The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1902, Page 17

BLe2443444443444449999442 - 028 R e s e e S S S D S SO TR RR RS Pages VOLUME XCII-NO. . + + + + > + L] 120. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, > < + -~ + + > L BEFTFFTFFHFFFFFFHE 144470 Pages R e e e s St ot d 028 + + - - + + - 3 19502—FORTY PAGES. JWALLOWS POISON AT _ LAKE CITY Francisco Acts Strangely. Arrested for Refusingj to Pay for Ride in Cab. When Taken in Custody by the Police She Attempts Suicide. HICAGO, Sept. L 10 arrest a e Mrs. M. I Miller of San from a policeman or of the City Hall this af- 1 and Grank the contents of a bot- poison which she carried about her ck attached to a ribbon. The policeman 50on as he saw her Intentions seized | but t 1 and she sank to the 7 called and aritan H ter several hours she re- consciousness. t first she re- e6 to say a g of her identity, but told her lothing and e had with her, g the police to be- ve that she spoke the truth. MISSION A MYSTERY. How she came to be in Chicago, or what tery. Her m ive for refusing to pay unknown, as she had rse and wore rich jewels. tickets were found, diamonds in pawn e hospital the w but would tell It is believed by troubles were re- at suicide. ontained is not known for drug is thought to have oney in her n paw for stab- Acccrd £ to M. Casp the woman left th , the cab- Morrison Hotel k and asked him appeared to be agitated, cii the railroad station appeared to be look- d did not return to had searched the wait- Chen she her ive street, , she to a in Randoif cabm where, drank ac- says he er of saloons of them she me one. n to take Casperson threatened to have , and she told him to drive Station. Vhen the case had been explained to Captain Gibbons e City Hall he tried the woman to pay the bill. in she refused and, on complaint of cabman, she was arrested. As soon €5 the woman realized she was about to be placed in 2 cell, she placed her hand her throat. Policeman Woods and Detective Sulll- led the woman toward the Washing- n-street entrance of the City Hall, re 2 patrol wagon‘was e her to the Harrison-street Station. few feet from the doorway she caught e wagon. With a jerk she re- self from the policeman, and orking the vial at her throat, wallowed the contents. ¥ou will never lock me up,” she screamed, and a moment later sank to the floor unconscious. PACHES WILL ATTEMPT SANTA FE, N. M, Sept. 2—One hun- reservation in Northern Rio Arriba Coun- are camped in the Picuris Mountains ady to g0 to the San Geronimo festival at Taos Pueblo next Tuesday and Wed- sday despite the positive orders of the gent. Another band of Apaches is trespassing ueblos and bad blood exists on that ac- count. United States Attorney A. J. Ab- bott has orders from Washington to send 2 posse to take the Apaches back to the reservation. FIND FATEER AND SON GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER PORTLAND, Sept. 2I.—William Baild- n and his son, George W. Baldwin, ere found guilty of manslaughter to- ght by & jury, on a charge of having liled Frank Carlson last July. Young dwin and Carison engaged in a prize to settle a quarrel over a girl and # blow on the heart caused Carlson’s death. The elder Baldwin was a spec- tator at the fight. The jury recommend- cd George W. Baldwin to the mercy of e court, but made no recommendation &s to the father. Zl.—Rather than sub- | rge of falling to pay hionably dressed woman, | business was in this city, remains a | reet depots Cas- | waiting to | TO LEAVE I{ESI‘IEVA!I.‘IO’."!I ed Apache Indians from ‘the Jicarilla | on the land of the Santa Clara and other | INSORGENTS FRE U WATE FLAG Irs. Miller of San Give the C(E)mbian Peace Envoy a Surprise. |Gunboat and Launch ' Receive a Fusilade ‘ From Shore, | American Gunners Aboard | Aim So Well That Rebels | * Are Quickly Routed. Special Dispatch to The Call. PANAMA, Colombia, Sept. 2.—The Government gunboat Chucuito left here | this morning escorting a gasoline launch with a commissioner on board bearing to the insurgent general, Herrera, the an- | swer of General Salazar, Governor of Panama, to the former’s peace proposal: George B. Parker and H. Gooding of | Washington and George Cross of New- port News, Va., the American gunners, who recently arrived here for service on Government gunboats, were on board the Chucuito. The Government commissioner had been instructed ‘to deliver General Salazar’s commission to General Herrera in person off Yegualita, where the insur- gent leader’s forces were reported to be. When the launch was a little more than | |a hundred yards from shore—though both | | boats were flyilng white flags—the revo- | lutionists opened fire from the intrench- ments and the escape of any of those on | board was little short of a miracle. Fortunately she gunboats were prepared | for any emergency and they immediately | answered the rebels’ shots with two six- nders, silencing the shore fire. They rained their guns on the house in ch the rebels had established their headquarters, completely demolishing it g the revolutionists to take to and caus! | fiight. | General Salazar is highly indignant at | the manner in wkich his commissioner was received, which is In striking con- trast with his reception of Herrera's mes- senger, who upon arrival here was enter- | tained at the Governor’s palace and was | supplied upon leaving with provisions for | himself and his crew. . The service of the gunners has produced | a great impression in Government circles. The men are being zed. | QUIVERING OF EARTH ALARNMS Railroad Property Suffers Injury During a Long Succession of | Shocks. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2l.—Advices from alinas Cruz, the Pacific terminus of the Tehauntepec National Railroad, which is being rebuilt by the English contractor, | Sir Westman Pearson, state that Tuesday no less than seventy-five shocks of earth- | quake were felt, causing much alarm. The most serious damage was done to immense seventy-ton crane used on construction of the breakwater, which th A majority of the smaller cranes used on the works are also reported to have been thrown out of place. It is probable that the construction of the artificial harbor will be delayed six months, as the crane was thrown into deep water and It will require time to recover it. GENERAL JUMEAU DIES IN A HAYTIAN BATTLE German Warshipr Reaches Kingston With News of an Insurgent Defeat. | KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 27.—The German warship Panther arrived here from Hayti this afternoon to get coal be- fore sailing for Trinidad vn Monday. She reports that General Alexis Nord, Min- ister of War of Hayt¥s provisional gov- ernment, defeated the insurgents on | Thursday and occupied tne town of Lim- be. The revolutionary general, Jean Ju- meau, is said to have been killed. Gen- porter of Firmin in the latter's effort to obtain control of the Haytian Govern- ment and to become President. He had | been an influential leader in the northern | part of the Haytian republic and his mil- itary abllity was of great ald to the Fir- minist or revolutionary cause. | B — | REVOLUTIONISTS MARCH AGAINST THE VILLAGES | Turks in Danger and Troops Have | Been Sent to Prevent Outrages. Sept. 21.—The Neue Frele Presse to-day publishes a dispatch from | Salonica announcing that the inhabltants of all the villages in the villayet of Monastir have risen since Tuesday and that the revolutionists are marching against the Turkish villages. More troops | are being sent to suppress the rising, but the situation is regarded as grave. TRAIN LEAVES THE TRACK AND MANY ARE KILLED Twenty-Six Lives Lost and a Score of Passengers Hurt in France. PARIS, Sept. 2I.—Twenty-six persons have been killed and a score of people have been injured as the result of an accident to an express train running from Lille to Paris. The train left the rails while crossing the switch at Arleux, where it did not stop, and while going at great speed. - THE MEXICANS | was thrown from the track into the bay. | eral Jumeau had been the principal sup- | LEVI STRAUSS, MERCHANT AND PHILANTHROPIST, DIES - PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME His Life Devoted Not Only to Fostering the Highest Commercial Conditions, But to the Moral, Social and Educational Welfare and Development of the Young Men and Women of the State PIONEER MERCHANT AND PHIL- ANTHROPIST WHO DIED IN THIS CITY FRIDAY NIGHT. EATH has claimed Levi Strauss, of” the pioneers of the Golden West. Mr. Strauss died at his resi- dence, 621 Leavenworth street, on Friday night, after a brief in- disposition, which, even to his physicians, Dr. 'W. W. Kerr, Dr. Herzstein and Dr. Newmark, did not appear to call for es- pecial concern. Mr. Strauss had suffered slightly from his heart, but even thal w.s not suffi- clently serfous to cause alarm when last Tuesday he complained of not feeling quite as well as usual. He had been to his office on the prev- icus day, and was to all appearances in such remarkably excellent health and mental strength that it was remarked that his recent sojourn at Monterey had been of great benefit to him. On Wednesday he complained that he was still feeling far from well, and the family called in his medical attendants, who pronounced him suffering from slight congestion of the liver. On Friday Mr. Strauss arose, declaring that he was bet- ter, and took dinner with his family in the evening, over which he was as light- hearted and as jovial as he had ever been. - Dr. Kerr had been to see him and had left the house, having prescribed a simple remedy for the liver. Mr. Strauss then retired for the night. During the night the nurse in attendance heard a slight moan. On hastening to the bedside he asked' Mr. Strauss how he felt. ‘With the reply, ““Oh, about as comfort- able as I can under the circumstances,” Mr. Strauss turned .his head on his pillow and breathed his last with the another | calmness of one passing into a sleep. b — Mr. Strauss’ family consisted of four nephews, Jacob Stern, Sig Stern, Louis Stern and Abraham Stern.. Louis Stern is in ‘charge of the New York House. There are also two nieces, Mrs. A. W. Scholle of New York 'and Mrs. S. W. Heller. Arrangements have been completed for the funeral, which will take place to- morrow morning from the residence. The rcmains will rest in a mausoleum in the Home of Peace Cemetery. The paltbear- ers will comprise the intimate friends and several of the oldest employes of thc firm. OPENS MERCANTILE HOUSE. Levi Strauss was born in the kingdom of Bavaria in 1829, and before he attained his majority came to America to seek the fortune that awaited brains and en- ergy such as he possessed. He spent five vears in Louisville, Ky., and other parts of the South in the mer- cantile business and in 1853 came with the swelling tide of gold seekers to Cali- fornia. He did not turn his attention to the gold flelds, however, except in an in- direct way. With an inborn instinet for trade op- portunities and his previous experience in the East as to needs of Americans and the American way of supplying them, he saw. in the fast filling country beyond a great field for distribution of goods from the East, for which San Francisco was the natural entrepot. With small capital, but with a clear head, a willing and hopeful heart, he opened up the house of Levl Strauss & Co., dry goods and general merchandise, at the head and principal owner of which he remained until his death—nearly forty- nine years. 2% In that time San Erancisco built up from a small town of 5000 or 6000 people to the magnificent city of nearly 400,000 she 1s to-day. Levi Strauss was ever.ac- tive and energetic in that upbullding and at the same time built up a fortune for himself and a world-wide business for his house. Fairness and integrity in his dealings with his Eastern factors and his customers”and liberality toward his em- ployes soon gave the house a standing second to none on the coast. The busl- ness grew apace. The first store, on the north side of Cai- ifornia street, between Sansome and Bat- tery, was abandoned for more commo- dlous quarters .at 117 Sacramento street. More room being soon again wanted Mr. Strauss, in 1866, avalled himself of an op- portunity to buy the bullding then known as the “bonded warehouse,” on Battery street, near Pine, which forms a part. of the present structure occupied by the firm, though additions and remoddling have changed its size and appearance. DIRECTS BUSINESS AFFAIRS. In that place for thirty-six years Mr. Strauss daily gave his attention to the details of the ever growing business and the work of the small army of employes in the selling and manufacturing depart- ments thereof. In 1890 he incorporated the firm, making his four nephews .partners therein. Though still remaining at the head of the house he gradually let some of the bur- den bear on their shoulders. Mr. Strauss was a man of great finan- clal ability and his advice was much sought. in such matters. He was long a director in the Nevada Bank, the Liv. crpool; London and Globe Insurance Company and the San Franclsco Gas and Electric -Company, besldes many other corporations. He was one of the pro- moters and subscribers to the Valley Railroad and was interested in many other enterprises for the upbuilding of the material interests of this city. He was a member and at times director of several charitable societies and organizations and was a liberal supporter of others not of his own creed. In 1397 Mr. Strauss duplicated the pro- Continued on Page 18, Column 1. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LURID FURY OF REGENT ERUPTION Call Correspondent - ‘Sends Story of Disaster. Awful but Sublime Is the Most Dazzling Spectacle. Graphic Descriptions of the Latest Acts of Pelee and Soufriere. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 2I.—A Call corres- pondent at Fort de France, writing under date of September 11, gives the following grephic description of the last eruption of Mont Pelee, which destroyed Morne Rouge and 2000 people: In Fort de France reports had already been received from northern villages that eruptions were constant and increasing, and the inhabitants were in'great agony of suspense awalting some terrible phe- nomernon, some said the collapse of the island, when at half past 8 o’clock in the evening thick black clouds, red-tinted, ac- companied by electric sparks and showers of all colors, began to roll over the moun- tains. At that hour of the evening the square was filled with citizens, and the benches on each side of the promenade were occupied by pretty creoles making merry with their gay laughter. The first spectacle, made beautiful by the electrical display, to be compared to that of mag- nificent fireworks, attracted the attention of all and the gay laughter ceased, to| give place to admiration of the spectacle; but more and more the cloud increased, approaching Fort de France, and as the word “eruption” was repeated along the streets the residents began to form in groups and express thoughts of anxlety and fear. SEA INVADES THE CITY. Deep mournful silence was prevailing when suddenly at 9'o'clock a loud re- rort was heard from the mountain, and under ‘_me terrific submarine pressure the se:g roaring and foaming, rushed over th\' wharves and invaded the streets, The panic can. more easily be imagined than told. Men and women ran in all di- rections, going they knew not where, most bound to the hills, where a shower of hot ashes and little stones poured from heaven. Had the end come? No one doubted it. The whole sky seemed aflame and the earth began to shake, glving the impression of a ship under full way. The cries of the women and children filled the streets, some loaded with their most precious things, while others in their fright had grabbed only a ‘useless piece of furniture and stood craving help. In a few minutes the city was aban- doned, the inhabitants, in fear of an im- ' mense wave that must destroy Fort de France, sought safety on higher ground, where many remained until daylight. RESUMES PITIFUL WORK. The French cruiser Suchet, having on beard Governor Lemare, once more steamed away for the north at half past 5 o'clcck the next morning to resume the pitiful work of the previous disaster. She returned twélve hours later, bringing back 500 working persons, most of whom were fatally burned, and reported that more than 2000 had been killed at Morne Rouge, Ajoupa Bouillon and Carbet. The sad scenes of previous days were again witnessed.. Every few minutes ref- ugees arrived by the mountain roads to the city, helpless, destitute, begging for food and shelter and the square began to fill with them. From the steamers Ruby and Topaz, which the Government had also sent to the north and which returned with the Suchet, many more refugees were added to the number. “The whole island is doomed and unless we are ordered away from here I feel that my grave awaits me under the lava of Moyt Pelee. I shall never see my Idv- ed ones again,” said an officer of the Su- chet. s o R MOST AWFUL, BUT SUBLIME. Spectacle Presented by La Soufriere Frightens the Inhabitants. KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Sept. 12.— In the volcanic eruption which occurred on the night of September 3 was the most awful and at the same time most sublime spectacle ever witnessed by the inhabi- tants. Just as the sun tipped the horizon, throwing back shafts of streaming scarlet light and making the clouds which haa gathered round appear like watchfires, La friere groaned and then threw forth an ebony mass of smoke, which rapidly gscended into the air, settling over the| mountain like a pall. OQut of this sharp flashes of lightning were emitted at ir- regular intervals. This continued until 12:20 o’clock. From that time the volcano Dbecame more active and the coruscations followed each other in rapid succession, striking the heavens with serpentine forms until they circled the zenith, en- veloping the town' in light purple electric | light, and then darting downward Ilike meteoric showers, disappearing in the darkness. While this sublime and frightful phenomenon was at its height the vol- cano was sending out a thunderous roar, which added much to the already intense terror of the negroes, who in their panic fled from their houses and ran through the streets, crying, singing, praying and making the night hideous with their wild lamentations. At 3 o'clock the volcano sank back into partial quietude. Al. though the eruption was more violent 0B EUNS WILL QUELL THE BOKERS Rear Admiral Sails Up Yangtse- Kiang.- American Missionaries to Receive Needed Protection. Situation in the Provinee of Szechuan Is Reported Very Acute. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Rear Ad- miral Robley D. Evans, senior squadron commander of the Asiatic squadron, has transferred his flag to the Helena and to- day left Wusung, China, for Ichang, on the Yangtse-Kiang River, where he will protect American missionaries in the province of Szechuan. The disturbances now prevalling there, it is feared, will be a repetition of the Boxer outrages of 1800. Three appeals by Minister Conger have falled to obtain for the American mis- sionarles the protection which they need. Now Admiral Evans will take the duty of protecting them into his own hands. In the disturbances which have existed since June many natlve Christians have been killed and a Christian chapel burn- ed near Chentu, in Szechuan, according to a dispatch received by Minister Conger from Dr. Canright, an American mission- ary there. SITUATION VERY ACUTE. No orders have gone to Rear Admiral Evans from Washington. The situation in China is so acute that the utmost lati- tude is given the commander of the Asia- tic station. It is supposed therefore that Rear Admiral Rodgers has been appealed to by Minister Conger and has dispatched the Helena up the Yangtse-Kiang. Ichang is the highest point a ship of the size of the Helena can reach. It is 1400 miles inland and less than 200 miles from Chen- tu, which is the principal peoint threat- ered. Already the Chinese Government has re- moved one governor of the province be- cause he failed to quell the insurrection, but the conditions are little improved un- der his successor. WILL INSPIRE RESPECT. That the situation is rather serious is evident from the fact that Rear Admiral Evans has transferred his flag to the Hel- ena for. this expedigion. It aas been some time since the United States flag was last seen on the Yangtse-Kiang, on which are located Hankan and Hanyang. It is con- sidered an excellent thing to keep the flag constantly in evidence flying over a warship in order to inspire respect for the American missionaries. Thus far Minis- ter Conger has reported no outrages against the American missionaries, but his demand for the crushing of those al- ready prevalent have been made on the Chinese ‘Foreign Office in no uncertain terms. LEAKING SHIP MAKES PORT JUST IN TIME | Steamer W. H. Harrison Puts Back | to Astoria With Water Rising in Her Hold. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 27.—The steamer W. H. Harrison returned to port to-day in a disabled condition, having contended with a heavy storm since Thursday. The Harrison was bound for Yaquina with cannery supplies and encountered the full force of the gale. She sprung a leak and it seemed for a time that she would foun- der, Captain Latham determined to run before the storm for Columbia River and reached Astoria in safety. The Harrison was within ten miles of her destination when she began to fill and all of her pumps were kept going. WILD ENGINE RACES DOWN A MOUNTAINSIDE LIVINGSTON, Mont., Sept. 2I.—-With the engineer gonq and the fireman sleep- | ing in the cab, a wild Northern Pacifie engine tore down the mountainside a | mile west of here yesterday and at the foot of the hill struck another engine with terrific force. | Engineer Owen, in charge of the latter, | was killed and his fireman, James Hose, was fatally injured. The sleeping fire- | man was not awakened until thrown from | the cab by the collision. | @ irieiimieieieieieieini i @ than that of May 7, no lives were lost, for all kad fled to places of safety. —_— STROMBOLI IN ERUPTION. LONDON, Sept. 27.—A special dispatch from Rome, after confirming the reports that Stromboll has been in full eruption for some time, says: The night scene was grand, but terrify- ing. Lava streamed down the mountain sides seaward, while huge boulders were hurled from the crater to a great height, falling into the sea fully two and a half miles from the shore. The director of the observatory at Mount Aetna says there has been no erup- tion In Sicily, but that probably there has been a submarine eruption between Stromboli and Sieily. One hundred and fifty corpses have been recovered at Modica. Hundreds of vie- | tims were drowned in the open country.