Holbrook argus., May 24, 1902, Image 2

About Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913

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PASSENGERS WASHED OVERBOARD
AND ONE LOST
Rancher Shot by Mexican Barges Lost Laborers
Wanted in San Diego County Mount Coltma
in Mexico is Threatening an Eruption Los
Angeles News
Gov. Gage hns offered 30O reword
for the apprehension of the murderer
of Louis Birchler, who was assassinated
in Sacramento last Wednesday night,
and Capt. Frank RuliBtaller offers (100
reward.
While attempting to board a moving
train at Schut.en Park station Sunday
evening, James Kelly tell and was cut
to pieces. Kelly was a member of the
order of Eagles, and had attended a
picnic given by that order at Schutzen
Park.
Grain and fruit crops and shade
trese in Stanislaus county suffered
greatly today from a gale of wind, the
strongest felt here for years. Fruit in
a green state was blown from many
trees. Grain was withered by the
wind and shade trees were blown down
or broken.
Arizona rangers captured Walter
Brice, -John Van Winkle and Robert
Van Winkle near Dos Cabezas, charged
with slaughtering cattle "On a range
that did not belong to them, and sell
ing the beef. Evidence of their guilt
is said to be convincing. The rangers
are doing good work, and have captured
many bad men during the winter.
Panic on Catalina Steamer
Yesterday's voyage of the Banning
company's steamer Warrior to Catalina
island resulted in the loss of one of the
passengers and the narrow escape from
drowning of two others, a panic aboard
ship and peril of loss of the vessel on
the letnrn vovage.
S. S. Knight, age 35 years, of Los
Angeles, a conductor employed by the
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad, was swept overboard and lost.
J. C. Ilerrick, a mining man of Spo
kane, jumped overboard when he
thought his wife had been washed
over. He was rescued after every
effort to save him apparently had been
exhausted. He was given up for lost,
when the vessel was driven tack by a
high wave, and righting again came
up directly beside the drowning man.
F. W. Clark, the owner of a curio
store at-j Avalon, was washed from the
deck, but as he fell a rope became en
tangled about his leg and held him
close to the ship. This rope saved his
life.
- ROUGH VOYAGES.
When the Warrior sailed from San
Pedro Sunday morning there was a
high wind blowing and the sea was
rough, but not rough enough to make
the voyage appear dangerous. The pas
senger list was exceptionally large.
On the return vovage the - Warrior
sailed from Avalon at 2:15 o'clock. At
that time the sea was running high,
but the wind had gone down. Soon
after sailing, the wind freshened, and
before the center of the channel was
reached the little ship was tossed like
a toy boat on the sea. Sea after sea
broke over her.
The Warrior is of one bundled tons
burden, and carrying, as she did, a
number of passengers estimated at from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred
and twenty-five, she was crowded to a
point where the crew labored under
great difficulties to handle her.
When in about the tenter of the
channel the vessel was caught in the
trough of the sea, and, rolling to the
starboard, a great wave broke over her,
washing S. S. Knight overboard. J.
C. Herrick and his wife were stand
ing at the railing of the main deck
when Mr. Knight fell. Mrs. Herrick
screamed and her hat blew off, which
led her husband to believe that she
also had been carried over.
HERRICK GOES OVERBOARD
He jumped overboard, thinking that
he was doing it to save his wife. As
he jumped Mr. Heriick grasped a chair
in each hand, carrying them with him.
Immediately some one threw him a
plank, which he .reached, and, with
the assistance of the chairs and plank,
remained afloat. At the same time
efforts were being made to throw a line
to Mr. Knight, but he was carried
away by the sea, and so disappeared
before any assistance could reach him.
Captain Driscoll, in charge of the
vessel, ordered a boat lowered,, but the
sailors refused to risk their lives in an
open boat in the rough sea. The cap
tain withdrew his order and stopping
the engines, attempted to cruise about
in the effort to .pick up the drowning
men. Knight was soon lost, and it ap
peared hopeless to attempt further tc
rescue Ilerrick. He, however, retain
ed self control, keeping himself in an
upright position on his little raft, and
called repeatedly to those on board the
vessel to throw him a rope. But none
could reach him, and lie could see
that their efforts were without avail,
when he resigned himself to his ap
parent fate, calling back farewell, and
said: "Tell her that I was faithful
to her."
At this instant another wave struck
the vessel and she was carried back,
rolling on her side again, but righting,
was so near to where Ilerrick was hold
ing to his raft, that a line was easily
passed to him and he was taken
aboard.
During this time panic reigned
aboard the Warrior. When real dan
ger threated there was a rush for lite
preservers. . The racks on which the
preservers were Etored were broken
down and there was a general grab.
Some secured two and three life buoys,
while others got none. There were
not enough to go around, some of the
passengers claim, even if the division
had been more equal.
Women became hysterical, men and
women knelt on the decks and prayed;
husbands and wives fell into each
others arms and bade farewell, expect
ing that they would be lost.
HEROISM OF CREW
In the 'panic Captain Driscoll and
his ciew of sailors and some of the
passengers displayed genuine heriosm.
Men removed live preservers from
t lemselves and gave them to women
and children who had been unable to
secure any. The captain and sailors
went about reassuing the panic strick
en passengers, cheering them with as
surances that the ship would weather
the storm and that all would yet be
safe, and at the same time they wero
putting the ship into shape and niak
ing sucn preparations as circumstances
would permit lor the safety ol the ves
sel.
Mrs. Knight, with her infant child,
had accompanied her husband on the
Sunday excursion to Catalina. On the
return voyage she became seasick and
was resting in the ladies' cabin when
her husband was lost. She was not
told of the loss of her husband until
the wharf at San Pedro was reached.
There was a heartrending scene when
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Knight of the drowning.
The regular trains had left San Pedro
before the Warrior arrived and a
special Southern Paccilie train was
made up to bring the passengeis of the
storm-tossed vessel to Los Angeles
The train arrived at Arcade station
about 10:40 o'clock. The passengers
told a variety of stories of their exper
iences, not any of them agreeing as to
details, but all unanimous that the
voyage furnished the most fearful
experience through which any had
lived. L. A. Herald.
LABORERS WANTED
Workingmen May Find Plenty to do in
San Diego County
The big Barrett dam in the moun
tain region of San Diego county, work
upon whiclf will be resumed as the
engineers who are now there have
marked the location for the extensive
dam building plant used for the con
struction of the upper Otay ar-d lower
Otay dams, will be made the source
of electric power sufficient for all the
power plants used in a city many times
the size of San Diego. When the dam
is completed, the water from the out
let will have an initial fall of 100
feet, and in its course to and out of
the lower reservoirs there will be other
drops which can be utilized in the
transmission of gravity force into
electrical power.
The clearance of the title to the
Barrett dam site was confirmed Friday
in the superior court, all title passing
from the Jamacha Irrigation district
to the Southern California Mountain
Water company. Many hundreds of
men will soon" be at work, several
gangs to work on the dam construction
of the conduits. The Barrett dam is
to be a masonry structure and will be
built to a height of 150 feet above bed
rock. It will be kept filled throughout
the year as the streams emptying into
it are never failing. Over 110,000 acres
of land will be brought under irriga
tion by the construction of the dam
and conduits and the electric power
that can be generated is enormous
It is the intention of the Southern
California Mountain Water company
to push the work to completion.
Rancher Shot Dead
A Mexican by the name of Gonzales,
who was in the employ of R. L. Long
more of Mesa City, at his sheep camp
in Tonto Basin, Ariz., on Thursday
shot and killed a man named Packard,
who owned a ranch near the camp.
Uonzaies tied and his whereabouts is
unknown, though officers are search
ing for him. Tonto Basin is remote
from railroads, and the news has just
reached here. Most ol the settlers are
cattlemen, and in former times there
was a great warfare between the cattle
and sheep men. The relations are now
all but friendly It is reported that
Packard ordered the sheepherder to
move on, and Gonzales shot without
further argument, but it is believed he
is responsible alone for his conduct
and no further trouble will follow.
Barges Lost
A heavy westerly storm is raging in
the strait . of Fuca. The tug Bonita,
from Seattle, towing four barges, two
loaded with machinery and cannerv
supplies for Fair Haven, and two witli
coal for Alaska, was caught in the
Btorni Saturday night. She lost three
barges off Point Wilson and had a hard
time reaching Port Townsend with the
remaining barge filled with coal. The
machinery and supplies were valuable,
and belonged to the Alaska Packing
association.
Gtras Fruits in the East
Offerings of California citrus fruits
in New York decreased very perceptibly
last week, only sixty-seven cars of
oranges and three cars of lemons being
disposed of. During the correspond
ing week last season 124 cars of oranges
were sold. The supply of good-keep
ing fruit was not equal to the demand
last week, and pi Ices reached the higl
est point of the season, particularly
on navels, which brought over 5 per
box. nt. Michaels, bweots and seed
lings in desirable sizes are showing
highly satisfactory results very much
better than at this time last season.
Twenty cars ot Ua norma oranges
were sold in Philadelphia at auction
last week. This is a light offering, as
compared with the previous week
and prices have advanced all aroun
on stock in good condition. There is
now a splendid demand for the few
good navels coming forward, and Medi
terranean Sweets and other varieties of
good quality, and in sound condition
are also selling well. The market may
be said to be very strong on good fruit
in good condition.
Under liberal onerings the orange
market in Pittsburg has held firm and
active, though prices are not materially
higher than they have been during the
past thirty davs. The quality of some
fruit coming along now is very hne,
but at the same time there have been
a good many cars ariving showing con
siderable decay, which have sold at
disastrous prices. The general situation
is healthy, ana dealers hope to see the
market the balance of the season on a
basis that will allow California ship
pers to make a fair profit.
Thirty-three cars ol oranges were
sold in Boston last week at auction.
Prices showed considerable advance
on all varieties.
Massacred By Natives
Mail advices by the Miawera from
Victoria, B. C, say that news has
been received in Brisbane of the massa-
i of Mrs. Wolffe, the wife of Rev.
Hedwig Wolffe, and her infant by the
natives of Paparatava. During the
brief absence of her husband from the
house a number of natives made their
appearance and murdered her and her
child with their axes. Miss (Joe, a
visitor who was also in the house, fled
to the kitchen, wheie a native cook
held the natives at bay with threats.
After their departure they made
their escape through the bush to the
mission station at Takaboul. The
pursuit of the guilty tribe was ener
getically carried out.
All the plantations of the district
were destroyed in the neighborhood of
Paparatava, which was cleared of
natives. There were about twenty
natives killed and ten captured by the
police troop.
AMERICAN TRADE WITH JAPAN
Resume of Conditions Made Public by
Frederic Emery
An interesting resume of the trade
of the United States with Japan last
year is afforded by an extract from
"Commercial Relations of 1001," made
public by Frederic Emery, chief of
the bureau of foreign commerce of the
state department. The inability of
cheap labor to compete with machin
ery, it is stated, is shown in the fact
that the greater part of Japan's exports
hitherto has consisted of raw mater
ials, while the largest item of manu
factured goods has been cotton yarns,
which are shipped almost exclusively
to China, a country noted as well as
Japan, for its cheap labor. One of
the most hopeful features of the situ
ation in Japan today is the recognition
of this fact by her educated class.
Our trade in. Formosa is inert 'ing.
A leading merchant is laying in a
large stock of American bicycles and
the government post telegraph office
has supplied its messengers in the
capital with American wheels.
In spite of the higher price of our
flour, the Australian product cannot
compete with it and this demand in
Japan is expected to increase enor
mously, as the use of this cereal is
spreading among the people.
The need of foreign capital is the
important economic question in Japan.
One of the principal demands of
fbreign capital would be met by the
passage of a law to permit alien
ownership of land and the adoption of
such a measure is urged.
MOUNT COLIMA THREATENING
It Is Believed That an Eruption Will
Shortly Occur
A dispatch from Guadalajara, Mex
ico, says: The rumblings which come
from Mount Colima and tho great
clouds of smoke which are being con
stantly emitted from its crater indicate
that interior agitation is gathering
force and that an active eruption is
certain to occur. There is much un
easiness felt by the people living in
the immediate vicinity of the volcano
and there has been an exodus of the bet
ter class of people from the near-by
towns and villages, most of them going
to Manzanillo and other coast points.
Thousands of natives have no means
of leaving their humble homes and
force of circumstances would make
them victims of any disaster that an ac
tive eruption of a volcano might bring.
A party of scientists representing the
meteorological department of the Mex
ican government passed through Guada
lajara on their way to take obser
vations of the threatened eruption of
Mount Colima.
Riots in Jamaica
A riot occurred at Kingston, Jamaica,
Friday night between soldiers and
civilians, in which twenty of the popu
lace were wounded. Parties of soldiers
from the West Indian (colored) regi
ment made a sortie from the camp and
attacked people in the streets with
razors lashed to sticks. The civilians
used nail-studded clubs. Numbers on
both sides were injured. The riot was
quelled by military pickets and the
police.
BOERS ARE CAPTURED
General Delarey's Brother Among the
Prisoners
The immunity which Lord Kithener
granted to the delegates to the Vereenig-
ng conference of Boer leaders and
their immediate followers from moles
tation by the British colmnns has not
prevented the consummation oi one oi
the biggest drives of the war, which
has just wound up against the Bechu-
analand blockhouse line.
General Hamilton and other com
manders have gathered in four hun
dred prisoners, including a hundred
rebels and recalcitrant Boers, who have
caused much trouble in the past.
Among the prisoners are a brother of
general Delarey and several other com
mandants. The movement was re-,
markable for the lack of resistance by
the Boers, most of whom surrendered
after aimless dodging, without fight
ing. ,
There were no British casualties.
Five hundred Boers managed to
escape in the early stages of the drive.