The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, -1903. 3 FRANCE PROMISES REAR ADMIRAL'S CORDIALWELCOME STARS FOR FOUR Extensive Preparations Are Made to Honor Italy’s Ruler. 4 ort Wiil Arrive in Paris Wednesday C 11.—Because of the have pros- political lly exchanged by Presi- and King Edward, France is SR DT L, Boston’s Chinatown Is Raided. STOXN, Oct. 11.—The murder of Wong » two weeks ago, der the direc ner Bill- able to pro- of registration w ntion room at the Fed- DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. STORIES OF THE STREET. San FPrancisco People Are Talking About It on Every Cormer. netimes an easy matter to fool ¥ t vou can’t keep it up very ] to find you out; and fooled another skep- is allowable when me newspaper about some g in Maine or Iowa, but re entirely different one right here at ighbors, people you see and with whom his is the kind of Doan’s Kidney ¥ home peo- al work they mployed in a fr 18 Minna street, of my way to acquaintances whom I knew n backache or k com- s Kidney Pills; in fact, an opportunity to in- forcibly. 1 have good oing. I n r excited or weakened red some medicine to and wash them and I se- Pills. They did the v and quickly. Price, 50 cents. Buffalo, N. Y., States e name—Doan’s—and take DBV TV VDRV DV VY visir DR. JORDAN'S cnear HUSEUM OF ANATOM 1001 MABKET 5T bet. §0a7:2, 5.7.0al, The Largest Anstomical Museum in the Worid Weaknesses or asy ronracted Gisease positively cared by the oldest Specialist on the Comst. Est. 3 years DR. JORDAN—DISEASES OF MEN Consultation free and strictly private. Treatment persomally or by leiter. A Oure in cvery case undertaker. ma AGE, MAILED FREE. (A valuabie book for mes ) DE JORDAN & CO., 1051 MarketSt. 8. F. e o e e o T o ¥ ] ¢ 9 ® 4 (4 0 ¢ ] Schilling’s Best tea and cc!- fee are not extremes; good- enough; as good as you care to pay for probably. Monevback; grocer's. 18" Suesea, Vic'or Emmantiel and | Lamberton, Ty ot Kempffs Retirement Advancss Quariet of Captains. Whiting, Me- Calla aud Chadwick Are Promoted. e ot Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STR N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Four cap- tains were advanced to rear admirals i1 y to-ddy through the retirement, operation of aw, Rear Ad- Louis Kempfr. officers aré s Benjamin serton, French dwick, Bowman M. MeCalla and H. Wht Lamberton with Admiral He was ng the South Atlantie native th of the of and was appointed to in 1861 At the tinfe he was in command » flagship of tile n. ptain William Hen- i Admiral Fat- commended by conduct in the runner under the Captain Whiting Fort Morgan ve of Wisconsin, Bowman H. McCalla was born Jersey and appointed to the naval in 16l. He commanded the ead the war with Spain and the Boxer trouble in China he ded a detnchment of marines that the rellef of Peking. The first three of the promoted cap- ns were advanced for war serviée. None of these three officers will occupy the place held by Admiral Kempff and consequently the advancement of a fourth officer s possible. Captain McCzlla, who is now in com- mand of Mare Island navy-yard, distin guished himself in the Spanish-American war while manding the Marblehead and was restored to the numbers he lost while under suspension a number of years ago. Captain McCalla was also advanced three numbers for gallant services in the China campaign in 190, in which he was wounded. @ =il ek @ EXCITING GHASE AFTER AN ENGINE Crazed Man Boards Cab and Pulls Throttle Wide Open. > went to al Dispatch to The Call. ¥ ORL six-wheel NS, Oct. big driver engine that pulled the Chicago limited into the Union sta- tion over the Illinols Central had been cut Oscar Nunez Estopinal, a nephew of Lieutenant Governor Estopinal, »ed into the cab and pulled the throf nd the monster engine started down twork of tracks. It steamed out ugh the government yards, with en- firemen and yardmen chasing it t full speed, but they were left far be- Suddenly the wheels struck a turned switch, that threw the machine on a turn. able and deratled the tender. Estopinai escaped, but he was soon cap- tured and locked up. He is sald to be mentally unbalanced. He has a craze for engines. e e s COLOMBIA IS THREATENED BY ANOTHER REVOLUTION Fight Over Presidential Candidate for the Next Term May Cause Serious Trouble. PANAMA, Colombia, Oct. 11.—Presiden- tial aspirations are clouding the political horizon of Colombia. It is reported that General Pedro del Ospina, who has been proposed by the Carlos party as a Presi- dential candidate for the next term, angered by President Marroquin's oppo- sition to him and the latter's support of General Reyes, who is considered the of- ficlal candidate, has become seriously complicated in a projected revolutionary outbreak somewhere on the isthmus. It is said that General Benjamin Herrera and other prominent Liberal leaders are associated in the movement. It is stated that the concentration of Venezuelan troops on the Colombian fron- tier is *part of the revolutionary plan, President Castro’s idea being, If not actually to help the revolutionists with men and arms, at least to prevent the Government from moving the northern army of 10,000 men under General Gon- zales Valencia against the rebels. —— e—— WATER INVADES CELLARS. Delaware River's Overflow Causes Havoc in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1l—Delaware | avenue, which runs along the Delaware River, was again flooded for a distance of | two miles in this city at high tide this | atterndon. The water was so high that | ferry-boats were unable to enter their l i slips without doing damage and for sev- eral hours service between this city and Camden and Gloucester was suspended. The cellars of most of the business houses on Delaware avenue were flooded and thousands of dollars’ worth of goods were either ruined or damaged. The water in the avenue receded with the tide, but it is feared that the next high tide will send the water up into the thoroughfare again, as the river is still far above normal. Much damage was done along both banks of the river all the way to Dela- ware Bay. The flood did some damage in the League Island navy-yard. —————— Burlington Is Inundated. BURLINGTON, N. J., Oct. 11.—This town ig suffering from the worst flood in its history, approximately four-fifths of the place being under water caused by the tremendous -flood in the Delaware River. The highest point of the town is only three feet above the flood in some of the streets, and the river is still rising. The southern séction of the town is flood- ed to a depth of from two to six feet, and much of the surrounding country is also under water. In East Burlington it is es- timated that 90 per cent of the houses are inundated. Many familles are in want, and this afternoon the Mayor and the Chief of Police made a tour of some of the streets in a bateau and gave food to those in need. ROCHESTER, N. ¥., Oct. 11.—A shortage of $8000 in the accounts of Julfen Stein, treas- wurer of the Ni | Casket Company, bas, 11.—Just after a | ney Is T | + | | EATH sped in the wake of a bal- loon that cast its moorings at Coney Island Gardens yesterday afternoon. The aeronaut, Wil- Hlam H. Beals, who accompanied the inflated canvas bag to dizzy heights, was dashed to the ground, mangled and gasping his last, and a young woman, Miss Madge Henney, who was watching | | its flight’ against the sky, was thrown | from an electric car and died from her injuries soon afterward. Willlam H. Beals, who now lles in the | Morgue, was an expert at his business. | He had been wafted toward the clouds | hundreds of times and such feats came to | be regarded by him as little more than child’s play. As he hung in midalr just | before the accident he performed feats of daring on the bar of his parachute and seemed to revel in the sport. until he was within a few feet of the ground that he suddenly released his hold, for some.unaccountable reason, and | pitched to the roadway beneath him. At | the same time Miss Madge Henney, a pretty Ii-year-old girl, residing at 1252 Folsom street, was being picked up with a fractured skull and preparations were | being made to convey her to the Park | Hospital, where she expired. Her anx- | fety to follow the flight of the unfortun- | ate aeronaut brought her to a simllar fate. While watching from a car her head struck an electric pole, fracturing | her skull and throwing her to the side of | the track. BEALS CARRIED UPWARD. Beals, who was a fireman employed by the Southern Pacific Company, was en- gaged by Charles W. Vosmer, manager of the Coney Island Gardens, to make a series of ascensions. He has been in the business for about four years and has, at different times, been under Vosmer's management. He was considered expert and reliable and was advertised as a star feature of the new attraction at the beach. When the vaudeville programme | had beeni rendered all was made ready for the ascension. The massive balloon was cut loose from its moorings and the aero- naut was carried toward the sky. The ascension was one of the prettiest ever seen in the city. There was scarce- ly any wind and the balloon rose straight upward to a distance of probably 1500 feet. There was some fear for a time on the part of the crowd that witnessed the ascension that the bag would drift over the sea and that the aeronaut would be drowned. All fears were allayed, however, when the parachute, cut loose, | floated inland, though the balloon after the gas had escaped fell on the beach, within a few feet of the ocean. Beals amused the throng of spectators with all sorts of antics. He went up clinging to the trapeze by his toes, and when far above the earth could be seen twisting about in gymnastics and ap- peared much at east at the dangerous height. When he cut his parachute ioose and started back in the direction of terra firma he continued his tricks, and when he was lost to view behind tho trees feo- ple expressed themselves as delighted at what they thought was a successful as- cension. It was not until some time later that the news of the accident reached the pleasure grounds. The first intimation that Vosmer had that all had not gone well was when news came from the Park Hospital that the body of his employe had been taken there in a buggy. AERONAUT STRIKES GROUND. W. A. Bradford of 1185 Market street is perhaps the most accurate witness to the tragedy. Bradford was driving with his wife along the road that encircles the chain of lakes in the park when he saw the aeronaut descending but a few feet in front of him and within thirty feet of one of the lakes. Bradford drew up his horse, and as he did so Beals, who was within forty feet of the ground, suddenly released his hold of the trapeze bar and plunged to the roadway in front of the horse. Tossing the lines to his wife the driver ran to the assistance of the In- Jured man, but realized that human help was of no avail. The balloonist, his skull fractured and his bones shattered, was breathing his last. Bradford, however, asked his wife to | | It was not | AERONAUT DASHED TO DEATH AND GIRL _ KILLED AS SHE WATCHES HIS FLIGHT William H. Beals Meets a Tragic Fate While Descending in a Parachute omcers Near the Chain of Lakes in Golden Gate Park and Miss Madge Hen- hrown From an Electric Car While Viewing Balloon’s Course e i AT B £ Ty o+ AERONAUT WHO FELL TO HIS DEATH YESTERDAY WHILE MAKING PARACHUTE DESCENT, AND YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED WHILE WATCHING FLIGHT OF HIS BALLOON. -+ hospital. Dr. Stevens-after a short exam- ination said that life had been extinct for some minutes. Just what caused Beals to drop is a matter of conjecture. It is believed by Vosmer that he feared falling in the lake he was so fast approaching and sought to alight In the shrubbery along the road. He may have misjudged his distance and thought the fall would be much less than it was. He struck with terrible force, sufficlent to indent the earth to a depth of several inches. It is also possible that he was overcome from his exertions while performing on the bar and dropped from lack of strength. DEFIED FAMILY WISHES. Beals was well known in Oakland, where he lived for sixteen years. He was a fire- man in the employ of the Southern Pa- cific Company and lived at 812 Wood street with his wife and 6-year-old daugh- ter. His mother, Mrs. M. J. Beals, lives at 802 Wood street, where she keeps a rail- road boarding-house. Beals was born in Lafayette, Ind., and was 31 years of age. About four years ago he was employed at the Home for the Adult Blind in Oakland and shortly after leaving this place he commenced making balloon ascensions, being employed at aif- ferent places of amusement throughout the State. His wife and mother have al- ways been opposed to his risking his life as an aeronaut, and, although he often promised them that he would abandon the dangerous profession, like many others he went up once too often. He was hurt Sunday, September 27, while making an ascension at “Coney Island,” but at that time his injuries were not seri- ous. When he went home to dinner yes- terday he told his wife that he was going to the city, but did not tell her that he was about to make an ascension. She knew nothing of his death until after 9 o’clock last evening. MISS HENNEY’'S DEATH. Just as Beals cut the parachute loose from his balloon Miss Madge Henney, who had spent the day at the beach in com- pany of her sister, Mrs. E. D. Miller, and a friend, Miss Rose Elgueta of 140 Page street, threw her head backward and gazed a crowded car and her head must have extended some distance outward, for in a second it struck one of the iron poles that Is used in carrying the current wires .~ s COOK BOOK OFFER TO CLOSE OCTOBER 30. The Call’s Cook Book prem- jum offer will close on October 30, 1903, and all readers of this paper ‘who desire a copy of this household treasure should not fail to place their order im- mediately. This splendid premium will be offered to Call subscribers at the exceptionally low rate of I fifty cents per copy. Out of town orders twenty cents ad- ditional to cove~ prepayment of L3 £ upward. She was riding on the steps of’| — | alight, and taking the unconscious form | and she was thrown to the ground. The in the buggy, drove in all haste to the | car was stopped as soon as possible and Captain Varney and his men of the life- saving station, near which the accident occurred, lifted the unconscious woman on a car and took her to the hospital. Her relatives were summoned and she died soon after they reached her bedside. She was a very attractive girl and for some time was employed in a candy store on Haight street. DEATH GLAIMS GIFTED WRITER Colonel Richard Henry Savage Passes Away in New York. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—Colonel Richard Henry Savage, author and soldier, died last night at the Roosevelt Hospital from injuries received on the night of October 3, when he was run down at Sixth avenue and Forty-second street by a delivery wagon. Born in Utica, N. Y., in 1847, Richard Henry Savage was destined to see many lands and many phases of human life. He ‘was sent in 1864 to wne United States Mil- itary Academy, from which four years later he was graduated. After serving a few years as lieutenant in the army he re- tired to civil life until 1871, when he joined the Egyptian forces, where he remained for three years. Returning. to this coun- try he entered the employ of the South- ern Rallway, and remained with that cor- poration for ten years. He was married to Miss Anna Josephine Sheible, a talented Russian woman, in 1874, and it was through her Influence that he turned his attention to literature. His varfed experiences furnished abundant material. His most successful books were “My Official Wife,” which has been dra- matized, and “Under the Shadow of the Pyramids.” His contributions to" fiction" have been numerous. Colonel Savage volunteered: for service in the Spanish-American war and was senjor major of the Second United States Volunteers. He personally directed the raising of the American flag over the city of Havana. Ocean City Practically Deserted. OCEAN CITY, Md., Oct. 11.—This city is practically deserted to-night. Owing to the hurricane and high tides the great- er part of the city has been submerged since Thursday night and many of the residents have sought shelter on higher ground. In addition to the damage re- ported in last night's dispatches, another section of the front of Congress Hall, a ding hotel, about 100 feet in extent was torn away to-day. The entire ocean front of the Windsor Hotel collapsed. A large number of cottages were either washed from their foundations or destroyed. | ESCAPED FELON 15 RECAPTURED Surprise Him in a Cabin and He Surrenders. B o Nick Haworth, Who Got Away From Utah Feni- tentiary, Retaken. S T SALT LAKE, Oct. 11.—Almost famished, his limbs torn and bleeding from contact | with the thorny underbrush through | which he plunged in his mad flight for | | freedom, Nick Haworth, one of the two | | conviets who escaped from the State pris- | | on near here Friday night, was to-day re- | | captured in a cabin less than a dozen | miles from the penitentiary. Contrary to | expectation, Haworth made Mo resistance | | and meekly complied with the command | | to surrender. ! The arrest was made shortly before | noon by Constable Neilson, assisted by | three ciiizens from the little village of | Halliday. Haworth's presence in the lo- cality was first discovered by the 16-year- | old son of Constable Neflson, who was returning from Sunday-school. He imme- | diately notified his father, who selected three reliable men, armed them with shotguns and drove to the cabin, expect- ing Haworth to give battle. The latter, | however, quietly submitted to arrest. He | was taken back to the penitentiary, | | | locked in a murderer's cell and a double guard placed over. him James Lynch, the other condemned prisoner who escaped, is still at large, but the prison officlals look for his early capture. In company with a man sup posed to be an ex-convict Lynch held up Ed O’Connell, the night watchman at the | Parley Canyon reservoir, last night and compelled him - to drive them several miles up Emigration Canyon. Since then no trace has been found of either man, | although many posses. spurred on by the offer of a large reward, kept up an inces- | sant hunt thoughout the d: —————— HUNDREDS OUT OF WORK. Flood Checks the Wheels of Industry in New York Towns. SUFFERN, N. Y., Oct. 11.—The storm that prevalled through this section for the past two days was one of the most | disastrous ever known here. The trestle | on the Pledmont branch is a total wreck. | Western trains are unable to proceed | beyond this place. | The town of Hillburn, one mile from | here, is cut off, as all the riiges have | been washed away. The town of Ramapo is_almost in ruins. Many persons are homeless. The iron works at Hillburn | are flooded, and it Is feared that no work | will be done for a long time. Five hun- | dred employes will be affected. Work has been stopped at all the shops, and 1000 men are idle. } Supplies are short, as very few trains from New York are bringing In freight. | —————— Adirondack Streams Swollen. SARATOGA, N. Y., Oct. 1L — Reports | from different points in the lower Adiron- | dacks state that all of the streams and | lakes in that region are much swollen | and are discharging an unusual quantity of water into the upper Hudson River, but there has been comparatively little damage in the foothill townships so far. | i MURDER DONE ON THE TRAIN Brutal Killing of Spo= kane Man by Un- known Robber. Companion of Victim Come pelled to Leave Fast- Running Car. Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 11.—E'mer Pe- trie of Spokane was shot to Jleath by a thug on a Northern Pacific freight train a short distance west of the high Hang- man Creek trestle shortly after § o'clock to-night. Robbery was the motive of the murder. G. Fyjerson, a harvester, who lives at North® Yakima, was the only eye witness cf the murder except the ace complice of the man who fired the shot Fulkerson and the victim of ths murder were traveling togcther in a lumber car from the harvest flelds to Spokane, ac- cording to Fulkerson's story, when the two men came over the top of the traim and approached them. The four talked a minute. and then one of the strangers fired a shot over Fulkerson's head. Pe r against the lumber pile. The two men then ordered Fulkerson to hoid up ‘his hands, starched him and made him get off the swiftly moving train. Fulker- son landed safely, walked to Spokane and told the police his story. The train had arrived, and in the lumber, just where Fulkerson said the body would be found, it was found. The man was dead. “I had been working as a harvest hand in the southern part of the couaty,” sald Fulkerson, “and yesterday | wanted to come to Spokane. I took a freight train on the Spokane and Palouse ac Plaza, and rode in the caboose. At Spangle P trie got on. The car we were In was a coal car loaded with lumber. We sat down between the lumber pile and the end of the car. Pretty soon two men came from toward the back of the car and sat down on the edge of the lumber pile on the car right behind our car. They were sitting where they could look down on us. Sud- denly one of the men reached a gun right over my head and fired at Peirle, who was sitting behind mes The shot blinded me for a moment, and then one of the men grabbed me, while the other went through my pockets and took my purse. “When they told me to jump off the train it was going pretty fast, and I hated to jump. They told me to be quick about it, and I jumped off. As [ got off I heard one of them say: ‘T guess we have shot the other — — —.' That was the last I saw of them. I could not de- scribe the men. 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