The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1902, Page 1

e — e —— VOLUME XCI=NO. 129. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHINESE BILL IS PASSED| House Injects Some Drastic Exclusion Features. One Amendment for! Protection of | Sailors. ‘ Cullom Indicates the Opposition in | Senate. I WASHINGTON, April 7.—The House to- Qay the Chinese exclusion bfl]‘ incorporating in it several amend-| ch increased the drastic feat- the measure. The principal one excludes Chinese by birth and but all Chinese of all mixed over an ibit the employment American ships. An proposition was t of order, but subse- fied to evade the ruling adopted—100 to 74. As passed the lly re-enacts all the existing | es with them regulations. It ex- to the Phil- ions of the forbids Chinese labor colon coming into ry. The Philippine Commission, y the terms of the bill, is directed to adopt proper measures for the enforce- t of the provisions of the bill in the ppines PROVISION REMAINS. iately after the reading of the | proceeded with. the con- rinese exclusion bill. having closed the bill was ment under the fiye-min- descent, blood was The chief struggle amendment to proh! of Chinese sa! and the States po: sessions vote for the bill he could til provision prohibiting e United States of Chi- in Hawaii and the Philippines heir*acquisition wes stricken out. preme Court had decided in the | {im Ark case that Chinese born country were American citizens. hought t decision fixed the status | re children in our insular posses- wnicss thé provision went out be forced to vote against the| of Massachusetts moved provision from the bill. ed a certain extent the burg, but thought the pro- pain in the bill in order 3 n raised might be passed the courts, | motion was lost. dments were adopted without to | to en's Two amen Jlark of Missouri to fon of “teacher” under | classes so as to require two ye before admission the Id have been engaged in e higher branches and an- ombs of California to provide | students shall leave the ately upon the completion course of study. BARS CHINESE SAILORS. teacher sho | ndments designed to perfect the | of { the bill, which had been e committee and the Cal- delegation, were adopted. Clark offered an amendment pro- e employment of Chinese labor- | Americ: ips as follows: { t shall be unlawful for any vessel | American register to have or | crew any Chinese person | admission to the United | ne portion of the territory ited States to which the vessei violation of this provision ishable by a fine not exceed- de 2 strong plea for the amend- ment, ing that the purpose of the | exclusion bill was to protect American labor. His amendment, he sald, was 10 protect American sailors. The amend- ment was subsequently broadened to pro- vide for the temporary employment of Chinese saflors where a vessel in distress | bas lost part of her crew. Against the modified amendment Per-| kins of New York raised the polnt of or- | Ger that it was not germane, and Moody | of Massachusetts sustained the point, but | in the course of his ruling indicated how | amendment might be made germane. | Kahn of California modified | ent to make it conform to the | the chair, his modified amend- | providing that it should be unlaw a5 American ship for a voyage rg at an American port to em- | saflore. | opposed the amendment. | that such a provision would | American ships on the Pacific | British flag. { gave notice that if the provision igoroys der the was defeated he would offer it as an| smendment to the ship subsidy bill. , Cann agreed witn Hitt that the adop- tion of this provision would force Ameri- car. ships to sail under foreign register. The amendment was adopted on a vote tellers—100 to 74. of Clark of Missouri, an was adopted adding to the & definition of Chinese those of mixed ' ninese blood. Clark announced that as the main features of the minority bill had been placed in the majority bill, and in | that way had made it more drastic than the original majority bill, he would not ask a vote on the eubstitute. Az amended, the bill then was passed without division. While the House was passing the Chi- by On motion amendment Continued on Pl.é! Two. | Africa with the Kaiser' and ‘Baron von | casualties ! at Summit. | width. KUYPER ALLEGES COMPACT Dutch Premier Talks of Anglo-American Understanding. Support in Spanish)| War Price of Non- Intervention. Interference fto Aid§ Boers Would Cause | Great Strife. h to The Call | Special Disp: BERLIN, April 7.—Before leaving here for home to-day Dr. Kuyper, Premier of | The Netherlands, made the suggestion that the assurances of British support during the Spanish war were the price | of America’s non-intervention in South Africa. The Dutch Minister assoclates | the visit paid to the United States by Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secre- tary, before the outbreak of hostilities with Spain with the official attitude of the Washington Government toward . the | Boer cause. | | | “America’s position is anomalous,” said Kuyper. “The hearts of the American ! | people unquestionably beat in full sym- pathy with the Boers, and yet the Gov- ernment at Washington is immovable. Notwithstanding the ministerial ances that England foresaw war in South | Africa long before Kruger issued his ultl matum, she would never have provoked | that ultimatum unless fairly certain of in- ternational neutralitv. EUROPE KEPT AT BAY. “When the trouble over Cuba came I cannot believe America would have faced the war that ensued if she had not been assured the navies of Europe would be kept at bay while she proceeded to riddle assur- | the decrepit fleets of Spain. Chamberlain’s family tles may have taken him to the | United States at a time when both nations | contemplated war, but perhaps thay were not so urgent as to prevent the transac- tion of official business at the same time. | “I do not mean to say that Chamberlain | gave or recelved assurances on that oc- casion, but the question as to whether he | did or'did not is both grave and suggest- ive in the light of recent history While the Dutch Premier admits having on the occasion of his present wisit lfl‘ Germany discussed the war In South | Richthofen, he denies his visit has been | connected with the peace proposals. { “All sides,” he says, “now agree that intervention would provoke a war too | dreadful to contemplate. The Boers can continue their present form of resistance | for years.” | EKRITSINGER IS LONDON, April Lord Kitchener, ACQUITTED. A dispatch from dated Pretoria, says Commandant Kritsinger, who was cap- tured by General French at Hanover Road, Cape Colony, December 17 last, and who has been tried by court-martial on the charge of having committed four murders, in addition to the train-wrecking and cruelty to prisoners, has been ac- quitted and is being well treated as an ordinary prisoner of war. Lord Kitchener reports that the Boer | during the ecngagement of | March 31 and April 1 were, at the lowest estimate, thirty men killed and eighty wounded. Commandant Erasmus was killed near | Boshoff, Orange River Colony, April 3. APPEAL FOR GIFTS. At the suggestion of Lord Milner, the | British High Commissioner in South Africa, the Lord Mayor of London has issued an appeal for gifts of money or household necessitles for the families of artisans at Johannesburg, whose houses | were plundered during their absence from the Transvaal. Lord Milner's suggestion | was transmitted to the Lord Mayor of | London through Chamberlain, the Coxon-} fal Secretary. CORK, April 7.—A performance of “The Dandy Fifth” at the opera-house was brought to a premature close to-night by the hostile demonstrations of a crowd of students in the gallery. The demonstrators then paraded through the town, headed by a Boer flag. They were challenged by a Loyalist crowd, which tried to capture the flag. A fight then ensued, in which the police interfered with their batons and many persons were injured. CHILDREN AMONG VICTIMS. LIVERPOOL, April 7.—A former trooper of the Bushveldt Carbineers, who has re- turned here, is quoted 2s saying that the convicted Australian officers belonging to that corps, since disbanded, murdered | from thirty-five to forty persons. As an instance of their . cold-bloodedness, the trooper relates how three Dutch children, 2 and 12 years of age, respectively, and their little sister, arrived at the carbi- neers’ camp to surrender in order to be given food. The girl and one of the boys were wounded. The injured boy took his little brother on his back and was carrying him off when a second shot killed both boys. The girl died shortly afterward. Rich Strike in Montana. VIRGINA CITY, Mont., April 7.—One of the richest gold strikes in the State has been made In the Kearsarge mine The vein is over a foot in It is reported to be almost pure gold. The property is owned by Charles Millard, son of United States Senator Millard of Nebraska. R L LSRN Deaths From the Cholera. MANILA, April 7.—A total of 157 cases and 127 deaths from cholera were report- ed up to noon to-day. The natives are making great efiorts to break up the quarantine established here, and in so| doing one native has been killed. ‘ | Charleston | su ¥ | laughing with Mrs. SLEUTHS GUARDING HIS LIFE President Starts for the Charleston Exposition. Rumor of Afiarchist Plot Followed by Precautions. Secret Service Round Up All Suspicious Characters. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. .. WASHINGTON, April 7.—Every pre- caution will be taken to guard the Presi- dent, who started this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock to South Carolina to visit the Charleston Exposition. The assassination of President McKinley at the Buffalo Ex- position is too fresh in‘the minds of of- ficials to pérmit of @y negligence. Be- sides, Roosevelt is not so averse to police protection as was his predecessor. A number of Washington detectives are al- ready at the exposition clearing the path of the chief executive. Co-operating with the Charleston police, they are rounding up all suspicious characters. The train upon which the President is traveling has aboard half a dozen of Chief Wilkie's most trusted secret service men. They will keep close to the President during the entire tour and will scrutinize every per- son who approaches him. Attired in plain clothes, these detectives will surround the President at all times and espccially when he is in the midst of throngs or in any public place. Any one who falls under suspicion will be examin- ed closely and put away for safe keep- ing. For three weeks the police arangements have been in preparation. At that time Officers Helan and McNamee of the Washington detective force went to and consulted with officials there regarding the necessity for avoiding a repetition of the Buffalo tragedy. REFPORT OF A PLOT. Chief Wilkie said that since the visit of the Washington men, the Charleston police have been keeping close track of all spicious characters who appeared in the city. The Federal secret service has been augmenting this work by keeping a close Wateh on tHe Mot ments ot anurehists ull ‘over the country. It was reported this morning that Chief Wilkie had received information that anarchistic circles in Paterson had se- lected a member to go to Charleston and kill the President if possible. Wilkle, how- ever, denied this report. He said extra precautions were being taken merely on general principles. At the exposition grounds no person will be permitted to approach the President who carries bundles of any kind. The police will also insist that persons moving near Roosevelt cannot walk with their hands in their pockets. Both hands must be in full view. The personnel of the party bound for Charleston is as follo President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Attorn: General and Mrs. Knox, Secretary Wilson, Commander W. 8. Cowles of the navy and Mrs. Cowles and Dr. John F. Urle. CHEERED AT DEPARTURE. The party, is traveling in a special train over the Southern Railroad. There was a large crowd at the station. The President was driven to the Sixth-street éntrance Instead of B street, where most people ex- pected him and passed rapidly to the train as dozens of hats were lifted in the air. He was In a cheerful mood. He spent most of the time before the de- parture of the train in chatting and Roosevelt and Com- mander Cowles, his brother-in-law. Sec- retary Hitchock and a number of other Government officials were there to bid the President good-by. A large number of secret service men and detectives were scattered about the station. The crowd cheered the President heartily. As the long train pulled out of the trainshed, the President, with smiling face, bowed from the rear platform repeatedly in acknowl- edgment of the cheers of the crowd. The train will arrive in Charleston to- morrow morning. ENTHUSIASM EN. ROUTE. | President Makes Some Short Speeches in Virginia. DANVILLE, Va., April 7.—President Roosevelt's journey through Virginia has been marked by extreme cordiality and enthusiasm and he has shown the keen- est interest in the historic country through which the train is passing. His first remarks were addressed to u small crowd at Rappahannock, where the train made a short stop for water. He appeared on the rear platform and after bowing his acknowledgments sald to the little gathering: “1 am now upon historic ground.” At Charlottesville the people were out in force, the driving rain not seeming to dampen their spirits in the least. Tn the crowd were a number of Spanish war veterans whom the President recognized, and his reference to John Greenway, a former member of his regiment, who was a University of Virginia man, caused the students to set up a deafening college vell. Great was the disappointment at Lynch- burg. For some unknown reason the train stopped outside the city limits and those who had waited in the rain for the President’s coming had to be content with a view of him through the car window as the train sped by the depot. ‘At Danville there was another large assemblage, the President being compelled to come out on the platform and acknowledge their greeting. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aopril 7.— Continued on Page Two.. e e HE long overdue ship Franki- stan, which left Newecastle with a cargo of coal for this port on December 12 last, was burned to the water's edge almost within sight of land Thursday night. Heroic measures were taken by the officers and crew of the doomed ship to keep her afloat until this port could be reached, but the steadily increasing fire, which gnawed with dead- ly purpose within her for weeks, ren- dered this impossible. It was only after constantly recurring explosions and when the pitch was exuding from the deck planking that the vessel was left to its fate, the crew finding refuge on board the schoomer H. C. Wright of Hana, H. L, which arrived here shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. The cargo of the Frankistan was coal, exclusively. The voyage was compara- tively uneventful until the presence of fire in the hold spread terror among the crew and heralded the sed tragedy that was to follow.. The escape of smoke through the main hatch on April 1 indi- cated the presence of the fire. To the seaman there is nothing so terrifying at sea as fire, which cannot be combated or controlled, when once it has gathered fair headway. The crew was fear- stricken when ‘a test of the temperature of the cargo made with steel rods de- veloped a tremendous heat under the fore part of the ship. The hatches were battened down and all the forward vea- tilators were closed. Then began the mad race for port in the teeth of a gale, the ship having every sail spread. It was a race in which the fire, now gathering strength with every mile made by the doomed vessel, gained the victory. GASES CAUSE EXPLOSION. But for the generation of noxious gases in the hold, which caused four explosions to occur in quick successjon, the Franki- stan might have gained port in -safety. The presence of the gases was manifest- ed on April 3, when the forward hatch covering was blown into the air. Ten minutes later the fore and after hatches were also blown off by violent explosions and they were with difficulty returned to their places. Holes were bored into the deck and water poured into the hold, without doing any gbod, however. Final- ly came one great explosion and through the open hatchway the flames shot up as high as the foresafl, ! Fortunately for the crew of the Franki- stan the H. C. Wright had borne down upon _the ill-fated ship ready to render such assistance as might be needed. The boats of the larger craft were lowersd .and the doomed ship deserted, when all hana af saving her had vanished. in lati- Crew of Doomed Vessel Is R SHIP FRANKISTAN BURNS AT SEA ALMOST WITHIN SIGHT OF PORT - | -+ SHIP DESTROYED AT SEA BY FIRE, HER MASTER AND THE -| RESCUING SCHOONER. | tude 32 26 north, longitude 1375 West.‘ This was at 10:30 Thursday morning. The schooner bore away and soon left' the | burning ship a mere speck on the hori- | zon. The illumination in the sky indi- cated her presence, and shortly before midnight a grand flare, as of a great ex- plosion, was visible. It is described by the crew of the Frankistan as resem- bling a great display of fireworks, with countless rockets darting up into the sky. Before morning the light in the west died away and all that remained was a ship’s charred hulk, floating on the sea. There were about twenty-five souls aboard the Frankistan when she left Newcastle, and all arrived here in safety. Captain Samuel Atkinson was accompa- nied by his wife. The first officer was D. F. Hovell and the second officer was H. C. Humphreys. The seamen were: Cecil Good, Frank Stephens, Charles Thonlas, J. W. Bevell, H. Barber, J. H. M&Kay, Samuel Silverson, Edward The- raulaz, J. O'Donnell, Joseph Griffiths, Thomas Collins, William Bevin, Henry Bokalman, John Burns, Vigo Hjeresen, Peter Don, A. Petersen, La Perg Engerio and John Mavis. % The disaster appears to have affected the mind of La Perg Engerio. He sprang into the sea just as the schooner was en- tering the Golden Gate. He was rescued with difficulty by J. Swinnett and John Crowley, two boatmen, who were cruising in the vicinity. Engerio became frra- tional socn after leaving the burning ship, the burden of his'complaint being that he would not be paid his wages now that the ship was lost. He became feverish and talked to himself with a persistence that suggested an unbalanced mind. He will be examined by the authorities to- day. THE CAPTAIN’'S STORY. The H. C. Wright was sighted off the heads about noon yesterday, but she was unable to enter port until nearly 6 o’clock. The vessel was boarded by the United States quarantine officlals a few minutes later, as she came to anchor off the wooi- en mills. When it was found that she had a clean bill of heaith she was boarded by The Call representatives and the facts in connection with the loss of the Frank- istan gathered. Captain 8. P. H. Atkin- son's story is as follows: “We left Newcastle, Australia, on De- cember 12 with 3042 tons of Northern Ex- tended coal aboard. We encountered fine weather and the voyage was uneventful until April 1, in latitude 38 degrees 20 minutes north, longitude 132 degrees 41 minutes west, when we noticed gas es- caping from the ventilators. At 4:30 p. m. of that day smoke and steam commenced : escued by the Schooner H. C. Wright and Brought in Safety to San Francisco. | pouring from the main hatch. “We tested the temperature of the car- g0 by driving down steel rods. By th!s:‘ means we discovered the existence of a | great heat under ‘the: fore part of the | hatch and from nine to thirteen feet be- | low the surface of the coal. We battened | down all hatches and secured the forward ventilators, leaving the after. ventilators open to allow the gas to éscape. “Then we drove her for all she was | worth in an effort to make port.. There ‘was a gale of wind blowing, but we car- ried every stitch of canvas we cou!d; stretch. - The sea broke over her and we | expected every minute to have the masts | topple over under the strain. “We noticed more ‘smoke and gas or | April 2. We just kept on sailing, and were beginning to hope that we could keep the fire under until we reached har- | bor when.the gas began exploding. The first explosion occurred at 6:30 a. m. of April 3. The fore, main and after hatches were blown off and flames shot up from the hold. We resecured the hatches, but at 7 a. m. they again blew up. When the second explosion occurred we lowered roy- als, topgallant sails and topsails and rounded to. The hatches were secured once more and water was poured into the | hold, but at'7:40 occurred the heaviest ex- | plosion of all. After this explosion the flames shot up as high as the foresail. | SCHOONER GIVES HELP. “The schooner H. C. Wright in the | meantime had borne down on us and had | kindly agreed fo stand by. We had our | boats out and in the water, ready for any | emergency. After consulting with Cap- tain Nielsen of the Wright, T decided that | the safety of the lives in my charge necessitated the abandonment of the ship. The flames were rapidly increasing and I felt confident that in twenty-four hours she would be red hot. We abandoned her at 10:30 a. m. in latitude 38 26 north, longi- tude 127 5 west. “We were received most kindly by Cap- tain Nielsen and recelved the most hos- pitable treatment from all on board, for which we all feel extremely grateful.” ' | A graphic account of the disaster is| given by John Burns, a seaman of the | Frankistan. He made the following statement to a Call reporter after the H. C. Wright had anchored off the woolen | mills: & “We left Newcastle with a full cargo! of coal and twenty-nine souls aboard on December 12, 101 We had falr weather | for the greater part of the voyage, but | when we feached the northern latitudes | we struck some heavy weather. We lost | time, but were making fair headway on April 1, when smoke began to escape from the hatches. This caused great ex- citement and Captain Atkinson ordered an | every \IStory of Disaster Is Told by Captain Atkinson. inspection of the hold. We then made the discovery that the cargo was afire. This was about 400 miles from San Francisco. “The fire made itself known early on the morning of April 1 and the same day we decided to batten down the hatches in order to smother it if possible. The cap~ tain and mates had a consultation and it was decided to stick to the ship so long as she would carry us. We hoped to keep the fire under subjection until we reached San Francisco, but this was im- possible, as it turned out. The fire was making big headway, for on the next day it got so hot that the pitch started to exude from the deck planking. The crew was getting excited and there was talk of taking to the boats without delay. BELCHES FLAME AND SMOKE. ““At 3:30 o'clock on Thursday morning there was a rumbligs noise, followed by an explosion, which threw the main hatch covering ten feet into the air. An im-~ mense volume of smoke issued from the hatchway and it was all we could do to get the covering back in its place with- out suffocating. Ten minutes after we fin- ished the work another explosion to.'t place and the hatch covering went into the 2ir again. Before noon there was an- other explosion and the flames and smoke were issuing from the ventilator holes in direction. Captain Atkinson saw that the ship was doomed and consulted with the crew as to the next course to be taken. The schooner H. C. Wright hove up about this time and it was resolved to desert the Frankistan and take refuge | on the schooner. The Frankistan was giving out smoke at every pore and it was plain that she would be destroyed within a short time. “We hailed the schodnér and Captain Neilsen came aboard. When he saw how things were, he offered to take us to port and we left the Frankistan to her fate, This was at noon on Thursday. The burning ship kept afloat until about midnight, when we saw a grand flare, caused by an explosion. We could sce | the flying sparks, and the ifllumination, which was visible all night, was of that character to indicate that she had bufned to the water's edge. That is the whole story of the loss of the Frankistan, one of the best vessels I ever sailed in. The suddenness with which the fire spread after we discovered it shows that it must have made big headway in the cargo, where it slumbered for weeks, perhaps. ‘We hated to leave the ship so near to port, but there was no other way. No Wving soul could have saved the vessel. We are thankful to escape with our lives."” Mrs. H. C. Ovenden, a passenger from Hana on board the schooner H. C. ‘Wright, tells the following story of the sighting and rescue of the crew of the ill-fated Frankistan: EXPLOSION ILLUMINES SKY. “We sighted the burning steamer on Thursday morning and saw that she was in trouble. .Smoke was escaping from the hatches, and to us on the schooner it appeared as If she was about to burst out into flames at any moment. The cap- tain of the Frankistan did not appear to’ be in a hurry to leave his ship, but never- theless we remained within saving dis- Continued on Page Two.