The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1903, Page 4

4 ENGINE PILOT oMES A LIFE THE SAN_ FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1903. LIFE OF PRIEST A3 GLOSE CAL Locomotive Cowcatcher | Electric Car Strikes Cab |Stables and Warehouses Picks Up Drunken Wayfarer. Befuddled Pedestrian Carried Two Blocks Escapes Unscratched. — Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 6. Picked up by the piiot and carried | two blocks, while teetering on the edge of the insecure resting place, then es- caping without a scratch, was the ex- Frapk McKee, a laborer, | ng in an encounter with a Pacific freight train at First street and Broadway. McKee had been enjoying himself | during the early part of the eveming. His over the beer that steams | and likewise cheers had put Frank a| bit to the wrong side. He had essayed to find his way to lodgings at the lower end of town, but during his peregrina- the railroad perience First street. In the midst of his efforts to clear | the reils McKee ran afoul of a freight | train’s locomotive that was pulling and | puffing its way through the city. The and beerladen wayfarer could across tions stu tracks along belated not dodge thing bigger than a peb- ble, and barely that. So the engine | struck McKee. Instead of grinding | mangled bits, this condescend- | motive picked up the helpless | and laid him across the where McKee was held | y of several hundred feet. | discovered the pilot's pas- | him int ng 1 bstruct during a A train hand senger. When the brakemen got to McKee he een frightened into a reasonable of sobriety. He was plucked ! s perilous perch and sent to the ! ceiving Hospital. Steward Borchert | examined his patient and pronounced | him to be unharmed. After that the | police took charge of McKee. — “DRUNKEN MAN'S LUCK" { SAVES INDIANA FARMER Lands on Pilot o{E;gine After a Col- | lision and Rides Unscathed, | Though in a Stupor. HAMMOND, Ind., Dec. 6.—Farmer | Charles Stahlbohm, proprietor of a roadhouse near this city, will not care t> duplicate the thrilling experience he | had last night while driving home from | Dyer, where he had been buying stock. | He had met too many friends in Dyer, | and as he with his team neared the Monon Railway, fifteen miles south of here, he did not notice a fast freight train until it was upon him. The train killed both horses and made kindling wood of the wagon Stahlbohm fared miraculously. He was thrown upon the engipe pilot, and | so tightly had he grasped his lines that | he still held parts of them, as well as the whip, when the train pulled into Hammond. There he was found by the | engineer, who did not know of the col- | lision ! Stahlbohm evidently thought he was | still driving, for he was seated upright, | with blankets around his knees and the | remnants of the lines still outstretched | in his hands. When Engineer Bellinger | shook him out of his stupor he angrily | accused the trainmen of stealing his| cap and his horses, and had to be held‘ from fighting them. Stahlbohm was | uninjured. | ———— MANY YOUNG VOLUNTEERS, FOR MISSIONARY FIELD | ing_the fact and an increasing number are Closing Incident of the Interdenom- | inational Conference at ! Oakland. { OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—As a result of | the Young People's Inter-denomina- | tional Missionary Conference which | closed at the First Presbyterian Church to-day fifty-one delegates have pledged | themselves as missionaries to work in any field that the board of missions may name. In addition to the number who pledged themselves to this work there are fifty student volunteers in the varfous educational institutions around the bay who had already promised to become missionaries. After the close of the last session of the conference to-day a meeting of those ho had signed the missionary dge was held in the chapel. A of the volunteers gave their the great work which had P number views on been undertaken by those present and a general discussion of foliowed. Following are the names of the dele- gates who signed to serve as mission- aries the subject Munroe, Miss ) Harriet Owen Holte, Mrs. L. C. Munroe, Draper, L. C. Munroe, A. . Mead, 4. W Gilgore, Harriet H. Brown, A. Gerrior, Miss Lou An- o Mary Marr, Miss Frances E. Standen, F. A. Mead, Aug. Wilson, M. E. Hodge, W. Clyde Smith, nk C. ¥ . William F. Colburn, C. R. Caliender, *. R. Callender, Miss Carrie Slaughter, Dr. Susan B. imen, Richard Hardle, James M. Beatty, Pauline Swan, Mary i. Bentiey, J. H 4 Ives, Barab M beth A. Warden, Will E. Morris, F. M. Wi more, George D. Byers, Clara A. Mayhew, Mre. W. H. Harter, Abbie C. Ross, Hazel Woodraff, Giibert Voorhies, Mrs. J. Withers, Thomas M. Outwater, Ada Campbeil and Har- riet Alice Stillson. The total number who registered during the three days of the confer- ence was 2450. The total offerings re- ceived amounted to $300 79. - Horse Bolts Into Window. Albert Titus, 14 years of age, living with his mother at 1304 Lyon street, was driving his cousin, Miss Lillian P. | Crommelin, in a buggy yesterday after- | Jessie May Patterson and frightened the horse. Albert is considered to be a good driver for his age, but the animal became unmanage- able and bolted. At the corner of Bush and Fillmore the horse dashed the | ™5, plate glass window of a | the vehicle, | ward to the bottom of an open sewer Conditions in the local realty market { have changed but little in the last week, although there is naturally a | Prancisco has been both a detriment and a t | many San Francisco merchants are reglizing Carrying: Monsignor O’Connell Vehicle Is Smashed, but Rec- tor, Driver and Horse Are Slightly Hurt. —————— WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Monsignor O’Connell, rector of the Catholic Uni- versity, marrowly escaped death this evening. An electric car struck a cab in which he was seated, demolishing hurling the horse back- thirty feet deep and leaving the priest unharmed on the brink of an excava- tion. The accident occurred a few hundred yards from the entrance gate of the university. Mgr. O'Connell, after satis- fying himself that his driver was safe, looked over the edge of the deep sewer. “It's an act of merciful providence. There is & God in Israel,” he sald, tear- fully and reverently. “I do not under- stand how I escaped with my life, or why the disaster was not an appalling one. It will always be a mystery to me, and nothing but the mercy of Al- mighty God saved me, protected my driver and preserved the lire of a faith- ful horse.” Cabman Dan Callahan, who it was thought was killed, escaped with a sprained arm. @ ieivieieieieeiivinieieiedieieinledeleiele @ DAKLAND REALTY MARKET AGTIVE Dealers Report Heavy Business for Holiday Season. Oakland Office San Franclsco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 6. slight depression, owing to the proxim- ity of the noliday season. Dealers re- port an advance of 5 to 10 per cent over the prices of the same period last year, with nearly double the number of iu- quiries for all kinds of property. All the real estate men agree that houses | to rent are very scarce, and it is prac- tically impossible to secure stores in desirable locations. A number of the leading real estate | men are endeavoring to perfect plans | for organizing a real estate associa- tion in this city. A meeting was held last week in the offices of Woodward, Watson & Co., at which a committee consisting of J. T. Bell, A, H. Breed and | Harry Belden, draft of a proposed constitution for the | government of the assoclation. It was | proposed to give the new organization | the name of the Oakland Real Estale: Association. Further plans will be dis- | | presented an original | cussed at a meeting to be held next Wednesday evening at the same place. Following are statements from some of the local real éstate dealers: Henry A. Dodge of the firm of 8. M. Dodge | & Son—Oakland is coming to the attention of outside manufacturers, business men, buyers | and speculators as never before. In San Fran- cisco fortunes are constantly being made by | buying and selling business property. In Oak- | lend the constant growth of population and the | increase of business is producing similar op- | portunities of investment, and many buyers from San Francisco and elsewhere are observ- taking advantage of it with profit. In past years Oakland’s proximity to San benefit. Now a very small, and 1 am glad to see decreasing. proportion of trading is done in San Francisco by Oakland people, and Oak- are multiplying land's business entervrises and enlarging in a very gratifying way. this is evidenced by the number of fine stores which they conduct in Oakland as branch stores without anything to indicate that they are “branch” stores. Because of this inc business property values are going up and will continue to g0 up. Residence property values depend upon their nearness to the center of business. Therefore Oakiand residence properties have a double advantage in belng near two business centers, San Francisco, the money center of California, and Oakiand, & city which experts believe to offer golden opportunities for money-making. With the new key route ferry line boats in operation Oakland s only twenty-five minutes in point of time from San Francisco, and as there are seven round trips made by first-class angd rapid passenger boats each hour residence properties here are as accessible to San Fran- Fisco business men as are many of the resi- Gence sections of San Franciseo. These are the reasons why Oakland is coming under the favorable motice of 8o many outsiders who are ready and anxious to invest their money in real estate where it will surely vield large returns. Numercus Oakland business men have very wisely invested in San Franciaco real estate to their advantage, but those same men are also dealing successfully in Oakiand realty in the direct line of growth of our eity.” e point I wish to make is that Oakland real estate offers & good opportunity to the wise man and i1s worthy of the careful study end action of men who see things in advance. Laymance Real Estate Company—There has been but little change in realty conditions dur- ing the last week, but ‘with this time Jast year the market is far more active, We bave inquiries every day for desirable home sites in all parts of the city, especially In the northern portion and in East Oakland, From present indications it is only & gques- tion of @ few years when there will be a large number of manufacturing plants located along the water front. The opening up of the Orien- 1al market will make it n to_establish all kinds of factories an the Pacific Coast, ocation natural Jefferson _street. Oakiand s awakening from a Rip Van Win- kie sleep and the next five years will witness greater progress in this city than did the last twent) eArs. B Frramic 3. Woodward of the firm of Woodward & Watson—The conditions the market at present are most favorable. Residence prop- erty in all parts of the city is in great de- mand, but ose located con- venlent to the business center. The inquiries .znme?:mumgymh—u.um ranging from $3000 $5000. The business district is expanding very rap- idly north and west. The district bounded Fourteenth and Twentl; seems on Seventh Street Burned, Midnight Blaze Causes Loss Estimated to Be Nearly $560,000. —in Fifty horses were burned to death at midnight last night in a fierce fire on Seventh street, between Bryant and Brannan. Two stables and a ware- house were almost destroyed and a tile ‘warehouse was damaged. The total loss is In the neighborhood of $50,000. The fire started in the stable of Charles Madison and soon the ware- house of the San' Francisco Com- pressed Hay Company and the stable of Frank Munson & Co. were afire. These three buildings were almost de- stroyed and the tile warerooms of Gladding, McBean & Co. were slightly damaged. i The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought some one who was sleeping in the barn dropped a lighted cigar or cigarette stump in a pile of hay. It took but a few moments for the blaze to spread and when the va- rious fire companies arrived on the scene three of the buildings were en- veloped in flames and smoke and the fourth was threatened with destruc- tion. The firemen at once turned their at- tention to rescuing the horses from the stables of Munson & Co. and Charles Madison. In all more than thirty ani- mals were taken out, but fifty per- ished. The firemen did excellent work and kept the flerce flames from spreading to many adjoining dwellings. Several hundred tons of hay belonging to Mun- son & Co., Madison and the Compressed Hay Company was destroyed, but the damage in the storehouse of Gladding, McBean & Co. was slight. A year ago four large stables and warehouses on the same site were burned to the ground. Many horses were lost at that time, and the fire is supposed to have started in the same way as that of last night. ——e——————— WONDERFUL ENDURANCE IS DISPLAYED BY A DOG Creature With Broken Leg Lives More Than a Month Without Food or Water. ‘Wonderful endurance through pain, hunger and thirst was displayed by a valuable bulldog, the property of J. F. Hennig, a grocer at 1115 Folsom street. The animal, with a broken leg, was im- prisoned in the'basement of the grocer's home for a period of thirty-four days, during which time it lay in suffering without a morsel of food or a drop of water. Hennig made a pet of the dog and | took it to the store with him each day, | where it kept watch on the premises during his temporary absence. More than a month ago it was struck by a| car and its hind leg broken. The gro- cer immediately carried it to his home at 100 Vermont street, and before at- tention could be given the fracture the dog had disappeared. No one could lo- cate it, but neighbers claim they could hear its wails during the night. Search | was made, but without result until last night, when it was discovered in the basement, where it had fallen un- noticed. Every attention is now being accorded the creature. e e CRIES FOR HELP ALARM GUARDS AT ALCATRAZ Hear Voices From Boy, Apparently for Assistance, but Search Reveals Nothing. Guards on the dock at Fort Alcatraz were startled last evening about 8§ o’clock by loud cries for heip coming, apparently, from the bay just south- east of the island. An alarm was given at once, and the Government steamer General McDowell was dis- patched to the scene from whence the sounds came. Several pleasure yachts which hap- pened to be in the vicinity also hastened to give assistance, and a thorough search was made of that en- tire locality. When the news reached San Francisco a‘number of launches were sent to the scene, but nothing could be f.und. The tide had just started to ebb at the time of the ac- currence, so if the persons who raised the cry were at the mercy of the waves they were carried in shore,-and have not been taken out to sea. The man In charge of the scow at Blossom Rock heard no sound and saw nothing. The night was clear and the moon at its brightest, and there was a complete absence of fog. The wind was blowing strong from the west at the time. ——— Soldier’s Skull Fractured. Clarence L. Frank, a private in the Thirtieth Infantry, was found in an unconseious condition early this morn- ing at the corner of Lombard and San- some streets. He was conveyed to the Harbor Hospital, where it was foun that his skull was fractured and th there were lacerated wounds on his scalp, face and hands. Later he was removed to the City Hall Hospital, where he now lies In a critical state, with very little chance of his recovery. From papers in his possession it ap- pears that he is stationed at Fort Mec- Dowell and is a member of Casualty Company No. 2. He had been granted leave by his commanding officer to ab- sent himself from his post from Satur- day until to-day. —————— KING ALFONSO SEES SHEPHERD SHOT DEAD Act of Game I‘TQn on Hunting Trip Deeply Affects Young § Sovereign. MADRID, Dec. 6.—While King Al- fonso was hunting at Casa Campo a gamekeeper fired, killing a % The King was so affected by the in- cident that he returned immediately to the palace. One account of the af- fair is that the gamekeeper suspected the shepherd of an intention to attack one of the members of the e % The IFIFTY HORSES {THUG FALLS L PENSH N FIE| WOUNDED MND BOY 15 SHOT Daring Robber Brought to Earth by Game Policeman. AR Thief Holds Up Saloon Fre- quenters but Bullet Stops His Flight. —_— In Running Battle on Street, Missile Strikes George King, & Lad, and Dangerously In- jures Him. e e After holding up six men in a saloon on Howard street, just below B‘onu:u:. a desperate, lone robber while trying to make his escape was brought to earth by a brave police officer and is now locked safely in the tanks at the City Prison. During a running fight with the crook the policeman fired two shots. One of them took effect in the robber's leg. Another, unfortunately, seriously wounded George King, 15 years of age, who was turning the corner of Fourth and Howard btreets as the fusillade was going on. At about 10:30 o'clock last night a | man, who afterward gave his name as | Harry Howard, entered Little's saloon on the north side of Howard street, a few doors below Fourth, and demanded that the six men who were in the place | give up their coin. His demand was | emphasized by the flourish of a re- | volver, and his tone and manner made such an impression on the men that they lost no time in complying. Howard had his face covered with a white handkerchief and as he accepted the valuables from each of his victims | he bade them not to make a move upon | penalty of death. After coolly reliev- ing the six men of their coin, amount- { ing in all to a trifle more than $20, the daring ‘desperado backed out of the place after. agaln warning them to | make no outery. | Before entering the saloon Howard accosted a boy named George Schroeff- | ell, who was standing in the doorway, and, giving the lad ten cents, sent him away. Once on the street the robber took | to his heels and ran rapidly down How- | ara street toward Third, He had gone | but a few feet when he was met by Officer Charles Skelly. Before the po- | liceman could halt him, Skelly heard | a heavy jingle of coin in the man’'s | pockets and, realizing that something was wrong, gave chase, He called upon the man to stop, but the demand only | put more speed to the fleeing thief. iSuddenly Howard fell and the police- { man, who was close behind him and going at a rapld gait, passed him. THREATENS TO SHOOT. Skelly turned at once, only to be con- | fronted by the prostrate man's threat | that he would shoot if his pursuer ap- | proached nearer. To make good his | threat Howard pointed his revolver at he officer, and before Skelly could draw his weapon Howard was on his feet and running toward the scene of his crime. Howard dodged into a door- { way and Skelly, knowing that it was but temporary shelter for his man, jumped into a doerway a few feet away. Soon Howard sprang out and made a bold attempt to escape. Skelly called at him to halt, and upon How- ard’s refusal fired at him. The bullet took effect in the robber’s left leg, but he kept on running. Skelly fired an- other shot. The crowd that gathered informed the officer that a boy had been seriously wounded by one of the bullets. Skelly picked up the youth who had fallen to the sidewalk, and placing him in the care of a bystander, con- tinued in pursuit of his game. Policeman Tom Murphy, on turn- ing the corner of Fourth and Howard streets, heard the shot, and ran to the scene. As he turned the corner he ran into the robber, and pointing his pistol at his head, ordered him to surrender. The robber gave up instantly, saying, “Don’t shoot; I'll quit,” and then sank to the sidewalk, a bullet wound in his ieg overcoming him. Murohy handcuffed his ,man and took him to the South- Station. BOY SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. Skelly, after the capture, took the wounded boy to the Central Emerg- ency Hospital. The little fellow gave the name of George King and his resi- dence 'at 157 Clara street. He is em- ployed at the Postal Telegraph Com- pany and is 15 years of age. Dr. Murphy, who examined the lad's wound, found that the bullet from the policeman’s pistol had struck the boy on the right side of the abdomen, en- tered the abdominal cavity and found exit above the pelvis. The surgeon says that the wound is dangerous but not necessarily fatal. The boy’s story is that he and a com- panion, Willie Sullivan of 149 Clara street, on hearing a shot ran to the scene of the trouble. He had gone but a few feet when he told his boy friend that he had been shot and then fell to the sidewalk. Howard was taken to the hospital a few minutes later to be treated for a bullet wound of the left leg. For a while he exhibited a spirit of brav- ado and loudly proclaimed his sorrow for not “getting the officer first.” He readily admitted that he had stood up the saloon single-handed and said that it was only a piece of bad luck that he did not make good his escape. Howard said that the name he gave was not his right one and hinted quite strongly that his occupa- tion was that of a crook and that this hold-up was not his first one. After awhile- he .seemed to realize that he was talking too freely and he refused to say anything further except to express s: thy for the wounded boy and to declare that he was willing to pay the renalty for his crime. Howard was taken to the Central po- lice station and charged with robbery. OIL IN STOVE GAUSES DEATH) 3V Mrs. J. Pisani Fatally Burned While Light- ing Fire. e Injured Woman Refuses to Be Removed to the Hos- pital. —_————— Mrs. John Pisani, 30 years of age, wife of a teamster, who resided with her husband in a lodging-house at 1118 Howard street, was fatally burned yes- terday as the result of lighting a fire in a cooking stove with illuminating oll. The unfortunate woman was about to prepare the noonday meal, and in order to make the wood fire burn read- ily, poured oil from a can on the al- ready lighted wood. The ofl blazed up and enveloped Mrs. Pisani in flames. She was dressed in & calico wrapper and apron and rushed from her room to a porch, her cloth- ing being a mass of flames. Her hus- band, who was about to enter the room when the accident took place, was thrust aside by the frenzied wife. Mrs. Pisani dashed screaming along the porch and some of the roomers en- veloped her quickly in a rug while her hushand threw a bucket of water over her and extinguished her burning cloth- ing. lthmeru in the house at once applied oil and other remedies to the burned body of Mrs. Pisani and a call was sent for a doctor and ambulance from the Central Emergency Hospital. When the ambulance arrived Mrs. Pi- sanl was conscious and she positively refused to be removed to the hospital. Shortly afterward Mrs. Dr. E. B. Mec- Kay was summoned and everything possible was done to alleviate the in- Jured woman's sufferings. Medical aid, however, was without avail, and Mrs. Pisani died at 4 p. m. Her body was removed to the Morgue. A rumor was circulated that the woman's husband had been heard quarreling with her shortly before the accident and Detective O'Day investi- gated the case and found there was ab- solutely no foundation for the rumor. Mrs. William O'Brien, a lodger in | the house, who helped to put out the burning clothing of Mrs, Pisani and to minister to the injured woman, in- formed Detective O'Day that Mrs. Pi- sani had told her how the accident had happened. Pisani stated yesterday that his wife was in the habit of using ofl ‘to start fires and that he had repeatedly warned her as to the danger of the practice. —_————— AGED MAN IS KILLED BY A RAILROAD TRAIN Body of Michael Walsh, Soap Seller, Found Lying Beside the Track The dead body of Michael Walsh, an aged man, who lived at 200 Utah street, was found beside the Southern Pacific tracks at Fifteenth and Harri- son streets last night. The unfor- tunate man had evidently been killed by a passing train. The body was discovered at 7 o’clock by A. Dayton, a plumber, living at 1704 Harrison street. Dayton was passing up the track with a lady friend and noticed a dark object lying on the ground beside the track. He said noth- ing for fear of frightening his compan- ion, but returned at 10 o'clock and made sure that it was a dead man. He notified Officer Weatherford of the Mission station and the Morgue wagon removed the body. Foul play was at first suspected, but when the man's right arm and back were found to be broken this theory was abandoned. ‘Walsh had evidently been killed by the 6:30 p. m. outbound train, as he was found lying by the track over which that train passes. He was a soap seller and leaves three daugh- ters, Mrs. J. E. Cary, Miss Mamie Walsh of 200 Utah street and Mrs. William Keefe of 1864 Fifteenth street. The body was identified by P. F. Foley and J. A. Davis, workmen em- ployed in the Southern Pacific shops near by, and later by the dead man's son-in-law, J. E. Cary, at the Morgue. A—— I G ne— Dr. J. McIvor Tyndall. An immense audience was in evi- dence to hear Dr. Alexander J. McIvor- Tyndall last night on “Proofs of Im- mortality.” Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall has been here for gix months past, and the interest he has awakened in the ab- struse probhlems of metaphysics has de- veloped into a desire to know more of the philosophy as well as the phenom- ena of the invisible forces of the hu- man mind. The lecture last night was one of the most interesting of the many interesting lectures given by the fa- mous student of psychology, and the audience showed its appreciation by the closest attention to every word. Dr. Melvor-Tyndall pald a high tribute to e 4 1t is estimated that nearly all th s the work done by materialistic science, but said that it s to religious faith rather than materialistic science that we are indebted for our proofs of im- mortality. He gave it as his opinion that when the “twentieth century com- plexity of thought shall have become concrete we will find that religious faith and scientific proofs will unite on the question of immortality.” The lecture was followed by some marvelously in- tricate and interesting phenomena of the mind and soul. Next Sunday even- ing Dr. MclIvor-Tyndall will take for his subject “Our Common Birthright.” —————— ‘Will Be Towed to Aecajutla. The tug Hiawatha, which was recent- Iy'purchased here by Senor Mejia, will be towed down to Acajutla, Salvador, by the steamer Abydos of the Kosmos line. It was the original intention to two tons; when, however, it was ascer- tained she weighed fifty-seven tons, it ‘was decided to tow her. ——— Thrown From Bicycle. ‘Thomas J. Weaver, C AMERIGAN TARS E 3THMIANG Marines Play Prominent Part in Secession Movement. IS LN Hold at Bay Colombian Sol- diers Landed From Gun- boat Cariagena. SRR COLON, Republic of Panama, Nov. 23.—There were two days at Colon when a few Americans under the com- | mand of Lieutenant Commander Wilt- sea, U. 8. N., faced a desperate chance and looked it calmly in the face. On November 2 the United States gunboat Nashville, Captain John Hubbard, came into Colon. Her presence was welcome on both sides of the isthmus to every man concerned in the brew- ing secession movement, but the sur- face observer of affalrs saw nothing to make her coming necessary. Appar- ently there was no revolution and traffic over the Panama raflroad did not appear to be threatened. The next morning (Tuesday) the Co- lomblan gunboat Cartagena unexpect- edly steamed Into Colon with 450 Co- lombian troops on board. This news was flashed over the wires to the other side and the whole isthmus awakened. At once there was nervous excitement in Panama; young men carried mes- sages hurriedly through the streets; secret consultations were held; wild plans were discussed; some of the con- spirators were for acquitting, declar- Ing there was no chance for success with 450 Colombian soldiers in Colon, and .that the oppertunity had been lost, while others insisted on imme- diate action. ‘With the gunboat Cartagena came two Colombian generals, Amaya and Tovar, and Colonel Torres, all ignorant of the headway of the secession move- ment. The arrival of the Cartagena forced the hands of the secessionists and those who advocated action finally prevaliled. HUBBARD CLOSES. RAILROAD. Althought the 450 troops from the Cartagena were landed, they were un- able to obtain transportation to Pana- ma. Colonel Torres succeeded in get- ting the railway officlals to have a train made up to carry them to Pan- ama, but in the meantime Captain Hubbard, acting upon the obligation of the United States to protect traffic across the isthmus, gave orders that no troops whatever should be moved over the railroad. This deprived Colonel Torres of all chance of going to the relief of his leaders, who had preceded the troops to Panama. On Wednesday morning the news of the arrest of Amaya and Tovar was brought to Colon and then came in- formation that Governor Obaldia had been made a prisoner, and that the revolution had been successful. Profiro Melendez, then agent of the Panama junta and later Governor of Colon, approached Colonel Torres and tried to negotiate with him for the quiet withdrawal of the troops. His efforts were futile. The Colombians would not agree and. shortly before | noon they ‘threatened to attack Colon and kill every Ameriean here unless Generals Amaya and Tovar were liber- ated by 2 o’clock that afternoon. This at once put serious aspect upon the sit- uation. : 5 Meantime the firm that generally supplied water to the government re- fused to furnish the captain of the Car- tagena fresh water for his boilers un- less an old bill against the government ‘was paid, and the captain quietly safled away and never returned. NASHVILLE LANDS MARINES. The news that the 450 Colombian soldiers had threatened to attack Colon and kill all Americans was'made known by Senor Melendez at about .12:30- on Wednesday. The Nashville was at once signaled that the presence of{ Captain Hubbard awas needed on shore. Fifteen minutes later ‘he landed In a small boat and the situation was explained to him. His plans were formed at once. No time was.to be lost, for serious fighting could be expected in an hour. Forty men and two one-pounder guns from the Nashville were as big a force as could ‘be spared, and were landed and sent to the freight house of the Panama Rallroad. This force was in command of Lieutenant Commander Wiltsea. All entrances to the freight house were fortified by bales of cotton and other available merchandise. One gun was mounted to command the approach at the rear of the building, while the other ‘was set upon a flat car at the main entrance in front, to command that side. All this was done by 2 o'clock. But the Colombians did not carry out their threat. They cquld be seen in small parties moving about the streets, but the majority of them stayed in their barracks. It was agreed between Cap- tain Hubbard and Colonel Torres on Wednesday night that each should withdraw his troops. ————————— EASTERN WAR RUMORS MAKE PRICES VARY American, ann;u and Chilean SHELL FROM FORT KILLS AN OFFICER Fatal Visit of Italian Lieutenant to So- maliland. LR Natives Refuse to Hoist His Flag, He Fires and Is Slain. e Qusnidie ADEN, Arabia, Dec. §.—Lieutenant Commander Grabau, an Italian officer, cemmanding an armed dhow, landed a party of friendly natives at Darbe, So- maliland, Africa, and ordered the Ital- ian flag hoisted on the fort. The com- mandant of the fort refused to permit the order to be carried out unless it had the sanction of the Sultan. Lieutenant Commander Grabau there- upon gave the commandant two hours in which to obey the order and, at the expiration of that time, the command- ant not having complied, fired upon the fort. The fort replied with shell, kill« ing Grabau. The dhow then put to sea and was | picked up by an Italian cruiser, which landed the officer's body here. LOUIS WORMSER DIES SUDDENLY IN NEW YORK b Special Dispatelj to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Louis Worm- ser, a brother of Isidor Wormser Sr., of the firm of 8. & & Wormser, died suddenly this morning of heart disease at his home, 2 East Sixty-fifth street. Mr. Wormser was 77 years old. He had lived a quiet life ever sinee he re- tired from business about twenty-five years ago. He was never in business in this city. Wormser was born in Ba- varia. He and his two brothers came to this country when they were young men. It was at the time when the gold excitement was raging in California and the three went to seek their for- tunes there. They engaged in business in a small way and were quite success- ful. Isidor and Simon Wormser went | into banking and real estate and after- | ward came to this city, where they | founded the well known Wall street | house. Louis,Wormser, however, re- | mained in California, where he was in | the clothing business. When he retired | he came to New York to live near his | brothers. He devoted himself to charity ,and benevolence. He never entered | public life. Wormser always emjoyed | 8o0d health, he having a robust consti- | tution, and his end came unexpectedly | at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. His | physicians had never suspected that he | had any organic trouble pf Fegrt. He leaves a widow. Dr. Gonzalez Passes Away. Dr. M. E. Gonzales, a member of one of the old Mexican faniflies of Califor- nia, died in his apartments at the Pal- ace Hoteél at 9 o’clock last evening after a few hours' illness. Yesterday morn- ing, while preparing for a ride with his wife to‘the park, he suddenly com- plained of a severe pain in his head. He was assisted to his bed and became unconscious. Dr. - Hirschfelder, who ‘was summoned, pronounced the case of his patient as hopeless, as it was ap- parent that an artery of the brain had been ruptured. Dr. Gonzalez was a native of Cali- fornia, 55 years of age, and is survived by his wife and a daughter by a for- mer marriage. He was a man of con- siderable wealth and was the founder of the town of Gonzales. In drawing up the incorporation papers of the lat- ter a mistake was made In the spelling of the name, which, however, the doc- tor never undertook to cerrect. Among the principal properties included in his estate is a large ranch in. Monterey County, where he and his wife were in the habit of spending the greater part of the summer months. He -had been complaining for some time and was arranging for a trip to ‘Europe with his wife when death called him. Celebrated Composer Dies. CHICAGO, Dec. 6. — Frederick Grant Gleason, one of the most celebrated of American compesers and director of the Chicago Auditorfum Conservatory, died here to-day of pneumonia, aged G4 years. Former Consul Passes Away. OIL CITY, Pa.. Dec. 6.—Captain Da- vid A. Moore died at his home to-day. In 1859 he was United States Consul at Nagasaki, Japan. A brother, Captain James B. Moore of Brooklyn, N. Y., is a retired naval officer. —e—— DENIES THAT SUBSIDY BILL WILL BE DEFERRED WASHINGTON, De¢. 6—Representa- M tive Grosvenor, chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to which ship subsidy bills will be referred, said to-night that so far as he was concerned the published report that a compromise had been ef- fected whereby no ship subsidy bill would be urged at this session, but Bonds Take a Jump in the English Market. LONDON, Dec. 6.—With a stronger belief that the Bank of England will not find a necessity for raising its rate in the near future, the Stock Exchange last week was swayed chiefly by the as- pects of the Russo-Japanese crisis. After the week had opened the report received by the Associated Press from Paris that a practical basis of agree- ment had been arrived at by Russia and Japan, caused a revival of hopes for peace which was strongly reflected in the advance in the price of Japanese bonds. Russians. however, did not show wide fluctuations. The sale-of the warships Constitution and Libertad to England by Chile im- proved the price of Chilean bonds owing to the belief that the amount received for the vessels may avert the necessity for Chile to raise a loan abroad. The market for American securities again shared considerably in the general re- ——— . Th of fe Cm,‘ has been re- women, 7% a commission of investigatior. on the subject created Iut_ud, ‘Wwas erroneous. He added: “I know of no such compromise or agreement and I venture to say that nothing of the kind has been arranged. A single individual came to me Fri- day morning and handed me what pur- ported to be a bill for the creation of a commission. I have mot read it. I merely glanced over it. I do not know who agreed to it, or who drew it, or anything connected with It beyond what I have stated, and I am quite sure that if any agreement, compromise or arrangement had been made by any- body having authority or official rela- tion to Congress, I should have known of it"” —e— POPE PIUS COURTS ROME, Dec. 6.—Monsignor Zerifini Benedictine, archbishop of Sholete, has been appointed by the Vaticam apostoi-. ¥ ic delegate to Mexico. It is hoped by