The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO 166. OVER THE COFFEE FINCAS OF GUATEMALA ASH-LADEN BREATH 'SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1902. Call, [ to be taken the Library.++++ from ; ! e A——— | PRICE FIVE CENTS. OF CRUEL MOUNT SANTA MARIA FALLS, BRINGING DESTRUCTION UNDER WHICH REPUBLIC REELS AND PEOPLE e — AMERICAN GUNNERS MOW DOWN COLOMBIAN REBELS SRR - L N R A ] i CAPT HHMARMADLK GIVES JEWELRY OF VIGTIM T0 Hlo SWEETHEART Additional Evidence to Connect Negro With Girl's Murder. CAMBRIDGE, Mass,, Nov. 12.—The po- lice spent to-day investigating the past life and movements of George L. O. Per- ry, the young negro who yesterday, upon the release of Alan G. Mason, was charg- ed with the murder of Miss Clara A. Mor- tor t Waverly. To-night the Somerville police found Perry’s sweetheart, and after persuasion got her to exhibit whatever jewelry she | had received from Perry. Among the | trinkets was a gold chain, which was im- meéiately recognized as having belonged | to Miss McPhee. Private marks on the chain proved the identification and the jeweler who sold it to Miss McPhee later described his own marks upon it. The chain had been given by sweetheart to her sister. The offic next secured letters written by Perry to | bis sweetheart and one to her sister, and in the latter missive there is reference to & chain and the injunction not to say a word abdut it. When Miss McPhee was | in the hospital, during a lucld moment, she asked: “‘Wheré is my chain?’ At the time there was an abrasion on her neck ceused by the forcible tightening of a | chain worn there. After her death search made for the chain, but as it was not | this vicinity no clew to the derer was secured in this way. The e to give the names of the refuse girls All of Perry’s clothes were taken from him to-d because d a an officer thought spot on & shirt nitted the spot was blood had a bleeding tooth negro’'s clothing at his Some of this, especia 1 which look like blood K, Nov. 12—A negro about ving the name of Thom- bloody the eized YOFE years of age as Jenkins, was arrested here to-night after snatching a pocketbook from a woman in the street. The police say that | be tallies with the description of a negro | said to have been seen in the vicinity of | the place where Miss McPhee and Miss | Morton were murdered Surprise Columns Will March. ZIMLA, India, Nov, 1Z—Owing to a s»- ries of raids commiiwed during the past two years by outlaws from across the | worder in the tract of territory lying be- | tween Be t in the Punjab i Sns patch four flying surpr colus 500 men to| coerce the Wizaris, who are harboring | &8e raiders on British territory J T ns of each $ SLOOP-OF-WAR, FITTED OUT AND MANNED IN THIS PORT, WHICH HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH COLOMBIAN INSURGENTS. COMMAN- DER OF VESSEL*AND ANOTHER AMERICAN FIGHTER. +Wa7fs/zz'p Bogotc; Slaughterg the Insurgents and Takes Two Schooners. ANAMA, Nov. 12.—The first American casualties as a re- sult of the revolution oc- curred yesterday. The Co- lombian fleet captuged a boat having on board correspond- ence showing the whereabouts of two revolutionary schooners loaded with pro- visions. The Government warships head- | €4 for the place, and on arriving there the Bogota, formerly the Jessle Banning, munned by an American crew, command- ed by Captain Marmaduke, lowered two boats with armed men, but as the schoon- ers were aground they waited until high tide to attack them. In the meanwhile the revolutionists were discovered in am- bush close to the beach, and when the Bogota's boats pulled ahead .the second time the rebels opened fire on them, kill- ing the ship's armorer, Richard Kane of Washington, and wounding George Walk- who was shot through the legs. A scaman named Clarke and Lieutenant "Squez were also wounded, but not se- riously. The Bogota and Chucuito then opened fire on the encmy and killed every. man in sight. One shot fired at a group of ten rebels who were most actively engaed in shooting at.the boat's crews killed every one of them. Gunner Cross of the Bogota thinks that from forty to fifty rebels were killed. One of the schooners, the Helvetia, loaded with rice, was captured, but the first shot at the second schooner set her on fire and she was completely destroyed, with her cargo. The body of Kane will be buried here with military honors,* WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—A cablegfam received at the Colombian legation from Bogota announces that the Colombian Government is rapidly reducing its army, since conditions are such that it is not necessary to maintain as large an army as was organized 'ecause of the revolu- tion. Gunner J. Cross of the Bogota halfls from Cedar Rapids, Towa. He is only 17 years of age. The Colombian Government’s war sloop Bogota was formerly the pleasure yacht Kutch. Later she was purchased by a local shipping concern and transformed into a freight steamer and was known as the Jessie Banning. After doing service in this capacity for a couple of years she was purchased by representatives of the Colombian Government last summer. She was sent to the Risdon Iron Works in this city and there fitted out as a sloop of war and christened the Bogota. The Bogota was armed with four rapid- firing six-pounders, and her officers hint- ed that she also had on board several more destructive weapons of war, which were mysteriously guarded. The Bogota sailed from this port on the morning of October 5 in command of Cap- tain Marmaduke. Her other officers were: Navigating officer, Arthur Dut- ton; Lieutenants, J. J. Meany, Charles Mitchell and, Charles Mentges; surgeon, Dr. W. T. Graham. James Garegary, son of a prominent Boston citizen, sailed on the Bogota to join the Colombian army, of which he was a colonel. The Bogota was well stocked with pro- visions of all kinds, and also had a lot of soldiers’ wearing apparel on board. Her departure caused much comment at the time, and many people did not seem to take the mission of the fighting ship se- riously. s The crew of the Bogota is supposed to number about fifty men all told. The of- ficers refused to divulge the exact num- ber of fighters aboard, but one of the men said more than seventy-five men would sail. Arthur Dutton, navigating officer of the Bogota, was a member of the Press Club and well known in this city. He was employed on a morning paper and was known as.a bright scholar. Dutton was a graduate of the Annapolis naval school and always longed for adventure, FAITH FAILS 10 SAE M3 LOUSE HOGE Death of Young Woman Treated by Christian Scientists. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Miss Louise Hoge of Evanston, Iil, who has been ill herc for almost a month and who has been under treatment by a Christian Science healer, died to-night. Miss Hoge is the daughter of Holmes Hoge, assist- ant cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago. She came here October 17, in- tending to act as bridesmaid for her former chum, Miss Ethel H. Bogan, daughter of Dr. Samuel A. Bogan of 421 G street, Northwest. While the wedding preparations were going on Miss Hoge became {ll and she remained at Dr. Bo- gan’s house till her death. No physician of the regular school was called in, but the patient ‘during a portion of the time of her illness had been in charge of Mrs. Ellen Brown Linscott, a Christian Scien- tist healer, who said to-night that Miss Hoge had suffered from typhold fever. The parents of Miss Hoge are Chris- tian Scientists and they gave directions that their daughter should receive medi- cai attention if she Hesired, but she pre- ferred the Christian Science treatment. She had never united with the Christian Science church, but was in thorough sym- pathy with its teachings. The autopsy will be performed to-mor- row by Coroner Nevitt, to whom the case was reported to-night. The parents of the young woman were with her at the time of her death. They refuse to make any statement. The body will be taken to Evanston for burial. ¥ Killed in the Patent Office. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Charles Faunce, a painter, 35 years old, was struck and killed by the descending welghts in an elevator shaft in the Pat- ent Office building to-day. He had leaned into the shaft to locate an article which had fallen from an upper floor, and did not netice that the cage was in motion. King’s Brother Gives Up Claim. BRUSSELS, Nov. 12.—In an inspired note the Etoile ‘Belge to-day says the Count of Flanders, brother to King Leo- pold, has abdicated his claim to the Bel- glan throne in favor of his son, Prince Aibert. o MISCAGH STIRS (P DIPLONNTS Composer’s Arrest Causes a Big Difficulty. Premier of Italy Is Already at Work On the Case. Embassador Will Proceed to Boston to Make an Investigation. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 12.—The recent arrest in this city of Signor Pletro Mas- cagni, the Italian composer, has resulted in international difficulties. The Italian Premier, Signor Zanardelli, has taken the matter in hand and legal lights in Massa- chusetts are eagerly awalting develop- ments. This afternoon Signor Mascagni received the followindg cablegram from Rome: “MAESTRO MASCAGNI, Boston—I shall personally interest myself in your case. Investigation of the matter will be made at once under my supervision. Kindly wire me explanations. “ZANARDELLL" Absolutely no solicitation to. intervene was made to Zanardelli. The composer and his friends are mystified as to where he heard of the matter. They suspect, kowever, that he must have been imn- Tformed tfirough_the press dispatches. Replying to the above message Mascag- ni sent a long cablegram. He ex- pressed his thanks to Zanardelll for tak- ing up the affair and his gratification that Italy looks closely after the welfare of its children. He also explained at length the trouble into which he had got. It is believed that when Zanardelli gets the cablegram he will feel stil more indig- nant at the trowble which has been made | for his eminent c@mpatriot, the pride of all the Italian people, Matters will prob- ably come to a crisis in short order. The Italian Embassador to Washington, Sig- nor Edmondo Mayor Desplanches, arrives in Boston to-morrow morning. His action will be determined after his conference with the composer and Attorney McGlen- non, Mascagni's counsel. EMBASSADOR IS BUSY. It is believed that Embassador Des- planches will make representations upon the affair to the United States Depart- ment of State, and he will be urged to | make them as strong as possible by Signor Prinetti, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Everything indicates that Pri- netti has been instructed to see that Mas- cagni suffers no injury, as it is through Zanardelli's favor that Prinetti holds his portfolio. | It now appears that Embassador Des- | planches took a hand in the affair even before he had recelved ‘instructions from the home Government. He wired the Ital- ian Consul here, Count Gaetani, to look has, in the opinion of Mascagni and the Italian residents, failed to take the in- terest in the case that the situation de- mands. { In an interview to-night Mascagni, speaking through an interpreter to the correspondent of the San Francisco Call, said that he thought that Count Gaetani must be new to the diplomatic business, inasmuch as he has not made any effort to pour oil on the troubled waters that beset the Mascagni ship. He said: “I have not, either directly or indirect- ly, made any complaints to the home Gov- ernment. Premier Prinetti has probably interested himself in my case because I am one of the most prominent of my race at present on this side of the Atlantic. This law of you Americans is a thing per- plexing. In Italy we have nothing like it. I signed my contracts in Italy and my managers break them almo8t as soon as I am on American soil. The result is what? Mascagni, the composer, is, put under arrest. My soul, if I stay in Amer- ica much longer I wonder what will be the fate of the persecuted Mascagni?” Mascagn appeared in court a few days ago and had his bail bond of $10,000 dis- solved. Immediately he took the pour ebtor’s oath, thus relieving himself of all liability, inasmuch as in his declara- tion he swore that he had not over $20 in personal property. He then sued the Mittenthal Brothers, his managers, for $50,000. ITALY IS AROUSED. ROME, Nov. 12.—According to the Tri- buna, Italy purposes to make an inter- rational matter of the arrest in Boston of Mascagni. The Tribuna to-day says: “Mascagni has telegraphed Premier Zanardelll requesting the intervention of the Italian Government to protect him from the vexatious treatment: of which he says he has been a victim in America, Signor Zanardelli replied to the musician, assuring him of the interest taken in his case by the Goverfiment and informing him that.he would request Signor Prinet- after Mascagni’s welfare, but the Count | o DEMOCRATS MAY WIN ON ONE OFFICE Farnsworth Seems to Have Shaw Beaten. { Vote for Associate| Justice Is Very Close. 1 Los Angeles Nominee Ad- mits That He Probably | Has Been Defeated. ‘ E.. C. FARNSWORTH, PROBA- BLY BELECTED TO THE SU- PREME BENCH. — 08 ANGELES, Nov. 12.—Judge Lucien Shaw fears he has been defeated for Associate Jus- ., tice of ‘the Supreme Court. g His friends are not yet will- ing to admit his defeat, but that they share his misgivings is indi- cated by their manner when approached on the subject. Judge Shaw takes a gloomy view of the | situation, and while he thinks there is yet Fope he admits that there is a possibility —even a probability—that when the of- | ficlal count has been completed in all of | the counties it will show that’he has re- | ceived a lower vote than that cast for | Farnsworth, the Democratic aspirant to the same office. If these fears be realized Shaw will | have been the vietim of the manner in | which his name was placed on the official | ballot. It will be remembered that in the | section for names of candidates for thas Supreme bench the name of Judge An-| gellotti came first, and under it, in the | much narrower space, appeared the name of Judge Shaw. In the Democratic col- | umn the name of Judge Farnsworth came | first, and was followed in the narrow | space by that of Judge Trask. | The official count in many of the coun- | ties has shown that hundrgds or thou- | sands of the voters cast their ballots for only one candidate for associate Justice, | leaving the second name unstamped, not because they did not intend to vote for | Shaw or for Trask, but because they probably did not know it was their duty to vote for two candidates for that office. Trask and Shaw, thererore, ran far be- hind Angellotti and Farnsworth, respect- ively, and what Shaw now fears is that there will be sufficient difference in the vote to cause the election of Farnsworth. The complete unofficial returns from all the counties in the State, as received at Los Angeles headquarters show. that | the vote stodd: Angellotti, 114,680; Shaw, £2,184; Farnsworth, 73,340; Trask, 63,928. It therefore will be seen that Shaw re- celved 71.7 per cent of the vote cast for Angellottl. Since the official canvass has been in progress Shaw has lost ground nearly everywhere. The complete official re- turns from the counties of Alpine, Fresno, | Kern, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa | Barbara, Ventura and all except eight | precincts in Los Angeles County have been reported, and it has been found that in these counties Shaw has sustained a net loss of 2240 votes. What Shaw fears | is that in the remaining counties of the State this ratio of loss will be main- | tained. If his fears are realized his ap- | parent plurality of 8844 over Farnsworth | will be more than wiped out. @ riviiriviriiniinivieiiei e @ | diately took up Mascagni's case.” | Signor Prinetti is awaiting the receipt | of a report from the Italian embassy at ‘Washington before acting in the affair. | United States Embassador Myer has mnot | been asked for an explanation, although | he dined with members of the Foreign | Office last night. The charges of apathy brought by Mas- ecagni against the Italian Consul at Bos- ton is regarded here as without justifica- tion, and as an outcome of the musician's ignorance of the fact that an Italian in t!, Minister of Foreign A Yairs, to take up the matter. Signor Frinetti imme- the United States is entirely subject to American laws. 4 | ship Acapuleo, IN DREAD Four Towns Are Wiped Out. Country May Never Re-= cover. Relief Ships Urgently Needed. Only a part of the terrible tale of property destruction and loss of life in Guatemala wrought by the recent . volcanic eruptions has reached the rest of the world. "It is thought the real facts cannot be suppressed much longer and that the afflicted republic will soom be ap- pealing to the world for aid for its destitute. Mount Santa Maria has belched a covering of white ashes over many provinces that has buried coffee plantations *several feet deep and killed thousands of cattle. The loss of human life is said to be appalling. The coffee crop of the republic is said to be ruined, and great destitution is im- minent. Business has come to @ standstill. HE steamship Newport, which arrived yesterday from Pana- ma and way ports, brings from the Central American coast d2tails 9t thie recent eruption of Mount Santa Maria, which tell of the almost entire destruc- tlon of Guatemala's coffee industry. According to the officers of the Newport, the destruction of life and prop- erty has been immense. The necessity for relief ships is urgent and men along the coast that know say it is xery doubtful whether “beautiful Guatemala™ will ever recover from this last and heaviest blow. The coffee plantations in the districts of Costa Cuca, Chuva, Reforma, Palmar, Costa Grande and Kclhutz have been buried seven feet deep in volcanic ash and debris. Thousands of cattle have been destroyed and the loss of human life is thought to have been immense. ‘When the Newport was at Champerico the officers found the people of that port in a panic-stricken turmoil. The steam- bound south, arrived at Champerico while the Newport was there and carried to San Jose de Guatemala all the passengers that could crowd aboard. Detalls from the scene of the greatest damage were hard to get. Kock, Haga- mann & Co. offered 32000 to any person that would go to their Miramar planta- ticn in Costa Cuca and bring them some news of conditions there. When the New- port sailed this offer was still standing, no man having been found who dared to go into the ash-covered interior. HIDING THE FACTS. President Cabrera of Guatemala has re- sorted to the most stringent means te prevent particulars of the extent of the damage from reaching the outside world. All telegrams and cable messages are strictly censored and the people most in- terested in the afflicted districts are find- ing the greatest difficulty in getting the most meager information. The Newport brings news of the total destruction of the towns of Palmar, San Felipe, Colombia and Coatepec. These places are completely buried in debris from Santa Maria. Rethalhulen, Maza- tenengo and Quezaltenango have so far escaped with little damage. They are on the side of Santa Ma.ia remote from the voleanic eruption. The inhabliants of these places, however, are in a state of abject “fear, as the eruption is stlll ac- tive and in the rain of mud and ashes which is falling steadily they see in store for themselves a possibility of disaster similar to that which has befallen the tovns on the mountain’: «thet side SANTA MARIA ACTIVE ‘When the Newport reached La Libertad on October 27, Captain Saunders was in- formed that the volcano on Santa Maria in Guatemala had been for two days in a terrible state of eruption. Loud re- ports that seemed to come from the nearby mountains had startled La Libertad. Later the people learned that Santa Ma- ria was in eruption, that it had caused great loss of life and résulted in the dev- astation of more than twenty-five square miles of territory. Although 10 miles from La Libertad the explosions on San- ta Maria were heard most distinctly and even in Honduras, 200 miles away, the veleano’s artillery made a loud report. The Newport arrived at San Jose de Guatemala on Octeber 29. This port is but seventy-five miles from Santa Maria. The air was thick with dust and on Oec- tober 30 the passengers witnessed what must have been a particularly heavy up- heaval. A column of smoke rose to an eievation of thirty degrees above the horizon and as the steamship neared the seat of the disturbance the fall of volea- nic ash grew thicker and thicker. Those on beard found the greatest difficuity in Continued on Page 2, Column &