The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. ADVERTISEMENTS. A Acts fcts Syrup of Figs ap, well-informed and t cause it acts withou quality or known to To get genuine— Louisville Ky: r sale by all drt:jjist.s. Acts Gently: Pleasantly; Benefici ally: i fctsttruly-as-a.Laxative. peals to the cultured and the o the healthy, because its com- ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be- t disturbing the natural func- tions, as itis wholly free from every objectionable substance. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent combination of plants be medicinally laxative and to act most beneficially. its beneficial effects—buy the manufactured by the i{NlAfiéSYI{JP@’ _SantFrancisco.ICal. New York N.Y. Pricelfifty:cents per-bottle. LLA SOUFRIERE’S CRATER ON ISLE OF ST. VINCENT IS STILL ACTIVE Inhabitants Are Frenzied by Fear and Are Seeking Refuge at| Kingstown in Great Num I INGSTOWN, Island of St.Vincent, | mountain can be seen throwing out Monday, May 18.—A great erup- | great quantities of lava and hot mud, the Soufs volcano oc- 7 which is so liquid that it flows like water and is filling the valleys with lakes, from which a sickening, sulphurous vapor rises. PELEE FIRES SALUTE. Never before was there a burial such as was to-day given to the body of m. an alarming | '(]valloar:\zé‘TP‘Premis:rthe Amqicau Ffou— nly ascended many miles high | $! St. Pierre. The body, recovered the nd drifted | irom ruins at the risk of the lives of northeast. Incessant | the men who were sent ashore from the the mountain, and one | Potomac, was taken to the cemetery med to strike about three | back of Fort de France. There were from Kingstown. The thunderous | brief services at the graye led by Com- the craters lasted for two | mander McLean of the Cincinnati. shed until they be-| About the grave stood officers, ings. The remainder | marines and sailors from the Cincin- < | nati and the Potomac. The gloom was st night. Throughout adjoining districts | of the shocks were issued from the craters , and the at- | and of St.| d some Smoke were returning | til midnight. 5 itants were frenzied with fear | made more intense by the knowledge of the outbreak, dreading 2 | held by each one present that his own setition of the cat: he which caused | : A life was in imminent danger. was fired by the volcano that had brought destruction upon the Consul. While the service was being read there terrible loss of life on this island. ept that night. With 350 tons of relief supplies on board the steamship Regina Regente ar- rived this morning. the Soufriere. steamer Wear is bring- e from Chateau Belair. is now congested and the de- | - oo mbr Increasing | READY TO CARRY - REFUGEES. ; ation ot the waieee | Warships That Are Available for the aused the Relief Work. ted villages 1o look affl f the ¢ desert of Sahara | CALL BUREAU, 4%6 G ST. N. W, cloud overspreads the WASHINGTON, May 2l.—Here is a list s is suspended here, the | of warships that are supposed to be in iy and every one s ter- | the neighborhood of Martinique and t e feeling of suspense is | cq 3t — ople - People pass thelr ime sosing at | 20 l)h used (o rescue people In cas ern sky, where the thunder | ©mergency: Res A % ther ahd the mournful roaring | United States—Cincinnati, 2% me cano is_heard i | alarming report t Enham Mou Dixie, 200 passengers and men; Potoma 40 men. France—Suchet, 335 men. e A 2n old | Great Britain—Indefatigable, 273 men. v ' is voleans i enie | The fleet of ships belonging to the vari- g sy i Rl ¥ lous navies that are at and near Mar- » tinique are not as numerous as would | ® Jougert 2 Y have been the case but for the impression | . prevailing a few days ago that the worst was over. The United States has three H]HT BE FnlNCE IS HDMBAHUED ships at Martinique: the protect.d s | cruser Cincinnati, which carries a com- S plement of 265 officers and men; the training ship Dixie, which has aboard in addition to her crew a large number of persons who obtained permission from the Government to accompany the expi- dition, swelling the number of souls on board of her to about 225, and the ocean going_tug Potomac, with about forty men. The collier Sterling, which was load- ed with provisions at Porto Rico, has left Continued from Page One. PO Extravagant prices are demanded for tation. Those fortunate enough 1all boats that arc sufficiently to make the run from | < here | Fort de France and returned to San Juan, t est islands are making them-| having discharged her supplics. ~The =% ; taking away those who | French embassy reports that there only one warship of the Frenca nav Martinique, the cruiser Suchet. ries 3% officers and men. The French flagship Tage, Admiral Seavan, left Now Orleans about ten days ago for Marti- nique to render such assistance as she might, but was ordered to Havana to par- grilpa in the inauguration of President alm The British second-class cruiser Tnde- fatigable, with 273 men, has been at Mar- tinique for several d. ape the wrath of Mont ds have gone and thou- aiting only for an opportun- Two men of great dar- the island yesterday far mpse of Mont Pelee report that the en- the island is run- e volcano is in con- aud It g ire: s The 1 cay that | Ported a few days ago that another Brit- b men say that | ey, crujser. presumably the Palace with a oke and fire lift the|complement of 130 men, had been ordered Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY That’s All! JAKE JOSEPH, Representative, 3 00 Battery Street, San Francisco. A salute | bers. to render assistance at St. Vincent. Tt is not known in_Washington whether the Danish cruiser Valkyren is at St. Thomas or Martinique. She made one trip to Mar- tinique_with relief supplies Immediately after the destruction of St. Pierre, but returned to St. Thomas. The belief, how- ever, is that she is again within the vol- cano belt. REPORTED BY THE GOVERNOR. Trench Official Tells of Conditions on Martinique. PARIS. May 21.—Governor I'Huerrere of | the island of Martinique, in a cable dis- | pateh from Fort de France, dated Tues- Iday May 20, confirms the dispatches of terday morning the same phenomena ap- peared as on the morning of May S—a rain of stones, flashes of light and sounds of explosions in the dircction of Mont | Pelee. The population of Fort de France was panic-stricken and later dispatches, under vesiarday’s date, say that fire was | falling at Le Carbet and ihat the inhab- itants and troons had evacuated the place. | No_further fatalities had occurred. The dispatches received here also refer | to the departure of Governor I'Huerrere, ived here from the districts | Was a succession of deep, sullen detona- | of the TLegislature of Martinique, yester- g = of © the ano say that | tions, that might have come from great | day morning, on the French cruiser Su- ihe rumblings of the craters were appall-| guns belonging to a mighty fleet. As | chet, to reconnoiter in the direction of the ir ountain side. he grave was being filled a cloud of | YREAROn 11 ¢ tna Ministry of the Col had fled to Chauteau | ashes came over the city and a darkness | gnjrs were much disturbed by this morn- L Or Saicly Ste oW\ of might followed. ing's dispatches from Iort de France. i They thought the worst over, but the | cable messages seem to indicate that an- other catastrophe is impending. oo MAKE DIRE PREDICTION. Refugees Think Island of Martinique Will Be Destroyed. POINT-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe, May 21. —From Fort de France comes word that Mont Pelee is again in violent eruption. With a terrific roar it is vomiting streams of boiling mud and lava which are de- stroving all that was left on the northern halt of the island. Mud, ashes and stones with a thick ¥ort de France from which the people have fled in a paroxysm of fear. A tide higher than any ever known before is recorded and it is reported that the town of Basse Pointe has been destroyed. The steamship Horton has arrived from | Fort de France bringing 200 half dressed women and children. The Salvador is ex- pected later bringing many more refugees. Many believe the culmination of the explosions that seem to be growing worse will be the destruction of the entire is)- i and of Martinique. | The captain of the Horton reports that when he passed St. Plerre the shores seemed one living wave of fire. Streams of fire poured down the sides of Mont Pelee, the top of which was lost in a cloud’ of dense black smoke. R ity FLORIDA IS SHAKEN. People of St. Augustine Hear Series of Strange Sounds. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., May 21.—Almost continuous ghocks, presumably of earth- quake, were heard here from 9 o’clock un- til midnight last night. The earthquake was accompanied by a succession of short but decisive reports like distant cannon- ading, seemingly from far out at sea. The sounds were unlike thunder, having no reverberating roll, and were unaccom- panied by decided tremors, while the sky in the southeast was suffused with a glow. The reports came at intervals of per- haps three minutes, and persons who re- member the earthquake at Charleston say the noises were very similar to the sub- terranean noises accompanying that oc- currence. The sound traveled from the south to the southeast. The night was perfectly clear. A number of persons gatfierad on the seawall and timed the intervals be- tween the reports. Have Plenty of Food. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Captain Gal- i lagher, who went to Martinique on the | Dixie, cabled to the War Department to- | day from Fort de France: | Effects of eruption confined to northern por- i tion of island. §t. Plerre and nelghboring yillages totally destroyed. Thirty thousand a fair estimate of loss of life'in the zone of de- { struction; physical conditions normal, but peo- ple panic stricken. This condition was in- creased by yesterday's eruption, which was quite severe, ‘but did not materially add to desolation. Supplies of all kinds sufficient for right weeks. What has been done was just what emergency demanded, and nothing vesterday, saying that at 5:15 o'clock yes- | | accompanied by Senator Knight, president | tifiing black smoke cover | CAVERN LIES UNDER TOWN OF SONORA Its Roof Only a Few Inches Thick Along Main Street. Pavement Suddenly Collapses Beneath Young Woman Pedestrian. Opening in the Thoroughfare Reveals Long Passageway Resembling the Dry Bed of a River, —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. SONORA, May 2L—A great cavern—j possibly a network of subterranean pas- sages—underlies the business center of Sonora. This startling discovery was made to-day. Along the main street of the town the roof of the cavern is in some places only a few inches thick, and how it has sustained the weight and jar of traffic during all the years since the town was built is hard to understand. Miss Ventre, the daughter of a mer- chant, was crossing Main street to-day. When she was just opposite the Wilzinski store the pavement suddenly gave way which suddenly opened in the street. She screamed with fright and a passerby went to her rescue and extricated her. An examination was made and it was found that the opening in the, street was about eighteen iriches in diameter. It went down into an inky blackness. A lantern was procured and lowered into the cave. About twenty feet of rope was let out and the lantern swung free each way. a long tunnel or passage running length- wise of the street. It was quite dry and looked as though it had once been the bed of a stream. The crust which covered this cavern was only eight inches thick and heavy teams had passed over it but | a few minutes previously. The discovery has caused great uneasi- ness. Thus far no one has undertaken to explore the cave, but an Investigation will be made, Some are of the opinion that it is an old mining drift, but norge of the ploneers can recall any work being done in that vicinity. There is naturally great anxiety as to what an investigation will disclose concerning the under-surface | foundations of the city | MILLER WILL ATTEMPT TO RE-ENTER THE NORMAL Faculty of San Jose Institution May Defy Supreme Court by Barring Him. | SAN JOSE, May 2l.—Henry E. Miller, | who gained much notoriety because of be- ing refused graduation at the State Nor- mal School, as the faculty deemed him mentally unfit, will attempt to re-enter the institution next Monday morning. | When Miller was turned away from | school he had completed all his studies | but manual training. The trustees passed | a_resolution_authorizing his dismissal. Miller appealed to the courts and the Su- preme Court decided he could attend the school, Under this ruling Miller will try to enroll. ’ Tt is said the faculty ‘will refuse him ad- mittance, under an order passed by the joint board of normal trustees at Los An- geles some time ago. The case will get into the courts again, Miller has also at- tended the normal schools at Los Angeles, San Diego and Chico. . | COLLEGE GIRLS VISIT THE BIG TREE GROVE | e : Fifty Young Ladies Attending the Capitola Conference Enjoy ! an Outing. CAPITOLA, May 21.—Delegates are still coming to the Young Women's Christian | Association convention, though it will last | but a few days longer. Fifty-one of the | young ladies took a trip to the big trees his afternoon. One of the gayest parties ted of five girls from Occidental e in Los Angeles. own driving, and, as the horses were somewhat spirited, attracted considerable attention. College songs and yells were given on the way. This was missionary day at the confer- ence. Several missionaries—all youn attractive women—who are in America on vacations are at the hotel, and addressed the college girls. @ il @ further can be suggested. Government and people most grateful. Dixie now discharging part of cargo. Will proceed with what remains to St. Vincent. iy St. Pierre Still Burns. DOMINICA, B. W. 1., May 21. which left Fort de France, Mar vesterday afternoon, and which arrived here to-day reports as incorrect the state- ment that the eruption of May 20 gceurred 'k of Fort de France. This erupt was from Mont Pelee and dust and sm. stones were thrown over Fort de Fi The sloop left her anchorage at France for a few hours yesterday morn- ihg. When she returned the eruption had ceased. Sailing from Fort de France later in the afternoon the sloop was opposits St. Pierre during last night and Mont Pelee was then inactive. St. Pierre itself, however, was still burning. - Many Wounded Will Not Recover. LONDON, May 22.—The correspondent | of the Dalily Mail at Kingstown, St. Vin- cent, describes in a dispatch the condi- tions on that island. He says that 6) per cent of the persons injured cannot recover. The whole island resembles i Sahara and the graves of humans and the remains of animals are seen on evéry side. Everywhere on the island the rivers have been stopped by the dust or lava and in one vallev the dust lies six feet deep. The deaths on St. Vincent were | caused by a blast of heated sulphurous air. The rumor that another crater has Deen formed by the eruption of last Mon- day is untrue. Stones Rain Upon Ruins. DOMINICA, W. I, May 2l.—When the tug of the Herald syndicate newspapers, the M. E. Luckenbach, passed St. Pierre Monday on its way_back to San Juan, Porto Rico, Mont Pelee was in violent eruption. A column of ashes was reaching down upon the ruins of St. Pierre. For ten miles out at sea the air was so thick compelled to remain below deck breathe with any comfort. Sk iy 3 Fire Destroys La Carbet. LONDON, May 2L—A dispatch to the Times from Fort de France, Martinique, says that a jet of fire has destroyed the town of Ta Carbet on the west coast of Martinique, and that apprehension is felt for the .safety of troops who were de- tached on a special mission to this town, o et il to = You Are Welcome. To-day the shoe manufacturer’s sale he- gins. 20000 pairs of hand-sewed Good- year welt and hand-turned shoes for women and men will and must be sold. These shoes were made by th # makers in America of viclykxd,epg:::'nsg:ler enamel, box, velour and wax calf. Thae very latest styles, flat, swing or straight last. Custom, Columbia or Newport toes. Cost $4. The price will be only 3215 a pair at the Bee Hive Shoe Co., 717 Market street, ncar Third. . and her foot shot through a large hole | The light showed that there was | They did their | and | far into the sky and stones were raining | with ashes that all on the vessel were | MODERN JAIL TO HOUSE VIOLATORS _ OF LAW IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Be Equipped ARTINEZ, May 21.—The plans for Contra Costa County’s new jail have been completed by William Mooser & Son, archi- tects, of San Francisco, and are evidence that it will be an imposing struc- ture. The jail will cost $50,000. The con- tract for its construction was awarded last week. The designs show a building of classic architecture and absolutely fireproof. The interior will be of steel and concrete and the exterior of granite. No woodwork will enter into the construction, and all the finishings are to be of metal. The structure will consist of two stories and a basement. [ e el COUNTY FATHERG [N GONVENTION Many California Super- visors Meet in Red- wood City. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, May 2L.—The eighth annual convention of Boards of Supervi- sors opened in this place to-day and will remain in sesslon until Friday. Repre- sentatives of the following named coun- ities answered the rollcall: San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, San Fraa- i 0, San Bernardino, Ventura, Contra | Costa, Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin land San Mateo. Other delegations are expected to arrive to-morrow morning. The convention was called to order at 2 o'clock In the Courthouse. by P. H. Me- Evoy, chairman of the Board of Super- visors of San Mateo County, who extend- ed to the visitors the welcome of San Ma- | tco County. The Supervisors then effect- ed an organization by selecting Super- visor McEvoy for permanent chairman | ana H. W. Schaberg, deputy county clerk of San Mateo Count for secretary. All visiting county officers other than Super- Visors were made members of the con- | vention. “'wo committees were appointed by the chairman—one on resolutions, composed Supervisors Randall, Smith, Baldwin, vis and Austin, and the other on leg- jslation and judiciary, consisting of Su- pervisors Schafer, Holbrook, Braunhart, Bush and Brooks. Major Sherman called attention to_the | Sloat monument soon to be erected in Monterey and urged all counties to con- tribute one stone to the foundation. The members present pledged them- to bring this subject before their ive boards in the most favorable £ isor Braunhart of San Francisco | presented two resolutions, one condemn- | ing As: constitutional amendment No, 2 > and eclectric light and vater, pewer, and the other favoring Senate constitutional amendment No. 3,” exempt- ing State, county, municipal and district bonds from taxation. He recommended that these questions be referred to the Beards of Supervisors, with the request that everything be done on election day to bring about the defeat of the one and the passage of the other. To-morrow Hon. J. A. Filcher will ad- dress the convention on ‘“‘Advertisement and Promotion,” and it was the sense of the delegates that this subject be made a special order for discussion Immediate- 1y following the address. gas Thomas . White of San Bernardino County, who was to have delivered a specch on *Ofled Roads,” was unable to be present, but sent a report reviewing his county's experience with oil. The | method of distributing the oil was ex- plained in detail, and White reported that it had proved very satisfactory. Marsden Manson delivered an address on “The Recent Advancement in Road- building in the United States After the adjournment the Frank Tan- ning Company’s plant was inspected. This evening a reception and entertainment were tendered the visitors in Alhambra Theater, concluding with a dange. BUILDING OPERATIONS STOPPED IN PORTLAND General Strike Is Ordered in Sym- pathy With the Planing Mill Employes. PORTLAND, Or., May 2l.—At noon to- duy bullding operations in this city were suspended, 2500 men laying down thelr teols. The general strike of the building | trades is in sympathy with the planing mdll employes,” who demand a nine-hour day. 1t Is stated that unless the demands of the planing mill men are acceded to by Saturday every union man in this city will go on strike. The Building Trades Council_has sent out pickets to various parts of the city to enforce the order for a strike. It is estimated that 500 business buila- ings and residences are now under con- struction in this city. —_— SANTA ANA, May 21.—Urlah L. Shaef- fer of West Orange died yesterday, aged 8 years. He was a native of Virginia and a pioneer resident of Orange. Architects Complete the Plans for an Imposing Fifty Thou- sand Dollar Structure of Steel and Granite That Will With . All Up-to-Date Improvements CoNTR™ Cofrm County In the basement will be located the kitchen, laundry, heating plant and baths. The first story will be devoted to the jallers’ quarters and offices and the crirh- inal department. The latter will contain six modern steel cells, with room for six additicnal cells when required. The sys- tem used is the so-called corridor plan, with the cells in the center of the bufld- ing, all facing the inside corridor and four feet away from the exterior walls of the building. On the second floor will be the women's quarters, insane cells and rooms for vag- rants. The jail building will be equipped with all modern improvements, including electricity, steel cells and fireproofing. l @ it @ | Says Companion Did Shooting. BUTTE, Mont., May 2L.—James Len- | nox, who with Charles Martin was cap- | turea at Dillon yesterday afternoon on | suspicion of being one of the murderers % | of Fireman John R. Willlams, who was killed at Silver Bow while resisting two hold-ups, broke down completely under the continued ‘“‘sweating™ to-day and con- fessed the crime, declaring, however, that his pal, Martin, fired the shot that killed Williams. FIREPROOF STRUCTURE SOON TO HOUSE COUNTY PRISON- ERS AT MARTINEZ. t i | - John Driscoll. SACRAMENTO, May 21.—John Driscoll, an old and well known foundryman, a member of the firm of Root, Neilsen & “c., died in this city this morning. It 1s time to order one of our 10 made to order suits Tt is to order suit now, summer here. time the for is Be seasonable in your dress— in summer months wear light summery patterns. It need not cost you much to wear _ seasonable clothes—we have some styl- ish dressy materials that make into swell sack suits for $10. The goods are all wool and the workmanship is first rate. For your protection we guarantee each suit—and you know our guarantce. We would be pleased to give you a number of samples to take home for comparison. Suits for out-of-town Eulbman satisfactorily made through our self-measuring system—write for samples. SNW00D 50 718 Market St. and Cor. Powell and Eddy Sts