The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1901, Page 3

o ——— e BUF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1901. FALOS GREAT PAN-AME - | b e £ 3 ‘W‘r.:"c.’v f { (I RICAN EXPOSI 3 ON BUILDINGS HE great group of stately ful arts which it typifies, permanent completeness. Some of the exposition structures are course the most popular section is the Midway, presenting its ty: Iding, which is itself one of the finest on the grounds. BUFFALO, May 26.—A steady downpour of rain from early morning until late to-night made the Pan- spent their time in the exhibit buildings, some of which were open part of the day, or in the Temple of Music, where the first organ recital was held this afternoon. after it @ il AGE THE GOST GIIL AULE Millions to Be Paid in Annual Salaries by Filipinos. Special Dispatch to The Call 1406 G STREET, N, ¥ 26.—Civil gov attached to office of of general governmental ation .es unnsn-$1,149,460 is made in the appropriation on for native subordinates the law enacted that of emploves of the muni- two employes are auth- the bY a compensation of $24 per annum | Under the department of posts an | of $150 annually is author- zed for “one coachman.” The o of the War Department sa that the commission has Kept salaries | government to the Fillpino: low in comparison with what n Spain held sovereignty over pelago RECOVERING BODIES OF VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION Thirty-Two Mutilated Corpses Are Brought to Surface at the Uni- wersal Colliery. LONDON, May 26—Thirty-two bodies, some of them terribly mutilated, have been recovered at the Universal colllery in Senghenydd, n the Rhondda Valley, where an explosion occurred last Friday it was the arc lowly, and many painful scenes are ed at the pit's mouth. witn King Edward has sent a message of | to the familles of the victims | sympat and has expressed his admiration at the 1 t gall Rootheer Make it st home. Sold everywhere in 2. pack- ages, which make five gelions each. LES E. HIRES 0. by il CAFE ROYAL Market, 5. F. our Bpecial Brew, Steam and Lager, 5ec. and Overcoats we'liesg checked free. long trip around the wi minimum and they assert the | The grewsome work proceeds | only orld and through the Erie canal. NATIVES MEET -~ COMMISSIONERS | United States Officials i Travel in the Philip- | pines. — Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. DAPINTAN, Island of Mindanao, April 8. —For the past week the United States {Commission has been steaming around the | coast of Mindanao, touching at its prin- cipal ports to interview the leading in- habitants gathered from the adjacent dis- tricts. Two important points were set- tled, namely: that Mindanao shall not be ruled by local governments and that slav- ery shall be abolished. The Commissioners came to Mindanao with the intention of establishing several provincial governments, but they were not long in abandoning that intention. That much was soon decided at Zambo- anga, and the further the Commissioners | penetrated into the country and the more familiar they became with the hetero- s character of the people, the more ; were convinced of the unwisdom of mpting to apply any considerable sure of civil government on American to people the great majority of are nothing more nor less than s, peaceful and thoroughly friend- e Americans, perfectly willing to e advised and overruled by them, but having no conception of nor desire for anything approaching self-government ideals. | At Catabatto, one day out from Zam- boanga, the commission party got into contact with one phase of the real life of Mindanao. The town was found to be lly all Chinese. The Filipino pop- tabatto Is insignificant both as to trade and numbers. Chinamen con- trol the town and the trade of the whole region; they conducl themselves with | such honesty and tact that they seem to be on the best of terms with everybody. | The leading Chinese traders of Catabatto | have business connections at Singapore both to the Moros and themselves. When the commission party disembarked on the high river bank thiv were greeted with the singing of ““America” In English by the Chinese and Filipino school children. | At military headquarters a long private | conference was held by the commission- | ers with representatives of all interests involved. The Chinese testified with frankness, intelligence and sincerity con- | cerning fReir dealings and relations with the savages. Questioned whether they intended returning to China, they replied in_the negative. | . The party arrived at Davao the morn- ing of April 4. Davao is so remotely sit- uated that the news of the surrender of Aguinaldo had not previously reached the garrison. The chiefs of all the tribes in the vicinity came in turn before the com- conditions and customs of themselves and their people and told about their relations with other tribes. Besides the Moros there | were representatives of several tribes in- | digenous to Mindanao and found nowhere | | else. Manobos, Samales. from the rest. tally they are more industrious and steady and keep no slaves. The people were gen- erally poor and some of them actually starving when the Americans came in. They included the Bagabas, Atos, Guiangas, Dulangos and the The Samales are more distant ILLINOISANS MOURN AT TANNER'S GRAVE Immense Throng Follows the Former Governor’s Body to Its Last Resting Place. SPRINGFIELD, Il., May 26—With gl the pomp and circumstance of a mili- tary funeral and the rites of the church the body of former Governor Tanner was | consigned to the grave to-day in Cak- ridge Cemetery. The funeral was the largest in point of attendance ever kzown | in Springfield, with the exception o! the burial of President Lincoln in 1865 On every public building of the city flags were at half-mast and at sunrise a major general's salute of thirteen guns wis fired rom a cannon near the Statehouse. This was followed at intervals of half an hour throughout the day by one dischirge and at _sunset thirteen guns. The procession formed at the Leland Hotel and at 1 o'clock marcted down Capitol avenue to the Statehouse, where the hearse and carriages contzining the funeral party, active and hon¢rary pall- bearers and distinguished guests fell into line and the march was taken ‘Jr past the executive mansion to St. Paul’s Cathe- dral. Arrived at the church the troops presented arms and the rolors were drooped while the Fifth Regiment band played a dirge. Bishop Seymour presided at the church services. At the close of the services the march to the cemetery was_commenced. The procession was headed by Governor Yates and his mili- tary staff in full uniforr, followed by the Fifth Infantry, - Ilknois National Guard. The hearse was followed by the Grand Army, Sons of Veterans, Knights of the Maccabees, 1200 miners, the S, 6\5- d field Federation of Labor and At the cemetery Isasc N. Phillips de- Fellows. missioners and related the circumstances, | Though less bright men- | marvels of architectural beauty and the entire group, The formal Jaunching of the boat will take place to-morrow. ALBANY, N. Y., May 26.—Electric cars racing for a switch while running in op- posite directions at the rate of forty miles an hour cost five lives this after- noon in a terrific collision, in which more than forty prominent persons were in- Jured, some fatally and others seriously. The killed: FRANK SMITH, motorman. WILLIAM NICHOLS, motorman. MAUD KELLOGG, Round Lake. ANNIE ROONEY, Stuyvesant Falls. DAVID MAHONEY, mate on the Dean Richmond. The fatally injured: | George Barry, Troy; hurt internally. ¥‘rled Smith, Albany; injured internally. e seriously injured: Troy, cut on head; Mary Barry, leg broken; George P. Bittner, Moorville, cut and bruised; Isaac Blau- velt, Albany, badly bruised; Dewiit C. Albany, badly bruised; Pettz, Albany, painiully bruised; How- ard J. Rogers, Albany, bruised and cut; Mrs. H. J. Rogers, Albany, bruised and — Rogers, Albany, leg broken; A. Crotsley, Albany, hurt internally; George Lane, Albany. badly cut: Fred Herzog, Albany, shouider dislocated. Cars Meet at a Curve. The lobby of the local postoffice filled with dead and injured, hysterical women and children looking for relatives and friends, surgeons administering tempor- |ary relief and ambulances racing | through the city taking the injured to | hospitals, were the early intimations of the accident. The scene of the disaster was a point about two miles out of Greenbusch, on the line of the Albany and Hudson Ralil- way. The point where the cars met on the single track was at a sharp curve, and so fast were both running and so un- | expected ‘was the collision that the mo- tormen never had time to put on the brakes before southbound car No. 22 had gone almgst clear through mnorthbound car No, 17 and hung on the edge of a high biuff with its load of shrieking, maimed humanity. One motorman was pinfoned against the smashed front of cu w. livered a eulogy of Governor Tanner. The committal service of the Ep‘scog&l church was read. Thke Fifth Infantry fired a sa- lute of three volleys of musketry and the trumpeters’ blew “taps,” concluding the ceremony. —_———— STEAMSHIP COMPANY SLASHES ALASKA RATES Round Trip Tickets Between Seattle end Juneau Are Cut to Ten Dollars. SEATTLE, May 2.—Another material | cut in Alaska passenger rates was made | to-day by the Pacific Coast Steamship | Company, which advertised and placarded firstlass tickets to Juneau and Lynn | candl ports for $. It provides also a round-trip voyage between Seattle and | Algska for $10. The cut applies only:‘to firft-class tickets, no distinction being | made between the first and second class | accommodations. The cut will probably be met to-morrow by the other two companies, the Alaska Steamship and Washington and Alaska, which are parties to the rate war. Freight rates are as badly demoralized. Almost any price offered for the transportation of a ton of freight to Alaska is accepted. AMERICAN mm_somsms IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Reports of Steady Increases in Num- ber of Believers Read From Dif- ferent Sections of Country. CHICAGO, May 2%.—The fifteenth an- nual convention of the American section of the Theosophical Society opened here to-day with over a hundred delegates present from all parts of the country. Two sessions were held during the day and an open meeting to-night in Steinway Hall. An executive board was elected, among th€ members being W. J. Walters of San Francisco. Methods of spreading theosophy was the chief topic of discussion. Addresses were made by August F. Knudsen of Oakland, Cal., Fernando Herbert of Sher- idan, Wyo., and others. Substantial increases in the number of believers of theosophy were reported from many parts of the country. — Ministerialists Control the Senate. MADRID, May 26.—The elections to the Senate have resulted in the return of 120 Ministerialists and thirty members of the opposition. —_—— Storm Destroys a Village. MADRID, May 26.—The village of Es- paragossa, province of Badajos, has been almost destroyed by a storm. One woman was Xilled. The clergyman Is usually the best man at a wedding. William F. | Charles | the southbound car, with both legs sev- ered, and was_killed instantly, while the other one lived but a few minutes. Fully 120 men, women and children formed a struggling, shrieking pyramid, framed with detached portions of human bodies and the wreckage of the cars. Some of the less seriously injured of the men extricated themselves and began to pull passengers out of the rear ends of the twa cars. Almost every one was taken oat in this way and nearly all were bsdly injured Victims Taken to Albany. Men with broken bones, with dislocated Joints fand gashed heads tried to assist others whe were more helpless. Help had bén summoned from East Grean- | busch vicinity and in a little time the vic dying and dead, ‘were loaded on empfs| hrs and taken to Albany. The ambula |/ and physicians had been summotk5) and the postoffice turned into and_hospital. As fast as the physiciane could temporarily attend the wounded they were taken to their homes or 1o the| hospitals. ‘With poth motormen killed it was hard to get at the real cause of the accldent, but it is pretty well determined that it was an attempt of the southbound car to reach a second switch instead of waiting for the northbound car at the first siding. The cars weigh fifteen tons each, and are the largest electric cars built. So fright- ful was the crash that both cars were torn almost to splinters. Both were filled | with Sunday pleasure seekers returning |'from the new recreation grounds that the railway had just opened. Story of a Passenger. Among the passengers on the south- bound car was Deputy Superintendent Howard J. Rogers of the State Depart- ment of Public Instruction. He was ac- companied by his wife and children, all of whom were slightly injured with' the exception of the daughter. Speaking of the accident, Mr. Rogers said: | “My recollection of what happened as the cars came tigether {s rather vague. Wea were proceeding southward at a very | rapid rate of speed. our car being well fili- ed with passengers, including many women and children. Fortunately, my wife, my' W'LAURIN TIRES - OF TILLMANISH Bitter Feud of the Sen- ators Is of Recent Origin. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, May 26.—South Caro- lina seems. determined to preserve her reputation for being a hotbed of political sensations. The present feud between Senators Tillman and McLaurin is of re- cent growth, for only a few years ago young “Johnny”’ McLaurin was an am- bitious pupll of Senator Tillman, both in local and national politics. When Till- man'sm asserted itself in the Palmetto State a few years ago and sent to the rear General Wade Hampton, General M. C. Butler and other distinguished old- time Democrats, John L. McLaurin came to the front as one of Tillman’s faithful followers and lieutenants. ‘When Tillman was elected Governor of the State McLaurin was his Attorney General. Both men were ambitious to figure in national politics, so Tillman came to the Senate and McLaurin went to the House of Representatives and as- pired to a seat in the Senate. Fortune favored him and he reached the Senate somewhat in advance of his anticipation. Senator Earle, who was elected as Till- man'’s colleague, died soon after he en- te: the Senate. Governor Elerbee, who was a personal friend of McLaurin, premptly appointed him to fill the va- cancy until the Legislature might elect Earle’'s successor. Up to that time there had been no open rupture between Tillman and McLaurin, so the Legislature elected McLaurin to fill the term of Earle, which does not expire until 1903. The harmony between the two leaders did not last long after McLaurin’s advent in the Senate and they were soon wide apart on every gquestion. As the time approached for McLaurin to muster his forces for re-election Till- man and his friends sent forth an edict that McLaurin must be defeated, charg-| ing him_with deserting the Democratic party. While the Tillmanites were de- nouncing him as a renegade and accusing him of disloyalty to the party organiza- tion because he refused to accept Bryan- children and myself_were seated in the rear end of the car. The car, I should say, accommodated between seventy-five and a hundred persons. The accident occurred after we had passed a switch beyond which was a curve, where the track skirts what appeared to be an embank- ment. We did not seem to lessen in speed as we neared the curve. There was ab- solutely no warning, so far as my memory can recall, before the crash came. “As we dashed around the curve the cars met with terrific force. With the ve- locity of a cannon ball the car in which wo were seated fairly plowed the entire length of the other car before it lost its impetus. The crash of the cars was suc- ceeded by one of the most awful scenes I have ever witnessed—by the shrieks of men, women and children that lay ‘scat- tered about the tracks or buried amid the debris. Mrs. Rogers, our two children and myself were hurled toward the front of the car, over the seats, and thrown into the aisle beneath a mass of debris, in which were buried dozens of other passen- ers. I have no recollection of how we managed to free ourselves from the ‘wreckage, All of us but the boy, how- ever, were able to help ourselves. He sus- tuined a broken Jeg, and had to be dug out of the mass of wreckage.” Sees His Fiance Perish. One of the pathetic incidents of the dis- aster was the death of Maud Kellogg of Round Lake. She was on the southbound car with her fiance, George C. Barry of Troy, and Mr. Barry's father. When the crash came she was crushed to death al- most instantly. Near her, pinned in by the broken wreckage, lay her lover. Frantically he tried to reach her, his own agonies from internal injuries forgotten. Finding he could not move, he appealei to his father, who was extricating him- self, but the girl was dead. On the way to the city in the car, he pleaded with those attending him to let him die. He probably will obtain his wish, for his in- jurles are pronounced fatal. The Albany and Hudson road is the longest road operated by the -third rail system in the world. If is the first of what it was announced would be a sys- tem of lines connecting Albany with New York City. [ ] B o i e 20 2 2 o e et @ ism as_the only test of Democracy, the junior Senator was busy forming an alli- ance with the commercial Interests of South Carolina. Being personally inter- ested In various industries in the South, he naturally inclined to the policy of high protection and sound money. is in it- self was a directeaffront to the teachings of Tillman and a repudiation of Bryan. The open breach between Tillman and McLaurin occurred about the time the South Carolina delegates for the Kansas City convention were being selected. Mc- Laurin was_totally ignored, while Till- man headed a delegation ‘of his own chocsing. McLaurin regarded the over- whelming defeat of Bryanism as a vindl- cation of his independent course, and his action in the Senate last winter in voting with the Republicans on all leading na- ticnal issues aroused the indignation of the Tillman faction at home to the high- est pitch. He has been denounced in and out of the State as an “‘assistant Republi- can,” and charged with the leadership of a movement to organize a white Repub- lican party\in the South. It is understood that McLaurin and Till- man have a tacit agreement to contest for the long_term, to which Tillman was elect- ed last January. Under the State Demo- cratic party rules the candidate must de- signate specifically the office to which he aspires. Whether McLaurin wins over Hliman, or Tillman be re-elected, McLau- rin’s unéxpired term will be filled by a new man. There are four announced candidates: Asbury C. Latimer, Congressman from the Third District, and said to be Till- man’s lieutenant; D. S. Henderson, State Senator from Aiken; Colonel George John- ston, ex-Congressman from the Third dis- trict, and Wiley Jones, chairman of the PState Democratic Executive Committee. Between Johnston and Latimer there is no good feeling, and this race may be as in- teresting as it promised to be before the conditions were changed and McLaurin, as it were, put on the offensive. The Gover- nor has the right to appoint regardless of party action and an effort will be made to compel him to appoint new men, on the ground that Tillman and McLaurin have overstepped the bounds of propriety. e—e 2 Falls Dead While Preaching. QUINCY, Iil., May 26.—Rev. Louis Zahn, pastor of St. John’s Luthern Church, dropped dead this afternoon while deliv- ering ddress at the laying of the cor- nerstone’ of the new St. Jacob’s Church building. Dr. Zahn arose to deliver the sermon. He had spoken only a little while betore he fell and in two minutes he was dead. The cornerstone was then hurriedly laid by Rev. William H. Allenberg, pastor of the church, Withoull further ceremonies. 3 Slige o ‘Liner Olympia Reaches Tacoma. TACOMA, May 26.—The Oriental liner Olympla arrived to-day from China and Japan after a voymge described by her assengers as an ideal yachting cruise. he has a large passenger list and a full cargo of Chinese merchandise. GREED REVISION TILL IN DOUBT Belief That Debate Will Go Against New Creedists. PHILADELPHIA, May 26.—Commis- sloners to the general assembly again supplied nearly all of the Presbyterian pulpits and those of several other denom- inations in this city and vicinity to-day. Many persons took advantage of the op- portunity to hear the men whose elo- quence during the week held the attention of thousards in Calvary Church in the discussion on the question of the revision of the confession of faith. The leaders of the several parties that have battled for supremacy were heard in the prominent churches. Moderator Mintgfi delivered two sermons, one in the morhing at North- minster Church and the other in the eyen- ing at Olivet Church. The debate on the revision of the con- fession of faith, which took up the whole of three days last week, will be resumed to-morrow morning, and it is belleved some definite action will have been taken before the assembly adjourns for the day. The question now before the assembiy is: *‘Shall the majority report be adopted in’ its entirety?’ This report, briefly stated, recommends the appointment of a committee to prepare a brief summary of the reformed faith bearing the same re- lation to the confession which the shorter catechism bears to the larger catechism, and formed on the general model of the concensus creed prepared for the assem- bly of 1892, or the ‘‘articles of faith” of the Presbyterian church of England. The report also recommends this committee prepare amendments to several chapters of the confession, either by modification of the text or by declaratory statement, so as more clearly to express the mind of the church. The motions to dismiss the whole matter and to strike out the recom- mendation in the majority report for a brief summary having been defeated, the contest has narrowed down to a struggle between the advocates of a new creed and those who desire only a moderate revision of the confession. It is predicted with considerable show of confidence that the moderate revision- ists will win against the new creedists, and that it will then resolve itself into a contest over the nature of the changes. The two votes already taken would indi- cate that the report of the majority will be adopted without amendment, but if that comes about it will not be without a struggle. SAN DIEGO WILL HAVE NAVAL COALING STATION ‘War Department Tenders Portion of Point Loma Reservation for the Purpose. SAN DIEGO, May 26.—From a letter re- ceived by Congressman Needham from Secretary Root it appears that the Gov- ernment is soon to carry out its plan for establishing a naval coaling station at this port. The letter states that the War Department has tendered to the Navy Department for use in that behalf a por- tion of the Point Loma military reserva- tion, and that the tender has been ac- cepted by Secretary Long. The local officer of the Engineer Corps has been directed to survey the,tract and -mark the boundaries. When this is done the coaling station will be established. L 2 structures that house the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo are now practically completed and their exhibits in place. On Monday, May 20, when the fair was formally dedicated tothe liberaland peace- a few finishing touches were needed. During the past week an army of 3000 men have been at work night and day attending to these details, and visitors will now find the expcsition in a state of vith its diversity of design and variety of attractive features, combines in a picture pleasing to the eye. Of pes of every race and life studies from every land. The illustration here given is reproduced from a photograph taken irom the top of the United States'Government American Exposition grounds look like a deserted city to-day. Those who did have the courage to brave the elements Captain Slocum’s Spray arrived at Park Lake, in the grounds, to-day ELECTRIC CARS RACING FOR A SWITCH CRASH TOGETHER AT A SHARP CURVE 'Five Persons Meet Death and More Than Forty Are Injured in a Disaster on a Railway Line Near Albany. TREATS “BEARS” T00 LENIENTLY Action of London Stock Exchange Committee Criticized. LONDON, May 26.—The shadow of the Northern Paclific excitement s still hang- ing over the London Stock Exchange. This, combined with the approaching holidays, has brought American dealings during the last week practically to a standstill and home stocks were quiet in sympathy. The action of the Stock Exchange com- mittee for general purposes in suspending the buying in of Northern Pacific shares until June 10 has been criticized on the ground that the bears had alreadv had more grace than was expected. It is un- derstood that a number have already ccv- ered at prices running up to 210. A sug- gestion has also been made that the com- mittee refuse further protection except on transactions officially reported to them. It has further been pointed out that in this manner the true dimensions of the short interest could be seen and ade- quate steps taken to clear the situation. The resumption of normal conditions is impossible until this is accomplished. A curious development -of the past week has been that, while the Northern Pacific crisis was convulsing the big ar- bitrage houses, a_small-r but very simi- lsa;- n_forcner (In dl..ondon, Brighton and ul oast ordin: shares half-dozen brokers.m i BERLIN, May 26.—Conditions on the Boerse last week were very stagnant, notwithstanding an easier money market than has been known for years. Many factors combined to produce a weak mar- ket. The Northern Pacific incident .con- tinued to react here, causing an almost total cessation of business in the Ameri- can department. Other causes of weak- ness were the Prussian crop report and the reduced April earnings of the great coal companies. “The Northern Pacific affair,” says ths Kreuz Zeitung, “had a greater effect hére than was at first supgcmed. through Ger- man short selling in New York and Lon- dcn of the common shares, which wers not dealt in on the Berlin Boerse. 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