The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCY CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897. SATS A JAN S LINCHED FOR THEFT! Private Detective Sauls Tells of a Hanging by Miners. SLAIN ON SKAGUAY TRAIL. Detected in Stealing Money From Tents, a Poor Packer Is Put to Death. ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN ABOUT 85000, Nothing Known as to the Identity of the Executed Man Except That ‘ He Was a Russian Finn. SEATTLE, Wasn., Sept. 16.—According . Sauls, a member of the Southern Detective Agency, who arrived in this city fr kaguay this a oon, a Russian whose name is unknown, was ynched by five enraged miners on the ) ay trail on or about September 3. The crime for which this man paid the penalty of his life was stealing. He was doubtedly a thief, for he confessed it. was what he had gone to Skaguay He did not die iy and beg E: vore in his foreign tonguealternate- yv. It had no effact, however, as the venalty for theft had been announced. Toe scene of the hanging, Sauls says, ar the foot of the s miles from salt water. The lynch- i knew of witness to ptured not an ey was the man who c: e says he helped tne miners’ committee n down several criminals while on the The Russian Finn, Sauls says, struck about two weeks before the He sailed for Seattle on one of imerous boats and went to Skaguay the purpose of packing for wages. e information he gave out. ht ne outfit with him and was io started to work packing seemed to be a hard low. He was young, The Russian coulz T aad made no He always to be afraid of something and s much as possible. 2 onme of the pack team woke up after spending a night he summit to fird that his E unting to between $1500 and ad been stolen during the night. xt night several other people lost A passed without deveiop- On returning from work on the oon of September 2 W. H. Davis found that some one had been in his tent and taken his money-bag, which con- ned $1400. ag had been concealed under some This was too much for even the rs to stan: Neariy $5000 had been to do mo more work until the decide: thi s found. The next evening De- mumit, about | and none & in a very short space of time. They | for the Presiddnt. tive Sauls was sent for and commenced e one had been near the tents outside of an s Russian Finn packer. decided that he must know something about the robberi Taking one of the lussian’s hole on the billside. The man was at home. He demanded 1o know | gation. It was ‘ilswvereiflmi brought before him to explain his mo- mmediate party of miners except| had no murderous intent, but the police The detective | fee] that the case is one that demands the ers with him, Saulsclimbed up to the | | | | late been empl. a clerk, and to have a record as a man of violent hab- its, given to drink and quarrels. stories are told regarding his desizn en | ) = = FLEEING FROM THE YELLOW SCOURGE. The scenes of the yellow fever panic of 1879 are now being re-enacted at and in the vicinity of the Mississippi capital. At the first note of alarm the people of ready means fled by rail to the towns farther north, or by private conveyance to their plantations and places of refuge, and so escaped the shotgun quarantine which was immediately set up against the city by all the couniry around. Every town and village conuected with Jackson hasout an armed force guarding all the lines of communication, and the rule of aliowing no one coming from Jackson :o pass under any circumstances is inflexibly enforced. The railroad trains no longer stop there, and with this watchifulness on all the roads those who delayed their departure are put to it now to get out. he dan over. By taking the lanes and byroads, which are also closely picketed, they can manage to reach however, and avoiding the towns and large plantation settlements, 1e pine hills, where they can camp in some safety tiil frost comes and s ASSATD Pradilio then hit him a powerfal blow on the neck, felling him. The gendarmes rushed forward, and some mounted officers and police seized and pinioned him. He was taken through a side street and led away, the people shouting: “Give him to us!” i “We will hang him! | But the gendarmes succeeded in keeping | their prisoner, being re-enforced X cavalrymen, the great crowd shouting and running behind. The man was taken to the palace and stripped, but no weapon | was found on his person. He was taken | away to the city hall, securely bound, and | placed in solitary confinement, after being questioned by officers. Hisname is Ignacio Anulfo and be hasof d in a notary’s office as d by the Chtef of Police Various | the President, one theory being that he was armed with a dagger, as many of the police believe, but if so he must have | torown it away, as no weapon was found on him. It seems almost certain that he | intended harm, for at the moment of deal- ing the blow he used opprobrious terms | and seemed most maniacal. i The Presidenton returning to the pal- ac: was cheered by the crowdsand an | immense throng assembled in front of the palace, cheering and shouting and calling | President Diaz calm! in took the matter very | and advised that the man be kept | ody wuntil to-morfow and be tives, apparently believing that the man deepest investigation, and they counseled | nis being turned over to the military tribunal, as he had assaulted their corm- mander-in-chief while in uniform. i It is variously reported to-night that | what they wanted, and in his broken | Ayylfo will bs tried by court-martial and | lish ordered them down the hi told him be had been stealing and 1ad better confess and give up the money or Le would hang him. The voung foreigner denied it at first, but under a severe cross-examtnation said that he had taken the money from Davis’ te He said that be had gone in to look jor some clothes, as his were He had but $1280 left. This he gave back to Davis, What hedia with the balance or where he bed Lid the rest of the stolen morey he would not say. Sauls took his man down the hill, turned him over to Davis and his companions and then went 4 vack up the hill. In the morning ne asked | Davis where the Russian was. The man who had been robbed repiied: We took him over to the brow of that peck, then all five of us caught hold of the rope and pulled him up till be was dead. He refused to pray before going to & Maker. At first he swore at us, then h pegan to beg. and took him a long time to die. If you want 1o see his body itis over there on the edge of the biuff between two big rocks.”’ Sauls szys he went over and Icoked at | the b A black mark around the Rus- sian’s neck told the story of justice satis- tied. In his pocket Sauls found two letters from Russia. One was from his mother. They were left with the body. g —- Large Quartz Ledges Located. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 16. — The steamer Farallon arrived this morning from Skaguay and Dyea with thirty pas- sengers who have given up the attempt to reach the Yukon gold felds this win- ter. C. F. Shaw, representing an Enelish syndicate, accompanied by a party of seven, took passage on tbe Farallon from Fort Wrangel and is in Seattle. He has been prospecting the divide tetwee: Cas- siar and the headwaters of the Yukon emptying into Lake Teslin. He reports the existence of large quartz ledges of the szme grade ss the Treadwell, but they cannot be worked with profit om account lack of machinery. Rl Returning Frcm the North, VICTORIA,B.C., Sept. 16.—The steamer Willamette from Dyea on the 12th called at Union to-day. She has twenly passen- gers, all from Dyea and Skaguay. The Wiliamette brings the report that very few persons are getting througn on the trails, but that the Chilcoot Pass is beiog preferred to the White Pass. put one of his pack ropes around his | promised all sorts of | things if we would only cut him down. It | worn out | fallen i | | | | | jon also that he will be handed over to the civil authorities. General Powell Clayton, the United States Minister, immediately called upon the President and offered his congra.ula- tions, as did other diplomats and many prominent peopie. There is no doubt that if Anulfo had | into the hands of the people | he would have been torn to pieces, | so intense was the rage of the people. | Some think Anuifo made the assault for | the sake of gaining notoriety, having read | the accounts of the assassination of Can- | ovs - DIAZ OPENS CONGRESS. s An Interesting Message In Which the Question of Silver as Affect- ing Finances Is Dealt With. CITY OF MEXICO, Mex., Sept. 16. President Diaz opened Congress thiseven- ing, reading bis semi-annual message covering the period since April. He said the country was at peacze with ail civilized countries and was gradually making more intimate ties with them. He noted the decision of the Court of Claims st Wash- ington adverse to the La Abra claim which had been pronounced fraudulent and went to consider the question of the pro- posed international dam, remarking: *'Frontier towns from Joarez for a dis- tance of 113 kilometers down the river have suffered damages which amount to many millions of dollars and have lost a large number of inhabitants on account of the frequent inundations from the Rio Grande 2nd use of the water of the river for irrigation purposes on land in the ! United Staies, which has greatly reduced | the volume of water. In order to remedy | as far as po-sibie these evils a great inter- national reservoir had been planned and negotiations opened at Washington by | our Minister. Itistobe hoped that the Government of the Uaited States, over- | coming the difficulties raised by specula- | tors, will conclude a treaty with Mexico for the execution of this work, which 1s of vital importance to the dwellers oh either | bank of the river.” The Postoffice Department and tele- i graphs owned by the Government, the message states, show a remarkable in- creuse of business. Referring to the ques- | tion of silver as affecting the finances of Mexico, the President says: “Unfortunatgly the present fiscal year does not begin under as good auspic:s as the previous one, for the excessive weak- ! nessand fluctuations of silver, often sud- den and violent in their character, have so influenced the econcmic situation of country that it is demanding the serious attention of the Government and has caused the adoption of strong meas- ures of prudence, ali expenses not abso- lutely necessary being deferred or reduced. Fhe magni and sudden character of the present perturbation of silver cer- uly do not correspond to the known es which bhave produced it, and, therefore, there are well-founded motives forexpecting that the factors, more or less artificial, which may bave had an in- fluence in the decline of silver, wili be of short duration and may even soon bring about a favorable reaction. “There is not, therefore, for the present any serioas reason for alarm. The nation will be able to pass through this difficult period confronting it with the same se- renity which it displayed a few yearsago when the causes produced alarm.” This portion of his messsge attracted grest attention and was favorably re- cerved. It was stated that the Finance Dapartment had issued concessions for several banks of issue in the interior and had under study several other proposed bank cbar:ers. In conclusion, the President assured Congr: thai there was every reason for congratulation on the state of the coun- | 'ry, which steadily grows richer, while the Government revenue is continually increasi There is only one thing to be regretted, and that is the single cause, entirely out- side of the country to coutrol, which threatens to disturb the foreign trade of the republic and the easy financial sitoa- ticn of the Government. The recent de- cline in silver, which, if continued and aggravated, might occasion serious conse- quences, only encourages national export- ation and manufactures, while the tem- porary nature of this aecline, according to | the reporis received by the executive, per- mits the indulgence of tne hope that the | situation will soon clear up, and, in any event, the national treasury is properly prepared to meet it WORK CAN PROCEED AT SAN PEDRO Continued from First Page. I telieve that nine-tenths of the people who havs act vely engaged in loyally for Santa Monica had the proper authorities reported ihat Santa Monica was the better site of the two. ““We deny most emphatically that our position has been taken merely from a | toward C. P.| ise of vindictiveness Hauntingtoa or the Southern Pacific Com- pany. We opposed Huntington's site be- cause it was not the place for a free har- bor. would not bave justified the Government |in expending any large sum of money on it.”’ Most of the credit for the victory won for San Pedro is generally acknowledged 1o be due to four local organizations—the Chamber of Commeree, Board of Trade, Free Harbor League and the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association. These boaies representzd practically almost the entire business sentiment of this city. It has always been believed here that Attorney-General McKenna was friendly to San Pedro, and his opinion declaring that the execution of the law relative to San Pedro was mandatory upon Secretary of War Alger has confirmed that belief. | The people here feel extremely grateful to him and declare he is deserving of great | credit for having brought the matter to an issue at the last Cabiret meeting. TAKES UP THE STaIKERS' CAUSE. The American Fedsration of Labor Will Aid the Miners in the Region of Hazelton. HAZELTON, Pa., Sept. 16.—-The Amer- ican Federation of Lahor has taken up the cause of the mineworkers in this re- gion. Their organizers are aiready at work here, and when this has bee.. com- pleted a uniform scale will be formulated and presented to the operators., There will be no marching or anything in the nature of a demonstration, and no | attempt will be made to bring about sym- pathetic strike movements. The work of organization is being done by the sending of emissaries from mine o mine, aud every affort is being made to avoid the appearance of a demonstration. A pbody of 150 men and boys, led by a score of womeu, made a raid on the Car- son, Starand Monarch collieries at Honey Brook, near Audenrzid. the San | Pedro movement would have stood as| The restrictions on it were such as | CHECKING THE YELLOW PLAGUE | Brighter Outlook for the Infested Crescent City. {One Fatal Case of Genuine Fever Developed in Biloxi. | | | | | Persons Malic'ously Spreading Un- | founded Rumors WIll Be Prosecuted. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 16— A | brignter outlook for New Orleans 1s evi- dent to-night, so far as the fever situation is concerned. The reporis to the board | were ¢f a most encouraging nature. In- stead of twenty cases requiring investiga- tion there were ouly 12n to be looked into v,and of these only three were pro- | mounced suspicious and one dectared vellow fever. The latter case is situated in a tnickly populated negro district, and special pains are being taken by the board to | quarantine and sanitate tbe neighbor- hood. The doctors have been unable to determine the origin of the other sus- | picious cases reported to-day. To-night it was given out at the Board | of Healih that the case in the ne;ro dis- | trict is the most serious at_ present ex- | isting. | President Oliphant of the\ Board of Health and President Brittan of the Coun- | cil said to-night the chances of crushing out the disease had infinitely improved. | A fatal case of genuine yellow fever de- veloped in the very heart of Biloxi to-day. There bave been altogether twenty-two cases of yellow fever in Biloxi, with only one death, that of to-day. At Ocean Springs no new cases have | been reported. | Some inquiry has been made as to whetner the present scare will have the | effect of interfering with the winter race | meeting. Officials ot the club say they are | going right abead with their preparations tor opening and that the existence of a few cases of yellow fever here will not change the arrangements. Several towns have adopted the policy of Lake Charles and will fine and 1m- prison all persons who in these times of | excitement give circulation to unfounded | rumors with a view toalarming the publiic | mind. Severa! towns have adopted local laws providing for the prompt punish- | ment of the people who may be successful in running the quarantine, but whose transgression is subsequently made Known. | Dr. Oliphant of the Board of Health and Surgeon Carter of the Marine Hos- pital service have both expressed the opinion that it is entirely feasible to | disinfect merchandise so as to make its reception at any town from New Orleuns entirely harmless. An effort will be made to 1induce Louisiana,” Alabama | and Mississippi town boaras of health to modify their quarantine regulations so as to admit freight. No blankets, cot- ton or woolen goods wili be attempted to be shipped, but it is propesed if possible to move croceries and provisions, ma- | chinery, bhardware and otner articles | which are not rood mediums for the propagation of yellow fever germ: KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 17. —Claude Anderson, a negro 7 years old, was taken to the hospital yesterday from a negro house on Twelith street, in the central part of the city. The boy came here from | Mississippi with an unknown white man, having left the State but six days, He was suffering from fever and his condition seemed so serious that a con- sultation was calied at a late hour. At 12:30 this morning the consultation ended. Dr. Boeber, the house surgeon who was one of the four physicians in cousuitation, said : “I wonid not place myself on record as to whether it is or is not yellow fever. “It 1s a case now met with up here. There are few symptoms of yellow fever. There is no black vomi, and the boy’s skin is not jaundiced or vellow.” The other physicians are equally uncer- tain. MOBILE, ArA., Sept. 16.—This has been a black day for Mobite. One new case was announced at the noon ieeiing of the Board of Health and two new suspicious cases reported. This afternoon the patient, Antone Hagen, at the City Hospital died and an autopsy was at once held, resulting in the deciaration that he had undoubtedly died of yellow fever. This is the first death recorded here. The city begins to show the effects of the moving away of all who could easily meet the expenss of moving, and now those, who are not financially able are making heroic exertions to get the means with which to travel. KDWARDS, Miss.,Bept. 16.—At 6 0'clock this evening there are sevenieen pro- nounced c#83s and thirty-five other cases NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. \ou UL (3) 1 1(1'(”‘”; '(’,hlc swel” el 1L wa Ilvf:g T" "GRE 1‘:‘\6 ’ ame St of similar symptoms, but not officially de- clared yellow fever. Both the Presby terian and Methodist ministers, Revs. Cofonel Mery and J. G. Galioway, were taken ill yesterday. AGAINST ~ DISCAIMINATING DUTY. It Is Reported That the Attorney- General Will Decide That Section 22 Is Aot Valid. CHICAGO, IrL., Sept. 16.—An Inter Ocean special from Washington says: Attorney-General McKenna has written | his opinion on Section 22 oi the tariff bill, but it will not be made public until tu- morrow or Saturday. An official high in authority to-night predicted that the opinion would be against the entire section, and to effect that sectio did not repeal section 4228 | of the revised statutes, authorizing the President to suspend and discontinue dis- criminating auties, and that he would therefore hold that since this law still has validity and the President has suspended and discontinued all dis- criminating duties in American ports, and that as goods coming i bond through contiguous countries are credited to an Americsn port to which they are con- siened, the discriminating duty does not affect them. In other words, this gentleman says that the opinion of the Attorney-General will be against the discriminating duties on the tea shipped to Chicago from Japan by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Com- puny, and then in bond over the Canadian Pacific Railroad, for the reason that the tes was not broken in bulk, but was sent in bond from Japan to Chicago, where regular duties can be collected. SR L HOLDING THE >ILVER RESERVE. Bank of England Will More Toward Univereal Bimetallism. LONDON, E~G. Sept. 16.—At the semi- annual meeting of the Bank of Eugland to-day the governor, Hugh C. Smith, satd: *You are probably aware of the pro- posals laid before the Government in the summer by the United States and France, whereby this country might increase it< use of silver as a contribution to an inter- nationa! agreement, while not affecting our gold standard, and might enable the mints of France and America to resume iree coinage. Among the proposals was one asking the bank to hold the amount of sllver permissible under the act of 1844."" The Governor then read a letter, dated July 29, addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. It was as follows: “Referring to our conversaiion we beg to say the bank is prepared to carry ont what is laid down #s permissible in the bank _charter, viz.: To hold one-fifth of its note issue in silver, provided always that the French mint is again open to the free coinage of siver, and that the prices at which silver 18 prf:curabie and salable are satisfac- tory." Replying to the question the Govcrnor said the bank had no negotiations with the United States Monetary Commission- ers, adding: *We have bought no silve: All we have done is to ugree under certain circumstances to carry out what is per- missible under the act of 1344.” e Andrade Sacceeds Crespo WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—Ad- vices received here give little doubt that General Ignacio Andrade will succeed General Crespo as president of Venezuela. The elections began yesterday and con- tinue for three days. BRITISH USE THE BAYONET |Fierce Hand to Hand Fight Around Fort Gulistan. Gallant Sikhs Repeatedly Charge the Savage Tribesmen. { gSeveral Officars Fall In the Hot | Fire Poured Upon the Gar- rison. SIMLA, Ixp1s, Sept. 16.—The Second | Brigade from the Mohmand punitive reached tiie Rawat Pass on Tuesday last. | During the night the British troops were | attacked by the enemy, who kept up a | heavy fire for six hours. Lieutenants Tompkins and Bailey were | killed, Lieuntenant Harrington was dan- gerously wounded, two privates were killed, five privates wounded and twenty- five horses and mules Kkilled. Fort | Gulistan was hand besst when re-enforce- ments arrived. A large force of Afridis had advanced to within 400 yards of the fort. The garnson of Fort Gulistan made a most gallant defense. The enemy ap- peared before the place at noon Suuday iast, and by 1 o were filled and oiher preparations were made to resist a siege. The garrison was composed of 165 Sik commanded by Mujor Deveroux and Lieutenant Pra: Surzeon Praut, Mrs. Deveroux, her fo children and two nurses were also in the fort. At4 o'clockin the afternoon the enemy closed around the place within ten yards of the walls, and at times rushed rigut up to them. The garrison repeatedly re- vuised the tribesmen at the point of the bayonet, and there were somne remarkable exhibits of bravery. with sixteen Sikhe, charged into the miast of 300 tribesmen and captured three stand- ards. Another with ten men rushed out to help the first party, when the latter were hard pressed by the enemy, and be- fore returning captured three more stand- ards. The native captain, wilh two Sikhs, dashed away to the rescue of a wounded comrade, cut their way through the encmy and brought him safely into the fort. There was some hard fignting through- General Yeauman-Biggs finally scattered the Afridis. When ths was done, the garrison of Fort Gulistan bad been at their posts for thirty consecutive hours. The casualties of the British forces were two men killed and thirty-eight wounded. f-The women of the garrison attended the wounded under an unceasing heavy fire. It is reported that th~ Afridis and for their homes. Coasting Steamer Lost. 1 MADRID, Sraiy, Sept. 16,—Word has ) ck the wdter-tanks | A native sergeant, | 4 { | the world as the most perfect cure ever de- out Monday last, and until the artillery of | Orakzais have left the Samana territory S 0 ["Wt' . 73 KA | | | i | | | i | | 1 | | force, commanded by General Jeffreys, | Y T OU ('_ 'a”(lr R been received here that the Spanish coaste ing sieamer Taal has been lost off Manila, ippine Islands. Several of the pas- sengers drowned. =t Wrecket on Easter Island. WASHINGTON, D. 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