The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1903. REMOVAL OF WRECKAGE IN WILLOW CREEK VALLEY % el UNCOVERS SIX MORE BODIES OF THE VICTIMS OF FLOOD Husky Laborers Cry Like Children When They Find Remains of Little Girl. Wil RELIEF PARTIES KEPT BUSY. matic effort to h the pitchforks Super- sentimental, but of a iittle girl the dct fear k into the way for they should a corpse.” has depreciated in lley an acre. “My farm rancher to-day, “‘was cre - before the flood I y for $18. The farm will just as much as before, but I want to go away. 1 do not want to live a region where my mind Wwi vi ery time it rains ley 1 will worry for t of water should come raging dow reek ADVERTISEMENTS. Schilling’s Best systematic supply and dealing puts money- back spices soda baking-powder flavoring extracts tea coffee at your grocer’s—if he is-a good one, of course. : Do you.suppose I could ever ht if it was stormy. Why FALL OF HAILSTONES. tons of large water when the cloud burst merous and t. top with ice f the d te ap- luged land. Now that s dried the valley appears A been scoured with some gi seet of sandpaper. Along the gth of the canyon the trees have been bent downward by the fiood, and a plaster of mud keeps lighter veget permanently in this ned pos Every plank or timber f ilstones are held ble. The hail was evident- d with the cloudbu that, propelled by the water, pellets tore through the valley t from a g et DEATH LIST IS GROWING. Body of the Assessor of Morrow County Among Those Recovered. HEPPNER, Or., June 19.—Six more recovered to-day. They were L. Sailing, Assessor of Mrs. Douglas Gurdane, Gertrude Ford, E. C. Ash- and a Chinese. Paul was working with oth- rgue when the mud covered was brought up the s pon the cleansing sponge and wiped the mud of the little one. Suddenly eamed in bitter grief. The bruised her little daughter Bessie YAfore her. Ford was a child from the d Girls’ Aid Society of Portland, er three sisters are at present; society had secured a home for*her with Mrs. J. F. Willis of Heppner. The body was interred to-day by direction of Harry Holly, agent of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society. Holly had been sent to Heppner ‘to look after the four orphaned children of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gunn, vic- tims of the flood, the Mayor of Detroit having telegraphed to Mayor Williams of Portland to see that the orphans be sent to Detroit, where relatives awalt them. They ge from 5 to 10 years of age and the burial of their mother yesterday. is said to have presented one of the most pathetic scenes of the great tragedy. alSweale~ el s, Philadelphia Sends Aid. | PHILADELPHIA, June 19.—In response to a telegram from Mayor Frank Gillian of Heppner, Or., asking for relief for the flood sufferers of that city, a speclal meeting of the citizens' permanent relief committee was held to-day. A dispatch was sent to Mayor Gillian directing him to draw upon the Treasurer for $1000. It was also decided to contribute $2000 addi- tional to aid the Kansas flood sufferers. —_— Butte Extends Financial Aid. BUTTE, Mont., June 19.—At to-night’s special meeting of the City Council $500 was appropriated for the flood sufferers | at Heppner, Oregon. — e There are six canals connected with the Thames, which extend altogether 334 miles. hailstones heavy that some of the h five days of weather have passed. In one place in of icy pellets killed a flock of To these hailstones also must ch was swept onward by the flood tripped of paint and splintered by grindi ents all this the | { table. 224 ) 7 HEFL, Ao EL 7EL> TRE U PHOYOS COPYRIGHTED /903 8 BENTAMI o IEFO, Ddsz./G ~ skl | | | I | —— —_— BENICIA, June 19.—A serious accident| SAN BERNARDINO, June 19.—After occurred on the bay near here late last | roaming for three days and nights over night. The Union Transportation Com- | the mountains without food and with but pany’s steamer Onisbo, on her way from | little water, Frank Wetzel, aged 2) years, San Francisco to Stockton heavily loaded with passengers and freight, ran into the British ship Castle Rock, anchored in the harbor off Dillons Point. A large hole | was knocked. in the hull of the Onisbo | and she rapidly filled with water. .The fires were put out and it was with diffi- culty that she was run on the mud flats in time to avoid loss of life. The Onisbo was in charge of Pliot Wil- liam Jarvis, who is considered a com- petent man and who has had severdl | years' experience as pilot on the river. { Why he allowed the Onisbo to run three- quarters of a mile out of her course and into a vessel at anchor in the harbor is unexplained. The lookout and several of the passengers aboard say they told him of the danger and shouted io him to change his course as they could plainly see the vessel ahead. The passengers on board the steamer say that the accident was undcubtedly | due to carelessness as the nright was clear. Those on deck ‘say that the ac- cident could easily have been avolded had the npilot been attending to his duty. Jarvis claims that the steering gear was out of order. Great excitement prevailed among the passengers after the collision, but the steamer was run on the mudflats and the passengers were landed here without loss of life. One of-the other steamers of the Union Transportation Company arrived here to-day and all the freight from the Onisbo was transferred and taken to Stockton. It ‘is thought the Onisbo can be beached here and tem- porary repairs made to her hull to allow her being towed to San Francisco for general repairs. | | | | | has reached his home in this city, gaunt and haggard in appearance and terribly weakened by suffering. Wetzel and two friends went on a fish- ing excursion to Deer Creek, and after pitching camp he rode off~toward the mountains. As he was about to return his horse became frightened and ran off With him into the mountains. Wetzel had completely lost his bearings long before the horse stopped, and then began the fruitiess search for the camp and his friends. During the three days and nights that followed Wetzel suffered untold agoniés. His horse, jaded and weary, fell to the earth on the second night and was left to die under the pines. Wetzel stumbled on, followed by his faithful dog Dewey. As he groped his way on through the night, now stumbling across the fallen trunk of a tree, now tearing his clothing on the thorns and broken branches of the under- brush, the faithful animal would tug at his sleeve, trying in his dumb way to urge him onward. ‘When the wanderer was at times obliged to lie down from sheer exhaustion the cold mountain air chilled his limbs, and only violent exertion restored the waning vitality. The dog finally dropped behind in the tiresome struggle. Deep fogs rolled over the mountains and Wetzel wandered hopelessly along. “As the suffering increased,” said Wetzel to-day in telling of his thrilling experi- ence, “I became afraid that I would be tempted to Kill myself if. help did not soon arrive. .In order to forestall this ter- rible possibility I emptied the chambers (LONERE YLD SHOWS INGREASE VANCOUVER, B. C., June 19.—A spe- cial from Dawson says from three to five million dollars more gold dust will be taken from the Klondike this season than last year, according to the estimates of officials, mine-owners and bank mana- gers. Returns so far are turning out very well and on some branches of the older creeks, El Dorado, Bonanza and Hugter, the claims are being made to yield more than .ever before. Duncan Creek is furn- ing out to be a second El Dorado and a couple of million dollars will come from there mefore the end of the clean-up sea- son is at hand. Duncan is the best of all the new camps and lots in the new town- site are eelling at prices previously un- heard of in a new locality in the north. The banks are taking in large amounts of gold dally and large crafts are being transferred to the outside. Steamers starting for upstream points are all crowded and it is thought that between 1500 and 2000 people will leave for the out- side cities before the end of the month. Travel outward promises to be heavier than last year. @ itttk @ .of my revolver and threw the cartridges away."” Three days and three nights passed, and then on the morning of the fourth day there sounded on the silence of the air the shrill toot of a whistle. It came from Suverkrup & Hook’s lumber mills and was the one note of hope for which the lost boy had been praying might be sent him. A few minutes later he wan- dered into the logging camp, where he was taken in charge by the workmen. Small morsels of f6od were given him at first, together with little sups of water, and In this manner his life was saved. 1t is estimated that Wetzel traveled about 200 miles during his wanderings. PREFERS DEATH T8 PRISON CELL Special-Dispateh to The Call. CHICAGO, June 19.—Charles Burms, a | prize-fighter, recently; arrived from San | Francisco, shot and killed himself to-night | to escape being captured by the police. | Burns had insulted a woman walking along Cottage Grove avenue and when she cried for help Burns ran. Several men, hearing the woman’s | screams, started after Burns, who sought | refuge. in Washington Park. He con- cealed himself in the thick foliage on the | edge of the park, but was quickly dis- | covered by the mob chasing him, which | had now assumed good-sized proportions. | Burns held the crowd bdck with a re-| volver until the police arrived. A call | from them for Burns to surrender was | answered by a pistol shot. Burns was found fatally wounded by a shot over the heart. “Rough House” Burns spent last win- ter on this coast, and was sent East some weeks since by the sporting men. He could never have made any pretensions to class, his battered visage bearing evi- | dence of the punishment he had taken in | eking out a livelihood in the ring. He was defeated by Harry Foley and Dave Barry while here. = Foley knocked him down thirty-eight times during their fight, but he came back each time. Once when he seemed completely out a flashlight photograph was taken. The explosion of the powder aroused Burns, who stood up and continued fighting. ~Burns was a close friend of Monk Co- burn, the jockey, who got into difficulty with the racing authorities at Harlem track on Thursday. —_————————— BAKERSFIELD, June 19.—Mining men of Randsburg are now of the opinion that the Yellow Aster Mining Company will’ give in to the strikers and the scale demanded as l pay soon 2s the mills and pumping plant are again cleaned up. | regret it, but, as no sp | know to what part the erit l JENIL COMES FAOM GLEVELM Spectal Dispat to The Caill. PRINCETON, N. I, June 19.—Grover Cleveland, on being shown the alleged in- tery represented by Mr. Bailey of the | Galveston made the following statement to I am very much astonished to see such an outcon one who only gained friendl to me by reas of his being the re: ative of a paper for- merly conducted and Swned by my de- ceased friend, Colonel Belo, and now - is son. 1 do not know whether Bailey intend- t he has given a very er- rqnecus impression of what occurred be- tween us. If I had dreamed that he would attempt construct an important interview dealing with important subjects out of what was said on the occasion of | his v I would certainly have insisted, according to my it, upon it being then and there rec ing and submit- ted to me. ining the least intimation intention on his first words were that he knew t was not a son to be and he left t I had beer without the rviewed for me publication. “All I care to add is that the substance of the imte ished is, and In accurate. There ributed to me that have made to a d no more in M. Bailey, ent of the Galves- night with refer- ence to Mr. Cleveland’'s statement, that the former President must have over- looked the letter he (Bailey) sent Mr. Cleveland, and the reply of the latter, ed that he had not known with the purpose of ob- for publication. “I would gladly have submitted my copy to Mr. Cleveland,” said Mr. Bailey, *“if he had requested it, and if there is any inaceuracy in art of my story I ification is made statements, [ cannot ism is offered. Certainly there was no purpose to do Mr. when he intim: Bailey was th aining his view s to imaccurate Cleveland any injustice, and the story published shows its tone was kindly throughout.” —_——————— CHANGE OF .TIME. L North Shore Railroad. Commencing Saturday, June 20, trains for Cazadero, etc., leave San Francisco at 8 a. m. and 4:40 p. m.; Point Peyes ac- commodation at 9:20 a. m., instead of 9:30 a. m. Sausalito ferry, conmecting with trains for San Rafael, Ross Valley, Mill y, etc., will depart 6:40, 7:20, 8, 45, 8:20, 9, ) 140, 2340, 3:40, - 82 50, " 9:45 and 11:30 p. m. Nineteen trains each way between San Francisco and San Rafael and inter- fediate points via the North Shore Rail- road. —_————— ' Coast Batteries Break a Record. SAN DIEGO, June 19.—The members of ti€ One Hundred and Fifteenth and One Hundred and Thirtieth Batteries of Coast Artillery claim'to have broken the coast record in thé target practice at Fort Rosecrans to-day. Of ten shots fired from ten-inch rifles two struck the small target and eight struck within the space of a man-of-war. Of seventeen shots from rapid fire guns two struck the small target and fifteen Aithin the space of a man-of-war. ——————— Fire Destroys Wheat Field. WILLOWS, June 15.—Sparks' from a passing locomotive set fire to the growing wheat on Sam Culbertson's place, near Logansdale, last night and the flames de- stroyed 200 acres of the growmng grain. The grain was insured.