SAN FKANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER _1, 1902.
VOLUME XCD-KO. 93.
Mistress oi 'House oi [Marlhorough the Cause of Strife
Metwe^n iMdM0M^i^MfGj^^M^ of His Fleet
HIGGINSON DELAYS THE WAR GAME
WHILE HE ENTERTAINS A DUCHESS
To-night when "taps" sounded at all the
forts nearly 5000 artillerymen went to
sleep beside their guns, ready to spring up
for action when the alarm, should sound.
On ' the walls of the fortification paced
guards and along the beaches sharp-eyed
signal men swept the sea with their night
glasses, anxious lest the light of a. hostile
Never In the history of this country
has such a grim aspect been given to the
defenses that guard New Bedford, the
cities on Narragansett Bay, the Connect
icut shore, and, more important even, the
city of New York, from attack under
cover of Marthas Vineyard and adjacent
islands and through the great waterways
along Long Island Sound.
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 31.-Under cov
er of fog and the blackness of night the
North Atlantic fleet, commanded by Rear
Admiral Higginson, slipped its cable In
Menemsha Bight shortly before 10 o'clock
to-night and put to sea, making the first
move afloat of the war game between
army and navy in the imaginary war
along the southern New England coast.
On land from Fort Rodman, at New Bed
ford, to Fort Wright, at Fishers Island,
every fortification is manned by artillery
men and every headland Is patrolled by
the signal men just as carefully as
though a really, hostile fleet were about
to descend upon this part of the seaboard.
The actual period of war began at the
expiration of forty-eight hours of prep
aration and while the fleet appeared to
take things easily during that interval,
the land forces under command of Major
General MacArthur were drilled at the
guns and at signal stations with all the
vigor that forecasts real conflict.
Late in the Night.
Higginson Makes No - Move Until
FLEET PUTS TO SEA.
. The Indiana, Montgomery and Supply,
joined the fleet to-day. Later In the after
noon the Gloucester came in, laden with
ammunition, and at sunset every vessel
had its. red powder flag flying, indicating
to all concerned that ammunition was be
ing taken on board. The fleet was still
thus engaged when the dispatch boat left
it in Menemsha Bight.
Rear Admiral Higglnson has reserved
for his squadron the battleship Kearsarge
(flagship), the battleships Massachusetts,
Indiana and Alabama and the Panther.
Supply, Scorpion, Nir.a and Leyden.
Rear Admiral Coghlan flies his flag from
the Brooklyn. There have been Included
In his division the protected cruiser Olyxn
pla, the monitor Puritan, the cruiser
Montgomery and the converted yacht3
Mayflower, Gloucester, Aileen and Peorla,
Up to the hour of the Avenel's departure
to-night with dispatches the plans of
Rear Admiral Higglnson were as follows:
The fleet to leave its present anchorage to
night, steam to an appointed rendezvous,
there divide into two squadrons, one under
Rear Admiral Coghlan to attack Newport
and the other under Rear Admiral Hljc
glnson to attack other defenses.
ant Secretary. Theoretically the army
and navy now are at war. The admiral
will declare none of his secrets to hi3 com
manding officera or to any one else, and
yet it was pointed out that he receives
this high emissary of the "enemy."
COGHLAIT TO ATTACK NEWPORT.
Commanders of the
Warships Refuse
A to Attend.
Social Function Sus~
pends the Naval
Maneuvers.
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
REDDING, Aug. 21.— David Pesenty was
robbed near Trinity Center, Trinity Coun
ty, Friday evening of $225. While he was
at the barn after dark he was knocked
down, choked and beaten. His assailant
lit a match to look for something and
Pcpenty saw and recognized the robber
as James Ryan. The Sheriff later ar
rested Ryan on a warrant sworn to by
Pesenty.
Match Reveals Robber's Identity.
BERLIN, Aug. 31.— The Berlin Tage
blatt DUblishes a dispatch from Gumbin
ner, East Prussia, saying that Lieuten
ant Hlldebrand, the pardoned duelist, has
been dismissed from the army on account
of the ovation given him some time ago
at Gumbinnen upon the occasion of his
pardon, and for participation in which
Captain von Frankenberg and First Lieu
tenant Neumbauer have been dismissed
already from, the service..
Dismissed From the Army.
BL'TTE, Mont. Aug. 31.— The entire
hoisting plant, pumping station and shaft
house of the Alice Consolidated Gold and
6ilvcr Mining Company were destroyed by
fire to-day. The plant was one of the
most modern In the State. The loss is es
timated at $100,000. Part of the fire crept
down the shaft, but being Sunday no lives
were lost.
Mine Sustains Big Loss by Fire.
DENVER, Aug. 31.— At a special meet-
Ing the stockholders of the Denver
Northwestern and Pacific Railroad decid
ed to issue $22,500,000 of fifty-year 4 per cent
first mortgage gold bonds and ratified the
contract with the Colorado-Utah Con
struction Company to build the road. The
contract provides that work is to begin
September L ,
Decide to Issue Mortgage Bonds.
HOTEL CHAMPLAIN, N. Y. f Aug. 31.—
Justice Shiras of the Supreme Court has
sent his resignation to the President. This
is not 1 an authorized statement, but it
comes from one who speaks with author
ity. If Philander C. Knox desires to wear
the robes of Supreme Court Justice he
will have the opportunity offered to him,
if he has not already. Mr. Knox is not
expected to decline the offer. '
Will Be Offered to Attorney
General Knox.
Place on the Supreme Court Bench
JUSTICE SHIRAS SENDS
IN HIS RESIGNATION
The 'admiral abruptly announced his ini
tention • to . adhere' to his plan of enter
taining, arid the council was scon /dis-
HIGGINSON IS : OBDURATE.
All of the other captains took the same
view; all believed and ah said that this
was no time for social matters; that If
the navy was going- to play at war, let it
play" at it Beriously, and have no non
sense about it. Their 'view was that; the
maneuvers, regarded by them as of incal
culable value when earnestly worked : out
by both sides,' would be'of no consequence
whatever If played 'out as a- summer- di
version .for society folk— that It would
make a farce of the whole proceeding and
benefit neither service. /;,^ ,. s " -'•?;*.
Here was the fleet, he impetuously
pointed out, ready to move at an instant's
notice— kept in constant, wearing, readi
ness for this very time— and, just at the
very moment when it should strike,
everything roust . give ¦ way .to; a social
function, which could take place at any
time. .. ¦ . :-';]%i r K'<, " . ¦ . ¦ X ]
silence, "and then, one captain, ; who has
a reputation for straightforward speech,
made vehement and open protest.. There
was,. he "explained, no objection to the re
ception to the .Duchess— there could', be
none— but the time, he urged, was inop
portune. ¦ ,, .' ' >. ' . ' r .
Captain French E. Chadwick, president
of the Naval War College, was a visitor
to the flagship Kearsarge yesterday after
noon. Shortly after his appearance on
board the general signal was made by the
flagship, "Commanding officers report on
board flagship."
There was an immediate calling away
of steam cutters, and one after another
the captains of the fleet of warships went
trooping up the gangway of the flagship.
When all the captains had. reported and
were assembled In 1 the flag officer's quar
ters on the Kearsarge the admiral arose
and announced that the fleet would re
main inactive, arrangements having been
made to receive the Duchess .of Marl
borough, and .'that to this reception, the
admiral added, all of the commanding .of
ficers of the fleet were cordially invited:
There was " a ¦ moment of embarrassing
; Higglnson — war more real
than the make-believe in which hitherto
united services are to begin at midnight—
and woman, lovely, harmless woman, is
the cause of it all.
N ' BOARD THE ' CALL-HER
ffl \\ ALD DISPATCH . BOAT
m JlAVENEL, OFF MENEM
JH Ejf SH A BIGHT (via Woodsholl,
V.*^ Mass.), Aug. 31.— There is war
in the^fleet ; of Rear Admiral
There I was unlimited comment on the
fleet to-day - over '- this visit of the Assist-
The quartermasters of the flagship were
on an eager lookout for other visitors—
the commanding officers who had been In
vited. But none of them appeared.
CAPTAINS ¦, REMAIN AWAY.
; Luncheon was served on ¦ board the
Nourmahal, and about 2 o'clock the Duch
ess of Marlborough's party boarded the
waiting launches and set out for the flag
ship. The party included the Duchess,
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr.
and Mrs. j John Jacob Astor, Miss Alice
Blight, Mr. • Sanger, Assistant Secretary
of .War, and Harry Lehr. . ¦ . • • .
Sunday came, and ; with It the, Duchess
and her party, who arrived on the Astor
yacht Nourmahal, which was in turn es
corted by the' torpedo-boat Morris. It
was shortly after the noon hour when the
Nourmahal camp to anchor near the flag
ship- and " a flag • lieutenant went In a
steam cutter to bear greetings of wel
come.
solved, 'the captains returning to their
ships and giving orders looking tp the re
lief of, the strain on the engineer forces,
which had been keeping the vessels under
fires so heavily, banked that it was equiv
alent to actual - steaming under service
conditions. '
HOTEL CHAMPLAIN, N. Y., Aug. 31.—
The President has determined to make the
Panama Canal Commission a purely mili
tary body. Army officers will superintend
the building of the canal. The man for
the head of the commission must be a
man in whom the President has unlimited
faith. There are many men in the army
who have the President's confidence, but
none on whose honor and Integrity he
leans more heavily than on General Leon
ard Wood, his boon companion and com
rade in arms. He would like to make
General "Wood chairman of the commis
sion, at least that has been the conviction
of those with whom he has taken counsel.
He Will Appoint a Purely Military
Body to Take Charge of the •
Work.
PRESIDENT DETERMINES
ON CANAL COMMISSION
LIVINGSTON, Mont., Aug. 31.— It was
learned to-day that no one was killed in
the stage accident near Gardinier yester
day. Miss May Leonard of Chicago sus
tained a dislocated collarbone and severe
bruises about the body. Joseph Baird and
family of St. Louis also were bruised and
scratched. One of the lead horses was In
stantly killed, and it is marvelous, consid
ering the nature of the accident, that the
passengers escaped without loss of life.
Yellowstone Tourists Escape Death.
, BEAUTIFUL MISTRESS OF THE. HOUSE OF MARLBOROUGH (FORMERLY, MISS CONSUELO VANDERBILT
OF NEW YORK) AND THE AMERICAN "ADMIRAL WH.O; ABRUPTLY-SUSPENDED , IMPORTANT NAVAL
MANEUVERS IN ORDER' TO ENTERTAIN HER ABOARD HIS FLAGSHIP..
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Aujr. 31.— Louis
Sarka, a Hungarian miner, while crazed
from the effects of drink, ran amuck here
to-day. Before he was overtaken by a
mob and beaten so unmercifully that he
will probably die, he had shot and killed
Joseph . Spiack and probably fatally
wounded Stephen Spiack Sr., Stephen
Spiack Jr. and Stephen Motto. The
trouble resulting in the murder occurred
in a saloon. After shooting the four men
Sarka bolted for the door and started
down the street in an attempt to escape,
shooting right and left. A mob of in
furiated citizens, friends of the dead and
wounded men, started in pursuit. The
police also gave chase, but the mob
caught the Hungarian first and beat him
almost to death before the officers caught
up with them and rescued the uncon
scious man.
Others.
WHOLESALE SHOOTING
BY DRINK-CRAZED MAN
Winds Up a Debauch by Killing One
Man and Wounding Three »
PORTLAND, Or.. Aug. 3L— Articles in-
ccrporating the Utah Western Railway
Company were filed in the oSice of the
County Clerk yesterday by John K. Koi
look, John E. Atchlson and George H.
Hill. The capital stock is placed at
SLOOC',000 and the objects are stated to be
the construction, acquirement and equip
ment of railroad, telegraph and telephone
lines,' spurs and branch lines within the
State of Utah. The eastern terminus of
the main line will be at Salt Lake City
.arid the western terminus at a point on
the western boundary line of the State
of Utah. Connecting lines also may be
built and bonds issued.
When asked about the proposed rail
road to-night John K. Kollock, one of
the incorporators, said the line would
connect with the Great Central Railway,
¦which is now projected from Coos Bay
eastward. It was the first intention of
the new company to file the articles in
"Utah, but subsequently it was decided to
make It an Oregon corporation, then to
place It on record in Utah as a foreign
company.
COMPANY WII/L BUILD
A RAILROAD IN UTAH
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN. Prus
sia, Aug. 31.— King Victor Eraanuel ar
rived here this evening. He inspected the
Thirteenth Prussian Hussars, of which
organization he is honorary colonel, and
later dined with the Hussar officers. The
Kir^ resumed his journey to Italy at 9
o'clock. It is said that as a result of King
Victor Emanuel's visit to Emperor Wil
liam Italy has obtained certain" conces
sions it desired for a commercial treaty
with Germany.
Crown Prince Frederick William and
Prince William Eitel Frederick and Count
von Bulow, the imperial chancellor, were
on the station platform to bid farewell to
the King of Italy, and- a large crowd
cheered the departing guests. The King
stood at a window of the carriage wav
ing his hand to the Emperor as long as
the train was in sight.
POTSDAM, Prussia, Aug. 31. — King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy, who has been
visiting Emperor William, started for
home to-day. The King and the Emperor
drove together to the Wild Park station.
Here the leavetaking of the monarchs
was most cordial, they embracing one an
other repeatedly.
Visit in the Father
land.
Victor Emmanuel of Italy Ends His
KING AND KAISER
SAY THEIR ADIEUS
Efforts made to communicate by cable
direct with the. island of Martinique have
proved unsuccessful.
A dispatch from Paris dated August 28
said the latest dispatches received at the
Ministry of the Colonies from Fort de
France, island of Martinique, were dat
ed Monday, August 25. They made no
mention of the reported eruptions of Mont
Pelee. The Paris dispatches also said
that the cables to Martinique, both north
and south, continued to be interrupted.
"Since 2 p. m. to-day (Tuesday) pro
longed rumbling noises in quick succes
sion have been heard from the southward.
There is every indication that Mont Pe
lee is in violent eruption."
The following message was received
from Dominica en Tuesday, the 26th:
IN VIOLENT ERUPTION.
A dispatch received from St. Thomas,
D. W. I., on August 26 said that between
10 o'clock in the morning and 3 in the
afternoon of August 25 clouds of dU3t
were seen in the direction of Mont Pelee
from the island of Dominica. Detonations
were heard and there were light showers
of volcanic dust on the island!
>A severe eruption of Mont Pelee,.Mar
tinique,, was Reported tojiave^occujxwl^at
noon' on August" 2L This report Vad
brought to Castries, island of St. Lucia,
by officers of the French steamship Da
home. This eruption was followed by to
tal i darkness five miles away from • the
volcano.
Luke Wright, who acted as civil Gov
ernor of the islands during the recent ab
scree of Judge Taft, also spoke. He ex
pressed the opinion that the true future
o' the islands. depended upon the admis
sion of their products to American mar
kets. Commissioner Wright regretted that
the Philippine question had been made a
football In American politics.
FUTURE OF THE ISLANDS.
Governor Taft was given a banquet by
thc American Chamber of Commerce of
Manila last night. In an address in reply
to a toast the Governor discussed the fu
ture of the Philippines. He Eaid the
United States would retain the islands in
definitely, with the view of educating the
Filipinos to a Etate of self-government
and other conditions which would enable
them to decide whether they preferred to
become independent or be made into a
Etate, like Canada or Australia under
Great Britain. Governor Taft said he be
lieved the relationship between the two
peoples would be continued, and that. the
Americans were here for the benefit of
the Filipinos. He said the Americans did
not desire the Islands for selfish purposes,
and promised that American capital
•*vou!d,get fair treatment here.
Continuing, the Governor expressed his
belief that commercial Interests must ul
timately rely upon Filipino labor, al
though a temporary relaxation of the im
migration restrictions was possible. He
said the United States Civil Commission
•would again recommend Congress to give
the Philippine Islands a gold standard of
currency, as the present fluctuation of
standards was a disadvantage to every
body.
TATT TALKS POLICY.
Cholera is increasing. Yesterday 340
cases were reported in the provinces. Up
to date 27,229 cases and 13,640 deaths from
the disease have been reported.
As a result of the war, rinderpest
among the cattle and the epidemic of
cholera, agriculture Is at present serious
ly depressed throushout the Philippines.
Governor Taft estimates the area under
cultivation this year as half that of an
ordinary year. Many districts are badly
impoverished.
MANILA, Aug. 31.— The Sultan of Bini
dayan, who was held as a hostage by the
American forces at Camp Vickers, Island
of Mindanao, attempted to escape from
Ws guards on Thursday and was shot and
killed by the sentry. The Sultan had been
arrested after the recent murders of
American soldiers in Mindanao and was
being held pending the surrender of the
Dr. Miller was the son of John Miller,
a capitalist of Chanute, Kans. Mrs. Mil
ler wsis .e only child of Mr. and Mrs.
William Allen of Rockbridge. The parents
of both are wealthy. Eefore her marriage
Mrs. Miller was a social favorite and
prominent in musical circles. Dr. Miller
was a graduate of the Morton-Sims Med
ical College of St. Louis. Three children
survive the couple.
at- emc«r*?BtrSliUw to;. the ftscl -cage ¦¦ of
the :ail i and telephoned to Dr, E. S.
Gouch, who ' appeared on the scene . five
minutes later and worked over , the now
unconscious man with all his medical
skill. Within twenty minutes after he
had been placed in jail Miller was dead.
When five miles had been covered the
battle with opium had been lost, and Dr.
Miller was in the sleep of death. Officers
and prisoner reached the county jail one
hour and fifteen minutes after the race
of fourteen miles had begun.
Sheriff Isaac Conley, fearing the mob,
Then ensued a race of fourteen miles
against death and a mob to the Green
County Jail in Carrollton. Mile after mile
the horse was urged to greater effort.
Meanwhile Miller became more drowsy,
despite the herculean efforts of Constable
Clark to keep him awake. Less than two
miles behind could be seen a two-horse
rig containing members of the mob, with
the horses in a gallop.
A mob having formed C. W. Hickman,
with the assistance of Constable Clark,
took the prisoner out of a rear door and
placed him in a carriage.
bridge, heard the shooting, and upon en
tering the house found the doctor stand-
Ing in the middle of his study with the
bottle of opium still in his hand. At their
approach Miller placed the bottle to his
lips anc'. attempted to drink the remain
ing contents.
Miller then walked into his study, pick
ed up a pint bottle of tincture of opium
and drank nearly half of its contents.
Neighbors, including Marshal Wool-
While Mrs. Miller was seated at a pi
ano Miller entered the room and without
warning drew a revolver and shot her
in the back. Mrs. Miller fell from the
piano stool to the floor dead.
ALTON, 111., Aug. 31.-Crazed by drink.
Dr. O. A. Miller of Rockbrldge termin
ated a week's debauch this morning by
shooting his wife to death and then end
ing his own life shortly thereafter by
drinking tincture of opium.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
ROSEAU, Dominica, B. W. I., Aug. 31.
— The thick mist which enveloped Ro
seau yesterday was taken, as It approach
ed, for a rain storm. The j dust is still
falling, although lightly, but during the
night of the 30th the quantity of dust
that fell here was greater than. on any
previous occasion since the first eruption
of Mcnt Pelee. At nightfall of the 30th
a dark cone-shaped cloud, 'emitting elec
tric flashes, . arose in the south, but it
gradually was obscured by the mist caus j
ed by the failing ashes. Rumbling noises
and a few detonations were heard during
the night of the 30th. The people here
arc- quiet. No news has yet reached here
from MartiniQue. . . - . •
MIST ENVELOPS ROSEAU.
Advices from Basse Terre (Island of
Gaude!oupe) assert that since daybreak
to-day the entire island has been covered
by a cloud of dust " coming from the
southeast, the direction of the island of
Martinique. The population of Basse
Terre is greatly alarmed. <,
POINTE-A-PITRE, Island of Gaude
loupe, Aug. 31. — This entire port has been
covered by a cloud of fine dust since' 5
o'clock this morning and the populace Is
panic-stricken. Fine ashes are falling con
tinually in a slight drizzle. Semi-dark-^
ness is over the sea and the ships in the
harbor seem to be enveloped, in a cloud of
smoke.
ST. JOHN. Antigua. B. W. I.. Aug. 31.—
Many very loud detonations were heard
here from 9 o'clock last night to mid
night.
BASSE TERRE. St. Kitts, B. W. L,
Aug. 31. — A series of loud detonations
were heard here last night, from 7 until
0 o'clock.
Bullet From a Sol'
dier's Rifle Brings
Him Down.
Awful Tragedy Closes
Illinois Doctor's
Debauch.
Series of Loud Deto
nations Alarms
Basse Terre.
Ruler of Binidayan
Makes Dash for
Liberty.
Dust Clouds Envelop
the Surrounding^
Islands.
Death in Prison Cell
Follows Wild
Race.
Mont Pelee Bursts
Into Violent
Eruption.
Dying Wife Murderer
Escapes Avenging
Neighbors.
American Sentry Pre
vents Prisoner's
Escape.
HURLING
SHOWERS
OF ASHES
POISON
CHEATS
A MOB
SHOOTS
A MORO
SULTAN
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