The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1904, Page 1

A THF WEATHER. Porecast made at San Francisce for ‘thirty Lours ending midnight Oct. 813 | Sen Frencieco and vieinity — Pair Monday, tresh westerly wind. &4 § District Forecaster. G. McADIE, ———— SURGEONS BAKE [NEAR PATIENT'S HAND HEROIC TREATMENT SAVES A LIFE High Temperature and Massage Counter- act the Effects of Special Dispatch to The Call EW YORK, Oct. 30.—Lucy O'H!rl.‘ ng her right hand baked in 300 es of heat for a half hour every n Bt. Vincent's Hospital. ng to the absence of moisture the tissues are able to withstand the high temperature and the patient, although she winced first under the ordeal, is able to ergo the treatment with | little discor l Miss O'Hara if about to win a year's t for the restoration of the mem- ch was to have been solutely refused to fon in order to the physicians at ill now be a ques- weeks before her if not quite, as good a few d is almost was. Hara contracted septicaemia Blood Poisoning. a year ago, through pricking he hand | | while washing clothing. The hand | swelled to twice its natural size and | several operations were necessary. | | Surgeons believed the only means of | | saving her life was by removing the| | hand. The poison was thrown out of | her system finally and the hand was left shrunken. Miss O'Hara had prac- | tically no control over it. She was ad- vised by her physician to go to St.| Vincent's Hospital where the baking | process is being successfully used for | rheumatism. The hand ie laid in a steam jacket and the temperature is gradually raised- Bvery day the member is mai saged for an hour and every week the} patient is put under the influence of | an anaesthetic, the fingers are drawn out and the bones and muscles sub- jected to a kneading process. CENTRAL AMERICA | ON DERGE OF WAR Salvadorean Army Soon to Invade Guatemala. MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct. 30.—News | bas reached Mexican west coast ports through visitors from Guatemala that that little republic is on the verge of another revolution, which is to be the it of an act of war on tle part of the republic of Salvador. General Sal- vador Toledo is now preparing to in- vade Guatemala at the head of forces ed by the Salvadorean republic, it is feared the trouble, once start- is likely to involve all Central Americg. President Cabrera of Guatemala, who owes his power to General Toledo, has | turned against Toledo, who is now to| 3. b Presidency. of Guate- | a through the aid of 30,000 Salva~ pe s in Guatemala are reported res | there is great discontent there and | * | worse than in many years. An Ameri- can dollar is worth $15 of the currency | of the country. PANAMA, Oct. 30.—The resignation yesterday of Tomas Arias, Secretary of | State of the republic of Panama, ap-| parently ends the division of political parties here. Pablo Arozma, leader of the opposition, said to-day: “Opposition to President Amador is| impossible now."” It is reported that Santiago Guardia, | Minister to Costa Rica, will replace Arias. = Advices from Cauca report that throughout Colom bia. Apparently President Reyes, with his political ene- wioein the madotity =i both Factsifng Coneress, cannde ooBtrol the situation. Puper currency §s being issued in un- limited quantity. DEATH SPOILS CUPID'S PLANS Prospective Groom Killed“ by Train While En Route| to Scene of the Wedding | | — . | | Epecial Dispatch to The Call Wash., Oct. 30.—With a| cense in his pocket and .x-‘ married last night. Ed- | ears, yester- eavoring to | Idaho. He had a marriage | off the train while at the water tank. ndeav d to jump upon the his foot slipped and he was | kward. His head struck a | ing his skull and he died| o have been Miss Lnt~‘ TACOMA age v ughter of a wealthy | T Fino rancher To-morrow the | young couple were to have started for & Rauscher’'s home in Jo . Mo. LITTLE HOPE FOR LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP ELDER Although He Has Rallied at Intervals, He Is Now Reported as “Just Alive.” CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.—The bul- Jetin issued by the physicians attend- ing Archbishop Elder at 10 o'clock showed the following: Temperature, 102; pulse, 125; respiration, 34. Since | be was prostrated by the grip last Fri- day, he has rallied at different times, | but these rallies were only temporary and he has been gradually growing weaker, so that at midnight he was reported as “just alive.,” He has been | temporary financing, TWO RAILWAYS IN BIG DEAL | over the water about forty feet. New Haven Line Purchases | the Ontario and Western, | Thus Entering New Field; NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 30.—It i definitely ‘announced that the New | York, New Haven and Hartford Com- pany, at a meeting of its directors last Wednesday, all but two being present, voted with unanimity to accept an op- tion offered by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. on a majority of the Ontario and Western stock. The price is $45 a share, ex-div- idend, and all the arrangements for the extending over some months, have been made. The question of a lease of the Ontario and Western came up, but it was found that this plan required the assent of the New York Central and it was drop- ped. It is probable, however, that the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company will make provision for the minority holders of the Ontario and Western Company on a basis rep- resenting about $40 a share of stock. | By the new purchase the New Haven Company acquires about 500 miles of road, of which some 150 miles west of Cornwall, N. Y., is in progress of dou- ble-tracking. The most important feature of the deal is the fact that for the first time New England raflroad history it gives a great New England carrying corpor- ation access to the coal mines on the one hand and to the Great Lakes on the other, and by virtue of the latter extension the power of regulating and naming Western trunk line rates. From Oswego to Buffalo, a distance of about 140 miles, the Ontario and Western has a traffic agreement with very weak ever since he fell from his chair on Friday and his physicians | have never been hopeful of recovery. TWO PASTORS AND AN EDUCATOR STRICKEN IN CHURC, A TS Death Ends Sermon of Aged Clergpman. Apoplectic Stroke i NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 30.— “I hope all within =ound of my voice fully appreciate the significance of life,” said Rev. William H. Mitchell of Portsmouth in his sermon vt Holiness Church here to-day. “We should live always as if we knew that the next breath was our last.” These were his last words. They trailed out slowly, and before he could wproceed he fell backward. When his auditors reached him he was dead. “Apoplexy,” the doctors say. He had been in the ministry many vears and Wwas well known throughout the South. Faial the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. This contract is not, as in the case of the West Shore terminal, L Dunkard Divine Falls Lifeless in Pulpit. His Last Words Prophetic ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 30.—Rev. S H. Hess, 2 Dunkard minister, had just delivered his message to sinners to- day, calling upon them to repent, as no one knew when the end was coming, when he was stricken by apoplexy and died before the members of his con- gregation could reach him. “We know not when the angel Ga- briel will call,” he said, and fell back lifeless. ‘ Tight was 60 years of age and an extremely popular pastor. ! - | men were paraded, | of the ice chute. RESULT F HAZING Vietims of Brutal Collegians May - Succumb. Seven Hapless Freshmen Are Compelled to “Walk the Plank.” Plunge a Distance of Forty Feet Into Iey Water After Undergoing Other Torment. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—As the result of a hazing in which seven of the North- western University freshmen were forced to walk blindfolded from an ice chute into thirty feet of water in an old clay hole, three of the victims are said to be in a serious condition, being threatened with pneumonia, while the others are just recovering from the shock. Fred Schanver, James Turner, Ned Farwell, Ralph Home, Elmer Protou, Ralph Wallace and Roger Marston are the students who were subjected to the ordeal. The first named three are the greatest sufferers from their exper- ience. Seized by a party of upper ciass- men on Friday morning, the young bareheaded and under guard, about the streets and finally presented with brooms, which they were instructed to use as guns and post themselves in front of the several dormitories set aside for co-eds. They were required to “walk post,” sa- lute every woman who passed and re- peat certain silly rhymes. At noon the prisoners were huddled, deprived of their dinners, and at night were locked in one of the rooms of a fraternity house, where they were not allowed to speak to one another on pain of severe beating, and again were refused food. e it > ~Abdut, 10:30 -o'elock they required to fall into line, mareh to the center of town, give the eollege yells and clamber in and out of a fountain. They were then marched about the principal streets, making all manner of noise until nearly midnight. Just before midnight they were marched to South Evanston “ien west- ward a mile and a half to a deserted clay hole, where the most dangerous part of the programme was gone through with. On one side of the clay hole stand some old ice-houses, and from the side of one protrudes a chute extending The freshmen were blindfolded and in- formed that they were about to die in the manner adopted by buccanneers of ancient times. One by one they were marched up the rickety ladder, and then out on a plank, which terminated at the edge A vigorous push hurled each of them to the water below. After clambering out of the icy water the freshmen were compelled to walk home in their wet clothing. Three of the boys, it is said, are being cared for in secret. Their hiding place could not be learned to-night, nor would the frightened fraternity men give the name of the doctor who is attending them. SR Y M et oo e a permanent one, but by a new line to Buffalo and Niagara, easily constructed ed on low grades, the Ontario and | Western can readily in the future con- nect with the Gould system and the Canadian Trunk lines. It is understood that the New Haven road was immedi- ately forced to take this step by fears lest the trunk lines should endeavor to cut down its percentage on the through business to and from the West. A very important feature of the plan is that the New Haven Railroad Com- pany feels that it will be compelled ere long to use much more extensively than heretofore anthracite upon its lo- comotives. Mining and carrying its own coal, of which it uses a million end a half tons a year, at a present cost of about $5,000,000, the New Haven Company will prospectively by this ar- rangement save about $1.25 a ton. —————————— Terrible Tragedy at Wedding. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 30.—At a| fire following a wedding in the poorer part of the city this evening eleven of the guests were burned to death. Five others are missing and it is feared they have been burned. Topples Unconsclous- From Pew Seat. Noted Educator Is Dying Speeial Dispatch to The Call. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 30. — ‘While he was attending services in the College-avenue Methodist Hpisco- pal Church to-day Dr. BEdwin Post, who is at the head of the Latin de-| partment in Depau University, suf- fered an attack of apoplexy and fell to | . the floor unconscious. Much confusion | resulted. Physicians were hastily sum- | moned. Dr. Post was later carried to ummhlfil‘hsm ton. R DEATH (WOMEN AID THE CAUSE OF PEACE PRICE - FIVE CENTS. Prevention of War Between Great Britain and Russia Du And to the Diplomacy of the French For OUR PORTS e ARE POORLY DEFENDED s, Thus Asserts a Fa- mous Artillery Expert Major Harrison’s Letter to (reneral Chaffee Canses Sensation. Harbors of United States Prac'ically Unprovided. With Necessary Submarine Mines. G e Special Dispatel to The Call. CALL BUREAU. HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Oect. 30.—Major Harri- son’s strong lettér to General Chaffee, chief of staff, U. 8. A., about the inade- quacy and practical uselessness of the submarine defenses of the harbors of this country is a gurprise and a sensa- tion. Even officers are startled his DAt of e e tonal detonse. Tt 18 tonal ense, t ‘He $3,819,420 which e riate 0f aumy. bR an object lesson which awakens those in authority to the defects upon which ar- tillery specialists have long dwelt. Ma- jor Harrison and others have long known the inferiority of the submarine defense system. It has required the dé- struction of many Russian warships to convince the War Department that this danger is so real that an immediate improvement is imperative. Major Har- rison spares no words in his letter to General Chaffee. He says in part: “The harbors and waterways of the United States are to-day literally un- provided with submarine or torpedo de- fenses and the means to establish the same within the time limits imposed by modern methods of warfare. The utter inadequacy of our submarine defenses hardly needs demonstration. Suffice it to say that there is not a harbor in the United States to-day that is protected with the means—or personnel—to estab- lish an effective mine defense, either at once or within the period of time that could in reason be looked for at the hands of an active and enterprising enemy. ““Of the needs of torpedo defense there is no question. Were proof or {llustra- tion necessar)’ a glance across the sea at the events taere being enacted would be all sufficient. The tragic fate of Russia’s fleet and the sorry. plight of Port Arthur are ominous and forceful arguments of the efficacy of the tor- pedo.” —_———— SUPPOSED DEFECT PART OF THE OHIO'S PLANS Lack of Armor Protection About the Guns an Intentional Feature of the Designs. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Reports from San Francisco about defects in the armor protection in front of the ten six-inch guns on the after end of the superstructure of the battleship Ohio occasioned little interest here. The omission of this armor was In- tentional. In other ships of the Ohio's class—the Maine and the Missouri— and in the Alabama, Wisconsin and Illinois there is not complete armor protection on this part of the super- structure. The Board of Naval Construetion, whigh designed these ships, deemed it inadvisable to put this additional weight upon the superstructure. Ar- mor protection is always counterbal- anced by the question of weight. A ship could be made invulnerable by armor around all the guns, but it ,{ would be too heavy to float. —_——— BALDWIN TO MAKE ANOTHER ASCENSION AT THE FAIR Under Contract With the Officials to Give Exhibition With His Airship. : ST. LOVIS, Oct. 30.—The World's Fair management has made a contract with T. 8. Baldwin, the San Francisco aeronaut, to make anéther ascension from the exposition grounds on the first day that conditions are right. ‘Baldwin, whose airshid> made an as- cension last week, had packed up his machine, preparatory to sending it back to San Francisco when the ‘World's Fair officials entered into the contract. It is stated that A. R. Kanbenshue of Toledo, who made the flight last week, will go up again for Bald' —————— Voting in Newfoundland. FIRE ADDS T0 HORROR OF SIEGE Flames Sweep Port Arthur for an En- tire Day. Powder Magazine Exploded by Shells. [, CHEFU, Oct. 30.—The third gen- eral attack on Port Arthur began on October 24, according to unimpeach- able authority. On October 26 Japan- ese shells set fire to the only smokeless powder magazine in Port Arthur. Portions of the town caught fire, the conflagration continuing the entire day. On October 26 also the Japanese captured the Russian trenches on the slope of Rihlung Mountain, also a for- tified position protecting that fortress. The Japanese consider the progress of the siege to be highly satisfactory. MUKDEN, Oct. 30.-—The Japanese attack on the Buddhist Temple Hill on Octobeg 27 led to sharp fighting. The Japanese artillery played on the posi- tion from early in the morning, ren- dering the trenches untenable, ‘shells and shrapnel sweeping and demolishing all the shelters. The ma- chine g the battalion defend- t’t’::éfififle off the | i of the when they were forced to retire. he Japanese infantry attack, under cover of the bombardment, was made in close order. There was a desperate hand-to-hand fight in the trenches, followed by a counter attack with bayonets. The Japanese finally gained the hill, but were unable to hold it in the face of the deadly Russlan artil- lery fire. There have been a number of skir- mishes along the whole front, but no development of any serious import has yet appeared, though the armies are in the closest touch and a general engagement may be precipitated at any time. At one point the trenches are only 400 yards apart. They are separated by a small stream, which is the only water supply in the*neigh- borhood. By mutual consent there 1s no firing on the water carriers, who visit the stream with buckets. Several positions have already changed hands many times. It is re- lated that in one village, which had been taken and retaken by the same men on both side, Captain Polkan- off, on being driven out one day, left a note in the hut where he had passed the night, saying he would like to krow the name of the Japanese officer who was in the habit of occupying the hut in his absence. A little later Cap- tain Polkanoff retook the village and gcing through his old quarters found the following note in perfect Russian: “I am Captain Yamata. I will be greatly pleased to make Captain Pol- kanoff's acquaintance.” To-day was unusually quiet along the whole front. The Russians are in the habit of harrassing the Japanese in the ‘renches at night. Last night Russian scouts threw a hand grenade into a Japanese trench near Sinchinpu, causing great confusion. The Russian &couts also discovered that the Japanese are moving many batteries to the front, though as yet all have been carefully masked. A gt v SUCCESSFUL NIGHT ATTACK. Japanese Surprise Russians and Cap- ture an Advanced Position. TOKIO, Oct. 30.—A report from the Manchurian army headquarters received to-day records a successful night attack against the Russian out- post at Wumingtsun and two unsuc- cessful 'counter attacks made by the Russians. The report is as follows: “On the night of October 28 a small force of the enemy attacked Waitao Mountain, but was immediately re- pulsed. On October 23 at 3 o’clock in the morning a detachment of infan- try was dispatched from the center army against Wumingtsun. The enemy was surprised and the houses occu- enemy were set on fire. “Wumingtsun is located midway be- tween the outposts of both armies. Using the place as a base, the enemy made frequent night attacks against our outposts. . ‘On the night of October 28 a force of the enemy of unknown strength, attacked ‘:‘l temh-nem:e near ‘Santao- ‘was 1 e to the Efforts of Two Daughters of Denmark's King ergn Mainister —_—— CZAR'S MOTHER AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, TO WHOM, TOGETHER WITH THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. CREDIT 18 GIVEN FOR AN OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIE: HREATENING TO INVOLVE BUROPY™ PREVENTING PARIS, Oct. 31.—The Petit Journal’s L’Orleans ! corre- spondent says: 'l‘l:ne(s];‘aknotll)lnllhsdmonerwhlchh-.-lrrht,n'llnerei from the North Sea declares that when he was forced to put in at an | English port, owing to stress of weather, he saw steam trawlers taking COPENHAGEN, Oct. 30. — The North Sea affair caused the deepest anxiety to King Christian of Denmark, who declared that should an Anglo- Russian war result it would be the cause of his death. The Dowager Em- press of Russia promised her father, the King, to use her greatest efforts to prevent a conflict. It is stated that hundreds of dispatches were ex- changed between the Dowager Em- press and the Queen of England dur- ing the week, and that the two sisters rendered great service. in the cause of peace. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 30.—The world will doubtless take Harticular satisfaction in according Emp: ror Nich- olas, to whose initiative The Hague convention owed its existence, the hon- or and credit of having proposed an honorable solution of the North Sea in- cident, which might have plunged Rus- sia and Great Britain into war, by an appeal to its rules. Nevertheless the press learns on very high authority that this diplomatic triumph belongs to Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister. ‘When the yellow book of France and the blue book of Great Britain covering this incident are issued some very in- teresting diplomatic history will be dis- closed. The great gravity of the situa- tion, especially in Great Britain, where the inflamed state of public opinion might at any moment have driven the Government to extreme measures, and the danger Involved in delay were keenly appreciated in the French capi- tal. FRENCH PEACE AT STAKE. France’s stake is almost equal 10 that of the parties directly interested and the very peace of the republic "G. In; n Grea Japanese and explosives aboard, openly. . raised a direct issue of fact. Delcasse at once suggested an inquiry to establish the facts through an international com- mission under The Hague convention, offering the suggestion simultaneous to both governments, through Embas- sador Cambon to Foreign Minister ansdowne and through Secretary Bou- tieron, in Embassador Bompard's ab- sence, to Count Lamsdorff. The idea found instant favor, both here and in London, and on Thursday night the Russian and British proposi- tions, identical in effect, actually crossed each other on the way to the respective capitals. There was, how- ever, this difference between™ them: Lord Lansdowne’s instructions to Em- bassador Hardinge authorized him to submit the proposition on behalf of the British Government, whereas Count Lamsdorff’s instructions were tentative and rather in the nature of a feeler, as Count Lamsdorff, although he knew that the Emperor was favorable to the plan, had not yet secured the absolute con- sent of his Majesty, to whom he ar- ranged to submit the matter finally on Friday afternoon. In the meantime, on Friday morning, the British proposition duly reached the Foreign Minister at Tsarkoe-Selo, and on Friday afternoon the Emperor gave his hearty approval. The British proposition, presented early il the day, remained unanswered. Exactly what transpired in London when Embassador Benckendorff presented the Russian proposition in the name of Emperor Nicholas is not known, except that Foreign Minister Lansdowne did not insist upon the question of precedence, appreciating doubtless that Russia, be- ing figuratively the offending party, had the better right to offer to submit the determination of the facts to an impartial tribural. The Emperor’s prop- osition settling the matter in principle in | Was therefore accepted. —_—— British Counsel Selected. LONDON, Oct. 30.—Gerald Balfour. president of the Board of Trade. has appointed Admiral Cyprien Bridge and Court, to conduct the North Sea Inquiry at Hull