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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-27

Newspapers which give up SO much of
their space to reports of murder trials at
the sacrifice of room that might be devoted
to wholesome news are paying just such
a compliment to public intelligence as the
more intelligent public pays them.
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Monterey, July 25.-The following are the
San Franciscans registered here during the
past week: Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Henecken, Nj.
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The two seamen now at the hayward
men of long experience in the United
States navy-declared Thursday, openly
and emphatically, that the Colima was
top-heavy by reason of the deckload of
lumber, and that at least a part of her
cargo must have shifted when she listed.
1t was Hansen's testimony that the deck
load of lumber had no effect upon the ship
at all, and that even after it was cut away,
just as the ship was sinking, the cargo of
lumber did not move two inches-though
the vessel lay on her beam ends and her
spars in the water-but was lifted off
bodily as the Colima went down.
Ross and Zangaree say the hurricane
deck load of timber few about in every
direction after its lashings were cut, and
several minutes before the vessel went
down. And three of the Mexican sailors
whose statements were published in the
CALL yesterday are very positive on the
same point. And the Mexican seamen
also declare that the Colima was topheavy
by the reason of the deckload of timber.
But none of these are employees of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. And a
correlative, if not significant, fact is that
their testimony is not wanted.
Mr.. Oriel and Captain Longs accusations
against Captain Pitts were not gone into at
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ONLY EMPLOYEES OF THE PACIFIC MAIL
COMPANY TESTIFY TO THE CAUSES
OF THE DISASTER.

ordered into the stokehole, but Inspector
Talbot declined to put the question.
Attorney Ward McAllister, who sat at the
inspectors elbow, was not the one who
suggested the question, nor was it sug-
gested by the attorney from the law depart
ment of the Southern Pacific.
And it would have been a most pertinent
question, for the witness had just mad
vertently volunteered the information that
the coal had not shifted any after or before
the vessel listed to starboard. He had not
been asked any such question. 1t came
out quite innocently and was not dwelt
upon, but the examination fastened along
to another point.
Every witness testified positively and re-
peatedly that until at least five minutes
before the vessel sank she had been in no
danger. OF course there were discrepan-
cies in the testimony-discrepan that a
cross-examining attorney or inspector
might have made great deal of. For in
stance, that testimony of Albert Carpen-
ter, who said he cut the two horses loose
and also the two large bullocks that were
penned up on the deck. He cut them all
adrift about fifteen minutes before the Coli
ma sank. And, at the same time, he heard
the quartermaster yelling for an ak. No
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the Colima brought into port yesterday by
the San Juan, is in urgent need of medical
treatment, but says that he has no money
to pay doctor. Twice yesterday he at
tempted to see the Pacific Mail people and
obtain from them guarantee that the
services of physician in his behalf would
be paid for, but in both attempts he failed
to get any satisfaction Rowan asserts,
and his assertion is corroborated by others
who came up on the San Juan with him,
that his condition is due to large extent
to the neglect and brutal treatment of DR..
Robertson of the San Juan, who refused to
attend to his wounds after he was picked
up from his twenty-nine hours cruise on a
piece OF wreckage. According to Rowan's
statement he was put down in the Storage
after being rescued. and refused not only
medical treatment, but milk, of which his
stomach burned out by salt water was just
at that particular time in sore need.
He charges DR.. Robertson with being
intoxicated and sending sailor who was
also intoxicated to stitch up his lacerated
scalp with rusty needle. This he re-
fused to submit to. and for the remainder
OF the voyage received no care at all, ar
irving in San Francisco not only destitute
but suffering severely from the injuries he
received in his battle with the elements
Quite naturally he thinks that the COM
pany should do something for him, and
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my head and bleeding from wounds all over my
body, was put down in the steerage instead of
the hospital. was SO weak that could not
take single step to save my life or even sit up.
After four hours DR.. Robertson came to see
me-. He looked at my head, which was COW
cred with clotted blood, but did not look at my
other wounds. He went away and sent sailor
to stitch up my scalp. This man had rusty
needle, so would not let him operate on me.
The doctor did not offer to do anything for me
after this, though told him that needed food
that would give me strength, and bandages for
my bruised body.
The next day was worse and they put me in
the hospital, but the doctor did nothing to
make me better. I was burned up inside from
the sea water and begged him for glass of
milk, but he would not give me any. He got
milk and gave much to first-class passengers,
and who did not need it. was injured inter
nally and suffered greatly. l also asked the
doctor to do something for me, but he refused
to make any examination or to take any notice
OF my condition. Others were treated in the
same way if they dared to tell of it, but that is
myself. know that was treated in brutal
way and that shall be many months in getting
well.
Ali my money, 1886 in cash, my clothes and
my violin, big case of Japanese china, value
5000, which was intended for presents to my
have been offered $400, were lost. I have no
money and suppose must go to the hospital
Mr.. Oriel and Mr.. Boyd will testify that what
have written in my statement is the truth.
1t is all true, so help me God Ysaye, who
knows me well and who got me an engage
York, which had started for in the Colima,
will say that am not the man to make o false
statement.
sign myself,
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AFTERMATH OF THE COLIMA WRECK.

testify. We have heard about all the
expert testimony we need, unless more
should present itself in the meantime. We
are holding the inquiry open for that pur-
pose. We do not expect TO summon any
body else"
"Were the five witnesses examined to-
day summoned by the Government" was
asked.
"WelI, no-not exactly. You see, we
summoned Hansen. He brough the others
along with him." said Inspector Talbot.
"But they are all employees of the Pacific
Mail Company. Isn't it the custom to
hear both sides of the story?"
"Oh, these men are experts. We shall
summon no Others" and the inspector
spoke as though he desired the interview
to come to an end. He turned to speak to
Attorney McAllister.
The six expert witnesses who were not
examined yesterday, and who probably
never will be examined, are: George d.
Ross, boatswain's mate, Q. S. N; Louis
Zangaree, seaman, U. S. N, and the four
Mexican seamen who had been in the SER
vice of the Pacific Mail Company, and
were returning on the Colima to their
homes at Panama-Juan Antonio Ramos,
Jose Antonio Morel, Bruno Cedio and
Antonio Saliz.
All of these six-who were, perhaps, in
positions to know as much about the
cause of the wreck as any OF those who
testified yesterday-have made positive
statements that directly contradicted most
of the statements made yesterday by the
employees of the Pacific Mail Company.
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/ sign myself,

That portion of Rowan's statement re-
lating to his treatment on board the San
Juan is corroborated by Arthur Leseur, a
sailor on the San Juan, who was disa bled
with broken shoulder at the time
the survivors of the Colima were
picked up by the home-bound steamer.
Leseur is a Frenchman and lives at the
Hotel de France. He has made three trips
in the San Juan as able seaman, and was
formerly on the Colima. Concerning the
statement of Rowan, which was read to
him, he said:
at is true. Rowan and some of the
others were treated like dogs. heard him
beg for glass OF milk, and heard the doc
tor refuse him, saying that he had no milk
for steerage passengers. The reason why
DR.. Robertson did not attend to his wounds
is easily explained.
Robertson was intoxicated most of his
time on the way up. He did not attend to
his own ships crew. / suffered fearfully
by reason Of his neglect of my shoulder.
have seen him drunk for three days at q
time, and unable to attend to anything.
am afraid the Pacific Mail people will dis
charge me if this gets into the paper, and I
want to go back when / am able. Rowan
begged the doctor to do something for his
wounds, and also asked for nourishing food,
but was refused. He was in an awful condi-
ton when taken on board, and had to be
carried from the Storage to the hospital.
They put him in the steerage first. was
in the hospital when an attendant came up
and said that The guessed the red-headed
Frenchman was going to die
"'All right answered the doctor, then
bring him up here
cat this time Rowan had been a whole
day in the Storage without so much as an
examination of his injuries. In the hos
pital he Jared not much better. Robertson
devoted himself to the bottle most of the
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J. W. Crew, seaman, U. s. N.

~. o..
Louis Zangaree, seaman, q. 8. N.
Antonio Saliz, Mexican seaman, residence
Panama.
Bruno Cerdo, Mexican seaman, residence
Panama.
Jose Antonio Merel Mexican seaman, resi-
dence Panama.
Juan Antonio Ramiz, Mexican seaman, resi-
dence Panama.
Thomas Friese, seaman, Colima, residence San
Francisco.
A. Carpenter, seaman, Colima, residence San
Francisco.
Gus Rowan, steerage passenger, musician
bound for Europe.
Those who remained at Mexican and the
way ports:
John NJ. Thornton, cabin passenger, AGA
puleo.
Louis Fl. Peters, cabin passenger, San Jose de
Guatemala.
Enrique Baeder, cabin passenger, San Jose de
Guatemala.
Domingo Albano, cabin passenger, San Jose
de Guatemala.
J. E. Chilburg, cabin passenger, Acajutla.
Carlos Ruiz cabin passenger, Colima.
Angel Gutierrez, cabin passenger Colima.
W. ID. Bryan, cabin passenger, McClellan's
ranch, near Coahuayana.
]. ]. Nouwins steerage passenger, United
States seaman, McClellan's ranch, near
Angel Santa Maria, McClellan's ranch, near
Coahuayana.
Jose F. Pegueres, seaman, Mcclellan ranch,
near Coahuayana.
A. s. Marin, MeClellan's ranch, near Coahu-
ayana.
Fred Johnson, seaman, Acapulco.
Robert Gonzales, messboy, Acapulco
James Alkman, seaman, San Vicente, under
treatment for crushed foot
- Tangone, present location unknown.
]. o. Saliz, present location unknown.
- RenZ, present location unknown.
Thomas Sarabla, left San Juan at MaZatlan.
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centers of Europe. About year ago he
came to this country, and in September
secured an engagement of six months
with ScheeFs orchestra in this City. Dur
Ing 1saye's sOjourn in San Francisco the
great violinist heard Rowan play at a
symphony concert, and after the enter
tainment sent for him to come to his hotel.
Rowan accepted the invitation, and the
acquaintance.thus established soon ripened
into close friendship.
Ysaye promised to get him an engage
ment in New York and arrangements were
soon completed with Damrosch, who opens
with his orchestra in symphony concerts
at the Metropolitan Opera-house in July.
1t was to keep this engagement that Rowan
took passage on the Colima for New York.
When asked for further particulars OF
the diaster yesterday Rowan begged to be
allowed to write statement, to be pub
lished over his own signature. His state
ment is as follows:
Editor of the Call: AS your paper seems to be
the only one that dares TO publish what the
men say who were picked up from the Colima,
l want to make a statement now II you Will
allow me to do so. You can find out what !
say is true if you will see the other men picked
UP. Some of them will not dare to tell the
TRUTH as they have been promised money to
keep still.
The Colima was lost because she was badly
handled by officers without capacity and PAD
men when the gale struck US. When saw that
the ship was going to sink went after the life
preservers and commenced to give them out to
passengers. The steward told me to let them
alone, and ordered me forward.
l was saved because 1 got a life-preserver,
and if the others had been allowed to get them,
too, many would have been saved with me.
The passengers were kept penned up till the
last moment and then made to go down in the
ocean like pack of dogs.
If some of the passengers had killed the stew
ard, who kept them from getting safety, II
would have been a mercy to the others. In
spite of what he told me, kept on giving out
lffe-preservers, and by this saved some of the
people from death.
We were badly treated on the San Juan. MY
wounds were not attended to. When l wa:
picked up, after twenty-nine hours on the
ocean, with my ribs broken, a big cash on top O.
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the inquiry. And yet it was serious ac-
cusation-that Captain Pitts did not use
sufficient vigilance in searching for the
shipwrecked men, and that he was in I'M
seemly haste in getting away from the
scene of the wreck. before, in the judgment
Of others, it was quite certain that there
were no more drifting ones to rescue. A
full list of the rescued ones is as follows:
Those who came to this port on the San
Juan:
Ole Hansen, third officer, Colima. residence
San Francisco
A. C. Richardson, storekeeper, Colima, resi-
dence San Francisco.
Ramon Ayiles, engineers storekeeper, CO.
lima, residence San Francisco.
G. III. Cushing Jr., cabin, residence Oakland.
J. H. Sutherland. cabin, residence Seattle.
Harry W. Boyd, cabin, residence Birming-
ham, England.
T. J. Oriel, cabin, residence Stockton.
George D. Ross, boatswain's mate, U. s.. N.
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he vii! make another attempt to see
Schwerin this morning.
his. wounds are the best evidence of
what he has to say relative to the neglect
OF Dr. Robertson. His body is covered
from head to foot with severe bruises, for
which nothing of healing nature has
ever been applied. No examination has
been made of his broken ribs, and internal
injuries from which he suffers constant
and acute pain have not been prescribed
for. No stitches have been taken in his
scalp and the wound refuses to heal.
-Four hundred and eighty dollars-all
the money he had in the worid-his cloth
ing, and, what he valued most, his
precious violin, on which he played for the
great Ysaye, went down in the wreck.
Rowan was musician of high standing
and great promise. He was educated at
the Conservatory of Client, and has had
engagements in all of the great musical
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BRUTAL TREATMENT.

Gustave Rowan Tells of His Expert
ence on the Steamer San
Juan.
Gustave Rowan, one of the survivors OF
The herald., 1895-07-16
CORBETT DIVORCE
Vera Was Not an Actress But She
Acted-Bad

Vera Was Not an Actress But She
Acted-Bad
NEW YORK, July 15.-Testimony in
the suit of Mrs. Ollie Corbett for divorce
from James ]. Corbett was taken by Ref
cree Jacobs today. Counsel for the
plaintiff announced that she charged her
husband with improper conduct in the
Bates house, Indianapolis, in Charleston,
W. Va, and at GAINESVILLE. O., in April.
Marie King, an actress in Corhstt's COM
pany, testified:
In January Of this year saw a wo-
man named Vera in COM pany with Mr.,
Co.bett. Vera was with our com pany a
good d cal, but she was not an actress. l
saw Vera with Mr.. Co-bett in Pittsburg
and indianapolis. She used to come to
the theater with him and leave with b i'm,
and she was his companion at all times. -
Miss King said she saw the pugilist
with the woman in Parkers burg. w. Va,
Cincinnati. Charleston and Indianapolis
between April 18th and Goth of this year.
Miss King had seen Vera in Corbet t. s
dressing -oom and at his hotel and tes IT,
fled that in the latter part of April she
saw them enter the same stateroom on a
train on which they were travelling and
lock the door. They registered as ~. j.
Corbett and wife" at hotels.
What was the nature of their conduct
toward each other?" was asked.
VERY affectionate.
did Mr.. Corbett make any effort to
CONCEAL his relations toward the woman?"
MOT in the slightest"
Miss King further stated that the mem
bers of the company called Vera Mrs. Cor.
bett in the pugilist's presence and that b Q
never objected.
The hearing was then adjourned.
The herald., 1895-07-16
TIRED 'fAlLORS
Sweat Shops Must Be Wiped Out or the
Goose Stops Honking

Sweat Shops Must Be Wiped Out or the
Goose Stops Honking
NEW YORK, July 15.-Delegates of the
Brotherhood of Tailors from $50 shops.
one from each shop, met last night in
Walahalla hall to report the sentiments of
their fellow workers regarding the pio-
posed general strike. All the delegates
reported that their employers had deter
mined to resist the new agreement, and
that the workers were in favor of strik-
ing. The meeting indorsed the strike.
and voted unanimously 10 place the full
management of it in the hands of Meyer
Schoenfeld and the executive committee
of the brotherhood. Schoenfeld says:
I'VE are pledged to reveal to no one the
day on which the strike will begin, so
that the bosses will not have any advant-
age. In fact the time will not be known
until five minutes before the strike is Or
dered. While this strike Is for new
agreement with better wages and condi-
tions, we shall make it the opportunity
for wiping the sweat shop system out of
existence. OF the 5000 mem bers of the
union. about 1900 are at present working
in the tenements under the sweat shop
system. We will on no account settle
with the employers of these people, as
the sweat shop system would continue if
we did. We are tired of waiting for the
factory inspectors to put an end to the
system. and are going to do it ourselves
at one blow"
The herald., 1895-07-16
MISS BAILEY'S ROMANCE
She Was Wooed by Bill D0oIan, the
Ontlaw
His Prowsss With an Officer Was Too Much
and She Left Her School
for Bill

cry, o. T.. July 15.-When Bill
Dalton, Bill Doolan and other members of
their band of outlaws held up train
near Gainesville, Tex. two years ago
Doolan, Winchester in hand. went through
the passenger coaches and robbed the
passengers. In one of the cars was Miss
Belle Bailey, who was on her way to Pur-
cell to teach school. Doolan was attrac-
ted by her and inquired where she was
going,
Soon after Miss Barley had taken charge
OF tn o school stranger appeared at Pur-
cell. He gave his name as Bullard and
began paying attentions to Miss Bailey.
Some of her friends warned her to keep
send him away. He would 20 away fire.
quently for a week OF two, but always re.
turned to ses the girl. One day Bulard
was at Miss Bailey's school when Dan
Spars, a deputy United States marshal.
rode up. He recognized Billiard as Doolan
and started to draw his revolver, but the
outlaw drew his first and forced the Off
Ger to dismount and handcuffed him.
Then he said that he had wanted to re-
form. but the deputies would not let him.
Miss Bailey, who had witnessed the in.
cident, cried out to her admirer: who
and what are your
"I'm Bill Doolan. the much read about
outlaw" was the quick response.
Six months later Miss Bailey left the
school and has not been heard OF since.
Since then Doolan has been making everv
effort to secure len.ency from the author
tiles. 1t is believed that Miss Bailey is
with him as his wife and is working for
his reformation.
The herald., 1895-07-16
Many Adobe Houses at FL PasO
Melting Away
SURROUNDED BY WATER
River Has Been Rising Steadily for
Several Days
A Large Number Of Families Left Homeless
and Much Damage to Property
and Farms
Associated Pres. spec,.l w,r.

Associated Press Special Wire.
DENVER, Colo, July 15.--A special to
the News from FL Paso. Tex. says:
The Rio Grande is pouring greater
food Of water into this valley than for
many years before. 1t has steadily risen
for several days, and last night it jumped
up nearly foot covering large part of
the lower town. This part Of the city was
supposed to be protected by a well built
Ievee, but the river broke in below the
termination OF the levee and backed up
nearly to the Santa Fe tracks. The
houses IN this section of the town are
chiefly adobe, and as the water surrounds
them they melt away. If the river rises
much higher hundreds OF the houses will
disappear into the flood. Already more
than a score of them have succum bed to
the water and many families have taken
refuge in the houses of their friends on
the higher grounds. Citizens who live in
comfortable adobe houses in the Second
ward were hurried out of their houses be-
fore daybreak this morning, some of the m
barely getting out before their dwellings
went down.
culiarly afflicted. A fsw days ago one of
his children died Of scarlet fever, ana yes
terday the other was almost in a dying
condition. Last night while watching
their suffering child. the parents became
aware that water was washing the floor
OF their house, SO soon after midnight
they took up the child and waded through
the flood to higher place. where they
were made comfortable. The father hur-
ried back to remove their household
goods. only to find the walls already
crum bling away.
and round house, the Terminal Smelling
company's works and Bassett & Lystcr's
brick yards are all surrounded by water;
also three dairies. John Pinckun and his
family were awakened bv tho cod lust
before daylight, and had to wade from
their house to the embankment of the
railIoad track. 1t is reported that the
overflow in the valley near the towns OF
Ysleta and San Felizaris is doing great
damage to crops.
Not less than one hundred houses have
been swept away on both sides Of the
river, and many poor families are left
homeless. Much damage to properly and
farms in the valley has resulted. FL Paso
was saved from the ravages of the food
by levee constructed along the northern
bank of the river three years ago. There
is no telling what course the bed of the
river will take before the food subsidies.
Floods like the present one always cnange
the channel of the river, and it is believed
Uncle Sam will lose several square miles
of territory by the river moving. Infor-
nation from San Marcial, N. M, is that
the river is still rising.