The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1903, Page 3

THE S€AN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1903. THIATY-FOUR MURDERS MAY B REVEALED Bodies of Herb Doctor’s | Former Patients to Be Exhumed Negro “Healer” Grovels His Cell and Invokes Aid of Voodoo. Detectives Seek White Woman Who leged to Have Acted in the Capacity of Go- Between. Is into de- having ob- them to be- ible for Detectives a: oman, who is al Hossey in the his patrons. respon STEAMER IN COLLISION !MIGHTY WAVES THAT SWEPT HIKUERU .~ SPREAD DEATH AND DIRE DESOLATION Further Details of the Frightful Storm in Which Six Hundred Natives Perished After Bravely Battling for Hours Agaipst the in | WITH A BARK IN A FOG Seattle s Strikes the h Vancouver and Causes Damage. y of Bank- N—r Angry Waters That Had Leveled Their Island Homes — — - — Siig 1 GEoRGE GOOLI/ING | | 1 i 5 VICTIM OF BIG STORM AT HIl- KUERU AND ONE OF THE SUR- VIVORS. APEETE telligence concerning cane and ti tus, or L« cates that the Relief measur: The hurricane ¢ ed during January To appreciate the a by this gale | at the mortu The property ioss will The the n the t in- hurri Tua pelago, ind will num- amount to have been in high water last- | and 16, Comfort and Cheer Every h usehold needs health for comfort and hospitality for cheer. ' Hunter - Baltimore R Contributes much to both from its superb - qualty, purity, age, flavor. R’ MERCANTILE Maiicet st.,San Francisco, Cal Teiepione Exchang 9 co., | The Gilberts lost one shelter when a co- 1 { offick victims b ands who were sojourning there duri living season. One hundred and 'ted from six other report th is no cord of the | believed that nidentified dead, and it is the total number of fat. irchipelago was mnot itest number of place on the islet on ore of Hikue: 26 native hing there. Upon some of the un s cocoanut trees fell, either kiliing utright or hol them under the | | water | they were drowned. In the | awful darkness of the night of January 15 and in a ar ain that stung th. | faces and nak bodies, parents tied their | | little children to their backs and sought | safety. But over their heads rolled m! wave and when ted the infants | dren were dead. Fathers | nly endeavored to | tain the! dead, but usuaily had |to abandon them. Men and women tled themselves 1o cocoanut trees and fell | W, the trees; while others escaped by | I e g to the tr until they could | | cateh hold of so ng el breakers reach safety. | BRAVELY BATTLE FOR LIFE. | It is sald that about twenty natives, in { cluding a young girl, swam across ihe | lagoon and after battiing with the waves = or six hours succeeded in landing cward side of the island. Those °d in the attempt to reach the , however, were far more numerous { than those who succeeded. The sea and | lugoon were rendered as dangerous by de- { bris floating on their surfa. s was the | ocean outside. In fact, the change of the fwind to the south and athwest forced | the ocean over the low islets into ihe Jagoon. The depth of water in most parts of the island was from fifteen to twenty | feet, but the meeting of the waves from the outside and those forced across the | 1agoon frequently made the flood much deeper in places. The gale found the natives weakened by a virulent form of measles, otherwlise more of them might have successfully struggled with the water. = Those who | survived were able to leave the main vil- e and cross several dangerous low | stretches where the waves washed Into the lagoon. They waded neck deep, and aided one another until they gradually thdrew from danger to a slightly more levated section on the northern shore Messrs. Cheffield and Allen, elders of the Mormon church, and Mr. and Gilbert of the Latter Day Saints’ missi i1 a report to United States Consul Doty, glve grewsome details of the disaster. and between coznut tree fell, but secured another in a high stump of a vooran tree. The water, | which had all but submerged them, | reached their feet while they were in the tree, and the wind threatened to tear them froma their position. In the morn- ing the scene of Horror that met their eyes was almost harder to endure than the terrors of the night. Frightfully mu- i tilated corpses were strewn about them. The lamentations of the survivors were | heartrending. In some instances only one out of a family had survived. Upon the barrier reef many bodies® had lodged, presenting a «&£hastly appearance, while out on the surface of the deep the sharks were seen devouring the dead. SAD STORY OF DISASTER. The story of the disaster in Morakau, where ninety-five out of one hundred in- habltants perished, is particularly sad. it is likely that one-fifth of the entire population of the Tuamoty group suc- | aid. F | taken | preparing cumbed. A temporary hospital was con- structed and Dr. Brunati, acting admin- istrator of the group, rendered medical om ntaining foodstuff, but still there was scarcity of food although a small sup- ply had been taken to the highest ground | from the store of a trader. The cocoanuts | were soon e out wusted and to eat fish lagoon would his doubts vanished bert in sultable m and rge of a party to terfal to build a conde ser on a larger scale. Two tanxs, th of an fron bed and some tubs were se- cured. With this primitive machinery 200 gallons of fresh water were distilled daily for several days. There was dan- ger of the condenser exploding and the utmost vigilance was nec ry to guard against -an accident. Mr. Sheffield suf- fered from blood poison received while corpses for burial. He nar- aped death. SAN FRANCISCAN FPERISHES. The unpleasant odors at Hikueru, tI destruction of all buildings and the lack of food rendered it a Gangerous place for further residence. About nine days after the disaster as many of the peo- ple as could be taken were sent away on the steamer Excelsior to other islands of the group or to Tahiti. Others fol- lowed on the Durance and Zelie. To relieve the natives, who have sus- tained losses aggregating half a million dollars gold, the Government has ordered a subscription to be taken in this colony, in which France is expected to jo With the money raised it is understood that diving machines will be purchased and given to the destitute survivors. Machine diving will be allowed for a year or more on several isiands which have hitherto been closed. Among the vessel lost was the Pearl, a gasoline schooner of fdrty tons. She car- ried ten men, none of whom have been heard from since the storm. The schooner Leon was blown to sea by the hurricane and was lost. George Gooding, son of Mrs. Lavinia Gooding, well known in San Francisco, was on board the schooner. Twenty tons of supplies sent from San Francisco and carried free by the steam- ship Mariposa have bedh transferred to the French gunboat Zelie to be trans- ported to the destitute natives. The merchants claim that most of the haif- million damage is their loss. The im- pression prévails here that it would have been better to send money to the natives instead of supplies. United States Consul Doty states that while he feels certain. that the Govern- ment appreciates the kindness of those who contributed supplies he thinks that unless money is sent for diving machines for the natives rubscriptions had better cease in the United States. Heavy winds and high water have been reported generally from the South Sea islands. In_the Marquesas Islands the wind was very strong, houses were blown down -and trees felled. Heavy rains caused the river to rise and change its course, causing mych damage. One boy was drowned in tie river. Woe It RELIEF FOR SUFFERERS. The relief supplies sent to Tahiti by the . i rowly oo | the u»grl: were secured tins | he placed Gil- | search for i ..jre ‘was a passenger on the M frames | ““rhe white people lost in the tida DUKE AAGES AT KAISER'S DVERTURES Cumberland Rejects a Reconciliation With William. B e Will Not Permit Daughter to Marry the Crown Prince. | | |Has Sworn an Oath Never to Re- ; nounce His Title to the | Kingdom of Han- ! over. | Pty Special Digpatch to The Call. COPENHAGEN, March 16.—King Cliris- tian, having been informed in the Kaiser's own handwriting that Emperor Wiillam | would like to meet the Duke of Cumber- land on necutral ground ‘with a view U | 1econciliation, approached the the subject in a personal interview. Duke of Cumberland received the Kalscr's overtures with the utmost indignation. In the course of a heatcd argument he re- ;aled the fact that he had sworn to his father, when the old Duke was on lhis deathbed, that he would never renounce < right to the Kkingdom of Hanover, , in turn, would exact a similar oath ! from his eldest son, who should also pledge himself to require his eldest son | to pass the oath down the line of the Cumberland progeny. This disclosure came after King Chris- tian had intimated to thé Duke of C berland a bargajn whereby his daughter | should ascend the throne of the German empire and he himseif receive the Duchy | ¢f Brunswick. The Duke's revelation | caused King Christian ‘to reply to the| Kaiser without touching on the \‘uer‘r»l land question. | Considerable comment has been evok- | -d throughout Denmark by the Duke of | ‘wmberland’s decislon not to meet the| Kafser. The people approve the decision | and regard the Kalser's visit as ill-tim. and obtrusive, since it will drive awa the King's daughter and son-in-law from | hiz eighty-fifth birthday fetes. i | Wood Alcohol Ends His Life. | | SACRAMENTO, March 18. — Edward | | Qieterle, a well-known resident and for | the hotel and | found | r the Ameri- | Dieterle | many years engaged in liquor business in this dead on the Basler ranch ne can River bridge this morning. | had evidently committed sulcide by sw | lowing a_quantity of wood alconol. Die | terle had been acting queerly for some | ! time and his condition had caused com- | | siderable uneasiness to his wife and chil- | dren. | | steamship Mariposa for the benefit of the | | sufferers by the tidal wave of January 14 ! reacked Papeete in safety and were turn-| { ed over by Captain Rennie to the author- | | ities charged with their distribution. The | |istands of Hikueru, Hao and Morakua | | were stripped to their coral frames and | those natives that survived the inunda-| | tion have been distributed among the | i other islands, whose height saved their | | scfls and vegetation from the hungry wa- | one S0k s Toon ana Tesid sre still! ing and there is now little doubt that | H been s s the danger from were destroyed in the storm which | polsoning was great, there being hun- |, ccompanied the rising of the waters. The dreds of co pses floating about in tlie | perie belongs to the French Government | water and upon which the fish were prey>! nng was used In the revenue service. The | ing. From drinking brackish water the | . was a trading schooner. She lef: | nativi entery. | ba the day of the tidal wave, be- | | Of the s ve one s griven to sea by the storm. or two saved | samuel Harris, whose home is in Tahi ould not be sent to Tahiti, a distance of | put whose folks live in this city, landgl | nearly 400 miles. About SUrvivors | from the Leon shortly before the storm. | | were thus danger of Atlon or | Gegrge Gooding, a quarter native boy, | of perishing from thirst or Shel- | wpose home is at Papeete, accompanied | terless, weak and discouraged, it is not|yrarris ashore, but returned to the strange that a few of the natives looted | s hooneh and was on board when the ves- | nelghbors’ goods. | sel was driven to sea It is to the lasting credit of the Amer-|" [ rris was left on t land and to this icans that from them came the relief he undoubtedly owes his life, as nothing | from thirst.| Mr. Gilbert secured fhe con- | poc been heard of the schoomer since. sent of Dr. Brunetl to distill water. The | rpe work of-rescuing survivors was par- administrator was ptical, but | ;ipated in by the French cruiser Zeli | he was given a small quantity of fresh the French gunboat Durance and the Ital. | ater from minlature condenser con- ‘alavria. The trading steamer structed by Gilbert. Straightway all of carried many i | ommander, Captain { is on his way to France. | wave ! were 1. Plunkett of Oa nd; P. Donnelly, a fireman, who some time ago deserted from the steamship Australia; V. Smidt, a | | Dane, and Alex Brander. h He | DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. fos srEs oS | I Physicians are calling attention td the fact that influenza or grip has come to stay. In the larger cities there has been a marked increase in diseases affecting the o of respiration, which increase is attributed to the prevalence of influ- enza. Persons who are recovering from grip or influenza are in a weak condition and peculiarly liable to pulmonary dis- ease. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery ! cures coughs, bronchitis, lung “trouble ” and other diseases of the ns of res- iration. /It is the best tomic medicine or those whose strength and vitality have been exhausted by an attack of grip. It purifies the blood, cleansing 1t of the poisonous accumulations which breed and feed disease. It gives increased ac- tivity to the blood-making glands, and so increases the supply of pure blood, rich with the red corpuscles of health. “A word for ! Golden Medical Discov- ery,'” writes E. A. Bender, of Keene, Coshocton Co.. Ohio. “We have been using it as & family medicine for more than four years. Bothing betice: aui sher Boviny. the poae i 's Golde lical Di e N ical Digcovery.” There s Aothiog ot 3 ere is "just as good” for diseases of the mmnjn:h, blood, and lungs. The sluggish liver is made active by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Duke on | The | SCOTT’S EMULSION. A CuiLp’s Lire Foob Physicians speak of fat food as “life food” and say that all children ought to have it in abundance. They say too, that weak, thin, nervous children must have fat | food and recommend Scott’s Emuilsion. It promptly returns sickly; delicate children to rosy health. It is the life of flesh-creating food and keeps the scale of child-health evenly balanced. Being prepared for easy digestion Scott’s Emulsion is readily accepted by the stomach and quickly passed into the blood. There commences at once the repairing of wasted tissues, the enrichment of the blood " and the strengthening of the whole system. Any child who needs more and better nourishment than it seems to be getting | from its ordinary food will be greatly ' benefited if given Scott’s Emulsion: | that as soon as he decides to build | The | Ciaquato, We'll send you a sample free upon request. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St., New York. TRAING T0 RUN INTO TONOPAH Railroad Company In- corporates With Sev- en Millions. Senator Clark Said to Have an Interest in the Project. Special Disoatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 18.—Local capi- talists have incorporated the Los Angeles, Daggett and Tonopah Railroad under th laws of Arizona to run from Daggett, San Bernardino County, to the rich mining camp of Tonopah, Nev. The company is capitalized at $7,000,000 and its officers are J. Irving Crowell, president; J. M. Gray- bill, first vice president; W. T. Carter, sec- ond vice president, and Alpheus Rodman, | secretary and treasurer. A preliminary survey of the line has been made and the estimated length is 250 miles, running through San Bernardino and Inyo counties, California, and Esmer- | alda and Nye counties, Nevada. Con- tracts already have been signed, it is said, for large shipments of ore from the Tonopah country and completion of the rcad is promised within two years. At present the ore from ‘Tonopah is hauled, sixty miles by wagon to Candelaria and shipped thence to Reno, via the Car- son and Colorado Railway. The proposed line will tap the borax and nitre deposits FEATHERED TAR FOR THE TRID Masked Men Deal Se- verely With Citizens of You Bet. Published Letter Alleging Violation of Law Angers Miners. GRASS VALLEY, March 16.—News has | been received here of the tarring and feathering of P. H. Lohman, Porter B and W. J. Lohman of You Bet near that | laws slace on Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock. s afternoon warrants were T t by P. H./Lohman for the arrest of W. E. Davis, H. J. Bottomly and Charles C hill for alleged complicity in the affair. The trouble grew out of labor troubles about You Bet, Lowell Hill Dutch Flat, but principally over a letter appear- ing in a Sacramen paper a few ago alleging that the hydraulic mining are being violated near You Bet and to a great extent insinuating that the Anti-Debris Commissioners winked at the > a- days proceedings. The letter was signed Dan Levinsky, but no such man lives he: Suspicion pointed to W. J. Lohman as th author of the letter, but he denies any knowledge of it. The letter was absolute- |1y false and naturally worked up feeling of Death Valley and will run through the | | Panamint, Ballarat, Lone Mountain, Dar- win, Argus and other rich mining dis- tricts. P Although ‘the new company disclaims ¢+ connection with Senator Clark's forces, it is positively known that the res- ignations of the officials of the company | are in the hands of Senator Clark, and on through to Salt Lake City, the Los An- geles, Daggett and Tonopah Railway will connect with his road from the north. signifi [ing they to the boiling point among the miners in that locality. Saturday night Blue and prothers attended a meetin ers’ union at Dutch Flat and on the w: heme took a short eut through the cement works. As they entered the build- were upon by a band of masked men. Their clothing was torn from them and the lower parts of their bodies were treated to a liberal applica tion of tar and feathers. No words were wasted by the men who did the job and at its finish they hurriedly departed, leaving their victims to dress and con tinue the journey. The case has stirred the Lohman of the mi | up no little excitement and predictions are ant fact of all is that the | line will occupy the right of way | secured by Clark out of Los Angeles and | up through Nevada. From Daggett th line will run over Clark’s traffic rights on | the Santa Fe to Redlands. Surveyors were started in the field from Daggett and Tonopah last Tuesday. | OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Assistant Paymaster Rhodes Is Or- dered to Mare Island for Exam- ination for Promotion. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Postoffice es- tablished: California—Arthur, County, Henry D. Heckendorf, postmaster. Postoffice name changed: Washington— Lewis County, to Littell, Curtis R. Littell, postmaster. Postmasters commissioned: _Oregon—George A. Patterson, Highland. Washington—John 0. Wilson, Cosmopolis; Albert M. Koby, Ken- dall; John P, Forde, Loomis; Fannie D, Me- | Reavy, Union Fourth-class postmasters appointed: Cali- fornia—E. A. Richmond, Alvarado. Alameda Ivina V. Ralph. resigned. — Assistant Paymaster G. Rhodes goes to Mare Island for examination for pro- motion, thenee to the naval station at Hono- Tulu. Army orders—Second Lieutenant Reginald H. Kelley is assigned to duty in the Depart- ment of California until the arrival at San Francisco of the Fourth Infantry en route to the Philippines. when he will join that resi- ment, i PANTHERS CAUSE FEAR IN A FOREST VILLAGE Storm Drives Beasts Near Homes and Women and Children Stey Indoors. KESWICK, March 16.—At Round Moun- tain, a village in the forest in the eastern pert of this county, not a woman or cnud | will venture out of the house at night for fear of panthers. The heavy storms have been driving the wild animals down from the mountains and they have become very bold. Thursday night Mrs. John Hart stepped out on the back porch, when a panther sprang from the shed roof to the ground within two feet of where she stood and then disappeared back of the next house. She screamed, but in her fright could not move or an- swer her husband when he called to her. Children are not allowed to venture out of their home even in the daytime. —gitien Truly Shattuck Joins Burlesquers. NEW YORK, March 16—Truly Shat- tuck, a’ well-known California girl, whe has won considerable fame on the vaude- ville stage, has been engaged by Weber & Fields. She formerly made her home in San Francisco. - —_— Will Assist Cortelyou. WASHINGTON, March 16 — Rudolph Forster of Virginia was to-day appointed t secretary to the President. Mendocine | | | | 2000 " experiments with | ing the world for something better. freely made that the end is not yet. Ranch Hand Suffers Fatal Burns, SANTA ROSA, March 16.—W. W. Eliis 'was fatally burned while lying in a stupor on his bed at an early hour Monda morning and is now hovering between lif: and death at ‘the County Hospital. The man is fifty-five years of age and has been employed on the Joseph Hessel ranch, three miles south of Sebastopol Sunday he imbibed freely and returned to his cabin, which is located a short d tance from the Hessel residence. No one was near him at the time and the man- ner in which he was burned is left to conjecture. It is probable that he went to bed with a lighted pipe in his mouth and that the flames were caused by tbe ashes from the pipe. His screams were heard by Mr. Hessel, who went to I rescue and lifted him from the burnins bedclothing. The physicians say he can- not recover. Rheumatic Cure Costs Nothing if It Fails. Any honest person who suffers from Rheumatism is weicome to this offer. 1 am a specialist in Rheumatism, and have treated more cases than any other physician, 1 think. 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