The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1902, Page 17

“'&“‘0‘6“6&&“0000000000 028 444040000 440000000444 Pages O 0440 Grrttteea VOLUME XCII—-NO. 176. -~ S - > - + + e QESTEFFHFTFTFF4 5420545008 Pages O e e e e R R R R 0.28 ettt SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1902fFORTY "PAGES. DOCUMENTS FOUND ON BODY OF DEAD MAN CAUSE POLICE TO SET AN INQUIRY AFOOT Officers Have Suspicion That Waldemar H. Vogt, Supposedly of Cleveland, Ohio, and Who Was Killed by Accident, May Have Been Implicated in a Train Robbery. ! WA‘p:HAZ‘ l‘ Voe7T i FEMORA, oF REwvanstl, TRAIN RoBBERS FOUND N DEAD MAN'S POCRET { ] i & AKLAND, Nov. 22.—The body of Waldemar H. Vogt was by John Robinson, a Southern Pacific machinist, g lying near tow- the head of the his broken and sadly mangled leg t across the dead man’s face, lay Earl Smith, almost dead. Smith is dying at the Receiving Hospital. Both men are strangers to Oakland and evidently to the Btate. There is mo evidence save the papers found on Vogt to indicate where either came from, but these papers have set the police of Osakland thinking and wiring. One of them was & copy in the handwrit- ing of the dead man of the offer of the Great Northern Raliroad of $5000 for in- formation leading to the arrest of the lone bandit who on the night of October held up a Great Northern train at Bearmouth, Mont. This is the sole evi- dence found upon the body that might lead to a suspicion that the dead man bad a past that should be looked into. o) other paper found indicated a character of a life entirely the oppos There was a card showing that he had a paid-up membership In the Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland, Ohio, which would expire in the latter part of this month, There was also a card from THOUSANDS NOW FACE FAMINE IN GUATEMALA Refugees Tell of the .Awful. Ruin Wrought by Santa Maria Voleano. two at Near by er Oszkland mole. 3 ery PORT BARRIOS, Guatemala, Nov. 16, | via New Orleans, Nov. 22.—Refugees who have arrived here this week from West- | ern 'Guatemala report a terrible state of affairs as a result of the eruption of San- ta Maria volcano. The country for a ra- dius of over thirty miles has been made a desolate waste, and every vestige of life destroyed. The loss of life is esti- mated at over 7000, the great majority of vietims being Indians. villages. each with a population of from to 3000 inhabitan rude huts being buried beneath tons of volcanic debris. All of the coffee plan- ons in their 'owners left penniless. greatest distress prevails throughout the central and western portions of the re- the the Ten Indian | s, were wiped ou, | the voleanic zope are ruined | The | * the secretary of the association recom- mending him for work. That he had left Cleveland and gone to North Tonawanda, N. Y., was made evident from a letter ad- dressed to him at that place. The letter was written by the same secretary and expressed regret at his departure. ‘It was dated July 21 of this year. A visiting card bearing the dead man’'s name and giving his address as 22 Ganson street, North Tonawanda, was also found. That he had left Tonawanda and was in St. Paul on or about October 13 was made evident by two Great Northern ex- Press money order receipts. They were dated at St. Paul, October 13. One was for 350, the other for $15, and both were payable to Miss Anna- Vogt, whosé ad- dress was not.given. Vogt must have left shortly ~after- ward over the Great Northern Rallroad, for a business card from Fargo, N, D., was found upon him.and on October 27 he was in Butte, Mont. A receipt for a fec of $2 from Afwood's Employnient Agency of that city, dated October 27, was another of the papers found. From Butte it is evident he proceeded to Salt Lake and there looked up the Young Men’s Christian Association. This is indicated by literature of the assacia- tion in that city and by a laborer’s rail- road pass from Ogden to Wadsworth, public, and even on the eastern coast the | eftects are feit in the scarcity of money | and'the rise in exchange. A famine prevails at Quezaltenango and 10,000 people. are starving. Even in Guatemala City, the capital, the inhabit- ants are suffering for food. The Govern- ment is utterly unable to relieve the dis- tress and suffering, and the people are [on the verge of revolution. The. only | thing needed to start a formidable upris- | ing is the appearance of a leader, Cave-In Kills Two Men. SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—A speclal dispatch | to the Post-Intelligencer from Juneau, Alaska, says that Victor Knokk, brake- man, and Charles Wierula, shoveler, werzs killed at the, Mexican bins of the Tread- well mines yesterday. Owing to the weight of concentrates loaded on the bins a cave-in scattered 400 tons of debris over the men loading cars. Besides the two killed one man was injured. No blame 18 attached to any one. = gy MAN KILLED AND HIS COMPAN- ION WHO WAS FATALLY IN- JURED BY TRAIN IN OAKLAND. R e Nev., . where he was to work for the B. B. & A. L. Stone Company of this city. It is probable that he worked there for a time and then made his way toward the coast. A small diary he carried showed that he arrived at Truckee on November 16 and at Roseville and Sacramento on the 19th, three days ago. Whether or not he had been in -San Francisco is not known, although he had the card of an employment agency and a guide to the city. It is thought more probable that he and his companion were making their way from Sacramento when they were struck by the last Alameda Jocal train, because the bodies were near the junction of the ‘main line and the lo- cal tracks along First street. Everything among the dead man’s ef- fects would indicate that he was of good character, but in hard luck, with the ex- ception of the copy of the Great North- ern’s reward. This the local police couple with the fact that he was in Butte on October 27, three days after the hold-up and-murder at Bearmouth, which is-only eighty miles from Butte, and had evident- Jy been beating his way from St. Paul to Butte over the same route during the two weeks previous. Smith, who is but a youth, during a ra- tional moment to-day, said he had re- cently come from Oroville; that his father, F. 'W. Smith, lived in Hornbrook, Wash., and that he (Smith) had recently been working in Honcut, Cal. He denfed any knowledge of the dead man’s identity or of his wanderings. He is serfously Injured and will probably die. Since his one lucid moment -he has been either unconscious or in a semi-comatose state and it has been impossible to get any further slfite‘ment from him, RUMORS IN LISBON o Government Is Reported to Be Con- sidering the Necessity of a Regency. MADRID, Nov. 22.—According to a dis- | patch to the. Impareial from Lisbon, the Government there believes' that a serious conspiracy is on «foot with a view' to forming a regency. fzovernment agents are closely watching | the barracks and the Naval Club. A well known general, it is sald, has declared that a regency s necessary. The corre. spondent asserts that the *Government sees conspiracy on all sides and that ge- rious’ developments may follow. e iy Steamer Weathers. the Storm. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2.—The steamer Bosnia, loaded with cereals and having 150 persons on board, which was reported to have foundered in a gale in the Black Sea off Sulina, at the mouth of the Danube, has arrived here. i = |POLIGE FAIL 10 SOLVE THE - PARIS GRIME Americans Believe Mrs. Gore Was Murdered. Circumstances Point to Russian Singer as Slayer. e Letters Uphold the Vietim's Good Name—Efforts to Shield Accused. [ PARIS, Nov. 22.—The police officlals here admit that they arg making no pro- gress toward the solution of the mysteri- ous death of Mrs/ Ellen Gore, and this fact is strengthening the theory that the affair was one of accident rather than Of design. This view is So strong, es- pecially among the members of the Rus- sian colony, that De Rydzewskl’s ad- yocate, Deputy Cruppl, to-day announced his intention of applying to the cglirt on Monday»for the provisional releas®ot the accused. The authoritles are llkély " to resist this motion, as they are not yet ready to actept the' theory of accident. Consul General Gowdy also Inclines against the accident theory, but the American officials will not take an active part in the prosecution, M. Cruppi's efforts are due to the in- terest which the Russian friends of ‘the accused have manifested in him, scores of them having called upon Judge Jannevet to testify to his good character. The callers included the councilor of the Rus- slan embassy, who is acquainted with the prisoner. THE ACCIDENT THEORY. Dr. Merlun, who first arrived upon the scene of the tragedy, has given out a statement which strengthens the advo- cates of the accidént theory in their belief. He confirms the assertfon made by Dr. Socquot that the ball ranged up- ward, and concludes that the trggedy was floor. 7 On the other hand one of the American officals especially assigned to the case says 'his personal inspection of Mrs, Gore’s body shows that the direction of the bullet was almost parallel with the sur- face of the earth, and that the point at which the ball emerged from the back of the head was hardly a half inch high- er than the point at which it entered above the eye. This conflicts with the theory of the French physician, and tends to strengthen the murder theory. Letters and telegrams in the possession of the police show the circumstances-of the meeting on the day of the tragedy and exonerate Mrs. Gore from the sus- picions which might arise from her pres- ence in De Rydzewski's room. One of the letters shows that she wished to see De Rydzewski. This letter he cnswered by telegraph, saying that he was’ suffer- ing from a sore throat and that it was impossible for him to go out. As a re- sult of his inability to leave his room Mrs. Gore went to him. Some of the offi- cials concluded that the visit was of a business nature, asserting that Mrs. Gore's remittances had not been received, and that she went to her musical friend for temporary assistance, POLICE .CONCEAL CHECK. This theory is apparently borne out by the statement that a check for $60, drawn to the order of Mrs. Gore, is sald to have been found by the police in De Rydzews- kI's desk. The existence' of this check, however, has not been fully establisked, owing to the reticence of the police. cable message from Attormey Butler of Mexico City, asking that Mrs. Gore's body be given kindly burial. The Consul General's quick action prevented (le fol- lowing of the usual custom' of burning unclaimed bodies In lime. He wrote to the Morgue authorities regarding the matter and the funeral has been set for Monday. The interment will be in the Boulogne Cemietery. Many artists intend 1o attend the obsequies. A cablegram has been received by a former friend of Mrs. Gore here from a New York lawyer, announcing that che latter has in his posscssion -a will exee- uted by Mrs. Gore last December. The details. of .the instrument, however, are not given. ‘Written antecedents of Mrs. Gore fur- nished to the magistratos state that she lived at various times in San ¥raneisco and Los Angeles, Columbus, Ofilo, and Chicago. The documents also sliow that Chicago friends induced Mrs. Gore to take up muzic as a profession. The examination of De Rydzewsk! will be held as'soon as the Judge has received the report of the expert armorer regard- ing the cause of the wound. FOR BURIAL IN PARIS. Remains of Mrs. Gore May, However, Be Returned to America. ALAMEDA, Nov. 2.—Mrs. P. T. Dick- inson of this city,. aunt of Mrs. Ellen Gore, who was :discovered dead in the studio of Jean de Rydzewski, a Russian nobleman and singer in Paris, Wednes- day, received a dispatch to-day from the business agent of her deceased niece in the City of Mexico, stating that the body of the young Wwoman would be given purial in Paris by Consul General Gowdy of the United States. It has not yet been decided by the relatives - of Mrs. Gore whether her remains will be brought home later or allowed to rest in foreign soj). “We have received many messages of Continued on Page 23, Column 5. At byt o b bl | nity and was shown to a carriage. Consul General Gowdy has recelved a | PRICE FIVE CENTS. EX-MINISTER WU DENIES HO YOW IS IN DISGRACE - WITH HIS GOVERNMENT Famous Diplomat, in This City En Route to Peking, Is Cere moniously Received by Local Chinese and Escorted o - Hotel--To Meet Business Men Te-Morrow. s U TING FANG, Chinese United States, who is en route ‘to China, arrived ! here last evening on the overland limited. At the Oakland mole he was received by acting | Consul Chow and his suite and by a score of the most prominent Chinese merchants | of this city. The scene was a picturesque | one. The moment that Minister Wu| alighted from the train the Chinese offi- clals, one by one, In their flowing robes | of many colors, gave him greeting by | solemnly and respectfully. ! slowly swinging their clasped hands, each retreating backward to give another a chance to receive the Minister's recogni- tion. Minister W was in a bad humor—the train was late, the dinner in the car was | not just what be wanted and thertt he was tired. He received his countrymen's salutations, however, with becoming dig- | Upon | his afrival on this side he was driven | directly to the Occidéntal Hotel, where he held two formal receptions, the first to acting Consul Chow. and his. suite and | another to the.Chinese:merchants of the city. 'In the former reception there was much formality observed. When Minister | Wu entered the room he fell to the floor and remained in that position for several | seconds, Consul Chow, following suit. | DEFENDS HO YOW. In an Interview last evening Minister Wu indignantly denled an article which appeared in a local daily paper with a Chicago date line, in which Minister Wu was quoted as. saying that former Consul | How Yow was in disgrace with the Chi- nese Government and-that a reprimand awaited him on his return to Peking. “That story is absolutely untrue,” Wu ! sald. “An investigation was made by the Chinese Government .of the charges against Ho Yow, but. they were not proven. That is what I sald to the news- paper man on the train when he talked to me about Ho Yow. Coples of the story in which I am quoted as criticising Ho Yow are sure to be sent to China and they will do no good. That is all I care to say to-night. I cannot be too careful in what I say before'I leave America, as when I am on the sea I cannot deny anything, and then denying false reports makes too much work. “I left Madam Wu, my wife, in. Wash- ington; she is indisposed and did not want to make the trip just at present. My son is at Atlantic-City,- where he'is at a private school. Madame Wu will Jeave for China in about two weeks; she will sail by way of San Franclsce.” On the way across the continent Min- ister Wu was busy studying the coun- try. True to the characteristics of his race, when he did mot understand any- thing he would ask some passenger to fully. explain .the matter to him. Philip Gordan of the Southern Pacific Company, who went up the road to meet him,. had a hard time trying to explain to him that | the lack of terminal facilitles and the former Minister to the|. bowing and |. "evidently mneyer replies I —p N ] | — ‘I FORMER CHINESE MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES, WHO AR- RIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST NIGHT FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.; AND THE RECALLED CONSUL GENERAL. value of land was the reason why the trains wer® not 'brought across the bay, from Oakland to this side, the same a3 they are transferred from Benicia to Port Costa. STUDIED LAW IN LONDON. “Well, why does not the Southern Pa- cific bulld a tunhel between Oakland and San Francisco?’ asked Minister Wu. *‘The Pennsylvania is building one from New Jersey tp the New York side.” Gordan had to give it up. Minister ‘'Wu'is 50 years of age, with kecen brown eyes, alive with intelligence, He wore a flowing brown gown and his hat was fastened by a priceless diamond. He speaks perfect English, having early in his life studied law in Londén and was called -to" the bar. He is cautfous and to a’ question without. giving: the matter’ thorough con- siderution. - His good fortune of being one of the foremost diplomats of the .Chinese empire is evidently owing to his own making. He' returns to China with a modest suite of two secretaries and one servant. The former are Yung Kwai, first secretary, who has been a resideat of this country for the last thirty years and: who wears American clothes, and Ou Sho-Tchum, second 'secretary. 1t was learned-last night that Ling Sheng, whe is to succéed Minister Wu at Washington, will leave Peking for San Francisco on the 1st of January. At the present. time Cheng Tung Is acting as Minister of Chin: t Washington. Minister Wu will sail Tuesday for the Orient. . Last night about twenty of his trunks/ were sent down to the steamer and oumly tWo of his personal trunks were taken to the hotel. ‘. RECEPTION TO WU. Minister Wu' will be tendered a recep- n i the rooms of the Chamber of Com- rce to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock by the commercial organizations of the city. George A. Newhall, president of the Chamber of Commerce; A. Sbarboro, president of the Manufacturers’ and Pro- Gucers’ Assoclation: Frank J. . Symmes, president of the Merchants’ Association; G. W. McNear, president of the Mer- | 1 | | chants’ Exchange; Joseph A. Filcher, sec- retary of the State Board of Trade, and A. A. Watkins, president of the Sam Francisco Board of Trade, have super- vision of the arrangements for the af- fair, The Prince of Siam, the Governor of the State, the acting Mayor of the city. the commandinig officers of tHe military and naval fcrces stationed on the coast and prominent men in various other walks of lfe have been invited to. attend the re- ception. Fairfax Wheelan will deliver the address of welcome. (Mjnister: Wu will then make the speech of the day, Other prominent men present will‘also be called upon. for brief remarks. I'reparations have been made for a large sttendance. more than 2500 invitations having been issued. P S Y POSSES ON TRAINS PURSUE GUY -LA' CROIX Man Thought to Have Led a Bandit Gang May Be Soon Captured. TRINIDAD, Colo., No¥ 22.—Word reached this city to-night that Guy 'a Croix, the man’ who the officers belleved led the gang that attempted to hold up the Colorads and Southern train mear here, had been .seen. in the viclmity of Clayton, N. M., and at 8:30 this gvening a posse left on the Colorado and South- ern for that place. ! At 11;30 another posse took a train for the same locality. . Special Agent Reno ané Division Superintendent Rainey were in charge of the first pogse. Efforts were mgde to keep the, departure of the of- ficers seeret. In iMemory of Enk Norris. GILROY, Nov. 2—A memorial geat of grouite and stone fs 'n course af conm- struction on the road ta the log cabin of the late novelist, Frank Norris. in the mountains west of Giirey. - The seat 1s in the shape of a crescent and will be a handsome monument ‘0 the memeory of the dead awthor. It is being erected by Mrs Robert Louls Stevenson and the widow of Mr. Norris