The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1902, Page 17

¢ T FEeRS FOFOXEPF SHONS H SR owomo! Pages 17 10 20 DeresererONON OXPLO KX SEOXOAOROES DEHERORORSH VOLUME XCII-NO. 386. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY T all. 6, 1902—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. gm”m PABES DX P PADESEDXOG > * g $ * * k3 > * P~ * * ® : b [ I e R NWM.: PRICE FIVE CENTS. WOMAN DRIVES WITH OUTLAW TRACY ALON BY ARMED MEN INTENT UPON ENDING HIS MURDEROUS G ROAD PATROLLED CONFIRMS | DEATH OF ANDREE! Explorer’s Party Is! Murdered by the Esquimaux. M Accidental Discharge| of Gun Causesthe Onslaught. [ | A Clergyman Brings Further Reports of Balloonists. Speciz] D o The Call. WINNIPEG. Fa d bringsauthentic of Explorer An- s north of York, er the leader- | saw the Andree bal- | 2 of snow in that vi- out 200 miles north of | | m. the balloon | ople approach- As they did 30 fired off a SIGNAL FOR BATTLE. | ’ the ized na- | It is regarded ttle their outfit homes of e in their pos- being particularly | SEARCHING FOR BALLOON | Bay Company has repea recove the belonging to An have gone e never Mr. Far- some way be stand that it| been safely con: d eventually have The Hudson Bay HAUNCEY DEPEW TALKS ON PERILS TO BRITAIX 12tor Comments on Danger of Com- | mercial Decline and Hurries to | Paris. i 5. g away to Paris, because, w to attend a live adoption of American | business affairs, a readjust- tions between the masters of | greater willingness to work hard, a rger use of improved machinery and | achine tools and more careful study of technique. If these things are mnot me there will be a decadence, not of uscle, but of commercial efficiency and dustrial power.” NG OSCAR APPROVES | THE CABINET FORMATION Men Belected by Premier Erick Gus- tav Bostrom Win the Royal Sanction. STOCKHOLM July 5.—King Oscar has | proved formation of the Cabinet reconstructed by Erick Gustav strom, who was invited to undertake e task June 28, after the resignation | { the Ministry presided over by Admiral | ron von Otten. he new Ministry is as follows: Pre- | er, Erick Gus Bostrom; Minister of reign Affairs, Carl H. T. A, Lagerheim; nister of Justice, Bergen: Minister of ar, J. L Crusebjon; Minister of Marine, A. L. Palander; Minister of the In- rfor, Westing; Minister of Finance, ever, who is a merchant at Calshaw nister of Worship, Carl von Freise inister of Agricuiture, A. E. Odelberg. e Ministers of Foreign Affairs, War, | arine and Agriculture, held the same sitions ir the Van Otter Cabinet. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN EUROPEAN TURKEY Zlany Houses Are Wrecked and Great Loss of Life Reported at Saionica. 6.—A dispatch to the; raph C. from | says a severe ke shoc { opean Turkey, | Salonica, According o this were wrecked d of life. P | Senator Depew, be- | | WILL. NOT SUSPEND THE CONSTITUTION Great Britain Shifts Responsibility to the Parliament of Cape Colony. - | - - - — | HIGH COMMISSIONER OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE PREMIER OF CAPE COLONY, WHO ARE ACTIVELY INTERESTED IN THE RES- TORATION OF PEACE IN THE RECENTLY DISTURBED DOMAIN. - - 3 APE TOWN, July 5.—Lord Mil- | the security ner, the British High Commis- sioner in South Africa, has re- ceived a dispatch announcing that the Imperfal Government decided against the proposal to suspend the constitution of Cape Colony. The Imperial Government has informed the acting Premier that the | Colonial Parliament should be assembled as speedily as possible. LONDON, July 5.—The reply of the Co- lonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, to the petition for the suspension of the con- stitution of Cape Town was published in a Parliamentary paper this evening. THERE IS NO PRECEDENT. | It says there is no precedent for the| suspension of the constitution of a re- sponsibly governed colony. The suspen- sion should be effected only by an act of the Imperial Parilament, and the Gov- ernment believes such a step is not called for unless it is proven that the constitu- tion is a positive danger to the colony's peace or that a great majority of whites desire thet the authority be completely transterred to the Imperial Government. Such a desire could only be constitution- aily expressed by a resolution of the Cape Parliament. 1t will not be necessary to pass an act of indemnity on account of the ‘constitu- tion and it also may be necessary perhaps to confer special powers on the Cape Gov- ernment for carrying out the pacification of the colony and the maintenance of British interests. The Government was satisfied that the Cape Parliament would ‘mke the necessary steps to provide for | | | | | | of the colony and to dis- courage the racial and political contro- versy which was interfering with its pros- perity and which can serve no good pur- pose among members of a community having common interests in the peace and prosperity of South Africa. PREMIER SPRIGG’'S VIEW. Sir John Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, was Interviewed to-day re- garding the decision of the Imperial Gov- f:rnfflent not to suspend the constitution of Cape Colony. He said: “Tf the petition had been granted it would have caused apprehension regard- ing the position of every self- colony, since it involved the whole ques- tion of free constitutional government The decision will promote peace and re. conciliation in South Africa. The suspen. slon of the constitution would have had a reverse effect.” —_— — Captain Dead Near His Ship. NEW YORK, July 5.-The body of An- drea Zahej, the captain of the steamship Federicka, was found in the Erie Basin to-day, near the place where his ship was berthed. It is believed the captain com- mitted suicide on account of the criticism he received from the owners of the vessel because of an accident to his ship. He was an Austrian, 35 years of age. S L James Stewart. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 5.—James Stew- art, head of one of the prominent con- tracting firms of thé country, died here to-day in his eighty-first year. Much of his later life was devoted to the aid of charitable and benevolent institutions. governing | NO HOPE FOR LOST VESSELS Portland and Jeanie Probably Crushed in the Ice. Surgeon of the Thetis Teils of Fruitless Quest. Passengers May Have Made Their Way to Land. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Julv 5.—Somewhere in that crush of ses-sé e Portland and Jeanie, probably broken by the terrible pressure of wedged blocks of t, like an eggshell. The condition of the passengers and crew is by no means hopeless, however, for they may have been fortunate enough to make their way over the ice to Point Hope or Point Barrow. Even the farthest point north is not an impossibility with the ice drifting as it is. The ships may not be crushed, but as time goes on with- out a sign of the vessels hopes for their safety are more remote.” This is the conclusion reached by Dr. Henry Horn, surgeon of the cutter The- tis, after that vessel’s unsuccessful cruise in search of the ice-bound Portland and Jeanie. The first authentic and detailed account of the Thetis' voyage arrived here to-day in a letter from Dr. Horn to a friend. Dr. Horn describes the ice as being unusually thick and of a vast area. The Thetis attempted to make her way through openings at various points in the pack, but was unable to sight the two imprisoned vessels at any time. TRAVELERS PICKED UP. An interesting fact spoken of in Dr. Horn's letter is that Harry de Windt and the Viscomte Bellegrade, who are mak- ing a trip overland from Paris to New York, were taken aboard at East Cape. The two hardy explorers had met with no shap qan{ cosisequence in-thelr trav- elsto reach that point. They had beén gone from Paris seven months, They suffered many hardships on the journey, and were greatly pleased at the oppor- tunity given them by Captain Healy of the Thetis to reach the other side of the straits. Dr. Horn wrote the letter while the Thetis was at Nome, having returned to that point to replenish her coal bunkers. The cutter reached Nome shortly before midnight on June 22. By 10 o'clock the next evening she had finished coaling, the lines were cast off and the stanch cutter again headed into the treacherous ice fields. Beginning with the cutter's.arrival at Nome for the first time this year (on June 6), Dr. Horn describes the expedition -of the Thetis in his letter as follows: NO DELAY IN STARTING. When we made port at Nome, late in the evening of June 6, We got the first news of the probable loss of tho steamers Portland and | Jeanie. We were ready to anchor and send 2 boat in for mail. \When the report of the misfortune of the two vessels was brought aboard, however, the idea of making a landing was - immediately abandoned and preparations were made to continue the voyage. The vessel got under way shortly after midnight. By the time darknees set in on the following evening we bad reached Kings Island. Here the natives informed us that they had seen the two vessels drifting by In the ice pack during the early forencon of June 2. The vessels were being driven rapidly with the floating mass in a northerly course. As soon as possible after we obtained this Information we got under way agein, kesping a continual lookout for the whalers that we knew must be somewhere in this vicinity. On Sunday morning. June S, the lookout re- ported salls in the direction of Big Diomede. On closer approach five Whalers were made out afely enchored under the lee of the islands. We proceeded on until the cutter was alongside them. The men ahoard the whalers. reported having seen the Jeanie and Portland on Friday, June 6, drifting rapidly north with the pack. The masters of the vessels told us that the fce was terribly thick and absolutely impenetra- ble about East Cape and Cape Prince of Wales, The southeast wind had been blowing strong for days past, bringing thousands of acres of solid ice up from Norton Souad and from the vicinity of St. Lawrence Island. To make mat- ters worse, & dense fog enveloped everything. NO TRACE OF VESSELS. Despite the rising gale and the fog. Captain Healy ordered the Thetis to proceed. We start- ed, only to be brought up sharp against flelds of ice, after having made SIXty miles. The fog lifted, making it possible to 100k out over the {ce toward the Siberian shore. We cruised along the edge of the pack, and. although all eyes were strained, nothing could be seen of the lost vessels. We changed course and steamed over to the American side. The outlook from that point was equally hopeless. A great white barrler, as {mipenctrable as land, blocked our course. We finally found an opening on Tuesday, June 10, through which we Were able to proceed to a point beyond the Arctic circle. Captain Healy himself climbed up the rigging into the crow's nest to watch for a Sign of the vessels. He sat there for hours, sweeping the horizon with his glasses, but finally returned to the bridge with the report that there was nothing visible ahead but ice and water. Wednesday the ice began to cloge up again and we were compelled to rush back to the shelter of Big Diomede. A heavy southeast gale grew fresher and thick fog made naviga- tion more pertlous. Not until Saturday was the | fog lifted. Then we started north again. A worse conditfon of the ice and heavier fogs than ever were encountered. CHINA’S APPEAL TO UNITED STATES Asks This Government to Induce Powers| to Overrule Military Officers at Tientsin. | & ASHINGTON, July The Chinese Government 5.— ernment of the United States to use its good of- % fices to cause the allied powers who still retain their soldiers in Tientsin to evacuate that place in con- formity with:the spirit of the agreement of Peking. which settled the Boxer troubles. The appeal was made to-day by Minister Wu directly to Secretary Hay in the shape of a cablegram from Viceroy Yuan Shih-Kai of Chili, which the Min- ister supplemented with a long verbal ex- planation. The cablegram is as follows: “Translation of a cablegram received July 4, 1902 (fifth moon, 29th day). “From Viceroy Yuan Shih-Kai of Chili, dated July 3, 1902 (fifth moon, 2Sth day). RESTORATION OF TIENTSIN. “Your cablegram of July 2 is received with much gratification. In the final protocol signed by the different powers there is no stipulation that a supple- mentary convention will be made in re- garé to the restoration of Tientsin. But the foreign military officers at Tientsin have arbitrarily given rise to fresh com- plications and drawn up many articles limiting to 300 the number of Chinese guards to be stationed at Tientsin within the limit of thirty kilometers. Since the brigands in the vicinity of Tientsin, on ac- count of the looting of the arsenals in 1800, are generally well armed, it would be impossible for such a small force to sup- press and punish brigandage, much less can it police the clty and vicinity and pre- serve order generally. The military of- ficers appear to be willing to restore the city, but in reality they wish to delay. This is reason to fear that their action is not by any means for the public gocd. @ i to day. Every time the curtajn of fog was lifted we would run along the ever-changing edge of the pack, powerless to go into Iit. but ready to take the most desperate chances if the opportunity offered. Night and day an officer and one of the crew held stations aloft, only to always report, ““Nothing in sight.”” The cutter battled along this way for about & week, when finally on Wednesday, June 18, we discovered a wesk point in the pack. The | chance. was taken and the cutter put under speed to buck her way through. We sue- coeded in this attempt and reached East Cape. Herz we found no trace of the vessels. The cutter was boarded by two men at this point, Who proved to be Harry de Windt and the Visccmte Bellegrade. They are making an overland trip from Paris to New York. Next morning we crushed our way into Cape Prince of Wal No news of the vessels re- warded us. This was the last hope. The coal wae running low-and we were compelled to put back for ‘Nome to get more. We arrived here shortly before midnight on June 22—last This discouraging condition was met from day | night. To-night, June 23, we have finished ' to the public i has appealed to the Gov- | | — — | | & 1 | |1 | | | | [l 1 i 11 L il | | | 1 || ‘ | i | | | | | i 11 | | | I | | | oo | VICEROY OF CHILI, WHOSE AP- | PEAL HAS BEEN SENT TO THIS GOVERNMEN' The foreign Ministers at Peking do not approve their action and they have re- peatedly remonstrated with them, but the military officers have not been will- ing to come to an agreement. The Min- isters and the military officers each hold to their own opinions, which greatly im- pedes the progress of our affairs. I re- quest you to ask the Government of the ited States to consult with the other Governments so that instructions may be sent to the different military officers di- rect, ordering them to accede to the sug- gestions of the foreign MinisterS to the end that the restoration may not be fur- ther delayed. SECRETARY HAY WILL ACT. The author of this message. Yuan Shih- Kai, has taken the place of the late Li Hung Chang to a large extent in dom- inating Chinese policies, and the United S8tates Government is the more disposed to heed his appeal because of his excel- lent conduct during the BoxXer uprising. He was the principal means of communi- | cation between the outside governments | and the legationers during their time of eril, and but for his strength of charac- ter the entire province of Shantung would have been drawn over to the Boxer cause. Secretary Hay will address himself to the various governments, probably through Minister Congef at Peking and the Foreign Ministers there. The situa- tion at Tientsin is peculiar, and in the i view of the State Department the attitude of the foreign military officials there is perfectly unreasonable; The State De- partment has satisfied ftself that the for- eign Ministers at Peking whose govera- ments are represented by these military leaders are thoroughly anxious to have the treaty of Peking executed in a fair spirit, and to that end to have Tientsin evacuated at the earliest p ble mo- ment by the foreign officers, so it will carry the «Chinese appeal to thé govern muents concerned. taking coal aboard and are just leaving to re- turn to the ice. | 1f desperate energy can find those people we | are going to do it, even if we don't get back until fall and have to go to Point Barrow after them. PENDULUM WILL SHOW EARTH'S ROTARY MOVEMENT PARIS, July 5.—The public is anxious- 1y awaiting the installation of the gigantic pendulum in the Pantheon which is to give an ocular demonstration of the | | earth’s rotary movement. The pendulum is formed of a leaden ball weighing twenty-eight kilograms and is supported by a piano wire sixty-four | meters long. The wire already drawn has | proved about a meter too short, and. after | considering whether to lower the dome or elevate the flooring, it was decided to draw another wire. A magnificent lesson in astronomy may therefore soon be given i CAREER EATTLE, Jaly 5—Outlaw Harry Tracy has succeed- ed in eluding the hun- dreds of men on his trail for another day. With the woods swarming with man- | hunters, the fugitive seems to be in po hurry to execute an= other of his spectacular coups. Sheriff Cudihee declared to- night that the outlaw was | hemmed in by the cordon of deputies mnear Hothell, and that he would have to fight his way out. In the eabin where Tracy killed the officers at | Bothell on Thursday, searchers to-day found blankets and | provisions and part of the ear- cass of a calf that the outlaw | had slain. Traey vyesterday visited the home of a man named Fisher, just north of Woodland Park. He made Fisher's wife cook enough pro- | vistons to last him several days, took a suit of Fisher's clothing and threatened to kill | any member of the family who | | left the house within forty- | elght hours after his departure. In the meantime it is dawn= | ing uponm the people of this re- | mion that in the excitement at- tending the pursuit of Tracy hix accomplice, Merrill, has ! been permitted to get away . ! practically unhindered. Tracy's | | story that he murdered Merrill is not miven much credence, | ana it is believed that Merrill ix by this time far from the scene of his former partmer's | exploits. Fugitive Seen With Female Companion. Is Hemmed In by Cordon of Deputies. Special Dispateh to The Call EATTLE. July 5~A special from Bothell says that outlaw Tracy is in the vicinity of Bothell, almost beyond a doubt. A tract of territory fifteen miles in circumference is inciosed by a strong cordon of armed men. Unless the convict stole through the lines last night he can hardly make his escape without a fight. Every bridge and crossing, every place of strategic importance in a pursuit of this kind is guarded by men lying in am- bush. Others are patrolling the country. A mysterious buggy with three lights, which appeared on the county road this morning at 12:30-0’clock and suddenly dis- appeared, has added zest to the situation. The occupants of the buggy were a man and a woman, and officers who lay n ambush at the roadside are confident that the man was Tracy. Further events to- day bear out this contention, and it seems certain that Tracy received assistance from some woman no later than last night. TAKES FARMERS' CLOTHING. Tracy changed his clothes yesterday morning at Maple Leaf, near Pontiac, at the home of a farmer named Fisher. He then took the county road for Bothell He was dressed in a dark blue serge coat and brown corduroy trousers and wore & black and brown checked cap. He had a palr of high laced loggers’ shoes and carried a gunnysack, a small buckskin pack and his 30-30 Winchester. A man answering his description was seen by John Rogers on the county road, traveling toward this place yesterday afternoon. While other reports have come in, Sheriff Cudihee is held at Both- ell principally by the incidents just re- lated. The finding of Tracy’s provisions in the cabin where Thursday's battle occurred gave rise to a mild controversy to-day. The cabin was reported searched by the Bothell deputies yesterday. They said it contained nothing whatever. - To-day Deputy ‘Sheriff John McClellan of Thurs- ton County and Deputy Sheriff Nelson of King entered the place and found Tracy's outfit in a loft. CUDIHEE SETTLES DISPUTE. Friends of the Bothell men declared that the outfit was left there by Tracy just night. Some alleged that the men had not searched very closely. A few doubted whether they had ever entered he cabin. Sheriff Cudihee, however, set- tled the dispute by a personal investiga- tion. He found a stone in the loft whick pad been carried there by Sam Peterson. Peterson used it as a hammer. McClellan’s examination was exhaus- tive. He found Tracy’s blanket spread in one corner of the loft, with some hay for a pillow. Bread, fresh veal, bacon, but- ter. a frylng pan, a can of salmon. put up in Tacoma, and a whetstone for a razor composed the outfit. Both MeClellan_and Nelson maintain that the outfit was not there when the Bothell deputies searched. The loft is well lighted and they are unable to see how it could have been overlooked. Al Rogers, who headed the Botheil deputies, is emphatic in his declaration that the cabin was thoroughly examined. Peter- son asserts that the outfit was not there ust have been taken to iast night. i dect abin by the The mysterious buggy Is connected with the finding of the outfit. It was driven rapidly along the county road in the black Continued on Page Eighteem.