The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1896 HUMZN FRAGMENTS AMID THE RUINS Clear for Foundations and Unearth a Ghastly Trunk. WOREMEN AT PINOLE. Signs of the Awful Dynamite Explosion Being Rapidly Removed. THE FUNERALS OCCUR TC-DAY | In Twenty-Two Years Fifteen White Men Killed—Experience of Oldest Employe. All was activity at the Pinole powder works yesterday among the debris and wreckage caused by the awful nitro- glycerine explosions of the day before, and during the work of clearing away the ob- structions to lay the foundationsof new membered the body had left its ghastly work nupon the blackened, shapeless mass. It might have been one of tue eight Chinese; it probably was. And it might bave been John McNuity, the foreman of the mixing-house that had stood above that very spot. At any rate there is un- certainty. Four white men had been killed. Two, John Freitas and Garcia Mortirzo, the carmen, were found near their car unmutilated and were easily identified. W. F. Crater, foreman of the packing-house, though horribly mangled and burned, was identified. But vester- day, afier a more careful examination of the other human fragments lying in_the moist, cold brick vault of the empty nitre- house, no one could say that any part of them was the remains of the fourth white man. Three Chinese heads had been found and accordingly three small, rough wood cof- fins were equally filled with the remain- ing grewsome bits and early shipped to this City, where in a day or two the pagan death rites will be observed for the eight unfortunates. To-day there will be a double funeral in the little village of Pinole. There two desolated hgomes mourn the loss of hus- bana and father. The public school flag and two others sadly drooping at half- mast proclaimed yesterday that a great sorrow bad visited the small community, while a bit of crape fastened to the front door of a new meeting hall, scarcely completed and un- touched yet by the paimnter’s brush, told its own storv of a recently organized and hopeful local council of the Ancient Order of Foresters saddened in the dawn of its prosperity by the loss of two of its stanch- est supporters, for John Freitas and Manuel Mortirzo had been actively inter- ested in the completion of that new hall so soon to be darkened by the shadow of their death. In Oakiand there will be another funeral, that of Winfield 8. Crater. Between the two few men will be left at the works, and none of the processes requiring labor and guention will be in operation during the 2y, The necessary guards will, however, A Then in 92 we had another, butno men were killed, Last year she went ur again; took five wnite men and nine Chinamen. And then we had this one; fomr white men and eight Chinamen. No men were killed while we were on the other side of the bay. I don’t recall all the dates between '82 and '92, but all told we haven’t lost more than fifteen white men in the last twenty- two years. It is not such adan-erous business after all. Safest business in the world to work at until s .é goes, and then it’s all up with the fellow that’s there. ‘“Saved a Chinaman’s life that timein ’82. He'd been lazing and I booted him a couple in the slack of the pants, and he lit out instead of going on back to work in the mixing-house. Forty went up. He was the only one escaped. “Came back after a while and went to work again, but couldn’t hire that fellow to take a job in the mixing-house, and he was a mighty good Chinaman-there. 8ol soaked him with all the hardest jobs on the place, one after the other, but he only grinned and said, ‘Me heap likee; velly easy work.’ ‘ “Yesterday while the men were dig- ging among the wreckage of the mixing- house they uncovered a cat ana a kitten, never hurt abit; everything else shat- tered to pieces. Cat went out last night and got run over by a freight train. it ten’s got eight lives left.”” BAY CITY WHEELMEN. Annual Meeting of the Members of This Prosperous Cycling Club. The annual meeting of the members of the Bay City Wheelmen was held Tuesday evening at the club house, 441 Golden Gate avenue. The reports of the various officers and committees show the club to be in a prosperous and progressive condi- tion. Expensive improvements have re- cently been made in the clubrooms, in- cluding the addition of baths, lockers, training and wheel rooms. During the past fiscal year but sixteen members re- signed, and the membership to-day i 146, with three applicants to be vote upon. The members present at the meet- ing applauded the reading of the various reports, and otherwise evidenced consid- erable satisfaction with the condition of the cluband the conduct of its affairs. Their appreciation was further shown by a vote of thanks tendered the retiring board of directors, which consisted of Frank H. Kerrigan, Horace P. Howard, | Harry Larkin, Sandford Plummer, Walter | D. Sheldon, George P. Wetmore, William | H. Toepke, Albert J. Menne, Charles A. iEuiot, Frank H. Watters and Byron D. Bent. ; The election of & nominating commit- tee of seven members to name the direc- tors for the ensuing vear resulted in the selection of William H. Toepke, Theodore C. Dodge, George P. Hall, J. M. Pike, Stephen W. C. Brode, David McT. Mar- shall and Jeremiah Kellom. This com- NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODs. fif&y@’f' " a e Evening at Six, “Six Days Shaf Thou Labor.” . reserve. 20-INCH PLAIN BLACK GROS- GRAIN SILK. the very heavy $1 25 quality. On sale for six days at, PEAU DE SOIE SILK, satis- 'y line of colors. On sale for six FANCY 1a day) SNOWFLAKE CHEVIOT DRESS GOODS, "knickerbocker _effect, the swellest of new fall colorings. On sale for six days at.. FANCY MIXED CHEVIOT, very preity colorings, regular 6 bits. This mittee will meet at the clubhouse to-night, and will probabiy renominate all but four of the former directors. The principal fight will be over the captaincy of the club, a position of considerable import- ance, for which the candidates now in the field are George E. Dixon, T. A. Griffiths, H. A. Goddard and one or two dark horses. The Bay Citys’ crack professional riders will compeie at different places on the 9th. H. F. Terrill lett for San Jose yester- day end will ride there. W. A. Terrill went to Stockton and R. L. Long will go to the same place Saturday. The others will bedistributed about equaily between the two places. R. M. Welch, chairman of the racing board, will go to Stockton with Judges Kerrigan and Dunne and others. 8. B. Vincent of the Bay Citys will try for the world’s five-mile road record on the 20th, paced by C. A. Kraft, Austin Kanzee and George E. Dixon on a tripl t. Emil Languetin of the same club will make a similar effort the same day. On Sunday, September 27, there will be a five-mile roua contest between the vari- ous tandem teams of the Bayv City Wheel- Bulkhead Near Mixing House, Where Two Bodies Were Found. Crosses Indicate Position of Bodies. men, about fifteen in all. The bandicaps | Will be sealed, and each team will start The Wreck of the Guncotton Blend House at Pinole. buildings & number of additional frag- ments of human remains were found. Here and there mangled and often charred bits of anatomy were distinguished by the workmen and laid reverently in a little pile where a human foot and a Chinese slipper were the only distinguish- able pieces. Then as one of the men was plying his pick vigorousiy to complete a foundation ditch deep down to solid earth below that softened in the crater torn out under the mixing-house the tool struck something peculiarly yielding. He was horrified to find that he had struck through the limb- less trunk of a human body. ‘Whose remains were thus unearthed no man might say for the force that had dis- NEW TO-DAY. , NO REST £ NO SLEEP DAY GRNICGHT My hands were completely covered with Eo. zema, and between my fingers the skin was perfectly raw. I had to sit with both hands held up, and away from the fire. My husband had to dress and undress me like a baby. I tried the M})hyfldnl, but their medicines gave me no relief, and drove me almost crazy. I was ad. vised to try Curi although my husband had to go twenty miles to them. As soon as he got back, I used CURA, and in flve minutes using Coricvra ReMepies I could get no ease night or day. . I could not bearto get warm, it would put me in a rage of itching. I always keep the CURA ReMEDIES in my house now, and recommend them to everybody, because their wonderful effect. Yours gratefnlly, AGNESM. , Push, Mecklenburg Co. Va Coxe TreATXEXT ¥OR TORTURING, Dise nGTR13G Hoxons. — Warm baths with CUTICURA SOAR, e S e e oo n cus 1CURA reateatof humor cures. 2 Sold _throughout ‘world. Price, Boxr 2ie HesoLersr. S and 4L AxD Onex. Coxr., %~ How t Gure Coricua, e Forres Dute Skin Diseases,” free. remain in constant watchfulness to prevent further damage from the dan:erous :ils still on hand. But the great nitric acid works, the largest in the western part of America, will stop, and those ominous reddish-yellow vitrous vapors that pour all day from the tall brick chimney on the hill will cease. Twenty-five extra men were added temporarily to the force of about 100 white men and eighty Chinese employed about the works. %Vilh rapid and telling energy. they all applied themselves to the work of repairing, cleaning away and rebuilding. On Friday. even a larger number will be at work, while all the possible processes and the shipment of dynamite will go on as usual. Prominent in the little colony of pow- der-workers, because of his long experi- ence in the business, his years and his position, is John McLean, the foremaa, who has been employed at the dynamite works of the California Powder Company ior over twenty-two years and has been present at all the explosions during that time. He 1s also one of the most trusted men in the employ of the company. Years ago he was captain of the oid Liberty Hose Company of this City and to-day the men affectionately refer to him as “Captain Jimmy.” When *‘the boys’ at the works built the new hall for the Foresters of Pinole they elected their fore- man financial secretary of the lodge. Small of stature, with twinkling eyes and an inimitable, picturesque way of talking, “Captain Jimmy” isa character. *“It was in 75 we had our first explosion. That was when we were on the other side of the bay, near the Almshouse tract. No men were killed. No, you bet not—ran like —, the whole lot of us. Ask Judd of the Hicks-Judd Company about it. Does he remember it? Well, youcan rope me and brand me for a maverick if he doesn’t; he was foreman of the nitro- glycerine house at the time. “Late in’8l we came over to this side, and in ’82 we bad our second expiosion since the works started along in '73. Men killed? Why, that one was a'stun- ner. One white man and forty China- men—all in the packing-house—went like ; pen of sheep. Any other explosions? ou three minutes behind the other. The ride will be made from San Leandro to Hay- wards. The club will have a run next %undny to Centerville, taking the 9 o’clock oat. There will be a special meeting of the Wheelmen’s Municipal League to-night at the rooms of the S8an Francisco Road Club, 503 Golden Gate avenue. ; E. 8. Simpson, city editor of the Chroni- cle, left yesterday on a wheeling trip to Los Angeles. THE CIRCUS HERE. Grand Street Parade This Morning and Opening l'erformance at Night in Central Park. The greatest circus that has ever come to San Francisco will arrive this morning in three special trains that have been the marvel of the country through which they passed. To be more exact, two big shows consohdated in one monster aggre- gation of star artists, hippodromes, menageries, etc., is coming. For this vear the people of San Francisco are to have an opportunity of seeing the great Forepaugh and Sells brothers shows. Though the unweildy mass of freight, representing tents, animals, hor: erties, wardrobes and orilliant c! street pageants will not be here untii late in the morning, there will be a parade immediately afterward and a performance in the evening in Central Park. The parade will be made through the City at noon, the pageant starting from Central Park at 11:30 and marching down Mission street to Third, up Third to Mar- ket, down Market to Moantgomery, down Monigomery to Washingtor, up Wash- ington to Kearny and out' that thorough- fare to Market and Eighth. Great things are promised for this parade. There will be over 300 wild ani- mals in line, with beautiful trained horses and many of the artists, all of which will convey some idea of the strength of the double circus. e ——.————— ONE million will read “Mechanics® Fair bet. X'hd~ one along about ’87 | Dally.” Advertise now. Mysell Rollins, 22 Clsy,* fall's creations. On sale for six days at... NOTIONS! DUCK TABLE SQUARES, 36 inches square, stamped for fancy work, worth 25¢ each. Six o'clock sale re- duction to... STAMPED MUSLIN PILLOW SHAMS, 80x30 inches, 215 lach hem. These are regular 35c. ‘Six o'clock sale re- duction to....... ALL-SILK SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, pink, blue, yellow, green, PILLOWCASE LACE—Good quality, 314 10 6 Inches wide, an_extra valu On the tables for 6 special days at. Evean3 We Close Every Saturday /; § 7/ Dress Goods! Hard to cut prices on New Fall Dressings, but the power of the Six must not be disputed. .No ) 86° 36° Yard 66° Yard 16° Each 26° Pair ’ ’1!,‘» ‘.\\\§§ Boayl < SixResident Buyers inEurope Six Traveling Buye B B > and thit‘ast. ! vers Cross the Con- tinent Twice Each Year. very heavy. combinations. six days only at bocker effects, new fall colorings. six days at....... On the tables for 6 days only at. selling.. Special for 6 days VALUES IN DRESS GOODS! PLAIN BLACK GROS-GRAIN SILK, 20 inches, the $1 qnalityd 860 For six days the price wiil . NOVELTY GROS DE LONDRES SILK, the very newest color On special sale for six daysat........... FANCY PEAU DE SOIE SILK, a fine line of colors. 36-INCH SNOWFLAKE CHEVIOT «Price for this sale....Yard , ALL-WOOL BOUCLE NOVELTY, a plain ground overshot with aloose black thread, producing a lace effect. Six-day price. Yard S FINE BLACK BENGALINE SILK, & heavy quality. On sale NOTIONS! Little Prices full of Sixes That Will Bring Crowds to Our Great SIX-DAY SALE. LADIES' TAN COLORED KID GLOVES, sizes 6%, 614, 6%, four buttons, embroidered backs. A big bargain for six days at. Pair No. 9 SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, ali silk, in pink, blue, yellow, green, brown and black. For our great Six sale...Yard PILLOWCASE LACE, an extra good value, 3} to 6 inches wide. PLAIN MESH VEILING, brown, tan, navy, white and black, an exceptional value at 10c yard. Price down to a six for six days’ M. K. STOCKINET DRESS SHIELDS, medium size, a 10c shield. be...... aise siwiation Yar 96¢ 86¢ 66¢ $1.00 66¢ .Yard On sale for ard DRESS GOODS, Knicker- for Yard 46c 6c 6¢ 6¢ Yard 6¢ 6¢ ...Yard cevec...Pair brown and . No. Six-day special at. .. Yan PLAIN MESH VEILING, extra, cheap (30 at 10c, brown, tan, hite or black. ' For six days Sastaan YA 937, 939, 941, 94 INCORPORATHD, BROS., Domestics! sixes. 12%c DUCK SUITING, In light colors. A hummer for six-day sale at. 86-INCH GINGHAMS, a colered stripe . border 614 brown checks. Special 1o boom the 6 o'clock sale...... : v 8%3c FLANNELETTES, medium colors. Frice cut to the six mark. Forsix BT 5 CRASH TOWELING, the 9c grade, un- 6° bleached, guaranteed all pure linen, fine absorbent. Six-day sale price.... Yard 100 DOZEN HUCK TOWELS, an as- soried lot of the $1 20 kind. A won- derful value—almost reckliess. six days only... BLEACHED SHEETING, 7feet 6 inches wide—wide enough for the biggest double bea. soft-finished Muslin, for the 6 0'clock sale to. COMFORTERS, zood big size, heavy chintz covered, pure whize filled, & great value at a little price. For the next six days..... CROCHET SPREADS, 84x90 inches, an extra heavy full-sized Spread double beds. O A I A LA LA R LR o Bargainapolis booms again—a cannonade of values— 3 musketry of little prices—a victory for the o 6° Yara inches'deep, in blue or ST veee Yard S X A AR RRRLLEE] For The finest of high-grade, Price slashed cotton . Each for An exceptional value at PECULIAR CASE OF B, L PAYNTER, Found Unconscious With All the Gas Jets Turned On. WILL LIKELY RECOVER. He Registered at a Hotel Under the Name of James McGraw of Oakland. HIS WIFE AWAY ON A VISIT. All His Friends Sccut the Idea of Attempted Suicide and Talk of Foul Play. R. L. Paynter, collector for W. A. Car- roll, broker, 328 Montgomery street, was found in an unconscious condition in his room at the Hotel Becker, 18 Mason street, about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. The gas was turned on irom every jet and it looked as if suicide had been intended. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol-wagon and'every effort was made by Dr. Fitzgibbon to restore him to consciousness, and last night he was pro- nounced out of Janger. About 3 o’clock yesterday morning Paynter went to the hotel and engaged a room from George Fisher, the night clerk. He registered as *“James McGraw, Oak- land.” He appeared to be perfectly sober and nothing out of the ordinary was no- ticed in his manner or speech. Aiter engaging the room Paynter went to 501a Franklin street, where his mother, sister and brother-in-iaw live. Paynter’s wife has been visiting friends at the Colusa House, 101034 Washington street, Oak- land, since last Friday night and he had been sharing his brother-in-law’s room. What passed between them is not known, but Paynter left the house and returned to his room in the hotel. The night vorter noticed about 5 o’clock yesterday morning that Paynter’s room Wwas empty and the window was open, so that he must have returned after that hour. About 9 o’clock one of the servants smelled gas escaping from his room and he was found unconscious in bed. ‘What led to his identity were some of Carrol’s business cards that were found in his pockets. Carroll was communica- ted with, and he notified Paynter's rela- tives. His mother was soon at the hos- pital, and in the afternoon his sister and brother-in-law and other relatives cailed to see him, All the members of the family were very uncommunicative, as they were afraid of the papers pablishing anything about bim. His mother scouted the idea of sui- cide and expressed the belief that her son had met with foul play, but from whom or why she had not the remotest idea. It Was not robbery, as the money—$3—he had in his pocket when he engaged the room was found where he had put it and nqgl‘lng el-:. l;d been t.(.ken. son years o and has been married five years,” nl.fkn. Paynter, ‘“and he and his wife have been devoted to each other. They have no children. Friday night she went to visit friends in Oakland and he was to have gone there last night to stay until this morning, and then bring her home. He left home with that intention, “He is steady in his habits, is not in financial troubles, is happy in hisdomestic relations, and I cannot see why he should attempt to commit snicide. Icannot ex- plain why he went to the hotel and took a room under an assumed name, but I am sure he will be able to explain it satis- factorily.” Paynter regained consciousness last night, but his relatives positively refused | to allow him to make a statement, his father even insisting that no stranger should be permitted to go near his bed- side and treating inquirers with scant courtesy. Paynter’s wife did not make her appear- ance at the hospital, although his mother said early in the afiernoon that she had been sent for. She was in Oakland with her mother, Mrs. Willlam Kane, at the Colusa, 10104 ‘Washington street, where she was seen and iniormed of her husband’s rash act. *‘Oh, dear, 1 wouid like to expose that woman. She is the cause of all our trou- bles,” were the words she uttered when she heard the news. Realizing, however, what she had said she refused to go fur- ther, and asked for information as to his condition and whereabouts and whether she had been sent for. She was greatiy agitated, and it was with difficulty t at she restrained herself from a Passionue outbreak against ‘‘that woman.” Paynter was in charge of M. Brown & Sons’ branch paper-house here for some time and was given to late bours, but was not considered a drinking man. He has been married five years and has a very retty little wife. They resided at the almer House here and at other places for several years. It was during this time that he met a Mrs. Lottie Cozzens, who was the woman reierred to by Mrs. Paynter in her first outbreak. Mr. and Mrs. Cozzens have a 10-year-old daughter and lefi here a year ago ana took the Lazell House at Mason and Geary streets, San Francisco. It was not long before Mr. and Mrs. Paynterdecided to g0 to the City to reside and she insisted on going to Cozzens as she would know some one, but he rather held back. But he pave in and now she counts thatas her fatal mistake. About eight months ago Mr. Puynter and Mrs. Cozzens disappearea and the next heard of them was from Los Alégeles. 5 ozzens, who was away at the time, was sent for and Mrs. Paynter returned to her mother. A couple of months later she was taken sericusly ill, and on being in- formed he came to her. He did not re- main lonz, however, but again went away. It is said Mrs. Cozzens is deeply in love with Paynter, and that since he has been under her influence he has taken to drink- ing hedav\ly. dflat is geliuved to have be- come despondent and to esca to0k his life. be Joallite One of Paynter’s visitors last night was a young lady, who told Steward Mogan to ask Paynter's mother if she conld be al- lowed to see him. She gave her name as Miss Cozzens. Mogan took the message and Mrs. Paynter gave her the necessary permission. 8he remained beside him while Mrs. Paynter went home to supper. A young man employed in Carroll’s office, who called at the hospital last night, said that Paynter was a partner of Carroll’s. —_— Friday Night’s Mass-Meeting. The first large meeting of the Citizens' Charter Association will be held Friday night at Metropolitan Temple. Horace Davis will preside and James D.Phelan wiill open the meeting with's brief address. Irving M. Scott, one of the Freeholders, has consented tospeak. Colonel Thomas F. Barry will address the meeting upon the educational provisi cnlrbelg mlnnel M. H. Hecht ]:Hll lp::klgl:g: the provision nlulnf to the Fire Department, Frank MeCoppin will speak upon - the charter from the standpoint of an ex-Mayor of the City. James 8. Conwell will speak on behalf oi the cyclers of the City. F.W. Dohrmann will speak as a representative of the commer cdal interests of the City. Dr. Edward R. Taylor and Henry N. Clement will present standpoint, 5 arguments from alegal THOSE GOOD THINGS TO BE HAD COLGATE’S TOILET SOAPS, Oatmeal, 3 () Regularly 35¢. PRESERVED GINGER, POt...uvuvseenee J. BAUMGARDNER’S OLD RYE WHIS- KLY, bottle 90c PORT AND SHERRY, bottle....... Choicest Native Wines, regularly T R e S R Repularly 25¢. Reguiarly 85¢. 25c Telephone Main 5522. Branch : 3253 Fillmore St., cor. Lombard. SEPTEMBER CATALOGUE READY, FREE. Selling! Not like a retail store; noneof the tricks business makes small prices. We bring our shoes downstairs from the factory profit to pay. You get the best shoes at the factory price. Note a few bargains in AT RATHJEN BROS. Glycerine and Houey, box of 3 cakes, Reguiarly 50c. 35¢ Regularly $1.50. LUNCH TONGUE, Libby, MeNeill & D()¢ PETITS POIS, Extra Fins, Can.....cccee. 21 STOCKTON ST., NEAR MARKET. Telephone West 152. and shams of the small tradesmen. A big direct to the salesroom; no middlemen’s ladies’ shoes. Ladies' Fine Vicl Kid Button Boots, patent tip, opera and Yale toe Ladies’ Flne Vicl Kid Button Boots, cloth LOp, OPera or Yale :08...................... Ladles’ kxtra Fine Vici Kid Button Shoe. Pat. tip, all styles of toe...... .............. $2 Ladles Extra Fine Vici Kid Bution Shoe, cloth top, pat. tip, all siyles toe. Same styles also n I Big Shoe Factory, 581-583 Market St. Store closesat 6:30 P. M. Saturd: ys. 10 P.M. “SUCH A CIRCOS” As We’ll Have This Week in OQur Stationery Department and of VY WRITING PAPER — [ e 2 e 4 of “HURD'S” BEST WRITING PAPER P Buys 1256 HEAVY ENVELOP. “Irish | inen"” or Cream W P ce @ 1 Qn © a 2 ] HURD'S” 5 sizes and tints Buys a quir: IRISH LINE 7% < e MIGNON ™ PAPFR—all shades UsT Buys a box of - 7| |2 Z Buys a box of UCT A VO SIZE PAPER—smooth or rou 7% URD'S” BEST —in all tints ISTD3C Baysa boxof JUST (RO Buysa Ream of Now 99 T\PEWRITING PAPER JUST 'UC Buys 100 VISITING CARDS— fow 0 including printing THE “MONOPRESSE” FOR 2 LETTER 950 MONUGRAM 0 NorTr.—All styles done at short notice. raving Don’t Miss Our TEAPOT SALE This Week. . THESUCCESS OF THE EASO] : THR LADIES GRILL ROO Thi PALAGE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET 3L OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ‘‘USE THE MEANS AND HEAVEN WILL CIVE YOU THE BLESSINC.” NEVER NEGLECT i A USEFUL ARTICLE LIKE SAPOLIO