The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1903, Page 21

. SURGEONS h LY . . TEE WEATHER. + ¥orecast mmde &t San Fran- cisco. Tor thirty ‘hours ending nganldm Decexiber 13: | San FPramc€isco and vicinity— | _Cloudy unsettled weather Sun- day, probably showers; light southeast winds. | A. G. McADIE, | District Forecaster. \ b e | Orphenm—Vaudeville. Ma . To-Day. | } The Chutes—Vaudeville. | : e - - IGHT PAGES—SAN GENERAL BELL SUMMONED TO FRANCISCO, St NDAY, DECEMBER' 13, 1903—PAGES 21 TO 34. FIVE - CENTS. PRICE 7O BE SENT TO REPEL COLOMBIAN INUDASION OF THE o : . AEbys CHICAGO GETS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION: | DATE FIXED BY COMMITTEE JUNE 21 18 sion of Party Leaders. MRS CHl s in oratory rman ral tee to the co e question ee consist J. H £ D. W. s power dations t ldon of New York, My- J. E. Addicks s of South Lyons of Georgia. k of OF member of the questioned. that, under the last con- question his t against Ca- the table. COMMITTEE ON ELECTION. Chairman Hanna designated as a committee to prescribe the manner of electing delegates to the convention from the Dis t of Columbia Senator N ryland, J. W. Yerkes f Kentucky and ownlow of Ten \ resolution was adopted prescrib- the convention should be in the exact language of the 19500, giving the State four t large and two delegates Congressional district and rritories six delegates each. st be selected prior to pers was laid on k ed of e LEAVE FORCEPS IN A PATIENT'S BODY Carelessncss During an Operation Causes an Indiana Doctor’s Death Two Years Later. VALPARAISO, Ind., Dec. E B hospital here. Two years ago he was operated upon at a Chicago hospital, when a pair of steel forceps were used. In an operation just performed here the forceps were found in the patient’s eide near the liver. He died & few hours after leaving the operat- ing table. 12.—Dr. Harmonious Ses-| the committee that | Washburn is dead in a private | ks | | | | | | | YONG MUY 8 4 TICT OF NEGROES Atrocious Crime at a Southern Orphan Asylum, —_—— Sister of Mercy, Robbed of Reason, Is Dying in Hosp;tal. Officials Withhold News of the Out- rage Until the Culprits-Are Cap- tured and Imprisoned. LT s, ‘gl Dispatch to The Call. Bogota Determined to Force War on [ the Isthmus. Continues to Move Troops to the Front. PANAMA, Dec. 12.—Advices re- ceived here from Cartagena say that the Colombian cruisers Cartagena and General Pinzon have landed 400 men under Generals Bustamente and Ortiz at Cape Tiburon, at the mouth of the Atrato River, with the object of cut- ting paths across the mountains to en- | - RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 12.—With her | mind a blank and raving constantly of | | unknown terrors, a young Sister of | Mercy, whose name is not disclosed by | her friends, lies in St. John’s Orphans’ Asylum, near Wheeling, “W. Va., the | victim of an attack by three negroes, | all of whom |are now in custody. Al- | though the crime was committed on | | the night of October 21, all mention of | | it has ‘been carefully suppressed until | | to-day, when Chief of Police Johu . | | Ritz of Wheeling stopped here for a | | short time cn his way back from Co- | | | | T { MEMBER WHO WILL HAVE FOR THE CQNVENTION ‘NEXT YEAR. CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN o s NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS o IAR GETS \ THE WAY OF LOVERS Interieres With the Grand Duke Cyril’s Wooing. yright, hing Company. Publ | BERLIN, Dec. 12.—According to the| | SBaale Zeitung the engagement between | Grand Duke Cyril of Russia and the | divorced Grand Duchess Victoria Mel- | ita of Hesse is encountering serious | difficulties, the Russian Emperor for- | bidding it, both on the score of differ- ence in religion and too close relation- ship. firms this. The young Grand Duke, in spite of his father's and the Emperor's wishes, | persisted in his attentions to his cousin, | with whom he is desperately in love, but the Czar would not hear of it and his mperial Highness faced the alter- native of breaking off the engagement or losing both his rank as Grand Duke and the money which goes with it and also of having to leave Russia. —————————— |FUMES FROM DYNAMITE BLAST KILL TEN MEN Three Americans and Seven Filipinos Lcse Their Lives in a Quarry Near Manila. MANILA, Dec. 13.—Three Amer- icans and seven natives were killed vesterday by the fumes from a blast of forty-six tons of dynamite in a quarry of the Atlantic-Pacific Com- | pany at Mariveles, near the emtrance | to Manila Bay. || Among those killed were Joseph W, superintendent, and Thomas | Strader, engineer, 1903, by the New York | Private information fully con-| T Kl | (S GAIN HEALTH EXPLAINED | Electric_Lig—m Baths - -Are Benefiting Edw VIl Special Cablegram to The Cal 3 i s Call and Ne Herald. _Copyright, 1903, by the New {’::}:' Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, Dec. 12.—The fact that | King Edward gets through with so | much work and yet retains unimpaired his elasticity and vigor has been a source of wonder for a long time, even to members of the medical profession. The explanation of the mystery is of- fered at last. For a month past the King is said | to have been taking electric light baths. | The scientific rejuvenators are installed | | in Windsor Castle and in Bucklngham; iPa]ace, They are both’ of the double light variety, with a projector of 2500 candle-power for use upon local affec- tions of the body. Inside the bath, in | which a sitting posture is adopted | there are fifty-two electric lnm'ps: which radiate any colored light de- sired. The light not only permeates every part of the body but has a sort of Turkish bath effect. The lights are of colors which, scientists say, have | curative effects on certain ailments. The King was present at the Isling- | ton cattle show this week and many were the comments on his well being. He was one of the keenest spectators and moved about the pens with an ac- | tivity that would have done credit to | & man of halif his age. f —— Will Not Call Off Strike. 1 DENVER, Deec. 12,—The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners, now in session here, has au- thorized a denial of a published re- port to the effect that the strikes in the Cripple Creek and Telluride dis- tricts would be called off. L | | | | lumbia, Va., carrying with him Thomas Easton, alleged to be the third of the | | trio, the others having been arrested soon after the crime in ‘Wheeling. “The young Sistér: who was at- tacked,” said Chief Ritz, “will, I fear, be dead by theé timeJ'reach Wheeling: I cannot make her name publie, for I have been urged nhot to do so. “St. John's Asylum has a chapel be- tween twe buildings, one for boys'and one for girls. There are about six sis- ters in charge of the little ones, and one of them is left in.charge of cach building while the others attend ves- pers in the evening at 7:30 o'ciock with the grown children. “The sister left in charge of the boys’ building on the night of October 21 was | a slender and fragile girl of 19 years. Three negroes gained entrance to the building. The sister was putting the tiniest of the children to bed. As she left the nursery she was felled with a fist blow, but was not rendered uncon- scious. “The little sister staggered to her feet and held up a crucifix that hung from her waist. “‘I amnr a child of Christ,” she plead- ed. ' ‘Kill me.” “The three negroes caught her in their arms and smothered her cries by stuffing cotton in her mouth. Then her vell was wrapped about her head and the girdle about her waist was used to bind her arms. “After vespers the other sisters and children entered the building and found the vietim, bound tightly, half-suffo- cated, with bruises and wounds upon head and body.” Chief Ritz says he has no idea that there will be a lynching—that the peo- ple of Wheeling will be satisfied to al- low the law to take its course. The ne- gro arrested in Columbia- denies any knowledge of the erime charged against him, and professes willingness to ac- company his captor. With the mind of the victim gone, it is feared that it may prove impossible to identify her assailants. ———————— EFFRONTERY OF PETER SHOCKS THE MINISTERS Refusal of Servian King to Punish Regicides Causes Breaking of Diplomatic Relations. BERLIN, Dec. 12.—The reason Ger- many has decided to break off diplo- matic relations with the Servian court, for the present at least, is that the so- cial season is about to begin in Bel- grade and King Péter has issued in- vitations to balls, official entertain- ments and other festivities, as usual at all European capitals. It is stated that the Ministers accredited to Bel- grade have never ceased earnestly.to advise King Peter to dissociate himself from the murderers of his predeces- gor and the latter’s wife and to de- mand their punishment. The Servian King disregards this advice and has not even answered the notes. Affairs reached a crisis when it was evident that King Peter intended to invite the reglcide Ministers, shake hands with them and dance with their wives. Germany, accordingly, decided that it was time for her Minister to take a leave of absence. —_————— Pioneer Leaves a Million Dollars. SAN JOSE, Dec. 12.—John Heinlen, the owner of the Sixth-street China- town and one of the wealthiest men in Santa Clara County died this morning, aged 88 years. He was a native of Ohio and came to California and San Jose in 1852. His possessions included valuable city property, ranches in the county and large land holdings in Tu- lare County. ably exceed $1,000,000 in value. leaves three children. He i | able the Colombian | Panama. ‘According to these advices there is in Cartagena a standing army of 1000 men. LEAVENWORTH, Kans, Dec. 12. General J. Frank Bell, commander at Fort Leavenworth, has received a message calling him to Washington. | He started for the East to-day. Some | | of the local officers believe that Gen- | eral Bell is to be called into confer- ence on the Panama situation. WASHINGTON, Dec. —The com- ing of General Bell to Washington, | while it has more or less tq do with | affairs conected with the General | Staff College, is admitted to-night by | officers of the general staff to be for | the purpose of consulting with the !omcluls regarding a probable cam- | paign against Colombia, should that | country continue the movement of troops toward the isthmus. It was intimated that affairs had reached the | point where. United States troops might be moved at any time, which would seem to indicate that the de- partment is in possession of informa- tion the nature of which justifies ac- tual preparations-for the movement of United States troops toward Pan- ama. Although the fact would not be dis- closed, the presumption is that, in the event of troops being sent, Genmeral Bell will be put in command. NAMES MINISTER TO PANAMA. The President to-day sent to the Sen- ate the nomination of William I. Bu- chanan of New York to be Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary to Panama. Buchanan's selection was brought about by a desire on the part of the President to secure, tempo- rarily at least, and during the crystal- lization of the relations between the United States and Panama, the services of a trained and experienced diplomat- ic representative, having special refer- ence to his knowledge of the Latin- American races. By -reason of _long service as United States Minister to the Argentine republic, Buchanan fills that description in the estimation of| the State Department. It is under- stood that his assumption of duties is not to be permanent, for he sacrificed large interests to undertake the work. Buchandn was director general of the Pan-Anierican Exposition at Buffalo. GOES AS SPECIAL ENVOY. Regarding it as very desirable that the -new Minister shall be at his post at an early moment, the State Depart- ment has adopted the unusual course of making out for him a special com- mission, independent of the nomination in regular form to-day submitted. This commission designates Buchanan as Envoy Extraordinary on a special mis- sion. Under its powers he will be able to perform all the duties of a regular | Minister, and more if need be. He will hold this commission until such time as the United States Senate shall have confirmed his regular nomination as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy! Extraordinary to "Panama. Thus armed, Buchanan will take the first steamer from New York for Panama, sailing next Tuesday. . —_— ACTIVITY AT MARE ISLAND. Storekeepers Kept - Busy Pl*wldin. Torpedo-Boats for Long Voyage. _ VALLEJO, Dec. 12.—Orders re- troops to invade | Continued on Page 22, Column 4. WASHINGTON TO TAKE COMMAND OF ARM REPUBLIC OF PANAMA . P b i, MISSION. NEW YORK/DIPLOMAT, WHO WILL BE SENT TO PANAMA BY THE UNITED STATES AS ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY ON A SPECIAL NEIGHBORS | STOP THE TORTURES Child Suffers Agony at & Residence in Oregon. Special Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Wash.,, Dec. 12.—Three- year-old Lucille McQuarry was taken from her foster-mother, Mrs. A. L. Tur- ner, by Sheriff Layton at Pendleton last night, on a complaint filed by the neighbors that the child was being ter- ribly abused. When taken to the Home of Walter Wells the little girl's fingers were found to have been bitten through the flesh to the bone and her finger nails of one hand had been pulled out. Her body was a mass of bruises and tooth- prints. The mistreatment is said to have been going on for three weeks. Mrs. Turner adopted the child three months ago. Mrs. Gertrude McQuarry, a wid- ow and mother of the.child, formerly lived in Milton, but moved to Pendle- ton last spring with two children, both of whom she allowed to be adopted ‘when she remarried. Mrs. Turner'fought for possession of the child, and ho\ screams were heard for blocks. After'the girl was taken from her she gathered all the little ong's clothes and, piling them in a heap on the floor, set fire to them. Neighbors saved the house from de- struction. Mrs. Turner lost her chil- dren two years ago in a fire. She es- caped by jumping from a second-story window and was crippled. ———— CLERKS MUST PAY 'FINE AND GO TO PRISON Postal Attaches Are Found Guilty otl Fraud and Must Spend Two Years in Penitentiary. BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.—Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Charles W. Me- Gregor, former clerks in the Postoflice Department at Washington, who last Thursday were found guilty of postal frauds, were to-day sentenced to two years in the Maryland penitentiary ‘The estate will prob- | ceived at the navy yard late yaterdny and to pay a fine of $1000 each. Coun- sel for both defendants gave notice of appeal. BENNETTS CHANGE OF ATTITODE New York E?(fitor Now an Opponent of Ronserel. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W.. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Wash- ington politicians are puzzled over the New York Herald's sudden change of editorial policy. A few months ago there appeared regularly at the head of its editorial page: “For President, Theodore Rooseveit of New York. For Vice President, George Dewey of Vermont.” This morning’s issue contains the fol- lowing paragraph in italics, printed in many different parts of the paper: “An accidental President has never been elected President of the United States. Will Mr. Roosevelt prove an exception to the rule, and will he be nominated by the Republican party?” Some of Mr. Roosevelt's friends al- leged that the Herald’s change of at- titude toward the President was caused by the failure of the adminis- tration to espouse the Herald's scheme for joint British-American naval maneuvers. The Herald has lately, in its editorial and news columns, ad- vocated these joint maneuvers and the emphasis and persistency with which this project was supported in cable dispatches from Paris created the be- lief that James Gordon Bennett him- self was especially interested in the proposed maneuvers. Last week President Roosevelt vetoed the prop- It is not believed, however, by those who know Mr. Bennett intimately that this caused his change -of attitude toward the administration, for the i Herald has always been independent in its policy and even in this morning’s issue the Herald publishes dispatches from all parts of the country, showing Roosevelt's great popularity. Under the caption, “New York Is Firm for Roosevelt,” a Herald news story says: “Although there is more opposition in New York City to the nomination of Continued on Page 22, Column 2,