The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1903, Page 1

-— not tere all. " VOLUME XCIV—NO. 54. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY. JULY 24, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CLOUDB URST SENDS TORRENTS ON ARIZONA TOWNS Lives May Have ITALIAN TROOPS ON GUARD NG . S DEAD COVER THE RAMPARTS OF THE REBEL STRONGHOLD Venezuelan Army Takes Ciudad Bolivar. Last of ihe Insur- gent Leaders a Prisoner. Pl \ vrcolis \ Bosrrvoo | L Bwanen REJECTED LOVER SHOOTS OBJECT OF AFFECTIONS Thirty Cclnrad;iizners in Pursui of Murderer and May Lynch Him. « Ju = Da Duss Sh pursuit it is belie d he be taken miners will tr trouble is looked 1 3 1 woman was only to se 1 e——————— | LOOKING | RAND'S AFFAIRS/ Postmaster General Payne’s Former | Confidential Clerk Un- | INSPECTORS INTO | | | L M ORAESP v»; gUEZ TRAIN AUNS INTO ROCKS ON A TRACK Special Dispatch to The Call. ALIA, July 25.—That the east-bound Southern Pacific train was not plled ‘up of wreckage and that scores inam passengers were not killed or injured this morning, was not the fault of the inknown miscreants who piled rocks on he K at a point where an appalling disaster any other time would have been almost inevitable. It happened, for- tunately for those aboard the cars, that the train was running slowly and the collision with the rock pile resultéd in hing more serious than a severe shak- ing up of the travelers. The train wreckers had planned to ac- complish their malign purpose near Farmersville, a small town a few miles east of this city. They. had) gathered arge pieces of rock and heaped them into stout barrier against the passage of the tr; ery effort, as an investiga- tion af rd revealed, had been made | to caus smash-up attendant with all possible horror. The train was running only six miles | an hour near mersville. The engineer | saw the obstruction but nbt soon enough WAS. 3. —Postoffice in- spectors estigating the affairs of H. H fidential clerk | of the Pos Fener and now as- | sistant s of the division of | salaries anc been at the d Rand has not t for some days. o35 Life Passes Century Mark. VANCOUVER, B. « uly 23.—~The old- est. white womau in B 1 Columbia died here to-day was Mre. Anna Gill, sged 101 years. She was a native of Ire- Jand and bad lived in Canada for forty years to He made every effort to avold a collision but failed. The engine smashed into the rock nd was almost thrown from the rails. All of the cars were well filled with passengers and men., women and children were torown from their seats and some were slightly brujsed. Sheriff Collins was informed by tele- phone of the attempt to wreck the train and hurried to the scene. He has been there all the afternoon investigating the case but up to a late hour to-night had made no arrests. AR LA, ¥ T THE LAST STAND OF THE VENEZUELAN REVOLUTION- | 4 OF 'THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE | RECENT SANGUINARY CONFLICT. | — MURDERER'3 LIFE HANGa ON A LETTER Special Dispatch to The Call. BAN RAFAEL, July 23.—Upon the ser- vice of the malils hangs the life of a negro murderer in San Quentin prison. He is Wilson R. Howard, the man who deliberately killed and robbed an aged garbage gatherer at San Jose in Feb- ruary’ of last year. He confessed his crime and was sentenced to death, To- morrow is the day the law appointed for the payment of the penalty. The Governor yesterday took note of an application-made for a stay of execu- tion until the Supreme Court may decide some technical point in the case. A re- prieve was granted. Volumincus legal papers were prepared in San Jose and the necessary documents to prevent the hang- ing were sent by malil to the Warden of San Quentin prison. At a late hour to-night the Warden had not recelved the mailed papers. Preparations for the execution go on as usual. Should the malls miscarry, re- prieve or rio reprieve, Howard must hang. The Warden has only the law to observe and the law s clear and emphatic. Aguirre states he will hang the man to. morrow unless the official papers are re- celved by him. He asserts that in the face of a notice of appeal having been published he will not have the execution at 10:30 o'clock to-morrow morning, the time scheduled, but that unless the papers are received by him before sundown How- ard must die. “The law expressly provides that a hanging must occur between the hours of sunris and sunset upon the day spec- ified,” sald Aguirre to-night. “‘Of course there is probably no doubt but the has Dbeen taken, and in fact I Been Lost in Flood. Are Covered by Water. Tombstone Also Suffers From a Deluge. Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz., July 23.—The towns of Tombstone and Fairbank were devastated by a terrible tornado and cloudburst last night and it is thought that many ranch- ers in the valleys of that section must have been drowned in the flood. Falirbank is under six feet of water, the raflroad lines are washed out and it is impossible to reach the flaod sufferers. As the wires are down, the first reports of the terrific storm did not reach Tucson until this afternoon and they are but meager. 1t will be several days before the supposed loss of life and the full ex- tent of the damage in the sections out- side of the towns will be known. The storm started with a high wind about o'clock last night, wrecking houses, uprooting trees and breaking down telegraph poles. The inhabitants of both Tombstone and Fairbank were swept off their feet and sought the low adobe houses for protection. But while the till raged the water burst from the adding horror to the already hor- rible situation. TORRENT IN A VALLEY. ter with a ten-foot bfeast rushed down the valley, carrying with it the wreck- age caused by the wind. which escaped the wind were caught by the flood and their inhabitants were com- pelled to flee to higher ground, while the wind still blew a gale. Many narrow escapes were reported in the town of Fairbank, but at this hour none are posi- tively known to have been lost, although several are reported missing. Tombstone has been cut off from all towns by the storm, byt a stage suc- ceeded in getting over the road late this evening and reported that Tombstone had been on the outer edge of the storm and | that oply, dne seeljongt the city had suf- tered greatly. Both the Southern Pacific and the El Paso Southwestern lines between Benson and Fairbank are washed out, all bridges are down and it is estimated that it will take $50,000 to repair the damage to the railroads alone. Both lines put gangs of men to work this morning and the South- city is bullt in the heart of two canyons. No estimate of the damage could be obtained to-night, as the waters are just beginning to subside, but it is known that it will run up into the thousands. Fairbank was the greatest sufferer and part of that junction town will have to be entirely rebuilt. As many of the bufld- ings were adobe, they were utterly ruined by the rush of waters. Reports from the outlying_ districts are anxiously awalted and in some directions expeditions have been sent out to determine the extent of the damage done by the storm PHOENIX, A. T., July 28.—It is report- ed from Jerome that during Tuesday night's storms there was a cloudburst in the canyon above the United Verde Smel- ter, which did several thousand dollars’ damage. The flood occurred in the same manner and with similar results as the flood a year ago. There was also another flood in Chase Creek at Clifton, but smaller than that in June, in’which so many were drowned. Several business houses suffered damage, but there were no fatalities. xS A e COLOMBIA WANTS MORE UNITED STATES GOLD Opponents of thé Canal Treaty De- mand Twenty-Five Mil- lion Dollars. Special Cable to The Call and Ned York Herald, Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. BOGOTA, Colombia, July 23.—Oppon- ents of the canal treaty assert that the ay-Herron convention is too favorable to the United States. They say that $25,000,000 should be paid to Colombia hy the United States instead of $10,000,000. They point out that the United States will seize a zone of territory along the route of the canal of five kilometres on each side and a group of small islands in the bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenico. They in- sist that the islands alone are worth more than $10,000,000. The treaty opponents also say that the Panama Ralilroad, which would in time pay Colombia well if the canal were not built, is worth at least $25,000,000. They declare that the United States should pay Colombia a percentage of the profits— say six per cent—instead of the $§250,000 a year agreed upon. .1—[—1—+H—H-1-H"—l—H-H—l—l—i-+-l+ [ ] have been so notified, but the law is very plain. I will wait until sundown to-mor- row, but at that time if the documents are not here Howard must die.” ;Fairbank Houses‘ At Fairbank a tremendous wave of wa- | Those houses | ern Pacific reported that they expected to t a train into Fairbank over temporary restles to-night. ROAR OF THE WATERS. The people of Benson have taken steps to relieve the inhabitants at Fairbank | who suffered from the flood and pro- visions will be sent if found necessary. ¥ive bridges on the branch 1line to Tombstone were washed out, blocking all | traffic by rail. At Tombstone it is re- ported that following the storm the roar of the' waters in Walnut Canyon, a dis- | tance of seven miles, could be heard. Had | the storm reached as far as Bisbee not a single house would have been left, as that IN BASILICA OF ST. PETER'S FOLPIE S LEVELAND ON RIGHTS OF LABOR Sage of Princeton an Exponent of Arbitration. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 23.—That the force of public sentiment will lean toward general arbitration in labor disputes is the posi- tion taken by former President Cleveland in an article entitled, A Few Plain Words on Labor Troubles,” which ap- pears in this week's Collier's Weekly. The national characteristic of underly- ing common sense, he maintains, will force a change in the present attitude assumed by capital and labor and ulti- mately the patriotism and general senti- ment of all classes will prove irresistible forces toward conciliation through arbitration. This article is copy- righted by H. F. Collier & Son, through whose permission the following extracts are printed: “We have also ‘loved to think of Amer- ican’ patriotism,” writes Mr. Cleveland, “and to dwell upon it as a sentiment so thoroughly pervading our people and so pure and genuine that, in its name, all of our countrymen would be willing to fore- go selfish and personal interests if there- by the welfare of the great body of our people could be advanced. We know that this patriotism is not dead and that it is still able to foster and bless the best American citizgnship; but is there not reason to fear that It Is so weakened among those enlisted in contentions be- tween employers and employed that they are either unconscious of its restraints or seek to avold its exactions by giving lodg- ment to the deluding notion that their quarrels do not concern the general good? AMERICAN COMMON SENSE. “Happlly, however, we can still count upon a natifonal characteristic of under- lying common sense that will not permit us to look upon these untoward condi- tions as incorrigible. We may still hope that the balance of right between the con- tentions that now afflict us will be ad- justed as soon as passion is made to yield to the American sentiment of justice and love of fair play, and.when these shall insist that among those who lead, as well as those who follow, in these labor con- troversies, there shall be created and stimulated a peaceful mood and a con- ciliatory sentiment. “Any intermediary attempting to bring parties in difference together for amicable deliberation should be absalutely disin- terested and impartial and should pes- gess the unqualified respect and confidence of all concerned. The National Clvic Fed- eration and like organizations established in various localities have illustrated the beneficent uses of such an intermediary. Many labor troubles have been prevented and many have been settled through their interposition. Operating on’ the same lines, we have seen voluntary arbitration resorted to by contesting parties, on their own motion, with most reassuring re- sults. “To these influences both the working- } e 4 & POPULACE OF ROME: VIEW- 1 | ING THE REMAINS OF THE | POPE. A | Friendly Relations Between Church ' and State. Cardinals Openthe | Will of the Late Pontiff. OME, July 23.—From sunrise to- day until sunset thousands of persons passed before the bier | of Leo XIII, lying in state in | the basilica of St. Peter’s. It| was originally intended that this oppor- | tunity to view the remains should run through three days, but to-night the press learns that it is likely to be curtailed and that the funeral may he beld on Friday instead of Saturday night, owing to the | evidence that decomposition is setting in. | This is due to to-day’s severe heat, from | which no embalming could perfectly pro- | tect the body. The will of the dead Pope was opened | at to-day's meeting of the congregation | of cardinals. It consists of thirty-six | pages in the handwriting of Leo XIII, and leaves all the property of which he dled possessed to his successor for the use of the church. To each member of his family he leaves a present, to be chesen from the valuable objects in his apartment. Similar presents are be- | Guiptbedt to i, piigitelnmic e tote | amount of the property which he left is not yet known. The impression of those who to-day | passed before the gates of St. Peter's to view the remains was one of intense pity combined with a certain sense of horror. The body was tilted up on the catafalque in order that all might see the terribly shrunken face. An ordinary skull in a frame of gold lying in the midst of a mass of red robes could scarcely have been more typical of death. KING'S TROOPS IN VATICAN. Except at sunrise, when the crush threatened a panic, all those who wished it had entrance to St. Peter's. During the day many of those who passed in stopped before the catafalque to say a quiet prayer. Hundreds of women, and even some of the men, carried children in their arms. An important political factor was intro- duced into the ceremony by the entrance into St. Peter’s of Italian soldiers, who | perve order. Their presence there in such @a capacity, unprecedented in the history of -modern Italy, is taken as an indica- tion of better relations between the Gov- ernment and the Vatican, as it was by the consent, if not by the desire, of the Vatican authorities that they employed troops of the Quirinal im papal territory. SEEMINGLY | day, apparently | covery, | ceased remained there throughout the day to pre- | Another feature that is causing com- Continued on Page 2, Column 7. % s 7k Continued on Page 2, Column 4. DEAD GIAL 19 REVIVED Injection of Salt Into Veins Re- stores Life. i e Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Ju 23.—~Unique in sus gery was an operation performed in Mem- orial Hospital, Brooklyn, ‘on Tuesday, July 14, on-Vera Stark, a delicate 11-year- old girl. After having her appendix and an adhering tumorous growth, as well as five inches of intestines, removed she was, while practically dead, restored to life by an injection into her veins of a pint and a half of hot salt solution and the application into her stomach of a simi- lar solution. Chuckling gayl the little patient to- well on the way to re- played with dolls in her cot in the hospital, while many medical men beheld her in wonder. Dr. Herman E. Street, Dr. Walter Iz- ard and Dr. Weigle, resident physicians at the hospital, assisted Dr. John Hub- bel Schall in the operation. Just previous | to the administration of ether the little patient’s pulse was 164 and her tempera- ture 1043. The operation ended with the little girl, to all appearances, dead. Her heart had to beat and the pulse was still. Her limbs were cold. Dr. Schall resolved upon extraordinary remedies as a forlorn hope, although everybody present thought the girl dead. Hot sait solutions were prepared at 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Two gallons of so- lution were used in the patiefi*'s stomach. The fluid was applied to the exposed or- gans. Then a vein was opened in one of | the little arms and a pint and a half of the hot salt solution Injéected. Besides, all recognized means of inducing respira- tion were used. Then, to the astonishment of the doc- tors, slowly and after much labor, the patient began to show signs of returned life., After a few minutes the pulse could be felt beating faintly, The little lungs showed natural emotion. Hope had not come yet, however, and the child was sent to a special room to die. There, to the wonder of all, as the day wore on, she continued to revive, To- day she was the medical wonder of New York. ——— e MOUNT VESUVIUS ERUPTS WITH GROWING VIOLENCE Stream of Lava Is Flowing Toward Pompeii, but No Serious Dam- age Is Expected. NAPLES, July 23.—An eruption of Mt. Vesuvius began yesterday and s in- creasing in violence. A. stream of lava eight metres broad and one metre deep is. flowing. in the direction of Pompeil. It has destroyed an old cottage and threatens to reach the road. No dam- age 1s expected, however, 4nd that side of the mountain is almost deserted. The eruption is not visible from Naples. There are occasional explosions attended by rumblings. The cone of the mountain has been engulfed in a crater which is repid- 1y filling with lava.