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VOLUME XCII—NO. 98.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, "1902.
SS ¥ APPRECIATE the creat
W • ff responsibilities, the
M oneron.i duties and the
multitudinous e a r e •
* : " that lie who assumes
the robes of office must take
"up. And while I feel my own
' shortcomings and tremble for.
I fear I may not be able to fill
the expectations of my {gener
ous friends, yet, if I should be
chosen Governor of California
I shall be Governor myself,
and all ray arts, be they crooil
or bad, ivlse or foolish, will be
my own, free and untrammeled.
For no man, nor set of men,
shall ever be able to dictate
a slngrle aet of mine, or com
pel me to do one single thing
that to me does not seem jn.it
and proper. For I am srlnd and
proud to say to you that the
convention at Sacramento hon
ored me with this nomination
-without my having: Riven to
any one a single pledgre or
promise of any kind, except a
pledsre to support the Repub
lican platform and to grlve the
people of this State, should
they see fit to elect me Gov
ernor, as good an administra
tion of their affairs as lies In
my power to give — and that
pledge I shall keep as surely as
I live. I, therefore, go before
the people of California with
clean hands, promising- then*
the best that in me lies, and
srlvlngr my allegiance to then*
and to them alone."— From the
speech of Dr. Pardee.
HAS GIVEN
NO PLEDGES
TO ANY ONE
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 5.— The Czar
ina's misfortune will cause a speedy dis
persal of the court and diplomatic" society
which assembled, only for the prospective
christening and for the marriage, August
29 of Prince Nicholas of Greece and the
Grand Duchess Helen. '
Cqurt Society Will Disperse.
. The sheepmen of this county are very
much arouse'd'over the affair." The miners
have what they call a' miners' .'reserve.
They .will blaze a piece of ground near
where they -are working: for their horses
to run on /. an'd expect the sheepmen ; to
keeo .off. The miners have about, half of
the mountains blazed now,- and, as It is a
Government - range, the sheepmen I run
their sheep on it. ....'¦]
HEPPNER, Or.'. Sept. 5.— Ed Day, a
sheepman of this; county, brought word
to-rlay that twenty-five masked men, sup
posed to be miners, had. shot into his
sheep on Green Horn Mountain, in Grant
County, killing and wounding 400 and
more.' There were '200 thoroughbreds in
the band. How many of these were killed
Is not known. The loss is about $ 1200.
Mountain Range in
, Oregon. .
MINERS SHOOT DOWN- . • :
HUNDREDS OF SHEEP
Masked Men Slaughter Stock on a
Jordan, whose single-handed fight for
nomination as Clerk of the Supreme
Court has made him one of the most
prominent figures in California, politics,
was given a rousing reception all along
the line.
CHEERS FOR JORDAN.
man of the Alameda County Republican
Committee. In the second carriage rode
Congressman Victor H. Metcalf. presi
dent of the evening; Chief Justice Beatty
of the Supreme Court of California, Sam
uel M. Shortridge and Frederick S. Strat
ton". Collector of the Port at San Francisco.
The third carriage bore John A. Britton,
Aldcn Anderson, Republican nominee for
Lieutenant Governor; Duncan McKInlay.
Assistant United States District Attor
ney! and "General George Stone, chairman
cf the Republican State Central Commit
tee. From Sacramento came Charles F.
Curry. Secretary of State, and with him
Crrin Henderson' of Stockton, candidate
,t'or Railroad Commissioner In the Third
District. State Senator Cutter and Frank
C. Jordan occupied a carriage.
£ ¦Within the theateVTahd without there
was 'a warmth of 'sentiment which" means^
if signs. dp. not fail,. that .Alameda. County
will repeat her former; victories for Re
publicanism and lead her sister r counties
very handsomely after the ballots have
¦ It was a Republican night for Repub
lican- Alameda ' County. ; It was a right
hearty welcome" not ' only to the nominee
but to the many, Republicans from abroad
who gathered to . celebrate and to. have
part with Dr. Pardee; in this r first assem
blage 6f the 'campaign. V • ,; ; • -V '."
PRESAGE OF 'VICTORY.
. No wonder that.the central figure, in this
splendid affair- was' aglow' with' pleasur
able emotions. ' He' had attained, a distin
guished place' in the ranks of Republican^
ism; He had won the prize, that an honor
able "and '• a legitimate ambition '¦ had
pressed* him' toward. And' as 'he faced
that splendid audience, ' flanked , by the
big men of .his party, with a framework
of the ' cheering hundreds of nattily uni
formed paraders,' there was enough in the
scene to. have impressed a much less*im
pressionable man than the Republican
candidate for. Governor.- >,,.-..
.It was a. State meeting, a first volley for
the battle, a. decisive outburst^ of party
and. of personal tribute,, and more, than
all.ifwas a grand testimonial to Dr. Parf
dee from'his home people, his friends, and
neighbors for forty years. ", .. . •. :
. ' . ' ' the Mac'donbugh Theater in
Oakland. . The .outpouring "of Republicans
in honor : of ; the' standard-bearer of the
party for the ¦'¦. of '1902 -carried
double' effect in its enthusiasm and many
evidences of.' genuine '.gratification that
broke: upon:.the. great audience and' the
hundreds of distinguished - r men who,' by
their •' presence ! testified* their 'loyalty to
the Republican party and to the man who
had been, selected to .-head; the victorious
column. ¦ ¦ • : ¦ ¦¦¦ '-i s 7 '-. •':¦ '¦ ' ¦¦ : - ¦'¦'¦"
jm w R.- GEORGE C- PARDBE, the
M » Republican, nominee for Gov
. @f i KB ernor. of California, was the
fig J& recipient of a heart-warming
JSLmmt^^. ': demonstration last night - at
VTho guests and the speakers were next
in line in." carriages. In the first vehicle
v.as Dr. George C. Pardee, J. Q. Hayes of
San Jose. -Unittd" States Senator George
C.' Perkins and Clarence* CroVell. chalr-
:. Marching in open ordei* the. full width of
the thoroughfare the escorting division
loomed in bright colors. Following the
'Alliance was the uniformed drill corps of
the Young Men's Republican League,
Captain J. F. Kick ; and . Lieutenants
George Nickerson and Rathmell in- com
mand. "Strong- in' numbers^ with their
flambeaux, .they were on even terms wilti
the Alliance for display. Banners wrro
plentiful, and at the head of the line
George Collins bore the Alliance, globe,
the war emblem of Alameda County's
famous organization. .' .:¦ i
Through Broadway the long line of car
riages was preceded by the two crack
drill corps cf Alameda County, by bands,
and" fireworks — men who contributed with
music and with crackling explosives to
stir the throngs along the sidewalks to
enthusiasm. The < Republican Alliance,
Colonel Varney Gaskillcomrhanding, had
the right of line. They were 150 strong,
old reliables, with familiar uniforms
that have been seen Iri many ' a Repub
lican campaign. Their flambeau torches
shot streams of fire into the air, illumin
ating the streets for blocks, and sharing
honors with the fiery rockets, bombs and
brilliant, lights wl?ich lent beauty to the
picture, j
PARADE ON BROADWAY.
been counted in November.. _
Early during the. evening the rockets
began to sizz and the many colored
bombs to explode as signal for the open
ing of the night's demonstration. As the
trains arrived from San Francisco they
brought eminent men, party- leaders and
workers from many sections of the State.
Committees from Oakland, .detailed to
take care of the visitors escorted them
to the Hotel Crellln, where .they assem
bled in waiting for the marching clubs
which ' were to form the~ escort, to the
guests on the way to the theater.
The matter became public only when an
application was made in the Cook. County
Probate Court for administration of the
estate of Otto M. Thumler. . •
Otto M. Thumler was one of the most
popular traveling salesmen in the United
States, representing a local firm. He left
behind him his wife to stay alone In
their apartments in this city until his
contemplated return in December. But
he did not go away alone. He took with
him Mrs. Antoinette Young of San Fran
cisco, a young woman whose beauty and
charms had fascinated him.
Mrs. Thumler in Chicago knew there
was another woman' who stood between
them, but she did not know the full ex
tent of her husband's perfidy until there
came an unsigned cablegram, dated at
Lisbon, 3aying: "Otto Thumler and wife
died the same day on the St. Nicholas
and were buried at sea."
Their tragic fate marks . the end of a
brilliant career and the close of an un
happy romance, . and leaves a sorrowing
wife in Chicago to mourn for a husband
who had proved untrue." Otto M. Thum
ler and the woman who had passed as
his wife were stricken with a strange dis
ease resembling y?llow fever while on
board the steamer St. Nicholas en
route from jj Brazil to Portugal. They
died within five hours of each other, and
their bodies were quickly prepared for
burial in the waters and were dropped
into the sea together after a solemn
scene on board arid a prayer or two read
In Spanish by the ship's captain.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.— At the bottom . of
th«; Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles off
the coast of South America, lie the bodies
of Otto M. Thumler and Mrs. Antoinette
Young wrapped In heavy tarpaulin and
weighted down with iron.' "
Special Dispatch, to, The Call.
!| MANILA,', Sept. Bi—Rios, 'a leader of the
natives , in ..-. the. province of • Tayabas,
Luzon, attacked the town of-Lagumanoc
September 3, at the. head of thirty 'rifle
men and 150. men. armed with -bolps. < The
band wantonly killed two women and one
girl and ' wounded ' several .other persons.
A, detachment from ..the .native;constabu
lary arrived' unexpectedly at Lagumanoc
while RIos\_ men" were;" still there; ! They
attacked and routed the bandits,- killing
several of Rios' 'followers, ' and ; have
rounded up. 700 men, many of. whom are
suspected of complicity in the attack on
Lagumanoc. ¦ The guilty ones among" the
700 men will be picked out and the re
mainder set at liberty. * . : , .•
One of Rios'.. lieutenants who was cap~
tured said Rios was a direct descendant
of God and it was beyond the power of
man to injure him. , .
The constabulary.. have also captured
one of Rios' : main strongholds.
Special Dispatch to The Call,
Attack and Commits
Wanton Murders.
george c. pardee, republican' candidate ' for -governor.
: atjdr'essing great assemblage of his friends and
' . neighbors in the macdonough .theater. .. ', .'
ins urgent ; Leader Makes
Tragic Fate of Otto Thum
ler of Chicago and Mrs.
Antoinette Young.
During the battle the smaller craft were
in squadron formation to seaward and did
not attempt to enter the harbor. The
Puritan and Indiana were not seen. As
there was not time for communication be
tween the shore and the ships, the ma
neuver of the fleet was mystifying. The
army claims that not only would its guns
have swept the ships, but Its mines would
have wrecked some of them in the nar
row channel so that escape would have
bocn Impossible for any that reached the
harbor.
OMAHA. Neb.. Sept. 5.— The movement
of troops stationed at posts In the De
partment of the Missouri to Fort Riley
to participate in the army maneuvers be
gan to-<Jay. The Twenty-second Regi
ment, with 450 officers and' men and a
wagon train of ten wagons, started from
Fort Crook early this morning for a 200
mile march to Riley. which is expected tc
be reached in four days.
The Board of Strategy, which ha* been
When, afloat and ashcre, the cannonad
ing was at its height, the scene was one
of grandeur. The racket woke up, New
port as it was never aroused before. The
punners in the* forts, after working the
big guns for a few minutes, had to desert
them and quickly manned the secondary
batteries. The • rapid-fire guns made as
sreat a din as the big guns and if any
thing made the picture a livelier one. The
five vessels came in under Port Adams
•until within short range of the torpedo
station and then they appeared to anchor.
The firing stopped and it was supposed
the great battle was ended. In half an
hour the ships suddenly steamed out of
the harbor in the same order as coming
in, the Brooklyn leading. The ships did
rot fire a gun, but Fort Adams gave
them a few broadsides and when the
Brooklyn and Olympia were abreast of
Beaver Tail Light, Fort Grebel opened
for the first time to-night. The fleet es
caped, if such was the idea, toward Block
Island.
NEWPORT, R. I.. Sept. Z.— Two cruis
ers and three battleships of Admiral Ilig
pinson's fleet ran the guns of Forts Ad
ams and Wetherill to-night, getting with
in broadside range for all their guns be
fore they were picked up by the search
lights of the forts. The fact that the
Brooklyn cot to the mouth. of the harbor
before it was pickoi up by the search
lights is considered by naval men here to
he a victory for the fleet.
and the Naval Men Claim
a Victory.
Eigginson's Warships Run the Forts
GREAT GtTXS AROUSE
FASmOHABLE NEWPORT
ELOPERS DIE
AT SEA FROM
SAME MALADY
RIOS' BAND
IS ROUTED AND
MANY CAUGHT
sitting at the Department of the Missouri
headquarters all week, has finally com
pleted its labors after drawing up a gen
eral plan for the instruction of. the sol
diery to be assembled ,at Fort Rlley,
which has received Major General Bates'
approval. The scheme contemplates first
of all preliminary work by both regular
soldiers and National Guardsmen. This
will precede the opposition of forces and
will include instruction by regiments, ad
vance and rear guards and outposts. .
Later the forces wll be divided and dif
ferent problems of contact will be offered
for solution. Most of the known /exigen
cies of battle and chances of martial con
flict will be dealt with in these problems.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The State De
partment has received the following ca
blegram from United States Consul Jew
ell at Fort de France, dated yesterday,
relative to the latest eruptions of Mont
Pelee:
' "Two violent eruptions of Mont Pelee
August 30 destroyed village of Morne
Rouge, Adjupa Bouillon, devastating an
area including Parnasse Mourne, Carbot
Mourne, Ballaili Bourdon Heights. Esti
mated 1500 killed, many injured."
A cable dispatch from the island of
Guadeloupe announces the arrival of the
French cruiser Suchet at Basse Terre,
Cape of Guadeloupe, and says that she
reports that calm has been restored in
Martinique. ,
PARIS, Sept. 5.— The Colonial Minister
received a cable dispatch to-day from
Fort de France, dated September 3, re
lating to the funds placed at the dis
posal of the Governor. No mention was
made of a new eruption of Mont Pelee.
The Ministry has not received news of
any eruption of Mont Pelee since that of
August 30.
CALM IS RESTOBED.
"The people of these islands are in a
hard situation. Their communication with
the outer world depends chiefly on a sin
gle line of steamers, which call at inter
vals of from ten days to three weeks at
some of the islands when freight offers.
The whole fleet of this line could not
carry more than 3000 persons."
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.— "I am seriously
alarmed at the news of the renewed ac
tivity of the Martinique and St. "Vincent
volcanoes," said Louis H.- Ayme, United
States Consul at Guadeloupe, who is in
Chicago on sick leave. "Should Mont
Pelee 'blow its head off' the loss of life
consequent upon the production of a
great tidal wave would be appalling.
With Pelee as a center a chain of islands
northwestward embraces a population
of fcome 750,000 persons. Almost without
exception the towns are situated along
the coast and but slightly above the sea.
A tidal wave forty feet high would
probably destroy half a million lives be
fore it dashed against the shores of Porto
Rico with its million inhabitants.
MANY LIVES THREATENED.
The steamship Tare further reports that
several more valuable plantations were
destroyed at the time oh the recent out
break, in addition to the townships re
ferred to in the previous dispatches, and
aods that the dejection of the surviving
population is general, •
The eruption of Mont Pelee -on Septem
ber 3 was not remarkable, but there was
a terrific explosion from Soufriere on
that c&te. The captain of the steamship
Savana, now here, confirms the report
cabled last pight that she ran into dense
clouds of -dust when twenty miles south
j of St. Vincent at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing p; Wednesday, and adds that abso
lute " darkness prevailed soon afterward,'
and he changed his course to due west
•iir" order- to avoid the -ashes, "which- werer
falling) thick: The first officer could hot:
fee the captain two feet away, and only]
knew him by hi* voice." They did not'
see the sun until 'about 10 a. m. the sam«i
ezi\, ; Si .*:}' - : >- : * i- ¦¦-¦ ¦ ¦'¦'-.. ? "
CASTRIES, Island of St.* Lucia, B. W.
I., Sept. 5.— The report brought by the
Royal Mail steamship Tare, which ar
rived here last evening from Martinique,
of the loss of 2000 lives through the recent
outbreak of Mont Pelee, referred to the
deaths since August 30 and not to the
loss of life resulting from the reported
outbreak on Wednesday, September 3.
It is said that the "Owl" might have
passed over the culvert in safety, despite
Us high speed, but another train that
passed in a half-hour doubtless would
have been ditched, as by that time the
fire would have rendered the culvert un
safe.
But few of the pasrengcrs knew of the
danger they had escaped until too late to
reward tf* farmer, but one of them hand
ed him 520 and another $10, which amounts
the other passengers made up by a collec
tion after the train had again started. The
stop delayed the train forty minutes.
The man who had flagged the train said
he had discovered a burning culvert about
S00 yards down the track, and, being un
able to extlng-Jlsh the flames, had hurried
on to signal the "Owl."
Water in buckets and other vessels "was
taken from the engine tank, and after
twenty minutes* work the fire was extin
guished and the train passed over the cul
vert. A flagman was left there to stop
trains and cause them to run slowly over
the danger point.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5.— The prompt
action of a farmer who refused to give his
name prevented what certainly would
have been a disastrous wreck on the
Southern Pacific Railroad, between An
tioch and Byron, about sixty miles from
Oakland, last night. The "Owl," the fast
limited train between San Francisco and
Los Angeles, was speeding along that sec
tion of track when the engineer saw a
man on the track frantically swinging a
lantern. The train was stopped with such
suddenness that the passengers were al
most thrown from their seats. .. '-,
EpeclaJ Dispatch to The Call.
Man Refuses to Give
His Name to Pas- ;
sengers.
Tidal Wave May Re
sult in Harvest
of Death.
More Plantations Are
Destroyed by 'the
Volcano.
Fast - Going Limited
Is Saved From
Disaster.
Flags "Owl" Train
Near Burning
Culvert.
People of Martinique
Suffer Further
Losses.
FARMER
PREVENTS
A WRECK
ISLAND
IS SURELY
DOOMED
Great Ovation at Oakland Is the Occasion
for a Straightforward Announcement
by the Candidate as to
His Position.
I d-M glad whenever labor adds another cent to its daily wages, and I rejoice when the laboring man is able to cut off another hour': from 'the 'time that he spends at his daily toil I am glad and I rejoice over these things because I know
* that the more wages the laboring man gets the better citizen he will be, the more able he wilt be to send his children to school and to our university, and to make of them our future great men. For it is a \f act that our greatest men have
sprung from the common people. And I rejoice when the hours of labor are shortened because I know that with shorter hours the wo'rkingmanjwiil have more time to give to his wife and his children. And I knozv, from my own experience,
that tlie more time a man can give to his unfeand children the better man he is. And L believe that shorter hours and higher, wages will give us better citizens and make us all more prosperous. And I am convinced that there is but one way for
the working people to gain their ends, and that is by a wise, intelligent and firm organization. There never was a better exemplification of 'the motto' 'United we stand, divided -we fall" than in the case of the working people. — Extract from the
speech of Dr. George C. Pardee, in which he defines his attitude tozvqrd organized labor. . .
GEORGE C. PARDEE DECLARES HIMSELF THE FRIEND OF LABOR
AND STANDS ON HIS RECORD ADVOCA TE
OF A SHORTER WORK=DAY AND BETTER PAY FOR THE TOILER
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