The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1899, Page 1

A B8 VHIV/ —~r— SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, TWO SHARp BATTLES WITH THE YAQULS Nineteen Mexican Soldiers Are Killed and Several Wounded. e e—— FOUR OFFICERS FALL Were Taken Prisoners by the Indians Are Released. JELES, Sept. 24.—Official repor of two battles between Mexicans and Yaquis ha ved here Lu res had declare the eampaign until b but the re N ed on that point. Lore: also appears to have made d nt arrangem 2 On September 14 Lorenzo Torres crossed the river to Vic, a town sup- posed to have been captured by Lu Torres in Au st, and found the T ans. They attacked ear g\ and a rur g fight ensued. The report says the s were dispersed and nine killed. The Mexican loss was five killed and wou among the latter Lieutenant Colonel Navarro of the Eleventh talion, one of tne best officers on the Mexican side. The report of a battle on the 18th comes from another source, also offi- cial, and its statements of the number killed may be accepted. According to this report the forces under Colonel Hernandez (number not stated) en- countered 1000 Indie near Lake Za- quaca, a small lagoon between Torin and Potam. The Indians retired from the open fleld and scug cover in the thick woods, where the combat raged for more than two hours, beginning at 6 o’clock in the morning. The report says the Indi feated a dis- ns were persed, l¢ g on the field 87 dead. The Mexican losses are stated as four- teen soldlers killed and thirty-six inded. Major Ruiz of the National was mortally wounded, and . captain of the Yaquis to the Mexicans, and nant in the ten vears’ | An interesting feat- is the statement that | ants of river towns who | cen prisoner by the Yaquis in ave been released and have re- | headquarters in Torin. Here- Me have represented bly torturing and the BROUGHT A WRECKED VESSEL INTO PORT Engineer of the Boscowitz Saves Her After She Was Given Up as Lost. VICTO the sury Barbara and she 8 . MAILED A BOX OF POISONED CANDY Trial of Miss Viola Horlocker Upon the Charge of Murder in th, Jst Hastings, Neb. HASTI } Sept. 24.—To-mor- | row Miss V ker will be brought | hefore the Dis! Court to answer the | charge of hav ttempted the Mrs. Charles Morey for s a box of poisoned ¢ Horlocker noon 1! £on fined «in for her court sister, York Her appearance to-n formal procedu rewing the b the case m o, Jocker's a tend to fight grounds ths cent. - — CHOKED HERSELF ‘ WITH WILLOW WITHES ! Novel Method Adopted by a Nebras—i ka Woman to End Her Life. | | i OMAHA. Sept. 24.—A special ‘rom Dor- chenter tells of a novel mode of commit- | ajong the coast of Alaska Rev. Sheldon ting sulcide. 3 'r\' H nir hrflldfl'r, wife of | yaekson, educational agent for Alaska, | their feet and attempted to flee to the a farmer living two miles east of Dor- | \rrites as follows from Yakutat under |1ills only to 'be again and again chester, went to a pond near by | gate of September 17: uhmw'n 10 the ea‘nl,. Gaining 'lh!} and wound w with bout her neck | ", hills and looking seaward they were until she strangled herself. | The first shock w: rienced on Sun- fixed with horror as they saw a Her nushand had | xone to town. A day, September ATl g slieht caused | great tdal wave, apparently a wall of hbor fou er, her hands still clutel - in he following wee .u:gihe ends of the boughs whose willow ycks were felt, and people began | the speed of a racehorse, that would en- o e d heen entwined around hef neck, | to get nervous. On Scptember 10, at 9:20 | gulf their village and sweep away thelr | i v 1 throv welght I ward 2 a. m., the shocks became so violent as to homes. Before the shore was reached the | Stevens. glowly choked to de: n r th is said | cuuse genuine apprehension. During the d e to have been the cause. 3 were {ifty-two | and into this chasm the tidal wave s - |d ot shocks, culminating at 3°p. m. in | a shock so severe that people of Yakutat ! like a great maelstrom. Big Factory Fire [ Svcre hurled violently across their rooms,| This saved the village from destruction. CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—Two factory bufld- ings at 153 and 159 South Jeffcrson street were almost totally destroyed by fire to- causing a total loss 3000, covered by insurance. Principal ers: M. Keating & Sons, §25,000; A. S. ein & Co., $25,000. 1 K1 D R R RS | and dishes crashed from the shelves and f more than | houses rocked and swaved and whirl TRANSVAAL AND THE ORANGE REE STATE IN ACCORD. L R O e U S S sl aic S S S S e S e ol cUm o Ran e il ok g g &+ T B S e a aS . & t * 3 3¢ ? R | ; L TR T BRETTSH 'y : >— Eo0PSHIPS AND WAR VESSEL ! ) TEocoFsHT : ¥ . s @ 3 Pictorial Map of the Situation in South Africa. 1 @ eoeieie i e eied (he ONDON, Sept —The Transv situation presents no new f No rain has fallen in either ures. Dispatches from Johan- and it is doubtful whether the ngsburg this morning report a | Boers can commence hostilities before complete dislocation of the Rand the end of October. mining indust-y. The exodus contin- | - PRETORIA, Sept. 24.—The Volkstein ues, and all the mine: sing. conveys to President Steyn and Mr. | The Bloemfontein correspondent of | Fischer of the Orange Free State the | the Manchester Guardian, a pro-Boer | thanks of the whole republic for their | says: Both President n and support. According to the same au- her of the Orange Free State thority the Transvaal Government has executive Inform me that the Volks- | decided to return to the donor the fine raad is absolutely unanimous that the | youns lion whi = 7:cil Rhodes recently o republics should stand or fall to- | Presented to the Tr delegat, President Steyn said: “Sup- | to the agricultural convention in Cape we remained ‘neutral -and. the | Townzahout iten d ago, as it de- were conquered. Tt is not | €lines to have anything whatever to do likely that we --ould be long permitted | With that gentleman. to stand outside British control. Let | R 4 rich goid neld be discovered, and ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION what would become of us?” IS A DECIDED FAILURE The special correspondent of the Daily | Telegraph at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, S84 It is belleved that the protracted sitting of the Orange Free State Raad | hold a pro-Boer anti-war demonstra- FT. SALISBURY 2 D T O S e S e O O o s SeORy ScY ] elaboration of decisive | LONDON, Sept. 24.—The attempt to | tion in Trafalgar square this afternoon resulted in a drastic failure. Thou- sands assembled, but not to support the speakers. On the contrary, the | erowd waved Union Jacks and sangthe national anthem and “Rule, Britan- nia,” like mighty invocations. The speakers, who were quite In- * LETTERS THR HEN Dr. Louis T. Cranz donned | TRooPS FRCM INDIA his warpaint and started after the | calp of Dr. F. F. Tebbets, his| brother member of the | W State | Board of Dental Examiners, whom he ac- cuses of trafficking in diplomas, he was [ not prepared for the startling revelations of crookedness that have confronted him at every turn since he began his investi- gations. If Tebbets is a bribe-taker he is not the only one, and some sensational disclosures, involving men whose reputa- tions are supposed to be above reproach, are looked for when the promised investi- gation is fairly under way. It begins to look already as if the plot to enrich cer- tain individuals by licensing incompe- A re ~ Core BoROER TRooPS FROM ENGLAND AND 1N A B A S R B e S e e SECAR SRS Sl A S e bers of the peace associations having no opportunity to address the crowd. They were saluted with execrations as soon as they mounted the platforms, and were obliged to stand, smiling complacently, during the singing of the national airs and the wild cheering for Mr. Chamberlain. Their attempts to put their resolutions to a vote were“ | the merest dumb show. Henry M. Hundman, the socialist leader, was a particular object of ani- mosity. He was menaced with a for- est of walking-sticks when he tried to | speak. | The shouldering of a soldier and a marine, their hands clasped, in a pro- cession’ around the square, provoked frantic enthusiasm, and was alto- gether an impressive Incident, the multitudes bursting into the song “Soldiers of the Queen.” On many of the passing omnibuses, which carry small Union Jacks, the passengers lifted the flags from their sockets and waved them vigorously. The opponents of the meeting finally proposed resolutions in support of the Government’s policy, which were car- ried amid wild enthusiasm. This evening the promoters of the demonstration held a meeting In pri- vate, and after a long discusslon car- audible, were recelved with groans, de- { cayed apples and eggs and other mis- siles. There were cheers for Mr. Cham- berlain, Secretary of State for the Col- | square to-day, fomented by a section | L on and hisses for President Kruger. There were several ugly rushes for the platforms, which were surrounded | by opponents of the demonstration, who yelled fiercely. Finally the mount- ed police were telephoned for to clear the square. Batons were freely used; ‘sevcml persons were trodden upon by | the horses, and thirty arrests were made. The list of speakers included none of special influence, most of them being ]labor leaders or socialists, the mem- | | ried the following resolution: “In con- | sequence of the interruption of the | anti-war demonstration in Trafalgar | of the vellow and stock-jobbing pres | this committee resolves to hold a pub- | lic meeting In one of the largest metro- | polftan halls at an early date. | AUSTRALIANS WANT TO FIGHT THE BOERS MELBOURN Sept. 24.—The Aus- tralian military commanders will meet a | \ | here on Thursday next to prepare Australian contingent to South Africa. FOLLOWED BY A GREAT P R R R S 2 VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 2 The seismograph in operation in the meteorological station here indicated severe shocks of earth- quake yesterday. On the occa- sion of the disturbances at Skag- uay the instrument indicated it. Yesterday's was much severer than formerly, and the officials regard Alaska as the probable scene of another earthquake. R R R R capital, Maneesa and Aidin. LaAG it g e b g e southeast of Smyrna. | PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Sept. 24. | —Concerning the recent earthquake | 10-9-0-© 0600090068 & 00669 'S TWO HUNDRED KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA MINOR CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 24.—The district of Adain, in Asia Minor, was visited by an earthquake on September 20, and according to the latest advices over 200 persons perished. The chief cities of the vilayet or province of Adain are Smyrna, its The city of Aidin is about eighty miles It is the residence of the Pasha and the focus of a flourishing trade in grain, carpets, figs, opium and sponges. -e or, if outside, thrown to the ground, while The tide would rise ten feet in the space pictures fell” from the walls and 'clocks short time go_down again. | fluctuations being frequently repeated, while the mission bell rang violently ‘n | tents were pitched on the hills back of the the Skakine church tower, .| village and nearly the whole population is Panic stricken, the inhabitants regained | camping out, fearing that another tidal ed, 304.».0......0......"... | | | water thirty feet high, approaching with | 554 o mile from them, at an elevation of carth opened in the bottom of the harbor, | gay, the 10th, was experienced, the Fleuer B pent | pariy had rigged a machine; .and were its force, and around it the sea swirled | taking the oscillations of ‘he earthquake of four or five minutes, and in an equally | fresh water lake back of their camp, and These sudden | ahout forty feet above it, was split open $ o he ° @ wave may come. From the 10th to the present there have been frequent shocks, one having occurred this forenoon. Near Hubbard Glacier, on Disenchant- ment. Bay, were camped three miners, A Meuer, W. Rock and J. W. Johnson, sixty-four feet above the sea Messrs, mith, Cox and son, J. Falls and D. ‘When the heavy shock of Sun- waves, when, without a moment's warn- Ing ‘they were thrown violently across | the tent. At the same moment a large and the waters were thrown upon. the camp, and before the miners could regain their feet, they were being swept out to ALASKA’S MANY EARTHOQUAKE SHOCKS TIDAL WAVLE they were met by a tidal wave, which picked them up and not only washed them ashore, but over a hill forty feet high, landing them in the crest of a divide. Regaining their feet they ran along the crest wll'}| the tidal wave boiling and seething at their feet alongside of the hill. Afterward one of the party found his baggage and clothes, one and i half miles up on a mountain side. where the wave had left it. Great spruce forests for miles along the shore were uprooted, broken into pleces and massed into great iles with a roar that \as deafening. arge rocks weighing forty tons or more were rnlllni over on another down the mountain like that many pebbles. Hubbard Glacler, with its two and a half miles of sea front, thousands of feet thick, extending for miles back to the summit of the mountain. broke from its moorings and with a grinding, indeserib- able roar that shook the surrounding hills moved bodily from half to three-quarters of a mile into the sea. Mountains portions of islands disappeared. The earth opened in many places, after the great shock had passed, and miners be- gan to arrange to get away. A boat with oars was found a mile up the mountain- side, where it had been carried by the Wave. With this another boat was se- cured that was floating on the bay. In these two small boats they started for Yakutat Bay, forty-five miles away. The first night they made camp on a Iflrfia moraine, one and a half miles from the mountain, but an earthquake during the night, lonsened a landslide that covered not only the one and a half miles of plains but also their tent. Digging out the tent and provisions they took to their boats. On the second night they were terrified by strange noises that issued from the Conitnued on Second Page. sea. There, almost at the same instant. e o i o o e S o e 0—@0—0—0—0—0—@-«:@@*@—0—@4«’-}40— ® | formation implicating others scheme for the dispatch of a United | were thrown down, the sea opened and | P*oed HAKRIS REFER tents, whose qualification consisted in the ability to pungle up, is not the sole property of the Sacramento member. Tebbets may have acted as the figure- head, but in the nature of things he could not work alone. Dr. Cranz has accused no man by name, other than Tebbets, of being concerned in bunkoing the public, but that he has in- is known, | and known also by the parties most in- | terested in the matter. It would be absurd | ! 2354 S SHaiey 2t I 4 £ | | R S S S N O S 0 S S h S SR S S o S A S G G : : 3 &S 4,7// @ COVINGTON to suppose that these individuals, know- ing that an impartial investigation of the charges about to be preferred by Dr. | Cranz would fnevitably result in their dis- grace, would not .nake every effort to prevent the iiling of the charges; and. failing in that, to prevent a fair and full investigation.. They are backed by power- ful influences, and the fact that Dr. Cranz is sincere in his determination to push the matter to an issue spurs them on to desperate energy in their efforts to head him off. Dr. Cranz declares that he has amble : ; : f %MW@ - Vi o waT agece N I s fs ey A o N e S o e e o e R St e e o e&z\ » G e OW LIGHT N DENTAL SCANDAL Money Passed From Harris and Wolf to Knowlton, and convincing proof of the guilt of Govs ernor Budd's appointee. He is prepared to go on the stand and swear that Teb- bets approached him on a proposition to share a bribe of $1000, which was to be paid by a Chinese, and he has other w't. nesses who will testify to further facts in support of his charges—facts that he avers will leave no room to doubt the guilt of the accused. What is more i1m- portant, more convincing than any verbal evidence, Dr. Cranz has at his command letters written by parties who are among those allegeq to have pald money to Teb- bets, throu Dr. J. 8. Knowlton of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, for a set of questions that were to form the test of the qualifications of applicants for dental diplomas at the recent examination held in this city. Two of the letters are : : e Clvtusoececo (liig 2 P /4—««"-4/«,//7 5 e S e C C Cam S S @+ ooedeHeOebede S TO BRIBES. here reproduced. The first is from W. T. Covington of Los Angeles to George Hal ris, a dental operator, witn offices in the Phelan building. The other is the answer, written by Harrls. They are as follows: LOS ANGELES, Aug. S. Dear Friend George: I arrived here O. K. and found work stacked up as 1 expected. Say, George, get those papers by all mean if you can. The general Is at Catali Island this week and I can't see him unti he gets back, so don't know anything new. Write and let me know everything. Ex- cuse such a short letter, but have got to LB S R O o O O S o e O O . 4 Aokt 0‘ 46"«/ Z s L e e B B e e e R s SnCR SRS SRS S | | WANTS PAPERS. get some work out Your friend, 239% S. Spring street. P. S.—Say, George, say hello to Wolt, but don’t let 'him see this letter, as we don't want to get at outs with him." Will close. to-night, so good-by. W. T. COVINGTON, San Francisco, Aug. 21 Friend Covington: Just received your let- After you left I stayed in town a few and then went to Ukiah, just returning. 1 sent for Wolf, but he says he knows nothing. It's ten to one we will get the worst of 1t. cause he dropped it so culck. 1 met He must know something be- Teb-