The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 3, 1903, Page 1

This Pape to be taken the Library. r not from ‘e VOLUME XCIV-—NO. 33. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1903. SAILOR DIES ON BARREN ISLE, LEADING GRIM STORY BEHIND In Charge of Wreck on Arctic Shore, William Ode Battles With Elements, Disease and Hunger and Writes of His Sufferings as Death Draws Close “Death at last. Four| months alone.”—Fron the log of the Courtney Ford, by Sazlor Ode. tories of brave th uncom- at ever he w ke e of the grimmest | FOXES HOWL ABOUT HIM. e rd re September Two struck the irowned later After the E. Burgeson north were boat The eless 0 during ck weathe: she had been navi- ted for three days dead reckoning. ca camping re for about a week, were picked up a passing vessel anc t Seattle. am Ode was left bet as watch- Ode’s dead body was found rece revenue cutter officers which he waited ir s ago, when the sch w nie safled for Izenbek Is wrécking apparatus aboard. The Court- rd was owned this city by C. A. Hooper & mences October 4 and ends pencil scrawl, in which he | pproach of a welcome death. | s the routine of duty to which | long a it was necessary physically able. He describes | " of the hungry foxes which nded his ice-bolind quarters and | with no note of complaint of the | conguering of his body by the and of his lonely fight with | 15 of gufferings from the ele- fruitless struggles toward where he expected to find fellows, of the ETowing weakness which gradually | clair his robust frame aid rendered | bie the effort necessary to light a - or crawl a few feet for water. He| had rheumatism, and merely mentions it. | He had toothache and endured it pa- | tiently SUFFERINGS BEGIN. His log. in part, is as follows, and tells ks owa story: | | ber 11 ! of the | vie cona. | ack | know what it is. | THE WRECKED SCHOONER ON BOARD WHICH FOUR WEARY MONTHS AND ENDURED TH ENDED IN HIS LONELY DEAT — SAILOR ODE PASSED | JFFERINGS WHICH H, t at 10 a. m. Took my oner and pumped her out. und the skiff. Took cauvas on board bedsheet Pumped her out skiff for records Al and a . the t twice cru he fac rricane & purposes that he “pumped visited him Octo- er that, as long.as it was log tells that he pumped He records a total eclipse moon on October 16, and on Octo- ber 17 notes a visit from two Esquimaux. It was pump, pump, pump until October each day out her ¢ 27, when the schooner was thrown on her beam ends. October he walked across the island and November 1 shot . two ducks. His log continues: November 20—Snow. November 22—Terrible wind. to leave. vember 24—Left schooner. Came about six miles away from schooner and at 5 p. m. was swamped by breakers. Could mot return, as beach was too steep. November 25—Had a terrible night, which I spent outside. Lay under quilt and ofl coat. Made up mind |*Turned back. November 26—SKiff frozen in. November 27 and 28—Started to build cabin (on schooner). December 1—My twenty-seventh birthday. Carried fifteen barrels of water. LITTLE HOPE LEFT. Be completed his cabin, stocked it with firewood and was ready for the heavy snow and cold which followed. The grim record continues: December 28—Wind northwest; stiff. Terri- Stove redhot, but could not get the ice off the window. December 20—Two foxes came to the cabin over the ice. nuary 2—Ice began to move out of bay. ‘Wind west: light one day since January December 22. Island. Foxes came alongside during night, making terrible noise. Ice is back again. nuary 13—Wind southwest; clear. Tooth- The condition of the weather constitutes the substance of the record for several days. It goes om: January 19—Tried to get across ice, but got played out when about 100 yards from the h. Had to sit down five or six times to rest on the way back. 1am too weak. I have | been suffering from rheumatism, but never thought 1 had lost o much strength. —Legs swell up to my hips. Don't Belleve it is scurvy. January 24—Legs the same. Jenuary 27.—Arms ewell up, too. January 28—Swelling goes down during nignt, but as soon as I start to move about it is the same sgain. I have still a little hope left, but very little. I don't expect the captain will send help, because they think I am safe in Mozovia, but the winter came a few weeks too carly, 1If it was not for the snow I would Made from day to day of fitting | and | Clear enough to make out Anfai | - | try once more to get away, but in the condi- | tion T am now I could not travel a mile. Then | T can hardly lift my legs high enough to get out of the hold with a piece of firewood. ASKS HELP OR DEATH. January 80.—Ice starts to go off beach. hope this wind will last for awhile, as the | sooner the ice goes the more hope is there | that 1 get away. Nobody will believe how I | long for fresh provisions. I still have a good appetite, but my stomach will not digest food. | January 31—Ick ‘goes out of bay. Health | the same, February 1—1I never expected to see this day. | { 1€ 1 can hold-out until April 1, I think I could | get away. Hope. That is all I have left. | Wind southw squally, snow and rain. February Feet swell. Cannot get boot on, February 4—Chest and belly swollen. | make out what it fe. I can't | February 15—1 am so weak on my legs 1f can hardly get across the galley. I don't | know what the captain thinks about my not showing up. Do they think I am going to wait until strawberry time or that I am in Mozovia | Bay running up & bill? If I was healthy | would have been somewhere else. My teeth start to get sore in my mouth, and i I don't have Help T will lose them in a few days. Bay, is open for steamer, even for schooner. I don't get any pain, but havé lost my appetite | through the foul breath which comes out of my stomach. 1 only wish there would come help or I had done with this world forever. | The galley leaks so terrible; so soon it starts to rain everything is wet and I cannot get it dry again. February 16—Using snow for water. leave schooner. provisions, “DEATH AT LAST.” | February 17—I can get aft no more. I do | ot know what I am going to do for water when the snow leaves the deck. Impossible [ for me to get down in the hold No fire in | stove for three days. Everything is damp. When I cook I have to cook for four or five days at a time. All I can cook is dried apples, and then put so much flour on until I get it like plum pudding when cold. I am very dirty in face, but that little enow I have left I use for cooking. Therg is kardly snow any more; it is mostly rain. I hope it will end soon. I don’t think there will come any help, so sooner the better. This is only a struggle with the lust Lreath. February 15—Wind northwest. February 19—One month since I laid up with this schooner. Life is sweet, but death 1Is sweetcr in @ case like this. I have nothing but cold scraps and snow water. To-day I ate some dried apples and a plece of ice. I can make no more fire, as I can’t stay up that long. February 20—I am waiting for my death. And then in pencil, faintly traced oppo- site the entries of February 3 and 4: “Death at last. Four months alone.” —_———— Riotous Demonstrations at Athens. ATHENS, July 2.—Demonstrations or- ganized by opponents of the new Minis. try took place to-day outside the Cham- ber of Deputies and were met by counter demonstrations on the part of the sup- porters of the Ministry. Pistol shots were exchanged by the factions, but no per- sons are reported to have been wounded. | Cannot Help is what I need and fresh | of the Hudson River and the other ap- | Bronx with dazzling displays of electric- | | ity. | stones. | or damaged by the gale were the Church |and the Arbuckle bullding on Water SNOW, HEAT NG FLODD N VRIET Freak Weather in States fo the Eastward. All Montana Is Cov- ered by & Mantle - of White. Terrific Win&stérm Does . . Much Damage in New York. . ~% | BUTTE, Mont., July 2— |/ Snow was ral in Montana to-day, slight es being re- ported from all sections of the State. The fgll was heavy on, the Continental Divide. The ASHINGTON, July 2—~The statement issued last night by the State Department an- nouncing that no attention would” be paid-to_any other than official objections.from Russia to the receiving of the Hebrew petition regard- ing the Kishenev affair has a deeper sig- nificance than appears on its face. There is every reason to believe that this virtual note of deflance to the Russian Government PRICE FIVE CENTS. NOTE OF DEFIANCE TO RUSSIA COMES FROM PRESIDENTS PEN Roosevelt Him;self ‘the Author of Statement Ignoring Warning From St. Petersburg and Charging Czar With Having Broken Faith in Manchurian Affair < ash i temperature has dropped to 45. The snow alternates with cold rains, and great ‘damage to crops is feared. . + NEW YORK, July 2.—A terrific storm | here to-day followed a period of most in- | tence heat. There were four deaths from | the heat to-day and a score or more of | prostrations. Already three deaths di- | rectly traceable to the storm have beenl reported, and many persons caught in the | fury of the wind were injured. | At one time the gale blew at the rate of | seventy-two miles an hour in the upper | part of New Yerk, according to (he’ Weather Bureau. Many places * were | struck by lightning, which played contin- | uously for an hour or more. ‘ A great section of the Manhattan Field | fence was blown down and there was al- | most a panic among the thousands of | men and women who had gathered at the f polo grounds adjoining to witness the New York-St. Louls baseball game. The | polo grounds were flooded by a foot of | water, the game was calleg Qff, and the attention of the officlals and police was | directed to getting the half-panic-stricken | haceball enthusiasts 1 of safety. . The Bronx was the frst to feel the | gale’s effects and the lower portion of that borough suffered most. A wind of extremely high velocity swept from west | to east, uprooting trees, smashing plate | glass windows, blowing pedestrians from their footing and doing all kinds of dam- | age. Apparently the storm was in two divisions, one advancing down the valley proaching from Long Island Sound, which was torn into a fury by the force of the wind. These two divisions met over the The first windstorm was followed by a heavy fall of rain, like a cloudburst in character, and a shower of large hail- Fanny Kinsley, a six-year-old child, frightened by the storm and blinded by the rain, ran directly under a swiftly moving wagon and was killed. John Dominick, a dock laborer, was knocked into the East River by a flying plank and | drowned. The wind swept the embers of | a bonfire over the pinafore of three-year- old Clarence Hadden and he was burned to death. | Miss Mary McCann of Rockaway the Flatiron building and so badly in- jured that she had to be taken to the New York Hospital. Among the places struck by lightning Beach was dashed by the wind against | of the Divine Paternity, on Central Park ‘West; the Hotel Normandy, the Lancaster Apartment House, on West End avenue, | street. PROSTRATIONS BY HEAT. Togrid Wave Causes Suffering in Cit- ies of the Eas WASHINGTON, July 2.—Nine prostra- tions, several of which were serious, re- sulted from the heat to-day. Though the Weather Bureau reported a maxi- mum temperature of . 9 degrees, the thermometers on the street registered as high as 105%. Washington shared with .Philadelphia the maximum temperature in the Eastern part of the United States, according to reports re- cpived by the Weather Bureau. PHILADELPHIA, July 2.—The torrid weather which set in yesterday continues, the mercury reaching a maximum of % degrees at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. Two deaths and more than thirty prostrations due to the heat were reported by the po- lice to-day. PITTSBURG, July 2.—Four deaths, two of the victims being children, and a num- ber of prostrations represent the effect of the intense heat here to-day. The highest temperature recorded at the Weather Bu- reau was 89 degrees at 5 p. m. CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. Eleven Li~es Are Lost in the Vicinity of Pettus. DALLAS, Tex., July 2—A cloudburst and tornado swept over the country be- tween San Antcnio and Corpus Christi to- day and news was received late to-night that eleven persons are known to have lost their lives near Peftus. There are rumors of other fatalities. Reports of loss of life at Beeville were received early in the evening, but late to-night a roundabout telephone connec- tion was obtained with Beeville from Dal- bt - was written by President Roosevelt. It certainly was prepared with his approval | and was telegraphed from Oyster Bay last | evening, after the President had'- been shown the authoritative statement of Rus- sia’s attitude, issued yesterday, | was in effect that the Czar's government would decline to receive any communica- tion from any other power on the subject of Russian internal affairs. But the most interesting feature of the announcement made last night was. the reference to Russian designs upon Man- churia. Considered in the: light of the knowledge that this referbnce was in- dorsed—perhaps written—by Mr. ‘Roose- velt, it acquired a seriousness that cannot be disregarded by those who are familiar with the rclations of nations. MAKES A SERIOUS CHARGE. Mr. Roosevelt virtually accuses Russia of breaking her solemn promise to main- tain the open door In China, and, further- more, he gives the impression that he be- lieves the St. Petersburg Government is anxious to show unfriendliness to the United States. Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador, who called to-day upon Acting Secretary of State Loomis for the ostensible pur- pose of saying goodby for the summer, and to present Theodore Hansen as Rus- cian Charge d'Affaires, learned ffom Loomis that the statement had been au- thorized by the State Department. Cas- sini admitted that the statement issued yesterday that Russia would decline to recelve the Jewish petition had been pre- pared and authorized by him and had the official sanction of his Government. .Thus the two pronouncements carry as much that there is a strip of country between there and Beeville in which all wires are down and from which nothing has been heard. The storm was most severe in that sectlo —_————— BRITISH ADMIRALTY HITS AT THE SHIPPING COMBINE Subsidies for Merchant Vessels Will Not Be Renewed by the Government. LONDON, July 2—During the discus- sion of the navy estimates in the House of Commons to-day Arnold Forster, Sec- retary of Admiralty, announced that the Admiralty did not intend to renew the existing subsidies for merchant’ ships which may be used In time of war and that notice would be given April 1 new that the contracts would terminate a year from that date. Many ships of the Inter- national Mercantlle Marine Company will be affected by this decision. las. The Baeville operator said that some Duildings were damaged there, but no lives had been lost. The San Antonio telephone office reports ——e—— Flames Raze Noted Hotel. MANITOU, Colo., -July 2.—The Manitou House was burned . this. morning. The loss is estimated at $100,000, partially covered by insurance. which ! B I S TowyT | < ASSIMNI DIPLOMATS WHO FIGURE IN KISHENEV DEVELOPMENTS, 1 AND THE PRESIDENT'S SUM- MER QUARTERS, THE STAR INDICATING LOCATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES. | o+ * weight as though made through the reg- | ular official channels. | Acting Secretary of State Loomis has | been notified that the Jewish petition will be delivered at the State Department, or | at Oyster Bay, In about a week. Without | delay and immediately upon receipt of the | petition by the United States Government it will be dispatched to Mr. Riddle, Unit- ed States Charge at St. Pétersburg. It will_be accompanied by a note of trans- mittal instructing Riddle exactly as to what disposition to make of the petition, for thefe is no intention here to place any undue responsibility upon the Charge in this affair. The department does not at present ex- | | - | | | weight of opinion being that Riddle will be instructed to inquire of the Russian Government if it is willing to receive a petition, the nature of which will be plainly Indicated by him. If there s a negative response Riddle will so notify the State Department and that probably will end the efforts of the department in connection with the petition. PRESIDENT'S DUTY ENDS. The President, through Secretary Hay," informed the Jewish calle; that he could not tell what reception the petition would recelve at the hands of the Russlan Gov ernment, and, should the petition fail of reception after Riddle's efforts, it would absolve the President from further action. Meanwhile, and until the petition is re- ceived here, there is nothing more to be done, it is sa Through the newspapers, in an unofficial but quite adsquate mar ner, the governments of the United States | and Russfa have acquainted each othe with their respective attitudes concerning the Jewish petition, and all that remair is to await gramme. the working out of the pro- B LERERE VICTORY FOR GREAT BRITAIN. | Final Award ir the Anglo-Russian Railroad Dispute. TIENTSIN, July 2—The final award n the - Anglo-Russian railway dispute hag been rendered and practically concedes every claim put forward by the British company. The case dates back to March, 1%1, when Russian undertook to prevent the Tientsin-Peking Company c struct- ing a siding at Tientsin, on ground which Russia claimed it had acquired prior to the troubles in 1900, The occupation of the ground by Rus- sian troops in March, 1901, resulted in the latter being confronted by a body of | British infantry and the situation for a time was extremely delicate. Diplomatie intervention relieved the tension and the matter was referred to arbitration. . Lessar’s Port Arthur Mission. PEKING, July 2—It is expected that the departure of Russian Minister Les- sar for Port Arthur, where he will meet General Kuropatkin, the Russian War Minister; Admiral Alexieff, commanding the Russian fleet in the Pacific, and all the higher Russian officlals in North China, is in order that he may participate pect to publish the note to Riddle, so its | officially in the dedicatory functions nature Is a matter of speculation, the | there. iiiiiiniiiiniini i @ ARMY LIEUTENANT McCUE IS REGARDED AS INSANE General Bates Sends Alleged Big- amist to Fort Sheridan Pend- ing an Investigation. WASHINGTON, July 2.—General Cor- bin to-day received a telegram from Gen- eral Bates, commanding the Department of the Lakes, saying that Lieutenant Mc- Cue had been placed under arrest and sent to Fort Sheridan. His investigation of the case thus far tends to confirm the charges of bigamy made against McCue, but ‘he says that there are indications that McCue is not sane. The dispatch has been sent to General Chaffee for ac- tion. —_—— Refuses Cabinet’s Resignation. VIENNA, July 2—The Neue . Freie Press says Emperor Francis Joseph has refused to accept the collective resigna- tion of the Cabinet, but has consented to the retirement of Dr. Rezek, a Minister without portfolio. GRASSHOPPERS DESTROY ‘ A LARGE CATTLE RANGE Devour Everything in a Strip Sev- enty Miles Long and Fifty Miles Wide in Montana. BUTTE, Mont., July 2 — Professor Cooley of the State Agricultural College at Bozeman has returned from an invesy tigation of the grasshopper-ridden district about Forsythe. He says the insects have devoured everything in a strip seventy miles long and fifty miles wide and that as a consequence of their passage range’ conditions are the worst he ever saw. The plains are dotted with cattle that have starved to death as a result of the grasshopper raids. LUMBER MILLS BURN IN SISKIYOU COUNTY REDDING, July 2—The big lumber mills and yards at Igerna, Siskiyou Coun- ty, are burning. Details cannot be se- cured to-night other than that the loss is great and is reaching far into the thou- sands.