The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-N 119. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BUARDING CARIBBEAN GATEWAY Coghlan to Have Command of a Big Fleet. Plan Contemplates the Most Modern of Battleships. Force to Be Streng Enough to Offset Any European Interference. L5 S, tch to The Call 1406 G STREET, N. N, Sept. 26.—When | with his flagship nd of the Carib- rth Atla hed the nucleus ntic sta- battleships. This will fieet desired under ilization for the navy, | placing of a bat- Atlantic coast, one cruiser squadrons | North Atlantic fleet will med, and then the Asiatic be organized. The filling of fleet contemplated for the pro- csses ““1 authorize, but organized by the time 1is completed. next two ( is expecte the Pana IMPORTANT IN STRATEGY. t time, when its interests will be fore, the United force on watch trance of the Carib- gh to offset any Euro- bean fleet is not yet formed — The inrmediate energies are busy with the ex- he present time, but strate- | realize that the Caribbean Sea is to the theater of the world’s politics be- fore many They belleve Germany fully cognizant of it behooves the United nfluence of this coun- | South America. con- | i ves | nd tent GERMAN‘Y YS WATCHFUL. 'he fleet iral Coghlan will | » arrives in the | nd the waters. It is not a adapted to the republics from ven now strong ‘a fleet in cruisers in Vene- week: Haytian eirrot, still in the another German epresented, and ip or two within | of dis- Marietta, we German three the than still | is well | GAINS E1S LIBERTY AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS | situation ON, —The Presi- dent has granted a full and unconditional 1 to William Dinkeila, convicted in 1880 before a United States consular court in Japan of the murder of Charles H. Abbott, first mate of the American ship Centennial, while lying i Hiogo har- bor, the prisoner being second mate of the ship. \ Dinkella has been in prison for mcrew than twenty-two years, two years in | Jepan and over twenty years in the| Albany, N. Y., prison. He always has insisted that the crime was committed in the heat of passion and when he believed his own life was in jeopardy, the testi- mony showing that the murdered man had beaten and choked the prisoner almost into insensibility when the prisoner se-| cured his pistol and shot Abboit dead. Tae Attorney General says that the ele- ment of premeditation was entirely lack- ing and that in these circumstances the crinne could not have risen above murder in tae second degree, the maximum pen- alty for which is fixed usually at twenty years In view of this fact and of the uniformly good behavior of the prisoner while in the penitentiary a full pardon is granted. i Morgan Will Pay Off Early. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—J. P. Morgan & | Co. to<lay motified the shareholders of the varous companies and corporations for whith they act as fiscal agents that would anticipate October interest «d cougon payments next Monday, two lays in idvance of the required time. se payments, it is estimated, will ap- © $14,000,000. The action is taken sxisting financial conditions. i S0 Dividead From Steel Trust. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—The United Elates Stee] Corporation announced to- day that it wyuld mall checks to-morrow to reliev for the quarierly dividend on its com- mon stock, dge September 30, and that the chec would be payable September 2. The sum of the quarterly dividend is | dollar: . the niter beds are poor men. DESERT'S LUAE ENTIGES MEN INTO DANGER Miners Rushing for Death Valley’s Niter Beds. Hear Marvelous Tales of the Vastness of the Deposits. Capitalists Equip Formid- able Expeditions to Ex- plore New Field. Special Dispatch to The Call. DAGGETT, Sept. 26.—Discoveries of vast deposits of niter in Death Valley have started a rush to that desolate region. Dozens of expeditions, fitted out by capitalists, and hundreds of miners are leaving Daggett, Borate, Randsburg and Mojave for the valley. Already there are more than 400 men waiting at Bal- |larat for information as to which por- | tion of the terrible desert is the best to rush to. The niter deposits are described by the discoverers as being of such extent as. to rival, if not surpass, those of Chile. So far their real range is not known, but many square miles have been examined ¥ the prospectors. In this regard it is safe to say that there are millions of worth of the much-sought mineral This means that there are bil- worth of it in Death in sight. lions of dollars’ Valley. EXTENT OF THE DEPOSITS. The deposits that have been discovered are located from 130 to 145 miles from Daggett, 110 to 130 miles from Randsburg and 45 to 70 miles from Ballarat. They extend over a territory more than twenty- { five miles long and fifteen miles wide. No water can be found in the vicinity of the niter, Furnace Creek, thirty-five | miles distant, being the nearest point to the niter beds at which water can be obtained. Shafts have been sunk in the niter beds from five to forty-five fest without encountering any moisture:. These | shafts are in niter from the surface down. The closest and most convenient point to the deposits is Ballarat, from which place water must be carried. By way- of Ballarat the distance to the new Tarapaca is between 105 and 130 miles from the | railroad, the terminus of the nearest line belng Johannisburg, It Is apparent that Ballarat will be the outfitting place for most of the *“‘rushers.” POOR MAN’S CHANCE SLIGHT. Those who have so far made claims to “Borax ng” Smith, Lord Humphreys and Mil- lionaire Singleton are the capitalists who have. taken. the keenest interest in the finds, but they have as yet made no claims. All these capitalists are now en- gaged in fitting out expeditions to look for niter and locate claims. They are sparing no. expense in getting the ex- peditions ready and are losing no time. As great outlays of cash are required to send out exploring parties that the poor man’s chances will dwindle as the rush grows stronger. Nearly one hundred men are being sent into Death Valley by “Borax King” Smith and Lord Humphreys. The ex- pense attached to their operations will approximate $250,000. According to those who understand the there will be a stampede Lo Death Valley during the coming winter d the excitement will be as great as that which followed oil and gold discov- eries. Certainly the preparations that are being made warrant the belief that a boom is approaching for the Death Val- ley region and the niter fever may be- come national. % MARITIME CONVENTION ADOPTS A SALVAGE LAW HAMBURG, Sept. 26.—The fifth confer- ence of the International Maritime Con- vention, which opened yesterday, to-day discussed and adopted the draft of a treaty relative to a uniform law for col- lisions and maritime salvage in the pro- posed code. The distinetion between sal- vage and assistance is abolished and all successful services rendered to a ship in | peril are given the right to equitable re- muneration. The sum is to be paid for | successful services only and cannot ex- ceed the value of the salved property. Persons who co-operate against the ex- press prohibition of the captain of the ship in peril are barred from all right to remuneration and the authorities who fix the compensation are to proceed on the basis of the efforts and. merits of those who have rendered assistance, the danger incurred by the vessel assisted, the suc- cess obtained and the value of the salved objects. Every contract made in time of peril may be modified in its effect by the judge if he considers that the remunera- tion agreed upon is not equitable. Collisions between ships of war and ships of the mercantile marine are not subject to the proposed treaty, save in so far as responsibility is admitted by the law of particular states. Perhaps the most significant change proposed is that which relieves the judge of the obligation toward a fixed indemnity represented by & quota of the goods saved or their value. The conference subsequently decided to submit two treaties approved by the con- ference to some government to be select- ed by the presiding board, with the re- quest that this government approach %,083.02 end that sum will be released to the money magget, | adoption of the treaties- other governments with a view to the it is likely | A PONTIFICAL BULL WILL EXPLAIN GUIDrS TASK Delegate to Philippines to R Reorganize the OME, Sept. 26.—The publica- tion of a pontifical bull on the apostolic constitution of the Philippines 1s immjnent. It will indicate the general ob- ject and aims of Archbishop Guidi’s mission to Manila. The apostolic celegate will have to reorganize the whole ecclesiastical hierarchy of the archipelago, and will create new dio- ceses and will propose prelates for the archbishopric of Manila and the remain- ing bishoprics, after which he will con- voke a synod to establish rules for gov- erning ecclesiastical affairs in harmony with the customs of the islands as is done in Scuth America. Archbishop Guidi is animated by the | most liberal ideas regarding the settle- | ment of the Philippine questions. In his letter to Governor Taft he said he was glad he had been chosen to co-operate Hierarchy of the Archipelago. g with him in the pacification of the isl- ands and hoped to be able to count on his assistance. SEMINARIES AT MANILA. One of the first projects of the Arch- bishop is the establishment at Manila of two seminaries to educate the native clergy, which are destined ultimately to replace the foreigners. These- seminaries will be intrusted to a religious order which has not hitherto been repressnted in the archipelago. [ A portion of the students of the semin- aries will be sent to Rome to complete their education, either at the North American or South American golleges or in a special Filipino college, if it is found practicable to establish the latter. The discussion regarding the friars which was the subject of negotiations be- tween the vatican and Governor Taft might, it is suggested, be solved without recourse to the recall of the friarss by “opening the doors in the’ Philippines to all the clergy of all the religious orders, without distinction of nationality, thus quickly overshadowing the few hundreds of Spanish friars remaining there.” REORGANIZATION OF CHURCH. The reorganization of the church in the Philippines on a new basis will be car- ried out with funds from the sale of the agricultural lands belonging to the friars gnd from the indemnity which the Unit- ARcCK AU G T B‘\SHOP UsTOo SuIny e DISTINGUISHED PRELATE WHO GOES TO THE PHILIPPINES AS PA- PAL DELEGATE AND WILL REARRANGE THE ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY OF ARCHIPELAGO AND ESTABLISH SEMINARIES. ' ed States will pay for war damages. The idea of having recourse to arbitration in order to determine the amounts of these funds has been dropped, and it is sug- gested that the clergy submit estimates, which, unless immediately acceptable to the Philippine: and . American govern- ments, shall form a basis for negotiation between Governor Taft and Archbishop Guidi. o It is proposed that the friars shall sell | their shares of the lands possessed by the cerporations and that the payment be in Mexican dollars, the first installment to be paid when the title deeds to the Phil- ippine ecclesiastical buildings are trans- ferred. It is also proposed that disputes regard- ing charitable or educational trusts be amicably settled by Archbishop Guidi and Governor Taft. Py ,“,WH%MWWW%M%WW. IMIPOSING PETITION FOR THE SLAYER OF YOUNG MILLIONATRE Friends of Frank Hamil- ton Are Trying to Se- cure His Rolease. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26.—Arrange- ments were completed to-night for the presentation te-morrow to the Board of Pardons of an imposing petition for the, release of Frank Hamilton, the former newspaper man now serving a seven-year term in the Stillwater penitentiary for killing Leonard Day, a young millionaire. Day was stabbed during an early morn- ing brawl in the West Hotel, and for a time doubt was felt as to whether Hamil- ton or another member of the party had given the fatal thrust. At the time of the trial many intimations developed of a scandal which was never disclosed but which led to the suspicion that the real motive for the affray had not been fully told. Hamilton has wealthy relatives in the East. He came here from Denver, ‘where he had served as sporting editor ] of several papers. RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANIES FORMING A GIGANTIG TRUST Manufacturers Are Unit- ing With Capital of Forty Millions, CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—A combination of manufacturers of practically all articles of railway equipment from car roofs to springs, doors and brake shoes and beams, is being formed through the ef- forts of Charles F. Quincy of this city, president of the Q. & C. Company,, manu- facturers of railway equipments. The trust will have a capital of $40,000,000. It is practically certain that Chicago will be chosen as the headquarters, with branch cffices in all the principal cities through- out the United States. The work on the merger has been in progress for two or three months, and Just now the consolidation is being slight- ly delayed by the promoters‘ failure to agree with different managements as to the valuations to ‘be placed on the re- spective properties. The combine will include the following companies: Q.. &.C.. Company, Chicago, (1 QUEEN WILHEL MINA HONORS AMERICAN MINISTER NEWELL Discusses With Great Interest Subject of Arbitration. THE HAGUE, Sept. 26.—Queen Wilhel- mina has gone to Castle Loo to spend the autumn. At the dinner which her Majesty gave last night to the members of the Amer- ican-Mexican Arbitration Court, United States Minister Newell, the Mexican Min- ister, and the Foreign Minister, Dr. Van Lynden, Newell occupied the place of honor on the - Queen’s right. She con- versed in the most friendly and most animated manner with him and the other | guests and discussed with great.interest the subject of arbitration, showing gen- eral appreciation of the work of the in- ternational court now in session here. @ simirsieileiieieinleiiefeleininieleinininil @ Jones Car Door Company, Chicago; Se- curity Car Door Company, Chicago; American Brake Shoe and Foundry Com- pany, New York; Railway Steel Spring Company, New York; Standard Railway Equipment Company, St. Louis, LOST OR LIES BADLY INJURED IN THE W03 Futile Search for ‘Mayor Humes of Seattle. and FailstoReturn to C.mp. Two Days Pass Without Any Trace of Missing Man Being Found Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Mayor Thomas J. Humes is either lost in the thick woods or underbrush on the west side of Squawk way back to his camp. i In company with his son, Jay Humes, the Mayor started on a hunting expedi- noon, promising to meet Jay within an hour after they separated nmear the wat- er's edge. ment, but no trace of the Mayor has been found since the time the two hunters separated. As Mayor Humes is an expe- rienced woodsman and an old-time hun- ter, who would not wander away to keep | serious accident—perhaps death—has | overtakgn him. As much as the weather has permit- | ted, Jay and Samuel Humes, sons of the Mayor, and James Humes, his brother, who have been in camp with him, have been searching through the woods in the direction taken by the Mayor when he was last seen. Late yesterday afternoon this searching party was joined by sev- eral loggers, who remained at work until dark. Then the party, finding it impos- sible to make any progress, gave up the work for ‘the night, Jay Humes returning to this city and the others resting along the lake front. At 4 o'clock to-morrow morning two | sedrching ‘parties will Téave this ity for the district within which Mayor Humes is expected to be found. PARTING OF FATHER AND SON. Mayor Humes and his party have been camping on the east shore of Squawk Slough, about one-third of a mile above the point where it meets the lake. A few days ago the Mayor killed two small bears on the west side, and, believing that it would be possible to find the mother, he decided on Wednesday to make the venture. Jay Humes arranged to accompany his father, and the two were taken across the slough by Samuel Humes, who, it was agreed, should proceed to Bothel and pro- cure a quantity of lumber needed for the erection of a small cabin near the camp ground. Later he was to return for the hunters. The two hunters were landed, one pro- cceding up the ravine, while the other mounted the brow of the hill and hunted | along the ridge to the point where a vine again. Mayor Humes decided to fol- | low the trail. He was armed with a rifle, while Jay Humes carried a shotgun. Dur- |18 the time young Humes followed the | ravine to the point wherl he was to have ‘met his father he did not fire a shot nor {did he hear the report of firing in any ‘dlrecuon. He arrived at the meeting | place, but there was no trace of the Mayor. or more, calling and shooting to attract his father’'s attention. No response was given, and, finally, he hastened to the water again to meet Samuel Humes, who had returned from Bothel to carry the two hunters back to camp. There was no trace of Mayor Humes at that point. HBoth boys shouted and fired into the air to attract the attention of any one within sound. Through the entire night they searched the woods. SUMMON AID FROM CITY. At daybreak they hurried to the water’s edge, and with the boat crossed to the camp. Samuel Humes was sent to the city late this afternoon to summon aid. Late to-night Jay Humes walked to the city to prepare to re-enter the hunt again to-mcrrow morning. Experienced woodsmen and friends of the Mayor differ in their opinions rela- tive to his probable safety. That he has general belief. From the fact that Jay Humes heard no shots during the time he was proceeding up the ravine to join his father at the proposed meeting place it is argued an accidental discharge of Mayor Humes' gun could not have caused him injury. A theory advanced by Samuel Humes, who knows his father’s habits while hunt- ing, is that he may have fallen from a log into a deep cut or windfall. It is feared that if he endeavored to cross a cut on a log he would have slipped and fallen to the bottom, either breaking some of his limbs or meeting with a more serious accident. The searching party expects to find this theory true. Mayor’s Salary Is Cut Off. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26.—Mayor. Ames was cut off the September payroll by the City Council to-night, despite the advice of the City Attorney that the absent ex- ecutive is entitled to his salary. Mayor Ames tendered his resignation some time ago, but it has not been acted upon. He is under indictment on uveul bribery charges. Goes Hunting With Son | Slough, an arm of Lake Washington, or | has been injuredjand unable to make his | Viia Bellani, tion at 3:30 o'clock on Wednesday after- | Jay Humes kept the appoint- | | | | his friends in suspense, it is feared some sharp declivity leads down into the ra- | Jay Humes remained for half an hour | st least met with some accident is the | | 1 | | | AWFUL HAVOC DUE TO FLOOD AND CYGLONE Hundreds of Lives Are Lost in Oleily. - % Marine Waterspout Is Followed by an Inundation. Storm Extends 124 Miles and -Everything in Its Path Is Destroyed. LONDON, Sept. %6.—A dispatch fromy Rome to-day announces that a severe cyclone has swept over Catania, a city on the east coast of Sicily. Catania is flooded and many houses, including the are damaged. The roads have suffered seriously. The cyclone alsa wrought havoe at Modica, a town of Si= cily, where several persons were killed. Mount Aegna shows further signs of ace tivity and the volcano of Stromboli is stll} active. A dispatch from Syracuse, Sicily, says that the stream flowing through Modics, swollen by the recent terrific storm, sud- denly overflowed, inundated the town and that several houses collapsed and a nume ber of families perished. The country im the vicinity of Modica is flooded and the prefect, with a large force of troops, has started for that place in order to render assistance to the sufferers. B S k2 FOUR HUNDRED PERISH. Cyclone and Torrents Cause Fearful Havoc on Island. « SYRACUSE, Sicily, Sept. 26.—For twen= ty-four hours before the cyclone burst over the island a violent storm raged om the eastern coast of Sicily. The path of the cyclone was 124 miles long and every- thing in the line of the storm was de- stroyed. The sea swept inland for sev- eral kilometers, doing enormous damages Along the railroad from Catania to Pa~ fermo ‘the forte of the cycione was sucl’ that rails were torn up and hurled to & great distance. It is reported from Modica, thirty-twe miles southwest of Syracuse, that a hune dred bodies have already been found, but that the number of dead bodies swept away by the torrent is unknown. The newspaper Fractissa expresses the bellef that some 400 people have beem Kkilled. The torrent destroyed everything om the ground floors in houses in the lowes | portions of Modica. Bridges have disap- peared, the damage amounting to many million lire. (A lire is worth about 24 cents.) The survivors of the catastrophe have taken refuge in the hills. A relief com= mittee and search parties have been ore ganized at Modica. The disaster is sup= | posed to have been due to a marine wat- erspout. ‘The German steamer Caprera was wrecked at Catania after a terrible strug- gle with the waves. A large portion of the low lying part of Modica has been destroyed. Two torrents, the St. Frances and the St. Marie, which descend through tha town, rose suddenly and brought with them masses of mud and heavy stones and invaded the buildings of Modica. They carried away everything in their course. Many houses were utterly wreck- ed and others were seriously damaged. Numerous animals perished. The num- ber of victims is still unknown, but eighty corpses have been deposited in a single church. At Soicli twelve persons were killed. Tagearo was destroyed. Enor~ mous damage was done at Palazzo, Acres ido, Farla and Geratana. TRANSFER OF THE BIG Western'| Power Company Acquires the Valuable Holdings in Butte County. OROVILLE, Sept. %6.—An assignment of an indenture and bond executed by the Big Bend Tunnel Company to Frank McLaughlin, whereby Guy C. Earl, Frank McLaughlin and Milton J. Green trans- fer their interests in that instrument to the Western Power Company, was to-day filed in the office of the Recorder of Butte County. The assignment is at- tached to the original bond that was given to McLaughlin by the Big Bend Company, and shows that the purchase price of the property is $500,000. A $10,000 payment was made upon the execution of the instrument and the balance to com- plete the purchase is to be paid in March and April, 1908. The Big Bend tunnel was dug for the purpose of turning a large portion of the bed of the North Fork of the Feather River from its natural channel, with a viewrof mining therein. The venture did not prove a sucgess from a mining point of view, but the value of the property for power purposes in the generating of elec tricity has of late attracted considerable attention. An arrangement was made some months ago for the erection of a large power plant and the transmission of electricity to San Francisco, but the deathy of Charles L. Fair, one of the projectors, it is understood, blocked proceedings tq - a certain extent. Articles of incorporation of the Weste ern Power ‘Company were filed in the of- fice of the County Clerk at this place several days ago. The capital stock of the concern Is 5,000,000, _ -