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VOLUME LXXXYI-NO. 117.
TOO SHARP
BATTLES WITH
THE YAQUIS
Nineteen Mexican Soldiers
Are Killed and Several
Wounded.
FOUR OFFICERS FALL
♦
Inhabitants of River Towns Who
Were Taken Prisoners by the
Indians Are Released.
♦
Special Dispatch to The Call.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 24.— Official
reports of two battles between
Mexicans and Yaquis have just
been received here. General
Luis Torres had declared the j
campaign suspended until October,
but the Yaquis were not consult
ed on that point. Lorenzo Torres
j also appears to have made different j
I arrangements.
On September 14 Lorenzo Torres
j crossed the river to Vicam. a town sup
posed to have been captured by Luis |
Torres in August, and found the Indi- |
ans. They attacked his rear guard,
and a running fight ensued. The report
says the Indians were dispersed and
nine killed. The Mexican loss was five
killed and nine wounded, among the
latter Lieutenant Colonel Navarro of j
the Eleventh Battalion, one of the best !
officers on the Mexican side. v -
The report of a battle on the 18th
comes from another source, also offi
cial, and its statements of the number j
killed may be accepted. According to
this report the forces under Colonel
Hernandez (number not stated) en
countered 1000 Indians near Lake Za
quaca, a small lagoon between Torin
and Potam. The Indians retired from
the open field and sought cover In the
thick woods, where the combat raged
for more than two hours, beginning at
6 o'clock in the morning. The report
says the Indians were defeated and dis
persed, leaving on the field ST dead.
The Mexican losses are stated as four- j
teen soldiers- killed and thirty-six
wounded. Major Ruiz of the National
Guard was mortally wounded, and
Julian Esponza. captain of the Yaquis I
■who are friendly to the Mexicans, and j
Tetebins. a lieutenant in the ten years" j
war, were killed. An interesting feat
ure of the reports is the statement that
several inhabitants of river towns who
■were taken prisoner by the Yaquis in
July have been released and have re
turned to headquarters in Torin. Here
tofore the Mexicans have represented
the Yaquis as invariably torturing and
killing all prisoners.
BROUGHT A WRECKED
VESSEL INTO PORT
Engineer of the Boscowitz Saves Her
After She Was Given Up
as Lest.
VICTORIA, R. C. Sept. 24,— Much to
the surprise of shipping men the steamer
Barbara Boscowitz steamed into the
harbor this morning:. When th« steamer
Princess J.oulse, which arrived on Friday,
left the Skeena, the Boscowitz was lying
almost submerged; with the water rac
ing through her hold, stranded on an old
Ice break, r. Her boiler and engines had
phlfted and some of her steam pipes were
broken.
She was patched with canvas and
cement and the water pumped from her.
Then her engineers set out to fix the
Jumbiod up engines and broken pipes.
How they accomplished this is a surprise
to all engineers who lihvp viewed the
pitched up engines, Kngineer McGregor
with characteristic modesty will not talk
of his feat. "I had been reading about
how those fellows fixed up their engines
In Kipling's story 'Between the Devil and
the Deep Sea,' and I thought to myself
that if engines could be fixed under such
circumstances, surely we could get ours
straightened up enough to bring her
down."
This is the second time within a year
that the Boscowitz has been given up as
lest and she ha been saved.
MAILED A BOX OF
POISONED CANDY
Trial of Miss Viola Horlocker Upon
the Charge of Murder in
Hastings, Neb.
HASTINGS. Xebr.. Sept. 24.—T0-mor
row Miss Viola Horlocker will be brought
before the District Court to answer the
charge of having attempted the lire of
Mrs. Charles F. Morey for sending her
a box of poisoned candy last May. Miss
Jlorlockcr arrived in Hastings this after
noon from Oaklawn Sanitarium at Jack
sonville, 111., where she has oeen con
fined since being placed under a 15000 bond
for her appearance at this term of the
court. She v.-i- accompanied here by her
sister. Zora Gladys Horlocker of New
York.
Her appearance to-morrow will he
merely .'' formal procedure for the pur
pose of renewing the bond and to ar
rang* that the case may go over to the
l>e<*ember term of the court. Miss Hor
locker's attorneys say they do not in
tend to fight her case on any other
grounds, than that she is perfectly inno
cent. . :"i-'-" : ''l '<■■ '■'... i
CHOKED HERSELF
WITH WILLOW WITHES
Novel Method Adopted by a Nebras
ka Woman to End Her Life.
OMAHA, .Sept. 24.— A special Tom Dor
cherster tells of a novel mode of commit
ting suicide. Mrs. H. Steinhelder,.wifc of
B farmer, living two miles east of Dor
chester, went to a pond near by
and wound Willow withes about her neck
until she strangled herself. -^ -
Her husband had gone to town. A
neighbor found her. her hands still clutch
inK the ends of the boughs whose willowy
tins had been entwined around her neck.
*jhe bnd thrown her weight backward and
slowly choked to dentil, ill health is said
to have been the cause.
Bier Factory Fire.
(•IIICAOO, Sept. 21— Two factory build
ings at IS3 -ii!' l 15? South Jefferson
were almost totally destroyed by fire to
day causing a total loss or more than
ura'mo covered by Insurance. Principal
|2s!' M. Keating & Sons, $25,000; A. S.
Klein & Co.. $25,000.
The San Francisco Call.
TRANSVAAL AND THE ORANGE
FREE STATE IN ACCORD.
Pictorial Map of the Situation in South Africa.
LI iNTKIX, Sept. 2,.—T he Transvaal
situation presents no new Feat
ures. Dispatches from Johan
nesburg this morning report a
complete dislocation of the Ran 1
mining indust y. The exodus contin
ues, and all the mines are closing.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian, a pro-Boer
organ, says: Hoth President St-yn and
Mr. Fischer of the Orange Free State
executive inform me that the Volks
raad is absolutely unanimous that the
i two republics should stand nr fall to
gether. President Steyn said: '"Sup
we remained neutral and the
Transvaal were conquered. It Is not
likely that we ■ -ould be long permitted
to stand outside British control. Let
a rich gold veld be discovered, and
what would become of us?"
The special correspondent of the Daily
{ Telegraph at Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
says It s believed that the protracted
sitting of the Orange Free State Haad
ALASKA'S MANY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
FOLLOWED BY A GREAT TIDAL WAVE
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 24.—
The «eismog;raph in operation in
the meteorological station here
indicated severe shocks of earth
quake yesterday. On the occa
sion of the disturbances at Skag
uay the instrument indicated it.
Yesterday's v\as much severer
than formerly, and the officials
regard Alaska as the probable
scene of another earthquake.
P< >XT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Sept. 24.
' — Concerning the recent earthquake
I along the roast of Alaska Rev, Sheldon
Jackson, educational agent for Alaska,
I writes as follows from Yakutat under j
! date of September 17:
j The tirst shock war- experienced on Sun- j
i day, September .1, but being slight caused
no alarm. During t he following week
I Other shocks were frit, and people began,
to K't nervous. On September to, at 9:20
n. m., ill"- shocks became so violent as to
! cuuue genuine apprehension. l>urinK ihe
following five, hours there wore fifty-two ■
; distinct sto i'kp, culminating at .'i p. m. in
\ a shock so severe that people of Yakutat
were hurled violently across their rooms,
! or, if outside, thrown to the ground, while ,
'■ pictures Cell from the walls and clocks
and dishes crashed from the shelves and
: houses rocked and swayed and whirled, I
while the mission bell rang violently 'n ;
the Skakine church tower. . |
Panic stricken, the inhabitants regained |
SAN FEANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25; 1899.
is due to .he elaboration of derisive
measures. No rain has fallen in either
republic, and it is doubtful whether the
Boers can commence hostilities before
the end of October.
PRETORIA, Sept. 24.— The Volkstein
convoys to President Steyn and Mr.
Fischer of the Orange Free State the
thanks of the whole republic for their
support. According to the same au
thorlty the Transvaal Government has
decided to return to the donor the fine
young lion whi ' -cil Rhodes recently
presented t" ih<' Transvaal delegates
to the agricultural convention in Cape
Town about ten days ago, as it de
clines to have anything whatever to do
with that gentleman.
ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION
IS A DECIDED FAILURE
LONDON, Sept. 24.— The attempt to
hold a pro-Boer anti-war demonstra
TWO HUNDRED KILLED BY AN
EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA MINOR
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 24.— The district of Adam, in Asia Minor,
was visited by an earthquake on September 20. and according to the
latest advices over 200 persons perished.
The chief cities of Ihe vilayet or province of Adam are Smyrna, its
capital, Maneesa and Aidin. The city of Aidin is about eighty miles
southeast of Smyrna. It is the residence of the Pasha and the focus of
a flourishing trade in grain, carpets, figs, opium and sponges.
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their feet and attempted to flee to the .
hills only to be again and again
thrown to the earth. Gaining the ,
hills ant! looking seaward they were |
transfixed with horror as they saw a |
great tidal wave, apparently a wall of j
water thirty feet high, approaching with •,
i lie speed of a racehorse, that would en- |
gulf their village and sweep away their
hutnes. Before the shore was reached the
earth" opened in the bottom of the harli.ir,
:md Into this chasm the tidal wave spent '
its force, and around it the sea swirled j
like a pieat maelstrom.
This saved the village from destruction. |
The tide would rise ten feet in the space 1
irf four or five minutes, and in an equally [
short time go down again. These sudden j
fluctuations being frequently repeated, i
tents were pitched on the hills back of the j
village and nearly the whole population !b
camping out, fearing that another tidal
tion in Trafalgar square this afternoon
resulted in a drastic failure. Thou
sands assembled, but not to support
the speakers. On the contrary, the
crowd waved Union Jacks and sang the
national anthem and "Rule, Britan
nia," like mighty invocations.
The speakers, who were quite in
audible, were received with groans, de
cayed apples and eggs and other mis
siles. There \\pre cheers for Mr. Cham
berlain. Secretary of State for the Col
onies, and hissos for President Kruger.
There were several ugly rushes for
the platforms, which were surrounded
:by opponents of the demonstration,
who yelled fiercely. Finally the mount
ed police were telephoned for to clear
the square. Batons were freely used;
several persons were trodden upon by
the horses, and thirty arrests were
made.
The list of speakers included none of
special influence, most of them being
labor leaders or socialists, the mem
wave may come. From the 10th to the
present there have been frequent shocks,
one having occurred this forenoon.
Near Hubbard Glacier, on Disenchant
ment Bay, were camped three miners,
A. Fleuef, W. nock and J. W. Johnson^ !
and a mile from them, at an elevation of !
sixty-four feet above the sea Messrs. j
T. Smith, Cox and son, J. Falls and D. i
Stevens. When the heavy shock of Sun- i
day the 10th. was experienced, the Fleuer
party had rigged a machine, and were
taking the oscillations of .he earthquake
waves, when, without a moment's warn
ing they were thrown violently across
the tent. At the same moment a large
fresh water lake back of their camp, .and |
about forty feet above it, was split open
and the waters were thrown upon the
camp, and before the miners could regain
their feet, they were being swept out to
sea. There, almost at the same instant.
hers of the peace associations having
no opportunity to address the crowd.
They were saluted with execrations as
soon as they mounted the platforms,
and were obliged to stand, smiling
complacently, during the singing of
the national airs and the wild cheering
for Mr. Chamberlain. Their attempts
to put their resolutions to a vote were
the merest dumb show.
Henry M. Hundman, the socialist
leader, was a particular object of ani
mosity. He was menaced with a for
est of walking-sticks when he tried to
speak.
The shouldering of a soldier and a
marine, their hands clasped, in a pro
cession around the square, provoked
frantic enthusiasm, and was alto
gether an impressive Incident, the
multitudes bursting into the song
"Soldiers of the Queen."
On many of the passing omnibuses,
which carry small Union Jacks, the
passengers lifted the flags from their
sockets and waved them vigorously.
The opponents of the meeting finally
proposed resolutions in support of the
Government's policy, wnlch were car
ried amid wild enthusiasm.
This evening the promoters of the
demonstration held a meeting !n pri
vate, and after a long discussion car
ried the following resolution: "In con
sequence of the interruption of the
I nnti-war demonstration in Trafalgar
I square to-day, fomented by a section
i of the yellow and stock-Jobbing press,
this committee resolves to hold a pub
lic meeting in one of the largest metro
! politan halls at an early date."
AUSTRALIANS WANT
TO FIGHT THE BOERS
MELBOURNE, Sept. 24— The Aus
tralian military commanders will meet
here on Thursday next to prepare a
scheme for the dispatch of a United
Australian contingent to South Africa.
they were met by a tidal wave.- -which
picked them up and not only washed them
ashore but over a hill forty feet high,
landing them In the crest of a divide.
Regaining their feet they ran along the
crest with the tidal wave boiling and
seething at their feet alongside of the
hill. - Afterward one of the party found
his baggage and clothes, one and v half
miles upon a: mountain side, where the
wave had left It. Great spruce forests
for miles along the shore were uprooted,
broken into pieces and massed Into great
piles with a roar that .was deafening.
Large rocks .weighing forty tons or more
were rolling over on another down the
mountain like that many pebbles.
Hubbard Glacier, with its two and a
half miles of sea front, thousands of feet
thick, extending for miles back to the
summit; of the mountain, broke from its
moorings and .with a grinding, indescrib- I
able roar that shook the surrounding- hills
moved bodily from half to three-quarters !
of -a- mile into; the .sea. Mountains !
were thrown down, the sea opened and
portions -of islands, disappeared. The
earth opened in many places, after the
great shock had passed, and miners be
gan to arrange to get away. A boat with
oars was found a mile up the -mountain
side, where it had been carried by the
wave "With this another boat was se
cured that was floating on the bay.
In • these two small boats they started
i for Yakutat Bay, forty-five miles away.
The first night they made camp on a large i
moraine, one and a half miles from the
mountain. ■ but an earthquake during the
night; loosened - a -landslide that covered
not only the one and a half miles of plains
but also their tent. Digging. out the tent !
and provisions they took to their boats.
On the second night they were terrified
by. strange noises that Issued from the
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Conltnued on Second Pa«.
LETTERS THROW LIGHT
ON DENTAL SCANDAL
Money Passed From Harris and Wolf
to Knowlton.
WHEN Dr. Louis T. Cranz donned |
his warpaint and started after the
scalp of Dr. F. F. Tebbets. his
brother member of the State |
Board of Dental Examiners, whom he ac
cuses of trafficking in diplomas, he was
not prepared Jor the startling revelations
of crookedness that have confronted him
at every turn since he began his investi
gations. If Tebbets is a bribe-taker he
is not the only one, and some sensational
disclosures, involving men whose reputa
tions are supposed to be above reproach,
are looked for when the promised investi
gation is fairly under way. It begins to
look already as if the plot to enrich cer
tain individuals by licensing incompe-
HARRIS REFERS TO BRIBES.
tents, whose qualification consisted in
the ability to pungle up, is not the sole
property of the Sacramento member.
Tebbets may have acted as the figure
head, but in the nature of things he could
not work alone.
Dr. Cranz has accused no man by name,
other than Tebbets, of being concerned in
bunkoing the public, but that he nas in
formation implicating others is known,
and known also by the parties most in
terested in the matter. It would be absurd
COVINGTON WANTS PAPERS.
to suppose that these individuals, know
ing that an impartial investigation of the
charges about to be preferred by Dr.
Cranz would Inevitably result In their dis
grace, would not .nako every effort to
prevent the ltling of the charges; and.
failing in that, to prevent a fair and full
investigation. They are backed by power
ful Influences, and the fact that Dr. Cranz
is sincere in his determination to push
the matter to an issue spurs them on to
desperate energy in their efforts to head
him off.
Dr. Cranz declares that he has amde
PRICE FIVHE CENTS.
and convincing proof of the guilt of Gov
ernor Budd's appointee. He is prepared
to go on the stand and swear that Teb
bets approached him on a proposition to
share a bribe of $1(WO, which was to be
paid by a Chinese, and he has other wt
nesses who will testify to further facts
in support of his charges— facts that he
avers will leave no room to doubt the
guilt of the accused. What is more im
portant, more convincing than any verbal
evidence. Dr. Cranz has at his command
letters written by parties who are among
those alleged to have paid money to Teb
bets, through Dr. J. S. Knowlton of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, for
;i set Of questions that were to form tne
tost of the qualifications of applicants for
iental diplomas at the recent examination
held in this city. Two of the letters are
here reproduced. The first is from "W. T.
Covington of Los Angeles to George Har
ris, a dental operator, with offices in the
Phelan building. The other is the answer,
written by Harris. They are as follows:
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 8.
Dear Friend George: I arrived here O. K.
and lound work stacked up as I expected.
Say, George, get those papers by all mean?,
if you can. The general Is at Catalina
Island this week and I can't see him until
he frets back, so don't know anything new.
Write and let me know everything. Ex
cuse such a short letter, but have got to
get some work out to-night, so good-by.
Your friend, W. T. COVINGTON,
239 Vi S. Spring street.
P. S.— Say, George, say hello to Wolf,
but don't let htm see this letter, as we don't
want to get at outs with him. Will close.
San Francisco. Aug. 21.
Friend Covlngton: Just received your let
ter. After you left I stayed In town a few
days and then went tn Ukiab. Just returning.
I sent for Wolf, but he says he knows
nothing. It's ten to one we will get the
worst of It. He mußt know something be
cause he droDued It so auick. I met Teb