The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL: 18, 1900. BUILDING COLLAPSES WITHOUT WARNING Pittshurg the Scene of a Disaster in Which Three Persons Are Killed and Several Injured. 12.—Without a roar the that next door into one large room. About forty-eight feet of themiddle partition had A e corner of been removed and steel girders supported At the corner of |y heavy iron posts were in place and the SITOnt OOMMNIRS touch: were being put on the number of ng work. The firm this morning taken out began the transfer of its stock from one 2 and several | T0Om to the other and apparently centrai- LT x:, .l !z’-]‘d the heavy \\r{l‘flh( .rvr She jeads and . Tv . .., | Ofls about the middle of the structure. MRS 3 A JONES, aged 64, of 511 The collapse began by the second floor s a p breaking through, carrying with it the PEN BARNHARDT, Allegheny, | twg floors above, making a breach from to bottom through the center of the LER, carpenter. gy . LER s he rear portion of the e renae did not col- | sworth, salesman, . It was in that R > it the offices were eutenant fire company rich there were about ten | who were in the rear por- uilding heard the crash and e door into Second ave- ped. The loss to the firm € $40,000. the woman eam fitter, leg broken am fitter, badly cut enter, badly cut and killed, nd e purc of was .in dently e, for Sman Sal waited on her, were ollar bill in his ed her pock- that the neither suddenly that REFUSED T0 TAKEUPTHE CAAL BILL bl I ~ BANKS IN CUBA the House Passes Bill Authoriz- ts Upon Order of Regular ing the Selection of Business. ‘ Depositories. s AR Begins His Quay Case W Mothers of Soldiers Who Served in Spanish War Even Though They Married Confederates to Be Pensioned. . WASHINGTON, ay April 12.—The House after a spirited debate adopted the on reported from the Insular Af- “ommittee to authorize the Secre- ry of the Treasury to designate deposi- tories in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Phil- for the deposit of Government By the terms of the resolution it Cuba only so long as the island 1 be occupied by the United Sta provision as to Cuba, offered, as stated, to emphasize the d. fon not to retain the d by a party vote. iate bill which will permit the de- mothers of soldlers or sailors of pariish war, even though they mar- Confederate soldiers, to serve the t of the general pension law, was ed. The was de- 12 ¥ u; a res ommittee on Election of President, esident and Representatives in ngrese for a constitutional amendement owering the Legislatures of States to decide whether the United States Senators shall be elected by the Legislature or di- by the people. A substitute reso- n was offered by the minority, which tions in tes no option, but providing should vote differed from the majority resol giving th that in oth all States the people for United States & denslager of New J e bill to repeal s d Statutes so far ent parents of sailors or soldiers Spanish war. The purpose was to the dependent mothers of soldlers Spanish war to be pensioned even heir husbands had been 'Confederate t relates to the permit of the if ¥ mnot repeal section 4716, asked bson of Tennessee, “and let Confeder- soldiers who afterward served in the n army be pensioned?” “No, no,” called out Williams of Mi sippi. ““We don’t want to pension de ers from the Confederate soldiers.” The bill was passed. The conference report on the legislative, cutive and judicial appropriation bill as agreed to. sis- as a member of the & Elections t STENOGRAPHER M’'CALLUM THRASHES AN ATTORNEY Accusation of Dishonesty in Vaca- ville Courtroom Ends in a Street Fight. Special Dispatch to The Call. WILLOWS, April 12.—News was re- ceived here to-day of a difficulty at Vaca- erday between Frank Freeman, minent attorney of this place, and Duncan McCallum, a court reporter ot Glenn County, which resulted in Free- a man being battered up about the head s Mate SaT i ;| and eyes. The trouble started in the 1l power to appoint Senators COUrtroom when a request was made that court appoint Mr. McCallum court committee so ined that re- that time o the end t with the peop The Senator from reporter. Attorney Freeman _quickly t of Mor jumped to his seat and exciaimed, *Your to g solution expr 3 Honor, I object to his being . appéinted for t ers before the Senate, then ad- | court reporter because he is dishonest.” Senate as if the resolution r consideration. n executive session the Senate at journed until Saturday. Mr, McCallum, in answer to this, said, “Judge, I am at present official court reporter of Glenn County, and have here my credentials.” Then, turning to Mr. Freeman, he sald, “In regard to my dis- honesty, that is a personal affair; we will settle that by and by.” This happened in the forenoon. In the afternoon Free- man and McCallum met on the street and McCallum walked up to_him and said, “You have got me down here away from home, among strangers, and are en- deavoring to make a fool of me. not desire to have any trouble with you, BARON ROTHSCHILD IS INJURED IN A DUEL Pricked in the Right Forearm by the Count of Lubersac Near e T but if you ever say 1 am dishonest again e e k. | T will thrash you.” ¥ §. April 12—The Count of Luber-| This stirred the wrath of Freeman. Edouard Rothschild, a son He sh 0 BE CHOSEN tes. amendment to include the Philippines | ution from | Special Dispatch to The Call. \ L i e A A D g A o S e ] —a PLANS ACCEPTED FOR THE NEW SAN DIEGO LIBRARY Donation of Andrew Carnegie Will Give the City One of the Finest Buildings of the Kind in the State. New Public Library for San Diego. B B R S SO SRS, S S - [ R M—®+QMM—&M+®+WWMH+WQ+@—QM@W,~. AN DIEGO, April 12.—Ackerman & Ross of New York proved to be the | | successful architects in the compe- | | tition for plans for the f‘nrneg'e: | Public Library bullding, to be erect- | ed here.with the $50,000 given the | | eity for that purpose by Andrew Carne- | gie. There were twenty-six designs sent | in for competition, and the comm!ttee | after a caretul study of them found them- sclves confronted with various problems, | first of which was, not knowing the or reputations of the architects, they could ‘not determine how far certatn pians which they favored might overrun 0,000 limit of expense. As the gues- tion of cost, e could not be submitted +40 local erch s and contractors, the | trustees cecided to submit the plans to a cemmittee in San Francisco, consisting of | Willis Polk, a non-competing architect; | Bruce Porter, whose reputation as a mural decorator and_stained-glass artist is unquestioned, and Rev. Joseph Worc=s- ter, an art critic of rare discernment, and Migs Ina Coolbrith, in her capacity of librarian. Mr, Porter writes that there was little room for question after the committee had | examined the set numbered 7, adding: “We have, of course, no means of know- ing who the author 18 nor of his executed buildings, but this design is the work of an artist, working with feeling and sin- cerity and with an apparent security that would justify the trustees in putting by any doubt of his carrying through the building with success and knowledge. It is one of the best designs I have ever seen for a small library, and if you choose this for vour building, with modifications that will” suggest themselves upon considera- tlon, you will have one of the notable li- brary buildings of the world.” The bullding is to be two height and have a basement stories the in full length. The outside measurement is 86 by 75 feet and the height 50 feet. Six steps lead from the basement to the vestibule of the first floor, where there is a delivery room 2 by 40 feet in size. On the right there {s a reference room 19 by 29 feet, and a men’s magazine room of the same size on the left are the women's magazin room and the children’s room, each 19 by 29 feet. The book shelves a at the head of the delivery room, and back of these is the stack room, 22 by 29 feet in size. There are four stories of stacks, which have a capacity of more than 18,000 vol- umes each, or ‘a total capacity of 75,000 volumes. On the second floor is an art gallery, 25 by 40 feet, in the center of the building, with a museum on one side and a lecture room on the other, each 20 by 38 feet. At the rear of the art gallery is a_special study room, 12 by 13 feet, and adjoining | this Is a stack room 22 by 39 feet. The trustees’ private room is in the front of the building. The lighting and ventilation have received special attention at the Caboose of a Work wood and Hooker. Frank Reznor of Dunsmuir and Frank Hines—were badly injured. Conductor cover. the scene of the wreck. lost another son in a railroad accident four months ago. were all brakergen. children. E of Redding were killed outright and three section men—Dewitt, A special train with physicians and a wrecking crew left at once for The parents of Frank Richart, who was single, reside at SBacramento and The family formerly resided in Red Bluff and the four sons Reznor leaves a widow and Eryce a widow and three BRAKEMEN KILLED IN A WRECK NEAR HOOKER Train Jumped the Track and the Other Cars Piled on Top of It Special Dispatch to the Call. RED BLUFF, April 12—A wreck occurred this evening between Cotton- A work train was backing north to Cottonwood when the caboose jumped the track and the otner cars pued up on it. Brakeman Richart of this place and Oscar Green Green and Bryce was badly cut up. but may re- near San Luis Obispo only three or © 00900060000 000000000000 hands of the architects. The roof is al-| most flat and is covered with heavy glass, which will permit sunlight to reach near- ly every room in the buflding. The archi- fects suggested that the base be of rock | or granite and the superstructure of light brick with terra cotta trimmings. This has not yet been decided upon by the trustees. As soon as the plans have been submit- | ted to Mr. Carnegie, which can be easily done by the architect, for he is now in | New York,.the detailed drawings will be made and bids for the work of construc- | tion will be asked for. WHARF COLLAPSES. Purser Paddon of the Willapa Nar- rowly Escapes Death. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., April 12—The recent | storms, which caused the fall.of the | wharf at the Ladysmith collierfes, also caused the collapse of the wharf of Stock- am & Dawley, at Clayoquot, one of the more important trading posts on the west | coast of Vancouver Island. It fell during | a heavy gale on Monday while the | steamer Willapa was lying there dis- charging her cargo. Purser Paddon had a very narrow escape from death. He was standing on the wharf when it fell and just managed to crawl over the fall- ing timbers in time to clutch the edge by the store adjoining the wharf. All| | the freight stored on the wharf was lost | in_the accident. | The Willapa, which brought the news, also told of evidences of what may be another wreck found on the coast. A few miles from Uclulet Indians found a ship’s Doat painted red Inside and outside, Ita bows were broken. In the boat was a keg of whisky, a breaker of water, some canned meats and a pair of oars. 'There was nothing about it to allow of its iden- tity. As no one has come ashore there it is reasoned that whatever occupants there were in the boat have been drowned. The boat was plainiy thatsof a ship. Captain Hughes of the Willapa received | from Indians at Clotoose the name board of the lost bark Dominion. The board, which was found on the beach some time ago, was little defaced. It reads “Domin- ion.” No further news was heard of the wreckage found in Barclay Sound or of the bowsprit found near Kyuquot on the | last trip. The steamer did not go up that far. SIMS CHALLENGED TO FIGHT A DUEL Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 12—A Journal spe- clal from Paris says: Charles Harrles Sims, assistant director of the department of liberal arts and chemical industries for the United States at the exhibition, may have to fight a duel. A French newspaper man has challenged him, probably because of some remarks he made on French dilatoriness in view of the nearness of the opening day of the exhibition and the awful state of unpre- paredness In which everything is. Mr. Sims has been particularly energetic in pushing matters to completion and has had to complain bitterly about the way the French officlals hampered him. He has particular charge of the exhibits of typography, printing processes, national show newspaper books, periodicals, bind- ings, etc., and In his work has be brought into contact with many newspa- per mgn in Paris. | TELEGRAPH OPERATORS OUT O A STRIE |Trouble of the Southern ' Railway Reaches a Cli- max at Last. Alabama Great Southern Also In- volved, but Officials Declare That Trafic Has Not Been Interrupted. e ATLANTA, Ga., April 12.—The threaten- ing trouble of the telegraphers and other ation employes of the Southern Rallway and Alabama Great Southern Railway, which has been pending for several months, came to a head here to-day when President Powell of the Order of Rallway Telegraphers called on the telegraphers to quit work. The trouble commenced last fall when the telegraphers of each division appoint- ed a committee to go before the division superintendents and ask a settlement of certain grievances. Hearings, they say, were refused them and an appeal was made to General Superintendent Harrett at Washington and later to Vice President and General Manager Cannon. The offl- cers of the order state that no satisfac- tion was received from these officers and the grievances were finally taken to President Spencer, whose secretary said the president was too ill to consider the matter at this time. | President Powell says the committee- men selected to represent the men have been dismis: to the number of more | than twenty and that dozens of members of the Order of Rallway Telegraphers have been discharged because of their membership. He says the last communi- cation to the officials of the company con- tained an offer to arbitrate the differ- ences. In the Atlanta office of the Southern Railway seven of the nine telegraphers employed there have quit work. Reports received at strike headquarters are sald to be very satisfactory. Railroad officials, however, say the strike has caused them no Inconvenience and has not interfered | with traffic. OBJECTS TO THE ASSESSMENT. | Suit Filed by a Stockholder of the i TUnion Savings Bank. - Special Dispatch to The Call. | BAN JOSE, April 12—C. L. Witten, a | stockholder in the defunct Union Savings Bank, filed & sult in the Superior Court to-day in which the legality of the direc- | tors of that tank to levy an assessment will be attacked. Some months ago the | bank levied an assessment of $60 per share 0 | in order to liqu'date the indebtedness of | the Institution to the depositors. This as- | sessment has not been paid by any of the | stockholders. ¢ | Witten sets forth that he iz the holder to a stroll this nother to e Rothschild, fought a to-day in the neighbor- Baron Edouard Roths- v pricked in the right fore- return home for after- of the series of £ from the Count of Lu- Baron Robert Roths- | ok his fist in McCallum's face and | - 2 | of sixty shares of the bank. He claims 1, “Don’t dare to talk to me In | Jiat the assessment 18 0o large, as thers hat manner.” He had no sooner sald | gre $35),000 of assets that if handled pro this than McCallum struck him imme- | ey could be realized on in time. It is diately above the right eye, knocking him | glleged that $25 per share would be suf- to the ground. He rushed upon him and | ficient and that he stands ready to pay struck him several blows before an of-|zuch a sum. Plaintiff then prays that the ficer could separate them. For some | g0 assessment levied be set ‘aside, and | time there has been il feeling between | that the bank directors be enjolned from the two men. A year or so ago the men | prosecuting actions to collect the assess- were good friends, and Freeman was in- | ment. An accounting of the assets of the Baron G - strumental in having McCallum aj int- | bank is also asked in order that the court o Baron joustay Rothechlld. | ed court reporter. A few monthe ago, | may order such assessment that it sees et DEphrassi Tand the | McCallum claims, Freeman asked him to | fit and deems best without the interven- e phrssl and 4 ot | change the evidence in 4 case which was | tion of the directors. i e River Beine, at|DeIng tried in the Superior Court here, g ) n . but he refused, saying he would rather Clark Will Not Resign. ssi Ephri on the neck. et G R Sues for Possession. Aspatch to The Call of Yountv 1ch was wounded in 1 the Count received a slight April 12—The sult of R. B. Saf- le against John Finnell of came up for trial here ade an agreement by which e former was to superintend a large Colusa County for ten ?'enrs, in | quite lengthy. resign his position than do such a thing. McCallum says ever since that time Free- man has been endeavoring to have him discharged. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, April 12.—The. intended resignation of United States Senator W. . Clark of Montana, as has been an- | Contracts for San Pedro. founced by telekraph, 15 denled by s LOS ANGELES, April 12.—Advertise- | brother, J. Ross Clark of this city. In for proposals for th reply to a telegram Senator lark an- | ments propo or the continuance | gyered: ‘““The report, which will be sub- {of the Government work at San Pedro | mitted about the 20th, will exonerate me ge Ham and a jury. It | harbor were inserted in local papers to- | entirely. The decision is based on tech- es the ownership of a ranch valued | day.” The proposals will be received until | nicalitfes.” 90, located in this valley. It | May 16, 1900, at 11 a. m., when those re- bR S about fifteen vears ago Saffold | ceived will be opened. Captain J. J. Me: Fire at Duncans Mills. e | ler, the engineer in charge of the work, | has prepared specifications, which are| PETALUMA, April 13—Word was re- ceived here to-day of a disastrous fire in eration of a certain part of the net e omii— Orr Bros.’ saloon and hall at Duncans «ds; that after residing there two |* Stickney Acquitted. Mills. 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