The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 18, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIL_NO. 170. SEPTEMBER 18, 1897. “PRICE FIVE CENTS. MEETS THE i THE BONDS FENGEANCE 1 . nbs Entire $6,000,000 Issue of the poinsis Ll DB Valley Road Assumed Citizens. NO MERCY FOR THE ASSAILANT. Taken From the Guards and Y His Body Riddled With Knife Wounds, OFFICERS COULD NOT PRE- VENT IT. Eefore the Populace Broke Into the Jalil the Prisoner Told How He Intended to KIll Diaz. CITY OF MEXICO. Mex., ) Arroyo, the miscreant who yesie de an attempt be life of Presi- . was set upon by a mob of infu- last night and kiiled wiih ieneral satisfac day Sept. 17. zen ews of the rough the as the n, ¢t of mobviolence be t would est officials of the Gov- they were wholly puz- this outburst of popu- ted that measures nd regret vesterday in front of the or central public park, masses clamoring for ks life, and tenant La Croix, who had the restea ker nal wd of people followed the the National Palace, where was searched, and then, de- remonsirances of the armv ied over to the civil autnori- est of President D az, who was ed to having the man tried by court- and in fact adyi-ed a len‘ent nal- ¥ the prisoner was allowed 1 rights. ssed bv Presi- was taken under ng on the w Diaz, ti.e > general police headquarters in Hal Arro felt ap- pre g were deter- im, and he was e cked up at headquarters, when ezan 10 feel less iearful. At night he as taken, clad in a straitjacket, to the inspec or of police, which rooms with two windows sireet. The prisoner was at to rest on and was carefully Near at hand, in an adjoining t, were four officers of the secret royo lay on the mat he conversed eof the officers who had known rs. He was asked how h- could have come to make the murderous as=ault e P.esident, knowing as he dil how verely the law would deal witn him, es- as he had studicd the law. Ar- nifested a csnical indifference, no way inciined to regret his ared he Liad inteixled to stun nt, and then taking the Presi- 1 sword to kiil him. The tm was very still, excent for the murmur of the conversation be- een the officer and prisoner, who seem- y enjoyed smoking his cigaretie, when iddenly there was heard the formidable e of the tramping of many feet on the leading up to the floor on whaich the ice is situated, and there were confased of ‘“Long live President Diuz! iive Mexico!" *'Death to anarchists!” rroyo shuddered, his fear of the mob antacking bim growing stronger, and with good reason, for immediately the door was burst open and a great crowd of people, apoparently of the lower class, entered, the leader bearing & small Mexican flag on a stick. Officer S8anchez cried 1o thecrowd to fall back, and advanced on them with his sword, when the mob overcame him, d throwing him down, advanced over his body to where Arroyo lay trembling, a at the same time other members of party tied two gendearmes in the room. Yelis went up, “Kill nim!”’ *“He belongs to us,” and a din arose as of a horde of savages. Windows were broken the noise aroused the officers of the ret serv.ce in the adjoininz room, who rushed to the scene, but dia ot fire on the crowd, fearing they might kill some of the comrades of the police inside, so they con- ed themselves with firing shots irom . windows, thus calling together the lice on neichboring corners, who were jered to prevent any person leaving the city building. Meanwhile, in the room above, a fright- ful trageiy had been enacted. Many knives were plunced into the body of Arroyo, who, ‘of course, was entirely help- less. Inspector Velasquez had jusi left the Natioual Palace, where he had been accompanying the family of the Governor of the federal district, when he heard the firing and went directly there. % Over twenty arrests were made, and ali locked up incommunicado, and have ! been released pending a strict inquiry ich is to be made. The question has urally arisen why the ctficers guard- Arroyo did not carry their revnlve_rs. t1s éxplained tha. they had notbing to fear from the prisoner, who was quite helpless. The body of Arroyo hag been drag ed to the balcony with the evident purpose of throwing it into the sireet. Arroyo’s arms were badly cut, as_he had evidently struggled with his murderers. When the tumalt had subsided the body m for yea ar ent o mgm 1 was ex- | misinterpreted | been taken to guard the prisoner | From the moment Arroyo | with not using his pis- | i) iU o = was taken to the Fonrth Ward police sta- | tion, where an examination was made, luag, 8 deep wound in the left side, one | on toeright shoulder and otners on the | arms and feet. There were nine wounds in all. One of the gendarmes was wounded in the tight with the mob. Offi- | cer Sanchez suffered contusions from be- ing trampled upon. BRYAN BECON.NG ALARMED. Deplores the New York Democracy’s Lisposition to Sidetrack Late National Issues. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept | World orints the following: William Jen- | ning- Bryan, in a letter to a well-known Tammany man, deplores the disposition of the local Democratic machines to tnrust into the background the principles which guided the National Democracy in 1895 He recommends that the flaz under which the Democrats fought a year azo, | and which attracted the support of more head and kept there throughout the battle for control of the greater city of New | York. He calls attention to the fact thatan- other fight for the control of the Federal Government will soon be here, anc won- ders what the position of those Democrats will be who, through a mistaken idea, desert those principles for which they loudly clamored a few months ago. loval last yiar to be loyal this year. He says that lovalty cannot be shown by de- | serting the platform adopted at Chicago | or by indicating that it is unclean by per- | sistant and public refusals to recognize it. Itis Mr. Bryan’s opinion that an open |indorsement of this platform would strengthen the Damocratic pariy in this city and make surera Damocratic victory. He applauds those Democrats who are openly protesting against the determina- tion of the State machine and of the machinery in this borough and in the borough of Brook.yn | the local fight tue doctrine that, born under the Democratic’bannerin a national convention, swept recently throuch the whole United States. He frankiy admits be has no right to use it in any local fight, and he says he will not doso. He does not believe that his letters to personal friends can be properly construed as an | inter.erence. —_——— FEARS (F MORE BLCODSHED. Friends of the Lynched Men 4re In- dignant at the Action of the Officers. | OBGOOD, Ixp., Sept. 17.—It is feared to- nig .t that there will be more blood shed here than was sned at Versailles on Tues- day night, when five men were /ynched. Sheriff Bushing sent twenty-five deputies bere to-day to search the houses of the lynched men and others for stolen goods. Thé only search warrants known to be 1ssued were for the houses of Mrs. Ritten- house, who wa< suspected of having a “fence’” and of Jenkins, one of the vic- time. Mrs. Rittennouse and her son had heen called to Versailles b-fore the Grand Jury and the deputies broke into her house and captured many goods. Mrs. Rittenhouse and bLer son were afterward arrested, but were releasea on their own recognizauces and left for North Vernon to prevent trouble. The ciiizens say the deputies made a mistage in going through the house of Mrs. Rittenhouse in her ab- sence and taking her goods. Merchants in this nlace say they will identify them as purchased from their store=. Z The deputies say they found silverware and other articles that were questionabtle in the house of the late Wilham Jenkins, bot they did not take anything from that place. showing a great gaping wound in ibe feit+ 18.—The | than 6 000,000 voters, be set at the mast- | He wants all the Democrats who were | 10 crush out of ; " F PN VI 'Pathetic and Alarming | Condition of Stricken People. | |SIX MILLIONS MAY STARVE. Terrible Suffering Despite a Marvelous Sysiem of Relief. CHILDREN OFFERED FOR IN VAIN. | SALE Appeal of James Smith, Who Says That Less Than a Dollar Will Keep a Person fora Month. CHICAGO, ILn, Sept. 17.—The Inter Ocean to-morrow will print a letter pre- senting a pathetic and alarming view of the condition of the people of India. The famine victims thus far are es'imated at 3,000,000 persons, and unless relief, comes the number may be doubied. The letter is dated Ahmednajar, July 22, and is | from James Smitb, who is at the head of | a large industriai and mechanical schogl | there, and addressed to Morris Trumbull | of thiseity. Tt is as follows: “You may remember my visit to your | office in November last in the interest of | industrial work 1n Indii. Since then the | famine here has emphasized the need for that work as pever before. We have passed through nine months of awful suffering. The Cosmonolitan, which sent | out Julian Hawihorne to India as a spe- | cial correspon:ient, puts the loss of life by | the famine at 3,000,000. This, in spite of | the most marvelous system of relief ever | devised by man, carried out in the most energetic way by the most thoroughly trained band of Government officersin the world. “But | regret to bave to say that we seem to be at the beginning, not the end, of the famine. We looked forward to June 1 as the date which was to bring de- liverance by sending rain. June has come and gone, and July, too, has almost gone, and we have neither sign nor hope even of rain. The season for rain is now past, anC until September there is no hope of rain. We may get some then, as later rains sometimes give us crops when early rains fail, but even then we shall have no crop until January. *Prices in the meantime have risen unul they are five to six times what they were in September of last year. cannot be got at all, and our working a £ g s mals are nearly all dead. The es of a workingman will uy ealy twe peunds of ihe coarsest grain. “The Goverpment is employing otre- seventh of tie whole population in the distric: of Ahmednajar and the pumbers are rising by 20,000 to 30,000 per week. | What the end 15 to be no one daresto think. *‘The people have nothing left but their children and their own bodies, and sre offering both for sale, but there are few | buyers, I have myself employed about | 150 persons and supported them and their (tamilies, 500 in all. for the past four months, at a cost of §300 a month. I ex- | act work from ghose who can work as a | test of ooth 1 eed and worth, for I bave no | money lor vagabonds and idiers. In this way | keep myseli from being overrun by thousands of such good-for-naughts. *1 am nearly out of funds, and hence appeal to you and your friends. It is now or never with millions. Without help, before the end of the year they must die of starvation. Lessthan §1 a month will keep one person {rom death. Please send direct by check or draft or Postoffice money order, or throuzh American Board for Famive Relief, care of Rev. J. Smith, Anmednajar. JAMES SmITH.”’ Trooper Clinton Wins the Hand of an Officer’s Daughter by Working His Way Up to a Commission. DENVEE, Coro., Sept. 17.—A romance bas just been unearthed at Fort Logan, a romance worthy the pen of that able de- picter of army life, Captain King, but on a subject on which he has not yet touched. On Saturday last Second Lieutgnant James W. Clin on and Miss Isabelle How- ell, a daughter of Lieutanant Howell, were married. Lieutenant Clinton isone of the officers who has worked his way to a com- mission from the ranks. He was a cav- alry troop-r, a plain private, when he first | saw Miss Howell, but_they fell violently in love, desp te the difference in rank, They bad many opportunities to be to- gether, 2ithough army caste forbids any- thing of the sort, and fitally in de-pair Trooper Clinton decfded to promote him- seif. He began to study with thet end in view, the result being, with such an in- spiration before him, he passed with a high average and obtained the coveted commission. The only obj-ctions remain- ing to a marriage was age, Miss Howell H being but 15, but love couquered in the iend and the marriage took place. The bride, bowever, has been sent to school in Kansas City, while Lieutenant Clinton has joined his troop at Broadmoor, and ac- cording to the conditions of the marriage they are to remain apart until Mrs, Ciin- ton reaches the mature age of 18 which will not b: for three lonz years. —_————— Transfers of Army Officer-. WASHINGTON, D. C., Bept. 17 —The Secretary of War to-day ordered the ‘fol- Jowing transfers in the Third Artillery: First Lieutenant Cbarles B. Satterlee, from Light Battery F to Batiery L; First Lieutenunt Henry H. Ludlow, irom Bat- tery L to Battery B, vice First Lieutenant John P. Hains, who, under instructions heretofore given, will serve out his time of duty with Licht Battery F; Second Lieutenant Edward P. Ohrn, from Ba'tery H to Light Batterv F, vice Second Lieu- tenant Percy M. Kessler, transferred to Battery H. —_— i ? Mail to Niciragua. ‘WASHINGTON, -D. €., Sept. 17.—The United Siates Consul at Managua, Nica- ragua, reports to the State Department that the mail service, which has been in- terrupted by quarantine measures, is azain in operation, ‘The forty days’ qu: antine expirea July 3L RITE i ) i il OF FEVER REPORTED Serious Aspect of the Plague Admitted at New Orleans. HEALTH OFFICIALS DISAPPOINTED. They Had Hoped That Cooler Weather Would Check the Epidemic. QUARANTINE MEASURES MORE RIGOROUS. Now the Doc ors of the South Con- fess That They Are Grappling With a Dangerous Foe. NEW ORLEANS, LA, Sept. 17.—The fever situation in New Orleans to-day as- sumed a somewhat more serious aspect than at any time since Sunday, when six of the St. Claude cases were declared to be yellow fever. At 6 o'clock this evening the Board of Health officially announced the appearance of eight new cases and of these one death, that ot Zena Brauner. At the office of the Board of Health to- day the reports were considered some- what surprising and disappointing. Yesterday was about one of the hottest days of the month, and as yellow fever thrives in that character of weather there seems to have been a rapid development of germs. The new cases to-day represent the exireme upper, the extreme lower and the central portion of the city, but there has been no serious spread irom original foci, and the hopeful opinion is still ex- presscd that the disease may be con- trolled and that there is no imminent danger of an epidemic. = The Brauner case was brought to the attention of the board early in the week. Close attention had been given to it, but, while the symptoms justified suspicion, they were not sufficiently aggravated to warrant an absolute declaration that the case was yellow fever. The Board of Health authorities were, therefore, sur- prised this morning when they received the news of the woman’s death. At first it was decided to hold an autopsy, but subsequently, after a visit of the doctors to the residence, the board became satis- fied that the case was one of yellow fever, and so officially declared it. ‘In the meantime there has been no re- lazation of the efforts on the part of the authorities to control the disease. They admit that they are grappling with a dan- gerous and insidious foe, and neither time by a Syndicate. LEADING CITIZENS PROVE FAITH IN CALIFORNIA. After This Gratifying Event Progress of the People’s Line Will Be Steady and Labor Still More Largely Employed. Last night it transpired thata syndi- cate composed of leading citizens of this city had taken the entire issue of $6,000,000 of bondsof the San Francisco and San Joaquin valley Railroad This annourcement will be hailed with delight throughout the State. The bonds were taken by: L W. HELLMAN, A. BOREL & CO., NEVADA BANK, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, BANK OF CALIFORNIA, BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO., ABBY M. PARROTT. This event secures the ready cash for the extension of the road to Bakersfield and the puildinrg of the line from Stock- ton to San Francisco. The intelligence comes from an authen- tic source that the work of railroad con- s.ruction will be commenced with vigor at once and carried forward with all pos- givle dispateh, consistent with the con- struction of a durable road, until the en- tire line betwesn Bakersfield and San Francisco is finished. The most gratifying fact of the bond subscription is the faith in the future of California which is so amply manif-sted in the investment in Valley Railroad se- curities by citizens of San Francisco. When the directors of the corporation decided to issue bonds to the amount of $6,000,000 the idea was entertained by many that the securities would have to be disposea of in the money centers of the East or Europe. The public spirit dis- played by tha capitalists of San Fran- cisco 1n taking all the bonds is a sure sign that San Francisco intends to strengthen her position as the metrop- olis of the Pacific Coast. It is too early now to speculate on the future developments connected with the construction of the Valley road, but it is regarded as certain that as soon asthe work is done for which this large sum of money has been raised steps will be taken to connect the line with an Eastern sys- tem of railroads. The extent of the indi- . vidual subscriptions is not made known, but 1t is a suffic ent cause for congratula- tion to record that the whole issue is taken by the local syndicate. Throughout the San Joaquin Valley, and in fact in every section of the State, the news will be received with joy. The public spirit of San Francisco will be com- mended and the enterprise of her publie men will be compliménted. The contracts which must necessarily be awarded to assure the early completion of the work will open a wide field of labor to the wage-earners of the Siate. Money will be expended for rolling-stock and construction material, and there will be renewed activity all along the line. When it is contemplated that the bonds are held in California, and that the inter- est is to be paid to citizens of this State, the full measure of benefit to California wiil be comprehended. It is learned that the work on the Bakersfield extension and the work on the line connecting San Francisco and Stock- ton will be simultaneous. The directors will not wait to complete one givision of the line before beginning on the other. ‘Work will proceed on both divisions at the same time. Men who are familiar with money affairs believe that the members of the local syndicate have made a prudent and ' profitable business investment. nor money is being spared in fighting it. The force of inspectors and police officers is being steadily increased, and quaran- tine measures are becoming more and more rigorous. On the whole the weather conditions to- day were advantag-ous. A heavy rain- storm this afternoon, lasting for several hours, flioded the streets, thorougxhly flushed the guiiers and tempered the at- mosphere, and while cooler weather is material ald in obviating a spread of the diseate. People continue to leave in small parties, but there is nothing like the wild exodus that depopulated Mobile, Jackson and other cities. The situation was some- what quieter to-day at Ocean Springs. Three cases, however, were reported. The report of the Board of Health at Biloxi to-day says that there are nineteen cases of actual yellow fever under treat- ment, with diagnosis reserved as to twelve cases. There were seven new cases reported in the twenty-four hours ending yesterday. The doctors at Biloxi are tempted to no longer class cases as suspi- cious, but to come out boldly and say that they are yeliow lever. The New Ocleans Board of Health an- ucunces to-night that many of the older cases of yellow fever that have beea hera- tofore reported are rapidly progressing to- ward recovery. JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 17.—Informa- tion has been received at the Governor’s office that there was one death from yei- low fever at Augusta. Itis feared thata new focus will be started by this case in the southeastern portion of the State. MOBILE, Ava., Sept.17.—To-day’s re- port shows no increase in tho ratio of cases and but one additional death—that of J. L. Tayior, a bricklayer who came here from West Virginia four weeks ago. He had been in a bad condition physically ever since his arrival. There are three suspicious cases and others are spoken of to-night, but they have not been re- ported. BILOXI, Miss, Sept. 17.— The City Council to-day adopied resolutions calling on the public for aid, stating that all fac- tories and other industries have closed down, thus throwing all the laboring peo- ple out of employment, that nearly alithe sick are of that class and unable to pur- chase medicines and other things neces- sary in such urgency. Thereiore an ap- peal is made to the public for subscrip- tions, to be used for the purchase of medi- cines, etc., for the sick who are unable to care for themselves. The appeal is signed by Harry T. Howard, Mayor, and the members of the Council. OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss., Sept. 17.— The situation here is not encouraging to- night. Mr. Brantford, who was reported somewhat dangerous for thesick itis a | by Surgeon Murray yesterday, is in a very critical condition. Several of the dengue patients have taken a turn for the worse, although unone of them are con- sidered as critically ill. There were seven cases of the prevailing fever reported to- day. Total number now sick, twenty-five. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 17.—A special to the Republic from Cairo, Ill.,, says: Two | men were suddenly taken ill to-day at Point Pleasant and brought to this city and placed in the Marine Hospital. The physicians have not declared them to be suffering from yellow fever, but they are being treated as suspects. ATIEMPTED 1-IPLE MURDER, Augustus Cook Tries to Kill His Wife, Chitd and Nurse. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 17.—Augustus Cook, an actor, was locked up here to- night on the charge of attempting to kill his wite, baby and nurse. Mr:. Cook is suffering from severe scalp weunds, the nurse has her fingers cut and the baby, aithough besmeared with blood, escaped unhurt. The alleged attempt in the triple mur- der occurred in the luxuriantly furnished apartment of the Cooks. The weapon with which the women were attacked is supposed to have been an ax. Mrs. Cook will make no state- ment. Cook denies that he tried to kill the woman. Cook played the part of Na- poleon in “*Mme. Sans Gene’’ last season, and was with Daniel Frohman at the Lyceum Theater several years aco, where ne made many hics in character roles. ‘The trouble with his wife is believed to bave sprung from jealousy. Mrs. Cook has gone to her father’s home with the baby and nurse. S AT Goelet's Remains Avrive, WICKFORD, R. L., Sept. 17.—The body of the late Ogden Goelet of New York, who died off the Isle of Wight recently, arrived here from Newport to-day on the Mayflower. The body will be taken to New York for interment. itls True That Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures when all other medicines fail to do any goo!l what- ever. Being peculiar in combination, proportion and process Hood’s Sarsa- parilla possesses peculiar curative power. It absolutely and permanently cures all diseases originating in eor promoted by impure blood. Remember Jo Sarsa- HOOd S parilla Is the best—in iact the One True Blood Purifier. 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