The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1901, Page 1

Call. Inis Py O be taje ‘he Lib per not | >N from fary. ++44 i "VOLUME XC—NO. 146. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ASSAILED WITH BULLETS AND DYNAMITE, 'EXPRESS MESSENGER REPULSES R ENERMLS SNY SITUATION 15 NOT SERIOUS Miles and MacArthur! Talk of Warfare in the Philippines. Express the Opinion That| Chaffee Has Sufficient Force of Troops. Recent Successes of Bolomen on Samar Island Will Not Long Delay the Putting Down of the Entire Insurrection. | | ch to The Call | 146 G STREET, N 23 —Secretary the War De- g, and his first im- n was not to in- ffee’s command beyond f 42,000 men. This ith the views es, Adjutant Major General Ar- ly Governor v that while the his opinfon it the forces now at Gen- osal. who is especially throughout s statement to s afternoon: ration concerning the exists to-day be- 4 from the news- O um P t I do not think serious ec ong preva In Samar it is simply t g efforts of the insurrection. D ve operations m Luzon it was | | ne e to d a large force into | £a therefore the island was not fu 1 very recently. The T sued €0 successfully | now to be carried out In Sa- every barrio that d 2s a base of supplies | will be occupled by n Luzon i 5 oops is com- | Luckban, the urgent leader, be excluded from all resources. have to seek refuge in the moun- a consequence soon there- be ged to surrender. process will be slow on account of cter of the country. It necessa- | “Whe: pleted w1l ibution of means the sel in character tuation, n the Filipinos * he responded ages the party s instance the very 1 in any event to bring rence of the insuc 1 force in Samar | eased la If er result. be sent he situa- | Ammunition. a there were 45,000 nd this force | an has innum- | than 50| lttie | he great weakness. They d supply of am g of the insur- e not been able to Insurgents Lack Secret Root will order several reg'- ments to the Philippines to take the places of those who will be brought home on account of the expiration of the terms of enlistment of many of the men. He sees necess: however, for giving General Ct ger force than now comprises that officer’s command Rodgers has cabled the t arrival on his flag- , at Catbologan, Sa nes to CO-OP! with the | suppressing the insurrection. Casualties in Philippines. ant Ger has received from General eral Corbin liowing mafl report list of the casualties in reported to him since his on, dated September 3. at Rio Katubig, Samar, | McGrew, private Com- First Infantry, right thigh, se- | engagement at Santo Tomas, Luzon, | August Zi—Tristram B. Bethol, private, | > pany B, Twentieth Infantry, left leg,‘ James R. Murray, private, B, Twentieth ‘Infantry, left ate; Continued on Page Two. | gene at 3 o’clock this morning. robbers blew open the express car with | | blow open the door of the express car, | you and the car all to ——” com- | manded the robbers. The messenger said nothing. Then | the hands of the robbers, to crawl ini - good fire directly over the | MESIENdeR. CHARLES F CEHARLELS | R Two Outlaws Board 1‘ | | the Oregon Expres s on Southern Pacific| ORTLAND, Or., Oct. 23.—The northbound overland express train on the Southern - Pacific | was held up by men fifteen miles south of Eu- | The | amite, but obtained no booty, hav- ing been driven off by the express mes- | senger. All they got was regis- tered mail pouch. one Two men boarded the train at Cot- tage Grove and a short distance this side, near Saginaw, put off the fireman and his helper, uncoupled the express car and made the engineer pull ahead a short distance. Their first act was to | which they did with dynamite, tearing the door to pieces and badly damaging | the car. EXPRESS MESSENGER'S DARING Express Messenger C. F. Charles was in the car and had made up his mind to stay there. The robbers ordered the messenger out, but he determinedly re- fused to obey, and held a position where he could easily bring down any person | who should attempt to enter through the opening in the side made by the dynamite. “Come out of there or we will blow | the desperadoes compelled the engineer | to throw into the car a stick of dyna- | mite with a lighted fuse. The messen- | ger grabbed it, put out the fire in the fuse and threw out the stick. | | USE ENGINEER AS SHIELD. They next attempted to enter the car | by compelling the engineer, who was in | through the door, the robbers hoping | to gain admittance by using him as a | protection. But Charles used his shot- gun to good advantage and kept up a engineer’s head, knowing well that the robbers would attempt to follow him into the car. I Finally, the robbers turned their at- tention to getting away with what little | they could from the mail car. They ob- { tained the registered mail, and one of ; them, taking the engineer, boarded the | engine, which they cut loose from the | train and ran to within half a mile of | Eugene, where he left the engine and —2 two masked | I \ n Shotgun in a Brave Man’s Hands Saves| Wells-Fargo’s Gold started toward the Willamette River, in a northerly direction. The passengers were not molested. C. F. Charles, exhibited phe- nomenal courage while his car was be- ing dynamited, is a native of San Fran- cisco, where he was born thirty-six years ago. He has been in the express messenger service sixteen years, most of the time running south Francisco. who from San He has been on his present run two years. ——— ENGINEER IS FORCED TO AID THE ROBBERS Tells of the Part He Involuntarily Took in the Attack Upon the Express Car. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. Burt Lucas to-day told an g 23.—Engineer s + ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S OREGON LINE. - - WELLS-FARGO MESSENGER WHO ONCE REPULSED EVANS AND SONTAG'S GANG OF OUTLAWS AND WHO HAS WON NEW LAURELS BY PREVENTING WITH HIS SHOTGUN THE ROBBERY OF AN EXPRESS CAR - Bandits Are Driven Back After Compelling the Engineer to W e reck the Side of the Car With Explosives, and Have to Satisfy Themselves With the Contents of Several Mail Pouches hands of the robber leveled at me. I|well down to his chest. He wore a sort was commanded to turn the engine loose | of white apron, in the pockets of which and not to stop until I was told. We ran | he carried sticks of dynamite. A Win- out some distance from Walker, when I | chester rifle was strapped to his back, was directed to slow up and the fireman | while in each hand he carried a large Interesting | was ordered to leave the engine. We then | black-barreled revolver, about #5-caliber, -+ MAY PUT BLOODHOUNDS ON THE TRAIL Special Dispatch to The Call. UGENE, Or., Oct. 23.—Officers who have been scarching for the train robbers to-day hawebeen unable to obtain any trace of the men. Their tracks showed that they started toward Eugene after leaving the engine and some arc of the opinion they zere in this city to-day, but there is absolutely no clew to their identity. Because of the darkmess, neither the engincer nor the express messenger obtained a good view of the features of the outlaws. It is probable an attempt will be | made to put bloodhounds upon the trail of the robbers. A number of railway and express company detectives are hastening io this city to take up the search. = x story of the Eugene train robbery. He proceeded farther. At the next command ;I should judge. These revolvers were said: “I first heard the command to throw up hands to the fireman, and as he did not at first comply I urged him to give in, at the same time throwing up my own hands, as I saw the weapon in the to stop I was compelled to uncouple the engine, run it up the track and then re- turn with the robber to the detached train. “The robber wore a long mask that completely covered his face and extended strapped to his wrist. ‘“The robber gave me a cigar, command- ing me to light it and keep on puffing, as he desired to use me in touching off the dynamite. I took the cigar, but threw it away, substituting one of my own. I lighted it as directed and kept on puft- ing. “Upon reaching the express car the robber commanded the messenger to open. No response came to his demand. I was then given a charge of dynamfte end directed to light it and blow in the door. I did as directed. The robber kept at my elbows, covering me with the gun all the time. I was compelled to shoot off the dynamite, and, as this had no effect upon the messenger, the robberforced me to crawl into the car through one of the holes blown into the door. As I did so 1 shouted to the express messenger not to shoot, as I was between him and the robber and the shot would hit me. I had no sooner entered the car than I was directed by the express messenger to get out. A shot accompanied the command. I did as directed, and .then told the rob- | ber there was no use to try further, as the express messenger was heavily armed anG well able to resist a forcible entry of his car. At the same time I called his attention to the fact that the freight was soon due and that he had better get through. “With an oath the robber abandoned OBBERS | | States Land Office. UIRES RIGHTS FOR THI3 GITY Filings on the Tuolumne River Are Made by the Mayor. —_— Watershed -Above Snow Line | Now in Control of San Francisco. The Spring Valley Company Will Be Asked at Once to Place a Valua~ tion Upon Its Prop- erty. The preliminary steps in the acquisition of a municipal water system were taken last week when Mayor Phelan, in behalf of the city of San Francisco, filed upon the water rights and storage reservoirs at the source of the Tuolumne River. This information was contained In the volum- | inous report on the investigation of water supplies made by City Engineer Grunsky | and his assistants and submitted to the | Mayor on Tuesday. | 'The report also states that the filings | have -bene placed of record in the United Accompanying the re- | port is a recommendation by the City En- | gineer that the Tuolumne River supply be- | acquired by the city. Under the charter the Spring Valley Water Company will be | asked next Monday by the Board of Su- | pervisors to state a price at Which it will | sell to the city. The two propositions will | then be submitted to the people at a spe- cial election to determine a choice. The | recommendation reads: On the basis of the facts herein set forth, and the comparisons made between near-by | sources of supply and the rivers of the Sterra Nevada Mountains, it has seemed desirable to recommend that the imyiediate further sxam- inations be confined to & single Sierra Nevada stream and to the maturing of a single in- dependent project, The Tuolumne River prcject presents the most attractive features. It has therefors been recommended that a complete general plan of works for the utilization of water from this river be made with a cost estimate based on less reconnolssance work and more definite se- lections of location canals, pipe lines and structures than have been available in making the financial forecast hereinabove presented. Recommends Tuolumne Supply. In a communication accompanying the report the Board of Public Works says: The investigation of the water supply for this city has embraced every available source. From this Investigation there has been selected one which does not interfere with vested rights in any way, and which is capable of developing an independent water supply of 150,000,000 gal- lons of water per day, or.of being used im ing supplies to reinforce the same. This v is gathered upon am area well above th v line, uninhabited at present, and by nature unfitted for human | habitation. It Is, therefore, not only initially | pure, but will remain pure for all time It was necessary to move in its acquisition with extreme caution, as interested parties are willing to seize upon any public utility and cause the city to pay enormously therefor. To | forestall this action, the Mayor of this city has filed upon water rights and storage res- | ervoirs for and in behalf of this city, in the | bastn of the Tuolumne Ri flings have been plac: d in the proper United States Land Office. In conn supply, an abundance of electric power can be developed and transmitted to the city for what- ever purpose the city may require power., The necessary preliminary steps have beem | taken In the acquisition of these rights ex- clusively for the city. If they are utilized in the spirit with which they have been thus acquired, this city will stand pre-eminent among all cities in the world as having the purest and most abundant water supply. Mayor Registers Filings. In a communication to the Registrar of the Stockton Land Office City Engineer Grunsky submits for flling the following data on the subject: 1. An application by James D. Phelan for & right of way for a reservoir on Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, Cal., in township 1 north, range 20 east, and township 1 north, rangs 21 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, consist- ing of the following maps and papers in dupli- cate: Field notes of a survey of reservoir on Tuolumne River, Tuolumme County, Cal; discharge estimates of Tuolumne River at proposed dam site; affdavit of appil- cant; map of reservoir site on Tuolumne River, 2. An application by James D, Phelan for & right of way for a reservolr at Lake Eleanor, Tuolumne County, Cal. in township 1 north, range 19 east, and township 2 north, range 19 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, con- sisting of the following maps and papers in duplicate: Field notes of a survey of Lake | Eteanor reservolr site, Tuolumne County, Cal.; discharge estimates of Eleanor Creek at pro- posed dam site; affidavit of applicant; map of Lake Eleanor reservoir site. I hand you also for transmission with the above papers, a certificate from the Secretary of State, certifying that the laws of the State of California governing corporation water rights and irrigation have been filed In the of- fice of the Department of the Interfor, together with the notice of appropriation of water by James D, Phelan from Tuolumne River posted on the 2th day of July, 1991, and recorded im the records of Tuolumne County: also the no- tice of appropriation of water by James D. Phelan posted on Eleanor Creek below Lake Eleanor on the 29th day of July, 191, and re- corded In the records of Tuolumne County. The report of the City Engineer desig- nates the proposals made to the Board of conjunction with ex! su sn Continued on Page Two. 1 Continued on Page Two.