The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1903, Page 1

= % "YOLUME XCIII-NO. - ‘e SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1903. PRICE--ELVE- CENTS. UGERMAN WARSHIP SHELLS FORTRESS IN VENEZUELA - NICARAGUA THE CANAL' United States Ends Colombia Nego- tiations. Minister Corea Has a Conference With Officials Treaty Likely to Be Arranged Without More Vexatious Delay stood aside ms with Colombia have | e is reads represent Nicaraguan ecanal ably be at the President a e administration e in an effo aty with Colombt erality” was policy stration has followed z £ and diligent effort to te an agreement. 1 had allowed the aken by the throat signed by this tful whether it ratified by the Rlnv { ave expressed to e opinion that scessary. Their licy Mes in the er negotiations without munications to Congress until the es for the transmission of trea MACEKAY’S PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISED Wealth in New York State Is Valued at Two Millions and a Half. Jan. 15.—John W. Mackay operty in this State, ac- appraisement which has to the value of $2,661,726, under the terms of his will, Clarence H. Macka: tor under the will. Mackay real estate in this State, e e h ever been made of entire fortune, which s | e ns. He was a resident | . and there his will bate. By Its provi- | ne is bequeathed to his wife, | ¥. and his son. ! property are ctric Company 500; 3112 shares of and*Telephone stock, shares of Com. B 19941 shares of | building, nominal; res of Telephone and Telegraph, | 5 shares of Maurice Grau Opera | 500 shares of New York | pany. $71.250; 425 31000 bonds | ¢ Commercial Cable, $425000; 50 $1000 | nds of Commercial Cable, $50,000; cash | bank, $11.018, and books, pictures and | ersonal effects, $5263. Fifty thousand dollars is deducted from he gross personal estate for the execy- ors’'commissions and administration ex. | renses. ~ EW TORK pr ar RK sona 157 al Cable ation .| WILL HAVE ; TILLMAN'S NEPHEW SHOOTS DOWN THE SOUTH CAROLINA EDITOR WHO OPPOSED HIM Without Warning the Lieutenant Governor Fires at Political Op- ponent, Narcisco Gener Gonzales, on the Street in Full View | of State Capltol at Columb:a, Infltctmg Probably Fatal Wound;S 5 P ¢ | OLUMBIA. §. C., Jan. 15.—Nar- ciso Gener Gonzales, editor of thie State, Is at the Columbla Hospital in a critical condition from a pist wound inflicted by James H. Tillman, Lieu- tenant-Governor of South Carolina and a nephew of United States Senator Benja min Tillman The shooting occurred at Main and Ger- vais streets, the most frequented corner in Columbia, in full view of the State Capitol It was just a few moments before 2 o'clock when the cry passed along the streets that “Jim Tillman had shot N. G Immediately there was a rush >ward the scene of the tragedy The offices of the State are on the same block as the scene of the shooting and it t b few moments for a great throng to assemble in front of the news- paper offices. The excitement and indig- nation on the street were intense. Gon- zales was taken to the office of the State where ph ans pronounced his wound probably fatal Policeman Bolan immediately after the shooting arrested Licutenant-Governor | Tiliman and took him to police headquar- ters, where he was relieved of two p's- tols, the one with which he shot Gon- zales and a second large revolver of caliber. From ¢he police station he was taken to the county jail, where he is to- night under protection of the officers. The only attributed cause for the shooting is that during the recent primary election Gonzales bitterly oposed ILieutenant- Governor Tillman in his race for Gover- nor. MADE EDITORIAL ATTACKS. During the progress of the campalgn Gonzales in his' fight to defeat Tillman had editorially called him a debauchee and blackguard and had denounced him as a “criminal candidate” and & “proven liar.” This and other such editorlals are supposed to have goaded Tillman to shoot Gonzales to-day. Since the first primary August 2, 1%2, Gonzales has had nothing | to say about Tillman except to comment upon the result of the primary. At 10 o'clock to-night Gonzales' con- ditlon continued very serious, but showed no important change from that of several hours earlier. ‘Gonzales is a man of ro- bust physique and was in the best of health at the time of the shooting, so that his friends hope he may pull through not- withstanding the severe wound from which he is suffering. There appears to be no conflict of testi- mony asto the essential features of the tragedy. Gonzales was going home alone from his office to his lunch, his route | leading him down Main street to Ger- vais, thence east. As usual he was walk- ing. “Lieutenant-Governor Tillman had presided at the Senate session and re- mained around the Senate chamber fora short time after adjournment. As he came from the Stateholse he was ac- companied by Senator Talbaird and Sen- ator Brown and he was joined on his way |up town by Congressman-elect Wyatt Alken and former Deputy Sheriff Dom- | DMW! REVOLVER AND FIRES. The Lieutenant Governor and the edi- tor of the State met at the corner of | Main and Gervals streets, just at the street car tracks. There was no encoun- ter, no fist fighting. Tillman, so far as | the evidence discloses, simply drew his revolver and fired at Gonzales. Most of those who saw the affair say there was nothing said until after the shot. Ome of Tillman's escorts says he thinks Tillman sald: “I received your message”’ and then fired. He is not cer- taln of this, but thinks so. The other Surgeons performed an operation upon Gonzales at the City Hospital this after- | noon. The operation was regarded as Successful, but in the judgment of the physicians the wounded iman h: only | one chance in five to liye. His consiitu- tlon and habits of life. however, are stated to be greatly in his favor. The wound is an ugly one, the liver anl in- testines being punctured. Gonzales is of | Spanish descent, being the son of brose Jose Gonzales, who with Lopez began the dependence in 1848, He himself served \mf Naricso struggle for Cuban in-, He is 4 old. in the ran f the SOUTH CAROLINA'S LIEUTEN. ANT GOVERNOR, WHO LEFT THE SEN- | ATE CHAMBER YESTERDAY TO SHOOT THE EDITOR, WHO HAD BITTERLY OPPOSED HIS AMBITION TO BE GOVERNOR. | | | | | | & | | companion of Tillman says he did not hear anything, but thinks he would have { heard any words if they had been spoken. { Two or three others say they heard noth- ing until after the firing of the pistol. Gonzales himself gave an explicit ex- | planation of the affair. He was very em- phatic in saying that he had not sent any | message to Tillman at any time and that | Tiliman said nothing until after he had fired, and altter he had shot he sald some- thing about taking him at his word. Gon- zales took this to mean that Tillman told him he was settling old issues face to face with him. “SHOOT AGAIN, YOU CCWARD.” | Gonzales is certaln that nothing was sald until after the shot was fired, when he tottered to the street car transfer sta- tion, where he leaned. Tillman was still pointing his pistol at him, whereupon Gonzales sald: “‘Shoot again, you cow- ard.” | Lieutenant Governor Tillman lowered | his pistol and; walked away. There was | only one shot fired and that entered the right side between the eighth and ninth ribs and passed through the fore part | of the body, coming out just above the free border ribs. The bullet was picked up on the pavement. Gonzales and Tillman passed each other in full view since the opening of the pres- ent session of the Legislature last Tues- day, but there was no encounter, no word passed and no recognition of any kind be- | fore to-day. Through to-day's affair Lieu- | tenant Governor Tillman was perfectly collected, sober and unexcited to all ap- pearances. Gonzales was unarmed. In a few moments after the wounded man had been conveyed to the office of his news- papér half a dozen or more physicians were doing all they could to save his life. It was promptly decided that the only hope was to perform an operation. Lieutenant Governor Tillman was asked for a statement, but sald he had been ad- vised by his counsel to say absolutely nothing, and he followed their advice to the letter. TILLMAN’S LIFE SAFE. Tt is declared here by close friends of the stricken editor that Tillman's life is perfectly safe from any mob attack and that - Gonzales' Triends conwmplnta no acts of violence. I | Cuban insurgents in 156. the Columbia State newsparer in 1891, and has been always a bitter opponent of the Tillman faction in South Carolina politics. In a statement before Gonzales made it plain that he sought no difficulty; that to avoid a collision with Tillman he cut across the pavement and passed by withcut touching or speaking, and that Tillman pulled his pistol and fired. Tillman after the shoot- ing walked out into the middle of the street, where he was arrested and taken He organized the operation steamship Laurentian from Glasgow, Jan- 5P A 0 TS ST Lo 'Big Atlantic Liner Now Four Days Overdue. ‘Anxiety Aroused for Safety of Miss- j ~ ing Craft. ' Company Admits That the Vessel's Boilers Are Not in Good Trim. Pt Special Dispatch to The Cail NEW YORK, 16.—2 Jan. a. m.—Tne , a much slower vessel than the overdue liner St. Louis, brought no news the delayed ship. She reported fair which is not at all reassuring practically the St. ary of weather, Louis’ Agents of the St. centinually The vessel is now came, over te. Louis are kept busy answering anxlous inquiries. | out from Clerbourg and four days overdue. It is all guesswork as to what has happened to her, but the agents maintain a cheer- eleven days {-thing serious had occurred. lembit. B Griscod,: preslddRe ot the | line, admits that tbe St. Louls’ boflers | were not in_ggad condition and attributes 3 deiay to this cause and to the fact ihat she left Cherbourg sixteen hours late. This was the tirst offi dmiseion that the agents were aware that the bollers of | the vessel were not in good condition. It ’ | was explained that this disability affected | the speed of the ship only and in no way | jcopardized her safety. Several vessels came In during the last twenty-four hours, but none of them had any news of the St. Louis. Fhe Manitou of thexAtlantic transport e, which passed Nantucket to-day, was asked by wireless telegraph if she had seen the St. Louis. The vessel answered “No.” The stcamer Montevideo arrived after fifteen | days’ journey, fighting with fierce blow- | ing gales. These, howling from vary- | | | ing points, raised dangerous cross and plunging through the tumuit the Montevideo more than once seemed oq the verge of going under. Five days out from Cadiz huge seas smashed in her | starboard railing and, coming on board, made splinters of the deckhouse. Hardly had™ the ship righted herself again before she reeled to another crash- about the hatches and companionways, and the water was sweeping below, flooding the cabin and steering compart- ments. Nearly all of the passengers were Italians, who spent most of their time kneeling before shrines which they had constructed. One became so weak | from seasickness and alarm that' he died one night when seas were pounding the laboring craft. The Montevideo was a mass of ice when she reached port. ing blow. and another Niagara came | aming across her decks. This carried | battens, which had been placed | ! EXCURSION TRAIN RUNS INTO FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE Delegates to the Ladies’ Aid Conven- tion Receive a Shaking Up at San Bernardino. to the police station. He was met there by several of his friends, but-said noth- ing. The police took from him a long range magazine pistol, which contained one empty cartridge. A large Colt's re- volver was also taken from him. At midnight the surgeons issued the following bulletin as to Gonzales’ con- dition: *‘Pulse 121, respiration 31; resting easily.” L e Y PREPARING TO WEL.OME PRESIDENT AND PARTY Committee of Eleven Legislators to Be Named to Meet the Distin- guished Visitors, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. l5.—Senator Smith of Los Angeles introduced a concurrent res- olution to-day that a committee of sleven members of the Legislature, to consist of the President and the President pro tem. and three members of the Senate, to be appointed by Lieutenant Governor An- derson, and the Speaker and Speaker pro tem of the Assembly, and four members of the Assembly to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, be named to act as a joint committee of the Legislature to receive the President of the United States and those who will ¥ him when they-reach the State line on their entrance into California, in order to extend to the -distinguished visitors a proper official welcome. ‘Smith asks that $3000 or a portion there- of be appropriated for defraying the ox- pense of the reception. The resolution ‘was referred to the Committee on Contin- gent Expenses. . 3ie o & N;' Administration at Agnews. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 45.—An ex- cursion train from Los Angeles bearing a large number of delegates to the La- | dles’ Aid Convention crashed into a| freight train standing in the Santa Fe | vards here to-day, demolishing one en- gine and disabling two others, besides breaking several freight cars into kin- dling wood. The excursion train was re- ported forty minutes behind time at this point. and knowing this, Engineer Dob- ‘son of ‘the freight pulled his train out on the main line, thinking to complete his switching. Hardly had he got off the | siding when he heard the excursion train, drawn by two engines, give warning of its approach. Dobson attempted to back on to the siding again, but succeeded in getting only part of the cars on when the excursion train struck his engine, No one was badly injured, although for a few minutes the wildest confusion prevailed. . SAN JOSE, Jan. 15.—At the meeting of the Agnews Asylym managers to-day Dr. Leonard Stocking was officially notified of his appointment as superintendent. Dr. Stocking later announced that he had ap- pointed Dr. G. D. Marvin first assistant and Dr. E. A. Kelley of Berkeley second assistant. Both these appointments were confirmed by the board. Reports showed there were 1034 patients in the asylum, 629 of whom were males. Ihclhll Contestants Are Gaining. AN JOSE. Jan. 15.—It is now almost cml‘ll that W. F. Parker and L. J. Chipman, who are contesting the offices of Auditor and County Superintendent of I, will win. In the fight over the R s office C. R. Williams is _rapidly gaining on Thomas Treanor. | ary, ey UERTO ¢ABELLO, Jan. er Vineta, at sunset 15.-—-The German cruis- last night, fired a shell hind this port. Rge shell, which was fired because at La Vigia, the fort crowning the hills be- ; | men were believed to be in the fort, exploded without causing damage. = 1K alser’s Commodore Sharp- Iy Checks Alleged Vio- lation of Order. Surprise in Puerto Cabello at Action Com f Cruiser’s ander. UERTO CABELLO, Cabello were at a loss Yhe action of morning, however, following communication to the Jan. 15.—The people of Puerto last night to understand the German cruiser. Early this Commodore Scheder sent the Venezuelan authorities through William H. Volkmar, acting American Consul here: “Referring to my letter of the gth inst., you that I fired a shell yesterday at Fort I have to inform La Vigia, because, agaipst my explicit prohibition, the presence has been observed there of unauthorized persons. sons were soldiers.” The statement of the Gerr unauthorized persons here. WILLEMSTAD, in ter Bowen is empowered. it is reported f with 2 New York syndicate represented by J. & W. & Co. for Curacao, a loan to Venezuela of Judging from reports these per- an commodore that there were the fort is denied by the authorities Jan. 15.—United States Minis- from Caracas, to close Seligman $25,000,000. The money thus raised is to be used to pay off all foreign claims. The Venezuelan bello and Carupano. In order to pay off his troops Government will guarantee the loan with import duties collected at the custom-houses Puerto Ca- President m Castro is trying to raise $500,000 by forcing a loan from Ven- portionate to their business. Venezuelan troops sent to the town. {. ezuelans and by requesting foreign merchants to lend sums pro- | ful vlew amd retfuse to believe that any- | La Guaira threaten to pillage e e "PH"\MM 3 'MOORS THREATEN MISSIONARIES IN | STREETS OF FEZ Anti-Buropean Senti- ment in Morocco Is | More Alarming. | LONDON, Jan. 15.—Letters received here from Fe Morocco, say that the | repidly growing anti-European senti- ment necessitates the hurried departure | | from that city of the American mission- Mr. and | Eng prior to their departure the women were the Moors i “What's this his wife For a few Simpson, and three women. days | openly cursed in the stree shouting as they passed, filth in our streets?” | When the American missionaries from | Mequinez arrived at Fez the Moors ex- | claimed: “Oh, God! We thought the: were sending the curped dogs from us, but they are coming back.” Subsequently a body of armed moun taineers met the women and wheeled around and cursed them in chorus. The | missionaries were specially urged from | authoritative quarters to leave as soon as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson in- tend to remain at Tangier for the present. GRAVE ROBBERS' NEFARIOUS t DEED IN LOS ANGELES Remains of Doxmn a Maria Pico Are, Removed From Tomb of Noted Spanish Family. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15.—Grave rob- | bers broke intq the tomb of Donna Maria | Pico, wife of Pio Pico, the last Spanish Governor of California, a few days ago| and removed the remains, which had been | buried for nearly fifty years. The well preserved skeleton was found by a My‘l this afternoon in old Calvary Cemetery, | fifty feet from the Pico family vault. | All the flesh had fallen from the bones, | but on the hands, which were folded n\nrl the breast, was found a pair of gloves and shoes and stockings encased the fee®. | It is supposed that the vandals expected to find valuable jewels on the body, as| the Picos were wealthy at the time of | the death of Donna Maria in Santa Bar- | bara in 1854, but if they obtained any-| thing there is no evidence of the fact } The body rested in a niche in the vault, protected by a marble slab, on whic "i were inscribed her maiden name, Maria | Ignacia Alvarado, wife of Pio Pico, and | a verse in Spanish. Inside of a her- metically sealed box rested the coffin, richly trimmed with gold and silver fringe and lined with silk, while the body was clad in rich laces, velvets and satin, all in a good state of preservation. The remains bad been embalmed, which ac- counts for the good condition of the | skeleton. 3 { Old Calvary Cemietery has been aban- doned for many years and is in a state of dilapidation. Many of the early Span- ish familles used it as a burial ground, but a’ large portion of the bodies have been removed. Don Plo Pico’s body, which rested be- side that of his wife, was not molested. | Sensational Fight | 1and to remain untl Monday. ' DOCTOR FINDS PREVENTIVE FOR BLOOD POISON | Important Discovery Is Credited to a New York Physician. Special Dispateh to The Call. NEW YORK. Jan. 15—A most impore tant medical discovery has been made by Dr. Charles « Barrow one of the vis- iting physicians to Bellevue Hospita By destroying blood poisoning. bacteria that ecreates Dr. Barrows baffles dis~ To do this he ejects Into a patient's veins a weakened solution of formalin. This is a 40 per cent solution of formalde- hyde gas in water. This gas has strong germicidal qualities, being stronger than carbalic acid and only slightly inferior to corrosive sublimate. Formalin, its solu- fon in water. is a powerful antiseptic nd is frequently applied outwardly in surgery. For years it has been used as a preservative for foed products. e | LEGISLATORS ARE UNABLE TO BRING ABOUT A CAUCUS in Washington Develops Into an Interesting Three-Cornered Contest. OLYMPIA, Wash. Jan. 15.—The ap- pointment of a caucus on the Senatorial question, as represented by an agreement | of the King County delegation to keep out of caucus until their candidate, Har- old Preston, gives his consent, and the co- agreement of the radical railway com- mission men who entered into an effort to make the election of a Senator impos- sible without the passage of a commission bill, seem to have effectually blocked the early solution of the three-cofnered Sena- torial contest in this State. As the Legisiature will adjourn to-mor- | row until Monday and many of the mem- bers will go to their homes, it is likely that the first open test of strength will not oceur until the first ballot next Tues- day. It cannot be said that Wilson, Ankeny Preston has increased his strength ince the opening of the session. The House to-day spent the early ses- sion in Mstening to eulogles of the late Governor Johm R. Rogers and adjourned at noon for the rest of the day out of respect to his memory. i Senatorial Situation Is Unchanged. SALEM, Or., Jan. Ii—Many of the members of the Legislature left the cap- ital to-day for their homes and for Port- The Sen- atorial situation has developed no new features since the organization of the Legislature and it now seems probable that no attempt will he made to hold a caucus until after balloting begins next Tuesday. or e R British Bark Burns at Sea. FUNCHAL. Madeira. Jan. t3.—The Brit- ish steamer Brunswick, from Maranham, Brazil, December 21. for Liverpeoi, ar- rived here to-day. She reports that the British bark Veronia was burned at sea December 20. Part of the Veronia's erew are on board the Brunswick. The remainder took to the boats and have not been heard of since,