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VOL. XEIV. XO. 56
CAUGHT IN A CIRCULAR STORM
A Terrible Night on the
Ocean
M I Ml H DOWN
Thrilling Stories Told by the
Few Survivors
TbeJlll Haled Vessel Became Unmanageable
and Was Broken Up by Waves—Many
of the Passengers Were Drowned in
Their Cabins and Others Killed
by Pieces of the Wreck,
Conflicting Stories
Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno C—Seventeen
survivois of the ill-fated steamer Colima,
arrived in port today on the San Juan.
When she clocked hundreds of friends
and relatives of those who went down on
the Colima were assembled, awaiting the
landing of the passengers. Croups of
women with tear-stained faces and knots
of anxious men implored every one on
board fur tidings of the lost, all hoping
against hope that there might have been
some mistake in the dispatches and
some name omitted among tlie saved.
How keen was their disappointment even
in the face of the inevitable assurance
that there was no hope was evidenced in
their hitter lamentations on the upper
deck of tho steamer, where were a lew
happy people whose pleasures contrasted
hharply with the grief of the bereaved,
'these woie the friends ut the survivors,
who were embraced and congratulated at
their miraculous rescue.
The survivors who landed today at this
port are: A. J. Sutherland, C. H. Gush
ing. J, M. Thornton, H. H. Itoyd, Ous
tuve Rowan, Bruno Caida, Jose Antonio
Soliz, Jose K. Manuel, George 1). Rosa,
Louis Sangene, F. J. Uriel, Junn A.
Ramos.
Crew—O. Hansen, I*. A. Villes, Albert
Carpenter, Arthur Kichardson, Tom Flab.
Tne following were landed at Maiatlan
♦-Thomas Ha rai ba, I >om ingo AI bans,
Angel Ouithez, Carlos Ftuiz.
The nineteen men saved from a watery
grave when they had all given up hope
of rescue were a sorry looking party
when tthey arrived at the mail dock.
Some had their arms in slings. The
heads of others were swathed in ban
dages. They limped as they walked and
their bruises were plainly in evidence.
All looked tliin ana weakly and showed
only too plainly the effects of the terri
ble strain during the feaii'ul hours when
they waited succor.
The stories of the survivors all confirm
ed the telegraphic accounts ol the disas
ter. They agree that the cause of the
foundering was the top-heavy condition
of the Colima, dud to her bulky deeic
load. From the beginning of the voyage
south, they say, the steamer acted badly
and would not answer hch helm. The
storm which sunk her was encountered
aobut f o'clock Monday night, May 27th,
and blew furiously during the next four
teen hours. The vessel lost steerage way,
BWUng shoreward in tho teeth of a furi
ous southeasterly gale, when she lay
helplessly battered by the mighty tidal
waves.
The Pinal Plunge
The steamer la\ helplessly on her side
for about fifteen minutes and then tinped
over ami sank, Tho women and children
were drowned in their staterooms where
hey were confined during the gale.
Those passengers who had been on deck
were thrown into the sea. Many were
killed and horribly mutilated Ly the
lumber on the Colima. blown by the wind
and hurled on the heads of the Strug
gling men in (be water.
The rait upon which Gushing Suther
land. Richardson and two other? were
afloat drifted about for twenty-four hours.
They gave up all hope until the .San
Juan hove in sight. They attracted her
attention by hoisting a red piece of cloth
and Waving their clotnes. On the raft
with the passengers were two sailors. One
seized a small cask of claret of whiVh they
drank until they became drunk and
puarrelsome. In save tho lives of tho
rest on the raft the men say they wero
obliged to push one sailor, mad with
drink, into the sea where he drowned.
The passengers say there was no time !
to launch the boats or put on lift pre- j
servers, when they realized the serious
plight of the colima. and besides ihc j
fury of tho storm made it impossible to
launch or man the boats suucesstul ly.
Those who secured life preservers trot
them in the water and those in the boats
picked up hy the San Jaun clambered
into her as she tloated near them strug
gling in the sea.
Stories of the Third Officer
As soon as the Hall Juan was fast to
tho ffbarftbe third officer, the store
keeper and Seaman Aviles. the three men
of tho crew of the Colima rescued, were
called tv tho office ot ttie Pact 11 c Mail
Steamship company to make their state
ment about the wreck.
The relation of each one was taken in
abort baud, signed and sworn to.
Mr. Schwerin a.skcd Third Officer Han
atn of the Colima to make a statement
regarding every thins: ho knew of tho i
movements of the Colima, commencing
at the time she left Ma/atlau until he I
was taken aboard the Sau Juan in con- I
ncction with the loss of the Colima, and
to tell everything he knew, sparing no
one.
Hansen said: "When we left Mazallau
wo had fair weather and heavy southeast
swells which lasted until b' p. in. Wo got
a heavy southeast wind and sea. The
soutbPEst swell increased. We had heavy
rain and swells the whole night. AtO*
a.m., May 7th, the wind increased to a
heavy gale. The ship hove to and con
tinued to roll heavily. She bore up nice
ly until Hi 15 a.m., "when she lost three
starboard lifeboats and things remained
quietly until 10:45 a.m. when she listed
heavily over to starboard. She remained
in that position about two minutes, when
she capsized and sank in about three to
live minutes, stern tirst. Hefoie she
listed the captain ordered mo to put thfc
deck load adrift and heave it over tho
side, and before I got ready to heave it
all idie capsized."
"Did you have any deck load except
what wa*s put on board in Han Francisco?"
•'Wo had a small express wagon upon
the upper deck that we took on hoard at
Ma/.atlan,"
In rely to questions Hansen stated that
Jie Coltma'a steering gear was in good
nder: that the snip was properly loaded;
that she did not car ry too much deckload;
that tne offioera were faithful and the;
crew well disciplined; that tho ship was
properly stowed to go to sea when she
Jeit San Francisco and that if lie were
ordered to s.a when under similar cou
rt tions he would not hesitate a moment.
Hansen said he thought everything was
done on board the Colima that could he
done to protect life and property and |
that nothing could have been done to
prevent the disaster.
According to Hansen the deck load of
lumber had nothing to (to with the dis
aster; the wind was blowing a hurri
cane, and that with the heavy swell was
the cause. Hansen did not consider that
the Col iin a was in danger until the la at
COUplt of minutes, when she gave the
final list. The ship lolled with the
swell, which filled her main derk on the
starboard side with water and she did not
have time to recover herself before the
second swell came, plim Ing her down
and shoving her over hard. The third
swell that, came shoved her down. These
swells came in quick sucessioii and the
officers could do nothing to save lives.
It, was the worst storm Hansen ever saw
ill an experience of thirteen years at sea.
The two other members or the crew cor
roborated Hansen's statement.
Because of the criticism of Captain
Pitts, commander of the Han Juan, t«
the effect that be had not spent sufficient
time in cruising for survivors, U* P.
Schwerin, general manager of toe Pacific
Mail Steamship company, made partic
ular Inquiry into the efforts of Captain
Pitta to rescue people from the rafts and
the wrecKago. Captain Puts informed
the general manager that he was IHO
miles south or the place where th*t Co
-11 in a foundered when the fearful hurri
cane struck the Han Juan. He reached
the place of the disaster about eighteen
hours after the Colima had been sunk.
Seeing the wreckage he began the searcii
for survivors and cruised for seven hours,
going as far as twenty-five miles to lee
| ward of the place where the wreck oc
curred until he had passed all the wreck
age.
Mr. Schwann says he is satisfied from
Captain Pitt's statement that he did all
he could to rescue the survivors and was
diligent, in the search.
Captain Pitts describes the storm as
the most severe he has ever experienced
in his twenty two years at sea.
Baaed on Passengers' Stories
SAN FRANCISCO, June IS.—The Call,
in its account uf the wreck of the Colima,
as told by the surviving passengers, says:
The ship was overloaded, badly loaded,
tOP-heavily loaded—all agree to that.
When the gale struck her she weathered
it but badly. Then she careenea. There
was a list to starboard and she did not
right aguin. Men called out to the cap
tain to cue away the deckload of heavy
spars. The captain was obdurate. He
knew his business, or fancied he did.and
would brook no suggestions rrom what
he called the terrified and panic-stricken
passengers. And they probably were all
that he called them, for they could see
death staring them in the face, while the
captain remained blind. The pity of
that blindness! It cost more than 150
lives—that blindness, that obdurateness.
The ship listed more ami more. With
apprehension everybody waited, held
their breath, till she sould bear up md
right again, but she did not right. She
listed still more. Then she lost her steer
ing power. The captain rang for more
steam and would not out loose the deck
load that might have saved her. Steam
could not save her. The engines were
taxed to their utmost; still the vessel
listed. The panic grew worse the fear of
death more intense. ''Tien the captain
gave oruers for crew to keep the passen
ger* within hounds. Whether these or
' ders went so far as ta withhold life pre
servers from the paasonge-s and to per
mit, tnose who sought to do so to come
on deck where they might have had a
chance of battling with the waves is not
known at this time. Perhaps some fur
ther investigation will shed some light
on this point.
At all events the effect of these orders
was to turn the crew and subaltern
Officers into a band of tyrants who acted
as though they sought to prevent any
one from escaping the doom that yawned
before them. Steerage and cabin passen- '
gcrs say they sought to obtain Jito pre
servers and were forcibly restrained from
doing so. Down in the steerage a guard
was posted at the companion way door
and those who escaped to the deck m
time to cast themselves into the sea be
fore the vessel went do.vn did so only by |
main force by kicking and lighting their 1
way past the guard.
Those who were saved were some of
those rt'ho were wiser than the captain,
and ha<l wit enough to throw themselves 1
Into the foaming sea 'before the Colima
gave her last list to the starboard. As
she did this the captain's whistle soun
ded to cut loose the deckload of spars.
It was too late then.
One of the rescued ones tells the scene !
which followed very graphically:
"I stayed on the ship until the last 1
moment, ami when I came to the surface I
after my plunge into the seething waves,
[ look9a brtok and the Colima was not in
sight. As quickly as that she went down
and scores were drowned in the steerage
and cabin. I caught a floating piece of
timber and held fast. All around me the
sea was covered with wreckage and every j
every now and then a human body floated
by. Sometimes it was a woman, some
times a man, but their faces were all
turned upward. All that day all those of
us who found a foothold On the hurricane
deck raft saw bodies floating past. They
were all dead."
Under the laws of the land it oppoars
to be a catastrophe aginst which no dam- i
ages may lie In the law. although horn
the stones of the survivors—and they are
all of the same tenor—it is plain that |
human skill and foresight might have
prevented it.
Captain Pitts Hasty
But this is not all. One of the rescued I
passengers charges that Captain Pitts of
the San juan wus too hasty in leaving
the scone of the disaster on the morning I
of the 28th ult., after he had resetted a j
number of the shipwrecked men; and
this statement is corroborated by Captain '
Long of the steamer Will tarn ette, who |
was a passenger on board the Sau Juan.
The captain was not satisfied with the |
efforts that wi>re being made to search for j
the shiwprecked people. He raised a
voluntary crew on board and asked Cap- j
tain Pitts to let him take one of the Ban
Juan's boats and go out to search. Cap
tain Pitts refused.
Oaptafn Long went to the purser of the
Kan Juan. After much pleading the
purser told him to go ahead. Captain
Long then took it upon himself to have
one of the boats lowered. He and his i
crew came back with six more of the
shipwrecked men. Those six, in all prob- 1
ability from the statements made by Mr.
Oriel and Captain Long, would not" have j
been saved but for this disobedience to !
the orders of Captain Pitts, It was X I
o'clock Thursday morning when the first j
shipwrecked man' was picked up. At
10:45 o'clock, two hours and three-quar
ters later, Captain Pitts, In his unseemly
manner, steamed away from the scene.
Perhaps there were others to save; per
haps there were not.
A Thrilling Story
A. J. Sutherland of Seattle, who was ■
one of the heroes of the Colima disaster, j
tells a very thrilling and graphic story)
of his experiences duriu.' the hurricane j
that awopt the steamer from the seas, j
Throughout the hours of anxiety and |
dread he preserved bis mental faculties
and observed all that passed around him
with an extraordinary calmness.
"■Everything was quiet when we were
in Manzanilb. h arbor," said he, "nut
immediately we wont out to sea it began
to blow and became rough. Two hours
out the wind began to increase steadily
in fury and kept on getting worse until
the steamer collapsed. During the night
THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES, FRIDAY MORNIXG, JUKE 7, 1895. —EIGHT PAGES.
' the sea was growing more and more terri
i ble but yet it caused no great excitement
| aboard except among some nervous pas
sengers. It was only an hour or two be
fore she went down that any real signs
of alarm could be seen among the paasen
-1 gers and crew.
"Professor Whiting was the worst
j worked up man in the cabin and we
; young fellows kept 'joshing' him about
j his fears. Why, really live minutes before
! the wreck I did not realize tho danger,
i Something like two minutes before the
' ship listed the captain told me it was all
I "p.
i " 'We're going flown', aaiu he. 'A cy
clone is coming upon us.'
"Both he and the others were expect-
I ing a terrible storm and made all prepa
rations tor it. the glass fell down all
at once—so fast it frightened them—and
they took the plugs out of the steering
apparatus so as to b3 ready to steer from
the storm, lashed down everything se
curely and took in the awnings. Just at
the time of the collapse it got very dark
but the real darkness came on when we
were on the wreckage floating about.
That was the most awful hurricane I ever
saw and I nave been through Kansas cy
clones. I never saw anything like it be
fore. Some things tore loose from the
stern and they were lashed fast by sailors
at imminent risk of their lives.
"The whole thing went to pieces at
once—say from three to live minutes
from the time'the steamer listed until she
sanHc. As she rolled, all the while listing
deeper, the lower tier c.f state rooms
were filled with water by every successive
sea that swept, over us. The women and
children were in the rooms holding onto
something to save themselves from being
battered to death by the pitching and
rolling. It was utterly impossible to keep
our feet even while holding fast with our
hands to the railing or whatever we
could grasp.
"After we took the last fatal list the
cabins started, and I climbed up to the
top ot the hurricane deck. I realized
then we were goio. Both roofs of cabins
ami everything above the hull crumbled
away like a bit o' soft brick in
stantaneously. 1 was then outside amid
ships hanging on to a rail behind the
stays of a rope or ropes that stay the
masts, ami scrambled into a lifeboat.
From that point I *aw the deck houses
and two rows of state rooms go over
board. A mast fell onto the boat and
shoved it into the water. Then I was off
the ship. The cabins were coming toward
me, churning and crunching into splint
ers and crushing the people who were
\i ashed away with them. Above the
roar and the gale I could hear the
screams and yells. The wreckage and
men ami women were mixed up In a
frightful mass as the timbers were
crushing out lives before my eves. No
one could have e-caped from that awful
mass of broken timbers thai kept on
churning and smashing in the waves.
The Explosion
"Only the bare hull w&a left with masts
sticking up, tor everything above the
iron was swept away. During the list
ing even the hull was filling up with
water, hut she kept atloat though very far
down. Suddenly there was an explosion.
The masts raised" back out of the water
and the hull lifted up and then she tilted
and went down in an instant, stern first.
1 don't think there can be any question
but that the boilers exploded. I learned
that there were explosives stored far
aft, but the explosion was amidships. It
tore the hull to pieces, and the Colima
sank like :i rock.
"There were a number of women and
children down 'n the steerage Wlw would
not be let up on deck, and they nev t ?i got
out alive. Every one of them went down
with the explosion in the hull.
"The lirst one I saw near me was Mrs.
Irving, and then a stout lady who came
Up near the lifeboat which I was lucky
enough lo be thrown up against. 1
pulled Mrs. living into the boat,and after |
her the other lady. They had teen taken i
from their stateroom a little while pre- j
vously by officers, as the partitions bad !
been smashed by the waves leaving an
opening into the dining-room. It was
only by that mere accident that they
were not ground to death in the wreck
age of the cabins. Twice these ladies wero
thrown out of the boat, and twice 1 got
them hack. Then I'rofcsor Whiting
came up alongside and I pulled him into
the boat. We tipped over repeatedly,
Mr. Whiting and I turning the boat over
once in attempting to drag the stout \vu- ]
man in; but we got in again, ami when
we came right Mi. I'eters was hanging on
the stern. 1 went to save Peters, when
again the boat turned over in an awful
se.i. It was then 1 lost sight of Whiting.
The large lady was struck by wreckage
and disappeared. I never saw either of
them again. Mrs. Irving held on to the
boat for half an hour later with marvel
ous tenacity. It kept turning over, but
every time I camo up I found her hang
ing on to some portion of the boat and f
helped her all I could. Once 1 got astride
the keel and held her up by leaning over
to one side and holding her firmly by the
hand. But this could not be sustained
long, and as the boat tipped 1 went over.
As 1 came up 1 tried to tip the boat on
its keel, and then I lost Mrs. Irving. She
sank from sheer exhaustion after a noble
battle for life. Peters sank, too, but 1
never saw him again, thougn ho was
saved. \
In a Cyclone
'When we were in the water the worst
trouble began, for it was only then trmt
tho hurricane struck us with its full
force. The day was blackened and tho
rain fell in solid masses. It was not a
cyclone but a circular whirlwind that
caught us in its very center and would
draw the wreckage" together in a circle
for a gicat distance. Yet, bodies, strug
gling men and women, life rafts ami
battered boats all went into the dreadful
vortex. Then a tremendous wave would
rise ironi underneath, like.a mountain
bursting forth, and scatter the wreckage
everywhere around It was in this vortex
that those who escaped from tho ship
were stunned or killed outright from be
ing literally ground to death by drill
wood.
"How did I escape? If I saw f a log or j
a mass of w reek age coming down upon
my head ten feet above me I jumped
from my boat and dived. The only thing
to do to avoid being cut or killed was to
dive ami then come Up again and swim
for your ratt.
"The water was extremely buoyant and
I would come up anyhow, though at one
time I thought it would be better to die.
All night long I sat in the submerged
boat, and when I got cold I would crawl
down into the water butween the seats.
Fortunately the water was very warm j
and comfortable. I was about twenty- j
three bonis in tho water when picked up I
by tho San Juan. About an hour or two j
before sundown tho ocean was calm as an
[aland lake, all strewn with bits of the
lost Colima. At one time 1 was closu to
the shore and could see the rocks dis
tinctly, out at daylight the next morning
I found to my relict that i was drilling
far out to sea' with only a dim outline of
mountains where the coast was.
"I saw tho San Juan at 8 or 0 o'clock
a. m., nui was not picked up until 11
o'clock. My boat was very low in the
water, almost i.nder the surface, and so
it was long after I sighted the San Juan
that their lookouts found me.
"The captain of the San Juan made a
citcuit of thirty miles and started north
about noon. He might have picked Up
more if he had stayed cruising around ail
tho afternoon. I don't think I was two
miles away from the rest of.rafts that ho
picked up."
"Was anybody to blame tor the wieck
of the Colima?"
"They have not got a ship that would
have Isstatt live minutes in that uurti
cane. It was beyond human skill to
maneuver a ship through it successfully.
The hurrioane, or whatever claos of storm
it was that caught the Colima. would
crush the stoutest ship afloat, as if it
wero a tiny toy. Look at the terrible
force of the waves. They tore every stitch
of clothes off of us before we were ten
minutes in the water. Men and women
alike were shorn of covering by tho wind
and the sea. When I saw Frofessor
Whiting for the last time all ho had
upon him was the shoulders of his coat;
the rest, was torn to atoms and blown
away. Poor fellow, he had lost bis
mind. The terrible fate that befell his
wife and children—for ho must have
known full well they were swept nown to
a frightful death In that churning wreck
age—it took his senses from him. I he-
Jiove ho could not realise his position
shortly before he went under the waves."
"The captain stayed by his post to the
last. Just before the explosion I saw
him clinging to the railing of the bridge:
as I was whirled away in the water he
gave two faint blows of the whistle.
But he never left the bridge. He sank
with his ship."
An Investigation Will Be Held
To United States inspectors of hulls
and boilers will hold an investigation
into the cause of the sinking of the
Colima. Messrs. Taloot and Phillips,
the inspectors, have determined upon an
official inquiry into the charge that the
cargo was not properly stowed.
It was for the purpose of this Investiga
tion that the testimony of the third offi
cer, the store keeper and the engineers'
store keeper was taken by the officers of
the Paciiic Mail Steamship company.
The investigation will be purely
technical in its character and tho wit
nesses can only bo experts. For this
reason the only testin ony that will be of
any value will be that of Third
Officer Ilunsen. Tho testimony of tho
two rescued storekeepers, they being
neither engineers nor navigators, will
have but little more weight than the
statements of the passengers.
The three surviving officers of th<? Co
lima have been summoned to appear to
morrow and tell their stories in addition
to the affidavits that were made to the
officials of tho I'acitic Mail.
NEW YOUiv. June 6.—The Herald's
Washington special says: Six sailors of
the navy were lost in the Colima disaster.
This is the statement made by Captain
Howinson, commandant of the Mare
Island navy yard, in a report which has
just reached the navy department.. An
other blue jacket. Louis Lam ette Zango
ree, is reported to have been saved, but
no verification of this report has yet been
received.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
California's Metropolis Leads in the
Race
Leaders of the Republican Party Strongly
Urge San Francisco for the Place
of Meeting
WASHINGTON.June 6.—The Washing
ton Pose prints some gossip regarding the
probable location of the next national
Republican convention. The city of San
Francisco 's moi c prominently mentioned
than any other city In the race for the
rational convention prize next year. The
Post is disposed to be somewhat sarcastc
about the chances of the Pacific coast
metropolis. It says in part:
"Suppose the next national Republican
convention should be held in San Fran
cisco. It is said that Chairman Mauley
is earnest in his a Ivocacy of the far-off
slope city and General Clarkaon is very
pronounced in his support. Just how
the Republican national committee
stands is not so well known.
"San Francisco has sought the conven
tion for many years. She has sent delega
tions across the continent to eloquently
plead with the national committee. The
lobbies of the Arlington hotel have run
red and white with California wine and
tho headquarters of the delegation have
bean thronged from early morning until
late at night with enthusiastic shouters
for San Francisco.
"Three years ago tho scene at these
headquarters naffled description. Cham
pagne—American champagne, to be sure,
but better than none at ail- was on tap
and "never a thirsty man appeared but he
went away tilled to the brim with tho
sparkling fluid and pledged to Sau Fran
cisco.
Once a San Francisco paper went sn far
as to publish a Washington edition filled
with tributes to the Pacific slope and
With long arguments to prove how the
ticket nominated in San Francisco would
rush like a lightning express to victory.
"Somehow or other, however, when the
shouting and speaking wero over, the
plucky California town did not have
enough votes and the delegation returned
home with a story to tell of blasted
hones and broken promises.''
THE TROUBLE IN ARMENIA
A Settlement With the Powers Not Improbable.
Rioting Bedouin*
CONSTANTINOPLE. June (i.-The sit
uation as far as tho settlement of the
questions in the dispute between the
Turkish government and the representa
tives of the powers regarding reforms in
Armenia are concerned, show cor. aider*
able improvement today. The improve
ment is undoubtedly due to the firm at
titude of the powers in positively refusing
to accept any modification of the pro
gramme mapped out for the improve
ment of the condition of Armenia. The
Turkish minister of foreign affairs. Said
Pasha, has paid frequent visits to the
British embassy since the reply of the
porte to the note of the powers was de
livered, and it is hoped it will result in
persuading tho sultan to accept the inevi
table as gracefully as possible. The inci
dent of the assault of the Turkish ollicer
upon the French officer may be regarded
as closed, for the Turkish government
has assured the French embassy that it
will accord the fullest satisfaction and an
indemnity will be paid to tho French
olh'cer. In addition his assailant will be
tried before a military tribunal and pun
ished if found guilty.
Rioting Bedouins have destroyed the
cholera hospital erected at Jeddab for the
care of sick pilgrims traveling to and,
from Mecca. Tho Turkish garrison at
Jeddab has been reinforced, nut the popU* !
tation will remain on the ships in the j
harbor until the arival of the warships, j
when their safety will be guaranteed.
The Sultan Will Ride
BOSTON. June o,— A Mcrriniac car
riage linn has shipped to Constantinople
a coupe for the uso of the sultan. The
inside is trimmed with diab brocatclle
with silk lace. The mouldings on ttie
outside are of blaok and the panels are
[tainted green. The vohicic has a pole
for two boriOd. The lamps are trimmed
with gold and havo a star and crescnt on
them.
Coming by Sea
SAN FUANCISCO, June d. — Passengers
on the steamer St. Paul for Los Angeles:
W. A. MolntyrSt W. 0. Moyresj sixteen
steeraset
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION
Plans of a Band of Conspirators
in this Country
VOLUNTEERS FROM AMERICA
Light Draught Vessels Will Be Used as
Transports
One Expedition Said to Be Fitting Out at
Philadelphia-Others Along the
Southern Coast
Associated Tress Special Wire.
JACKSONVILLE Fla., June O,—A spe
cial to the Florida Citizen from Fernan
dina, Flu., says:
% The master stroke of the Cuban revolu
tionary movement in this country will
occur within threo days. The principal
leaders of the party in the United States
gathered at Jacksonville two days ago,
but yesterday afternoon quietly slipped
over here, took carriages and went to
Ocean Beach, whoro they stopped at the
Strathmoro hotel. From an adjoining
room the Citizen correspondent heard the
whole of the proceedings, which began
at rt o'clock in tho evening and lasted
until a late hour. As appeared from
the conversation, most of the expeditions
hitherto have gone from San .Domingo,
but the board decided that the next, bold
effort must be from the United States
coast south of Charleston. A fleet of
light draught vessels could go unnoticed
through Bahama channel and then at
night make short runs for the northern
coast ot Cuba, where there are many bays
easy of access for an expedition and are
poorly guarded. The plans of the insur
rectionists, as far as completed, are as
follows:
That as all plans for the carrying of the
insurrection in Cuba had worked most
satisfact >ry,the eastern part of the island
had arisen, the western half was ripe for
rebellion. The consulting board decided
that the expedition should bo made ready
iat once; that it should sail from a point
between Brunswick. Oa«, and Mayport,
Fla.; that it should lo commanded by
Col. Enrique Collao, tho war-scarred
veteran oi 18hX-7X. and that the Heet
should bo guarded by three newly
built torpedo boats of the latest
pattern of great speed and manned by
experienced seamen. Lieut. Tonias Col
lao is to be the staff ollicer and Colonel
Collao's smalt army is to be recruited
from the Cubans in the United States
and picked Americans from the southern
states. Men already collected by Henry
Brooks, who is now in New York city,
and who is to accompany the expedition
as a member of Collao's staff, are also to
bo enrolled.
Collao is to land the expedition at some
point in the province of Puerto Principe,
where forces collected hy Come/- and
Marti will co-operate. The expedition is
to land \i\ Cuba within thirty days. In
addition to ihis plan of operation much
general information was given during the
deliberations. The province of Pinas
del Orras has arisen, and the in
surgents have made more nrogress in
the present rising of three months
j duration than was made in seven years.
commencing in lH'iH. It is believed that
j within a mouth the whole island wilt he
*in arms for the Cubans, and that Cap
j tain Oeneral Martinez do Campos is ex-
I citing every effort to be recalled to Mad
rid before the arrival of the disaster
which he believes is sure to overwhelm
the Spanish armu> in Cuba very soon.
MA BP il>, June 6. -Captain-General
Martinez do Campos sent a cable message
to Jtho Spanish government announcing
that several insurgent leaders are expect
ed to effect a landing in Cuba, and owing
to fresh disturbances on the islands asks
for reinforcements of six battalions of in
fantry. The cabinet decided to send ten
additional battalions to Cuba without
delay. The republicans in the chamber
of deputies today formulated a resolution
asking the government to respict free
discussion of Spanish affairs, particularly
referring to the insurrection in Cuba.
►The resolution was rejected by tho over
whelming majority of 182 to 19.
HAVANA, Juno d.~A dispatch from
Manzanillo, province of Sant'ago de Cuba,
announces the surrender to the Spanish
authorities there of the well-known in
surgent leader. Fonseca Sanistebar Cue*
varra. The insurgents commanded by
Masso have burned the village of Cuisa.
Captain Torres was captured by the in
surgents and shot.
LONDON, Juno 6.—The Standard today
contains an intimation to the effect that
when the insurrection in Cuba is ended.
Spain will refuse to pay part of the costs
ot suppressing it. adding:
"There is small pretense of conceal
ment on the part of those going to
Cuba from the United States, and the
authorities must he cognizant of it. The
country which claimed and obtained
damages from England on account of as
sistance given to the south by armed
vessels, which were allowed, that country
should be the last to allow armed men to
leave her shores and insurrect against
Spain. It is expected that in addition to j
the ten battalions of infantry another
general will be sent to assist Campos in j
suppressing the Insurrection in tho island
of Cuba. The loan lor tho Cuban expe
ition will Le fifteenSmiilion pesetas.
WASHINGTON, .ic.no 6.—lt la learned 1
tho Spanish official) are keeping a close '
watch on several supposed expeditionary
movements for the purpose uf furnishing I
information en which to request action j
by the United States government. One i
of the expeditions is believed to have
started from Philadelphia. The suspect
ed abtps.it ia said at the Spanish legation, :
are tho Ceorgc Childs and the Bridgeport.
Tho Spanish officials connect the move
ment of these ships with suspicious
operations at Dauphin and Cat!aland, off \
tne mouth of the Mississippi. It is said i
these movements are mainly the result
of recent, arrivals in the United States of !
General Queaada Of Venezuela, who 1
brought a considerable sum ot money to I
aid the Cubans, and another sympathizer, i
who is said to havo brought $';io,oop.
Presidential Clemency
WASHINGTON, Juneti —The president
granted right pardons today. Among
those pradc.ned was Arthur \V*. Wilbanks,
convicted in California of forging United
States postal money orders ami sen
tenced February I.ISiM, to two years' im
prisonment.
The Carson Flint Scandal
CARSON, June (3.—There have been no
1 new developements'in mint matters sinco
the reported arrest of Honey. It Is stated .
now that a reconciliation has taken place
between WiMiam Pickler and the Stewart
i woman, and Unit they will be married
- this evening or nonie time before Tues
day. In that event the wife may take
advantage of tho law that provide! she
need not testify against her husband.
Shooting Affray In Nevada
WINNKMUOOA, New, Juno 6.— Word
reached here tonight of a fatal shooting
affray at Kennedy, a mining eamii sixty
miles south. 'W. T Jenkins, a promi
nent mining man and sheep owner, shot
and probably fatally wounded C. H. Mc
intosh, a merchant. The men bad a dis
pute over the owncrsip of some tailings
worked in Jenkins' mill. Mcintosh is in
a dying condition, with a bullet wound
over his heart, and Jenkins is under ar
rest. Some years ago Jenkins shot and
killed a cattleman named Dean in Kureka
county.
A HUSBAND'S PREROGATIVE
He Can Dismiss Action for Damage' Brought
by the Wife
SAN FRANCISCO, June G.—There was
filed in the superior court today a peti
tion involving the right of I husband to
dismiss an action for damages,brought by
the wife. This affects every woman in
Caliiornia, for a decision in favor of the
petitioner means that a husband can at
any time, for a consideration, dismiss an
action b ought ty the wife without re
gard to the justice of her cause. The
case in question is the suit of l-aura l-i.
Cunningham against the California
Street Hallway company for damages on
account of injuiies received in a collis
ion.
The attorneys for the defendants have
filed a petition signed by A. C. Cunning
bam, husband of the plaintiff, tsking
that the suit be dismissed. Cunningham
says that he has separated from his wife,
but that no formal agreement of separa
tion lias been made between them, lie
alleges that his wife was not so badly in
jured as sho pretended to be, and 10 at
tempting to blackmail the railway com
pany. Acting unuer this belief, Cun
ningham has authorized the railway
company to dismiss his wife's suit.
ARREST OP DR. TONNER
Another Cleveland Street Case Promises to
Develop in New York
NKW YOlilv, June <;.—Tho case of nr.
Alexander Tonner, of West Fifty-eighth
street, was before the grand jury today.
Whilo the charge originally preferred
against him was exhibiting obsceno pic
tures to a chance acquaintance in a public
park last Sunday, it transpired that an
other anil even more grave accusation has
been made against the doctor.
It grows out of orgies that are alleged
to have taken place in the doctor's home
which, it is said, was fitted up in a most
luxurious manner. The decorations were
of the oriental style and there, it is al
leged, many called to see the doctor.
Most ot the visitors were said to have
been young men. The case threatens to
develop a scandal on a par with that jf
Cleveland street, London.
Anthony Comstock, who is prosecuting
the case, said today that Dr. Tonner had
made a full confession. When Comstock
saw the doctor this morning tho doctor
said there was nothing left for him but
suicide. The prison authorities are on
the watch that he doos not get a chance
to carry out his design.
THE STORY WILL BE TOLD
Inquest in the Murder of Hiss Harrington
Furnishes a Sensation
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.—ln spite of
Frank Bucks statement that he can
prove beyond question that his father,
the late State Senator L. W. Buck, was in
Oakland at the hour wV.en Miss Nellie
Harrington was murdered in her flat last
Saturday, the chief of detectives is not
satisfied with the alioi.
All who can throw any light on the
movements of Mr. Buck on Saturday
have been subpoenaed for the coroner's
inquest to be held next Saturday. The
coroner has notified the detectives that
at the inquest he will demand all the let
ters of the murdered woman, the police
having intimated that the correspondence
has sensational features, but declining to
give particulars for publication. The
inquest will probably be the end of the
case. At present there is no prospect
tbat anyone will be arrested. The police
have failed to discover any foot indicat
ing the murderer, except the suspicion
concerning ex-Senator Buck,who is dead.
KEPT THE VOW
A Released Convict Nearly Kills a Woman
Who Prosecuted Him
SAN RAFAEL, June Victor Calza
cia, an Italian laborer, was released from
jail today, where he had served a term
for putting gun powder In the stove of a
hotel kept by Mrs. Bravo. The woman
was the principal witness and Calzacia
swore revenge. As soon as released fmm
jail today he sought Mrs. Bravo and
threw her down a Might of stairs into the
street. Then ho attempted to shoot her,
but was prevented by spectators. Mrs.
Bravo is in a critical condition. Her face
is badly battered, her nose broken and it
is feared she is hurt internally. Calzaeia
has been arrested.
Presidential Appointments
WASHINGTON,.!iinn C—The president
today appointed William H. i'ngh of
Ohio, auditor of the treasury for the
navy department to succeed O. B. Morton
of Montana, removed yesterday, and Ed
ward M. Bowers Of the District of Colum
bia, now assistant commissi sner of the
general land office, to be assistant
comptroller of ttio treasury, to succeed
Mansilr Of Missouri deceased.
William.l. Coombs of New York, to be
government director of the Union Pacific
railway, vice Don M, Dickinson. Mr
Coombs.is an ex-member of congress and
for two terms represented one of the
Brooklyn districts.
The president also made the following
appointments in several marine set vices:
To he second lieutenants. Alexander
R. Hasson, Colin .">. Craig, Claim S.
Cochran, Samuel li. Wiuegan. jr.. .lames
0, Ballinger, Charles K. Johnston Ed
ward V. Johnson, Samuel P, Kdwards,
Jolm G,Berry, Francis A Lewis.
To he Chief engineers—David Mc-
French, Frank A. Uandal, Horace A.
Whiteomh. Wesley J. I'hlllips.Cha rles W ■
Monroe, Frederic k E, Owen
The Kentucky Republicans
LOUISVILLE, Ivy., June H.—The He
pulican stnte convention closed tonight
after two days' session of exciting con
test. The following ticket was named:
Governor ■W. <>. Bradley; lieutenant
governor. W. J. Wortbington: auditor, S.
H. Stone: secretary of state, Charles
Find ley j treasurer, <leorge \v. Long;
superintendent of pulbio Instruction, w.
J. Davidson j rogister of land office.
Charles O. Reynolds; commissioner of
agriculture. Lucas Moore .
A Friend of Cleveland
CHICAGO, Jnni H. -Dr. Henry J. Ed
wards of Kvanston, who died at his home
yesterday, was horn in Fayetteville. N.
V., lii (833, Willi orover Cleveland he
clerked In a frrooery store, and for a time
tiliey roomed together. I>r. Edward* came
west when a VOUnR man, hut during the
years that followed he kept up a corres
pondence with the companion of his
former days, who had risen to national
honors.
Retirement nf .Minister Matsu
WASH INC TON. June H.—The report
ed retirement of Mr. Matsu. minister of
foreign affair.-, from the Japanese cabi
net. has not been communicated to tho
Japanese legation here. It is stated that
if Mr. Matsu has retired it is doubtless
due to ill-health, as he suffered from
acute lung trouble, which was aggravated
by the recent strain on his health in
effecting a settlement with ehinn.
Weather Teday: Talr. jft
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OVERZEALOUS THIEF-TAKERS
A Distinguished Educator Gets
Into Trouble
TAKEN FOR A DEFAULTER
Rough Experience of a College Professof
in Mexico
Escaped Death on the Steamer Colima ta>
Be Locked Up in a
Dungeon
Astoclated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.—Prolessor
llernard Moses, who occupies the chair of
history and political economy in the Uni
versity of California, and who has
acliicveu distinction as a writer on po
litical economy, recently had on un
pleasant experience in a Mexican village.
lie went south to collect data for a his
tory of the Central American states. He
had intended to accompany Professor
Harold Whiting oil the ill-fated Colima
hut at tho las'; moment decided to travel
overland. Atfer crossing the Mexican
frontier he was mistaken for a default
ing bank cashier, arrested and confined
in a jail a day and a night. His appeal
to the resident express agent secured his
liberation, the express agent advising the
authorities that it was a case of mistaken
identity. After leaving the jail Mr.
Moses was locked in his room at his hotel
for another day. In his baggage were let
ters to President Diaz anu other promi*
nent Mexicans.
A TRIO OF MURDERERS
Collins, Azof and Oarclu to Be Hanged at San
Quentln Today
SAN FRANCISCO. June 6.—ln the /
state prison an San Quentin three mur
derers will bo hanged tomorrow. The
condemned men are Patrick Collins who
stabbed his wife twenty-eight times be
cause she would n?t contnuoto relnquish
her earnings tor tho maintenance of her
husband's debauches: Ar.tonio Azof,
who shot Detective hen Harris of the
Southern Pacific to avoid capture for
robbing the railway station at Boulder
Creek, and Amelio Garcia,a Mexican who
slew James < I uilrn mot. an aired resident of
San Bernardino because the victim would
not give his money to Garcia and two
companions.
THE THREE-YEAR LIMIT
Contention of Attorneys for the Big Stanford
Estate Case
SAN FRANCISCO,June li.—Counsel for
• the heland Stanford estate continued the
i argument in opposition to tho govern
ment claims for $1".,000,000 in the United
States circuit court, today, considering
principally the laws of the state of Cali
fornia bearing upon the liability of stock
boluers in incorporated concerns. Coun
sel contended that the govermcnt should
have commenced its action within three
years after the creation of tho liability as
provided by the act of 1800.
Events of the World, the Nation, Southern
California and Los Angeles
WEATHER REPORT—United States
ment of agriculture weather bureau's
report, received at LO3 Angeles June (i,
1895.
riacei u»r. lim. Mu.Tn. Wiia run
Los Angeles 2fli»8 70 7(1 W Iciear
San Diego.. 29.911 OS (18 ,SW iCloudT
S. U Ohlspo!29.92! 08 SO Is PtCldT
Fresno 29.78 08 1 ]00 NW iPtCldr
San 1'ran'cn 20.90| f>8 7(1 \V I'tcldy
' Sacramento 29.82 Ito , 92 N\v clear
I Red Bluff... 139.84 oo 1 90 In clear
1 Eureka 80.16 r>4 . 08 s\v .clear
Boieburjf.. ;lt> ?ii till I t>8 N cleir
■ Portland. .. :to.:ta- 84 Mil N\V clear
Forecast—June (I.—For Southern California:
Fair; nearly stationary temperature,
except slightly cooler along the central
and northern coast; fresh westerly winds.
j Temperature—Report of observations taken
;at Los Angeles, Junenth. [Note — Barometer
i reduced to S'ja level.]
Time. | Bar. |Ther.|RH'ra|Wd|VBl| W'lier
r>:iiii n. in. ;TO.oj .-»s !K» K 1 2 Cloudy
5:00 p. in. |39.93! 70! US |W I ft Clear
Maximum temperature, 7<s
Minimum temperature, ort.
BY TELEGRAPH—The survivors of the 111
--f a ted steamship folium arrived in Sau
Francisco: there is wide discrepancy be
tween the statements ofthe passengers and
the few members of the crew who escaped.
Three murderers aie to be hmiircd at San
Quentln today The arrest of Dj. Tonner
In New York bids lair to develop another
Cleveland-street scandal The news oE
tho fall of Ouuyaqufl is confirmed; the
Eonedorean rebels are in control of the
government... Ban Francisco is in the
lead as choice tor tho holding of the
next National Republican convention.. .
The southern Pacific company announced
n reduction on wines via the Sunset route
from TO cents to 30 cent* per 100 pounds;
the cut is made to meet the Panama, line
reduction —\ cloudburst destroyed con
siderable property and killed many people
in Germany The j*rand circle, Compan
ions of the Forest, A. O. F. of A., elected
Officers at the session in San Jose.
ABOUT THE CITY-City druggists object~to
paying a county lieemo tax The board
of supervisors mid the city council lock
horns A possibility of each oil well pay
ing the sum ofso per month to the city....
City hall flotsam ~ Los Angeles tent No. 2
holds its semi-annual meeting seats for
the public parks A new system of street
sprinkling inaugurated yesterday The
oflk'inl recommendations upon school
sites — Attorney Kngland's return; a bi
tory of the trouble ...Irving L Winn re
turus home with bis trido Flag raising
at the Macy-strect school The lectures
on Afr.cn of Today — Social functions of a
day — The busy coroner.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Pomona--Marriage of two well-known young
people.
Santa Ax a—A queer character The Y. M.
C. A. home.
Pasadena -Marriageof a well-known couple.
North Pasadena annexation.
RtVßftSlDE—Street bonds heavily carried.
WHERE YOU MAY GO TODAY
Orpheum theater, 8 p. m. —An Irish stew aid
vaudeville.
liurbank theater, 8 p, m.— Captain Heme
f. 8. A,
Simpson tabernacle, 8 p.m.— Lecture Upon
AiriGft Ci aOu&J,
THE NEWS