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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
BODIES STREW THE
HATTERAS BEACH
shipwrecked Sailors Who Tell Addi-
tional Tales of the Recent Big
Hurricane.

NORFOLK. Va. Aug 22--Thirty-
five shipwrecked seamen, who had
nothing in the world but few tat
tered and torn clothes on their backs,
arrived here to-day from Hatteras,
\. c. From them it is learned that the
recent hurricane which sent so many
people 10 death and destroyed vast
estates in Porto Rico, added another
chapter to- its horrors in little stretch
of beach from Kinnakoot to Hatteras,
\. c. Thirty people are known TO
have lost their lives in this district,
which is only eighteen miles long, and
the beach is strewn with spars, masts
and other wreckage. The sailors say
eleven vessels are ashore on the coast
between Hatteras and New River In
let. No such damaging result has at
tended a storm en- the coast in the past
quarter of century. Waves ran
mountain high and the wind howled
increasingly several days and nights
at a seventy-five mile velocity That
not more lives were lost in the vicinity
of Hatteras is considered by the sur
vivors nothing less than miracle.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
YAQUI MARAUDERS
ATTACK CUMURlPA
The Battle Wages TeD Hours
and TheD the lDdioDs
Withdraw.

AUSTIN Texas Aug Chihuahua Mexico
eraphc
by band OF about three hund
place military protection but the Mex
adobe houses and resisted
attack for Indians withdrew
Indians five ana wo-
number Of Indians were killed
all on with huhpei u
ties s Il definitely
courier in great
military protection and two
O been ordered to Cunurpa
Mex.
Three
gageents succeeded entering the
Government forces first about naf
They rallied again on the outskirts OF
soldiers advancing IN the
required
driven from their position
killed and
captainsReynado Aportal ana
o.
Of ounded : know hav
southwark and fol-
them again point about two
Indians numbered about 7oO while the gen
fought
wounded
from which they fought
led the Yaquis in their ten
who knows every inch Of the
is Mexican He led the
enabled make attack
badly he fight
Vicam shortly after taking
Father Belan
Indians had left but
and dinner cooking the
been known 70
protected by
reigi
Fifteenth Regiment
deaths from sunroke
them when they
reached
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
OXNARD SUGAR FACTORY
IN FULL OPERATION
The First Days Output of the
New Concern Eagerly
Bought Up.

HUENEME. Aug 22.-To-d day at
Oxnard the first sugar made in Ven
tura County was turned out by the
American Beet Sugar Company's fac
tory. the first beet sugar factory in
the United States TO begin operations
this season The sugar is the finest
grade that has been seen in these parts
and is extra bright and dry and Of
perfect granulation.
Lehman & Waterman, the leading
merchants of the county. have Sc
cured the first three carloads OF to-
days output. Preparations had been
made to open the campaign several
weeks ago, but owing to the newness
of the machinery and TO several mis-
haps which have occurred in different
parts of the factory, operations have
been delayed The output for the pres
ent will be $500 sacks of sugar per day,
but it is the calculation TO double this
in a few weeks. The factory will run
continuously night and day for the
next four months when 10000 tons OF
beets will have been converted into
sugar.
The town of Oxnard, where the fac
tory is located is the liveliest NUM-
CipaIity in the State. Buildings cannot
be erected fast enough to accommo-
date prospective settlers, while those
watch the progress Of this thriving
burg have pitched their tents where,
with their families. they will await
their turn in securing more substantial
homes The plat of the town was laid
out in January, 1898. and the popula-
ton Of Oxnard to-day is over 2000 and
is increasing rapidly.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
FIREBUG ARRESTED.
Antoine Meyers Held by the Police in
San Jose

SAN JOSE. Aug. 22.-The police and
Sheriff's office have arrested Antoine
Movers, who is believed TO be the au-
thor of the five mysterious fires that
have occurred since July 3. The man
has been under suspicion for some time.
and to-day's arrest was made by Dep
uty Sheriff Stewart and Policeman
Langford, on a warrant issued by Jus
tice Wallace. The officers claim to
have a strong case against Meyers. and
ii is said that there are two witnesses
who saw him apply the match in one
instance. He is held in the County
Jail. and no one is allowed to see him
Movers is about 80 years of age and
resides with his mother at 231 Fox ave
nue.. He has been employed in the
Southern Pacific yards All the fires
have occurred in the immediate vicinity
of his home and between midnight and
2 o'clock a. m 1t is thought Meyers is
crazy on the subject of fire. When
drinking he talks of nothing but fires.
Barns and warehouses were his special
prey. on January % the Meyers home
was burned The officers claim they
connect him with five fires since July
3. the aggregate loss of which was $50
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
.LEPER SENT TO
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
The Sad Story Of a San
Francisco Woman.
Special Dis1a,ch to The Call

WASHINGTON. Aug. pa case OF
unusual interest in connection with i'm
migration mattars has been settled by
Commissioner Powderly 1t IS tnat OF
Mrs 7 NJ. Todd. a British subject. who
IS now in the San Francisco Pesthouse'
suffering from leprosy. She contracted
the disease in 1892 while working as
nurse in the San Francisco Pesthouse.
Some Of her washing went TO lepers TO
be done and a Chinese leper USED 10
bring coal for her Thirteen months
after this. while in San Francisco. sus-
notwithstanding spots appeared on the
left leg. After contracting the disease
she went 70 the Hawaiian Islands ana
remained there until November is, lsgS.
when she left TO attempt TO reach the
United States She took passage at
Honolulu on the steamship City OF Rio
de Janeiro, destined for some point in
Japan. From Japan she shipped by the
Canadian Steamship Line 10 Victoria.
B. c, thence coming across the border
Of the United States, reaching San
Francisco December -, avoiding the
Marine Hospital examination at that
Doint. Her condition and the story OF
her case was discovered by the immi-
grant inspector at san Francisco He
took the matter up, with the result that
a specialist made a new examination Of
the woman, finding that she is badly
diseased.
Commissioner Powderly has ordered
that Mrs Todd, who is widow, be
sent back TO the Hawaiian Islands and
confined in the leper colony there. He
has given the case much study, with
a view OF finding If she could be turned
over TO the British or Canadian autnor-
tiles. but he does not desire 20 send her
into British territory and put innocent
people in danger. In this connection
Commissioner Powderly says that the
Ieper colony in the Hawaiian Islands is
not closely guarded and that the sltua-
ton is somewhat dangerous He has
no power TO send immigrant inspectors
there and says the whole matter will
have 10 be regulated by Congress. There
is no place to keep her in this country.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
OPENED LETTERS
WITHOUT AUTHORITY

SANTA CRUZ. Aug. 22.-B. c. Epperson
was to-day held under $50 bail to appear
for trial in Justice Stanley's court on
August 81. Epperson. who is s. years old
is accused of opening letters addressed to
Miss Louise Clark without authority.
Epperson is Postmaster at Epperson, Co
Iusa County Miss Clark is deputy. She
also attends TO his private correspond
ence A few weeks ago they came here
to spend the summer. Yesterday she de-
manded her pay for her TWO years work,
$500. He gave his note for the amount.
After the note was signed they went TO
the postoffice While she was standing
at the general delivery window holding
the note in her hand Epperson snatched ii
and before she could recover II he placed
il in his mouth and chewed il up. While
she was visiting Sacramento she accuses
Epperson of opening her letters. She
saws she will prosecute the case TO the
finish and will not listen to any compro-
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
VILLAGE IN JAPAN
DESTROYED BY FIRE
One Hundred Dead Found in the
Ruins and Seven Are Reported
Missing

VICTORIA. B. c.. Aug 22.-The
Japanese steamer Kinshiu Maru brings
news OF a serious confagration in
Araimachi prefecture, which wiped the
village of Echigo off the map. Four
hundred houses. mostly bamboo built
structures, were destroyed and 12O Jap
anese lost their lives.
The fire originated in the home of one
of the villagers. A high wind was pre-
vailing at the time and the flames
swept like a sea over the hamlet The
Japanese firemen. with their limited ap-
paratus. were unable to do anthing
whatever to stay the flames and they
were left TO burn themselves out When
the embers cooled IT was found that 12O
were dead and seven were missing.
About the same time as Echigo was
swept out by fire the villages Of Mizo-
nobe and Mura in Yamaguta was swept
by whirlwind and fourteen buildings
were destroyed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
FAMOUS PRISONER
GIVEN LIBERTY
An Accomplice in the Murder of Lord
Frederick Cavendish in Phoenix


DUBLIN, Aug. 22--Earl Cadogan. Lord
Lieutenant of ireland, to-day signed the
expected order releasing from Marybor-
ough Jail James Fitzharris, alias Skin
the Coat" who in May. 1888, was sen
fenced TO penal servitude as an accom-
plice in the murder. on May s, 1SS2. in
Phoenix Park. Dublin, OF Lord Frederick
Cavendish, Chief Secretary for ireland.
and T. H. Burke. permanent Under Sec
hing bv four men known as the Irwin
cibies.'f An order of release was also
signed in the case OF Laurence o Hanion,
sentenced to penal servtude for attempt
aged in the trial OF persons charged with
murder in November, 1882 Fitzharris and
O'HanIon left the Jail this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
DIVoRCEE TO REMARRY.
Mrs. Rose Cardwell Fitch to Wed
Lieutenant ". S. Hughes.

STOCKTON, Aug. 22.-Private advices
bring the Information that Rose Cardweil
Fitch. the divorced wife Of Thomas Fitch
Jr. is to become the. wife of Lieutenant
Commander W. s. Hughes OF the Phila
delphia The Fftches were divorced a
year ago the 20th of the present month.
after several sensational episodes, one of
which was the shooting OF Attorney Fair
all by Fitch. After the settlement of the
troubles here Mrs. Fitch went TO San
Francisco and took UP her residence with
Mrs. Frances Fitch. her sister and the
the news has created widespread inter
est among her many friends here. II is
understood that the news reached here
through a letter the bridc-to-be wrote TO
an intimate friend.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
HoMEWARD BOUND.
List of Vessels Leaving Bristol Bay
for San Francisco.

ASTORIA. Or. Aug. 2.-The steamer
North Star. cannery tender for the
Alaska Fishermen's Packing Company
arrived in port to-day from Nushagak
River Bristol Bay, Alaska She sailed
from Bristol Bay on August y and re
ports other vessels having sailed as fol-
August :, schooner R. ". Bartlett for
San Francisco; August u, bark Harry
Morse for Astoria; August Il, barkentine
Gardner City for San Francisco. The lat
TER has cargo OF salt salmon. The ship
Macey was 10 sail for San Francisco on
August b.
rack on Bristol Bay was unusually large
fhis season. and estimates it as follows:
Alaska Packers Association, 34S.Oo0 cases;
Pacific Steam Whaling Company 1900
cases: Alaska Fishermen's Packing Com
pany p. 900 cases. The canneries of the
latter two companies were erected this
season
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
COLUMBIA GOES
DOWN OFF kauai
End of the Ill-Fated
Vessel.
NO LIVES WERE LOST
SPRUNG A LEAK SHORTLY AFT
Err LEAVING PORT.
The Crew Worked Hard to. Save
the Ship Until the Water
Extinguished the
Fires.
Special Correspondence Of The Call.

HONOLULU. Aug. 15.-The final chap
ter in the life of the iIl-fated City of Co
lumbia may now be written. On Thurs
day last she sailed for HongkOng with a
crew of forty all told, with officers and
men. and yesterday nineteen of them re-
turned with the report that she was foun-
dering' off the coast of Kauai.
The tale as told by Chief officer Carlson
and substantiated with variations in de-
tail by the other eighteen is that the
vessel started out well enough for Hong
kong and kept TO pace or about nine
knots an hour for some hours. Shortly
before daylight the next morning. when
some seventy miles of the coast of Nil
hau, II was discovered that she was leak
ing heavily at the. stern port chaSings
Pumps were unavailingly set TO work, for
the water gained so rapidly that the fires
were eXtingUished within TWO or three
hours With the pumps working the water
gained nearly two feet in the hour.
Sails were hoisted but the vessel merely
rolled like a log in the trough of the sea
The twice broken-backed steamer was
wreck.
boats out and dispatched two of them.
with Officer Carlson and the others re-
ferred to, in search of aid. as the derelict
eleven feet of water in her hold and was
rapidly Settling by the stern. The men
landed at Mana. Kauai, about o'clock on
SATURDAY. morning and were taken by
special train 10 Waimea-
The steamer James Make was at Ka-
paa and at once went 70 Waimea and
brought the shipwrecked men to Homo
lulu, it being well known that Captain
Walker and the rest Of the crew were IN
boats waiting for the hoodoo's demise.
The United States steamship Iroquois
was got ready as rapidly as possible and
sent to the scene Of the disaster, and to-
day the Hawaiian tug Glen was sent.
The Iroquos returned this morning
from WaiInea with Captain Walker and
the remainder OF the crew Of the Column
bia. which foundered about eight hours
after the first two boats left her. No
lives were lost and the ship now sleeps IN
ora of the desDesr uartS OF the Pacific.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
THE PEARY EXPEDITION.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-News has just
been received in Brooklyn from Herbert
L. Bridgeman, who is in charge of the
Peary auxiliary expedition on board the
steamer Diana, from the Straits of Belle
Isle, which are between Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Mr. Bridgeman's letter is dated July %
and was conveyed by fishing boat on its
way to Labrador. In il he says that il
will probably be his last chance to COM
municate with home. as the expedition
was then heading for Disco. Peary was
expected TO join them. Snow and an ice
berg had been encountered by the voy
ayers, but not TO any dangerous degree.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
SIGNALS CARRIED BY
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
Test Made by Lighthouse Department
Between Staten Island and
New York.

conducted in wireless
by the Lighthouse Department at Topkins-
vile Isand. W j.
andaf
Of
which controlled
specially telegraph
Tmpknsvie pier and well out into the mid
all
a 3,
Tompknsvile
difficulty
In
working around
which
hirb how
Of distance will
will be just
lesstel hic a miles
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
Cabinet Crisis in co1ombia.

Special Gable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted. 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett
BOGOTA, Colombia. Aug 22-Cuervo
Marquee. Minister of Foreign Relations.
and Gerardo PaIacio. sub-Secretary. Of
Finance, have resigned their portfolios
owing. II is presumed. to the appointment
of General Santos as Minister OF War
Calderon Reyes. Minister of Finance has
gone to Anapoima to confer with the
President of the republic. and il is feared
that a ministerial crisis may ensue.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
Traces of a Wreck.

VICTORIA. B. C. Aug 22-Reports
have reached here from Choose. on The
west coast of Vancouver Island, Of the
finding of the name board Of the lost bark
Dominion. 1t was discovered some three
months ago at the west coast village, and
not until now has the information been
made public. The letters are all but OBJ
liberated by the washing of the sea, but
the initial ID" and final ion are easily
made out. A representative of the Liver
pool Board of Trade is now making in
qury into the wreck
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
For the Washington Troons-

SEATTLE. Aug. 22.-Negotiations are in
progress for bringing the Washington
volunteers from San FRANCISCO TO Seattle
in a body after their muster out al the
former place. Two steamers viii probably
he chartered. Levi Ankeny the we'll
known banker Of Walla Walla. has Of
fered 70 bear the entire expense OF the
vessels chartered which will amount to
5000 or so ,O0o
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
i. Repatriated Spaniards.

HAVANA, Aug. 22.-The Spanish steam
er Alfonso XIII, which sailed for Spain
to-day. had on board 432 Spaniards who
are being repatriated at the expense OF
the Madrid Government
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23

hop pickers' camp near Wheatland this
morning by firing bullet into his brain.
Deceased had been i'll for some time. and
dependency was the cause Of the act.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23

Cars stop here" this Is the sign
The Market-st. Railway wish to define.
Pegamoid Aluminium does IL for them:
Opposite Call Bldg It's gem
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
Suicide of George Sloan

MARYSVILLE. Aug. 22-George Sloan,
aged 20 years. who recently came from
San Francisco. committed suicide at the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
Chnvnski Matched

LOUISVILLE. Aug. 22-Joe Choynskt
and Jim Hall have been matched for a
bout before the Nonpareil Athletic CLUB
of this city September 25. the opening
day of the fall race meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
Ham in School and Van Ness Seminary.

40 JACKSON, COR. COUGH ST.. S. F.
1910 Boarding and day school for girls
Accredited by the University OF California
Opens August a. 1893. Send for prospectus.
SARAH D. HAMLINs Principal
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23

Several beautiful paintings from this years
Paris Salon at the Gump Art Gallery, r3
Geary st.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
TRINITY SCHOOL

oOOA WASHINGTON ST. OPENS AUG
OOOO 7th Prepares for college and uni
versity. twenty-second year; corps OF II pro-
fesscls Accredited with the University. For
catalogue OF information apply 10
DR.. E B SPALDING. Rector
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-23
ST, MATTHEW'S MILITARY SCHOOL.

q AN AATEO. CAL-FOUNDED A D. lsss,
- by the late Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer. D.D.
Ur catalogue and illustrated circular address
REV. W A BREWER. A B.
Pector and Head Master
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
K1FFTR TELEGRAPHY.
THEIR MYSTERIOUS TRANSMISSION OF NEWS
OVER LONG DISTANCES.

THEIR MYSTERIOUS TRANSMISSION OF NEWS
OVER LONG DISTANCES
From The London Mail.
The battle OF Majuba Hill was fought on Feb
ruary q. 1881 PietermaritZburg is as nearly
as possible 40 miles from Majuba- Yet the ma
tive servants OF officers quartered In that gar
rson town heard the news OF the battle ana
told their masters of the result within ten hours.
and long before any official Geographic informa-
tion came through .
Again, the total defeat OF the zulus at Ulundl
in 1879 was heard OF by the natives at dls-
lance OF 30 miles within twelve hours.
How is it done?
Many explanations have been offered, but
none OF them are entirely satisfactory. Per
haps the most plausible explanation for the
rapid transmission OF news is the following
The various kaffr languages, particularly thtt
spoken by the Zulus, have very many broad
open yowels The "a" is pronounced as in
father. Such words 'amba gashle' ego care
fully, "Ikona MALI (no money!, "hamba kaya
Ego home), all words that carry far The
natives are said to shout to one another from
hilltop to hilltop, and these long drawn out
vowels can be heard for immense distances
The extremely rareied air of the high veldt also
helps the sound to travel; and a chain of natives
being arranged, one on each hilltop. four or five
miles apart, the message flies from one to an
other with amazing rapidly.
Another explanation which seems less likely,
although many old residents among natives de-
clare that IL is true is the tapping OF an outcrop
Of irOnstone or other magnetic mineral WIN
succession of light blows, after the manner OF the
Morse alphabet These, ii is said, can be heard
along the whole length Of the outcrop, even II
the reef dives underground for miles and then
reappears on the surface. The recipient places
his ear on the stone and receives the impress
sion of the taps over distance of many niles.
Where there is n stream Of running water II
is known to be possible to convey sounds along
the surface over a considerable length thereon.
But this would hardly be applicable to the South
African natives methods, as the streams
through the veldt flow only for few months in
the summer, and then only internationally, after
thunderstorms; for the rest Of the year they are
practically dry beds OF sand and rock.
Whatever their method may be, ii has been
proved over and again that natives get
news Of any great event, reported accurately
and succncty long before ii is flashed across
the teegraphic wires.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

state among the Kaffirs. The exception. that
ter treated than among other divisions OF the
race, is strong argument for womans rights
because the Zulus are the pick Of all the Kafiirs
The Zulus are taller. more agile more intclli
gent more good natured and sociable when well
treated, and more formidable in war than any
other Kaflrs. They may not make as powerful
hands in the gold diamond mines as some
OF the western and southern natives, not being
so thickset, or generally, we'll fitted to carry
heavy loads; but among these peoples lightness
and rapidly OF motion-and, il would seem.
grace-are more admired in men than what
call sturdiness.
sCANTY COSTUME IN FAVOR.
The costume OF the Zulu in the domestic
circle, II he be man Of rank Is comprised in
. leopard skin about his shoulders, a peculiar
sort Of belt made of strips Of OK hide, an anklet
! or two Of brass and something in the way OF
q necklace His wife has a very rainy day
skirt, made for her by her husband out Of an
OF hide which he himself has tanned and soft
ened. But this so far as the man is concerned.
is only for the piping times OF peace, when the
family smoke Dutch tobacco out Of smokehorns
and exhilarate themselves with snuff. When
leaves leopard skins and belts at his kraal. His
tribe have made themselves respected by the
British in open fight. and the secret Of his
warlike responsibility his "impis" and his
~assegais."
The Zulu "impi' Is tactical and disciplinary
formation OF about one thousand warriors on
foot. In battle the impi charges in solid forma-
ton. like the Macedonian phalanx each warrior
covering his body with shield about - inches
by IS at the widest part made OF one thickness
OF oxhide. Each impi Is permanently under the
command OF an induna. The principal offensive
weapon of the Zulu warriors, the "assegai,' is a
light spear sometimes long as five feet,
sometimes not longer than three, the long, fiat
head OF iron, beaten into the shape Of a willow
leaf bound TO the haft with oxhide thongs. At
close quarters the asseSai may be used for stab
bling but II Is more effective when used as a
missile that will Kill at two hundred yards It's
penetrating power being due to the rotary mo-
ton, like that of a rifle bullet which is i'm
parted In the act of hurting By peculiar hook
Of the little finger. It Is said that no white man
has ever thoroughly learned the Zulu trick OF
hurting asscgai or the Zulu way Of pro-
nouncng the name OF Cetewayo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
TEMPERATURE AND SEEDS.
From Notes and Queries.

TrCm NOIch anu NUtIItS
As Mr. Wilson is curious as to the effect OF
OK rene cold upon seeds il may perhaps be or
interest to give a recent illustration.
At Dover. on September -. Sir w. Thselton-
Dyer described. at the meeting of the British
Association, experiments which he had carried
out in conjunction with Professor Dewar TO
ascertain the influence OF the temperature Of
liquid hydrogen on the germinatlve power or
seeds The experiments showed that life was
sustained at "A temperature 80 low that ordl-
nary chemical action was stopped Seeds or
barley vegetable marrow mustard, ana the pea
were actually immersed in liquid hydrogen for
inward of six hours. The seeds came out OF the
ordeal bright and apparently unchanged. and all
terminated after they were planted. me low,
Get temperature To which they were subjected
was 453 degrees Fahrenheit below the tempera-
ture Of melting ice.