The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1902, Page 1

B— 139. VOLUME XCII-N | TILL MAKES GAME FIGT AT VIGTORIA President Castro Is Battling With Rebels. Strives Desperately to Prevent Being Overthrown. Diplomats, However, Believe Revolutionists Will Gain the Victory. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL ‘BUREAU, 14% G STREET, N W.. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—That Presi- dent Castro of Venezuela is on his last legs is the personal, though not official, opinfon of most State Department offi- clals. As yet the Castro administration has not been overturned, but a fierce bat- tle is raging at Victoria, only a few miles from Caracas and but a short distance from Guaicaipuro, the little village to which the seat of Government was trans- ferred when Caracas becam> seriously threatened by the revolutionary forces under General Matos, the aspirant for the Presidency. There is every reason to believe that fhis engagement at Victoria will be de- cisive, for President Castro appears to be straining every resource to defeat Matoe. thereby crushing the revolution end reasserting his own supremacy. If he be defeated he will have meager re- sources to draw upon, and will probably be compelled to flee the country aboard & vessel, which it is reported he has lying ready for him should the fortunes of the civil war go against the Venezuelan Gov- ernment. United States Minister Bowen has ur- gently requested the presence of a war- ship at La Guayra or other Venezuelan waters to assist the gunboat Marietta, aiready there, in protecting American interests. which, however, throughout the turmof] practically unmoiested. Should General Matos become President he would undoubtedly punctiliously avoid a disturbance of American interests, for it is generally thought that the Govern- ment here would not regret the ascend- ency of the revolutionist party, although he attitude of the United States is now snd zlways Venezuela. Germany bas had more or less difficulty the collection of money which the Vene zuelan Government owes the constructiol has been perfectly neutral company which built the rallroad be- Cdracas and Valencia, and it is »d here that the Berlin author- ities think this debt would be more e table were Matos and his associates wer. Then the discharge by Vene- this obligation would somewhat t which for a long ures which have ren- s between (he United powers more or less i States makes no ob- ding warships to is debt, but at the t on the part of sily turally. tend to influence in South d States desires that Washington Govern- r in the Western of any other power g DECISIVE BATTLE CONTINUES. Artillery Plays Conspicuous Part in Fighting at Victoria. TAD, Oct. 16.—The Ver vernment has had no news from 1t finds it im- ommunicate wit city that way of Puerto Cabe telegraph wires have been was attacked Monday and this week by insurgents under Gen The battle near La Victoria, Venezuela, between the army commanded by Pre t Castro and the revolutionary forces, which began Monday morning and result- n the retirement of President Castro to Victoria Tuesday afternoon, was re- sumed again flercely at 5 o'clock Wednes- day morning. At that time the President had received reinforcements and had over 6000 men engaged against 7000 revolution- ists, clock Wednesday afternoon the revolu- onists appeared to have gained a slight antage The President's art d ch numbered fifteen guns, had been re- sced to four gups. La Victoria was owded with wounded and there were no rovisions in the'town. : British cruiser Indefatigable has La Guayra for Tucacas, with provi- for the forelgn residents there, some whom are sald to be dying of hunger s a result of the concentration measures lopted by the Venezuelan authorities. he Indefatigable, to accomplish her mis- ion, wil! have to run the blockade of Tu- acas. « Guayra and it is.Tegarded as probable | 4t she is also bound for Tucacas. The French cruiser Suchet arrived at Carupano yesterday and entered a protest against the arbitrary arrest of a French tizen. who was subsequently released with an apology. Fighting took place Monday and Tues- day between the Government forces and he revolutionists at Carupano. The German cruiser Panther has forced the entrance of the Orinoco River and has reached Ciudad Bolivar to protect German interests there. United States Minister of six months past have been | The artillery plaved a part never be- re seen in Venezuela. Shortly before 5| e German eruiser Veneta has aiso left | COLOMBIN'S BANY kG A NEW LEADER General Perdomoi Is in Supreme ; Command. | American Marines Are | TeachingInsurgents | a Lesson. —_ Guns of the Isthmus Guard Play Conspicuous Part in Train Hold-Up. Special Dispatch to The Cail: PANAMA, Colombia, Oct. 16.—General Pergomo, Minister of State and supreme commander of the Colombian army, who been invested with presidential power, ived here to-day. He was accorded a most enthusiastic reception. COLON, Oct. 16—The United States ciuiser Montgomery arrived here to-day from Santa Marta, Colombia. That port is still in the possession of the Govern- ment, but a small number of insurgents continue in the locality. WASHINTON, Oct. 16.—Advices reach- ei the Colombian legation to-night from Panama confirmatory of the press dispatches stating “that General Perdomo-had arrived there, and had as- sumed command of all the Government forces. It is said at the legation that General Perdomo is Minister of the In- terior and not of State. FERNANDEZ NOT MENTIONED. Nothing has been heard at the legation | that General Fernandez has proclaimed himself dictator at Bogota. Cables re- ceived at the legation under date of the 1lith inst. made no reference to any im- | pending change in affairs at Bogota. i A mail report has been received at the | Navy Department from Admiral Casey, commanding the Wisconsin, now at Pan- | ema, under date of October 2. The med- ical report shows that there was consid- erable dysentery on shore among tHe na- tives, but no smallpox. Yellow fever has | been sporadic for the past three years, | being Tmported by troops from the out- lying districts. There were three-cases of - ihe disease among foreigners, whe were in hospitals, but the health of the place was not umnecessarily bad. | RESPECT "HE AMERICANS. Admiral Casey amplifies considerablyIn his report the cable messages he had sent from time to time to the Navy Départ- ment concerning developments in the rev- olitionary movement. He ‘has this to say touching the attempt of the insurgents at one stage to board a train which was guarded by American ‘marines: On September 24 First Lieutenant Rit- tenhause, U. 8. M. C., commanding train guard detachments of twenty-five men guarding a passenger train runmning be- tween Panama and Colon, reported as fol- lows: °At a station called Empire, |on the line, insurgent troops num- bering * between 200 and 300 rushed the train and endeavored to take a colonel of the Colombian army from it. The attempt was unsuccessful, the Insurgents stampeding as soon as the | Colt gun was trained on them, with the | in Self-Defense, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1902. QUARREL OF DENTISTS ENDS IN PROBABLY FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY IN PHELAN BUILDING Dr. Robert J. Blake Receives Two Wounds From Revolver in Hands of His Employer, Dr. B. F. Stoll, Who Claims He Acted and Physicians Say Injured Man May Die Vitds DR.®.F. STOL 1. LILLIE ROCH VAU GHAT 5 N S KETN P i exception of one of the insurgents, who attempted to rush past the train guard | and was knocked down and off the train.’ | This cfficer and his- men were equal to e emergency and behaved with coolne and deliberation under the circumstances, where they might'have opened fire a caused the loss of a number of Iives. | Since that occasion the insurgents, al- | though occasionally in sight of the train, | have never attempted to molest them in ony way." CIRCASSIAN BRIGANDS HOLD UP RAILWAY TRAIN | Stsl the Conductor and a Prince to | Death and Rob All the _ | Passengers. ODESSA, Russia, Oct. 18.—Circassian brigands have held up a train near Du- vanny, on the Northern Caucasus Rall- 10ad. They stabbed to death the conduct- or and Prince Gedevanoff, who was sleep- ing in a first carriage, and robbed all the 1=ssengers. The engine driver and stoker were rendered helpless by being confront- €d with revolvers in the hands of the bri- gands. Banking House Fails. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Failure of the ‘l,anking house of Gilman, Son & Co. of |62 Ccdar street, this city, was announced The llabilities, it was said, less than $200,000, and It was added that no other New York concern ‘would be affected. The business of Gilman, Son & was largely in farm mortgages. { The house was founded in 1860 by ‘Win- | throp S. Gilman, who came here from St. and Alton, IN. Co. i @ | Bowen has announced that he will not ask | for a guard of .bluejackets to protect the | United States Legation at Caracas and all | his colleagues will follow Mr. Bowen's example, CARACAS, Oct. 16.—The battle near La :' Victoria started again this morning. Ac- | cording to Government reports received | here the revolutionists are said to be los- ing the positions they. gained at Cuji yes- | terday, and this notwithstanding the fact | that the Government foree is short of am- munition. General Matos is reported to be at Villa de Cura with 1500 men, It is | believed the Government force will obtain | ammunition from Cardcas to-morrow, Confidence in an ultimate Government victory is entertained in official elrcles here. PRINCIPALS IN TRAGiC END OF QL’ARRE‘L IN PHELAN BUILDING OFFICES, IN WHICH DR. BLAKE RE- CEIVED WOUNDS PRONOUNCED FATAL BY THE PHYSICIANS, AND A YOUNG LADY OFFICE ASSIST- ANT WHO HEARD A PORTION OF THE QUARREL. — o N angry altercation, arising from professional difficulties and personal dislike, ended in the shooting and possibly fatal wounding of Dr. Robert J. Blake by Dr. B. F. Stoll in the office of the last named in the Phelan builimg vesterday at about 12:30 o'clock. | Stoll fired three shots at Blake, two of them taking .effect. One bullet entered the left breast, passed through the Jung cavity and ledged in the flesh of the back on fhe left side. The other entered the back on the right side, grazed the hip- bone and found imbedded in the ab- dominal muscles on the left side in front. The sound of the shots, fired slowly and at regular intervals, caused intense ex- citement ‘in the Phelan building and dozens of men rushed from their offices in time to see Dr. Stoll hurry across the corridor and take refuge in the office of Dr. E. J. Treyer. A moment later Dr. Blake, assisted by Dr. 1. E. Nixon, came staggering into the corridor and was guided successively to the offices of sev- eral physicians in a vain search for medi- cal aid. Finally he was assisted to Dr. Treyer's office, Dr. Stoll having in the meanwhile returned to his own office, and physicians were summoned to stop the flow- of blood and do what they could to relieve Dr. Blake's pain. As word was spread that a battle be- | tween dentists had occurred hundreds of men crowded into the lower and secénd floor corridors of the building and a great crowd collected about the doors outside. IDENTIFIES MAN WHO SHOT. Policeman John Gallaway, who was on ‘duty at Fourth and Market streets, was notified and hastened to the dental offices. He ook Stoll into custody and the dentist directed him to a drawer of bis office desk, where the revolver lay, with three empty chambers. Policeman J. J. Tyr- rell arrived and as soon as DPr. ¥. W. d'Evelyn had made a hasty examination of the wounds inflicted on Blake and had stopped the hemorrhages, Stoll was taken before Blake for identification. “That is the nfan who shot me," said Dr. Blake with the utmost coolness. Dr. Stoll stood erect, without a tremor of a muscle, but his face blazed with excite- ment. He was taken back to his offices. In a few minutes the ambulance arrived ;i and Blake was carried out througzh the crowd and taken to the Central Emer- gency Hospital. The police officers fol- lowed with Dr. Stoll. Aceounts vary as to the quarrel that ended in the shooting. Dr. Stoll claims he acted in self-defense, shooting only when Dr. Blake was rushing upon him with a club uplifted and bis face demoni- acal with rage. Dr. Blake says that Dr. Stoll drew 'his revolver and threatened to kill him when he was unarmed and that he seized -the club to defend him- | self against an_assault and was shot down in cold blood: Dr. Stoll is ‘a partner.of Dr. Charles W. Decker.. He is 41 years of age and widely krown over the State. He came from Sacramento about’ ten months ago and became associated with Dr. Decker. They occupy rooms 6, 8 and 10 in the Phelan building. Dr. Blake is 27 years of age. He was graduated four years ago from the dental i department. of the Un:iversity of Califor- nia, and since then has been employed by Dr Decker and, of course, by Dr. !Stoll since he. became a partner of Dr. Decker. Bad blood had existed for some | time between Stoll and Blake, the former clajming that Blake was neglecting the interests of the firm and devoting his time and energies unduly to patients of his own. Vo HOW THE QUARBE_L BEGAN. Events That Resulted in the Shooting of Blake. Shortly ‘before noon Blake was working ‘on a patient, Leon Munier of the Califor- i nia Northwestern Railway, in room 10. Two women patients came in and Blake left Munier in charge of another employe, Dr. 1. E. Nixon, and went with them intc | a small room adjoining No, s, the recep- tion room. Dr. Decker came in and asked Stoll why Blake was not working on Munier's teeth and suggested that he tell the employe to return tc that patient. Stoll aid so, and, returning to room 6, told Decker, in the presence of young Nixon, that he thought they would have to get rid of Blake, Dr. Decker left for luncheon and Nixon went back to room 10. Soon Blake left his patient in the chair and - encountered Stoll in the reception room. He asserted that Stoll had Insultea ANTECEDENTS OF 'THE MEN. | - him in the presence of a patient, and said they might as well bave it out at once. He dared him to go across the corridor to the working'laboratory of the offices, room 48, and fight it out there. Little is known positively of the events that followed in rapid succession. Mu- nler, Dr. Nixon and Miss Lillie Rock, an office assistant, were in room 10, but none of them saw the occurrences. They heard Blake's challenge and Stoll's refusal to | &0 with him. Afteran Interval Miss Rock saw Blake return to the reception room from the corridor. with a policeman's club in his hand, and start toward room 6. Then. the ghots rang out. Blake staggercd and fell in the middle of the reception room floor. The second bullet apparently struck him as he turned to escape, and the third shot went above him ax he fell and buried itself in the floor near the door leading into room 10. Dr. Nixon riished to his friend’s assist- ance and helped him to his feet. Blake then walked unaided into the room where he had been at work, saying, “I am shot.” He opened his vest and shirt, found the | wound in his breast and remarked lacon- ically, “Right through the heart.” Nixon took Blake and started in quest of a doctor. They went to Dr. Proseok’s office arid then to Dr. Leonard’s and found no one in. Nixon left Blake and went to the third floor for a physician and again was upsuccessful. and hastened down- stairs to a drugstore to telephone for med- ical aid. ¥n the meantime others took Blake into Dr, Treyer's office, room 7, where Dr. F. W. D'Evelyn attended him. Lying on the floor in that office, Blake was first confronted with Stoll and identi- | fled him as thé man who shot him. Blake and Stoll have given statements much at variance. Each claims the other s the aggressor, but neither gives a suecinct account of the quarrel and the encounter. Beyond any doubt both were laboring under intense excitement, and Blake, at least, was in a white heat of | rage. ———— STOLL DEEPLY MOVED. Relates His Version of the Sanguin- ary Encounter. Almost immediately after the shooting Continued on Page 5, Column 2. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MISCREANTS AGAIN- USE THE TORCH More Attempts to| Destroy Fort Stevens. Officers Fail fto Dis- cover Desperate Firebugs. Evidence That the Incendi- aries Are Living Within the Walls. Specia! Dispatch to The Call. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 16.—For the second time within three months incendiaries to- day made an attempt to destroy Fort Stevens. The effort proved nearly suc- cessful this time and damage to the ex- tent of about $5000 was done. The officers | have tried In every manner possible to | find the guilty persons, but have failed to | fasten the crime upon any one, although | the perpetrators live within the fortifica- | tions. When the first fire was started three months ago the officers found a note signed “The Twelve Dynamiters,” m which the threat was made that the ef- | forts to destroy the fort would be contin- ued until successful. Double guards have been doing duty ever since, but even this special vigilance did not prevent the rep- etition of the attempt. | The first of to-day's fires was discov- | | ered this morning shortly after midnight | in a building used as a warehouse. The flames were discovered before they had raesed beyond control, and the building was saved, with its valuable contents, be- | fore any great damage had been done. At 9 o'clock this morning a second blaze ‘was discovered in the newly constructed lavatories. The buildings were damaged but not entirely destroyed. At 11:30 a. m. the third fire was started | in the pumping stations, which were en- tirely destroyed, the flames having got beyond- control before the alarm was | soundéd. Efforts are being made to find the gufity ‘persons, but the officers have That the effort to burn the post comes from men living in the fort is €ertaiv, | but ‘so ‘carefully have their plans been executed that théy have escaped detec- | tion. Major Humphreys stated this aft- | ernoon .that he thought the fires must have been the work of a crazy man. Ad- ditional precautions are being observed | and it is hoped the culprii will be cap- tured. ABANDON ALL HOPE | | FOR SAFETY OF THE MEN | Boat in Which Crew Left the Foun- | dering Steamer Lockwood Is Found Bottom Up. CLEVELAND, Oct. 16.—All hope that the téen men who left the foundering steamer Lockwood off the port of Ashta- | bula, In Lake Erie, Monday night were still alive was dispelled when the over- { turned boat that they embarked in was that | picked up late this afternoon off pert by the boat J. G. Grammer. The names of the missing men are: Second Mate John Brittz, Toledo; Chief Engineer | | David ‘Burns, Marine City; Henry Ross- | man, second engineer, Fairhaven; Fire- | | man Fred, Green, Marine City; Fireman | Julius Schmidt, residence not known; Jo- | seph. Porey, - ofler, Fairhaven; | William | Miller, deck hand, residence not known, | and’ two deck hands and one fireman, | names not known. ——— SCHOONER J. P. WARD IS A COMPLETE WRECK *1 Crew Escapes, but Nearly Starves to i Death After Reaching Unimak | i Island. | SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—The little Unalaska | schooner J» P. Ward 1s a complete wreck | in Inanudahr Bay, Unimak Island, Ber- ing Sea. Her passengers and crew es- | caped through the greatest good fortune. | Five of the number came near starving | to death’ after reaching land. Pajticulars of the disaster were ob- tained by Captain Linquist, manager of the steamer Portland, which reached this port to-day. The men were conveyed to Dutch Harbor by the United States rev- enue cutter Manning, which rescued five ot them. Ry Citizens Denounce Bond Affair. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 16.—A red hot meet- | ing of representative taxpayers was held last. night at the courtroom to consider | the refunding bond indebtedndss. Dun- can McPherson was chairman and Sam Evans secretary. Resolutions were adopt- ed denouncing the bond affair. Christian | Hoffmann, one of the heaviest taxpayers in the city, was willing to have his prop- | ‘erty sold- at delinquent tax sale. He | called the sincerity of the bond holders | in question, and sald the people of the city should stand as a unit in fighting the bond hoiders. ] g r——— | Bids . Farewell to Archbishop Guidi. ROME, Oct. 16.—Cardinal Gott, apre- Yect of the Propaganda, received to-day | an@ bade farewell to Archbishop Guidi, apostolic delegate in the Philippines. He said he was sure that the Archbishop's presence in the islands would mean the | successful solution of religious questions there. — Narrowly Escape Death. CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—According to the Chronicle 500 passengérs on the Wabash road had a narrow eseape from death this evening. The train had just crossed a pridge near the Calumet River, when the no clews upon' which to work. H | left a fortune. SOUFRIERE'S CRATERS ARE AGAIN AGTIVE New Eruptions Are Causing Great Alarm. Georgetown Evacuated by the Frightened Populace. Island of St. Vincent Still at Mercy of Startling Phenomenon. ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. KINGSTON, St. Vincent, Oct. 16.—There was a violent eruption of La Soufriere, on this island, last night. This disturbance was so great that Georgetown is believed to have been evacuated. Telephonic com- munication with that town has failed. Great anxiety prevails on the island. The eruption of La Soufrfere began at $:13 | @’clock in the evening. The worst condi- tions prevailed though between 1 and § o'clock this morning. There was a won- derful electrical display similar to that | of September 3. The crashes of the eles | trical phenomenon were terrible. Voleanie sand fell in vast quantities over the whole island. There were heavy earth- quake shocks in Chateau Bellaire, and in this town they were of a less viclent character. No details have been received from the country districts regarding the extent of the damage. Grave fears are entertained about Georgetown and places farther up the coast. Kingston's inhab- itants are still all safe, but there i con- stant fear of danger. VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. During Tuesday earth tremors, appal ently too slight to be important, were sx- perienced in the central and northern parts of the island. At 8 o'clock last night there were indi- cations of an eruption. Rumbling noises were heard. They increased until 3 o'clock, when the roaring velcano belched out its deadly contents. This eruption was followed by a-brief fith- Thens frony 16 o'clock until 4 ofclock this morning, the upheaval continued. The outBreak | was accompanied by an incessant and confused cannonading. There were in- candescent clouds and sparkling matter was ejected. About 4 o'clock the disturb- ance gradually decreased, but the noise of the boiling caldron is still audible in the districts near the volcano. BOTH CRATERS ACTIVE. Both craters,of the Soufriere were ap- parently active. They have been steam- | ing all day long. Sand fell heavily every- where from 1:30 until 2:30 o'clock th morning. At southern points the sand is half an Inch deep, the depth gradually increasing toward the volcanic cone, | where there were showers of large stones, pebbles and cinders. Reports from the Windward district are awaited. This eruption caused dark- ness at Bridgetown, island of Barbadoes, at 10 o'clock this morning. There was a fall of volcanic dust there. The sand ejected during this eruption has a strong- er sulphurous odor than any previously thrown out, and one superficial square foot of it weighed exactly one pound. PEQPLE ENTER PROTEST. A public meeting held at Kingstown vesterday to discuss alleged misgovern- ment and maladministration of rellef funds was both enthusiastic and orderly. Thousands of persons of all classes, in- ciuding Carib Indians and other sufferers | from the recent volcanic eruptions, wera present. Resolutions were adopted reciting the alleged ‘“‘obstinate, cruel and arbitrary policy of the Governor,” and appealing to Secretary Chamberlain to intervene. The meeting further appealed to the Colonial Secretary to relieve Sir Robert Llewellyn of the government of this col- ony, to send a commission to replace A. M. Ashmore, government secretary at Demarara, and to appoint a competent administration to deal direct with the Im~ perial Colonial Office. HUSBAND AND WIFE RECEIVE TWO FORTUNES Large Sums of Money Left to Resi- dents of Petaluma by Dif- ferent Persons. PETALUMA, Oct. 16—Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Evans of this city were agreeably sur- prised to-day to learn that each had been A peculiarity of the affair is that the bequests come from different sources and the knowledge of them ar- rived about the same time. Evans read in a Welsh paper that Abel | Evans, a brother he had not seen in forty years and whom he had given up for dead years ago, had recently died, leaving his estate of over $10,000 to Evans. An ad- vertisement seeking the whereabouts of the heir 'was also published in the paper. Mrs. Evans' good luck came in the death of an uncle, Benjamin Illingsworth, | at Southport, England. He left an estate valued at over $30,000. Haif a dozen Mrs. Herman Riese, also is included in the Illings- hefrs survive. of this eity, worth estate. pht CENE S Rear Admiral Beresford Is Promoted. LONDON, Oct. 16.—Rear Admiral Charles Beresford, now in the United | States, has been promoted to the rank of vice admiral as the result of the retire- ment of Earl Clan Willlam, admiral of the fleet. Admiral Sir James Erskine succeeds Lord Clan Willlam, and Admirai Sir Edward H. Seymour succeean Ad- miral Erskine as the King's principal structure collapsed and fell into the stream. e e naval ald-de-camo