The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1903, Page 1

y Bt ne niaw) Call. VOLUME XCIII—;\'O SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, TORNADOES MIAKE RUIN. : IF GMES) = == Gales Again Sweep Middle Western States. il Many Names Added to Grim Roster of the Dead. Storm Wrecks Home for Feeble-Minded Children in Towa. WRECKS A STATE SCHOOL. C OMES IN SECTIONS. STORM k S NINE MISSOURIANS KILLED. Tornado Wrecks Town of Elmo and Sweeps Adjacent Country. it was der On the low- er floor of the tem a general mer- handise store the re were vathered & nu citizens of the torn to pleces neath the wreck- . Of the fourteen persons in the store only five escaped death and these re- ies which in two or three y prove fatal rm passed on through the town, g but a few bulldings standing. A lief party at once began the rescue of ose in the ruins of the temple and nine were removed to an improvised rgue. Five others were taken out, some with broken legs and arms. The storm came on with great sudden- ness and had destroyed the town almost before the pecple realized what had hap- pened. After leaving Elmo it continued o the country in a southwest direction and it is feared that other fatalities have occurred. Several country dwellings are knowy to have been blown to pieces, but the fate of their occupants is unknown. A deluge of rain added its share to the misfortune of the stricken people and to- night the homeless inhabitants are being ived and the | 'COURT PERMANENTLY ENJOINS BEEF TRUST © Judge | ing estimated at $100,000. | in cellars. FROM UIOLATING L.fllI{ 1 Decision a Dictory for People. HICAGO, May 2%.—Judge Gros- the Federal court to-day 1 the final order in the:so- led “‘beef trust’’ case, restrain- he packers from combining » trade. The order covers in the previous decision a complete victory for John S. Miller, District Attorney peal to the within the Supreme Court e by this decree contract or of which is to re- ng refusal to bid another in purchasing live few houseg that escaped wind. oined from Omaha to about 200 in- e TORNADOES IN NEBRASKA. Prairie Cities Heavily Damaged by Furious Gales. Net May .—Eastern Ne- ited b; of another series OMAHA r wa rms last night and to-day, several of w ped into small tornadoes « s Hastings, near which place w scene of Sunday’s heavy storms, everal b to splinters. ruck Herman, twenty-five miles scene of the tor- e », which killed a doz- ve years a persons. The home of D. R. Parish | was demolished and Parish, his wife and child were eerfously hurt. also received a storm which | Omaha al hou Accompanying the severe wind was a rainstorm of un- and as a result several Nebraska are flooded, 1 each Instance Eastern porting the worst conditions. The rail- rcads have suffered washouts in a score of places and a number of bridges have been carried away or badly damaged. The financial loss has been heavy, and estl- | mates place it at several hundred thou- sand dollars. One of the most severe storms was at Davey, a small town northwest of Lin-| coln, which resulted in the injury of six- teen pe . none fatally. Several, how- ever, sustained broken limbs. The report recelved from there states that every dwelling and outbullding in the town was wrecked The storm at Lincoln began shortly af- ter 6 o’clock and did a great deal of dam- age in that city, the loss on buildings be- It moved north- west and split into two sections. The por- tion that struck Davey was seen ap- proaching by the pecple of that town, most of whom were able to seek safety A deluge of rain accompanied the wind and flooded the Ilittle town, which was strewn with debris, consisting of wrecked homes, furniture and dead an- imals. In East Lincoln a number of dwellings were unroofed or moved from foundations and two large factories and an elevator were nearly demolished. S8 SN SALINA IS UNDER WATER. Flood Drives One Hundred Families From Their Homes. SALINA, Kans,, May 26.—This city is to-night the scene of the worst flood in its history. Fully 100 families have been driven from their homes and the extent 5 Grosscup’s | con- | town on the Wabash | from foundations and | roofed others in the southwest part of | ield, Papillon and Plattsmouth re- | CHICAGO JUDGE WHO HAS DEALT FINAL AND DECISIVE BLOW AT BEEF TRUST. | Packers Will Take | Case to Higher ‘ Tribunal. 3 e + curtailing shipments of fresh meats, es tablishing rules for credits to dealers, fm- posing uniform charges for cartage and delivery of meats and receiving rebates from railroads. | Attorney General Knox a vear ago In- | stituted proceedings against the local charging them | formed a combination to destroy competi- tion among themselves and to obtain a monopoly of the packing trade, and also | | " | stock, conspiring to raise or lower prices, | and lower prices. The packers were charged with having reccived rebates ahd rates through unlawful agreements with the raflroads. A temp:rary injunction was issued by Judge (irosscup agaifit the packers last fall an: the final order | | to-day is substantially the same. It | perpetually oins the packers and their representatives from doing anything in| | violation of the provisiims of the Sher- | man anti-trust act. The order covers all of the large packing concerns doing busi- | ness in this district. The name of the lave Gustavus F. | Bwift 1s eliminated fror: the list, though the firm of Swift & Co. ! | the decree. | of the damage is estimdted at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Four Inches of rain has fallen during the last twenty- four hours. The morthwestern portion of the city is entirely submerged, and women rescued from their The Missouri Pacific | grade on the west is holding back a large and threatening body of water. water succeeds in crossing the tracks the | { gnd children were 1 homes in boat entire western portion of the town will be under water. A passenger train on the Lincoln | branch of the Union Pacific is held be- tween two washouts two miles north of here. The passengers were brought to this city on handcars. .The Union Pa- cific tracks for three miles west of here are w d out and all through trains | are running over the Rock Island from Limon Junction, Colo., to Manhattan, Kans. The Union Pacific station here is surrounded by water and the railroad vards are flooded. The entire district for miles northwest and southwest from the station is flooded. As far as the eye can reach the wheat fields have been trans- formed into great lakes. Crops are ruin- ed and homes are deserted. o KANSAS HOMES ARE RAZED. WELLINGTON, Kans., May 26.—A tor- nado struck the farm of 8. P. Borum, seven miles from here, to-night, demol- ishing the house. Mrs. Borum and two grown daughters were carried several rods by the wind and left unconscious on the ground. One of the young women Is fatally injured WICHITA, Kans., May %.—A tornado passed through this county this afternoon | and did much damage to rarming prop- erty, although, so far as heard from, it ! killed no one. This was because it did not strike any towns. Passenger trains on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific barely got out of the way. DEERFIELD, Kans., May 26.—A torna- do passed through this cou -] Windmills and barns and ollr:g", X:lallrtll“rxh[l! were demolished, but nobody was hurt. | Near Lakim the storm tore its way through the sandhills with, ) terial damage. il o ————— Hawaiian Official Resigns. HONOLULU, May 2.—Superintendent of Public Works Cooper has resigned his office. When the' Legislature adopted the ounty government act the importance of Cooper’s office diminished greatly and the emoluments attached to the office were reduced to such proportions that Cooper has decided to give up the position and to resume the practice of law. —————— Troops Protect a Negro Prisoner. KAUFMAN, Tex., May 2.—Two. com- panies of militia from Terrell and Dallas have been ordered here to protect a negro who is charged with having attacked a white woman. This afterncon a mob formed with the avowed purpose of burn- ing the negro. with having with having conspired t# arbitrarily raise still covered by | If the| FIRES FOUR BULLETS AT PRYSIGIAN Mrs. Susan C. Day Defies Alleged Husband. —_—— Tries to Kill' Man Who Claims She Is His Wife. | Divorced Spouse of Former | Federal Official on the Warpath. : Sl Speclal Dispatch to The Call. sensational Susan C. climax to the troubles of Mrs. Day, divorced wife of former Assistant | Attorney General Willlam A. Day, and | Dr. Charles A. Nichols came late last| night, when the former fired four shots at the physician as he stepped into her | yard. The shooting was the culmination | of a case that been the talk of Ur- | bana ever since a few months ago, when | | Dr. Nichols came out with a statement that Mrs. Day had been married to him | by the contract system at Louisville, Ky., nine years ago. Dr. Nichols, visiting the Day premises, as he declares he has a right to as hus- band, met with a disagreeable shock | ! when the fusillade began. Four flashes of | fire flamed out from a window of the Day | house, from behind which Mrs. Day, quiv- | | ering with excitement, grasped a smoking | revolver. To a policeman Mrs. Day read- | fly admitted that she had shot at the | physician, but declared she did it hecause | | he came to her house in company with a | mulatto for some murderous purpose. Mrs. Day declares that Dr. Nichols, ac- companied by the mulatto, has appeared | at her home at unseemly hours. She says | the physician fired two shots at her when | she fired and then ran around a corner of the house, while the mulatto vanished. Dr. “Nichols_denies. having shot at Mrs. Day and explains his presence in the yard | by saying that Mrs. Day Is his wife and | | that He has a legal right upon the prem- | | ises. He says last night's visit was only | the second one since their trouble began, and that he went there to ascertain who | i URBANA, Iil, May A | | was urging her on in the legal tangle in| ' which they have become involved. To-night ‘there are various rumors | afloat. When Nichols was seen in conver- sation with State’s Attorney Miller it was reported that a warrant for the arrest of | | Mrs. Day would be sworn out charging | her with intent to kill. Nichols denied this and seemed to desire to let the af- fair drop. | | Mrs. Day was divorced from William A. | Day, former Assistant Attorney General, | in the early '0’s, and a year afterward, | | Nichols declares, her ond marriage | took place. Day's nomination was held | up in the Senate on account of alleged | unsavory evidence in the suit. Mrs. Day | | went to Washington with the avowed in- | tention of defeating her husband's nom- fnation, but changed her plan the moment | Nichols made his startling claim. | —_———— FIREMEN UNABLE TO STAY i PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES | Several Hundred Persons Are Ren- dered Homeless by Fire in New Hampshire Town. LACONIA, H., May 2.—Nearly 100 | { buildings have been burned, 630 persons | | are homeless and a loss of between $350,- | 000 and $400,000 has been caused by a fire i in the Lakeport section, the area burned | Bver being about 150 acres. The fire start- | ed in a boiler-room of the H. H. Wood hoslery mill. The flames spread quickly and in a very short time, under the in- fluence of a brisk southeast wind, the en- tire structure was burning. Next it spread to the finishing lumber plant of the Boulla & Gorrell Company and then to the works of the Laconia Electric Light Company. In less than an hour | both these plants were destroyed. The city fire department was helpless to stay the progress of the flames and the de- | struction went on until the fire actually burned itself out for want of material. e GERMAN CONSUL DELAYS ] A TRAIN AT BORDER LINE Obstinately Refuses to Pay the Head Tax Before Entering the United States. EL PASO, Tex. May 26.—The Mexican | Central train was Belayed an hour to-day at this point of entry because Max Weber, a German Consul, refused to pay the head tax of $2 each for himself and Herr | von Waldthusen, a German nobleman, before they could enter the United States, Weber claimed that with correct inter- | pretation the law was not applicable to | himself and the nobleman. A tourist patd the fees, unknown to the Germans, in order that the delay might end. —_——————— Fishermen Perish During a Storm. ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 26.—The severe gale which, swept the coast last Sunday did much damage to the fishing vessels on the Grand Banks. One vessel, the Peerless of Lunenburg, N. S, has run into this port and reports having lost twelve men during the storm. Other fish- | ing boats report smaller losses. It is feared that the fatalities will reach a large total. ——————— Former Stage Favorite Is Dead. NEW YORK, May 26.—Mrs. Agnes Ethel Tracey, who as Agnes Ethel was well known on the stage three decades ago, died at her home here to-day. 1903. HANNA SURRENDERS TO MR. ROOSEVELT'S FOLLOWERS IN OHIO [ | | | | | 7 (S () N // eSS SENATOR HANNA'S RIVAL IN OHIO POLITICS, WHO HAS SCORED A TRIUMPH. bl % 1 4 Senator Will Cease Opposition to In- dorsement. —Sena- LEVELAND, Ohio, May tor Hanna has decided to effer no further opposition to the proposed | resolution in the coming State Republican convention indorsing| the candidacy of President Rooseveit for | another term. This action was decided' upon late this afternoon. ‘When asked |f; he had heard from President Roose\'ehf with reference to the decision conccrnlné’; his attitude in connection with she reso-; tion Senator -Hanna made the xullcwlngi statement: “I am in receipt of a telegram from | President Roosevelt which “indicates to me his desire to have the indorsement of the Ohio Republican State convention of his administration and candidacy. In view of this I shall not oppose such a tion by the convention, and I have tele- graphed the President to that effect.”’ Senator Hanna positively deciined to further discuss the subject, insisting that this brief statement fully covered the sit- uation. It is the general bellef,” however, among those close to the Senator thal‘ he still doubts the advisability of adopt- ing a resolution indorsing ‘President | Roosevelt's candidacy by this year's .con- | vention. But, it is pointed out, in defer- ring fo the President’s judgment and ex- pressed wishes Hanna demonstrates that | his original position “was at ' no time prompted by personal antagonism to Pres- ident Roosevelt. —_—— P PRESIDENT’'S FRIENDS REJOICE. Believe Ohio’s Action Will Eliminate All Opposition. WASHINGTON, May 26.—"“It's all over new but the shouting,” is the comment made by President Roosevelt's friends on Senator Hanna's announcement that he has withdrawn his opposition to the in- dorsement of Mr. Roosevelt for the Presi- dential nomination by the Ohio Repub- lican State Convention. Friends of the administration regard this outcome of the situation in Ohio as settling beyond doubt that Mr. Roosevelt will be nominated for President. They figure that, counting Ohlo, enough ' States' have® already de- clared for the President to eliminate all L S 2 e e e e S R R N Y KING ALFONSO INHERITS SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS Fortune Is Left Him by His Grand- father, King Francis, Who Died a Year Ago. LONDON, May 26.—A special dispatch from Madrid says:.King Alfonso has in- herited $7,500,000 ' under the will of his grandfather, King Francis, who died April 16, 1902. The will was opened about a month ago in accordance with the de- sire of King Francis that it should not be read unmtil twelve months after his death. | Gracefully Yields to the President’s Desire. < | court were straightforward. | gretting that his sword strokes killed the PRICE FIVE CENTS. MGAOED D SENT 10 PRISON Fate o? Murderous German Naval Ensign. Vietim a Soldier Who Failed fo Salute. 18 Culprit Claims He Acted Within the Service Instructions. BERLIN, May 26.—The attention of Germany was centered on the public court-martial of Naval Ensign Hussner, who was tried at Kiel to-day befoye five judges and sentenced to four years and one week’'s imprisonment and to degrada- tion for the killing of Arulleryman Hart- mann at Essen on Good Fridav. The ensign’s excuse was that the artillery- man had not saluted him p; 1y. Hussner's replies to the president of the While >p re- artilleryman he affirmed that he acted within the service instructions and that onor to compel obe he was obliged by & | ence. said the presidént, “you said replied the prisomer, “it ordered in the regulations.” “You were seen loosening your swe before Hartmann left .your side,” tinued the president. “Yes,” ¢ prisoner thought of— Here Hussner mentioned the name of is so cos answered. an officer, who after having been struck by a private was obliged to resign be- cause he was unable to loosen his sword | and the private, who was not identified, ran away. Hussner admitted that he bacame in- terested at the police station immediately after the killing of Hartmann in a dis- cussion over the different classes of shoul- der straps. The court rexd a letter which Hussner wrote to his mother from prison and in | which he said: other possible candidates. In proof of this they present a list of States which will have more than 400 delegates in the national convention and which are com- mitted to Mr. Roosevelt There was great réjoicing in admintstra- | tion circles to-night when the news came | from Cleveland that Senator Hanna had | ylelded to the President’s expressed desire | and would no longer oppose his indorse- ment. Postmaster General Payne was | especially pleased. | “The final settlement of what promised to be a very embarrassing situation for the Republican party appears to have been made by Senator Hanna's state- ment,” said Payne. “This is a very pleas- pg outcome of what threatened at one | time to be a serious matter to the party as well as to Senator Hanna and its other leaders.” Senator Foraker was equally glad to hear the news irom Cleveland. | “I am heartily glad to hear this report,” | Foraker exclaimed. “It will avoid a clash | and conflict and/enable the Republicans | of Ohio to go forward harmoniously in the impending contest, which is but the initial battle of 1904.” There is a conviction here that the whole situation in Ohio was probably brought about by powerful interests in other parts of the country, largely finan- | cial, which in various forms have opposed the President. These interests have nursed Senator Fairbanks' personal as- pirations for the sake of keeping Indiana | from a direct indorsement. It was also | the intention, it is said, to make a test | in Ohlo, and, if successful in defeating the indorsement there, to make this the basis of the Roosevelt opposition with the view of obtaining all the Southern delegates | possible and solidifying other opposing | forces in the-convention next year. Mr. ! Roosevelt, his friends say, appreciated | this and quickly took the first opportunity to call a show of intentions. ot S Minnesota for Roosevelt. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, May 2.—Ac-| cording to Robert Jamison of St. Paul, chairman of the State Republican Com- mittee, the Minnesota delegation to the next Republican natlonal convention will | be tindivided for President Roosevelt's re- nomination. Nebraska Indorses Roosevelt. | LINCOLN, Nebr., May 2.—The Repub- | lican State Central Committee at a meet-{ ing here to-day selected Lincoln, August 18, as the place and the time for holding the State convention. A resolution was adopted indorsing the administration of President Roosevelt and pledging to him the support of the party in Nebraska. BREAKS ALL POLITICAL RECORDS IN KANSAS Republican Candidate for Congress ° Carries the Thirty-Six Coun- ties in His District. WICHITA, Kans, May 26.—All politi- cal. records . were broken in Kansas to- day by Victor Murdock, Republi¢an nomi- nee for Congress, to fill a vacancy in the Seventh District carrying every one of the thirty-six countles in the district. His plurality will be about 12,00. Murdock was known as the red-headed candidate, and all the “red-tops” in the district sup. ported him. “God Almighty will not desert me, be- cause I only acted as I had to. If I am punished I shall have the glad ~onscious- ness of having maintained my honor un- It is, after all, the highest gift I trust In my impaired. that a man Redeemer, Jesus Christ. “My cell was opened this moment and my dinner was brought in. The food is quite good. My fellow prisoners lcok with envy upon it The impression made on the hearers by the examination of Hussner was that his action wi the result of the system of training on material which was dull though passionate, and which affected a mind filled with exaggerated ideas of honor. possesses. —_—————————— NEGROES IN THE SOUTH ARE HELD IN SERVITUDE United States Secret Service Officers Are Investigating Cases of Peonage. WASHINGTON, Ma —At the re- quest of the Department of Justice the United States secret service has under- taken an investigation of the charge of peonage or holding another in servitude to work out a debt, which has been made against persons living in the vieinity of Montgomery, Ala. One man, named Rob- ert N. Franklin, has already been indicted for keeping a negro in servitude and in- formation in the hands of Chief Wilkie tends to show that a regular system has been practiced between certain magis- trates and persons who want negro labor- ers. The plan is to bring a poor negro before a magistrate on a flimsy charge. He is convicted and the white man offers to advance him the money provided the negro will make a labor contract with him for a length of time sufficient to re- imburse him for the money and trouble he has taken to keep the negro out of jall. The negro is thereupon taken away and begins what is frequently a long term of cruel servitude. Famous Yellow Fever Expert Dies. NEW YORK, May 2.—Dr. Octavius A. White, a famous yellow fever expert, Is dead in this city, aged 78 years. While a surgeon in the Confederate army Dr. White was sent into the Union lines at Goldsborough, N. C., to treat Northern soldiers afflicted with yellow fever, and in the Confederate prison at Florence, S. C., he won the love of many Union men by his kindness during a similar per- formance. —_——————— Peruvian Gunboat Is Sunk. PLYMOUTH, England, May 25.—The Peruvian gunboat Loreto sprung a leak forty miles northeast of the Scilly Islands yesterday evening and sank in an hour. The crew was picked up by a French trawler and landed at Plymouth to-day. The Loreto was a new vessel. She left Liverpool May 23 for Para, Brazil. —_—————————— Reject Demands of Unions. PHILADELPHIA, May 2%.—In all of the local textile mills notices were posted to- day by the manufacturers announcing their refusal to grant the demands of the workers for a fifty-five-hour week. The employes fixed June 1 as the timerlimit for the concession and it is almost cer- tain a strike involving upward of 100,000 men will be instituted next Monday.