The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1903, Page 1

IV—=NO. VOLUME XC 39. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 9, @all. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CEMETERY REVEALS WAR OR PEACE IN ORIENT RESTS WITH —_— Russians Gather to Map Out " Course. Qutcome May Be a Call to Arms. INCHAU (Opposite Newchwar prominent China, Manch attending t Amon are e e at Port Arthur. War K Russi; nister of eff, the > = W™ X TN WS S e ———— S . NNS =z GNS WHOSE LONG-STANDING RIVALRY MAY SOON | ATE INTO AN ARMED CLASH, WITH CHINESE TERRI- D TRADE AS THE PRIZES TO BE WON. | 1y Russian at Peking: Ge mili kden, and the administrator ewchwang at the r profound se- s posed that the - I considering war eign offices Newchw Arthur belleve 2 € of war is increasing an policy is believed e present positions in wchws d to rators, Newchwang, n of a Gov- hold to s telegraph the ceded by ac: Russian explanation, and partly on the public squar bout which the foreign nsulates are co ted, The resi- nts of other nati ties are preparing otest against this encroachment on fc sqaare sssian company vesterd com- the purchase of the £ business heretofore contrelied by a sh company. This egarded as an t step toward Russian control of rbor, as the new company is ap- 1 in behalf of the Russian 3 Russia having but small ests here. The British ur boats and the Ru: rted two more. All six vessels nd commanded by Russian re. The crews are composed of sol- ANGHAL July S£—The American tions are deadlocked owing ure of the Chinese authorities reply to the demand for the an ports to trade Negro Flees From Lynchers. OSCEOLA, Ark., July 8.—Arthur Shad- je a ent young planter, living four miles south of Osceola, was shot . and killed to-day by a megro tenmant on bis farm. There was trouble between them in regard to an account. The negro The Sheriff and a posse A iynching is probable if aught _— e-— Honolulu Wants Transports. HONOLULU, July 8.—~The Chamber of Commerce has passed resolutions, which will be forwarded to the War Department @t Washington. asking that all Pacific teansports call at the port of Honolulu. made his escape in i the n: gro is « y on iand | with | in the center | | wild. | wila to ns | | ing was tried on the fast Oregon Rallway | | Leeds, master mechanic of the Louisville SMALL BOYS ATTEMPT T0 WRECK TRAIN Place Obstructions on Oregon Rail- road Track. teh to The Call. TACOMA, Wash., July 8.—Because their favorite diversion was to put spikes, bolts and nutsf on railroad tracks just to see the trains jump the tracks, the young sons of J. W. Miller of Wallula are in Umatilla (Oregon) County Jall. ‘The two lads are aged 11 and 9 and named Olace and Wallace. They live in the Spring Hollow section and have been running Their mother is dead and as the ys were left by themselves when the father was at work they finally grew too handie. 'As a result the State Reform School will probably take care of them for the next few years. Their first big attempt at train wreck- Speelal Disy bo, and Navigation passenger from Portland to Spokane, which is said to have bucked hard wheh It struck the obstructions. The articles used by the boys to obstruct trains gradually increased in size until the matter reached the ears of the oper- ating department, which gave slow orders for that section of the road. Finally the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany detectives were pent to watch the tracks. Their efforts were rewarded after a long watch, and Sheriff Taylor of Uma- tilla was given charge of the boys. —_————————— Discharged Man Shoots Official. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 8—Pulaskey and Nashville Railroad, died to-day from a bullet wound inflicted by George War- ner. Warner on Monday last entered Leeds’ office at Union station and asked for a letter of recommendation to another road, he having been recently discharged from Leeds department. Leeds refused, whereupon *Warner shot him in the head. The assassin then shot himself, inflicting a wound similar to that recélved by leeds. Warner, however, will probably recover. o+ JURY FIND THAT GLAY 15 INGANE 0ld Warrior Still Holds Fort at Whitehall. Special Dispatch to The Call. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 8—The chil- dren of General Cassius M. Clay have succeeded in having the affairs of their father placed in the hands of a guardian. A jury in Judge Turpin's court at Rich- | mond to-day found the old warrior of un- sound mind and asked the court to ap- point a committee to look after his finan- | cidl affairs. General Clay was in bed at Whitehall, six miles from Richmond, while the trial was being held and did not send any one to represent him. When told that he had been adjudged a lunatic, the old warrior's eye flashed fire, and, arising 'from his bed, he clutched his bowleknife and declared he would kill the first man who entered the room. Previous to receiving the news from Richmond General Clay had talked quite rationally, but nothing intelligent could be got from him aiter/he had heard of the action of the court. He was greatly unnerved over the course of his children, asserting that they were disgracing him at death’s door because they did not want his former wife, Dora Clay-Brook, to re- turn to him. He said he was allowed only a trifing living by his children, and now he supposed they would take that from him. “They care nothing for me,” he sald. “They want my property. I will die in Whitehall, fearless of any man that walks.” General Clay ignored the summons of court served on him on Monday and said that “they” could do as they liked with him, but that he would never leave ‘Whitehall alive, The physicians who attended General Clay on Tuesday were not summoned to appear at the trial to-day, and If they had been they would have testified that he was a sane man. It is reported that the General's former: wife will accept an offer to appear on the stage. ———————— NEGRO HARVEST HANDS SOLD ON AUCTION BLOCK TOPEKA, Kans, July 8.—A special to the State Journal from Russell says two negroes were sold off the auction block for harvest hands on Tuesday afternoon. They were John and Harper Porter and are known as good workers. The bidding was spirited, starting with $2 50 per day. August Reyhart finally secured them on a bid of $3 21 per day. Adam Bender was the auctioneer. At Victoria, Ellis County, another col- ored ‘man asked for bids for a hand who would pitch to the stack all of the grain one header could cut. On this condition the negro brought $6 per day. BISEEN, Kans., July 8.—~Forty farmers stopped a Missouri Pacific train here last night and went through it searching for harvest hands.. The train ordinarily does not stop here, and the farmers flagged it by means of a lantern wrapped in a red handKerchief. They offered passengers $2 50 and §3 a day to get off the train. ‘the armchair the: Pope g |POPE'S LIFE THIS COUNCIL TILL HANGS BY A THREAD Deep Sleep Follows a Restless Night. Affection of Kidneys Now Causes Much Anxiety. —_—— Official Bulletins Hold Out No Hope for Ultimate Recovery. * ROJIE. July 9, 5:25 a. m—The Pope is asleep. . The condition of his. lungs 1is mot worse. There is as yet no suspicion of serum gathering again in the pleura, but the disorder of his kidneys is disquiet- ng. During the early part of the night his Holiness was somewhat restless. The oc- casional brief periods of sleep were disturbed by dif- ficulty in breathing. Dr. Lapponi and the Pope’s valet, Centra, did their best to nourish the - patient at brief intervals. The Pomtiff spoke little and seemed much depressed. Chloral and caffeine were adminis- | tered with good effects. | About sunrise the Pope fell into a more resting sleep than he had had all night. Special Dispatch to The Call, OME, July 9, 1:15 a. m.—The life of Pope Leo continues to hang by a thread, with the expectation that any moment may bring the final catastrophe. Yet the won- derful vitality of the remarkable old man is combating a complication of diseases which would endanger a stronger man in the prime of life. The corner of the pal- ace which remained lighted the longest during the night was the apartment of Cardinal Rampolla, where the lights were extinguished only a short time after those in the room where Mgr. Volponi, one of the Pontiff's most intimate friends, is lying in a serious condition as a result of the attack of syncope that he suffered to-day. Pope Leo, as though he had sec- ond sight, has asked several times why Mgr. Volponi has not been to see him. Naturally, the condition of Mgr. Volponi has been kept from the Pope. Throughout yesterday the reports from the sick room alternated with fear and hope. At times rumors of the gravest character gained currency. NEW DANGER APPEARS. Tuesday night the Pope obtained but little refreshing sleep, and with his sleeplessness was augmented depression. The difficulty in breathing had increased and a derangement of the kidneys began to seriously manifest itself. These com- plications were fully and frankly stated by the doctors. Thelr official bulletin was supplemented in the course of personal conversation, in which they showed that they entertalned scarcely any hope for recovery. Yet they always qualified their statements, setting forth the remarkable constitutional strength and indomitable energy of the patient as the most strik- ing evidence of his almost superhuman will. They instanced the dying man's leaving his bed during the morning and taking geveral steps, unaided save by a cane, to an armchair. ‘When this became known many were disposed to criticize the doctors for per- mitting such an exhausting effort, but it was explained that the entire absence of fever, the temperature being even below normal, eliminated the danger of syn- cope from his exertion. Moreover, the at- tending physicians recognized that they were battling with a man of fron wil, who does not know'the meaning of re- straint. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE. Fortuflately, all climatic conditions in Rome for the time being are favorable to the sufferer. The air is delictously cool and there is a complete absence of the enervating sirocco, which depresses and kills. The bright sunshine streams into the Papal apartment. The encouraging conditions are further augmented by the constant use of artificial means of exhala- tion, including steady supplies of oxygen. Except for the brief time he passed in lay in bed throughout the day, shifting his position Continued on Pagé 3, Column 2. HE autopsy performed yesterday in New Jersey upon the exhumed body of the late Colonel Best, who died last April at San Rafael, shows the certificate of déath under which he was buried to be an imposition, reveals the fact that vital organs were removed and sawdust substituted, and confirms charges of deceased’s sons that their father's death was foul play. The body was embalmed at an establishment conducted by the Coroner of Marin County. DISINTERMENT OF COLONEL BEST'S BODY AT A NEW JERSEY POSITIVE PROOF THAT HE WAS MURDERED the result of — D\ Physicians Find That Vital Organs Are Missing. Discover Sawdust in Place of Lungs and ” Stomach. Special Dispatch to The Call, EW YORK, July 8. —Far more surprising than all the sen- sational developments which have come to light since the mysterious death of Colonel Willlam J. Best in San Ra- fael, April 6 last, was the discovery made to-day after the body had been exhumed in the little cemetery in Caldwell, N. J., where it was placed about the middle of April. It was ascertained that the body had been opened once before, in all likeli- hood before it was sent east, and that the stomach, digestive and other organs, to- gether with the lungs, had been removed. Sawdust had been Inserted where they had been and while some of the other organs were in place, there was every evidence that they had been disturbed. Then, when it came to the search for evidence of the insertion of a hypodermic needle before death, the physicians were unable to discover any puncture of the skin, even such as is made usually in the process of embalming. That the body had been embalmed: there was no doubt. How it was done was the ques- tion which puzzled the physicians until they made a carefub internal examina- tion. They found then that embalming fluid had been injected from the inside, through a large vein which it was seen had first been broken and then tied. This satisfied the physiclans that the embalmer must have known that the body was not in its entirety while he was at work. No one had heard that any autopsy had been performed in Cali- fornia—indeed, the request of the author- ities of that State that one should be held here proved conclusively that this had not been done before. All the physi- cians agreed that every precaution had been taken to prevent any light being thrown on the cause of the ‘colonel's death and that no one could say whether it was the result of irritant polsons or otherwise. OVERLOOKED THE BRAIN. The person responsible. overlooked one jmportant matter. He failed to do what he should have done had he desired to have the cause of death, as set down'in the certificate which was ~sent here >, Wl waitlly R AT, * SAN RAFAEL'S HOUSE OF MYSTERY AND PERSONS WHO FIGURE IN CASE. * - Autopsy Shows Death i Certificate to Be False. * i from the West, go uncontradicted. In this it was stated that Colonel Best had succumbed to cerebral apoplexy. Were | this the fact, the brain would disclose it, and-the skull had not been opened. That this declaration in the certificate is ab- solutely unfounded and that cerebral ap- oplexy was not the cause of death was determined by .the physicians. They found the brain healthy. The surgeons were positive In their assertion that the certificate’s declaration was not based on fact. ‘The autopsy was performed by Dr. Willlam H. McKenzie, county physician | of Essex County, assisted by Dr. P. S. Pelouze, on the staff of St. Barnabas Hospital in Newark. Alfred M. Best and Charles -8, Best, sons of Colonel Best, were present. After the autopsy, Colonel Best's sons ‘were informed of what had been ascer- tained. They made little comment except that they are now certain that their sus- picions are strengthened. Alfred M. Best said before the autopsy was performed: Although Woods gave us to understand that Dr. Jones had been in constant attendance on my father from the beginning of his iliness un- til his death, we have ascertained from Dr. Jones that on the last two days he was not called In at all and did not see my father for more tnan forty-eight hours before the end. We wired to another brother, William, who is in Seattle, to Ko to San Rafael and see that our father's body was shipped here. He did %0, but so smart were Woods and the woman who passed as his sister that Willlam did not become suspicious. TELLS OF WOODS’ DEATH. ©On May 9 the woman known as Mrs. Woods wrote to my mother this letter from the Great Northern. Hotel, Chicago: ““Your loving letter Just received. -1 am drinking sorrow’s cup to the bitterest dregs. My brother is dead. On my first visit East T shall call upon you and tell fully all about your loving husband during | | 1 Autopsy Revelations Not a Surprise in San Rafael. |Undertaker Is Also Coroner of Ma- rin County. Special Dispatch to The Call. AN RAFAEL, July 8—It was asserted here to-day upon good authority that the autopsy upon the remains of Colonel Best would reveal nothing definite, as al} of the organs were missing, and that the body has been stuffed with sawdust. A dispatch received to-night from New York verifies this assertion. Coroner F. E. Sawyer. who is also an undertaker in San Rafael, | prepared the remains for shipping East. When confronted with' the statements that the body was filled with sawdust and that the organs were missing, he passed the responsibility up to his dep- uty, Willlam Ward Dr. Sawyer sald this evening: “I was not aware that the organs were missing. I did not do the work and did not see it done. In fact, I was net in San Rafael at the time the body was pre- pared. Mr. Ward did the work and I do not know how he did it.” “Did he not tell you about preparing the body for shipment?” “Yes, but did not tell me about remov- ing any organs. I was out on the Gul- lixon case that day and did not see the work done.” “You will say, then, Dr. Sawyer, that you did not know that any organs were missing ?"” “I will simply state that Mr. Ward did the work. Any way, if the organs were there they would reveal nothing, for the reason that in our business we inject poisonous fluids to preserve the body and an autopsy would show arsenic and other poisons.™ William Ward was reticent and non< committal. He would neither affirm nor deny that he had removed the organs. “At the proper time,” he said, “I will make a statement, but at the present time I will not state whether I removed any organs or not.”” Two or three days ago, however, Ward, when interrogated as to whether he asked Dr. Jones to perform an autopsy, said: “Yes, when we had the body in our place 1 telephoned to Dr. Jones and told Continued on Page 5, Column 3. - Continted on Page 5, Columa L. |