'ftiig^^^Frints More News Than A^si©ther Paper Published in SarTFranasco
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for April 9, 1806:
San Francisco and vicinity — Cloudy
Monday; llrht we»t wind.
G. H. WILLSON.
Local Forecaster.
VOLUME XCIX— NO. 130.
DOOMED
BY FIERY
TORRENT
Vesuvian Lava
Spreads Over
Villages.
No Trace Remains
of Quaint Bosco
Tre-Case,
Other Populous Towns
Cannot Escape De
struction.
Deadly Fumes Render Breath
ing Difficult in City
of Naples.
NAPLES. April S.— The hope that Mount
Vesuvius was becoming calm was dissi
pated today when the volcano became
more active than ever.
The panic has spread to Naples. ' Two
strong earthquake shocks which shatter
ed windows and cracked the walls, of
.JpujMUngs ,JB'frjp_£xperiejiced i tgday^^The,
«ntire populatioa""Vushed*'to iS TEfi* s '*& i eetB'
in terror, many persons crying: "The Ma
donna has forsaken us ; the eh 3 o£ the
world has ccme." v \~:~:
Xo trace remains of Bosco Tre-Case, a
commune on the southern declivity of
the mountain, where up to forty-eight
hours ago 10,000 persons lived; and Torre
Annunriata. on the shores of the Gulf of
Naples, one mile to the southward. Is
almost surrounded by the invading lava
and has been evacuated by Its 30,000 in
habitants. The people were brought to
Naples by trains, street cars, military
carts and steamships. Similar means of
transportation are being employed to
bring away the people from Torre del
Greet. \u25a0 The police and carbineers are
guarding the abandoned houses and sev
eral members of the Government also are
there.
S.AN' SEBASTIAXO DOOMED.
A telegram received from the Mayor
of San Sebastiano, a village near the ob
eervatory on the northwest declivity of
Vesuvius, says that lava is approaching
rapidly and that the people are terror
stricken. They have been for some nights
without sleep, he says, and are destitute
end beg that assistance be given them.
The work of succor is hampered, owing
to delays to the railway service, which is
Interrupted by red hot stones, thrown to
a height of 30D0 feet, falling upon the
tracks.
As yet it is impossible to count the
craters that have opened and from which
etreams of lava have flooded the beauti
ful, prosperous and happy land lying on
the southeast shores of the Gulf of
Naples.
The atmosphere is heavily charged with
electricity, and now and then the flashes
of lightning are blinding, while the det
onations from the volcano resemble those
of terrible explosions.
The churches of the city were open all
Saturday night and were crowded with
panic-stricken people. Members of the
clergy are doing their utmost to calm
their fears, but their arguments go almost
for naught when renewed earthquake
chocks are experienced.
AWE-IXSPIRIXG SPECTACLE.
With the danger and horror of the sit
uation aside, Vesuvius presents one of the
roost eplendld sights imaginable. The
mountain of fire, whose speech Is by det
onation and whose acts are destruction,
teems like an enraged giant determined to
make the pigmies of earth feel the might '
of his wrath. Here and there on the
mountainside stand the blasted trunks of
pine trees, their, bare branches out-
Ftretched as though in protest against the
devastation the volcano has wrought.
The Duchess of Aosta, who always is to
be found where misery exists, is not spar-
Ing herself In her efforts to alleviate dis
tress. The people call her an angel of
mercy. Today she took several children
from their weary mothers and In her car
riage conveyed them to the royal palace,
\u25a0where they will remain until the situation
brightens.
The observatory. was destroyed, but Slg
nor Matteucci, the director, and the em
ployes had narrow escapes. They passed
last night in the darkness, save for the
frequent flashes of lightning, as the gas
worlis and electric lighting plant also
were destroyed. The .restaurant of the
Funicular Railroad, too. has been obliter
ated.
PRLSO.V IXMATES MUTIXY.
Prisoners in Jails on the mountain side
went mad with terror and mutinied and
were only partially quieted by being
Continued on Page 3, Column 1.
The San Francisco Call.
WHIPS HUSBAND
IN PLAYHOUSE
3lrs. Irene Marsh Chastises
Spouse Whom She Finds in
Orpheuin With Fair. Rival
AUDIENCE IX .UPROAII
Woman Who Caused Scene
Once Tried to Murder Miss
Murray Through Jealousy
There was a little side attraction at
the Orpheum last night that the. man
agement neglected to card on the pro
gramme, but which nevertheless turned
out to be a headliner and the most sen
sational turn pulled off at the vaude
ville house in many moons.
It. happened right after the first in
termission, when Mrs. Irene Marsh
walked boldly up the aisle to where her
husband, John Marsh, sat with Miss
Alice Murray of Sacramento and ad
ministered to him a severe beating with
a horsewhip.- Whlle^the crowd , was
still wondering, Mrs. Marsh left the
house.
Just as the curtain was descending
at the first intermission Mrs. Marsh
walked briskly up the aisle to where
her husband was sitting with Miss Mur
ray. Pulling- out a short horsewhip, she
immediately assumed a business-like
air. wielding the missile with great
force, nearly every blow landing on the
face or shoulders of Marsh. A few of
these missed the intended victim and
struck Jesse Marks, the well-known
former saloon-keeper and politician.
"Now, I'll teach you to go running
around with other women," said Mrs.
Marsh to her spouse. "Take that,", as
she raised her whip once more and
dealt another vicious'^blowr "And this
is not all, either," continued the irate
woman. "Just wait till I get you home.
Good-by."
With this parting salutation Mrs.
Marsh left the showhouse as briskly as
she entered It. The whole house, . of
course, was excited. All eyes were cen
tered on' Marsh, who- left the i place a
few moments after.-.'* Miss Murrayrhow
\u25a0fever,- was game, anaTT stayed the per
formance out. She was later joined. by
Marsh^ who, was/ greeted with shouts
and roars of laughter.
Shortly, after the whipping episode
Artie Hall, the Georgia soubrette, made
her appearance on the stage and began'
to sing "Nicodemus, why don't you
come home to, your lawful wife?"
.When the crowd heard this it was In an
uproar. The sorig contained about five
verses, and they were patterned on the
same lines all the way through. The
audience seemed to enjoy this, but Miss
Murray did not tell any one just how
much she liked it
After Miss Hall had her* fling 'all the
comedians \urned their attention to do
mestic affairs and every time they had
a chance to toss in a line or two "re
garding an irate wife and a wandering
husband .they embraced the" opportu
nity. " Of course, this was a signal for
every one to turn around and gaze
wistfully upon the cause of all the
trouble. But she was used to it and did
not seem to be bothered in the least
toward the end. Ir ./*',
Marsh formerly owned. a cigar store
at Fourth and Market streets. He came
to this city from Sacramento about five
years ago. He is well known about
town, as well as In Sacramento, where
he conducted a cigar store for a num
ber of years and mingled considerably
in politics.
Miss Murray, the cause of all the
trouble, is the daughter of a prominent
contractor of Sacramento. She has
lived in this city for some time and is
a handsome woman of dashing appear
ance. Both she and Marsh quickly dis
appeared last night after the Orpheuin
show was over. It is rumored Marsh
did not go home to his wife.
The woman who sat with Marsh was
once the victim of a pistol bullet from
Mrs. Marsh's revolver. On the after
noon of August 13, 1902, Mrs. Marsh
shot Miss Murray in the face in front of
the Alhambra Theater. Mrs. Marsh
then charged Miss Murray with alien
ating: her husband's affections and when
the case was called in court Miss Mur
ray refused to . prosecute, so the case
was dismissed. ---^ ; .'^ ;•* -" v ; .:/;
MOTHER EIGHTS FIRE
TO SAVE : B0Y ? S LIFE
Lad Is Burned. to Death De
, spite Woman ? s Heroic
Efforts. v
'PORTLAND," .'April B.— An Oregonian
special from Heppner, Or., states, that
the four-year-old child : of-W. B; Barratt,
a wealthy sheepman, was burned-, to
death j-esterday at dan Point,. Or., and
Mr. Barratt' s wife .was severely injured
in a fire, which /destroyed his residence.
Several children playing about a wood
shed at, the Ba'rratt place set fife to the
structure. As' they were watching ; their
fire with great glee the flames caught! the
little Barratt ; boy's clothing. •". Mrs. .Bar
ratt made a futile effort to saye s the child,
during which she was severely burned/
When the fire was extinguished the child's
body wasfound burned to a crisp.
Zulu Clilef Encapen.
DURBAN, Natal, April ' S.-^Chief Bam
baata has escaped- into Zululand, with a
bodyguard of < seventy; warriors." Colonel
Leutcher of the colonial? punitive^ force
is" In' pursuit' •
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S AISTv FRANGISGO;-MONDAY, vAPRIL \u25a0\u25a0\u25a09;* 1906.
JAIL DORRS
SHUT AGAIN
ON COLLINS
Bail Order Illegal
, and He Is Re
aTTP^tPfi
Assistant District At
torney Cook Presents
• an Affidavit .
Judge Graham Nullifies Action
Taken When Showing b
George D. Collins is back in Jail
again. His flight from the Broadway
prison of Saturday nighVwas but that of
a bird with a crippled wing. Irregulari
ties in the court procedure have usually
served to save him. This time they
have sent him back to durance. His
own . weapon— technicality— has , been
used' against him. "It was discovered
yesterday "that*..' his' admission to bail
was illegal. Judge Graham revoked^his
own order, fixing the amount and Judge
Murasky's accepting the* bond, ;und two
Sheriff's deputies led Collins back to
the prison. .; .' '. \u25a0'. .\u25a0>\u25a0\u25a0.'
Rumors concerning " Collins have
created excitement frequently, , and
yesterday afternoon " and r part.' of
the night a report was current
that he had fled the city, knowing -that
his mother-in-law ' arid her^ daughter,"
who are' his sureties,'"- could__nbt : be; held
on the bond. 5 ' ;When_: Sheriff's ' Deputies
Gaynor and/JRyan, former £book
keeper*' at'^He^jßroadway^jaflV ''couta'nor
find him at, the- Hotel Terminus^ the
rumor of, his | flight \u25a0 gained ' * greater (
ground. " It- was said. at; the hotel that
he had gone out with\his wife. All
rumors were' quieted; when Collins was
again safe, and sound in his old cell.- "
COOK DISCOVERS ERHOIIS.
Assistant District Attorney W. Hoff
Cook, who has- been .assigned to look
after, the cases of Collins in the Federal
and Superior courts, was surprised yes
terday morning upon learning from the
newspapers that Collins had been re
leased on $25,000 bonds by Judge Mur
asky pending, the decision on his ap
plication for a writ 'of habeas corpus
for his release.
Cook called upon Chief Dinan at once
and informed him that he looked upon
Collins as an escape from, the! County
Jail.' Cook then \ sent for Al McCabe,
secretary of the District Attorney, and
prepared an application for, a revoca
tion of the order admitting Collins to
bail to be submitted to Judge Graham.
Cook had previously telephoned :to
Judge Murasky, who said lie was sick,
but was willing that Cook should make
his application to any other Judge.
"Under section 1274 of the Penal' Code,"
said Mr. Cook, "when an application for
bail is made it is laid down that reason
able notice must be given to the District
Attorney by the court. . That was . not
done, .no representative from the District
Attorney's office haying been notified.
Again bail, after conviction, is a matter
of discretion with the trial judge, and ap
plication must be made to him and ; re
fused before any other action can be
taken. \ It has also been : decided by the
Supreme Court that a prisoner cannotlbe
admitted . to bail till .the writ applied for
Is returned and the, Collins writ is hot
returnable till next .Saturday. If Collins
should- take flight the amount of \u25a0'\u25a0 the
bonds could not be collected \ from the
sureties." . ' .-" '.
JUDGE VACATES ORDERS. .
i Assistant , District Attorney Cook - and
Mr. McCabe called at* Judge ; Graham's
home at 6 o'clock, and the affidavit setting
forth the grounds ) for vacating the orders
was presentedj,to the' Judge/' He admitted
the . correctness: of the . points ; made; 'and,
after ringing.up r Judge • Murasky/^yacated
his own ; order fixing.- the" amount :. of bail
and • Judge \ Muraaky's accepting the bond
and ordering ' the' release, and directed
Sheriff O'Neil ' to again apprehend Collins.
Gaynor; and -Ryan, -after 'learningHthat
Collins was not at ; the Hotel , Terminus,'
went to several places in town where they
thought /they f might} find him, and falling,
took up their station at the hotel. /Collins
and; Clarice' McCurdy; entered .about V io
o'clock: /Collins showed no surprise when
he saw; the deputies ; waiting for; him arid
went .with them -comment. . *
; The • young woman; whom Collins main
tains : is" his legal and only J wife went fat
once: to h"er_ apartments^ ' . Though she had
nothing to say about the unkind fate that
again ! took 'the man " she loved from " her.
slde.she _was apparently, in a highly \u25a0 ner
vous "condition. VThat, she;is'iri'the condi
tion preceding . motherhood is an 7 interest
ing "secret that has leaked- out at the
hotel.'' S: ; ' - ./\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0' . ' '* ' \u25a0-.
Fall Ing • Bucket;. X Ills n Man.
; FULLERTON, April \u25a0 8--W.\ H. . Stein^
born," aged • 4 5' years; a\well-knpwn Ger
man of Anaheim, ,was instantly killed
last ; night while at lworkin'a pit forty
feet * deep 'on the Reusch v ranch, two
miles 'southeast \ of town." i 'A"; heavy
bucket . filled \with;dirt fell'J and' struck
hlmfon'itheihead."" , - %•'» ' \u25a0'.-.'\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0 -.--., -.\u25a0•^;
DISPLAY OF THE RED FLAG STARTS
A FIERCE RIOT ON MARKET STREET
A red fla# thrown to tlie breeze at Lbtta'sFonntaln yesterday afternoon by a mob of 1500 men precipitated a riot
that \brought out the police reserves. The flag was .torn down and; the anarchistic gathering dispersed after a
fierce Jbattle Hasting '/fifteen minutes. Several policemen were seriously injured and many rioters were arrested.
MAN ON SCIENCE
SCARES EUROPE
Predicts Cataclysmic Phe
nomeiiajTiiat jlLay Destroy
Hie V Continent
SPECIAL DISPATCH: TO, THE CALT*; .
NEW YORKa April*. B.— The : people -of
Europe have* scarcely recovered from the
.\u25a0hock caused? by* the accident \u25a0• at ; Cour
rTeres,: France," -y.'hen news : comes V from
Germany to tlie; effect; that the director
of the Berlin ..Observatory, finds,' by me
teorological 'and other ] lnvestigations, ; that
the -terrible 1 mine" disaster- war I "connected
with peculiar .atmospheric; conditions i ex
isting \u25a0- at i the .i present V time throughout
Europe," and; that; as, a result;the'. whole
ciust' of the earth . in \u25a0 tlie Eastern'hemis
phere' is threatened with ' : , cataclysmic
changes that rriay_ involve the destruction
of entire continents. . ... . , ,"•* .;\u25a0\u25a0'•'
Such disasters as. the one" ; that occurred
at Courrieres,. predlctßVthis i German, as
tronomer,' may, be expected to occur again
In the near future in any ; part of the ill
fated \ Eastern \u25ba hemisphere, aiid i : all kinds
of « dire forebodings 7are;,naturally being
Indulged \u25a0 in '- by : our 'European cousins 'as
a consequence of -the j impending ruin.. '
In the ! history 'of .mining " ) In )\ Europe
there has \u25a0> been' no disaster : showing: such (
startling \u25a0; features i and ; marked ;,by ':'\u25a0 such
wholesale' fatalities; as Uhis • one occurring
in France" about a" month' ago, t The Cour
rieres mines are* in^the midst of, the great
coal ; fields -of " France < and * are very^cx-*
tensive, ""/i *''.'.'\u25a0- '\\' :\u25a0 !•'.' "J. \ ' .;': :*-- ' * *.- "
"It is difficult 'j to ccc," - said .Professor;
J. F. Kemp of 'the department of .geology
in * Columbia "Univ'erslty',, discussing !.. the
subject, \u25a0 '.'Judging ; . by ; the ; data"; that * has
reached us/.why the \u25a0director of the ' Be
rlin University; should Uake such^a ; gloomy
view iof the fate of ; Europe as i the 'result
of ~h the"". Courrieresjmin'ei disaster. ,.', Scien-'
tists? in : -this i* country i '\ so -"* far.; as iI - know,
are unaware^ 7; of'ariy^impendlng^catas
trophe, due "to existing; meteorological' or
geographical ; conditions ; threatening] . the
welfare of 'our: European -friends."- : V.
RACE SUICIDE UNKNOWN
IN ROUND VALLEY
>i-^nner?^;Pre^
sents
" EigiiteJ&lKGiiiidF ,
COVELO. April 8.--In: Round < Valley > in
Mendocino^ County .? last> night-; MrsivM a-'
lachi 'Conner- presented^^her^husband^wlthr
another? sori;Cher^ eighteenth ;child.^ Nine
of the ' children are .boys, v; Mrs. -Conner; Is
only ; 43 'years \ of -, age , and' is* strbngp and
hearty. i'Four^of jh*er, i daughters'; are \mar-*
ried • aridt she) hasuflf teien\ grahdchlldreh.' l^
I x MEMBERS': OF; POLJCB -DEPARTMENT WHO - WERE ENGAGED IS A HOT , I
FIGHT WITH'A MOB .YESTERDAY AFTER* THE RED FUG OF.AN'ARCHT
I • HAD BEEN -UNFURLED FROM LOTTA'S FOUNTAIN. '- ' J
OURCHATRYSTING
PLACE FOR LOVERS
Pastor Offers to -Young Folk
a Havenifbr Courtship. -
SPECTAti DISPATCH TO .THE CAIJ..
\u25a0'CLEVELAND,'' Ohio, April B. r ßev.
Charles A. Eaton,-. pastor- of the Euclid
Avenue Baptist Church, and 'John D.
Rockefeller's V religious \u25a0 adviser, Is san
guine over the prospects of his com
munity, parlor -scheme or /courting."
"Everj church In the downtown section
of the city > should i have .one," . he said.
"The. great, comfortable, middle class of
\u25a0Americans'- In' the >blg cities^ have \u25a0 home
life. Go below ; or.^ above , them and '.you
may "find no home j life -at all. The
"churches cannot -furnish home life to the
very rich, but- they, ca'n ; to the very poor.
-. -."Young \u25a0 men . and : women .whom ; chance
and ' circumstances ) have - made homeless
have the 'same .; proclivities ; for \u25a0 falling : In'
love and have the same" right to " pleasant
courtship- as -the I more' fortunate,, ones
who live Uncomfortable houses. "\u25a0'..' .
\u25a0 •'I -would not .provide' special 'entertain
ment 1 f or*^tn'em".;Vr,l V^Si vu l d - ? nntn ° t PF^?.* 5 - '"- t0
ttieni.' fl'l would ; slrnplyyfuraish v a 'spacious
church ;-parior;whefe'thVy^could; meet/ say.
one evening, a^weeky'.;; :;:, 7); ;Vl_. :" \u25a0:>
Latef!j*the (community.: ; parlor^ may be a.
pennanent£flxtiire^at 'th"e .Euclid Avenue
Baptist Church.' : r ; ;"•: :\u25a0'} .-' . -.: ~ : ?%jjsjj^i
- ....... THE THEATERS. .
ALHAMBRA— "For.. Hta -Broth«r*»
Crime." * • \u25a0 ".
ALCAZAR— "Tha WUe.".
CALIFORNIA— "Casey and th« Green
Sod Club." ; - <
CENTRAL — "SemrchUshts of a Great
Cltr." . - '
CH UTE3— Vaudurtne.
COLUMBIA— "Th« Lion and ta»
.-\u25a0 Mouse.'.'. " - *" ••;. fffKHWSVBpMpH
GRAND"— "Cauirht In the \u25a0Webb."
MAJESTIC — "Who Goes There?"
NATIVE SONS* HALL— "Bltahmele.".
• •"ilatlnee — "Sacrifice -of Isaac."
ORPHEUJl— Vaudeville.
- TlVOLl— Kubellk.: \u25a0
If VICIOUSLY TURNS
OR HANDFUL OF POLICE
- • & ffk .\u25a0'\u25a0•- V -
Th ree Officers Are Badly Beaten by Furious
Crowd, Driven to Frenzy Because
Banner Is Torn Down/
Parade of- Sympathizers With ; Idaho Prisoners
Lotta's^Fouritairi in Desperate;
>?^" .Encounter With Arm of Law.-
; , Riot : and ; disorder, rah rampant
in the vicinity of Kearny and Mar
ket > streets -early; last evening. A
battle,- the'^ fiercest - since the days
of "tKe 'Denis V Kearney disturb-":,
ances, raged between what was
belieyed to be an anarchistic dem
onstration and -the /police T contin
uously for fifteen -minutes, and it
requirleH = thrice * that > i amount of
time to quell scattered outbreaks.
During'the melee Policemen Har
ry/ Seguine, John ;'s Stelzrier . and
William Doran 'were' badly beaten,
the first named seriously. .Citizen's
were struck with' 'flying; missiles
and Vithe ; windows ; of :a, streetcar
.were demolished.
- :iOvef " ; - 1 506 men had : marched ; in
a . body r from- a " meeting i at AVoocl
.ward's Pavilion ; for ' thY purpose of
presenting .to .the newspapers res
plutidnsfcondemhing the 1 action of
the '{l 'authorities n mi imprisoning
[three^memßefs;of>; the* Western
Federation • ?6f ;" -Miners ; for com;
plicity ": in '.the ' murder of; ex-Gover
nor'Stuenenb'erg;qf IdaHq.r They
gathered - about vliotta's* Fountain, :
and : thefe^the "trouble occurred
tljat 'necessitated police: reinforce-:
merits jpf - large squads '\u25a0 from diff er
eht^Stations;: ; :;;...;.;' "._ "
Rioters JRaise^Red iFlag.
:7 fAi red' flag the unscrip-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
tion, '"Workingmen Unite," and
fluttering from the top of the
fountain above the head of an cx 1
cited speaker, incited the trouble.
The police, construing the flag as
a banner of anarchy; decided to
remove it. Detective Tom Ryan,
in a civilian's dress, and Police
men ; Cavanagh and Stelzner made
their way through the crowd and
tore the \u25a0 banner from its fasten
ings. Then they ordered the
speaker to desist and dragged hini
to the ground."
This precipitated the riot, and
men were hurled arid tossed about
like straws. Seventeen arrests in
all .were made and felony charges
were placed against three of; the
men.
ill When-the meeting adjourned at;
Woodward's Pavilion the crowd,
1 500 •in - number, and headed by/ a'
band, marched six abreast down
Market street. The procession
halted ; . . at • Lotta's Fountain, and
when those in the rear had formed
a part of tHe mob that surrounded
the statue "one of the party
climbed 1 and strung a red^ .banner
that -had been carried in the pa
rade from \u25a0 the ; cluster of lamps
above.
Policemen Charge the^Mob.
:, Willing hands then boosted a
speaker to a position above* the
sea . of heads. So ; great * was , the
commotion that the prospective
of ator/* A. - C. could not
be heard. , 'George S. Holmes, a
metal-worker, residing at 953
Howard street, was urged to make
tHe if address; and 'he climbed to a
place beside McGinty.
:H6lmes accomplished what
Contl nned r o»\V*K*}2?- Cotil — Tl>'