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

VOLUME XCII-NO. 38. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CORONATION OF KING EDWARD IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 15 Ceremony Will Be Simple and Lack- ing in Pomp. Royal Sufferer Must Undergo Another Operation. tch to The Call 7.—From unof- trustworth; rces it is said that the cor King Edward has schedu will consist from provisionally August 15. It only a procession We service Bucking mi there im- abbreviated go another oper- g surgical e of the vered and it is vermiform ap- The King de- take place as soon ally able. Helis nfluenced by ipe and intends ming the crown, terward. This v a contingent one. ng Londoners that crown the King "hile it is believed, ave said, that there is danger of a fatal termina- the King's general appre- &s the no im tion hea hension. NO PROTESTS RAISED. merchants ” ompar and g house keepers already losses attendant nement of the coronation donment the idea of a will not occasion much sor- ng is that it would out the of to carry programme originally planned. In the Ho of Commons this after- ir, the Government lead- autumn session be necessary, be- of October, and adjourn early in © a question on the subject n stands, the First Com- Works, A. Akers-Douglas, proposed to remove them, the stands would stiil be the purpose for which they ucted missioner it as it we eaid were ¢ PRINCE PRAISES SURGEONS. g Raphael Nurses' Hospital this afternoon, the Prince of Wales said all would join him in expressing unbounded thankful- ness to God for al recovery of his dea all been cheer- ed and uring the severe trial by the 1y of the whole em- pire and d watched at the lized how much was 1 and medical rained and pa- King. favorable day en out to-night doing well. Prince of Wales of the when he referred to ess this afternoon, is re- rters as indicating nsiders the King's s teas to 10,000 domestic ts of London commenced to-day. NAVAL EXPERT WILL SAIL ON THE MARIPOSA Spe al Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G W., WASHINGTON, July the most thorough STREET, N. 7.—To observe test of oil as maval fuel ever attempted, Lieutenant Ward P. Winchell, U. 8. N., has been ordered de- tached from the Boston at San Francisco, end will board Oceanic Steamship Company’s steamer Mariposa for a cruise to Tahiti The Mariposa will burn only ng the trip, which will be 7300 miles in length. The result of the experiment, in the opinion of naval officers here, will mean much to the future of engineering. Rear Adm! Melville, chief of Bureau of Steam ineering, takes immense in- terest experiment, and feels that the bes gain a thorough compre- hension of oil as fuel is to give it the severe trial now contemplated. He desires to do s0 Ever Department began experime ascertain the value of oil fuel as compared with coai, the office of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, es- pectal enant Commander John R. Edwa o has the experiments in charge and who has gained valuable re- , has been flooded with letters of in- from ship-owners on the Pacific Coast, where oil is so much cheaper than coal as to make it far more desirable for fuel. John D. Spreckels, president of the Oceanic Steamship Company, notified Admiral Melville of his experiment with the Mariposa. The trial of the Mariposa, equipped with an oll plant, was made on 4, and was successful. Engineer H. N. Stevens, U. 8. witnessed the trial. A cruise to Tahiti was then planned. Admiral Melville hopes to have obtained reliable and complete data of a military and commercial value before turning his office of Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering over to a successor. American Wins Fine Arts Medal. MINNEAPOLIS, July 7.—The London Society of Fine Arts has awarded to Alex- @er Graham Bell its 1902 medal. L | 1 | | | | JOSEPH v‘ NHAMBERLAIN.. - - + ENGLAND'S COLONIAL SEC- RETARY, WHO LIES WOUND- ED IN A HOSPITAL. The local Mayors and officials presided at the various gatherings and many promi- nent ladies gave their assistance. Each one of the Queen’s guests received gifts consisting of a box of chocolate and a sil- ver gilt brooch. The proceedings were very enthusiastic. el B URGENT NEED OF DEFENSE. Duke of Devonshire Says This Is Britain’s Paramount Question. LONDON, July 7.—Presiding at the an- nual meeting here to-day of the British Empire League, the Duke of Devonshive CHOATE ANGERS LONDON COLONY OF AMERICANS —_— Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1802, by the Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, July 7.—There is considerable comment among Americans .in London over the action of Embassador Choate and Henry White, secretary of the embassy, in leaving a Fourth of July dinner early last Friday in order to attend a reception at the India office. Officials of the Amer- ican Soclety declare that pressure was brought to bear upon them by the em- bassy to shorten the dinner. While many applaud the sentiment con- tained in Mr. Choate's speech in reference to the King, it is thought he went too far, overstepped the bounds of republican dig- nity and assumed a tone mot far 'from sycophantic—at least, this is the gossip in the hotels. It had been remarked that when Mr. Choate and Mr. White left the banquet hall so hurriedly Captain Clover, the na- val attache, and John Ridgely Carter, second secretary of the embassy, re- mained. When former Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania declared that he did not agrée with the Embassador that “this was a time to speak in hushed tones,” he was greeted with an outburst of applause. The actior taken by the embassy offi- cials seems all the more extraordinary when the fact is taken into account that all the big functions in English soclety went on by the King's express command. PARTITIONING THE OIL MAREKETS OF EUROPE Rockefeller and the Russian Com- pany Signs Contracts Divid- ing Entire Traffic. BERLIN, July 7.—Boersenhalle of Ham- burg prints a dispatch from Pittsburg to- day, which says the Standard Oll Com- pany and the Russian Oil Company have signed a contract dividing the Britisi market, two-thirds going to the Standard and one-third to the Russian company. The correspondent of the Boersenhalle avers that similar contracts in connection with- other countries are being arranged, and he assumes that Germany will be partitioned. j Joseph Chamberlain Wounded in Cab Accident. Severely Cut Uponthe Head by Broken | Glass. —l ONDON, July 7.—The Colonial | Sccretary, Joseph Chamber- | lain, was severely cut on the head to-day as a result of a cab accident in Whitehall. The Secretary’s hansom was passing through the Canadian arch, when the horses slipped and Mr. Chamberlain was precipitated forward with great vio- | lence. His head struck against the glass | frent of the cab. When he was extri- cated it was seen that Mr. Chamberlain's head was badly cut and bleeding freely. A policeman helped the Secretary into a cab and he was taken to Charing Cross Hespital, where bis wound was dressed. The wound is so serious as to necessitate his remaining in the hospital all night. When picked up Mr. Chamberlain, in reply to a question, said he did not feel faint, but could not afford to, lose so much blood. -The gash on his forehead | required a number of stitches. | Austin Chamberlain, eldest son of the | Secretary, is with his father, as are his | two secretaries. Mr. Chamberlain is rest- | ing quietly, but the doctors are not cer- | tain he can be moved to-morrow. The conference of the Colonial Pre- miers, which was to have been held to- morrow to discuss the question of impe- rial defense, has been postponed in con- sequence of the accident. The following bulletin was issued this evening from Charing Cross Hospital: “Mr. Chamberlain is suffering from a scalp wound on the forehead. He is now free from pain and feeling comfortable. There is no concussion.” Mr. Chamberlain's injuries are likely to | detain him In the house for the remainder | of the week. He has already canceled | his engagements until uext Thursday, and it is extremely doubtful if he will be permitted to attend the coronation ban- quet to be held in the Guild Hall Friday, or the reception to Lord Kitchener on Saturday on his return from South Af- rica. : The Colonial Secretary has a crescent- shaped cut across th: forehead three inches long and penetrating to the bone. Pleces of broken glass were found em- bedded in the wound. The bone is bruised. My, Chamberlain aiso, sustained a slight | cut under the right eye. Upon finding that he must remain in the hospital the patient asked that he might be placed somewhere where he could smoke. He was thereupon carried to a room on the next floor. Mr. Cham- berlain treats the matter of his accident lightly. @ itttk @ (Lord President of the Council and leader of the Liberal-Unionists), discussing the conferences of the Colonial Premiers, sald the question of imperial defense was para- mount. The question of imperfal com- mercial relations would solve itself at no distant day in accordance with economic laws which would inevitably assert them- | selves, and which he did not believe would | present any obstacle to the consummation of that which they must all desire— namely, free trade or the nearest ap- proach to free trade within evary portion of the empire. Imperial defense, however, could not wait. If they waited for it to solve itself they might wait 1itil there was. no British empire to defecnd. SENATOR PLATT AND ROOSEVELT AGAINST HANNA Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 7.—Senator Platt's announcement last night at Manhattan Beach that he would indorse President Roosevelt to succeed himself in 1904, and that if New York and Pennsylvania both should come out for Roosevelt it would decide™the question, is regarded by poli- ticians here as most important. It means more than the mere announcement of the New Yorker's friendliness toward Roosevelt. It means that Roosevelt and Platt have reached a clear understanding, and this has a direct bearing upon the conflict that is looked upon here as inevi- table because of the rivalry between Roosevelt and Hanna. No one in public life and familiar with the situation believes Hanna can escape being a candidate before the national convention in 1904, even if he tried, and few believe he will try. If Roosevelt in the meantime obtains the co-operation of such leaders as Platt and Quay in his be- half the fight is sure to be the most ex- citing in modern political annals. It is sald the reason for the appoint- ment of James 8. Clarkson as Surveyor of the*Port of New York is clear since Platt’'s announcement. Clarkson is, first of all, a stalwart of Platt's type, and his re-entry into politics means the efficlent furtherance of Platt’s plans. Incidentally such experienced men as Clarkson and Postmaster General Payne will bring Roosevelt's forces into such shape before the next campalign that Hanna's managers will have the time of their lives forcing the Ohioan to the front. The internecine strife in Ohio, in which Senator Foraker is seeking to ob- tain control of the State machine, is add- ing to Hanna's troubles. e Tries to Cancel Warship Contract. PARIS, July 7.—The Petit Temps re- lates a curlous story to-day of an abor- tive attempt on the part of the new Min- ister of Marine, M. Pelletan, to cancel contmcuwflven by the former Minister of Marine, M. Lanessan, for the construc- tion of two large ironclads. According | are ignorant of the simplest rules of hy- to the paper, the directors of the ship- building firms concerned refused to cancel the orders. RAVAGES OF DREAD CHOLERA Disease Claims Thou- sands of Natives in Philippines. ‘ Greater Mortality Certain During the " Hot Months. One -Hundred Deaths Occur in Ameri- can Army. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET. N. W WASHINGTON; July 7.—Not since 1882, when the native population of the Philippines was decimated by a viru- lent epidemic of Asiatic' cholera, has there been such an attack of disease as is now ravaging the archipelago. Officers returning from the Philippines recently have expressed the fear that the mortal- ity would approach the figures attained twenty years ago. Because the natives glene and sanitation the epidemic is| bound to increase durlag the hot weeks | 1o come. and the only rellef which can | be looked for is the rainy season, which | is due in August or September. The dread disease has made its inroads on the army and has scored fully 100 deaths, but these have been due to dis- obedience on the part of the victims, who | ignored the orders of officers rexurdln. what they should eat and drink. More stringent orders have been issued, and in- asmuch as General Chaffee's recent cablegrams have made no mention of the effect of the disease it is believed by Sec- retary Root, Colonel Edwards, chief of the division of insular affairs, Surgeon General Forwood and others at the War | Department that there has been no turn for the worse in the situation, which was tersely summed up after the considera- | tion of the reports dated up to May 15, | with the comment that the ‘‘epidemic | has been fought to a standstill in Man- ila by the army medical officers and is making no further progress in the army, but is serlously ravaging the native set- tlements throughout the archipelago.” The natives are numb from fear of cholera, and with good reason,-for the death rate among theg is f 85 per | cent.” The disease is ‘gmn Astatic chol- era In the virulent form it develops in the tropics, where the climatic conditions and lack of proper sanitation aggravate it. The medical corps of the army and of- ficers of the United States marine hospi- tal corps have co-operated with success in keeping the cholera confined to the Philippines. Private letters received here state that the work of medical inspection in Manila and elsewhere is greatly ham- pered by the natives themselves. Reports from Colonel Heisemann, chief medical officer of the Philippines, cov- ering thé period up to May 15, are the last received here. They state that in Manlila there have been 1005 cases with 800 deaths. There were twenty-three cases where Americans had been stricken, with thir- teen deaths. Thirteen Europeans were stricken and ten deaths occurred. In the entire Philippines there were 3210 cases and 2322 deaths. KING OSCAR SKEPTICAL REGARDING ANDREE'S FATE Swedish Ruler Does Not Believe Ex- plorer Was Murdered by Eskimos. ; NEW YORK, July 7.—The Tribune prints the following: STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 7. To the Editor of the Tribune: By his Majesty's order 1 have to say that his Ma- jesty has o speclal reason to suppose the murder of Andree by Eskimos, WRANGEL, Chamberlain to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. The foregoing is in answer to a mes- sage asking King Oscar his opinion of the latest story from Winnipeg about the alleged murder of Andree, the explorer, by Eskimos in Northern Canada. The story as told in the dispatches from Win- nipeg was to the effect that the Rev. Mr, Farlies, an Episcopal missionary, had heard and investigated statements about Andree’s murder two years ago by Eski- mos and was satisfied as to their truth. Rev. Mr. Farlies was quoted, further- more, as saying that relics of the Andree expedition had been secured. Andree was a native of Sweden, and the King personally helped to defray the ex- pense of the expedition. THIRTY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS JAR SALONICA One Temblor Destroys One Hundred and Fifty Houses in a Single Town. VIENNA, July 7.—The Neue Frele Presse publishes a dispatch from Salon- ica, Buropean Turkey, saying that since last Saturday thirty shocks of earth- quake, eight of which were violent, have been experienced there. A very violent shock which occurred after midnight of Sunday caused damage to villages in the vicinity of Salonica. Other dispatches re- ceived here from Salonica say that the shock of Monday morning destroyed 150 houses and killed one child at Guvesne, and th5t two persons were killed at Sa- lonica. Buller’s Heliogram Made Public. LONDON, July 8.—General Buller, with the permission of the War Office, has sent to the press copies of his original dis- patches from South Africa and of his famous heliogram. These coples differ only in trifliing details from the versions trance to Hood canal previously published and do not serve, according to the general belief, to place his attitude regarding Ladysmith in any better light. BLOODHOUNDS AND REDSKINS WIiL. PURSUE OUTLAW TRACY 1 1 - Indian Woman Says| She Talked With the Convict. EATTLE, July 7.—Thousands of men are on the Sound and in the forests of four counties pursuing with exasperating ill- success the murdering outlaw, Tracy. The whereabouts of the escaped convict is more than ever shrouded in mystery. H The pursuit to-day, however, develope« that the man, and his impressed compan- ion, Anderson, did not abandon their boat on the Sound shore, at least not where it could easily be found. It was reported that the craft had been discovered, but investigation proved the story untrue. Nothing has been heard from Anderson, and If he has not already been murdered, he is very likely with Tracy. INDIANS ARE ENLISTED. Tndians are to search the forests and bloodhounds are to be turned loose in several sections to-morrow. It is thought that Tracy and Anderson are somewhere on or near the Fort Madison reservation. An old Indian woman has said that she talked with a man of Tracy's description. A whitehall boat on the beach \of Miller's Cove, near Port Gamble, with the footprints of two men leading away from the shore into the woods was re- ported to-day. Investigation of this dis- covery was taken in hand by Deputy Skerlff Cook and a posse. Cook returned to his home In Seattle to-night. . He had discovered that the boat belonged to Sam- uel Horsley, a farmer of the nelghbor- hood, and was found just where the farmer had left it. Sheriff Sackman of Kitsap County has secured the services of forty Indlans who will patrol the beach of the reservation and northward to Point No Point, in the hope, if the old Indian woman's story is true, that Tracy may not yet have left the mainland, but put out again on the waters of the Sound in Johnson's boat. ACTIVITY OF SHERIFFS. The Sheriffs of other Northwestern coun- ties have been actlvely participating in the chase since the news of Tracy's visit to and departure from Port Madison spread abroad. Sheriff Brisbin of What- com County was out Sunday and to-day with his posse on board the steamer Bes- sie cruising among the numerous islands of the lower sound. Sheriff Zimmerman of Snohomish County, with a strong par- ty, is in the vicinity of Duguala Bay, which nearly cuts Whidby Island in two| and commands the inside channel to the north. Sheriff Hammond of Jefferson County, after cruising Sunday and to- day in the revenue launch Guard, is to- night stationed at Quilicene, near the en- Volunteers, act- ing under orders of Skagit County offi- cers, are watching the southeastern shores of Fidalgo Island and the country in the vicinity of the Skagit River delta. There wére in reason but one or two courses for Tracy to pursue. Neither of them took him out of Kitsap County. Unless the convict, in sudden anger or fearing treachery, has killed Anderson, the two men are still together and the whitehall boat is still in use. From Point No Point, the northern extremity of Kit- sap County, to Point Wilson, where the waters of Admiralty Inlet merge with ! o+ £ MEN WHO HAVE FIGURED IN THE PURSUIT OF OUTLAW TRACY. i - T the straits of Juan de Fuca, the west ghore has but scant population. Port Ludlow ig the only place along the shore to be avoided, until the . vicinity of Fort Flagler on the southern point of Port Townsend harbor.” From south of Flagler a course could be laid, preferably by night, across to the west shore of ‘Whidby Island, striking in north of Fort Casey. From here with luck in escaping notice of any of the patrol fleet, the sail- ing would be plain to the vicinity of De- ception Pass or on to the islands of the Archipelago de Haro. “TRACY” IS GARR. SPOKANE, Wash., July 7.—"Tracy's real name is Garr,” sald A. O. Rose, of Dillon,. Montana, former Sheriff of Beaverhead County, Montana, to-day, “and his first crime was committed at Dillon, when he was only 18 years of age. He stole a keg of beer from the station platform, and I arrested him and assisted in the prosecution. He got sixty days in the County Jail, and was out but a short time before he robbed a rancher and was given one year in the State penitentiary for the offense. Upon his release he robbed a lumberman’s camp and disap- peared, and I did not hear of him again until he escaped from jail in Utah and got away to Colorado. “The warden of the Utah penitentiary sent me a photograph at the time Tracy escaped and I recognized it at once as the picture of young Garr. While in the penitentiary at Deer Lodge Garr got let- ters from hig father in Missouri, and I remember his saying he had come from Missouri to Montana to be a cowboy. Garr was a reckless youth when I first knew him and after his first crime he seemed to take rapidly to further law- lessness.” At a meeting of the City Council to- night an ordinance was ‘introduced offer- ing $1000 reward for the desperado dead or alive. Under the rules of the Council, the ordinance went over, but it will un- doubtedly be passed at the néxt meeting if Tracy continues at large. The widow of Policeman Breese, who was killed by Tracy, will receive $1000 from the city. The Council is unanimons in favor of the proposed ordinance. VICTORIA, B. C., July Z—Harry Tracy, | the convict who escaped from the Oregon penitentiary and has so far eluded pur- suers after killing some, is very versant with the islands of Puget whither he was seen from Port e Fugitive May Now Be on Northern Reservation. Madison, where his trail was lost by the posses in pursuit. He was a fireman on the steamer City of Kingston some years g0 when that vessel was giving the daily connection between Victoria and Seattie via Port Townsend, and he then learned the location of the haunts of water pirates, whom he afterward made his friends. According to those who knew Tracy when he was on the Kingston, he had many friends among these men. EEATED DISCUSSIONS AT TURNERS CONVENTION XMatter of Admitting Women to Mem~ bership Is Defeated After Long Debate. DAVENPORT, Ia., July 7.—The second day of the National Convention of ths North American Turnerbund was marked by many heated discussions. Three hours was spent discussing the question of ad- miission of women to full membership. It was proposed to make it optional with the sccietles to admit women and to recefve them on passes from other societies. The proposition was defeated by 183 4-5 votes agdinst 154 1-5 for it. A two-thirds vote is necessary to make the change. An important place was given in the proceedings to-day to the resolutions urg- ing the exemption of Turner property from taxation. The proposition was favored by many Eastern delegates in whose States much Turner property is ex- empt. The more radical element from the West came in with a counter resolution declaring for the taxation of all soclety and church property. The radicals carried the day, the resolution favoring the tax- ation of church property being adopted. It was decided not to hold the next National Turner Fest until 1905, thus de- feating -the hopes of St. Louis and Chi- cago delegates for 1804. The fest was offered to Indlanapolis, which has until to-morrow to accept. Pittsburg secured the next business convention, to be held in 1904. Indianapolls was continued as the business headquarters, the Indiana dis- trict to elect head officers. The Bund adopted a resolution favoring free. text books in schools. ek, ool CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOROS. General Chaffee Will Send Reinforce- . ments to Baldwin. ‘WASHINGTON, July 7.—By direction of Secretary Root General Chaffee is plan- ning a brisk offensive campaign against the Moros in Mindanao, who are still ex« tremely hostile. General Baldwin has reported that the dattos are far from subdued and that they have been preparing for an attack, but have withheld it in the hope of so aggra- vating the Americans that they will take the offensive. General Baldwin says that the Moros take the forbearance of the Americans to be an evidence of cowardice and are emboldened by It. % General Chaffee will soon ordemtroops to Mindanao to reinforce Baldwin. If a bat« tle does ensue it is likely to be sanguine ary. The Moros have demanded the withe drawal of the treops from their country. 8 By 2 SOUTHERN PACIFIC HANDS WALK OUT AT HOUSTON HOUSTON, Tex., July 7.—Five hundred | and fifty employes of the Southern Paci- fic shops at Houston walked out to-day on the refusal of the company to grant them an increase of 10 per cent in wages. The company offered an increase of § per cent a day for all men who are not receiving more than $3 20 per day, but this was re- by the men, who based their de- on concessions made to the shop- By =t