of terrible ex- | periences and suffering. He was in an open boat on the rough sea for eleven hours, and was flnn.ll: picked up by the steamer Dispatch and taken to Eureka. arriving in this city from that place Sun- day afternoon. He says: I was in the steerage with at least forty others when the shock came about 4 o'clock in the morning. We did not need to have any one tell us that something terrible had ha; The cries and screams of the women a dren were sounds I o were thagy o e The were mostly ith women and children, but I obtained a place in one of the first to carry men. All had on life Jreservers and there were some provisions and water in my Doat. Some of the boats that were cast adrify did not have the good fortune to have the provisions and water. chil- ever can f The steamer remained above water, I think, about half an hour, but the fog so dense we were out of sight of her when she sank. e Captain Hall was the last to leave the steame; She carried him down, but by means of his If preserver he managed to reach a raft and was afterward rescaed. It was a rough sea at the time and many of the small boats. I have no doubt, could not keep abreast of it. We were fortunate in not seeing any drowning persons. NOT ON THE PASSENGER LIST. Men Saved From Walla Walla Act Mysteriously at Seattle. SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—The steamer Dis- patch, which rescued at sea more than seventy of the passengers and créw of the ill-fated Walla Walla, arrived here this afternoon. On board were two sur- vivors of the disaster, seamen named a Johnson and Odland. 'The latter brother of Captain Odland of the: stemm ‘ | RED N |LODGE fA3 BILL SCENE OF THE WRECK, PREPARED TO GIVE AID| (8 PHILIPPINES Provides for Temporary Government of the Islands. Measure Ratifles the Acts of Commission and Embodies * Its Recommendations. chairman of the Committee on the Philip- |-pines,. to-morrow will Introduce a bill for | a temporary government of the Philip- pines, drafted -after many consultations |'with the War Department, which is di- | rectly interested in insular affairs and the # government of the Philippines. The bill ! will not be a part of the Philippine reve- nue bill, which’ has passed the House, but will be an independent measure. The bili does not attempt to_estabiish a new form of government in the Philippines. but co firms the action of President McKinley in creating & commission and ratifies the acts of that commissic under the in- structions of ‘the President, dated Ap 7, 1900. It also gives the President author- ity while there is #armed tance in any part of the islands to the United States to regulate and control interisland com- merce. Section four, following the Porto Rican act, gives the government of th Philippines power to improve the h and other instruments of commerce 1 section five, also following the Porto Riean act, turns over to the government of the Philippines all lands devoted now to public use, bridges, hgh Under section six the gover | Philippines is empowered to ma and regulations for the disposition of lic lands other than timber and min lands, such regulations and effect of law only after they been approved by the President a gress. Then follows a series of pros to enable the commission to per title of persons now occupying : lands, and to lease and sell lands | pérsons or. give them to occupan {out compénsation. This is to pro the smalil native landholders who 2 cupying and for a long time have occupied pubifc lands, but who have no titles to j protect them in their holdings. Next come provisions in regard to the | timber lands, which are not to be sold or leased by the commission, who have po er only to issue licenses to cut timber un der the forestry regulations now in force in the islands. The provisions in regard to~ the timber lands are followed by a number of sections as to mineral lands. These are very elaborate and embody the mineral laws embraced within the report of ‘the ‘commission and which have been prepared by them with great care, so that they shall be in harmony with the exist- ing Spanish laws. The mineral land sec- tions cover also coal lands and saline lands. One of the most impertant provisions in the bill is that empowering the Philippine Commission to purchase the lands of the religious orders and dispose of them on proper terms to the actual occupants. An appeal from the Supreme Court of the islands to the Supréme Court of the United States is p{{ovld(‘d in certain cases. “Munieip:lities and the city of Manila are authorized to borrow momey and to issue bonds for-money for imprevements. Therc are two, sections which provide for the granting of franchises, so that individuals or corporations can go Into the islands and construct electric and steam railroads and engage in industries and manufac- tures. The granting of franchises is safe- guarded by provisions based on the cor- poration laws of Massachusetts. Provisions are embodied for establishing a colnage system én the lines of Special Agent Conant’s report. The final sections of the bill make provision for a banking system, and authorize banks of the United States to be established in the Philippines. | @il e i @ discuss the wreck, beyond admitting that | they had been passengers on the Walla Walla, had been picked up by the Dis- patch while floating on a life raft and had shipped as seamen on the latter ves- sel through their anxiety to reach Seattle. Captain Johnson talks modestly of the part he took in the rescue work. He says Captain Hall of the Walla Walla was almost unconscious when picked up. ‘When Captain Hall recovered his firsc request was that Johnson continue his search for the missing. “Captain_ there are more of them there,” he exclaimed. 80 out and find them.” Later Captain Hall demanded to know if one of his boatswains had been picked u; | - WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Senator Lodge. to have the force nave out “For God's sake, D. ‘“If he's on board this boat,” sald Cap- tain Hall, “I'm going to kill him. He shall not live after what he has done.” The captain then related to Johason that he had ordered the 'boatswain to | command one of the lifeboats, and thut | the boatswain, with a few of the crew, | had deliberately pulled away from the | Walla Walla and made no attempt to | rescue any of the helpless passengers. | Captain Johnson expresses the greatest | admiration- for the conduct of Captain i 1, and condemns in vigorous terms the action of somle of the members of the | Walla Walla's crew. In the boats and rafts whiéh the Dispatch picked up, Johnson says, the seamen and firemen had been showing not the least consid- eration for the passengers, thinking only of themselves. He cites one gase of an old woman who | was_taken from a boat, along with a flunky from the Walla Walla. The flunky rsisted in telling the woman that he ad saved her life and finally extorted from her the little purse which she car- | ried, containing about $6. 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