The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 1, 1899, Page 11

B e e o R Pages 1 to 20 + 5 + + 5 + D R R e b R R R S o S e e + + + + + + + Call + + 7% v + + + + R R R R e e R o Pages 11 to 20 DR R T R R A R s R b R PSRy b ey P 5y 96 5 1 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1899. OUR LIVES SACRIFICED N PINOLE EXPLOSION Fire Follows the Demolition of Two Larg@ildings. Report That Disaster Was Caused by a Quarrel Over a Young Woman's Af- fection Is Vigorously Denied. WheeE THE Two VvICTIMS WERE FO = MATTHEN S The Dead. it, sin- W. R. MATTHEWS, assis Injured. e broken, APPEI Oakland Office Francisco Call, ¥, 7 E agal I/ W Fi% gaged in the d ate operation of draw- K ing off the & ; e | A couple of tes after 3 o'clock this Aithey morning the explosion was heard -all A ey around the bay. There have been bigger at the powder mills along the ay shore, but none that did the work of | demolition more completely. - Not one of the men in the mixing house escaped, and not one stick of the building or fragment of machinery was left in place. Even the masonry on which the large tanks were placed was | " When the night shift went to work at | midnight the mixing house was in its usual condition. G. T. Morgan was fore- | man, William Talbot was doing for_ the first ‘time the duty of car driver and John Mulholiand and W. R. Matthews were the e inev explosion tion wk of Pinole told the last time s is usu; to t o mig 10 one is All those | use are in | with a de-| : known t the ch morgue. Some o e S “"“ tants. For a long time the works . o be sensational. st: have been running night and day, turn- two of the victims were ing out large contracts. This morning it over the affections of a Pinole damsel, and [:iS supposed that-there would be from 4000 at Morgan was separating the to 6000 pounds of material in the house 5 & them when e occurred. The story is fiat. | Shen the explosion occurred, as the men I oAl A story is flat-|'ghould by that time have run in two y conicadicted by Charles. Dodge, .who | charges of glycerin. was I’ the ill fated nitro-glycerine house| The men in the house were all expe- but two minutes before it went up. He‘ rienced and knew their business, and all says that everything was working as|had been in the employ.of the California Powder Company for some time. Old em- ployes say that just befors “oil” is about to explode it gives off a blue vapor, and that when the flame is visible it is use- usual when he left to go to the cooling | house, and that no quarrel was in pro- | gress, the men at that time being cn-l s blewn away hundreds of feet, | 1 | | 4‘ | | | L e e O S S S i S Sl Sl e o e S o o o o S o o o b o 4 Last Good-By to the Thirty-Third. ort She: “good by’ wh d as the She The bar dan p good-by the boys of the Thirty-third got from San Francisco. idan salled for Manil from E ed by Captain Davis blew three long blasts on the siren and dipped his flag. That was As she passed down th tender, Madrono. The he 1gh OO D - B+ 0000004006040+ e bay all the tugs and .whistles saluted latter is taking the place of Lightship 70 less to do anvthing but run. ttitude In which the bodies were found | premonition of what might and were running away when they were When the hundreds of aroused employes found nearly an and the id house perintendent ' had the fire subdued sufficiently ¢ a search for the bodles, The | of three were soon found, but for a Ic | 5% the “fate of Mulholiand. . Small ments were ultimately found a coupie of The cloth- ing too near the niter house ng was torn from Morgan's body and 1 his head was a large splinter, elf could have caused instan an lived in Pinole with his was _about twenty-seven He had been emplo, of foreman of and ears of ag capacity for about six months. fam Talbot, the driver of the sup- | ply car, was an ex-soldier and w about 1 ars old. He had been with 1y a year and was tem- | upply driver in the | lley, who only left |1 cation. Talbot's body | ngled and was found quite near where the nitroglycerin nouse had been. atthews was not over thir nd was considered an able aged parents live away off Mich., and his friends at k the un the sad news, of one has by of all. appy task o for in age become twenty-eight years old. For vears he has been in the em- s a_mixer of s were difficult to found was identl- > company and ¥ His rem and what wa fied by the clothing and boots. d In | lived in San Francisco | From the, ing’ ome are of the opinion that they had a i Any be expected | ing 2 | oft duty The two-story | dent t 1 | of neglect of precaution caused by £ time nothing could be learned | © frag- | d ye away and were ldentified s of Mulholland. The body | | o reman Morgan w found on the | side of the hill on which the building sto Beside him was the carca of a |n had been killed while brows- the giycerin | 1 fatality. 1 knew each of the four men personally. They were fine fellows. ¢ talk that two of them were quarrel over a girl is ridiculous and f All the men were good friends hours were unusual and they were c allied and_were always toget No_one more regréts the C. 2 T do. Just what caused it we ver know.” ir shall 1 R ent. Catlett, the assistant superintend- was on the ground a few fter the explosion, but could detect 10 g among the acres of debris that co gest its_cause. Mr. Catlett sk pinion of Mr. Bermingham that any rew quarreling is absurd. In the little village of Pinole groups of men gathered In the saloons and on street corners and talked of the fatal Some had heard that Talbot Matthews were not good friends, a threats had been made by them, a the name of a respected young Pinole was mentioned as being the p cause of the trouble. Some believe and the rumors, others denied them, but all were forced ‘to admit that the truth would never be known. : Next Wednesday Coroner Curry will hold an inquest at Pinole. MRS. RABENECK INSANE. Her Inordi)mté Craviné for and Over- indulgence in Liquor Made Her Mad. MORE SOLDIERS - SAIL AWAY FOR - LUZON SWAMPS Two Thousand Leave on the Sheridan. OTHERS TO FOLLOW TO-DAY e LAST OF THE THIRTY-THIRD | AND THIRTY-SECOND. SRS The First Seétion of the Twenty Eighth Is Expected at the Presi- dio This- Afternoon From Camp Meade, Pa. Coroner Hill held an inquest yesteraay | upon the body of Mrs. May Rabeneck, who committed suicide last Friday night in her room at 403 Stevenson street by hanging herself with a sheet to the bed- post. She had made two gashes in her | throat with her husband’s razor before | she hanged herself. testimony was to the effect that Rabeneck was demented from cessive indulgence in intoxicating liquors. husband is a walter at the Zinkand rks until midnight. He testified v time and again to refrain from dri that his pleadings were in vain. and groceries in asked the pr ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE Two SUILDINGS - prietors, for the sake of humanity, not to Charles Dodge is the lucky man of the | give my wife any liquor. They promised fatality. He was In the mixing house a | that they would not, and when I came couple of minutes before the expiosion | home yesterday morning and found her and had just entered the cooking house, which is ‘about two hundred feet away, when he was thrown to the ground and the building he was in was badly wrecked. George Appel was at work on the plat- form of the cooling house when the force of the shock threw him off and broke his ankle. “When I left the mixing house, Dodge, “‘everything was running as u The four men wers working harmony and there was not the slightest indication that anything might go wrong. All talk about their quarreling is non- sense. 1 had barely reached the cooling house when I saw the flash and knew that it was all up. So far as I could judge I should think there would be about 6000 pounds of ofl {n the house when it went up.” John Bermingham Jr., superintendent of the works, kinows no reason why an explosion ghould have taken place, and has been able to discover none. “All_the men were good workmen,” he aid, “and worked together in one crew. Svery precaution possible has been taken by us to guard against accidents and we are always warning the men about exer- cleing proper care. I cannot learn any- thing that will throw light on this morn- drunk 1 questioned her, and she told me that she had got the liquor at a place on Mission street.’ ¢ The woman had been on a protracted spree for several days up to the time of | her death, and imagined that people were watching and following her with intent to | do_her harm, The jury returned a verdict that the woman committed suicide while tem- porarily insane from drink. —_——————— Mrs. Townsend’'s Forethought. When Mrs. A. §. Townsend bought twelve hundred copies of the Wasp sou- venir and presented them to the returning volunteers she evidently knew they would be appreciated. Three editions of the souvenir have been run off and rapidly exhausted, and a fourth edition is now issued to meet the extraordinary de- mands. The fourth edition gives up to date plc- tures, Including the presentation of medals to the volunteers and the arrival of the California regulars. —_— e Advances made on furniture and planos, with gr without removal. J. Noonan, 1917-1023 Mission. that he had pleaded with her | e Nearly two thousand volunteers safled for the Philippines yesterday afternoon on the transport Sheridan and they will be followed to-day by a thousand or twelve hundred more who will go out on the Charles Nelson and the Glenogle. The | Sheridan carried the Thirty-third In- fantry Regiment, 1303 men and 51 officer: | Companies B. H and I of the Thirty-sec ond, 318 men and officers; seventy-five un- igned recruits and twenty-five mem- bers of the hospital corps. Captain Hare of the Seventh Cavalry, who goes out as colonel of the Thirty-third, is an officer | of proved courage and ability and will the Philippines. The three companies of the Thirty-second were under the com- mand of Major. Spence. The soldiers left the Presidio .a few minutes after 11 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. marching through the streets of tne city to the water front. They weré in heavy marching order and made a fine appearance as they passed down Market street. They arrived at the transport wharf shortly before noon and immediate- ly - went aboard the Sheridan, which steamed out of the harbor at 4 p. m. Among her passengers was ‘Major Robert H. Noble, assistant adjutant general United States Volunteers, who h: been assigned to duty on the staff of Major General E. S. Otis at Manila. With the departure of the Thirty ond d Thirty-third the number of regi- ments at the Presidio awaiting tran: | portation to the Philippines wiil be re- duced to one, the Twenty-ninth, -the last battalion of which arrived from Te 1y afternoon. This condition of af- fairs at the reservation will not last long. however, as the first section of the Twen- eighth Regiment xpected to reach n Francisco from Camp Meade, Pa. afternoon and the remainder of the regiment within the next few days and others will follow. The Thirty-first is quarantined at Angel Island and a bat- talion of the Fortieth Is now being re- zited at the post. The discharged soldlers S: thi; who arrived were being paid off yesterday as_fast the paymaster and his assistants coula verify their papers and count out the money due them. The task proved to be of larger proportions than had been an- ticipated, however, and the work was not completed last night as had been ex- pected. Tae last of the men will be paid morning and then they will be at liberty to go whither they please. The Minnesota Regiment will be paid off and mustered out Tuesday and will at once depart for § Paul on a special train, stopping en route at Portland and possibly at Fargo. Corporal Larrabee of the South Dakota Regiment has been sent to the quaran- tine camp at the Presidio, suffering with what is feared will prove a fatal attack of smallpox. The two soldiers who were exposed from associating with him have Kinyoun yesterday sterilized the ward that had been occupied by them. A furlough of three months has been granted Sergeant Alfred Voligny, Battery O, Third Artillery. Collector of the Port Jackson yesterday made the following assignments for duty of former employes who have been serv- ing in the Philippines as members of the First California Volunteers: W. T. Mulal- ly. chief janitor; H. T. Ruthrauft and A. IL. Cliffors, reappointed inspectors: Lloyd Spencer, formerly clerk to_the surveyor, inspector; Captain T. J. McCreagh, as- sistant weighe sler and 'S. L Marston, extra They will report for SELECTED THE GAS ROUTE. Charles Butler Attempts to Commit Suicide in a Sixth-Street Lodging-House. Charles Butler,agent for a photographic company, attempted to commit suicide yesterday morning by turning on the gas in his room in the Glenbrook House, 116 Sixth street. and If it had not .bcen for the fact that the landlady as usual turned off the gas at the meter at 5 o'clock in the morning his attempt would have been successful. Butlor engaged the room Friday night about 8 o'clock. He stuffed up every crevice where the ias might escape and then lay down in bed after turning the gas on full. He was discovered about 11 o'clock yesterday morning by Mrs. Fields, the bedmaker, who promptly gave the alarm, and he was taken to the Receiv- ing Hospital in an unconsclous condition. Restcratives were -immediately applied, and the chances are that he will recover. He had written a lettér to W. S. Waters, 937 Mission street, and on tie envelope across the address was written: *To my dear brother and wife and little girl: T cannot stand this terrible .pain any more.”” He had also written on a card: “(io to 1065 Market strcet and get my things. God fcrgive me, Charley.” He attempted to commit suicide last Thursday night at 1065 Market street, where he had been living for a week, by the gas route. It is said that he was recently divorced from his wife. He trained himself a few days ago and saf- fered considerable pain in consequence. He is about % years of agze. —_————————— See “Kelth’s” millinery window, Phelan bullding, ‘for novelties in new colors. * undoubtedly make an enviable record in | from the Philippines on the City of Para | been sent to the detention camp and Dr. | Horace Davis C Bringing Forward Board of NOTHER sessfon of the Repub- fl lican caucus will be held at B'nal B'rith Hall to-morrow evening. Nominations for the Board of Supervisors and Judges of the Police Court will then be considered. The committee appointed by the caucus to rec- | | i | ommend suitable men for the Superv orial ticket of the following named dele Charles L. Field, E. L. olan, J. K. C. Hobbs, Robert Husband, D. Mahoney, T. V. Marshall, R. Mit- L. Gibbons, J. J. Morehouse, Wal- W. D. Kenyon and :J J. chell, lace Bradford, Leffler. The foregoing committee Fleld, chairman) held two sessior (Charles L. | Grand Hotel headquarters ¥ Horace Davis attended the evening ses- | sion. Following is a complete list of the | names recommended by the committee: rles Bliss, Al_Bouvier, George E. W. Forello, A. F. Robers, | W. E. Bridge, A. H. Mel J.°B. Whitney, H A." Bro Robert Ewing. H. C. Robins Buck- | ingham. L. A. Morgenstern, G. Pat- | terson, " Joseph P. wil- | | 1lam Schroder, Sa Ve | W. G. Doane. F. J. Koster,' Robert Toj [ H. Burfeind. E.'J. Le Breton, L. A. A. Lennon, Jeremiah Mahoney. R0 filjan G. Morrls, W. C. Johnson, J. K. Lilienthal. D. C. M. G LR S, Jeffers, “ount, Wil- liam Watson, ones, George A. Rutz. | George T. Shaw, C. M. Depew, Charles M Kapp, Henry C. George, James E. Field, Ed- | win W. Tucker, Adam Beck, Andrew Christen- sen. M. H. Hecht, Thomas Henderson, Boxton, Willis Brown, Andrew { Charles J. King. D. L. Farnswort { Jr. E. A._Selfridge, George E. { John H. Gray. eph Hyman, James Wilkins, George R. Sanderson, John Middleton, Warren D. Clark, Nathan Bibo, Leon Slos C.'S. Wright, M. R. Roberts Jr. -Charles Fisher. From’the foregoing list the caucus will doubtless select eighteen candidates. The committee of twelve appointed by the -Republican caucus: Friday night, to recelve applications and pass upon the qualifications of aspirants for Polic | Judges, met yesterday afternoon assembly room on t! b | Parrott building, George W. Schell act- ing as chairman. In all there were nin applicants who felt that a nomination was all that was necessary in order that the | judicial ermine fall on their respective shoulders. L. G. Carpenter, Prosecuting Attorney in Judge Treadwell's court, was | applicant called on to qualify before the | committee and under the clause which | states that all applicants must be nd‘mn- ted to practice before the Supreme Court for at least five years ceding election, just slipped in, :n ad- mitted five years and one day before the coming election. Thomas F. Graham, Police Judge of De- artment 3, d that he was willing take a renomination. He felt certain it nominated he would be elected. o the five-year clause In the charier tated that thoush he had been practic- longer period he had not Supreme Court for the al- P that As he ing for a muc passed in the lotted e the Peace, 1 sfied that he was in line for promo and would not refuse a seat in the Police ourt. CHU™L Joachimsen, who is now Prase- cuting Attorney in Police Court 1. gave his record, which is a long one, having been Justice of the Peace for u!mu‘( fi teen ars and holding office as lohm? | Judge for four terms. "He sald he was o make another run. N e J. Kingwell also felt confident o t lected if handed the nomination (‘;Ppl(‘n(ls on the revoking of the qualifica- {ian clause. however, as he voted in and consequently Marin County In 1 | 1ssuea in the | he fourth floor of the | the first | LEGION OF CANDIDATES PASSING IN REVIEW onfers With the Republican Caucus Committee. The Party Actively Engaged in the Work of Good Men for the Supervisors. | has_not ined a five years' residen in San Franct | Charles A. L ng application, | stated that he b a resident of | California since 1857, and was admitted to_practice before the Supreme Court in | 1869; was elected Justice of the Peace and had thrice be elected Police Judge. James L. Nagle had been advised by his friends to seek smination, and as he could qualify he illing to ‘‘take the advice of his friends,” and he asked tha committee to cor ts list. der his name in making {up 1 15 in mak- Sweene: , pointed Police Judse, his onl to Its shortness. The young attorne d that if given the nomination he would make an active cam- paign. and after election would ‘‘deal out justice to the satisfaction of the entire community Judge 1 |and s duct his ing his applic to his record | regret being adwell was the last applicant, that if nominated he would con- office in a fitting manner and do | all in his power to gain the confidence of the peaple. | The commitee took the applications un- eration and went into executive 3 xt Monday n . chairman of the ocr call for the Hall on M | ble at Native Sons’ n street | at 8 o’clock to- w evening. The con- vention will pro at once to the nom- iation of a munic Mr. Me- onald, at an early sta proceed- ings, will announce of forty county committeemen at large. He was |at work on the list_yesterday. The for men to be appointed by the chairman wiil register the.will of Gavin McNab on all | questions’ pertaining to party manage- ment in the municipal campaign this year and in the great campalgn of 19 R. V. Whiting, chairman of the Demo- . | cratic convention’s committee of seven to | select candidates for the Board of Super- | visors, w seen last evening. He said | that the committee had made some prog- Tes but- would not be ready to submit | the list untll to-morrow evening. Another session of the committee will be held to- | morrow. From other sources it wa the committee had considered ninety | names and reduced the list to twent leight. Ten of the remaininig twenty- eight may be eliminated before the hour appointed for the convention to assemble. The delegates will not be bound to nomi- nate the eighteen indorsed by the com- m but the recommendation of Gavin | McNab's seven will have weight. The Republican caucus committee on Supervisors did not adjourn until a late | hour last night. Horace Davis remained | with the conmittee until 11 o’clock. An- other session will be held Monday after- noon. The list 6 still open and more names will be enrolled before it is printed learned that for the convenience of delegates. The caucus will endeavor to select eighteen candidates from all the names submitted. The Republican convention’s commit: tee on order of busine Colonel A. S. Hubbard chairman, met at Grand Hotel headquarters last night. Two reports will be presented. One will express the sense of the league delegates that the Mayor shall be nominated first, and the other will nd the nomination of Su- perv t. After the adoption of a platform of principles, nominations will be taken up. The order will closely ad- here to the form designated in.the new charter. Democratic politiclans are agitated over the news that Eugene N. Deuprey is mak- inig a hot contest to gain the nomina- tion for District Attorney. | At a meeting of the Forty-fifth District délegates to the Democratic Conventon {last night Dr. T. B. W. Leland was re- quested to submit his name to the con- vention.as a candidate for Coroner. The delegates promise him their united and individual support to secure his nomina- :HEALTH ébARD MAKES LAUNDRY AND BAKERY INSPEC- TORS GIVEN PLACES. Will Ask Supervisors to Pass an Or- dinance Regulating the Crema- tion of Dead Bodies. The Board of Health at a special meet- ing last night picked out a number ¢ heads for official decapitation and ap- pointed others in their stead. There were also several appointments to the places abolished iast August. Fortified by Judg Hunt's decision placing the general fund at the disposal of the board. the positions of laundry and bakery inspectors were created. The full board was present and the programme which was prepared at the secret caucus went through without a hitch, except for the mild opposition of ay an. o Pt he considered Judge Hunt's de- ogically absurd, since the board e appointments deplete to the exclusion of the r employes of the city govern- ;:s:!xl.ur[';:"‘.elmn‘v’n,)quo(ed the code, which empowered the board to employ any num- ber of employes for the proper conduct of the Health omce“and ‘fl? g‘movus and nts went merrily on. Peter Devany, superintendent of the City Cometery, vice H. H. Smith, removed: assistant secretary. Victor Morsse. vice Poter Devany; nurse at the -Almshouse, Mrs, Wilson, vice Mrs. Close, removed: teamster at Almshouse, Felix Lusten- berger, vice A. M. Ryarn, removed; chiet { | | stated t | on as I might by wholesal the general fund. 4 inspector. M. F. Witzmann; por- ?Z}"‘&t, an‘d Cg(\:xnty Hospital, J. J. ch- 7°C: ‘Quinn, removed; ma- chinist, City_and County Hospital, John O'Nelll; vice John Benton, removed; store- keeper. Almshouse M. F. Taylor, vice J. S rew, removed: laundry. inspecto John Couiter: watchman, City and County Hospital, O. D. Read. -vice J. Stemp. re- moved: day nurse, Almshouse, B. W. Con- Ty wice John Cuddy, removed; assist- ant market inspector, Peter Caulsen; as- sistant plumbing inspectors—J. D. Nolan, James BScott, Frank Browell; assistant food inspectors—Julius. Theall, E.- G. Hornlein, B: M. Jones; health inspectors— John A. Hoey. T. R. Sullivan. P. J. Cullen, night steward at the Ra- celving Hospital, presented -his resigna- tion, which was accepted, but the vacancy was, not fllled. . \ At the request of Coopeér Medical -Col- lege, J. L. Arbogast, W."C. Bailey and olson, vice at the County Hospital. A petition signed by fifty physicians was read, asking the board to secure the en- actment of an ordinance regulating the cremation of dead bodies. The ordinance. will require an application to be filed by the physician in attendance or some.rela- tive of the dead person when cremation is desired. A violation of the ordinance is unishable by a fine of $500 or six months’ mprisonment. i SOME APPOINTMENTS| who presided. The latter | Albert S. McCoy were. appointed lntemes’ will be presented to the Supervisors and | |OPPOSITION TO THE TOWING OF RAFTS Representatives of Several Organiza- tions Begin an Agitation to Avert a Peril of the Sea. One year ago vesterday morning the steamer Santa Rosa narrowly escaped running into a log raft that had broken adrift. The rotator of the steamer’s patent log, towing astern, was carried away by the logs, which were within a 1. There were on tho | vessel 370 persons. They caped death by only a few feet. It was then 3 o'clock in the morning and a gale was blowing. Last evening. on the anmiversary of that incident, representatives of various or- ganizations connected with the shipping interests of this port met in the Pilots’ Hall in the ferry building to take some action, in view of the log raft recently adrift, to bring about legislation to pre- vent the towing of log rafts to or from any port in the United States. | A billl was once prepared for passage | and it had the endorsement of the entire Congre: onal Gelegation from California, of the San Francisco Chamber of Com- merce and of Supervising Inspector Du- mont. The bill was introduced in Con- gress when the Spanjsh war was under consideration and with other measures was snowed under. This bill was read last night and the endorsements were also few feet of the ve: | inspected. | Captain Henry Taylor presided. Re- marks were made by Captaln Thomas Wallace, Mr. Fuereseth of the Coast Sea- men’'s Union, E. E. Bullene of the Marireg Engineers, J. Van Buren Perry and others, all favoring some action. At the end of an hour of discussion the appoint- ment of a temporary committee to for- ward the work c¢f advocating the passage of a proper law against the towing of log rafts at sea s proposed. Upon the ob- jection of Mr. Bullene, that the repre- Sentatives present were not authorized to act, it was voted that reports should be made to the several bodies and that a future meeting.should be held at which definite action: could be authorized and a fuller representation could be secured from the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations. —_— e A Rebekah Social. California Rebekah Lodge No. 1 will g{ve a social to its friends In its hall next aturday night. ————— ] POSTAGE ON SUNDAY CALL. 1 SUKDAY CALL wrapped ready for mailing—postage 2c to all | points in United States, Canada | & and Mexico, and 4c to all for- eiga points. : 1