The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1902, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FLAMES MAKE ASHES OF OREGON AND WA AND ONE HUNDRED LIVES MAY BE DEATHS G AR i SR SE SRR T | o i Campers Perish in a Whirl of Fire. Burned Remains in Charred Sacks. ALAMA, Wash., Sept. 14.—News ched here Jate last night t the forest fires on Lewis wrought great damage and that D. L. Wal- ce, his wife and two children, were burned to death. They mping in the woods when caught Their wagon was found burn- rred bodies were lying boy of Hanleys is n Polly and baby T unknown, and Mr. Mrs. Graves are dead. bodies were found, all clad | and logging camps etely. The following families have w: Eli Streat, O. 8. Curdls, Thomas Matthew T. Wil- r. Ellis and others. Lewis River, about Woodland. The coun- 1d there are doubtless not yet reported. The 1 from Lewis River morth 2 River, and fifty sections timber on the ¢ st are de- »ssible to give any es- »f damage done to pout twenty miles lumbia River, is There is no loss of s of property is es- . burned out Ra ing on the Coweeman | rt or Cowlitz County. ble is consumed in it was_ever seen | before. The air is failing ashes. E. ted destroyved. Muck- mp is also burned out; 15 badly damaged. engines are reported en from Barr's camp are g. People are panie- | many are almost crazed over the loss of their thought it was going to when the reports | fast and the last are ive people are dead and two only partial reports from The horrible news er the entire county | d in words. ed from Lewis here are _only n Lewis River | head of the| river ty miles, and n less than f persons have perished. - LOSSES IN MONTANA. Safety of Finest Forests in the State Is Menaced. nt., Sept. 14.—A special to Basin, Mont., says that g in the mountains and only & heavy rain will of timber and upposed to hav N of Anacc “the timber aistric of M 1 | the M forest near Bernice FRICID ROCKS IR PASSENGERS Cottage City Voyager Tells How She Was Wrecked. Special D ispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Sept. 14—The steamer Spo- kane, arriving to-day from Lynn Canal, brought the 178 passengers of the steamer Cottage City, which was wrecked Sun- da Beptember 7, in Stickeen Strait, Alask: nd full details of the disaster. The Cottage City was still hung up on the rocks when the Spokane passed her, the be chances of floating her ap- good. Fred Crewe, a passen- | of the wreck of the vessel, | ough pear tc Ee te “She has a large hole in her port bow and half of her bottom is torn away. She | reposes on the rocks near the southern extremity of o land. Between 10:30 and 10:45 Sunday evening while run- | ning under slow bell we were startled by | the cruncht ing on the rocks | f the vessel her sudden stop- s very slight, and this, age. “The shock W - gy 13 perbaps, more than aynthing responsible for lack of excitement which ct behavior of most of the p A rope was dropped over the bow, down which several climbed o the rocks, where, with the aid of lan- tefns and from the vessel's lights, it w immediate g s a third of the steamer was high and dry on the rocks, | he tide falling. and the trees but a few vards distant he lowering of the boats convince Captain Wallace in- ended t nce with the lives in arg. The women and children soon found themselves ensconced on the slippery rocks an afterwards joined by the few, however, of both board. Blankets from taken ashore, and male © xes rooms preservers were found more com fortable to it upon than the wet sea weed After remaining upon the rocks 2 ‘couple of hours all were brought back on board again for a light luncheon. “An hour or so later the lights of a steamer, which proved to be the Spokane, came into view and our transfer to her be- came the next move on the programme. We were huddled into the boats and rowed to the Spokane, which stood off a mile or more from the wreck, and none of the boats ceeded in discharging their cargoes of humanity until fully three- quarters of an hour had been spent by all in traversing the distance. However, by 4 in the morning all had succeeded in safely performing the feat of climbing the ladder up the side of the Spokane and in 2 little while she steamed off on her north- ward course. “We all went to S y, and after spending the night unloading, resumed our interrupted voyage to Seattle. On reaching the scene of the disaster Cap- tain Wallace came on board and was cheered by the passengers. e Cottage City seemed to lying the same as we ed, and it is | BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14 smoke leff her, no noticeable chai taken place in her position, and"it ner nuh | face LAMES in the forests of Northwestern Oregon and Southern Washington co; thousands upon thousands of acres of the richest timber land in that section o devastating course, the danger to property in outly; as have been obtained, however, it is thought that not less sons are known to have perished in the destroying blaze, and re ashes. The loss to property in Oregon will certainly exceed $1,000,000. ing districts is by no means over. than 100 persons are dead. The greatest loss of life appears to hav ports of additional fatalities are expected. Hundreds of residents of Northwestern Oregon are homeless as a res ntinue with unparalleled fury, destroying the lives of people f the country. The conflagration has made headway with amazing rapidity, The destruction of telegraph and telephone lines has rendered it difficult to obt ! e ‘been along the Lewis River, in Washington, where logging camps are numerous. ult of the great fires. SEPTEMBER 15, 1902. in the small settlements, threatening the ruin Of_tOWflS and while it is supposed that.it cannot 1 ain zn estimate of the loss of life. SHINGTON HOMES RIM RECORD + T S N — Oak Point Disappears Before Furious Destroyer. feared the destruction will foot into the thousands In the timber districts of Northern Mon- tana, according to advices from Kalispel, fires are spreading with terrible rapidity, 2nd the safety of the finest forests in the | State is menaced. Agent Berndt of the State Department is in-the field with a large force of men fighting the . flames ,ut_there is little hope of staying the ad- vance of the flames without rain. A pall | of smoke has hung over Montana yester- cay and to-day that has almost obscureq | the sun. Yesterday the orb was a bright | {lurple varying to blue, and to-day for a | ong period the sun could not be seen. SMOKE OBSCURES SOL. People of Boise Are Dispossessed of the Sunlight. NATVE POLICE KILL LADRONES Bring Down Eighteen of Rios’' Band in Luzon, MANILA, Sept. 14.—The force of native constabulary which has been in pursuit of the Rios band of irreconcilables in Tayabas province, Luzon, has killed eighteen and captured twenty-five of the band. The constabulary suffered no losses. Rios, the leader, says he will never be captured alive. “Captain” Bilo, a leader of ladrones in Bulacan province, Luzon, who is gullty ot thirty murders and who has been an outlaw for years, was killed by the native constabulary last Friday. Colonel W. A. Rafferty of the Fifth Cavalry, died at San Felipe yesterday from injuries sustained by a fall a week ago. General Chaffee was at his bed- side when he expired. His body will be sent home on the transport Logan. | On account of the impoverishment of | the people by war and cholera, the | United States Philippine Commission has remitted the land tax in the province of Batangas, Luzon, for the vear 1902. The Chamber of Commerce of Manila gave a_banquet to Governor Taft last | night. The Governor was entertained in | an original manner. In the address ot welcome made by the president of the chamber, the" advisability of admitting more Chinese to the Philippine Islands | was suggested. In reply Governor Taft | said the exclusion of Chinese was a rec- ognition of their energy and thrift. He ¢id not discuss their possible admission to the islands. RAILROAD EMPLOYES HOLD SECRET MEETING Organizations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Discuss Plans for Establishing Closer Relations. TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 14.—Two union meetings were held here to-day by the combined organizations of the Brother- hoods of Locomotive Engineers, Loco- motive Firemen, Trainmen, Conductors, Telegraph Operators and Clerks, with 300 delegates from New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania present. A secret meeting was held in the morning and an open meeting in the afternoon. The purpose of the secret meeting was to establish closer relations among these organizations, and that bf the afternoon was to interest the public in organiged labor. The principal feature of the afternoon meeting was an address by Thomas D. Nicholls of Scranton Pa., district presi- dent of the Unit Mine-Workers of America, who made a plea for financial assistance for the striking miners. Sev- eral hundred dollars were collected. @ Feivinieieimimimiiieieieel el @ is not too far gone it should not be much of a tesk to get her afloat again.” The passengers of the Cotage City pre- ared resolutions thankin, apuln - eand the officers. ’ #u | their Loss in Oregon Will Easily Be in Excess of a Round Million Dollars. from the forest fires of Western Wash- ington and Oregon has been observed here for three days. To-day it settled down so thickly as to obscure the sun completely. During part of the day the sun eould be seen as a dull disc, but during the af- ternoon it was hidden entirely. g CHILDREN WITH BEARS. Remarkable Gathering in a Meadow Safe From the Flames. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 14.—Reports of thrilling escapes from forest fires con- tinue to come in. Many survivors along Lewis river, in Clarke County, saved lives by wading into the streams and keeping only their heads above wa- ter. The employes of White's mill, in Lewis County, found themselves suddenly sur- rounded by fires. They hastened toward streams two miles away and jumped into able to endure the terrible heat. When the fire grew nearer the party abandoned the stream and went to the center of a green meadow nearly surrounded by burning timber. Here they had been pre- ceded by many other fugitives from the flames. There were rabbits, half a dozen bears and_numerous deer, all panic- stricken. The meadow proved a safe refuge for all until the flames had died away. COLUMBIA STILL AGROUND. Steamer Stranded in the Smoke May Be Floated Soon. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 14.—The steamship Columbia, which- went aground because of the forest fire smoke, is still stranded on the sandbar near Astoria, although for a time she was afloat this morning. The passengers have been taken to Port. land on a river steamer. When the vesse floated this morning an effort was made | convenient pi to get her out of the position, but she grounded again and could not be moved, | { SCENES IN THE | WHER! | LIVES AND AN IMMENSE LOCALITIES OF OREGON 2 THE GREAT FOREST FIRES HAVE BEEN DESTROYING AMOUD AND WASHINGTON T OF VAL JABLE TIMBER. | * 3 'Reservations Escape Setious Damage From ‘ the Flames in Northern Oregon. e and the cargo will be re- | moved if it is found necessary. For the first time in three days the sky now about out and the danger is past. For_a time serious damage was threat- ened between Long Beach and Ilwaco, the water. Children were constantly|Agent Lounsberry says he thinks it will | was clear to-day, the smoke bank having | Wash., but reports this evening say the dipped into the stream. Only by wrap- | be possible to get the steamer out some | entirely disappeared. All the fires which | change of the wind prevented the im- ping themselves in blankets were they | time during the night. Lighters are at a ' have raged in the vicinity of this city are | pending loss. o e . test against the action of the Govern- was present, suddenly went mad and VOLCANO AOARS IN A HOT LAKE Eruption Is Reported in Northern Part of Mexico. - Special Dispatch to The Call. PHOENTIX, Ariz., Sept. 14.—Judge Henry Redwine brings to Phoenix a story of an active voleano in a smoking lake twenty- one miles north of Texico at the base of the mountains and across the Mexican line. Indians who formerly lived in the neighborhood have moved away since the lake began spouting - columns of smoke, and white settlers near there are serious- ly considering the same course. The lake is fourteen miles long and about three miles broad. The water on the surface is almost constantly boiling and at times is thrown into the air in gi- gantic columns, amidst which fire plays, producing a weird effect. Great columns of mud also are thrown up from the bed of the lake, and the phenomena are ac- companied by a trembling of the surface of the earth on the shores of the lake, and a subterranean thunder. BEAR CAUSES ACCIDENT BUT PAYS THE PENALTY San Francisco Hunter Happens Upon Bruin in the Road and Kills Him. MARYSVILLE, Sept. 14.—Harold Power of San Francisco, who has been camping in the mountains, had an exciting en- counter with a bear in the foothills yes- terday as he was returning to this place. Power, seated in a light wagon, was driv- ing down a steep grade near Sugar Loaf, when a bear suddenly started from a clump of trees to cross the roadway and frightened the horse, which bolted full tilt down the hill, upsetting the wagon and spilling the driver. For a moment Power was partially sturined, but quickly ral- lied. As he did so he saw the bear ap- proaching him. Fortunately, among other things thrown from the wagon was a rifile and securing it the frightened man fired. Luck favored his aim and the great beast staggered and fell dead. Sev- eral hours afterward a teamster came along and carried Power and the bear to a roadside house. [ T Recent Slur on Dublin’s Name. DUBLIN, Sept. 14.—Twenty thousand persons, the biggest open-air gathering that has been seen here in years, as- | sembled in Phoenix Park to-day to pro- ment in “proclaiming” the Irish capital. The Lord Mayor of Dublin presided and John Dillon and Willlam O'Brien were the chief speakers. George Wyndham, Secretary for Ireland, was the principal target for abuse, and ringing resolutions denouncing the siur on Dublin’s fair name and fame were unanimously passed. MAJOR GENERAL CORBIN PRAISES GERMAN ARMY Denies What Purp:;ted to Be an In- terview With Him Criticizing the Infantry. BERLIN, Sept. 14.—Major General Cor- bin, who, together with Major General Samuel B. Young and Brigadier General | Leonard Wood, army maneuvers Oder last week, gave out a statement be- fore he left for Dusseldorf, denying what purported to be an interview with him in which he was reported as unfavorably criticizing the German infantry. In this connection General Corbin said: My companions and I have reached the con viction that the German army in every r spect, but particularly in organization, in- struction and equipment, is among the best in_existence, if not the best, The army’ excited the admiration of all the attended the Germany American officers who witnessed the maneu- | vers, and e shall never forget the many marks of distinction and courtesy bestowed upon us by Emperor William and his officers, COUNTESS BON MARTINI IS PLACED UNDER ARREST She Is Accused of Causing the Assas- | sination of Her Husband at Bologna. 14.—The ROME, Sept. Countess Bon Martini, wife of Count Bon Martini, who | was assassinated at Bologna 'by Tullio Murri, his brother-in-law, has been ar- rested on the charge of complicity in the murder of her husband. 1t is alleged that the Countess spurred her brother to com- mit the crime. Dr. Naldi, an intimate friend of Tullio Murri, who confessed to the murder of the Count last week, has given himself uEF as implicated in the crime. = 'he mystery of this case grows deeper every day, and it is being followed in Ttaly with great interest. Mexico Wants More Time. THE HAGUE, Sept. 14.—It is not defin- itely known whether the postponement of the hearing of the Pius fund case between Mexico and the United States before the arbitration court, which was yesterday regarded as not improbable, will be neces- sary; but Mexico does not appear to be quite ready and there is some doubt as to whether all the persons interested can reach here in time. It has been an- nounced that the court will open to- morrow. RS SUL AT George Crocker Is Coming Home. LONDON, Sept. 14.—George Crocker of ‘B,:;:E’nnclsco will sail for home on Octo- near Frankfort-on-the- | AUTOMOBILE TOUR FROM 3EA T0 SEA Sweet-Voiced Los Ange- les Miss Plans Dar- ing Trip. Special Dispatch | NEW YORK, Sept. 14—Touring the country in her own automobile, Miss Mary Belle Daily, the dramatic soprano, will fill singing engagements from coast | to coast, ending her trip in Los Angeles, | where her father is a prominent physi- | clag. The young woman purchased a | special long-distance machine last week iand will start on her long tour, accom- | panied by her mother, at 10:30 o'clock to- MOrrow morning. : | The tourists wil go to Hartford, thence | to Newport and other places on their way to Boston, where the singer has a spe- clal engagement to fill. Returning to New | York, they will cross the State and con- | tinent by e stage: | "Miss Dally was born in Salina, Kansas | and passed her childhood in Los Angeles or the last three years she has been studying in Berlin and other European | capitals. —_— RAVING MANIAC KEEPS WATCH CVER THE DEAD to The Call. Tragic Death in a New | York Hotel. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 14.—Ethel B. Dingle, a very pretty girl, was found dead in a room to-day in the Whitcomb House here, her throat cut with, a razor, while | Leland Kent, also with a slash in his throat, wild and raving, paced the floor. Several powerful drugs in bottles . were , found in the room. Kent asserts that the girl wounded him and then killed herself. The couple came here last night from Buffalo and registered as L. D. Kent and wife. Kent had a wife and little son in that city. The girl was a Canadian and had been until recently a nurse in River- side Hospital. DEMENTED GENDARME KILLS SEVEN PERSONS Draws His Revolver in a Crowded Theater and Shoots Into the Audience. MADRID, Sept. 14.—There was great ex- citement and confusion in a theater at | Malaga last night, when a gendarme, who Pretty Young Nurse Meets With a | drawing his reyolver fired indiscriminate- ly into the audience. Seven persons were killed. In a wild panic the audience sought to rush from the building, and nine persons were knocked down and in- jured. The gendarme was called upon to surrender by some policemen, and upon refusing to do so, was shot and killed. Australians Are IDiscontented. LONDON, Sept. 15.—The Sydney (N. S. ‘W.) correspondent of the Daily Mail says that resolutions have been laid upon the table of several Legislatures in favor of the dissolution of the Australian com- monwealth. These resolutions, the cor- respondent says, are likely to provoke some plain speaking, but they will not be carried. Sir William J. Lyne, Minister for Home Affairs of the commonwealth, said in a public speech September 13 that he recognized the fact that discontent pre- vailed and admitted that the federation machinery was weighty and intricate and difficult of expansion, but he appealed to | the Australlans not to give up and urged that co-operation would bridge over their difficulties. Mob Attacks a “Messiah.” LONDON, Sept. 4. — Extraordinary scenes occurred to-day at Clapton, where nearly 5000 persons attempted to mob a former Episcopalian clergyman named Piggott, who is now the leader of a sect called the “Agapemonites.” Piggott last week announced himself as the Messiah. Exposures of the man which filled many columns in the newspapers heightened public interest in the affair to such a piteh that to-day Piggott was saved from the mob only by the efforts of mounted police. Investigating a Cure for Leprosy. HAVANA, Sept. 14.—The medical board reports very favorable progress in the ten cases of leprosy now in the hospital here, which are under the special treatment of Drs. Deque and Morno, who have recent- ly been allotted $20 a month by the House of Representatives to _continue their investigations for a cure of the dis- ease which was begun under the military government. The medicine employed by the Cuban doctors is an extract from red mangrove and is used as a salve and a tonic. a0 o ‘Will Lecture for the Boers. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14.—Mr. Reltz, former State Secretary of the Transvaal, will sail September 25 for New York to give a series of lectures, both on behalf of his own finances and for the benefit of the Boers. This unexpectedly early de- parture of Reitz for the United States is said to be due to the instance of the Boer generals, Botha, Dewet and Delarey, that the anti-British propaganda i must be moderated. i Lord Hope Awaits the Decree. LONDON, Sept. 14—The marriage of Lord Francis Hope and Beatrice Rycketts will occur as soon as the decrees of di- vorce he obtained from May Yohe in . March of this year becomes absolute. and cities, was t further imperil towns in its — and laying waste From such scant reports Many per- The town of Palmer is in ' No Dangers Now for Portland People. Smoke Is Dense in the River Valleys. ORTLAND, Or., Sept. 14.—Driven from their homes in the darkness of the night by a raging forest fire which swept everything be- fore it from Ariel, Cowlitz Coun- ty, Wash., to the foot of Mount St. Helens, a distance of twenty- five miles, .eleven people are dead, four are missipg and over two hundred peopie have beén left homeless and many have | not even clothes enough to cover them. The dead in Cowlitz County as far as {-known are: D. L. WALLACE, wife and two children. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD SON OF MR. HANLEY | " JOHN POLLY, his brother and child. W. E. NEWHOUSE. MRS. GRAVES. Four men who were working on a claim belonging to James Hawthorne have not been found and it is thought that they are dead. Some fifty or sixty people were camped at the lake at the foot of Mount St. Helens and they have mot been heard from since the fire. It is not known whether they escaped or no The first news of the devastation was brought to t city by Milo M. Dimmick, who experienced many difficulties in mak- ing the trip out to send aid to the suffer- ers. He reached here to-night. From his description the suffering there is great and the devastation is the most appalling of any that has been reported. For a stretch of twenty-five miles, he says, there are but two houses standing. The fine timber these people expected to real- ize has all been destroyed. The fire came upon them in the night and entirely un- expectedly. Dimmick was asleep and was awakened by the barking of his dog. SPECTACLE IS APPALLING. “I had scarcely time to get to the river myself,” said he, “when the flames were upon me, and if I had taken time to save anything else we would not have got away.” ? & While immersed in the river Dimmick saw one of the gruln;! t but mest ap- alling sights of his life. p"GrEa{xgballs of fire would roll up like cotton balls,” sald he, “and then burst with a mighty rear. I have never heard a noise to compare with it.”” 3 As soon as the fire had passed over him he rushed te a neighbor's house and found that the family had been driven from heme but had escaped death. When morning came he sct out to bring in re- lief. The bridges were all burned, the 10ads were obstructed by trees that had fallen across them, so that his progres was very slow. About 300 people are left homeless in Multnomah and Clackamas counties as a | result of the forest fires. The fires have burned over a wide scope of country, but the greatest damage in this State appears to have been done in these twe counties. In the fire that destroyed the town of Palmer, near Bridal Veil, two boys named Hamilton were caught while trying to es- cape from the flames and were burned to death. The timber losses in Clackamas County have been immense, and the whole length of the Clackamas River pre- sents nothing but vistas of ruined settle- ments. In Eastern Multnomah the fires are un- der control and no further damage is feared unless weather conditions change. In southern Oregon excellent work has been done by the forest rangers, and the destruction is confined to a comparativ ly limited area. FEugene and the sur- rounding country are now practically out of danger, though the fires are spread- ing. Tillamook also_has been saved by a change in the direction of the wind an- the inhabitants have hopes of saving the town, which has twice been almost aban- doned before the raging flames. PORTLAND NOW SAFE. The most distressing losses have been those suffered in the vieinity of Spring- water, Clackamas County, _and nt: Multnomah County. The Springwater r gion has been utterly swept by the fires and those who have reached points in communication with the outside world say that immediate help must be sent ir order to save the lives of those who escaped the flames. Around Portland the fires are dying down and the people in the suburbs are drawing their first easy _breath since Thursday. In ail parts of the Willam- ette and Columbia River valleys the smoke continues very dense and it is feared that the full extent of the losses will not be known until the districts now cut off are heard from. The damage by fire to forest reserva- tions appears not to_ have been heavy, the most disastrous fires being confined to settlements where clearing and slash- ing is being done. There is no way of securing a correct estimate of the 10ss but it will certainly exceed $1,000.000 in this State. KING LEOPOLD INTENDS VISITING SAN FRANCISCO After an American Tour He Will Re- turn Home by Way of China and India. LONDON, Sept. 14.—The Express says that King Leopold will visit New York, Philadelphia. and Baltimore in the East, and will then cross the continent to San Francisco, and returning home by way of China and India. A p —_— Ends Honeymoon by Killing Himself DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 4.—A special to the Free Press from Saginaw, Mich., says that Charles H. Robson of Atlin, B. C., a rich mine owner, ended two days’ honeymoon by going insane and jumping into the river, after forcing his bride to walk through the streets with him at 2:45 a. m. in her nightrobe. He was married Friday to Miss Phoebe Grant Stgvens of Saginaw. The river is being dragged. S e Named for Porto Rico Commissioner. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 4.—Fe- lipe Cuevas has been nominated for Porto Rican Commissioner to the United States by the Federal part vl Accidental Shooting Results Fatally. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14.—Dr. Thomas S. Morden,” who accidentally shot - himsel? Friday evening, died-this afternoon. Masons Determine to End Strike. BARCELONA, Sept. 14.—The Masons have determined to terminate the strike and will resume work to-morrow, puichibassiee - Street Car Strike Is Settled. OTTUMWA, Ia., Sept. 14.—The street car strike here was settled to-night. ————— The yold of an egg beaten Into a glass good for the nerves of milk is sald to be in the morning.