The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1900, Page 2

2 NAVY HAS A NEW | WAR IMPLEMENT THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, VEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1900. HOW THE SUFFOCATED MINERS WERE CAUGHT IN-THE GREAT UTAH MINE HORROR. (@ et e000e8 0000060060 0000000000808000s00000000590060050003e . Shell That Pierces the Strongest| Krupp Armor as Though It Were Made of Soft Government Jealously Guarding Its Invention, Which Will Be Discussed Shortiy by the| Senate in Secret ion 1 PENALTIES REMITTED o in us TO UNION IRON WORKS CASHED MANY . BOGUS DRDERS OB MONEY Postoffice Clerk = Arrested Aiter a Brilliant but Brief Career. Access to Postal Blanks at Pull- man and Filled Them Out Suit His. Necds. $5300 sed et h Barnett, wiho ymerys and who INDICATIONS OF MURDER FOUND BY SCHOOLGIRLS Epecial Diepatch t VANCOT been The Call VER, B. C., May §.—This city thrown into a ferme of ex- discovery late this after- of giris gathering ferns ? the horribly mutilated The ghastly find was ained on the face or upon the upper on of the remains, the skull having picked ciean by carricn rests in the e authori- hat murder had been committed as dismemberment of the body and the beheading of the remains could have been accomplisked by no animal, o papers that might lead to the fden- tification of the murdered man were found on the remaine except & scrap of the Montreal Star dated March 13, which had the been placed inside the hat band. Ap- parently the only way by which a clew may be obtained i# through the clothine, which ady been partially identifie 28 belonging to @ YOUNg man name Bcott ho dropped out of sight mysteri- ously severa! months ago and of whom ro trace has ever been secured. The police ere work: on the theory that he was grovably the murdered man. but they ve 1o clew to his murderers. ttie clump of trees, The red from the body. | and lay in the mos: trunk. o flesh re- | werp conccrned. He Wood. SN PENETRATES SHELL HARVEYIZED ARMOR' TR nch rifie hol naval I8 een inches hievement was rv Hackett, vas made at Indian charged with smoke- to give the shell a cond, or 25 per lean 11 Considered. May 8—In of ‘minor the Senate bills were reimburse MIDWAY OF STREET FAIR DE Betwoen ore 4¥ men were at work In the shafts, where glant pe of the entombed men, while the back damp ; *->-0-0-0-0 e 4 < g > DIAGRAM SHO\}VING LEVELS IN WHICH UTAH MINE HORROR TOOK PLACE. fTocated fire damp or dust or all ! nearly all of th e exploded in an ad- ® ? join a few of the men, warned by the rumble of the explosion, rushed from the e in time to escape [ 4 th hundred and fifty dead bodies were taken out of the mine by the rescue party. . & £ the different levels tapping the veins of coal in which the men were working when the ¢ expl n occurre pes Indicate the coal veins. The men killed outright by the shock of the explosion ¢ @ were in Level No. 1 and the galleries above it. Most of those in the lower levels and In an adjoini haft were suf- ® + focated by the back damp that followed the explosion. A few of the workers In the lower eri arned by the ¢ dist c of the explosion, escaped by the lower level shown in the diagram before the suffocating gases could & J m. 3 % . @+ +00000000000 R e R R R S S = = SR ] to the paragraph relating to the commis- | | Iy alone in this matter, save as the moral sioning of naval ca s, The committee | | sentiment of the community is behind us. amendment striking ut the proposition 1 e know of no conspl: y or conspirators. We in t bill which sought to commission | | have consulted no outside party or partles, the cadets at the expiration of a four | | have co-operated with none. Our motive is years' term at the al academy, abo but the moral welfare of the institution Ishing the preliminary two years at sea, And now, gentlemen was carried after a warm ¢ Stockton to Give a Fair. STOCKTON, May 8—At a special meet- ing of the Merchant s’ Association this evening it was de- cided to give a street fair and trades car- nival here commencing Jume 15 and con- tinuing for a week. It is the intention of the business men to make the affair one i of the best ever held in the State. NOUNCED Sacramento Divine Attacks One of the Attractions of the Recent Carnival at the Capital. REV. IN SACRAMENTO. D R = SO (From a Photo by Varney, Sacramento.) P+ 0000000000000 0000s0 000000006 00060t ACRAMENTO, May 8.—Apropos of the street fair and trades carnival religious circles are deeply stirred over an address by Rev. J. B. Sil- cox, the eloquent pastor of the First Congregational Church, in which he attacked in unmeasured terms the mid- way attractions at the street fair. Mr. Silcox’s remarks were aimed at the mus- cle dancers and an aileged indecent exhi- biticn which the carnival committee on the last day of the fair closed up in re- sponse to public protest. The clergyman prefaced his remarks by paving a high | tribute to the magnificence of the floral parade. the Chinese pageant and to the eplendor of the street carnival itself, in J. B. SILCOX, WHOSE REMARKS CONCERNING CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE STREET CARNIVAL HAVE CAUSED COMMENT | | | | | | | | { 80 far as it related to the exposition of | the city’s industries and in so far as the free amusements nga mzonfi exercises leved that the city of Bacramento had done itself proud in | | 0t et ebeietiebeiedbei-eieieied ebedese@ : ; i : : @S- D N N these particulars, hut ne expressed the fear that the midway performances had given the city a bad name among visi- tors from the rural communities, where the standard of morality is as a general thing high. Mr. Silcox told his hearers that on the midway he was so enraged by the indecent language of one of the spiel- ers that he was on the point of going up to the platform and personally a!!u.uftlng the offender. He said that it was his in- tention had not the carnival committee acted in the matter to appeal to the Goy- ernor against the use of the State grounds for the purpose of the midway. He pr tested also against the running of saloo: on street fair grounds without a license and in violation of the ordinance recently g:ned through the influence of the Tues- y Literary Club prohibiting the opening of saloons in the residence districts on premises not already occupled by such resorts. and Manufactur- | | | | | | | | | | | institution for | and character | fully, | was going to leave. ILED AGAINST DR, SHEAR Sonoma County Physician to Be Given a Hearing by Supervisors. S Ministerial Union Presents the Affi- davits Testified To by Several Fe- | male Nurses Relative to Scan- dals in the Hospital. Special Dispatch to The Call. | SANTA ROSA, May 8-—The much- talked-of charges against County Phy- | siclan M. M. Shearer of alleged improper reiations with nurses employed at the in- stitution were formal laid before the Board of Supervisors this morning. Short- ly after 10 o'clock a delegation from the Ministerial Union of this city entered the Supervisors’ hall and word of the fact | being noised about the streets a number | of spectators were soon on hand. Rev. W. L. Gaston, pastor of the First Baptist Church, acted as spokesman and after stating briefiy the object of the visit he Proceeded to read the following communi- cation: The undersigned petitioners, members of the Ministerial Unjon of Santa Rosa, extend greet- ings and hereby desire to show and set forth | that on or about the 14th day of Februa 190, Miss Anna Pohlmann, then matron and nurse in Sonoma County Hospital. came to one | of our members, a_pastor of this ¢ whom | she recognized as her pastor, and complained to him of the treatment she was receiving from the county physielan, Dr. M. M. Sheacer, charging him with improper conduct toward her. Further ehe confided to the pastor that Migs Bertha Sundell, a nurss at the hospital, had been compelled’ to resign and leave the the same veason. This pastor, after making inquiry concerning the good nama of the complamant, finding no reagon to doubt the truth of her statements, presented the matter to the Ministarlal Union. | Dy the committee appointed by the union for that purpose Mies Anna Pohlmann and Miss Bertha Sundell, voung ladles hefore mentioped, were told that their ursupported statements amounted to not be recognized by us in the form of aMdavits. Accordingly. with- out any dictation from us or any of us. in their ¢wn language and in thelr own hand- Wiiting. thev filed with our secretary the affidavits which are herewith submitted, ve batim. as follows: SAN FRANCTSCO, April 3. Board of Supervisors, or Publi May Concern in Santa Rosa, Cai but littie and could lesa they were put 1800.~To the | Whomever it | I have been why I gave up my position as purse and n in the Sonoma County Hospital. During me in the hospital I can say before God men that 1 have fulfilled my duty faith- ¥, but our County Physician, Dr. Shearer, bas insulted me whenever he got the chance. 1f 1 had to buy anything for the hospital I always had to go to the doctor's office for an | order. (Here follow- particulars of an un- pleasant character.) Could I say anything? No. 1 would have lost my bposition, so I | | | | simply resigned Lefore he got a chance th throw ‘ me out. 1 don’t think that any respectable Wwoman can hold her position while Dr. Shearer \ | is in the hospital. I know 1 have triel hard, but to my sorrow I had to give it up. ANNA POHLMANN. Subscribed and sworn to before Ax:\s dg‘;; of April, 1°00. on me this A. J. HENRY, | Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. SAN JOSE, Cal., April 9, 1300.—To the Boar of Supervisors or the Public—Dear Sirs: 1 Wil not take up much of your time, but would Iike to tell you all the reasons why I left the | Sonoma County Hospital. But the simpls rea son was I could not put up with vour County Physician, Dr. Shearer. He insulted me every chance he got. He said he was very sorry I 1f 1 did not like it down here he said he would send me money to come back and T would not have to work any more, but he would keep me somewhere in Santa Rosa, at the expense of ti% county, for I did not know any other wa. on want- Ing to send out a buggy in the evening so I could come in and stay and spend the evening with him in his office. He several times dur- ing hie visits at the hospital sent out other nurses in order to get a chance to insult me. | I liked it very much at the hospital, but I | could mot.put up with the doctor any longer, | and it would have been that he would have | discharged me because I did not submit to his wishes. No woman with a pure character couid | keep the place, but, in order to, would have to either be a ‘corrupt woman or turn one. I hope that something can be done in this mat- ter, as T feel it my duty to tell my experience that no other poor girl that has not courage to stand up for herself may be ruined. I will not take up more of your time, but if any in- formation is wanted I am at your pleasure and will tell all T know. Yours truly, MISS BERTHA SUNDELL, 332 North First street, San Jose, Cal. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sth day of April, 1900. WESTEY PIEFER. Then follows an attestation that the foregoing are true coples of the affidavits. We desire to state, {n view of counter charges which are already current rumor, that, as a union body of ministers, we have acted en- because of the serious- ness of the foreg: ich affect the al statue of at large, In w of the fact nisters of churches this clty we sust ! relations to approximately four eople and by that many, at least, are looked upon as cus- todlans of the morals of the community, we deem ft an imperative duty to submit these matters to you, which we do, the good name of our county and its institu- tions can safoly be trusted to your high regard for virtue and honor. We are unwilling that injustice ehould be done or any one subjected to undue humiliation, yet we are firm In the conviction that a thorough and searching in- vestigation by you, gentlemen. will serve the end of justice fo all and righteousness in the administration of public affairs. If, after such believing that investigation. vou find the charges unwar- ranted, we will be glad fo know it but on the other hand. if vou find it necessary to take remedial and reformatory, measures, please to feel assured of our most hearty and cordlal support. We will therefore esteem it especial courtesy to be informed of the result of your investigation. Respectfully submitted, PETER COLVIN, President. RY, R, L. D. RATHBC B, W. L. GASTON, ecretary. After reading the above Rev. Mr. Gas- ton handed the document to County Clerk Somers B. Fulton. who placed it on file. A silence of several seconds followed, which was finally broken by Chalrman Glynn inquiring the pleasure of the board in the matter. Supervisor T. C. Putnam then made a motion that the matter be laid over until to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, s0 as to allow_all parties inter- ested to be present. The clerk was in- ructed to notify Dr. Shearer of the filing of the charges against him. and Mr. Put- nam's motion being carried unanimously the hoard proceeded with other matters, It is understood that the charges are to be fully investizated. a member of the board €0 expressing himself this evening. What the proceeding to-morrow will bring forth it is not possible to say, but if ru- mor is to be credited some sensational de- tails are very apt to develop. HANNA’S OPPOSITION T0 THE CANAL BILL Special Disoatch to The Call WASHINGTON, May S.—The Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals will hold a special meeting to-morrow to con- sider the Nicaragua ecanal bill as it passed the H The meeting of the commit- tee vesterday gave little encouragement to the friends of the bill and there is small hope of a favorable report on the measure to-morrow. Senators Hanna and Sewell are opposed to action on the bill at this session. They are influential mem- bers of the committee and are believed to represent the wishes of the adminis- tration. Senator Hanna practically de- clared at a meeting of the committee yes- terd that the Senate managers were against action on the canal bill pending he disposal of the Hay-Pauncefots treaty. The fate of the bill probably will be settled at the meeting of the commit- teé to-morrow. If the treaty and the ca- nal bill are to go hand In hand, there is absolutelr no hope of the House hill be- ing pasged at this session. notwithstand- ing Senat Morgan's prediction that the | & l-:"‘".fia adopt the measure before | Senate adjourniaf” “. June. — B T I T S e e JCI SIS an | PLAN 10 UK BAILWAY DNDER NEW YORK BAY plated by Pennsylvania Railway Company. | By Meeting Incoming Steamers at | Montauk Point at Least Eight Hours Could Be Saved in Crossing Atlantic. i i SR I Dispatch to The Call Speci, The Pennsylvania with absorbing the on to f the NEW YORK, May § 4 Ratlroad. not co t varfous competin merit the m|e=l E s world,”” has plan aject that will bring E or elght hours nearer all Amerjca Eventu- ally there will be const el under the harbor at a pc | Narre Trains will cross from Eliza- beth, J., to Staten lIsland. thence to | Long Island (under‘‘the Narrows™), thence {across a proposed bridge at Ward's | Island to connect with the New York 1 Hartford Railroad | “The greatest secre | officlals of this ¢ | as_to the details of the idently in view the prinieipal commercia country—all now ached by system—to_ a mshin Montauk Point @ connection with lines from east by way of Long Island and Staten fsland to the Pennsylvania Railroad near Elizabeth. | “The Pennsylvania has | contract, to involve of millior for the e ruction ¢ great pier that will go nearly twa miles t into the bay. President Cassatt has written to the Secretary of War asking the Government to put its harbor If | two thousand feet further into the bz to permit this great construction Pennsylvania owns control of the fcan mship Line. Austin _Corbin’s ered pe Montauk and the nsylvania and Am ppreciate his foresight | carry out his project. Improvemen mechanical equipment have mat 3 lessened the length of the tr: Atlantic passage. It s reasonable to estimate | that at least seven hours would be saved if steamers ran from Montauk instead of | from New York down through the tortu- | ous channels of the lower bay. What | this projected Improvement means then is a quicker trip, by eight hours, for the host of people that leave the cities on the line of the Pennsylvania and go to Europe. More important still i= the tremendous cut in the time it takes to get mail across the Atlaptie. | | - | OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. i | Patents, Pensions, Postoffice Changes and Army Orders. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May $.—The following patents have been granted: California—Elisha P._Chilton, Chino, pump John A. Gallagher, 8Stockton, washing ma- | chine; Willlam B. Hargen, Stockton, animal trap; Charles F. Huffmaster, San Leandro, engine speed regulator; Frank Huntington, Oakland, roller crushing mill; Walter S. Jewell siphon water elevator; John F. H. Berkeley, filter;: Willlam H. Wright, assigrior to Vacuum Can and Car w _York, can jar or like article. mpany, Washington—George A. Kelly, assignor to G. B. Baker, Dayton, undercheck device for horses. California pensions: Original—Gershom G. Viiet, Oakland, $6: George T. Williams, Kern. 3$6; Charles E. Leonard. Sacramento, 36; L. fayette Bilby. Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, 35; Stephen . T. Bundy, Ontario, $6. Additional— Barnabas E. Swift, Soldiers’ Home, Los Ange- les. $8; John Branch, Tahoe, $1. Renewal Alphonzo J. Helmuth, Azusa, $6. Increase— | George Minfer, Los 'Angeles, $5. Original widows, etc.—Special. accrued April 16, Kath- ina Lipp. Vallejo, 33 “TWashingion: Original—Jacob J. Miller, White Salmon, $6. Increase—Harvey Whatcom, $16. = Taylor. Colburg, Oregon: Original—Samuel s In Woodviile, $17. lifornia: Deer Park. Increase—Henry Laws, Postoffice established Placer County, Alice Scott, postmaster. Acting Assistant Surgeon Reuben M. | Bonar, United States army, now at San | Francisco, is relieved from further duty |in the Division of the Philippines and will report to the commanding general of the Department of California for assignment o_duty. *rhe gross receipts of the San Francisco Postoffice for April were $78582, an in- crease of 32882 over April, 18%0. The Los Angeles receipts for April were $21,643, an increase of $3153 over April, 15%. at et il | UNION PACIFIC TRAIN GOES INTO A DITCH | Four Persons Lose Their Lives and Two Are Injured in a Wyoming Wreck. OMAHA. Nebr.. 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