The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1902, Page 4

‘'THE SAN FRANCI SUFFOCATION - GAUSES DEATH OF FOURTEEN Disastrous Early Morn- ing Fire in a Chicago Hotel PR S Nearly a Score of Guests Are Overcome by the Dense Emoke. Lack of Fire Escapes and Other Fa- cilities and Crowded Rooms Are Reasons for the Awful Catastrophe. —_— CHICAGO, Dec. 4—Fourteen men met death by suffocatiofi. this morning in a fire which occu t 6 o'clock in the Lincoln Hotel, 156 Madison street. Thir- teen of those who lost their lives were stified while lying in their beds. One vic- from the building before , but died in the ambu- ¥ to the nearest hospital Coroner eger, after inspecting the Building, united with Fire Chief Musham in declaring that the building was a veri- lance on the w ke A never should have been | Chief Musham ed that there wére such wide cracks | in the ficors that the smoke pgured gh the g in clouds, rendering difficult for those on the “There was the building of constructior end from it dangled several ropes, down o fire escape on the front of » one was in process which a number of people slid to the | paveme after all escape by the stair- weay had been cut off. | LIST OF THE DEAD. | 4. O. YOCUM, fire insurance. agent, |- promirent i ort, Ia | BAMUEL YOC his gon. A. B. COON, , Marengo,. Il F. W. EWING il clerk, Marietta, | Chio. H. F. BOSWELL, Chicago. T. V. SLOCUM, machine dealer, Wau- con m H. K. WOODS, Lebanon, Ind. EDWARD TONER, printer, Milwaukee. 8. W. CORREY, railway postal clerk, | Rucyrus, O RD LOWE, rallway postal clerk, Bechlervill Wis, M. M. HARDY, traveling salesman, Janesvill is C. P. COWAN, collector on the Wabash Ruailroad, St. Lous. GEORGE B. GRAVES, compositor, Chi- | c2go. | UNIDENTIFIED MAN, thin brown bair and moustache. TOO MANY PARTITIONS. The hotel was four stories in height and contained unusual number of rooms for a hotel of its size. After the fire, | Chief Mu f the Fire Department declared t they were the smallest | rooms he had ever seen in any building. | Héd there t fewer partitions, he de- ces of life for those sleep- a,'per floors of the hotel would | ly increased. prietor of the hotel, de- were as nearly as he | his books, about 125 It was in fact filled capacity and many appli- oms were turned away last | that they could judge the its utmos people in %o hotel T discovered the “h the halls shortly | dic his best to alarm | smoke pou: before 6 ¢ the gue: volume so rapidly that to arouse only a small num- he was then compelled to grope his way to the street to avoid suffocatio: e down the one stairway g in all stages of w *of the bulldi and several aped 1 the second story t and escaped with ows of below serious injury. FIREMEN SAVE GUESTS. The firemen ved with great prom; lives by carry- mg pcopie ladders from the win- dows. The the inside of the bullding w ick and so pungent that the firemen were unable to do more than to take the pevple out of the windows. Those who were not able to reach the windows in s after the fire broke out w The fire itsel? amounted tc A portion of the third and s was burned and the blaze was minutes after the first alarm. As soon as the smoke permi fuside the buildin made of all th that thirteen m d the firemen to live a careful search wi rooms, with the resul: were found to have been stified before they had been able to leave their beds. All of ‘the dead had roome on the third and fourth floors. The bullding Was some time ago con- @emned by the city bullding inspectors as unsafe for hotel purposes and the owners were three weeks ago ordered to plas & stairway in the rear and also to build & fire escape on the front of the. bufid- ing. Beyond the preliminary work for the fire escape nothing had been done, however. —_— Fort Stevens Court-Martial Ends. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 4—The court-mar- tial which was called to try the ‘case against Private Ernest Thompson, charged with setting fire to the barracks at Fort Stevens, has eoncluded its work. The findings of the court will be for- warded to the officers at Washington and aumtil they pass upon the verdict the fate of the prisoner will not be officially known. It is understood, however, that he has been found, guilty on nearly -all the charges. scaffolding was -up, | M ndress, | THOUSAN CHARMING BRIDE TRAVELS MANY - D MILES TO BE WEDDED Miss Blanche Caulier Marries Harry Ward of Kingston, Jamaica, Journeying From That City to Join Her Fiance Here | | | | | | -+ | | | | | | i MR. AND MRS. HARRY J. WARD, WHOSE COURTSHIP WHICH FINAL- LY RESULTED IN A QUIET WEDDING IN'THIS CITY LAST TUES- DAY READS MUCH LIKE A ROMANCE. . o IS8 BLANCHE CAULIER, of Paris traveled many thousand Harry J. Ward. An interesting event, and the sequel to a pretty romaricE which began in Kingston, Jamaica, three .years ago, was the marriage on Tuesday last of Mr. Ward, formerly of Kingston, and Miss Caulier, who has latterly resided in the same city. She traveled from there to this city to be wedded. The ceremony took place at noon at St. | Mary's Cathedral, Van Ness avenue and O’Farrell street, the ceremonies being performed by the Rev. Father J. B. Han- the smoMe was so dense “ nigan. The bride is a beautiful and ‘acqom- | plished young woman, and first met the man who I8 now her husband at the young man's family home, Roslyn Hall, | at ‘Kingston, more than three years awo, The bride was attired in a ‘beautiful | Parisian gown of white satih and carried | a bouguet of lilles of the valley. She was | attended by Miss Doris Jeffrey as maid | of gonor, whose father, B. Jeffrey, gave | the bride away. The groom is the second .son of the Hon. Colonel C. J.' Ward, C.'M. G., | of Kingston and a man of vast posses- | slons in the West Indies, | The climate of Jamaica being unsuited to his health, Mr. Ward has traveled ex- | tensively, and being greatly. impressed | with the beauty and advanfages of Cali- | fornia, decided to remain.. He has ac- | quired large interests in fryit lands near | Corning, in the Sacramento Valley, where { he has prepared a home for the fair bride { who came so many miles to join him. Mr. and Mrs Ward have gone to Monte- rey and other southern points, where the honeymoon will be spent, after which they | will go to their future home in Corning. | The Presidio Club has never been the | scene of a more charming affair than was | the fancy dress ball given last evening |by Major and Mrs. Hobbs in honor of the homecoming of their daughter, Miss Mary Hobbs, who returned from the East on Saturday last. The ballroom was |lavishly decorated with fotiage, flags and | Japanese lanterns, which made a pictur- | esque background for the fanciful cos- |tumes. With very few exceptions the | mentlemen were in fulldress uniforms and | the ladies, with hair powdered, wore {quaint and romantic costumes of “once |upon a time.” . 3 | Dr. Greenleaf; U. S. A., who is ex- | tremely popular ‘in society, conducted the {german. Prominent in the leading ot | were Miss Hobbs and Lieutenant.Shinkle, | Miss White and’ Lieutenant Feeter- also assisted. Dancing was enjoyed until a {late hour, The guests were: | _Captain and Mrs, Hinkley, Captain and Mrs. | Garratt, Lieutenant and Mrs. Millar, Lieuten- {ant and Mrs. Johneton, Lieutenant and Mrs. | Lewis, Captain and Mrs. Johnson, Lieutenant | and Mrs. Hines, Lieutenant and Mre. Pears, any symptoms of croup, *“THE ONE THAT CURES.” P’ D™ is on the :rmbedo:%c &m‘; and SMALL DOSE. PL or bottle of Dr. Bull's to be Thou: mothers, who say their babies’ lives have been saved by Dr. Dreadful Group Croup attacks a child without warning and needs immediate, prompt attention, or it may prove serious—even fatal. If you notice give baby a small dose of D-.Bull's Cough Syrup 1t will relieve it instantly and cureit in a night. No danger from choking after you have given baby one mother should keep @ ugh Syrup in the house- for sudden at of croup, of letters are received from grateful two doses. Eve 's Cough Byrup. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Be careful and seé that you get the genulnej. do not let. jon that he says is “‘just as good as Dr. Bull's. ts only, not of your health-or the health of your baby. , then you know it is the genuine. Dr. Bull's used in leading hospitals exclusively. Large sy an ““'.‘“‘hlfi dealer sell you some Uy lyrup EASANT TO TAKE- ) ’ miles to become the bride ofy T Captain and Mrs. Burgess, Major and Mrs. Ducat, Captain and Mrs. Kirwin, Dr. and Mrs. Newgarden, Lieutenant and Mrs. Con- | ger, Captain and Mrs. McKittrick, Miss Red- ingtan, Miss Nokes, Miss O'Hara, Miss Yates, Miss Berry, the Misses Brigham, Miss Howell, Miss Swigert, Miss White, Miss Hobbs, Miss | Andrews, Miss Schlessinger, Miss Redmond, | the Misses Lewis, Mrs. Charles L. Bent, Mrs. | Palmer, Miss Kilboarne, Mrs. Welbourne, Mrs. | Maus, Miss Pratt, Miss Koerper, Dr. and M Rockhill, Lieutenant® Kuznlk, Lieutenant Mut phy, Lieutenant Croft, Captain Helmes, Lieu- tenant Craigle, Captain Penn, Captain John- ston, Lieutenant Mclntyre, Lieutenant Allen. Lieutenant Feeter, Major Garrard, Lieutenant ‘Wetherill, Lieutenant Howard, Lieutenant Shinkle, Mr. Woods, Lieutenant Anderson, Dr. Shortridge, ‘Captain Haan, Lieutenant 'Per- kins, Licutenant Fechet, Lieutenant Perry, Mr. Hobbs, Lleukenam'Donahue. The Loving Service Circle . of King's Daughters give their charity entertain- ment this evening at Century Hall SARGENT INDORSES ! THEOSOPHIST SCHOOL | Commissioner G-eneral of Immigra- tion Files Report After Per- } sonal Inspection. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Commissioner | General Sargent of the Immigration Bu- reau has filed with Secretary Shaw his | report on the question of admitting to the ; United States the eleven Cuban children who are now being detained at New York pending the settlement of the question of the firancial responsibility and general | character of the Theosophist institution known as the Universal children were en route when stopped at New York. The report, which is-based upon the personal inspection of Sargent, is an vrqualified indorsement of 'the school, both as to its financial standing and gen- eral character. It will not be made pub- lic, however, until next Saturday, when Secretary Shaw will give a hearing to the parties interested. TELLS OF HIS VISIT s TO POINT LOMA HOME Secretary of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children Reports T on Investigation. At a meeting of the directors of the So- clety for the Preventlon of Cruelty to Children held yesterday Secretary White read a report of the result of his visit to San Diego for the purpose of investi- gating conditions at the Point Loma home. He explained his fallure to gain entrance to the grounds through a court injunction and presented several affida- vits in reference to Mrs. Tingley’s alleged illegal »practices. It was decided to furnish whatever in- formation might prqve of use to the New York organization and to keep a close watch on Point Loma hereafter. If at any time it can be shown that the chil- dren at the “home” are being wrong- fully treated a vigorous prosecution will be instituted. In local work, it was shown that dur- ing the last month ninety-one chfldren had been afforded relief. New members elected to membership in the soclety were 8. B, Welch, H. T. Wood, Southern Pacific Mu‘lng Company, E. P. Heald, F. W. Dakin, A. Wigmore and A. K. Coney. ——— HOPE 70 GIVE THE POOR " FINE CHRISTMAS DINNER Salvation Army Asks Contributions o1 Provisions and Funds to Feast the Unfortunate. The Salvation Army is-planning to give its annual Christmas dinner to the poor of this city, and asks for contributions and provisions for the ample feasting of many unfortunate poor. Last year's | Market street. Christmas -dinner provided by the army ‘was enjoyed by 2000 persons, and thfough- out the United States the army gave din- ners to 250,000 persons. Whatever pro- vigions may be left over will be dfstrib- uted to the pgor in baskets, and funds left over will be applied to the advancement of the work of the ermy. The provineial |§ like men’s clothes. Brotherhood | School at Point Loma, Cal., to which the ! CO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1802, MEIMERDNER 5455 5 ap i s Rehearsals of ‘A Bachelor’s Romance’’ to Be People Decide in Favor Given by Young Society People To-Mor- of Seven Charter row Night Promise .Good Performance “Changes. Only 14,187 Votes.Cast and Elec..on Passes Off Quietly. [ S Seven of the proposed charter amend- ments out of the eight submitted were carried at.yesterday’s election. Amend- ment No. 4, which provided for progress payments on public contracts and per- | mitted two Commissioners of the Board of Work to sign such contracts, was de- feated. Only 14,167 votes were cast and but little interest was manifested in the election. The propositions which carried received more than a three-fifths votes, as recuired by the old law, which, how- ever, was amended at the election of No- ! vember 4 so as to make a majority vote ! suffi¢cient to adopt charter amendments. The vote follows: | For. |Against % I AMENDMENT NO. 1— | Makes clear obscure prov fons of the charter relat.| ng to the acquisition ol DUbHE YIS s se - | 8508 | 3462 AMENDMENT NO. 2 'f Decreases the cost and num-| ber of special eiections.| Several _bonding proposi-| | tions, ‘viz.:' for school| houses, sewers, playgrounds| and other puEllc H:\Ddl'n‘vt‘z; ts, may vote &t the same time. .- "l oetn | s268 AMENDMENT NO. H Permits two or more rail- 10ad corporations under dif-| ferent management to use ihe same street, each pay-| ing = proportionate share| for the maintaining andf Fepairing of ine tracks, for| diste not to exe fen” congecutive blocks.....| 9331 | 3193 AMENDMENT NO, 4— To_permit progressive pey- ments to be made on con- tract ‘worlk ....... 578 | 6927 AMENDMENT NO. 56— To remove ambiguous vro. visiogs . reiating streel E workqsprocedure . 9291 3373 * AMENDMENT NO. 6— Provides for the Increase of| the salary of the Assessor 4% from $4000 to $8000 a year.| 9138 | 4476 AMENDMENT NO_ 7— Permits city to do_the work| of sprinkling and _clennlm; streets by direct elr‘nplc»t'- ment, or at its option to contract for the - same. 8812 | 4128 AMENDMENT NO, 8— Permits Board of _Buper- visors to set aside §5000 an-| nually-for the relief of aged, indigent and infirm fire- men who served n the Vol- unteer Fire Department be- tween 1850 and 1866......| 9240 | 4185 TG K —h MISS EDNA HOWELL, A CLEVER SOCIETY GIRL WHO WILL ES- CARPENTERS ARE THROWN SAY A LEADING ROLE IN “A BACHELOR'S ROMANCE,” WHICH DOWN SHAFT OF MINE WILL BE PRESENTED IN STEINWAY HALL TO-NIGHT. HAZLETON, Pa., Dec. 4—Elmer Kisch- e | ner, aged 82 years, a boss carpenter, and EHEARSALS of “A Bachelor's| Miss Beatrice Fife and Miss Edna How- Gustave Strack, aged 19 years, were in- i e, o/ Te! prepente | DY AR A takh Teting: Saria fa- the Blac: stantly killed to-day while descending the society talent at Steinway Hall | Miss Flfe being the widow of the world, Craibefyn' Sitne e o wigo car. Bevan to-morrow evening, are about at | Helen Le Grand, and Miss Howell Miss gthier men. ip flie. sar.sacaped setlony i an end. The proceeds will be de- | Clementina, the old maid aunt of Sylvia. ot Th: Ths: ::;: otxz;r‘ the :::Ypoge,; voted to maintaining a free bed in the | Miss Irene Sabin will be the Sylvia and :::;g::goplauams for the erecting of | California Eye and Ear Hospital. So-|Miss Lillian Sullivan the Miss Harriet |pamps that had been removed during the | clety men who will act as ushers are| Leicester. The young men in the cast strike. ‘Near the bottom of the slope the | Messrs. Joe Rosborough, Lester Hammer- | will be Thomas Hickey, John Teller, man car was struck by a runaway truck. | smith, Remington Buswell, Will Hammer, | Charles Jones, Arthur Jones, Kendall Fel- Kischner and Strack were knocked from | Allen Dimond! Lawrence Foster, Scoft|lows, Will Sherwood and Fred Hutchin- Hendricks and Rudolph Buckley. son. the car and instantly killed. GRENT TUMILT I REICHSTAG Socialist Member Bids - Deflance to Vice ' President. Refuses to Leave the House and Session Is Tempor- * arily- Suspsnded. R L BERLIN, Dec. 4{—~The Reichstag was in a state of wild tumult to-day for a few minutes over a slight misunderstanding | as to who had the right to the floor. Herr+Singer, Socialist, had arranged with President Von Ballestrem_ for recognition at a certain juncture. Meantime the President left the chair, after explaining to: Vice President Von Stollburg-Wer- nigerode who had the next right, to the floor, bu the Vice President recognized Herr Spahn of the Centrist party. Herr Singer startéd to mount the steps to thé_ tribyne and the Vice 'President told him to sit down. Herr Singer, in Some surprise, stopped on the steps, and Herr Spahn took the tribune and began lis speech, with Herr Singer loudly pro- for which the Vice President called him to order, saying his turn for ion would come later. The mem- the Reichstag were by that time a state of passion and tension all sprang to their feet, the houting in suppert of Herr nd the members of the Center | and Right parties supporting the Vice President, who ordered Herr Singer to leave the House. Herr Singer, however, défied him, and as the rules do not pro- vide for the arrest or removal of recal- citrant members, the Vice President was powerless, except to suspend the: session for half an hour. At the expiration of that time -business was quietly resumed with the reading of reports of members of the Tariff Committee. With the exception of a two hours’ re- that the cess for supper the Relchstag was in continuous 'session from 10 o'clock this morning until half-past 11 o'clock: to- night, it being the longest session in the history of the Reichstag. The members called each other “scoundrels,” “dogs,” ete., the long hours having irritated their tempérs. The House, on the motion of the Presi- dent, forbade the Socialist, Wurm, to speak, because the latter insisted on-talk- ing on his strong points—water and gas— instead of confining his remarks to the paragraph of the bill concerning minerals and raw materials, which was under, dfs- cussion. The majority is determined to wear out the obstructionists by long ses- sions, the special motive for holding a session to-night being to prevent the So- cialist members from speaking at twen- ty-seven mass-meetings in Berlin and the suburbs, held for the purpose of express- ing indignation at the method of rushing through the tariff. The members of the majority of the newspapers show much apprehension regarding the political cap- ‘ ital that the Socialists are making out. of [ tne wrangles in the Reichstag. Identifies a Sailor’s Body. OAKLAND; Dec. 4—The body of a man | who was killed Monday night at the Oak- i 1and broad gauge mole was identified to- | aay as that of Samuel Olson, a sailor on the ship Falls of Clyde. Olson was a Norwegian and 28 years old. The Sailors’ Union will take charge of the body. Olson left San Francisco Monday to go te his ship, then lying In the estuary, Youths’ Stylish Sack - Suits for $9 Our youths’ suits are not boyish affairs, but are made Look at this double-breasted sack, for instance. Young men like to dress like their fathers. They § can carry out their desires here, for we have « v 'rything in, |f .youths’ clothing and the styles are the very latest. Youths’ sack suits in single-breasted or double-breasted styles, in 2-button or 3-button effect, in the latest novelty of tweed mixtures and blue and black cheviots. 4 See the picture, notice the large roll lapel, the two- button style of coat, the up-to-date cut of the trousers, and the general manly effect of the garments. Most any boy from 12 to 19 years of age would appreciate such-a suit. On'sale in our youths’ clothing department, on the second floor, for $ G R You can only realize what this price means when you, see the garments. It is fully one-quarter less than is gen- erally asked for goods of the same quality. The reason is the clothes are made by us and sold direct to you. The middleman’s profit is your saving. Boys' Sweaters, Hats and Caps Children’s sweaters, ages 2 to 5, in stripesand various i} combinations, 50¢ to $1.50. ¢ { Boys’ sweaters, sizes 24 to 34, in black and orange, red | and white, blue and white and royal and red, 75¢c. ! Boys’ all-wool sweaters, sizes 24 to 34, in cardinal, {§ royal and navy, also garnet and white, royal and red and red and blue, $1.00. = Boys’ all-wool sweaters, double knit, sizes 24 to 34, in royal and white and red and white, $1.50. ) Boys’ all-wool sweaters, sizes 24 to 34, latest styles; - body of.sweater is made in solid colors, with perpendicu- lar stripes in front only: coldrs, royal and white, scarletand green, royal and cardinal and scarlet and white, $2.00. Boys’ soft hats in Fedoras, Pashas, .Graecos, Dunlap Crushers and Regular Crushers: colors, steel, brown, élm, black and pearl, $1.80. 3 : Boys’ yacht caps with leather visors in red, navy blue and royal blue, special at 25¢. ; R M ; Out-of-town orders filled—wriie for catalogue. SNWOo0D3 (0 headquarters of the army are at 1139 718 Market Street.