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VOLUME LXXX.-XO. 74.
NOGALES RAIDED BY FANATICS
Santa Teresa's Followers
Attack the Sonora
Town.
BLOODY BATTLE IN THE
DARKNESS.
Seven Mexican Citizens and
Eight of the Filibusters
Are Slain.
PURSUING POSSE RUNS INTO
AN AMBUSH.
A Second Encounter Disastrous to
the Rurales— Yaquis Join the
Revolutionists.
NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 12. — BJood
flowed freely to-day in Nogales, Sonora,
a cross the Mexican Jine from this city.
At 2 o'clock in the morning a party of
seventy-five of Santa Teresa de Cabora's
Mexican fanatics — Mexican revolutionists
and Yaqui Indians — attacked the town
and attempted to carry the Mexican cus
tom-house by storm. A bloody battle fol
lowed, in which aeven of the revolution
ists were killed, one taken prisoner and a
half dozen others wounded, the latter be
ing borne away by their companions.
The Mexicans lost four killed, and as
many more were wounded. The sudden
ness of the attack prevented a combined
defense, and three of the custom-house
guards were slain before assistance could
arrive.
The raiders were repulsed and driven
out of town. A posse started in pursuit
only to run into an ambush a few miles
from town, and three of its members were
slain, while but one of the revolutionists
fell.
The battle in the darkness this morning
was waged for four hours. The invaders
entered the town on foot, yelling "Viva
Santa Teresa!" The Mexicans and a por
tion of th« Yaquis were armed with rifles
and machetes, and the balance of the In
dians carried tomahawks and bows and
arrows.
Before the guards of the custom-house
could prepare for a defense, the attacking
party was upon them, and two were shot.
Then an alarm was given, the big town
tire bell being sounded, and armed men
came pouring from every direction. The
soldiers had broken into the custom-house,
and when re-enforcements for the guards
arrived, they were firing into the resi
dences of Collector of Customs R.
Ogario and Mayor Garza Cortina.
Following the general alarm from the
firebell citizens of the American side of
the line secured all available guns, includ
ing four militia guns at the armory, ran
across the line and joined in the fight.
Tne battle then waged furiously until day
ight, when the revolutionists withdrew,
leaving the citizens of the town in pos
session of the field. During the fight the
townsmen had lost two more in killed,
and a number were more or less danger
ously wounded. The killed were: Manuel
Delahanty and Francisco Fernandez, Mex
ican customs guards: M. Perm, a Mexican
gendarme, and Cresencio Urbino, a Mexi
can citizen. Besides the seven Indians
killed and one wounded, one was taken
prisoner.
Captain P. Sanchez of the Mexican po
lice and four men left on horseback in
pursuit, being accompanied by Juan Fer
nandez, cashier of the Mexican custom
house and a brother of the customs guard,
Francisco Fernandez. They were am
bushed by the raiders five miles west of
Nogales near the line. The revolutionists
opened fire, killing the captain and the
horse ridden by Fernandez. As soon as
Sanchez 1 horse fell the indians fmade a
rush at Sanchez and beat him to death
with guns and machetes.
All but one of the other men escaped to
HON. GROVE L. JOHNSON, Congressman From the Second Dis
trict, Who Was Named for Re-election at Sacramento Yesterday.
[Drawn by a "Call " artut from a photograph by Hodson.]
The San Francisco Call
I Nogales and gave the alarm. Twenty
i men left for the scene and brought the
dead men in. One Indian had fallen in
the combat.
The Indians went on into the moun
tains near by, where they are camped to
j nipht. and are burning snap fires, which
j means that they are not through with the
I fight. It is expected that they will at
tempt to raid the town before daylight,
but if they do they will get a warm recep
tion, as the citizens and officers are guard
ing the town on both sides of the line, and
two companies of soldiers arrived at 10
o'clock from Huachuca.
Colonel Kosterlitski arrived to-night
with sixty picked men of the Mexican
gendarmes and left for the mountains,
where signal fires were burning. It is ex
pected that if he finds the raiders he will
wipe them out to a man, as he is a verit
able bloodhound and merciless in dealing
with offenders.
It was learned to-night that 500 Yaqui
Indians had joined the filibusters, and
that they crossed over to American soil.
The Indians seem to be crazed with their
fanatical ideas and their worship of Santa
I Teresa, but they evidently do not desire to
| injure Americans, as several who ran
: across the line when the firing began had
j their guns taken away and were told to get
i back as they were not after any one but
! the Mexicans.
These they expected to capture, and
then to assume control of the government
| affairs themselves. The attempt to enter
the residences of the customs collector and
the president of the town show this. The
main object of the raid was to secure the
arms, ammunition and money in the cus
tom-house, when they iutended to start
for the City of Mexico to overthrow the
Diaz Government. On the way thousands
of Indians and bandits would have joined
their ranks.
One of the Indians killed this morning
had a picture of Santa Teresa in one of
j his pockets, and another had a lock of her
hair in a little sack around his neck.
! They were a hard- looking set. They are
brave fighters and do not seem to know
what fear means, as they sta yed in the
town and fought long after daylight
against big odds. When they did retreat
| they toot their time and walked out of
town. ,
One of the dead Indians was a chief.
On his person were found two letters, sup
posed to be from Santa Teresa, but not
signed. One states, "Trust in God and
your expedition will be successful;" the
other says, "Money, guns and ammuni
tion are ready to go to the Yaqui River."
Late this evening one of the Yaqui chiefs
walked into a hut in'the south portion of
the town and was captured. This makes
two prisoners and eight dead Indians,
while seven of the officers and citizens are
dead.
Copies of the Independents, Lauro
Aguirre's paper, published at El Paso,
Tex., were received in town to-day, and
some copies were fonnd on the dead
Yaquis. These papers were dated June
28 and July 25, 1896, and were special
editions containing nothing but revolu
tionary matter against the Mexican Gov
ernment. Some people think Lauro
Aguirre was with the raiders, but no one
seems to have recognized him.
The prisoner, Francis Vasquez, was seen
by a correspondent. He says eighteen
Indians held a meeting last night at Tu
bac, twenty- two miles north of Nogales,
and organized for the start. They went to
Huevavi, eight miles from Nogales, where
they made a short stop before entering
the town at 3 o'clock. There about fifty
more Mexicans and Indians were in wait
ing. Within thirty minutes cfter their
arrival their attack was made on the Mexi
can Custom-house.
He says he does not know what their in
tentions were, but the chief told him to
come along and help make the attack or
he would 'be killed. He gives the follow
ing names of those who attended the
meeting:
LoreJo Bibas, head chief; — Mieuel, sec
ond chief; Juan Lujo, third chief; Louis
Lizo, Jose Salvado, Juan Alvares, Juan
Velasco*, Jose Bacacersi, Juan Bintemea,
Francisco Ramirez, Juan Lercino, Ignacio
Bachamo. Francisco Abram, Juan Sigma
lino. Juan Alvarez, Estcban Juielagez,
Juan Molino, Jose Morales and Rafael
Avico.
TROOPS HURRIED TO THE L INE.
Five Hundred Taquis Save Joined the
Revolutionists.
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 12.— Early this
Continued on Third Paat.
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1896.
THE NOTIFICATION MEETING AND THE UNINVITED GUEST.
JOHNSON NAMED
BY ACCLAMATION.
Renominated for Congress
by Second District Re
publicans.
NO DISSENTING VOICE.
The Representative Predicts a
Victory for His Party in
November.
DAWN OF BETTER TIMES.
Prosperity Will Come, He Says,
When the Factories of the Coun
try are Reopened.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 12.— Hon.
Grove L. Johnson received the unanimous
vote of the Second Congressional District
Republican Convention, which convened
in this city to-day, for Congressman, be
ing chosen without dissent or rollcall.
After the convention was called to order
Hon. John F. Davis of Amador was chosen
by acclamation as chairman and George
P. Royster as secretary. E. C. Hart, can
didate for Superior Judge in this county,
in an eloquent speech placed Grove L.
Johnson in nomination, and on motion he
was chosen by acclamation.
In his address to the convention John
son briefly reviewed the chances for a
Republican victory this year, declaring
they were growing brighter and brighter
as the people more fully comprehended
that it was the tariff instead of financial
measures that must be amended to insuie
prosperity throughout the United States.
He referred to the battles of our ancestors
for freedom and equal rights, and added:
"We have before us a greater battle this
fall. We are fighting for our homes and
firesides and the rights of the man to earn
his living honestly and be protected in so
dome."
After outlining the policy he would
pursue he said, in referring to the preven
tion of foreign immigration: "I believe
that the gangplank at Castle Garden
should be cast adrift," and added: "I
fully indorse the platform of the Republi- i
can National Convention and our grand j
banner-bearers, McKinley and Hobart,
and fully believe that they will lead the
party to victory."
In referring to the administration of the
Democratic party in National affairs on a
low tariff.basis he showed that the increase
in the National debt had been $262,000,000,
and claimed that when the revenues
should exceed the expenditures prosperity
to all would shortly follow. The mills
and factories would resume operations and
give the laboring man his rightful wages.
His speech was greeted with a burst of
wild applause, and at the conclusion Judpe
Fulweiler of Placer County placed Hon. J.
M. Welling of Nevada County in nomina
tion for Presidential elector, and Hon.
John F. Davis of Amador was named as
alternate. Both were chosen unani
mously. They promised to further the in
terests of the campaign by every means in
their power.
A Congre?sional committee consisting
of three members from Sacramento and
San Joaquin counties and two from the
other counties in the district was chosen
and empowered to fill all vacancies which
might occur, and an auditing committee
of five was appointed by the chair.
SONORA'S MURDER TRIAL.
Witnesses Testify Regarding Conflicting
Stories Told by Colonel Caleb
Dorsey's Slayer.
80N0RA, Cal., Aug. 12.— The trial of
John T. Newcomer for the killing of
Colonel Caleb Dorsey was continued to
day before Superior Judge Nicol. Imme
diately after the polling of the jury the
clothing worn by Colonel Dorsey at the
time of the shooting was handed to the
jury for examination. The overcoat,
coat, vest and undershirt bore mute but
conclusive testimony as to the manner in
which the deceased met his death, all
showing bullet-holes, while the vest and
undershirt were marked by a deep crim
son stain.
Edward Dorsey, a nephew of the de
ceased, recited the facts of the homicide
as far as he knew them, and in every par
ticular corroborated the testimony of Sam
uel Bateman given yesterday. He posi
tively denied any knowledge of what had
become of Colonel Dorsey's pistol, which
he had last seen in the mine office on the
morning of the tragedy, and which was
still there when his uncle left. Dorsey
testified that during the time himself, his
uncle and Newcomer were at the mill.
Shortly before the killing, Newcomer had
asked him in his uncle's presence to loan
him his mule, as he wished to go into
town and have a receiver appointed for the
mine, as he did not like the way the
"dough" (amalgam) was going. His uncle
and Newcomer then left the mill and went
toward the cabin, where Dorsey was killed.
This was the last time he saw him alive.
Benjamin Kollock, R. C. Davis and
Sheriff Y.incey testified to the accounts of
the shooting as Newcomer gave them.
This evidence was ma f erial, as the de
fendant told two of them that Dorsey had
tried to draw a revolver, and that he "got
the drop" on him and fired, while to the
other he stated that Dorsey had struck at
him and that he then fired and killed him.
The prosecution here rested.
Fresno Assessment* to Be Raised.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 12.— There bids fnir
to be exciting times in the City Board of
Equalization, now in session. It has served
notices on nearly all the large property
owners in the city to appear and show
cause why their assessments should not
be raised. In some instances it is pro
posed to nearly double the valuation.
The principal advances will be made in
the business portion of the city, but the
assessment on many residences will be
raised also.
TRAGEDY NEAR
SEQUOIA MILLS,
Robert Totton Slain in
the Presence of His
Sister.
A HUSBAND'S REVENGE.
Almost Decapitates His Victim
Because He Interceded
for the Woman.
ATTACKS HIM WITH A RAZJR
The Killing Follows a Quarrel Be
tween the Murderer and His
Wife.
FRESNO. Cal., Aug. 12.— A horrible
murder was committed at about 6 o'clock
last evening at a logging-camp near Se
quoia Mills in the mountains sixty-five
miles east of this city. Robert L. Totton
was almost decapitated by his brother-in
law, Cass Colvin, who wielded a razor.
The murderer immediately left camp and
took to the brush of the mountain wilds.
Officers are in pursuit.
Colvin and Totton were employed as
loggers, and Mrs. Colvin, who is Totton's
sister, cooked for the camp. According to
a meager report from the scene of the
tragedy, whicu is seven miles abovs Se
quoia Mills, Mrs. Colvin and husband
were quarieling when her brother came
up. He took her part and began up
braiding Colvin, and accused him of abus
ing his wife.
Colvin became enraged at the interfer
ence of tiis brother-in-law, and when an
accusation of mistreatment was made he
flew at Totton and knocked him down.
Then he whipped out a razor and sprang
upon the prostrate man. In the presence
of his wife Colvin slashed her brother's
throat a number of times, almost severing
the head from the body. Colvin executed
the terrible deed so quickly that Totton
could not resist. Blood spurted from the
wounds, and the victim died in a few min
utes.
Colvin then quietly ran to his room and
secured his rifle before the other loggers
learned what the trouble was and ran into
the brush. Since then he has not been
seen.
Coroner Long, Deputy District Attorney
Williams and Deputy Sheriff Timmins left
this morning for the scene of the killing,
as soon as the report reached this city.
Coroner Long and Deputy Williams will
conduct an inquest, while Deputy Sheriff
Timmins will take up the pursuit of the
murderer with the mountain Constables,
who are already out after the fugitive.
Armed with his rifle Colvin can find a
means of subsistence in the mountains for
a long time, and the officers do not look
upon his capture as an easy matter. The
fugitive is in the wildest of the Sierras.
. .. — ♦
FOUND BE RIND A PICTURE.
Stolen Valuables Recovered in a Resi
■■' dence Drawing- Room.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug 12.— About a year
ago bonds, securities and notes to the
value of $2500, together with some jewelry,
were stolen from the room of Miss Mac-
Niel, sister of the teacher of sciences in the
high school, in the library building. Miss
MacNiel had left the door to her room
open on 6 afternoon while she was gone
for several hours. When she returned, a
tin box, in which she kept the, papers and
jewelry, was missing. The authorities
searched high and low for the thief at the
time, but could get no trace of him.
\ A few days ago H. S. Hilton and wife
arrived in Fresno from the East and took
a room in the Taylor building. This
morning their mocking-bird escaped from
its cage and alighted on a picture hanging
on the wall. It attempting to catch the
songster Mr. Hilton struck the picture,
and from behind it rolled the $2500 worth
of papers which had been stolen from
Miss MacNiel. Mr. Hilton turned the
valuables over to City Marshal Woy, who
is making investigations. The box in
which the papers and jewelry were when
stolen was found in the same room sev
eral months ago.
«
Fresno's Exposition Postponed.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 12.— A meeting of
the committee which has had in charge
the projection of a big industrial exposi
tion in Fresno for October 8, 9 and 10 was
held to-night. The various subsidiary
committees reported good progress and
that the citizens of the city and county
were generally in enthusiastic accord with
the movement; but the committee decided
to suspend further work for the present.
The chief event to have been celebrated
during the exposition was the entrance of
the Valley road into the city, but as the
time when this will take place is now un
certain, the committee decided that it had
better wait before making arrangements.
«
fnuper* Givettfihatnrful Burial.
FRESNO. Cal., Aug. 12.— County Health
Officer Adair has been making investiga
tions at the cemetery regarding the burials
of paupers. It has developed that persons
who had a contract for burying the pau
per dead a year ago did not carry out their
part of the agreement. Some of the graves
have been found to be only about two feet
deep, and in one case a coffin was found
only eighteen inches below the surface of
the ground.
A Portland Tug Libeled.
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 12.— The United
States Marshal to-day took charge of the
steamer Tonquin on libel proceedings
begun against its owner, John Kiernan,
and its master, Jirnest Loll, by Robert
Sudden, J. H. Jacobs, H. Hacklin, C. Jar
vis and A. Johnson for $10,000 damages.
The libelants own the schooner Barbara
Hernster, 400 tons register, and valued at
$14,000. Last May the Hernster, laden
with 180,000 feet of lumber, encaged the
Tonquin to tow her to sea. While in tow
the schooner was grounded and the lines
broke. The tug, it is claimed, refused to
throw a second line, and instead towed
her to deep water and then claimed $SCOO
salvage.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BRYAN IS
NOTIFIED.
Monster Meeting at Madi
son-Square Garden,
New York.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR
THE NOMINEE.
The Immense Crowd Cheered
Until Forced by Exhaus
tion to Quit.
ADDRESS OF THE NEBRASKA
ORATOR.
Arthur Sewall's Notification Took
Place During the Audience's
Departure.
MADISON-SQUARE GARDEN, NEW
YORK, N. V., Aug. 12.— William Jen
nings Bryan and Arthur Sewell were for
mally notified to-night that they are the
choices of the Democratic party for the
highest offices in the gift of the people of
the United States.
Whatever might have been the political
inclinations of any person who attended
this grand ratification of the Democracy
at the spacious Madison-square Garden,
he must have been permeated with the
blindest prejudice not to have been
thrilled by the excitement and the enthu
siasm which prevailed during the entire
time the notification ceremonies lasted.
The presence of so stupendous a crowd of
human beings was in itself an eloquent
tribute to the importance attached to the
occasion.
Outside the garden the wildest excite
ment prevailed during the early evening
hours. At 6 o'clock Inspector Cortright,
who had charge of the police arrange
ments, established his post at the corner
of Madison avenue and Twenty-sixth,
street, and began the work of detailing his
assistants and their commands. In a very
short time a perfect cordon of uolice had
been perfected and extended along the
four sides of the building. No one was
permitted to cross the line until the time
advertised for the opening of the doors.
Over 1000 policemen were stationed in and
about the hall.
At 7 o'clock the doors were thrown open
and despite the efforts of the police to re
strain them the crowds on every side made
desperate rushes for the entrance. A wild
scene of turmoil ensued at the main en
trance. Men, womtm and policemen were
jumbled together in an indiscriminate
mob. Men tore each other's and their
own clothes in their frantic endeavors to
sain admission, and matters looked seri
ous for some moments. Shriek after
shriek came from the women in the strug
gling mass and several fainted. Then the
police rallied, and with a vigorous use of
their clubs formed a line and thereafter
there was a semblance of order.
Seats on the platform immediately in
the rear of the rostrum had been reserved
for members of the National Committee,
members of the notification committee
and a few distinguished Democrats. Sen
ator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the
National Committee, was an early comer.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, a pioneer in
the silver cause, was conspicuous. Many
of his colleagues in the Federal Senate
were near at band.
Sporadic cheering in the audience and
hand-clapping on the stand greeted the
arrival of Mr. Sewell and other notables.
But when the young wife of the .Neoraska
nominee entered the bo.x reserved for the
use of herself and her friends, the assem
blage let itself loose for the first time.
Mrs. Bryan rose to bow her thanks.
The cheering became more intense. She
bowed again and again and still they
cheered. Finally the cheering ceased and
Mrs. Bryan began wielding a broad palm
leaf fan and surveyed the audience. In
the box with Mrs. Bryan were Mr. and
Mrs. Bland, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Macyof New
York and Clark Howell, editor of the At
lanta Constitution.
It was just 8 o'clock when Mr. Bryan
entered. When he stepped on the stand
and w»s recognized by many in the
audience, a great cheer went up. "Bryan,
Bryan.Bryan," was the shout of those who
Knew him, and as members in the crowd
realized that the hero of the evening had
come the cheering became louder and
louder and threatened not to stop. But it
did stop at last and those who timed it
said that the ovation had lasted six
minutes.
At 8:15 Senator Jones announced that
he had been directed by the National Com
mittee to nominate as chairman of the
meeting Hon. Elliott Danforth of New
York. Mr. Danforth was cheered with
hearty good will. He presented Governor
William A. Stone of Missouri, chairman
of the committee on notification. There
was more cheering as Missouri's chief
executive gave formal notification to
Messrs. Bryan and Sewall of their nomi
nation by the Democratic convention.
There were hisses when he spoke of the
British gold standard in force in America
and more hisses when he spoke of Marcus
Aurelius Hanna. Toward the end of bis
speech the audience began to grow im
patient and cried for "Bryan." Governor
Stone saiii, in part: /
Mr. Chairman: We are here this evening to
give formal notice ot their selection to the
gentlemen nominated by the National Demo
cratic Convention as candidates for President
and Vice- President of the United States.
Hitherto, by immemorial custom, the pleas
ing duty of delivering notifications of this
character has devolved upon the permanent
chairman of the National Convention, acting
by virtue of nis office as chairman of the noti
fication committee. Except for unfortunate
circumstances, unexpected and unavoidable,
the usual custom would not have been de
parted from in the present instance. I regret
to say, however, that unforeseen events of a
personal nature have arisen which makes It
practically impossible for the chairman of the
convention, the Hon. fctephen M. Wrjite of
California, to be in New York at this time. A
few days since he telegraphed me to the effect