The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1902. FATAL HURRICANE JWEEP3 DENNIARK. Many Lives Are Lost in] Gale on Christmas Night. Greai Damage Done in Cities : and Shipping Suffers Severely. GUAM 15 SHORT ON 175 INGOME Cash Balance Decreases $13,000 During the Year. No Products Being Eprrted Because Supply Is All Used at Home. o ISR COPENHAGEN, Dec. 26.—The worst| g2 many years visited Denmark | Christmas night and this morniug and has done enormous damage to property | &nd shipping. The telegraphic and rail- road services have been interrupted. It ot safe to walk the streets of Copen- bagen owing to the falling tiles. Some | streets were closed to traffic to avert this danger. The hospital reports show that several persons were killed and many sustained injuries in the.city. The pillars holding up the overhead trolley lines were cwn down and the streetcar service | was stopped ny houses have been un- roofed and e milis and factories have | been partly destroyed. The water in the sound rose suddenly nearly as high as it did in the great fiood of 1572. Several ships dragged their collided or were sunk in the The ferry service between nds and Sweden has been anclors and isla forced to stop. The gale was accompanied by thunder end lightning. Telegrams recetved here from the provinces report enormous dam- &ge to property throughour Denmark Two boats have been wrecked off Elsi nore and eight persons were drowned. Eleven men of the crew, including Cap- tain Tobaisen, were drowned In the wreck | of the Norwegian bark G. S. Penry, which went ashore .at Scaw. The Penry will be a total wreck and her cargo is wash- ing ashore. Only six of her crew w saved.” There were severe gales in the south of Sweden. ® POPULACE.OF LONDON OBSERVES “BOXING DA‘" Drury Lane Theater the Scene of a Gorgeous [Presentation of “Mother Goose.” | Dec. 26.—"Boxing day” was here in the customary manner. d of the business houses being In spite of the raw weather the space around the metropolis - was open well patronized | * There was no lack of amusement to- t for the holiday makers of London, , so far as the West End was con- cerned, no’ theatrical manager attempted | to dispute the easy supremacy of the Drury Lane Theater, which holds this Year a practical monopoly of pantomime with a production of “Mother Goose” with all the theater's traditional spectac- ar gorgeousness. Dan Leno appeared in the title role and an enormous audience ewed the production. All of the subur- | ban theaters and the hippcdrome also pre- | ted pantomimes and had big audiences both afternoon and evening.. TROUBLES MULTIPLY FOR SIGNOR MASCAGNI Is Arrested for Embezziement on Complaint of Former T CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Signor Mascagni, the Itallan composer, who abandoned his American trip while playing in Chicago, last week, was placed under arrest to- night on a charge of embeglement made | by his former manager,s Richard Heard. When Mascagni decided to return to Italy he had no further use for his American manager ims that his contract called for $5000 and discharged him. Heard | WASHINGTON, Dec. Governdr of the island of Guam, which is dated July 16, and which has just reached the Navy Department, indicates a rather serjous condition in the island’s finances owing to the failure of Congress | to appropriate the sum asked for, last The ‘receipte last year were in $66,00 and the expendi- { year. round numbx tures $57,000, which, however. in the cash balance vear. expected incident to the establishment of the leper colony and the decrease of over $10,000 in import duties. Commapder Schroeder reports that it has been deemed prudent to stop all work of public im- provement until shall be made. The value of the exports and imports during the year have been respectively $35,549 and $35,165. The ex- ports consisted almost entirely of Mexi- can dollars. Not a pound of copra has been exported and neither copra nor cof- fee has been produced in sufficlent quan- tities to supply the home market, owing to the slow recoveries from the effects of the hurricane of 1900. The Governor sug- gests that it would be a great boon if the Department of Agriculture would es- tablish an experimental station in the island. The Governor recommends that if a Philippine silver dollar of fixed value is to be coined under the United States it be made legal tender also in Guam, in place of the ‘present Mexican dollar. - The census of the isl- and taken last autumn shows the total population to be 5676, of whom only forty- six are foreigners, fourteen being citizens of the United States. The latter does not include officers and men of the navy or other civil employes, temporarily import- ed from the United States. Above the age of 7, 46 per cent of the natives read an write Spanish. The Governor sayvs the natives still refuse to allow their sick to receive medical attention, but that condi- tions are improving, an excess of births over deaths being shown for each of the last two years. Commander ‘Schfoeder says there are now twenty-four lepers at Tumon Ba The Governor recommends improvements in facllities for education and also that the laws for the government of the island for .the should be .remodeled and codified. The | Governor says there is a desire for United States citizenship among persons domi- ciled in the island. the case of Pedro M. | Auditor of the island. He occuples an anomalous position. He was an officer in the Spanish army who resigned after the | war and who obtained an acceptance of | renunciation of_aHegiance. The result is | that to-day he is a citizen of no country. { The Governor recommends an appropri- | ation of about $43,000 for public improve- ments. uarte, at present | BURGLAR IS CAPTURED | BY FIREMAN PICKNER | | Boldly Enters Residence of Mrs. W. | -H. Dixon, but Fails to Secure | Any Plunder. | Thomas Pierce, who clalms to be a | sailor, was locked up m the North End | police station at an early hour last even- {ing and charged with burglary. Pierce | broke into the residence of Mrs. W. H. | Dickson, 2622 and tried to collect that amount. Mas- 2622 Gough street, but was cap- cagnl refused to pay Heard any such | tured before he secured anything of sum and the arrest followed. value. # Mascagni was allowed to remain at the Auditorium. Hotel, where he is living, the house detectives agreeing to be re- sponsible for his appearance in court. MAY SEEK ASYLUM IN UNITED STATES Princess and Archduke Threaten to Invade This Country. VIBENNA, Dec. 26—It is reported here on good hority that Archduke Ferdi- nand and the Crown Princess of Saxony companions purpose going to Jnited States, there being little prob- of their finding congenial homes Crown Will Guard McKinley’s Tomb. CINCINNATI Dec .—Ldeutenants Rerre and Inglehart, with two sergoants and four corporals and thirty privates cf | Compang M, Third try, let® Fort Canton, Ohio, United States Infan- Thomas, Ky., to-day for where they will serve the special guard around McKinle: tomb. They relieved a detacament of the urteenth Infantry. Red is the color of danger, whether on the semaphore or on the skin. When the face is reddened by eruptions, | when boils break out on the body, or the an red of sores and ulcers is displayed in the flesh, it is nature's y 1. The blood is and tainted by impurities, and there can be no safety until the blood is made pure. e . Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Disco purifies the blood, and removes the effete matter which clogs and corrupts it. It cures pim- ples, boils, eczema, scrofula, sores, uicers and other comsequences of impure blood. 1 %'r‘eafl'_v thankful for what your s dope for me,” writes Mrs, . Hood, 1 suf- fered with scrofula of twelve J2m. Tried every kind of medicine that heard of but found no cure. Every onc that looked at my head scid they fever saw acything like it. The last doctor I doctored with before applying to yor: worse every day. Was so miserable &l 1 was unabic to do zny work at all. _ After talking two or three bottles of your ‘Golden Medical Discovery® and using the local treatment you prescribed for me, I was cured and my head was catirely free from scrofula.” Accept no substitute for Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. “Therc is Do other medicine which is “ just gs good ” for diseases of the biood and the eruptions which are caunsed by the blood’s imparity. FREE. Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense ical Adviser is sent jizc on .receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing oy, Send twenty-one one-cent stamps for the hook in paper covers, or thirty- n ©ne stamps for the cioth-bound vol- ,f.a"m' \A ess Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf- lo, N. ¥, While Mrs. Dickson, her daughter and | two maids were at dinner at 6:30 o'clock | last evening Pierce entered the premises by a rear door. One of the maids heard | & noise and quietly went to investigate. She discovered Plerce trying to open the | front dogr, so that he could hastily leave the place when he secured his plunder. The mald quickly went out to engine- | house No. 20, in the vicinity, and Fireman J. 8. Pickner came back with her. He | found Plerce hiding in | immediately grappled with the burglar. Pierce at first played off drunk, but then he began to fight With the fireman, and it took the latter several minutes to subdue | the intruder. In the meantime the other maid went out in search of a policernan. She soon ! found Sergeant Shaw ‘and Patrolman Frary and took them back-with her. They placed Pierce under arrest and took him to the North End Police station, where | he was charged with burglary. — e Will Do Away With Butcher Boys. STOCKTON, Dec. 2.—Residents of Stockton are face.to face with the alter- native of carrying their meat home or be. | coming vegetarians. The local butcher shops will undoubtedly discontinue their delivery service before the first of the | year. The master butchers have a strong | association, and local butcher boys have | a strong union. The butcher boys' union | has demanded an increase of the wages to $15.per week, with meat free, The Butchers' Association refused ‘to grant the demand.” The butcher boys them an. nounced a strike to take place January 1. A meeting of the boss butchers was held and it decided to discontinue their delivery service early next week, butchers figure that they will lose prac- tically no trade, but will gain, the amoint now paid as wages to the bufcher boys, ————— = TELEGRAPH NEWS, CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The explosion of a gas. oline stove at 88 Duuldt °§r‘,’” to-day killed Mrs, Bridget Carney, age ), and Joh ¥ froi n Dalton, CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The 8000 freight hand. leie, whose strike last summer interfered with the industries of this city for three days, are vreparing to demand more pay. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Reports that the d conversion plan of the United States Steel rgtion is to be modified or abandoned v denjed to-day. . Dec. 26.—According to the Rail- road Gazette rullroad bullding in the United States for 1902 aggregated 6026 miles, a total | ‘ot _exceeded in any year since 1888. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26.—After spending Christ- | mas ‘pleasanily “with her family. Mra. Eia Sweetland late last night kilied, herself by shooting. She had expressed a fear of paralysis. WASHINGTON. . Dec. 26.—Ufited States | Treasurer Robeits said to-day that so far dur- ing December $700,000 in currency had been transferred to San Francisco a {ransterred to gainst deposits LONDON, Dec. 26.—The remat 3 | Temple, thé Archbishop of Canterbyry. wors removed this morning from the Archepis | palace at Lambeth to Canterbury for 'in'ler?;;f:: | there to-morrow. | ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 26.—The Cornell Uni- versity register was ready for distribution to. day. The book shows that the total number of students i artendgnce to date is 29 Of 176 over last yéar. B ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26.—Count Tolstoi { has sent a personel appeal to the press asking that. in view of his advanced age and iliness | they publish no further reports of his condition as they cause him pain. % PARIS - Dec. 26.—The courts have awarded Mre, Viola Falconer, an American, $400 dam- for ages ngainst “Redfern, the dressmaker, | unjustifiable arrest and the seizure of gos in connection, with a dressmaking bill. DENVER, Dec. 26.—H. Halthusen, a Colo- rado pioneer, Who bas been engaged In the wool and hide business in this State and Utah fm twenty-five years, died suddenly of heart disease as the Brown Palace Hotel in this clty te-day. 26.—The - annual | report of Commander Seaton Schroeder, | leaving a balance of $9000, | is a decrease of $13,000 | preceding | This loes is due largely to the un-! further appropriations | laws of the | He calls attention to | the parlor and | The | H TCHIDESE, &/rlfi:ffi LIEUT. GENERAL MILES IS GUEST . OF DOWAGER EMPRESS IN PEKIN Commander of the United States Army Will To-Day Be Received in Audience by the Chinese Imperial Family and Later Will Re- view the Mongolian Troops That Are 5 Stationed at the Capital |7 Wz 2omtarz their men of war and their military es- tablishment. The troops to be reviewed by General Miles probably will consist of the Im- perinl Guard stationed in Peking, num- bering 4000 men of all arms with a large percentage of.officers, and a part of the “Ying Ping,” or national -army, also | called the *“‘Green Flags” and the “Five Camps. The “Ying Ping” consists of efghteen corps, one for each province, under the command of the Governor or WViceroy. The strongest and most important contin- gent thereof is the Pichili Army Corps, reorganized and brought to some degree of efticiency by the late Viceroy of that province, 1i Hung Chang. Its nominal | % i | \,‘7 = > A AL — 4 | L HEAD OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHO IS TOURING THE ORIENT; HIS ERRATIC CHINESE HOSTESS IN PEKING AND TYPES OF THE SOLDIERY FLOWERY KINGDOM'S CAPITAL TO-DAY. THAT WILL PASS IN REVIEW = BEFORE HIM IN THE | EKING, Dec. 26.—General Nelson i A. Miles, commander of the Unit- | ed States army, arrived here to- | day for a short visit. To-morrow General Miles will be the guest of the DQowager Empress of China and ¥Emperor Kwang Su. He will be received in audience by the imperial family and will review the Chinese troops stationed | L COLORADO WRECK’'S DEAD MAY NUMBER THIRTY Bodies of Fourteen' Miners Believed to Be in One Car Buried Under the Debris. TRINIDAD, Dec. 2.—A coal miner | from the ncrth of Trinidad, who was tak- | en out of the debris of the Colorado and | Southern freight wreck north of Trinidad |last night and died a short time later, | sald just before expiring that there were | fourteen coal miners besides himself in the car in. which he was riding. The | of this car still remain under the tens of wreckage. | must have perished. ? | 1t is now estimated that the number of ad will reach twenty-five or thirty. All of the men in the wrecked car were going 1o . Trinidad’ to -spend Christmas. They all came from coal mining camps north of this city. { | s SNOWSLIDE CARRIES AWAY A BIG RAILROAD BRIDGE | Great Northern Line From Everett East to Cascade Tunnel Is Abandoned. SEATTLE, Dec. 26.—The Great North- ern main line track from Everett east to the Cascade tunnel has been abandoned since Wednesddy owing to the bridge at Madison being carried away by a snow- glide and the tremendous snowsiides be- tween Madison-and the tunnel. The coast lipe from Seattle to Vancouver is clear and trains are being operated over it regularly. To-morrow morning an effort will be made to Tun a train from Seattle’to Sky- komish to carry the mail: o Will Tap His Timber Holdings. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 26.—T. B. Walker, thie Minnesota lumber king, whose timber jand filings are mainly responsible for the present agitation in favor of forest.re- serves in the northern part.of California, preposes to tap his holdings in Plumas, Sterra, Butte and Lassen counties by building a broad gauge raiflroad. It is understood the ‘surveys of. the proposed were completed before the snow fell. hico will probably be selected for the southern: terminus. ——— s Are You Going East? - A special rate of $60 for the round trip to Kansas City and return will be made by the Southern Pacific on January 8 and 9. Call at the Information Bureau. 613 Market street. for varticulars. All ot the men in it in the capital. The honor, of reviewing the imperial forces of the Chinese emplire is a very signal one and General Miles is the sec- ond—if not the first—man of his gener- ation to whom it has been accorded. The Chinese are not wont to make mil- itery display before forelgners, especially in these later days, when they know the omparative weakness and Inefficlency of LINGHERS HANG WRONG BAOTHER Doubt Arises as to Guilt of Negro Strung Up ] by a Mob. 5 3 PITTSBURG, Kans., Dec. 26.—There is a strong probability existing that in the lynching of Montgomery Godley here yesterday morning for killing Policeman Hinkle the wrong man was hanged, and that while Montgomery Godley was im- plicated In the trouble he did not fire the fatal shot. It is believed that Joe Godley fired the shot from the officer’'s revolver and then made his escape, leaving his brother to suffer at the hands of the mob. The mother of the boys called on a firm of physicians in this city to-day and re- quested them to treat her son Joe for a gunshot wound in the neck. When asked to tell where he was she refused. The officer’'s revolver has not yet been found and ‘it is thought by the officers that the man who killed Hinkle still has it in his possesion. If Joe Godley is captured the officers | will have a hard task to protect him, as the people here insist that the same treat- ment will be given him as his brother re- ceived. Building Road by Electric Light. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Bullding a railroad ‘| by electric light is a novelty which will be introduced by the Santa Fe Company when it begins the construction of the cut-off to.connect the Pecos Valley line with its main line in New Mexico. In the construction of the line, which will begin within two months, 600 men will be put to work in Abo Pass Canyon, and a large electric light plant will be installed at the mouth of the canyon so that the men may work at night as well as day. Premier Balfour Is IIL LONDON, Dec. 2%.—Premier Balfour is confined to his bed at Whittinghame, Scotland. He is suffering from a sharp attack of influenza. g ———— PARIS, Dec. 26.—The report of the death of Frederick Humbert, husband of Mme. Hum-" bert, in his cell at Madrid, has no foundation in fact. . © 357 “ f strength is 100,000, really about 40,000 men, who aré’ employed in garrison duty at Tientsin, the Taku forts and in general service along the road to and about Pe- king. . The “Ying:Ping"” is recruited from the population generally, while the “Eight Banners,” from which the Imperial Guard are chosen, are made up mainly of des- cendants of the Manchu conquerors and their allles. ® | WILL RESIGN POSITION | WITH UNION PACIFIC| Charles F. Tweed Intends Entering | the Banking Firm of Speyer & Co % NEW YORK, Dec. 2%.—Cha:les F. Tweed. chaiman of the board of direc- tors of the Southern Pacific, will sever his connection with that corporation on January 1'to bécome a partner In the banking house of Speyer & Co. Mr. Tweed for many years was a business associate of the late Collis P. Huntington, and is one of the executors of the Huntingion estate. | who, with others, are charged with smug- {on the cases of liuor In queéstion and SMUGELING CASE 5 BEING HEARD Prosecution Closes in Trial of Government Officials. Collector Cruson Admits That Goods Were Surrendered ' at His Request. -SAN JUAN, P. R., Dec. 2%6.—The hear- ing before United States Commissioner Anderson of the case against Robert Giles, a Governhent road contractor, and Lieutenant Commander George W. Mentz, gling wines and liquors from St. Thomas, on board Government vessels, was con- tinued here to-day. Collector Cruson tes- tified that Mr. (flles wanted to pay duty | that he refused to accept duty, as there is no law permitting the entry of mer- chandise on Government vessels. The collector said he boarded the lighthouse tender Laurel, where he saw three cases of liquors addressed to the captain of the Laurel and -cases marked Robert Giles. - One case was opeéned‘and con- tained brandy. Collector Cruson .demand- ed three' times that these’ goods be de- livered to him; upon failing to secure | them he allowed thirty minutes for the cases to be delivered; they were then turned over. He said that Mr. Giles and | Lieutenant Commander Mentz wanted to | return the cases to St. Thomas. Officer Cosgrove of the Laurel was ther | recalled. He said the quartermaster of | the tender had not reported the removal of any cases of liquor at Culebra. Quar- | termasters Schultz and Chipchase testifled | that nothing had been landed at Culebrai and the prosecution closed. The defense | will submit its brief on Monday. ) \ ACCUSED ROBBER DRAWS RAZOR ON A CONSTABLE | Officer Narrowly Escapes Injury md‘ After a Lively Battle Subdues - | His Man. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. %.—Constable Wii- liam Trainor of this clty and ‘Willlam Shannon, a saloon-keeper in the West .End, had a battle royal late last nlzhti with two robbers. A razor in the hands | of one of the robbers and a club in the" hands of the officer played an important part. | Two men appeared at Shannon’s Vilia, | a roadhouse on the San Anselmo boule- | vard, last night and proceeded to imbibe | freely. About 10 o'clock they held up the | proprietor and then left the place with their booty. Shannon, as soon as he was able, notified Constable Trainor. In com pany, with the constable Shannon started | in pursuit of the men. They were found | on a gide street, but when Shannon and | Trainor approached one of them fled. The | other stood his ground, and just as the | constable was about to place him under | arrest he drew a razor and made a slash | at Trainor’s face. The timely interference | * ADVERTISEMENTS. The sale of Pianos and other remarkably large Musical Instruments - we enjoyed during the past three weeks has not deplet- ed our stock by any means. Our salesrooms are only about warerooms and half .empty and our assort- ment is as good as it ever was. We are still Cuiting Prices and can offer you some of the best Piano Bargains you ever heard of. As to terms—well, you ¢an settle that point most any way you like, but don’t delay. We must vacate the premises we now occu- py, and you ought to get a bargain before it is too late. of Shannon with a-right-hand swing saved Trainor from injury. Trainor then drew his club. and finally subdued the man. Most of the plunder was found un- der a watering trough near the villa. The ran captured gave his name as George Lang of San' Francisco. No trace of his accomplice could be found. PEOPLE OF OREGON SEND THEIR CONGRATULATION Governor Geer Prepares a Message to Be Forwarded to Hawaii When Cable Is Connected. SALEM, Or., Dec. 26.—Goverhor Geer to-day sent the following congratulatory dispatch to the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company at transmission to Governor Dole at Homo- lulu to be among the first messages sent over the new trans-Pacific cable when connected to-morrow: “To Governor Dole, Hawali: Accept congratulations of the people of Oregon upon the establishment of communication with your distant island territory. May it be a forerunner of unjnterrupted patriotic and commercial community of interests between your peo- ple and those of the parent country. “T. T. GEER, Governor of Oregon.” Electric Road Successfully Financed. VALLEJO, Dec. 2.—Captain John Cross, president of the Vallejo, Benicia and Napa Valley electric road, announces that the big project has been successfully financed and that the building of the road will begin during the first days of the new year. The company has finally se- cured an outlet to deep water on the Val- lejo water front by buying a franchise trat will permit the building of a wharf and track at the foot of Virginia street. Elopement Causes a Sensation. MARYSVILLE. Dec. 2.—The first knowledge the parents cf Miss Nina Co- rey, a young lady of this city, had of her inarriage was a telegram from Sacramen- to ‘to-day announcing that she was the wite of R. W. Springer, the local agent here for a :well known San Franclsco piano firm. The ceremony was performed on Christmas -day. The elopment has caused a decided sensation. — e—— VICKSBURG, Miss., Dec. 26.—Glenwater, -a village In Washington County, with a popula- tion of between 400 and 500, was aimost totally destroyed by fire this morning. San Francisco for | telegraphic - (lark Wised (4 Weber Agency Cor Geary 5t.% Grant Ave HOUSES TOPPLE BY THOUSANDS | Appalling Destruction by the Temblors at Andijjan. ASHKABAD, Russian Turkestan, Dee. 26.—The oscillations of the earth at Andl- jan continue. The people there are using railrqad cars to live in, as they are not leaving the town on account of their business Interests. Committees have been appointed to prepare lists of the losses to life and property. In the Andijan dis- trict 15,000 houses were destroyed. Until the shocks cease guards will be kept on the rallroad between Andijan and Fedohens to watch for flssires along the line. The railroad station at Andijan threatens to collapse. Barracks, to be used as dwellings, are being raised and will soon be ready for oecupancy. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26.—The Red Cross Society 1s send.ng representatives to Andijén to organize relief for the | earthquake sufferers and has contributed $17,500 to the relief fund. B Y Charged Wity Murder of Miner. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. %.—Mary J Smith, - colored, was - to-day formally charged with the murder of Daniel Ryan. who was poisoned and then robbed in the tenderloin district of this city two weeks ago. The preliminary hearing was get for December 20. Ryan wa$ a miner and formerly lived in Butte. —_— v A, Dec. 26.—The Austrian manufse- turers have decided to advance the prie: of shoes 10 per cent. A MILLION GOOD LIVERS, Y WORK WH NDY CATHARTIC 0.000.000 - BOXES 4 Greatest in theWorld in a double sense, credit their good feeling to CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, and are telling other high livers about their delightful experience with CAS- CARETS. That's why the sale is nearly A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. 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