The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANC RACED WITH THE RISIG SUN And “The Call's” Specialfl Train Was First in the Contest. | FASTEST TIME ON RECORD TC SACRATIENTO. The Run From the Oakland Pier] to the Capital Made in 1 Hour | and 36 [linutes. RIVALS LEFT FAR BEHIND DURING THE QUICK DISTRIBUTION. : 3 : . g Copies of the *‘San Francisco Call’”’ Eagerly Awaited by News-Seeking Politicians at the State Democratic Convention. SA( in one and thirty-six mioutes, the tes ever made from the Qaklan time to Sacrumento, is the record of Tue spe. train which arrived t morning from the Bay City at 4:23 o’clock. Altert nyineer’s & 1ace against time, the wiristle blowing a merry salute and scores of - flags which festooned the c waving in the breeze, THE CaLL's special came rolling over the drawbridge which s: ans the Sacraniento River and to still under the glass-covered depot. was-at a very early hour when the e closed the throttle of his engine, climbed from his eab and walked down the streets of Sacramento toward a friendly hotel. The silvery sheen of light bursting through a regged canyon in the distant Sierras, its rays reflected by the great dome on the Capitol building, heralded the ap- proach of day. Anxious poli.cians were rrying hither and thither and con- versing in groups on the street corners. | RAMENTO, June 16.—Ninety miles [ hurried here and there, took the hotels by storm and bombarded the houses. Every man who chanced to be slumber- ing in his bed after a hard day’s talking | was awakened by a rap on his door, a copy | of THe CaLL was thrust through as the door swung on its hinges in answer to the knock and before the recipient of the morning paper had time to recover from the shock of his sudden awakening the uniformed CALL representative had maae his departure. Herbert Schmitz, representing the s office, and Edward Wamfield, Shelton, James McInerney, F. W. | Frank Shelton, H. Leyy and Patrick Parnell Grace, special distributors from the San Francisco mailing-room, saw | that every one was supplied with CALLS. They did their work well, and the remark on the part of the Golden Eagle Hotel's | ebony porter that ‘‘Every one surely got | de news dis mornin’ and knows the truf, | as CaLLs is eberywhere,’”” was only too true. | boarding- | The Scene on the Oakland Mole of “The Call” From the Tug and Placing 2 at Half-past (Sketched by a “Call” artist.] O’clock Tuesday Morning. Them Aboard the Special for Sacramento. BOUND BFOR SAGCER-AMBENEO. The Scene in Front of “The Call” Building at a Quarter to Two O’Clock on Tuesday Morning—Loading Bundles of “The Call” Ready for the Rush to Catch the Tug at the Foot of Clay Street. [Sketched by a “ Call™ artist.] i P Unloading the bundles Every one was endeavoring to ascertain if 9 When the convention convened at 2 reached in a very few minutes, and as possible the exact situation with which | o’clock this afternoon, and during the | the train sped past the depot a number of they would be confronted as the fall of the | gavel marked the opening scene of the Democratic State Convention. Political enlightenment was at the time almost as anxiously sought by many asis life-sustaining food during a time of fam- ine. A few weary news-seekers were about to cease in their efforts and await devel- | opments, when they were again spurred | into ectivity by the arrival of THE CaLL's special. It leaked out about 3 o’clock this morn- ing that THE CALL bad dispatched a train trons San Francisco, bound for the Capital | City; also that thousands of numbers of | a splendid edition containing a detailed | account of the business which in all prob- | ability would to-day be considered by the convention wereon the train which was | racing against the risingsun. Consequently, when the train arrived | ti.ere was an immediate rush for copies of | Tre CaLy, and those who a few minutes had | been erroneously summing up the situa- tion stood corrected, and ‘again com- menced to exchange their views on vari- ous questions of the hour in the lobbies of the hotels and on the curbs and corners. | This piece of enterprise on the partof | THE CALL was for many hours the sole | topic of conversation. Praise for THE CALL could be heard at all times and places, particularly regarding the authenticity of its convention repori; its unbiased opin- 1ons, and the landable fight it was making for the benefic of California ana the wel- fare of the entire Pacific Coast. J. G. Boyne, chief mailing clerk for THE CaLy, was in charge of the special and had arranged for the distribution of the papers in advance. In consequence, a number of | wagcns were on hand promptly, and con- | veyed the edition to the main thorough- fares of the city. Eight young men, each 1 in uniform and wearing & jaunty cap of | crimson having the name CALL em- blazoned -in gleaming letters of : silver | across the front, saw that every one was furnished with a copy of the paper. ‘They | | | | and the train started on her record-break- | meetings of the various delegations CALLs were much in evidence. They were placed | at every entrance which led to a meeting apartment, and it was evident, judging from the disposition on the part of a num- ber of politicians to read Tue CaLL and paper was -wielding an influence which | eventually was sure to be of benefit to the | State. | Charles M. Shortridge, who arrived from | San Francisco yesterday, was congratu- lated by all who knew him on his enter- prise and the success of his undertaking. Promptly at 1 o'clock in the morning | Tue CALL'S great presses began to revolve | and hum. Papers at the rate of 24,000 an hour came gliding over the press flies and | from there to the elevator, which carried | them into the mailing-room overhead. It was a busy morning. | The pressmen, conscious of the great re- | sponsibility which rested on them, | watched the great machines with increased | interest. They moved in and out of the | alleyways separating the various parts of | the presses, keeping a careful eye on the bulky rolls of paper as they unwound and were printed, eut and pasted into the form of a modern journal. During this time a lively scene was be- ing enacted in the mailing-room. Packages on packages of papers went | sliding down the chutes leading into the wagons in the street below. Finally the work of .the presses was over and the wagons went rattling over the pavement | towara the Washington-street wharf, | where the tug “Millie’’ was in waiting to | | convey the edition to the Oakland mole. | In a few minutes the little tug was puff- | | ing over the night-blackened waters of | the bay. At 2:45 A. M. the wharf was reached. It took considerable time to | | transfer the packages from the vboat to the | special, but this was finally accomplished, | ing race for Sacramento. -Rodeo was | CarLs were thrown on the piatform. They were picked up by the agent, who lost no time in distributing them through- | Bundles were thrown off | out the village. at Vallejo Junction, Crockett and Port Costa, and at the latter eleven minutes, the time consumed in crossing the bay, this flying system of dis- tribution had to be abandoned. Benicia was also supplied with papers, as was Army Point, a few miles beyond. From this point to Sacramento the rail- road is comparatively free from curves, and the engine—No. 1365—which has tne enviable record of seventy-eight miles an hour, was given full steam, and it was here that the excitement of the run began. It was still dark and the train plunced and rocked over the rails like a shipina stormy sea. It threatened every moment to leave the track and splinter into a scrap heap on the outside roadbed, bui fortun- ately accident was avoided. Now and then the fireman would open | the locomotive's furnace door. It was like looking into a molten inferno, so ter- rific was the fire that kept the steam from falling in his engine as it rushed almost | madly toward its destination. At times the flimes in the firebox would throw a livid glare over the special, giving it the appearance of a specter train rushing from an mpending danger. This, L .ever, was not the case with this particular iviin. It had a mission to perform. The people of the capital city wanted the news of the convention and it was being hurried toward them as fast as this iron production of man’s genius could carry it. Suisun, Dixon and Davis were flooded with Cavrrs about four hours prior to the regular time, and then ail that remained to do was to wait until Sacramento was reached. After an hour and thirty-six minutes from the ‘Oakland mole this city was reached, and the ascending orb of L ! vlece the train | for the time pay little attention to the | puffed onto the big ferryboat Solano, | gomgs on of anxious delegates, that the | in consequence of which, for the period of | 1 day w the zenith unpaced by a locomotive of | marvelous speed MEET DEATH IN RAGING WATERS, MIGRAIING TKAMPS. They Are Making 7Things Idvely for Northern Pacific Trainmen. TACOM Ay Wasn., June 16.—An army of | tramps, including many from Canfornia, | has started East over the Northern Pa- cific. They commenced going last week, and ever since twenty to thirty have been |'hanging about each station east of here, {trying to catch on trains. Fights with trainmen are of daily occurrence, tramps hurling rocks and clubs at them when or- dered to get off. Most freight brakemen | are wearing bandaged heads. | Last Saturday Brakeman Taylor shot | Louis Johnson, inflicting a flesh wound. | Another tramp was shot the same dav. | They were taken to Ellensburg and the brakeman had to leave town, as the infu- | riated tramps threatened to mob him. The Northern Pacific threatens to prose- | cute the tramps under the Feaeral Ceurt ruling of 1894 that men caught obstruct- ing trains are guilty of f+lony. Some of the tramps say they are going | to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to secure the adovtion of a plat- form plank recognizing and protecting the poor laboring man. Sheltering Arms Officers Elect. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 16.—The board of directors of the Pratt Home and Shelter- ing Arms Society have elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing vear: President, Mrs. Robert Syer; first vice- president, Mrs. J. Sweigert; second vice- president, Mrs. B. D. Murphy; treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Henry; secretary, Mrs. J Sweigert; financial secretary, Mrs, S, | Barker. The reports of the officers showe the organizations to be in a’healthy condi- tion. A donation of $250 was received from Adam Sweigert. -—— Notre Dame Graduating Exerciges. SAN JOSE. CAL.. June 16,—The gradu- Dame Convent this morning was well at- tended. A fine programme was excel- lently rendered. Those receiving diplomas were: Miss Mary Miotke, Miss Eunice Peckham, } Gertrude Peckham, Mi: Beatrice Qu , Miss Angela Sullivan and Miss Mary Williams. 1 suifered to climb his way toward | .| d The Johnstown Calamity Repeated on a Smaller Scale. An Entire Family Sw:pt Out of Existence Near Baker City, Oregon. BODIES SCATTERED FOR MILES. High Water Breaks the Goodrich Dam in the Night and Causes the Disaster. PENDLETOY, Or., June 16.—A special | says: The Goodrich reservoir, fifteen miles from Baker City, broke down last night, owing to the immense voiume of water surging against its banks. The | flood and destroyed. { The family, consisting of the parents 3to 12 years, were kiiled. The bodies were | found scattered along the creek for a dis- Etaacc of three miles, The clothing was SEVEN PERSONS PERISH. water rushed down a gulch for a few | £ I | miles, where it jumped into Pine Creek. | | ating exercises of the Academy of Notre | Rovert French’s house was struck by the | | and five children, their ages ranzing from | torn off and the bodies mangled. Large | pine trees were carried miles down the | stream and fences ana bridges were swept away. Grain fields are baaly damaged. The Goodrich reservoir was built for { mining purposes by the Auburn Canal Company. The high water weakened the supports of the bank. . OREGON PIONE E JUBILEE. | Old-Timers Join in a Double Celebration at Portland. PORTLAND, Or., June 16.—The. pic- neers of the early forties are holding a ju- bilee celebration in Portland commer tive. of the fiftieth anniversary since English rule ceased in the territory that is now Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part | of Montana. It isalso the twenty-fourth | annual rennion of the Oregon Pioneer As- sociation, and never before in the history | of old-timers of the association bave so many visitors been in the city. At the Exposition building this after- noon exercises were held, Hon. George H. Williams, ex-United States Attorney- | General, deliverinz an address of wel- come. In the parede which preceded the exercises about 300 scbool children | flag drill. Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras, wrote a poem for the oceasion en- titled *“The Pioneers to Oregon, the Great Emerald Land.” DROWNE PIT RIVER. | p 3, Peculiarly Sad Fate of Two Young Men | ! From Redding. | REDDING, Can.,, June 16.—News has just been received in this city of a double | drowning in Pit River, in .the Big Bend | | country. sixiy miles from this city, in whick Robert English and Jesse Thorpe, two young men well and favorably known, | lost their lives. Thorpe and English, in campany with a couple of other young men, had lelt the flat woods on a tour of prospecting in the | mining belt adjacent. They were com- velled to cross Pit River, and a small row- | boat was secured for that purpose. Atthe | | point of crossing the water in the river | runs like a milirace and is considered very dangerous. Thorpe and English gotinto the boat and on reaching the middle of the river the craft became unmanagable. Thorpe in his | Shipment of * Calls” on th Francisco and Sacramento. ¢ Special Which M: | The Chief of “The Call” Mailing Department and the Detail of His Force That Accompanied the ade the Quickest Run on Record Between San |From a photograph taken by Burt M, Hodson in Sacramento.) marched through the streets, giving the | % excitement jumped from the boat after mming a short distance sank. Engl nped to his drowning compan ion’s rescue and he too wentdown to watery grave. 3 death to enter ti.e present time the bodi voung men k have not been fo -+ PRISON FUMA’S Two Hundred Convicts Extingwish the YUMA, Ariz., June 16.—Shortly before 4 P. M. to-day a fire was discovered in the electric livht and dynamo room of the Territorigl Penitentiary, located at this place, and for a time it was feared the magnifticent structure was doomed. For- tunately, the splendid discipiine that was maintained by Superintend- ent M. Nugent prevented any confusion ON FIF With Flames. Buckets | and the 203 inmates formed into a bucket brigade and worked most strenuousiy in conjunctiou with the guards to repress the lames. After an hour’s work the fi was under control, and ai5p M. the e ¢, bathhouse, encine boiler rooms, bear testimony to the narrow escape of Arizona from a severe loss. The estimated damage is $3500. Rebuilding will be done at once. — . New Winery jor Fresno. FRESNO, Cir., June 16.—Work was commenced on a winery and distillery here, which is to be the largest in the world. It will cover seventeen acres about two miles south of Fresno, and will be built by the California Wine Association. Work- men arelaying a track to the site prepara- tory to hauling material upon the ground. A call was to-day published here for bids for the construction of buildi which will cost $30,000, while the entire plant will cost a quarter of a million. The winepresses will crush forty tons of grapes an hour. Silver dollars are good enough for us; we'll take ’em and give you gold value. Extraordinary sale this week of Men’s All- wool Trousers. Regular weight goods, in dark and medinm shades, worth #4, $5 and $6, at. 33.50 You can always use an extra pair of Trousers —better not let this chance slip. All-wool Men’s Suits at reduced prices. Ex- tra values everywhere this week. See display. You can buy zafely by mail. Money back if not suited.