The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1905, Page 1

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Ban Francisco and fresh west winds. thirty bours ending midnight, July 20. Thursday with fog In the morning; G. H. WILLSON, viclnity—Fair » ¥ SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1905. H JEATHS N NEW YORK 75 ‘ Ba,belefiAged’ People the Victims. City'sHospitalsAre| Crowded With | Sufferers. | e, Every Ambulance Kept | sshwine fin asa wioe siomm pesrea | 2ol o, 0% d sie pepane | It was of short duration, but unusually | Busy Throughout | two degrees, from 92 to 70 degrees, in | With China: Forenoon. +- | thunderstorms, with rain and high winds | UNDREDS OF PERSONS SUCC . IN THE STATES EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. ALCAZAR—""The Heart of a Gelsha.™ CENTRAL—'7Tast Life in New York.™ CHUTES—“Princess Fan Tan.” Mat- inee. GRAND—"“Rabbl Osher in America.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Matinee, PRICE FIVE CENTS. TO THE TORTUROUS HEAT | NEW YORK, July 19.—~The | following table shows the ofil- clal maximfim temperatures, the maximum humidity, the | | number of deaths and the total number of prostrations to-day in the several cities named: 3 = " s € EE H 4 5 orry. ] & [ B 5 g3 H 3 - New York....95.0 7! 167 Philadelphia .95.8 48 40 Baltimore ....92.2 77 5 Washington ..92.0 96 14 Boston 0 63 25 Pittaburg . 0 70 [ 0 84 ° Botale ..o 8.0 257 As this table gives the figures for only a few of the larger cities on or mnear the Atlantic seaboard, it is apparent that the number of deaths from the heat to-day in all States swept by the torrid wave must have reached far into the hundreds. In San Francisco yesterday the maximum temperature was 56 degrees; the minimum tem- perature, 52 degrees. | | | 3 served to moderate the heat. One man was killed and two injured in this city by the collapse of a roof at the Burden Iron Works during the storm. Six deaths due to heat and thirty pros- trations were reported in Connecticut. In Boston one death was reported, due to the heat. he, SRS TWENTY-TWO DEGREES FALL. Electric Storm and Rain Bring Rellef From Heat to Albany, N. Y. ALBANY, N. Y, July 19.—A terrific lightning, rain and wind storm passed severe. The thermometer fell twenty- twenty minutes. The street service, the afternoon newspapers and many manufacturing establishments were | erippled for several hours because of | an accident to the plant of the Speirs | Falls Power Company, which supplies | electricity to this city. Candles were | used in the Assembly chamber, where Thunderstorm and-Deluge of Rain Bring Relief Later | in the Day. —_— YORK, July 19.—While the record bs and prostrations greatly ex- | of yesterday, there was a dis- jon to-day in the tempera- ling throughout the eastern the country. Although the est was everywhere terrific, it by scattered thunderstorms, very violent character, and to- g the temperature fell rapid- ef came the an- ther Bureau to- nt in the heated al and that moderate | bably would prevail for e Middle Atlantic and NEW of dea e highest temperature degree lower he highest rec- | s reached | ted a slightly higher t in other cities the was not re a sharp fall | rnoon. | um tempera- | ed by those districts, where e frequently ex- n of deaths in New York. While the death roll of yesterday was only 26, that of to-day reached | the appalling total of 75, being mearly one-half of those prostrated. This was almost entirely due to the collapse of young children and aged people, whose exbausted vitality was unequal to the strain of further suffering. After & night of sweltering heat spent by thousands in the streets, in | the public parks, on piers along the river front and In every wacant place that promised & breath of alr, the con- ditions that confronted the people of New York this morning were terrify- ing. The sun rose in & @pudless sky, end hour after hour the heat grew more and more intense. ' Every ambu- lavce was kept busy and by noom the hospitals were crowded with sufferers. | At ¢ o'clock in the afternofn came the long prayed for relief, when a ter- | etty the Legislature was in session. The humidity before the storm was | high, but fell with the temperature. | There were no cases from the heat. B SRR IE SLEEP OUTDOORS. of prostration MANY CLEVELAND, July 19.—Beginning to-night the Board of Public Safety has ordered the parks thrown open to as many people as desire to sleep there. This order will continue during the con- tinuance of the heated spell. It was brought about through the alarming | condition existing in méiny of the con- gested portions of the city. BExtra park policemen, together with a large num- ber of the regular force, will be de- talled to guard the sleepers. B Weather Bureau Predicts Showers. WASHINGTON, July 19.—A heavy thunder and rain storm passed over the at 4:30 o'clock this bringing welcome relief from the op- pressive heat of the past week. In a few moments the temperature dropped twenty-two ‘degrees and to-night the conditions are exceedingly comfortable. The highest temperature to-day was 92, three degrees less than yesterday's rec ord for the year. Showery weuther is predicted by the Weather Bureau to- night for the Upper Ohio Valley, the ng- iiddle Atlantic States and New Eng- land and local. ———— Cooler at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 19.—Occasional clouds and a breeze reduced the tem- perature slightly to-day and the stir- ring atmosphere rendered the suffering less intense. Four prostrations were reported. The maximum temperature was 88 degrees and humidity 60. 0 RESTAT NHGRATION LONDON, July 19.—In the House of Commons to-day the aliens bill passed its third reading by a majority of ninety. Premier Balfour, in winding up the de-! afternoon, | | bate on the bill, contended that th8 pro- | posed restrictions were less severe than “ific thunderstorm and a deluge of rain burst over Brookiyn. and the lower | by . ose imposed by any other nation. He Bt of ttan and sections of New | sorreq to the American immigration laws Jersey rooklyn two men ~were | ng asked whether any one would assert struck by lightning end seriously hurt, end in Jersey City one man was killed, | storm lasted only a few min- | left the upper part of the | ched, the rellef was almost | and from then on the| steadily, and a cool breeze up after sundown gave as- surance of a comfortable night. Even the seashore resorts in the vicin- ity of New York did not escape the heat, and ma rostrations occurred among the = that flocked to Coney ie other beaches on the Long New Ha in East One Hundred and Thirtieth etreet and leaped into the river from the Harlem ¢. He was rescued by boat- men after a flerce struggle, in which he| upset the boat and nearly drowned his rescuers. Several of the deaths reported were those of persons who, while asleep, fallen from fire escapes, where they were endeavoring to escape the stifiing atmos- phere of crowded tenements. With 150 bodies in the cold storage room &t the City Morgue, the refrigerating eystem was found to be out of order to- day, and it was nec use of tons of ice, in which the bodies were packed. Fifty bodies were hurried | is to the potters’ field. that the Americans were indifferent to freedom or looked with unmoved eye on the suffering and oppressed, yet their restrictions as well as the restrictions | imposed by the British colonies were, he sald, more severe than those imposed by “this moderate and reasonable bill.” The aliens bill is much on the lines of a measure introduced in the House of Commons last year which was withdrawn by the Government owing to obstructions. It prohibits immigrants from landing except at ports where an immigration officer Is stationed, and only with his consent and after a medical inspection. Immigrants may be refused permission to land if tiey are unable to show that had | not of a political nature, or if they have expected been previously expelled from Great, ber than has been coming lately. Britain. vides that an elien shall not be refused to resort to the | permission to land on account of want of | no means if able to prove that he or she Throughout New York State, severe offenses. BOYCOTT 0N N SHANGH IND CANTON Chinese Begin War Upon American Products. \Peking Government Powerless to Stop the Agitation. Wu Ting Fang Charged With Responsibility for the Entire Movemen Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL EUREAU, POST BUILDING, ‘WASHINGTON, July 19.—This brief ment to-day shows the gravity of the | situation regarding American trade | A cable dispatch from Shanghal ad- | vises the Department of State that the | beyeott was commenced to-day, the 19th. Every effort was made to allay the agitation. A This is taken to mean that in Shang- hai, at least, the guflds are not satis- fied with the steps taken by President Roosevelt in Airecting that the Chinese exclusion laws be administered with more consideration for China. It was i because of the restrictions thrown around the admission of students, trav- elers, merchants and teachers, known as the exempt classes, into the United States that the guilds threatened to | boycott all American goods, schools and | commercial products. This spurred the President to threaten with dismissal any immigration inspector treating coolies .or members of the ‘“exempt classes” with severity. Mr. Rockhill, the American Minister at Peking, ad- vised China of this action, and asked that the boycott be curbed. It is stated at the State Department that the boycott referred to in the dis- patch mentioned is that declared by the guilds of Shanghai and Canton. The be- lief is here entertained that the threat- | ened boycott in Niushwang, Hangchow | and Tientsin will be averted. In guarters which usually accurately re- flects the position of Chinese Government, | it Is said that it is now impossible to stop the boycott by Governmental inter- | ference. | | | At the State Department the whole agi- | | tation is laid to Wu Ting Fang, former | Chinese Minister to the United States. He to bring about more liberal treatment of | educated Chinese. He failed, but kept up | the work after returning to China. The displeasure of the Chinese merchants who | sent_exhibits to and themselves attended | the St. Louis World’s Falir, under humili- | ating restrictions, played into Wu's hand, and the boycott is the indirect result. The cotton manufacturers, who now annually | export $27,000,000 worth of American cot- ton goods to China, are lining up to fight the union labor influences which support the present radical administration of the exclusion law. HONGKONG, July 19.—Amoy, the presi- dent of the South China Post, says that the boycott of American goods has com- menced. The compradore of the Stand- ard Ofl Company has received a threaten- ing letter, ordering him to leave the em- ploy of the company immediately. Officials of the American Consulate ‘were molested yesterday. A meeting of Chinese merchants was held today to discuss the boycott. Chi- nese in the Mglay native states, at a big meeting, agreed to support the boycott. BRI S COOLIE TIDE MAY AGAIN FLOW FREELY Japan Raises Recently Im- posed Emigration Limit to 400 per Ship. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. HONOLULU, July 19.—According to news received from Japan by the Korea, the imperial Government has changed its orders regarding immigration to Hawall and now allows 400 immigrants per steam- ship to come here. This is a very mate- rial increase, and 1s welcome news to plantation men who have been losing con- siderable numbers of laborers lately. Four hundred immigrants means not to exceed 200 laboring men, according to the for the Government in making fts contemplates that one-half of the is to ~much larger num- The case agt . devoted his utmost energles to the effort | FRANCE MAY MRS, Bt AN ALY - ENGLAND Real Meaning of! Fraternizing of Fleets. Great Britain Hopes to|| Supplant Russia at Paris. Project Meets With Little Favor Among the Masses in the Republic. Special Dispatch to The CallL PARIS, July 18.—La Patrie prints the | following: “A dispatch from London refers to a rumor which circulates, it would appear, in the best informed and most govern- mental circles, to the effect that the meeting of English and French fleets will hasten the realization of a project of alliance, offensive and defensive, be- tween the two nations, to which their re- spective diplomatists have been devoting their attention for The meet- mg of the ? was de- cided upor for of ' testing the b2 possibility of this “This news, no doubt, Is inaccurate, but bears the stamp of probability. It is evi- dent that it has been the purpose in hav- ing the British squadron at Brest, and in bringing the British officers to Paris, to attempt to repeat the coup of the Rus- sian sailors landing at Toulon and com- ing later to be acclaimed in Paris. “In our Breton port there was not the slightest enthusiasm and in Paris the of- ficers were recelved th a silence that, though polite, was significant. At the | Long Champs review and during the re- turn by the Champs Elysees, his Majes- ty's officers did not inspire a single ex- clamation or wave of the hat. “The antipathy of the French for the English is instinctive. There are races that attract, and others that repel. The French and Slavs fraternized immediate- 1y, without knowing why. On the other hand, Jacques Bonhomme never could ‘stand’ John Bull, without speaking of Jeanne d’Arc, whom our secular enemies burned; of Napoleon, whom they de- ported, or of all the perfidies recorded in history. “The haughty and distinctly selfish character of the English is repugnant to France, and to the generous and senti- ’ mental instincts ofthe French people. This C.P.HUNTINGTON MAY HAVE TO TESTIFY. DRAWN INTO “TOWN TO PICS” CAS_l_il l CHICAGO, July 19.—A dispateh from New York says: “Mrs. Colils P. Hun- tington, who gave her check for $10,000 for a copy of ‘Fads and Faneles, will have no disagreeable session with the District Attorney. e and Miss Camp- bell, her secretary, fled from her coun~ try home at Throggs Neck this mora- ing. Whither Mrs. Huntington has | gome is a dark seeret. Flight to am- | other State is the only sure means of dodging a subpena. Early to-day Mrs. | Huntington and Miss Campbell drove away im a wagon. The nearest town Is Uniouport, and the railway station Is ‘West Chester.” NEW YORK, July 19.—The books of the Town Topics, in so far as they deal with the book on American society entitled “Fads and Fancies,” which was sold by subscription and on which the publishers realized approximately $200,000, will be examined by representatives of the Dis- trict Attorney’s office, no matter what opposition is made to such a step. This — is, perhaps, because, as De Fontanes said, near them to immediately want to get farther away. Sincere friendship between the two, peoples is impossible and still more so is an alliance. “Furthermore, why engage one's self? Why tie one’s hands with England? The interest of England is to assoclate us with her cause, then declare war against Germany. In this manner she will draw us, in spite of ourselves, into the great conflagration which she desires and which she is preparing. VOTE TO CALL OFF THE CHICAGO STRIKE RIVAL ROADS 1Action Taken at Stormy Ses- sion of Teamsters’ Joint Coum:,il. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, July 19.—After one of the stormiest ‘sessions in its history the Teamsters’ Joint Council to-night recom- mended that the strike, which has been on since April 6, be called off uncondi- tionally. It is almost a foregone conclu- sion that the struggle will end at once. JAPANESE ENVOY " REACHES AMERICA Baron Komura, Who Comes to Arrange Peace, Arrives on the Minnesota. SEATTLE, July 19.—The steams Minnesota with Baron Komura, the JE;-’I anese peace envoy, on board passed Ta- toosh Island at b o'clock this evening. The vessel will reach Port Townsend early to-morrow morning. Say SantaFeMade Run to Secure a Mail ~ Contract. S g Special Dispatch to The Call. CLEVELAND, 0., July n.—mm;-‘m- in sition to the Santa say m Wn.lotnego Scott, the multi-millionaire of Death Valley, is a myth. Some of them even go so far as to question the fast run that was made from Los les to Chi- cago. In explanation ofip of Scott they point to fhe immense ad- vertising of the Santa Fe, which has been occasioned by Scott’s story and % the latter’s arrival here. £ Dollar said he would fight those who are trying to preven! from taking laborers from here. He had not intended r The bill, however, pro- | selling tickets for passage to Victoria on | toria. e ‘ con- | following ' lette: announcement Was made to-day by As- MAGNATE. WHO PAID $10,000 AS A SUB- istant District Atto Gans, atter he b gt . S e i W otON 0 "FADS AND FANCIES” AND WHOSE TESTIMONY 18 | |sistant District Attorney Gans, atte ] | near. thio Zarc ARt iy o syme SVANTED BY NEW YORK'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY. had ssist trict Attorney Krotel, who is in charge- of the investigation being made by the District Attorney's office. One of the sensational developments of the day was the disclosure that Semator Canuncey M. Depew was = $2000 subseriber to ‘Fads and Fancles.” ~ Krotel first came into the case when he was assigned to prosecute Charles H. Abhle, who was arrested on complaint of Edwin M. Post, who charged that Ahle had attempted to blackmail him. Post declared that Ahle attempted to force’ him to subscribe 3300 for a book on New York society. He alleged that Ahle told him that a scandalous story involving his name was in possession of a New York weekly paper, but that it would not be published if Post would subscribe for the book. The money was paid to Ahle in the presence of witnesses and his ar- followed. His case Is now waiting the action of the Grand Jury. Krotel has announced that several persons promin- ent In séclety have announced their wil- lingness to join with Post In the prose- cution. CASK OF BEER Michigan Brewer Is Thanked for His Sessions, ..‘.-I Attorney —-.mum« he had no Yy Pacific | thorough 3 Stegner, | books. ‘Wyom- | with Edward tralnmaster | sired the | night : effers, | “Fads ap- | Jacob i g § i |

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