The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1904, Page 21

Matinee to-day. Grand—“Held by the Enemy.” Matinee to-day. | Vaudeville. | Tivoli—“The Toreador.” AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN TORNADO-SWEPT MINNESOTA CITIES . ST. PAUL, Aug. 21, 3. a. m.-—--Late estimates of the dama It is believed that the death list will be very large. between St. Paul and Minneapolis are down. ge done by the tornado that swept this city and Minneapolis last night place it at $5,000,000. Many buildings in Minneapolis, as well as in this city, were entirely demolished. All telegraph wires REPELS ATTACK ON FORT Port ATthur's Garrison Still Holds Out. —_—— | Japanese Are Con- {inuing Fierce Assault. POPERES > et | hould It Fail, They May Relinquish Attempt to Carry by Storm , & SV | TOKIO, Aug. 21.—The Japanese rcuisers Shitose and Tsushima defeat- ed th Russian cruiser Novik near Korsakovsk on Saturday and forced Ber ashore | CHEFU, Aug. 21, 9 a. m.—A rell- able authority declares that yester- | d. (Saturday) attack on Port Ar- was un ful, but continued and to-day and will go on for one day more. If the Japanese are ulsed it is expected that they direct attacks and attempt tarve out the garrison by a pro- aged and blockade. night CHEFU retc Aug 1, 10 a. m.—It is un- the Japanese plans at Arthur contemplate a three days’ It. They expect to trimmph on It is stated that they ient force to maintain an roe of 60,000 men through- ar thousand Japanese are re- nded at Dalny yes- is alleged that the check does not jeapordize the assault as planned. de »od It f Saturday ss of the CHEEX Aug ported that the Arthur mile 21, noon.—It is re- Japanese before Port have captured Fort 25, one north of Golden Hill. The Jap- are not attempting to storm Liaoti Promontory. Their right wing terminates at P m Bay. The Rus- sian garrison of Port Arthur is esti- mated at 000 men, covering an arca of twelve miles. A junk arriving at Tengchow from the Miaotao Islands reports seeing yesterday five Japanese men of war pursuing two Russian warships. type unknown. They were going in an easterly direction. TOKIO, Aug. 20.—The Japanese woops occupled Anshanshan yesterday and the Raussians have n-ln-a(en:l toward Mukden T. PETEF 2:46 a incing upon Port Ar- r to-day has fur- circles the inter- unflagging for weeks fate of this for- s continue to ex- lity of the stand the assault, but ey aver should the fortress be ried it will be at a cost unequaled the his of sieges. The determined nature of the Japan- ese attack upon what is considered an impregnable position is without pre- cedent in military annals. No Euro- pean power has ventured to show such disregard for the lives of its soldiers. True, the allies at Sebastopol lost 12,- 0 men In the final assault, but the anese have made repeated attacks Port Arthur with equal losses, Milj. | experts admit that the Japanese pursued the best plan, since re- peated assaults are bound to exhaust | the resistance of a garrison proportion- ally weaker than the same amount of | energy epread over & long period. The situation at Liaoyang is creating comparatively little concern, though it is admittedly much bound up in the fate of Port Arthur. The rains in the | north, it is thought, preclude the possi-f bility of serious operations in the im- | mediate future, while it is believed that | whatever the Japanese plans may be it | Comtinued on Page 22, Column 4. l the a th: at EXCU RSION AND REGULAR PASSENGER — DEBR - | | CLAINS HE IS SO OF 4 STATESMAN i Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, JINGTON, Aug. 20.—Telling a re- kable story of how he was once burfed and recorded as dead Health Office of the District of 1bia, Lewis Alexander, a young v York electrician, to-night declared that with the documents Inherited from r mother, Mary Almarolia, a 7 negress, he would force his her, a distinguished resident of shington, to generously provide for his fo: 1 five years ago,” said Alex- ander to-night, “my father supposed that all that was mortal of me rested beneath & little white stone marked with a cherub and the name, ‘Lewis Alexander Almarolia.’ But the contents of the coffin beneath that mound are not human bones but the remnants of what more than twenty years ago was 2 doll. “My father is a native of Kentucky and prominent in American public life. He and my mother were married sud- denly. Eight months later I was born. Not long after that I was placed in the hands of Mary Almarolia, the negress. Then my father and mother were di- vorced. Mrs. Almarolia was told to | rear me if I lived. She knew my father did not care whether I lived and never intended to recognize me. My mother had Mrs. Almarolia tell my father that 1 had died. “A doll was placed in a coffin and a funeral was held. My mother died later, but not before she placed in Mrs, Almarolia’s hands certain evidence which gives me absolute proof as to my birth.” [ wa Ps HO WAS AT THE T OF ST. AGNES' PARISH. 4 HAD CRASHED TOGETHER THROTTLE OF THE EN: A VIZEW SHOW. N THE TRESTLI NE HAULING ENGINES MACHINE GOES "~ OVER A CLIFE John Moyer and Chauffeur Narrowly [Escape Death on Grade in Oregon SRR LR a 1 Dispatch to The Call. CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 20.—At the | bottom of a 150-foot grade, beyond the | summit of the Coast Range, a pile of | scrap iron, twisted wood and scrap leather, lies John Moyer’s automobile. Moyer is a resident of Salem and a day or two since started on the hitherto unaccomplished feat of crossing the Coast Range in a steam wagon, on the way to Newport, a seaside resort. Just beyond the summit the road, by means of a steep and winding grade, descends 500 feet to the little valley below. In rounding a sharp turn, the chauffeur allowed the machine to run into the bank on the upper side, threatening to capsize it. . Violently twisting the crank in the opposite direction to counteract this, the automobile received an impetus which, before it eould be checked, car- ried it and the occupants over the lower gide of the grade. The occupants es- caped with but slight injurles, but the machine, after its trip to level ground, 150 feet below, was in no condition to travel and the passengers left it there, eontinuing their journey on foot. T ET TN T AR g TROOPS, DESERT T0 INSURGENTS Paraguay Government’s Reg- ular Army Is Composed of About 1200 Soldiers e BUENOS AYRES, Ausg. sengers arriving at Formosa from | Asuncion, cavital of Paraguay, say | that the truce between the Paraguayan Government force and the insurgents has been extended for a further | period of forty-eight hours. The re- {cent interview between the Govern- —Pas- {ment and the insurgent chiefs was} { without results. The latter demand | three portfolios in:the Ministry, half |the members of both chambers and | the office of Chief of Police. The Gov- | ernment concedes the Ministries of | Foreign Affairs and Justice, {5000 to 6000 men, of whom about 1200 jare regulars and the rest undiscipilned men, who are daily deserting to the insurgents. The insurgent vessels I have taken the departments of San | Pablo and Villa Rosario, Concepcion and others. Families are immigrating to Asuncion, some are going to the in- | terior and others are bound for Ar- gentina. It is said that at the request of the diplomatic corps the insurgents have promiged not to further bombard Asuncion as long as the Government does not attack the insurgent squad- ron. TRAINS COLLIDE ON A HIGH TRESTLE N WARE OF GALE Millions of Dol- | lars Damage in | St Paul '\Five Persons Dea . and Two Score | Injured. SERREES R Great Buildings Razed and Immense Bridge Across Mississippi Demolished. ST. PAUL, Aug. 20.— ed to be dead, two score are | |and the property loss is estimated to reach two million dollars as the result | | of @ flerce tornado that swooped down on the city shortly after 8 o’cloc! are report- injured | | night. The Tivoli Theater was de | | ished, the Empire Theater razed | | nigh bridge, an | | crossing the Mis | | 200 feet, was a and 200 buildings are r | aged. A report at 12 is that the Hou - herd, a Catho injuries. | | eye and one rib broken. MISS M. TUITE MRES. MARY COR All are of San Francisco. LIST OF THOSE INJURED IN WRECK. HAZEL HAMMOND, 1316 Page street, laceration of scalp. JOHN DEVLIN, 618 Baker street, two ribs broken and internal | | HAZEL LAWSON, 1441 Grove street, face cut. | ed and tw All suburbs | | to say w! has been as com | city ¥ & " A report from M MISS MAZANE, Central and Masonic avenues, cut over right a flat building 3 250 persons kil | MICHAEL BURNS, 1929 Oak street; badly bruised. | | report was later ty 74 Hartford street, fracture of a bone in leg. damage ve DOCK, 1431 Devisadero street. body bruised. Ryam Reaxly S groat an SAMUEL McFADDEN, 1070 Haight street, head injured. The Svm Jew of lasting not more than T devastation it w The wind, accor fic. ernment Weather Ob b ALMA, Aux. 20.—The narrow gauge train which left San Francisco for Santa Cruz at 1:15 this afternoon col- about 5 o'clock this afternoon. The broad gauge train was filled with ex- cursionists, mostly women and dren, returning to San Francisco from the outing of the St. Agnes parish at Sunset Park. the trains and in the wild stampede which followed, but fortunately no lives were lost. | Narrow gauge train No. 16, in charge of Engineer E. H. Hoyt, Fireman | Drew, Baggageman Willlam Arts and | Conductor- Tom Hunt, left San Fran- | cisco this afternoon filled mainly with delegates to the conventions at Santa Cruz. The orders to the crew were to tion. Evidently there was a misunder- standing, the crew of the narrow gauge train apparently being of the opinion section, when, in fact, it was in: two. The first section was passed safely and the trains proceeded on their way. While crossing Los Gatos Creek at slow “speed the crew of the narrow- gauge train saw the second section of the excursion train approaching in the | opposite direction. Whistles were blown and brakes reversed, but to no purpose. With & resounding crash the jron monsters came together. The jar was terrificc. Men and women were thrown from their seats and inside the two trains pandemonium reigned. Above the sound of escaping steam and the grinding of iron against irom, I lided with broad gauge train No. 1375 | on the trestle crossing Los Gatos Creek, | chil- | | Many were injured by the impact of pass the excursion train at Alma sta-| | that the excursion train was in but one | | The Government is said to possess | Many Persons Injured in Disaster Caused by Misunderstand- ing of Orders. ! | miles an hour, coming west. Buildings were fronts blown in, the cellars bein, ed by the rain, which came in waves along with the wind. Electric wires many pers with electric light and trolley An excursion steamer towing a barge on the river below St. Paul is repc ) recke: ef D vitals, ‘could be heard the piereing | o P 0 CT T o0ia that ;:rl;l:s Dfi w;r;'a;n as the:{l clas:ed their | & were lost there. ghtened children to their breasts. | o G < So great was the force of the collis-| MANY BUILDINGS WRECKED. ion that each locomotive practically| ST. PAUL, Aug. 21, 2:30 a. m.—Prac- telescoped the other, and the seats in | tically every bullding on the north side the broad-gauge train were torn from | of East street is wrecked. The Habe- their fastenings. The trains were both { Hurst block at Seventh and Wacota ol burners and the flaming liquid was | streets was unroofed and the Economy thrown about, but fortunately did not | Department Store was damaged to the set fire to the wreck. extent of $20,000. The front wall of the As in all disasters of a like nature, | building, occupied by Lindeke, Warner heroes were made in a moment. Men & Son, wholesale furriers. was shat- freely volunteered their services in | tered and the stock and fixtures dam- helping the injured and carrying them | aged to the extent of thousands of dol- from the wreck. The cooler headed | lars. Wwomen present looked after their faint-| William Donaldson & Co.'s big depart- ing sisters or soothed the walls of chil- | ment store in Minneapolis was badly dren, alarmed at the disastrous end to | damaged. The loss is $300,000. Later their day of pleasure. | reports from Minneapolis are to the Considering the danger to which the | effect that there was no one killed, party was exposed, the casualty list| but many were wounded. The known is very small. Physiclans arrived on dead at St. Paul are: the scere soon after the crash and| GEORGE WETON, killed in Tivoll tendered their services to the suffering. | Theater. While all on board both trains luflel’ed| LAWRENCE F. HOWINSON, fire- scverely from the shaking up, those |man on Northern Pacific, killed in Tiv- most serfously injured were ag fol- | oli Theater. lows: X Ist of the injured: G. E. Hazel Hammond, 1316 Page street, | ‘-,:,:‘r?:: :md bruised, ’wlll recover; lacerations of the scalp: Jack Deviin. | Thereson Kents, actress, Tivoll Thea- 618 Baker street, two ribs broken and | tor, badly cut and bruised; Sadle Ken- internal injuries; Miss Mazane, Central | ny: actress, Tivoli, hands cut and head and Masonic avenues, cut ower right | bruised: Polly O'Neill, actress, Tivoli, eye and one rib broken: Michael Burns, hip and body badly bruised; John 1529 Oak street, bruised; Miss M. Tuite, | Johnson, piano player at Tivoll, badly 274 Hartford street, fracture of bone | cut and bruised, serious; Kitty Larson, in the leg; Mrs. Mary Cradock 1431 De- | getress at Tivoli, will recover; Johm visadero street, body bruised; Samuel | Hammond, injured about body, not se- McFadden, 1070 Haight street, head in- | rious; Willlam Arno, seriously injured jured; Hazel Lawson, face cut. about bedy and internally; William Fathers Slattery and Crowley, who Lindsay, skull fractured, probably fa- _—_— ———— Continued on Page 26, Column 1, Continued on Page 26, Column &, )