The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1903, Page 1

Call. VOLUME XCIiI—NO. 73. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GUATEMALA HURRIES ARMY OF EIGHT THOUSAND TO FRONT IER; WARSHIPS START SOUTHWARD TO GUARD AMERICAN INTERESTS STEAMSHIP - STRIKES ON CORAL REEF Thrilling Wreck of New York Ex- cursionists. — i Pleasure Cruise Ends in Disaster on Coast of Bermuda. PRESIDENT'S E allRG TEXAN [RE Women of Dallas Vote to Return a Glft Object to the Presenta- tion of a Ten-Cent Handkerchief. o [ Se— Passengers Make Perilous Trip Through High Seas in Lifeboats. HAMILTON, B Quebec Steamship Company Madiana, Captain Frazer from New York party of excursi around the ( ashore on the had a thrilling a total loss, but a cued and br perilous trt to a tug standing and the passenge oters of a Charity Ben- Hold Exciting Meeting. oy rmuda rding to s by those on reading her ts the woman < Gepartment of the Dallas Morn RAFALL. ‘J‘u»avs g bt tion iz yet fort sel went on that the light which indicates the cb 2 nel coul® not be seen I | COOLNESS OF OFFICERS. All the passengers were in their bunks when the Madiana struck the rocks, b alarm, though among the passenge that the vessel was h rock FEE po 4 : i e —+ | struck a reef mation obtainable the shock of the impact awakened them and they rushed on deck, the majority - them without t i A Gem Of Rare Purit IS Officers went among them and calmed y them, but a number did not ven ture be- ¥ low again to seek their clothing. art c } Found Encased w did not share the ¢ ss of ! the officers, but.the latter soon restored | : order among the troublesome seamen ' in a Meteor. o et A EL » ! passer . dur Madiana -I-—-~ | Special Dispatch to The Call when morn I NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Some planet has | wind. The pas ers i [ hurled a diamond to the earth, This is a | S€ther oo sege | | purely scientific deduetion to account ‘for | ' . - As soon as the presence of what is certainly the rar- | .o oo ! est gem ever seen. It was placed on pub- | tugs proceeded to the scene to | | lic exhibition to-day for the first time in | to render assistance. A heavy the Américan Museum of Natural His- | running and th e ar tory closely to the re SEAS TEMBLOR as B 0. H noor in size, but is of a purity and hard- | it became pos Is Sllpposed B TV 6 | b never tomna, tn.a tans taken, from ONE BOAT IS CRUSHED the finest mines of the earth The crew of seaberessn i B ; Fallen on nghted LONDON FORGERS USE beat. but 1t could — — - - —~ e e I I e running and was dashed to piece IS FELT IN MEXICO ! This giamond came packed in a thick | was pounding. For some time | envelope of meteoric iron, some of which | munication with the Madiar Observatories in Kansas | still- surrounds it. It fell to the earth in | sible. The tug Gladis « Maryland Also Show Rec- | Canyon Diablo, at the foot of Crater | mile off, awaiti n s the Disturbance. i Mountain n Arizona. It is not a Kohi- | sist, but it was not until 11 | 8 snde the Tollow Madian, PACIFIC SQUADRON, WHICH HAS SAILED FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS IN | Lamp TR NANE. OF . JOROLN i:‘ . ‘,T:‘:,,\,{:i R ‘\‘ ” , » CENTRAL AMERICA, AND FOREMOST PERSONAGES IN THE QUARRELS THAT THREATEN TO INVOLVE | | Circulate Worthless Checks PUrport- | unq some of the passengers were lowered FIVE REPUBLICS IN WAR, WHICH MAY END IN THE CREATION OF A FEDERATION. 1 % Beas Blgndturs of Wobsd O 1 R ) ¥ 3 = = % | Mrs. Mary Patek, 3 vears of age, wife Financier. it succeeded in reaching the Glac The Madi s other lifeboats were then . o - —efe - of Harry Patek, an employe of the United LONDON, Feb. 0.—According to the - 7 = | Pacific Squadron Be= : Tomchell o sinconmiint sl A et » " y..Cl le t bills f th: 1 ‘ OLLOWING the q FHEsiames GYMUNID: S i int B0 M [ Detbn. Clapmicle two bills for oo (haB | ) oy o eengers and the captain snd | ‘ , Nicaragua a Mcddler According to the record H. d Vi toma street, was burned to death last|3$5,000 each, purporting to have been giv- o 1hs- salvens i) Sl . -l began at f in the onduran proclamation of war g’"s oyage to night through falling, it is presumed, upon | € by J. P. Morgan in payment for pur- ":3‘;7 f:e";mm;l ::‘A'fn' ,_:‘E:;:"r’s, : Eand laited twe Ci '} Wi | inst Salvad d a lamp which slie is supposed to have | Chases of pictures and bric-a-brac, which | BY the Prompt actin of Eneinect e . lock and lasted ains wador | . . : the - Madtam 1 ds 4 ]\,w VI ar. ag: vaaor am | lsthmus_ been carrying upstairs. were sent to New York for collection, broken through, the malls and the pas- Honduras the Guate- s - = ol abier 9 i ? | o % | ‘rom epileptic fits and was partially para- , b ht in the last boats to the Gladis- e Sog of the Tk ff ~ ANANA, ST, Al oo | nfolan oy erwment has es HE signal for the safling of the | lyzed. She was in the house alone and at |15 Teported that many more such bills | ToUERN T 1A 85 B pesisitbn g e seventy-fifth meridian firmation has been recelved | | tablished a rigid censor- | Pacific squadron was holsted | 8:30 o'clock her neighbor, Mrs. Catherine | have been circulated in the London mar- | =0 "o s oo oo o e s ttarnoon, here regarding the Teported | | chis ouor - the - telegraph | on the flagship New York | Matheson, residing at 308 Natoma street, | ket. The origin of the forgeries has not WosEith RRNCeN YIRen AUCKLANT 10.—Nelther declaration of war by Guate- | | d i Ll % | shortly before noon yesterday | was startled by the sound of some one | et been discovered Joseph Krofut of Hartford, Conn %P B the adjoining maia against Salvador and| | N4 no further news has and before the timeballdropped | falling from the rear steps of the NeXt | g ictuiuiuluieielemmieleimieiieieieioioi-t @ | of the passengers said to-day: s expe ct from the Honduras. It s ‘well known | | - been permitted to go out to. the base of the ferry depot | house Into the yard. She looked out to as- | A b ik g the gy o o g o waves which caused heavy 1088 of [ ¢hat Guatemala openly sympathizes with | Iz it idalein. - Fi flagstaft, the New York, -the Boston, the | certain the trouble and saw Mrs. Patek | it was Mrs. Patek doubied up at the foot Pl g s e S sds January 31st. | pregident-elect of Honduras, ‘Senor | rom its capi Gy - rom Marblehead and the Ranger, in the order | Iying on the ground. The woman called | of the stairs leading to the upper part of | 11¢ SWaWmems =07 —_— |rometets = i e TR th.prest other sources it is learned | |named, were steaming out toward the | for help, but Mrs. Matheson toid her that | the house, Tnvelopfll in the flames, which peospfelgescasmr-fpryig: by o ; onilla, but it is bellev g " la were quickly consuming her clothing. | ® f A » NEW IRISH LAND BILL l ettion) sttnatian [ ittt St that Guatemala hasl hur-, | | Golden Gate on their way to Amalpa. | she was unable to climb the fence to aid e s 8- | streamed up from below immediately aft | 2 The speed of the squadron will be regu-| her. Mrs. Matheson, however, called to a TEARS GOWN FROM BODY. | allow the Government to rendor Senor Bo- | | . ried the army to the fron- lated by the pace of the Ranger, which is | little girl named Alice Farrel, living at 37 Suggestions of the Recent Landlord | nilla any substantial aid. Salvador and | WILL AFFORD SMALL RELIEF erward. There was no confusion am Stevens tore the gown from the wom- | the officers or the tier and a clash Gf the rival the slowest vessel in the squadron. Natoma street, to give assistance, but the | yn's hody and dragged her to the door, and Tenant Conference Are to Nicaragua are protecting their respective R " e s | - Rear Admiral Henry Glass had ordered | child said she was not able %0 do any- | where she breathed her last. He then ly reassured the passengers. The crew, Be Ignored. countries. forces at an early. date is cach commander to have his vessel in | thing, as she, 100, could not get over the | (hrew water on a couch which had caught | wha. were ¥ The Daily News | War preparations are reported to be ,”‘gbab[g. N icaragua has readiness for a start at daybreak, and | fence to the next yard and the front door | fire and 'a few minutes later the fire en- orderly at fi . h when the sun rose it found the four ships | she found was locked. i ived. Harry Patek, husband ¢ new Irish land bill | proceeding in Guatemala, where a strict sent troops t gine arrived. Harry Patek, husband of | restored. 5 doctiled b Snhrirthnl b : sent'troops to assist one of with booms fn, boats aboard and anchor| SMOKE WARNS NEIGHBORS. |the deceased, arrived at the house shortly | “Finding that the cegter of the passengers. The cers faced the situation coolly and quick- tly foreigners. became d , but discipline was soon soster Sraen [T OTVAED RES ives b e vy the factions in Honduras’ chains Hove ishort. Mrs. Patek, in the meantime, managed | after the fatal occurrence. He said that was firmly fixed between two rocks, and son, prdaideg | 08 Cablepimm, It ds veocrtad e Rl If heavy weather is met with, it may be | to. get up and returned to the house, but | his wife had been treated by Dr. McGet- | that there was no immediate danger of nraven, and: will fraine | Ssteais hastbuiried G, men'to, fto necessary for the squadron to call at|a few minutes later another fall was|tigan at St. Mary's Hospital for her af- her breaking up, the passengers nes of the pre- | frontier. o+ 4 | Some southern port for coal. All possible [ heard and shortly smoke was seen to | fliction. Patek also sald that Mrs. Patek | confidence. Later we saw the m: G The Nicaraguan Government has sent liaste, however, Wwill be made, as from| come from the Patek residence. Arthur|nad had very little use of her Hmbs for | fen approaching. She lay to a forces from various points to help the ro- ZELAYA HAS NO NEWS. the indications Admiral Glass and his| D. Stevens, a painter, living opposite at | some time owing to the paralysis from off, not being able to come n ¢ tiring President of Honduras, General Si- | pyofesses Ignounce as to the Procla- | fighting force will have quite a busy time | 315 Natoma street; A. H. Shipley, work- | which she suffered. He said at the time | count of the heavy dent Zelaya of ragua and looking ~out for ' American interests|ing at the United Carriage Company's|of the fatality he was out working for | o'clock ome of the Madiana's erra. Pres Rubino Goes to Prison for Life. | President Regalado of Salvador are con- mation of War. in what promises to be the most elaborate | stables on Natoma street, and Thomas | the carriage company. Jowezed, But. before: any ane S, ¥eb. 10.—Gennaro Rubino, | vinced that General Slerra will not allow | MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 10.—Presl- | fighting-fast ever indulged in by the re- | Sullivan, driver of the Occidental Hotel| Deputy Coroner Brown made an investi- | into it it was smashed to bits archist, wh been on | the meeting of the Honduran Congress. | dent Zelaya of Nicaragua, has fot heard | publics of un-united America. coach, who was also at ‘the stables, has- | gation and permitted Patek to remove the | ship's boats were then launched with bet- | here since February 6 arged with | Senor Alvarado Guerrero, one of Sierra’s | of the reported proclamation of war| 1Incommand of the flagship New York is | tened to the house, while Thomas Waters, | remains of his wife to an undertaking es- | ter success. The passengers were ai- mpting o assassinate King Leopold, | Ministers, has left him to join President- | against Honduras and Salvador by Guate- | Captain McKenzie; Captain Phelps is in|an employe of the carriage company, sent | tablishment. The burns Mrs. Patek re- | tached to ropes, the women first of all, ember 15, by firing three shots at the | elect Bonilla, who has organized his Gov- | mala. The revolution in Honduras is ex- | command’ of the Marblehead; Captain|in‘an alarm. Stevens was the first to | ceived were most severe and, being princi- and lowered into the lifebo b he was returning from the | ernment at Amapala Island. | pected to be soon quelled. Salvador and | Perkins of the Boston, and Captain Por- | enter. He found the smoke so dense that | pally beneath the chin and on the breast, | dangerous journey to the s. It was a sladisfen, The tendin, Te Deum masg | The origin of the present conflict is the | Nicaragua have taken precaufionary | ter of tHe Ranger. * he had to grope his way into the room. | prompted the conclusion that when carry- boats’ crews had to pull through hea . ¢ late Queen Henriette, | opposition of President Cabrera of Gua- | measures for the protection of their fron-| The Fish Commission boat Albatro-. is | Through the smoke he saw flames arising | ing the lamp she fell forward upon it |seas, but no mishap occurred and was fou Uiy to-day and was scn- |temala to the intervention of Salvador and |'tiers. Nicaragua until now has remained | now the ‘only representative of the Great| which he thought came from the furni- | while overtaken with a fit. An gt |- e Lenced Lo imprisonment for life. | Nicaragua in favor of General Sierra, . | neutral. White Navy in the harbor. L ture. but to his horror discovered that! will be held. - | Continued on Page 2, Column @8