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Khedive of Egypt Visits Paris.
PARIS. Sept. 1.— Abbas Pasha. Khedive
of Egypt,' has arrived In Paris from Di
vonne.
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Wife Finds Him Dying on the Floor
With a Bullet Hole in His
Breast.
ROME. N. Y., Sept. 1.— Robert Wilson,
formerly owner of the R. M. Wilson bath
tub works in this city, was shot and
almost instantly killed by a revolver in
his own hand at his summer home at Syl
van Beach last evening. "Wilson had been
sitting on the porch with his wife and
three children. He had»been gone a few
minutes -when Mrs. Wilson was startled
by the discharse of. a firearm, and she
went Into the house and there on the floor
lay her husband breathing his last, with
a bullet hole in his breast. Rumors of |
suicide are denied. It is said that Wilson
VttJd a friend recently that he carried
£50,000 on his life.
KYSTESY STJKROTJNDS DEATH
OF RETIRED BUSINESS MAN
There is much doubt In Washington
among ¦ naval officers who know Samp
son's ' condition whether » he will i even be
able. to make a deposition whenthe court
meets; It. is feared he may. not live until
the' day fixed for its assembly. His death
would not make any difference in the 'pro'-'
Another of Schley's intimate friends
and advisers r declared that they would
have Sampson in the courtroom if he 3:ad
to' be carried in on a stretcher. Y.
As a matter of fact, aside from the de
sire of Schley's counsel to cross-examine
him in public, 'there 'is little reason why
Sampson would be summoned before the
court. It is -not understoqd that his tes
timony will be a matter of vital import
ance. All' of his orders and correspond
ence are matters of record in the Navy
Department and will be before the court/
In addition to this the court will have"
the testimony of Captain Chadwlck, who
commanded the New York; and was
Sampson's' chief of staff, -and of other
officers" of his: staff.
REAR ADMIRAL WHOSE' ILL
NESS SUPPLIES PROBLEM
FOR NAVAL COURT. ,
' \ "He has not. made-up his mind when he
will "return to the'Boston. yard. , When he
left lU.was" his .Intention to"- stay'
-in 'th*e; mountains about .three weeks." ,
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ceedings,' except to eliminate his personal
testimony. His death would advance Rear
'Admiral Frederick 1 Rodgers into the class
of rear admirals, whose sea 'pay is $7500
per year, and would [ promote , Captain
Frank Wildes, captain of the navy yard
at New York, to the grade of rear .ad
miral/.', ¦ ; : . /Vi __^j___ v v '-. ' >
. SAMPSON . MAY. BE . FEIGNING.
Friend of theEear Admiral. Declares
• ; : , Hs is Not 111. ':'['
LAKE 'STJNAFEE, . N. H.. Sept." 1.—
Admiral- William T: Sampson, who. .with
Mrs. .Sampson,; has been staying here at
Burke Haven Head Hotel for the last ten
days,. is' said by his "friends to be in as
good condition physically; as he. has been
at "any time since, he 'took command of
Charlestowri; navy-rvard. ' ; \
"In fact," said'a friend,' who talked with
him a'day.or^two ago.. ."he seemed to
have 'improved noticeably since" leaving
Boston,' and all this talk-about him being
a- sick man 1 has no 'more foundation than
it had six month's' ago\ s - Admiral Sampson
is spending most, of his time in the open
air, taking •jwalks and sailing on the lake.
When I saw him'he( was thinking" of tak
ing a hand'at-golf the following day. The
admiral has'.; had a good appetite •" three
times J a 'day since; he; arrived at the lake,
and-\follows 'the .'routine! life tof other
guests, at. "the: 'hotel.. 1 After dinner ¦- he
enjoys ' a cigar on; the^ ¦; verar.da . ' and a
chat -with acquaintances on. the news of
,the-day.-V v?;«v* .'¦-..•;.¦.-' .¦¦'' ; /
' There has been some difference of opin
ion among lawyers engaged in the case
as to whether it would be not possible to
take his testimony by deposition. Law
officers of the Navy Department do not
believe that this can be done, except by
unanimous consent. Depositions are not
admissible before a naval court-martial,
and, .although courts of inquiry have more
latitude, they follow In a .general way the
rules for- courts-martial. In view of the
great importance. of the Schley court of
inquiry, it is believed that the rules will
be adhered to very! strictly, and that if
counsel for either* side should object to
the receipt of a deposition it would not
be admitted by the court. It is possible
that an agreement may be .reached be
tween both sides i to have Rear Admiral
Sampson's testimony taken by deposition!
but Schley's counsel have shown a'deter
mination to get Rear Admiral • Sampson
into the courtroom, -one of them intimat
ing, that if he -was sick now, he- would
be .a . great deal sicker when they tot
through with him.
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CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET,
N. W., "WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Hackett has received no recent
information as to the state of
Rear Admiral Sampson's health. It is
known at the Navy Department, however,
\hat he is very ill, and there is very little
hope that he will be able to appear as a
witness before the court of Inquiry. In the
event that he is not able to appear It is
probable that the court will adjourn, and
will go in a body to Burke Haven, N. H.,
to take his testimony.
light Thousand Liberals Make Not
able Demonstration in Front of
Amalienborg Palace.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 1.— At noon to
day King Christian, witnessed from
Amalienborg- Palace, a notable demon
stration by the Liberals in his honor.
Eight thousand persons passed in review.
The King, in the presence of Queen Alex
andra, King George, the Dowager Czarina
and other royal personages, received a
special deputation, who thanked him for
reposing confidence in the people and ap
pointing a* Liberal Ministry.
1 In the course of a gracious speech of re
ply. King Christian said the Ministry
might rest assured of every support on
his part and he trusted the majority of
the people would support them in a much
more difficult task as responsible Gov
ernment leaders.
Amid great enthusiasm his Majesty
"then proceeded to one of the balconies and
proposed a cheer for "Our beloved father
land." .
JZLNOr CHRISTIAN EAKXS
THANKS OF THE PEOPLE
"When some of the officers of the Phae
ton were going over the field of action
next day and the Government patrols
were carrying away the dead to the fune
ral trenches and the wounded to the pris
ons, already filled with the unfortunates,
the naval officers saw many sights that
proclaimed' that the field had been 'one
on which a bloody affray had taken place.
The first sight that caught their eyes as
they drove along a roadway across the
plain was a blood-covered stretcher lying
where, it had been tossed into the ditch
by the roadside. A little further along
the road they overtook a carriage which
bore a wounded man, evidently an officer,
and Bitting beside him were other officers
of the Government forces supporting hini,
while behind the carriage in which the
groaning officer was stretched came a
disorderly looking lot of soldiers*.
There were few engagements between
Government and rebel forces while the
Phaeton lay off Panama, but one of these
that did occur was a most sanguinary af
fair. It took place after nightfall on the
field just without the city, and although
none of the ship's company of the war
ship saw the action the sounds of the fir
ing proved that a stirring action was tak
ing place, and next morning when the
patrols were marching over the, field from
which the rebels had fled the many
wounded left groaning In pain and the
dead lying here and there on ,the grass
and amidst the shrubbery showed that a
fierce fight had taken place.
VICTORIA, Sept. 1.-H. M. S. Phaeton
returned to-day from her cruise in south
ern waters, where part of the time sjie
was anchored off Panama to protect the
interests of the Britishers during the
revolutionary struggle there. Her officers
state that Panama, while not in an
actual state of siege, was little different,
for the rebel force3 were in the field Just
beyond the city and there were barricades
on the streets, and on the bridge under
which the railway runs which connects
Colon with Panama, the Atlantic with the
Pacific, there was a masked battery in a
barricade of logs which stretched across
the bridge.
Struggles' in Panama.
Officers of the Phaeton Tell of the
BRITISH ON A BATTLEFIELD.
Norfolk Island -will be one of the most
Important stations of this cable route, as
ell messages to Australia and New Zea
land will converge there to be repeated.
Steamship Taking Soundings Discov
ers a Range of Submarine Moun
tains Off Australia.
"WASHINGTON, Sept. L— An Interesting
•work on the British trans-Pacific cable,
which Is to be the longest one ever laid,
has been received at the State Depart
ment from Consular Agent Robinson at
Norfolk Island, under date of June 20.
The report states that on the passage
across to Norfolk Inland from Brisbane,
Australia, soundings were taken every
ten miles by the British cable steamer
Britannia, which is being used to mark
out a track for the cable. About a hun
dred miles from the coast an obstruction
¦was met in the shape of a range of sub
marine mountains lying directly in the
track, and a deviation to the south had to
be made in order to clear it. The greatest
depth obtained was 2S00 fathoms, and the
? most shallow 237 fathoms, the latter being
the depth recorded -when the ship was
right above the tops of the mountains. It
has been decided to land the cable at
Anson Bay, on the west side of Norfolk
Island. Anson Bay Is six miles from
Kingston Settlement, and a cable house is
to be built clos3 in to the shore.
TRAITS-PACIFIC CABLE TO
BE XONGEST EVEB LAID
CARACAS. Sept. L— The - Venezuelan
Government has published a memoran
dum remitted to all foreign governments
in explanation of the attitude it has
adopted in connection with the Venezue
lan-Colombian controversy. In diplomatic
circles here the question is considered
very serious. ;. * V v'
COLON. Colombia, Sept. L— Government
reinforcements numbering sixty left Colon
last evening for Bocas del Toro. ¦ •
There is no disposition to recall any of
the vessels sent to the Isthmus. The Ma
chias may be reinforced at Colombia by
one or more of vessels on the North At
lantic squadron. The battleship Iowa,
which has been coaling at Acapulco, sailed
from there last night ror Panama, and,
with the Ranger, will be all the force that
will be required on that side of the Isth
mus.
I It is probable that official reports will
be received- to-morrow.*" If they bear out
the press dispatches they will Indicate
that the situation has become much worse
instead of better.
Colombia does not want war, and Minis
ter Silva and Secretary of Legation Her
ran are confident that the people of Ven
ezuela do not want It. They hold only
one man responsible for the present
strained relations between the two re
publics—President Castro. They believe
he realizes that the movement against
him in his own country Is gaining strength
daily and that he hopes to counteract
this and unite Venezuelans by plunging
them into a foreign war which would ap
peal to their patriotism.
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.
TV., "WASHINGTON, Sept. L-It is feared
here that it may be impossible to prevent
hostilities between Venezuela and Colom
bia. The action of President Castro in
withdrawing the exequaturs of all Co
lombian consuls in Venezuela can be in
terpreted in only one way: that he is de
termined to force the two countries into
war. At the Colombian legation, no ofll
cial information confirming the press
dispatches has yet been received, and
it is hoped that President Castro has
not taken the step which will almost in
evitably lead to war. Minister Silva sent
a cablegram to his government to-night
asking for Information as to the present
situation.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
The train service on all roads was
blocked from two to six hours 'by tho
ctorm and flood. Every road entering the
city was handicapped by sand ~and dirt
which was swept over the tracks. Sev
eral washouts occurred, the worst being
on the Lake Shore near Gordon Park,
The Superior-street trestle of the Lit
tle Consolidated is practically" ruined, and
this, with other serious damage on the
lines of the company, extending on the
West Side, will run its less away into the
thousands.
Train Service.
Tho torrent surged with great force for
hours in Deering street, from Fairmount
to the boulevard, and more than a dozen
families were penned in, with water five
and six feet deep surrounding their
homes. At this point the life-saving crew
worked valiantly, and, assisted by squads
of firemen and' policemen, finally suc
ceeded in landing the terror-stricken peo
ple in places of safety. The fear was
greatly, enhanced by the momentary ex
pectation that the great Shaker Heights
dam would break. -•'*•'
Shortly before noon the torrent under
mined a score of graves In the . St. Jo
seph Cemetery, at the corner of. East
Madison and "Woodland streets, and the
bodies were soon • being 1 tossed about hi
the waters. Fully a dozen corpses were
washed into the gutters and had not been
recovered late to-night.'
. The flood broke over the banks of Doase
Brook all along the boulevard and caused
damage that It will take months to re
pair. ; Great Jagged holes are torn In the
beautiful driveway.
Gordon and :Wade parks, on the east
side, and Brookside " Park, on the south
side, where the water also did great dam
age as it leaped over the banks of 'Big
Creek, sustained J10O.0OO damage.
Through Glenyille the . overflow was
very, destructive. Many houses were
swamped, culverts torn out and several
streets turned Into quagmires. The loss
in the villiage is estimated at $100,000.
The street railways will suffer heavy
loss,. extending in varying degrees over
every portion of the city. The Big Con
solidated will. have to rebuild tracks over
different parts of the inundated East End
district and the loss Is placed at $50,000.
Life' Savers Rescue Residents.
Hundreds of residents who were im
prisoned in their beautiful homes like
stranded Islanders were almost panic
stricken, expecting to be called upon to
wade out into the swirling waters- at any
minute. Danger signals were flashed about
the, city as speedily as the disabled tele
phone system would allow and the work
of rescue commenced. Rowboats plied
back and forth assisting families from
perilous positions, but these boats proved
inadequate and it was soon found necessa
ry to go to the extraordinary precaution
of calling 'on the life saving crew from the
river, a distance of seven miles. The life
boats were quickly loaded on wagons and
hurried to the scene of destruction.
'The waters spread over an area In the
eastern part of the city nearly eight miles
long and a mile and a half wide. This
extended from "Woodlands Hills avenue
to East Cleveland and back to East Mad
ison avenue.
""Houses Are Undermined.
Great volumes of water poured over
from Doane and Giddings brooks down
Quincy street, swamped Vienna, street,
rushed over Cedar avenue, back over East
Prospect street, ' raced like a mill race
jiown. Lincoln avenue / to Euclid avenuo.
and then "on to. Glen ParK-place, witero
houses were undermined as though built
of straw, and great damage was done to
streets and property.
Over a lase share of this exclusive resi
dence territory the water rushed with ter
rific force, varying in depth from one to
six feet. Culverts, trestles and bridges
were torn down and for hours nothins
seemed capable of stemming the tide.
The overflow was caused by a heavy
rain that commenced to fall shortly after
2 o;clock, turning into a genuine cloud
burst between the hours of 3 and 5, and
then continued with great force until near
ly 10 o'clock. The storm, according to the
weather officials, was the heaviest that
has swept Cleveland since the establish
ing of the Government bureau In this cjty.
more than forty years ago. There was
no loss of life. .'.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 1.— With the break
ing of dawn this morning the citizens of
Cleveland awoke to look upon a scene of
devastation and destruction caused by a
raging flood. "While the entire city was
more or Ies3 affected, the great volume
of water vented its anger over miles of
the eastern portion and caused damage
estimated at $1,000,000.
The Manila Times declares that the
traffic is more base than that formerly
existing in the United States, Mozambique
or Zanzibar, since in those countries the
chief object was cheap labor. In Manila
the slave trade has depravity and immor
ality for Its basis.
Tempted by this opportunity to gain
riches, their Inhuman and poverty-strick
en parents openly sell them to rich Chi
nese arid Filipinos. Many girls prefer to
be sold to living in poveriy at home.
manner In which the bargaining Is con
ducted. Shapely Filipino girls bring sev
eral hundred dollars each in Mexican
money.
The places where slaves are sold axe
pclnteo out by the Times, and details are
given both of recent sales and of the
This Is the substance of the sensational
allegations made by the Manila Times,
which seeks to have the American offi
cers investigate the matter and stop the
Infamous traffic In human flesh.
MANTLA. Aug. 4 (via Tacoma, Sept 1).
— Filipino girls from 10 to 16 years old are
being sold into slavery by their parents
in the regular slave markets In Manila
¦under the very eyes of the police and
civil authorities.
Epedtf Dispatch to The Call.
"This was the most .reasonable propo
sition which has ever been made to the
assocaltkm, and it was clearly the. duty
of : President ; Shaffer '. to have . accepted it
then, and there. But instead of doing
this, he turned it down flatly' in a speech
in which he declared that all must be
Sha£E«r Rejects the OfTer.
"I obtained these facts from a man
high in office in the -East," said Mr.
Hickey, "who was present at the con
ference, and I afterward confirmed the
statements 'from members of the exec
utive board. Judge Gary, former presi
dent of the Federal Steel Company, was
present at the conference, and x he is
now a high official- of the United States
Steer Corporation. He, I am informed,
'was in -favor of signing the scale for all
the -.mills in the combine, but this did
not meet the approval of Mr. Schwab,
who thought it too radical a move. -Mr.
Morgan then offered Shaffer four addi
: tional mills for which he was willing to
sign the • scale as an experiment,- and
then he told Mr. Shaffer that if the or
ganization kept faith in thes'e four mills
and lived up to the agreement he would
: pledge his word 'that In two years every
mill. in the combine would be included in
the contract; with the 'Amalgamated As
sociation. : , .
Hickey reported that 72 per cent of the
mills were now working and that in his
opinion the strike was practically lost.
Hickey opened his remarks with a re
view ef the conferences with the repre
sentatives of the United States Corpora
tion preceding the strike, in which he de
clared that. Messrs. Morgan and Schwab
outlined their policy toward organized'
labor. Hickey went into these details
to show that Secretary Tighe and Presi
dent Shaffer had misrepresented the facts
when they appealed to the members of
the association' to 'strike* on' the ground
that the steel corporation was .determined
to crush organized labor and ruin the
Amalgamated Association. He main
tained'that the. proposition- offered by
Morgan had fceen r falr.
Hickey Denounces Shaffer.
"The object of the meeting," said Presi
dent Redfern, "was not to vote upon the
question of returning to work, but to
listen to the report of Messrs. Hickey and
Cooper, who have been fn the East to see
what Is the real situation. The strike has
now -been : on here for two' weeks, and
during that time "the members of the
lodge here have heard absolutely nothing
about the! real situation from the national
officers. All that we have known we have
seen in the papers, and last week a num
ber of the members had a meeting and
decided to send Cooper and Hickey back
East to find out these " things". Their re
port was absolutely satisfactory and was
well received, but I have no idea what the
action of the lodge will be or whether
there will be any action taken."
¦Hickey had little to' say of the confer
ence in Pittsburg with President. Shaffer
and other national officers. The address
was mainly of a personal nature, in which
President Shaffer was charged with hav
ing violated the constitution in ordering
the strike. Many other matters dealing
with the history of the association came
up for discussion. ¦
¦~ Nearly all the members of the lodge
were present when the meeting was called
to- order: President Joseph Redfern of
the local lodge presided. After the meet
ing he said there had been no vote taken,
although no one had questioned the accu
racy of any of Hickey's statements His
remarks will be - reported in full to the '
general officers of 'the organization and
may result, in bringing Assistant* Secre
tary Tighe here again, or some other "rep
resentative of the; v Grand Ledge. ;
' v Men Will Await Orders.
era , said., that ; so- far -It
appears ii> be'tlie" opinion of themajority
that, the men should not return to work
until they. had been ordered back by the
national officers.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1.— Charges that
the national officers of the Amalgamated
Association had misrepresented the atti
tude of the United States Steel Corpora
tion toward organized labor in order to
get the members of- the association out on
strike were made by former Vice Presi
dent J. D. Hickey at the meeting of the
Bay View Lodge, to-night. Mr. Hickey
gave the members the result of his trip
to Pittsburg, whither he went to investi
gate the situation in regard. to the steel
strike. He said the strike appeared to be
lost and it may take years to repair the
damage already done to the association.
Hickey made no recommendation to the
lodge as to Its future action, but it Is be
lieved his speech may cause a change in
sentiment, not -only in Bay View, but in
other olace3 in the fourth district.
Torrent Invades a Cemetery, Where
Bodies Are .Washed Out and Swept*
Away; in Gutters Lining the '
Withdrawal of the Exequaturs of Co
lombian Consuls in Venezuela
Practically Means a Call
to Anns.
Extraordinary Charges Are Made by
a Newspaper in Luzon
Against the New Civil
Officials.
Union Agent Sent East to Invesfigate
Attacks President. Shaffer f or ,
Having Ordered' the*
Walk-Out. t2 - !
United States ( Authorities
Said to Permit the
Business.
Residents Are Driven From
Their Homes by Angry -vX^
i • Waters, i
Washington Regards News
Prom the Republics as
Alarming.
Admits That Seventy-Two
Per Cent of the Mills Are
i Operating.
President Castro Seems
Determined to Go
to War.
Damage in Ohio City.
Reaches a Million
Dollars.
Parents of Filipino Girls
Besume Abominable
Traffic.
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Hickey -Makes Report to
| Bay View Lodge in
• . Milwaukee.
SELL SLAVES
IN MARKETS
OF MANILA
LIFE-SAVING
CREW WORKS
ON STREETS
IMPOSSIBLE
TO PREVENT
HOSTILITIES
LEADER SAYS
STEEL STRIKE
HAS FAILED
SCORES OF CLEVELAND RESIDENCES ARE SWEPT AWAY
BY FLOOD THAT FOLLOWS TERRIFIC DOWNPOUR OF RAIN
PRICE FIVE CEN TS.
SAN MONDAY^ SEPTEMBER 2, " 19011
VOLUME XC- NO. 94.
COURT OF INQUIRY MAY TAKE
TESTIMONY AT THE BEDSIDE
OF REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON
Counsel for Schley Is Determined: to Bring His Rival Before the
Investigating Body, but the Naval Officer -s Condition Is So
Serious That Death May vlntervene Before" ,:the 'Hearing
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.