The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1895, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1895. i = PRICE FIVE CENTS., DISASTERS OF A DAY ON THE RAILROADS, N FATAL INJURIES INFLICTED IN FOUR TERRIBLE WRECKS. phia for Pittsburg that was speeding by at the time, causing the death of two men and the injury of nine others. The following were killed: Daniel Wolf- | kill, engineer of the mail train; Joseph U. Hains, fireman of the mail train. Wolf- | kill and Hains both resided in Altoona, Pa. | _The injured are: C.A.Chamberlain of Harrisburg, Pa., left arm broken and wrist COLLISION. | fractured; E. L. Colville of Pittsburg, wound above right arm and right arm | sprained; A. E. Brand of Harrisburg. back o of head contused, slight cut over the nose, PROVIDENCE | wyiqt sprained and right arm injured; A. s INTO A E. Woodruff of Lewistown, Pa., leg and back sprained; S. Groff of Mount Joy, Pa., contused abrasion of the fingers; A. T. | Rowan of Trenton, N. J.,slight injury to | left shoulder and leg; George Gilmore, con- | tusion of left shoulder; J. C. Campbell of | Gallitsin, Pa., abrasion of scalp and sprain | and abrasion of left knee; Joseph Donald | of Mifflin Pa., freight brakeman, sprain of A TAIL-END AN ENGINE OF OTHER MISHAPS ON THE RAIL. AcCIDENTS WAS THE G OF SOME SIX Maiu CaRs. AMONG Sm | lTumbar muscles and sprain of left ankle. With the exception of Donald all the in- | jured are postal clerks. They were taken | to the city hospital at Harrisburg, where none of those injured were pronounced in | a serious condition. HYDE PARK, Mass.,, Oct. 24.—A tail- | end collision, by which two persons were | fatally hurt, three or four seriously in- | jured and some twenty others more or less bruised, occurred directly in front of the Hyde Park station of the Providence division of the New York, New Haven and | Hartford Railroad, about 5:30 p. M. to-day. ‘ The passenger train which leaves Sharon | was a trifle late and was standing at the Hyde Park station taking on and dis- | charging passengers, being directly on the time of the passenger train which left Prov- | idence for Boston at 4 The latter train e steaming down the line and crashed | the stationary train. The zine of the Providence train was forced through nearly half the length of which was filled with passen- practically all the injured were | ants of that car. After the accident | red all the physicians in town were | moned as quickly as it was possible to | ach them and the depot was temporarily converted into a hospital and everything | done to relieve the sufferings of the injured and make them as comtortable as possible. Two persons, one a brakeman on the Sharon t the othera woman, were to be probably fatally hurt, being | rt were in the | nature of contusions or bruises caused, by | being thrown to the floor or against the he force of the collision. | s were not derailed, and after | j had been removed from the wreck it took but a comparatively short time to clear the tracks. Tt is belicved that the recent change in ning trains on the right-hand track in- stead of on the left may have had some- thing to do with the accident. D. G. Willis of Roxbury and H. C. Mer- ritt were the engineer and fireman, re- spectively, of the waiting train, while John Brumman was engineer of the express- train from Providence. At 9 o'cloek to- night C. H. Austin, the brakeman reported as probably fatally injured, died. A list of the ured follows: Mrs. rjured internall injured intcrnall y cut; William Essler, badly jammed, with in- B. Hoyt, Roxbur head and c! Mount Hope, handsand head badiy cut; Mr. Lowell, Boston, injuries not stated; a railroad n, who refused to | give his had his eyes, head and chest v injured; Mrs. James , Hyde Park, head and arms injured; Mary Barnes, internal injuries; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McGuire, Roxbury, wounds on hands and scalp and the Mrs. William Ross, ge, severe internal injuries, prob- fatal; Roscoe Erins, Boston, head in- | a Donovan, Boston, nose and scalp badly cut; Mrs. Germain, a well- known singer of Cambridge, head and | chest brnised; Mrs. W. H. McGowa: East Boston, spine and back badly injured; Miss Grannan of Cambridge, internal in- juries and leg broken. Brakeman Austin of the forward train was injured in an awful manner, both of sca his legs being broken and hisabdomen | pierced by an iron bar, while he was jammed between two cars in such a posi- tion that it was nearly half an hour before he could be extricated by the firemen. Congressman Elijah A. Morse was a pas- wnger on the Sharon train. He received some slight cuts on his fingers, but other- ‘wise was uninjured. . WRECKED AT WALDRON. A Disester on the Denver and St. Fast Express. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 24.—The Den- ver-St. Touis fast express on the Burling- ton was wrecked at Waldron, Mo., at 7:30 this evening, and ten persons were hurt, two of them seriously. The train was Jate and was running fully sixty miles per hour, and when it reached Waldron in passing a switch the rails spread and the mail, bag- gage, one chaircar and smoker were wrecked. That no one was killed out- right is a miracle. The wounded were brought to this city at midright. The injured are: James Hearn, Kansas City, cut on hand and wrist and shoulder bruised; R. J. Light of St. Joseph, hand cut and badly bruised; W. T. Fork, Kansas City, brnised on right cheek and body; Charles M. Moore of the Ninth-street Theater, Kansas City, left foot | crushed, body bruised and cut, serious; J. 8. Caldree of the Ninth-street Theater, Kansas City, left leg and side bruised; Henry Freggany, Leavenworth, Kans., hand and wrist cut by glass; Joel H. Hart- | zell of 89 Kenzie street, Chicago, head cut | and badly bruised, serious; G. H. Christ, Kansas City, mail clerk, left side bruised, head cut, serious; Ed C. Rapage of Kansas City, mail clerk, scaip wound and badly bruised. Lowuis e BREAKING OF AN .AXLE. i It Caused the Wreck of a Philadelphia- Pittsburg Mail Train. NEWPORT, Pa., Oct. 24.—The breaking of an axle of a car of an eastbound freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Trimmers Rock, about two miles east of | here, shortly after 2 o’clock this morning, threw several cars of the freight directly | 4cross the passenger track and wrecked The mail train wrecked left Philadelphia at 10:25 p. M. last night. Besides the pas- senger, sleeping and day coaches there were six mail cars directly behind the en- gine. The train had already entered the block and was going at a high rate of speed, when theaxle of a car on an east- bound freight broke and threw several cars on the track directly in front of the rapidly approaching mail. Engineer Wolfkill had hardly time to reverse his lever when his engine struck the freight cars, and, turn- ing completely around, toppled overa high embankment into a canal that runs beside the track at this point. In the mailcars the postal clerks were busy distributing the mail, and how any of them escaped instant death was remark- able. When the crash came four of the mailears were smashed together in an in- inextricable mass and hurled from the track, the end of one car landing in the canal. The injured clerks crawled one by one from the broken cars and escaped the dreadful death of cremation, for the wreck soon took fire and began to blaze fiercely. With the exception of a few sacks di- rected to Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Ore- gon and one or two other points the mail in the wrecked cars was destroyed. L COLLIDED WITH N ENGINE. Death and Injury Caused by an Accident on the Rock Island. DES MOINES, lowa, Oct. 24.—The Rock Island train from the north collided with a switch engine in the yaras at Valley Junction, five miles from here, early this evening and one life was lost. The train was a few minutes ahead of time as it en- tered the yard. Theengines were wrecked but the cars were not badly injured. Mrs. Mary Hillhouse, aged. 70, of Burlington was seated on the forward seat of the third car. She was thzown against the front of the car and her head crushed, killing her instantly. She is a memberofa prominent family at Burlington. The others injured are: Mrs, E. A. Fritts of Geneseo, Iil,, back wrenched and in a serious condition; taken to a hospital in the city; she may die. T.H. Hopkins of Des Moines, baggagemaster, right arm in- jured; Arthur English of Des Moines, brakeman, injured on the head; W. P. Dinmore, conductor of the train, thrown and hurt internally; the injuries are serious. ABHNDONED THE STEAMER ISURVIVORS OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE RESCUED AT SEA. WHEN LasT SEEN THE VESSEL Was A Mass or FLAMES aND DooMED BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 24.—Captain John | H. Gaskill, wife and seventeen men, com- | prising the crew of the steamer City of St. | Augustine, which was burned at sea, were | landed this morning by the steamer City of Macon, Captain Lewis, from Savannah. The City of St. Augustine sailed on her regular trip from New York for Florida at midnight last Saturday night. At 11:20 { 310}11!5)‘ night fire was discovered in the ! main hold. For three-quarters of an hour the flames were held at bay, but suddenly the steam in the boilers gave out and the fire began to make rapid neadway. Seeing that it was impossible to save the steamer steps were tagen to abandon her. | There were about 200 barrels of oil stowed away just back of where the fire originated, and as the flames were gradually working in that direction the preparations to leave the ship were speedily made. The lifeboats were made ready and the | crew, seventeen in number, after assisting the captain’s wife to a place in the stern of one of the boats, left the burning ship. Within an hour they were picked up by the City of Macon. When . last seen the vessel was a mass of flames, S R EMBEZZLER COULTON Will Be Tried on a Charge of Looting the Treasury of the City of Omaha. OMAHA, NEBR., Oct. 24.—Chief Detec- tive Cox arrived at noon to-day with Jerome K. Coulter, Deputy City Treasurer under Henry Bolln, who was arrested at New Orleans on the charge of embezzle- ment of $20,000 of city funds. Chief Cox said that no difficulty was experienced in securing the custody of Coulter and that the trip was devoid of incident. Coulter evinced no apparent uneasinessas to the result of a trial. To Chief Cox Coulter had very little to say about his busiriess rela- tions with the City Treasurer's office except to assert that he would fully estab- lish his innocence of the charges. Several RETURNED. | of Coulter’s friends called on him and said that an effort would be made to have him released on bail at once. e Four Brick Buildings Burned. OAKLAND CITY, Ixp., Oct. 24.—A fire broke ont this morning about 1:30 o’cleck in the rearof the When clothing store, destroying four brick buildings and their the westbound mail train from Philadel- contents. ~Loss about $75,000; insurance about half. RAETN % * WE MUST HAVE THAT CONVENTION. With a Tandem Like This San Francisco Will Surely Win the Prize. For a Journalistic Reserve Force She Has the Evening Papers. D[A'I'H ‘ his devoted wife bending over him, and | fl "-I-AHB | he seemed more solicitous of her than him- | self. | . | When he began to sink and her tears | | flooded his face, he said, “Don’t, don’t, | don’t, don’t,”” and within a few moments | ! he passed away. The words were his | last. 4‘ Mrs. Millard, her brother, Dr. G. 8, Hall, | and Professor J. C. Millard were the only | ] ones present at the death scene. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. It has been decided that | | the body will not be cremated, but will be | SLOWLY PASSED AWAY_ | buried at Rosedale. The funeral may not ‘ | take place for several days yet. Senators | Androus and Flint are in town, and have | | been in constant attendance on Mr. Mil- SHORTLY BOFORE HE EXPIRED H| 14 sice b sval._Theri renic| REALIZED THAT THE END 7 WAaS NEAR. CLOSE OF THE CAREER OF THE LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR., Spencer G. Millard, late Lieutenant- | Governor of California, was born on & farm in Iowa County, Michigan, in 185 He entered Hillsdale College, Ann Arbor, | quite young, and graduated with honor in 1875. During the years of 1876-77 he accepted the position of Superintendent of the Car- son Oity (Michigan) schools, Later he was elected District Attormey. acquitting himself with distinction in this office. In 1882 he entered the law office of Hon. Wil- liam O. Webster at Ann Arbor, and later became the partner of that distinguished jurist. LOS ANGELES, OAL., Oct. 24.—Lfeu-|" 1y yge5 he married Miss 1da Hall of Towa | tenant-Governor Miliard died at 11:5 County, and two years later came to Cali- o’clock to-night. Dr. Davidson I 1M | fornia and opened a law office in this city. | about9 o'clock in the evening, £ | Mr. Millard has been a prominent attor- pressed no hope for his patient’s passing | ney of this southern section, and an im- | through the night. | portant factor of the Republican party here | Mr. Millard was conscious almost to the | since his location in the city. | moment of his death. After thesinking In 1804 he was elected Lieutenant- | spell he had this evening he rallied and | Governor of California, but owing to. his | conversed freely with his wife and rela- | continued ill health has never been able to | tives who were with him. assume the duties of his office. A short time before he expired he| Mr. Millard leavesa widow and a little | seemed to realize that death was near, as | son and daughter, who are indeed be- | his eyes rested altogether on the face of | reaved in the Joss of husband and tather. i LOVING WORDS FOR HIS WIFE. PATHETIC SCENES WITNESSED AT THE BEDSIDE OF THE DyIinGg Man. DEFEAT OF SPANISH, SLAUGHTER OF TROOPS SENT AGAINST THE CUBAN REBELS. SWEPT BY BATTERIES. ONE BATTLE IN WHICH THE REG- ULARS LosT EIGHT HUNDRED. DESPERATE FIGHTING DONE. It Is SAtD THAT THE INSURGENTS Now Have EVERY POINT OF VANTAGE. \ BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 24.—A dispatch to a morning paper from Santiago de Cuba says that during the past week the fight- ing has been unceasing. The rebels have every point of vantage, and it is very doubtful if the Spanish gar- risons can hold out much longer. The dispatch tells of a terrible battle which was fought on Monday, October 21, near Dos Caminos. The insurgents had transferred their field headquarters from Puerto Principe to this place and had a force of nearly 3000 men under General Antonio Maceo. A large force of Spaniards’under General THE LATE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SPENCER G. MILLARD, WHO DIED AT LAST NIGHT. [From a photograph by Steckel of Los Angeles.] LOS ANGELES "THE CALL" HEREWITH SUBSCRIBES $10,000. Levato, numbering in all 3500, and with a heavy field battery, made an attack at daybreak. They fought with desperate vigor, but the insurgents had the advan- tage of the position and also a well-placed battery, and caused terrible slaugh- ter. The Insurgents had taken their position on a short range of hills, a mile from Dos Caminos, and had the full sweep of the plain and valley below. In the first charge the Spaniards lost nearly 300 men and had to abandon several of their field guns. They then entrenched themselves in the valley and during the afternoon made another attack. | They fought their way into the heart of the Cuban camp and succeeded in blowing up several caissons. The rebels outnum- bered them, re-enforcements baving been received from Sabinicia, and attacked | them in desperate fury. The Spanish fought with wonderful courage, but num- bers told and they were soon in retreat. The Cuban battery was trained on the fleeing troops and mowed them down by scores. The insurgents, however, did not keep up the chase, as the SBpanish losses were in large numbers. The total Spanish loss was over 800 men, while the rebel loss could not have been more than one-quar- ter of that amount. Another dispatch brings intelligence of | the opening of the insurgent campaign in | the west. The insurgents are now concen- trating the entire portion of their army, | with the exception of that holding San- tiago de Cuba, in the direction of Havana. | As a result two of the regiments which had been ordered to go to the relief of the garrison at Santiago have been recalled. Workmen are at work night and day on | the fortresses and every preparation is be- | ing made for any sudden attack. Rallroad service in the east has been practically sus- | pended, as the rebels are constantly | placing mines at different points while | attempts to blow up trains by means of | bombs are of daily occurrence. A train carrying stores was blown up on the 19th and twenty men killed. The rear car was filled with powder, and the explosion was | terrific, the unfortunate men being blown | to atoms. The country people have now practically deserted their farms and have flocked into | the city, as both sides are committing the | worst acts of depredation. | General Campos has taken strict meas- ures and has ordered that if any of his sol- | diery are caught stealing from the natives | they shall be shot. This is thought to be oniy one of his moves in order to | secure moral support from the native who | are engaged in agricultural pursuits, as he | has lost nearly all control over his men. Reports state that an engagement took place on the 16th inst. at Matanzas, in which the rebels syffered a severe set- back, losing over 200 men. General Silva was killed and 300 prisoners were taken. COLON, Corumsia, Oct. 24.—Senor Bora, an influential native of the Isthmus of Panama, is pressing the Government to recognize the Cuban insurgents as bel- ligerents. BLOOMINGTON, Iin., Oct. 24.—The Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Association of Mec- Lean County held an annual reunion to-day. One of the speakers was Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, who de- clared the United Stated should annex Canada, Hawaii and Cuba, and that the stars and stripes should float over all the terrritory from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. He also said that the United States should immediately recog- nize Cuba as a belligerent. BENTEN BY THE INDANS, | DEFEAT OF THE NICARAGUAN TROOPS IN PURSUING THE REBELS. It Is Saip THAT PEAaCE CaN OnNLY BE SECURED BY BUYING OFF THE LEADERS. MANAGUA, NIcARAGUA, Oct. 24.—Gov- ernment newspapers are congratulating { themselves and the Government upon the | most perfeet peace throughout the conn- try and on the subjéction of Indiansin the Department of Martagalpa; but per- sons lately arrived thence say the actual | state of affairs is quite the contrary, an- nouncing several battles there between Government troops and Indians. The last battle was fought October 19, when a body | of 400 soldiers attacked the Indians in their stronghold in the mountains, only to be defeated by a heavy loss, forty-seven | being killed and over fifty wounded. The Indians carried off a number of prisoners. Once in the mountains the Indians killed the males and sent the females into the in- terior, where they were made slaves. The Government troops, in conjunction with the Honduran soldiers, numbering 300, are now trying to surround the In- | dians; but thisis next to impossible, and | Indian sharpshooters, with a better knowl- edge of that section, are killing many soldiers whenever they show themselves, | and in several instances when the soldiers | thought they had the Indians surrounded | the latter appeared in altogether different points. The Government is again sending com- missioners to the Indians, and it is cur- rently reported that the Government will be obliged to recognize the Indians’ claims and buy off the leaders. A ) HORRORS FOLLOW A HURRICANE. While Religious Services Are Eeing Held the Roof Is Blown From a Cathedral and Many Killed. WARSAW, Russia, Oct. 24.—The city of Lublin, capital of the Government of the province of that name in Russian Po- land, was visited by a hurricane to-day, which resulted in loss of life and great damage to property. Religious services were being held in the cathedral making the centennial anniversary of the third partition of Poland, when the hurricane broke over the town. The iron-covered roof of the edifice, which was filled with worshipers, was torn away and fell into the interior of the church, killing several persons outright and injuring a large num- ber. The panic-stricken i shrieking with terror, made a reah Jor tas doors, and many men, women and children were thrown down and trampled upon or | tional Convention for crushed to death or insensibility in the struggling mass of humanity. IT Is Just DouBLE OUR FIrST OFFER TO AID THE CAUSE STILL THE WORK GOES ON REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE COME TO THE FRONT. TRY FOR BOTH CONVENTIONS, THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB Is WORK« ING IN CONCERT WITH THE PEo0- PLE OF THE PAcIFIC CoasT. NEW YORK, October 24, 1 To the San Francisco *“Call” : Please make the announcement that “The Call” stands ready to contribute $10,000 to the fund for securing the mext Republican Na- San Francisco. If | more funds are needed from time to time aus thorize the proper committee to call upon us for additional financial support. The good work here goes bravely on. San Francisco ought to win. [Signed.] CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE. THE CALL is 8o well pleased with the out- look for the success of its efforts to secure the next Republican National Convention for Ban Francisco that it is willing to dou- ble its initial subscription of $5000, and now cheerfully offers $10,000 to the fund of $100,000 that is considered necessary to pay | the expenses of so great a gathering. In making this proffer THE CALL recoge nizes the propriety of the Eraminer's sug- gestion that this is not an occasion for journalistic rivalries or bickerings. It is a time for all good citizens to stand toe gether for the benefit of the community, the State and the entire Pacific Coast. All who put their shoulders to the wheel are entitled to the good-will of the public and should receive the commendation that is due them. To all such THE CaALw extends the glad hand of fellowship. I# more funds shall be required to insure victory in this great contest THE CaLn stands ready, of course, to still further attest its interest in the advancement of this part of the Union by making ad- ditional subscriptions from time to time, as they may appear to be needful. The brilliant prospects for success in the present undertaking by the good citizens of San Francisco emboldens Tue CaLL to advance the suggestion that San Francisco ought also to have the Democratic Na- tional Convention in 1896. Such a thing would not be unpreces dented. 1n 1884 both of the great National conventions were held in Chicago, and the same pavilion was used to house both gatherings. San Francisco is an ideal | place for a summer convention, and after the Republican delegates tell of the de- lightful coolness of their sessions by the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the Democratia hosts will not listen to anything less ine viting. We draw the attention of the Demoe cratic State Central Committee to this alluring project and assure them of our hearty co-operation. The Democratic City Committee and the members of the Iroquois Club may appropriately take part in the campaign for inviting their Eastern friends to our shores. When the financial part of their plan comes up for considera- tion they are authorized to call npon this journal forasum equal to that which it would give to secure the Republican Nae tional Convention. There is no longer any possible doubt about the feeling of the people of San Francisco regarding the holding of the Re- publican National Convention in this City, Those who were lukewarm at first are now expressing their appreciation of the | plan by adding their subscriptions to the already substantial list and assisting in every way to increase the fund. Chairman Friedrichs of the convention committee of the Union League Club has issued a call for that body to come together Monday evening at the rooms of the club for the purpose of discussing the propos sition, and also to decide when and where a large meeting will be held in which the citizens and all interested parties can var ticipate. At the Monday night meeti there will be present, besides the members of the Union League Club, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and other civic organizations, to- gether with the editors of the various interestea and well-disposed newspapers. Those not members of the club will be in- vited to attend as guests, and a feast will be served to all who participate. At this meeting the prime issue will be discussed in all its branches and a plan of procedure laid down. A general canvass will be made regarding the financial sup- port that i expected and a definite con- clusion reached. In the meantime the progressive peopla of San Francisco are usiag all the influence and power they possess to swell the fund, and the additions to it are coming in with such rapidity that the silurians are begin- ning to realize that the town is alive with progress and generosity. When the first mecting is held Monday night it will be apparent that the art of uniting, when the cause is just, is not yet lost to the inhabitants of San Francisco. By that time it is reasonable to expect that the money necessary to pay ihe debt of the National Committee will be prom- ised by reputable citizens and interests that have indicated their faith in the move- ment by financial aid, Men who were timid when the plan was first suggested by Tue CALL have developed into the most ardent supporters and are aiding and assisting in every way. All petty jealousies have been buried and B