The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1899, Page 1

The Tall O 10N. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEM BER 15, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, VOLUME LXXXVI-N N0 SLIGHT INTENDED T0 THE ADMIRAL Why the President and Cabi- net Cannot Greet Dewey Upon His Arrival. PLANS O@CEPTION Made at New York to Homor the Hero of Manila Bay. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. EW YORK, S esting stage in the work on the Dewey arch was reached to-day. | The gigantic statues of eight of the most distinguished naval he- roes in American W were hoisted into position on the fronts of the arch. These statues weigh about two tons each and are twelve feet tall. They had to be raised by b and tackle. and the greatest care was recised to prevent them from being broken. The statues of the naval heroes to be placed e in this exalted position are those of Hull,’ Macdon h, Porter, Cushing, John Paul Jones, Farragut, Lawrence and Perry. Madison Square s black with spec- | tators while [ es were being placed in position. e figures were brought over from Madison Sagyare Garden on dra followed by nolsy | there to see| not broken | were were it or damaged in tran Walter Damrosch, ec n’s chorus in City on Satur loving cup will be al Dewey, had with W commit Hall Park ster, Damrosch M. O'Brien y the nd in front of the City mrosch wants accommo- ) child and it will be have further communica- mittee on sta n for the L rangeme omplete 1 upon to- the commit- > that the > abandoned and ill march on Fifth inth street to the route ., Gen- com- who »-day to make it ntial »ate in his 5 was Presi- public on tion of the v Secre- | an- citizens’ | ent and | ined in v should have | to div the the e »d his own d to the says he 1t of the e parade. Members cating any rel hero of Mar will take part i that Admiral De welcomed upon hi yashington, when he w ¢ the President and w to t arrival in | 11 be received 1 be formally the Secretary of the Navy vord voted to him b Con- | recognition of his victory in | Cabinet officials t the admiral the Pr ent tion and that come officially he to h . President welcome him un- il w York. ‘ As all the members of the Cabinet are | participate in the official welcome | the same reasoning applies to| Secret Root says that the! of public business will prevent | cipation in the Dewey celebra- | New York. The Secretary said take part in the reception to be | to the admiral upon his arrival | gton by the President and | et. v that it is fitting | should be welcomed at the capital of the he is to be wel- YELLOW FEVER SPREADS. Fifteen New Cases and One Death in Twenty-Four Hours. KEY WEST, F Sept. 14.—Flifteen | Jew cases of Vi ver and one death have been re| the past twenty- four hours. low yrted in - To Demolish a Palace. PARIS, Sept. Yet another historic | building in Paris soon to be demol- | sehed. It is the former palace of Queen | Hortense and the habit of Baron Solomon de Rothschil palace, with its magnificent park and dens, was recently sold by Baron de Rothschild for 5,000,000 francs. | PR { Lentz and the Philippines. | COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 14.—Congressman ' John J. Lentz is being urged by some of e most prominent anti-imperialists to to the Philippines and make a per- investigation of conditions there tory to leading the Democrats in ss in the attack on President Mc- policy toward the Filipinos. The the subject of a conferenge in 5 The matter ed. trix £ New York a few days ago. has not been definitely settl ept. 14.—An inter- | ¢ debate in the Volksraad will be received There was a fine northwest wind and in it the Columbia put in thirty miles to practicing different mov bia carried a new mainsail th | towns throughout KRUGER'S REPLY DEPENDS UPON ORANGE FREE STATE of a Conference With Great the Result of Controversy Is Yet in Doubt. & Betoetedetoedeie d Transvaal Government Urged to Renew Offer Britain, but v | | | | | % a port of importance in case of war. Rhodesia, and at Umtali, on the border of Rhodesia, it will, when completed, tap rallways. ¥ Lo e 2 RETORIA, Sept. 14—The discus- | government to abandon its views on| slon of the first draft of the re- | the subject. | ply to the British note ended this | This article is understood to be the | evening, President Kruger hav- | outcome of an important Afrigander | ing left at 4 o’clock and not hav- | caucus held to discuss the Chamberlain | ing returned. It is understood that the |note, and it is understood that the ar- | vernment will draw up the reply in | gument has been fortified by strong | its final form to-morrow morning and | messages to Pretoria, urging the Volks- | immediately submit the same to the ! raad to forego the suzerainty objection | Volksraad. The reply will be in terms | and to concede the British proposals. | strongly influenced by the Orange Free There is every reason to believe that State and among other features the | Mr. Hofmeyer, the Afrikander leader, maintenance of the convention of 1884 | has wired President Kruger to the same will be strongly asserted. * leffect and similar representations have The situation this evening is not con- | heen telegraphed from the Orange Free sidered so favorable as it was during | State. the forenoon. The Pretoria correspondent of the LONDON, Sept. 14.—While the staff | Times says It is very doubtful whether an unqualified acceptance of Great Britain's demands will be given. | The Paris correspondent of the Times | says Delcasse, the French Foreign Min- ister, has directed the French Consul in | the Transvaal to endeavor to persuade President Kruger to accept Mr. Cham- | berlain’s proposal. | | of the Foreign Office will maintain con- tinuous communication to-night with Mr. Chamberlain at Birmingham, it is not belleved now that the result of the before Friday. Dispatches from Cape Town dated midnight attach great im- portance to an article in the Ousland, the orgamn of the Afridander Bund, which urges the Transvaal Government | its offer regarding a confer- The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Telegraph sa The members of the Volksraad received Mr. Cham- 10 renew ence, declaring that there is no reason | beriain’s dispatch deflantly to-day. Inw‘ why the Transvaal should not accept | dividual members declare that Great Britain must moderate her demands. On the other hand a rumor is current that President Kruger favors compli- | ance and has even suggested that he de- | | sires the irreconctlables to leave Pre-| a conference and calling attention to | the fact that the word ‘suzerainty” is not mentioned by Mr. Chamberlain and that therefore there is nothing to indi- cate an obligation on the part of either Beira, a Portuguese Seaport in South Africa. The town of Beira, on a bay of the same name, something over 300 miles north of Delagoa Bay, is destined to be n Beira a railway runs inland toward Salisbury, | avoiding their opposition. | Trenches the seat of government of the whole South African system of Who has charge of | @O +006009040409 0009000060090+ 09 0460034094098 +0+0+0¢0+54@ toria and consult constituents, thereby This belief is held in Johannesburg and accounts for the hopeful condition of the market, but the general public is pessimistic. The Times publishes the following from Johannesburg: Mystery sur- rounds the attitude of the Orange Free State. President Steyn's silence is in- terpreted as showing an intention to support the Transvaal through thick and thin, although his inclination at present is on the side of peace. Public feeling is running very high, and unless [ President Kruger Iakes an emphatic proncuncement in favor of conciliatio the majority of the Boers will inevitably vote against any concessions beyond a seven-year franchise. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily News says: A thousand men are engaged in strengthening the defenses of Pretoria. are being excavated and snstructed. It is reported earthworke. | that both Itaads will adjourn at the end of the week to enable members to con- sult their constituents on the questions raised in Mr. Chamberlain’s dispatch. The Pretorla correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that when Mr. Conyngham Greene, the British Diplo- matic Agent, suggested. forty-eight hours as the period within which the reply of the South African Republic was expected, the Transvaal represen- tative replied f vour suggestion is serjous, the reply will be ready In forty- eight minutes.” President Kruger's intimates, accord- ing .to the Daily Chronicle, are pessi- mistic regarding the situation. TRIAL SPIN OF THE YACHT COLUMBIA| Heavier Set of Sails, Mr. Iselin De-! clares, Causes a Better Show- | ing of Speed. | NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—The (‘nlur}’l}\ had a trial spin off New Rochelle, N. Y. blowing, | T EXCLUDED The drill was largely devoted The Colum- | heavier one | that he has | 1 caused the | cf sailing usual. Mr. Iselin says found that the heavy mainsal the | Columbia to develop more speed. ’1‘h91 light s used yvesterday was stowed | y on board the St. Mich | for | have her racing ious to nd tested. wants trial of the sails befure( | | | jia will leave on Saturday will The Columt 3ristol, where she fitted on. Mr. 1s set B! sult SACRAMENTO, Sept. 14—The State Board of Health met in this city to-day, | and as one of the results of the meeting | HO- VOLUNTEERS | extreme measures may be adopted ex- IDA cluding from the State persons afflicted | with consumption. alities | The matter was brought up by Dr. D. of i Warions Manicip D. Crowley of the board, who Introduced a resolution in which it was held that | consumption 1s an infectious disease | which should be stopped in its progress in this State, and the board was urged | to look into the propriety of excluding | consumptives from California, who re- | gard the atmosphere in the southern part of the State as being specially adapt- | ed, on account of its climatic conditions, | for the cure of people suffering from tu- berculosts. . i The board by a unanimous vote decided to give the matter serlous attention and adopted the resolution requesting such action. Should the board agree with Dr. Crowley upon the exclusion of consump- Citizens Join- the State Officials in the | Plans. | Sept. 14.—A general com- | BOISE, mi been created here to take reception to the Idaho vol- cers on their return to Boise. It con-| of Governor Steunenberg, Mayor | hards, President Plerce of the Cham- | « Commerce, Adjutant General aver and W. 8. Bruce. The reception is to be a State function, while the ent ment of the volunteers | vill be provided for by the citizens of Boise through the Chamber of Commerce. Vice presidents of the general committee have be appointed from the principal the State. Some of - ONSUMPTIVES MAY BE FROM STATE ‘Resolution Introduced at the Meet- ing of the State Board of Health for Most Stringent Quar- antine Regulations. tives, inspectors wjill be stationed along the borders of the State and will board every train coming over the State line. | Any person having the appearance of be- ing afflicted with consumption will be placed in quarantine, and 1f necessary such person will be returned to the place he came from. Dr. Cohn, quarantine officer of the San Francisco Board of Health, asked to be appointed State Quarantine officer, claim- ing that an appointment by the State Board would give him a much better standing in the courts in his action against the Federal Quarantine officer. The board declines to make the appoint- ment, but directed its secretary to re- quest from {ts attorney, George A. Knight, an opinion as to its powers and authority in the entire matter of quaran- tining vessels coming into San Franeisco harbor. The board also decided to take radical action in the matter of the pollu- tion of the water courses of the State. them are as follows: | Poc II_""‘}“ .\“lu\‘ul'ldl‘(’i’il“r‘.l‘ lflfl:“lgfr‘;‘ngle. | P e o John G. 0 ® aho 300! | R FILIPINO CONGRESS e Mass et s i e BECOMING DISHEARTENED Frederick Burbidge; Coeur d’Alene, —_ B expitien MANILA, Sept. 15.—Latest reports re- It s expected the volunteers will arrive here on the morning of the 28th. On the evening of that day there will be a parade and an official reception at the natato- Tium. A camp will be established, where the men will be provided for until Satur- day evening. ceived by Otis regarding the Filipino Con- gress were to the effect that the body has become disrupted and members scattered. everal members apparently abandoned hope of success in the insurrection, for Otis’ informants state they are remaining | in the Tarlac rebel capital awaiting th@ expected capture of that town by the BELIEVES PEARY WILL ‘ REACH THE NORTH POLE |Americanfofces, .. nave recetvea no | communication ffom Congress recently, ; oy | and have sent none to it. A correspond. St npert L lent tnis morning aquestioned General Lt e Peary gohwan in reference to the report that | of 19, arrived in the offer of S i NEW YORK, Bridgeman, who Arctic expedition . Congress had replied _to Brooklyn to-day. The Diana, the ship autonomy made by the United States Gov- which conveyed the members of t ernment. This reply, according to the re- pedition into the northern seas, I port, was to the effect that autonomy EVdney, C. B., Tuesday. The mémbers of might have been accepted -and American the Princeton scientific party remained | sovereignty recognized by the Filipinos | in Bydney to superintend the shipping of had it not been that the behavior of the | their collections made during the two | Americans indicated that they entertained months’ cruise. | Tace prejudice against the Filipinos, and Of Peary’s work Mr. Bridgeman said: | the high-handed methods of the Ameri- «Peary’s Tesults in the first year of the | cans created fear as to the future. tour allotted to his greatest Arctic work | General Schwan declared that no such will_fully reward expectation and justify | reply had been received and that nothing confidence. What he has already achieved | gas known of it here. Temoves his undertaking from the realm | T AR of doubt to reasonably certain success, Captain White Goes to Manila. My, Bridgeman believes that Peary “'”‘f accomplish his purpose and reach the pole | WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Captain F. K. White is detached from the Marine before his four years are up. - Barracks Navy-yard, New York, and or- dered to proceed to San Francisco by rall and thence by army transport to Manila. Upon his arrival he will report to the commander-in-chief of ' the Asiatic sta- tion, as_officer detailed to command the Second Marine Battalion at Cavite. SOLDIERS TO BE SHOT FOR COMMITTING CRIMES MANILA, Sept. 11 (via Hongkong, Sept. 14).—The local papers assert that Corporal Damhoffer and Private Conine of Com- pany B, Sixteenth Infantry, have been sentenced to death by court-martial and that Private McBennett has been con- demned to twenty vears’ Hnprisonment for having criminaily assaulted native women in Manila a" month ago. The clrlmes, it is said, greatly aroused the na- tives. The papers assert also that Gener: has recommended that Presldem'fi’clgllr[: ley approve the sentence and that he de- sires a tpub]hc‘gxeculion of the men sen- tenced to death as a warning a, Tepetition of the crime. g ite ik i S Arrivals at Guam. WASHINGTON, Bept. 14.—Captain Leary, the Governor General of the Island of Guam, has reported his arrival at his post on the steamer Yosemite, under date of August %, The collier Brutus and the surveying ship Nero have arrived at the same islapd, August 13 and September 7, respectively. D S i SRR g e S o SR on o SR o S e o STAGE HELD UP BY A LONE HIGHWATMAN el gy Daring Robbery of the Lake- port Stage at Desperate Bend. A SUSPECT ARRESTED Effort Will Be Made to Fasten the Guilt on Him With Bloodhounds. g Special Dispatch to The Call. | NAPA, Sept. 14.—The Napa, Calistoga and Lakeport stage was held up at 11:45 this morning by a lone highwayman at Desperate Bend, about one mile south | of the tollhouse. The highwayman was ahout five feet and eight inches high, | had light hair and a light complexion. :He had on a black hat, pulled down | over his dyes, and blue overalls, and | carried a long old-fashioned double- | barreled shotgun. | Pointing his gun at the driver’s head the highwayman ordered him to throw | out the express box, which he did. The | passengers were next commanded to | put their money and valuables on the | ground. They were then permitted to | get back into the stage and the driver | was told to go ahead. The robber gathered up all the valuables, sprang | over a fence and disappeared in the | brush. Soon afterward the passengers | heard three explosions, which were | supposed to be the blowing open of the express box. Rev. C. F. Coy, pastor of the Metho- dist Church at Middletown, was a pas- senger returning from the conference at Pacific Grove and the highwayman got $5 from him. Coy said, “I am a poor preacher and that is all I have.” The robber then handed him back $1. Newton Stiff, an old resident of Mid- dletown, another passenger, had con- siderable money in his purse, which he slipped into his boot, giving the rob- ber only his loose change. ‘William Abbey, a passenger who was on his way to Adams Springs for his health, was handed back 50 cents. About $75 was secured from the passengers. The express box contained very little treas- ure, though the day before it contained a large amount. CALISTOGA, Sept. 14.—Sheriff Dun- | lap and Constable Allen of Napa and Constable Spurr and City Marshal Johnson of St. Helena arrived in town at 5 o'clock. Buller joined the officers here with his bloodhounds, for merly owned by ex-Sheriff J. R. John- son . of Mendocino County, and the offi- cers are fn hot pursuit of the fugitive. | It is believed by some that the rob- ber is George Coburn, the Lake County outlaw. If so there will be a desperate battle before he is taken into custody, |if at all. Coburn is so thoroughly ac- quainted with the country that his cap- ture would be almost out of the ques- | tion. Others are of the opinion that it is not Coburn, but a local man. The description given by some of the pas- sengers is that of a rather tall, slim, sandy-complexioned fellow. At 7 o'clock Constable Grauss and Marshal Nash returned with Joe Weir, a well-known character, whom they have arrested as the robber. Quigley, the driver, made a statement at the tollhouse that he was satisfied that it was Weir who held him up. With this | clew to work on the officers soon found | evidence against the accused. Weir lives about a mile from the scene of th, hold-up, all alone. The bloodhounds | have been started on the track and if they go to Weir's house no further | search will_be mad [MONETARY CRISIS OCCURS IN SAN DOMINGO EE o :Paper Money Refused and the Poor People Thus Rendered Unable | to Buy Food. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. SAN DOMINGO, Sept. 14—A crisis was reached in the monetary situation to-day. Merchants refused to take paper money and the people were unable to purchase food. This resulted in serious disturb- ances in the market place this morning and great disorder prevailed. A Cabinet meeting was hurriedly called | and a clamatlon practically ‘demon- | etizing puper money, except Tn part pay- ment of customs duties, was issued. The proclamation was hissed and is certain to cause great disssatisfaction and suf- feing. General Caceres has res ter of War and Aristides | Minister, succeeds him. The Governmen | promises relief when Congress meets, bu the people demand immediate action. g : TWO MEN ARE KILLED IN A.TRAIN WRECK | Pay Train and a Frieght Train Meet in Collision on the Pittsburg and Charleston. PITTSBURG, Sept. 14—Two men were killed and two injured in a collision on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Rallroad near Baird's station last night between the pay train and a freight train. The killed are: 3 Jodward Reheacher, engineer. Charles Bettig, fireman. Injured: James I. Haiken, paymaster; unknown tramp. The injured will recover. was caused by a misunderstanding orders. Sl JOCKEY SPRAGUE DIES. NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Cornelius 8. Sprague, the jockey who fell from Julius Caesar in the hurdle race at Gravesend to-day, died to-night. His home is at Long Branch, N. ed as Minis- atins, former t t The accident of e Filipinos Made Policemen. MANILA, Sept. 14.—The Filipino police, numbering 20 men armed with revolvers and clubs, became operative at Manila to- day. The force'is controlled by the pro- vost marshal and was reviewed on the Luneta. Pl Coal :ent to Manila. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 14—The United States collier Alexander, which sailed from Norfolk August 30 with a full cargo of coal for the naval station at Manila, has arrived here. e S Murderer Hanged. HELENA, Mont, Sept. I14.—Joseph Allen was hanged at the County Jail at 6:10 this morning. Allen was found guilty of murdering J. 8. Reynolds, his partner in the sheep-shearing business, July 17, | 1598, Railway Officials O+ 4 4444444444440 THE DEAD. +4+ 4 + MRS. MAGGIE MAJORS, Santa Monica. MRS. ANGIE LARUE, Plano. MRS. JESSIE ROSS, Por- terville. ENGINEER ED WRIGHT, Fresno. PEEEIPE L L b b et (] 14—Three v [ e e R Y AKERSFIELD, Sept. lives in an awful wreck last even- ing at Famosa station. victim, Engineer Ed Wright of north-bound passenger. train No. 8, suceumbed at 8:30 o’clock this morning. The names of the dead women are: Mrs. Maggie Majors, Santa Monica; Mrs. Angie Larue, Plano, and Mrs. Jessie Ross, Porterville. The latter was the mother of Mrs. Majors. Mrs. Majors was instantly killed and her crushed | body was found over one hundred feet from the wrecked caboose. Mrs. Larue lived an hour and Mrs. Ross three hours. - The bodies of both were badly crushed. The three women and Trackwalker Bockstrandt were the only persons on the caboose when it was struck. Brock- strandt was on the front platform and was knocked several feet. He sustained a broken leg and a serious.cut on the face and head and a large splinter was | driven through his right arm. He is in |a serfous condition and has been sent ! to the Oakland hospital. After the en- | gine had demolished the caboose and two boxcars of the Porterville train it | turned over on its right side. The im- | pact of the collision threw the coal for- | ward in the cab, covering Engineer | Wright so that he could not extricate himself and there he was held and alded by steam which escaped from where the whistle had been broken off. | Fireman Keller, strange to relate, es- | caped with only a few bruises. He can- | not tell how it happened. He only | knows that he found himself on the | ground-beside the overturned éngine. | Before he died, notwithstanding his great agony, stated that he did all he could. When he saw he must strike the caboose he "lurned on the full force of air and re- | versed the engine, which literally lifted | the train from the track, making such a commotion that people half a: mile |away thought it was an earthquake. | He did not see the caboose until he | was within two hundred feet of it. Its ‘re:\r lights were dark. | When the air was turned on the pas- | sengers were pitched pellmell from | their seats, many of them being more jor less bruised and cut. One lady's | arm was broken. The baggage car | withstood the shock, but the coach next to it, being.old and having spliced sills, | could not resist the force of the col- | lision and abaut twelve feet of the for- | ward end crumpled up against the rear | of the baggage car. Here several wo- men were found securely fastened in the wreck, fortunately uninjured, save for a few slight scratches. The two boxcars and caboose of the Porterville train were smashed to kind- ling wood and the engine thrown from the track. The Porterville train was in the act of coupling on to the caboose when the passenger struck it. Brake- | man Lowe, who had the pin, saw what | was coming and quickly got out of the way. Those who reached the scene of the collision soon after it happened were dumfounded at the horrible sight that | to help the injured and dying. In a | little while the dead and dying were | borne to the depot, about two hundred yards away and placed on improvised cots and when the special train bearing R R e e 1 women and one man lost thefr | The last | brave Engineer erght‘ | met their gaze, but soon fell to work | CARELESSNESS CAUSED THE WRECK AT FAMOSA Blame the Crews of Both Trains—Death of | * Engineer Wright. | surgeons arrived from Bakersfield they | were at once given attention. Coroner Buckreus and Deputy Dis- | trict Attorney Dorsey were also taken | to the scene on a special train and took | observations, A jury was impaneled and the dead bodies viewed. Both the train crews and other witnesses to the | affair were summoned to appear hera |at 10 o'clock Sunday and give testi- mony at the investigation. After this the bodies of the three women were taken to Porterville on a special train and the body of Engineer Wright was taken to Fresno. Mrs. Wright arrived on a special train four hours before her husband died. The meeting was touching. Some time after the wreck occurred the train dispatchers at Kern denied repeatedly that any one was hurt.” The reason they mow offer is that no one | was present to take the responsibility | of giving out such information. They were willing to tell of the wreck, but were afraid to tell that any one was hurt. They claim it is against the rules | to talk, notwithstanding the fact that the public was interested. The names of the Porterville train crew are: Conductor, W. A. Kessler; engineer, Elwood; fireman, A. S. Be- | ford; brakemen, Walter Lowe, C. H. | Buck and Frank Thurman. These are | the men or whom the blame of the | wreck will fall. : From information elicited since the collision it is learned that No. 8, the passenger train, had been given orders here to wait until 10 o’¢lock at Famosa | for a south-boynd freight. It was seen before No. 8 was ready to go out that the freight could not make Famosa by | that time and the order was annulled |to the freight and to the passenger | train. The operator at Famosa told the | trainmen of the Porterville train of the | order which would have protected them until 10 o’clock but for the annulment, of which they did not learn. The freight stopped at Hunt, the next station north, and the passenger, which left Bakers- | field fifteen minutes late, was only | eleven minutes late at Famosa, and it was the remaining four minutes upon \which the Porterville train crew.count- | ed to enable them to get off the main |line. The blame all rests with the crew of the Porterv. .!e train, who well knew they took desperate chances while oc- | cupying the main line on the passenger | train’s time. E It is further stated that the Porter- | ville train has in the past been known | to carelessly loiter on the main line too | close on the time of through trains. All | who have visited the scene of the wreck declare that somebody s criminally responsible for its occurrence and the cruel loss of life. | The blame for the terrible accident at | Famosa. is attributed by the Southern Pacific officials to the crew of the | freight train. They say that they can | see no reason for the accident except in | the gross carelessness of those having charge of the freight train and in their utter disregard of every rule of rail- roading in switching on the main track | without taking the proper precautions [ to protect their train from even the slightest possibility of a collision. Their conduct appears. to be all the more {reprehensible from the fact that the passenger train was nine minutes be- |hind time and those directing the freight could not but have known that | it was expected to arrive at any mo- | ment. | Moreover, the Southern Pacific offi- | cials say, that even if the train was on | the main track against orders they can- i not understand how the accident could have occurred, as the country there is perfectly level and has nothing along | the line of track which should pre- vent an obstruction as large as a | freight train being seen for many miles !in the daytime, and on a clear night {t | fould easily be perceived in plenty of | time to prevent any such mishap as | the one which has just caused such an 1(wpallimz loss of life. HILLARY S, STARR HAS BEEN FOLND Missing Man Located in the Philippines. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14—The Times to-morrow will say: Hillary S. Starr, who so suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from his home on the Odk Knoll ranch, Pasadena, on the night of April 24 and under such circumstances as to leave little doubt in the minds of his family and friends and the authorities that he had met with foul play, is alive, but in a pre- carfous condition in a military hosptal in Manila, Philippine Islands. He writes under date of Manila, P. I, July 30, to his late employer, S. R. Smith | of Riverside and to his wife, the letter conveying the intelligence that he is a physical wreck; recites that he is just re- | covering from brain fever and a frac- tured skull and asserts absolute ignorance of the manner in which he left home, how he game to be enlisted in the Third Artil- lery under an assumed name, or how he recetved his injuries. Starr left his ranch house on the even- | several hundred feet from his residence. | From that day he has not been seen by his family or friends. Marks of a scuffle | were plainly visible, and the theory of murder was borne out by all the circum- stances. The letters received from Manila have | cleared up a mystery which completely baffled the detectives of Los Angeles county. | ing of April 24 to g0 to the pump house | MEMBERS OF PHILIPPINE COMMISSION RECALLED The President Desires to Consult With Them Concerning the Re- sult of Their Labors. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—The recall of Colonel Denby and Professor Worcester of the Philippine Commission is for the purpose of bringing the members of the commission together in this city in No- vember next, in order that they may frame. a report to the President which may be transmitted to Congress with his message. Their suggestions regarding the char- acter of government to be given the Fili- pinos will guide the President in his re- | commendations. It was supposed that Professor Worcester, who, by reason of his long acquaintance with leading Fili- pinos, has probably accomplished more | in the direction of keeping other tribes oining the Tagals than any other r‘r:ggbgr. enld contine in the (slands for some months longer. The President, how- ever, has concluded that he would like all céivilian members of the commission here and it has been thought by some | that he might utilize this as an’exc for recaliing Major General Otis. It was ositively stated to-night, however, that | instructions for the members of the com- | missicn still in Manila to return to the Tnited States did not include General Otis and there are no indications that he | is to be recalled. 'FIGHT WITH COWBOYS WILL SURELY OCCUR NOGALES, Ariz., Sept. 14.—Heron, the | American, who was rescued by cowboys | from Mexican officers near Naco, has ar- rived here. He says that sevenrty-five | cowboys are camped there, determined to’ | rescue the two men in the Mexican jail. | Colonal Kosterlitky, with a troop of forty | men, is there on guard. Heron says that a fight cannot be avoided.