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

5 == TEE WEATEER: | Foreesst| mnde st SaziPras- Alcasar—The Private Secre- cisoo for . thirty hours - midaight, November l‘ California—Herrmann the Great. | at night; th ‘winds, ::d-::c'-‘—-ln:-n::..nuu' chauging ¥ southeasterly. Orpheum—Vaudeville. A. G. McADIE, The Chutes—Vaudeville. District Poreoaster. Tivoli—Grand Opera. * = + "VOLUME XCIV—NO. 162, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER .9, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. COLOMBIA WILL NOT FIGHT TO RETAIN PANAMA \NAMA, Nov. 8.—A cablegram has been received here from General Reyes, containing the information that he has been appointed by the Government of Colombia as peace com- ssioner, with the duty of making arrangements with the Government of the Republic of Panama to the end that national honor may be saved. Everything in Panama was quiet to-day, but the circulation of the news of the appointment of General Reyes resulted in enthusiastic celebration, not only because the General has many friends here, but for the reason { mission is looked upon as assuring the independence of the isthmian territory. The steamships Manavi and Quito have been detained at Buena Ventura by the Colombian overnment. The United States cruiser Boston was to have sailed to-night for the purpose of protecting British interests, but it is believed that the news of the appointment of General yes may change hcx plans. GERMAN KAISER UNDERGOES : OPERATION FOR REMOVAL OF A GROWTH ON THE LARYNX - — Canal Treaty to Be Negotiated Promptly. STEAMER CHARLES NELSON SUFFERS DISASTER AT SEA, BUT ALL ABOARD ARE SAVED Panama Will In- | T terpose No Ob- stacles. R Spectal Dispateh to The Call. WASHINGTON, Noy. 8.—Rear Admiral John G. Walker, chafrman of the Isth-| mian Canal Committee, left Washington | to-day on the United States yacht May- flower for Colon under instructions from | the President and Secretary Hay to ob- tain the information necessary for nego- tiating a canal treaty with the Government of the republic of Panama. Rear Ad- miral Walker will return to Washington as soon as possible and will make a re- port in the nature of a supplement to the | extensive report of the Isthmian Canal Commission. The Mayflower also carried Rear Ad- miral J. B. Coghlan, who s to take com- mand of the naval forces on the east side of the isthmus, and H. A. Gudger, United States Consul General at Panama, who bears instructions for his guidance in conducting relations with the new repub- lic. | Word was recelved here to-day that the | commission of three appointed by the Panama junta would leave Colon on Tues- day for Washington with Instructions to negotiate a canal treaty. From present ' o indications Secretary Hay will enter into 3 an exchange with the commissioners with- out any delay and the treaty probabiy ! Doctor’s Advertise- ment Excites Cupidity. NO LEGISLATION NECESSARY. Special Dispatch to The Call. | ‘Whether the President will deem it nec- essary to make recommendations to both houses for legislation to enable him to negotiate with the isthmian republic will depend upon the advice he receives from Republican leaders. The present opinion of administration authorities is that no ad- ditional legislation will be required, the Spooner act authorizing the President to negotiate with the United States of Co- lombia for the construction of a Panama canal by this Government being held to be equally applicable to the republic of Panama. It is known here that the de facto government of the isthmus is will- ing to grant all of the concessions which Secretary Hay sought vainly to obtain from Colombia in framing the Hay-Her- ran treaty, recently rejected by the Sen- ate at Bogota, and that the commission that s to leave the isthmus on Tuesday NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Dr. A. L. Nelden wag the busiest physician in this city to- day. The sudden growth of his practice +#|1s due to an advertisement, in which he | | | oftered 55000 for the right ear of a healthy | male or female, the only stipulation being i i Continued on Page 2, Column 1. L 2 that the ear should have perfect curves, | ¥ — a full loop and be 2% inches long by 1% WELL-KNOWN COASTER WHICH BECAME WATER-LOGGED TWO inches wide. Dr. Nelden desires to graft HUNDRED MILES DOWN THE COAST FROM ASTORIA AND FROM | this sort of an ear to the side of the head WHICH PASSENGERS AND CREW ESCAPED IN THE BOATS. | of a friend who lost an ear in a fight with | a grizzly bear in Colorado. * — : il Sl Passengers and Crew Take to the Boats When the Vessel Is in Peril. waiting-room and the sidewalk and steps Special Dispatch to The Call. Kaiser’s Ailment May Be Serious, Says Dr.Gibbons EW YORK, Nov. 8.—Dr. Peter J. Gibbons, the well- known throat specialist of this city, when shown the cable dispatches telling of the opera- leading to the house were literally jammed with men and women who were willing and anxious to part with their — — e ———— tion on the Kaiser, said to- right ears for a consideration. EMPEROR) m m night : “A polypus is a small In all Dr. Nelden examined more than STORIA, Or. Nov. 8.—The | steamer's deck, and the heavy seas Vg perems Dyt OF (his. ghmbet twy otly steamer Charles Nelson, | which swept her fors and aft filled her tumor which may occur on any mucous membrane, most fre- quently in the nasal cavities. In substance it is soft, spongy and gelatinous, resembling the structure and formation of an oyster. As to its being consid- ered innocent, no growth or sore QU GEZRITANY were selected as desirable subjects and one of these will be selected for the opera- tion. All sorts and conditions of men pre- sented themselves. Among the callers were four women. One was a pretty blonde Swedish girl, but her ear was not the right size. Another, with a Roman owned in San Francisco, is | with water. being buffeted about on the | By noon she was rolling in the trough Pacific in tow of the steam | of the sea, and two hours later the cap- schooner Aurella, while the | tain ordered the two boats lowered. Into thirty-six persons who constituted her | these the passengers were placed, the passengers and crew are on board the |crew remaining aboard the stea By collier Titania, en. route for San Fran- night, however, the predicament of the cisco. Nelson was so dangerous that the crew -+ — — iy H PHUT()G'TEAPHS OF THE KAISER AND KAISERIN OF THE FATHERLAND. MUCH CON- D THROUGHOUT THE GERMAN EMPIRE BY THE . UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCE- HAS JUST UNDERGONE A SURGICAL OPERATION. | CERN Berlin Exc:ted Over News of Ruler’s Ailment. ERLIN, Nov. 8.—Bmperor Wil- liam underwent on operation | for the removal of a poiypus | i tion was performed by Pro- | fessor Moritz Schmidt, The only incon- | "mc by the Emperor is that | ned not to speak until | sused by the operation has | he bulleting announcing the re- | operation caused much excite- | g court officlals, who had | he Emperor was suffer- affection of the throat. The appears not to have e growth in his larynx until o and to have suffered no scomfort fram ft. The following is an authorized account | ation as given to the North: joined not to speak until the wound caused by the operation is healed. “VON LENTHOLD, “SCHMIDT, “ILBERG."” PROFESSOR ORTH’S REPORT. The North German Gavette also pub- lishes the report of Professor Johannes Orth, the famous cancer speclalist who succeeded the late Professor Virchow in the chair of pathological anatomy in the | Untversity of Berlin. Professor Orth made a microscopical examination, which shows that the polypus consisted of a very soft connective tissue, containing very few cells. This tissue was covered all over by a scaly epithelium, sharply defined from the tissue. A portion of the connective tis- sue cells contained fine brown pigmented | granules, which evidently were the result of former slight hemorrhages. The polypus also contained a number of thin- walled corpuscles. “It s therefore,” says Professor Orth, “only a question of a benign connective tissue polypus.” GENERAL HEALTH IS GOOD. The court circular made the following announcement: ik Surgeons Declare the Patient Is in-No Danger. | ¥ 5 low at noon to-day, and afterward took luncheon with the Empress and the Count in his bedroom. Count von Bulow found | the Emperor as chatty and animated as usual. The Emperor wore a dressing gown instead of a coat. He took liquid foods and did not indulge in the courses served. His general health has never been better. He has not felt the ear affection Which troubled him for years, and has quite outgrown the nervous trouble that formerly impelled him to incessant phiys- ical activity. It is sald that the Emperor will continue to receive visitors on official business. The growth in the larynx at once sug- gested that the Emperor might be suffer- ing from something worse than a simple polypus, but Professors von Lenthold, Il- berg, Schmidt and Orth supplemented the bulletins in replying to inquirers by the most personal declarations that the af- in the throat can be regarded as such, for the most benign or in- nocent growths may become the most malignant and cancerous nature in time. This is true especially in that part of the throat where the growth was found. “If this growth is as simple as ascribed by the surgeons, time only will prove if it is ma- lignant. It will assert itself within eighteen months. While a polypus, speaking generally, should not of itself cause any great alarm, yet in the case of the German Emperor, when his family history is taken into consideration, there is cause for some apprehension. If you re- member, in the case of Presi- dent Grant, the growth was at first considered of a harmless nature, but it turned out later to be a cancer. «7 infer from the cable dis- patches that the surgeons in at- tendance are suspicious that the nose and whose appearanceé indicated bet- ter days, sald that when a member of a theatrical chorus she had lost her ear for music and was willing to part with the other. One man had a story of a fortune lost in Wall street and a family suffering for necessities. Next came a man who was deaf in his right ear and he explained that he did not care if his personal ap- pearance were ruined. As the day wore on the market price arose. A man presented himself who pos- sessed a right ear which he was willing to part with for $3000. About 5 o'clock the market for perfect right ears went to $10,000, being bulled to that point by a dapper looking man who had an inven- tion to exploit. On Friday Dr. Nelden will begin the operation on one of the two men selected. The head of the purchaser will be closely bound to the head of the seller of the right ear. One-half of the ear will first be separated from the seller and knit to its proper place on the head of the buyer. After a few days the other half will be treated in a like manner. The two men involved in the operation will have to lie on an especially constructed cot about two weeks. Sensational Rumors Denied. The Nelson succumbed to the fury of | the gale which raged along the coast for the ‘past week, and is so badly water-| Joined the passengers in the boats and abandoned the steamer. Then followed thirty-six hours of suf- logged that there is little probability of | fering and anxiety for the hapless mari- her ever being saved. The passengers and crew, after tossing about on the ocean for thirty-six hours, were rescued in an exhausted condition yesterday morning by the tug Sea Rover, on her ‘way from San Francisco to Astoria. The Sea Rover reached port to-day. The Nelson left Astoria November 3 for San Francisco, with a cargo of 726,- 000 feet of lumber loaded at Westport. ‘While there is no local record that would bear out the statement, it is reported that the steamer carried, all told, thirty- six persons, some of whom must have been passengers. She had a full deck- load of lumber and her hold was like- wise filled. To the first officer of the Sea Rover the rescued mariners told the story of the disaster to the steamer and their narrow escape from a terrible death at sea. STEAMSHIP IN A GALE. The Nelson encountered the full fury of the gale on Thursday morning off Heceta Head, 200 miles down the coast. The steamer labored heavily in the great ners. The weather was bitterly cold and the party suffered great hardship. Dawn broke Friday morning and filled the un- fortunates with hope, but no safl ap- peared on the horizon. Friday night was a severe one for the party, many of whom were almost exhausted from the long suffering they had experienced. TUG SIGHTS BOATS. Saturday morning about 8 o'clock the tug Sea Rover came in view, and, sight- ing the boats, proceeded to them imme- diately and picked them up. At 10 o'clock the Sea Rover sighted the collier Titania, bound from British Columbia for San Francisco, and the thirty-six persons were transferred to the collier. The Sea Rover proceeded on her way to Astoria, and at noon sighted the steam schooner Aurelia, from Astoria for Mon- terey. The Aurelia had the derelict of the Nelson in tow. The towline was a small one and the Aurelia seemed to be experjencing great difficulty in making any headway. Only the tops of the houses of the Nelson and the point of her bow were in sight. It is belleved German Gazette seas which were running, and all efforts to keep her on an even keel proved fu- | gpandon the hulk. tile. The deckload began working, and | Despite the trying experience of the circulation for some Xn authorita- soon the stanchions that held it in place | Nelson's passengers and crew all were 'uw‘um of this was nodndmfl“'l! The tearing out of the stan- ?mm wqm-_g.n. Continued on Page 2, Column 5. is or will become malig- nant, for they have taken every precaution to ascertain its ex- act nature.” “The Emperor yesterday went for a “His Majesty to-day underwent an oper- | walk. No guests were invited to luncheon ation for the removal of & from | or dinner yesterday, but Count von Bu- his larynx. The operation w::%med low, the Imperial Chancellor, will be the by Professor Moritz Schmidt ‘was | Emperor's guest at luncheon to-day.” most successful. Iis Majesty is only en-' The Emperor recelved Count von Bu- fection. was merely a “‘good-natured poly- pus, which is not likely to return or to be followed by any evil effects.” The surgeons expect Emperor William will be out of doors in a week. He has ‘arranged a hunting trip for November 27, o LONDON, Nov. 8.—Discredited rumors of the forthcoming abdication of King Peter of Servia, and of unsuccessful at- tempts to insure his life, have been in that the Aurelia will be compelled to