The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1898, Page 1

Tall VOLUME LXXXIIT.— O. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1898. DUPUY DE LOME OWNS HIS FAULT AND GOES HOME RESIGNATIO v i He Admits Writing| i the' J.etier Canalejas. to Sorry It Has Been Made Publie, but Cannot Deny It Which Naturally Makes Him Persona Non Grata to the Administration. DIPLOMAT'S FATAL ERROR. Says the Translations Are Too Harsh, | but the Ugly Words Still Stand. Special Dispatch to The Call. YORK, 5 Feb. 9.—The % Washington corre- t telegraphs: Diplo- relations between the United States and Spain, through Minister de Lome, are at an end, and all correspond- ence will be conducted exclu- sively through Minister Wood- ford in Madrid until Spain a new Minister to Wash- gton or designates a Charge d’Affaires. Minister de Lome has cabled his resignation to his Government. This is the re- sult of the publication of Min- 1ds fstes de Lome’s lelter to Senor $ Canalejas, severely criticizing # the President, and De Lome’s % admission of its authenticity. 2 Assistant Secretary of State Day admitted this afternoon that this was true by saying that Minister de Lome did not deny theauthenticityof theletter pub- lished this morning, and by stating that a cablegram had been sent to Minister Wood- ford in Madrid, the contents of which would not be made pub- lic until it had reached its des- tination. While no official statement will made as to the contents of this cablegram until its sub- stance has been communicated to the Spanish Minister of For- eign Affairs, I am able to state that it informs Minister Wood- ford of the publication of the letter, says that Minister de Lome does not deny its authen- ticity, and directs him to sug- gest to the Spanish Foreign Of- fice that Minister de Lome can not be longer regarded as per- sona grata, and to suggest that another Minister be sent to Washington. I understand that Assistant Secretary Day, as the principal representative of the President, made an informal « Il upon M ter de Lome this morning, and that while the Minister re- gretted very much the publica- tion of his private letter to his friend, and regretted that it should be construed as being in- sulting to the President, he rankly confessed that he had written sucb a letter to Senor Canalejas. Minister de Lome takes the position that he ought not to discuss the incident for publi- cation, and he has nothing whatever to say about it. I learn, however, that in conver- sation with intimate friends he says that the translation which has appeared in the newspapers is unnecessarily harsh, and that while the words have been given zn English equivalent which he did not have in mind when he wrote the letter and which make it appear more harsh than the original Spanish, he has not in any way changed his opinions as expressed in the letter. eIosoceesoaoees iR 08 08 08 0 08 $808 00000808 ST esosee oo % % % & 00000000000000000000C00O000000NC0000000000N0000N000000000000000000000000 205 282228088 S8 R 28 B8 RRER QR g g8 2 -4 [ & o -3 (4 & 8938522030823 08 000808080808 08 Q0000000000000 00000000 :* & % “ © 5|® % &% | % | 5 itals, as sufficient ground for the ter- 00000000000C000000000000000000000000 LETTER THAT WRECKED STATESMAN DE LOME. SPANISH TEXT. Legacion de Espana, Washington, D. C. Exmo Senor Don Jose Canale- jas—M1 distinguido ¥ querido amigo: No tiene v que pedirme excusa por no haberme escrito Yo debi tambien haberlo hecho y 1o he dejado por estar abrumado de trabajo y nous sommes quittes. Aqui continua la situacion lo mismo. Todo depende del exito politico y militar en Cuba. EI pro- logo esta guerra, terminara el dia en que se nombre el gabinete colc 1 y nos quiten ante esto pueblo parte de la responsibilidad de lo que ahi succede y tengan que ganarlo sobre los cubanos, que asi inmaculados creen. Hasta entonces no podra verse claro y considero una perdida de tiempo y adelantar por un mal 10 el envio de emisarios al o rebelde, negociaciones con a ¢ averiguacion de los intenciones y propositos de este gobierno. Los emigrados iran vol- viendo uno por uno y,en cuanto vuelvan iran entrando por el redil y los cabecillas volveran poco a poco. No tuvieron ni unos ni otros el valor de irse en masa y no lo tendran para regresar asi. El mensaje ha desenganado a los insurrectos, que esperaban otra cosa y ha paralizado la ac- cion del Congress si pero yo lo considero malo. Ademas de la natural e inevi- table groseria con que se repite cuanto ha dicho de Weyler la prensa y le opinion en Espana, demuestra una vez mas lo que es McKinley, debil y populachero y ademas un politicastro que quiere dejarse una puerta ablerta y quedar bien con los jingoes de su partido. Sin embargo en la pratica solo de nosotros defendera que re- suelte malo y contrario. Estoy en acuerdo en absoluto con vd sin un exito militar no se lograra ahbi nada y sin un exito militar y politico hay aqui siem- pre peligro de que se aliente a los insurectos, ya que no por el gnlw]grno por una parte de la opinion. No creo sl figura bastante en el papel de Inglaterra. Casi toda esa canalla periodistica que purbila en ese hotel soninglesesyal propio tiempo que coresponsales del Jour- nal lo son de los mas serios period- icos y revistas de Londres. Asi ha sido desde el principio. Pari mi el unico fin de Inglaterra es que los Americanos se entreten- gan con nosotros y les dejen en paz y si hay una guerra mejor si eso alejarfa la que les amenaza, aunque no llegara nunoa. Seria muy importante que se ocupara, aunque no fuera mas que para efecto, de las relaciones com- erciales y que se enviase aqui un hombre de importancia para que yo le usara aqui para hacer pro- paganda entre los senadores y otros en oposicion a la Junta y para enganar emigrados. Ah{ va amblard. Creo viene demasiado empapado en politica necesita que haga cosa grande o perdomos. Adele decuelve su saluda y todos le deseamos que en el proximo ano sea mensajero de la paz y lleve ese guirnaldo a la pobte Espana. Siempre su atento amigo y Ser- vidor, Q. B. 8. M., ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOME. [} OOOOOOO0000000000000000000000000000 the United States, as in other cap- % | mination of the official status of the £ | letter-writer. 05! As soon as the letter appeared in the % | press the State Department officials 5 began an effort to settle its authentic- ity, and when it had learned all that could be developed on this point, and % ' had been told that the Minister himself & refused to deny writing it, the consid- & eration of the next step began. Assist- & ant Secretary Day was in consultation u ® ® 3o ] 4 @ .4 @ @ WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The publi- | & cation in the morning newspapers of | ® an autograph Lome, the Spanish letter from Senor de Minister, to his | & friend Canalejas, criticizing the Presi- @ dent with the utmost freedom, caused | @ a sensation In official Washington and soon will be followed by Minister de | o Lome's from States. departure the United | & At the outset there was a dis- | & position to question the authenticity of | & the letter, but as, bit by bit, the cir- | cumstantial evidence accumulated, un- til it was finally announced officially | & that the Minister declined to deny the | @ authenticity of the was di. letter, all ward the offending Minister. offense against doubt | & ipated and the only question at remained was as to the iine of ac- | o n to be pursued by our Government | & The | © iting of this letter is unquestionably | & the amenities of | lomatic relations, and such offenses © almost invariably been regarded | @0 ¢ ¢ 0900660000000 ¢ L4 D O b L R O S S O O O O O R R D e o R e e R R g + THE TRANSLATION. Legation de Espana, ‘Washington, D. C. Senor Don Jose Canalejas—My distinguished and Dear Friend: You need not apologize for not having written me; I also ought to have written you, but have not done so on account of being welighed down with work and nous sommes quittes. The situation here continues un- changed. Everything depends on polititcal and military success in Cuba. The prologue of this second method of warfare will end the day that the colonial Cabinet shall be appointed, and it relieves us in the eyes of the country of a part of the responsibility of what may happen there, and they must cast the responsibility upon the Cubans, whom they believe to be so immaculate. Until then we will not be able to see clearly, and I consider it to be a loss of time and an advance by the wrong road—the sending of emissaries to the rebel field, negotiating with the autonomists not yet declared to be legally con- stituted, and the discovery of the intentions and purposes of this Government. The exiles will return, one by one, and when they return will come walking into the sheepfold, and the chiefs will gradually re- turn. Neither of these had the courage to leave en masse and they will not have the courage thus to return. The message has undeceived the insurgents, who expected some- thing else, and has paralyzed the action of Congress, but I consider it bad. Besides, the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he repeats all that the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler shows once more that McKinley is weak and catering to the rabble, and besides is a low politician who desires to leave the door open to me and to stand well with the jingoes of his party. Nevertheless, as a matter of fact it-will only depend on ourselves whether he will prove bad and ad- verse to us. I agree entirely with you, without military success nothing can be accomplished there, and without military and political success there is here al- ways danger that the insurgents \é’lll be encouraged, if not by the overnment, at least b the public opinfon. TRt I do not believe you pay enough attention to the role of England. Nearly all the newspaper canaille which swarms in your hotel are English, and at the same time that they are correspondents of Journals here, they are also cor- respondents of the best newspap- ers and reviews of London. Thus it has been since the be- ginning. To my mind the only object of England is that Ameri- cans should occupy themselves with us and leave her in peace, and if there is war so much the better; that would further re- move what is threatening her— although that will never happen, It would be most fmportant that you should agitate the question of commercial relations, even though it would be only for ef- fect, and that you should send here a man of importance in order that I might use him to make propaganda among Senators and others in opposition to the junta and to win over the exiles. There goes Amblard. I believe he comes too deeply taken up with little political matters, and there must be something very great or we shall lose. Adele returns your salutation, and we wish you in the new year to be the messenger of peace, and take this New Year's present to poor Spain. Always your attentive friend and servant, who kisses your hands, . ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOME. with the President on the Subject least four times during the official day, time in framing States Minister The official statement of the sending of this mes. sage was accompanied by a.declination to indicate its contents at this time, the department merely giving to the and then spent much his message to United Woodford at Madrid. press the following statement. Late this afternoon the statement o following 8 to its action in the case DICTATOR BARRIOS MURDERED Killed at the Door of His Palace, and Morales to Succeed Him. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gordon Bennett. | " PANAMA, Feb. 9.—I have just re- ceived a cable dispatch from the Herald correspondent. in Guatemala confirming the report of the assasgi- nation of President Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of the Guatemalan republic. The dispatch says the assassination took place at 7 o'clock last night with- in 150 yards of the President's palace. The assassin is & German named Os- car Solinger. First Vice-President Manuel Estrada Cabrera has assumed the Presidency. | OQQQOOOQOO000000000“0‘0OOOOOOOQQOQOO00‘0000000000‘0“00000‘0‘900000O000000000000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO at Continued on Second Page. PeP0I990000660 NEWS OF THE DAY. LR XX Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Cloudy on Thursday; south- easterly winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San Francisco Portland . Los Angeles Ban Diego .. FIRST PAGE. Dupuy de Lome Goes Home. Reyna Barrios Assassinated. A New Consumption Cure. SECOND PAGE. Fear Belew Will Kill Himself, Rikers Will Elect Potter. Turf Code to Be Changed. Fighting the Rea Gang. Fatal Fire at Pittsburg. Los Angeles Streets Torn Up. THIRD PAGE. China Cannot Ralse Cash. Suicide at a Church Deor. Senators at San Quentin. ‘Wants to Fight Breckinridge. Riots at the Zola Trial. FOURTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front. At the Mining Fair. C9006900006 600000000000 0060000000 0 POOOIPOPOP00000OG & NEWS OF THE DAY. FIFTH PAGE. Rich Strike on American Sol. Klondikers Sue for Saving Life. Clubbed to Death Over Land Row. Annexation Treaty Is Beaten. Ione School Boys Break for Liberty. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Japanese Race. Any Excuse Will Do. The Weather of the Winter. Gold Loaned Abroad. The Queen's Speech. Music and Musicians. SEVENTH PAGE. Spring Valley Water Rates. Dodson Wae Disappointed. Knox Says He Is Innocent. # EIGHTH PAGE. The Commercial World. NINTH PAGE. A Boy Brutally Beaten. Return of-the Bclentists. News From Across the Bay. - TENTH PAGE. Racing at Oakland. { ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. TWELFTH PAGE. School Scandal Developments. Bibb Tells His Story. . - PPPPP09P0P999990909009900909909090900 900 { ® ® & ® & ® & & @ & ® & & ® © @ & ® ® | ® & ® ® ® ® 03 b4 4 @ ® & @ ® ® ® [0} 0000000000000 09009 | much more than of an official charac- | vacant by the assassination of Barrios. | save the following to the Two | Manuel Estrada Cabrera. ' country, is a special source of gratifi- | and to some extent alleviates the shock All is quiet in the city, the dispatch says. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9.—News has reached here that General Morales, formerly Secretary of War under Bar- rios, and later head of the unsuccess- ful rebellion against the dictator, had been declared President of Guatemala, General Morales, who is preparing to JOSE MARIA REYNA BARRIOS. leave at once for Guatemala, to-night Re- publics newspaper: *“I have this day received telegraphic news from Guate- mala relative to the death of General Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of Guatemala. As a citizen of Guate- mala and a member of the Republican party of that country, I sincerely re- gret his tragic end. As a loyal oppo- nent of General Reyna Barrios, Iwould prefer to have met him in a fair fight and defeated him on the field of battle; nevertheless, as this is an in- evitable fact, much to my regret, the responsible parties only are those who with their anti-patriotic sentiments contributed to blind the man who has now passed away, and by his death ob- scured the true situation of that coun- try. As yet I have not received the de- talled facts of how General Barrios met his death, but whatever they may be, 1 both deplore and condemn the crime, as it reflects upon civilization and dis- honors my native country. I was a personal friend of General Reyna Bar- rios, and although if afterward I was his political opponent, would have pre- ferred many times to have seen him die on the field of battle, fighting for the liberty of Guatemala.” WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Senor Lazo Arriaga, the Guatemalan Minister to the United States, this afternoon re- ceived an officlal cablegram from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guate- mala announcing the assassination of President Barrios and the succession to the Presidency of Vice-President ter. They were close friends, and the death of the President at the hands of | an assassin comes as a personal be- | reavement to the Minister. Senor Ar-| riga said Senor Barrios was a man of | wide attainments and marked execu- tive ability. He was 42 years of age. The six-year term of, service for which he was elected terminates on March 15 next, but the National Congressional Assembly had already extended this term for a further four years. The new President, Mr. Cabrera, is a man of prominence in Guatemala, and is one of two chosen by the Congress to fill the Presidency In case of a vacancy. The system of the country is different from that in the United States, there being no Vice-President elected with the President. The duty of filling the ex- ecutive chair devolves on the congres- sional branches. Accordingly First and Second Vice-Presidents were selected some time ago. - When the excitement of the tragedy has passed a Presiden- tial election may be held. The assassination of Barriosprobably means the restoration to *power in Guatemala of Prospero Morales and his followers. In the meantime Vice-Presi- dent Manuel Estrada Cabrera becomes President of the repubiic, but his term will, it is certain, be of short duration, as a general election must be held In the republic on the 15th of next month. This is Morales’ chance to ride into power. News of the assassination of Barrios was telegraphed to Morales in Mexico as soon as it occurred and without any loss of time he signified his intention of returning to his native land and aid in bringing about his success in be- coming Guatemala’s ruler. When the revolution broke out in Guatemala a few months ago Morales was its leader, and upon the defeat of the revolutionary army, before Quezal- tenango, fled with his lieutenants across the Mexican border. Barrios, the murdered President, was born in Guatemala December 24, 1856, and was the nephew of the great Bar- rios, slain on the frontier of Salvador while trying to make himself master of the destinies of Central America, The younger_Barrios was élected President six years ago, and at that time was ‘the most popular man in the nation. The dispatch came from Guatemala City, the capital, where President Bar- rios has lived and the Government de- partments are carried on. It added that entire calm prevailed. This last assurance, coupled with the immediate succession of the First Vice-President, in accordance with the methods of the cation to the Guatemalan officials here, e claims 1s PRICE FIVE CENTS. BORIC ACID A CURE FOR PHTHISIS Dr. G. W. Daywalt’s Claim Will Electrify the Medi= cal World. e el o o A BORIC ACID VERSUS BACILLI TUBERCULOSES. Actual experiment demonstrates that a culture medium containing only three-tenths of one per cent of boric acid will inhibit the growth of the tubercular bacilll. Some flve months ago these thoughts induced me to commence the hypodermic injection of a saturated solution of C. P. boric acid. I sogn found it difficult to get pure water from the av- erage druggist, let alone pure acid, but I finally succeeded in having prepared a pure, synthetic liquid, which is named an oxygenated solu- tion of boron oxide, or oxyboron. It is a pentoxide and contains flve parts of oxygen to one part each of boron and hydrogen, with a slight excess of oxygen (about one per cent) in mechanical solution. Of this I introduced hypodermically from five to twenty C. C. at one sitting. The injection causes but little pain. Of course it is too early yet to say ‘“‘cure,” but the results are certainly very gratifying. “His eyes become bright and his color changes from the gray hue of tuberculosis to one more nearly resembling that of health. The appe- tite rapidly returns and with it a feeling of vigor, which is most pleas- ant both to patient and physician.”—Extract from an article prepared by Dr. George W. Daywalt for reading before the County Medical So- ciety and publication in the Pacific Medical Journal. —a-u-E-E-8 -0 H-E-E-EE-5-N-uE-0-Eu-n-u : ! E is my object to show wherein that merit. lies. It is a combination of substances. Is it all or only one of its several in- gredients that establishes its therapeutic value—craefully growing the bacilli on good veal, cooking them for 1200 hours with hydrogen peroxide (which generally contains phosphorie acid), washing with caustic soda, finally introducing boric acid—is all this necessary, or is it simply the unnecessary incantations over the preparation of a remedy as in medieval times? Its own originator affirms that there is no reaction when injected into the system as in the case of tuberculin. These few words are an excerpt from an article prepared by Dr. George W. Daywalt for publication in the Pacific Medical Journal and for reading be- | fore the County Medical Society. This | eminent physician now claims that he | has discovered the boon for which the medical world has sought so long, a | specific that will vanquish the bacilli | of the dread disease, consumption, and | carry joy to the hearts of afflicted thou- | sands. Nor is his discovery, whether | it be meritorious or-not, a patent nos- trum to be purchased at several dollars Why? Simply because it contains no a bottle, but a simple preparation of | tyherculin. The process of making de- boracic, or boric, acid—borax, its basis, | stroys it. Heat and oxygen are deadly enemies to @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@% ® ® @ Afteroxytub:rculinistreat- ® ed with soda the preparation, ® judging from all the known * facts concerning heat, oxy- ® 8en, veal and bacilli, is entire- @® ly neutral. It is of no value @ save for the exygen that may lying on the borax flelds of California so abundantly that a little child could scoop enough of it in a few minutes to keep a chemist busy compounding it for the market for a week. -Dr. Daywalt does not attack Dr. | Hirschfelder thus announcing what i fi boon for which human- ity has seemingly hoped in vain, but at | the same time is obliged to assert that from his standpoint the Cooper Callege | professor is either ignorant of what is | the real active principle in his oxytu- | @ 3% » e berculin or else has gone through “the | be . present and th-" o unnecessary incantations over the| g value of the veal. Fortu- preparation of a remedy as in medie- | g natelvy for Dr. Hirschfelder val times"—the object, of course, be- | g his veal bouillon would not ';:i‘;p’;-?;s‘she e 16 keep, and to preserve it he After reviewing the efforts of the | g added five per cent of bori¢ medico-scientific world to find a pro- | 5 acid. This one fact may per~ | @ haps hand his name down to @ cess by which the bacilli tuberculi 1d be destroyed in the human body, = oo P : ® posterity as one of the work- ® | ®ers trying to destroy the @ and the fact that within ten years from the discovery of the bacillus all known ® greatest enemy of mankind. ® For if oxytuberculin cures PPEEPREREPERROE®E antiseptics were found wanting, the ar- ticle states that Koch announced a new idea; the bacillus produced its own | = 5 5 poison. As no organism can live within | @ SOnsumption boric acid cures @ its own excrement, this famous scien- | ® consumption. ® tist obtained the ptomains from pure @ ® cultures of bacilli to introduce into the | @ @R EPEPPPEPEPPREAPEOERE® patient, hoping they would act as tox- 1 8 organic substances. Oxy-tuberculin is ines to the bacilli- or as antitoxine to the patient. This was found to modify the course of the disease, but would | not cure. After classifying the bacilli | of diseases into two genera, those of consumption, which are always at| work, and those of the rest, which | either kill the patient in a few days | or weeks or “‘throw up the sponge,” Dr. | Daywalt comes to the consideration of | tuberculin and finally to oxytuberculin | as a remedy. This is where his words | are fraught with keen interest to the medical profession. He says: It undoubtedly has some merit, and lt‘ subjected to both of these for 120 hours. We are taught to boil tyberculous milk to render it harmless. The excuse given for tuberculin oxidation is that the oxy- gen of the air coming in contact with the bacilli in cases of operation for tuber- cular peritonitis causes a cure; at best, this is only a theory. It might be the argon of the air that effects the cure. Admitting the cure is the effect of the oxygen, the bacilli are not boiled in it as are those in the preparation of oxytuber- culin. After oxytuberculin is treated with soda the preparation, judging from all the known facts concerning heat, oxy- DR. GEORGE W. DAYWALT. with which they received the news of the tragedy. Y The relations between the late Presi- dent and the Guatemalan Minister at ‘Washington, Senor Lazo Arriga, were Reeently he proclaimed himself dicta- tor,"and then followed the revolution, which he promptly suppressed, and his death. Whether the agsassingtion was pbfiuul.onnot,wlll:mulre» de- talls to.determine.