The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1901, Page 11

LY THE SAN~ FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5; 1901. DENY PROTEST | ON TUNNEL ROAD. Supervisors Remove Ob- stacles to Progress of Work. Merchants' Exchange Néars the Goal for Which It Has Fought. Oakland Office San h\nclnco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 4. The Board of Supervisors to-day by inanimous vote overruled the protests of Mrs. M. M. Dunn and Charles Holmes e construction of the tunnel ough the Contra Costa hills. Re- e viewers of the route were cepted, and District Attorney was directed to take charge of all questions which might arise in con- with the bullding of the road. viewers have decided to run the t ugh the Dunn property instead the Adams estate, because the route measurably reduces the he divide. e of the viewers' re- othing further to be work of construc- mmenced, following the sur- Il be made once. at no distant t satisfaction ange of this city, charge for n was de- te the alm st inaccesstble re the actual be ( "‘ll County, gon travel between riile farming country W means of communi- e head of Clare- merchants’ ttee of the Mer- ¥ presented to the ned by seventy- and prop- new road. Annual Event of Gmduntmg Class to | Be Held This Month in Hearst Hall Mise Luey | Miss Hele | | DECLARE ROAD HOUSE | TO BE NOTORIOUS | Erotestants Object to Issuance of a | License to a Fitchburg Saloon- | Keeper. | | ~ | Supervis- that the v of bad repute. ’ rush out of the danger of mur- | | | testants declari Mendonca. A. T M. Wood most disor- was menace: | testified that ain 2 sufficlen: sald he knew utation. but final 2 license was | rker an op E give Dx s hoac S SN use Four Men of Burglary. ¥ L. Caldwel and Johs aptured by week,. have he burgiary nee at Fourth othing and house eral hundred dol fr he gang's ot Kolden leed Fcolpldl t twe night street r Holden him to throw up his hands, and flovrishe pistol st the game time Lo enforce the rder. The second man. whom Hoider says was eolored, made roke and ran chase 0 motion. Holde; The footpads did n: ¢ give ADmTISEKENTS. Pears’ soap does nothing but | cleanse, it has no medical | properties; for the color of health and health itself use Pears’. Give it time. Soid all over the world. f Wnrld Famous Mariani Tonic Especially useful in Nervous ?vblcs. Malaria, Consump- tio¥, Overwork, Indigestion, La Grippe, General Debility. All Druggists. Refuse Substitutes. | | the president, | in the new public library building. | president has asked each member to PEOPLE VIEW WRECKAGE THAT MARKS ELMHURST BOILER EXPLOSION AND RELATE NARROW ESCAPES FROM DEATH Blow-Up at Power House of Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Electric Railroad Is Attributed to Overtaxing of Plant as a Result of Corporation’s Effort to Operate the System on Economical Basis and D_o Away With the Station at Alameda $—- BELL LADIE ASK FOR FUNDS Determine to Complete Children’s Room in the Library. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Cal!, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 4. The iadies of the Ebell 8oclety, through Mrs. Kate Bulkeley, have issued a formal statement of the situation concerning the pledge of the moclety complete and furnish the children’s tribute not less than $ before December 1 toward the necessary fund to meet the expense that will be entafled. In part the appeal for financial assist- ance is as follows: By the report of the chairman of the chil- dren's library committee it was shown that the chalrman and secretary of the original committee, acting for the Ebell Soclety, had requested the Board of Library Trustees to Jeave the room unfinished and had wed not less than $5000 to finish and furnish the sume. This request was granted by the Library Trustees and the Carnegle money was ex- pended upon the rest of the buflding. PWithout doubt the chalrman and mecretary of the committee had confidence in their abili to raise the money and did not_expect to #pon Ebell 1o contribute. But their plans ap- pear to have falled, the the trustees are now ready for us o proceed with the work and the money 18 not fortheoming, AL the meeting 1t was held that the moclety was not legally bound Ix the action of the committes because such Action had not been approved by two-thirds of the members; stiil the club was felt to be under a moral obliga- tion to complete the children’'s room, as for two years it had been so understood and no steps had been taken to repudiate the the ac. tion of the committee. Ebell, however, sumed no Indebtedness and made no promise that pledges the society to any fixed sum, Five dollars from each member equals $2000, flsu with the uuo aiready collected, amounts 0 mearly $360. The rest of the money, $1500, 1t 48 thousht can easily be rained by wubscrip- tion or by entertainments. Fellow members of Ebell, you are urged to make this effort for the children of Oakland. Do not allow that unfinished, empty room 1o { longer stand a silent reproach to eur club, | for unless the work is undertaken by Ebell it | cannot be accomplished for years. The subscription list 8 now open At the roome. where It 18 hoped the sum of $2000, rep- resenting the Ebeil members, will soon be com- plete WIVES ASK FOR AND ARE GIVEN DIVORCES Maud B. Abbott Wants Alimony—Ci- tation Against Davies Dis- missed. OAKLAND, Nov. 4.—Mrs. Maud B. Ab- bott, who is #ummg her husband, Clyde E Abbott of Berkeley, for a divorce on the ground of crueliy, wanis the court to or- der her husband to pay her $40 a month alimony, $150 for counsel fees and $30 for costs pending the settlement of their troubles. Judge Hall has dismissed the citation for contempt against Willlam Davles, whose wife charged him with falure to VIEW OF THE WRECKED POWER-HOUSE OF THE OAKLAND, SAN LEANDRO AND HAYWARDS RAILWAY AT ELMHURST AND THE FIREMAN WHO WAS BLOWN A DISTANCE OF FIFTY FEET BY THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION AND MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY AKLAND, Nov. 4—The cause of the explosion of the bollers of the Oskland, S8an Leandro and Hay- wards Electric Rallroad at the Elmhurst powerhouse last night | is easily explained, though the officlals of the company display more than the usual corporation reticence. The bollers were | simply overtaxed and could not stand the strain of furnishing power to haul the large Sunday crowds. When the Oakland Transit Company as- sumed control of the Haywards line, the Transit Company management immedi- ately turned the powerhouse at Elmhurst into a general powerhouse for the supply of their lines through Alameda and t Ookland. The boller capacity at Elm- hurst was ample when the Haywards line was the only line operated lrom it, but when the Alameda system and the smaller East Oakland lines were added the capac- ity was taxed to the utmost. But by do- ing this the Oakland Transit Compan{ was able to do away entirely with the Alameda power ""'"""fl- station and “l.“e:'e the pressure upon their Pledmont an l’Suml-y was a particularly fine day, and the crowds that patronized the _electric lines were very heavy. The Elmhurst power plant felt the strain all day. Cars were late-and kept getting later, showing that the plant was overtaxed. Finally the bollers gave way. NIGHT SCHOOLS MUST REOPEN el Mayor Barstow Guaran- tees Teachers Two Weeks Pay. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway. Nov. 4. Upon the personal guarantee of Mayor Bartsow that the teachers will be pald for two weeks, the Board of Education to- night directed that the evening schools shall reopen to-morrow evening, to con- tinue untll November 15 inclusive, The Mayor's message to the board, as pay her $12 a month for the support of their child. Davies satisfled the court that he had spent his nmneygumnerly. Eva Watsor, was given a divorce from John H. Watson on the ground of wiliful neglect. Mary avis was given a divorce from David Davls on the ground of willful desertion. Both decrees were handed down by Judze Hall. Men’s League at Banquet. OAKLAND, Nov. 4.—The Men's Leagua of the First Presbyterfan Church will give a banquet to-morrow evening at Bri- gade Hall, adjoining the church. The tables will be presided over by Mrs, H. K, Belden, Mrs., E. Beck, Miss Mabel Gray, Mrs. W. W. Worden, Miss Sadle Wllllrd. Mrs. George Peet, M Fice MoDonald, “heney, the Misses herwood Miss P C ollins, Mins Eva Yorker mu- ' Da. a D. Crowle; fv'-’a"."y’-u, ur- e yerrttt, 3«1-. Cnrdier Mrs, rwoll. lss Leitaworth, Miss Olive Kl a' M Jn.rl Kingsland, e corsfl e IZ’;n;nlet b e L-.réuyr reception eo {n_com: Mra. Krnest B. Baker, Mra. B, D ¥ orker Miss Augusta Klose and Mrs. A. smlth me of toasts is I h 14 The program 8 In charge of D. Eaward Collins. i A Belgian pigeon has won the it race from Burgos, in !pan. to Bmfio s, The distance I8 700 m nd the time taken Just {oumq ou which is at the rate of fifty miles an hour. forecasted Saturday night, 1s as follows: To the honorable the Board of Education of the city of Oakland—Gentiemen: In order that the important work of the evening schools of 0- and may be cofitinued without inter- on and the teachers be pald in full for thelr labor, 1 hereby offer to your honorable body & personal guarantee to furnish and pay in full for the term of lwo weeks from this date all salaries of such teachers in the even- ing wchools as are not payable from the High 8chool fund. ANBON BARSTO Mayor of the city of Oakl Dated at Oakland, Cal., November 4, In explanation of this actlnn. which_ s quite unprecedented in o c aldom, his Honor the Mayor says he { at ox- pectations that the two weeks' time will 8ive him an opportunity to formi Efln\ by which the sehools will not closed until the end ol tho nrm. action has been apposed b: f' urorln- t-ndem u«-clymon 8, who 0-n| ght another damper upon the nyor makini pnbno “financial tem high school funds. !uvafln(indem Me- Clymonds fifll that tl show a deficit of 1 8‘4‘ incoms expenses Barstow there finds answer m a reful vlrlnfi aawn ot hool expenditures w provide fun for the evening schools, Bchool Director Clift started the ball rolling in h:t direction this ovoning ‘b‘ dem nndlng that bills for audited because the nrdors wsry glven . The scene at Elmhurst this morning was one of chaos in every direction. Bulldings are leveled to the ground and their woodwork is a collection of splinters. | towered iIn ‘Three smokestacks that lnngl : e prostrate the vicinity of Eimhurst across the roadway. Plant a Heap of Wreckage. ‘Wheels, pipes and brickwork lie in a confused heap. There is apparently | nothing left of the boilers that expl(\ded and wrought such havoc. Some portions of the shattered power plant were thriwn a conside ‘uble Jista by the ex Iu-|on. A plece of ity feet was blown across a street and lel leaning against a tele- | graph pcle. A part of a red-hot rail was hurrtd through the transom of a barber | shop, where it started a fire. Bricks were icked up this morning by schoolboys glocl\n away from the scene of the ex- plosion. Inhabitants of Elmhurst were telling stofles of narrow escapes to-day. With | the air filled with fiying debris, it is wonder that nobody was struck and IKIIIM outright. A number of bystanders in front ?5RGR of one of the restaurants narrowly es-| céaped death. They were standing con- versing when the tremendous report sud- denly burst upon thelr ears and simulta- neml!ly two or three bricks weré hurled ngainst a tree that stood between them and the exploding bollers. The bricks clipped a piece of an advertising sign wanted the without requisition. He board to send back five typewriters re- cently ordered at a cost of and to rent the machines at a nominal sum. His mo- tion did not prevail. The School Direc- tors say they have no plans to keep the evening schools open. They have passed the subject to the Mayor. ————————— University Meeting. BERKELEY, Nov. 4—A university meeting will be held In Harmon gymna- slum next Friday morning at 11 o'clock. President Wheeler 1s expeeted back from the East in time to preside. The epeak- ers will be Rev. Joseph Voorsanger, D. D., professor of the Semitic languages and Hterature, and Dr. Thomas Addison, Pas cific Coast mandger of the General Elec. tric Company aad president of the Sacra- mento Gas, cctric and Rallway Com- pany. —_————— Raids Professor's Hen Roost. BERKELEY, Nov. 4—~The henroost ot ¥. V. Paget, protessor of Romanic guages and literature at the Btate Uni sity, who resides at 2727 Dwight way, w rafded last night and all lho rhlrkm stolen. The thief was evidently somewha: of & humorist. un he left twenty chicker heads nicel nrr-nged Jdna row to bear witness to th crime. No clew has been discovered to the Idrnmy of the thief. —_——————— Union Thanksgiving Services. OAKLAND, Nov. 4--Union Thanksgiv- ing day services will be held this year at the First Methodist Church. The sermon wlll be Erenrhed by the Rev. Ernest E. ker. Special music will be rendered by a unkm cholr, compor of members of the churches whigh will take part in the services. The offering wiil be divided| be- weon the Assoclated Charities and'the ing’s Daughters. —_——— Traynor Held for Trial. OAKLAND, Nov. 4.~Tim Traynor, ac- cused of ing R._A. Little with n razor during a fight at Mrs, Daley's house, 1731 At lantic street, h n_held m. n a ehfin ‘of assault to mur- der. wlth%lll ¥ New Freight edule in Effect. LOB ANGELES, Nov. 4.-The new freight rates between Los Angeles and all points In the Ban Joaquin Valley between nmunua and Fresno went into ofl-cl to-day, erlx the point wn re rates lrom 'L and t trom Ban Franciaco broke even wn 8- .Bytcnavnh e th nt is moved north g abo u* ano, nearly half way between Bakerstield -nd hnnm The effect s to give :- Angeles a’better chance to trade in the valley. _— | nailed to the tree as neatly as if it bad been sawed off. | _Michael Victor, the fireman, who was hurled fifty feet from where he was | standing in front of the blt(ery of bo|l~ ers. was able t0o be about to-d ndy I right forearm is badly bruised and his en- tire body i= marked with contusions. Vie- tor's forcible Night through the air was a thrilling experience. I was standing in front of boiler No. 1, talking with my helper, Ni . when the expiosion occurred.” sald Victor. “I flew one way and Nicolaison flew another. Everything seemed to be falling away from me. When I struck the ground I | was rendered unconscious and remained =0 about twenty minutes, I am told. Bou- | er No. 3 was the first to burned ofl under that boiler and coal |ll- | der the other two. I looked at the water gauge on boller No. 3 just a few minutes before it went up. The luge showed the water to be all right. I have not satizfied myself yet what caused the explosion.” An impression prevailed among the rall- a | road officlals that Elmhurst and its public thoroughfares were the private property | of the corporation and the people were hustled about on the streets as if they | were on the domain of the rallroad. A lot of employes were sworn in as deruty constables and lines were run in all di tions. Even when some e: Tt engineers asked permission to examine the bollers in the interest of their profession their request was refused B i 0 B e e s MISSION WALLS . RE-ECHO MELODY Old Carmelo the Scehe of a Picturesque Ceremony. —— MONTEREY. Nov. 4—The feast of St. Charles Barromeo, patron saint of the Monterey and El Carmelo mission churches, was celebrated at old Carmelo Mission to-day with elaborate ceremonies and {n the presence of a large throng from Monterey and the surrounding country. The ceremonies began with high mass at 10 o'clock, sung by the choir of San Car- los Church. This was followed by two sermons, one in English by Rev. Father R. M. Mestres of S8an Carlos Church and one in Spanish by Rev. Father Matthias Cuevas of Watsonville, a. Franciscan friar. A procession in’ honor of San Car- los and veneration of the rellc of the saint followed the sermons and was one of the most impressive features of the day's ceremonies. ce in the oldm’I )(I--Ic:’n Carmelo, now rarely used, Serra, .fld .l tlunh.f‘xornnl.' and the sacred em! " nd al T M" 'm al in use in the umo of Padre lnnm mlnir of lhe articles lenc I“I except the h-nl -dobo b\"ldl»{ uomol Iou q dmnd ant - fld ll m services of the day, some Old (Worm time ai pl::omu » After the religious ex: LY nish the mk“l:vn'::m o.uM & t.h: v Mes, dancing -rd other oFme ‘OF . s ¢ rlrrlad out as r-crly as af the old Mexiean style. SOLARI FEARS THE INQUIRERS Accused Saloon-Keeper Refuses to Answer Grand Jury. ——— Timothy Newell Appears on Scene as a Voluntary Witness. ms That he is a party o the bribery that resulted in the loss of his position to License Inspector Timothy Newell was admitted by Saloon-keeper Solari of Alden to-day when he refused to testify before the Grand Jury on the e gubfioral odf mlaRt inertminats himseif. To the City Councilme: he was subjected to an investigai be- fore a license was granted mm Solart in- sisted that the 350 bribe he was accused of having offered Newell was only a “pres- ent,”” and an expression of horro: over his face when one of the Coum suggested that it was a bribe. Just be: fore he went into Grand Jury chambers this afternoon Solari was directed by bis attorney, M. C. Chapman, not to testify at all, and when the jurors began to in- terrogate him he declared that he feared tq Incriminate himself, and then shut his mouth as tight as e!rovnbm oyester. One of the unexpec: vents of the day was the appearance of Newell, the man accused of soliciting a bribe, Nowell" ap- pearance was voluntary. He had not been subpoenaed, h an Inves in San Francisco, and u; Grand Jury chambers informed the mem- bers that e was ready to testify. When, he reappeared in the corridors of the Courthouse Newell's appearance testimony to the ordeal to which he had been subjected, for his face was wreathed in perspiration. He had little to say, and would only admit that he told the same story he has told all along—that he did not recelve any money and that he made a general denial of the whole bribe-takin: story. M:Sor Barstow was the first witness when the Grand Jury convened this morning to hear testimony. lb«- Councflmen. City Clerk Church: ackson, secretary of the Board of P\lb~ lic Works; Solari and his barkee; mad. a busy crowd in the corridors until one by one they disappeared as they were called in to answer questions. r Barstow and the witnesses that lollowed him wers only detained a few minutes. The Mayor related what he knew about the c! he had heard against Newell and the ac- tion he had taken when NSwell had re- fused to offer any explanation in his own behalf. The Councilmen, not all of whom were examined, related the testimony that BSolari had offered before them when he was an applicant for a saloon license. Cuvellier was examined first of the Coun- climen, and Bishop, Bon. Wixon, Rueh, Courtney, Boyer and Schaffer, in the order named. City Clerk Church and Secretary Jackson were called upon to relate what they remembered of lari’s testimony before the City Council. The Grand Jury took the matter under advisement. NAMES COMMITTEES Republican Cann Orm Is Completed by Selection of Mem- bers for Specific Work. OAKLAND, Nov. 4—Clarence Crowell, chairman of the Republican County Cen- tral Committee, has appointed the foi- lowing sub-committees: Executive—A. H. , chalrman: George Wales, G. B. Daniels, H. N. Rowell, H. I, Hempstead. Printing—H. chatrman Charles Knox, J. F. Glover. Auditing—H, N. Rowell, chajrman; H. E Bruner, J. F. Glover. ‘Arrangements—George Wales, cf X Lanktree, L. J. Toffelmeir, . N. Wyckoff Tnoml: Knox. Ways and Means_G. B. Dentels, chairman: Theo F. Mock. H. E. Bruner, W. W. 8. N. Wyckoff and J. B. hnlun —_—ee— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND_ Nov. 4.—Licenses to marry were issued to-day to Manuel B. Neves 22 years, and Claudina Silva, 21, both of Haywards; William T. Allen, 35, and Maud E. Hamilton, 19. both of Haywards. Christian Toaben, 36, arry Harras, 29, and Daisy E Comns, 24, both of Oakland; Carl Jacobsen, %, San Fran- cim d Clara Storgaard. 24, Oaklana uvn'rm DR. MEYERS & CO- SPECIALISTS FOR MEN. : mlt..ncr'* 731 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL Established sultation and