The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1902, Page 17

BEIIFIFIFFF]4342304 04000 030 R S e e S R Paoes .Hnuo L 4 + + + + - +* - | VOLUME XCII—-NO. 183. THIRTEEN. L3 ARE SACRIFIGED Harvest of Deathi at the Swift | Plant. Explosion Hurls Huge| Boilers and Wrecks Building. Disaster Is Due to Careless- ness of Employe Who Also Perished. CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—With a deafening report of a boiler in Swift & Co.’s plant exploded shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. Thirteen lives were sacrificed end scores of employes, visitors and others were injured. Huge boilers were sent through the roof of the boiler-house and hurled hundreds of feet. Nobody within the boiler-room survived to tell | the story of the accident, and it may never be known what caused the ex- plosion. A careful investigation to-day, however, convinced the experts that the | explosion was the result of carelessness | on the part of an empleye, whose own | life also was lost. Five minutes after | the explosion nothing of the boller- house but & pile of twisted iron, bricks and mortar remained. Sheets of flames sprans from the ruins and the spectators realized that it would be impossible to save the lives of those who were caught in the wreck. The ex- | plosion was of such force that adjoining bulldings were wrecked, torn and twisted like toys. Men, women and boys at work adjoining departments were hurled ugh windows to the ground below. Many of them escaped with slight bruises, but most of the victims were hurt to such an extent that it was necessary to remove them to hospitals. The others were taken to their homes. { The list of dead compiled by the police | end officials of the company follows: H. ARNOLD, colored, taken to Mercy | Hospital, where he died. ' JAMES OWENS, colored. \ 1 | | | A. RACHUG. SIMON TATE, colored, fireman. W. O'CONNOR, sewer digger. E. WRIGHT, colored, fireman. W. PARKS, fireman. THOMAS HOLMES, gngineer. CHARLES WEBB, colored, fireman. ‘ JOHN HENRY, colored. fireman. ALEERT. M. BUSHNELL, purchasing | &gent. — CUBAL, millwright, died at Mercy Hospital, == BCHULTZ, millwright. The injured: N. Devore, scalp wound; ranc contusion of right arm; E. years of age, me: - die; M. T. Ash, frac- p wound; J. Franks, | R. Venabie, bruised iler, scalp wound Weils, fractured leg; d about face and . hands and head burn- | fractured skull; ms and face | burned | Angus, bruis- 1on a nger, | Ogden, burned about | badly burned; J. | rned Louis Zierk, ing bricks; Herman Prelaste, | John Wal struck | ks; J. M. Walsh, red hit by debr fiying brick: lowa, struck by by inbach, bricks; AR W Geg . scalded cecaping sic th Cullen, from the building; Matthew L)nch cut | the head; A. Zerman, leg broken in | from the second story. @3 soon rumored that from fifty to ndred persons had been caught in | wrecked building. This report caused excitement and in response to re- eated calls a a patrol wagons and | es many ambulances were sent from all parts of the city. Extra calls for fire | engines followed and soon the flames| were being fought from every side. While the fire was still burning police, firemen and employes of the packing | firms began digging in the ruins. Soon the mangied remains of 2 man were dis- | covered. At the same time other rescuers were digging with desperation to rescue several victims who were still alive. Bod- \ dies, torn, bruised or mangled, were taken | from the ruins and sent to the Morgue A boy, scalded from head to foot and bleeding from cuts and bruises, staggered | toward the office of General Superintend- ent C. O. Young. The boy was Mr. Young's personal messenger, The ldd, however, ghad been so badly disfigured | that Mr. Young did not recognize him. Many theories were advanced as to the responsibility of the disaster. The inspec- tor declared that the explosion had been caused by cold water injected into the boller, but a majority of the investiga- tors held the opinion that the catastrophe nad been caused by low water. Nothing definite was learned, however, and as all +he men in the boller-room were killed it 15 not likely that the cause of the acci- dent will ever be known. It is not thought that the loss to Bwift & Co. will amount to more than $50,000. The officials of the company declare that this will cover the damage, as mearly as they are able to estimate at the present time. The bulld- ing in which the boilers were located was the only structure to be entirely destroyed and it was a small affair, one story high. The storehouse which stood close to the botler-house was badly damaged, a por- tion of its walls being torn, but it is only two stories high. With the exception of the demolished boller-house there is no damage that cannot be repaired within ten days. | fessor Asser held that the sclooner €. H. | of its territorial seas a ship of. another | agreement in 19%- betwéen Count Lams- | which was exactly the contention ad- \DECIDES SEALING CASES IN FAVOR OF THE UNITED STATES Professor'Asser Deciares a Warship of One Nation Cannot Pursue a Ship of Another Nation Beyond Its Territorial- Seas SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, Y PROFESSOR AS!BR, TRB PUTCH’ JURIST WHO HAS AR-B!TRATED X ICAN{ SHALFRS ‘S8BIZED -BY R CRUISERS Afln mnmizn A\' AWARD FOR UNITED STATES. l THE CLAIMS OF ! i | STAN | | HE HAGUE, Nov. 2)/—Profes- sor Asser, the Dutch-jurist,~who has been arbitrating, the claims of American sealbrs for the selzure of their vessels by the Russian Government about ten vears ago, has deliverd his award in fa- | vor of the United States. He appraised | the damages in the case of ‘the ‘American scheoner C. H. White at $32444, in the case of the James Hamilton . Lewis at $28,588, the Kate and Anna at $1458 and the Cape Horn Pigeon at $38,750. Professor Asser delivered his judgment in the Arbitration Court in the presence of representatives of the United States and of Rusla and others, including, the Foreign Minister of The Netherlands, Dr. Van Lvndena. . In giving his reason for the award, Pro- White was seized outside Russian terri- torial waters and-that the Russian-eon- tention that a warship of one nation was| entitled to pursue beyond the boundaries naticn guliity of fllegal action within these waters was untenable. The arbitrator de- clared that the jurisdiction of ,the state could not extend beyond its’ territorfal] waters except by special _tre: selzure anud confiscation of the- H. Wtkite and the imprisonment ‘of hér crew was thergfore illegal.and Russia,was'con- cdemned to pay the C. H. White -$32,444, | with interest at 6 per cent.. The dispute was the subject of pro- tracted negotiations, resultig' in ‘dn dorf, acting Ministér 6f Fofelgn Affairs of Russia, and Herbert H. D, Plerce, United States Charge d'Affaires 'at (St Péters- burg, designating Professor Asser, a member of the Council of State ot The Netherlands, as arbitrator.. Professor Agser decided June 30, 1902, that the aver- age annual catch should form ‘the basis on which damages should be awarded, vanced ty Plerce, who was the advocate | of the United States’ Government. The decision earries with it the opinion.of the court that Russia must pay damages and only left for further argument ‘the sum due In each case. The case of the James Hamilton lAwls is governed by the same decision, while in the case of the Cape Horn Pigeon, Pro- | fessor Asser in fixing. the damages jof $28,750 and the interest at 6 per cent, held that the general principle that.the dam- ages should include the prospective profits of which the victim had'been’ deprived, applied usually to International lltll - tion. In the case of the Kate and ‘Anna the arbitrator decided that theicaptain could have continued seal-hunting and that therefore Russia was not responsible for the prospective profits. Béth ‘the Jam Hamiiton Lewis and the Kate and Anna | are given € per cent interest on the amount awarded. —_— AMOUNT OF ’J.’OI'AL AWARD. Russia Must Ply American Sealers $101,205 and Interest. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The State De- partment was advised this afternoon: of | the award of Professor Asser in the arbi- | tration of the claims of American. seal- ers against the Russian ent, fts information being to the effect that the ! {8chooners sailing out of this port, which e total award was $101,205, with 6 per cent interest. It appears ‘that the ‘allowance in the Kate and Anna case was-the lump sum of §1465 for 124 skins. The ailoWance in the Pigeon case was made up of $30,000 for loss of catch minus $7750 for indemnity and the remaining items for owners' px- penses, service of crew, provisions, board and scullers’ expenses. s In the Lewis case the principal item | ‘was $5000 for the vessel, but $8500 was al- lowed for imprisonment and $6000 for probable catch, with $5088 allowance for skins on board. The principal item in the White case was $12,000 for probable catch of 1000 seals and ‘there were allowances of $10,000 for the vessel,” $3000 for imprisonment and some allowance for personal claims. R STORY OF THE SEIZURES. San * Franciscans Interested in the Schooners Captured. VICTORIA, B. -C., .Nov. 29.—The four echooners referred to in the dispatch from The Hague were all seized in 1892 by the Rusrian cruisers Zabiaka and Kotick, un- der -similar. circumstances as the six were, seized at that time off the Copper Islands, and as.the clatms are exactly similar and the same evidence adduced in support of them, much of which, by the way, was secured and prepared in Vic- toria, is advanced in support of the claims ©of_the Victoria sealers which are being rade by the Imperial Government from Kussia on-behalf of the Victoria sealera. The ‘matter has been pending for several years. Collector of Customs A. R. Milne, Who' is a' recognized authority on sealing 1natters, has prepared the local claims and much -assistance was also given by him. in- the preparation .of the United States claims, for which purpose Captain Dan McLean and others Interested in the San Francisco schooners came ‘to this city. ¥ The schooners Cape Horn, Pigeon and C. H. White, owned in San Francisco, and, the Xate and Anna and the James Hamiiton Lewis, formerly the Anna Beck of Victoria, she being sold at Seattle and rechristened = after being seized by the United States cruisers in Bering Sea, were hunting off the Copper Islands when selzed. The- crulser Zablaka captured three and tle Aleut took the others. Those secured by the Zabiaka did not make a fight agalnst | seizure, other than a protest against their illegal taking when on the high 'seas and engaged in a lawful pur- but the James Hamiiton Lewis, which was seized by the Aleut, made quite a fight before the Russians took her. The James Hamilton Lewis was hunting off the Copper Islands in command of Cap- ‘tain. Alex McLean, whose brother, Dan McLean, made a raid on the rookeries and was surprised by a party of Russians, from whom he ‘escaped in a fog. The James Hamilton Lewis was in the same ‘neighborhood, in command of the other | right | completely through her head, emerging From the nature of | ‘McLean, and was overhauled by the Rus- sian cruiser Aleut, the same vessel as had been pursuing his brother’s vessel, and and ordered to heave'to, but McLean shouted back that he would not, that he was in neutral waters and neither the Oonumud on Page 18, Oolnmn 5. BIRL WIFE PUTS AN END 10 HER LIFE Carlotta Hemin- gray Shoots Her- self in Head. Horseman’s Bride Dies, Laying the Blame Upon Him. Goes to Death Clasping Mother’s Photograph to Her Heart. - Fearing that she had lost the affections of her husband, which she valued more than life itself, Mrs. Robert Hemingray, the beautiful young wife of a well-known turfman, ended her life last night in the Hotel Knickerbocker, at 1340 Pine street, by firing a bullet through her brain. She had been married only four mouths, but it is evident from the note which she penned just before ending her life that she felt that she had forfeited her hus- band’s love. Few men or women have ended their |- lives under more pathetic circumstances. When Mrs. Hemingray’s body was found it was reclining on the bed in the -room. The young woma; _gone to her death with her mother's picture grasped tight- ly in her left hand and pressed fondly agalnst her heart. There was a gaping wound in the sulcide’s head and the bed was covered with blood. The despondent wife had placed the pistol against her temple and the bullet had gone at the left temple. the wound death must have been instan- taneous. Robert Hemingray, the husband, héard the shot, though he did not see his wife end her lite. He :md his_b nmer. C. L. Hi going toward“the rufi fo which the un- fortunate woman was ‘preparing for death. 'He heard the report of the pistol coming from the direction of his wife's room and was' instantly seized with a dire presentment. Being in frail health he feared to approach the rocom. He summoned the proprietor, J. E. Locke, who ‘was the first to enter the apartment where the body lay. Locke immediately summoned a physician, but the unfortu- nate, woman .was past the help of all earthly ministrations. SORRY SHE GOSSIPED. Mrs. Hemingray carefully propped her- self up with pillows on tHe bed, so as to make certain of her aim. Before firing | the fatal shot she wrote a note to Rose Hemingray, her sister-in-law, asking to be forgiven if she had done anything wrong, and requesting that all her clothes be sent to her mother in Cin- cinnati. She left a letter sealed and ad- dressed to her husband. In this, con- taining the last words that will gver be penned by her hands, she assured him of her undying love. She told him that without him she cared nothing for life. The letter is as follows: “Bob, Dear: Don't curse me when I am gone—please. But I am heartbroken and cannot live without you, as I lovesyou with all my soul.. You'll bury me, won't you, Bob? Just a little dirt over the body of the girl who would not Jive without you, dear. I am sorry I did such a wicked thing as gossip, but I am so young, only remember, Bob, and you have trifled with my heart. When you told me you did not care to talk with me I just longed to kiss you—throw my arms around your neck, blt you would have knocked me down. So I die without one kiss, but I had one long look at your dear face. Ask Con and Rose to forgive me, for I can never do it again. Good-by, sweetheart. Again I say you will never know how you had gained the love of your little girl. “CARLOTTA.” Appended to the letter was the address of the dead girl's mother, Mrs. P. F. Campiglio, 636 West Fourth street, Cin- cumuu, Ohijo. In a note at the bottom of last page was a request to her hus- hu d to mail a letter to her mother in- forming her that herdaughter had passed from the struggles and cares of this lite. e’ pistol used -was of 32 caliber and belonged to Mrs. Hemingray’s husband. Only one cartridge had been fired. Robert Hemingray was almost pros- trated when he learned from the proprie- tor of the Knickerbocker that his pretty young wife had taken her life. After hearing the shot he went to the proprie- tor’s office and waited until the news was brought to him:. He said that he could rot bear to look upon her lifeless body for fear the sight would prostrate him. ‘When seen later in the evening in his brother’s apartment’ in the Palace Hotel he said that he could ascribe no reason for his wife's suicide. He sald they had always lived happily together and had had ‘no_serious_quarrels—that is, serious enough to provoke her to take her own life. ‘Regarding what occurred when the shot was fired and his disagreements with Mrs. Hemingray, he said: HUSBAND'S STATEMENT. +“I cannot think of any reason why my wife should have ended her life, We had had no quarrels. T spoke to her about gos- siping regarding the'horses which I own. 1 asked her not to talk about them. I have been making mountains out of:mole- hills in trying fo arrive at some solution, but I cannot tfi!*\k of a single reason for her, doing this dreadful deed. T met her ai the track this utt,ernoen and.I and my brother left her at 7 o'clock in her room at the\ Knickerbocker. = She, ap- L 3 hotel ‘Hallway; Call. > + + + + + - [ TR BIEFFFIFETHFF5544000 0004 0! Pages 030 - +* > - +* $33 4334505940500 0500000 1902—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DR. PARDEE AND HIS PARTY OF ALAMEDANS SURRENDER BANNER TO LOS ANGELES Ceremonies Attending the Transfer of the Emblem to the County Giving the Largest Republican Majority in the Late Election Afford Opportunity for a Reception to the Governor-Elect i OS ANGELES, - Nov. 29.—FLo§. Angeles and Southern. Califor- nia to-day greeted Governer- | elect Pardee in'a’‘manner ¢em- mensurate’ with rthe - magnffi- cent plurality ‘which, this part of the State gave the Republican ticket. It was a banner day in more than:one sense to the Republicans: and they.made of it a holiday, which their guests from ¢ sthe north will long remember. The special train bearing Dr. Pardee and his party was four hours late m;s 8 morning, and a platoon of Teddy's Ter- e rors and a half hundred prominent, Re- publicans went up to Fernandv .te. meét it. The train arrived here ‘at noon,-and nt the railroad station there was such ‘a crewd that it was with difficulty that the guests made their way to_the_carriages. A column was fopmed and marched to. the ‘Westminster Hotel, and, after a.few min- utes spent there greeting old friends, Dr. Pardee and his party were esboned lO luncheon. The afternoon was devoted to a shol'l public reception and a trip to Santa”Mon- ica, where another reception was held at the Arcadia Hotel. Nearly the entire pop- ulation of the seaside town turned out to greet the visitors. Returning to Los Angeles at 6 o'clock there was only time for dinner before the evening exercises began. There have been larger political parades here, but none in which there was any more eénthusiasm than in that.to-night. Escorted by a guard of honor made up of members of the vari- ous organizations which-participated,-Dr. Purdee was given the. place.of honor-in the column. Along the line of march the Governor-elect was given an ovation by the crowds. - PARDEE PBESENTS unm Hazard's Pavillon, whers “the formal transfer of the Republican campaign champlonship banner “was' ‘made, ~was crowded to the doors. The ratification meeting was presided over by Judge J. W. McKinléy, who in his introductory speech expressed the regrets of. Governor: Gage at not having heen able to be present. — - | ‘LEADING . REPUBLICANS OF SAN WHO PARTICIPATED ‘IN THE CEREMONIES ATTENDING THE PRESENTATION OF THE STATE BANNER. FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES +The reason. given for the absence of the {Governor was' that he had an important engagement in the ‘north, which made It impaossible for him to be in Los Angeles _at this time. + Coloriel George H. Pippy, president of the "Union League of San Francisco, the ‘custodian of the State banner; was intro- ‘gu¢ed; and in a happy speech told the ‘Las Angeles Republicans that he was | ‘glad to be here to assist in the ackrowl- “edgment of their success during the cam- paign: “The trophy banner was placed in the hands of General George H. Stone for presentation ‘to Dr. Pardee. In delivering the banner to Chairman Bradner W. Lee of the Los Angeles County Ceéntral Com- _mittee the Governor-elect said: If ithere is a Republcan in. California to-night who should feel grateful to Los -Angeles - County, stands before you on this platform. If there’is & “Republican in'this State who should .be proud to hand this banner ‘to the Republicans of Los Angeles County as; their:just reward, it is the Governor- elect of :California.” - '~ He ‘made ‘the prediction that Alameda would recapture the banner, but this was lnushed down with such vehement pro- ‘tests that he said, that he was forced to admit that Los- Angeles, proposed to give any 'other county. a lively contest. before the’ banner were again sufrendered. CHAIRMAN LEE'S PROPHECY. . In:a five-minute speech-Chairman Lee accepted the banner, saying that now, as that Republican now | | it had again come to Los Angeles, it should remain here. He spoké of the work | which_was already being dome by the Republican organization herd in prepara- tion for the next campaign, and told the visitors that if they would have the ban- | ner sent north again they must go to {-work nmow. 'He' predicted a majority of 12,000. for Roosevelt in: this county two vears hence. |7 Henry “ Dinkelsplel presented the “deed of’trust” which accompanied the banner.. Others who .delivered short speeches were: - Colonel Alljert_ E. Castle of San Francisco, Judge Henty A. Mel- in of Alameda, E. Myron Wolf’ of San Francisco, George P. Adams of Los An- ‘geles, Charles E. Sngok of the Republi- can-State Central Committee,; and General | H. A. Plerce of. Log Angeles.. Throughout the meeting the greatest,epthusiasm pre- vailed, -and . each , of . the lpeaken was greeted with cheers. At the conclusion of -the meeting the members of the party .from the north were tendered a reception in'the Jonathan Cfib; which wag attended by seyeral huthe dred Republicans and their ladies. Dr. Pardeé declined to-di-cuss State is= sues at this time. He sald;that the quele tions-that would come before’ the:Legls lature had not. yet beem; considered by him, it being ‘His-purpose net to bécoms involved in the.various. contests, but to confine himgelf; strictly to the discharge of-the duties of ithe office ‘to which he had beer elected. ‘i D ; Y e @ peared to be in g00d spirits. T and 'my rother went out to get o\{ supper and{ - I wanted to purchase some.magazines. When we returned to the hotel, at 8:30 o'clock and were walking down the hall we heard the shot. A foreboding came over me at once that something dreadfil bad happened. I feared to logk into the room, as I suffer from a weak heart and a sudden shock might ‘kill'me. ** g “I first met her at Hot Springs, Ark., zbout a year ago. I met.her again four months ago in Chicago and married he: Her mother’'s name then Mrs. Stef- fens, but she has marrjed- since and now, Mrs. Campiglfo. I camie to this™cify witk my wife at the opening of the pres- ent racing season.” Despite the husband’s positive lue‘r- 3 tions to the contrary,.it-is evident rrqm Mrs. Hemingray's letter that they were not living happily together. On one oc- _casion the unfortunate woman ‘asked the ‘proprietor of the Knickerbocker what he would advise her to-do with a. husband who was sick and could not be ‘pl He respondad. “Oh, love him 'a mn.a more.” Mrs Hemingray was a very pretty. m. tle woman with a wealth of golden haif. She was proud of her sunny tresses and thought of them even when preparing to commit suicide. She carefully tied' them' up so they would not belulneiwlthm blood. She was very. sensitive and had been suffering from headache. “The body was removed to the Morgue. Robert Hemingray is well known among turfmen in all parts of the United States. This is not his first visit to this State. He. is. the- owner of ‘Hindred and Lord Kitchener, two horses which are now at Ingleside. “The follSwing = dispatch regarding the déad woman was received last night: H“CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 29.—Carlotta Campiglio was 18-years-old and the step- daughter of T. F. Campiglio, organist and soloist -in: many leading churches here. She - left “here ‘five months ago. Hef mother says she married Hemingray four monthl ago_and can give no reason Iur her daughter killing herselt.” AN ‘EXPLOSION AT ALGEE. Three Men Are Killed in a Saw Mill 2 Disaster. KENTON, Ohio, Nev. 20.—Three men were killed” in a: 'boiler explosion in a sawmill at Alger, near here, to-dny. dead are: 7 _C: A. GRUDER. ALBERT ARMISTANT. ARNOLD DECLAMAR. Certificates to Congressmen. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 20.—The State ‘Board of Canvassers met immediately aft- ér the adjournment of the United States Court this afternoon and awarded certifi- cates to the ten Congressmen recently elected, including Campbell Slemp (R.) in the Ninth District, whose majority was found on final canvass of the vote to be 218. A certificate was also issued to Car- ter Glass, elected in the Sixth District for the unexpired term of the late Peter J. Otey. AR Paying Big Dividends. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Dispersions of dividends by industrial corporations next menth promise to be quite heavy, the toral payments thus far announced amounting to $23,523,321. For the year the total payments of divi- ‘demls by industrial corporations will be | 8255 597,800, t SE P A | Jealous Lover Kills a Woman. | WARDNER, Idaho, Nov. 29.—Incensed by jealousy, Arthur Goode fired flve shots into Mrs. James Auberry last night. The woman died a few minutes later. Goods then drew a second gun and attempted to urn it on the woman’s husband, but the r overpowered him. Moroceo Sultan Disperses Rebels. TANGIER. Morocco, Nov. 23.—The Sul- tan of Morocco's forces have beem at- tacked by the Zemmour tribesmen not far from Tangler. The Sultan dispersed the rebels, but his advance on Rabath has been checked.