The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO. 129. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1901 PRICE FIVE CENTS. TRAVELERS PERISH N TRAIN WRECK | Serious Disaster on Southern Pacific || in Nevada, | Fireman and Helper and a Number of Passengers Are Killed. Westhound Overland Passenger ’l‘ra.in‘I ‘ Goes Info the Ditch Near Wells Station P 5 }f’/’;‘« ~ ;{(; Spec to The OGDEN, Utsh, April 8, 3%10] | A m.—Overland limited No. 1, which left here at 2:30 p. m. yesterday, was at ® o'clock at wrecked to-night Moore’s Hill. The fireman on the regular engine and helper were both killed and the engineer badly hurt. Twelve passengers are reported killed cr injured. Two coaches were turned | ver and were burned. Noble, Superintend- Fitzgerald and Master ent Mechanic Luckett left on a special at 3 o'clock and will return at 3 p. m. tc-day. = | TRUCKEE, April 8.—The west- bouné limited passenger train No. 1 was wrecked one-half mile west of Wells, in Nevada, early this morn-| g.- Two firemen were killed, both their engineers badly scalded, the| mail clerks were injured seriously | and the destroyed by fire. The name of one of the dead firemen is Loder and one of the injured en- i | | | | | train | | | gineers is Warner. || No details can be learned at this‘ | All that is known, outside of he facts just given, is that the en- gine and several if not all of the coaches went into the ditch. [ It was reported here to-night that President Hays of the Southern Pa- cific was a passenger on the west-| bound limited, but railroad men u.rej of the opinion that he is not this far | | west on his return from New York, | | 1, indeed, he has left the latter city. | | dson, master of trans- Southern Pacific Com- | | n early hour this morn- | | ceived no information | | of the western-bound | | HEAD CRUSHED BY COUPLING PIN’S BLOW | | Tootpad Assaults Her in Lonely Dis- trict and Her Injuries Are |1 Mortal. | | THERES oNLY one KANEAS CITY, M April 7.—Mrs. Isa- | 5 LEFT.. 1 67, was fatally | footpad who, in oman, crushed her She was re- when assaulted | es streets, an She was ight after having lain un- ral hours. There is no footpad. winter eight people have | or less seriously injured by One of the victims, an elderly | ne insane and another, a | , grocer, died of his in- A S 'MAY UTILIZE THE COLORADO Company Plans to Make River’s Current of Value. il the beco: CITIZENS FIGHT RUNNING BATTLE WITH BANK ROBBERS Blow Open Safe and Then Have to Special Dispatch to The Call. PHOENIX, Ariz., April 7.—The utiliza- - | tion of the power of the Colorado River as Face Alarmed Resi- it tears its way through the Grand Canyon dents. of the Colorado with force enough to sup- ANEFORT, Ind., April 7.—Burgiars | ply the entire country with light and heat hig t of here, early this [ and to move the machinery of 100,000 mills, g wrecked the safe in a brick |is the plan of a company in Arizona. occupied by C. Marshall, a| Hydraulic engineers report to the capi- and after a desperate running | talists back of the plans that' for a dis- ‘n which Marshall | tance of 150 miles of the river's course d aiid one of the rob- | more electrical energy by a dozen times shLot, escaped with | over can be secured than is taken from The safe con- | Niagara Falls. The promoters of the pro- llars in cash and | ject have strenuously endeavored to keep ond all was pra:- | secret its operations, as arrangements i by the foree of the ex- | must be made with the Government be- ty damage was $3000. SCHOONER GOES ASHORE AND TWO ARE DROWNED Mass.. April 7.—The rooner Hyena of "Calais, port from Perth Am- t East Gloucester early a total wreck. Cap- Me., and Stew- vhile the two other v were saved. April 7.—The St. John Burpee went ashore on about noon to-day, and the mate was saved.® { of which is in the forest reserve and in- cludes several Indian reservations. It is intended to install tnis summer a plant of sufficient size to furnish electrical power comparatively easy reach of the Colorado and then to increase the scope of the com- pany until all of Arizona and most of the lower part of California may be supplied. 1t is also intended to build an electric line along the rim of the canyon for a dis- tance of fifteen miles to better enable tourists to view the wonders of the great chasm. There is reason to believe that | Lombard, Goode & Co. of New York are | interested in the project. D, Me ner Wendel | fore work commences in the canyon, part | to cities, towns and mining camps within | PLUCKED! ‘\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ¥ (138 7 it BN \\\““"'."""'0/ R [ i B o AN il iy, Y i i I The decision of the Supreme Court handed down last Saturday by which the deputies in the various county offices are exempt from civil-service examination brought joy and gladness to the hearts of the holders of office affected by the ruling of the appellate court. Yesterday in places “where men do con- gregate” dozens of the county deputies | met and discussed the decision. The feel- | ing that their positions were secure was | most pronounced, and many bumpers were quaffed to the health of the Justices of the Supreme Court who had delivered a body blow at the ironclad rules of the charter and the merit system. On the other hand. those deputies in - | county offices who had secured their po- | sitions by reason of civil-service examina- | tion were in a state of tension yesterday, for the ruling of the Supreme Court gives the power to the heads of departments to oust from office the “merit” holders and | lace their own friends in the positions. | 'Much speculation was rife vesterday as | to what action might be taken to-day by | the county officers toward their deputies. Nothing definite could be learned. but whispered consultations during the day iled to statements that “something might | happen.” | The general opinion was that Mayor | Phelan and the “reform” element were in i the minority and that there would be room in city jobs for others than members of the Phelan push, who have been “hog- | ging” everything. The friends of the charter and the merit system of appointment were loud in de- nunciation of the Supreme Court, and did | not hesitate to make all kinds of absurd charges. It is too early, however, to say what plan of campaign will be outiined by the ‘“chartists” to carry out their cherished plans. Tax Collector’s Status Doubtful. | The offices of Sherift, District Attorney, | County Clerk, Coroner, Assessor and Re- | corder are affected by the Supreme Court | decision. It is a disputed point whether | the Tax Collector helds a municipal or a | county office. It is known, however, that to the | Tax Collector Scott is oppased merit system of appointment, and the re- cent clash of the Tax Collector and the Mayor is likely to lead to interesting de- velopments. Tak Collector Scott is silent as to what his plans are, but some of his friends say that in order to get rid of deputies forced upon him by the charter he will invoke the Tyrrell law, recently signed by the Governor. This law provides that depu- ties-in office at the time of the passage of the charter need not be required to pass a civil-service examination, and can- not be removed from office for not com- plying with the “merit system” provision of the charter. Tax Collector Scott has announced his intention of placing his friends in positions in his department In place of the men who were forced on him as the result of civil-service examination. It is generally accepted that the courts will have to decide the question to be raised by the Tax Collector. County Clerk Is Gratified. “The decision of the Supreme Court re- moving deputies In the offices of county officers from the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission is in a measure grati- fying to me, last evening. “It was my purpose to ob- serve the civil service provisions of the charter so long as their validity was un- determined, and at the present time there are several cmployes in my office’ who were selected by the commission ana whose names ‘were presented to me for appointment. “This -decision of the Supreme Court will, however, place my office entirely in my hands, a condition which is especially desired by me. I am responsible to the people for the faithful performance of the work of my office. Though I have no doubt that in time this work might have been conducted as efficiently under civil service rules as. otherwise, as I am responsible it is gratifying to be able to place those men in position in my office who through long association or thorough acquaintance with their work I know will keep my record® up to the standard, and in such a manner that no loss or inconve- nience will result, which must have been the consequence had I suddenly been forced to train a new corps of employes at this time. “It will be several days yet before I ‘will said County Clerk Deane ISUPRETIE COURT CHARTER DECISION BRINGS JOY TO COUNTY DEPUTIES 'Heads of Departments Expected to Do Some Shaking-Up Among Men Chosen for [Merit by Civil Service Commission. definitely determine what action I will take in regard to the reorganization of my office, or whether such reorganization will follc.., as the force in my office has always been efficient and fully capable of performing the work incumbent upon it.” —_— GUEER LEGAL QUESTION PUZZLES THE JUSTICES Colorado Supreme Court Doubts if a Woman Can Be Styled an “Esquire.” DENVER, April 7.—Can the title “Es- quire” be properly applied to a woman? This qusetion has caused a difference of | opinion on the Supreme bench of the State | of Colorado and the court is still as far as ever from a decision. Eminent counsel have been called in private consultation with . Justices Campbell, Gabbert and Steele; all the dictionaries of the English language and works of reference have been cited to the court, yet the bench can- not agree whether a license should be is- sued to Flora E. €illiman, Esq., or to plain Flora E. Silliman. Pending the decisivn of this question, which has assumed all the seriousness of a point of law in :he eyes of the court, Miss Silliman of Bot!der will not receive her license from the Supreme Court, not- | withstanding that she has passed a high- | 1y creditable examiiation for admission to the bar.. The ‘blank certificates for admission to the bar of Colorado are made out “——, Esquire, etc.,” and “he” is t pronoun | invariably used. Miss Silliman, who took | the last bar examination, is the first| woman for whom cne of the forms has | been required. ! There was no question about admitting her to practice, but wien it came to mak- ing out the certificate Deputy Clerk | Cooke hesitated aund referred it to the | court, which Is still hesitating. LR RUSSIA BAIS‘ES DUTIES ON AMERICAN HARDWARE LONDON, April 8—According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail import duties at Vladivostok have been raised on all American iron, steel and machinery. WOULD ATTEND |4 THE CROWNING Carnegie Seeks Appoint=| ment as American Embassador. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 7.—Andrew Car- negie desires to be special embassador of | President McKinley at the coronation of King Edward VII and Senator Allison of | Iowa is said to be pressing this appoint- ment upon the President. It has been gen- erally understood that Whitelaw Reid would receive the appointment. He repre- sented the President at the Queen’s jubi- lee in 1897 and he expzcted to be appointed embassador to England to succeed Choate, but that gentleman declined the invita- tion to a seat in the Cabinet. Some of Reid's friends insist that he is to go into the Cabinet, succeeding Hay as Secretary of State, but if Hay corcludes to remain Reid will be again sent to London as the President’s special embassador. Senator Allison has gzreat influence at the White House and Carnegle is an oid friend of McKinley. While he was op- posed to the President’s policy in the Philippines and has been one of the most earnest anti-imperisiis's, he and the President have remained personal friends and he has called at when in Washington. If he can dispose of Reid in some other way the President probably will appoint Carnegie for this honorary assignment, but he must take care of Reld, whatever else is done. STUDENT RECOVERING FROM SUPPOSED PLAGUE Believed to Have Contracted the Dis- ! ease From Handling Culture Tubes. ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 7.—Dr. Fred- erick Novy, an authority on bacteriology, was asked to-night regarding the univer- sity student suspected of having an at- tack of bubonic plague and now confined in the university hospital's contagious ward. He sald: “I cannot tell whether it is a genuine case of bubonic plague until my animal experiments are completed.” Questioned as to what he meant by “an- imal experiments,” he replied: “I have taken some of the blood of the young man and cultured germs and had them in- jected into small animals. The patient has all the symptoms of the plague except in one particular. mained normal for the last two days, whereas persons afflicted with plague have high fever with high temperature. I visited him to-day and found that he is rapidly recovering.” Dr. Novy desired to assure the public that there is no reason for alarm even if the case turns out to be genuine “black death.” The patient is a medical student. and probably becar~ infected by handlin culture tubes in the bacteriological labor- 2 ory. FIRE AT SAN MIGUEL DESTROYS MANY HOUSES Two Hotels. a Church and an Opera- | House Wiped Out by the Flames. SAN MIGUEL, April 7. A fire started | here early this morning and destroyed one | Senator Walcott | of the principal business blocks, including | and Shafroth, to receive | the Occidental and Levinger hotels, the | President McKinley upon his visit to Den- | Methodist Church South and the opera- | ver. The President is expected to spend and | three days f Colorado—one at Denver, house, besides several buildings barns. The loss is about $19,000, partly cov- ered by insurance. 5 & | ihe White House | His temperature has re- | WILL BUILD THROUCH T0 L0S ANCELES Construction Begun of Oregon Short Line Aims to Shut Out the Road Projected by Senator Clark. G Special Dispatch to The Call. | SALT LAKE. April 7.—Vice President | Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line an nounces to-night that his company will at once build to Los Angeles over the sur- vey made by the Union Pacific, in 1589, Work was begun at Uvada to-day with a | force of 100 men and one mile was com- pleted. The aim is to shut out Semator W. A. Clark’s road, which nas obtained a title to the grade below Uvada. Attorney E. O. Whittemore of the latter road is at Pioche jto get out an injunction to prevent the ;Shorz Line building on the grade. The {e| Short- Line has owned the grade since | 1889, but never attempted to use it until | the Clark road appeared to be a certainty. | The Short Line's object, the oppesition declares, is to be to check the Clark road and then do nothing. As projected row, the Short Line pro- ‘ poses building from Uvada to a point be- | tween Beaumont and Banning, a distance | of 440 miles, where connection cam be | made with the Southern Pacifie. { | The important decizion of the Register | and Receiver of the Land Office at Car- | son in favor of the Los Angeles road and | against the Oregon Short Line in the matter of the old grade in Lincoln Coun- ty, Nevada, is a very important feature. Here arises quite a question of railroad and land laws—whether the decision of the Register and Recelver of the United States Land Office at Carson is strong | enough to cause a Judge to issue a re- straining order. The decision will be taken as prima facle evidence that the Utah and Calffornia has a right to the grade, and -se .the courg is.expected to hold. The order, however, would be but a temporary injunction pending the ap- peal to the Commissioner of the General Land Office or higker authority. Such an order could emanaie from a Nevada Dis- trict Court or the Urited States Court. Facts point to one conclusion, and that is that if the Oregon Short Line suc- | ceeds in strangling the embryo San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake, no line of railroad will be built from Nevada to an all-rail connection with Los Angeles for some time to come, simply because the Harriman syndicate would not build a third line to parallel its three existing lines to the coast, thus dividing its traf- fic into four parts instead of three. As long as the Southern Pacific was a friend- Iy vet dictating connection of the Union Pacific, the latter was prevented building when it wanted to. The Utah and Pacific was, to all intents and purposes, built by the Union Pacific, but when called to ac- count the line could be pointed out as an independent company. The Short Line wanted an independent company to bufld the line, and it is a fact that when the Clark project was first broached there were several good reasons for believing that the Oregon Short Line was not averse to the plan. When the great deal for the purchase of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pa- cific was started the entire situation was changed, because a line from Salt Lake to Los Angeles and San Diego would di- vert traffic from the Ogden-San Franeis- co and Néw Orleans-Los Angeles routes, and naturally decrease the earning power of the Southern Pacific. PRESIDENT WILL RIDE IN LUXURIOUS “OLYMPIA” Most Elaborate Car Ever Built Will Bear the Chief Magistrate to ~ | the West. | NEW YORK. April 7.—The sleeper | Olympia has been set apart as the Presi- | dent’s car. It will be the rear car of the train. The Olympia is by far the finest car ever turned out of the Pullman shops. It cost the Pullman Company more than | $50,000 to put it on wheels. It contains five | private room ed in Mexican ma- | hogany. maple and koko. The private | dining-room, located at one end of the | car, is finished in vermilion. Silk, satin, plush and velvet are lavishly used in | the furniture decoraton. Onyx and mar- ble fittings are everywhere apparent. Encrmous mirrors and wardrobes are | provided. | Each private car contains three plete fittings of a bedroom. All com- have | separate toflet-rooms. The total length | of the Olympia is seventy feet. The draw- ing-rcem is finished in vermilion, orately carved, and the rooms are rated in ivory and gold. The ceilings of the cars are beautifuly tinted. and the upholsteries and draperies are of the finest. The exterior of the car is in keeving with the interior. robing & onin | | DENVER COMMITTEE SELECTED. Non-Pertisan Body Will Receive | Party at Colorado Capital. DENVER. April 7.—Governor Orman | has selected a non-partisan committee of | twenty-one citizens, including United States Seratgrs Teller and Patterson, ex- and Congressmen Beil and entertain one at Colorado Springs and one at Pikes Peak. l