The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1903, Page 1

—— VOLUME XCII-NO. 43, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AlCH YOUNG WOMAN DIES IN FLAMES New York HeiressQTormented Animal Astronomer Names Meets Awful Fate. Daughter of Late Leo-| nard Lewisohn the Vietim. Her Charred Body Found in| Ruins of Destroyed Dwelling. h to The Call J 11.—Mrs. Florine e 4 Henry, a mil- ok g’ = daugt nker Leonard ay in oyed the Fifty ast mped gaged in busi- LIPINOS WANT TAF‘E | | TO REMAIN AS GOVERNOR | Demonstration Made at and Party Leaders Urge Him Not to Leave. - genera the he regret o R MAYOR HEWI’IT LIES AT POINT OF DEATH ysiclans in Attendance Say He Is Rapidly Grow- g Wa»se Abram S. Hew- York City and hropist, politi- At 19 o'clock that Hewitt at there was t he might sur- f New e Thursday at his He is suffering ce thea attended by Keyes and nurses. Dr. 4 in consuita. ulletin issued at 10 o'clock to-night “Mr. Hewitt has o grow progressively weaker. He s most of the time and suffers no s as follows The immediate members of the family summoned to the house to-night, here were present Mrs. Hewitt, Dr, and Mre. J. O. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mlu Hewlitt, Miss Elea- Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. ewitt, Edward Cooper, General and Mrs. Lloyd Brice and Mr, and Mrs, Charles Cooper. has been | | CROWD SEES TRAGEDY AT BULL FIGHT Fatally Gores Banderillo. American Women Wit- ness Combat at Juarez. Hero of the Arena Receives|Strange Ending of William Death Wound While Saving Comrade. Special Dispatch to The Call EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 1l.—Francisco Matillera, a native of Madrid and a fa- mous banc T in the 0 at the Juarez Plaza del 3 was f pr crowd was composed largely of A tally wounded this nce of 500 spec tended were la- husbands and ticipate in the morrow o bulls were spiritless ¢ res and not enough exciteme »ay the trouble of ¢ n gat the ani- s a fierce a and his assoct- of th they worried bull turne who were tor- med him against the ’\l‘ arena., ing the peril of his com- to distract the antmal’s ng him with his sharp The crowd was in a excitement as the bull turned new tormentor and with a single his head threw the man against | the fence. Before the others could be of e to the unfortunate bull fighter | gored him severely I the | ide and thigh. The banderiiios then suc- | ceeded In rescuing him. Matillera was carried out and the killing of the »ceeded without further inci- ughter w Matiller nside fence of t Matillera, toss of al had found that both and that a num- s removed to the Mexican reported that is well known throughout Mex- k ores of bloody both in that STARVING CHINESE SELL WIVES AND DAUGHTERS | Which | he lay dead, what he had told them and \Is Buried in a Blizzard, HOROSGOPE FORECASTS Hl3 DEATH His Last Day Correctly. According to Pre- diction. H. Chaney’s Remark- able Career. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—In the face of a| blinding, stinging storm a dozen men and | women, clad in purple robes and | some in the regalia of the Masanic order, | struggled through the snows at Elmwood Cemetery, just before sunset to-day, un- | til they had reached Hv crest of a wind- swept hill where a solitary fir tree wa to mark the last resting place of Willlam Hulbert Chaney astrologer, surgeon, naval officer and preacher. all alone, without priest or prayer, buried him, and as the casket was the grave the last ray of sunlight which penetrated the whirling | clouds of snow caught the great crystal which the old man had insisted must be | placed on top of his coffin. | Strange as was the scene which came in some There. they lowered into | this last act of a strange man’s career, it | was ordinary compared to the career it- | self. He was buritd, as he foretold on last Thanksgiving day, in the midst of a | “tempest,” as he called it. And as he pre- dicted, too, his death “brought profit to his friends,” for they remembered, when and upon the strength of it played ‘“pol- iey.” On Saturday the “death row’ came | and half the lodgers in the State Hotel, | where he lived in spite of his considerable | account at the bank, risked a few cents on the “gig” and won. 1 Thus .was every prophecy foretold by | the horoscope he cast two months ago— | the ‘exact date of his death and the condi- | | tions attending his funeral. | Matillera was examined in a | d vessels in his thigh were rups’| To-day those who had known him best | Inlife—and even these knew little of this mysterious man, whose works are known by every student of astrology—faced the storm to see that his last request were carried out Two weeks ago, confident foretold on Thanksgiving day, his end wasg near, Chaney laid his plans. They were simple, too, and the only things he asked were that one of his friends should wear the purple robe of the Essenes, one the symbols of the Masonic order, of he was a member, that neither nor preacher should be present and that, as he priest Slave Markets Opened in the Orient that a great crystal, into which he often Because of Suffering From Famine. 11.—Shanghal mail ad- that markets for the human beings have been opened n in the interior of Kwangsi China, a result of the terri- ation of the n de TACOMA, Jan vices state slave province, as popu he people sold in provid them b fe. The pe is. at Pakshi, near L rict. Women low as $9 in spondingly low AUSTRIA AND ITALY MAY FORGET THEIR OLD SCORES a fight Visit of Emperor William to Rome Is Expected to Bring About Good Results. an. 11 m to the Italian court next April between Austria and Italy, been of long standing owing to re of Emperor Francis Joseph to return the visit of the late King Humbert | to Vienna in 1552 because of the Pope’ threat to excommunicate any Catholi sovereign who became a guest of the Quirinal before going to the Vatican. It i= proposed that the Austrian Emperor | come to Rome simultaneously with the Emperor of Germany. As there would then be no accommodationat the Quirinal | for both royal visitors Emperor Francis Joseph could stop at the residence of the Austrian Embassador to .the Holy See, visit the Pope, g0 to Naples and on his return to Rome become the guest of King Victor Emmanuel. e el Wolfe Is for Perkins. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1.—Among the ar. rivals from San Francisco to-night were Senators Shortridge and Wolfe. asked if he had changed his views on the | senatorial question, Senator Wolfe, who two nights ago announced that he would probably cast his vote in the Senate for Shortridge, replied that he thinks that he will now vote for Senator Perkins, TS R & Increase in Number of Emigrants. BERLIN, Jan. 11.—The emigration for the year 1902 through Hamburg and Bre- men amounted to 266,834 persons, an in- crease of 63,58 over 191. The number of emigrants sasling from these ports has trebled since 1598, the majority of them going to the United States. When | The visit of Emperor Went at once to the house and sought to be the means of smoothing over the Francisco girl, | y: took the girl | Bdwnsty it oole e eirl ot anditheys o oia Gt rodb veeral ritlas this aft- | ernoon with the hand of a corpse at the gazed for hours at a time, be burled with him—for, he sald, its life would go out with his. Professor Hall, short selection from Genesis, who is a Mason, read a which Pro- fessor Chaney had selected. Professor ( died at 248 State street on Janu: 8. He had lived there He had been in but he was erratic tly s moveme nd freque would for months at a time. He had worl nd had bee ¥ known country, accord ’ho his parents were is believed that he was pear e d often a to his storl he b ever said, born in M SHCOTS AT THE MAN WHO BARS HIS EXIT Young San Franciscan Opens Fire ‘While Taking a Woman From | Randsburg. RANDSBURG, Jan. 11.—As a result nf1 in a disorderly house here one man has two bullets in his body and an- | other occuples a cell in the town jail. | This evenin train brought Louis Ed- | wards, a San Francisco young man, who of its occupants, a San to leave the pls She | had consented to go when Michael Suz- zalo Interposed. Then Edwards began shooting. Four shots were fired, two of them taking effect,” one striking Suzzalo in the neck and another in the left leg. | persuade *one both started up Butte avenue and were arrested by Constable Arnold. Edwards was taken to jail. Suzzalo is in a critical condition. o i WIFE OF AMERICAN CONSUL DECORATED FOB BRAVERY | Receives Medal “of Humnnu Society for Saving the Life of a Game Warden. OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 1.—Mrs, Turner, wife of the United States Consul General, in aving the life of Chief Game Warden Cormler, whom she rescued from the at- tack of a captive bear. The medal was pinned on by Lady Minto, wife of the Governor General, who warmly compli- mented Mrs. Turner on her pluck and presence of mind. San Franciscan Dies Suddenly. REDLANDS, Jan. 11.—Willlam Shaller, a native of Germany and a recent arrival from San Francisco, was found dead on the rear porch of a Japanese restaurant this morning. The Coroner’s jury de- clded that hemorrhage was the cause of | his death. He had about §200 in his cloth- ing. physician, i ALL EUROPEANS FLEE FROM FEZ AND CITY’S FALL IS IMMINENT Massacre May Follow Epture of Morocco Sultan’s Stronghold by Followers of Buhamara. 7A% FAT FYING T s A EFER. / e comran——E: \ A rs the Sultan nd is awa River. The Tangier, dated vesterday. has left Fez with his army ing the rebels at the Helu Mulai Arafa, g to rais s arrived Sultan’s uncle, noney troops are badly a le, continues the cor while the rebels are well organized a ent, 1 better armed. The Times correspondent at Tangier says in a d h the Sultan appeale luding for Tangier, men | Governor. SR rald WIN A BATTLE. EBELS PARIS, Ja 1t Ras s _capital oz says the for ONDON, Jan. 12 aispatch to eral situation is cert Tatt . fow ket the Daily from Tan- | proving. European women ? gler, Morocco all the | Fez. The Sultan has p o conatades T z have now | Mulai-Mohammed, under surveillance. e ?"t‘hl -|.n1" 1 : = L and that the | A caravan of mules taking money from | i "iow of common acti ; 1 Consuls there will fol- | the customs here to the Sultan at Fez |y, 0n what decision was reachied. low imrfediately. | was met by an imperial messenger, whe A h £ Al It is feared that a massacte will follow | nrdered the caravan to return to Tan- SEVEN JEWS MURDERED. n—a from the capture of the city by the pretender’s | gier and await a cavalry escort, as the icting re- army. | roads were unsafe. The Benimhara ANGIER, Morocco, Jan. 11.—The de- ports from Fez de the Suitan has A dispatch to the Morning Leader from | tribe near Wazan has driven away the | parture of the five women missionaries, 'rearrested his brother, Mulai Mohammed ENGINEER OF PASSENGER TRAIN DIES AT HIS POST Fireman Does Not Discover That His Companion Is Dead Until a Station Is Passed. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 11.—Passen- gers on an incoming Knoxville and Ohlo throttle of the engine. The train left Buckeye, Tenn., on time and ran through Careyville, the next station. When En- gineer A. C. Young ran through the latter town Fireman Matlock knew something was wrong and stepped to the engineer's side of the engine. He found Young dead and immediately stopped the train. There is a wound in the left side of the en- gineer's head, and the supposition is that |a plece of stone fell from a high cut | n untains | has been decorated with the Canadian | TCUSD. the mo and killed him | Humane Society’s medal for bravery instantly. The train ran perhaps eight miles after Young was Kkilled. ARERts - MINISTER PRINETTI NOT OBLIGED TO FIGHT His Seconds Decide That He Is Not Compelled to Meet a Sub- ordinate. ROME, Jan. 11.—The seconds of Forelgn Minister Prinettl and Count Bellegarde, the ex-cavalry officer, who has challenged Signor Prinettl to fight a duel and whose challenge has been accepted, have decided that the Forelgn Minister Is not obliged 1o fight the Count, a Subordinate. 'Iné Count declares he will find a way to com- pel Signor Prinett! to fight him. NEGRO PRISONER KILLS SHERIFF AND ESCAPES ! Lynch Murderer if They Over- haul Him. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 11.—A report reached here to-day of the assassination | compiled by the Bureau of Insular Af- The | fairs of the War Department from offi- of Sheriff Reese of Bibb County. crime occurred at Brierfield late last night. Reese and one of his deputies had arrested two negroes and were taking | chandise into TRADE OF PHILIPPINES | IS STEADILY INCREASING tember Show a General Expan- sion of Business. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1L—A statement cial returns shows that during the month of September, 1802, the imports of mer- the Philippines amounted them to the depot to board a train for | to $2,785,009, an increase of more than a | half-million dollars over the correspond- walking in front of the Sheriff and the |ing month of 1901 and considerably above Centerville. One of the negroes was other behind him, when suddenly the one | the average in the rear shot the Sheriff, killing him instantly. The prisoncrs escaped. A mob has been formed and is chasing the two negroes. Preparations are being made for a lynching. R R IS’].‘O“Y SEA DESTROYS SAN DIEGO PROPERTY Tempest on the Ocean Sends Mighty Waves Into the Harbor. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11.—For the past few | days the mighty Pacific has been turbu- lent on this lower coast, and to-day at Coronado beach it took the opportunity of | showing what it can do when started just | a little bit. Somewhere on the ocean a storm of great power has been raging, and the surf has been runring high as the force of the storm reached the coast. Hundreds of people from San Diego made the trip across the bay this after- noon to watch the display of sea force, The breakers beat upon the hotel break- i | months of the current year. for nine The export trade of $3,538,5% is the largest of any sin- | gle month since American occupation, the exportation of hemp alone amounting to more than $2,500,000, practically three- fourths of which was sent to the United States, sugar and tobacco shipments to all countries during the month aggregat- ing monthly value water and the surf was shot a hundred feet into the air as the rocks beat back the waves. Though the rocks could stand the beating of the waves, the superstruc- ture could not, and plece by pilece and section by section it was broken loose and thrown into the sea. Some fifty feet of the structure went down a littie after neon, and another section tumbled into | the waves about 3:30 o'clock. The rest of the structure was so weakened that por- tions were carried away, and it is not | improbable that the high tide of to-night may finish the work begun by the high tide of to-day. POPE GRANTS PRIVATE AUDIENCE TO AMERICANS 'Citizens Are in Pursuit and Will Official Returns for Month of Sep- | Receives Howard Benoit and His Family and Mrs. A. J. Lindsay of St. Louis. ROME, Jan. 11.—The Pope received Mr. and Mrs. Howard Benoit and members of their family and Mrs. A. J. Lindsay of St. Louis in private audience to-day. The 3-year-old daughter of the Benoits, who as present, caught sight of the apostolic ring on the pontiff's hand and asked: “What Is that on his fin Mr. and Mrs. Benoft tried to hush the lttle girl, but the Pope noticed her question and expressed pleasure at her interest. Fe caressed her and allowed her to examine the ring. PLR S Fpesias Death Calls a Well- Known Guide. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11.—R en guide, whose real name as Reuben Willlams and who was probably as well known to the traveling or tourist ¢ person in Southern night at the County Heospital after an 1l ness which took the form of paralysis last Wednesday. He taken to hespltal but did not regain consci any ¢ the ness. Reuben was born in Kansas City forty- seven years ago, at least one of his | parents belng a slave. In 1864 he came to San Francisco, and in 1582 to San Diego. For a time he operated a stage line from the city to the hot springs at Tia Juana. For the past fourteen years he had been employed by the Natlonal City and Otay Raliroad as a gulde at the Mexican border.