The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THU PUBLIC M SEALED MAYOR’S ORDER What an Inspection of the City Hall .Disclosed. Supervisors Lighting Pub But it does Take Su as the gloomy base- | ment of the City Hall, for instance, where there is little likelihood of its with, 1 it settles being int ttl own to bus! with a vim that fair- tonishes its most ardent admirer. »n is the man who owns a ek in the electric light com- | . was consternation in the office 0 Gas and Electric when the officials and learned that the ters that record the amount of elec- the city—or rather nount the city has tested at Steps had been ta E nst such a proceed- which the last thing in°the | i the company wanted. | rom the location of thefourteen me- Hall basement it would | care had been ta- | icity consumed b t record the ¢ r for: A been wor ters in the Cit recial them s pos: 1s far away from | >. There may be | for or ten groups, ason instead of but if it | At any rate it - them away | altogethe: S0 onitsfs tc the es not shov s not necessary h sub-basement, where the engine and boilers are, instead of in the regular basement. | A Call reporter, accompanied by an artist, made a tour of the lower base- ment yesterday in search of meters and found them secreted singly and in pairs at various points throughout the long subterranean passages that honeycomb the earth underneath the big building. On the sides fronting on Larkin and Mc- Allister streets and City Hall avenue they were placed in the most out-of- the-way nooks to be found, and one would never be able to discover them were it not for the rough board bar- riers built around most of them to pre- vent access to any but employes of the company. The door to each of these barricades was fastened with a heavy padlock and chain, which the Mayor's experts had to force in order to make thelr tests. The barriers are alike in appearance, and two of those on the McAllister street side that were sketched by the artist answer for all. It was noticed that the chains and locks had been re- stored and were doing service again, but away down under the dome on the City Hall avenue side, in a place that can only be reached by crawling on the hands and k for several hundred feet, there is one meter that the com- pany evidently did not think it worth while to barricade, it being so inacces- sible that there was hardly one chance in a hundred of it being found even if searched for. On the metal case cov- ering this meter was a typewritten no- | tice signed by Mayor Phelan, giving| warning not to open it without permis- | sion of the Mayor. This notice was posted in such a manner that the case could not be removed without mutilat- ing the paper, and is undoubtedly in-| tended to prevent the company from tampering with the meter pending the Mayor's investigation. It is fair to pre- sume that the other thirteen meters are sealed in the same manner. Mayor Phelan was not disposed to talk about the investigation he has be- gun, say he was not ready to dis- close all that had been done, and would not be until another test had been made jointly by experts from the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company and his own experts. That the com- pany’s officials are greatly worked up over the expose in The Call was evi- denced by a remark made by she Mayor that President Crockett had a short time before called him up by telephone to ask about his investiga- tion. Regarding the letting of the con- tract for lighting public buildings for the next two years, Mayor Phelan was willing to discuss freely, and he showed a determination to give competing companies an opportunity to bid, if they so desire. The Mayor expressed surprise that the Supervisors had refused to grant the Mutual Company the same privi- leges enjoyed by the San Francisco people in the matter of erecting poles and running wires. ter had not been brought to his atten- tion, and the action of the board was slipped through without being noticed. He was of the opinion that the proper course for the Mutual Company to Prepared to Again Choke Off Competition for | that he had prepared the proposal forp | entertained from parties who | eyent, or who cannot comply | quirements. Vice-President Summerhayes of the | Mutual Compan id that if his com- pany were given permission mnow to | | ter upon the fulfillment of the contract | by May 1, attering them | g, ‘n\\'arded the contrac | take place. He said the mat- | ETERS BY THE Basement lic Buildings. board to compel it to grant the privi- lege asked for. * The fears of the Mutual Company that the Supervisors intend to adopt the same tact used by their prede- cessors two years ago, to shut off com- | peting bids, are well grounded. Clerk Russell of the board stated yesterday bids, as he was instructed to do, ana that the proposal is exactly the same as that of two years ago, including the Jjoker referred to in The Call yesterday morning and reading as follows: *“No bid will be received or estimate om any contingent with or who are mnot prepared or qualified to carry out the terms and conditions herein | imposed.”” The proposal is now in the hands of the chairman of the Street Commit- tee, and, unless amended, there seems little chance of any opposition com- pany being in a position to meet its re- ry poles and wires it ymplete readiness to en- erect the nece: would be in provided it was the lowest bidder. The company has now ample lities for supplying all the elec- | ty required. | Mr. Summerlmyes refterated the as- sertion made in his communication to Mayor Phelan, that his company guar- anteed to save the city $40,000 a year on the present cost of lighting if | = —— | EPWORTH LEAGUE. Outline of the Work of the Conven- tion—Executive Completes | Arrangements. The executive committee of the Ep-| | worth League have so far completed ar- rangements for holding the great Con- ference Epworth League Convention In et | Barricaded Meters in the City Hall Basement. this city, April 21 to 24, inclusive, as to give an Intelligent outline of what will | While the programme has not yet been fully completed, the commit- tee has authorized the publication of the | following: | Thursday “evening—A grand concert of | 300 voices at Metropolitan Temple. Friday morning—Opening praise service; featu of this year's work in our leagues; “Spir- itual Department”: (a) Selection and adaptation of Topics; (b) preparation for leading a meeting; (c) harmonizing with and helping the other church services; (d) | the league and revivals. Sectional confer- ences in separate rooms: pa ible study; grand junior rally; | (a) what constitutes a good izen; (b) municlga.l problems and our ung people. (2) Pen and press. (3) Fi- nancial: Funds for league use. (4) Junior work. Friday afternoon—Song ‘service; “The League and Missions’ (a) missionary | situation and its lessons to the league; | (b) missionary information and interest— | methods. ‘‘Sabbath’ (a) relation to the Christian experience and evangelism; (b) practical measures for conserving. Saturda; morning—Song service and | “Our Intermediates—Place, | “The Junfors and | Some Difficulties and Some Dangers of Our League: “Mercy and ““The Social | Department’ separate meetings of dis- tricts, election, business, etc. Saturday afternoon—Sight-seeing, under the guidance of committee. Saturday evening—Praise service; tellectual Life of the Leaguers’ ual Life of the Leaguers’ service. Sunday morning—Sunrise praver-meet- | ing; public services, preaching In the churches; chools in general. Sunday evening—Epworth League votional meetings; preaching service, special arrangements; closing service at | the Metropolitan Temple: ~(a) Grand | service of song; (b) address, “‘Christ for the World and the World for Christ”; (c) “The Best Things in Experience and in Work” (personal testimony and sugges- tion from members of the convention, called by districts); (d) consecration and closing. “In- “Spirit- consecration de- by —_—— To Survey the Line. Manuel Ame%quita and Claudio Urrito, civil engineers, who are in the service of the Guatemalan Government and en | route to Mexico to establish the new boundary line between Mexico and Gua- temala, are registered at the Occidental. These two engineers will finally adjust the long-standing controversy that has engendered much bitter feeling between Mexico and Guatemala. The latter coun- try has made a_concession of about 17,000 square miles. The land is mostly barren and not valuable. Mexico will make her reatest gains in the northeast, while pursue would be to mandamus the Gatemala's new line will ext the Faeific Coast. e | merchant, ' and chest, but was not so badly injured as JOCKEYS STILL UNDER A CLOUD Indefinite Suspension of Spencer, Jones and Johnson. Eddie Jones Denied All Charges Preferred Against Him. Ex-Owner Johnson Peached Upon by an Eastern Bookmaker. SPENCER HAS NO HEARING As Usual the Wily Layer of Odds Escapes—Spicy Developments Expected. The charge of fraud preferredagainst Jockeys Eddie Jones and Spencer and ex-Owner Ollie Johnson came up for an airing last evening before the stew- ards of the California Jockey Club. The gentlemen comprising the board were: Thomas H. Williams Jr., J. W. Brooks, John J. Carter and Joseph A. Murphy. After calling upon a score fo book- makers, owners and employes of the race course, the case against the sus- pended riders looked so dark that they stand virtually ruled off the turf, for their suspension was made indefinite. Both Johnson and Jones were of- fered immunity from punishment if they would reveal the names of the person or persons with whom it is charged they have been doing business, but both declared themselves innocent of complicity in any jobbery. Spencer, though present, was not called upon. Among the turfmen called before the | meeting and asked to give any infor- mation that would tend to purify the game were: Hugh Jones, John Cole- man, Billy Beverly, Jim Davis, Jimmy Coffey, Ab Stemler, Barney Schreiber, | Billy Magrane, Sam Hildreth, William Fitch, H. Hoffman, Don Cameron and Tom Boyle. ‘With one exception, that of an East- ern bookmaker, nothing of any great importance was gleaned. This one penciler stated that last December Ol- lie Johnson approached him with a propc ion to “lay up against” the horse Satsuma, to be ridden in a race by Jones. He declined the offer. Coffey, the horse’s trainer, was told | previous to the race that he was not going to get a ride, and so Informed the judges. Jones was warned, and Satsuma won the race. The stewards also said they were in receipt of sev- eral letters which did not tend to help the cases against the accused riders and Johnson. The running of the fast two-year-old Lobos was also investigated, and from present indications the stewards statea that Trainer H. M. Mason, now under suspension, will probably be ruled off the turf. Positive evidence was at hand show- ing that the horse was not “meant” in his first two races, but was simply started to get weight off, preparatory to the grand watermelon party. A tell- tale letter from Chicago incriminates Trainer Mason. William Brown, who with “Sandy” McNaughton was warned off the track | some days ago, was reinstated. WOMEN HURLED FROM A STAGE Seriously Injured in a Run- away Accident at Santa Rosa. One of the Victims Not Expected to Live Throughout the Night. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 23.—As the stage from Dr. Burke's sanitarium at Altruria was standing at the Southern Pacific de- pot this afternoon, and as the driver was looking after some baggage, the horses took fright and started in a mad run toward. the business portion of the city. Seated in the vehicle were three women, all of whom were thrown out at the cor- ner of North street and Cellege avenue by ing of the stage. rs. Ray, a trained nurse at the sani- tarium, was badly bruised about the head and chest, and was hurt internally. It is supposed she will not live until morning. Miss Ida Kelshaw, a kindergarten teacher of Paso Robles, was badly bruised about the head, and her arms and spine were injured, though it is not yet known how serfously. Mrs. L. R. Tull, wife of a Napa was bruised about the head either of the others. Mrs. Ray and Miss Kelshaw were taken to the Grand Hotel and Mrs. Tull to the home of Mrs. Thompson, on King street. Physicians were hurriedly summoned. Dr. Burke at the sanitarium came to this city, bringing two trained nurses to at- tend to the wants of the injured women, and their relatives were communicated with. Late to-night the condition of Mrs. Ray was very serious. The others were getting along well. e SUICIDE OF A MINER. Found With an Empty Laudanum Bottle by His Side. JAMESTOWN, March 23.—The body of Richard Rogers was found vesterday morning in a room in the Home Lodging House at Stent. The man had been dead for at least twenty-four hours, and an empty two-ounce bottle of lau- danum was evidence of suicide. Rogers was a native of Virginia, a miner, and about 50 years old. For some vears he had been timber fore- man for the Santa Ysabel mine and was considered a fine workman. He had’ been on a spree lasting two or three days. On Monday afternoon he purchased the laudanum and disap- peared from the streets. A Coroner's jury brought in a verdict of suicide. The man was unmarried. Sz SR Leigh Has Purchased Plaudit. LOUISVILLE, March 23.—Eugene Leigh is said to have purchased Plaudit, the favorite in the Kentucky Derby, far $20,- o0, He is belleved to hiave actéd for ai ‘man, er = tioned as the real purchmr. s SHARKEY'S BIG BLUEF Wants to Fight Jeffries Outside of Civili- zation. But the Orange Grove Pugilist Says There Is No Need for Carson. Members of the Olympie Club Object to Professional Fisticuffs. In all places where sporting men congregate to discuss any important event that pertains to sport, the con- sensus of opinion was that the Olym- pic Club made a grievous mistake in matching Jeffries to fight Peter Jack- son—a man who proved beyond argu- ment on Tuesday evening that he was a wreck physically. Even members of the club, who take a delight and pleasure in knowing that the great amateur athletic organization of the West is in a prosperous condi- tion financially, were disgusted with the very unsatisfactory result of the one-sided prizefight. One prominent member said that if the club could not exist unless it ca- ters to professional prize fighting so as to clear its skirts from debt, the sooner it closes its doors the better it will be for amateur sport in general and the welfare of an organization that has 86 proudly conducted in a true spirit for many years such pastimes as are supported solely by gentlemen sportsmen. The club will reaiize some- thing like $2500 from the Jackson and Jeffries fight, but what would this re- spectable addition to its treasury amount to if Jackson should happen to have been carried out of the ring on Tuesday evening a dead man? The death blow would be severe to this “grand athletic” institution, which apparently is lacking so far as the management of its athletic affairs is concerned. Should the club attempt to arrange for another professional fight it is hoped that the sporting public and its members will at least be informed cor- rectly of the physical condition of the contestants before they enter the ring. Jackson is much depressed over his defeat. True, he has been a great pu- | gllist, but it is some years since the | defeated colored champion was in any- | thing like tolerable condition to engage in a contest which demands of a con- testant to be physically sound. Jackson has been on the retrograde a hopeless physical wreck. Jeffries cannot crow very loud over the success he achieved on Tuesday evening. He met a worn-out champion, who fell after receiving the first good blow and was afterward in a dazed condition until the humane referee or- dered the contest stopped. But the big representative of the Orange Groves gave sufficient proof while engaged in actual warfare that he is a most promising candidate for championship honors and possibly a contest between Jefiries and Sharkey may be the next feature in fisticuffs that will be witne: in this city. Sharkey does not seem at all anxious to meet the now champion of England and the Australias. actor-pugilist plan of avoiding a con- flict by stating that he will fight Jef- fries for $10,000 a side, and that the fight must be to a finish. Sharkey is well aware of the fact that he cannot arrange for a finish fight with any person, excepting in Carson, and he is aiso well aware that a finish fight in Carson would not at- tract a corporal’s guard from this city. He must be also of the opinion that a contest between himself and Jeffries would not last ten rounds; therefore, | the talk of finish fight is simply ab- surd. Billy Delaney, who is manager for Jeffries, has said that nothing would give him greater pleasure than to see Jim Jeffries put Sharkey to sleep in two rounds or less and that Jeffries was ready to sign articles with any club on this coast and under any kind of old rules for the best induce- ments that can be got and the winner to_take all. Delaney stated further that he wag willing that the club select the referee or that the referee be selected by the sporting reporters of the daily papers. Jim Carr, the manager of Mexican Pete, said last evening that he was ready to match Mexican Pete against any middle or heavy weight pugilist on the coast, bar none. Jeffries received something over $4000 as his share of the proceeds of the is a good short end for a man of his present standing. STRUCK BY A CAR. William Emerson Severely Bruised on Sacramento Street Early Last Evening. thrown from his wagon and struck by evening, and was removed to the Recefv- ing Hospital to be treated for abrasions of the hip and thign, and possibly in- ternal injuries. According to the story told by the In- Jjured man, he was driving along Sacra- | mento_stréet, near Waverly place, and was about to turn out for a car coming | down the hill when one of the mules he was driving slipped and fell, and the car crashed into him, throwing him to the sidewalk, causing the injuries for which he was treated. The injured man is em- ?lored by Gray Bros., concrete manufac- urers, z —————————— MATHEWS WILL EXHIBIT. Hopking’ Art Institute Will Show That Artist’s Pictures Next Week. hibition at Hopkins' Art Institute will be inaugurated by the exhibition of works of the last ten years of Arthur F. Mathews. that he has exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1898 and other exhibitions, including pastels, oils, drawings and®studies. On this evening there will be a reception for members and invited guests only. The exhibition will close on April 2 and many visitors are expected, as Mr. Math- ews igpone of the finest of the local artists. R Not Guilty as Charged. Richard Creighton, who was tried be- fore Judge Low and a jury yvesterday for violating the law by selling pools, was acquitted last evening after the jury had been out six minutes. It was stated that an acquittal was given from the fact that the prosecution failed to prove that the defendant was the custodian of the prem- ises at 24 Ellis street. DIED. % M'HUGH—At the residence of her son, 15 Rin- con place, March 23, 159, Margaret McHugh, beloved mother of ~-John McHugh, Frances Rielly, Mrs. John Farnnan and Mrs. Ellen Quinn, a native of Parish of Kilidallen, County Cavan, Ireland, aged 50 years, He is adopting the | | witness, states that she had pald a fee | | of $5 for the purpose of being appointed | | matron of the Oakland office and that | fight and Jackson pocketed $1800, which | William Emerson, who resides in the | Federal House, 1205 Stockton street, was | car 517 of the Sacramento-street line last | On Monday next the second artists’ ex- | There will be many pictures | SDAY, | for the past six years and to-day he is | | ous occasions. | the City Prison. Sharkey to fight under the auspices of | { | the | 1! | the amount of Hayford's riches. | conclusfon. | James McDonahue and I. Donnelly MARCH 24, 1898. where her injuries were dressed. turned to look after the lady. the car. while the break was repaired. started for his residence. fon for such emergencies. R R R G L S T P T PSS D R & & b b R R R R R DS S SO Meanwhile the car sped on, the efforts of from the broken strand proving unavailing. worried over the condition of Mrs. Sawkins, and Father Flood offered to take charge of the car as far as_the power-house while the conductor re- Passengers were carried beyond their des- tinations and the temporary conductor made no attempt to collect fares, but devoted his attention to quieting the fears of the other occupants of Mrs. Sawkins sustained a badly sprained wrist and a number of bruises, but was soon able to proceed to her home. ductor that he procure a ‘carriage to send her home had no authority to do so, as the Market-street Company made no provis- R S RIS S 22 R SRR R A AR S A PRIEST AS A CONDUCTOR. Rev. Father James Flood has been called upon to perform some very 4 unusual duties during his career but yesterday was his first experience as a streetcar conductor, and the remarkable sight of a dignified priest pulling the bell-strap of a cable car was presented to people on Hayes street. Father Flood is pastor of Sacred Heart Church and boarded a Hayes- street car during the afternoon to go to his residence, 550 Fillmore street. At the corner of Laguna street the car stopped to enable Mrs. T. G. Saw- kins, living at 109 Van Ness avenue, to get on board. As the lady swung partly onto the step a broken strand of the cable caught the grip and started the car at full speed, dragging Mrs. Sawkins fully forty feet along the cobbles, and finally dashed her into the roadway. witnessed the accident carried the lady to the Hayes Valley Pharmacy, + + + + Several persons who the gripman to release it The conductor was greatly D R R R T On reaching the top of the hill at Devisadero street the car succeeded4 in speeding ahead of the broken strand on the down grade and the power- house wasreached in safety. Theemployes were notified and the cable stopped Father Flood received the thanks of his fellow-passengers for his pluck, and resigning his nosition as +4 conductor It was suggested to the con- - + + 3 + in, but he said he 4 + + + + ATTORNEYS GET [N DIFFICULTIES M. Holliday and George Hayford in the City Prison. A. Charged With Obtaining Money Un- | der False Pretenses and Petty Larceny. Attorney A. M. Holliday was arrested last evening and charged at the City | Prison with obtaining money under false | pretenses by Dillon and Crockett at the instigation of N. J. Bailey, the complain- ing witness. It is alleged that Holliday has taken over $1000 in fees In the estate of Mrs. Fredricka Getz in contravention of the orders of the clients, but the arrested at- torney states that Mrs. Getz, who lived in | England, had employed him to attend to a probate matter, and that after her death, but a few months ago, he had de- sired that Bailey be substituted as a party to the suit in the place of the deceased. | After considerable trouble Holliday was | asked to show certain papers in the suit, | which he declined to do, and on account | of this he blames his arrest, but states | that he will soon show to the satisfaction | of the court that he is innocent in the | matter. | Attorney George Hayford was arrested by Sergeant Duncan for petty larceny. The complaining witness is E. Baxter | of the No Percentage Pharmacy, 949 Mar- | ket street, who alleges that Hayford came into his place of business and wrote out | a check for payment of articles purchased and that when the change had been given | and the check presented for payment it | was discovered that forty-five cents was | The ar- rested man has been in trouble on previ- | ———————— GOT MONEY WRONGFULLY. W. A. Sheppard Convicted by a Jury and Will Be Sentenced To-day. “ W. A. Sheppard, who is proprietor of a | clerks' exchange with offices at 313 Bush | and 1022 Market streets, was convicted last evening by a jury in Judge Camp- bell’s court of having obtained money by trickery and device. He will be sentenced to-day. Miss J. Conklin, who is the complaining contrary to agreement ghe did not receive | the appointment. Hence the suit and its e ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY. Caught by Detectives Ryan and O’Dea. James McDonahue and I. Donnelly wers arrested last evening by Detectives Rysn and O'Dea and charged with burglary at They were identified as the guilty parties, but a third man seen at the time of the robbery has not been found. The arrested men had stolen 1000 grain sacks and 500 pounds of rope, valued at $70, from the hay and grain establishment owned by Andrew Cassidy at 430 Tenth street. The police are still looking for the other man. PUPLLS ACCUSE AN INSTRUCTOR Charge Him With Having Aided Certain Scholars in Examinations. San Joaquin County’s Board of Edu- cation to Begin an Investi- gation. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, March 23 — A serious charge has been laid before County Su- perintendent of Schools Goodell concern- ing Principal Condit of the large school in the Homestead District. The burden of the charge is that he favored the larger pupils by glving out in advapce of examinations the questions to be pro- pounded. The penalty provided by the school law for such conduct is revocation of the teacher’s certificate and disbar- ment from further service in the public schools of this State. It was the regular countfi and it is asserted that if the charges are true the offense must have grown out of a desire on the Kflrt of the principal to give his pupils the requisite standing for entry to the High School. Three young ladies who have been attending | the school laid the charge before the County Board at its last meeting and the affair has been formally placed before the board to be sifted to the bottom. The Homestead people are much di- vided as.to the guilt or innocence of Pr fessor Condit, who says in“his own de- ense: “I aid nothing of the kind. I am not in that kind of business. It would not be right. I have taught schooi too long for that, and have taught where there were no count?’ superintendents,” which would seem to indicate friction with the Super- intendent. e WORK UPON THE NEW POSTOFFICE. The Treasury Department Will Ad- vertise for Bids for Contracts Shortly. WASHINGTON, March 23.—Representa- Loud called at the Treasury Department to-day and had an interview with the As- sistant Secretary, Supervising Architect Taylor and Chief Executive Officer Kem- per concerning work on the new Postoffice them he was anxious the work should be- building at San Francisco. Mr. Loud told gin on the superstructure this summer or early in the fall. He was assured by the treasury officials that advertisement for examination, | State Commissioners Ad- bids for this work would be issued tween May 15 and June 1 next. FIRST GUN FOR BETTER HIGHWAY San Mateo Campaign Opened in Red- wood City. dress a Meeting of Citizens. Advance Arguments in Sup- port of a Proposed Bond Issue. ; WOULD MEAN A SAVING. Durable Roads and Bridges Could Be Buiit and Paid Four Years. for in Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, March 23.—The opening gun in the campaign for good roads in San Mateo County was fired to-night at this place. On April 2 the proposition to bond the county for $310,- 000 to build a boulevard from the San Mateo and San Francisco County line through to the Santa Clara line will be voted upon. Along with this propo- sition will be submitted that of further bonding the county to erect a $530,000 courthouse and also one for refunding the present county indebtedness of $40,- 000. A series of meetings are to be held throughout the county for the purpose of placing the issues properly before the voters, and to-night the- first of these was held in Redwood City. A large and enthusiastic crowd gath- ered in the Alhambra Theater to listen to three members of the State Commis- sion of Highways, who addressed the meeting. At 8 o’clock the meeting was called to order by City Attorney A. Kincaid. He introduced as the first speaker John R. Price, who spoke at length upon the bond issue. He Show- ed conclusively that thousands of dol- lars were being spent annually for the repair of roads, bridges and culverts that might be saved to the county by their proper construction. He advocated the construction of | stone bridges and culverts in place of | wooden ones, the former lasting for hundreds of years, while the latter were | a constant source of expense. He spoke almost entirely from a financial point of view, and as a plain business propo- sition showed that the bond issue should carry. Forty-nine cents on the hundred dol- lars every year are levied for road pur- poses. The speaker proposed that fif- | teen cents of this amount be laid aside for the paying of the interest and the | principal of this $310,000. This amount | ‘would pay off both interest and princi- | pal in the four years the borids have to run and leave a balance in the treas- ury of about $100,000. | Marsden Manson followed Mr. Price | with a talk illustrated with stereopti- con views of good roads in France, Germany, Russia, Italy, the United | States, California and San Mateo Coun- ty. He confined his remarks princi- pally to a discussion of roads and high- ways from an engineer’s standpoint. W. L. Ashe, the third member of the Highway Commission, gave a general :un;l;ninfg up of alLéhat had been said y the former speakers. 2 er;‘follawed‘ P s. Local speak rom this day until the day of election the commissioners ywm "Qi kept busy delivering addresses, and from the present appearances the bond issue will be carried by a large vote. THE ELKS. The ladies’ social which had been - nounced for last Friday night by ;:n Francisco Lodge of the Protective Be- nevolent Order of Elks was on account of the Lenten season postponed until the SUNSET LIMITED FACED DISASTER The Flyer Met With an Accident Near Beal- ville. Passengers Terror Stricken Because of a Broken Wheel. A Report Suppressed Which Told of a Narrow Escape From Death. Another example of the workings of the railroad company’s suppressing of reports cencerning train wrecks has come to light through information given by a passenger who arrived in this city last Sunday morning on the Sunset Limited, which had been delayed over an hour and a half three miles east of Bealville, be- cause of a broken wheel on the sleeper Alturas. Reforts of the damage to the train were sent to Mr. Fillmore and but for tha information given by the passenger the facts would still be buried in the vaults in the offices of the company. According to reports the train as usual was running at a Fillmore rate of speed and when near Bealville the wheel on the sleeper broke. The train went dash- ing on for some distance, dragging the car along the ties. The large number of passengers aboard nearly became un- manageable with fright and a panic in the cars seemed inevitable as the train went whistling and jolting along. From those who were on the train it was learned that as the crash came the speed materially lessened owing to the resistance of the sleeper Alturas, which was dragging along the ties in a dis- abled condition. Within a moment or two after the accident the engine jumped the rails and was badly damaged. The pas- sengers were all transferred to an in- coming train and a relief engine was sent to_the scene of the wreck. Mr. Fillmore was reticent when asked concerning the matter and produced re- ports tending to show that no injury was done with the exception of a slightly in- jured wheel and that thé passengers were orderly in their movements during the cause for delay, but those who ex- perienced the rather exciting episode state that it was a miracle that the e tire train was not smashed into one un- recognizable mass. The passengers aboard the damaged train seemed thankful that the crash was no more serious and that they escaped with their lives or at any rate without mangled limbs and bodies, None of the passengers or crew was injured in the , but they think of what might have appened and marvel at the narrow es- cape. Just for what reason the report was kept secret is a matter of doubt, but it is rumored that the car left its destina- tion without having been properly in- spected before being sent on lts long, hurried journey loaded with people who traveled unconscious of an impending danger and a fortunate ending to a threatened accident. HOTEL ARRIVALS. PALACE HOTEL. L F Lubhardt, Denver |J B Peakes, 8 Cruz iss L Lubhardt, Den (R E Tommerson, Mo E Goodman, pa |'W J English, Chicago V T Smith, Nevada |F F Keeney &w, Butt F Gillmore, London _ | W J Carney, Butte rs F Gillmore, Londn|J P O'Donnell & H H Kingsbury, Londn G Pellissier, Paris M G Mrs G E Goodman, Cal | Miss A Ryan, Chicago M . 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