The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1900, Page 1

- ) ® N>, . ¥ P ™ XVIII—NO. 179 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1900 MURDERS MINNEAPOLIS MILLIONAIRE L SERel Sporting Editor Stahs and Kills His Rival. - - Lonis Day Comes to His Death During a Brawl in a Billiard Hall. — — FATAL QUARREL OVER A WOMAN in the Tragedy and Thos Who Witness It Prominent Hill Socieiy Circles restored anew and dying on t broke out Da¥ with whom ¥ been empl f the lc t w 5 e by mak for e v £E a gimiin with ge ont n t ks " . £ th . ' e g the most - will deal withs The President, it is said, wil ew that the time has come te the control of the Philippi der war power and that the Presi 11a be authorized by Congress to pro- for civil government, using the army to maintain order until the scheme of shall have been completed. ! probably be done under the bill, which is now pending in The bill provides that when e insurrection has been suppressed all civil and judicial powers for the islands shall be vested in such person and persons as the President direct to ter- Spoo: the Sen ce will be devoted to the sub- mian canal, based upon the Canal Commission. which will be in the hands of the President very ®oon. The President will recommend the f on of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty rences to the construction of mean the Nicaraguan. ley will suggest that t once for bringing the bout 100,000 men. ——— President Back in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. %.—President Me- . the members of the \ablnet and Secretary Cortelyou, who attended the nion League banquet n Philadelphia last night, returned to Washington at 7:8 o'ciock this morning ey, £ Y 17"”.[2 fiying at fif 1 | miles an hour vesterday i\ \ morning, the Owl special com- .y PRICE FIVE CENTS. TWO CARS OF A FLYING TRAIN FILLED WITH i PASSENGERS HURLED FROM THE RAILS AND | GROUND TO PIECES AGAINST AN EMBANKMENT Owl Special Going Fifty Miles an Hour Strikes a Loose : Rail---Mrs. Frank R. Wells, a Bride, the Most Seri- Bruises About th njured, Suffers From e Head. ing from Los Angeles to San k a loose rafl ) and three were thrown from the track The accident oc- sides of the em- two were wrecked. d in a cut and th ankment prevented the derailed cars from tu g over. But for this a small list of bruises apd scalds, there | might be a long list of dead and injured b Ovitwnd DA s Al o5 gineer was trying to catch up with the schedule. The train consisted of three rs, a baggage car, a dining car and chalr or parlor car, the parlor car being =t and the dai g car next to it. Most sengers had had breakfast, and occurred there were des the stewards and accident four & the diner. and the first three e cars out. It was thrown in such a er as to CONDITION OF THE CZAR REGARDED AS CRITICAL tempersture rose to 103.8. The pulse was | payment on each occasion requires the & re was 102.2 and the pulse 59 Majesty slept well during the right. This morning his general cordition and strength are unsatisfactory. Tem- P re 9.5, pulse 75. No complications er have been observel.” | ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 24—From three sources of information directly con- nected with as many Ministers of State | the St. Petersburg. correspondent of the A €d Press to-day ascertained that tmperial officials are becoming extremely pessimistic regarding the condition of Em- | peror Nicholas and assert that the Li- vadia bulletins concede the gravity of his iliress. In spite of the notorious ease with which an alarmist rumor ecan be cir- culated in the Russian capital, many good | | judges believe that the chances for the Czar’s recovery are diminishing. One report says that the Emperor, in | adéition 10 typhoid fever, with pectoral | compiications. has brain fever, the result of the blow he received from a fanatical policeman during his tour in Japan, and it is even asserted in some quarters that trephaning has beccme necessary. Although the Imperial Ministers have | assumed wider powers in administration !slnce his Majesty’s illness began, the whole machine of government is affected Iby nis disability and many departments tch the forward truck of | | r passed a quiet day yester- | At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Lis | ple, At 9 o'clock in the evening the tem- | Emperor's name. bruised and badly shaken-up travelers. Then the Owl came on to the city and a wrecking train was sent up to clear the | road. The track was clear again last | night, and in the meantime the trains | from the east of the break were sent in | by way of Livermore. The original cause of the trouble was a | loose tie that gave way under the weight | Jean Hush, went at once to the Hush resi- dence at Fruitvale. Mr. Wells sald: “We were eating breakfast when the crash came. The car was thrown off the track and tipped against the bank. I was thrown half out of my chair. Mrs. Wells was violently shaken and the bits of broken glass that flew about cut her on the head and cheek. |in the dining car when it left the rails. Mrs. Wells was thrown .over the sea | and was badly cut about the head and | Mr. Wells with a few s and cut enger was m, but injured ounly his gratulating himself on Two of the stewards kitchen were drenched the conteats 5f the coffee boiler. which was turned over, and both were badly throw- | hangs, He fs co hing it | nis good fortune. The car dashed off | who were In the to the side of the track and brought up against the side of the cut just as it was car to the side and wren free from the train. about to tip over, scalded. Several of the walters were The parlor car came after the d(nfl" shaken up. 'The car itself was a mass of and followed it off the tles, un-|:plintered timbers ond twisted iron coupling itself as it lurched - for-| Just behind the diner and lying far over ward, and it, too, brought up against|on its side was the parlor car. Its win- the embankment In time to save|dows were broken and its trucks twisted, itself from capsizing. In the mean-|but otherw it had not been badly time the third sleeper, its rear truck hav-| brcken up. There were two boys in it ing been thrown from the rails, bumped | when it struck the embankment, but they along over the ties umil the strain be- | escaped uninjured, but much frightened. came too much for its draw bar and it| The track—rails, ties and embankment— too wr 1 frec of the coupling. | was torn up for abcut two hundred ya?ds, The ane of a car always auto- |and the looss truck from the dining car matically es its brukes, and so the | third sleeper did not run far nor did its| front truck leav€ the rails. The forward end of the train ran on a short distance | further and then stopped. | s S | ALL CARS ARE JOLTED. | Forwa; aches S5 i <o A e A @8t | There was a greater danger down the Warning of the Danger. track, however, for the southern express It was known at once in all the forward | was close behind the Owl, and it, too, was | cars that some accident had happened, for | late and was makirg time on its way to the occupants' hdd felt the unusual jolt | San Francisco. Under the conditions as the forward cars passed safely over the | there was great darger of a rear-end col- bad spot, and they feit the lurch of the | lision, so one of the brakemen took a flag train as the rear cars were torn loose and | and raced down the track to stop the on- the forward end, relieved of their weight, | commg flier while there was vet time. He sprang forward until the air brakes|caught the express in time and it was ground into the wheels and brought the | backed down the road again to come in engine and forward cars to a standstill, ‘h_v way of Livermore, for the track where The dining car was a wreck and the par- | the accident had occurred was so torn up lor car was nearly as bad. The passen- | as to be impassable gers at breakfast had been ithrown over | The passengers who had been in the the seats and, all had been more or less | wrecked cars were gathered into the ones | bruised and cut by the broken glass that | uninjured and the abbreviated train pro- wes scattered all over them. Mr. and | ceeded on to Cornwall, where what as- Mrs. Frank R. Wells of Fruitvale were re- | sistance was necessary was given the was'lying off to one side, where it had run after being detached from the for- ward end of the car. Lo DEATH COMING UP TRACK. Flagging an Expi-eu Just in Time to Prevent Collision. turning from their wedding trip and were | FTRANK .R I | MRS. t ‘ WELLS. | L E OF THE WRECK AS THE FORWARD TRUCK OF THE DINING CAR WAS TORN FROM ITS FASTENINGS AND THE TWO REAR CARS WERE DERAILED. +- e — — e of the cars and finally allowed a short rail to bend in the middle and lift oue end at the joint. The appearance of the broken rail seemed to Indlcate that it had been cracked for some time and that the pounding of the heavy cars of the Owl was only the last of weeks of travel that had finally broken it in two. If the facts as reported be true the track was in such a condition that any good section hand could have seen and r¢ -rted the lack of proper inspection of the roadbed. e il oo B MRS. WELLS' INJURIES. She Was at Breakfast When the Crash Came. As soon as the train reached Oakland Mr. Wells and his wife, who was Miss defective rail and the accident is due to | ““The shake-up was so entirely unexpect- | ed that we were not in the least prepared to meet it. We were sitting on the side | of the car which toppled over against the | embankment. “As soon as the confusion was over I gave Mrs. Wells such attention as I could. | The conductor called for a physician and was very good to us. ‘We are very thank- | ful that my wife's Injuries were not more | severe. The accident will not interfere | with our trip to Japan.” A. K. P. Harmon. the insurance man, | who resides opposite the Hush residence, at East Fourteenth street and Twenty- eighth avenue, was a passenger on the ® ® E = 3 sitting in the library car Continued on Second Page. BRh’ISH WFORCE SAID T0 HAVE L(_)_S_I_HEAV!LY OneHundred and Fifty Reported Killed in Battle at Som- ahache. by b of detail work, particularly in the matter of. signatures, -upon the Czar—for exam- numerous special pensions, whose BERLIN, Nov. 25.—The foilowing dis- patch dated St. Petersburg, November 25, 3:49 a. m., has been received here: “It Is persistently rumored in St. Pe- tersburg that the condition of Emperor Nicholas is critical. Well informed peo- ple here declare that the disease has made far greater progress than the Czar's phy- siclans have publicly admitted. A fatal issue is now gravely feared.” LONDON, Nov. 2.—While the latest bulletin regarding the Czar's conditior iz much less favorable than its predeces- sors, there is nothing as yet to confirm alarming rumors. Queen Victorla daily receives a telegram from the Czarina and it is understood that no exceptional anxlety is yet displayed. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Nov. 2.—The Marques correspondent of the Daily Mall have been killed and 5 wounded at Lom- ahache by the Boers. The Burghers, who were estimated to number 1200, afterward returned to Swaziland. The correspond- ent ridicules report. ‘We understand,” says the Daily Ex- press this morning, “that Lord Roberts recently requested the Government to send 20,000 regulars to South Africa to re- lieve the same number still in the field, Lourenzo | sends a Portuguese report that 150 British | According to thg Moscow correspondant of the Daily Bxpress, an examination of the water taken from the well usea for drinking purposes at Livadia proved the presence of typhold germs. = An_ Odessa dispatch to the Daily News, dated Thurs- day, says: “Reports for the last two days indicate a serious decline in the strength of the Czar.” Russian censorship prevents any leak- age of news. It is understood thot the Czarina will remain at Livadia for her mccouchement and even, under the best conditior -. it will be impossible to remove the Czar before February. but that his request was declined on the score of expense.” After condemning the Government’s re- fusal as “ruinous economy,” the Daily Express goes on to describe Lord Kitch- ener's “drastic plans of operations. ™ “He will endeavor to isolate the com- mandoes,” it says, “and to move sus- pected Boer families Into garrisoned towns. He will clear troublesome dis- tricts, confining the population in laagers, If necessary, and will take or destroy all food supplies, punish treachery by death or transportation, raze villages guilty of treasonable acts and destroy all farms in the viemnity of railway or telegraph cut- ting."” PARIS, Nov. 25.—Mr. Sunday with his family at the Motel Scribe, observing the Sabbath in accord- ance with the customs of his fatherland. His apartments were closed to visitors and he remained within them, indniging himself in perfect rest. Although boulevards were alive to a late hour last night with- merrymakers zinging songs the Hotel Scribe was cordoned and the revelers did not disturb his rest. This morning found him quite recovered from his fatigue. After an early break- fast he conferred with Dr. Leyds. There being no church of his own denomination in Paris he held a private service in his apartments, surrounded by his entourage. Mr. Kruger read a portion of scripture and a member of his suite reed a sermon. The Boer statesman expressed a desire to have an organ to assist in the singing. but this could not be obtained. At an early hour free circulation was resumed In the streets about the hotel, whose only guardians, two policemen, stood on either side of the principal en- trance. 'The number of passers-by was | not greater than the ordinary Sunday crowd. ‘woward 3 p. m., however, pad trians increased and along the boulevards came a hundred shouting and singing boys. Their advent increased the entau- siasm, which was rapldly worked up and the streets began to fill. Cheers for Mr. Kruger began and the police immediately established a cordon about the hotel. Sev- eral companies of republican guards culckly arrived PARIS BREAKS IN UPON. | 'KRUGER’S SABBATH QUIET Kruger .passed’| the | In half an hour the scere resembled that of yesterday. Responding to cries | and plaudits Mr. Kruger came for a mo- | ment upon the balcony, accompanied by | his granddaughters. Again at 5 o'clock | the tumult was such that ke reappeared, but only for a moment. During the afternoon and early evening there was no falling off in the number of | spectators. It was 10 o'clock before the | people had sufficiently disapneared to per- mit the circulation of carriages. Some manifestations of an important character occurred during the afternoon in front of the offices of the Libre Parole and the Intransigeant, bat the police | quickly dispersed the demorstrators, ar- resting some who had uttered anti-British cries. Many cards were left at the Hotel Scribe during the day. among them those of M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, and other high officlals of the For i eign Office. Mr. Kruger will spend ‘*o-mor- row morning in conferrinrg with the Boer representatives. The afternoon will be devoted to recelving. depu- tations and prominent people Wwho have made appointments. No decision, it is understood, has been rcached as to when Mr. Kruger will leave Paris. Ae- | probabiy the result of a temporary LIEUTENANT ARNOLD 1S SANDBAGCED —_— 'Naval Officer Falls Vietim to Seattle Mg Bruised and Bereit of Reason He Is Found in the Slums. ROBBERS RIFLE HIS POCKETS While Suffering From Temporary Aberration of Mind He Wanders Into Disrepufable Quarter. Spectal Dispa SEATTLE Arnold. t here on Thurs to have met Nov wandering and his physical health, n goed since an | temporarily shattered by tomed exposure. A severe attack of pleu- risy is threatened. There is every sult of fou reason belfey Sitton Is Lieutenant in part tr and av. His & face are badly bru gash being on the top a heavy blow was apparently receiv the he wor when f ais ow! en removed and P es provided. Tha shoes we were several sizes too large, d ch the worse for wear. His trousers and coat wer n The amount of plunder obtained by the robbers of atenant Arn d will prob- ably never be exactly k he had of value rw was stolen. is supposed to h been less was gone. When he left the naval sta- tion he had a fine goid watch and chain. Even a bloodstone ring—his class ring at Annapolis, which he prized -was | removea from his hand. Lieutenant Arnold’s disappearance was aber- bas mot the past ts, the results of ration of mind, recovered. year he has from which he al times during such Sev the severe ss which caused his re- turn from Manila on the hospital ship Solace in October, 1580. The last one pre- vious to the Seattle attack occurred in Portland two months ago, when he was not himself mentally for two days. At that time, however, he was in the midst of friends and received the utmost at- tentton until the passing of tha iliness. He was ill when he was ordered to Bremerton two weeks ago and had been off duty for several days prior to his coming to Seattle last Thursd He was en route to Tacoma, but that he was even then out of his mind is shown by the fact that when he went to the railroad station immediately after landing here he for a ticket to Portland instead of Ta- coma, and, when he later boarded the train, engaged a to Portland. While waiting for th tart he wandered out of the his clouded mental condition was unabie to find his way back. In the darkness of the yards and the water fr: ha met the robbers. His mental aberration cannot be charged to intoxi- | cants, as Lieutenant Arnold. according to friends, has never been a drinking man The story of what Lieu passed through between 8 o'clock day night and 11 o'clock ay morning will never be fully known. but it is little wonder that the experfence has brought him near to death. During sixty hours of exposure there is little probability that he found any better shelter than the drinking resorts of the water front. Lieutenant Arnold is an engineer of high standing in the navy. Practically all of his service has been on this coast and on the Pacific. From 1583 to 18% he was stationed at Mare Island, Cal. He was then transferred to the Wheeling, and for three years and eight months cruised with her. Shortly afterward the Wheeling was ordered to Manila and he saw service there. In September, 1899, his health broke down and he was sent home on the hospi- tal ship Solace. He had gone to Manila strong and healthy, weighing 175 pounds; he returned weak and broken in health, weighing but 130. He was allowed a three weeks’ rest in california and was then sent to Portland to superintend the con- struction of the torpedo-boat destroyer Goldsborough. He was ordered to Bre- merton two weeks ago. OPPONEN1s TO SBARRETTL Will Ask the Prelate to Retire in Favor of a Cuban. HAVANA, Nov. %5.—At a meeting held in Havana to-day by the opponents of Mgr. Sbarretti, Bishop of Havana, Gen- eral Gomez presented a resolution that all the municipalities should send the Bishop cording to the best Informaticn obtainable this evening he will remain here until Wednesday evening or Thursday morn- ing. It is said that he will go directly to Holland, not stopping in Beigium, where o he may go later on. telegrams informing him that he was not wanted by the Cubons and asking him to retire in favor of a Cuban eccclesiastie. All the speakers accused Mgr. Sharrett! of being too much of an American in his points of view and of favoring annexation 10 the United States