The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO. 156. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1902. ! to be taken This Pa per not | from et e ! PRICE. FIVE CENTS. tAQUI FOES ARE GLOSING UN TROOPS Savages Control a Vast Region in Mexico. Government Tries to Conceal Startling Conditions. Prospectors Venture Into a Dangerous Country and Have a Battle. O i Special Dispatch to The Call. NGMAN, Ariz, Nov. 2—Frederick iolstrom of this place has just received the State of Sonora, Mexico, a letter giving a remarkable account of affairs in that locality. According to the letter the Yaqui In- dian rebels have complete control of all from San Marcial on the co on the south. In e country b ter states that the i the bush and are unmolest- order of the Mexi- t the troops shall not iis has been the situa- year, but it had not 1 to the world. The Gov- o0 have sought to conceal t the Mexican troops had subdued, William Holstrom and r, Edward Johnson, set out tion to prospect the Yaqui e £th of October. When they ad gone but ten miles from San Marcial w i that the Yaquis were ity and that they were ling without distinction all white men met. A controversy as to plans between Holstrom and Johnson in sequence of this, and the result was they took different directions. Each two Mexicans with him. the After proceeding a short distance Hol-| m heard shooting, and fearing that his friend was in danger rode in the ai- which Johnson had taken. He upon Johnson in a short time and in the midst trom and the Mexicans forced themselves among the Yaquis and n rescuing Johnson, but the mortally wounded. Two of the Mexicans were killed and one was se- wounded. Holstrom himself re- ceived several wounds about the face. Be- strom and his party reached San on died. strom in his letter declares can be done in, the Yaqui e present time. He will him- to Arizona as soon as his d. No protection what- ever is offered to travelers by the Mexli- angers are simply warned not e towns. which Holstrom and his h the Indians nine of the b latter were killed. Six of these were by Johnson before his friends ar- Holstrom is an old-timer of Ari- and Johnson was known here for y Wears TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE AND ONE OF THEM SINKS Twenty-Two Mem‘l’)ers of the Crew of the Lost Vessel Are Drowned. LONDON, Nov. 2—The British steamer St. Regulus, Captain McMullin, from Shields for Alexandria, has put in at Gravesend. She reported having collided unk the Spanish steamer Enero, Captain Delg: from Huelva, Spain, October 22. With the exception of three Jeembers, the crew of the Enero were The accident occurred Friday might off Dungeness. The drowned num- ber twenty-two. Enero was an iron steamer of 1322 fons n-. register. She was 283 .feet long and was built in 1898 at Newcastie-on The Enero was owned by the Com- a Bilbania de Navagacion, of Bilbao. The captain of the St. Regulus says that when his vessel struck the Enero he gave the order for full speed ahead, with the idea of keeping the two vessels locked to- gether and thus enabling the crew of the Spanish ship to board the British steamer, but either they were too greatly alarmed 0 so or they failed to understand his rpose. Insiead of climbing on board the St. Regulus, they tried to lower a boat, with the into the sea and drowned. The Enero sank in a few minutes. The expiosion of her boilers probably killed many of her crew. The St. Regulus was badly damaged, a | large hole being stove in her stem. Chinese Officie! Is Ordered Beheaded. {ING, Nov. 2—The efforts made by rnest Satow, the British Minister have resulted in the publication of an edict ordering the decapitation of the Chinese military official who refused pro- tection to the British missionaries. Bruce and Lewis, who were Kkillel at Chenchow, Honan proyince, August 15 by a mob, and the punishment of other officials impli- cated in the crime. S Crand Duke Dismissed From Army. ST. PETERSBI'RG, Nov. 2—The Off- Messenger announces the dismissal from the army of the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch, who is an uncle of the cial brother William, at San Marcial, | of a band of | result that a number were thrown | LUNATIC ASKS " FOR INTERVIEW Causes Alarm at Country Home of Helen Gould. B | B! HITE PLAINS, N. Y., { Nov. 2, —Tarrytown de- | tectives are looking for a man who has been mak- ing frequent visits to Lyndhurst, the country | mansion of Miss Helen Gould at Tarrytown, with whom he de- mands an interview. Miss Gould is In | Norfolk, but the servants on several occa- | sions have been forced to drive the stran- | WISSHR VSITORS PR INTO S College Maidens Arrange a Queer Entertainment | for Guests. Special Dispatch to The Call. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 2.—Fol- lowing the reception of the juniors to the freshmen in the gymnasium at Vassar College last night a Halloween entertain- ment was given in the form of a trip to | hades in classic style. Partles of six | were conducted to the lower world by | way of the fire escape and the back door. | Sheeted ghosts acted as guides, and on the banks of the renowned Styx, which | might have been mistaken for a swim- | ming tank, Charon, the ferryman, was | found explaining that as the stream shad idried up the passengers would have to | cross on a temporary bridge. Sirens sang and played banjos and mandolins without results to their hearers, and those who escaped the three-headed dog Cerberus and steered successfully between Scylla and Charbydis triumphantly entered the my sterious realms of hades. | Here they found the various college de- | partments that conspire to make the freshman’s life one of misery. These re- | glons were infested by small red devils, which were sufficient index of their char- acter. Here was no Elysium. After all the guests had inspected these wonders and had safely returned to the light of | the gas jets up stairs they witnessed a fire drill by the demons from below. Refreshments followed, and the evening ‘cloaed with a little one-act play, the scene of which was the cave of Apollo. | Here 1904 was found invoking the Pythian priestess for a sister to console her for | the loss of 1902. In answer to her prayer 1906 appeared and 194 embraced her. NEWFOUNDLAND TOWN : IS SWEPT BY FLAMES Fire Causes a Loss of a Half-Million d Dollars in St. Pierre. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 2—The town of St. Pierre has been devastated hy fire. The conflagration started last night and swept the main portion. The Governor's house, the government bulldings, the courthouse, the building occupied by the Ministry of Marine, the Roman Catholic cathedral, the Presbyterian church, the schools and a number of other buildings were destroyed. It was not learned how the fire originated. The financial loss probably will reach $500,000. There was no loss of life or serious accident. The town of St. Pierre has been partly burned down three times before—in 1865, 11867 and 1879, 3 PHILANTHROPIC YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE COUNTRY MANSION AT TARRYTOWN HAS BEEN VISITED REPEATEDLY BY A LUNATIC, ‘WHO INSISTS THAT SHE MUST GRANT HIM AN INTERVIEW. £i2E K ger off the estate. servants to tell him something about the whereabouts of Miss Gould, saying that she had been left another fortune and that he desired personally to tell her the particulars. It is believed that the man is insane. The Tarrytown police have been on his trvck, but he has managed to elude them. He is well dressed and a fluent talker. | @ grgetotosiotootestooafectotoctoonfecfofociotostofofosnfortiesie fonfonfesfefonfofenfosfotrofe oot @ VOLCANIG ASHES GOVER THE FIELDS Heavy Loss to Stock Growers From Santa Maria's Eruption. TAPACHULA, State of Chiapas, Mex- |ico, Nov. 2 —Growers neighboring haciendas will suffer great loss owing to the fact that their stock cannot procure food, the fields being covered with ashes from the Santa Maria volcano. The brooks are choked by ashes and cinders and all the neighboring roads are coy- ered. .It begins to be seen that the cof- fee planters will come off better than the stock raisers. Diligent investigation shows that there was no loss of life during the recent dis- turbances. Reports from towns across the Guatemala border show that the alarm was intense, everybody fearing the fate that befell the people of Martinique and St. Vincent. What most impressed every one was the darkness, which pre~ vailed for more than two days. Government experts are studying the ef- fects of the eruption. —— FRENCH NEWSPAPER PRAISES ROOSEVELT Commends Him for the Energetic Measures Adopted to End the Coal Strike. PARIS, Nov. 2.—In an article headed “Two Presidents” La Patriet to-day com.-- pares President Roosevelt with President Loubet. Referring to the French and American coal strikes the paper says the energetic measures adopted by President Roosevelt brought the Amerlcan strike to an end, and declares that President Loubet was confronted by conditions ex- actly the same as those Roosevelt dealt with, but that the President of France remained passive, with the result that the French strike continues. The paper draws the conclusion that the American President, who is elected by the people, represents the people, whereas the President of France waits the slow process of the Parliament and that the French people suffer from the reign of parliamentarism. in Attempt to Blow Up a House. PARIS, Nov. 2—A dynamite cartridge was exploded under the window of the house of a coal miner at St. Etienne last night and caused some damage. With this exception no disorders have occurred in th; mining districts where the strike pre- ~ails: — . Boer Would Serve With British, LONDON, Nov. 2—the Boer com- mandant, Viljoen, has written a letter to Earl Roberts in which he offers his ser. vices to the British army if Boers are enlisted to take the field against | the forces of the Mullah in Somaliland, « . i He tried to bribe the MURDER MAY BE GOUPLED WITH FRAUD Men Carrying Life Insurance Die Mysteriously. Detectives Arrest an Agent and Two Acco;j;plices. |New York Life Company Is | Swindled Out of Thou- sands of Dollars. Special Dispal to The Call. EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 2.—An insurance swindling scheme which equals, if it does not eclipse, the notorious Rathburn case, has béen unearthed nere by the detectives of the New York Life Insurance Company. Three men, one of them an agent of the company, are in jail, and the detectives are still working on the case, with the as- surance that further sensational develop- ments will result. According to statements made by the of- ficers, the frauds have been perpetrated | in this vicinity and Chihuahua, Mexico, covering a peripd of twelve months. Sev- eral genuine policy holders are missing or died mysteriously and suddenly, and the inference is that they were poisoned.. The deaths which are regarded with suspicion occurred in Chihuahua, México, where the bodies are to be exhumed by detectives and examined for traces of poison. Bogus beneficiaries are known to have collected $25,000, but the real exteut of the frauds cannot be ascertained for some time. An application for a policy of $100,000 caused the first suspicion of criminality to be entertained and brought about the in- vestigation which resulted in the arrest late last night of the three men who are accused of swindling and who will be fur- ther accused of forgery and conspiracy to murder. The prisoners are C. T. Richard- son and W. Mason, alias Mamnering, alias Meredith, alias Dayid uinet; and W. 3. ‘Gray, alias ‘Magshltl Banguinet, alas W. B. Hill. Richardson is an agent of the company who operated -throughout the southwest and resided inm Chihuahua, Mexico.. He wrote policies throughout this section and officers allege that Gray and Mason were his confederates and frequently were used as beneficiaries, under aliases. Ore of his schemes was to insure men in the last stages of consumption, substitut- ing one of his confederates for examina- tion by the physician and dividing the money with the consumptives’ heirs. James Devers and a man named Mitch- ell were insured for $10,000 and $15,000, re- spectively, and poth died mysteriously in Chihuahua, one of them in Richardson's house. In the case of Devers the money was collected here by Mason under his alias of Meredith, and Mitchell’'s money was collected by a woman, the wife of one of the prisoners. Everything was running smoothly for the alleged swindlers until a recent appli- cation was made in the name of Marshall Sanguinet for $100,000 insurance, David Sanguinet being named as the beneficiary. The company, exercising its usual dili- gence in investigating applications, finally reached the conclusion that there was something wrong, and the investigation and arrests followed. The prisoners had been in El Paso but three days when taken into custody. They refuse to talk. LIKE A STAMPEDE IN PIONEER DAYS Idaho Gold Strike Starts a Rush of Fortune Seekera. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 2.—A remarkably rich discovery of gold in the Black Hor- net district has caused a stampede com- parable to the mining rushes of the early days. Knowledge of the discovery be- came public last evening and men started out at once to stake claims. They kept going all night, and to-day several hun- dred are at the scene of the strike. The discovery is a hitherto unknown vein about one and a half miles from the Black Hornet mine. The lead was “blind" and was opened in doing some work on a property located on another vein. It shows seven feet wide. On the hanging wall is a streak of talc that is very rich; rext lies fourteen inches of ore showing great quantities of gold. It is variously estimated to be worth from $5000 to $10,000 a ton. Then comes about four feet of or- Ginary ore. The vein was opened to-day at several other points. At one point 600 feet from the original discovery very rich ore was found and in all the others good ore shows. Masked Bandits Rob Two Men, OXNARD, Nov. 2—A hold-up and rob- bery occurred just north of town last night when A. Espinosa, in company with another Mexican, came into town, and, after purchasing a bill of grocerfes, started to drive home. When a short dis- tance north of town two masked men stepp2d into the road and ordered the travelers to stop, which they did. Upon learniniy that ‘a robbery was to take place, Espinosa offered resistance, when he was struck over the head with a revolyer and rerdered unconscious. The highway- men then grabbed the sack containing the morey and fled. o GREAT SURGEON COMES TO RESTORE THE HAL oo b s S knife. — ..ADOLPH LORENZ, the famous Vienna surgeon, arrived in this city last night. FHe is eager to demonstrate in San Francisco the wonders of his marvelous operation, performed suécessfully many times on little children afflicted with congenital dislocation, without the use of @ Arrangements have been made for him to operate on a number of subjects at the Lane Hospital this afternoon. He will perform these operations free of cost for the benefit of science. R. ADOLPH LORENZ, the famous Vienna surgeon who went to Chicago recently at the urgent request of Armour, the millionaire packer, and successfully operated on his little daughter, Loita ‘Armour, for congenital dislocation of the hips, ar- rived here late last night on the overland limited. The announcement of the great sur- geon’s ‘arrival in.the city will be glad news to many fond parents, as he comes to demonstrate to the local physicians the wonders of his great. discovery—to show how it is possible to straighten the frail, deformed limbs of little children on the operating table with no risk to their lives and without drawing a - drop of blood. Dr. Lorenz left Salt Lake on Saturday after performing several successful oper- ations at the Holy Cross Hospital. He was somewhat tired yesterday and for several hours before reaching the Oak- land mole he retired to his drawing-room and took a sound sleep. Waking refresh- ed, he explained the wonders of his great discovery. “I love children,” he said, “and espe- cially little girls. It is so bad to see their little limbs distorted and, thank God, by treatment they can be cured.” ARMOUR COMMUNICATES. “Would you really like to know how I came to this country?”’ he asked as the train bowled along. “Well, Mr. Armour wanted his daughter cured of her de- formity. He loved his little daughter so much that he positively refused to allow the child to be put in any danger. Mr. Armour communicated with me and I promised that the child’s life should not for a moment be under any risk. “He accordingly requested me to come to Chicago and operate on his little girl. Mr, Armour promised me a good figure for coming, because I left my practice in Vi- enna, but the stories in'the papers that I received $150,000 are absurd.. The opera- tion on little Miss Armour was one of the most successful I have ever performed. “I do not refuse to operate upon chil- dren more than 8 years of age. The op- eration can be performed upon older chil- dren, but they most receive several months of preparatory treatment before they are fit subjects for the operation. A child of 4 or 5 years of age is the best subject. The operation should never be postponed ‘beyond that period, as it only makes it harder.” “During my visit to America I wish to make known to all medical men in this great land the secret of my operation. It can be learned by any doctor, but of course, it takes experience to make the operations performed more and more suc- cessful. . “Of course, while in San Francisco demonstrating the operation before phy- sicians, I shall select my own subjects— subjects that I know can be successfully operated upon. My operations will be performed at the Lane Hospifal Dr. Sherman has arranged for them. He was a great friend of mine while he lived in Vienna. This operations will be free, of course, but if I get any private cases dur- ing the three or four days I am in San Francisco and the parents are rich, I shall certainly charge for them. WILL REVISIT PATIENT. ‘After leaving San Francisco I shall go to Los Angeles, from there to St. Louis and thence to Chicago ro see how little Miss Armour is getting along. I will then go to Philadelphia, to Baltimore and on to New York. In every city I will perform operations free in the interest of science. “It seems so funny to see so many Chi- nese and Japanese in Caitfornia. ‘Do you know that one of the last cases that I op- erated upon in Vienna was a dear little Japanese girl? Her parents had brought her all the way from Tokio. “I am very glad that I mdae up my mind to come and visit California. I think it is the most beautiful place I have ever seen and it reminds me so much ‘of Italy. I hope that the doctors here will give me lots of work—that is what I want, lots of work and no banquets. Bah—for ban- quets; I think they are intolerable. - — | LA NI + T— NOTED SURGEON WHO COMES TO COAST TO DEMONSTRATE | NOTABLE OPERATION. - = Regarding his life and, the operation which has made him famous Dr. Lorenz said: “I was born on a farm in Northern Austria. My father was not particularly wealthy and I had to work hard—very hard. I did not go to Vienna until I be- gan the study of medi¢ine. When I en- tered the university there I soon became | interested in orthopedic surgery, and I| have since made this study the aim of my life. I was a poor student, at least so far as money goes, and I had no easy time of it. “About nine years ago Pica, a well- known surgeon of Italy, and I at about the same time conceived the idea of an operation by manipulation—that is, an operation without the use of the knife. This idea came to both of us about the same time, as I have said. I operated upon a child and the operation brought about the happiest results. The operation was entirely successful. “On the other hand, Dr. Pica chose for his patient an adult, and he failed at the time. “That I did make and have since made such actual reductions have been proved not alone by anatomical dissection, which is unanswerable. The X-ray, the func- tional result and the unmistakable phe- nomena at the time of the operation prove that actual reductions are made. WILAT BRINGS SUCCESS. “The success of the treatment depends upon a minute attention to details after the first actual reduction of the disloca- tion is made. These details refer to the position of the limb, the stretching of the contracting and redislocating muscles and the enlarging of the anterior portion of the capsule of the socket, and by manip- ulation before encasing the limb in the plaster cast. ““After this is done I apply a plaster of paris dressing, such as will thoroughly immobilize the limb and still permit suf- ficlent weight to be transmitted through the shaft to the bone.to enable nature to do her part of the work in forming and deepening the socket, which must so grasp the head of the bone as to give it support after the patient dispenses with the plaster.” Dr. Lorenz is accompanied by his as- sistant, Dr. Fritz Mueller. Dr. N. Rosen- crantz of this city went East to meet Dr. Lorenz and to consult with him upon a private case. Dr. Rosencrantz saw the eminent surgeon perform two operations in Salt Lake on Saturday. He says they ‘were marvelous. WITNESSES OPERATION. Dr. George H. Martin of the Mammoth Hospital of Salt Lake, who witnessed the operations in that city, and who was on the overland train last night, said: “I think that Dr. Lorenz is the sur- gical wonder of the age.. I saw him per- form two operations. In one case there ‘was a double dislocation—the child's limbs ¥ FAST HORS FOILS PLANS OF LYNCHERS Exciting Event Af- ter a Serious Shooting. |Friends of the Injured Man Decide on the Executfion, Rancher Fatally Wounded by a Tree-Prumer in Ventura County. Pt LSRR Special Dispatch to The Call. FILLMORE, Cal., Nov. 2.—As the result of a quarrel due to differences of long standing P. S. Wilson, a tree-pruner who resides at Sespe, shot and fatally wound- ed William Horton, a rancher whose home is three miles from this place, this after- noon, and but for the prompt action of some cool-headed citizens in taking Wil- son out of town there would probably have been a lynching. The shooting appears to have been with- | out other provocation than the exchange of some harsh words. Wilson was in no danger of bedily injury, but, angered by something the other man said to him, he drew a revolver and fired one shot. The bullet struck Horton just over the heart, ¢ausing a wound from which the physi- cians say he cannot recover. Both men had been drinking. After the sheoting Wilson made no at- tempt to escape. He was taken In charge by a party of citizens, who dis- armed him and telephoned to Ventura to the Sheriff, it being their intention to hold him until the arrival of that officer. Some of Horton's friends, upon learning that the wound would probably be fatal, got together and the proposition was mada that they take Wilson from the men who had him in charge and hang him. A dozen or more of them agreed to this plan, but others endeavored to prevent any such hasty action. Those who agreed to the lynching decid- ed to proceed without the assistance cf the others, but while they were deliberat- ing the captors were informed of what was being done, and, securing a swift horse and a buggy, they drove furiously to Santa Paula with their prisoner. Thanks to the speed of the horse, he was soon safe there from Horton's friends. Later he was taken to the County Jail a8 Ventura. CANAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOW SUSPENDED Colombians Believe That Uncle Sam Contemplates a Permanent Oc- cupation of the Isthmus. LONDON, Nov. 3.—A dispatch to the Telegraph from Kingston, Jamaica, states that the steamer Trust, which has arrived there, reports that the Colombian Govern- ment is massing troops at Colon for a general advance across the isthmus. The negotiations with the United States for the construction of the Panama canal are suspended owing to the presence of an American naval force and the refusal of the American admiral to permit the Co- lombian Government troops to use the railway. The Colombians believe that the United States contemiplates a permanent occupation of the isthmus. A fight occurred Wednesday at Panama between American marines and some Co- lombian troops while the latter were re- moving ammunition that had beem re- ceived from England. A Colombian offi- cer was wounded. The troops were driven oft. The Government will ask for the withdrawal of the American guard. Reb- els hold 2 number of railway stations. The Colombian steamer Presidents Marroquin, formerly the Ban Righ, is go- ing to Jamaica for repairs. The British cruiser Retribution is now at Santa Marta. The rate of exchange in some parts of Colombia is 1200 per cent. Trade is crippled. @ ieinieiiieinie il e @ utes. The child, of course, was under chloroform and did not feel any pain. At the clese of the operations the subject's legs were placed at right angles and put in plaster of paris. “I think, however, that the secret of the success of the operation lies In the position in which the doctor places the subject before he performs the operation. That to my mind is the most important point to watch in the doctor's demonstra- tions.™ Upon' the arrival of the doctor in this cify he went directly to the Palace Hotel, where apartments had been engaged for him. Dr. Lorenz is 48 years of age. He looks to be 60. Probably his appearance of be- ing advanced in years is due to the fact that during his youth he underwent the keenest privation in order to follow the study of medicine. -